Shadows of the Past: Destiny Unleashed!

Training with Hotaku-sensei
Team Hotaku had returned from it's mission to Sunagakure, and during a meeting of the team, the team leader Hotaku Kamateru proposed the team that it should enter the Chunin exams. Takatsuke Uzumaki's reaction to this was somewhat expectable: "REEEEAALLYYY?!? Do you really think we're ready, Hotaku-sensei?!" Hotaku smiled and said: "Yes! I really think you are ready! But before you enter, I give you a chance to have some training with me. How does that sound?" Takatsuke's face glowed like the sun. "That's AWESOME!!!" He started jumping around and yelling "I'm gonna train with Hotaku-sensei! I'm gonna train with Hotaku-sensei!" Katoru Uchiha couldn't take it any longer and yelled at Takatsuke: "SHUT UP, you idiot!" Takatsuke wasn't dazed, and instantly asked from Hotaku: "What are you going to teach us, Hotaku-sensei?" Hotaku pulled a bigger-than-normal scroll out. "Well, this jutsu is a little different. You can choose if you want to take the training or not. The jutsu I'm going to teach you is the Summoning Technique." Understanding lighted Takatsuke's face. "Aah! I know that technique!" "We all know", grumbled Katoru. "Well, then you should also know, that to be able to use this technique you must sign a special summoning contract with the type of animal you want to summon. This here", Hotaku said showing the scroll, "is my contract scroll. It allows me to summon foxes. Now, the choice is here: You can choose to sign the fox summoning contract here and now - you will be able to summon foxes and train with me right now - or you can wait and maybe find some other summoning contract to sign." Hotaku looked at Takatsuke. "you might know that your father can summon toads, Takatsuke. This is because he has signed the toad contract. You can sign my fox scroll - or you can go to Naruto to sign his toad scroll." Takatsuke pondered it for a while, and then said: "I think I'll take your scroll. I think I'll like the foxes better." Hotaku smiled. "Great! Now, what about you two?" Hikarime looked unsure. "I.. don't know. It sounds all cool and all, but..." "You don't have to do it now if you are not sure. Just give it time and you'll be able to decide. What about you, Katoru?" Katoru shrugged. "I guess I'll sign that fox scroll. Foxes or anything else, it's the same for me.", he said, and continued silently in his mind: "And I'll get to keep an eye on Takatsuke..."

Hotaku opened the scroll. "This is how you do it: You must write your name on this scroll with your own blood. Then you will be able to summon... at least after I teach you how it's done." Both Takatsuke and Katoru bit their fingers and signed their names on the scroll with their blood as Hotaku had told them to do. Hotaku checked the scroll, rolled it back in and put it back in his bag. "Great! Now, after this, the technique itself is rather simple: You do as you did now; make a wound and let some blood drip out. After that you perform the following hand seals:" Hotaku started doing hand seals, slowly to show them his team. "Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram. After that you channel you chakra and put your hand down on the ground like this" Hotaku laid his hand down on the ground "and use the jutsu. Summoning Technique!" With a puff of smoke, a big, bright-furred fox appeared. "This is my personal summoning, Hakutsuba." Hakutsuba looked over the genin and then back at Hotaku. "This is you genin team?" Hotaku nodded. "Yes. I've just started teaching them the Summoning Technique. And know this", said Hotaku turning back at his team, "the size of the summoned creature is in relation with the amount of chakra you put in the Summoning Technique. Now, try it yourselves." Katoru instantly bit his finger, did the hand singns, channeled chakra, put his hand on the ground and shouted "Summoning Tecnique!" A puff of smoke followed and in the middle of it... a little fox cub had appeared. The look Katoru's face was certainly the saviour of Takatsuke's day, you could say. Takatsuke stroke the fur of the little cub and said: "Cute! I wonder what kind of wonderous powers this cub has, hmm, Katoru?" Katoru angrily yelled at Takatsuke: "I'm not seeing you doing it better, asshole!" The cub disappeared when the jutsu was being released. "Remember what I said, Katoru, the size of the summoning will be in relation to the amount of chakra you use. Now, let's see how Takatsuke does it - and remember - don't overdo it, Takatsuke!" Takatsuke bit his finger, performed the hand seals, gathered chakra - more than what Katoru had - and put his hand to the ground. "Summoning Technique!" With a puff of smoke, a fox with a flaming red fur appeared. It wasn't as big as Hakutsuba, but certainly bigger than Katoru's little cub. Hakutsuba looked surprised. "Akatsuba? Is that you?" The red fox looked at Hakutsuba with an equal surprise. "Big brother? What are you doing here?" Takatsuke joined the surprised club and worded out: "Big brother? You are brothers?!" Akatsuba looked Takatsuke and answered: "We are. And who are you?" Takatsuke took his best "cool look" and announced: "I am the one who summoned you! I am Takatsuke Uzumaki, the son of the Hokage! Remember my name, because I'm not be left in the shadow of my father!" After a silence Akatsuba worded out: "Ooo... kayyy... Well, we'll be able to cooperate... I guess." In the meantime, Katoru had gotten his balance back, and prepared another attempt for a summoning jutsu, this time with more chakra. "Summoning Technique!" Again a puff of smoke, and this time a fox that was not a cub appeared. "What? Who has summoned Raigo-sama?" This fox actually had an earring, and his fur was as red as Akatsuba's. "Hmph. Katoru Uchiha is my name. You don't have to like it. And you don't have to like me. You are just going to do as I say, alright?" Raigo smirked and said: "Well you certainly have some nerve, Katoru Uchiha... and I like it." Hotaku clapped his hands. "Alright, everyone. You did it really great, you both got the idea of this jutsu quicly. Just remember to treat you summonings well, because they have feelings too, okay?" Hakutsuba murred and said: "If Hotaku just would remember that piece of advice himself..." Hotaku wasn't fazed by Hakutsuba's interruption. "Summonings can use their own justu and they can also be used to perform advanced combination jutsu... But those will be a matter of another lesson." Takatsuke looked at Akatsuba. "I bet you can do some awesome jutsu too, right?" "Of course I can", Akatsuba answered. "Just look at this: Fire Release: Fireball Technique!" Akatsuba shot a small fireball from his mouth. Raigo laughed. "Ha! If that's the best you can do, you are pathetic! Just observe Raigo-sama's superior techniques! Lightning Release: Lightning Fang!" A lightning aura surrounded Raigo's paws as he ran towards a small tree and chopped it down with his lightning enhanced claws. Now it was Akatsuba's turn to laugh. "Ha! I can do a tech million times better than that! Fire Relese: Fire..." but he was interrupted by Hakutsuba. "Cut the fighting!" Akatsuba grumbled for a while and turned back at Takatsuke. "Well, if there's nothing else today, just send me back." Takatsuke quickly released the jutsu, making Akatsuba vanish. At the same time Katoru sent Raigo back as well, and Hotaku sent Hakutsuba after them.