Namikaze of Lightning
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters that Masashi Kishimoto created but I do own any of my own creations that appear in this story be they jutsu or characters so I guess that's a somewhat win.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Demon/Summon speaking"
'Beast/Demon Thinking'
Pairing: Naruto/ Samui/ Yugito/ Fem. Kyuubi/ Mabui/ Mei Terumi/ Fu/ Temari
Bloodline: Hiraishin and Ranton (Storm Release)
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Chapter 10: The Truth Behind The Lies
Naruto's eyes opened slowly as he lay on his back in a place that he found all too familiar. He saw that he was in his mindscape, which confused him greatly. He remembered that being put under a Sharingan induced Genjutsu just a second ago. So… how and why did he end up here?
He tried standing up but immediately felt a sudden feeling of vertigo as the world around him began moving, even though he was not. Naruto wondered if the sensation was coming from the effects of Tsukuyomi but cast out that assumption because Kyuubi never mentioned dizziness about that particular ability.
It took a while before the vertigo went away completely and he was grateful for that. Again, he tried standing up and grinned when nothing happened to him. He looked around his surroundings to get a feel of where exactly in his mind he was at, which was one of the many corridors that he had traveled through in his mind during his times of training with Kyuubi.
The blonde Namikaze had gotten lost the first few times because of how many paths that could be taken, much to the humor of the Kyuubi. It would laugh every time Naruto would end up back in front of it after only a few minutes each time he tried traversing his subconscious.
But it was also thanks to all those times that he got lost that he finally learned where every path went and he could expertly know where he was, even if all the corridors looked the same. So, he began to head through the hall-like area and made the various turns at certain forks where he needed to.
It didn't take long before he was able to make it to the central chamber, or the room that Kyuubi lived in. Not much had changed from it in the last few months since Naruto completely changed its appearance since the Kyuubi did not like being stuck behind a cage. It was still a large grassy plain that gave the kitsune plenty of running room. He even gave the giant fox demon its own den so that it could sleep comfortably. The blonde had lost count of how many times Kyuubi thanked him for doing that.
Naruto had expected to see the Kyuubi somewhere in the altered mindscape but instead he saw the person responsible as to why he was in his mindscape in the first place, Itachi. His cerulean eyes narrowed at the man as his hands clenched into fists. "What the hell, are you doing in here?"
He saw that Itachi merely ignored his question and used his right arm to reach behind him. The blonde heard a voice yelp in pain and his eyes widened at hearing that. Itachi had then brought back his hand in front of him but this time it had a grip full of crimson hair. Naruto's mouth gaped at seeing the woman and guessed that she was the origin of the yelp he heard a few seconds ago.
The Namikaze was wondering who this woman was. There was only one occupant that lived in his mind and that was the Kyuubi. So who was she? He channeled chakra into his eyes in order to take a closer look at her to see if he could somehow recognize her. When he did, the breath literally escaped from his mouth.
She was a very beautiful woman, that was either on par or even more beautiful than most of the women he knew in Kumo, which wasn't exactly an easy feat. Her facial features were soft but she also seemed to show that she should not be trifled with either. She also had long, crimson colored hair that Naruto guessed that if it wasn't in Itachi's grip, it would reach down to the middle of her back and flow like water or a slow moving flame.
Her attire was what really got his attention, though, since it wasn't really what he was expecting. She was wearing shinobi clothes, that was a definite, but they looked to be something custom made since he did not recognize it from either Konoha's or Kumo's uniforms. He could tell by just a few glances that underneath her clothing she wore a fishnet body suit. Over that was a greenish-grey colored outfit that fit tightly against her perfectly proportioned body with a zipper running down the middle of it.
Naruto held down the blush that was building up as he saw how much of her cleavage was showing because of the outfit. He also saw that she was wearing a type of belt around her waist that held a couple of satchels that he assumed contained weapons and black elbow pads for protection. All in all, it was the type of outfit a kunoichi would wear to distract their opponents by showing off their bodies.
He forced himself to look back up to her face before he became distracted at her womanly figure. This was when he noticed something, or rather some things, on her cheeks that he did not notice before, which surprised him because they should've been the first thing he noticed. On each cheek, she had the same whisker-like marks as his only they were thinner and not as dark. Naruto also noticed her eyes and saw that they were a dark red with slit pupils…
The Namikaze's eyes widened as he realized at who this woman was. "Kyuubi? Is that you?" He asked and she would've answered had her hair not been in the grip of the Sharingan wielding Akatsuki member.
"Yes, this is the Kyuubi, Naruto-kun," Itachi answered for her. "This is her true form. I wasn't expecting Kyuubi to be a woman but it is of no consequence. You and I are going to talk, no fighting, otherwise… I will sever her head from her shoulders."
"But you can't do that!" Naruto yelled back to him. "I thought that the Akatsuki needed the Bijuu as part of their plan. You wouldn't be able to complete that plan without her!"
Itachi nodded at this. "That would be true if I were not planning on staying with them any longer," He said and both Kyuubi and Naruto were shocked to hear him say that. "Now, promise me that you won't fight and I will let her go."
"What's the matter?" Kyuubi said suddenly to Itachi. "Afraid he's going to beat you?" Her little outburst made Itachi make a painful tug on her hair and she gritted her teeth in pain.
The Uchiha ignored her question and waited for Naruto to give him his answer. Naruto didn't take long in unclenching his fists and nodding at him in agreement. So, he released the human-formed fox and saw her get up and quickly joins Naruto's side.
When she did Naruto whispered to her, "How is it that he was able to get you like that? I know that you're the strongest of the Bijuu for a reason," His voice was low enough so that it stayed out of Itachi's hearing range.
Kyuubi looked a little angry at the question and she answered back while glaring at the man who dared touch her hair like that. "It's the Genjutsu that his Sharingan cast, Tsukuyomi. I was able to keep you from being trapped in the world that is created around the caster and the victim and got you two sent here. However, it seems that he is still able to control the mindscape as if it were his own. The control that you and I are supposed to have here are no longer a factor."
The Namikaze took on a grave expression at this. "So… until he releases the Genjutsu, we're pretty much helpless against him?" She nodded to him at this. "But then why would he have me promise to not fight him? It doesn't make sense since he has the control."
"It is because that if you fight me, Naruto-kun, I may not be able to control myself from either hurting you badly or killing you," Itachi said interrupting them and receiving shocked looks from the two. "And I do not wish for that to happen."
Kyuubi raised an eyebrow at this. "Why exactly would you not be able to control yourself? You look pretty calm to me right now."
Itachi shook his head at this. "That is because of years of being a Konoha ANBU captain. I did not get to that position by not being able to stay calm under duress. As to why I would not control myself in that regard, it is because he killed the only family that I had left. He killed Sasuke."
Naruto hung his head in contrition and remorse. But then he looked back up to the brother of his deceased friend with a hardened expression. "I had no choice," He said. "I didn't want to… but the Sasuke you and I both knew was gone. All I could see when I looked into his eyes was a hunger for power. He would kill anyone and anything as long as it made him strong enough to fight and kill you, Itachi."
The Kyuubi nodded at this in agreement. "It was that hunger for power that I was reminded of Uchiha Madara. Sasuke was a lot like him, and that is not a good thing. Had Naruto-kun not killed him, then he would've caused needless destruction on his path to get to you."
The former ANBU captain listened to these words and wanted to disbelieve them but… somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew they were right. He had always feared that Sasuke would lose sight of everything and everyone around him and concentrate solely on revenge. He blamed himself for this because he was the one who told Sasuke that he would only become strong enough through hate.
But still, Sasuke was his little brother, the only family that he vehemently refused to kill on the night of the Uchiha Massacre. So he couldn't help but want to get revenge on Naruto for what he did. However, he knew better than to do such a thing because then he would just end up like the rest of his clan. A bunch of revenge driven people who did not care who died in order to get their vengeance.
"I… I will choose to believe you, Naruto-kun," Itachi finally said to them with a sigh. "It saddens me that there was nothing that could be done for him. I never meant for him to end up like that."
Kyuubi gave a condescending raise of one of her eyebrows before she said, "You kill his entire family, tell him to hate you and that being alone is the only way to become strong and you tell me that you didn't want him to end up like that?"
Itachi actually hung his head as he looked to the floor and wore a pained expression on his face, as if he were reliving a horrific memory. And he was, for the mindscape had suddenly changed to what the Uchiha District looked like at the night of the massacre. The sky was black with no trace of any stars showing. The only illumination came from the moon that was giving an ominous red glow that looked very similar to the color of blood.
Naruto and the human-formed kitsune looked at this with open mouths as they saw Itachi going through the whole night, kill by kill. He was ruthless and unflinching, no matter whom his victim was. Even the children and the elderly were not spared any mercy from the prodigal ANBU captain. It was execrable to the two to say the least.
Then, the worst part came as it showed the scene where Itachi had just killed his own parents and Sasuke saw it all. Itachi had then tried to escape but Sasuke chased after him. He stopped running away and then told Sasuke to hate him and that is when Sasuke finally gained the same eyes as him, then he would be ready to face him. Next, he activated his Mangekyou Sharingan and used Tsukuyomi on his little brother before disappearing and leaving Konoha.
The mindscape reverted back to its original form after that and Itachi looked up to meet their eyes again, as if nothing had happened. "My reasons were my own why I did what I did. Had I not killed my clan, they would've committed treason against Konoha and possibly become the catalyst to the Fourth Shinobi World War." He said and broke the silence that had enveloped the area.
Naruto was the first one to speak between him and Kyuubi. "What do you mean about all that? How could a war be started by your clan betraying the village?"
Kyuubi shook her head and said to the blonde, "It would've caused a civil war, Naruto-kun," She said to him in a serious tone. "It would give the other villages a chance to attack Konoha in their disrupted state and cause a war between all the major countries of the Elemental Nations."
The blonde nodded as he understood what she was explained to him. But something still confused him as he turned his attention back to Itachi. "Then why were the innocent ones killed and not the true conspirators? They didn't deserve to be punished for the actions of the ones who actually were planning the treason."
"I was ordered to by the advisors of the Sandaime Hokage," Itachi said with a hardened expression. "Sandaime-sama had been trying to negotiate with my clan to reach a peaceful alternative but failed in doing so. They had told me to kill the ones behind the whole thing but Danzou, a person revered for his ruthlessness, input his opinion of me eradicating the entire clan to show what it means to trifle with Konoha."
"But Ojii-san would never allow that!" Naruto shouted back in shock. "That's not the way he thinks when it comes to decisions like that!"
"The order came from behind back," Itachi said shaking his head. "Danzou was able to convince the advisors that I should kill all the Uchiha so that they would no longer be a problem for the village. I had no choice but to follow the order, for a shinobi cannot refuse a mission by their superiors."
Naruto grit his teeth in anger. "Then it should've been the first one you did disobey! The innocent shouldn't have died because of some misguided old man's idea!" His fists clenched and his chakra began to flare.
Kyuubi put a hand on his shoulder, which caused his head to snap to her. She asked him to calm down in as soft a tone as she could muster. It took a few moments before his chakra receded and he calmed down. "It won't do to get angry at something that happened in the past. What happened is something we cannot change."
He nodded at her words and then said, "I know that… but I can't help but think that if the innocents were spared, Sasuke might've ended up differently and not have led a life that was solely focused on revenge and hate."
The blonde then sighed and exhaled one last calming breath and asked Itachi a question that had been plaguing his mind at the moment. "What will you do now?"
Itachi contemplated a little on the question and thought that it was a very good one to ask. "I do not know. My brother is gone and I have no reason to stay in Akatsuki any longer. The only thing that I know I must do is stop the Akatsuki's true leader."
"You're talking about Uchiha Madara," Kyuubi said and she saw Itachi widen his eyes, she smirked at being able to shock the stoic Uchiha. "We know that he's alive and I've been training Naruto-kun in preparation for when we fight him. He's making progress but he is not ready to face him yet."
"I… see," Itachi intelligently said in reply. The mindscape suddenly began to blur around them and Itachi frowned at seeing it happen. "It seems that I've reached the limit of my Tsukuyomi. I must cancel the jutsu before I blind myself from overuse of the Mangekyou. We will have to continue this conversation in the real world."
Naruto nodded at this and the last thing he saw was Itachi disappearing in a fading motion like the rest of his mindscape. He also felt himself about to wake up but before he did he turned to Kyuubi and said, "We are definitely going to talk later," The Namikaze stated and disappeared before the kitsune could say anything in return.
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(Mountain Cliff)
Both Itachi and Naruto returned to the real world without incident, except for Itachi's eyes were bleeding from use of his Mangekyou Sharingan and Naruto feeling a little nauseated. Their symptoms passed quickly within a few moments and they were now debating about what they should do next.
Naruto knew that Itachi was no longer going to be in the group trying to capture the apparently female Bijuu inside his stomach. He wondered if he should try and offer Itachi a place in Kumogakure so that they'd both be able to plan on how they would be able to take Madara down. To him, it sounded like a good plan since Itachi couldn't really go back to Konoha without being executed for Kami knows how many counts of murder.
"If you have nowhere to go, I can try and get you asylum in Kumo," Naruto said as he was fishing for a Hiraishin kunai because he knew that he would have to leave before Kisame was able to find them.
"That is kind of you to offer, Naruto-kun," Itachi said emotionlessly. "Maybe I shall take you up on your offer when after I am done dealing with some loose ends that I have in Akatsuki. Until then, I will remain in contact with you with one of my crows."
The Namikaze nodded at this in agreement. "Be careful, Itachi," Naruto warned him. "They won't like you leaving them so suddenly. And you know more than me at how powerful they are."
"Do not worry about me," Itachi said in reply. "I've lived my whole life being careful. By the time they figure that I've left, it will be too late." His eyes then narrowed for a second as he felt his soon to be former partner's chakra signature. "You should leave now while you have the chance."
Naruto also noticed the massive signature of Kisame and knew that Itachi was right. So, he got hold of a Hiraishin kunai and threw it in the direction that he last sensed his teammates, using chakra to make it go even further. And as soon as it reached far enough, he disappeared with a flash of gold and left Itachi alone.
Itachi stared at the spot where Naruto had just been not even a second ago. He always did find the infamous jutsu of the Yondaime's was interesting and he couldn't help but marvel at its ability. He was brought out of his thoughts when the blue-skinned, shark-like man that was his partner appeared next to him in a swirl of water.
He looked to be very angry at the moment and Itachi guessed that it was because of Naruto. The blonde did have a way of pissing off his enemies. Then again, it wasn't that hard to piss Kisame off anyway…
"Where is the brat, Itachi?" Kisame growled as he looked around area of the cliff. "He was here just a few seconds ago! There was no way that he could've gotten away with you around here."
The Uchiha turned his head to his partner and then activated his Mangekyou Sharingan again. He knew that he shouldn't have used it again right after using Tsukuyomi but he needed its power right now for what he had planned. "Kisame, I think that you should know that I plan on leaving the Akatsuki."
Kisame's eyes widened and he was about to get ready to fight his raven-haired partner but he soon found that he was completely surrounded in darkness. Instantly, he knew it was a Genjutsu since Itachi specialized in those and his Sharingan made his use of them very difficult to deal with. Luckily for him, he had a large enough chakra supply to break out of this Genjutsu like all shinobi are trained to do.
He formed his hands into the ram seal and used his chakra to break free from the illusion. Or at least he thought he did… when he had done so, he noticed that the jutsu was still in place and Kisame wondered how that was even possible.
"You are in a Genjutsu of my own design, Kisame," Itachi said to him, answering one of the questions that were going around in his head. "I made this particular one so dense that the only way a person can break free from it would be if my victim were given chakra that only a Jinchuuriki would be able to produce. And you do not have such luck, even if your own reserves are higher than most shinobi."
Itachi then walked over to Kisame and was now in front of him. Kisame could do nothing as he was frozen still, another effect that Itachi had added to the Genjutsu. "I will need someone of your strength when I leave the organization to help me with my plans."
"You're an idiot of you think that I'd betray the Leader for the sake of your plans, whatever they may be," Kisame snapped, bearing his sharpened teeth at the stoic man in front of him.
The former ANBU captain sighed at this and closed his eyes. He then reopened them and then formed a half-tiger seal with one of his hands. "I did not think that I would be using this so soon. But if I must use it to make you help me then so be it." He said and a flock of crows began to appear around the two.
They were hard to see because of the darkness, but anyone would still be able to tell where they were because of their constant cawing. One in particular stood out among the rest as its eyes were not like the rest of its avian brethren. No, they were Sharingan eyes, in the Mangekyou stage to be specific.
That crow landed on Itachi's shoulder and its eyes bore into Kisame's, who found himself captivated by the gaze of the bird. "Kotoamatsukami!" He heard Itachi exclaim a little louder than he'd usually be. His mind was being flooded with images that he knew weren't real but the longer he kept staring at the crow's eyes, the more he began to believe in those memories himself.
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(One mile away from the border to Shimogakure)
Kabuto and Orochimaru were relieved when they saw that they were so close to getting out of the country to where they couldn't be pursued. The plan on the invasion had gone horrific so they had to regrettably make a retreat so that they could make a better strategy in getting revenge on Naruto for killing Sasuke. Well, that was more Orochimaru's prerogative since Kabuto really didn't care much for the brooding Uchiha.
But all that would have to wait as Orochimaru now had to find a new body to use before this one deteriorated. From how he fought against that jabbering idiot with the scarf, he knew that this body only had about a month left, maybe less. As long as he didn't do anything strenuous in the meantime, he would be able to recover fully and then show that buffoon why he was one of the legendary Sannin.
The snake-like man also made a note in his head to find a way to reward his silver-haired subordinate somehow for saving him from dying a most humiliating death. Kabuto always was hard to please as he only seemed to like to do his bidding. Maybe find a way to give him a bloodline? Yes… that would do nicely.
Before he could continue his internal musings he felt Kabuto stop and standing completely still. Orochimaru looked ahead to see as to why his subordinate would do such a stupid thing and he grit his teeth in anger when he saw that the Kumo-nin were able to catch up to them and stood in front of them, in battle-ready position, and effectively blocking them from reaching the border to Shimo.
"Set me down, Kabuto," Orochimaru ordered while his eyes narrowed at Killer Bee. "I have a score to settle with that imbecile over there."
"But, Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto exclaimed with shock. "Your wounds have not healed yet and you are in no condition to fight! Our only option would be to try and get away from them at this moment."
Annoyed at the one time Kabuto chose to be disobedient, he opened his mouth wide above him. A large snake slowly came out of his mouth, causing his throat to enlarge sickeningly. The reptile then opened its own mouth and all that were present saw the snake regurgitate another Orochimaru, with no signs of injury and looking as if he had never fought Bee in the first place.
Kabuto dropped the old skin of his master to the ground as soon as he saw this happen. It was a technique that even made his skin crawl, despite the horrors he had done while aiding Orochimaru in his experiments.
The snake Sannin grinned evilly as he licked his lips with his abnormally long tongue. "Ah, much better," He said with a sigh. "I have been waiting until I got enough chakra back before I could use that jutsu. It is so very handy when in tight situations. Now, I think that it's time to show you bothersome Kumo pests why you shouldn't back a snake into a corner!"
With that said, his lower body mimicked the tail of the reptile he was famous for using and slithered at them at very high speed. He headed straight for Bee as he wanted to hurt the man that had severely injured his previous skin. His Kusanagi slid out of his mouth and stopped at the hilt and he used it to slash at Bee at an upwards angle.
Bee was able to dodge it, fortunately, by hurling himself to the side just in time. He rolled on the ground and got back up on his feet before he yelled to his teammates, "I'll handle the snake-man, yo! You two go after Kabuto!" He rapped at them and they didn't even bother to get annoyed with his terrible rapping as they charged at the med-nin.
He turned his sunglass covered eyes back to Orochimaru and saw that the man was going after him yet again, with a maniacal grin as he tried again to slash him with his sword. Bee quickly took out one of his seven swords and blocked the attack while putting Raiton chakra into his blade.
When Orochimaru saw that the Kusanagi wasn't cutting through the Bee's he was internally surprised. His sword was supposed to be able to cut through nearly anything. So why wasn't it able to do so with his opponent's blade? No matter, he could always ponder about this later. Right now, he had an annoying man to slash to pieces. While their two swords were grinding against each other, he quickly formed a few seals with his pale hands.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)!" He yelled and a violent gust of wind caused Bee to be pushed off his feet and sent back a few meters. Luckily, he was able to regain his balance as he was in the air and landed on his feet, sliding on the ground before stopping.
Bee narrowed his eyes behind his glasses and took out the rest of his swords so that he could beat down the snake Sannin like he did before. Placing them at the various bends in his body, he then began to spin rapidly and headed towards Orochimaru, intent on severely injuring him again.
The Sannin retracted the Kusanagi and grinned as Bee was headed toward him at a very fast pace. He went into a prone position with his whole body hugging the ground as he widely opened his mouth and a torrent of snakes practically erupted from it. He called this his Mandara no Jin (Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes) technique. It was one of his most effective offense/defense type jutsu.
The snakes formed a wall in front of Bee and, due to their vast amount, made it dense enough to stop Bee from spinning as soon as he hit it. They then took this chance to sink their teeth into his flesh to poison him. Others in the wall protruded small, but similar to Kusanagi, blades out of their mouth and proceeded to stab him in very vital areas of his body. As soon as they did though, Bee's body turned into a large piece of what looked like an octopus tentacle.
Bee was at a very far distance from the mass group of snakes and Orochimaru. He knew that if he hadn't done that Kawarimi, he could be dead from the venom from all those bites or all those fatal injuries that he couldn't sustained from them stabbing their swords into his body. He grimaced when they all began to head to where he was and prepared to do something he hadn't done in a while… transforming into his full Bijuu mode.
He took on the form of the Hachibi and roared as the snakes came closer. He pounded the middle of the snakes with one of his massive fists and knew that he killed at least a good chunk of them. But there was still thousands left that were able to slither up his giant form and bit their fangs into his skin, which broke when they tried to. His skin wasn't that of a human's after all.
"There's no way that you can hurt me! That's why they call me the Killer Bee!" The transformed Bee yelled in enka. "Now, it's time for me to show you all not to mess with my home! Whee!" He spun around in one quick revolution and the snakes that were on him flew off and fell to their demise.
Orochimaru growled as he looked at Bee's new form and formed a few seals before slamming his hands down on the ground while yelling, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" A seal formation appeared on the ground and a giant cloud of smoke plumed around him as the boss to the contract he signed was summoned.
"Orochimaru, you worm!" Yelled a booming voice as the smoke slowly began to fade and revealed the form of Manda, the boss of the snakes and a deadly opponent to anyone… even to the one who summoned him if he was not given a proper sacrifice. "I told you that you not to summon me without a proper sacrifice! You're not living up to the contract that I made for you!"
The Sannin chuckled from his position on the purple-skinned snakes head. "Forgive me, Manda," He said as he licked his lips. "But I thought that a fully transformed Jinchuuriki would be enough of a sacrifice for you."
Manda turned his attention away from the snake Sannin and onto Bee's raging form as he continued to slaughter the snakes that Orochimaru summoned, his brethren. His green eyes narrowed as he hissed at seeing his kind being killed left and right. "We will discuss how you blatantly send my kind off to be killed after I deal with him, Orochimaru."
The Sannin grinned evilly and replied, "Of course, now let's go!" He yelled and Manda shot off toward Killer Bee.
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Meanwhile, Kabuto was fending off Samui and Yugito with his Chakura no Mesu technique as they tried to use teamwork to defeat him. He smirked at them as they were trying to regain some breath after he came so close to hitting some of their organs.
"I didn't think that kunoichi from Kumo were so weak," He taunted as he fixed his glasses with one hand, temporarily deactivated his jutsu before reactivating it after he did so. "Even when it's two against one your attacks are useless. I'm disappointed from the lack of challenge."
Yugito growled at him and Samui frowned as she held up her sword. "You should not underestimate us for simply being able to dodge some jutsu," She said to him as her sword began to glow with Raiton chakra. "Otherwise, you will end up dead."
"Heh, bring it on then," Kabuto said as he held up his palms and pointed them toward the two blondes. "Maybe after I am done killing you I will be allowed to experiment on your corpses."
"No way in hell that's going to happen, sicko!" Yugito yelled as she began using Nibi's chakra and forming a cloak of her Bijuu chakra around her, taking on the form of a cat as it surrounded her body. The pupils in her eyes also formed into slits and her nails grew longer and sharper, becoming even more of a feline.
"Ready, Yugito?" Samui asked and got a nod in reply from her transformed companion. "Good, try not to let him kill you."
Yugito smirked when she heard this, showing that her teeth had sharpened as well. "I should say the same thing to you! Now, let go… I've wanted to wipe that smug look off his face." She said and made a dash at Kabuto, running on all four of her limbs and making her go faster than she would if she just ran on her legs.
Kabuto narrowed his eyes as he quickly went into his Taijutsu stance and prepared for a frontal assault from the Nibi container. She had tried to slash him with her nails but he was able to dodge it easily enough and retaliated by striking her chest. His eyes widened though when he felt his palms feel warm for a second and chose to bring his hand back and jumped away from her.
He looked down at his hand and saw a small burn on one of his fingers and even saw it smoking a little. 'I didn't even touch her for one second and I got burned. Her Bijuu chakra must have properties of fire. I won't be able to touch her as long as she has that cloak activated.' He looked back up and frowned at his realization but he kept his composure.
However, his danger senses were going wild suddenly so he instantly dropped his level to dodge a slash that came from behind him by Samui. If he had not been trained to anticipate sneak attacks like that, he most likely would've had his spinal cord severed. But he used this chance to place a strike on one of her legs to make her immobile.
Samui jumped up to avoid his obvious intention and then held her blade over her head as if she were going to chop something, or in this case, someone. "Kumo-Ryū: Jūdo no Dantō (Cloud Style: Severe Guillotine)!" She yelled as she swung it down and a blade of chakra shot out of her sword and heading towards Kabuto's neck.
Without any time to hesitate, Kabuto made use of his elemental training as he sank into the ground. He made sure to go deep enough to where her attack did not touch him as he felt the earth around him shake and he was sure that there was a crater just above him. Thanks to the jutsu that he used to go underground, he was able to sense the magnetic forces around him and pinpoint exactly where his two opponents were.
Kabuto targeted Samui since he thought it to be foolish to try and touch Yugito again since he would not come out unscathed if he tried to attack her again. So, he used his chakra to help him get through the earth very fast and got right under where Samui was, which was just outside the crater that was made from her attack. He smirked as he erupted from ground and was prepared to strike at her lungs but his eyes widened when he came to the surface.
He was surrounded by a cage that was made of blue fire and he knew that anything that touched those flames would most likely be incinerated. Kabuto made a move to go back underground via his Doton jutsu but was stopped when he heard Samui yell out a jutsu.
"Raiton: Ketsugō Kankin (Lightning Release: Binding Imprisonment)!" And rope-like tendrils shot out of her body and coiled themselves around Kabuto, restraining his limps so close to his body that it was even hard for him to breathe due to the pressure on his ribs. He squirmed as he tried to at least form a one-handed seal but even his fingers were immobilized by her jutsu.
Samui actually smirked as she looked down at him and felt satisfied that they were able to beat him this time. He was too overconfident after their last fight and now he was paying for it. "You're wasting your time trying to get out of that particular jutsu. It was designed to hold Bee-sensei when he was training to control the Hachibi's chakra so there's no way you'd be able to escape from it." She said to the medic-nin who rolled his body to his side to look at her.
"It seems I grew rather careless for falling for such a simple tactic," Kabuto said to her as he breathed slowly as sharp breaths seemed to make the jutsu constrict tighter.
Samui couldn't help but nod at this as she made her way to one of the walls of the blue flamed cage that was around the both of them. When she was in front of it, a hole opened up that was just the perfect size for her to walk through, and so she did. She then walked over to Yugito who was holding a hand seal to keep the prison up.
Yugito smiled at her before turning back to Kabuto and narrowing her eyes. "Should I kill him?" She asked Samui bringing down her chakra cloak as well since she didn't need it.
The busty blonde shook her head at the question. "No, we should bring him in to Raikage-sama. The information he would have on Orochimaru would be useful to both us and our allies. With luck, we'll be able to track down any of his bases and shut them down."
Kabuto's lips curled into a smug smirk as he thought what they said was amusing. "You really think that I'd give up that information? Did all your brains suddenly go back into those watermelons you call breasts?" He asked only to wince in pain as the binding jutsu got tighter and was now struggling to get some air in his lungs.
"Oh, you really shouldn't have said that," Yugito said to him with a grin. "She really doesn't like it when people make fun of her breasts since they're the reason why she keeps getting sore shoulders. The last guy that did so ended up staying in the hospital for around eight months due to how injured he was."
One of Samui's eyebrows slightly twitched as she flicked Yugito on the forehead. "Don't say things like that to a captive, Yugito-chan." She chided with annoyance in her voice before looking back at Kabuto with narrow eyes. "And you're lucky that we need you both alive and conscious." Samui then loosened her jutsu just a bit to allow him to at least breathe properly.
"Now, enough playing around," She continued as she looked up and saw the fight going on between Manda and Killer Bee in his Hachibi form. "We need to help sensei with Orochimaru. However, we can't just leave him here like this, so only one of us will be able to go."
Yugito frowned as she thought about this. She could go but Samui wouldn't be able to hold her jutsu forever and if Samui would go then Kabuto would be able to escape through that Doton jutsu of his since her Konpeki no Kago (Azure Cage) was only a surface jutsu. It was truly a losing decision no matter who chose to go.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw a kunai land on the ground and she instantly recognized it to be one of the three-pronged ones that Naruto used for his father's jutsu. Not even a second later the whiskered Namikaze appeared in front of the kunai with a golden flash and picked it up.
"Naruto-kun!" Both Samui and Yugito said together and he looked up to see them and noticed the state of their shinobi wear. He frowned for a second and then noticed the captured Kabuto and figured that he was the one that had done it.
"I see you guys were able to get the snake bastard's second-in-command," Naruto said with a congratulatory tone and was also satisfied at seeing the silver-haired medic scowl at that. He then felt the ground shake suddenly and he noticed that Bee was fighting the boss summon of Orochimaru's contract. "We need to help him."
Samui nodded in agreement as she crossed her arms under her chest. "Yugito and I were discussing who should go but it seems that neither of us would be able to seeing as both options would eventually lead to Kabuto escaping."
Naruto hummed for a second in thought and a wide grin slowly broke out on his face after a few moments passed by. "I've got just the thing!" He said to them, making the two blonde females raise an eyebrow as he walked over to the prison that Yugito created. "You think you can let me in?"
Since Yugito always had the curiosity of a cat, so she opened a hole in her jutsu just like she did for Samui and saw Naruto step in and kneel on the ground in front of Kabuto. Naruto then rolled up the sleeve of his right arm, revealing a sealing array that he apparently had on his forearm.
With his left hand, he focused some chakra into his index and middle fingers and then put them on the sealing array and a large scroll popped out of it in a puff of smoke. The Namikaze then unrolled it and put Kabuto, who was now squirming again but to no avail, in the middle of it. "Fuuin (Seal)!" He said and slammed his palms onto the scroll and Kabuto was sealed into it instantaneously.
Seeing this, Yugito let down her blue-flamed jutsu and both she and Samui went over to Naruto as he was putting the scroll back into his forearm. "I didn't know that you put arrays onto your own body, Naruto-kun." Yugito said to him.
"I put them on for just in case reasons," Naruto replied standing back up and patting the dirt off of his pants. "You never know when you'll need to transport a prisoner. At least, that's what Kyuubi always says. Anyway, let's go help Bee and put an end to that pale-skinned psycho."
The two Kumo kunoichi didn't need to be told twice as they followed Naruto when he ran towards the colossal forms of Bee and Manda.
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The trio appeared on top of Killer Bee's head as he was holding off Manda from biting him. He had one hand on each side of the snake's mouth and he found that even he was having a little trouble keeping Manda away. Bee looked up to his forehead and saw his three teammates and grinned.
"About time you got here, Naruto! I need some help with this stupid snake, yo!" Bee rapped as his body was pushed back a little bit.
Naruto nodded and focused some chakra into his eyes to see Orochimaru standing on top of the opposing summons head. He was annoyed to see the Sannin smirking at him and flailing around his tongue as he usually did. He also saw that the snake man was in a battle-ready stance, which meant that he was prepared for if any of them tried to jump onto Manda's head to face him.
The blonde Namikaze looked at Samui and Yugito without turning his head before saying, "Let's take him down!" And with that said, they all used their own variations of the Shunshin no Jutsu and appeared in front of Orochimaru. As soon as they did, they were put on the defensive as Orochimaru quickly closed the distance between them and began slashing at them very precisely.
Naruto retaliated when he was able to unsheathe his own blade and began blocking Orochimaru's strikes as fast as they came at him. Sparks flew as the colliding metals of their blades met in intervals that lasted less than a second each time. He was waiting for an opening but saw that Orochimaru wasn't giving him any, just what he expected from a Sannin. This was definitely going to be tougher than all those Kenjutsu spars he had with Samui and Yugito and every other person in Kumo that practiced the art.
Orochimaru was actually quite surprised to see that Naruto's sword had not broken when it blocked the Kusanagi. It must have been made of a very strong and durable metal to be able to do something like that. As soon as he killed the foolish blonde he would have to take the sword as his own, a blade that can stand up to the Kusanagi is definitely something worth keeping.
'And then I shall get my revenge against him for killing my body!' The snake Sannin continued in his head. He then opened his mouth and shot out another sword out of it at a high speed in an attempt to catch Naruto off guard. He saw an opening when Naruto dodged it by side-stepping to the right and prepared to make him pay for it as he stabbed his blade at the blonde.
However, his sword was stopped when a rope that looked to be made out of Raiton chakra and diverted his intended target and ended up missing Naruto completely. Orochimaru growled in anger at this when he saw that it was Samui on the other end. He used his sheer strength to pull at the rope and caused a shocked Samui to head straight for him. He then made his tongue lengthen and made it wrap around her neck and began to choke her.
Samui tried to get free by cutting the tongue off but her sword kept bouncing off it. She realized that he was covering it in chakra and she grimaced. While her sword was stronger than many others in Kumo, it could not cut through a chakra defense that could be made by a Sannin of Orochimaru's caliber.
"Let her go!" Naruto yelled at the Sannin and got an evil chuckle in return.
"How about I squeeze the life out of her," Orochimaru said and increased the pressure on Samui, making her gasp as she wasn't able to get enough air.
Naruto growled and for a split second his eyes flashed crimson red before he began forming hand seals at a rapid pace. "Ranton: Reizā Sākasu!" He yelled and the two black and white beams of one of his signature jutsu fired themselves straight at Samui. But just as they were an inch from her, they quickly changed their path and went around her and right at Orochimaru.
The now wide-eyed Sannin retracted his tongue, freeing Samui, and began to try and dodge the jutsu that Naruto had used. He had to jump back dozens of times and dodge the beams as they came close to touching him. However, his body had chosen to suddenly freeze up and he began coughing up violently, showing that this body was failing at a very rapid pace.
He was only able to get out one cough before he screamed in pain as the Ranton jutsu hit him and began to electrocute him. But much to everyone's shock, his body turned into mud and that made them immediately go on alert.
Naruto's eyes snapped open before he spun around and put his sword in front of his face horizontally, blocking an attempted sneak attack by Orochimaru. He tapped into Kyuubi's chakra for just a second to push Orochimaru off and send him back a few feet in order to create some distance.
"Not bad, Naruto-kun," Orochimaru said to the blonde. "You've gotten better since that little incident at Tenchi Bridge. However, you're still nowhere near my level. So, why don't you and your two whores just give up and let me kill you and save you the humiliation?"
Yugito growled at this and Samui narrowed her eyes when they heard the insult at them. Naruto gripped his sword tightly and got into his clan's Kenjutsu stance, except this time he held the blade in reverse.
"There is no way in hell you're going to get away with calling my friends that," Naruto said coldly as he narrowed his eyes. "Samui. Yugito. Leave him to me." They knew he was serious since he didn't use his usual honorifics for them.
"If anything goes wrong, we're stepping in." Samui said sheathing her sword and crossing her arms under her breasts. The way she said it left no room for debate and she knew that Naruto knew better than to argue with her.
The whiskered blonde nodded without looking away from the snake Sannin before dashing at the highest speed he could muster and phased out of sight from everyone. Orochimaru was impressed by the speed but was still able to block the multiple attacks that seemed to be coming from all directions.
Orochimaru then elongated his tongue and lashed it out in front of him in a coiling motion. Naruto was now visible and the slimy appendage was wrapped around his waist. He brought up his sword and prepared to swing at the tongue, making Orochimaru's eyes widen as he knew that Naruto's sword would actually be able to cut it.
So, he quickly loosened it to get it way from that possibility but his eyes widened when Naruto caught his tongue with his hand and pulled him towards the blonde. Naruto had a smirk on his face as he had the chance to get to do what Tsunade had done to the snake bastard. And he relished that moment as he hit Orochimaru with a chakra infused punch that sent the Sannin flying.
Naruto disappeared in a burst of speed and met with Orochimaru in the air and flipping over with one of his legs extended. He slammed it down on the snake man's sternum, causing the man to lose his breath, and caused him to be sent flying down at Manda and impacted hard against the summons.
The blonde landed swiftly just as Orochimaru was slowly getting up. "Still think that you're going to win this, Orochimaru?" He asked while pointing his sword his opponent.
"Shut up!" The snake-man snapped and then began emitting chakra from the fingertips of his right hand and then making a slicing motion at Naruto.
Knowing what the bastard was using, he clapped his hands together and then yelled, "Fuuton: Kaze no Kiba (Wind Release: Wind Fang)!" He yelled and made a vertical slash in the air and blade that looked similar to that of a sharp fang and immediately met the jutsu Orochimaru used, the Kaze no Yaiba (Blade of Wind), and the two opposing techniques were now fighting against each other, trying to overpower the other.
Naruto used the jutsu again to double the power of the previous one. It worked, as the two combined and completely broke through Orochimaru's wind jutsu and was now heading towards him.
The snake Sannin grimaced for a second before transforming his lower body into a snake's tail like he did against Bee and slithered to the opposite side of Manda, avoiding the jutsu completely. Yugito and Samui had to dodge Naruto's technique; otherwise they would've sustained horrible damage.
Orochimaru had quickly appeared in front of Naruto thanks to his increased mobility from his transformed body, attempted to bite Naruto on the neck. Not wanting to get a cursed seal like Sasuke, Naruto lowered his level, avoiding the lunging face of Orochimaru, and then thrust his sword at him.
However, his attack missed as Orochimaru's body bended itself to the side, exactly like what a snake would do. Orochimaru grabbed his arm with an iron grip and then coiled his tail around the blonde's body and immobilizing him. He grinned at seeing how helpless the Namikaze was.
"You've done well, Naruto-kun," The Sannin said licking his lips, creeping Naruto out. "But like I said before… you are not near my level yet. And now I think that it is time for you to die. Goodbye, Naruto-kun!" He then opened his mouth wide and plunged his teeth down at Naruto, who could do nothing to avoid the bite.
Naruto's lips curled into a grin just before he was going to be bitten and disappeared in a golden flash. Orochimaru was shocked to see the blonde disappear the same way as the man he hated for taking the Hokage position from him. He had no time to try and find out where the whiskered blonde was as a sword protruded from his chest.
He looked down at it and saw Naruto's black blade covered in in his blood. Orochimaru then felt a pull and he didn't know what it was except for the fact that he could just feel himself being absorbed into the sword. He had no time to scream out any last words as his body was completely gone.
Naruto couldn't help but blink in confusion at what had just happened.
"Since when can your sword do that?" Yugito asked and unknowingly speaking one of the questions that he was asking himself.
"No idea," He said back as he looked at his sword in wonder. "I'll have to research its abilities when we get back to the village." Naruto turned back towards them and saw that Samui was about to say something. However, she was unable to because the summoned Manda disappeared in a giant plume of smoke and they were all falling rapidly down to the ground.
Naruto was trying to get out a Hiraishin kunai to try and get them all to safety but he also had a fear in doing so. He'd never used the jutsu with anyone or anything else so he couldn't predict the outcomes of what would happen if he did. But his protective nature overdrove that fear as he didn't want his friends to be hurt.
Finally, grabbing one from his pouch, he looked to where he saw Killer Bee last and targeted the top of his head. He then threw it as hard as he could and when it landed to its destination, he grabbed the two female blondes by their waists and then flashed over to the fully transformed Hachibi container. All of them landed safely on Bee's head.
"Phew, thanks for the save, Naruto-kun," Yugito said to him while wiping her forehead with a hand. "When they say that cat's always land on their feet it doesn't mean from this height!"
Samui smirked as she thought the joke was a little funny. But it soon disappeared when she heard a cough followed by a splatter of blood. She snapped her head towards the source and saw Naruto hunched over on his knees, covering his mouth with a hand as he coughed profusely. Her eyes widened as she went to his side in and instant. "Naruto-kun!"
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And that's the end of this chapter!
Longest chapter to date and I'd been just really writing this without stopping and hopefully there aren't any mistakes after I've checked it over a few times. And if there are, please tell me so that I can fix them since I don't really like not having bad grammar in a story.
Anyways, Itachi decides to help Naruto, Kabuto is captured, and Orochimaru is somehow sealed into Naruto's sword. And now he is suffering the effects of using the Hiraishin on more than himself. I bet you guys weren't expecting any of this to happen were you? If you were, then a cookie for you and I'd also like to tell you to get out of my head! Get out of my head! Ahem… I hope you guys liked the chapter and look forward for the next installment of Namikaze of Lightning!
Oh, before I go… I've decided to take a challenge from Challenger and it is the Naruto/Mass Effect one. I'm still working on the chapter but I decided to at least tell you guys in advance and hopefully you will check it out when I publish it. Thank you!
