Naruto vs. Orochimaru! Will an older Naruto be able to beat the Great Snake?!

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Sorry it's short... Everything seems longer when you're writing it...

2 - The Great Snake

Naruto stood over a wounded Orochimaru. "Alright, you lousy, great snake! You're done terrorizing my friends!"

Orochimaru slowly stood up. "W-weren't you unconscious...?"

Naruto scoffed. He understood where and when he was. "Last year..." He glared at Orochimaru. "Last year, you stole my friend... You cursed him..." He clenched his fist. "I was unconscious... I couldn't do anything about it... Then..." His eyes turned red and beast-like. "Now, I'm gonna kick your ass."

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Sakura and Sasuke were racing through the forest. Sasuke was carrying Naruto.

"I know he's with us now. But didn't it seem like he was saving us?"

"Sakura, wake up. He was with us then, too. That... That was someone else... Or something..."

"But..."

"Drop it. It doesn't matter who did it. It just happened. Right now we need to find some place to recover for a few hours."

Sakura looked down, dejected. "You're right..."

They jumped off.

Three shadowy figures rose out of a tree branch.

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"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Hundreds of Narutos appeared, surrounding Orochimaru.

"Is that all you can do? I'm not impressed. Sasuke is much more appealing..."

The Narutos charged.

Suddenly, the area was filled with smoke.

Naruto jumped away. He landed on a tree and looked at the battlefield. Orochimaru stood with a sword in his hand. Ten of Naruto's clones were on tree branches. Only ten.

"My, my... Sasuke is much more capable..." Orochimaru ran his hand through his hair. "I haven't even broken a sweat."

"Damn it..." Some of Naruto's clones attacked again.

Orochimaru readied his sword. "If it didn't work with hundreds of you, what makes you think it'll work with five?"

Naruto was at his feet.

"What?!"

"This." Naruto kicked him into the air. Four more quickly followed. "Na." The first kick arrived. "Ru." The second kick sent him higher. "To." The third kick brought Orochimaru face to face with another clone. "Uzumaki Barrage!" The fourth kick sent Orochimaru flying back to the ground.

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Jiraiya was exploring.

He was in the first battlefield.

"Why did I take so long? Where did they go?"

Yelling and a loud thud pointed him in the right direction.

"I see..." Jiraiya jumped off.

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Naruto stood over Orochimaru. "Am I weak now?"

"Why yes, actually. Appallingly so."

Naruto turned and saw Orochimaru in a tree. He was unharmed. Naruto looked behind him and saw Orochimaru's clone turn into mud. He turned back and faced Orochimaru.

"Why are you looking at that one?"

"Wha-?" Naruto turned and saw Orochimaru right in front of him.

"I was wrong... You aren't weaker than Sasuke... You aren't even in his league..."

He stabbed Naruto through the heart.

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Jiraiya was lost.

"Damn. I lost them... I hope he's not in over his head..."

He continued going in the wrong direction.

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Naruto had a look of shock on his face.

Orochimaru pulled his hand back and left the kunai in Naruto's chest. He turned. "You fell far short of my expectations... Now to resume my original designs..."

"I don't think so."

Orochimaru turned as Naruto fell to the ground. "You..."

"Beause you're going to die here."

Gasp! Did Naruto die? Who is challenging Orochimaru now? How will this fight end?

Next time: Orochimaru versus...!

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