AN: Due to someone 'flaiming' me and calling me trash, because Naruto is not OP in this fic, I decided to warn all new readers about this early on. Now as I would have told him if he did not review as a guest, "Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man " (props to those who get the movie reference though) lol but seriously though my fic jigoku is all about OP characters so cut me some slack and enjoy a suspense and action packed fic yo.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Chapter one:
People thought he had it easy in life, but what do they know? What would they know about the expectations set on him by someone whose power is so vast that you could not even comprehend? How would they know what it was like to see disappointment in that persons eyes every time you did not meet those expectations?
These were the thoughts that were going through Naruto's mind as he sat atop his favorite hilltop overlooking the vast sea that surrounded the island that the Uzumaki called their home. If anyone else were to look out at the view that was gracing his eyes with its presence then it would certainly not surprise them why exactly this was his favorite place to come when he had to calm his head. The various whirlpools danced across the surface of the ocean in what could be described as an eerily peaceful painting of sorts; however, Naruto had no illusions that those whirlpools were dangerous to any ship or human who did not have the correct seals to pass it.
However, those thoughts were not why Naruto was up here now; he was here to enjoy the serene atmosphere that this place created. To enjoy the gentle breeze that blew through his blood red bangs that framed his face on both sides, to get away from his nagging mother who was always scolding him to stop being lazy and then try to continue teaching him politics.
Last, but most definitely not least, he was here to get away from his father. The man who was always looking at him as if he was a disappointed, who ALWAYS said he could have done this or that better. Why could his father not understand that he was doing his best? Why could he not get at least one "I'm proud of you son".
Naruto could not understand what else he could do because he was the strongest of his age group, a prodigy praised by many others, and a respected ninja among the Uzumaki clan. So what if he had not unlocked his kekkei genkai? He could take all the others even without the stupid bloodline.
Naruto slumped a little more as he thought about his father 'I just don't understand father sometimes. Why put all these expectations on me? Doesn't he know what it's doing to me?'
As he was staring at the beautiful scene before him, he heard a slight rustle in the underbrush behind him. With years of ninja training behind him he did not even wait a second before jumping on his feet, swirling around and pulling out a kunai to settle into a defensive stance. He stretched out his senses to find out exactly who it was that tried to sneak up on him but before he could, the person came strolling out, when he saw who it was he instantly relaxed.
It was a girl about his age. Which was 17 years of age. She had the common crimson red hair of the Uzumaki clan that framed her face with two bangs that hung all the way to her breasts; she had unusual green eyes, quite fair skin, and a large sized bust and was a little shorter than he was. She had on a long sleeved black shirt that clung rather provocatively to her figure, green short shorts and black shinobi sandals. Naruto could not help but stare up and down at her figure very slowly.
The girl looked rather amused at his shameless ogling of her figure "Well first you want to kill me, judging by that kunai in your hand, and now you are basically raping me with your eyes. How rude can one get?" she continued to giggle at his ashamed look and his blush after he heard what she said. "And what happened to your clothes idiot?"
At that remark Naruto looked down at his own clothes. His grey flak jacket was almost ripped in half by a slash that went horizontally across his chest; he winced at a phantom pain that shot through his body when he saw that the slash went through his red under-shirt and rapping's. His baggy black pants were in poor shape as well with little slashes all over it. His black sandals were the only peace of clothing that was basically unscathed. When he finally took in his whole appearance, he grimaced at it and the dry blood that was mixed in with dirt on it.
Yet again, she could not hold in her giggle when she saw his expression "Not exactly how an heir to the Uzumaki thrown should look, is it?"
At that he looked down, clearly sad about something and when he spoke it confirmed that thought "Not now Nash…" he then sat down and continued to stare out at sea.
She frowned a little at that and went to sit down beside him before she spoke up again in a soothing voice "Hey… you know I don't care about all that. I was just joking… but do you wana talk about it?"
He looked up at her with a ghost of a smile tugging at his lips "We had another spar today…" When he said that he looked down again, it hurt him even talking about it but he knew that she would make him fell at least a little better "The things he said today… I mean does he not think he hurts me when he keeps talking about how much better he was at this age. Doesn't he know that I leaving everything I have on that sparing field? " He had to blink back a few tears at that statement.
Nasha looked at his down stricken face for a while, with a frown on her pretty face. No she could not really understand how he felt because the expectations that were put on him were never put on her. She did not know how it felt like to feel as if your best is never good enough, but she did see that it hurt him very much. She put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Hey Naru… you know you are better than what he says right? He might talk a big game but one day you, Uzumaki Naruto, will be the best and then he is going to be forced to give you the recognition that you deserve"
He looked up at her with a smile and gained a determined look on his face at that "Yeah, you are right Nash. It might not be now but he will give me the recognition I deserve!"
She chuckled at his statement a little and sprung up on her feet with a fist pump "Yes! Now that's the Naruto I know!"
This time it was his turn to chuckle at her antics "Haha… so Nash what were you doing, coming up here I mean"
She looked down at him with a confused face for a moment before proceeding to lay down on the grass beside him with her hands on her stomach "Well I came to hang out with you… since nobody else was available"
Naruto jumped on his feet in a flash and stood in a victory pose while facing Nasha "Haha cover up all you want Nash, you just can not get enough of the great, Naruto-sama!"
She giggled a little before quickly recovering "Ha! Yeah right idiot, like I'd ever call you that"
He looked down in amusement at her "We shall see my dear Nash, we shall see" then he continued to stare back out at sea only to see something on the far end of it "Hey Nash what do think that is back there?"
She lazily propped herself up by her elbows and stared in the direction of his finger. When she could make out something of a shadowy outline she squinted her eyes "I can't make out exactly what it is."
Naruto's eyes were also squinted by now, trying to figure out what it is they were looking at "Let's just wait a while and then we can see what it is"
She nodded at that and so they entered into a comfortable silence for the moment. However, when whatever it was came close enough for her to make out what it was she could not help but be a stunned "O no…"
Her voice came out as barely a whisper but he could clearly hear the panic in her voice as clear as day "What? What is it Nash?!" He did not know why but that tone in her voice set him on edge
Her eyes widened ever so slowly as she continued to look out towards the ocean "O no Naruto! We need to go now!" she suddenly jumped up in a panic and yanked on his arm so he would stand up quickly.
He looked at her in alarm and quickly jumped on his feet but grabbed her by the shoulders when she tried to run toward the village "Wait Nash! What the hell is going on?!"
She looked at him with a panicked expression and pointed wildly toward the sea "Can't you see?! Those are ships! A whole lot of ships! And they are not our ships!"
Naruto started in shock and quickly looked out toward sea. Now he could clearly make out the fleet of ships coming toward them. It littered the see for as far as he could see. And then his eyes widened in realization "O no, Nash we need to go now!"
Nasha glared at Naruto and pried herself from his hold before shouting at him "That's what I said idiot!"
But Naruto did not even wait for her to finish her rant before taking off at top speed toward the village in order to warn them incase they had not already seen the fleet coming in. His heart was pounding in his chest at this point, he could not believe how many ships he had seen on the horizon… was it hundreds? Or thousands? He did not know but what he knew was that the Uzumaki would be in for a proper fight if that fleet reached their shore.
Nasha looked at Naruto's back for a moment before taking of at full speed after him only one thought on her mind as she ran through the forest 'This is bad… this is really bad'
Uzushiogakure
Uzushiogakure, the place where the Uzumaki clan ruled and thrived as a clan. It was quit the beauty to behold. As Naruto broke out of the tree-line the first thing he saw when he looked up at the hill that his home was built on was their massive gate. At the top of the hillside rested a large double gate with various sacred dressings inscribed upon it. The gate itself was about thirty feet wide and fifty feet high. The dressings of the gate included various sealing and barrier tags. The surrounding wall that stretched across all of Uzu, was also inscribed with various sealing formula but they all formed separate circles in a straight line across the entire wall.
He could already see the various rooftops of Uzu's highest structures peaking above the huge wall that protected the village. One could already tell by the roofs of those buildings alone that they were masterfully crafted in every way possible.
Next thing he noticed were all the lights that were going off in the five guard towers that also surrounded the village. Upon focusing more on one he could make out the many ninja running around them to get in position. He refocused his attention on the gate of Uzu he could see that it was open and that there were a lot of ninja in grey flak jackets streaming out of it, blurring along the ground to get to the shore as quickly as they possibly could.
Then he took notice of the ninja that were positioning themselves on the wall, two at every circle that the seals made. He never really paid attention when his mother explained about those seals so he did not really know what they did, but he suppose he would find out soon enough. Then he saw his father appear upon the gate of Uzu in his formal Uzukage wear that consisted of white robe with the orange Uzumaki insignia on the back.
Then Nasha finally caught up to him "God damn it Naruto you have at least waited for me to catch up."
Naruto started at the sound of her voice and then had the decency to look embarrass by his actions "Well…uhm… I had full confidence in your ability to catch up to me?" that came out more as a question than a statement, and he knew it.
She just stared at him exasperated by his excuse but decided to focus on more serious matters "So what do you think we should do Naru?"
He looked ahead to stare at his father that stood on the gate of their village with a stern look on his face "I'm going to fight with my father. Today is the day that I show him that I am a worthy heir to the Uzumaki and that I am a son to be proud of."
Nasha looked at Naruto with clear concern on her face "But Naru…what if you…" she could not even finish that thought because it was just too terrible to think about.
Naruto looked at his only true friend. The only person that he could ever be truly honest with and the only one that was completely honest with him as well. They had trusted each other since they were kids and had been friends for a long time so he knew what she felt at this moment, hell he felt it too. "I know Nash, I'm afraid too… but no matter what, this is our land, our home and it is our duty to protect it with our lives if need be. I promise you that I'll survive this as long as you promise me the same thing."
She looked into his bright purple eyes that were set into a firm gaze on her and she knew that he meant what he had just said… but how could she just promise to stay alive at a time like this? It was about to be complete mayhem around them, however she would try her hardest to come out of this alive "I promise Naruto-kun"
His eyes slightly widened at the affectionate suffix that she had just used in his name because no matter how close they were she had never called him that. In fact he had not heard her call any guy by that suffix ever. Did that mean something? No he could not get distracted now "Good because if you die on me I'll drag your ass back from the after-life and kick your ass!"
She snorted at that and giggled a little "hmphf… you can try"
And with that last exchange of words they sped up and ran the rest of the way in silence.
On the gate of Uzu
Miroko Uzumaki stood atop his villages' gate and looked toward the shore, where an army was about to invade his nation from, with a stone cold expression on his face. He could not believe that it had come to this. No matter how many times he tried to tell the other villages that Uzushiogakure was no threat to their way of life, the more they insisted that they were a threat.
However, he had prepared for this day to come; He did not however expect so many to come at a time. Who had allied with whom? He could not say, but he knew the Uzumaki would stand until the last ninja and they would certainly not go down without a fight.
He just hoped that the team he sent out to the emergency exit cleared a path for the young to escape through, incase they did infact fall on this day, so that the Uzumaki bloodline may continue to prosper. Then something caught his eye across the plain that separated the village from the tree line, it was two figures blurring across the clearing. On closer inspection, he could see it was his son.
'Naruto, my son, I'm so sorry that you are going to have to see something as awful as this so early in your life but I promise you that I will try my best to make you live through the hell that is about to befall us'
He absentmindedly watched as his son and Nasha climbed the gate to get to him. Then Nasha sprinted directly past him and into the village after a quick goodbye to Naruto and respectful greeting to him, Naruto however stood right beside him.
Naruto looked at his father with a little hesitation before speaking, because he knew his father would not go along with his plan "Father I'm going to be fighting alongside you" he looked at his father with a stern and determined, look ready to defend his views on this.
Miroko looked at his son for a moment with an appraising look about him, taking care to make Naruto uncomfortable under his gaze, before he finally decided to speak "I would expect nothing less of you, as the heir to my seat you must prove yourself in some way today."
Naruto grit his teeth at that 'He will never think I am good enough, but I'll show him.' With that thought in mind, Naruto turned his head around to look out at the shore alongside his father, his eyes set in a glare toward the oncoming fleet. Now that they were close enough, he could make out the Kiri village symbol painted upon the flags of the various ships. Apparently, they did not care if the Uzumaki knew who was attacking them.
He watched in morbid fascination when the fleet aligned in a horizontal line, and connected with each other… and was that shinobi that came to the front of the ships? Then his fascination turned into horror as each shinobi made a whirlpool of their own that spun in the opposite way of the whirlpools that were in the ocean, and then the whirlpools of the shinobi shot at the whirlpools in the ocean.
He sighed in relief when he saw the whirlpools of the ocean were still intact, but then the shinobi continued to attack with the same jutsu over and over until, to Naruto's silent horror the whirlpools of the ocean stopped rotating all together.
"Father what do we do now?" Naruto did not mean to, but his voice slightly cracked by his nervousness.
Miroko looked at his son with an unreadable expression and spoke in a monotone "We fight; we fight until we can't anymore… and then we push through our limits to fight even harder."
Naruto stared at his father for a moment and then he focused on getting his nerves in order. There was no room for fear now. He had to fight in order to protect his family.
On the shore
The Uzumaki gathered there could not really believe what they had just witnessed. Their first line of defense was destroyed in such a short time! However general Kage had been through enough battles to quickly snap out of his stupor in order to organize his men to make sure that most of them survived
"Ok you babies! Get your asses in gear and go to formation delta! Do not let them get onto this shore or you will die!" With his pep talk complete, he watched as his men formed five lines of six earth users in front to protect and long range support behind them. Then there were the ten shinobi drawing up their last ditch effort of protecting Uzu… if it came to that, but he was sure that it would infact come to that because there were just too many.
When the fleet was in range of at least a good water jutsu, he ordered his men to begin their assault on the invaders "ATTACK! SHOW THIS SCUM WHAT THE UZUMAKI ARE MADE OF!"
His men answered his command by a loud roar, as they agreed with every word he had said, and soon enough Water Dragons and more Whirlpools were attacking the fleet. As most had been caught off guard at least half of the frontline ships were sunk in the pre-emptive strike against them. But, then more water dragons were summoned to fight off those that were attacking the ships and counter whirlpools were sent to those sinking their ships.
However, the Uzumaki were unperturbed by this and continued their assault on the ships, intent on sinking as many as they could so that the survivors would at least drown at the cause of the under water whirlpools and strong currents. And then when the ships were in range Kage shouted out a new set of commands to his men.
"NOW ATTACK WITH THE EXPLOSIVE KUNAI AS WELL!"
As soon as those words left his mouth, he and a lot of the other Uzumaki let loose a volley of kunai with explosive tags attached to their ends. He smiled when he saw most of them hit their targets and upon detonation, huge explosions were heard and seen throughout the island of Uzu.
However as soon as those ships sunk more took their place and when they came into formation they too let loose a volley of kunai, which probably had explosive tags attached to them too, and they covered the sky in black as if it were raining kunai of death upon the defending Uzumaki on the shore.
When Kage saw the sheer quantity of the attack, his eyes widened for a second before he composed himself and he gave out his orders "ACTIVATE THE BARRIER SEALS! AND PUT UP SOME EARTHWALLS DAMNIT!"
His men looked a little panicked by the attack coming their way but they trusted their general and so followed his orders to the point. The second line of every squad formed quickly went through hand seals and shouted "Sealing Technique: Protective Barrier ".
Then, the first line went through their hand seals and when they ended all of them slammed their hands onto the ground and collectively shouted "Earth Style: Earth Wall Technique". They could not have put up their defense any sooner then that, because not a single second later had the earth walls been created were multiple explosions heard.
The Uzumaki in charge of defense thought they had came through it unscathed, but then more explosions rocked their defense and then more and more, just when Kage thought that they were mince meat the explosions stopped abruptly and the walls were cautiously lowered, however the barriers were left up.
When he saw why they had stopped his eyes widened. Dozens of Water Bullets were heading their way, and behind those were Water Dragons, charging in their direction. He could not believe what he was seeing, how could they survive this?
'No I can not think like that right now. My men need me at my best.' He steeled himself in order to get his emotions in check. "Ok, put up as many Water Walls as you can! AND ATTACK WITH WATER BULLETS FROM THE WATER WALL!"
His orders were met with another roar of agreement, from his men, and he joined them as he kept most of the Water Wall up while others attacked with their Water Bullets. They continued relentlessly, no matter how out matched they seemed, and the match of water techniques clashing back and forth over the ocean became a stalemate.
However, no matter how much the Uzumaki tried, they could not stop the seemingly endless stream of ships that came toward them and always filled in the gaps that a sinking ship would create.
Kage saw that it was only a matter of time before they would reach the shore and they could do nothing about it. However, a ghost of a smile stretched across the captains lips at the thought of the comrades he fought alongside today, he would be damned if they did not know that it was an honor fighting alongside shinobi with such courage.
"COMRADES, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOUR TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE SHINOBI OF SUCH SKILL AND COURAGE TODAY. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IF I DIE TODAY. I DIE KNOWING THAT I TOOK 200 OF THEM WITH ME! SO DO NOT LAG BEHIND! THAT IS MY LAST ORDER TO YOU!"
His men were silent for a moment, and time seemed to stand still for them as they came to the same conclusion as their captain. Then, as they had done all day to the orders that they agreed to from their captain, they roared! But, this was the loudest one of them all, and then they let loose more kunai with explosive tags than ever seen on the battlefield.
To add insult to injury for what appeared to be only Kiri ninja, they all went through hand seals at the same time in sync with one another, and simultaneously shouted "Kunai Shadow Clone Technique!"
It appeared to become night for a short period of time, because of how many kunai were actually in the air at that moment in time. Time seemed to have stopped for a short moment and everything moved in slow motion… but when a crack of sunlight peeked through the rain of kunai, everything went back to normal and the kunai rained true hell upon the ships they made contact. The screams of the shinobi on those ships were so loud and piercing that it almost breached the earsplitting sound of the explosion that caused them.
The Uzumaki that watched the explosion from shore roared even further at their small victory and this time their general joined their triumphant roars, causing them to roar even louder. They did not roar for long though because as soon as the flames from the explosion was put out, a new wave of ships came through the smoke like messengers of death and the Uzumaki readied themselves to do battle yet again.
This time, however, the ships were close enough to let shinobi disembark and run across water to shore. As soon as the first one hit water, the others came out like ants crawling for food in their utopia. The Uzumaki looked toward their captain for leadership but the answer they received was their captain unsheathing his katana and charging forward with a battle cry. Then remembering their captain had given his last orders to them, they followed him into battle with all their various weapons and their own battle cry.
Kage looked in front of him with a sneer on his face as he encountered the first ninja of the hoard that had disembarked from the ships, and spun through his defenses to slice an artery in his throat open. He did not bother to duck under the resulting spray of blood and went onto his next victim, this one putting up more of a fight than others because he blocked the first two slices to vital points but was completely surprised by a kunai piercing his kidney. Kage could not believe how easy this was and quickly moved on only to have to block five kunai that would have killed him on contact.
He looked toward the assailant and sneered at him; he was obviously one of the better ones so he charged at him while withdrawing a kunai to accompany his kenjutsu and quickly engaged in a fierce battle of kenjutsu with this, obviously jounin.
When he made a quick stab motion for the heart the jounin deflected it and thrust his own kunai towards Kage's neck, but years of battling had honed his reflexes so much, so that he easily dodged that attack and soon after they disappeared into yet another fierce battle of kenjutsu.
Kage was quickly realizing that this battle was going nowhere and he needed to move on, so when he came in close again he fainted a slice with his katana only to thrust towards his opponent's kidney with the kunai. When his opponent blocked that with a smirk on his face, Kage frown, however that frown quickly turned into a smirk when a golden chain stuck out the mans stomach and he coughed up blood. Kage immediately discarded the man and moved on.
On top of the village gate
Naruto watched in silent awe as his kin, his family and his comrades fought against all odds, completely outnumbered and yet dealing devastating blows to the invading forces numbers and they did all this without any fear of dying. He had heard the captains' last command to his men and had seen the subsequent hell they unleashed upon the invading party. He was shivering from the inspiration that his kin was instilling within him.
He had finally seen what it meant to be an Uzumaki. Being an Uzumaki meant that they would stare fate in the eyes and bitch slap it into next week, if it was not in their favor, and then go on to beat the odds and come out on top. Why did they do this? Because they were family and family protected one another. 'So this is what an Uzumaki is? …then I'll show father that I am one" he smirked at that thought.
His father however took his shivering for fear "I'll protect you if need be, son"
Naruto looked at his father with a real smile at the thoughtful gesture he had expressed, but he would correct him about his feelings. "I'm thankful that you would, father, but I'm not shivering because of fear. I am shivering because I am excited to finally show you that I am worthy of being an heir to your throne. I know what it means to be an Uzumaki now"
Miroko looked at his son with eyes that Naruto had never seen his father look at him before, was he proud? The look quickly vanished however and Naruto wondered if it was even there in the first place. "I hope you live up to your word then"
Naruto grit his teeth, and glared out at the invading force. He would show him.
With general Kage
He did not know how many he had cut down, but he knew it must have been over the two hundred he had promised his men he would take out at the beginning of this close combat battle. As he dared to look around him he could see ninja blur around at blinding speeds and hear the sound of metal meeting metal, he could also hear the occasional scream of pain when a deathblow was not immediate.
However, he knew if he was almost dead on his feet then his men were nearly there too, so when he felt he could not go anymore, he dug deep within himself and brought out the stuff that made all Uzumaki who they were: pure willpower not to give up. He continued to fight on through his exhaustion and gave another war cry to push his men into their own second wind.
Captain Kage, was not disappointed by his men. Right after he gave his war cry, the men, that he had left on the battlefield, roared their support to their captain and fought with new vigor.
As thoughts of victory on the shore actually started to creep into the captains' head, and praises of their victory for him and his men, he could not help but let a small proud smile spread across his bloodied lips. Then those thoughts were promptly crushed and his small smile turned into a deep scowl when even more shinobi disembarked from the seemingly countless ships that kept on coming.
His men had performed beyond what was expected of them today so he could not have asked anymore from them, they owed him nothing more. When he charged into the oncoming hoard of shinobi and kunoichi with his last battle cry, bloody katana at the ready, he did not ask them to follow him.
Nobody would hold it against them if they turned back and went back to the village to rest for a while, so imagine his surprise when he heard his men's own battle cry behind him as they charged after their captain. He glanced back and saw his last remaining twenty men charge behind him with pure determination in their eyes. He turned back around and began his battle to the death with a proud smile on his face the entire time.
On the gate of Uzushiogakure
Miroko Uzumaki looked at his men with a proud smile plastered on his face as they fought to the last Uzumaki on the shore. That battle would be the stuff of legend if they were to survive today. He looked around him and saw each of his comrades with serious expressions on their faces and he decided to ignite the one emotion that outweighed pure determination in an Uzumaki: revenge for their kin. He decided to enhance his voice with chakra when he spoke up to them
"MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS… YOU HAVE SEEN HOW OUR COMRADES HANDELLED BEING OUTMATCHED AND YOU HAVE SEEN HOW THEY SURPASSED ALL EXPACTATIONS AND DEALT DEVASTATING DAMAGE TO OUR ENEMY! I FOR ONE AM INSPIRED BY THEM AND I WILL NOT LET THEIR DEATH BE IN VEIN! AS I STAND HERE, I SWEAR THAT I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN, AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, I WILL DO MORE! I WILL AVENGE MY FALLEN COMRADES!"
He saw their eyes light up with controlled fury and then they roared their agreement with his statement. When they saw him roar back, they doubled their efforts. Then Miroko turned to look at his son "Get ready" At Naruto's nod he turned back to his comrades on the wall "ARM THE SEALS!"
Naruto watched with some curiosity as his father and every other ninja on the wall crouched down to put their hands on a little square seal. Then the seals that formed circles along the wall in a horizontal manner and the one on the gate started to pulse with energy and gave off an ominous hum to Naruto's ears.
He was about to ask his father what the seals did when huge explosions suddenly rocked the shoreline with bodies flying everywhere. Naruto stared in shock at the sight of it. "Wow dad, did you just do that?!"
Miroko chuckled at his son before answering "Haha… no son that was a parting gift to our enemies from our fallen comrades"
Naruto was speechless for a moment before finally asking what he wanted to in the beginning "Then what do these seals do?"
Miroko stared at his son in exasperation for a moment "You really do not know?"
Naruto gave a sheepish grin and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment "Well… I did not think it would be important"
This time Miroko gave him a deadpan look because he could not afford to face fault "Well, just watch then."
Just then there was a stream of shinobi and kunoichi that came running out of the tree line towards them "FIRE!" Miroko's voice rose above the attacking parties' war cry and after that the sky that had gone somewhat dark from night beginning to creep over the land, lit up like a flare as the seals on the wall lit up and exploded outward with massive bursts of chakra. It mimicked the blast of a cannon only MUCH more destructive, the oncoming ninja had no chance and everyone in range was instantly killed.
Naruto was almost blown off the gate by the shockwave that followed the blast, and had he not anchored himself with chakra he would have. But now he stared at the battle field before him in complete and utter shock. How could he have thought that these seals were not important when they just did that?
"B-B-but …why didn't we do this in the first place instead of sending our comrades to their death!" After he came over his shock, he was furious at his fathers' decision.
On the other hand, his father was completely calm "Because, Naruto, in big armies like this only one strategy works for the invading party. Send in the weak to do damage before the strong come in to sweep up" He refocused on channeling the cannon again before speaking "And by us sending in a team to wipe out the weak, left us with a clear path to decimate most of their strong before going in ourselves"
Naruto looked confused at that "Why go in when we have these!"
His father looked quite irritated by Naruto at this point "You should have really listened when your mother taught you these things… anyway we can only use these seals two times before our wall collapses in on itself."
He looked at his father in shock now "But we will be open for attack then!"
His father nodded in agreement "Yes, I am aware of that, that's why you should prepare yourself for the fight for your life, boy"
Naruto recognized that his father was quite irritated by him questioning his decisions so he decided to go back to molding his chakra just under his skin "Fine then." and then a new wave of ninja came out of the tree line and the same blinding light accompanied by the rather loud noise of the cannon like seals going off. This time there were dozens of Earth Wall waiting for the blasts.
Too bad for them that the blasts went through those walls like a hot kunai through pigskin and even became brighter and bigger. However, this time Naruto felt the gate he stood on give in so he jumped off and once he saw his father charging into battle he followed him. Not even a second later the Uzumaki who were on the wall and those who were behind the wall all charged after them to fight to their deaths if need be.
Naruto could barely believe his eyes as he stared at the oncoming enemy, he only had one thought of exasperation before going into battle mode and that was 'How many are there!' and then he entered the fray of battle with twin daggers ready for the kill, however he had to dodge a sword slash.
When he finished dodging, he noticed that his already dangling flak jacket and shirt were now on the ground and he had a long thin slash across his body that drew a little blood. The shinobi stared at Naruto and laughed, "Wow, you are pathetic…"
He did not get to finish his sentence because Naruto had blurred out of sight and swiftly chopped off his head with one dagger. Naruto glared at the man for a second before taking of to take out more shinobi in order to help his clan survive the hell that had descended upon them and so he thrust his daggers into a ninja already in the fray with another Uzumaki.
They shared a brief nod before starting to team up on surrounding ninja and quickly clearing their little spot. Upon closer inspection, they saw that other Uzumaki had the same idea and so with another nod Naruto and his new brother in arms began to plow through ninja before them in what could have been mistaken for a veteran team at work because they worked so well together. He thought that it was probably their common goal that brought their minds in sync with each other.
As his partner dashed forward at a particularly skilled opponent and slid under him blocking a strike to his head, Naruto instantly knew what he wanted and so he dashed forward as well and when his opponent tried to block he was killed by a kunai to the heart from his back. His partner and he met eyes for a while, bright purple meeting darkish purple, and he swore that his partner wanted to know how they could work so well together too but they both understood that they just needed to thank their luck and move on. And that they did, fighting and killing whoever came before them until they came in front of a group that had white masks on with the Iwa insignia inscribed on it. It would be four on two here.
For the first time since they met up his partner spoke to him "Well comrade, if I do not make it out of this one alive. It was fun hey, we could have been best buds, and names Yohei by the way."
Naruto chuckled "Yeah we could have, and names Naruto, partner."
Yohei laughed at that "Haha… I know that but let's finish this."
As soon as he said that, the Iwa nin blurred into action and so did Yohei, Naruto not wanting him to fight alone joined in on the action. He immediately concluded that if he did not fight smart here then he would be dead in a matter of moments and it looked like Yohei was coming to the same conclusion. When Naruto threw a kunai at his opponent and he dodged, Yohei immediately went after him.
When Yohei's opponent followed him with his eyes, he was impaled by a lightning coated chakra dagger right in the heart. When Naruto looked at his opponent who had dodged, he saw that he was without a head now, however he had no time to bath in the greatness that was their teamwork because his instinct screamed at him to dodge, and dodge he did. Only to see one of the Iwa nin flying over him with an outstretched arm. He took that opportunity to stab the ninja in the armpit, burying the dagger hilt deep, and a sure death.
When Naruto took an opportunity to look around the battlefield, he wished he had not, because what he saw scared Naruto like nothing had before. There in his line of sight was his best friend fighting to the best of her ability and winning against her opponent, but that was not what scared Naruto at all. It was the Kumo Nin coming straight for her back with a sword ready to pierce her through the kidney.
Naruto screamed and his chakra surged in his body so he could run faster to her aid but when it was apparent that he would not make it, he channeled more and more chakra to the point that it irritated his back as if something wanted to come out. Therefore, he let it out and to his surprise; golden chains shot out of his back and flew toward the Kumo nin in blinding speed, impaling him through the neck and head.
Naruto stared at the chains in wonder for a moment but then recalled them and raced towards Nasha. Blurring past her and impaling her opponent through the eyes with two daggers. He completely surprised Nasha but when she saw who it was she became mad as hell "Kami damnit Naruto! I had that!"
Naruto turned around and looked at her with almost lost eyes, then pointed at the Kumo nin "Well, did you have that Nash?"
She looked around and stared at the Kumo nin in confusion "what do yo…"
She did not get to finish because Naruto had interrupted her "He was going to kill you! If I had not unlocked my kekkei genkai… you would…" He had to look away as a few tears wanted to escape their jail in his eyes but Nasha had realized what he implied.
"Naruto… I…" She looked down not knowing what to say so he had to say something.
"Come with me. I found this great fighting partner. We will keep each other safe" He tugged at her arm as to say she had no real choice, not that she would have refused
"Ok let's go"
With Miroko
Miroko was dancing his way through enemies and slicing down those that stood in his path with minimum effort. He was doing it with a smile on his face because he knew that they had no one that could stand up to his skill in combat or sealing mastery. Just then, he noticed three people make their way towards him in particular, now normally he would not care but the people that were running toward him were the respective Kage of Kiri, Iwa and Kumo.
Miroko looked at them with impassive eyes and unsheathed his twin katana in reverse grips, settling into a defensive stance, but that was not enough and when the three legends came close enough he let six chains with kunai like tips burst out of his back and sway around him menacingly. As soon as they came to a halt and stared at him the other ninja in the vicinity had the know it all to get out of their way. Miroko looked the three Kage over with unimpressed eyes.
First it was the Tsuchikage who was already an old man with a bristling moustache and long beard, both of which had dark highlights running through them alternately. He was apparently squinting at him for some reason, poor eyesight perhaps? He was also wearing the traditional Kage attire- consisting of customary hat and cloak – over a dark, loose-fitting, full-length gown that was tied using a lighter sash around his waist. He was also short in comparison with the others but wielded a rather large sword, which he would have to be careful of.
Second was the Mizukage who had copious amounts of long, grey hair along with a long moustache, and beard that merged into one and all of which almost covered the entirety of his face. He had a scar that ran across his left eye, which was apparently blind by the looks of it. Attire-wise, he wore a simple, light-colored, loose-fitting kimono over a pair of dark pants. His left eye is black and his right eye is purely white, which lead him to believe that it was blind.
Lastly, it was the Raikage who was a dark skinned man with prominent creases under his eyes and a mop of shaggy black hair, which partially obscured his headband. In terms of attire, he wore a high-collared dark kimono-shirt, dark pants bound by a sash. He also wore small stud-earrings.
When Miroko was finished taking in their appearance he scowled at them, but quickly brought his emotions into check in order to fight with a focused mind "So, you are so weak that you need to fight my people with three nations in order to at least stand a chance. No wonder you cower before us."
The Raikage scowled at him for that statement "Shut up you worm! Today every last one of you Uzumaki trash die!"
Miroko slightly narrowed his eyes and his chains started to vibrate in anticipation of what was to come "You dare call my people trash, you coward! You are not even worthy of walking on these sacred lands!"
The Tsuchikage for one had had enough of their banter and begun to stroke his beard. "Yes, yes sacred lands and what not… I get it. But really now you must die Miroko-dono"
The Mizukage gave a hearty laugh at that "Yes! You really must!"
Miroko knew he would not be able to survive this fight, he could possibly take on two at a time but three shinobi of their skill was impossible even for him, but he would try his damnist to take them down with him. So he smirked at them "I may die here today you fools, but my people will live on and they will prosper far above your own ever will! And you will die here as well!"
As soon as he said that, he unleashed his chains upon the Kage with deathly precision and everyone but the Tsuchikage dodged, he just deflected them with his sword and blurred toward him. However, Miroko did not let him get close enough and sent a Fireball straight for him.
The strange thing was that the Tsuchikage did not stop his charge and it was apparent why when a water bullet completely nullified his fireball, then his senses told him to block to the left and that he did, soon metal meeting metal rang through their small space and the resulting shockwave sent a gust through it. He then came face to face with a smirking Raikage so he did the only thing he could and head-butted him as hard as he could before kicking him in the side.
When he felt the Tsuchikage almost upon him he sent all six of his chakra chains to distract him and quickly sent a Lightning Dragon toward the Mizukage who was apparently the long-range fighter. He did not expect an Earth Wall to erect and then hear multiple wasps coming toward him.
When he looked around and saw it was indeed wasps he quickly went through seals and inhaled deeply "Fire style: dragons breath!" when he finished saying that, he let out a huge amount of fire that incinerated the oncoming wasps.
Miroko quickly created six more chakra chains and sent them straight toward the recovering Raikage but unfortunately had to dodge a barrage of kunai that came from the Mizukage, having had enough of playing around he pulled six explosive tags from his pocked and attached them to his chains.
When he was done he put his fingers in a cross and called out his next jutsu "Shadow Clone Technique!" Then standing before the three Kage were nine Miroko's and they all had six chains vibrating behind them with explosives attached to each one. Without waiting for them to prepare any defense he unleashed the chains upon them with murderous intend.
The Tsuchikage flew up into the sky when he saw what was coming their way, the Mizukage created a very dense wall made of water in front of him but the Raikage did not react fast enough and when the explosions went off he was caught in the chest by them and sent through the air, bloodied and dying.
While Miroko was waiting for someone to come through the smoke he did not expect for the Tsuchikage to come out of the sky and attack from there. If it were not for his finely tuned instincts that let him dodge to the left he would not have only received a deep gash in his arm, but much more.
Miroko cursed under his breath when he tried to move his right arm 'Damnit, how could I have been so careless! Now I only have one arm that is useful.' It was true, the gash was so deep in his shoulder that it probably went halfway through the bone and now, his arm was useless.
The Tsuchikage floated in front of Miroko, just out of lunging range, and smirked at him "It's all over now isn't it Miroko-dono"
Miroko sneered at him, losing his composure now that he knew he would not survive this. He watched as the Mizukage came to stand beside the Tsuchikage with an equally annoying smirk on his face and scowled even more 'I'm sorry I could not see you grow into a powerful shinobi my son.' "I will not let you take my people with you!"
And then he charged at them, all the while activating a seal on his chest that glowed brighter and brighter with each step he took and when they were in range he gave them a smirk of his own "FUINJUTSU: DETHLYHOLLOW!"
As soon as he spoke those words a massive spiral was engraved into the ground. The Tsuchikage tried to fly away but he was sucked to the ground and it felt like a ton of boulders were thrown upon him. Looking at the Mizukage he saw that he was not doing so good either, then he looked at the smirking Miroko who was standing in the dead centre of the spiral. "Wha… what is this…" He could almost not speak those simple three words.
Miroko laughed at him and then glared "This is why you fear us!" He then went through hand seals and when he was done, a haunting tune began to play from somewhere. When the Tsuchikage and Mizukage heard the tune play they somehow knew it was over and they began to know what true fear meant. Miroko smirked at them for the last time "Now know the true power of the Uzumaki and die!"
Then everything stopped in the clearing as the haunting tune became louder and louder with each passing second, bringing fear to everyone that heard it, and the spiral lit up the entire night sky. Everyone stood still for a moment and the tune stopped playing suddenly. And then…
BOOM!
There was a massive explosion and when the dust cleared the only thing that was left where the Tsuchikage, Mizukage and Uzukage once stood was a missive spiral on the ground. Everything was still for a few minutes until a very burned and wounded Raikage came staggering out of the tree line and called for his men to retreat. And seeing the Kumo nin retreat made the Iwa nin follow them in their retreat, seeing as Kiri did not have enough men to go through with the invasion they also fell back toward their ships.
AN: Wow hey 1 December. Now you know what I've been doing! Yip, that's right I've been updating the chapters.[[
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