Well everybody I'm back, sorry about the long wait for this one but college has been really crazy lately, and now with finals approaching I probably won't be able to update for quite a while, I apologize in advance for this inconvenience. Now I think I should clear a few things up that just haven't been able to get into the story. First is Ino and Kiba's taijutsu styles, when I put in that neither were able to use their clans regular taijutsu was because of what I plan on them becoming later on in the story. (If you go back and look at what their styles are called, and can correctly guess what I will call them later on then you can choose one new person that WILL be in the Harem. Yes for those curious I have decided to make a harem, but it will have to fit a few criteria.) Ino like Hinata is more flexible and fluid making strict and strong stances almost impossible for them, and the only other Yamanaka's I have seen have all been male.
Kiba is a little different though, while I like the Inuzuka style I feel that Kishimoto wasted a great opportunity at making the style as strong as it should be. He made it completely reliant on the Inuzuka dog partners to perform any of the jutsu to their fullest. So I gave him a new one that I think is what the Inuzuka style should have been.
Now for the criteria for the Harem:
1) ABSOLUTELY NO, AND I MEAN NOOOOO HINATA! (she just doesn't match up with a darker more sadistic Naruto)
2) You must choose from the list of possible candidates I have posted on my profile, and if you choose one with a side note, you must do what the side note says. Though I may pretty creative I am not by any measure or standards an actual writer so I will need some help.
3) As I stated previously, there will only be two or three members of the harem. Meaning that one slot is already taken by Ino, so you have two slots that you can fill. However the person who guesses team 7's correct future title (ex. Legendary Sannin trained by the Third) will have the full decision on ONE of the new members.
Now to answer reviews (I was disappointed be the number of reviews for the last chapter, hopefully that will change after this one):
Kitsune95: I suppose it is a little fast, I'll try and slow it down a bit.
cardgamesgirl: Thank you for your support, its what makes want to continue writing this story.
Sang28: Your encounters with Sand Siblings ideas, I hope you enjoy that scene. I thought it would be a nice little twist for once.
Meteorthunder3: Thank you for the praise, and I agree that I might have given him some strong puppets a little to fast, but I needed to through a few things rather quickly so I could start getting to the meat and potatoes of what I have planned. Also I plan on increasing them to match Naruto later on after the prelims. Your idea for Kiba however is very interesting, if I can't fit it into this story I will try and do it in a future story. Also if your interested I would be happy to swap story ideas with you on a later date.
Rain Shigu: I hope that your opinion of my story increases as we continue forward.
Jerex: Your welcome.
Chapter 8- The War has Begun
"Hey Gaara, remind me again why the hell we're not just heading to the tower?" asked Kankuro as he and Temari followed their little brother deeper into the forest. He didn't understand Gaara logic in wanting to find someone to fight, they had both scrolls the proctor never said they had to get one in a fight or fight at all, just get both scrolls and make it to the tower within five days.
"Because Kankuro, Naruto and I promised to show each other how much we've improved. I can't exactly show him my full strength without a little warm-up now can I?" was the red heads only reply. Temari smirked slightly at this, only Gaara would go looking for a fight and claim it was a warm-up for a bigger fight later on. On second thought, Naruto probably would as well. While his sister smirked Kankuro shivered slightly, the power his brother and Naruto both wielded scared the crap out of him at times, add to that his brother claiming a fight to the death was a warm-up and he was pretty freaked.
They continue on moving through the trees until they felt a sudden spike of killing intent from somewhere. Stopping on a branch, Gaara had a look of understanding on his face while his siblings seemed confused. Kankuro, being the loud mouth of the Sand Siblings, broke the silence.
"What was that Gaara, you recognize something?" the Sand wielding shinobi nodded slightly before turning to face his siblings.
"Yes I did Kankuro, that killing intent belonged to Naruto. It would appear that our friend is a little angry at something, and judging from the increasing pressure on us, I'd say he's heading in this direction," Gaara said before preparing to continue moving when he noticed three chakra signatures below them. "We have company. How about we greet them properly?" with that Gaara launched a wave of sand towards the team below them.
With Kabuto's team- Same Time
"Kabuto, are you sure those three idiots can handle the task you gave them?" asked Yoroi Akado. He wore an outfit exactly like Kabuto's except with the addition of a purple mask that covered most of his face along with a pair of sunglasses.
"I have to agree with Yoroi on this one, those three idiots can't handle the simplest of missions. We should find them and show them how to do it properly,' said Misumi Tsurugi. Like his team mates he wore the same purple outfit and had a face mask similar to Yoroi's only he had regular glasses like Kabuto.
Turning to his team mates, Kabuto let the annoyance he felt about the two of them question his judgment on such a simple matter show on his face. When his partners didn't seem to notice his annoyance he spiked his killing intent slightly. This had the desired effect of shutting them both up catching their attention at the same time.
"Don't forget who you're talking to Yoroi, Misumi. I'm Lord Orochimaru's right hand for a reason, so unless you want to meet a quick and painful end or better yet be turned into one of my test subjects, I suggest you shut up." Yoroi and Misumi paled considerably at this. It was common knowledge that Orochimaru liked using people with rare abilities such as kekkei genkai's for his experiments. What wasn't so common however was that Orochimaru let Kabuto manage most of the experiments while he focused on furthering his plans and only participated in an experiment when it truly peeked his interest. The two of them each had a unique ability so it wouldn't be hard for Kabuto to convince their Lord to let him use them for some of his experiments.
The two were brought out of their thoughts when they sensed movement above them, a quick glance revealed that it was a wave of sand heading straight for them, they managed to avoid the wave of sand just before it could strike them. 'Shit, there's only one person in this exam that can control sand and that's the One-tail jinchuuriki. I was hoping to wait until the finals and kidnap him then, but it seems my plans might have to be moved up,' thought Kabuto as he and his team tried to find the source of the attack.
"Who…" started Yoroi only to be interrupted by hundreds of senbon flying towards them. Jumping onto a nearby branch, Yoroi tried to find their attackers only to receive hundreds of cuts when a strong gale of wind hit him from behind. "Damn it, where the hell are they?" he screamed in frustration after dodging another blast of wind.
'I'll let those two handle the Sand team while I check on those three morons to make sure they've completed their mission,' thought Kabuto as he continued jumping towards the Sound teams last reported position.
With Team 7
"Hey guys, someone's heading in our direction," said Kiba as he and his team continued to make their way towards the tower, "Should we take care of them, or keep moving?"
"We'll keep mov…" said Naruto before the scent hit his nose as well. 'This scent, it's the same as that Kabuto guy from the first exam. He smells far too much of snakes for it to coincidence, he must be working with Orochimaru,' thought Naruto stopping on a branch facing the way Kabuto's scent was coming from. He continued in a voice that was dripping with venom and just barely contained rage. "It's that Kabuto guy from the first exam. He knew too much classified information, and he smells strongly of snakes, there's no way that its coincidence, he must be working with Orochimaru."
"So what should we do about him, eliminate a threat or capture him for interrogation?" asked Ino while facing the same direction her boyfriend was. If she were honest with herself, she was somewhat scared of Naruto at the minute. He was barely containing his rage with the thoughts of Orochimaru trying to kill the Third in his head. If anything happened that caused him get any angrier then he already was, then there was no telling what he would do.
"Both," said Naruto earning him some confused looks from his team, "Ino-chan, Kiba and I will keep him busy while you prepare to use your Mind Link Jutsu. Once you've made the connection, copy every little detail you can get out of him, after you have what we need we'll leave him alone and continue to the tower to make our report. Kiba, go all out against him, if he's working with Orochimaru than he is a lot stronger then he's letting on. He'll be here in about ten seconds, get ready you two."
True to Naruto's prediction, Kabuto jumped into the open field below them not ten seconds after they finished planning. Kiba and Akamaru jumped down to meet him, with Naruto unsealing his Uchiha and Hyuuga puppets to fight with Kiba while he guarded Ino.
With Kabuto
'Those idiots should be around here somewhere,' thought Kabuto as he landed in the middle of clearing. "I guess Yoroi and Misumi might have been right for once, those three couldn't even handle a simple search and destroy mission. Oh well, better head back and check on my two useless team mates." He finished out loud, before he turned to head back towards the way he came.
Before he could take a single step however, he had to jump back to avoid a fire ball coming from above him. Looking up to find out who was attacking him, he inadvertently left himself open to an open palm strike to the chest that sent him crashing into a nearby tree. Gasping for breath Kabuto looked around wildly to try and find his assailant, only to go wide eyed when he noticed two jounin standing before him. Normally this wouldn't concern him, except for the fact that they were both Leaf jounin, and he was currently a spy. 'Could my cover have been blown?' ran through his head as he continued to observe the two before him. Neither of them moved an inch, until they both sank into two very familiar taijutsu stances.
The one on the left didn't surprise him too much, though it did worry him. The jounin was wearing the standard green flak jacket of a high ranking Leaf shinobi; the rest of his attire however was that of a Hyuuga jounin. A white shirt with loose sleeves, closed on the right shoulder, with a fastener running down the right part of the chest, matching white loose pants, with a dark grey almost black sash tied around his waist and black shinobi sandals. He had long black hair pulled into a ponytail that reached the middle of his back with bangs that were kept out of his face by his black headband. His pale eyes had veins bulging around his temples, with a faint outline of a pupil showing in the center his eyes. As Kabuto continued to observe this opponent, a slight wind rustled the flak jacket he wore revealing an insignia etched into the fabric on his right shoulder. The insignia had a black and white yin-yang sign in the center of a circle made of the eight trigram symbols of nature around it. 'WHAT, a Hyuuga main family member, my cover most have been blown for one of them to be sent after me!' thought Kabuto in slight alarm, before turning to observe his other opponent.
This one was slightly taller than the Hyuuga, and had a larger muscle mass compared to his partner. Like his partner he wore the standard Leaf jounin flak jacket; however unlike his partner he wore the complete standard jounin uniform for a Leaf shinobi. The plain baggy navy blue pants that were wrapped in white medical tape at the ends with navy blue sandals, along with a long sleeved navy blue shirt under his flak jacket. The only difference between his outfit and any regular jounin's was instead of the red swirls on each shoulder of the shirt, there were two Uchiha symbols inside of a lighter blue shuriken, the sign of the Uchiha's independent military force. The thing that caught Kabuto's attention though was the man's eyes. His irises were a terrifying blood red with three tomoe marks in a circle around the pupil. This man had the Sharingan. 'That's impossible, another living Uchiha? It was reported that they had all been killed in the massacre by Sasuke's brother Itachi. How can there be another living Uchiha if there aren't any records of them in the Hokage's files?' thought Kabuto as he tried frantically to figure out why there weren't any records of any other Uchiha surviving other than Sasuke.
Before he could think any further on the matter, he was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of feral voice before pain assaulted his back.
"Shredding Fang!" said Kiba before he started to spin at high speeds forming a miniature tornado-like bullet. He charged at the unsuspecting Kabuto from behind, only to tear through his clothes with ease and shred the skin on his back into little pieces. Stopping his spin a few feet away from the downed form of Kabuto, he inspected the extent of the injuries that resulted from his new attack. The skin on his back was completely torn apart the only sign of skin on his back were the few stands that were just dangling from his shoulders. He could see the muscle contorting and flexing in pain, as well as the small tissue that looked only slightly better than the skin or lack thereof on his back. 'I hope I didn't over do that, Ino said that the best information obtained from a target is when their alive,' thought Kiba as he hoped that this guy wouldn't die until Ino had what she needed from him.
With Ino and Naruto
"You about ready Ino-chan?" asked Naruto as he directed his puppets to cut off any possible escape routes their target might try to use.
"Just about, give me a few seconds," said Ino as she concentrated her chakra for the jutsu she was about to perform. She was almost ready when she heard a blood curdling scream of pain from below them.
"Make it quick Ino-chan, I don't know how long that guy can survive after getting hit with Kiba's Shredding Fang," said Naruto after he heard the scream and checked to see what caused it. He had his Byakugan activated so he could get a better view of what was going on below them when his eyes suddenly became as wide as saucers. 'What the hell, his back is already healing and at a rate that could almost match mine with Kurama's help? Whoever this guy is, he's not going to be easy to kill.'
"Ready, Naruto-kun; make sure he can't escape," said Ino as she launched her jutsu at Kabuto.
With Kiba- Same Time
'Holy shit, is he healing himself?' thought Kiba when he noticed the muscle and tissue start to grow back and mend themselves. The edges of where Kabuto's skin had been shredded away, started slowly inching their way towards the center of his back, closing the potentially mortal wound.
Kabuto turned to face Kiba and trying to figure out a strategy of how to deal with his current situation before his eyes glazed over and there was a small tickling sensation at the back of his mind for a split second. It happened so fast and so suddenly that unless you were looking for it you wouldn't have noticed it. Which unfortunately or fortunately, Kabuto didn't. Kiba on the other hand, did notice.
'Nice timing Ino, now I just have to stall and wait for the signal from Naruto,' thought Kiba before slipping into his new taijutsu stance. Unlike his clans regular taijutsu to revolves around the user taking on a more feral and animalistic approach by using their All-Fours Jutsu, this one didn't require the user to use the All-Fours and to just fight as they were, though they fought with a much more savage approach. His feet were shoulder length apart and bent at the knees ready to strike, with his left in front of his right. His left hand was level with his stomach and his fingers were flexed and ready to strike, while his right was next to the side of his head with his palm facing outward and fingers flexed. Akamaru took his place in front of Kiba, his body tense and lowered to the ground, ready to pounce.
"So a Hyuuga and an Uchiha jounin, and an Inuzuka genin, what the hell kind of team is that?" asked Kabuto as he tried to buy himself some time to completely heal and inadvertently Ino more time to assimilate his knowledge. He looked towards the Hyuuga and Uchiha thinking one of them would respond as the captain of the team, but neither of them said a word. They didn't even acknowledge his presence; instead the young Inuzuka was the one to answer.
"That's none your business. What I want to know is who the hell you are, and what you're doing in our village?" said Kiba hoping to get a few answers himself.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm just a simple genin trying to pass these exams and become a chuunin like everyone else in this forest," lied Kabuto smoothly, hoping to through them off track. It didn't work.
"Cut the crap you bastard, who are you really?" asked Kiba with a lot more venom this time. Seeing that his cover was probably already blown, Kabuto decided to stall them a little longer for his healing to finish.
"Find, you caught me; I was sent by my lord to infiltrate these exams and to eliminate any poten…" he never got the chance to finish because at that moment his eyes glazed over again and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Nice timing Ino, I was just about to get some answers myself and then you had to go and ruin my fun," said Kiba as he pouted. Akamaru just let out a dog sigh and shook his head at his partner's antics.
"Knock it off Kiba, this is not the time for you stupid games," said Naruto in a deadly voice, not bothering at all to try and hide his annoyance at his team mates attitude towards the current situation. It seemed to work as Kiba visibly flinched and dropped the pouting act. "Ino-chan, what did you manage to get out of him?" he asked turning to his fellow blonde.
"A lot of useful information, but we don't have time discuss it here. I'll tell you everything I got when we reach the tower and can speak in much more secure environment," said Ino as she held her head lightly from all of the new information and knowledge she had received. "What should we do about him? When he wakes up he'll no doubt tell Orochimaru about the encounter and they might change their plan of attack, making part of what I got from him useless."
"Good point, but I have a way around that. I had a few shadow clones scout for his team mates and they found them in a fight with the Sand Siblings. It told them of our suspicions and convinced them to just knock them out and bring them here," said Naruto as his two team mates nodded in understanding. "Speak of the devil, here they come." He said to himself as he turned to face the approaching Sand team that was accompanied by two shinobi wrapped in sand and unconscious.
"So this is the third member that managed to get away from us, and you believe them to be spies in the exam?" asked Gaara as he released his two prisoners and let them fall next to their downed team mate.
"We have confirmation that they are spies in the exam, Ino-chan here used one her clans jutsu to get the information out of his head," said Naruto as he gestured to Ino a small proud smile on his lips. No matter how angry or upset he might have been, the thought of his girlfriend always brought a smile to his lips. Ino had the decency to blush slightly at the praise her boyfriend was giving her.
"So what are we going to do with these three, I think we should just kill them and get rid of future threats in the process," said Kankuro as he directed his puppet, Crow, into position to kill the three prone figures. Naruto glanced at Temari, a question on his face. Nodding in understanding, Temari raised her fan and brought down across her little brothers head. "OWWW, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR TEMARI?"
"For being a complete idiot," began Temari, "if we kill them now then whoever their superior is will no doubt alter his plans to compensate for the loss of a few of his spies. If that were to happen, then the information Ino has now would be completely and utterly useless." This didn't seem to make any sense in the dense mind that was Kankuro and he looked ready to argue until Temari raised her fan to hit him again and he quickly nodded his agreement. "That still doesn't answer the question of what we do now, when they wake up they'll no doubt report this encounter to their higher ups and they might alter their plans as a precaution in case we managed to get any information out of them without their knowledge."
"Ino-chan," said Naruto turning to look at his girlfriend. She nodded in understanding and began to go through a series of hand signs before her right hand ignited with blue chakra. "Give them something that won't give away too much. Remove Kabuto's memory of his encounter with us and replace it with one with him and his team mates fighting our friends from Sand." He said as Ino placed her hand on Kabuto's head and began to alter his memories of what happened. She repeated the process with his team mates and gave them a similar memory so they didn't conflict with one another and raise suspicion among the group.
"It's done Naruto-kun, Kabuto won't remember meeting us and he and his team will believe that they had a fight with Gaara, Temari and Kankuro and managed to escape them," she said as she stood up from her kneeling position. Nodding his head, Naruto turned to his first true friend with a small smile tugging at his lips as memories of their first encounter began to surface.
"Gaara, given the recent development I think it would be wise if all of us stayed together until we reach the tower. What do you say, you mind hanging around with a couple a Leaf shinobi for a little longer?" he asked with his smile growing a little bit towards the end of his question. Returning the smile, Gaara answered his friend's question.
"It might be a little hard to be around Leaf shinobi that long, but I think my siblings and I can manage."
"Alright then, Ino-chan, Kiba, let's get going. We need to report what have learned to the Hokage as soon as possible." With that said the six chuunin hopefuls started running towards the center of the forest, hoping that they were able to inform the Hokage soon enough as to be able to stop Orochimaru's plans.
Central Tower- 2 hours later
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, and known throughout the shinobi world as 'The Professor' and 'God of Shinobi' was currently engaged in a heated battle the likes of which he had never faced before. He had fought under the personal command of the Second Hokage in the First Shinobi World War, he lead his village to victory as the Third Hokage during the Second Shinobi World War, and he lead the first assault against the Nine-tailed Fox when it attacked the village thirteen years ago. Even with all his years of experience, knowledge and skill on the battle field, this lone foe was pushing him to his very limit. Before him was the embodiment of evil, the bringer of death and the foulest thing known to the shinobi world: paperwork.
He was sitting behind his desk in his secondary office in the central tower inside the Forest of Death. Before the start of the second exam, he and a unit of twelve Anbu had made their way through the forest and to the tower, as it was customary for the Hokage to be the one to greet those who passed this part of the exam once it had completed. He was looking over different request forms that had been submitted to him about a week ago. 'Damn you Minato, you just had to go get yourself killed and leave me to deal with all this crap. How you ever found time to do half the things you did while you were Hokage I'll never know,' thought the old warrior as he continued going over forms. 'Request from the civilian council to have Naruto executed: Denied. Request from the civilian council to have Naruto banished: Denied. Request from the civilian council to be given complete control over the Academy: Denied. I need to remember to remove the control they have as they have no right to meddle in the affairs of shinobi. Request from Jiraiya to make all hot springs mixed bathing: Hmmmm.' Sarutobi was about to reach for the approved stamp when there was a knock on his door. This served to cause him to over reach and grab the 'Denied' stamp before stamping the document. Looking at what he had just done, Hiruzen began crying with anime tears running down his face. 'Damn it, I swear if whoever is at the door doesn't have a damn good reason to be interrupting me I'm gonna…' his thoughts were cut short when the door opened to reveal his surrogate grandson along with the rest of team 7 entering his office.
"Naruto, so you already finished the exam, quite an impressive feat for a rookie genin team," said Sarutobi with a proud smile towards team 7, all thought of his previous anger gone. His proud face however was replaced with that a battle hardened shinobi when he saw the looks on the faces of team 7 and more specifically Naruto. Ino and Kiba's faces were stony, their bodies tense as if expecting an attack at any second. Naruto's face however seemed to be a blank mask of emotion, his eyes however told a different story. His usual calm, sapphire eyes had darkened with so much repressed rage that they now resembled the darkest pits of the ocean. "What's happened?" he knew that the only thing that gets Naruto this angry was when someone that was precious to him was threatened.
"Orochimaru," was the only answer he got out of the blonde. The second the name left the young blondes lips the aged kage knew exactly what had put the blonde in such a state. He remembered vividly when his former student had left the village that he had vowed to one day return to destroy the village and more importantly kill him.
"I see," said the Third as he collected his thoughts, "What do you know about his presence in the village?" To most people it would seem pointless to be asking a genin team such a question; however to those that were higher up in the chain of command or just had plain common sense would be able to understand why he was asking such as question. When he had first designed the teams, the civilian council had tried to pressure him into placing the genin into the teams that they believed were the best. They had originally wanted Naruto to be with the Uchiha and the Haruno under Kakashi, so that Kakashi would train Sasuke to use his Sharingan and to one day kill Naruto. They had also tried to form a completely tracking based squad with Kiba, Hinata, and Shino as well as recreating the Ino-Shika-Cho formation. However, since he was no longer taking shit from the council he had ignored them and formed the teams to be mostly balanced. The Aburame, Hyuuga, and Inuzuka individually were each an expert at the art of tracking so by placing one into each of the new teams would give all three an edge finding any target. He had placed the Haruno and Uchiha with the Aburame because he just didn't care about the two of them; they were both pretty much useless in regards to being shinobi. Though temping, the recreation of the Ino-Shika-Cho formation would be almost impossible with this new generation. Originally Ino had been too much of a fan girl, but that had changed since she joined team 7. Shikamaru was lazy as hell, even among his clansmen, and Choji, though he needed to eat a lot, was too focused on food to train properly. So he had placed Ino with Naruto and Kiba, because this team alone could take on multiple types of mission with a higher chance of survival and completion. Kiba could not only act as a tracker but an excellent combat type, while Ino had the potential to become a medic and genjutsu user for support and with her clan jutsu an excellent interrogator. Naruto however was the wild card, with his puppets he was an excellent long range fighter, add in his pranking abilities and you have an excellent trap master, factor in his insane chakra capacity and stamina and you have a ninjutsu and taijutsu specialist as well, all in all he was a well-rounded and incredibly versatile shinobi.
"Lord Hokage, while we were in the forest we came across team 10 fighting a team from the new Sound village. After team 10 was about to be killed we intervened and eliminated two of the three members and crippled the third before we started questioning him. We felt he was withholding information however so I used my clans Mind Assimilation Jutsu to get the information directly from his mind." The Hokage inwardly flinched, he remembered watching Inoichi use that jutsu once and the effects it had on the victim. "While I confirmed what he told us before was the truth, he had also left out some very crucial details that you should know about. Orochimaru has created his own village, the Sound village, somewhere in Rice Country, and he had assigned the team will killed the task of eliminating any potentially powerful Leaf genin and to test the Uchiha. He also plans on invading the village during the Chuunin Exam Finals. He hopes to accomplish two things with this invasion; the first is to destroy the Leaf village and the second," here Ino paused as she felt the slight increase in killing intent coming from her boyfriend. Kiba and the Hokage seemed to notice this as well and one hoped that Orochimaru didn't accomplish his goal, while the other now knew what had set Naruto this way. Shaking her head slightly, Ino continued where she left off, "The second goal of his invasion is to kill you, Lord Hokage."
A pregnant pause followed Ino's report which wasn't help at all by the feeling of Naruto's killing intent rolling of him in waves. After a few minutes of contemplating what he had just been told, Sarutobi looked at the genin team before him with a warm grandfatherly smile on his face. It seemed to have an immediate effect as the killing intent coming from the lone male blonde in the room stopped allowing his team mates to relax slightly.
"Now Naruto, I know that you care for me as I care for you but scaring your team mates with so much killing intent won't help us out in this situation." Naruto had the decency to look a little sheepish at that remark, while Ino moved and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend from behind. "Now, is there anything else that you managed to get?" and for the next two hours Ino, with some input from Naruto and Kiba, told the Third everything she had gotten out of Kabuto. Well almost everything, she did leave out the information about all of the experiments, projects and jutsu that Kabuto knew and had been a part of.
After team 7 had been dismissed, with orders not to reveal anything they learn of in the forest to anyone, Sarutobi sat back and contemplated his choices. From the information Ino had gotten out of Kabuto, they knew almost Orochimaru's entire plan and how he planned to attack the village and get close enough to kill him. Orochimaru planned to kill the Kazekage as he made the journey to the Leaf for the finals and take his place. He had already taken measures to prevent this by means of the fastest messenger monkey he had, he should hopefully have a response within twenty hours. 'Now all that's left to do is to call back all patrols around the village and take more drastic security measures, though not enough to catch Orochimaru's attention. It seems that once again, a war has begun.' With that thought, Sarutobi called for an emergency meeting with all chuunin and above in the war room at the Hokage Tower for that night.
There you have it people, hope you enjoyed it almost as much as I did writing it. Now anyone who wants to take a guess at the future title of team 7 needs to submit it to me by either a REVIEW or PRIVATE MESSAGE! Well until next time.
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