Double Arts Chapter 10: Absolute defeat, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Double Arts.

Summary: When team 7 was called on a simple C-rank mission they were not expecting a result like this. During the C-rank mission while chasing after the bandits, Naruto run into a mysterious white hair girl, who was on the floor, coughing blood. Being who he was Naruto ran up to the girl, and when they came into contact their lives changed forever… AU. Story happens before Zabuza Arc. NarutoXOC

A/N: I realize some people seem to dislike the fact that I make Naruto overly dense/stupid/etc. Trust me, I don't like it all that much myself. But, that doesn't mean I would suddenly make him smart, that'd just be horrible character development because this isn't how I characterized Naruto's character from the beginning. I won't forsake all that at a sudden whim. That said, I do prefer a smarter and stronger Naruto in general :D.

As for the chapter, this is more of an experimental chapter. This is probably the first time I have tried to focus on the actual action to this extend, forsaking quite a lot of dialogue, though, honestly, in a battle such as this, there is hardly time for talking. I should mention I suck at naming characters too.

Edit: Hahaha, you're right ChaosStrife, it was toads after all. I had always thought it was frog cause Fukasaku was teaching Naruto 'frog' kata. The edit has been done!

Double Arts

Chapter 10: Absolute Defeat

Kakashi and his blue haired opponent clashed kunai to kunai before they leapt apart. Observing his opponent carefully, Kakashi remarked "I've heard rumours of a blue haired master swordsman working under Taisho, the Crimson Fist, who was once a proud member of the legendary weapon smith family. You are Shinri Kentamaru."

"You are very well informed, copy-nin, Hakate Kakashi," Kentamaru replied calmly.

In that case, he is still holding back. It is said that the Shinri family discovered the 'secret of steel', and each member wields a special weapon crafted by their own hands as a rite of passage. Incredible weapons on par with the blades of the seven mist swordsman.

Gai and his opponent were locked in a furious exchange of lightning quick blows. The pair was currently squaring off equally, with neither gaining an upper hand on the other. "Maito Gai, your skills precedes you, self proclaimed, 'Konoha's Noble Green Beast'," Gai's opponent said as he and Gai broke away from each other.

"You as well, Iseki Akira. You are a notorious A-rank missing-nin whose reputation is not any less than your leader, Taisho the Crimson Fist," Gai replied seriously. Taking this pause in the battle, Gai took a look to see how his team was faring in their battle. When he saw Lee and Neji's pushing back their opponent, Gai smirked proudly. "Osu, I will follow in my team's burning example of youth," Gai announced as he charged dead straight at Akira.

Forming several seals, Kurenai murmured, "Magen: Jubaku Satsu," with that she disappeared from sight. While approaching her opponent masked with her 'illusion', Kurenai was surprised when a shuriken flew by in front of her face. Turning towards the source, Kurenai's opponent had a smirk on his face. "Yuhi Kurenai, the genjutsu prodigy of Konoha. While we were scouting Konoha's back up team, we were quickly able to identify you," her opponent began cockily. "For that, I was sent to deal with you," He continued as he formed several seals and disappeared in front of Kurenai's eyes.

"A genjutsu user…," Kurenai murmured as she held her hands in a ram seal.

Asuma was calmly trading blows with his opponent, though deep inside, he was filled with worries for the rest of the genin. Glancing at Shikamaru, Chouji and Shino's battle, Asuma was relieved that they were holding their own. His biggest worry was the looming danger that was Taisho, as he continued his walk towards Naruto's group.

"Oi, should you really be looking away in a battle," Asuma's opponent taunted as he struck.

"Shino, Chouji, can you help me distract him?" Shikamaru whispered from behind his two fellow genin. "If I can connect with my Kagemane, Shino can use his Kikaichu to drain all his chakra," Shikamaru explained the plan quickly.

Shino nodded in reply as he and Chouji got into a fighting stance in front of Shikamaru. "We'll hold him off until you succeed, Shikamaru!" Chouji said bravely.

Their opponent looked at them with a malicious grin, licking his lips in anticipation of killing the three genin. He was so overconfident in his superiority, he was underestimating all potential threat the three genin could possibly impose.

Sasuke hated to admit it, but he knew he wasn't at a level where he could face off against a jounin, be it that the jounin was elite or trash. So as annoying as Sakura was most of the time, her assistance was evening out the battle against the low class jounin.

With Sasuke engaging the jounin in a furious battle of taijutsu, Sakura was consistently staying out of the jounin's range, attacking with punches and kicks of her own when the time called for it. That is to say, she was interrupting the battle whenever their opponent was gaining an upper hand against Sasuke. Sakura had trained hard during the one month stay at Nami no Kuni after the fight on the bridge. She was disappointed in herself for failing to do anything against Haku, which had propelled her head first into training.

For one month, Sakura sparred with Kakashi's shadow clones daily for taijutsu training. Besides that, Sakura also trained with Naruto and Yuki. From those two, Sakura learned the basic of teamwork and refined her chakra imbuing techniques. Sakura knew she wasn't as strong as Sasuke, Naruto and Yuki, therefore she learned to support them in her own way. Taking the concept of Naruto and Yuki's Double Arts style, Sakura learned to disrupt the flow of battle. By using well timed hit and run techniques, Sakura was essentially restarting the battle by disrupting the pace of Sasuke's opponent whenever he started gaining advantage in the battle. This current tactic was proving successful, as the pair of genin fought off the jounin.

Ino could only look on with awe and a growing respect for Sakura who had grown so much in the past month. The ongoing battle also made Ino come to realize her inability to do anything. It revealed to her that she needed to work harder as a Kunoichi. Sakura's improvement and success in the current battle was the testament of her hard work and effort.

"T-this is... I can't do anything!" Tenten exclaimed as she stood a distance away from where Lee and Neji were pushing back their opponent. The two were attacking fiercely, working with perfect compatibility as they stuck close to their opponent, never allowing him to escape their relentless blows. With the two taijutsu experts attacking him, Team Gai's opponent was unable to create any distance. As a jounin that specialized in ninjutsu, he was struggling to fight back against the two agile genin.

Narut and Yuki could feel the intense killing intent sipping out of their opponent. Even with their experience in a life or death battle against Zabuza and Kimimaro, they knew the man walking towards them was on another level. Naruto glanced back at Hinata and Kiba behind him, he could notice them shaking. Though that is to be expected, after all, neither of them had experience in fighting a high level missing-nin. Naruto wanted to encourage them, but, all it would be would be false hope.

Taisho made no sound as he attacked, charging straight towards the four genin. Naruto and Yuki, who were standing at the front of the defensive line, were barely able to react in time as they held out their arms to block. The pair was instantly engulfed in a white aura as Yuki activated Yuukai. Even with their strength doubled, the pair was instantly overpowered as they were sent flying back, crashing into the tables set up around the hall.

Seeing Naruto and Yuki sent flying broke Kiba and Hinata out of their fear as they attacked Taisho together. Naruto and Yuki quickly regained their bearings as they got back up onto their feet. They had suffered less damage than it would have appeared by reducing the full force of the attack by jumping backwards. Though, they had misjudged the power and their own jump, crashing into the tables. Yuukai was deactivated the second they had been sent flying. In the month of training in Nami no Kuni, their mastery over the use of Yuukai had drastically improved, allowing the pair to use it in short bursts without recoil. When Naruto and Yuki had picked themselves off their feet, they saw Kiba and Hinata sent flying by a powerful palm thrust by Taisho.

With all of the genin gone, Taisho made his way towards Sakamoto as his giant figure loomed over the much smaller stature of Sakamoto and Hideyoshi, who was crying and hiding behind his older brother. "I apologize for the late greetings feudal lord Sakamoto, I've come to wish you a happy birthday," Taisho taunted mockingly.

Sakamoto stood unfazed in Taisho's presence, even when Taisho's hand drew near, ready to end his life in an instant. Taisho's hand never reached its goal as it was kicked away, a brief look of surprised appeared on Taisho's face. Naruto and Yuki stood in front of Sakamoto and Hideyoshi, surrounded by a white glow. "You won't lay a hand on either of them," they yelled in unison as they glared at Taisho.

No! That's bad, Naruto, Yuki! You're being drawn into his game. Kakashi thought as he parried a kunai thrust from Kentamaru. That man is not an ordinary shinobi. He is the worst possible opponent you could face, a man who won't fall for any of your deceptions. He is a blind man who has mastered all his remaining senses to its limits. Once an extraordinary gifted chakra sensor, it is said he developed the ability to 'see' with his chakra after he became blind. There is no way he wouldn't have sensed your approach. He is toying with you guys! Kakashi thought grimly, trying his best to shrug off Kentamaru and to his team's aid.

"You two have a pretty interesting technique," Taisho began, "I have met many people in my life, but this is the first time I have ever felt two people meshing their presence so perfectly before," Taisho continued. "Not to mention, for two genin to have the courage to face me, that alone is worthy of praise."

"Don't be so full of yourself, we've faced shinobi far stronger than you," Naruto retorted.

"You... your presence makes the scar I received from that man hurt, yes... it reminds me of that golden bastard, the man I despise with every fibre of my being...!" Taisho murmured softly as he gripped the large X-scar on his face.

Ignoring the man's rambling and taking advantage of this distraction, Naruto and Yuki attacked, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks. When all the blows were easily avoided and blocked, they knew they were in trouble. Although, it wasn't as if nothing came from their attack, as they managed to push Taisho away from the Tetsuya brothers.

The instant the attacks stopped, Taisho retaliated. Naruto and Yuki were able to see the attack coming as they leapt back to create some distance. "Too slow," Taisho said as he appeared from behind the pair.

With a grunt, Naruto began pivoting on the sole of his feet, as he forcefully stopped the pair's backward momentum, spinning Yuki away from the incoming blow for a counterattack.

Working with perfect unison with Naruto, Yuki had already begun to gather chakra into her leg, ready to attack Taisho. Her eyes widened in surprised when she noticed that Taisho had already moved. Feeling her surrounding, Yuki instinctively reacted, pushing on Naruto's shoulder as she spun around and kicked, narrowly diverting Taisho's incoming fist. The resulting clash sent a shock up Yuki's leg as she landed.

"Interesting manoeuvre, this is the first time I have ever seen two people fighting that well while holding hands," Taisho remarked.

Naruto and Yuki ignored him as they dropped Yuukai. The reason was not the fact that they could not hold it any longer, but the fact that the current battle wasn't one where they could risk getting knocked out by their own technique. With their training, the longest they could hold a single Yuukai was two minutes and thirty seconds. With their mastery over the technique, they could hold it for half that time without any drawbacks. But in a battle and without rest, each time they used Yuukai, the time without drawback shortens, risking a chance of going overtime and getting disorientated.

With no words, but two simple squeeze of his hand, Naruto conveyed his message to Yuki. Knowing that they had no chance of beating Taisho, Naruto and Yuki decided then and there to stall for as long as possible. Yuki and Naruto ripped open a bit of their kimono as they criss-crossed their legs. Letting go of Yuki's hand for a moment, Naruto formed a familiar cross hand seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" He yelled as clones flooded the hall around them. They had deduced their opponent's blindness long ago, therefore deciding that they had no need to do the required Henge.

Taisho appeared mildly impressed at the amount of clones that spawned, though not a trace of worry could be seen. With a battle cry, the clones charged at Taisho. It was soon evident that the clones stood no chance as Taisho destroyed them with relative ease.

Naruto and Yuki had carefully assimilated into the mass of clones, mixing in and patiently waiting for an opening to appear. Neither of them predicted the ease in which Taisho pinpointed their location as he charges his way through the clones, a trail of smoke behind him as the clones were destroyed. Narrowly avoiding Taisho's shoulder slam, Naruto and Yuki retaliated. Punches and kicks simply bounced off Taisho's muscular body, dealing absolutely no damage. In fact, it was Naruto and Yuki's own arms and legs that suffered more from the short exchange, shaking uncontrollably as if they were hitting steel.

"Is this the best you two can do?" Taisho asked with a bored expression. Naruto and Yuki's eyes widened when an intense wave of bottled up killing intent washed over them. Quickly moving away to create distance, they were far too slow as Taisho was already behind them, waiting for the pair to arrive. Activating Yuukai instantly, they changed direction, but even with the boosted speed, they were unable to shrug off Taisho. "Your greatest weakness is your inability to move in anyway but in a straight line, to someone like me who fights with heightened senses. Your movement is no different than a telegraph. Every time the two of you move, I can already predict where you will be before you arrive, even if you can move at a greater speed, I can easily intercept your path," Taisho explained calmly while Naruto and Yuki circled around him.

Naruto and Yuki had no chance to react when Taisho appeared in front of their path. He had gotten close enough that he had two open palm held out in front of the two genin. "T-this move is?!" Naruto exclaimed as he remembered the same technique that took down Kiba and Hinata earlier. Neither he nor Yuki had the chance to dodge when the attack connected. The resulting blow was so devastating that it felt like a cannon impacting into their body. With that one single blow, the pair was sent flying, collapsing onto the floor face first, and coughing a large amount of blood.

Naruto was struggling with his chin to look towards Taisho, who was already approaching Sakamoto again. He could see and hear Hideyoshi yelling worriedly "Yuki-chan". Naruto's vision was getting blurred as his consciousness began to waver. Turning his head towards Yuki, Naruto saw that she was knocked out cold. His eyes widened when he saw the pool of blood around her head. The blood was sipping and covering her snow white hair. Naruto gritted his teeth as anger began overcoming his reasons. He knew that the reason Yuki took that much damage was because she had to split her focus and guard both their bodies with chakra from the last attack. If she had not protected him, his insides would have been pulverized. Naruto was angry. He was angry at himself and angry at Taisho for hurting Yuki. From the unrestrained anger, animalistic fury was born, as rage consumed Naruto. His cerulean blue eyes began to taint with a hue of dark red.

After the two genin were sent flying, Taisho was making his way towards Sakamoto. "This is a surprise, Tetsuya, to think that the two of you would choose to stay here instead of using the distraction these genin made to escape. Do you have that much faith in their abilities, or were you so afraid you couldn't even move?" Taisho asked. Sakamoto didn't get a chance to reply as a malicious and demonic chill filled the air.

T-this feeling!? Did his seal break? Kakashi thought as he and his opponent stopped as they turned towards the demonic presence that began to spread around the hall.

"W-what is that?" Kentamaru exclaimed silently as he carelessly turned away from his opponent towards the source of the vile energy. He could see a torrent of red chakra seeping out in the distance. Instinctively, he dodged to the side as Kakashi attacked, chipping his arm with a kunai. Kentamaru grunted softly as his remaining arm grabbed his cut. It was fairly deep, though not necessary at a life threatening level.

Damn, I have no time to waste here. Kakashi thought after he missed. He had tried to finish the battle just now.

"What is this... Maito Gai?" Akira asked as the two stood at a standstill. Their battle had stopped the instant they felt the demonic energy filling the room.

I... I never thought I would feel this vile energy again. Gai thought. As I thought, it was far too dangerous for them to fight Taisho. This has gotten far too out of hand. Gai concluded with a scowl. First gate, Kai!

The rest of the combatants could feel the energy seeping through the room, but neither side had the room for a break. Even one moment of distraction could cost them their lives, as such, they continued to attack, deciding that the sooner they dealt with the opponents, the sooner they could deal with the new raising problem.

Taisho was instantly able to locate the source of the demonic energy as he turned to where he had sent Naruto and Yuki. The pair had gotten up onto their feet as if unharmed by his previous attack.

Naruto was growling and his features had gotten far more feral. His fangs had lengthened, his whiskers thickened and where cerulean blue eyes once was, was replaced with demonic red eyes with a black slit. A vicious torrent of red chakra surrounded his body which was extended onto Yuki.

Beside Naruto, Yuki had woken up. She too, like Naruto had gone through a drastic change. Her eyes were replaced with the same demonic eyes. Her fangs had lengthened significantly. Though, unlike Naruto, she was gritting her teethes tightly, as if she was in pain. What might have been the most drastic change was Yuki's snow white hair, which were now jet black.

Kiba, who had regained his consciousness part way through Naruto and Yuki's battle exclaimed softly, "Y-yuki?! W-why did her hair change color?"

Naruto and Yuki remained silent as they charged towards Taisho, at a speed that far exceeded their earlier limits. The resulting impact between the two and Taisho sent Taisho skidding back and away from the Tetsuya brothers. Without stopping, they were a mere flash of red as they chased after their opponent. All traces of strategy seemed to be gone, as they relied on nothing but their instincts.

Taisho was prepared this time as he waited for the pair to attack so he could counterattack. To his surprise, the pair was easily dancing away from his blows, staying close to him, relying on nothing but their speed. It dawned on Taisho that what he once thought was a desperate attack was anything but. They were relying on their great speed and smaller size to fight him. They had chosen to abandon the less risky hit and run style after realizing its weaknesses against him.

Indeed, now that they were far stronger and faster than before, the pair was pushing Taisho back and away from the Tetsuya brothers. But despite all their efforts, they were unable to deal any actual damage onto the missing-nin. What made Taisho so resilient wasn't simply his muscular physique, but the ability to coat his body with earth nature chakra. If lightning nature chakra gave the user "speed" and "cutting" attributes, the characteristic of earth nature chakra was to "reinforce". Taisho, a master of earth manipulation could coat his body with it, heightening the defence of his body. At the same time, he could strengthen his punches and kicks, resulting in a devastating impact. In many ways, earth nature chakra has the most affinity out of all the elements in hand-to-hand combat.

Quickly, the surprise advantage the pair had gained was lost. Taisho had quickly gauged the scope of their powers. I have wasted far too much time. Taisho thought as he felt the first of his allies to be taken down. Taisho stopped moving as he allowed the two genin to attack him. Not even with as much as a flinch, Taisho initiated his counterattack at the moment of their attack. He sent Naruto and Yuki flying away, though neither had received much damage because of Kyuubi's cloak which enveloped their body. It was too late for the pair to react as Taisho intercepted their landing, appearing behind them. With an unrelenting assault, Taisho separated the duo, sending them flying to opposite ends of the hall, as they finally stopped after crashing into the wall. Yuki had fallen unconscious again at this point, though Kyuubi's chakra continued to glow, rapidly repairing her damaged body.

Naruto on the other hand was struggling onto his knees, having stayed conscious through sheer willpower. His mind was in absolute chaos as he struggled to stand, to get to Yuki before she died to the curse. Everything seemed hopeless as Taisho's shadow loomed over Naruto.

This boy is the origin of that energy, if I leave him alive, there is no doubt he will become a potential threat to my plans. Taisho thought as he raised one hand. I will end his life now, before he reaches his full potential.

Naruto had fallen unconscious as he finally succumbed to his wounds. With nothing to stop Taisho, he was only mere seconds away from ending the young genin's life when his instincts kicked in, forcing him to abandon his task as he leapt back.

Where Taisho once stood, a giant man slammed a glowing blue orb into the ground, causing a large explosion of dust and debris. With his senses, Taisho could feel the presence within the smoke screen, a tremendous chakra that dwarfs his. When the smoke finally cleared, a giant white haired man stood protectively in front of Naruto. He wore flashy red clothes and a forehead protector with the kanji "oil". Quickly determining who it was, Taisho greeted with surprising calmness, "I never expected you to be here, one of the sannin, the legendary toad sage, Jiraiya."

"Jiraiya-sama!" Kakashi exclaimed with a sigh of relief when he saw Jiraiya saving Naruto. He had broken into a cold sweat when he thought Taisho was going to kill Naruto. Though he had tried his hardest, he was unable to get away from Kentamaru's unrelenting assault to help Naruto.

"Jiraiya, the legendary toad sage, so he was here all along," Kentamaru said with such calmness that Kakashi could feel a nagging feeling in the back of his mind.

He isn't one bit surprised that a legendary sannin had just arrived, is he that confident in Taisho, or did they already plan for this? Kakashi thought. "You look surprisingly calm. Do you not grasp your current situation?" Kakashi provoked as he formed several hand seals. The sound of a thousand birds filled the hall. "With the exception of Taisho and Akira, all your allies have fallen," Kakashi continued. "This is the end."

Shaking his head softly, Kentamaru had a small smirk on his face, "It would appear that the almighty 'Sharingan' isn't as all seeing as rumours have it," Kentamaru taunted.

"Jiraiya!" Akira exclaimed as he skidded back after blocking a punch from Gai. The man had suddenly gotten faster and stronger than before, forcing him to be on the defensive. He had already deduced that the spandex wearing man had opened one of the eight gates. I... if this goes on, I'll lose. Taisho-san explicitly told me and Shinri to hold back as much as possible, if this goes on I have no choice but to use 'that'.

Asuma and Kurenai had just finished their opponent when Jiraiya arrived. They both let out a sigh of relief when Naruto was saved. They quickly looked around to look for others to aid.

"W-we've won!" Chouji announced happily when the jounin they were fighting finally fell unconscious from Shino's kikai bugs.

A loud explosion occurred as Shikamaru, Shino and Chouji turned towards the source, seeing a white haired man standing protectively in front of Naruto.

Sakura and Ino cheered happily and hugged each other with joy when their opponent was finally knocked out by Sasuke. Ino had joined in the battle using Sakura's tactic. The trio of genin had proved to be too much for the low ranking jounin who specialized in ninjutsu and not taijutsu.

This man is hardly worthy of being called a jounin, his skills in taijutsu is far too weak. Against those guys... he'd have been taken down in an instant. Sasuke thought darkly and with a scowl as Sakura and Ino tied up the jounin. He was scanning the room at the other battles, but mostly searching for Naruto and Yuki, when an explosion occurred at one end of the hall, kicking up dust.

"Yosha! This is our burning flames of youth!" Lee yelled excitedly as he and his team finally took out the jounin.

Several kunai and shuriken were stuck on the jounin's vest. The jounin was unconscious, knocked out by a powerful punch by Lee and a powerful palm thrust in the stomach courtesy of Neji. They had finally gained an opening when Tenten caught the man off guard with a hail of extremely accurate and well aimed shuriken and kunai.

"We have to go help Naruto," Tenten yelled at her cheering teammate and her silent one. She was pointing towards where Taisho loomed over the unconscious Naruto. She was ready to run over when Neji suddenly grabbed her shoulder.

"That... isn't necessary," Neji explained. Tenten was ready to yell at him until she realized that his Byakugan was activated. Tenten relaxed when she realized that Neji noticed something that she did not. She was given her answer quickly as an explosion occurred where Naruto was lying, which kicked up a small cloud of smoke. When it was cleared, Tenten could clearly see a man standing in front of Naruto protectively.

"I should have been here sooner," Jiraiya said with a scowl as he glanced at Naruto who was lying behind him in a pool of his own blood. "If only those moronic and selfish idiots would cooperate for even a moment, instead of endangering everyone for their own lives," Jiraiya continued with clear displeasure. The reason that Jiraiya had come to the party in the first place was mostly due to Sarutobi's request. He had assisted in the evacuation and had already taken out numerous ninjas Taisho had set up in ambush outside the building. Though, because of the nobles' careless and selfish actions, he was forced to spend precious time fixing their mistakes. "From here on out, you'll be fighting me," Jiraiya announced.

"I'm afraid that your appearance is outside the scope of my calculation," Taisho replied calmly as he turned away from Jiraiya and began to walk away. "Our battle will have to wait, I'll be withdrawing now," Taisho finished.

"Do you really think I'll let you leave so easily?" Jiraiya asked as he began forming seals.

Taisho calmly raised one arm, as he snapped his fingers before Jiraiya could finish. At that instant, consecutive explosions occurred around the hall as the numerous explosive notes Taisho and his group had set up prior ignited. The explosion took out the walls supporting the hall as it began to collapse.

"Damn it," Jiraiya said as he stopped his technique, instead, quickly bit his thumb and drawing blood. Forming several hand seals, Jiraiya placed the palm on one hand onto the floor as several large burst of smoke surrounded him. Five gigantic toads appeared around the toad sage. "Guys, can you help me grab the wounded and escape from here?" Jiraiya asked.

The toads quickly realized the situation as they nodded and each of them leapt to Hinata, Yuki, Kiba and the Tetsuya brothers respectively. The rest of the Konoha-nin had begun to evacuate after seeing the toads that were moving towards their fallen allies. Jiraiya turned and grabbed Naruto carefully so as to not aggravate the boy's wounds further. "Outside the scope of your calculations? Don't kid with me, you expected this to happen from the start...!" Those were the last words Jiraiya said as he quickly exited the collapsing hall.

Chapter 11 preview: The aftermath... this only happened because I was too weak!

A/N: The conclusion of this arc. I think I have enough action in this one chapter to last a while. After this, it'll be a while before the action picks up again while the plot moves on. Once again, I devoted most of the chapter to Naruto and Yuki's battle, leaving only snippets of the other's battle. What do you guys feel regarding this? Do you want me to write their battle too (which would make this far, far, longer), or stick to the current style? Though, it was mostly to keep things easier for me to write, it is also to keep the fighting abilities of my OCs a secret until their return. (Akira's "that" technique, yeah... just trying to put off thinking about it till its reveal :D) Did I mention I'm bad with names?

Regarding everyone's opponent, Asuma and Kurenai had the middle ranking jounin, both of which were not exactly their level. The genin all fought low rank jounin, or just elite chunin, doesn't matter which way you look at it. Kentamaru and Akira are another level compared to them, that's why Kakashi and Gai had more trouble than everyone else. Regarding Akira and Kentamaru holding back, they are, but not anymore than Kakashi or Gai. In this story, this is how I interpret the strength of the genin. (Note that I am excluding Naruto and Yuki's Kyuubi shroud and Lee's gates) Of course, this is merely their specs, in a battle, strategy makes a huge difference.

1) Naruto/Yuki = Lee = Neji

2) Sasuke

3) Shino/Kiba

4) Hinata/Tenten/Sakura

5) Shikamaru/Chouji

6) Ino (She'll improve, just that character development only kicked in this chapter)

Regarding my interpretation of elemental chakra, I kind of want some feedback too. After seeing the Raikage using lightning element coating, I thought, what about the other nature types? Thus earth nature coating was born. I kind of have a clue what the other types will be able to do, but I do want to know what you guys might think (I also wonder if any other people have used this idea).

I also enjoy bringing back Kyuubi into the story. I had the Kyuubi's shroud planned ever since the Wave country arc, which was where it was originally going to make its debut. Yuki's hair changing color back to its original black was something I wanted to introduce too (Only happens during Kyuubi's shroud). I also introduced another sub-plot in this chapter which most of you have already guessed, I bet. (Golden Bastard anyone?)

Lastly, I'll say it now, the chunin exams won't happen for at least a minimum of two more chapters at least. Though the next arc will be small, it is a canon event, just moved around. It'd be fun if you guys try to guess which event I'll be moving up. Also, for those who bothered to read this block of text and reply, thanks!

Please teach us, Zabuza-sensei!

Chapter 2: Stalking is okay as long as you're a prankster! The first step to a prank is to know your target!

"There's nothing to do!" Konohamaru whined. He was walking down the bustling streets with his two closest friends, Udon and Moegi. The three of them formed the 'Konohamaru Ninja Squad'. "I can't believe Naruto-nii and Yuki-nee went on a mission!" Konohamaru continued his rant.

Tipping his glasses, Udon replied, "They are genin after all."

"I wonder what Yuki-oneesama is doing right now!" Moegi said with a shine in her eyes. After meeting Naruto and Yuki, she had quickly grown attached to Yuki, idolizing her.

Walking down the streets at a furious pace was Zabuza. He was in a horrible mood after the day spent at the academy. He had just separated from Haku at the market so she could get the ingredients for dinner. I wonder what kind of monstrosity will be brought to existent tonight. Zabuza thought as his stomach rumbled with pain. Storming down the streets and deep in thought, Zabuza did not notice the three troublemakers from his class.

Konohamaru's eyes widen when he realized that it was Zabuza that stormed by. His shock was quickly replaced with a grin. "I just thought of something to do," Konohamaru said excitedly.

The trio was following Zabuza from a distance. So far, it would appear that he had not notice them yet. "Why are we following Zabuza-sensei, Konohamaru-kun?" Moegi whispered quietly.

"Isn't it obvious?" Konohamaru said with a smirk. "We've found our new prank target!"

"Z-zabuza-sensei?! But he looks so dangerous, Konohamaru-kun!" Udon said as he sniffled, wiping the snot dripping off his nose.

"Don't worry, he hasn't seen us yet, not to mention, we have this!" Konohamaru announced dramatically as he pulled out a small book. "The legendary book that Naruto-nii bestowed to me. The legendary manual with all of Naruto-nii's experience as a prankster! This is a good chance for me to use it," Konohamaru said with a grin. Naruto had written the book (lazily and mindlessly mind you) to get Konohamaru to stop bothering him during his and Yuki's month of training. Surprisingly, Konohamaru had yet to use it.

Huddling into a small circle, Konohamaru slowly opened the book. Written extremely large and surprisingly neat was Naruto's first rule. "Rule number 1, know thy enemy," Udon read out.

"Number 2! Always think one step ahead," Moegi continued excitedly.

"The last rule, and the most important one," Konohamaru said enthusiastically, "Be prepared to run!"

"Hmm, I see, they may seem simple, but this is truly the iron clad rule of pranks," Udon said with a nod.

"Alright, let's follow him," Konohamaru announced.

"This appears to be interesting, would you allow me to participate," a monotone voice spoke from behind the trio, scaring the daylight out of the three academy students.

"W-who are you?!" Konohamaru asked with a frightened voice as he moved away from the white haired teenager standing behind the group.

"I'm Kaguya Kimimaro," Kimimaro greeted with one hand lifted up in a sign of peace. "I merely wish to participate in this intriguing endeavour you wish to embark upon," Kimimaro explained.

One thought resonated in the three student's mind. Intriguing endeavour? It's just a prank. They thought as they stared at Kimimaro with a sweat drop.

"Why would you want to do something like this? How can we trust you?" Konohamaru asked warily.

"You could say I enjoy watching that man's torment."

"So you have a grudge against him?" Udon asked.

"Hmm, not a grudge per say, if you must put it into words, entertainment?" Kimimaro replied.

What did Zabuza-sensei do to this guy? The three students wondered.

"Allowing me into this group is most beneficial, for I have lots of knowledge regarding your target," Kimimaro enticed.

With a thoughtful look, Konohamaru began to weigh the pros and cons. "Very well, you're in!" Konohamaru decided as he walked up and held up one hand. "Welcome to the group!"

Shaking hands, a new group was form, a sinister group far greater than what Naruto alone had once accomplished. No one in the village was safe. The start of Zabuza's nightmarish days has only begun!

A/N: Ending it here. The reason? I have no idea what kind of prank I want them to do. I'm up for suggestions ^^, who knows what'll come out next?! (I honestly don't have any idea where I'm going with this after all :D)