Chapter no.84

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Mt. Silver

Naruto gazed across the vast landscape that was set ablaze by the holy flames of the phoenix. He was once again, at the peak of the tallest mountain within the phoenix clan's territory. They had the most land out of all the summoning clans by far because of their strength and their reign as the longest summons in existence. This was mainly because of their inability to become extinct. Once they died they would simply rise from their ashes as they were reborn once again.

He had only been here a handful of times before, but it was impossible to forget. Naruto continued up towards where the den of the clan leader was as the flames made way for him, recognizing him as their master. He nodded his head to some of the smaller phoenixes and newly reborn ones. Such things were beautiful to him. Here there was no life and death, there was no pain and misery. Here everyone lived their lives to the fullest and then repeated the process. Naruto would agree that these were the perfect summons for him.

As Naruto walked up the peak a majority of the volcanoes erupted simultaneously, causing avalanches of molten lava and clouds of super-heated ash to come rushing down the mountain. Naruto was not fazed. Such thing was a common occurrence here and neither of these things could harm Naruto anyways, he was fire itself.

He simply channeled chakra to his feet and walked on the oceans of molten lava as if they were water. To outsiders this sight of burning earth, tsunamis of lava, and raining of ash would strike fear into their hearts and crush all of their hopes and dreams as they journeyed through the apocalyptic scene, but Naruto actually enjoyed the scenery. To him it were as if he were walking on a sandy beach and watching the sunset.

Naruto stopped as he reached the main room within the den and stood before the towering phoenix who was seated on his throne. The mighty phoenix had been waiting for his summoners arrival. This was the first time that they had ever had a summoner, this would also be the last as it was unlikely for any other human to be able to set foot on their sacred land. As this would be the only time they would have a summoner, they wanted to pass down their arts to him to carry on their pride and help him master his own as well.

The phoenix before Naruto was now in his true form. Dranzer's feathers were midnight black with hints of red outlining them, the gold armor coating his wings, chest, and head was now much thinner. His white mane flowed down to his mid-back and his eyes were much fiercer than before. The leader of the phoenix clan gave off a feeling of pure power and authority. The phoenix preferred to keep his feathers red when in the presence of the rest of the clan, as to not expose them to his overwhelming aura, but he knew his summoner could withstand his presence.

"You wished for my presence here Dranzer?" Naruto asked. Normally the king of the phoenix would have made a point for someone to show respect in front of him, but he knew his summoner's tendencies all to well. The boy did not show respect for anyone, he refused to use titles when he did not have to and would not bow to anybody. It was rare to find a being with as strong of a will as his.

"It is about time you've returned Naruto. I had wanted to start your training in our secret arts over a month ago." The ruler of phoenixes stated. Naruto had kept him waiting for quite a while as the boy was kept quite busy with his shinobi duties. Dranzer wasn't know to be the most patient or understanding of their species.

"I apologize Dranzer, but as of now I will have an entire month to begin my training before I must return to my village." Naruto was ready to begin, he had not wanted to wait this long either but outside circumstances had forced him to do such. He needed to get stronger that much was obvious. While he was strong for a genin, or even a chunin, there were still people much stronger than him. He had no illusions that he would still be defeated by the likes of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato, and others like them.

He was not yet at Ace's level and knew that he would not be for a long time. It was hard to train his flames, even with the cave he had underneath the Naka Shrine. Many of the techniques he wanted to perfect were far too destructive and would attract unwanted attention. Here he could train to his heart's content without having anybody ask too many questions.

"Good, there is much that I have to teach you before I die and am reborn. When such a time comes Marco will take my place as the clan head." This did not surprise Naruto. Marco was his familiar and knew just how strong the blue phoenix was. He was only second to Dranzer and had still not even come close to reaching his full potential yet.

"However there is still some time before such a thing happens, but it would be best to dive headfirst into your training." The old phoenix spoke. The phoenix clan had many different techniques as there were many different types of phoenix, they had existed for thousands of years and gone through many adaptations to the world. In fact, what many people know as dragons are really phoenixes that have gone through evolution so that they may protect the heavens above the skies and to guard the moon and what it holds at its core. "We shall start with your senjutsu training, you have yet to master it even after years of training in the art. This may be because you need an atmosphere that is rich in nature chakra to fully be able to surpass your limits in the art. You have an advantage in that you don't need to remain completely motionless because you can passively absorb nature chakra, as you are made of one of the components that forms nature. This is what we will start off our training in."

Naruto nodded. He knew that with how intense Dranzer's training methods were, he would not be getting much rest over the month. Would he end up regretting his decision to come here? Too late for such thoughts now, he would need absolute focus if he wanted to pass the strength of all those in the tournament and all those outside as well. He would not let anyone suppress the flames that were his will. The will of fire shall rise from the ashes once more.