Eternal Battlefield
Two blurs could be seen moving across the trees at high speeds. A very observant person would notice that the blurs actually belonged to two very short persons. Finally, the blurs came to a stop just above ground level, on a tree and the persons could be seen clearly; two men that could also be better addressed as kids, wearing facemasks that wouldn't look out of place on an Anbu.
"One, two. What's it to you? Three, four. Whatcha looking at...whore?" the first blur-person sang cheerfully.
"Shut up, donkey". We are on a mission, you can't just sing, it'll alert the target to our presence," his companion reprimanded, stating the obvious.
"I swear Jiji gave me that name just to piss me off or something. Out of all the possible code names, donkey had to be the one he came up with for me. Couldn't he have come up with something cool like kitsune or dragon? Donkey is just retarded!" the first speaker - who had been referenced to as Donkey - ranted, taking off his facemask to reveal a boy with blond hair and three whisker like birthmarks running across his cheeks.
A boy who couldn't be older than ten.
"Idiot. Whose fault is it that you actually act like a donkey ninety percent of the time? And put your mask back on, we're on a mission, damn it! " the blond boy's companion said in irritation.
"It's no reason for him to codename me donkey, though," the blond reiterated.
"There you go again being a donkey," the blond's companion with raven hair retorted.
"Uke!"
"Donkey."
"I'll kill you."
"I'd pay to see you try and fail...again"
Amidst their friendly banter, the pair didn't fail to notice the target they had being trailing; a low level missing-nin they had been tasked to bring in for interrogation, or kill if he resisted arrest, move. It would seem he had finally sensed them. A not so shabby achievement on their part, seeing as he was a low B-Rank and they had been tracking him for three days now.
"Teme..."
"I know."
The two boys who both had their facemasks back on jumped down from the tree they had been on, landing on the clearing below. A moment later, the missing-nin appeared with a shunshin.
"So this is what our dear village can spare to capture me; two measly kids! This deals a big blow to my ego, you know" the fugitive said with a weak frown on his face. "I already told you guys that I'm tired of this job, I just wanted to get out and start a new life, have kids, die old, that sort of thing"
The two boys just focused on him with a totally incredulous look.
"Really? I mean, really? You actually thought we would buy that? What do we look like to you, stupid?" Blondie said in disbelief.
"...Not even going to comment," the raven haired kid added after some time.
"Sorry, buddy, we already know you stole the kunai. No use trying to fool us or anything."
"Hmmm. It was worth a try anyway. Iwa would pay me handsomely for one of the Yondaime's hiraishin kunai."
"Too bad, then. Konoha cannot afford to have Iwa even make an attempt to decipher the Yondaime's jutsu" the raven haired kid began, addressing the nuke-nin. "Our mission is to bring you in for interrogation, or eliminate you in the instance of your offering some semblance of resistance. I'm guessing the latter pleases you more?"
Taking a battle stance, the missing-nin shook his head vehemently, his visage changing suddenly from weary to battle ready, "Cocky little bastard." Then he attacked. Quickly pulling out a kunai, he shunshined and appeared right at the raven haired kid's blind spot in an attempt to decapitate him.
Clang!
And was matched by a high speed sword draw from his intended target.
"Sasuke!" the blond cried out.
"Naruto, don't go screaming out our real names in front of targets!"
Talk about hypocrisy.
"Tch. Annoying brats," the fugitive said after quickly jumping back when his strike was blocked. "It would seem you are going to be more of an annoyance than I had thought at first. Not going to keep you from dying here, though."
"Scum like you is not capable of killing me" Sasuke said with a light smirk.
"Yeah" Naruto said, moving to stand beside Sasuke,"Come at us"
(Somewhere above the tree line)
A person dressed in the same attire as the kids, crouched on a tree branch, 'Hmm, a rather extravagant approach. They seem to just want to do things in the most noticeable manner. This is not going to cut it'. The person quickly scanned the area for possible observers before continuing a keen observation of the ongoing battle.
(Back with Naruto and Sasuke)
"Come at us"
And come at them he did, he attacked the two boys with a flurry of kicks and kunai slashes that soon forced them into a sharp retreat. Naruto and Sasuke had never worked together on a real mission, in fact, this was their first team mission, all their teamwork could boast of was training sessions during their free time; therefore in no time at all, they found themselves taking hits in the form of kicks and shallow cuts. Leaping away and landing across the clearing, Sasuke frowned at their plight.' At this rate, this guy may just kill us'.
"Sasuke."
"Got it."
The missing-nin looked at them with a smirk, "do you see how outclassed...!"
And was interrupted by shouts from the two boys.
"Fuuton (Wind style)"...
"Katon (Fire style)"...
"Goukuuhou! (Great Air Cannon)"
"Gokakyu no Jutsu!(Grand Fireball Technique)"
A football sized sphere of compressed wind energy was shot out from the blond's mouth to collide with the massive fireball his counterpart had created, with the wind enhancing the flames to create a cloud of hellish flames.
"Doton: Doro Gaeshi (Earth Release: Mud Overturn)"
The target of the flames quickly slammed his palm on the ground, creating a thick wall stone that succeeded in withstanding the flames of the attack even though a good portion of it was vaporised on contact.
'Hmmm. Proficient at standard jutsu combination,' the observer in the trees noted.
When the steam from the fire attack cleared, the two young fighters were shocked to see their target still standing without even a trace of the slightest of burns. The only testament to their attack was the beads of sweat running down the man's face. The earth around them was an entirely different matter however, as the flaming combination technique had created massive trench that was meters wide.
'Not possible. I know we had him, when did he have time to create a wall that big? That combination was the strongest ninjutsu we could offer, we lack the fire power to take him out,' Sasuke thought, with a hint of fear entering his eyes.
"Do you now see how futile it is to struggle? Despair, little one, for you die today." The nuke-nin said with a sadistic smile on his face while slowly forming hand seals.
"Sasuke, The Big Ending!" Naruto shouted.
A barely audible 'hnn' was the only acknowledgement he got.
"The Big Ending? Doesn't sound interesting", the fugitive said while taking a defensive stance.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu! ( Shadow clone technique)" Naruto called out while making the single hand seal, nine clones appearing in clouds of smoke around him. "Here I come," he said while Sasuke unsheathed his ninjato without a sound.
'Here they come'.
'Here he comes'.
Doton: Doryuusou (Earth Release: Earthen Rising)
Dozens of earth spears quickly shot out of the ground in a bid to impale the two boys. To the missing-nin, the spears were successful as the two boys were quickly stabbed through their torsos.
Poof! Shadow clone.
'When did they...'
"Here we come, bastard!" As six Narutos and Sasuke ran at high speeds in an attempt to speed-blitz. The nuke-nin quickly jumped back and immediately regretted. 'Nine clones, ten blonds, minus two, eight idiots, where are the last...'
"Gotcha". As he quickly tripped on what used to be a rock that had now transformed back to Naruto. 'The last one...'
"U", he heard at the same time receiving a hard upwards kick to his midsection. "ZU," with other copies quickly appearing around him in what was set to be a massive taijutsu combo. "MA-KI", getting kicks from all directions. While still mid-air, for a half- second the assault seemed to pause. Then he saw the raven haired boy appear beside him with his ninjato drawn.
"Sliding C," [2] the boy said calmly.
Then it began.
It was like being immersed in a tub of little pins, with the slashes like little annoying pin pricks. If he didn't have his earth armour on he was sure he would have been sliced to little bits.
Thirteen seconds later, the slicing finally stopped. 'My armour...almost destroyed... need to make a quick getaway,' he internally strategized. Then he turned and saw the blond one charging up what looked like a beastly amount of chakra.
'Shit'.
It was a foolproof plan. All Naruto had to do was apply just a little bit of kawarimi and henge with his clones, use the Uzumaki Rendan to launch him into the air where he would not be mobile, and then Sasuke would use his technique to dice the opponent up. It failed. The nuke-nin took all of Sasuke's 96-Naruto had counted-slashes but just looked a little bit worse for wear. Apparently, he had some sort armour on that cushioned the effects of the high-speed slashes. Naruto had to wrap it up now. The technique he had to use would drain him of all his chakra but it was pretty much the only thing that had a chance at putting their opponent down.
Gathering up all of his chakra to form a little sphere of condensed energy at the tip of his index finger, he got ready to fire.
"Hey!" Naruto shouted at his still freefalling opponent. " You're fired!"
"Witness my strongest technique".
Buster! [1]
Destruction. That was the only word to describe the effects of Naruto's final technique. The blast of energy had quickly reached its target and busted him badly. It quickly vaporised the left side of his body, leaving him in a near death state. It shot him through the forest vaporising all the trees in its path. No earth armour could cushion its pure destructive force. After travelling for a distance possibly in the dozens of kilometers, the attack finally died down leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
Naruto and Sasuke shunshined to the man's body to retrieve the kunai. They ended up getting a gruesome view of his mangled corpse, or rather what was left of it.
"Naruto, let's get out here," Sasuke said in a low tone. The sight made him want to retch.
"Yeah, I'm on my last legs as it is. Let's get the hell out of here, mission completed," his blond companion replied with a weary look, turning back to begin the long journey back to Konoha.
'Hnn' was the only reply he got.
'Lack of control on available chakra resources. Use of pure brute force instead of stealth and technique. A three out of ten. They fail." The observer concluded gloomily before disappearing in a whirl of wind.
(Back in Konoha)
A man holding a cane with arms wrapped in bandages had a frown on his face as a masked operative reported to him.
"Your analysis does not favour them in any way. It would seem that they would serve more use as sleeper agents in the normal village force," the bandaged man said with an almost disappointed tone. " Seal their memories and get them into the academy on a long term mission."
"Yes... Danzou-sama," the operative replied in a feminine voice before fading out of view leaving the bandaged man alone.
'So sad, they had so much potential.'
This is going to be a Buddy! Naruto-Sasuke story, and it's also my first so please bear with me. My grammar might not be so good so interested betas should pm me. I do this for entertainment purposes alone so do not actively try to change my plot in reviews 'cos I will not reply-maybe if your idea is sensible-, constructive criticism is welcome, though.
[1] Buster!: This is Naruto's first original technique. Think Yusuke Urameshi from Yu Yu Hakusho's Reigun.
[2] Slicing C: Sasuke's technique in which he slices an opponent hundreds of times in as little time as possible. Think Slicing Sea. Inspired by Yosaku's Sliding J from Shinobi of the High Seas by Kenchi618,
Ricci Out.