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Chapter 93: A New Sage

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The sounds of squealing and laughing children filled the house as Cole smiled at his family. "I promise to protect their smiles...no matter what the cost..."

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"Come on come on come on! Mix dammit!" Naruto cursed as he stood in an open field on the summit of Mount Myoboku. Chakra swirled between his open palms as a unstable Rasengan began to form. "Alright Kit, almost there. Keep it stabilized...just like the Bijuu Dama, keep the two equal and up the rotation..." Kurama coached from within Naruto's mind. The Rasengan in his palm began to stabilize and a slight whistling sound could be heard coming from the sphere. A white like disc formed around the sphere, fading in and out, as Naruto tried to stabilize the mixture of chakra's.

After a moment Naruto dropped his hands and canceled the jutsu. He was hold onto his knees and panting hard. "D-Dammit...almost had it that time..." he said between breaths. Sweat poured down his forehead as he laid down onto the grass covered earth. He looked up to the sky above him and stared at the stars."...I can't believe its been almost three years..." he said aloud. In side of Naruto's mind Kurama scoffed. "It isn't like you haven't been back there. You flash over to your little vixen whenever you get the chance." he said in a mocking tone.

Naruto narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "True...but those are always such fleeting moments...It's been s long since I just stayed there...I miss everyone..." he said softy, almost to himself. Kurama just shook his head and curled up to sleep.

"Two more weeks...two more weeks Hinata...wait for me."

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The next morning Naruto found himself meditating with Jiraiya and Fukasaku on top of the massive stone spikes. They all sat on stone slabs in perfect balance and stillness. Birds came to the blonde and nested themselves in his hair and his lap. But even with their added weight and movement, Naruto stayed balanced and still on his perch.

One could say that he had become invisible to the world, but in all actuality, he had never been more in tune with Nature. He let his conscious roam throughout the space around him. Taking in everything. The animals on and around him. The motions of the air, and the warmth the wind brought. Feeling the life force of all things around him. And then he felt it.

The Natural Chakra.

He poked and prodded at it gingerly and took small pieces of it until it started to flow towards him in a steady, and calm stream. As the chakra entered his body he regulated the stream, letting it flow in, and out of him. Only keeping what he needed within himself. After letting the chakra into his body, he could feel its effect on him spread.

His senses spiked as he could FEEL everything. The power flowed through his body like a warm syrup that became part of his blood. A sense of calm filled him as he absorbed the chakra and made it his own.

A orange pigment appeared around his eyes and on his eyelids. He skin gained a certain glow to it. Not to much to be noticeable, but enough for it to be there. His skin thickened and became more dense, adding a natural defense to him that no other human had. And when he finally opened his eyes, gone were the pools of cerulean blue. They were exchanged with a solid yellow color with a bar like pupil reminiscent of a toads.

It was around then that Fukasaku opened his eyes and nodded to the boy. "Well done Naruto-chan. How do ya feel?" he asked the blonde. Naruto let out a pleased sigh and looked to the elderly toad with a warm smile. "I feel as if I have become one with Nature. It has such a calming feeling to it...I could get used to this." he said softly as he stood up from his sitting position, and balance on the spike while holding the stone slab.

After hearing Naruto speak Jiraiya also stood and joined his looked to Naruto, with his own Sage Mode activated and smirked. "Well brat, why don't we test out Nature when it becomes enraged and violent?" he said as he jumped down from the spikes. Naruto nodded and quickly joined his master.

At the base of the spikes Jiraiya stood, his feet wide and his knees bent. One hand in front of himself and the other in the air behind him. Naruto landed some distance away from hims and crossed his arms and stood tall before his master. Jiraiya smirked and got ready to pounce. "Alright brat! Let's see what ya got!" he yelled and disappeared in a blur of speed.

Naruto stood still, not reacting to Jiraiya's movement, just closing his eyes and waiting. After a brief second Jiraiya reappeared next to Naruto aiming a flying kick towards the youths skull. Naruto deftly maneuvers around the kick, his eyes still closed. When Jiraiya passes by him he tries to hit him with an elbow, but Naruto just raised a hand and caught the blow.

The ground beneath him shatters from the impact, but he is undeterred. Naruto uses his grip on Jiraiya to throw him back and finally opened his eyes. "My turn..." he said calmly before dashing towards his still airborne master.

Jiraiya quickly dodges and counters Naruto's strikes and avoids his grabs. Only to be driven into a corner made by a wall of spikes. After fainting with a right round house kick Naruto drops down into a couching position and horse kicks straight into the air, aiming for Jiraiya's chin. The elder Sage barely moves back quick enough to dodge the crushing blow, but is still hit by the Natural energy flowing off of Naruto's leg.

The blow from the invisible force send the elder Sage flying into the wall of spikes where he finds Naruto up against him, a Rasengan aimed straight for his face. "Dead..." Naruto said, never breaking his calm and calculation pesona he had adopted since entering Sage Mode.

Jiraiya chuckles to himself and shakes his head. "If only it were that easy." he said before something knocked Naruto away from the Toad Sage. The blonde felt a crushing blow to his ribs and is sent fling away from Jiraiya. But, with his enhanced senses he was able to bring an arm down and block the kick from Fukasaku just in time to save himself from breaking any ribs. The old toad was small, but he still packed enough punch that even Tsunade wouldn't want to get him directly from him.

Naruto smirked at the two Sages. "Oh, so you guys gonna gang up on me?" he said in a mocking tone. Jiraiya and Fukasaku got into ready stances and smirked back at him. "Think of it as a graduation exam brat." Jiraiya said to the blonde. "Jus' don't let us get a clean hit in an' ya pass." Fukasaku continued before dashing at the boy. He lead with a spinning kick that changed into a elbow strike once it was blocked. Naruto ducked under the elbow and latched onto the toads leg before using his own momentum to throw him at Jiraiaya.

The Toad Sannin caught Fukasaku and tossed the toad back at Naruto with great speed as the elderly toad readied another kick at the blonde. Naruto dashed to his left to avoid the kick and was immediately set upon by Jiraiya. The Toad Sage tried as hard as he could to hit his smaller opponent but to no use. Naruto just danced and blocked around all of his masters strikes, even dodging or outright countering Fukasaku at the same time.

After ducking under a round house he reached up and grabbed onto Jiraiya's still extended leg. After pushing Jiraiya off balance he quickly launched a horse kick behind him to knock away Fukasaku.

As Jiraiya fell backwards and Naruto finished his kick, the blonde jumped over his master and tagged him with a weak Rasengan and drove him into the ground. "Dead..." he said to his master again, before turning to catch Fukasaku and pin the Toad Elder to the ground while holding a Kunai to the toads eye. "And dead." he stated with a smirk.

Both Fukasaku and Jiraiya stay quiet for a long moment before busting into a hearty laugh. "Damn brat, you got us good." Jiraiya chuckled as he stood back up, slipping out of his Sage Mode. "I still can't believe you were mostly fighting us with your eyes closed as well." Jiraiya stated with a knowing smile. It was true, after Naruto opened his eyes for his initial attack, he closed them again and continued fighting.

The blonde shrugged and let his Sage Mode dispel. "Well, I found it easier to sense your movements through Nature, rather than trying to see them." he said sheepishly. Fukasaku jumped onto his shoulder and patted his head. "That jus' means ya got a good connection ta' Nature. Ta' be able ta' feel yer way around like that." Fukasaku praised the boy. Naruto scratched the side of his head in response to the praise he was being given.

It also helped that he had Kurama to warn him and keep his Senjutsu Reserves topped off, but they didn't need to know that little detail.

Fukasaku jumped off of Naruto's shoulder and started heading over to his home. "Come on Naruto-chan. Me and Shema made ya somethin' for when ya finished yer training." he said as he hopped along. Naruto gawked at the old toad. Fukasaku took a look at him and chuckled. "Yeah that's right Naruto-chan. Ya have master Sage Mode. Yer training here is done." he said to the blonde before hopping off.

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Inside of Fukasaku and Shema's home, Naruto and Jiraiya sat in the living room waiting for whatever the Toads had gotten Naruto. When they walked into the room Shima had a box in her hands and Fukasaku had something covered in wrapping paper.

Shima handed him the box with a smile. "Why don't cha' open this one first dear." she said in a kindly tone. Naruto looked down at the box and slowly lifted the top off. His eyes widened as he gasped lightly. Inside was a long red cloak with black flames on the bottom, and on the back read, 'Sage of Myoboku.' He held it up, looking it over before slinging it on. It was a perfect fir and Naruto smiled at the two. "Thank, Ma'am, Pa. Thank you so much." he said, getting a little teary eyed.

Fukasaku smiled at him before handing him what he had. "Don't cha worry Naruto-chan. There's more." he said in a soft tone. Naruto took the item and slowly unwrapped the paper from it. Once he revealed it he had to do a double take. It was a horned Hitai-ate with the symbol for Myoboku, just like Jiraiya's, but with a black clothe instead of red. He gripped the metal and bowed his head to the two Sages. "Thank you for everything! Ma'am! Pa!"

Fukasaku and Shima looked at him with a smile before nodding. "Your welcome Naruto, and congratulations on becoming a Sage."

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(A/N): To be continued...

Okay Okay I know, this one was all over the place. But yeah, I'm working it up to his return, which I plan for it to be chapter 95, so, gotta fill in what I can.

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