Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto's Life ❯ Power Exposed ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4

Power Exposed

      All of Naruto's friends were excited over the fact that Naruto was returning home after being gone for 6 months. They all knew that he had left of additional training, but they had no idea where or why, or with whom. They didn't even know when he was going to get there, but they planned on it around sometime in the afternoon. With a sense of anticipation around all of them, they went about their normal activities. What they didn't know was that Jiraiya had already returned and that Naruto was only a short time behind him. With careful steps, Jiraiya sneaked around town and tried to find out as much as he could about how the village felt about his step son. As he made his way toward the Hokage's tower he heard news of a certain ex-fat ninja gaining enormous power and for the life of him, Jiraiya couldn't think of anyone that Naruto knew that used to be fat except: Chouji Akimichi Shaking his head at that misshaped child, Jiraiya wondered what kind of power that the boy had acquired. Taking one of the many shortcuts that criss-crossed the village, Jiraiya came to the Hokage's Tower and felt the surge in one of the chakra signatures that were in the office. Ducking behind a wall, Jiraiya stayed put and waited to see what was going to develop. After seemingly forever, he say the people rush out of the room towards the stadium and followed them realizing that it would be in his best interest to know what was happening. Arriving at the arena, he stayed back and watch the unfolding situation from afar.

With an look of thoughtfulness, he watched Chouji rip apart the 5 ANBU with ease. As Chouji used his element bloodline, Jiraiya knew just how he had defeated them so easily. Looking around the stadium, he saw Tsunade, Shizune, some of the academy teachers and most surprising of all, Ghor. Wondering what this particular man was doing out of the branch house of the Akimichi clan, Jiraiya took a parallel route to the outcast ninja and followed him to a secluded clearing.

Landing, Ghor knew that he was being followed and he also knew by whom. Raising his voice he called out: “You don't and can't hide from me Jiraiya. Come on out.” With a sheepish look on his face, the Sannin walked out of hiding and approached his old friend and classmate. “It looks like you have been busy with that boy Ghor. He seems to be of a special variety and unique power with earth Jutsu's.”, Jiraiya stated leaning back against a close tree.

“Yes... Chouji is the keeper of the Earth Element. So yes, I guess you could say that he is special and unique.”, Ghor said with no little amount of pride in his voice.

“Well I agree with the special part, but not quite on the unique part. See I also have seen and trained a elemental ninja.”, the other man said with a educated amount of casualty in his voice. With a calculating look on his face, Ghor looked at the now very interesting man leaning against a tree before him.

“And who might this special ninja be....Hmm....”, he asked inquiringly thinking that the Sannin was just messing with his head.

“Why its our favorite idiot and my step-son....Uzumaki Naruto.”, the Sannin stated calmly.

THUD

Ghor's eyes had just rolled up into his head and he had fainted. Smiling at his friends antics, Jiraiya waited for the other man to awaken.

Groaning, Ghor got up and shook his head. “Do you seriously think that I'm stupid enough to believe that we sealed the king of demons into a Elemental ninja?”, Ghor asked fuming that his friend would think him that foolish.

“I do not think that you are foolish. Nor do I think you stupid. I do think that you dishonor me by assuming that I would lie to you.”, he replied calmly, but all the while, Jiraiya was laughing manically at the outcast ninja.

“Then you were not lying and one of my nightmares have come true....”, Ghor deadpanned, clearly in a state of shock after Jiraiya's pronouncement.

“Don't worry so much. Naruto's element is one of the two that are passes down over the generations. He has been training in the use of his bloodline with his clan in the Cloud Country. In fact he should be arriving at the village at any moment.”, Jiraiya said reassuring the older man. Thinking about the reason that Ghor was having a fit over. He realized a demon in possession of a body that had a elemental bloodline would be the end of the world as everyone knew it.

Ghor, he has known Jiraiya for many years, knew that the Sannin would never intentionally lie to him. Knowing this, He walked over to a tree beside the one that the older ninja was leaning against and sat down. Looking up at his old friends face, Ghor saw a thoughtful look and wondered what the great ninja was thinking about.

“I cant lie to you old friend I knew as much, but again one such as me knows most about the elements, the Shadows have chosen Nara Shikamaru, I know this because he posses the Vorpral Daggers.” Ghor said as he looked over at Jiraiya who was gazing thoughtfully at the sky

Pushing all thoughts from his mind, Ghor turned his head to the sky and was amazed to find that it was dusk. Gazing out to the sunset, he watched the sky turn from light blue to a deep ruddy pink. Smiling and relaxing into the tree surprisingly comfortable trunk, the old clan outcast sat and enjoyed the peaceful dusk.

      Unknown to everyone even his step-father, Uzumaki Hekri Naruto was moving swiftly through the growing darkness towards the village. Having learned all of his mother's clan technique's from her clan in the cloud country, Naruto wanted to learn more about his father, the Yondaime, and his father's techniques. Smirking at the irony of his situation, Naruto silently laughed to himself over the fact that he was one of the most hated people in the village of Konoha, yet his father was none other the Yondaime the savior of that same village.

Kyuubi, who had so far been silent over the journey laughed as well. “Don't worry Kit. They will recognize your power soon enough. Especially if I have anything to say about it.”, the demon said with quite a bit of conviction.

“What would you do? Have me attack the villagers? I don't think so.”, the young yet still powerful shinobi replied, laughing at the fox's obvious disgruntlement. Sending Naruto a mental image of the middle finger, Kyuubi closed his mental connection to him and sulked.

Knowing not to mess with the fox anymore, Naruto returned his attention to his objective: Konoha. Thinking about that place gave Naruto a mixture of feelings. He felt anger for all the wrongs the villagers had done to him. He felt sadness for being abandoned. He felt happiness knowing that some people loved him there, and he felt duty to all of his loved ones that were in that village. Shaking his head at all the conflicting emotions, Naruto pushed that part away from his mind and paid attention to the single person that he knew he had to talk to...Tsunade. Naruto had already prepared his request for the mission and he knew that she would let him go. His only worry was that she would send people out after he left to follow behind him.

Reaching the outskirts of the town, Naruto dropped to the ground and approached the gates with open hands to show that he wasn't armed. With the suddenness of a gust of wind, two guards appeared before him and said with twin voices of authority: “State you name and you business in this village.”

Slowly reaching into his cloak's inner pocket, Naruto pulled out his ID wallet, and opened it. “I am Uzumaki Hekri Naruto, ninja of the leaf returning from a training mission.”, he stated clearly without a hint of emotion in his voice.

Nodding the heads in twin gestures, the two guards disappeared just as suddenly as they had appeared. With a load groaning sound the two huge gates swung forward on huge hinges and stopped just far enough apart for him to enter. Weirdly enough, the gates closed without a sound. Marking that as something that he would have to look into, Naruto made his way toward his apartment in the almost complete darkness. As he drew near, Naruto saw two things that struck him as unusual. The first thing was the there were people on his doorstep and the other thing was who was on his doorstep. Sakura, Hinata, Anko, Kakashi, Lee, Shikamaru and the Hokage, Tsunade were all waiting for him to show up. Wondering what they could possible want with him, Naruto slipped into an alley and jumped on to the roofs and made his way towards his apartment's rooftop. Using a ledge as a handhold, Naruto dropped down on to his roof and laid down. Using a small amount of Kyubbi's chakra to improve his hearing, Naruto listened in to the conversation that was taking place below him.

“Do you think N-Naruto-kun will get here soon?” Hinata was asking poking her fingers together in the shape of a triangle.

“I don't know, but I do know that he had better or he will get it.”, Sakura replied steaming, that she was having to wait for Naruto.

Kakashi, who was just reading one of his favorite books, looked over to Sakura and shook his head. “I doubt he would let you hit him Sakura.”, he said with a amused sounding voice.

Anko, who was just listening to the whole conversation noticed a change in the noise level under the overhang of the roof. Quietly pulling out a kunai, she jumped up and stabbed into the roof and was surprised by the sudden grip that wrapped itself around her hand. With a smirk of victory, Anko used the grip as a handhold and pulled out another kunai and again stabbed the roof. She was rewarded with a yelp of pain or surprise. Rushing out into the street after getting up off the ground, she saw just who she had pocked. Naruto who had fallen off the roof and into the street, was dusting himself off and eying the people before him. Tsunade, who saw what had just transpired, fell to the floor clutching her side in laughter. Kakashi, who seemed to have not even twitched during the whole occurrence, simply said: “I taught you better then that. You let her get you where she wanted you.” he stated plainly, his eyes never leaving the book.

Naruto, now dirty and ill-tempered, gave his old sensei a death glare and turned to his apartment's door. Using his key he unlocked the door, and without a backward glance, slammed it shut in all the people's face. “It seems that we pissed him off.”, Sakura said not realizing the obviousness of that statement. Hinata, who had stood where she was and stared at the love of her life, blushed and nodded, “Well......I guess we can just surprise him tomorrow, early in the morning.” Tsunade said with a sigh at the obvious postponement of her plan. Following her example, the rest of the group all headed for home.

Anko, as she walked to her flat near the training grounds, thought about the boy, no Man, that she had seen this night and wondered why she thought about he so much and if she would ever be as strong as him. Shaking her head to clear it, she reached her flat and fell into the bed and was almost instantly asleep.

Naruto, who was still up, sat down at his table and pulled out some sake. With a sharp gesture, he emptied the bottle into his mouth and swallowed, allowing the fiery liquid to seer his throat. Pulling another bottle he downed it in much the same fashion on his way toward his bedroom. With a groan, he flopped onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling, drifting into an uncomfortable slumber.

The next morning...

The next morning, Anko woke up to a beautiful spring day. Getting up and grabbing her training gear, she left to go do her morning session. Heading to her normal place, she was surprised to find Naruto already there practicing his Taijutsu. Sitting down on a near by log, she walked him flow from one position to the next effortlessly. Anko was amazed how he seemed to combine forms and poses seemingly at random and yet still make it look like it was all part of one form.

Naruto, very much aware of the observer, finished off his last Taijutsu and looked over to see who was watching him. Smirking at Anko, Naruto saw the equipment on the ground. Having an idea, Naruto motioned for Anko to spar with him. Smiling a small smile of anticipation, Anko put on her training equipment and waited for him to do the same. When she saw that he made no move to put protective gear on, she gave him a questioning look and asked: “Are you going to wear pads?”

“No. I will fight you as I am.”, he replied coolly with a hint of excitement edging his voice. Dropping into a open handed centered fighting stance he motioned for her to come at him. Taking his invitation, Anko rushed him swinging a fist toward his face. Blocking with a open hand with ease. He used her momentum to throw her over his shoulder and into a tree. Flipping at the last moment, Anko used the tree as a platform and jumped off it heading straight for Naruto once again. Smirking at her obvious ploy, Naruto simply side-stepped and reached behind him and grabbed at the air, except the air wasn't air. He had grabbed Anko as she appeared behind him, and again threw her away. Landing on her feet, it was she this time that motioned for her opponent to attack her. Smiling coldly, Naruto disappeared and reappeared just in front of her and poked her with a dull kunai in the throat and heart. With a backward jumped, he landed a feet dozen feet away from her and put the dagger away. “It seems that you still have much training to do.”, he said without a hint of arrogance or superiority in his voice.

“Let's do it again, but this time we use ninjutsus.” she said by way of reply. Dropping into her fighting stance she made quick seals and threw her hands outward toward him. With a slithering hiss, the snakes wrapped themselves around his arms and legs. Smirking at the jutsu, Naruto pushed some of his demon chakra into his arms and legs and burned the snakes forcing the snakes to let him go. With a evil smile, Naruto activated his bloodline.

“Dance of the Thunder God”, he cried, and with a crackling of power his body began to change. His once blue eyes turned white and started to spark and dance with electricity. His body seemed to gain even more tone and power. The very air around him snapped and popped with lightning. Even as she watched the transformation, she felt the air around herself grow thick and heavy, and with surprise written all over her face she saw that she was surrounded by bolts of lightning.

Naruto, who was watching his opponent from where he stood, saw that he had won the fight. Withdrawing his power, Naruto shutdown his bloodline and stood up from his stance. With a bow to Anko, he went over and grabbed his coat and left the field.

Anko, with a sigh of relief, watched him go with a strange look upon her features. Mentally shaking herself, Anko started her daily training regimen.

As he walked away, Naruto thought about what he had seen when he had used his bloodline on Anko. He saw her face become pale and terrified, and he had watched as she had began to tremble from the amount of power that the first stage of his bloodline was outputting. With a shake of his head, he returned his thoughts back to what had happened the night before and as he did so, he began to wonder what all those people had been doing at his apartment. He knew that they were there for him, but not the purpose of the visit. Deciding to confront Tsunade on the matter, he turned his feet towards the center of the village and the tower that stood there. Arriving at the Tower, Naruto was almost run over by a hurrying Sakura as she came barreling out of the doorway.

Sakura, seeing Naruto standing there, stopped and grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the tower. Naruto, who was more curious then worried, let her lead him and followed her to the Hokage's office. With a sigh, Tsunade saw them walk in and motioned for them to sit. Naruto looked around and saw many people who he knew. Kakashi, Chouji (now skinny and buff), Lee, Sakura, Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, Hinata, and many others there as well.

 
Clearing her throat, Tsunade walked to the front of her desk and leaned against it. “I brought you all here today for one reason... Sasuke has been sited.”

A/N: Cliffhanger..MUHAHAHAHA..... Anyways.... Please Read and Review (ones that we can read mind you) and please keep on reading.