The condensed version is that Naruto learns a fewSlayers verse spells and now
everyone thinks he'sa genius hiding as an idiot. Of course, you canimagine
Sasuke's response to that. If you readS'tarkon's Legacy of the Resengan then
this isjust the opposite. Legacy had everyone thinkingNaruto is an idiot while
he's an genius. This haseverything thinking he's a genius while he'sactually an
idiot.Unlike "Legacy", there will actually be changesbecause of Naruto's
action. You'll see deviationfrom canon early on, minor at first but
they'llbuild up to a climax much differently than canonNaruto. (Legacy had
major changes early on thatresulted in minor deviations later in the
story)Standard disclaimer: I don't own Naruto orSlayers. All characters are
the property of theoriginal author. All use of said character andsimilar
situation falls under the fan fictioncategory and is unintended for profit.I'm
looking for a beta for this story so if you'reinterested, please drop me a line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] can also see rougher version which I will postat the
Rokudaime forumshttp://z7.invisionfree.com/Rokudaime/Enjoy and please
reviewNaruto Uzumaki saw the only man that noticed himbleed from an injury
meant for someone else.'Why, Iruka-sensei, why did you save me?' Thehyperactive
dropout saw the life wane from Iruka.The man gave Naruto a weak smile, with
greateffort he pushed himself to stand using the treehe leaned on as
support."Close your eyes, Naruto." Iruka told him gently,a smile on Chunin's
face marred by pain.A moment later Iruka told Naruto he cold open hiseyes.
"Congratulation, Naruto. You passed...'. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hurricane
MagicBy OberonPrologue. . . . . . . . . . . .. .Naruto put another X on his
busty bikini-cladcenterfold calendar. Just two more weeks untilOctober 15,
just two more weeks until he officialgraduate into life as a ninja. The
hyperactiveblond couldn't wait. Naruto instinctively reachedfor the Leaf
headband on the dresser but stoppedhimself."I'll wait until it's officially,"
the hand thathovered over the Leaf headband traveled to thefamiliar set of
green goggles.Naruto's face turned into a foxy grin. Today hewould pull one
last prank, his greatest, one theywould surely record into Leaf Village
history.Technically, he wasn't a ninja yet, so pranks werestill ok, Naruto
rationalized. "Bwuahahahaha,they'll remember this one for sure."First off,
he'll need to collect firewood from theforest. Why? It would be a distraction
for thefoxhunters when he set fires around village.That'll keep his pursuers so
distracted theywouldn't know to look before Naruto had his faceon the Hokage
monument.Naruto locked his apartment behind him, just as aprecaution. He
didn't own anything of value butit got bothersome to find the few he did
owntrashed and his apartment turned upside down. Hecaught the adults with
dirty look in their eyeswhen they thought Naruto wasn't looking.Sometimes they
would even do it when Naruto lookedright at them. He didn't blame them;
instead hetried to ignore the looks as best he could. Itwasn't fair and the
thought of their hatred of himonly stroked his desire to become Hokage.Naruto
walked passed an old woman that reacted tohim immediately. She acted like a
nice old ladyat first but her expression turned to hatred andher hands
shivered, clasping the broom she heldtightly before she raised it over her
head.Naruto made a run outside the reach of her broomjust in time to avoid the
swipe and gave the haghis widest grin.The blond thought he got away but then
came asplash to his face from a mother of two living inthe house next to the
old lady. He was drenchedand the lady next door had shut the window andspared
Naruto a glimpse before the blinds drewtogether from the inside."Hey, watch
it!" Naruto yelled to the lady just asa metal pot used his head for a landing
site."What the..." Naruto looked up just when a red-hotkettle came down from
the second story window.Thankfully, Naruto got out of the way and onlyheard the
kettle bounce off the curb. Theexplosion of boiling hot water missed
himcompletely.Just when it looked safe for Naruto, a trap netsprang from
nowhere and pinned the blond to theconcrete. Several Leaf Village Chunins
jumpedNaruto from their hiding place."Wha... what do you bastards want?" Naruto
yelledat the Chunins, loudly and with a feral growl. Heknew these bastards
well. They spend a lot ofquality time together every time Naruto pulls oneof
his masterpieces of art.The lead Chunin smirked as he stood over Naruto."Well,
you see brat, after hearing that you failedthe exam yesterday we figured you'll
try to pullone of your pranks again. So instead of spendingthe whole day
chasing you around the Leaf Village,we decided to strike first." The Chunin
only gothappier when Naruto futilely wrestled with thenet.Naruto can still use
his arms. He hasn't lostyet, not by a long shot. "Oh yeah!" The
blondpre-Genin challenged the Chunins with a suddenflurry of motion and
maneuvered his arms intoposition. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!""What the..." The
lead Chunin reflexively steppedback when Naruto exploded in ninja smoke.All
Naruto needed was that ninja's moment ofhesitation. When the smoke cleared,
threeidentical copies of Naruto held up the realhyperactive blond ninja over
their cloned heads.Naruto's captors looked around, confused by themultiple
Narutos who had the real one, stillwarped in the net, hoisted over their heads
andhalfway down the street."Get him!" The lead Chunin
commanded."Bwuahahahaahha!" The real Naruto laughedmaniacally then formed the
seal to summon moreclones. Eight more clones of Naruto appeared inanother puff
of ninja smoke - two pairs of three,each trio holding a fourth trapped clone
overtheir heads. The three groups of Naruto split upin different directions.
One group went down analleyway. The second group barreling down themain
street while the real Naruto's group crossthe road almost trampling a pair of
civilians inthe middle.Wordlessly, the four Chunins that attacked Narutosplit
into three groups with one pair of Chuninsafter the clones down Main Street.
The leadChunin somehow trailed the real Naruto into theside roads."I'm going to
get you, BRAT!" The angry Chuninjumped with the force of Chakra enhanced
strengthpumped through his legs. The Chunin flipped inmidair and landed on the
rooftop in front ofNaruto. He breathed heavily while his effortsbarely winded
Naruto in the chase. 'Damn, the brathas stamina' he muttered under his breath.
'Andhe used a Jonin level jutsu so many times withouttiring.'Naruto kept
running only once again summoned hisclones. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" The smoke
clearedand now four more clones ran along the original."Ah, man, not again."
The Chunin sighed when thetwo groups of Naruto once again took off indifferent
directions. "That's it, I give up."The lead Chunin sighed once more, this time
indefeat. "YOU BETTER NOT LET ME CATCH YOU PULLINGANOTHER PRANK!"His only
reply was the maniac laughter of the9tail-brat from several blocks away.. . . .
. . . . . . .Slowly, the buildings thinned out as Naruto leftcivilization
behind him. The forest tree provideda few patches of shades, protection from
themorning sun.One arm perpendicular to the other, Naruto'sfingers formed a
cross, the hand seal required forthis jutsu. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"In a puff
of white smoke, five exact replicas ofNaruto appeared beside the real
hyperactivetrickster. Mere shadows of the original, createdby Chakra but
nonetheless able to interactphysically with the environment. They
disappearwith the slightest trauma, only one hit, butthey're perfectly fine for
what Naruto had inmind."Alright, team Naruto! You know what you got todo.
Commence operation: Ultimate Prank!""Yeah!" All the clones shouted in unison.
All theclones eagerly rushed into the forest with highspirits.Naruto could
barely contain himself. The bestpart, he'll do it right under the
foxhunters'noise. Consumed by the thrill of anticipation,the real Naruto
failed to notice a pair of legssticking out from the bushes."Almost got
enough," the blond wiped the sweatfrom just below his goggles, smirking
andimagining the look on all the villager's faces astwigs and broken branches
piling up in his arms.Then suddenly, in a most comedian manner, Narutotripped
on someone's legs. The firewood hecollected flew from his grasp and Naruto
foundhimself spawned indignantly on the ground with hisnose pressed into the
dirt. "EEEKK..."The hyperactive blond shot up like a rocket, hisblue eyes
searched the forest for the offendingobject that tripped him. When the Naruto
finallysaw the person mostly hidden in the bushes, heautomatically jumped to a
conclusion.Overtime, Naruto had seen many drunks passed outin the middle of the
street. They were a commonsight in the part of town where he lived. Everyso
often, the blond couldn't resist theopportunity to prank them, they were fair
gameafter all and most of them deserved it. Hisvictims had given Naruto the
evil eye and whenNaruto found them drunk, the unlucky victimusually woke up the
next morning with their facespainted like a kabuki."Well... maybe just one
more..." Naruto couldn'thelp himself. He thought the man was just anotherdrunk
that wandered into the forest before he fellover. Earlier, Naruto had promised
himself thisbig prank was the last but just one more wouldn'thurt.The blond in
orange hastily parted the bushes andhoped it was Ichiro. That guy overcharged
him fordeodorant every time. Naruto's hands suddenlyfroze; the man in the
bushes was not Ichiro."Hey, mister, are you ok?" The boy nudged the mangently
only to find his own hands covered inblood. Naruto backed away, stumbled and
fell onhis ass. He trembled; the man had invoked thesame feeling in the blond
as last night when hethought Mizuki had killed Iruka-sensei. Shaking,the boy
nearly turned around and ran in panic."No, wait..." a weak voice stopped Naruto
beforehe could run."You're-you're not dead...""Water... I need water..."
weakly, the man sat uprevealing a bloody gash across his chest. Bloodhad
soaked through most of his tunic and the cloakon his back while a hood hid his
eyes and a highcollar hid the bottom half of his face.Naruto shot up like a
rocket. "You can count onme!" He proclaimed loudly then took off to thenearest
stream. He turned around moments later."Believe it!" He ran off, never
realized the mangroaned when he shouted his trademark catchphrase.Naruto also
didn't hear the man muttered somethingabout "rather die if he spouted the
hammer ofjustice."Naruto returned with a canteen and found the manhad dragged
himself next to a tree, which kepthimself upright. Naruto handed the stranger
hiscanteen who gulped it down hurriedly only to chokeand cough up most of the
first sip. After severalsmaller sips, the man finally relaxed and
breathednormally."Thanks, kid." The man's voice was neutral as ifhe masked his
emotions. He gave Naruto back hiscanteen then placed one hand over the wound
on hischest.Naruto's eyes bulged at the sight of the man'shands. They were
like rocks. To be more precise,the skin had rocks grew into patches but did
notcover the dark blue surface of the skincompletely.The stranger ignored
Naruto and focused hisattention on the wound. "Healing power,
followingwhite..." A globe of light formed in thestranger's hand over the
wound, mending andrepairing the damage underneath.To Naruto's astonishment, the
man's weird skinclosed around the gapping chest wound in just afew seconds.
"Wow, that's so cool." The blondexclaimed. Curious, he tried to poke the
skinwhere the wound used to be but had his handslapped away."Do you mind?""Hey,
hey, how did you do that?" Naruto crouchedand pointed to the man's exposed
stone skin underthe rip in the tunic. "That's one cool jutsu.""Yeah, I suppose
you can call it that." He saidcasually while he still used the tree for
support.He reached into his pocket and tossed severalcoins to Naruto. "If it's
too much trouble,please use this money to get me some food fromtown."Naruto
caught the coins in his hands clumsily."Wow," the coins were larger and heavier
than theYin, which minted its coins from copper or nickel.These were gold."Yes
there a problem?" The man asked Naruto with acontrolled expression after he saw
that Naruto'samazement.Naruto nodded vigorously. "It's just that I don'tknow
anyone that would take these.""What about your parents?"Naruto looked away.
The boy's eyes radiated shameor perhaps just loneness. "I don't have any,"
hefinally said with a solemn face. Briefly, hismind wondered back to the many
times the adultshad ignored him and the envy he felt for thechildren at their
side.Perhaps the man felt his loneness or saw it inNaruto's eyes. "Stop that,"
the man shoutedharshly, almost angry with the boy. "Nothing isever going to
change if you just wallow in self-pity."At the man's harsh words, Naruto
suddenlybrightened into a wide smile. "One day... one dayI'll make them
recognize me, for sure!"The stranger couldn't help but let Naruto'senthusiasm
infect him. Beneath that mask ofcoolness and cloth, he cracked a smile, just
alittle one. "Listen, do you know any place intown that sells jewelry?"Naruto
scratched his head. "Well, there is thatplace all the girls go and spend hours
lookingthrough the store window like they're seeingSasuke-bastard or
something... but the ownersdon't like me very much.""Forget it...," the man
mumbled. "...Look, canyou just get me some food?""Well, if it's just food you
want, why didn't youjust say so? I'll bring you so ramen.""Ramen?"Naruto
beamed and got all excited. "Yup, ramen,the best food in the world."The
stranger groaned. "Just don't let Lina hearyou say that." He muttered under
his mask."Wha-what did you say?""Nothing," said quickly so Naruto missed the
partwhere he insulted his favorite food. "Ramen isfine, please just hurry."The
blond suddenly shot up as if on crack. "Bythe way my name is Uzumaki Naruto,
future Hokageof the Leaf Village!" His depression all butdisappeared as he
declared himself. "Believe it!""My name is Zelgadis Greywords, pleased to
meetyou Naruto."A bright smile found its way to Naruto's face ashe ran back
into town.. . . . . . . . . . . . .The next day, Naruto returned to the spot in
theforest where he first found the injured stranger.Zelgadis had liked the
instant ramen Narutobrought him yesterday. The man gulped it downalmost as
fast Naruto on his most famished days.This morning, Naruto brought him more
ramen, thistime from Ichiroku's with a coupon. The blondjust hoped Zelgadis
liked fried eggs. Of course,the soon-to-be ninja would gladly eat a
secondbreakfast if Zelgadis didn't want it."Hey, Mr. Zelgadis," the boy shouted
so loudly thebirds flew off from their perches. "What are youdoing up there?"
He found the man with thestrange skin not far where they first met, sittingon a
tree branch staring up at the sky with hisface in deep contemplation. "I
brought you ramen.Get it while it's hot."Zelgadis slapped his head as he
suddenly felt aheadache creep up on him.Naruto held up the wooden takeout box
withIchiroku's mark. "I hope you like fried eggs."For a while, Naruto watched
silently as the manate the ramen."You know Naruto. You don't have to keep
bringingme ramen anymore. I'm strong enough to find myown food now." Zelgadis
sipped the last drops ofsoup from the large bow then placed it back intothe
takeout box. Instantly, he regretted hiswords as he felt the waves of
depression radiatefrom the boy a few feet away.Naruto played with his fingers
awkwardly, jabbingtwo index fingers together in nervous tension. "Ilike
hanging around with you... you listen to me.No one else sees me for me.""Don't
you have any friends Naruto?"Naruto looked off into the distance. "For
thelongest time I wondered why everyone hated me.Why they looked at me with
such cold eyes. I wasalways alone. All those people, happy people withtheir
mothers... fathers... friends...all aroundme, yet I was alone in a crowd."
Naruto couldn'thelp it, tears rolled down his eyes as he talked."Then, two days
ago. I learned the truth."Naruto wiped the snot from his noise andcontinued.
"Thirteen years ago, our village wasattack by a nine-tailed demon fox. Many
shinobidied; mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters,friends... in the end, the
Fourth Hokage, theperson I worshipped as a hero, defeated the demonfox. All my
life we were told the Fourth killedthe demon but my hero only managed to seal
it...into me. When the villagers look at me, theydon't see Naruto Uzumaki,
they see the monsterthat took away their precious person. Yet, it wasmy
destiny to bear the burden of protecting them."Naruto shivered as he talked,
his arms wrappedaround his shoulders. "I didn't want this! Ididn't ask for
this responsibility!"For a long moment, the two sat in silence thenfinally
Zelgadis pulled his hood down, revealinghis face at last. His face was just
like otherpart of his body, a monstrosity of stone andsandpaper except for a
pair of deeply thoughtfuleyes."This is the reason I couldn't go into the
villagefor help. When people see me, all they see is amonster. You see, the
two of us are not thatdifferent.""How-how, do you live with it? How can you
standbeing alone all the time?"Zelgadis remembered his precious friends and
lettheir laughter prevail over the dark mood. "I wasalone at first. Then I
met my friends andsuddenly the loneness just disappeared. Sincethen, we
traveled the world together, fightingside by side." 'Lina, Gourry, and
Amelia...'Zelgadis regarded the young shinobi with one ofhis rare smiles.
"You'll find like-minded peopletoo, someday. You don't need the whole world
toaccept you, as long as there's one person outthere that understands you then
you aren't alone.""Just one person..." Naruto repeated Zelgadis'words. 'Did
Iruka count?' He thought silently.Indeed, he never felt the sting of loneness
whenhe talked to Iruka. 'Is that enough? What aboutmy dream?'Naruto grinned
and gave Zelgadis the thumbs up."I have Iruka-sensei and now I have you,
Mr.Zelgadis. But I wouldn't give up my dream. Iwill become Hokage someday and
make everyoneunderstand me. Believe it!"Zelgadis only shock his head in
amazement. Narutocompletely missed the point. The stone-skinnedman felt
another headache on its way."Look Naruto, what do you have to do to becomethis
Hokage of yours?" This Hokage businesssounds like a job for suckers. If he
can't talkNaruto out of it, the least he can do is help theboy realize his
dream."The Hokage is the strongest man in the villageand he protects everyone
there," Naruto stoppedand looked confused. "Well, I don't know how youbecome
Hokage exactly... but I bet it involves mekicking Sasuke-bastard's ass at some
point."'I was right. This job really is for the birds.'Zelgadis didn't let
Naruto know what he thought ofhis dream. "Well, Naruto, I don't know if
thereis anything I can do for you but if you want toget stronger. That is
something I can help youwith."The blond ninja beamed and grinned from ear
toear. "Really?" He asked excitedly unable to keepstill and jumped straight
from a crutch position."You see that pile of twigs over there?" Zelgadispointed
to the pile Naruto had gathered yesterdaybut forgot about after the two
met."Yeah, yeah?" Naruto replied anxiously."Source of all power, light which
burns beyondcrimson," as Zelgadis began the chant, wisps offire appeared and
streaked toward the palm of theman's hand. "Let thy power gather in my
hand."The wisps of ember formed into a ball no biggerthan a chicken egg just
above the surface of thepalm."Fireball" Zelgadis threw the ball at the twigsand
watched it explode on impact. The wood caughton fire immediately but the
initial forcescattered some. They burned with brilliant amber,raining down
during the afternoon sun.Naruto said nothing for a second. "Well, it'sneat and
all... but it's kinda lame don't youthink?"Zelgadis glared at the blond. "Well
excuse me fornot wanting to blow up a section of the forest andcalling
attention from everyone in the village.""Oh you mean you can make it
stronger?""Idiot..." the stone man muttered. "You can takeout an entire city
block with that spell.""Alright!" Naruto jumped again, higher thanbefore.
Clearly, he missed the part about thisbeing a spell. "I'll kick Sasuke's ass
for sure!""Well, I suppose we should start with sometheories first.". . . . . .
. . . . . . . .Later"...There are three parts to every spell. TheChaos words,
the incantation and the name of thespell. You don't need all three once you
havemastered a particular spell but it will always bemore powerful if you used
all three." Zelgadislectured on while Naruto nodded after everysentence. "You
understand, Naruto?""Eh..." Naruto's expression turned fromunderstanding to
clueless, like a flip of aswitch. "No. Not really."Zelgadis racked his brain
for any other way toexplain this. He clearly remembered how easily ithe
learned it the first time so many years ago.Maybe his explanation was bad.
"Ok, I'll explainit this way. Every word that you know has ameaning behind it.
The incantations are nodifferent. To cast a spell, you need to know
themeaning behind the words. We call that meaning,Chaos words. The last step
is to call out thename of the spell. Do you get it now?""Nope, can't say that
I do." Naruto still lookedconfused, enlisting another groan from Zelgadis."What
did I get myself into...". . . . . . . . . . . . .Much later, like 3 days
laterNaruto focused all his attention on the words andthe meaning behind them.
He scowled as beads ofsweat rolled down his bangs. The words finallycame to
him, not clear, muddled but he knew them.Something was different this time.
The blond knewthis was it."Light of life, brighter than flame, Let thy
powergather in my hand." This was going to work."Lighting!"A pale blue light
appeared in his hand, a perfectglobe that mirrored the color of the sky. In
themorning October sun though, the sphere barelycaught Zelgadis' eye."Look,
Zelgadis-sensei, I did it!" The globeflickered, gone in an instant as
Naruto'sexcitement accidentally stopped the flow of magic."Well, I had
it."Zelgadis, who kept an eye on his progress from hisplace high on the
treetop, only muttered one word."Finally". . . . . . . .. . . . ."Alright
Naruto, now that you can do the Lightingspell, we can start working on the real
thing."Clearly, Zelgadis didn't look forward to thispart.But Naruto was all
excitement. The blond held uphis fist to the sky. "Bring it! I
learnedLighting in three days. I'll get this next partdown in no time."The
stone man bopped the blond on his blond headwith a solid fist. "You idiot!" He
shouted overthe blond's head. "Most beginning sorcerers cando that spell by
the end of their first day.". . . . . . . . . . . . .Another three days
laterBit more than a week until Naruto official becamea Genin and the Leaf
Village was in the mostpeaceful state it had been for the last fouryears.
Everyday, the blond hyperactive ninjaheaded into the forest early in the
morning andreappear late at night. The morning ofOctober11th was no
different."Source of all power, light which burns beyondcrimson, let thy power
gather in my hand.FIREBALL!" Nothing, but Naruto at leastremembered all the
words this time."Try again," Zelgadis slashed his sword across thesky. A
second later, the single log he tossed upcame down as four separate pieces of
lumber cutalong the length of the log. The stone mansheathed his sword before
he lost to temptation.It would be so easy to ram his sword into theblond's
stomach. Now he knew how Lina must havefelt around Gourry.Naruto started the
chant at Zelgadis' request."Source of all power, light which burns
beyondcrimson," This time a thin trail of ember sparksspiraled into existence.
"...Let thy power gatherin my hand." The embers coalesced into a ball andNaruto
soured with excitement. 'Yes! I'm doingit!'"FIREBALL!" The spell whiffed and
burnout just asNaruto pulled back his arm to throw the ball.Naruto tore at his
blond spikes in frustration."ARRG, I'm never going to get this." He jumped
upand down, stomped his feet and got ready foranother try even though ferocious
anger cloudedhis mind. "How about some tips, Zelgadis-sensei?""You already
know everything you need to cast thisspell but here's a tip. USE YOUR HEAD,
MORON.". . .. . . . . . . . . . .Yet two more days gone by"FIREBALL!" Finally,
Naruto's efforts paid off asa speck of ember burned across the path
fromNaruto's outstretched hand only to whiff outbefore contact with the target:
a sun-baked rockin the middle of the forest.Behind the blond, Zelgadis clapped
his hand."Well, that was lame." The same words Naruto usedto describe the first
time Zelgadis showed thisspell.It took Naruto a second to register what he
haddone. "Hey, I did it. I did it!" He shouted thesecond time rather
loudly.Already the end of their ninth day together andthe night grew dark and
cold while the animalswent out to roam."Good job, Naruto. I think that's
enough fortoday."The blond gave his sensei the thumbs up and a widesmile. "I'm
not tired. I can still practice alittle longer.""Good for you but you're
scaring away my dinner."Naruto sniffed around and indeed the forestcreatures
were nowhere near. "Hey, Zelgadis-sensei, why don't you come into town with
me? Youcan buy me ramen." He grinned at the man with thehope of a free
meal.Zelgadis went to check on one of the traps he setnearby not knowing Naruto
had already sniffed thearea around them and found nothing. "I'm sorryNaruto.
Have you forgotten what I look like? Ican't go into the village with my face.
They'llchase me out with pitchforks." That wasn't anexaggeration, it had
actually happened to Zelgadisin the past."Zelgadis-sensei, you never told me
how you got tolook like that." Naruto sat down next to the man,the roaring fire
of their campsite reflected offhis hair combined with his whisker marks,
theeffects made him truly appeared as a demon fox.Zelgadis glared at the boy
but his eyes softened."When I was younger, a boy about your age, eventhen we
were very much alike. Like you, I wantedto get stronger to prove myself."
Zelgadis stillremember the boy in the woods, swinging his sword."Power, that
was all I wanted and one day thegreatest sage of our time walked into my life.
Hewas Rezzo, the Red Priest, my grandfather and aman known for performing great
miracles ofhealing. I asked him to give me power, to make mestrong...""And,
and?" Naruto asked anxiously."Oh, he gave me power alright. And this
accursedform; part human, part golem and part demon," withone rap of Rezzo's
staff, Zelgadis' life changedforever. "...A chimera... but that was not all.He
made me serve him and his reckless plan whichalmost destroyed the
world.""Destroy the world?" The thought scared the teeneven though he couldn't
wrap his mind around theconcept of 'the world'. To Naruto, the LeafVillage was
everything. There were other landsand other counties but they always seemed so
faraway."Don't worry about it. Rezzo's dead now."It took Naruto a moment to
digest what Zelgadishad said. "So, you have a demon in you too. Justlike me."
Silently, his hands went to his bellywhere the seal of the Fourth jailed the
9taileddemon fox."You see, Naruto. No matter how dumb you thinkyou are, you
can never be as stupid as I was backthen. I asked for this and regretted it
eversince.". . . . .. . . . . .. . .The next morning, Naruto arrived at
Zelgadis' campas usual."Zel-" the blond called his sensei but suddenly ashadow
from the bushes placed a hand on his mouthand pulled him in. Naruto panicked
and bit downon the hand that grabbed him only to regret itinstantly. It was
like biting on rocks. 'Rocks?Zelgadis-sensei?'"Quiet, Naruto." Zelgadis'
familiar voicewhispered into Naruto's ear. "Someone is outthere."Naruto also
opened his mouth to tell the chimerait was the villagers when several Ninjas
appearedfrom the shadows."Sir, we couldn't find him," said one of theninja."He
must be nearby," the head ninja pointed totheir campsite. "The tinder is still
warm.""What do we do once we find him?" A third ninja, akunoichi with dark hair
matted down and her bangstrapped by her headband, asked the second ninja."The
guy took down three of our best squads in amatter of minutes plus he has our
forbiddentechnique."The first ninja just smirked. "Now, now, there'sno need to
keep up that charade since we're so farfrom the Hidden Cloud Village. We know
ourvillage has no such forbidden technique as the onehe used."The lead ninja
glared at the speaker. "Quiet,Pensuke. If the Raikage decided that
jutsubelongs to us then it is not our place to questionhis judgment."Naruto
couldn't keep quiet anymore and popped outfrom behind their hiding place. "You
guys arejust a bunch of thieves!" He shouted at the top ofhis lungs while his
finger pointed at themaccusingly.Meanwhile, Zelgadis rolled his eyes.The lead
kumonin found a goggle on Naruto's headinstead of a headband. "It's just a
brat. Getrid of him. We can't let the Leaf know we're sodeep in their
territory."The kunoichi just placed a hand on their leader'sshoulder.
"Roketto, I'll handle this." She gaveNaruto a smile, a seductive smile with all
hercharm as a trained kunoichi. "Hey kid, we're notgoing to hurt you. We just
want to know if youhave seen any strange person nearby.""Even if I know
something, I'm not going to tellyou." Naruto bravely declared. His
emotionsboiling over the surface as he remembered the manytimes the villagers
accused him of thievery. Noway would he let Zelgadis-sensei's name dirtied
bythese guys."Take him," Roketto commanded. "He knowssomething."Naruto growled
at them defiantly. "Take this!Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" The blond created an
armyof clones around them, on the ground and on thetrees. He surrounded the
kumonin with an army oforange clad hyperactive ninja."Defensive positions," the
lead kumonin orderedjust as the Naruto army came at them. The threekumonins
stood back to back, their faces towardthe incoming orange storm.The clones on
the ground went for a straightcharge at the enemy shinobi just as the ones
oftreetops dove headfirst with their fists raised.Their collective battle cry
rang loud enough thevillagers in the Leaf Village heard them. Thegroup from
above reached their targets first whilethe group on the ground still had 4-7
seconds toget within melee range.The kumonin responded as one, their blocks
andcounterattacks decimated the first wave of aerialattackers in less than 4
seconds. One of the lastclones in the air caught the kunoichi off balancebut
she twisted around for an overextended kick tothe clone's midsection. However,
Narutounbalanced her and blinded her with the puff ofsmoke so close to her
face. The last clone flewthrough the smoke his fist just inches from amassive
hit to the Kunochi when, out of nowhere,Pensuke grabbed the clone's hand just
before thehit connected.Pensuke redirected the clone's flight path with agrunt
and tossed the clone to the nearest groundtarget. Both clones fell back and
disappeared ina ninja smoke. By this time, the kunoichi hadrecovered just as
several clones tried to piledive Pensuke's back after he threw the last
clone.The kunoichi chopped the neck of a clone as itwent by then quickly
redirected her next blow tothe head of the next clone headed straight at
her.Meanwhile, Roketto had several clones gang up onhim at once. The first
clone went for a straightjump kick to his head but the leader blocked witha
forearm only to move quickly and avoid the nextclone that attacked his
midsection with a shouldertackle. "You're dead brat!" He yelled just as
hedispatched the entire group that had attacked himfrom various direction with
a whirlwind of slashesand hacks.All the clones had their asses kicked in less
thanthirty seconds while the real Naruto took a solidhit to the jaw. The punch
had enough force tosend the blond to the other side of the area.The kunoichi
took a step toward Naruto with herkunai raised but the leaders stopped her.
"No,he's mine" he told her.Zelgadis saw everything but he couldn't
interfereuntil now. Naruto got in the way."You'll have to deal with me now,"
the chimerasaid softly as he unsheathed his sword. Beforethe kumonins could
turn around and face him,Zelgadis called out his first spell."Bogardic Elm!"
With that, the ground beneath thekumonins softened into a semi-liquid that sunk
thethree ninjas into the ground-turned-swamp.The three reacted quickly and
jumped away beforethe ground swallowed them. But Zelgadis hadanticipated their
action and leaped at thekunoichi just as her feet left the ground. Thechimera
brought his sword for a slash that leftthe kunoichi with just enough time to
pull a kunaifrom her holster. The kunoichi managed to blockZelgadis' powerful
slash with her kunai but theforce of the impact send her tumbling out ofcontrol
and into the trees. She hit the treestill twisting from the force of the blow.
With aloud crack, she came to a sudden stop."One down," Zelgadis counted just
as the other twoninja finished their hand seals.Pensuke flashed through the
hand seals just asZelgadis landed from his attack on the kunoichi.In his hand
was three shuriken charged withlightning chakra. The kumonin threw all
threeshuriken at once then immediately repositionedhimself so he wouldn't be a
target of acounterattack.Calling on the power of wind, Zelgadis used theWind
Brid to scatter the incoming shuriken. Thewaves of compressed air knocked the
three throwingstars from midair into random directions but onegot really near
its owner.Pensuke evaded his own electric shuriken just ashis cell leader
jumped their target with the fullbody shock armor active. This technique
couldstun anyone that touched the leader's body.Zelgadis ducked under the first
punch from theleader with a narrow margin. Already he had aspell ready to
knock the ninja back. The chimerasaw the second attack coming from the
ninja'slegs, coming in for a sweep or knee to the kidney."Air Valm!" Zelgadis
released his spell in timewith the leader's move. The sudden wall of
high-pressurized air that appeared between them hadenough force to knock
Roketto back just as hiselectrified knee came within inches of
connecting.Pensuke attacked again, this time from Zelgadis'right. The ninja
charged up two hands full ofShuriken. "Got you," before Pensuke could
throwthem, Zelgadis swung his sword at him even thoughthere were several feet
of distance between them.As he swung his sword, the chimera knew he had
todisrupt the ninja's aim. He was too close andZelgadis knew he couldn't avoid
the shuriken anddodge the other ninja's physical attacks."Blade Haut!" Zelgadis
swing so fast the groundliterally shock beneath his blade as it came down.The
sudden earthquake messed up Pensuke's aim justas the shurikens left his hand.
They missedZelgadis but one found the path to the ninjaleader who took a step
back to avoid the throwingstar.Zelgadis took the opportunity and leaped
back,putting some distance between him and the leader.Before he got his feet on
the ground, the leaderhad a kunai out in mid-flight toward Zelgadis'position.
This was just a normal kunai, used as atactic that would have forced the
chimera into adefensive stance rather actually hurt him. Thechimera smirk and
let the kunai hit him square onthe chest. The throwing weapon bounced off
hisskin with a clank, doing no damage to the partgolem chimera with skin as
hard as diamond.The leader had already charged Zelgadis with achakra-enhanced
sprint before he even saw thekunai hit, he had expected Zelgadis to block itbut
then his momentum made sudden stopsimpossible. He saw Zelgadis swung his
swordacross the ground, confused because he knewZelgadis wouldn't dare hit his
electric armorbody. The sword dug a deep trench, kicking dirtand gravel into
the leader's eyes. Blinding himfor the second, it took Zelgadis that long
toready another spell but the leader hadinstinctively dove aside to avoid what
he thoughtwas a point-blank attack.The kumonin leader had accidentally jumped
towardPensuke. Zelgadis grinned wickedly when he sawthe mistake. He had
enough of this and now theyclustered themselves, he'll finish both off withone
spell. The chimera's eyes locked on the patchof forest soil beneath the two
kumonins."This is it! Mega Brand!" The earth beneath theninja exploded
upwards. The power of earthsuddenly turned against the two ninja, sendingthem
into the sky with a torrent of jaggedpiercing rocks and crushing stones."Team
Roketto blasting off again..." their screamsdisappeared into the distance.. . .
. . . . . . . . . .The first thing Naruto heard when he woke up withthe maniac
laughter of the Kunochi that smackedhim around. His jaw still hurt for god's
sake.Naruto thought that girl must be as strong asSakura when she thought the
blond acted out."Fu Fu Fu Fu, I have you trapped in my electricspider web
jutsu, Mr. Rockman." Indeed, thekunoichi surrounded the chimera in an
intricateweb of chakra strings anchored to the forest floorby a number of kunai
while she held the other end.She chuckled and let her long legs dangled fromthe
tree branch that she sat on comfortably whilethe boys got their asses
kicked."We'll see about that," Zelgadis tried to cut thestrings with his sword
but immediately a jolt ofelectricity shocked his system. He almost droppedhis
sword from the pain."Don't move a muscle, else I'll electrocute youbefore you
can blink." The kunoichi was deadlyserious and just to prove it she gave
Zelgadis amild shock from one of the wires.Zelgadis glared at the kunoichi
venomously but allthe while, his calm mind worked over how to escapethe trap.
Zelgadis knew he couldn't aim anyspells properly trapped like this. 'I'll
justhave to use a spell big enough to get her fromhere.'Naruto stood up while
he let loose a deepanimalistic growl. "Get away from him."The kunoichi's
attention turned to Naruto. "Oh,it's the munchkin again. Go away. This
isbetween us grown-ups."'That's it, while she's distracted.' Zelgadisprepared
the spell just as Naruto charged thekunoichi. "No, don't get in the
way!"Naruto ran straight for the tree the kunoichi saton. "Get away from him.
NOW!" He yelled as hejumped to meet the kunoichi on the branch. Theblond
raised his fist, pulled back and puteverything he had into one swing aimed for
thekunoichi's face.While the kumokunoichi held the chakra strings onone hand,
her other hand was free to smack Narutoacross the jaw. She smiled with
satisfaction asthe blond once again skit across the ground.The pre-Genin pulled
himself up with all hiswillpower. He bled from one corner of his mouth,covered
in dirt and many cuts on his face whileblood mingled with gravel. 'I can't get
to herand I'm out of Chakra. That just leaves that oneother jutsu to try.'
The boy closed his eyes,cleared his thoughts and allowed the anger toleave him.
"Source of all power," the chant beganslowly at first, quietly mumbled by the
blond."...Light which burns beyond crimson," Naruto'seyes snapped open, locking
unblinkingly with thekunoichi's eyes. 'Focus, Naruto. Focus. You cando
this.' He told himself all the whileenvisioning the chaos words, which actually
cameto him clearly for once. The air around his handburst into streaks of
amber flame. "...Let thypower gather in my hand." During the
incantation,Naruto's voice grew louder and stronger to reflecthis confidence.
The fire spiraled into his palm,forming a ball of maelstrom. The boy reeled
backthe hand with the fireball as sweat rolled off himfrom the intense heat and
his own effort took atoll on him."FIREBALL!"The kumokunoichi watched helpless
as what seemedlike a powerful fire-jutsu. She was powerless tostop the jutsu
for she had used all her throwingweapons to pin Zelgadis. The speed of the
jutsuwas incredible. "So fast..."When the smoke cleared, only rubble
remainedaround the site of the explosion. Naruto stoodalone, his head held
high in triumph. Only tohave his high spirit crushed a moment later
whenZelgadis bopped him on the head with a viciouspunch."Idiot, what part of
'Don't get in the way' didyou not understand?" The chimera glared at theboy.
He had holes on his cloak thanks to that.The blond only grinned like a fool.
"Look,Zelgadis-sensei, I did it." . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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