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Third Person's POV;
The year under Tsunade's tutelage was quite funny. At first she was hyped to teach me all about the human body. She even tried to make it embarrassing for me.
(Your all loved) Flashback no Jutsu;
“Okay Gaki, as a medic you have to know the anatomy of the human. That includes the reproduction”, she said with a few scrolls in her hand and a smirk pasted on her face.
“Okay”, was his reply.
“Good, let's start with the...female body”, she said and expected him to blush. Contrary to her expectations he just Henged into his gambler ego, also known as Clair and began to undress.
“What the fuck are you doing Gaki?!”, she asked/screamed.
“Undressing, it's easier to explain with things to show. And I don't think you would get naked, do you?”, he asked back with a sweet smile.
“Stay dressed, °sigh° and here I hoped to have some fun”, she said and plopped down on a chair.
End of the Flashback no Jutsu;
Another thing that annoyed her was his already large knowledge about the human body. The only new things she could explain were the Tenketsu Points. And how to heal or affect them.
The human body has 361 of them and they make it possible to use Chakra to begin with.
They are linked with special veins for Chakra and the thickness of these veins are a good way to determine the amount of Chakra a person has.
Each Tenketsu is only pinhead wide and can only be seen by the Byakugan. But that didn't make them unknown to medics.
This sparked an idea in Dexter's mind. It may be right, that he isn't able to see the Tenketsu, but he can memorise their position and then use Chakra enhanced attacks to recreate the Juken.
He quickly learned their position and tried his new Taijutsu out on Bandits and Thugs who tried to ambush them on the road.
Sadly Tsunade's way of fighting was to simply pummel any enemy into dust. Which wasn't really a strategy that Dexter liked, as it was his previous lives strategy. He was now more for of a speed fighter, so he used his Sharingan to copy the Taijutsu style of a few fast Missing-Nin and then produced his own.
And while Tsunade wasn't a Taijutsu specialist, she still was experienced and could point out mistakes he made.
Now he had Tusnade's Chakra enhanced strikes against armoured opponents and the bastardized Juken against opponents like Suigetzu, who could change into none solid material, and normal enemies. Tsunade deemed his Taijutsu now at B-Rank, which was as high as most upper level Chunin were.
The medical Jutsu he learned were also huge in amount and Tsunade was jealous of his blatant usage of Shadow Clones. She once said that they were a short cut, but Dexter simply said that shortcuts are part of a Ninja life. And he wasn't harming anyone by using them. Kura-chan huffed at that statement and asked about her doing all the work and preventing his brain from going mush.
He sheepishly apologised and promised her to make it up.
Which brings us to the current point. Dexter learned most things Tsunade wanted to teach him and he only stayed to establish a legend of his gambler persona Clair.
Clair quickly became known as the Elf of Luck, as “she” never lost. There even was a reward for those who could beat her in a game. But only if they can proof to not have cheated.
So now he was standing in a large clearing, Tsunade, Shizune and TonTon with him.
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Dexter's POV;
“So Gaki, why did you bring us out here?”, asked Tsunade. She was slightly peeved to have been forced out of her sake induced sleep.
“I wanted to show you something. I tried to find a way for this the last two years now and finally managed the right seals”, said Dexter mysteriously.
“Kura-chan, this is my present for you”, he then said in his mind and Kurama perked up. She forgot the reason for this present, but she was nonetheless curious.
Dexter then bit his thumb and went through summoning signs, before slamming his hand at his stomach. His whole body glowed in seals and a blue Chakra swirl formed around him, indicating the high amounts of Chakra he was using.
“[Summoning; Kyuubi no Kitsune]!” he then shouted and a cloud of smoke was in front of them.
And out of the cloud came a very stunned and confused Kura-chan in her fox body.
Her focus settled down on a grinning Dexter and she asked, while pointing her left paw at him;“Dex-kun, what? How did you summon me out of the seal?”.
“Summoning is also just a form of Fuinjutus, so I thought of making a summoning link between your seal and the signs. The seals on my body then channel the Chakra and make it possible to give you temporary freedom. However, you are only as strong as the amount of Chakra I put into the summoning. You should have the same amount as a one tailed Chakra cloak”, I explained and all four looked slack awed at me, before Tsunade brook out of her stupor.
“You want to tell me that you created a way to get the Kyuubi out of your seal?”, she asked and pointed shakily at Kura-chan.
“Oh come on Baa-chan. I already told you the real story behind the attack. Kura-chan isn't so bad”, I said in defence.
“I don't know Dex-kun, I might be up to some mature and mellow meat”, Kura-chan said with a sadistic grin and showed her fangs. TonTon began to squirm, but Kura-chan's gaze was directed at Tsunade.
“Did you just call me old?”, asked mentioned woman angrily and raised her fist at Kura-chan.
“No, but you clearly think you are, if you get so riled up by the slightest mentioning”, replied Kura-chan with a smirk.
“That's it, demon or not. I'll get this bitch for calling me old”, huffed Tsunade angrily and stormed at Kura-chan. Kura-chan was equally angry for being compared to a female dog and did the same.
Fist clashed with paw and a shock wave shook the surrounding trees.
“Dexter, what do we do?”, asked a worried Shizune.
“Nothing, they won't kill each other. I hope. And even if they really try to, Tsunade won't be able to kill Kura-chan and I can heal Tsunade from any live threatening wound”, I replied and sat down, watching the fight that was taking place in front of me.
Half an hour and a healed Tsunade later we were able to continue our talk.
“So that was what you meant with gift. It's a wonderful gift. Thank you”, said Kura-chan and brushed a tail against my face.
“Does that mean that she's free?”, asked Shizune.
“Sadly no, it only means that she can come out of my seal for a short time and it's really Chakra consuming”, I replied and Kura-chan looked a little nervous as I said that she sadly isn't free.
“I'm also going to leave you for the time being. I have to do things in the next year. You can always call me with the Hiraishin seal on your coat, but please only once a month for gambling purposes”, I said and laughed, while Tsunade pouted.
“Call us if you need something or when you finally establish your village Gaki”, she then said and hugged me.
“Have a good journey Naruto-kun”, said Shizune and TonTon oinked.
After that Kura-chan got back into the seal and I left.
“Where are we going?”, asked Kura-chan after a few minutes of silent travel.
“Kumogakure, we need to open the seal and their turtle island will help us”, I answered.
“And don't we need the key for that?”, she added.
“Yes, I plan to summon Minato for that. He must have a second key, and if not he's still able to summon the toads”, I answered.
“Hmm”, she mumbled in agreement.
“Do you even know the location of the island?”, she then asked.
“No, but I have a fox on Bee and he knows. We just have to ask him nicely”, I replied and I speedily tree jumped through the country.
A week later we reached the foundation of the mountain and I groaned. I don't like mountains, I'm more the seaside person.
“Something wrong?”, asked Kura-chan.
“I don't like mountains. I can't stand the thinner air”, was my reply and I began to climb up while mumbling curses about high places and thin air.
A few hours later we neared the place that was told to be a liked place of Bee. It was the same place where Sasuke and the rest of Team Taka fought Bee.
“I can feel Gyuuki, he's inside that temple”, said Kura-chan and it seems like luck was on our side. We only had to wait for an hour before he came out. Unluckily for us he came directly walking to us.
“Yo Nine, it's hardly fine to hide like that from like mine”, rapped Bee as he stood in front of our hiding spot.
“Shit”, was my only mental comment.
“Eh, hi”, I then said and stepped away from the stone.
“Yo nine, thought you were a child and not an old man like me old Bee”, Bee then said amused.
“Yeah, well.... Please bring me to A”, I replied with a nervous tone. I knew that Bee is S-Rank or beyond. And really hope he is like his Anime self.
Bee then motioned me to follow him and I did. He was also constantly rapping while speaking and I honestly didn't know why everyone dislikes him for it. It's kinda cool. He also wasn't insulting my mask. That's a big bonus.
A few minutes of fast running later and we reached the village gates, where the guards informed a bunch of their ANBU version escorted us to the Raikage.
His pretty assistant opened the door for us and Bee strolled right in, followed by me and four ANBU.
“Bee, why are you here?”, growled the Raikage. He was as big and imposing as he looked in the anime. Proud 2.10 metres tall and a giant of muscles. He was the coolest Kage, right after Tobirama.
“Yo bro, I found nine-o”, rapped Bee and A threw his paperweight at him.
“Stop rapping”, he then shouted and glared at me.
“And the nine tailed Jinchuriki is just a child, not this man in his teens with a strange mask”, he added.
“Oh no, that's nine-o. I'm as sure as I can go”, replied Bee and got another paperweight in the face. A has a lot of them, with all his paperwork and the winds in high mountains.
“If that's the Jinchuriki of the nine tails, then why is he here?”, asked A and focused on me.
“Hi, I'm Dexter and I came with a request. Or a few to be precise”, I said and waved.
“Drop that mask and we will see”, said A grumpily. But I think it's his normal tone. I dropped the mask and felt the movement of Chakra from the ANBU, A and Bee increasing.
He looked at me with a serious face and I noticed that I was still in my older Naruto form. Which means that I'm now looking like the Hokage, minus the whisker marks.
“Is it fun to walk around, Henged as the fourth Hokage?”, asked A angrily. He seems to have some respect for Minato.
“Oh that. It is indeed a Henge, but the look is not after Minato, but me in a few years”, I replied and dropped the Henge. Out came my 7-year-old self. Which looked like a chibi version of Minato.
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“I knew it alright, Nine-o is a child”, rapped Bee satisfied.
“Why is the son of the fourth Hokage and Jinchuriki of the nine tails inside my office?”, asked A and ignored Bee due to the situation.
“So you know? Damn, the villagers are stupid as fuck if some foreign guy can see it, but they not”, I said in a mocking tone. Not directed at the Raikage, but at the village and A noticed that.
“So I can assume that the village doesn't treat you right?”, asked A. Surely hoping to get another Jinchuriki.
“You could say that. Anyway, I'm here, because I want to visit your island turtle. I need to get control over Kyuubi's Chakra”, I said. That was only half the truth, I also wanted to visit my mother, who was still sealed in me and as such can't be resurrected through the Edo Tensei.
“How do you know about one of our village secrets?”, asked A with a good amount of killing intent and the ANBU tensed.
“Spies, my heritage should also be a secret, so we are even”, I replied calmly and he laughed a bit.
“You got guts for a child, I give you that. Then tell me, why should I let you on it? An enemy Jinchuriki with control over it won't be good for Kumo”, he stated.
“Well, the thing is, I want to rebuild Uzushiogakure and it would be easier with Kyuubi's full strength. While I do know your involvement with its destruction I also know that you got the idea from Konoha and even the means to do it. So I don't have a lot of resentment for you, Kiri or Iwa.
In return I could give you a barrier seal that can detect foreign Ninja. The same that Konoha has.
I also like to have an alliance with your village, once Uzushiogakure is rebuild. The alliance would naturally involve a none aggression pact and trade agreements. Lightning country is known for it's
rich mines and Uzushiogakure has a lot of healing herbs, as well as the obvious seals. I could agree to sell you a preset amount of seals each month. They would of course be impossible to copy”, I listed.
“So you know of what happened? It's not something my village did that I am proud of. Massacring a whole village, that isn't right. But it was war.
I could agree for the exchange. Barrier against Jinchuriki training, but you have to build your village before I can agree for any alliances, even if the offer is good”, said A in thoughts.
“So bro I can go and teach Nine-o?”, asked Bee in hope. He must like to teach.
“Say Dexter, do you want to join my village?”, asked A.
“Sorry, no can do. I still have to do some things in Konoha and I really want to rebuild Uzu”, I replied.
“At least I tried. Say, what would you do if I simply try to keep you?”, he then asked none seriously and with a smirk.
“I would Hiraishin out of this city and remember your attack”, was my reply with a sadistic grin and he looked a bit stunned.
“There is a saying in Iwa, Kumo and Kiri. Never really anger an Uzumaki, it will be your death”, he said with a laugh and gestured for us to leave.
“Well that went good, now let's got training because I'm in a happy mood”, rapped Bee and we went on our way to the island. A month later we reached its “shore” and we walked to the waterfall.
“That's the Waterfall of Truth. Sit on the small patch of grass and see what's in you lass”, said Bee and I sat down. The noise of the waterfall went silent and everything around me turned still.
I didn't have to wait long, as Clair came out of the waterfall.
“So you are my dark me?”, I asked.
“Oh no, you don't have something as a dark you. Naruto had one thanks to his split personality. But you have more of a denial”, she replied.
“Denial? So let me guess. You look like Clair, that would mean I'm deny something of my past live or remains from it”, I guessed.
“Yes, but can you find out what and a lot harder accept it?”, she asked with a sweet smile.
“Hmm, I don't think it is my female personality”, I said and got a nod.
“Then something that normally is associated with women. In most cases it is being frail, bearers of life, love and care”, I said and she nodded again.
“So I have to accept the feelings of care and love I have?”, I asked.
“Yeah, you found out quickly. Well, after so many years of living...”, she said with a shrug and left the sentence unfinished.
“But I don't have someone I love”, I replied.
“Are you sure?”, she asked and I frowned.
Who could I love? Lilia is long dead and I never really loved her. I did like her, but nothing more.
Drull and Ilza were more like a brother and sister. Yuugao-nee is the same.
Kura-chan? Well, I do like her. She looks good and we think alike.
But is it love? Love is said to be when you feel happy by just being near the person you love. And while I do like it a lot to speak with her and especially to cuddle with her tails. Even if I'm only rarely allowed to do it.
I don't know if that is love.
“So do I have to accept the possibility of loving Kura-chan? Because, I don't know if it's really love I'm feeling. I can agree that I'm interested in her”, I asked.
“This isn't just because of Kurama”, was Clair's reply.
“It isn't? Then what else? You surely don't mean that I also have to start trusting people do you?”, I asked but only got a smile as an answer.
“Oh fuck no!”, I said in denial.
“Why not? Is it so hard to trust?”, she asked.
“Yes, the last person I remotely trusted was Sarutobi and it turned out he was the reason for this childhood. And the person before that was a queen of Aeron. She tried to kill me and turn me into a martyr. Just so that she can start a second holy war”, I said in a loud tone.
“I don't think it comes from that. Your lack on trust comes from before that”, she said knowingly. I stopped myself from speaking and tried to remember the possible reason.
She spoke as if it was before my live as Clair. Something that happened in this live and broke the possibility of trust? There weren't many things that were bad in my first live.
“It has to have happened during my earlier teens. Live was pretty good after I turned 16, even if boring”, I began.
“Probably nothing in my childhood. There aren't any bad memories during that time. So my time during the secondary school. I did got bullied in that time. But not from former friends. Heck one turned out to become my best friend at a later time”, I continued.
“I give a hint. It has something to do with your denial of having a girlfriend”, said Clair. And I knew what she meant.
“Yeah, that makes sense. He was my best friend at that time”, I said with an angry frown and looked down.
“And also the reason for braking up with your first real girlfriend”, she continued.
“Yeah, he said she wanted to break up with me. So in my inexperience I thought of beating her into it. Later I found out that he loved her himself and only tried to separate us. She also listened to him more than to me”, I finished.
“But that was understandable, they were childhood friends”, I argued.
“But it hurt nonetheless”, she said silently.
“Yeah”, I admitted.
“So I have to start trusting again and also have to think about my relationship towards Kura-chan?”, I asked and looked at Clair.
“Exactly”, said Clair cheerfully.
“I'll try”, I said resolutely.
“Good, but remember, you won't be able to control her Chakra, when you stop and fall back into old habits”, she said with a final smile and then faded out of existence.
I noticed that I was back.
“Dex-kun? What happened, I was cut off from you”, asked Kura-chan worriedly.
“The same as what happened with Naruto. But I didn't meet an evil me, more like my own denials”, I said and kinda felt happy to hear her. Strange.
“I knew that you will meet someone, but I was still worried that I was cut off from you”, she said relieved.
“Yeah, I learned a few things. One of said things are for you to get out of your seal in human form. And also for real”, I said but she didn't reply.
“So Nine-o I assume we are get to go?”, asked Bee from the other side of the small lake.
“Yes, Bee. It kinda was enlightened”, I said and stepped through the waterfall, followed by Bee.
We walked through the hall, across the headless statures and to the door.
“Put your head inside, but be aware. If you don't clear the waterfall, then your will turn more than bald”, said Bee and pointed at the statue, where I have to put my head in.
I promptly did and moved the switch, so that the door will open.
“Good, now do you have the key or will we have to go away?”, asked Bee then.
“Wait a moment. I'll ask my dad”, I replied and he looked confused.
I activated Edo Tensei and Minato stepped out of the coffin.
“Naruto? Why did you bring me back?”, he then asked.
“The Yellow Flash?”, asked Bee and even forgot to rap.
“Is that Killer Bee?”, asked Minato who saw Bee for the first time since the war.
“Please don't tell me I have to fight him. The fight would draw you into it”, said Minato hopefully.
“Oh no, I just summoned you for the key. I need it to open Kura-chan's cage without ripping the seal completely off, which would kill me”, I answered and he sighed in relieve.
“It's guarded by Gerotora. But I think I can make a new one”, he said.
“Thanks, here is some Chakra infused ink, a brush and a scroll”, I said and unsealed said items from a tattoo on my arm.
Minato promptly began to work and finished fifteen minutes later.
“Done, greet Kushina from me”, he said with a smile and I had to feign ignorance.
“You will see”, he then said amused and I put him back into the coffin.
“Nine-o, was that really your father Minato?”, asked Bee.
“Yes, I used a Kinjutsu to bring him temporarily back. Now let's go inside”, I said after activating the key. It should now be inside my mindscape and ready for my use.
“Sit down and enter your mindscape. There you will have to fight the Kyuubi and wrestle with it to take it's Chakra from him. Or he could give it to you. But Gyuuki said that he isn't someone who would do that”, said Bee seriously and without rapping.
“But be wary, he can do the same and take control of you”, he finished and I did as he said.
I was back in my mindscape and Kura-chan was standing behind the bars.
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New Chapter.
Some of you asked me about a shedule for my releases. I already said that I will release a chapter, whenever I have a day off. This could mean that there won't be a chapter for 8 days or that there will come one after only 3. Depends on my work. And said work can change from one day to the other.
There will be at least one each 8 days and if not it will be said in a special post.
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