Legends of the Moon

Chapter Two

 

       “Kyuubi, get back here this instant.”   Kushina shouts out.   The redheaded girl turns around to stick her tongue out.

          “You are mean, Mommy.   I want to go play with the boys.”   She pouts and crosses her arms.   “I’m eight.   I shouldn’t have to do too much homework.”   Kushina smiles.

          “Dear, it is better for you to finish it first then play.”   She says as she walks to her daughter slowly.

          “But, Mommy, why does Naruto get to play?”   She asks as she points out the window where her older twin was busy with his kunai practice.   Kushina smiles and kneels down gingerly her expanding girth causing her to move gently.

          “That is because he isn’t playing.   And besides, he has already finished his homework and is now doing his training.”   She explains to the girl.

          “How did he finish so fast?”   She asked with big red eyes trained onto her mother’s violet.

          “That is because he has been doing his best to learn his studies.   Now come with me.   You have to finish your math and science then go to your father for training.”   She gets up to motion her daughter to follow.   Kyuubi looks up at her mother.

          “When is Grandmother and Grandfather coming back home?”   She asks as they both walked back to the library.   She looks down at her and smiles.

          “I’m pretty sure that they will arrive soon.”   She rubbed her stomach then smiled.   “I think these two will be showing up very soon.”   Kyuubi’s eyes widened.

          “Really?”   She asked as they talked excitedly down the hallway.

 

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          Naruto throws six kunai at the targets and only missed one.   Minato watches proudly as his son stops and gathers his breath.

          “Yesterday you only hit one.   What changed?”   He asked staring at the miniature version of himself.

          “Sarutobi showed me a trick the last time we were at their den.   It took me all night to learn it and I was training early this morning with that trick.”   Naruto answers wiping off the sweat from his upper lip.

          “What do you mean by trick?”   Minato asks, confusion written all over his face.

          “Well, he didn’t really teach it to me.   More like I learned it when he let me read some of his sacred scrolls while we were there.   But it’s called shadow clone jutsu.”   Minato looked at him.

          “I could have taught you that one.”   Minato states as he makes a hand sign.   A duplicate of himself was standing beside him.   “This one is easy.”   Naruto smiles.

          “How many can you do?”   He asks his father.   Minato smiles.

          “Depending on how long I can create anywhere from four to one hundred.”   Naruto grins.

          “Well, I don’t know how many I can do but I can find out.”   He creates four and looks at his father.

          “Don’t be disappointed, son.   There is a chance you could create more if you strengthen your chakra.”   Naruto nods and smiles.

          “I have a problem.”   Minato’s eyebrow quirked as his son says this.   “I still have plenty of chakra left.”   Minato’s eyes widen as he watches Naruto create more and more.   His grin widens and he looks up at his father.   “That’s two hundred, father.”   He says smugly.

          “Naruto, be careful this will drain your chakra.”   Minato said and watches all of his son’s clones disappearing while his son faints from all of the chakra use.

 

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          “Well, what happened here?”   Shizune asked as Minato lays Naruto down on his bed in his room.

          “Think it’s mostly the fact that he used up too much of his chakra.”   Minato says to her.   She runs chakra-covered hands over the little boy’s body and her gaze shot to his.

          “What were you doing for him to use this much?”   She asked sternly.

          “He asked me if I could create clones.   I showed him.”   He looks down in wonder.   “I told him I can only do four to maybe one hundred.   And he creates two.”

          “Only two clones did this?”   She asked.

          “No, two hundred did this.”   He mutters.

          “What?”   She then runs her hands over him again.   Her eyes widen.   “No way.”

          “Something wrong?”   He asks as he starts to look worried.

          “No, just the opposite.”   She laughs.   “He is regaining chakra at an alarming rate.”

          “How can that even be possible?”

 

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          “Naruto, wake up.”   Kushina says to her son later that day.   “To think that this is all because you were showing off to your father.”   She giggles.   “Oh well, boys will be boys.”   She looks at her mate.   “And what’s wrong with you?”   She asks him with a knowing look.   He looks from their sons face to look at her.

          “I think our son will be one strong Were in the future.   He hasn’t even reached puberty and yet he has a vast amount of chakra already.   He contains more than I do and that counts with my reputation as well.”

          “Is that jealousy or pride speaking?”   She asks him.

          “Pride.   I’m so proud of him already.   I have been since he was born.”   His smile broadens.

 

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          “Big brother, wake up!”   Kyuubi jumps on Naruto’s bed to wake him.   He wakes up and glares at the girl.

          “How many times do I have to tell you that this isn’t a trampoline?”   He asked her as she stops jumping.   She covers her mouth.

          “Oops.”   She says, as she gets closer to him on the bed.   “I just wanted to wake you up to tell you that our grandparents have arrived.”   She gets within breath length of him and smiles.   “That means the babies will be here soon.”   She jumps off the bed.   “But since they are here maybe grandfather will help train me.   You can also show me that new trick you learned.”   She spun around to look at him.   “I think creating clones is amazing and will help with my studies and my training.”   She pauses as she thinks.   “It could also help me by allowing me to play at the same time.”   Naruto looks at her slyly.

          “You just have to always find a back door to everything, don’t you?”   He asked showing his annoyance.

          “Yup.”   She says cheerfully.

          “I work hard to learn my studies.   Training will be the only time I will use my clones.”   Naruto mutters as he got out of bed.   “Lazy little sister.”

 

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