From Ninja to Shinigami

Chapter 5: Training! And a shiny new sword?

By: jacke44

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===July 14, 7:45 AM, Mayuri's Bunker, Training Room 4===

Naruto lead Yoruichi to the area with the Training Rooms, there were 5 that he'd found and Room 4 was the biggest... mainly because Room 5 was locked and even now he didn't know how to open it. They entered the room and found it already active. He lead her down what almost looked like a path through the dense woods to the training area, a large clearing with scattered trees, wildlife, and an artificial sky, it all looked no different than their real-world counterparts.

"Pretty impressive, isn't it? I've built several of these through the confines of the bunker." Yoruichi commented, proud of her work.

A stunned Naruto absent-mindedly observed the possibilities with the new training ground.

"So fishcake, what is it that you need help with?" Yoruichi asked with a smirk.

Snapping out of his daze Naruto mumbled a few, complements, that would have made Anko blush.

"In a little under a month I'll be fighting in a tournament. My opponent's name in Neji Hyuuga, he specializes in hand-to-hand combat and has an ability unique to his clan that allows him to see 360 degrees and chakra points." Naruto elaborated.

Yoruichi let out a low whistle at that seemingly simple ability. "That would be a nice ability to have, so tell me, why do you want to beat him so badly?" She asked. A solemn face overtook his usual playful expression.

Naruto looked up at her. "According to the computer's data, you are from a prestigious family." He stated, seemingly off-topic.

"That's right, and I'm the head of one of the four noble houses, does that have something to do with this?" She asked, following him as he sat down on a rock and told her everything that happened with Hinata and her cousin. Brows furrowed in anger and annoyance, she scowled. "That right there is the reason I left my family, I always hated putting the family reputation before my beliefs. My family always wanted me to be some delicate flower. They never wanted me to fight, and all they ever wanted me to do was look cute and stand there. From what you've told me, it's the opposite of what they were doing to me here, and they want her to be some hardcore fighter when she's the one that is the delicate flower." She observed.

Naruto shook his head. "That's not entirely true, Hinata might be soft and not speak up, but she just doesn't show how strong she is. It's just that she has low self-esteem when she was fighting Neji, I could see it in her eyes, Hinata was trying her hardest to fight him to prove that she is not a failure, and even after he had beaten her to a pulp, she still stood up and was ready to fight. If the Sensei hadn't intervened, he would have killed her. That's the reason I want to win not only my fight, but the whole tournament, to prove to everybody that even a failure can win. I not only swore on her blood, but I also swore on my soul, and I never break a promise." He declared resolutely.

The only thing that Yoruichi thought at that moment was that this kid reminded her of Ichigo. "Okay Naruto, I want you to take a fighting stance." She said, she needed to know where they would start. As Naruto did just that, her face became akin to a raging demon. "Who the heck taught you that stance, because whoever did it was trying to get you killed; there are more holes in that stance than I can count!" She pointed out.

"I should have figured, the teachers at the Academy didn't teach me the right style," Naruto commented with a frown.

===Naruto's Mindscape===

Kushina was off to the side looking through all of Naruto's memories muttering every profanity under the sun as Minato walked up to her. "What're you up to now?" He asked.

"I'm searching all of his memories of the Academy for the teachers that trained my Naru-chan wrong, that way when we get out of the seal I can show them what happens when you mess with my family." Kushina answered, writing down names and descriptions in a notepad.

Minato decided to step away slowly, he'd seen that look on her face before. It usually meant someone was going to end up in the hospital... if they were lucky, and the funny part was, he didn't even feel sorry for any of the teachers. He had already made plans for what he was going to do to Kakashi when he got his hands on him, that is if there's anything left of him after his wife got through with him.

===Training Room 4===

"Okay, this is what we're going to do. I want you to come at me with everything you have, and we can start on your new style once I have a grip on what you can do." Yoruichi said.

About 4 hours later Naruto hit the ground panting heavily, feeling exhausted for the first time, as Yoruichi was standing over him with her arms crossed. "I'll give you this Naruto, you've got some pretty ridiculous stamina." She commented.

Naruto let out a chuckle looking up at her with a grin. "Well, I wouldn't be the Pranking Demon of Konoha if I couldn't out run the ANBU and Jonin." He said, struggling to get to his feet, Yoruichi putting her arms around his shoulders.

"So, does that stamina transfer to other areas?" Yoruichi purred with a coy grin.

Naruto's face instantly turned blood red. "How, how, how would I know?" He sputtered.

Inside the seal, both Kushina and Minato burst out laughing at Naruto and the situation he was in, just as Yoruichi put a small kiss on his cheek. "Well, we can always find out if you are interested." She said, seeing blood dripping from his nose before she released her hold on his shoulders. "Now, follow me." She requested, leading him to a hot spring. "This will help you regenerate your strength, and the hot spring also has healing properties." She explained.

Naruto put his hand in the water to test the temperature, finding it was just right, so he quickly stripped down to his boxers and got into the water up to his neck. "Man, you weren't kidding, this water feels fantastic." He said with a blissful sigh.

"Well, I'm glad you like it. Hope you don't mind if I join you." Yoruichi said.

"What, what do you mean. You can't join me!" Naruto nearly screamed, starting to freak out as he saw her start to take off her clothes. In response, he quickly put his hands over his eyes. Suddenly feeling the water ripple, and knowing that it was wrong, he peeked through his fingers, but instead of seeing Yoruichi, he opened his eyes to see a black cat swimming around in the water. "How in the heck did you turn into a cat?" He pointed accusingly.

The cat looked over to Naruto with the cat-equivalent of an amused look. "You didn't think I would get in the water in my human form, did you? Man, you are a little pervert." She said in her now-masculine voice.

"I am NOT a pervert! You're the one who got into a hot spring with a 12-year-old boy, so if anyone here's a pervert, it's you!" Naruto accused, despite the fact that part of him wished she was in human form.

"Hmm, yes, that may be true, but you are the one who stripped down to his boxers in front of a lady of high society. You know, technically speaking, if the laws of this land are the same as mine, we would have to get married." Yoruichi mentioned.

And with that, Naruto passed out.

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After returning to the land of the living, Naruto looked around to find he was laying on a table back in the lab. Sitting up and looking around, he heard the door open. Looking to his left, he saw Nemu, so he hopped off of the table. "How long was I out Nemu?" He asked.

"You were unconscious about three hours, I was just getting more of the living quarters ready if you decide to create bodies for more people. Currently, only Yoruichi-sama is staying here, but we will need more rooms ready just in case." Nemu replied.

"That's good to know, thank you..." Suddenly Naruto realized what she said and looked at her with narrow eyes. "Then where are you staying?" He asked slowly, almost in a growl. Quickly scanning his surroundings, he saw a small cot in the far corner, which he quickly walked over to, found a bundle of clothes and a few other items underneath it. "Explain to me what this is Nemu." He ordered, something he didn't think he'd ever do.

Nemu looked down, not meeting his eyes. "This is where I sleep at night or when I am not needed, Naruto-kun." She said.

Naruto sighed heavily and put his hand on his forehead. "Nemu, don't you remember what I said the first time we met? I told you I don't want an obedient servant, I told you to be yourself, and if you wanted something, all you had to do was ask. Now technically since I'm the boss, I'm going to give you a direct order. You are to get all of your belongings and move into one of the spare rooms, and you are to customize it to your own liking, do you understand?" He asked.

Nemu gave that small smile of hers. "Yes, thank you very much Naruto-kun. I have never been given my own room, my past self had to follow orders constantly, I was never given anything if it wasn't mandatory." She said.

Naruto wrapped her in a hug. "Things are going to be different this time, you can be your own self... hell, if you want to, you can just leave and not have to come back. You can go out and live your own life." He said.

Nemu shook her head, almost frantically. "No please, don't send me away." She begged.

"You don't have to worry about that, Nemu, I'll never send you away if you really wanna stay. You're my friend and friends never do that." Naruto said as he released the hug and took a step back. "Now, I got a few things I want you to do tonight for me after you get your new room ready." He requested, Nemu smiled slightly and wiped the tears out of her eyes before nodding. "I want you to continue to make more of that compound that makes a Soul Reaper, I have a feeling that I'm going to need more of it." He said.

Nemu nodded her head. "I will make as much as I can." She assured.

Suddenly Naruto got the memories from the clones that he left to teach the children, seeing that many of them had managed to do the leaf exercise. Realizing that the kids get too distracted outside, he brainstormed for a bit before snapping his fingers at a new idea. "I want you to make one of the rooms into a classroom with enough seats for about 20 kids, and a chalkboard if you can find one. I just wish I had more copies of the books I brought with me..." He said with a sigh.

"If you like, you can give me the books, and I can make you copies of them, Naruto-kun," Nemu said.

"How are you going to do that, Nemu?" Naruto asked, confused and curious.

"I can just put it in one of the copy machines and have it make as many as you need." Nemu explained.

"That's good to know, I'll send a clone back with a few books, I want you to make a copy of each book for each student." Naruto said.

"I see no problem doing that, we have plenty of materials here." Nemu replied.

"Once you're finished, you can have the rest of the day to yourself. I'll be back early tomorrow with the students, okay? Now that we've got that settled, where did Yoruichi get to?" Naruto wondered.

"I'm right here, Naruto-kun." Yoruichi said as she jumped onto his left shoulder.

"I don't get why you're in that form." Naruto commented.

"I just prefer to use this form, but you don't have to worry, my dear Naruto-kun, I'll be in my human form on our wedding night." Yoruichi assured him with a sly smirk and a leer in her eyes Naruto didn't like.

"Could you please stop teasing me about that?" Naruto begged with a reddening face.

"No can do, and after seeing all that stamina in the training session, I'm quite intrigued to see the full extent of it." Yoruichi said.

"But I can't marry you because I'm starting to like this one girl back in my home Village; she's sweet and kind, and we both have the same beliefs." Naruto countered.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that Naruto-kun, I don't mind sharing." Yoruichi 'assured' him again.

"I can't believe my little Naruto-chan is getting married!" Kushina gushed inside Naruto's head.

Naruto hung his head in embarrassment 'Mom, don't you start, too...' He bemoaned.

"Naruto-chan, ask her how many grand babies she's going to give me!" Kushina requested, jumping excitedly.

'Mom, cut it out! Dad, can you please make her stop?' Naruto begged.

"Sorry Naruto, but when your mom gets something stuck in her head, she won't stop until she gets what she wants." Minato said.

Naruto sighed heavily, clearly outnumbered and without help. "Whatever, we can sort all this out later. I'll see you in the morning Nemu, my clone should be here within the hour to give you the books. Please enjoy the rest of the day." He said. Seeing it was almost 3:00, Naruto decided to go to the one place that he had meant to go to since he arrived.

===3:07 PM, Wave Country, Atop a Mountain===

Heading in that direction, he soon reached the cliff overlooking the village and the graves of the two people that he respected and helped him learn his ninja way. However, he was shocked to see not only the graves but also the ghostly forms of both Zabuza and Haku standing next to their graves. "Yoruichi, please tell me you see them, too." Naruto hoped as Zabuza and Haku turned to him at the sound of his footsteps.

"I can indeed, Naruto-kun, it would seem that the spirits of these two have not passed on." Yoruichi commented.

His expression showing his shock, Naruto approached the two spirits. "Hey. It's good to see the both of you again." He said slightly nervous.

Zabuza crossed his arms. "Well if it isn't the blonde brat. I almost didn't recognize you without that horrible orange jumpsuit." He said.

Haku had a small smile on her face. "Please don't pay attention to him, Naruto-kun, he has just been grumpy since we woke up like this." She apologized.

Naruto let out a small laugh. "When was he not grumpy?" He joked.

Zabuza mumbled to himself about 'blonde-haired brats' and 'no respect.'

"So, other than annoying Mr. Grumpy Pants over there, how long have the two of you been here?" Naruto asked, starting to relax.

"We appeared here a few days after we died, but you're the first person that's ever been able to see and talk to us. How is that even possible Naruto, and what is the talking cat on your shoulder?" Haku queried with an almost cute tilt of the head.

Nodding, Naruto gave them the full explanation of everything that had transpired since the battle on the bridge. Understandably, they were angry.

"Now I really wish that I had killed Kakashi when I had the chance." Zabuza commented.

"I'm so sorry to hear they did that Naruto-kun." Haku said.

"It's okay, let's not talk about the past..." Suddenly a new idea popped into Naruto's head as a piece of information from the conversation he had yesterday with Mayuri came to him. "If I could give both of you a new body, would you take it?" He asked.

"Brat, if you can give me a new body I'd teach you every jutsu I have in my arsenal." Zabuza said, almost chuckling at the idea of a new body, and unless he had some crazy Kinjutsu, there was little hope of that.

"I would appreciate that too, Naruto-kun, but how are you going to accomplish that?" Haku asked politely.

"You just leave that to me... I can't do it tonight, but I would gladly do it tomorrow for you." Naruto said before looking at Yoruichi. "Will you take them back to the lab for me, please, and inform Mayuri, see if he can do the same thing with them he says he's going to do with my parents. He'll know what you mean." He requested.

"I'll be happy to do that for you, Naruto-kun." Yoruichi said, jumping from his shoulder before she suddenly started to glow. When the light died down, she was standing in her human form in all of her naked glory, Naruto's face was bright red, Zabuza was just awed. Naruto quickly took off his coat and tossed it to her. After putting it on and turning to head back she paused and looked over her shoulder with a perverted smirk. "Are you sure you don't want another look?" She asked.

Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose. "Just go already..." He growled out exasperatedly.

Seeing this made Zabuza fall to the ground laughing, Haku walked over to him. "Act your age Zabuza." She said as she crossed her arms and began tapping her foot as she glared down at him. Even though they were spirits and she no longer thought of herself as a tool, she still thought of him as her Sensei... but she was trying to at least civilize him a little, especially since it appeared they were going to get new bodies and she wanted everyone to like and respect them, which meant Zabuza had to start acting like a proper shinobi... and to a lesser degree her surrogate Father.

The look on Haku's face sent a chill down Naruto's back. 'Dad, I came to a decision...' He thought, Haku had obviously found herself thanks to him.

"And what would that be?" Minato asked, curious.

'Women are definitely scary, alive or dead.' Naruto answered quietly.

"And you better believe it, Naruto-chan!" Kushina jumped in, patting her flexed bicep in feminine power, Minato shying away slightly as... memories surfaced, painful... ramen-filled memories.

"Naruto, let me give you some wise words that my Father gave to me... a happy wife is a happy life." Minato imparted on Naruto, his first real lesson as a parent.

"Okay, so it's set, you two go with her to the lab, and I'll see the both of you in the morning." Naruto said with a clap of the hands, getting two approving nods.

Yoruichi walked over to Zabuza's sword and swung it over her shoulder with ease. She walked back over to Naruto and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I'll make sure to come find you when I'm done, Naruto-kun." She assured him.

Naruto looked out over the village and thought to himself for a bit. 'This is just getting too complicated. At this rate, I'm gonna end up with a whole bunch of fan girls... between her and the girls in this village, which I've noticed have taken to staring at me. I'm starting to feel like Sasuke-teme. I don't suppose you know how to get rid of them, do you, Dad?' He asked.

"Well, in all my life I've only ever found two ways to get rid of them, your first option is to accept them and have some fun..." Minato began.

Naruto suddenly heard his Father scream in pain before his Mother interjected. "Now you listen to me, Naruto-chan, don't you dare let me catch you doing that! As for getting rid of the fan girls, all you need to do is find yourself a strong woman to scare them off. Most of them will be run off by her strength, and personally, I wouldn't mind seeing you with a few lovely women, that way I can get lots and lots of grand babies to spoil!" Kushina gushed again.

===3:31 PM, Tsunami's House===

Deciding to ignore both of his parents, he made his way back to the house and found nearly two dozen children laying around the front yard, obviously worn out. "So how do you kids like the training?" He asked with a smirk.

Inari shot up and pointed at Naruto. "You're evil!" He shouted.

All Naruto could do was burst out laughing. "You think I'm evil? You should have met my teachers!" He said between his laughs. Coming down from his fit, he saw all the kids sitting up. "Now, is there anyone here who wants to stop training?" He asked, all the kids shaking their heads. "No? Good. If that's the case, I want all of you back here tomorrow at 8 in the morning. And bring a lunch 'cause I've got a surprise for all of you." He said.

"Yes, Sensei!" All the kids said before they headed home.

Hey Naruto, can you tell my mom that I'm going to walk Kaori-chan home?" Inari asked.

"Not a problem, I'll make sure to tell her that you're walking your girlfriend home." Naruto said and gave him a smile and thumbs up.

"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Inari denied.

"Sure, whatever you say, if she isn't, then why are you holding her hand?" Naruto pointed out.

Both of the children's faces went bright red. "Come on, let's get out of here Kaori-chan." Inari insisted.

As both children made a quick retreat, Naruto had a giant smirk on his face. 'This is going to be fun. I think Ino-chan's rubbing off on me, now I'm starting to play matchmaker.' He thought. Shaking his head, he made his way back inside and saw Tazuna and Tsunami on the couch, looking over some papers.

"Oh, welcome back Naruto. How goes your training?" Tsunami greeted him once she, and Tazuna, noticed him.

"It's going very well, but I still wanna talk to you about something if you have time, Tazuna." Naruto said.

"Not a problem, these are just a few formalities. Let's head into my office so we can talk." Tazuna said, getting up to lead Naruto.

"Oh, before I forget Tsunami, Inari is going to walk Kaori home." Naruto said, then both of them shared a knowing smirk and nod.

Once Naruto and Tazuna were sitting in the office, Tazuna addressed him. "So Naruto my boy, what is it you want to talk about?" He asked.

"Well, seeing as you're now the leader of Wave Country, I thought I should inform you I found the supposed ghost structures and I thought I should tell you about what they are."

"You actually found them?" Tazuna asked, a shocked look on his face.

"Yeah, it took me a while to find them, but I was able to locate them. Once I got inside, I found out the origin of what the building is supposed to be, it was originally built by a man named Mayuri Kurotsuchi who came to this world from another dimension. He created it as a place he could study our world; he also made it a fail safe for his world in case anything happened to it. He left a lot of valuable equipment in that building which brings me to the point I wanted to talk to you about, I'm sure you've noticed by now, but I left a clone to train the children of the village." Naruto said.

"I have indeed, and I noticed that they are quite happy with it." Tazuna commented.

"Yeah, so, seeing as he left all this equipment, what I propose is we make it an academy to train the people of this country to defend itself. It would mean you would be a minor ninja village. This has several possibilities, it could bring in more money for your country by taking in missions from other nations, you would have a small force to defend yourself should enemies try to attack your country, and you wouldn't need to worry about teachers because of Mayuri. He left a machine with soul fragments of very powerful people who could become the teachers and the primary protectors of this country." Naruto assured him.

"How would I know that these people would actually protect my country and not enslave us?" Tazuna asked.

"Because I was messing around inside the lab and, not knowing what I was doing, I activated a machine that made me the boss, so they have to listen to me and do as I say. If I gave them a direct order to listen to you, they would have to obey your instructions." Naruto said.

"I see... you made some good points, and I've noticed that the children are quite happy training with you. It'd be nice to have somebody to defend us if we come under attack, but are you sure these people are powerful enough to protect us?" Tazuna asked.

"You won't have to worry about that Tazuna-san, some of the people that are in that machine can reshape entire continents with the power they have, you would be quite well protected."

Looking over at the window Tazuna saw a black cat. "Naruto, please tell me that cat did not just talk." He said.

"Actually she did Tazuna, I would like you to meet Yoruichi. She prefers to be in a cat form, but she can transform into a human. She's been helping me in my hand-to-hand combat." Naruto explained.

"Okay... okay. Well, in light of this, I will propose your idea to the village at a meeting tonight. I won't mention anything about our protectors being from another world, just the idea of making the academy so that we can protect ourselves. I'll let you know in the morning, okay?" Tazuna provided.

"Sounds good enough to me. " Naruto said, standing up and shaking hands. "Just so you know, in the morning I'm thinking of taking the students there so we can start the book learning if you decide not to go with the academy I can just have the students here, don't wanna deprive them of this new opportunity." He said.

"That sounds good to me. I'll let you know what we decide." Tazuna said, before the three of them... Yoruichi had jumped onto to Naruto's shoulder... headed out into the kitchen to see Tsunami at the stove cooking dinner.

"So, where's your shadow, Tsunami?" Naruto joked.

"Fuu went to explore the village." Tsunami said over her shoulder.

"Let's just hope that she stays out of trouble." Naruto said with a worried tone.

===Wave Village, Ice Cream Shop===

All the villagers were running out as fast as possible, as the restaurant was being completely destroyed by a green-haired teenage girl who was currently in the ice cream cooler eating as much ice cream as she could. Expectedly, she suddenly stopped eating and grabbed her head. "BRAIN FREEZE!" She yelled.

===Tsunami's House===

"I'm sure she'll be fine, it's a small village, what trouble could she get into?" Tsunami said with a giggle.

"I guess you're right. So, when will dinner be ready?" Naruto asked.

"Not very long. Father, why don't you go set the table?" Tsunami requested.

Tazuna pouted and muttered something under his breath, though none of them could hear it clearly.

"What was that?" Tsunami asked in a sweet tone, the threatening air about her contrasting greatly.

While this was going on, Naruto ran up to his room to grab all of his books, giving them all to a clone to send to Nemu. Seeing as he had time, he decided to finish his book.

About 20 minutes later he heard Tsunami call him down for dinner.

Naruto walked into the dining room to see Tsunami, Tazuna, and Inari who just got home. "So, Inari, did your girlfriend give you a goodnight kiss?" He asked with a broad grin.

"Shut up Naruto, she's not my girlfriend!" Inari denied, making both Mother and Grandfather laugh at his expense.

Yoruichi jumped off of Naruto's shoulder onto the table. "Naruto-kun, could I please get a small bowl of milk?" She asked.

Inari jumped to his feet in alarm. "That cat just talked!" He pointed out, flabbergasted.

"Yeah, it shocked me too." Naruto said with a chuckle.

Suddenly the occupants of the dining room heard a pounding at the front door, Naruto and Tazuna went to see who it was, found four men standing there, two of them holding onto Fuu by the arms, the girl looking embarrassed and sick.

"What is going on here?" Tazuna asked, confused.

"We found this young lady trashing the ice cream shop, we asked around, and people said she's staying with you." One of the men said.

Suddenly Fuu broke free of their grip and ran over to a bush, vomiting into it for a few minutes before passing out. Naruto walked over to pick her up, saying that he will put her in bed. Once they were inside, he heard her talking in her sleep. "I am never eating ice cream again..." She whined almost like a puppy.

As he passed the dining room, Naruto ducked inside for a second. "We've got to keep a closer eye on her now, she just trashed the ice cream shop. Could you get me a wet washcloth and help me clean her up?" He asked.

"Okay, head up to the room and I'll get the supplies." Tsunami said.

After everything had finally settled down for the night, Naruto was sitting at the desk in his room, closing his book with a satisfied smile. "It's finally finished. I'm quite happy with the way it came out." He said.

"Naruto-chan, I spent some time looking at the book, and I'm quite happy with the way it came out too. I'm sure it's going to be very popular with women and young girls." Kushina gave her blessing.

"I'll see what I can do about getting it published." Naruto said out loud, considering everyone else was asleep or out of the house by now.

Naruto was brought out of his conversation with his Mother by a knocking at his door, which he opened to find Tazuna. "I'm sorry to disturb you so late, and I know I said I would tell you in the morning, but I figured you'd like to know as soon as possible. the meeting went well and we've decided to go with your idea of making an academy. We would also like to know if any of the adults can join the Academy as well." He said.

"I don't see why not, but we can sort all this out later. Have a good night, I'll see you in the morning." Naruto said, deciding to turn in for the evening. Despite his protests, Yoruichi made his chest her pillow, which he decided to just let her do before he went to sleep. Waking up bright and early the next morning, he walked down the stairs to see Inari at the table, before he grabbed a few pieces of toast. "You ready for today's training?" He asked.

"You bet I am! I'm going to train really hard so I can kick your butt one day!" Inari declared.

"Sure you will. Do you have your lunch ready?" Naruto asked.

"Yep!" Inari said before he turned to face his Mother to give her a quick hug before they both stepped out to the front lawn to see all of the children from yesterday.

"You lot bring your lunches like you were supposed to?" Naruto asked with a grin.

"Yes Sensei!"

"Okay, then follow me!" Naruto lead the way to the lab in the forest, all of the children looking at it with amazement in their eyes.

They were met with Nemu waiting for them. "Good morning Naruto-kun, I was able to do all you asked for last night. If you would follow me, I will show you to the classroom." She said, leading the way.

Walking into the new classroom, Naruto saw a bunch of desks and a large chalkboard on the far wall. 'It's just like the Academy in Konoha.' He though, quickly making a shadow clone. "Okay kids, you're to listen to this clone and do as he says. If you misbehave, you'll be thrown out, do you all understand me?" He asked.

"Yes Sensei!"

"Good, have fun." Naruto gave them a smirk, which was shared by his clone before he left.

Yoruichi, in her human form, suddenly appeared from... wherever she went when she wasn't teasing Naruto, following him to the central lab. "So, Naruto-kun, what're we going to do today?" She asked.

"I want to get my zanpakuto." Naruto said quietly, walking over to the machine that he was told could get him his sword, a small screen appearing on the side with Mayuri's face.

"I see you have decided to get a zanpakuto." Mayuri pointed out.

"That's right, so how do I work this machine?" Naruto asked.

"It's quite easily done, all you need to do is put one of the blank swords in the cabinet to your left in the slot in the middle of the machine, then you put as much of your spirit energy as you can into it, then you will be pulled into the sword. There, you will meet the spirit of your sword, if it deems you worthy, you will be able to wield it." Mayuri explained.

Doing as he was told, once the sword was in place he put his hand on it. "Well, here goes nothing." He muttered, pushing all the spiritual energy he could muster into it, then his entire world became black for a few seconds before he found himself standing on a large ocean with no land in sight. He looked up to see the sky was full of stars and the greatest full moon he had ever seen.

"So, you are the one chosen the wield my power." The voice of a small girl caught Naruto's attention, causing him to spin around to see a young girl in a blue yukata with silver stars printed on it.

"Who're you?" Naruto asked.

"My name is..." The girl was cut off by, silence. It's not that she stopped speaking, it was more like a tangible nothing asserted itself when she attempted to speak her name.

"Um... Loli-chan I can't hear your name, can you speak louder for me?"

After throwing a small, but admittedly cute tantrum, the loli spirit finally answered "I'm not a Loli, Kami dammit! And I just need you to answer a question to be worthy of my power."

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End Chapter 5