Hey I'm back, I do not own Naruto. I'm sorry to those of you who saw my little mistake. This is the second time already. Here is chapter 14 so please enjoy.
Whiskers and Lightning chapter 14
It was a strangely clear night in Kumo. Naruto had missed seeing the stars every night and the Cloud wasn't named ironically. He was sitting up on top of one of the higher buildings, but despite it being one of his favourite places he didn't come often. Only usually coming if things were getting a bit much or he needed to think. Karui was on his mind as well as the surrounding factors. Would this destroy any kind of team dynamic before they had one? Or if they broke up what would happen to the team?
He could still be friends with her after even if something like that were to happen Naruto decided, but he could only hope she would feel the same. The red head was done thinking for now so he got up and started walking down the building. It was times like these he was thankful for being trained by B.
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After an uneventful walk he made it home only to find B still up. At the sight of his young charge he couldn't help but wonder what he had done to his hair, "B I think Naruto has been doing something reckless with the Kyuubi as I can feel its chakra coming from him", the eight tails said in B's head.
B thanked the Gyuki before posing a question to Naruto, "What did you do with the Kyuubi Naruto?", his tone was a little harsh and unexpected by Naruto. He would have to be careful how he phrased his answer, "I made a deal with the Kyuubi, but I was very careful and I think I came off with the better deal", this answer didn't put B at ease at all. What has he done to his body to cause such a change? "The Kyuubi is cunning and I wouldn't be surprised if there were ulterior motives to these 'deals'", the Gyuki helpfully supplied. B couldn't help but agree, "What was your part of the agreement Naruto?", he said whilst having a few idea's already. The red head hesitated in his answer. He knew this was going to sound bad, "I changed my mindscape and let the Kyuubi feel all the senses I have", B looked furious and he could bet why and spoke again. Very quickly at that, "He agreed he couldn't use any of these deals to take over my body as well as enhancing my senses. He's also allowing me the use of eight tails without taking over my body", that being said, B calmed down.
Maybe I should have trusted him more? He certainly knows how to barter if anything though. The Gyuki was very surprised to hear the Kyuubi had agreed to those terms, but couldn't help but laugh at a kid getting the better of him. Still the thought Naruto had been making deals with the demon was disconcerting, "That was very good, but don't make any more of these without me next time. This could have ended very badly and I'm sure you know the potential of what could happen if any deals went bad. I'm surprised the Kyuubi gave you eight tails when you were still struggling with the seventh, but I guess he wouldn't give you something you were already getting used to", relaxing when he noticed B was no longer angry Naruto hugged him. He was glad B was back, but soon glee turned to horror as B said his next few words.
"I hear you have got yourself a girl. It's time for 'that' talk", Naruto had started running until a giant tentacle wrapped around him and brought him back, "I can figure it out for myself and those biology books you gave me probably informed me better than you can", he tried to argue. B just kept him there with the tentacle, "There's more to girls than biology", he said simply before releasing Naruto but kept out the tentacle so he knew there was no escape. Naruto's eyes scanned the whole room for something to allow him to escape. It would seem B had expected this as all the exits were locked. He might have been able to slip past B, a big might, but there was no way he could unlock anything before he was brought back. Naruto slumped in defeat as he knew there was no escaping this one.
One month later
Over the last month Team Samui had been training their affinities and taijutsu mostly. They had also had to get new weights multiple times over the month due to their excessive training. No one was complaining though which Samui was glad for. She would have hated a team of whiners. Due to the chakra conductive metal Naruto had found it easy to put lightning chakra into his blades and could make them extend a bit further, but he had yet to make it past a foot without losing control. Karui had been training with her parents and could now make mud clones and perform Doton: Earth flow spears. Not high levelled techniques but it was an improvement from nothing. Naruto and Omoi had learned Raiton: Lightning signal fire. It wasn't that powerful, though it made up for it as its primary use as a flare. Naruto however by pumping a lot of his chakra into it made the burst more explosive and could paralyse someone whilst giving them decent burns. Samui had also shown them Raiton: Jolt palm, which shot a single lightning bolt. It was decently quick but did little damage and was c rank.
Naruto had been working on making his own Raiton: Chain jolt palm. He could get a second bolt to fire from the first person but he hadn't managed to aim it yet. As it was it did work as a fairly effective capturing jutsu if one kept the chakra flow constant. The red head wasn't content with it though and continued to work on it. Apart from Karui and Omoi learning the tree or rock climbing technique as it was known in kumo, they hadn't learnt much else. Naruto had mastered the rasengan though weeks back. He could even do one in each hand after a dreadful amount of hours, but he did find it easier a second time around now knowing what to do.
After a bit of discussion Naruto had told Karui he would take her out after their first C rank. They were both starting to get a little eager for it as he had thought it would only be a week away. Then a week turned into a fortnight and then almost a month. He was about to discard what he had said until today when Samui had announced they would get one today. The couple had given each other a look of relief and it would seem they were both looking forward to it greatly.
Arriving at the mission dispensary they were handed their first C rank. It was a simple extermination of bandits and Samui was sure they were up for it. It would be Karui and Omoi's first kills so she had had a talk to them about it. Naruto also said that it wasn't so bad and that these people probably deserve it so they could see it as saving their 'future victims lives, "You wouldn't just stand by and watch them slaughter innocents would you?" he had questioned them. Even after they seemed resolute after that he was still going to have clones tail them secretly.
They were given only a single hour to prepare as it was only to be either one day or night outside the village. This particular group of bandits were either very good or very stupid to come so close to a hidden village. Naruto had gone home and told B he was leaving on his first C rank and got tossed a few small scrolls, "Got ya a tent and some supplies", and that was all he said before hugging the red head. Naruto just smiled, "Thanks old man, I'll see you when I get back", he said before heading out the door. When he met with his team they all had bags on apart from Samui.
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The group were confused by their lack of equipment until they heard the word "scrolls" at which they decided that's what they would do next time. Carrying around bags on top of their weights was fatiguing, but Naruto had offered to take Karui's bag. She refused outright and told him to worry about himself. Omoi asked if the offer stood for him as well which caused them all to laugh. Omoi however was seriously disappointed.
After that they had started on their way towards the last known location of the bandits. Instead of sticking on the roads they traversed the mountains since they all knew how to stick to surfaces. Samui had been a good guide and managed to not lead them near any unstable rock faces as they ran along the side of it. Nothing eventful really happened on their way there and they didn't talk much as they were all a bit nervous about how it would go. They knew there was a big difference between spars and battle.
It had taken 4 hours before they had caught up to them but decided they would hit the camp at night. They had a few hours before the sun went down so Samui had urged them to get some sleep until they raided the camp. Karui and Omoi had gone to sleep straight away not needing to be told twice but Naruto stayed up with Samui just to see what the plan was. Stealth was the approach they were going to take so the red head sent a few transformed clones to scout it out. As soon as they were created the clones transformed into rats before scurrying off in the direction of the camp.
An hour later Naruto received the information the clones had gathered and it almost made him sick. It seemed the bandits had taken prisoners but disposed of them just as quickly. Piles of body's were strewn about the camp and in specific areas the ground was coated thickly in blood. Naruto would find himself having no problem killing these so called men. To him they were monsters. Samui had noticed Naruto suddenly clenched his hands into fists and his eyes were watering as if trying to hold back tears.
He would make them pay, all of them, "Are you alright Naruto?" he heard her say in a soft voice she rarely used. He didn't turn to her, "I will be after it becomes night" was all he said before drawing up a map of the place on a piece of paper he had with him. It didn't take long until it was drawn up with small bits of information added onto certain areas of it. If it wasn't selfish he would have asked to do it all by himself. The thought of his teammates going there before they had even seen a dead body before was a little unnerving.
The reactions weren't going to be pretty, and that was before he even factored in the smell. They shouldn't find it too hard to kill after seeing the sheer amount of lives they had taken. The bodies weren't dismembered or mutilated at least. They looked like they had been part of a mass execution with single fatal blows. At least it was quick he thought staring at the map. He knew where he wanted to assault when the time came though. There was one tent that was significantly larger than the rest which was mainly comprised of beds and personal belongings.
That was where the majority of blood was going to be leaking from this coming night. As if the tent itself was bleeding was still going to play it stealthily though. So as he looked at the map he started to plan. He would avenge all this unnecessary death.
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