Naruto the REAL Fifth Hokage by Traban16

Chapter 7: Off the Beaten Path

Chapter 7: Off the Beaten Path

A Week Later, Morning, With Naruto and Shizune:

Morning came very quickly for the blonde Hokage since he hadn't gone to bed at all last night. Shizune was sound asleep on his bed, again, as he was still up with his clones reading through her books and scrolls. He found it a little odd that the Pervy Sage hadn't returned last night, from his fifth night out drinking with Tsunade, but then again; that was nothing new. The only reason he was more concern than normal was because of the possible events that may unfold later that day. He knew Orochimaru had probably given her a week to decide, so he'd be ready today.

Determined to be ready for anything, he closed his book and gathered his supplies and set them out to make sure everything was accounted for. Kunai, shuriken, Senbonzakura, healing ointments made last night with Shizune...everything he needed was checked off his list as he went through his assortment of tools. He sealed everything back up and put the scroll with his extra things in his kunai pouch, stopping to debate once as he touched the seal on the left hip of his pants.

On one hand it was a very powerful weapon that could help tip the scale in a fight. On the other hand though, if it was taken from him it could make someone else a lot more powerful than they needed to be at the moment. He resigned to have Kyuubi tie his soul to the blade, after all; only he was supposed to use it, right?

"Hey Kyuubi." Naruto thought as he was sure Kyuubi could hear his thoughts.

"What the hell do you want, brat? I'm trying to get my morning nap in." Kyuubi's gruff and plainly male voice came to his thoughts as he frowned. Just great, instead of the sexy, ready to do anything for him Kyu-chan he had hoped to get, he got the hard-nosed, hard-ass military commander he didn't want at all!

"Hey you maggot ass brat! I can hear every damn thing you think! Now think your business before I really do turn into a mindless beast like those villagers of yours think I am and turn your little blond ass into a chew-toy for my future kits." Kyuubi said-

"And that's Kyuubi-sensei to you while I'm in this form! Or did you forget what the punishment was!" Kyuubi-sensei! Kyuubi-sensei said gruffly as he growled in Naruto's thoughts.

"I just want to know if you can make Senbonzakura and me tied so no one can steal him!" Naruto exclaimed in complete and utter fear of that punishment again. Kyuubi-sensei smirked a foxy smirk as he mentally cracked his knuckles.

"No problem my small, and still regrettably virgin, jailor. …It's done." Kyuubi-sensei said in a slick and sly voice as he snapped his fingers.

"What? That's it?" Naruto asked as he could mentally feel Kyuubi-sensei frown a bit.

"Yes, or did you expect some age old ritual and a sealing circle which you might not survive. Bitch, please! Tying the human soul to an object is easier to me than killing small woodland critters. If you wanted to do it with another human that would only be a clap of the hands." Kyuubi-sensei said with a yawn at the end.

"Hey, why haven't I been training with you anymore? I mean I just sort of forgot about that method until now. I mean, not that Shadow Clones aren't cool, but why not just read these scrolls and train with you for three years in a few hours?" Naruto asked as Kyuubi-sensei mentally rolled his eyes.

"Because brat, that was a one-time deal. I slowed your mind longer than it can ever hold again. If I did it again, you'd be a vegetable because of the deep seeded slowed functions that I'd have to stop. Like motor skills and such." Kyuubi-sensei said lazily as Naruto still had one more question.

"If you can tie a soul to an object that quick; then what about… immortality?" Naruto asked as Kyuubi-sensei narrowed his eyes.

"That is not difficult either, but I've only done that with one human. And that was to gain my freedom from the little fool." Kyuubi-sensei said with more distain and venom than Naruto thought possible.