One Who Shapes The Future

Chapter 8: Calm Before the Maelstrom

4 days had passed since Naruto had begun Sayuko and Sasuke's intense training to awaken their Zanpaktou. He made them wear chakra weights and chakra restriction seals, to limit the amount of chakra they could use and to make their bodies heavier. He also made them wear stamina seals, so no matter how much they trained, and how much pain they felt, they would still be able to train. And Naruto's policy was 'train till your exhausted'. So...you can understand why the two, even though one was his girlfriend, glared daggers at him.

On the other hand, Naruto had yet to tell Sayuko about Kurama being together with him, and about how she was going to bare his first child. He knew the longer he put it off, the angrier she would be at him, but he was afraid. He had faced Kurama's wrath once before, and he did not want to face the wrath of another angry woman, especially when he had been training said woman.

Right now, Naruto was meditating in the room he was using at Tazuna's house. Sasuke and Sayuko were out training, being supervised by a Kage Bushin. Sakura and Kakashi, who could no longer bare to look Naruto in the eye after their last confrontation in fear of seeing the disappointed look from his Sensei's son, were guarding Tazuna and also helping build the bridge.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked into the mirror. The scalera were pitch black, and the iris was in the form of an 8 pointed silver pinwheel, glimmering in the sunlight. "I still can't let anyone know about myDojutsu until the Chunin Exams..." Naruto mumbled, annoyed.

"Why the hell not?" Khaos asked.

"To show off!" Naruto exclaimed. "People think I'm a dobe, even though I was rookie of the year. If I use this Dojutsu, on top of revealing my heritage to everyone, then people will look at me in a different light. Plus...it will help when I finally strike down the bastards who wronged me." Naruto mumbled, a dark grin on his lips.

Indeed, Naruto was faithful to Konoha, but he intended to massacre the ones who were responsible for his pain: The civilian and elder councils. Most specifically: Shimura Danzo. He had been the main cause of Naruto's pain. Through his travels, he discovered Danzo was the one responsible for telling Uchiha Madara about Kushina's pregnancy. He was the one who let slip to the civilian council that Naruto was the Kyuubi incarnate (Which is what he said, though he knew the Uzumaki was just the Jinchuurki). And he was the one who used a powerful, near undetectable Genjutsu on the Sandaime to not improve any conditions that Naruto lived in (though the Genjutsu was broken when Naruto's chakra burst the day he unlocked it, shattering all surrounding Genjutsu).

"Even so, you should show it off! You have a Dojutsu that could put the Sharingan to shame!"

Naruto sighed. "Yes. The Hakumeigan (Twilight Eye) is a powerful Dojutsu, even if it isn't as well known as the Sharingan or Byakugan. But I will not reveal it before I think it's time. Now silence Khaos. I'm trying to unlock the next level, I'm still only at level 1."

That was another thing that annoyed Naruto. He had a powerful Dojutsu from a distant family clan, the Kurojin clan, but he was unable to use it's full power. It had 6 stages, each stage aiding in battle even more than the last. He had gotten this Dojutsu when he was 11, but he was still stuck at level 1, even after two years of trying to make it level up.

"I need to be patient," the Uzumaki told himself. "It may only level up from battle stress, like the Sharingan's awakening..." He shook his head. "No, Sharingan doesn't awaken from battle stress. It awakens by a surge of emotion or a powerful thought. The most common is fear, anger, hatred, or desire. The only Sharingan user I know who didn't fall under one of those categories was Mikoto-san, who'sSharingan was born of love."