Naruto the Legendary Swordsman of Konoha

by JK10

At the young age of five, Naruto had a faithful encounter with the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. When He befriends them how will this encounter change the Elemental Nations? Naruharem. a little bashing

15. The Mist Rolls in Silence

A/N: We are finally in Kirigakure no Sato. That means there is a new arc. Naruto will finally be able to use his Kenjutsu techniques he has learned over time. I guess I never told you that did I? Oh yes Naruto has been taught kenjutsu techniques. His sword will make its first appearance.

The Arc will be the turning point in Naruto's life. I forgot to mention that they are on a ship. So let us begin the arc.

Chapter Fifteen: The Mist Rolls in Silence

Naruto's eyes were wide. in his possession was the thing he worked his ass off. This is the thing he had shed his blood, sweat, and tears. In his hand was the thing that made him the official apprentice of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. It was his brand new sword. He held with such delicacy. He looked at it with such detail.

The sword itself was sender and long. The sword was curved slightly with an extremely pointy end. The curved side was shining with sharpness. The blade was a crimson blood red. It had a gold stripe going down the middle. The gold reached the hilt. The hilt was a dark orange almost red. There is an Uzumaki symbol is that divides the blade and the hilt. The hilt had two words on each side. What is interesting in Naruto can't read it just yet. The end of the sword has a ball. The ball contained the Uzumakis´ clan symbol on the knob on the top. The symbol had a kanji sign on the middle that said main branch.

Naruto's were in wonder. He felt so connected to the sword. It felt so he couldn't really explain it. He guessed the best way to explain it is… right. That's it, it felt right. He slid his finger across the blade. It surprisingly didn't cut his finger. It was as if the sword was a part of him. He didn't know what to say.

Ameyuri and the rest were smiling at Naruto's wonder. Well except Zabuza, he doesn't smile. Naruto's hand wanted to grasp it and swing it. He felt as if it wanted it to.

Ameyuri said, "Naruto-kun, congrats on receiving your brand new sword. The sword is yours and yours alone.

Naruto asked, "How is that possible?"

Ameyuri said, "I was getting to that. You see this sword has your chakra and blood fused within the weapon. The sword's crimson blood blade is the sword looking for it's master."

Naruto said, "So I'm the sword's master. How do I activate the sword? When does the sword recognize me as it's master?"

Jinin surprisingly cut in. He said, "The sword recognizes its master by two tests. Our swords on the other hand has one test. The first test is a blood test. The first test is you must swipe your blood on the blade. Then you must put chakra onto the handle. Once the blood red and blue chakra connect at the divider. The sword officially becomes one and you pass the first test."

Naruto nodded at this. He did have a question. "How come your swords do not have a first test?"

Mangetsu was the one who answered Naruto. He said, "Naruto-kun, the reason is that we as the Seven swordsman want to pass down our swords to the next generation. As a result, we cannot fully bond with sword with our blood. This is where the second test comes in."

Naruto was nodding. He said, "Ok that makes sense. I always wondered where there came from. Actually where are they from? What is the second test? What happens if you fail the second test?"

Zabuza said, "That's easy. You don't pass you will not be able to use the sword. You will possibly lose an arm, a leg, or something like that. The tests vary from sword to sword. Swords are sentimental so only a few can master them."

Jinin took over the conversation, "That means only you can truly know what test is. When your able to pass the test, essentially you will be able to modify your sword into different forms. This means that you could change your sword to fit into Kushimaru's sewing style. When you pass the test the sword will become one with your sword to the point where it is attached to you. You will be able to summon it by your thoughts. The sword will come into your hands ready for battle. Some swords can talk to its master. I would suggest that you start on the first test right away."

Naruto sighed as some his questions were not answered. He didn't know why but he felt compelled to do the first test to find out what happens. He nicked his thumb to make blood fall onto the blade. He let a few more drops fall on the blade then smeared it all the way down to the divider. The blade turned fully red. He then put hand on the hilt. A thorn spiked and stuck Naruto. Naruto hissed as the thorn caused him a lot of pain in his palm. The thorn started to sap some of Naruto's chakra. Naruto hissed a little bit louder as his blue chakra started to fill the hilt of the sword. Soon the whole hilt turned blue. The Uzumaki symbol that was on the ball started to spin. The chakra and blood on the divider swirled and became one. The divider became purple and a flash of light appeared.

The Seven Swordsman of the Mist closed his eyes. Naruto however couldn't close his eyes. The sword somehow or another wouldn't permit him to. When the light left Naruto felt as if the sword was almost one with him. It went flush with him.

Naruto swung it softly trying to feel it. It felt so light in Naruto's hand. He loved how it felt in his hand. He heard a whisper in his ear, "Come follow me, Naruto-kun."

Naruto of course shook his head getting the voice to leave. However this encounter did open a few questions he wanted to know. He asked to no one in particular, "How were the Seven Swordsman of the Mist formed? Were the swords sentinel in some way? What is the history."

Kushimaru was the one who answered. He was the historian for the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. He said "The Swords Legends come from the original Seven swordsman. Six of the original seven were originally samurai prodigies who had massive chakra. The other one was an orphan who had more chakra than the others who was great with the sword. The orphan whose origin unknown, had became the leader of the team.

They came to Kiri because they wanted to be something more than just samurais. The Mizukage of course was cautious about this. So he gave them a test. If they could Kiri's best ninjas they will be allowed to join their ranks."

Naruto was amazed that this was the start of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. Naruto loved history as it made him want to know about the start of things.

Kushimaru continued, "They used what they were taught in the way of the samurai and the use of ninjutsu and kenjutsu to beat the most powerful ninjas in Kiri. The legend of the seven grew over time to the point they were feared by almost everyone but Konoha. That is a different story. Back on point, they were always requested for missions. They were all considered Kage level by themselves. They were able to kill hundreds in one swing as the legends go."

Naruto's eyes were wide. That was amazing. How could they kill hundreds with one slash? How really skilled were they? Naruto remember sometimes legends were exaggerated but still that is something huge. As Naruto's train of thought was escalating somewhere high above the clouds, Kushimaru decided to continue.

"One day the Three Tailed Turtle Demon came and attacked Kiri. The Seven along with the Mizukage fought against the beast. The Seven Swordsman and the Mizukage were not able to beat the Three Tailed Turtle."

Naruto's eye somewhat narrowed. He knew he most likely wouldn't get an answer but he wanted to know just how powerful was the Three Tailed Demon. It also made him rub his stomach as he wondered about how strong the Kyuubi must be. Kushimaru continued.

"The leader of the Seven Swordsman, the orphan did something to help defeat it. He separated the Three Tailed Turtle's chakra in to seven pieces and the Turtle itself. The seven swordsman each took some of the chakra. As a result of the tainted chakra and the energy that was lost by the battle from earlier, they couldn't get sufficiently control it."

Naruto's interest peaked as he wanted to know what happened. He was so into it, it made Kushimaru beam with pride. Kushimaru was happy when students of the academy or any one in actuality that wants to learn any history makes Naruto happy.

He said, "So their ordinary swords were the only thing that they could do is put the chakra into the swords. The chakra in the swords became extremely unstable. So the seven did the ultimate sacrifice."

Naruto had a sense a dread in his stomach as he thinks he knows where this is going. Curiosity was getting to Naruto. What made a demon a demon? What made a demon's chakra unstable? For some reason he knew he wouldn't get the answers from them so he kept his mouth shut.

"With the help of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist's leader, they sealed the chakra of the Three Tails and their very souls into the swords making the sentinel weapons. The mere title mean absolutely nothing if they do not know the history and the sacrifice the original seven did so we are able to carry ourselves as ninjas of Kirigakure no Sato with dignity and pride. We wait until the day that we might have to sacrifice our lives to do the exact same thing. It will be an honor and a privilege to do so."

Zabuza snickered some as he saw Kushimaru beat his chest as he believe their Kiri flag waved in the background. Yup that is their ever patriotic Kushimaru. Naruto had a lot to think about. He said, "I will be right back. I just want to see what is around the ship."

Naruto walked out of their little living room. When Naruto left Ameyuri looked right at Kushimaru. Kushimaru was hymning the Kiri National Anthem. Ameyuri said, "You know Kushimaru, I want to know why didn't you tell Naruto a little bit more about that orphan."

Kushimaru's hymning stopped. His eyes narrowed at Ameyuri. He said, "What are you insinuating Ameyuri?"

Ame said, "You know you held back some of the history. You know for example the identity of the orphan. The orphan is the patriarch of the Uzumaki Clan."

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Naruto XXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto was wondering around the ship. He put his sword on his back with a strap on it to keep it balanced. He saw different doors. He shrugged as he didn't care as to who they were. He finally reached his destination; the dock. He looked at the water as it goes up and down.

He was mesmerized by the simple flow. He heard someone talk to him. "Hey Gaki, how you been?" Naruto looked to his left and his right and saw no one. He turned around and pulled out his blade for defense. He looked up and saw a middle aged man. The man didn't even flinch. He noticed the sword and did like how it looked.

He said, "Hey old man don't scare me like that. What are you doing on this ship?"

The old man smirked. He said, "Oh, I always wanted to go to Kiri. I heard that they have the best sake. "

Naruto gave him an incredulous look. The old man shook his hands wildly. The old man let out an exaggerated sigh. He said, "Ok Naruto, I'm here for the hot girls. The girls that are civilian to the ones who are ninja and every girl between are hot."

Naruto rolled his eyes. The middle aged man said, "Oi Gaki, how did the technique go? Did you get to use in battle?"

Naruto nodded. He said, "Yea, the technique worked. The problem was it was a little slow to develop. Almost got burned to a crisp but it worked. Can you tell me who you are. Why do you want to help me?"

He swung his arms up and said, "My name is not important. As to why I want to help you, it is pretty simple. I saw that you might need that jutsu. I help those who I believe needs it. I might teach you some more jutsus but that is later. For now get ready it looks like one of your senseis is coming to teach you something. I must be on my way."

He disappeared in a poof of smoke. Naruto blinked as he never knew where that guy was going to come at you. He was suspicious but he felt that the man is after him but for a good reason; maybe. He shook his head as if the time came that he need to go face to face with the man, he will be ready to take him down. As the saying goes 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer'.

XXXXXXXXXXXX The Man XXXXXXXXXXXXX

The man poofed back into his hotel suite on the ship. He shook his head. The man was actually Jiraiya. He sighed as he knew wasn't going to get too much trust from Naruto especially when he figures out who he is.

He sighed as he wrote his letter to the Sandaime Hokage. He did have to admit that Naruto's sword was deeply impressive. He hoped Naruto can actually use that sword.

XXXXXXXXXXXX Naruto XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto swung his sword around. He got into a deep concentration. He was ready for anything. Zabuza came up behind him and said, "Oi, Gaki I finally found you. Me and you are going to train in the art of intimidation and most of all silence."

Naruto looked at Zabuza with a little bit of confusion. How do you intimidate someone that is the size of Zabuza. For heaven's sake he is like one huge steroid. He definitely had to learn this.

Zabuza continued, "Naruto, the art of intimidation is an important technique. However it is no where near as important as the art of silence. Silence as the old saying goes is golden. The art of being silent can keep you alive. It also gives you the ability to be cautious of your surroundings. To delve in further you can use your surroundings to disable or kill someone."

Naruto nodded at that thought process. He said, "So basically you are saying that silence can open up many subcategories. For example, it can allow you to see genjutsu. Or you can hear different sounds that could alert you to who is around you. Or for that matter you can think of different strategies if you need to kill higher ups."

Zabuza blinked. That is all he could basically could do since Naruto had basically simplified the art. He thought for a moment as to what he was going to do. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "That is a great summary as to what you can do with silence. Silence is more than being quiet. It is being in the zone. It where you are one with everything around you and not disturb the nature of things. To understand that you must understand the meaning of nature and environment.

Nature's definition is not only about trees and grass. Nature is also the material world. This goes double for humans as it directly deal with human activities.

This thought process goes back to the story of the scorpion and the toad." Naruto was confused as he had never heard of that story. Zabuza grinned his toothy grin.

He said, "It seems like you do not know the old tale. There are two different tales. This is how the first one goes.

'A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back because the scorpion cannot swim. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "It's my nature...".'

The first tale shows us the classic case of nature verses nurture. The story tells us that we can't change our nature. Nature is who we are. We can be taught and broken down to learn and become discipline. The problem is at the end where we are at our end we will be who we really are. We can not change that fully."

Naruto nodded as he understood Zabuza was bringing in this story to show the nature of nature. He smirked at the irony. He then asked about the environment.

Zabuza answered, "The environment is the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or people. This is the nurture side of silence. You see the environment is where you are. For example you could be at a party and you have to have a certain decorum. That is what you are taught. With that if you have a target than that means you should do something in their drink or something. What that means is your nature will always be concealed by your nurture. That's what the second story is about."

Naruto's eyes widened at this revelation. Now he wanted to know how was this tale altered for this revelation. He asked, "Can you tell me how?"

Zabuza smirked as he started to speak, "this tale goes like this.

'A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back because the scorpion cannot swim. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Little frog, I can swim."

That mere statement changes the whole formation of nature and nurture. Think of Nurture as the mask of nature. We really never know our nature completely. We can try to fully understand your opponent but you never can. You can get an estimated amount but never how much.

Now that you can comprehend silence's subcategory, we can start to learn the art of intimidation. Then you will be on your next mission"

XXXXXXXXXXX The Master XXXXXXXXXXXX

The Master looked at the two remaining members of the cloaked people and Yagura. As he clutched his eye, he had a sadistic smile adorning his face. The three however are not affected by that look. He was quiet for a moment and said, "Yagura-kun, what have you learned?"

Yagura reported, Master-sama, It seems like the Seven Swordsman of the Mist and the Chosen One are coming here to Kiri. I do not however know how or when they will arrive. Should we have people meet them there?"

The Master actually chuckled at the thought. He said, "Now, now, Yagura-kun. You haven't been thinking correctly. Why would I take out the Seven Swordsman of the Mist and get the boy without taking out rebels in the process. Also I want the boy to learn some things before I take care of him."

One the cloaked members asked a question, "Master-sama, wouldn't it be counter productive to let the boy grow stronger? That would only help him and the rebels not you."

The Master was not to pleased that he was being question. He back handed the guy with the cloak onto the floor. Yagura wasn't surprised as this has happened to him. The other cloaked guy eyes were a little wide but didn't say anything.

The Master calmed down and said, "You the only other cloaked guy that hasn't betrayed me, your mission has been put on hiatus. During this time start building your army. Your mission should be completed in four years. I want Wave under my control. Do you understand me?"

The cloaked man laughed. He revealed himself and said "Understood my lord, Master-sama!"

Author's note: Done. Naruto's sword has finally made its appearance. Who is the patriarch of the Uzumaki Clan? What is his importance. Is that how the story went? What does it have to do with Naruto? What is the Master's plan?

All of those questions will be answered soon. For now we will see Naruto's capabilities in the art of silent killing. He will learn the other techniques and see more of Naruto's sword transformation. But he must pass the second test Thanks for the reviews. I hope to reach two hundred soon. I decided to change the Kiri Saga to a little bit more chapters. So review. If you have questions and confused by Zabuza's explanation send me a message.

Ja for now

JK10