Hey all. This is my first ever Naruto fanfic. I got this idea from SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan as he is one of my favorite writers. I kinda stole off from one of his stories just for the first chapter but I promise things will start to mix up next chapter. I wanted to give him a shoutout for inspiring me on this, and if 't already, I recommend checking him out. He's amazing with what he does. Now, without the fan girling going on, here you guys are.
"You sure you have this?" Shikamaru questioned. He and Naruto stood on one branch, their enemy on another just in front of them, blocking them from continuing their pursuit. The blonde shinobi held a fist out with a wide grin.
"I can handle her, believe it. You just need to get to Sasuke, I'll be right behind you." Shikamaru nodded before he took out a kunai. He took a step towards Naruto and placed his back to his as he smirked.
"Fine then. We'll just do this together," he bluffed. The enemy in front of them was none other than Tayuya of Orochimaru's elite sound members. She had long, dark pink hair that reached her mid back, a black cap with bandages wrapped around her head. Her eyes were a dark brown and her skin was slightly pale. She wore a tan tunic with black shorts and sandals. She was known to have a foul mouth and quick temper but from what Shikamaru analyzed she had no real weapon to use against them. He questioned on what she really had to use against them. Was she a heavy ninjutsu user? Or possibly taijutsu? Or maybe...genjutsu. These questions continued to run through his head before he then noticed Naruto began his attack.
Naruto quickly casted his signature hand sign, the Shadow Clone Jutsu, one appearing, and it grabbed his arm throwing him at Tayuya where he pulled a kunai and threw it at her. The sound ninja pulled out a flute and blocked the attack, Naruto then pulling another kunai and connecting it with her flute.
"Now!" Naruto shouted. Shikamaru jumped over the two and didn't look back as he sped through the trees. Tayuya glanced back where he disappeared to and mentally cursed herself. It was a bluff.
"Damn. Fucking brats..." She complained to herself. She shifted back to focus her attention on Naruto, but by that time he was gone. She widened her eyes as she looked around to see where he went. She only looked away for a few seconds, he couldn't just vanish like that.
"Now that he's gone I can't rid myself of that facade." A voice echoed around the sound ninja, nerving her as well as angering. She was confused as to what the voice meant. It sounded like the blonde idiot but it was calmer, deeper, and actually tantalizing.
"The hell are you talking about?" She demanded, still looking around. Wind picked up around her as it blew slightly, leaves falling around her. It focused around her, causing her to raise her hand to deflect the leaves from obscuring her vision. Naruto appeared from a swirl of leaves just behind her, facing back to back.
"Tayuya, I want you," Naruto stated simply. The sound ninja's eyes widened. She was confused and the only way she took it was in no way positive. She blushed from the tone he carried with it and it slightly infuriated her at how flustered she had just become.
"W-whats that suppose to me?!" She stuttered. She spun around to see Naruto gone, his sudden appearance above her head surprising her. He looked down at her with those same eyes from early, but his posture wasn't the same as he was more relaxed and didn't look in the slightest worried.
"Its simple. I want you for your potential," he said. Tayuya stood up confused.
"Potential?" She repeated. Naruto nodded. He once again disappeared and reappeared to the branch he first stood on. She shot back towards him, growing angrier by the second. He was toying with her and she hated to be taken lightly.
"You have a lot of it and I can help you tap into it. I can make you strong, stronger than Orochimaru himself, if you so desire." Tayuya's eyes went wide at this. She couldn't believe what this kid was saying.
'Stronger than Orochimaru? How?! This kid doesn't know what he's talking about.' Tayuya's thoughts were interrupted by the burning in her neck of Orochimaru's curse mark. It was beginning to spread and she couldn't help but grit her teeth. Why was it forcing its way out? Did it actually realize this brat as a potential threat and proceed to throw her into the first level? She only growled silently at the fact that Orochimaru didn't trust that she could do this without his little "gift."
She placed a hand on it as the pain increased only making her thoughts harder to keep. The blonde walked towards her, catching her attention before she continued to wince in pain. She stepped back to which he continued with a look she couldn't recognize. What was this new look in his eyes, it was almost like he could understand her. That look, she's seen it so many times in herself. What could he understand about her though?
"The curse mark seems to be troubling you," he said." What if I could remove it," he asked. Tayuya's eyes widened. She then smiled despite the pain she was feeling. Though it wasn't a smile of amusement, it was one of sadness. This mark that she was "blessed" with couldn't be removed as long as Orochimaru lived. Hence why it was called a "curse mark."
"Shit, if you could do that, I'll give you all of me," she said jokingly. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he gained a smirk that made her shiver. He couldn't...could he?
"Mind, spirit, and body?" He questioned. The last one made Tayuya widened her eyes with a blush on her cheeks. She had to calm herself down. There was no way a brat like him could do it, she had nothing to worry about. But she still had doubt in her mind and it kept showing the more she stayed silent. The curse mark spread further causing her to cringe in pain. She calmed herself and sighed.
"Sure kid. Mind, spirit, and smoking hot body." Naruto grinned as he flashed forwards in front of her. She was surprised at his speed but could care less as the pain increased the more the mark spread. It was stronger than before only concluding that, it was indeed, the blonde shinobi before her.
"Excellent," was all he said before moving the sound kunoichi's hand and placing his over the curse mark. She felt weird but the pain brought her attention to it, forcing her to kneel. It was a few moments of pain for the sound ninja before she felt another powerful surge of it. This one was different from the others. It was painful but then it felt warming like it was slowly trying to remove the remaining pain. Then...there was no pain. Her eyes widened as she felt her neck, running her fingers over the spot where, the thing that enslaved her, took a piece of her away, practically made herself who she was today, use to be. Now, there were no signs of the curse mark. It was gone. She checked her body to see the markings gone as well. There were no urges to kill for Orochimaru. It was...gone.
"W-what the hell did you do?" She questioned softly. Naruto cocked his head to the side, looking innocently towards the kunoichi.
"What do you mean? I removed the curse mark," he said as if it was an everyday thing. Tayuya narrowed her eyes as she grabbed him by the collar of his jumpsuit. She lifted him up, gritting her teeth as she stared into the blonde's eyes.
"Yeah, but how you little shit?!" Naruto just hung there, looking into her eyes with an amused smile.
"That'll be my little secret." She held him tighter. She had a flood of emotions. From killing this brat, to anger, to relief, to wanting to thank him for this. It was finally gone and this brat was to blame. She could still only scarcely believe it but she was finally free. Her heart fluttered and finally her eyes softened the more she looked towards her savior. It was only a matter of seconds before, out of nowhere, she mashed her lips to his. Naruto was slightly surprised but reciprocated the action. It was only a few seconds before Tayuya pulled back and grinned at the blonde. She shook her head.
"Well, a deals a deal. You have me," she said. Naruto kept a smile but inside he was so conflicted.
'Are all women like this? One second she hates me, the next, she's full blast on making out.' He sweatdropped at that but his kept his original mask.
"You kept your word, another good thing that I find about you," he said. Tayuya's smirked switch to a teasing grin.
"There's many more too," she said with a wink. Naruto blushed, Tayuya laughing at him." Relax, I'm fucking with you." Naruto sighed before looking at the position he was still in.
"Can you put me down?" He asked. Tayuya complied and placed him down, slightly blushing as she had forgotten. Naruto then proceeded to pull out the kunai he threw at her at the beginning and spun it in his hand. He then looked towards Tayuya with a serious look." Do you trust me?" He questioned. Tayuya rose an eyebrow confused before slowly she nodded. Naruto closed his eyes before he charged her and stabbed her in her side, careful not to hit any vital organs. Tayuya fell over and clutched her the wound as Naruto splattered the blood from the kunai against a few trees.
"What the hell?!" She yelled at him. She stopped her quick bantering to see Naruto stab himself in his leg and quickly wrap the wound. With that he did the same thing that he did with hers. She stood, clutching her side to keep the bleeding down.
"Okay, so what the fuck was that?" She asked. Naruto turned back towards her after finishing with the last tree.
"Oh, well this is for if someone comes along. This should suffice enough to make it look like we fought. But then you fled back to Orochimaru and I continued after Shikamaru and Sasuke." Tayuya was slightly surprised at the blonde. He seemed like a total dunce but he actually seemed pretty intelligent.
"So, what do we do now?" She asked. Naruto glanced back towards her.
"We'll chase down Sasuke and Shikamaru. If time serves, Shikamaru will be seriously wounded, allowing us to recover him and return to the leaf." Tayuya couldn't really find a hole in the plan, except...
"And what about me? I can't just stroll in there hand in hand with you," she stated. In her thoughts she thought about it, picturing the scene.' Doesn't sound too bad though.' She blushed but quickly shook it away.
"Your comrade, Kimimaro, he's a bone user, correct?" The blonde asked, Tayuya shocked at that.
"How'd you know?" Naruto shrugged.
"I could sense that he wasn't normal. It also seemed that his body structure was different, almost as if he had control over it." Tayuya was now blown away. This kid was a down right genius. He really thought all this out.
"Ready?" He asked. Tayuya grinned.
"Fuck it, let's go." With that they both pursued the duo who had left before them.
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"Shit...this guy, he's too strong in this state...I've got to think of something. Lee's down, so what can I do?" Shikamaru was trying to contemplate a plan as the man in front of him stood with a bone sword in hand. He had snow white hair and his skin was a dark brown, his eyes golden with black markings around them. He was shirtless with black pants that were cut at mid calf, as well as a purple, rope-like belt around his waist. He wore bandages at his ankles with black sandals. Finally, at his back were six large bone fragments, poking out from the skin.
Shikamaru grit his teeth as he tried to find away out. Naruto wasn't here, Lee was by his side unconscious, and any form of back up seemed out of the question. He had severe cuts all over his body and a gash where the man had got a good stab at. He was losing consciousness and his body was slowly failing him.
"You fought well, but this is where it ends," Kimimaro stated as he rose his bone above his head. Shikamaru clenched his eyes shut. After a few moments, he opened them, curious of why he wasn't dead. His eyes widened as there in front of him stood Naruto, blocking the bone sword with his kunai.
"N...Naruto..." He muttered. The blonde looked back with a smile.
"Told you I'd be right behind you," he proclaimed with a smirk.
"What of...the sound chick?" He questioned. Naruto kept his grin.
"I had her retreating to the slimy snake, Orochimaru." This caught Kimimaro's immediate attention.
"Hmm? Did you now? Well, she shall be punished by Orochimaru severely. Most likely that he'll just kill her." Kimimaro kept his emotionless mask as he and Naruto separated finally. Shikamaru couldn't hold on much longer and passed out next to Naruto. The blonde dropped his stance after checking to make sure he was unconscious.
"Kimimaro?" Naruto spoke, gaining the sound ninja's attention." I have no reason for pursuing Sasuke at this point." This surprised the bone user to where he dropped his mask and gained a confused look.
"What do you mean?" He questioned, dropping his stance. Naruto crossed his arms, gaining a serious look that didn't match him well.
"In other words. With the little time you have left, its best to get Sasuke to Orochimaru. Tayuya didn't flee but was killed in battle," Naruto stated. Kimimaro thinned his lips.
"I see, well Orochimaru shall at least be pleased for Sasuke's arrival. Thank you
Naruto." With that Kimimaro turned and picked the empty barrel that contained Sasuke before beginning his chase after him.
Naruto waited until he could no longer sense the sound ninja before looking back.
"Okay," he said into the tree line. Tayuya then appeared, still clutching her side as it darkened with a little more blood staining her tunic. Naruto picked up Shikamaru, draping his arm over his shoulder, Tayuya doing the same with Lee.
"So what's the plan?" The kunoichi asked. Naruto began to head back in the direction of the Hidden Leaf Village.
"For now, its best we get back to the village. Hopefully, we'll get lucky and have someone find us. Till then, we're on our own." Naruto disappeared behind the tree line, Tayuya soon to follow.
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Naruto couldn't remember what happened when he finally woke up. All that he did remember was at some point he stabbed himself in his stomach before both he and Shikamaru, who was still unconscious, hit the ground. After that, the last thing he remembered hearing was the sounds of someone nearby heading in his and the other three's direction.
After a few moments of regaining consciousness, he began to hear murmurs as if people were talking. Naruto opened his eyes slightly. He then squinted them at the bright white light that filled his vision before he covered it with his hand. Once his adjusted, he sat up in his bed to see Tsunade and Shizune at the foot of his bed, watching him in silence.
"Naruto," Shizune said with relief. He went to try and move but winced at the pain from his earlier action.
"You shouldn't move too much, you lost a lot of blood and those wounds can still reopen." Naruto gave her a deadpanned look. He had pretty good healing abilities, he wouldn't be in here for long.
"That wound was still pretty deep," came a deep, heavy voice. Naruto blinked for a but before realizing who it was.
'Oh, Kuruma. I forgot that you were there. You were silent during the whole mission,' Naruto thought. He then entered his mind scape where Kuruma laid behind his cage, lazily wagging his tails behind him.
"You didn't want me in the way so I took the time to rest." Naruto nodded as he entered the cage, taking a seat on Kuruma's head.
'So, why decide now to speak?' Naruto questioned.
"Simple kit. I just woke up." Naruto chuckled inwardly.
'I'll leave you to that, it seems things outside are about to start getting interesting,' Naruto replied. The kyuubi smirked as he lazily closed his eyes.
"Just don't do anything stupid kit."
'Oh please, I'm all about stupid.' With that Naruto opened his eyes back to see Tsunade and Shizune staring at him.
"I'm sorry, I zoned out. What did you say grandma?" He questioned. Tsunade grew a tic mark but sighed, composing herself, before she repeated.
"What of Sasuke?" She questioned. Naruto's eyes fell.
"He got away... I couldn't even attempt to stop him..." A knock was at the door.
"Come in," Tsunade said. In walked Kakashi Hatake. He wore his usual mask and headband eye cover with the usual Hidden Leaf shinobi attire. He gave Naruto an eye smile as he walked forward.
"Hey Naruto. How are you feeling?" He asked. Naruto gave him a soft smile.
"I'm alright Kakashi-sensei." The white haired man nodded.
"Now that we have you here Kakashi, could you explain what happened upon your arrival when you found Naruto?" Tsunade asked. Kakashi turned towards the Hokage.
"When I arrived, Naruto had just passed out, most likely from blood loss. He was accompanied by Shikamaru and Rock Lee as well as the sound ninja." At that moment, the door burst open and in charged Anko Mitarashi. She marched her way towards Tsunade where she stopped her heel.
Anko has light brown, pupil-less eyes. Her hair violet and styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She wears her usual attire consisting of a fitted mesh body suit that stretches from her neck down to her thighs. Over this was a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam and a pocket on each side, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, and pale grey shin guards. In addition to the typical forehead protector she also wore a small pendant that looks like a snake fang and a wrist watch.
"Lady Hokage, you can't be serious with this sound ninja!" She exclaimed, pointing back towards Tayuya who was leaning against the door, bandages wrapped around her midsection. Tsunade looked at the sound ninja before back at Anko.
"What do you mean?" She questioned clueless. Anko grit her teeth.
"I mean allowing the enemy into the village." This got Tayuya slightly.
"Hey, if it wasn't for me, blondy over there wouldn't even be here. So why not calm the fuck down," she retaliated. Anko turned back and stepped towards the kunoichi.
"And how do I know you're not spying for Orochimaru?" She seethed. Tayuya stepped forward towards her.
"Because I hated that paedophile of a man...woman...snake thing." Anko narrowed her eyes.
"Oh yeah? Ten minutes in the torture chambers, bet that'll have you squealing." Tayuya waved it off as nothing.
"Big talk for a former apprentice of Orochimaru." That got Anko furious.
"Why I ought to-"
"Anko, enough!" Tsunade ordered. Anko went to reply but Tsunade narrowed her eyes, shutting her up." Now, on with you," she began, looking at Tayuya.
"Plain and simple, I broke off from the fuck boy Orochimaru and survived the removal of my curse mark. I found blondy when he was battling Kimimaro and helped him, along with the other two brats, escape." Tsunade nodded before turning to Naruto.
"Is that true?" She asked, to which Naruto nodded. Tsunade turned back to Tayuya and bowed slightly, surprising everyone in the room.
"Thank you for saving them. I could only ask what I could do in return to repay you for this." Tayuya casted a glance to Naruto who nodded without arousing everyone's suspicion.
"I would like to stay here with the brat. He did have some hand in helping free me of Orochimaru..." Tsunade rose a brow at this before turning to Naruto.
"And you're okay with this?" Naruto shrugged.
"She did save my life after all." Tsunade sighed.
"Fine."
"What?!" Anko bursted out. She was in complete disbelief more than anyone else." You can not be serious Lady Hokage!" Tsunade once again gave her a hardened glaze. Anko bit her tongue as she grew more enraged before promptly leaving the room. Tsunade sighed, rubbing her forehead with a hand before turning back to the group.
"I have other patients to attend to, so if you don't mind." With that, both she and Shizune left.
"Well, I should be heading out as well. Take care Naruto." Kakashi then left the room leaving only Naruto and Tayuya. It was a few moments of silence.
"So, you have a crush on me or something?" Naruto questioned with a teasing grin. However, the answer he got wasn't what he was expecting.
"Maybe, but that's my little secret." Naruto blushed at that. Tayuya laughed before clutching her side from the slight jolt of pain. Naruto chuckled before patting the bed, prompting Tayuya to sit. She complied, taking a seat on the edge of the bed, looking down at the floor.
"So, what kind of potential do you see in me?" She questioned. Naruto was caught off guard by the question but kept a solid face as he answered.
"The potential to do just about anything. Your genjutsu is strong but it can become stronger with the proper training." Tayuya didn't say anything but Naruto could see she wanted more information." Okay, do you know of the three best genjutsu users?" He questioned. Tayuya thought for a bit before shaking her head. Naruto only sighed.
"Itachi Uchiha, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shisui Uchiha. They are known to be the best of the best with genjutsu and you have the potential to surpass them if you train." This caught Tayuya as she went wide eyed at this. Before she could respond though, a voice interrupted them.
"Hey kid," came one of the legendary Sannin's. It was none other than the Toad Sage Jiraiya.
"Hey pervy sage," Naruto said bluntly. Jiraiya gained a tic mark.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" He shouted.
"I'll stop calling you that when you stop your 'research.'" Naruto returned which made Jiraiya huff and fold his arms, turning his back to the blonde.
"What're you doing here anyways, pervy sage?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya unfolded his arms and turned back towards Naruto, gaining a serious look.
"I heard about what happened with Sasuke," he said. Naruto lowered his eyes again.
"Yeah..." He muttered. He clenched the sheets tightly. Tayuya, who was quiet throughout the entire exchange, looked at the blonde, feeling sorry for him even though she knew it was all an act.
"So, I decided that were going to go on a little trip," he said. The boy looked up at this, curiosity in his eyes.
"Trip?" He repeated.
"Yup. I'll train you personally under me for three years," Jiraiya stated. Naruto knitted his brows before leaning forward.
"But we have to go after Sasuke!" He replied." We don't exactly have three years!"
"Actually, you do," Tayuya stated. Jiraiya turned towards her with a raised brow. Naruto turned to her with a confused look." Orochimaru can't change whenever he wants. He has to wait a certain amount of time before he can switch bodies. It'd be best to train within that amount of time." Naruto seemed to ponder this before looking towards the Toad Sage.
"Okay pervy sage. I'll do it!" Jiraiya seemed to be thinking as he didn't respond to his name Naruto gave him.
'She calmed him down and helped him think rationally. Who is this girl?' He thought before returning to Naruto.
"Alright then. I do have some important matters to take care of for a few weeks but I'll tell you a few days in advance before we leave so you can prepare yourself." Naruto nodded before Jiraiya gave a two finger salute and disappeared from the window sill. Naruto sighed in relief as he laid back and shut his eyes.
"So, how'd I do?" Tayuya asked. Naruto smirked with his eyes still closed.
"You're very adaptive. Another perk that you've surprised me with." She blushed at the compliment.
"Well, you're acting is pretty good yourself. I honestly believed you for a second there when he asked about Sasuke." Naruto chuckled as he looked at her with half lidded eyes, the red head returning the look. She climbed over the bed towards him and straddled his lap.
"We do have a few moments by ourselves," the sound ninja said with a seductive smirk. Naruto grinned back at her as they both leaned in and kissed each other.
Yay. First chapter done! I hope you all really enjoyed it and I can't wait to hear all the feedback. Review and PM ideas. I'm always open. Love you all.
-stormgreywolf