Chapter 191 - The 3rd Hokage’s Death

[First off, call me Soren Sensei, or Sensei when on missions or during training… As for your first mission, we will do some D-rank Missions]: soren

[D-rank?... What do we do on those Soren Sensei?]: naruto

Soren then spent some time explaining to the newly made Genin of team 7 about missions and rankings for those missions, and as Soren explained the mission details, both Naruto and Sasuke's faces began to get more and more sour, as they expected to fight other Ninja's from other villages as well as guard and protect important people. Soren then let Kakashi take over, as these were his students to begin with, and after a couple of months, Naruto had enough and began to complain directly to the Hokage during one of the report-ins, and his tenacity scored him a C-rank mission, and ordered an Anbu to bring in the client of the C-rank mission. Soren then watched as Naruto began to argue with a well known bridge builder in the land of Waves Tazuna, but soon Tazuna calmed down, and Naruto was hit over the head by Sakura who shut him up immediately, and Team 7 began their first C-ranked guarding mission. Soren then followed along as Kakashi led Tazuna and the rest of Team 7 through the land of the Waves, and along the way, they came across a puddle of water that shouldn't have been there due to the lack of rain for the past couple of months, and when Soren walked past it, 2 rogue Ninja's jumped out of the puddle, and went straight for Naruto to hold him as a hostage.

[Naruto!... Watch out!]: kakashi

Naruto quickly turned only to see 2 heads be separated from their body, and Soren land with 2 bloody Kunai in his hands, and his first reaction to the bloody mess was to throw up, and Naruto wasn't the only one to lose their lunch as both Sasuke and Sakura also threw up.

[Always pay attention to your surroundings, as well as the signs of the weather]: soren

After Team 7 registered what Soren said, they nodded while still trying to hold down what was left of their lunch, while Tazuna had seen scenes like this before when being threatened by Gato and his men.

[Now, Let's continue our journey to the Land of Waves]: soren

Soren then began to lead the pack, while Kakashi stayed towards the back, and began thinking about the attack that just happened, as it was a little too well planned. Soon, a few days had passed, and Soren, along with Team 7 had arrived in the Land of Wave, and began their trip back to Tazuna's village, and during that time, Kakashi had interrogated Tazuna about the supposed C-rank Mission, and when Tazuna gave his sob story, Soren cut in and told Tazuna that he would be willing to pay for the upgrade in Mission rank, but he would need to do something for him. Soren didn't really want anything from Tazuna, but wanted Team 7's first official mission to be properly ranked, and just thought to ask for the bridge to be named after Naruto even though Soren knew it would be named after Naruto anyway.

[And here we are… My home village, and as you can see, we are not particularly rolling in wealth here… Come, follow me to my home, and you can unpack your things]: tazuna

Soren and Team 7 were then led to Tazuna's home, and when they entered, they were met with a stunning beauty, but she was nothing compared to what Soren had seen on a daily basis in the world of the Strongest System Novel. Soren then spent the next few days with Team 7 while guarding Tazuna from potential threats, and during this time, Soren's family were enjoying the outside world, and began exploring all the new places, as well as Space, as Soren told them that Space had no vacuum to it. Soren began taking both Naruto and Sasuke out for training, while Kakashi spent more time in the village, and Sakura already had a high level of Chakra Control, so nothing Soren would teach Sasuke and Naruto would benefit her, and just like that, Naruto and Sasuke began their rivalry, and began training to surpass each other, and Naruto was also training to surpass Soren as well, and during that time, Soren decided to do something he should have done for quite a long time.

'Hmm… Kurama should be quite aggravated that he had been sealed inside me': soren

Soren then sat in a meditative position, and began to focus on the seal placed inside his body that held the Yin half of Kurama, and as he brought out his energy, and the Death Reaper Seal's 8 seal trigram appeared on his stomach, and in that next second, Soren entered his mind scape, and the first thing he saw was a sleeping fox that looked to be 3 stories in height, and when the fox sensed Soren's presence, it quickly opened its eyes, and began to sweat, and spoke in a shaky voice, that sounded a little high pitched.

[H-How c-ca-can I-I help y-you M-M-Master?]: fox

[No need to be scared, I am not here to harm you, nor demand anything from you… I just came to see if you were angry or not]: soren

[...A-Angry?... W-why would I be angry?... I have been beaten fair and square, and now I will only have resentment towards my weakness]: fox

Soren felt that the Fox was really angry, but due to Soren's power, it didn't dare to say anything, and Soren noticed that the Fox had quite a high pitch the whole conversation, and Soren had a terrible idea pop into his head, and began to speak as to confirm if his theory was true or not.

[You have quite a high pitch in your voice… You are not a Female are you?]: soren

[Of course I am a Female!... What made you think I was a Male you Brat!... Fuck! I am so sorry! Please forgive me Master!]: fox

[... Stop apologizing… Why are you so terrified of me?... Even after I told you I mean no harm, you still hold yourself in reserve… As for why I thought you were Male, isn't your other half that was sealed in Naruto a Male?]: soren

[... I am the Yin of my Chakra, so I am all the things that made my main body feel Feminine, as for my other half, he it is indeed Male, as he is made up of everything Masculine about my main body]: fox

Soren then spent a few hours talking with the fox, and over that time, the fox opened up to Soren, and Soren found out that she had many names, but she never liked one specifically, and when Soren heard this, he decided to name her Kurumi, as it sounds feminine, Soren then decided to unseal Kurumi, and she decided to work together with her new friend, as even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't, and if she did get out, Soren would kill her instantly with his overwhelming power. Soren then noticed that he got access to Kurumi's Chakra Cloak, and access to feed off her power, as well as the reverse, with Kurumi being able to feed off of Soren's powers, Soren then left his Mind scape, and noticed that it was already morning, and both Naruto and Sasuke were breathing heavily due to the all night training session, and appeared next to them and spoke.

[Good job boys!... Now let me give you a small gift]: soren

Soren then placed his hands on them and transferred a tiny fraction of Kurumi's Chakra to each of them, which to them wasn't small as they had their Chakra refilled completely. A few weeks passed, and Soren, Kakashi, and Team 7 were heading back to Konoha, as they had finished their mission, and it was quite fruitful, as Sasuke unlock his Sharingan to the first level in his left eye, while he had 2 tomoes unlocked in his right eye, while Naruto got the first taste of his Nine tails Chakra, though he forcefully took it. Soren was then asked by Kakashi if he thought that Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were ready for something like the Chunin Exams, and Soren's only words to that were that he never took them, so he didn't know, and Kakashi started hearing crows over head shouting "Aho, Aho" and Kakashi remembered that Soren jumped from Genin straight to Jonin after battling him. Kakashi then decided to let Team 7 take the Chunin Exams, and just like the Anime, Team 7 joined the Chunin Exams, and fought well, up until Orochimaru appeared, Naruto then had his Seal suppressed, and started making the Fox Chakra fuse with Naruto's Chakra, but even with this, Naruto, and Sasuke made it the the Finals, while Sakura lost to Ino due to her body possession skill, and the Finalists were given 1 month to train.

[Nii-san!... Can you train me over this month?]: naruto

[Hey! Idiot, I was going to ask Soren Sensei]: sasuke

Soren and Kakashi watched as both Naruto and Sasuke were running up to them at high speeds, and when they heard what they began arguing about, Kakashi felt like the 3rd wheel, and felt his students didn't look up to him at all, and when Soren noticed this face made by Kakashi, even though it was hidden by who knew how many layers of masks, he patted Kakashi's shoulder and spoke.

[Don't worry Kakashi! You will still be #1 in my heart]: soren

Kakashi then looked over to Soren and saw him giving him a thumbs up with a big smile and a winking eye, and it reminded him of Guy, and began to smile a bit.

[Nii-san!... Please train me over this month!]: naruto

[No! Train me Soren Sensei! You spent too much time with this dweeb, and he still has yet to pick up any of your moves, it's pointless to train him]: sasuke

[Hey!... I learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu from Nii-san!, and I can beat you up with 1,000 of me, hehe]: naruto

Soren just looked at the 2 children and their bickering, and raised his hand, and as he did this, both Naruto and Sasuke shut up to listen to what he had to say.

[Naruto… I can't train you, as 3rd Hokage-sama has made arrangements for one of the best Ninja teachers to be training you from the request of myself…]: soren

[Ha!... I get to train with Soren Sensei then]: sasuke

Soren got a little irritated that Sasuke cut him off before he could finish his sentence, and then began speaking after seeing Sasuke gloat that Naruto was not able to train with Soren.

[Sasuke… I can't train you, as I have asked Kakashi to take you under his wing, and he agreed with no hesitation...]: soren

[... Wait, when did I-]: kakashi

[Can I stop being interrupted?... And weren't we just talking about this not more than 10 minutes ago, Kakashi-senpai?]: soren

Soren looked towards Kakashi with a look saying "Play along or get the fingers of death again" but Kakashi pushed it off as his imagination, as Soren shouldn't know it was him who administered his Jonin test, but Kakashi couldn't be more wrong, as that's exactly what Soren ment with his look.

[Yes!... Sasuke-kun will be training with me… I got something to teach you that will surely cement your win in the Exams]: kakashi

Sasuke heard Kakashi's words and felt way better, while Naruto was feeling down as he had no idea who his teacher would be, and how powerful they were, and all he had to go on was that he was a great teacher.

[Soren… It seems Hokage-sama was right, you were waiting here… So, where is my student? Hokage-sama refused to tell me who I will train]: ???

[Speaking of teacher… Naruto, your teacher is here]: soren

Naruto then turned towards the all too familiar voice, and frowned as he shouted.

[Ebisu-sensei!?... Noooooo!... Nii-san! Please, anyone but him!]: naruto

Ebisu saw that Naruto was here, and when he heard that he would be training the demon fox brat, he wanted to leave, but thinking back to the Hokage's words, he decided to stick around and spoke again.

[Naruto… Follow me, we will start your training now]: ebisu

Ebisu then took Naruto off to start training, while Soren watched as Naruto was being dragged with tears in his eyes, as well as a bit of betrayal, as his thought to be ever so Omnipotent brother would trade him in like this, and Naruto didn't know how right he was when it came to the word Omnipotent when referring to Soren. Soren then spent the next month doing his own thing, while occasionally looking over Naruto or Sasuke, and when Soren saw Naruto be taken under the pervs wing, he knew that he either just killed the perv, or got Naruto ra*ped, as Soren noticed that Naruto had gotten much better at the Transformation technique Soren showed him, and Naruto was just as proficient, if not better than Soren's and Naruto's body could match that of a beauty from the Immortal World. Soon, the day of the Finals for the Chunin Exam came, and just like the Anime, Naruto fought with Neji, Naruto won with the help of the Nine Tails Chakra, while Sasuke had yet to show up, and with that, the Exam continued, and Sasuke showed up late and was disqualified, while Orochimaru decided to initiate his plan, and destroy the Hidden Leaf Village.

'Hehe… You think I would let you destroy the Village?... I will let you destroy just enough to make the Village go through a crisis before I chase you off': soren

Soren then watched the battle go on while using minimal strength that matches a normal Jonin, and just like Soren wanted, the 3rd Hokage was entrapped in the Barrier, and died, but not before taking Orochimaru's hands with him. And with that, everyone had a memorial for the 3rd Hokage, and throughout the day, Soren did nothing but play an act, and though he did feel bad about the death of that old geezer, as he had practically raised them for 12 year though in the shadows, Soren needed this to happen so that Naruto could go through mental changes, and he won't always think that everything plays out on top for the good guys, and that being good won't make the outcome favor you, as life means the most in battle, and the stronger one will always win.

[Sorry Naruto… But this is for your sake, as well as Sasuke's… Go! Train, and come back stronger than before, as the next time I see you, you will be teenagers]: soren