Devil of the Hidden Leaf
Chapter 14: Naruto vs. Shukaku, Invasion
AN: Hello all it's been awhile. First and foremost I have to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Now it also seems Kishimoto is f-in up again with the manga. I mean the man seriously pulled a Dragonball Z and brought everybody back to life when theres no way Nagato shoulda been able to do that. To top that off he made Naruto take a beating for Sasuke and gave Danzou the Hokage position and a Sharingan, WHAT THE HELL IS THE MAN THINKING!!! Honestly the manga has seriously been killing my story buzz as it makes me not even want to write since I'm so frustrated. Anyway let me stop ranting before I really get started so here's the chapter.
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The crowd had gone silent as they eyed the mass of demons that the possessed Suna nin had summoned. Within the stands the Konoha shinobi of chuunin rank or higher remained tensed within their positions merely waiting for the order to take the creatures out. These demons were known as Scarecrows, low level beast that were nothing more than burlap sacs stuffed full of demonic insects. Each of these demons had blades attached to their bodies taking the place of a limb be it an arm or leg. While in small groups Scarecrows were little to no threat for any shinobi yet in large groups like the group of twenty Naruto was currently facing they became deadly.
Suddenly Naruto dashed forward surprising everyone as he jumped and delivered a drop kick to an arm blade sending it flying before it could even swing. Turning quickly the white haired gennin lashed out with a punch towards a leg blade in the chest as it tried to close the distance the punch connecting with such force the demon was sent flying and crashing into two more. Suddenly three more arm blades appeared swinging only for the boy to duck down and grabbing Rebellions hilt he spun in a full circle while drawing the blade successfully cutting all three in half at the waist.
Not slowing in the slightest Naruto jumped dodging a leg blade that would have taken his legs from behind. While still in the air he spear tossed Rebellion skewering an arm bladed scarecrow. As he landed Naruto was still for only a moment before he was in the air again back flipping in order to avoid an arm blade that very nearly took out his legs. Still in mid flip and upside down he drew both Ebony and Ivory before righting himself and firing a single shot the sound of clapping thunder echoing loudly just before the bullet hit the scarecrow in the head. As he hit the ground he took a knee barely avoiding having his head taken off by a leg blade before he spun six more thunderclaps being heard before six more demons dropped.
As his spin finished he rolled forward avoiding being impaled by three more blades. Suddenly he disappeared before reappearing in the air above the demons. Flipping himself so that he was facing the ground he spun before three more shots were let loose each driving through the top of a demons head. Righting himself in mid air he quickly willed five summoned swords into existence before launching them forward each one burying itself into a demons chest. As he landed a single thunder clap was heard as Ivory was fired directly at Shukaku only for the bullet to curve around and hit the demon that was standing behind him. With that done the boy spun both pistols once before sheathing them and smirking at the red head.
"Well now that the warm-up's over…" started the leaf gennin as the gauntlets and grieves that made up Kyuubi's Devil Arm appeared.
"…shall we begin."
In the stands the gathered spectators both civilian and shinobi alike looked down on the now demon free field with mouths gaping in shock. In fact with the sole exceptions of the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hizuren and the hidden Jiraiya not a single person could believe what they had seen as in less than three minutes Naruto had killed twenty demons singlehandedly. If that wasn't enough the boy had done so without breaking a sweat and had even gone so far as to call it a warm-up. From a position within the stands a single ANBU glanced up at the Kage Booth before shaking his head and looking back down into the arena.
Faster than most could blink Shukaku had appeared in front of his opponent yellow eyes glowing before sending the boy flying with a punch to the chest. Looking down upon the possess Suna gennin many could see he had undergone a dramatic change. In place of Gaara stood a human sized demonic raccoon. In truth it was still Gaara's body only having been covered with hardened chakra infused sand to give him the demonic appearance. In this state he had a pair of long arms that led to clawed fingers as well as a long tail that seemed to be as long as he was tall, two dog like ears sat atop his head while what seemed to be blue veins were scattered across his body. Skidding backwards Naruto looked up just in time to see his opponent charging in with a follow up attack. As Shukaku appeared in front of him swinging Naruto disappeared with a quick Air Trick.
Reappearing in mid air he was surprised to find Shukaku already glaring up at him before sending six sand made projectiles his way. Seeing the attack coming the boy crouched while still in mid air before a platform made entirely of what looked to be black chakra appeared beneath him from which he proceeded to use jumping even higher.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu"
As the exclamation left him he stuck his right arm out palm facing downward as a large fireball launched out of the right gauntlet. Despite the surprise of the attack Shukaku was quick to come to his senses and dodged to the side clearing a few feet just before the large fireball hit the earth. As he recovered Shukaku looked up just in time for his face to meet Naruto's foot before he was sent flying.
Recovering quickly the sand demon landed on its feet before launching several blast of chakra infused wind at his opponent. As the smoke from the attack cleared a roar of victory escaped the sand beast seeing its prey lying prone before him.
"YEAH I KILLED HIM, I KILLED HIM." Cried the demon in triumph its voice echoing over the village.
"Hey ugly." Called a voice from behind him before he could get too far.
Turning to the voice the spirit of sand's eyes went wide finding the Namikaze heir standing behind him with a ball of pure rotating chakra in his cocked back hand.
"Rasengan." Cried the boy before slamming the orb of chakra into the sand demons gut blowing the sand away and sending it on a collision course with the wall.
"Don't tell me that's all you got, I thought you were trying to kill me." Said Naruto with a smirk.
The smirk died however as Shukaku roared a literal sea of brown chakra exploding from the possessed Gaara's body before a giant tower of sand exploded upwards engulfing the entire arena in smoke. Just as quick the smoke was blown away by a quick gust of wind causing many to reel back in horror at the sight that greeted them. In the center of the arena standing at least a good 30 meters in height stood the terror of the Hidden Sand Suna no Shukaku his massive form taking up at least half of the stadium.
A slow clapping sound could be heard echoing over the arena causing everyone to turn their attention to Naruto who now stood about 3/4ths of the way up the stadium wall using Rebellion as a platform having stabbed it into the wall.
"Man just when I thought you couldn't get any uglier you go and do this. And what's up with the tail, seems to me like your overcompensating for something."
"Man that kids gotta have balls the size of the Hokage Monument talking to one of the Bijuu like that." Said Asuma as he held his trench knives.
"True but look at him, he's completely calm like he has the situation completely under control." Said Kotetsu.
"Still for Suna to send a jinchuuriki with such a weak seal here…" stated Kurenei leaving the rest of her sentence open for the upper class nin around her to interpret.
As soon as Naruto's last sentence registered Shukaku attacked launching a large blast of wind at the boy from his mouth. Jumping up Naruto avoided the blow but was still tossed further into the air by the wind. As he flipped seemingly out of control Naruto pierced his thumb on one of his fangs before speeding through seals and flipping himself upright.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Cried the boy.
His hand pointing towards the ground a large web of seals appeared in mid air for a moment before a large cloud of smoke covered that portion of the arena with Naruto quickly disappearing into the smoke. Suddenly a strong gale of wind blew by quickly clearing the smoke from view leaving just about everyone in shock.
Naruto stood with a smirk completely unharmed, yet that's not what shocked people. No it was the massive toad that he had managed to summon. The toad stood at 30 meters in height putting him at an eye to eye level with Shukaku and had dark red skin covered by a dark blue robe. A lit pipe was in its mouth while a dagger was strapped to his side. This was a toad that had not been seen since the sealing of the Kyuubi, this was the toad boss Gamabunta.
"YOU THINK THAT A TOAD CAN SAVE YOU, NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU. SPARDA TODAY YOU DIE!" Exclaimed Shukaku.
"Gaki what the hell did you do?" questioned Gamabunta upon eyeing the ranting sand demon.
"Nothing, damn demon took over his container as soon as he got close to me."
"Sparda huh, gaki I'll help this time but I want an explanation and soon." Said Gamabunta rolling a single eye up to stare at his summoner who nodded his response
Suddenly the massive toad jumped just barely dodging a massive ball of chakra enhanced air that hit the wall with enough force to destroy the entire section. As the toad landed the arena shook with such force that it would've registered at least a 7 on the rector scale. With the single jump however Gamabunta had cleared the short distance separating them and having drawn his dagger in mid lunge swung up aiming to take the sand demons right arm off from the underside.
For a few moments the two were at a standstill as Gamabunta tried to cut through the demons arm until suddenly it gave way causing the arm to fall into a pile of sand while Gamabunta's dagger went flying landing just outside of the arena. Suddenly the toad leaped backwards just barely dodging Shukaku's tail.
While still in mid air Gamabunta quickly brought his hands into a single seal before arching back and spewing out a chakra enhanced ball of water. Seeing it coming Shukaku fired a single ball of wind causing the two to clash creating a miniature storm within the arena.
"HEY UGLY."
Upon hearing the voice Shukaku's head snapped up to see Naruto descending on him at extremely fast speeds. At the peak of Gamabunta's last jump Naruto himself had jumped off with all his might giving himself even more distance before nosediving back down at Shukaku with his Devil Bringer fully exposed and cocked back.
Before the demon could do more than register Naruto swung, a large ethereal hand seemingly made entirely of chakra grabbing him by the head. Faster than Shukaku liked he found his face becoming intimate with the ground with enough force to create a crater in its likeness. As Naruto's feet touched the ground Shukaku's head bounced up giving the boy the perfect target as he swung once more this time forming a fist that hit the demon with such force it slammed into the wall.
Not slowing in the slightest the Konoha gennin took off after him his Devil Bringer quickly replacing itself with his human arm before Lucifer appeared on his back.
"Taijuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" called Naruto forming a single seal.
While he was still in mid run hundreds of Shadow Clones simply fazed into existence without a hint of smoke announcing their presence each of them equipped with Lucifer. Like an Aburame's Kikai they swarmed the recovering demon Lucifer ejecting swords of glowing red stone which were quickly planted all over the demons body by the Naruto's while Shukaku struggled to destroy them. Suddenly Shukaku's eyes widened in surprise as the real Naruto appeared in front of him as if he was flying.
"First I whip it out." Started the gennin three swords emerging into each of his hands.
"Then I thrust it." Exclaimed the boy sending all six flying and embedding them into the demons neck.
"With great force." Three more swords found themselves in the demons head.
"Every angle, it penetrates." Landing on the demons head he jumped barely avoiding the sand that moved to grab him before stabbing five more into the back of the demons head.
"Until, with great strength" Twisting himself into a barrel roll he sent four more
"I… ram it in." Arching his back he struck the demon with six more.
Landing on the ground he looked over at the demon that was now covered in swords all the way to its neck.
"In the end, we are all satisfied, you are set free." Finished Naruto grabbing the rose from the rose in the mouth of Lucifer's skull and tossing it towards Shukaku.
As he did this the affects were instant as a gigantic explosion rocked the stadium Shukaku's body disappearing in a blaze of fire. When the smoke cleared all that remained of Shukaku's body was the head while Gaara lying next to it completely unharmed. Suddenly the head shifted showing that despite being beheaded Shukaku was still alive. Seeing this Naruto who was leaning against the arena wall decided to speak up.
"You've got two choices. First you can stay out here and die or you can get your ugly ass back in your cage. It's your choice."
"YOU DARE THREATEN ME. I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, ESPECIALLY BY THE LIKES OF YOU." exclaimed Shukaku.
At the exclamation Shukaku used a quick blast of chakra launching himself directly at the boy mouth wide enough to swallow him whole. Before he could even make it half way six of Lucifers spectral swords had been embedded into his head before Naruto snapped his fingers and they detonated causing Shukaku's head to explode only a small breeze reaching the boy.
"Man, here I was expected a little more than just a dull breeze." Said Naruto as he moved towards the smoke which cleared to show the golden colored sphere of light which he knew was Shukaku's soul.
As he held his arm out towards it the sphere shot forward before striking his hand and a bright flash of light covered the arena. When the light cleared Naruto wore a strange bracer that seemed to be made of bone on his right arm. The bracer itself only took up a small amount of room going from the midpoint of his forearm to the center of his hand where it had a pointed end. Just above his wrist sat a sky blue orb surrounded a small red ruby on all sides. For a moment he just stood there his eyes glazed over as he allowed the information of his newly acquired devil arm to be absorbed into his mind.
After a few moments however the glazed look left his eyes as he turned to the tree that somehow survived his battle with Shukaku and pointed his outstretched hand towards it. The orb in the bracer glowed softly for but a moment before a blast of razor sharp wind was fired from his palm and slammed into the tree before reducing it to splinters producing a low whistle from the boy.
"Nice, no wonder your called Fujin (God of Wind)" muttered the boy as he dismissed the Devil Arm causing it to disappear in a swirl of white lights. (AN: Yes it's the same Fujin from Flame of Recca, which I also don't own.)
"Oi Gaki, what the hell did you just do?" Questioned Gamabunta immediately catching the boy's attention as well as the entire arena, who'd seemingly forgotten he was there.
"I turned Shukaku's soul into a Devil Arm. What I basically did was take its soul, which was the light that ejected from Gaara's body, and about half its power to create the Fujin. The other half I left with Gaara, which kept him alive. I figured Suna wouldn't be happy if I killed the only person that possesses the Sandaime Kazekage's kekki genkai. Aside from that he actually reminds me a bit of myself." Explained the boy getting an understanding nod from the toad boss.
"Fine then, but remember we still have much to discuss. Do not make me wait long." Said Gamabunta before dismissing himself disappearing in a giant puff of smoke as did his dagger.
Suddenly explosions could be heard in the distance as feathers began to rain down on everyone in the arena and people began to slump in their seats. If that wasn't enough another explosion sounded out only this time from within the arena. Looking up he was just in time to see the Kazekage leap out of the smoke dragging Sarutobi with him by the neck.
Before he could move however he found himself surrounded by Oto and Suna nin who had jumped out at him from the stands. Suddenly all of them fell to the ground due to the sudden loss of their heads as Hayate appeared beside him sheathing his sword.
On the roof above the Kage's booth of the arena's stadium Sarutobi Hizuren stood calmly as he assessed the situation before him. As far as he could see Suna and Oto shinobi alike could be seen clashing with Konoha shinobi who had jumped on the defensive just as soon as the threat showed itself. Behind him stood the Kazekage who was currently holding a kunai to his neck as he too looked over the scene.
"You know I was wondering when you were going to make your move, Orochimaru." Said Sarutobi causing the Kazekage's eyes to widen.
Suddenly the man began to chuckle darkly the sound of which would normally cause those around him to shudder in fear while Sarutobi could only roll his eyes in annoyance. Releasing him the Kazekage jumped back before tossing off his robes and veiled hat to reveal Orochimaru, his yellow snake like eyes filled with amusement.
"Tell me Sarutobi-sensei how did you know it was me?" asked the traitor Sannin.
"For the same reason you could never when a game of Shogi against Tsunade, Jiraiya, Minato, or myself. You just can not seem to understand the importance of your pawns." Said Sarutobi causing the Snake Sannin to frown in distaste.
Suddenly four Oto shinobi jumped up onto the roof. Almost immediately upon landing the quartet ran through a chain of seals simultaneously before stopping a large purple barrier encasing the group inside it. Not even a second later they went through another short chain before barriers appeared in all four corners shielding them from the two Kage level shinobi.
"So that was your plan. Contain me within this barrier unable to aid my shinobi who fight on the outside. While this happens you would no doubt try and kill me while I was trapped inside." Summarized the Hokage staring at his traitorous student who could only smirk in pride.
"Let me ask you this my foolish student why do you think none of those ANBU members have rushed the barrier yet to test it or even tried to prevent anyone from setting it up?" asked Sarutobi.
As he heard this Orochimaru looked up only to find a squad of Anbu members standing atop the roof merely watching as things transpired before them. Looking back towards his former sensei he was just in time to see him shuck his ceremonial robes to the side to reveal he was in his full battle gear from the shinobi wars.
"It is because I am not stuck in here with you. No baka-deshi (idiot apprentice) you are stuck in here with me. Kai!"
As the Sandaime said that his form wavered as steam seemed to literally pour off of him. As it did Sarutobi's hair begin to darken to black with only a few greys scattered about. The wrinkles covering his skin began to thin before disappearing altogether as his back began to straighten and he slowly began to stand to his full height as his form became a bit more muscular. In the end everyone watching was left gaping as they looked upon the form of Sarutobi Hizuren who they had just seen de-age himself.
"I see you like what you see." Said Sarutobi his voice a bit deeper, firmer and holding far more power to it.
"This is the final gift given to me and technique created by the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, The Reviving Flame Technique. It is a SS-class sealing technique that will be granted to each Hokage upon stepping down that give's them back up to twenty years of their life. Now that the explanations over I believe its time you and I had a little chat." Finished Sarutobi cracking his knuckles as he glared at his one time student.
"Seneijashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)"
The twin calls could be heard all over the section of the arena before screams could be heard as Anko and Tenten fought back to back snakes shooting out of each of their sleeves. Beside them Gai was a green blur as he took down enemy shinobi left and right yelling out a number for each nin he took down. Kakashi was no different as he mowed down his enemies left and right Sharingan eye spinning hypnotically the whole time.
Choji and Shikamaru were also tag teaming anyone who even came near them, Shikamaru immobilizing them with his shadow techniques before a large fist smashed into them compliments of Choji. While this was going on Ino and Sakura had taken to peppering their enemies with kunai and shuriken allowing for Kiba, Akamaru, Neji, and Hinata to close the distance and put them down. Kurenei however was ensaring opponents in double layered genjutsu's giving her enough time to finish them quickly while Asuma was simply mowing through opponents with his trench knives.
Suddenly the temperature within the area dropped drastically so much so everyone could see their breathes in front of them. Looking over towards the source they found Haku taking down any who came near her quickly using a pair of weird tri-chucks. Suddenly the chuunin level Kunoichi slammed her weapon into the ground creating a wall of ice that captured five shinobi freezing them instantly. Seeing all enemies in the arena laying defeated Asuma turned to the various jounin with orders giving no room for disobidence.
"Kakashi head to the medical ward and provide back-up if necessary, Gai your headed to the hospital. Kurenei head to the tower, Anko you Haku and the gennin head to the shelters. While you and Haku help defend the shelter the gennin are done for today. I'll check up on the daimyou and send Naruto your way when I meet up with him." Finished Asuma.
With their orders given each of the Konoha nin jumped off for their assigned task.
When Naruto and Hayate touched down on the roof of the Hokage's booth it was to a sight that neither had expected to see. Within the purple barrier created by the four Oto-nin Sarutobi was engaged in combat with not just Orochimaru like they'd thought, but with the man Naruto recognized as the Shodai Hokage, and he was winning.
By this point the barrier was surrounded on all sides by members of the ANBU while Jiraiya himself also stood in front of it. Looking over at his godfather and receiving a nod Naruto stepped forward until he was in front of each of the ANBU members and directly in front of the barrier, Yamato appearing in his hands in a swirl of lights.
"And what the fuck do you think you can do with that useless piece of trash?" said the only female of the barrier powering Oto nin drawing everyones attention to him.
"Trash?" Naruto muttered in distaste before scoffing.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to give you a brief history lesson, listen closely because I wont repeat myself and even Sarutobi is unaware of this information." Stated the boy as he gazed into the brown eyes of the girl who actually reminded him of his mother.
"This sword is the Enma Katana, Yamato. Four thousand years ago before humans even knew what chakra was this sword was create and used to seal the Demon away from the Human world. Today Yamato is among the three most treasured and powerful weapons to exist. But that isn't the only thing that makes Yamato special."
As he said this Naruto took up a battojutsu stance. He stood forward on his right leg while his left was stretched behind him. His left hand held Yamato's scabbard tightly while his right hovered over the hilt. Faster than most could blink the sword was unsheathed and placed back slowly sliding back into its sheath. Looking around Sarutobi found deep purple lines of light all over the barrier though he noticed he had none anywhere within two feet of him. Looking back towards Naruto he was just in time to see the boy hit the tsuba of the sword with the side of his fist. Almost as soon as he did this the lines began to glow brightly before the barrier fell to pieces with the sounds of shattering glass.
Screams quickly drew his attention back towards his enemies just in time to see the girl hit the ground with a deep wounds in both her legs. Not only that but Orochimaru was missing both his hands, his fat guard had a deep wound in his left arm, his other guard was missing his right arm from the elbow down. The one with six arms however got away clean though Sarutobi did see some time of golden dust surrounding him before he stood to his feet. The Shodai however was falling into dust one of the lights having gone through his head and hitting the talisman within it most likely.
Orochimaru glared at the boy before taking to the air and sounding his retreat followed closely by his three more mobile guards. It was only this however that snapped all the Konoha nin from their shock induced trances and had the ANBU jumping after them. Seeing this however the six armed boy sped through seals before spewing out a white substance that took the shape of a spider web catching all ten of the ANBU within it.
Looking back towards the boy he saw him sway on his feet before falling forward only to be caught by Jiraiya before he hit the ground.
"Chakra exhaustion." Stated the Sannin seeing the look directed at him towards his one time teacher.
"Take him and get him a private room at the hospital, but keep the sword with you. That at least should persuade anyone foolish enough from trying to take it. Take the girl to Ibiki have him hold her until he can work on her personally. I don't even want anyone aside from him and Anko to know she's there." Finished the Sandaime getting a nod from his one time student.
Turning back towards the village Sarutobi quickly slipped a soldier pill into his mouth having used a majority of his chakra in his fight. Sighing the young again Sandaime dashed into the village proper to weed out any who were still in the village.
AN: That's it for this chapter. I know its kinda short but I couldn't have Naruto do to much more without making him seem overpowered in my eyes. Anyway thanks for reading and please review. Till next time LATER.