A/N: For anyone who does not understand the age thing what I meant
was that Naruto would be training with Kenshin for 7 years but he would also be
Training with Kyuubi for an additional 7 inside his mindscape but his body
would age at the same pace his mental self would. This causes Naruto to age
twice as fast, so instead of being gone for 7 years which it will feel like for
everyone else, it will actually be 14 for Naruto. This would make him 18 when
he returns in mind and body. Also for anyone who fears that Naruto will be too
over powered please do not worry. What I have planned for the story later on
will require him to be stronger than your average jounin.
AN-2: As for the timeline and geography being a little screwed up I
am aware of this. The reasoning for this is because first off I needed Kenshin
to be a master of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu style before teaching Naruto. I did
not want it to be possible for Naruto to become a master before returning to
the village. I do intend for him to return to Kenshin at a later time for
additional training kind of like what Kenshin did with his master. I also
changed Kenshin’s age when he joined the revolution. In the anime he left to
join at the age of 14 in my story the revolution didn’t start till later and he
joined at 21. Also I have never read the manga for either series. I have seen
the entire anime Rurouni Kenshin but it’s been a few years. I have also been
keeping up with the current Naruto episodes. To add to this I have researched
both series so I am trying to stick to the facts. If something major is off I
probably did it on purpose.Edit: It has come to my attention that the geography of this story
would work better if the revolution Kenshin was fighting in took place in fire
country against the Fire Daimyo to which I agree and is now the case (thank you
Archmagelite2000yrs). Now to clarify how this will affect the hidden shinobi
villages. It will have almost none besides producing more paying missions to
help the village’s economy. When a hidden village’s country goes to war that
does not mean the hidden village goes to war. The village is practically an
independent state of its own. The only time it would go to war was if another
hidden village declared war on them or they had something to gain by declaring
war on another village. The country leaders themselves look at the hidden
villages as more like a village full expensive elite mercenaries for hire. Each
country has its own army to deal with its problems which I repeat does not
include the hidden villages.Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Rurouni Kenshin in any way and I
am making no profit off of this story.“Naruto speak”‘Naruto thoughts’‘Naruto personal thoughts’“Kyuubi speak”‘Kyuubi thoughts’‘Kyuubi personal thoughts’Chapter 4: TrainingNaruto gradually awoke to the bight lights and white walls of what he
suspected to be a hospital room. No one was in the room when he awoke so he
just lied there thinking. The last thing he remembered was ripping the seal in
half on the Kyuubi’s cage and then waking up here.‘Was it all just a dream’ thought Naruto.‘No kit it was not just a dream, it was definitely real and now we have
some things to discuss’‘I guess it was to much hope for that it wasn’t real huh. Oh well what did
you want fox’‘Well first you can stop calling me fox and actually call me by my name’ said
Kyuubi with a hint of agitation in its voice.‘Sure thing fox just as soon as you stop calling me kit’ Naruto replied with
amusement.‘You’re going to be making things difficult aren’t you kit’ Kyuubi
said with a sigh.‘Sure am fox now what did you want, I’m sure you did not just want to chat’
said Naruto, all the while giving a mental smirk.‘I wanted to discuss with you how we are going to go about your training’‘What do you mean how we are going about my training?’‘What I mean is how we are going to go about combining your training in
the real world with that Kenshin guy and the training you will be doing in here
with me. Like I said you will be spending seven years with Kenshin and seven
years with me. The problem is your body would not be able to handle a full
seven years worth of growth all at once so we are going to need to mix the time
we spend in real time with that of the mindscape.’‘Ok then what do you propose’‘I think we should alternate days training in the mindscape with days in
the real world that way we do not strain your body’s growth to much. I don’t
know what that man is planning on teaching you or he plans to go about your
training but I want to start you off on learning about chakra, then you will
start to learn how to mold it, after that we’ll work on you control…’And so Kyuubi continued to list out the Naruto’s future training plan which
he eventually tuned out and began thinking about other more interesting things.‘Man I could sure go for a cup of ramen right about now. I wonder if that
fox is just about done yet. I’ve never known anything that could go on talking
so much. Did the fox just say something?’‘Hey kit did you get that?’‘Huh, oh ya loud and clear fox’‘You didn’t listen to a word I said did you?’‘Sorry not really’ said Naruto with a mental chuckle causing the fox to sweatdrop.‘What were you doing the whole time I was explaining your training’ Kyuubi
asked a little bit agitated.‘Thinking about ramen’ replied Naruto like it was nothing which caused the
fox to face-plant.‘ Well to summarize everything I am going to teach you a lot but it will
be awhile until you learn any jutsus’ which caused Naruto to frown.‘What do you mean I won’t be learnin any jutsus for awhile? How long we
talking here?’‘Kit you have to learn the basics first before you learn to do jutsu and
I want to get your chakra control down before I teach you any moves cause with
the amount of chakra you are likely to possess having me inside you, you will
have probably have quite a hard time controlling it all without wasting a good
deal of it.’As Kyuubi finished explaining to Naruto the importance of the basics, which
he wasn’t even paying attention to, the door was slowly pushed open to reveal
Kenshin walking in with smile on his face upon see Naruto awake and looking
well.“Hello Naruto I’m glad to see your looking better, you gave me quite a
scare, I honestly don’t know how you survived” said Kenshin with a dark look
upon his face upon remembering the man that attacked his pupil.“Sorry sensei, I’ll try not to get stabbed again. It wasn’t that much fun
the first” replied Naruto scratching the back of his head having the grace to
at least look a little sorry.”“Well that’s good to hear. Now why don’t you tell me how your feeling and if
you have any idea how you healed so fast from what should have been a fatal
wound.”“I actually feel completely fine. As for how I’m healed, I need to ask you a
question first. What exactly did the Hokage tell you while you two were alone?”
Naruto asked.“We talked about a few things but why don’t you tell me what you’re
referring to” replied Kenshin suspecting where this conversation was heading.“What I’m talking about is if he told you about what really happened when
the Kyuubi attacked my village.” Naruto said looking at the floor hoping
Kenshin did not see him the same way the villagers did upon finding out.“Yes the Hokage told me the whole story, but what I want to know is how you
found out and how this relates to you being healed” Kenshin asked with a
curious look unable to figure out how Naruto found out this information.“It’s kind of a long story but after I got stabbed…” and so Naruto told
Kenshin about his meeting with the Kyuubi and the deal he made with it.As Kenshin listened to Naruto’s impressive tail he could not help but see
how Naruto getting stabbed may have been a good thing no mater how much he
disliked it.After Naruto finished his tail Kenshin stated “if what you and Kyuubi said
is true then I believe you made the right decision but you may want to keep it
quiet that you can talk with the demon.”“Ya you’re probably right, I don’t think that would go over well with most
people”“Now that that’s out of the way I’m hear to tell you that the doctor wants
to keep you hear another night for observation. Then tomorrow you will be free
to begin your training with me.”“But I’m fine now why do I have to stay in this stupid hospital. I want to
start my training today” said Naruto with a whiney voice.Kenshin couldn’t help but to smile at the child’s antics, knowing that he
would be just fine after some rest.“You must learn to be patient Naruto-kun. Besides from what you told me
you’ll have plenty of time for training”“Ok if you say so sensei, but I expect you to teach me something really cool
tomorrow.”“Whatever you say Naruto and by the way that orange jumpsuit of yours”, at
which Kenshin shuddered in remembrance of the horrible looking thing, “was too
damaged to save so I got you some new clothes. I left them on the chair by the
door for when you get ready to leave tomorrow. Meet me outside at the training
area at nine tomorrow morning” said Kenshin as he headed for the door.“Thanks sensei I’ll see you tomorrow” said Naruto as Kenshin closed the door
behind him.‘Hmm, tomorrow starts my training I wonder what I’ll be learning’ mused
Naruto‘I don’t know kit but I suggest you get some rest, I suspect its going to
be a long day.’‘You’re probably right. Night fox’ thought Naruto sleepily‘Night kit’ the fox replied quietly.
The Next day Kensin saw Naruto approaching the training
grounds right on time. Naruto casually walked up to his sensei and greeted him.
“Nututo-kun you I glad to see you wearing your new outfit. It definitely
looks a lot better on you than your previous attire.”
Naruto currently looked like a miniature version of Kenshin with the only
difference being his short spiked blond hair and his clothes being all black
with crimson lining to compliment his crimson belt.“Thanks Sensei but it still feels a bit loose” said Naruto looking slightly
uncomfortable.“It’s supposed to be; by being loose it restricts your motions less which
will help with your training.”“Ok, if you say so. So what cool fighting moves will you be teaching me
today and where’s my sword”“Fist off Naruto-kun you will not be getting a sword for quite a while and
then you will only be getting a tachi (a katana sized wooden sword). Only after
I feel you are competent enough with a sword will you receive your own samurai
katana. Second, I will first teach you battle tactics and the correct stances
to take depending on your enemy’s stance and emotions. You need to learn to be
able to adapt your attacks based off of your opponents and interpret there next
move. After I feel you are ready you will receive a tachi to begin your sword
training.”After hearing this Naruto was greatly disheartened for it appeared it would
be quite some time before he would learn anything, in Naruto’s opinion,
important. The only thing that kept him from protesting this was the serious
look his sensei was giving him.And so the day was spent for Naruto listening to Kenshin’s lectures and
answering questions based on what he had been taught.Once Naruto returned home from a mentally strenuous day of “training” and
got into bed Kyuubi contacted Naruto.‘Hey kit now that your home we can now begin the second half of your
training’‘what do you mean baka-fox can’t you see I’m exhausted.” Naruto answered a
little irritated at being interrupted from going to sleep.‘That’s the point, it will help you with the first part of your training’‘And how will me practically falling asleep going to help’ he stated still
irritated‘It will allow you to relax instead of being all energetic like you are
during the day’ the Kyuubi began not noticing or just not caring about
Naruto’s irritated state ‘the first step in your training is to learn to
enter your mindscape at will so we can train further. All you have to do is
relax, clear your mind, and will yourself back to my cage’Naruto spent the next half hour trying to enter his mindscape eventually
succeeding. It wasn’t too hard considering how exhausted he already was.Once arriving at Kyuubi’s cage the fox began to speak.“Welcome back kit the first thing I am going to teach you is how this
dimension works. In here you are able to create anything you want and make it
look however you like since it is your mind. The only thing I am able to
control here is the speed of time. First I want you to imagine yourself a bed
because although you do not need such things as food or physical rest while in
here your mind still needs a break from a days use. So I suggest you get some
rest because after you wake up your actual training will begin.”“Sounds good to me fox” said Naruto as he concentrated on creating a nice
warm bed to sleep in. He very happy at how easy it was to create and quickly
jumped in and went to sleep.
The following day in the mindscape Naruto woke up to the fox
telling him to wake up.
“Glad to see you up kit. Now why don’t you get rid of the bed and pull up
a chair so we can begin your schooling in the ways of a shinobi. Before you get
excited this is going to be just like your training with that Kenshin man. It’s
going to involve me talking a lot and you answering questions to make sure you
understand.”
All Naruto could do was groan and do as he was told. He pulled up his newly
created chair and listed to the fox ramble on about the shinobi code and
chakra, talking about what it is and how it works.At the end of the day Naruto was once again mentally exhausted and had a
major head from everything he was forced to learn.The fox then told him it was time for him to leave the mindscape and to get
some rest in his real bed because after he awoke the next day he was going to
have to repeat the process all over again.
One Year Later (Two for Naruto)
Naruto spent all of the previous year learning about tactics, reading your
opponent, and judging how to respond to attacks from Kenshin in the real world
when his sensei was not off on missions or in officer meetings planning
different attacks on the current government. At the end of the day he would
enter his mindscape, rest, and then the Kyuubi would begin its own line of
teaching. Naruto learned about how chakra ran through his body like a system of
pipes and how it was molded to fuel different types of jutsus. He was also
taught what it meant to be a shinobi and what it entailed, such things like how
he was going to have to learn to kill, keep a clear head in battle, and the
importance of stealth.
Over the previous course of the year Naruto and Kenshin became closer to
having a father/son relationship instead of just being sensei/student. As far
as Naruto and Kyuubi, well, they had a make shift friendship/annoy the hell out
of each other relationship. Neither one had yet succumbed to being the first to
call each other by their name, much to each others enjoyment/irritation.After waking up and beginning his regular routine at the break of dawn,
Naruto headed out to the training area to meet his sensei.Currently already at the training area was Kenshin waiting for his student
with a smile on his face at the prospect of seeing Naruto’s reaction to today’s
activities.As Naruto reached Kenshin he was greeted by the man.“Morning Naruto, you’re in for a special treat today” Kenshin said smiling“Really, what is it sensei?” Replied Naruto with a hopeful expression.To answer Naruto’s question Kenshin picked up a long rectangular case he had
hidden behind him and handed it to Naruto.Naruto gratefully accepted the case but looked at his sensei with a curious
expression to which Kenshin just told him to open it.As soon as Naruto saw what was in the case he quickly looked up at his
sensei with joy in his eyes.“You really mean it otou-chan?” Naruto asked with hope in his voice and
completely disregarding the formal atmosphere they kept while training.“Yes Naruto-kun. I feel you are finally ready for a tachi, which I will
begin to teach you to learn the basics of kenjustu with” replied Kenshin still
with a smile on his face seeing his son joy.“Thank you sensei, I will try not to let you down” said Naruto in a formal
tone trying to reign in his emotions so they could quickly begin.“Ok Naruto-kun for your future lessons you will be learning the structure of
the human anatomy and its physiology. This information will be used for you to
know where to attack an opponent to either cripple or kill him. Afterwards we
will begin your basic training with the sword.After a lengthy synopsis of the human body that day Kenshin began to
instruct the boy in the basics of the sword.“Now Naruto in the beginning you will be learning the basic moves such as
different angles of slashing, stabbing, parrying, and blocking. We will be
working on the defensive moves first, then move on to the more offensive. Only
after you become competent enough will we combine the two forms to teach you
how to dual.Once Naruto finished his training session with Kenshin he headed back home
to resume his lessons with the fox.As soon as he entered the mindscape he was greeted by a grinning fox.“Well Kit how did you like your new training routine with kenshin”Kyuubi had come to calling Naruto’s teacher by his first name as it came to
respect him due to his power and brutality that Naruto learned his teacher had
on the battlefield after talking to a few of Kenshin’s comrades.‘Uhoh I don’t like that smirk the fox is giving me’“It was fine fox. Now what is on the agenda for today?” asked Naruto with a
hint of trepidation.“Don’t worry kit this is a good thing. Today we are also going to start
the next phase of your training. To start with I am going to teach you medical
practices to go along with what Kenshin will be teaching you about the body.
Afterwards though I will be teaching you a combination of chakra control and
shinobi weapons training. After your medical training you will begin
alternating days between learning to control your chakra and how to use the
different shinobi weapons such as kunai, shurikens, ect.“Is this going to be painful” Naruto asked worriedly“Well from what I here chakra exhaustion is definitely not pleasant and
since I will be pushing you to the edge, I would have to say yes. Also you will
not be allowed to barrow any of my chakra, we need to get yours built up first”
said the fox grinning like an idiot.“I really hate you fox” Naruto grumbled as he began his new lessons.“And I you kit” the fox chuckled with amusement.
A/N: Ok here you go. I would like to thank everyone
for their support so far. No one has said I suck yet so I must be doing
something right. I am sorry for the lack of action so far but I need to set up
a sound foundation for the story. I would like to let everyone know that I have
not yet got any complaints against adding Shizune into the harem later on in
the story and if this continues she will be put in. I also like how some of you
have voiced certain concerns for this story and I will try not to fuck up this
story. I have never read a Naruto Rurouni Kenshin crossover so I am trying to
make a good one. I may be putting in some minor fighting or sparing in a couple
of chapters but we’ll see. Please remember to read and review, thanks.