a/n- Hello! Get ready for chapter 3
But before that there are a few issues I want to address-
I did say Naruto is not going to be OP, but, he will be stronger than in canon, but not too strong, the reason for which will be clear by the end of the next chapter. I did not know that there were some people looking forward to a non OP Naruto.
Also, I know the chapters are short but, hopefully, I can make up for it with my update speed. Now I am starting to realise some of the difficulties faced by writers and I have not even scratched the surface.(T_T)
Oh, I kept you waiting long enough, let the chapter begin!
Konoha's Orange Maelstrom
Chapter 3
One hour ago, if you told Uzumaki Naruto that he would try to befriend the beast that killed his parents, which happened to be sealed in his stomach, he would have dismissed you as crazy, insane or senile.
But that was exactly what was happening now.
"So... Kurama... How do I prove myself to be a worthy container?"
"Hmm... Let me see... Ah! For a start, you can defeat that hokage-jiji of yours! Then I will approve of you as a worthy container."
"Do you promise?" Naruto asked with an uncanny smile.
Kurama had meant that as a joke and was about to correct him, but then he had second thoughts.
'Hmm... The gaki seems quite confident... It would be funny seeing him pummelled by that geezer... But then again, I wonder if the geezer would accept the challenge...'
'If the gaki does win by a one in a million, no, make that one in a billion chance, I would try to wake up from the genjutsu. I don't even think I could see him win even in a genjutsu!'
"All right gaki, you have my word." Kurama said, not even giving a shit about the possibility of Naruto winning.
However, Naruto's smile widened exponentially, until it got straight out creepy.
'I don't like that look on his face...'
"All right! Hey, wait but how do I get out of here?"
"Try to wake up gaki."
"But I already tried that!" Naruto whined.
"Try it again, last time you tried, your brain was still recovering from the concussion you received. Now you should be able to get out if you try to wake up."
"Hmm... hmm..." Naruto said, as if he were some sage trying to find the meaning of the riddle leading to Mt. Myouboku. (Which no one has deciphered yet. At one point, someone even suggested that it was some gibberish written by someone as a prank, but that idea was dismissed.) "Hey, wait, what is a concession?"
"Not concession baka! Concussion! All you need to know is that your head got screwed up OK!?" Kurama shouted. It amazed him to no end that he, one of the most shrewd creatures in the shinobi world would have such a dumb container.
"All right all right calm down! No need to shout like that dattebayo!" Naruto said while nursing his poor eardrums.
"OK, I'm leav-"
"Wait Naruto, I should tell you this before you go or else this will cause problems in the future. To get back here, all you need to do is meditate and concentrate. You don't seem eager to go through life and death situation just to get here right?" Sure it would be amusing to Kurama to see what Naruto would try but he didn't want to risk both of their lives when there was a simple shortcut.
"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind. Iruka-sensei should have something about that. So, bye Kurama! I'll be seeing you very soon, after I defeat hokage-jiji."
Kurama couldn't help but smirk at the boy's over confidence. Well, now he can just wait and watch what unfolds.
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When Naruto woke up, he expected to see the evening sky and maybe some trees.
What he didn't expect was to nearly get blinded by bright light as soon as he opened his eyes. When his eyes adjusted to the light he could make out that he was in some room with white walls, with a distinct smell of medicine, and he was lying on a bed. And his head hurt like hell! He did experience a bit if pain while he was with Kurama in that strange place, but now, it hurt twice as much. After he got a bit used to the pain, he groaned when it dawned on him where he was. Konohagakure's hospital! Where else?"
"Ah, Naruto-kun! You finally woke up!"
Naruto's head spun to where that voice came from, and he was pleasantly surprised.
"Hokage-jiji! I was going to search for you! Hey, umm... how did I get here?"
"Naruto-kun, you were brought here by somebody who claimed go have found you unconscious in the woods. What happened there?" Hiruzen asked, with a bit of concern evident in his voice.
"Well... umm... I kind of hit my head against a tree while running." Naruto said in a sheepish tone while getting up.
"Naruto-kun, please do be careful when you are training. Why were you even running in the woods? You should have been training in an open area." Hiruzen said with a light scolding tone.
Naruto was about to respond when he remembered something.
'Ah, I almost forgot, I need to verify Kurama's tale (no pun intended). After that I need to beat jiji."
"Well, I happened to meet a certain fox there."
Naruto caught a slight flinch from the old hokage that he would have missed if he wasn't looking out for it.
"Oh! And what happened?" Hiruzen asked in a slightly nervous tone. Naruto was not supposed to know about his burden until he became genin. As of now, he lacked the mental strength to swallow the truth. Or so Hiruzen thought.
"Oh, we chatted, he told me how he was trapped in a cage over all these years, who my parents were, how he killed my parents while they protected me and this village, and he would give me all of his power if I defeated you." Naruto said with a slight smirk on his face.
Hiruzen was trying to maintain his composure while he was sweating like a lot of people do when they are caught for doing something really bad.
"Naruto I can exp-" Hiruzen was cut off by Naruto.
"Hokage-jiji, I challenge you to a battle!"
"-lain?" Hiruzen completed his cut off sentence in a more than confused manner.
"Naruto please try to under-" Hiruzen was cut off yet again.
"If you want me to forgive you for keeping such a big secret from me, you need to battle me!"
Hiruzen realised it was a lost cause trying to argue with Naruto.
'Well, might as well get this over with.'
"Fine Naruto, come with me then."
Saying this Hiruzen went out of the room followed closely by Naruto. They walked for a few minutes inside the hospital, climbing the stairs. Eventually, they reach their destination, the rooftop of Konoha's Hospital.
It was a full moon night with relatively well illuminated sky for 8pm. The rooftop was lined with quite a few clotheslines there but there were no clothes hanging on them. There were also two water tanks above the staircase they had entered from. There was also some wire mesh surrounding the rooftop so that no on falls off. Hiruzen knew that this battle won't get too messy, 5 seconds at most, after all, it was academy student vs kage.
So they stood there facing each other.
"Something tells me I'm going to enjoy watching this kage vs not-even-genin fight." Kurama said to himself from within the seal, relaxing and waiting for the show to begin.
That was when Hiruzen said "Hajime!"
Then, Hiruzen saw Naruto going through a set of hand seals. Wanting to see how far Naruto had progressed, he waited for Naruto to complete his Jutsu. If he wanted to, Hiruzen could have ended the match before Naruto could even raise a finger. However, allowing Naruto to complete his Jutsu was one of the biggest mistakes Hiruzen ever made.
Naruto finally shouted out "Kawarimi no Jutsu!"
Hiruzen was confused by this. The Kawarimi had no application as an offensive Jutsu, it only had it's offensive applications if you got a bit creative. The Kawarimi, although an academy ninjutsu had been used by countless Genin, Chuunin, even some Jounin to evade otherwise unavoidable attacks.
However Naruto is of the highest level of creativeness you can get.
Instead of being replaced by a log, there in front of him was a really beautiful lady almost completely naked, looking as if she had just taken a bath.
Hiruzen could not stand this anymore. And so, he rocketed backwards in a huge stream of blood from his nose.
On hearing the commotion, the lady, who was moments ago, blissfully unaware of her surroundings a few seconds ago, while preparing to take a bath in her hospital room, became suddenly aware that an old pervert had passed out because of nosebleed because he had caught a glimpse of her 'assets'.
The angry lady proceeded to let Hiruzen have a piece of her mind. Hokage or just an old pervert, it was plain wrong to use their powers to have a look at a woman's 'assets'.
As the angry young lady was beating up the poor old hokage, a broom that happened to be on the roof was replaced by a blond 10 year old with whisker marks.
'Oops, I guess I went a bit too far there. But I won the battle! And I found my new favourite Jutsu!'
In a seal, a certain kitsune was found banging his head on his cage.
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I got you there didn't I? You were all expecting Naruto to the Oiroke no Jutsu weren't you? I decided to use Kawarimi instead. I feel that the Kawarimi was one of the Jutsu that had so much potential, but never got the light of day after the first few episodes in the series. Now, It's all about spamming Susan'o and Rasengan.
You may be thinking how on earth will a 10 year old Kurama Chakra Mode Naruto not be OP right? I believe your answer will be in the next chapter. (I am so evil aren't I?(Insert evil laughter here) Then again maybe not. I will update soon enough. Or maybe not!(Insert more sinister evil laugh here)
Anyway, see you all soon.
And keep those reviews coming