"I'd like to play a game..." Jigsaw, 'Saw' Series
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"Let there be blood, Dattebayo!" he finally shouted out for all in the area to hear.
"There's… no way…" trailed Narumi, shocked beyond belief.
"Kami! You people have no idea how long I was wearing that mask! It was getting so… irritating!" hissed Naruto, the Ronin.
"Who are you, really?!" demanded the Hokage.
"Ah… But Hokage-sama, I assure you that I do not lie when I tell you my name is Uzumaki Naruto. It always has been Uzumaki Naruto and it shall stay Uzumaki Naruto… My, my… you people look like you're staring at some kind of ghost!" he yelled all around with a sick grin on his face, "Oh, but I assure you that, unfortunately, I'm very much so alive… Oh… So…Alive…" he almost seemed to hiss the last part as he clenched his hands tightly, his teeth gritted… suddenly, his face turned cheerful with a smile that was once believed to only be able to be performed by Uzumaki Narumi, "Now… proctor? Referee? Whichever one you want to be called… I need you to call the beginning of this match. I want to kill at least somebody today."
Hayate looked towards the Hokage who sat in his chair, holding his chin in thought. After a moment, the Hokage nodded towards Hayate. He knew what that meant…
"Let the tenth and final match of the Chunin Exam Preliminaries… begin." said Hayate before jumping away.
None of the three did anything for a minute. They simply stood there. That is… until Naruto brought up his left hand into a seal.
"Kagebunshin no Jutsu…" he trailed.
There were two puffs of smoke as a pair of clones appeared right next to Naruto. The clones ran towards Kankuro while Naruto ran at Hinata.
"Byakugan!" called Hinata under her breath before she looked at Naruto.
Her eyes widened.
'His right arm! It's… That chakra is so… wrong! That's just not right! There's no Chakra Network! No Tenketsu in his right arm! What is he?!' she thought frantically.
Naruto brought back his right arm and shot it forwards to punch her…
(Flashback)
Narumi was white as a sheet and staring at him with mismatched eyes…
"Ah, yes… but you asked me how I knew? Miss, my right arm has the durability to punch through a wall of diamonds… in one shot. Unless he can somehow counteract that, then I highly doubt that I wouldn't be able to rip out his heart, smash it in my hand, then walk away without a care in the world."
(End Flashback)
'No!' she thought to herself before she rolled out of the way of the punch.
His right arm pierced the ground up to his elbow and created a small crater around it. Naruto lifted it out of the ground before clenching and unclenching his hand.
"Oh…? Looks like I missed. I guess I'll have to try again…" he trailed before he charged Hinata again.
Kankuro's eyes widened at the small hole left in the ground.
'I can't get hit by that either!' he thought before jumping back from the first clone when it used its right arm to try and perform a haymaker.
The other clone jumped from its shoulders and attempted to punch Kankuro through the skull. Kankuro was quick to jump back and avoid his death at all costs.
"Suna-nin-san, please try not to be afraid. We're just going to kill you." spoke the two clones.
One of them seemed to pause in thought.
"Wait… I see the puppet, but where's the puppeteer?" it asked.
The other caught on, "Perhaps in those bandages?"
They both gained crazed looks in their eyes as they jumped at the bandaged area. Quickly, the bandages removed themselves and Kankuro leaped out of the way just as his puppet dropped its disguise and stabbed both the clones through their heads. Blood seemed to leak out of their eyes before they vanished in blasts of smoke.
'Those clones… they bled. That means that they could have lasted a much longer period of time and could have even suffered a few cuts and punches before they'd be dispelled. That's not good… If I hadn't struck them in the heads like that, I'd have been overwhelmed…' thought Kankuro as he looked at his puppet.
His gaze turned to Hinata.
'If this guy was able to wipe out the Zodiac, there's no way that the two of us could ever beat him alone… but maybe if we work together…'
"Oi! Hyuga-san, a temporary truce?!" called Kankuro to Hinata, "This guy is good… a little too good!"
Hinata took all of three seconds to jump back from Naruto and right next to Kankuro.
"Well… looks like I'm not facing a couple of idiots after all… you recognized me as a threat and, like shinobi who share a common goal and meet on missions, decided to unify against me. I'm honored…" Naruto trailed sarcastically.
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Kakashi stared down at Naruto as he watched his every move.
There was no way… he had seen it. He had heard the order. This kid… was dead. He was dead! So how the hell was he standing right there in perfect health? How did he walk, run, speak… why wasn't he dead!
"K-Kakashi-sensei… If I had a family, you would tell me… wouldn't you?" asked Narumi.
Kakashi continued to stare at the Ronin.
"Sensei?" she asked quietly.
"Narumi-chan… some things… are better left buried…" Kakashi said quietly.
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"You know what… you've done so well against me, that I'll show you the technique that will make you beg for death…" spoke Naruto.
His lifted his right arm in front of him and snapped his fingers… Then all at once, five holes appeared. There were two on the ground in front of Kankuro and Hinata. There was one in Kankuro's puppet… one in the wall behind them, and one in Kankuro's leg.
"What the hell?!" Kankuro hissed as he fell to his knee.
"Oh darn… I missed." spoke Naruto, "You two don't waste energy so that makes my technique a tad less effective, I suppose…"
"E-Energy?" asked Hinata, "What kind of e-energy?"
"Well… when somebody has poor chakra control, what happens to the chakra they waste? I'll tell you what. It disperses into the air around us. My arm has the ability to devour that chakra that hasn't been used in a technique and then it turns into fuel for me. I call this ability the Hekiken (Pierce Sword/Fist) because when I snap my fingers, I use some of this energy to home in on those who used it. Then this energy pierces everything in its path to strike where it truly originated. In a field with nothing to stop it, this attack can continue forwards for over a thousand meters. However, if objects impede its path, then it begins to vary.
"Only those who have flawless chakra control have a hope of counteracting this technique. Together, you have the ability to not only throw off my aim, but also to defeat my attack. This whole thing can be ruined by once again being dispersed into the air if it's caught and turned into a chakra thread like the kind used for puppets. Or a Jyuuken strike in the right place can instantly stop it. Lucky you, but there are only so many jutsu that you can perform that don't waste chakra when your leg is damaged… in the end, my attack served its purpose." explained Naruto.
"Kuso… he's right." hissed Kankuro, "But I can still move my fingers… Hyuga-san, you're going to have to attack him while I use my puppet to distract him."
Hinata seemed to appear nervous for a second before she nodded and got up from the ground. She charged Naruto while Kankuro's puppet came at him from behind.
"Battle strategies… nice." spoke Naruto quietly, "But it won't be enough."
As though to prove it he made a single hand seal with his left hand and called out, "Taijuu Kagebunshin no Jutsu (Mass Shadow Clone Technique)!"
The entire area was flooded with Naruto copies that each suddenly jumped high into the air. Every single one called out a single word…
"Henge!"
And they all disappeared in bursts of smoke. Then, swords and shuriken and kunai of every shape and size descended from the white clouds formed above them all.
Kankuro's puppet was rushed over to protect him from the hail of blades while Hinata… Hinata began to spin.
"Shugohakke Rokujūyon Shō (Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms)!" she shouted.
The blades fell and embedded themselves in a circle around them both. It was like a giant field of sharp, metal objects. Metal that wreaked of death… metal that begged for blood…
"Eenie meanie minie my… I punched your mother in the eye, what color was the blood? Eenie… meanie… minie… my…" trailed Naruto's voice before one of the blades next to Hinata disappeared in a burst of smoke and Naruto rushed from it, holding one of the fallen swords.
Hinata spun to meet him and struck this Naruto straight through the heart, blood spattered from its back before it dispelled. The sword suddenly vanished in a burst of smoke to reveal Naruto as well, bringing down his right arm to strike and kill Hinata.
She dodged it and jumped over this Naruto before slamming into his back with her feet. He was knocked towards the blades and struck them, bleeding and screaming before he dispelled.
Hinata landed on her two feet panting.
Some may have attributed it to exhaustion… but to those who knew her, she was facing fear. True fear…
"Hyuga-san! I'll clear a path so you can try and get over here!" called Kankuro from the other side of the area.
He picked around in his kunai pouch before finding what he needed. And so he threw a kunai with an explosive tag on it right in the center of the area between him and Hinata.
It sizzled for a few seconds before finally detonating, dispelling several of the weapons and creating a deep crater.
And suddenly there was a path they could follow. As Kankuro threw the shuriken and kunai off of his puppet, he hobbled to the area in the center of the crater. Hinata was already there.
"Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. The organs were red and the meat was tasty. I like colors…" trailed Naruto's voice from somewhere in the field of metal death.
"What the fuck…?!" trailed Kankuro, "This guy's messed up!"
There were four blasts of smoke before four clones jumped from each corner of the crater. Then, above them, they threw down several kunai. All of which dispelled mid-air to reveal more clones…
Kankuro's puppet met the attack by opening up and firing several kunai at them. One after another, the clones dispelled mid-air and soon, none were left.
Then they waited…
"Tell me… riddle me this… what was the first thing you saw when you were born?" asked Naruto's voice as more clones dispelled their Henge and jumped down only to meet death by Hinata's Jyuuken strikes.
"It's a simple… honest question that I want an answer to. What was the first thing you saw when you were born? Most likely the caring eyes of your mother… Or perhaps the proud eyes of your father? Do you want to know what I saw? Do you?!" shouted Naruto.
Ten more clones dispelled their Henge and each grabbed a sword available before jumping into the crater. They surrounded Kankuro and Hinata before charging.
Kankuro's puppet did little more than rush forwards and slash randomly at the screaming clones. And with each fallen clone, their swords turned into another to be killed. Each one of these horrible clones died… screaming so loudly. They could feel the clones' blood fall on them then dispel when that clone died…
"I was nowhere near as lucky… For the first thing I saw was the unforgiving ceiling of the morgue. Oh how I remember it well… on the day of the Kyuubi attack, the Kyuubi's chakra swept through the entire village. The hospital was one of the first buildings hit… and when it was, I was affected horribly… My heart stopped, my lungs ceased functioning… and I was dead. My body was taken to the morgue to be held there until there could be a funeral… there was none for I woke before my wake. Ironic, neh? When the Kyuubi's chakra swept through the village a final time, there was death in that energy. Pure death… My body was able to recognize some of the energies and I woke up… no, I was given life in a freak accident! But… but something has bothered me for a while now… I keep seeing things… It took me a while to realize it, but I have a sister! Hah! Funny, huh? I have a sister that was allowed to live!" shouted Naruto.
All the weapons dispelled their Henge and stood before swarming the pit.
"WHY?! WHY DID SHE LIVE?!" he shouted somewhere among the clones.
The clones were everywhere around them. One by one, row after row, column after column… They charged and surged forwards wave after wave. And with each passing wave, there were cries of agony. It lasted all of five minutes…
There were no more clones. Kankuro and Hinata stood there panting from exhaustion. And then he appeared as he pulled off a sheet that covered him from view.
"Ta da… A simple, E-Rank jutsu taken to a new level… I used that sheet to cover me visibly and all of the clones took your attention from me. So tell me about my sister. How should I kill her?" he asked as he walked over to them calmly.
He bit his left thumb and wiped it across the bandages of his right hand when there was suddenly a burst of smoke. There in his hand… he held a sword. A sword that looked just like the Tenshi no Shi with its colors inverted.
"This is the second blade in the set of two. This is the Oni no Kami (Demon of God). And this blade will kill one of you…" trailed Naruto as the thin, black ribbon on the sword fluttered behind him.
He walked to the fallen form of Kankuro who remained on his knees… unable to move. It was so fast… Naruto walked towards Kankuro then… in a shadow of a blur, he stepped through him. His sword was still held in his left hand… then there was the sound of something dripping…
Small scrapes, little cuts, and massive gashes appeared all over Kankuro's body. Naruto's right hand suddenly grabbed Kankuro's head.
"I'd find no pleasure in squishing your head to nothing with my hand… So I'll just use another property of my arm instead…" Naruto spoke with a twisted grin, "I hit all of your vitals in that shot. But the beauty of my blade is that no matter where I strike you, it will take longer for you to die. I predict you would have been alive for an agonizing six minutes… but now…" sparks of several colors seemed to flow around Naruto's hand before suddenly, Kankuro exploded in a mess of blood.
It showered the small area around Naruto and caked the ground beneath him with the puppeteer's blood.
"I call that technique the Shiken (Death Sword/Fist). By grabbing onto a target's head, I have the ability to send chakra from this arm into their nervous system to alter the flow of chakra in their body so drastically, that it pulverizes their bodies to death. It is the glorious ability of death's right hand… After all, when one brings the right arm of the Shinigami into play, you can be certain that death will follow. It's just that simple…"
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"Kankuro!" shouted Temari as her eyes welled up in tears.
Her brother… her little brother was dead, and there was nothing she could do about it. She was a kunoichi, a female ninja. She had been trained that death was to be expected at every corner. She knew that shinobi and kunoichi alike would go into the field and die. Thousands of ninja every year would die no matter what. They would almost always ultimately kill each other…
But the way he had died was just wrong. It was just so… wrong… there was no other word to use. The hopelessness in Kankuro's eyes, the pain he obviously felt, the amount of blood that came from him… even when Gaara had one of his episodes, the sand always absorbed the blood. But now she could see… she could see a horrible monster down there just waiting to be unleashed… and this wasn't even the beginning.
This monster had killed her little brother… in the most inhumane way possible. It was like watching him die twice. His knowledge that he would die then his sudden destruction… It was merciless and she hated it.
"You bastard!" she shouted, "You monster! You killed him! You killed Kankuro!" she cried at him.
He turned his gaze to her and grinned before asking a question that chilled her to the bone…
"…So, what?"
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Hinata stared at the blood that coated the area around them. That covered everything. And then she saw his put away his sword.
"You… I won't need my sword for this." spoke Naruto in a bored tone… it was like he was almost whining, "And I was really hoping to chop off your head too…"
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"Hinata!" screamed Kurenai before she tried to jump over the railing.
Key word: Tried…
Kakashi and Asuma held her back from jumping over the railing.
"Let go of me! He's going to kill her!" shouted Kurenai.
"Kurenai!" spoke Kakashi harshly, "If you go down there after Hayate clearly said 'no interference' what do you think could happen?! We'll be looking at an international incident! That's something we cannot allow!"
"Hinata-chan!" cried Narumi and several others in the stands.
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"Hear that? Those maggots up there are crying for me to spare your life. I honestly think that I can hear a few of them telling you to run!" Naruto laughed out before scowling and glaring at Hinata with a snarl on his lips, "Pathetic!" he spat out.
He walked over to her and brought up his right arm before sending it down in a vicious punch…
When just as suddenly, Hinata brought up her palm and struck the hand, stopping it. Blood began to leak out of the bandages on Naruto's right arm.
"Gah! What the hell did you just do?! My right arm… This is the Shinigami's right arm! How the hell did you damage the Shinigami's right arm?!" shouted Naruto.
"That arm has to store energy s-somewhere… It was only when I realized that y-your right arm is actually one big t-tenketsu. And if I hit it… it would be destroyed." she took a deep breath; "Now you have lost!" spoke Hinata with total certainty.
For a moment, there was total silence. Naruto turned his head towards the fallen puppet that once was Kankuro's then back to Hinata. To the sheer surprise of all around, he smiled and began to laugh.
"You just don't get it… do you?" asked Naruto as something slowly filled up the bandages again.
In mere moments, his right arm had been restored as though it was never damaged in the first place. The whole process took about thirty seconds.
"I admit," he said as he chuckled, "I didn't think it was possible for my right arm to ever be damaged. But, I suppose that I can be incorrect too… however, with a healing factor like this? I've had my head chopped off only to regenerate in seconds after the fact. This? This is nothing. Yet I can't help but feel amazed at your accomplishment. Seeing as this is the right arm of the Shinigami, it has total sealing powers. It has sealing powers so great, that it can even seal away the mighty Kyuubi no Kitsune forever. It can literally seal anything into a container suitable enough… I call it the Reiken (Ghost Sword/Fist) because it can tear out people's souls. So…"
Naruto brought up his right arm as it began to glow. It was glowing purple and red… and then it plunged into Hinata's body before pulling something out. Something bright and white… It looked just like Hinata but the people around could see straight through it…
"This is your soul and mind… that will be your new body…" trailed Naruto before he slammed this spectral Hinata into Kankuro's puppet.
Hinata's eyes took on a vacant look and she collapsed to the floor. Naruto slowly walked over to the corner of the fighting area and grabbed something he had discarded at the beginning of the fight… his mask. He slowly put it back onto his face.
"Always smiling… all the time…" muttered Naruto, "He never frowns during his rhyme…"
"I declare this match over. Uzumaki Naruto has won." spoke Hayate.
Kurenai finally jumped over the railing and ran over to Hinata's body.
"Hinata! Speak to me, Hinata!" Kurenai shouted frantically.
"Why are you talking to that body, it's not the one that holds her soul and mind anymore…" trailed Naruto.
"Who the hell do you think you are to tell me who's Hinata and who isn't?!" shouted Kurenai at Naruto.
"Me? Well… I'm just a helpless Ronin. So what do I know?" spoke Naruto, "But if it helps, my theory as an inferior Ronin is that Hyuga-chan's body will not wake up until I've been killed. The most that body will do is breath through an air tube, actually… that is, until I've died."
"You… You bastard!" cried out Kurenai.
"I'll have you know that unlike my misguided whore of a sister, I'm fully aware of whom my father was." said Naruto with a smirk, "But, if you must know… my father was a real bastard. Never knew his parents… pity. I'm glad he's dead. Mom…? Not so much… Now if that bitch were alive, I'd have a few choice words with her… but I can't, so: Oh well…"
Kurenai either didn't care or didn't bother to listen to him as she hugged Hinata's unconscious body close to herself, tears falling down her cheeks.
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Naruto stared at the two of them. He simply gave them an empty stare through his mask… this… reminded him of something…
(Flashback)
"Naruto! Run Naruto!" shouted a voice in the fires.
"Kaa-san! (Mother) Kaa-san!" cried Naruto as he crawled out with his injured body.
His right arm was gone from his five-year-old body and he was slowly bleeding to death. Then he felt it… he felt the pain all over his body. He felt the countless, invisible blows all over his body… oh how they hurt.
"KAA-SAN!"
"There he is!" shouted a man with a blank mask.
"Quickly, we can't have any witnesses!" shouted another.
They closed in on him…
(End Flashback)
He shuddered. Those thoughts… bad thoughts… he couldn't think of her. Not at a time like this… It was nothing like that anyway… right…?
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Hayate looked to each of the remaining genin before he spoke, "To all of you who won the rights to compete in the third round of the Chunin Exams -Cough- one of you is missing, but… Congratulations!"
"Sensei…?" prodded Sakura to Kakashi, "There was something I wanted to ask you…"
"…Is it about Sasuke?" asked Kakashi, he didn't wait for an answer, "Who knows… I'm sorry to say that even I don't know all that much about him right now. Well don't worry too much…"
Naruto stared up at Kakashi for a moment with narrowed eyes.
"Sakura, I have to leave for a moment so be sure to listen to what the instructions are for the Finals." said Kakashi before vanishing in a burst of smoke.
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'I remember there being a little story that my Kaa-san would tell me… she would tell me of how the tiger found me and left me in the woods. She would tell me of all the countries of the world… of their economy and how they worked. They were merchants; after all… that was what they needed to know… But there was one story in particular that has always bothered me. No… not as much the story as the phrase at the end: And they all lived happily ever after… There's no such thing in the world of shinobi. Not even in our dreams… These genin around me haven't quite learned that. So I'll have to take it upon myself to educate them.' thought Naruto with a twisted grin as he listened to the Hokage explain the rules for the finals.
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Temari glared at Naruto from where she stood.
He killed Kankuro… so she would kill him! It wouldn't bring Kankuro, her little brother back, but damn it that would satisfy her! He needed to die for what he did!
Gaara simply stared at Naruto with his sea-green, raccoon-like eyes.
'He… killed Kankuro? He killed that Baka? Did he do it to satisfy himself? Why did he do it?' thought Gaara to himself.
He suddenly felt a headache before he shook his head and dropped the subject. Mother didn't like this 'Naruto' person… Mother wanted him dead. So, Gaara would kill him… eventually.
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The Oto-team stared at Naruto.
'This guy's insane… he wants to kill me…' Kin thought with fear.
'That Kankuro guy… he just destroyed him… by grabbing his head. That's it. All he has to do is grab some person's head and he can make them explode. That's nuts…' Zaku thought to himself with wide eyes.
The only one of the three who held a smirk was Dosu as he looked at Naruto with his one, good eye.
'Orochimaru-sama… he betrayed us and sent us out there to be guinea pigs. And after watching your display of strength, I think we can conclude that you are a far superior ally than Orochimaru ever was… Naruto-sama…'
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Narumi stared hard at Naruto for a few moments as the Hokage explained the rules.
'Why… why do you want to kill me? Who are you, really? And Hinata… you put her into a coma and… oh Kami, you sealed her soul and mind into some metal and wooden doll. You're sick… and what makes this worse, is the fact that I don't know if I can beat you…' She bit her bottom lip. 'And then there's that Gaara kid… He hurt Lee, and this Naruto person hurt Hinata. They were my friends…'
Her eyes hardened suddenly.
'I'm not going to let that go…'
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"…The Prelims have ended and they will soon begin the Finals." ended Kabuto to Orochimaru, even as he stood there wearing the garb of an Oto-jonin, "On a side note… it's become rather serene… no, it's accustomed to peace in a time when it's said that the other countries are busy strengthening their forces. Could we… take Konoha right now?" he asked.
"We could…" Orochimaru trailed, "Though I'm not sure if there will be much fun in taking the head of that old geezer."
"Is that so?" spoke Kabuto with a small smirk, "It seems to me that you're still… hesitant to act."
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed slightly before he frowned, "…"
"From now on, the various Hidden Villages will fight against each other in a long an intense battle…" Kabuto stated, "Otogakure no Sato is one of them. You intend to become the trigger of all this… And he's the bullet for it? Isn't he? Uchiha Sasuke-kun was it?" questioned Kabuto as he adjusted his glasses.
Orochimaru chuckled, "You're so intuitive sometimes that it's scary…"
"Not really," admitted Kabuto, "I didn't know about the genin you sent into this at all. As part of my assignment to gather information about Sasuke-kun, I wanted to know the powers of the Oto-nin. I acted foolishly and purposefully took on their attacks… I didn't even think they'd all make it through the Prelims. You speak far too highly of me…" Kabuto's facial expressions faded before he looked at Orochimaru through his glasses, "If I didn't know any better… I'd say that I haven't gained your full trust quite yet."
"Was there really a need to tell you, my right hand man and second in command, about those three? I admit, I didn't expect them to make it this far, but they are still weak and insignificant. They can't do anything to possibly impress me… isn't that proof enough of my trust?"
Kabuto's eyes narrowed as he gave Orochimaru a long, hard stare, "…"
"…And that's why, I may ask you to take care of Sasuke-kun for me. While the curse mark I placed on him was sealed by Kakashi, it's far too powerful to remain sealed… not as long as Sasuke has 'darkness' in his heart and soul to power it. Above all else, however… I want you to kidnap Sasuke-kun right now."
"How unlike you… you actually seem anxious, Orochimaru-sama…"
"Well, there was something that bothered me a little… two things to be precise."
"I'm not sure about the other… but one of these 'things' is Uzumaki Narumi, right?"
"Sasuke-kun lives for the sole purpose of killing his brother for the sake of revenge. He's a child that will never die, a child who will refuse to die at all costs until he achieves his goal. But when he fought me, he knew the risks. He knew there was no way he could win, yet he fought me with all he had. I never thought he would be the kind of child who would rush to his own death like that. Your information told me that his contact with the Kyuubi-girl has been changing him. The faster we tear them apart, the better… I must dye him my colors soon."
"And the other threat?"
"That Ronin… her brother… I've looked through the Konoha birth records personally and it was stated that Uzumaki Naruto died stillborn when the Kyuubi's chakra swept through him and caused all of his major organs to instantly cease functioning. He was sent to the morgue without a second thought… However, his appearance has proven everything but the fact that he was dead. He killed that Suna genin with no quarrels then sealed the Hyuga heiress's soul and mind into his puppet. He destroyed two lives with no problems at all. If he fights Sasuke, I'm certain that he'll be killed. Furthermore, there's no doubt in my mind that if he kills the Kyuubi-girl, Sasuke-kun will transfer his rage from Itachi to Naruto. If that happens, several of my plans will be ruined. Luckily, we have something to kill Naruto with… the Oto-nin I have competing in these Exams. During the month of preparation, I'm sure we can fit each of them with an extra enhancement or two…"
"Well then…" Kabuto trailed as he walked away.
"Kabuto, you… If you want to stop me… you'll have to kill Sasuke right now."
Kabuto spun around and looked at Orochimaru, shocked.
"You likely can't kill me. You're only about as powerful as Kakashi…"
Kabuto's eyes widened and for a moment, he suspected death before suddenly Orochimaru smiled slightly.
"…Just kidding. All right then. Go on now. I have faith in you…"
"…" Kabuto smirked as his eyes seemed to stare at Orochimaru nervously and he vanished in a Shunshin.
Orochimaru just smirked…
'The look on that boy's face… I wonder what he's thinking about.'
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End Chapter 10…
Well that chapter was just great! Neh? We got to see Naruto fight and we learned some shocking revelations…
Well, until next time, I suppose…
Forever Signed in Blood,
Slayer End