It had been two days since Naruto's excursion into the Akimichi clan house. Suffice to say, he didn't think he was going to do something like that anytime soon. So instead, he decided to dedicate himself to something that he knew he could do which didn't have such a high percentage injury and/or death rate.
Like suicide jumping off Hokage Mountain.
Since he only knew two Jutsu and a little about chakra control, he decided he would make use of them in the most fun way he could think of.
Like suicide jumping off Hokage Mountain.
The theory was, that if you were proficient enough with the Kawarimi no Jutsu, you could switch yourself with anything that was in your line of sight. Hokage-jiji had informed him when he had taught him the Jutsu that to switch yourself with larger objects, you need more chakra but less control. Naturally that meant the smaller the object, the less chakra was needed yet a more refined control was required. Frustrated that Sarutobi had refused to teach him any other Jutsu for the foreseeable future, Naruto decided to test his limits.
By suicide jumping off Hokage Mountain.
He figured that the further away from the object, the higher amount of chakra and control would be needed, and this was an additional rule to what Jiji had told him. So he decided to take it slow.
Taking in a deep breath, he jumped.
Off of Hokage Mountain.
As he plummeted towards the ground from directly below the Yondaime's stone head, which he had just jumped off of, he quickly made the seal for the Kawarimi whilst locking onto the medium sized planks of wood he had managed to haul up to the monument. In a puff of smoke he found himself once again on the Yondaime's head and peered over the edge of its nose to see the plank of wood he had switched himself with, falling to the ground.
'Hmm, that was fun, just a bit too short. Let's try a bit further this time'.
Again, he jumped off of the Yondaime's head and let out a joyous laugh as he felt the G-force dragging against his body. This time he lasted for a full 5 seconds before forming the seal for the Kawarimi and was once again replaced by a plank of wood. This time he felt his chakra pool decrease slightly and sweat beading his forehead.
'Tch!Stilltooshort!ScrewthisI'mgonnagothree-quartersofthewaythistime!' Steeling himself, Naruto got ready to jump once again.
Plunging into the warm Konoha air, he felt the euphoria associated with flying, 'Iwonderifthisishowabirdfeelswhenitflies'. Whooping loudly, he brought his hands up to perform the Kawarimi.
He suddenly noticed that from his rapidly descending angle, he could no longer see the planks of wood that he needed to perform the Jutsu.
'Uh-oh...this is bad...'
Closing his eyes for the impact, he curled himself tight into a ball and attempted to manoeuvre his body into a better position to minimise the damage that would be inflicted when he collided with the ground.
'Damn,ifonlyIcouldsticktowallsIcouldjustreachmyfeetoutandstopmyfall...' Resigned, he gulped in the rushing air.
50 feet.
40.
30.
10...
Suddenly, something caught him in mid-air and Naruto felt the drag from changing direction at such a high speed. Well at least he wasn't lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the mountain...
Naruto felt the jolt of whatever caught him landing on the ground. Through his adrenaline-hazed senses he realised that it was a person that had caught him, and not just any old person; it was an ANBU.
"NARUTO! JUST WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?" Naruto turned his head to the left to see Sandaime-jiji glaring at him through his laboured breathing. Turning to stare up at his saviour, he spied a shock of spiked silver hair and the 'Inu' ANBU mask. Turning back to the Hokage he grinned.
"Yo Jiji! 'Cos you only taught me two jutsu, I was tryna see how far I could Kawarimi whilst bungee jumping! You wanna try? It's real fun!"
The Hokage recoiled at hearing Naruto's declaration.
"You mean to tell me that you were jumping OFF of the Hokage Mountain for FUN?" The Hokage's face was by now, apoplectic with rage.
"Well yeah! When I was pulling my stunt at the Akimichi's the other day, I had this idea from replacing myself so many times, see, and so decided to...oops!" Naruto slapped a hand over his mouth. He'd just spilled the beans.
"So it WAS you at the Akimichi clan house! I should have known it would be you! I did not teach you ninja techniques for you to cause chaos in this village Naruto! Can't you remember what I told you about what those Jutsu are for?"
Naruto lowered his head, allowing his hair to shadow his eyes. The arms that held him tightened slightly in a more protective hold. Surprised, Naruto looked back up into the ANBU's face but was met with the stoic mask leering back down at him.
Shaking himself, Naruto faced the Hokage once again.
"But Jiji! It ain't my fault that ya only taught me these two boring Jutsu! I wanted to do something fun and that was the only thing I could think of at the time! I can't even do that stupid clone technique! It never comes out right no matter how hard I try!"
The Hokage sighed. He distantly realised that he had been doing that a lot more frequently these days. At least he had something to say to the Akimichi now, although being honest with himself, he would never name Naruto as the culprit. The boy had too many enemies already to add more to the list.
"Look Naruto we'll discuss this in my office. You should just think about how scared I was when I looked out of my window and saw you jumping off that mountain. Inu, bring him to my office".
With an immediate "HAI, Hokage-sama!", all three disappeared in a shower of leaves.
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Naruto snickered evilly into his hand as he walked to his new apartment place that the Hokage had given to him, once he enquired into why he was not at the orphanage when the Hokage had attempted to locate him after the Akimichi incident. Sarutobi was shocked when he found out that the caretakers were regularly kicking Naruto onto the street at night and that Naruto was being forced to sleep in the forest surrounding the village.
As he walked he clutched the two new scrolls that he was given by his Jiji. Apparently, one was a control exercise, and the other was a jutsu that allowed him to maximise his chakra output so that it would be easier for the Hokage to find him if he was in trouble. Naruto, however, had a very different use for the Jutsu, and he was planning on mastering the technique as soon as possible. He was quite surprised when the ANBU had commented on his reaction time.
When 'Inu' was asked to report what he had seen he had replied:
"It was shocking Hokage-sama! Not only did he manage to replace himself with a plank of wood from over 100 feet away, he also did this whilst falling at roughly fifty meters per second. I thought that was incredible, but he also managed to manoeuvre himself into a position that would cause minimal damage if he was to hit the ground."
Naruto felt himself glowing on the inside. Not only did an ANBU say something about him, but also, it was something good! He would be sure to remember this 'Inu' in the future. Maybe he could give him some pointers with his chakra control and then he'd be able to tree-jump?
As soon as he got to his new apartment, he locked the door, chucked his sandals into a corner of the living room and unrolled the chakra control scroll.
Or maybe he didn't need any pointers after all...
Naruto's grin reached to the corner of his jaw, he rubbed his hands together in childish glee.
'Oh, this is gonna be good!'
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