Naruto: Rise of the Ultimate Ninja
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Opening 2: Far Away [English Version]
*Instruments*
Squad 7 is seen staring at the sunset with Blaze, Tails, Amy and Knuckles there with them.
Naruto turns around and grins as he tossed a Chaos Emerald at the viewers before the title appears on it:
Naruto: Rise of the Ultimate Ninja
Let's hit the gas, it's time to go
There is no need to hesitate no more
We are going on our way
Naruto is on top of the Fourth Hokage's stone head as he looks up at the sky. Sonic, Shadow and Silver briefly appeared behind him, looking up as well, before they vanished.
Naruto had a surprised expression for a moment as he felt Tails jump on his shoulder. He looks back and saw Amy, Knuckles, Sasuke and Sakura behind him, looking at the two with smiles on their faces.
Naruto grins back at them.
I might regret it it the end
But I don't care how long we have to wait
We will live it day by day
Images appear: One is Naruto is doing a pose from the Sonic Adventure 2 cover. The second is Tails waving happily to the readers. The third is Sasuke in an attack pose. The fourth is Sasuke and Sakura standing back-to-back. The last is Kakashi looking at the readers while reading his book.
The scene changes to show them standing in front of a camera. The camera flashes as Naruto and Tails appears in front of it, making goofy faces, much to Sasuke and Sakura's irritation while Kakashi looked at them.
The camera flashes again, this time showing Sakura punching Naruto upside the head, while Sasuke grabbed Tails by his twins and looked at him in annoyance, making Tails smile sheepishly.
The final shot is Squad 7 together, smiling.
Open up your heart now
Pull your loved ones closer
Everything will be alright!
Team Guy makes an appearance together, along with Squad 10 and Squad 8.
An artwork of Kabuto appears, smiling back at the viewers.
The Proctors of the Chunin Exams, Kurenai, Guy, Asuma and the Third Hokage appears.
Conquering Storm appears with her back turned and looking over her shoulder, a cold half-lidded expression on her face.
I can promise you that…
Your feelings will get far~!
FAR~!
Team Sand appears, before Kankuro and Temari disappear leaving Gaara by himself.
Naruto and Sasuke appear behind Gaara, in the background, as he motions his hands up, making sand cover the screen.
Naruto and Sasuke appear in a pitch black space. The camera moves to Sasuke as eyes, similar to a snake, appears above him.
*Instruments*
Naruto is lying down on the grass, staring up at the night sky. He sits up and his eyes widen as he saw Blaze, her back turned to him. Just as a black and purple mist, that has purple electricity, suddenly appears, she turns around and smiles at him. Just as Naruto reached out to her, and she vanished within the mist.
He calls out to her before he got consumed by the mist. Naruto screams as the mist enters his body before he snapped his eyes open, revealing that they are now slitted green.
So hurry up now!
And let it all out!
Conquering Storm, Neji and Lee are seen in fighting stances. Gaara has his arms crossed.
Naruto and the Masked Boy are seen glaring down at each other.
Though my legs might hurt
I know I'll make it far
'Cause I will fight 'till the end!
Knuckles is on Angel Island looking at the sky as the wind blows past his face. Tails is looking up fearfully at a large cage
Sasuke attacks Zaku at the Preliminary Round.
Blaze attacks a Shinobi as she sent him flying and burning in pain.
Naruto appears, in Nine-Tails mode, as he gives a yell at the viewers.
I'm getting closer!
I know I'll get there!
Amy, Sakura and Ino are seen standing back-to-back with Cherry Blossoms falling in the background.
The left side of Orochimaru's face appears as Sasuke's silhouette is on the right and he's gaining purple marks on his neck. Dr. Eggman Nega briefly appeared, grinning evilly as a screen appeared in the reflection of his glasses.
The right side of the Nazo's face appears as Naruto's feral face appears on the other side, though his sclera is green and his skin begins to turn pale blue.
No matter what the cost
If you are there I know
That I'll arrive!
Back at the arena, Naruto falls back. He looks back up and glares at Nazo as he brung a "Bring it" motion with his hand.
I'm going far away...
Naruto's whole body suddenly gained a neon-blue aura coating his body. He gave out a yell and a blue flash appeared.
*Instruments*
Blaze is on top of the entrance to the Hidden Leaf Village. She stares out at the village, holding her Lucky Charm, before she jumps down and runs off to where Naruto is.
The camera backs away from Naruto's serious expression and shows Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Blaze, The Rookie Nine, Team Guy, Team Sand and Conquering Storm.
Anko felt as if something wasn't right. After investigating the area around the Forest of Death, her suspicions were confirmed when she came across three lifeless bodies of Grass Ninja.
Upon further examination, she found that they were missing their faces.
"What?!" She exclaimed, clutching the back of her neck in pain. "No it can't be! Why is he here?"
Suddenly, a squadron of ANBU appeared behind her. She turns to them and briefed the squad on her findings and the person she believed to be responsible for the crime…
Orochimaru.
Naruto stares down at Orochimaru as she glares up at him. Tails quickly flew up to Naruto happily and came next to him.
"Naruto! Where have you been?" Tails asked.
"Had to deal with something." Naruto replied before he cracked his neck. "So what'd I-?"
"Naruto! You need to get out of here! What are you thinking!?" Sasuke asked. "You don't know what you're up against!"
"Oh?" Naruto raises a brow in interest.
"Hurry! Go now, while you can!" Sasuke continued.
"Well Naruto, it would seem that you survived against my friend. Well done." Orochimaru smirks.
"So that was your "friend" huh?" Naruto asked in a serious tone. So it wasn't a random snake attack. She sent that thing at him. "Listen up, I don't know what's going on and right now I don't care! All that matters to me is that you were picking on my friends! And for that...I'm gonna take your ass down and make turn you into someone's purse!"
Sasuke opened his mouth in disbelief. "Damn idiot! He's gonna get us killed! I have to do something! There's only one way…" He deactivated his Sharingan and turns to Orochimaru. "You can have it!" He reached into his pouch, getting everyone's attention. "The Scroll right? That's what you want? Take it and leave us in peace!"
That shocked Naruto and Sakura to the core, while Orochimaru smirks in amusement at Sasuke. Tails could only blink in confusion at the exchange.
"Dude! What the hell are you doing?" Naruto yelled. "You can't just give the Scroll away! What's the matter with you?"
"Just stay out of it!" Sasuke turns to him and glared at him.
Naruto couldn't believe what Sasuke said. He actually sounded...scared. But that's not right! No freaking way! This was Sasuke! He's never scared! Naruto then narrowed his eyes at Orochimaru. Whatever this woman did to them, it scared Sasuke to death. But not only that…
"I see…very smart." Orochimaru said. "Sometimes, the only way to escape a predator is to give it a different meal."
Sasuke tossed the scroll towards their enemy, only for Naruto to used his Telekinesis to grab it in mid-air. He flies down till he was behind Sasuke.
"Damn fool! Stop trying to be the hero and just follow-!"
Pow!
Tails and Sakura's eyes widened in shock as Naruto punched Sasuke off the tree branch they were on before he flips and landed on one next to them.
"Naruto! Why did you do that?!" Sakura asked.
"Because...that's not Sasuke." Naruto answered coldly. He grabs the Scroll and puts it in his pouch.
"What are you talking about!? I am Sasuke you loser!" Sasuke yelled before Naruto appeared next to him and grips him by his collar, bringing his face close to his.
"Are you?!" Naruto asked back. "What happened to the Sasuke that managed to fight toe-to-toe with Haku back in Wave? Where's that Sasuke? The one in front of me is not the Sasuke I know! Surrendering the Scroll to the enemy, trying to run away, that's what cowards do!" A dark look appeared on his face. "And the Sasuke Uchiha that I know and respect isn't a coward!"
Sasuke's eyes widened.
"You say I don't understand but I understand perfectly." Naruto continued. "You choked!"
Orochimaru chuckled, getting everyone's attention. "Sad but true." She soon licked her lips, making Naruto cringe in disgust. "It doesn't matter." She pulled her sleeve up, revealing a tattoo. She puts her thumb near her. "As far as Scrolls go, I can just kill you and take it." She bit her thumb, drawing blood and traced it down her tattoo, making Naruto tense.
"I like to see you try!" Naruto released Sasuke and charged at Orochimaru, he jumps in the air and does a mid-air Spin Dash.
"No don't! Naruto!" Sasuke called out.
"Summoning Jutsu." Orochimaru did a few hand signs before a gust of wind appeared.
Naruto stopped doing the Spin Dash and floated in the air as his eyes widen. It was another large snake, and this one was bigger than the one Naruto fought and Orochimaru stood on it. "Um...I think this thing is a little bit bigger than the last one."
Battle Music: Boss 1 [Sonic Adventure 2]
The snake lunged at Naruto, making him dash out of the way. He then used flies around it as he launched his Chaos Spears at it, making burn marks appear on its hard skin. The snake lunged at him again, but Naruto moved out of the way just in time. He saw a large boulder and he picked it up using his Telekinesis and launched it at the beast, only for it to dodge the attack.
Naruto was gonna move again but he stopped in mid air as he felt pain in his whole body, or more accurately the Seal on his stomach. "GAH!" He gripped his stomach in pain as the cyan aura around him began to flicker on and off like a light switch. "AAAAAHH!" He screamed as the pain continued to increase and the aura around him died and he fell.
"NARUTO!" Tails, Sakura and Sasuke cried out towards him.
"I gotta save him!" Tails was about to go and grab Naruto but stopped when the snake charged at the Genin and knocked him in the air, making him go through a bunch of tree branches before his body hit the biggest one, and he gasped out blood.
Naruto soon fell down, his arms still wrapped around his stomach. Orochimaru and her snake watched as Naruto fell and the snake began to open its mouth, in order to eat him whole like the last one.
However...
Naruto's eyes snapped open, revealing them to be crimson red, with cat like slits replacing his pupils. His expression became feral and his hair has gotten spikier. Fangs appeared in his mouth and his nails became sharp like claws. The whiskers on his face became detailed.
He flips in the air and raised his leg up.
"EAT THIS!" He does a devastating axe kick on the snake's head, making it screech out as shockwaves came out from the attack that destroyed some trees
"What?!" Orochimaru looked into Naruto's eyes and saw they were now crimson red. But she looks closer and saw the left eye was changing from green to red. She narrowed her eyes at him. Those eyes...it couldn't be!
Naruto gave a roar as he punched the snake's head as it was getting pushed back. He closed his left eye as he felt the same pain from before coming back, but he ignored it and continued the assault.
"N-Naruto…?" Tails asked nervously. In all the times they've been together, he's never seen Naruto act like...that! Especially if it was around Nega. He suddenly felt woozy for some reason. He rubbed his eyes, not noticing that they turned crimson red as well.
"Whoa...where did he get all that power?" Sakura asked with widened eyes. "And what's wrong with Naruto? I've never seen him so vicious before."
Sasuke remained completely still as he continued to watch the assault.
"Tch!" Naruto grit his teeth as he stopped the assault and gave a yell as he gripped his head, his face morphing into an even more feral look as his eyes continued to change from red to green as if something was fighting over his being. "GAAAAH!"
"Now! Attack!" Orochimaru ordered the snack as it hissed and charged at Naruto, knocking him back into a bunch of trees.
"Oh no Naruto!" Tails shouted.
'Hmm, the fire in his eyes...there's no doubt about it." Orochimaru thought as a smirk formed on her face. She turns to Sasuke. "This is getting fun, now what will you do Sasuke?"
The giant snake lunged at Sasuke, who was to frozen to move, and Tails who was screaming comically.
"SASUKE MOVE!" Sakura cried out.
Tails quickly flew behind Sasuke's back and gripped his shoulders so he can fly away.
The snake stopped in front of them, but blood is seen flying in the air. Sasuke and Tails' eyes widened while Orochimaru looked on. There in front of the snake, with two Kunai stabbed in it's face, stood Naruto. His head was down, but he was huffing.
"No way…i-is that Naruto?" Sasuke thought.
"N-N-Naruto...are you okay?" Tails asked.
"I'm fine Tails." Naruto replied. "What about you Sasuke? You're not hurt are you…" He raised his head and smirked mockingly at Sasuke, revealing his changed eyes and whiskers to the two. "Scaredy cat?"
Tails and Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise at Naruto's feral expression as they saw his once ocean blue eyes are now changed to crimson and he had a slit. Sasuke looked a little fearful at them but Tails thought they looked cool...plus they reminded him of...that weird dream he had.
"Tch!" Naruto scoffed, glaring at Sasuke. "Just look at you, standing there frozen in fear like a rabbit. Get your head out of your ass and get in gear already!" His eyes widened in pain as he felt the sensation from earlier come back in full force. He grit his teeth to not howl in pain. "Damn it! What the hell did that smoke do to me?"
"Naruto look out!" Tails cried out.
Naruto's eyes widened as he felt something wrapped around his arms and chest and he was lifted off the ground. "What the-!?" He looked back and his narrow in disgust as it was Orochimaru's tongue. "Damn snake! Get this disgusting tongue off me before I yank it out of your mouth!"
Orochimaru brung Naruto closer to her and examined him. "Extraordinary! So the Nine-Tails Brat lives…" She does a handsign. She noticed that Naruto kept gritting his teeth in pain and saw his eyes shift from green to red with his face turning more and more feral while his hair is growing longer and getting spikier. "But something seems to be happening to him. And whatever it is, the Nine-Tails is trying to fight it but is losing…"
Small purple flames appears on Orochimaru's fingers as she used her tongue to lift Naruto's shirt up and reveal the seal. "Five Pronged Seal!" She slammed her fingers into the seal, making Naruto gasp out in pain before giving out a scream that echoed throughout the forest as he returns to normal. He soon fainted and Orochimaru threw him away.
"NARUTO!" Tails yelled. He jumps off the tree branch he was on and in a poof of smoke, he turns into his human form, surprising Orochimaru while shocking Sakura and Sasuke. "Naruto! I'm coming!" He flies over to Naruto and grabbed him. He begins to fly down.
"Hmm...the Nine-Tails Fox and a Twin-Tails Fox Boy." Orochimaru said, staring at Naruto and Tails. She chuckled. "Such a fascinating discovery. I will come back to that subject later." She turns to Sasuke. "Now what will you do, Sasuke?"
Sasuke wasn't even paying attention as he was still trembling. Sakura watched as Tails landed on the ground and was trying to wake Naruto up.
"Naruto…" Sakura closed her eyes and glares at Sasuke. "Sasuke! What's wrong with you!?" She saw him continue to tremble as his eyes never left Naruto's still form. He...he really was scared of this woman. But that doesn't mean she's gonna not give him a lecture.
"Okay! Say whatever you want about Naruto. He may act like dork sometimes and he may even get serious when the situation calls for it, but at least he's doing something! At least...he's not a coward!"
Sasuke grit his teeth before he closed his eyes. But when he did that's when he saw him…
"Do you really think you can beat me as you are now Sasuke? You're pathetic, if you want to kill me, settle for hating me until you can, hate me and live like the coward you are. Clinging to life, without honor!"
Battle Music: Boss 3 [Sonic Adventure 2]
"NO!" Sasuke's Sharingan activated as he glared up at Orochimaru, who's smile got bigger. He immediately got into a stance drawing several kunai. "All I've caring about is surviving so I can kill my brother! What a fool I've been, I see the truth now! Naruto, Sakura, Tails. If I haven't the courage to face this demon how could I ever face him!?"
Sasuke charged towards Orochimaru launching kunai at the Grass Genin who dodged themi. Sasuke landed on a tree and jumped off it, yelling a battle cry as he charged at Orochimaru. His punch and kick got blocked and he flipped over her, dodging a kick before back flipping away. Orochimaru soon ran at Sasuke, but in his eyes everything was in slow motion, so he was able to dodge and block every punch and kick Orochimaru threw at him.
Orochimaru soon used her speed and was moving from tree to tree, like a very fast snake, and Sasuke was able to follow her movements.
"I can see." He thought to himself watching Orochimaru, who then charged at him, as he jumped out the way and did one of his Fire Jutsu, making explosion made of fire come out to where Orochimaru landed. "I can see!" He took a deep breath and gave a roar as his flames got bigger, making the whole tree get set on fire.
However, an invisible gust of wind surrounded Orochimaru as though she called it herself and used it as a shield. She smirks and went in the tree branch as the fire dispersed. Sasuke watched as Orochimaru was coming at him, making him jump away from her. He took a deep breath and went into a fighting stance.
Orochimaru soon smirked. "He's good. He was able to keep up with my movements and see through to my attacks. That's it, right Sasuke? You can see me now can you?"
Looks like this boy is truly remarkable just like Naruto and the Fox Boy. It would seem that his Sharingan keeps on evolving whenever he finds a new resolve when it has something to do with his friends. In other words, his emotions is what keeps on triggering/evolving the Sharingan. Truly interesting.
Sasuke soon reached inside his pouch, his eyes not leaving Orochimaru's even for a second. He took out two Gold Rings, drawing Orochimaru's attention as she looked interested to see what he was gonna do with them.
It was time to end this fight once and for all.
Sasuke held the two Rings tightly in his hand as they started to glow brightly. His eyes glowed a yellow color for a moment before they went back to their original crimson color and a golden yellow aura appears around him. He soon vanished making Orochimaru's eyes widen before she felt a fist hit her cheek making her fly off the tree branch. Sasuke appears behind her and knocked her down using an axe-kick to the head before he vanished again and landed on a tree. He gave a battle cry again as he charged at Orochimaru, attacking her in mid air. He kept this up until he appeared above her head.
He spread his arms and legs out and soon did a mid-air Spin Dash, much to Sakura and Tails' surprise. He charged at Orochimaru and landed a direct hit on Orochimaru's face. He slammed down on the tree branch with great force, making it crack. He jumped off her face and landed on the tree.
Orochimaru's body began to shake uncontrollably before she stopped moving. Much to Sasuke's shock, she turned into mud.
"Substitution!" Sasuke closed an eye as he felt something scratch his cheek. He back flipped away once he saw a barrage of Kunai flying at him. He jumped off the tree and took out strings from his fingers, wrapping them around a tree branch, as he swung away. He jumped down and turned his head only to see Orochimaru running at him.
She punched him in the face a few times before kneeing him and punching him again, making him roll back.
"Sasuke!" Sakura called out.
"Sasuke…" Tails looked down at Naruto's not moving body before a determined expression came on his face. He spun his tails around really fast before he flew up at Orochimaru fast, seeing she was walking towards Sasuke. "GET AWAY FROM SASUKE!" He soon did a Spin Dash and was charging at Orochimaru, who smirked in amusement at Tails.
She tilt her body to the side, dodging the Spin Dash but grabbing the twin tails as she pulled Tails back and punched him in the stomach, making him gasp in pain before kicking him to the tree as he slammed into it and fell on his back.
Tails coughed out spit before he looked up fearfully at Orochimaru as he grabbed Sasuke's back and was prepared to fly away before small explosions appeared on Orochimaru's back.
Sasuke quickly jumped out of the way, with Tails still on his back as he gave a yell of surprise for a moment before he started to fly backwards. Sasuke launched a bunch of kunai at Orochimaru and he had strings attached to them.
The strings spun around Orochimaru before they tied him tightly to the tree behind him. Sasuke, with a string in his teeth, did a hand sign as he glared at Orochimaru while Tails stopped flying.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!"
Music Ends
Sasuke breathed out a large breath of fire which took the form of a dragon. The flame followed the string connected from his mouth to the tied up Orochimaru and landed a devastating blow on Orochimaru. The flames was so powerful that it even burned through the tree she was on.
Orochimaru gave out a loud scream which echoed throughout the area they were in. Sakura watched the flames while smiling happily.
"He did it!" She exclaimed.
Tails stared at the flames with an awe struck look on his face. He knew Sasuke was awesome but he never knew he was this awesome. He was a lot like Naruto. "So cool!"
The flames slowly began to die down before they vanished completely. Tails flew back down to a tree branch and released Sasuke as soon as his feet touched it and he landed right next to him.
"That was awesome Sasuke! You totally took her down with that!" Tails said excitedly as he looked at Orochimaru seeing her head down.
Sasuke didn't reply as he was panting tiredly.
"Sasuke! Tails!" Sakura ran towards them, smiling happily. "You did it Sasuke! You won!" A worried expression appear on her face, seeing him pant tiredly like that. "Are you okay? Don't worry, it's over."
Tails nodded in agreement. "Yeah! Let's hurry up and get Naruto so we can get outta here!" He grabs both their hands and began to fly but stopped as he fell down. "H-Huh!?" He tried to get up but he couldn't move a muscle. "I can't move!"
"Me neither!" Sakura exclaimed as she fell on her knees.
"No!" Sasuke struggled. "That's impossible!"
"Such mastery of the Sharingan at such a young age." Orochimaru spoke up, much to everyone's disbelief. "You truly are an Uchiha." Her voice began to get deeper.
Tails' eyes widened as he stared at Orochimaru's face. Around her left eye area, he saw yellow snake like eyes, pale white skin. It...it was as if a piece of a human skin mask was peeled off her face! And her voice...she sounded...just like a man! Who is this person?!
"Yes." Orochimaru spoke up in his true voice. He raised a hand to his Forehead Protector. "You'll do nicely." He removed it, to reveal the Grass symbol has changed to a musical note.
"Look, the symbol on his protector! He's a Sound Ninja!" Tails exclaimed as he struggled to move. Sasuke gave a yell as he too struggled with all his might to escape.
"You are definitely his brother." Orochimaru said, making Sasuke gasp. "Your eyes are even keener than Itachi's."
"What do you want!?" Sasuke demanded, getting angry at his brother's name being mention.
Orochimaru tossed a scroll out and held it out in front of him. "That will have to wait until we meet again. Which won't happen unless you finish this test with the best scores of all." The scroll got caught in green fire.
Sakura gasped. "The scroll!" That was what they needed to pass.
"First you must defeat the Sound Ninja who serve me." Orochimaru continued.
"You mean...those guys are with you?" Tails asked in surprise
"I don't know what you're talking about but if you're finished just beat it! If we never meet again it will be too soon!" Sakura said angrily.
"Oh? He and I will meet again." Orochimaru did a hand sign and his neck began to stretch out, making everyone's eyes widen. And his head was heading towards Sasuke. He went to the neck and bit it, making Sasuke gasp.
"Sasuke no!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Sasuke!" Tails tried to his hardest to get up but he kept falling back down. He and Sakura watched as Orochimaru released his hold on Sasuke's neck before his head went back to his body.
Sasuke was trembling all the while, not knowing that a mark was beginning to form above where Orochimaru bit his neck. He grit his teeth in pain as he held onto his neck.
"Sasuke!" Sakura glared at Orochimaru. "You...what have you done to him?!"
"I just gave him a little parting gift." Orochimaru replied as Sasuke got on his knees. "Very soon Sasuke will seek me out. He will desire my power. In the meantime, I enjoyed the demonstrate of the powers you already possessed. I shall see you soon as well, little fox boy." Orochimaru began to go inside the tree he was standing on, giving out a last chuckle, as he vanished completely.
Sasuke gave out a screamed pain that echoed throughout the forest. This pain….this unbelievable amount of pain was too much for him to handle!
"Sasuke!" Tails and Sakura ran towards him, looking at him with worried and concern expressions.
"Sasuke what did he do to you?!" Sakura asked.
Tails saw something forming on Sasuke's neck, making his eyes widen. "Something appeared on his neck!"
Sasuke continued to scream out loud as Sakura was whispering comforting words to him before he lost consciousness, making Tails and Sakura gasp out loud.
"NARUTO! PLEASE WAKE UP!" Tails cried out to his best friend. "SASUKE IS HURT AND WE NEED YOU!"
"NARUTO!" Sakura cried out as well, tears falling from her eyes.
They flinched as a bunch of crows came out and were flying around, making them look up at them as the sun was setting.
"I don't know…" Sakura closed her eyes and sniffed. "What I'm suppose to do."
"Sakura…" Tails whispered as tears fell from his eyes.
What were they suppose to do now? What can they do now? They lost both Naruto and Sasuke, the two power houses of Squad 7. Now...it's just him and Sakura.
"Naruto…" Tails thought as he sniffed. "I'm sorry...I couldn't protect Sasuke. You were counting on me and...I let you down…!" He continued to hear Sakura's silent cries. He clenched his fist tightly before he stood up and wiped the tears away. "But...that doesn't mean...I can't protect Sakura either!" He nodded to himself as he turns to Sakura.
"Sakura." Tails spoke up getting her attention. "We can't stay here out in the open like this, we have to hide! You carry Sasuke while I go get Naruto!"
"Tails…" Sakura spoke in a whisper.
"Don't worry Sakura! Until Naruto and Sasuke wake up…" Tails held his fist out. "I'll protect you! All of you! I promise!"
Sakura gave a silent gasp as she stared into Tails' eyes, seeing the same kind of determination Naruto always carried with him when facing a strong opponent which they might not have a chance of winning.
Despite wanting to ask Tails a lot of questions, she was more focused on the situation. First they needed to get out of here and then she can ask Tails her questions.
"Ok!" She nodded her head making Tails nod back as he flew down to get Naruto.
Unknown to them however, they were being watched by the Masked Boy, who watched the two with his arms crossed.
Meanwhile
Blaze took a quick stop at a nearby town. She was inside a restaurant as she was looking over the menu to see what she would want to eat.
Right now, she was almost close to the Hidden Leaf Village, so she decided to get some rest here and get ready for tomorrow. She was honestly glad to get out of that gambling town and away from that dirty old fool of a writer. After spending one night there, she decide to leave due to the residents...activities at night.
"Here's your food, dearie."
Blaze looked up, seeing a kind old woman there, smiling at her, with a plate of what she ordered in her hands. The Fire Princess smiled back at her as she sat the plate down.
"Thank you very much ma'am." Blaze reached into her pocket and gave her some money. "Here. It's for you."
"Oh no, you go on and keep it young one." The Old Woman smiled, before she sighed. "Honestly, if only the children around here were more respectful like you."
"R...right." Blaze sweat dropped as she recalled many young children acting wild and crazy, making her inwardly smile as she recalled a certain someone who's like that and probably still is. She looks out the window seeing the children but her eyes widen slightly from what she saw.
There was a young boy and girl, who looks like they were around 6. The girl was scolding the boy, who only smile sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head in a similar manner.
However in Blaze's eyes, she saw her younger self and Naruto in the children's place. She shook her head and looked up in the sky, staring at the orange sun.
"Why…" She put a hand to where her heart is and clenched it. "Why does it feel like... something terrible happened to you, Naruto?" She's been having this feeling for a while now and she's been ignoring it.
But after seeing those children, the feeling came back.
"One more day." She told herself. She will be arriving to the Village sometime tomorrow. She's just one day close to meeting her best friend.
Forest of Death
It was now dark out. Tails and Sakura hid themselves under a tree root as they were watching Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto still remained motionless while Sasuke was still gritting his teeth in pain before he stopped and breathed easily.
"Looks like he's breathing normally." Sakura smiled a little bit. She looks to Naruto and Tails, seeing the Fox Boy looking at Naruto worriedly before while also keeping an eye out. It looked like he realized something as he turns to Sakura.
"Oh yeah." Tails smiled sheepishly. "I forgot that technically this is our first time talking to each other like this, even though I've been acting like a doll." He held his hand out to her. "Hi Sakura! I'm Miles Prower!" He felt his nose twitch. "Achoo!"
POOF!
Tails returned to his fox form. A sheepish smile came on his face as he saw Sakura's comical dumbfounded expression. "Um, just call me Tails…"
"R-Right." Sakura said nervously before she began to ask her questions. "Alright, what are you Tails? Are you a human or fox? Where did you come from? Are there others out there like you? Is it really true that you helped Naruto out on one of his adventures?"
As Sakura kept asking him questions, Tails head began to get smoke coming out from his brain and his eyes turned into dots.
"C-Calm down Sakura! You're going too fast with your questions!"
Sakura blinked and looked sheepishly. "Haha, sorry about that. Just a little curious."
Tails shook his head and laughed a little bit. "Aw, it's okay! Well, I guess I can start from the beginning."
As Tails and Sakura started their talk, they were being watched by the Sound Genin from before.
Next Day
The sun was shining brightly. Tails woke up and gave a yawn. He shook his head and blocked his face from the sun.
"Day time?" He asked. He stands up and looks around, seeing Sakura was asleep while Sasuke and Naruto were still unconscious. He quickly ran to Sakura and shook her. "Hey, Sakura. Wake up!"
"Huh?" Sakura blinked tiredly as she turned to Tails.
"It's day!" Tails exclaimed happily. "We made it through the night!"
"We did?" Sakura blinked the tiredness away and yawned. She looks up and saw the sun's rays. She smiled happily. "It is day!"
"I told you!" Tails said.
The two went stiff as they heard rustling in the bushes. Sakura fearfully took out a kunai while Tails got ready to do a Spin Dash. When the two looked at each other, they nodded their heads and turned around at the same time.
And what they saw made them get comical expressions. Sakura had a flat look and Tails' eyes became dots as he blinked. It was a squirrel that came out the bushes.
"A squirrel?" Tails tilt his head to the side in confusion.
Sakura's eyes widen as she saw the squirrel was coming towards them. What if it was…?! She quickly threw the Kunai in front of it, making it comically stop and run away.
"S-Sakura!" Tails wailed his arms up and down comically. "Why did you do that?!"
"...um no reason." Sakura replied as she sighed in relief. That was close. It was gonna set off the traps she placed.
The Sound Trio were still watching the two as they went back inside the tree.
"Huh, think she noticed the explosive tag on the squirrel?" Zaku asked.
Dosu shook his head. "No, it's something else, I think it's time we pay her and that fox freak a visit."
Lee hopped from tree to tree, careful not to make too much noise, as he landed on a particularly thin branch he noticed several leaves fall from the branch. A fire erupted in his eyes as he gave himself a personal challenge.
"If I can catch all twenty of these leaves before they hit the ground, Sakura will begin to like me." He imagines her smiling lovingly at him. ,"But…if I miss even just one…my love will be unrequited and…" A disgusted look come on her face. "She may even call me names like 'caterpillar brows!'" The fire in Lee's eyes erupted even further as he leapt off from the tree, intent on catching all twenty leaves.
One by one Lee caught the leaves….nearly snapping his spine on another branch but as he reached for the last one he noticed a squirrel struggling in pain as smoke was spewing from its back. Lee dove for the squirrel ripping the explosive tag off its back and throwing it at the closest tree.
"Who would do such a horrible thing to you little guy?"
Tails was looking around, spotting for any danger while Sakura continued to look at him. She was just about to fall asleep when a voice jolted her awake and made Tails tense.
"Awake all night huh?"
"Not these guys!" Sakura thought in despair.
Tails took a fighting stance as he saw three Genin and took in their appearance.
The boy on the far left had spiky, dark hair and dark eyes. A large beige T-shirt covered his upper body with the word 'death' inscribed upon it in kanji on the front. He also had a pair of snake-patterned pants, two black strips fastening his shirt to him around the shoulder areas, black sandals, a snake-patterned scarf around his neck, and a headband secured tightly around his head.
The guy in the middle, though he was slouched over, it was hard to tell just how tall he was due to this fact, but Sakura figured he'd at least be as tall as the other male in the group. He had bandages covering most of his face with the exception of the area around his left eye, had a large poncho with incredibly long sleeves, a snake-patterned scarf around his neck, and a straw raincoat protruding from his back where the scarf went around.
The final member of their team was a girl, who had dark colored eyes and extremely long black hair nearly reaching the ground, and was tied at the end by a violet ribbon. She was fair looking, with a green vest similar to a flak jacket covering her upper body, a snake-patterned scarf adorned around her neck, a pair of pants of the same color, and sandals.
He looked at the symbols on their head and saw they music notes...just like Orochimaru.
"Why don't you and your...pet be good and wake up Sasuke, we'd like to fight him." Dosu told Sakura.
Sakura narrowed her eyes and drew a kunai. "What are you talking about? I know someone named Orochimaru is pulling the strings! What's his purpose?"
The Sound Trio were surprised that the girl knew their Master and that he was in charge of them.
"What is this weird mark on Sasuke's neck? You did this to him and now you want to fight? What is wrong with you?"
Dosu was surprised to hear Sasuke had received a curse mark, why would Orochimaru send them to kill Sasuke only to give him a curse seal beforehand?
"And what did Orochimaru do to Naruto?" Tails asked. "He did something to him and now he won't wake up! Tell us!"
Zaku scoffed at the little fox. "Whatever, hey Dosu I'll kill the girl and the little fox freak and take care of this Sasuke guy." Before he could charge he was stopped by his bandaged teammate.
"Wait Zaku, hmm you know girlie, a booby trap is pointless unless it goes unnoticed." Dosu watched the girl's face as he pulled away her ground booby trap. "She scared away the squirrel to prevent it from setting off the booby trap, kill them both."
The three Sound Ninja leapt upwards to take advantage of the terrain only to see a giant log falling towards them.
"Hmph, nice try kids but-" Dosu only stuck his palm outward and the log shattered into pieces. "You're gonna have to do better than-!"
Gold Rings rained down from the sky. The Sound Trio looked up in surprise at the Rings before they exploded around them, making them cover their faces.
"Yes!" Tails and Sakura cheered but then paled as they saw the Sound Trio was now falling down at them.
"Leaf Hurricane!"
The Sound Genin were each kicked away by a green whirlwind, their bodies slamming against nearby trees. Sakura and Tails were about ready to defend themselves when they noticed who was standing in front of her.
Rock Lee.
"Well then, looks like I'm just in time. Are you alright Sakura...and a two-tailed fox?!" Lee had a dumbfounded expression as he stared at Tails, who only stared at him with wide eyes.
"Um, hi?" Tails waved awkwardly. "And my name is Tails."
Before Lee could make a comment on Tails, Zaku's voice yelled out at him.
"Who the hell are you?"
Rock Lee slowly turns around and stared at Zaku before a smirk formed on his face as he took a stance. "I am the Hidden Leaf Village's Beautiful Green Beast: Rock Lee!" A twinkle appeared in his teeth.
"So awesome!" Tails said in awe as he stared at Lee in a whole new light while Sakura sweat dropped at the fox. Lee's smirk grew bigger as he heard Tails' comment.
"Lee, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked, bewildered by his sudden appearance.
The boy looked back at them and grinned. "I will always appear whenever you are in danger, Sakura." He reached over towards his shoulder and gently grabbed the squirrel sitting on it, before setting the woodland creature on the ground. "It's all thanks to you, little guy."
The squirrel made a noise at him before running off with Tails waving goodbye at it.
Sakura gave the boy a smile. She may not like him like that, but at least he was doing something to protect her. "Thank you, Lee."
Lee gave her a thumbs up before turning to Team Sound. "I said it once before, I'll protect you 'till the day I die."
A happy smile appears on Tails' face. He turns to look at Sakura. "Wow Sakura, you're boyfriend is really nice!"
Lee blushed and stuttered at that while Sakura gave Tails a flat stare before she chop him on the head, earning a cry of pain from Tails. "He's not my boyfriend!"
Tails held his head as a tear comically hung from his eye and Lee had his head drop in depression.
Dosu eyed the green clad Genin wearily. He knew better than to judge the boy because of his terrible fashion sense, that speed he had shown proved he was good.
"No matter how good he is, he's no match for all three of us." Dosu thought as he began to advance towards Lee.
"Zaku, you can have Sasuke, I'll take care of them." The bandaged Genin began his charge towards Lee. He leaps in the air and uncovered the odd gauntlet he was wearing, rearing his fist back to strike at the Leaf Genin, expecting him to dodge it.
Much to his shock said boy waited until he was halfway there before slamming his hands into the ground and pulling out a large chunk of rock and dirt. Dosus' arm hit the rocks, causing it to explode.
"While I have not seen you fight, I remember seeing you use that strange gauntlet against Kabuto." Lee stated calmly. "Because I don't know what it does, logic dictates that I shouldn't let you hit me with it."
Dosu narrowed his one good eye as he landed on the ground before rushing back towards the Leaf Genin. Lee waited for his opponent to calm calmly, and when Dosu was in range struck out with a right, left combination. The right fist was blocked but the left happened to fast for Dosu to see it until it was too late. Dosu stumbled back and was then kicked in the ribs and went flying back a ways. Grunting he got back up and was forced to jump out of the way when Lee sent a punch at him that was strong enough to make a crater when it hit the ground.
Lee stood back up and faced Dosu who came back at him. Dosu swung at Lee with the arm that did not have the gauntlet attached to it. Lee blocked the arm, grabbed onto his as he threw his opponent into a tree, leaving a small impression.
Dosu narrowed his visible eye as he pushed himself out of the impression he was in before charging at Lee again. Realizing that straightforward tactics wouldn't work, he decided a little deception was in order.
Coming in Dosu made a feint with a high punch, when Lee moved to block him; he switched attacks and came in with a kick that caught lee unawares.
By the time Lee had recovered, Dosu was nowhere to be seen. A kick to the back of his head sent Lee stumbling forward before he felt a hand grip his leg and toss him into the air, then slam him into the ground.
Lee got back to his feet and searched for Dosu. As he did he felt a presence behind and saw Dosu coming in with his gauntlet covered fist reared back, making his eyes widen.
"I am sorry Guy-sensei, but I must use 'that' Jutsu!" Lee thought as he unwound his bandages.
As Dosu got within striking range, Lee disappeared from view before appearing below him and kicking the Sound Genin in the chin, hard. As Dosu soared into the air Lee appeared behind him, wrapping the mummified Genin in his bandages. Then Lee started to spin, slowly at first but it gradually picked up more and more speed until the pair looked like a drill plummeting to the earth.
"Oh shit!" Zaku shouted as he saw the speeding drill that was Lee and Dosu. "There's no way Dosu can survive something like this!" The spiky-haired Sound Genin began running through a quick series of hand-seals, ending on the Monkey Seal.
"Take this! Primary Lotus!" Lee yelled as he released his hold on Dosu.
Just as he was about to hit the ground Zaku slammed a hands into the ground and sent a wave of air towards the spot Dosu was about to hit. A few seconds later Dosu hit the ground head first, implanting himself into it with a little over half his body sticking up.
With a few wiggles and grunts Dosu got himself out of the ground and stood back up no worse for wear.
"That actually would have killed me had Zaku not softened the ground for my fall," Dosu said as he looked at his now tired out opponent.
"I-impossible," Lee muttered as he fell to the ground, his muscles having torn from using his Jutsu.
"It seems that attack you used has some serious backlash." Dosu mused as he saw Lee kneeling on the ground, panting.
"It matters not; I may be tired but so are you. I can still win," Lee said, giving Dosu a confident smile.
"Not in that condition you can't," Dosu chuckled. "And in case you haven't noticed I'm not the only one you need to deal with. Now I'm getting rather irritated at your interference, so I'll just finish you off now."
Dosu charged forward once again as he reared his arm back for another attack. Lee tried to dodge only to receive a jolt of pain for his troubles as the after effects of the jutsu kicked in. he looked up just as Dosu swung at him. Lee was lucky enough to dodge the attack, albeit barely, but before he could even think of retaliating his vision began to get blurry and a sharp pain filled his head as his ears bleed.
Lee tried to stand, but as soon as he moved he was forced onto his hands and knees as he began to throw up.
"Lee! What's wrong?" Tails asked in a worried tone.
"You like?" Dosu asked. "I call this my Melody Arm. With it I can amplify sound waves and use the vibrations they cause to break through your eardrum and damage the inner membrane making you lose your semblance of balance. You won't be able to function properly for a while now."
Deciding he did not want to be left out Zaku lifted up his hands and pulled his palms up to reveal the whole he had in each hand. "My specialty is the ability to control supersonic airwaves and air pressure, slicing up or blasting my opponents. To us, your Jutsu are laughable."
"As you can see, you have no hope against us. You put up a good fight, but it's time to say good-bye kid." Dosu reared his melody arm back, ready to strike.
He didn't get the chance to swing as a spinning orange ball connected with his jaw, launching him back several feet. Dosu looked up in surprise at seeing a fiercely determined Tails standing beside Lee.
"T-Tails?" Lee asked. Sakura stared with wide eyes.
"Pick on someone your own size!" Tails exclaimed.
"Oh? So the little fox got some spunk in him does he?" Zaku commented with a sneer.
"Yeah! And this little fox is gonna kick your butts!" Tails told him. A poof of smoke appeared around him and it vanished instantly, showing Tails in his human form.
Lee's eyes went wide with surprise as he stared at the...little boy with fox features. He looks like he should belong into the Academy right now! The Sound Genin eyes also went wide as well as this is the first time they're seeing this.
"A kid!?" Dosu asked. "The fox is a little kid?"
"Tch! So what? I'm still gonna take you down you little freak!" Zaku charged at Tails but before he could get close, Sakura had come and punched him in the jaw, sending him back as well.
"Sakura?!" Tails and Lee asked in shock.
"Lee...thank you very much for trying to protect us." Sakura said in a serious tone. "But now, let me and Tails take care of them so you can recover."
Tails stared at her before he smirks confidently as he nodded his head.
"Now you want a piece of this two pinks?!" Zaku demanded. "Fine! I'll take care of both you!"
"No you're not." Kin smirks. "I'll take on the girl."
"Oh yeah?" Tails took out some gadgets. "Bring it on!"
"Gah this sucks! We can't find any weak guys!" Ino complained, grabbing her head in annoyance.
"What a drag, unfortunately the only guys weaker than us would be Kiba's Team, because I am not going after Naruto." Shikamaru said.
If from what he heard about those rumors are true then that just means Naruto keeps on getting stronger and stronger every second. And he did not want to deal with him.
"Hey look! Sasuke and Naruto are knocked out cold! And Sakura is fighting with...wait who or what is that kid?!" Choji asked in shock as he stared at the Fox Boy that was fighting alongside Sakura.
"Whoa! What the hell-!?" Shikamaru looked shocked as well as he stared at the boy with fox features.
Ino was surprised to hear this and looked out to watch the fight.
"Hmm Lee's late." Tenten was surprised at her teammate's tardiness. "Usually he's accurate when it comes to time."
Neji sighed, he knew what that meant. "Knowing that fool he ran into the enemy, let's go find him."
"Yeah" Both took off hoping to find their wayward teammate.
Battle Music: Character Boss [Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)]
"Take this!" Tails threw a ball at them.
"Ha! What's that toy gonna do?" Zaku mocked. To answer his question, the ball let out a flash of light, making Zaku scream and cover his eyes. His eyes widened in pain as Tails used his Spin Dash and landed a hit on his stomach, making him gasp out in pain.
"You little-!" Zaku was gonna attack him before Tails used his twin tails to slap him across the face, making him slide on the dirt.
"I...I'm doing it!" All those training sections he had with Naruto are finally paying off! Tails smiled happily. "I'm really doing it!"
Zaku charged at Tails, his fist raised to knocked him down. Tails does a Spin Dash at him but Zaku dodged it in time. Tails got up and threw some Dummy Ring Bombs at him, making Zaku's eyes widen as he dodged them.
But since there was so many of them, Zaku felt them explode all around him as he got blown away.
Sakura looked at Kin before dashing towards her; she flung several shuriken before going through a set of hand seals.
Kin blocked or dodged all the shuriken and looked at the charging pink haired girl only to see…three of her? She scoffed. "You don't honestly think a pathetic Jutsu like that is going to work do you?" She snorted in amusement as she threw several senbon at Sakura.
All three Sakura's burst into smoke with the one in the middle also being replaced with a log.
Sensing a presence behind her Kin turned to see three more Sakura, all of them doing hand seals. Kin gave a grunt of annoyance as she tossed more senbon, once again, the two on either end disappeared in a puff of smoke while the middle one was replaced with a log.
Kin spun around just as Sakura appeared behind her, blocking the punch the pinkette sent her before lashing out with her own fist. Sakura stumbled back, giving Kin the opportunity to knee the girl in the gut before kicking the back of her legs, forcing Sakura onto her knees. Then she grabbed Sakura by the hair, pulling on it as hard as she could, forcing Sakura to yelp in pain.
"Sakura!" Tails yelled as he was gonna go and help but he got kicked on his side and was rolling around in the dirt.
"Nice try kid!" Zaku sneered as grabbed Tails. "Hey Dosu!" He threw him at Dosu who caught him in a bear hug
"Hey! Let me go!" Tails struggled to get out.
"Sorry not going to happen kid." Dosu held Tails tighter, making him cry out.
"Well get a feel of this, it seems her hair is softer than mine." Kin's smirk turned into a disgusted sneer. "If you have time to take such good care of your hair, you could have spent it better training. You're not even a real Kunoichi are you, probably just a pathetic fangirl for the Uchiha boy over there. Hey Zaku! Why don't we kill that Sasuke guy in front of this little bitch!"
"Heh, it would be my pleasure." Zaku said as he made his way over to the shelter, ready to take down Sasuke and maybe that so called Ultimate Ninja.
Tears began leaking out of the corner of Sakura's eyes. Everything was going wrong, Sasuke was unconscious and about to be killed, and these people were going to force her and Tails to watch. These things weren't suppose to happen! Sasuke and Naruto was suppose to wake up and save them by now! And now they were both going to die.
"No! Sasuke! Naruto!" Tails yelled as he continued to struggle.
A yank on Sakura's hair brought her head back up. "C'mon, pay attention. My teammate is going to kill your boyfriend, I wouldn't want you to miss it."
Sakura's eyes widened. "I can't let them kill Sasuke!" Sakura brought her kunai up, causing Kin to take notice.
"You don't seriously think you can get me like this, do you?" Kin asked with a superior smirk. "Don't be stupid, you're too weak to get me."
"Who said this was for you?" Sakura smikred.
"Wha-"
Sakura slashed the kunai up behind her, cutting off her hair and surprising Kin. Standing up the pink-haired girl reared her head back and smashed it into Kin's face, causing the girl to stumble back.
Sakura, threw a kunai over to where Dosu was, making his lone eye widen. He moved his head, only to loosen his grip on Tails, who broke free and kicked Dosu in the face.
They nodded to each other and then raced towards Zaku, who had taken notice, and began several hand seals. Zaku sent a blast of airwaves at them, but Sakura replaced herself with a log, reappearing on his left doing more hand seals and Tails flew away to the left
"Gah! You're so annoying!" Zaku shouted as he released more airwaves.
Tails quickly flew at Zaku with a his new invention, the Magic Hand. "HEY!" He yelled getting Zaku's attention. Tails spun around with the Magic Hand before he released it and Zaku's eyes widen in surprise. "Magic Hook!"
The heavy attack sent Zaku flying back before he bounced off a tree. Tails instantly dashed at Zaku and does a flip before using his tails to knock Zaku down to the ground with great force, it actually knocked a tooth out.
Zaku began to growl as he stood and began to raise his arm. "ANNOYING BRAT!" He felt blood splatter onto his face and he couldn't move for some reason. He looked up to see Sakura with a kunai in her forearm still descending on him. She jabbed her own kunai in his left forearm while biting onto his right hand and the two tumbled to the ground with Sakura on top and keeping Zaku from using his airwave attack.
"GAH! You little bitch! Get! Off!" He began to smash a fist onto her head attempting to get her off of him. "You goddamn crazy bitch! Get off!"
"Sakura!" Tails was gonna fly to them but cried out as he felt something stab him in the leg, making him fall down. He looks and saw it was a senbon. He pulls it out, making tears gather in his eyes before he looks up and saw Kin, a smirk on her face.
"You should be more worried about yourself than your friend Fox Boy." Kin then charged at Tails making his eyes widen.
Music Ends
"What do you want to do Ino?" asked Shikamaru, for once his voice not sounding lazy. It was a drag, but much as he just wanted to watch the clouds or go to sleep, now was not the time.
Ino bit her lip as she remained silent. She didn't know what to do, a part of her wanted to help her former friend. She could still remember how she first met Sakura, the pinkette had been getting picked on by Ami, a former classmate of theirs that had failed to graduate. She had helped chase them away, then discovered they had been making fun of Sakura for her large forehead.
Ino could still remember the day she had given Sakura the red ribbon she had used to wear back at the academy, claiming that if she made a big deal of her forehead, then others would simply make more fun of her. They had been best friends up to that point, until Sasuke had come along.
It had been six months into the Academy when Sakura had given her back the ribbon she had given the pinkette as a sign of their friendship, claiming that they were rivals from now on for Sasuke's affection. To this day, she and Ino were still enemies. And yet at the same time...they were still best friends at heart.
"Ino?" Shikamaru said, snapping the blond from her funk. She looked over at her lazy teammate to see the serious expression on his face. "She's your friend isn't she? Didn't you two know each other really well in the Academy? And I don't know about the Fox Kid, but I have a feeling that Naruto might have something to do with him.
Ino looked at Shikamaru, before looking back at Sakura and Tails, who were still taking a beating. Sakura getting punched and Tails' getting stomped, kicked or punched. A determined expression came onto Ino's face as she stood up.
"Let's get out there."
After bashing Sakura in the face several dozen more times, Zaku finally managed to pry the girl off. She had been pretty damn tenacious, hanging on like a pit bull once it got its teeth on a bone.
Zaku had lost count of the number of times he'd pounded his fist into the girl head, but the last one finally managed to dislodge her. Along with that annoying Fox. He looked up and saw Kin stomping him to the ground and kicking him.
As Sakura was sent sprawling to the ground, he stood up, a scowl on his face as he glared down on her.
"Stupid bitch!" Zaku growled, anger and hatred in his voice. "I'm gonna blow you away!" His hands were quick to come up, the blow holes within his appendages practically humming with chakra.
"S-Sakura…no!" Tails called out weakly, reaching his hand out. He cried out as he got stomped on his head, forcing it to the ground.
"What? You think you can save her?" Kin asked with a scoff, grabbing Tails' head and forcing him up. "Please! You're just a weakling!" She punched him in the stomach hard, making him cough out blood as he got sent away from her, hitting the ground with multiple thuds.
Tails tried to get up. He tried to get and fight so bad but he couldn't. They were too strong for either him and Sakura to handle. He swore that he would protect Sakura but that Sound Girl was right. He was weak. He wasn't dealing with Badniks or Dr. Nega. He was dealing with shinobi who were trained at a younge age to kill.
And right now, those Sound Team are gonna kill Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto too. And that made tears fall from his eyes. His friends...his friends are gonna die because he's too weak to protect them!
To Tails, everything was moving in slow motion as he saw Dosu walking towards Naruto and Sasuke, his kunai drawn, while Zaku was still beating up Sakura. Kin meanwhile began to walk towards Tails.
"P-P-Please...s-s-someone...anyone...save them...my friends." Tails sobbed quietly. "Please...save my f-friends!"
"Get up boy!" Tails' eyes widen from the familiar voice. A voice that he hasn't heard in a while. "Get up and fight! I told you didn't I? You are my legacy! So don't you dare lose to those humans! Use your power!"
"P...Power…?" Tails asked in a whisper, eyes widen. "I...have a power?"
"Yes. The untapped power that lies within you! The power you inherited from me! It is time boy! Awaken it and realize your full potential!"
Tails' eyes widened as he heard his heart skip a beat. In that moment, time seemed to return to normal as Kin walked up to him.
"What's wrong kid?" She asked as she got ready to stomp him. "You giving up-
Tails suddenly grabbed Kin's feet from stomping him further and stood up, surprising her slightly.
"What the-GAAAAH?!" She felt her feet get crushed very painfully. Her screams however, got everyone's attention. She was then blown by back by a sudden eruption of red chakra coming from Tails.
The Killing Intent coming from Tails and the red chakra that's swirling around him, made everyone tremble slightly. They tremble further as they saw the red chakra take the form of very large fox from behind Tails.
"What the hell…?" Dosu asked in a whisper as his exposed eye widened in fear. "What is this kid?"
"Hey, hey. What the hell is up with this chakra?!" Zaku asked, a fearful look on his face.
"Tails…?" Sakura asked in a whisper.
Tails slowly looks up and everyone's eyes widen in fear. A feral look appeared on Tails' suddenly healed face. His now sharper and narrower eyes were now red with a slitted pupil, with black circles around them. His nails got longer and sharper, turning into claws, and he had very sharp fangs. His hair also got spikier and wilder, with his fox ears flattened against his skill and his twintails swinging wildly.
"RAAAAAAAAARRRR!" Tails gave out a roar before he vanished from sight, shocking everyone present.
"What?! Where did he-!?" Kin was interrupted as she got sucker punched and was sent flying into a tree as she slammed into it, making her gasp out blood.
"WHAT?! SO FAST! And this chakra…! What the hell is that boy!?" Dosu thought. His eye widened as Tails appeared in front of him, grabbing his face and dragging him across the ground, making a fissure form. He was then thrown away in the air. "Uh! He's gotten stronger! Where did he suddenly get this-!"
Tails suddenly appeared in front of him once again, glaring and growling down at him. He let loose a roar as he slashed Dosu across the chest, drawing blood and sending him crashing back down to the ground.
"Damn it! What the fuck are you freak!?" Zaku demanded as he launched several kunai and shuriken at Tails.
However, one of his tails moved and knocked them back to Zaku, making a shocked look appear on his face before he tried to dodge them though some managed to get him due to their incredible speed.
"RAAAAAAAGH!" Tails roared out as he dashed at Zaku, before doing the Spin Dash.
"Hey! Hey! What the hell!?" Zaku couldn't help but ask before he got hit in the stomach by the Spin Dash, making him spit out blood as he got pushed back rolling on the dirt. He tried to stand up but he couldn't and instead turned into a coughing fit. "What the fuck?! That hit just now was way stronger than before!"
"Awesome…" Sakura thought as she looked at the fallen Sound Ninja. She had no idea that Tails was this strong. How? How did he do that? And where did that red chakra come from? She turns to him and saw he was on all fours and was huffing tiredly.
The red chakra from before was disappearing, while Tails' eyes and his appearance returned to normal. He then fell to the ground face-first.
"Tails!" Sakura called out as she crawled to him and picked him up, holding him gently in her arms.
"S...S-Sakura…" Tails called out weakly. "Are you...okay?"
"Oh Tails…" Sakura hugged Tails closer to her chest. This little guy...he was willing to risk his life to keep her safe from harm and now look what happened. "Am...am I really this weak to have a kid protect me?"
"Hey!"
Everyone turned to the voice and saw Squad 10 standing there.
Shikamaru on the left, Ino in the middle, and Choji sitting on the right. It became clear that only Shikamaru and Ino had come willingly, because Shikamaru was holding onto Choji's scarf, having obviously dragged the larger boy with him.
"What the hell is this?" Zaku snorted as he finally stood up. "No matter how many of you losers turn up the outcome is going to be the same." He was beginning to get particularly annoyed by all of the interruptions they'd been having.
This mission was supposed to have been simple and easy, find Sasuke and kill him. How hard was that!? He was already unconscious and those two little bastards shouldn't have taken much to put down! Minimal fuss, minimal risk.
Now they not only just finished a fight with some Taijutsu Freak that looked like he'd glued Caterpillars to his eyebrows, but the pink-haired little bitch and Fox Brat had proven to be more trouble than they was worth. And now they had to deal with this interruption!
It was fraying the end of Zaku's relatively short fuse.
"I-Ino?" Sakura asked in confusion. "Why are you here?"
"Tch!" Ino huffed, not bothering to look at the girl as a small smirk formed on her face. "Didn't I tell you before; I'm not going to let you show me up, Forehead. There's no way I'm going to let you show off for Sasuke and leave me behind!"
"H...huh?" Tails looked up weakly, seeing more Leaf Genin. He smiles weakly. Looks like help has arrived.
"They just keep swarming in, they're like bugs." Dosu mumbled, his single visible eye narrowing into a glare as he looked at the three new ninja now standing in the way of their mission. "These foolish Leaf Ninja will be sorry they ever decided to butt into business that doesn't concern them."
"What are you two thinking?" Choji hissed. "These guys are too dangerous!"
Choji knew that out of all the Teams theirs was likely the weakest. While Shikamaru had never outright said it, he knew enough about his lazy friend to read between the lines. All one had to do was look at the facts.
They had the Laziest Jonin in Konoha, who preferred playing Shogi than teaching. Shikamaru never trained, preferring to either watch the clouds or play Shogi with Asuma. He himself was always eating while watching the clouds or watching Shikamaru play Shogi. And Ino either only complained, fawned over Sasuke, or talked about how she would beat Sakura, which often involved Sasuke.
It was made worse because each of them only knew one of their clan techniques. Shikamaru was too lazy to learn any more. Ino was too busy being trying to impress Sasuke. And Choji was always too busy eating to learn.
He was snapped out of his thoughts when Shikamaru spoke up.
"It's a drag, but we have to do this. Now that Ino's shown herself we men can't just run away."
"Sorry I got you two involved." Ino apologized. "But we are a Three Man Team, we do everything together."
"Meh, whatever happens, happens..." Shikamaru shrugged. "We'll find a way to deal with this."
"B-but I don't wanna die yet!" Choji whimpered as he turned around and attempted to make a run for it. However Shikamaru had latched onto Choji's scarf to keep him from leaving. "C'mon Shikamaru! Let go of my scarf!"
"Hehe, you can leave if you want Fatty." Zaku said, grinning darkly.
Choji stopped moving completely, all thoughts of leaving disappeared when Zaku said those words. "What did he just say? I couldn't hear him too well."
"I said you can go back into the forest and fuck yourself. Fat ass!" Zaku exclaimed.
"Oh no…now he's done it." Shikamaru thought shaking his head. "That word is taboo for Choji."
Choji did a complete one hundred and eighty turn around as steam began to pour out of his ears, "I'm not fat you jerk! I'm big boned! AND NOW I'M GONNA SQUASH YOU!"
Battle Music: Rising Fighting Spirit [NarutoOST]
"Alright! Now we're talking!" Ino cheered, while Shikamaru muttered a quick 'what a drag'. "Take it away Choji!"
"With pleasure!" Choji put his hand into a ram seal. "Expansion Jutsu!"
Right before the eyes of everyone present, Choji's body quickly expanded to nearly three times his size. Too many, he looked like a giant balloon. His limbs and head were pulled into his clothing, with chakra coming out of the holes, turning him into a giant ball.
"Human Boulder! CHUBBIES RULE!" He cried out, somehow still perfectly clear despite being inside his close, before he began rolling towards Zaku faster than the Sound Genin expected.
"What the hell is this!" Zaku held out his hands and sneered. "It's just a rolling ball of fat ass! Slicing Airwaves!"
A blast of powerful airwaves was sent towards the rolling ball that was Choji. As the attack hit, the airwaves proceeded to slow the large ball down, but did not stop the technique in it's entirety. Instead, the two attacks seemed to be in a stalemate, with the airwaves trying to stop the green ball from running Zaku over, and Choji continuing to try and press onwards, unaffected by the airwaves. Neither force seemed willing to back down, and it looked like the fight would become a battle of attrition.
That all changed when Choji ascended into the air, moving out of the slipstream the airwaves created.
"What the-? My airwaves were useless!" Zaku shouted, his voice surprised and his eyes widening. It wasn't everyday someone saw a ball of fat move like that. "And I can't touch that thing or it will rip my arms off, then I'll be crushed."
Seeing the predicament his teammate was in, Dosu finally stood up and began to run towards Zaku. Before he could get even five feet he found himself frozen. Out of the corner of his eyes he noticed his shadow was attached to Shikamaru who was holding up a hand seal.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu. Success." The shadow using Genin muttered, a bored yet victorious look on his face.
"My body…I can't…move…" Dosu found that even talking was requiring some effort. "This... this must be... some kind of paralysis Jutsu!"
Choji slammed into the ground, forcing Zaku to jump away lest he be crushed. While the Sound Ninja may have gotten away clean, the landscape around where Choji slammed into the earth formed into a large crater that was several inches larger than the Akimichi himself.
"S-so...cool." Tails had stars in his eyes as he watched the Ino-Shika-Cho in action.
Shikamaru put his hands on his head with the fingertips touching his head, forming an M and forcing Dosu to do the same.
Kin finally managed to stand up, though her back was still hurting her. She saw Dosu doing some very bizarre poses. "What the hell are you doing Dosu?!" She charged at Shikamaru knowing that he's probably controlling him.
"Ino! Now it's just the girl we need to take care of!" Shikamaru shouted as he used his hands to make a pair of ears on his head, forcing Dosu to do the same.
"Got it Shikamaru!" Ino made a triangle hand seal, aiming it at the only female Oto ninja. "Take care of my body! Ninja Art: Body Possession Jutsu!"
Before Kin could do anything, the jutsu hit and the dark-haired girls eyes seemed to glaze over. Ino's body swayed a bit before Shikamaru caught her, while Dosu made the same pose but caught no one.
Music Ends
"It's over now!" The now possessed Kin shouted as she pulled out a kunai. "If you guys move an inch I'll slit this girl's throat! When I can't sense your Chakra anymore I'll let her go! If you don't want it to end here I suggest you leave your scroll and get out of here!"
Both Dosu and Zaku just looked at her, confusing the Leaf Ninja. However, when a smirk formed on Zaku's face, Ino began to get a terrible feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Choji!" She shouted, just as Zaku held up a hand towards her and sent a powerful air-wave at the girl.
Choji managed to get there in time, but due to the position of his body and the fact that he was spinning perpendicular to the attack, he was unable to do fully block off the effects of the jutsu. In the end, while the attack may not have hit his teammate, Choji ended up smacking into Ino, sending her flying while he smashed against the ground several feet away, too dizzy to be of much use. The possessed girl hit the tree behind her, making her yelp in pain and cough up blood.
Because of the effects of the jutsu blood also started coming out of Ino's mouth.
"Ino!" Shikamaru yelled in worry.
"These…guys…they don't even care if they hurt their comrade…" Ino said from Kin's body as she lay on the ground. She couldn't believe that these type of people actually exist.
"Heh, I think you guys are confused about us." Zaku said, grinning darkly
"Our goals are not the stupid scrolls nor to safely complete this exam." Dosu continued, his eyes holding a dark quality that made him look slightly insane. "We're simply here to kill Sasuke!"
The Genin who had not known that felt their eyes widen in surprise. None of them could understand what was going on. Why were these people after Sasuke? As far as they knew, Sasuke had never done anything to warrant assassins coming after him. So why were these people so adamant on killing him?
"Damn it! This jutsu's gonna end soon!" Shikamaru grit his teeth in frustration at the troublesome situation he found himself in.
"It looks like that girl's Jutsu allows her spirit to enter the body of another." Dosu smirked under his bandages. "However if her bleeding is any indication she receives any damage done to the body she enters. That means that killing Kin will also kill that girl."
"Oh man, this is bad." Shikamaru was sweating up a storm as he realized how terrible of a position they were in. Not only were these Sound Genin stronger than they were, but they had now lost the element of surprise. The mummy looking Genin had already figured out his and Ino and Choji's jutsu were straight forward taijutsu attacks. No need for analysis there.
And now they were in a bind; his jutsu had worn off, Choji was down and too dizzy to actually do anything, and Ino had already used her only jutsu and it hadn't worked out as planned. Shikamaru knew he would need to come up with something to get them out of this, and fast.
"Oh no...I...I have to think of something!" Tails thought. He reached into his pocket to see if he had any more gadgets he could use but he couldn't find one.
"Would you really kill your teammate?" Shikamaru asked, trying to stall for time. Anything, even a second or two would be good. The longer they lived, the better their chances of survival were.
"Psh, you seem to think we actually care about the girl." Zaku said, looking at the Leaf Genin with a grin. "The only reason she's even on the Team is because her skills complement ours. But if she can't even keep from getting caught in a worthless Jutsu like that, then she's just useless baggage."
"Bah, I can't take this anymore."
Everyone looked up to see Neji and Tenten on a branch several meters above them. Neji scowled as he crossed his arms, "Some small time ninja from a second rate Village like Sound fighting a bunch of kids. You call that a victory?" He scoffed. "How pathetic."
"They keep coming out like cockroaches " Dosu mumbled.
"Lee…" Tenten muttered as she saw her teammate in such a state.
"Wait a second, you guys were here the whole time?" Tails asked.
Neji turned to look at Tails with narrowed eyes. A child? What was a a child doing here...and what what on earth is he? He never seen a human like him before...if he is human that is. He will worry about him later.
He looked at the two Sound Genin. He channeled some Chakra into his eyes, causing veins to bulge around the sides of his head, and if one looked closely enough, inside of his eyes as well. The glare he sent the Sound Ninja, enhanced by the bulging veins of his Byakugan caused Dosu and Zaku to freeze in their tracks.
"The kid with the bowl cut is our teammate; it looks like you went a little overboard with him."
"So what if we did? What are you going to do about it?" Zaku gave the Hyuuga a defiant glare.
Neji opened his mouth for a moment before he smirked and deactivated his Byakugan. "I don't have to do anything."
Music: Supporting Me [Sonic Adventure 2]
Everyone wondered what he meant with that statement, but it soon became clear when a vile and evil chakra descended onto the clearing.
They turned to see Sasuke, still on the ground, but with a violent purple Chakra leaking out of his body like wisps of smoke. It wasn't long before the Chakra covered his entire body, encasing him in an ugly purple barrier.
"Sasuke, you're awake-!" Sakura gasped as her eyes widened in shock and fear as she saw all of the power he was emitting.
Said power soon exploded, purple chakra lashing out in all directions. Sasuke was standing, his legs spread out, the upper half of his body slouched down in a slightly feral position. The right side of his body began to glow with odd orange markings that spread across his face, arms and legs like a parasite, before they stopped glowing.
"S...Sasuke?" Tails gulped as he hugged Sakura like a lifeline.
"Sakura...Tails..." Sasuke said darkly, seeing the condition they were in. "Who did this to you?
As they all paid attention to Sasuke, no one noticed Naruto gritting his teeth in pain as purple electricity appeared from his seal. Black wisps were also appearing underneath him.
Blaze stood on top of the entrance to the Hidden Leaf Village, a serious look on her face.
"I'm here...Naruto."
But unknown to her and everybody else, something is happening to Naruto. Something very... terrifying.
Ending 2: Harmonia [English Version]
Hey, can you hear me?
A drawing of Tails, in his fox form, is seen, with his back turned to the audience. He turns back and smiles happily at the viewers.
The sky is limitless and blue
The sea is endlessly large
To you, please remain smiling or else I'll cry
Tails is flying in the Tornado. He waves to a bunch of birds as they waved back. He flew down just above the sea as the dolphins jumped out. Everything vanished and Tails is by himself.
Naruto, Knuckles, Amy, Sasuke and Sakura appears for a moment before they vanished, making Tails cry out before he sneezed and he transformed into his human form.
You don't have to look around now, because everyone are in these hands
Pictures starts to rain down and Tails watches each one that pass. All the pictures had everyone on them: Rock Lee, Iruka, Hinata, Asuma, Might Guy, Kurenai, Shikamaru, Naruto, Amy, Knuckles, Sasuke, Sakura, Neji, Tenten, Choji, Kiba, Shino, and Kakashi.
Wanting to cry, wanting to run
If you forget happiness then sing
Light was born and dark was born, the two is together
Feeling harmonia, telepathy
Tails, still in his human form, is walking around the woods, looking for everyone as the sun shine on him. A bunch of animals soon followed and he began to happily lead them as though they were a marching band.
One by one the animals began to leave Tails by himself. He looks in front of him and saw Naruto's back towards him.
A big smile appeared on his face as he ran to his best friend and jumped on his back, causing him to turn around in surprise before a smile appeared on his face. He turns around facing the viewers and looks at them.
Hey, can you hear me?
Naruto and Tails then gave the viewers two thumbs up.
Author's Note: YES! After traveling across the Land of Fire, Blaze has finally made it to the Leaf Village! Not only that but Tails has also used the power that was hidden away inside hin, even though it was only for a little bit.
Since the Nine-Tails Fox basically helped Tails unlock his chakra, his forms will basically be like the jinchuriki when they use their beasts chakra. Though it will be slightly different since Tails is Half-Human and Half-Tailed Beast and as you all saw in Chapter 10 Pt 2, the Nine-Tails also tried to change Tails' fox form since it reminded him of the Hedgehogs, meaning that when Tails uses more of his special chakra, the more his fox form will also change.
Something seems to be happening to Naruto! But what is it!? What's going on with him!? Find out next chapter! Leave a review guys and enjoy!