Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Rogue ❯ Chapter 4
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By: Zagger the Bloody Angel 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Thriller / Suspense / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.07.2011 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 499 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Thriller / Suspense / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.07.2011 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 499 | Status: Work In Progress
I Do Not Own Naruto
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"So wait, I still don't get it." Karui stated as she was confused to how Naruto was a lord. It was the first day since the preliminaries and they were suppose to be training, but both Kirabi and Yugito suggested they took the first day off as a reward.
Sighing as he rubbed his temples, Naruto thought about not saying a thing as he really didn't want to go over this. But no, both Karui and Omoi couldn't let the subject go so they continued talking about it as they were getting nothing from Kirabi or Yugito.
Tired, Naruto finally snapped an answered her question. "It is simple... my grandfather was the lord of the Whirlpool until his passing. It is now a Mist territory so therefore that makes me a minor noble in their eyes and the rightful heir to the land. They are just trying to make sure the Cloud can't claim their territory!"
Blinking for a moment, Karui shook her head. "That's not what I meant. I was asking how come they kept the lords from before instead of inserting their own to make sure there would be no revolts."
Seeing Naruto was ready to pop and unload on Karui, Yugito came to her rescue as she answered for him. "Around twenty years ago, the Mist gave the Whirlpool an ultimatum when they came to take their land. Either they would simply allow them to become part of the Mist and they would keep mostly all of their positions of power or face the power of one of the five strongest nations. It was a simple choice in the end as they didn't have much military might."
"So, to keep from taking loses the Uzumaki simply took demotions of power and allowed the Whirlpool to become part of the Mist? Man, sounds like they were cowards... Smart cowards." Omoi wisely added the last part to the end as Naruto had almost unsheathed his sword and was ready to take his head for insulting his family.
Naruto of course still wanted to take his head, but it wouldn't look too good on a trophy stand. He would have just to settle for giving him a beat down sometime later. "No, they simply spared our people a road of hardship that would have resulted in the same end result. They... made it easier to transition into becoming their territory."
"Afterwards, most of the family either left for different villages or tried to lead an uprising only to be silenced. My mother was one of the few that made it to their actually destinations, so it wasn't hard to track me down. And even if they were to find others of the Uzumaki, I am recognized as part of the head family and I am the son of the Forth Hokage so therefore I would still hold the highest rank." Naruto finished, tired of talking about his family tree.
Still not entirely sure on how everything worked, Karui and Omoi left it at that when they arrived at the Hokage tower. That was when Karui started the questioning again. "So, why are we here again? I thought the Hokage said he wanted to see Naruto."
"Well, he does. However, he asked for all of us as he has some plans, I'm sure. But mostly, we are all coming along to act as Naruto's guard to make sure he doesn't coax him into staying here." Kirabi responded before he slightly bowed to the guard before they were allowed in.
Everyone was silent as they were led to the office, where the Hokage's secretary seemed to be waiting for them. "Ah, if you will just give him a moment. He will be right with you after he is done with his meeting."
"That won't be necessary, I am quite finished, Azure. He left in his usual fashion." The Hokage stated as he came out of his office to greet the Cloud shinobi. While it wasn't his first run in with either Kirabi or Yugito, this was the first time he would actually get to be with Naruto since he was only a new born baby.
Ushering them into his office and having them take a seat, Sarutobi found himself behind his desk like normal before looking over to the ninja. Obviously he knew they were there mostly because there was some distrust, but he was fine with that. Naruto, after all, was a Cloud shinobi.
"Well, I guess you probably have a good idea of why I called you here." Seeing Naruto nod as did both Kirabi and Yugito, everything was made easier for Sarutobi as he continued. "Obviously and first on my agenda is to thank you for your actions yesterday. While I was more then ready to act, you clearly beat me to the punch and saved my grandson. I know thank you isn't enough, but there are other reasons I called you here today."
Nodding, wanting to get this over as fast as possible as he didn't like meetings too much, Naruto simply waited for Sarutobi to continue.
Chuckling as he did not liking meetings all that much either, Sarutobi lit the pipe on his desk before taking a puff. "Secondly, as you are aware of, your father was the Fourth Hokage. As such, there are some of his possessions that he left behind that are obviously entitled to you."
"First of which is why I truly brought you here." He continued before pulling out five separate scrolls, each varying in size. "Each of these are jutsu scrolls left by your father's sensei. Obviously, he being a Konoha shinobi does not have power to give you such secrets without it being treasons, however as I'm Hokage I can give you each of these without repercussions."
"Each one are jutsu Minato personally created, two of which he is most famous for. ... I however, am having second thoughts on this last scroll and as such, I have to make sure it will not be used against this village. So, if I cannot get any warrantee as such, I will destroy it." Sarutobi stated before he picked up the final one.
Both Kirabi and Yugito's face fell, knowing exactly what the jutsu was. While destroying it really wouldn't hurt them all that much, the fact that he could give it to their village was something they weren't expecting. And the fact that only Naruto could learn it... Well, that just disturbed them on a whole new level.
Naruto simply shook his head. "I've already stated I will help this village as I can. If you wish for me not to use the Flying Thunder God, be that as you wish. It matters not to me as it is not a jutsu I would like to learn. As such, I would not like that scroll to begin with."
Everyone's jaw had dropped at this. Forget the anatomy of a human's mouth, that wasn't working anymore as everyone's jaw literally reached the floor. He had just refused to take the Flying Thunder God, one of if not the greatest technique ever created. There was no question in their minds he had lost his sanity.
"Why?!" Was literally asked by everyone there simultaneously.
Shrugging, Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "While it is a powerful technique and I would admit it would be a great jutsu to have, it is highly probable I would become to reliant on it and therefore turning it into a weakness if someone knows the inner workings. Not only that, but there are many problems that would result in me knowing such a jutsu."
"I would constantly being under attack from other ninjas, wanting to erase the knowledge of such a powerful move or wanting to have it for their own. It would literally turn me into a target that could cause wars and jeopardize my home along with many other risks. The only benefits of having it are to protect those close to me and to change the tides of a battle in the matter of seconds." Naruto finished explaining the reason for his madness.
It really didn't convince any of them as they were still till looking at him as if he was absolutely insane.
Sighing at this and slumping in his chair, he decided just to accept the damn thing to make things easier on him. "Fine, if I promise to keep this jutsu in good hands would you give to me and I might try to learn it after said person deems I'm worthy of such a power?"
Blinking for a few moments, Naruto had said he wouldn't use it against Konoha so giving it to him wouldn't be that much of a problem. Honestly, no one else could use the jutsu, so it was a waste just to let it stay. Still, he had to know who would look after. "And who would keep the jutsu safe until that time."
"Lord Raikage, obviously. He knows the jutsu about as well as mostly everyone that was close to my father and knows the benefits and risks to it better then many others." Naruto responded trying to put the Third Hokage at ease.
Slowly nodding, as that was true seeing Minato and E were close friends, the Hokage simply pushed the other fours scrolls towards Naruto. "Then I will hand it to him when he arrives and we'll consider a peace offering for the new treaty we are working on."
Simply pocketing the four scrolls, hoping they would be of some help in the immediate future in his fight against Ryuu, Naruto kept his gaze onto the Third before speaking once more. "Is that all you called me in for? If so, I would like to leave. I do have a match in the finals to prepare for."
"Ah, that brings me to the final reason. Kirabi has asked me if there was any way I could help in your training. Normally, that would be impossible as helping a foreign ninja learn skills from our village is forbidden." Naruto simply rolled his eyes, already knowing that, and wondering what the old man was thinking about.
However, the Third simply smirked at him before pulling out a small bracelet that looked like a miniature head band. "However, seeing your situation with the Mist, I thought to do the same. As long as you are in the land of fire and you wear this, you are considered a Konoha ninja."
Raising his eyebrow at this, Naruto looked at the bracelet for a moment before turning back to Kirabi and Yugito, who both just shrugged as it was his decision to make. Turning his gaze back to the Third, Naruto thought for a moment before asking a question that was bothering him. "And why would you do such? I have no real ties here as I do with the Mist, so it seems like you are doing nothing more then trying to coax me back to the village I was born in."
"To an extent, I am." The Hokage admitted as he wasn't below such a tactic even if he knew it would work. "However, it is more due to what you spoke of yesterday. You saved our village, twice, from possible destruction. Now, the second time may be more a ruse but that still needs to be kept secret otherwise war might break out because of it."
"And showing that you still care for this village despite not being a ninja here is enough for you to be accepted into our ranks. It would also be a boost of morale for most the ninja that the Yondaime's Legacy was considered part of the village." Sarutobi finally added on, seeing the look Naruto was giving him wanting to know the full truth.
Satisfied by what he had said and seeing the benefits to both for him and the Leaf, Naruto took the bracelet before sliding it onto his left wrist were a similar band with the mark of the Mist was worn. Standing, Naruto bowed. "Thank you lord Hokage, but I must take my leave now. I have a difficult first round match and want to get to training."
Nodding as the entire team stood up and did the same, the Hokage simply smiled before letting them walk out of his office. Now he just had to get word to Jiraiya. After all, those techniques he gave him were not easily understood and he was one of the few people that knew who to use a few of them.
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"One-thousand one. One-thousand two. One-thousand three." Naruto voice strained as he pushed himself off the surface, each push getting harder.
While doing push-ups was not considered to be a hard exercise and one to give that kind of strain to a ninja, the way Naruto was doing it had many people look at him in awe as they walked by, simply because he wasn't doing them in a normal way. In fact, it was so bizarre that even the ninja that walk by had to stop and do a double take.
Doing one handed push ups while alternating each hand on every push wasn't very easy. Also, it could have been that was perpendicular to the surface. But it was probably because he was doing them on the side of a building, which happened to be his hotel. So it wasn't surprising he had very many onlookers watching in amazement as he seemingly easily did the push ups while not losing any height when he switched his hands after each lift.
This is what Jiraiya found when he had arrived at the hotel to pick up the said boy to train him for the month, now that he had special permission to do so. Even he had to stop for a moment take a gander at the blonde, trying to figure out how he pulled that off so fluidly.
However, his attention was quickly turned away from that when he noticed the amount of young girls wooing over him. Jiraiya could only perversely chuckle to himself as he imagined the blonde trying to take advantage of the situation he created. It was a best seller idea, he was sure of it!
Returning back to the world, Jiraiya wiped the drool from his chin before flickering to just above the boy as he did his push ups. "Hey, seems like you got quite the crowd watching you. What happened to keeping training to a secret?"
Naruto wanted to ignore the man and continue his drill however, the man's aura was overwhelming. It felt even greater then what he felt from all of the Kages he had ran into. Something told him that he needed to listen to this guy as this power was unbelievable. "Because trees and cliffs don't have smooth surfaces, it makes it nearly impossible for such a drill as this one as sticking to surface becomes nigh impossible between alternation."
Already knowing this, having made Minato do the same drill many times during their training, Jiraiya didn't pay much attention before he pulled a scroll out of Naruto's coat faster then the blonde could even react. "So have you even read these yet? They are quite useful, you know."
Naruto's first reaction was to try and swipe the scroll back but he quickly reasoned with himself. If he knew they were there and what was in them, there was only one legitimate reason for that. "You were my father's sensei."
"Yes, yes I was. And now thanks to the old man's generosity, you are considered a shinobi of the leaf. So I am capable of teaching you some things, if you like." Jiraiya responded, impressed that the boy hadn't lost an ounce of concentration as he continued his strange push ups without falter.
Thinking for a moment, Naruto figured this was what the Hokage was getting at when he spoke about helping his training and the reason he was given the scrolls. With one last push off, he did a back flip in mid air before landing on the ledge of hotel, sticking to it was the tip of his toes. "If you can keep up."
Jiraiya couldn't help but smirk. Kirabi was right when he met with him the night before. While he did have a cold demeanor, it was easy to see there were still flames of the passion he possessed on full display.
Simply beckoning to follow him, Jiraiya led the way and Naruto quickly followed making many of the onlookers groan before going back to their regular lives.
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Jiraiya pinched his nose as he sighed in annoyance. He barely had enough time for him to peep with the brat around. He learned fast, much faster then he anticipated.
He had purposely started out with the hardest move to learn of the four scrolls, the Rasengan. The problem was now they were into the six day in training and he was already on the final freaking step! How in the world was that possible, he wasn't too sure as it took him three months to learn and two years for Minato to create.
Whatever it was the Raikage trained him in, it worked. This boy was a sponge and soaked everything in, not letting a single thing escape his eyes.
The first step had only taken a day for him to master, a little less actually. After he popped the water balloon he moved onto the rubber ball. That had taken three days, but he still managed to pop it without any help. Now he was finally learning how to control it, containing the burst of chakra within the balloon.
This step had been a little harder as he kept popping it, but the boy was making outstanding process. In fact, he was making such quick progress he had a hard time choosing if he should watch the girls playing a game of water volleyball or watch him. And he loved watching girls playing water volleyball!
"I'm finished." Jiraiya heard making him turn his head around and looked at Naruto to see a perfectly round sphere of chakra that showed no sign of being out of control. His jaw simply dropped. The boy was a goddamn super genius.
It didn't take him very long to recover as he gazed at the sphere of chakra. "I see, well let's see if you did it right. See if you can take out that wooden dummy there."
Naruto simply shrugged before doing as he was asked. He slammed the orb into the dummy and after a few moments of creaking and groaning of wood, the dummy shattered at the point of contact.
Keeping his jaw from dropping, Jiraiya could only grumble. If he had learned the Rasengan in less then a week, he was going to cruise through the others. Not wanting to get straight into them, he thought what else he could do to kill some time and still train the boy. "How is your situation on using the fox's chakra?"
Raising his head at Jiraiya's question, Naruto decided to answer honestly as he probably had some thoughts on his relationship with the fox. "I am forbidden to use anything past six tails and that is forbidden unless everyone's life around me is in danger. However, I can use all nine tails if I must but my control is severely limited in that state."
Jiraiya's heart stopped. Naruto could use all nine tails without the key to his seal?! No wonder why he was forbidden to us it, that kind of power was outrage for a thirteen year old kid to have controlled! "You can use all nine tails? How is that possible?"
Shrugging his shoulders, the blonde answered to elevate his teacher's confusion. "The fox and I have a symbiotic relation with one another, very much like Yugito and Nibi's relationship. It took six years of training since I was young child, but the fox now accepts his situation and we now finally are able to use our power to its fullest."
Seeing the look of shock on Jiraiya's face, Naruto couldn't help but think about the arduous task it was to control Kyuubi's chakra.
(Flashback)
It was freezing cold. Every ounce of his body felt like it had turned into blocks of ice. His breath was labored and each one was made even more painful as the artic air flooded his lungs, stinging as it traveled through his respiratory system.
His entire body was battered and bloodied and the snow that covered his body was causing it to burn. It was even worse with the snow that made it into his wounds as they were become infected and turning a blackish-blue, probably the signs of gangrene.
He could hear those that were hunting him closing in. They had been chasing him for days, attacking him just as he when he was trying to forage for food or find a shelter to rest. He hadn't gotten an ounce of sleep or food because of them and his body grew weak.
The edges of his vision had been blackening for the last few hours, slowly overtaking his vision and making it hard to see period. His other senses had dulled as well, his heard had practically disappeared and all he felt was the freezing cold behind him.
But he knew they were surrounding him. He was good as dead as whatever these people wanted they would get it from him. Falling to his knees, he began to succumb to all his wounds as he just wanted to give up. It would be so much easier to just give up.
As he closed his eyes, he suddenly found himself very warmed. Snapping his eyes open, he saw nothing but concrete walls with a seemingly impregnable steel cage that was made to keep something big from getting out.
Knowing this place very well, he began to get angry. His blood began to boil as he repeatedly began to punch the gate cursing at the top of his lungs. "You no good fox! It is your fault that this is happening!"
Two deep crimson eyes snapped open and glared at the boy. The fox growled at the boy's presence and slashed his claws to the gate. However, the boy didn't move an inch as the serrated claws passed by him as he continued punching the gate as his fists began to bleed. "You goddamn fucker! This is all your fault! All it would have taken was you to step in once!"
"Do not speak to me that way boy! I am thousands of times greater the you!" The fox roared as he attempted to turn his claw just enough to cut into the boy.
He didn't move an inch as the claw was literally inches from his face. He felt no fear of death. Their death was already assured. "Go ahead! We are already fucking dead! Ending my life quicker means nothing any more foolish demon! It was your pride that caused this, so you might as well end this!"
Stopping at the boy's words, the fox growled before its claw sunk back into the cage. His eyes glowered at the young boy in front of him. But the hatred in his eyes seemed to diminish. He could feel it now. Death was moments away from taking him... Then it would come after him.
No matter what he did, he would die if this human before him died. If his life was what it took to keep him alive, then so be it. Calming his rage, the fox glared him into the eyes before chakra began flooding through the bars and wrapping around the young child.
"I will not die. Not now, not ever! If it means that you have to be the vessel of my power, so be it. We will not die then! The strong live to crush the weak, so crush them as my vessel will not be weak!" The fox roared before every ounce of its power filled his body with power.
And then, the nine tails power was reborn in a blaze of crimson chakra.
(Flashback End)
Ever since that day, the fox had calmed considerably and seemingly accepted his fate. However, in order to use his power to the fullest Naruto had to adopt his philosophy so they could stay synchronized. As such, he truly did believe the strong were around to crush those who were weaker. He just added in that the strong were to protect those that were weak if they were incapable of doing so.
Regaining his composure, Jiraiya was at a lose to do now. The blonde needed no help with Kyuubi if he could indeed use all nine tails and not lose control which made the key at this point almost useless. So all he really have was the other jutsu or teaching him how to summon.
Going to go for the later option, he was about to speak before his attention was caught by an intruder. He quickly identified them as a Mist shinobi due to the head band and he was about to meet them when the said person finally got frustrated as they couldn't figure out where they were. "Sir Naruto! Where are you?"
Watching Jiraiya face fault, Naruto wondered why he was do such a thing before focusing where the voice came from. He easily spotted her only to raise his eyebrow as she happened to be hanging upside down, caught in a snare trap. However, what caught his attention was she was trying to keep her dress from creeping up past her hips.
Putting those thoughts aside, he walked to her and out of pity he cut her down and gingerly caught her. "What are you doing here, Kuro? I happen to be in the middle of training as you can see."
Blushing at the contact, she quickly stood on her own two legs and brushed off the dirt. "I know but I came to tell you Lady Mizukage has arrived and has requested and audience with you. I came to take you to her, my lord."
Having thought as much, Naruto nodded before he turned to yell at his perverted teacher only to see he was sitting in the tree just above them. Somewhat surprised, he quickly recovered. "You heard then, so I'll be on my way."
"Go ahead brat. This gives me time for tomorrow." Jiraiya grumbled but was slightly grateful as he didn't want to start on the next technique just yet. While the Rasengan was the most complicated, and possibly the strongest of the four, he didn't want to get started on them yet. In fact now that he remembered there was one technique Kushina wanted to be passed down to him.
Nodding, Naruto went to follow Koru before she was suddenly lifted into the air once more, curiosity of yet another snare trap. "God dammit! Who the hell booby traps their own training grounds?!"
Naruto didn't say a word. He had been the one to lay the traps down in the first place. ...He liked setting traps.
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Arriving at a small restaurant known as Ichiraku's Ramen Stand, Naruto entered to see two guards sitting besides Mei, who was eating a small bowl of what he suspected to be a diet special of calamari as that seemed to be her favorite food. The fact that they put that in ramen seemed a little disgusting, but he would tolerate it for now.
"Lady Terumi, I have brought him like you requested." Kuro stated as she bowed to give respect to her idol, who was also the leader of her village.
Turning from her food, she smiled softly before nodding to Kuro. "Thank you, you may get back to your training. I will be there shortly after I am finished here."
Kuro tried to keep her excitement from showing and did so very well as she simply bowed again before uttering a thanks and leaving the restaurant. As she did, Mei turned her attention to Naruto while keeping her smile. "It is nice to see you again, Uzumaki."
"This brat is Uzumaki? I thought he would be older." The guard to her right stated, surprised that the new lord of the Whirlpool was so young. "Well, let's get this over with. You have other arrangements that you are scheduled for."
Mei twitched at his comment. She mostly blocked out what he had said when she heard 'engagements' followed by 'scheduled for'. However, her anger didn't show on her face as she turned to her guard with her usual smile even though she was radiating a killing aura. "Ao, speak again and I will rip off your testicles and feed them to you in a soup."
Ao shrunk away from the Mizukage. He couldn't understand why she always seemed to become so murderous by what he said. He could only guess she misheard him, but he didn't dare reiterate what he said as it could be taken even worse and she might then kill him... Or worse.
Pleased by her guard's obedience, Mei turned back to Naruto and her smiled brightened. "Please come and join us. This shouldn't take long."
Nodding and putting on his political face, not that there was much change for his cold gaze, Naruto took the seat that Ao gave up, probably because he decided he need some space from her. "So what is that about? I have read the scroll you have sent me yet I did not understand it outside of my grandfather's death."
Ordering another bowl of ramen, one for herself and more of a plain one for her guest, Mei turned to Naruto before taking off her Kage hat and lying onto the table. "I figured as there was too much to be explained through just writing, which is part of the reason I have arrived for the exams early."
"With your grandfather's death, there was a vacuum created for those trying to usurp and become the lord of the Whirlpool, all of them in opposition of mine. With your existence known, they can't rise to power unless you are either eliminated or appoint someone to rule for you." Mei explained as she waited for yet another bowl of calamari ramen.
"The problem is, you have to appoint someone born in the land and there is hardly anyone that can be trusted. The reason for that being is because Kuro's clan was murdered. ...She doesn't know yet and after I leave here I am to inform her of what happen." Mei told truthfully with a small amount of regret and her smile for once disappearing from her face.
Frowning as he knew the Wolf clan was helping his grandfather in his elder days rule over the land, Naruto knew the lost of that clan would hurt as they were very loyal. "So why not keep them in line with a demonstration of strength and assassinations of key conspirators?"
"While that would be easy, it is very costly as it could start a new civil war and we cannot deal with another at the moment. I'm having internal problems and I'm unsure of who to trust outside of a select few... However, all of this can be avoided if the true heir would return, even if only for a while. Showing there is still an Uzumaki would quail a lot of these problems." Mei explained as the young waitress handed their bowls to them.
Taking a bite of the ramen and deeming it acceptable, Naruto took a few more bites as he thought before giving an answer. "As of now, I'm not in much position of power so I can't take leave when I want to. You must speak with Lord Raikage about this and if he agrees, I will help as I can."
"I suspected at much, but I doubt he will listen to my pleas. That is why I came to you first as I know he will listen to yours. If you can convince him, I would be very much indebted to you." Mei responded as she was about to turn her attention to her bowl.
Continuing to eat his bowl, Naruto nodded as he finished the noodles leaving only the broth. "I will see what I can do. However, there is one thing I would like to request for payment."
"You name it." Mei replied, very much willing to give him what he wanted to settle the problem that was occurring in the Whirlpool. It was giving her a headache as she had many problems to deal with outside of that.
Naruto simply stood up before paying for his bowl before glancing outside as he knew Kuro hadn't gotten very far. "Cancel the engagement between Kuro and myself. Lord E has already said he would if I didn't feel like getting involved, so it will be simple... She deserves far better than me."
Before Mei could respond, Naruto disappeared in a swirl of static leaving her alone with her guards. Sighing as she looked over towards Kuro, she shook her head sadly before turning to her bowl of calamari. "I don't know about that... It could crush her seeing how much she looks up to you."
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It was only a day before the finals would begin and finally the Raikage had arrived with Darui and Shi guarding him as they always did. They had brought Samui as she wanted to she her former team compete in the final test.
Taking up the room beside theirs for the night, E had called in the three in order to speak with them which was why all three were now before him. "I am glad to see all of you have made to this point, so I am congratulating you for a job well done. However, it isn't finish and I would love nothing more then to see you three dominate this tournament."
"However, Karui I heard of your situation and I agree with my brother and Yugito's advice. You are to forfeit the second match as the Suna vessel is too much of a threat to handle. Same goes for you as well Omoi if you are to meet him in the finals. Naruto, you are permitted to use six tails if the situation becomes critical" E stated, making sure they had his orders clear.
Omoi simply nodded as he was quite sure he didn't want to deal with the red head in the first place. He looked a little too strong for him. Naruto was somewhat surprised that he would actually able to use his six tail form if he needed to. Karui looked disappointed at that as she believed she had become much stronger over the month, but she would obey his order.
Seeing this disappointment, E smiled at her before speaking to put her at ease. "However, Karui, if you do well in your fight against your opponent I will highly consider making you chunin. The same goes for both of you as well. Do well, and your chances of advancement will grow exponentially."
After seeing all three bow E turned his gaze to Naruto before pondering the request he had sent him. "As for you request Naruto, I will allow it on only one condition. You must win this tournament and give us all of us a show. If you do that, I will send you, Omoi, Karui and Samui to the Mist to deal with the problems in the Whirlpool."
Feeling confident that he gave them sufficient incentives to do well, the Raikage beckoned them to leave. Once they had, Kirabi was the first to speak, not liking he was not mentioned in his team's mission. "What is this about the Mist and Whirlpool?"
"It is nothing to worry about, brother. If they do well here it is nothing they cannot handle. Samui will simply be there to take care of anything that gets out of hand." E responded before getting up and stretching. "Now, I do believe I haven't been here in a while. I hope that restaurant is still around. They served superb sushi, better then anything I've eaten before."
Still not exactly thrilled that his team would be going off without him, Kirabi could only sigh. If his brother believed they were ready, there was nothing he could do. But, there was a few things he needed to talk about. "It is, but there are some things you need to now that Yugi and have discovered."
E nodded as he was listening intently. He had a feeling something was about to go down, so anything could be useful.
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"So wait, I still don't get it." Karui stated as she was confused to how Naruto was a lord. It was the first day since the preliminaries and they were suppose to be training, but both Kirabi and Yugito suggested they took the first day off as a reward.
Sighing as he rubbed his temples, Naruto thought about not saying a thing as he really didn't want to go over this. But no, both Karui and Omoi couldn't let the subject go so they continued talking about it as they were getting nothing from Kirabi or Yugito.
Tired, Naruto finally snapped an answered her question. "It is simple... my grandfather was the lord of the Whirlpool until his passing. It is now a Mist territory so therefore that makes me a minor noble in their eyes and the rightful heir to the land. They are just trying to make sure the Cloud can't claim their territory!"
Blinking for a moment, Karui shook her head. "That's not what I meant. I was asking how come they kept the lords from before instead of inserting their own to make sure there would be no revolts."
Seeing Naruto was ready to pop and unload on Karui, Yugito came to her rescue as she answered for him. "Around twenty years ago, the Mist gave the Whirlpool an ultimatum when they came to take their land. Either they would simply allow them to become part of the Mist and they would keep mostly all of their positions of power or face the power of one of the five strongest nations. It was a simple choice in the end as they didn't have much military might."
"So, to keep from taking loses the Uzumaki simply took demotions of power and allowed the Whirlpool to become part of the Mist? Man, sounds like they were cowards... Smart cowards." Omoi wisely added the last part to the end as Naruto had almost unsheathed his sword and was ready to take his head for insulting his family.
Naruto of course still wanted to take his head, but it wouldn't look too good on a trophy stand. He would have just to settle for giving him a beat down sometime later. "No, they simply spared our people a road of hardship that would have resulted in the same end result. They... made it easier to transition into becoming their territory."
"Afterwards, most of the family either left for different villages or tried to lead an uprising only to be silenced. My mother was one of the few that made it to their actually destinations, so it wasn't hard to track me down. And even if they were to find others of the Uzumaki, I am recognized as part of the head family and I am the son of the Forth Hokage so therefore I would still hold the highest rank." Naruto finished, tired of talking about his family tree.
Still not entirely sure on how everything worked, Karui and Omoi left it at that when they arrived at the Hokage tower. That was when Karui started the questioning again. "So, why are we here again? I thought the Hokage said he wanted to see Naruto."
"Well, he does. However, he asked for all of us as he has some plans, I'm sure. But mostly, we are all coming along to act as Naruto's guard to make sure he doesn't coax him into staying here." Kirabi responded before he slightly bowed to the guard before they were allowed in.
Everyone was silent as they were led to the office, where the Hokage's secretary seemed to be waiting for them. "Ah, if you will just give him a moment. He will be right with you after he is done with his meeting."
"That won't be necessary, I am quite finished, Azure. He left in his usual fashion." The Hokage stated as he came out of his office to greet the Cloud shinobi. While it wasn't his first run in with either Kirabi or Yugito, this was the first time he would actually get to be with Naruto since he was only a new born baby.
Ushering them into his office and having them take a seat, Sarutobi found himself behind his desk like normal before looking over to the ninja. Obviously he knew they were there mostly because there was some distrust, but he was fine with that. Naruto, after all, was a Cloud shinobi.
"Well, I guess you probably have a good idea of why I called you here." Seeing Naruto nod as did both Kirabi and Yugito, everything was made easier for Sarutobi as he continued. "Obviously and first on my agenda is to thank you for your actions yesterday. While I was more then ready to act, you clearly beat me to the punch and saved my grandson. I know thank you isn't enough, but there are other reasons I called you here today."
Nodding, wanting to get this over as fast as possible as he didn't like meetings too much, Naruto simply waited for Sarutobi to continue.
Chuckling as he did not liking meetings all that much either, Sarutobi lit the pipe on his desk before taking a puff. "Secondly, as you are aware of, your father was the Fourth Hokage. As such, there are some of his possessions that he left behind that are obviously entitled to you."
"First of which is why I truly brought you here." He continued before pulling out five separate scrolls, each varying in size. "Each of these are jutsu scrolls left by your father's sensei. Obviously, he being a Konoha shinobi does not have power to give you such secrets without it being treasons, however as I'm Hokage I can give you each of these without repercussions."
"Each one are jutsu Minato personally created, two of which he is most famous for. ... I however, am having second thoughts on this last scroll and as such, I have to make sure it will not be used against this village. So, if I cannot get any warrantee as such, I will destroy it." Sarutobi stated before he picked up the final one.
Both Kirabi and Yugito's face fell, knowing exactly what the jutsu was. While destroying it really wouldn't hurt them all that much, the fact that he could give it to their village was something they weren't expecting. And the fact that only Naruto could learn it... Well, that just disturbed them on a whole new level.
Naruto simply shook his head. "I've already stated I will help this village as I can. If you wish for me not to use the Flying Thunder God, be that as you wish. It matters not to me as it is not a jutsu I would like to learn. As such, I would not like that scroll to begin with."
Everyone's jaw had dropped at this. Forget the anatomy of a human's mouth, that wasn't working anymore as everyone's jaw literally reached the floor. He had just refused to take the Flying Thunder God, one of if not the greatest technique ever created. There was no question in their minds he had lost his sanity.
"Why?!" Was literally asked by everyone there simultaneously.
Shrugging, Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "While it is a powerful technique and I would admit it would be a great jutsu to have, it is highly probable I would become to reliant on it and therefore turning it into a weakness if someone knows the inner workings. Not only that, but there are many problems that would result in me knowing such a jutsu."
"I would constantly being under attack from other ninjas, wanting to erase the knowledge of such a powerful move or wanting to have it for their own. It would literally turn me into a target that could cause wars and jeopardize my home along with many other risks. The only benefits of having it are to protect those close to me and to change the tides of a battle in the matter of seconds." Naruto finished explaining the reason for his madness.
It really didn't convince any of them as they were still till looking at him as if he was absolutely insane.
Sighing at this and slumping in his chair, he decided just to accept the damn thing to make things easier on him. "Fine, if I promise to keep this jutsu in good hands would you give to me and I might try to learn it after said person deems I'm worthy of such a power?"
Blinking for a few moments, Naruto had said he wouldn't use it against Konoha so giving it to him wouldn't be that much of a problem. Honestly, no one else could use the jutsu, so it was a waste just to let it stay. Still, he had to know who would look after. "And who would keep the jutsu safe until that time."
"Lord Raikage, obviously. He knows the jutsu about as well as mostly everyone that was close to my father and knows the benefits and risks to it better then many others." Naruto responded trying to put the Third Hokage at ease.
Slowly nodding, as that was true seeing Minato and E were close friends, the Hokage simply pushed the other fours scrolls towards Naruto. "Then I will hand it to him when he arrives and we'll consider a peace offering for the new treaty we are working on."
Simply pocketing the four scrolls, hoping they would be of some help in the immediate future in his fight against Ryuu, Naruto kept his gaze onto the Third before speaking once more. "Is that all you called me in for? If so, I would like to leave. I do have a match in the finals to prepare for."
"Ah, that brings me to the final reason. Kirabi has asked me if there was any way I could help in your training. Normally, that would be impossible as helping a foreign ninja learn skills from our village is forbidden." Naruto simply rolled his eyes, already knowing that, and wondering what the old man was thinking about.
However, the Third simply smirked at him before pulling out a small bracelet that looked like a miniature head band. "However, seeing your situation with the Mist, I thought to do the same. As long as you are in the land of fire and you wear this, you are considered a Konoha ninja."
Raising his eyebrow at this, Naruto looked at the bracelet for a moment before turning back to Kirabi and Yugito, who both just shrugged as it was his decision to make. Turning his gaze back to the Third, Naruto thought for a moment before asking a question that was bothering him. "And why would you do such? I have no real ties here as I do with the Mist, so it seems like you are doing nothing more then trying to coax me back to the village I was born in."
"To an extent, I am." The Hokage admitted as he wasn't below such a tactic even if he knew it would work. "However, it is more due to what you spoke of yesterday. You saved our village, twice, from possible destruction. Now, the second time may be more a ruse but that still needs to be kept secret otherwise war might break out because of it."
"And showing that you still care for this village despite not being a ninja here is enough for you to be accepted into our ranks. It would also be a boost of morale for most the ninja that the Yondaime's Legacy was considered part of the village." Sarutobi finally added on, seeing the look Naruto was giving him wanting to know the full truth.
Satisfied by what he had said and seeing the benefits to both for him and the Leaf, Naruto took the bracelet before sliding it onto his left wrist were a similar band with the mark of the Mist was worn. Standing, Naruto bowed. "Thank you lord Hokage, but I must take my leave now. I have a difficult first round match and want to get to training."
Nodding as the entire team stood up and did the same, the Hokage simply smiled before letting them walk out of his office. Now he just had to get word to Jiraiya. After all, those techniques he gave him were not easily understood and he was one of the few people that knew who to use a few of them.
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"One-thousand one. One-thousand two. One-thousand three." Naruto voice strained as he pushed himself off the surface, each push getting harder.
While doing push-ups was not considered to be a hard exercise and one to give that kind of strain to a ninja, the way Naruto was doing it had many people look at him in awe as they walked by, simply because he wasn't doing them in a normal way. In fact, it was so bizarre that even the ninja that walk by had to stop and do a double take.
Doing one handed push ups while alternating each hand on every push wasn't very easy. Also, it could have been that was perpendicular to the surface. But it was probably because he was doing them on the side of a building, which happened to be his hotel. So it wasn't surprising he had very many onlookers watching in amazement as he seemingly easily did the push ups while not losing any height when he switched his hands after each lift.
This is what Jiraiya found when he had arrived at the hotel to pick up the said boy to train him for the month, now that he had special permission to do so. Even he had to stop for a moment take a gander at the blonde, trying to figure out how he pulled that off so fluidly.
However, his attention was quickly turned away from that when he noticed the amount of young girls wooing over him. Jiraiya could only perversely chuckle to himself as he imagined the blonde trying to take advantage of the situation he created. It was a best seller idea, he was sure of it!
Returning back to the world, Jiraiya wiped the drool from his chin before flickering to just above the boy as he did his push ups. "Hey, seems like you got quite the crowd watching you. What happened to keeping training to a secret?"
Naruto wanted to ignore the man and continue his drill however, the man's aura was overwhelming. It felt even greater then what he felt from all of the Kages he had ran into. Something told him that he needed to listen to this guy as this power was unbelievable. "Because trees and cliffs don't have smooth surfaces, it makes it nearly impossible for such a drill as this one as sticking to surface becomes nigh impossible between alternation."
Already knowing this, having made Minato do the same drill many times during their training, Jiraiya didn't pay much attention before he pulled a scroll out of Naruto's coat faster then the blonde could even react. "So have you even read these yet? They are quite useful, you know."
Naruto's first reaction was to try and swipe the scroll back but he quickly reasoned with himself. If he knew they were there and what was in them, there was only one legitimate reason for that. "You were my father's sensei."
"Yes, yes I was. And now thanks to the old man's generosity, you are considered a shinobi of the leaf. So I am capable of teaching you some things, if you like." Jiraiya responded, impressed that the boy hadn't lost an ounce of concentration as he continued his strange push ups without falter.
Thinking for a moment, Naruto figured this was what the Hokage was getting at when he spoke about helping his training and the reason he was given the scrolls. With one last push off, he did a back flip in mid air before landing on the ledge of hotel, sticking to it was the tip of his toes. "If you can keep up."
Jiraiya couldn't help but smirk. Kirabi was right when he met with him the night before. While he did have a cold demeanor, it was easy to see there were still flames of the passion he possessed on full display.
Simply beckoning to follow him, Jiraiya led the way and Naruto quickly followed making many of the onlookers groan before going back to their regular lives.
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Jiraiya pinched his nose as he sighed in annoyance. He barely had enough time for him to peep with the brat around. He learned fast, much faster then he anticipated.
He had purposely started out with the hardest move to learn of the four scrolls, the Rasengan. The problem was now they were into the six day in training and he was already on the final freaking step! How in the world was that possible, he wasn't too sure as it took him three months to learn and two years for Minato to create.
Whatever it was the Raikage trained him in, it worked. This boy was a sponge and soaked everything in, not letting a single thing escape his eyes.
The first step had only taken a day for him to master, a little less actually. After he popped the water balloon he moved onto the rubber ball. That had taken three days, but he still managed to pop it without any help. Now he was finally learning how to control it, containing the burst of chakra within the balloon.
This step had been a little harder as he kept popping it, but the boy was making outstanding process. In fact, he was making such quick progress he had a hard time choosing if he should watch the girls playing a game of water volleyball or watch him. And he loved watching girls playing water volleyball!
"I'm finished." Jiraiya heard making him turn his head around and looked at Naruto to see a perfectly round sphere of chakra that showed no sign of being out of control. His jaw simply dropped. The boy was a goddamn super genius.
It didn't take him very long to recover as he gazed at the sphere of chakra. "I see, well let's see if you did it right. See if you can take out that wooden dummy there."
Naruto simply shrugged before doing as he was asked. He slammed the orb into the dummy and after a few moments of creaking and groaning of wood, the dummy shattered at the point of contact.
Keeping his jaw from dropping, Jiraiya could only grumble. If he had learned the Rasengan in less then a week, he was going to cruise through the others. Not wanting to get straight into them, he thought what else he could do to kill some time and still train the boy. "How is your situation on using the fox's chakra?"
Raising his head at Jiraiya's question, Naruto decided to answer honestly as he probably had some thoughts on his relationship with the fox. "I am forbidden to use anything past six tails and that is forbidden unless everyone's life around me is in danger. However, I can use all nine tails if I must but my control is severely limited in that state."
Jiraiya's heart stopped. Naruto could use all nine tails without the key to his seal?! No wonder why he was forbidden to us it, that kind of power was outrage for a thirteen year old kid to have controlled! "You can use all nine tails? How is that possible?"
Shrugging his shoulders, the blonde answered to elevate his teacher's confusion. "The fox and I have a symbiotic relation with one another, very much like Yugito and Nibi's relationship. It took six years of training since I was young child, but the fox now accepts his situation and we now finally are able to use our power to its fullest."
Seeing the look of shock on Jiraiya's face, Naruto couldn't help but think about the arduous task it was to control Kyuubi's chakra.
(Flashback)
It was freezing cold. Every ounce of his body felt like it had turned into blocks of ice. His breath was labored and each one was made even more painful as the artic air flooded his lungs, stinging as it traveled through his respiratory system.
His entire body was battered and bloodied and the snow that covered his body was causing it to burn. It was even worse with the snow that made it into his wounds as they were become infected and turning a blackish-blue, probably the signs of gangrene.
He could hear those that were hunting him closing in. They had been chasing him for days, attacking him just as he when he was trying to forage for food or find a shelter to rest. He hadn't gotten an ounce of sleep or food because of them and his body grew weak.
The edges of his vision had been blackening for the last few hours, slowly overtaking his vision and making it hard to see period. His other senses had dulled as well, his heard had practically disappeared and all he felt was the freezing cold behind him.
But he knew they were surrounding him. He was good as dead as whatever these people wanted they would get it from him. Falling to his knees, he began to succumb to all his wounds as he just wanted to give up. It would be so much easier to just give up.
As he closed his eyes, he suddenly found himself very warmed. Snapping his eyes open, he saw nothing but concrete walls with a seemingly impregnable steel cage that was made to keep something big from getting out.
Knowing this place very well, he began to get angry. His blood began to boil as he repeatedly began to punch the gate cursing at the top of his lungs. "You no good fox! It is your fault that this is happening!"
Two deep crimson eyes snapped open and glared at the boy. The fox growled at the boy's presence and slashed his claws to the gate. However, the boy didn't move an inch as the serrated claws passed by him as he continued punching the gate as his fists began to bleed. "You goddamn fucker! This is all your fault! All it would have taken was you to step in once!"
"Do not speak to me that way boy! I am thousands of times greater the you!" The fox roared as he attempted to turn his claw just enough to cut into the boy.
He didn't move an inch as the claw was literally inches from his face. He felt no fear of death. Their death was already assured. "Go ahead! We are already fucking dead! Ending my life quicker means nothing any more foolish demon! It was your pride that caused this, so you might as well end this!"
Stopping at the boy's words, the fox growled before its claw sunk back into the cage. His eyes glowered at the young boy in front of him. But the hatred in his eyes seemed to diminish. He could feel it now. Death was moments away from taking him... Then it would come after him.
No matter what he did, he would die if this human before him died. If his life was what it took to keep him alive, then so be it. Calming his rage, the fox glared him into the eyes before chakra began flooding through the bars and wrapping around the young child.
"I will not die. Not now, not ever! If it means that you have to be the vessel of my power, so be it. We will not die then! The strong live to crush the weak, so crush them as my vessel will not be weak!" The fox roared before every ounce of its power filled his body with power.
And then, the nine tails power was reborn in a blaze of crimson chakra.
(Flashback End)
Ever since that day, the fox had calmed considerably and seemingly accepted his fate. However, in order to use his power to the fullest Naruto had to adopt his philosophy so they could stay synchronized. As such, he truly did believe the strong were around to crush those who were weaker. He just added in that the strong were to protect those that were weak if they were incapable of doing so.
Regaining his composure, Jiraiya was at a lose to do now. The blonde needed no help with Kyuubi if he could indeed use all nine tails and not lose control which made the key at this point almost useless. So all he really have was the other jutsu or teaching him how to summon.
Going to go for the later option, he was about to speak before his attention was caught by an intruder. He quickly identified them as a Mist shinobi due to the head band and he was about to meet them when the said person finally got frustrated as they couldn't figure out where they were. "Sir Naruto! Where are you?"
Watching Jiraiya face fault, Naruto wondered why he was do such a thing before focusing where the voice came from. He easily spotted her only to raise his eyebrow as she happened to be hanging upside down, caught in a snare trap. However, what caught his attention was she was trying to keep her dress from creeping up past her hips.
Putting those thoughts aside, he walked to her and out of pity he cut her down and gingerly caught her. "What are you doing here, Kuro? I happen to be in the middle of training as you can see."
Blushing at the contact, she quickly stood on her own two legs and brushed off the dirt. "I know but I came to tell you Lady Mizukage has arrived and has requested and audience with you. I came to take you to her, my lord."
Having thought as much, Naruto nodded before he turned to yell at his perverted teacher only to see he was sitting in the tree just above them. Somewhat surprised, he quickly recovered. "You heard then, so I'll be on my way."
"Go ahead brat. This gives me time for tomorrow." Jiraiya grumbled but was slightly grateful as he didn't want to start on the next technique just yet. While the Rasengan was the most complicated, and possibly the strongest of the four, he didn't want to get started on them yet. In fact now that he remembered there was one technique Kushina wanted to be passed down to him.
Nodding, Naruto went to follow Koru before she was suddenly lifted into the air once more, curiosity of yet another snare trap. "God dammit! Who the hell booby traps their own training grounds?!"
Naruto didn't say a word. He had been the one to lay the traps down in the first place. ...He liked setting traps.
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Arriving at a small restaurant known as Ichiraku's Ramen Stand, Naruto entered to see two guards sitting besides Mei, who was eating a small bowl of what he suspected to be a diet special of calamari as that seemed to be her favorite food. The fact that they put that in ramen seemed a little disgusting, but he would tolerate it for now.
"Lady Terumi, I have brought him like you requested." Kuro stated as she bowed to give respect to her idol, who was also the leader of her village.
Turning from her food, she smiled softly before nodding to Kuro. "Thank you, you may get back to your training. I will be there shortly after I am finished here."
Kuro tried to keep her excitement from showing and did so very well as she simply bowed again before uttering a thanks and leaving the restaurant. As she did, Mei turned her attention to Naruto while keeping her smile. "It is nice to see you again, Uzumaki."
"This brat is Uzumaki? I thought he would be older." The guard to her right stated, surprised that the new lord of the Whirlpool was so young. "Well, let's get this over with. You have other arrangements that you are scheduled for."
Mei twitched at his comment. She mostly blocked out what he had said when she heard 'engagements' followed by 'scheduled for'. However, her anger didn't show on her face as she turned to her guard with her usual smile even though she was radiating a killing aura. "Ao, speak again and I will rip off your testicles and feed them to you in a soup."
Ao shrunk away from the Mizukage. He couldn't understand why she always seemed to become so murderous by what he said. He could only guess she misheard him, but he didn't dare reiterate what he said as it could be taken even worse and she might then kill him... Or worse.
Pleased by her guard's obedience, Mei turned back to Naruto and her smiled brightened. "Please come and join us. This shouldn't take long."
Nodding and putting on his political face, not that there was much change for his cold gaze, Naruto took the seat that Ao gave up, probably because he decided he need some space from her. "So what is that about? I have read the scroll you have sent me yet I did not understand it outside of my grandfather's death."
Ordering another bowl of ramen, one for herself and more of a plain one for her guest, Mei turned to Naruto before taking off her Kage hat and lying onto the table. "I figured as there was too much to be explained through just writing, which is part of the reason I have arrived for the exams early."
"With your grandfather's death, there was a vacuum created for those trying to usurp and become the lord of the Whirlpool, all of them in opposition of mine. With your existence known, they can't rise to power unless you are either eliminated or appoint someone to rule for you." Mei explained as she waited for yet another bowl of calamari ramen.
"The problem is, you have to appoint someone born in the land and there is hardly anyone that can be trusted. The reason for that being is because Kuro's clan was murdered. ...She doesn't know yet and after I leave here I am to inform her of what happen." Mei told truthfully with a small amount of regret and her smile for once disappearing from her face.
Frowning as he knew the Wolf clan was helping his grandfather in his elder days rule over the land, Naruto knew the lost of that clan would hurt as they were very loyal. "So why not keep them in line with a demonstration of strength and assassinations of key conspirators?"
"While that would be easy, it is very costly as it could start a new civil war and we cannot deal with another at the moment. I'm having internal problems and I'm unsure of who to trust outside of a select few... However, all of this can be avoided if the true heir would return, even if only for a while. Showing there is still an Uzumaki would quail a lot of these problems." Mei explained as the young waitress handed their bowls to them.
Taking a bite of the ramen and deeming it acceptable, Naruto took a few more bites as he thought before giving an answer. "As of now, I'm not in much position of power so I can't take leave when I want to. You must speak with Lord Raikage about this and if he agrees, I will help as I can."
"I suspected at much, but I doubt he will listen to my pleas. That is why I came to you first as I know he will listen to yours. If you can convince him, I would be very much indebted to you." Mei responded as she was about to turn her attention to her bowl.
Continuing to eat his bowl, Naruto nodded as he finished the noodles leaving only the broth. "I will see what I can do. However, there is one thing I would like to request for payment."
"You name it." Mei replied, very much willing to give him what he wanted to settle the problem that was occurring in the Whirlpool. It was giving her a headache as she had many problems to deal with outside of that.
Naruto simply stood up before paying for his bowl before glancing outside as he knew Kuro hadn't gotten very far. "Cancel the engagement between Kuro and myself. Lord E has already said he would if I didn't feel like getting involved, so it will be simple... She deserves far better than me."
Before Mei could respond, Naruto disappeared in a swirl of static leaving her alone with her guards. Sighing as she looked over towards Kuro, she shook her head sadly before turning to her bowl of calamari. "I don't know about that... It could crush her seeing how much she looks up to you."
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It was only a day before the finals would begin and finally the Raikage had arrived with Darui and Shi guarding him as they always did. They had brought Samui as she wanted to she her former team compete in the final test.
Taking up the room beside theirs for the night, E had called in the three in order to speak with them which was why all three were now before him. "I am glad to see all of you have made to this point, so I am congratulating you for a job well done. However, it isn't finish and I would love nothing more then to see you three dominate this tournament."
"However, Karui I heard of your situation and I agree with my brother and Yugito's advice. You are to forfeit the second match as the Suna vessel is too much of a threat to handle. Same goes for you as well Omoi if you are to meet him in the finals. Naruto, you are permitted to use six tails if the situation becomes critical" E stated, making sure they had his orders clear.
Omoi simply nodded as he was quite sure he didn't want to deal with the red head in the first place. He looked a little too strong for him. Naruto was somewhat surprised that he would actually able to use his six tail form if he needed to. Karui looked disappointed at that as she believed she had become much stronger over the month, but she would obey his order.
Seeing this disappointment, E smiled at her before speaking to put her at ease. "However, Karui, if you do well in your fight against your opponent I will highly consider making you chunin. The same goes for both of you as well. Do well, and your chances of advancement will grow exponentially."
After seeing all three bow E turned his gaze to Naruto before pondering the request he had sent him. "As for you request Naruto, I will allow it on only one condition. You must win this tournament and give us all of us a show. If you do that, I will send you, Omoi, Karui and Samui to the Mist to deal with the problems in the Whirlpool."
Feeling confident that he gave them sufficient incentives to do well, the Raikage beckoned them to leave. Once they had, Kirabi was the first to speak, not liking he was not mentioned in his team's mission. "What is this about the Mist and Whirlpool?"
"It is nothing to worry about, brother. If they do well here it is nothing they cannot handle. Samui will simply be there to take care of anything that gets out of hand." E responded before getting up and stretching. "Now, I do believe I haven't been here in a while. I hope that restaurant is still around. They served superb sushi, better then anything I've eaten before."
Still not exactly thrilled that his team would be going off without him, Kirabi could only sigh. If his brother believed they were ready, there was nothing he could do. But, there was a few things he needed to talk about. "It is, but there are some things you need to now that Yugi and have discovered."
E nodded as he was listening intently. He had a feeling something was about to go down, so anything could be useful.
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