Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Return of the Bijus ❯ It's the Training! ( Chapter 6 )

A/N: Yo! I'm going to try updating this story a little more. And if you think the way I defeated Raiga was a bit to easy, remember, Naruto wasted him as a GENIN. Now that he's a Jounin, Raiga would have no chance in hades of beating him.

 

WARNING: This chapter contains spoilers for issue 315 & 316 of the Naruto manga.

 

Questions/Comments/Suggestions:

 

White Alchemist Taya: Fenrir was a giant wolf who was, according to myth, the son of Loki & a giantess. Hmm, I'll probably go and fix the typo when I get the chance. Thanks for picking me up on that Ojiisan/Obaachan stuff, I'll have to remember that. As for the spelling errors, my open office's spellcheck doesn't work, so I'm going on my own knowledge of the English language. Smells like apples, eh? Righto. Thanks for the welcome back. 'Secretly likes hugs'. Anyways, I have been writing this story at the rate of a page a day at most, so I just finished off this chapter after posting my 'I'm back' chapter.

 

becomingthis: Heh, I just wrote what came into my head at the time, which ended up as that...

 

Wintersmourning: Thanks for correcting me on that, I fixed it up.

 

Dobe-Teme: Nah, Raiga's swords are cheap immitations of the real thing. I hated Raiga, I thought his fetish for funerals went a bit too far...

 

Tsurugi-Sama: Lol, what about when they basically say 'I was really happy without a care in the world... Until that day...' Kami, it gets annoying. As for the new Team Seven, just look up a site that has character bios. They're not OC's, they're in the episode/issue where Iruka is teaching the academy students about the Hokage's. Daichi is that guy squatting with the ear muff like objects on, saying 'that'd be my friends' when Sarutobi asks them if they have important people. Hibari is the girl with the brown hair covering one side of her face that's done up in a bun at the back. She asks Iruka 'Iruka-Sensei, who's the Godaime?' Kouji is the guy in the tie who stands up when Sarutobi tells them what you need to be Hokage saying 'Then I'm gonna be Hokage! You have to be strong and cool right?' And Iruka just smirks, saying 'Not with your current grades, you aren't.' Those are the three of them. The only thing I really made up about the is I twisted Daichi's personality to resemble a slightly more... Canon Sasuke, but not so much that he'll run off to Orochimaru for power and I also invented their last names, as they weren't given any. As for thanking me for reading your review, I kinda look forward to reviews like yours more than most. The ones that are longer than an 'update soon please' and ask questions that don't translate into something like 'ZOMG, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN! YOU SUX' or whatnot, so I should be thanking you. As for your fic, I think I did review it, can't remember, but I'll check again and leave a review if I didn't, otherwise, catch you round!

 

Dragon Noir: Sexy no Jutsu? Um, no that jutsu will stay sealed in the 'Naruto's vault of 'don't touch'' jutsus. Find out this chapter. No, I really don't like Raiga, so I just wanted to get him over with, and forget about him.

 

Katana Haibane: Well, just for you, I decided to update this story first. Well, that and the fact that I'm thinking of ways in which I can do the meeting of the Nukenins in 'Living Behind a Mask'. Glad to hear that you love my writing so much. Oh trust me on this, they're going to get to face something Naruto has been dreading, and soon I might add. They ain't getting it all easy, because there's no fun in that. Pain before pleasure, as they say.

 

Neotonix: Thank ye. As for Kouji's jutsu, read and find out :P And Daichi isn't as angsty as Sasuke. If you need an example, think about Sasuke when he was at the Acadeny before Itachi went on a killing spree. It was more determination to surpass his brother than angst.

 

Conceptor: Hmm, well, as I've said, it's harder to come up with a 'what if' than a 'what is', and that includes original content. One of the really hard things for me is creating entirely original missions and doing them convincingly. It's much easier to just use a particualr mission from the anime/manga and tweak it to suit my purposes, but I was planning on chucking some completely original missions in in the next few chapters. As for keeping the major plot points a secret, I try, but sometimes I get put into a situation where I either answer it or sound rude, so I tend to take the former path. Yes! Godly chapter! YOSH!

 

DracosEchidna: Glad you liked it. Personally, I think it would have been heaps better if every single sentence Raiga spoke didn't have the word 'funeral' in it. Apart from that, I loved it.

 

ki master: Glad you like it. I have plans for at least one of the other swordsmen. Sure, if all of the Jinchuriki's were together, they'd be unstoppable, but... What if Naruto was by himself on a mission with his Genin Team? Oh, the possibilities... Anywho, thanks for the praise, it makes this worth while.

 

armanstay: By mistakes, what part were you refering to? If you meant spelling, I've always been good at the English language. To prove it, my spellcheck is broken on my word processor, so what you see here is the non spellchecked version. As for the speed... I guess I just do it? I don't know how, I just do...

 

Logophobia: I have the game too, I loved it. Shadow is soooooooooo cool. 'Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog around here. You're compairing yourself to the likes of me? HA! You're not even good enough to be my fake!' Also, if memory serves, you can look it up in the options menu in the play sounds option or whatever it's called. Plays the entire song. Also, I used a few Sonic songs because some of them are actually quite meaningful if you pick them apart. I won't go into a detailed synopsis here, but try disecting the lyrics and apply them to the situation the song's used in. Well, if you remember in Ranmaru's memories of when Raiga found him, I could be forgiven for thinking he was the same size her was when Naruto met him, so I kinda went with that and used the train of thought that Ranmaru's illness not only prevented him from leaving his home, but also stopped his growth.

 

Naruto's Shadow: Well, like with TrapedSoul, I need your email address so I can actually send it to you. Give me a pm with it in it, and I'll send them to you.

 

NaruSakuFTW: Glad you like this story. As for my other storyline, some people don't like this and prefer a more angsty line, so I try to cater for more than just the people who like all fluff and no angst.

 

As for everyone who wished me well, thank you all. It means a lot to me. It really does. As always, I hope my creativity gives you some semblance of pleasure 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 Six:

 

It's the Training!:

 

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Two days Later:

 

Naruto had gone searching for Raiga the day after the raid. Raiga wasn't exactly hard to find, due to the masses of lightning clouds over one particular area while the rest was blue sky. Naruto had approached Raiga who turned to him, a crazed look on his face.

 

“You're the one who killed my men. I'll have a funeral for you! Ninpou, Raiyuu no Tatsumaki!”

 

Naruto watched bemused as Raiga spun, unleashing a giant tornado made of lightning. Once it reached it's peak, the top formed the head of a dragon and shot straight at Naruto, who had sent a clone forward to taunt him. The dragon hit the clone, making it poof out of existance and the dragon slammed into the ground, exploding and sending rock everywhere. Naruto was not usually one to toy with people, and this time was no exception. He readied a Rasengan and used Hiraishin to flash over to him, driving the Rasengan into his gut. The body bag again fell off Raiga as he sailed over the edge of the cliff. He called out to his companion.

 

“Ranmaru... Now you are free...”

 

“Raiga!”

 

“Lightning! Give me my own funeral!”

 

The lightning arced down, filling the area with a blinding light. The light faded away from the ball surrounding Raiga's body to reveal he had been burnt to ashes by the heat of the lightning frying the water molecules in his body, much like a speeded up version of what a microwave would do to a piece of meat if left in there for hours. Naruto prayed for the man's soul to find peace in the afterlife. Naruto was not the sort of guy who would kill without regret, and he turned to see the boy frozen in his bag. Naruto walked up to it and slowly undid it. The boy looked at him.

 

“Kill me if you want. I've lost the reason to live.”

 

Naruto growled.

 

“Do you even know what you're saying? Until you've died and seen what the other world is like, I suggest you reconsider that.”

 

“Have you died?”

 

“Twice.”

 

The boy looked up at Naruto's angish filled eyes and could tell he wasn't lying. He nodded slowly and Naruto picked him out of the bag.

 

“I wonder what we should do with you? Do you have any particular place you want to go?”

 

The boy though for a moment before he looked at Naruto.

 

“I... I don't know...”

 

Naruto thought for a moment before smiling.

 

“I happen to know a shop around here where one of Raiga's subordinates used to live with his mother. I've sent him back there yesterday.”

 

The boy looked up at Naruto hopefully.

 

“Which one?”

 

“Karashi. By the way, I still haven't asked you your name yet.”

 

“Ranmaru...”

 

Naruto smiled.

 

“Hey Ranmaru. I'm Naruto.”

 

Ranmaru nodded as Naruto took Ranmaru back with him to the dig site. Naruto saw everyone had gathered around the dig site and Naruto hurried over to see what the discovery was. When he got there, he managed to see that their client was slowly picking away around a fossile. Naruto ddin't recognise it so he turned to the man next to him.

 

“What is that? I've never seen anything like it!”

 

The man didn't take his attention off it for a moment.

 

“None of us know. It may be a new undiscovered species.”

 

Naruto nodded silently and looked back at the excivation. Naruto decided to ask his alter-ego.

 

'Oi, furball. Seen that one before?'

 

'I'm old, kit, but I'm not THAT old.'

 

'Could have fooled me.'

 

The fox sulked as Naruto went back to looking at it. Their client wiped his brow as he finally separated the fossil from the rock. He picked up the bag next to him and placed the fossil in it. He slowly got up, his back cracking from being hunched over for the time he had been there. He looked up at them and sighed.

 

“Now all we have to worry about is Raiga...”

 

“Oh, I delt with him.”

 

Everyone now noticed that Naruto had returned. Their client looked up surprised.

 

“Delt with him?”

 

“He couldn't beat me, so he killed himself as I knocked him off the cliff with a Rasengan. You'll be safe from any more Nukenins.”

 

The man nodded and smiled.

 

“Thanks, Naruto. We owe you a debt we can't repay...”

 

“No, preserving these fossils and putting them on display is more than enough reward for me.”

 

The man smiled as he walked up the wooden plank ramps and came next to Naruto, noticing the boy on his back.

 

“Who's that?”

 

Naruto looked over his shoulder.

 

“This is Ranmaru. I'm taking him to the Curry of Life shop. Oh, and please send a letter to Konoha if you find anything else interesting, ok?”

 

The man nodded and smiled.

 

“Thanks for your help. I really hope we meet again.”

 

“So do I.”

 

Naruto gathered the pay for the mission and headed to the Curry of Life shop to find Karashi working over the stove. He opened the door and came inside, waving at Karashi.

 

“Oh, hey Karashi. Seems you listened, that's good.”

 

An old woman came around the corner with a ladel in her hand.

 

“Oh my, you're Naruto, aren't you?”

 

Naruto nodded.

 

“I am. May I ask your name?”

 

“Everyone calls me Sanshou-Baasan.”

 

Naruto smiled.

 

“Pleased to meet you. You wouldn't happen to mind if I dropped anothr person off here to stay, would you?”

 

Sanshou-Baasan looked at the boy.

 

“Oh my, he doesn't look too healthy. Karashi, how much longer is the curry going to be?”

 

Karashi looked up from the pot.

 

“It's ready now.”

 

Karashi took a ladel and put the curry onto a plate that had steaming rice on it, before putting it on the counter.

 

“Eat up, Ranmaru.”

 

Naruto put Ranmaru on the stool and begun eating. After the first mouthful, Ranmaru's eyes widened as he began shoveling it down.

 

Naruto smiled as he turned to Karashi.

 

“Could I get a plate of it too? Lee exclamed it saved his life, so I know it's got to be good.”

 

Karshi nodded, scooping some rice out of the steamer and ladeling another dolop of the black curry onto the plate. Karashi put the plate down and smiled. Naruto sat down and put his hands together, muttering 'Itadakimasu' before taking his first bite. Nartuo chewed a few times before his eyes widened considerably. Naruto's face began to tint red around the cheeks as he finished the mouthful.

 

“Wow. This is rather hot...”

 

Naruto motioned his Genin to take a seat, and Karashi severed them all plates. They took one bite before their faces turned pink, and began sweating before they cried out. They fell off their chairs, twitching. Naruto stared at them.

 

“Is it really that hot?”

 

Kouji nodded slowly. Naruto shrugged and went back to eating. He polished off the plate before he had one final request.

 

“Karashi, I know Lee would be really thankful if I could bring him back a box of the stuff. It wouldn't be too imposing to ask for one would it?”

 

Karashi smiled shaking his head.

 

“No. I want to see if Lee thinks I've lost my touch.”

 

Karashi got a plastic container and filled the bottom half with rice, putting a healthy dolop of the curry ontop and sealing it. He wrapped it in cloth before handing it to Naruto. Naruto accepted it.

 

“Thanks. Karashi, Ranmaru, work hard, ok?”

 

They both nodded and Naruto waved goodbye to them, walking out, followed by his still recovering students back to Konoha. By the end of the day, they had arrived back at Konoha. Naruto smiled at them.

 

“I want you all to meet me at the hotsprings tomorrow morning for training at 8am. Well done, guys! I have to go and do the paperwork, so enjoy the afternoon off.”

 

They waved and left Naruto to file his report and go home.

 

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