Disclaimer: dont own naruto, but i do own this pizza im about to eat.
(A LOT happens this chapter, so if you must, read through it a couple of times, because alot is answered, and even more questions will come up)
"You ready, Gaki?" asked Jiraiya as he and Naruto approached the gate. Standing there was Kakashi, Sakura, Zabuza and Sasuke. All ready to begin their own training trip.
"Yep, can you 4 live without me for a week?" asked Naruto as both his teammates sweat dropped and Kakashi and Zabuza read their porn.
"Don't worry bout a thing Gaki, Kakashi is going to train pinky over there and I'm training this brat in the art of the sword and some other stuff" said Zabuza, implying he would be training Sasuke.
"You wanna be a swordsman?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow.
"I got into the Uchiha weapons vault and found a couple really nice swords, including the one that Zabuza says is quite special" stated the Uchiha. 'but I also learned how to unlock Itachi's eyes...' he thought "Yea, a chakra conducting katana, it's a pretty good sword, he might as well learn to use it." stated Zabuza as he flipped a page in his book, an action mirrored in perfect synchronization with Kakashi "By the way Gaki, what do you plan on doing with the Splash sword? I know you're strong, but even using one in your teeth you couldn't control all three swords at once"
"I plan to learn how to use it, never know when it could come in handy. Then maybe pass it on if I get a student that's into Kenjutsu After all, at the rate I'm going, not even the council will be able to keep me from becoming a jonin in the next year" laughed Naruto, though Sakura didn't get the joke.
"Why would the council try and stop you becoming a jonin?" she asked, Naruto just sighed.
"I'll tell you after the exams, after all, if you're fighting Sasuke, you need to improve as much as possible, can't have you getting sidetracked" commented Naruto. It was true, the second match was Sakura Haruno vs Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke was the odds on favorite to win the tournament, followed by Gaara, then Neji. Naruto was at the bottom of the list, even below Sakura, probably because the rankings were done by civilians and the older genin, sense all the older ninja were involved in the exams or had a personal stake in the matter.
Naruto just nodded and handed both Sakura and Sasuke a scroll, getting a raised eyebrow from all but Jiraiya, who had been there when Naruto wrote both scroll.
Just as Naruto handed over the scrolls, a small green toad with white hair popped into existence next to the toad sannin.
"Hmm, so this is the new summoner?" asked the small toad as he jumped up on Naruto's shoulder and stared him in the eye. "Good lord! You have just as much chakra as Jiraiya Chan, you really are Minato's son! Now all you need to do pass Buntas test, come, we need a clearing and you need to sign the contract!"
-Training ground 37-
Naruto had already signed the contract and was now about to summon the great toad.
"If you're the leader of the toads, why wouldn't I summon you?" asked Naruto as Fukasaku remounted Naruto's shoulder.
"Because Naruto Chan, me and Ma are not really battle-toads, we're more of support toads. Bunta, Hiro and Ken are the battle-toads, and then there's Kichi and Tatsu, but they're both too young. Just use about a fourth of your chakra to summon Bunta" stated the toad as he attached himself to the blonde's shoulder with chakra.
"So a fourth of my suppressed chakra? Or my full chakra?" asked Naruto. Jiraiya just smirked, he knew there was no way that was the blondes full power, after all, he had Kage level reserves when he was made a full fledged ANBU at the age of 8, he just didn't know how much he really had.
"Hmm? You say that you have more? Well let's see your full." stated Fukasaku. Naruto just nodded and focused on the seal that he had the Hokage place between his shoulder blades when he was placed on a genin squad, just so no one else caught on that he really was a freak of nature, even for an Uzumaki.
Naruto unlocked the seal and a shock wave of chakra was unleashed, distorting the air around him and actually being FELT as far away as he village, so much so that within 30 seconds, two ANBU squads, the Hokage, and even a Kakashi, Sakura, Zabuza and Sasuke, came rushing into the clearing.
"Naruto sempai? Was that you?" yelled/question an ANBU agent with a 'Tora' mask.
"Tora, what did I tell you about the Senpai crap? You know I hate honorifics." smiled Naruto as he waved off his old ANBU subordinate.
"Senpai? You know this boy Captain?" asked a boar masked Agent, a new member that was brought up after Kakashi and Naruto left and the old Boar died.
"Yes, That boy is 'Fox', my ex Captain. He was next in line for commander but he and Kakashi sempai left at the same time." stated Yamato A.K.A Tora, getting a shocked look from all present except from Naruto, Kakashi, the Hokage, and Jiraiya.
"Naruto Chan, we don't have all day! Just pump about 1/16 of your chakra, that will more than enough" chided Fukasaku. He was an old toad, but patience was not one of his greatest traits.
Naruto tried to only put 1/16th in, but was excited and put 1/8th of his chakra into the jutsu, and both Jiraiya and Fukasaku knew that it was going to end badly...
"Summoning Jutsu!" yelled Naruto as he slammed his hand to the ground. An explosion of smoke the size of the Hokage monument erupted from the ground, covering the whole training area and then some z
"Jiraiya! You dare summon me!" yelled a giant red toad in a blue vest, that slowly appeared through the smoke.
"Couldn't be Jiraiya, even at his best he couldn't summon both of us" stated another giant red toad, this one in a black robe with a shield and forked spiked battle staff.
"Make that all three of us, it must have been Fukasaku sama or Shima sama." stated a third giant toad, this one a bluish-green toad with two swords on his back.
"All three of you are wrong! This is our newest summoner, Bunta, Ken, Hiro, this is Naruto." stated Fukasaku in a surprisingly loud and clear voice. The old toad was surprised though, even he couldn't summon all three battle-toads at once without some time to prepare.
"Fukasaku sama, you can't be serious! The amount of chakra needed for all three of us is a hole Kages worth! Even Minato couldn't summon us all and still stand!" yelled Gamahiro, the toad with two swords.
"No, Hiro, this is Minato's boy. He has the chakra to do it. We need to get back to the mountain. Fukasaku sama, is he coming with us?" Asked Gamabunta, getting a nod from the toad elder. "Ok Gaki, hold on tight, this might feel weird the first time"
All the toads puffed away one after another, leaving the Hokage, both ANBU squads, Jiraiya and the rest of team 7 standing in the field.
"What the hell is going on here! The Uzumaki brat couldn't possibly summon Gamabunta, he's nothing more than a de-!" yelled the newest member of ANBU before he felt 4 Kunai at his throat and 8 massive waves of killing intent.
"That 'Uzumaki brat' was the captain of your team not even 3 months ago" stated a purple haired ANBU
"He went back in for me after I was foolish and got captured, he's the sole reason I'm alive today, and I will not have you tarnish his name" stated the falcon mask ANBU
"he was the head of the ambush division and holds 3 official ANBU records, fastest time clearing out a stage 4 bandit camp, highest confirmed kill count in a single mission, 351, highest calculated kill count on a single mission, 612." stated Yamato, he was in ANBU for about a year during that mission, and could easels claim watching the blonde tear through that camp was the most horrifying thing he had ever scene.
"He took over my team after Itachi became a missing nin. He was second in command of the combative ANBU. He answered only to me and the Hokage He also is the only member in ANBU history that never lost a member or failed a mission while captain of his team. He is the greatest ANBU operative since his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, and quite possibly the best ever. You will show him respect, or I will kill you myself!" threatened Kakashi.
The 3 new ANBU, Sakura and Sasuke were all shocked, Naruto or 'The demon brat', was the head of the most dangerous division? And he never lost a man or failed a mission while captain... That's ridiculous in ANBU! But 3 of the most respected both still in and retired ANBU operatives stated it with all their being.
A quick look to the Hokage, who had a small smile, though completely serious expression on his face, only a nod to confirm the claims.
"Naruto was that great? I mean I know that Kakashi said he was good, but even Itachi wasn't that great!" stated an awe struck Sasuke, if the blonde really was that good, he might ask to be his apprentice, screw his still huge ego.
"The Gaki is a natural born leader, and by the end of his training with Lord Jiraiya, I'm willing to bet he could take any shinobi in the world." stated Zabuza as he started to walk away, probably to training ground 25, which was perfect for weapons training, Sasuke following him.
"Stupid Gaki and Bunta, leaving me here, to get reverse summoned when they figure out I'm-"
-Mount Myoboku-
"-not there with them" Jiraiya looked around, finally seeing that he was standing next to Naruto and Pa (Fukasaku)
"Well Jiraiya Chan? What's this boys training schedule going to be?" questioned Pa as he hopped back to Naruto's shoulder, Something that Naruto didn't seem to mind.
"Well, we have three hours to get settled and have lunch, then he's going to have his clones go over every Jutsu he knows and master them, they'll do this while water walking or waterfall climbing to increase his chakra control, while the clones are doing that, he's going to be either sparing with me, or doing physical training, that's the first week, or if it take less time, then we'll move on quicker and get more done." stated Jiraiya as he looked over the training schedule.
"Sweet, I'll go make a couple hundred clones to work on chakra control now, that way I'll be more efficient at mastering my jutsus" stated Naruto, who then disappeared from view, Pa had jumped off the blonde just in time to not move at the speed of sound.
"That boy is fast!" said a bug eyed Fukasaku. Jiraiya could only nod dumbly, he knew that Naruto was using bare minimum chakra, if any, for his movements, so he really was that fast. This got the legendary sannin thinking
'If he's that fast already... He might actually be ready by the end of the exams...' thought the sannin, then Naruto reappeared in front of the older men-err-man and toad
"Gaki, what was that seal you unlocked back in Konoha?" asked Jiraiya
"one of my own, it constantly draws 1/3 of my chakra and either uses it to keep a gravity seal activated, or just stores in a rainy day storage seal, the other half of the seal uses a type of chakra recycling that changes the frequency of my chakra to make it appear I have only a 1/3 of my chakra reserves. When I unlocked it the gravity seal went as well" stated Naruto as he removed his vest and mesh to show Jiraiya the seal array in his back that currently had a small circle broken in half, showing it to be unlocked.
"Wow, you sure picked up your old man's talent for seals" was all Jiraiya could think of before it hit him. "You have three times as much chakra as me?"
"Yea, because I've been training since Kakashi saved me when I was six, the seal has been draining the fur ball much faster, though somehow the fur ball never loses chakra..." trailed off Naruto. He didn't really get how the hell anything could have unlimited chakra. But then again, he was a human, and he had as much chakra as 3 Kages, so maybe it wasn't as far fetched as he thought.
"I-I-I... Screw you Gaki!" shouted Jiraiya while Pa just laughed heartily.
"Well, let's get going and get settled in. I'm going to go cry" stated Jiraiya as he ran like girl and started crying anime style.
"Well Naruto Chan.. Let's get cracking." stated Pa as he finally hopped off his shoulder to lead the way to the living quarters.
-2 hours later-
"Ok Gaki... Now that we've established that a Namikaze and an Uzumaki make a freak of nature, how many clones do you think you could make and still fight at jonin level?" asked Jiraiya, still sulking that he, a Sannin, had less than half the chakra of a 13 year old boy... Ok, not really true, he has less than half of the chakra of a 13 year old ANBU captain, who has the power of a nine tailed demon fox that was basically fused to his chakra system.
"Umm, Kakashi level or Anko level?" asked the blonde as he tried to calculate how many clones he could spare.
"Hmm, what about Zabuza's level? I know he's not quite Kakashi's level..." asked Jiraiya
"Umm he's been training with Kakashi, Asuma and Gai... I'd say around 500 clones and be at Zabuza's physical stature, though he's really good at chakra enhancements" stated Naruto, who then made the 500 clones and proceeded to get his ass kicked by the legendary toad sage.
Though Naruto was a high jonin level fighter, pure skill is not enough, not against a sannin. Though Naruto had the raw speed of Jiraiya and the ungodly natural and chakra enhanced strength of Tsunade, in the ninja world, experience was king. And even being an ANBU captain didn't stack up against fighting in both the second and third great shinobi war.
-Four days later-
The last 4 days went much the same as the first. Naruto would make around 500 clones to work on mastery of all the Jutsu he knew, which went surprisingly fast. While the clones had the easy job, the original Naruto was getting a constant stream of ass whippings from Jiraiya, though he was lasting longer and longer each spar. Then again, they weren't really spars, more like fight to the deaths and Jiraiya had enough control to leave Naruto breathing.
"Alright Gaki, now we're doing elemental manipulation, remind me again what elements you have and what level you're at as of now." asked Jiraiya as he took out a blank scroll and ink brush.
"wow Ero-jiji, I think this is the tenth time I've told you. Ok, wind, can cut the waterfall. Lightning and water are both past the first but stuck on the second step. Fire is the last and least of my elements, probably because I've never tried anything with it other than the ANBU body disposal Jutsu." listed off Naruto.
"Hmm, alright, make a thousand clones, have them split up into groups of 200. Have one group each work on one of the your 4 affinities. The last group splits into groups of 50. One group work on fuuinjutsu, one work on the single sword Kenjutsu style that Zabuza gave you for the splash sword, one group work on Powering up the Rasengan, and the last is going to read up on tactics, politics, Konoha laws and anything else in this bag that the old man made me bring with." stated Jiraiya, who then tossed Naruto a duffel bag full books.
"Politics? Why the hell do I care about that? Once I make chunin I'm reapply for ANBU" stated Naruto after he made the 200 clones.
"Because Gaki, once you make chunin, you become eligible to be a clan head, and being from two clans, you will need every bit of political knowledge you can get. Plus after these exams, your lineage will be known, everyone will know you're at least high jonin level, not to mention that you may very well be Kage level after this month and a half of training. You will be right behind me and the old man for strongest ninja in the village. So if anything happens to the old man, it would be between you, Kakashi or if she comes back, Tsunade, to be the next Hokage." reviled Jiraiya.
Naruto was taken aback by that declaration, he already knew he could take most of the ninja in the village one on one, the only ones he wasn't sure of where Gai, Kakashi, Sarutobi, and of course Jiraiya, but that he could be Hokage if something happened to the old man? That was a bit much to take in.
"You really think that highly of me? I mean I know I'm on Kakashi's level, but I know I don't have the experience of fighting a war, hell, I've only been a ninja for 6 years!" claimed Naruto.
"True, but you have every quality of a leader. Think about it, you were the captain of the best team in ANBU, second in command of the combative ANBU and you were the head of the ambush division, so we all know you can be a leader in time of hardship. Plus you come from a line of Kage level ninja." informed Jiraiya.
"Never really thought of all that... My dad was Hokage and my mom would have lead Uzushiogakure if it hadn't been destroyed." thought Naruto out loud "Well, let's get going! I really want to get this over with... What is it I will be doing while my clones work?"
"It was going to be physical training, but your already as fast as me and as strong as Tsunade, so there's really no need for that. I was thinking retraining with kyuubi, but that would most likely disrupt the clones, so that's a no. We can't do the element Jutsu until the clones make it to at least the second stage, so that's a no, all that really leaves is doujutsu training or sage training" explained Jiraiya
"Sage training? Y-You would train me to be a sage? Like you?" questioned the young blonde. It was Jiraiya's signature technique, he didn't even teach his father the honored sage mode.
"Of course Gaki! Why else would I bring you here? It's not like you really needed an extra two weeks to fight anyone in the chunin exams. Well, maybe Gaara, but he's stabilized from what my spies have told me." trailed off Jiraiya
"Yea, I added a safety layer to his seal after his team got out of the forest of death. His seal was detestable! And it helps he has a hot sister." explained Naruto with no problem, being in ANBU does that to you. Jiraiya getting perverted thoughts, started writing in his little perverted notebook, who was promptly smacked on the head by a cane held by Fukasaku, who had just arrived.
"What have I told you about writing those books here!" shouted the small green toad.
"To not let Ma catch me?" stated Jiraiya, finally done writing his idea down.
"Oh... Right, I did say that, didn't I?" asked the small toad with a blush.
"Well now that me godfathers done peeving.. What am I doing until my clones are done training my four affinities?" asked Naruto with a sweat drop.
"Well for now, I guess we keep sparing?"
-11 days later, 4 weeks till finals-
"Ok, my wind chakra is almost mastered, lightning and fire are close to wind, and I can do the second level water exercise with relative ease, what's next?" asked an excited blonde.
"Well Gaki, you're going to be learning several A-S rank Jutsu for each element and adding each element to the Rasengan!" said Jiraiya happily as he pulled out scrolls and started reading them, he loved it when his student was like this. "These Jutsu are A-S rank because of the amount a chakra needed, not really a problem with you, and the high amount of elemental manipulation needed, also not ready a problem with you"
"Cool, what Jutsu?" asked an ever more hyper Naruto, all the ANBU training in the world couldn't make an Uzumaki any less interested in new Jutsu.
"Hmm, for fire we have the A-Rank, Inferno fire ball, a super charged fireball that burns so hot anything it touches burns to a crisp. And the S-Rank Kinjutsu, Incinerator wave, a giant sweeping wave shot from the mouth that burns a deep blue, anything it touches is turned directly to ash.
For lightning, we have the White Blitz, A-Rank, sends a solid wall of lightning from the user's hand, shocks anything it touches. And an S-Ranked Kinjutsu move called the "Gods wrath", using a sword or your own bare hands to draw and redirect a bolt of lightning in a large sweeping motion, large area.
"For wind we have the Pressure blades, A-Ranked, a giant wave of Air shot from mouth while sending wind blades with the palm. And an S-Ranked, the Blades of God, using the five fingers on either hand, you form massive wind blade that extend up to 30 feet.
"For water, we have the A-Ranked Water bullet Barrage, shoots several large, fast moving water projectiles at the enemy. And the Great Tsunami, an S-Rank that pulls as much water and moisture as possible and sends a massive wave at the opponent" finished Jiraiya with a deep breath, that was a lot to say in one sitting "Any questions?"
"When can I start?"
-2 weeks later, 2 weeks till finals-
"Lightning style, Gods Wrath" Naruto shot a small orb of chakra into the sky and a second later, a bolt of lightning shot down and came in contact with Naruto's claymore. In a flash of almost unseen movement, Naruto swung his sword, unleashing a giant wave of lightning across the plain he and Jiraiya were working in.
"That's all of them? How do you feel?" asked the toad sannin, after all, Naruto just performed 4 A-Rank Ninjutsu, 6 S-Rank Ninjutsu and 4 S-Rank Kinjutsu.
"Well my face is still a little hot and my arms are tingling pretty bad, but kyuubi's taking care of it, and I don't think I've ever been this low on chakra before... I need a nap" and just like that, the blonde was on the ground, out cold from chakra exhaustion.
-mindscape-
"You know, any other human being in the world would be dead after using that much chakra, right?" stated Minato, sitting in the chair in his room. After Minato had recovered from the sealing, he had requested that his area be changed to something more... Pleasant.
"Yea, I know, it just sucks that my control is still so bad, I can get any better! My reserves are just too big. Oh well, what are we going to work on now? I completed all the elemental Rasengans with Pervy Jiji, I even made an upgraded version of the wind and lightning, now I don't know what to do." stated a slightly saddened Naruto, he loved getting stronger, it made him feel better about protecting his precious people.
"Hmm, I went over your memories, and I think I know how to get you to the next level of your doujutsu. It seems to unlock when you need the power the most... When you felt you needed more time in the bandit camp, when you needed faster reactions to keep from getting cut in half by Zabuza, and when you had to control that lightning dragon to get a direct hit on Orochi-pedo. So the next step is to put yourself in a situation to unlock the next level... Do you know what the next level is?"
"The only one left, something to do with speed and strength, but how would I unlock that? Do I just have to pick up something really heavy?" wondered Naruto
"I really don't know... We'll get to that later, for now I have a chakra control exercise for you that should help"
-Next day-
Naruto awoke to find his chakra level at about half, which was more than enough, and two small toads standing on his chest staring at him.
"Finally! Get up boy! You can't just waste your life away!" yelled Ma
"Ma! The boy has chakra exhaustion! It's amazing he's even awake now!" yelled Pa
"Would both of you please get off me? I have training to do." asked Naruto
-25 minutes later-
"It's time, he's ready to become a sage" stated Fukasaku in a very sagely way
"I will do whatever it takes to complete this training" claimed Naruto as he stood in front of Jiraiya and Fukasaku
"Good... Jump in that oil!"
- 2 days later, 11 days till finals-
We find Naruto sitting on a pallet of sheet-rock atop a very tall spike. Next to him was Jiraiya, sitting on a similar piece of sheet-rock
Thwack!
"Owowowow!" cried Naruto as he rubbed the newest bump on his head.
"Stop transforming and I'll stop hitting you!" claimed Pa, getting a snicker from Jiraiya until he too was smacked.
"What was that for!" yelled Jiraiya as he too rubbed the fresh bump on his head.
"Focus on training! You still look like a half toad when you enter sage mode!"
-6 days later, 5 days till finals-
Naruto and Jiraiya were once again sitting atop the giant spikes, though Jiraiya had already perfected his sage mode, so that only his eyes and the markings in his face changed, he was still working out the kinks so the sage mode would last longer. Naruto on the other hand, had just entered true sage mode for the first time.
"Pa... I think the Gaki did it..." stated Jiraiya.
"Only one way to find out"
Thwack!
Pa teed off on Naruto's face sending him flying from the top of the spike and plummeting to the earth. Naruto started to panic, but felt the same tingling sensation in his eyes as he did during his fight with Orochimaru.
He impacted the ground and... Felt no pain?
"Alright Gaki! You did it, you've entered true sage mode... What's with your eyes?" questioned the elder toad sage.
"Let me see your eyes!" shouted Pa after he caught a glimpse of the eyes. Naruto now had yellow eyes with four blue diamonds in one eye and 3 in his other. His pupils were a triangle in one eye, with the corners each pointing to a diamond, and a square in the other eye doing the same, his pupils were the same blue as the diamonds. "Your mother was an Uzumaki, correct?" shouted the small toad, anxiety in his loud voice.
"Uhh yea, my mom was a full blooded Uzumaki" stated Naruto, confusion in his voice.
"Then the Senju must be from your fathers side, funny, now that I think about it... The speed and power makes sense... Also explains his blonde hair" stated the small toad with a thinking look on his face.
"Huh? What do you mean Senju? My dad was a Namikaze?" questioned Naruto, Jiraiya adopted a wondering look of his sage face.
"Yes he was, but he also never knew who his father was, and his mother died when he was 4, no matter how hard I tried, I could never figure out who his father was" explained Jiraiya, a sad expression on his face. He wished he could at least do that for his student.
"That Doujutsu... It does belong to the Uzumaki, but a full blooded Uzumaki can only unlock the second stage. You need Senju blood to unlock anything above that, no one knows the fifth stage, because it's different for each wielder, and it's but an old wives tale of the final form of it. It's gone by many names, but the true name, is the Maelstrom Eye" explained the toad as if reliving a memory.
"How do know all that? I had to travel all the way to the ruins of Uzushiogakure to find that out!" questioned Naruto
There was a long pause, then a large sigh from the tiny toad.
"Do you know how the Sage of six paths got his name? Or how he defeated a demon 100 times stronger than the kyuubi you hold?" asked the small toad, getting confused looks from the two humans. "He was the first human to find this mountain, I had just taken my first steps on land when he came here, claiming to be traveling the world to find nature, he only wished to find peace. He went before the last elders and requested to use this mountain to find "True Nature", and he did, he was the creator of sage mode, and his son Arashi, he had those eyes, only he had 2 marks each eye"
"What! The sage of six paths was the first toad summoner?" asked Jiraiya, if that was true, then he really was a sage of toads.
"No. He refused to sign with us because, with his eyes, he could summon any animal he needed, we offered his son the same, but he too refused." explained the small toad with a smile on his face, those two truly were great men.
"Does that mean that Naruto has some lower form of the Rinnegan?" asked Jiraiya
"No, the Maelstrom Eye was created to help replace what was lost when the Sage split his body. The slowed reception of time and increased reflexes are to replace the Sharingan. He also said that the increased chakra control, strength and speed was to replace what he gifted to the Senju, though he never did explain why you needed to be part Senju to use it." stated Pa "the Uchiha got the eyes, the Senju got the body, and the Uzumaki got the lifespan, chakra reserves and red hair
"His son had eyes like mine? Are you sure his name was Arashi?" questioned Naruto, a small smile on his face.
"Yes, I am sure. Why do you ask? He was a full blooded Uzumaki." asked The small toad
"My mother's great great great grandfathers name was Arashi... And his father's tombstone had the name "the Great One" on it"
(Narutos true past is going to start to filter in from now on)
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