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Enter Naruto, the Apprentice.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Time: a few hours after Konoha Chunin Exams; Place: Outskirts outside Konoha,
"Now Die! Sasuke Uchiha!" A man with half of his body with the appearance of a demon made of sand; he was Gaara, Youngest Son of the Fourth Kazekage (Wind Shadow) and Jinchuriki of the Ichibi (One Tailed Beast) and he raced towards his target; a boy with black hair. He is Sasuke Uchiha, remaining Uchiha in Konoha, and he was fighting a losing battle against Gaara. He pursed Gaara when their fight was interrupted by the invasion, now it will take a miracle for this boy to survive this fight and it came.
"Gaggh!" Gaara was launched away from Sasuke by a kick that came from nowhere and Sasuke looked to his Savoir to see the last person he wanted to see; Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto looks barely any different except for strange markings in the shape of whirls on the back of his hands, on the crook of his neck, and on the sides of his legs.
"Sorry we are late, Sasuke-teme." Naruto said coolly; over the time he had been Sasuke's team mate, Naruto continues to disrespect him because of his attitude. "A couple of road blocks and last minute decisions slowed us down." Sasuke didn't even listen because he was seething that the 'class dobe' was interrupting 'his fight' even though it was already over.
"Sasuke!" Sasuke turned to see Sakura Haruno, his number one fan girl and an old crush of Naruto until he suddenly stopped asking for a date, not that Sakura mined which defeated the purpose of her being the third team mate of Team 7. Sakura was a girl with simple clothes that clash with her pink hair and she had a huge forehead sticking out like a sour thumb. She just went and tended to her injured crush with a puppy with a bored man's expression on his face with a head band on the top of his head
"So the last Uchiha has to call for enforcements to win this fight? You have fallen and gotten low!" Gaara mocked that enraged Sasuke but he couldn't move while Sakura and growling at the transformed Jinchuriki but the strangest thing was that Naruto didn't stir, until he laughed.
"Why didn't I think of that? Thanks a lot Gaara!" Naruto bellowed which confused Gaara and caused Sasuke and Sakura to finch on how their team mate is agreeing with something that 'isn't true'. "Still as much as I agree with you, I am not backing him up because he already lost the fight when I came; this battle is between me and you." Naruto claimed that Gaara got grinning.
"I will prove my existence!"
"You are going down!"
"Sand Shuriken!" Gaara threw shuriken made of sand at Naruto who just stood there.
'With these seals, I cannot counteract like I am used to. Sorry Mirc-sensei, it is time.' Naruto thought as he performed the Tiger hand seals and the marking on Naruto's body began to glow until it was too bright to see. The sand shuriken tried to reach the target but suddenly, a rush of Chakra appeared and successfully destroyed the Justu in midair. When the light ascended, the short child of Naruto was gone and in his place was a different person; he was taller than all the Genin in the area, he was wearing a black jacket with an orange shirt barley showing from underneath with matching pants, boots and fingerless gloves. His hair was messy and long, reaching close to his waist and his eyes were as blue as the sea. The Genin and the dog were shocked that there was a new fighter in the mess.
"Sorry guys but I had be lying to you. Now, I won't be holding back!" Naruto proclaimed that got a scoff from Sasuke while a silent treatment from the rest but the most one was from Sakura; she was blushing and smiling and she was not looking at Sasuke!
"It doesn't matter that you try to look better with a pathetic Henge (Transform)!" Gaara yelled to break the silence and charged at Naruto but POFF! Naruto had nailed Gaara with a left uppercut, POWW! Naruto sent his opponent flying with a right kick! 'What?! How-? That wasn't just a Henge! His chakra reserves have increased!' Gaara thought as he tried to get up only to find out that it hurt to do so; no one was able to hurt him without hitting his sand first. "You better not make me want to kill you more than I do now! Leaf Ninja!" Gaara screamed as he grew a tail out of sand.
"Doton: Doryuheki (Earth Style: Mud Wall)!" Naruto caused earth to rise into a wall that suddenly exploded. Sakura had to shield her eyes and await her doom but nothing happened. She opened her eyes to see the sand tail entangled in some kind of net; the wall was to soften the impact and hide the net that successfully caught the tail! "You shouldn't have done that Gaara, whatever you are angry or not." Naruto spoke in an emotionless tone at Gaara who is attempting free his tail. When the latter looked at Naruto, he completed a series of hand seals while a clone nearby had done the same, "Katon: Hitodama Doru (Fire Style: Fiery Doll)!" "Futon: Shinkuu Gachan (Wind Style: Vacuum Crash)!" "Ka-Futon: Furea-Hibana (Fire-Wind Style: Flare Sparks)!" Naruto and his clone had done a Combination Justu (Combined Technique) and caused an explosion that had surrounded Gaara and launched him away from the Leaf Ninja who are thinking the same thing; 'where did Naruto learn Fire/Wind/Earth Style Jutsu? And why are his eyes yellow like a frog's?' They then looked to a sound and got the biggest shock of the day.
Meanwhile, back in Konoha, The Third Hokage is engaged in what maybe his greatest, if not last battle in his long life; his opponent was one of his students, Orochimaru the Snake Sage, who was using his two teachers from his youth, First and Second Hokage. The Third Hokage was dressed in full battle amour with a helmet that had the leaf symbol as with the two Hokage while Orochimaru was dressed white shirt with sandals. The Third Hokage was on a roof that had a forest growing in it and he looked ragged and wounded; he was fighting a losing battle.
"Give it up Sensei," Orochimaru said, "I have already won. I have proven that this village is no longer on top like you always told me during our training. This is a reason never to get my hopes up only to meat disappointment and to never lie to me only to face the horrible truth that you tried to hide from others. Don't you even trust anyone?" Little did anyone know that those were Orochimaru's last words that explained his history of treachery because in the mist of the moment, a thin fire red line pierced the barrier and through Orochimaru but when he noticed it; death happened.
The curious line expanded into a horizontal column of fire that ate away the barrier and Orochimaru taking the two Hokage with him. The Third Hokage managed to see it since he was at a greater distance from it and jumped out of the way to see that the beam of fire had missed the other buildings even the Hokage Monument and heard the words in the wind;
"KATON: BAZOOKA NO HI (FIRE STYLE: GREAT FIRE BAZOOKA)!
End of Chapter 2
Author's Note: Here is the first battle scene of The Inventor's Apprentice! I am sorry if you don't like some of the jutsu names, it is hard to find good Japanese that would translate into English. Send a review for advice and no flamer's please!