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"Talking!/Talking!"
'Thoughts'
*Action!*
"Jutsu!/Shouts!"
Konoha's Dovahkiin
Chapter 21: Runaway Uchiha!
Previously
Naruto jumped over Tsunade as before she could hit him, "FUS RO DAH!" he shouted, forcing the Namekuji Sannin onto the ground with huge force. Tsunade held her head as she got up; feeling something trail down he face, she touched it and and froze as she stared at the red liquid.
"Tsunade!" Naruto shouted, trying to get her attention, Jiraiya had informed him that she had Hemophobia and had asked that he go easy on her.
"Hey... Tsunade-" he shook her shoulder before...
*WHAM!*
Naruto was head first into the ground, "That hurt, you gaki-" she said picking herself, "Freaking... cheater-" the blond stated, as he twitched on the floor.
Now!
"Give him some space-"
Eyes blinked once, then twice, 'Where am I?' were the thoughts of one Sasuke Uchiha as he looked upon a familiar hospital room. He turned his line of sight as a blond haired woman took her hand off his forehead, "What happend?" he asked looking at the group of people in the room. He was promptly glomped by his teary eyed, pink haired teammate.
"Nearly got yourself killed, thats what-" they turned to see Naruto leaning against the doorway, "I told you not to go against Itachi, you know as well as I do that you weren't ready to face him and yet you still did..." he said.
A moment of silence, the blond werewolf shook his head and left the room, "Why Itachi picked you is something I'll never know-" he said as we walked down the corridor, loud enough for the remaining shinobi to hear. Kakashi sighed, things have gone downhill for his team ever since the chunin exams; Naruto's harsh rant, the invasion, then Itachi... he knew it was just the calm before the storm.
Sasuke grit his teeth, he had seen Naruto's display in power, and up against Kisame only greatened the distance of skill between the two. 'Just how much stronger has he gotten?' he asked himself.
Naruto's Home
"Guys I'm back-" the whiskered Jonin said, taking five steps into his house before being tackled back out by a horse-sized dragon. "Tsumu-chan" he groaned, as the ryu licked his face; he chuckled lightly and patted her skaley head as he got up.
*Boom!*
Naruto blinked, "Do I even want to know?" he asked Tsumu who corcked her head slightly. He walked out back, to see Kin and Tayuya on the floor with comical swirl eyes next to a small crater with black scorch marks. A wall of iron sand sunk back into Gaara's new gourd; a rectangular steel bolted box with a single slot, "Sorry about that, we found one of your Spell Tomes and figured we'd give it a try-" he stated as he tossed over the book.
Only a brief look and Naruto chuckled, "Guys this is Rune Spell, they work can work as proximity mines if your not careful"
"Yeah, we noticed-" Tayuya muttered as she picked herself up. She along with her housemates have gone through the Conversion Procedure and now had Mana Coils coursing through their bodies. "I don't get it though, we did everything right, it shouldn't have burst on us-" Kin wondered.
"Well, that's cause Fire Rune is an apprentice level spell, you need to have a better grasp on Mana before you can perfectly cast it the way you want" Naruto responded as he walked towards the group and raising a flame encased fist before casting his Rune on the ground.
Surrounded in an eerie orange glow, a circular mark appeared wigth several smaller runes surrounding it, with in the center was a mark that resembled a cross between a seven and an 'Y'.
"I highly suggest not stepping anywhere near the circle, I'm sure you know the results" Tayuya grunted as she dusted the weak sorch marks off her clothes, "Well, it's not like you've got anything weaker than apprentice" she retorted.
"Actually, I Kinda do" causing her to deadpan.
"Don't worry, despite them being Novice Ranked, here they'd be considered Low to High C Rank Jutsu" holding his right palm and shooting forth a close to mid range flamethrower. Seeing as how his targeted tree was now on fire he held his left and fired a cold stream of ice which doused the flames but ended up freezing the tree in place.
"Looks like I still can't control my mana output" Naruto muttered as he stared at his cold misty palm.
"Wait you mean you're still a beginner at this?" Gaara asked.
"Well yeah, higher ranking spells are more difficult to cast and without the knoweldge to do so you'll only end up hurting yourself... know that I think about it, I wish I had gone to the College of Winterhold" he stated.
"Told you-" he heard his Biju state.
Tayuya sighed while they didn't have any stronger spells, Flames and Frostbite seemed alright, besides anything is better than nothing.
"Alright, give us the stupid book"
Naruto smiled and motioned the three to follow, for the following hour the three mage trainee's studied their new Destruction spells. Tayuya held Flames, Kin held Frostbite, and Gaara held Sparks; each took their time to fully read the texture, after all, its not everyday you read an arcane book from another dimension; even so it proved a challenge to understand the literature.
Not a moment afterwards did the four stand outback, each with their palms glowing with their respected elements, "Alright you guys, come at me" the whiskered Dovahkiin stated.
Tayuya smirked and let loose a stream of flames, Naruto's fist glowed an icy mist and slammed it on the ground causing frozen spikes to form and block the blazing storm. Seeing an opening Kin shot forth her frozen tundra in which Naruto countered with his own scorching stream. As the two spells collided, Gaara came from the side and scattered a trail of lightining, the blonde saw this and used his free hand to counter with his own Sparks.
Tayuya flipped over the frozen spikes and used her Flames Spell once more, Naruto saw this coming and knew he would get hit... unless...
Naruto quickly stopped cancelled both his spells and brought his arms apart as all three spells collided in a minor explosion. The smoke cleared and to their surprise, Naruto remained intact while holding an ethereal barrier, "That was good, let's try that once more" dropping the Ward spell, the three trainee's readied their spells but noticed Naruto turn his head slightly.
"Someone's here... ... ... Tsumu-chan, would you kindly torch out our intruders" he asks, motioning towards the trees.
The dragon lifted its head high before, "YOL TOOR!" she shouted, forcing the ones in hiding out into the opening as the tree would soon burn to ashes. Several tan colored anbu with strange masks landed withing the pond, their hands ready to draw their Tanto or weave Hand Signs, "I wouldn't stand there if I were you" Naruto suggested.
"Uzumaki Naruto, the elder council have ordered you to be brought in for questioning"
'3-' said blonde started a countdown.
"Failure to comply and we will use force, if you retaliate you will be-"
'2-'
"Now come with us, you and both Oto and Suna Shinobi as well"
'1-'
Before anyone could respond one of the 'Anbu' suddenly cried out in pain as he fell to his knee which was bubbling up blood. It was then that the Slaughterfish jumped up and bit down on the unsuspecting 'Anbu', one of the carnivorous fish clamped its jaws on ones neck and roughly tearing through letting the blood flow freely, before more jumped out and took the bodies underwater where bubbles shot up like a jaccuzi as the 'Anbu' struggled to release themselves from their watery graves.
Only a minute passed before the bubbles died down and the fish began their feast, "Well, that was disturbing" Gaara said.
"Wonder what they wanted?" Kin asked.
"They said the Elder council, knowing those three old coots, they're most likely demanding to know why I'm housing two ex-Oto Nins and the Suna Jinchuuriki, maybe even hand over my techniques"
"Tsk, the bastards, nearly every village council is the same" Tayuya added. Naruto on the other hand walked over to the blood soaked pond and took hold one of the floating masks. After a quick examination, "These aren't Konoha Anbu masks" he stated, getting a curious looks from his guests.
"I'll send a note over to Jiji and Tsunade, in the mean time I want you three to continue practicing your spells" he stated, getting a 'Hai!' from the group.
Later that Night
Naruto sat by the fireplace, Tsumu's head in his lap as he read from Zurin Arctus's 'Art of War Magic'.
'In the wars between the Nords and the Chimer. The Nord shamans invariably used their mastery of the winds to call down storms before battle to confuse and dismay the Chimer warriors. One day, a clever Chimer sorcerer conjured up an ice demon and commanded him to hide in the rocks near the rear of the Chimer army. When the Nords called down the storms as usual, the Chimer warriors began to waver. But the ice demon rose up as the storm struck, and the Chimer turned in fear from what they believed was a Nord demon and charged into the enemy line, less afraid of the storm than of the demon. The Nords, expecting the Chimer to flee as usual, were caught off guard when the Chimer attacked out of the midst of the storm-'
He stopped and turned to see Tayuya walk in with a Sweet Tart in her mouth, "Oph yur-shill upth (Oh your still up)"
Sweatdropping, Naruto lowered the book, "And you shouldn't talk with your mouth full" he suggested as she proceeded to swallow. "So, that one spell you used... during the perliminaries, looked like a bullets of fire, mind filling me in?" she asked.
Naruto perked up, guess Tayuya saw abit of his match against Gaara before the invasion, "Hai, it's an Apprentice level spell called Fire Bolt, while its not as powerful as a C-Ranked Katon Jutsu it makes up for it with speed. With enough practice you can fire multiple bolts at once-"
"Like how you did"
"Hai!"
Tayuya stood quietly for a several minutes, she swallowed the lump in her throat, "Can you... teach me?" it embarassed her greatly to ask for help, and had hoped to have mastered Flames before Gaara and Kin could master their own. So far Kin had shown great improvement and was already studying up on the Ice Spike spell.
Naruto smiled, Fire based Destruction spells were amongst his most prefered magic, "Alright then, I think we can give it a try, c'mon let's head outside"
The Following Morning
Gaara whipped his eyes as he got up from bed, he stretched his limbs before getting dressed. Minutes later, he walked out into the living room and was slightly shocked to see Naruto and Tayuya on top of each other. The two started snored lightly before moving into a different position, Kin walked in and almost squealed at seeing the two cuddle on the floor, not bothered by the faint scorch marks on their skin, clothes, and the backyard training ground.
It was then that their eyes began to flutter open, "You know Naruto I always thought you and Tenten had something going, yet here we find you with Tayuya" the male red-head asked with a smirk on his face. Two set of eyes snapped open, looked at each other, and quickly seperated.
"You will not speak of this again" Tayuya stated with a rather creepy looking face; somewhere, patroling Konoha's borders, an Anbu sneezed. Gaara and Kin took a step back with a small nod, "So... what happened last night?" the raven haired girl asked.
It was now Tayuya's turn to smirk, "Let's take this outside-" she motioned, Gaara and Kin turned to Naruto who gave them the go.
As they left, Naruto walked by and pet a sleepying Tsumu before leaving his home. Tsunade had recieved his message and had asked him to come by the Hospital, there he would speak with both Godaime while she gave the Sandiame a medical checkup. She had also suggested stopping by to see how his teammate was doing, as much as it made him want to vomit out his own internal organs, he guessed he could make acception.
Konoha Hospital - Half an Hour Later
Naruto strolled in through the hallways, 'Room 309... let's see... nope... nuh-uh... oh, Sasuke's room-' he gave a sigh and was about to enter when he heard something crash from the otherside. Opening the door his eyes landed on a basket along with several fruit along the floor, he looked up to see Sakura take a step back and Sasuke with a a sneer across his face.
"You guys are busy... I'll come back later-"
"Hold it!"
The blonde sighed and turned back to the Uchiha, "What?"
"Fight me-"the raven haired Genin stated.
Naruto only stared back, "I'm sorry what?" was his only response.
"Fight me!" he repeated with a little more force in his tone.
The blonde narrowed his eyes at his ex-teammate, something was off about him, maybe his meeting with Itachi proved he's still below his level or maybe it had something to do with that pulsing mark on his neck.
Don't you get it dope, you're the one I want to fight
He remembered, "Very well then, I always wanted to knock you around anyway" Sasuke frowned at the whiskered werewolf's proclamation before getting out of bed and leaving the room, shoving Naruto in the process.
"H-Hey c'mon you guys, you don't have to do this... Naruto... Sasuke-kun" Sakura's pleads fell on deaf ears. The two Shinobi made their way to the roof, Naruto felt a malicious aura radiating from the Uchiha, his werewolf instincts were growling at him to dispose of the possible threat.
As the two reached the top and stood in a stalemate, each glaring into each others soul, "Is this really what you want Sasuke, you can always back out"
"Don't try and talk your way out of this one Uzumaki"
Naruto narrowed his eyes and clentched his fists before Sasuke dashed forward, thrusting a punch the blonde easily caught it but was elbowed away by the Uchiha. The genin rushed the blonde and was about to grapple when Naruto ducked down and kicked Sasuke up into the sky, his hand went ablaze and fired bolts at the falling Uchiha.
Sasuke managed to get his barings but was bombareded by a shower of Fire Bolts, Naruto reached into his pouch and brought out a Steel Dagger and Shuriken which he proceeded to fling at the Uchiha's downed self. "Naruto stop!" Sakura cried, Sasuke grunted in pain but jumped to the right to avoid the sharp objects in which Naruto appeared before him and managed to leave a large cut on his cheek.
The Uchiha looked at the blonde in shock before touching his bleeding wound, 'That strike... it was meant to kill' he thought.
"You think I don't know what you're doing-" he heard Naruto say.
"I know all about this, Mangekyo Sharingan... you think I'd just stand still and let you plundge a knife into my heart-" he stated, Sakura looked both confused and shocked at his proclamaition. The Uchiha got up slowly with a hand on his neck as it pulsed even faster, "Know this Sasuke, we aren't and never will be friends, you think that by killing me you'll gain the strength to eliminating Itachi, hardly" this angered Sasuke as he flared his two-tome Sharingan.
Naruto twirled the dagger in his hand, "Sweet Mother, Sweet Mother, Send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear" he started, both Genin had no idea what the phrase ment but it did manage to send a chill up their spine. "These are the words that must be spoken during a Black Sacrament Ritual, as leader of the Dark Brotherhood-" he holds the Dagger in reverse grip, "I will have your head!" shouting with eyes glowing red.
Sasuke hastilly pulled out several of the lodged shuriken and threw them back at the blonde who merly moved to the side and blocked the ones closest to him. "Horse, Tiger - Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball)" spewing out a stream of flames, Naruto raised a hand and shot an icy wind at the flames which easily pushed back.
'Hyoton?' Sasuke thought in confusion as he proceeded to dodge the incoming frost spikes.
"WULD NAH KEST!" in an instant, Naruto appeared in front of the Uchiha and was about to skewer. Sasuke only stared through his Sharingan as the blonde had become a blur before his eyes, the proclaimed gifted eyes, couldn't keep up with the speed his ex-teammate was moving. All in all time slowed down as his Sharingan span wildly and gripped down on the razor's edge, Naruto stared lazily at the Uchiha as blood leaked from his palm.
"Guys stop it! Please!"
The two didn't listen, Sasuke reached around and pulled out one of Naruto's Kunai before jumping away from him. "Tell me, Sasuke... is it worth it-" the Uchiha narrowed his eyes whilst breathing heavily, "If I was your friend, would killing me to gain the Mangekyo be worth it" Sasuke grunted and placed his bleeding palm on his neck as black flame-like marks began to slowly spread throughout his body.
"If it means taking Itachi's life than yes!" he roared as he went through handsigns, "Monkey, Dragon, Rat, Bird, Ox, Snake, Dog, Tiger, Monkey-"Sasuke's hand was engulfed in a raging storm of electricity.
"As of now, you are only a steping stone to greater power!"
Naruto's eyes grew slitted, he snapped his fingers and held out a palm as an orb of chakra quickly formed. 'What... is that?' both Sasuke and Sakura asked themselves, the Uchiha dashed forward while tearing through the tiles on the roof. The blonde Dovahkiin gripped his dagger and charged forward with great speed.
"Chidori! (One Thousand Birds)"
"Rasengan! (Spiraling Sphere)"
Sakura could only watch in horror as her two teammates were about to collide with deadly Jutsu, she felt helpless, she wanted to do something. "STOP IT!" she dashed forward, Naruto saw this and threw his dagger at the Uchiha causing him to block with the Kunai he held. When he looked back, Naruto was no longer there, he heard the sounds of a spinning orb above him and went wide-eyed, 'He's... he's gonna kill me!' he thought in panic.
Suddenly a hand grabbed the blonde's hand, flung him away from position, and into a water tower. The blonde's Rasengan tore through the metal container and spewed water across the roof top. Naruto growled at the man that had intercepted him, 'Hatake-' he thought.
Kakashi looked at his team, Sasuke was holding his as the marks resided back into the seal, Sakura cried lightly as she nearly failed to stop both Shinobi from killing one another, and Naruto who had nearly taken the Uchiha's life.
"What the hell were you two thinking!? Using A-Ranked Justu on each other, for Kami's sake either of you could've been killed"
"You Sasuke shouldn't even be up much less fighting and you Naruto, using the Rasengan of all techniques are you insane!"
"Oh this coming from the one who taught a Genin an A bordering S-Ranked assassination Jutsu"
"Naruto listen to me, if I hadn't taught him-"
"No you listen, I've just about had it with this team, you taught him the Chidori to get past Gaara's shield but did you ever think what would happen if it had actually hit him, Sasuke wouldn't have just killed him but also one of the tailed beasts!" this left them gobsmacked.
"Sasuke would have killed one of my bretheren, he is now and forever under protection of the Dark Brotherhood and due to his actions against me, the Uchiha now holds a contract that will be held, next time I see him will be the last" he stated before shouting, "TIID!" when time restarted the blonde was no where to be seen.
'Dark Brotherhood? Contrat? What does he mean by that?' Kakashi thought.
"Sasuke-" he looked at the Uchiha, "We've got to talk"
Naruto trailed through the hospital using a cloth to wipe the blood off his face and clothes, "You're really planning on doing this?" he heard Kurama ask.
'You know why and you even heard it off the Uchiha's mouth, I'm nothing but a 'stepping stone to greater power', killing me will only prove that he's gotten stronger... by using lethal force against me, he's made an enemy of the Dark Brotherhood and I will eliminate any threat against me and my family' he thought back, before reaching Hiruzen's room.
Knocking several times, "Enter-" he heard Tsunade say, giving the go Naruto did just that, "Tsunade-sama, Jiji-" he greeted.
Hiruzen was hooked up to a life support machine who gave a small smile, "We got your message, what was it you wanted to talk about" Naruto unsealed his satchel and brought out one of the Anbu masks from his pond.
"These aren't the masks handed out to Konoha Anbu, any ideas?"
Tsunade looked puzzled while Sarutobi instantly recognized it, "Root-" he muttered angrily.
Uchiha Residence - Later that Night
Sasuke had avoided his Sensei's orders and was currently training in his personal grounds, Kakashi had basically used his Jonin authority to have his Chakra sealed up if he ever tried anything like he did during the match. In the mean time he would also have to look up information on this 'Dark Brotherhood', Sasuke continued to pound his fists into the wooden post until the marks on his neck began to spread and eventually smashed apart the post.
He clentched his hands as blood flowed from the splinters, "Oh, this one's got a temper"the Uchiha turned to see four figures standing on the rooftop of his home. All wore the same outfit; a tan tunic, black Shinobi pants and sandals, and a violet ribbon tied rope around their waist. "You sure this is the one Orochimaru wanted" one with four arms asked.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama was very specific" replied a silver-haired individual.
"Who are you four?" they heard Sasuke ask.
"Let's just say our master has ordered us to retreive you, that is if you come willingly"
"Tsk, as if I'd join you"
"Really now, well unlike you-" a two faced member started as he landed before the Uchiha, "We have already gone beyond the first stage" he said as spot like markings began to crawl over his skin. 'Them too-' were Sasuke's thought.
"Unlike your village, we can ensure that you get the strength you need to kill your brother, make sure your so called teammate never surpases your level, even help you mature that Sharingan of yours"
"And how can you be certain of that?"
Sakon smirked as his marks glowed red, "Only one way to find out, meet us at this location by midnight, we'll do our part from there" the two faced Oto nin replied, handing over a note before dissapearing with his three companions. Sasuke stared at the spot the group once stood and grit his teeth, though Kakashi had saved his life, his fight with Naruto had shown him the distance of power between each other.
'Very well... Midnight it is then'
Meanwhile
Naruto and Tsunade stood before the three elder councilmen, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura. "You are rather late for this meeting Uzumaki, though we did not expect Lady Tsunade to join us-" Koharu stated.
"Yes, and what I did not expect was for a squad of Shinobi to somehow know the location of my home"
"We had only requested your presence along with the ones you are currently housing"
"Sorry, but they had some 'business' to take care of and couldn't make an apperance"
"Yes, as in practicing Jutsu without the use of handseals... as you know such knowledge would be of great asset to the village" Danzo stated.
"WE are already an asset to the village, the 'Jutsu' is property of the Namikaze Clan, as clan head I believe I'm entitlted to teach whoever I please"
"Be that as it may, we only believe its best to teach someone that hasn't served the 'snake'-"
"So because they were ex-Oto and Suna Shinobi that they shouldn't be entitled to the same privledges as everyone else"
"If they can easily switch sides during the enemies weakened state what makes you think they won't do so again"Danzo exclaimed.
"Unlike you Danzo, I trust them completely-"
"Well we don't, now its best you turn them over for interrogation-"
Naruto shook his head, "Not gonna happen" he said with a frown, "Then you would leave us no choice, Clan Head or not, they will be taken by force"
"And what makes you think I would allow this" Tsunade interrupted, "Lady Tsunade, surely you don't agree with-" Homura stated but was stopped as Naruto tossed over several bloodied Root Masks. "You say you want me to turn in both my Jutsu and friends, well why don't you Danzo turn yourself in for not disbanding and continuing the use of the Root Devision" the busty Kage stated with a glare.
Danzo's one visible eye narrowed, his hand twitched ever so lightly as Naruto's hand was ready to click open his Nodachi. 'Can't try anything, especially with Tsunade here, even so the Kyuubi's skill with the blade will make him more difficult to subdue, even with most of my Root... my only choice is to play it safe' he thought.
"Very well, I will turn myself in and remain imprissoned until further notice" he spoke, surprising the four present.
'What's he doing?' Naruto thought, knowing the bandaged elder was planning something, but what.
"Meeting adjourned" Tsunade stated, as a group of her anbu dropped down and dissapeared along with Danzo.
The Following Day
The Uzumaki household was awakened by a loud knock, Tsumu growled at being disturbed from her beauty sleep and let a small snort of flames loose from her nostrils. Naruto reluctantly got up, 'By Sithis don't tell me someone else found my house' he thought as he walked out the door, his hair more wild then usual.
He opened to see Tenten in her Chunin vest, "Tenten? Isn't it... a little too early be-" he yawned but was intterupted.
"Sasuke's gone rouge!" she stated.
Naruto stared at the brunette, now fully awake, "What!?"
"Just head over to the Kage Tower!" she stated before jumping onto the forest trees and back towards the village. Naruto shook his head, 'Dammit-' he thought before heading back into his home and proceeding to fully wake up his housemates.
"Naruto what's all this about?" Gaara asked, Tayuya and Kin still half asleep.
"You guys want to take part in a contract-"
Western Gates of Konoha
Naruto stood beside Gaara and Tenten, all three wore their respected Shinobi Vests and Shrouded Armor; Kin and Tayuya branding a similar black and red armor. Tsunade had debriefed the report given to them by Izumo and Kotetsu, who had the report given to them by one Sakura Haruno. Their orders were simple, bring the Uchiha back dead or alive, this made their contract all the more easier.
Tsunade had placed the blonde Dovahkiin as squad leader, he figured it was because of his Jonin stats and being one of four available Jonin/Chunin available for the mission; she even allowed him to choose the members for said squad, needless to say that Naruto already had his team and quiet frankely he couldn't have asked for a better one. Naruto gripped his Nodachi to his side, "So how do find this rouge anyway?" Tayuya asked.
"Don't worry, I've got a spell for such an occasion" he held out his palm as a shining blue light engulfed it. Everyone who saw it, stood confused, "Um, is that suppossed to do something?" the female red head spoke.
"It may just look like a brightlight but to me... I can see our path clear as day" Naruto responded, as his line of sight landed on a spectral Sasuke as he took to the trees. (AN: Clairvoyance)
"Let's go-" they took off into the forest, following the invisible trail Naruto had placed.
"Naruto! Wait!" one Sakura Haruno shouted as the squad dissapeared before her, 'Please... bring him back...' she muttered.
After and hour of tree hopping Tayuya's head snapped up, 'You have got to be shitting me-' she thought upon sensing four familiar Chakra signatures. They were getting close to the borders of Hi no Kuni, the five landed near a bush and hid their chakra levels, upon them were four individuals wearing the same outfit only difference would be their physical appearance.
One was dark-skinned, had four arms, and his hair tied in a rough ponytail. Second was rather 'large' and had his hair was detailed in an orange mohawk with similar tufts on the side of his hair. Another had what looked like a second head growing at the back of his own, while the fourth and final member was tall with pale skin along with silver hair and two red dots on his forehead.
In between them was a barrel-like coffin wrapped with a single violet rope and multiple seal tags, Naruto could smell the odor from his position. Their target was confind between the four.
"Fucking hell, don't tell me they cured Kimimaro-"
The four turned to Tayuya, "Friends of yours?" Tenten asked.
"Hardly... the one with the dots, he was the previous leader of the Sound Four before he went ill and Sakon and Ukon took his place, if Orochimaru healed him than getting past him won't be a walk in the park"
"Noted, any advice before we engage?" Naruto asked.
"Hai, the fat-ass with the orange hair can absorb chakra so try an keep a long distance, four arms over there is the brains of the group I would recomend taking him out first, be careful though he's not part of the Four for a reason. Besides Kimimaro, Sakon and Ukon are the fastest and strongest, because of the Kekkei Genkai him and his brother are able to fuse as one and split back apart at will" she explained.
They nodded getting the idea, "Alright, I'll take point, when the first goes down, begin the assualt" Naruto stated, unsealing his Dragonbone Bow and arrows before slipping into the shadows.
Within the ring of Sound Shinobi, Kidomaru smirked, "They talk too loud" he muttered, "Not like its gonna help them" he began to weave handsigns. "Kumo Shibari! (Web Bind)" he spewed out multiple lines of webbing, stopping three arrows mere inches from his face. 'Whoa, that was close-' he sweated before the area was swarmed in iron sand.
Kimimaro took the coffin and dashed towards the trees with the others quickly following behind; The Dark Brotherhood dashed from their positions, hot in persuit. 'Brother watch out!' Ukon shouted, Sakon only glanced to his right to see a glint before Naruto bolted infront of him, "Zandatsu: Zetsumei! (Cut and Take: Absolute Inscription)" quickdrawing his blade, Naruto gave a total of sixty-four horizontal and vertical slashes at the Sound Nins body before thrusting a hand into his chest and tearing out his heart.
The blonde then crushed the organ as Sakon and Ukon's body fell split into many clean pieces, he then grabbed his Dragonbone Bow and arrows and tossed them up. Tayuya grabbed the weapons and fired an arrow at the fleeing Shinobi; Jirobo hopped from tree to tree and suddenly felt a strong sting on his arm as an arrow tore open a wound and flew towards the coffin, which rebounded upon impact.
"Shit, they used the Fūkoku Hōin (Dark Sealing Method)-"
"Naruto, launch me!" Tenten stated, the blonde Dovahkiin leaped infront of her grabbed her arm and threw her with his supernatural strength. She drew her Ebony blades and spun in mid-air, giving her the apparation of a drill, "Ryūhaken! (Dragon Breaking Sword)" she declared, Jirobo weaved handsigns, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Chikyū gōremu! (Summoning Technique: Earth Golem!)" slamming his palms into the ground an enormous humanoid rock rose from the ground.
Tenten slammed into the golem, leaving a large gash on it as she rebounds back on her feet. Jirobo lands ontop of his summoning, "Not bad-" he stated looking at the wound on his arm, before his golem grew back his lost rocks. "Petty you won't be getting past me" he stated as his golem hefted its arms and proceeded to crush the Kunoichi but was intercepted by an Iron Fist. Jirobo jumped off the golem as it was slammed into the ground.
Gaara landed infront of Tenten, "I'll handle him, go!" with a nod Tenten and the others dashed around the golem and back in persuit. 'Wait, Tayuya?' the big-boned oto nin thought as he spotted the red-head amongst the group.
"Don't take your eyes off your opponent-" Jirobo turned back as many and various weapons of iron sand surrounded the area in a dome. "Jiton: Yoha! (Magnet Releae: Aftermath)" Gaara clapped his hands together and flung the weapons down onto the earth; unleashing an enormous dust cloud. The ex-Suna nin used his sand to levitate into the air for a better look, when a large stone was launched towards him; with several of Gaara's weapons sticking out.
Moprhing a portion of his sand into a Katana, "Zanganken! (Stone Cutting Sword)" in swift motion, the piece of earth was bisected and was soon met with the sight of his opponent. Now covered in traingular chain-like markings, Jirobu stood in the center of what looked like an 'aftermath' of a battlefield.
(AN: Hence the name of Gaara's technique)
"Lucky you, had you not blocked, you'd be nothing but a corpse" Gaara stated, Jirobo only cracked his neck. "Nice present you got me... let me return the fav-" he stopped as the iron weapons exploded back into sand and surrounded the Oto nin.
"No thanks-" Gaara muttered as his Satestu engulfed Jirobu completley, "Jiton: Mayonaka Jūjika (Magnet Release: Midnight Crucifix)" clutching his hand, crushing the man's body as the sand tightened up and morphed into a thin spiked pole-like cross. "Sorry, but I don't have time for games" he said before blood seaped out of his sand in large quantities and flew back into his gourd.
"Just a bit further!" Naruto stated, before drawing his Nodachi and blocking a rather large, dark golden arrow. The group looked up to see Kidomaru, now entered in his Curse Mark's second stage; he had the apperance of an Oni, with darker skin, horns and spikes, etc. He held a dark golden bow in one hand and and arrow in his mouth as he used his three arms to balance himself on thin spider web.
Kidomaru fired the arrow at an even faster rate; Kin got infront and unleashed a stream of cold air, freezing the arrow and slowing its speed, letting it sail past them. "Hyoton? Since when does Kin-" Tayuya interupted as she fired an arrow from his left flank, taking one of four arms.
"Tayuya!? The fuck! You're one of-" Kin jumped up with both hands held forward, shooting and even more powerful stream of Ice. Kidomaru jumped back before the frost incased him in ice, similar to the tree he held support on; he glanced over at Tayuya who had her hand held out as well.
'What!?' he thought before the ground beneath him glowed brightly, he looked down to see a rune of some sort, moment before exploding in a raging inferno. He yelled in pain as he flew forward in scorch marks, "Zanmaken!(Evil Cutting Sword)" Tenten slashed off the remainding arms before decapitating the turned Oto nin.
Naruto dashed past them and after the last remainding memeber of the Sound Four; Tenten, Tayuya, and Kin were shortly met with Gaara before following their blonde leader.
Kimimaro stopped for a breather and placed the coffin down before Naruto burst out from the trees and into the grassy planes. Naruto clicked his sheathe, showing a glint of the razor's edge; Kimimaro narrowed his eyes as the blonde slowly advanced towards him. The silver haired man was about to activate his Kekkei Genkai when he suddenly coughed up blood, Naruto stopped and looked at opponent; confusion clearly pasted on his face.
'Don't have much time-' he thought, before bones sprouted out of his shoulders. The Kaguya pulled them out, proving to have shaper ends like that of a sword. The two dashed forward and clashed, not a minute later did Naruto's party enter the scene; Tenten was about to interfere but Gaara held out his hand and shook his head.
Naruto knew he could've killed his opponent on several occasions, he knew however that Kimimaro wasn't in fighting condition, he did recall Tayuya state that he went ill and was replaced by Sakon and Ukon. The two stood in a stalemate before the coffin expelled a dark violet smoke before bursting open, the group watch as Sasuke emerge from within, the flame like marks receeded within its seal.
The Uchiha bolted towards the borders of Hi and Oto no Kuni (Fire and Sound Country), Naruto's party dashed after him but were cut off as a large bone spikes rose from the ground. The blonde werewolf could see bones sprout from Kimimaro's heels and into the ground; in an instant an entire bone forest shot out from underneath.
Naruto and his squad jumped up and into a cloud of iron sand, across Kimimaro stood on a bone branch looking worse for wear as he coughed up blood once more.
"Why do you insist on stopping us?" the blonde asked.
"What other choice do I have... Orochimaru-sama is the only one that can cure me of this disease..." he arched forward and nearly lost balance as he held onto his chest. Naruto frowned at the response, given false hope and grave desperation, who wouldn't take the deal.
'Tayuya, how long has he served Orochimaru' he whispered.
'Longer than any of the Sound Four, hell even before his illness got serious'
The blonde pondered, "If I can heal you, right here and now... will you stand down and allow us to continue or mission"
Kimimaro would have retorted then and there about insobordination, when his heart pulsed heavily stopping every three seconds, causing him to go into cardiac arrest. The bones began to crack and slowly shatter, Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breathe. Bitting his thumb, he unsealed his satchel and brought out a small phial, 'Knew it was a good idea to brew several of these-' he thought as he tossed it over to the dying man.
Kimimaro looked at the glass bottle as his vision started to blur, "If you want to live... drink the fluids" Naruto stated before he and his squad dashed past the sole survivor of the Sound Four.
The dying Kaguya glanced weakily at the bottle before hastily gulping down the potion, the bones finally shatter completely. Kimimaro falls to the ground, his heartrate slowing down to normal rates as his world went black.
Shūmatsu no Tani (Valley of the End)
Sasuke stood on the statue of one Madara Uchiha, he grinned maniacally as he felt his power grow upon his temporary death. He turned as he felt several land on the statue of Hashirama Senju, "Leaving so soon?" Tayuya asked.
The Uchiha narrowed his eyes at the group, or rather the whiskered Dovahkiin, "Hardly... tell me Naruto, did you promise Sakura to bring me back or was it just an order from the Hokage"
"Wasn't just an order, you've got a contract remember-"
"Yes, you mentioned that on the rooftops, and what pre-tell is this contract you speak of?"
"We of the Dark Brotherhood are a guild of assassins-" he started, getting a curious look from the Uchiha. "As such we give and take contracts, 'hits' as one would call them, you tried to take my life back there, as Leader of the Brotherhood any threat against me is a threat against my family... you Sasuke are my target, and I will have your head!" he stated, unsheathing his Nodachi.
Sasuke saw through his Sharingan as the blade was engulfed in a strange aura, "Zandatsu: Hoshiakari Surasshu (Cut and Take: Starlight Slash)" The Uchiha jumped down into the waters in time to dodge a lethal strike as the blonde Dovahkiin, Naruto diagonally slashed apart Madara's statue but stopped as he watched Sasuked land on the water's surface.
"You guys head back... this won't take long"
Tayuya, Kin, Gaara, and Tenten looked at each other before nodding; they jumped off into the trees while Naruto bolted into the falls and ran down to the waters below. The Uchiha Patriarch crashed into the rocks and destroying a majority of the statue, "Let's continue where we left off shall we!" the Namikaze Heir stated. Snapping his fingers, a familiar blue chakra orb manifested within his palm, Sasuke only glared at the blonde with hate.
He weaved the necessary handsigns, and engulfed his hand in lightning as the Ten no Juin (Curse Mark of Heaven) finally consumed the Uchiha. His skin was now dark grey, his hair was now longer and more ragged. A pair of webbed claw-like wings sprouted from his back along with a black star shapped mark on the bridge of his nose. The lightning of his Jutsu now sparked black and white.
Naruto frowned before his eyes grew slitted and blood red, he was soon surrounded in a malicious red aura. The Uchiha could feel the bloodlust emiting from his opponent and nearly shuttered at the feeling when he gave a feral growl. His Rasengan went from blue to violet, making it more deadly than its original state.
Anko and Kakashi tree hopped through the forest in hopes of stopping both party's from killing each other... again. Tsunade had given them Sakura's report and imidiately left the village in pursuit, Anko had filled the silver-haired Jonin in on Naruto's guild, how she knew, well let's just say that guild information is shared amongst its members. Naruto had already declared a contract on Sasuke and won't stop until he's taken his life, to make matters worse Tsunade had agreed to have him brought back dead or alive.
'Why is this happening! If we don't hurry up, it'll either be Sensei's son or Obito's cousin brought back in a bodybag' he thought before witnessing Anko pick up her pace. The two soon came across a tattered battlefield with a single blood puddle on the ground, 'The hell happened here?' he asked himself.
"Kakashi! Hurry up!" Anko shouted, using the Clairvoyance Spell Naruto had taught her, to track down her guildmates.
"Rasengan!"
"Chidori!"
In an epic clash the two slammed their respected Justu against one another, building a chakra dome around them and building an unstable force as the two Jutsu fought for dominance. Sasuke began to exert more of the curse marks power and began to push back his opponent, he smirked as the battle was won before it even started.
Not a second later did the eyes on Naruto's ring glowed blue, Sasuke felt a chill up his spine as the blonde looked at him with more animalistic features. Caught off gaurd, the force of the two Jutsu exploded and sent the Uchiha flying back into the waterfall. The impact was heavy enough to nearly send him unconcious, the marks slowly reverted back into its seal; Sasuke looked up, his vision blurry as a bipedal wolf crashed onto him.
Sasuke coughed up blood as he yelled in pain, the werewolf growled as it held the Uchiha by the neck, it soon gave a roar which greatly frightened him. 'W-What the hell is going on!' he mentally screamed as water poured onto their skin and fur.
Naruto growled and opened his jaws...
Kakashi and Anko had now joined up with the members of the Dark Brotherhood; the squad now carried a semi-conscious Kimimaro who had requested to speak with their Leader, Kakashi figured it to be Tsunade but was broken out when they heard the screams that would echo across the Elemental Nations.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~!"
'Sasuke!' Kakashi's eye widened.
Next Chapter - Return to Skyrim
AN: Hey guys long time no see, just a shoutout, "BIOSHOCK INFINITE IS FUCKING AMAZING!" naw just kidding, its great game, kinda short in my opinion but great nontheless. Won't spoil it more for those who haven't played it yet. Anyway I'm getting Dead Island Riptide along with Injustice and The Last of Us, both games look epic, Dead Island hopefully will be better if not slightly more than the first game which was okay in my opinion.
Okay, now I know you guys are eagerly awaiting the newer chapters for my other stories. Well the list will go as is: V-Kaiser, Arch Mage Jinchuuriki, Devil Among Shinobi, and Nuclear Badlands. Also a head's up, my NaruTo! story is now adopted by "LUCARIO HMV ADVANCED" whether he's writting the sequel or just plain re-writting is up to him... or her? Whatevez.
Second, I know I probably rushed things in this chapter but, seriously just about all of us want our blonde hero to return to his grandfather's homeland and many of you are enticipating the Dawngaurd Ark so starting the next chapter he and his squad will return to Skyrim. Hope you guys are ready for Naruto's Hybrid form cause I sure as hell am!
That should be it, till next time, Ciao!