Hey guys, this isn't exactly an inheritance cycle/naruto crossover... i just needed an element of Elva's power to go to Orochimaru. This is the result, enjoy :)

No part of the Inheritance Cycle or Naruto belongs to me

Naruto didn't know if he was sleeping or not. He recalled falling asleep after a hard day of tree climbing exercise and he specifically recalled sitting up and stretching with his eyes still closed and slowly opening them to see a strange girl with black hair and violet eyes watching him.

This is the part he doubted. He didn't know if the waking up bit was a part of his dream. But even if it was a dream he still needed to deal with the creepy girl.

"Hey you! Creepy weirdo! What'chya staring at?"

"Greetings Naruto, Fox Tamer." She ignored his question.

Naruto barely noticed the indignation emitted from his prisoner, so distracted was he by her voice. Though she had the body of a child her voice was one of a woman. He knew Sasuke was the same but on her it seemed ...unnatural.

"Who are you, huh? And how do you know my name?" His hand reached towards his weapons pouch.

"I am Elva of Alagaesia. I mean you no harm." She looked deep into his eyes, as if into the depths of his soul and said, "Eka aí fricai."

For some reason he was reassured and he relaxed, his hands moving back to their resting position on his knees.

"As to how I know your name, I have encountered you in a dream. I have lifted the veil that conceals your future from my mind and learnt of your misfortune."

Naruto's eyes brightened, "So you're a fortune-teller, huh? Hey! Hey! Please read my future for me."

A look of annoyance flashed across her face, "Be still and listen! Do not cheapen my profession by comparing it to that of a bone-thrower. I am a shield."

He scratched his head, "A shield? You don't look like a shield."

"I am the figurative interpretation of a shield but I have no wish to spend my time on petty arguments. All you need to know is that I have seen your misfortune and I pity you."

Naruto's face flashed with annoyance.

"Since you have managed to evoke such a rare emotion from me I have decided to reward you."

"Wait! Wait, wait, wait! You want to reward me coz I made you pity me?" He asked her incredulously.

Elva nodded once, "Listen closely, I will not repeat myself. I will tell you of a curse, similar yet dissimilar to my own. You might call it 'fuuinjustsu' but in my world we know it as words of power- the ancient language."

Naruto paid close attention as soon as he heard the word jutsu.

"You will soon meet an enemy...one of the most powerful you will encounter. He will be in disguise- a snake in sheep's clothing."

"Isn't it wolf?"

"Be quite and listen! When you meet him you must draw chakra to the palm of your hand and say 'atra ono waíse skölir frá ek rauthr' and trust your palm onto his forehead."

Naruto's eyes where wide, "How am I gonna remember that?"

"You will remember when the time is right. Farewell Naruto, Fox Tamer. Atra du evarínya ono varda." Then she turned and walked away, disappearing into the distance like a mirage.

And Naruto might have dreamt that he fell asleep again. When he awoke he encountered a pretty girl searching for medical herbs and he forgot all about his dream of the violet-eyed girl with the strange voice.

##

It was during the chunin examination, somewhere in the middle of the forest of death, where a snake-like man was fast approaching him that he recalled 'a snake in sheep's clothing' and his hands automatically begun to draw chakra as he shouted in a voice not quite his own 'atra ono waíse skölir frá ek rauthr' thrusting hard into the snake sannins forehead while perfectly evading his outstretched hand.

The sannin screamed in pain and quickly retreated. A silver spiral forming between his brows- a perfect copy of the Uzumaki seal.

"What have you done, you stupid boy?"

Naruto smiled proudly, "I have just unwrapped a gift -ttebayo."

"Well then, I'll just have to make sure that is the last gift you ever unwrapped." And he pulled out a kunai and sprung forward to attack the jinchuriki again, but just before he could brain Naruto, he dropped the kunai- screaming in pain while clutching at his own head.

"You have angered me, boy!" He spat, crouched at Naruto's knees. When Naruto lifted his own kunai his body dispersed into dozens of snakes. Just before his face disappeared in the wriggling masses he spoke, promising to return very soon.

Naruto waited until every snake disappeared before rushing to help Sakura with Sasuke.

##

During Naruto's fight with Kiba in the prelims to the final round of the exam, one sensei from Otogakure fainted when Naruto was punched in the face.

Sakura looked at him with a raised brow and asked Kakashi, "How did he ever become a jonin?"

Kakashi shrugged.

##

As Naruto stood against Neji, in the first match of the final rounds of the chunin exams, the Kazekage begun to violently shiver.

The third Hokage looked at him in concern, "Are you alright Kazekage?"

His only response was a muttering of "Must resist" and "Must not faint".

Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to ignore the crazed leader of Sand and focus on Naruto's match, and what an interesting match it was. Filled with complex family relationships and talks of fate. One could go a long way without finding such a personal discussion integrated into an action filled match displayed to an eavesdropping and gossip-prone stadium.

And it was about to get even more interesting with Neji preparing to strike and close off Naruto's Tenketsu points with his clan jutsu...or at least he would have- if the Kazekage didn't jump off the Kage observation deck, like a suicidal maniac, and stand protectively before Naruto.

'Oh?' the Hokage scratched his chin, 'that was unexpected.'

'...At least somebody's Tenketsu points got closed off.'

##

"Even if I can't mould chakra I can still defeat a half dead geezer!" Orochimaru laughed like a maniac.

After getting struck by Neji's jutsu, the match was paused temporarily to politely remind the Kazekage about the rules. He was escorted back to the Kage observation deck while Naruto screamed at Neji about whether it was fate that made a Kage defend a dead-last. The match resumed as normal with Neji picking up where he left off and blocking Naruto's Tenketsu points.

Up in the observation desk, the Kazekage fainted.

Sakura stared wide-eyed up at the commotion happening on the rooftop and turned to Kakashi -who managed to make it to Naruto's match due to the long delay- with a raised brow, "And he became Kazekage...how exactly?"

Kakashi shrugged.

The Kazekage came too when Sasuke and Gaara where fighting and signalled at Kabuto to begin a genjutsu that put the entire stadium to sleep.

He grabbed the Hokage and escaped to higher ground while simultaneously revealing himself as Orochimaru.

The Sound four erected a barrier around them while Orochimaru raved on about defeating the Hokage.

Hiruzen clicked his tongue, "You have a weak constitution Orochimaru. Has your deflection from Konoha caused you to stay out of the sun for too long? You know how unhealthy that is."

"Shut up!" Orochimaru's eyes turned wild, "I didn't faint because of a weak consistution! That Kyuubi brat put some sort of seal on me!"

He raised an eyebrow, "You were defeated by a thirteen year old? And you expect to defeat me?"

"He used a forbidden jutsu! I'm sure of it! And when I find out what it is I will use it against everyone in Konoha!"

Orochimaru then begun to heave and cough and a snake emerged from his throat with a sword emerging from the snakes throat.

The Hokage's nose pulled at the corners in distaste, "That's disgusting, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru just laughed, his voice indistinguishable since he couldn't put his lips together. "This is Kusanagi, it can penetrate everything, the hardest armour and the thickest skin."

"So you are going to fight me with your tongue, since you can't use your hand?"

"It's only a matter of time," he replied before striking.

Sarutobi dodged while performing the necessary seals for a summoning technique.

Enma appeared before them, "So you finally meet Orochimaru in battle, old friend? What is your will?"

"I want you to transform into my staff."

Soon the aged leader was wielding his legendary staff as he dodged stikes and thrusts from Orochimaru's tongue wielded sword.

After continuing in such a manner for a while, Orochimaru began to laugh, "It is time. This is the highlight of the tournament. I can't wait to see your face when you meet your teachers again, you old geezer."

Sarutobi watched in horror as he raised his hands to pull Kusanagi out of his mouth and begun forming seals to an unknown jutsu.

He slammed his palms to the ground "Edo Tens-"

Then he begun to screaming in agony, clutching at his head.

"Ahhh- must protect...NOO! SAKURA! SASUKE! Arrrggh!"

Sarutobi watched in confusion as he grabbed Kusanagi and thrust it through the sound barrier, breaking it and running off into the woods with a couple of ANBU and Kakashi hot on his trail.

'I must find out what this jutsu of Naruto's is.'

##

Naruto was just about to perform a super awesome summoning technique when a rush of sand flew towards him and would have encompassed him completely if he wasn't pushed out of the way by a familiar creepy snake-man.

The sannin would have been completely crushed if he didn't manage to summon a snake in time.

He jumped on his summons head, kunai drawn and shot forward towards the Sand's jinchuriki intending to kill but just before he could reach his intended target a blond head shot up and stood protectively in front of him.

Orochimaru managed to stop in time but not before the kunai made a shallow cut to Naruto's cheek, then he fell down in a dead faint.

Sakura, who was dropped when Gaara released his jutsu in surprise, blinked at the scene before her.

"This is a Sannin? How did he become one if he has such a poor constitution?"

Kakashi, who just managed to catch up to them, shrugged and signalled to the ANBU to haul Orochimaru's ass to Torture and Interrogation.

In another world a girl with violet eyes smirked, 'Maybe I made Naruto pour in a little too much chakra.'

##

Orochimaru rubbed his hands in glee.

He had just successfully completed his body transfer jutsu while the perfect Uchiha host was this moment making his way towards him.

He frowned as he thought of his new vessel and what prevented him from making Sasuke his new body immediately.

As punishment, Konoha thought it prudent to seal his body away since 'the damn cockroach just wouldn't die', but during the sealing process Kabuto had managed to put his rescue mission into operation resulting in only a part of his body being sealed away. His hands. His jutsu's. Both gone, like his tenketsu's where yet again blocked. He was forced to do a body transfer since Tsunade refused to help him.

Damn woman.

But soon, very soon...well... as soon as three years. Sasuke would be his. The time would pass by quickly and he could use the time to make his vessel even stronger.

'Yes! Yes, this could work to an adv-'

Orochimaru screamed and jumped out a window running south as fast as he could.

Kabuto could only watch, Orochimaru's meds in hand.

Damn it!

He knew he should've made him have it before meals.

##

Naruto could see it in Sasuke's eyes... It was the look of a person who has been driven to the edge with no way of returning.

...And he just knew something drastic was about to happen.

But Naruto would never give up. That was his nindo. If Sasuke couldn't find a way of returning Naruto would just have to carve one out for him.

So when Sasuke fired up a chidori he didn't move. Not even slightly to prevent a fatal blow to the heart. He stood still, having faith in Elva's jutsu.

And sure enough, when the chidori fell it hit not Naruto but the Snake Sannin Orochimaru.

Sasuke groaned in frustration.

"Can you, just once, stay out of Naruto's fight?!" He demanded.

"To be fair, he didn't interfere with my battle against Haku."

"He didn't even know you back then. Why is he doing it anyway? Is he in love with you?"

Naruto frowned in thought, "I dunno what that jutsu was actually supposed to do."

"He is a pathetic weak man," Sasuke scowled down at him.

Orochimaru tried to defend himself through his pain but found himself not quite up to the task.

"I bet Kakashi is waaaay stronger than him. You're better off back in the village."

Sasuke snorted, "Kakashi isn't helping me get powerful quickly enough."

"Well what about the other two sannin? I heard that Orochimaru's an ant compared to them."

Orochimaru coughed up blood as he tried to scoff in indignation.

"Orochimaru seems like an ant compare to Sakura even. I don't know how he convinced me to join him."

Naruto patted him on the back comfortingly "We all have those days. It happens to the best of us. And I know I might sound like Neji here but maybe you were meant to grow and become powerful and defeat your brother in the right time at the right place. Just let these things happen in their own time."

Sasuke stiffened, eyes turning red.

"...buuut if you don't want to, I know a great jutsu that I don't mind sharing with you."

Sasuke raised his head, "A jutsu?"

Naruto grinned, "I call it 'the figurative shield'."

As they chatted Kakashi appeared with Pakkun. He took in the situation from afar- gathering that two genin of thirteen managed to take down one of the Legendary Sannin- before finally making his way over to the bickering boys.

After giving them a quick "Good job, you two", he crouched down at the sannin's side.

"There's something I've been dying to ask you for days."

"What is that?" The Snake summoner barely managed to whisper.

Kakashi gave an eye-smile, "How did you ever manage to become a ninja?"

Orochimaru tried to blink away the tears.

Translations:

Eka aí fricai - I am a friend

atra ono waíse skölir frá ek rauthr - May you be a shield from my misfortune (I edited it a bit to make it 'my' misfortune- not sure if its right)

Atra du evarínya ono varda - May the stars watch over you

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