Chapter 30: Telling the Truth
"Naruto, stop talking!" Kakashi harshly spoke.
"No, Kakashi! I want to know what he meant." Sasuke roared at his sensei and turned to Naruto.
"Fox was controlled by Sharingan. He attacked the village and distracted Fourth while letting Nine Tails destroy the village. Fourth managed to defeat that Uchiha."
"Then, he used a forbidden Jutsu together with an Eight Trigram Seals to seal half of Nine Tails inside me while taking half of Nine Tails into Shinigami's stomach."
"Normally, I would've hated fourth for giving me such a burden when I learned about the consequences of using that technique, I realized he must be in the same pain as me for eternity."
"But, that Uchiha is not someone from the village. I can say that much with confidence. I have a theory on who that is and when I prove my theory, I hunt down and destroy that man."
Naruto explained and walked away without caring about Sasuke's reaction. He didn't care what Sasuke would think about him.
He had already said that it wasn't Uchiha from the village and that should be enough to make others understand he wouldn't hate or blame Uchiha for the Fox outbreak.
Sasuke was confused. He knew that Naruto wasn't going to blame Uchiha for Fox's incident but it didn't mean it wasn't their fault.
It was a Uchiha who controlled the fox. Even Kakashi wasn't denying that. So, when he thought about Itachi's massacre and someone who helped him, his eyes only got darker.
Unfortunately, he didn't care about Naruto's rage. He had his hatred against Itachi and now that escalated to his partner.
He won't let Naruto kill him. That would be his target.
Sakura, on the other hand, was completely confused about everything. How normal was her life until she heard that one of her classmates had a Nine Tails inside him and her crush's family was the reason why it attacked the village?
She didn't know how to proceed with this mission.
Kiba thought for a moment. Everything about Naruto was a mystery to him. He didn't understand why people used to hate him even though the worst thing he did was pranks.
Only now, he learned that Naruto had a Nine Tails sealed inside of him. But, this doesn't make sense. It was Nine Tails who destroyed the village and it was a Uchiha who controlled it.
How could it be Naruto's fault?
Suddenly, he raised his head at Kakashi and said.
"Sensei, is it true that every in the village is an idiot or are they just bullies? Just because they can't blame Uchiha, they put all of their blame on Naruto who literally did nothing."
"I can't understand it. How is it that everyone in the village never tried to understand that it was fox sealed inside of him, not him being the fox."
Kakashi didn't know how to answer. Calling his own village's people an idiot wouldn't be a good thing for a Jonin.
Then again, he was someone who blamed his father when it was the villagers who pushed him to take his own life.
"I don't know, Kiba. You are a shinobi. You must follow the missions and keep going with your life."
But, soon a smile appeared on his face.
"But, if your teammates are in trouble. Even if you break the law, you must help them. Those who abandon the law are scum but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."
"Thinking about the well-being of Naruto means you are a great person and a shinobi, Kiba. But, don't think too much. Even Naruto doesn't blame someone who put Nine Tails inside of him."
"So, there is no need to blame anyone."
Hearing his words, Kiba thought for a moment and nodded.
"I certainly won't let my clan make the same mistake as other villagers. By the way, what was the law that Third said about Naruto?"
"It was the law to keep parents from telling their children about foxes. Unfortunately, one way or another, they did find a way to blame Naruto. So, you also can't talk about it in the village."
"Does this law not apply to Naruto?" Kiba asked.
Kakashi shook his head.
"Since Naruto is the one who had a fox, he can tell whatever he wants. But, he won't tell everyone about the fox. I think Naruto told you guys because he believed that you wouldn't treat him differently even after knowing the truth."
Kiba nodded his head.
"Of course! He is still that Naruto. Though he has changed a lot. Is it true that you change after your first kill, Kakashi Sensei?"
Sakura also looked at Kakashi with confusion.
"It depends. For someone, killing might make your life worse. But, for those who have a goal in their life, it will only become a catalyst to change."
"From what I know about Naruto, he was a loud and idiot guy who wanted to become Hokage. But when he was confronted with the reality of killing a traitor, he must have settled down and reflected on his life."
"Sometimes, it is good to reflect on your life and think about what difference you could've made. And, then start working on making those differences."
"Naruto needed a wake-up call and a direction. After that incident, he got the wake-up call. On the same night, he also obtained Shadow Clone Technique which worked as a direction for him."
Hearing his words, Kiba looked at him with confusion and asked.
"I still don't understand how Shadow Clone Technique helps him?"
"Hmm! Let me explain in a simple term. Naruto has already told you about his Chakra Reserves. So, for someone like him, it would be impossible to create normal clones."
"Since his Chakra Control was horrible, he wasn't able to use a minuscule amount of Chakra because even the minuscule amount of Chakra for him would be bigger than the total reserve that Sakura has."
"So when he got Shadow Clone Technique, he got his own cheat code. Like how Sharingan is to a Uchiha, a Shadow Clone is the same for Naruto."
"Since Shadow Clone Technique simply splits Chakra in half and creates a Chakra Construct that is the same as you, it can do anything you normally do. And, once it is dispelled, all of that Chakra would return to the host."
"Of course, that would be the case if you are not fighting. Because when you fight, you expel Chakra from your body, and thus means Shadow Clones will not have any Chakra left before they get dispelled."
"But when training, your shadow clone returns with your memories and experience thanks to the spiritual part of Chakra. And, with that, he can train a hundred times faster than normal people."
"That being said, he also gets exhausted a hundred times more than a normal person. If it was a normal person, he would've been in bed for a month or so. But, Naruto has Nine Tails inside of him."
"Even though Naruto can't do much with its power, he could still access Nine Tails Chakra to refill his reserves and heal his injuries or exhaustion. That means unless he trains himself to death, he could easily recover the next day."
"This is why Shadow Clone Technique is a direction for him. You can also learn a normal Shadow Clone once you become a Chunin or Jonin. But, his Shadow Clone Technique is Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."
"Unlike normal technique, this is considered forbidden because it would create more than hundreds of clones at once despite being the similar techniques."
Hearing his words, Kiba's jaw almost dropped to the ground. He hadn't expected Naruto to get such a massive cheat.
Even Sasuke was jealous of Naruto's Chakra Reserve.
At this moment, Sakura asked.
"But Sensei, you have been saying that Naruto has Kage Level Chakra Reserve but even Kage shouldn't be able to move after splitting their Chakra a hundred times."
"So, how is Naruto able to do that? Is it also related to Nine Tails?"
Kakashi shook his head and said.
"While it is Fourth's seal that keeps Nine Tails inside Naruto, it is also Naruto's Chakra that stabilizes the seal. If Naruto's Chakra is overwhelmed, the Nine-Tails can easily come out of the seal."
"That's why ninety-six percent of Chakra is being used to keep the seal. And, he can only access four percent of it. And, even from that four percent, just a minuscule amount of Chakra for him is more than your Chakra Reserve."
"That's why even four percent of Chakra is more than my total Reserve and is equal if not more than Hokage's Chakra Reserve. Normally, you have Genin Level Chakra with Genin Level Control."
"And, you slowly improve until you reach Jonin Level Chakra with Jonin Level Control. But, in Naruto's case, he was almost Jonin Level Chakra with less than Academy Level Control during his Academy years."
"So, for him to change so much and grow stronger in such a short time isn't much of a surprise. Naruto might not be a prodigy like Fourth but he has the resources to reach that same level as him."