Chapter 30 : Jonin Test(2)

After his little chat with Anko, which he was a little confused with because they really didn't need to be in her bedroom for it, Naruto decided to make his way back to his new home.

He had recently discovered something about his Sage Dust technique that, if he was able to harness it properly, would put him into a place in which the eye could not see. He was already years ahead of other shinobi when it came to destructive power, but with what he thought his newfound abilities might do when he ascertained them would send him even further. He needed power (not want) so that he could protect his people.

The downside about it though was how difficult it was. He was able to learn everything he picked up with such ease and speed that he was a little unprepared to deal with the annoyance of patient learning. Even he couldn't understand what he was trying to accomplish, and that was infuriating.

When he arrived, he went straight to his room, already aware that he was the only person in the apartment. He had briefly wondered if Yugao was still at the restaurant with the others and if she would be upset if he didn't return. She most likely wouldn't be. It was the being alone with Anko part that might make her angry.

They hadn't done anything, but Naruto could feel Yugao's mind. She had thought that that was exactly what was going to happen when they left. Honestly, did his nee-chan think he was some kind of man-whore? He had only been close with one woman his entire life and she just happened to be older than him.

Sure, there were other girls after Mei that fancied him as more than a friend, but he had never been close with any of them. His sister was a little overprotective when it came to females, and she really didn't have a need to be. He had turned down sex from a beautiful and powerful Kage for crying out loud, he thought she'd understand that he wasn't only interested in casual and meaningless pleasure.

He decided to forget about his nee-chan's mission to preserve his virginity and bring his mind back to where it was supposed to be.

His Sage Dust techniques were devastating when used offensively, which was why he liked them so much. But lately, he thought it was possible to do more than just kill with them. It was only speculation, but he had learned that he was capable of anything when he put his mind to it. And there was his conclusion that with every one of his unique gifts, there was a different way of using them.

He knew he was missing something every time he used his sennin abilities, and he had recently decided that it was time to look into it. Usually, he would be more than excited to develop new forms of senjutsu, but with the difficulty in which it was to even contemplate what he thought may be possible… was less than appealing.

It was like the word you can't remember that's on the tip of your tongue, except in his case the word didn't exist yet, so his frustration was understandable.

He had even resorted to asking his inner 'demon' for a few pointers. That had turned out to be a waste of time. Even the great and powerful Kyuubi no Kitsune was totally lost when it came to his complex and ridiculously exclusive innate talents. The powerful fox had lived for thousands of years and he had never heard of anyone, not even the Rikudo Sennin himself, who could manipulate natural energy with the same skill as the young Uzumaki.

In theory, it should be impossible to add form to the world's chakra, it being the world's chakra and all. It was almost as absurd as adding form to another person's chakra while it was still inside them, which was as crazy as it sounded.

Natural energy was exactly the same thing. People could take their opponent's chakra to use for themselves, but never add shape to it before even extracting it. It was not physically or theoretically possible, yet the ex-ANBU operative was doing just that. The little brat was doing the impossible again, which irritated and pleased the powerful chakra entity.

The others didn't even bother to try and help him…

Without some kind of guide it was close to impossible to do what he was attempting, but that's what would make it all the more sweeter when he accomplished it.

At the moment though, it was the most annoying thing he had ever gone through. The best way he could describe what he thought about it was that he saw his Sage Dust techniques as a number line.

When he called forth Bishamon, for example, he would go from zero to positive six. The positive side represented the destructive prowess. The negative side however, was what he was trying to figure out.

He had no idea how to go from zero to a negative number, because he still didn't fully understand what the positive side represented. He had just been using the easier side the whole time because it was exactly that, easy. If he wasn't so annoyed he would have seen the irony in it. He could understand others and their techniques with almost scary clarity, but when it came to his, he was confused beyond words.

So here he was, sitting in a lotus position on the floor in the middle of his room, hoping that he'd strike a thought of brilliance that would solve his little problem. This was honestly the only method he had left, having tried everything else he could think of. It seemed that unlocking a new and potentially godly form of senjutsu wasn't as easy as learning elemental ninjutsu. Who would have known?

He had thought that if he sat and poured every ounce of his concentration in it, he'd eventually figure the secret behind natural energy that he had yet to discover. It would be incredibly difficult, but he was determined to acquire it.

It was important to him, even more so now that he was no longer in the ANBU. Becoming a jonin meant that he would have to step up his game if he wanted to keep everyone safe. Other shinobi weren't all like ANBU agents. They didn't automatically know what to do in any and all situations. Jonin were a little easier to deal with because if they had gained the rank then they did know what to do in most situations, and could, for the most part, take care of themselves.

It was the genin and chunin that Naruto was worried about. Now that he was a regular jonin – well, not exactly regular – he'd have to lead teams of the lower-ranked ninja of the village. That meant that he was responsible for teaching them the right way of doing something and keeping them alive.

He had lead multiple ANBU into suicide missions and came out unscathed, but that was with extremely well-trained men and women, not green shinobi. He considered chunin green as well, the rank given to those who had little more experience than the low ranking genin.

It was harsh, but the truth nonetheless. In all honesty, Naruto was nervous. He had never lost a teammate – besides Itachi, who was taken from him, not lost – and didn't ever wish to. With non-ANBU shinobi, it would increase the likeliness of that fear.

Finally, something the 'God Child' was afraid of.

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