Naruto the Fox Sannin
Chapter 20
Mission Impossible
(A/N: I'd like to thank all those who have reviewed my story and have kept me going throughout the entire time I was here on . And to show my thanks here's chapter 20, please review and I hope you like it. Enjoy- K.D)
Naruto and Fu yawned loudly as they woke up, due to Naruto's clock alarm. Naruto looked at the clock with half-lidded eyes. It showed the time to be eight thirty ion the morning. Fu got up and went to the bathroom to get dressed and shower. After Fu got dressed in her signature white shirt and white shirt over a fishnet tank top and pants with her slight high heel, matching white ninja sandals and a green-clothes Konoha hitai-ate around her right bicep. Fu then sat down on Naruto's bed and waited for him as he showered and changed. After a few minutes, Naruto stepped out dressed in a black t-shirt with a dragon on it breathing bright red flames and a pair of dark blue long pants and his black ninja sandals and black clothed hitai-ate. The two then went downstairs to be greeted by the delicious smell of Kushina's breakfast.
"Yum, pancakes" Naruto said with a bit of drool from his mouth. Fu followed suit, drooling all the way down the stairs, leaving a trail of saliva behind her and Naruto. When they reached the kitchen they immediately sat in their chairs and began to stack their plates with pancakes.
"Welcome to the leaning tower of pancakes" Fu said as she stared at Naruto's stack which was leaning dangerously to one side. The two chunin then poured maple syrup on their pancakes and dug in. Kushina smiled as she watched the two jinchurikis eat. It had been really quiet with her being in the large house all by herself. Then she noticed something, Kioshi was here, but…
"Naruto-kun?" Kushina asked her son. Naruto looked at his mother, his mouth stuffed with pancake. Naruto swallowed and drank some milk to wash it down.
"Yeah, Okaa-chan?" he asked and then hiccuped, blushing in embarrassment. Kushina chuckled lightly before remembering what she wanted to ask.
"Yes, umm Naruto where's your little fox…Shizuka?" she asked. Fu and Naruto looked at each other and sighed. The room was silent for while.
"Naruto, what happened to Shizuka?" she asked. Naruto looked at his mother with a somber look in his eyes. Fu looked at her brother figure with a look of pity.
"Naruto nii, you don't have to tell her now, tell her when you think you're ready" Fu advised. Naruto sighed and shook his head.
"No, she deserves to know" Naruto said and then took a deep breath to compose himself. "It was about a year ago…"
Flashback
Naruto, Jiraya,a seven tailed Shizuka and Kioshi and Fu were walking down the road towards the little town of Hikari which was famous for its hot springs which were heated by the nearby volcano which had been dormant for the past one hundred years. As the five entered the village, Jiraya immediately began the scantily clad women who were walking in the direction of the hit springs. Naruto blushed as he looked at the swaying hips of another girl who had just winked at him when she noticed his staring.
"Seems no one here is afraid of being stared at" Naruto said. Fu agreed as she looked at the half naked and surprisingly very fit men walking through the town to the hot springs. Fu had a little bit of blood leaking from her nose and immediately began to wipe it away with some tissue she pulled out from nowhere. They all then went towards the hot springs, Jiraya went to go and peep and take notes for his next Icha Icha Paradise Book, while Naruto, Fu, Kioshi and Shizuka all went to the hot springs after changing and it was one that allowed pets. The girls and guys split up and then took a soak in the nice relaxing waters.
"Ah, this feels great" Fu complimented as she sunk deeper into the water. Shizuka nodded as she placed a paw in. Shizuka yelped as the water was too hot for her, even if she does carry 4000 degree fire in her stomach so the demonic kitsune just settles for relaxing on the cooler, but still warm, rocks nearby. Meanwhile Naruto and Kioshi were having a water fight.
"Naruto that's not fair, I wasn't ready" the dragon said. Kioshi then raised his mighty tail and brought it down. Naruto was suddenly swept underneath the water by a wave. Kioshi laughed.
"Hahaha, got you Naruto" Kioshi said. Kioshi stopped laughing when he didn't hear Naruto resurface. "Naruto...Naruto are you alright down there?" the red fire dragon asked. The red reptilian beast got no answer and began to get worried, however a pair of hands grabbed Kioshi's back limbs. Kioshi yelped in fright as the hands dragged him down. Naruto and Kioshi then popped out from underneath, taking in deep breaths of air.
"Dude...not...funny" Kioshi said with a glare at Naruto. Naruto chuckled.
"Don't be so serious Kioshi, it was only a joke" Naruto said trying to cool down the fire dragon, kind of an oxymoron there. Kioshi huffed before turning away from his friend and master. Naruto sighed and they stayed in the springs for a few minutes before the group got out of the water, dried, changed and then left the premises. Naruto, Shizuka, Fu and Kioshi were walking through the town just looking around, doing nothing special. Naruto then got bored and turned to Fu.
"Oi, Fu nee-chan, I'm bored wanna go train or something?" he asked his green haired friend. Fu smiled and nodded. The foursome then went to the nearby woods and began to train. Fu and Naruto began a taijutsu match while Shizuka and Kioshi watched. When the two got tired they stopped and rested.
"You put up a good fight" Naruto said as he opened a scroll from his pocket revealing two bottles of water. He handed one to Fu, who drank some of the water.
"Thanks Naruto nii-san" she replied and began to guzzle more water down her parched throat. Naruto then got up.
"Shizuka, could you come with me for a second" he said. Shizuka got up and scratched behind her ear before walking off with Naruto, leaving Fu and Kioshi to themselves. The duo continued to walk, Naruto's tail swished back and forth and his ears twitched at every sound. Then he stopped when he thought they were far enough from Fu and Kioshi.
"So, what do you want to talk to me about?" Shizuka asked her master. Naruto sighed.
"Shizuka, I just want you to answer this question" he said. Shizuka showed worry in her green slitted eyes, Naruto never acted like this before when he was with her.
"Okay" she said nervously. Naruto stared deeply into Shizuka's eyes.
"Are you sure with this decision you have made?" he asked. Shizuka looked confused and surprised at the same time.
"Gomen, demo I don't understand Naruto, what are you asking me to answer" she said.
"Are you sure that you want to be the next Kyuubi, to leave everybody you care about behind in order to take the throne as the new Kyuubi no Kitsune?" Shizuka was surprised at this, her jaw was open, but nothing came out. The large seven tailed kitsune, was now the size of a one story house when at her full size, but now she was about the size of a bengal tiger, therefore she had stare up at Naruto who continued to stare her down. Shizuka thought for a while and then looked at Naruto with determination.
"Hai Naruto, I sure, I knew the risks that I would be taking in order to become the next Kyuubi" Shizuka answered. Naruto looked on in surprise.
"Nani, you're willing to LEAVE Kioshi, Fu...me...all for the power of being Kyuubi?" he growled. Shizuka was becoming pissed off at Naruto's attitude towards this, but she knew that her leaving would eventually trouble his mind.
"Naruto, this is a once in a life time opportunity for me, becoming the next Kyuubi is a title some other kitsune in the demon world could only dream of achieving, I will iss you all, but I'm, not doing it only for power, not for myself, I'm doing it for you Naruto, for you, Kioshi, everybody I care about because if I have the power of a nine tailed kitsune, I can have the power to protect nearly everybody I hold dear, from nearly any kind of danger." the seven tailed kitsune barked out in rage. Her emerald eyes stared into Naruto's saphire ones. Naruto looked at his friend in surprise, he hung his head down in shame. His hair shadowing his eyes.
"I didn't realize..." he started, "that you felt this way" he said. Shizuka looked at Naruto with a sad expression, but then she noticed Naruto's shoulders were shaking, then she saw something shiny fall from his face onto the lush grass. Shizuka's eyes widened as she realized what those shiny things were. Tears. Naruto was crying.
"Naruto, I'm sorry" she said and then grew to a much larger height and then wrapped her seven tails around Naruto and comforted him, hot tears poured like a river from his eyes and soaked Shizuka's furry tails, but she didn't mind. She stayed like this with her master until Naruto stopped crying. Then Shizuka shrank back down to her 'usual' size and smiled at Naruto.
"Feeling better?" she asked.
"Yeah. it's just that, we're going to miss you when you leave" he said.
"I know" she said, "but don't worry I'll be back and with a ninth tail, Kyuubi-sama's unique powers will transfer to me and he will revert back to an eight tails, but he will still be respected and just because he'll lose his ninth tail that doesn't mean he'll be weak, in fact until I am able to adapt to my new Kyuubi powers I will be still weaker than him" Shizuka said with a chuckle. Naruto chuckled too.
"Yeah, you are pretty weak" Naruto said. Shizuka smirked evilly at Naruto and then wrapped a tail around his ankle silently and then yanked him up into the air holding him upside down, dangling from her tail.
"Woah, okay, okay you're not weak, gomen nasai, gomen nasai, I take it back" Naruto said while laughing. Shizuka smiled and then set Naruto down. Then Shizuka felt an odd sensation running through her as she sat on the ground. Shizuka was suddenly forced to her full height of one story. Naruto looked at Shizuka.
"Shizuka, what's going on, you're glowing" he said. Shizuka looked around her body and she was indeed glowing, a pure white light surrounded her and then Shizuka howled as a tail bone was thrust out of her, muscle tissue and ligaments covered the bone and then black fur coated the tail, tipping and then the light went down the tail, stopping at the tip turning it white, like all her other tails. Shizuka looked behind her as she saw 8 tails wishing behind her, her size also increased as she was now nearly as tall as the tree next to her, which was quite tall. Shizuka then noticed this and saw Naruto, like an ant looking up at her in awe. She then shrunk herself back down...again stopping until she was at Naruto's height.
"Well, looks like the tail of acceptance has finally arrived" she said. Naruto looked at her in confusion.
"Tail of Acceptance?" he asked. Shizuka nodded.
"You see, one night while you were asleep, Kyuubi-sama took over your body and told me the requirements necessary to gain all nine tails." she started.
Shizuka then went into a detailed explanation of how each tail is gained in a demon kitsune's life. The First tail is the Tail of Birth, this tail is received in every kitsune's life when they are born. The Second tail is the Tail of Initiation, this tail is gained when the fox lord, Kyuubi, in the this case, welcomes those who show fine potential in becoming a demonic kitsune. The Third Tail is the Tail of Fire, this when the young fox's ability to use kitsunehai or foxfire as it is commonly known, has awakened. The Fourth Tail, the Tail of the Spirit is gained when the young demon fox has shown unbridled spirit and strength when fighting an opponent, the third and fourth tails were gained at an accelerated pace due to the stored youkai in Shizuka's body. The Fifth Tail and Sixth tails are recognized as both being Tails of Power, these two tails are achieved when the kitsune gets a sudden increase in power, all attributes of the fox are heightened to an unbelievable level hence both tails are sprouted in order to materialize this increase in power (this was gained during the war between Konoha, Oto and Suna). The Seventh Tail is the Tail of Determination, this tail is gained when the kitsune shows determination when fighting an enemy and refuses to give up, even when they are out to be beaten. The Eight Tail is the Tail of Acceptance, it is sprouted when the chosen heir to the current Kyuubi has fully accepted the tasks to become the new Kyuubi and to protect all foxes and those precious to the heir, this tail is exclusive only to those who are about to bear the title of Kyuubi and the mate of the Kyuubi is also granted this ability to grow an eight tail, however the mate of the Kyuubi cannot go past eight tails. The final tail, the Ninth tail is also a tail of Power, but also the Tail of Leadership. This tail is gained when the heir of the Kyuubi has finally defeated all the tasks ahead of him/her in order to become the Kuubi, this final tail changes the new Kyuubi in terms of size, power, etc. This is how a Kyuubi is molded, forged and built.
Naruto was in awe, who knew you had to go through so much trouble just to get a few tails. Then Shizuka saw Naruto's eyes flash red and the back to blue.
"Naruto, Kyuubi-sama is calling me, use the mind transportation summoining jutsu to summon into your mindscape so I can train with Kyuubi-sama" Shizuka said. Naruto noticed a change in her tone, it was more serious, determined and many other emotions, but he mangaed to detect the sadness in the tone. Shizuka licked Naruto's face one last time.
"See you soon, Naruto" she said. Naruto's eyes teared up, it was for him to see her go, but it was harder because he was the one that had to send her away. Naruto's eyes threatened to spill tears, but Naruto refused to let them fall. He then formed the handsigns and then gently placed his right hand on Shizuka's forehead.
"FuuinHijutsu: Omoi Yusoo no Jutsu/ Secret Sealing Jutsu: Mind Transportation Jutsu" he said. Shizuka was then being disintegrated into particles from the tails up. Naruto looked up as the particles then began to float into his forehead going into his mindscape.
"See you when I get back" Shizuka said with a sad smile. Naruto nodded and presented a smile of his own.
"Yeah, we will" he said. Then that was the last he saw of Shizuka...for now. When he went back, Jiraya had arrived, returning from his peeping venture with a few slaps on his face and a broken arm. Jiraya, Fu and Kioshi all looked at a lonely Naruto.
"Hey Naruto, where's Shizuka, Fu told me she was with you" Jiraya asked. Naruto told them the entire story and how he had sent Shizuka into his mindscape. The group was silent.
"Well, we can't just mope around, we have to get training" Jiraya said.
"Jiraya-sensei, you really think we should train" Naruto said. Jiraya frowned. Naruto only showed him respect when he was really down.
"Hai, we need to be strong, Shizuka can watch you through your mind's eye Naruto, she won't like it if she comes back to see the Naruto she knew, weak and flimsy" Jiraya said with a grin. Naruto chuckled.
"No, no she won't" Naruto said, then Naruto felt a tug on his mind.
'Yes?' Naruto asked.
Kit, how's it been, Shizuka's here with me, apparently she can't speak to you like I can, but she can hear and see you. Shizuka said how that you must become stronger, not just for her but for yourself and all those who are counting on you to return to Konoha stronger than you were before. Now then, I will be severing all contact with you and the access to your mindscape will be sealed off, unless I say you can enter.
'Nani, how can you do that, it's my mind' Naruto shouted. Kyuubi sighed.
I don't want any distractions, Shizuka needs all the focus she can get, you being in your mindscape will only halt that focus, also as to how I am able to do this, well let's just say, I've figured out some tricks of the mind and how seal off your own mental barriers and use them against you.
Naruto nodded and said he understood. Then he relayed the information to the others.
"Well, come on now, Shizuka's probably started her training now, let's go we have one more year for you to get stronger let's go" Jiraya insisted.
"Hai" the two chunin and dragon said.
End Flashback
"And that's your story" Naruto finished. Kushina frowned and had a bit of tears in her eyes.
"Oh Naruto-kun, I'm so sorry, but I mean come on, Shizuka had made it to a six tails in a matter of months, nine tails should be no problem for her" Kushina said trying to cheer up her son.
"I know Okaa-chan, and that's why I will be continuously training waiting for the day Shizuka will leave my mind and join me back in the real world" Naruto said with a foxy grin.
"Yeah, same here" Fu added with a same grin.
My Kami-sama, Fu you really have been hanging around the fox too much the Nanabi said.
'Urasai Nanabi' Fu said back in a mental thought.
NEVER! Fu gritted her teeth and shut off her connection with the seven tail horned beetle.
'Dear Kami-sama good thing I learned to sever my mental connection with my bijuu from Naruto nii-san' Fu thought.
"Well Fu, let's get going, we have missions to do" Naruto said. Fu nodded and then ran out the door with his fellow jinchuriki. Kushina smiled at the retreating figures of the two jinchuriki.
"That's my little boy, all grown up" Kushina said to no one in particular, "maybe I should pay a visit to Otou-san"
Mission Assignment Building a.k.a Hokage Tower
Naruto and Fu entered the building where all mission assignments were handed out to various shinobi. Naruto was about to barge in as usual, but then he heard a shout from the other side of the door.
"NANI!" the voice was Tsunade's Naruto realized. "What do you mean, you located the Akatsuki base, if this is a joke I'm not laughing" Tsunade said in a serious tone.
"I'm not joking Tsunade-sama" another voice said, this one was the voice of the jonin, Sharingan no Kakashi. Naruto's and Fu's eyes widened at this. "When you sent me out on the A-ranked mission to kill the A-ranked missing nin, Aoi who left Konoha, I killed him, but I had some help from my dogs and Pakkun told me that he smelt something strange on Aoi's body. So I told him to follow the scent. The scent lead straight to an area, which I believe was at the border between River Country and Sunagakure no Sato. I realized this was the Akatsuki base because, well, I saw one of their members enter the cave. It's a boulder that is locked and opened by the use of a very powerful sealing jutsu. If I could get Naruto or Jiraya-sama to come with on a mission to do some stealth and reconnaissance, we could gain some information on why they've suddenly gone off the grid and what they're planning" Kakashi explained. Tsunade was in shock and then she saw Kakashi reach into his pocket and pull out the Raijin sword, the legendary blade used by Tsunade's granduncle, the Nidaime Hokage, legendary water master.
"Arigato, here's your pay for the mission and also, find Naruto, Fu, Sora, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Jiraya and tell Naruto to get Kioshi, you'll need him for transport and retreating" Tsunade said. Kakashi nodded and turned to leave, but then he looked up. The people in the room had shocked looks on their faces as they saw who was standing by the door. Naruto and Fu, opened the door and leaned up against the door frame in a cool and casual manner.
"We hear you need us for something" Naruto said, his tail swishing in a playful manner.
"Something about a spying mission on the Akatsuki" Fu said. Tsunade's and Kakashi's eyes widened.
"How much did you here?" Kakashi asked.
"Pretty much the whole thing and yes, we'll help you, Sakura and Sasuke are probably at the training grounds, Ero Sennin is at the women's bath house, but I would like two more people to join us" Naruto said. Tsunade nodded.
"Great, so you accept the mission, your group will leave tomorrow morning at dawn, however, who are these people you wish to bring?" Tsunade asked.
"My Okaa-chan, Uzumaki Kushina" Naruto stated, Tsunade and Kakashi nodded, although Kushina was loud, obnoxious and had a short temper, like Naruto, she was an excellent kunoichi, now a the leader of the entire anbu divison of Konoha, with strength on par with Tsunade's and fuuinjutsu skills that put Jiraya to shame. (A/N: The Uzumaki practically invented fuuinjutsu, so obviously Kushina could outclass Jiraya in that area anytime, any day).
"Okay, but who is this second member?" Kakashi asked. Naruto flashed his trademark foxy grin, his slitted blue eyes held a glint of mischief in them as he walked towards them and then whispered the name of his second teammate to Kakashi and Tsunade. Fu strained to listen as she hated b. being kept in the dark. She grew even more curious when she saw the shocked expressions on the two shinobi's faces.
"You're kidding right, you want to send that guy with us" Kakashi said, his visible eye widened. Naruto nodded.
"I agree with this" Tsunade said. Kakashi turned to face his Hokage.
"NANI, godaime-sama, are you serious?" he asked. Tsunade nodded.
"Kakashi, Naruto made a wise choice in choosing this man as a teammate, in fact back in my day, the guy was too stubborn and wouldn't even join Konoha's ranks as an anbu although he was on par with us sannin" Tsunade said. Kakashi sighed in defeat.
"Right, now then you all search for your teammates, Kakashi, you get Jiraya, Hinata and Sora, Naruto and Fu, get Kioshi, Sasuke, Sakura, Kushina and you-know-who (A/N: No it's not Voldemort). The three nodded and Kakashi left in a poof of smoke while Naruto and Fu used the door. The two jinchuriki walked down the stairs to exit the building.
"So Naruto nii-san, who's this special person who'll be joining us?" she asked. Naruto smirked.
"You'll find out when we get to the Akatsuki hideout" Naruto stated. Fu pouted and the turned to her brother figure and put on the deadly Kawaii no Jutsu, as Fu suddenly turned into a chibi version of herself.
"Pweeasse, Nawuto-nii" Fu said, her extremely large pink eyes, looking at Naruto and blinking cutely at him. Naruto looked at his sister figure's made up jutsu. Fu had invented it while they were on the training trip and she used it to get information and help the group get out of tight situations. Naruto stared, as he used all of his will power to combat the deadly jutsu.
'Must, resist, must resist' he kept telling himself mentally. Naruto sighed inwardly, in relief, as Fu finally let down the jutsu. He had managed to hold off for about five minutes, and he was on the mere brink of breaking down and telling Fu his secret, but Fu got tired of waiting on him to tell her and canceled the jutsu.
"You're mean Naruto nii" she said with a cute pout. Naruto didn't say anything and the two then went to inform their team member's of tomorrow's journey. All chosen members accepted readily, but Naruto still needed to go and get their final, secret teammate. Naruto then entered his house and climbed the stairs to the attic. He flashed through handsigns and then smirked.
'Time to see an old friend and master' he said.
The Next Day
Everyone was waiting at the Main Gate of Konoha, all team members were present, except for Naruto's special teammate.
"Oi Naruto where's your special team mate, he/she is not here yet" Sakura said. Naruto chuckled and then scratched his whisker marked cheek.
"Oh, it's not a problem, besides I told him to join us when we arrive at the Akatsuki hideout, he'll be our secret weapon in case things with the Akatsuki decide to get messy" Naruto said. The other just looked at each other and shrugged.
"Okay, people, please keep your hands, arms, feet and legs on the dragon at all times" Naruto said. Sakura rolled her eyes as she climbed on Kioshi's back. "Today, we'll be cruising at an altitude high enough for us to be hidden and also high enough for you guys to breathe, thank you and have a nice flight" Naruto finished with a grin before jumping on Kioshi's head (A/N: Like Aang with Appa). Naruto then grabbed Kioshi's large horns and then tapped his foot twice.
"Okay, Kioshi let's go" Naruto said. Kioshi nodded.
"Sure thing" Kioshi said and then with a few mighty flaps of the fire dragon's great wings, the group was already at a suitable height to fly, but Naruto had Kioshi climb a bit higher at just the right area of the atmosphere where oxygen was present as the area just above where they were flying was the part of the atmosphere where oxygen is not present. The fire dragon flew at a break neck pace, the wind rushed past them, blowing back everyone's hair.
"So Naruto, where are we going?" Kioshi asked over the wind rushing past his ears.
"We're going to the border between River country and Sunagakure no Sato" Naruto replied.
"So, when will Shizuka be coming back?" Kioshi asked. Naruto frowned.
"I...I don't know" he said. Kioshi nodded, the subject of Shizuka was allegedly taboo around Naruto, but Kioshi missed his fox friend. A few hours later they arrived at the border.
"Okay, here we are, Kioshi set us down" Naruto ordered.
"Hai" Kioshi then stopped and began to make a gentle descent to the forest below.
"We have reached our destination of the Akatsuki hideout, arigato for flying with us and we hope you join us once again on Air Kioshi" Naruto said jokingly, earning a few smirks and chuckles from the group. The group then jumped off of Kioshi's back and settled at the cliff edge, for below, where a flowing river ran between a ;large split in the land, was a large boulder.
"Hinata, you know what to do" Jiraya said. Hinata nodded.
"Hai, Jiraya-sama" she said and then put her first two fingers up to her face, "BYAKGUGAN!" she yelled and then the veins around her eyes became visible, bulging out due to the concentrated chakra in them. The legendary dojutsu allowed any Hyuga to see through just about any material, from rock to the human body. Hinata looked through the rock, her long lavender hair sometimes landing her face. Hinata kept up her concentration as she continued to look inside the cave hideout of the Akatsuki.
"There's a few members inside, around five or six maybe seven, but the rock is protected by a large and complex seal array" Hinata said and then turned her eyes back to normal. Naruto, Kushina and Jiraya then jumped down onto the water's surface without a sound, there chakra creating light ripples on the water's surface with each step they took. The three looked at each other and nodded, first they called all the others down. Then Naruto formed handsigns and slammed held out a hand. Everyone's eyes widened, even Jiraya's and Kushina's for they hadn't seen this kind of jutsu before. A large complex seal array made of chakra then exploded out the hanyou's hand and then encircled the group in a tornado of blue and black. The whirlwind died down and then everyone looked at each other and blinked.
"What just happened?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, Naruto-kun nothing happened, what did you do?" Hinata asked. Naruto chuckled and then pointed down at the river's surface and everyone gasped, they had no reflection.
"Oh my Kami-sama, I'm a vampire" Sakura exclaimed. Everyone sweatdropped.
"No...Sakura...we're invisible" Naruto explained. "You see I made this jutsu myself, took a while too, it's hard to get a seal that is able to refract the light around a body" Naruto said. "Anyways, I allowed the jutsu to make us invisible, but we are the only ones who know that and since the seal jutsu enveloped us all, all of us are invisible and I arranged the seal in such a way that only those that have been affected by my fuuinjutsu are able to see others that have been affected, which is why we're able to see each other" Everyone 'ooh-ed' in understanding. Then Naruto made a kagebunshin before, he, the kagebunshin, Jiraya and Kushina then went onto the four 'corners' of the boulder and then using the sealing ink and brushes they had on hand they drew many seals over the seal array on the boulder. The four then jumped off the rock and formed handsigns.
"Fuuinjutsu: Fuuinkuchikukan no Jutsu/ Sealing Jutsu: Seal Destroyer Jutsu" they yelled, then the seals that the four had drawn on the boulder glowed a deep purple before fading away. The original seal array was then revealed glowing the same purple colour before that too faded away.
"What happened there just now?" Fu asked.
"Oh nothing, we just completely destroyed the protection seal they used on the entrance" Kushina said. Naruto looked at his kagebunshin and nodded before it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"So do we break down the entrance?" Sakura asked as she looked ready to completely shatter the large piece of stone.
"No, we need a way to get in quietly and without being noticed" Fu said. Everyone thought for a while, but then Hinata activated her Byakugan and looked more closely at the rock. She continued to stare intently at it before she found what she was looking for.
"Guys, I found a crack in the boulder, on the far left side" Hinata said.
"Yeah, so, what does that crack mean, I mean unless it's big enough for us to squeeze through it's obsolete" Sasuke said.
"Well, my plan is for us to use the Henge no Jutsu/Transformation Jutsu and henge into ants or something really small and then squeeze through the crack and Ta Da, instant access to the base" Hinata said proudly. Everyone blinked at the no longer shy Hyuga heir.
"That plan is...brilliant, a genius one even" Naruto complimented. Hinata blushed slightly and nodded.
"Arigato Naruto-kun" she said with a smile. As they were about to use the jutsu, Naruto stopped them and then drew back his sleeve up to his elbow. Naruto then channeled chakra into it to reveal a mysterious seal drawn all over that part of his arm. Naruto then channeled chakra into the seal and the seal array glowed red before a red beam if light rocketed into the sky and then fell into the forest causing a few birds to fly away.
"What was that?" Jiraya asked.
"Just a flare, it's to call my secret team member I told you all about" Naruto stated simply. They all accepted that answer and then jumped onto the rock wall before use the henge no jutsu and then changing their bodies into that of an ant's. The group then crawled towards the crack that Hinata guided them to and entered the cave base. The place was rather dark, but their eyes quickly adjusted to the lack of light. Kushina looked and noticed the large stone statue in the middle of the large base, it looked like a demon with nine giant eyes and hand two hands jutting out of the ground, with five fingers on one hand and four fingers on the other hand. Then the group began to hear a faint sound.
"What's that?" Nartuto asked talking about both the statue and the sound.
"Shhh, Naruto, we don't want anyone to hear us" Sakura said. The sound started to get louder and louder, as if it were getting closer. Then their large ant-like eyes turned in the direction of the sound as a large rock moved out of the way revealing a secret entrance. If their eyes could grow any bigger they would have as they saw thousands of Akatsuki members walk out of the door in rows of five. They marched to the front of the statue and then turned about-face. They then went into the stand at ease pose, (A/N: Stand at ease is when you stand with your legs shoulder width apart and your hands behind your back and about face is when you turn at a 180 degree angle so say you're facing backwards, about face you would turn so that you're facing forwards) their eyes all glued to the statue in front of them. Then there was a flicker of light and then seven rainbow coloured holographic images appeared on seven of the fingers of the giant statue's hands, four on one hand and three on the other. The one in front, obviously the leader, stepped forward. The holographic image flickered before it spoke.
"Hello all my loyal minions. This is the first meeting we've had since three ago when we had set out to capture the bijuu. However, our plans have been foiled again and again due to the acts of a certain Konoha shinobi, Uzumaki Naruto, the Kyuubi jinchuriki" Pein said. The crowd erupted into a large amount of jeers and curses aimed at Naruto. Naruto just stared at the crowd with an impassive look, his feeler twitching every second. "It is my pleasure to announce that we shall soon create the downfall of the great Elemental Nations, Kirigakure, Tsuchigakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure and Konohagakure, these five great nations will fall by the might of the Akatsuki, and also I have made analliance with some very powerful people who share our goal to crush them" Pein said. The crowd cheered loudly at this. Naruto and the others were in shock, this plan was certainly something, no wonder they stopped their advances for the past three years.
"Our first ally, hails from the nation of Otogakure no Sato, he is now their kage and will aid us in the man power needed to fight the shinobi that we will fight, I give the Otokage, Yakushi Kabuto" he said. A cloaked man then suddenly appeared in a plume of smoke, the cloak was black with red lines on it to make it look like scales, the scales of a snake. Kabuto looked up and smiled showing sharp snake like fangs, but what surprised the people present was when Kabuto threw back his hood. Sasuke, Jiraya in fact all the Konoha ninja's faces were written with shock.
"H-He looks..l-li-ike..." Kakshi started.
"Orochimaru" Jiraya finished. Kabuto's face was a deathly pale white, and it like the rest of his body which was also the same colour was covered in scale like markings, but what made them even more surprised was the fact that his eyes, they were no longer black, they were now an eerie golden yellow, like Orochimaru's and also something stirred behind the man's cloak. The cloak moved and it revealed that Kabuto had a tail, a tail with a snake's head on it (A/N: Read the manga and you'll know what I'm talking about).
"He's a sick man" Sakura whispered. Pein nodded to Kabuto who smiled his creepy smile back at the Akatsuki leader. Pein then talked again.
"I now introduce to you a man of great power, the summoner of a magincal and mythical creature, the exitiumarum, I give you Mr. Torii" Pein said and then there was another plume of smoke and there stood Torii, his golden yellow eye pierced the darkness as it appeared to glow an eerie yellow light.
"So he's the man with the golden yellow eye" Naruto said through his pincers. The other henged Konoha shinobi looked at Naruto.
"You know this guy?" Kushina asked.
"No, but there was one time, where, during the mission to Kumogakure to help Yugito we fought, well Kioshi fought, an exitiumarum. These are creature which have a mixture of animal parts to make there being. They are said to be in equal power to the dragon clan which Kioshi originates from. Anyway it was said that Gendora, the dragon lord, had sealed away the exitiums into a scroll and then hid it from the world, however like I said before Kioshi fought one by the name of Necare three years ago. He fought and managed to get the exitium to use its most powerful move, voticusarum (latin for dark void) which grants the exitiumarum immense power. We defeated it when I summoned a wind dragon, Hayaikaze to kill him. When Hayaikaze killed the exitium, she had asked who the summoner was and she said that he replied by saying, the man with the golden eye, I believe this is the man Necare was referring to" Naruto explained. Everyone was in awe at this.
"This man is indeed a threat" Kakshi said, "we should leave and report to Hokage-sama about this immediately"
"No hold on, the leader's going to say something" Fu said.
"Now then, my companions, my friends in the battle to come, we will fight, the army will leave in three months to combat the elemental nations, I bid you farewell, oh and before you, my fellow Akatsuki members, before you go dispose of the spies" Pein said and then his Rinnengan eyes widened and then an invisible forced pulled Naruto and the others away from the wall and had them land on the ground in front of the army in a pile. The shock of being pulled forward had triggered the loss of concentration causing there transformations to wear off. The group quickly got up and went into battle mode.
"Have fun my minions" Pein said before he and his fellow holograms flickered away. Kabuto and Torii smirked and also left in plumes of smoke. The army went forward and attacked the Konoha group. Naruto quickly called upon his foxfire and created a wall of fire and pushed it forward, burning the Akatsuki members as it plowed through the large crowd of men and women. Sakura immeditaely jumped into the air and brought her gloved fist down on the ground.
"SHANNARO!" she planted her fist into the ground and caused a mini earthquake to occur in the base. A large chasm opened up below the Akatsuki and many screamed as they fell to their deaths. Other avoided it though and then formed handsigns and a flurry of various ninjutsu was sent towards the Konoha shinobi. Fu jumped and then formed handsigns.
"Fuuton: Tajuu Fuuryuendaan no Jutsu/ Wind Style: Multi Wind Dragon Blast Jutsu" she yelled and then a ball of wind materialized in front of her before it split up into a large amount of roaring wind dragons whoch knocked away the Akatuski members jutsus. Kushina then drew a various number of seals on the ground.
"Fuuinjutsu: Kuro Ana no Jutsu/ Sealing Jutsu: Black Hole Jutsu" she yelled. The below her turned an evil purple with a balck aura around them. The black aura then swirled and rocketed into the centre of the room. The black swirl then opened up into a small black hole sucking in many of the Akatsuki embers into the spacial rift which sucks in even light. Kushina then stopped before she ran out of chakra. Kakshi and Sasuke began to use Chidori and Raikiri, Sakura used her immense strenght. Kushina began to just stab them all with kunai knifes, Sora and Hnata were taking down many ninja with either Jyuken strikes to the heart and other vitals or Sora having them burned and chopped with her flaming kodachi. Naruto and Jiraya began to form rasengans and plowed through the army. They all regrouped in the centre of all the chaos when Sakura punched a way a whole set of the members leaving a large enough circle for all of them to regroup.
"I'm running low on chakra guys, there's just to many of them" Sora said panting with exhaustion.
"Yeah us too" Sasuke said, his Sharingan was starting to become quite hard to keep up as they flickered between red and black.
"What should we do?" Fu asked as she punched one in the gut knocking her away. Naruto and Jiraya spun and kicked two of the Akatsuki and sent them barreling into a whole group of them.
"Hold on, give the guy a minute" Naruto said and then looked at his seal on his wrist it was a yellowish green.
"Give who, a minute, Naruto your special team mate isn't coming" Sasuke said and then charged lightning chakra into the sword he had gotten for his birthday a year ago and stabbed into the ground.
"Chidori Nagashi" he yelled and then the chidori began to travel through the ground and shocked many of the members and killed them. Naruto continued to looked at his seal until finally it flashed a deep green.
"HE'S HERE!" Naruto shouted. As Naruto said that, the large boulder entrance was shattered revealing Kioshi and on top of Kioshi's head was an elderly looking man with shoulder length red hair with silver streaks in them, stunning green eyes and wore a blue battle kimono for males.
"Oji-san/Otou-san" Kushina and Naruto said.
"Hye there kiddos, man it's nice to be oput of the underground, it's been a while since I've seen the surface world" Uzumaki Aoi said witha foxy grin that looked somewhat like Naruto's.
"Naruto-kun, who's that?" Sora asked.
"That Sora-chan, is my Oji-san and Okaa-chan Otou-san, Uzumaki Aoi, the an who taught me everything I needed to know about fuuinjutsu" Naruto said with a smile as he punched an Akatsuki member away making the man slam into a rock snapping his spine and killing him. Aoi smirked.
"Now then, you youngsters step aside and let me show you how it's done old school" Aoi said and then drew two rather large scrolls from his sleeves.
"How'd he fit those things in there?" Fu asked.
"Anything is possible through fuuinjutsu" Aoi said and then placed the scrolls on the ground and then opened them up to reveal them to be summoning scroll. One scroll had the kanji for Tyrant, the other for Spine. Aoi then pumped chakra into the scrolls and then there was alarge plume of smoke.
"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!" Aoi yelled and then the smoke cleared to reveal Aoi standing between two rather large reptiles. The first one had a crocodile like head with a long snout that contained razor sharp teeth and had large reddish purple eyes with two large forearms with four claws on each hand. It had two long and muscular legs with three large and sharp claws with a turned back claw on the back of its leg and it had a long, muscular tail and a large sail on it's back. The second one was also quite large and a bit shorter if not the same height as the other reptile. t had a two large muscular legs and a muscular tail. It's body was quite large, but not as slender as the crocodile looking reptiles beside it. The reptile had two rather short forearms with two claws on each hand and had a large head which contained over 50 razor sharp teeth, it's yellow eyes looked over the Akatsuki members.
"Okay, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, Kioshi, ATTACK!" Aoi commanded. The three reptiles roared loudly causing most of the Akatsuki to shit themselves. The Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus attacked by stomping the Akatsuki, eating them, Spinosaurus slashed at them with its large curved claws while T-Rex used its muscular tail to slam them into the ground. The other were at the corner of the cave and watched in awe at the destruction the three large reptiles could cause.
"Wow" Sasuke said.
"So this is what they mean by old school" Sakura said as she watched the prehistoric reptiles and Kioshi kill every single one of the Akatsuki army. Within a few mintues, the three beats had destroyed the army. A large fire burned behind them, giving the three reptiles an even more menacing look. They roared in triumph before walking towards the Konoha ninja.
"That was awesome" Naruto exclaimed. The two dinosaurs roared as if saying thank you.
"Arigato Naruto" Kioshi said with a toothy grin. Aoi then led the two dinosaurs outside to get a drink and wash the blood off their claws and teeth. The blood had turned some the river water reddish purple before it was swept away by the current.
"Okay, who wants to ride my dinosaurs back to Konoha?" Aoi asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes. Naruto, Sora and Fu rose the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura took the Spinosaurus with Aoi while Kioshi carried Kushina and Jiraya. The two dinosaurs used surprising jumping skills to reach the top of the ledge where they had originally jumped from. They asked how he did that with the two dinosaurs because although their leg muscles were strong they weren't that strong. Aoi smirked and just said, "Anything is possible with fuuinjutsu" Kioshi had to lower his speed as the two dinosaurs couldn't run as fast as he could fly and that was unbelievably fast.
Back at the Akatsuki Base
The entire base was destroyed and Pein looked with a sigh of relief to find the sealing statue virtually unharmed except for the slight crack on its finger nail.
"Okay that's good, the statue is unharmed, but just in case of another attempt to spy on us, I'll have Madara-sama move the statue underground" Pein said before his hologram flickered away. The Pein hologram then reappeared deep below the earth, where the underground sector of the base was. The six Akatsuki members were sitting there playing Go Fish.
"So what's the damage, leader-sama?" Madara asked using his childish Tobi voice.
"The statue just has a small crack on its fingernail, but other than that its fine, but the ground and everything else was destroyed, it's amazing how the statue came out without more than just that crack" Pein said with unblinking eyes. Madara then began to think. Madara walked up to Pein and whispered so the others wouldn't hear him.
"So should I bring the statue down here?" he asked. Pein nodded, his holographic form flickering twice. Madara nodded and then quickly flashed through handsigns and then in a plume of smoke the sealing statue had been transported to the underground chamber. The other Akatsuki members looked at Pein and Tobi.
"Leader-sama, why did you bring the statue down here?" Zetsu's white half asked.
"Because you baka, he doesn't want it to get damaged if anyone else comes to attack the base" Zetsu's black half said.
"Well I'm sorry" the white half said.
"Sorry my ass"
"Urasai, Leader-sama's looking annoyed right now" Zetsu had then shut up and watched Pein's flickering colourful form.
"So three months?" Itachi asked with his Sharingan eyes spinning. Pein nodded.
"Then to war it is" Sasori said.
"I'll kill those Konoha ninja with a huge explosion" Deidara said with excitement.
"Ah, war, what a fun time this is" Kisame said, holding Samehada with a toothy grin. The base was silent after a while before Pein spkoe up.
"So are they ready yet?" he asked. Madara nodded and if you see benath his mask he was smiling.
"Oh they're more than ready, they ready to fight and kill" Madara said evilly and then lead Pein's hologram to another secret room. Pein smiled beneath his cloak as he stared into the room and viewd its numerous contents.
"Excellent work" Pein said and then laughed evilly before coughing.
Back in Konoha
The three giant reptilian beats had arrived in Konoha within a few hours. They laid down on the ground so that their passengers could climb off their backs before standing up to their full heights.
"Well kiddos, looks like I have to go again, Spino, Rex say Ja ne to Naruto and Kushina" Aoi told his dinosaurs. The Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus growled a bit in farewell before Aoi formed handsigns and the three of them disappeared through a rift in the space time continuum.
"Where does your Oji-san go anyway?" Hinata asked.
"It's a secret" Naruto responded and then he walked off towards the Hokage Tower with the others. Hinata just blinked before following. The group entered Tsunade's office and quickly began to give their debriefing. Jiraya told them about how they used Kioshi to travel and then how they broken down the seal and henged into ants, giving the credit to Hinata for the idea. Kakashi then intercepted and began to explain the part of what they heard from Pein and Kabuto's change and the alliance between the three evil men. Finally Naruto stepped forth and told of how Aoi came to the rescue when they were about to be tired out and summoned forth the two dinosaurs to help kill of the supposed army.
"However, I think that was just a diversion for their real plan" Naruto said. Everyone looked at with a 'What the Fuck!' look.
"Are you serious?" Tsunade asked. Naruto nodded.
"While we were leaving I heard something, like talking and whispering and I could tell it wasn't us and the entire army was destroyed in the base, but the strange thing is that it sounded like it was coming from...underground" Naruto said.
"Well, we'll have to check out the base again" Tsunade said. Naruto shook his head.
"No, we don't have time for that, we need to prepare for the worst to come" Naruto said. Tsunade looked at the blonde hanyou in confusion.
"Nani?" the blonde busty hokage asked. Jiraya knew what he meant.
"What he means hime, is that there's a battle on our hands, the Akatsuki, Exitiumarum summoner and the village of Otogakure have formed an alliance against the elemental Countries and you know what that means" Jiraya said in a serious tone. Tsunade's eyes widened.
"N-no, it can't be, you mean..."
"Hai, we have three months to prepare for this battle" was the answer from the group.
"You must call together the Kage Summit" Kakashi advised. Naruto then spoke and his eyes flashed red as he said this sentence, the sentence that will be the cause the change in the entire nation.
"The Daiyonji Ninkai Taisen/ Fourth Great Ninja World War...is starting"
(A/N: Well that's Chapter 20 I hope you like it, please review when you're done, I mean it...I'll be watching you if you don't review lol. However, will the Elemental Countries be able to stand strong against there powerful enemy? Can they put whatever problems they have aside to fight together as a team? Also Naruto is called by Gendora the dragon lord to begin his training to become a legendary Dragon Sage, can he do it can he summon up the determination to finish this in time for the war which is only three months away? Tune in next time for Naruto the Fox Sannin Chapter 21: Heart of the Fox, Soul of the Dragon).