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Chapter 53: The Third Exam
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Jiraiya just shook his head some more and sighed. "Whatever. Come on brat, its time to work on your summoning contract."
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"So Ero-sennin, where we going?" Naruto asked as he walked behind the sage with his arms behind his head. Jiraiya's eye twitched a bit as he ground his teeth. "You ever gonna stop calling me that brat?" he asked through clenched teeth. Naruto smirked as a evil glint came into his eye. "I'll stop calling you that when you stop calling me brat." he replied. Jiraiya let out a tired sigh. "FINE, Naruto, we are going to a large enough area so you can practice summoning without the threat of you summoning up something huge and crushing a hose or something." he said to the blonde.
Naruto snickered as they continued to walk. "Makes sense Ero-sennin." he said in a mischievous tone. Jiraiya nearly tripped when Naruto continued to call him a perverted hermit. "WHAT THE HELL YA BRAT!?" he roared in frustration. Naruto just burst out into laughter as he began to run from the enraged Sannin.
Cole who was walking behind the two just let out a tired sigh and shook his head. "Two peas in a pod those two..."
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After about twenty minutes of cat and mouse Jiraiya finally calmed down and had Naruto waiting in an open field. Jiraiya was still grinding his teeth at the ginning youth but he was able to reign in his anger. "Ok 'brat'," Jiraiya started, emphasizing the word brat. "The first thing you gotta do is sign the contract." he said as he grabbed the scroll of his back. He unrolled it to show a short list of names. The one at the end was his birth father, Namekaze Minato. Naruto nodded and bit his thumb hard enough to draw blood. After he signed his name on the contract he left a bloody hand print on it like all the others.
Jiraiya nodded when he was finished and put the scroll away. "Ok, any questions before we get to the next part?" the Toad Sage asked. Naruto turned to Cole and raised an eyebrow. "Hey Dad, why don't you have to make a contract with any of your summons?" he asked. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow as well. "You have a summons? Which one?" the sage asked curiously.
Cole scratched the back of his head and began to explain. "Well Naruto, I don't have to sign a contract because I created my summons. And to answer your question Jiraiya, I have a total of seven different summons." he clarified to the two. Jiraiya's eyebrows were raised almost into his hair line. "Can I see one?" the sage asked. Cole thought for a second and sighed. "Why not."
He went through the proper hand signs and slammed his hand to ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Leviathan!" he exclaimed.
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes when no smoke was expelled. It took a second but his eyes widened when water started to raise out of the ground. After about five seconds a massive serpent made of water with a single Rinnegan eye was curled up waiting instruction behind Cole. "W-What in the hell is that?" Jiraiya asked breathlessly. Cole smirked at the expression on the old sage. Naruto looked nearly the same as Jiraiya, wide eyed and mouth agape. "This here is my Leviathan," Cole started. "When a Rinnegan bearer wishes to make a summons we must use a combination of our creation of all things to create the body, and the outer path to supply the soul. Once the being is created it will wait in the Animal Paths personal pocket dimension." he explained to the two.
They both shook there heads in confusion. Jiraiya sighed and mumbled something about 'never going to understand the Rinnegan'. He quickly turned to Naruto to change the subject as Cole let Leviathan dispel. "Ok brat! Now, for you to be able to successfully summon something you need to made a blood sacrifice. Just bite your thumb or soemthing. Next you go through the hand signs and pump chakra into any surface. And 'Boom', you gotta a summon creature." Jiraiya explain. He nodded to Naruto to give it a try.
Naruto gulped lightly and went through the hand signs after biting his thumb again to get it bleeding. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Naruto roared as he slammed his palm to the ground. Cole jumped back before he started the jutsu, but Jiraiya didn't and was blown back by the massive cloud of smoke. Jiraiya landed hard on his back against a tree. And slowly stood up. He was about to look up when a loud booming voice yelled at him. "YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE SUMMONING ME JIRAIY!" The toad boss Gamabunta roared.
Before Jiraiya could respond an ecstatic blonde yelled at the boss from on top of the toads head. "Hey that old perv didn't summon you! I did!"
Gamabunta's eye looked up to see Naruto standing on his head. The boss summons eyes widened slightly at the familiar mop of blond hair and blue eyes. The toad chuckled lightly. "So you're Minato's tadpole huh? You aren't much more than some shrimp huh?" the boss summons joked. Naruto fumed at the large summons. "Ya I'm his kid, and I ain't small you've over grown frog!" he yelled angrily. Before the toad could yell back at the ignorant blonde for calling him a frog another voice stopped them.
"Now, now Naruto. He isn't a frog, he is a mighty TOAD. The boss of the Toads if I might add. It is truly a pleasure to meet you Gamabunta-sama." Cole said as he floated in mid air in front of the boss summons. (A/N: Bet you forgot he could do that huh :D)
Gamabunta looked like he was about to have a heart attack when he saw the little floating human. "O-O-OR-ORACLE-SAMA!" Gamabunta yelled in fright as he tried his best to somehow bow before Cole. The three humans in proximity were dumbstruck. Naruto was nearly flung off of the massive toad as he bowed(?), and Jiraiya had never seen Gamabunta try to be respectful to anyone other than Fukasaku or Shima. And Cole was just surprised that the toad knew who he was.
Cole blinked a few times and pointed to himself. "You...know who I am?" he asked dumbly. Gamabunta nodded vigorously, almost sending Naruto flying. "Yes, yes. You are the only thing the old sage can talk about! All he ever says is that he sees things about an Oracle and says if we ever meet him then we are truly blessed by the Rikudou Sennin!" the boss toad said excitedly. Cole snickered at that thought. Him being some holy being, pfft, yeah right.
He cleared his throat and smiled to the boss summons. "Well, it is an honor to meet the boss summons for the toads. And yes, it was Naruto who summoned you." Cole clarified for the toad. Gamabunta's eyes narrowed. "Then is he..." the toad asked quietly. Cole only nodded for the toad and Gamabunta nodded as well. "Well then, brat," the toad addressed Naruto, who was still trying to get his balance back from all of the sudden movement. "Normally I would ask you to drink with me t solidify the summoning contract, but seeing as how young you are, I'll let it slide this time. So, in the future, make sure to summon us for important matters, and don't summon me unless the matter is of extreme importance. Got it brat!?" he asked the blonde. Naruto nodded and gave a mock salute. Gamabunta nodded, slowly this time to not knock Naruto off balance. He looked back to Cole and bowed slightly. "Until we meet again Oracle-sama." he said as he disappeared.
Naruto and Cole landed on the ground next to Jiraiya who still looked shocked out of his mind. He shook his head and grumbled a bit about never getting the respect he deserves.
"Ok, crazy shit aside," Jiraiya started. "Good job on the summons brat. Never expected the first summoning you did would be Gamabunta of all people." he said. Naruto scratched the back of his head and looked to both Cole and Jiraiya. "Well...what now? I can summon now and I beat Dad in my mindscape...what now?" he asked.
Cole and Jiraiya got an evil glint in their eyes. "Training from hell of course!" they said in perfect sync. Naruto was sweating bullets and gulped audibly...
"What have I gotten myself into..."
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Two and a half weeks later was the beginning of the third exam. Naruto walked out into the arena where all the other contestants were waiting.
Shino looked calm as usual, while Kiba was looking around the arena excitedly.
Shikamaru looked a little angry because he had to be there, while Temari was smirking, thinking she had the easiest fight out of he entire group.
The two from Iwa were glaring daggers at Naruto, but he ignored them.
Neji and Lee were waiting patiently not saying anything, although Lee had a certain fire in his eyes.
And then Gaara.
Gaara was glaring at Naruto.
But not like the two from Iwa. His glare was filled with crazed blood lust while he wore a sinister grin that sent a shiver down Naruto's spine.
"Mother will have your blood Uzumaki..."
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(A/N): To be continued...
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