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Review: Chapter 9
" N- Naruto...?" Sakura whispered, in disbelief and denial. She shook her head back and forth while standing and backing up towards her teammates. "Naruto, please...no."
Kakashi, Sai, Nobuyiki, and the others all looked up, wondering what was happening. Kakashi spoke calmly and with urgency and he put Icha Icha Paradise away, "Sai, send a messenger hawk to Konoha; we need backup."
Chapter 10: Backup
Kakashi watched in disbelief as he saw Sai run to send the messenger hawk to Konoha and as Sakura steadily backed away from Naruto's body. He watched with a feeling of hopelessness that he had failed as a sensei and leader to protect his team. Memories flashed through his mind of all the times he'd failed his team, how Obito had been killed on account of his poor leadership, how Sasuke had run away from Konoha as an avenger seeking greater power, and how he had failed to keep Naruto from Kyuubi's suspended release. While engrossed in his thoughts, he slowly pulled out three kunai and lifted his hitai-ate as he watched Naruto's possessed form begin to stand up.
Naruto's body had been laying on the ground, sweating profusely when Kyuubi's red chakra started to seep out of it's seal. Naruto lifted himself to his knees, then to his feet, eyes closed, body teetering dangerously on his wobbly feet. The red demonic chakra began to envelope his body, starting from his naval and reaching out to each limb. His ears grew into that of a fox's, his teeth into carnivorous canniness that would put any vampire's to shame, his whiskers became deep and dark, and his nails grew into dangerously sharp claws. Once the chakra had covered the blond boys body, nine, exhilarated, whipping tails began to form as the charkra turned a darker color of red steadily until it looked nearly black. Naruto lowered to the ground, now standing on all fours. He stood there for some time, seemingly doing nothing, while Naruto's body adjusted to the demonic pressure closing in.
"Nobuyiki, get ready to fight with all you've got, be prepared for anything." Kakashi said, now out of his daze and fully focused on Kyuubi.
"I-is that the Kyuubi no Kitsune?" Nobuyuki asked, fear evident in his manner, although Kakashi couldn't see him, "How are we supposed to kill a demon that killed the Fourth Hokage and harnesses so much power?" Nobuyuki drew his kunai and stepped up beside Kakashi.
Sai had returned now and was comforting Sakura while also trying to prepare for the oncoming battle. He stepped forward and joined Kakashi and Nobuyuki, "We are not trying to kill Kyuubi, Nobuyuki-san, but merely restrain him and seal him. If at all possible we will try to save Naruto with minimum injuries, and keep the Kyuubi from being released as well, if that is feasible." Sai continued preparing by pulling out his sketch pad and paint brush whilst Nobuyuki looked to Kakashi for conformation, not believing that they would attempt such an impossible task. Kakashi's response was merely a solemn nod. The three looked on, backed by Nobyuki's two former undercover teams, and the few nin of the village. They would have to fight with the few numbers they had until more ninja from Konoha arrived. It would be a long endeavor, for it would take Konoha ninja a whole day at a breakneck pace, but, on the other hand if the backup nin pressed themselved too hard, they would be in no condition to fight, although Kakashi, Sai, Sakura, Nobuyuki and, most likely, the whole village they were in, would be wiped from the face of the earth by that time and Kyuubi would have gone off to sweep away some other village. Either way they were in a predicament that had no right or best solution, nonetheless, they would try their hardest for the sake of the village, and for the sake of Naruto, or they would die trying.
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"Mendokusai." An extremely bored chunnin said while leaning against the wall inside of the Message Tower in Konoha. Nara Shikimaru had been assigned to fill in that day for a sick ninja who had caught the flue or some virus of the sort. All other Junnin and Chunnins had been assigned a mission already and Genin were not to be trusted if an urgent message arrived, so, the Nara boy was the only alternative. This is why Shikimaru was currently waiting, bored, in the Messenger Tower, following the patterned grain in the wood of the floor with his eyes, while he waited for messenger bird to arrive and then report to the Hokage. A loud crash of thunder woke him from his daydreams and boredom. He looked outside, the sky had grown dark; huge black-grey clouds were forming and heading towards the humble village of Konoha. He sighed heavily before lazily walking over to the windows and closing the shutters one by one as to keep the foreboding rain from coming in. As he was closing the last shutter, he heard a bird call out, and saw a hawk carrying a message heading towards him. He waited and held out his arm for the bird to perch on, before closing the window and retrieving the message. He opened and read the letter, it was short and concise, but what it said shocked and somewhat scared him. He rushed out the door to the Hokage's office, scaring the birds in his uncommon dash out the door.
"Hokage-sama!" Shikimaru burst through Tsunade's office door without knocking, "There is an urgent message from Team Kakashi, near the Hidden Village of Grass!" The Nara boy paused waiting for and 'ok' to continue.
Tsunade, waking from her liqueur effectuated sleep, straitened herself in her chair and plastered on a look of concentration on her face while resting her head on her intertwined fingers. "Hai, what is the message?" She said in all seriousness.
"Something bad has happened to Naruto," he paused trying to phrase what he would say next in his head, while Tsunade sat up straiter, now completely focused on the message. She would admit that she was always worried about Naruto, who seem like her little brother, more so than any other ninja in the village, and would be torn if anything ever happened to him. She waited for the Chunnin to continue, getting frustrated at waiting. "He...well, Naruto is in trouble, along with the entire village he's in and all the villages surrounding the one he's in; the Kyuubi has been released." He said, finally getting strain down to the point, he was never one to beat around the bush.
Tsunade rose to her feet swiftly, eyes wide. "W-what?!"
Shikimaru just nodded, letting the information sink in. "Kakashi has ordered the ninja in that village to surround Naruto and hopefully hold off Kyuubi until Konoha sends backup, but they wont last for long, there aren't that many ninja in the village. We should send backup as soon as possible, it will be at least a day before they even arrive at that village." Shikararu reported, also adding in his own opinion.
"Right. Gather all the Jonnin and Chunnin that are currently in the village and the ones that are on missions nearby, I will send a message to Sand asking for help and for them to send ninja as quickly as possible. Nara, you will be the mission leader since you know the most about the situation and I will send for Yamato also; he's on a mission in another village, but when he meets your team and Kakashi's team, the three of you will be co-leaders, he can take half of your group off your hands." Shikimaru nodded and then ran out of the Hokage's office to round up all the ninja he could while Tsudane fell into her chair. 'Naruto, don't give up...protect your precious people.'
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Naruto slowly opened his eyes and stood up, alhtough the darkness surrounding him hindered his sight. He looked around for something he could identify or make out in the pitch-black, and could barely make out tall, steel jail bars. he realizing, that it was the light from outside Kyuubi's cage, and he was inside of Kyuubi's cage.At that moment he knew something was wrong, he had never been inside Kyuubi's cage before and Kyuubi was no were to be found. 'Kyuubi!' He shouted, his voice echoing off the blackness areound him. He looked down and examined his body, he noticed a chain around his ankles, and suddenenly remembered what had just transpired like a block of ice hitting him square in the face. 'What happened, he just disapeared!' He lifted up his shirt and stared at his stomach, both the Shiki Fujin and Yamato's seal had disapeared, which ment that Kyuubi had been released. 'Oh no...' Naruto thought to himself feeling defeated and guilty. 'Everyone will be killed by Kyuubi because I couldn't contain him.' He let himself fall to his knees on the ground; as he sat there, blaming himself, he felt Kyuubi's conscience pushing agianst his own. In a part of his mind he could see, hear, smell, and feel what Kyuubi did. He watched from Kyuubi's perspective as Kakshi, Sai, Nobuyuki, and Nobuyuki's men drew there kunai in anticipation and as Kyuubi began his attack on his friends and precious people. 'Everyone, Sakura, Kakashi, Sai, Nobyuki, and the people in this village will be killed. Unless...' Naruto sat up straight and focused his whole energy an being on Kyuubi's conscience. If he was able to sence what Kyuubi senced, then what was stopping him from controllikng Kyuubi's actions. It had happened before at the Heaven and Earth bridge where he had no control over his own body, but instead Kyuubi did, so what what stopping him from doing it now. Either way, he would try, if only to protect his precious people.
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Team Kakashi and nobyuki stood idle, watching Naruto from afar. The aura around him was growing darker, wilder, and more sinister with each passing minute; Kyuubi's chakra began to take a bigger, more powerful form, reaching and tall as the surrounding buildings when standing on all fours. The clouds had grown dark, and a fierce wind had picked up; thunder and lightening threatened to come thier way. Kyuubi's eyes opened and Team Kakashi and Nobyuki felt a heavy pressure push down on their shoulders, the weight of Kyuubi's immense killer intent. No lower ranking ninja would have been able to stand up against Kyuubi's killer intent, and the majority of Nobuyuki's back-up squads were just that, low ranking ninja. They fell to the ground, some unconscience, some just unable to move.
Nobuyuki gulped, he wouldn't admit it, but he was scared to death of Kyuubi. An intense fear that he had never felt before washed over him. His hands began to tremble as he stared at the Nine Tails, unable to look away.
Kakashi scanned his group, checking to make sure they were alright. He noticed Nobuyuki, transfixed on Kyuubi and trembling in fear. "Nobuyuki," he said, " we will fight first, you wait here and be our back-up. We can rotate one person out continuously until Konoha ninja arrive." Nobuyuki nodded, grsteful that he wouldn't have to fight for a while. "Sakura, Sai --" Kakashi was cut off by Kyuubi's roar; loud and defening. It made the ground shake and the ninja's ears ring. Birds flew from their perches in the trees and dogs atarted barking all around the village.Sakura, Sai, Kakashi, and Nobuyuki all covered their ears, although it didn't help much.
Kyuubi bared his teeth in a demonic grin; finally he was free, he could kill anyone he wanted and, he wanted to kill the ninja right in front of him. They were Naruto's precious people, the people Naruto would risk his life for and the people Naruto cared the most for. He would definatly squash them, give them a most painful death, all while Naruto was watching from inside his conscience and could do nothing about it. He crouched low against the ground, preparing to attack, before lunging towards the ninja.
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"He's comming." Sai stated after they could rightly hear again. "We should make a plan. He will probably run towards us, and then we should scatter and hide, then whoever is behind him will attack and hide again, that way he won't know where we are and can't attack us." Every one looked at Sai as he statted the plan.
"Ok, thats the best we've got. Until I can think of a plan, we'll do as Sai suggested; if you see and opening, attack, and stay hidden as much as possible. Now, don't hide until Kyuubi is right about to attack." Kakashi said, looking each ninja in the eye, he needed their complete cooperation and understanding to make it through the night.
They waited a few minutes before they saw Kyuubi crouch down and lunge; they scattered.
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A group of ninja gathered outside of Konoha's gate, waiting axiously and impatiently, and talking among themselves. Most of the ninja assembled, he didn't know very much about. Of course he had seen all of them around the village, talked to most of them some time or another, and been on missions with a few others. Barely any of the Rookie Nine were present, only himself, Chouji, Kiba, and Shino, in addition to Neji and Tenten. Hinita, Lee, and Ino were on a mission with Gai-sensei quite a ways away and couldn't make it in time to be part of this mission, and of course, Naruto and Sakura were not there for obvious reasons. Shikimaru had just rounded up all the ninja he could and was about to brief them. "Quiet." Shikimaru shouted so that everyone would hear. The group stopped talking and shuffling and focused on the Nara boy. "I have called you here, because you all are needed for an A-class or even S-class mission. We don't have much time, so I will sum up this briefing and get strait to the point. All of you have heard of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and know that Naruto is the Jailer for the Nine Tails. An hour ago, we recieved an urgent message from Team Kakashi; Kyuubi has been released." Low mummers sounded throught the crowd. "Quiet!" Shikimaru yelled. "Some of you may hate Naruto and want nothing to do with him, but this mission is not just for the sake of Naruto, everyone is in danger now that Kyuubi is released, he may even come back to Konoha to get his revenge from being ealed up. That is why we must hurry before Kyuubi makes a move and try to reseal him. Like I said this is and urgent mission, we will run tos the village where Team Kakshi is located and then wait for further instructions from there. We are only going to stop to rest once and there we will break into two groups. One group will come with me as we continue after a few minutes of resting and the other group of people, those of you who are having a hard time keeping up, will rest for a while longer and then head towards Team Kakashi under Chouji's leadership, so that we won't be completely exhausted by the time we have to fight Kyuubi. Does everyone understand?" he asked and was replied with multiply nods and yes's. "Alright then, lets go!"
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"Baki, Temari, and Kankaru, you three will each lead a ten man team. This is an urgent mission to save a village in the land of Grass and possibly many other villages as well; the Kyubi no Kitsune, the deamon sealed inside of Naruto, is being released as we speak. We are going to give back-up to Konoha and to help restain and reseal the Nine Tails. The four teams, including mine will head out in 15 minutes, prepare what you need and meet back here. Dismissed." All forty-three ninja jumped away quickly, heading to their houses to pack for the mission, as the Kazekage, Gaara, stayed were he was. He turned and looked at the descending moon, the sparece light shinig on his face, 'Naruto, you came to rescue me with everyone when I died, now, I along with everyone else, will come and rescue you from Kyuubi. Hold on, friend, we're on our way.'
Ok, here are some answers i knoW some of you are dying to ask, but too lazy to do anyhting about:
1. This chapter was indeed a filler. Im kinda putting off writing the next chapter(or what would have been this chapter) because its the fight scene and 1.) im not particularly sure what i want to happen in the fight scene yet, and 2.) im not looking forward to writing it because i dont think im very good at fight scenes and ill end up dooing a crappy job because i just wont be able to convice myself that ive done a decent job
2. I KNOW that all the ninja, expecially rookie nine and younger, dont know about Naruto's 'condition' but for the story's sake, just...i dont know, just humor me and dont flame or throw a fit
A/N: well, i think that last line that gaara said was kinda cheesy, but hey im tired, its late, i need to take a shower, and i just wanted to hurry up an post this chapter before the last week of school. lethargically cheers yay, last week of school. ok i hope you enjoyed it, now hurry up and press the review button in the bottom left of you screen before i die of sleep deprivation! enjoy! and good night.
PS: i just found a great beta reader and we're going through all the chapters and re-editing them. their no big changes but, i think it makes the story better when it's easier to read.
(there is no japanese quiz this time b/c im soooo tired, maybe later ill add somethin)