Chapter Two: New Skills and Insults

Sakura threw a kunai at Naruto while she ran, but it totally missed him.

Sasuke activated the Sharingan so he could see Naruto's moves, but they were so fast, Sasuke couldn't keep up.

Kakashi was mildly shocked. 'Naruto improved this much? Surprising.'

Naruto appeared in front of the silver-haired jounin and said, "If I take off my weights, I'm even faster."

He made hand seals so quick, Kakashi couldn't follow them. Naruto puffed up his cheeks, then blew out fire, "Katon! Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"

Kakashi was initiatively shocked. At the very last moment, he managed to use his groundhog technique and bury himself underground.

Sasuke and Sakura watched them, Sakura scared shitless. Naruto knew where Kakashi was, and so jumped up into a tree.

Kakashi emerged from under the dirt, clearly annoyed that Naruto knew where he was. Naruto jumped down in front of his sensei and punched him. Kakashi flew backwards several yards, hitting his back on a tree trunk and busting through at least three.

Sakura's jaw dropped. "No…way…" she whispered. "He defeated Kakashi-sensei?"

Sasuke was shocked. "No way the dobe could be that strong!"

"I am, and if you would kindly watch your backs, otherwise I'd've punched you to Sound country."

Sakura froze, before turning around, coming face to face with Naruto. "But, weren't you just with Kakashi?"

"Whatever. I'm surprised you don't even realize that is a clone," Naruto said, a hint of disgust in his voice.

"A clone?" Sakura said. She turned around and saw Naruto disappear in a puff of smoke. "It really was Naruto's clone! But when did he do that?"

"Dobe, how the hell could you get that strong?" said Sasuke.

"Hey, Sasuke, you've got no right to call me a dobe anymore."

"You still are, dobe. Now shut up," said Sasuke.

"Whatever. Sasuke, I really think that now you are the dobe. Compared to me, that is."

"I told you to shut up, Naruto!" snarled Sasuke.

Sakura was furious. Not only had the new Naruto insulted her Sasuke, but he just had to call him a dobe! "Naruto!" she screamed.

"Oh, Sakura, what's new?"

"NARUTO, SHUT UP!" she yelled, running at him with a murderous look in her eyes.

"Okay, now I gotta deal with some feminine crap? This won't last too long," said Naruto, rolling his eyes.

Sakura threw all her shuriken with precise aim, but despite her best efforts, Naruto dodged them easily. Just as he was landing, she threw her kunai.

Naruto caught them all with his right hand. Sakura was even angrier. She sped at him angrily, ready to box his ears off.

The Kyuubi boy disappeared and came up behind her. He said, "And where were you watching…Sakura?"

With a flick of his finger, Naruto sent Sakura into darkness. Sasuke had a bored look on his face.

Naruto walked up to the Uchiha and said, "Sasuke, did you manage to kill Itachi yet?"

Sasuke's eyes flashed momentarily before he replied coldly, "No."

"You won't get the chance anyway. I killed him," said Naruto.

"Why you…I wanted to murder that traitor!" Sasuke shouted.

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you, " said Naruto, holding out a cloth bag.

At the bottom was blood, tons of it. And it was from an Uchiha. Sasuke opened the bag and rolling at the bottom was a gruesome, bloody, severed head. And it was Itachi's.

Sasuke started to shake. He wasn't crying, nor laughing. He was shaking in anger because Naruto had beat him to his goal.

"Na…ru…to…you…will…die…I…swear…" he gritted his teeth in an un-Sasuke like way.

"Oh?" sad Naruto. "Then I suppose you don't notice that someone's behind you."

Sasuke whirled around and saw Naruto, who kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards several yards.

"Dobe…" Sasuke growled. "I bet…you couldn't beat…the Hokage…even at your best!"

"Whatever. Sasuke, you're just acting like a real fat ass," said Naruto.

That did it. Sasuke exploded in anger and frustration and he activated his Sharingan. Naruto chuckled lowly. He saw slyly, "I'm sorry, Sasuke, but that won't work on me!"

Naruto activated his special eyes: Demon Eyes! Sasuke tried to stare Naruto down, but Naruto's Demon Eyes forced him to look away and break off his supreme concentration.

All at once, he was chained to a wooden cutting board and he saw Naruto approach him. "Demon Eyes: Hell #2," whispered Naruto.

Naruto changed into Itachi and began the illusional pain of being tortured to death. Sasuke screamed every time he was cut deeply. But the worst thing is, the torture also made some very painful memories appear.

Kakashi struggled to get up and help his prize student, but he just fell back down, exhausted. "Kakashi-sensei, you need to rest," said Naruto.

"Naruto, looks like you've gotten really strong over the years," replied Kakashi, cocking one eye at his former student.

"Yeah, but I really want to kill Ororchimaru. I haven't been able to keep him still, so that's why I haven't murdered that ungrateful bastard yet," said Naruto.

"You…plan on killing the evil sannin?" asked Kakashi.

"Yep, and no one can stop me, although I think nobody will want to stop me," Naruto answered.

"Then…let your former team and I…help you," said Kakashi, who finally managed to stand up.

"Mm, okay, I'll consider this but nobody better drag me down," said Naruto.

"Oh, and Naruto? About the weights you're wearing…how many pounds?"

"Um…about 800," guessed Naruto. Kakashi's eye widened.

"You're wearing 800 pounds? Then, how fast are you really, Naruto?"

"I'd love to show you, but unfortunately, if I take these weights off when I'm not in a battle, a real serious battle, I will lose control and Kyuubi will take over. So, Kakashi-sensei, I'm sorry," said Naruto.

"Nothing to apologize about. Now, about your former teammates…what do you think of them now?"

"Ah, Sasuke used to call me a dobe, but I don't think that's true anymore. And Sakura…she's still somewhat useless, in my opinion."

"And me, Naruto," Kakashi said.

"Ah, sorry, sensei. I still think you're pretty good, although you need to work on your speed and gain more styles," he said.

Kakashi chuckled silently. "Well, how about you visit Iruka and Tsunade? They really miss you."

"Tsunade-baachan is probably already informed that I'm back. Iruka-sensei, though…I'll go visit him!"