Well there was no questions this time so yup Enjoy.
"Speaking"
"Thinking"
"Summons/ bijuu speaking"
"Summons/ bijuu thinking"
"Fire release: Great fireball technique"
Don't own Naruto.
"You ok there kid? You seem pretty out of it, even for a green Genin such as yourself seeing the outside world for the first time?" Asked a man besides Naruto, drawing the black haired kid's attention as he looked over towards the man.
Shaking his head, Naruto chuckled slightly before looking dead ahead of him once more, watching as the sky began to shift as the sun began to rise further up the sky.
"Oh it's nothing Genma-san… Just worried about how well Kasumi's going to do in her Genin test in a few hours is all. Don't worry I'm still focusing on the mission." Remarked Naruto as he gave the man beside him a glance.
Brown shoulder length hair, bandana forehead protector and a senbon sticking out of his mouth. That was the only truly noteworthy things about Genma, as he, along with the rest of the older shinobi, seemed to wear an identical set of shinobi garbs, blue pants and shirt, along with the green Chunin vest.
Nodding, Genma looked back slightly before letting out a small sigh. Returning his glance back over towards Naruto, the man gave the kid a smirk.
"Seems like Raido, the guy with the weird weal-like scar is giving us the all clear sign. Remember to keep diamond formation. You, after all are leading the group as we say." Remarked the Chunin, getting a small nod from Naruto as he pushed himself up and moved alongside Genma back towards the group, where he saw Diane give him a small smile before returning her attention towards the leading squad member.
"I am more than ready to move once more Raido-san. Thank you for allowing me to have a small break." Replied the lady softly, getting a small bow from the leader of the group.
"It is no hassle Diane-sama. However, from this point on we should probably keep a moderate walking pace if we are to arrive at the capital just after midday. So if you do need a few more minutes, now would be the best time." Replied the man, only to get a wave from the miko attired woman.
"It is fine Raido-san. If I do get tired I'll just have to let Naruto-kun there carry me." Replied the woman with a giggle, getting a wide eye stare from Naruto before she giggled at his look, her eyes swimming with cheekiness.
"I'm only having fun Naruto-san. I will be more than capable of walking myself." Replied the woman, getting a small nod from Naruto as he coughed into his hand while the other members, snickered slightly.
Raido, glancing over towards his left towards the third and final member narrowed his eyes.
"Iwashi, have you finished your using your chakra pulse?" Asked Raido, getting a nod from the man with a small goatee.
"Hai Raido. I can confirm we have no one dear us for at least the next kilometre." Replied Iwashi, getting a nod from Raido, before giving a look towards the fire daimyo's daughter.
"Ok Diane-sama. We will be moving now." Replied the captain, getting a small nod from the lady as she stood herself up… Before walking towards the capital, all shinobi there moving into formation.
Raido taking the back, Iwashi the left, Genma the right and finally Naruto leading. Now while this was actually a quite controversial decision, leaving a Genin at the front in case of a direct attack, Raido would rather have a Genin see an enemy than have an inexperienced Genin try identify an attack from either behind them or the sides.
Of course while he knew who this particular Genin was, as the Hokage had briefed him prior, it would of course take him actually seeing the Genin's skills in person to confirm whether or not what he had heard was true.
However, as the group were walking ahead, Naruto was doing something else as he stared ahead.
[Detect – 3 Allies. 1 VIP. 44 Animals. 0 Threats.]
Nodding internally, the teen let out a brief sigh before glancing back over towards his teammates.
"I should have done this the moment I met with my team earlier, but I was a bit too distracted over Kasumi. Kami the girl will be fine during her exams, I trained her and taught her to be smart enough to." Thought Naruto mirthlessly before making eye contact with not only his squad mates, but also his charge.
[Observe]
Ignoring a massive junk of the stats, Naruto really only focused on his team members Rank, Lvl and of course…
Name: Raido Namiashi
Title: Special Jonin
Level: 52 [4900 EXP till next level]
Elemental Affinity: Fire Release. Earth Release.
Traits/Bloodlines:
[Hokage's special Guard: Allows user to use Hiraishin formation with Genma and Iwashi to teleport to the hokage in an instant]
[Primary Fire Release [Beginner]: Learning speed of Fire release techniques increased by 1.25x, techniques also 1.25x more powerful.]
[Secondary Earth Release [Beginner]: Learning speed of Earth release techniques increased by 1.1x, techniques also 1.1x more powerful.]
Techniques:
1: Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
2: Earth Style: Double suicide decapitation
3: Fire Style: Kenjutsu
4: Earth Style: Rock Armour
Jutsu. Or at least the most common jutsu the user uses. Of course, there were more to the Observe ability he let on, but he didn't need to read any of those stats at this point in time.
Name: Genma Shiranui
Title: Special Jonin
Level: 47 [200 EXP till next level]
Elemental Affinity: Water Release. Fire Release.
Traits/Bloodlines:
[Hokage's special Guard: Allows user to use Hiraishin formation with Raido and Iwashi to teleport to the hokage in an instant]
[Primary Water Release [Beginner]: Learning speed of Water release techniques increased by 1.25x, techniques also 1.25x more powerful.]
[Secondary Fire Release [Beginner]: Learning speed of Fire release techniques increased by 1.1x, techniques also 1.1x more powerful.]
Techniques:
1: Senbon no jutsu
2: Water Style: Water Bullet
3: Water Style: Water Clone
4: Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
And the final member of his team.
Name: Iwashi Tatami
Title: Chunin
Level: 45 [2300 EXP till next level]
Elemental Affinity: Fire Release.
Traits/Bloodlines:
[Hokage's special Guard: Allows user to use Hiraishin formation with Raido and Genma to teleport to the hokage in an instant]
[Primary Water Release [Beginner]: Learning speed of Water release techniques increased by 1.25x, techniques also 1.25x more powerful.]
[Barrier Ninja: Allows user to utilise barrier ninjutsu 2x faster than others.]
Techniques:
1: Chakra Barrier
2: Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
Taking in the information, Naruto gave the three a mental nod, noting that in terms of position Raido was indeed the strongest with Genma not being too far behind. Iwashi however, if what his bio told him was true, was usually with the konoha barrier squad most of the time, explaining why his skills were quite… Lacking for the better park.
"Still doesn't mean I should underestimate my teammates either." Chided Naruto internally as he returned his eyes back towards the trail in front of him… Before narrowing his eyes.
[Detect - 3 Allies. 1 VIP. 21 Animals. 12 Threats.]
Widening his eyes, Naruto couldn't help but internally gasp.
"12 thre-" Before Naruto could even finish his thoughts he sudden snapped his eyes towards his left, only to watch as Iwashi, Genma and Raido had already sprang into action, each shinobi fighting what appeared to be a small group of bandits...
However, his eyes didn't focus on them, but rather the non-descript bandit that was about to lay a hand on Diane…
Before of course he suddenly lost his hand, curiously of Naruto, who appeared in a blur of speed. It however didn't end there for the bandit as a snapping kick soon ended the man's life, Naruto's eyes immediately focusing on the surrounding environment before turning towards Diane and grabbing her and placing her in a bridal carry as he jumped out of the way of a kunai.
Dashing along the path, Naruto gritted his teeth. His passive detect now recognising more and more threats nearing him.
Oh well, all he needed to do was a suitable place to form a moderate defence then he could actually fight them off well.
Good thing he had read Raido's lips instructing him to find a safe position while they quickly dispatched the remaining bandits.
Gritting his teeth, the teen activated his sharingan as he watched the world gain a crimson tint, Naruto watched as the chakra coming from the bandits become visible.
"Shit. There's chakra surrounding both me and Diane here nearly in a perfect circle. If what I remember of the lands geometry is correct, there's a ravine not too far from here. If I can reach it, then I can use some water clones to form a protective barrier around themselves and Diane… But first I have to get there." Thought Naruto as his eyes shined as he began to pump chakra into his legs, dashing off towards the direction he had hoped he would find a ravine.
Thankfully, it seemed that Iruka's lectures had actually helped him as after a continuous dead sprint for over two minutes, Naruto did find a ravine and quite ahead of most of the bandits, leaving himself time to prepare something to help defend himself and Diane against the bandits.
"Diane-sama. I'm going to have you placed over across the ravine. Hopefully most of the bandits here should be swept away should they decide to cross the running water, however, if a few do get a cross I will be using everything in my arsenal to keep you safe. But I need you to trust me and follow my lead. Is that ok?" Asked Naruto, his voice serious as he jumped down into the ravine before water walking across the rushing water, safely making it to the other side.
Diane, who was in a rather shocked and disbelieved state at the moment, simply nodded. Her eyes having hadn't left Naruto's gaze from the moment of their escape.
"…Hai…" Muttered Diane, getting a small smile from Naruto as he slowly lowered the girl down, making sure to give her a quick check up on her health before standing up.
"Ok. Thank you Diane-sama." Spoke Naruto in a confident voice, his crimson sharingan eyes burning into her mind before he turned around and stared towards the forest where he knew the bandits where coming from.
"Looks like I can't fully rely on my detect ability. There was way more than a mere 12 threats. That much is certain… Good thing I have enough chakra to do what I'm planning to do." Muttered Naruto internally as he moved his hands into a cross.
[Kage bunshin] Spoke Naruto as he sent chakra into the technique, getting what appeared to be four poofs of smoke appearing besides him.
Waiting for the smoke to clear, Naruto nodded his head at the perfect duplicates before turning his eyes over towards the forest once more before quickly noticing his chakra.
HP: 32000
Chakra: 8000
Ok, that left each shadow clone at least 2000 Chakra points each. Meaning, they could use the barrier technique effectively.
"Ok, you know what to do. Get ready to make the [Four Waves Formation]. Remember, you have to make sure you do not let anything in. Unlike the Four violet flames formation, this technique doesn't damage anyone who touches it. It only holds them off." Remarked Naruto, getting a nod from the clones as one of them lead Diane back towards the ravines edge before the clones moved a few metres from each other before holding their hands in the sign for snake.
[Four Waves Formation] Shouted the shadow clones, each having a sudden blue aura of chakra appear around them before a compacted boxed barrier appeared, protecting the clones and Diane who were inside the barrier.
Seeing this, Diane widened her eyes as she gave Naruto, the real one, a shaken stare.
"What are you doing outside the barrier Naruto!" Shouted the woman, getting a small smile from Naruto as he returned his eyes back towards the forest.
"While the bandits cannot enter the barrier, should they attack it enough the clones will not only dispel, but so would the barrier. If I had to guess, the clones have a little over a quarter of chakra remaining… Meaning if the barrier takes too much damage and the clones need to provide more charka, they will eventually disappear… I… I have confidence in my abilities that I will be able to hold out for at least a little while as the rest of the team should be fine and on their way here." Relied Naruto softly, turning to give the woman a small smile, his crimson eyes, no longer holding the sharingan, shining brightly for a moment…
Before they suddenly grew darker as Naruto turned his head towards the forest, where he watched clusters of bandits move out from the trees, all with smirks on their faces.
Narrowing his eyes, Naruto glanced down towards the water just in front of his feet… Before smirking.
"Not even a day after getting it I'm considering using the Mangekyou… Oh well, may as well see how well my eyes are." Thought the teen with a mental chuckle… Before sending chakra to his eyes as he watched the sharingan appear… Before shifting its form.
To his immense surprise… He noticed something…
The design that had appeared…
Was eerily similar to Madara Uchiha's set of Mangekyou sharingan. Like Madara's eyes, his tomoe seemed to "open" itself up before the tomoe stretched to interlock each other so that the three tomoe had been connected. The difference was, rather than the tail end of the tomoe having connect to the opened tomoe, it was more like a perfect circle. As such, it was as if Naruto's Mangekyou had three open circles with a perfect circle connecting the three dots with his pupil being left as it was.
Deciding to ignore the similarities between his own Mangekyou and Madara's, Naruto watched as the bandits began to charge into the ravine, some being swept away by the currents and some managing to actually make some distance… Before Naruto brought his hands up.
[Water style: Wild Water Wave] Grunted Naruto as he drew air into his lungs… Before spewing forth a torrent of water towards the bandits, whom of which blinked in shock before suddenly being smashed back into the forest with most of them having snapped their neck or become crippled from the impact of the water wave that sent them flying.
However Naruto chose to ignore this in favour of going through another set of seals.
[Water Style: Water clone] Shouted Naruto as he slammed his hands into the ground, the ravine allowing him the ability to form four water clones with little to no chakra loss.
However, it was a mere moment after Naruto had created the clones that he, along with said clones, jumped away from the ravine before coming across what appeared to be a rouge Iwa shinobi.
At least if the scratch mark on the man's head said anything.
Narrowing his eyes, Naruto gave the man a quick look.
"Short spiky black hair, green eyes and a scar on his cheek. Standard Iwa headband slashed. Possibly the leader of the bandits if anything. He's also sporting the standard Iwa chunin attire as well. Long red shirt and pants covered up by a dark brown flat chunin vest most Iwa shinobi's wear. Ok, so he could either be a Chunin or Jonin. Can't take any chances here." Thought Naruto quickly before glancing over towards the forest, where more bandits seemed to appear.
Turning to his water clones, Naruto gave them a look that told them what to do, and within seconds the clones had jumped into the ravine, hoping to hold off the hoard of bandits.
"Are you sure you want to do that Konoha scum? After all you look like you're pretty worthless, even for a brat." Taunted the man, his voice deep and menacing as he gave the black haired kid a small smirk and stare… Before noticing his eyes…
Tilting his head a bit the man glared.
"Oh? What's this! An Uchiha huh? But what's with the freaky looking design. First I've ever heard of it, let alone seen it. Hey brat! If you tell me why your eyes look weird I'll promise to think about NOT killing you." Shouted the man, getting a glare from Naruto in return.
Smirking the older man simply shrugged, believing Naruto was too scared to speak up.
Naruto however…
Name: Tuchikani
Title: Iwa Missing Nin
Level: 49 [700 EXP till next level]
HP: 24500
Chakra: 7350
Stats:
STR: 350
DEX: 260
INT: 180
WIS: 155
WEP: 200
CHKC: 250
LUK: 20
Elemental Affinity: Earth Release.
Traits/Bloodline:
[Missing Nin: Gains 2x EXP after defeating enemy shinobi]
[Primary Earth Release [Advanced]: Learning speed of Earth release techniques increased by 2x, techniques also 2x more powerful.]
[Steel Release [Intermediate]: Learning speed of Steel release techniques increased by 1.5x, techniques also 1.5x more powerful. Speed of user is however halved when using Steel body techniques while strength is doubled.]
Information: Tuchikani is a former shinobi of Iwa, due to some complications in his last mission Tuchikani has decided to defect his village and becoming a Nuke-nin. From this point on he has mastered his Earth jutsu to master like levels, thus further increasing his Steel Release bloodline.
Techniques:
1: Earth Release: Earth Bullet
2: Steel Release: Impervious Armor
3: Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears
4: Steel Release: Steel Projectile.
"Shit. His strength is just above the root ANBU I had fought years ago. Alongside his strength already being tremendous, should he activate his steel release he may also increase his strength by two… I'm going to have to try stall him as best as I can. And wait for my teammates. Kami… This reminds me how outclassed I was back in my own timelines as a Genin." Thought Naruto with a glare as he reduced the amount of chakra in his eyes, reverting his Mangekyou to their regular three tomoe'd state, something the Iwa ninja picked up on.
"Oh? So there's a fourth level to those blasted eyes huh? Pretty surprised a brat like you could even unlock the famed doujutsu. Oh well, it doesn't matter much either way. Today you're going to die brat." Shouted the Iwa Nin as he finally had enough of the piece of Konoha trash.
Tensing, Naruto brought a kunai out of his waist before charging towards the ninja.
Within the span of seconds the two met, the Iwa Nin having tried burying his fist in the kids head while Naruto slid between the man's legs, making sure to have his kunai slice the back of the man's ankles, only to blink as his kunai scrapped the man's legs with sparks flying between his blade and the man's legs.
Noting this, the teen continued with his slide before twisting himself into a runners position while using his momentum to force himself to charge at the Iwa nin, who was giving him a dark grin as he threw out a wild backhand towards Naruto, Who once again saw the attack with his sharingan and reacted, this time by jumping into the air before latching onto the man's shoulders before forcing his kunai down towards the man neck… Before watching as his kunai shattered in his hand.
Widening his eyes, Naruto quickly forced himself away from the man as the Iwa Nin tried to take advantage of his shock and grab him.
Landing a few feet away from the ninja, Naruto glanced down towards his kunai handle before throwing it away, his eyes focused on the shinobi in front of him, who was now… Laughing?
"Ok. I'll give it too you kid. Your fast and have a brain. Trying to take out my ankles? Priceless. I remember back in my day when I had gotten attacked by my teammates in a similar way. From that point on I always made sure I knew how to defend myself." Laughed the Nin… Before his eyes gained a dark tint.
"Let's see how long you last brat." Spoke the man, his tone deathly serious, emphasis on the deathly part as the man charged towards Naruto.
Narrowing his eyes, Naruto also charged at the man. He couldn't allow himself to not be mobile as the moment he was caught by the man he was better off than dead.
The two shinobi met once more, Naruto dodging the man's punches while managing to lad a few light hits on the older shinobi, his eyes giving him the main advantages alongside his superior speed.
However that didn't mean much as the man gave the ground a hard stomp, causing him, Naruto, to tumble for a split second.
Said second cost him dearly as he felt his stomach cave in from a powerful punch the man had given him, sending Naruto up into the air… Where his ankle was grasped before being dragged down into the ground, burying Naruto's back and body in a small crater like hole.
Watching from the Barrier, Diane couldn't help but widen her eyes in fear as she watched the shinobi seemingly smashed into the earth his body limp in the older man's grip.
"… Naruto…" Muttered Diane in shocked sadness…
It would have been in fact the very end of said shinobi… or it could have been had Naruto not used a last moment Kawarimi jutsu with a stone alongside the ravine, leaving a gasping Diane as she watched the black haired shinobi in awe.
Grabbing hold of his stomach, Naruto glared up towards the older Nin, blood slightly trailing the corner of his lips.
"So… You got a strong hit… That all asshole?" Grunted Naruto, getting a glare from the man as he cracked his knuckles while slowly making his way over towards Naruto.
"I'll remember to put those words on your tombstone brat." Growled the man, getting a small smirk from Naruto… Before suddenly the man froze in his spot.
Down below the man's foot was a small slip of paper. Said paper was a fuinjutsu seal Naruto had created while he was within Konoha.
Chuckling, Naruto began to make his way over towards the enemy shinobi, his crimson eyes glaring into the older man's brown ones.
"You like? A fuinjutsu seal that paralyses the enemy combatant while also slowly sapping their chakra. This is the end of the line for you." Muttered Naruto with a glare, only to widen his eyes as the man gained a dark grin once more… before he suddenly shot his hand out towards Naruto's throat.
Thankfully the teen managed to twist himself into a backwards flip, narrowly dodging the man's hand.
Staring with his eyes wide open in shock, Naruto shortly narrowed his gaze as the man slowly, ever so slowly, began to move from the seal's position.
And as he did? His body soon began to change. The man's skin which was a rather light tan began to turn into a solid dark grey. First it was stemming from the man's joints and his neck, before eventually encompassing the man entirely.
"And there's the Steel release… Shit I haven't finished my preparation for this yet." Thought Naruto with a glare as his eyes momentarily flashed over towards the ravine…
Which now held three Naruto's fighting off bandits with small scaled water jutsu.
His other clone however? Well that was a secret. Something he may come to regret as he instinctively knew could cost him if either his teammates don't arrive soon… Or he gets killed in waiting for his preparations to be complete.
"Dammit. The seal should have held him for a bit longer. I knew he was going to break free from it due to his pure brute strength gained from his steel release. That was given away he always had it activated when I tried to slash his ankles and stab his neck. I'll have to tweak some of my seals later when I get back to konoha… Rather if I get back to konoha." Thought Naruto sombrely as he took a quick glance at his health and chakra.
HP: 25000
Chakra: 6000
A single punch from the man, prior to using his steel release properly cost him over 7000 points of health.
"Genjutsu also doesn't seem to work. The bastard has been dead staring my sharingan for the last few seconds and not one genjutsu got to him. The steel release must also give him invulnerability to genjutsu or something… Or he's just really good at releasing himself from powerful genjutsu." Thought Naruto, probably going with his second line of thought as, while he was indeed good with genjutsu, he wasn't strong enough to force people to do his bidding… At least… With his regular sharingan.
While Naruto's thoughts were swimming, it seemed the Iwa Nin finally stepped off the fuinjutsu sealing tag.
Naruto could see the smirk, the goading look the man had as he believed he was invincible as he currently was.
Good. Let the bastard think he was. Gives him more time to stall.
"Well brat. Looks like you really did manage to force me to show off my bloodline. The almighty steel release! With this form, I am invincible, no elemental attack could possibly damage me, and my strength is past that of a kage and now… I'm going to use this form to kill you." Smile the man as he lowered himself slightly… Before pushing himself off the ground, shocking Naruto at the speed before realising the man used his strength to propel him forward, rather than moving forward.
"… Shit…" Muttered Naruto as his sharingan span as he was forced into a defensive position, his body ducking and wearing as the man's powerful fists continued to rain down on him.
During this, Naruto couldn't feel anything. He couldn't hear anything. All he could do, was focus as he dodged the man's attacks with little difficulty.
Obviously, the man's strength was something of itself incredible. Naruto hadn't even need to be hit for him to simply FEEL the pressure of the man's strength as the hits sailed either besides his head, or over his head.
He knew. Naruto knew that a single hit to the head and he was dead. He knew he needed to make some breathing room for himself.
Watching the man send another punch towards his head, Naruto quickly twisted his body to the side before throwing his leg out so that his foot was firmly against the man's ribs.
Before the man could load the teen that the hit did nothing, Naruto simply grinned before overloading his foot with chakra… Before exploding off the man, sending him slightly tumbling as Naruto twisted mid-air and landed a few feet away from the man.
"And tree-climbing comes to the rescue." Thought Naruto with sarcasm as he watched the man struggle to fix his standing form.
"So his agility is next to nothing when he's forced into an awkward position? Perfect." Thought Naruto, glancing over towards the ravine once more.
"A few more seconds… C'mon Naruto." Muttered Naruto to himself as he watched the once more, much slower shinobi, charging towards him with anger ridden upon his face.
Moving his hand into his kunai holster, Naruto grinned down at what he pulled out.
It was a small silver device that would be fastened to his wrist. Inside the device was a fuinjutsu seal that held up to over a kilometre worth of razor wires stored within.
"I remembered building this back in my own timeline… Sadly they aren't as affective as I wished them to be in this life." Thought Naruto with a sombre thought as time, in his eyes, was slowed down long enough he could give his wrist launcher a small stare before slapping the device on his left wrist.
Hearing the clamp and feeling the device tighten around his wrist, the teen nodded… Before hopping into the air, avoiding a ground shattering punch from the Iwa shinobi.
Landing on the man's back from his flip, Naruto sent a small burst of chakra into his wrist where a sudden, but rather sharp wire shot itself out from his wrist.
Using his chakra to control the wire, Naruto jumped high into the air, dodging the man's attempt at grabbing him as his razor wire soon wrapped itself around the man's left arm.
Grinning, Naruto gave it a swift tug, sending him plummeting towards the man with much more force one would expect.
And the moment Naruto hit the man's back? Well it was safe to say the man crashed against the floor of the Ravine, his face digging into the rock as Naruto snapped the wire off from his wrist launcher before jumping over towards the rushing water.
Landing on the water, Naruto gave the slowly standing Iwa Nin a smirk.
"Oi! What's wrong?! Shocked you're getting beat by a Genin you no named shinobi!" Shouted Naruto, taunting the older man, who simply glared at him… Before smirking as he averted his eyes back over towards Diane, who was silently trembling from the man's focus on her.
Seeing this, Naruto sweat dropped.
"Ok. I screwed up there. I completely forgot about Diane being his main objective." Thought Naruto with a bland look as he directed his wrist launcher over towards the man before sending a small burst of chakra, sending the razor wire towards the man's head…
Before he swiftly turned and caught the wire with an evil smile… Before he swiftly thrashed his arm over towards the blue wave barrier, sending Naruto, who hadn't been able to cut the wire from his launcher, smashing right up against the barriers walls.
Grunting in pain from the force of his body smashing against his own technique, the teen had been dazed enough that he hadn't had the chance to release the wire from his wrist, which allowed the Iwa Nin to once more fling Naruto directly towards the ground.
Meeting the ground with his stomach, Naruto bit back a silent scream as his body caved itself into the earth, his eyes swimming as he noticed something in the corner of his vision.
Negative status: Concussed.
Not even a moment after the notification did Naruto feel the Iwa Nin slowly making his way over towards his downed body.
Gritting his teeth as he lifted his head up towards the rushing water, Naruto began to crawl. He ignored the pain, he ignored his flashing HP signifying he was only on his last few hundred or so points.
"C'mon Naruto… The waters right there… Kami… I was an idiot… I should have levelled up my skill a bit more… Dammit… How the hell did this bastard even know that Diane was even going this route? It's like he was… Danzo…" Thought Naruto with a glare as his mind finally placed all the information in order.
It was impossible for this Iwa Nin to have such a large supply of bandits with him unless he knew that an incredibly important person was going to appear, let alone in his path. The fact that the hokage bumped up security from a single elite Jonin and a few Chunin's to the hokage's personal guard meant something…
But the question was… Why would Danzo want this to happen? What would he gain from having the Daimyo's daughter captured?
"Hiruzen's inability to lead is what. It would be known throughout the entire land of fire if the hokage couldn't protect the lord's daughter from capture when he sent out the shinobi protecting her." Thought Naruto briefly as his sharingan began to deactivate as his fingers felt the cool water brush against his fingertips.
However, he couldn't move any further as he felt someone step on his back, his eyes snapping wide open as he watched his HP fall to a mere 50 points.
"Where the hell you think you're going brat?" Asked the Iwa shinobi with a sneer as he grabbed the back of Naruto's neck harshly before yanking him up to meet his eyes.
However, when he did he was glare directly into Naruto's Mangekyou sharingan.
[Mangekyou Sharingan: Genjutsu] Muttered Naruto in a strained voice as he watched the ninja's body struggle for a moment as the man's eyes began to flash to that of Naruto's mangekyou for a moment before fading back and so forth.
However, it didn't stop the shinobi from slowly walking into the river much to his anger and disbelief. In fact the man had no ability to tighten his fingers around the Genin's neck in an attempt to kill him either. All he could do… Was slow down how fast he walked into the ravines rushing water.
"W-what the hell!" Shouted the man as he continued to fight his body, his eyes being firmly linked with Naruto's tired and now bleeding eyes as the Genin, while concussed, managed to keep enough concentration on the enemy shinobi's eyes.
"… It's… Y-your end… B-b-bastard…" Whispered Naruto as he could vaguely see the forms of his water clones appearing from the rushing waters behind the man's back.
"Looks like… I did give myself enough time… After all… Sayonara." Muttered Naruto with a small smile as he felt himself being substituted with one of the water clones, destroying the connection between Naruto's Mangekyou genjutsu and the man's body.
However, before the ninja could do anything he felt his legs give way as two of the four water clones shot one final water jutsu at the man, sending him forward into the water, where his eyes then came upon the sight of a few pieces of paper…
Paper that had fuinjutsu writing on them… Which was now starting to glow…
And within seconds, the man suddenly felt his body sinking before all his strength began to be sapped, his Steel Armor doing nothing but dragging him down into the depths of the ravine where Naruto's sealing tags stole both his chakra and movement from him.
Naruto, now sitting up against the cool stone ground of the ravine, watched with his now pure crimson eyes as the seconds turned into minutes as he continued to wait in silence as he stared towards the water…
Ping!
Before nodding his head slightly as he finally found out what he wanted to know… The Iwa shinobi had drown to death. His body being paralysed while his Steel bloodline dragged him further into the waters depths while chakra continued to slowly sap out of him, giving the man no ways of countering the seals.
Even if he could break free from brute strength, he couldn't do much when the seals stopped him from bringing his chakra out to lift himself out of the water. And considering Naruto had noticed that once the Steel Armour was on the man couldn't take it off without using his chakra…
Well Naruto figured out how to take his enemy out. He just didn't know if he had enough fuinjutsu skills for his water clone to create a brand new waterproof seal based on his original paralysis seal in the time he needed it.
Let alone nearly a dozen of them. But then again, he hadn't had the Uzumaki perk for all that long either.
Turning his head slightly, Naruto gave Diane, who would looking at him in pure and utter shock, a small smile… Before glancing over towards the forest where he watched the rest of his team appear. Giving them a nod, Naruto shut his eyes as he found himself drifting to sleep. His body in no condition to do anything more.
"I guess having teammates is pretty good after having to fight really tough opponents." Thought Naruto in a cheeky voice as he succumbed to the darkness in his vision as he slept.
Hopefully, his team wouldn't have another battle like that while he was out. Would suck pretty badly having died on his first mission after all.
And that's it for this chapter. Now, I plan to write up some more chapters for my other stories so before I start writing the next chapter for this story it needs, or i would like, it to hit just over 150 reviews. I probably will write up another chapter anyway, but the more reviews, the more I'm likely to write up the next chapter. Anywho laters.
* Note points gained reduced from 10 Per Level to 5 Per Level - 16/07/18