Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself Chapter 9, a naruto fanfic

A/N: I was rereading the first few chapters and realized that I really didn't like the start. This is a short chapter because~

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I'm going to rewrite this story from the ground up.

Sort of.

Well, the first few chapters especially, I'll see if any modifications comes up. Basically, the intro was just super shitty IMO. i know i'm not that good of a writer but i think i can improve the first few chapters. the premise will remain the same, just a different way about it.

HOWEVER, I HAVE NEW STORIES OUT!

Here are a brief synopsis for each story that are new and in its infancy.

To Rise Again (personal favorite): At the age of nine, an extreme prodigy arose to show himself to those in the Elemental Nations. One smarter than a Nara, one faster than the famous Maito, one who's jutsu repertoire matched that of Kakashi of the Sharingan. By the age of ten, he turned his headband in.

The Genocide's Testimony: Witnessing a clan massacre is terrible; however, sometimes, there are much worse fates. Darker!Naruto! Mokuton!Naruto!

A Grimm Tail: NarutoXRwby crossover. In a world consumed and overrun with darkness, one must always make a choice: to be the prey or the predator. Unfortunately, one doesn't always get to pick. Pairing: NaruXHarem, pairing undecided for some parts (Pyrrah is for sure in).

The Guardian of Eden: A NarutoXHighschoolDxD crossover: She had seen his face for the briefest of seconds. Eyes as clear as the blue skies that reflected pain and sorrow deeper than the ocean. There was no mistake about it, if she didn't hurry to him, he would die. Pairing: NarutoXRias,Akeno,Gabriel,Koneko. IsseiXAsia

"Speech"

'thought'

"Jutsu: in use"

'Kyuubi/Summon thought'

"Kyuubi/Summon speech"

Disclaimer:Apply standard disclaimer here

Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself

Chapter 9

Naruto adjusted the sleeping pup in his coat as he walked alongside a taller companion.

"So," Naruto glanced at Itachi, "where are we going?"

"Does it matter?"

Naruto sighed. For the better part of the day, they have been walking towards an undisclosed location. He glanced at the Uchiha who was under the henge (Transformation) of what seemed to be a non-descript civilian. Naruto himself was henge'd into a boy that looked nearly identical but with brown hair and no whiskers.

"Can we go any faster?"

Itachi shrugged, "There's no rush."

"But what about my training?!"

"There are many leaves around."

"I'm already doing that!" Naruto retorted snappishly, knowing that the elder was implying that he practices more of the chakra-controlling exercise.

And it was true; Naruto now had a near mastery over that particular exercise. He could float the leaf along his whole body with just his chakra… though it didn't last long, it was still an impressive feat.

"Keep doing it then."

The blonde threw his hands up in exasperation and began grumbling to himself.

"Stupid emo-temes."

Itachi's eye twitched.

"Pink-eyed motherfu-"

"Naruto."

"What!? It's true-"

"We're here."

Naruto glanced around and saw the same old trees. He rounded on the Uchiha.

"There's nothing different!"

Itachi's lip's twitched in amusement.

"I know."

The jinchuuriki looked at the traitorous-labeled shinobi with a deadpanned stare that matched the Uchiha's own.

"Are you kidding me?"

…

"Yes."

"Are you being serious?"

"But of course."

Now Naruto was slightly confused.

"So are we here?"

"If you're asking where we're at, then yes, we are indeed here. But then again, one is always in the here."

"So we're not at our intended destination." Naruto stated flatly

"Correct."

"So you're telling me you actually made a joke?"

Itachi frowned.

"May I at least ask what you're going to be teaching me?"

"Hmm… I suppose, what has Kakashi been teaching you?"

"Chakra-control exercises, Taijutsu, and conditioning." The blonde pouted, "But I wanted Ninjutsu… can you teach me Ninjutsu?!"

Itachi mentally nodded to himself. He expected Kakashi to teach those aspects and only those. This, however, was perfect; now he could help Naruto focus on the Sharingan and perhaps some jutsus depending on his affinity.

But first, he decided to mess with his little charge.

"I will not be teaching you Ninjutsu."

Naruto deflated noticeably before bemoaning, "Damnit! Why isn't anyone willing to teach me what I want to know?"

"That's obvious." Itachi stated simply.

Naruto looked up suspiciously at the Uchiha, "And May I ask what that would be?"

"You don't know what you want."

"I WANT SOME BADASS TECHNIQUES!" Naruto shouted.

"Hn."

God, this man was even more frustrating than Kakashi.

Itachi let out some slight rapid exhales that resembled a slight chuckle as he continued on the trek to where they were going, all the while Naruto complaining.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at his village leader.

"I was aware that I'd only be away from my objective-"

Naruto.

"-for three to four weeks?" he stared at the assignment in his hand, "This seems as if it would take more than several months."

Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a puff of smoke and leaned back in his chair.

"Your assignment will be taken care of. Now, normally, the length of the mission for any team of normal jounins would take years. However, you will be accompanied by several skillful shinobis."

Kakashi shook his head defiantly. "Hokage-sama, with all due respect, the reason I took my last mission was to see that it comes out a success. How I am supposed to complete my objective if there's nothing or no one to be guide-"

"I know what I am doing Hatake." The Hokage's eyes glinted seriously. "Trust in your leader."

Kakashi was about to fire off another protest when-

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

Kakashi sighed; he was hoping to avoid Gai because he knew that his bushy-haired rival would ask non-stop questions about Naruto.

"KAKASHI! MY DEAR RIVAL! EXPLAIN TO ME WHY MY STUDENT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND-"

"Gai," Hiruzen interrupted sternly.

"Oh! Forgive me Hokage-sama! That was most unyouthful of me to interrupt you! HOWEVER!" The eccentric jounin wheeled towards Kakashi, "I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHERE MY DEAR NAR-"

The village leader held a hand up, "Enough." It was best to stop the eccentric man in his tracks before he became too caught up in his whirlwind of crazy logic.

Kakashi decided to ask a question.

"Is it just me and Gai? I don't think me and him warrant a strong enough team. though our chemistry and powers are elite, I don't personally believe that we'd be the most well-equipped for this mission."

Gai took on a mock-wounded look as he crouched in obvious depression, "Oh Kakashi-kun! You hurt me so! You don't believe the power of our youth could overcome the adversity of the mission?!"

"Yes."

"YOU TRULY BELIEVE WE CANNOT OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE?!"

The Hokage's eye twitched in irritation.

"That's what I just said." Kakashi deadpanned.

CRASH!

Shattered glass littered the floor.

"THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY FEAR! FOR THE GREAT AND UNDENIABLY SEXY AND CHARISMATIC SAGE OF MT. MYOBOKU IS HERE!"

Gai brought out a notepad and began furiously scribbling notes, "Entrance through hokage window is most youthful…"

The third Hokage pinched his nose and tried taking deep breaths in hopes of calming himself.

Kakashi immediately held out an expectant hand from the toad sage.

Jiraiya shook his head with amusement, "Nope, the next book isn't ready yet."

Now it was the silver-haired jounin's turn to crouch in a depressed slump as he drew imaginary circled on the floor with his finger. "I want my icha icha…"

The green-clad man decided to add his two cents.

"JIRAIYA-SAMA! THAT SERIES YOU WRITE IS THE PINNACLE OF UNYOUTH! HOW COULD A SHINOBI THAT IS OF YOUR CALIBER CATER TO THOSE OF THE-"

"ENOUGH!" The shinobi that earned the name of 'The God of Shinobi' stood and slammed his hands on his desk. Everyone froze in their track and the third Hokage continued speaking in a strict and irritated voice, "Now, you three and one more will be taking this mission. The fourth member of the cell should be coming in any moment now-"

Knock! Knock!

"That should be her."

At the sight of their fourth teammate, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Gai paled noticeably.

"Hello pups."

Inuzuka Tsume grinned in a feral manner.

"Where are we?!" Naruto asked in amazement as Saki sniffed around curiously.

"An old Uchiha compound that dates back to the Clan Warring Era." Itachi said as he warily eyed the canine.

"We're training here?" Naruto asked incredulously.

Itachi did not respond immediately, he was more in favor of staring at the little furred beast intently, ensuring that the little four-legged mammal didn't urinate on this ancient compound.

The compound was nearly empty in its entirety. The wood flooring looked as if it was made from the Black Walnut trees around home.

Having no friends let Naruto familiarize with nature often. There was also many times in which the boy opted to spend time outside in nature rather than his home. Most times it was because paranoia prevented him from stepping inside home; however, on warm summer nights, he loved gazing at the stars above.

The boy's eyes raked across the rest of the room and he frowned, "This building is nearly empty." The structure was nearly primitive in its entirety; the walls were made of stone as was the ceiling and the only lighting that was provided was by the candles, giving the inner surroundings a dim and ominous vibe.

All in all, it was depressing in here.

"Indeed."

"Wait," He looked at the Uchiha with suspicion, "You're not kidding around are you? We're actually going to train here, right?"

"Yes." The monotonous voice responded. "I suspect we will have nearly a month, perhaps more, to train."

"How do you know how much time we have?!" the whiskered blonde nearly interrogated.

"I have my ways."

Growing slightly frustrated, Naruto angrily demanded, "Agh! Whatever! Let's start training now!"

Both user's Sharingan blazed to life as Itachi agreed.

"Lets."

Naruto rushed towards the Uchiha in a blur.

"Agh! What the hell was that?!" Naruto sat up and glared at Itachi.

"Genjutsu."

"Bullshit! When did you cast your seals?!"

The raven-haired shinobi tilted his head. "There was no need for me to, making eye contact with my Sharingan active allows me to cast genjutsu upon you."

Naruto stood up and readied his stance again. "Again!"

"Perhaps, after our training we can spar once more."

The child scratched his head. "Aren't we training right now?"

"No, you simply attacked me, assuming that training was a spar between us."

"No way-" The blonde paused. "Ah… I do remember that… sorry." Naruto apologized with a guilty look.

Itachi nodded. "It is fine." He dug his hand around his robe and procured a small piece of paper. He swung his arms and the piece of paper flew straight towards Naruto at an alarming speed. The blonde knew if he didn't have his Sharingan present, he wouldn't have been able to catch, and much less see the parchment and would have instead opted to dodge the piece of paper and allow it to fly straight past him.

But he did have the Sharingan, so he deftly caught it between two fingers and held it as far away as possible with a slight cringe; He half-expected it to explode but after several moments of nothing happening, he relaxed and examined it, noticed nothing too particularly special about it.

"Channel chakra into it."

He knew better now than to question the Uchiha in anything.

Thus, he channeled chakra into the piece of paper and saw an immediate crumple. He yelped when the paper actually sent jolts of static up his arms. He threw the piece of paper in the air as it shredded itself into tiny pieces before burning up into scattered ashes.

He subconsciously noted that the jolts from the paper weren't painful in the slightest.

"Whoa, what the hell was that?!"

"A piece of paper."

"But it literally shocked my arms numb and ripped itself into shreds!"

"Did it?"

"Yes! I know you saw it!"

"Perhaps."

Naruto stomped his foot in agitation.

"Tell me now!"

Itachi smirked.

"No."

In agitation, the blonde stomped a foot down as his dog followed with a bark. "But why?!"

The Uchiha stared at Saki with disinterest for several long moments. Both Naruto and the canine began getting nervous. Naruto stepped in front of his dog protectively. "Why are you staring at her like that?!" the blonde pointed an accusing finger, "Don't do anything to her you creep-"

"You have been neglecting her training Naruto."

"What?!" Naruto hollered in a defensive tone. "How the hell has her training been neglected?!" The boy continued angrily. "She's been conditioning and doing chakra-control exercises-"

The S-ranked nin waved him off. "That is more than fine, however, have you two been working in tandem?" At Naruto's slight frown, Itachi continued speaking. "The Inuzukas fight alongside with their canine companions. They're Taijutsu and Ninjutsu are always in tandem with one another. Since you are going to become an offensive shinobi, this will be imperative to keeping her alive; especially if you care for her."

Naruto stared at his dog with a sad frown. "I wanted her to wait a little bit longer… she's just a puppy."

"Hypocrisy."

A shocked visage appeared on Naruto's face before it turned into a heated anger. "What are you on about!?"

"You are but a child, yet you worry putting your companion through combat training because of her age? That," He poked Naruto hard in the chest, "is the very example of a hypocrite. There is no doubt that she is in the same position as you; an adolescent that only wishes to get stronger."

The anger that adorned the jinchuuriki's face retreated back into shock. He stared at Saki as she looked at him with pleading eyes, conveying the message.

Let us be strong together.

Slowly, a large smile tugged at the corner of Naruto's lip as he faced Itachi with a determined pair of eyes.

"We're ready."

X Ten Days Later X

"Your chemistry has improved greatly, though you two are still weak beyond measures."

Naruto tried flipping the Uchiha off but didn't even have the energy to perform that. He settled for moaning in pain at his tender and sore body.

As his temporary charge lied on the ground panting alongside Saki, who was in a similar state from the vicious training cycle the Uchiha had just put them through, Itachi cleared his throat.

"I will be gone for four nights; you will learn everything in this scroll, which I personally wrote up for you based off my observations thus far." Itachi threw a scroll that was tied with a red string.

"Scavenge your own food, maintain your diet, do not idle away from your training Naruto. If you do not master everything in that scroll by the time I return, you shall forfeit your rights to continue under my tutelage."

Naruto barely grunted in response; too fatigued from the beating he and Saki- chan had just taken.

The Uchiha continued speaking. "Do not worry about a time limit as to when you are to return to Kakashi-san. His mission will most likely be extended; considering what and whom it is involving. As for my temporary disappearance, chalk it up from what I've told you before."

Naruto raised an eyebrow as the man disappeared in a Shunshin. 'More than likely a mission from that organization he's a part of.'

Naruto swept Saki-chan into a cuddle and opted for a nap.

'We'll peek inside the scroll after a break…' Naruto yawned. 'And by break… I mean an… eight hour… nap…' With those thoughts, the jinchuuriki drifted off into unconsciousness.

X Three Nights Later X

Naruto woke up with a bleariness that he hasn't experienced in a long time. He groaned as he stood up to stretch. Saki desperately tried clinging to the last remnants of sleep as she curled inwards tightly, ears tucked over her eyes.

Naruto grinned as he prodded her gently with his foot. "Come on Saki-chan, it's time to train, again."

He briefly looked at the opened and abused scroll Itachi had left him with and strolled past it. Though Itachi said that he wouldn't teach him any Ninjutsu, the scroll that he had given to Naruto proved otherwise.

The two techniques that were given to Naruto took little time for him to learn. In fact, one of the techniques inspired something Naruto was beginning to create; though he didn't know if it had been done before, it was going to improve his battle capability a hundred fold.

He smiled at the thought.

Saki-chan stood up dutifully to follow after her master but soon fell back to a deep slumber. Naruto chuckled.

"Okay Saki-chan, you stay and I'll go get us breakfast!"

The canine let out a little noise that was a cross between a purr and a grunt.

'How graceful.' Naruto mentally snorted as he strolled toward the entrance of the compound. The jinchuuriki kneeled near the entrance and summoned a few shadow clones. He ordered the clones to Henge into various wildlife animals they had seen on the way to the compound and scout for any hostiles nearby.

Nodding, the clones Henge'd into boars, anacondas, and rather large rabbits. Naruto frowned at the large rabbits; they were twice the size of the normal rabbits. He stared at the pseudo-rabbits. "What the hell is that?! no one's going to believe that a rabbit of that size- Oi! Wait! Don't run off before I can tell you- and… there they go…"

The 'rabbits' ran off.

Naruto pouted as he sat down and waited for his clones to dispel. "Freakin' rude asses…" he waited patiently, knowing that it would only take a few minutes before the clones dispersed into thin air and give him the knowledge. Naruto felt an influx of information roughly two minutes later.

It seemed barely a moment later when Naruto woke with a start, launching the sleeping pup off his chest unto the floor. Saki yelped and made a wild panicked motion with her paws, trying to gather herself but failing miserably.

The furred mammal sent its owner a glare until she noticed the state of disarray he was in. Saki could smell the sweat and fear rolling off the boy as he clutched a clump of his own hair. Saki noticed a crazed look in his eyes as he swung his head around wildly.

"N-No!" Naruto cried out with great anguish. He slammed his head against the ground as he downed himself into a kneeling position. "G-G-Get away sensei!"

Saki didn't understand. Sensei?

What in the world was he dreaming about? Saki shook her head to right herself. Her guardian was in distress and from what she could discern, he wasn't all there right now. She set her jaw and a little growl erupted from her as she began a full sprint to him.

When she got within several meters of her owner, she launched herself and head butted him right in the sternum.

A rushed, pained, and surprised gasp left the mouth of the blonde jinchuuriki.

After recovering his breath, alongside with his actual conscience, Naruto remained on the ground lying down with his eyes closed, trying to appease the sense of dread and fear inside of his body from the terrible nightmare he just had. Saki tentatively walked over and peeked at her master's face before giving him a consoling lick on the face.

Despite the negative feelings coursing through his being, Naruto felt a little smile form on his face as he cracked his non-doujutsu affected eye open.

"Thank you Saki-chan…"

In response, the boy's companion mewled softly, pressing herself closer to his whiskered cheek. She however, brought her face up and furrowed her dark brows.

Bark!

Naruto winced at the sound of his companion canine in such a close proximity… right next to his sensitive ears. He, however, ignored her as he gently applied pressure to his Sharingan wielding eye with the palm of his hand. There was a massive flow of chakra that was circulating in and around his eye, so much, in fact, that it was beginning to sting a bit. He tried cutting the connection off but it was in vain, for the influx of chakra was too ramped and wild to be controlled.

He took deep breaths and tried taming the flow, it eased the pain a little bit but the pain lingered.

"Do not try and fight it Naruto, let it flow."

Itachi's quiet yet powerful voice pierced the empty interior of the compound.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto did what was told of him.

Power coursed through his eye and in turn, throughout his whole body.

For one of the few rare moments in his life, Shikamaru was now curiously invested; there was a mass of reactions that had been slowly building up for the past two months.

Ino was very confused.

Sakura was very confused.

Hinata was depressed and confused.

One thought ran simultaneously through their minds.

'Where's Naruto?'

Ino was honestly curious. The last time she saw Naruto was well more than two months ago. Sakura felt odd about the fact that there was no whiskered blonde to bother her every day. Even the last few months she did see Naruto, he didn't talk to her much.

Hinata was slowly spiraling into depression. She was even more withdrawn than before. Her obsession was now gone. She had gone far and wide in her search, even to the edges of the forest outside of Konoha.

But he was nowhere to be found.

Sasuke was fuming. The last time he had seen the dobe was when the blonde had sent him off to a non-existent training grounds. Sasuke swore the next time he saw Naruto, he was going to get the worst thrashing of the blonde's miserable life.

Shikamaru, with small effort, connected the dots quickly as to why everyone was having such a strong reaction.

Uzumaki Naruto.

"YO NARUTO GUESS WHAT-" Kiba barged in the classroom, paused, and then blinked. "Eh? He still aint here? Damn, it's been like a billion days already. I wanted to tell him I'm getting a dog soon too…"

"Shut up Kiba!"

"You dumbass, he hasn't been here for like three months!"

"I heard he dropped out!"

He looked outside the classroom window at the empty swing seat with a pondering gaze.

'Troublesome…'

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The Genocide's Testimony: Witnessing a clan massacre is terrible; however, sometimes, there are much worse fates. Darker!Naruto! Mokuton!Naruto!