Naruto Fanfic: The Crimson Huntress
(A/N: This is Chapter 4, for obvious reason. Hopefully you'll like this one better than the last one! I'll get more into the story and try and make a good team, just in time for the Wave Arc.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Naruto series in any way shape or for. Because it is the law of the universe and the law of the universe dictates that Kishimoto is the owner of this series, I do not. However I do in fact own this idea for a book I'm creating, but that's beside the point.
Demonic/Summon Speaking – "GAKI!"
Demonic/Summon Thinking – 'Hello'
Jutsu- "Reaper Death Seal"
Human Speaking- "OI!"
Human Thinking- 'What should I have for dinner tonight?'
!NEW! Reading text- I AM A SCROLL, READ ME
Chapter 4: The Crimson Technique
Set scene: Konohagakure no Sato (The Village Hidden in the Leaves)… well actually it is set in a training ground inside Konoha.
"Um Naru-chan, what are you doing?" Asked a confused Hinata
"Eating Melon Bread, why?" Replied Naru
"It's time for training, that's why." Said Hinata
Yes, Naru was eating melon bread when there was a training session on.
After finishing the sweet bread Naru got up and said "I'm going to train, don't disturb me!"
Naru created a few clones, before drawing her new blade. Yes as promised Kurenai took them out, this is what happened.
FLASHBACK
"Now as promised I said I would take you guys out for some new gear. I'll be taking you to the best place I know." Kurenai stated.
After a few minutes of walking they arrived at the weapon shop. Pausing at the front Naru took a look at its name 'Ryuu no Ikari', one of the potentially safe places that Naru could visit. The reason she never visited them before is because she couldn't as she never had a ninja license.
"Welcooom…!" the shop owner announced before laying his eyes on Naru.
'Well I hate my life' Naru thought
"I'm sorry… I don't serve little kids. Could someone move the small red-head outside?" The man plainly said.
Before anyone could do anything Naru had grabbed the man's head and shoved it into the counter.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SMALL YOU S***-TARD!" Shouted an enraged Naru.
Before she could do any more Kurenai grabbed Naru by the scruff of the neck and pulled her back.
"It's okay Naru he was only teasing you" Kurenai stated
Naru looked at Kurenai and then the old man who was scratching the back of his neck with an apologetic grin on his face.
"Eh, sorry I didn't realise you were a ninja! Never even saw your headband! Aha aha ha ha ha …" He finished lamely.
Cue sweatdrop.
"Anyway everyone, I would like to introduce you to Tenmaru Barbosa, The Elemental Nations best blacksmith."
The team looked at Kurenai like she had grown a second head.
"What? You don't believe me, okay Barbosa-san show them it" Kurenai said to the blacksmith.
"Okay, follow me you three I've got something to show you." Tenmaru said as he brought them to another area in the shop.
They had gone down a long hallway and down some ladders, until they reached a room.
Inside the room were 6 sleeping statues and beyond in yet another room was a sword, lit by a low-light. He told them to follow him and into the room with the sword.
"This is my best sword, though not anyone can just touch it, if you want this sword you must complete a challenge. A challenge you're not ready for… yet" He says directing his attention to Naru.
Laying her eyes upon the sword she couldn't help but be amazed, this sword WAS created by the man as it had his chakra signature imprinted within the blade. The simple beauty of the sword amazed her, this was a sword she HAD to get.
'Naru-sama I would advise you do training first before trying to get that sword, you can feel the chakra signature coming from the statues right?' The black-haired woman said.
'Yes I can feel them, though it wouldn't hurt to try would it?' Naru thought.
"Could I take the challenge?" Asked Naru
This shocked Tenmaru, as he thought that no-one would want to try and get this sword.
"Very well, though depending on the finishing time you get a sword just on the level you are working at." the blacksmith said, pleasing Naru with that thought.
Naru nodded and Tenmaru guided the others to another point where they could watch Naru.
"Ready. Start!" Announced Barbosa
One of the statues came to life, it was made out of stone and carried a spear.
'Easy' thought Naru and struck it with her sword, it turned into dust.
The next one came to life, this time it was carrying a sword.
It went to slash Naru, but she blocked the attack with her sword and retaliated, it wasn't as easy to cut this time. But it turned to dust within a few more hits.
After this an even bigger one got up and was carrying two spears, this was on a whole new level.
It quickly slashed its spear, Naru quickly dodged out the way but its attack was followed up with another one which Naru couldn't block.
'How on earth is it that fast!?" Naru thought.
Quickly creating a clone to distract it, Naru jumped back and drew her bow and loaded an arrow.
'Add wind, chakra and fire.' Naru thought and drew chakra into her arrow.
As Naru's clone struggled against the statue its constant attacks keeping it on its feet, until it slashed at her and killed it.
It was already over by then.
"Shoot!" Shouted Naru and shot the arrow right through the statues body, turning it into dust.
'This will be the fourth' Naru thought.
(Play: 02. Yukite Ataru Kabe no Mae)
Suddenly the room started to glow and its appearance changed.
And in the middle instead of a statue was a golem, with a ruby red eye and rune covered body. It towered above Naru easily and it probably quadrupled the size of the previous statues, its menacing black stone like arms had red inscribed ruins in them and glowed a pearly white, contrasting its ominous figure. Letting out a load metallic roar it spun its upper torso around in quick succession and punched the air with an almighty thump. Opposed to the other statues it had no weapon, but certainly made up for in strength.
It wasn't much of a mover because of its enormous size and weight, in fact it couldn't walk at all.
Naru's clones had tripled by that point, the three clones carrying the sword in their right hand.
They quickly sprinted forward at ninja-esque speeds, the team above only barely keeping with the rapid dashes.
One clone came behind the golem and struck it in the back, it stumbling a bit when she did so. Naru began sending her energy into the arrow as small ball starting to form in front of it.
The other two clones criss-cross their paths and then jumped into the air and channelled chakra into the swords, it glowing blue as they did so.
'A revised version of the only real sword technique I ever learned, its name is:' Thought Naru
"Twin Crescent Dance! (1)" The two clones announced, as they flew down the golem creating diagonal cuts on the front of its body.
'Finished' Thought Naru as she fired the arrow coursing with extreme energy.
PING
The arrow was so fast that when it hit the golem's armour-like skin, it created a ping noise.
'Let's go number fi…' This was interrupted with the ground shaking, the lights going out the golem turning into crumbs. But from the crumbs came something…
Candles on the walls light in a circle
... Someone standing...
Fire lights in the Outer ring
…With an impassive look in his eyes...
Fire lights in middle ring
...His face, disgusted and shocked. Naru's attention was directed at him, his brown eyes staring her down. His brown hair illuminated in the candle light.
Flash
Kurenai stares at the blacksmith and instructs the other two to go away. They oddly look at her and go away as instructed.
Flash
There stood in front of a shock-induced Naru was Iruka, a mockery of his former self.
He stood with a mocking smile on his face, twisted from the usual kind smile he had on his face.
"Hellooo, Naru. TIME TO DIE!" He shouted
Naru screamed at the top of voice, before saying and crying "Why? Why do you have that look Iruka-sensei? That weapon, what is it for?"
"To kill you of course, it was an order given by Hokage-sama. A voluntary offer, I'm doing this of my own choice. So you need to die.
Flash
Iruka appeared beside Naru and cut her cheek, she got up and ran away.
'No this cannot be happening, this cannot be...' Naru thoughts were interrupted with Iruka attacking her, before the world slowed down to a halt.
Flash
"Huh! Where is she? What the" The Iruka uttered, before noticing his ear was gone.
"Disgusting, like decomposing mackerel guts on the verge of contaminating" Uttered a voice similar to Naru's, yet not.
Personality two had been engaged.
Mizuki's head spun around so quickly that it caused backlash and gave him a headache. It would have been funny if this wasn't a life-death situation.
"Huh?" Iruka intelligently answered, before seeing a black-clawed hand grab his face.
"I'm soooo sorry Mi-zu-ki-sensei, we're going to have to finish touching reunion. Sarabada gokigenyo, you verminous worm." Naru said, but not before clutching her head in pain and shouting "What no! He's trying to kill you so I MUST kill him!"
'Get out of my head!' Naru said before breaking the mental barrier and regaining control of her body, the flames still flicked around her body like snake-tongues.
"So are you done yet? Or are you going to kill me? It's your choice." Iruka stated.
Naru closed her eyes and said "You would never attack me, but if you did I would do one thing"
"And what's that?" He asked
"This" Before knocking him out with a clone from behind, both Iruka and the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke.
'Kage bunshin?' Naru thought
Suddenly the floor capsized and Naru got sent down, into a dark area.
(Stop: 02. Yukite Ataru Kabe no Mae)
Meanwhile with Kurenai and co.
Barbosa had just pressed a big red button of the wall that seemed to open a giant hole in that room, that left one angry Kurenai.
"What happened to my student!? Barbosa!" Kurenai demanded her angry eyes piercing into the blacksmiths eyes.
"She alright. Don't worry, this was specifically set up for her." The soot-covered man answered.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Hokage-sama was expecting her to come at some point, so he made an Kage bushin disguised as Iruka to test her. I'm here to file the report to what just occurred. Right now she's in the chamber of those swords, nobody can see her right now and the path will take her to the chambers behind the Hokage faces." Tenmaru explained.
Kurenai paused in thought before deciding on her actions "*sigh* Very well, please take us there as quickly as possible. However if you pull a stunt like that again… I'll make you feel like you've fallen down a hole and you've broken all the bones in your body and then encase you in ice until you pass out from your blood freezing over and then kill you in your sleep whilst impaling your family treasures." She said very sweetly to the man.
'Thank goodness I took that class on Jonin threats and seduction, I'll need to thank Hokage-sama for that.' Kurenai thought
"Errr um um UM um…. Y-yea YEAH yeah, thatsokay!" He stumbled before "carefully" making his way out of the room and to their destination.
With Naru
After slowly getting used to the dim light Naru noticed some sense of what structure she was in, stone-cold marble floors with cracks and stones indicated this place was old. She lit up the area with a low level fire technique, but it still had to power of a 60W bulb.
The startlingly bright light made Naru's eyes flinch slightly, but she soon got accustomed to this bright light.
Taking a look at her surroundings it seemed as though her estimation was indeed correct, the place WAS old.
Six white marble pillars lifted up into the ornate ceiling? With odd designs and scriptures, the marble floors included colours of white, grey, gold and red, laid professionally in a design that looked odd to Naru.
In the distance she saw a door, the only door visible in this long hallway. As she walked she noticed mannequins dressed in armour and as she walked near them they lowered their swords down towards her.
When she reached the door she noticed a plaque which read "Flee to the path of the coward and feel your loss for eternity, or fight through the path of the champion where defeating a powerful force will give you great victory. Make your choice child of man.
And on the other side read "Here lies the champion who was sealed for her almighty power, defeat the powerful force and gain the powerful sword."
Making her decision she decided to take the path of the champion, to get this sword.
Opening the door she saw a figure and suddenly the room was lit by light. In the centre was a statue, dressed in garbs fitting for a high-class person. Around it in a circle sat 12 swords of magnificent design.
(東方[Touhou] Demetori- Love-colored Master Spark ~ Final Sorcery)
Once Naru entered the room the statue sprung to life, red eyes glowing. The twelve swords lifted up into the air and spun around the back of the opponent.
Naru smirked and charged with her sword in hand, the larger opponent easily blocked the strike and set on of its own with two swords.
Naru dodged and created three clones, intent on finding its weakness. The clones rushed around, but suddenly the swords started to glow and then spin around in different angles at insane speeds. The three clones got easily destroyed by this fearsome opponent.
It floated over to Naru and started slashing four swords at Naru in a quadrilateral formation.
Naru dodged the first three, but got cut across the shoulder against the fourth strike, she winced at pain but managed to recover.
She created five clones this time and drew her bow.
The clones already knowing their duty rushed into action with their swords in hand, the floating statue blocked any access to the open eye. Though one clone noticed something strange, it had found the weak spot. The clone quickly dispelled and Naru received the information from it, the back was its weakness.
She charged up a quick shot and fired it at the statue. It winced in pain at the strike and let out an evil sort of laugh.
All the clones started attacking the back of it and quickly drained down its health, however it grabbed one of its swords and pierced it into the ground.
"Why would it do that?" Naru thought
It sent the clones flying off it, but they recovered and charged straight on. The swords started glowing again, and spun in front of the statue and in the middle a ball was generated and it fired a blast so strong that it broke the wall and sent out a shockwave that hit Naru.
"That move, it's strong" Naru thought
The sword that was inserted into the ground started glowing and suddenly… it exploded with a REALLY big blast.
Naru was damaged as she didn't evade in time.
Most of her clothes had been burned and some of her skin lightly charred. She was bleeding in some locations.
"That's why it put the sword down. I cannot take another one of those or I'm dead." Naru said.
The powerful being made its way over to Naru, its swords spinning wildly not intent on stopping.
Naru kept jumping and dashing around the arena, whilst the statue kept placing swords.
'Naru-chan I've got an idea, it's risky but it might help you'
"What is it Homura-chan?" She said
'Well do you remember when Hinata taught about all the tenketsu in the body?' Kyuubi asked
"Hai" said Naru avoiding another hit from the statue and then noticing a glowing sword dashed away to the other side of the room and then avoided the second exploding sword.
The statue gathers the swords again and performed the beam attack, which seemed to have an opening to attack once it did that. Naru noted that for future reference.
'What I want you to do is gather chakra in all the tenketsu located at the base of your spine and then wrap the chakra threads together and create a tail.' Homura said.
"How do you expect me to do that on the first attempt?!" Shouted Naru
'I don't expect complete success, but you can do water walking, this is just a step ahead.' She answered, somewhat honestly.
"Fine!" Shouted Naru and started to gather chakra to those points in the body.
She kept on dodging all the attacks, occasionally sending in more clones which easily get destroyed by this entity which seemed to have tons of energy and vitality.
Suddenly her chakra burst through her back in multiple thin strips of chakra, and she then began turning them together… which hurt IMMENSELY and it was unstable and was not near the quality it could be.
"F*** you didn't tell me it would be this painful! Stupid Kyuu!" Naru winced in pain
'Of course, otherwise you won't see the benefits!' She shouted back.
Looking at her new blue appendage she was just able to flex it, though it was tough. Suddenly she got an idea and tied the sword to the tail with her bow in hand.
The floating statue started to grab its sword and spun them around, Naru leapt back and started to formulate a plan.
She then created some clones, with the tails and swords and commanded them to attack.
It started gathering energy for the beam attack, but one of the clones interrupted it by spinning around in a forward roll causing the sword to create a large gash in its back. It screamed out a thunderous laugh that sounded pained.
Naru gathered all her energy from the tail and put it in the arrow and then said "Shoot the wind, GALE DESTROYER!"
And all that was seen was a blinding white light, accompanied by a thunderous roar.
Noticing that one of its swords was still lying there she picked it up and stored it, even though it weighed about a ton.
"That… was one heavy sword" she said.
Suddenly a door opened at the back and she went through, still having the tail of chakra and ripped clothes.
In the centre of the other room sat a sword in a stone, NO NOT THAT SWORD. It was illuminated by a light in the ceiling. Naru grabbed the sword and drew it, she then looked around the back and saw another sword of the same design which she also drew and sealed away for safe-keeping. She then stored away her old sword and replaced it with her new one.
With Kurenai and… you know.
"Barbosa, you said the Hokage set this up right… *She got a nod* …well what about that sword, can you show me, where is it?" Kurenai asked.
"That's Naru's sword by right. It is part of her inheritance, I made it specifically for her nobody else was supposed to have it. However we couldn't just give it to her because the Hokage wanted to teach her something."
"And what's that?" Kurenai asked.
"Independence" Was all he said, before Kurenai's eyes grew wide. Did he mean what she thought it meant, no that couldn't be right she's only Genin right now so it's impossible for her to do it, right?
Suddenly they heard a boulder move and someone came out, it was Naru in her almost nakedness without her unstable tail of chakra as she could no longer hold it.
"What on earth happened to you!?" Kurenai asked, quickly tending to Naru's injuries.
"I got the sword, but there was this HUGE floating statue that *Insert glare to Barbosa* nobody told me about! That almost killed me." Naru said.
Barbosa just put his hands up and chuckled, which was interrupted from a punch from Hinata of all people.
"Put Naru-chan in danger again… I'll kill you" Hinata said, going into yandere mode with a very sweet smile.
It seems as though Hinata is seemingly more dangerous than everybody thought, even Shino took a step back from the killer intent.
"Yeah. That's okay" was all that the blacksmith was able to manage to say.
"Well now that's over and dealt with, you should get new clothes Naru." Kurenai said.
"Yeah, sorry about that Shino" Naru said to the bug-user, who nodded in response.
"Oi! What about me?" Tenmaru asked.
"Oh, worms are meant to be ignored. So be quiet before I drop you through that hole." Naru said.
'Okay what is it with all these women being horrible to me like this, I'm not use to it.' Barbosa thought.
"Well we need to go, goodbye Tenmaru we will see you later." Kurenai said coldly.
Flashback End
She brought up her sword into position, the blade glowing blue with chakra. She sliced at the air, which made the clones disperse.
She then placed the sword back into its scabbard, before sitting on the ground and collecting her thoughts. She needed to learn how to make that tail work properly and not be unstable.
'You could ask a specialist in chakra? Or even… Guy.' Naru paled at the thought of meeting that man once, he was very… eccentric. That is all that needed to be said.
'I'll ask a specialist OTHER than Guy-san' Naru thought.
'Yeah… that's okay.' Thought Akemi
Deciding to go back to her team, Naru quickly made her way up to her sensei and asked her a question.
"Kurenai-sensei, do you know any chakra specialists?" Naru asked.
"Yes actually the Hyuuga's are well known chakra specialists, why do you ask?" Kurenai conversed.
"I'm working on a little project that requires knowledge of certain tenketsu in the body and some better form of chakra control, I'm somewhat lacking in that sense." Naru answered
Kurenai mused at Naru's actions, it seemed as though she wouldn't tell her what she was working on. It involved some form of chakra manipulation and involved it coming out of some tenketsu in the body, or several. It must hurt if it needed chakra control because her chakra is very dense and is its capacity is far too large. In that case she could be learning how to wield Kushina's chains, it wouldn't be uncommon. But it didn't look like that was the case and the fact that Kurenai didn't know didn't matter too, she would find out later anyway.
"Okay, take this note to Hiashi. I'm sure you know him." Kurenai said writing a quick note onto a piece of paper for Naru.
Naru nodded and took off.
At the Hyuuga Estate
Naru walked up to the gate of the estate, before she got stopped by guards.
"Halt! State your business here." Said one of the guards.
"I am here to see Hiashi Hyuuga, I've got a note of authorization from my jonin-sensei" Naru stated formally, bowing slightly to the guards.
The guard who talked nodded his head at the other, who let to go inside. A couple of minutes later he arrived with the clan head.
"Hello what are you doing here Uzumaki-san" Hiashi asked
"Hello *bow* I'm sorry for this impromptu meeting, but I was recently informed you are a good chakra specialist. I am in need of your assistance."
Hiashi gazed at her with his usual stone-hard look, thinking 'Thank goodness she has good manners, but it's interesting that she's not here about Hinata?'
"Very well" he led her through the gates in silence for a few moments before saying "I was informed some time ago that you were going to have a date with my daughter"
Naru was surprised, but didn't show it and asked "And how did you know of that?"
Hiashi's eyes showed a hint of humor and said in his usual tone of voice "The walls have eyes and ears"
Naru sighed at her stupidity, this was a Hyuuga they were talking about. This man also must have some other methods of retrieving information, he WAS a clan head after all.
He led her into a small room with several boards, showing different details of chakra.
"This is where we teach the young Hyuuga's about chakra, as with being a clan with the Byakugan we are expected to know so children are taught from a young age before the academy. Now I know you know of chakra so I'll save the basic lessons, you do know of how many tenketsu are in the body right?" Hiashi asked.
"Yes, three-hundred and sixty-one. I'm interested in the certain tenketsu at the back, Hyuuga-sama"
"Hiashi is alright, you are courting my daughter after all." The elder Hyuuga said, sitting down in lotus formation.
"Alright, Hiashi…-sama" Naru tried.
He nodded, albeit reluctantly.
"What is your first question?" He said going into teacher mode.
"How do you control chakra feedback from the lower back region?" She asked.
"That takes a lot of chakra control, you do know that right?" Hiashi asked.
"Yes, but I'm willing to go along with it" Naru answered
Hiashi looked pleased at how Naru answered.
And of course Naru was inwardly shocked that Hiashi showed any form of emotion.
"That is a good answer Naru, you will go far in life with that attitude. I thank you for teaching my eldest daughter that type of behavior" Hiashi said.
Naru was too shocked to even speak, this was a clan head speaking to her like this. So she merely nodded her head.
After a few moments of silence Hiashi broke it up by saying "Are there any other questions?"
"Oh yes. How can you shape chakra?" Naru asked
"Good question, there are very few people who can do this. One of them would be the Fourth Hokage, he made a jutsu which is the penultimate peak of chakra shape manipulation. Another would be his teacher Jiraiya, then there are a few Hyuuga's, like I who can manipulate chakra from all tenketsu. Another would be Kakashi and his famous technique the Raikiri certainly not the best, but still it is an A-rank assassination technique for a reason."
Naru nodded to indicate she was still listening.
"Now for this you need to know hold to mold chakra and for that you need…" He trailed off for Naru to finish
"Hand signs" She answered
"Yes. If that is all, please feel free to take some of the scroll. I wouldn't like for you to take all of them as the children need to taught as well and they are the only copies we have so please bear with me and be sparse." Hiashi said
Naru nodded and took and few scrolls before heading out of the Hyuuga compound.
She went back to the training ground where Kurenai would usually be and of course she was there, with Hinata and Shino teaching them how to notice advance genjutsu and cancel it. As Hinata had the Byakugan she didn't really need to learn this, but it was better to be safe than sorry. Shino's bugs could also detect it as could Naru, Naru could detect most genjutsu and cancel it but if she faced off with someone with the Sharingan it would be completely different. This is why they still needed to learn these things, it's better to master the things that will keep you alive rather than powerful ninjutsu.
After finding a nice spot she sat down and opened a scroll on chakra manipulation and because she had a head she opened the first scroll in the series. You should always start from the bottom to the top, as higher techniques require basic knowledge. So it doesn't matter if you start at the 3rd or 4th in the series, once you reach a higher number you need to have the basic knowledge to move forward.
She opened the scroll and started reading it, it read:
Chakra manipulation is something every ninja needs to have, it is good for quickly making jutsu's or genjutsu. It is also key for understanding how to manipulate chakra outside of the body, however there are exceptions to this rule. One such is "The Rasengan" which doesn't use any hand signs. However since you do not know how to manipulate chakra expertly, this is the reason you're reading this book.
Naru took a pause in reading it and also started thinking about this Rasengan, it seemed as though it was a very popular technique indeed. It was most likely most of the ninja population knew about it, as well as a few elder civilians. She started reading again:
Now we will talk about what each hand sign means, please pay attention this is very important. Experimenting with chakra can be dangerous so take little steps at a time. Here are each of the reading of the specific hand signs,
Bird (酉, Tori): This hand seal is used to mold the chakra upwards on its own, however when paired with others it can raise the performance of that certain ability.
Boar (亥, I): This hand seal is used to mold the chakra downwards on its own, however when paired with others it can lower the performance of that certain ability.
Dog (戌, Inu): This hand seal is used to make the chakra move freely, it is normally used for wind and ice techniques. This is because the main component of ice is wind, water is secondary part.
Dragon (辰, Tatsu): This hand seal is used to balance the chakra evenly, it removes any affinity and its effect. Though it is good for normalising the unstable chakra.
Ox (丑, Ushi): This hand seal is used to make the chakra even denser, when paired with another it transforms the effect and solidifies it more.
Tiger (寅, Tora): This hand seal is used to flare the chakra, it is normally used in fire jutsu.
Snake (巳, Mi): This hand seal is used to harden / constrict the chakra, it is normally used in earth or wood techniques. This is because the main component of wood is earth, water is secondary.
Rat (子, Ne): This hand seal is used to extend the chakra, it is used with the Nara clans Shadow techniques.
Horse (午, Uma): This hand seal is used to control the velocity of the chakra, it is commonly used with water techniques.
Monkey (申, Saru): This hand seal is used to convert the chakra from one form into another, it can also maintain the chakra and is normally used in lightning type jutsu.
Hare (卯, U): This hand seal is used to split the chakra, when used with dragon it can achieve the effect of evenly splitting the chakra. This is the reason why it is used for the basic Bunshin technique.
Ram (未, Hitsuji): This seal is used to store the chakra inside, it can be let out again but bringing it back inside causes the chakra to react to certain other hand seals. For example if used with the tiger hand seal it causes the build-up of chakra. It can be paired with others physically which could cause some interesting effects, it hasn't been experimented with a lot as it proves as a risk to health.
That is all the main hand signs, these have been designed to specifically mold the chakra in these particular ways. The reason behind this is because of the spiritual connection in the chakra, this spiritual part is connected to the spirit world and that is the reason why these hand signs work the way they do. There are of course other hand signs which are like this but work in different ways, these aren't classified as any particular hand sign as they are individually created. Take for example the Yamanaka clan they created a hand sign similar to the bird and ox hand sign but it achieves a completely different effect, this is because it is different and so molds the chakra in a different way.
There are also the elements Ying and Yang, these balance everything out but using more of one than the other causes an imbalance creating different effects. These effects haven't been recorded as the guy who used it for a living died in an accident, so to this day we don't know until somebody takes up his mantle, I can't, I already have three positions whilst trying to maintaining and publish these scrolls.
There are other types of hand seals which haven't been mentioned, these will be mentioned in the following scrolls. Thank you for your time and happy learning.
Research and Development Staff,
Misaka Mikoto, leading researcher in lightning techniques. Secondary researcher in wind and Advance Chakra molding.
'Maybe I could speak to her at some point?' Thought Naru as she started to memorize the scroll, once done she closed it and started to get to work.
'She said it could be dangerous, so I'll use the Kage Bunshin to help me.' Naru thought before using the familiar hand sign.
Several clones got into position and went off to practice chakra molding, some of them intent on finding the problems it could cause.
Naru herself sat down again and started reading a scroll on chakra control, it read:
Hello! My youthful reader, I am Maito Guy and I, today or tomorrow, or whenever you are reading this, am here to talk about the youthful exercise of chakra control! This is very important as I can aid you in so many different things, like ninjutsu, genjutsu or even taijutsu! Do you find yourself having small chakra reserves? Or even larger reserves than most you know? This can affect your chakra control, as if you have small reserves chakra control can be very easy and can be easily picked up. Unfortunately if you have large reserves, this this becomes increasingly difficult. Now my youthful reader I shall now give you a few examples to go from, if you have already tried tree walking you haven't mastered it. Mastery of an art is a continuous progress, the strength of a weapon is limited but the strength of a human is unlimited, you constantly need renew your knowledge on a subject. If you think you have done it then look underneath the underneath. That is what being a ninja means.
Now I shall give you a good revision of the tree exercise. Using a certain area of your body stick your body to the tree, this is more effective if you start from an easy place other than the feet. I would personally youthfully recommend the hands, this also helps increase arm strength as you're using your arms for walking.
'Oh my goodness… I feel sorry for whoever is taught by Guy-san' Naru thought.
Elsewhere
ACHOOO sneezed Guy 'Someone must be talking about my youthful self?' He thought whilst doing press-ups with one finger… on a boulder, whilst carrying another boulder on his back.
His other students were… well doing other activities, apart from Lee who was doing the same exercise with smaller boulders and using two fingers.
'…877, 878, 879, 880, 881…' Lee thought whilst doing this, he was aiming for one-thousand.
Tenten was… throwing weapons at a training dummies and Neji was practicing his Jyuuken stances.
'Fate has decreed I must do this!' Neji thought as he struck the training dummy.
Tenten wasn't thinking, she was killing the training dummies with rains of kunai and shuriken.
Back with Naru
Naru had created some more clones to help with her testing and exercising whilst she started doing the exercise that the scroll told her to do.
She tried to use her hands, but the strain was very great so she decided that she needed to increase her arm strength.
2 weeks later
After a little bit of toil and struggle Naru was able to build up her arm strength and stick her back to the tree.
However she hadn't found out anything to create her tail technique properly, she had created a few handy jutsu that she stumbled across. However there was nothing else that helped her with her personal technique.
Suddenly one of her clones popped and notified her that she had a mission.
At the Hokage's office
All members of Team Kurenai had gathered into the Hokage Office to receive the mission from him specifically from him.
The old man let out a brief cough before saying "We have recently learned about a situation that could potential be a danger to our business, tell me do any of you know of Gatou Shipping Industries?"
All three Genin nodded, it was common knowledge that the billionaire Gatou ran a shipping business. He was one of the few individuals who held as much money as a daimyo could. There were also rumors of him hiring thugs to do some of… the other side of his business.
"Well we have found out that he has been keeping the Wave country under his… abnormal tyranny. The wave country is one of the major services that deliver stocks to us, as they are quite near us on the map. However due to some "unseen force" they seem to not be able to pay to do this anymore. This has put a very low limit on how many stocks we can bring into our village and as a result can prove fatal for our village." The Hokage explain.
"Recently we have sent in a spy, disguised as a travelling civilian. This is because the town has gone dark, due to the stuff that has been going on. The Chunin has unfortunately gone dark as well. I don't know if they were apprehended by powerful ninjas, but we have had no contact from them for some time." Hiruzen continued on saying, his voice tired and stressed due to the fact that they may as well be dead.
Death was expected, this WAS a ninjas life. That person just got unlucky that they were killed by a high-level ninja, most likely of Jonin level.
"This mission is a C-rank mission with the chance of it becoming an A-rank depending on circumstances, Team 8, your mission is to get in and find out what's going on. If you can resolve it, go ahead but if not, get out. A Chunnin was sent and even he/she has gone dark. Be careful. Naru I would like to speak to you in a moment alone. You are now dismissed." Announced the Hokage.
Both Genin and Kurenai walked out slowly, realization hit their faces.
Naru stood in wait for a few minutes before no sign of the team was left, at this moment the Hokage spoke up "Are you okay? We both know that this may result in you killing someone."
"Yeah… I think I'll be alright, though that's not the thing that's worrying me." Naru said.
"Hmm, what is it that's worrying you?" He asked.
"… I'm worried about all these nightmares, not just Mizuki's appearing now. Animals that I've hunted have been haunting my nightmares, I'm over it but yet this… other me is convincing me otherwise." Naru explained.
"… You might need professional help?" The Hokage offered.
"Professional help isn't going to work, we've already done it before."
That was true, Naru had already seen Inoichi several times and nothing has worked.
"…You…may leave…I can't help you anymore than this and I cannot put you under house arrest, you've experienced so much pain already that might cause your other persona to destroy the village. So if it does happen again, don't kill anyone on our side you can do that much. Right?" The Hokage said.
"Yes" And she left.
(A/N: *CLIFFHANGER…ISH*
Yes finally done! I'm so sorry I took so long, the next chapter will be my own rendition of the Wave Arc. Still almost exactly the same, but also different because unchanged=boring. Such a long chapter too, do you like my idea of the hand seals? I was inspired to do so.
You may be thinking 'Why did they make Genin do a B-rank? That would be reckless no-one would do that.' The answer is… a secret, though I can say that it plays a part in the plot. The Hokage wasn't the one who wanted the mission as well, so it was done by someone unknown… ooh mysterious. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter and say in tune for more chapter of "The Crimson Huntress".
See ya later,
Touma Yoshino.
P.s. I'm currently also working on "The Child of Death Perception", I'm currently in the stage of re-writing it so it shouldn't be too long. I've been so busy with Uni work, but now the work load has lessened and so I can focus on my fanfic writing... a little. So I might be releasing that in a few months, as I need to re-write the other chapters first.)