Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and I don't make any money with it, Kishimoto Masashi does.

Legend:

"Ordinary people talking"

"Ordinary people thinking"

"Demons/Summons"talking

Demons/Summons thinking

WARNING: Blood, death and cussing… oh yeah, definitely cussing!

Killing Perfection

by Godwolf Fenrir

Chapter 4: The Oath

In Konoha early in the morning

ANBU can run fast when someone disfigures the Hokage Monument, especially, when it is the stone face honoring the greatest hero of all of Konoha's History. They swarmed the whole village, like an angry hornet swarm, searching for the culprit. They had a pretty good idea who it could be since they only knew one person that would be stupid and reckless enough to do something like that and that was…

"NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

The enraged cry of one Umino Iruka rang out throughout Konoha. He stood on the main road directly in front of the Hokage Tower, hands on his hips and face beet red out of anger, as he looked at the face of the Yondaime Hokage.

"This time you went too far, young men, when I get my hands on you I'll…"

"Iruka-san", called out a voice to the enraged academy teacher, startling him. "Why are you so angry this early in the morning? The academy hasn't even started yet, when I'm not mistaken."

Iruka turned around coming face to book with a copy of the infamous Icha Icha series. The teacher, even more angry now than he was five seconds ago, snatched the book away and was finally able to look into the face of his opposite. Or what could be seen of it anyway, since the only part of the face that was uncovered was the right eye.

"If you hadn't buried your face 24/7 in that crap you call literature", the brunette accused, waving the little orange covered book from left to right, "then you would have surely noticed what happened to the face of the Fourth! Some Jonin you are!" He pointed with his other arm to the mountainside, all the while glaring at the silver haired Jonin. Kakashi's visible eye widened when he followed the gesture, finally taking in the new appearance of his former Sensei's face. He pushed up his Hitai-ate, revealing his sharingan and checked for a genjutsu. To his horror he couldn't find any, meaning that someone had carved the horizontal lines into the stone.

"No genjutsu, huh?", Iruka asked, sounding not really surprised. "Thought so, Naruto is horrible at that after all."

Kakashi forced himself to look away from the horrible sight.

"What makes you think that it was Naruto, Iruka-san?", Kakashi inquired, covering his left eye once again. "He hasn't played any pranks since his graduation."

"True, but honestly, who else would do something like that!!"

"Don't know", the Jonin replied, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "But this is not his style. I have a feeling that something is not right."

Iruka looked from Kakashi to the Monument and back again. One could practically see the little wheels turning in his head as he thought about what Kakashi had said. Naruto had never really damaged anything with his pranks, even when he painted something, it was always more or less easily removable so…

"Maybe you're right", Iruka mumbled finally, clearly worried. "It is a long way from painting to craving after all, but those lines…. they do look like…"

"Whiskers…", Kakashi finished for him. "And that is what's disturbing me… if that isn't Naruto's doing then it has at least something to do with him… let's go investigate."

Snatching his beloved book back, Kakashi shunshined away, leaving only a poof of smoke and some leafs behind.

Sighting Iruka looked at the Mountain again before he too shunshined away, following Kakashi. "I know the death of the Sandaime hit you pretty hard but that is no excuse…I really hope that that wasn't you, Naruto…"


In the forest surrounding Konoha

The most sought after leaf nin at the moment, even outranking the sannin Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi, was currently far away, busy with jumping from tree branch to tree branch and totally unconcerned with the havoc she had caused within Konoha.

On the contrary she was very pleased with herself and the fact that she was not travelling alone. Sasuke and Sakura followed her lead, touching the branches only with their feet unlike Naruto who used her hands too. This was something she had Kyuubi to thank for, thought it didn't bother her in the least. Sure it looked quite funny, at least that's what Sakura told her, but oh well… There would surely be quite a bit more things that were naturally for her and strange to the other two, they would simply have to get used to it.

Like her heightened senses for example that chose that moment to start screaming bloody murder. Closing her eyes, Naruto send out a wave of chakra like a bat would do with Ultrasonic, to scan her surroundings for that something or someone that ticked of her senses.

The salvo of chakra was not entirely human but lacked the malice that was normally attributed to demon youki, so no human being could ever hope to sense this kind of echolocation. Thought the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan would be able to see the pulse if their Bloodline was activated ,but they wouldn't be able to gain any advantage out of it like Naruto did. The chakra/youki mix was reflected back to her so she was able to 'see' what was farther away from her. Not 'see' like humans normally do but forms, contours and distances. It seemed as if the whole world was drawn with indian ink, only edges and outlines, no color and every picture was only a snapshot. It existed only for the short time the 'echo' needed to fade away.

"Hey, Naruto!", Sakura called out suddenly, effectively breaking her concentration. She was the first one to break the silence in quite some time. Leave it to Sakura to open her big mouth at the wrong time, luckily Naruto had already found what she was searching for.

"Yes Sakura?"

"Why are we going this way? That's not the way to Tanzaku Gai!"

"I know…", Naruto answered, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. What thought Sakura she was? A complete moron?

"Are you sure?", her pink haired team mate inquired. Careful not to upset the blond. "I think we are lost."

"Hn", Sasuke very helpful commented.

"No, Sakura", Naruto replied, coming to a halt on a particularly thick branch that could carry the weight of the three. "We're NOT lost, locationally challenged maybe, but not lost."

Sasura's eyes widened and she opened her mouth to retort but Sasuke's interruption prevented that.

"That was a joke, Sakura. Naruto is just being… well Naruto."

Said blond chuckled to herself and dodged a fist at the last second. Sakura growled as she missed her intended target; Naruto's head.

"No, seriously we are taking this way to evade the patrols and any other uninvited company and to conceal where we are really going, just in case something unexpected happens", Naruto explained, starring at her team mates intently through her mask. This would have been far easier if she wouldn't wear a mask, but she tried her hardest to get her message across nonetheless.

"It would not bode well for us if anyone sees us alive and well when we should be dead and unwell", Sasuke supplied, meeting gaze with Naruto who nodded barely noticeable. His hand slowly inched to his weapon-pouch to take out a kunai. Sakura's eyes widened slightly as she noticed his gesture and it made finally click in her head.

"So that is why we are travelling in the trees and not on the ground", Sakura complemented, reaching for her hip-pouch too.

Naruto suddenly hurled a hail of kunai into the bushes below them faster than Sasuke and Sakura had ever seen her move, forcing the enemy-nin to reveal themselves. Four rather young looking ninja with absolutely no fashion sense what's so ever landed on a branch before team seven.

"You again", Sasuke muttered under his breath as he identified them immediately. He slipped into his fighting stance, ready to finish what he had started inside of Konoha. "Be careful", the raven advised his team mates, "that are Orochimaru's goons. They were the ones that tried to get me to leave Konoha." And nearly succeeded. No one actually said that out loud but all three could hear it clearly none the less.

"I swear Sasuke, your stalkers get creepier by the second", Naruto commented dryly, eying the four carefully.

"Who are you calling creepy you masked wearing piece of shit?!", the redhead and only female of the group shouted.

Naruto merely raised her eyebrows, thought they couldn't see that, and snorted. "Oh, you got one hell of a foul mouth there, if you are not careful I'll have to clean it out for you."

"Was that a threat, bitch?"

"Control yourself Tayuya, that is no proper language for a girl", the biggest of the four reprimanded. Waving his finger disappointed in her direction.

"Suck it up, fatso!", Tayuya retorted. "I won't let myself be insulted by little pieces of crap!"

"Jirobo", the two headed one interrupted before Jirobo was able to retort, thought his face twisted in anger. "And you too, Tayuya. Stop this bickering immediately."

"Yeah! This game gets old really fast!", the six-armed guy proclaimed .

"Shut it Kidomaru-freak", Tayuya whispered in response earning herself a pointed glare.

Team seven calmly watched the scene unfolded, thought they were still on guard and ready to defend at a moments notice.

"And here I always thought we have communication problems", Naruto said to her team mates, shaking her head slowly. "And they are the best that Orochimaru had to offer? His personal bodyguards?"

"We are the best", Kidomaru confirmed, folding his six arms. "We are on top of Otogakure's Highscore!"

"Then I'm not surprised that his invasion failed…"

Tayuya's face took on a murderous look. "What did you say, shit stain? Wait till I get my hands on you you fucking bimbo!! I'll take that mask of yours and shove it down your throat along with those fucking words!"

"That is enough!"

"But, Sakon…"

"Enough already!", Sakon snapped , daring her to say another word. "We are not necessarily here to fight." He looked from Tayuya to Sasuke, studying his fighting stance for a moment. "Although it seems we have to… What do you say, Uchiha Sasuke? Have you thought about our offer? It would greatly benefit…"

The kunai that embedding itself between his feet shut him up, thought he didn't even try to dodge.

"I take that as a no", Sakon said, watching Sasuke as he took another kunai out of his pouch to replace his lost one. "Well, that's more than ok with me, because it is more fun this way." A wicked gin spread over his face before he addressed his fellow sound-nin. "Kidomaru, you and Jirobo will capture our little Uchiha. You can roughen him up a little but no long-lasting damage. Tayuya you'll take care of the pink haired…"

"NO! I want that fucking masked wearing, big mouthed slut! Why can't fatso deal with the pink bimbo?!", complained the red head loudly, sputtering profanities at least every five words.

"Because he is better equipped to capture than you!"

"Then why don't you fucking deal with the flat chested bitch?", Tayuya growled . "I don't see…"

"Because pink is not my colour and the other looks like more fun and now shut your mouth! I'm the leader so do what you are told or Orochimaru-sama will get angry."

The mentioning of the snake bastard calmed her down a little, but darkened Naruto's mood considerably. Someday that kami damned asshole would get what was coming for him a long time, she would ensure that.

"How about we stop this shit-chat and get this party started?", an irritated blond interrupted, forming a seal. A second later the hidden seal on Sasuke's kunai went off, creating a huge explosion. The sound-nin managed to get away in time and nearly unharmed, but now seriously pissed of.

Standing back to back with her team mates and scanning her surroundings for an incoming attack, Naruto addressed them, whispering under her breath.

"They will try to separate us and I don't think we can stop them. Just be careful, ok?"

"Shouldn't we at least try to stay together?", Sakura asked uncertain. She tried her hardest to stop her voice from shaking but with no success. "I'm not as strong as you two are and…"

Before she could finish her sentence Naruto formed her favourite cross seal, creating two Kage Bunshin.

"They'll help you and don't worry they will not go poof so easily…" she hesitated a moment before she continued, "let's just say they are special and now attention… here they come."

A moment later the sound four attacked from above, forcing team seven plus two to dodge and in doing so to separate.

The fight was on.

Sasuke and his Naruto-clone landed not too far away from their original location on the ground, facing Jirobo and the spider like guy Kidomaru. Kidomaru hung upside down from a tree branch only supported by his spider threads, grinning like a lunatic.

"This is going to be an easy level", Kidomaru sneered, eyeing Sasuke and then shifting his gaze to Naruto. "A little genin and a clone. Not much of a challenge, but a game is a game and I'm not about to complain."

Sasuke scoffed at being called little and activated his sharingan, glaring at Kidomaru threateningly.

"I wouldn't count us out just yet", Naruto warned . She had one of her arms on Sasuke's shoulder, preventing him from blindly attacking his foes because of that stupid pride of his. That was exactly what got him usually into bad situation. Someone said something that his oversized ego couldn't handle, he got angry, got on his high horse and lost his ability to think clearly. "Arrogance was the undoing of many a shinobi, we may surprise you", the blond continued, addressing her enemies as well as her team mate. Sasuke got the hint and relaxed somewhat.

"Please, Sasuke-sama, it is unnecessary to fight", Jirobo pleaded once again. "It is honorable that you are unwilling to turn traitor on your team mates, but Orochimaru-sama ordered us to bring you to him and he won't accept a no as an answer."

Sasuke's gaze turned icy and he balled his fists with so much force that cracking noises could be heard. "No one orders me around!", the Uchiha snapped. "For all I care Orochimaru can go to hell, I sure don't need him!" He looked at Naruto out of the corner of his eyes and smirked. "Ready to get ride of these annoyances, dobe?"

Jirobo sighted deeply and Kidomaru's grin got even more wicked if that was possible. Naruto, on the other hand, felt as if a heavy burden was suddenly lifted from her. Her fear that Sasuke would run of to Orochimaru first chance he got, despite his words in his old home, was suddenly taken from her. Her friend was back and he was back to stay, that frightening being she had encountered in the forest of death securely chained away.

"A mere clone isn't nearly enough to stop us, Uchiha-sama."

"Who said I was a mere clone", Naruto asked from behind Jirobo, delivering a harsh kick to his head. The kick hit dead on, sending Jirobo flying through the air. Before he could do anything about it, Sasuke was under him, delivering another powerful kick, this time to the small of his back, sending him flying high into the air.

Jumping after his target, Sasuke appeared below Jirobo while following a similar trajectory. He drew back his leg to deliver a kick directly to Jirobo's stomach, followed by a back of the hand strike to the face. Finally out of his stupor, Jirobo was able to block the strike to his face, but Sasuke simply spun around once again and delivered a final spin-kick that landed his left heel directly on the centre of his opponent, driving him into the ground and finishing his Shishi Rendan.

Naruto on the other hand dealt with Kidomaru while Sasuke handled Jirobo. They had moved of the ground, leaving it to the other two.

"I'll have this finished in record time, no problem", Kidomaru taunted . "Kumo Sōka."

Kidomaru gathered his spider thread into his mouth, spitting net-like cobwebs at Naruto, trieing to catch her with them.

"I wouldn't count on that, asshole!", the clone retorted as she jumped through the air and from tree branch to tree branch to evade the webs and trying at the same time to get closer to her opponent. Kidomaru was slightly surprised of her display of speed and would this have been the original she may have put up a good fight, but as she was only a clone, all he had to do was to get a good hit in and she would disperse. Said clone dodged the last web and catapulted herself in Kidomaru's direction, aiming straight for his head, fist drawn back. Said boy didn't even try to dodge but smirked and Naruto had the sudden feeling that she just made a grave mistake.

With his six hands folded and a whisper of Ninpou: Kumo Shibari, Kidomaru let loose a big spider web constructed like a hunting net. Naruto was unable to dodge and got tangled in the net, another Kumo Sōka following straight after hit dead on, slamming her against a tree with force, pinning her there and driving the air out of her lungs.

"Gah!"

"Hehe, caught ya!", Kidomaru said smugly, thought he was surprised that she did not disperse on contact. Nevertheless he cut off his spider thread and landed on a tree branch a few meters away from the trapped blond. "It's only been a minute, but I am already tired of dealing with you."

"Fuck you!", Naruto cursed as she struggled furiously but futilely against her bindings. "What is this shit?!"

Kidomaru chuckled, already tasting his victory. "That is my indestructible thread, it is infused with my chakra… but now it is game over for you."

He inhaled deeply, collecting some more of his spider webbing into his mouth. Naruto noticed that and tried even more desperately to escape. She watched as Kidomaru opened his mouth, releasing a golden lance like thing, aimed directly at her heart.

"Shit!", Naruto cursed once more, collecting her youki. "If this doesn't work then Sasuke stands alone against these two."

With the spear-thing only meters away, Naruto released the youki in one mighty burst, destroying her bindings. She dropped safely onto a branch, wasting no time she appeared a second later behind a wide eyed Kidomaru, kunai in hand. As she readied her attack she watched as the golden lance imbedded itself deep into the bark of the tree, exactly where she was only moments ago.

With an evil gin and a shout of "Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi"Naruto plunged her kunai forcefully into Kidomaru's behind, catapulting him into the air.

"YAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU", Kidomaru screeched, holding his ass with all six of his hands. Was it in a less serious situation then Naruto would have surely laughed.

"If you think that hurt, then you won't like this at all!", Naruto informed almost casually. She appeared behind Kidomaru and delivered a punch between his shoulder blades. "Bakuhatsu genkotsu!"

A large explosion was released with the sound-nin as its centre, engulfing him completely in flames. Naruto on the other hand barely managed to evade the recoil of her own attack, using her youki as a shield of sorts, to absorb most of its force. If she would have been any slower then she would have suffered a great deal of damage, too. Unfortunately was she not the original and that attack took a great deal out of her.

"Great, one down one to go", the blonde panted, watching as the smoke far below her slowly cleared. But to Naruto's utter shock no marred and mangled body was reveal, but a completely intact one, covered in a strange golden full body armor that started to crack to reveal unharmed skin.

"WHAT THE HELL!!", Naruto screamed enraged. "That was a direct hit! I'm sure of it!!"

"Hihihi", Kidomaru snickered as black spiral-designs started to cover almost his entire body. "I would have never guessed that I would have to use my Nenkin no Yoroi against a mere clone. I guess the level of difficulty just rose a little."

"I understand…", Naruto muttered, narrowing her eyes at her opponent. "You are not only able to emit that golden stuff out of your mouth to attack, but to use it as defence as well."

"Isn't it great?", Kidomaru asked, grinning widely as he jumped up in the trees again, shaking of the last of his armor. "I am able to secrete it from my sweat glands to protect me from powerful attacks! This game is so much more fun than I originally thought it would be!"

Then he was gone. Vanishing from her sight, fusing with their surroundings.

"Hn", Naruto thought, scanning the trees for her foe. "Even thought he has that armor to protect him he seems to want to play it save. No close combat... well then, where are you little spider… there!!"

Naruto dodged the hail of kunai that headed in her direction by jumping of the tree branch. With a quiet thud Naruto landed on the ground, sending her own kunai to where Kidomaru was hiding, forcing him to change location.

"Watch out!", cried out a voice and before she knew what was happening someone had picked her up bridal style, carrying her away from the spot she had previously occupied. Not a second later came a dumpling shaped chunk of earth the size of a small house crashing down, flattening everything in its path.

"Holy shit!" Naruto muttered. She looked away from the stone and up into the face of her savior. "Thanks a lot, teme."

"Hn", the raven grunted , releasing Naruto to her own two feet.

"GOT YOU! Doton Kekkai: Dorōodōmu!"

A large dome of earth suddenly rose out of the ground and enclosed the two. All sunlight was blocked out and they were trapped inside.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!!!!", the blond cried out, punching the stonewall with every word and with so much force that she actually created dents in the wall. "They got us! And what the fuck is this wall?", the blond asked while watching the wall repair itself.

"Calm down, dobe. This obviously isn't going to work."

"He is right you know, girly", Jirobo's voice could be heard from the outside. "Besides woman shouldn't use such crude language."

Naruto growled in response, punching the wall where Jirobo's voice seems to come from. "Wait till I get out of here, then I'll show you what a woman should and should not do!"

Suddenly a light illuminated their prison, but it was not an opening that could be used as a means to escape, it was Sasuke using some kind of instant-light.

Naruto turned away from the wall and stopped shaking her fist in anger and looked at Sasuke who, in return, watched her carefully.

"You look like shit", Naruto informed. "Did you come between Sakura and Ino again?"

"Very funny!", the Uchiha growled before it turned into a smirk. "At least it'll get better, unlike your missing brain, dobe."

"It can't be that bad after all… your attitude didn't suffer at all", Naruto stated, a large grin on her face. "But seriously, what happened?"

"He is extremely strong but I was able to land a few good hits with my far superior speed." By the word 'superior' Naruto rolled her eyes, earning a glare from the Uchiha, but he ignored her otherwise and

continued his report. "He activated his curse seal after I finished my Shishi Rendan. I was able to evade most of his attacks but he got a few hits past my defence", the raven continued, rubbing his injured cheek. "He got a real mean right hook…" Sasuke trailed off for a moment, then a shudder went through his body. "But it got even worse after I hit him with a Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu. That damn seal Orochimaru gave me got a freaking second stage!! I couldn't do anything…", Sasuke growled, balling his fists. No doubt dwelling in the past again and cursing his own weakness. He simply didn't realise that he was anything BUT weak.

"I can't see your problem, teme", Naruto said, casually shrugging her shoulders. Being Naruto she tried instantly to lighten the mood. "At least he didn't try to flatten you with a house-sized pebble."

"True… I guess that is just your luck, dobe."

"Teme", the blond whined in a very Naruto-like fashion. He could practically see the fake tears running down her cheeks. A small smile crept onto his face, against his will of course. After a moment he sighted tiredly, deactivated his Sharingan and letting himself sink down onto the ground, leaning against the wall of their prison.

"Strange… I feel kind of tired all of a sudden, I mean even more tired than a few moments ago…", Sasuke confessed.

Naruto's eyes widened suddenly, realisation slowly seeping into her mind.

"Fuck… He absorbs chakra!", the blond half shouted, palming her own forehead and releasing a few more curses.

"So you have noticed?", Jirobo asked. Judging from the tone of his voice he was in a very good mood. "Resistance is useless, I am draining your chakra and I have to say that it is delicious..."

"Yeah, that annoying hindrance of a clone should pop any moment now", Kidomaru supplied. "A shame really, I would have loved to face the original, Sakon is so lucky!"

"That is not good", Sasuke mumbled. He pushed himself to his feet again, not accepting defeat so easily.

"We have to get out of here… there has to be a way…", Naruto muttered, wracking her brain for a good idea. "Come on, we need a good plan…"

"A good plan?", a smirking Sasuke replied. "It doesn't have to be good, I would even take one of your more crazy plans like the one in wave, you know the near suicidal ones…"

"THAT'S IT!", Naruto exclaimed, clapping her hands together in excitement. "Sasuke you are a genius!"

"I know that, and it's nice that you've finally seen reason, but… what the hell are you talking about? I didn't say anything important!"

"Well you did", Naruto replied shrugging again. "You said suicide!"

Sasuke froze for a moment, then he stretched out his arm, shoved Naruto's masked a few inches to the side so he could reach her cheek and rested his hand on it. He remembered his mother doing it when he was younger and not feeling well, thought she always did it with his forehead and cheeks.

"Temperature seems normal", the raven muttered to himself. "Maybe that spider-guy poisoned you with something?"

Naruto slapped his hand aside and repositioned her mask.

"I'm fine, teme!", Naruto assured . "I didn't mean it like you think I did!"

"Oh? So how did you mean it then?"

"Ah… have you not noticed that I am completely unaffected by what fatty does?"

"Yeah, well you're a clone so…"

"So?", Naruto inquired, raising an eyebrow. "You are my team mate and you haven't noticed something strange about me? I'm disappointed, teme."

Sasuke blinked a few times before, finally, it dawned to him. "That strange feeling your chakra emits…"

Naruto smiled under her mask, nodding her head in affirmation. "Yes, but it is not really chakra and his technique only drains chakra."

"But then what is…"

"Youki", the blond answered before Sasuke could even finish his question. "The original created me not with chakra like she normally does, but with youki. That's more or less the demon equivalent to chakra only that it is much more powerful, allowing me to take more damage and use more powerful jutsu. But there is something else…" Naruto lowered her voice to a whisper. "My youki is highly poisonous…so what do you think will happen once I feed it forcefully to this Jirobo guy?"

A chilling smirk appeared on Sasukes face, accompanied by a dangerous glint in his eyes. "One annoying bastard less on the face of the world…"

"Yeah, but it has a drawback", Naruto admitted. "I will go 'poof' and you will have to deal with spiderman on your own. The question is… do you have enough chakra for a Chidori left?"

Sasuke concentrated on his chakra for his moment and then nodded. "Yes, but we have to hurry. Thought a Gōkakyū would be much easier and…"

"No", Naruto cut him of. "It has to be a Chidori,that guy can create a nearly indestructible armor with his spider-thread. Chidori is the only thing that I can think of that would have any chance to penetrate it. After all you managed to damage Gaara's sandarmor, his 'ultimate defence'."

"Then let's hope for the best…", the raven replied , watching his team mate as she rested her palms against the stone, channelling her golden colored youki into it and so consequently into Jirobo as well. On Naruto's sign Sasuke's black eyes bled red once more and he activated his Chidori, dipping their prison in an ominous blue light.

"Uhhh", Jirobo moaned suddenly from the outside. "Why do I feel suddenly so ill…?"

"Hey, are you alright player two?", Kidomaru questioned, thought he didn't sound very worried.

Sasuke positioned himself so that he faced the voice, giving Naruto a nod to indicate that he was ready.

"Good luck and see you later, teme", the Naruto-clone said before she channelled the last of her youki in a mighty burst into the wall and going 'poof'.

Sasuke could hear a pained cry and then a thud, a second later his prison crumbled and he wasted no moment to attack.

Kidomaru stood in his ugly curse seal level two form a few feet away from his fallen comrade, staring at him wide eyed. Sasuke rushed at him and trusted his arm forward, ready to pierce his opponents heart. He watched as the golden armor created itself, covering Kidomaru's whole body. Then the two connected.

Chidori vs. Nenkin no Yoroi

At first nothing happened and Sasuke forced even more chakra into his attack, till he had only the bare minimum to survive left. He had put everything into this last attack and if it didn't work then he was thoroughly fucked.

Then, finally, the armor began to crack. Sasuke pushed with even more force, opening the crack even wider. With one last show of strength Sasuke penetrated the formally indestructible defence, shoving his arm into his foe's chest, killing him immediately.

With a sight of relieve the raven pulled his arm out of Kidomaru, sinking to his knees in complete exhaustion. With another thud landed Kidomaru's body on the ground, slowly changing back to his normal appearance.

"I'll never use this damn curse seal", Sasuke swore as he looked at his shaking hands, one covered in thick red blood. "I won't become a monster." He looked at Kidomaru and then thought of his brother. "Not in appearance and not at heart!"

"Yes", thought Sasuke, clenching his hands into fists. "I won't become like you, Itachi. I will protect what is important to me… even if it means to endanger my live and ultimately my revenge. But I won't let you win! Mangekyou be damned!!"


At roughly the same time in Konoha

Kakashi and Iruka had arrived at the crime scene that was quite heavily crowded with ANBU, at least three full squads. Iruka gulped, the white masked elite of his village always frightened him a little. He was pretty sure that they wouldn't let them anywhere near the red painted gashes, but he was wrong. With a nod in Kakashi's direction the ANBU let them through. Iruka followed Kakashi a little unsure as they made their way down to the lines, sticking to the surface with chakra. It didn't add to his comfort that a squat of ANBU followed them…

He stopped himself from fidgeting nervously and concentrated on Kakashi instead. Said silver haired pervert kneeled down on one knee.

"That is not paint…", Kakashi said as he dipped two fingers into the liquid and brought it up to eyelevel, sniffing at it suspiciously. "That is…"

He wiped his fingers off on his pants before biting his thumb and making quick hand seals.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!", Kakashi shouted, slamming his palm onto the ground. In a poof of smoke a little brown dog appeared.

"Yo, Kakashi", the summon said in a somewhat gruff voice, holding up a little paw in greeting.

"Pakkun, no time for pleasantries, take a sniff and tell me what you've got!", the Jonin ordered, pointing to the red covered gashes, laid -back attitude and orange book totally gone.

Pakkun did what he was told, feeling his masters agitation. He brought his nose down, inhaling the scent of the red liquid deeply. Suddenly he began to tremble, eyes wide in horror.

"Now, what is it?", the silver haired Jonin asked, tapping his foot impatiently.

"W--well it i--is fresh bl--blood, only a f--few hours old", Pakkun stuttered , not really knowing how he should give Kakashi the bad news. He turned around to face him and looked him in the eye.

"I re--really don't think that yo--you want…", Pakkun stuttered again, lowering his head to the ground, away from Kakashi's penetrating gaze.

"Who's blood is it!", Kakashi questioned now more forcefully, despite the fact that Pakkun was right, he really didn't want to know. He didn't want his bad feeling to become reality.

Suddenly a hand gripped his shoulder, squeezing softly. Iruka looked down to where the summon was sitting.

"It is Naruto's, isn't it?", the Chunin asked quietly.

"Yes", the dog replied without looking at him. "But there is other blood as well…"

Iruka's brows raised at that, something akin to hope gleamed in his eyes. If this was not all Naruto's blood, but his mixed with several others then there was hope that he was still alive, badly hurt and most like more dead than alive, but alive non the less.

"Other blood?", Iruka inquired with a strange voice.

"Sasuke and Sakura."

"No", Kakashi whispered. He picked up the startled dog by the scruff of his neck, shaking him violently. "NO! You must be mistaken!", shouted the Jonin-sensei of Team seven at his summon. Losing one student was bad enough, but all three? No… just no!

"Kakashi!", Iruka screamed. "Kakashi, STOP! You are hurting him!"

With more force then Iruka knew he possessed he pried the pug out of Kakashi's steel like grip, patting him soothing on the head once he was secure in his arms.

"Kakashi-san your summon said that the blood is still fresh and although it is quite a lot of blood the three of them might still be alive! If we find them quickly enough… then maybe…"

"You are right, I'm sorry…", Kakashi apologized, a strange haunted look in his visible eye, his body tense to keep it from trembling. He inhaled deeply, obviously to calm and collect himself. "Pakkun", he addressed his ninken, his demeanour once again in check. "Do you…"

"Yes", Pakkun answered before his master could finish his question. After all he already knew what it was that he wanted. "I can smell small traces of blood in this direction", the pug pointed to the stairs that went up the mountain, "just follow me… and pray that we are not too late." The last part the dog mumbled more to himself then to anyone else as he jumped out of Iruka's arms, thought everyone heard him. He took the lead and sprinted as fast as his short legs let him to where the scent of team seven led him. Kakashi, Iruka and the squad of ANBU hot on his trail. Pakkun had to stop a few times and sniff around since the rain had washed almost all of the scent marks away. So all he could really do was sniff for drops of blood that fell to the ground on the way from the actual crime scene to the monument. But that was not an easy task either since the rain diluted the blood and so the scent.

They took more than once a wrong turn and had to go back before they could try it again and slowly but surely Iruka lost his patience. Considering that his job was to teach a bunch of ninja wannabe's that were more interested in training than listening to him, that had to say something. But the lives of three of his ex-students were at stake and this was taking way too long for his liking.

"This takes too long!", Iruka growled finally, slamming his fist into the wall of a dead end. Pakkun halted in his steps and looked up to him with a puzzled expression on his face, well as puzzled as a little pug can actually look. Even the ANBU turned to face him, sending a small shudder down Iruka's spine. This white face masks and the long coats were just too spooky for his liking…

Composing himself again Iruka faced Kakashi who, admittedly, wore a mask too but he could at least see one eye and thus suspect what he was thinking. "Let's think rationally here for one minute. They can't lie in an ally or the patrols would have found them already, they are not in Naruto's apartment since I'm sure someone already checked there, Sakura's and Sasuke's homes are dismissed too because they both live in a totally different part of the town than we are currently in. But the attacker needed a quiet place to…"

"Of course!", Kakashi exclaimed loudly smacking his forehead. "Why haven't I thought of this earlier! The Uchiha district! It is secluded since no one lives there any longer and roughly lies in the direction that Pakkun is guiding us!"

"You are right… that is the only possible location, sempai", the ANBU commander agreed before he looked at one of his soldiers. "Go get reinforcement and a medical team!"

"Yes sir!", the meant ANBU saluted and was gone in a poof of smoke.

The ANBU commander turned once again around to face Iruka, nodding approving in his direction. "Good thinking, Iruka-san", the masked man praised. "But maybe it is better if you…"

"No", Iruka interrupted , using his strict teacher voice. With a glare that would have made the Hokage quiver in fear he rounded upon the poor commander. "You are certainly not leaving me behind! And now get your asses going before I make you!"

With that said he turned around and jumped onto the nearest roof to get as fast as possible to the Uchiha district, closely followed by Kakashi and Pakkun.

The ANBU stared at the spot that the academy teacher had occupied just moments ago in stunned silence. As the top of the villages military might they where not used to such treatment, more the opposite. Wherever they went the people got out of their way as fast as possible and would never even dream of threatening them with bodily harm and here a Chuunin academy teacher had just done that…

"I can honestly say that I am glad that he wasn't my teacher in the academy, that guy is just plain scary if he wants to be… poor students."

The others nodded in agreement before they took of to follow the worried trio.


TBC

Translation:

Shunshin no Jutsu - Body Flicker Technique

Shishi Rendan - Lion Combo

Ninpou: Kumo Shibari - Ninja Art: Spider Bind

Kumo Nenkin - Spider Sticky Gold aka Golden Spider Spines

Kumo Sōka - Spider Web Flower

Doton Kekkai: Dorōodōmu - Earth Release Barrier: Dungeon Chamber of Nothingness

Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi - Hidden Leaf Secret: Taijutsu Supreme Technique: A Thousand Years of Death

Bakuhatsu genkotsu - Explosion Fist

Nenkin no Yoroi - Armour of Sticky Gold

Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu - Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

Chidori - One Thousand Birds

Ninken - Ninja Dogs

Author's Note: That was chapter 4 and I hope the battle scenes weren't so bad because there are coming much more.

The Sakura/Naruto/Tayuya fight is next, probably a little more of Konoha and if I manage the fight between Sakon/Ukon/originalNaruto but I'm not sure jet since I plan something big and don't want to post a 10000+ chapter.

Personally I find them rather straining to read, but that's just me and I let my self gladly be convinced otherwise.

Till next time!

Read and review (I can always need constructive criticism, signed review or not)