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Blah…. Kyubi/summon thinking and Jutsus

Chapter 6

Naruto soon found himself in a dense forest filled with ominous noises. He proceeded with trepidation to a secluded area that seemed appropriate for training. He took in his surroundings noting the isolation and seclusion that provided a perfect backdrop for practicing techniques in secret.

'I can see why the crazy snake lady liked this place' a shudder passed through his body as he remembered immodestly clad kunoichi licking his blood from his cheek.

'Hmm well let's start with some basic chakra control exercises and then I will move on to ninjutsu' Naruto pondered as he moved closer to tree to start climbing it by sticking his feet to its trunk using chakra. After a few rounds up and down he was surprised to find out that despite his increased chakra reserves his control was actually better than before.

'Since I don't have a constant influx of fox's chakra my control actually improved huh…You sure were a pain in butt Kurama' Naruto mused. He then proceeded to perform rest of the chakra control exercises that he had learnt from Jiraiya during his training trip. He also tried out a few techniques from Kurama's library in his mindscape and found them to be much more complicated and difficult to perfect. "Well I am not giving up yet dattebayo" Naruto determinedly declared.

After several hours….

"NARUTO!" he heard someone calling out to him.

Naruto by this point was extremely tired from his training and lay panting on the ground, his eyes closed.

"NARUTO!" the slightly familiar voice called out once again.

"Over here" Naruto shouted back and after a minute a shadow fell on him. He lazily peeked out one eye squinted in effort only to face a scowling Shikaku Nara.

"Where the hell have you been?" Shikaku implored angrily.

"Training." Naruto replied coolly.

"It has been freaking 6 hours since you went to train in case you haven't realised." Shikaku told him irritated by blonde's nonchalance.

"Has it? I didn't even realise the time flow by. Also I train hard." Naruto smirked slightly.

"Hard? Troublesome blonde…you skipped lunch. And you have got to be kidding me, I can't imagine myself training myself into the ground for 6 hours continuously." Shikaku remarked with a shiver.

"Lazy ass Nara." Naruto casually commented.

"Troublesome blonde." Shikaku deadpanned. "Now if you are finished let's go back. You know you actually had me worried. It's your first day and you are already being troublesome."

"Hehe I guess I just like training. Maybe I would coax you into training with me for the upcoming month." Naruto replied.

"Naah…I would rather watch the clouds. Now let's go back." Shikaku told him as he extended a hand to help him on his feet.

Soon they were both headed back to the Nara estate where Naruto received a slight reprimand from Shikaku's mom.

Timeskip 15 days

Naruto had continued to train rigorously for the past fortnight. He had already mastered the fire manipulation and was on the final step for lightening manipulation. He mastered the techniques he had picked up earlier and even added a few low ranked techniques to use them in spars. Seriously the techniques which he had picked turned out to high ranking jutsus capable of causing heavy damage and he couldn't possibly use them on his allies. He chuckled remembering the incident that had caused a lot of commotion.

Flashback

It was a peaceful afternoon in the Konohagakure no sato when a huge explosion rang through the ambience….BOOM! Hiruzen Sarutobi was contently puffing his pipe in his office. He had got this blessing after a long time period as he had been really busy with his paperwork relating to upcoming war and. He was jerked out of his relaxed state as the explosion rang out.

'The forest of death, what the hell could be happening there?' he thought as he clicked his fingers and 4 ANBU appeared in front of him.

"Go check out what has caused this explosion." he ordered. The said ANBU gave him a curt nod before disappearing in a shunshin.

Shikaku Nara had been enjoying his usual afternoon nap at his favourite place when his eyes suddenly shot open hearing a tremendous boom. 'Why do I have a premonition that a troublesome idiotic blonde is involved in this?' he mused as he hurried to the place where Naruto usually trained. On reaching the site his presumptions were proved to be correct as a sheepish Naruto was giving an explanation to a group of stoic ANBUs to how he caused so much destruction.

"Whew, this time you have outdone yourself you troublesome blonde."Shikaku whistled softly at the destruction before him. "How the hell did you manage to cause all this?"

"Well uh you see, I was practicing my fire affinity along with my wind affinity." Naruto explained as Shikaku's eyes widened. He swore even the ANBU were impressed behind their masks. Here was a ninja who was hardly 16 and yet he possessed 2 affinities.

"Impressive Naruto-san. Possessing 2 affinities at your age is indeed impressive." One of the ANBU commented.

"Huh oh yeah thanks." Naruto replied with hesitation.

"So what did you do to cause this?" enquired Shikaku.

"Well I was thinking about trying a combo attack you know enhancing the fire jutsu with wind jutsu." Naruto explained as Shikaku smirked slightly.

'The blonde is no doubt smart' Shikaku thought. He had already estimated his intelligence level when he played shogi with him in free time. He realised that his friend even though a bit impatient and impulsive was a brilliant tactician, not in his league but probably smarter than most of the ninja in the village. He came up with moves that actually made Shikaku think and struggle.

"So you see I combined Katon : Karyuendan with Futon: Diatoppa and here is the result." Naruto ended his explanation with a slight chuckle.

The four ANBUs had their jaws on the floor while Shikaku was shaking his head slightly.

"Only a person like you who possesses monstrous chakra reserves would talk about combining a B-rank and an A rank jutsu so easily." Shikaku said wry smile. Naruto just gave him a sheepish smile.

"Naruto san that is an impressive attack but please tone it down. The explosion you caused was heard in the entire village. We don't want people to panic thinking the enemy has attacked." the ANBU told Naruto sternly.

"Hai, I will be careful." Naruto replied. ANBU just nodded before returning back, while Shikaku too clapped Naruto on his back taking off to his work.

Flashback end

'well I guess today is a good day to finalize that summoning contract' thought Naruto as he performed the familiar signs of summoning.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu" he finished as smoke erupted around him and he found a horse sized fox standing before him.

"Are you the one who summoned me?" the fox asked in a polite tone.

"Yes, my name is Uzumaki Naruto and I was the one who summoned you." Naruto replied.

"I am called Akira. May I ask how you came upon the fox contract Naruto-sama?" the fox asked quizzically.

"Actually it is a long story. If I may I would like to explain the whole story to Boss kitsune or the kitsune elder. There are a lot of complicated things that need to be dealt with." Naruto replied with a little shake of his head.

"I sense that you have huge chakra reserves, so why have you not summoned the boss yourself master?" fox asked politely.

"How should I explain this?" Naruto scratched his head before letting out a sigh. "Well you see the place where I am just now is not lets say acquainted with the fox contract. As for this contract I was given this by Kurama, the nine tailed fox." Akira looked at Naruto questioningly before Naruto spoke again. "As I said it is a long story, one which I would like to discuss with Kitsune elders. So, please ask them to reverse summon me to your dimension."

"Hai Naruto sama I will take your request to the elders. Please summon me again in half an hour, I will let you know the details of our conversation.

Half an hour later….

"Naruto sama the elders have granted your request. You will be summoned to Makai shortly." Naruto simply thanked his fox summon as he got ready to be reverse summoned. He suddenly felt a soft tug on his back and he was teleported to a new realm.

"Welcome to Makai Naruto sama." Akira greeted him. "Please follow me I will take you to the elders."

Naruto followed the fox as he took in his surroundings. He noticed the mountains, meadows, lush green forests and a few lakes scattered here and there. It was indeed a beautiful place surpassing Mount Myoboku by quite some margin. He was soon led in to huge cavern where a garangutan white fox met his sight. He moved towards the fox elder and greeted him with a bow.

"So you are the new summoner of the fox clan?" the elder fox asked.

"Yes fox elder." Naruto replied politely.

"My name is Kiyoshi. I am the great fox sage. Please tell us your story young one." The fox elder asked Naruto as more and more foxes of different sizes gathered around them.

He told them all about his history and how Kurama was sealed in him and how he came in this dimension which lead to merging of his and Kurama's chakra and him finding the Kitsune summon scroll. He also told them about him being a holder of Toad summon and completing the sage training which greatly impressed them all.

"Impressive youngling. Being a sage at your age is certainly an esteemed accomplishment. After listening to your story I can easily say that you are more than accomplished to be our summoner. Akira will be your familiar and will be your trainer. He will be teaching you about Genjutsu, Kitsune taijutsu and Fuinjutsu. Once you have completed your training there will be a final test and on passing it you will be acknowledged as the fox sage." The fox elder explained to Naruto.

"Thank you. I will be honoured to carry the title of Kitsune summoner. Do I nedd to come her to train or can I train in Konoha?" Naruto asked.

"You can do whatever you wish Naruto, however I will advise you to keep our teachings a secret from others."

"I will keep that in mind." Naruto politely acknowledge the sage and took his leave.

He soon returned to Nara estate for dinner before retiring to his room thinking about his upcoming training and subsequent fight.

'I have a hunch that I might actually end up fighting dad.' He thought. He was nervous as well as excited as the prospect. It would actually be a good challenge for him to fight his father when he was of the same age as him.

'Well if it happens I will try my best. I just can't wait to see mom and dad'

"So anything good happened today Naruto?" a voice brought Naruto out from his musings.

Naruto looked up to find Shikaku holding a shogi board in his hand.

"Naah just the usual. But I have a feeling something good will happen soon." he smiled slightly.

"Well if you are feeling so good then how about a game right now?"

"You are on Shikaku"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry guys..i know this chapter is a little short and I am really sorry for the late update. Between my college work, exams and the other story I didn't get enough time to write a chapter. This story is much more challenging than others so it takes more effort on my part. I hope to update the next chapter pretty soon. Please keep supporting and don't forget to give your reviews. Your help and support keeps me going…cheers