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(Don't read this chapter if u haven't read the manga in a while…)
Chapter 6: Allies?
Naruto surveyed his surroundings as he, Killer Bee, Kakashi, and Might Gai raced across the forest floor, all of them already starting to lose their strength after their recent difficult encounter with the Masked Man.
"Ah!" Naruto collapsed and clutched his wounded shoulder in pain, his fellow ninja came to his side.
"Naruto, hang on!" Kakashi shouted to his injured student before he threw him on his back, piggy-back style, and pushed his speed to his limit. Gai and Bee followed suit without another word, completely unaware of the pack of shinobi stalking them from above.
Bee and Kakashi quickly set up camp near the outskirts of the forest while Gai watched over the heavy breathing genin. Kakashi looked at Naruto, a sad fear creeping into his unmasked eyes; he couldn't lose him, no matter what, even if meant sacrificing his life again to protect his deceased sensei's only son.
Bee saw him worrying. "Hey, calm down ole Hatake, we aint gonna lose him 'cause he's a damn Uzumaki!" He gave a wide smile but Kakashi only nodded slowly to jinchuriki's encouragement, his sole concern and focus on Naruto.
"You are absoulutely right, Killer Bee of the Hachibi," a hooded figure stepped out from the shadows and three others with masks followed. "We shall not let Naruto Uzumaki die anytime soon, that I can promise you." The leader, who Kakashi could tell was female, moved towards them.
"Who are u?" Kakashi asked cautiously.
"…Does it matter?" She asked.
"If you wont tell I suggest you leave." Kakashi pulled out a kunai and waited for her response and flinched when she let out a musical laugh.
"Oh Kakashi, do you REALLY want to fight me? Because I can assure you it will not end in your team's favor!" She signaled her followers and they pulled out katanas.
Gai hissed. "Anbu agent tools? Not possible, they were stationed at the HQ with the Five Kages! Who are they?" He turned to Kakashi.
He shook his head. "No idea, but I am not going to stand around and find out!" He charged in the direction of the leader.
"Very well then," the woman reached into her black and maroon cloak and returned with a kunai longer than any Kakashi had ever seen. "I will answer to your challenge!"
Her comrades stepped daringly toward Bee and Gai as she dashed to Kakashi. He easily dodged her oncoming attack with the help of his Sharingan but just as he was stepping back, the woman made a hand seal and suddenly a clone pushed him back into her line of reach. She threw several chakra punches at his major chakra points and round kicked him in the face for good measure before she elbowed him roughly in the chest, sending him spiraling backwards into a large tree.
Kakashi spat out the blood from his busted lip. Impossible, he thought in shock, she skillfully hit every single one of my chakra points perfectly but she is no doubt not a member of the Hyuuga clan or else I would have sensed it by now. "Guess I have no other choice," he stretched out the palm of his left hand. "Chidori!" He shouted as a large amount of electricity swirled around his hand and when it started crackling with power he charged his opponent as she stood there in silence.
"NOO!" One of the Anbu agents ran out in front of its master, intercepting the attack before it hit its target. Kakashi raised his eyebrows in surprise but continued towards them and just as he assumed he was about penetrate the other shinobi, he felt his jutsu's energy drain away. He looked up at his two attackers and almost gasped; the agent infront of him was absorbing the chakra and it was swirling around them like an aura. "DON'T TOUCH HER!" With that the masked person screamed a war cry and unleashed the massive energy back at its master.
Kakashi flew through the air, rolling and then coming to painful stop at Gai's feet. He wheezed as his comrade reached over to assist him, blood running from his torso and broken leg. He looked back at the two unknown nins, and part of him flinched as the other warriors removed their cloaks and retrieved their katanas.
"They're all females?" He whispered to himself in disbelief. As a retired Anbu, he had seen women plenty of times on teams in root, but he had never met a squad entirely composed of females.
The women were just about to attack when their leader raised her hand, signaling for them to stop. "Easy, we are not going to terminate them," she returned her focus back to the other group and for a second, Kakashi swore he saw her eyes flash an icy green gaze. "I merely wanted to show them who they are up against." She made her way slowly to Kakashi and kneeled down to his level a foot away from him. "Now, I believe it is time for a little chat, Kakashi…"
Naruto sat still and meditated on Kuruma's (aka *spoiler!* Kyuubi) head as the red chakra was pumped into his body, healing his wounds.
The Nine Tails squirmed around and woke from his slumber. "That's odd." The fox glared and concentrated on his sensory abilities once more, hissing in shock as the outcome was the same as before.
"What the hell? What's pissing you off this time, Kuruma?" Naruto opened and stared confused at his now ally and partner.
"Well," Kuruma huffed, shaking Naruto off his head and only continuing after the teen had come down in front of him. "It seems that are 2 other holders of my chakra, but I swear that before your battle with … him... There weren't any activity like this at all."
Naruto thought for a minute. "Maybe the bastard took some of your power during the fight."
"No; if he had, I would have felt the drain and my size would decrease like before when your father sealed away part of my chakra." The demon turned a blood red eye to his host. "This something I only felt once before, and that was back at Rouran."
"Rouran? What happened at Rouran?"
"The man your team was chasing, the puppet master and a rogue nin from Suna, released a seal placed by your old man and you and that man who smells just like that bastard, the First Hokage, were thrown back in time." He shifted into a more comfortable position before continuing. "When you arrived you met Yondaime about 20 years in the past and protected some queen, but what is important is at the time I felt my presence way back at Konoha and half my chakra had not been sealed away."
"So, you felt your younger self inside the previous host, my mom…" Naruto murmured in shock.
Kuruma nodded once. "Yes, and the reason you don't remember is because your father placed memory-loss seal on you and Yamato before you returned to the present. I know we are still in the right time period, so the only other explanation is-,"
"-Someone from another time period is here!" The blond jinchuriki finished, his eyes wide open.
"And I can tell that there is a person, in our camp at the moment, who is one of these 2 jinchurikis' comrades." Kuruma closed his eyes and rested his head on his front paws. "… You should go now."
Naruto's bright blue eyes snapped open, panting as he looked at the ceiling of his tent. "I've gotta tell Kakashi-sensei about this!" He shouted breathlessly and proceeded to kick off the covers.
Suddenly a hand pushed him roughly back down into his cot. "And where are you planning on going, hmm?" A middle aged woman wearing a dark pink tank top that stopped above her navel, a long white skirt with slits down both sides, and another skirt on top but it was short and matched her shirt with overlapping white circles on the side; she also had a katana strapped to her hip. A pervy side of him noticed she was well endowed; a decent helping in both the chest and curves departments, but he was pulled out of his dirty thoughts when he heard a snarl rip through her milky white throat and shrank into the cot as her green eyes glared at him.
"Pervert! Just because I'm pregnant does NOT mean I won't resist the urge to TEAR OUT YOUR DAMN THROAT!" The woman hissed, her long bright pink locks seemed to fly a little as she formed a tight fist.
Naruto stared at her, confused, surprised, and slightly happy, and his blue eyes met her angry ,jade-green gaze. "S-S-Sakura-chan?"