I do not own Naruto Shippuden or any of the characters. I do own Naruto's Aura Spheres and shape shifting. I also own Hinata's shape shifting. I own Moryo's new form and I own Naruto's Kekkei Genkai and ability to use the Rinnegan.
New Naruto
Naruto really hated exams and the simple fact that he was stuck doing one with a bunch of snot nosed brats was torture. It was worse because after two and a half years he still couldn't answer a single question. He was trying to become a chunin but couldn't answer a single question because he had only trained to use jutsus, not to know how to counter them. Eventually he began thinking of all of his fights with the Akatsuki and slapped his forehead. He had countered hundreds of jutsus while fighting them. He quickly wrote down answers to the questions and within five minutes the instructor told the class that only Naruto had passed. He also made a comment about having to change all of the other tests. All of the students left but Naruto was stopped by the instructor.
"In my book you're already a jounin so I'm giving you a fair warning," The instructor said. "You'll be tested as a jounin instead of a chunin. Also, if you use your sage mode they'll fail you."
"Thank you for the warning," Naruto said. "If I somehow pass what rank will I be?"
"Not sure," the instructor said. "Lady Tsunade was still thinking about jumping you to jounin."
Naruto nodded and left. He had defeated all six of Nagato's puppets when they had attacked but he still had to go through the chunin exam to be called anything but a genin. He had even killed a demon named Moryo who would have destroyed the entire planet. He had killed many more dangerous enemies than that in his life. He hated that all of his friends would be watching him struggle to catch up to them.
"Why can't I ever just be at the same level as my friends?" Naruto asked himself bitterly.
"Because their all better than you," a voice said behind him.
"No kidding," Naruto said before he realized that he recognized the voice and spun around.
It was the priestess of the land of demons. He had saved her from Moryo and then had agreed to marry her without realizing it. She had eventually told him what she had meant and he had decided he should probably go home. She had known he would but she had still had the chance to laugh at him. When he saw her he almost said something stupid but caught himself and instead just said hello.
"Good to see you," Naruto said. "Why are you here?"
"I came to see if my favorite genin could make it to chunin," She said.
"Shion," Naruto whined. "Do you really have to rub it in?"
"Yep," Shion said.
Naruto just laughed and began walking away. She grabbed his hand and he felt something get pressed into it. He looked at it and saw that it was the same bell that she had put on the back of his shirt which saved him from being killed by Moryo.
"I can't take this," Naruto said. "It's cheating. I'll be fine."
She nodded and took the bell back. They started walking toward Naruto's house when she decided to make fun of him some more.
"So," Shion began, "are you still a ramen addict? Or did you finally get rehab so that you wouldn't get as fat as Cho-"
Before she could finish the name Naruto put a hand over her mouth.
"Never, ever call him fat," Naruto warned. "Not unless you have a death wish. Understand?"
She nodded so he took his hand back. They continued walking and within a couple minutes they arrived.
"See you later," Shion said.
"Yeah," Naruto said.
She hugged him then turned and left. He went inside and saw that he had a surprise waiting. Sakura, Hinata, and the rest of Naruto's friends were sitting in his living room with a cake that had candles that were already lit.
"Surprise!" Everyone said together.
"What's the occasion?" Naruto asked.
"You really haven't realized it yet have you?" Hinata asked.
"It's the day you beat Pein," Sakura asked.
"And the day that Nagato gave his life to save everyone I almost lost," Naruto said.
They all went silent and after a moment Naruto leaned against the wall and sighed.
"Someone going to pass out the cake?" Naruto asked.
Sakura handed out slices of cake and they all ate. When they were done everyone slowly left one at a time. Finally only Hinata was left. She had told Naruto that she loved him when she had fought Tendo Pein and that had caused Naruto to go on a rampage and nearly destroy the entire Leaf Village. Ever since then they hadn't had time to talk alone.
"So," Hinata said. "You might become a jounin."
"Yeah," Naruto said.
"Guess you won't have any more time to hang out with the rest of us," Hinata said.
"Not a chance," Naruto said. "I'll always have time to spend with my friends."
Hinata smiled weakly and it was obvious that she didn't believe him. He set his empty plate down and walked over. He hugged her and she hugged him back. They stayed like that for a few minutes.
Then Naruto pulled away and asked, "Did you mean it?"
Hinata knew what he was talking about.
"Every word," Hinata said.
Naruto was about to say something else but someone knocked on the door and he reluctantly went to answer it. It was Kakashi who was there to tell Naruto that Tsunade wanted to speak with him. He thanked Kakashi and closed the door.
"I should go," Hinata said.
Naruto nodded and she left before he could say good bye. He went to Tsunade's office and found her waiting with a bottle of brandy and a stack of betting tickets as tall as him.
"I take it you lost," Naruto said pointing at the brandy.
"Yes," Tsunade said. "I was just about to start drinking."
"Did you send for me?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," Tsunade said. "I've decided that if you pass the exam you will not be allowed to jump to the level of jounin."
"Why?" Naruto asked evenly.
"Well for one," Tsunade said. "You're about as mature as a ninja in the academy."
"And the other reason?" Naruto asked.
"It's come to my attention that you have already chosen who you would like as a team," Tsunade said.
"Yes," Naruto said.
"You're full of yourself," Tsunade said. "You already expected to be a jounin."
"No," Naruto said. "I expected I would fail. I chose a team just so that if I did pass I would be prepared."
"Who was your team going to be if you could choose?" Tsunade asked.
"Hinata, Neji, and Kiba," Naruto said. "Plus Choji and Shikamaru if I could have extra."
"Tall order," Tsunade said. "I would have given you Neji and Hinata, but the other three are needed elsewhere."
"Thank you for telling me ahead of time," Naruto said. "Is that all?"
"Yes," Tsunade said. "You can go."
Naruto left and Shizune came in.
"You're not going to make him a jounin?" Shizune asked.
"Of course I am," Tsunade said. "I just want to see how surprised he gets."
Naruto went to Jiraiya's grave and knelt. He told Jiraiya everything he had done in the past week and told him about the exam.
"Looks like I'll never make jounin after all huh?" Naruto said.
"Don't give up kid," A toad summon said from behind Naruto.
"Where'd you come from?" Naruto asked.
"The second test will begin soon," the toad said. "You should go now."
Naruto thanked him and pulled out Asuma's Chakra Blades. He had gotten them as a gift from Shikamaru on his birthday. He went to the second test and was told that there were two scrolls that he had to find. Like the last time he had to not open them until he reached the tower then an instructor would remove the trap. They didn't actually say that the scroll was trapped but Naruto knew they were from his first chunin exam. They sent him into the field and he began searching for scrolls. As he was walking along he knew that he was being watched by cameras but also knew that there was something else in the field. It wasn't literally a field. It was a forest. He saw something move on his left and suddenly Hinata stepped out of the trees.
"Hey Naruto," Hinata said.
"Your not supposed to be here, Genjutsu," Naruto said. "You honestly think that after everything I've been through I wouldn't know a Genjutsu when I saw one?"
"Well," Hinata said.
"Besides," Naruto said. "I know Hinata better than Genjutsu and she is currently on the sparring field watching me talk to a tree or log, maybe a rock."
Suddenly Hinata turned gray and grew until she was seven feet tall. He skin boiled off leaving the muscle exposed and the clothes fell away. He was glad that it was hard to tell what anything was. He threw a kunai with a paper bomb attached at the creature and began walking away. When the creature exploded the scroll landed neatly in Naruto's waiting hand.
"One down one to go," Naruto said.
He walked along until he saw some one in a white coat with orange flames on the bottom and sleeves standing a little ways off. He walked over and stopped next to the Fourth Hokage. He looked around and saw that the scroll wasn't around or above.
"Only one place left," He said.
He used a Rasengan on the ground and revealed a giant under ground cavern. Sitting in the center was the second scroll. He knew it was too easy. There was no challenge yet. He landed in the cavern and picked up the scroll. When he got back out the Fourth Hokage was gone and Madara was there.
"Oh great," Naruto said. "Just what I need."
He turned and began walking when he felt something go into his back. He reached around and pulled out a kunai which turned to blood in his hand.
"I hate Genjutsu," Naruto said.
He continued to walk and after a few minutes he arrived at the tower. He put the scrolls under his arms and made the Genjutsu hand sign and said a quick and useful counter jutsu. Nothing happened so he walked into the tower and the instructor removed the Genjutsu from Naruto and the traps from the scrolls. He opened them and saw that they were both blank.
"Great," Naruto said. "Who do I have to fight in the final test?"
The instructor looked at him like he was crazy and Naruto began banging his head off of the wall until he remembered a second counter jutsu. He used it and suddenly he was in the middle of the forest. He looked at the scrolls and saw that they were still sealed. His summon scrolls however were fully unrolled. He rolled them back up and took the scrolls to the tower. This time when nothing happened from the counter jutsu he didn't bother opening the scrolls. Instead he simply left and went home. He knew this was real because he had cut his wrists several times. He knew pain well.
He went to sleep immediately and about an hour later felt something brush his nose. His eyes shot open and he saw a skunk walking away. He slowly got up and backed away. When he was a safe distance away he sat down.
"Why the heck are there so many levels to this Genjutsu?" Naruto asked himself.
Then he realized what had happened. He created a Rasengan and hit himself in the chest. Instantly he woke up stuck to the wall of a cave. He was surrounded by skeletons that had a bunch of different headbands. He knew it was real this time. He also saw that he was stuck do to a spider web. He knew he needed to get his knife but he couldn't reach it. After a moment he gave up and made his best Rasengan with one hand. It was pathetic but it did get his arm free enough to reach the kunai knife on his leg. He pulled it out and began trying to cut the webbing but his knife didn't effect it.
"What is this stuff?" Naruto asked.
His mind suddenly flashed to one of Orochimaru's henchmen, Kidomaru. Kidomaru had had six arms and had used chakra infused spiders to create nearly unbreakable webbing. No sooner had he thought this that one of the spider entered the cave. It had survived after Kidomaru died. Naruto swore silently and wished that Neji were there. He created a few more Rasengans until he was free. Then he created a shadow clone and the clone helped him create a perfect Big Ball Rasengan. He used it to hit the spider in the face. It flew a hundred yards back and splattered all over the place. Naruto wiped a little spider guts off his face and looked around. There was a scroll trapped in webbing a little ways away. He walked over and used a Rasengan to get it out. Then he left the cave and looked around. He wasn't sure where he was but knew he couldn't have much time left. He ran south and within a few minutes he found himself at a clearing. Sitting on a pedestal in the center of the field was the second scroll.
"Too easy," Naruto said.
He created a shadow clone and the clone walked to the scroll. The moment he reached for the scroll the ground around the clearing exploded into the air and a giant ball of flesh and muscle rose out of the crater. It had no skin. It was literally just muscle, blood, and bone. Naruto knew that he would have some trouble killing it. He sent a shadow clone at it with a Rasengan and the mass shot tentacles out. The clone tried to dodge them but within seconds the clone was swiss cheese. The mass pulled the clone into it and the paper bomb on the clone's foot exploded. The mass made a high-pitch screeching sound like metal on metal. Part of it fell off and Naruto saw that it had a heart in the center with the scroll right beside it. Naruto had to get the scroll and destroy the heart at the same time. He created a few hundred shadow clones. He sent them all at the mass and went with them. To his surprise the mass stabbed all of the clones and him through the stomach. He Felt it begin to pull him in and he got a paper bomb ready. When he was close enough he threw the paper bomb onto the heart and grabbed the scroll. The bomb exploded and he landed on a branch about a yard away. The mass went in every direction then reformed. Naruto created a Rasenshuriken. He knew he shouldn't use it because of the side effects.
"Wish I could use Sage Mode," Naruto said.
He created a shadow clone who threw Naruto at the mass. When Naruto reached it he hit it with the Rasenshuriken and the mass shot a mile away from him and the leaf village and exploded. Naruto collected his scrolls and began to make his way toward the tower. When he got there the instructor took the scrolls and Sakura healed Naruto.
"Congratulations," Sakura said. "You passed."
"Thanks," Naruto said. "Can I go home now?"
"There's someone that wants to talk to you first," Sakura said. "Well, two people."
Just then Hinata and Shion walked in. Naruto smiled at the sight of them and they hugged him.
"I was worried," Hinata said.
"I'm not going anywhere yet," Naruto said.
Sakura left and Hinata and Shion told Naruto that the third test would begin in a couple hours. Naruto went to his house and passed out instantly. An hour and a half later someone knocked on the door and he got up. He opened the door and saw that it was Shion.
"I was wondering if we could talk before the final test," Shion said.
"Sure," Naruto said letting her in.
He went to his closet and traded his ruined shirt and jacket for a fresh one. Then he and Shion sat in the living room.
"You like Hinata don't you?" Shion asked.
"She's a good friend," Naruto said.
"You know what I mean," Shion said.
Naruto suddenly realized what time it was and sprinted to the arena. He was led inside by Kakashi and saw that the arena was empty.
"Who am I fighting?" Naruto asked.
"Me," a familiar voice said from behind Naruto.
Naruto spun around and saw Tendo Pein. Naruto's mouth fell open. Tendo Pein had been in a million pieces last time Naruto had seen him. Tendo Pein swung at Naruto's head and Naruto ducked under the attack and kicked Tendo Pein in the head. Tendo Pein grabbed Naruto's foot and spun. Then threw him at the wall. Naruto created a crater in the wall then dropped to the ground.
"How are you together again?" Naruto asked.
"Toby is very good with Ninjutsu," Tendo Pein said.
Naruto made a quick series of hand signs and shouted, "Fire style, Phoenix Flame Jutsu!"
He put his hand to his mouth the same way Sasuke would and blew. A stream of navy blue flame shot out of his hands and surrounded Tendo Pein. When it stopped Tendo Pein was frozen solid.
"Oops," Naruto said. "It's not what I intended but I'll take it."
Tendo Pein began to shake then the ice exploded off of him. He smirked and cracked his neck. Naruto gulped and made a few more hand signs then pit his thumb until he bled.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Naruto said.
A moment later he was standing on the giant toad, Gamatatsu. He placed his hand on Gamatatsu's head.
"We've only got one shot so we better make sure that we hit him," Naruto said.
Gamatatsu's cheeks began to swell and Tendo Pein jumped away and landed on the wall on the far side. Naruto got ready but knew they would need a closer target to actually hit him. Gamatatsu knew what Naruto was thinking and jumped at Tendo Pein. Tendo Pein ran along the wall and Gamatatsu followed. After a few minutes They both jumped off the wall and Gamatatsu opened his mouth. Naruto channeled his chakra into Gamatatsu and a stream of water shot out of Gamatatsu's mouth. The water missed Tendo Pein by less than an inch and the force sent Tendo Pein flying into the wall. When he stood his shirt was shredded and he was bleeding from the corner of his mouth. Gamatatsu collapsed and teleported back to his home to rest. Naruto landed on his feet and glared at Tendo Pein.
"This is so beyond pointless," Naruto said. "Just kill me and get it over with."
"Where's the fun in that?" Tendo Pain asked.
Naruto pulled out the Chakra Blades and charged at Tendo Pein. Tendo pain pulled out a pole from his shoulder and it grew into a bo staff. It was sharp on both ends and Naruto knew what it felt like to be stabbed by one. He and Tendo Pein began to fight and after a couple minutes Tendo Pein smashed Naruto into the wall again and this time Naruto got stuck. He tried to get out but didn't have enough chakra to fight anymore. Tendo Pein began walking over and Naruto remembered that he had a food pill in his pocket. He pulled it out and ate it and had just enough energy for one more attack. He made two shadow clones and Tendo Pein began charging. Naruto made a Rasenshuriken and Tendo Pein stopped in his tracks.
"Let's see how tough you are now," Naruto panted.
Just then his knees gave out and he nearly dropped the Rasenshuriken. Tendo Pein leapt into the air and Naruto rolled over. His eyes were blurry so he couldn't make out the faces but he could tell that the stands were full. Eventually his eyes focused and he saw Tendo Pein coming at him. Tendo Pein drove the bo staff through Naruto's heart and Naruto smashed the Rasenshuriken into Tendo Pein's abdomen. Tendo Pein flew into the air and exploded. Four poles fell and happened to pin Naruto's arms and legs to the ground. Another fell at his face but before it reached him Hinata caught it. She pulled the other poles out of him but left the bo staff. When Tsunade got there she removed the bo staff and four medical ninjas healed him. When they were done Naruto stood shakily and nearly collapsed. Hinata caught him and helped him walk to a bench in the room that would normally hold people taking the exam. He sat down and Tsunade came in.
"Are you okay?" Tsunade asked.
"I feel like my head is on fire," Naruto said. "I'm great."
"You really shouldn't have used that Rasenshuriken," Tsunade said as Naruto's eyes widened. "You severed your chakra network."
Naruto leaned his head against the wall and was silent.
"I've decided that you have earned the rank of jounin," Tsunade said.
Naruto nodded and Tsunade left.
"Naruto-" Hinata began.
"I'd like to be alone," Naruto said.
Hinata nodded and left and Naruto cursed himself for using the jutsu. He had been warned several times and shouldn't have done it. After a few minutes he stood and left. He went to Jiraiya's grave. He told Jiraiya about the results of the exam. Just as he was finishing his story a navy blue portal opened and an Anbu Black Ops ninja stepped through.
"Naruto Uzumaki?" The ninja asked.
"Yes?" Naruto asked.
"I'm here to help," the ninja said. "You severed you chakra network right?"
"Yes," Naruto said.
The ninja stepped forward and set his hand on Naruto's forehead. There was a bright light and when it cleared Naruto felt stronger than ever. His eyes were also the same as Nagato's.
"You now have your Kekkei Genkai unlocked," the ninja said.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"The ability to copy any other Kekkei Genkai in existence," the ninja said. "You will also now have Rinnegan."
"Cool," Naruto said. "How do I use it?"
"You will know within a few minutes," someone said behind Naruto.
Naruto spun around and saw Nagato. Nagato smirked and nodded.
"How?" Naruto asked.
"I came back when you got Rinnegan," Nagato said.
"You should find Konan," Naruto said.
Nagato nodded then put his hand on Naruto's forehead. There was another bright light and suddenly Naruto knew how to use Rinnegan. Naruto said his goodbyes then looked at his feet and began walking toward the village. When he got to his house Hinata was waiting. Naruto looked up at her and her eyes became dinner plates.
"You've got Rinnegan?" Hinata asked. "You've got jutsu again?"
"Some Anbu Black Ops guy gave me back my jutsu as well as the ability to copy any Kekkei Genkai," Naruto said.
Hinata made a hand sign and said, "Byakugan!"
The veins around her eyes began to stick out and When Naruto mirrored her his did the same. His eyes bleached white though so that they looked exactly like hers. They both went back to the way they were about a second before and Naruto asked her to teach him to use Gentle Fist.
"Sure," Hinata said.
They went into the house and Hinata went over the basics. When she was done he tried another Kekkei Genkai that he had always wanted. He held his hand out and a bone blade came out of his palm.
"Sweet!" Naruto said. "Ow!"
"Isn't that Kimimaro's ability?" Hinata asked.
"Yep," Naruto said. "I wonder..."
He trailed off and suddenly a crystal kunai knife appeared in his other hand.
"Sweet!" Naruto said. "I love my Kekkei Genkai."
Hinata smiled and Naruto let the crystal kunai disappear and the bone blade retracted into his hand without leaving a mark.
"Do you know who your new team will be?" Hinata asked.
"I intend to ask for a couple of specific people," Naruto said. "Do me a favor and cut you arm."
"What? Why?" Hinata asked.
"I want to try a Medical Ninjutsu," Naruto said.
She sighed and pulled out a kunai knife then mad a small cut on her arm. Naruto held his hand up and it began to glow green. He placed his hand on Hinata's arm and it healed.
"Too cool," Naruto said.
"Who are you going to ask for?" Hinata asked.
"I don't know yet," Naruto said cutting himself then healing it.
"Would you quit doing that?" Hinata finally said.
Naruto sighed and then reached up to his left shoulder. He pulled out a kunai made out of his bone and his arm hung limp for a moment until he healed himself by making a new bone and kept the kunai in the holster on his leg. He put the metal kunai in the pouch on the back of his belt. Someone knocked on the door and when Naruto answered Sakura practically fell over when she saw Naruto's eyes.
"You have-" Sakura began.
"I know," Naruto said.
He explained and Sakura told him that Tsunade wanted to see him about his new team. Then she left and began spreading the news about Naruto's new abilities. Naruto and Hinata went to Tsunade's office together so that she could help him get better at Medical Ninjutsu. When they got there he was fairly good at it.
"Did you send for me Granny Tsunade?" Naruto asked.
"Quit calling me Granny or I won't give you the team I intend to," Tsunade said.
"What's the team?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade handed him a slip of paper and he read it. As he did his eyes got wider and Tsunade nodded.
"You'd actually give me all of them," Naruto said.
"Yes," Tsunade said.
"Thanks Gran...uh," Naruto caught himself. "Lady Tsunade."
"Much better," Tsunade said. "You're free to go collect you team. You've got exactly one week to train in you new abilities."
"How did you find out?" Naruto asked.
"Who do you think sent the Anbu Black Op?" Tsunade asked.
Naruto smirked and handed Hinata the list. Her eyes widened as well and she just stared at it. On it was Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Acimichi, Sai, and Kiba Inuzuka.
"Neji's a jounin," Hinata said.
"It's just for training I think," Naruto said.
They let and began rounding up the team. When they all met there only Neji seemed unexcited about training Naruto.
"There's no way you can learn so many different jutsu in a week," Neji said. "Especially the Byakugan."
Naruto made the hand sign and said, "Byakugan."
His eyes turned into Byakugan and Neji felt his mouth fall open in disbelief.
"You're mainly here to teach me to fight with them and to see chakra points," Naruto said.
"Why don't you have your girlfrie-" Neji began to say but was stopped when Naruto blasted him with Rinnegan.
Neji landed about a hundred yards away and got up after a second.
"That was about three thousandths my actual strength," Naruto said. "You want to see what full power can do?"
"I'm good," Neji said. "I'll train you."
They all left and traveled south toward the land of demons. Naruto had secretly also received a message that there was something wrong there. After a few hours of traveling they stopped for the night. Naruto started a camp fire with his Rinnegan and they all sat around it. Neji had set up the tents and Shikamaru and Choji had gone to sleep already. One by one the others all slowly went to bed until only Naruto and Hinata were left sitting next to each other.
"A couple days ago when I asked you if you meant it," Naruto said. "What did you think I would say?"
"I thought you would say that you didn't feel that way about me," Hinata said. "That you felt that way about Shion. I thought you would say that you didn't want to see me ever again."
"I would never say that," Naruto said. "The truth is I requested everyone on this team before I finished my exam."
"Why?" Hinata asked.
"Because I love you," Naruto said. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. It just seemed like every time I tried someone interrupted and then you were leaving."
"Yeah," Hinata said. "Sorry about that."
Naruto hugged her and he hugged him back. After a minute he pulled back then kissed her. She kissed him back and one of his hands moved to the back of her head. After a couple seconds someone cleared their throat and Naruto pulled away. He turned his head and saw Neji smirking at him.
"What do you want now?" Naruto asked.
"To protect my cousin and to not have to train you," Neji said.
"You can go home if you want!" Naruto snapped. "I don't need your help! Hinata is at least as good as you are! No one is keeping you here!"
"I will," Neji said.
With that he stormed out of the camp and headed back toward the Leaf Village. Naruto suddenly realized that if Neji hadn't left there would have only been one empty tent. Naruto would have had to sleep with Hinata.
"So what's the real mission?" Hinata asked. "You're as good as Neji with Byakugan and you know that you can't learn to see chakra points. Plus you can see them."
"The real mission is to investigate a report of trouble in the Land of Demons," Naruto said. "I kept quiet about it because Granny Tsunade told me to but also because I wasn't told what the trouble was. I suspect Moryo."
"You mean the demon that nearly killed you last time?" Hinata asked.
"Bingo," Naruto said. "I'll blow him apart with a Rinnegan Rasengan this time."
"Why am I here?" Hinata asked.
"Because you're on my base team," Naruto said.
"Who with?" Hinata asked.
"Kiba and Bushy Brow," Naruto said.
"Lee?" Hinata asked. "But he's not even here."
"He's already in the Land of Demons," Naruto said. "I'm supposed to collect him when we get there."
"Okay," Hinata said. "I'm going to bed."
"You get Neji's tent," Naruto said.
Hinata looked around confused then realized that it was the only tent empty besides Naruto's. She went to bed and Naruto put his fire out. He was glad that his Rinnegan allowed him to see as well in the dark as in the light. He looked around and saw several monkeys staring at him. He also saw one shadow shooting through the trees. He sneezed loudly but convincingly and Kiba came out of his tent a moment later. He stood next to Naruto and handed him a tissue.
"Three surrounding the camp," Kiba said quietly. "They smell wrong. No, scratch that. They smell like demons and stone."
"Crap," Naruto said. "You sure there aren't any more?"
"Positive," Kiba said.
"I'll handle them," Naruto said. "You figure out a way to get everyone out safely."
"I'll handle it," a familiar voice said.
Naruto spun around and saw Gaara standing there. He had created a hole in the ground and Naruto could see a cavern below it.
"Make a hole in each tent and bring them into it," Naruto said.
"Kiba go back to bed," Naruto said.
Kiba nodded and left and Gaara dropped into the cavern then closed the hole. Naruto turned back around in time to dodge a stone spear. The spear was held by a stone statue that was part of the Ghost Army that was under the command of Moryo. Naruto grabbed the spear and pulled it out of the statue's hands. Then he spun around and drove it through the statue's face. Then he spun around and a second statue swung at his head with a stone sword. And Naruto heard a sword swinging at his head from behind as well. He threw himself sideways and the last statue's sword cut the second one in half. Naruto created a Rasengan and blew the last statue apart with it.
"Where's Naruto?" Hinata asked as she and the others ran down the huge tunnel that Gaara had created.
"Fighting three of Moryo's statues," Gaara said. "I just came from the Land of Demons. It's chaos."
"You let Naruto fight them alone?" Hinata asked.
"He's got Rinnegan now," Kiba said. "He'll tear those statue's apart no problem."
Just then Naruto smashed threw the ground in front of them with blood coming out of his ears and mouth.
"Ouch," Naruto said.
His hand began to glow green then his entire body. After a minute he climbed to his feet and wiped the blood off.
"Friggin' golems," Naruto said.
"Golem?" Gaara asked.
"Looks a lot like Shukaku," Naruto said.
"It's not me," Gaara said.
Just then a miniature version of the One-tailed Beast, Shukaku, dropped through the hole that Naruto had made and attacked Gaara. Before it could reach him Naruto used his Rinnegan to push it back about a foot but left a tiny crater on it's chest. Then Naruto threw a Rinnegan-charged Rasenshuriken at the tiny Shukaku. The Rasenshuriken got about a foot away then shrunk to the size it would be in comparison to the real Shukaku. When it hit the explosion filled the tunnel but didn't quite reach Naruto and the others. When it disappeared Shukaku had a hole through it's stomach but was still alive. Gaara held out his hand and made a fist and Shukaku was crumpled into a ball. Then unfolded and Naruto sighed.
"Good thing I still have the power I got when I fought Kurama," Naruto said.
Kurama was the Nine-tailed Fox. Naruto formed a Rasengan and then added some of the power he got from Kurama. The Rasengan turned red and Naruto threw it at Shukaku. It exploded on Shukaku and exploded so much that Naruto had to use his Rinnegan to keep himself and the others to be killed in the explosion. When the explosion cleared Shukaku was gone. Unfortunately so was the rest of the tunnel and everything in a mile radius of where Shukaku had been.
"That worked a little too well," Gaara said.
"I know right," Naruto said. "Collateral is fun though."
They walked out of the remains of the tunnel and continued toward the Land of Demons. When they got there they saw that Moryo had regained his true form already.
"Son of a..." Kiba trailed off and kicked a rock.
"We have to find Shion," Naruto said. "Only she can stop Moryo now."
"Agreed," Hinata said.
They moved quickly through the Land of Demons until they reached the Priestess's temple. There were kunai knives and arrows sticking out of everything. Naruto ran inside and saw that the inside was destroyed. Shion's head was in one corner and her body was in the middle of the room. Naruto knelt next to her body and rolled it over. There was a note tacked to it by a kunai and the bell that Naruto would need. He took the bell and the note.
"You're too late Naruto," Naruto read. "I've sealed the fat of the world. Let's see if your great Kurama can save you now. With no respect at all, Kimimaro."
"What?" Hinata said. "Let me see!"
Naruto gave her the paper and she couldn't believe her eyes. It was Kimimaro's hand writing and Hinata knew that Naruto had a score to settle with Kimimaro even before this.
"You're not going after him are you?" Hinata asked.
"After Moryo's gone yes," Naruto said.
They all heard something roar and Naruto sighed. They all turned and saw a giant creature covered in bone. It had two drill like hands and feet and the bone on the rest of its body looked like armor. It had bone spikes sticking out of its back. In all it stood about seven foot six.
"Hey Kimimaro," Naruto said. "Glad you're here. I've got a new score to settle with you now."
"I didn't do it!" Kimimaro said. "It was a sand clone of me."
"Sand clone?" Naruto asked looking at Gaara.
"I'm not the only one that can use sand clones you know," Gaara said.
"I'll let you live if you help us kill Moryo and whoever did this," Naruto said.
"Deal," Kimimaro said. "I came to request being allowed to join your village."
"You'd have to do something extremely good for our village to be allowed to join," Sai said.
"He's right," Naruto said. "You worked for Orochimaru. You would be killed on sight if you weren't in chains."
Kimimaro retracted his bones and walked forward. When he reached Naruto he put his hand on Naruto's forehead. There was a bright light and when it disappeared Naruto sighed.
"What is it with you people and using telepathy?" Naruto asked massaging his temples. "It friggin' hurts!"
"What did he do?" Hinata asked.
"He taught me to use his Kekkei Genkai," Naruto said.
Kimimaro turned and his bones grew back out. He also grew bone wings and leaped into the air. Then he was flying. What he didn't notice was that Naruto had been using Sharingan while Kimimaro grew the wings. Naruto made a couple changes and tried. He grew wings of his own but these were different. They were bat wings but had his skin. He tried them out and was able to fly easily and without any pain. Hinata looked jealous.
"Jealous?" Naruto asked while landing.
"Very," Hinata said.
Naruto flew over her and picked her up then flew outside. Once the others couldn't see them he stopped and put his hand on her forehead. His eyes began to glow navy blue and so did hers. After a minute both of their eyes stopped glowing and she looked stunned.
"How," Hinata said.
"Just try it," Naruto said.
She imagined herself with wings that looked exactly like his and suddenly the sprouted out of her back painlessly. She hugged him and he hugged her back. They flew back into the temple and the others looked jealous. Naruto had no intention of teaching them to do it and they knew it.
"Time to move," Naruto said.
All of them groaned except Sai who was drawing something.
"Super Beast Scroll, Wings!" Sai said.
Two giant bat wings shot off the page and attached to his back. Kiba pulled out a scroll and used a summoning jutsu. Akamaru appeared in front of him and he climbed on. Choji turned himself into a giant bowling ball. Sai used his jutsu again and a pair of wings attached to Shikamaru. Shikamaru tested his wings and was fairly good at them. With that done everyone left the temple and began traveling toward the smoke that was dominating the western horizon. They flew low so that they could keep an eye on Choji while making sure that Choji could see them. After a few hours they landed and Sai replaced him and Shikamaru's wings. Then they took off and began flying forward again. When they stopped for Sai to replace the wings again they were directly in Moryo's path. Naruto told the others to keep their distance while he fought Moryo alone. He pinned the bell to his shirt then flew into the air and got his first unobstructed view of Moryo. He had changed from the last time Naruto had fought him. Now he had the form of a giant humanoid with a dragon head. He still had purple skin and a lighter purple aura. He seemed short and slightly fat. Moryo opened his mouth and shot a sphere of pure chakra at a mountain which erupted into a volcano in seconds. Naruto sighed and flew at Moryo. A direct approach had nearly gotten him killed last time so this time he created crystals in the air and shot them at him like a chain gun. After a few minutes Naruto gave up on that and blasted Moryo with his Rinnegan but it had almost no effect. He created a Rasenshuriken and charged it with the power he got from Kurama. After his Rinnegan had recharged he charged his, now red, Rasenshuriken with it and it turned navy blue. Naruto suddenly felt his power jump to ten times it's previous power. The Rasenshuriken fuzed with his hand and a blinding flash shot out of it. When the light cleared everything was fixed and Moryo was badly burned. Unfortunately Naruto didn't know how to use the light again. He tried to create a Rasengan without a clone but instead of a Rasengan it was a sphere that was navy blue and had nothing swirling in it at all. Somehow he knew what it was. It was called an Aura Sphere and was exactly what he needed. He held the hand holding the Aura Sphere out so that the palm was facing Moryo. The Aura Sphere shot at Moryo and exploded like a Rasenshuriken but without the damage to the Chakra network. Instead the physical damage was far more than enough to kill any ninja instantly. Unfortunately Moryo wasn't any ninja.
The Aura Sphere blew his shoulder apart and his arm disintegrated. Naruto shot four more into Moryo through his shoulder. Naruto flew away, knowing how powerful the explosion would be. He found the others about a mile away and they all went another mile before the Aura Spheres exploded. When the Aura Spheres exploded Moryo landed everywhere but instantly reformed.
"What does it take to kill this guy?" Naruto asked.
"A sacrifice," Hinata said. "I have to go."
"What?" Naruto asked. "No!"
"She's right Naruto," Shikamaru said. "She's pure, you're not."
"Excuse me?" Naruto asked.
"She has only ever killed to protect the person she loved," Shikamaru said. "Meaning you."
"There has to be another way," Naruto said.
"There is," Sai said. "If someone that doesn't exist gives his life in an explosion Moryo will cease to exist."
"You can't blow yourself up if you don't exist," Naruto said.
"Anbu Black Ops don't exist," Sai said.
"No," Hinata said.
"It's Naruto's choice since he's the leader of the team," Sai said.
"Do you hear something?" Naruto asked.
They listened and heard someone screaming and all looked at Moryo. Rock Lee was beating the crap out of Moryo but it was barely affecting him. Naruto flew over and brought Lee back.
"You can't kill him Lee," Naruto said. "Give up."
"Who do you choose?" Sai asked.
"Can you make a big enough explosion to take out Moryo as well?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," Sai said opening his coat.
The seal carved into his skin was one that would explode like a nuke. It had more than enough power to take out Moryo and would definitely kill Sai.
"Do it," Naruto said.
Sai replaced his wings again then flew at Moryo. Hinata tried to stop him but Naruto caught her and they all left. About three minutes later Sai exploded and took Moryo with him.
THE END