Hidden Genes
Summary: There is a type of jutsu only one shinobi could use,the Shodaime became famous for it being impossible for anyone who doesn't have his DNA, and even then it was rare. Sharingan is an Uchiha doujutsu,so no one can have it unless an eye is given, so why does the Kyuubi vessel have both?Why does he move like the Yondaime?
''Where did that fox come from?'' Ino asked her teammates, staring at said fox as it came to stand next to her fellow blond down in the arena. She had directed her question to Asume but her sensei was staring at the forest animal with something between awe, fascination, fear and dread. Yes, he'd seen the Kyuubi no Yoko but only from afar and it had been dark despite the fires that had been started during the attack, all those years ago. He didn't even know if this fox had any similarities to the Kyuubi but he only knew the instinctual fear of foxes that had somehow been bred and branded in all of Konoha's shinobi. You could find any sort of animal roaming Konoha's forests, even beings thought of as only fictional, but the one animal you will absolutely not find is a fox.
''Is that a kuchiyose?'' Tenten asked her own sensei, but not even the usually upbeat, loud man could make more than a strangled gasping sound, black eyes trained on the creature rare few from Konoha have seen at all since twelve years ago. Most of the Konoha born children here have never even seen one of these orange creatures! Civilians and shinobi alike had chased them as far away from their village as they could and kept them as far away as they could for all these years. The foxes have come to fear humans even more than they usually did and so they hid even when you ventured further form the village walls. There was absolutely no chance for a person to see a fox unless they went to search for it specifically.
''Naruto-kun can use summons?'' Lee asked of Sakura in an excited manner, perhaps the only one in a good mood besides the blond's teammate and sensei. ''He must be really strong if he can manage that! Yosh! Now I want to fight him even more!''
''Ch'.'' Kiba tsked down in the arena, completely ignorant to how silent things have gotten. He tried to look unimpressed as his opponent grinned down at the fox that had appeared out of seemingly nowhere and tried not to react to the creepy grin said animal sent his way. ''So maybe the loser has a few good moves.'' He groused and to his and everyone else's surprise, the fox summons laughed.
''A few good moves?'' The deep, intimidating voice that came from such a cute animal sent shivers down everyone's spines but all the adults at least relaxed. Kuchoyose could talk. That was perfectly normal. This wasn't the Kyuubi no Yoko. (Oh, the irony!) ''You couldn't land a single hit on my Kit.''
''It talks!?'' Chouji exclaimed, startled, never having seen a kuchiyose before. He actually stopped munching on his snacks long enough to gap at the fox before resuming. Being an Akamichi, that said something.
''He talks.'' Naruto corrected with a grin over his shoulder at his once classmate. ''And of course he talks! Kurama is incredibly intelligent!'' He then turned back to look at Kiba, grin turning cheeky and just the tiniest bit smug. ''He's also far better and stronger than your pooch, too!''
Akamaru barked in protest and Kiba glared at the Uzumaki, a growl escaping his lips. ''I'll guess we'll just have to prove you wrong, right Akamaru?'' The puppy barked again, this time in agreement, before they both returned to their previous jutsu, moving to stand beside each other. ''Gatsuga!'' Both the Inuzuka and the ninken began to spin at ferocious speed to deal powerful blows. Due to the sheer speed at which they move, and there being two attacks to deal with, it is very difficult for one to avoid their combined efforts ... Or it would be, if not for Naruto and Kurama sharing the Kyuubi's chakra to move out of the way, dodging, ducking and evading each attack as it came at them. There were a few close calls that wouldn't have been there had Naurto been able to use his Sharingan but after years of practice, with and without the doujutsu, Naruto had far sharper reflexes than Kiba's attacks could overwhelm.
Eventually, Kiba and Akamaru had to stop or else they would grow too dizzy to deflect any attack coming at them, both growling savagely when they noticed not a scratch or bruise on their two opponents. In fact, neither of them were even the slightest bit out of breath! It was as though they had boundless amounts of energy (which was more or less true, not that anyone really knew or could do anything about it) and Kiba recognized that unless he did something to at least hinder one of them - preferably Naruto so he can end this fight - he will lose and spectacularly. After calling Naruto a loser so many times during their lives, it would be downright humiliating to be defeated by him and Kiba would not allow himself to be mocked.
'It looks like they are ready to get serious, Kurama,' Naruto sent the message through their mental link and resisted grinning. He was having fun. It had been a very, very long time since he and Kurama had fought side by side in the physical world. Manifesting Kurama outside of his body took a certain amount of chakra control that Naruto had not had until Kakashi had took it upon himself to train them in the Land of the Waves after their first encounter with Zabuza. After that training, Naruto had felt that his chakra was ready to help Kurama bypass the seal without distrusting it or placing both of their lives in danger a lot sooner than it usually would be after such a tasking usage. It was a relief to know that he can have his inhabitant more often at his side than just once or twice in two to three months. He was also glad that Kurama got to be out in the real world again with increasing frequency. He was a being of chakra. Being cut off like that from the rest of the world's chakra must be annoying at the very least, if not downright uncomfortable or distressing. And that wasn't even mentioning that Kurama liked fighting.
The joy and some other emotions that were quite a bit more disturbing but that Naruto would rather not identify that were coming form the other side of their connection clearly stated as much and the blond was just glad that Kurama was enjoying himself.
A bit too late for that, Kurama replied, desperately wishing he had all nine of his tails in this form so he could swish them all over the place and use for sudden attacks. But even just one added tail could tell people that he was more than an ordinary summon, which was his mask, and both he and Naruto could end up either hunted and homeless or dead if someone got lucky enough. This is getting a bit boring though, Kit. Let's end it.
'What do you have in mind?' The blond watched as Kiba took out a few pills and fed one to himself and one to Akamaru. 'Military Rations Pills? They're preparing for a stronger and bigger attack.'
No doubt they think it will work, too. Kurama snorted as Akamaru's features twisted and became just a tad bit more feral and both biju and Jinchuuriki fought an eye roll when they felt the temporary boost in chakra both dog and dog owner got. Seriously, this wasn't going to help them the least bit at all. It just puts the strain on their bodies. They have no hope of outlasting both Naruto and Kurama. This is seriously becoming stupid. Let's just sock them a few times and be done with it. Maybe you could talk with that Suna kunoichi and ask her a bit about her futon jutsus since you share an affinity.
The blue eyed boy nodded just the tiniest bit, just enough for the Sharingan to catch but no one else to notice, eying the smoke bombs, three in each hand this time, that Kiba was preparing. ''Whatcha got there, Kiba? More doggy toys? If I threw one for you, would you be a good puppy and go fetch?''
Said Inuzuka bared his fangs at the taunting while a few of the watching had to suppress the need to chuckle or giggle or downright cackle at the words. Kurama didn't even bother as he rolled around on the tiled floor, enjoying the way Kiba's eyebrow twitched violently. Kakashi wasn't even bothering to resist his own chuckles, either and Lee was writing down the good comeback and waiting to see if Kiba would say something just as witty back.
''You're going to pay for that, foxface!'' He declared at last and activated the smoke bombs, shrouding almost the entire arena in smoke, blocking himself and Akamaru from sight. Still, it wasn't hard to hear their attack once it began, the sound of claws cutting through air at startling speeds alerting everyone that the two of the Inuzuka Clan had finally gotten serious.
Inside the smokescreen, Naruto snorted and Kurma rolled his eyes before they returned to their fighting stances, ready to receive and deflect all that was coming at them. Since they were shrouded in smoke, Naruto felt it wouldn't be a big tragedy if he used his Sharingan, letting the red eyed doujutsu scan the smoke. Since it wasn't enough, he let it develop further into the Mangekyo and he saw the chakras of Kiba and Akamaru making roundabout attacks that were supposed to be unpredictable. The Uzumaki didn't waste a second to forward the images to his inhabitant and they both dodged long before the Inuzuka and his puppy could come close to them. However, since he wanted to mess around with them a little, Naruto put his hands together and with a grin created two Kage Bunshin, disguising one as Kurama and let their opponents take out their frustrations on them. Then he and Kurama just walked out of the smoke cloud and watched with everyone as Kiba and Akamaru made fools of themselves.
''Should we take pity on them?'' Naruto asked after about a minute of useless attacks, arms crossed and a bored expression on his face.
Kurama snorted derisively. ''Why should we? He's been a jerk to you for years now. He deserves to be brought down a notch or seven hundred. He's not all that, you know. Just an annoying yipping puppy with a lot of bark and no bite.''
''Yeah, well, true as that may be, I am not like him, dattebayo.'' Naruto replied and gathered some raw chakra, letting the wind element that was naturally there infuse with it as much as he was able to at the moment and just blew at the smokescreen. Within seconds, the purple smoke was blown away, revealing a perplexed Kiba and Akamaru holding on to two clones of Naruto, who quickly popped out of existence once Naruto took back his chakra from them. Needless to say, quite a few people were staring at him in utter confusion for having learned the Kage Bunshin when he was supposedly a loser, but Naruto said nothing. Instead, he changed his stance and slipped onto all fours while Kurama grew to the size of a bear and they both charged.
Within minutes, Kiba and Akamaru were quite beat up, almost paralyzed with pain and unable to continue the fight while Naruto and a now once again fox-sized Kurama were standing to the side, waiting for Hayate to give his verdict. Sakura was cheering for them already while the rest were all staring at Naruto as though he were something new and fascinating. A katon jutsu, the Kuchiyose no Jutsu and even the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, a technique made by a genius like the Nidaime Hokage himself and one which rare few mastered to the point of being able to mask one clone without first using a Henge on themselves ... It would seem people only now realized there was a lot more to Uzumaki Naruto than they had thought.
Orochimaru was watching with unadulterated discomfort as the blond loudmouth that everyone had thought to be the underdog in this fight cheered and celebrated with his fox companion when he was declared an official winner, his chakra coiling with unease. To think that he had faced this same boy only a few days ago without knowing the boy's skills and limits ...
''You're greatest weakness, Orochimaru, is your arrogance. You attack me without knowing me strengths or weaknesses. You don't know my fighting style yet you dare attack me. I hope that wound will remind you of your folly in the future, if you truly seek an eternal life.''
The Snake Sannin shivered, recalling the cold voice that had uttered those words to him and he felt a phantom pain in his left wrist. 'I'm too weak to face that man like this again. I need Sasuk-kun's young, strong body! I must have it!' He looked down at the Kyuubi container with disgust and barely suppressed killing intent. 'Even if I have to face a demon.'
A/N: Hi! Just a short note. I'm going on vacation so I won't be able to update anything for the next ten or so days. Thank you in advance for your patience and I can't wait to return to my stories!
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