Naruto The Battle Against Darkness
Well for this chapter I'm thinking about skipping the training and the recovery and the battle on the bridge, which will be a flashback later, since not much is going to be happening but I decided to have Naruto... well I don't want to give too much out. Anyway that's all I have to say. Oh and the OC submission form will be at the end of the chapter. Also the poll is over and the winner for Naruto's Kekkei Genkai (which I saw coming anyway) was the Rinnegan. Anyway I've wasted enough of your time. As to why I skipped the bridge battle you'll see why later I guess.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone except my OC's.
''Normal Speech''
Inner Thoughts, Dialogue, or reading passages from books and scrolls or past events
(Quick Notes and Messages)
''Boss Summons, Demons, Dark beings speaking, Deities, Demonic/Angry characters speaking as well''
Story Start
" Face it Sasuke. You got your ass handed to you!" Naruto yells, laughing as he rolls on the ground.
" I thought I told you to shut the fuck up!" Sasuke yells, sitting up in his bed on the floor.
" Lay down Sasuke. You know you should not be moving yet. Your injuries are far from healed." Hinata says, pushing Sasuke back down onto his bed.
" Hinata, you are quite skilled in herbs and medicine. Have you ever thought of becoming a medic?" Kakashi asks, lying in a bed next to Sasuke. Hinata looks over at Kakashi as she answers.
" No Sensei. I don't think my skills are that good enough to become a medic." Hinata says, looking back down at Sasuke.
" Hmm. Well I guess I can't force you into that being one so I will just let it go." Kakashi says, looking back at the ceiling.
" Naruto can you go out into the forest and find these herbs for me? I need them to finish this medicine." Hinata says, handing him a blue book.
" Uh sure. I will be back in a bit. Oh and Sasuke." Naruto says, standing by the entrance behind him.
" What, Dobe?" Sasuke asks, turning his head to the left.
" You still got your ass kicked!" Naruto shouts, just before running out of the room.
With Masked Boy
The mysterious ninja unrolls a number of tools on the ground in the forest. The ninja pulls out the second from the left and snips the scissors once before moving them close to Zabuza's face.
" First I will cit the bandage and drain some of the blood." The ninja says, moving the scissors closer. He gasps as Zabuza grabs his arm, stopping him from cutting the bandages.
Zabuza pulls the bandages down and lifts his head off the ground. " That's enough. I'll do it." Zabuza says, his eyes slightly red.
" So you've already come back to life." He says, Zabuza sitting up on the ground.
" Damn it. You're brutal Haku." Zabuza says, tearing the senbon out of his neck.
" You're the brutal one Sensei. If you tear them out that way you will die." Toshiro says sitting on the ground next to Haku. Zabuza ignores him and pulls the other senbon out just as forcefully. Haku turns over to Toshiro and slowly pulls the senbon out.
" How long are you planning to wear that phony mask? Take it off." Zabuza says, not looking up at either of them.
" I have good memories of this mask and it was quite useful for tricking that ninja." Haku says, removing the mask showing his feminine face, brown eyes and Kirigakure forehead protector. " If I hadn't intervened you'd both be dead. That much is certain." Haku says, pulling the last senbon out of Toshiro's neck.
" Putting me in a temporary state of death is fine but not through the pressure points in my neck. Cruel as usual. I think you enjoy it." Zabuza says, pulling the bandages back up. Haku's face turns slightly red from the comment.
" It was the only sure way. And I wouldn't want to mark up your flawless body. You'd complain about that even more. The neck is more vulnerably. There's no layer of muscle so I could go straight into the pressure points." Haku says, explaining the process for Zabuza. Both Zabuza and Toshiro try to stand but fail, as they get nowhere close. " There's no point in trying to stand. You both will be numb for a week. Although with you both being stubborn you will be moving in half the time." Haku says causing Zabuza to stare at him out the corner of his eye.
" You're so innocent yet clever at the same time. Rare combination. That's why I keep you around." Zabuza says, Haku blushing more.
" I'm still just a kid. What else would you expect?" Haku says, rubbing the back of his head. Haku stands up and looks out over the water, the mist in the forest finally clearing. " The mist is finally clearing. The next time will you guys be alright?" Haku asks looking down at them.
" The next time, we will see through the Sharigan." They both say, remembering their defeat at the hands of it.
Team 7
' What is this? If Zabuza is finished than why do I feel this way? Something's wrong. It's like I missed something.' Kakashi thinks, holding the right side of his head.
" Hey Sensei, are you ok?" Naruto asks, wondering why he had not finished his explanation yet.
" Huh. Oh right. As I was saying tracker ninja should deal with the body immediately, on the spot, so there's no room for errors." Kakashi says, his students now questioning what the tracker ninja did. " You guys are correct." Kakashi says, almost as if he were reading their minds. " But why. He should have worked on Zabuza's body right there. As soon as possible. Toshiro too. The weapons too, the ones used to take them down. They were just ordinary senbon." Kakashi says, not sure how things add up.
" What are you all talking about? You demolished that assassin." Tazuna says, walking up by the Genin.
" Alright here's the truth. Zabuza and his student Toshiro are still alive." Shocking all but the Genin. " Their hearts had stopped yes but it was just a temporary state. Just something to simulate death. The weapons used are senbon. They can pierce deeply but rarely kill unless they hit a vital organ, not in the neck. They're modified for medical treatments like acupuncture. Trackers know every detail of the human body. Causing a heart to stop yet keep the body alive is a very easy matter for them. First, he carried Zabuza and Toshiro's bodies away even though with the combined weight they should be far heavier than he is. Two, he used senbon on them, which have a precise effect but are rarely fatal. From those two facts alone we can conclude that the tracker was not trying to destroy either of them but help them."
" Come on, your over thinking this, aren't you?" Tazuna asks, hoping that Kakashi is doing so.
" Encountering suspension, the ninja prepares quickly. Hesitating always leads to disaster. Every shinobi knows this saying." Kakashi says, looking over at Naruto, who at the moment is smiling at the prospect that he may get to face Zabuza in battle again, the same with Sasuke at the prospect of fighting Toshiro again to prove his power. That and show off his abilities to one up Naruto. ' Those two... if I don't watch out their going pass me by. I need to up my training. Great now I'm starting to sound like Gai.' Kakashi thinks, looking over his three students. " I can tell that while you guys were gone those six years you really worked hard." Kakashi says, eye smiling at his students.
" Of course Kakashi. With our abilities we have sworn to change this world. Believe it." Naruto says, slipping back to the way he was before he left the village.
" I don't believe and nothings going be good." A boy with short black hair, dark green overalls, and white and blue-stripped hat and beige shirt.
" Who's the runt?" Naruto asks, his look cold, as he does not like others that try to tell him that he can't do something.
" Naruto that's not very nice." Hinata says, looking over at him to her right.
" Kid should learn how to keep his opinions to himself." The blond says, lying on the ground to stare at the ceiling.
" Inari that was very rude. These ninja risked their lives and brought your grandfather here." A woman with a pink shirt, red collar, blue skirt and black hair, says reprimanding her son.
" It's ok, it's ok. I'm rude to them too." Tazuna says, rubbing Inari's head while the boy stares at the three teammates. He turns to his mom and looks up at her.
" Mom don't you see these people are going die. Gato and his man will come back here and wipe them out." Inari says, annoying Naruto again.
" What did you say you little brat. You should show some respect for your elders. Listen kid, we're squad 7 and we won't be wiped out by a pathetic little man like Gato." Naruto says, not even looking at the boy.
" You can't beat him. Gato will destroy you." Inari says, his anger rising.
" What does a little kid like you know about anything?" Naruto says, his voice matching his cold gaze. " Have you ever seen anyone die? Maybe cause everyone has at some point. Have you ever been the cause? No, I bet you have not. Grow up kid. You need to learn how to protect yourself and what's important to you. That's just the way things are." Naruto says before standing and walking out of the room.
" Naruto, where are you going?" Kakashi asks, turning to the door he just went out of.
" Training. I'll be back soon." He says, followed by a loud slam.
" I've never seen him like that. It's rare he loses his old demeanor." Hinata says, looking over at Sasuke who just lies back down and shrugs.
" He'll be fine. He just needs to work off his steam. I think not being able to face Zabuza head on had something to do with it." Sasuke says, smiling slightly.
Konoha Council Room
" Sorry I'm late. I had some business to attend to." Itachi says, sitting in one of the chairs with other council members. He looks over at Hiashi, his face still bruised from the battle with Naruto and the torture from the people at Konohagakure Intelligence Division. He looks around the room at the other heads of clans. To his right he sees a man with long red hair and markings on his cheeks wearing a samuri like outfit that entails a black suit with armour with the kanji for food, with a ropebelt handguards and hachimaki tied around his forehead. He looks further down to a man with two scars on the right side of his face, a spiky ponytail, dark eyes and goatee, wearing the standard Konoha shinobi outfit, his head laid down on the round table. He looks to the next person with long, blond hair in a ponytail, spiky at the top, with blue-green eyes and strong facial features, including a well defined jaw line, wearing a flak jacket over a black outfit with handguards.
" It's alright Itachi. We were just about to begin. Ok Koharu, Homura why have you called a meeting?" the Sandaime asks, turning to a man with grey hair, beard and glasses and a constant frown wearing garbs close to that of the Sandaime and a older woman with her grey hair pulled back into twin bun held togethger by japanense hair pin with two pearls dangling from the side wearing a simple kimono closed by an obi, a jacket and sash over it.
" We wanted to talk over the matter of Itachi and the others returning. We think that they should be retricted to the village and not allowed to carry out missions." Homura says, turning his gaze to the Sandaime.
" I expect you have a good reason for wanting to do so, right?" the Sandaime says, meeting his gaze.
" Yes I do. We feel it would be better if we could keep an eye on them. With the four of them going missing they are all a threat to Konoha." Homura responds, turning his frowning face to Itachi.
" I see. Well they have been back for sometime and I have not seen anything criminal from them. The villagers are not saying anything either. That is never heard of given the fact of Naruto;s status. Now why do you wish to contrict them to the village?" the Sandaime says, not understanding why it is needed.
" It is just as I said Sandaime. Even though they have not done anything criminal I do not expect normal citizens to be able to tell if a ninja is planning something or not." Homura says, not taking his eyes from Itachi who is meeting his gaze head-on with his Sharigan.
' Something's not right. His face says one thing but his eyes tell a different story. Maybe that's why he can't look at the Sandaime. I have a bad feeling. I just hope Naruto and the others are safe.' Itachi thinks, turning his head away from Homura so he could not see what was going on in his head knowing that if he wanted he could easily do it having been a ninja when he was younger.
" I think the plan is stupid. They are a large threat having been with Akatsuki for six years. I think we should recruit them all and start an ANBU Root program." A man says with black, shaggy hair, his right eye covered with bandages, an x-shaped mark on his chin, wearing a white shirt and brown robe from his feet to just over his right shoulder.
" Danzō, I hope you have a good reason for starting up a Root program." The Sandaime says, hoping his childhood friend does not use the same stupid excuse Homura did for keeping the four held in the village.
" Yes. I think their skills would make good choices in being in the program. They would become the first and best canidates given what they have gone through with the organization." Danzō says, his face showing no emotion.
" So you wish to make a program with a bunch of kids? That's a new low I never knew you could take Danzō." The man with the spiky ponytail says, lifting his head off the desk.
" No one asked for you to wake up either, Shikaku. Why don't you go back to your nap?" Danzō says, only for Shikaku to shrug.
" How about you give up trying to take the Sandaime's place as Hokage?" Shikaku says, smirking lightly having no real like for Danzō.
" Alright you two this is not the time to fight. Since this is about myself and Naruto, Sasuke and Hinata and I am the basic guardian of them I should be the one to make that choice." Itachi says, causing all to nod except Hiashi, Homura, Koharu and Danzō.
" Ok Itachi, we will leave the choice in your hands. What is it you have chosen?" The Sandaime says, looking over at Itachi.
" I believe that having those three taken into a Root program at their age is a bit extreme. I don't think that they could actually take being in there." He says, earning a glare from Danzō.
" Kids younger than them have been taken into a root program. The three of them would be perfectly fine in one." Danzō says, entering into a staredown with Itachi.
" Well I am the guardian of them since ones father is just a waste as one and is no better at taking care of his daughter. As for the other two I'm sure we all know what happened." Itachi says, earning more nods.
" I believe we have reached a conclusion of this meeting than. By decision Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and Itachi are clear from being held from missions and being in a new Root program. As such this subject is not open for debate. Now go about your bussiness." The Sandaime says before leaving through the door behind him.
All the others look over at Itachi and then Danzō to see them still not looking away from the other. Danzō breaks away from the stare and walks out of the room.
Unknown Location
" Damn that Itachi. Now I will have to find some other way to getting them in. If I need to do so I will have to resort to force." Danzō says before looking up, hearing a knock on his office door. " Come in." He says, the door opening a few seconds later showing a man wearing a mask and cloak. The man bows to Danzō before standing up to look over at him.
Danzō-Sama we have found out what misson the Nine Tails Jinjuriki is on as well as where he is now. How shall we proceed?" The man says, showing no emotion otherwise, his voice equally mototone.
" I want you to take Fū and Torune, wait for your chance and take the Jinjuriki and the other two and bring them all back here. Also if anyone gets in the way bring them back here. I will deal with them personally. We shall go from there." He says, the man disappearing right after he finsihed. " You better not screw this up." He says, sighing some.
Akatsuki Cave
" What do we look like, a babysitting service? This is the third kid in a row requesting to join us." Kisame says, looking down at a boy, only twelve to thirteen already wearing the cloak of Akatsuki, his face blocked by a bamboo hat with cloth hanging from it.
" He is not a member yet but he may become one given how well he does on our test. What is your name young one?" Pein says, looking down at the boy.
" My name... I don't think you need to know that. Is it so important to join it?" He says, not wanting to give his name.
" You little brat! You should respect the leader of the Akatsuki." Deidara says, throwing a kind of clay bomb at him. The boy puts his hand up and blocks it, exploding on his hand on contact. He blows the smoke off his hand and begins to wrap it in bandages.
" You are too hot headed and short tempered and over react. Bad combination." The boys says, pointing out two weakpoints.
"You've got some guts for coming in here acting like that." Deidara says, glaring down at the boy.
" Not guts, just stating what I see." He says, looking back up at him, his face covered in shadows.
" Hah Deidara got served by a little kid. This is good." Kisame says, Deidara glaring at him.
" Shut up, Kisame!" Deidara shouts, his anger still rising.
" Just proving my point. Would you mind keeping your voice down? It's loud and annoying." The boy says, looking away from the blond. Deidara throws another bomb at him, intent on killing him. Deidara stares in shock as half of it slides down before exploding, the boy jumping away from it just in time.
" Hmm he has some skill if he can dodge that large of an explosion. Ok than just go through there and your final test will be given." Pein says, holding his hand up, revealing a small entrance in the cave. The boy looks back at the entrance before walking in without saying anything.
" New kid got some spine. Although he seems to get annoyed by others easily. I can't wait to see what abilities he has." Kisame says.
" He's just some runt Akatsuki wannabe. He won't make it." Deidara says, showing his strong dislike for him. " Also how dare you cut my art in half Sasori! You've got some nerve!" Deidara shouts, turning to a male with short, red hair and wide, brown eyes.
" We can't have you killing the next likely member of Akatsuki. Besides I don't think Pein-Sama would like that very much." Sasori says, his voice matching his calm eyes.
" Ok no more arguing. If he survives this Itzal and Chakra Flash, both of you will be heading to the Land of Waves to find the Nine Tails Jinjuriki. I want you to pretend to help him and then infiltrate Konoha. We have word a defector, Orochimaru, is going to be there and we need you to take him out before he becomes a larger problem. Do whatever you can to protect him." Pein says, getting tired of the arguments one after another ever since the newer members showed up.
" Yes Pein-Sama." Itzal and Flash say, bowing.
" Now all we have to do it wait." Pein says, closing his eyes.
One Day Later
" How long is that guy going be in there? It's been a day." Sasori says, his patience growing thin.
" Maybe he's dead. If he is can I bury his body?" Deidara says, a sadistic smile forming on his face, creeping all but Pein out.
" You seem to get more freakier every passing second Deidara. Your art isn't all that good. It only last for a second and than it's gone. Real art is something that spans time. Something to be remembered for years to come." Sasori says, looking over at the blond.
" No it's not Sasori. Real art is something that comes and goes just as quickly as it came. Something that is transient." Deidara says, staring back at the redhead.
" I think he is fun. Maybe he would want to have a battle. Who else would want to battle him?" Tobi says, looking around the cave.
" Ahh Tobi, you always have a way to brighten up this place." Kisame says, chuckling some.
" Kisame don't encourage his behavior. It's so annoying and we're all supposed to be serious members not goofy." Deidara says, as he has always hated how Tobi acts.
" I think Deidara has something to hide by acting so serious." Tobi says only to be knocked off his part of the statue by one of Deidara's bombs.
" No one asked you to add any input so keep your mouth shut, Tobi." Deidara says, glaring at Tobi who just climbed back onto the statue.
" Ok that's enough. I told you all never to fight in here." Pein says, glaring mainly at Deidara whose constant short temper is the start most of the time.
Zabuza's Hideout
Haku looks behind him as the door opens, his anger clearly showing, as Toshiro and his two bodyguards. " Some Jonin and student. You're both pathetic. The two unbeatable ninja just got beat and than cry their way back home like pathetic has-beens. More like cowards of Kiri." He says, laughing at their easy loss to the Konoha team. Haku stands up, not looking back at them. Gato's two bodyguards jump in front of him and get ready to draw their blades.
' Drawing blades?' Haku thinks, looking back at them out the corner of his eye.
" Hold on a minute." Gato says, holding his hand up and walking past the two swordsmen. " Alright let's hear what you have to say about this fiasco, and don't play possum I know you can talk." He says, holding out his arm to grab Zabuza. Haku grabs his arm and starts to crush it.
" Don't you ever touch them." Haku says, his hatred for Gato showing clearly, holding his wrist his even tighter.
" Argh, your gonna break it!" He shouts, his face showing his pain. Both swordsmen charge in, ready to kill Haku. Haku grabs both their blades and twists them around, pointing their katana's at their partner's neck.
" You are pushing your luck. Leave now or you will all die here." Haku says, knocking the blades out of their hands. Haku drowns out what they Gato said next and sits back on the stool next to Zabuza's bed after he leaves.
" Haku, you know that was not needed." Toshiro says, looking over at Haku.
" Yes, I know but we still need him. If we killed him now it would attract attention and they would be after us again. We have to show restraint." Haku says, smiling at Zabuza and Toshiro.
" Haku is right. For the time being we will keep him alive. If need be we will take advantage of any situation that we are given." Zabuza says, both of his students nodding in agreement.
Tazuna's House
" Naruto, wake up. We have to head to the bridge. Come on." Hinata says, shaking Naruto lightly, knowing that for every night for a week he has been up all night training.
" Forget him Hinata. He spent all night training again. He won't wake up for at least six more hours." Sasuke says, smirking some. ' Baka spent all night training knowing we all had to go to the bridge. He better wake soon or I will choke him when we get back. I have to say that prank he pulled was pretty good. Speaking of pranks who was that guy that helped him.' Sasuke adds as an afterthought, remembering what happened two days ago. Hinata nods and walks out of the room along with Kakashi, Sasuke and Tazuna.
Flashback
Hinata and Kakashi along with Sasuke both look around the forest for they're third member, Naruto, but don't see him anywhere in sight.
" Hinata do you see anything yet?" Sasuke asks looking over at his teammate.
" Nothing down here. Where could he be?" Hinata says, curious as to where the blond might be hiding. They all look at a kunai suddenly landing in the ground in front of them. They all look up to see Naruto, face covered in dirt, lying on a branch of a fifty-foot tree.
" Hey guys. Where have you been? Kakashi must be rubbing off on you guys." Naruto says, annoying Sasuke.
" Baka, we had no plan for training. You have been training all night since what happened with Inari." Sasuke says, staring up at Naruto. Naruto slowly stands up and smiles at them. Naruto trips over his foot and starts to fall back off the branch. Hinata and Kakashi both seem shocked while Sasuke just stares at him. He catches himself on the branch, using his chakra to hang himself upside down on the branch. He laughs, looking at the faces of Hinata and Kakashi.
" Haha I got two at least. You guys fell for that so easily. I guess I can't fool the great Uchiha though. He saw though it." Naruto says, giving out some praise for Sasuke's ability to see through what he had planned.
' I get the feeling... something bad is about to happen.' Kakashi thinks, looking up at Naruto. Said blond smiles for a few more seconds before his chakra runs out and his feet fall from the tree. He falls and falls not sure what he can do. They all turn towards a running sound going up one of the trees. The person grabs his leg, holding him up from falling any further.
" You are so stupid. If you know you are low on chakra don't use anymore." The man with dark skin, short, black, course hair, wearing black pants and shirt, mask covering most of his face, Suna headband over tied around his neck, kunai holster on his right leg and blade attached to his back diagonally.
' He's from Suna. I wonder why he's here.' Sasuke thinks, staring up at the stranger dropping to the ground after lightly dropping Naruto.
" Ahh there you are. I thought I told you not to go ahead without us." Flash says, glaring at his teammate.
" Hey I was the one placed in charge which means I don't have to take your orders." The boy says, glaring back at Flash who along with Itzal are wearing the Suna headband.
" Ok that's enough you two. We can't have you declaring war here." Kakashi says, walking between the two.
" I'm Naruto Uzumaki. It's nice to meet you." Naruto says, walking over to the shorthaired one.
" I'm Sasuke Uchiha." He says, turning his back to them.
' Cocky brat. I hate cocky.' The man says, glaring at the Sasuke.
" I'm Hinata Hyuuga. It's nice to meet you." She says, twirling her fingers.
" I'm Chakra Flash. This is Itzal and...well the other won't say his name." Flash says, looking over at his nameless teammate.
" Well just call me Ulrich. That's one of the names everyone calls me." He says, looking at Naruto.
" Why are you staring at me?" He says, looking back at the newly named Ulrich. They both stare at each other for a minute and break their eye contact.
'Kit, watch out for him. I sense something strange about him. A very strong darkness.' A voice says inside Naruto's head.
' Don't you think your overreacting a bit. I don't sense anything.' Naruto says back to the voice.
' Boy, be careful. I smell an incredible power coming from him.' A voice in Ulrich's head says.
' What do you mean. The whiskers are making me a bit curious but they could just be part of his clan. And I thought I told you to stop calling me boy!' Ulrich says back, showing strong dislike for being called boy.
'It's all in good fun. However I am serious this time. Watch him. Pein may have left something's you needed to know out.' The voice says back. Ulrich says nothing but cuts the connection knowing he may have been right about Pein.
" Hey Naruto wake up. We have to head back." Hinata says, snapping him out of his trance.
" Before we do that I noticed that you wear the Sunagakure headbands. Why are you here?" Naruto says, turning back to Ulrich.
" We heard the Chunin Exams were coming and we wanted to get to Konoha sooner so we could prepare." Ulrich says, coming up with a lie almost right away. " But the Land of Fire is bigger than I thought and we got lost and happened across this place." He says, keeping the lie going.
" Well it's nice to meet you. Why don't you guys come with us and once we're done with this mission we'll all go back to the village." Kakashi says, seeing through the lie of the three coming early for the exams being a master of lying himself but having some respect for his attempt at trying.
" Sure we would like that. I don't want to hear any protest on this either Flash. We're going and that's that." Ulrich says, knowing he was going to say something. Both teams jump into the trees and head back to the Tazuna's home.
Flashback End
Kakashi, Hinata and Sasuke walk through the forest towards the bridge around Tazuna, not knowing or hearing the two ninja secretly following them. One of them walks out and prepares to stab a kunai into Kakashi's head to kill him.
"Dynamic Entry!" A voice shouts, flying out of a tree in a green flash and slams his foot into the mans chest, sending him flying back into a tree and through it. The person lands on the ground. " Not very youthful to kill someone from behind. It's been a while my youthful rival." He says, turning to face Kakashi and the others. Sasuke stares at the man wearing a green jumpsuit, green vest, legwarmers and bowl style haircut and large eyebrows.
" Guy, what are you doing here?" Kakashi asks, shocked to see his rival.
" I came to talk with you about my Neji's unyouthful actions to Hinata when I saw that guy and another tailing you so I waited and struck when he let his guard down. Now you guys go on ahead while I deal with these two." Guy says, motioning to the two ninja standing behind him.
" Kakashi, are you sure he can handle them?" Sasuke asks, not sure if he can take Guy as a serious ninja.
" Guy can handle himself. We have been fighting for years and he is the best I know in taijutsu. Let's go." Kakashi says, leaving with Sasuke and Sakura and Tazuna.
"Good now I can drop this disguise." Guy says, disappearing in a puff of smoke and is replaced by Ulrich. " If it weren't for Kakashi telling me about Gai I would have been found out. Heh, lucky me I guess. Now let's fight." Pulling out his blade.
Konoha Gate, Two weeks later
" So this is Konohagakure? I never thought I would be coming to this village. Well, not free anyway. Why did you let me live again?" Zabuza says, looking up at the villages gate.
" For a few reasons. One, we need a sensei. Two, you are a good ninja but was just working with the wrong people and three is, I don't want to imagine what would have happened to Haku and Toshiro had you died." Ulrich says, looking over at the mist nin.
" I still am grateful you saved Zabuza-Sama. He's the only person I care about. Of course I care for Toshiro just as much." Haku says, bowing to Ulrich.
" Well I say a visit to Ichiraku is in order. Who's with me?" Naruto says, looking over the large group, sunglasses blocking out his eyes from view.
" I could use some raman right now. I'm starved." Ulrich says, rubbing the back of his head.
" You and Naruto are the only ones I know who can eat so much and stay so thin. Speaking of which, nice work on the blade you gave me. You made this from ice with Toshiro, right?" Sasuke says, pulling his blade with no handguard from his back.(Sasuke's blade in Shippuden)
" Yeah, that's right. The mission took longer than expected. Nice work on destroying more of the bridge Flash. I could have been enjoying the best raman instead of working with you." Ulrich says, glaring at him.
" If it were not for me you would be dead! Next time I have the choice to save your ass or let it die, I won't stop it!" He says, knowing he did no such tasks.
" Ok you two that's enough. You're just like Naruto and Sasuke." Kakashi says, trying to stop a war from breaking out between the two.
" Anyone else for raman?" Naruto says, looking over the others.
" Before you go and eat I want you guys to fill these out and take part in the Chunin exams. You three have proven yourselves worthy to take part. I also got one for Haku and Toshiro. Haku and Toshiro will be on the team with Ulrich and Zabuza, you'll be their sensei. Don't worry I will get things sorted with the Sandaime. Also the exams start today at one so don't be late." Kakashi says before disappearing in a puff of smoke after handing them forms to sign up for the Chunin exams.
" It's finally here. I can't wait! We are so going clean up!" Itzal yells, slipping up for a moment.
" Come on Naruto. I feel like racing. I bet I can beat you to Ichiraku." Ulrich says, pumped for a race after hearing Itzal.
" You're on!" Both jump away at incredible speed before disappearing. '
" Those two…they're so much alike." Sasuke says, walking away into the village, heading in the direction of Naruto's home.
" I think I will go and have a look around the village. Toshiro, Haku, come on. Might as well take in the sights." Zabuza says, walking away with Toshiro and Haku behind him. Hinata looks over at Flash and Itzal before jumping away, heading to Ichiraku after Naruto and Ulrich. Flash and Itzal both look at the other before walking into the forest behind them.
Chunin Exam 1st Stage
" So many people. I never thought so many would be in here. I bet half of them won't make it pass the first part." Flash says, looking over the room filled with genin from all the villages.
" Yeah but we won't know until the exams start. Now is not the time to be smug Flash." Ulrich says, reprimanding him about his attitude.
" Sasuke!" They hear a voice shout behind them. Sasuke just barely dodges to the left as a girl with short pink hair, green eyes wearing a red qipao dress with a circular design without sleeves with a zipper and tight dark green shorts and headband tied so the metal part faces up. Said girl falls on her face but jumps up and tries to grab him again but misses and lands on falls again. Ulrich grabs her arm to keep her from falling again. " Thanks for helping me." She says, looking up at him. He nods, smiling at what happened and helps her stand up all the way before turning away and talking with Haku.
" It's nice to see you again too, Sakura." Sasuke says, turning to face the pink haired girl. Her eyes widen in shock that even after six years he still remembers her.
" You... remembered me." She says, not believing it completely.
" Yes, I remembered. You were a fangirl, right? What happened to the blonde haired one? I want to be ready in case she..." He never gets to finish as he hears his name yelled again by a blonde girl with her hair tied in a long ponytail with blue eyes, wearing a short purple vest like blouse with a raised collar, a skirt that was cut off on the sides and bandage on her stomach and legs and purple and white elbow warmers with this, and her forehead protector around her waist as a belt. This time she does not even get close to grabbing him as Ulrich appears in front of her and blocks her from getting any closer.
" You know Sasuke has no interest in fangirls right? Mostly the ones that try to blindside him." He says, not liking fangirls at all.
" Hey your in my way! Move aside!" She yells, annoying him further.
" Ino, you need to chill out. Yelling won't get you anywhere." A boy that looks just like Shikaku says, except younger says wearing a green lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved grey jacket with green edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a line through it, his blue forehead protector worn around his left arm, brown pants, and blue sandals.
" He's right you know. You are attracting a lot of attention. Most of the people here are on edge for the exams." A boy says with black eyes with grey hair kept in a ponytail and wears circular glasses and a dark purple shirt with a white undershirt and a white obi around his waist worn at an angle, dark purple pants, blue sandals, and a shuriken holster on his right leg.
" Who are you supposed to be?" Sasuke says, Sakura grabbing his left arm.
" I'm Kabuto. It's nice to meet you all. I have heard of each one of you. If you need info on anyone in the exam let me know." Kabuto says, smiling at the group.
" How about Ulrich, Chakra Flash and Itzal?" Sasuke says, interested in finding out something about the three.
" Hmm easy enough." Kabuto pulls out a deck of cards and lays it on the ground. He puts some chakra into the card on top and pulls it up and looks at it along with the whole group interested in finding out what it says. " Ulrich Uchiha. Oringinally from a village that does not exist anymore and his parents moved to Konohagakure and then moved to Sunagakure shortly after the attack twelve years ago. Parents and little sister both killed when he turned six. Shortly before he was on good terms with the Kazakage's three children. Six years ago he disappeared, just after his family was killed, and no had seen him since. I have no more info on him after that. He was best in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu and lacked in Genjutsu." He says, shocking everyone who just heard about his history and who he is. ' I thought I destroyed that lab. I have to kill him in the exams or Lord Orochimaru will have my head.' He thinks, knowing his punishment may be severe.
" Is it true? Are you really from the Uchiha clan?" Sasuke asks, looking from the cards to said boy. He looks up, as if being snapped out of a conversation or a deep memory.
" That's not your buisness." He says, obviosly not wanting to talk about it.
" Ok next we have Itzal. Well this is interesting. I have zero info on him. Same with Chakra Flash. Well do you guys have anyone else you want to know about?" Kabuto says, getting ready to put the cards away.
" How about Rock Lee and Gaara No Sabaku?" Ulrich says, interested in the subject.
" Rock Lee is a master of Taijutsu. His teammates are Neji Hyuuga and Tenten and their sensei is Guy. He has done ten C-Ranks and one B-Rank. His skills in Taijutsu are unknown. As for Gaara No Sabaku his skills are exceptional. He has never been hurt on a mission before. He has completed twenty D-Ranks, ten C-Ranks and one A-Rank. His team members are Temari and Konkuro No Sabaku. That's all I have on him." Kabuto says, putting the cards away.
' It's good that Gaara is doing well. I'm a little surprised to see Kabuto here. Wonder what's Orochimaru's game for sending him here." Ulrich thinks, looking around the room feeling uneasy all of a sudden.
" Hey, I'm still not done talking with you. Are you really an Uchiha? I have the right to know." Sasuke says, pushing further.
" I said it's not your business so back off." He says, losing his temper slowly but surely.
" My entire clan was wiped out. If someone survived it I have the right to know." Sasuke say, constantly pushing on the subject.
" Sasuke, I think you should stop aking him that. It's obvious he does not want to talk about it." Hinata says, knowing that if things keep getting pushed things will not end well.
" But Hinata I deserve a stright answer from him if he is one of the last surviving members of my clan. So let's hear it Uchiha." He says, grabbing his shirt.
" I suggest you let go, Sasuke." He says, grabbing his arm with slowly increasing force being fueled by anger.
' Hmm I wonder? I thought I told Kabuto to destroy that lab. Well now I have a choice between my old Uchiha and my new one. So many choices. Hell, I may take both just in case something goes wrong with one. Hopefully Ulrich's curse mark won't present any problems. ' A man hidden in shadows thinks, looking at the large group.
' He's here. Ulrich Uchiha. I thought you died that day with your family. It must have been father again. He's always in my way. I will have to remember to kill him when this is over.' Gaara thinks, looking over at Ulrich. Gaara watches as three Oto nin move swiftly through the crowd. Ulrich and Sasuke are the first to react to the nin having an ace and interecept the first two but the third gets past them and strikes at Kabuto but is stopped by sand blocking her fist from going further.
" Otogakure ninja. Leave before I tear your limbs from your body and leave it to rot." Gaara says, wrapping his sand around her hand and throwing her into the wall near the front of the class. Gaara turns to the other two in a struggle with Sasuke and Ulrich and they stop fighting and start to walk away. " Ulrich Uchiha. It's been six years. How have you been?" Gaara says walking over to him.
" It's been alright. Ever since...well you know. It's good to see you too, Temari. Same with you Konkuro. " He says, smiling at three.
" All right you runts! Sit down and shut up! The Chunin Exams are about to begin!" A voice says, echoing over the whole class. Everyone looks to the front of the class at a man with a slash down the left side of his face and on his right wearing a headband covering his head and black cloak and a large group of people behind him. Everyone files into their seats and look foreword. The men behind him walk around, passing out papers to them. " You have exactly one hour to complete this test. If you do not get it done you will be out of here. Begin now." He says, anxious to see how they all do.
' Man I hate test. Nothing but a waste of time.' Ulrich thinks, never really liking written test. His eye turns red with two tomoes in each and he starts to copy the answers from the person next to him while Sasuke does the same with the person in front of him. Everyone in the room begins to take on a different form of cheating. Thirty minutes in fifteen teams have already been kicked out for obvious cheating. Sasuke, Ulrich, Naruto, Hinata and the others have all finished their test and are waiting for time to end. Five minutes left with the test and no other teams have been kicked out yet.
" Alright, the first stage is over! Pencils down! Now it's time for the final question!" Ibiki says, standing up in front of the class. " There are more rules before I give you the tenth question. Try not to let them bother you. Rule one: Each of you can choose not to be given the final question. It's your decision. However if you choose not to answer it, regardless of if you got the other nine right you will still get a zero. That means you fail and of course your teammates as well." He says, sending a round of murmurs throughout all the test takers. " However if you choose to answer it and get it wrong you will not only fail... You will be bared from ever taking the Chunin exams again!" He yells, shocking all the students.
" That's bull man." A boy with a small dog on his head says. " Most of the teams in here have already taken the exams before!" He yells, pointing to Ibiki.
" Yes but I was not making the rules then. But I am now. Of course if you don't want to take it you don't have to. The final rule is..." He starts but is cut short by Ulrich who has raised his hand.
" Not that this isn't all interesting but if no one else has left by now I don't think anymore will. However I think those who wish to leave that do not have the stomach for this should be allowed to. Any takers?" He says, looking around the room. Five more teams glance at each other before walking to the exit. Ulrich smiles some before looking back at Ibiki.
' This kid has guts. I like him. We'll see how he does in the second stage." Ibiki thinks, ready to respond but is cut off yet again by a woman with a long trench coat bursting through the side window of the classroom. " Anko, you're early... again."
" And I see you've let quite the number of teams through Ibiki. You're getting soft." Anko says, looking over all the students.
" Or maybe we have a good crop of candidates this year." He says, making her grow a crazed grin.
" Is that so? I bet half will be gone before the second exam is over." She says, looking back at him. " All right, Maggots I want you to be at the Forest of Death in ten minutes. If not I will kick you from this exam." She says, angering Ulrich at being called 'Maggot'. He jumps out of his seat and punches up at her, however with her having more experience she easily dodges it, but let's her guard down and does not pay attention to the fist coming her way until the last second. He lands the strike, pushing her out of the window. Ulrich smiles before jumping out after her. The other students stare in shock that a student just attacked his teacher.
' I feel sorry for that kid. He just had to get himself killed. His sacrifice shall be honored as the first to land a hit on Anko.' Ibiki thinks, laughing in his head.
Chunin Exam 2nd Stage
" So you have one too? He sure does find his way around." Ulrich says, looking at Anko standing across from him in front of the forest, covered in a few bruises and cuts.
" Yeah well he'll really find his way around when I rip his tongue out and rip his body to shreds." Anko says, having a strong hatred for which the two are talking about.
" Well just remember to save some for me. Here they come." Ulrich says, looking behind him at the large group of exam takers heading up to the gate. Anko waits until all the students are lined up in front of the gate to begin telling them all they need to know.
" All right kiddies the second exam will begin momentarily. I will give you the brief version, as some of you are more eager than others." She says, glancing at Ulrich briefly with a sadistic smile, sending chills down his spine. "In this stage you will stay in this forest for a week, eating only what you can catch. Each team will be given a scroll secretly and it will be up to you to find the other one. The two scrolls are of Heaven and Earth. So if you have the Earth find the Heaven and if you have Heaven than find Earth. Go over to the booth to your left and you will be given one of the scrolls. Also you will each have to sign a form stating that Konoha is not responsible if you die in the exam. First team is Sasuke, Hinata and Naruto." Anko says, not interested in wasting any more time with talking about the exam and what will take place. One by one each team gets either Heaven or Earth and move to wait outside each gate around the forest. The final team of Ulrich, Itzal, Flash, Toshiro and Haku grab the Heaven scroll and walk over to their gate, watched the entire time by Anko. ' So Orochimaru is here? I will head into the forest after them and hunt him.' Anko thinks, anxious for revenge. " All right let the Second Stage Begin!" Anko yells, the gates in front of each team bursting open, beginning the second stage.
Unknown Location
" Lord Orochimaru, Please let me explain…" Kabuto says, scared of his master's reaction, despite him being hidden by shadows, to an old test subject still roaming free.
" I told you to destroy everything in that lab! That meant every experiment and all information. Who knows how much he knows. If this information gets out I will personally take you to Manda and you will be the sacrifice. I will visit him and test his abilities. He may prove useful. I will also have a talk with the others to see if we have any more mind control formulas. First I must give Sasuke the curse mark then I will pay a visit with my old experiment then I shall leave the rest to all of you. Once Sasuke wakes from sleep with the curse mark Dosu, Zaku and Kin, I want you three to capture him and bring him to the Sound. I have given you your assignments so move out." Orochimaru says, vanishing into the shadows.
Team 7
" So we have to find the Heaven scroll than? This should be a cinch. All those guys from the first stage looked weak. So should we go after the blonde haired girl's team or the one with the bowl haircut?" Sasuke says, knowing that the two teams have the scroll they need.
" I vote for going after the one with the blonde hair. She was the most annoying one in the first stage. Aside from that what do you think of Itzal and Flash?" Naruto says, worried about the two.
" I have to wonder where their loyalties lie. Kind of makes you wonder where they came from. When we were in Akatsuki we heard about all shinobi, even Ulrich. But I have never heard of either of them." Hinata says, remembering all she heard from each member.
" We can't trust them. Those two may be the most dangerous ones we have to face in this exam." Naruto says, his sunglasses gone, showing his ripple pattern like eyes.
" Agreed. If we happen to come across them in battle don't hold anything back. Even a split second hesitation can get you killed." Sasuke says, knowing that if you hold back your enemy will not let the chance go to waste.
Let's not waste anymore time. Let's go and get our Heaven scroll." Naruto says, wanting to get to the third stage.
With Haku's Team
" Are you sure you felt him?" Flash asks, Ulrich explaining the feeling he got before the first exam.
" For the tenth time, yes I'm sure. The feeling of a snake freak watching you never changes, along with the feeling of a tongue around your neck." He says, annoyed at how many time he has been asked that same question.
" But how do you know this?" Haku asks, not sure how he could feel him.
"When someone experiments on you for five years, then tries to have you destroyed you never forget the feeling." He says, reaching further into some of his past.
"So what should we do? Should we get the Earth scroll or go and take down Orochimaru?" Toshiro asks, wanting to hear all sides.
" You clearly have not been doing your homework. Orochimaru is a Sannin, one of the three legendary ninja. Unless you have a big army and are ready to die you will not kill him. Easily anyway." Ulrich says, knowing all shinobi have a limit.
"So what should we do? Hunt for Orochimaru or the scroll? Or both?" Itzal asks, knowing they needed to make a choice. " Speaking of which, you know a lot of Orochimaru. Why is he here?"
" He's here for the same thing he experimented on me for. The Sharigan. It's all he cares about." Ulrich says, looking at both the shocked expressions of Toshiro and Haku. "We have to focus on getting to the second stage. We'll check on Sasuke along the way. Follow me. I know where they are." Ulrich jumps into the trees, knowing that if he gets Sasuke things will only get worse.
Team 7
Sasuke stands with his foot on a man's body, spinning the Earth scroll around. " Ha. These guys were easy. We didn't even have to bother with the blonde." He says, knowing that the second stage is not even a day in yet.
" Sasuke now is not the time to be cocky. You should know that. Remember Toshiro?" Naruto says, knowing that cocky mostly leads to a downfall.
" Once a Dobe, always a Dobe. We have the scroll we need and now our fight is over." He says, not taking what Naruto said in at all. A strong burst of wind erupts from within the forest but does nothing as a barrier forms around Naruto and his team. A man with extremely pale skin, waist-length black hair, amber eyes with slits in his pupils and purple markings around his eyes, watches with interest but turns his focus back to his goal: Sasuke. The wind dies down, and the barrier fades away.
" Come on out. I can see you, Orochimaru." Naruto says, seeing him with his Rinnegan. Naruto closes his eyes to keep his new technique a secret.
" As sharp as ever, Brat. It's been a while since Akatsuki. You have improved. A little. I know you have been in touch with an old experiment of mine. You must know why I'm here?" He says. Steeping out from the shadows.
" We know why you're here. You want my Sharigan. I hate talking to snakes like you. Let's see if your skills have gone over Itachi's yet." Sasuke says. He activates his Sharigan, ready to kill Orochimaru.
" Hasty as always. Let's take our time and enjoy this." He says, his tongue slithering out of his mouth. Sasuke quickly forms handsigns and outs his hand to his mouth, releasing a large ball of fire, which closes in on Orochimaru almost faster than he can react. He dodges it and summons a wave of snakes, sending them crashing down into Sasuke. All the snakes burst into flames and their ashes fall to the ground, showing Sasuke with no injuries. Sasuke focuses chakra into his feet and speeds towards Orochimaru, using his speed to avoid the snakes striking at him. Orochimaru calculates where Sasuke will move to next and sends a snake at the spot to Sasuke's left, just before he moves there. Sasuke grabs his blade from his back and slashes through the snake. Orochimaru turns his head up and pulls his tongue back into his mouth and coughs up a blade. Both blades clash together, creating a flash of light. Sasuke and Orochimaru both struggle to gain the advantage over the other. Sasuke notices a slight movement from the corner of his eye and breaks back as a clone crashes into the ground where he was standing.
" Always trying to blindside someone. You never change, Orochimaru." Sasuke says, having practiced with him six years earlier.
" I take all the advantages I can get, like any good shinobi would." Orochimaru says, walking out of the cloud of smoke.
" Real Shinobi do not need to take chances like that. It shows just how weak you have gotten over the years." Sasuke says, smiling at the angry look on Orochimaru.
" You let your guard down. You should pay harder focus on your surroundings." Orochimaru says, summoning hundreds of clones.
" Still the same old Orochimaru, huh? Always trying to outnumber someone so you can make an escape when you have no chance of winning." A voice says from the shadows around them.
" It's been a long time, Ulrich. I knew you would show up when you found out I was here." Orochimaru says, looking around for the source of the voice.
" If you think I am really stupid enough to come alone, you would be wrong." He says, dropping down onto a branch with Haku and Toshiro.
" So you brought a few friends. Unless they have Jonin level power they will not stand a chance against me." Orochimaru says, knowing anything below Jonin is easy.
"I'm here as well Orochimaru." Anko says, dropping from the shadows onto a branch. Orochimaru looks around at all of them and smiles seeing their plan: block all paths of escape. All his clones disappear in a puff of smoke.
" Anko, my child it's been too long. How is life back in the village?" He asks sarcastically. Haku and Toshiro drop to the ground, blocking his last two paths of escape.
" Don't play games with me. Finish your match with the Uchiha boy. Once he's done it's my turn."
" Do you really think you can kill me? You couldn't last time. Besides I'm not stupid to have come along either." He says, his tongue slithering out of his mouth once more. The three Otogakure Nin drop down in front of Orochimaru. " Dosu, you take Haku and Toshiro. Kin, you take on Ulrich. Zaku, you take Anko. Keep them occupied while I have my fun with Sasuke." He says, the three not saying anything but charging at whom they were told to fight. They all push back into the forest to fight them without having their other teammates interfere.
Toshiro, Haku, Dosu
" You think he can really beat the both of us? It is two on one after all." Toshiro says, a bit worried that since he is facing two alone if his skills pass both of theirs.
" Don't worry so much, Toshiro. You can sit this one out. I can beat him on my own." Haku says, confident in his abilities to fight off one shinobi alone.
" If you think this will be that easy you are wrong." Dosu says, equally confident in his abilities.
" Hidden Jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors." Haku says, Ice mirrors forming above and around Dosu. " This is my Kekkei Genkai. Prepare yourself." Haku says, walking into one of the mirrors in front of Dosu. Dosu prepares to strike the mirror until all of them show an image of Haku. Dosu looks at all of them, not sure which is real and which is not. Haku reacts first and with incredibly speed, strikes past Dosu, leaving a cut behind on his face. Haku strikes again and again, leaving on mirror and moving to the next, leaving a badly scarred Dosu with each attack. With each attack Dosu gets less and less confident in his abilities, having not had a chance to attack of defend himself. Haku stops the attacks, seeing him losing confidence and prepares to finish instead of torturing him. Haku flickers out of the mirror again and strikes a vital point in Dosu's neck, killing him instantly. Toshiro walks up to Dosu's body and picks it up and lays it back against a tree, showing some respect for him.
" Toshiro, I know I have told you this before but as we are now we have to let go of all our fear and worries. If we die, it will be a death worthy of a shinobi. You were always hesitant to battle, even when it was necessary. I will tell you one last time. We are Shinobi and as Shinobi the first thing we are taught is to be prepared to die. As we were rogue Nin we know this better than any other Nin can understand." Haku says, trying to teach him one of the most important lessons as a Shinobi.
" I know what you're saying is true Haku but it doesn't make me feel any better. Should we head back yet?" Toshiro says, not wanting to talk about it any more.
" Yeah, we should. Speaking of which have you seen Flash and Itzal?" Haku says, noticing that ever since they got there they have been missing.
" No I haven't. We couldn't have gotten separated. We all stuck close together. Something is wrong. Let's watch our backs." He says, jumping into the trees to head back to team seven.
Kin, Ulrich
" Orochimaru thinks he's smart. He knows I won't hit females. When I get back I will tear his spine out for a trophy." Ulrich whisper to himself, dodging senbon with bells attached to the end easily.
" Come on! Why won't you fight me!?" You can't dodge forever!" Kin yells, trying to get Ulrich to battle her.
" Told you already. I don't hit females unless I'm mad. You may be my enemy but unless you make me angry, which probably will not happen, you won't battle me." He says, jumping around in a circle, dodging each senbon with ease.
' You know she is kind of cute. Maybe you are thinking about…' A voice starts to say in Ulrich's head but is cut off by him.
' Can it, Rei! I don't need any distractions! Keep your little perverted ideas to yourself!' He yells back at the voice, now named Rei.
' Come on, boy. You told me before that you had a few ideas yourself. You know that's going through your head now. And quit mispronouncing my name. You're doing that on purpose, aren't you? ' 'Rei' says, still pushing on Ulrich's buttons, making him angrier.
' I said those things to get you to shut up. If I couldn't hear your thoughts I wouldn't even know what those things meant. Now shut up.' He says, shifting his focus back to his battle.
' Think about it for a second, boy. Despite being a pet for Orochimaru she is possible nice and mild tempered. On the last point she beats you by a mile. She may be the one who is just right for you.'Rei says, making a point on Ulrich, whom cuts the connection off to focus on the battle. Ulrich charges in closer, passing the senbon with minimum difficulty. He pulls out a kunai and strikes at her chest. Kin blocks it with a senbon, keeping his attack at bay. Both strike at the other, neither gaining the advantage over the other. They strike at each other again, their weapons blocking the way for either. They glare at each other, and then a bright light blinds both of them. The light dies down, reveling a large ball of light floating to their side. They look at each other and turn their weapons to what may be a potential threat.
" What are you?" Ulrich asks, not wanting to attack without a reason.
" I am The Guardian. You two are some of the ones that I need. You must accept what I need to say. You two, among others, are needed to battle the greatest threat this world will ever come across." The ball says in many voices.
" What do you mean? Greatest threat from who?" Kin asks, knowing they are not getting the full story.
" I can not tell you. Too many ears. I must show you. You must come with me." The ball says, slowly flying higher into the sky. He stops and floats above their heads. Still trying to process all they just took in, neither react fast enough as the ball turns into a beam and absorb them into it. The beam fires into the sky, creating a large portal.
Anko, Zaku
Anko sends out snakes at Zaku from the sleeves of her trench coat. Zaku dodges but is kicked back into a tree, not seeing Anko using the snakes as a decoy. Zaku pants, having used his airwave cannons in his hands and his chakra to max. Anko smirks and walks up to Zaku and grabs his throat and pushes him against the tree.
" Now tell me what I want to know. I may decide to be merciful with your death if you tell me." Anko asks, being satisfied with the information alone this time. Zaku spits on her face, angering Anko beyond words. She smiles evilly and summons a large snake bigger than either Zaku or Anko combined. The snake opens its mouth and grabs Zaku from her hands and tosses him into the air. Zaku, too weakened to do anything, watches as the snakes mouth opens wide. He falls into its mouth and is seen as a small bulge in the snake's stomach. The snake hisses, talking with Anko, then disappears in a puff of smoke. " He should have just given me the information. Now his death will be slow and painful." Anko says, happy at the resolution. A bright light shines over where she is, attracting her attention behind her at a beam of light connecting to a portal in the sky.
Team 7
Sasuke smirks, standing over Orochimaru's beaten and battered body. He slams his foot into his chest, causing Orochimaru to cough up blood from a number of broken ribs. Naruto and Hinata stare at the evil look in Sasuke's eyes.
" Did you really think you could defeat me with those pathetic moves. Your skills have been going down over the years, Orochimaru." Sasuke says, enjoying every second of what he is doing. A beam of light burst into the sky in front of him and his team. They watch as Kin and Ulrich are sent into it inside the beam and vanish. The beam slowly fades away. The portal stays open, growing bigger each second. Orochimaru takes the chance and extends his neck up to Sasuke's and bites down, drawing blood from the fang marks. A mark with three tomoes slowly appears on the left side of his neck, creating severe pain. Sasuke moves his foot back from Orochimaru's chest and falls to his knees, clutching his neck in pain.
" Now, Sasuke you will be my little puppet. Soon enough you will seek me out. In search of power." Orochimaru says, standing as if he was never hurt.
" You Bastard! What did you do to Sasuke!?" Naruto yells, seeing his best friend in pain.
" I just gave him a little of myself. Soon he will be all mine." He says, slowly being absorbed into the ground. Naruto sends out a blast of wind but it misses as Orochimaru vanishes into the ground. Hinata runs up to Sasuke and grabs him and lays him on the ground. She feels his forehead, checking to find out what is wrong.
" He has a high fever. Naruto, I need you to go and get me some water from a stream." Hinata says, knowing what to do to cure sicknesses.
" Hey Hinata? What is that?" Naruto asks, pointing up to the portal. Hinata looks up at the slowly closing portal and sees an object falling down to them at amazing speeds. Hinata activates her Byakugan, having trained with it longer than Naruto and his Rinnegan.
" It's Ulrich. At that speed he won't survive impact with the ground." She says, watching him near the ground at quickly increasing speeds.. " Naruto, can you make a kind of barrier to keep him from striking the ground.
" I could but I would need more practice. Right now I can only make one close to us." Naruto says, watching as he is near to the ground. A stream of sand rockets past them and grabs around Ulrich and slowly brings him to the ground. Hinata and Naruto both look back at Garra and his brother and sister in surprise. " Garra, what are you doing here?" Naruto asks, curious as to why he showed up suddenly.
" I saw that burst of light in the sky and came to check it out. I never thought that it would become a portal. I saw Ulrich go up into it and thought something was wrong so I came to see." Garra says in his monotone voice. " How is he doing?"
" I can't say for sure." Hinata says, checking over Ulrich. " His vitals are strong and he seems to have no damage done to him but take a look at this." She says, waving the three siblings over. She opens his eye and instead of the normal brown they usually are, they are lifeless as if he is not even in his body. " I'm not sure what happened when he went into that portal but I have seen this once before. A portal, kind of like that one, appeared overhead and sucked a man into it. His body came back but his eyes were the same way. From what I heard he never woke up and they finished him to keep what he knew a secret."
" So are you saying that he will never wake from this?" Garra asks, not sure if he should believe it or not.
" There is a slight chance he may wake. This has never happened before the last one I saw. There are no records of anything odd or mysterious in any of the villages." Hinata says, picking up Sasuke along with Naruto. " Since we have some time left, we are going to take care of Sasuke until he wakes up. You're welcome to bring Ulrich so we can keep an eye on him as well." Hinata says, before walking away into the forest. Garra stares down at Ulrich and uses his sand to pick him up and heads into the forest after them, Temari and Konkuro.
' You better wake up. I do not wish to have to kill you.' Garra thinks to himself, catching up with Hinata and Naruto.
Unknown Location
" So he did not come through? Well I can still say that he is as stubborn as he was before. Something must tie him to that world. We cannot carry out our plans until he is where we need him. We need to find a way to send his mind back to his body. Someway." The white ball of light says, floating in a large white room with a number of screens.
" And until that time we get him here, her mind will be lost just as his is now." A black ball of light says, looking at Kin through the screens as she sits in a padded cell against a wall, her eyes as lifeless as Ulrich's. " In order to wake him you must send me to him. I will act as a catalyst to keep him alive and able to carry through what ever holds him there."
" Easy enough." The white ball says, forming a female body however still white like when she was an orb. A black orb appears in her hands. One of the screens turns to where Hinata is currently taking care of both Sasuke and Ulrich. She fires the orb into the screen and watches his body glow blue. His friends jump back from him at the sudden glow around his body. The glow begins to fade away from him, not taking any sort of effect on his body.
" Hmm it failed. Something is blocking the effect from taking hold. Are you sure you did it right?" The black orbs says, now taking the form of a male, yet not changing the color from when he was an orb.
" Yes, I'm sure. We may need to battle whatever is blocking the connection. Are you ready for this." She asks, knowing who is blocking the connection.
" Of course I am. Remember, we just need to distract them long enough to make the connection be sent. After that we must return here." He says, looking through the cell at Kin. " We must hurry or they will both be lost." He says, seeing Kin's body developing bruises, Ulrich's doing the same. Both of them vanish from the screen room, heading to what is blocking the connection.
Forest of Death
" So you have finally tracked me down. I was wondering when you two would show up." A voice says, in the darkness of shadows of a forest, watching as black and white bodies appear in front of him.
" We have come to stop your plans. We know all about them. You wish to take over the world. That is what we are here to prevent." The Guardian says, knowing everything he has planned.
" You think you know everything, huh? Everyday this world brings itself closer to destruction. I will dominate it to make sure that it does not happen. My parents were killed. We were a small village at war with the leaf. I vowed that I would have my revenge and rule this world to make sure no more innocents die. The man who killed them was named Madara Uchiha." He says, reliving the memory.
" So if Madara killed your parents that would make you…" The black one starts but is cut off by whom they are talking to.
" Yes, I am over seventy years old. And with this…" He says, lifting a scroll. " I have half of what I need to make it a reality."
" And what of the people that are killed along the way?" The Guardian asks, knowing with plans like his many innocents will be killed.
" They are my pawns, the sacrifices for a better world. A world in which I rule all and no more innocents will be killed." He says, making his point but to the Guardians.
" Your plans will not succeed. Many in the past have tried what you are. None have come to pass." The white guardian says.
" They were not me. I will bring order to the chaos." He says, thinking his path to be the way.
" All you are doing is going to create more. Once the Shinobi find out of your plans they will enter war with you and the chaos that is not currently existing will come back." The black Guardian says, seeing the insanity of the plan.
" You will never understand. I will show once my plans have come full term that I am the leader of this world. Now enough talk. I have things to attend to and you two are in my way. I will destroy you now and my plans will go unchallenged." He says, stepping from the shadows.
" Fine than, Flash. Let's see what your skills can do against the Guardians." The white Guardian says, ready to battle.
Danzo's Hideout
" So, Fū and Torune are dead. That boy has more power than I thought." Danzō thinks, watching the one-sided video of what happened on a small screen in front of him. " If I could get him into the program, he may even be better than the Nine Tail's host. I will need to put together a plan and learn what Jutsu he knows. I want him monitored at all times. If I don't get a report ever day I will have your head." Danzō says, commanding one of the Root Nin in front of his desk to watch Ulrich ever second.
End of Chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I tried to make this my longest one. Sasuke and Ulrich are out. Kin is slowly being injured, as is Ulrich. Flash is really trying to take over the world to ' bring order to the chaos'. Orochimaru has given Sasuke the Curse Mark. Find out what happens, all in the next chapter. The Application is right beneath this. See you later.
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