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Exiled Whirlpool

Chapter11: The Crimson Fox Returns

Fire Country: Plain

Deidara veered away avoiding the massive shockwave that seemed to span out over the ground below. He swung his clay-dragon around and looked towards the center of the massive crater his opponent had created. In the center stood a crimson chakra fox with four swishing tails down on all fours with that same annoying grin on its face.

It was mocking him with its grin!

"Had enough yet?" Naruto growled out in an unearthly tone.

"You annoying little brat! You dare to mock my art?! I'll kill you, yeah!" Deidara shouted angrily at him.

Several small projectile-like clay birds shot out of the clay-dragon and sped towards the fox with great speed. Naruto saw it coming however and so he lifted his right arm up and clenched his crimson fist before bringing it down on the ground with monstrous force. The resulting shockwave that was released sent ripples of earth in all directions stretching for miles even as the blast destroyed the approaching attack from Deidara.

"Are you done?" The fox taunted with that same grin on its face.

"Not quite, yeah," the bomber's glare intensified as did is anger at the fox below. He pulled out a small object made of clay from his pouch at his side and said, "I underestimated you so I won't hold back, yeah". Deidara steered his clay-dragon directly above the fox and dropped the mass of clay down towards it, "let's see how you like C3, yeah".

Naruto tried to dodge but the Youki that was constantly moving around him made it hard to move more than a few feet before the clay-bomb detonated.


The ground shook causing those of the Konoha Retrieval Team to stop as they suddenly heard the grumbling sound of an explosion.

"Okay what the hell was that?" Kiba asked as the earth stopped shaking.

"It came from up ahead," Kakashi told them.

"We must hurry!" Yamato shouted and they took off again.

As the team continued Sakura's mind focused on the one person she knew she had to meet again, 'Naruto…'


"How do you like my C3? It's a blast, yeah?" Deidara said as a statement more than a question.

The dust cleared after a few moments and Naruto could be seen still in his four-tailed form.

"Where's Pein?" The question was so simple and yet filled with so much anger that it was slightly disturbing to the Akatsuki bomber.

"I'm not telling, yeah," Deidara said with a grin as he saw the fox level a glare at him.

"Then I'll make you talk," Naruto growled out.

He suddenly let out a massive roar sending shockwaves across the crater; his body shook for a moment as dozens of blue and red ball were released from his body.

"Now what are you doing?" the bomber asked quickly losing his grin. Naruto didn't answer as he brought his tails up in front of his mouth and the balls suddenly started to merge together between the tips, "well that looks unhealthy, yeah". Deidara veered away determined to put some distance between the two as now completely black ball in the hovering just above the fox's head imploded in on itself until it was the size of a pebble, 'that much condensed chakra can kill me if I'm not careful'.

"Yonbiko Imari".


"We're getting close," Yamato reported as they drew near.

The group stopped suddenly as they felt a massive amount of chakra being released followed by a blind light shining through the tree in front of them. Shockwaves rippled passed them which would have blown them away had they not been using chakra to remain where they were.

"Okay enough of this shit; what the hell was that just now?!" Kiba asked in a shout after the light dissipated and the noise settled down.

"I believe that was the Kyuubi's jutsu," Yamato informed them. "I remember feeling something similar when Naruto fought Orochimaru," the Anbu Captain added.

"That was an Oni-jutsu? How far away are we from them?" Kakashi asked remembering when he saw Naruto use two-tails worth of power.

"Thirty-two kilometers," Yamato answered as looking at the direction of the blast.

"It will take us thirty minutes to get there even at ninja speed," Kakashi shook his head and took off. "Let's move," the rest of the team followed right after.


Dust clouded the area from view; the rumbling of rocks, trees and other things falling down filled the air with a sickening smell. A long line of shifted dirt led from the center of the crater to the wide canyon at its edge which stretched for additional twenty miles outside of the crater. Naruto let a grin spread across his Youki covered face as he saw Deidara standing on one knee breathing with difficulty.

The Akatsuki bomber's cloak was in ruins and his body was littered with numerous scrapes and scratches. He had used almost all of his remaining clay to hold back the blast and even though it wasn't a direct hit it still dealt a lot of damage.

Deidara started shouting angrily at him, "how are you so much stronger that before? It must be your demon; yes it must be your demon. It's inhuman to progress at such a rate; I'll kill you, you damned demon!"

He didn't care about capturing the Jinchuuriki anymore; all he wanted was to kill this boy once and for all even if he had to die to do it. He tore off his ruined cloak along with his shirt revealing his scarred body riddled with stitches. The bomber suddenly started laughing uncontrollably as he undid one of the stitches in his chest and once the stitches were opened Naruto could clearly see what had been wrapped up.

It was a mouth; he had a mouth in the middle of his chest. He pulled out all of the clay he had left which was only a handful and stuffed it into his chest-mouth allowing it to chew and swallow it.

"Let me introduce you to my ultimate art," Deidara said with a crazed smile. Crack-like webs began to form on his skin branching out of his chest-mouth, "I will detonate myself here and now".

"You're insane," Naruto snarled as he watched the cracks continue to expand to every corner of the bomber's body.

"Never before has an explosion like this been seen Kitsune-Sennin," Deidara laughed as he saw the fox narrow its eyes. "The art I will create will scar the earth and light the heavens. With this act I shall become art," the bomber's skin was beginning to dissolve now as the mouth in his chest seemed to condense into a ball of chakra resembling a face. "When I become true art Kyuubi Jinchuuriki you will die!" his legs were gone now with only wire-like chakra threads remaining. "The blast will destroy everything within a ten mile radius and not even you can possibly survive it, yeah!" his arms were gone now and the cracks had reached his head.

'I have to get away,' Naruto tried to move but felt the Youki still weighing him down.

"Are you afraid now?" Deidara taunted seeing the fox try to flee. "You can't escape me now; cower in awe! Recoil in despair; cry your heart out!" the last of his body had dissolved and wire-chakra threads retracted back to the floating ball of chakra which seemed to have a smiling face on it.

'There's not enough time,'Naruto's pure white eyes widened in horror as the floating chakra head seemed to glow.

"Because my art…is a blast!"


The Retrieval Team stopped again as a massive explosion sent rippling shockwaves across the land. Thankfully they were still quite a few miles off so none of them were hurt but the fact that they could see the explosion even this distance was very discomforting.

"Now what?" Kiba growled.

"That chakra…it's the same as the Akatsuki member Naruto and I fought back when Kazekage-sama was kidnapped," Kakashi stated remembering the blond bomber who appeared to have committed suicide rather than surrender. Once the blast appeared to have died down the team continued on, "everyone be careful. We don't know what we're walking into".

They nodded as one as they closed in on one of their objectives…


Nii Yugito had experienced a lot of emotions during her sixteen years of life from angry to happy. One emotion however she hadn't felt since she was six years old and that emotion was fear. Fear for someone close to her getting hurt; when she saw the massive explosion she thought that the worst had happened and quickly after arriving on the scene found the entire crater covered in smoke and dust.

"Naruto!" she called out using her hands and chakra to amplify her voice but received no answer. "Naruto!" she called again but again got no reply.

Her eyes catch a flicker of light from within the dust cloud; she immediately jumps down towards it. Once she was close enough she was able to identify what it was; Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto lay on his back unconscious. His trench coat wasn't anywhere to be seen and his clothes were covered in blood which she identified as his own. She kneeled beside his body and began to channel some chakra into her hands to heal the burnt skin covering his body.

Once she was finished she then bit her thumb and went through a few hand-seals before slamming her hand down on the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu". The one-tailed cat she had ridden before poofed into existence, "hello Rei-Chan. I need your help with this if you don't mind?"

The cat princess looked at the two before nodding, "very well Yugito-dono".

"There's a town not too far from here; let's go," Yugito slung Naruto over her shoulder and climbed on the cat.

Rei nodded at the directions and took off at high speed away from the still smoking crater…


The Retrieval Team dropped down from the trees and landed near the crater.

Kiba sniffed the air and shook his head, "I can't smell anyone with the amount of smoke in the air".

"I cannot see anyone within range of the crater," Neji informed the team as he shut off his Byakugan.

"Me neither," Hinata added saddened.

"What could have done this?" Tenten asked as she looked over the wide crater with the canyon attached to it.

"Naruto," Yamato replied simply.

"Are we talking about the same happy-go-lucky blond here? Last time I checked Naruto never did like mindless destruction," Tenten sent him a glare.

Yamato shook his head and pointed at the canyon attached to the crater, "no; we're talking about the student of the late Jiraiya-sama who is hunting the man who killed his sensei".

They only needed one glance at the canyon to know that Naruto hadn't held anything back; despite knowing this however they couldn't help but fail to match the image they knew of Naruto with the mass destruction around them.

"There are also traces of chakra from the Akatsuki member we encountered on the Kazekage Retrieval mission in the crater. The blast pattern matches with Iwa clay bombs," Neji informed them.

"Is he dead?" Kakashi asked in a tone that made it know that he was completely serious.

Neji nodded, "according to the chakra residue he was near or in the center of the blast when it occurred".

"Well at least he went out with a bang," Tenten joked lightening the mood.

"What about Naruto?" Kakashi asked casting a look towards Yamato.

The Anbu Captain shook his head, "he's powered down. I can't track him now".

Neji also shook his head, "the large amount of chakra in the area is masking everyone's chakra signatures so I am unable to ascertain his location".

Kakashi sighed and nodded, "alright then; everyone split up a search. I doubt they've gone far so let's find them".

Fire Country: Konoka Town

Pain lanced through his body waking him up startled for a moment; he sat up groggily and looked around trying to get his bearings. He was in a room with a single double bed and an open window.

"Your awake; that's a relief," a voice came from the side and he snapped his head in its direction. "I thought you weren't going to wake up for a moment there," Yugito said from the door.

Naruto rested his head back against the bed frame and asked, "how long was I out?"

"32 hours and 53 minutes," Yugito answered with a sigh.

"A day and a half," Naruto rubbed his eyes in concentration.

"There's something else; Konoha ninja are here," the moment she said that she had his full attention.

"What? Why?" asked the Kitsune-Sennin with narrowed eyes.

"They're after us; they've been asking around town for us for the last two days. Thankfully however they are unable to locate us because of the amount of raw chakra scattered everywhere thanks to our little skirmish with Akatsuki." Yugito told him.

"How long until the chakra stops masking our signatures?" Naruto asked climbing out of the bed.

"Six hours at most," she answered truthfully.

"Then I think it's about time we left, huh?" they both knew it wasn't a suggestion. After putting on his jumpsuit he asked, "Yugito…where's my coat?"

"It was destroyed when you released Kyuubi's power; mine did the same when I used Nibi's," she told him.

"Damn."

Author's Notes:

I know its short but I didn't know what else to put in it, sorry. Anyway I've gone back and corrected the grammar mistakes I could find in the previous chapters and also put in translations like the one below concerning the fight scenes.

Translation

Kitsune = Fox

Neko = Cat

Sennin = Sage

Yonbiko Imari = Four-Tailed Fox Menacing Ball

Kuchiyose no Jutsu = Summoning Technique

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