Chapter 20
The Sound Five
Naruto ran and ran and ran a bit more. This Kimimaro person was no pushover like the rest of them. They crossed the whole Forest and a ravine before reaching a big, open grass field where Kimimaro stopped. The wooden cylinder was shaking.
The blonde questioned himself as to why that mysterious white-haired ninja had stopped the chase, but shrugged it aside. This was probably the only shot he would get at him.
"The ritual is almost complete."- Kimimaro said out loud, as if trying to answer the jinchuuriki's mental questions.- "I can do no further but kill you while the vessel runs to Orochimaru-sama."
"Won't be so easy..."- Naruto replied as he took the good old Fuuma Shuriken off of his back. They started walking in one big circle, searching for any injuries or weak spots in the other.- "What do you mean by ritual?"
"Since you are going to die, I might as well say. The Cursed Seal has two levels. The first is automatically reached if you manage to survive it and you can use it at any time. The second gives a much bigger boost to your strength and chakra levels. But, there's no Rose without Thorns. To reach the second level, one has to die."- he explained. Naruto's eyes widened.
"You don't mean..."
"Yes. The body has unnecessary barriers that can be taken down by death. That barrel is very special and does not allow the soul to escape. After the ritual ends, the soul is resealed inside the body, and the user may access the second level."- Kimimaro finished. Naruto lowered his head and shook it as if disappointed.
"What idiocy...that Orochimaru couldn't be any dumber, could he? Those barriers exist for a reason. Every time that second level is activated it forces the body to pump chakra and make the muscles work three times as hard to compensate for whatever losses the user might have suffered doing battle. Opening those barriers is forbidden for two things. Do you know how many stress that puts on the heart? It will simply deteriorate in time, and second, do you have any idea as to why it comes a time every day when a shinobi has to stop training before trying again the next day? The body has to get itself used to the sudden rise in power. The cursed seal bypasses that and simply gives power to the user without thinking of the consequences. That is a whole new level of strain on every single muscle you have."- he explained as Kimimaro's face changed expressions a bunch of times. Anger, Understanding, Sudden Realization and Anger again.- "Let me guess, you're the oldest servant of Orochimaru, right?"
"Correct."- Kimimaro responded through closed teeth.
"Those two spots on your forehead, Kaguya clan, huh? The ones who had the Shikotsumyaku? I'm surprised Orochimaru didn't make you his vessel."- Naruto taunted. Kimimaro's face expression switched to regret. Exactly what I thought.- "Or he did want to, but someone has been using the Cursed Seal for too long. Tayuya said you were sick. I told you, the heart and body just can't take that kind of strain. Orochimaru needs to switch bodies every few years, but switching to yours would be the same as staying on the one he's in now, since you're both with a foot in the grave. You're useless, now."
Kimimaro bowed his head. He couldn't stop but feeling the truth in the boy's words. Orochimaru had given him a gift and he abused it until he became absolutely useless to his lord.
"You're right. I was useless, but not anymore. I'm here to open way for his new vessel and be of a final use to him. Orochimaru gave me love and acknowledged me as a person. In exchange, he wanted me to be his Weapon. That's what I will be even if it's the last I do."- he outstretched his arm and hand, and a bone came out of his palm. So this is the Shikotsumyaku I've read about. The bone was composed of a humerus as a hilt and a sharpened, aligned radius as the blade. Kimimaro stood in a fencer stance.- "You shall not pass. (thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.)"
"That's what you think. I bear Kekkei Genkai as well, and am not sick. That's an advantage already. Besides that, my partners should be coming any minute now. You won't pass this day. I can give you a Warrior's death."- he offered. Kimimaro smiled and nodded.
"If you can, do give me that death. It will surely be better than waiting to die of sickness. But unfortunately, that won't happen today. I'm the best out of Orochimaru's soldiers, together with the others we are the Sound Five. Orochimaru's Elite BodyGuards. Jirobo of the South Gate, an Earth Style and Arhat Fist specialist..."
*insert "Naruto Unreleased Ost: Sound 5 Battle Theme 2" here*
Shino
"What the...?"- Shino muttered. He had been whipping the Earth Style user with chakra eating bugs for ten minutes now and his enemy showed no signs of getting hurt or tiring. Jirobo laughed more and more.
"Feeling tired?"- the fat guy asked with a grin. Shino hadn't realized it, but his chakra reserves and stamina were depleting for some reason. I haven't used jutsu in a while, what the hell?- "You're giving me a direct link to you with that whip. I use it to suck off your chakra instead of you sucking mine. I also use the excess to heal my wounds. You've basically been whipping yourself these ten minutes. Idiot. But oh well, what could you expect when your leader is an idiot too?"
"I see..."- Shino crouched. It always did help him think. However, he had no time for that as Jirobo appeared in front of him, ready to hit him with a roundhouse. He jumped over it, but Jirobo was prepared, grabbing him in the air and rotating to send him flying against a tree. Shino tried to get up, but couldn't, as his obese attacker approached. Is this how I go? Sorry, Naruto. I couldn't do it...
Naruto
"...Kidomaru of the East Gate, a very intelligent and cunning strategist who has no problems with long-distance combat and can equal the numbers in any battle..."
Tenten
"Is that all you have? Jeez, you Konoha kids seemed so promissing. I hope the rest of you are good, otherwise I'm going to be pissed."- Kidomaru taunted as he hung from a web string attached to a tree. Tenten looked up at him. She had used so many Kunai and shuriken but none had hit. He just kept spitting webs like a machine gun and his aim was like hers. Perfect. The difference was, she had a few scrapes in her from the arrows he also spat, but he had nothing. Not even a scratch. He smirked.- "What did I expect, though? Women can never make fine ninja. Ever."
"Oh yeah, what about the girl on your team? Huh?"- she asked back. She honestly had almost no energy to insult.
"Tayuya? Hah! She only uses her stupid little flute to put people to sleep before we finish them off. Orochimaru-sama only placed her on our team so we could relieve our urges on her. And yes, it's what you're thinking. Hah!"- Kidomaru proceeded to perform the Kuchyiose jutsu, summoning a gigantic spider on the tree branches.- " I guess I'll finish this off. You're too pathetic for me to do it myself."
The big spider moaned in pain as thousands of spiders fell from her womb (pardon, I don't know the spider anatomy at all), all hungry to eat the skin and organs of that small girl. Tenten looked up, no expression on her face, as the rain of arachnids was felt.
Naruto
"...Sakon of the West Gate, a very strong and powerful brawler who can block just about anything you send at him. And his ability, man, I'm sorry for the person you sent after him..."
"Hinata..."- Naruto muttered. The Kyuubi inside him growled as if it knew Hinata's fate.
Hinata
"..."- Hinata just didn't get it. She had struck the vital and tenketsu points of Sakon countless times yet his chakra was still running and he was walking as if he hadn't felt a thing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DO YOU SEE NOW JUST WHY I'M THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF THE SOUND FOUR? I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR FANCY DANCY TECHNIQUES, BECAUSE IN THE END, BRUTE FORCE IS WHAT MATTERS!"- he ran to Hinata and dodged her punch.- "TARENKEN!"
"GAH!"- Hinata yelled as she went flying through a tree. She couldn't even get up as Sakon came flying at her in seconds. She took hold of him and his momentum got them both flying down a ravine. Both managed to lighten their fall with chakra, but it still hurt.
Hinata barely got to her feet to see Sakon coming at her again. She used her Byakugan to the fullest. Not one, not two, but three fists rapidly came out of Sakon's belly to hit her. Again, she went flying against a rock.
"You see, my brother Ukon and I get along really well. So well he actually lives in my body and can bring his limbs out of any part of my anatomy as he pleases. We use that to attack. And now..."- Sakon explained.
"Shut up, Sakon. Let's get this over with, there is no time to play."- Ukon argued with him as his head turned into a one-horned devil. Sakon nodded as his did so too, but none of them expected the next attack.
"HAKKE KUSHO!"- Hinata screamed as chakra came from her palm and hit both brothers like a truck. They flew against a rock that exploded at impact.
It took a while for the dust to settle, and then, Sakon was already up.
"You stupid bitch..."- he muttered as his broken arm became visible. This time, there was something weird, though. Sakon didn't have Ukon's head?
"Yo..."- Hinata turned her head to see Ukon's demonic face coming out of her shoulder and smiling.- "Missed me?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH!"
Naruto
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH!"- they heard a shout coming from the forest. Kimimaro smirked before laughing.
"And after that, Tayuya of the North Gate. Orochimaru-sama originally placed her on our team to be someone who could relieve us of stress. A Sperm Dumpster. I've got to admit that at first, that was all she was good at. But we later discovered her abilities. She can summon these three giants, the Doki, and control them with her flute. Believe me, they are no joking matter. And even if someone gets through those, she has this genjutsu that paralyzes them in seconds. The bitch's really crazy too, and makes sure to give them a slow but painful death..."
Haku
"..."- Haku stood in horror as she looked at the three behemoths. Each of them had their eyes and ears covered and their mouths sewn shut. One wore a green full body suit and his hair covered all of his head and face. It carried a giant studded metal club. Another was shirtless and had dark pants. It was bald and had scars on his head like Ibiki. It wore a blindfold and had a thorn like weapon on each of his arms. The last had its upper body covered in bandages and wore brown pants. Its head was in an awkward position as if it was upside down, and had several needles stuck on it. It had no weapon, but again, did it really need one with that size and speed?
"I've told you, you whore, nobody hears my melody and survives it!"- Tayuya yelled at her. Haku took hold of her senbon and threw them with deadly precision, but one sound of the flute and one of the Doki was there to protect her. What Haku didn't see was the other two Doki coming from behind. She avoided the thorn one and managed to scrape aside the club of the second before slipping into one of her mirrors.
That was temporarily safe as the second Doki crushed the mirror with one swing of his club, sending Haku flying back to the third one, who had his head in a weird position. She was suddenly impaled on something through her back and out of her chest. It was a ghostly snake with no head but mouths all over.
"Makyo no Ran."- Tayuya slowly said, naming her technique. Haku's conscience started to collapse as her stamina, chakra and lifeforce were sucked into the thing more and more each second. Sorry, Naruto-kun. It seems I could not face my opponent and capture her...
Naruto
"So, as you can see, any plan you might have had will not work at all."- Kimimaro spat out before smirking.- "I'm killing you now."
"..."- Naruto said no words as Kimimaro ran at him, ready to strike the jinchuuriki down with one swipe of his sword. Nothing happened until the last second. The blade whispered in the air and was just about to cut Naruto's head in half as easily as it would cut through a watermelon. However, it stopped. A very thin sword was there to block it.- "Nuibari...I haven't used you in so long..."
Kimimaro couldn't believe his eyes. Someone had actually blocked him? He was a master in taijutsu and kenjutsu and a single blow from him would normally overpower any block. Besides that, his bones were harder than diamond and could break through anything, especially just some steel sword. What was going on?
Naruto looked up, no expression on his face as he rolled back and double-kicked Kimimaro on the chest, rolling back and standing straight before running at him again. The Sound nin was barely back on the floor when Naruto delivered a slice that shook his bones (no pun intended) when it hit his sword. Kimimaro replied by rolling to the side and delivering a swipe of his own, but Naruto wasn't there anymore. The Sound nin looked at the ground to see the shadow getting bigger, and he rose his sword to clash with the jinchuuriki's as he fell from the sky.
The two engaged in a kenjutsu fight, blocking and delivering strikes of their own, but the fight didn't seem to get anywhere. The difference was, Kimimaro was frustrated, and Naruto had no expression, as if it was common for him to fight like that.
They fought for a bit longer before Naruto proved his superiority. He sliced vertically from up and right to down and left, being blocked by Kimimaro, and then back tracking, making his sword hit and deflect the Sound Five's leader's own sword enough for him to rotate in a clockwise motion and elbow Kimimaro's face as hard as he could before rotating again and sidekicking him to the ground. He smirked at Kimimaro's face expression of confusion.
"The Uzumaki kenjutsu style. The best in the world. I'm the only one who knows how to use it now. You're finished."- Naruto declared. Kimimaro bowed his face and suddenly, black, straight lines that kept changing their direction appeared on his body.- "Resorting to the Cursed Seal level 1, huh?"
"No one has lived after seeing me in this state. As I've said, you won't live through this day. And neither will your buddies."- he threatened. Naruto laughed this time.
"Oh yeah? It's my turn to tell you about them. They were handpicked for this job. First, Aburame Shino, considered the pride of the Aburame and the future head of the clan. I've seen this guy kill without so much as a blink. He's smart as a snake..."
Shino
"..."- Shino simply watched as Jirobo approached him and punched his head with all of his fat strength. It wasn't until seconds later that he dissolved into bugs.
"What?"- the sound nin muttered before Shino appeared behind him. He tried a back elbow that Shino ducked under before giving him a right cross, sidestepping around a jab and giving him a rotating left elbow that sent him flying away.
"You know, you should never expose yourself to close combat with a member of my family. To plant insects on you is so easy..."- he said.- "Hijutsu: Mushidama."
"Gah, fuck! What the hell!"- Jirobo swore as insects came from under his clothes and started to bite his chakra away.
Anyone would have smirked by now, but Shino wasn't one to take things for granted. Jirobo rose and all of the insects around him were dead. His body was covered in arrow-like markings.
"I see. You used your seal to give them too much chakra and they died from overload, right?"- Shino asked.
"Hahaha, it was stupid to think something as puny and small as a bug could stop me."- he declared, laughing. Shino looked at him, and for the first time in his life, he smirked.
"You do realize that was not the attack itself?"- he asked as terror spread in Jirobo's face. The dead bugs were still attached to his body, but there were really tiny papers on each of them that started to shine.
"No way!"- Jirobo yelled. Shino kept his smirk on. He had given his mini exploding paper tags to those insects long ago since he knew they couldn't absorb a charge as big as the cursed seal's, so he decided he'd bring out the rest of the devil as quickly as possible.
"Boom."
Naruto
"Wakizashi Tenten, Konoha's Oficial Weapons Mistress, nominated for the job at age 8. She can throw so many weapons at you in such little time that you will think it's raining steel. Don't underestimate this girl, it's probably the worse thing you could do when fighting her..."
Tenten
Spiders rained from the big Tarantula and were ready to stick their fangs on the kunoichi's pretty little neck when her expressionless face turned into a smirk. She rotated as fast as she could and soon kunai and shuriken were flying from within the little tornado that she was. Every single spider got hit and pinned down to trees, the ground or even their own mother.
This didn't please Kidomaru, however, as he ordered the mother to stop giving birth and simply drop down to squish the little bug that was defying him.
The spider did just that and fell on the ground, creating an earthquake. Kidomaru smirked at his victory. It couldn't have had any other result anyway. He was just about to leave when the spider suddenly cried out in pain. He jumped off of it when it's back was sliced open. Tenten came out, covered in goo, but alive and unharmed.
She looked up at Kidomaru, and again, no expression on her face. She had a Wakizashi on each hand, staying true to her clan's name. The Sound nin groaned as out of each of his six palms came a sword and his body was covered in curvy black lines. The first cursed seal level.
They engaged on a kenjutsu battle, but of course, Tenten came out as the victor. No one could beat her when it came to Weapons. No one. Not even a chakra freak helped by a seal. Kidomaru spat a golden arrow at Tenten who simply used one of her swords to deflect it. She managed to control his web and impaled him with his own arrow, sending him flying up, coming down and getting stuck to the gigantic spider.
She slowly walked up a tree until she was upside down, standing on the branch that the spider had clung on to. There was already a variety of seals there.
"Each of my Kunai and Shuriken had these seals on them and stuck them to the tree as you were distracted by my apparent death. Just learn this, a spider only gets so many prey before one of them fights back and ends up killing it. Sometimes they die from a bite, others they die from being pushed off a tree and falling to their deaths. But this time..."- she placed her hands on the seals as everything that was in them was summoned.- "Well, just watch out for the rain of steel..."
Naruto
"...and after her there's Hyuuga Hinata. Do you know anything about the Hyuuga Clan? They've got this Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan. It gives them X-Ray, 360 degree vision for miles. They've also got this really nasty fighting style, the Gentle Fist. One direct hit and you can't use chakra for days. Aside that, they've got this thing for hitting vital points and make you cough out blood. Aside that, she is the most talented member in generations and an absolute terror to any close combat users."
Hinata
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH!"- Ukon shouted as Hinata plucked his left eye right off of his head, causing him to immediately jump out of her body.
"We Hyuuga do not take kindly on people getting too close. We like you to keep a formal distance. I didn't use to listen much to all of this high-society stuff, but it's kind of getting to me with the years. The only one I allow to be that close to me is Naruto-kun, our leader. Anyone else beware, for I will not hesitate on handicapping you for life."- she declared. Ukon looked at her with his right eye, pure anger being glared at her, and Sakon was now up.
"Sakon, I don't give a fuck if your rib cage is broken, this bitch is going down now in the most gruesome way possible!"- Ukon shouted.
"But brother, Orochimaru-sama needs..."- Sakon tried to reply.
"FUCK OROCHIMARU-SAMA. TAYUYA IS TAKING THE VESSEL TO HIM AND THIS BITCH JUST TOOK MY EYE OUT. NOW STOP BEING A PUSSY AND LET'S DO THIS!"- he silenced his brother. Sakon nodded. Hinata got ready. The twins ran at her, both ready to skin her alive, and that's when, in Hinata's eyes, everything went black, a green yin yang trigram circle formed on the ground and she focused on both brothers.
"JyuukenHo: Hakke Hyachu Nijuhachi Sho!"- she promptly made minced meat out of the two, hitting each of them sixty-four times, closing their tenketsu points as she did so, and giving them a whole lot of pain. 2 palms, 4 palms, 8 palms, 16 palms, 32 palms, 64 palms, 128 palms!
"GAAH!"- the twins shouted as both of them went flying against rocks, getting most of their bones crushed.
Naruto
"And after all of those, you've got Hyoton no Haku...the last alive user of the Ice Release. Is there anything else that needs to be said? She can kill you with one fucking hit and no one can catch up to her speed..."
Haku
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, I couldn't do as you wanted. I couldn't be your tool..."- Haku apologized as she sensed her death coming. But something caught her attention.
"Haku, resting already? How disappointing..."- she heard a familiar voice ask. She looked at her left side and saw Zabuza sitting on a tree bench in a very relaxed position.
"Zabuza-san, you're at Konoha. This either is an Hallucination induced by my brain to stop me from suffering as I die, or a genjutsu I've fell in."- she realized. Zabuza gave her one chuckle.
"You always were quite the smart one. Hallucination or not, I'm here. You know I've already apologized to you for using you and thinking of you as nothing more than a weapon, so that's not what I'm here to talk to you about. But tell me, I've trained you since you were just a child and you're the best assassin I've ever seen. Well, best one aside that blonde kid, but still. The old you would never get caught on a situation like this. By now that kunoichi would have her body covered in senbon and you would be miles away with me, cashing in on the hit."- he commented. Haku sighed sadly.
"I've changed. I guess I've become accostumed to this new relaxed life where we don't have to worry about dying every second."- she replied. Again, Zabuza laughed.
"That's bull and you know it. People don't change, Haku, you out of all should know that. They merely improve. Gain new skills. But you'll always be you in the end. That's why I simply went with it when people said I was a demon. It's best to embrace your true you than die trying to trick yourself."- he got up and looked at her from the side.- "Come on, one last mission. You know you want to."
She looked at him with no expression as he faded away.
"Fuck all of this waiting, I'm just going to kill you immediately, waiting for that thing to suck your life out is too boring."- Tayuya yelled before playing her flute. All three of the Doki jumped and attacked Haku at the same time. Haku closed her eyes before opening them and showing blood red pupils.
"Hijutsu: Hissatsu Hyoso! (Hidden Jutsu, Certain-Kill Ice Spears!)"- she calmly pointed out as several gigantic ice spears came all around her body, impaling every single one of the Doki on different spots, leaving them useless.- "Hijutsu: Makyo Hyosho!"
Tayuya could only watch as she was surrounded by Ice Mirrors, Haku reflected on all of them. The Doki couldn't move a finger before being Kuchyiose'd away, so Tayuya had no place to run. She let her first cursed seal level run wild, covering her body in several completely erratic straight lines.
"That won't help you now..."- Haku declared as the rain of sharpened ice began.
Naruto
"So, as you can see, my team is not really trash. It's perfect. Of course, there's one final element. Me. I am the best seal master in the village and one of the best kenjutsu users. I can use the Hiraishin no jutsu and the Rasengan, not that you know of those. Aside all that, I wield Nuibari, one of the Seven Legendary Swords and have its killing intent at my disposal. If all of that wasn't enough, I've got something more. I've killed myself each day, training and training and can say I'm the best taijutsu master in the damn village. Nobody, not even you can surpass me. On another note, I've got the Kyuubi inside me and can use its chakra anyway I wish..."- he calmly declared as he and Kimimaro circled each other. Kimimaro's seal expanded until he became something completely different. His appearance was similar to that of a dinosaur, with dark grey skin, six large bone spines protruding out of his back, and a long, bone-spiked tail.
"I will not disappoint Orochimaru-sama..."- Kimimaro vowed. Naruto sighed.
"If that's the case..."- he grasped Nuibari with his teeth and rose his right hand in a rock on symbol while red bubbles of chakra came out of his body. Soon, his whole anatomy was covered in red chakra. From behind his rear came a red tail of chakra and he had two fox ears too. His hands were now claws, also made out of chakra.
The two "Alphas" stared each other down for a while before Kimimaro droppped his sword an pulled out his spine, making a whip. Bone came out of his left arm and created a very big lance that would probably penetrate anything. Naruto simply stood there as the Sound nin used the whip to constrict him and keep him in one place, before running up to him and trying to use the lance on him.
"GGRRAH!"- Naruto roared as the whip and Kimimaro were repelled. Before Kimimaro was even done landing, Naruto was already there punching him straight in the face. Even with his hardened bones under his skin, Kimimaro had to admit that that, hurt. Again, he flew away, but managed to land safely and pressed his palms against the floor as Naruto ran for him one more time.
"SAWARABI NO MAI! (Dance of the Seedling Fern)"- he shouted as countless gigantic bones rose from the ground. Naruto managed to not get stuck on any of them until one came right under him. He jumped up, as high as he could until the bone stopped growing. It was too sharp for him to stand on it, so he used his sword as a means of support and simply stuck it on the bone before standing on it.
A quick look towards the barrel revealed that it was now open and empty and the Uchiha was running away. I can't let this last much longer, or he'll get away.
He felt Kimimaro come from the bone he was standing on and readied himself.
"I'm going to show you why they used to call me the demon, in Konoha."- he taunted before jumping up and using his chakra-made claws to tear the bone apart with one hit.
"WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE! THESE BONES ARE UNBREAKABLE!"- Kimimaro shouted with disbelief.
"GGRAAH!"- Naruto shouted as he made his claws cling to a bone and swing him to get closer to the sound nin. He punched him in the face, sending him flying through some of his own bones. He was getting up when he saw the only thing that had terrorized him in his whole life. The black-hooded Naruto enveloped in a red chakra mist that formed a gigantic fox's head, falling down at hi with a blue ball of chakra on his right hand.
"...Orochimaru-sama...I'm sorry..."
"RASENGAN!"- Naruto mashed the jutsu against Kimimaro and an explosion took place.
Shino
"..."- nothing else was said as Jirobo fell to the ground, absolutely deformed. Another boom was heard far away, but this one shook the young Aburame. Naruto...
Tenten
She merely watched as the spider-lover curled up in a ball as he was pelted with steel. She heard a boom far away and felt a chill through her spine. What is Naruto up to?
Hinata
The two twins were lying on the ground, groaning in pain and despair when they felt the Earthquake that an explosion caused. (they were closer to Naruto then.)
Hinata winced as she realized that it wasn't the power of the enemy, but the power of the one she loved. Naruto-kun, please don't lose yourself!
Haku
Tayuya couldn't do a thing as the psycho that had come from within the Yuki girl pelted her with senbon. There wasn't a part of her body that wasn't scratched, and even though Haku had avoided vital points, the sound kunoichi felt like she was going to die. That's when the mirrors shattered with the intensity of a blow from a bit far away. An explosion. Tayuya fell to the ground and layed there, but Haku rose an eyebrow. Naruto-kun, is that you?
Naruto
Naruto looked at Kimimaro's carcass and couldn't help but feel pity for the disformed guy. He only did what he thought was best for his master. Naruto looked up and ran after Sasuke.
(And that is Chapter 20, fellas. I've made this one extra long to celebrate the fact that this fic has reached 4000 VIEWS! YAY VICTORY DANCE! Anyway, to celebrate this further, and since the classic Naruto (not the Shippuden) is almost over, I'm in need of suggestions and will set up polls at the end of PART I to ask what you guys and girls would like me to write. Anything helps! And each review is a motivation to write the next chapter. See you and goodbye!)