Alright people, here's one of the new chapters that I promised. I'm hoping you all like it and that this is much better than the one before it.
Naruto looked around as he wandered in the woods around Tazuna's house. He had just left after listening to the brat of a grandson, Inari, of his client rant about how heroes didn't exist, that they were going to die because Gato was unbeatable. Naruto scoffed at that.
"Like the guy could beat a ninja. He's just hiding behind his goons like a coward."
Due to not paying attention to his surroundings, so deep in his thoughts, the blonde failed to notice the slight indention in the ground. Something that was easily rectified as he stepped on it, his weight causing it to fall in on itself and send the boy falling into the revealed tunnel. With a yell, he suddenly came into contact with the floor of wherever he suddenly found himself.
Groaning, he stood up and rubbed the back of his head. Looking around, the blonde realized he was in a hallway with a strange swirling snake pattern. Glancing up to where he fell from, Naruto sighed as he realized he had no way of getting back up there to escape his current predicament, what with how his chakra control wasn't good enough to try walking up the wall just yet.
Sighing, the blonde stood up and pulled a small flashlight out of his hip pouch. "Guess I might as well start walking. Hopefully there's a staircase or something I can use to get out of here."
Starting his trek forward, Naruto looked in each door he came across, hoping for a way out. No such luck however, each door was either a supply closet, an armory with ninja tools that were in surprisingly good condition, so he restocked his own ninja tools, or barracks. Finding another door, this one led him to a strange lab. His curiosity getting better of him, Naruto walked inside and started looking around. There were tables with stacks of paper work, boards filled with math so complicated he wasn't even sure if the Hokage could understand it, and strange tubes filled with a light purple gas.
Walking up to the tubes, the ninja looked at it with curiosity shining in his expressive blue eyes. Unknowingly, the blonde stepped on a seal that glowed red the second his foot left it. With a hiss, the tubes released their contents right in Naruto's face. Gasping in shock that quickly turned into coughs, Naruto tried to escape the room to get away from the gas. Unable to see clearly, the blonde stumbled into tables and boards before finally collapsing just outside the door of the room he was in. with his vision fading, Naruto fought to stay awake to no avail.
"I can't die here… I still have to.. Become… Hok-..."
With that unfinished thought, Naruto fell unconscious, unaware of just what was happening in his body.
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A few hours later, Naruto woke up in the hallway of where he had fallen. Groaning, he slowly made his way into a sitting position. Shaking his head, the blonde couldn't fight the smile from realizing he was still alive.
"Hahahaha! It's going to take more than some weird gas to kill the awesome ninja Uzumaki Naruto!"
Grinning, Naruto stood up and started looking for his way out. Luck was on his side this time as he rounded a corner, revealing that he found a staircase leading up to the surface. Quickly climbing the stairs, Naruto found the top of the stairs and opened the door with a bit of difficulty.
Upon walking out of the door way and finding it was still night time, the blonde decided to head back to Tazuna's home since his anger at the younger boy had cooled. Leaping up into the trees, Naruto started looking for his clients home so that he could get some rest before resuming guard duty in the morning.
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Inside The Seal
The Kyuubi looked on in curiosity at what was happening to its jailer. Along the walls of the boys mindscape pipes were forming, similar to those that one would find in a sewer that held wires that electricity passed through. Letting out a huff, the giant fox curled back in on itself to fall back to sleep.
"Like this will change anything about the ningen. He'll still be nothing but a weak flesh bag."
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On The Bridge, The Next Day
Naruto cursed as he was once again pelted with senbon needles along with his teammate, Uchiha Sasuke. Growling, the blonde glared at the dome of ice mirrors surrounding them that held an image of the fake hunter nin that was Zabuza's accomplice, Haku. Narrowing his eyes, the blonde suddenly came with up with an idea. Glancing around and seeing a stack of wood that was being used to help build the bridge, he smirked before giving Sasuke's foot a light tap with his own.
Gaining the black haired boy's attention, the blonde gestured over to his right with his eyes. Looking over to where the blonde was telling him, Sasuke smirked as he caught on to the plan. Nodding, they both began to form hand signs. Naruto finished his first, sending a hoard of clones to the mirrors.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
With one clone per mirror, except for the one above them, Sasuke finished his own hand signs and aimed above them with a small circle made by his hand in front of his mouth.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
The large fireball flew up and made contact with the mirror, causing a large cloud of steam to form at the same time each of Naruto's clones were dispelled with a senbon to a vital area on their bodies. Haku stood inside his mirror, waiting for the smoke and steam to clear so that he could begin his counter attack. To his shock, however, the two gennin in front of him were gone! In their place were a couple pieces of lumber. Catching on quick, the ice user exited his mirror and dispelled the jutsu while looking around him to try and find his opponents.
Seeing a shadow starting to form around him, the hunter nin looked up just in time to receive a punch to the face that sent him flying to the right, courtesy of a blonde haired shinobi. "Sasuke, now!"
Following the blonde's plan, Sasuke threw his shuriken at the enemy, strands of ninja wire connected to his hands and the tools in question. The ice user wasn't going to let that happen though, as he quickly pulled out a strange curved kunai and spun, cutting the ninja wire easily. Landing on the bridge and skidding to a stop, Haku glared at the boys in front of him.
"You should be proud of yourselves. You two are the first to ever escape my Crystal Ice Mirrors. That pride will be short lived however, I will not let you put a stop to Zabuza-sama's dream."
Glaring back at the ice user, the two boys didn't answer as they both flew forward as fast as they could by channeling chakra into their feet, intent of resuming the fight.
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With Zabuza and Kakashi
Kakashi frowned behind his mask as he did his best to locate Zabuza. The blood loss from where he took the hit to help defend Sakura and Tazuna from the sword wielder's strike slowly dulling his senses. Sighing, the copy ninja took a scroll out of his vest and opened it, spreading some of his blood along it's length before beginning to twirl it around himself while forming a hand sign with his free hand.
"This ends now Zabuza. I will not allow you to harm my students or my client."
Finishing the jutsu, the scroll rolled itself back up with a snap before Kakashi slammed the scroll into the ground while releasing his chakra into it. "Summoning: Earth Style: Fanged Pursuit Jutsu!"
Lines of kanji and cracks spread across the surface of the bridge towards Zabuza's position, the man holding his sword aloft as he laughed at his opponent.
"Like you can stop me Kakashi, you can't even see me!"
The man's laughter stopped as he lifted his foot to stop it from getting bitten by a ninja hound, but left his other foot to receive the same attack. Two more dogs burst from the ground, grabbing the masked missing nin by the arms while a massive bull dog the same size as Zabuza standing up burst from behind him and locked it's teeth onto the shoulder of his target. Groaning in pain, the former mist ninja lost control of his jutsu and let the mist surround them started to fade.
Kakashi looked toward Zabuza stood while starting to form hand signs. "I didn't have to see you Zabuza, I just needed to track your scent. Now prepare yourself, this is my original jutsu! Lightning Blade!"
A ball of pure lightning chakra began to form in his hand, shocking Zabuza and causing fear to start spreading through out his body. "His chakra… it's becoming visible to the naked eye!"
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With Naruto, Sasuke, and Haku
With all sides separating once more to catch their breath, the three ninja begin to notice the mist thinning out, along with a strange chirping sound. Looking towards the source of the noise revealed the restrained form of Zabuza with Kakashi preparing what looked to be a finishing move. Without a sound, Haku began sprinting toward his master in order to save his life.
Barely a second behind him, Naruto and Sasuke gave chase. Growling in annoyance, the two teammates looked to each other and nodded. Sasuke began channeling chakra to his arms while Naruto began to channel chakra into his legs. Grabbing his jacket, Sasuke began to spin Naruto the same moment the blonde leaped forward, giving the blonde even more momentum and speed. At the apex of the spin, Sasuke released his teammate with a roar of exertion , sending Naruto flying towards their opponent.
Looking back at the roar, Haku noticed Naruto flying towards him at great speeds with his fist reared back. Glancing back to where Kakashi began sprinting towards his master, Haku quickly came up with his own plan. Leaping up with a spin, Haku threw a flurry of senbon towards the scroll keeping the ninja hounds in this realm before catching Naruto by his arm and completing his spin, copying Sasuke exactly as he threw Naruto forward just in time to send him in front of Zabuza the exact moment Kakashi was going to strike with his jutsu.
All ninja felt their eyes widen in surprise, shock, and fear. Zabuza was surprised at the appearance of the blonde. Naruto in shock about how their plan backfired. Finally, Kakashi in fear of killing his student. However… something unexpected happened. Instead of the jutsu and Kakashi's hand entering his body, the blonde's body began to absorb the electricity from the jutsu, causing Kakashi's hand to simply push the blonde back and into Zabuza, sending them both flying back into the railing of the bridge.
All of the ninja stood in shock, not entirely sure what just happened when a sound broke them out of their stupors. Looking towards the edge of the bridge, with Naruto and Zabuza working themselves out of the railing and back onto their feet, revealed Gato himself along with a group of bandits armed with a variety of weapons.
"Well, look at that, the baby demon who can't kill the bridge builder fighting ninja who can't even use their magic right. Looks like I made the right call in looking for a plan B."
Growling, Zabuza grabbed his sword with his good arm while glancing towards Kakashi. "Well Kakashi, looks like I have no quarrel with you anymore."
Nodding, Kakashi pulled a pair of kunai out of his pouch and flipped them into a reverse grip. "It seems you're right Zabuza. Now it looks like it's time to take care of some trash."
Walking up with a smirk and a grin respectively, Sasuke and Naruto stood between their sensei and former enemy. "Can't leave us out of this Kakashi-sensei."
Sasuke nodded along with his usual grunt while Haku stood next to his master with senbon ready in his hands. "I, too, wish to dispose of this annoyance Zabuza-sama."
Suddenly, Naruto felt something building within him. The buildup also had a reaction outside of his body, purple arcs of electricity coming off of his body. Naruto began to panic before realizing that the electricity didn't hurt. Actually, it felt part of him. Suddenly, in a bright flash, the power calmed down and seemed to give the blonde a soft purple glow. Glancing at his hands and feeling his instincts telling him what to do, Naruto lifted them up and focused on the metal weapons in front of him. Suddenly, a purple glow surrounded the weapons and a low buzzing sound filled the air. Raising his hands higher, the weapons suddenly left their wielders grasp before turning around and pointing their dangerous ends towards the former wielders.
"Now you have two options: you can either run away and never come back to this land, or you can die here with Gato." Naruto glared at the thugs, knowing that despite the rock in his gut at the thought of killing, he would have to work past it in order to make sure everyone he was protecting to survive.
Gato growled and pointed at the blonde. "Alright, whoever kills the freak in the orange gets a bonus of three times their paycheck! Now kill them all!"
The thugs roared in approval and began to move towards the ninja. Sighing in resignation, with his face slightly green, Naruto brought his hands down quickly with the weapons following his movements. The weapons flew down and began to impale the bandits, ending their lives. As the thugs fell and their blood began to spread, the ninja looked at Naruto in shock or in approval.
Patting the blondes shoulder, causing him to look up, Zabuza gave the boy a look of respect. "Not bad gaki, not bad at all."
Nodding jerkily, Naruto watched as the missing nin lifted his sword and walked toward the business tycoon. Feeling another hand on his shoulder, he looked up into the uncovered eye of his sensei. "Come on Naruto, let's go. We're done here for the day. We can talk about this once we get back to Tazuna's home."
Silently nodding at his sensei, Naruto followed as Kakashi led him, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna back to the bridge builder's home. Silently, Naruto replayed his actions again and again in his mind.
"I… I killed them all…"
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Alright, so that's the new chapter of A Shock To The System. So, read and review and tell me what you guys think of the new story line so far.