Yeah, I know, I haven't updated this in a long while… but it doesn't seem like this fic of mine is all that popular, so I concentrated on other. You might say that this chapter is the last try, coz if the popularity of it won't be satisfying for me, I'll put it on hold for much longer.

To those who reviewed the previous chapter: thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

This chappie might seem a bit similar to some events that occurred in the manga… well, I do admit that when I read it over, it really is, but this chapter was NEEDED for the later parts of the story (plus it helps with Naraku's development). Uchiha fans should be happy, since this one kinda concentrates on the twins. Plus with the events that are shown in this one, hints to the main plot will appear, so…

Anyways, I believe that's all I had to say, so without further to do, here's the newest chapter of "Those Who Inherit the Will of Fire":

Chapter #3: Lack of Talent

Title Page: Naraku is hanging upside down from the tree branch with his foot caught in a trap and below him Gouka is propping her back on that tree with her arms crossed

Garou took a big bite on his sandwich as Hanomaru chewed on a sausage. The two of them sat on the Academy rooftop along with Naraku, Toramaru and Shunrai. It's already been three months since the blue-haired girl started to hang around with the troublemakers and during that time she became much more cheerful then the day she entered the Academy.

But even if she did felt much more confident around her new friends, she still didn't manage to win against her shyness: she prefered to stay quiet if she wasn't asked and when she did spoke, she did it quieter then most people. And what's more, she still didn't felt too comfortable around other people then the white-eyed boy, the dog ninja and the young Uchiha.

"Man, today turned out to be a long day…" complained Garou. "Lessons with Takashi-sensei sure are boring… luckily the next one is genjutsu class and after that we're home free!"

"Genjutsu sucks…" replied Toramaru. "What's the use of it anyway?"

"Even if you say so, this skill is the most useful one to shinobi…" announced Naraku, drawing his friends attention. "It's the best way to interrogate the prisoners and it can also help you avoid battles… plus it's quite effective, since in order to break out of it, your opponent would require great chakra control…"

"You seem to know a lot about genjutsu, Naraku-kun…" noticed Shunrai shyly.

"Well, in a way, it's my clan's special skill, along with our fire jutsus…" responded the boy.

"Don't you even know the basic rules of ninjutsu, you pinhead?" they all heard a voice and as they turned in the direction it came from, they noticed Gouka walking towards them. "A shinobi shouldn't reveal his secrets to anyone… but I guess it can't be helped, you are just a loser anyway…" and with that she threw a quick glare at Toramaru, who was starting to get pissed: "I didn't came here for a chit-chat however… just wanted to remind you, Naraku, about our sparring match today. Our father wishes to see our improvements… do show up to make your shame as small as possible…" and with that she headed back.

"I sure hope you'll beat the crap out of her…" announced Garou. "That hag is really starting to work on my nerves… why does she even do that? You're siblings, right? So what if she's stronger? Why do your father allow this?"

"To be honest…" replied Naraku, while lowering his head. "I don't think he really cares…"

His friends looked at him surprised, but none of them said anything.

---Later that day---

"Okay, you guys are ready?" asked a man with medium-length, gelled-up, black hair and black eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a fan symbol on its back and white pants with short, trouser legs. He wore his hitae-ate, with the Leaf symbol, on his forehead. The Uchiha twins only nodded as they stood in front of each other. "Then lets see what you can do!" said the man as he jumped out of the way.

Gouka instantly charged right at her brother with her fists ready. As the distance between them disappeared, the kunoichi launched a kick, aimed right at Naraku's head. The boy avoided the attack just barely, by bending over. Yet the female Uchiha instantly dropped her leg down, propped it against the ground and launched a knee at her twin, who this time didn't manage to dodge in time.

As Gouka's knee hit his face, Naraku's head shoot back, thus making him defenseless for a split second. That much however was just enough for his sister: instantly she rammed the boy with her elbow and as he was forced to take few steps back to keep his balance, she launched another kick in his head, which this time connected.

Naraku landed on the ground hard, breathing heavily. He looked at his sister, who stood with her arms crossed and a smile on her face: "Told you you'll never win…" she reminded him.

"Well, out of the two the result seems to be obvious…" sighed the man who slowly began to walk between the two kids. "You still have a lot to learn, Naraku…" he said to the boy, but then the kid interrupted him:

"This is not over yet!" yelled Naraku as this time he charged at his sister. The man gave him a surprised look, but get out of the way instantly.

Gouka only smiled under her nose at the sight and quickly began forming a chain of hand seals: "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" she called out and suddenly a huge fireball came out of her mouth, coming straight at Naraku.

Trying to avoid being burnt to a crisp, the boy jumped into the air, but as it turned out it was exactly what Gouka wanted. Before he even noticed she was already above him and gave him a powerful elbow in the back of his head, which send him crushing into the ground below hard.

"Man, Naraku, you really suck…" complained Gouka with a smirk on her face.

"Enough already…" ordered the man as he walked over to his son. "Gouka, call your mother, she might wanna take care of this…"

"There's no need for her to call me, Sasuke-kun…" came a voice and as the three of them looked in the direction the voice came from, they all saw a woman with long, pink hair and green eyes coming their way. She was wearing a red, sleeveless top and a black leg guard. Her forehead protector was located on the top of her head. "Just stand back, I'll treat him…" and with that she kneeled next to the boy. The next moment her hands began glowing green and the bruises Naraku just got started to disappear. "You really shouldn't make them do this, Sasuke-kun…" announced the woman without even looking at the man. "They're still only eight…"

"They'll be fine…" replied the man, Sasuke. "Especially since you're here…" and with that he bended over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. Then he turned to his daughter with a smile: "Congratulations, Gouka. I'd never expect that you'll master Grand Fireball skill so soon… most impressive…"

Naraku just raised his head slightly and sadness appeared in his eyes as he got back to the way he was.

---The next day---

Naraku walked down the hall to join his friends, who were sitting on a staircase, chatting about something. The moment he came closer, Garou raised his head and greeted him with a question: "So, how did your sparring match with Gouka went? You kicked butt?"

The young Uchiha only lowered his head slightly and that was all the answer his friends needed. But if that wasn't enough, Gaki was just passing by, along with his gang and laughed loudly as he spotted the male twin: "Well, look at this, if it isn't the member of the famous, Uchiha clan… I heard your clan produces great shinobi… guess it was just some sort of a joke since your sister beat the shit out of you yesterday!" and with that the group walked away, laughing even louder.

"Just ignore him…" advised Toramaru as he gave a quick glare at the bully's back. "But what happened? I don't know what level is Gouka on, but I thought you could match her by now."

"I don't suppose I ever will…" replied the young Uchiha as he sat down and sighed. "She was even able to master the Grand Fireball Skill… and I'm not even close to achieving it… guess it's time for me to face the facts: I'm a loser…"

"D-don't say that, N-naraku-kun…" began Shunrai shyly. "Someday you'll m-manage to master it as well… it's only a matter of time…"

"Thanks guys, but I was there…" responded Naraku. "The gap between us is still greater then the Valley of the End…" he let out another sighed and stood up. "Let's just to, genjutsu class is about to start…"

---

Otoku Hebiru, the teacher of genjutsu class, was a chuunin with long, red hair, clipped in a ponytail and green eyes, wearing a black t-shirt and a red (A/N: just as a note: I realize that so far all the chuunin vests were green, but don't forget that Naruto became Hokage… besides, Hebiru would look terrible with a green vest), chuunin vest on that and a little baggy, grey pants. He held the list of students in his hand and announced: "Good job, Shimiru…"

Naruto, that stood right next to the man disappeared in the cloud of white smoke and a second later the pierced boy was standing in the exact spot where the current Hokage did: "Of course…" replied the skateboarder with a smile. "Henge is just my thing, dude…" and so he walked back to his seat next to Toramaru and Garou.

"Uchiha Naraku!" the chuunin called out and the young Uchiha slowly stood up before walking to the middle of the class. "Let's see…" the man was thinking. "How about… switching into… me" the boy nodded and performed a quick hand seal.

"Henge!" he called out and in an instantly he got covered by the cloud of white smoke. As the smoke cleared, everyone saw the perfect clone of Hebiru standing next to the real one.

"Good…" nodded the chuunin as he crossed something in his notebook. "Go back to your seat… next stop… Kagami Akai!" and as he said so the redheaded boy with a chain around his torso walked in his direction.

The last fifteen minutes of the lesson seemed like an hour for Toramaru, who always believed that genjutsu was both boring and useless. When the bell finally rang, everyone began to exit the class, but before Naraku was able to reach the door, the chuunin stopped him: "Naraku, please stay a little longer, I'd like to speak to you…"

The young Uchiha gave him a puzzled look, but stopped in his tracks and walked over to the teacher's desk. The chuunin gave him a warm smile and placed his hand on his shoulder, saying: "You're really talented in genjutsu, Naraku… from the whole class only Akumo seems to be doing better then you in that area… have you ever considers developing that area more? It seems you have some trouble with both nin and taijutsu, so I figured concentrating on the art of illusion might be a good choice for your…"

"Well…" began the boy unsure. "I really appreciate it, Hebiru-sensei, but…"

"It's about that sparring match with Gouka, is it?" asked the chuunin, making the boy gave him a surprised look. "News travel fast… and I heard Gaki talking about it in the hallway… you would like to prove yourself in front of your father, right?" Naraku only nodded. "And you think genjutsu won't be enough to defeat her?"

"She's great with taijutsu…" admitted the boy. "And she has good marks with ninjutsu too… the same goes for chakra control… I'm afraid genjutsu just won't do… and I so wish I could beat her at least once…" and with that he lowered his head.

The man looked at his student for a moment and then announced: "I think I could help you out a bit… but I must also warn you: even though this way you'll most likely be able to improve your fighting skills, it's also pretty risky…"

"What do you have in mind, Hebiru-sensei?"

"You see, Hokage-sama keeps a certain scroll within his tower…" began the chuunin. "That scroll contains the most powerful, ninjutsu techniques that were used in the Hidden Leaf… very few people can perform any of them, so if you were to master one or two, you should be able to defeat your sister in one on one fight…"

"So why is it risky?"

"All the techniques on that scroll are forbidden jutsus…" replied Hebiru. "And as such, Hokage-sama surely won't allow you to borrow that scroll… the only way to get it, is to steal it… it may sound bad, but then again, Rokudaime-sama stole the same scroll once too, so he should forgive you for borrowing it…"

Naraku's head got filled with doubts… steal from the Hokage and use forbidden jutsu against his own sister… but on the other hand it really did seemed like the best way to defeat her… what's more, he was positive that if Gouka would be given such a chance, she'd use it.

He took a deep breath and then raised his head. He looked into Hebiru's eyes and ask: "How am I suppose to get my hands on that scroll?"

---That night---

Naraku took a look outside his room. There was nobody in the hallway. All lights were turned down and judging from the noises, everyone was sleeping. He walked outside his room and quietly closed the door. After completing that, he slowly headed to the front door, trying not to make any noises.

He walked pass the kitchen and didn't even noticed that someone was taking some things out of the fridge. Gouka looked above the refrigerator's door with a small piece of ham in her mouth and saw her brother leaving the house. "Where the hell is he going at this hour?" she wondered and instantly decided to follow the other twin.

---

Toramaru turned to the side of his bed. He was having the most wonderful dream he could imagine: being the leader of Hidden in the Ramen Village. A huge smile appeared on his face as someone, suddenly began to poke him on the head. The blonde didn't opened his eyes at first, but the moment someone pinched his nose, he was up an atom and looking around to see who was bothering him in the middle of the night. His eyes widen to see Gouka standing right in the middle of his room.

"What are you doing here?" he almost yelled and then realized that the kunoichi was wearing her casual clothes and he was still in his pajamas. Instantly he covered himself and gave the girl a questioning look: "What do you want?"

"It's about Naraku…" she replied, not showing much emotions, but the blonde could sworn he hear a bit of worries in her voice. "That idiot stole something from the Hokage Tower… I've tried to follow him, but I lost him somewhere around here… you're his friend, so I figured you'd look for him…"

"He stole something from the Hokage Tower?" Toramaru's eyes widen. "What the hell? We must wake Garou and Shunrai! They'll help us look… if we'll find him before sunrise and return whatever he took, no-one will know something was missing…"

"Hold on a minute…" Gouka stopped him. "I told you what happened, because I figured you might wanna know, but I'm not gonna look for him… if that pinhead wants to get in trouble, then it's his choice…"

"What kind of a sister are you?" asked the blonde as he began changing into his clothes behind the door to his closet, so that the female Uchiha wouldn't peek. "He's your brother and what's more, I believe that what pushed him to do what he did was partly your fault…"

"My fault?"

"Yes, yours…" nodded the son of Hokage. "You always look down on him… you practically bully him around just like Gaki… he probably feels terrible that you get all your father's attention… he wants to prove that he is capable of being strong too… whatever he stole from the tower was most likely to help him with training…"

"So what?" replied Gouka, a little angry. "It's not my fault that he's a loser…"

"You know what, do as you wish…" Toramaru shoot back as he walked over to the window. "I'm sure Garou and Shunrai will help me look for him… I just hope your conscious will let you live if something bad happens…" and with that he jumped off and headed to the Inuzuka estate.

---

"Okay, so I'll go to the tower and try to get his scent…" announced Garou as he, Shunrai and Toramaru were now standing on a rooftop near the shy kunoichi's house, along with Gouka. "Toramaru will use his Byakugan to scan the area in hope to find him… Shunrai-chan, you and Gouka check Naraku's favorite places…"

"O-okay…" the blue-haired girl nodded with a worried expression on her face.

"Don't worry…" the white-eyed boy tried to cheer her up. "We'll find him… you'll see…"

The shy girl smiled weakly to the blonde and nodded again, this time with a bit of determination showing on her face. The female Uchiha looked at the trio and lowered her sight slightly.

"Lets go, we have to find that pinhead before sunrise…" reminded Toramaru as the young shinobi separated to look for Naraku.

---

"Dammit, why is this jutsu so hard to master?" Naraku cursed under his nose as he was breathing heavily and glared at the unrolled scroll laying under the tree. "This is basically just about the right among of chakra, so I should be able to perform it…" and with that he was about to give it another shoot, when something moved through the tree tops.

The young Uchiha looked up, just to see Toramaru jumping down from the branch and walking closer to him: "Finally I found ya…" the blonde let out the sigh of relief and then grabbed his friend by the collar, pulled him closer and yelled: "What the hell were you thinking? Why did you steal this scroll from the Hokage Tower? When my pops sees that this scroll isn't where it supposed to be, he'll flip! Have you even considered consequences?"

"Chill out…" replied Naraku as he freed himself from the white-eyed boy's grip. "Hebiru-sensei told me everything about it… and this scroll really has some awesome jutsu… if I'll master them, I'll surely beat Gouka…"

"It's not about whether you'll beat Gouka or not!" yelled the blonde. "Those jutsu were forbidden for a reason you idiot! If you're going to use them, there's no telling what might happen! Wrap that scroll and lets take it back to where it belongs!"

"No!" the young Uchiha yelled back. "You have no idea how it is! You're always the tops of the class! I'm dead last in practically everything! You have no idea what it's like to return home everyday, just to see the disappointment in your father's eyes! Sometimes… sometimes I feel like he wouldn't even care if I'd die…"

"Naraku…" began the blonde, but the other just continued:

"Gouka's a girl and yet she's better then me in almost everything… how is it that I'm so useless? As much as I hate to admit it, Gaki was right: I am a loser…"

"Don't say that!" the white-eyed boy said in an ordering tone. "If you really think like that, then you just should stop being a shinobi! You think that you'll become stronger just by sitting around and complaining? In stead of whining about how weak you are, why don't you try changing it? I know you and I can tell that you don't need that stinking scroll to become stronger! Going on short-cuts is for weaklings and you're not one! Lets get this scroll back to where it belongs… tomorrow we'll train together, all four of us… you'll get stronger…"

Naraku just looked at him as a small smile began to appear on his face. The young Uchiha lowered his head and nodded. "Thanks… Toramaru…"

The blonde smiled back and headed towards the scroll. He wrapped it up again and walked back to his friend: "Come on, lets get going… we'll still have to inform Garou and Shunrai that everything got back to normal…"

"I'm sorry, Toramaru, but I'm afraid I can't allow that…" they both heard a voice and as they looked up, they saw Hebiru standing on top of a tree branch. "My mission is pretty clear… you won't take the scroll back, because I'll be needing it… hand it over…"

And that's it for this time… hope you enjoyed it and that you'll leave me a review once you're done.

Well, the only jutsu used this time is also from the manga, so I don't suppose jutsu encyclopedia is needed, but original jutsus will appear in the next chapter, that's a promise. As for now, for those who are not aware of the Japanese names of techniques:

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Skill… though in one translation I also noticed that it was called 'Blaze of Glory'… the one I wrote first is the more appropriate translation though)

And now, before I finish, here's something special, a character profile of one of my OCs. From now on, I was thinking about doing it once every chapter (or once per two chappies). At first the guy that's somewhat a hero of the story, Toramaru. If you want to read about any, specific OC from this fic, do let me know and I'll place his/hers profile next (if the next chapter will appear, that it). Anyways, here's the profile of Naruto's second son:

Name: Uzumaki Toramaru

Family: parents: Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata, he also has an older brother Iruka

Bloodline limit: Byakugan

Birth date: 4th of April

Age: currently 8 years old

Blood type: 0

Favorite food: ramen (kinda obvious in this family)

Favorite quote: for the love of ramen

Favored fighting style: taijutsu with the use of Jyuken (Gentle Fist)

Village: Konoha (Hidden Leaf… duh)

Rank: still in the Academy

Team: not assigned yet

Techniques (used so far):

First appearance: 1st chapter

And that's that. Hope you liked it.

Best wishes and until next time, hopefully.