Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Tail of Two Bijus ❯ The Journey Begins ( Chapter 17 )

A/N: I'm back! I just had to watch episode 101 again. It never ceases cracking me up. Anyways, I'll get on with the chapter now. Oh, and sorry if you were expecting the speech that the Hokage gave Naruto and Yukiko, I'll include it in a flashback this chapter. I was trying to avoid flashbacks if I could help it.

 

The thing you'd never hear people say from the Naruto world: JIRAIYA: “I've decided to give up writing novels and become a priest.”

 

As always, I hope my creativity give you some semblance of pleasure to read.

 

Legend:

 

'...Thoughts...'

 

“...Speaking...”

 

“...TWO PEOPLE CASTING THE SAME JUTSU...”

 

'...Biju Thoughts...'

 

“...Biju Talking...”

 

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A Tail of Two Bijus:

 

Chapter 15:

 

The Journey Begins:

 

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Early the Next Morning:

 

Naruto woke up to find that Yukiko had her faces inches from his, with one hand on his chest. They hod both decided last night that they were going to sleep in the same sleeping bag, despite the warning the Hokage had given them.

 

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Two Days Ago, In the Hokage's Office:

 

Yukiko and Naruto were sitting holding hands in the chairs opposite the Hokage. The old man took a puff of his pipe before starting his speech.

 

“I understand that you two are involved with one another. I really don't mind if you two are going out, however there is one thing I'd like to impress upon the two of you.”

 

They both listened.

 

“Jiraiya is a pervert, and a large one at that. If memory serves, he refers to himself as a 'super pervert'. I do NOT want either of you to let his ettiqute corrupt yours, do I make myself clear?”

 

Naruto smirked.

 

“I intend to turn out exactly the opposite way he did.”

 

“That's an hourable goal, Naruto and I hope you achieve it. During your trip, there is one rule I would like to impose upon you two while you are away.”

 

“What would that be, Hokage-Sama?”

 

“You two are to return here after four years as virgins, and by virgins I mean virgins by anyone's standards. Do I make myself clear?”

 

Yukiko and Naruto were blushing. Naruto was the first to defend them.

 

“NANI? I'm not a pervert like Kakashi-Sensei and Ero-Sennin! I would never do those sorts of things to Yukiko-Chan!”

 

The Hokage took another puff before continuing.

 

“You will find that as you grow older, your view of this will change, I can guarantee that.”

 

Naruto sunk back into his chair. The Hokage sighed and decided to wrap up his speech.

 

“I know it will be difficult being away from your family for four years, but you're both strong enough to survive the hardships ahead of you. I wish you both the best of luck. Dismissed.”

 

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Back in the Present:

 

Naruto snuggled up to Yukiko and tried to go back to sleep. However, he was awoken by Jiraiya's voice.

 

“Oi, you two love birds get up. We have a long day of walking ahead of us. We need to get up if we want to reach the next town by nightfall.”

 

Naruto groaned, but he placed a hand on Yukiko's shoulder and shook her gently.

 

“Neh, Yukiko-Chan, it's time to wake up.”

 

Yukiko slowly opened her eyes and pouted at Naruto.

 

“Would it have been too much to ask to wake me up with a kiss?”

 

Naruto smiled and scratched the back of his head.

 

“Ah, sorry!”

 

Yukiko just smiled and got out of the sleeping bag. Jiraiya was looking up a little notebook, completely absorbed in whatever was written in it. Yukiko went off into the bushes to get changed. Naruto stood where he was and also got changed. After a minute they were both changed, and they went to see what Jiraiya was up to. Jiraiya however heard them apporach and snapped the book shut. He turned to face them with a smile.

 

“Ok you two, let's get going. We have a lot of ground to cover!”

 

Jiraiya lept up with a spring in his step, leaving Naruto and Yukiko to trail behind.

 

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That Night, At the Next Town:

 

Jiraiya walked into the town and turned to face his two students.

 

“Ok you two, I'm going to go reserve two rooms at the inn. After that, you two have the night off.”

 

“What are you going to do sensei?”

 

Jiraiya started giggling like a school girl. They didn't need to ask anymore, but Jiraiya still answered.

 

“Information gathering.”

 

“How is that information gathering, Ero-Sennin?”

Jiraiya sighed.

 

“I don't expect the two of you to understand at such a young age, I might tell you when you're older.”

 

They both began walking off when Jiraiya stopped them.

 

“WAIT!”

 

They both turned back to him.

 

“Give me your wallets.”

 

“EH?! I'm not giving you my Gama-Chan!”

 

“Why do you want our wallets, Jiraiya-Sensei?”

 

Jiraiya made a curling motion with his fingers. He clearly wasn't going to answer. They both begrudgingly handed over their wallets. Jiraiya opened them both and whistled.

 

“You two sure have a lot of money for kids your age.”

 

“That's because we save, Jiraiya-Sensei.”

 

Jiraiya pulled out a small bit of money from each wallet and handed the money back to them.

 

“Eh? Only 3000 Yen? That's nothing!”

 

“Don't 'Eh' with me! There are three sins a shinobi is forbidden to do. You should have known this.”

 

“3 sins?”

 

“Money, Alcohol and Women.”

 

“That's right, Yukiko.”

 

“Is that it? I'm too young to drink, There's only one woman who interests me-”

 

Naruto gives a sideways glance and smile at Yukiko, who blushes at this.

 

“-And I know how to use money wisely. Living by myself for 12 years will do that to you. So none of those sins apply to me.”

 

Jiraiya sighed.

 

“I don't care. This is the money you're getting and that's that. Now, carry my stuff for me you two. If you get lost, the frogs can track you from them.”

 

Jiraiya dumped his bags into Naruto and Yukiko's arms and gave them a shooing motion with his hands. They both turned and walked off into the crowds. They went to the first staw they saw. It was some sort of game where you had to use a ring that was covered in a thin film to catch fish out of a small tank. Naruto walked up to the store and paid the owner for a go. He put the ring into the water and got a fish on top of it and slowly pulled it towards the surface. However, as the ring got just above the surface of the water, the fish started flailing, causing the film to snap, releasing the fish back into the water.

 

“Sorry kid, but that means you lost. Want another try?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Here you go then.”

 

The owner handed Naruto another film. Naruto repeated the proccess, but again the film snapped when the fish got out of the water. He had three more goes before he lost his temper. He activated his 'Seal Eye' and started rapidly forming hand seals. However, when he was half way through, the owner clamped his hand over Naruto's. Naruto looked up questioningly. The man just shook his head, pointing to a sign behind him. It read 'No Ninja Techniques Allowed.' Naruto sighed and gave it one more try, again failing. Yukiko paid for one go. She put a little bit of chakra into her index finger and touched the film. The man was shaking his head.

 

“That's a ninja technique, sorry but-”

 

“It's a ninja technique, but it's just testing to see what it's strain threshold is, not altering it in any way.”

 

The man thought about this for a moment.

 

“Well, if it didn't alter it, I guess testing it is fine. However, I would like to see it before you use it to make sure.”

 

“That's fine.”

 

Yukiko handed it back to the man, who pressed his finger into it, breaking through it.

 

“It seems you were telling the truth. I assume you want to do it to the next one too?”

 

“If possible, yes.”

 

“Ok. Here's another.”

 

“Arigato.”

 

Yukiko tested it again, before lowering it into the water. She slowly brought it up and pulled it to the surface of the water so that the fish was only half out of the water. She left it there for about a minute until she pulled it out of the water. The fish was not flailing but it was still alive. The owner looked suspiciously at her.

 

“Did you-”

 

Yukiko just shook her head.

 

“I'm a medic. The first few stages of medical training involve treating animals, so I know a little bit about animal physiology. I found out during my studies that if a fish is taken out of the water very slowly, it doesn't realise it's in only air until it's practically dead. So therefore, I'm not cheating.”

 

The owner sighed. He looked to the small crowd that had gathered.

 

“Can anyone confirm that?”

 

A man spoke up.

 

“I'm a vetinarian. What the young lady said is true.”

 

“I see. Very well then, here's your prize. Have a good evening you two.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

With that, the two walked off with their plush doll. Next they stopped at a food stall. They decided to buy two trays of dango. They walked down the stalls happily eating and chatting. Yukiko saw a store that caught her eye. She put a hand on Naruto's bicep, catching his attention. Yukiko pointed to a stall that said 'Shuriken Throwing: Ninja Only.' Naruto's eyes lit up and they walked in. The man running the store smiled and greeted them.

 

“Good evening to you two. Would you like to have a go?”

 

“Sure. One question though, are we allowed to use techniques?”

 

“Techniques? No, I don't want my store burnt down thanks.”

 

“Not even jutsus related to shuriken?”

 

“Are there any?”

 

Naruto nodded. The man scratched his chin.

 

“Well, I guess you could use one that was related to shuriken.”

 

Yukiko smiled.

 

“What are the rules?”

 

“Well, there are nine targets. You get nine shuriken. If you hit all of them, you get a prize.”

 

“What if we hit all of them throwing only one shuriken?”

 

“It's physically impossible.”

 

“Hypothetically speaking.”

 

“Hypothetically, I would have to give you your money back and a prize each I guess...”

 

“Heh, pass me a shuriken then.”

 

The man handed him a shuriken. Naruto gave a flick of his wrist and formed a series of hand seals and announced his technique.

 

“Kage Shuriken no Jutsu!”

 

The single shuriken multiplied by nine, all of them landing square in the bullseye. The man just stared.

 

“What kind of a technique was THAT? Are they fakes?”

 

Naruto shook his head.

 

“Go up and touch them if you need proof.”

 

The man did so, finding that they were indeed made out of metal. He shook his head in disbelief.

 

“I knew I shouldn't have allowed techniques...”

 

Naruto smiled.

 

“Don't worry. Very few ninja know that technique, as it's considered a forbidden jutsu. Pretty much only Kages or Sannin know it.”

 

The old man brightened up.

 

“Thank Kami-Sama for that. Well, I guess you did hit them all throwing only one shuriken, so here's your money back, and the two of you pick a prize.”

 

Naruto looked over the walls. He spotted a red fox, and pointed to it.

 

“Could I get that fox please mister?”

 

“Sure thing.”

 

The man picked it off the wall and handed it to him. Naruto smiled.

 

“Thanks.”

 

“No problem. Now, what would you like, young lady?”

 

Yukiko had her eyes on a black cat with green eyes. She pointed to it.

 

“Could I get that cat please? The one with the green eyes.”

 

“Certainly.”

 

The man picked the cat off the wall and handed it to Yukiko. They thanked the man again and walked out. The man was still shaking his head in disbelief.

 

“Those two kids are really strong...”

 

Naruto and Yukiko kept walking. They saw a mask shop and looked at each other before shrugging. They both went up and bought a mask. Naruto bought a fox mask, while Yukiko bought a cat mask. (Typical huh?) Naruto started walking off when he tripped over a stone. He fell flat on his face, several things from Jiraiya's bag fell out. Yukiko bent down to help Naruto up.

 

“Naruto-Kun, you probably shouldn't try walking with that mask on, you'll trip.”

 

Naruto smiled sheepishly at Yukiko before he noticed a little book on the ground. He bent down and picked it up.

 

“Ero-Sennin's bank book...”

 

“Naruto-Kun, you shouldn't look at other people's private things.”

 

“Eh, one look couldn't...”

 

Naruto stopped and went fish-eyed.

 

“Is something wrong, Naruto-Kun?”

 

“Ze... Zeros! And lots of them!”

 

Naruto held out the bank book for Yukiko to look at. Yukiko took on a similar look to Naruto.

 

“He had all that money and he only gave us 3000 Yen?”

 

“That stingy bastard!”

 

Naruto looked down at his remaining money.

 

“Neh, Yukiko-Chan?”

 

“Hai, Naruto-Kun?”

 

“How much money do you have left?”

 

Yukiko checked her also severely depleted money stores.

 

“About 20 Yen. What about you?”

 

“20 as well.”

 

They both sighed. They took a look around. They had come to the end of the line of stalls so they took a look at the last few. They both decided to go to a store selling grilled squid. They walked up and Naruto smiled at the stall owner.

 

“Could I get this type of squid cut in pieces?”

 

“And could I get one of them also please?”

 

“Yeah! I'll give both of you a really good one. Tell you what! I'll give you both a second one free of charge!”

 

“Really? You're cool mister, my type of guy!”

 

“Arigato!”

 

Naruto looked over before picking one that interested him.

 

“Could I get that one as well please?”

 

“Sure thing! And for the young lady?”

 

Yukiko pointed the one next to the one Naruto had picked.

 

“Could I get that one please?”

 

“Ok, Two adult squid and two medium squid! Have a good evening!”

 

“Arigato!”

 

“Good bye!”

 

With that, the pair walked off, their money spent. They were about to go look for Jiraiya when they heard his laughter coming from a building nearby.

 

“That's Ero-Sennin's voice.”

 

“Let's go, Naruto-Kun.”

 

They stepped into the building to find Jiraiya on a couch with two ladies in relatively skimpy clothing. Naruto sighed and Yukiko growled, catching Jiraiya's attention.

 

“Oh, Naruto, Yukiko. How was the festival?”

 

Naruto spotted his now completely deflated Gama-Chan on the bench. Yukiko noticed her wallet was looking rather empty too. Naruto exploded.

 

“WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF TELLING US THE THREE SINS OF A SHINOBI?!”

 

“ESPECIALLY IF YOU BREAK ALL THREE OF THEM IN ONE GO!!”

 

Jiraiya tried to calm the two seething kids down.

 

“Wait... I can explain... It's just a misunderstanding...”

 

Suddenly, one of Naruto's grilled squid slipped out of his hand. It sailed through the air in slow motion, before hitting a man's jacket, leaving a mark there. The man's companion started shouting.

 

“Look what you did you stupid brat! You put a stain on Akoki's designer suit!! An expensive type of clothing! You better compensate for this! Give me 11 million Yen for it!”

 

“11 Million for that tacky piece of crap? I'm not going to pay that kind of money to the likes of you.”

 

“What did you say you bastard?! You better pay up if you want to live! Akoki is a former Chunin of the Stone Village. He's a legendary Yami-Nin and someone to be afraid of! An incredibly skilled ninja!”

 

Akoki charged at Naruto yelling at him.

 

“I'll show you what pain really is!”

 

Naruto just sighed and charged up a Rasengan. Akoki tried to slow down, but he was far too late, as Naruto shoved the Rasengan into his stomach. Akoki and his accomplice went flying out of the building and into the wall on the opposite side of the street. Naruto walked out, followerd by Jiraiya and Yukiko. They smiled at Naruto who smirked at the 'ledgendary' ninja who was on the ground, unable to get up.

 

“Just... What did you do?”

 

“I woke you guys up from the dream that you are a legendary anything. You said you were a Chunin? I highly doubt that. I was promoted to Chunin the same year I graduated from the Academy, and I kicked your asses with one move.”

 

Naruto turned back to Jiraiya.

 

“Well, what are we going to do now, Ero-Sennin?”

 

Jiraiya sighed.

 

“I say we go turn in for the night, and tomorrow morning we train.”

 

Yukiko and Naruto lept into the air.

 

“YATTA!”

 

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The Next Morning, at the Inn:

 

Naruto woke up to the comfortable feeling of a sleeping Yukiko snuggled up in his arms, her head resting on is chest. Naruto just wanted to stay like this for a while, but he was interrupted by one very hung over Sannin.

 

“Oi, Naruto. Don't go back to sleep. We have training to do.”

 

Naruto for once thought sleeping next to Yukiko took priority over training. He just felt so at ease next to her. Slowly, he started untangling himself from her arms, eliciting a groan from the sleeping Yukiko. Slowly, Yukiko stirred and opened her eyes. She smiled and kissed Naruto on the lip.

 

“Good morning, Naruto-Kun.”

 

“Morning, Yukiko-Chan.”

 

They started into each other's eyes, words were not needed to convey their feelings. Jiraiya interrupted their little moment.

 

“Come on you two, we're starting the training now.”

 

Both of them slowly got up, showered and ate a quick breakfast before following Jiraiya into the woods. Jiraya figured they were far enough from civilization, he turned to his two students and decided what to teach them.

 

“Naruto, I've heard from Kakashi that you have a natural talent for fire jutsus.”

 

Naruto looked kind of down upon hearing his former sensei's name. However, true to form, Naruto brightened up and smiled.

 

“Yup, I learnt Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu in two hours.”

 

Jiraiya's eyes widened at this. Not believing him, Jiraiya wanted further proof.

 

“Let's see it then.”

 

Naruto turned and faced into the forest, and went through the few hand seals.

 

“Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!”

 

With said words, a giant fireball billowed out of Naruto's mouth, clearing a path 20 foot wide and 50 foot deep. Jiraiya whistled.

 

“That's good Naruto. I guess I could teach you some higher level Katon jutsus.”

 

Naruto jumped up in the air and pumped his fist. Jiraiya ignored Naruto's antics and turned to Yukiko.

 

“I think I can start you off on some Suiton techniques, and I know you'd prefer to learn Mokuton and Shiton (I assume this is the Japanese equivalent of `Death Type/Release/Element', please correct me if I'm wrong) type techniques, but to tell you the truth, the only man who could teach you Wood Type techniques has been dead for well over 30 years(not sure of the D.O.D of the first Hokage, again please correct me if possible), and to my knowledge, you're the only one to ever use death type techniques. Sure, Orochimaru uses similar types of techniques, but they are not considered Shiton techniques, so you'll have to work with Nibi on that one. However, I still think you would do well with Suiton techniques. Rest assured that by the time I'm finished with the two of you, you'll know practically every single technique I know, starting with the elemental techniques.”

 

Both of his students gawked at the prospect. They'd know almost every single technique a Sannin knows? They would be really powerful by the end of this, that much was certain. Jiraiya interrupted their line of thoughts.

 

“Unfortunately, I cannot teach you any of the frog related techniques Unfortunately, as humans can only sign the contract to one type of animal, and since you two have already signed a contract, you cannot be taught the frog techniques, however, due to the fact that you are both demon containers for two of the most powerful demons known in existance, you should be able to work with your tenants to create your own unique jutsus that you and you alone can use. However, I have one strict condition that will not be broken under any circumstances unless one of us is about to die. That condition is that I must always be present when you attempt to communicate with your tenants to commence such training-“

 

“Uh, Ero-Sennin…”

 

“What is it, Naruto? This is important.”

 

“It's just that Yukiko-Chan and I have been talking to our tenants for a while now. Yukiko-Chan has been talking to Nibi since her 12th birthday, and I've been talking to Kyubi since pretty much the day after I found out about him, which was several weeks after Yukiko-Chan started communicating with Nibi-“

 

Jiraiya was shocked.

 

`This could be bad. Very bad. I need to find out more…'

 

“You two, do you realise that you're consorting with two of the most powerful demons in existence? You may be too young to realise what demons are capable of, but they are known for betrayal, deceit, destruction-“

 

“Ero-Sennin, Kyubi resents that.”

 

“Sorry Jiraiya-Sensei, but so does Nibi.”

 

“What?”

 

“They see though our eyes, hear with our ears, smell with our noses, and fell with our skin. After a while of being our tenants, they realised that if we were to be harmed in any way by their `deceit' they would feel our guilt as if it were their own.”

 

Naruto continued on.

 

“Also, they realised that if we die, so do they. So they quickly figured out that anything they say that could get us in serious danger, they will pay with their own lives. We kind of formed a… bond with our demons. Not only did our tenants form a bond with us, they told us that they were actually… Mates…”

 

Jiraiya didn't know what to say. This was almost too much to take in at one time. He asked the two questions he was dreading to ask the most.

 

“How often do they talk to you and what about?”

 

Naruto pondered for a moment.

 

“Well, Kyubi gave me the talk on the birds and the bees-“

 

“Jiraiya almost had a heart attack.

 

“WHAT!?!?!?!?!”

 

“Well, initially, part of the reason Yukiko-Chan and I got together was the fact that our tenants pushed us into it.”

 

Jiraiya groaned again, coming to the most logical conclusion.

 

“So your feelings for each other are generated purely by Kyubi and Nibi?”

 

The other two looked in horror first at Jiraiya, then at each other.

 

`Don't you DARE believe a word of what that perverted Sennin just said, kit! We NEVER used any form of manipulation on either of you! Sure, we tried to use words to act as a catalyst to speed up the relationship, however your feelings for her are and always have been purely YOUR OWN! I give you my word on my life that what I'm saying is true!'

 

`You damn well better be telling the truth, or I'm going to have your hide!'

 

`Kit, to a demon, nothing is more important than his life. To use that to convince someone could NEVER be risked if they were bluffing, their life is too much to throw away like that. Ask `Ero-Sennin' if you don't believe me.'

 

`That's fine, I believe you.'

 

Unknown to both Kyubi and Naruto, Nibi and Yukiko were going through a remarkably similar internal conversation. Jiraiya watched in amazement at the ease the two obviously conversed with their demons. He watched the horror turn quickly to anger, which was then directed at him. Jiraiya sweat dropped and smiled uneasily.

 

“Is something wrong, you two?”

 

“Oh, something's wrong alright.”

 

This came from Naruto. Yukiko finished up the sentence for him.

 

“What's wrong is that you made us doubt our love for each other. Nibi swore on her life that they only used words to speed up the time it took to create a relationship. However, they both realised if they pushed any harder, we would probably break up so they backed off, content that we were boyfriend and girlfriend.”

 

“Kyubi said the same thing and also swore on his life. That's good enough for me. I know Kyubi would not lie to me about something so important, as it would ruin the chances to be with Nibi again.”

 

Yukiko now smiled at Jiraiya with a fake smile that barely hid her emotions and replied with a sickeningly sweet tone of voice that was far too sweet for his liking.

 

“Jiriaya-Sensei, I would like to warn you that if you ever do something like that again, I will hurt you severely, most likely in that area between your legs.”

 

For Yukiko to use such a threat, he knew he'd just committed one of the worst taboos he possibly could. He started shaking his hands in front of him and began sweating profusely.

 

“Ah, I'm terribly sorry, it was just that was the most logical conclusion I came to, as all the evidence pointed to it. I won't mention it again.”

 

They both smiled sadistically. Naruto replied for them.

 

“Good. Now, what were you saying about us not being able to converse with our tenants without your presence?”

 

Jiraiya got a second sweat drop on the back of his head.

 

“Forget I said that…”

 

“Excellent. Now, you were also saying that you couldn't teach us the frog based techniques you use, because it requires a contract with the frogs. You said that we could however converse with our tenants and create our own version of your techniques that you gained from signing the contract of the frogs. What exactly did you mean by that?”

 

Jiraiya was relieved from being under the spotlight for the moment.

 

`These two can be scary at times…'

 

“Well, for example, I can summon the stomach of a toad and use it for several purposes.”

 

“Such as?”

 

“Well, I can summon the stomach to use as a barrier against extremely powerful techniques. I can also use it to capture people to keep them from escaping. Those are the two main uses of it.”

 

Yukiko didn't exactly like the idea of summoning parts of Nibi out into the open. Naruto was thinking along the same lines. Jiraiya sensed this and chuckled.

 

“Well, I didn't explicitly mean parts of the body, it was just an example. For example, Naruto, you might be able to create an entirely new jutsu that utilises the demonic gates and uses the charka tails to launch one of the Kyubi's most feared attacks, the Fox Fire technique.”

 

Naruto sought out Kyubi in the back of his mind for an explanation.

 

`Basically, Fox Fire is an extremely powerful, if not THE most powerful Katon type technique in existence. To explain it, I launch a fireball from each of my nine tails. One of them was enough to decimate a small village.'

 

`WHAT?!?! That's insane!'

 

`Kit, if I could cleave an entire mountain in two with a flick of a tail, is it really that hard to believe?'

 

`I guess not… So, could you teach me it?'

 

The fox gave a sly grin.

 

`Very well kit, however I refuse to teach you while you're near anyone. It will not be as powerful as the original by a long shot, however, the fact that people will see the technique actually being cast will probably do a fair bit of damage psychologically, let alone the physical damage especially if used on a shinobi from Konoha, not that you would…'

 

`Damn straight. Could you give me an estimate as to its power if used with the first demonic gate?'

 

The Kyubi looked thoughtful for a moment.

 

`Truthfully, I can't say give you an exact answer. However, my guess is that if you were to use it with just the first gate, it could probably clear a few hundred meters square of forest.'

 

Naruto looked gob smacked.

 

`A FEW HUNDRED SQUARE METERS?!'

 

`Kit, I really suggest you have you hearing checked. You seem to be mishearing things I say more and more. Kit, I am the KING of demons. Do you think I could maintain that position with some half arsed techniques? I held that position for millennia for a reason. I thought we got over this doubting crap?'

 

`You're right, sorry Kyubi.'

 

`Don't worry, kit. However, since I will in effect be teaching you, you will refer to me as Kyubi-Sensei.'

 

`Fat chance. I'm not giving you that kind of respect, because you get off on that kind of thing.'

 

`You want to learn this technique or not?'

 

`You want to be completely shut off from the outside world? I can arrange that you know.'

 

Kyubi just roared with laughter.

 

`Kit, I hate to admit it, but I think I'm starting to respect you. You have the guts and the cunningness to be a demon, and a good one at that. Fine, you have yourself a deal.'

 

`That's what I want to hear. I knew you'd see things my way.'

 

Kyubi just snickered. Jiraiya wondered what was with the expression on Naruto's face. He looked… Pleased? Jiraiya gave Naruto a questioning look.

 

“Eh, I just had a little… argument with Kyubi.”

 

“What about?”

 

“He said that since he will be teaching me techniques, I had to call him Kyubi-Sensei.”

 

Jiraiya didn't like where this was going. Not one bit. Naruto continued.

 

“I basically said it wasn't going to happen. He then tried to lure me in with the promise of a very powerful technique. I responded that he would either teach me it or I would lock him up so he has no interaction with the outside world. He said then that I'd make a good demon because I was cunning and had the guts to be one, so he was starting to respect me.”

 

Jiraiya looked more confused than ever.

 

“He gave in that easily?”

 

“Threatening to take away his only interaction with the outside world, however minor it may be is not something I think anyone would like. How would you feel if all you could see, hear, feel, smell and taste were the four walls of pure blackness? I sure as hell wouldn't like it.”

 

Jiraiya now saw why the Kyubi had taken the threat so seriously.

 

“So if you had of locked him up like that, he also couldn't heal you or lend you his chakra and therefore if you died, it would kill him.”

 

“Yup.”

 

Jiraiya shook his head. That was a serious threat indeed. It was an indirect death threat. Jiraiya could see why Kyubi was beginning to respect Naruto. He decided to alter his planned training schedule for Naruto.

 

“Ok, Naruto for you, I'm going to work you up to be able to learn fox fire. There are three fire techniques between Goukakyuu no Jutsu and Fox Fire. Each takes more and more control and chakra to use than the last.”

 

“What are they?”

 

“The first is Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu. Your friend Uchiha Sasuke can use it. It is essentially a shield of fire that projects a small stream of very powerful fire in one direction. The next level up is Katon: Karyuu Endan. It sends a stream of fire in the shape of a dragon at your opponent. The last stage, however, is a bit different. It combines a Doton type technique with a Katon type technique to produce some rather powerful effects. Firstly, the caster uses Doton: Doryuudan to fire earth missiles at the opponent. However, the user then doubles up with a fire technique called Katon: Karyuudan which sends a stream of fire so hot, it turns the earth missiles into flaming pieces of molten earth that not only puncture the enemies' body, but burn them severely as well. There is one slight problem with this though Naruto.”

 

“Is that you expect me to learn almost the best Doton technique without learning it's predecessors?”

 

“Correct. Don't let this go to you head, but if you somehow manage to do it, I will have no doubts about your potential to be at least 'WOOT WOOT! That was my 100000th word! YATTA!!!!' Sannin level technique and intelligence wise by the time I'm done with you. Once you have mastered those four techniques, I will allow you to learn Fox Fire from your tenant.”

 

“I guess this is kind of like an extended version of the three stages of the Rasengan, eh Ero-Sennin? I can't do the last stage without completing the ones before it? Fair enough.”

 

Jiraiya was getting more and more impressed with the boy's maturity and analytical skills. Not only that, but from what he had heard about Naruto before he learnt the truth of what he really was, he would have argued until he was allowed to learn the highest level technique right off the bat.

 

“That's right Naruto. Yukiko, I'll quickly go over the basics of Ryuuka no Jutsu with Naruto, then I'll start teaching you a Suiton technique. By the way, I assume you've been conferring with Nibi on your own personalised attacks?”

 

Yukiko smiled and nodded.

 

“Nibi said she would teach me the first stage of a jutsu called acid bomb technique.”

 

“Care to explain?”

 

“It's name pretty much state's it's appearance, however saying it is corrosive is an understatement. I believe the easiest way to understand it's appearance and effects is a mix between Gamabunta's Water Cannonball and Kitsuii's (The Queen of the Slugs) Acid of 1000 Fangs.”

 

“So it has the corrosiveness of Kitsuii's Acid techniques, with the velocity and precision of Gamabunta's Water Cannonball? That sounds like a nasty combination.”

 

“Nibi says there's another stage to it, but I have to learn to master the first part before she'll teach me the next part.”

 

“I see.”

 

Jiraiya made alterations to his training schedule for Yukiko and got up. He walked away motioning for Naruto to follow. Naruto gave Yukiko a quick kiss and a hug before running off after Jiraiya. After about 20 meters, Jiraiya stopped and began teaching Naruto the jutsu.

 

“Ok, the hand seals are Hebi, Ryu, Usagi and Tora. Basically, you should start trying to channel the chakra out of your mouth and focus it to the point it combusts. Oh and don't worry, the hand seals will do most of the work for you, but that still means you have to focus a lot of your chakra to help with the process. Once that's done, try and focus the fire around your body to be directed into one wave of concerntraited fire directed in front of you. Also, the longer you want the jutsu to stay acticve, the more chakra you have to pump out of your mouth and combust, so you can probably tell it'll drain even the strongest ninjas if they use it for any length of time. Well, I guess I can show you how it looks in practice. You might want to step back a bit though.”

 

Naruto did as he was told, activating his seal eye to aid him in understanding how the hand seals moulded the chakra and the basic principles of the jutsu. Jiraiya went through the hand seals and announced the technique.

 

“Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!”

 

Naruto saw the hand seals moulding the chakra to be directed to his mouth and focused them to the point of combustion. Naruto now knew why Jiraiya stated this technique was difficult to maintain for long periods, as the chakra drainage for Jiraiya was noticable. Naruto watched as the waves of chakra combusted the moment they met the air outside of Jiraiya's mouth and they started to wind their way back around him before turning and flying past his head, merging and rocketing towards the closest tree. Whereas Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu would just destroy anything in its path, Ryuuka no Jutsu struck everything in its path and made a rather large hole in the trees it hit, before continueing on to the next tree. Naruto was amazed to see that the jutsu was only starting to dissipate after about 100 meters instead of the 50 or so that Naruto could manage with Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu. Naruto analized this and came up with a response.

 

“So while Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu is essentially a crowd pleaser, Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu is a sniping technique intended to be used on either a stationary single target or line of targets if you were feeling lucky.”

 

“Exactly. Well, now that you've seen the technique, I'll leave you to it.”

 

“Sure thing, Ero-Sennin.”

 

Jiraiya left to the sounds of hand seals and a botched attempt at the technique. He sighed and went back to Yukiko who looked up at his arrvial.

 

“Yukiko, I'm also going to put you on a stage training regime where I'll start with a basic Muzu Bunshin. Muzu Bunshin is pretty much a weaker shadow clone made out of water. I'm starting you off on this because you already have a solid grasp on bunshins, meaning half the work is already done. After Muzu Bunshin, I will teach you Suiton Daibakufu no Jutsu. This technique sends a large spinning pillar of water at the enemy. It has the ability to also flood an area. Naturally, this will drain a large amount of chakra. Next is a technique called Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu. We will have to use the river behind us to use that technique. What it does is channel massive amounts of water into the form of a dragon which you control with your chakra. The last of the regular techniques is a defensive technique called Suiton: Suijinheki. Basically this technique requires you to expell water from your mouth at an incredible rate and make it spiral around you, forming a shield that is very effective against most elemental attacks, especially fire ones. From there, One final technique, which I am unable to teach you, however I have a friend who can teach you it.”

 

“A friend? Do you mean Gamabunta?”

 

“No, if I called him out to do that, he'd skin me for a new wallet. I was planning on using another frog. Which one, I'm not sure yet. However, I'm sure he will be much more willing to help than Gamabunta would be.”

 

“Jiraiya-Sensei?”

 

“What is it Yukiko?”

 

“Do you really think it's a smart idea to teach us both several Kage level techniques so early?”

 

Jiraiya sighed. While he was proven correct that Naruto either didn't pick up on it or didn't care because he was happy to learn such powerful techniques, he was sure that Yukiko would definitely pick him up on it. He had prepared an answer just in case.

 

“While it is true that it will be risky teaching the both of you such powerful techniques, would you care to guess why I'm doing it?”

 

“Because you think we're capeable of learning them?”

 

“Exactly. I know from what Kakashi has told me that you are able to use Kage level techniques already, that would mean you will be more than capeable of learning these techniques to get to your special personalised technique. Sure it will take a while, but in the end it will be worth it. Now, let's get started on the Muzu Bunshin. Kage Bunshin had one hand seal, but Muzu Bunshin has none. I suggest you start out with a source of water close by. Only the Nidaime Hokage was able to use high level water jutsus without a source of water. I'd love to tell you how he did it, but that information was never passed on to my knowledge, so it lived and died with Nidaime. Anyway, the easiest way to teach you how to do it after giving you that explination would be to actually perform it. Watch.”

 

Jiraiya walked onto the surface of the water and held up a hand in front of his chest with a single handed hand seal that looked like one half of the ram seal. Slowly, the water infront of him started churning and began to raise itself into a blob of water that roughly resembled a human. It quickly took shape and formed an exact copy of Jiraiya. Yukiko decided to activate her Bloodline Limit and discern the Muzu Bunshin's interior. She found it to be true that it was indeed made of nothing but water and chakra. She disengaged her Bloodline Limit and decided to give it a try. She began to concerntraite on pushing her chakra into the water and began to mould the water using her chakra into a bunshin. Slowly but surely, an exact copy of Yukiko appeared. It had taken about 2 minutes to form the bunshin from scratch, requiring all of Yukiko's concerntraition. Jiraiya was impressed that Yukiko had created a perfect Muzu Bunshin on her first try, reguardless of the fact it took two minutes to create it. He was just about to comment when he saw a rather bright reddish-orange light come from Naruto's direction.

 

“Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!”

 

The light suddenly died down, but Jiraiya knew better than to think it was over. He braced for an incoming pillar of flame considering he was right in the path of where he had last seen Naruto facing.

 

'Shit, I didn't think he'd be able to master it this quickly!'

 

Jiraiya barely had time to duck as he saw the flame exit out of the last tree, shoot straight over his head and straight through Yukiko's Muzu Bunshin.

 

'It's not a fully fledged Ryuuka no Jutsu based on the circumfrance of the flame pillar. Although with that said, he'll probably have it down by tomorrow evening.'

 

Yukiko was marveling at her handiwork when she felt a searingly hot beam of fire wizz straight past her and pierced her Muzu Bunshin through the head. The Muzu Bunshin exploded upon impact and sent water flying everywhere, but it mainly covered Yukiko. Yukiko silently fumed as she stomped off to give Naruto a piece of her mind. Naruto had just recovered from expelling most of his chakra in that technique, when he heard a very familiar voice calling to him. Naruto was about to run forward until he heard her tone of voice.

 

“Naruto-Kun? Where are you?”

 

Naruto decided that it would be a good idea to run the other way and fast. However, Yukiko had been expecting this, and body flickered in front of him.

 

“Going somewhere, Naruto-Kun?”

 

Naruto knew he'd had it, so he just slumped in defeat. Yukiko smiled rather sadistically.

 

“Awwww, not going to put up a fight? I'm dissapointed, Naruto-Kun.”

 

“Put up a fight? I said I would never harm you in any way!”

 

Yukiko was shocked that he thought she was going to hit him, but then again, her smile and voice kind of gave that impression.

 

“When did I say anything about hitting? I have far worse in mind for you, Uzumaki Naruto. Come with me. NOW.”

 

Naruto didn't have a choice as he slowly shffled behind Yukiko who seemed quite happy with herself. Eventually they got to the river, and Yukiko pointed to the middle of it.

 

“Go on, off you go.”

 

Naruto complied, shuffling into the middle of the river. He stood on top of the water, trying to figure out what her idea of punsihment would be. Yukiko started focusing and soon, water all around Naruto started forming Muzu Bunshins of Yukiko. They all grinned at Naruto as he wondered how on earth this was punishment.

 

'This is punishment? I get to see the most beautiful face on the planet surround me? I don't get it...'

 

'If this is going where I think it is kit, You'll see what she means by punishment.'

 

'Huh, what are you talking about?'

 

'I'm not going to say kit. You'll just have to find out yourself.'

 

'Damn you...'

 

'Enjoy, kit.'

 

'...'

 

Naruto snapped back to attention as the Muzu Bunshins started walking towards him. He was wary of them until they all suddenly mass glomped him. Naruto thought he was in heaven, with a nosebleed to prove it.

 

'I could get used to this...'

 

The demon fox just laughed, knowing what was going to happen next. Suddenly, Yukiko stopped concerntraiting and the Muzu Bunshins suddenly turned back to water, completely saturating Naruto. Yukiko and Jiraiya just burst out laughing at Naruto's downcast looking face.

 

“It's not funny! It was like a dream come true! And then you had to wake me up! Don't EVER tease me like that again!”

 

Yukiko stopped her giggling fit just long enough to answer.

 

“As you wish, Naruto-Kun.”

 

Naruto just strode up to the real Yukiko and looked at her with mischif in his eyes.

 

“You are so going to pay for that.”

 

“Oh? How do you plan on paying me back?”

 

“You'll see.”

 

Naruto gave Jiraiya a look, and gave a 'shooing' motion with his hand. Jiraiya grumbled to himself and got up before walking away, muttering something about kids not showing respect to their senseis these days. Naruto just laughed as he heard this, before turning back to Yukiko. Yukiko raised an eyebrow quizically trying to figure out what Naruto had in store for her. He answered her thoughts.

 

“Since I can't have my fantasy, I'll have to settle for the real thing instead.”

 

Yukiko's eyes widened.

 

'He's not thinking about... THAT... is he?'

 

'Relax, kitten. I sense his intentions to be pure. Thre are very few people who can fool a demon's senses, so there's no need to worry.'

 

'Arigato, Nibi.'

 

'Don't mention it kitten.'

 

Naruto just lowered himself to Yukiko's side and hugged her, placing his head in her chest, causing Yukiko to blush, but she just hugged him back, not wanting to break the moment. They both just lay there, not paying attention to the time. Suddenly, Naruto felt another presence watching them. He got up, eliciting a groan from Yukiko. Naruto looked around, although he already knew where the person was hiding. Quicikly, Naruto turned towards the familiar chakra source and went through some hand seals.

 

“Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!”

 

Fire wrapped around Naruto before shooting off in the direction of the intruder. They both heard a yelp and Jiraiya jumped out from behind the tree. Yukiko suddenly grew very angry at the fact that Jiraiya had his 'research' notebook in his hand.

 

“Jiraiya-Sensei? We're you using us for your 'research'?”

 

Jiraiya immediately sweat dropped.

 

“Well, uh, you see..”

 

Naruto and Yukiko had had enough and they lunged at him, tackling him to the ground.

 

BANG! POW!

 

Jiraiya now had two very large lumps on his head. He looked up to see Naruto and Yukiko glaring at him. He smiled weakly and tried to get up, however Naruto and Yukiko forced him back down.

 

“Let's get one thing straight, Ero-Sennin. If you EVER use Yukiko-Chan or myself for your damn perverted books, I will make sure you'll never want to write another one got it?”

 

Jiraiya nodded weakly, however, Naruto still wasn't satisfied. He pointed to the notes.

 

“Hand them over.”

 

Jiraiya tried to protect his notes, however Naruto ripped them out of his hands and passed them to Yukiko, who understood what Naruto wanted. Yukiko created a Muzu Bunshin and handed the notes to it. The Muzu Bunshin nodded to Naruto, who went through a quick set of hand seals.

 

“Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!”

 

Jiraiya stared in horror as the giant fireball blossomed towards the Muzu Bunshin, destroying the bunshin and Jiraiya's notes. Jiraiya fell to his knees.

 

“I spent two months writing those notes! How could you be so cruel?”

 

“Cruel? You wanted to use what would undoubtably be considered an underage relationship in your book, twisting our relationship into something completely and utterly perverted, didn't you? And you call US cruel? Jiraiya, I've lost all respect for you as a man and our sensei.”

 

Jiraiya slumped. He knew what he was doing was wrong, and that he had indeed intended to use them in his next book, however he had intended for a change to keep their relationship as pure as it is in real life, though he doubted they would believe him. He decided to call it a day.

 

“Alright you two, I say we call it a day. You two have progressed at an alarming rate, so I think you should be able to master your tenants techniques within about a month.”

 

They both follwed Jiraiya who was well aware of the fact their eyes were boreing into his back. He shrugged it off and returned to the inn in town.

 

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A/N: There goes another one. Man, if this keeps up, I might have to relabel Naruto and Yukiko the Ecchi Busters. First Kakashi and now Jiraiya? I'm so evil... Anyways, if you think Fox Fire is too strong a technique, just remember that through out the anime and manga, Kyubi was known to flick a tail and cleave a mountain in two or cause a tsunami. No chakra, no techniques, no nothing. Now, if that's the case, want to try imagining what one of his most powerful techniques could do? I'd say I'm actually toning it down quite considerably. Until next time my avid readers!

 

Ja ne,

 

Specula.