Chapter 12: 12. The Price of Power
Waking up in the morning, Naruto did his daily stretches and eat some expired ramen, his allowance had also arrived however he was saving that for another occasion.
Today he had decided that his clone will go to the academy, whilst he looks for Guy, the benefits of the 8 Gates was too much for him too pass up on.
Although the fatigue was a problem along with the chakra depletion, he had a way to work around it, first he was a walking chakra reserve, and his Uzumaki bloodline allowed him to have a strong physique.
Not taking advantage of it was a crime, he knew he'd be fighting strong individuals in the future so he needed to be prepared.
After his clone deceived the Anbu's watching he headed out, sprinting towards the forest he arrived there.
He then searched for Guy, after 10 minutes he heard some shouting, "YOUTHH!!!", smirking he knew he found his target.
Seeing Guy lifting Dumbbells and doing handstands Naruto creeped from the back as he said "h-hello".
"Hmm?" Guy then looked towards where the noise was coming from, seeing Naruto walk from behind a tree scratching his head, he stopped his training to ask what he was doing here.
"Kid! What are you doing here?".
"I heard about you're strength, and I wanted to learn from the mighty Guy!".
Hearing Naruto praise him Huy smiled foolishly, Naruto knew this muscle head liked it so he continued.
"I heard you had a powerful technique, and I'm willing to learn it so I can protect my loved ones!".
Guy really appreciated Naruto's straightforwardness and honest opinions, so he felt a good connection with him.
"HAHAHAHAHA, well said kid, I Might Guy is the strongest in the village!".
"Wowwww! Mister can you teach me?.
Seeing Naruto's sparkly eyes he couldn't resist showing off so he said, "ok kid I can teach you but first you have to pass my taste!".
Naruto then prepared himself, "first you will do 50 pushups then you will complete a half mile run without stopping and no chakra is allowed!".
Hearing that Naruto fake gasped, this made Guy proud knowing this was pretty tough to do as a starter, but he knew the 8 gates needed even more body strength, this was a test the kid had for Guy to even consider to teach him.
So Naruto then got down as he completed 50 pushups, this surprised Guy because of how easily he had done it without chakra.
Afterwards Naruto "ran as fast as he could" with Guy watching his performance, seeing Naruto able to complete this with abit of sweat Guy smiled.
He then watched Naruto take of his shirt as weights could be seen on his body, "huh? Weights where did you get it from kid?!".
"Oh this?, I found it outside a dumpster, and I thought I'd use it to train my body since i really like taijutsu".
Guy then thought of how Rock Lee always through away his old weights and then he smiled, he then looked at the weights and realised they were near the beginner range.
So he skeptical thoughts vanished, before Naruto found Guy he adjusted his weights to that of a beginner, it seemed to have worked perfectly.
After seeing Naruto passed the test, Guy appreciated him as not many people liked taijutsu since they said Ninjutsu was cooler and more powerful.
Seeing Naruto able to use chakra and still have this much interest in taijutsu made him happy.
Grinning he said to Naruto " I will teach you my technique first let me explain it".
He then made Naruto sit down as he first explained that he already had a disciple.
"First you are my second disciple, there is already someone I'm teaching so I had to get that out the way".
"Now my technique is called the Eight inner Gates, it exists in order to limit the flow of chakra within an individual's body".
"Using the Eight Gates is a double edged sword, it sacrifices the users health and safety in exchange for power, so are you still willing to learn it?".
Naruto listening nodded, "I want to become strong to protect my friends!", Guy then laughed as his liking for Naruto deepened z
"Now I'll explain the stages of the Eight inner Gates".
"The Gate of Opening, located in the brain's left hemisphere, removes the user's mental inhibitions, making it easier for them to do thing without restrictions".
"The Gate of Healing, located in the brain's right hemisphere, increases the user's physical strength. This also has the effect of re-energising the body, enabling it to rapidly recover from exhaustion."
"The Gate of Life, located on the spinal cord, turns the user's skin red when opened. It also includes the fact of making user's pupils disappear, their hair standing on end, and bulging veins all over their body."
"The Gate of Pain, it's also located on the spinal cord, this gives an added boost on top of the Gate of Life".
"The Gate of Limit, located in the abdomen, this increases the strength even further".
"The Gate of View, located in the stomach, increases all the user's abilities. Also the power that emanates from the user is enough to displace surrounding bodies of water. Furthermore, users punches are so fast it causes friction".
"The Gate of Wonder, located below the stomach, after opening this gate the users punches create a pocket of compressed air".
After explaining 7 of the Gates Guy stopped he also explained the unimaginable amount of pain that comes with opening each one.
However as he finished Naruto realised he only explained 7 of the 8, "Guy-san, what about the last one?".
Hearing this Guy stopped getting up and looked seriously at Naruto before saying, "this Gate is forbidden for you to open, if you want me to teach you, you will have to promise me that you won't open it".
Hearing this Naruto nodded, "I will never open it without Guy-san's approval!".
Guy then smile as he said "ok kid, I'll teach you the first gate, you're body is strong enough to open it".
Naruto knew what his body could handle and it wasn't only the first gate, but his goal would be accomplished when Guy teaches him how to open the gate.
He then followed Guy as they first trained and warmed his body up, afterwards Guy said.
"Ok, now you should be warmed up, I'll teach you how to open it".
Naruto then stood in the middle as Guy explained the process.
"Naruto now look I'll demonstrate it first!".
"Guy then stood as his body heat started changing, his veins bulged as he shouted "Gate of Open, OPEN!!".
Then a green aura surrounded him as he disappeared and appeared behind Naruto.
'His speed increased exponentially I can barely track him!', Naruto knee it also due to guy being stronger than him in general so his power boost was more than the current Naruto's would be.
"Ok Naruto let's begin", Guy said as he closed the Gate of Opening.
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