Hey Everyone, It has been quite a while and I just want to say I am sorry about the wait but I have had to make school and work priority over this. But I have said fuck my busy day tomorrow and stayed up nice and late to bring you what you have all been waiting for patiently.
Thank you for your patience and support.
This is not beta read so there will most likely be mistakes.
(Naruto)
Naruto was pumped with adrenaline. His muscles tensed and relaxed as required helping to make the perfect dance he was dancing. His chest was rising and falling with each breath and sweat soaking his shirt. Naruto never felt more alive than he did in this moment.
Fighting two S-class missing-nin would do that to anybody though. He had only been fighting them for 5 minutes but it seemed like an eternity. The two wanted shinobi worked perfectly together, never once giving Naruto an opening to strike. When one would over extend themselves or made a move that might put them in a position that would expose them to Naruto's blade, the other would come in and deflect the strike. The constant parrying and excellent teamwork put immense pressure on Naruto.
Naruto was in Bird country. It was an agricultural country focused on exporting rice and various other crops to fire country, the country that it had allied with during the Great shinobi war. His main objective while here was to hunt down a C-rank missing-nin that had been causing concern among the local villages. The Bounty was fifteen thousand yen alive or dead. The missing-nin had not caused any trouble while in bird country but the locals were spooked regardless and requested something be done.
Back to the fight at hand Naruto was starting to lose hope. He wouldn't last long against two S-class missing-nin without some help. He would have to try something really left field to get out of this one. Naruto had hoped that he could flag down Haruhana while getting dragged across fire country but due to the sleeping poison he was injected with he only managed to wake up half way into the heart of bird country. This escape would require timing, patience, nerves, of steel and last but not least a clear head.
"Holy fucking shit that was close" Kisame's sword "samehada" came crashing down on naruto's left side missing him by mere inches. "Kit you have to let me take control of your body. I can wipe the floor with these peasants"
Naruto considered the options but whenever he gave the kyubi any form of control over his body he would be filled with blood lust and rage. After regaining control his body would go through withdrawal like symptoms from the influx of demonic chakra to his system. "No I've got this. They- Jesus fucking Christ that was too fucking close. They are focusing too much on me right now but if I can take the pressure off me then I may just stand a chance of surviving this." Reading Naruto's thoughts the Kyubi accepted Naruto's plan. After all something this stupid may just work.
Naruto made a substitution jutsu with a fallen branch not too far away. The first phase of his plan was put into action. Summoning 99 Blood clones and dividing his remaining chakra equally amongst them should in theory mask Naruto's signature with the other clones, meaning Naruto could blend in with his clones and be almost unrecognizable from the next. Only under extreme scrutiny from a sharingan user or hyuuga would Naruto be detected.
Naruto instructed 25 to stand and fight while 75 broke contact and scattered into the country side travelling in a 360 degree circle from the center of the fighting. Naruto was one of the 75 to scatter. Itachi looked on at the clones and Naruto. Silently praising the boy for his ingenuity he decided Naruto had this one. Itachi could detect who the real Naruto was but Naruto had not fulfilled his purpose yet and all itachi was there to do was to give Naruto that nudge in the right direction. "Kisame. We are finished here." Kisame was shocked. They had the boy on the run. Naruto was turning tail and was now a perfect target to go after if he could figure out who the real one was. "You are going soft Itachi. Too bad you no longer have a clan to kill to remind you of your strength." Kisame searched for a reaction in Itachi's face but saw none and just shrugged it off. They never truly where on friendly terms and Itachi's motives where questionable at times.
(Yugao)
Yugao Moved towards the sounds of metal crashing onto metal. It was seemed to be coming from a village not too far from yugao's campsite. As she got closer to the Village she noticed it was coming from a blacksmiths shop. As she entered the door she saw a middle aged man silhouetted against the glow of a forge in front of him. He seemed to be finishing up the process of turning the steel into a blade. After dropping the blade into oil to cool the blade and help it harden he decided to put it away till tomorrow when he would finish the process of hardening and then sharpening. With a sigh of relief he moved to the opposite end of the room where a plain wooden case was sitting on a table. As he unlatched the wooden case a gasp escaped yugao's lips.
Inside the case was a expertly crafted sword with an intricate design on the hilt and cross guard. When the smith held the sword up to the light you could see faint lines where the steel rods where pounded and folded into the masterpiece before him. Yugao let out another more audible gasp and the smith nearly dropped the blade before recovering and getting into a fighting stance. "What do you want?! Why have you come to my shop in the middle of the night and hide in the shadows?"
Yugao, a little embarrassed that a jounin had been discovered by a mere blacksmith explained that she heard metal colliding and came to investigate. After all who starts beating on an anvil in the middle of the night? "Well I suppose I'll let it slide… beautiful sword isn't she?" the smith had gone back to admiring the sword in his hands. Yugao had to admit it was beautifully crafted and looked perfectly balanced. "It's Beautiful. Did you craft this sword?" the blacksmith looked down slightly. "My Father made it during the great war. He was killed in the final days of the war. Now before you go asking this sword is not for sale. It was crafted for elder Ayumu of the defense council in Iwanai. My knees are not the same as they used to be so I have not made the journey to Iwanai yet".
"I am taking a letter from konohagakure to Iwanai for the counsil. Perhaps I could bring the sword to Ayumu?" Yugao really wanted to get a closer look at the blade. The smith was a bit wary about giving the blade over and yugao could see him physically struggling to separate his emotions from his job. "Very well… make sure it gets to Ayumu, He will see payment is made to you and I for this task."
"It's an honor to run this blade for you" Yugao gave a polite bow and accepted the blade from the smith before leaving back to her campsite to prepare for tomorrow's final few kilometers.
(Naruto)
Naruto woke up after one of the roughest naps of his life. He had no clue why two S-ranked missing-nin where after him. But he couldn't dwell on it. He was headed to Iwanai to get some information on the missing-nin's whereabouts.
After some distance he entered the gates of Iwanai. The village was quite impressive. There was a defensible temple in the center that commanded the lands around the village and there were plenty of samurai guards patrolling around the village. The Village seemed to be doing quite well financially, with many shops scattered around the winding narrow streets and houses. People would send Naruto strange glances every now and then because of his mask but besides that he was mostly ignored by the general populous.
It was midday and Naruto was getting peckish. Seeing a ramen stand Naruto decided to go over and try some of the soup. The kyubi always said to avoid places like these because it wasn't going to give him the nutrients and energy required to train and fight hard. He stuck normally to a healthy diet of vegetables, meat, rice, and cheese. Seeing as he survived not one but two S-class shinobi he decided to treat himself and it appeared the kyubi didn't disagree for he was keeping characteristically quite.
As he plunked himself down on a stool and ordered some beef ramen he started to think about his relationship with the fox. When he was younger the fox was always there guiding him and talking to him. Now that Naruto was older the fox seemed to not be as talkative as he used to. Perhaps this is just how foxes normally are with their young. Once they reach a certain age they have to learn to fend for themselves.
Naruto was pulled from his musings when a bowl of ramen was put in front of him by a cute server. After thanking the server he grabbed his chopsticks and took his first ever bite of the soup. One bite quickly became two then three and that one bowl quickly became six bowls and he was just getting warmed up. Naruto was so focused on his food he didn't even notice the female that just took a seat next to him.
(Yugao)
Yugao was pretty tired and hungry from travelling all morning long. She decided that as soon as she got to the village she would have her favorite meal of miso ramen and then head straight to the temple. She found the nearest ramen shop and sat down at the only seat not occupied in the shop. After ordering her food she too was lost in thought. She had left her Genin with Anko to watch them and train them while she would be gone for the week. She had been placed in charge of a weird bunch of rookies. There was Sasuke who was quiet and just generally cold to anyone and anything unless it had to do with training. Then there was Sakura who was energetic and loud. Sakura didn't really focus on training too much because she was too busy crushing on sasuke. And lastly there was Ino. Clearly the Hokage didn't think they would have another ino,shika,cho combo that would dominate the battlefield like their fathers. Ino took her training sorta seriously. If ino could get over needing to bicker with sakura on EVERYTHING then she could probably be a great kunoichi.
Once her food had shown up and she started to get some food into her surroundings began to come back into focus. The restaurant was packed with couples and families eating the "world famous ramen" made by a family with a long line of ramen makers in their history. The guy sitting next to her started to murmur between slurps "this stuff is the best ever. I wonder if I can get a barrel of ramen to take with me". The server came back to assist the man next to her "wow mister we haven't seen anyone eat so many bowls of ramen. Because you have eaten 14 bowls of ramen you are welcome to have two free bowls of ramen on the house the next time you visit us!" Yugao was shocked that anyone could eat 14 bowls of ramen without dying and turned to see who it was. What she wasn't expecting was for it to be a hunter-nin. Specifically a blond haired blue eyed hunter-nin. "Naruto?"
What a cliff hanger! You guys already hate me and now you probably hate me even more! I felt I had to make this after such a long period of time. I re-read the other chapters and I wasn't too impressed with how the other chapters where written and some of the plot points that I had come up with before I've decided against them. Haruhana was supposed to be in this chapter but I've pushed her back till a later date. I hope this writing style works for most of you guys.
The next chapter WILL have the wave arc in it and hopefully I'll be able to introduce some new love interests for Naruto and heat things up.
