A/N: hey guys just updating you on the poll. It looks like the elegant Mei Terumi will be in. But is she going to be first? Keep voting. This chapter will show Naruto's progression and what has been going on in Konoha. I don't own Naruto.
Previously On the Legendary Swordsman of Konoha
He was stopped mid sentence as Naruto was actually drawing beautiful kanji. It was amazing how each stroke was practically perfect. It was extraordinary that a five year old can draw so well. When Naruto finished the Kanji, it said 'Godaime Hokage'.
Mangetsu was very surprised. This kanji sign looked amazing. It looks like Naruto was talented and a natural at seals. Then again he is the Yondaime Hokage's son and an Uzumaki. Still this is an amazing thing. He said, "Naruto that's beautiful! When did you learn how to write Kanji? You know it's not easy to write Kanji perfectly."
Naruto beamed at the praise. He said, "Well when Jiji was away this one time I saw a book that said, "The Art of Kanji". I started to read it and was hooked on it. I tried to copy one of the kanji and got it down one my first day. It was my very first accomplishment. As I got better I saw two more books just like it. So ever since then I carry the books with me."
He pulled the book out of his pocket. The book's covering has a circle with different kanjis forming it. On top of the circle there was an X formation made up of kanjis. It said on top of the X, 'The Art of Kanji'. On the bottom it said, 'By Jiraiya, the Toad Sage and Minato Namikaze, The Yellow Flash'.
Mangetsu could not believe it. These books are the creations of the two greatest fuinjutsu masters to ever exist. He tried to open his mouth to speak but couldn't right in front of him represent the past of Jiraiya, the present of Minato, and the future that can be Naruto. He would never take those books away from Naruto as it is the honor of being a fuinjutsu master to never take from another master. They are Naruto and hopefully with his guidance, Naruto will be the best seals master to exist.
Chapter Five: A Birthday to Remember pt 1.
Six Months Later
The Seven Swordsman and Naruto were about to leave Aiso no Kuni. But before they could leave they were giving Naruto a birthday party. The workers and people at the Land of Ice loved Naruto. He was a big bundle of joy who brought a smile to their faces. Today was his sixth birthday. Naruto Uzumaki was enthusiastic as he could possibly be. His other birthdays were not exactly the best. His birthday was a reminder for the people of Konoha of the great Kyuubi No Kitsune. So for the events of that day he was the people's punching bag. He never knew why and never was able to find out before leaving with the Seven.
He got dressed up by the local tailor with the help of Kushimaru of course. He has an orange shirt on with a red tie on. He on black dress pants on with a black suit jacket that has an orange stripe going down the middle. It also has a kanji that said, "Seven's Apprentice" that was done by Naruto with the help of Kushimaru and Mangetsu. He loved how it looked on him especially with his new figure.
Since Kisame has dropped his consumption of ramen down to once a week, Naruto has started to grow naturally. He learned which fats were good and the one that isn't. He is also able to out run a baby shark...barely. Zabuza has been working Naruto to the bone. Now Naruto has some mass in his arms and legs. His chest is becoming a six pack but not there yet. His whole body in general has grown with the help of Jinin. The blacksmith training exercised all of muscles.
Naruto's dexterity has grown also with the help of Kushimaru. He has started to use sewing needles to sew. Kushimaru showed Naruto how to repair seams and creases. He also learned some what to be patience. Of course he is only six so his patience is only so high.
He has also learned to tell degree burns, spotting poison ivy, where the organs are, and things of that nature. He learned all of this from Jinpachi. He learned how to speak correctly and talk to people over all and analyze people. He of course loved to talk to people as he was never able to do that in Konoha.
He found out Maria, the waitress there at hotel used to be Kiri ninja. She was a Genin that was experimented on and lost her ability to use chakra. She thought he is one of the cutest kids she has ever seen. Naruto just smiled wildly. He reminded him of Ayame.
Well back to the point Naruto asked Kushimaru where are they going. Kushimaru smirked under his mask. He said, "You'll see Naruto-kun. It's a surprise." Naruto felt something in his stomach. He knew something was going to go wrong but doesn't know what it is yet.
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In Konoha, the Sandaime Hokage was putting some new laws into effect. He was surrounded by the teachers of the academy, Clan Leaders, and the members of the Elders. He cleared his throat at the podium.
He said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, today is the sixth anniversary of the Kyuubi no Kitsune attack where we lost loved ones. In addition six months ago we, the people of Konoha lost a whole clan. This loss has affected us all in different ways. As sad as it has been for us we must not let this destroy us. In fact we are going to grow from this.
As it has been shown the effects of the last Ninja War has made us become lax. Then the event of the Kyuubi no Kitsune has dampered our forces immensely. Now the Uchiha event has made us feel powerless. We are weak because we believed that nothing could defeat or kill us. These events are evident of the fact we are not as strong as we perceived to be.
Do not fret my friends and family. There is a silver lining to this. You see this has woken us up to something. We are now able to fix the problem. That starts with the Ninja Academy. The Academy has been the cornerstone of ninja assessment. We have been lax in who can participate and how you can pass. With this being said, there will be changes.
The first thing is there will be an entry exam. The exam will consist of the former Genin test. They have to know the Henge, Kawarmiri, and the Bushin. If your child can't do it then they are not in the program. There is no one that will escape through.
In addition the cirriculum has changed. The boys and girls who has extremely low chakra will learn Medical Ninjutsu. Mostly the girls will learn it. It will take away the Flower Pressing. It can be elective if some others want to take it.
Also we are going to take away some of the work. We are going to get the young people into shape. That means we are going to take out that gossiping home education and replacing it strategic planning. The shop class is being replace with weight training. These laws will be put in effect this upcoming year. It is just a mere coincidence that this starts the year of the clan heirs.
To those who wonder why the teachers are here, they have to prepare themselves. They are going through a test themselves. They will be tested to see if they can teach your children. This is not for them per se but it's for the lives of your child and possibly your whole line. May Kami protect Konoha as it has done before. All Hail Konoha!"
The people cheered as a new revolution has come to Konoha, there home. Meanwhile one person had a smirk on his old wrinkling face. While Sarutobi was talking to everyone, he received a message in his ear. It said, "Danzo-sama, my lord, we have found the boy. Do you want us to proceed with Operation Foxhunt?"
Danzo smirked, "He whispered, "Yes, but be cautious. Failure is unacceptable."
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Kushimaru took Naruto to the party hall in the hotel. He said, "Naruto-kun, I meant to ask you. What do you want for your birthday?"
Naruto thought about it for a moment he could not for the life of him think of what he would want for his birthday. He could get a toy sure. He could ask for a kunai set or something but for the life of him he could not think of anything. He said, "Kushi-sensei, I can't think of anything."
"Well Naruto-kun open the door." Naruto oblivious to the what's going on opened the door. When he open the door he saw everyone in be hotel yell, "SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO!" Naruto was extremely shocked. He was definitely surprised as this was his first ever surprise birthday party. In fact this was his first birthday where he wasn't attack.
He was so enthusiastic that he was literally jumping off the walls. He was at least staying on the walls. The people were chuckling and laughing. Naruto was extremely exuberant. His eyes saw that there was a big pile of presents on the table. Naruto looked at Kushimaru with a plea of "Are they mine?". Kushimaru put his hand on the Seven Apprentice's head and ruffled it.
Ameyuri came out the crowd and said, "Everyone lets sing the Happy Birthday song." As everyone started to sing it, Naruto's happiness grew. He had a party going on. He sees a load of presents just for him. Hey when you got so many people celebrating your birthday what could go wrong.
Kisame came out of the back bringing an vanilla cake with orange frosting on top. On the top it had the Uzumaki symbol with writing on the top and bottom. The top said Happy Birthday. The bottom said, Naruto. Naruto was jumping up and down. This is the first time he has ever experience a day like this.
They let Naruto cut the cake with Kisame's supervision. Naruto had an earsplitting grin. He saw that they wanted him to start opening the presents. He went over and saw the first thing was from Maria. He opened his present to see the finest kunai, shuriken, and senbon set from Kiri. In addition he got a pendant with a light blue ice looking droplet. Naruto had a tear going down his whiskered face. He ran to Maria giving her a big hug saying thank you repeatedly.
The next present he got was from Ameyuri. He opened a box to see a ball. The ball was black and has lighting strikes around it. Ameyuri said, "Naruto-kun, put some chakra into it and think of something, anything." Naruto nodded and poured chakra into it. The electricity created a sword that looked like a scimitar. Naruto's eyes went wide as it was so cool. Naruto swung the weapon and heard it cackle.
Ameyuri said, "Naruto-kun, that ball is called a Transformer. It transforms into a many different weapons. Not only can it be used as a weapon you can also use it to shock people. It can use up to 30,000 Volts. In addition, it can only be used by you. It won't ever shock you because your chakra activated it."
Naruto loved it as it changed different forms with his chakra. He put it in his pocket. Naruto decided to open up his next present. It was heavy so Naruto guessed it was from Zabuza. He was right as the tag said, Zabuza. He opened it to see a bunch of weights. They were arm weights, leg weights and abdominal weights. On the weights there was a number. Right now the number was on one.
Zabuza explained, "Gaki, those are gravity force weights. They are not gravity seals but weights. The number on the weights specifies how much gravity is applied onto you. If you put the weights on you can activate how much gravity you want by saying G1 or G2 etc. These weights will help your mass and acceleration. That part is where the force comes in. The force is a stronger weight. It helps by adding more acceleration and mass. It makes you faster and heavier so you will have a harder impact. To activate the force weights you must say F1 or F2."
Naruto loved it. He wanted to build up his mass. He went onto his next present. It was small gift. It looked sharp and pointy. But there was also a feel of a piece of paper. Naruto saw it was from Kisame. Naruto opened up and was surprise at what he saw. He saw an array of different knives. The knives were not what caught Naruto's small blue eyes. It was the piece of paper. On the parchment it had the kanji for Summon. Naruto looked up in wide eyes.
Kisame started to speak, "Well the Shark's leader, Sharpedo like how Naruto out ran one of his sons. He was so impressed that he thought that it would be great to let Naruto over here summon his youngest son so they could grow up together. Thus making a connection between Naruto and the sharks."
Naruto was jumping up and down as he was happy that he would be able to summon. He thought it was so cool when he saw Kisame summon sharks. Naruto put that in his pocket. He went onto his next present.
The next present took the form of square. It is from Jinpachi. When he opened it he saw a medical kit. When Naruto opened the kit it had different seals on it that said surgery, repair, and other things. Naruto was surprised as he saw that on the it was an eye patch. He put the eye patch on to see what it does. The eye patch activated. The eye patch from Naruto's point of view showed a radar.
Jinpachi explained, "Naruto-kun the medical kit has everything you need for any type of situation. Now the eye patch on the other hand is a new revolutionary device. It has the ability to use a radar, infrared, chakra signatures and more. All you have to do is put chakra into it and think which one it is. "
Naruto actually liked the eye patch. He could see peoples body heat and everything else. Naruto then started to open up his next present. The present was kind of heavy. It was from Jinin. He opened it up to see a portable weapon making kit. It has a portable lava pit in which you but chakra into to create a substance that is like lava. It also had different ways of making different weapons such as katana, scimitar, and other powerful weapons. He was even given a booklet of explosion tags.
Jinin said, "Naruto-kun, this is the portable weapon making. This is where you will learn how to build weapons. We will also learn how to use explosive tags. We won't build a specific weapon for you just yet but very soon."
Naruto was bursting with glee. He has been thinking of all the stuff he has gotten. He is looking at the other gift. The gift was extremely long. In addition, he saw not one but two uniforms. Next to the uniforms he saw box like present. He opened up the two uniforms first. The first was the 7 Swordsman's attire. It came with the wrappings, striped boots, striped arm sleeves, the chest armor, even the mouth protector. On the back of the armor there is a tradition of the person's title. For example, Kisame has on his DS representing 'Demon Shark'. Zabuza has DOM representing Demon of the Mist. Naruto will now be donning 7A on his back. The Seven's Apprentice.
The second uniform is a fencing uniform. It is all white with white pattern stripes around the body. It seems like the uniform will fits all. Kushimaru started to explain
Naruto let me explain the uniform form for you. This is a fencing uniform. It consists of this:
A form-fitting jacket which goes between the legs. A small gorget of folded fabric is sewn in around the collar to prevent the blade from slipping upwards towards the neck.
Plastron , an underarm protector, which goes underneath the jacket and provides double protection on the sword arm side and upper arm. The armpit cannot have a seam, which would line up with the jacket seam and provide a weak spot.
One glove for the sword arm with a gauntlet that prevents blades from going up the sleeve and causing injury, as well as protecting the hand and providing a good grip
Breeches or knickers which are a pair of short trousers. The legs grip just below the knee.
Shoes with flat soles and reinforcement on the inside of the back foot and heel of front foot, to prevent wear from lunging
Finally you have the mask. The mask has bars go in front of the face to protect your eyes and visual. The (Got from wiki and some of my friends). Now open up the other present"
When Naruto opened it he had stars in his eyes. It was a sword. The sword that has the word Saber. He opened the box to see a sewing machine. Naruto once again looked at Kushimaru once again to explain.
Kushimaru said, "Naruto-kun what you have there is called a saber. The saber is used to train and fight against opponents in the sport of fencing. This sport is a style we use heavily for my style. You jab, stab, slash and so much more. There are three types of sword fighting for this sport.
You have the Foil. A light thrusting weapon that targets the torso, including the back, but not the arms. Hits are scored only with the tip; hits with the side of the blade do not count. Only a single hit can be scored by either fencer at one time. If both fencers hit at the same time, the referee uses the rules of "right of way" to determine which fencer gets the touch.
The second is Saber. The Saber is a light cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the entire body above the waist, except for the hands. The saber is primarily used to slash, so hits with the side of the blade as well as the tip are valid.
Finally you have the Épée. Épée is a heavy thrusting weapon that targets heavy the entire body. All hits must be with the tip and not the sides of the blade. Épée allows simultaneous hits by both fencer.
I will teach you how to fence and fight. The sword you have there is able to change forms. We will practice along with the practice of sewing kit that you opened."
The final gift Naruto got was from Mangetsu. The present was small and compact. Naruto opened it up to see an advancement for seals. Not only that but it also had a scroll of summoning. Naruto noticed it was a chakra scroll from the classes by Mangetsu. He put chakra into the scroll to see a painting of the Seven with Naruto that said Happy Birthday. There were pockets that you put his new weapons.
Naruto was so happy about his gifts. Even as he marveled at his new gifts and weapons his headaches started to get worse. He felt this was good to be true. He doesn't know what it is but something is going to happen.
All of a sudden a burst of smoke filled the room. Everyone went into mass hysteria. The Seven were looking for Naruto. Naruto on the other hand was met by two swords at his neck. The one said, "Naruto Uzumaki, you will be coming with us."
A/N: done with this chapter. Fem. Kyu is in the lead with 27, then comes Mei and Yugito with 25, coming in fourth as of now is Anko and Haku. Now things get interesting for Naruto. Who's ready to see The Seven Swordsman of Mist fight. The mushy part is a
Going down to a fighting one next chapter.
The next chapter : A Birthday to Remember pt 2 The End of Innocence!
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