Chapter 11:Bijuu Kata and Sage Mode.

"You are...Uzumaki Zokuto!!"

Zokuto was amused when he saw the surprised look on their faces.

"So I don't need to introduce myself huh. Nice to meet you then." said Zokuto. He then looked at the scattered logs that originally the raft that Haku and Kimimaro created.

"You two sure have it rough. Why were you two on a sea with a badly crafted raft?" asked Zokuto.

Kimimaro just looked at Haku. Haku seeing this just looked away. 'You also helped in creating the raft' murmured Haku.

"We...are on the way to the land of Fire." admitted Kimimaro.

"You want to go to Konoha right? Want to know more about Sharingan?"

A surprised look was shown on both the mist nin.

"Thought so. I know more or less about those Sharingan. Follow me then." said Zokuto.

"Going back to Konoha? Are not you a missing nin of that village?" asked Haku.

"We are not going there. We are going to where I currently staying." replied Zokuto. "Well, it's just my invitation. You still can choose to go anyway you want. However, I advise you two to not go to Konoha for now."

"Why?"

"There is someone there who is obsessed with aquiring any talented kids, especially kids with bloodline talent like you two." answered Zokuto. "If you fall into that guy's hand, what you will go through is being prisoned, pitted to other kid to kill each other, and you will get the root seal on your tongue that will kill you if you tell any related secret to that guy."

Hearing that, Haku and Kimimaro flinched. That treatment is almost as if trying to kill them for having such talent. Haku who experienced almost getting killed because he have the Yuki bloodline talent, no longer interested in going to Konoha. Kimimaro who have been a prisoner for the longest time of his life also felt unintered in going there.

"Who is that guy?"

"His name is Shimura Danzo. He is the founder of the Root organisation in Konoha, and also one of Sandaime Hokage's close friend."

Hearing that, both Haku and Kimimaro started to make their own speculation on the situation in Konoha. If the so called bad guy was the close friend of the village leader, then the possibility of the village leader being a bad guy is also very high. This just made the two feel more uninterested to go to Konoha.

"Where are we going then?" asked Kimimaro.

"You will know soon." said Zokuto.

...

Two days later, in Tonika Village.

Zokuto together with Naruto, Neji and Hinata is training at the vicinity of the Hole.

"So Naruto, have you made any progress in the Bijuu Kata?" asked Zokuto.

"Sigh, I haven't made any progress. I have a problem with controlling Kurama's chakra. I also don't know how to absorb nature energy. Can you tell me how you train this technique?" asked Naruto.

"Sure. Neji, since you are also a Jinchuuriki, are you interested in training the Bijuu Kata?" asked Zokuto.

"Can you teach me?" replied Neji in question.

"Well, I already have the intention to teach you and Naruto." said Zokuto. "Before that, Naruto let me have a talk with Yin Kyuubi."

"Sure. But, how are you going to do that?"

"That easy. Don't resist, and let me enter your inner space, where Kurama was sealed."

After Naruto stated his consent, Zokuto put his hand on the seal on Naruto's stomach. After that his and Naruto's consciousness entered the space where the Yin Kurama was sealed.

"Hei there er...the other Kurama." Zokuto stopped for a moment to find the right word to call this Kurama.

"What are you doing here brat?" asked Kurama, in his usual sleepy habit.

"I brought here with me the other you." said Zokuto. The Yang Kurama came out of his body. Now, there is one Kyuubi inside of the prison, and one on the outside.

"At last we meet each other, the other 'me'." said Yang Kurama.

"Me huh. This is kinda weird. It is like Naruto is talking to his clone. Hopefully you don't have the habit of pranking his own 'self', like Naruto's clone." said Yin Kurama.

"Hei! Why are you bringing me into this? Also, I won't make any more clone like that prankster." argued Naruto.

"That is a good idea." Yang Kurama nodded and smiled. "However, that's not what I came here for. I just want to tell you that I will no longer merge with you."

"I have the same idea." admitted Yin Kurama. "After all, being seperated for some years, we already developed our own individual thought and self."

"You are right. I on my own have been growing back to the state before we got divided. Now, I don't think I am any worse then 'us' from before. I know you are like me too, right?"

"Well, our body is a chakra body with a bijuu consciousness after all. However many chakra that we have lost, we will recover it back given enough time." stated the Yin Kurama.

"Then if both of you fuse again, will you become even more powerful?" asked Naruto. Just the idea of fusion made him curious and excited. As if supporting him, a scene of two kyuubi doing some dancing before their finger touch each other while the screamed 'fusion!' appeared in his mind.

Both Kuramas suddenly flinched.

"NO!" said both at the same time.

"Although I am sure our strength will rise multiple time if we merge, it is no longer necessary." said Yang Kurama. "Well, that's all what I want to say."

Yang Kurama then entered back into Zokuto's consciousness.

"Well, off he go." sighed Zokuto. He then added "I also have my purpose coming here."

He then jumped and reached where the paper seal was places on the prison gate. With the help of the system, he checked the seal and found an overlapped seal. In that seal, he found a fragment of Uzumaki Kushina's soul. He then collected the overlapped seal that contained the soul fragment and kept it in the system. Now, he already collected both Kushina's and Minato's soul, although not complete.

Done with that, he then ripped the paper seal, and the prison gate then slowly crumbled down.

"Well, I already finished my business. I will leave the talk to you two."

Zokuto consciousness then left the space. This left the Kyuubi and Naruto in a very awkward situation.

"Well, ha ha. He just left us. Ha ha." Naruto laughed awkwardly while scratching the back of his head.

"By the way Kurama, now that you can go in and out of Naruto's body, you should try to control your chakra from leaking out. Also, you may need to change your form into a smaller size when you are outside. This is for the convenience of the both of you."

Suddenly, Zokuto came in again and gave his thoughtful advise.

"Brat, mind your own business! You are too young to advise me on what to do!" shouted Kurama angrily.

"Ah, my bad. Sorry for disturbing you two. Just continue without me." said Zokuto, before running out again.

The situation got even more awkward now.

"Kurama, this..."

"Just go away. Don't disturb me." said Yin Kurama. The beast then closed it's eyes and started to sleep. Naruto watched him for a while, before he decided to go out too.

After that, Zokuto continued their training.

"Let me explain it again the stages of learning Bijuu Kata. There are four stages you should go through to be able to perform this jutsu. These four are controlling bijuu chakra, learning to feel and absorb nature energy, balancing your own chakra together with nature energy and bijuu chakra, and training the Kata using the balanced energy.

Now, for controlling bijuu chakra, I believe Neji can do it easily as you have a good relationship with your bijuu. As for Naruto, you just need to learn to accept your negative emotion when you got influenced by the yin effect of Kurama's Yin chakra. I believe once you did that, you will be able to control Kurama's chakra easily.

Moving on to the next stage which is learning to feel and absorb the nature energy, I will help both of you in doing just that. Once you are able to do so, then try to do it without my help.

When balancing bijuu chakra, nature energy and you own chakra, I will also guide you on this. So, no need to worry.

Lastly, I already transferred the knowledge about the Kata training to Naruto. So, I will also transfer the knowledge to Neji. You can train this Kata using your own creativity." Zokuto finished his long speech and inhaled a deep breath.

"Now, you two try to control your bijuu chakra as easily as you can, and as freely as you can. This will be your first training." said Zokuto. He then brought Hinata a distance away from those two, who already starting their bijuu control training.

"So Hinata, I already have choosen a training set for you."

"Um...Zokuto-kun, will I learn the Advanced Gentle Fist?"

"I will eventually teach you that. For now, I want you to learn another jutsu. This jutsu is called Sage Mode."

Zokuto waited to see whether she will ne surprised or not. However, he got disappointed as Hinata only showed a blank look, as if there is a question mark on her face. Seeing this, Zokuto can only let out a sigh.

"Before, you also heard me explaining the Bijuu Kata to Neji and Naruto right?"

"Yes, Zokuto-kun."

"Actually, when one managed to balance Bijuu's chakra, nature energy, and his/her own chakra in his/her body, he/she will enter a very powerful state. This state is called Bijuu Sage Mode.

Then, when one managed to balance only his/her own chakra with nature energy in his/her body, he/she will also enter another powerful state, and this state is what we called Sage Mode."