Second chances

chapter 11:the battle in the thick mist

The next few days were unusually uneventful for Team seven.Kakashi trained the three genin, stressing on the importance of teamwork. Which didn't actually seem to do much as they were already inseperable.

After that revelation, he tried to teach them about chakra control through climbing trees. That plan didn't seem to go well either, as the three already mastered it. Eventually he gave up and spent his days reading his perverted novel.Naruto secretly vowed to kick the Ero-sennin's ass when he met him.

Rin, meanwhile, agreed to teach Hinata about the art of medical jutsus, and also training her Jyuuken (1) through sparring. But on one condition that she was able to have her "Karin-chan" for at least an hour everyday. Kyuubi declined outright, but no one seemed to care. (A/N: poor guy... ;-;)

Sasuke rigorously trained to become more faster using weight tags as well as weighted clothing on top of it. He also occasionally sparred with Naruto, where the two tried to awaken his Sharingan.

Naruto continued to train as his tenant instructed him to do so. The training became even more hellish as punishment for the deal he struck with Rin.During sunset the trio left to an isolated training area, where they began to learn from the Forbidden scroll, where the three agreed to divide the techniques depending on their affinity with the element. Sasuke was unanimously voted to use fire, with a few earth and Kage bunshin techniques as backup. Hinata, after much thought, decided on water. As she was going to use medical ninjutsu as well, she decided that it was enough on her plate already.As for Naruto, he decided to go for techniques that involved a lot of chakra, so he had a lot more variety in the elements.A week passed through this intense training.

After it the familiar scene of Haku meeting Naruto occurred, and on the same day Kakashi was finally able to confront Naruto in secret.

-Flashback!-

"Naruto, you've been given enough distractions," said Kakashi, giving the blond a hard stare. "Are you going to tell me about the summoning or not?"

Naruto shrugged, "Meh. If you want my honest opinion, I'd be saying no. But, that wouldn't be the case at the moment, will it?" He smirked as he added, "But you need to the Sandaime Hokage's permission for me to tell."

"Sandaime-sama already did. So talk."

"Fine. Well, what do you want? I don't have all day."

"The fox summon is one I'd like to know. The last person I remember being able to summon it was-"

"Yeah yeah, the Yondaime Hokage. I know. Otherwise known as your sensei. Do you want the sugar-coated with extra frosting on top lie or the truth?" Naruto asked sweetly, batting his eyes in mock innocence.

"Truth would be nice. And I'm not asking, I'm demanding as your sensei."

"Alright. So you should be aware with the Kyuubi incident twelve years ago, right? And the fact that he's currently residing in my body, blah blah blah?"A bit surprised at Naruto's insight, he nevertheless replied,

"... Yes... And?"

"Has anyone asked themselves why Kyuubi attacked Konoha? Have you?"

"Well... Because... He's a demon? And demons like destroying things?"

"... You're supposed to be known as a genius, right? 'Cause I'm not really seeing it..."

"Alright, if you're such a genius, tell me."

"Simple. He was the boss summon of the foxes the Yondaime summons. One day, a certain pedophillic Snake freak decided to control him. He managed to somehow steal the summoning scroll and managed to summon Kyuubi. Angry that he couldn't control the fox, the idiot used a genjutsu and drove him beserk. The Fourth decided to use his only child as the vessel and sealed him. And here we are today."