Legend of Namikaze

-chapter 4-

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

"Summon/Bijuu speech"

Jutsu/Bloodline/Arte

Link's moves…

(Reposted 9/2/11)

Team Link, accompanied by Yamato because Link was on another mission, were making their way to the Bridge of Heaven to meet the undercover spy that Sasori mentioned.

"We have arrived, though it seems like we got here early. Let's wait until our spy shows himself." Said Yamato.

Five minutes later, and a cloaked figure appeared on the bridge.

"It's time…Mokuton: Henge no Jutsu!" (Wood release: Transformation)

"Well, how do I look?" Asked the transformed Yamato in a high pitch voice, completely unlike Sasori's real voice.

"You certainly look like Sasori, but your voice is a bit off. It's too high pitched. His voice is deeper." Said Hinata, as Yamato attempted to deepen his voice.

As Yamato's pitch got slightly lower, Hinata signaled Yamato when it was right.

"Okay," Said the disguised Yamato in a perfect impersonation of Sasori, as he crawled forth in the body of Hiroko. "Don't come in unless I signal otherwise." They all nodded, and vanished.

"Greetings." Said Sasori.

"It's been a long time. Ten years in fact, Sasori-sama." Said the spy as he revealed himself as Kabuto.

"You have…information for me yes?"

"Hai. Orochimaru has weakened. It will be another few months before he takes over a new body."

'Interesting, so now would be the time to strike.' "I see. By the way, whose body is he taking over?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"I see…" Said Sasori as he suddenly drew out a kunai.

"Well well well, it certainly has been a while." Said Orochimaru, as Kabuto leaped to join Sasori.

"Thank you Sasori-sama. If you hadn't drawn your kunai, I never would have escaped in time." Said Kabuto.

"So you would betray me?" Asked Orochimaru.

Kabuto's answer was a chakra scalpel, before he turned around and attempted to behead Sasori. The surprised Yamato leapt back, out of his destroyed shell.

"You have no hope of beating us, even if you call out your Genin cell." Said Orochimaru.

Yamato signaled, and the three members of team Link came out, armed with their weaponry.

"Interesting…come." Taunted Orochimaru as Naruto jumped at him. Kabuto was busy fighting Yamato with his strange wood release ninjutsu that only the Shodaime was able to use, Hyuuga Hinata with her Juken arrows, and Aburame Shino, with his shield boomerang.

'Wait a minute…Orochimaru-sama once experimented with the Shodaime's DNA and infused it in sixty infants. Could he be…the sole survivor of that experiment?' Thought Kabuto.

"It's time for a new jutsu inspired by my sensei!" Yelled Naruto as he made a hand sign.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Said Naruto as a single shadow clone appeared out of sight.

"Shadow clones? But you didn't even manage to make one! But this should be expected for a Genin like you!" Taunted Orochimaru, unaware that the shadow clone made was sealing for a jutsu.

"I'm a Chunin, and don't underestimate me!" Said Naruto as he ran forward with his sword ready.

"So predictable." Said Orochimaru as he leapt back…only to find that his feet were stuck. Looking down, he saw that his feet were grabbed by a pair of hands.

"Futon: Yaiba Kagai!" (Wind Release: Blade Assault.) (Incomplete)

Orochimaru was trapped, as Naruto released an onslaught of sword strikes and slashes, before leaping back.

"Bunshin Daibakuha!" (Clone Great Explosion) The underground shadow clone emerged and restrained Orochimaru before exploding at point blank range, leaving Orochimaru with a level one burn on his body.

"That's it!" Said Orochimaru before he opened his mouth wide and regurgitated himself, creating a whole new body. He opened his mouth once more for a snake to protrude from his mouth. The snake regurgitated a sword, which Orochimaru grabbed.

"My Kusanagi no Tsurugi is more then a match for your Teikiatsu."

"We'll see…Demon Fang!" Naruto said, as he slammed his blade into the ground for a shockwave of red chakra to travel to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru leapt into the air, and swung his blade. It stretched till it was long enough to cut Naruto vertically.

"Tiger Blade!" Naruto said as he jumped up and parried Orochimaru's Kusanagi no Tsurugi.

"Demon Wave!" (A/N The upgraded version of Super Sonic Wave)

At the peak of Naruto's jump, an aerial Demon Fang traversed through the air straight to Orochimaru. Orochimaru blocked it with his sword, before his other arm extended.

"Sen'eijashu." (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)

Orochimaru punched forwardfor a multitude of poisonous snakes to stretch and attempt to bite Naruto.

Naruto landed on the floor. "Fierce Demon Fang!"

Naruto said as he slammed his blade into the ground for a wider and larger shockwave to burn out the snakes.

"Tempest Strike!" Naruto says while somersaulting in the air with a spinning slash. Orochimaru parried the spinning slash by cutting Naruto in half, only for Naruto to disperse.

'A Shadow Clone? Then where?' Thought Orochimaru before Naruto reappeared in front of him.

"Futon: Rasengan!" Naruto declares, as a wind enhanced spiraling sphere of chakra was droven into Orochimaru's gut.

Orochimaru melted.

'Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu?' (Mud Clone Jutsu)

Orochimaru reappeared with a spiral mark on his chest.

"Ku ku ku…you are very strong, but Sasuke is far more powerful…the time is approaching…till we meet again." With that, Orochimaru body flickered away. Kabuto disappeared as well.

"When next we meet Orochimaru, I'll kill you." 'I managed to mortally wound him, but I have to get stronger…starting with perfecting that jutsu…'

While the company was gone, Tsunade wanted to find and eliminate Akatsuki. She sent out twenty teams to scour the whole of fire country. One of those teams found evidence of very recent Akatsuki activity. The team consisted of four people, Sarutobi Asuma, Nara Shikamaru, Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki. Asuma's friend, Chiriku had been killed by two members of Akatsuki. Enraged, the team went after them, calling in a nearby team for reinforcements, the reinforcements consisting of four people, Namiashi Raido, Yamashiro Aoba, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino. Asuma's group was rapidly approaching the two members.

Uzumaki Kenshin was eating at Ichiraku's, when he suddenly stopped eating.

'This feeling…the sister blade of Teikiatsu…can it be? This needs investigating.'

Paying for his food, Kenshin prepared to seek out Teikiatsu's sister blade, a blade known as Taifuukire...

Asuma's team had finally cornered the Akatsuki duo. One of the two figures had a hilt of something attached to his back and a scratched head band with three slanted parallel lines with a line going through all three around his neck. He had short pale silver hair combed back with distinctive red wine eyes. The other figure had a scratched headband from the hidden waterfall village tied as a bandana around his head, and was wearing something gray. Both were garbed in the robe of Akatsuki, black with red clouds. The two were walking along till they were ambushed.

"Sarutobi Asuma? Now he will fetch quite a nice sum of money."

"How do you know my name?" Asked Asuma.

"I'm a bounty hunter, and you're in my book, former member of The Twelve Ninja Guardians, Sarutobi Asuma!"

"Who are you then?"

"Ah allow me to introduce…Hidan, practitioner of the Jashin faith, and myself, Kakuzu."

"Hidan and Kakuzu? For killing my friend, Chiriku, you will die here today!"

"As if…you can try, but you'll never kill me!" Said Hidan, before he pulled out…a triple-bladed scythe.

"Prepare to die!" Yelled Hidan, as he swung at Asuma. Asuma back stepped to dodge the blades, and pulled out his two trench knives. The two knives were enhanced with wind chakra, extending the ranger of his two knives. Asuma and Hidan began clashing their blades. Asuma caused Hidan to bleed, but he continued to fight like his injuries weren't even there. Asuma meanwhile avoided any wounds from Hidan. He managed to behead Hidan. Sighing with relief, he turned around only to hear a screaming voice.

"Kakuzu! Hurry up and sew my head back on!"

Asuma turned around with a shocked face as he saw the talking head.

'How…how is he still alive?'

The others couldn't believe it either.

"Impossible! After being decapitated like that, he should be dead!"

"Apparently not, how troublesome." 'But how and why?' Thought Shikamaru.

'He can't be killed, so what other powers does he have?' Thought Asuma, as he was more wary with his foe, while everyone else kept Kakuzu busy,

After a while, the reinforcements arrived. However, just as they arrived, Asuma got a shallow cut, which Hidan then licked the blood off of his triple-bladed scythe. While Ino was attempting to heal her old sensei, Hidan drew a circle of blood on the floor, and a triangle within the circle. Once completed, he stepped into the circle.

"Jujutsu: Shiji Hyōketsu." (Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood)

Hidan's body became black with white markings symbolizing his bones. Hidan then grabbed a sharpened metal rod and inflicted a minor flesh wound onto himself. Asuma flinched in pain as the same wound appeared in the exact same place that Hidan inflicted upon himself.

Distracted by the curse, Shikamaru was protected by his teammates, both former and new, as he assumed a thinking pose.

Shikamaru was contemplating how to remove Asuma's curse.

Snapping his eyes open, he said to his teammates. "Get Hidan out of that circle or Asuma will continue to be cursed!" Shouted Shikamaru.

"I see…we'll get right on it! Sanzengarasu no Jutsu." (Scattering Crow Swarm Jutsu) Muttered Yamashiro Aoba.

Hidan was so distracted by the birds, he didn't notice that he was forced off the circle.

"Now," Said Namiashi Raido, before sealing for a jutsu. "Suiton: Suishōha!" (Water Release: Water Shockwave)

Raido slammed his palm on the ground, and created a wave of water to wash out the blood and slam into Hidan. Satisfied, Aoba released his jutsu.

Hidan attempted to remake the circle of blood, but he was interrupted by Kenshin, shoving Hidan off of his incomplete circle.

"Kenshin! Why are you here?" Demanded Hidan.

"To kill you for wiping out my clan! Getsuga Tensho!"Shouted Kenshin as he swung his blade for an arc of blue energy to come out and attempted to slice Hiden.

Hidan dodged it, knowing that the Uzumaki Clan swords can kill him if he isn't careful.

Kenshin flash stepped in front of Hidan. "Dark Radiance!"

Kenshin first knocked Hidan into the air, slashing him back toward the ground, and then finally attacking him when he slammed back into the ground.

"Dual Death!" Kenshin said as he stabbed through Hidan, and then unleashed two Demon Fangs.

Everyone, besides Asuma, who was unconscious, gaped at Kenshin.

Hidan fell, dead.

"Who's next!" Said Kenshin.

Everyone seemed to forget Kakuzu, who was sneaking up on Asuma. Piercing him in the heart, Asuma died.

"Asuma-sensei!" Shouted the three members of team 10, who finally noticed that Kakazu was removing a knife from Asuma's chest. While everyone else was distracted, Kenshin grabbed the sharpened metal rod, planning on giving it to his cousin later.

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