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Summary: The Jubi still existed with great power, though sealed into the Moon, and she wished to leave behind as legacy as her soul started to fade away. Using her power, she sealed all of it into the newborn Jinchuriki Naruto. Her power, all the bloodlines in the world along with their secrets, and a piece of her soul that would guide him into using it all before it too faded.
Warnings: Powerful!Feminine-ish!Naruto. (Eventual)MadaNaru
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Chapter Seven
Team Seven made their way into the forest, jumping from branches and off trees, for the next hour until they came across a nice clearing. Naruto stated this would be a good place to make camp for the following four days, and his team agreed. Naruto extended his radius out while Sakura was setting up traps, and Sasuke was keeping watch. Naruto was checking through his scrolls and placing two scrolls by the prepared fire food that was gathered so that they wouldn't have to later. The two scrolls held kitchen supplies and food - he had packed two sets of them so that he could put one in a camp and carry one with him - so that if the two got hungry they had that if he wasn't around, seeing as he was going to head out and search for a team.
"I'm heading out.", Naruto stated.
"Remember the password?", Sasuke asked.
"Of course!", he smirked.
"Where are you going? Shouldn't we stick together?", Sakura frowned.
Naruto rolled his eyes, tossing their scroll - Earth - to Sasuke who caught it.
"I'm going to look for any teams that have the scroll we need. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I have my clones along with tons of weapons.", Naruto promised.
"Still...", Sakura frowned.
"If he can handle Zabuza, he can handle any team here.", Sasuke stated.
"But that was when he was out of control!", Sakura insisted.
"I've learned to control it. The only way for it to get a hold of me now is if I get pissed off and I let it take me over, otherwise I'm fine.", Naruto promised, jumping high up into the trees, ignoring Sakura's muffled answer as he got higher and higher. Eventually he was out of the range of booby traps Sakura had set up which had stopped five feet from the tops of the trees. He reminded himself to commend her on it later, before jumping over and landed out of the range of traps.
~o~0~o~
Naruto walked through the forest for an hour before he came across a team. He didn't bother looking at their hiate, but rather he saw three Earth scrolls and one Heaven scroll by their fire. Naruto brought his hands together and quickly went through a system of handseals, "Crystal Release: Binding Prison.", he whispered, moving his hands to circle the three talking teammates.
Crystal suddenly formed and tightened around each of them, forming a tight grip from their shoulders to their waist. Ha! It worked!
Naruto grinned and walked into the clearing, ignoring their screaming before Naruto picked up the Heaven scroll and gave them a wink. They screamed in outrage as Naruto vanished back into the trees. Once he was many feet away, he snapped causing the binds to break. After so, he moved off quickly away. Seeing as he got a Heaven scroll, he went to head back to camp.
"Hey, un!", shouted a voice.
Naruto frowned, turning around to see a hunch backed figure and blonde man standing behind him. They both wore black cloaks, designed with white-lined red clouds. Not only that - the blonde male's hiate had a scratch through it.
"Who are you?", Naruto growled.
"My name is Sasori, and this is Deidara.", the hunch back figure proclaimed, "We mean you no harm."
"Like I believe that.", Naruto snorted.
"We are from a organization called Akatsuki. Our leader told us to find you. He didn't tell us why, only that you are important for our mission. Our mission to get all of the Bijuu. He said that should tell you what we are.", Sasori stated.
Naruto frowned, before giving a sigh and sending a wave through his mental state to wake up Jubi.
'What is it-Why are the Akatsuki in front of you?', Jubi voice hissed.
'I was wondering that too. Should I trust them?', Naruto asked
'Yes. They won't harm you. They wouldn't dare.', Jubi said.
"What do you want?", Naruto asked.
"Our leader wanted us to give you this, un.", Deidara said, throwing over a scroll which Naruto caught.
Naruto frowned a bit before opening it to read;
Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki,
We are the Akatsuki. We are a group that wants to get all of the Bijuu and return their power to Jubi for in return she will help us for our mission to create an era of peace. The villages have been corrupted by their council and the best thing to do is to destroy them, and we Jubi's help with that. Let it be from the inside out there will be a war and Jubi's help would be needed. I know you are her Jinchuriki, that is why I've contacted you.
I request that you betray Konohagakure within the next six months and come to our base. You are highly important to our mission and cause, as well as Jubi. To explain to simply - we need you and Jubi's help. We will give you all the information you wish after you promise meet up with me a week after the second part of the Chunin Exams. I will find you, just make sure to be alone.
Leader of the Akatsuki
Naruto raised a brow, checking in with Jubi.
'He's the real deal. I'll tell you more on it later, though.', Jubi said.
"Tell him I agree to meet him.", Naruto stated, closing the scroll and throwing it back at them.
"Of course.", Sasori said, Deidara catching the scroll next to him.
"That's all, un! Can we go eat now, un?", Deidara turned to Sasori.
"Whatever brat. Lets go.", Sasori sighed.
The two vanished into the trees and Naruto didn't bother waited before he made his way back to his team.
~o~0~o~
Naruto came up to the camp, only to find it empty. He frowned, looking around. The booby traps were all gone, and his teammates had vanished. He sighed before spreading his radius out as far as he could. He found strong traces of chakra all over the campsite, before suddenly it seemed to trail off and vanish.
'I would tell you not to follow it, but I know you're going to anyway.', Jubi sighed.
'Damn straight I am.', Naruto returned, taking out his scroll containing the poisoned kunai. He unsealed them all, and put them into a pouch while sealing most of the normal kunai into the scroll that had been just used for poisoned kunai but had been emptied - you get the point.
He moved out, keeping his radius up, tracing the chakra trail. Minutes passed as it grew weaker before he heard the sound of cackling. Naruto came to another clearing to see a male holding Sasuke up by the front of his shirt. Sakura lay many feet away, knocked out with blood dying in her pink hair.
'Orochimaru, I'm guessing. It's easy to tell just by how he looks and how he's acting. He always had a obsession with the Sharingan so it doesn't surprise me he's messing with Sasuke.', Jubi said.
'You know everything, don't you?', Naruto sighed.
'I don't know everything.', Jubi returned.
Naruto sighed and didn't bother responding to that. He pulled out nine poisoned kunai before lacing ninja wire through them, tightening it around the hole in their handle. After doing so, he channeled chakra to his feet and jumped up onto the tree - running up the side.
"Oh? Their other teammate is back?", the man, Orochimaru, cackled. He dropped Sasuke for the moment, turning to watch Naruto in interest as suddenly he jumped off the tree.
"Oh, what is he doin-", he started, just before Naruto swung out the poisoned kunai tightened in the ninja wire. He was twisting it into the air before letting it fly loose towards Naruto.
Orochimaru sneered and made his way to dodge to the left.
"Fool.", Naruto snorted.
Orochimaru gasped in pain as only one of the kunai lodged into his shoulder. He winced before pulling them out, gripping the kunai before he dropped it in shock.
"Poison? How could I have fell for such a childish trick?", he hissed.
Naruto resisted the urge to comment at that.
'He obviously holds himself in such a high regard he's blind to tricks of someone he underestimates, such as me.', Naruto thought.
'He's a fool, truly. Most ninja's weakness is that their pride.', Jubi hummed.
"You brat. You'll pay for this.", Orochimaru snarled, still holding his bleeding his shoulder.
"Oh dear god I can't help it; Next time you fucking fool, try not to underestimate anyone. I hardly even know who you are and I think you're overestimated, you dumbass.", Naruto groaned.
Orochimaru sneered, glancing down at Sasuke with a smirk, "Good luck Sasuke.", he cooed before dodging off into the trees.
Naruto glanced at his teammates who were both laying on the ground before sighing. Damn.
~o~0~o~
After setting up a new campsite and creating new traps, Naruto spread out his radius just for insurance. After so, he took a seat by a trunk, leaning against it.
'Okay, so the information you've promised me?', Naruto asked.
'Madara Uchiha is the leader of the Akatsuki. I've told you before the reason why he's alive, and he's been trying to find a way to destroy Konohagakure since I gave him his Final Mangekyou Sharingan. All of the main villages are corrupt with their council, so he decided that destroying them all would be easier than eliminating the corruption as it will always exist. He wants to use my, soon to be yours, to destroy any forces that would come after the Akatsuki as he doesn't doubt a war as mentioned in the letter.', Jubi explained.
'Okay. What is up with Orochimaru?', Naruto asked.
'He created his own way of immortality. He devours the bodies of others that are compatible with him, gaining their power and body. He is immortal thanks to a technique but his body rots, so to keep in it shape he devours other bodies. Simple, no? He leaves curse marks on people that boosts their power but also taints their mind. I wouldn't doubt that there is a mark somewhere on Sasuke, most likely on his neck. He wants the Sharingan and if he gets Sasuke's body he'll get it.', Jubi said.
'Of course. Nothing can ever be simple.', Naruto groaned.
'Of course not.', Jubi smiled.
~o~0~o~0~o~
The next morning Naruto woke up. He immediately decided to bandage his teammates wounds and treat them seeing as he just left them yesterday.
He had found a mark on Sasuke's neck just as Jubi's neck, and was amazed by it. Despite his curiousity, he wrapped bandages completely around his lower neck and shoulder to hide the mark. It took him a few tries, but Jubi taught him how to heal the minor bruises and cuts on Sasuke's body. After him, Naruto moved over to Sakura where he bandaged her head that was obviously hit when she fell to the ground. Once again, it took him a few tries before he was able to heal any possible concussions.
While doing all of this, he mainly thought on how weird his life was. Some time during it Kyuubi was there, simply listening before he went and took a nap once again. After so, Naruto continued thinking about how his life was destined to be filled with drama and chaos. Lovely. He gave a sigh, sitting back.
He went over to the burning camp fire, and pulled off the eggs. He set up a plate, eating them quickly with a glass of water. He commended himself for packing food and kitchen supplies for everything so that he wouldn't have to leave the campsite in any way. Not only that, he has the Earth and Heaven scroll both safely hidden in one of his pouches.
~o~0~o~
Later that day, Naruto was carving into the tree a carving of a tree. You could easily tell he was bored.
'When are those two going to wake up? This is only the second day, but still.', Naruto thought with a sigh.
He continued to carve into the tree for the next few hours before he eventually decided to take a nap.
~o~0~o~0~o~
Two more days passed until it was only a day left, and Naruto was ready just to drag them back to the tower. He needed to become a chunin! He refused to be locked up in Konohagakure for another year. Just as he finished making lunch, right before he was going to drag them off, when he heard a groaning.
"N-Naruto? Where are we?", Sakura's voice asked, shocked.
"I was able to find you with that guy. You had a concussion but I was able to heal it.", Naruto stated, "Lunch?", he offered.
"S-Sure.", Sakura nodded, standing up and limping over to him where he handed her a plate.
"I bet you're sore.", Naruto smirked, "Well, if you're waking up Sasuke should be up soon. We'll wait another hours until I just carry him.", he said.
"Last thing I remember is being knocked out of a tree, and that guy biting Sasuke-", Sakura started.
"It's fine. I checked everything over.", Naruto promised.
"Oh...okay.", Sakura nodded.
~o~0~o~
After packing up the camp, Sasuke woke up to leaning against a tree trunk.
"Wonderful, you're up! Can you walk?", Naruto asked.
"Where the hell were you?", Sasuke glared.
"Oh, shut up. I had gotten the scroll we needed while you two were getting yourselves killed. I was able to stop him though, had to poison him but I have no doubt he's alive.", Naruto explained.
Jubi had told him that Orochimaru was alive no doubt thanks to help of a Medic, seeing as he would no doubt have a very good one on his side to help him get new bodies and make sure he could devour them and have them be used as a good one. Naruto would have to wait much longer before he could kill Orochimaru without a doubt. He needed for strength, or for at least a better chance for him to be alone so he could use his crystal otherwise he would lose.
"Okay...what the hell happened?", Sasuke frowned, bringing a hand up to his neck.
"I came back to camp to see him choking you, and Sakura knocked out with a bloody head. There was a huge hole in the traps, that's how I knew you guys were attacked.", Naruto explained.
"I still don't get why he attacked us.", Sakura sighed.
"Who knows?", Naruto shrugged, helping Sasuke stand up.
"We need to head out now, or else we're going to be late. I made sure our camp was very close to the tower, so we only need to go less than a mile before we reach it. It'll take up an hour but we'll get there in time.", Naruto said.
"The scrolls?", Sasuke asked.
Naruto pulled the two out, showing him them.
"Good. Lets get going.", he nodded.
His two teammates stared at him before nodding. In a quick motion, the three rushed off to the tower.
"He will meet you.", stated a blue-haired female, nodding towards the black haired male.
"Of course, I guessed that much.", the man hummed, "Tell Pein to have Deidara and Sasori stick around Konohagakure until Naruto betrays them officially. I want to make sure he will be protected from any harm."
"Why are you going so far, if I may ask?", she asked.
"We need to protect the Jubi at any cost. We can't lose him, because if we do we'll lose the Jubi until she reforms. With a Jinchuriki, it's easier to get the Bijuu to her.", the man sighed.
"On another topic, what about Orochimaru?", he asked.
"He was poisoned by Naruto.", she stated.
"He was able to heal himself for now but apparently the poison affected him heavily, and there are still traces in his system. That's all Deidara was able to pick up.", she added.
"Good. He's strong. In a few years, he will be powerful.", the man smirked, "You can leave.", he added smoothly.
The woman didn't say a thing but bow before vanishing.
"Soon...my plans will go into action. Only three years until it all truly starts.", he hummed.
~o~0~o~
"What do you mean there is no available cure?", Orochimaru growled at the cloaked figure by him.
"I was able to get rid of most of the toxins with herbs and by getting you a body that will last for a bit, but it will slowly spread through your system until we can find the correct herb or get rid of it using a transfer of bodies repeatably in a short period of time. I say you have three and a half years with this body before you need to transfer again.", the figure said.
"Of course.", Orochimaru snarled, "Start finding bodies for me to devour before Sasuke's then in three years time."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru.", the figure bowed.
~o~0~o~
"Our little boy is growing up you know.", Kushina said, watching as team after team entering the tower.
"I know.", Minato returned.
"I hope he makes the right choices.", Kushina added.
"What are you implying?", Minato sighed.
"Depending on how well he does for the preliminaries, we should let him back out on C-Rank missions with his team as to not hold him back. He'll grow to resent us if we continue trying to control him.", Kushina sighed.
"No matter how much that to say you're right, you're right.", Minato sighed.
"Of course I am.", Kushina snorted, earning another snort from her husband.
"Shush you.", she glared.
"I wonder how they're going to do.", Minato said, watching just as his son and his team entered the room.
"I know my son is going to be great.", Kushina returned.
"His two teammates seem injured but he's perfectly find.", Minato frowned.
Kushina frowned as well, watching as Sakura limped while Sasuke had bandages wrapped up his neck, but Naruto looked completely unharmed and healthy. His eyes were scanning the room with a scan, especially when he noticed the couple his frown grew. He watched them for a few seconds before nodding to himself and walking a bit faster to find himself once again between his friends.
"Sometimes it seems he's talking to somebody.", Minato said.
"What if the seal is weak, and the Kyuubi is talking to him?", Kushina gasped.
"Nonsense.", Minato sighed, "If you worry so much, I'll check it over."
"Well, it's possible! I mean, you were supposed to die at the sealing...", Kushina hissed.
"Calm down. We'll talk about this later.", Minato promised.
Kushina breathed deeply, in and out - in and out, before nodding.
~o~0~o~
Naruto glanced over at his teammates as they entered the room they were instructed to definitely weren't the first as were six other teams present. He looked around, spotting his parents were off to the side talking. He frowned, staring at them as he stopped walking and simply stood there.
'Uggh...I slept too much.', Kyuubi groaned.
Naruto resisted the urge to roll his eyes at that, 'Why do you think they're here?'
'Maybe for a announcement?', Jubi hummed, curious herself.
Naruto nodded in agreement before quickly catching up with his friends as they got into the group of genin.
He watched as his father came up in front of them, smiling.
"My name is Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. We've been informed that there are seven teams left, too many for the final rounds. Thus we will be holding a preliminary fight. Names will be selected on a random order, so that in the end only half of you will continue on. I will be watching the exams so don't mind me, but my wife Kushina will be the instructor and host of the preliminaries and the final round though she is well beyond the ranking you are trying to achieve.", Minato smiled, "If you excuse me, she will explain the preliminaries."
He stepped back, allowing for Kushina to step forward, "My name is Kushina Uzumaki, and I will be your instructor. The rules for this 'pre-round' to say are simple. Rule one - You are not allowed to try to kill someone, or else you will be disqualified and banned from any following Chunin Exams. This will be enforced for many reasons.", she said.
Whispers broke out.
"How much this rule is so harsh because the Hokage's son is present?"
"No doubt"
Naruto glared at the random voices but didn't say a thing.
Kushina continued, "Rule two - You cannot use any techniques above A-Rank, but you can use B-Rank techniques just to be clear.", she said, "This is because most here are unable to go beyond C-Rank just yet, let alone A-Rank. That and we wish to minimize the damage."
More whispered before she continued once again, "Rule three - You are not allowed to have teammates help you by distracting your opponet, and you are not allowed to do anything more than to cheer fighting genin on, but even then try not to use anything too vulgar.", she smiled.
Many snorts and murmurs came out this time.
"For the preliminaries, the board will shuffle through names and randomly pin two people against each other. You can even be on the same team, so be prepared. Once you defeat your opponent, you are pushed to the next rounds. We understand that some of you may be tired, and to take numbers out of the large group of people we have, you are allowed to leave if you so wish and enter again next year.", Kushina said.
Silence before Kabuto raised his hand.
"I need time to rest, I'm too weak to continue.", he said.
"Of course. There are chunin waiting outside to guide you back to the village.", Kushina smiled.
Kabuto nodded and left, leaving the arena-like room in silence.
"Anyone else? No? Great!", Kushina smiled, "Are there any questions?"
Some murmurs came about, but no one raised their hand.
"Great! Ah, Minato you can go to the stands now.", Kushina turned to her husband who pouted.
"Front seat action is so much more fun-", he started, earning a glare.
"Stop acting childish just because you want to.", Kushina hissed.
"Got it.", Minato smiled, moving to go up the stairs. ANBU that were present followed him up the stairs to the stands.
"Anyways, the board will now shuffle names. If your names are called you will stay here, but if your name isn't you will go up to the stands.", Kushina explained, before turning to the board.
Suddenly, the board came to live and flashed through a list of names.
The first name to pop up with 'Sasuke Uchiha' and after a few seconds the name 'Yoroi AkadÅ.' came up.
"Good luck Sasuke.", Naruto told his teammate, before moving away to go up the stairs with the rest of the genin.
~ Authors Note ~
I feel as if I've rushed through this...I hope I didn't TT^TT
If I did, I apologize...
It seemed it took me forever to write this chapter, and I don't know why. I'm thinking it's because I was busy with lessons from school and total procrastination. Forgive me!
Anyways~ The next chapter will most likely be Sasuke's fight and Shino's fight. Yes, I'm doing it in the same order and basically same way as in the anime except for Naruto's fight for obvious reasons. The reason I'm going to write all of the fights is because I'm going to try to perfect my skills at writing fight scenes before the big stuff that's inching closer and closer! TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
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