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The Path Of A Cursed Shinobi
By: Platinum Man
Chap. 2- What was Lost Returnsà Sort of?
"Hai" - speech
Hai - thoughts
Summary- The Eight-tailed Lord has come after the Kyuubi to destroyed it. It has watched the Naruto the container of the Nine-Tail Fox, trying the best the way to destroy the container and the fox. Naruto training is about to take a steep increase. Plus, something is going happen to Naruto that will give him a better understanding as to why he wants to become Hokage?
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The sounds of missiles exploding and gunfire roared through out the night. The smell of burnt flesh and the cries of the dieing where like a painful and gut reaching symphony that sounded throughout the night.
It had been three months since the third world war had begun and already three quarters of the world population was already gone. For the first two to three weeks Nukes and Hydro bombs where flying all over the skies during the day and night. Cities that had once been the hubs of the world, now where nothing but ghosts towns.
In one of the few remaining forest in Japan a woman with shoulder length black hair was hunched over a sleeping baby. On the babyÆs right hand and outward a circle was made out of a marking that was made of blood. The womanÆs blood.
The woman was finishing her writings, glancing at the baby then wiping the sweat of her forehead with the back of her sleeve. Studding the seal that she had just made and making sure that it was without a flaw in its design. Verifying that the seal was complete and correctly written, the woman brought her hands together and began a sequence of hand seals. Upon finishing her hands seals she touches the babyÆs right hand.
ôHokage Funin: Kekkai Fainda Funin!ö (Bloodline Finder Seal)
The characters began to glow blue then they floated slightly off the ground and moved toward the babyÆs hand. Where they meet and formed a circle around a horseshoe with a wing like on the right side shaped mark with three dots with in the horseshoe winged. Then the circle faded into the horseshoe with wings mark then the horseshoe mark disappeared, leaving behind unblemished skin.
Raising her right hand the woman looked at the same horseshoe shape mark that had just been on the baby right hand and took a calming breath and making a couple of more hand seals as she spoke aloud.
ôActivate: Kekkai Fainda Funin.ö (Activate: Bloodline Finder Seal)
The horseshoe shape mark on the womanÆs hand glowed red for a moment then a circle appeared around the horseshoe-winged mark then the markings of a compass appeared on the circle then an arrow. That pointed right toward where the baby was laying, looking at the babyÆs right hand the horseshoe wing mark had returned.
ôDeactivate.ö
Then the baby mark once again disappeared into nothingness. Standing up straight the woman moved over to the baby and picked up the baby. Moving away from where she had just done the seal on the baby, the woman carried the baby to area that was more open. Giving the baby a kiss on it forehead, the woman using her left to support the baby, then using her right she began a long sequence of seal that counted up to twenty-one.
ôHOKAGE KINJUTSU: JIKUURYUURI!!!ö (Hokage Forbidden Technique: Time Manipulation)
A gigantic rip appeared before the woman and child. The swirling space lit the area up. The woman lifted the baby up to the swirling vortex. The baby was slowly swallowed up by the rip and disappeared. Then as soon as the baby was swallowed up the time rip flashed. Then there was nothing.
ôGood-bye à Asuna-chanà youÆll soon be somewhere safer then hereà Iæll find you as I did Recca.ö tears fell from the woman eyes.
`BANG`
Pain flared throughout her body, looking down at her stomach. With her right hand she reached down and touched her stomach, a warm wetness was what she felt bringing her hand up to her face to look at. There was bloodà her bloodà
`Hack` `cough` `spew` `splat`
Blood spewed from her mouth the coppery taste filling her mouth as fell to the ground. Slowly her eyes began to close despite how hard she tried to keep them open the gun shot wound and blood loss indefinitely won and slowly she could no longer keep her eyes openà
The sound of footsteps approached the now dead body of the woman. Slowly a military dressed approached the down body a flipped the woman over. Lifeless eyes stared back at the man.
ôWellà David, did ya get æem?ö another male called out.
ôYeahà I got æemàheheheö the man that had just shot the woman chuckled at what he had done.
ôWell letÆs get a move on thenàö
ôYeah, yeah I am a comingö the man walked off leaving the womanÆs body there as if it was unimportant.
What they didnÆt see was that slowly the bullets were pushed out of the body by an invisible force. Then the wounds began to close on their own. In a few minutes the wounds were completely gone as if the woman had never been shot in the first place.
Slowly the woman began to breath then she after a few minutes the woman began to move. After a few moments of this the woman sat up and then stood up, moving her hand to her stomach she felt nothing but smooth skin.
Finding not a single wound on her body the woman fell to her knees and began to cry her eyes of her heart and soul out.
Once again she was alone, she had saved her only remaining member of her family and cursed herself once again to an endless existence. Which now had no end in sight this time but the power held within the child that she had sent through time.
Gone was her old self and became that cursed woman once more. The woman that would never leave this world in any shape or form, she was once again Kagehoshi the Undying.
The same woman that had just been shot the woman that now was called Kagehoshi awoke with a start. Breathing heavily at what she had just dreamed. Her hair was drenched by her sweat, bringing her hands up to her face to wipe the sweat off and to wiped off the tears that where falling from her eyes.
æThat day againàÆ she thought. ô How long has it been since then? à Five hundred yearsà maybe even six hundred years? I donÆt know anymore,ö sighing to herself, she might as well get ready for the day, she wouldnÆt be able to get back to sleep after dreaming about that day.
ôKagehoshi-Chanà It time to get up.ö a woman that was about in her fortyÆs stuck her head inside of the tent that the woman was sleeping in.
ôOhàyouÆre already up, I see. Well you better get dressed breakfast is ready and where almost ready to move out.ö
ôIÆll be out in a seconded Mamori-sanö with that, said the woman now identified as Mamori, nodded her head once then removed her head out so Kagehoshi could get dressed in peace.
A lone now Kagehoshi continued to finish getting dressed. She glanced down at her right hand there was the same design that had been in her dream. The horseshoe with a wing, staring at the marking for several minutes ignoring everything else but the tattoo on her right hand. Removing her gaze from the marking and what it meant to her and the duty that she had to perform.
ôIÆll find you yet, Asuna-chan.,ö the woman said then taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly. She then left to get something to eat. She could wait to find Asuna, she had waited and searched four hundred to find Recca, and she could wait to find Asuna.
She would stop at nothing, and nothing would stop her from finding her remaining family no matter how long it took her to find her.
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The desert was a messà All over their where black splotches of sand and glass, areas that where soaked down and now muddy, boulders crumbling and turning into rock and several spots that appeared to be sliced in half by a knife that had sliced through the dunes and leaving minor trenches. The desert looked as if a small war had happen.
The real reason that the desert looked like this was just because of the two people that where sitting right their. Well one was sitting the other was flat on his back.
Uzumaki Naruto and Jiraiya of the Sennin, had just had finished their morning spar.
Laying on his back Naruto, panted trying to catch his breath, his orange outfit was torn, burnt and soaked by his sweat. Also their was splotches of blood on his cloths as well his face and hands.
Looking at his sensei he smirked slightly. Jiraiya was nowhere as bad, but he had given as well as he got. Which made Naruto all that much happier. A part of him frowned at the constant reminder that he was still nowhere near his sensei level.
That meant that he was still not at a level that would allow him to retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru grasp and also nowhere near where he need to be to fight the Akatuski. Those made him frown at those thoughts. Here he was training for a year and a half and yet he was nowhere near his goal.
ôDamn it!ö he cursed. Forcing him self into a sitting position, he glared at the sand. He was still too weak.
ôWhat wrong now, brat!ö Jiraiya called out to his student.
Glaring at his teacher, he called back in an irritated voice. ô IÆm still to weak, Ero-sennin. I thought you where going to make me stronger, Ero-sennin.ö
Jiraiya snorted at what his apprentice had just said. ôYouÆre stronger then you where since we left Kohona, youÆre just donÆt see it, like I can.ö
ôBut itÆs not a enough!ö Naruto snapped at his sensei.
Lifting his face from whatever he was writing in that scroll, probably something for one of his perverted books. ôStop your whining brat. Strength to fight at the level of the Akatuski isnÆt just going to appear out of thin air.ö he finished with a snort.
ôFuck the Akatuski!ö Naruto snapped. ôHow the hell can I get Sasuke back when I am this damn weak!ö
Staring at his apprentice in frustration. It was the same as always, it came back to that stupid Ucihia Brat. When the hell would Naruto realize that Sasuke chose to abandon Kohona and his team?
Even if Sasuke came back, all that it would mean for him would be a death sentence for him. So if Naruto brought him back that all that would be waiting for him in Kohona.
It was like Naruto didnÆt even understand that at all. Jiraiya went ridged at that thought à Maybeà Just maybe the brat didnÆt even understand that was all that was waiting for Sasuke in Kohona now.
Looking at Naruto with a pitting look on his face, he spoke with a solemn expression on his face. ô You just donÆt get it. Do you, Naruto?ö the pity lacing his voice.
Naruto frustration died at the sound of the frog SanninÆs voice. His teacher never spoke like this never brought a good thing. It usually meant something painful to hear. It was the same tone that he had used when he first told him that he should let Sasuke go, when he had been recovering at the hospital in Kohona. In the pit of his stomach an icy ball began to form. ôWhatchaÆ mean Ero-sennin?ö he asked cautiously.
Staring Naruto straight in the face, he asked his apprentice a question that he believed that he already had the answer to. ôàSighà Do you know what well happen if you bring Sasuke back to Kohona?ö
Scratching the back of his head Naruto tried to figure out what the pervert was getting at. ôHuhà what do you mean æwhat will happen when I bring Sasuke backÆ?ö The icy ball in his stomach began to get even bigger.
Looking at Naruto, Jiraiya wonder if he had been like this when he had found out that Orochimaru had defected. He had ignored what he already knew what wouldÆve happen to the snake-Sennin, when he had tried to bring his old teammate back to Kohona. He knew but his heart didnÆt want to believe it.
Sure he had lost that fight but while he had been recovering in the hospital he had the cold hard truth staring him straight in the face what wouldÆve happen if he had got Orochimaru to returned.
Staring at Naruto now it had made what Jiraiya had suspected and just made his hunch and made it into a vary harsh reality. The boy knew nothing of what Sasuke fate would be if he returned to Kohona.
The depression and the hate that had stemmed from Orochimaru betrayal now would affect his young student as it had him just because his friend choose to fallow his crazy old teammate for a shortcut to power. Now it seemed that Naruto was going to stop dreaming of the reformation of Team Seven.
Because of his inner thoughts Jiraiya for got to conceal his emotions and his face was showing Naruto all of what his teacher was feeling. At each change of emotion on Ero-Sennin face, made the icy pit in his stomach become even worse with each different shade of emotion. It was really was scaring Naruto.
Gathering his remaining courage, Naruto spoke ô Errà Ero-Sennin?ö Jiraiya continued to stare at him as if he wasnÆt even there.
Taking a deep breath ôERO-SENNIN!ö he shouted.
His sensei startled by his shout, gave his head a shake to clear it. ôHuh? What was that for BRAT?ö he snapped.
Naruto right eye twitched at. ô I shouted because you had your head stuck up your ass!ö he snapped back. Taking a calming breath, ô Errà E-Ero-sennin, what while happen if I bring Sasuke back to Kohona?ö deep down he did the right thing asking this but, it made some part of him that had been trying to tell him something but he hide from it. It appeared that it was going to happen.
Sighing to himself, Jiraiya didnÆt want to be the one to tell Naruto this. He wished Tsunade or even Kakashi was here to do this.
Staring at the container of the nine-tailed-fox, Jiraiya knew that this was going to crush the boyæs spirit. He just hopes that he could survive it.
öNarutoàsighà I hate to tell you this. But if you drag Sasuke back to Kohona there are only two fates waiting for him. One is that heæll be immediately executed for treason to Kohona as a traitor or heæll be confined for the remainder of his life, with his chakra sealed and heÆll only be a live so that the villageà so they can take his seed so they can get there Sharingan back. Those are the only fates that exist for him in Kohona.ö Looking at Naruto, Jiraiya could see that what hope that he could bring back his friend and teammate to Kohona and the dream that they could go back and be as if his joining Orochimaru never happened shattered right before his eyes.
Naruto just stared at nothing as his dream of returning Sasuke to his rightful home in Kohona with the remaining members of his team, just went up and turned into ash. It couldnÆt be, true. Bring his attention back to his sensei face he could see from how devastated look that the frog sannin was giving him that he wasnÆt lying about Sasuke fate. Then a memory came to mind. The memory of what Kakashi-sensei had told them when he had faced Zabuza the first time, when Haku had shown up pretending to be a Hunter-Nin. That this was the fate of NinÆs that had betrayed their village.
What had he been doing? He shouldÆve known that this was the fate of a missing-nin. But he had just ignored what wouldÆve happened but now the cold hard truth was staring him in the face. He could no longer deny it any longer. That part of him that had been bugging him since he had first tried to bring Sasuke back from the Sound Five.
He couldnÆt bring Sasuke backà he couldnÆt kill his friend that he thought of as a brother.
ôListen Narutoàö his senseiÆs voice broke through his inner turmoil, bringing his attention onto his teacher.ö training for the rest of the day is canceledàok?ö
Naruto blinked at that, he nodded his head. ôY-yeah that sounds good.ö
With that the two of them headed back to the village and the inn that they where staying at.
Looking at Naruto out of the edge of his eye he could see that the boy was struggling with the information of what Sasuke fate would be if he came back. Hopefully he could come to grips with what he had been told and he would be able to get back to training soon.
Noàhis mind said. Naruto would be allowed to spend the rest of the day thinking about what he had been told. Tomorrow training would begin again. No matter what the boy wanted, he had to be ready for the Akatuski. He had a duty to the Village to make sure that the Kyuubi remained sealed, inside of him.
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The gates of Kohona loomed right in front of him. Finally he had done it. Naruto walked with his arms clasping the shoulder of Sasuke. With Sakura on the other holding Sasuke other arm. They had done it.
They had destroyed Orochimaru and freed Sasuke from his control. Now Team Seven was back together again. Slowly the gates to the village of Kohona opened from the three of them.
A group of shinobi appeared. Each was wearing an animal mask and a clock. ANBU but, why where they here?
Before any of team seven had the chance as to why they where here. They attacked them.
Ducking under the anbu that came at him Naruto sent a palm strike to his chest. A glint of light from the left made Naruto jump back. A pair of kunais embeds themselves into the soil, where he had just been.
ôAHHH!!!ö the sound of Sasuke crying out in pain, made Naruto turn suddenly. What Naruto saw made his blood turn to ice. Five different anbu members surrounded Sasuke. Four of the member had their anbu sword piercing a different side of Sasuke body.
The last member move up to look Sasuke in the eyes, slowly he lifted his mask, then a familiar face stare at him. Hatake Kakashi.
ôSasuke you shouldÆve known what would happen, if you returned to Kohona.ö with that said. Kakashi took his own sword and cleaved Sasuke head off his shoulders.
Thud!
The sound of Sasuke head hitting the ground caused all of the fighting to come to a stand still.
ôNOoooà. SASUKE-KUUUNNN!!!ö Sakura wailed.
Turning his gaze from his friends lifeless eyes Naruto turned to look at the person that had been a teacher and friend not only Sasuke but to Sakura and to him. ôK-Kakashi-senseià W-whyàö Naruto stuttered out in shock at the death of Sasuke. But soon it was replaced with a soul devouring hatred. ôWHY SENSEI WHY DID YOU KILL HIM!!!ö Naruto roared at his now former teacher.
Kakashi stared at Naruto with eyes filled with such sadness that it snaps Naruto out of his rage. ôNaruto this is the fate of Shinobi that betrayed their village.ö he told him but unlike his eyes that showed sadness at kill Sasuke his voice was so icy cold that it seemed to take all heat from the spring weather leaving Naruto with nothing.
His gaze drifted back to Sasukes headless body then to his severed head, his lifeless eyes stared straight through to his soul.
ôNOOooooàö he yelled to the heavens at the unfairness of the shinobi life.
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Awaking with a start Naruto covered in sweat and panting hard. Quickly looking about , he found himself in the hotel room that he and Jiraiya had rented. It had been a dream. That was all that it had been. Just a dream.
Putting his head in his hands Naruto tried to calm himself. That dream had been way to real. Too much for Naruto liking. Getting his breathing back under control, laid back down on his futon.
But sleep was now the furthest thing on his mind. The dream and with what Ero-sennin had told him wouldnÆt leave him alone. No matter how hard he tried it just wouldnÆt leave his thoughts.
Had he wasted the past year and a half. That was the reason as to why he went on this training journey with Jiraiya in the first place. It had been to get the strength so that he could retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru. But now that he knew the truth how was he going to keep his promise to Sakura-chan?
Maybe he should just go back to Kohona? With these thoughts in his head sleep didnÆt come for a long while. When it did, his dreams where of telling Sakura that they couldnÆt retrieve Sasuke or watching Sasuke die again at the hands of shinobi of Kohona.
That night Naruto barely slept a wink.
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Morning came way to soon for Naruto as his sensei awoke him and drag him to the waste land to do their morning spar.
Looking at Naruto out of the corner of his eyes, what he saw wasnÆt that promising to him. Naruto had withdrawn into himself, Jiraiya heaved a silent sigh. This was what he had been afraid of.
It seemed that he had been right when he figured this might happen after he told Naruto what would happen if he brought that Uchiha brat back to Kohona. He just hopes that he could get over it, soon.
Reaching the waste land, he turned to his student. ôAll right lets get this started.ö
ôWhy bother?ö came Naruto subdued response.
It seemed that the brat was worse off then he had thought. Well it seemed that they wouldnÆt get any training done until this was dealt with. Turning around to face his apprentice. ôBecause you must be ready to face what is to come when you face Orochimaruàö
ôWho Cares...ö Naruto snapped.
Jiraiya was really beginning to get pissed at how Naruto was acting. Sure he was dealing with the harsh truth, about Sasuke. But one shouldnÆt take his anger out on him because Jiraiya would snap back.
Naruto continued on as if he didnÆt notice Jiraiya rising temper he turned around and looked back at the where the town was. ôletÆs just go get are stuff go back to Kohona. I donÆt care anymore about Orochimaru.ö Naruto said in a pissed off tone of voice.
He tried to control his temper, he really did. But one thing about Jiraiya was that he always had a problem with controlling his temper. Sure it wasnÆt as bag as Tsunade but it was bad.
ô Listen here brat.ö he snapped. The anger in JiraiyaÆs voice made Naruto spin around so fast that it nearly gave himself whiplash. He never heard Ero-sennin speak with such anger no matter how much he pissed him off before, it was never like this. ôI donÆt give a damn, that you want to quit. It not going to happen. You have a duty to be ready to face the Akatuski when they come after you for the Kyuubi, the Yondiame choose you to protect it so it power wouldnÆt be used to destroy Kohona. I sure as hell wonÆt let his sacrifice be in vain, because the gaki that the holder of it crying like a baby.ö
ôàö Naruto stared at Jiraiya in shock. ôI-I-I-Iàö he began to babble. He couldnÆt believe what Ero-sennin just said.
ôSo are you going to keep whining like a baby or are you going to trainàhmmm.ö
Ero-sennin voice knocked Naruto out of is shock. Baby? Did he just call him a baby? Naruto snarled ôI ainÆt no Baby!ö Naruto snapped.
ôThen quit your whining and get your head out of your ass. So what you canÆt bring Sasuke back like you wanted to. I know how you fell, I felt it to when Orochimaru abandon Kohona. But I didnÆt let it ruin my life, because I had a duty to Kohona to perform.ö
Naruto jerked as if he had been stuck. He just stared at his sensei. ôI-I donÆt know what to do anymore Ero-sennin. I just donÆt know what to think.ö Naruto told his sensei as he just drop down on the sand. Punching the ground in frustration at what had happen.
Sigh. It seemed that he was finally reaching the boy. Setting down on the sand making sure that he was in front of Naruto. ô Listen Naruto .ö he waited until he was looking at him. When he had Naruto looking at him he continued. ô I know what it like to have to give up on someone that you consider a brother because he wanted power and he didnÆt care what kind of methods that he used. But you have to realize that throwing a fit about it wonÆt help.ö
ôI know Ero-sennin, I-I just donÆt know if I can?ö
ôIt took me years to let go of Orochimaru completely but you donÆt have the time to sulk. You have to be ready to face the Akatuski. Remember the Yondaime choose you to protect the power of the Nine-tail Fox for a reason so if he believed that you could do it. Then you can. I know that he choose the right person for the job.ö Jiraiya said gentle to Naruto.
Hoping that by saying that, he could get the brat spirit to rally. One thing about Naruto that he had pegged right off the bat was that he a spirit so strong that it made would anyone jealous. To be a shinobi one need a strong spirit to be able to hand S-rank missions and such a spirit to be a kage.
Naruto perked up slightly at that. The Yondaime had chosen him to protect the power of the Kyuubi. A strange feeling of pride mixed with anger rose within him. Pride that the mighty Fourth Hokage had chosen him over everyone else and anger because the fourth had chosen him. Anger was derived from the fact that his childhood had been crap.
ôD-did he really believe in me that much Ero-sennin?ö Naruto asked in a desperate voice. Hoping that he wasnÆt just hearing things. He needs to believe that he had a purpose again.
It seamed that it had it something in the boy. It wasnÆt the reaction that he had been hoping for but it was something deferent then outright disgust that he had for being unable to bring Sasuke back. But, he could see that the boy need something to believe in, it had been the same when he had faced the truth that Orochimaru had left. The Yondaime had given that purpose now he needs to give that to Naruto.
ôYeah he did. He trusted you with what would be consider a SS-rank mission.ö
Naruto blinked at that. Snort. ôYeah right. You had me for a second Ero-sennin. But there is no such thing as a double S-rank mission.ö anger began to lace into his voice as he spoke. How could he have been such a fool to believe that the Fourth had chosen him for such importance. He probable chose him because he was expendable.
ôYour wrong Naruto.ö Jiraiya spoke his voice carrying a nonsense tone. ô There have been some missions that have had a double S-rank. Mission like these always put the shinobis that where signed to the mission have a ninety-nine percent fatality rate. With such missions.ö
Naruto head snapped up starring straight at his sensei shock was clearly written across his face. A Ninety-nine Percent fatality rate. Sure C-rank and up have a fatality rate but having a one-percent rate of survival, that was how dangerous a Double S-Rank Mission was. If Ero-sennin wasnÆt laying then being the container of the Kyuubi made him a living Double S-Rank Mission that wonÆt end until the day he dies. The Yondaime had given him such a mission. He trusted him with such a duty.
Naruto couldnÆt believe it. He had such a mission and he didnÆt even know until now. Awesome. ôYou mean that as long as I am a live IÆm constantly performing a Double S-Rank Mission?ö
Jiraiya smiled at Naruto. It seem that the brat need to finally here the truth, that he had such an important duty. In a way the Sandaime had been wrong about not telling Naruto about the duty that the Fourth had left to him. ôYeah that rights Brat. So you see you have to keep going even if you want to quit. Because as long as you are a live this mission is never going to end.ö Jiraiya said making sure that he conveyed the importance of the duty that had been given to him.
ôNaruto do you understand?ö
He stared at the Toad Sannin. Did he understand? He thought about that. On one hand he wanted, he didnÆt want to do anything, because he couldnÆt keep his promise of a life time to Sakura-chan to bring Sasuke back. He couldnÆt keep that promise because Sasuke probably would be killed for treason. And that just happen to be the best possibility for Sasuke, because the other was just being a permanent male sperm donor with no freedom. On the other hand, he had just found out that he had one of the most dangerous type of missions that could ever be, and he had been doing it all of his life without even knowing about it. A double S-rank mission that was to make sure that the Kyuubi power wouldnÆt be used against Kohona. It had been the last mission that the Yondaime had assigned.
ôYeah I understand.ö he said and he stood up. So ok he couldnÆt bring Sasuke back. Fine he could live with that. But he wouldnÆt fail the Yondaime Hokage. He would make sure that the Akatuski wouldnÆt get the power of the Kyuubi. Or anyone else that wanted it power for there own purpose. Looking a Jiraiya he smiled at him. ôGet up, Ero-sennin. IÆve got to get training. I will be ready for the Akatuski.ö he told him.
Jiraiya felt a weight lift off of his shoulders at hearing NarutoÆs words. Standing up himself he dusted off the sand that was clinging to him. ôFinally brat. LetÆs get this show on the road.ö
With that said both moved a part and took a fighting stance. The morning spar had just begun. Soon the sounds of explosions could be heard. As the two increased the stakes with jutsus.
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The fight had end as the day before with Naruto laying on his back , Jiraiya was writing something in a scroll. Looking at Jiraiya a look of irritation appeared on NarutoÆs face.
ôDamn it ! Ero-sennin canÆt you stop writing your damn porn. I have training to do. So stop writing those stupid book of yours.ö Naruto snapped at the toad sannin.
ôIÆm not writing my fabulous books, brat. I am just finishing what going to be the next part of your training.ö with that he made a couple of more strokes onto the scroll and finished with a flourish. Pocketing his marker, he blew on his writing so that the ink would dry faster. Then he looked over his work with a critical eye. ôThat will do.ö
Looking up from the scroll his gaze locked onto Naruto still form. ôNaruto get over here. It time for you to learn something new.ö
Hearing that he was about to be taught some new jutsu, Naruto jumped right on up and hurried over to the perverted hermit.
When Naruto reached him he laid the scroll down on the sand. Naruto looked at what was written and he was disappointed at what he saw. It was a new seal. Great another damn seal. He hated seal writing, it was dull and tedious.
ôHere Brat.ö Jiraiya said as he handed him a different marker.
Sighing to himself Naruto took the marker and sat down in front of his sensei. ôSoooà what does this seal do? Where my scroll?ö he asked.
ôAbout your scroll first, take off your undershirt.ö he said.
Blink. ôHuh?ö
Rolling his eyes, Jiraiya sighed to himself. ôYa heard what I said ætake off your undershirtÆ Brat.ö
Shrugging to himself Naruto did as he was told. Removing his orange jacket then he then took off his blue undershirt. He then put his jacket back on. Laying his shirt on the sand in front of him. ôNow what?ö
ôNow youÆre going to write this seal here.ö he said gesturing to what was written on the scroll. ôOn your shirt. When youÆre finished IÆll explain the purpose of this seal.ö
Shrugging to himself Naruto began to fallow what was written on the scroll. Uncorking the marker he began the process of making the larger version of the seal that was shown and described on the scroll.
Forty-minutes laterà
With this stoke of his marker Naruto finished the seal that he had been told to recreate. Corking his marker Naruto took the time to look at his work. Looking from the scroll to his now seal covered shirt he could say that he had remade the seal with a hundred percent accuracy.
ôFinished, Brat?ö his sensei asked.
ôYeah.ö came the simple reply.
ôOk, let me see your work.ö putting down his fan. He reached over a picked up NarutoÆs shirt. He began to study the seal his apprentice had been told to recreate. The seal was the proper shape, two diamonds one a top another. Connecting at the bottom of the one on top and the one on the bottom top tip connecting with the top to form and third diamond. They where made up of seal script. Covering the outsides of the three diamonds, was a circle made of seal script. Studying the seal script that made up the circle and the diamonds making sure that none of it was messed up so that it wouldnÆt explode or something else.
ôHmmmà ItÆs passable.ö Jiraiya said.
Naruto bristled at that, it was always the same when it came to sealing techniques. It was just passable. So ok, he wasnÆt seal master material like Ero-sennin or the Fourth, but damn it he was tried of hearing that.
Before he even open his mouth Jiraiya beat him to the punch.
ôWell it will severe itÆs purpose. Ok brat, stand up and open your jacket.ö Jiraiya said as he stood up himself.
Grunting in annoyance, Naruto stood up and pulled open his jacket as he had been told. ôWhy do I have to do this, Ero-sennin?ö he asked.
ôWell before you can use this seal I need to make sure, something first.ö he told Naruto. ô Now I need you to mold your chakra. And keep your jacket open.ö
Naruto blinked at that, Ero-sennin wanted to see the Fourths Seal. But why would he need to see that? Naruto looked at his sensei seeing his shirt in his hand. The shirt that he just made that seal on, of course. Some seals wouldnÆt work with others seals sometime. Figuring that what Ero-sennin was going to do Naruto raised both of his arms and formed the ram seal.
Jiraiya watched as Naruto began to mold his chakra. Staring at Naruto stomach as he continued to build up his chakra, slowly a seal began to appear on the boyÆs naval.
In the middle a swirl was the center of the seal and on the outside two identical sets of writing one was placed at the top and the other was placed at the bottom.
The YondaimeÆs Seal.
The seal that contained the Kyuubi.
Moving his right hand behind his back , chakra flames began to burst forth at the tips of his thumb, pointer, middle and his ring finger. In the chakra flames katana appeared. The words where Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. The chakra flames burned even stronger, feeling that they where ready, Jiraiya thrust his hand with the chakra forward into NarutoÆs gut.
ôOoofàö Naruto grunted out as all the air in his lungs where forced out. As he was sent skidding backwards as felt something burning on his stomach. Skidding back a few feet on the desert floor his knees buckled under him. Landing on his knees he folded over. His breathing coming in short breaths, trying to regain his breath Naruto glared up at his sensei. ôWhat the FUCK DID YOU ERO-SENNIN!!ö Naruto roared at his sensei.
ôYongyou Funin.ö Jiraiya said calmly. (Four Element Seal)
Naruto anger grew at that. ô Why the FUCK did you add another FUCKING SEAL?!ö
Not showing anything that his yelling was affecting him, Jiraiya calmly answered Naruto. ôWhat I did was seal the ability for you to draw upon the KyuubiÆs Chakra.ö
At that Naruto got a confused look on his face. Why seal away his ability to draw upon the foxÆs power. Since leaving Kohona that had been one of his main lessons was to improve his ability to draw upon the Nine-tails power. ôW-why the hell did you do that for?ö
ôFor the next part of your training, is just for your chakra. If you use the foxÆs power it will make little point.ö
ôJust for training? What kind of training that having access to the foxÆs power could interrupt?ö Naruto asked.
ôChakra Control Training, of course.ö came the response.
ôChakra control? What fucking kind of training IÆm doing this damn time?ö he asked in frustration. He hated chakra control training, that what he had been learning to improve for the past year and a half. WasnÆt this supposed to be a training trip? WerenÆt you supposed to learn new jutsus on a training trip? Sure he had learned about forty-to-fifty jutsus but they werenÆt all that powerful like the rasegan. He wanted techniques that could do damage like the rasegan could do.
ôHere you go.ö he said as he handed Naruto his shirt back.
Taking his shirt from JiraiyaÆs outstretched hand. Picking himself up, Naruto shucked off his coat and put his shirt back on. Before he could put his coat on, Jiraiya interrupted this action.
ôBefore you put your jacket back on you have something else to do before that.ö
ôWhat.ö Naruto snapped irritated at having the foxÆs power sealed off without being told, and now he had to do some stupid more chakra control training.
Ignoring the brats irritation, he continued on as if he didnÆt even care that Naruto was pissed at him. ôYouÆve have to know how to activate the seal on the front of youÆre shirt.ö
Naruto blinked and he looked down at the seal on the front of his shirt. Ohhà yeah, he had forgotten about that. What was the purpose of this seal? ôHey, Ero-sennin. What does this seal do anyway?ö he asked.
ôYouÆll know in a sec, brat. Just do what I say.ö
Sending a distrustful look at his sensei, he hated it when Ero-sennin did this. He would just tell him what to do then he would have to figure out the rest by himself. He said that it built character for a shinobi and improves their problem solving ability. ôFineàö he said after a while.
ôGood. Now pay attention, the hand seals to activate that seal are, dragon, rabbit, monkey, rat, bird, dragon. Then focus your chakra onto the seal on your shirt.ö he explained to his pupil. Seeing that he wasnÆt moving to do what he had been explained. ôWell get to It.ö he snapped.
Rolling his eyes at his sensei he, began to move his hands to and fro through the five hand seals. Completing that he then focused his chakra onto the seal on his shirt. The seal turned blue for a second as it was feed his chakra. Then it turned a deep blue. Next thing that Naruto knew was that he fell face first into the desert. ôWhaàö he said as he spat out the sand in his mouth.
He tried to lift himself up but he found himself unable to. He was able to move fine until he activated that seal. ôWhat the Fuck!? What going on, Ero-sennin?!?ö he cried out.
ôheheheàWhat wrong brat? Are you that weak that you canÆt pick yourself up. Heheheàö he chuckled at his student predicament.
ôThis isnÆt fucking funny Ero-sennin, why the fuck that I canÆt get up?ö he roared.
Jiraiya continued to laugh for a few more minutes before he got himself under control. ôWhat happening is that your training has begun.ö he explained as if Naruto shouldÆve known.
ôWhat kind of training is this. How the fuck æm I supposed to train if I cant move.ö he snapped.
Jiraiya looked on amused at Naruto as he tried to lift himself up, but he continued to fail. After a while it got boring watching Naruto fail to figure out on how he had to get up. ôListen Naruto, to do this training isnÆt about physical strength its about chakra control. To lighten the weight that keeping you down, you have to use youÆre chakra to lighten the load that been placed on your body.ö Jiraiya explained.
Naruto blinked at thatà all that he had to due was use his chakra to remove the weight that was keeping his body on the ground. Closing his eyes he began to mold his chakra, focusing on his body. He felt a little weight disappear from his body, but it wasnÆt enough so he could stand yet. He continued to use more chakra until he was able to stand himself up.
Slightly bent over but he was standing. Struggling to hold himself up and focusing his chakra to hold back the weight that wanted to reassert itself on his body.
ôNot bad.ö Jiraiya commented as he watches Naruto continue to struggle with the seal.
Sending a glare that wouldÆve incinerated him a thousand times over if a look could kill, Jiraiya wouldnÆt have lasted a second. But turning his attention from standing and focusing his chakra Naruto ended up falling face first to the ground again.
ôDAMNàFUCKINGàSEALàFUCKING DESERT!!!ö Naruto roared out as he focused his chakra again. Once more he stood up.
Jiraiya waited until Naruto was standing again. ôNaruto.ö
Turning as much of his attention that he could onto his sensei without falling down again. ôWhat?ö he grounded out.
ôListen up.ö he waited until Naruto could spare some attention to him and continue to focus his chakra and stand up. ô the seal that is on you is called the æJuuori FuninÆ (Weighted Cloth Seal) it turns the fabric of anything that your wearing into a weight that you can lift with just your body. It will figure out how much your body can handle then it will create a weight that you have no chance of handling with just your muscles. The only way to move with this seal active is to use your chakra.ö
ôThe how the hell do turn this seal offàö Naruto growled out.
Snort. ôYaÆ ainÆt done with this training method yet.ö
ôHow the HELL IÆm I going to train if I have to focus my chakra so that I can just stand?ö
Rolling his eyes at how thick Naruto could be. He had hope that the brat would realize the point of this training when he explained what the seal did. ôThatÆs the point brat. This is an exercise for you to train your chakra control.ö
Naruto looked at him as if he was an idiot. Throwing his hands up in frustration. ôDamn it, Brat! Listen up! The point is to control your chakra until you no longer feel the weight that the seal generates. When you do that I tell you how to deactivate that seal, but until then youÆll have to keep using your chakra like you are now.ö
ôDamn it Ero-sennin! What about the rest of my training?ö Naruto snapped at his teacher.
The Toad Sannin shrugged his shoulders as if the answer was obvious. ôSimple. YouÆll continue your training with this seal active.ö
Naruto stared at the toad sannin with an incredulous look on his face. ôB-b-àö
ôAnyways letÆs head back to the village.ö with that said Jiraiya turned around and began to walk back to the village.
Still standing in the same spot Naruto was making like a fish.
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They moved forward through the canyon, moving swiftly hoping that the rumors that they had heard form other travelers that a gang of thieves likes to attack here.
Kagehoshi eyes roamed the area with an eye of a Jounin level ninja. She never stops her eyes from combing the area searching for anyone that might attack the caravan.
She hardly ever fought anymore, but that didnÆt mean that her skills as a shinobi decreased. It was another side affect of the Jikuuryuuri Technique. In a way it was a good thing and a bad. Many would say that living for ever would be the best thing that could happen. But, the cold hard truth was it was the worst thing that could happen to a person. A person cursed with immortality had to watch their friends and loved ones grow old and die. But they had to watch as that which they knew turn to dust, then they had to watch it again.
It was a never ending cycle.
The good thing was that one never aged. This was good and bad. One she would stay young and age would never affect her skills but, because of the time manipulation technique her body couldnÆt grow stronger either. Her body wouldnÆt grow stronger or weaker even if she sat down and ate nothing but food for a year straight. It would be just like it had been the moment she used that jutsu.
So to some it would be the best but to her that had lived maybe for a millennium she wanted nothing but to grow old and die of old age with her family.
But until she located Asuna-chan she would keep on living.
There!
Out of the corner of her right eye she caught sight of a reflection of light off of what might have been a weapon. Before she could inform anyone a cry boomed throughout the Canyon.
ôATTACK!!!ö
The bandits came charging out of their hiding charging at them with their weapons raised. Kagehoshi reached inside of her clothes and drew out a kunai, and took on a defensive stance. It seemed that she was going to fight.
Before she made a move the Tattoo on her right hand pulsed. She looked at her tattoo in shock. It had finally activated. After six hundred years she finally found Asuna.
The glint off a sword snapped her out of her shock, the enemy was coming, she would fight this then she would go get her granddaughter. Then she would have her family back.
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ôSo where are we heading to, Ero-sennin?ö Naruto asked his teacher. As he scratch his right hand.
ôWhat have I told you about calling me that.ö he snapped. Jiraiya looked back at his student.ö And IÆve already told you where were heading. Where going to Water Country.ö
ôWhy?ö
ôBecause I said, that why.ö he replied.
ôWha-àö Naruto was cut off, as he fell to the ground. Twisting his body around so that he would fall properly, tucking his body into a ball he rolled forward and came up in a crouch. He still hadnÆt gotten used to that seal completely.
It had been two weeks since he had been force to wear the æJuuori FuninÆ (Weighted Cloth Seal). During the first week it had been nearly impossible to walk around not to mention training while Jiraiya beat the crap out of him every morning in their spars while he struggled to put up a fight. But by the end of the week he was starting to be able to move and not have to focus mainly on his chakra and he was able to lighten the load on the weight of the seal a little more.
By the end of the second week he had begun to be able to move at about one-third of his top speed. Sure that was barley that good but he was improving everyday.
He had been told later that day when he had first activated this seal that this was an A-Rank Chakra Control Training method that Ero-sennin had created when he had been about fourteen to improve he chakra control. Only he and the third knew about this style of chakra control training. So now he was learning a method to train that no one but him and Ero-sennin knows about since the Third Hokage is gone.
Once again Naruto began to scratch his right arm. Lately his right arm was always itchy or so damn hot that Naruto wondered that if it was going to explode. He had asked Ero-sennin about if the seal would have an effect like this on him but, according to him the seal wouldnÆt effect his one arm and not the other. Plus it wasnÆt anything that the seals or the fourthÆs seal was doing anything nor the Kyuubi.
æBOOOMMMÆ
The sound of an explosions knocked Naruto out of his thoughts turning to Ero-sennin he found him looking to the east of them. Turning that direction he saw black smoke rising form there.
ôWhat do you think happing over there, Ero-sennin?ö
ôHmmmà I donÆt know but, from what IÆve heard their has been attacks from bandits by that canyon. Not sure if it true or not but, it could be.ö
ôSo what are we going to do?ö Naruto asked.
He didnÆt need to look at Naruto to know what he wanted to do. The tone of his voice said all that he needs to hear. The brat wanted to go and see what was happening. But it wasnÆt their business. So they should just leave it be.
On the other hand this could be of some use if it was just a group of bandits. It could be a useful tool to help train Naruto, it would do some good to give him the chance to face some different opponents. Sure the brat was still having problems with the weight seal so he should wait until he had fully mastered it before he got into any real fights. But against just regular thugs Naruto was more then a match for them.
ôCome on Brat.ö With that said Jiraiya took off towards the fighting.
Naruto quickly fallowed after his sensei.
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The battle wasnÆt going good. Kagehoshi thought as she surveyed the area. Sure they werenÆt many fighters of notable skill in this group of people but some where fair. And they where falling left and right.
They needed some help. And fast.
ôKAGE BUSHIN no JUTSU!ö a young male voice cried, Soon the sound multiple similar battle cries sounded. A group of about ten of the same person came charging in. The teen that was coming had blond spike hair, he was wearing an orange jumpsuit.
She watched as he ducked under a bandit and slammed his elbow into the back of his neck knocking one of the bandits out cold. Then he went after another bandit.
ôRaagghhh!!!ö a bandit was charging her with a sword raised up high with the intent to cleave her into two. Waiting until he swung his sword down, she side stepped and slammed her kunai into his heart, killing him instantly.
She saw that the boy was struggling with what appeared to be the leader and he was having a hard time. Deciding to give the boy a hand, when something happened that shocked her to her core.
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Naruto dodged a punched to his head and sent a kick into the gut of the bandit that had just thrown the punch.
Sweat was running down his face. He had been fighting for only about a few minutes but he could already feel tired from the run here, creating nine shadow clones and fighting several bandits. He was starting to feel the effects of using a lot of his chakra just to move. He was nearly exhausted. Now he wished that Ero-sennin hadnÆt sealed off the power of the Kyuubi. Right now would be a goodtime to have an extra source of chakra but he didnÆt so he would have to endure.
ôYou Damn Brat.ö a voice growled.
Looking toward the source he found a man covered in tattoos, where a pair of slacks that where ripped all over. He had a tan bandanna on his what looked like a bald head. He was well muscled.
ôCan I help you sir?ö Naruto asked in a cheery voice. He could tell just by looking at this man that he was going to be a problem to fight in his condition.
The man face twisted into a mask of fury. ôYouÆll pay for mocking the Leader of Red Scorpion Gang. Now prepare to die!ö he roared at Naruto, as he swung his katana at Naruto neck.
Naruto leaned back and let the blade of the sword right over his face, missing him just by an inch. Continuing to lean back he brought himself into a flip and he smashed the heel of his foot into the leader of the bandits chin. Landing in a crouch he sprung forward delivering a one two punch into his gut, moving to send a punch into his face he dodge at the last second and grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward and slammed his knee right into his gut. Then he head butted him.
Naruto backed peddled from the blow to the head, seeing that his opponent was thrusting his sword forward, Naruto swiveled to the left and delivered a right hook to his opponent. Naruto began to through a fury of punches that connected but appeared to do little damage.
The Bandit leader was forced back from the onslaught of punches. But he rolled to the side and dodge.
Naruto was panting hard sweat was running down his face in rivets. This badà very bad. He wouldnÆt last much longer. It was just becoming a trial to stand now. He was starting to get real low on chakra. Plus his right arm was burning again, it felt as if it was going to explode form the pressure. This was worse then when he had fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End.
He had to finish this fight now but, the problem was that he didnÆt have the strength to keep on fighting more then a few more minutes if he was lucky. But the way things where going that were a pipe dream.
ôGgghhhàö Naruto grunted as the pain in his right arm continued to grow it was getting so hot and it felt like his skin was going to melt right off the bone.
Slowly a reddish orange glow began to surround his right arm. A strong wave of heat began to come from his arm. Then his arm exploded in a burst of fire.
æKABOOOMMMÆ
æFWOOSHÆ
The fire continued to grow as it ripped right on out of his arm. It rose straight up then it divide into eight different streams of fire.
Slowly each of the streams of fires started to take a different shape but the core shape was the same.
Dragons.
TheyÆre where eight Dragons made of fire. Each was looking straight at Naruto.
Silenceà
The battle that had been raging had stopped at the appeared of the dragons of fire. No one moved not one even made a sound. Everyone stared at the creatures of fire in mute shock.
A female voice broke the silence.
ôT-the Hachiryuàö Kagehoshi murmured in shock. Her gaze shifting between the Fire dragons that she hadnÆt seen since Recca had summoned them and the blond haired boy that they had come from. W-who is this child? How was he able to bring forth the mightiest of the fire sprits?
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(The Endà For Now)
See you next chap: Kagehoshi meets Naruto. Naruto learns about the history of his clan and the trials of mastering the fire dragons begin as well.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Flame of Recca.
The Path Of A Cursed Shinobi
By: Platinum Man
Chap. 2- What was Lost Returnsà Sort of?
"Hai" - speech
Hai - thoughts
Summary- The Eight-tailed Lord has come after the Kyuubi to destroyed it. It has watched the Naruto the container of the Nine-Tail Fox, trying the best the way to destroy the container and the fox. Naruto training is about to take a steep increase. Plus, something is going happen to Naruto that will give him a better understanding as to why he wants to become Hokage?
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The sounds of missiles exploding and gunfire roared through out the night. The smell of burnt flesh and the cries of the dieing where like a painful and gut reaching symphony that sounded throughout the night.
It had been three months since the third world war had begun and already three quarters of the world population was already gone. For the first two to three weeks Nukes and Hydro bombs where flying all over the skies during the day and night. Cities that had once been the hubs of the world, now where nothing but ghosts towns.
In one of the few remaining forest in Japan a woman with shoulder length black hair was hunched over a sleeping baby. On the babyÆs right hand and outward a circle was made out of a marking that was made of blood. The womanÆs blood.
The woman was finishing her writings, glancing at the baby then wiping the sweat of her forehead with the back of her sleeve. Studding the seal that she had just made and making sure that it was without a flaw in its design. Verifying that the seal was complete and correctly written, the woman brought her hands together and began a sequence of hand seals. Upon finishing her hands seals she touches the babyÆs right hand.
ôHokage Funin: Kekkai Fainda Funin!ö (Bloodline Finder Seal)
The characters began to glow blue then they floated slightly off the ground and moved toward the babyÆs hand. Where they meet and formed a circle around a horseshoe with a wing like on the right side shaped mark with three dots with in the horseshoe winged. Then the circle faded into the horseshoe with wings mark then the horseshoe mark disappeared, leaving behind unblemished skin.
Raising her right hand the woman looked at the same horseshoe shape mark that had just been on the baby right hand and took a calming breath and making a couple of more hand seals as she spoke aloud.
ôActivate: Kekkai Fainda Funin.ö (Activate: Bloodline Finder Seal)
The horseshoe shape mark on the womanÆs hand glowed red for a moment then a circle appeared around the horseshoe-winged mark then the markings of a compass appeared on the circle then an arrow. That pointed right toward where the baby was laying, looking at the babyÆs right hand the horseshoe wing mark had returned.
ôDeactivate.ö
Then the baby mark once again disappeared into nothingness. Standing up straight the woman moved over to the baby and picked up the baby. Moving away from where she had just done the seal on the baby, the woman carried the baby to area that was more open. Giving the baby a kiss on it forehead, the woman using her left to support the baby, then using her right she began a long sequence of seal that counted up to twenty-one.
ôHOKAGE KINJUTSU: JIKUURYUURI!!!ö (Hokage Forbidden Technique: Time Manipulation)
A gigantic rip appeared before the woman and child. The swirling space lit the area up. The woman lifted the baby up to the swirling vortex. The baby was slowly swallowed up by the rip and disappeared. Then as soon as the baby was swallowed up the time rip flashed. Then there was nothing.
ôGood-bye à Asuna-chanà youÆll soon be somewhere safer then hereà Iæll find you as I did Recca.ö tears fell from the woman eyes.
`BANG`
Pain flared throughout her body, looking down at her stomach. With her right hand she reached down and touched her stomach, a warm wetness was what she felt bringing her hand up to her face to look at. There was bloodà her bloodà
`Hack` `cough` `spew` `splat`
Blood spewed from her mouth the coppery taste filling her mouth as fell to the ground. Slowly her eyes began to close despite how hard she tried to keep them open the gun shot wound and blood loss indefinitely won and slowly she could no longer keep her eyes openà
The sound of footsteps approached the now dead body of the woman. Slowly a military dressed approached the down body a flipped the woman over. Lifeless eyes stared back at the man.
ôWellà David, did ya get æem?ö another male called out.
ôYeahà I got æemàheheheö the man that had just shot the woman chuckled at what he had done.
ôWell letÆs get a move on thenàö
ôYeah, yeah I am a comingö the man walked off leaving the womanÆs body there as if it was unimportant.
What they didnÆt see was that slowly the bullets were pushed out of the body by an invisible force. Then the wounds began to close on their own. In a few minutes the wounds were completely gone as if the woman had never been shot in the first place.
Slowly the woman began to breath then she after a few minutes the woman began to move. After a few moments of this the woman sat up and then stood up, moving her hand to her stomach she felt nothing but smooth skin.
Finding not a single wound on her body the woman fell to her knees and began to cry her eyes of her heart and soul out.
Once again she was alone, she had saved her only remaining member of her family and cursed herself once again to an endless existence. Which now had no end in sight this time but the power held within the child that she had sent through time.
Gone was her old self and became that cursed woman once more. The woman that would never leave this world in any shape or form, she was once again Kagehoshi the Undying.
The same woman that had just been shot the woman that now was called Kagehoshi awoke with a start. Breathing heavily at what she had just dreamed. Her hair was drenched by her sweat, bringing her hands up to her face to wipe the sweat off and to wiped off the tears that where falling from her eyes.
æThat day againàÆ she thought. ô How long has it been since then? à Five hundred yearsà maybe even six hundred years? I donÆt know anymore,ö sighing to herself, she might as well get ready for the day, she wouldnÆt be able to get back to sleep after dreaming about that day.
ôKagehoshi-Chanà It time to get up.ö a woman that was about in her fortyÆs stuck her head inside of the tent that the woman was sleeping in.
ôOhàyouÆre already up, I see. Well you better get dressed breakfast is ready and where almost ready to move out.ö
ôIÆll be out in a seconded Mamori-sanö with that, said the woman now identified as Mamori, nodded her head once then removed her head out so Kagehoshi could get dressed in peace.
A lone now Kagehoshi continued to finish getting dressed. She glanced down at her right hand there was the same design that had been in her dream. The horseshoe with a wing, staring at the marking for several minutes ignoring everything else but the tattoo on her right hand. Removing her gaze from the marking and what it meant to her and the duty that she had to perform.
ôIÆll find you yet, Asuna-chan.,ö the woman said then taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly. She then left to get something to eat. She could wait to find Asuna, she had waited and searched four hundred to find Recca, and she could wait to find Asuna.
She would stop at nothing, and nothing would stop her from finding her remaining family no matter how long it took her to find her.
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The desert was a messà All over their where black splotches of sand and glass, areas that where soaked down and now muddy, boulders crumbling and turning into rock and several spots that appeared to be sliced in half by a knife that had sliced through the dunes and leaving minor trenches. The desert looked as if a small war had happen.
The real reason that the desert looked like this was just because of the two people that where sitting right their. Well one was sitting the other was flat on his back.
Uzumaki Naruto and Jiraiya of the Sennin, had just had finished their morning spar.
Laying on his back Naruto, panted trying to catch his breath, his orange outfit was torn, burnt and soaked by his sweat. Also their was splotches of blood on his cloths as well his face and hands.
Looking at his sensei he smirked slightly. Jiraiya was nowhere as bad, but he had given as well as he got. Which made Naruto all that much happier. A part of him frowned at the constant reminder that he was still nowhere near his sensei level.
That meant that he was still not at a level that would allow him to retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru grasp and also nowhere near where he need to be to fight the Akatuski. Those made him frown at those thoughts. Here he was training for a year and a half and yet he was nowhere near his goal.
ôDamn it!ö he cursed. Forcing him self into a sitting position, he glared at the sand. He was still too weak.
ôWhat wrong now, brat!ö Jiraiya called out to his student.
Glaring at his teacher, he called back in an irritated voice. ô IÆm still to weak, Ero-sennin. I thought you where going to make me stronger, Ero-sennin.ö
Jiraiya snorted at what his apprentice had just said. ôYouÆre stronger then you where since we left Kohona, youÆre just donÆt see it, like I can.ö
ôBut itÆs not a enough!ö Naruto snapped at his sensei.
Lifting his face from whatever he was writing in that scroll, probably something for one of his perverted books. ôStop your whining brat. Strength to fight at the level of the Akatuski isnÆt just going to appear out of thin air.ö he finished with a snort.
ôFuck the Akatuski!ö Naruto snapped. ôHow the hell can I get Sasuke back when I am this damn weak!ö
Staring at his apprentice in frustration. It was the same as always, it came back to that stupid Ucihia Brat. When the hell would Naruto realize that Sasuke chose to abandon Kohona and his team?
Even if Sasuke came back, all that it would mean for him would be a death sentence for him. So if Naruto brought him back that all that would be waiting for him in Kohona.
It was like Naruto didnÆt even understand that at all. Jiraiya went ridged at that thought à Maybeà Just maybe the brat didnÆt even understand that was all that was waiting for Sasuke in Kohona now.
Looking at Naruto with a pitting look on his face, he spoke with a solemn expression on his face. ô You just donÆt get it. Do you, Naruto?ö the pity lacing his voice.
Naruto frustration died at the sound of the frog SanninÆs voice. His teacher never spoke like this never brought a good thing. It usually meant something painful to hear. It was the same tone that he had used when he first told him that he should let Sasuke go, when he had been recovering at the hospital in Kohona. In the pit of his stomach an icy ball began to form. ôWhatchaÆ mean Ero-sennin?ö he asked cautiously.
Staring Naruto straight in the face, he asked his apprentice a question that he believed that he already had the answer to. ôàSighà Do you know what well happen if you bring Sasuke back to Kohona?ö
Scratching the back of his head Naruto tried to figure out what the pervert was getting at. ôHuhà what do you mean æwhat will happen when I bring Sasuke backÆ?ö The icy ball in his stomach began to get even bigger.
Looking at Naruto, Jiraiya wonder if he had been like this when he had found out that Orochimaru had defected. He had ignored what he already knew what wouldÆve happen to the snake-Sennin, when he had tried to bring his old teammate back to Kohona. He knew but his heart didnÆt want to believe it.
Sure he had lost that fight but while he had been recovering in the hospital he had the cold hard truth staring him straight in the face what wouldÆve happen if he had got Orochimaru to returned.
Staring at Naruto now it had made what Jiraiya had suspected and just made his hunch and made it into a vary harsh reality. The boy knew nothing of what Sasuke fate would be if he returned to Kohona.
The depression and the hate that had stemmed from Orochimaru betrayal now would affect his young student as it had him just because his friend choose to fallow his crazy old teammate for a shortcut to power. Now it seemed that Naruto was going to stop dreaming of the reformation of Team Seven.
Because of his inner thoughts Jiraiya for got to conceal his emotions and his face was showing Naruto all of what his teacher was feeling. At each change of emotion on Ero-Sennin face, made the icy pit in his stomach become even worse with each different shade of emotion. It was really was scaring Naruto.
Gathering his remaining courage, Naruto spoke ô Errà Ero-Sennin?ö Jiraiya continued to stare at him as if he wasnÆt even there.
Taking a deep breath ôERO-SENNIN!ö he shouted.
His sensei startled by his shout, gave his head a shake to clear it. ôHuh? What was that for BRAT?ö he snapped.
Naruto right eye twitched at. ô I shouted because you had your head stuck up your ass!ö he snapped back. Taking a calming breath, ô Errà E-Ero-sennin, what while happen if I bring Sasuke back to Kohona?ö deep down he did the right thing asking this but, it made some part of him that had been trying to tell him something but he hide from it. It appeared that it was going to happen.
Sighing to himself, Jiraiya didnÆt want to be the one to tell Naruto this. He wished Tsunade or even Kakashi was here to do this.
Staring at the container of the nine-tailed-fox, Jiraiya knew that this was going to crush the boyæs spirit. He just hopes that he could survive it.
öNarutoàsighà I hate to tell you this. But if you drag Sasuke back to Kohona there are only two fates waiting for him. One is that heæll be immediately executed for treason to Kohona as a traitor or heæll be confined for the remainder of his life, with his chakra sealed and heÆll only be a live so that the villageà so they can take his seed so they can get there Sharingan back. Those are the only fates that exist for him in Kohona.ö Looking at Naruto, Jiraiya could see that what hope that he could bring back his friend and teammate to Kohona and the dream that they could go back and be as if his joining Orochimaru never happened shattered right before his eyes.
Naruto just stared at nothing as his dream of returning Sasuke to his rightful home in Kohona with the remaining members of his team, just went up and turned into ash. It couldnÆt be, true. Bring his attention back to his sensei face he could see from how devastated look that the frog sannin was giving him that he wasnÆt lying about Sasuke fate. Then a memory came to mind. The memory of what Kakashi-sensei had told them when he had faced Zabuza the first time, when Haku had shown up pretending to be a Hunter-Nin. That this was the fate of NinÆs that had betrayed their village.
What had he been doing? He shouldÆve known that this was the fate of a missing-nin. But he had just ignored what wouldÆve happened but now the cold hard truth was staring him in the face. He could no longer deny it any longer. That part of him that had been bugging him since he had first tried to bring Sasuke back from the Sound Five.
He couldnÆt bring Sasuke backà he couldnÆt kill his friend that he thought of as a brother.
ôListen Narutoàö his senseiÆs voice broke through his inner turmoil, bringing his attention onto his teacher.ö training for the rest of the day is canceledàok?ö
Naruto blinked at that, he nodded his head. ôY-yeah that sounds good.ö
With that the two of them headed back to the village and the inn that they where staying at.
Looking at Naruto out of the edge of his eye he could see that the boy was struggling with the information of what Sasuke fate would be if he came back. Hopefully he could come to grips with what he had been told and he would be able to get back to training soon.
Noàhis mind said. Naruto would be allowed to spend the rest of the day thinking about what he had been told. Tomorrow training would begin again. No matter what the boy wanted, he had to be ready for the Akatuski. He had a duty to the Village to make sure that the Kyuubi remained sealed, inside of him.
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The gates of Kohona loomed right in front of him. Finally he had done it. Naruto walked with his arms clasping the shoulder of Sasuke. With Sakura on the other holding Sasuke other arm. They had done it.
They had destroyed Orochimaru and freed Sasuke from his control. Now Team Seven was back together again. Slowly the gates to the village of Kohona opened from the three of them.
A group of shinobi appeared. Each was wearing an animal mask and a clock. ANBU but, why where they here?
Before any of team seven had the chance as to why they where here. They attacked them.
Ducking under the anbu that came at him Naruto sent a palm strike to his chest. A glint of light from the left made Naruto jump back. A pair of kunais embeds themselves into the soil, where he had just been.
ôAHHH!!!ö the sound of Sasuke crying out in pain, made Naruto turn suddenly. What Naruto saw made his blood turn to ice. Five different anbu members surrounded Sasuke. Four of the member had their anbu sword piercing a different side of Sasuke body.
The last member move up to look Sasuke in the eyes, slowly he lifted his mask, then a familiar face stare at him. Hatake Kakashi.
ôSasuke you shouldÆve known what would happen, if you returned to Kohona.ö with that said. Kakashi took his own sword and cleaved Sasuke head off his shoulders.
Thud!
The sound of Sasuke head hitting the ground caused all of the fighting to come to a stand still.
ôNOoooà. SASUKE-KUUUNNN!!!ö Sakura wailed.
Turning his gaze from his friends lifeless eyes Naruto turned to look at the person that had been a teacher and friend not only Sasuke but to Sakura and to him. ôK-Kakashi-senseià W-whyàö Naruto stuttered out in shock at the death of Sasuke. But soon it was replaced with a soul devouring hatred. ôWHY SENSEI WHY DID YOU KILL HIM!!!ö Naruto roared at his now former teacher.
Kakashi stared at Naruto with eyes filled with such sadness that it snaps Naruto out of his rage. ôNaruto this is the fate of Shinobi that betrayed their village.ö he told him but unlike his eyes that showed sadness at kill Sasuke his voice was so icy cold that it seemed to take all heat from the spring weather leaving Naruto with nothing.
His gaze drifted back to Sasukes headless body then to his severed head, his lifeless eyes stared straight through to his soul.
ôNOOooooàö he yelled to the heavens at the unfairness of the shinobi life.
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Awaking with a start Naruto covered in sweat and panting hard. Quickly looking about , he found himself in the hotel room that he and Jiraiya had rented. It had been a dream. That was all that it had been. Just a dream.
Putting his head in his hands Naruto tried to calm himself. That dream had been way to real. Too much for Naruto liking. Getting his breathing back under control, laid back down on his futon.
But sleep was now the furthest thing on his mind. The dream and with what Ero-sennin had told him wouldnÆt leave him alone. No matter how hard he tried it just wouldnÆt leave his thoughts.
Had he wasted the past year and a half. That was the reason as to why he went on this training journey with Jiraiya in the first place. It had been to get the strength so that he could retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru. But now that he knew the truth how was he going to keep his promise to Sakura-chan?
Maybe he should just go back to Kohona? With these thoughts in his head sleep didnÆt come for a long while. When it did, his dreams where of telling Sakura that they couldnÆt retrieve Sasuke or watching Sasuke die again at the hands of shinobi of Kohona.
That night Naruto barely slept a wink.
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Morning came way to soon for Naruto as his sensei awoke him and drag him to the waste land to do their morning spar.
Looking at Naruto out of the corner of his eyes, what he saw wasnÆt that promising to him. Naruto had withdrawn into himself, Jiraiya heaved a silent sigh. This was what he had been afraid of.
It seemed that he had been right when he figured this might happen after he told Naruto what would happen if he brought that Uchiha brat back to Kohona. He just hopes that he could get over it, soon.
Reaching the waste land, he turned to his student. ôAll right lets get this started.ö
ôWhy bother?ö came Naruto subdued response.
It seemed that the brat was worse off then he had thought. Well it seemed that they wouldnÆt get any training done until this was dealt with. Turning around to face his apprentice. ôBecause you must be ready to face what is to come when you face Orochimaruàö
ôWho Cares...ö Naruto snapped.
Jiraiya was really beginning to get pissed at how Naruto was acting. Sure he was dealing with the harsh truth, about Sasuke. But one shouldnÆt take his anger out on him because Jiraiya would snap back.
Naruto continued on as if he didnÆt notice Jiraiya rising temper he turned around and looked back at the where the town was. ôletÆs just go get are stuff go back to Kohona. I donÆt care anymore about Orochimaru.ö Naruto said in a pissed off tone of voice.
He tried to control his temper, he really did. But one thing about Jiraiya was that he always had a problem with controlling his temper. Sure it wasnÆt as bag as Tsunade but it was bad.
ô Listen here brat.ö he snapped. The anger in JiraiyaÆs voice made Naruto spin around so fast that it nearly gave himself whiplash. He never heard Ero-sennin speak with such anger no matter how much he pissed him off before, it was never like this. ôI donÆt give a damn, that you want to quit. It not going to happen. You have a duty to be ready to face the Akatuski when they come after you for the Kyuubi, the Yondiame choose you to protect it so it power wouldnÆt be used to destroy Kohona. I sure as hell wonÆt let his sacrifice be in vain, because the gaki that the holder of it crying like a baby.ö
ôàö Naruto stared at Jiraiya in shock. ôI-I-I-Iàö he began to babble. He couldnÆt believe what Ero-sennin just said.
ôSo are you going to keep whining like a baby or are you going to trainàhmmm.ö
Ero-sennin voice knocked Naruto out of is shock. Baby? Did he just call him a baby? Naruto snarled ôI ainÆt no Baby!ö Naruto snapped.
ôThen quit your whining and get your head out of your ass. So what you canÆt bring Sasuke back like you wanted to. I know how you fell, I felt it to when Orochimaru abandon Kohona. But I didnÆt let it ruin my life, because I had a duty to Kohona to perform.ö
Naruto jerked as if he had been stuck. He just stared at his sensei. ôI-I donÆt know what to do anymore Ero-sennin. I just donÆt know what to think.ö Naruto told his sensei as he just drop down on the sand. Punching the ground in frustration at what had happen.
Sigh. It seemed that he was finally reaching the boy. Setting down on the sand making sure that he was in front of Naruto. ô Listen Naruto .ö he waited until he was looking at him. When he had Naruto looking at him he continued. ô I know what it like to have to give up on someone that you consider a brother because he wanted power and he didnÆt care what kind of methods that he used. But you have to realize that throwing a fit about it wonÆt help.ö
ôI know Ero-sennin, I-I just donÆt know if I can?ö
ôIt took me years to let go of Orochimaru completely but you donÆt have the time to sulk. You have to be ready to face the Akatuski. Remember the Yondaime choose you to protect the power of the Nine-tail Fox for a reason so if he believed that you could do it. Then you can. I know that he choose the right person for the job.ö Jiraiya said gentle to Naruto.
Hoping that by saying that, he could get the brat spirit to rally. One thing about Naruto that he had pegged right off the bat was that he a spirit so strong that it made would anyone jealous. To be a shinobi one need a strong spirit to be able to hand S-rank missions and such a spirit to be a kage.
Naruto perked up slightly at that. The Yondaime had chosen him to protect the power of the Kyuubi. A strange feeling of pride mixed with anger rose within him. Pride that the mighty Fourth Hokage had chosen him over everyone else and anger because the fourth had chosen him. Anger was derived from the fact that his childhood had been crap.
ôD-did he really believe in me that much Ero-sennin?ö Naruto asked in a desperate voice. Hoping that he wasnÆt just hearing things. He needs to believe that he had a purpose again.
It seamed that it had it something in the boy. It wasnÆt the reaction that he had been hoping for but it was something deferent then outright disgust that he had for being unable to bring Sasuke back. But, he could see that the boy need something to believe in, it had been the same when he had faced the truth that Orochimaru had left. The Yondaime had given that purpose now he needs to give that to Naruto.
ôYeah he did. He trusted you with what would be consider a SS-rank mission.ö
Naruto blinked at that. Snort. ôYeah right. You had me for a second Ero-sennin. But there is no such thing as a double S-rank mission.ö anger began to lace into his voice as he spoke. How could he have been such a fool to believe that the Fourth had chosen him for such importance. He probable chose him because he was expendable.
ôYour wrong Naruto.ö Jiraiya spoke his voice carrying a nonsense tone. ô There have been some missions that have had a double S-rank. Mission like these always put the shinobis that where signed to the mission have a ninety-nine percent fatality rate. With such missions.ö
Naruto head snapped up starring straight at his sensei shock was clearly written across his face. A Ninety-nine Percent fatality rate. Sure C-rank and up have a fatality rate but having a one-percent rate of survival, that was how dangerous a Double S-Rank Mission was. If Ero-sennin wasnÆt laying then being the container of the Kyuubi made him a living Double S-Rank Mission that wonÆt end until the day he dies. The Yondaime had given him such a mission. He trusted him with such a duty.
Naruto couldnÆt believe it. He had such a mission and he didnÆt even know until now. Awesome. ôYou mean that as long as I am a live IÆm constantly performing a Double S-Rank Mission?ö
Jiraiya smiled at Naruto. It seem that the brat need to finally here the truth, that he had such an important duty. In a way the Sandaime had been wrong about not telling Naruto about the duty that the Fourth had left to him. ôYeah that rights Brat. So you see you have to keep going even if you want to quit. Because as long as you are a live this mission is never going to end.ö Jiraiya said making sure that he conveyed the importance of the duty that had been given to him.
ôNaruto do you understand?ö
He stared at the Toad Sannin. Did he understand? He thought about that. On one hand he wanted, he didnÆt want to do anything, because he couldnÆt keep his promise of a life time to Sakura-chan to bring Sasuke back. He couldnÆt keep that promise because Sasuke probably would be killed for treason. And that just happen to be the best possibility for Sasuke, because the other was just being a permanent male sperm donor with no freedom. On the other hand, he had just found out that he had one of the most dangerous type of missions that could ever be, and he had been doing it all of his life without even knowing about it. A double S-rank mission that was to make sure that the Kyuubi power wouldnÆt be used against Kohona. It had been the last mission that the Yondaime had assigned.
ôYeah I understand.ö he said and he stood up. So ok he couldnÆt bring Sasuke back. Fine he could live with that. But he wouldnÆt fail the Yondaime Hokage. He would make sure that the Akatuski wouldnÆt get the power of the Kyuubi. Or anyone else that wanted it power for there own purpose. Looking a Jiraiya he smiled at him. ôGet up, Ero-sennin. IÆve got to get training. I will be ready for the Akatuski.ö he told him.
Jiraiya felt a weight lift off of his shoulders at hearing NarutoÆs words. Standing up himself he dusted off the sand that was clinging to him. ôFinally brat. LetÆs get this show on the road.ö
With that said both moved a part and took a fighting stance. The morning spar had just begun. Soon the sounds of explosions could be heard. As the two increased the stakes with jutsus.
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The fight had end as the day before with Naruto laying on his back , Jiraiya was writing something in a scroll. Looking at Jiraiya a look of irritation appeared on NarutoÆs face.
ôDamn it ! Ero-sennin canÆt you stop writing your damn porn. I have training to do. So stop writing those stupid book of yours.ö Naruto snapped at the toad sannin.
ôIÆm not writing my fabulous books, brat. I am just finishing what going to be the next part of your training.ö with that he made a couple of more strokes onto the scroll and finished with a flourish. Pocketing his marker, he blew on his writing so that the ink would dry faster. Then he looked over his work with a critical eye. ôThat will do.ö
Looking up from the scroll his gaze locked onto Naruto still form. ôNaruto get over here. It time for you to learn something new.ö
Hearing that he was about to be taught some new jutsu, Naruto jumped right on up and hurried over to the perverted hermit.
When Naruto reached him he laid the scroll down on the sand. Naruto looked at what was written and he was disappointed at what he saw. It was a new seal. Great another damn seal. He hated seal writing, it was dull and tedious.
ôHere Brat.ö Jiraiya said as he handed him a different marker.
Sighing to himself Naruto took the marker and sat down in front of his sensei. ôSoooà what does this seal do? Where my scroll?ö he asked.
ôAbout your scroll first, take off your undershirt.ö he said.
Blink. ôHuh?ö
Rolling his eyes, Jiraiya sighed to himself. ôYa heard what I said ætake off your undershirtÆ Brat.ö
Shrugging to himself Naruto did as he was told. Removing his orange jacket then he then took off his blue undershirt. He then put his jacket back on. Laying his shirt on the sand in front of him. ôNow what?ö
ôNow youÆre going to write this seal here.ö he said gesturing to what was written on the scroll. ôOn your shirt. When youÆre finished IÆll explain the purpose of this seal.ö
Shrugging to himself Naruto began to fallow what was written on the scroll. Uncorking the marker he began the process of making the larger version of the seal that was shown and described on the scroll.
Forty-minutes laterà
With this stoke of his marker Naruto finished the seal that he had been told to recreate. Corking his marker Naruto took the time to look at his work. Looking from the scroll to his now seal covered shirt he could say that he had remade the seal with a hundred percent accuracy.
ôFinished, Brat?ö his sensei asked.
ôYeah.ö came the simple reply.
ôOk, let me see your work.ö putting down his fan. He reached over a picked up NarutoÆs shirt. He began to study the seal his apprentice had been told to recreate. The seal was the proper shape, two diamonds one a top another. Connecting at the bottom of the one on top and the one on the bottom top tip connecting with the top to form and third diamond. They where made up of seal script. Covering the outsides of the three diamonds, was a circle made of seal script. Studying the seal script that made up the circle and the diamonds making sure that none of it was messed up so that it wouldnÆt explode or something else.
ôHmmmà ItÆs passable.ö Jiraiya said.
Naruto bristled at that, it was always the same when it came to sealing techniques. It was just passable. So ok, he wasnÆt seal master material like Ero-sennin or the Fourth, but damn it he was tried of hearing that.
Before he even open his mouth Jiraiya beat him to the punch.
ôWell it will severe itÆs purpose. Ok brat, stand up and open your jacket.ö Jiraiya said as he stood up himself.
Grunting in annoyance, Naruto stood up and pulled open his jacket as he had been told. ôWhy do I have to do this, Ero-sennin?ö he asked.
ôWell before you can use this seal I need to make sure, something first.ö he told Naruto. ô Now I need you to mold your chakra. And keep your jacket open.ö
Naruto blinked at that, Ero-sennin wanted to see the Fourths Seal. But why would he need to see that? Naruto looked at his sensei seeing his shirt in his hand. The shirt that he just made that seal on, of course. Some seals wouldnÆt work with others seals sometime. Figuring that what Ero-sennin was going to do Naruto raised both of his arms and formed the ram seal.
Jiraiya watched as Naruto began to mold his chakra. Staring at Naruto stomach as he continued to build up his chakra, slowly a seal began to appear on the boyÆs naval.
In the middle a swirl was the center of the seal and on the outside two identical sets of writing one was placed at the top and the other was placed at the bottom.
The YondaimeÆs Seal.
The seal that contained the Kyuubi.
Moving his right hand behind his back , chakra flames began to burst forth at the tips of his thumb, pointer, middle and his ring finger. In the chakra flames katana appeared. The words where Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. The chakra flames burned even stronger, feeling that they where ready, Jiraiya thrust his hand with the chakra forward into NarutoÆs gut.
ôOoofàö Naruto grunted out as all the air in his lungs where forced out. As he was sent skidding backwards as felt something burning on his stomach. Skidding back a few feet on the desert floor his knees buckled under him. Landing on his knees he folded over. His breathing coming in short breaths, trying to regain his breath Naruto glared up at his sensei. ôWhat the FUCK DID YOU ERO-SENNIN!!ö Naruto roared at his sensei.
ôYongyou Funin.ö Jiraiya said calmly. (Four Element Seal)
Naruto anger grew at that. ô Why the FUCK did you add another FUCKING SEAL?!ö
Not showing anything that his yelling was affecting him, Jiraiya calmly answered Naruto. ôWhat I did was seal the ability for you to draw upon the KyuubiÆs Chakra.ö
At that Naruto got a confused look on his face. Why seal away his ability to draw upon the foxÆs power. Since leaving Kohona that had been one of his main lessons was to improve his ability to draw upon the Nine-tails power. ôW-why the hell did you do that for?ö
ôFor the next part of your training, is just for your chakra. If you use the foxÆs power it will make little point.ö
ôJust for training? What kind of training that having access to the foxÆs power could interrupt?ö Naruto asked.
ôChakra Control Training, of course.ö came the response.
ôChakra control? What fucking kind of training IÆm doing this damn time?ö he asked in frustration. He hated chakra control training, that what he had been learning to improve for the past year and a half. WasnÆt this supposed to be a training trip? WerenÆt you supposed to learn new jutsus on a training trip? Sure he had learned about forty-to-fifty jutsus but they werenÆt all that powerful like the rasegan. He wanted techniques that could do damage like the rasegan could do.
ôHere you go.ö he said as he handed Naruto his shirt back.
Taking his shirt from JiraiyaÆs outstretched hand. Picking himself up, Naruto shucked off his coat and put his shirt back on. Before he could put his coat on, Jiraiya interrupted this action.
ôBefore you put your jacket back on you have something else to do before that.ö
ôWhat.ö Naruto snapped irritated at having the foxÆs power sealed off without being told, and now he had to do some stupid more chakra control training.
Ignoring the brats irritation, he continued on as if he didnÆt even care that Naruto was pissed at him. ôYouÆve have to know how to activate the seal on the front of youÆre shirt.ö
Naruto blinked and he looked down at the seal on the front of his shirt. Ohhà yeah, he had forgotten about that. What was the purpose of this seal? ôHey, Ero-sennin. What does this seal do anyway?ö he asked.
ôYouÆll know in a sec, brat. Just do what I say.ö
Sending a distrustful look at his sensei, he hated it when Ero-sennin did this. He would just tell him what to do then he would have to figure out the rest by himself. He said that it built character for a shinobi and improves their problem solving ability. ôFineàö he said after a while.
ôGood. Now pay attention, the hand seals to activate that seal are, dragon, rabbit, monkey, rat, bird, dragon. Then focus your chakra onto the seal on your shirt.ö he explained to his pupil. Seeing that he wasnÆt moving to do what he had been explained. ôWell get to It.ö he snapped.
Rolling his eyes at his sensei he, began to move his hands to and fro through the five hand seals. Completing that he then focused his chakra onto the seal on his shirt. The seal turned blue for a second as it was feed his chakra. Then it turned a deep blue. Next thing that Naruto knew was that he fell face first into the desert. ôWhaàö he said as he spat out the sand in his mouth.
He tried to lift himself up but he found himself unable to. He was able to move fine until he activated that seal. ôWhat the Fuck!? What going on, Ero-sennin?!?ö he cried out.
ôheheheàWhat wrong brat? Are you that weak that you canÆt pick yourself up. Heheheàö he chuckled at his student predicament.
ôThis isnÆt fucking funny Ero-sennin, why the fuck that I canÆt get up?ö he roared.
Jiraiya continued to laugh for a few more minutes before he got himself under control. ôWhat happening is that your training has begun.ö he explained as if Naruto shouldÆve known.
ôWhat kind of training is this. How the fuck æm I supposed to train if I cant move.ö he snapped.
Jiraiya looked on amused at Naruto as he tried to lift himself up, but he continued to fail. After a while it got boring watching Naruto fail to figure out on how he had to get up. ôListen Naruto, to do this training isnÆt about physical strength its about chakra control. To lighten the weight that keeping you down, you have to use youÆre chakra to lighten the load that been placed on your body.ö Jiraiya explained.
Naruto blinked at thatà all that he had to due was use his chakra to remove the weight that was keeping his body on the ground. Closing his eyes he began to mold his chakra, focusing on his body. He felt a little weight disappear from his body, but it wasnÆt enough so he could stand yet. He continued to use more chakra until he was able to stand himself up.
Slightly bent over but he was standing. Struggling to hold himself up and focusing his chakra to hold back the weight that wanted to reassert itself on his body.
ôNot bad.ö Jiraiya commented as he watches Naruto continue to struggle with the seal.
Sending a glare that wouldÆve incinerated him a thousand times over if a look could kill, Jiraiya wouldnÆt have lasted a second. But turning his attention from standing and focusing his chakra Naruto ended up falling face first to the ground again.
ôDAMNàFUCKINGàSEALàFUCKING DESERT!!!ö Naruto roared out as he focused his chakra again. Once more he stood up.
Jiraiya waited until Naruto was standing again. ôNaruto.ö
Turning as much of his attention that he could onto his sensei without falling down again. ôWhat?ö he grounded out.
ôListen up.ö he waited until Naruto could spare some attention to him and continue to focus his chakra and stand up. ô the seal that is on you is called the æJuuori FuninÆ (Weighted Cloth Seal) it turns the fabric of anything that your wearing into a weight that you can lift with just your body. It will figure out how much your body can handle then it will create a weight that you have no chance of handling with just your muscles. The only way to move with this seal active is to use your chakra.ö
ôThe how the hell do turn this seal offàö Naruto growled out.
Snort. ôYaÆ ainÆt done with this training method yet.ö
ôHow the HELL IÆm I going to train if I have to focus my chakra so that I can just stand?ö
Rolling his eyes at how thick Naruto could be. He had hope that the brat would realize the point of this training when he explained what the seal did. ôThatÆs the point brat. This is an exercise for you to train your chakra control.ö
Naruto looked at him as if he was an idiot. Throwing his hands up in frustration. ôDamn it, Brat! Listen up! The point is to control your chakra until you no longer feel the weight that the seal generates. When you do that I tell you how to deactivate that seal, but until then youÆll have to keep using your chakra like you are now.ö
ôDamn it Ero-sennin! What about the rest of my training?ö Naruto snapped at his teacher.
The Toad Sannin shrugged his shoulders as if the answer was obvious. ôSimple. YouÆll continue your training with this seal active.ö
Naruto stared at the toad sannin with an incredulous look on his face. ôB-b-àö
ôAnyways letÆs head back to the village.ö with that said Jiraiya turned around and began to walk back to the village.
Still standing in the same spot Naruto was making like a fish.
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They moved forward through the canyon, moving swiftly hoping that the rumors that they had heard form other travelers that a gang of thieves likes to attack here.
Kagehoshi eyes roamed the area with an eye of a Jounin level ninja. She never stops her eyes from combing the area searching for anyone that might attack the caravan.
She hardly ever fought anymore, but that didnÆt mean that her skills as a shinobi decreased. It was another side affect of the Jikuuryuuri Technique. In a way it was a good thing and a bad. Many would say that living for ever would be the best thing that could happen. But, the cold hard truth was it was the worst thing that could happen to a person. A person cursed with immortality had to watch their friends and loved ones grow old and die. But they had to watch as that which they knew turn to dust, then they had to watch it again.
It was a never ending cycle.
The good thing was that one never aged. This was good and bad. One she would stay young and age would never affect her skills but, because of the time manipulation technique her body couldnÆt grow stronger either. Her body wouldnÆt grow stronger or weaker even if she sat down and ate nothing but food for a year straight. It would be just like it had been the moment she used that jutsu.
So to some it would be the best but to her that had lived maybe for a millennium she wanted nothing but to grow old and die of old age with her family.
But until she located Asuna-chan she would keep on living.
There!
Out of the corner of her right eye she caught sight of a reflection of light off of what might have been a weapon. Before she could inform anyone a cry boomed throughout the Canyon.
ôATTACK!!!ö
The bandits came charging out of their hiding charging at them with their weapons raised. Kagehoshi reached inside of her clothes and drew out a kunai, and took on a defensive stance. It seemed that she was going to fight.
Before she made a move the Tattoo on her right hand pulsed. She looked at her tattoo in shock. It had finally activated. After six hundred years she finally found Asuna.
The glint off a sword snapped her out of her shock, the enemy was coming, she would fight this then she would go get her granddaughter. Then she would have her family back.
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ôSo where are we heading to, Ero-sennin?ö Naruto asked his teacher. As he scratch his right hand.
ôWhat have I told you about calling me that.ö he snapped. Jiraiya looked back at his student.ö And IÆve already told you where were heading. Where going to Water Country.ö
ôWhy?ö
ôBecause I said, that why.ö he replied.
ôWha-àö Naruto was cut off, as he fell to the ground. Twisting his body around so that he would fall properly, tucking his body into a ball he rolled forward and came up in a crouch. He still hadnÆt gotten used to that seal completely.
It had been two weeks since he had been force to wear the æJuuori FuninÆ (Weighted Cloth Seal). During the first week it had been nearly impossible to walk around not to mention training while Jiraiya beat the crap out of him every morning in their spars while he struggled to put up a fight. But by the end of the week he was starting to be able to move and not have to focus mainly on his chakra and he was able to lighten the load on the weight of the seal a little more.
By the end of the second week he had begun to be able to move at about one-third of his top speed. Sure that was barley that good but he was improving everyday.
He had been told later that day when he had first activated this seal that this was an A-Rank Chakra Control Training method that Ero-sennin had created when he had been about fourteen to improve he chakra control. Only he and the third knew about this style of chakra control training. So now he was learning a method to train that no one but him and Ero-sennin knows about since the Third Hokage is gone.
Once again Naruto began to scratch his right arm. Lately his right arm was always itchy or so damn hot that Naruto wondered that if it was going to explode. He had asked Ero-sennin about if the seal would have an effect like this on him but, according to him the seal wouldnÆt effect his one arm and not the other. Plus it wasnÆt anything that the seals or the fourthÆs seal was doing anything nor the Kyuubi.
æBOOOMMMÆ
The sound of an explosions knocked Naruto out of his thoughts turning to Ero-sennin he found him looking to the east of them. Turning that direction he saw black smoke rising form there.
ôWhat do you think happing over there, Ero-sennin?ö
ôHmmmà I donÆt know but, from what IÆve heard their has been attacks from bandits by that canyon. Not sure if it true or not but, it could be.ö
ôSo what are we going to do?ö Naruto asked.
He didnÆt need to look at Naruto to know what he wanted to do. The tone of his voice said all that he needs to hear. The brat wanted to go and see what was happening. But it wasnÆt their business. So they should just leave it be.
On the other hand this could be of some use if it was just a group of bandits. It could be a useful tool to help train Naruto, it would do some good to give him the chance to face some different opponents. Sure the brat was still having problems with the weight seal so he should wait until he had fully mastered it before he got into any real fights. But against just regular thugs Naruto was more then a match for them.
ôCome on Brat.ö With that said Jiraiya took off towards the fighting.
Naruto quickly fallowed after his sensei.
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The battle wasnÆt going good. Kagehoshi thought as she surveyed the area. Sure they werenÆt many fighters of notable skill in this group of people but some where fair. And they where falling left and right.
They needed some help. And fast.
ôKAGE BUSHIN no JUTSU!ö a young male voice cried, Soon the sound multiple similar battle cries sounded. A group of about ten of the same person came charging in. The teen that was coming had blond spike hair, he was wearing an orange jumpsuit.
She watched as he ducked under a bandit and slammed his elbow into the back of his neck knocking one of the bandits out cold. Then he went after another bandit.
ôRaagghhh!!!ö a bandit was charging her with a sword raised up high with the intent to cleave her into two. Waiting until he swung his sword down, she side stepped and slammed her kunai into his heart, killing him instantly.
She saw that the boy was struggling with what appeared to be the leader and he was having a hard time. Deciding to give the boy a hand, when something happened that shocked her to her core.
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Naruto dodged a punched to his head and sent a kick into the gut of the bandit that had just thrown the punch.
Sweat was running down his face. He had been fighting for only about a few minutes but he could already feel tired from the run here, creating nine shadow clones and fighting several bandits. He was starting to feel the effects of using a lot of his chakra just to move. He was nearly exhausted. Now he wished that Ero-sennin hadnÆt sealed off the power of the Kyuubi. Right now would be a goodtime to have an extra source of chakra but he didnÆt so he would have to endure.
ôYou Damn Brat.ö a voice growled.
Looking toward the source he found a man covered in tattoos, where a pair of slacks that where ripped all over. He had a tan bandanna on his what looked like a bald head. He was well muscled.
ôCan I help you sir?ö Naruto asked in a cheery voice. He could tell just by looking at this man that he was going to be a problem to fight in his condition.
The man face twisted into a mask of fury. ôYouÆll pay for mocking the Leader of Red Scorpion Gang. Now prepare to die!ö he roared at Naruto, as he swung his katana at Naruto neck.
Naruto leaned back and let the blade of the sword right over his face, missing him just by an inch. Continuing to lean back he brought himself into a flip and he smashed the heel of his foot into the leader of the bandits chin. Landing in a crouch he sprung forward delivering a one two punch into his gut, moving to send a punch into his face he dodge at the last second and grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward and slammed his knee right into his gut. Then he head butted him.
Naruto backed peddled from the blow to the head, seeing that his opponent was thrusting his sword forward, Naruto swiveled to the left and delivered a right hook to his opponent. Naruto began to through a fury of punches that connected but appeared to do little damage.
The Bandit leader was forced back from the onslaught of punches. But he rolled to the side and dodge.
Naruto was panting hard sweat was running down his face in rivets. This badà very bad. He wouldnÆt last much longer. It was just becoming a trial to stand now. He was starting to get real low on chakra. Plus his right arm was burning again, it felt as if it was going to explode form the pressure. This was worse then when he had fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End.
He had to finish this fight now but, the problem was that he didnÆt have the strength to keep on fighting more then a few more minutes if he was lucky. But the way things where going that were a pipe dream.
ôGgghhhàö Naruto grunted as the pain in his right arm continued to grow it was getting so hot and it felt like his skin was going to melt right off the bone.
Slowly a reddish orange glow began to surround his right arm. A strong wave of heat began to come from his arm. Then his arm exploded in a burst of fire.
æKABOOOMMMÆ
æFWOOSHÆ
The fire continued to grow as it ripped right on out of his arm. It rose straight up then it divide into eight different streams of fire.
Slowly each of the streams of fires started to take a different shape but the core shape was the same.
Dragons.
TheyÆre where eight Dragons made of fire. Each was looking straight at Naruto.
Silenceà
The battle that had been raging had stopped at the appeared of the dragons of fire. No one moved not one even made a sound. Everyone stared at the creatures of fire in mute shock.
A female voice broke the silence.
ôT-the Hachiryuàö Kagehoshi murmured in shock. Her gaze shifting between the Fire dragons that she hadnÆt seen since Recca had summoned them and the blond haired boy that they had come from. W-who is this child? How was he able to bring forth the mightiest of the fire sprits?
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(The Endà For Now)
See you next chap: Kagehoshi meets Naruto. Naruto learns about the history of his clan and the trials of mastering the fire dragons begin as well.