Naruto: The Weapon Master

Chapter 21: The Bet

"To be Hokage is nothing but a fool's game," when he heard those words, Naruto saw red and leapt across the table to get at Tsunade for what she said, Jiraiya quickly reached and grabbed him to prevent him from getting any closer to her.

"Let me go Jiraiya, she has to pay for what she just said about the Hokages!" shouted Naruto as he struggled to get himself free.

"Naruto please calm down! You're causing a scene here!" said Jiraiya, struggling to hold his godson back from attacking his teammate although he himself is angry at what she said.

"Please listen to us and calm down," said Kurama while trying to prevent him from accessing her chakra in his rage.

"No! She has to pay for insulting Jiji and the other Hokages! I don't care if she's a lady, I beat this hag to the ground!" shouted Naruto angrily.

This annoyed Tsunade as she stood up from the table and glared at him "Do you know who you're talking to, you little brat?!"

"Of course I do, I'm talking to a drunken old hag who sucks at gambling, runs away from her responsibilities and is a no good coward!" he replied.

"Then let's take this outside brat, it's about time that someone makes you know your place since it's obvious that Jiraiya failed to do that. Though it doesn't surprise me much since he taught the Fourth how to throw his life away,"

"Lady Tsunade, please reconsider this," Shizune pleaded to her.

Jiraiya sighed as he knew that there's no way he could stop Naruto now and hoped that he doesn't go overboard in his anger "I know that I can't stop you, but don't overdo it okay?" and Naruto responded with a curt nod.

Then they moved to the middle of the street as Naruto faced off against Tsunade who was smirking much to his annoyance.

"I have to be ashamed of myself, a member of the Sannin taking on an arrogant Genin. I know that I can beat you with one finger," said Tsunade.

"Before I would have said that you shouldn't show off, but I'm telling you to take him more seriously. Cause you might regret it," said Jiraiya seriously which surprised Tsunade and Shizune.

"Don't bother Pervy Sage, I doubt she'll listen to anything with that stupid belief of hers which I intend to destroy," said Naruto as he sealed away the two Muramasa and took a fighting stance.

Music Start: Kingdom Hearts 2 OST; Sinister Shadows

"Then what are you waiting for brat? Come and show me what you got,"

"With pleasure!" Naruto charged forward at high speed in a zigzag pattern which surprised Tsunade a bit and aimed a straight punch at her face, Tsunade simply smirked and raised her finger to meet the punch and stopped it cold much to his surprise. "She stopped my punch with a finger?! Pervy Sage would have had to use his entire hand to do that, even when drunk she still has great strength"

"Is that all you got? Surely you've trained harder than this or maybe this the limit of your power,"

Naruto growled in anger as he pulled his fist back and performed a roundhouse kick to get blocked by the finger, but he didn't stop there as he jumped and used his other foot for another roundhouse from the opposite direction at her head again only for Tsunade to duck under it and he landed on all fours with his back, then he quickly rolled forward to avoid any attack from her before taking a fighting stance against her.

"Flying Kick!" he charged forward with a jumping front kick, Tsunade simply used her fingers to flick the leg aside which knocked him off balance, and then she flicked him again on the forehead which sent him tumbling backwards.

"Lady Tsunade, please stop this!" said Shizune with worry about her master taking this fight too far.

Naruto performed a handspring to recover from the tumbling and landed on his feet before placing a hand on his forehead, even though he was wearing his headband it still hurt from that finger flick. He shook his head to clear the pain before focusing on the fight.

"Hey brat, before I knock you out I want to ask you something," said Tsunade.

"What is it you want?" asked Naruto with a glare.

"Why are you so angry at me since we never met, and why are you so defensive about the title of Hokage?"

"For the first I won't answer you, but for the second I will. The purpose of being Hokage is something one must never take lightly, before it wasn't truly my goal to be Hokage but if it is to protect all who are precious to me, then I shall make it my dream to be Hokage!" said Naruto with determination, Jiraiya simply smiled at his words.

"Even if you don't become Hokage, you have inherited that protectiveness from Minato and Kushina. They would have been proud of you kid," he thought fondly.

When she heard what he said especially the last sentence, Tsunade could have sworn that she saw a pale blue haired man and a young boy whom were too painfully familiar to her standing next to him with the same expression as she took a step back which Naruto was quick to take notice of.

"She's distracted, now my chance to launch an attack," thought Naruto as he reached into his ninja pouch and took out a smoke grenade before throwing it to the ground to create a smokescreen. Then a kunai flew at of the smoke, but Tsunade snapped out of her daze and tilted her head to the left to dodge the kunai.

She waited for Naruto to burst out of the cloud of smoke to attack thinking that the kunai was simply a distraction, but that wasn't the case as the smoke cleared to reveal that the blond was nowhere to be seen. Her instincts told her to jump back which she did just in time to avoid a Dive Kick from Naruto who appeared with a teleport from above which cracked the ground a bit before thrusting out a finger into his chest to knock him back, then she noticed that he was smirking before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"A Shadow Clone?! Then where's the original?!" thought Tsunade confusedly, then she heard rapid footsteps from behind and turned around only to be surprised to see Naruto charging at her with a blue spinning orb in between his hands "Isn't that?! But how did he get behind me?!"

"I see, he used a smoke grenade to hide the fact that he created a Shadow Clone before transforming into the kunai which the clone then threw with the intention to miss so that he could surprise her from behind. Goes to show that he's full of endless possibilities," thought Jiraiya as he watched the battle.

Naruto was getting closer when Tsunade raised a finger into the air and brought it down to the ground which created a wide crack before her and widened in his path. Naruto saw the crack heading his way so he stopped channeling his chakra into the orb which faded away as he quickly sidestepped to avoid it, but then he felt something grab hold of his jacket and turned to see Tsunade behind him and she had hooked her finger onto the hood of his jacket. She pulled hard on the jacket, swinging him around before throwing him across the street as he slammed into the wall of a building before he slumped to the ground.

"That should teach you not to challenge people who are out of your league," Tsunade turned to leave when she heard a groan and turned back to see Naruto getting back to his feet and glared at her.

"This isn't over, not by a long shot," said Naruto as he crossed his arms, Jiraiya's eyes widened upon seeing what he was about to do.

"Tsunade, I suggest that you be careful from now on, he's about to trigger his brutality," said Jiraiya.

"Brutality?" asked Shizune curiously.

"It is a state whereby Naruto would begin to attack ferociously and relentlessly to the point that he would keep on attacking no matter how many times you attack him, like a berserker except with rational thinking,"

"Just how strong is this boy?"

Naruto brought his hands down to his sides as he raised his head to the night sky and unleashed a powerful roar, he started emitted a certain pressure which made Tsunade tense a bit before charging forward to engage her in close combat. He was throwing attacks left and right as he switched between punches and kicks as if running on pure fighting instincts, by then Tsunade had stopped using a finger and switched to using her whole hand to block and parry the attacks. She gave him a smack to the head which sent him skidding backwards but he simply shrugged it off and charged right back at her to attack once again.

"What's with this kid?! He ignores the pain to continue his attacks?! He doesn't even flinch from the pain! I better stop holding back a bit more,"

Naruto saw Tsunade attacking with a backhand and crossed his arms to block it, but the impact was powerful enough to send him flying again as he landed on his back with a thud. He got back to his feet and he could feel his arms aching from the pain as he tried to move them "Damn it! That hit was a lot stronger than the previous ones, there has to be a way for me to surpass her strength! I need more power to win!"

As he seethed in anger, the bracelet glowed bright red before it faded to reveal something in its place. He was wearing a red dragon-like gauntlet that his hand and a majority of the arm with two green jewels and ten golden spikes. Everyone looked in surprise at what they are seeing.

"Is that a new weapon from the bracelet? I've never seen him use it before?" thought Jiraiya.

"Where did that come from? Could that bracelet have a storage seal inside?" thought Shizune curiously.

"What is that brat up to now?" thought Tsunade as she waited for him to attack again with that strange gauntlet.

Naruto looked at the gauntlet in confusion "What does this one do?" suddenly the green jewel glowed brightly and a voice could be heard from it.

[Boost!]

Then he felt his power increase and smirked "I don't know what it is but I like it!" then he charged forward to attack Tsunade again.

"Chinami-san, what kind of gauntlet is Naru-kun using?" Kurama asked curiously while feeling worried for the blond, Chinami closed her eyes as she scoured through the archives in search of information about the gauntlet. As she found it and read the details, her eyes snapped opened in surprise before it turned to worry.

"Naruto-sama, don't use that gauntlet! It's too dangerous for you to use it!" but Naruto was too angry to listen to her as he kept on attacking.

Naruto jumped into the air with fist reared back as he descended towards Tsunade, the gauntlet glowed once again and he felt his power increase.

[Boost!]

Tsunade raised her hand to catch the punch, but to her surprise the force of the attack was so powerful that she had to struggle which formed a crater under her feet "What's going on?! He never had this kind of strength before! Could it have something to do with that red gauntlet he's wearing?" she snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Naruto charging at him, she started attacking him with punches this time with the intentions to knock him out but Naruto's brutality was still active as he continued to throw punches and kicks.

[Boost!]

"Try blocking this with your herculean strength!" Naruto thrust his fist forward and Tsunade responded in kind with hers. The collision of both fists unleashed a shockwave which rattled the windows and doors of buildings nearby as both sides struggled to overpower the other. "I'm not done yet!"

[Explosion!]

Suddenly, his body radiated a red aura as pushed Tsunade back and this time sent her flying from him, he dashed after her at high speed before catching up then he slammed a straight punch into her gut before crashing to the ground "That was for insulting the past Hokages, and this is for me!" as if by instinct, Naruto thrust his gauntlet forward and a small red orb appeared at his hand then he reared it back as the orb floated in midair and was about to punch it "Take this, Dragon sh-,"

[Burst]

He suddenly felt all of the increased power leaving his body as he collapsed to the floor and the jewel on the gauntlet darkened, he tried to get up but pain ran throughout his whole body as he coughed out blood "What just happened? Why do I suddenly feel so weak and tired?"

Music End

"Naruto, are you okay?" Jiraiya was immediately at his side as he helped him sit up and Shizune came and was checking up him with her medical jutsu.

"I don't what happened but it seems like your body has gone beyond its physical limit," said Shizune.

"That's the power of the Boosted Gear," said Chinami.

"Boosted Gear?" thought Naruto.

"It is a special gear that contains the soul of a dragon, it doubles the user's power every ten seconds and will continue to do so to the point that you even reach or possibly surpass the power of a bijuu,"

"Th-that's incredible, but surely there's a weakness for something as powerful as this," said Kurama with a look of surprise at what she had just heard.

"Yes there is, continuous use of the Boosted Gear will put a severe strain on the body as it can't possibly contain all of the increased power and will drain the user's stamina to a certain degree, and if used without caution, it will also drain their life-force,"

"I-I didn't know that I was using something so dangerous," thought Naruto.

"Yes, that is why I'll be locking it away until you have trained your body so that it can handle the power," said Chinami with Naruto nodding in affirmation, he watched as the gauntlet disappear from his arm then he noticed Tsunade approaching them with an angry look in her eyes and Jiraiya stepped forward in case she tried to do something reckless.

"Jiraiya, was it you who taught him the Fourth's jutsu?" asked Tsunade.

"Of course it was me, he's my apprentice and he has the right to learn it," said Jiraiya.

"You're such a fool, why teach something to an arrogant brat that only you and the Fourth had taken a long time to master. No wonder why he thinks he can take on the whole world with those foolish teachings of yours,"

"Don't you dare talk to him that way! Just give me three more days and I'll fully master the Rasengan!" shouted Naruto angrily.

"Really? Then how about we have a bet," said Tsunade with a smirk.

"A bet?"

"That's right, I give you one week for you to master that jutsu. If you do, then that proves you're right and I'm wrong, I'll even put up my necklace as a wager,"

"Lady Tsunade, surely you don't mean to do that!" said Shizune, she had seen her mistress bet a lot of things but she had never bet her necklace which holds a lot of memories for her.

"What is so important about that necklace?" asked Naruto curiously.

"That necklace belong to the first Hokage and there are only two of it in existence. It costs three gold mines," said Jiraiya.

"In that case, you got yourself a bet," said Naruto with a smirk to which Tsunade nodded in affirmation.

"However it you fail to master it in a week, then that means I'm right and you're wrong and I get to keep any money which you have," said Tsunade with a grin.

"Frankly I don't care about the money, since you have something else to earn from me and I'm not gonna make it easy for you," said Naruto getting to his feet after feeling a bit of his strength return to his body.

"What are you talking about, and why are you so angry with me?"

"Figure it out yourself," Naruto stumbled away back to the hotel which Jiraiya had a Shadow Clone book a room for them to stay.

"I have no idea what he's talking about, but I doubt that it has anything to do with me," Tsunade turned and walked away as well with Shizune following close behind while Jiraiya was watching them leave with a frown on his face.


Upon arriving at the hotel, Naruto was meditating on the bed while Kurama was channeling her chakra through his body in order to ease the pain in his body before resting for a full recovery.

"Naru-kun, did you have to be so reckless to the point of attacking her like that? You put yourself in danger because you were so angry, what would the girls feel if they heard what you did?" said Kurama.

Naruto bowed his head in shame "I'm sorry Ku-chan, is just that what she said really angered me. Jiji watched over me for as long as I can remember and if dad didn't seal you in me, then we wouldn't have met,"

"We understand your reason Naruto-sama, but you must learn to control your anger to avoid putting yourself as well as others in danger," said Chinami.

"You're right, anyway I should focus on recovering to my full strength so that I can train on the Rasengan," then he heard someone knocking on the door "I wonder who that is?" he walked to the door and cautiously opened it to see Tsunade's apprentice Shizune.

"I know that it's late at this time, but there's something that I must talk to you about," said Shizune.

"What is it you want to talk about?" asked Naruto.

"It's about Tsunade and the necklace," Naruto frowned upon hearing her name.

"And why should I bother myself to listen about her?"

Shizune got angry when he said that "What right do you have to say that?! You don't know anything about her!"

"That's just it, I don't know anything about her other than the fact that she left me when I would have needed her!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Shizune confusedly.

Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself "Let me tell you since I feel that you mean well, you know what really happened when the village was attacked by the Kyuubi right? Since you're her apprentice,"

"Yes, that he sealed the Kyuubi into a child which is you,"

"That's correct, but what you didn't know is that the Fourth couldn't bring himself to seal the Kyuubi into the child of another parent so he sealed it into his own,"

Shizune stepped back in surprise upon realizing who he is "Wait so you mean you're-,"

Naruto nodded to confirm her thoughts "That's right, I am the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Jiji told me that Pervy Sage and Tsunade were supposed to be my godparents which was why I was so angry as they left me behind to be mistreated by the villagers. I was able to forgive Pervy Sage after a while, but she has a lot of work to do especially after what she said about my dad and Jiji,"

The room was silent for a few minutes until Shizune finally spoke up "I…I understand the reason why you're so angry with her, but she wasn't always like that, she used to be kind, gentle and dedicated to the village. But all that changed on that day, the day she lost everything, her hopes, dreams, even her loved ones and that necklace is all that remains in memory of them,"

"What is so important about the necklace?" asked Naruto.

"It won't accept anyone wearing it aside from lady Tsunade, if anyone who isn't worthy wears it…they die,"

"Wait…could it be that the ones who died wore the necklace before?" asked Naruto fearfully.

"That's right, first it was her little brother Nawaki, then her fiancée as well as my uncle Dan was the next to follow and she was stricken with hemophobia. She couldn't stay in the village anymore as the memories were too painful for her to bear,"

"So she still would have left even if Danzo didn't lie to her or probably took you with her," said Kurama.

Naruto stood there silently, then he spoke "Thanks for telling me this, I might consider her a little but I'm still going on with this bet," Shizune was surprised at what she just heard.

"But if you wear that necklace, you'll die! You still have a chance to back out of it!" said Shizune.

"If I die, then I wasn't worthy to be Hokage and the bracelet had wasted its time on me," Naruto escorted Shizune out of the room and wished her good night before closing it and going to bed. Then the next three days, Naruto will be practicing on the Rasengan at a nearby stream on the dead trees. "It is the job of the child to surpass the parent. Don't worry dad, I'll definitely master this jutsu and make you watch over me with pride," What he didn't know was that Tsunade had been hiding behind a boulder and watching him practice every day and thought back to the discussion which she and Jiraiya had one night.

**Flashback Start**

Tsunade was sitting at a bar and drinking sake when someone sat next to her, she turned to see that it was Jiraiya sitting next to her with smile.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have hot spring to peep?" said Tsunade.

"Well it has been a while since we last sat together like this so I thought we could catch up on old times," said Jiraiya, then he ordered for two bottles of sake for the both of them. They were drinking in silence until Jiraiya spoke up "Is he still on your mind?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Naruto of course, he wasn't what you expected out of any ordinary Genin was he?"

"To think that he could push me that far, it makes me wonder if he's really a Genin, why did you bring someone like him here?"

Jiraiya looked at Tsunade who was staring at her glass of sake "Judging by the question that you're asking, it's not just his strength that caught your attention but how alike he is to a certain someone,"

Tsunade's silence was the answer to his statement "It's not just that, they so much alike it's almost like he's his reincarnation,"

"But why is he so angry with me since I've never met him my entire life, all I know is that Minato sealed the Kyuubi into a child which is him,"

"And may I ask who told you that?" asked Jiraiya.

"One of the members of ANBU told me that Minato sacrificed his life to seal the fox into orphaned child, why do you ask?" said Tsunade confusedly.

Jiraiya let out a sigh before replying "That's because you were lied to, that was one of Danzo's men from ROOT. Take another look at the kid and take off the whisker marks, then what do you get?"

Tsunade looked deep in thought before her eyes opened in realization "He looks just like Minato when he was younger, could he be?"

"That's right, his full name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. As well as our godson,"

"B-b-but how?!"

"You should have known that Minato would have never used another parent's child other than his own for the sealing, he would rather die than do that,"

Tears appeared on the corner of Tsunade's eyes as she attempted to get up from her seat, but then Jiraiya placed a hand on her shoulder and sat her down "Why are you stopping me?! I need to go and see him!"

"I advise against that, he's still angry at you especially with what you said about Minato and Sarutobi-sensei," said Jiraiya.

Tears flowed freely down her cheeks as she pushed her glass away, not feeling like drinking anymore "I wish I hadn't said those words, I don't want him to hate me,"

Jiraiya placed a hand on her shoulders and rubbed it "I doubt he hates you Tsunade, when we first met he beat me up for the same reason and was cold to me for a while. But as time went, he slowly warmed up to me so I'm sure that the same can happen to you,"

"Are you sure?" Tsunade asked with hope in her eyes.

"Of course, and I know that you're planning on meeting Orochimaru," upon seeing Tsunade look at him in surprise, Jiraiya continued to talk "Let me tell you something interesting, on the day when Orochimaru attacked the village with his forces, Naruto was at the frontlines using everything he has to protect the village and civilians. If it wasn't for him, Sarutobi-sensei would have been killed by Orochimaru himself, that snake could barely escape after what Naruto did to him and I'm sure you saw it for yourself,"

"So that's what happened to his arms, he was very tightlipped about what happened to it," said Tsunade.

"Which is why I want you to think very carefully about this, because your decision could affect not just yourself but others like Naruto. I just hope that you would make the right choice," after speaking, Jiraiya got up and left Tsunade behind in the bar to her thoughts.

**Flashback End**

Snapping out of her thoughts, Tsunade turned her attention to Naruto who was still training in the middle of the night by himself as he left Tora behind at the hotel.

"I'm so sorry for leaving you behind and saying those things, but I promise that I'll try to make things right between us and take care of you like I should have," she walked away with determination in her eyes.


Naruto was walking towards the hotel where Tsunade and Shizune were staying over with Tora riding in the hood of his jacket as always "Well today's the final day of the bet, and I'm gonna show her what I can do,"

"But it's strange that Jiraiya wasn't in the room when we woke up," said Chinami.

"He's probably doing his so called research elsewhere in order to write those stupid smut," Kurama with a huff.

Naruto had reached the room and was knocking on the door but no one answered it, he knocked a few more times but still no one came to open "That's strange, I thought even Shizune would have come to open the door," he opened the door and entered the room only to see Shizune lying on the floor unconscious and Tsunade was nowhere in sight. He quickly ran over to her and shook her a few times till she stirred awake "Shizune are you alright, what happened to you?"

"Naruto?" Shizune blinked a few time before she sat up abruptly "What day is it and what time?!"

Naruto looked confused for a moment before he replied "It's Monday morning, but why were you lying on the ground.

Shizune looked deep in thought before her eyes widened in realization "Oh no, I can't waste any more time here! Naruto, stay here!" Shizune got up and ran towards the window and opened it when they heard a groan from outside, Naruto came to the window and saw Jiraiya leaning against the wall while looking completely exhausted.

"Pervy Sage, what happened to you?" asked Naruto worriedly.

"Damn that Tsunade, she must have spiked my drink when we were drinking last night. I can't build up my chakra and my body feels so weak, I must be losing my touch if I couldn't detect her slipping that drug into my drink," said Jiraiya then he turned to Shizune "I think it's time that you told us what happened when you and Tsunade met Orochimaru before we came,"

"Orochimaru promised lady Tsunade that he would bring Nawaki and Dan back to life if she healed his arms," said Shizune.

Naruto and Jiraiya growled in anger upon figuring out what Orochimaru would really do if she managed to do that.

"That must be why Shizune was knocked out and Jiraiya was drugged, so that they wouldn't interfere," said Kurama.

"I doubt she could heal his arms, especially with what Naruto did to him," said Jiraiya.

"What do you mean?"

"During his fight with Orochimaru, Naruto summoned a special blade that could cut the very soul of a person. Naruto used it to cut off a part of Orochimaru's soul which are his arms, so there's no way Tsunade can heal them,"

"Even so, we need to get to where they are quickly before anything else happens," said Naruto as he unsealed the Muramasa as they were strapped to his back and waist.

"I'll show you the way," Shizune started jumping through the rooftops with Naruto and Jiraiya close behind as they headed towards where she had met Orochimaru before.

"I hope you know what you're doing Tsunade, just be sure that it's not the wrong choice," thought Jiraiya.

Weapons/Gears

Boosted Gear = High school DxD


This is Hussbek online with another chapter. I hope that you enjoy this chapter before the Sannin battle royale where things really break loose. If you're wondering why I decided on locking the Boosted Gear away, it's because Naruto is still too young to use it as he only used it the first time because of his anger since you've noticed that he didn't say the keyword plus I'm reserving for shippuden. Read and Review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.