Hey everyone and welcome back to another chapter of Kenkage, and before we start the chapter I just wanted to say that I won't be answering to your review just yet, I will answer all of them the next month, I have been so so so busy recently, because of the exam and all that stuff, and my exam is only finishing in June 20th so I really need to study, hate to admit it but I haven't study much. :0

But anyways I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 3: The pack

It had been 1 and a half year since Naruto was banished, and a lot of things had happened since then, Naruto had been keeping a low key. He first went to Nami no kuni where he stayed there for about a month before heading off by himself. While in Nami no Kuni, Naruto found out that he was treated like a hero there, everyone was all over him, it took Naruto one whole week to convince the citizens there, not to call him Naruto-sama. Naruto never told anyone about his banishment, he just said that he was on vacation. While in Nami no Kuni Naruto read the book about sealing which he got from his perverted sensein after the chunnin exam. Naruto also figured out the secret of the shadow clone by accident when he was using his clone to hunt and his clone accidentally disperse, Naruto got all the memory back. Naruto found a cave, and decided to train in front of the cave. It was the perfect spot for Naruto, as there was a river in front of the cave, and a gigantic forest on top of it, where Naruto is able to go hunting. Naruto could use the river to practice water style ninjutsu and fire style ninjutsu, so that nothing would burn.

Naruto hadn't made much progress in taijutsu, he hasn't really been able to find a technique that suits him, so he stick to his own style. However, his speed and strength had increased dramatically, as he had been working his heart out every day, since his clones weren't able to increase his speed, strength nor stamina, Naruto had to work himself, while leaving the clones to learn ninjutsu and fuinjutsu, from the scroll he got from his masked sensein and the book from his perverted sensein.

Speaking about ninjutsu, Naruto's ninjutsu had improved dramatically. He found out that he had an affinity for wind and has been focusing on Wind ninjutsu, at first Naruto was shocked at just how many jutsus his sensein had, the scroll had over a thousand jutsus. Naruto still find it amazing that Kakashi was able to memorize all of this, even if he did had help from the sharigan. Naruto had learned over 50 ninjutsu's thanks to his clones.

While some of Naruto's clones were working on ninjutsu, some were working on fuinjutsus, Naruto had improved the most in fuinjutsus, they were natural for Naruto, while most would think fuinjutsu is difficult, for Naruto, everything was easy. Naruto probably is more skilled in fuinjutsu then most johnin are, as of now. Naruto literally went from someone who can only seal things to someone who can make exploding tags in a matter of seconds.

Naruto had made zero progress what so ever in genjutsu, he tried practicing genjutsu once and it was downright horrible, he couldn't even make the simplest genjutsu, it was like learning the clone jutsu all over again.

Naruto's relation with Kyubi had become better, well at least the Kyubi doesn't say he is going to eat Naruto whenever the two meet anymore, Naruto and Kyubi's relationship is complicated, sometime the Kyubi would be nice enough to give Naruto some advice, and when Naruto thanked him the Kyubi would get mad. Sometimes, the great beast would refuse to talk with Naruto.

Naruto had unlocked the seal and was able to unlock his family chest, and oh boy was Naruto surprised at the amount of money there, Naruto believes that the money in the chest could last him for his whole life. There were a lot of scrolls in there, portraying the most impressive jutsus that the fourth Hokage could use, including the Hirashin, and really advanced sealing justsus, which Naruto didn't understand yet. All the jutsus there were just so advanced that Naruto hadn't master a single jutsu from there yet.

Personality wise Naruto had changed a lot, he was no longer the loud mouthed kid he was, but he would occasionally act like an idiot for fun sake. Naruto was much more mature, and mostly keeps his cool, Naruto don't easily trust anyone anymore, and is quiet sometimes.

Appearance wise Naruto had grown a lot taller but his blond hair hadn't changed at all. However he did discarded his orange jumpsuit, although It was very difficult for him. Naruto now wears a long sleeve plain black shirt and black pants, and of course a slightly grey cloak to go with it. The cloak covers his hairs and sometimes his eyes, Naruto now wears a mask, much like Kakashi, in order to hide his identity. However he still hasn't found a way to fake his death. Konoha hadn't made Naruto's banishment public to the world yet, and Naruto suspects only Konoha knew about the incident, Naruto initially thought that the Konoha's civilian council would be more than delighted to announce the banishment, but when he was training one day he saw two Konoha ninjas working by, and from the vest they were wearing Naruto found out that they were chunnins, they talked about how Tsunade had made it a law, in which if anyone talks about Naruto's banishment they will be executed. Naruto immediately found out that it was to protect him.

Now Naruto, was hunting for food when he came across something peculiar, an injured wolf, now this is interesting for two reasons, there was no wolves in the area Naruto was in, and the second reason was because Naruto was in Hi no kuni, meaning all the wolves stayed in a pack of 5 to 10. Naruto slowly approached the wolf and saw that its leg is burned, and there was a bite mark near its neck. Naruto been the kind self he is took care of the wolf, as he brought the wolf back to his cave, and applied some bandage on the legs, Naruto don't have any basic knowledge on medical stuff, as the Kyubi pretty much heal every injuries, Naruto received.

After an hour or so Naruto heard a voice from behind him, "Argg, where am I?" Naruto quickly turned around, and slip in to a fighting stance but he was shocked that the voice came from the wolf. "What? You can talk?" Naruto asked while tilting his head.

At this the wolf quickly bolted up and started growling, but after a second, he fall because of his injury. "Hey, don't move around yet, you are still injured." Naruto said as he tried to calm the wolf down.

Upon seeing Naruto the wolf relax a little. "Who are you?" the wolf asked.

"I am Naruto Uzumaki, and can I ask you a question?" Naruto asked, while the wolf just raised his eyebrows, if that is even possible.

"Are you a summon by any chance?" Naruto asked, and got a nod from the wolf. "Don't summons goes back to their realm after they are injured?"

"Yes, but that is only if they are summoned, but if a summon animal, leave the realm on its own will then, they won't return if they are hurt." The wolf responded.

"Wow cool, I haven't heard of wolves summons before." Naruto mumbles to himself.

"Yes, indeed that is because only one person had ever signed the wolf summoning contract. He was from Konoha." The wolf said, with a sad tone.

Upon mentioning Konoha, Naruto tense, "Who was it?" Naruto asked.

"Hatake Sakumo." Came the answer.

"Hatake? " Naruto asked wide eyes.

"Ohh, do you know Sakumo by any chance?" The wolf asked.

"Umm, no I do know Hatake Kakashi though, are they related somehow?"

"Kakashi-kun, huh, hahaha brings back memory, I wonder how he is doing right now." The wolf said as a feeling of nostalgic wash over him.

"Kakashi-kun?" Naruto asked, it was strange because, the horrific kun is used only for people who are younger, and the wolf doesn't look that old.

"Yes, he is Sakumo's adopted son, always serious and straight forward. He must be pretty old by now." The wolf said.

If Naruto wasn't surprised before, he was surprised now, seriously Kakashi, serious? "Hahaha, I can't imagine him been serious, his laziness is legendary after all." Naruto said, with a slight laugh.

"Oh really? Wow that is new for me. How do you know Kakashi then?" the wolf asked.

"Nah, just heard about him." Naruto smoothly lied but, the wolf caught it instantly, however the summon didn't push the matter. "As much as I would like to stay and chat, I got to go now, there is someone that I must stop.

"Someone? Who is it?" Naruto asked, as his curiosity got the better of him.

The wolf let out a small growl before saying "His name is Okami Aku, the traitor of the wolf summons."

"Wait, the summons had traitors too?" Naruto asked, shocked, at the information.

"Yes, but they are very rare, the fact that a traitor emerged from our kind is just a disgrace, and what is worst is that Okami was under my control, I thought he was kind hearted but I was wrong, he killed two of my brothers and went off. I came out here to hunt him down, however I found out that Okami, had ally himself with a human named Muramasa." The wolf growled.

"That is disgusting, tell you what I will help you." Naruto said as he got up.

"What? You just met me and you are going to help me now? Kid, this is no game, Okami is very powerful, in fact I couldn't even get close to him, when we fought, just now." The wolf said with a shocked expression.

"Don't worry about that I am quite strong, and besides you are quite injured, I think it is finally time to test my skills, so what do you say ummm do you have a name?" Naruto asked as he trailed off from his speech.

"Yes, please call me Masayuki." The wolf said as he got up and bowed his head. Then Masayuki added, "Thanks for your help, I will be eternally grateful." While Naruto just wave it off.

To be continued!
I hope you enjoy this chapter!