Naruko looked at the bowl of ramen with an angry glare. She could never get it right and all this stupid bowl of food did was mock her failure.
"Naruko, are you going to eat your ramen?" asked Naruto from the seat next to her. He, Naruko and Siera sat at the ramen stand, Siera calmly eating her food along with Naruto while Naruko glared at her food. Naruko sighed and nodded her head before picking up her chopsticks and grabbing a small bit before eating it but the whole time she ate she glared at the food. Once they had finished Ayame had taken up the bowls and started to clean them while talking to the three.
"So I heard the last part of the chunin exams is today, I guess it's later on right?" asked Ayame only to receive silence. She turned around to see nothing but an empty table with money lying on the counter, a lot of money. Ayame's eyes gleamed before pocketing a bit of extra money and putting the rest in the register.
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One second Naruto was eating his food and another he now stood in the middle of an arena. He looked to Naruko who bowed her head in apology but he waved her off and faced forward to see the proctor of the exam.
"My name is Genma, I will be filling in for Hayate in the third and final exam. You all know the rules and I know I will stop the match if I see that someone is going to die or be seriously hurt. Now Naruko Uzumaki and Neji Hyuuga please stay down here, the rest go up to the competitor's stand." The others left with Naruto sparring a glance at Naruko before walking off with Siera in tow behind him. Once everyone had left the arena and the two genin stood across from each other Genma brought up his hand and spoke.
"Naruko versus Neji begin!" shouted Genma before bringing his hand down and jumping onto the top of the stadium wall. Both contestants stood still, Neji glared at Naruko who was grinning like a mad man at him.
"What's with the smile? Fate has decreed you lose here and I don't see that as a reason to smile" said Neji.
"Well I just find it amusing you think you know so much about fate yet you don't know half the stuff I can do. Don't go saying stuff that you really don't know about but enough of this idle chatter, now's the time for battle!" said Naruko as her insane grin grew before she summoned two kunai to her hand and charged Neji. Neji settled into his stance and waited calmly for Naruko to get close but once she got within ten feet she disappeared. Neji looked around but saw no trace of her until he felt a knee slam into his ribs and someone grab his collar and throw him across the area. Neji flipped in mid air before skidding to a stop before looking forward to see Naruko with the same grin on her face.
"You seem so confident earlier too" said Naruko in a cheerful tone that made Neji grind his teeth.
"Oh now you're angry, I can see your mouth moving like your grinding your teeth" said Naruko as she crossed her arms and leaned to one side. Neji was close to getting really angry but he quickly realized what she was doing and let out a breath as he tried to calm down.
"Ah now your calming down since you realized what I was doing but I have a question for you. Did the clan head calm down when he beat you for your insolence?" asked Naruko. Neji's anger returned and his byakugan activated suddenly before he slid into his family stance.
"I'll give you one free hit but after that it's all free game" said Naruko.
"You are within my field of division" said Neji before he ran at Naruko with intent to block all her of her chakra and teach her a lesson. He had gotten within five feet of her and delivered one strike too her left shoulder to disable that and he was happy he did that because as soon as he hit it he was kicked across the arena and again skidded to a halt.
"Good luck using jutsu with only hand" said Neji with a smirk as he stood and slid back into his stance. Naruko growled a bit and sent some of Hitome's chakra to her shoulder and let it heal slowly it as to not cause any suspicion to her having the demon sealed within her. Naruko was going to get angry but realized that she still had an advantage and smirked again, making Neji get angry at her smirking even though she was at a loss.
"What's so funny?" asked Neji.
"How good is your offense?" asked Naruko.
"It's good enough to take on a chunin."
"Well let's hope your defense is better" said Naruko before she started to perform one handed hand seals as she took in a large breath at the same time. Neji was first baffled at her using one had but then saw the deep intake of breath and realized it was going to be a large jutsu so he decided now would be a good time to unveil his trump card.
Naruko finished hand seals and spoke "Katon: Karyū Endan(Fire release: Fire dragon flame bullet!)" She let out her breath and fire flew from her mouth and straight at Neji who released chakra through all of his chakra points while he started to rotate rapidly. The stadium's occupants watched as a mass of fire shot at Neji but he spun and started to create a small dome of chakra around him as he pivoted on his foot. Naruko noticed his defense and added more chakra to her lungs and let out more breath as the fire turned white and in response Neji added more chakra to the dome around him and spun a bit faster to deflect the fire.
This continued for close to twenty second before both stopped their jutsu at almost the same time before they knelled down, both out of breath. Naruko was the first to stand but it took time and shortly after Neji stood before getting into a sloppy stance, his breath still ragged and his eyes unfocused.
"You can't continue much longer, be smart and give up just like your father" said Naruko as she regained control of her breathing and stood at full height. Those words made something in Neji snap and his gaze focused once more and he corrected his stance.
"Don't speak of my father like that" said Neji, he may have thought he was weak but still it was a sensitive subject for him.
"Why's that? I'm trying to get you to learn an important lesson for ninja. Keep anger under control or it will result in something bad because your senses are dulled when you become angry. Now why are you angry? Angry your dad was a pathetic excuse for a ninja?" asked Naruko and Neji's chakra flared violently.
"I said shut up!" shouted Neji, losing his usual calm composure.
In the stands
"That's a dirty tactic" said Tenten with anger in her voice.
"No, she's teaching him a valuable lesson" said a voice form behind her causing her to turn around to see Kakashi and her sensei Guy.
"I wouldn't call using someone's dead relative as a valuable lesson" said Tenten.
"No it's not the best use but a ninja must keep his emotions in check or it might cost one there life or the lives of those around them" said Guy in an unusually serious tone making Tenten hold her comments. She decided to watch the match and hold her comments, believing her sensei may have been slightly right.
Contestants booth
"It's over" said Shikamaru as he leaned on the rails.
"How do you know?" asked Kankuro.
"She picked a subject specific to anger him the most and once he was angry enough to attack she would fight back. Now bad he's going to get hurt is a mystery but I assume it will be a pretty good beating to really teach him a lesson" said Shikamaru.
"Your close, she's testing him too see if he can control his anger and if he attacks she will put him down" said Gaara from beside Kankuro. He had been in and out of the match since he tended to talk to Keyomi from time to time.
Arena
"Aw c'mon, what so bad about calling your dad names that he deserves. Actually there is no work to describe him, he's just pathetic for what he did" said Naruko with a confident smirk.
"Enough of this!" shouted Neji as his anger boiled over before charging the blonde girl at speeds most regular genin couldn't follow. Naruko smirked and stood still as he neared her and within three feet he had already had his palm open and channeled chakra but the next thing he knew he was upside down and high in the air. What he had missed was quick leg sweep and Naruko grab his ankle and throw him high into the air. Quickly following being air born he was face to face with Naruko but her eyes had changed to some strange doujutsu he had never seen and before he knew it he was kicked in the stomach and she disappeared again. Not a second later he felt a hard punch to his back before a round house to the head and to end it off a hard elbow to the back, sending him crashing into the arena floor.
Naruko landed next to the unmoving Neji and used her foot to roll him over to see him barely awake and a blood pouring down his face from a broken nose.
"Do you get it now? First you thought fate ruled the world so I showed you that I could easily end the match if I so chose. Then I decided to give you a little help in some shinobi rules, one being controlling your emotions on the battle field. The second part of that was showing you that closure in your life is good, talk to the clan head and ask about your father and see what really happened and don't believe whatever people told you. I know it's a bit unorthodox method but I hope beating some sense into you helped you realize what you need to fix before you can really become good" said Naruko. Neji didn't respond, he only lay there and stare at the sky as he sorted through many memories of his about what she talked about. Naruko gave him a last glance before walking off into the contestants stand but half way across the arena Genma jumped down next to Neji before speaking.
"Winner Naruko Uzumaki!" shouted Genma as the stadium full of people clapped in respect to her and the skills both displayed. Naruko ignored the crowd and walked up the stairs and into the contestants box but once she had made it in she looked forward to see Naruto's doujutsu flaring and an immense pressure fell on her and she forced herself to stay up but only barely.
"You used hiraishin even though I had told you not too. You know that it needs to be kept under wraps since they don't have your face but now everyone will know who it is" said Naruto through the mental link.
"I-I'm sorry…I forgot about it for a second" responded Naruko in a strained voice even through the mental link. Naruto sighed and the pressure seemed to disappear as his doujutsu disappeared and Naruko let out a breath she didn't know she had before walking to stand beside him.
She bowed to him and spoke "Forgive me master, I forgot about not being able to use that move. I will accept any punishment you deem fit."
Naruto looked to her and placed a hand on her shoulder "You deserve no punishment for something as petty as that but I would like to see you try harder at remembering what is allowed and what is not. I hope this brief talk will help you remember a bit but if you need more help I shall step in." Naruko lifted up her body and nodded her head as she understood the underlying threat, remember what she was supposed to use and what not to use or more powers would be sealed away, leaving her no way of getting to them without him knowing of the seal breaking himself.
"I will take care of it master, thank you" said Naruko as she looked down, refusing to meet his gaze. He held her chin up and she looked at him and was surprised to see no anger in his eyes.
"Keep your head high, do not fret over such frivolous things that will not affect the future greatly. I apologize for acting in such a harsh way and I will do better to not do that again. Now stand by me and let's watch the next match" said Naruto and Naruko nodded her head before he turned and stood near the railing and Naruko did the same but leaned on it with her hands. She felt something touch her hand and looked down to her left hand to see Naruto had interlocked his fingers with hers while he watched the arena floor. Naruko blushed a bit at the forwardness of it but simply squeezed his hand in return before setting her eyes back to the field.
Arena
"Winner Temari by default" said Genma as he stared in awe at the boy. He had planned everything so well and was only a few steps away from winning but he simple gave up in all honesty. Shikamaru walked off and Temari followed suit after getting over her own shock and a few minutes later Siera and Gaara stood across from each other.
"You know this is simply for show" said Gaara, knowing he was completely out classed in strength. All he got in response was a small nod of her head signaling a simple yes.
"Are both of you ready?" asked Genma and the two nodded their heads.
"Begin"! shouted Genma before jumping out of the way. As soon as he announced that Siera pulled out a scroll and opened it before placing a hand on one of the many seals and a cloud of smoke appeared before she pulled out an object that was easily identified as a scythe. A simple black scythe but a ninja could tell it was chakra conductive metal so she could send large shapes at an opponent or make the blade sharper.
Gaara remained impassive as he let his gourd dissolve into sand and flow around him before he sent a few shurikens made of sand at her. Siera simple deflected them with her scythe or dodged them but after dodging the last one they formed together and launched a large shuriken from behind her. Gaara thought it might have worked but he forgot about the sound it made and when she heard it she channeled chakra into her scythe and swung, creating a small wave of blue chakra that dissolved the sand.
Gaara, realizing that he couldn't use such small tactics and decided to initiate the plan before all the sand around him formed an extremely dense ball.
"He's using that already?" asked Temari and only got silence from the rest of the occupants but as they watched no one noticed shadows slowly moving around them.
Siera stared impassively as an eyeball of sand formed above the dome of sand and the sand rippled a bit before hardening and condensing its self before becoming still. Remembering the plan she charged the dome and received no resistance before getting within five feet and the resistance was only spike from the sand. She easily dodged them and sent a swing at it with her scythe only for it to bounce off, causing her to jump back to avoid sustaining any injuries.
'So I have to work for it huh?' thought Siera before channeling enough chakra into the blade to cause it to vibrate and glow blue.
"Kazekage, do you think your son will win?" asked Hiruzen. He knew it was really Orochimaru thanks to Naruto and his group but he had to be sure and asked a question.
"Yes, I am positive my son will win" said the 'Kazekage.' The hokage's eyes narrowed a bit, the Kazekage had never once referred to his son as his son, only his child or a boy. The hokage made a small hand signal to anbu who in turn prepared for an assault and sent the hawk signal to warn all konoha ninja.
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Kakashi looked to the sky and saw the hawk and focused back on the match while thinking to himself.
'I need to help stop this invasion then get my lord out of here and help the others as well. Gaara will cover our escape but we need to make sure it's right after the invasion's forces have been destroyed.'
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Siera waited till her chakra had covered the blade completely before swinging the scythe in a large arc, causing a crescent shaped wave of chakra to be sent out at the dome. As soon as it hit dust and sand flew everywhere, covering what happened inside. Before the dust had even settled an unsettling feeling filled the arena and the next words were horror for all those hearing.
"BLOOD! OH GOD IT'S MY BLOOD!" shouted Gaara from in the stadium before yokai filled the arena, causing many jonin and chunin to stand at the ready. Orochimaru cursed under his breath before throwing a smoke bomb and grabbed the hokage before bolting off to the top of the large building they stood on.
Naruto looked to the arena to see the dust settle and see his two subjects unharmed in anyway and let out a small sigh of relief knowing the plan had gone well and was about to move only to feel a bit of resistance.
"I can't let you guys go anywhere" said Shikamaru from behind them. Naruto turned his head slowly to him and looked him dead in the eye, both sizing each other up before Shikamaru realized it was pointless and figured he wouldn't cause harm so let his shadows retreat.
"I'll just go sleep somewhere" said the Nara before walking off and Naruto turned back to the stadium before looking to Naruko.
"Help the borders while the rest protect the arena and under no circumstances are you to leave the village walls. I will be with the hokage fighting off that snake" said Naruto before stepping onto the railing and jumping towards the building in one massive but slow leap.
"You heard him, get your brother and clean this place up. I want to leave as soon as there done up there" said Naruko before disappearing to one of the hiraishin seals close to the border of the village.
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Naruto arrived next to the hokage right as four men surround them and a large rectangular and purple barrier surrounded them.
"Don't touch the barrier, it sets anything it touches on fire in an instant" said Naruto as he watched Orochimaru.
"Why hello Naruto-kun, how have you been?" asked Orochimaru in a cheery tone.
Naruto's eyes narrowed "You caused someone close to me to become hurt, for that you shall pay."
"Ah, well first I want to give both of you a surprise" said Orochimaru before slamming his hand on the ground and a coffin slowly arose with the kanji for one on it shortly followed by one with the kanji for two. As the third emerged it was covered in earth before a seal appeared on the earth, igniting the coffin and destroying any and all inside.
"Thank you for the seal, Naruto" said the aged hokage as he threw away his cloak to show his battle uniform. Orochimaru smirked and the coffins popped open, revealing the first and second hokage's who in turn walked slowly out before they came to life.
"Hiruzen is that you?" said the first hokage in surprise, only to get a nod of the other kages head.
"I believe you are….. I don't know. You seem similar to that man I fought while I was alive" said Hashirama.
"Raizel-sensei?" asked Naruto, knowing he arrived during that time period.
"Yes, that's it! He asked me to make this scroll and in return he would fight me since Madara was no longer around to spar with. Man, I didn't stand a chance against him and I could tell the moment he blocked my attack. He stopped anything I threw at him with his bare hands and showed no signs of effort in stopping them then destroyed all my jutsu with blood before simple uttering a word and forcing me to my knees. A true noble man I might add to, nice, clean, humble and very well mannered" said Hashirama.
"Are you that boy he said that would get his powers?" asked Tobimara and Naruto nodded his head slowly.
"Haha splendid! I'll get a rematch and Tobimara can have a go as well if you don't mind" said the undead first hokage.
"I do not mind" said Naruto and Hashirama patted Tobimara on the back.
"You go first, I'll face him when he undoes that seal of his" said the kage before his younger brother walked forward and Hiruzen stepped back since he knew it wasn't his fight at the current moment.
"What element do you specialize in?"
"I can use water to your degree and my control of wind is the same" said Naruto and a rare smile crossed the kages face.
"Can you use jutsu without any names?"
"I only say them for those within A-rank and above now" said Naruto before the air seemed to become humid. The next thing they knew two water dragons appeared out of nowhere and seemed to wrestle for domination before Naruto channeled Ice chakra to it's fangs which allowed it to kill the other water dragon. Once Tobimara's water dragon had dispersed Naruto's turned its head to the second hokage and flew at him.
Tobimara went through hand signs and water started to swirl around him before speaking "Suiton: Suishōha(Water Release: Colliding shockwave)!" Water swirled into a large vortex and around him and the dragon tried to bite down on it only for it to disperse as the water flew forward and destroyed the dragon while going towards Naruto.
Naruto held out his hand and spoke "Futon: Kazenokami no tate(Wind Release: Wind God's Shield)!" The water came within a few inches and it seemed to disperse and flow around in invisible barrier but as the water disappeared Naruto spoke again.
"Futon: Daitoppa(Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)" said Naruto before the wall seemed to shoot out at the three men across the field at great speeds.
"Be prepared, the first is going to step in. Orochimaru has implanted seal tags into the men and they will attack us until we subdue or seal them so I will give you a hiraishin kunai so if anything happens just channel chakra to it. I will fight the first, you take on the second and try to seal the second then do the same for Orochimaru" said Naruto as he handed a kunai to Hiruzen who pocketed the weapon before summoning Enma. Enma transformed into a staff only second after large tree's formed from under the roof and grew all around them, causing them to separate and Naruto took to the open left side while Hiruzen followed Tobimara into the trees.
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Naruto landed on the roof and Hashirama landed close to fifty feet away from him before he spoke.
"I'm sorry about all this, I assume you have fused with Raizel and I know he preferred peace, not fighting like we are now. If I could I would stop but I assume with that strange looking doujutsu you already saw what happened and you know what's going to happen."
"I know, do not apologize. I may have a few ways to stop this from escalating too much" said Naruto before he slowly let his power, not chakra but power or aura seep out and flood the box putting everyone on alert.
Naruto's eyes glowed red "You are the first hokage so I will show you the power gifted to me by Raizel-sensei. I do not have time to fight with my own chakra, I must end this for I have an agenda to keep." Naruto grabbed the cross earring seal on his left ear and pulled, forcing the chain it hung from to break and the cross slowly broke before his power exploded outward and a beam of bright red energy shot upward, piercing the seal and the clouds above.
All within the village felt the massive spike in power and none more so than Naruto's group who all looked to the purple box with worry.
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Hashirama looked on with awe as the beam of energy dissipated and he felt the power burst slowly stop and level out at a level far above what Raizel was at.
"How are you stronger than him?" asked Hashirama.
"I was once the jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi and the power I gained from her stayed. Another reason is I was given Raizel's powers from when he was at full strength but when you fought him he was close to half of that."
"That explains quite a bit, I wonder how much you have changed from your sensei" said Hashirama before he flew through hand signs.
"Mokuton: Mokuryū no Jutsu(Wood release: Wood dragon)!" shouted the hokage as wood seemed to appear from the ground and create a large dragon made completely of wood. It flexed its wooden claws before shooting off at Naruto who remained still as the large dragon approached him.
Naruto held out his hand to the dragon, his palm facing forward as it slammed into him in a mass of dust and debris from the collision. Hashirama was not surprised at all to see the dragon had been stopped by Naruto as blood circled around it before creating large spikes, killing it instantly before it revered to shriveled up pieces of wood.
"So it seems your powers are just as great as Raizel's and since they are I can instill a mission for you. I had known that one day I would be used to be summoned by my brothers jutsu so I have a request for you. I would like you to seal or restrain this body my soul was put into and stop this horrid jutsu before Tobimara uses any more power. I know you do not like to fight so I hope you do know of a way to seal us."
"I will, I was planning to end this fight soon so I do not use any more power than needed" said Naruto before seals seemed to shoot out of the ground and wrap around his arms and ankles, sending the kage to his knees. Once he was on his knees more seals seemed to shoot out from the ground and grab his neck in six different places, anchoring him to the ground indefinitely.
"I see you have been studying Mito's notes, only she was able to create such things without even writing them first" said Hashirama.
"I did not write these, Naruko did. I knew a battle would happen so I had her write these all around the roof and cast a small genjutsu so no one could see them. Now I believe I have talked long enough so I must be leaving."
"Go quickly, it's not good to keep people waiting" said the first hokage before Naruto nodded his head to the man and left, only his after image was seen fading away.
"Ha, beaten by a kid half my age. Mito's going to chew me out when I tell her about this one" said Hashirama as he closed his eyes and used his sensing ability to watch the rest of the match occurring on the other side of the roof.
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Hiruzen was holding his own if only barely against the second hokage. Any jutsu he sent at him was washed away while the water was sent straight at him and if he tried to get close he would get slammed by water from all sides. Going for one last try he ran at the kage but with his chakra so low he didn't use any to sense around him which left his back open from any attack which Tobimara used, creating a small spike of water that shot straight at the third hokage. Before it got within a foot of him a thin wall of blood covered his back, stopping the water spike with ease and making Hiruzen stop before looking to the left to see Naruto walking out of the tree line.
"So your with the first is already over?" asked Hiruzen in surprise.
"Yes, I used seals to pin him down as not to have a full scale battle with the man. That battle would cause me to use more power than I need so I used special seals to pin him there so we wouldn't have to fight. Needless fighting leads to needless injuries" said Naruto, hinting at his abilities weakness. He may have the ability to govern blood but just like Raizel it was a weakness just as an offense. It slowly took away your life force when using the powers because such great power must come at a sacrifice and it was a sacrifice he did not need to make when there were other options.
"My My Naruto-kun is quite the resourceful one" said Orochimaru, genuinely surprised at how quickly he put down the first hokage but the art of sealing is powerful thing so he was not to surprised.
"Naruko is just as resourceful as I am" said Naruto, hinting at his failed seal he put on her.
"I must agree, she destroyed the seal on her but I assume it was simply the will power she possesses just like you." Naruto would have said more but he had to hold out a hand as a shark made of water flew at him from Tobimara but once it touched his hand he simple flicked his hand downward which caused the shark to disperse.
"Hiruzen, I will give you an opening at Orochimaru, it will be small but you should be able to stop him with that time" said Naruto as Hiruzen nodded his head and readied himself. Seals shot out of the ground once again and pinned Tobimara down just like Hashirama but now with Tobimara on his knees and Naruto standing next to Hiruzen he now could see Orochimaru.
"Those are some interesting eyes you have" said Orochimaru before they glowed bright red. Orochimaru's smirk slowly left as he lost all control of his body before his sensei charged him and preformed the hand signs Orochimaru would never hope to see.
"Shiki Fujin!(Dead demon consuming seal)!" shouted Hiruzen before the feeling of death seemed to fill the air as the image of the Shinigami appeared behind him. A blue body seemed to form in front of the death god before the gods hand went through Hiruzen and embedded itself into Orochimaru's stomach.
"W-why….y…you" said Orochimaru as he struggled to stay standing.
"I may not be able to seal all of you in my old age but I can stop you from creating any jutsu ever again" said Hiruzen before he started to apply more chakra causing the death god to pull out his soul faster and faster. It had only barely started when it the soul stopped moving and the death god seemed to eat the partial soul of only the arms before disappearing and Hiruzen's body fell to the ground.
'That was rather….quick and anti-climatic' thought Naruto before he noticed the seal go down and the four holding it up move towards him.
Right before they got to him Orochimaru looked him in the eyes again and Naruto's eyes glowed as he spoke "Kneel." Not even a second later he was slammed to the ground on his knees by an invisible force as he looked into the eyes of the blond haired man.
"Remember this well, I am leaving alive simple on a whim. You hurt someone close to me and for that I should kill you but I don't have the time to waste energy on you. So if anyone in my group is harmed or even crosses your path they will kill you faster than you can blink and be wary snake for the fox has its eyes on you" said Naruto before looked to the barely alive third hokage and offered a silent prayer before he disappeared in a swirl of blood.
Orochimaru felt his breathing return to normal as he was carried out of the village thanks to his four body guards and as he was carried it gave him time to think.
'What could that boy do to me to cause that to happen? Not even the sharingan could make me kneel with such ease, I will continue with my plans but I must stay away from Naruto and his group. At least until Sasuke is powerful enough for me to absorb and take him on and show him my mighty ocular powers!'
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Naruko let out a bored sigh as she dodged another strike and kicked said attacker into a building in front of her. The ninja that were outside of the arena were nothing more than cannon fodder, high genin to mid chunin at best and she assumed it was because they were just distractions anyway.
Sensing a few coming from behind she summoned two kunai and turned but as she turned something happened, a good portion of her power left her and she coughed up a bit of blood. The invading ninja kept going and went to attack her only to be set ablaze as Naruko shot a large ball of fire at the two. Even a C-rank jutsu like that took a toll on her already low reserves causing her to lean against the wall, using it for support as she tried to plan out her next move.
"Well what do we have here?" said a voice from above her. She looked to the roof to see a man in anbu gear but his mask was no longer on, showing his large grin.
"What do you want?"asked Naruko, in her mind she was cursing her luck at being found in such a state.
"Nothing much" said the anbu before he appeared in front of her with his arm near her head "Just you." Before he could say anymore a fist impacted his face so hard Naruko heard the breaking of his jaw bone and the snapping of his neck before he was sent flying into a wall. Naruko looked to her left and to her shock there stood the Toad Sanin Jiraiya.
"Well if it isn't Naruto's girlfriend or should I say the new black flash? Haha! I never expected to see you, let alone save you. All funny business aside, what's wrong?"
"Before I even answer that you need to tell me how you know Naruto."
"Simple, I taught him the rasengan and gave him the notes on hiraishin when he was just a boy. He took to them like a fish to water, got the basics down in less than six months before I left. I keep in touch but this past year I was deep under cover and in a few battles so I didn't have time to send him any letters or clones so I came here to say Hi but it seems things have changes. I assume you got that crazy scientist guys power and he got that noble that can control blood?"
"Yeah, and for why I'm sick I assume you know already. It's similar to what happened to Naruto but it seems mine is acting differently or more violently since I am technically a different person so it's purging the holy chakra as well as any of Naruto's chakra that ended up inside me when I was created" said Naruko.
"So in a sense it's completely ridding you of Naruto's chakra and making you your own being in soul and energy?"
"Yes, I assumed this would happen just not so soon" said Naruto who arrived in a swirl of blood next to Jiraiya.
"What do you need me to do?" asked Jiraiya.
"Go to the hokage near the kage box, he had a few more minutes left in him after he preformed the death reaper seal to take away Orochimaru's use of his arms. I will help you find a new hokage if you must search, just send me a message and I will meet you wherever you prefer." Jiraiya looked shocked before he nodded his head and disappeared in a shunshin, going his fastest to his dying kage.
"Master…why did you not stay with him?"
"I was not close to the man but we had said our goodbye's yesterday, knowing he was most likely not going to make it out of there alive in his old age. Besides you are my top priority and we need to leave as quickly as possible now that the fighting has died down. Seira, and Kakashi are already fighting their way to the gate to make a clear path for us while Gaara and his siblings have already left to their home village. Can you move on your own?" asked Naruto and Naruko nodded her head as she pushed of the wall only to fall the other side but Naruto caught her and picked her up in his arms before taking off.
"I'll take that as a no" said Naruto with a small smile as Naruko laughed a bit before she frowned.
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto.
"I won't be of any use to you for some time master" said Naruko as she realized her weakness would only get worse and she would not be up and moving for at least a week.
"You are always of use to me as long as you are alive, Naruko-chan."
"Thank you….Naruto-kun" said Naruko as she laid her head on his chest before passing out right as they arrived to Kakashi and Seira standing near an unattended hole in the wood barrier of the village.
"Is Naruko ok?" asked Kakashi as he took her from Naruto.
"Yes, she is just suffering from the purge as I had a while ago. She will be well enough to walk in a week but it will take close to a month before she is a full strength once again. We need to get to Uzu so Naruko can rest so I will lead the way there." Without waiting for a reply Naruto took off through the gate and headed north east to the edge of Mizu and Konoha where the island of the Uzumaki's still sits.
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They had been traveling for over five hours as they closed in on the last few hours before reaching the ocean when Naruto stopped, causing the other two to stop as well and look ahead to see two people they had not wished to see.
Itachi and Kisame, two of the strongest members of the Akatsuki stood in a large grassy clearing. Both seemed mildly surprised to see the group but Kisame gained a large smirk.
"Well it seems we found our target rather easily Itachi" said Kisame as Itachi remained impassive.
"What are you doing here Itachi? I said we would meet at a later date" said Naruto as his eyes glowed red for a brief second. Yes, Naruto knew Itachi for quite some time, after all as he was making his way through the bingo book the hokage had asked him to help with exterminating the Uchiha. Being an academy student by official ranking he complied willingly after some money incentive was added and he helped take care of the stronger and more rebellious members of the clan that wanted to cause problems.
After that day both had agreed on a secret partnership, Itachi would do his best to keep the Akatsuki off of his back while Naruto kept most of the konoha off of his back but recently after learning of the plot of Orochimaru's along with Sasuke going crazy and the kages high chance of death Naruto asked Itachi to join him at his new home in Uzu. Itachi accepted, once the hokage who had instilled the order of him joining died he was thinking of leaving and trying to help his little brother but his plan was falling apart as his brother fell deep into the darkness. However with Naruto's offer of joining him and thwarting Orochimaru's plan for Sasuke he may regain his brother once again and having someone with a level head to serve.
"I had not planned to meet here as I had no knowledge of you taking this path to Uzushiogakure. Forgive me, my lord" said Itachi as he bowed his head and confused Kisame more and more.
"What the hell is going on here! Itachi, why are you acting like this all of a sudden!?" asked Kisame as he put a hand on the hilt of his sword.
Itachi looked at him, sharingan blazing "Fool, you think I would serve a man with such a twisted view for the future of the world?" Kisame was shocked, a man he thought as a friend and looked up too was something different than what he believed in. However as Kisame's anger grew he realized something, Itachi was right in saying that their leader had an extremely twisted view of peace and he also knew anyone Itachi followed had some view of peace seeing as how Itachi preferred peace. He had only joined hoping to create a better life for blood line users and others similar to them so nothing like the civil war in Mizu happened again but he was slowly realized he was turning into Yagura. Someone who hunted down those who were different for his own twisted beliefs.
Kisame sighed and let go of his sword "If you chose to follow this man then I shall do the same. Any man you follow must have a good goal for this world and I want create something good for this war torn world even if I do act a little different than others."
"My goal is to use the powers I have gained to protect the people of this world and the Akatsuki are doing the opposite of what I am trying to do. They are attempting to brink something back to oppress everyone while I want to simple protect them if necessary and let them chose their own destiny" said Naruto.
Kisame seemed to think about what he said for a few second before speaking "That sounds alright to me. I can't really ask for anything more than that since it's basically what I want, freedom for all but someone to watch over them at the same time. If you don't mind I would like to join your group, help you with whatever I can in anyway." (Yes, I made Kisame nice in this one. I feel like he did want to do good but in his own twisted way like Madara. That and I think Kisame would follow Itachi almost anywhere.)
"You may but we will discuss this at a later date. We have a sick person that must be transported to Uzushio so she may rest" said Naruto. Once he finished talking he, along with the others, continued on to their new home.
Well that's chapter 6 of Legend of the Noblesse. I hope everyone enjoys this and I will try to update sooner than later like I have been recently. Have a good day and please review! :D