At had been a full six hours since Naruto and his team had left Konoha. It was around 5:30am, the sun was steadily coming up over the horizon. The 5 were tired and decided to take rest and stopped under a large canopy. They laid down some sleeping bags got into them.
It was another 3 hours and everyone had fallen asleep, everyone except Naruto. He was sitting up in a tree watching the birds flutter around the forest. He had had his head against the tree, high up in it. His eyelids felt heavy and was about to close them when he felt someone behind him. He swung around and saw that it was only Ino.
"Hey there honey, something wrong?" Naruto asked. Ino replied "Nah just woke up and decided to bring you this." Ino tossed him a can of orange juice. "Mmm, delicious canned Orange Juice, dee-licious." Ino replied "I know it's shit but it's what we got." Naruto smiled and opened it and sat back down. Ino sat down next to him and laid her head on his shoulder. Naruto then said "Comfortable?" Ino just nodded her head without looking up or opening her eyes. Ino then asked "Why are you up here?" Naruto didn't say anything. Ino then said "It was another nightmare wasn't it?"
Naruto nodded and Ino said "Honey, have you sought some help?" Naruto said "No…" Ino then said "How about any medicine?" Naruto replied "I don't wanna be some druggie that needs some stupid medication." Ino replied "Naruto, you're being really stubborn about this. At least go see someone." Naruto replied "I've never been too keen on shrinks." Ino replied "Well at least try it once, for me?" Ino gave him a smile and kiss. Naruto finally said "Okay then." Ino hugged him.
Ino sat up and looked over the rainforest. "It's really pretty." Naruto was looking right at her and said "Yeah…" Ino looked at him and said "Something the matter?" Naruto replied "No, quite the opposite." Ino half-smiled and kissed his cheek. "I love you." Ino said. Naruto replied "I love you too." Ino then said "What are you thinking about?" Naruto replied "So many things." Ino replied "Anything about me?" Naruto said "A few things."
Ino was curious what was exactly going on through Naruto's head. Ino then started "Naruto, have you thought about the future?" Naruto replied "Well sure." Ino then said "What would you like in your future?" Naruto replied "Well…I want to be Hokage, as you know. And I want…a lot of students that look up to me and want me to teach them. "Ino then waited a minute, unsure whether or not she should say what she was thinking. After hesitation, Ino finally said "Do you think I could be in it?" Naruto replied "In what?" Ino then said "Your future." Naruto was surprised that Ino said that. Naruto then said "What are you saying?" Ino then said "Well…you see…I've kinda been thinking about getting marr-"Ino was interrupted by someone behind them.
"What are you guys doing?" Kakashi asked. Ino and Naruto jumped and both said "Nothing." Kakashi then looked at them both and said "O…kay." Naruto then said "What are you doing?" Kakashi replied "Just finished packing up. We're ready to head out." Naruto then said "Umm…ok…let's get out of here." Naruto, Ino and Kakashi jumped down from the tree.
Neji and Lee were sitting down on tree stumps. Neji said "Can we go now?" Naruto replied "Yeah, let's get out of here." The 5 had taken down a stretch of road. After a lot of running, 2 bus rides, more running and a boat ride, they had finally made it to the coast. Lee said "Wow, it's so cool, I've never been here before…" Lee was blushing at the sight of all the beautiful scantily clad women on the women. Neji was remaining a little more composed but when a very gorgeous red haired woman walked by with her friends and said "Wow, he's really cute, he has pretty eyes…" Neji heard them giggle and he blushed but tried to hide it. Kakashi was checking the ladies out as well but suddenly felt very hot with the face mask on. Ino then asked "Naruto, can we take a break?" Naruto replied "Sure."
Kakashi, Lee, and Neji headed down to the beach. Naruto then turned and said "I gotta see this…" Naruto and Ino walked up the boardwalk and saw the woman in their little bikinis fawning over the big strong ninjas as they put it. The 3 were like rock stars and had all the girls all over them. Naruto then said "Will you look at that…" Ino laughed as Lee was flexing his muscles and showing off his Taijutsu for the ladies. Naruto then said "Wow…" Kakashi was sitting at the bench with some girls asking to see his face. Naruto said "Never knew Kakashi was such a ladies' man." Ino replied "Me neither."
Ino then giggled and said "Oh wow, look at that!" Naruto looked over and saw something priceless, Neji was sitting with some girls and the beautiful red head was sitting in his lap. Naruto said "I didn't think a tight-ass like Neji had it in him." Ino then said "I know, how surprising." Ino pulled out a camera and took a picture of the sight. Naruto then said "What are you doing?" Ino then said "You never know when this will come in handy." Naruto then said "Poor guy has no idea what's in store for him." Ino then said "Nope."
Ino then turned around and leaned against the handrail. Naruto then said "So what were you gonna say earlier?" Ino didn't say anything. Naruto took a step over and put his arms around her. Ino finally cracked and said "You think I'll get married?" Naruto knew he was treading into unknown territory but walked in anyway. "Of course, who wouldn't want to marry you?" Ino replied "I don't know…" Ino sighed and said "Well…my dad has been I should find a husband and get married and have 15 kids since I was 17 years old." Naruto replied "Wow…" Ino then said "Wow what?" Naruto then said "That must be kinda tough on you." Ino replied "Yeah, no shit."
Naruto saw that Ino didn't look too happy. He caressed her cheek and kissed her. "I like those kisses…" Ino said. Naruto then said "How often have you thought about it?" Ino replied "For as long as my dad and my family have pestered me about it. I wish they would leave me alone about, I'll get married when I want to get married and I'll do it with whoever I want too." Naruto hesitated and said "You're so cute when you're mad." Naruto kissed her forehead.
"You always know how to make laugh…" Ino said. Naruto replied "I do my best." Ino then said "You don't have to, I'm always happy to be around you." Naruto replied "I'm happy around you too." After what seemed like a long time passed, Naruto said "So…wanna get married?" Ino was surprised. "You…want to get married…to me?" Naruto said "Yeah, let's do it. I know it has to be a fancy occasion and everything but I just decided to just do it." Ino then said "Are you sure you want this?" Naruto replied "No, but if I can be with you, then I want to do this, I can't imagine being with someone else."
Ino didn't know whether to slap some sense into him or kiss him. Ino said "Ok then, we'll get married." Naruto replied "Ok then." Naruto reached down to kiss her when he heard some people screaming.
Ino looked around and said "What is that?" Naruto replied "I don't know but let's go check!" Naruto and Ino ran down to the beach. They saw numerous people dismembered across the beach. Kakashi, Lee and Neji were fighting a large crab/lizard/snake thing. Naruto ran up to Neji and said "What the hell is this?" Neji replied "I don't know, it just appeared from the sea and started attacking people."
The monster let out a guttural roar and grabbed the red headed girl from earlier with its large pincers. The red headed girl let out a loud yell for help. "No!" Neji yelled and he jumped at the monster. It saw him and shot a powerful jet stream of water at him.
Neji yelled "Rotation!" he then started spinning at high speed, creating a large orb of spinning chakra around creating a full 360 degree shield. The jet of water hit the orb but was spun out by the high speed shield and Neji slammed into the monster, knocking it off balance. "Lee! Now!"
Lee appeared to the side of the monster. Lee yelled "Leaf Hurricane!" and spun and delivered the sonic speed kick to the monsters arm and broke it in half. The girl was falling to the ground but Kakashi had rescued her.
"Wow, good job." Naruto had said. "Now it's my turn!" Naruto continued. He jumped in the air and the monster swung its other arm it him and caught him and slammed him into the sand. After the dust was cleared, everyone saw that Naruto was able to stop the monster's powerful arm. Naruto yelled "Hey guys!"
Neji appeared above the monster. "8 Trigrams 64 palms!" Neji spun out and repeatedly struck the monster in its head. Neji delivered the final strike and the monster was struck back, now dazed. Kakashi and Lee had appeared in front of him. Kakashi struck with Raikiri while Lee used Leaf Hurricane in the monsters torso area. The monster was launched towards the sea, skimming the surface of the water. Naruto appeared behind him and thrust Rasengan into the monster's back. The beast was enveloped by the wind chakra and was killed by the attack. When the steam rising from the water disappeared the monster was laying in the surf, slowly sinking.
They made their way back to the beach. Naruto said "Ok, anyone wanna explain that one?" Neji replied "The monster had appeared out of the water and started killing anyone it could see, including trying to kill us." Kakashi then added in "It certainly wasn't summoned, it didn't explode into smoke when he beat it, that…that thing was real." Lee then said "So that rules out enemy ninja but where did it come from? Is it possible that thing came from the island we're going to?" Neji replied "It's very possible…" Neji pulled out the map they were following. "But this thing sure ventured quite a ways…"
Naruto then said "I wonder what Madara is up to…be it possible he made this thing?" Neji replied "Well Madara is the mad scientist type like Orochimaru." Lee added in 'Gee, I sure hope not…heh…" Ino finally said "In any case, we'll have to deal with these things in greater numbers if Madara is making them." Kakashi then said "Ino's right, but if we get more pushover monsters like this one then we should be okay." Naruto then said "Yeah, hopefully." Neji then said "So, when do we go to this island?" Naruto replied "Right now, we're finishing this thing tonight." Ino replied "He'll be expecting us." Kakashi chimed in "We know Ino." Ino then said while blushing "Oh gee…I didn't mean to be captain obvious." Naruto and Kakashi laughed at her and Neji and Lee chuckled.
Lee then said "Ok, let's get out of here!" Everyone agreed and walked out of the small beachfront store they were resting in. Neji was stopped on his way out by the red headed girl from earlier that day. "Hey guys wait a minute." The girl had pulled him by the hand toward the side of the building. After 5 minutes, Naruto saw her kiss his cheek and give him a slip of paper and then she turn and ran away.
Neji turned and walked toward them, "So what did she want?" asked Lee. Neji replied "She wanted to tell me goodbye and to look her up sometime." Lee then asked "Will you?" Neji looked at the slip of paper and hesitated and then said "Yes…" he hurriedly put the piece of paper in his pocket. Lee then said "I didn't you know you had such a way with the ladies." Kakashi chimed in "Lee, stop teasing the poor kid like that." Naruto and Ino laughed. Neji then said "Yeah yeah, ok, can we go now?" Naruto then said "Sure, Kakashi got a boat waiting for us."
They walked to the end of the pier and piled in the motor boat and sailed towards the island they were looking for.
A long ways ahead, on the island which would soon have 5 unwelcome visitors a evil entity plots.
"So what are you gonna do with it?" asked Sasuke Uchiha.
Madara turned around from the chair he was sitting in and said "What I'm gonna do with it will be a surprise indeed." Sasuke replied "I hate surprises…" Madara replied "Now now, how is your chest?" Sasuke then said "Hmm? Oh my chest…" Sasuke opened his shirt and the wind burn from Naruto's Rasengan was healing nicely, "My burn is doing fine, Madara." Madara then said "That's good to hear then." Sasuke then walked over to Madara's side and looked at what he was doing.
"What is that?" Sasuke asked. Madara replied "This little contraption…" Madara raised some weird little device with the bead from the land of Twisters in the middle. There were also archaic incantations on it. Sasuke was very curious as to what Madara planned to do with it but decided it was better not to upset to most powerful ninja ever.
Sasuke turned away and said "What are you gonna do with those?" Sasuke pointed to 3 very large incubation tanks in the darkness. Madara chuckled and stood from his chair. "Well it's time to see what this thing can do, I think…" Madara walked over to a large panel on the wall. He inserted the device into the large hole in the middle of panel and flipped a switch.
Electricity swirled and reddish black fire appeared around the incubation tanks. "Is that…Ameterasu?" Sasuke asked astonished. Madara replied "Yes Sasuke, this is Ameterasu's purest form." Sasuke then said "What is that thing?" pointing to the device in the wall. Madara it's an ancient artifact said to be held by the original shinobi himself. Sasuke then said "That's an old legend!" Madara replied "It would seem it's not."
Sasuke walked toward the incubation tanks. Madara said from behind him "It's okay, you can touch it." Sasuke reached out and touched the fire. Instantly Sasuke was washed over by an extreme burning sensation all over his body. He felt the flames creeping up from his legs to going slowly up his body. "What is happening to me?" Sasuke yelled. Madara replied "It's the next step in your Uchiha DNA Sasuke, you should be honored." Sasuke replied "What!?" Sasuke groaned and continued "What are you doing to me!?" Madara then said "Just relax, it will be over soon."
Madara turned and walked away. "He is almost ready, his Uchiha DNA is some of purest I've ever seen besides Itachi, Shisui, and myself. Soon Sasuke, soon…" Madara thought to himself. He then walked down a dark staircase.
Back in the chamber where Sasuke was being enveloped by the unknown entity, he could here himself yell for help. Sasuke thought "What is happening to me?!" he had never felt pain like this before. After what seemed like forever, the pain seemingly subsided, he felt like his blood was on fire. Sasuke coughed up and pulled himself up to his feet. Sasuke thought "What the…fuck!" Sasuke walked to a mirror and looked into it. He saw that his Sharingan was activated. There was something different though, his Sharingan had changed radically, instead of the atom shape in his eye, there was an X and a circle around and 4 small dots in the spaces of the x. (The X-men symbol DUH?)
And the areas around Sasuke's eyes were darker like he hadn't slept in a month. He looked at his hands and saw strange symbols on his hands, resembling the symbols on the device with the bead inside of it. "This is crazy…" Sasuke then felt a burning feeling in his eyes and looked away and within a millisecond the whole wall in front of him had been melted to pudding. "This is…amazing…" The power of Ameterasu had been magnified to a point where it had a microwave effect on whatever it touched, totally incinerating it from the inside-out.
"I wonder what else has been changed…" Sasuke said to himself. He walked over and punched a 30 ton concrete pillar. There was a large hole from one side of the pillar to the other. Sasuke's power had been greatly augmented by this device and somehow, Sasuke hungered for more. He walked over to the fire, still mildly burning and shoved his hands in it. After 5 minutes of waiting, Sasuke had given up. He put his hands in the fire and nothing happened. It seemed it was a one-time deal. "What a jip." Sasuke said.
Sasuke walked away and sat down in Madara's chair. He looked at his hands again, the marking wrapping around his fingers, similar to how the curse markings engulfed him years ago."This is incredible." Sasuke said to himself. He heard someone walking and saw that Madara had returned. "Oh, I see you survived…"
Madara was cut short when Sasuke had tackled him into the wall. "Oh dear," Madara said. Sasuke replied 'See, those flames made me so much more powerful…now I think…" Sasuke wrapped his hands around Madara's neck and squeezed with all his might until he felt something crack. Madara fell to the ground. Sasuke then said to himself "Now to see what's under the mask…" Sasuke reached down and pulled up the mask but before he could see what was behind it, he was punched with unbelievable force into the opposite wall.
"What the hell…" Sasuke coughed out as he sat in the hole in the wall. Madara rose up to his feet and adjusted his mask. Madara then said "That certainly was a nice try. You have gotten a lot more powerful indeed but I underwent that transformation many years." Sasuke was surprised.
"What are you?" Sasuke asked shakily. Madara replied "I'm just someone that has had a long time to hone his abilities and gotten some new tricks along the way." Madara said this with an upbeat tone in his voice. Sasuke still got so confused as to who Madara was. Madara walked up to him and said in a serious tone, "I've known for some time that you plan to kill me the first chance you get but I want you to know that I have no weak period and I don't let my guard down, I'm certainly not Orochimaru young man, and please don't make that mistake again."
Sasuke was shocked, Madara knew the whole time. Now he was worried as to what Madara would do to him, he knew Madara was far more powerful. Madara reached for Sasuke, he closed his eyes, and Madara pulled him up to his feet and turned and walked away. "Try to diminish those markings; they get kinda annoying after a few weeks…" Sasuke still was confused as what was going on.
Madara walked through the doorway and turned and was gone. Sasuke stood up and took a breather. "That was…weird…" Sasuke sighed again and looked at his hands. After intense concentration, the markings were finally disappearing into his skin. He walked over to the mirror and his Sharingan was gone. Sasuke wiped his brow and sat back down.
He remembered something. He walked over to the incubation tanks and saw that the mutated Ameterasu had disappeared and now the three tanks were glowing orange. "What is this?" Sasuke wondered. Sasuke touched the tank and the being inside touched the other side of the glass, parallel to his hand. Sasuke jerked his hand back. "The fuck is this?" Curiosity overcame Sasuke and he walked toward the middle tank and looked into the liquid. He saw a light fuse and walked over and charged it. The light above the tank turned on and Sasuke walked back to the tank. He looked inside and saw a humanoid creature inside it. "Hello?" The creature stirred and bumped against the tempered glass.
Sasuke looked closer into the tank; he had to know what it was. Sasuke stuck his face was against the glass. He indentified the face and the thing inside slowly leaned forward until Sasuke saw it. It was a person inside. The thing was right in his face and he saw the eyelids move apart. It opened its eyes and a pair of bright red Sharingan eyes stared him in the face.
Sasuke fell on his ass, he didn't understand what it was, and he didn't care. He felt sick, he ran through the hole in the wall and jumped into the forest and threw up into a tree. Sasuke wiped his mouth off.
"You saw my little side-projects then? I aimed not to show you so soon but I guess you know what happened to the curious cat…" Madara chuckled. Sasuke turned around and fell the ground. Sasuke then said "What are you doing here?" Madara replied "I told you one day that I planned to revive the Uchiha clan." Sasuke replied "And this is your solution? To create these things?" Madara replied "I got to start somewhere…"
Sasuke said after a few minutes, "You disgust me." Madara replied "I know, but you need me around. Could you really survive as the last Uchiha alive? I didn't think so." Sasuke knew Madara was right. He needed him around. He was an Uchiha and someone of amazing use.
Sasuke regained his composure and said "What are you gonna do with those things?" Madara replied "Well since they are now complete thanks to my toy…and to you…" Madara chuckled and Sasuke was puzzled. "What do you mean?" Madara replied "I might've used some of your powers to finish off my side-project." Sasuke replied "What do you mean?"
Madara said "I needed a good model for them so I used you, you're an exemplary ninja and to create 3 Uchiha clones with powers like yours was a good idea to me." Sasuke then said "You could've asked." Madara replied "I know but I'm the bad guy after all…" Madara jumped onto the roof of the building they were in and walked away. Sasuke said to himself "I hate when he does that." Sasuke followed him.
Madara was in a large closet picking up Akatsuki cloaks. Sasuke said "What are you doing?" Madara said "Can't have these things walking around naked." They walked back down to the chamber where the clones were being held. Madara put the clothes on the table and walked over to a large lever in the back of the room. He pulled it and a loud klaxon sounded, soon vents opened up beneath the tanks and sticky orange liquid spilled into the floor. The tanks opened and 3 figures walked out.
Madara said "How are you?" The clones said simultaneously "Fine, Master." Madara replied "Good." Madara gave the clothes to each of them. Madara then said "Now get dressed." They all put on the clothes and Madara said "Now, I have an assignment for you." The tallest clone said "What is it you require?" Madara replied "We have some visitors arriving soon and I need them taken care of, do you understand?"
The tallest clone said "Yes Master Madara, I understand." Madara then said "Hmm…while you're here, I should give you names." The clone of the left said "Names?" Madara replied "Yes, something to differentiate you 3…" Madara walked around a few times and grabbed the tall one. "I think I'll call you Kohaku." The clone now called Kohaku bowed and said "I will honor this name." Madara chuckled and moved him next to Sasuke. He was not comfortable being near this creature that didn't seem to notice him. He took a few steps to the side.
Madara grabbed the next one and said "I'll name you…Natsu." Natsu bowed and said "Thank you Master." Natsu took his place next to Kohaku. Madara grabbed the final clone and said "And you, you're name will be…Yumi." Yumi bowed and walked over to Natsu and Kohaku. Madara stood in front of them and Sasuke walked over to Madara's side.
Madara said "Natsu!" Natsu walked forward and said "Yes, Master Madara?" Madara replied "We're expecting company as you know, I want you to intercept them and kill them…all, and do you understand?" Natsu nodded and said "I understand." Madara nodded and said "Good, go." Natsu disappeared. Madara continued "Kohaku, Yumi." They stood at attention, "Come with me." Madara left the room. Sasuke called to him, "What do I do?" Madara turned and replied "Just hang out Sasuke, your turn to fight will come soon enough…" Madara turned and walked away."
Naruto and company had landed on the beach of the island. Ino walked on the beach "Wow it's beautiful here." Neji replied "Yeah, perfect place for a psychopath to hide." Lee said "So what do we do now?" Naruto opened the notebook from Orochimaru. Naruto said "This says Madara's lab is in the middle of the island." Kakashi replied "Well then, might as well get going." Kakashi walked ahead of them. Lee said "Hey wait for me!" Naruto then said "Why are you guys rushing?" Kakashi looked back and said "Well…I'm excited." Naruto was surprised to hear that from Kakashi. Naruto smiled and laughed and they walked forward. After a few minutes they found a beaten trail. Neji used his Byakugan and said "I sense a faint chakra trail leading that way," Neji pointed in the direction he saw. Kakashi used his Sharingan and said "He's right." Naruto then said "Then that way we go!" Ino said "Yup." They made their way down the road.
Neji stopped them and said "Stop." Lee turned back and said "What's wrong?" Neji yelled "Get down!" A large tree was launched through the forest at Lee; he swung around punched it in half. Kakashi yelled "Show yourself!"
Out of the clearing that was made by the attack Natsu walked in front of them. The clone's face, like all the other clones were disfigured, as if they weren't finished being made. Naruto said "Who are you?" Natsu replied "That is not important; I have come here to kill you." Naruto replied "What!?" Natsu parted his Akatsuki cloak and pulled out a kunai knife.
Neji said "Who is this?" Kakashi was silent. Lee said "What's wrong, Kakashi- Sensei?" Kakashi said "It can't be." Natsu raised his head and opened his eyes and a pair of Sharingan eyes stared at them. They were all surprised. Naruto then said "It can't be…" Natsu dropped the knife and made a combination of hand signs. "Earth Style: Terra Fist Jutsu!" A large rock boulder rose from the ground and swung at them.
Lee ran forward and said "Leaf Hurricane!" Lee struck his leg forward and broke the rock into 1,000 pieces. Kakashi jumped from behind him and swung a punch at him; Natsu parried his fist and kicked him away from him. Neji appeared behind him and tried to strike his chakra points but Natsu was slightly faster and backhanded him away. Ino jumped on his back but Natsu grabbed her hair and swung her around and threw her into a tree. Naruto appeared in front of him and thrust a Rasengan forward, the clone ducked and made a combination of hand signs.
"It can't be!" Naruto thought as Natsu the clone swung up a Chidori uppercut. It hit Naruto and he flipped back. Lee grabbed him and stopped him on the ground. They all regrouped. Naruto said "How does he know Chidori?" Kakashi replied "He must have gotten it from Sasuke, must have copied it with his Sharingan." Neji then said "Well, he can't beat all 5 of us…" Neji walked forward.
Kakashi then said "Get out of here…" Lee said "What do you mean?" Kakashi replied "Think about it, if there is one of these guys, there has to be others. We can't all focus on one, one at a time. We need to find Madara as soon as possible." Ino then said "But Kakashi-Sensei…" Kakashi turned and said "Now how many times have I told you kids that I'm not your sensei anymore?" Lee said "I won't let you do this." Kakashi replied "Then I'll be happy to fight both of you."
Naruto stood silent. Neji said "This is crazy. Kakashi, you can't do this." Naruto stood up. Everyone turned to him. Naruto said "We have to go." Neji replied "You're crazy." Naruto said "We have to leave him, he wants to do this, and I won't stop him." Ino sat silent for a moment but stood up and said "He's right." Neji looked at the 3 of them and said "You're serious?" Kakashi nodded. He then said "Fine, nothing I can do then." Lee wasn't too keen on the idea but he had no choice but to accept it either. Naruto, Ino, Lee, and Neji walked to the side.
Lee turned around and said "Kakashi, you better not lose, Gai-Sensei would be sad to lose his rival." Kakashi gave him a thumb-up and said "Don't worry about me…" Kakashi raised his headband and showed his Sharingan eye. They left him. Natsu motioned to go after him but Kakashi appeared in front of him and slammed him into the ground.
Natsu pulled himself up and said "What are you doing?" Kakashi replied "If you want to get to them, you have to fight me." Natsu said "I'm not interested in you." Kakashi threw a kunai at him and Natsu grabbed it. Kakashi said "I'm your opponent."
Natsu cracked his neck and said "As you wish."
Okay, that's the end of this chapter, It's a little longer than most of the others so enjoy ;) Please rate, and subscribe and comment, I love those comments :)
