Chapter 38 - Reunited

Naruto ran through the gates of the Hidden Leaf, quickly climbing to the top of a pole to overlook the whole village. "Hey Naruto, is that you?" Sakura shouted up blushing as he jumped down landing in front of her, "Wow Naruto you've grown up!" She exclaimed as Jiraiya walked up next to them, "Master Jiraiya we should probably get you to the Hospital to see Hari!" Sakura pulled the two Shinobi, arriving at the hospital they saw Hari in bed reading to a small silver haired girl. Hari nodded to Sakura who ran off to get Tsunade, "Mito this is our old man," Jiraiya fell to his knees at the edge of Hari's hospital bed, Naruto watched the exchange awkwardly. "And that is Naruto, feel free to ignore him if you want." This made Naruto shout which got his hair ruffled by Taiyo as he entered the hospital room, "Thought I heard your yelling," taking note of the room he dragged Naruto by the collar of his jacket as well as grabbing Sakura as they passed her and Tsunade. "How could you not tell me I had a daughter Tsunade!" Hari nervously chuckled being trapped on bed rest, "I mean honestly I would've~" He trailled off answering his own question, "Papa!" Mito shouted after Hari told her to Jiraiya quickly scooped her up in his arms. 

Hari found Taiyo standing on the edge of the crowd that surrounded Naruto, "Shouldn't you be in the Hospital?" Hari shrugged, "I guess it was only mental damage." Taiyo responded as he watched Naruto accept Lees challenge and much to his suprise Naruto managed to keep up, using his Byakugan Taiyo observes the Nine Tails seal, those who noticed thought it was him being protective of Hinata who was talking to Naruto. She'd mainly gotten over her shyness and caught up to Neji however she was still a nervous wreck around Naruto, "Hey Naruto you hungry?" Kiba shouted deciding to save him from Taiyo, Choji chimed in with recomendations with everyone ending up at Yakiniku Q. Everyone ate their fill and joked around when Konohamaru burst through the door, "Fight me Naruto!" Everyone looked at the grandson of the Third Hokage and asked him to cool it, everyone except Naruto who eagerly accepted. "He is my pupil after all I'd like to see how far he's come!" Hari chuckled slighly as he'd stepped in to train the young Genin while Naruto was away, the crowd arrived at the training grounds, the atmosphere buzzing with excitement as Taiyo shot a chakra blast into the air the two Leaf Shinobi created Shadow Clones.

It became very obvious that Narutos use of the far surpassed Konohamarus, copying Danierus use of to increase mobility as well as blow away Konohamarus taking down two of Konohamarus clones in the process. "As expected of big brother Naruto!" A grin appeared on his face as he formed another Shadow Clone, a blue ball of Chakra forming in his hand as he looked at Naruto who was shocked to see the his eyes darting to Hari who covered his laughter. Naruto formed his own and the two loud mouth Shinobi rushed each other, Hari realising his mistake went to intervene however Kakashi beat him to it throwing them away Narutos creating a bigger crater dubbing him the winner. "Not even back a day Naruto and you're causing me problems," His sigh was met by a chorus of laughter as the crowd dispersed leaving only Hari, Taiyo and Sakura. "Hey wait a sec wheres Kawa, she was just here?" Sakura asked looking for the Ninja Hound who had disappeared entirely, the group left for the Hokages Office on their way they saw a girl with tanned skin and mint green hair looking around lost. "Oh hi, would you guys happen to know where the Hokages Office is I lost my friends and thats where they were headed!" Naruto greets the girl and offers for her to join them as thats where they were headed, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the future Hokage!"

The girl looked him up and down before chuckling to herself, "I'm Fu, you're exactly as they described you Naruto which means," She began pointing at everyone and naming them, "Wow you're all exactly like they said you would be, that makes me really happy!" Taiyo activated his Byakugan however Fu began walking ignoring their questions, they followed her making sure to guide her to to the Hokage Mansion. Fu bowed in thanks before running off they heard her talking to herself but couldn't make out what she was saying, arriving at the Hokages Office Hari, Taiyo, Naruto and Sakura were pulled into a hug by a girl with raven hair who wasn't much taller then Sakura. Fu tried to join the hug but Rin held her back, "Let Danieru have this ok." The four Leaf Shinobi returned the hug almost as quickly, "Now that the hug is out the way~" Danieru flicked the members of the temporary Team 7, "That's for not telling me I have a little sister!" Her hands rested on her hips which Fu saw as an invitation to hug her from behind, everyone stared in disbelief with Jiraiya scowling dangerously at Obito who stepped behind Rin slightly. "In our defence Master Jiraiya you said no boys," Hari and Taiyo glared at Danieru while Naruto shed a silent tear.

"Anyways, this is Fu she comes from the Hidden Waterfall village and is my pupil for our shared condition." Rin continued before facing Naruto, "I'll be training you as well Naruto." Everyone immediately understood that Fu was a Jinchuriki, Naruto nodded before looking back at Danieru who was glaring at Fu who had over stayed her welcome with the hug leading to her getting a forehead flick. Obito finally stepped forward after Jiraiya calmed down, "So there's six young Shinobi here who we want to test the abilities of, I propose a three vs three." Danieru's ears perked up at this as she had been giving Kawa some belly rubs, Naruto agreed immediately challenging Hari and Taiyo. "Danierus with me we promised we'd fight you two when we got back!" Danieru nodded walking over to Naruto a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips, she grabbed Fu's hand and pulled her and Naruto into a hug, "You guys can have Kawa's help if you want." Kawa perked up and transformed into her human form, "Wow you weren't kidding when you said she doesn't look like me anymore." It wasn't long before the two teams were facing each other, the spectators talked among themselves wondering who improved the most. "We play defensive, Danieru and Fu are too unpredictable considering we don't know what Kekkei Genkei she has or what Tailed Beast Fu has sealed in her." Hari said with Sakura agreeing, Kawa and Taiyo weren't so happy with this but accepted the plan Hari laid out before them.

"Begin!" Tsunade shouted with Naruto rushing straight forward with several Shadow Clones rushing forward, Danieru ran around towards Sakura while Naruto distracted Taiyo and Hari with overwhelming numbers. As their fists clashed a force began to push up a whirlwind around them catching everyones attention, Tsunade felt conflicted on who to cheer for as both were her students, the whirlwind collapsed in on itself as the two kunoichi were both launched back. Naruto landed next to Danieru as Taiyo launched him back, "Where's that Fu Danieru?" Naruto shouted however she smiled s she created a dome of sand around the two of them, "Scale powder!" Fu shouted as she flew over the battlefield spreading her scales "Flashbang!" The scales glowed brightly as the flash coursed through the battle blinding Hari's team, as she went to land Taiyo appeared next to her. "If you're sticking around heres a quick lesson, the Byakugan can see through any visual obstacle!" Taiyo went to land a quick hit on Fu however it was interupted by a Naruto Shadow Clone, "We're not done, Uzumaki Barrage!" Multiple Clones appeared launching Taiyo away from Fu who swooped down to pick up Danieru, "You can fly that's so unfair!" Taiyo shouted as he worked his way around the Naruto Clones, suddenly multiple small streams of water shot through the Clones as Kawa moved effortlessly relying on her other senses.

Fu dropped Danieru in front of Taiyo before going after Hari, "You ready for this?" Danieru asked as her Sharingan flared to life Taiyo didn't respond as he rushed forward activating the , narrowly avoiding his first strike Danieru countered with a multiple successive kicks and a to launch him back into Sakura who was still recovering from the flashbang. "Come on guys, you didn't slack off in your training did you?" Danieru teased however thats when the Wood Clones broke down, the members of Team Danieru grouped up in a triangle. "Fu lift up Naruto now!" Danieru ordered as she weaved through hand signs, Fu recognised the Jutsu and dragged Naruto up into the air ignoring his shouting. "Believe me Naruto you don't want to get caught in this jutsu, it stings a bit!" Naruto watched as Sakura and Taiyo rushed forward towards Danieru as several shards of ice appeared trapping the two of them in a dome of ice shards, "THAT'S HAKUS JUTSU!" Naruto shouted as Sakura and Taiyo took multiple high speed hits, a fireball hit the ice as Taiyo tried melting a way out for Sakura and himself. "Taiyo she's dashing between the ice mirrors at high speed if we can catch her we break the jutsu, that's how Naruto beat this!" Taiyo nodded as he weaved through hand signs as Lightning crackled around his hand, the Lightning arced to the different shards which surrounded the two of them as if chasing something. 

"Ice doesn't conduct electrical currents so I wonder whats being chased!" Taiyo surged forward using his newly created Jutsu , an arc chased Danieru as she dodged to different ice shards giving Taiyo the perfect path to follow as his Byakugan finally caught a glimpse of her, "SAKURA NOW!" Sakura weaved hand signs and slammed her hands on the ground "Earth Style: Toujinbo!" Multiple earth pillars shot up from the ground shattering the mirrors, when Sakura turned the corner to where Taiyo should have been she was greeted by two glowing red eyes. Hari and Kawa rushed at Naruto and Fu who had been attempting to help Danieru, "We can't let you passed us!" Kawa shout as she bit into another of Narutos Clones, Hari used his wood constructs to stop Fu from flying past them. 'This is our best game plan all out comes considered, me and Kawa have decent synergy to deal with these two who have never worked together before. Those two are also more resistant to Genjutsu so they are the best to deal with Danieru' Hari thought as he punched Naruto square in the jaw, "I was expecting that to be a Clone, I forgot how often you fight on the front lines" The Naruto he thought was the real one popped into a cloud of smoke as Fu flew through it landing a kick on to Hari's chest launching him back a couple paces. "Quick question, what was Danieru like growing up? You've known her the longest right?" Fu asked as she rushed into a taijutsu range, her ability to fly introducing made her taijutsu remind Hari of how insects swarm their opponents.

"WATER STYLE: RAPID RIVER!" Kawa shouted as her kunai was covered in a water vortex, she quickly dispatched multiple Clones as she moved like a river curving around randomly before landing next to Hari and delivering a swift kick to counter Fu's own. "Lady Danieru is the strongest there is and you aren't strong enough to be worthy of her!" Kawa growled as she slashed out with her claws, her ears and tail popping out as she lost concentration of her . Fu frowned slightly as she dodged the Ninja Hounds attacks, Hari thought about helping her but Naruto attempted an upper cut which he narrowly avoided and countered with a knee to his gut. The two engaged in their own fist match, Hari's punches powered up by his Chakra while Naruto is using his monsterous strength. "What are you idiots doing?" Danieru asked as she ran out of the earth maze with Taiyo right on her tail, who also made a comment on how it was stupid to go blow for blow however his comment was pointed more towards Naruto. Danieru saw Kawa attacking Fu who was dodging her quickly, she wondered why until she saw Kawa rip a chunk out of a tree. "Mind if I deal with that?" She asked Taiyo who raised his hands realising the situation, Kawa threw an over arm punch Fu backed up into a tree however before the hit landed it was caught by the claw of a dragon. "I had that Danieru!" Fu shouted as Danierus Curse Mark receeded back to its source, "Sure you did, go help Naruto I need to have a chat with Kawa here." Fu flew off arriving just in time to save Naruto from getting his Chakra points closed, "What's wrong pup?" 

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Fu and Naruto struggled against the the Wood Release binds Hari had caught them in, Fu created a Cocoon to slow down the Chakra drain of their bindings. "These guys don't mess around huh!" Fu exclaimed as Narutos Shadow Clones tried freeing them, "Although if they trained by fighting Rin and Obito then it all makes sense!" Naruto chuckled as he managed to free his leg, "They were put together incase I lost control, Danieru to calm the Nine Tails with Genjutsu, Hari to subdue me and Taiyo to close my Chakra points it doesn't take a genius to see it ya know." Fu nervously chuckled she hadn't recieved the same treatment in the Hidden Waterfall however she'd seen the looks some people gave her, she raised her fist to him Naruto chuckled as he returned the fist bump. A growl resonated throughout Narutos subconcious as the Nine Tails reacted to the Seven Tails, Naruto stared at the Chakra emerging from the cage. "Woah so that's the Nine Tails, he's definetly different to Chomei and Isobu!" Fu approached the cage and crouched before the bubbling mass of Chakra, "What's your name then Nine Tails?" It was met by a giant roar from the Nine Tails, Fu was thrown from the mindscape while the Nine Tails Chakra spreads from Naruto. "Ice Release: Ice-Make Saucer!" The Cocoon was shredded as a saw blade of ice cut straight through it, the bindings on Fu fell away allowing her the chance to fly back, "Sorry I tried saying hi to the Nine Tails!" Fu shouted which was met with confusion from Team Hari and a face palm from Danieru who stepped forward between everyone and Naruto.

"Hey buddy you alright?" Danieru asked as Naruto entered his Initail Jinchuriki transformation, he nodded looking at Hari, Taiyo and Sakura. "Lets do this!" He shouted and Taiyo was the first to step forward pointing at Naruto as he ran off to the side Naruto chasing him down. "KAIOKEN X3!" Taiyo shouted as he began attacking Naruto pushing the Jinchuriki onto the defence, everyone looked on in horror as the two sped up with the only people who weren't shook by this were Hari and Danieru who cheered their friends on. Jiraiya appeared next to Hari and Danieru, "You two wanna explain this technique Taiyo has created to me?" Danieru shrugged leading him to turn to Hari, "That red Chakra you see surrounding him seems to boost his power like the Eight Gates Technique which is highly dangerous!" Hari turned to Jiraiya and laughed as he'd had this conversation a couple times already, "He heats up his Chakra using Fire Release to increase his strength, I tried to do it but my Chakra control wasn't nearly as good when it comes down to it when it comes to the internal workings of Chakra control not even medical ninja who study their whole lives can match a prodigy of the Hyuga Clan!" Danierus mouth dropped her eyes darted to Taiyo as her Sharingan flared to life she saw his Chakra rapidly igniting at small intervals perfectly coursing through his Chakra Pathways, she stepped forward shaking slightly as she realised the same thing Jiraiya did, "TAIYO CREATED HIS OWN VERSION OF BOIL RELEASE!" The two of them shouted as Taiyo closes off multiple of Narutos Chakra points before knocking him out, as he ended the technique everyone noted that his clothes were slightly smoldering.

As Danieru approached the air grew cold, the sizzling of Taiyos clothes immediately ending, she circled around him inspecting him wiith her Sharingan. "You idiot!" She sighed as she smacked him on the back, Taiyo crumbled in pain lifting up the back of his shirt revealed small burns dotting his skin. "How far can you push it?" She asked as she began healing he looked at her and smirked, "You my friend just watch the first X3 use!" Danieru laughed with him before hitting his back again to show that he was healed up, she looked over to see Hari and Sakura trying to wake Naruto up while Fu was getting repromanded by Rin. "You should probably go save her before Rin bites her head off." Taiyo said but Danieru simply shook her head, "She has to learn her actions have consequences." Taiyo just looked at her and chuckled as he got up and moved over to Naruto who sprung up trying to land an uppercut on him put it was caught by Danieru."Sorry champ you lost, to the sidelines with everyone else," Obito stepped forward clapping, "Alright it is currently a three vs one, the advantage to Team Hari so Danieru would you like to forfeit?" Hari and Taiyo immediately got into their stances as Danieru shook her head, Sakura followed Obito to sidelines. "I'm gonna save Chakra to heal those idiots." She said as she healed a cut Naruto had gained in his attempt to suprise Taiyo. "ALRIGHT YOU THREE MAY BEGIN!"

Danieru dodged hit after hit before landing a split kick pushing Hari and Taiyo back, she jumped back making a bow using Wood Release. "Lets see how you handle this!" She shouted as she shot multiple bone arrows at the two of them, Taiyo defended with while Hari weaved through hand signs letting a form and rush towards Danieru. A flash of Black Lighntning vaporised the Wood Stand, "That the best you guys got?" Weaving hand signs Black Lightning surrounded Danierus hand she shot forward and was met by Taiyos , a grin covered her face which chilled the young Hyuga. Hari went to help as he launched a however much to everyones suprise she weaved hand signs with one hand and ice covered her palm a shield of ice in a snowflake pattern appeared immediately freezing the . In the shock Danieru kicked Taiyo away before forming wings with her Curse Mark and flying upwards, "Ice Release: Mangehyo!" Multiple ice sparks hit the ground freezing it over immediately, "What'll you do now you two?" Looking down she saw that their feet were frozen to the ground a sigh of disappointment escaped her as hovered just above the ground, dark Chakra slowly filling the area.

Taiyo was the first to recover by activating the sudden rise in his body temperature melting the ice, "Why is this ice melting when the other one could take a fireball?" Taiyo questioned as he rushed towards Danieru, she took the time to explain how the ice is strengthened by Chakra but any ice which forms in the aftermath doesn't gain any enhancements. As he reached her Danieru vanished appearing behind Hari, "You struggling their bu~" A tree root pierced through both her wings before it wrapped around her limbs, "Oh my you've caught me, what's the plan now?" Taiyo made his way over to begin closing her Chakra points, after closing a few of them he stepped back as Obito walked over. "Ready to give up Danieru?" She shook her head as two tendrils pierced into her two opponents, "Why would I when I have the upper hand?" More tendrils appeared, shredding the wood bindings in an instant, she laughed as she rushed forward towards Taiyo. A dark Chakra poured from her as she neared Taiyo, the aura the Chakra created shifted into the visage of a Dragon. Tsunade went to step forward but Rin out-stretched her arm, "Lady Tsunade please let this play out, this is all she's talked about for months." A roar snapped everyones attention back to Danieru as her fists ignited in flames as she fought against Taiyo, the heat the two of them were generating prevented Hari from interfering.

"KAIOKEN X3!" Taiyo screamed out as the two of them sped up, the two punched each other in the jaw both their Chakra auras dispersing as they were both launched back. Hari ran to Taiyo who was shakily getting to his feet, "She's insane!" He proclaimed with a smirk, Danieru smiled as the Curse Mark retreated back to its source. "Hey Obito! Can I show them?" Obito thought for a moment before turning to Lady Tsunade and Jiraiya, "Please don't be mad at me! GO FOR IT DANIERU!" Everyones eyes widened as she undid two buttons on her top revealing a sealing formula, she weaved two hand signs as a jet black blade rose from her chest. As her hand wrapped around the hilt hands of shadow clawed up her forearm, "This is Kyariba!" The blade warped as it changed to a bright crimson flame, "We share a symbiotic relationship ain't that right?" As she took a step forward Jiraiya appeared inbetween the three of them, the fire returned to jet black blade before shrinking down into a small trinket which was easily resealed. "We are discussing that!" Jiraiya shouted and with that the training exercise was over, they returned to the Senju compound without Naruto and Taiyo. "While we were travelling I heard rumours of a Demon terrorising the local villages, Obito didn't want to risk it incase it was an Akatsuki trap so I snuck away to deal with it myself~" She paused while everyone shouted at her before continuing, "Anyway after awhile I began hearing this voice which lead me to this ruined temple, inside was a man named Shinno who claimed to come from the Land of Sky." Tsunade shot up and was about to rush to the Hokage Office but Danieru grabbed her hand.

"It's ok I killed him." The table fell quiet as they looked between Tsunade and Danieru, after a moment Tsunade sat down and waved for Danieru to continue talking. "Before I killed him I got as much information as I could from him which lead me to the Zero Tails which is what he called it, I made the descision to seal it in Kyariba as I saw it as a threat to not just the villages in the area but to the Hidden Leaf." Jiraiya nodded as he instructed Rin on how to inspect the seal on Danieru's chest after what felt like an incredibly long silence Fu spoke up, "Doesn't that make her a Jinchuriki like me and Rin Sensei?" Everyone went quiet again but Danieru laughed it off, "No, how can I explain it, ok it's like if I were to seal you in a pot or something." Fu and Hari just blankly stared at her, both of them got it but they were internally screaming at her attempts at explaining it. After chatting for a while Danieru excused herself, she flopped onto her bed immediately, "Hello bed, I missed you the most just don't tell the others~" Fu chuckled hearing that as she entered the room, a groan of annoyance escaped could be heard from escape the pillow which Danieru burried her face in. "There are other rooms you know!" Fu chuckled before laying down next to Danieru, "Stop being so grumpy, I told you I was going to do this so you had your warning!" She wrapped Danieru in her arms, Danieru groaned but let it happen as she was too exhausted to refuse the hug.