13 Chapter 13

The Uchiha Compound, Konohagakure

The four of them were surprised that Izuna had arrived. If not they would have gone to Training Ground Three and fought it out between themselves with Naruto clearly emerging victorious. None of them could imagine anything otherwise. So either way, they were happy Izuna had come.

Izuna was clearly angry at them. Naruto actually was about to pee in his pants. Everybody was clearly scared right now. Izuna's killing intent was like none other's. When fully unleashed, it would most probably destroy all the five nations in one small blow. That was how strong Izuna was. His kids knew nothing of that but Naruto could feel a lot of chakra coming from Izuna. His chakra levels were completely different from what he had seen in the morning. Izuna was clearly angry on them.

He said, "What were you doing, fighting in a civilian populated area? You could have killed people. What is wrong with you? Mito, I thought I told you that over usage of the mangekyou Sharingan can make you go blind. And you Naruto, I thought I asked you not to run around showing off your powers. Just because you are stronger than your peers, stop acting as though you are the greatest human alive. You are extremely arrogant with that attitude. You never act like that. What was wrong today?"

Naruto couldn't believe his luck; he was being scolded this badly by his father. Izuna wasn't using any chakra to discipline them because right now if he did discipline them, they would not survive.

Naruto was clearly scared to the bone and was shivering. He knew that he was seeing what no one else was. There were over ten invisible shadow clones which only he could see using his Rinnegan. They were ready to restrain the four of them if they got some ideas. Izuna was using Limbo Jailer and the four of them would be no match for them. Izuna was taking all the precautions he possibly could.

Naruto was shivering and said, "Sorry, tou-san. I sh-shall n-n-never show off my po-po-powers again. E-e-especially in ci-civilian p-po-populated areas."

Izuna said, "Good, so you three are not going to show off your powers in civilian populated areas either. If you do you are grounded."

Saying so, Izuna disappeared. All the invisible shadow clones Naruto was seeing were also gone. Naruto fell on his knees and breathed a sigh of relief. The rest of them were extremely shocked at Naruto's behaviour. She thought that he was really scared of his father. Izuna-sama was not scary unless he looked you in the eye when he was angry. Probably Naruto saw something different using his eyes.

Menma looked at Naruto and said, "HA, despite all of your strength you can't stand up to tou-san. Look at me. I can do that while you can't. HA"

Naruto's mood suddenly changed from scared to angry. Menma got the same vibes from Naruto as he got from Izuna. He stepped back in fear.

Then almost all of a sudden his mood changed again. He said, "Ha, you can't even stand up to me when I am angry. You are talking about standing up to tou-san" and laughed and the four of them laughed and went to their respective homes.

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A day before the beginning of the Academy, Training Ground Three, Konohagakure

Naruto, Mito, Sasuke and Menma had assembled for the last day of their training by Izuna. From the next day, they would go to the academy which was a waste of time according t Izuna and ever since the Uchiha massacre; no one was going to be allowed to graduate from the Academy before the age of 12. The standards of the Academy had also gone far below what they were previously. The Academy also took huge amounts of time. Almost half the day was spent uselessly in the academy according to Izuna. The only reason the Academy was helpful was because it allowed you to make new friends. Else it was clearly useless, which was why Izuna had taken the leave of one month to train the four of them perfectly. Now, that one month was coming to an end. Today, they would all be testing their abilities together against him. He hoped that they would be able to keep him from sending out any jutsu, but knowing Naruto and Menma, he thought that he would be on the receiving end more than the sending end.

He said, "You four have until noon to get one of these bells from me. As you can see there are only two bells. The two which do not get any bells will neither be allowed to have lunch nor be allowed to have dinner. You will also not be allowed to have breakfast the next morning. I hope that I have made it clear to the four of you. Your time begins in three, two, one, Now."

All of them dispersed and met at the same point. Naruto said, "He wants to check our teamwork. It's best if we work together. We will all get our next three meals properly."

Sasuke arrogantly said, "You might need teamwork. I can get it by myself."

Naruto said, "Don't be arrogant Sasuke. If you are arrogant, you will end up without any food for the next 24 hours and you will make the rest of us end up in the same condition as you. I ad Mito shall make an opening and distract tou-san while you and Naruto go get the bells. It is bound to fail but it will impress my father that we are working together and might just show us sympathy at noon and permit us to have food."

Sasuke said, "Hn" and jumped and went to get the bells himself. Menma did not want to wait for Naruto, Mito and Sasuke and jumped right in front of Izuna. Izuna was not surprised at Menma's behaviour. He still needed to learn a lot about being a shinobi.

Izuna looked surprised at Menma, yet that was in his nature. He said, "What do you plan on doing coming at me like that?"

Menma said, "The others are planning on some strategy I don't understand and I clearly don't want to wait for them. So I came over her myself to take on you."

Izuna sighed and said, "Try all you want," and opened one of Jiraiya's books, 'The tales of a gusty ninja'.

Over the course of almost one month Menma had been practising nothing but the Rasengan. Just one Rasengan of his could level an entire building. That was just a normal Rasengan. He had gotten a little higher and went for the Giant Rasengan. That could probably destroy the great stone faces in just one blow. Menma did the hand sign for Shadow clone jutsu and about fifteen shadow clones of himself popped right next to him. They were all doing the Rasengan.

Menma and his shadow clones jumped at Izuna with the Rasengans about to hit Izuna. Izuna said, "Almighty push!" and all the shadow clones of Menma flew away, dispelling simultaneously. Menma couldn't believe what had just happened. All of a sudden Izuna was behind Menma in a crouched position. He said, "Fire style: One Million Years of Pain!!!"