The Lazy Maelstrom

By The Obsidian Blade

Chapter nine- the reality of the nexus

Haku looked around at the darkness. She could see but it was barely. This was not something that she liked. She needed full view of what was happening, especially now. She was not sure what this strange jutsu did and she knew that it would not be good for her health one bit. From what she could tell, he used a fuuinjutsu with already made seals. The problem was that she could not tell what kind of seals these were as she had never seen them before. She had to act quickly and take him out. She did not want to know what this jutsu could do.

Her hands extended outwards, allowing a few senbon to drop in between her fingers, making themselves like claws before she launched them towards Naruto. What happened she would never expect. The blonde's sunglasses dropped down the bridge of his nose slightly, revealing spinning blue and silver sharingan eyes. His left arm had a strange purple glow to it as he waved it. Then out of nowhere, purple flashes of darkness shattered the sennbon.

Naruto had a cold stare as he took of his sunglasses and pocketed them. He had so many options to take her out but he needed answers from her and she needed to be conscious. The problem was that he did not want to hurt the teen. He did not want any unnecessary bloodshed. Besides, intimidation always got the best answer. You did not have to worry about them lying about information just to get the pain to stop.

Yami-no-Seishin was raised high in the air before purple darkness surrounded his blade. The ruins on the blade started to emit a dark violet light as the sword was infested with the purple darkness. "Dark Slash," Naruto muttered before bringing his blade down. Haku's eyes widened slightly as the darkness flew off of his blade and towards her. Haku moved her body to the side slightly, narrowly dodging the strike.

She cursed slightly as she watched the blast dissipated after going around her mirrors. It never made contact. That was good. The mirrors were her only trump card in this fight. She moved her body quickly into the mirror before launching herself mirror from mirror in hopes of confusing the blonde.

Naruto sighed as he watched her mirror hop. He knew what she was planning. But what she did not know was that it was not working. "Alright, there are a few things that you might want to know about this jutsu," he voiced out. His body was in constant motion, bending every which way. "This world is my reality. What ever I say goes."

As if to prove his point, Naruto raised left fist in front of where he predicted Haku to strike. The fist opened his hand, having a dark impulse shot off of his hand. "Dark Impulse." The impulse shot Haku backwards on to her back.

"Dark Needles." Purple needles appeared everywhere around the dark haired kunoichi. Her body rolled to its hand and knees, barley dodging the strike. Her right arm stretched out, allowing more sennbon to flow down her hand. She launched the slender pieces of metal at the blonde, hoping that they would knock him. But it was not so as she watched in horror. Naruto had flaked out of existence and into the darkness, dodging the needles before he reappeared in front of Haku, his body pulling an opposite of what it did earlier. His hand gripped her throat quickly before throwing her up in the air.

Naruto could feel the fear rolling off her before he raised his left arm once again before cocking it back. His palm was wide open as he curled his fingers. Dark purple runes started to engrave themselves onto his arm as purple darkness started to gather behind him in drill like patterns. "Dark Drill," he muttered before thrusting his arm upward towards Haku. The drills followed suit, knocking into the girl. The one that hit her face knocked the mask off, exposing her face to the world.

Haku stared up as she got to all fours. There was nothing that she could do in this fight. There was just nothing that could happen. She was fighting in a different reality then what she was used to. There was just no way that she could win at all in this fight. She felt a rough tugging on the back of her collar, forcing her to look up into the cold blue sharingan eyes of Yami.

"Why are you siding with Gatou?" the blonde asked his voice cold enough to chill skin.

"Cause we need the money," she answered as she continued to look into his spinning eyes.

"You do know that he will kill you when you are finished right?" His voice was getting lazier and lazier by each word he spoke out, almost as if he was no longer fighting.

Haku's eyes widened slightly as she heard birds. She knew that sound but she did not know where it was coming from. She had to stop that attack from going as she knew where it was coming from.

Naruto sighed as he looked towards the sound. If he wanted his plan to go into action, he needed to stop that technique from making its mark. All of the darkness wrapped around Yam no Seishin, bringing the dome of darkness down along with it. "Dark Constriction Shield!" the blonde roared as he slammed it down before Kakashi's electrified arm.

Kakashi was shocked as a wall of darkness appeared in front of his arm before constricting around it, stopping the Chidori cold in its track, only allowing it to scratch Zabuza. He looked towards Naruto with a questioning look.

Naruto sighed as he sheathed his sword and powered down the Kuro-Ningenkai-Nexus-Kuchiyose-no-jutsu, wincing as the seals went back on his arm and the bandages rewrapped themselves around his arm. His right hand pointed to the other side of the bridge. "You guys might want to focus on them right now," he spoke in his lazy tone before putting on his sunglasses. "And Kakashi, I need you to put up a genjutsu for me."

Kakashi looked at the blonde oddly before they widened, watching Naruto fall unconscious. His hands acted quick as his hand formed a seal and casted a genjutsu over Naruto.

Zabuza glared at Gatou and his small army of thugs. The former Kiri Nin had very little chakra left and there was no way he would be able to fight them all off with no arms. He would die before he was finished. "What do you want Gatou?" he growled out, making the business man chuckle lightly.

"Well, I came here to check on your progress," the man said in a chuckle. "And it seems like you were a success this time. You wore them down to the point of unconsciousness and exhaustion. Easy kill for even my men. And you are one of the most worn. So it looks like I don't have to pay you after all."

Zabuza was about to move before he heard buzzing. His head turned to Haku who shrugged her shoulders. The shark like man's head turned to Kakashi who had a wide eye, putting down his head band. "Oh that can't be," the silver haired man muttered.

"Can't be what Kakashi-san?" Haku asked.

"Back in the war, there were only two clans with bugs," the silver haired man spoke out. "And I know damn well that this is not the Aburame's coming out. This is Iwa we are now dealing with." His hands searched for a kunai before he felt a feminine hand grab his wrist.

"You might want to put down the kunai away hun," he heard a voice from behind him. His head turned around before staring at a girl with short brown hair. Her forehead was a little larger then normal ad her eyes were brown. Her skin was tanned slightly and she wore purple clothing orange lining. "We are only here to aid Naruto-kun."

"You mean Yami?" Gatou asked with a raised eyebrow. He frowned as he watched her nod. "That piece of shit does not deserve to have you guys aid him. He is a weak traitor to Iwa and he deserves to die!"

"So that is what you guys say about my teammate?" he heard a voice say from above. His eyes traveled upwards to see a man fall from the sky off of a large bird. The man was pretty feminine with blonde hair and a pang covering his left eye. His skin was tanned and he was dressed in the standard Iwa jounin outfit with mesh instead of a tight black shirt. At his left hip was an odd looking pouch. On his palms he could see mouths opening and closing.

The small man backed up as Deidara landed on the floor. "So, what did you say about my teammate, un?" The blonde man asked as he reached into his strange pouch.

"That he does not deserve Iwa," Gatou said shakily. He could feel the killing intent roll off the man as he approached with a smile.

"You know I kinda like the lazy blonde." A long rod made of clay formed in his hands. His left hand gripped the business man before turning him around and shoving the rod up the man's ass and kicking him over. "Let's have you go out with a bang, un."

Before Gatou can question, his body exploded, showering the land with his guts with the land. His head turned towards Suzumebachi with a smirk. "Thanks for taking out the thugs un."

Suzumebachi smirked as she walked over to Naruto and inspected his body. She let out a low whistle. "Looks like he did complete that jutsu," she said with a smirk. "But at a cost. It seems that he can't use his left arm for about two weeks and his body is exhausted for using to much chakra. He better be careful with that jutsu."

Kakashi looked at the two with an odd look before asking a question. "What affiliations does Naruto have with you?" he asked.

Deidara smirked as he looked at Kakashi. "A whole world that you don't even realize Kakashi-san," he spoke out. "Let's lazy to a bed and then we will talk after he wakes up. and if you think we will attack, no worries, we could have killed you guys all before we even got here, just like Suzumebachi killed the thugs." His hand pointed at the dead thugs for emphasis. All that was living over them were hornets that seemed to stay in a group.

Naruto groaned as he got up. His body was wracked with pain from chakra exhaustion. He tried moving his left arm, only to cry out in pain at the movement of the muscles. The blonde sighed as he rested his head back on the pillows. 'I just had to use that jutsu,' he thought to himself. 'I just had to use it. Fucking hell my arm hurts.'

"You know you have a lot of explaining to do," he heard Kakashi speak out from the doorway, making Naruto groan as he sat up right.

"Alright, what comes first?" Naruto lazily asked. "Do you want to know why I am with Iwa or why my team is here? Or is there anything else you want to know of."

"Both Nara-san," Kakashi said with a harsh glare. "I want to know why you lied to Konoha and why you are a traitor. I also want to know why you hid your real age."

Naruto groaned slightly. "Alright, I will talk but before we jump Kakashi-san, I want you to know the kind of position you are in right now." The blondes hand pointed behind the silver haired man. The Cyclops's head turned backwards to stare at the duo from yesterday, both sporting a smile.

Kakashi sighed as he nodded. He did not like the position he was in right now. If he killed Naruto for treason then he would be killed by the Iwa Nin that seemed to be closely related with Naruto. "Alright," the scarecrow like man spoke out. "You have my word that I will not kill you yet."

Naruto yawned as he swung his legs over the bed and leaned forward. "Alright Hatake-san, I want you to tell me everything you think of the last Great Ninja War and who started it."

Kakashi narrowed his visible eye. "Well, it started with Suna trying to control over the other nations along with a few other nations. Eventually it became a fight between Konoha and Suna against Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo. Not sure why Suna switched on the fly but they did. Eventually, it came out with Konoha and Suna being the victor by the Yondaime."

Naruto sighed as he rubbed his temples. "That is not really true," the blonde spoke out in a lazy drawl. "What happened was Konoha got pissed off at Suna and started to medal in their affairs as well as stealing and some other dirty dealings. Eventually, Suna's allies came along and war broke out. Half way through, Suna flipped ears at a bribe and the new Kazekage so everything started to get weird. Sure, the Yondaime did help in Iwa's defeat but it was a peace agreement by the previous Tsuchikage. Now, tell me what do you think about the Sandaime?"

"The man is a great leader."

"He is also a good liar," Naruto said, cutting the man off. "He does some pretty dirty dealings with everyone. In fact, he has many dirty dealings. Right now, he is making some trades with Orochimaru and Kiri. He is also leaking information about his own Nins to Akatsuki and other stuff like that. So, is he as pure as you think?"

Kakashi looked at Naruto with a quizzical look. How can the Hokage be that crooked? To sell out his own Nin to other supposed opponents. But that was not the Hokage that he had come to know. "There is no way that you are right Nara-san," Kakashi spoke out in a growl.

Naruto sighed before speaking more. "If you do not believe me then you are going to have to believe me with this Hatake-san," the blonde drawled out. "Hentai's spy networks catch a lot of things. He caught several documents several years before he came and got me. The original reason he took me away was because he wanted me not top fall for Sarutobi's trap. If you want some documents then ask him. But I am going to leave you with two options right now. Either you are with us and live or you are against us and you will die."

Kakashi looked at Naruto before sighing and sitting down. This was not something that was supposed to happen. He was supposed to be against Iwa at all costs yet Naruto was giving him reasons to be a traitor to his home, the place that he risked life for. "Let me think alright?" Kakashi spoke out. "Just tell me why you are with Iwa and look like you are seventeen."

"Well, it goes back about five and a half years when I met Kyuubi for the first time," the younger sharingan spoke out. "Her first gift to me were my eyes. Her second gift was to age me two years for each year I go through. So in essence, when my birthday hits, I age two years. That stops after I am about twenty five years old."

Kakashi nodded at that before looking at Deidara and Suzumebachi. "So, what age did you start with them?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he looked at them. "That I do not remember as I see no point in remembering."

"So, they are with you?"

Naruto nodded as Deidara looked at the two sharingan users. "About fucking time you noticed us un," the oldest blonde said. "And here I thought we were tossed aside like chopped liver."

Naruto sighed as he looked at his old team. "So why are you two here?" he questioned.

Deidara opened his mouth to speak but was hit upside the head by Suzumebachi. "We already know what you are going to say so don't bother," she spoke out in slight annoyance. She looked at Naruto with a slight smile. "Well Tsuchikage-sama had told us to check in on you guys and by the way things seemed out there, I guess she was right. Though she is pissed at you for some reason."

Naruto sighed as he rubbed his temples. That was not a good sign. Last time Crystal was angry, Naruto was in the infirmary for a week. And during that time, she used it to 'talk' about why she was angry. It was not the talking that got him as he could stand that but it was how violent she was when she was angry and that was not very often, luckily.

"Anything else?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah," Deidara said as he dragged Suzumebachi along. "Don't get into too much trouble and do not link anything to us kay?"

Naruto nodded, already knowing that as he watched his two old team mates walk out the room. Naruto looked down at his arm before sighing. "Alright, where is Zabuza and Haku?" the blonde teen asked.

"They are going with your team," Kakashi answered simply he was about to walk out of the room before. He stopped about half way before turning back to the young sharingan user. "If you are wrong about the Hokage I will personally make your torture worse then what Ibiki can do to I make myself clear Nara-san?"

The blonde nodded at the man, knowing that was coming. The man had pledged his loyalty to the leaf so it was just natural that he had second thought about what was going on. All Naruto had to do was push him in the right direction and that was it. and he had nothing to fear of the man as the older sharingan user would not be as rash as top report Naruto early. Kakashi seemed like a level headed man from what he had seen. So for now, everything was going as planed.

A/N Well, there is a little more back story. Just so you know, Naruto is actually seventeen in body and mind but he is not supposed to be that age but twelve. And no Hinata. I cannot work a way up to it. And the nexus jutsu I used is something that makes a world. Naruto controls it with his left arm and Yami no Seishin. Also, the nexus jutsu that you guys saw will be now know as Kuro-Ningenkai-Nexus-Kuchiyose-no-jutsu.

Alright, down to other business. To answer Some Reader's question, the reason he completed the jutsu is that he already set up the seals. They are super sensitive so yeah, that is the reason.

The jutsus used so far are

Mizurappa-no-jutsu (Violent Water Wave technique) - this is one of my personal favorite jutsus and this is one of Naruto's main water jutsus if Mar's Maelstrom is any indication. After you form the proper hand seals you will spit out a strong jet of water at your enemies. The jutsu is mainly offensive

Kage-Mane-no-jutsu (Shadow imitation technique) - this is a pretty cool jutsu really. The caster can have his shadow travel along any surface yet it can't jump form surface to surface like all shadows unless there is a way across. By using other shadows near by you can extend the reach, however your reach is limited to the surface are relevant to the shadow. Once the target is 'caught' they are frozen to do what the caster does like a mirror until the caster run out of chakra. The move was originally built to stall people hence why it is a supplementary jutsu but it has other uses

Furoamasutaa-no-Jutsu means either floor master jutsu or wall master jutsu. I got this idea of Legend of Zelda. In a lot of ways it is like floor master. The user can control where the hands go just by thinking it. The only problem is that the user is literally making his own shadows by focusing their chakra. If I get any shit about that idea, well, let's just say it involves four horses and four lengths of rope. When the hands grab a person it will be a lot like what would happen in Zelda except the starting point is anywhere the user is touching a solid object. Like a lot of shadows it cannot jump from solid object to solid object unless there is a way to get across there in its shadow form. In hand form it could touch the object but it will not be able to go any further. As you guys can see the 'hands' can combine to create a large hand or they could have hands extend from the 'arms' of the hand. That is some kind of surprise eh?

Kage-Bunshin-no-jutsu is a better version of Bunshin-no-jutsu. Unlike the Bunshin-no-jutsu this one is solid. When the clone dispels the user gains the information the clone has gained. The primary use for the jutsu is for infiltration or distraction as they are easy to dispel. The way that Naruto uses it is to either overwhelm the opponent or to even the playing field. The two problems with the jutsu are that it can exhaust the user's chakra and could give a major migraine if the information is gained improperly.

Suirou-no-jutsu means water prison jutsu. What it does is after you create the hand seal, you are able to trap and unsuspecting opponent into it. The prison basically forms itself out of water into a sphere which somehow does not drown the imprisoned. How I do not know. Any who, the jutsu does not allow contact to be broken which means that you have to keep contact at all time or the jutsu falls. That is why Zabuza used a clone to attack the group instead of himself.

Katon-Goukakyuu-no-jutsu means great fire ball jutsu. After doing the hand seals, the user will bring chakra from their mouths to their lungs and exhale it out immediately. Messing up gets your mouth and/or throat burnt. Yeah, a nice idea coming up with that one.

Kuro-Ningenkai-Nexus-Kuchiyose-no-jutsu – This is a jutsu that relies on both Fuuinjutsu and ninjutsu. The way it works is that the user will run through hand seals before biting his thumb and wiping the seals after the tape is unrolled. When that happens the user will place his hand on a solid piece of ground. The jutsu creates a world that you control the darkness with and almost anything can happen. It is really hard to explain so yeah, sorry for the half assed explination.