Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Return of the Bijus ❯ Team Seven Reborn ( Chapter 5 )

A/N: Sorry I've been kind of neglecting this story. I'm going to try updating it more regularly. I find something really hard to believe. 3 days of reviews for this story is what I have to deal with in one for my other story... Oh, BTW, this chapter contains another Sonic the Hedgehog song, one by the name of Live & Learn. I don't own it, but I really, REALLY wish I did...

 

Mage Ronin: I need Orochimaru alive for just a little longer. After that, Orochimaru will die. Horribly.

 

TrapedSoul: Well, you were one of the people who claimed it was impossible to do the chidori completely without the Sharingan. The Sharingan is only used to counter the enemy's counter. Demonic senses can do the job just as well as the Sharingan can, therefore, either an Uchiha or a Jinchuriki who's absorbed their demon can do it. Ah, I didn't see the last question. Which format do you want it in? .doc or .odt? Also, please send me your email address in a PM so I can just send it to you instead of having to copy+paste into Pms.

 

White Alchemist Taya: Lee or Gai get married? No, but some sicko decided to name their child 'in honour' of them. You can guess where it went from there... How is Tsunade a pedophile? In my fic, she always had something of a secret crush on Arashi, and due to her drunken haze, she thought it was him. Well, Orochimaru was all of those things, but I chucked the 'king of angst' title in there to add to the screwed up mixture that is Orochimaru's personality. TONTON'S A FEMALE? WTF? I always thought Tonton was a male. Lol, roasted Tonton bun.... Fenrir is a legendary cainine. Descriptions of the Fenrir change depending on where you get them, but basically, he's a hell hound. The only reason your reviews are the longest is because you separate each question/comment/suggestion onto a separate line. I don't mind really. Catch you 'round!

 

Ecchi-Baka-Kon: 'Moans' Don't give me ideas. I'm flat out enough as it is...

 

God in a Box: Yes, I can. I can't remember which anime episode or manga issue it was, but I remember Jiraiya saying he was the only one who could do a duel handed Rasengan. As for the Sora/Chidori thing, as explained to TrapedSoul, Demonic Senses do the job the Sharingan would. And yes, MSOF came from SCMS. I've read the fic, and boy was it funny. I was litterally crying rivers it was so funny. I always knew Itachi had a thing for Pocky...

 

Kyuubi-Sama: Nah, he'll gain real tails in my other fic, Living Behind a Mask. Fight scenes? Maybe.

 

MagusKryos: Well, considering we've only seen Jiraiya use the Rasengan on someone once and the Yondaime has never been seen using it, it's impossible to say.

 

General Badaxe: Never said anything about you being an unoriginal author... Did I? Anyways, I'd have to agree with you on the happier thing.

 

THEJUDGE.JUDGEJUDY!1070: I never said Naruto has red eyes all the time. In fact, I specifically said in that chapter right at the beginning of the conversation he had BLUE eyes...

 

Conceptor: Wootage, great GOD chapter... I feel special 'Smiles.' I'm getting closer to the marriage, so don't get your pants in a twist. Only Tsunade and Jiraiyua were having a hard time really, because they're old foggies. Naruto and Yukiko were still recovering from training, and who knows what Orochimaru was doing to the cursed seal during battle... As for the Rasengan Theory, I was watching the Tsunade retrieval arc and I subconciously noticed the five spins on Jiraiya's Rasengan. I then saw Naruto use it in the alley fight with Tsunade and I was like: 'Woah! Rewind! HOLY SHIT, I'M A GENIUS!' Then I went and checked it again in the other eps. As for where I get the eps, I'm a member of NarutoFan PLUS!, so I get 10gigs of subbed anime Dls a month from a huge range of series. Enough advertising, but that's where I get them.

 

Dobe-Teme: Thanks for pointing out the differences. Also, yeah Orochimaru is alive until I'm done toying with him. Which will be soon enough.

 

Solar Guadian: Oh, they're getting more animalistic in more ways than one. Wait until you see their wedding night... Oh boy, that's going to be a doosy. I might have to post the full graphic version on MM. Oh and thanks for picking me up on that, wow, can't belive I stuffed that up...

 

becomingthis: Well, that was going to be the last vote for this story. Who would you like Sora to start dating? Two options: Lee or Kiba... Interesting prospects.

 

Dragon Noir: Well, that was certainly an interesting explination. As for the Oto Nins, just wait and see. Akatsuki are far from done.

 

Asavako: Glad you did.

 

mastershake89: Meh, no problem. What exactly did you mean by 'last marking period'? Anyways, catch you later!

 

Katana Haibane: Hey mate. I try and update this one as regularly as possible, but people are flooding my other story with reviews. I get about 2 pages per chapter, and it's steadily increasing. It's REALLY annoying, because if I stop and do a chapter for this story for a day, I end up using 5 A4 pages for just the top A/N for the other story. Again my appologies. As for the death of Naruto, it was a massive chapter like you said, but I was at the point of Naruto's death at 2 am in the morning. I was tired and CBF to do more, so I finished it off in the quickest way I could. Sorry bout that. Oh, and I'm going to have Naruto kill Orochimaru eventually, and then move onto Akatsuki.

 

teamkyubi13: Glad you like it. Can you wait for let's see.... 8 lines of words? If so, it's there for you to read!

 

Legend:

 

'...Thoughts...'

 

“...Japanese...”

 

“...English...”

 

'...Biju Thoughts...'

 

“...Biju Talking in Japanese...”

 

“...Biju Talking in English...”

 

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The Return of The Bijus:

 

Chapter Five:

 

Team Seven Reborn:

 

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Several Weeks Later, at the Hokage Tower:

 

Tsunade had just finished giving her Hokage acceptance speech, thanking Naruto for making her realise how foolish she had been to pass off the job of Hokage as worthless. Tsunade informed them that their would be a festival to celbrate her appointment to be held in a week's time. After that, she ended the speech, and people went back to their daily lives. Naruto immediately sent messanger birds to his three Genin hopefuls, telling them to bring their ninja tools for the test to their training area. Naruto was there waiting for them when they arrived. He smiled and waved.

 

“Hey guys. Think you've studied enough?”

 

They were doubful, but they nodded slowly. Naruto smiled and pulled out and alarm clock, setting it on the stump beside him and then pulled out two bells.

 

“The aim is to get one of these bells from me by 12 noon, which is when this timer will go off. Oh, and if you come at me with anything less than the full intention to kill me, you won't succeed.”

 

Daichi scowled.

 

“But Naruto-Sensei, there are only two bells...”

 

“Exactly, Daichi. The one who doesn't get the bell will be tied to the log over there and watch the rest of us eat lunch. Those of you who don't get one will be sent back to the Academy to redo their last year of training.”

 

The Genin hopeful's eyes widened as Naruto cintinued.

 

“If I was stupid, like my Jounin instructor could be sometimes, I could do this.”

 

Naruto muttered 'henge' before turning into Kakashi, pulling out his famous orange book, flipping it open and began reading.

 

“I have a feeling I can finish this book today, as I'm not going to have to pay much attention to you three.”

 

Naruto released the Henge and returned to normal.

 

“But I've learnt something Kakashi-Sensei never did. I NEVER underestimate my opponents. Ok you three. Begin!”

 

Naruto slapped his hand down on the timer to start it and the three jumped off. Naruto began walking slowly through the field. Naruto felt a Genin come out and try and sneek up behind him.

 

“Kouji, that won't work.”

 

Kouji froze momentarily before he charged Naruto. Naruto body flickered out of the way of Kouji's very unskillful strike. Kouji looked up at Naruto who was looking at him with no emotion on his face.

 

“Kouji, I'll tell you what. If you land a single hit on me, I'll count that as you getting a bell, ok?”

 

Kouji smiled and dissapeared into the trees. At least the kid had more sense than Naruto had when he was his age. Naruto tracked him through the trees when Kouji misstepped and fell out of the tree. Naruto saw Kouji crumple to the ground and raised an eyebrow before he saw the angle at which Kouji's leg was at. At the moment, Kouji was still in too much shock for the pain to register the broken leg, so Naruto rushed over and checked it. What he didn't expect was that Kouji's hand shot out lightning fast and grabbed a bell of his belt before jumping up and dispelling the partial Henge on his mangled leg to reveal he had set the entire thing up. Naruto was beyond impressed. This boy was a prankster too. Kouji smiled at him, making Naruto laugh.

 

“I'll give that to you Kouji, that was smart. You're as good a prankster as I was at your age. The fact that you can do partial Henge is VERY impressive. You pass.”

 

Kouji jumped up and down in excitement as Naruto felt a buch of kunai fly at him, and he felt something coming at him from the left. Kouji was still to his right. The only ways Naruto had left to go were forward, down or up. Hell, why not do all three? Naruto formed a seal and announced his jutsu.

 

“Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!”

 

Two Naruto clones formed. One flashed forward using Hiraishin, the other put a bit of chakra to his feet and jumped while the other one used chakra to burrow underground with minimal effort. The three Genin stopped and stared. Naruto called out to them.

 

“Come on, if you don't hurry up, you won't get a bell!”

 

The two Genin charged forward. Naruto didn't realise until too late that one of the Genin had used a Bunshin to hide their real body who came up from behind and grab him in a full nelson. Naruto froze. Daichi ran forward and spiked his chakra as one would when they start a jutsu. Naruto activated his Inagan and watched the seals.

 

'Holy shit! A Genin knows a poisoning skill? These kids are far from normal!'

 

Naruto began forming single hand seals before they both announced their jutsus.

 

“Doku Gasu!”

 

“Fuuton: Daitoppa!”

 

Naruto blew out a huge gust of chakra inforced wind, dispelling the gas. The kids looked at him in awe. Naruto looked at Daichi sternly.

 

“You realise that could have killed your teammate? I would have been able to survive it, but did you think about your teammate?”

 

Naruto noticed Daichi was smiling. Hibari appeared beside him, holding a bell. Naruto sighed. The alarm hadn't even gone off yet. Daichi told them of their plan.

 

“Kouji said that he would distract you long enough to get you into a position where we could begin the second stage. The Doku Gasu was just to get you focusing on my jutsu so Hibari could steal the last bell.”

 

Naruto smiled. They'd passed with the same ease his team had. Naruto motioned them to the poles.

 

'To think

 

“Let's go guys.”

 

They followed him to the poles. They saw that the boxes of bento had been placed in front of the three poles. Naruto had created a third Kage Bunshin and told him to go and rearrange the lunch boxes. Naruto motioned them to the poles.

 

“Eat up you three. I'm going to give you a talk that you would do well to remember. I'm sure you are all told to take care of your friends, right?”

 

They nodded, so Naruto continued his history lesson.

 

“Remember how I told you my Jounin Sensei was Hatake Kakashi?”

 

They nodded.

 

“His father was a Jounin in the time of the great war. Back then, everyone was expendable, as long as they completed their missions. Even Konoha thought this. Kakashi's father, the White Fang of Konoha was on a regular mission to infiltraite the enemy lines. He was forced into a position where he had two choices, both with massive consequences. His first option was to go ahead and complete the mission, however, this came at the cost of his teammates lives. His other option was to fail the mission and save his friends. The pressure was on all ninjas of their era that life was something cheap that could be thrown away like yesterday's trash. Do you know what he did?”

 

They waited.

 

“He gave up the mission to save his friend's lives. When he got back, he was shunned and had his ninja status stripped. Even his 'friends' shunned him. Eventually, he commited suicide to escape the discrimination. However, this decision turned Konoha into what it is today. If it wasn't for White Fang, we would still be living in a dictatorship. We would still use a simmilar test for the Genin exams that the mist used until a decade ago, which was a diusgusting act of killing your best friend just to become a ninja. Listen to me when I say this. You're very lucky to have grown up in this time of relative peace in Konoha. Remember this. If you want to survive as a Ninja, then live by this rule. 'Those who don't listen to orders are trash. Those who don't protect their friends are far worse than that'. Congratulations you three, you pass.”

 

They jumped up in the air cheering, rather pleased with themselves. Naruto smiled.

 

“Begining tomorrow, Team Seven will begin missions. Meet at the Hokage's office tomorrow morning, 8am. Catch you round guys!”

 

Naruto poofed to the Hokage's office to give his report. Sasuke and Yukiko were just arriving to. Naruto smiled at them, giving Yukiko a kiss.

 

“How'd they go?”

 

“They past.”

 

“Same here.”

 

“Yeah, Team Seven past as well.”

 

They came in to find the new Hokage snoozing at her desk. The three Jounins sweat dropped. Naruto walked up to her and poked her.

 

“Oi, Tsunade-Obachan.”

 

Tsunade stirred slightly, but stayed asleep. Naruto shook her slightly.

 

“Tsunade-Obachan.”

 

Tsunade made no indicaton she was going to wake up, so Naruto sighed, forming two hand seals and shooting a small jet of water out of his mouth, drenching her. She woke with a start and punched the nearest thing she percived as human, which was unfortunately Naruto. Naruto slammed into the wall, splintering it. Sasuke stared at her in amuzement, while Yukiko walked over to Naruto and checked on him. Tsunade stormed over to Naruto.

 

“Oi, brat, what the hell do you think you're doing? Would it be too much to ask to call me or shake me?”

 

“I did, Tsunade-Obachan. You didn't wake up so-”

 

Naruto became awear of the vein of Tsunade's head throbbing.

 

“Tsunade-Obachan? What's wrong?”

 

Tsunade punched Naruto clear through the window, watching with slight satisfaction as he sailed up and out of the village becoming nothing more than a speck on the horizon. Sasuke winced and Yukiko sweat dropped. Tsunade called through the broken window.

 

“And don't call me Obachan again, brat!”

 

Tsunade turned around, looking much more relieved.

 

“So, what can I do for you?”

 

“Ano... We came to report our Genin Teams past...”

 

“That's nice... I'm going back to sleep...”

 

Tsunade sat back down and began snoozing, despite the several mountains of paperwork. Sasuke and Yukiko sweat dropped. Yukiko turned to Sasuke.

 

“Ne, Sasuke... Do you think she can do the job?”

 

“I'd rather have Nartuo do it...”

 

She had to agree with that. They left, hoping not to wake her up again.

 

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One Week Later:

 

Team 7 had been doing 'grunt work' as Iruka would have called it. Naruto was secretly coverting the moment one of them snapped and asked for a mission where they got to fight. It came a week after they started missions. They were at the mission assignment office where Sarutobi was. Apparently, he was still helping his former student get used to the job. He looked at Team 7 as they came in.

 

“Team 7, today's missions include babysitting an elder's grandson, shopping at the local village, digging sweet potatoes-”

 

“NO!”

 

Naruto smiled widely. Kouji had, predicatably, been the one to decline it.

 

“Give us an awesome mission where we get to fight!”

 

Naruto laughed, causing everyone to look at him.

 

“Just like old times, eh, Ojisan?”

 

He took a puff of his pipe.

 

“You're not raising him to take after you are you, Naruto?”

 

“Why would I possibly want to do that? One prankster is enough for all of us.”

 

The grin on his face said otherwise. Nartuo toned down his grin to a smirk.

 

“And don't disguise the mission difficulty like you did with me.”

 

Sarutobi sighed and checked his papers. He pulled out one.

 

“Does an A rank mission sound good?”

 

Naruto nodded. Iruka butted in.

 

“Naruto, are you crazy? Taking Genin fresh out of the Academy on an A rank mission? This is-”

 

“Iruke-Sensei.”

 

That stopped him.

 

“Yes?”

 

“Are you underestimating my team?”

 

Iruka sighed.

 

“Kakashi has had an influence on you, hasn't he?”

 

“Yup. Iruka-Sensei. These aren't your students anymore. They're my subordinates. If they want to see fighting, then I'll show them a fight they won't soon forget. Ojisan, what does the mission involve?”

 

“You are to protect a contract worker from a group of renegade Nukenin who are raiding his work site, and if possible, eliminate the group of them.”

 

“Any information on the Nukenin?”

 

“One is apparently a former member of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen and the head of a suppresive government.”

 

“Name?”

 

“Kurosuki Raiga and his group is called the Kurosuki Family.”

 

“Raiga, eh? He's the dude with the twin swords who harnesses lightning right? I hope he isn't connected to Kisame. That would be a pain.”

 

“Reports indicate he was the first to leave after Kisame left, so the chances are slim.”

 

“Fair enough.”

 

“You can come in now.”

 

The door opened and a tall, thickset, tanned man walked in, and stared at the kids.

 

“Is this some sort of joke? Kids to protect me from the Nukenins?”

 

Naruto knew how to deal with these kinds of people.

 

“They may be children, but never underestimate someone's abilities. Ever. When I was there age and rank, I had already killed people 3 ranks higher than I was. I'm now a Jounin. You say Raiga is after you? My Genin team for our first major mission beat another member of his former organisation and his lackey who from what I last checked in the Bingo Book, were as powerful, if not more than he was. That was over four years ago. If you trully need a display of power, why don't we step outside and I'll show you what I can do to a 100 year old oak with the flick of a finger?”

 

The Genins remembered what Naruto had done with the eraser and sweat dropped. The former Hokage sighed and took another drag of his pipe.

 

“Naruto, about that. We have enough trouble regrowing what you destroy daily, even with Yukiko's Mokuton Jutsus, it's hard to keep up.”

 

Naruto grinned sheepsihly as he scratched the back of his head.

 

“Heh, sorry...”

 

The man sweat dropped, as did everyone else in the room. Naruto turned back to the man and smiled a toothy grin, startling the man.

 

“I promise you, Raiga and his subordinates, will NOT kill you. I have never broken one of my promises, no matter how hard to achive they are.”

 

The man nodded. Naruto motioned his team forward, and he followed them out. He walked up besides the man and began chatting over the mission details.

 

“So, where exactly is your contract work located?”

 

The man scratched his black beard.

 

“It's located about one day's travel from here if we hot foot it.”

 

Naruto nodded. He turned back to his team and looked at them sternly.

 

“Listen you three. My Genin team not only had the advantage of having another like me, but we also had the last loyal Uchiha and the brains of the class. This is an A class mission. We WILL encounter hostile Jounins who will kill you without a second thought. I want all of you to pack a change of clothes and all your ninja tools. Meet at the West Gate in one hour. Go!”

 

The three scrambled off as Naruto turned to the man.

 

“Could you excuse me for a moment? I have to pack my things and leave a note for my wife.”

 

The man's eyes buldged.

 

“You have a wife?”

 

“And? It's legal.”

 

“Aren't you-”

 

“No. Our connection is deeper than most people could understand. The only thing that stopped us from marrying earlier was the law.”

 

The man nodded and shrugged.

 

“Well, it's your life.”

 

“Indeed it is, and I wouldn't live it any other way. I'm sure you can get to the West Gate by yourself?”

 

The man nodded and began walking off the way he had come into the village. Naruto used Hiraishin to get back to his house and packed his stuff, attaching his gauntlet to his arm and then looking at the new photo of his Genin team that was sitting next to the photo of their own Genin team from all those years ago, a smile crossing his face. He was about to get out a pen and paper when he felt a very familiar presence nearby. Naruto went down the two flights of stairs to the front door and saw Yukiko standing there, obviously waiting for him to leave so she could catch him on the way out.

 

“And where do you think you're going, Naruto-Kun?”

 

“Mission, Yukiko-Chan.”

 

Naruto gathered her into his arms for a kiss and hug. They stayed there for a moment before they broke apart.

 

“I'm going to take down another of the SSS with my team.”

 

“The Seven Shinobi Swordsmen? Which one?”

 

“Kurosuki Raiga.”

 

Yukiko thought for a moment, trying to place the name.

 

“Oh, you mean the onw with the two swords like Sora?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Well, good luck. And try not to scare the Genin too much.”

 

“Can't make any promises there.”

 

She pouted, earning her another kiss. Naruto staighthened.

 

“The place we'll be located is about a day's travel from the West Gate. We should be back within a week.”

 

Yukiko released him from the hug, waving as he left the house. Naruto looked at his watch and decided he couldn't be bothered walking, so he used Hiraishin to get to the West Gate. He arrived their just as their clinet came into view. He raised an eyebrow.

 

“I thought you had to get your stuff?”

 

“I did.”

 

Naruto pointed to his bag and gauntlet. They still had 45 minutes to wait until the others were supposed to get here at the latest. Daichi came first, followed shortly by Hibari and then Kouji. They had arrived half an hour early, so Naruto stood up. The three were eyeing his gauntlet suspiciously. Kouji voiced his opinion.

 

“Naruto-Sensei, what is that?”

 

Naruto looked where Kouji was pointing, and held up his gauntleted arm.

 

“This? It's a gauntlet. Made by some friends of mine.”

 

“What does it do?”

 

Naruto thought for a moment.

 

“Well, it does a lot of things. It's an armguard, a shield, a sword-”

 

Naruto noticed they were looking at him blankly. Naruto sighed.

 

“It's a semi living gauntlet.”

 

They looked at him as if he had grown a second head, so Naruto sighed, pumping a bit of chakra into it. They watched with rapt attention as it began morphing furiously and then grew spines from every direction. They gasped at it as Naruto drew the spines back in.

 

“And don't get the idea you can talk to it. It has the intelligence of a tree.”

 

They nodded as Naruto turned to the gate.

 

“Alright you three. Let's go. And just because this is a mission, doesn't mean I'm not going to continue your training.”

 

They all groaned as they trudged after their Sensei. After travelling a few hours down the road, Naruto saw a puddle on the ground. It hadn't rained for weeks. Naruto pretended to pay no attention to it as he walked past, seeing if his team would pick it up. Hibari gave it a look, frowned and continued on. Another few meters down the road, Naruto felt the Genjutsu disperse and felt a pair of attackers coming straight for him. He debated quickly whether or not to let the Genin try. He turned around in time to plaster a lock of amuzement on his face as he was stabbed through the heart. Hibari screamed while Daichi went into defenseive stance.

 

“One down.”

 

Kouji stared as one of them went after him, appearing behind him faster than he could follow.

 

“Two down.”

 

He was intterupted when he felt a huge chakra spike coming from his left and saw a yellow and red light coming from the forest to his left. He stared in awe before the light flashed forward, straight at him.

 

“Ryusei no Jutsu!”

 

Naruto knew he didn't need to use such a high level jutsu on these guys, but he still needed to test it's strength on a living thing besides a tree. The others looked on in amazement as a red comet with a yellow aura came flying out, drilling straight into the ninja behind Kouji. Kouji at least had the sense to leap out of the way as the man was litterally torn to shreads. Naruto stopped and looked at the remaining ninja, who was gaping at him. Naruto still had his demonic features activated. The man's eyes widened in fear and recognition.

 

“You're... You're one of of the Konoha demon trio!”

 

Naruto raised an eyebrow.

 

“So, we've gotten famous enough to have our own title, eh? Well, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Which'll it be?”

 

The man nodded and began answering the questions. He lied on the first question. Naruto sighed, slamming his claws into the tree above him.

 

“Being part demon means I have demonic senses. I can tell when you lie. Don't bother, or next time, these claws will be digging in somewhere else.”

 

The man nodded and told him the truth of everything he asked. At the end, Naruto stood up, satisfied. He returned his features to normal and smiled at the man.

 

“Wasn't so hard, was it?”

 

The man shook his head furiously and Naruto thought about what to do with him. He flipped open his Bingo Book and shifted through the pages until he found the two he was looking for.

 

“Demon brothers. Known to work as a pair using a gauntlet each attached to a chain. Excell in stealth killing.”

 

Naruto chuckled.

 

“Yeah right. I only let you kill my clone because I wanted to test my team. You're wanted for killing over 30 ninja from different villages. Well, I'm sure Konoha's special interrigation unit will love to play with you. Oh, and say hi to Anko for me.”

 

Their client looked at him.

 

“Wait a moment! Are you abandoning the mission?”

 

Naruto turned to him and smirked.

 

“Nah, I'm just thinking which would be the most amusing way to have him taken back to the village. Lets see... I could get a clone to haul him back... I could summon a fox...”

 

Naruto picked out a coin and flipped it. It landed directly on it's side, not falling either way. Everyone sweat dropped.

 

“What the hell?”

 

Naruto was intterupted when the coin wobbled in the slight breeze and it fell to face heads up. Naruto smiled.

 

“Fox it is!”

 

Naruto bit his thumb and formed the seals, slamming his palm down on the ground. Five white one tailed Kitsunes appeared. They looked up at him, obviously pleased to see him.

 

“Hey guys, it's been a while.”

 

They yipped and then whined. Naruto sweat dropped.

 

“Why is it that the smaller summons always want treats when they're summoned? Well, if you three can drag this guy back to Konoha, you take that guy's head and DON'T eat it and you take this note, to the butcher, he'll give you a treat each, ok?”

 

Naruto took out a scroll and hastilly wrote something in it before tieing it up and givin it to them. The fove of them grabbed their assigned tasks and went off to Konoha. Everyone turned to Naruto with a sweatdrop on the back of their heads. Kouji looked kind of annoyed.

 

“Do you do that to everyone you capture, Sensei?”

 

Naruto thought about it.

 

“Not all. Most of them. It puts them off when they see me taking their capture so lightly. As a friend of mine once said, 'it's all mind games'.”

 

Kouji suddenly remebered the jutsu Naruto had used and bounded up to Naruto, a look in his eyes that could only be described as pure admiration and hope.

 

“Ne, Naruto-Sensei! Teach me that jutsu!”

 

Naruto raised an eyebrow.

 

“Ryusei no Jutsu?”

 

Kouji nodded. Naruto laughed lightly.

 

“Think you can handle the improved version of two of the Yondaime's trademark jutsus that require demomic chakra to use one half, and the other half is a jutsu unique to our family that won't work for anoyne but my father, me and my decendants?”

 

Kouji looked crestfallen. Naruto put a hand on his shoulder.

 

“But I have some other REALLY cool jutsus you could learn.”

 

Kouji brightened immediately.

 

“Really? Like what?”

 

“If you complete this mission, I'll teach you a really cool jutsu.”

 

Kouji nodded and went to join his teammates, who were looking rather angry that he got all the attention. Naruto looked up.

 

“Daichi, Hibari. I'm not making the same mistake my Sensei did. I will NOT show favoritism. The same goes for you two. If you both complete this mission, I'll both teach you cool jutsus. However, if you three want to learn, you have to also pass my training program. Let's keep going. Keep your eyes peeled for ninjas.”

 

“HAI, SENSEI!”

 

They set off again, chatting but also keeping an eye out. By the end of the day, they had arrived at the site they were supposed to protect. Naruto realised it was an excavation site.

 

“So, what are you digging up?”

 

The man looked at Naruto, pleased for the chance to get to talk about his job.

 

“I'm an archeologist. I specialise in fossils.”

 

“Any particualar age you specialise specifically in?”

 

The man, not expecting Naruto to understand, told him.

 

“I specialise in the early cretacious.”

 

Naruto's brows furrowed for a moment before his turned to the man.

 

“So you specialise mainly in simplistic early life forms like insects?”

 

The man's eye widened. This kid was 16, but he showed not only incredible strength and leadership qualities, but also a large amount of knowledge. The man nodded and Naruto surveyed the site, thankful for once to a particualr Ero-Sennin for making him study prehisoric ages in the west.

 

“What exactly are you looking for here?”

 

The man pointed to a particular point in the dig site.

 

“We received reports that bones have been poking out of the soil here. We practically found a laired bone graveyard! We've finally dug down to the area we're intrested in, which you can see my workers digging at over there.”

 

Naruto's eyes widened. Such graveyards were supposed to be things of fantasy! Naruto looked at the man seiously.

 

“You wouldn't happen to have kept some of the bones, would you?”

 

The man nodded and led them towards a tent. Inside it was stuffy, but there were rows and rows of bones sealed in plastic bags. Naruto turned to his team.

 

“Whatever you do do NOT touch them. Breaking a few of these bones could bankrupt a lesser village for a year.”

 

They children looked slightly amazed. Kouji turned to Naruto.

 

“Nartuo-Sensei? How can bones be worth that much?”

 

“These bones are what's left of creatures that lived on this planet a hell of a long time ago, millions of years before humans even did. These are priceless artifacts.”

 

Kouji nodded in vague understanding. Their client showed them arround the room breifly. Naruto whistled at the end of the tour.

 

“You could practically buy the world with everything here... No wonder they're after you.”

 

Their client nodded.

 

“I can see you understand. I'm sorry if I didn't think much of you at first...”

 

They walked back outside and into the quickly reddening afternoon light.

 

“Understandable. Don't worry. We may not look it, but we are strong enough to deal with them. Could I ask to go down to the dig site some time?”

 

The man nodded.

 

“First, however, we should probably get some rest. I'll introduce you to my colegues tomorrow. This is your tent here.”

 

Kouji cried out.

 

“Eh? One tent?”

 

Naruto sighed.

 

“Kouji, at dig sites, resources are precious. Most dig sites are in the middle of nowhere. Knowing how expeditions work, I wouldn't be surprised if they put people in other's tents just so we could have our own. Don't take ANYTHING in life for granted.”

 

Kouji shut up at that. They moved in and found there was just enough space for their packs and sleepingbags. Naruto turned to the othes in the tent.

 

“Guys, remember something. People on dig sites work long hard hours, and they get very little sleep, but whatever sleep they do get is vital. I'm not saying that you guys are noisy or anything, but keep it down, ok?”

 

They nodded. Hibari really wanted to know something.

 

“Naruto-Sensei?”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“How come you know so much when you're only 4 years older than us?”

 

Naruto sighed.

 

“Dieing twice helps put things into perspective...”

 

They gasped. Naruto had died? Naruto smiled.

 

“Strangely, both times I was saved by the same person. One time, I was on the verge of death that no medicine or regular medical jutsus could save me from. The second I actually did die. Technically, I died to kill my father, but it was only my dad's body. It was the fight with the other Kages. They could completely repair any damange to their body, so the only way to win was to remove their souls. I used a jutsu my father created that is a mixture between a summoning contract and a seal.”

 

“Summoning contract? With who?”

 

“Shinigami.”

 

Their eyes widened.

 

“The seal is called Shiiki Fuujin. It summons Shinigami. He has a very heavy price for summoning him. For each use, he requires two specific souls. The soul of the sealed, or the target, and the soul of the sealer, or the one who uses the jutsu. I had to suicide to kill them. Being stuck in Shinigami's stomach with a heap of other souls that scream for your blood so to speak for 6 days is rather sobering and it makes you realise what you never realised you had until it's taken away from you.”

 

They had just gained a whole new level of respect for their Sensei. Naruto finished unpacking and went outside. The sun was well and trully setting, the skies a very orangy-red tint. A slight breeze rustled his hair and coat as he saw the people retiring from the site for the day. Their client called them to dinner where they met the rest of the workers. Their client introduced them to everyone and they waved to them as they nodded their heads. Naruto asked them very difficult questions about their work, suprising the hell out of most of them that a 16 year old kid knew as much as he did. After dinner, Naruto took his cell to their tent.

 

“Ok you three, we're going to start the training tomorrow. Get a good night's sleep. You'll need it.”

 

They nodded and got into their sleeping bags. Naruto entered a state where he was only 10 percent sleeping in case they were attacked during the night. Luckily, they weren't.

 

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Next Morning, Sunrise:

 

Naruto got up for the sunrise, as he liked to do occasionally. He knew the other workers would be getting up soon. He sat outside on a boulder watching the morning sun rise. For some reason, he got a sudden urge to sing the lyrics to one of his favorite Western songs. He started softly, hoping not to disturb anyone.

 

'Can you feel life, moving through your mind,

 

Looks like it came back for more - yeah, yeah, yeah,

 

Can you feel time, slipping down your spine,

 

You try and try to ignore - Yeah.

 

But you can hardly swallow,

 

Your fears and pains,

 

And you can't help but follow,

 

Puts you right back where you came.

 

 

 

Live and Learn,

 

Hanging on the edge of tomorrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

On the works of yesterday,

 

Live and Learn,

 

If you beg or if you borrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

You may never find your way.

 

 

 

Can you feel life tangle you up inside,

 

And now your face down on the floor.

 

 

But you can't save your sorrow,

 

You've paid in trade,

 

And you can't help but follow,

 

And puts you right back where you came.

 

 

 

Live and Learn,

 

Hanging on the edge of tomorrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

On the works of yesterday,

 

Live and Learn,

 

If you beg or if you borrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

You may never find your way.

 

 

There's a face searching far, so far and wide,

 

There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find,

 

Hold on to what if...

 

Hold on to what if...

 

 

 

Live and Learn,

 

Hanging on the edge of tomorrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

On the works of yesterday,

 

Live and Learn,

 

If you beg or if you borrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

You may never find your way.

 

 

Live and Learn,

 

Hanging on the edge of tomorrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

On the works of yesterday,

 

Live and Learn,

 

If you beg or if you borrow,

 

Live and Learn,

 

You may never find your way.

 

 

Live and Learn... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Live and Learn... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.'

 

By now, each and every single person had come out of their tents and heard Naruto's voice, captivated by the sweet melodic singing. Kouji came up to Naurto gobsmacked.

 

“Naruto-Sensei?”

 

“Yes, Kouji?”

 

“What were you singing?”

 

Naruto laughed softly.

 

“A song from the west. I'll translate it if you want. It's a very well known song, with a very deep meaning. I like to sing it sometimes, because it helps me focus on what's important.”

 

Kouji nodded slowly.

 

“Ok...”

 

Naruto hopped off the rock and went towards the dining tent, followed by his students. Naruto neded to find out a bit more about his student's families, so he started with Daichi.

 

“Daichi, your family, the Katayamas, are the poison experts of Konoha, right?”

 

Daichi nodded, so Naruto continued.

 

“How many poison jutsus do you know?”

 

Daichi drank a bit of the soup before answering.

 

“Two.”

 

Naruto nodded.

 

“I see. When we get back, ask you father that I personally requested you be taught another one, ok? I think you're ready for it. I'll also teach you a jutsu I think would compliment you really well.”

 

Daichi nodded and Naruto turned to Hibari.

 

“Hibari, I haven't heard of your family before, so unfortunately, I don't know if you specialise in anything.”

 

Hibari looked downcast for a moment.

 

“I'm the first ninja in my family for three generations, so I don't have any family jutsus...”

 

Naruto nodded, thinking over what he could teach her that would suit her, before he smiled.

 

“I think I've got the perfect one to teach you.”

 

Hibari looked up in suprise and Naruto smiled.

 

“It was invented by Jiraiya, and only he, and those of us with long hair that went on the four year trip with him learnt it, but I can still teach it to you.”

 

Hibari raised an eyebrow.

 

“What does hair have to do with it?”

 

Naruto smirked, eating a mouthfull of noodles.

 

“You'll see.”

 

Hibari nodded and Naruto turned to Kouji who was looking down at his plate. Naruto smiled sadly.

 

“You're like me in so many ways it's scary, Kouji. Both my parents died the day I was born, and left me with no one to take care of me.”

 

Kouji looked up, seeing the all too familiar pain in Naruto's eyes for a second before he banished it and smiled.

 

“I have the perfect jutsu for you. It will definately get you recognition.”

 

Kouji grinned. He REALLY wanted recognition more than anything else, and Naruto was really the first person to recognise him not as the 'dobe' but as a human being like everyone else. After breakfast, Naruto took them to three fairly tall trees and stood in front of them. He turned to face them.

 

“Ok, this is the first part of the training. I want you to walk up these trees.”

 

Their respect for Naruto dropped slightly before he sighed.

 

“No, I'm not crazy. I'll give you a little bit of theory before I show you. I'm sure you're all awear that chakra is what's used for our jutsus and other things?”

 

They nodded, and Naruto continued.

 

“Chakra is not only used for Jutsus, but also for helping boost our normal abilities. Remember that eraser I flicked through the book?”

 

They nodded.

 

“No human being could do that without chakra. I enchanced my fist with a fairly decent amount of chakra to strengthen the action. Some people can channel chakra to their fists and flick a brick wall, making it shatter into dust.”

 

They were fully wrapped in Naruto lecture. These were so much more fun than Iruka's lessons.

 

“However, very few shinobi have the chakra control for that. What all shinobis are expected to have chakra control for is to not waste any more chakra than is necessary for jutsus. For example, let's take Hibari. You're chakra control according to the records was perfect. You waste no chakra meaning that you have enough for a decent amount of jutsus. The problem you have is that your chakra capacity is very very small. Daichi, your chakra control is not perfect, but it's above the level a Genin should have. Your chakra reserves are fairly large as well. Kouji, your chakra control was like mine at your age. You use twice the chakra to accomplish the same amount these two do. However, you are able to do as many jutsus as them. This is because your chakra capacity is already Chunin level. You just manage it poorly. This exercise is the first of two that will help you control your chakra, teaching you to use only as much as you have to. This exercise requires you to concerntraite chakra to your feet and release an EXACT amount constantly. The amount is determined by your weight and the area of the soles of your feet. Watch.”

 

Naruto walked up to the tree and put his foot on it before he began walking up the trunk of the tree as if it were the most normal thing in the world. His three students looked at him in awe. Nartuo threw three kunai at their feet.

 

“Use those to score where you make it up the tree. I'll give you some pointers. IF you push too much chakra to your feet, the tree wil repel you. Too little, and you'll fall off. You can either run up the tree if you're confident enough with your chakra control, or, if you have a large chakra capacity, but no control, take it one step at a time like I did. When you all get to about this height, I'm satisfied you know how to do it. Go for it!”

 

Kouji slowly walked up to the tree, pausing momentarily before he put a foot on the tree. He slowly, but shakily put the second foot on the tree. The others by now were trying to run up the tree. Hibari made it first go, as Naruto expected. Daichi made it halfway to the finish line before he spiked his chakra and the tree repelled him. Kouji made it about ¾ of the way to the finish line before he released too little chakra and fell off. Naruto smiled.

 

“Daichi, that last step you can probably tell you spiked your chakra. That's what happens when you do. Kouji, you stopped releasing enough and your foot detached, which made you fall. Those are the two extremes of it. Try again.”

 

They both nodded and tried again. Both of them got closer than the first time, but they still both fell short of the mark. Naruto smiled.

 

“Third time lucky?”

 

They steeled their determination and tried again. Daichi ran up the tree and reached the branch. Kouji set his face in a determined expression and walked up the tree. He got to the branch and jumped onto it, smiling at his accomplisment. Naruto smiled widely.

 

“Good job guys!”

 

Naruto was going to start explaining the next part when his danger sense went off. Naruto smirked.

 

“So, they're here already, eh?”

 

Naruto jumped down, motioning his team to follow him. Naruto got to the site just as the area clouded over and a severe lightning storm washed over them. Naruto turned his head to his team.

 

“If you see a guy with two swords, leave him alone! Protect the dig site and the workers! Go!”

 

They ran off as Nartuo stood in front of the group. He smiled, showing his fangs.

 

“Well, if it isn't another of the Shiobi Swordsmen. Raiga, was it?”

 

The man smiled slightly.

 

“And who are you?”

 

Naruto bared his fangs.

 

“Uzumaki Naruto. I killed another of your former companions 4 years ago as a Genin. I hope you can provide me with more entertainment.”

 

The others with him froze slightly before they started laughing. Naruto sighed, deciding to show them something to fear. He activated his demonic features and voice.

 

“Listen here, humans. Do you have any idea what you're trying to destroy here? Or are you like the scum who fear things they don't understand?”

 

They froze and Naruto gave a foxy grin that promised mischif. Raiga brought his two swords up.

 

“I'll have a funeral for you!”

 

Naruto sweat dropped.

 

“I'm sorry? Funeral? Oh! You mean your own! Ok, fine by me.”

 

Naruto formed hand seals as Raiga gathered his chakra to his swords and threw the lightning at him. Naruto held up his gauntlet and Raiga smiled. His smile faded when he saw the gauntlet mutate and form a shield. If he didn't know any better, that looked like the stuff Kisame's sword was made of. The lightning hit it and exploded. Raiga could still feel the boy's chakra and as the dust settled, the other members of Raiga's gang were suprised to see the boy unscathed.

 

“I seriously hope you weren't thinking that would kill me. Hell, Sora could cause a spark that did more damage than that.”

 

Naruto sighed.

 

“I've really lost respect for the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen. They were supposed to be feared. Every one of them I've faced is weak.”

 

Raiga growled and prepared for anothe jutsu, but Naruto wasn't goin to let him. He charged forward, punching Raiga in the gut, sending him tumbling over the dirt until he came to a stop about 20 metres away. Or at least, that's what sould have happened. Naruto heard a disembodied voice float from somewhere that gave Raiga instructions on how to avoid Naruto.

 

“Raiga! Left!”

 

Naruto was shocked at this, and it gave Raiga the chance to dodge it. Naruto then noticed that one of Raiga's group had broken off and thought he had snuk down to the site unnoticed. Naruto sighed.

 

“You three, deal with him. Try to keep him alive though.”

 

Naruto pointed to a particular patch of rocks, which they concerntraited on, seeing the shadows move slightly as the lightning crackled in the sky. They charged him, and the others could hear scared cries as they proceeded to beat the guy up. Naruto turned back to them.

 

“Please tell me you're playing. My Genins have no where near the strength I have on an off day, yet they're beating him senseless? You guys suck. BADLY.”

 

Naruto then noticed an unusual chakra filling the air as he turned to the source. It was kind of like a childs body bag. But whatever was in there was most definately alive. Naruto walked over to it, and called out to it.

 

“What's in here? A person? Whatever it is, it's alive.”

 

Naruto began unzipping the bag and found a boy in there. Naruto noticed that the boy could barely move. He raised an eyebrow at him.

 

“Hmmm. You have a very interesting Doujutsu.”

 

Naruto became accutely awear of a sharp object peircing his back and heard snickering behind him. Naruto growled, pulling forward to get the metal blades out of him and began healing. Naruto looked at the man with a very pissed off look. Naruto noticed that his Genin were holding off two more of Raiga's henchmen fiarly effectively. Naruto turned back to the man who had stabbed him. He had a very short top of black hair, obviously he had haircuts regularly. Think Barret from Final Fantasy 7.'

 

“That hurt.”

 

The man saw that the blood had stopped flowing from the wound and stared in disbelif at the boy. Naruto laughed darkly.

 

“I've healed WAY worse injuries than that before.”

 

Naruto reappeared behind the man, scaring him wittless. Naruto chopped him in the back of the neck, sending him to the ground unconcious. He turned to the rest of them who had gathered and were jumping on top of each other, brandishing their claws. Naruto was personally interested in what was going to happen, so he raised an eyebrow. The one on top announced the jutsu.

 

“Ninpou, Kuro Tatsumaki!”

 

They started spinning, turning into a set of black tornadoes, with blue rings around where their claws would be. Naruto decided to entertain them and took a page from Orochimaru's book, deciding to cry out and pretend to be killed. Naruto ran thowing his hands up in the air as the tornados tried to pincer him. He let them do it and poofed into a cloud of smoke before the tornadoes slowed to a stop.

 

They got off each other's shoulders and drew their claws back into their gloves, smirking.

 

“He wasn't so hard.”

 

“Really? I let you guys have some fun with a clone. That's a rather interesting jutsu. If it had handseals to it, I could personalise it.”

 

They charged Naruto and Naruto sighed, closing his eyes and prepared to finish them off. He opened his eyes just as they were reaching him and announced his jutsu.

 

 

The Naruto clone exploded with great force, copletely oblitterating everything in a 30 square metre radius. Raiga's men were in the middle zone where they wouldn't be turned to ash, but they would be heavily injured. They flew back as a group and collapsed on the ground, unconcious. The real Naruto turned to see that both Raiga and the boy in the body bag had gone. Naruto turned to survey the dig site, smiling that it was completely undamaged. Naruto smiled as he located his students with the one they had beaten up. Naruto turned to his Genin.

 

Naruto turned to the man.

 

The man 'hmph'ed and crossed his arms.

 

 

 

Naruto's brows furrowed.

 

 

Karashi looked up at Naruto hopefully, hoping he'd gotten some sort of reputation while he was with the Kurosuki Family. Naruto's eyes darkened.

 

 

Naruto made a sweeping hand gesture at the forms of the unconcious Kurosuki Family. Karashi started going off on a speel.

 

 

 

 

 

Naruto bit his thumb and formed the seals before summoning a 5 tailed black Kitsune. Luckily, this one had a fairly intimidating voice.

 

 

 

Naruto indicated to Karashi.

 

 

The Kitsune took a wiff and covered his nose, eyes watering.

 

 

Naruto sighed and shook his head.

 

 

The kitsune growled.

 

Karashi quickly walked as teh kitsune walked behind him, occasionally snapping at his heals. Naruto turned back to them.

 

 

They nodded and Naruto led them back to the camp, making sure everyone was alright.

 

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A/N: Finally! It took a hell of a long time because people were demanding new chapters for my other stroy, but I finally did it. I appologise for not updating this story as much as my other one. Well, until next time my avid readers!

 

Ja ne,

 

Specula.