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Chapter 8: One Month Training
Naruto, Shikamaru and Ino met at the barbeque restaurant again.
"We should get a summoning animal," Shikamaru suggested. Naruto and Ino grinned. Shikamaru smirked.
"And of course, we wouldn't just get any old summons," he continued, "We would get demon summons." Naruto and Ino's grins widened.
"Oh, how darling!" Ino declared.
"Great idea, Shika," Naruto said. They left the restaurant. They went to their normal training ground. Shikamaru taught them the hand signs, which he had learned earlier. Once they memorized the hand signs, they used the jutsu.
"Jigoku Shokan no Jutsu!" Naruto declared, being the first to try it. There was a cloud of black smoke and a kitsune appeared. The kitsune was the size of a horse with black fur and red eyes.
"Who dares summon me?" the kitsune demanded. Naruto smirked.
"I do," he retorted. The kitsune looked at Naruto.
"I see that you contain the Kyuubi," the kitsune stated. Naruto just nodded.
"Prove that you are worthy of summoning me," the kitsune commanded. Naruto glared at the kitsune and leapt towards it, swinging Satsujin. The kitsune leapt out of the way and Naruto grabbed it around the neck.
"I'm your master whenever I choose to summon you," Naruto stated, smirking. The kitsune just nodded.
"Very well," it stated, "I am Kirai." Naruto nodded and the kitsune returned to its realm.
"My turn!" Ino cheered. She performed the hand signs and declared,
"Jigoku Shokan no Jutsu!" In another black cloud, a black dog with glowing green eyes and a greenish glow. It was the size of a foal. It turned to look at Ino.
"So you are the one who summoned me," it said.
"Yep," Ino replied cheerfully.
"Prove yourself," it demanded before leaping at the blonde. Ino dodged out of the way and hit the dog with a chain whip. The dog growled at her.
"Now, now, none of that," Ino chirped. The demonic dog chuckled and said,
"I like you. My name is Kyoufu." Ino waved as Kyoufu vanished back to his realm. Shikamaru smirked as he performed the hand signs.
"Jigoku Shokan no Jutsu!" Another black cloud appeared. A fiery cat the size of a golden retriever with red eyes.
"Who has summoned me?" it purred.
"That would be me," Shikamaru replied. The cat looked at Shikamaru. It could see the cunning and insanity.
"Prove yourself." Shikamaru rolled his eyes and performed a couple hand signs. He vanished from view and reappeared behind the cat. Shikamaru grabbed the cat's nape and lifted it so it stood on it's rear paws.
"Fine," the cat sighed. Shikamaru released his grip on the cat.
"My name is Taida," the cat said. It vanished back to it's realm.
"Hey gang," Kakashi said from behind them. They turned to look at their sensei.
"What's up?" he asked. Shikamaru shrugged. Ino and Naruto grinned as if hiding a secret. Kakashi sighed.
"Well, you better get training," he said. The genin rolled their eyes and worked on their taijutsu. Kakashi watched from a tree branch, wanting to stay out of the line of fire. He noticed something when they sparred with each other.
"When Naruto uses his sword, he never actually cuts Ino or Shikamaru. It's the same when Ino uses any of her weapons. Shikamaru doesn't use his poison either." Kakashi pondered these thoughts. "Are they really that close that they wouldn't attack each other in a bloodthirsty rage?" He continued watching as they sparred and practiced. Their taijutsu had improved by the end of the day and they went to Shikamaru's house. Kakashi followed at a distance. Shikamaru's parents weren't home. They talked about some of the things they'd done when at T&I. some of them still made Kakashi sick to his stomach. Suddenly a light emanated from Naruto and a man with red eyes and orange hair appeared.
"Kurama-sensei!" the kids cheered. The man, Kurama, ruffled their hair.
"So, what have you been up to kits?" he asked. Kakashi wondered who Kurama was and how he'd gotten there, then he remembered the Kyuubi. Meanwhile, the kids were giving Kurama the rundown on what had happened since he last came out.
"No way," Kakashi thought "The Kyuubi no Kitsune can be released from the seal? And he's been teaching them something?" Kakashi tuned back into their conversation. A kunai came flying out the window and almost hit him, which he took as his cue to leave. Naruto emanated light again and Kurama vanished. Kakashi left them to whatever they were doing.
The next day, Team Seven returned their training field. Team Ten was there. Or rather, Sasuke and Sakura were there. Choji was absent.
"Well, at least someone on their team has some sense," Shikamaru muttered.
"You think your all that!" Sasuke declared, "You're nothing compared to an Uchiha!" Naruto grinned ferally.
"I've wanted to fight," he said, "How nice of him to bring one to me." The others moved out of the way. Sasuke immediately charged toward Naruto.
"Geez, you're slow!" Naruto taunted, "Ino's much faster than you!" Sasuke growled. He attempted to punch the blonde, but Naruto caught the punch and launched Sasuke into the air. Naruto jumped after him and brought his forearm down on Sasuke's stomach sending him towards the ground. Naruto followed, hitting Sasuke a second time in the same place. The black haired boy rocketed into the ground. He leaned down to whisper in Sasuke's ear.
"You say your hatred is your strength. You don't know hatred." Naruto straightened and walked back to Shikamaru and Ino. Sakura ran out to check on Sasuke. Team Seven walked away. Sakura yelled at them about hurting Sasuke. Shikamaru looked back boredly.
"He'll be fine in time for the finals," he said. They left the training ground.
Translations:
Jigoku Shokan no Jutsu-Hell Summoning Jutsu
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