Silver blood

Disclaimer: I do not own the special training used in this chapter. It was' borrowed ' from Air Gear.

Previously....

Inside him, Naruto could feel the heat growing, expanding everywhere. His heart beating so fast he could count the beats in his head. As the fire finally formed, it started its journey from the pit of his stomach to his mouth, where it exited in a torrent of orange and red fire towards Tsunade….

Naruto winced as the heat from the flames burnt his throat slightly as it continued to speed towards Tsunade who, as a last ditch effort, struck the ground with her right fist, causing the ground before her to rise up therefore acting as an improvised shield against the fire which itself had reached Tsunade and luckyly for her, had been split into two as it hit the shield of earth. After a minute or so, Tsunade deemed it safe to look up and lowering the shield which had turned a black burnt colour, her gaze reached Naruto who had dropped to the ground in exhaustion from using a techinque that had completely taxed his reserves.

Amongst the front of the crowd, Jiraya whitsled in appreaciation at the damage naruto had caused as He look at the burnt mass of wood behind Tsunade who inturn, also looked and Her eyes widened at the thought of what would have happened if that had been Her.

" Tsunade-sama! Are you ok? " said Shizune, trotting over to Her master, her eyes filled wth worry but Tsunade waved her off with a :

"I'm fine. It's the brat you should be tending too " and with that, Shizune gave an embarrassed smile before setting down Ton-Ton beside Tsunade and then going to Naruto to make sure he was fine.

Tsunade gave a sigh and Ton-Ton gave a short snort, Tsunade stroking her back as a reply as she rose from the ground and turning, walked towards her fellow sannin who was enjoying the heat of the mini forest fire his student had created.

" Sensei's first lesson. Never under-estimate any opponent. You're lucky that's the first time he's ever done that, other wise you'd be in a hospital with 3rd degree burns " chastised Jiraya, a smile tugging at his face as Tsunade's face settled into a familiar scowl.

" I thought I had it in the bag but when He turned into that thing, I knew that i wasn't gonna win. Jiraya " she said, a contemplative look on her face.

" Who exactly is he? " and with that said, Jiraya spent the rest of his night explaning to Tsuade thet boy that was Naruto Namikaze...

" Ero-Sennin! When are you going to start teaching me Earth manipulation? " asked Naruto as he sat on the bed, lookind expectanly at Jiraya

" Not yet Gaki. You still have to learn how to control wind before we move onto earth " Jiraya replied, flicking onto the next page of the book he was reading. Naruto grunted in fustration as He rolled off his bed onto the floor. Placing his hands onto the floor, He then lifted the rest of his body upwards until he was into the handstand postion.

" What are you doing ?" asked Jiraya, eyebrow raised as he pried his eyes from book.

" Bored so I'm doing some push ups " was a quick reply.

" If you're doing that then We might as well start the wind training " said Jiraya, once again returning back to his book.

" Huh? " was Naruto's intelligent question, causing the hermit to chuckle a bit before he settled his book down beside him.

" I was going to teach this after you had a better understanding of wind but seeing as you're already in the position, We might as well get started " He said, looking at Naruto to see if he had any questions but His godson just sent him a look saying 'carry on '.

" OK, the best way to explain this training would be to first explain to you what suction is and inturn, i'll explain the vacuum phenomenon. Now listen up. You may not understand at first but when i'm done, you should get the gist of it ok? " asked Jiraya, a serious look on his face for once.

Naruto nodded in understanding.

" OK. We'll start with Vacuums. Suppose two flat objects are placed against each other. The air between the two objects is removed and thus, the objects cannot be separated. Due to the surrounding atmosphere, pressure is exerted onto the objects, there fore preventing their separation. To a lesser extent, suction occurs whenever a palm is pressed against a surface. You following so far? "

Naruto nodded, still in the hand stand position.

" Good. Now, we take your position right now. Your palms are placed against the floor so therefore, the air between your hands and the floor is removed. We'll call that one surface. Also, the space extending from the backs of your hands to the limit of the atmosphere is the second. The fruits of this special training is that you should be able to manipulate the wind's surface. This will be accomplished easily by basically slipping your hand in-between the two surfaces that form the wind. So soon, you should be able to do this " said Jiraya as he pushed his hands forward, no sooner than a second later exerting a light gust of wind that knocked naruto over onto the floor.

" And how will i learn to do that? " asked naruto, picking himself off the floor.

" The way to do that is by learning to stick to the floor." replied the toad sage.

" And how will i do that ? " asked the blonde once more, slowly getting annoyed at his mentor who laughed a little.

" I want you to get back in the handstand postion " He said, naruto complying as he got up once more. " Now, try and get your body into a horizontal position " He said.

Naruto nodded and slowly brought his legs down first, followed by his torso until his body was horizontal.

" And now, move towards me without letting your feet touch the ground ". Naruto moved his left hand first, but as he proceeded to move his right hand, he fell onto the floor with a cry of surprise, causing Jiraya to roar with laughter at his student. Naruto shot Jiraya an evil look as his face slowly turned pink with embarrasement.

"it's ok gaki " finally said jiraya with a lofty sigh. " Even i did that the first time. So now you have your training. I want you to acknowledge that division. Acknowledge it and control it . "

" You can bet your hermit ass on it! " replied naruto with a confident smile on his face, causing jiraya to smile too.

' And here begins your path to greatness...'

5 days later...

" Jiraya-sama! " shouted Shizune as she entered Naruto and Jiraya's room with a resounds bang due to the forced entry.

" What-t? " replied Jiraya, his voice seemingly floaty as He sat up quickly before groaning and holding his head in his hands.

" It's Tsunade-sama! She's gone to face Orochimaru alone! " shouted Shizune, worry evident in her voice and the same worry was conveyed on Jiraya's face as realization hit him.

' That's why she asked me to go drinking with her. She must have messed up my chakra so I wouldn't interfere with their battle. Shit' cursed Jiraya as he rolled himself out of bed, hitting naruto awake causing the young ninja to cry out in shock.

" What the hell ero-sennin!? " said Naruto, rubbing the sleepyness out of his eyes.

" Get ready quickly kid, we have to help Tsunade quickly " He said, sticking the summoning scroll onto his back.

" what's the old hag -"

" I'll tell you on the way . Just get dressed " and with that said, Shizune and Jiraya left, leaving naruto to dress and after a few minutes, he caught up to them.

" Was anyone with Orochimaru? " asked Jiraya, noticing the flash of understanding in Naruto's eyes as he realized the situation, his mouth turning into a fine line of anger and contempt.

" Yes. He was wearing glasses and had silver hair. That's all i saw " replied Shizune.

" His name is Kabuto. He's a medic-nin. Be careful when fighting him because he can use Chakra Scalpels " warned Naruto as He increased his speed, leaping past both shizune and jiraya who also increased their speed in turn.

Soon, they all arrived at the battle scene. Tsunade jumped backwards as several snakes launched themselves upwards from underneath the grass covered ground, all of them hissing in union. Tsunade then had to move sideways as chakra scalpels came slashing down, leaving a thin green trail in their wake. A knee flashed forward and Tsunade pushed it away before retaliating, her green covered fist a hair's breadth away from Kabuto's head.

Orochimaru then appeared to her left, foot hurtling towards her face but Jiraya appeared and pushed it down with his palm, creating an opening which He gladly took. A fist later, orochimaru was sent flying backwards.

" Tsunade, You and I will handle Orochimaru. Leave the side-kick to Naruto and Shizune " said Jiraya, chasing after orochimaru before she could reply. Kabuto tried to strike at her with his foot but Naruto caught it and with a small spin, threw him away.

" Go. We can handle him " Naruto reassured her. Tsunade nodded and chased after the other two sennin.

" You ready Shizune? " asked Naruto, unclipping Kibuikiri from his back and holding him infront of him.

" Hai" was her reply before she threw forward several needles, each gleaming in the afternoon sun.

Kabuto leapt upwards in escape but was forced to block the meat-cleaver as it bared down onto him, propelling him back down to earth, landing nimbly onto his feet in a crouched position. Bleeding lips turned upwards in contempt as onyx eyes analyzed the two people before them, plotting the best way to defeat the opponents.

With a battle strategy in mind, Kabuto sprang into action. Speeding forward, He met naruto's blade with his kunai head on, shifting his weight to his right causing the blade to slide down the kunai, therefore creating an opening on Naruto's stance. His chakra coated fist was only inches away from naruto's abdomen before he had to leap away in order to escape the volley of poison-coated needles.

" Thanks Shizune-chan. Guess that was the wake-up call I needed to get serious " said Naruto, violent dark blue chakra beginning to swirl around him, forming an orb of translucent energy. Shizune was forced to gasp in surprise as naruto's hair suddenly began to grow longer as did his canines. The hands holding Kibuikiri's handle with grew slightly bigger , nails elongating. Shoulders grew border while arms and legs bulged slightly.

" Naruto..?" asked Shizune although it came out as a whisper but naruto's point-tipped ears heard the question and before he could answer, their opponent was already attack once again, a fireball sizzling through the air, seemingly brighter underneath the sun's solar glare. Naruto pushed Shizune to the side as she was to late to react.

Instead of being burnt, He cut through the flames with his sword, shocking kabuto. Naruto grinned a deadly smile in response and retaliated, Kibuikiri already carving it's way through the air and onto Kabuto. The med-nin stepped to the side with a light smirk on his face.

" Futile " He uttered but then eye's widened in shock as naruto's body twisted, dislodging the sword ( and few chunks of earth) before slicing at Him. Barley blocking the attack with his kunai, kabuto felt a stinging and numb sensation run through him as he fell onto the floor. Both shizune and naruto allowed a brief flicker of relief to flash across their faces but then that turned to disbelief as the kabuto at naruto's feet exploded into smoke.

A shudder ran through the ground, then an explosion. Naruto spun round and saw kabuto strike shizune onto the ground, knocking her out cold. The lycanthrope gave a primal roar laced with chakra, pushing kabuto back, giving naruto enough time to appear beside him, sword swung in an ark. Four-eyes ducked beneath the blade and performed an uppercut, connecting beautifully with naruto's jaw and launching him a few centimeters in the air. Kabuto smirked as He then grabbed onto naruto's jacket and using naruto's momentum, performed a judo throw. The blonde crashed into the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a small amount of dust and smoke.

Kabtuo snarled and backflipped, avoiding a downward slash as naruto appeared before disappearing once more.

' He avoided my second attack with a kage bushin...He's improved ' thought Kabuto, now realizing that naruto could not be taken lightly any more.

He was about to launch a counter-attack but then he heard His master call him. He vanished in a burst and speed and naruto followed, appeared beside Jiraya and Tsunade, Jiraya looking some what sick.

" You ok ero-sennin? " asked naruto, looking at his mentor in concern.

" I'll be ok kid " replied Jiraya, staring at his former teammate.

Tsunade noticed that shizune was not with naruto and was about to ask but then, there was a loud rumble, then an explosion of smoke. Orochimaru's maniacal cackle echoed as He burst through the smoke, stood on creature that naruto thought was roughly the same size as Gamabunta.

" Orochimaru...You owe me thirty sacrificessss you whelp " said a hissing voice from within the smoke.

" Is that Manda!? " asked Tsunade, eyes wide in surprise. " How did orochimaru summon him!? "

" He had a summoning tattoo on his arm. That kid, kabuto, activated it " replied Jiraya, who then looked at naruto as he noticed the change.

" He forced you to get that serious?" asked Jiraya, slight tension underlaying in his voice. Naruto nodded in response, eyes still fixed on the large column of smoke, not noticing the troubled look appear on Jiraya face.

Then the column of smoke moved.

" MOVE!" roared Jiraya as he leapt away to the side, naruto and tsunade jumping away to safety as a purple reptilian head crashed into the ground. The reptile roared as it raised it's head, purple scales reflecting light.

" What is that...?" whispered naruto in fear.

" Thats Manda " replied Tsunade, already biting her thumb to draw blood. " King of the Snakes ". She then rapidly ran through the summoning jutsu hand signs before slamming her hand into the ground, numerous kanji spreading out in a circle around her hand.

Jiraya mimicked the same action, kanji spreading out on the ground. Both then shouted:

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!".

The earth beneath them rumbled as more smoke engulfed the clearing. A great wind coincidentally blew past, dispelling the smoke and revealed the other two boss summons.

Katsyu and Gamabunta.

The great, purple python hissed in content as it eyed it's two rivals.

" Orochimaru " it spoke, a small amount of glee in it's voice. " For this summon, I do not require any sacrifices " said Manga before lurching forward at great speeds.

" Troublesome " said Gamabunta before leaping upwards, avoiding the lunge. Katsuya, the slug boss summon, spat out a green sea of acid towards manga. The snake slithered underground, disappearing from view but then a moment later, resurfaced, a bladed tail swing forth like a whip. Katsuya told her master to hold on as she suddenly split into numerous white slugs. Manda hissed in content but then a moment later, roared as several large goblets of water impacted against his back.

Swinging his great head round, he saw gamabunta hurtling to the ground, dagger poised for impalement. Manda moved backwards, avoiding the slash and as soon as the boss toad landed, the python's body coiled around gamabunta before beginning to constrict him. Manda cackled with joy as his reptialian body continued to make sutble movements, causing pain to the amphibian in his grasp.

Jiraya fired a large fireball as the snake, scoring a direct it. The grip on gamabunta loossend enough for the toad to leap upwards, taking the snake up with him. Bunta made a fist and as he was about to deliver but, manda's horned head bashed against his chest, sending both summons several meters apart but the toad wasn't done. As both gargantuan creatures fell back to earth, gamabunta vomited ounces of oil onto the snake summon.

Jiraya immedietly caught on and quickly performed Katon: Endan, igniting the oil which coated manda therefore creating Katon: Gamayu Endan.

Meanwhile, Naruto had began his second confrontation with Kabuto, both clashing against each other, the only difference being experience. Naruto attacked once more, this time activating the slimming seals on Kibuikiri Honcho, slimming it down into the size of a chokuto. Naruto grinned at Kabuto's surprised and attacked, this time both seemingly even matched. Jutsus, gashes,slices ,punches and kicks were exchanged as they both danced the deadly dance of combat. In a surprise move using the substitution jutsu, Kabuto was able to use his chakra scalpels in order to wound naruto, severing the tendons in naruto's leg as he fell down to the ground in agony.

Just as Kabuto was about to strike the deciding blow, Tsunade appeared, punch striking kabuto in the stomach, sending him backwards a few feet. As tsunade rose into a fighting stance, kabuto stood up and laughed before slashing his arm, blood slowly dripping down onto the ground. His smile grew bigger as he saw tsunade's face turn pale at the sight of blood.

Hand coated in chakra, he attacked, aiming for her head but instead of impacting against flesh, a large ringing sound was made as the metal knuckles of his gloves clashed with naruto's headband. Naruto elbowed the snake apprentice, creating enough distance between the two for naruto to make a Rasengan. Uknown to him, as he began to create the spinning orb, he unintentionally began to create it in between two wind surfaces. Therefore, the spinning ball of chakra turned into a deadly ball of wind. He attacked and Kabuto attacked two, chakra scalpel already ready.

Both ninja's clashed, Naruto's rasengan burrowing into kabuto's abdomen while kabuto's scalpel pierced several veins near naruto's heart. The clash seemed to shake Tsunade out of her fear-induced stupor.

" Tsunade-sama! " shouted shizune as she ran towards them.

" Kabuto! " roared Orochimaru, realizing they where fighting a losing battle. " We leave " He ordered. Both snake sannin and apprentice disappeared via Shushin.

Together, all summons were dispelled, Jiraya breathing a great sigh of relief before limping to the group. He looked on as tsunade tried to heal naruto with a look of great concern on her face, making jiraya smile.

' Only you naruto...only you ' thought the hermit as he looked up at the bright sun sitting pretty in the blue sky.

"Everybody packed and ready? " asked Jiraya as He, Naruto,Shizune, Tsunade and Ton-ton stood near the town entrance. Some how, naruto had show tsunade the light and in the end, she decided to return to konoha as hokage. In appriciation, Tsunade gave naruto her necklace which was proudly dangling from his neck.

Everyone nodded in response.

" Well then. Off to konoha! " He proclaimed as they all set off towards the village hidden within the leaves.

A.N: All of you have no idea how much i hate this particular chapter and to be honest, i am completely glad it's done and over with cause now, I can begin to unravel what will be a weirdly good plot i think. So stay tuned.

Jutsu:

Shushin - Body Flicker Techinque

Katon: Endan - Fire Release : Flame Bullet

Katon: Gamayu Endan - Fire Release : Toad Oil Flame Bomb

Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Technique