Hakureisaiga-I see, that everyone has liked my little twist with Danzo. Anyway about Precious Memories jutsu, it makes the victim experience a particular memory or memories in their own point of view. On the description of Ayane Uchiha and Tokiko Namikaze, Ayane has long, black hair with purple highlights in her hair and purple eyes and Tokiko has her mother's hair with blue eyes like her father. Now enjoy the chapter and happy Thanksgiving!
Chapter 4-Preparations and Tests
Zabuza declared, "Kirigakure no Jutsu!" The mist blinded the sight of Team Seven and Anko, but on the flip side, it was vice versa. "Sakura, Tokiko, Anko, stay and protect Tazuna, Sasuke and I will handle this." Kakashi ordered. Suddenly Kakashi flipped up his Sharingan to see several hazing concentrated chakra forms roughly shaped in a person.
Anko sat down and grinned as she thought, "Those two are going to get their asses kicked….if only I had popcorn. Wait…I do." She unsealed a fresh bag of popcorn and offered some to Tazuna, which he took graciously.
"Do it, Sasuke…." The Jonin said.
"Ok…" replied the last male loyal Uchiha. He took out two kunai from his pouch and slashed at the Zabuza clones. "Well, the broody brat has some speed…why don't you play with him, Haku." The faux hunter ninja nodded silently and clashed with Sasuke for a bit, the two slashed at each other until they were caught in a standstill.
"You lose…"
"What? We are both at a standstill."
"Yes, but however there are factors that support my declaration. First, the water surrounding us and second, your hands are occupied, leaving you only one hand to defend yourself….while I, on the other hand, can attack." Haku said in a feminine voice as she flipped through hand signs. "Suiton: Sensatsu Shisho!" She shouted as she stamped down at the water.
The water rose up in the air and surrounded Sasuke and Haku. "Remember the training, focus my chakra and send it to my feet!" the Uchiha thought. The needles crashed against Sasuke, but Haku was able to get away from the carnage.
Suddenly she had to dodge four shuriken and Sasuke appeared behind her, "You know, you aren't really that fast at all….from now on, you will be dodging my attacks." Haku slashed at Sasuke, but he ducked and flipped in front of her. He struck at her and clashed against her senbon and then he took the kunai and threw casually at Haku's head.
She ducked and met Sasuke's foot in her face from below. She skidded back toward Zabuza and then she got up, staring at Sasuke. Zabuza said in a whisper, "You better hurry your ass up; kid….stalling for time ain't going to cut it."
Flashback- Thursday Night- Naruto covered himself up in a hooded cloak, shadowing a thug back to Gato's hideout. The Jinchuuriki held out one of Larxene's knives just in case he was discovered and silently moved into Zabuza's room.
"Zabuza-san, are you awake?" Naruto whispered in the dark. "Don't move." A feminine voice said to him from behind. The Jinchuuriki looked behind him to see Haku with a senbon at his back. "I come in peace, lady…"
"I am not a lady, I am a boy and you have a weapon, clearly you are not here for peace." Haku replied.
"Oh, yeah, I am going to just waltz inside Gato's hideout, which is crawling with thugs without a small weapon and I call bullshit on your boy declaration, besides you have seen me before, I was fighting your master, which is a good opponent."
Zabuza ordered, "That is enough; stand down, Haku….now what do you want, kid? Our fight is tomorrow."
"I know that…while I was over here, I overheard Gato saying that he is going to betray you and you know that if I use the full extent of my bloodline, I could possibly overwhelm you and kill you."
"So what do you suggest we do? Clearly, Kakashi and your sensei are not going to like you making back alley deals with the enemy."
Naruto said, "Tough shit, I am a ninja and they should know that I would make deals with the enemy. Anyway, knowing Gato, he would want some insurance with dealing with us, so he will probably send thugs to the house. I will dispatch them while you stall for time; dealing with Hatake and Uchiha until I reach there….then I kill you two."
"Kill us? I don't like this plan at all."
"I mean, using a convincing clone….every ninja village has a clone kinjutsu. Konoha has the Shadow Clone Jutsu and Kiri has the Blood Clone Jutsu. I know that it exists in Kiri and you are the only one who has held it for three days on the record of the Bingo Book….after my team leaves, you two will stay here hidden and help Nami prosper, considering the fact that I will take over Gato's company tomorrow by planting myself as the successor. Your persona will be Jin Kazama and Haku can keep her own name since nobody has seen her face at all."
Zabuza said, "That sounds like a good plan to me, but why are you making this up for?"
"Simply, I hate my village….I am the Jinchuuriki of the Kyubi no Kitsune and they basically treated me like shit except for a handful of people, basically my life is like the Kiri Bloodline Extermination." Naruto said, noting Haku's flinch. "When the time is right, I will leave that place and establish my own village, this village will be one of the bases….but I will need money to do so and I can protect you from hunter ninja since you will be classified as dead."
"You are making your own village?" Zabuza said.
"Yes, no one will notice it until it is too late….hence the name of the village shall be the Village Hidden in the Twilight. The leader will be named Kurokage."
"Kurokage, eh? Sounds ironic for your village…what is your name, kid? I never did actually catch it."
"My real name is Naruto X, but you will address me as Roxas for the time being."
"You have a deal….Roxas."
Flashback Ends
"Haku, stop playing around and be serious." Zabuza ordered. Haku nodded and dark blue chakra surrounded her body for a moment and stated as she made one unique hand sign, "Hyoton: Makyo Hyosho."
The air became cold and immediately mirrors of ice appeared around Sasuke and the Uchiha scoffed, "Big deal, I will melt those mirrors with my fire style. You picked the worst opponent to deal with. Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke puffed out a large fireball that crashed against the mirror in front of him, only to see when the smoke was cleared, that the mirror was still there only the edges were melted.
"That was a good attempt, but these mirrors are infused with my chakra. Is that all you got? So much for an Uchiha….very well, I will let your death be swift since you don't want to shame your clan.
"She is a survivor of the Bloodline Purge and she has got Sasuke in her grasp." Kakashi thought as he ran to save his golden ticket, but Zabuza appeared in front of Kakashi and swiped at him with his sword, "AH, AH, AH….let the kiddies play, you get to dance with me, Kakashi!"
House- Naruto heard Inari and Tsunami's screams and his eyes shot open. "Finally they are here, now it begins…." Naruto thought as he climbed through Inari's window to perch on the house. He saw Gato's samurai bodyguards, Waraji and Tori came out of the house with a struggling Tsunami.
Inari ran after them and shouted, "Leave my mother alone!" As the two were distracted, Naruto took out his two kunai and did a leap of faith, colliding with their bodies as well as knocking over Tsunami while stabbing them in their larynx. "Sorry about that, Tsunami-chan." He apologized as he helped her up.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun…" Tsunami said with a blush on her face and Inari came up to hug his mother, "Kaa-san!"
"You two stay in the house and don't open up until I say the password….the codeword is Kaiza, okay?" The two nodded and Naruto said to Inari, "Inari….you did well, you were very brave to stand up to those two. It seems the son has finally become the father…"
Inari grinned and Naruto gave him a smile for the first time in Wave, "I will be back….wait for me…" Naruto did a Shunshin and moved toward the bridge, homing in on Tokiko's signature since hers was the largest chakra source besides him.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was not having a good time due to Zabuza's strategy. The mist was far too dense for his Sharingan to invoke its hypnotic stare, also to make matters worse, Zabuza's eyes was closed and he was a master of silent killing without using his sight as well.
Sasuke was not having a good time either, his Fire style jutsu was rendered useless; he couldn't track Haku's speed without his inactivated Sharingan and he was getting turned into a human pincushion. Secretly he wanted to be the one penetrating, not the other way around.
Sakura couldn't watch anymore as she said to Tokiko, "We must save Sasuke-kun….he is in trouble."
Anko said, "Oh, I think that Uchiha has got her right where he wants her."
"Do you understand? He is going to die!"
"Then why don't you stop being so useless and try to save your boyfriend."
"Fine!"
The Haruno didn't even register the hidden insult because she was running to the mirrors, screaming out Sasuke's name and then threw a kunai at the mirror that Haku was at, but the ice user caught it in her hand….but suddenly a shuriken appeared and knocked her out of the mirror.
"I am here to kick ass and eat bourbon chicken and I am all out of bourbon chicken….now let's see Kakashi is getting his ass kicked and Duckass is getting his ass killed. So who am I to save and potentially piss off?" Naruto said.
Anko and Tokiko smiled and Tazuna sighed in relief while Sakura shouted, "Baka, go save Sasuke-kun!" Naruto shrugged as he went inside the mirrors, "Ay, yo, duckass, your girlfriend told me to come and save your ass, so I am here to save you."
"Ugh….go away, dobe… I don't need your help." The Uchiha replied as he struggled to get up. "Really? Considering that you have a whole bunch of needles stuck all over your body and this lovely lady her is unharmed really means you do need help. Oh, well…." Naruto said and then he walked around to the fallen Uchiha to suddenly punt him into the mirror that Haku was in.
Sasuke was knocked unconscious while Haku got up groggily. "Naruto-baka, I said help Sasuke…" Sakura screeched out
"No, bitch, you said save him and I saved his ass from further humiliation and wasting energy, plus…this give you an opportunity to have your way with him." Naruto replied, making Sakura run to grab Sasuke's body and moved away to do unspeakable things to him.
"Perfect…she is going straight to my clone, which will knock her out for the next phase of my plan." Naruto thought as he turned to Haku, who tried to attack, but he knocked her down and had his spears surrounding her.
"Now to deal with you…."
Haku said, "Go ahead and kill me…." Suddenly Naruto heard a familiar noise and whispered, "Go…I will be there in a few, make sure you switch the Chisho Bunshin at the exact moment." Haku disappeared just as Naruto made his spears stabbed down at Haku.
Then he said, "Stay here!" He moved to the other side of the bridge to see Kakashi's hand enter Zabuza's chest, killing him instantly. The Hatake moved back, jerking his hand from the Jonin and his summons disappeared. He picked up his scroll and took up Zabuza's sword, which had an electric shock seal…with an extra tweak. Needless to say, Kakashi was shocked and the mist that covered his clothes made him go into unconsciousness.
Then Naruto took out a wicked-looking kunai and tossed it to see it Henged into Zabuza. "Good, Hatake is down, Uchiha is down, the bitch is occupied and Haku has just knocked out Namikaze. All that is left is Gato…" Naruto said.
Then Gato appeared behind them with a hundred mercenaries. "Well, it looks like you missed one, Zabuza. No matter since you are expendable as of now." Naruto took out his Kingdom Key while Zabuza took up Kubikiri Houcho from Kakashi's hand and hefted it on his shoulder.
"Shall we?" Naruto asked.
"Let's…" Zabuza answered as they both charged and attacked the mercenaries. Gato moved in the back and the screams of agony and pain were heard by Tazuna and Haku, who winced at the screams as Naruto and Zabuza utterly annihilated the mob. Soon all of them were dead and all that was left was Gato.
The little man pleaded, "Please….I will do anything, just don't kill me." Naruto smirked and said, "Here is a document that tells me that you sign your company over to me permanently….do this and you will be spared by me and Zabuza." Gato took the paper and signed it quickly on his knee, then gave it back to the Jinchuuriki.
"Good, now you can go and make sure that you never come back to Wave ever again." Naruto declared. The little midget ran while Naruto picked up a fallen kukri, "20…19...18...17...16...15...14…13…12…11…10...9...8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1!" Next, Naruto threw the kukri straight in the middle of the bridge.
Gato ran with a mask of fear and hate. "I will be back, I will rebuild and kill that bridge builder myself….then I will find that kid and Zabuza to kill them as well." He ran toward Tazuna, Tokiko and Anko and took out a knife hidden in his cane to attack him with a yell, but then he stiffened.
"W-W-What?" Gato said in shock, "B-But he p-promised not...to…ugh." The midget fell to the ground to find a kukri lodged in his back….thus ending the short life of Gato. Naruto walked toward them with Zabuza behind him and Anko shouted, "Naruto, behind you!"
"It's okay; Anko-sensei….he is with me."
"What? How did this happen?"
"Thursday night, I snuck out and found Gato's hideout. I overheard Gato was going to betray Zabuza and you know Hatake would bitch about it, so I had to knock out my entire team and don't worry, Namikaze is not dead, she is in a death state just like Sasuke and Sakura are."
"Why are you doing this?" Tazuna asked.
"I plan to leave the village soon….I don't think that they deserve my power at their disposal, so I wanted to make Wave one of my bases here and Zabuza will be the leader of the shinobi part while you will serve as the leader of the civilians."
"Okay, but how are we going to do this without your team's knowledge?"
Naruto smirked, "That is where my friend comes in, now everyone that is asleep when my friend here activates her jutsu will lose their memory and replaces it with a different believable memory that I am thinking of."
"Wow, you thought of everything…" Tazuna said.
"I know, also I have taken over Gato Industries, so now the economy in Wave will be added along with the trade since your bridge will be finished tomorrow."
Tazuna nodded, "But what is the drawback of the jutsu?"
"They will get back only if they see you guys after a few years….I anticipated about two years." Naruto said, "Now let's get this over with…."
"I can't let you do that, Naruto…" Anko said as she made a move toward her student, but he moved behind her and knocked her out.
"You have no choice at all, Anko-sensei….Lexicon, open!" The book opened and expelled a silver blast, engulfing the whole village and those who were asleep had a different memory. The Jinchuuriki knelt to the ground, panting in exertion just as Zabuza and Haku held him up. "All right, Zabuza, Haku, this is where we parted for now….send me updates on the company and train hard until that day comes."
Zabuza nodded, giving him his sword while Haku gave her scarf to further confirm the supposed death of Zabuza and his apprentice. A week later, after Sasuke, Tokiko and Kakashi recovered from their injuries, Tazuna, along with the villagers came to see them off, when I mean they came to see them off….they came to see Naruto off.
"Thank you, Rutaxon, for all you have done….you are always welcome anytime back in Wave." Tazuna said with a smile.
"Thanks, Tazuna-san…I will make sure to see this village again to visit. Oh, Inari, here…" Naruto said as he handed Inari a wooden wakizashi. "Practice using that….I left the real one on your mother's bed along with a scroll and I don't want you to use it unless it is an emergency. Tsunami-chan, stay beautiful, alright?"
Tsunami blushed a bit and did something that surprised the whole crowd….she kissed Naruto on the lips and said, "Thank you for the compliment and you stay handsome." The Jinchuuriki nodded while blinking a bit as the reality sunk in him. Then he saw his team leaving and ran to catch up.
While he was doing that, he left a Kage Bunshin to explain the memory loss of some people who were sleeping, he also told him about his plan and the populace accepted it wholeheartedly and an establishment was made in Wave Country. The idea of the Village Hidden in the Twilight was born along with the position of Kurokage as well.
The Five Great Countries would not expect this….and Naruto would be the one laughing at their faces in the end.
Konoha- Team Seven returned to the village much to Naruto's displeasure. He saw that Mikoto, Kushina and Keiko were there, waiting for their respected children. "Kaa-san!" Tokiko said to Kushina, running and hugging her tightly.
Sasuke walked over to Mikoto and activated his Sharingan to the matriarch's surprise since the Sharingan when activated for the first time was supposed to have only one tomoe in each eye.
Mikoto deduced in his mind that Sasuke must have activated it when he encountered Itachi and didn't realize it. Naruto didn't want to do it at all, but in order for the memory to coincide, he had to use his killing intent to make Sasuke activate it again.
"C'mon, mother, I need to train now that I have the Sharingan in my possession." Naruto mouthed 'Sorry' to Mikoto and she nodded as she left with Sasuke back to their home. Kushina thanked Kakashi for taking care of her daughter and left with Tokiko and Kakashi, looking a bit confused.
Saya was a twitching mess, her clothes were faded and torn a bit, her hair was askew and in her eyes, there was no life. When she saw Naruto, she began to rock and moan. "Wow, she is a mess, better be careful around her since she looks like she could be mad." Naruto thought as he watched her. Sakura looked at Saya and instantly went to Naruto menacingly; she grabbed him by the scruff of Naruto's shirt and said, "What did you do to her?"
"What? You don't know….oh, yeah, after you became a ninja, you move into your own apartment…..I suppose I could tell you that I may have indirectly caused your mother to lose your little brother."
"What have you done with Takeshi? I swear if you have killed him, I will…."
"He is not dead….I don't kill innocents. I did nothing…anything, but exposed the fact that your mother is unfaithful. She had an affair with Sasuke's father and got pregnant before she died, making your little brother, Takeshi Haruno, actually, Takeshi Uchiha, the step-brother of Sasuke Uchiha."
Sakura whispered, "No….that is not true, my mother wouldn't…."
"Everyone knows….so your mother has lost her seat on the council, her reputation has been reduced to being the village's sex whore and you have lost your father, who I believe he packed up and left the village to go to Tea Country. She can never see her son again and you have no power to protect yourself from harm without risk of your mother's meddling…."
Sakura's eyes widened as Naruto's eyes turned a sickly yellow as he whispered, "Which means that I can make sure you will suffer….in every way possible, that is."
Sakura let go of his collar and screamed out, "You bastard!"
"Goodbye, Haruno…your suffering has just begun." Naruto said as he walked home, leaving Sakura and Saya together.
Hayate Residence- The Jinchuuriki came home to see Yugao and Hayate home. "Hey, nee-san, nii-san, I see that you guys are back in one piece."
Yugao replied as she hugged the boy, "Hello, Naruto….how was your mission?"
The boy replied, "It was….eventful. Kakashi was such a bastard, Duckass is more arrogant now that he has his Sharingan, I made Haruno become fearful of me since she can't be protected by her mother anymore."
Gekko Hayate nodded along with Yugao, who said, "Oh, by the way, the Chunin Exams should be here in about two months….which we will be training extra hard, considering that you mess up the floorboards."
Naruto paled as he replied, "But it wasn't my fault, Kushina tried to kill me."
"I will deal with her later…..you still messed up the house involuntarily."
"How the hell that does that make anything sense? Hayate-nii…" The Jinchuuriki tried to gain the assistance of his brother, but he was nowhere to be found. Slumping his shoulders, Naruto subjugated to his defeat and trained with Yugao, only his anger for the villagers and his fear of his older sister allowed him to survive.
Two months later, Team Seven went through many missions….D-Rank missions considering when Kakashi made his report about how they barely survived the A-Rank, made the Hokage do the D-Rank missions. Sakura was the same, but on the bright side, she was very quiet whenever she was in Naruto's presence.
Tokiko grew more powerful and learned kinjutsu from her mother, she also became more determined to attract Naruto's attention and friendship, but something made her a bit jealous when she saw Tsunami kiss Naruto.
Sasuke grew more powerful and in turn, more arrogant under Kakashi's 'private' tutelage and his mother's own with the Sharingan. He was more anxious to fight Naruto or any strong opponents, but there were no strong opponents since he was stuck doing missions.
As for Naruto, the Jinchuuriki had mastered his ninjutsu to the extent and discovered that when he was in heightened emotion such as anger or pain, he broke the limiter of the seal and released Tomomi's chakra.
Initially, if he drew more chakra, he would gain manic hair, bestial features and crouched like a fox. He dubbed the cloak as the Demon Fox's Cloak and he was able to practice in this form for only an hour since his body parts would become numb, of course this was all under the supervision of Anko Mitarashi.
The two of them become close after their fourteenth C-Rank mission they had together.
Flashback- "Okay, Rutaxon, your next C-Rank mission will be to find the Cross Bandits Group, they have kidnapped the client's daughter along with other women and children for slaves. Your job is to infiltrate and neutralize them." Sarutobi said.
"How many are there and who is going with me?"
"About seventy to a hundred and only one person…your sensei Anko Mitarashi will be only going with you."
"Good, but where is…"Suddenly a window burst through to reveal Anko Mitarashi in his promiscuous glory. Sarutobi said, "Anko, how many times have I told you to…."
"You told 79 times and no, I am not stopping until I feel like it. I like to make a flashy entrance." She said.
"Ok, scratch what I said when we met, I love this woman." Naruto thought to himself. Sarutobi pinched the bridge of his nose as the two left, but then he smiled as he thought, "At least, I didn't tell them about how the higher up are ninjas, hopefully both of them will be killed or at least crippled enough to place a loyalty seal on them."
Outside of Konoha- Anko and Naruto traveled through the forest with Anko taking point. "So, Rutaxon, are you excited to be here?"
"Yeah, to be outside of that accursed village is exhilarating, you never felt like this before?"
Anko replied, "Nah, not really….I have always like to be near the village ever since…" she paused for a moment and Naruto finished, "Since Orochimaru took you outside, you hated it." She stared at him and he commented, "It is kind of obvious who your sensei is. You practically said that you want to kill a certain Sannin and plus some of the villagers still resent you a bit, calling you snake bitch."
He looked forward, "Although he is psychotic, he does have the right idea in leaving the village." The former apprentice of the Snake Sannin replied, "Leaving? You plan on doing that?"
Naruto said, "The thoughts had occurred to me, this village doesn't deserve my power since they chose to ignore my sacrifice…..even the Hokage feels like this, but I have people to protect in this village. I could care less about the majority, I bet the old fool gave you access to the seals that he placed on my body along with the elders when I was a baby."
"How did you…."
"My tenant, the Kyuubi knows the full extent of my body and I have allowed its chakra to destroy them bit by bit over the years….they are all now completely useless."Anko opened her mouth to speak, but then she clutched her shoulder in minor pain.
"A parting gift from the snake, right?"
Anko nodded and the Jinchuuriki said, "When we reach the town, can I see it in private?"
"I don't know….I…am uncomfortable with showing it to others."
"That is fine….I just wanted to see if I can succeed where others have failed to do so."
Anko looked at him darkly and hissed, "Nobody can break this seal, not even the old man….."
"What about Jiraiya? He is more adept at seals than him, despite that he is a pervert."
"He couldn't do anything, not without the product or the blueprints of it." Naruto chose to drop the subject and the two moved through the trees. The Jinchuuriki was secretly making plans involving the help of Orochimaru to free Anko from her curse.
Town- The two entered and quickly found the client. "My name is Akito; I need you two to rescue my daughter Tatsuki from the bandits. There are four generals in the bandits, they used to be ninja, but failed their graduation tests. Kenta Cross is their leader and he used to be a ninja as well."
"So the old man withheld information about those five….fine, Sarutobi, they say that karma is a bitch." Naruto thought to himself. Anko was thinking the same thing as well, then Naruto said, "Fine, let's get this over with…."
"But we don't know where their camp is at?" Anko said.
"The bandits will mostly likely hide in the forest or by a nearby cave close to town. We studied their patterns and they are camped at a cave about seven miles northwest…." The Jinchuuriki said, "Judging by the sun, we will reach there at sunset…good, time to kill some bandits."
Edge of Bandit Camp- Naruto and Anko hid on a ledge to see the camp and the bandits were in a bit of a celebration at their 25th raid of the month. "Hmm, about 70 or 80 bandits…so how are we going to do this? Assassination or utter destruction?" Naruto asked.
"Wow, you are just as sadistic as me….I like it, but we will go with assassination. If the shit hits the fan, we will switch with destruction."
"Alright….Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." 20 clones appeared behind the two and spread out into the forest. "There…that should occupy them for a while."
"You know, I have been meaning to ask you how you learned about the Kage Bunshin?"
"I learned it from Kushina-teme when she tried to maim me and I kicked her ass, now we better get started. I am feeling anxious, plus I need to kill some steam since the villagers have been pissing me off lately." The Jinchuuriki jumped off the edge of the cliff to fall upon two unaware bandit sentries and killed them by giving them a kunai to the back of the neck.
He silently weaved throughout the camp and then Anko was right beside him, "I hope your clones weren't selfish…"
"They only killed about 2 each, so they are only about 30 left…excuse me, 28. One of the generals is dead, caught him drunk and puking his guts out."
Anko smirked, "Hmph, the bastard couldn't hold his alcohol…that's funny."
"Anyway, I will take care of the generals while you take care of Kenta….one of them should know where they are."
"You know, the leader never comes out unless you can create a big enough distraction."
"I thought you wanted to kill the rest of the bandits."
"Nah, not my style…I prefer one on one and play with my prey for a while. That is Kenta-kun. Have Fun!" Anko said as she disappeared into the earth when Naruto shook his head and stabbed a bandit in the back, covering his mouth to muffle his screams.
He sheathed his kunai and said, "Now to go wild…." His weapons appeared and he picked up an orb and electricity coursed through his hands. Then he shot a red beam of energy at a tent, killing some of them. As bandits surrounded him, Naruto gave a little history lesson, "This ethereal blades once belonged to a manipulative leader. His name was Xemnas, the Superior of the In-Between"
Naruto charged at the bandits with them in his hands as the bandits converged on him….only to meet their doom, Naruto slashed at a bandit on his left side and swung him in a 360 motion, catching 4 bandits and covered them with electricity to slice them in half.
Dark red blood spattered from their bodies and not one spot of it touched the Jinchuuriki. The bandits kept coming and Naruto kicked one in the jaw and snapped his neck, then he stabbed one with his left ethereal blade.
Naruto took three shots and the bandits dodged them to let them hit a tent filled with kegs of alcohol and an oil lantern fell on it, causing the make-shift home to explode and shards of glass pierced through rest of the bandits and wounded one in the arm.
Naruto turned to look over at the remaining five bandits, "Which one of you are the generals?" The ones in the back flinched a bit and Naruto smirked as he made the Whirlwind Lances pierce through them. One was still alive and Naruto asked, "Where are the women?"
"Kenta's…tent."
"Good…thank you for your contribution." Naruto said just as he turned to the last bandit and the bandit asked, "W-What are you?"
"I am….the XIII ninja…you shall be my messenger. Run and tell all who are bandits….tell them my name and the events that have occurred here."
The bandit nodded fearfully and Naruto said, "But…" He took his lance quickly and slashed a mark on the bandit's arm, the mark of the Roman numeral 13. "Now you will carry my mark and may leave with your life." The bandit scurried off into the forest from the scene of Naruto standing front of the burning tents with his weapons surrounding him and a strange symbol behind his back.
Naruto made fifteen Kage Bunshin to clean up the dead while as the real one strode into the Cross tent, turns out that the bandit was right….it wasn't hard to miss at all. The Jinchuuriki opened the flap and searched until he found a trapdoor.
He opened it to see the woman and children in rags. "It's okay; I am here to help…which one of you is Tatsuki?" A blonde-haired woman in her early twenties with green eyes appeared and came forward and said, "I am…"
"Ok, good, you are still alive. Now I want everyone to form a single line, children first." One by one, the children were taken out first and then the women. "Now this Kage Bunshin will escort you back home, leave Kenta Cross to me." The women and children followed the clone while Naruto tracked the destruction of the tent to find Anko torturing Kenta Cross.
"Disappointed?"
"Hell yeah, that bastard only knew a few jutsu….waste of my time, how was yours?"
"It was fun, I killed the rest of them and the general didn't use their jutsu because I killed them too quickly."
"Did you find them?"
"Yeah, they are being escorted back to the town….now kill him and be done with it."
Anko stabbed Kenta in the head with a kunai and left with Naruto back to the village to be welcomed back in open arms. Akito said, "Thank you for saving my daughter…"
Anko said, "No problem, just glad that they are all safe…" Tatsuki ran up to Naruto and gave him a hug as well as a kiss to his surprise, "Thank you….mister." The Jinchuuriki slowly returned the hug and a smile appeared on his face, "You are welcome, Tatsuki-san…"
"What are your names?" asked Akito.
"Anko Mitarashi."
"My name is….Naruto."
Flashback Ends
Naruto walked to see a boy from Sunagakure, wearing a black cat-like jumpsuit and carried a large bundle on his back while his teammate, a blond four-pigtailed kunoichi with a giant fan on his back watched as a kid hung helplessly from the Suna boy's grasp.
Sakura and Tokiko were there as well, trying to convince the puppet master to put down the boy. Naruto moved forward, "Do you mind putting the brat down?"
"No…he bumped into me and now he is going to pay the price." The Suna boy answered.
"Fine, but think about it….that boy happens to be the Hokage's grandson and two things will happen if you hit him. One, you and your team will be banned from this year's Chunin Exams and two, you will cause an international incident, causing the treaty to break and we will go to war against you…so please feel free to hit the boy."
The boy dropped Konohamaru to the ground and Naruto said, "Ok, now apologize..."
"What…"
"Just do it, Kankuro…." The girl said.
Kankuro said, "Sorry…."
"Ha!" Konohamaru said until Naruto slapped him upside his head, "Now you apologize….you stinking brat."
Konohamaru fussed, "Why did you do that, don't you know I am the Hokage's grandson?"
Naruto slapped him again and said, "I know that you are the old bastard's grandson and I don't give a shit. Like I told your idiot of a grandfather, respect is earned, not given, regardless of what family you are from….now apologize or I will let him beat you up and then have Ebisu train you until you drop."
Konohamaru looked fearfully at Naruto's creepy smile and quickly said, "I am sorry for bumping into you…."
"There, now that we are all fine and dandy, what is your name, miss?" Naruto asked.
"Temari, you already know about Kankuro."
Naruto commented, "Pretty name for a pretty lady. So I am guessing that your other teammate is up in that tree, right? Red hair, green eyes, emotionless face…" Temari and Kankuro stiffened to see a red-haired, green-eyed boy with a gourd on his back along with an ever-present emotionless mask on his face.
"I am surprised that you detected me at all." He said in a gravelly voice, then he jumped down as he said, "Your eyes…..are the same as mine. What is your name?"
"Sasuke Uchiha…." Everyone turned to see the ever arrogant Uchiha in the tree and jumped down to the ground in front of Naruto. "I didn't ask for yours, but you are interesting…..I am Sabaku no Gaara."
"Rutaxon, the XIII Ninja…."
Gaara replied, "I look forward to seeing you two in the exams." He and his team moved towards their hotel while Naruto moved away. "Rutaxon! What are these exams?"
"Why are you asking me? I am the supposed dobe, matter of fact; you figure it out since you are an Uchiha."
On the next day, Anko met with Naruto and said, "Naruto, you can participate in the exams, but you must get a Jonin sensei other than me or your relatives to represent you and two other teammates to make a team. That is what the Hokage told all of the apprentices in session." The Jinchuuriki knew that Tenten would be there with her team indefinitely. So he couldn't ask her, he knew that Ayane would go with him if he asked and now he needed a third teammate.
As he walked through the courtyard, he overheard a young girl's angry voice yelling and looked to see that it was his old teammate, Ami. She had changed over the months; she now wore a black cheongsam and grew her hair a bit longer to end at her shoulder blades.
Apparently her two teammates were afraid of taking the Chunin Exams and she was trying to convince them to join, but to no avail. Her Jonin sensei was Ko Hyuga, the known bodyguard of the heiress Hinata Hyuga. Naruto smirked as he thought, "I have found my third teammate, now won't everyone be all surprised to see me?"
He walked up to them and said, "Excuse me…" The four of them turned to look at Naruto and Ami addressed him in surprise, "Rutaxon-san, what are you doing here?" The Jinchuuriki replied, "Well, I was walking home until I heard someone yelling at her scared teammates, she seemed pretty frustrated."
Ami blushed a scarlet red and Naruto continued, "Anyway, I plan on going to the Chunin Exams myself along with an older genin who wasn't able to because she is in an apprenticeship and I can't go with my team because it is only a three-man team. So I was wondering if you would like to join us."
Ami replied quickly, "Yes, I would like to join you guys in the exams." The Jinchuuriki turned to Ko and asked, "Is it okay if I can borrow your student for this event? I promise that I will protect her with my life during them, but the decision is ultimately up to you, sir."
Ko was a bit wary of the pariah of Konoha because of the Kyuubi sealed inside of him and the fact that he killed civilians without mercy, but they were killed in self-defense and he had heard nothing but good things from Anko and more clients were coming in due to the fact of Naruto's extermination of the bandit groups, including the notorious Joker Gang was not safe from his wrath.
Ko answered, "Why not, Rutaxon, just don't make me regret my decision."
Naruto bowed to the Hyuga, "Thank you and I will make sure that you won't…I will have the slips by tomorrow and you can sign them by then. Meet at the Academy building by 12:30 at least; it officially starts at one though."
Ami nodded her consent and Naruto left to get the slips. The next day, Naruto, Ayane and Ami arrived early and Naruto said, "Okay, I registered our team name to be Outcast. Now what are your strengths and weaknesses?"
Ayane replied, "My strength are ninjutsu, kenjutsu and genjutsu, my weaknesses are fighting close-range fighters since my taijutsu sucks."
Ami stated, "My strengths are taijutsu and ninjutsu, my weakness is genjutsu."
"My strengths are taijutsu, kenjutsu and for some reason, I am immune to genjutsu….so my weakness would be ninjutsu since I hardly use it. Pretty much, we cover all of our weaknesses as a team, we should be good…..now let's get in there, it is 12:45 now." The three genin walked inside to see Team Gai arguing with two genin blocking the door and a large group of them were watching.
Ami moved to help, but Ayane held her back. "We have to help them…"
"No, Lee is the fastest and strongest genin in the terms of taijutsu besides Neji Hyuga, who was the Rookie of the Year in our class last year. They are faking to be weak, so people would underestimate them."
Naruto replied in a whisper, "On another note, those genin are actually Chunin in a Henge, I see them every time on gatekeeper duty, plus there is a genjutsu on the sign that says we are on the third floor, but we only went up on one flight of stairs….we're on the second floor."
Ami said, "But shouldn't we tell them?"
"Nah, Neji has the Byakugan and they can see through genjutsu, they probably noticed it too and are trying to use it to their advantage….it is a test, if you can't recognize a crappy genjutsu as a team, you are not fit to enter here. Don't worry; we are here to help each other with our weaknesses." Ayane said in a reassuring tone."
"Then let's go to the 'real' room." Ami said silently.
Team Outcast moved upstairs and Team Gai noticed them out of the corner of their eyes. Naruto gazed at Tenten and winked at her, making her smile a bit. As they went upstairs and walked through the doors, every foreign ninja and Konoha veteran genin looked at them menacingly.
Naruto did a Gin smile at the intimidation act and directed his killing intent throughout the room, making everyone avert their eyes except Gaara, who had a psychotic smile on his face. "So you are here….Rutaxon, Ami and….who is this?" Shikamaru said as Team 10 walked up to them.
"Ayane Uchiha….I graduated last year."
Naruto replied, "So you three are taking the exams as well, I figure that you would be the ones who would wait until next year."
Shikamaru said, "Blame Ino and Asuma-sensei….when she heard that Sasuke was also taking the exams, she jumped on it...that and Asuma-sensei wanted us to get serious about being a ninja."
"You can't blame him." Ami commented, "You were too lazy to train and Choji would rather eat than train at all. Ino has some skill since she was trained by her father, but she is still a fan girl. Matter of fact, where is she?" Shikamaru, Choji, along with Team Outcast turned to see Ino hugging Sasuke from behind.
"Do you have to ask? Well….we better go and extract Ino with a crowbar."
Sasuke sneered at Ayane, "I see, you got your bitch to join…"
Naruto's eyes darkened, "Before you finish that sentence, Sasuke, my question is do you want to die today or for me to pierce your eyes. Because it would be a real nice present for me to give to your brother once you're dead and I think he would be delighted to have an extra pair of eyes on spare in case he loses one of them."
Sasuke became fearful over losing his eyes and shut up, just as Kiba's voice came to their ears, "Yahoo, found you….looks like the gang is all here." Shino said, "Hello, Rutaxon-san…."
"Hey, Shino, how have you been?"
The Aburame replied, "I have been fine, this team has been very pleasant….except for Kiba-san's constant strategy of 'hit first, plan later' deal on every mission." Suddenly a genin with silver hair and a believable smile, which instantly remind Naruto of Mizuki, came up to them, "You guys must be rookies, considering that you can't keep your voices down at all. Those Ame ninja on your left have very short tempers…."
Ami asked, "And your name is…."
"Oh, how rude of me, my name is Yakushi Kabuto. Since you are rookies, I will share my information on the exams."
Ayane inquired, "This is not your first time?"
"No, since the Chunin Exams are bi-annual, this will be my seventh time doing the exams." Kabuto answered the female Uchiha.
"Wow, you are pretty weak…" Kiba commented.
Naruto thought to himself, "Ok, believable smile, check….giving out information freely without a catch, check….seventh time doing the exams, yet with Jonin-level chakra, check. Yeah, something is telling me not to trust this kid or underestimate him; his smile reminds me of Mizuki way too much."
Kabuto pulled out a deck of cards, "My ninja info cards hold a ton of information on about the exams here and they respond to my chakra only." He drew a card and sent chakra into it to reveal how many teams were here from each country.
Sasuke asked, "Do you have information on individuals?"
Kabuto nodded and the Uchiha said, "Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee, Rutaxon and Ayane Uchiha…" The silver-haired genin drew 4 cards and stated, "Rock Lee, 20 D-Rank and 12 C-Rank, his taijutsu is very high, but everything else is non-existent. His teammates are Neji Hyuga and Tenten."
He took the next card, "Sabaku no Gaara, 8 C-rank and 1 B-rank, his abilities are unknown and it is said that he has never been hurt on any mission at all."
He drew the next card and said, "Ayane Uchiha, 24 D-Rank and 8 C-Rank, roughly she is well-rounded with her kenjutsu, ninjutsu and genjutsu. Her sensei is Gekko Hayate and she has no teammates."
He drew the last card and said, "Lastly, Rutaxon, 4 D-Rank, 32 C-Rank, 1 B-Rank, 1 A-Rank. Alias: The XIII Ninja, Bad Luck….destroyed the renowned Joker gang members from 200 to one by himself and walked away without a scratch or speck of blood. He is fairly well-rounded in all points, but his genjutsu is almost non-existent, he is ranked in the Bingo Book by Kusagakure as a C-Rank ninja."
Everyone gaped at Naruto's information and Kiba whistled, "Damn, you went to work and how come you only have 4 D-Ranks?"
"I never got paid for them, so in compensation, I was well within my rights to take jutsu at that equivalent level."
Kabuto said, "Konoha, Kiri, Suna, Kusa, Oto and Ame are the ones participating in the exams, all filled with skilled ninja like Rutaxon-san here." Suddenly the door bused open to reveal a man with a military suit and a black trench coat as well as a Konoha bandana, flanked with twoscore of Chunin operatives.
"I am Ibiki Morino and as of now, you are all my bitches now. You will all draw lots to see where you are assigned to be seated. Everyone will be separated…." True to his word, everyone was separated and Naruto ended up next to Hinata and some random ninja from Suna.
Ibiki said, "Don't turn over the tests until I tell you to do so. First, we must go over the rules and no questions will be answered, so listen carefully. You each start with 10 points, the test has ten questions, if you miss one, then you have nine. The second rule is that it is a team test… to see if how much your test can hold up to 30 points."
Sakura shouted, "I don't understand this system and why it is a team test." Ibiki barked, "If you shut the fuck up, I can tell you! Why the fuck I say no questions will be answered until I am done." The man calmed down and continued, "The third and most important rule is that if anyone who is caught cheating will have their points subtracted by 2 points."
One of the proctors commented, "We have our eye on you guys."
The crowd looked a bit shaken as Ibiki said, "Realize that the weak ones who get caught are destroying themselves. As shinobi trying to become chunin, be proud ninjas. The final rule…is that if a teammate don't answer all questions correctly or loses all points will fail…along with their 2 teammates."
Sakura thought, "What?"
Ibiki said, "You will have one hour to complete the test…Begin!" The genin turned over their tests and began scribbling their answers.
The Jinchuuriki just sat and answered the questions with the help of Tomomi's knowledge. He looked in the corner of his eye to see Sasuke using his Sharingan to copy an undercover chunin's movements.
"Why is he cheating…wait a minute, Ibiki-san gave us plenty of freebies to cheat. So maybe…the true test is that he wants us to cheat and not get caught." He thought to himself.
Hinata and Neji with their Byakugan, Gaara used his Third Eye, Tenten used the mirrors to give Lee the answers, Kankuro used his puppet Karasu, disguised as a proctor to pass answers to Temari, Ino used the Shintenshin no Jutsu on Sakura, then gave Shikamaru and Choji the answers via jutsu. Soon over the hour, 13 teams failed the exam being caught cheating.
Ibiki said, "Okay, now we begin the 10th question, but I must apply the added rules for this question." Kankuro walked back in with the 'chunin', "You had fun playing your doll." The puppet master stiffened, "He knew about Karasu?"
Ibiki continued on, "The rules are for you to decide to take it or not." Temari yelled, "Choose? What happens if we say no?" Ibiki's eyes darkened, "That's easy, you fail. Your points turn to zero and your team is evicted from the exams."
A random genin shouted, "What the hell does that supposed to mean then? Of course we will take it!" Ibiki smirked, "If you answer incorrectly…you will never be able to take this exam again."
Kiba shouted, "You can't do that, there are guys here who took this exam before."
Ibiki smiled darkly, "That year, they didn't have me, so it is my rules now, but if you choose not to take it, you will be able to take it next year."
Another random genin shouted, "This is bullshit!"
Ibiki turned to her, "Tough shit, you son of a bitch! Now there is anybody who doesn't want to risk the tenth question, please raise your fucking hand."
One by one, genin dropped out and were escorted out the door. Ibiki asked, "Anyone else?"
Nobody moved and then Ibiki spoke, "Are you sure you want to take the risk? If you get this question wrong, you'll remain a genin forever."
Nothing….
Ibiki looked at the crowd, now sporting looks of confidence, "Interesting…these teams have a lot confidence and spirit." The Jonin thought to himself. "Time to give them the final verdict." The scarred man said, "For those of you remaining her, you…pass."
The genin all shouted, "SAY WHAT?"
Sakura asked, "Then what about the tenth question?" Ibiki answered with a smile, "Your choice to take the question was the tenth question." Temari shot out, "So what about the other nine questions you gave us, what was their purpose?"
The Torture and Interrogation leader said, "Those questions were not for a genin to answer unless you are a genius, forcing you to cheat, so we had two or more chunins located near you to help up out. Those who cheated poorly failed."
Ibiki chose this time to untie his bandana to reveal his scarred hand full of burns and screw holes, "Because…at times, information is more important than life, and people will risk everything to get it." Sasuke thought, "The after effects of torture."
Ibiki retied his bandana, "If the enemy notices you, there is no guarantee that the info will be accurate. Information can be a powerful weapon for your country and teammates."
Temari said, "But… I still don't understand the final question."
Ibiki sighed, "The 10th question is based on a choice, a leap of faith that could make you or break you. The ability to face any hardships and be perilous is the qualifications for a chunin. So I wish you guys luck."
Naruto smirked at him and to his surprise, Ibiki returned the smirk. "Interesting kid…" Ibiki thought. Suddenly Ibiki detected movement at the window to find a banner flung into the room. It began to unwind to reveal a woman in a fishnet and long-sleeved beige trench coat.
It was Anko Mitarashi and she looked to see Naruto holding up a board with a large'10' on it. "I am Anko Mitarashi, the proctor of the second phase of the Chunin Exam. Follow me to Training Ground 44.
Forest of Death- "This is the Forest of Death…." Anko stated. Ami whispered, "It doesn't look like much to me." Suddenly a kunai whizzed past Ami's head, scratching her cheek and the Snake's former apprentice appeared behind her to lick the blood from her cheek, "Never underestimate nature; she has the ability to fight back and spill that precious life-blood of yours."
Naruto chuckled, "Okay, sensei, quit teasing her…."
"Must you ruin my fun…."
"Yes, for now…you do have to explain the rules."
Anko regained her composure, "Well, then before we start the exam, you have to sign these papers…there will be deaths in this one and if you don't sign these, it will be my responsibility. I am going to explain the test, and then you can sign them. After that, each team will check in at that booth behind me."
She handed Naruto the waiver forms and he passed them out as she said, "Simply put…you will attempt the ultimate survival. First, I will explain the area….there are 44 gates exactly and there is a forest, a river and a tower in the center. Each gate is exactly 10 km away from each other. During the survival in here, you will be asked to complete a certain task. Using the weapons and jutsu that you have, you will compete in a no rules scroll battle. You will fight over these two scrolls 'heaven' and 'earth'. Since there are 26 teams here, half will get heaven and the other will get earth. To pass this test….you must reach the tower with both scrolls."
Sakura muttered, "So half of the teams will definitely fail because of this requirement."
Anko said, "There also is a time limit, the test will last for five days…"
Ino shouted, "Five days?"
Choji said, "What about food?"
Naruto chuckled, "Just like Choji to always think with his stomach…the fatass."
Anko said, "You are on your own….the forest is filled with food, you just have to watch out for the man-eating beasts, poisonous plants, poisonous insects, etc. and 13 teams passing is not likely. As the days progressed, the time to rest is shorter and the distance to the goal is farther, plus the area is filled with enemies, you will not get that much sleep. So you can fail not only for losing the scroll, but the harshness of the course."
She smiled, "Now let's talk about what will disqualify you…first, those who don't make to the tower within the 120 hour time limit. Second, those who lose a teammate or have their teammate killed. As a rule, there is no quitting in the middle of the exam, so if you are going to be a chicken, don't sign those papers. You will be in the forest for five days and also you can't look inside the scroll until you make it to the tower."
Shikamaru asked, "What happens if you do?"
Anko said, "Why spoil the surprise when you can dare to find out yourselves? Chunin are asked to handle classified information, this is to test your trustworthiness. That is it, exchange your 3 forms for your scroll, and then choose a gate to get ready for the start."
Naruto smirked as he already signed his on the spot while Anko was explaining the rules. Anko said, "Oh, and a final word of advice….just don't die."
Team Outcast was placed at Gate 78 and burst through the gate. Naruto activated his bloodline to take out two weird weapons …. They were ranged weapons known as Arrowguns, a peculiar type of laser gun with traits similar to crossbows and handguns, wielded by Xigbar, known as the Sharpshooter, who used spatial manipulation to freely direct his projectiles from the weapons.
The three genin stopped on a large branch and Ayane said, "Okay, splitting up would be a bad idea in this case. If we stay together, we would attract more attention, so we should move in a line. I will take point since I have the Sharingan and it can see a bit farther than your eye and in case of any ninjutsu or genjutsu. Ami…you are next and Naruto will cover the rear."
Ami questioned, "Naruto?"
"My name….my real name, the higher-ups know it, but they called me Rutaxon because I told them that they were not worthy of knowing it at all. Only a few select people know it and can say it without repercussions, but I can trust you with the knowledge of my name, Ami-san…"
"I will…Naruto, but I can seem to understand why you are disliked so much by the villagers." Naruto and Ayane looked at each other and nodded. The Jinchuuriki replied slowly, "The reason is that the Kyuubi no Kitsune on October 10th, my birthday shared along with Namikaze, was not killed on that day, it was sealed into me."
"What? That is impossible! They…" Ami said as she stumbled a bit.
"It was a lie to cover it up and protect my generation, so I could have 'friends'. The Bijuu are demons and masters of chakra manipulation since their bodies can be manipulated into a human form or their true form….they are beings of pure chakra, which is poison to us since it is essentially different than our make-up. The ones above six tails must be sealed into a newborn. The Yondaime could have sealed into his daughter or Naruto on that day and he chose Naruto…." Ayane said, "So the question is will this knowledge affect you to cooperate with us, Ami? We can quit if we want to…."
Ami said, "I will think about it….this is a lot to take it though."
"Think about it later, we got company and it seems that they are from Kusagakure."
Team Outcast stopped and turned to see two girls and a boy, one of the girls were in the middle, acting as team leader obviously. "Are you Rutaxon, the XIII Ninja?" The boy asked from his position. "Yes…" Naruto answered, "Who wants to know?"
"I'm Doppo Asakura…"
The girl on the opposite side stated, "I'm Michiko Himura."
The girl in the middle said, "I'm Shiwo Hitsuwa."
Doppo was wearing a green shirt and blue Jonin-style pants; he had red flaming hair and blue eyes. Shiwo was a purple-haired girl who had an athlete build and brown eyes; she wore a brown Mandarin collar shirt and matching pants. Michiko had light green hair and grey eyes, had a long-sleeved leather jacket and red pants. Her hair covered one side of her feminine face and carried a double-bladed sword on her back.
"I will take Michiko…."Ayane said and Naruto took out the Earth scroll from his pouch and began to spin it on his pointer finger and catch it in his hand while he was staring at the Kusa team. Shiwo took out their own, which luckily happen to be a Heaven scroll.
"Take them down, Ami…you take Doppo and Ayane, you can take your opponent. I will take Shiwo." Naruto said. Team Outcast got ready and sprang at their designated opponent.
Ayane and Michiko- Ayane drew her katana and blocked an attack from Michiko's double-bladed sword. The Uchiha ducked under the female Kusa ninja's kick and slashed at her feet only for Michiko to step back. Ayane followed her and slashed at her neck, but she ducked and slashed at Ayane's side only for Ayane to block and knock the edge downwards.
As the Uchiha moved to cut into Michiko, she blocked with the other side and instinctively moved to the other side to protect her right side. The two opponents spun away from each other in a flourish and clashed once again. "You are good…..who taught you this style?" Michiko asked curiously.
"My sensei, Gekko Hayate…"
Michiko's eyes widened for a bit, "I see, so the rivalry begins once again, my sensei is Ogawa Nomura. Our teachers were rivals back in the Chunin Exams twelve years ago."
"Funny, I guess we will be the ones to finish what they started, correct?" Ayane said. The two clashed once again.
Ami and Doppo- The two circled each other and Doppo finally said, "Personally I wanted to fight Rutaxon…."
"Why did your village put Rutaxon-san in the Bingo Book as a C-class ninja, he only killed a few bandit camps." Ami asked.
"Kusa uses the bandits as a cheap police force to keep order like the Uchiha used to be in your village. Your friend Rutaxon is a mild threat to our village." Doppo said, "It is one of the main reasons why we are at the Chunin Exams to either cripple or kill him. You mind giving us some information on him?"
Ami bit her lip and then slowly got into her stance, "Unfortunately I can't….one, I don't believe that you actually beat him, considering that he is the strongest genin from my class. Two, without him, I wouldn't be here and I don't sell out my comrades."
The boy replied, "I guess we will have to find that out…and beat the information out of you." He attacked her with a punch, but Ami blocked it and sent out punch of her own. The male Kusa ninja caught it and went for a head butt, but Ami leaned her head back to avoid it and kicked him in the torso, sending him back.
He groaned in pain as Ami settled back in her stance again and pulled on her gloves. She ran at Doppo and caught him with a palm thrust to the chin, then punched him in the gut to let his head meet her knee and lastly performed a back kick to make him fly into the tree with great force.
"How was that?" Ami asked with a smirk.
Doppo was stuck a bit into the tree with blood dribbling down the side of his mouth and pulled himself out of the tree. He chose to take out a few splinters and spat out blood as he said, "Damn, you hit hard….but considering, I have teammates that hit me on a regular basis. Hmph, I guess I should thank them."
Then the boy crouched and started to do something crazy…he began to dance, his left foot stepped behind him and then his right one and his arms were always in front of his chest. "Capoeira, eh?" Ami thought, "I guess I shouldn't play around either…good thing that nice, old man gave me that taijutsu scroll." Ami switched her stance up into an ancient style called Wing Chun.
Shiwo and Naruto- The two circled each other slowly for a moment and Shiwo attacked by sending kunai at Naruto, who quickly shot them down with his Arrowguns. "So you have a bloodline…" She deduced, "This is the reason why you are called the XIII Ninja because you have thirteen weapons to use, eh?"
"Correct, I am guessing you are trying to find some weakness, so I can fight actually and see my skills or kill me…that is if you can, right?"
"That is correct…"
"You know, I am not going to stop killing them."
Shiwo replied in a sigh, "To be honest, I could care less….the reason why the Kusakage wants you dead is because of the fact that the leader of the Joker bandits was his older brother. The Kusakage would hire the Jokers, which had others under their control to enforce its control over the village. I believe that he needs to die, the black-hearted tyrant…."
Naruto asked, "Would you like me to assassinate him for you?" Shiwo looked at him and said, "He is a powerful shinobi, he is hard to approach…"
"So was his brother, who is the Kusakage?"
"Akane Ishimoto…."
"Good, I will see if I can get out of the village to do it."
"Thank you….for compensation, here is our Heaven scroll; we already caught an extra set earlier. I will be seeing you soon, Rutaxon…ask around for me when you reach." Shiwo released a flare, which made Michiko and Doppo appear beside her with a Shunshin. "We are done here…" Shiwo said simply, "Let's go to the tower now…"
The Kusa team left the area just as Ayane, along with Ami came to Naruto. "You two okay?" he asked.
"A bit shaken up, but we are okay….why didn't they ambush you?" Ayane asked.
"I offered to assassinate their leader, the Kusakage. Apparently, Shiwo is part of a rebel faction that hates the Kusakage."
Ami said, "Shouldn't you tell the Hokage about this?"
"No, if I do, then the Hokage will not do anything…he is a man of peace talks than violence…..this man has done nothing but oppress his subordinates, a leader should care about his people…..all of them, I am going to have to be discreet about this."
Ami nodded reluctantly and Ayane said, "Did you at least get their scroll?"
"Yep, she said they had an extra set, they work fast or they were just lucky to get the teams off guard."
Ami said, "Great, now we can go to the tower." The three of them moved through the forest for a few hours to reach the tower and walked into the empty room to see a plaque with a quote written by the Third Hokage.
Ami said, "Earth and Heaven….maybe we should open the scrolls now."
"Good idea, we are at the end of the road." Ayane said. Naruto took out the scrolls and handed the scrolls to the two girls, they gingerly opened the scrolls to see the kanji for 'person' and Naruto recognized it and said, "Throw it away! It's a summoning scroll…" Ayane and Ami threw the scrolls in a corner and a plume of smoke appeared to reveal a Chunin.
She immediately attacked Naruto, who used the space ability from Xigbar to dodge her attack. "I will kill you!" the woman shouted. "Stay back….don't interfere in this!" Naruto shouted as he switched to a new ability and out of his sleeves came out, four kunai knives and Naruto held them in between his fingers.
"Foudre, wielded by Larxene, the Savage Nymph….she was the fastest of the Organization and the most sadistic of the bunch as well. Shame, I would love to meet her to exchange torture techniques, but sadly she is dead. Now who are you?"
"I'm Tsubaki…"
"I still don't know who the hell you are though…"
"I was Mizuki's fiancée until you killed him…"
"Oh, yeah, you are the one that Iruka-sensei mentioned….I guess you want revenge, eh?"
Tsubaki said, "What does it look like?"
"Sorry, miss, but I ain't going to die…and since you were stupid enough to try to kill me. Raiton: Kageboushi!"
Suddenly lightning came down and Tsubaki was struck down by it, the lightning coursed through her body with the kunai that she had in her hands helped her stage her own death. "That is all folks…. Let's go." Naruto said to his teammates.
Ayane looked at Ami, who was shocked at Tsubaki's death, "He had to deal with people trying to kill him when he was younger, but when he got his bloodline…he made them stop and when people declared that they would kill him….he killed them in cold blood, but the ones that said to maim or torture, he just humiliated them. I just don't want to be in his way when someone pisses him off."
Hakureisaiga- Now the Chunin Exams are underway…who will Naruto fight, what is his next plan to establish more power? Next time, Deals and Fights.
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I just saw the most awesome thing in this week's manga chapter….Sai gets fucking pissed. Hell yeah! Plus Kankuro and Omoi are kicking ass as well, this is getting good!