"The Time/Space Administration Bureau," said Naruto, standing before the Hokage desk and addressing the Hokage formally, "has entered an unofficial relationship with the Leaf Village due to my involvement. They call their jutsu 'magic' and those jutsu are considered to be their own property. Most of which require the use of an Intelligent Device or Artifact to use properly."
"An 'Intelligent Device'?" asked the Hokage, not needing a prompt to ask for more detail before the council members (the Nara and Yamanaka clan heads) or Ibiki or an ANBU would have.
"Coeur Blanc," said Naruto, holding out one hand.
[Yes Sir,] said a feminine voice. [Set Up. Barrier Jacket.]
A white rod appeared, then stretched out to become roughly two thirds of Naruto's height.
Naruto's clothes also blurred and shifted, to become something more elaborate. Now he wore an armored breastplate and shoulder pads of dark blue metal crossed with yellow. Armored gauntlets and boots appeared as his former clothing became a form-fitting white underneath that also appeared to be metal. Finally a helmet fit onto his head, though it left his face open.
"Coeur Blanc is my Intelligent Device," explained Naruto. "She's primarily a Support device. With her, I can use higher-level healing and protection jutsu. I'm not quite as good with Protection magic as Yuuno, but I'm still pretty good. I can also use other magic I've learned more efficiently with her."
"So what of these other jutsu-magics?" asked the Hokage.
"You'd need to know this for missions, I suppose. I've got a Wide Area Search," said Naruto. "Ring Bind - a basic but useful capture spell. Struggle Bind - a higher level capture spell but it requires a few more seconds to pull off. Dispel Force Field. Round Shield, Sphere Protection. My magical attacks are Magic Missile, a mid to long range attack with high accuracy but low damage potential. Photon Lancer, a short to mid range attack that's not as accurate but does better damage. I can also do a some enhancement type spells. Protection, Shell, Haste, and Divine Favor. These add some beneficial effect to an ally, but tend to drain my reserves the longer I keep them active."
"You can use jutsu to strengthen an ally?" asked the Yamanaka clan head.
"Sure," said Naruto, holding his staff out. "If I may?"
There were various uncertain looks before the Yamanaka nodded and stepped forward.
"Coeur Blanc, Divine Favor," said Naruto.
[Yes Sir. Divine Favor. Activation.]
A brief white glow appeared around the Yamanaka.
"Whoa," said the Yamanaka clan head.
[Agility increased 10%. Strength increased 10%. Evasive ability upgraded 15%. Psionic strength increased 8.5%. Duration: 10 minutes.]
Despite being normally silent for just about anything, the device's claims caused the ANBU to stir. An advantage like that could be the difference between life and death in any number of situations that each was familiar with.
"Interesting," said the Hokage. The smile on his face was less with this Divine Favor ability, and more to the reaction of the various individuals in the room. Just that one talent had the possibility of Naruto making a lot more friends for himself. "Now lets go on with the possibilities of this Bureau and their relationship to our village-"
Danzo frowned. Control over Konoha and the other nations was what he most wanted. Only he had the proper vision and understanding of what was necessary for that.
Except now he had this information that Konoha could skyrocket to prominence without a single kunai being thrown. The opportunities provided by Naruto Uzumaki's new talents and the alliance of this Bureau were unforeseen complications.
"The Uzumaki boy's talents require the use of this device?" asked Danzo.
"No, Lord Danzo," said the ROOT member with the Eyebrows painted on his mask. "Apparently the device allows him to use his chakra more efficiently. It also would not work for another, the Nara clan head attempted to use it and was not able to do so."
Danzo's frown turned thoughtful. That HAD been one of his immediate considerations. "Continue monitoring. It remains to be seen if this changes anything, or if I can make use of these other developments."
Naruto sat atop the Hokage Tower's top railing. He could also do the usual flight spell, so falling wasn't a consideration. He might not be as fast as Fate or Nanoha, nor as manueverable as one of the higher-rank mages, but he could certainly do the whole stop-falling thing in less than a heartbeat.
Flying was, in Naruto's not so humble opinion, totally cool.
However, now he had to try and come to terms with being back here in a village where he was hated by a large number of people and shunned by most.
More confusing to him was that:
(Posted Sat, 22 May 2010 17:39)
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