บท 84: Chapter 3: A Rough Morning
Naruto woke up early in the morning and showered as he usually did. He then went into the massive kitchen that the Sanctum had within it, which was no surprise since it was a school and usually held more than just two people, or one person and the spirit of another who was capable of staying within this plane of existence for such a long time. When he got there he began to cook up food for himself as well as his squad mates since he was fairly sure that they took Kakashi's advice too literal and skipped breakfast.
Now while it is true that there were things that could scare a person to lose their lunch upon looking at it or experiencing it, but Naruto had seen many things that were far worse than a teacher who was consistently late and covered up one eye with illusionary abilities. The Ancient one had shown him the vast amount of threats that went from dimension to dimension to wreak havoc wherever they go. The Ancient One had explained that she had used up the vast amount of magical power she possessed to duplicate the Sanctum Sanctorum and send them to all dimensions so as to aid the native people to protect themselves from future fights with these dark entities.
Naruto had been chosen since his mind as well as his pure soul were perfect to learn the mystical arts that she had to teach him. And as Naruto cooked the food he was going to take his friends, he remembered the talk he had with her earlier about her time almost being up. Once it was, it would be his duty to protect this dimension as well as recruit those with the potential to master the art of magic. Naruto was sad that his teacher for over a century was leaving, but he knew that one day it was bound to happen and mentally prepared for that day.
But now he was done cooking and quickly packed the food and utensils that they would need to eat it. Once packed, he placed it on a seal to summon when he needed it and opened a portal to his dimension. He stepped through and closed the portal back up before he continued onwards to his target area. There was no one out and about, but then again it was still 4 in the morning and there was no light in the sky just yet. Naruto made his way to the training grounds that him and his squad would take their test, as well as his own fight against his former sisters as well as a third person he was not sure who they would pick. Yet if he was to guess it would be either Jiraiya or Tsunade, being two of the infamous Sannin and all, but he would plan accordingly when the fight began.
Once at the field, he took to the sky to get a bird's eye view of the area. He saw that there was not much here other than some training posts and woods at the edge of the large field that made up the place. So with a clear idea of the area they would be testing in, he set out to do what he came so early in the morning to do…
(Several Hours later)
Sasuke and Yakumo showed up at seven in the morning on the dot. When they arrived they were genuinely surprised to see Naruto there meditating as he sat cross-legged on one of the training posts.
"Naruto," said Sasuke with a look of surprise on his face, "how long have you been there waiting?"
"Since four in the morning," said Naruto as he got up and hopped off his post.
"How do you sleep?!"
"Fairly easily really," said Naruto as he walked towards them. "But the better question is did you guys listen to Kakashi about skipping breakfast?"
"Of course," said Yakumo as she felt her stomach rumble a bit since she had not eaten anything since dinner yesterday.
"Yakumo," said Naruto as he pat her on the shoulder, "you know I love you, but you got to take his strange bits of advice with a grain of salt. Lucky for you I came prepared." Naruto's hand then glowed a bit before he slammed it onto the ground. From his point of impact, a sheet appeared on the ground, and upon it was a large breakfast. There were diced potatoes, pancakes, eggs, and muffins.
"This looks delicious," said Yakumo as her mouth began to water from the delicious aromas that came from the food.
"Well dig in," said Naruto as he picked up a plate and put food on it. Sasuke and Yakumo sat down as well on the sheet and began to dig in as well. They gorged themselves for the next hour and talked for a bit before they heard a voice from behind.
"Didn't I warn you about eating anything before this test," said Kakashi as he stood there with a book in his hand.
"And you expect us to take the advice of a man who is always late to his own meetings and openly reads pornography in public," said Naruto, "but well we are done eating, so would you like this last muffin? Unlike the last time this is not a trick."
"What kind is it," asked Kakashi, who was skeptical about it since the last time he took something Naruto offered him, it had shocked the hell out of him.
"Blueberry," said Naruto as he tossed the last muffin towards Kakashi. He caught it, took a quick sniff to make sure that it wasn't laced with something or the other. Once he was sure that it wasn't tampered with, he moved his book to cover his face since he never really showed it to people and then quickly ate the muffin. He had to admit it was delicious. Naruto waited until his friends were off the sheet before he used his magic to make all that was on it disappear. Once all of it was gone, Naruto stood side by side with his squad.
"Well then, hello squad 7," said Kakashi with an eye smile as he put his book away for now, "good morning. We already know each other's names so there is no need for introductions like before. So let's move on then."
Kakashi pulled out an alarm clock that he set down on the shortest of the training posts, and once he placed it down he pushed the top of it, setting the alarm to noon.
"So for this test there is a time limit," said Kakashi as he held up two silver bells on strings. "Today's test is to get one of these bells from me. But since there's only two of them, one of you will fail this test, and not only be tied to one of these logs as a way to pound the point home that you have failed in such a simple task, but you will also be sent back to the academy for another year before you are able to attempt this test once more."
Naruto and his friends looked at each other for a second as they heard this before they looked back since Kakashi still had more to say about the matter.
"You are allowed to use weapons and jutsu against me for this test," said Kakashi with a serious look on his face, "since you won't be able to get this unless you have the will to kill me. So when you are ready you can begin." Kakashi then took his book back out and began to read it once more as he waited for his team to attack him.
"Does he take us for fools," asked Naruto in a hushed voice so that their sensei would not be able to hear them.
"Apparently he does," said Sasuke in agreement.
"What do you mean," asked Yakumo, who was a bit out of the loop here. Naruto and Sasuke had been taught by two separate people who had made it a point to think about things differently from other people. Orochimaru was fairly good at teaching on the subject, and the Ancient one was the epitome of the subject since everything she taught was like that. Yakumo unfortunately was not trained by anyone like that, so she did not see the point of all this.
"Think about it fully," said Sasuke as he used his hands to paint a full picture for her to see. "We are three supposed Genin level shinobi who are being tasked with fighting a jonin level one. We are being told to separate ourselves so that we can get a bell for ourselves. Now why would they think that a Genin fresh out of the academy would be able to defeat him?"
"Plus even if only two of us can become shinobi like he said," Said Naruto with a shrug of his shoulders, "I have no need for it and would give either of you the bell since I am a sorcerer not a shinobi."
"Okay I get it," said Yakumo as she finally got it. "So what do we do now?"
"That all depends on how exactly how you wish to end this," said Naruto as he held up two fingers, "because I can end this in a manner of seconds with numerous amounts of the abilities I have under my control. So we can do this quickly, or in a complex long way that will be hilarious for all of us to observe."
"I am kind of curious as to the second plan," said Yakumo with a raised eyebrow since it seemed like this would be fun.
"I second that," said Sasuke with a smile since Naruto's plans were always amusing to some extent.
"Okay then," said Naruto as he leaned in close and spoke of his plan. While he did this, Kakashi was watching them while still reading his book. But a minute later, Sasuke ran away from the group towards the wooded area.
"So the Uchiha is the first one to run away," said Kakashi as he didn't even make a move to go and retrieve him in any way. "I'm not gonna lie, but to be honest I thought it would be Yakumo who gave up first."
"So not only are you constantly late, but you are apparently sexist as well," said Naruto while shaking his head, He then lifted his hand and applied magic to it. Once he did, Kakashi's book flew through the air and landed in Naruto's hand, where he then proceeded to burn it via green magical flames. "And that is why you are a failure as a sensei."
Naruto's statement did exactly as he thought it would and pissed off Kakashi immensely. Not only were his teaching skills being put into question, which alone was enough to piss him off, but that book was a first edition autographed Icha-Icha book that he had yet to finish reading and now was never going to since it was burned to ash.
"Do you have any idea what you have done," growled Kakashi who was understandably pissed that his book had been destroyed as it had been.
"The better question you should ask yourself dear sensei is," said Naruto as he smiled in a manner that was not friendly in any sense of the word, "is if I care?"
Kakashi lost it when he said that and used his hand to uncover his Sharingan that was underneath his hiate to conserve chakra. Naruto smiled more as he did since this was part of the plan, and as soon as he uncovered it Yakumo stepped forward with a matching grin on her face as magical power began to channel into her eyes. Kakashi stopped from rushing forward since he had been taught to be wary of an opponent's tactics. Yakumo's eyes burned bright orange as she laughed manically like some cliché villainess in a move. Her pendant glowed with the dark energy that was contained within as she channeled it into her hands. Sharp claws grew from the tips of her fingers that were jet black that she then slashed at Kakashi, who tried to move, but his body was not able to move.
Kakashi quickly looked at himself and saw that the slashes had done no physical damage to his person, which begged the question as to what the hell did Yakumo do just then. It was then that a massive metallic door appeared in front of him, and before he could do anything it opened up slowly so that Kakashi could see the darkness that was contained within. What happened next though made him break out into a cold shiver since he saw a massive eye that opened sideways and looked at him in a way that he was certain that it was looking into his very soul. Kakashi felt as it opened the whole way since a pulse burst out that made his vision go blurry for a second, and he suffered a bit of a headache from it as well.
As soon as his vision came to, he saw that the door was gone, but so was the field he was in as well. He found himself surrounded by what he could only assume was a dome made of darkness, which let not a speck of light inside so he was not able to see anything around him but himself, which was only because his Sharingan that he was able to do that. He took a step forward to try and see if he could find a way out of what he was assuming to be a fairly advanced Genjutsu, which he had to give it to her that she was a prodigy of the subject and that Kurenai had made a terrible decision to abandon her like she had.
But he took only took one step before another eye opened up in front of him, this one projected light upon Kakashi as it looked at him. Then to his horror, hundreds more opened up all around him, all looking at him with such intense stares that made him afraid to move.
"What the hell is this!" shouted Kakashi as he tried to dispel the Genjutsu that he was trapped in, but no matter how much chakra put into it the illusion remained.
"These are the Eyes of Truth," said Naruto, who appeared before Kakashi as a small floating flame was behind him so he could be seen, "and they shall stare into you mind and soul to find out your greatest fear and make it a reality."
"Oh please Kami no," whispered Kakashi as the color on his face disappeared completely. Naruto smiled as his flame extinguished and he disappeared from sight. The eyes all began to melt into the ground into a massive puddle. Out of the puddle, multiple figures arose. The figures were covered in the goo that made them up, yet the goo lifted off of them and flew into the sky. The figures all turned towards Kakashi at once, and to his utter horror, they all turned into Might Guy. But what made it worse was the fact that they were all butt naked and oiled up to the point of shining from the light that shined from the massive eye that was now directly above them and looking at him. Kakashi tried to run away, but he tripped on some of the gooey residue and was immediately dogpiled by all the Might Guys as they shouted about showing him their personal version of their 'Spring Time of Youth.'
While this was all happening, Naruto and Yakumo were seeing this in an orb that Yakumo conjured up to watch. This was her most powerful illusionary ability that she had, and to be honest she liked using it. She and Kakashi thought alike when it came to their views of Kurenai making a dumb decision in choosing to abandon her. She was hoping to show that bitch this ability one day and see what she was truly afraid of. But in the end she ended the illusion and saw Kakashi had broken out into a massive cold sweat. He was curled up into a fetal position on the ground and was crying while asking for someone to make it stop. As he did, Naruto simply walked over and plucked the bells from his belt.
"So now that you know that we are a force to be reckoned with, let's come to a mutual agreement shall we," said Naruto as Kakashi looked up at Naruto with fear in his heart since he was completely unsure as to what the hell else his students could do to torment him as such. "You show up when you call a meeting on time from now on, and we don't show people what it is that you truly fear. Imagine what the other jonin would think if they knew what it is that the infamous Kakashi Hatake is afraid of. What would Guy say?"
"Oh please no!" said Kakashi as he shook his hands in a comedic fashion to show that he would listen to what was basically being demanded of him.
"Glad we could come to an understanding," said Naruto as he walked back and tossed each of the bells to his two squad mates, with Sasuke coming back just a minute again. Naruto had warned that those with extra sensitive perceptive abilities such as a Sharingan would be susceptible to Yakumo's illusionary abilities. So Sasuke left the area since he didn't want to face his fears for the second time in his life which was the day his family was massacred when he was seven. Sasuke had just finished laughing as he saw the same thing that the other two had seen and caught the bell tossed to him.
"So as you can see," said Sasuke with a smile on his face, "we passed your test since we worked together like you wanted."
"So you have," said Kakashi as he got to his feet and brushed himself off, "since you have cooperated and worked together to get the bells from me you have passed and are now officially Genin ranked shinobi. So we shall meet again at nine in the morning at HQ to begin team building missions tomorrow."
"And remember to be there on time," said Yakumo as she tossed the orb of the memory in her hands to bring the point home. She then placed it on her pendant, which consumed it to store away for later. Kakashi nervously nodded in agreement, but then he disappeared in a swish of leaves.
"So since we are all done here," said Sasuke as he began to walk away himself, "I'll see you guys tomorrow at nine. I need to go and train with Orochimaru for a bit." And with a wave of his hand, he disappeared as well in a swish of leaves.
"Should I leave as well," asked Yakumo with a raised eyebrow.
"I would prefer it if you stay since I have a surprise for you at the end of it all," said Naruto with a smile. The smile made Yakumo blush a bit as she saw it. She brushed a bit of her hair back as she did and honestly wondered what the surprise was that he had for her. Her mind kind of went wild with all sorts of ideas from a lovely nature to a more sexual and raunchy one. Her thoughts went from a simple flower to an engagement ring and a proposal that led to a passionate night of love making and their future children, and the more that she thought about it the more red her face became.
As Yakumo stood there with her face going all red with her hands holding her cheeks as it did, Naruto noticed a fairly large group heading their way. Some of them he was expecting since it was his former family as well as the two members of the Sannin that were on their side when it came to thinking that Naruto should just forgive and forget so that they could be one big happy family. Orochimaru was a the one out of the three of them that saw what had happened to Naruto in his youth and blamed the parents for putting him through such hell while they trained their other children. He had taken one look at them when they came back to the village and instinctively knew that while they did have some potential being the offspring of two infamous shinobi, their potential was easily overshadowed by their brother. Hence why he wanted to train him personally, but Naruto had found another teacher who he had to admit taught him more than he himself could ever possibly teach.
Now what made the group larger than he expected was the fact that the other Genin that Naruto had graduated with as well as their own senseis and parents were there to most likely observe the match that was going to take place. Hell, even Hiruzen was there himself along with his grandson since he was curious as to how Naruto, who he had not a single doubt would win this match, and his grandson wanted to see the person his grandfather was always talking about. Naruto thought about it, and he truly wondered how these people even knew about it in the first place. But then he saw Ino in the group and he had an idea as to the how. Ino was well known for her gossiping ring, which made her infamous to other students since she was the person you went to when you wanted information. Yet even though she was fairly good at her hobby, there was one subject that many girls wanted to know more about and went to her constantly to learn about.
Naruto…
Naruto to the females of his age group was a mystery of a man. No one really knew much about him since he was never really open to anyone other than his one friend Sasuke. And what little they did know was that he was cool headed, and far more intelligent than even Shikamaru was which baffled them all since he was considered to be a prodigal genius. Plus add in good looks and the lack of an overinflated ego such as Kiba had before it was shattered when he fought Naruto years ago and in their eyes he was perfect boyfriend material. So they wanted to know more about him so that they could strike up a conversation and begin their seduction of the man. Yet there was one major hiccup to their plans…
Ino could find nothing on the man at all…
No amount of digging around helped, nor did digging into his mind since he had telepathic abilities of his own that dwarfed hers by far. This had been surprising since she was sure that only her family had that ability. She had never told anyone about it since for some reason she felt as though no one would ever believe her if she did. She had tried to read Sasuke's mind as well since he was friends with Naruto and would know enough about the guy, but that failed as well since Sasuke had a strong will that she could not break through so she could not gain access.
So Ino went with plan Z since all other plans were basically dead in the water, which was to follow the man when able, or use her gossip network when she wasn't to gain any and all info on him so that she could begin her own quest to acquire his love for herself. And as such she had heard about the fight between him and his supposed sisters, since she wa still wondering if there was any truth to that statement since Naruto had been an orphan his whole life and if he actually did have a family to call his own, where in the hell had they been and why did they abandon him like they had?
"I see that you brought quite the crowd with you," said Naruto as he stood there with his arms crossed.
"To be honest," said Narumi sheepishly, "we didn't tell people about this. They kind of figured out about it and showed up to watch. Somehow." She said that last bit as she looked at Ino, who was looking away and whistling nonchalantly. Naruto smirked at Ino, who blushed as he looked at her.
"So shall we begin," said Naruto as he stretched his arms and cracked his fingers.
"Hey Naruto," said Sakura as she waved her hand to get his attention. "Where is Sasuke?"
"Oh," said Naruto as he noticed her, "Sasuke left to train with Orochimaru. I'm not exactly sure where they train though so you will have to find that out yourself."
"Thanks," said Sakura as she left to find her beloved Sasuke. Naruto and Sakura got along fairly well over the years. They weren't friends by any means, but they were at least friendly. She had been quite a bitch to him when he had first joined the academy since he was able to get close to the one person that she herself wanted, and honestly thought that Naruto was gay and trying to corrupt Sasuke into becoming homosexual so as to seduce him. She was young and anger kind of made her mind think of the strangest scenarios. Naruto had sensed her hostility towards him in time and took the time to talk to her to see what could be done to extinguish it. So they talked and Naruto laughed at her assumptions. He assured her that he was not gay and was simply friends with Sasuke since they shared pain in their hearts and as the saying went 'birds of a feather flock together'.
From then on Naruto would always point Sakura in Sasuke's direction so that she could find him if asked. Sasuke was pissed that he would do that, but Naruto would simply state that he should think of it as training of sorts. Since if he could escape from a fanatic fan girl that would follow him through hell itself for a chance to win his heart over, then he could escape anything that the world throws at him. While he accepted that explanation, he was still pissed about it and swore to get Naruto back one way or another. Naruto had chuckled at the threat and stated that Shikamaru had said the same thing about winning in Shogi against him, but it never happened. And just as he thought, Sasuke had yet to make good on his promise, but he had a feeling that he was just waiting for Naruto to drop his guard first.
"So now that we are all here," said Naruto as he clapped his hands together and rubbed them a bit, "have you decided who will take Sakura's place in this little bout of ours?"
"We have," said Natsumi with a grin on her own face as she said it.
"Let me guess," said Naruto, "you chose Tsunade since she wanted the opportunity to avenge her own defeat at my hands just yesterday."
"Wait what!?" shouted Tenten, who was shocked to hear this. Tsunade was and had always been her idol since she was the symbol of what a strong woman should be like. And now she heard that Naruto of all people was able to defeat her. It was just impossible to picture in her mind no matter how she played it out.
"Oh yes," said Naruto as he became aware of Tsunade's glare towards him, "I beat her fairly easily. I just used her anger against her and with a single swing of my blade while it was still sheathed knocked her out. Now I'm not surprised to hear that she wouldn't announce this to people, but then again what would people think when they hear that such a strong woman had been beaten by a newly made Genin."
Tsunade began to snarl as Naruto said this since she was pissed about it. She didn't want people to know about it since it was humiliating.
"Then again, now that I think about it, she as well as her teammates were named the Sannin when they lost to Hanzo in Ame. So now that I beat you, does that mean that I get to name you since apparently you are named by those who beat you?"
Tsunade's face went red in rage as Kushina had to hold her back from rushing forward and killing him for his insulting tone.
"So if that is the case, I think I'll call you Yowai (means weak in Japanese) since it took one blow to take you down. You may have the strength to crack the earth itself with your fists, yet you have none of the endurance to back it up. You are a glass cannon since you are all power and no defense."
Kushina was having a real hard time restraining Tsunade at this point, who was seconds away from breaking free from her grip.
"So is that what your father did?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow, "did your father beat you before he named you? Then it just became kind of a tradition of yours?"
That was the final straw, since Tsunade finally broke free from Kushina's grip and rushed forward with her fist raised with complete intent to kill the target of her rage. Yet in a repeat of events, Naruto once again easily dodged the blow towards his head, but this time instead of using his blade to knock her out he simply chopped her in the back of the head and knocked her out that way.
"Lesson 101 when it comes to fighting an opponent with obvious anger issues," said Naruto as he held up a finger, "piss them off to force their hand into attacking you. They make a mistake and you exploit it as I have just done. So now that she is dealt with, I need to know who you chose to replace Sakura. Was I right when I assumed it was her?"
"No," said Narumi with surprise in her voice. Yes she had seen Tsunade get beaten by Naruto once already, but she didn't think that Naruto would get her with the same trick twice. But her surprise was nowhere near the amount that Tenten had seeing her idol getting beaten like that.
"So who is it?"
"Me," said Kushina as she stepped forward.
"Huh," said Naruto with a hint of surprise in his voice, "I didn't expect you of all people to challenge me. To be honest I was expecting Jiraiya or Tsunade. Kudos."
"So now that everyone is here," said Minato as he stepped forward himself, "and witnesses are here to observe the match we can begin."
Naruto took his spot about fifteen yards away from his opponents. There he pulled out the black book he had been working on for years and tossed it behind him. Several crimson strands appeared from the back of his cloak and brought the book back and strapped to his back.
"Then let us begin," said Naruto as he got into a defensive fighting stance that Iron Fist had taught him. Minato used his hand to signal the beginning of the fight, and as they did. Kushina and her daughters all launched multiple chakra chains at Naruto in a wide yet tight ark so that he could not dodge them all. To Naruto, this was all moving in slow motion for him since his reflexes had always been good even when he was younger, but his training with Iron Fist only increased them exponentially to the point of being beyond human capabilities. Make no mistake; he could still be hurt it was just a matter of having to try a lot harder than normal to do so.
"May the might of Sekhmet flow through me and shatter all that stand before me," said Naruto with a smile as his hand darkened from the destructive energy that he channeled through it. Once in place, he simply smiled as all who surrounded the area saw him just standing there and wondered why the hell he wasn't even trying to dodge the attack sent his direction. Naruto's posture loosened up as the chains neared him, and it seemed like he would be encased in them, Naruto simply snapped his fingers with the hand that had the dark power bestowed to him by the Egyptian goddess of destruction. The snap was loud, yet the effects were far worse. The ground in front of him leading all the way towards Kushina and her daughters shattered into pebbles that then turned to sand. The chains shattered into millions of tiny pieces that were barely visible as nothing more than shiny spots in the air since they reflected light for a brief second before they vanished.
Naruto had been taught early on in his studies that gods as well as demons existed in all dimensions and universes. That a magic user could call upon their power from any dimension they wish if they were strong enough, but the kicker was that if the power gifted was not within the native dimension as the entity itself that gave it, the power was greatly diminished from traveling dimensions. In this case that was a good thing since Sekhmet was known to be able to wipe out life itself, and that was not what he wanted to happen here.
As his former family members got up from having the ground literally vanishing from beneath them, Naruto clapped his hands and used magic to summon a simple dark wooden staff. There was no magical power within it, since it was nothing more than a training staff, a good quality one at that. Naruto charged forward as Kushina finally got her footing back, but she was too late since Naruto hit her with the staff at the end in the chest, the power of which sent her back quite a bit. But he didn't stop there since he knew he had to do more to keep her down for the count since she was infamous throughout the lands. So he rushed forward and struck her in quick succession with his staff in multiple places faster than she was able to counter since she was still dazed from the magical energy pulse.
"Call forth the power of Zeus," said Naruto as he chopped the air with two fingers out on his hand. As he said that, Kushina was hit with a bolt of lightning. She screamed in pain since it was a painful experience and she stood there for a second as he body smoked from the attack as well as he hair sticking out from the electricity. She then fell forward and hit the sand hard. Naruto had used his tactical genius to eliminate her first since she would be the actual challenge in this fight if not dealt with quickly. The lightning was meant to subdue, and it worked since who ever really expects to be struck by lightning on such a clear day as today?
"Mother," shouted Narumi as Natsumi ran to try and help their mother out, "Brother, why did you do that?"
"You are shinobi," said Naruto as he spun his staff fast in one hand before he got into a defensive stance, "and yet you really don't act like it. You lack real battle experience since seeing an ally fall like that makes you question things as such. If you can't even fathom the fact that people you know will get hurt in this profession, then you will never make it far and should simply quit."
There was a gasp from the crowd as the people heard Naruto acting so cold to Narumi. A few tears began to fall from her eyes as the truth of the situation was finally starting to sink in. All she had wanted was to have her brother join their squad so that she could make amends and become a family proper, but with his intense attack against their own mother it became abundantly clear that he truly cared nothing about them and that this whole thing was pointless.
Now the first thing that came to mind was to simply give up since the end results were pointless, but she was both an Uzumaki as well as a Namikaze and both clans were known for their strong members. And if she gave up like that then she would bring vast amounts of shame upon both names and she would be dammed if she did that. So she wiped the few tears off her face, and her eyes turned into a glare as the power within her began to surge as she tapped into the energy of the Kyuubi within her. While she was usually against using it when she could avoid it since prolonged use hurt like nothing she could explain, she knew that her brother was holding back and would need to go all out if she had even the slightest chance here. But luckily for her she was not alone since her sister joined up with her after she made sure that their mother was alive and breathing.
"Let's show him all that he could have learned if he had simply accepted us as family," said Natsumi. Narumi nodded as she heard this, and the two of them began to scream as both of them summoned up a tails worth of power each, which was symbolized by the tail made of energy that was behind them.
"Chronos," whispered Naruto as his eyes lit up a bit as green outlined his pupils, "lend me your sight."
With that, the two sisters rushed forward to attack. The power he was using allowed him to see several second into the future in the immediate area, and as such was able to dodge whatever the sister threw at him. But then one of them got the bright idea to use a fire jutsu. Naruto held up both hands to conjure up a magical shield to protect himself, but Natsumi used Narumi's attack as a distraction to punch him in the side. Naruto had to use both hands to keep the shield up, so he couldn't block the attack. He was sent skidding since he dug his feet into the ground so as to stop himself. Natsumi pressed the attack, but Naruto was ready for her. With a deep breath, he channeled power into his fist like he had been taught and met her attack head on. The attacks canceled each other out since they were of equal strength, but Natsumi just kept going.
Naruto ducked under another one of her punches, and when he did he used magic to bend the elements around him to form the sand into a fist that uppercuted her with enough force to blast her away from him. It wasn't just one fist either since there was a line of them that sent her further away from his person with each consecutive blow. She quickly got her footing back and the two sisters tried the same tactic again with one using a jutsu as a distraction while the other attacked. Naruto was ready for it this time though since he launched an orb of ice towards her through the flames. The ice froze the fire itself as it passed through, and Naruto charged through it with enough force to shatter it as he did. But it then turned into a massive fist that he used to punch the two of them in a swinging arc. At this point the pain of using the Kyuubi's energy began to start up, so they knew that they needed to use their most powerful technique now.
So with all the power they could muster, they held up their hands towards each other and formed a massive crimson Rasengan that they then proceeded to launch at Naruto. Naruto simply stood his ground and unsheathed his blade. Once the jutsu was within range, he sliced it right down the center. As he did, the attack exploded, the shockwave of which sent those observing backwards from the power behind it. Yakumo was actually worried since Naruto had taken the blast head on and feared for his safety. But once the dust settled moments later, they saw Naruto still standing within what appeared to be a bubble of energy that popped seconds later. What was more surprising was that Narumi and Natsumi were on the ground screaming in pain.
"Girls!" shouted Minato as he got to his feet and ran towards them in an effort to help them. But he didn't get more than three steps closer because he then ran into an invisible barrier of some sort. Then a massive seal of a complex nature that would stump even the best of the Uzumaki appeared under Naruto and his former sisters.
"You use demonic power with no care for your own safety," said Naruto as he grabbed ahold of the book on his back, "and this is the end result of using what is not yours to be used. While we may not be family, I cannot bare to see you two suffer for one of the many idiotic choices of one man. So allow me to aid you in you in your time of need."
Naruto opened the book, which began to glow with a crimson glow as he began to chant in a language that none of those in attendance had ever heard in their lives:
Fracti sunt sigillum a morte
(Broken free from the seal of death)
Ex quo tempore, usque ad supremum spiritum tuum
(From this moment on till your final breath)
A fabulam vestram in generatione sua
(A story of your own in the making)
A Donum ut expendas, dabitur tibi enim captivitatis
(A gift I bestow, yours for the taking)
Sed rursus unde non opus usque ad tempus
(Till the time whence you are needed yet again)
Utere amica tua potestate praesidio
(Use your power to protect my friend)
Once the incantation was complete, three barbed chains burst forth from the book and pierced all three of them in the chest. Yakumo screamed out Naruto's name in even greater fear since she assumed the worst thing here. But the chains did not kill him or the two sisters. Instead, what it did was pulled out the parts of the Kyuubi that were sealed within the three of them. The process was painful, more for them than Naruto himself since he only had the soul and none of the power. But in the end the three pieces became whole once more, and while it was supposed to be sealed into the book then and there that was not what happened.
In a massive burst of energy, the Kyuubi reformed in all its demonic glory in front of them. Now while Naruto had gotten to know the demon well and learned enough to know that he didn't want to rampage, but did so since people kept trying to control him like a pet so he had to to remain free. But the reforming of the body after being separated in such an unorthodox way for so long was making the situation bad since it was like the body was on autopilot and going off of base instinct while the mind was resetting itself.
Naruto used his magic to open up portals beneath the sisters to get them out of harm's way. The seal he had put up early in the morning was made to contain the demon if this exact situation happened, and so far it was working. He made a copy of himself to keep the tome open so that he could force the Kyuubi into it. As this was all happening, many shinobi appeared to surround the area so that they could help defeat the beast once and for all and avenge those who fell thirteen years ago. Many arrived and truly thought that Naruto had finally became the demon they all saw him as, but they were surprised to see Naruto standing up to the demon itself.
Naruto used the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak to hold the beast in place. It took all his strength to hold him in place, but the problem with that was the fact that he needed to move the demon towards the book to capture him and was not able to do that. And to make matters worse, the beast was only growing stronger by the second as its power returned to it fully. So Naruto made multiple copies of himself that used the bands as well. Yet even with them they were barely able to budge the creature. Naruto may be fairly strong when it came to strategy as well as magical power, but when it came to physical strength he was still human. He trained his body for years to gain the amount of strength that surpassed even Mito Uzumaki herself, if just barely, yet single handedly holding back the Kyuubi was beyond the capabilities of a single man.
In the end Naruto was finally able to move it closer to the book. It screamed out in rage as it felt its power start to diminish the closer to the book it got. As its rage increased, flames appeared on its body and traveled down through the bands. One by one the copies of Naruto burned away, and the real one felt as the flames burned his arms. The pain was intense, but he was not going to fail now that he had come so far. His rage empowered him just enough to make one final massive pull which was enough to put the beast in place and get sucked into the book. Within seconds, the Kyuubi was sealed in it, and once it was the book closed itself and on the cover a symbol appeared. It was a crimson fox curled up in a swirl surrounding the kanji symbol for nine.
Naruto fell to his knees in a mixture of pain as well as exhaustion, but then again it was to be expected since his arms were burnt down to the bone itself and were basically useless. That and he just subdued a massive demon, so it was expected that he would be tired. The spectators were all too stunned to say or do anything at this point since they just saw a young man who had barely entered his teen years subdue as well as seal away the strongest of Biju in a manner that the Yondaime himself was incapable of. Minato was thinking the same thing, since he had to seal the beast within three people while using a Mask that was passed down through the Uzumaki clan that helped negate the price of his soul for using that jutsu. Yet one person in the crowd was of sound mind and rushed forward to help.
"Naruto," screamed out Yakumo as she ran forward to comfort her crush. She held onto him as he weakly leaned against her. She cried as she saw the damage done to his arms. "Why did you do this?"
"I simply did what had to be done," said Naruto weakly. He wondered about what to do at this point, but he realized that he had something for this exact moment. Within the Sanctum was a massive armory of items from places that were both possible as well as impossible to get to that had been obtained by the various tenants. One item the Ancient one told him about was a small vial that contained the water from the Tree of Life. It was said that it could heal even the most fatal of wounds, but only to those who were pure of heart. Those with darkened souls would become consumed by a holy flame that would leave nothing but ash. He remembered that the Ancient One had said that one day he would need it, since a vision of the future showed her that he would do something that he was not prepared for and would nearly cost him his life. Naruto smirked as he remembered this.
"Naruto," said Yakumo, "please don't die on me."
"Oh you are not that lucky," said Naruto with a weak chuckle, "but I need you to do something."
"Anything."
"I need you to reach into my inside pocket and pull out a small glowing vial." Said Naruto as he leaned back a bit so that she could do it. She did as was asked of her, and held the vial carefully in her hand like her life depended on it. Naruto was able to use a bit of magic to allow others to grab things from the Sanctum that he wanted them to get such as the vial she had grabbed.
"What now?"
"I need you to open it and pour it into my mouth."
Yakumo did just that, and leaned Naruto's head back a bit so that she could pour the liquid down his throat. As Naruto swallowed the glowing liquid, she saw as it passed through his body in lines. The lines eventually reached the area that he wanted healed, and within seconds the blackened seared flesh was gone and replaced by new healthy skin. Naruto waited a minute and then flexed his hand a bit to make sure everything was fine. Since everything still was working properly, he had nothing to fear.
"Thank you Yakumo," said Naruto with smile on his face that lightened up Yakumo's mood.
"But why did you do all this? You could have died!" shouted Yakumo as she slapped him for doing something so stupid.
"True," said Naruto as he rubbed his sore cheek a bit to ease the pain, "but it was all worth it in the end."
"Yet why did you do it?"
"For your gift," said Naruto as he held up his hand. The tome he had used to seal the demon flew into his hand and when it did he held it out for Yakumo to take.
"What is this," said Yakumo as she was hesitant to take the book from him.
"This is a magical item called a Grimoire," said Naruto, "I spent the past thirty seven years making this in the Sanctum since every seal had to be perfect or else it would not work. What it does is grant you massive amounts of magical power along with a weapon that I designed with your skillset in mind."
"Why would you make something like this for me?" asked Yakumo as she finally took the Grimoire from his hand and held it in her hands delicately.
"Because there will be times where I can't be there, and with this in your possession I know you will be safe," said Naruto as he held his hand on her cheek with a smile on his face that made Yakumo blush when she saw it.
"Wh…" was all she was able to say before he pulled her into an embrace and kissed her on the lips. Yakumo was surprised by this, yet she quickly got into it and kissed back. While this was happening, the multiple Naruto fan girls who saw this all began to growl that this random girl that they had never seen before today had gotten the kiss that they felt was rightfully theirs. But Yakumo and Naruto were oblivious to all this as the kiss ended. Yakumo just stood there with a full face blush since her brain was resetting from this unexpected event.
"Well now that everything is all well," said Naruto as he began to walk away from her towards the sisters who were surrounded by medic Nin as they tried to help them. "I have something I must do."
"Wait," said Yakumo as she grabbed ahold of his hand, "can I have one more kiss before you go?"
"Yakumo, I love you," said Naruto before he kissed her again, this one not lasting as long as the first one, "you can have one whenever you wish for one."
"But what if I want one every second of everyday?"
"Well then I would just have to stay by your side forever then wouldn't I?" said Naruto as he continued towards his destination. Yakumo simply blushed as she giggled like a typical schoolgirl as her inner self was cheering at finally acquiring Naruto as her boyfriend. It was then that she noticed all the glaring girls who were looking at her, but to be honest she didn't give a damn about them. But as she just stood there and enjoyed the moment, Naruto made it to his destination and saw Minato standing over his unconscious daughters as he continually ordered his medics to heal them.
"Step aside," said Naruto as he stepped forward, "allow me to fix this."
"Naruto," started Minato as he looked at his son with eyes wide open to the fact that he had truly screwed up when he abandoned Naruto as he had. The fact that Naruto was capable of such feats on his own proved that his potential overshadowed his daughters by massive amounts.
"Save your excuses," said Naruto as he ushered the medics away so he could do as he needed to do to help Narumi and Natsumi. "Because I don't care to hear them."
Naruto held out both hands, which glowed with bright energy, as he began to chant in a forgotten language of a forgotten dimension. A bubble appeared around the sister, which if you looked hard enough you could make out the outline of a clock. Naruto used his power over manipulating time to turn back the clock for them back to the point that they were healthy and no longer in pain. Albeit they were weaker since the Kyuubi's energy was no longer within their body to use at will, but they would live. As soon as he was done, the bubble shattered and the sisters go up and checked themselves to see that everything was in working order.
"You helped us," said Narumi in surprise that Naruto, who she assumed just hated them even though he said otherwise yesterday, would aid them at all like this. "But why? I thought you didn't care about us."
"While it is true that I don't care about you," said Naruto with a serious look on his face, "I can't stand around and watch you two suffer from the mistake of Minato like you had."
"What mistake are you talking about," asked Minato who was confused as to what Naruto was talking about.
"You split the Kyuubi into three pieces which enraged it beyond its normal capacity of the emotion, but if I was ripped apart as such I would be pissed as well."
"But it worked since the beast was contained and the people saved!"
"You sealed demonic energy into your daughters," said Naruto as he slammed his hand to his forehead since in his mind he wondered how he could be related to such an idiot of a man, "which was slowly corrupting them from the inside. The pain they felt as they used it was their very souls dissolving from the demonic influence from within. The means to control the power lied within the mind of the beast, or in this case the soul, which you sealed into me and then had the idiotic idea to separate the one thing that could keep the demonic energy that was slowly killing your daughters from doing just that."
"But… I," was all Minato could say since this revelation of the situation was a bit much to take in at the moment since he had never thought about it until now since all the facts lay before him.
"You didn't think," said Naruto with a growl, "and because of that you nearly ruined three lives, but luckily for you only one was ruined and yet fixed itself along with the other two. What makes it worse is the fact that those three lives are of your own blood, and such actions make me question why you became a father if you are just going to kill or traumatize your own children like this."
"You saved us?" asked Narumi as she too was shocked to hear what would have happened if Naruto had not done as he had to aid them.
"That I did. But now that everything has been resolved well enough, I am going home. It has been an exhausting morning and I need a nap to recover my strength."
"But the fight is not over," shouted Natsumi as she got to her feet and prepared to attack, "since we can still fight!"
"Sleep," was all Naruto said as he pointed at her and Narumi. His finger glowed purple as he did, and the sisters fell over asleep as he said that. Naruto then walked back over to Yakumo, who was still red in the face and standing in place. "See you tomorrow for our first mission?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," she said as she pointed to her lips. Naruto simply smiled as he got the hint and gave her a quick peck on the lips before he opened up a portal to the Sanctum. All those in attendance, except for two people in the group which were Yakumo and Hiruzen, saw this and gasped in surprise. They had all wondered how Naruto got around so quickly in his youth and since he was always careful to hide away when he opened a portal, no one knew he was capable of such a feat. And they continued to stare in shock as Naruto entered it and closed it behind him…
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