Masks and the Hidden Secrets That Lie Behind Them.
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Rating: M
There will be, Yaoi side characters. If you do not like, than do not read. You have been WARNED.
Pairings: Sasuke x Naruto (Female), Gaara x Neji, Shikamaru x Temari, Chouji x Ino, Lee x Sakura, and Kakashi x Iruka
Warning: There will be RAPE in the later chapters and slight Sakura bashing in the first few chapters. Of course she'll be happy in the end, and not a bunch of hatred will be directed towards her. Don't like it…click the BACK button on your tool bar, onegai shimasu.
No flames, please
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
(IMPORTANT: This will take place during the Chuunin Exams.)
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This fic was re-read, and co-written with my wonderful friend and Onee-chan: Firekyoakira26921181! (Not blood related. Only Computer-wise)
Although Naruluvr-Imotou is just like a sister to me, no matter what! –Firekyoakira26921181
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Chapter 1
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"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!!"
A massive fireball shot out of one, Uchiha Sasuke's mouth. The raven was battling Gaara of the Sand, a jinchuuriki for the one-tailed beast Shukaku. Gaara and his siblings have allied themselves with the Hidden Village of the Sound, unbeknownst of the evil lurking behind there manipulating leader. Kuso!!" The Uchiha thought. "My chakra is running out. I need more power!'
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"Oi, Naruto! Hurry up! We got to help Sasuke-kun!" the pink-haired kunoichi shouted to her teammate, who seemed to have had a hard time keeping up. "Naruto no baka!! I said hurry up!" Sakura screeched, turning around, a wave of surprise hit her. The blonde was no where in sight, this new development caused her left eyebrow to twitch. "Hey . . . where did he go?"
". . .I can't smell him." Pakun sniffed. "Strange. . .Your blonde comrade may be good at hiding, to conceal himself from my nose. . ."
"Oh well. We'll worry about him later. That baka probably got lost trying to follow us. Sasuke-kun, hang on! We're coming!!"
'Such an obsessive fangirl. . .' thought Pakkun, as he followed the pink-haired, kunoichi, resisting the urge to growl at the insensitive girl.
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Gasping in surprise, Naruto stopped following the pink-haired kunoichi and nin-dog as she hid her chakra, concealing herself from others. Her genjutsu has been released.
Naruto was reverted back to being a female.
Her eyes widened, as a painful thought occurred to her. 'Sandaime-dono. Is he alright?' Biting her lower lip, she looked at her surroundings. 'Sandaime-dono, must be hurt or weakened to release my genjutsu. I can't use a henge!'
Remembering the first time, the Sandaime put a concealing, genjutsu on her, the images of THAT incident began rushing into her mind, but her mind blocked off all train of thought, as her mind began to get clouded with pain, unbeknownst to her, why. . .
'Sasuke-teme, Sakura-chan, and that Gaara of the Sand will be able to recognize me right away, if it was a henge!' thought Naruto, a series of ideas clouding her mind, as of right now. She was slightly panicking at the thought of revealing her secret. With a sigh, she thought of the only thing she could. 'I believe I have no choice but to continue in assisting Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan. . .' she thought, mentally preparing herself for what she was about to do.
Ignoring the consequences that might happen afterwards, the blonde kunoichi sped up her pace, heading towards Sakura-chan's, chakra signature, leaping from rooftop to rooftop, hoping with all her might, that nothing bad happened to her teammates.
'Especially Sandaime-dono…'
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". . .Give it up, sensei. . ." The pale, snake Sannin drawled, each word laced with cocky arrogance, and dripping with inferiority. Orochimaru and Sandaime were exhausted from their, everlasting battle, but the vile man believed that he would be victor in the end. 'I will not lose to this old man!' he mentally snarled. 'I guess I'll have to use THAT jutsu! Soon, Konoha will be nothing but in the past!' thought Orochimaru with a sickening cackle, his hands already beginning to form numerous, and complex hand seals.
Looking up at his former, sensei, he confidently prepared his jutsu, eyes locked to that of the old Hokage.
'Konoha WILL be crushed!'
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'Kuso!!' How is he still standing?!' the raven-shinobi thought, menacingly. 'I need more power!' Immediately after saying that, the Uchiha cursed seal began to spread, causing the raven to semi-cry out in pain, the seal slowly, and torturously crawling over his body..
"Mother wants your blood . . . I will KILL you!" the bloodthirsty sand shinobi growled, eyes wide with a maniacal glint.
"SASUKE-KUN!!" yelled someone, as a pink blur came into the clearing. "Sasuke-kun, I'm here!" (narulvr: I swear her squeals get on my nerves. . .)
Pakkun landed gracefully behind her, his teeth clenched, growling at the scene in front of him.
"Sakura…" the raven said, acknowledging the nin-dog, albeit slightly annoyed at the kunoichi. "Where the hell is the dobe?"
"I don't know, Sasuke-kun! That baka probably got lost coming here. Stupid Naruto. . ."
At this, Sasuke all but glared at Sakura, a slight tug of concern pulling at the corner of his mind, but he was pulled out of his thoughts by an angry growl.
"Who are you?" snarled Gaara.
"Haruno Sakura! I won't allow you to hurt Sasuke-kun!" said the kunoichi, striking a basic offense stance that she learned from the academy, with one of her kunai in hand.
"I have no time for you, woman . . . you are weak. . . No matter, mother wants your blood, you will die!!" With that said, the redhead struck forward, in an angered haze.
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"Those hand seals . . . y-you inhuman man! You can't! They a-are forbidden! " Sandaime choked out in shock, horror, and pain, recognition hitting him like a sharp kunai, as he stared at Orochimaru's hands.
"Sensei. . ." The deserter drawled once more, his eyes glinting dangerously. "I would, and do you think you can stop me? An old, crippled pathetic man?" the Sannin spat. "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!"
Four golden caskets rose up to the roof tiles. Clearly, they were labeled "Uchiha Fugaku", "Uchiha Mikoto", "Kazama Arashi", and "Hyuuga Hizashi". Unknown to the Sandaime, why those particular four were chosen in the resurrection, he looked at them in sympathy. As the four stepped out and got into a fighting position, each of them had an odd, glowing talisman, imprinted onto their foreheads; their cold, dead, emotionless look didn't go unnoticed to the old man.
"Orochimaru . . . Y-You monster!" Sarutobi croaked. "Don't you understand that this is against the law of nature?!"
"Should you really be wasting your time talking, sensei. . .? You are about to lose your, pitiful life soon enough, after all..."
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!" yelled a voiced, as a white-haired man in a red shinobi robe with a gigantic scroll strapped to his back, streaked past the Snake Sannin, landing gracefully next to the Sandaime, eyes held there's to Orochimaru's, hard and cold, emotionlessly looking at his old teammate.
"Jiraiya?" Orochimaru questioned, calmly, albeit seething on the inside. "How were you able to penetrate my barrier?!" demanded the Snake contractor, eyes obviously showing his dismay.
"You really are a fool, Orochimaru. After all these years, you still haven't changed." said Jiraiya, coldly, "Do you honestly think that after several years of working with the Sound Spy network, I'll not gain anything, especially to divert your heinous ploy?"
The Snake Sannin seethed, in dismay, angered at the sudden development. "I refuse to be beaten by the likes of you, you pathetic man. Kuchiyos—!"
"Give it up, Hebe-yarou. You don't have enough charka and sacrifices for this jutsu. Don't think I do not comprehend what this jutsu requires." Jiraiya sneered. Orochimaru growled; how did he know.
But then a smirk appeared on his pale, thin lips. "Ah, but I'll still win. Do you really think that the old-timer and you can actually defeat a former hokage, two Uchiha's, and a Hyuuga? You've overestimated yourselves, Jiraiya-kun." He said with a mocking tone. With that, round two began.
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"Give up now, you worthless humans…" a bloodthirsty voice rang across the Konoha forest, with thick sand covering every inch of the branches, tree's and the whole area. It was a complete disaster.
"Sasuke-kun, behind you!" the pink-haired kunoichi warned. The said Uchiha managed to evade another sand shuriken just in time, but because of her warning, she was too distracted to notice the sand shuriken head straight towards her. Fortunately, the raven shinobi managed to grab her and the yapping nin-dog to safety on another tree branch, in an elite manner, however, they did not go unscathed. Especially the mentioned, raven-haired noy.
'Sasuke-kun saved me! CHA!! TAKE THAT INO-PIG!!' Inner Sakura cheered wildly, oblivious to the damage she caused Sasuke to receive.
Sasuke saw the admiration and sparkles in her eyes and before anything worse could happen, he growled out, "Sakura, I'll NEVER like you. You are ONLY a teammate to me, stop hindering our main focus!" With that he glared at her, trying to gain her understanding, at the nuisance it was to his fighting.
Because of their "conversation", neither noticed the advantage that Gaara had ,It was until they heard, "Die!" that the two of them turned, a frantic thought passed through the genin's, mind! 'Shimatta!'
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"Sensei!" Jiraiya yelled over to Sarutobi, while fighting Yondaime and Uchiha Mikoto. "There's only one way to defeat this jutsu! Take the talisman off their foreheads!" he yelled, although it was harder than he made it sound. His robes were torn, with deep gashes marring his body, he had to toss his scroll to the side, thrown away carelessly for that matter, the scroll being too bulky to fight with. Resisting the urge to grab his scroll from the side, and summon Gamabunta, he quickly dodged another roundhouse kick. Although he knew they were dead, he felt a wave of remorse on the thought of harming, much less kill them again. Dodging expertly, but sluggishly, his movements strained from his many injuries, the Gama Sannin flipped through a series of hand seals. "Dotan: Yomi Numa!"
In the next moment, the Yondaime and Uchiha headdress were glued to a large swamp across the rooftops, rendered almost immobile. No matter how much they resisted, it proved to be impossible. The more they struggled, the swampiest slime, that was conjured, attached themselves to the two, corpse, almost drowning the lifeless beings, their bodies stuck to the rooftop.
Quickly Jiraiya raced up to them and before anyone could blink, the talismans were gone.
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With Sasuke, Sakura, Gaara, Pakkun and Natsuki
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Sasuke, the known genius would have evaded the attack expertly, if not for his pink-haired teammate, rigid in his arms, shocked at his previous statement, as if she had not heard it before.
Apparently helpless, Sasuke shielded Sakura, albeit begrudgingly, waiting for the attack to connect.
Surprisingly, it never came.
Looking up, the two saw the sand shurikens get hurled back, sinking its sharp edge into another tree, with a loud 'thunk.'
Then an explosion, resounded through the forest, the young Uchiha now was looking around and saw that they were protected by an . . . absolute defense of some sort. . . unable to contain the surprise in his voice. "N-nani?"
Sakura, on the other hand, started squealing. "Sasuke-kun, you saved me again!"(-growls-Don't worry; she'll grow up soon enough.) She shrieked, hugging the boy to death. Absolutely forgetting his statement from before.
"Who is out there?" Gaara growled. "Reveal yourself, this instant you worthless being!!" Sasuke quickly shook off the banshee, wanting to know who had helped him. 'I swear, it better not be the dobe or else. I'm never going to live it down if he sees this.'
"It would help if you stopped fighting, Gaara." came a rather soft, quiet reply. All eyes turned to a small, blonde girl who was standing on a high branch. Her eyes were large and calculated, with a tint of innocence, although alert. But most of all, they're the color of calm, cloudless summer-skies. The eyes themselves gave off a soothing quality that cannot be replaced. Her sun-kissed hair was tied in a high ponytail, reaching her mid-back. Several golden bangs framed her heart-shaped face and draped over the hiate, that was tied tightly around forehead, almost like a halo. Her skin was a lightly brushed honey color, giving her an angelic glow. Similar and almost familiar, lines appeared on her cheeks. Three line on each side, as if they are whiskers. An obvious recognizable orange jumpsuit, that was more of a two-pieced, outfit, that had on an orange ninja slacks as well as t-shirt. She had a kunai and shuriken pouch strapped onto her left leg, fitting snugly around her narrow waist.
Her right arm was extended and her hand glowed, a pale blue aura surrounding it—the same blue of the absolute defense around Sasuke and Sakura. It didn't take much thought to figure out that she was their savior.
The sand jinchuuriki growled. "Who are you? Leave now or I will kill you," he hissed out, his jade eyes narrowing.
"I will not allow you to touch these two." was the composed, deadpanned reply from the unfazed girl. "As for my name, there is no need for you to know."
A certain raven-haired, Uchiha scoffed mentally, catching on instantly that it was none other than the dobe, Naruto, although wondering why he was looking the way he was at the moment.
The redhead growled and suddenly gave off a feral grin. "Mother says that you are strong. Very strong. She wants your blood. . and so do I." he said, lunging towards her.
The said blonde remained still, not moving from her spot. Right when the swirl of sand was a mere inch away from the shinobi, she disappeared in a swirl of leaves, only reappearing next to the stunned leaf genin's. Undoing her defense jutsu, she urgently asked, "Teme, Haruno-san, daijoubu desu ka?" Her voice was placid and laced with concern.
"We're fine, thanks. Are you the one who saved us?" Sakura asked, although on the inside she seeted. 'How dare this impotent girl, call Sasuke-kun a bastard! Cha! '
The mysterious blonde seemed hesitant to answer, but later said monotonously, "Hai. . "
"Who are you?" came a question form the usually stoic Uchiha. "You have a leaf hiate, and you know ornames. Yet, I've never seen you before." Asked Sasuke, knowing full well it was Naruto, confused as to what was going on.
"Who I am, is not important for the time being teme, I promise I'll tell you in due time."
At that moment, the three felt a massive amount of killing intent, an amount of chakra weighing down on them in massive amounts of pressure. There in the clearing. . . "How DARE you!" a certain redhead vessel bellowed. "You dare mock, mother?" He lunged at her, once more, his eyes changing into deep dark, cubic slits.
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". . .W-what's going on?" came the voice of Kazama Arashi, a groan escaping the pale lips, a certain Uchiha Headdress gave off the same reaction.
Orochimaru turned pale—paler than usual. "This is impossible!" the snake man snarled. "You are supposed to be under my control, there shouldn't be this kind of reaction!" The statement coming out into a slow hiss, eyes narrowed drastically/
Jiraiya gave him a grim look. "You fool, Orochimaru. This jutsu you planned, was only the exact opposite of what you tried to obtain. Once you release the talisman, the victim will get a new chance in life. This jutsu is the exact opposition on what you should have studied."
The two who were previously confused were now beyond shocked. "We're alive?!" Mikoto exclaimed. She then turned to see her husband and Hyuuga Hizashi battling with the Sandaime. "Fugaku-kun! Hizashi! Snap out of it!!"
Arashi quickly did, "Hirashin no Jutsu!" As soon as he said it that, the two possessed, men collapsed. Their pressure points were hit, leaving them immobile, the previous Hokage, using his technique, the increase of his speed was amazing.
Orochimaru's eyes widen in horror. 'Kuso!' He reached out and managed to grab both Mikoto and Arashi, shouting to Jiraiya, "Let's test this theory of yours, ne Jiraiya-kun? Will these two really get a second chance of life?"
Before one can bat an eyelash, a voice spoke, the words dripping with venom. "You let my wife and the Yondaime go right now, you bastard. . " came a hiss. Before anyone could react, Uchiha Fugaku had the Snake Sannin arm in a death grip, causing the pale man to let go of the two hostages, with a small snarl. Once that happened, the Uchiha grabbed a kunai, and plunged it deeply in the unsuspecting man's stomach. The vile man doubled over in pain, clutching his stomach from the excessive blow. "You BASTARD! First you massacre my clan, now you plan to destroy this village!"
The Snake Sannin knew he would need to come back, to put his plan to use once more, his previous failed attempt of the jutsu, decreasing his chakra input rapidly. Needing to know something, he looked up defiantly, choking slightly for air, he hissed, "…How?"
A chuckle brought them out of their musings. All eyes turned to Sarutobi, the third hokage, the old man's eyes danced with mirth. "It seems that this old coot is good for something, eh?"
"You traitorous old, man!" Orochimaru bellowed. They all turned to him, all eyebrows quirked in unison, as they heard the word 'traitorous' hissed. The vile Snake Sannin glared, and spat, "You and your pathetic village may have won this round, Sarutobi. But don't forget, I will see it through, that this village is CRUSHED!" With that, he left, the barrier dissolving, his henchmen gone, the only sign that Konoha was invaded was the wreckage that was left in its wake.
Standing their on the crusty, and semi-destroyed rooftop, The Sandaime, and Sannin turned and stared at the four figures in front of them, wondering what would become of their village now.
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This is my first fic, so please give me some slack. I know this chapter was a little confusing. Any questions will be cleared up later on in the story. Reviews are GREATLY appreciated, as are constructive criticism. It spurs up the updating process! -grins-
I'm not sure if all my chapters will be this long. I hope so, but we all know what can destroy that—WRITER'S BLOCK!!! Leave a review and I will feel inspired!!
Let's all thank Firekyoakira26921181 for her help!! (As well as a Beta?)
And a small note from Firekyoakira26921181- Konnichiwa, minna! Thanks for everyone who read this, and I hope you enjoyed my little, Imotou-chan's first fic! I was so excited when I was first asked to help her write this! Naruluvr-Imotou has my utmost gratitude!
This is my first time, helping to write a story TOGETHER with another, and also my first fic where Naruto is a GIRL!
I haven't really read one or written one before with Naruto as a girl, so please go easy on this one!
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Glossary/Translations:
Daijoubi desu ka?- Are you alright?
Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu—Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Jinchuuriki—Human sacrifice
Baka—stupid; idiot
-dono—a suffix that indicates the utmost respect
-san—a suffix to show mild to moderate respect and politeness
Kuso—damn
Nani- What?
-kun—an informal suffix to a boy but is usually used to show affection and adoration
Kunoichi—female shinobi
Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei—Summoning: Impure World Resurrection
Sannin—one of the 3 legendary shinobi under Sarutobi's tutelage
Hebe—Snake
Yarou—Bastard; Jerk
Teme-- you (informal); bastard (mild)
Shimatta—Oh no, (Also could be translated to 'Shit!') . . .I think?
Hirashin no Jutsu—Lightning Flash Technique
Dotan: Yomi Numa—Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld
Oiroke no Jutsu—Sexy Technique
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