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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Warning! This chapter contains what some might see as child abuse. However sometimes a little 'tough love' is necessary.
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Naruto grinned at the figure beside him. They were running laps around the entire village, trying to increase their speed and agility by avoiding the obstacles of villagers, stands and other ninja.

Over the few months just before the exams Naruto had developed a fondness for Lee, his 'youthful' exuberance and outlook on life despite being an once fellow orphan made Naruto think of how he might of turned out without Kain or Razeil and had made him determined to help Lee become the best he could be-with or without chakra.
After all, Kain and Razeil didn't have chakra and it didn't cripple them.
So he helped Lee learn to fight with various weapons from swords it spears and so on so if he couldn't fight an enemy barehanded he could easily grab an enemies downed one and use that. He also taught him basic medical techniques that didn't require chakra and gave him potions and ointments to use for his team if necessary.
Even Razeil and Kyuubi grew fond of him despite his 'youthful' behavior, Razeil seeing him as an little brother and funnily enough Kyuubi saw herself as an sorrugent mother of sorts-although Naruto had the feeling she blamed herself for him being an orphan and was trying to make it up to him in her own way.
Lee in return helped him with his speed, agility and endurance, he even managed to help him perfect his Spectral Jump ability in spars, making him less predictable and the time between jumps shorten so it was almost instantaneous.
Their spars helped him learn to think fast on his feet, mix things up and learn to watch and predict an enemies moves whenever possible.
The young man behind 'Gai's prized student' was thoughtful and attentive to others needs, doting on Sakura like she was the beautiful, strong and talented woman she was, he seemed to see the real her that not even her teammates saw and they were often seen walking together through the village, Chiku perched on either's shoulder and the two deep in conversation or Sakura laughing at whatever he was saying.
Their pale red headed teammate blossomed under his attention and the additional training and became more sure of herself as an ninja and more importantly-as a woman.
She swapped solely book-smarts for fighting experience in hand-to-hand, or taijutsu, she even was confident enough at times to join in the seven's training sections whenever they were able to get together. She never lasted as long as them, soon exhausted, but Naruto and Sasuke were proud of her improvement and ability to actually join them, not many could or would.
Even their sensei had yet to do so.
The teams from other villages soon started arriving, the ANBU and Black Ops soon with their hands full preventing fights among rival villages and trouble makers under control-however nothing serious happened-every village knowing if they threatened citizens or Kohona Shinobi their village would be expelled from the exams.
However that didn't prevent the....incident that happened two days before the day the exams started.
Sakura and Naruto were walking together down the main road, chatting about their plans for the exams, on their way to meet Sasuke for some last minute training when they heard an commotion ahead. Raised voices, an male angry one, a female and a familiar scared child's.
They exchanged looks and ran forward.
What they found was two unfamiliar figures, one holding a child above the ground threateningly by his shirt and scarf. The child was yelling at them to let him go, that they would be sorry when 'the boss' got here, but there was fear in his voice.
"Kohonamaru" Naruto breathed in concern and fear for his students life. Of course he knew that kid, they had first met not long after Team Seven had first started.
He had been in a meeting with the Third when the boy blundered into the office like a newborn calf, tripping over his own scarf, then proceeded to blame Naruto for tripping him over, proclaiming loudly that he was the Thirds grandson and demanding he apologize.
Naruto just blinked blankly at him for a few seconds then turned back to the old man, completely ignoring him. The boy ranted for a few more minutes until his 'sensei' turned up, or should Naruto say babysitter, because the man who was obviously an Jounin at least treated the kid like royalty. Yeah, he was an royal spoilt brat, Naruto could see that in the first few seconds.
When the boy 'tattled' and told the man how Naruto had supposedly tripped him, the man turned to tell him off, only for Naruto to turn furious eyes on him.
He backed up, obviously afraid and recognizing him and quickly bundled the boy away, the boy protesting the entire time.
Later after leaving the office and headed home to Hinata and some missed cuddling, the boy confronted him in the empty back street, telling him his teacher was useless, he could beat him easily himself and demanding he teach him. "You scared Eibsu-baka, he told me to stay away from you, that you dad was the most powerful ANBU around, even more powerful than Gramps, so you're obviously strong, stronger than him, YOU will teach me then."
"No" Naruto said point-blank.
"No?" the boy looked confused, like he had never heard the word before-or no one had ever said it to him. Naruto could definitely believe that.
"No" Naruto repeated.
"Why?!" he stomped his foot "I said you will teach me, so teach me!"
"I'll tell you why. You're an spoilt brat who thinks the world revolves around him and what he wants. You claim you want to be Hokage one day and do it by beating your grandfather, but all you want is power, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Being Hokage isn't about power and privilege, it's about serving the needs of the people and responsibility. You're nothing but a spoilt brat who thinks he can use his position to get what he wants. I don't indulge spoilt brats."
The boy's face broke out into fury "I told you to train me, so train me!"
Naruto crossed his arms over his chest in his best Kain impression and said or did nothing. When the kids face slowly breaks and tears come, he still didn't move.
As fast as they came the tears were gone and the fury was back. He yelled at him, demanding he get what he wanted and NOW. Still Naruto denied him with silence.
In a fury the boy ran forward, attacking him like any spoilt brat would, all fury and flailing fists and legs, no control whatsoever. Naruto blocked every strike which made him all the more furious.
What followed was Naruto easily blocking each and every strike or attack and poking the boy whenever he had an opening hard enough to leave an painful red mark that would fade quickly and wouldn't bruise. He didn't want to hurt the kid but sometimes you had to learn an painful lesson to actually learn anything at all.
He spoke every time he landed a poke, things like "being an shinobi isn't about power, it's about protecting those you love." And "do you think your grandfather was born Hokage? No, he earned it by fighting his way up protecting his loved ones and this village-that's what being Hokage is about, protecting others before yourself."
"Being an heir doesn't entitle you to anything. Myself and my five brothers and mate may have been born heirs to our clans, yet we were NEVER as spoilt as you." And "we EARNED the titles and positions, you think you're entitled. That thinking brings nothing but pain and anger-not just to you, but those you love."
"Do you think you can go into battle and mention who you are and the enemy will just lay down dead for you?"
By the time he was finished the boy was sitting on his butt, legs and arms splayed out and crying in earnest, "why?" was all he managed.
"I'm sorry for seeming cruel to you, kid, but you have to know the truth. It's a cruel and violent world out there and I don't want you growing up to be one of THOSE people. For the first five years of my life I was treated cruelly, until my chichi came and took me in and protected me. Your grandfather was my only source of affection before my chichi and niisan, he's like MY grandfather too, that makes you my little brother. I would never forgive myself if I let you turn out like THEM."
"Little brother?" he looked up at him, shock and awe in his face. Naruto held a hand out to him and said nothing. Slowly the boy reached out to take it, letting the wingedtailed other pull him gently to his feet. Once steady Naruto reached out and gently tousled his hair before turning on his heel and moving to leave.
"Wait!" the boy yelled out in panic "where are you going?!"
Naruto stopped and looked back "you're not ready yet" he said "when you are, THEN I'll train you." When the boy didn't speak, just looked down at the ground sadly, Naruto spoke out one last thing. "You say your sensei is weak and you could easily beat him. Tell me, would they assign the protection of the Hokages Most Honored Grandson to a weakling jounin even an child could beat?"
The boy's eyes widened "he's holding back? LETTING me win?! But why? I'll never become a true ninja if he does!"
"I suggest you ask HIM. When you're ready, come find me" and he disappeared into the surrounding trees.
Just after the group returned from their mission to Wave, as they were actually walking through the gates, Kohonamaru was there on the other side waiting for them, silent and serious. Naruto took one look at him and nodded "I'll meet you at training ground 7 tomorrow morning 8am."
Kohonamaru pursed his lips, nodded and left without a word.
Since then Naruto always made time- whether it was 15minutes, an hour, or even the entire day-to teach the boy, first about honor and friendship, the boy's mind eager for input and more importantly attention.
He soaked up everything told him and took it to his own heart and for the first time in his life Naruto knew what it was like to have such an strong influence over another life and mind. This must be what being a father felt like, this power to change the world by influencing and developing one single mind and body.
When he was sure the boy had taken whatever he taught him to heart and soul, Naruto started on Jutsu and taijutsu, at first teaching him simple things like cloning himself and simple illusions he could easily do, even neesan's sexy jutsu (despite her protests) then he tried bigger more complicated things.
He found the boy picked up certain types of jutsu's easier than others-like the sexy and shadow clones, he seemed to be more of an illusion and direct combat talented boy, much like Naruto. He called Naruto boss and when he brought him to one of their practice sessions for the group-just to watch-the others awed and seemed to inspired him, that afternoon he told Naruto he would be close to HIS team like that when he graduated and would teach and help them too like he did.
"Good" Naruto smiled and ruffled his hair "you're team is also your family, remember that."
Kohonamaru grinned and nodded before something struck Naruto and he knelt in front of him "tell you what. If you prove to everyone what sort of person you CAN be, not whose grandson you are by graduating on your own merit, I'll give you an present on that day, a very SPECIAL present."
"Really?!" the boy's face lit up in excitement, "what sort?!"
"A summons."
"A SUMMONS!?" when Naruto nodded he began to dance around the training grounds in joy and excitement, singing happily "a summons! I get a summons! I get a summons all my own!"
Naruto smiled indulgently as he watched the boy dance around in his happiness, almost tripping himself up numerous times on the long scarf but only narrowly missing due to his training.
"But I can't give it to you yet" Naruto said "I have to match it to you and your skills and such, and we won't know that until you complete the academy."
"Doesn't matter, boss" Kohonamaru turned to smile sunnily at him before running to throw his arms around him, whispering "thank you" in his ear.
The skulk and team 7 all took to the new Kohonamaru, helping teach him on occasion and watching out for him whenever they saw him, even Jiriaya once watching the boy bounce around happily and looking at Naruto with a grunt of "you've done good, kid."
Now Naruto and Sakura were in time to see the teen in purple make-up and black outfit holding him above the ground threateningly, shaking him as he struggled to get loose but with only being able to reach the figures hand and arm holding him he was helpless. An female blonde stood beside the male, short hair up in four pigtails, looking at the male in exasperation.
"Kohonamaru!" Sakura called out in panic as they approached. The boy's head turned to them and he looked vastly relieved at the sight of them, calling her name, then looked at the wingedtailed boy next her, a cry of joy and relief "boss!"
The teen holding him sneered "THIS freak is your boss?!"
"Don't call him that!" the boy yelled "HE'S NOT A FREAK! HE'S A MILLION TIMES BETTER THEN YOU!!"
The teen sneered and went to shake him roughly again, but found himself unable to move his arm. His eyes widened in horror and shock when he found that the wingedtailed boy was now right in front of him, Gripping his arm prisoner and unable to move in his position with one hand, his face mere inches from his own and the fury there....Not since Gaara had he been so terrified before, no, HE terrified him more.
While Gaara would kill him without a second thought he wouldn't be so lucky with THIS guy. He would torture him slowly, painfully, stripping small pieces at a time off him and enjoy every second of it, that's what his eyes said and the KI in his entire aura.
What made it all the worse was he couldn't feel his chakra, not an inch of it. It was as if he didn't have any at all.
Either he wasn't what he seemed and had none at all, or he was so powerful he had to repress it all.
He was inclined to think it was the latter.
When his hand convulsed around the boy's shirt and scarf, the hand holding his arm prisoner tightened marginally, but enough for him to gasp in pain and shock at the incredible strength and power contained in it, the figures eyes narrowing at him "think about it before you do anything. You are not only threatening the Grandson of our Hokage, but MY student. Do you really want to get your team thrown out and war started between our villages for one foolish act."
"I'm sure you've heard about our villages greatest warrior" Sakura called out.
"YOU?!" Kankuro half sneered, half believed. "No" Naruto said with an firm look "my father."
Kankuro blinked, not knowing whether to believe him or not. HE had assured their village the man didn't exist, he was a romour spread by the village to not only take their villages business but to build up their status. But what if he DID exist? This near-teen was a sure sign that they had overestimated their own ability and underestimated their enemies, even though he was only an genin the boy was holding his arm trapped so easily, with no visible effort or strain, if his father was more powerful and could do half of what he was rumored to....well maybe it wouldn't be so easy.
"Kohonamaru?" the wingedtailed boy turned his head to look at the trapped boy "did he hurt you?"
"No boss but I thought he was gonna kill me and I couldn't get free to defend myself."
Naruto nodded to this and turned to look back at Kankuro "I will let you go and you will gently lower him down onto his feet. If I think for a second you will harm or threaten him at any time I will disembowel you before you can finish the move, understand?"
Kankuro nodded stiffly.
Slowly the figure released his arm, one hand-baring deadly looking sharp claws pointed in his direction. He swallowed in fear when he saw where they were pointed, no matter the previous threat, no male alive would risk ever an injury to THAT area. Slowly, arm trembling, he lowered him down, holding the boy steady so he could find him feet properly, he had a feeling if the child even lost his balance and fell the other would carry out his threat.
"What ARE you?" he asked once the boy was fine, straightening his clothes. The other teen ignored him, leading him over to the protective arms of his teammate who hugged him close while Naruto fussed over the boy, asking him if he was alright, what had happened.
"I tripped" the boy told them, eyes teary "I was supposed to meet sensei half an hour ago and was running to get there when I tripped. I didn't mean to run into him. He said I did it on purpose and 'cause I insulted him he was gonna kill me. I couldn't fight back, all I could think was he was gonna kill me. I was so scared!"
"It's alright" Sakura soothed, rocking the child "it was only your first time encountering danger, next time you'll know and do what has to be done. I did the same thing."
"R...really?" he looked up at her, desperately seeking assurance.
"Really" she smiled down at him like an fond big sister. Suitably consoled Kohonamaru looked to his ‘boss’ and received an soft smile, smiling shyly back at the ‘older’ boy he had come to admire and wish to be like.
There came a sound from behind him as the black clad painted ninja recovered his courage and went into action. He ran towards them, arm cocked back to attack when he was forced to suddenly duck aside as an huge fireball streaked between them and in his path, singeing his clothes. If he hadn’t of fell back when he did, he would have ran right into the center of it.
Then the fire ball changed direction and followed him, forcing him back to the female’s side before curving and returning to the sender, shrinking as it flew until it landed in the owners palm, the size of a baseball.
The owner casually tossed the ball a couple times in his palm, obviously not affected by the heat in the least from his spot in the tree, speaking as he did “I assume you are here for the chunin exams. Don’t you know the rule about causing trouble or harming civilians. You’re a long way from home and you’re way out of your league.”
“Sasuke!” Sakura cried out in joy.
The figure eyed the Uchiha for a few long seconds, his blonde female companion for some reason blushing as she looked at him. Seeing someone who looked more human, more normal, the figure slowly grinned, immediately assuming while Naruto was definitely an danger to him and a threat to his life, here was someone he could easily take. “Oh great, another wimp to tick me off.”
“Get lost” Sasuke said evenly “you don’t know who or WHAT you’re dealing with here.”
“Yeah” Sakura cheered “Sasuke-kun is Naruto’s brother, he’s no wimp!”
“Brother huh?” The black clad other eyed Naruto then Sasuke, “they don’t look a thing alike” he turned back to look up at the Uchiha in the tree “hey punk, get down here. You’re the kind of pesky little snot I hate the most, all attitude and nothing to back it up.” He seemed to forget about the way Sasuke had just controlled a fire ball so easily, grabbing the large wrapped package from his back, the bandage starting to drop from it as he placed the wrapped bundle on the ground in front of him.
The blonde with him’s eyes widened in horror “what?! Are you gonna use the crow for THIS?!” Before anyone could move or speak again there was an soft unemotional voice, death and power in every note. “Kankuro. Back off.”
Sasuke startled, he hadn’t felt let alone realized he wasn’t alone in the tree, head turning slowly to the figure opposite him. The figure he found there was an red head hanging from an tree branch by his feet. He had the kanji for ‘love’ tattooed into his forehead, above and slightly to the side of his left eye. The eyelids and around the eyes was an thick black line and his eyes reminded Sasuke a lot of the Hyuuga clan-except his entire pupil was an light green, not white. His clothes were different shades of brown and he wore an large gourd on his back.
His arms were crossed over his chest and he was looking at the two foreign ninjas with level, unblinking eyes.
“You’re an embarrassment to our village” the figure went on evenly. The two others looked stunned at the others appearance and the black-clad painted teen started to stutter “oh, um, hi Gaara.”
“Have you forgotten the reason we came all the way here” the red head continued. The other teen-Kankuro continued to stutter “Um, I know, erh I mean THEY challenged US, they started the whole thing really. Here’s what happened....”
“Shut up” the red head interrupted, his eyes narrowing at him, the other swollowing in fear at the look “or I’ll kill you.”
“Right, right, I was totally out of line. I’m..I’m sorry Gaara, I was totally out of line.” The red head turned to look at Sasuke “I’m sorry for any trouble he caused.” Before Sasuke could speak the figure dissolved into sand and reappeared beside the other two. “Let’s go, we didn’t come here to play games.”
“A...all right, sure, I get it.” the black clad ninja said and they turned to start to leave.
“Wait” Naruto’s voice was soft but firm, power and danger in his voice an mirror of the red heads. It compelled obedience or suffer the consequences.
“What?” the blonde said.
“I know by your head bands that you’re from the village Hidden In The Sand.”
“The land of fire and the land of wind have had an alliance for a while now, your actions could be seen as an attempt of war” Sakura piped up with, Naruto giving her an look for interrupting him. The black clad ninja-Kankuro shorted in derretion, only to receive an withering glare from the red head that shut him up fast. Naruto went on, looking at the red head “I know who and WHAT you are.”
The three froze “what do you mean?”
“I mean” Naruto gave a deep steading breath “I KNOW what you are, brother.” The two others looked back, confused and disbelieving “What are you talking about?” but the red head just said “and that’s supposed to mean something to me? Why?”
“You are Leaf Ninja, we are Sand” the girl snorted “there’s NO WAY you are related to us. We’d know.” The other three Leaf ninja blinked, the three were related? Naruto didn’t move or blink, he just continued “I KNOW about your problem and I can help you with it.”
“How?” the red head called Gaara whispered so softly that only the wingedtailed boy heard it. “I’ll explain if you meet me, tonight” Naruto whispered back “On top of the Hokage Monument, alone, at midnight.” The red head hesitated for a long second then nodded minutely and moved off, his two relatives frowning briefly at them then following their obvious leader.
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