Chapter 82: Seals and Power

Chapter 82: Seals and Power

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 82: Seals and Power

"Brats these days have no manners!" Jiraiya complained while examining Naruto's seal.

"Mmm...there don't appear to be any anomalies...how is your chakra control?"

"Quite decent," Naruto answered him. He was sure this man had already spoken with Kakashi before coming here.

"That is unusual, to say the least..." Jiraiya commented. "This seal was designed to filter a small amount of the Kyubi's chakra that would then mix with yours. Bijuu chakra is very different from our own, so the mixture would be difficult to control. You either have immense talent or you've practiced like crazy to manage this."

"Perhaps it's both...are you done touching my belly?" Naruto pointed down.

"Yes, yes..." Jiraiya stood back up. "So, can you tell me about the incident where you lost control?"

"Before that...you mentioned something about 'Bijuu Chakra'...what is a bijuu?" Naruto wondered if that was the name of this demon's race or clan. Demons usually had a large variety of subspecies.

"Oh, that...I suppose they don't teach it at the academy," Jiraiya said.

"Tailed Beasts, Chakra Demons, Bijuus...people call them many things. There are nine of them on the continent, each with a different number of tails ranging from one to nine." He pointed at Naruto.

"You have the Nine-Tails inside your gut. That one is supposed to be the most powerful, since more tails equate to more chakra."

"So the One-Tail would be the weakest, then."

"Yes, I am aware of that." He had already heard the same thing from Kakashi and the Hokage, more than once.

"I'm sure you are."

"Did you remove the seal he put on Sasuke?" Naruto decided to ask. He had no doubt that the Seal Master had also been called to examine his teammate.

"No...the cursed seal can only be removed by Orochimaru. It's not just a work of fūinjutsu, but there are also other disciplines involved in its creation. I have no doubt that they are the result of many years of that madman's research."

"And what is their purpose?"

"The function of a cursed seal could be anything he wanted...from killing, control, or just serving as a tool to spy or communicate with the user. The one on your friend seems to contain a large amount of chakra stored inside, as well as something else mixed in. The intent is to give the user a great surge of power for a limited amount of time. Or at least that's what I belive. "

"It makes him stronger, like when I use the demon's chakra?" That was not what Naruto was expecting to hear.

'Unless Orochimaru's objective is to recruit Sasuke. And he is offering him the power he seeks...that would explain why Sasuke did not fight back against him. ' Naruto thought.

"That seems to be the case. During the night after his attack, Sasuke mentioned feeling a great rush of energy before passing out. However, these kinds of things always have severe side effects and downsides. And much more so when you consider the source of this 'gift'...who knows what else he put in there."

"You forbade him from using it," Naruto stated.

"Of course we did!" Jiraiya exclaimed. "That thing is incredibly dangerous! So I reinforced the Five Element Seal that Kakashi had placed on him. That should be more than enough to contain it for now. I will need to find more information about these seals."

'That is certainly going to have the opposite effect on Sasuke,' Naruto thought.

It appeared that Naruto understood Sasuke better than these men if they thought that was going to work. Forbidding that boy from using a newfound power would only push him more toward using it.

'That's probably what this Orochimaru is counting on...'

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