Narutos vixen- Rejoice, my faithful reviewer! This marks the end of the Naruto-Hinata rift! Next chapter, they have a long talk.
Shingen Takeda 1521- After the prelims, I have a whole chapter dedicated to Minato that I've been working on for a while. He's going to learn that you can't blame yourself for things out of your control.
Viral Infection! Protect Naruto and Sasuke!
To say Hyuuga Hinata was having a bad day was the understatement of the year. She couldn't sleep, her little sister used up all the hot water, she missed breakfast, she had to take a ridiculous exam, her best friend was shunning her, and a giant snake man tried to kill her and her teammates. And to top it off, said teammates were both unconscious. Hinata was literally a second away from cutting her hair off [1].
Right now, the Hyuuga heiress was shaking both boys, trying to wake them up. Nothing could budge the two boys. She tried Juken slaps, smelling salts, even screaming in their ears. Both boys remained eerily still, almost as if they were dead. When she realized it was hopeless, her tactical mind seemed to awaken.
'Ok Hinata, calm down and relax. There has to be something you can do in the meantime. Um………wait I got it!' she thought as she leapt up and began dragging the two boys, gently so as to not leave any disturbances in the ground.
Anko leapt through the trees, looking for Orochimaru. The sun was beginning to set, and she had yet to find her sensei. 'I need to find him before it gets dark. It's not fair he can fucking see in the dark. But, why show your face now, Orochimaru?
"It doesn't matter. He taught me, and I'll make sure that if I can't kill him, there's barely anything left for the ANBU to kill!
"Isn't that right, sensei?" Anko said as Orochimaru rose from the ground.
"Ahhh, young Anko-chan, sssstill assss vibrant assss ever," Orochimaru said. He vanished, then reappeared behind Anko. Orochimaru snaked his hand over to her breast and cupped it. "Do you remember all the fun we ussssed to have? [2]"
Anko winced and spat at him, "You're still a sick freak."
Orochimaru smirked as he pulled his chokuto from his throat and said, "Let me show you how sick I truly am!" He tried to slash Anko's throat, but like a snake, she slipped out of his hold. She leapt away from him and threw three senbon at Orochimaru. The snake master moved his long neck, then thrust his long tongue at Anko's arm. The purple haired woman grabbed his tongue and pointed her slender arm at him.
"Sen'eijashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)!"she shouted as her sleeve began to move. Hundreds of snakes shot out and wrapped themselves around Orochimaru's tongue. With a loud grunt, she yanked her former master and slammed him into a tree. She yanked his tongue again, bringing his body parallel to hers. Anko grabbed his hand and made some hand seals. Orochimaru recognized the jutsu immediately.
"Sojasosai no—"
"Oh my, Anko-chan. All that for a clone?" Orochimaru asked as he exploded into a pile of mud. Orochimaru touched her neck, and made a hand seal. Anko screamed in pain and fell on to her knees. Orochimaru flipped her on her back and licked at her lips. "I've been gone for thirteen years and you're so frosty. Is it because," Orochimaru said as he cut open Anko's shirt, "that you miss what I could do for you?"
Anko spat in his eye and asked, "Have you come for Minato-sama?"
Orochimaru giggled and said, "No, at least not yet. I need ssssome ssssoldierssss sssso I thought I'd borrow ssssome Leaf-nin. I jusssst gave one boy a curssssed sssseal that matchessss the one on your lovely neck."
Anko growled and replied, "Poor kid, he's gonna die. If I remember well, there's only a 1/10 chance of surviving, right? You must really like him; bet you can't wait to fuck him."
"In due time, love. But I detect a wee bit of jealoussssy. I did throw you away after I had my fun," Orochimaru said as he bit into Anko's nipple. He slowly removed his teeth and continued, "He'ssss much more talented at hissss age then you were, and he'ssss gorgeoussss. He'll make a perfect hosssst for me."
Orochimaru suddenly tensed as he felt a powerful energy signature heading his way. He stood up and said, "Don't end the examssss too early; if I don't get to enjoy it, I will desssstroy the Leaf." In a second, he was gone.
Anko scrambled to button up her jacket. The whole ordeal left her unnerved, and the last thing she needed was to be found nearly raped and half naked in the forest. "Anko! What happened?"
The purple-haired snake mistress turned around to see Obito standing behind her. "I felt Orochimaru's chakra, but it vanished," the Uchiha said as he pulled Anko into a hug. Anko yanked herself free and walked up a little bit. "Anko," Obito said. She turned around and Obito continued, "As long as I can breathe, Orochimaru will never touch you again. I promise that so long as you love me, I will always…"
Despite her usual tough demeanor, Anko smiled and said, "You'll always what?"
Obito grinned and said, "Protect you from harm."
"You're so corny."
"But you love me anyway."
Squad 6 sat in the hollow of a tree that they deemed their base of operations. They spent the first day gathering food (Satsu's job), water (Haku's job), and intelligence (Kiokure's job). As they finished up their dinner, Satsu decided to speak up.
"The sun'll be up in less than an hour. We should attack now; most squads are resting," Satsu said as he removed two canisters from his pouch. Using his telekinetic powers, Satsu unscrewed the caps and made the blue ink inside rush to Haku and Kiokure's arm. It ran along their arm until it formed the kanji for help.
"Scout the area for thirty minutes and if you find a team with a Tentou scroll or need help, just get a bit of your blood on the seal and the rest of us will be there to help. If you don't find anything," Satsu said as he made a small impression on the tree bark, "return here. The first person here should activate the seal to get the other two here quicker. Understood?" Haku and Kiokure nodded. Satsu smirked and said, "Squad 6, move out!" The three Genin leapt out of the hollow and ran in three separate directions.
Hinata sighed as she watched over the two comatose boys. She had taken careful measures to drag them both under the tree she had peed under earlier. All Hinata was hoping for was for Naruto and Sasuke to awaken quickly so that they could go to the tower.
"Guh…don't do it…" Sasuke softly murmured. He was in a fever-like state and would occasionally murmur that same line over and over. Naruto was eerily quiet. Hinata made sure to keep a vigilant watch with her Byakugan; she could see the three ninja spying on her.
The leader of the bunch had a heavily bandaged face with only one, black eye exposed. He wore a grey shirt, a grey and black camouflage scarf, a fox pelt on his back, and pants that matched his scarf. He had two large, mechanical devices that appeared surgically attached to his arm.
The boy on his right had long, spiky black hair and matching eyes. He wore a dark yellow shirt with the kanji for sound on it, and the same scarf and pants his captain wore.
And finally, a girl stood to the left of the captain. She had long, flowing black hair and black eyes. She wore an army green vest and the same scarf and pants as her comrades.
The captain spoke up finally and said, "Lord Orochimaru was right; they make easy prey. And they have the Tsuchi scroll we need to advance."
The girl spoke up and said, "Dosu baby, Lord Orochimaru said to kill Uchiha Sasuke at daybreak. It's only fifteen minutes away."
The other boy spoke up and said, "Kin, shut the hell up!" He turned to Dosu and said, "If the other two try to be brave, can I kill them?"
Dosu chuckled and said, "Why wait for them to throw away their life when we can take it, Zaku?"
"Ok, fifteen minutes are up!" Dosu quietly said. He and his comrades stood up to prepare their assault. Suddenly, a kunai with a piece of paper attached to it came flying from outside of the tree.
"Explosive note!" shouted Zaku as they scattered to avoid the explosion. What came next was a shock to them; the note detonated and they were blinded by a bright light. Dosu calmed his breathing and listened for something out of the ordinary. He could her Hinata running toward him and raised his left arm to block her Juken strike. The metal prevented her from sealing any of his tenketsu. He smacked Hinata with the gauntlet and sent her sprawling across the ground.
"You have to do better than that if you want to kill me!" Dosu said smugly as he raised his foot.
"Wait!" Dosu stopped his foot and waited for Hinata to speak. "If you're going to fight………fight the real me!" she shouted as her body dissolved into water. Hinata chopped Dosu in the neck, causing all feeling below it to vanish. Dosu collapsed into a heap of limbs, unable to move. He looked into Hinata's eyes and cursed.
"Watch out! She's a fucking Hyuuga!" he shouted to Zaku and Kin. The two became cautious and walked around the Hyuuga.
Zaku smirked and said, "So fuckin' what? Her Juken is useless if she can't touch me!" He made some hand seals and began running toward Hinata. "Zanku—Ahhh!" Zaku had fallen into a pit hole trap and was stuck at the bottom with no way out.
Dosu groaned and said, "Hyuugas are tactical geniuses, you moron!" He turned his head to Kin and said, "Baby, can you come here and make me work?"
Kin ran over to him, unknowingly setting off another trap. A makeshift catapult flung three red orbs at Kin. She gracefully leapt over them and rolled along the ground. The orbs crashed into a nearby tree, and acid was realeased on impact, burning the wood off the tree.
The long haired Oto-nin smirked and said, "If you thought such a simple trap would catch me, you must not be as smart as Dosu—" Hinata used the time Kin spent dodging the trap to get up close and seal her tenketsu. She tried so seal the tenketsu located at her heart, but Kin punched her hand, causing Hinata to strike her in her stomach. Kin was sent flying and crashed against some rocks.
A sudden wave of nausea engulfed Hinata, and the Hyuuga heiress threw up all over the ground. Dosu was standing over her with a smirk of satisfaction. "My Kaichoude (Melody Arm) can release powerful soundwaves that attack your inner ear. I call the technique Kyomeisen (Vibrating Sound Drill). I can fuck your balance up and make you sick, and then I can go for the kill."
Dosu raised his arm to strike Hinata, but a hand grabbed it. "Three on one………doesn't seem very fair to me."
Naruto had woken up, unable to move his body. He felt strangely empty inside, and he knew it was because Orochimaru had sealed away his yokai. And now, Hinata was being attacked and he was powerless to stop it, powerless to save her.
'I need to move. Why can't I fucking move?' thought Naruto.
Orochimaru's seal has screwed up your body, too. And now you want to save Hinata?
'This isn't the time Kyo-sensei!' screamed Naruto.
Get over it, you spineless bastard!
Naruto was shocked by Kyo's words. Kyo was usually so calm, so to hear him yell was a frightful experience. Hinata made a mistake! All creatures do! And you are holding that mistake over her head as if she tried to kill you!
'Fuck her! She thinks that I'm a monster! She's no better than the villagers!' Naruto shot back.
Oh, woe is me that my little human girlfriend was frightened by my power! If she was like those other idiot humans, she would have left you for dead by now! She wouldn't be out there risking her life for you! Did you think about that, you…you…you fucking emo queen [3]!
It was then, and only then, did Naruto realize just how cruel he had been. 'What have I done?' thought Naruto as he watched Dosu prepare to beat Hinata.
While Naruto was getting his dose of reality, a boy watched the fight in the bushes. 'I need to stop this!' He reached into his pouch and pulled out a white mask with ruby eyes. It had an ancient writing on it: Niag egaruoc, nda dnefed eht keaw [4]. He placed the mask on his face, and it fused with his skin. "Showtime, baby!"
Dosu looked at the boy who was holding onto his hand. The grey clad Genin looked normal, save for the freakishly pale skin on his face and the pure red eyes. "'Sides, my mom always told me it was rude to hit a girl," the boy said as he punched Dosu hard in his free eye. By now, Zaku and Kin had gotten up and regrouped with their captain.
Dosu growled and said, "Who are you?"
The boy made some hand seals and shouted, "Masurao Kiokure, the heir of the Eiki no Fukumen (Mask of Courage)[5]!"
Dosu and his teammate where shocked; Orochimaru warned them about the Masurao Clan and told them to flee from them should they try to fight them. They were about to discover why when Kiokure pointed his finger at them and said, "Chuusin Uirusu (Heart Virus)[6]!"
Kin clutched her chest and began screaming in pain. Dosu looked at the girl, and then shouted at Kiokure, "What the fuck did you do to my girlfriend?"
Kiokure laughed almost maniacally and said, "I released a virus into her system that's destroying her heart. I'm not too experienced with this jutsu so it should take about ten minutes to complete." Kiokure grabbed a kunai from his pouch and thought, 'The only bad thing about this technique is that I can't always hit my target (I was aiming for the mummy) and that I can't use another jutsu 'til it's finished. Oh well, time to kick ass!'
Dosu growled and said, "Zaku, take care of the eyeless bitch! The freak in the mask is all mine!" He pulled out his Tentou scroll and tossed it to Zaku.
Kiokure narrowed his eyes when he saw the scroll and said, "Looks like you have something that's about to belong to me!" he rushed at Zaku with amazing speed and tried to stab him. Dosu leapt in the way and blocked the kunai with his Kaichoude. He backed away from the masked boy and leapt into the air.
"Kyomeisen!" shouted Dosu. Kiokure simply stood his ground as the sound waves engulfed his body. Dosu was stupefied that the boy was unaffected by his jutsu. "How did you not get hurt?" he asked.
"Oh, trade secret," Kiokure said with a smirk. 'Truth is, I can't control the mask yet. The yokai in it is taking over my body. I figure I have ten more minutes before it takes full control,' thought Kiokure. He could feel the mask spreading over his ears and neck and down his chest.
Dosu charged him again, but Kiokure was ready. He flipped his body over Dosu's, then used the momentum of his charge to fling him into a nearby tree. Kiokure then rushed Dosu, and stabbed him in his eye.
"Arghhhhhhh! You fucking bastard! Take this!" Dosu pressed his hand against his chest and shouted, "Ninpou: Shippuototekidan (Ninja Art: Compressed Sound Grenade)[7]!"
Kiokure felt a strange sensation in his chest as Dosu transferred the sound grenade into his chest. The masked boy screamed in pain as his body flew, and the beating of his heart slowed to a stop.
Hinata stared Zaku down as she tried to summon some strength. She was dead tired from the entire night of guard duty, and didn't have the stamina to face the Oto-nin. 'I need to use that jutsu. I know I promised you I would never use it, but I have to defend someone I love, mother,' Hinata thought as she began making hand seals.
"Are you retarded? Like I'm gonna let you use a jutsu on me!" Zaku shouted as he flung some shuriken Hinata's way. The Hyuuga completed her hand seals, and allowed the shuriken to hit her body. "Soshikan: Gogyou (First Element: Water)[8][9]!"
Zaku smirked when nothing happened. "All that for a useless jutsu? Lord Orochimaru really has the wrong idea about you and your cla—" Zaku stopped mid-insult and coughed up a mouthful of blood. He dropped to his knees and vomited blood, water, and a greenish, putrid liquid Hinata recognized to be stomach acid. After what seemed like an eternity, Zaku stopped vomiting and dropped dead.
'I feel lightheaded. If I die, I hope you realize, Naruto-kun, that I did it all for you. This is………my sacrifice,' Hinata weakly thought as she dropped to the ground and faded to black.
Kiokure suddenly began coughing up blood and weakly stood to his feet. He looked at his chest to see that the mask had progressed much faster than he expected; his torso was now completely covered by the pale white skin. 'Damn! At this rate, I only have about three minutes left before I lose it,' Kiokure thought.
Kin had stopped writhing some time ago; she finally succumbed to the virus. Kiokure sighed and began making hand seals. but before he could finish, he felt a vile chakra spike directly behind him.
'What the hell is that?' thought Kiokure.
Dosu gasped in shock and whispered, "Lord Orochimaru……is here!"
Sasuke stood in a white abyss, looking for a way out. Suddenly, a voice began to speak to him. "It's all your fault!" Sasuke whipped around to see a chibi version of himself staring him down. He had odd, black markings all over his skin.
"You were weak and you let Itachi-kun kill them all!" the boy shouted. Sasuke cast his head down, and tears welled up in his eyes. The chibi Sasuke smirked and said, "But I can offer you strength, enough to kill Itachi. All you have to do is take my hand." The chibi held his hand out to the raven-haired avenger. The taller boy grasped it, Sharingan blazing in anger and hatred.
"DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Sasuke screamed as he leapt up. He saw Hinata laying on the ground unconscious and roared again as black runes crept over his body. "Which one of you bastards did that to Hinata?"
Kiokure pointed to Dosu and leapt into the bushes. Sasuke rushed him with tremendous speed and thrust his hand through Dosu's arm. With a yank, he ripped out his Kaichoude. Sasuke flipped back and made a hand seal. "Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" He exhaled a fireball so massive the clearing became engulfed in fire.
Kiokure had grabbed Hinata and Naruto just in time and rolled into the trees. He felt a presence staring at him and said, "I know, I know. Good news is I found the Tentou scroll. Bad news, it may be fried."
Satsu shook his head and leapt into the clearing. Dosu was burnt beyond recognition. Sasuke turned and stared down the blonde boy. "Satsu, we meet again. There's something I've wanted to do since the day we met," Sasuke said.
Satsu smirked and said, "Sasuke, I'm flattered, but kissing guys isn't an option for me." The blonde suddenly blocked a powerful kick from Sasuke. Satsu could feel his arm crack under the pressure and he leapt away.
'Damn, he's almost as fast as me,' thought Satsu. Haku came running out of the treeline and stood between him and Sasuke. "Magen: Ankoku (Demonic Illusion: Darkness)[10]!"
Sasuke's eyes began to close and the marks began to recede. He dropped to the ground unconscious. Satsu walked over to Dosu's corpse and searched for the Tentou scroll. Once he secured it, he turned to Haku and said, "I could have handled it."
Haku scoffed and said, "Please, your idea of handling something is to kill it quick."
Satsu smirked and said, "True. Can you heal these guys?" By now, Kiokure had released his mask and was walking to them with Naruo and Hinata draped over his shoulder.
Haku looked over them and growled, "Hinata's dying! We need to get back to base, fast!" Satsu lifted the three Genin with his mind and they wasted no time getting back to their base.
Next Time: I can't believe what an ass I've been. Hinata deserves better than that. I need to make things right. Please forgive me, Hinata-chan.
Sorry Soul! Forgive Me, Hinata-Chan!
1- A brief reference to one of the few times i actually cared for Sakura (when she cut her hair to defend Sasuke and Naruto)
2- Before you all say Orochimaru can't be attracted to Anko or that he loves little boys, I think that Orochimaru truly gets off on another's fear and pain. Not too many things are more frightening then some of the sick things that run through his mind.
3- What better way to be snapped back to reality than to realize you've become the thing you hate the most…………Sasuke Uchiha.(Special thanks to narutos vixen for calling Naruto that and giving me the idea!:)
4- The scripture reads gain courage and defend the weak. Perfect for Kiokure. And I got this idea from Bleach, too (go Vizards!).
5- The Eiki no Fukumen is one of three masks crafted by the master demon artist Waza Jin'i (both words mean art) for a demon general known as Ikujinashi (means coward). The mask grants no augmentation of power or energy; only an unnatural surge of courage. Ikujinashi died protecting a small human village from a clan of vampiric demons. His mask was then guarded by the strongest person in that village every generation until their death. Soon that village formed the Masurao Clan and joined Konoha.
6- Chuusin Uirusu (Heart Virus): This is a jutsu that can only be used by members of the Masurao Clan. The user secretes special viral bacteria that affect the target's heart. The virus literally eats the target's heart in a matter of minutes. Like most of the Masurao Clan's jutsu, there is an antibody for this technique.
7- Ninpou: Shippuototekidan (Ninja Art: Compressed Sound Grenade): The user creates a ball of compressed sound and transfers it through his hand to his target's body. The ball then detonates and damages the target's internal organs.
8- Soshikan: Gogyou (First Element: Water): This is one of five powerful Ninjutsu created by the late Hyuuga Hinoiri. The user channels their chakra into their target and forcibly rips all the liquid out of it.
9-Hinoiri is Hinata's mother and she created the five great Hyuuga Ninjutsu. When all five are used in succession on the same day, something wonderful is supposed to happen. Hinata has water aligned chakra in my story, so the first element in the pattern is Water.
10- Magen: Ankoku (Demonic Illusion: Darkness): The user lulls the target into a calm, hypnotic state. The user believes he is asleep.