After three years, Konoha's Number 1 Most Hyperactive Knuckle-headed Ninja has returned. Naruto Uzumaki returns from his training with Jiraiya, ready to save Sasuke from Orochimaru, as he promised over three years ago. But then Naruto is faced with...
I do not own Naruto. (PS: obviously, the picture is of Naruto's masters. Unfortunately, while I am using the Ashina Uzumaki that appeared EXTREMELY briefly during Kushina's talk with Naruto (and when was Ashina's name stated anyway?) and while there are pictures of him, obviously I couldn't find one with all 3 on there.)
"Oh...." Moaning filled the entire room. And the room was pretty big. The grimy floor was littered with bodies, in varying states of health. A few were dead. More were critically wounded and didn't have long to live.
A dark, sinister laugh filled the air. "Well done. Well done indeed, Sasuke," the voice said, hissing the name. The name of the young teenage boy standing in the middle of the room, the only person not harmed. He wore a grey zippered, high collar shirt with short sleeves and dark blue pants, with a dark blue clothe tied around his waist with a purple rope belt that was common among Orochimaru's followers.
Sasuke turned to look up at his Sensei. Blood-red eyes, with three tomoes in each, glowed in the darkness. Blood spattered his clothing and face. "You're supposed to be making me stronger, Orochimaru," he said darkly. "But all I'm doing is wasting my time with these losers." He kicked one of the downed men to prove his point. The man only gasped, too far gone to do anything else.
Orochimaru laughed again. "Don't worry, my disciple. Soon enough, you'll be able to test your power on real opponents." "I'd better," Sasuke warned. Then, he spun away and walked out the door. Soon.... He thought. I'm coming for you, Itachi!
I whistled. "Those mountains sure don't look like pebbles, ya know!" Sakura sighed. "Haven't you been here before?" I nodded. "Yep." Sakura face-palmed, making some of the others snicker. It had been six days since we left the Land of Wind. Three days to travel through the Land of Stone and another three for the Koishi Mountains to come into view. It'd probably be another two days till we reached them and after that, a day and a half to reach the my clan's hidden village.
I was feeling better, my symptoms seemingly disappearing. I knew they'd pop back up at the most annoying moment though. I hated this damn back and forth. When I had been training with Jiraiya Sensei, I could go weeks without feeling anything. Then, it'd just hit me and the seizures would hit one after another. I knew part of it was the damn Fox's fault. He thought it was amusing to mess around with the amount of chakra poured through the weakening seal.
I glanced back at the others. Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Tenten, and Hinata all looked like they were about to pass out. I sighed. "Okay everyone, break time!" Nobody argued. They all collapsed where they were standing. Well, except Lee. "We can continue onwards! The day's still young and full of youth!" He exclaimed. Then, he fell backwards, landing with a soft thump, completely out of it. "Damn Naruto!" Tenten exclaimed. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you took lessons from Guy Sensei!" I laughed. "No. Just one pervy Sannin, one strict Elder, and one ridiculous Clan Head, along with a few others."
They all looked up at me–well, besides Lee, who was still out like a light. "What do you mean, Naruto?" Sakura asked. "I know who the pervy Sannin is, but who are the others?" I sat down next to Kakashi Sensei and shrugged. "Well, I was trained by Jiraiya Sensei, as you all know, but that was only part of my training. I also trained under Geezer Sage at Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Jutsu and under Gramps to learn Uzumaki Clan Jutsus."
Kakashi Sensei coughed lightly. "What?" I asked him. He pointed to the other. "Naruto, they have no idea who you're talking about." I looked back at them and face planted at the completely clueless expressions they were wearing. "Okay, Geezer Sage is one of the most powerful Summoning toads. He's also one of the very few that can teach Sage Jutsu." "But isn't Master Jiraiya a Sage?" Sakura asked. "Yeah, but he can't teach anyone else how to use it." "Okay, I'm confused," Ino said. "Master Jiraiya may know a great deal about Sage Jutsu, but it takes more than just knowing about it to teach it. To become a Sage, you need to be taught by a Summoning animal. And not all Summonings are even capable of Sage Jutsu. There's also something about being in a Summonings' home that helps the process." Kakashi Sensei explained. "It's very complicated and even I don't really know all that much about it."
Kiba snorted. "Then how in the world does Naruto of all people know about it?" Even insulted, I couldn't help but wince sympathetically as Sakura punched him. As he was eating grass, Akamaru put his paw over his snort and whined. I'm pretty sure he was groaning at his master's stupidity.
I shrugged. "The training is a lot harder than it sounds. Trust me, it sounded easy when Geezer Sage explained it. It was a totally different thing to actually do it, ya know?" "What does the training include?" Tenten asked. I held up my hands. "Sorry, I've said all I can." "Ahhhh, come on!" Choji groaned. I shook my head. "Can you tell us about your Expansion Jutsu, other than the basics?" "Well, no-" I nodded. "And I can't explain anything else about Sage Jutsu." While they couldn't do anything without Geezer Sage teaching them, he still had told me to keep the actual mechanics to myself. The less people know, the more advantage I had.
I jumped up. "Okay, enough break! Let's get moving!" "Wait!" Ino protested. "Who was the third one? The Clan Head?" "Oh, yeah. That's Gramps," I said offhandedly, ready to get moving. "He's the leader of the Uzumaki Clan. He's an old bastard." "NARUTO!" Sakura yelled, punching me. I flew back, through a tree. "DO NOT CALL A CLAN HEAD AN 'OLD BASTARD'!" Shikamaru facepalmed. "Naruto..." he muttered exhaustedly. I flipped to my feet. "He is an old bastard!" Kakashi Sensei coughed, stopping Sakura from hitting me again. "In Naruto's defense, Lord Ashina is very old..." Then, he muttered, "I wouldn't call him a bastard though..." I laughed. "He's old as crap though! He trained Tree Guy, after all, ya know!" Kakashi Sensei spit out the water he had been drinking. "Naruto..." he groaned. "Please tell me you didn't just call Lord First 'Tree Guy'?"
"Yep!" I announced proudly, causing everyone to facepalm hard. "Naruto..." Sakura groaned. "Sometimes, I wonder if you have a brain at all..... WAIT, THIS GUY TRAINED THE FIRST HOKAGE?!?!"
I'm so sorry, y'all... Really, I can't believe it's taken me this long to get a chapter out that's this short. But here it is. It's basically just a filler chapter, since I didn't want them to just show up at the village so soon. The next chapter will most likely be similar. But then, the chapter after that will be them arriving in the Uzumaki Village. Then, it might be two or three with them there, and then it's back to the Leaf. Then the fun really begins. 😁
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