In case it had been forgotten I dont own Naruto or any of the characters
Chapter 5: The Meeting
"So you came to that conclusion as well Naruto .. Yes I believe he is alive, that hunter nin seemed off and didn't follow procedure" Kakashi explained to the room.
"Yeah I read in a book erosennin gave me that hunter nin are supposed to cut off the head and burn the body of there targets, so why would he take the body with him unless the hunter ninja was working with Zabuza" Naruto continued.
"Don't you two think your over thinking things, I mean you checked him yourself Kakashi sensei" Sakura said almost pleading herself to be right.
"Yes but think about what weapon the hunter used senbon needles. It is possible to put a person in a near death state by hitting the pressure points in such a way that it shuts down all noticeable signs of life. No I think Zabuza will be back in about a week, which means we have to train" Kakashi finished with a look of seriousness on his face to indicate he was deadly serious.
"Um but sensei forgive me, but it seems highly unlikely that we have any hope against someone like Zabuza and a weeks worth of training is not going to change that" Sai said hoping his sensei would see the logic and not have to fight the legendary swordsman.
"Yes but you wont be fighting Zabuza I will. You will be fighting the fake hunter nin" Kakashi explained.
(Forest clearing 1 hour later)
"Ok today we are going to learn to climb trees" the silver haired ninja said in a bored tone.
"Um Kakashi sensei we already know how to climb trees" Sakura said confused why there sensei would think they were that useless.
"I mean climb trees without your hands" the cyclops said not taking his eye off his Icha Icha.
"He means like this" said Naruto as he walked over to the tree and casually walked up the side.
"Well it seems that you already know this exercise, very good Naruto that means you will come with me and help me guard the bridge builder" Kakashi said 'hm maybe I can use this chance to teach him something seeing as Jiraiya-sama took him as a pupil and I didn't get the chance'.
"Um can I bring some of my balloons to work on my exercise for erosennin then" Naruto asked.
"Sure thing now the rest of you" he took out three kunai and threw them on the ground at there feet use those to mark your progress up the tree. I will leave a clone here to watch your progress" Kakashi made a shadow clone and left the clearing quickly followed by Naruto.
"Hn it cant be hard to do at all if dobe can do it" Sasuke sneered.
"Yeah I mean he was just trying to show off. I bet you get this first go Sasuke-kun" Sakura said fawning over her crush and obsession.
"Hm it seems dickless is trying to hide the fact that he is angry that someone can do something he cant by hiding behind his arrogance" Sai said in a mater of fact tone.
"Shut up Sai Baka, what would you know. Sasuke-kun will have this down in no time just wait and see" screeched the banshee causing all others in the clearing to wince.
(Bridge 30 Minute's Later)
Naruto was sitting against the side of the bridge still trying to prevent his balloons from exploding on him and producing another from a sealing scroll after every failed attempt.
Kakashi on the other hand was watching the blond with great interest 'hes so close to completing it, yet the file I have on him says he was the dead last and had poor ninjutsu skills unable to create a standard clone, well I guess its no wonder he cant use the standard bushin no justsu it requires so little chakra it must have been like trying to fill a thimble with a garden hose and not spill a drop' he thought watching the boy get frustrated after holding the balloon for 15 seconds only to loose concentration and have it pop.
"Naruto take a brake from that for a while, I have something I want to teach you" Kakashi said.
"Sure think what do you want to teach me Kakashi sensei" Naruto asked eagerly (didn't call him that before because he hadn't taught or offered to teach him anything)
"Well I was going to teach you a jutsu from your element are are you aware of what your primary element style is yet?" Kakashi asked while pleased the boy was so eager to learn.
"No I haven't done elemental work yet for the first two months with Jiraiya sensei all we worked on was fixing holes in my knowledge, tactics, a new taijutsu style, introduced me to fuinjutsu which I really like and chakra control. Then last month he let me sign the toad summoning contract after I mastered water walking. And now I'm working on a new jutsu" Naruto finished with a smile after listing his accomplishments.
"So your working on the rasengan huh" the copy ninja said as a statement not a question.
"How do you know I'm working on the rasengan?" the blond asked.
"I was the forth Hokage's student, did you really think I wouldn't notice the final stage of the training to complete it. Well anyway you have come a long way that is really impressive to learn all that in just the three months since the academy" Kakashi said obviously proud of his sensei's son.
"Well its not really, I have a way to get a lot of training done is a short period of time with shadow clones" Naruto said with a smirk.
"Naruto that's ingenious, and I bet you are the only person that would work for because of your immense chakra capacity but why are you not using them to help you in completing the rasengan?" Kakashi asked confused as to why he would not be using them to complete such a powerful technique.
"Well because it took erosennin a year to learn it without clones I want to show him that I can do it in less than that because I want to make him proud of me" Naruto said.
"I guess that's understandable. Well anyway I want you to take one of these pieces of paper and channel your chakra into it. They come from a specific type of tree that channels your chakra into its natural transformation that's not to say you cant use the other natures take me for example I'm primarily a lightening type but I can still use earth style jutsu's but they require more chakra and wont be as powerful" Naruto nodded indicating that he understood everything so far.
"Ok so when I channel my chakra into the paper what happens?" the young blond asked eager to learn more.
"Well if your a Katon type it burns Raiton it will crumple Fuuton it will cut Suiton it will become damp and Doton the paper will turn to dust" Kakashi explained.
Naruto took the piece of paper and started channeling his chakra into it a couple of seconds later the paper split indicating Fuuton and a wind affinity/
"Well it seems you have a wind affinity. That is rare and a difficult element to control but also one of the most powerful and also predominately for offensive. I only know of one wind user in Konoha and that's Asuma Sarutobi the sensei for team ten" Kakashi said.
Naruto looked a bit down heated at this thinking Kakashi and Jiraiya may not be able to help him with it as well as if he had one of there elements.
"So what do I need to do to be able to use my element" Naruto asked hopeful that he could still be of help.
"Well to have complete control over the element often takes years and is not usually trained until a chunin is looking to become a jonnin as it is an requirement to have two elemental affinities and to have a second you need to complete the manipulation training for the first" Kakashi said as he saw the slightly downbeat look on the young blonds face.
"But luckily you don't need to complete the training just to use jutsu from that area so I'm going to teach you a long range D rank jutsu you can use with a kunai to make it attack at a faster rate also once you have completed the manipulation training this shouldn't require hand seals" Kakashi explained.
Kakashi showed the young blond a set of three and seals and shot what looked like a strong gust of wind out of his palm saying Fuuton: Gale Palm jutsu.
Naruto created a hundred clones and got to work on his new Fuuton jutsu while he continued work on the rasengan and physical training deciding to up his weights from 20 pounds on each arm and leg to 50. At the end of the day he was exhausted but had successfully learned the gale palm jutsu and had started experimenting with how he could use it to enhance his kunai and shuriken speeds, so he was rather proud of himself.
(That night at Tazunas house)
The group sat down to eat dinner as a young boy came in shot a disgusted look at the group of ninja before declaring how they were all stupid to face Gato and were just going to die which Naruto angrily refused was the case.
"What would you know about pain I bet you have all lived sheltered lives in that ninja village of yours you don't know what suffering is" the young boy yelled after Naruto had denied what they were doing was futile
"So what things are bad but you know what I have had it much worse, you still have a mother who loves you and a Grandfather, a house to keep you warm and food every night. You don't know what its like to be hated in your own village for something that is out of your control. You don't know what its like to be beaten and kicked out of shops and forced to go through the garbage for food. You think your life is bad fine, but don't just sit around and moan about it do something about it fight back, don't be a coward... Kakashi sensei I'm going out to train" and with that Naruto stormed out the front door with tears in his eyes.
"Kakashi sensei Naruto's life couldn't have been that bad right, he has to be lying to get attention" Sakura asked.
"No Sakura everything he said was true, Naruto was kicked out of the orphanage at age 4 and lived on the streets for 6 months before some Anbu found him and took him to the Hokage. The Hokage gave Naruto an apartment but he has had to learn everything for himself, and was constantly being beaten and kicked out of stores. And that is the watered down version" Kakashi said shocking the small group in the room.
(Forest Clearing the Following Morning)
Naruto awoke in a field in the clearing of the forest when he heard a noise behind him. Quickly reacting he jumped up into the toad stance but relaxed upon seeing what was apparently a teenage girl picking flowers and herbs.
"Hello there, what you you doing out in the woods this early in the morning" Naruto asked.
"Oh hi" the girl said shocked to see one of the ninja who had been with the bridge builder when they attempted to assassinate him "Um my friend is sick so I'm out here picking herbs for a medicine. Tell me, are you a ninja, is that why you are out here" the girl asked.
"Yeah I am we were given a C rank mission to defend this bridge builder. But it turned out this guy named Gato has hired missing ninja to kill the poor man, so our mission turned into an A rank. Well life is funny that way I guess" Naruto paused as if in thought before continuing "But I will train harder to protect Tazuna and help this village and to become strong enough to protect everyone I care about" Naruto finished the statement like it was a declaration."That's good, I believe true strength comes from protecting those things that were precious to you it helps you push beyond what your limits to make sure they are safe" the girl said in an approving tone.
"Wow your really smart. My names Naruto Uzumaki Naruto whats your name miss?" the blond asked hoping to make a new friend.
"Oh my name is Haku and um I'm a boy" Haku said slightly annoyed to be confused with a girl.
'Oh kami oh kami oh kami and I thought he was kinda good looking. Fuck me I've become Sasuke-teme minus the whole brooding and ego complex thing. I think I'm gonna be sick' Naruto thought whilst trying to hold back a gag.
"Oh I'm sorry well anyway I better get back to the team I am with, they will probably be wondering where I am, I have been out for awhile. It was nice meeting you Haku I hope we meet again someday" the blond said getting over his temporary mental breakdown.
"Yes it would be nice to meet again in more peaceful times goodby Naruto Uzumaki" Haku said as he left the clearing.
'I really hope I don't have to fight him he dose not deserve to die, why did you have to take this job Zabuza-sama'.