DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): Hello everyone. I am highly honored to present to you Chapter 90 of "The Oracle". So, if you would, please sit back, relax, maybe get a little popcorn, and enjoy. Chapter 90 is brought you by: 'Tenzo's Ninja Suplies! Now Selling Oracle Brand Blades for 25% off!'
TO THE STORY!
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Chapter 90: Nature
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The Immortals of the Akatsuki, were now dead.
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"Alright Naruto," Jiraiya started as he and Naruto left a remote town outside of Kusagakure. "I think it's time we start with you're Senjutsu training." he said to his apprentice with a smile. Naruto looked at his sensei and smiled. Naruto had grown over the past two years of his training and traveling with Jiraiya. He was no longer his runty 4' 9", he was now a respectable 5'7". After growing so much he was in need of new clothes, and that's what lead up to his new look.
He wore black ninja pants that cut off at mid calf. Under that was a dark grey mesh armor that covered his full body. Instead of wearing a shirt over his mesh armor he opted to where a dark orange Haori, much like Jiraiya's and black arm wraps laced with several protective seals, as well as storage seals. He still wore his multi-strapped belt that held his many scroll and proudly wore his forehead protector on his head on a black strip of clothe that when tied reached the small of his back. He also wore black steel toed combat boots that had gravity seals on them for when he wanted to deliver a especially powerful kick.
The blonde smiled at his master and let his startlingly blue eyes fill with determination. "Finally! Well, when do we start Ero-sennin?" he asked with a giddiness that made the Toad Sage face fault. Jiraiya shook off his apprentices juvenile expression and sighed. "Welp," he started as he began to stretch his arms. "Fist we go to Mount Myoboku." he said as he started forming hand signs at a lazy speed. At the end he bit his thumb and placed his hand on the ground while taking hold of Naruto. "Reverse Summoning!" he exclaimed and the two of them disappeared in a plume of smoke.
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When the master and student reappeared, they were in the tropical and exotic region that was, Mount Myoboku. Naruto stared in awe as he took in the beauty of the mountain. There was plant life everywhere he looked, and he had never even seen plants like these. Reds, yellows, purples, and especially greens colors the landscape in a tantalizing treat to the eye. And on top of that, most of the plants were the size of Naruto himself, if not even BIGGER!
Jiraiya chuckled at Naruto's awestruck expression and was about to break him out of it when a booming voice did it for him. "Welcome Naruto! To the land of Toads!" Gamabunta called from a little was away. Jiraiya and Naruto turned to the toad chief and walked over to him. "So I see Jiraiya finally thought it was time for you to learn how to use and control Senjutsu?" Gamabunta asked the blonde, ignoring Jiraiya's greeting to him. The Sage dropped his head and mumbled things about lack of respect and what not. Naruto smiled with determination and nodded firmly. "Yup. Ero-sennin finally decided to get off his ass and start my real training. I swear, following him for two years doing nothing but hitting up bars and creeping out on chicks has made me hope for this training to be as hard as I've been told so I can forget the last two years of my life." Naruto said as he began to sulk about how his 'Training Mission' was going. Gamabunta roared in laughter as he saw Jiraiya become even more depressed. The Boss Summons looked down to Naruto and nodded his head towards a small building up the road. "You guys should get up to Fukasaku-sama and Shima-sama. They've been expecting you and Shima-sama has been cooking all day." Gamabunta said before he hopped off. Jiriaya stiffened when he heard that Shima was cooking and shivered in fear. Naruto raised an eyebrow at the man but decided to not ask about it. Usually when he had a question the old perv would make it into some sort of innuendo anyway.
They made their way to the small building and knocked before entering. "Pa! Ma'am! I'm back! And I brought Naruto!" Jiraiya called into the building as he 'crawled' into it. Once Naruto entered he noticed it was a house of some sorts. As he crawled into the house he heard a male voice call out to them. "Oh! Hey Jiraiya-chan! It's been awhile! And you must be Naruto-chan. You look so much like Minato-chan it's almost scary." A small toad said to the blonde as he walked over to the two and sat down into a chair. "I'm Fukasaku, but you can call me Pa. It's good to finally meet cha' Naruto-chan." the old toad said t Naruto. Naruto bowed his head slightly and smiled. "It's good to meet you to Pa." he greeted the toad.
He was about to ask Jiraiya something when a feminine voice cut in. "Oh Jiraiya-chan! It's great ta' see ya again! And you and Naruto are just in time ta' have some dinner! I made grub gumbo! I remember how much cha' liked it. So come on in n' sit down." a older looking female toad said as she carried a big pot of some sort of food that Naruto was getting a terrible vibe from. She put the pot onto the small table and smiled over at Naruto. "Hey there honey. I'm Shima. You can call me Ma'am if ya like." she said in a happy tone. "It nice to meet you Ma'am." Naruto said with a smile before he spotted Jiraiya shaking in fear. He nudged Jiraiya in the side covertly and whispered. "Whats got you all riled up?" he asked his sensei. Jiraiya gave him a defeated look. "Don't worry, you'll know soon."
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After that meal the four went out to the Toad Oil ponds to start Naruto in his training. Also, now that Naruto had eaten some of Shima's cooking, he had a healthy fear of her and understood just why Jiraiya was scared of the food. He would never see Shino again without picturing that food from hell!
Fukasaku lead the group to a fountain of toad oil next to a mountain peak and Naruto noticed a massive amount of toad statues. Fukasaku saw him looking around and grinned. "Here Naruto-chan, why don't cha' put yer hand in the oil and see what happens." he told the boy. Naruto was weary of the oil, it was giving him an odd vibe and he could hear Kurama silently giggling in his head. He relented though and put his hand in the oil. And soon after he did his hand started to morph and look like a toads. "WHAT THE FU-" he started to freak out until Fukasaku smacked him hard in the head with a stick. Naruto held his head in pain but noticed the morphing stopped and his hand was back to normal. "THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT!?" he yelled as a Kurama was howling with laughter in his mind.
Fukasaku pointed his cane to the statues that surrounded them. "That is what was gonna to happen to ya if I didn't disrupt the flow of Natural Chakra into ya with this hear whoopin' stick." the old Toad said with a smirk. "This hear oil is meant ta' assist ya in the absorption of Natural Chakra. And if ya take in too much ya turn into one of those poor fouls who failed." He said while pointing at the statues. Naruto raised an eyebrow. He had gotten a brief rundown on what Natural Chakra was from Jiraiya but decided to get a more in depth description from Fukasaku.
The old Toad was pleased that the blonde wanted to know more about Natural Chakra so he cleared his throat and started to explain. "All things in Nature have chakra Naruto-can. The rocks, the dirt, even the air has Chakra runnin' through it. When ya preform Senjutsu, yer takin' this chakra into yer body. If ya take too much however, ya turn into one these here statues. But, why is it so difficult? Well, Natural Chakra is very difficult ta' control ya see. To control it ya gotta be one with Nature. And that all starts with meditation and being completely still. Not just sitting without movin', ya gotta be completely and utterly still, even the slightest movement can ruin ya. So, that's where yer gonna start Naruto-chan. I want cha' to practice being completely still for now, then we'll move on ta' next step."
Jiraiya snickered at Naruto, the blonde had his head hung and was sulking because his new training was just sitting still...AND HE SUCKED AT THAT! He hated sitting still more than anything and he let out a defeated sigh. "This is gonna suck..."
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(A/N): To be continued...
Ugh...this REALLY didn't want to get written. I dunno why but I was just feeling out of it today and had a hard time writing today...Whatever though, got it done.
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