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The Unfortunate Boy and the Unkillable Duo
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
It was early morning in the Country of Fire, ruled by the wise Fire Daimyo and kept together by the Will of Fire. The sun is shining, the trees whistling in the breeze, the birds singing to their hearts content...and the boy in orange strolling through a grove in the forest?
Oh, it is the one with the ocean blue eyes and sun-kissed blonde hair; Naruto Uzumaki. He seemed to be in a good mood, but why is he humming a tone towards a village that is his home? Aha! He is returning from a sole mission that he finished and figured he would make it back to his village by noon if he would move at first light. You can see the backpack and a pocket with the outline of a wallet stuffed to capacity.
He then saw the messenger hawks going at first light as well. His smile turned to a frown as he saw them go. 'Not even the hawks ever spot me a glace when I am returning to Konoha after a mission.' Naruto really doesn't like when he is ignored for the umpteenth time in his own life. Everyone else is already a Chunin and I am still a Genin, a Genin who has the skill of someone of a better rank. How long is this going to last?'
Yeah, Naruto's life sucked; after all those times he put his life of others, no one ever repays it with no much as a thank you. The reason Naruto keeps trying is that Hiruzen, who was like a grandfather Naruto never had, told him that if Naruto will go through the hardships, good things will come to him. So far, nothing different from day one; Naruto really needs something big and reassuring if he was going to keep at the whole thing. One thing for sure is that when this day is done, Naruto will have to remember to be careful what he wished for.
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"Why did we have to go back to that stinking bounty office!? I had enough of the smell for one day!" The forest sure had a noise nuisance that was wearing a black cloak with the pictures of red clouds but with his right shoulder and arm showing. His traveling partner had the same cloak of the same design but this one was covering his entire body and had an additional hood that covered most of his face. There is also the three-pronged scythe with a cord attached on his back.
"You know that we could use some more money and that last Jonin you killed was worth a handsome amount." The one in the hood seemed to be under control but even a blind man can see an obsession for money in that tone. Of course, there is the fact that he is counting the money he is holding in his hands.
"Whatever! Let's just find someone to kill so I can make a sacrifice to the great Jashin-sama!" The one with the scythe barked back at his partner who didn't seemed to be stirred by the whole sentence; he was too busy counting his money. The man sighed, "You are such a pain-in-the-ass you know that right Kakuzu?"
"You are a foul-mouthed idiot Hidan. How did you become a priest anyway?" The one named Kakuzu said to his partner, now named Hidan.
"Because unlike you greedy foul, I was loyal to the great god Jashin-sama!" This was replied before they finally got into a real argument that seemed to distract them from the rest of the world around them.
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Naruto still went on his way back to Konoha when he noticed that the birds that normally live in the forest were acting like they were startled by something. 'I have all the time in the world since no one will miss me. Why not?' Naruto went off his usual path to investigate the distribution. The blond made sure that he will always go in the direction of where the noise is the loudest and it is getting louder after every foot set on the soil surrounding the tree roots.
Eventually, Naruto came across a clearing in the forest where he was certain the source of the racket was to be found. He never thought he would see two figures he didn't know arguing in the clearing; the only thing he did recognize was the cloak each of the pair were wearing, he only seen those two times; first is from about three years ago when he was on a mission to Tsunade and then only a couple of weeks ago when he was asked to retrieve Gaara.
Rage threatened to seep to the surface but Naruto knew that he couldn't win against s-rank ninjas if he would run into without a plan; after all those times he had to learn the hard way, he finally got his hot-headedness and temper under control. Now was a good time to learn about these new enemies. In order to do that, Naruto would have to brace for scolding from Kiba when he hears about this.
'Sorry Kiba, but I would have to borrow something you worked hard for without even permission.' Naruto thought before he settled behind the wood and shadows, hoping those two hadn't heard him yet. Then, Naruto flooded his nervous system and senses with Chakra; this caused them to be enhanced but this is the first time Naruto has ever done this and he may get more than what he wanted in the end.
'What is going on, where are those voices coming from?' Naruto thought panicking as his ears were drowned in voices and sounds that seem to come from everywhere. 'Is this what Kiba always hear when he does this? This is no time to be in a mess! I have to pull myself together!' Naruto tried to calm down and settle his nerves but he was to be greeted by a voice Naruto wants to hear the least.
'Congratulations Kit, you have uncovered what most of you pathetic humans never get near in their short lives!' Naruto knew who that is too good; it was the Kyubi inside his belly!
'What are you talking about Kyubi!?' The blond tried to sound braze and angry than afraid. One thing is for; he only got the angry part down. He really needs work in that department.
'You forget Kit, your chakra has mine missed in with yours. As a result, you will get more and better results than how you friend that smells of wet dog does it!' The Kyubi answered and it sounded more pleased than frustrated like Naruto was expecting.
'In that case, what did happen instead Kyubi? And why do you sound happy than how angry you were when we met at last?' Naruto was ever so full of questions but as he was an adult, he only asked the important ones; what the Kyubi definitely has the answers.
'Glad you asked Kit, I am in a better mood was that he can actually listen and see into outside; don't you know how being cooped in a cage with only sewer pipes to look at can drive you mad?' Naruto could only imagine that happening to him; it will definitely drive his up the wall. 'To answer your first two questions is that you have unlocked what you call Inton and Yoton! Basically, Inton is the art of detecting the presences of others and creating fake ones while Yoton is the art of controlling the state of physical objects. For example, Inton can help you with your Genjutsu and grant the best sensory abilities while Yoton can help with your shape manipulation and self-healing by increasing their capabilities to their peak!'
'Wow! This stuff is serious!' Naruto though in excitement as his head was now full of possibilities with these new powers. But then he remembered that he had two men in cloaks to watch. When he did look again, he saw that they weren't there anymore!
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'Did they leave? No! They are still here! I can feel them and I got to move it!' Naruto moved backwards just in time to dodge a three pronged scythe that he saw on one of the cloaked figures. Speak of which,
"Ha! Thought you, a wet-behind the ear tree lover, could spy on us like that!? This must be my lucky day! I get to sacrifice fresh and young flesh to the great Jashin-sama!" Hidan ranted that was freaking Naruto out!
'Is this guy for real? But what about his partner? Oh no!' Naruto made a like a beeline to his right just in time for a searing gust of wind appeared in the blonde's former location and hit Hidan instead.
"Hey watch that Futon would ya Kakuzu!?" Hidan yelled in a fit of rage.
"It would have helped if you dodged instead of showing of Hidan." Kakuzu came out of the destruction that his Futon had caused.
'What is wrong with them? That was like a B-rank jutsu and yet that madman with the scythe was even scratched! Now they are arguing like it was no big deal!' Naruto ranted in his mind about what happened, 'I better wait until someone notices that I am running late and send for someone to get me!' Naruto thought about his next move when he pulled out spare kunai, laced with explosive notes, and threw it in their direction.
"What the?" Hidan was just a few seconds too late when Naruto activated the notes, causing a chain reaction of explosions that uplifted the ground beneath into a thick dust cloud. Naruto used this to cover his temporary retreat and to create Kage Bunshin to be positioned where they can observe these unfamiliar foes.
Their first watch was to see what was hidden by the dust cloud and to blondes' surprise; neither of them were damaged so their ocean blue eyes looked to see how. All they were able to notice was that Kakuzu's skin was dark brown and looked hard; like it was able to take in the impact of the explosion. Hidan was clean, changes to notice and wounds to bleed alike.
'This is going to be no picnic.' Naruto thought as he stemmed to keep his foes at bay until Konoha sent reinforcements to complain and retrieve him with a few consequences to be done; to Naruto, that was the best outcome he could hope for. Instead, they answer was going to a break point with a lot of changes both good and bad.
End of Chapter 1
*Hello everyone! This is MircThomas19 here with a new story! This is like when Naruto was gone on a mission instead of elemental training with Kakashi and Yamato. This meant that the Zombie Duo had just got away after killing Asuma in front of the eyes of Team Ten and the Chunin present. I always read from other fanfictions about what will happen if Naruto faced the Zombie Duo as a whole rather than Kakuzu with only two hearts left like in the manga. Tell me what you think about it and I will continue. Have a nice day!*
