Vermiculus: Soon, I will have control. Then Kishimoto will fall and I will rule the Naruto world.
Umbra: um, Ver, you should probably not rant about your plans online.
Chorus: Yeah, instead post them on Facebook, which will cause untold amounts of chaos that I can use to assassinate the bane of all good music.
Umbra: um, Chor, you too? Why are you both crazy?
Vermiculus & Chorus: Your part of us too!
Umbra: Yeah. Anyway we are back with a fourth chapter in our surprisingly most liked story. Sorry about the wait but every time we started writing a certain review made us laugh and we never got anything done. A guest decided that he didn't like our summary and wrote a review about not liking the summary. That person was just one of a list of people who are upping our review count.
Chorus: We don't own Naruto; otherwise you would have seen a much more badass Naruto to begin with.
Naruto of the Gold Dust
Chapter 4: WAR Part 1: Arrival and Worldwide Threats.
Previously…
"Naruto, that man works with Itachi-onii and he is also after you, it seems like every time I get close to someone that Itachi is the one to take them away. I'm just scared that when it comes time for them to chase after you that Itachi would be leading the charge. I know that I wish to find out why he did what he did, but not if your life is the price. Please, just if you ever have to fight Itachi then I beg that you do whatever you can do to kill him or stop him, just don't let him take you away from me." At this point Suki was crying into Naruto's chest. He was holding her close and rubbing her back soothingly. He let her cry until she was just shaking and slowly tilted her head back and stared into her eyes.
"Suki, I swore that I would help you catch your brother, so I will tell you this now. I will not die; I will not let Akatsuki catch me either." He claimed as he held the girl close to him as he watched the sun rise.
Currently…
Naruto was watching as Suki slept. He had brought her to her room after she fell asleep in his arms. He remembered swearing that he would catch Itachi. His strength was nowhere near that level; hell he doubted that he could beat Kakashi. Now here he was about to go and fight in a fucking war. "I wonder kaa-san, what would you do if you saw me now? Two of your sons are Jinchuricki, one for Shukaku the other for Kurama. Would you be proud or would you be sad? I swear on my honor as a Sabaku that I will never let Gaara, Temari, or Kankuro ever feel like they are my enemies. No matter what I will ensure that I will be the one to bare their burdens. I just hope that I will be able to survive this." Naruto was looking out the window, wondering what was happening in Suna.
In Sunagakure…
Gaara was waking up just as the sun was beginning to rise. He looked at his night table next to his bed and saw that it was just about 6:17 a.m. and two pictures. One was of him, Temari, Kankuro, and Baki. The other was him, Temari, Kankuro, Naruto, and their father.
He heard Shukaku yelling about letting him out from inside his seal, he laughed at the poor Tanuki, who just grumbled about annoying host ignoring them. As he walked down the stairs into the kitchen he noticed his father reading a scroll while drinking some coffee. "Gaara, you and your older siblings will be going to Konoha for the upcoming Chunin Exams. From what I gather your older brother Naruto will be participating as well."
Gaara nodded as he grabbed his mug. "What is our main objective?"
"Orochimaru approached me in an attempt to have me ally with him against Minato, we will be helping the Leaf to fight off the Oto shinobi." His father then smiles. "Your mother would be proud of you and your brothers and sister."
Back with Naruto…
Naruto was with the others as they were running towards the base of the rebellion. He looked ahead and noticed that there were people in the trees waiting for them, people carrying masks of those loyal to the Mizukage. He smirked as Minato nodded. Naruto started the handsigns for a wind style technique as Suki started the famous handsigns for the Uchiha signature technique. At the exact same time the two shouted out their individual abilities. "Futon: Daitoppa/Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
The two techniques merged as Natsume also added a Katon: Goukakyuu into the mix. The three techniques barreled into the jounin and took out half of the supposedly elite members of the Mizukage's forces. The entourage from the rebel forces that were nearby saw the flames and headed in that general direction. Obito and Kakashi suddenly smirked before they both charged raiton chakra into their hands and formed a Chidori. The two charged forward at a small group of the men. Rin and Mei stayed back and threw kunai and shuriken at the other to push them into a group that was quickly surrounded by iron sand that had a sickly purple liquid falling from it. The iron sand suddenly formed spears and started to enclose on the jounin. One of them shouts out for help as he is skewered by one of the spears. A couple use Kawirami at the last second but quickly succumb to the poison covering the grains. "Satetsu Keshuu." He smirked and Kisame narrowed his eyes at a technique that he knew was a favorite of Sasori's. Kisame quickly started cutting through some of the shinobi who surrounded him with Samehada. Zabuza just smirked before swinging Kubikiriboucho and killing several shinobi. Raiga smirked before yelling out about giving them all funerals as he used the Kibas to cut through several shinobi. In the distance a man in an orange mask was watching as the group wiped out the small group he convinced to watch this path. He saw Suki using her Sharingan with the ease of a veteran and smirked. "Soon I will approach her and offer her the power to do whatever she wants, and then I will kill that damn thorn in my side. Itachi, I will kill you and that pretender if it is the last thing I ever do." The last thing seen from the inside of the mask was an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan before the man disappeared into the shadows.
Mei was watching as Naruto used his iron sand to its fullest potential, she was even more amazed when he started controlling his gold dust with his left arm. He quickly proved that he was ever as dangerous as the other members of the Sabaku clan that acquired the Jiton Kekkai Genkai. What made him even scarier was that she knew has was still holding back. As she watched she noticed something heading their way, something with six tails. "Everyone, pull back! It is Utakata!"
Everyone gasped as they saw the giant slug head in their direction. Kurama yelled from inside Naruto that Saiken was acting weird. 'He is not acting like himself!' Naruto, upon hearing this, suddenly gathered as much chakra in his gold dust as possible and sent a tidal wave of gold dust against the Rokubi. He smirked when the slug got on dry land and slowed down exponentially. Everyone then noticed that the slug was covered in a covering of gold dust. Naruto suddenly crashed down onto all fours as he started to be covered in Kurama's chakra. "Not on your life will I allow you to get any closer. Now we shall see who is truly the strongest here." Naruto suddenly sprouted the sixth tail as a skeletal armor reminiscent of a fox covered the Jinchuricki. Naruto smirked as he suddenly appeared in front of the slug and used a chakra covered arm to slam the slug into the tree line in the distance. The hit shook the surrounding area as everyone watched in terror as both of the Jinchuricki let out a roar before clashing against each other repeatedly.
Suki was watching as Naruto fought against the fully transformed Rokubi and was actually winning. She then noticed that the slug was gathering chakra at a point in front of its mouth. "Um, why would a Biju focus chakra in front of its mouth?"
Minato suddenly yelled out to Naruto that the slug was going to use a Bijudama. Naruto pulled back and focused a large concentration of chakra in front of him using the six tails he had out to help contain it. As the chakra started to appear in front of both of them Naruto suddenly sprouted a seventh tail as he slowly powered up his Imari to match the Bijudama about to be fired in his general direction. He started to compress the orb and everyone watched in awe as he swallowed the compressed orb before his throat and cheeks started swelling. Smoke was released from his mouth as he slowly opened it and fired the large concentration of Chakra at the still forming Bijudama, causing it to blow up in the Rokubi's face, sending it flying backwards. When the smoke cleared everyone saw Utakata standing there holding his head in pain. He looked up and Suki, Obito, and Kakashi saw that his chakra was struggling as though in a genjutsu. Naruto suddenly appeared next to him and knocked him down before focusing Kurama's chakra into his palm and slamming it onto Utakata's forehead.
Utakata's Mindscape…
Naruto appeared in what he believed to be the mindscape of the Jinchuricki he was just fighting and noticed that the moon in the mindscape was oddly Sharingan shaped. He looked behind him and saw Kurama growling at the moon. 'Naruto that moon means that an Uchiha is the one controlling him, and a strong one at that.' Naruto walked forward and noticed that Saiken and Utakata were covered in chains before a man in a mask. The man turned around and noticed Naruto. "So, another Jinchuricki falls for the trap I placed. Perfect, and it's one of the three strongest. Give me the Kyuubi and I will let you and your comrades go."
"Go fuck yourself. I refuse to let a fallen Uchiha do whatever he wants. So Madara, prepare to die here."
The man hissed at the name before he glared at Naruto. "Do not refer to me by that pretender's name. I am not Madara, for I am superior to Madara. That thing should never have been chosen to lead the clan; a clan like ours should only be led by those who deserve such an honor. It is an honor that I will rectify when I use Suki to kill her older brother and the pretender and I take control of the whole world. Madara believes that capturing the Jinchuricki and keeping them away from me will save them, but I will just kill Madara and all those who serve the pretender." He then turned towards Kurama and was about to use his Sharingan when he was blinded by a large amount of gold dust in the air. He turned towards Naruto only to see that Naruto was right next to him slamming his fist into his stomach with a growl. He looked up and noticed that Naruto had black rings around his eyes, a sure sign that he was fully using the bloodline granted to him by his father's clan.
"Never talk about Suki like she is your property, she is a person and I will kill you if you ever lay one of your dirty hands on her." Naruto was suddenly sent flying as the man punched him and sent him flying.
"So, the Sabaku clan heir has a thing for the Uchiha clan heiress? That will make it so much easier to manipulate her into helping me kill the only person that can contest my leading the Uchiha clan. All I have to do is tell her that her brother is out to kill you and she'll want to do anything to gather the power to kill him to protect you. I will then use her hate to kill you by showing her a genjutsu of you helping Itachi kill her family. It will be flawless." The man said as he started to disappear. "I will reappear when she needs me." The man disappeared completely and the chains holding Utakata and Saiken down were released. Naruto rushed over to the man and was suddenly pushed out of Utakata's mind.
Outside…
Everyone was watching as Naruto stood in front of Utakata and was apparently fighting if the slight muscle twitches that sporadically happened before he was sent flying back from an attack by a man in a blue mask. "So Utakata failed and my lord lost another one, oh well. I will make sure that you can't use the Rokubi anyway." The man quickly turns and snaps his fingers, killing Utakata by bisecting him with an unseen attack. "I will now take my leave, later losers." The man suddenly disappears into what looks like a sickly purple mist.
"Well, that was a major fuck-up." Everyone said at the same time.
And that is a wrap. As for whom the masked men are? They are the ones who will ultimately be in major confrontations for a while. The main focus of this chapter was to reveal a little bit more of Naruto's skills, and get him introduced to Mei. Now as for the fourth and final member of the harem. The choices are:
Konan
Koyuki
Natsume (I saw her name show up more than once)
Fu
Any of these four. By June 1 is when I will accept votes, after that I am starting the next chapter of this and will reveal the winner. Also give me a logical reason if you want one of them replaced by someone else.
Vermiculus-umbra-chorus: WE'RE OUT!