Uzumaki & Kitsune

An Unknown Skill

<With Naruto, his Friends, and his Enemies>

Naruto was standing in a clearing in the forest; beaten and bloody, hunched over holding his extensively bleeding, sliced-open side, standing behind him was a girl with silver hair, fox ears, and a fox tail, who seemed to be around the same age. Across the clearing from Naruto, stood a slightly bruised Orochimaru with blood running down his chin, and a Rasengan mark on his stomach. Orochimaru stood in an offensive stance, holding his kusanagi blade in front of him with both hands. He took one hand off the kusanagi blade and wiped the blood off his chin with his sleeve.

"Ahh, so Jiraiya taught you the art of the sage and how to enter sage-mode, eh Naruto-kun? No matter, even wielding the power of sage-mode, your still no match for me." said Orochimaru in his snake-like voice.

"I will not lose to someone like you, you snake-bastard!" exclaimed Naruto with anger in his voice, before taking out a scroll.

"I may not know much-" said Naruto, as he unravelled the scroll, "-but I do know a thing or two about the art of kenjutsu!" he said as he unsealed a sword from the scroll; standing in an offensive stance, holding the sword in his right hand, which was swung around behind him.

'The Uzumaki Blade!?' thought Hitome and Orochimaru simultaneously.

'Wait, did he say he knew kenjutsu?' thought Orochimaru, shocked that the boy had decided to learn kenjutsu.

'If he can wield the Uzumaki Blade, then he has to be an Uzumaki, but weren't all the Uzumaki wiped out defending Uzushiogakure during the Whirlpool Incident?' thought Hitome with a shocked expression.

'I never taught him kenjutsu, so who did?' thought Jiraiya, with an inquisitive look on his face.

As if in response to Jiraiya's unasked question, Naruto answered, "I was taught the art when I was still a kid before the Chunin Exams."

"Oh? Then who was it that taught you, Naruto-kun?" Naruto shivered at being called 'Naruto-kun' by Orochimaru, but answered, nonetheless.

"A Konoha Jonin named Hayate. Gekko Hayate to be exact. I was also trained in the art of kenjutsu by an Anbu Black Ops, who goes by the code name Neko."

*FLASHBACK*

A seven year old Naruto was walking down the streets of Konoha, near the training grounds, when he passed training ground six, he saw a man with dark brown hair, wearing a Jonin vest, his headband worn like a bandana, and had a sheath strapped to his back. Naruto watched the man train from afar. Mesmerized by the fluidity and movements of the man's katana, Naruto just had to ask the man to train him. However, Naruto didn't know if the man would shun him as the 'demon' or if he would accept his request for training.

Before he could make up his mind, he heard the man speak, "*cough* *cough* Come on out, *cough* I know you're there *cough* *cough*." said the man, who was now facing in Naruto's direction. Mustering up his courage, Naruto left his hiding spot and stepped towards the man.

"*cough* Oh, it's you. What do you need, kid?" said Hayate in a polite voice.

"Um, could you train me in your weapon style, sir?"

Hayate was taken aback by the boy's question, 'Hmm, I'm not so sure I should train him, I might get into big trouble with the villagers, not to mention, the council. On the other hand, I've seen how cruel the villagers have been to him over the years. On top of that, the few villagers and shinobi that did care for him weren't able to adopt him because of the council's interference.' thought Hayate in a solemn mood. 'Well, screw the villagers, and screw the council. They can't be prejudiced against Naruto for holding the Kyuubi, Naruto is it's jailor, not the Kyuubi reincarnated, that blasted council isn't gonna get what they want this time around!' he said inwardly, with a confident smirk on his face.

"Uh, *cough*, *cough*, sure kid. I guess I could teach you a thing or two. *cough* The name's Hayate; Gekko Hayate, nice to meet you *cough*." said Hayate in his somewhat scratchy voice.

"Really!? Yaaaay! Thank you so much, Hayate-sensei!"

"Calm down Naruto. If you want me to train you, first we will have to find out what your chakra nature is *cough* *cough*." said Hayate.

Hayate handed Naruto a square piece of paper, "*cough* This is chakra paper, we will use this to determine your chakra nature. *cough* *cough* There are five basic types of chakra *cough* Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, and Lightning. *cough* *cough*." Hayate explained. "Now, channel chakra into the paper. If the paper splits, your affinity is Wind *cough*. If the paper becomes wet, your affinity is Water, if the paper burns, it is Fire. If it crumbles away, your affinity is Earth, and finally, the paper will crumple up if your affinity is Lighting natured *cough* *cough* *cough*."

Naruto channeled his chakra into the paper. He was surprised when the paper split in two with one half crumpling up, and the other half slicing into even more pieces.

Hayate stood with a surprised expression before adopting a thinking pose. "Hmm, *cough* *cough* it seems that you possess the affinity for Lightning, as well as, a VERY strong affinity for Wind *cough* *cough*." Hayate said in an instructive voice.

"*cough* It's very rare to find a Wind user in the Land of Fire, but it's even more rare to find a Wind and Lightning user here *cough* *cough*." Hayate said in a knowledgeable voice.

"Wow, that's so cool!" said an ecstatic Naruto.

"*cough* I'm not a Wind user, but I can still teach you how to wield a katana with mastery, though. *cough* I will also arrange for another sensei to teach you when I'm unable to do so. *cough* *cough* She's a very close friend of mine and an elite member of the Anbu Black Ops, *cough* she is also a master of kenjutsu, just like I am. *cough* Her name is Yugao; Yugao Uzuki. *cough* *cough."

*FLASHBACK END*

~END OF CHAPTER~