Konoha's Ice Dragon continuation

Chapter 30

It has been a two months now, since Naruto had welcomed Haku and Zabuza into the Senju Compound, or what he rather calls it; The Sanctuary, as he plans to find and bring back any remaining Yuki, Uzumaki or Senju left, since he is part of all three nearly extinct clans.

So far, Naruto had only found one Yuki, and she and her giant sword wielding 'father' had managed to settled-in to their new home, and already becoming part of the blonde Senju's little family. He knows that his cousin Tsunade is still out there in the world, and he can only hope that he can bring her back home one day. He plans to begin his search, when he is finally promoted to Chunin. But who knows how long that will take.

Haku has been working at the hospital, a week after she and Zabuza had arrived in Konoha. She may not know any Medical Ninjutsu, but she was already becoming one of the best medics in the Medical Corp. Haku hopes that if Naruto manages to bring Tsunade back, she could be given the opportunity to learn from the Greatest Medical Ninja in the world, not to mentioned, a Legendary idol to all Kunoichis.

Ino even managed to form a strong friendship with the Yuki girl, despite knowing her little crush with Naruto. Ino was obviously annoyed at first, but she honestly couldn't blame Haku, I mean what girl wouldn't fall for Naruto Senju?

But the Yamanaka girl of course, wanted to make sure that Haku won't be another Sakura. So she and the Yuki girl had a long pleasant talk, about how much Naruto meant to her, and what she would do, to fight for him, if need be.

Instead of expecting another declaration of war over a boy again, Haku understood what Ino was trying to tell her, and respected her relationship with Naruto. Haku could clearly see that Naruto's heart already belongs to Ino, so all she could do now, as a friend, is be happy for them.

Ino felt both relieved and happy, that Haku is more mature than Sakura. But the more she thinks about her pink haired best friend, the more she misses her. Last time Ino saw her, she was completely devastated after learning that she and Naruto are together. Ino can only hope, that Sakura would get over her crush and move on, so hopefully they can be friends again.

Ino would even ask Haku if she would train with her. If she can be as skilled as the Yuki girl, she would no doubt kick lots of ass. She wanted to improve her speed and reaction time, but more importantly her skills in close-quarter combat. Haku even helped Ino train with Senbons, and how to effectively throw them with speed and precision.

Ino even asked Asuma to help teach her some new Katon Jutsus. So far she only knew the Phoneix Flower and Running Fire.

Asuma knew that Ino's chakra reserves is fairly large for a Genin, and her chakra control was now near perfect. She really wanted to learn his Burning Ash Jutsu, but he decided that she wasn't ready for such a dangerous technique yet. It was considered a B-Rank Jutsu for a reason, since it could potentially damage the user as well. So for now, he only taught her two new Katon Jutsus.

1) Flame Bullet / C-Rank / Offensive = This technique is executed by the user gathering oil in their mouth which is created by chakra, spitting it out, and igniting it. This technique simply shoots a flame bullet at the enemy. If the amount of oil that is prepared is kept down, the time it takes to invoke the technique is reduced. This allows the enemy to be stricken unaware, allowing the oil-containing flame bullet to burn them up completely. It is also possible to shoot out a series of flame bullets by partitioning the oil, or a continuous flamethrower.

2) Demon Lantern / C-Rank / Offensive = This technique releases many floating fireballs around the user, which take the shape of ghosts at the final stage of the technique. After performing the required hand seal, they attack the opponent in swarms. Each fireball creates a huge flame at the moment of impact.