-Rant No Jutsu-
Well… I definitely didn't expect this story to get that much feedback so quickly, within 10 hours I already have 30 likes and favs with 10 reviews. After my last update for the Easily Thrown Aside story I didn't really get to much feedback so I didn't feel that motivated to write it. But this time it was different, I had posted the story at about 1:30am where I live and by the time I had left to get a drink and do a few things I already have a few reviews it was really cool. I changed the story description because I went to re-read it and to me it kind of looked like something that an Elementary School kid wrote, like I said it was late, so I changed it to something I felt was better. Lots of people are asking about the Harem and skills Naruto will have, right now Naruto does not know the Hiraishin but he is working on mastering it. For the girls I'm not sure if I will be adding any foreign women to the harem, I want to limit this one to 3 girls max, and I'm thinking that the third girl will either be Anko, or Shizune, cause if we are being honest, Shizune is pretty hot, even if she doesn't have the same sex appeal as say… Anko and Mei. I had a review telling me to change the mask to that of an animal, I know Anbu masks are supposed to represent animals and at first I had actually used Fox, but c'mon, that's pretty much every Anbu Naruto story out there using the fox mask, and it felt cheesy and kind of cliché for me to use it; I wanted mine to be different so I'm sorry if you don't like it. Another review also said I should write longer chapters, for those who might be a returning reader from my "Fourths Legacy" Fic, you will know that the first chapter in this story is probably the longest chapter I've ever written. I'll try to keep a steady word count for my chapters but I'm not the kind of author who can pump out 10k word chapters every few days, especially since I'm going back on shift this week. This is not an Anbu Naruto story, it is an Ex-Anbu Naruto, some people seem to have been a little confused, and when I had Naruto tell Tsunade about still being available for missions I meant Anbu ones, cause as far as I remember a lot of Anbu missions are more difficult than regular Jounin ones, so I meant Naruto would still be able to take the harder missions reserved for Anbu. Last thing I want to say, everyone who reads this should check out VI Seconds "The Most epic Naruto Rap", I hate rap but this song is awesome. *Update, changed the fight quite a bit, made it longer, little more character interaction, and no stupid ending to the fight, enjoy!
With nothing for either of them to grab, Naruto hand Yugao quickly made their way over to the clan district to find the Namikaze Compound, which was located between the Hyuuga and Abram clan compounds( Not sure if they are close in the actual show or not but just run with it). The first thing Naruto noticed when they reached the gate was the intricate seal design that covered it, taking a few moments to study the seal Naruto nodded before molding his chakra and putting his hands on the gate.
"What are you doing Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked, as a Kenjutsu specialist she had never really studied any Fuinjutsu other than basic sealing scrolls and exploding tags.
"My father and mother were both masters of Fuinjutsu, and judging by this seal he wanted this place to be the safest place in Konoha. It's a high level chakra seal that will only open if someone who has the same blood as either my father or mother applies their chakra to it. After we get inside I'll tweak it so that whoever I add to the seal will be able to enter." Naruto explained.
"Good explanation brat, it looks like my time teaching you Fuinjutsu didn't go to waste after all." A voice from behind them said. They turned to see both Kakashi and a man with long white hair approaching them.
"Whatever Ero-Sennin, I'm going to assume that both you and Kakashi-sensei can enter right? You being my father's sensei and Kakashi his student would only make sense." Naruto said, earning a nod from the Toad Sage.
"It's been a while since I've seen you Naruto, I wanted to see just how much my student has grown, as well as see my sensei's house again." Kakashi said, never taking his eye off his little orange book.
"Alright, if either of you break anything you owe me, c'mon Yugao-chan lets go." Naruto said, making the other two aware of her presence, but they decided to shrug it off for now.
Entering the compound, Naruto and Yugao couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful everything was. Large oak trees lined the walls, while inside a large assortment of flowers lined the marble walkways.
"It's beautiful, but how has everything been so well kept over the past 16 years? Surely no one has been in here since my parents died." Naruto asked.
"The Uzumaki clan was well known for their knowledge of seals, add your mothers knowledge to your fathers skill for creating and mastering Fuinjutsu and they were able to come up with seals to keep the outside well kept. Seals that work like sprinklers to water the flowers, as well as a few that released low level Futon Jutsus to keep the grass well cut. If I wouldn't have already known about this I would be just about as amazed as you are right now." Jiraiya explained. "Aside from those, there are a lot of security seals spread out around the grounds, Minato had a lot of enemies and when he found out Kushina was pregnant with you he made this place as safe as possible.
"I see… That's good then, I will have to take a look at my father's notes and figure out what every seal does, maybe add a few more now that the Akatsuki is also an issue." Naruto said, earning a nod from the Toad Sage. "We should get everything inside and unpacked before having to leave to meet up with everyone Yugao-chan."
"So… Yugao-san is going to be living with you Naruto-kun? Are you guys like…?" Kakashi said, leaving the question in the air as he made little movements with his hands, reminding the blonde of what Konohamaru did to Sakura before the Chunnin exams.
"No, Kakashi-sensei we aren't Yugao-chan is just staying with me because she has nowhere else to go." Naruto said with a sigh before entering the house, followed shortly by a semi blushing Yugao.
"Right right…" Kakashi said as he followed them in.
"Well… at least the outside was well kept." Naruto said as he looked around his new house. He was hoping his father had a similar setup inside as he did outside, but judging by the amount of dust and cobwebs it had been too much to ask for. Naruto made 10 shadow clones and sent two of them upstairs with his and Yugao's bags, while telling the rest of them to start cleaning as he, Yugao, Kakashi, and Jiraiya started to explore the house. Even with all the dust Naruto had to admit it was a beautiful house, but having lived in a shitty apartment since he was little just about anything else would feel nice. The main floor was home to the living room, dining room and kitchen, while the upstairs was mainly bedrooms and bathrooms. Downstairs was home to what Naruto was interested in the most, the Library; which held all of his father's notes on sealing as well as the Hiraishin Jutsu. Looking around Naruto found a variety of different sealing methods, as well as some of the Uzumaki clan scrolls for Jutsus and Kenjutsu Katas.
"This place is as impressive as I remember it; some of these scrolls contain long lost Sealing methods and Jutsus, as well as the Uzumaki Kenjutsu style which was considered one of the most formidable forms of Kenjutsu." Jiraiya stated as he and Kakashi looked through some of the scrolls.
"I'll be sure to take a look at them later. If you want, Yugao-chan, you can look through the Kenjutsu scrolls later as well. For now I want to finish exploring the grounds." Naruto said as he started making his way back upstairs.
"Hey Naruto-kun, where did your clones but my stuff? I want to change out of my Anbu uniform for now." Yugao asked as they made their way back to the main entrance of the house.
"They put your bags upstairs, last door on the left Yugao-chan." Naruto replied, making the Kenjutsu specialist nod and disappear upstairs.
"You two seem pretty close brat, you sure there is nothing else going on here?" Jiraiya asked with a lecherous grin.
"Shut it you pervert, like I said earlier, we're just friends." Naruto replied as he glared at the old pervert, who just shrugged it off and walked outside.
"Whatever brat, I'm going to go do some research, I'll see you guys in the morning for your skills assessment." Jiraiya said as he Shunshined out of the compound.
"I think I'm going to take off as well Naruto, I've already seen the rest of the grounds before, but I will catch up with you guys later when you meet everyone else alright?" Kakashi said, earning a nod from the blonde as he decided to use the gate to get out. A few minutes later Yugao came out of the house dressed as a normal Jounin, and Naruto would be lying if he said he didn't find the Kunoichi to be very attractive.
"Where did Jiraiya-sama and Kakashi-senpai go Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked as she walked up to Naruto, who was currently trying his best not to stare at her.
"The pervert said he was going to go do some research, which means peaking on the women's bathhouse, and Kakashi left to do… Kakashi things I guess, probably trying to come up with a few more lame ass excuses as to why he is late all the time." Naruto replied, earning a light giggle from Yugao.
"Alright well let's finish looking around, and then we can go get something to eat before meeting up with everyone." Naruto said as they started walking around the Compound a little more. Back behind the house they found the training grounds, and a few ponds and steams to practice Suiton Jutsus.
"It's gorgeous back here." Yugao said as she took everything in.
"Yea it's definitely something else; my old man sure knew how to make the most of the space given to him." Naruto replied. "I'm going to go change, and then we can go grab something to eat before meeting up with everyone else alright?"
A few minutes later Naruto appeared wearing Standard Anbu pants and combat boots, with Kunai holsters on each leg; and a black tank top over a mesh armor shirt. Yugao couldn't deny that Naruto was attractive; he had grown a lot over the past few years, and now easily stood as tall as Kakashi. Having lost all of his baby fat over three years of rigorous training, he had a very defined figure, and you were able to easily see his muscles underneath his mesh armor. He had let his hair grow out, and now had the same jaw length bangs that framed his face, just like his father. Yugao was sure that Naruto would start having issues with fan-girls, especially after his status as the Namikaze Clan leader was announced. The thought of Naruto having fan girls made Yugao feel weird inside, she couldn't exactly pinpoint what the feeling was just yet, but she would have to talk to someone about it eventually.
"Ready to go, Yugao-chan?" Naruto asked as he made his way over to her.
"I'm ready, Naruto-kun. Where did you want to go?" She asked as they started walking towards the gate.
"Mhm, how about that Sushi bar you always talked about on missions?" Naruto asked as they stepped out, but came face to face with someone he didn't want to deal with just yet. Hinata Hyuuga. Over the past three years he had matured greatly, and now understood why the girl was always blushing around him, and while he would admit that she was very beautiful now, he couldn't return the feelings that she had for him.
"N-Naruto-kun, w-why are you c-coming out of t-the Yondaime's c-compound?" Hinata asked, making Naruto curse under his breath, they should have just left by Shunshin.
"I'm sorry Hinata, but I'm not allowed to talk about it, it's the reason why Tsunade-sama asked you all to leave earlier. You will all figure it out eventually, but for now you don't need to know, sorry." Naruto replied before he and Yugao quickly left via Shunshin, leaving Hinata alone in the street, thinking that maybe her father would know why.
-With Naruto and Yugao-
"That was close Naruto-kun, good save." Yugao said with a smirk as they appeared near the center of Konoha.
"It was my own mistake, we should have just left by Shunshin, and I can only assume that Hinata is going to ask around as to why we would be there now." Naruto sighed out.
"She was bound to find out eventually, from what I remember your father and Hiashi seemed to be fairly close friends." Yugao said as they made their way towards the Sushi bar, earning a surprised look from Naruto.
"That's surprising, from what I remember about the Hyuuga clan head was that he had a bigger stick shoved up his ass then Neji did before I beat it out of him." Naruto replied.
"Well… Hiashi-sama wasn't always like that; he first started changing after your father and mother died. Then he completely fell apart after the death of his wife during her birth of their second child." Yugao explained, "I can almost guarantee that the Hyuuga will be a powerful ally for you once you inaugurated as the Namikaze clan head."
"I see, it would be good to get to know him then, especially if I was to ever become Hokage." Naruto replied, "Can I ask you a question Yugao-chan?"
"Of course Naruto-kun."
"With my mother being a part of the Uzumaki Clan, and my father being from the Namikaze, I can't decide what name I want to take. While I would like to have my father's last name, I feel it would be unfair to my mother, and vice versa." Naruto said, Yugao could see where Naruto was coming from, with him being the last of two famous clans, he didn't want to be the reason that either one of them died out.
"Maybe try talking to Tsunade-Sama about taking both last names, its rare but in your case it might be allowed, then it would be a joint Uzumaki-Namikaze clan." Yugao suggested, earning a nod and smile from Naruto.
"Thanks Yugao-chan, I think I'll do that." Naruto replied.
After a quick meal at the sushi restaurant, Naruto and Yugao went to join the rest of Naruto's friends at one of the shinobi bars located around Konoha and spent the rest of the night telling stories about some of their missions as well as how they met.
-Next Morning-
Yugao woke early the next morning to the sound of clashing steel, knowing it was probably just Naruto training she decided to get up and gauge where his Kenjutsu skills stood in comparison to her own. Yugao would admit that in both Taijutsu and Ninjutsu, Naruto was easily more powerful than her, but when it came to Kenjutsu she was still slightly better than him; although she knew that with a little more time, Naruto would surpass even her. Getting dressed in her regular Jounin gear Yugao made her way downstairs and into the back yard, where sure enough Naruto was in a large scale battle with his clones. Even with her trained eyes she could hardly keep up with Naruto's speed, so a lot of what she saw was just a blur, followed by a puff of smoke, followed by another blur as Naruto massacred his clones left and right. With only four clones remaining Naruto decided to stop his relentless assault and set up with his Ninjato in a defensive position. A few moments passed before two of the clones charged Naruto, one aiming to sweep Naruto's legs out from underneath him while the other came from above attempting to slam him into the ground. Naruto flipped over the leg sweep before stabbing his Ninjato into the ground and using the hilt to propel himself into a skyward kick that connected with the above clone's chin, making him dispel. After landing on the ground Naruto took out a Kunai and engaged the second clone in a quick Taijutsu battle, which ended when Naruto managed to stab the clone with his kunai. After watching the first two clones get beat in close combat, the remaining two clones decided to try a long ranged battle. Going through the required handsigns both clones yelled out their respected Jutsu.
"Katon: Grande Fireball Jutsu!" Both clones yelled in unison, as two large fireballs sped towards Naruto from either side, before he too went through a series of hand seals.
"Suiton: Water Encampment Wall!" The original Naruto shouted, before a large dome of water surrounded him protecting him from the dual fireball attacks.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu." Naruto whispered, before a thick mist rolled in over the battlefield which Naruto disappeared in. A few moments later Yugao heard two popping sounds and the mist started to dissipate, showing an unscathed Naruto holding his Ninjato.
"Fucking clones, I didn't expect them to fire two Grande Fireballs at me." Naruto mumbled as he made his way over to Yugao. "Enjoy the show Yugao-chan?"
"Quite the performance Naruto-kun, I was a little surprised when the clones started using Jutsus though, you usually only use them in either Taijutsu or Kenjutsu spars." Yugao said.
"Yea well I can't always control what my clones do; now I know how you and Kakashi-sensei must have felt trying to train me, although I never hurled two high ranking Jutsus at either of you." Naruto said, making Yugao smile slightly.
"Well at least they didn't actually hit you right?" Yugao said with a giggle as they made their way inside.
"Whatever Yugao-chan, I'm going to make some breakfast before going to my skills assessment, you want anything?" Naruto asked, receiving a nod as his answer Naruto went to the kitchen to fix them both something to eat.
"So are you ready for the skills assessment Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked when Naruto returned with their breakfast.
"Of course Yugao-chan, while both Asuma and Kiba are strong in their own rights, I have faced tougher opponents and did just fine." Naruto replied, earning a nod from Yugao, she knew how strong her friend was, but she still worried about him.
"Even still Naruto, it would be good not to underestimate Asuma-san, he wasn't made one of the Daimyo's guardians for nothing." Yugao warned.
"I know Yugao-chan, I'll be careful." Naruto said, "I hope Baa-chan will keep us together, after working with you for so long it would be really weird for me to work with anyone else other then maybe Kakashi-sensei."
"I know what you mean Naruto-kun, the only reason I left Anbu was to be on the same team as you. I'm sure Tsunade-sama will keep her end of our deal." Yugao replied, earning a nod from Naruto before they continued their breakfast in relative silence, just enjoying each-others company.
-Few Hours Later, Training Ground 7-
Naruto and Yugao were surprised to see that they weren't the first to arrive at the training ground; the only people who had yet to show up were Kiba and Asuma. As Naruto and Yugao went over to the group Naruto couldn't help but shudder when he saw the looks that Ino and to a lesser extent Hinata were giving him, making Yugao smirk at him.
"I never would have thought that Konoha's reaper, one of the most feared shinobi to come out of Konoha since the Yondaime, would be scared of a blonde haired fan girl." Yugao teased, earning a glare from Naruto.
"You have no idea how fucking persistent she is Yugao-chan. I'd rather face A and S ranked criminals then have to deal with a persistent fangirl, Hinata isn't as bad because she is too shy to actually try something with me; but I'm not so sure about Ino." Naruto replied, as he put as much space as he could between the platinum blonde and himself.
"How was your night brat? Have a good time alone with Yugao-san in your house?" Jiraiya asked with a lecherous grin, shocking those present who didn't know Yugao was living with Naruto-kun.
"Can it you pervert, before I get Tsunade to knock some sense into you." Naruto replied, ignoring the looks he was getting from those present.
"You're living with Naruto Yugao-chan?" Kurenai asked as she walked up to her friend.
"Well… I didn't really have any other place to stay, and I didn't want to bother you and Anko-chan because you both only have one bedroom apartments and it wouldn't have been very comfortable with me. After explaining that to Naruto yesterday he offered to let me stay at his new house for a while." Yugao explained, earning nod from Kurenai.
"Uh, Ba-chan, is Iruka-sensei going to be coming?" Naruto asked, earning a surprised look from Tsunade who had forgot about inviting the academy teacher.
"Shit, sorry Naruto I forgot, I can-"Tsunade started, but was cut off by a wave from Naruto.
"Don't worry about it baa-chan, I'll get him." Naruto said as he made a clone and had it go look for Iruka.
"So are you ready for this brat?" Tsunade asked as she looked at her surrogate little brother.
"Yugao-chan asked me the same thing earlier." Naruto replied with a laugh as he stole a glance at his purple haired friend, "and I'll tell you the same thing I told her, of course I am. I just hope they can give me a decent fight."
"Confident are we?" Tsunade asked with a smirk, as even she didn't know the full extent of Naruto's strength.
"I didn't become Konoha's Reaper for no reason; I earned my mask baa-chan." Naruto replied with a smirk of his own, making Tsunade nod.
"I hope you can back that up Naruto-kun, Asuma-san is no slouch when it comes to close combat, same goes for Kiba." Kakashi said.
"I know, there are only a few people in this village who I wouldn't want to fight close quarters, and they are all already here, I'm not too worried about Asuma-san or Kiba-san, but don't worry Kakashi-sensei, Yugao-chan already made me promise to be careful." Naruto replied, earning a nod from Kakashi.
"Naruto-kun is that really you?" Said a voice from behind everyone, making Naruto turn with a smile on his face.
"Iruka-sensei, I'm glad you were able to make it." Naruto said as he walked over and embraced the scarred Chunnin.
"I was worried when everyone had said you disappeared Naruto-kun, I thought you might have been dead, where have you been these past three years?" Iruka asked as they broke apart.
"Well… For the week after I was in the hospital after I failed to bring Sasuke back I had a lot of time to think, during that time Ero-sennin came and told me he wanted to take me out of the village to train." Naruto said, making Iruka go wide eyed.
"Jiraiya-sama asked you to become his apprentice?" Iruka asked.
"I did yea, but the damn brat refused to be taken from the village, he was worried that if he was out of the village he wouldn't be able to protect his friends in case the village was attacked." Jiraiya said, catching everyone's attention as they didn't know the exact reason why Naruto didn't leave with Jiraiya.
"That's right; I didn't want to leave to village so I refused. The day I was released I went and talked to baa-chan and asked to be put into the Anbu program, and after some negotiating with the council I was allowed to join." Naruto explained.
"So you have been in Anbu for the past three years then?" Iruka asked, he was shocked that Naruto had been allowed to join Anbu. As much as he hated to admit it because of how he considered Naruto to be a little brother to him but the Naruto he remembered wouldn't have had the skills to be placed into Anbu.
"I have, and while I'm still alive I have to tell you that the Naruto you once knew no longer exists. I'm no longer the class deadlast who throws Kage Bunshin around just because I have the chakra capacities to do so." Naruto said, shocking Iruka again as he wondered just how much Naruto had changed over the past three years.
"I know that its' usually forbidden knowledge but now that you are no longer Anbu I don't think it matters, what mask did you have?" Iruka asked, he knew the story behind Anbu about their masks being special to those who wore them. Naruto smirked before a small seal appeared on his forehead and a poof of smoke went up, blocking Naruto's face from view.
"No way…" Iruka whispered after the smoke had cleared, and there stood Naruto, the Reaper mask covering his face.
"Pretty bad ass huh?" Naruto asked with a smirk as the mask disappeared as well as the small seal on his forehead.
"I'd say, I never thought I'd have taught Konoha's most feared Anbu operative since Itachi Uchiha." Iruka said with a proud smile. Naruto was about to reply when he suddenly felt two chakra signatures suddenly approaching.
"They are finally here." Naruto said to Tsunade, who nodded in response. Iruka was about to ask what was going on when Asuma and Kiba appeared in the middle of the training ground.
"I was beginning to think neither of you were actually going to show up." Naruto said in a bored tone, earning a growl from Kiba as Asuma's eyes narrowed.
"Like I'd ever run from you, doesn't matter what you have been doing over the past three years you are still the class deadlast in my books." Kiba said, as a large white dog barked in agreement.
"Whatever Kiba, whatever issue you have with me is none of my fucking business, but be warned, I'm not the same kid who took abuse from you all those years ago." Naruto said as he narrowed his eyes and stood across from the two Jounin.
"Alright this is going to be a fight between the two Jounin Asuma Sarutobi, Kiba Inzuka, and Special Jounin Naruto Uzumaki. It will be a two on one fight so we can gauge Special Jounin Naruto Uzumaki's skills in combat." Tsunade said as everyone quieted down and started paying attention to the training field.
"Do you think Naruto-kun will be ok Sakura?" Ino asked as she looked over at her long-time friend and former rival.
"I'm not sure Ino, sure the fact that Naruto has been in Anbu for the past three years in impressive, but he is fighting against two of Konoha's best close quarters Jounin." Sakura replied, not taking her eyes off her former teammate.
"What do you think Neji-kun? Will Naruto be ok or was he all talk?" Tenten asked her teammate.
"While I find it hard to believe Naruto would be able to fight both Kiba and Asuma-san at the same time, he wasn't called Konoha's most unpredictable ninja for no reason. I think Naruto will surprise all of us." Neji replied.
"Are all fighters ready? Start!" Tsunade yelled, and instantly Naruto started going through a set of hand seals that both Kakashi and Sakura recognized.
"No way…" Sakura said, just before Naruto finished his jutsu.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Naruto Shouted, as just like this morning a dense mist started to envelope the training ground.
"Kiba, stay close to me, I'm going to try and make the mist go away." Asuma said before going through his own handsigns.
"Futon: Great Wind Breakthrough!" Asuma yelled, but was shocked when his attack didn't blow the mist away.
"Nice try, Asuma-san, as a fellow Futon user I can tell you it will take a wind attack a lot stronger than that to make my mist go away." Came Naruto's voice from inside the mist.
"Where are you Naruto! Come out and fight like a man!" Kiba shouted, before freezing up when he felt a kunai against his back.
"Behind you…" Naruto whispered, before Kiba turned around and swung his fist, hoping to hit Naruto. Instead he hit something big and fairly soft, before hearing a pained yelp from his partner.
"Akamaru! Fuck Naruto I'll make you pay for that!" He shouted.
-On the sidelines-
The only ones who could see what was going on inside the mist were Neji and Hinata, but due to how much of Naruto's chakra was circulating in the mist even they found it hard to see.
"Can any of you see what is happening?" Sakura asked.
"It looks like Naruto used his speed inside the mist to get behind Kiba before saying something and disappearing again, Kiba turned and tried to hit Naruto but took Akamaru out instead." Neji explained.
"Pretty sneaky tactic, without Akamaru Kiba won't be able to use his Fang over Fang technique to its full capability unless Akamaru is able to get back up by the end of the fight. But Naruto will need more than that to win this fight." Kurenai said glancing over at Yugao who didn't look concerned at all.
"Don't worry Kurenai-Chan; Naruto is just getting warmed up. I don't think he will even need to bring out his big guns to finish this fight." Yugao said as she examined the mist, before noticing it was starting to clear.
-Back in the Fight-
As the mist cleared Asuma noticed that he and Kiba had been separated, and now stood on either side of Naruto.
"Kiba, go at him together, lets end this quick!" Asuma yelled as he took his trench knives out and rushed Naruto, matching Kiba who rushed in with Kunai.
Hoping the coordinated attack would push the fight in their advantage, Asuma and Kiba upped the pressure against the blonde, throwing a whirlwind of strikes and combos towards Naruto, who seemed unfazed by their coordinated attack and simply dodged all their strikes.
"Why aren't you fighting back Naruto, to scared?" Kiba taunted, but something about the way Naruto was smirking at him made the Inzuka shudder slightly.
"One word for you…" Naruto started, making Asuma's eyes widen at the sudden influx in chakra coming from the blonde and kawarimi'd with a log on the opposite side of the training field.
"Boom." Naruto ended with a smirk before enveloping Kiba in a large explosion, sending the boy flying across the training field and into a tree, where he slumped over unconscious.
"I'd suggest getting him to the hospital." Naruto said as he looked over at the shocked spectators.
-On the sidelines-
"Kiba-kun!" Kurenai yelled as she rushed over to her old student, although impressed with how Naruto was handling himself so far, she felt as though he could have gone a little easier on her student.
"Holy shit!" Ino shouted, "What the hell was that!"
"Naruto Kawarimi'd with an Exploding Clone shortly before the mist cleared; he placed himself between both Kiba and Asuma in hopes that they would engage him together. It was a trap and Naruto led them into it perfectly." Yugao explained, having seen Naruto use this tactic before on missions.
"How do you know that's what he did? Are you sure it wasn't just luck?" Ino asked, but then shrunk at the glare Yugao gave her.
"The reason I know this is because I've seen Naruto use those two Jutsu in combination before, the only difference this time is the amount of Chakra he used. Normally when Naruto traps his foes like this, all that's left is bits and pieces." Yugao explained, making everyone shiver, realizing that this new Naruto was not someone to fuck with.
-Back in the fight-
"So Asuma-san, do you still want to fight?" Naruto asked as he walked back into the middle of the training field, "Surely you have seen enough."
"Don't get cocky brat, Kiba got tricked because he was impatient and couldn't notice the spike in chakra your clone gave off just before exploding, I won't fall for the same trick twice." Asuma said as he started pumping more Futon Chakra into his trench knives, making them sharper and longer.
"Very well then Asuma; make sure you don't get caught again, next time I won't hold back." Naruto said, before doing a few handsigns.
"Katon: Fire Dragon Jutsu!" Naruto shouted, before shooting a large dragon made of fire towards Asuma, who quickly got out of the way. Despite his current situation, Asuma was impressed that the blonde knew not only Futon, but Katon as well.
"Your good brat, I'll give you that but you're still too young to be able to beat me." Asuma said.
"Katon: Ash Burning Pile!" He shouted as a large cloud of gunpowder and ash made its way over to Naruto, before starting another set of handsigns.
"Katon: Grande Fire Ball Jutsu" He shouted as a large fireball shot towards the cloud of ash, making it ignite causing a large explosion to envelope the area Naruto was in.
-Sidelines-
"Naruto-kun!" Sakura yelled as she was about to jump in and save her last remaining teammate, before a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Looking back she saw the hand belonged to Yugao.
"Let me go! Naruto needs help." Sakura yelled as she tried to get out of Yugao's grasp, "he's your friend! Don't you even care?"
"I do, and its' because I'm his friend that I am confident that Naruto will be ok. Like we have said before, do not underestimate Naruto-kun." Yugao said as she looked at the spot that Naruto had been.
"That was one of Asuma-sensei's strongest attacks, are you sure Naruto-kun will be ok?" Ino asked, but didn't get an answer as everyone was busy watching the spot Naruto had been.
-Fight-
"You should call the fight Tsunade-sama, I don't think he will be getting up after that." Asuma said.
"That was a good attack Asuma-san, but it will take more than that to bring me down." Naruto said, earning Asuma's attention
"How-" Asuma started but as the smoke cleared he was surprised to see Naruto surrounded by a dome of water.
"Suiton: Suijinheki." Naruto said as the wall of water dissipated around him.
"Three affinities, that's pretty impressive Naruto, I can see that you came a long way in the past three years. I've still got a lot of juice left in the tank though." Asuma said as he brought out his trench knives, pumping chakra through them, causing them to gain a faint blue hue.
"I wouldn't have expected anything else Asuma'san, but I wasn't made Konoha's reaper for nothing." Naruto started before going through a set of hand signs.
"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu." Naruto said, before a large dragon made of water appeared out of the lake behind Naruto and raced towards Asuma, who was forced to use a Kawarimi to get out of the way, before rushing towards Naruto to engage with his trench knives. A seal appeared on Naruto's hand, causing a slight poof of smoke that dissipated to reveal a Ninjato. Pumping a bit of wind chakra through the blade Naruto disappeared to meet Asuma, sending a flurry of stabs and slashes at the bearded Jounin, making him go on the defensive.
-Sidelines-
"Kenjutsu to huh… Man Naruto's become extremely troublesome over the past few years." Shikamaru said lazily, earning a few nods from around the group.
"It would seem that Naruto has surpassed all of us, it makes me wonder what he might have been like had someone taught him seriously earlier in his life." Shino said.
"Naruto has always been a prodigy." Yugao said, earning the groups attention. "He may not have been like Sasuke or Neji, who were both born with Natural talent, I would put him in the same category as Lee-san, a prodigy of hard work. Naruto trained day and night at Anbu HQ to get to the level he is at now, and according to him he still has tons of room to improve."
"I have to agree with Yugao-chan." Kurenai stated," but even at that pace, Naruto has grown exponentially over the past three years, it would take more than just being a prodigy of hard work for him to grow from the level he was at, to the one he is currently on."
"That is true, but Naruto is a special case in regards to another area as well." Yugao replied, earning questioning looks from a few of the younger Shinobi.
"How so Yugao-san?" Sakura asked.
"The Kage-Bunshin is a special kind of clone, one that can send information back to the original once being dispelled, the only drawback is how much chakra it takes to make one as it splits the users chakra in half evenly for each clone made." Yugao started, "Naruto, however, has the largest chakra reserves I've ever seen, and can easily make up to around one hundred clones in one go. Now think about it, if each clone sends information back to the original, using one hundred clones a day, would equal up to about one hundred days of training."
"That's incredible…" Sakura whispered as she looked at her teammate as he was still engaged in close quarters combat with Asuma.
"Naruto used his clones to train Kenjutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Ninjutsu, while he focused a lot on physical training. Naruto may not look like it but he is also probably one of the physically strongest Shinobi in Konoha, behind Gai-san and Jiraiya-sama." Yugao said, "He is a very deadly close ranged fighter, with the amount of strength and speed he has not a lot of enemies can keep up with him if he gets in close. I'm only able to win our Kenjutsu spars based on years of experience and reflexes, but even then Naruto will surpass me soon enough."
"Yosh! Naruto-kuns flames of youth are burning brighter than ever! I must increase my training by one hundred times so I can match him!" Lee said.
"That's my student Lee!" Gai said.
"Gai-Sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
They yelled before hugging, causing an coastal sunset image to appear behind them.
"What the fuck is that!" Yugao said, appalled and scared at what she was seeing.
"It's best not to think about it Yugao-san." Tenten said with a sweatdrop.
-Fight-
"It seems that Gai-sensei and Lee are the same as ever." Naruto mused to himself before ducking under a punch Asuma had sent at his face.
"It would be best not to take your eyes off me Naruto, it wouldn't do well for you to go back to Yugao-san missing an eye." Asuma said confidently.
"Same could be said for you Asuma-san, don't get to cocky." Naruto replied, before stabbing his sword into the ground to catch both of Asuma's arms. Asuma tried to fight Naruto's grip but found it near impossible to get out, before feeling a strong pain in his gut as Naruto had planted his foot directly into Asuma's stomach, making him cough up a little blood. Naruto, using Asuma's pain as a momentary distraction, released his grip on one of Asuma's hands, before using his now free hand to hit a pressure point in Asuma's arm, rendering it useless as it fell limply at his side. Naruto picked up his sword with his free hand, before placing the tip against Asuma's jugular, causing to bearded Jounin to snap back to reality as he felt cold steel against his neck.
"Give up, Asuma-san. I would prefer it if you do not force my hand any further." Naruto said coldly, sending a shiver down Asuma's spine.
"I-I give up." Asuma said, as Naruto retracted his blade before sealing it away again.
"Good choice, I'd recommend seeing Baa-chan or Shizune-chan to get your arm looked at." Naruto said, earning a nod from Asuma. "That was fun for me, if you ever want to have a friendly spar feel free to find me."
"Very impressive brat." Tsunade said as she came up behind the two, followed closely by the others.
"Yea, that was amazing Naruto-kun." Sakura said with a smile, making Naruto scratch his head sheepishly.
"Hehe… It wasn't that impressive Sakura. If I didn't have a chakra conducting blade like Asuma the fight could have gone downhill for me." Naruto replied.
"What did you do to his arm Naruto-kun?" Shizune asked as she gazed at Asuma's limp arm.
"Huh? Oh… I hit a pressure point to make it go limp… you should probably take a look at it to make sure it goes back to normal Shizune-chan." Naruto said with a smile, making her blush slightly, something that didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade and Yugao.
"Hai, Naruto-kun." She replied before attending to Asuma.
"It takes a lot of knowledge about human anatomy to be able to do something like that in the middle of combat Naruto-san." Shino said, earning a nod from Sakura.
"Yea… well I can't do medical Jutsu because of how my chakra is, but I thought it might have helped to learn about human anatomy, being able to disable an opponent in the middle of combat is a good skill to have if you need to extract… information." Naruto said, causing a few of them to shiver at the implication he just gave.
"Anyways brat, I think that it's safe to say you have earned this." Tsunade said as she handed Naruto a green Jounin vest. "Elite Jounin Uzumaki Naruto!" Make me and your parents' proud brat
Annnnnd Cut. I know I said I was planning on starting the little filler arc I want to have before starting the Shippuden timeline off with Gaara being captured but the fight in this chapter took a little longer then I had originally planned it, so you can expect the next one or two chapters to be filler, then onto a bit of cannon. Like I said earlier the amount of feedback I have been getting on this story is completely insane, when I started writing this chapter this morning it had around 30 favorites and follows, and by the time I finished that number had jumped to 74 favorites, and 101 follows with 16 reviews. Completely insane, and that's what gave me the motivation to get this second chapter out so quick. Now, I want to try and get another chapter out tomorrow, and maybe one again on Tuesday right before I got back on shift, but we will have to see… hoping for at least one more chapter anyways. So far I have created a list of Jutsus that Naruto will be able to use, and as I find/think of more I will add them, obviously in this chapter Naruto didn't need to reveal some of his more powerful Jutsus because he was only fighting against Kiba and Asuma. And yes, Naruto is powerful, but not god like, he would have troubles against Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, so foes like Kisame and Itachi will still be hard for Naruto to overcome. As all of you probably noticed, Naruto has no romantic feelings for Hinata right now, that could change in the future, I'm not sure, but so far I'm thinking this is going to be a harem with a main Naru/Yugao pairing, with Kurenai and most likely Shizune, sorry Anko fans, but who knows, I might change my mind, that's just what I'm leaning towards right now.
Fixed a mistake where I had Tsunade listed as being weaker then Kakashi, that was an issue on my end.