Chapter 21
OCTOBER- 30 MONTHS
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Naruto held back her laugh as she looked at those around her with flabbergast expressions. Minato had finally completed the Rasengan and two days later she showed up to their joint training sessions and showed her rasengan. Technically it was the same as Minato's minus a colour difference however the reason they were all shocked was because she had mastered it so quickly.
She glanced at Jiraiya and Orochimaru who were looking on in amusement, both of them watching everyone's reaction.
Minato looked to the sky and woefully cried out, "Years. I have been working on this monster for years and she comes along and does it a few days after completing it!" he cried
Naruto shrugged her shoulders, "I have been helping you with this jutsu for years, and… you can't forget I can use the jutsu this originated from." Her brother looked back at her and he fist pumped the air, yelling how happy he was over the fact his jutsu wasn't so easy to complete.
"I wouldn't celebrate just yet Minato. You do need to go to sensei and have it marked as kinjutsu. We wouldn't want people walking all over the place with mini you-know-what's." meaning we didn't need people running around with mini bijuu-dama's.
That would be a nightmare.
Minato and Naruto nodded their heads earnestly, ignoring the confused looks of their respective teams before Naruto dropped another bomb on them- so to speak. "I'm learning change in chakra nature so if you're not careful aniki I might just complete your jutsu before you." she gave her brother a cheeky grin and watched as the man glared at her, muttering about how life wasn't fair.
She smirked and was about to say something else when a tremor shook the ground. It wasn't strong enough for most people to notice however they weren't most people. Jiraiya, Naruto, Orochimaru, Minato and Kakashi all glanced at each other and looked to the remaining people. "We need to report to the hokage's office at once, all five of us." Spoke Jiraiya and the five of them took off, Naruto pausing long enough to wave behind before joining them.
When they got to the hokage tower, it seemed as if the five of them weren't the only ones to have felt the tremor as several jonin and some chunin were lined up in the hokage office.
They stood amongst the crowd in the small office and silence remained, some more people entering the office which was when the sandaime spoke, "Iwa seems to be making a bold move. My summons had just reported that Iwa have sent their jinchuriki to the front lines and more specifically, within the battlefield of Kusa. They are using their two jinchuriki to fight off our shinobi at the two bridges, stopping our forces and thereby giving them access to our land.
"Fighting these opponents will not be easy and I will only dispatch those who are prepared for the consequences." He finished off, looking at everyone in the room. Before anyone could reply he carried on, "We do not know the extent of their powers so whoever does go, would be going in with the very little Intel we have."
To everyone's surprise minus Jiraiya and Orochimaru, Naruto rose her hand, "Roshi is the jinchuriki to the four tails. I don't know the full extent of his control over Yonbi however he is able to use at least one tail without losing control however when he gets to Stage 2 he has no control. He uses lava release- his kekkei-genkai- to shroud his body as an armour however he is only able to do it within intervals due to the heat burning the oxygen around him. He is able to use his kekkei-genkai through a mix of earth style and fire style jutsus and is also able to blow clumps of lava at people.
"Han on the other hand is the jinchuriki to the five tails and again I don't know the full extent of his control over Gobi but he can at least use one or maybe two without losing control. However just like Roshi as soon as he enters stage 2 transformation he has no control over himself. He also has a kekkei-genkai- boil release which boils everything around him. He is able to use this to the point where he can push you away to a long distance without even touching you. He mostly uses taijutsu and incorporates his kekkei-genkai into that.
"Another thing that should be noted it Roshi uses curved kunai and the two of them are able to masterfully use their kekkei-genkai through the use of their bijuu's chakra."
She left off there, not knowing what else she could say. She didn't know a lot about the two of them but new this much from when they had been reanimated during the fourth war- hopefully the information was the same as it had been, and if luck was on their side they would be weaker.
Everyone stared shocked at her, not sure how to process the information given to them by an 8 year old when the sandaime didn't have that much information.
Hiruzen took a puff of his pipe before asking, "And how do you know this, Naruto?"
She small a small smile, placing her hand on her belly where her seal was making sure he got the hint before waving her other hand, "I have my ways, sandaime-sama. And my Intel is not wrong." It was better they though the enemy was slightly stronger than to think they were weaker or to go in with nothing to go on.
She had come to the past to fix it, not to allow people to go on suicide missions when she could prevent that from happening.
"What do you mean by stage 2 transformation?"
She let out a nervous laugh, scratching the back of her head, "Stage 2 transformation is when the bijuu takes over and shrouds the body with their chakra. It's red no matter the bijuu and burns the skin as well due to its corrosiveness. In some cases the red chakra doesn't burn you as it depends on the level of control. But the most important part to remember is they have no control in that state and usually the bijuu is in control." She genuinely had no idea how to explain it, she always got burned when she used Kurama's chakra like that however Killer B never had that issue for the duration she had known her.
The sandaime took a seat behind the desk, folding his hands under his chin, "Humour me please, Naruto. How would you go about fighting these two?"
She quirked a brow, "Me personally or how would I get those around me to do it with me? I have my ways that not many can copy." She kept her hand on her stomach and glanced at it briefly, a message the sandaime caught onto.
He nodded to her, "How would you work together with a team to take down our foes?"
Everyone looked on in shock to the hokage, wondering what had possessed the man to ask an 8 year old but then reminded themselves that said eight year old had the Intel on two powerful enemies where their kage had none.
Naruto thought about it for a moment, biting her lip as she raked her brain. She hadn't fought them whilst they were alive so when they had been reanimated Killer B and she had worked to destroy their chakra rod and then kill them.
"Roshi… due to his lava release being able to slow him down, depriving him of further oxygen would work but in doing so you deprive yourself of further oxygen so it would be best not to… When he has his lava cloak activated or even without it, flood him with water and attack with a lightening jutsu to immobilize him. There is of course another method which consist of putting a chakra sealing tag on his but that requires you to be able to touch him which isn't likely.
"Han... you'd have to fight him in close range which is problematic since he is also a close range combatant. Fight him like you would any ordinary shinobi and if you're quick, he won't use Gobi- he's sceptical about using his power…
"There is also the option to subdue them with the Nara clans Shadow Possession jutsu and then attack but since they are jinchuriki, simply overloading their system with the bijuu's chakra can release them of their hold."
The sandaime quirked a hidden brow, "You look like you have something to add."
She shifted where she stood, looking away from her brother, "The best way to fight a jinchuriki is with a jinchuriki."
Her heard Minato's and Jiraiya's sharp intake of breath at her insinuation which was when Minato tried to talk however the sandaime raised a hand to stop him, looking into Naruto's eyes. "Everyone besides Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Naruto and Minato wait in the room below us, I will call upon you soon."
Naruto chanced a glance at Minato and saw a look of fury within his eyes. Whether he was furious over her suggesting she go onto the front lines or Kushina to go- or even both- she didn't know.
The sandaime took another puff of his pipe, "I understand your feelings Minato. Your lover is a jinchuriki as is your younger sister however they are both powerful- and jinchuriki. As the leader of this village I would be senile to not even entertain the idea of them going to his fight."
Minato grit his teeth, "Kushina can't use Kyuubi's chakra and Naruto gets burnt each time she uses it! What would be the point of sending them to fight people who use the demons powers if they themselves cannot use the power of the demon they house?!" Minato did have a point but it was a stupid one.
Naruto raised her hand, "I can actually use my bijuu's chakra without getting burnt anymore. In fact, the only other jinchuriki with the same level of camaraderie I have with my bijuu would be Killer B. I can even be in full tailed beast mode without any repercussion other than getting tiered- although that gets negated when I use a time-based henge to make my body older." She shrugged her shoulders, when it came to fuinjutsu it was best to not question it and to just go on with it.
Minato turned to her, "You- you…."
Orochimaru quirked a brow, "You have no valid excuse. She is indeed a child however she is a chunin who is also a jinchuriki. She has better control over the bijuu than Kushina does and such potential shouldn't be allowed to wither away. It should be utilised."
"No offence Orochimaru-sama however I find it hard to believe my little sister is capable of taking down two jinchuriki." He replied in a deadpan voice, a stark comparison to his chakra, swirling around like a storm within his body.
"You seem to forget the fact that she helped you with your jutsu and then showed you it two days after you yourself completed the first stage. She has also signed the toad contract so they will have her back if necessary." Added Jiraiya causing Minato to look at her, confused.
"How many contracts do you have?!"
She titled her head in thought, raising a finger per contract, "Hawk from the Uchiha clan, Toad from dad, Fox from before, and as soon as Orochimaru forks it over- I'll have the snake contract as well." She glared at the sennin who simply chuckled and ruffled her hair causing her to glare further.
"The minute your toads and my snakes get along is the day I let you sign my contract." She puffed out her cheeks. She didn't like Orochimaru but she didn't hate him either which was significant improvement. She wanted the snake contract purely because it was a contract she could handle. She didn't want the slug contract and knew she wouldn't be able to handle it. The only others she could sign was the ape and dog/wolf contract and a few others within the village however those were only clan contracts.
She had been allowed to sign the haw contract from the Uchiha clan because she was on the same team as an Uchiha and was close with the Matriarch of the clan.
"Why do you need so many?" asked the sandaime and she looked at him.
"I don't need that many I just want to have them. The more contracts I have leave people on their toes. When I summon one, who will I summon? There's also the advantage of that each summon has their own unique qualities that can come in handy."
"It's practically unheard of for someone to have more than two- and you already have three under your belt."
She gave him a sheepish smile, "Most people don't sign a contract till after they become chunin or jonin which is usually when they have mastered the techniques they already have and incorporate those new techniques with their old ones. I'm young and have my own technique which constantly changes so it's unpredictable, I have no issue with changing it further with several other contracts."
The men took a step back at the look in her eyes and decided to change the subject, lest they wish to cause her to rant about jutsu, techniques and other such things.
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Jiraiya watched as his adoptive daughter went through a full two hours training with Orochimaru before she snapped- in his opinion it was progress. She usually had something to say to his teammate within the first half hour.
Her training regimen had gotten harder as of late in order for her to be allowed onto the frontlines of this war. She needed to be able to handle the strain of Kyuubi's chakra a bit more in her child form before the sandaime would approve of her fighting the four and five tails.
They had opted out of telling Kushina as the red head would destroy them for even entertaining the idea never mind going through with it.
It wasn't like they could ask Kushina to fight on the two other jinchuriki with the way she was at the moment. She spent a lot of energy keeping the bijuu chained within the seal to even entertain the idea of using his chakra for fighting- far too afraid of losing control.
Yet another difference between Naruto and her mother. Naruto, by the time she was Kushina's age, had already befriended the bijuu and merged their chakra completely. She was afraid of what she was the holder of and instead made it her own secret technique to win fights with.
Although, he thought, Naruto hardly ever used Kyuubi's chakra. Her own reserves being vast enough to not require it and despite Kyuubi being able to be a shield for her she didn't use him like that either.
He had asked why she didn't use his chakra more often or her cloak her reply had been, "I don't need it. My chakra control isn't the best but it's getting better with Orchiamaru's help. That means I can use a larger variety of jutsu than I could before which was already a large collection. That and I don't think it's necessary unless I'm going against a dangerous enemy and after the war… there was very little people who managed to keep up."
He had never thought of it that way, and when he considered her words he agreed with them. From the few memories he had been shown he could see the difference in her fighting prowess but also in other aspects as well.
"I don't get it." She had once stated, frustrated tears falling from her eyes, "My parents had so many friends yet they stood on the sides as they saw me grow up. I'm a whole two and a half inches taller than I was before. They claimed to be close friends of my parents yet when it came to their daughter they did nothing."
"Despite that, you don't seem to hold a grudge against them?" he asked more than stated because he wasn't so sure how she felt in comparison to how she looked.
She shrugged her shoulders before heading back into the fridge to get a drink, "There's little I can do to change my past and holding a grudge won't do any good."
He smiled at that, "Your parents are the same. One accepting what couldn't be changed and the other not holding a grudge. Aspects all shinobi need yet do not have."
Laughter brought him out of his thoughts. Looking over to where the two were training it would seem Naruto managed to send Orochiamru flying… with boil release and burn him with a lava release?
He leaned forward and squinted his eyes at the girl, "I thought you said both boil and lava release were Roshi and Han's kekkei-genkai Naruto?"
His daughter gave him a cheeky grin, eyes twinkling with mischief, "I wasn't lying, they are their kekkei-genkai however I can use many kekkei-genkai. Those two are easy to use since I have some of Son's and Kokuo's chakra inside of me."
He shook his head and smiled at her, she really was too powerful for a girl her age.