Chapter 4
A/N: Hello, guys, I am back with another chapter for this story. Okay, I know you guys are probably seriously ticked off at me for updating so late, but I couldn't update any sooner. School has reopened and only time I get to write are the weekends, and I was extremely busy in that time finishing 2 projects and one essay. -_- Anyways, I am very sorry for updating so late, and I hope I don't lose more readers for it. Well, I just want to say it again.
I AM EXTREMELY SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE!
Also, Naruto will now have a darker approach in life. He will not be the same old Naruto anymore, and will be a bit psychotic. He will be his regular self around a few people.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Team Seven
They were racing through the forest in an awkward silence. They were running through the trees to avoid traps, but there was one thing bothering Sasuke and Sakura. What the fuck happened to Naruto? They were both stealing awkward glances at him trying to figure out a theory that just might explain what happened to him. Nothing came to mind…
"Err… what happe-" Sakura was going to ask him but was cut off by Naruto's voice.
"Just leave it, Sakura. I don't want to talk about it now. I will tell you guys what happened to me after the exams, so let's just focus now." Naruto explained to them, which seemed to satisfy both of them, except for Sakura who seemed a bit doubtful. Sasuke, though, was tired of Naruto outdoing him, and he vowed that he would show Naruto who is the better of the two.
"Stop trying to act cool, Naruto. I don't care about your changes, I am going to go by myself and get the scrolls." Sasuke said to him.
"That is unwise, Sasuke. We should stick together." Naruto said feeling annoyed.
"Stop talking like that! I don't need your advice, I'm leaving." Sasuke said before taking off.
"Wait, Sasuke-kun. I will come with you!" Sakura yelled out to him as she followed to him. However, she never noticed that Naruto had replaced one of her kunai with his own.
"Fools…" Naruto said. "I should keep track of them, though. I wouldn't want to disappoint Kakashi-sensei by telling him one of his students just died." Naruto said to himself.
Naruto took off in a slightly different direction than Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto runs through the trees for a while until he finds a tall tree. He instantly climbs up the tree to scout for nearby teams and traps. Once he reached the top, he uses his doujutsu to scout the surrounding area. He finds two teams with average chakra levels that are no problem for him. He makes his decision; they will give him the scroll, even if they have to give up their lives for it to happen. Naruto was counting on it.
Naruto walks into the clearing, making no noise or sound of movement whatsoever. It was scary to even know one could be so quiet; not a twig, not even a single rustle of leaves. None of the traps set up to protect this unsuspecting team was even close to making contact with this ninja.
"Give me the scroll you have right now." Naruto said in a simple but cold voice that scared the shit out of them.
"Who are you!" one of them said.
"Show yourself!" Another said while the female of the team hid behind the two of them, which seemed to annoy the two of them.
Naruto got a good look at them. They were a team of sound ninja, signified by the sound symbol on their headbands. One of the guys was a tall and lanky person with a sort of permanent scowl on his face. He was wearing somewhat of a jumpsuit, but much looser to the point of being baggy with black hair. The other male was an average looking guy, with a sleeveless shirt and long pants that covered his frame. The female one was the most interesting to Naruto….. She had lond red hair with glasses on her heart-shaped face that seemed to attract Naruo in some way. Also, he felt like he had a much deeper connection with her right then and there. What confused him, though, was that her appearance made him feel somewhat….. weird.
He felt better just looking at her. Taking in her appearance, Her red hair somehow made his eyes linger there for a while, it made a serene feeling of peace warm through him… like the moments he had with his foster family… For a second, he thought he could be happy, but that thought was dispelled by shattered memories and broken dreams. Before his thoughts could linger into unpleasant things that would've made him want to kill this unfortunate team right then and there; he was interrupted by the voice of the tall member of the team.
"What, you chicken or something! You just demand our scrolls and not even confront us! " He said.
"As you wish." Naruto said before appearing in the middle of the clearing.
Wasting no time, the two males charged at him thinking that this could be an easy knockout since he was only one person.
The tall one reached first, while the shorter one stayed back for some unknown reason.
The tall one went up to Naruto with a roundhouse kick, which Naruto ducked under before just pushing him with his hand, making him tumble to the ground. The other one threw two shuriken at him with average speed at Naruto. Naruto just stood there for a while, and just as the shuriken were about to hit him, he caught both of the shuriken putting two of his fingers in the hole of the shuriken. The sound ninja gets enraged by this act of deliberate mocking and charges at him. Naruto just shakes his head at his foolishness, before simply tripping him over sending him on top of his other teammate. The female of the group just watched him in horror as he walked calmly toward her. Again, Naruto had a weird feeling, almost as if he didn't want her to fear him, but he just simply shook it off.
"Hey! We're not done yet!" They yelled in unison.
"Perhaps your attempt this time will be more successful." Naruto said simply. "But this time, try a little less direct approach and don't lose your balance."
Ignoring his comments, they charged again while throwing 2 explosive kunai at Naruto, hoping to make him move from his spot.
"Pathetic." Naruto said as he simply vanished in a burst of speed, and appeared behind the female member of the group….with a blade on her throat.
"Give me the scroll. You wouldn't want to lose your teammate for a scroll, would you?" Naruto said.
"Like we care about that whore! Orochimaru-sama just likes her because of clan and her sensory prowess! If she died here, we would be the center of attention for him and he would grant us more power!" He yelled in frenzy while throwing about 5 kunai with exploding notes attached to it as he was going through handsigns.
Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Kunai Shadow Clone Technique)
The mere amount of 5 kunai turned into hundreds of kunai….with exploding notes on each and every one of them
'I should just dodge it, but then she would die for sure! I can't let that happen! I have to push her away so she doesn't take the hit.' Naruto thought in desperation as he gathered chakra for his next technique. He then spread his arms out in a perpendicular motion, one in the direction of the female teammate of theirs, and the other hand facing the barrage of kunai and exploding notes.
Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push)
Their female teammate was blown back into a nearby tree away from the kunai and its explosion radius while all of the kunai was blown back a bit, but not before blowing up first. However, Naruto was still in the radius of the explosion since the kunai all blew up at the exact same time. Naruto's form was engulfed by smoke to the sound team, and they two males of the team rushed up to their female teammate.
"Karin! Give us the scroll! It's obvious that you are just useless as a teammate or anything for that matter!" The tall one said as he kicked her in the ribs while she was still down.
"Ahh! Stop it! I'm getting it out!" Karin yelled as she reached for her backpack a few meters away from her. Before she could get to it, though, the tall one stepped on her hand….hard, hard enough the sound of cracking was heard.
"We don't need you anymore. We will just take the scroll and let you rot here. Now that I think about it, these exams are the perfect excuse for killing you off. You getting treated like royalty by Orochimaru-sama sicken us all!" The tall one said while the shorter one nodded before reaching for her backpack and taking the scroll out. The first male proceeded to take a kunai out to finish her off as she watched in horror as the injury in her ribs was hurting to the point she couldn't even scream.
"You guys are fighting me! How dare you do this to your own teammate!" Naruto yelled in fury as his doujutsu's sharingan was spinning like crazy, which made the male stop from stabbing Karin.
He ran out of the smoke and charged at the two sound nin. He just had a few burns here and there, and a few scratches, too. It wasn't something too serious for the Uzumaki to handle, but he was supposed to come out of this battle without a scratch. He shouldn't have toyed with them…
Naruto charged at the tall one, who tried to punch him, but Naruto grabbed his arm and broke it with one swift turning motion. He then procceded to break his windpipe using his knuckle as his target choked out blood before dying. He then looked behind him with hateful eyes towards the other male member of the team. Wasting no time, he charged at him with fury. The male member recovers from the shock of his teammate dying before launching a roundhouse kick at Naruto's face. Naruto, expecting this, catches his foot and turns him around, but the sound nin tries to kick him with his other leg as he was being spun in mid-air, trying to use the momentum of Naruto's own force on himself. Naruto, having quick relexes, ducks under this and channels chakra into the palm of his hand, and then he hits the sound ninja stomach hard enough to make him sail through the air while breaking through a tree. Naruto used so much force that some of his ribs punctured his lungs, and Naruto just watched as the desperate sound ninja wheezed around for air, vomiting blood all the while. After making sure he was dead, He picked up the scroll from the deceased sound ninja before turning to Karin, who was cowering in fear a few meters away from him. He checks the scroll; it was a heaven scroll! They could pass now and get out….. If he still had the earth scroll with him… Anyways, back to Naruto and Karin.
"Stay away from me, you monster!" Karin yells desperately as she held onto her ribs. Naruto just walks up to Karin and unseals a first-aid kit.
"Those injuries look like they hurt." Naruto said simply pulled her hand forcefully and gently bandages her up while readjusting her bones.
"AHH! That hurts…" Karin yelled before quieting at his glare.
"Shut up. I am helping you." Naruto said as he looked over her stomach. "Lift your shirt." Naruto said as he reached for some more bandages.
"Pervert! I am not going to do that!" Karin yelled.
"Do you want to end up like your friend over there? He died because I punctured his lungs by breaking his ribs. Unless you want that to happen, just pull your shirt up." Naruto said.
"Okay…." Karin said with a quivering voice as she pulled her shirt up to reveal her stomach.
"All right. I don't know how to heal this with a first-aid kit, but I discovered that my chakra can heal injuries. So I am going to pump some of my chakra to you." Naruto said.
"It's all right… I know some medical ninjutsu…" Karin said as a green glow covered her hands and she started healing herself.
"You should stick with me. The ninja will think of you as an easy target if you stay here." Naruto said to her while he waited patiently for her to finish healing. "We better get moving. Climb onto my back." Naruto said while Karin blushed a bit before climbing on. "Also, I am going to channel some of my chakra so you don't feel so much pain as we are going to be moving fast." Naruto informed her.
"First, we have to find my team." Naruto said as he began to move through the trees.
After a while of running through the trees, Karin tells Naruto to stop, who also got some information from his clone. His team was fighting somebody, somebody strong.
"I sense a battle nearby." Karin said as she looked like she was concentrating. Naruto's eyes perked up. She could be sensing his team's fight.
"You are a sensory ninja?" Naruto asked her.
"Yeah. There are two of them, one of them being a slightly higher than average chakra and a chakra that is disappointingly low, and….and…." Karin stopped.
"What's wrong? You're shivering?" Naruto asked her as he stopped.
"It's Orochimaru!" Karin yelled.
"Wait… Orochimaru of the Sannin?" Naruto asked her.
"Yeah. He is the leader of my village and he wants the sharingan really badly. So this is what he was planning for in the chuunin exams. Your village has an Uchiha, right?" Karin asked him.
"Oh shit. Sasuke is going to get his ass handed to him." Naruto said as he picked up the pace.
"I can feel them getting closer." Karin said after a while.
After about 10 minutes of running at as fast as a pace Naruto could manage with Karin on his back, they reached the place. It was not looking good for Team 7. Sasuke was on the ground, severely bruised, as Orochimaru was openly mocking the last Uchiha. Naruto created a few clones.
"Stay with one of my clones, Karin. The rest of you clones, surround the area." Naruto said in an imperative tone.
Naruto nodded at the clones, who nodded back. The plan was going to be set into motion. One of the clones threw kunai at Orochimaru, who easily dodged it, but two more kunai came from the other direction, forcing him to jump. However, Two more kunai was thrown at him, which transformed into two Naruto's, while both having a wind blade on their hand.
Fuuton: Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Release: Blade of Wind)
Orochimaru's eyes widened in surprise, no genin should be capable of such a feat. He just replaced himself with a mud clone to take the hit. Anticipating this, the actual Naruto emerges from his hiding spot behind the unsuspecting Orochimaru.
"So you are the infamous Orochimaru of the legendary Sanin." Naruto said in a calm, clear voice, which got wide eyes from Sasuke and Sakura.
"And who might you be, child?" Orochimaru said with an interested smirk.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki , and you better leave my teammates alone." Naruto said as he activated his doujutsu while he covered it with a small genjutsu just on his eyes. 'I can't let Orochimaru know of my doujutsu. Although he can probably dispel this weak genjutsu, I won't give him the chance to do so.' Naruto thought as many battle plans started forming in his head.
"How interesting." Orochimaru said. "But I cannot do that."
"Then you leave me with no choice." Naruto said in a cold and confident voice.
Naruto charges at Orochimaru. Orochimaru, seeing this, just smirked before shooting two snakes out of his hands. Without hesitation, Naruto kept on charging before decapitating the two snakes with one kunai with wnd chakra charged up into the kunai. Orochimaru, stopped for a minute, not expecting such quick thinking, before launching up his next technique. He shoots dozens of snakes out of his mouth, and Naruto just stands there, not moving. The snakes finally reach him and bite him, but Naruto turned out to be a log. Orochimaru, expecting this, was instantly on guard. However, what surprised him the most, was that he could not find Naruto anywhere.
Just as he was about to think that Naruto ran away, Naruto charged from behind Orochimaru from the bushes with a wind blade ready to go. Orochimaru, not having enough time to dodge, had to take the hit. As Naruto's hand tore through Orochimaru's skin, Orochimaru dissolved into a mud clone. Naruto, however, was expecting this and jumped back. However, a snake the size of an average anaconda came up from behind and tried to swallow to Naruto, who glowed for a bit before exploding.
'Bunshin Daibakuha?! How does a mere genin know this technique?' Orochimaru thought.
To Orochimaru's surprise, Naruto comes from behind with a roundhouse kick. Orochimaru blocks the kick with his forearm. Naruto, a bit surprised by this, puts his hand on the ground, and uses it to propel himself upward in a spinning motion. In the air, Naruto executes a kick hurricane with such skill that it even Orochimaru is momentarily stunned by it. Before Orochimaru can gather his wits, Naruto charged at him and performed a backflip kick sending the slithery bastard into the air. Giving Orochimaru no time to recover Naruto grabs him by the legs and rams his shoulder into Orochimaru's stomach sending him sailing through the air while he was going through hand seals at an astoundingly fast pace.
'I should try to do as much as damage as possible from this attack. I probably won't get another chance like this!' Naruto thought as he prepared his jutsu.
Ranton: Reizā Sākasu! (Storm Release: Laser Circus!)
Naruto yelled out as a barrage of laser beams shot out of his hands at a tremendous rate. Orochimaru gasped in horror as he saw this monstrous attack coming toward and he had no means of avoiding it.
Boom!
Naruto scanned the surrounding area with his doujutsu. There were destroyed trees everywhere, and a huge black spot was on the ground; it seemed the laser circus most affected on that spot. Animals were running about, and he looked around and found his team was unharmed from the jutsu. He could see Orochimaru rising from the black spot with a smirk on his face and what seemed like 2nd degree burns on most of his body. Orochimaru, though, to Naruto's confusion, started laughing maliciously.
"You would be very good vessel for me in the future. You are by far the one of the strongest, if not the strongest, genin in these exams. Too bad you don't have a sharingan or a bloodline, though." Orochimaru said as he smirked. What he did next surprised Naruto; he started….shedding?
Naruto watched in amazement as all of Orochimaru's wounds disappeared. Naruto knew a technique like that would require a large amount of chakra, so Orochimaru can't do it too many times. Naruto knew if he could keep this up, they might just have a chance in survival. Naruto jumped off the elevated area on which he was standing. He knew he could not pull off this kind of chakra consuming jutsu so many times. He would have to rely on the kyuubi's chakra, but there was one problem. Naruto could not control it. He would have to rely on taijutsu until he finds the right opportunity for his jutsu.
'That was my most powerful jutsu, except for the wind blade and the shinra tensei, and he just shook it off like it was nothing! I need a plan to beat, or at least stall this guy until the Hokage or something sends some people down here. I mean, that was an A-rank jutsu that most of the village should be able to sense, right?' Naruto thought as he planned out scenarios to escape this guy.
He knew he could not waste much more time. Naruto charged at Orochimaru once more. This time Orochimaru took no chance. He sent hundreds of snakes towards Naruto. Naruto knew he could not escape.
Shinra Tensei (Alimighty Push!)
Orochimaru gasped in surprise.
'What is this technique? I have never even heard of such a technique, to push back such things with such force. Except, maybe…. Pein! Does this kid have the same bloodline as Pein, the legendary Rinnegan?! I have to investigate on him some more. Anyways, I am losing quite a lot of time. The sound and chakra barrier will run out of chakra soon, and I still haven't marked Sasuke-kun yet! I have to hurry up; I wouldn't want Sarutobi-sensei finding where I am just yet. Besides, I can find out more about you during the final part of the exam, Naruto-kun.' Orochimaru thought.
Naruto charged at Orochimaru with a right hook, which Orochimaru ducked under. Naruto, not wanting to give Orchimaru space to attack, did a roundhouse kick, which Orochimaru caught with surprising speed. Orochimaru proceeded to push Naruto's leg so that his front was facing him and hit him with a devastating punch in the stomach that knocked the wind out of him. Naruto was not given a chance to recover as Orochimaru spun and landed a viscious kick on Naruto head, sending him flying.
'What! I was able to keep up with him before, but…now….. He was going easy on me! He was probably just testing out my power! I will probably have to resort to the kyuubi's chakra at this rate! But, that will leave me seriously exhausted to do anything else….It is more of a double-edged sword than anything else at this point. Besides, I am pretty sure I still can't beat this guy with one tail, which is all I can control at this point.' Naruto thought desperately.
"Although it was amusing, I wasted enough time with you. I'll let my summon have a little fun with you" Orochimaru said as he went through hand seals.
Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Technique!)
Orochimaru summons a large snake. It was a huge snake, brownish in color and about the size of a ten story building. It started to hiss while looking at Naruto, savoring the meal to come. Naruto just stood in frustration. He knew he did not have much more chakra to spare. Naruto would have to finish this quickly and efficiently for his sake and Sasuke's. Naruto had a plan, but it was a long shot. It was, however, his best chance.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu ! ( Shadow Clone Jutsu)
All but one of Naruto's clones surrounded the creature and began to explode. The snake became infuriated and tried to attack the one who it thought was the real one. After it swallowed Naruto, it had something akin to a smug smile thinking that it had swallowed it prey. It was disappointed as some of the clones around it were not dispelling, and before it knew what was going on, it felt its insides…boiling?
BOOM!
The snake's insides were flying everywhere, while the snakes head landed right in front of the real Naruto, who just shook his head at the snake. Now, he had to save his team….his team! He took too long taking out the snake! Naruto rushed to the direction of his team. When he got there, he was too late. Orochimaru was stretching his own neck and doing something to Sasuke's neck, which probably meant something vital. Once he got a closer look, he realized Orochimaru was biting his neck! What the fuck! Naruto quickly threw kunai at Orochimaru's elongated neck, who retreated his neck at the last second. Suddenly, Sasuke started scream in pain while purple chakra violently flared around him. Sakura screamed in horror and ran towards him to aid him. Naruto just stood there breathless. He could not do it; he could not save him in time even after all his training. He knew sulking would not help. Naruto had to get Sasuke help soon. Orochimaru watched with a devious grin.
"Soon you will come to me for power, Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru said as he blended into the trees.
"Sakura, where is the earth scroll?" Naruto asked as he created a shadow clone.
"Sasuke-kun gave it to Orochimaru thinking he would leave us alone." Sakura said timidly while Naruto sighed in frustation. Crap, now they could not hurry to the tower and get Sasuke checked out.
"I'm going to go get another earth scroll. Don't worry this clone will take care of you. Take care of Sasuke till I get back." Naruto said as he began to leave.
"Okay, hurry." Sakura said with tears in her eyes.
"Follow my clone and set up camp. My clone will also set up some traps, so don't worry about that." Naruto said over his shoulder. Sakura nodded and followed his clone.
"Hey." A new voice said to him, and Naruto realizing it was Karin, smiled.
"Good. I thought you were caught by my jutsu or something." Naruto said.
"No. I am fine." Karin said before a silence fell upon them. Naruto started running through the trees while Karin followed him.
"So, your injuries are healed?" Naruto asked her.
"Yeah, your chakra does wonders." Karin replied.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Naruto asked her.
"I don't know. I never really like it back home. The sound village is incredibly sexist and if it wasn't for Orochimaru-sa, no, Orochimaru, I would've been abused a lot. A lot of the people there hate me since Orochimaru favors me for some reason; he says I am from an important clan…." Karin trailed off.
"You can stay in the village. I have some connection with the Hokage of the village." Naruto blurted out, which surprised even him.
"I don't know. I am not an official sound ninja since Orochimaru is making the strong ones ninja first since it is a new village and he needs some more time to make it official. However, it could still create a dispute between your village and mine." Karin said in a sad tone.
"We'll figure something out. Anyways, what clan are you from?" Naruto said.
"Err… I think something like the Uzumaki?" Karin said with her finger on her chin in a thinking pose. Naruto stopped dead on his tracks, stumbling a bit as he did so.
"What?! You're from the Uzumaki clan? I am from that clan!" Naruto asked her in surprise.
"Really?" Karin asked him.
"Yeah.…." Naruto paused for a moment. "….Errr, well, that solves your problem. If we are from the same clan, I can virtually adopt you into my clan." Naruto said.
"You really can?" Karin said with hope in her voice.
"Yeah, I think so. Besides I am on good terms with the Hokage." Naruto said.
"Oh that's good!" Karin said cheerfully before she took on a concentrated expression. "I sense a team nearby." Karin said.
"All right. Stay here, and I am going to get their scroll." Naruto said.
"Okay, be careful" Karin said blushing.
Naruto just smiles back. He moved closer. He saw two males and one female same as last time but from Amekagure. Naruto could not waste much time and he would try to avoid lethal force. A straight-forward approach would suffice. They probably would not put up much of a fight. Naruto then jumped into the clearing right in front of them but keeping a reasonable distance.
"Give me the scroll." Naruto said in harsh tone.
"Come and take it bitch." One of the ninja who was rather scrawny replied as he began to throw numerous kunai at Naruto.
Naruto said nothing as he dodged them one by one, moving so fast it appeared to the Ame ninja as if he was teleporting. After Naruto got close enough, he picked up the ninja with one hand. The female member of the team quickly threw kunai at his back, thinking that she could get a clean hit and save her friend. However, Naruto saw this coming and used the ninja as a human shield making the three kunai stab him with a dull thunk on his back. He threw the ninja back to the female as she watched in disbelief. She, acting quickly, took the kunai out of his back and started healing him rapidly. The other male member saw this and got enraged. He quickly threw a kunai at Naruto who just dodged by tilting his head, but the kunai was explosive so it blew up. The ninja relaxed, thinking he had killed his target, but instantly stiffened when a kunai was pressed against his neck.
"Where is your scroll?" Naruto asked them while the one who was being held as a hostage just looked down at shame.
"It's right here…." The female member said as she handed him a heaven scroll.
"Shit." Naruto muttered. He could not use the scroll directly, but maybe he could trade scrolls with allies or something. He quickly shunshined back to Karin.
He appeared in a cackle of lightning and saw Karin looking bored, trying to find something to do.
"Hey, I'm back. I only got a heaven scroll. And, that reminds me, aren't you going to compete in the exams anymore? You can have this heaven scroll, if you want." Naruto said.
"No, I am not. My team is gone, and I don't like fighting much anyway." Karin replied.
"Oh, sorry about that. You know, the team." Naruto told her when she gave him a questioning glance.
"It's fine. I never really liked them anyway." Karin said with a smile. They always used to undermine and abuse her, and she never liked them.
There was a peaceful silence on their way back to the camp, but that never lasts. Naruto suddenly got a memory back from his clone. His team was getting ambushed, and it doesn't look good for team 7. Naruto picked up the pace, which got a question from Karin.
"Why are you going so fast?" Karin asked him.
"My team is getting attacked." Naruto told her. 'Damn! That was very stupid of me to just rush out and try to get another scroll. My team is seriously prone to enemy attacks now. I should've waited for a while, maybe when Sasuke felt better!' Naruto thought as he picked up his pace further.
Team 7: When Naruto left
Sakura sighed in frustration. Sasuke was still sick, that bite did something to him, and now he had a burning fever. Naruto's clone had brought her and Sasuke to a clearing with trees surrounding all sides, a few trees to sleep in, and a good place to set up camp in overall. She was thankful for that, since she doubts she could handle any opposing team. Naruto's clone went off to set up traps, although he didn't have enough chakra, as he was a clone, to set up the explosive traps, he could still make traps that should at least notify them of a team. He came back after about 10 minutes.
There was a silence between them, a silence that the clone found enjoyable and Sakura found awkward. However, after a while, that silence was broken by none other than Naruto.
"Somebody is coming here. Get ready for a fight." Naruto's clone told her. He could, with his sensible hearing, hear some teammate swearing loudly at his traps. Then, he heard something about Orochimaru forcing someone somewhere….
'What? Is it Orochimaru sending another team? They are so close, that if I dispel to inform the boss now, they will kill Sakura and Sasuke. I have to make another clone and dispel it to notify boss. However, that is all the chakra boss gave me since he was running a bit low on it. I will have to rely on taijutsu.' Naruto's clone thought as the team emerged from a tree. They were a group of sound nin, one of them had dark spiky hair, beige shirt, and black pants. The other was a scrawny looking ninja who wore a large poncho with bandages covering most of his face, giving off a mummy-like look. The female teammate had long black hair wearing a green flak jacket. He quickly made a shadow clone into a kunai and threw it at the team. 'No use wasting my chakra, might as well use it.' The clone thought.
However, the kunai was blown away by the spiky haired ninja's weird technique, in which he blew what seemed like air out of these holes in his hands.
Naruto, thinking quickly, kicks the kunai near the ninja who smirked smugly since he missed. The kunai transformed into another clone, which landed a vicious uppercut on the sound ninja's chin. The other member of the team, the mummy-looking one, quickly pointed his gauntlets at the clone. The clone, thinking quickly dodged it by jumping to the left. Next, the female member of the team threw numerous kunai at the clone, and surprisingly, the clone could not dodge it. It dispelled in a puff of smoke, and the clone back with Sakura was surprised at the new information he got from the clone. The waves he launched from his gauntlet missed, but they still somehow affected the clone and made him unbalanced. He didn't know what it was, but the clone knew not to narrowly dodge those sound waves, he shouldn't even be within a radius of that technique.
"Don't worry, Naruto will be here soon," the remaining clone said." I'll hold them off until then."
"I'll help," Sakura said.
"No, you don't stand a chance. I am saying this for your own safety and besides you have to protect Sasuke" Naruto said with a reassuring smile.
"Enough talk! Where is the Uchiha?" said the spiky haired ninja.
"If you want him, you gotta get through me!" the clone said and with that the clone charged.
"Pathetic," the mummy- looking nin said as he raised the gauntlets.
However, before he could fire his jutsu, everybody felt an ominous presence. They looked to see Sasuke waking up from his spot, covered in a purple chakra essence, with marks framing the left side of his face and his left arm. Sasuke gave off an evil grin; this was the power he needed to kill his brother. His next obstacle was this team, and there would be no more obstacles in his path to avenge his family, to kill his brother.
In an instant, he appeared behind the spiky haired ninja and grabbed his two arms. He proceeded to pull his arms and bend it in an unnatural angle.
"It seems you like these arms of yours very much." Sasuke said with that evil grin still plastered on his face while the captured ninja screamed in pain.
"Please….don't!" the ninja screamed in desperation. Sasuke just smirked before pulling and a cracking sound was heard. Sasuke was about to completely rip the ninja's arm out-
"Stop it, Sasuke!" the original Naruto screamed at him as he emerged with a panting Karin behind him.
"Dobe! Come fight me now! With this power, I can definitely beat you! I will show you, you will not be able to show me up anymore!" Sasuke screamed at him with utmost determination in his eyes.
'What the fuck is wrong with Sasuke. Hmmm, that thing on his neck… Is that a seal of some sorts? That could explain something about this rapid intake of power from Sasuke…. So, Orchimaru wants to tempt Sasuke with power to join him.' Naruto thought. 'I will have to knock him out and check that seal.'
Sasuke starts off with hand-seals. He quickly shouts his next jutsu.
Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)
Sasuke spews out a humongous ball of fire, much bigger than any of his previous jutsu. Naruto thinking quickly, sees a stream nearby and goes through hand seals.
Suiton: Suijinheki! (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall!)
A wall of water surrounds Naruto blocking the fireball. Naruto emerges from the smoke and starts spitting water bullets.
Suiton: Teppoudama (Water Style: Water Bullet)
Sasuke uses his speed to dodge the water bullets and retaliates by spitting balls of fire.
Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu (Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu)
Naruto channels chakra into his feet and uses his speed to dodge them. Sasuke then charges with a right hook to which Naruto ducks. Naruto then goes for a uppertcut, but Sasuke dodges and quickly does a roundhouse kick. Naruto blocks this, but Sasuke quickly uses his other leg to dish out a devastating kick. Naruto blocks this and Sasuke goes for a punch. Naruto dodges the punch and drives his knee into Sasuke's stomach. Naruto then smashes Sasuke into the ground with an elbow to the neck knocking Sasuke unconscious causing the marks to recede back into the seal. Naruto then looked up at Sakura who was awestruck by both of their skills. She was just holding them back…..
" What's wrong, Sakura?" Naruto said with smile.
" Oh..nothing Naruto-kun." Sakura said shyly.
" Okay, let's get moving." Naruto said. "I'll carry Sasuke. Come on, Karin let's go."
"Okay" Karin said with squeaky voice.
"The tower is not so far from here." Naruto said.
A/N:
So, here is the next chapter to The Legend of Naruto Uzumaki. Again, I am very sorry for the late update. School had started again and the teachers bombarded us with tests and crap. Now, since school has reopened, I will try to update one every 2 weeks or once a month (most likely once a month). I will try my best to update as soon as possible, but it probably won't happen anytime soon. Also, I think I am going to change the harem a bit. I find the women in the harem a tad bit too old for Naruto, like Konan. What is she, like 40? I will list the harem list here and I have posted a poll on the last two members of the harem that you guys wanted.
The list: Haku, Shion, Yugito, Anko, Shizuka, Temari, Tenten, Karin, Ino and Mei.
