Sage's Inheritance
Sasuke's Example and the Invasion Starts
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Previously on Sage's Inheritance,
"I hope you aren't planning of stealing Lee once you see his true potential. We didn't come here to do such things." Hiruzen spoke in a tone that calmed down the 'Kazekage' and helped Shibuki feel a lot assured and relived. Still, he wasn't stupid to see that the 'Kazekage' spoke in a tone that only one person alive who can; the traitorous Snake Sennin. The Waterfall leader then withdrawn to watch for the signal of the invasion he was told of ahead of time by Fu and then confirmed by Hiruzen and Naruto.
Then he noticed a puff of smoke and leaves in the middle of the arena.
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At the same time,
In the Shinobi stands, Naruto gathered his girls including Fu. They knew that there were only Sasuke's match if he ever gets here and Sakura's free pass to the semi-finals. That Uchiha is sure pushing his luck isn't he?
"I know Kakashi was always late but could he even think of the Chunin Exams a lot more seriously; this was supposed to be an example of a war between villages." Naruto complained and no one knew how to view the situation in a different way. The 'Rookie of The Year' was to be someone everyone can count on, to look up to for an example and be able to protect the rookies he shared class with.
Everyone's thoughts were disturbed with a cloud of smoke filled with leaves appeared in the middle of the arena below.
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In the Arena, Genma was going to wait in the stands when the cloud of smoke plus tree leaves appeared; to him, it meant someone used a Shunshin to arrive next to his location. When the smoke cleared, he saw what he hoped never to see; Kakashi Hatake in all his tardy glory with Sasuke Uchiha wearing a cool and confident look on his face.
"Are we late?" That was what made everyone's day...NOT!
Genma didn't believe his ears for a whole second until he collected himself to say, "Yes you are late Hatake-san." That was like a cold arrow through their chests, "You should be lucky that the Hokage even decided to allow Uchiha to have his fight." Kakashi raised his eyebrow,
"What do you mean?" Genma's frown turned into a smirk,
"I mean that the Hokage was willing to extend the match so that we the Uchiha finally arrived, his chances of getting promoted are down to zero as of this year." The two looked shocked until Sasuke's expression turned to anger.
"You can't do that! I am an Uchiha! I deserve to be promoted! I made it to the Finals!" Sasuke ranted in a tone that sounded like his ego had clearly clouded his view on reality.
"And you point? If you wanted a promotion, you should have set a better example for your fellow rookies and all those kids who train to become Shinobi like yourself." Genma counted and left to face the crowd leaving Sasuke fuming at his present location. "Now that Sasuke Uchiha has arrived, can also Narumi-san please come to the arena?"
Then there was a miniature explosion and a cloud of dust erupted next Sasuke, causing him to fall in an 'uncool' way; it was amusing to Genma and Kakashi for some reason for the latter to be so. When the dust settled, Narumi was standing there completely staring at Sasuke, "Ready to be taught a lesson, Uchiha-teme?"
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A few minutes ago;
In the stands, the Taki Kunoichi was thinking on how to teach the Uchiha to be late in her own way. "Narumi-san?" The woman looked and blushed to see Naruto standing next to her,
"I though you would...?"
"Be with my girls? You are close on the money; I am just a Kage Bunshin while the boss is with his girls." Narumi saw the logic; she is familiar with the B-rank Kinjutsu and what it does. "Either way, are you thinking about your match?"
"Sure am. That Uchiha thinks that he could do what he wants but he never knows how to take something that doesn't happen every year seriously, like the Chunin Exams. I can't wait to drill that into his head." Narumi responded with clear excitement and an energetic tone in her voice that made the Naruto clone smile; he couldn't wait to let the original know about this. However, here came the heavy part; about Orochimaru and how women are seen by Sasuke.
"I would not hold back in your match if I were you." The clone said with a frown that got Narumi's attention.
"Why, I need to conserve strength and Chakra for the Semi-finals..."
"There won't be semi-finals." Narumi was shocked by the clone proclamation.
"But isn't that part of the Chunin Exams? To have one victor left standing?" Narumi asked in confusion and worry about the frown on the clone's face that just won't leave.
"I can tell that your leader hadn't told you yet but this year, the4 Chunin Exams will be used as a golden chance for a S-rank criminal and traitor to Konoha to get his target and kill his teacher since he hates the village; Orochimaru." Silence came after the Clone's voice shook the very core of Narumi's mind and soul.
"There is more." Narumi listened, "Sasuke is probably going to try and convince the council to arrange marriage to you until you give birth to 'strong children'. No doubt, he is going to make the experience terrible while using his status as the last Uchiha in the village to avoid charges that could destroy the marriage." The clone described that made Narumi pale at the thought of it all and that she knew how the village does it with marriages for the sake of near-extinct clans; the clone described it perfectly.
"I have to make you agree to something if you want more options." Narumi heard the guilt of saying those words so she remained silent. "I was allowed into the C.R.A and if you already seen, I have five girls joined and yet the council is so picky about the standards so they were to force other girls on my hand or the vice versa. Your option is to join my clan." The clone said the details making sure he was talking like any hawk for power or status. Narumi's face softened at the words. She had seen how happy the girls are in their relationship with the blond and how the latter treats the former; Narumi was just on step close to an animus vote.
That was because she still had one last question, "Will this help my village in anyway?" Narumi asked purely for the sake of Fu and any other friend back in Taki she has. The clone smiled at that,
"The boss may not be the Hokage but he is familiar with how marriages between villages work if both participates are happy with the union; peace, fair trade, and allies in future wars are granted between both villages if this event happens." The clone sounded like it came out of a village rule book but it did the trick; Narumi couldn't take it anymore and embraced the clone saying "thank you" and "I accept" over and over like a chant.
The clone dispelled since the time was up and Narumi looked to the original and his girls whom had smiles of welcome and silently urged her to join them; it was like a blur but under that same second, Narumi hugged Naruto even harder than she did with the clone. She then joined a group hug by the rest of the girls who welcomed their latest sister to the clan.
Next thing that happened was that Narumi was called down. "Save that seat until the days is over please!" The Taki Kunoichi yelled as she jumped from Naruto's place in the stands and into the arena. "Ready to be taught a lesson, Uchiha-teme?"
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"I will be the one teaching you what you don't know about how important this match is to me." Sasuke smugly retorted that just made everyone sweat-dropped at the idiocy about the "Rookie of the Year".
*Ahem* Genma cleared his throat to dispel the atmosphere, "Anyway, are both contestants ready?"
"Of course." Narumi was glad to get to the match she was hoping to fight in.
"Hn." Sasuke felt like some 'commoner' had ruined his 'best' moments and reluctantly admitted that it is match time.
"Then Hajime!" On cue, Genma disappeared out of sight as soon as the keyword left his lips.
"Tetsutsume no Fenikkusu!" Narumi yelled as she moved her hand covered in molten fire forwards ad hit Sasuke in the chest. The Uchiha did cough out blood and was sent backward but collected himself and wiped his mouth of the red liquid.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke took a deep breath and exhaled a giant sphere of raging fire that rocketed towards Narumi who just stood there with her hands in the shape of the bird seal with the fingers farer away from their suppose position. When the Taki girl and fire ball meet, there was an explosion of hot red smoke that seemed to cloud everyone's view including Sasuke's.
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In the stands, Naruto was only swatting away the smoky smoke while trying to keep his focus on the match. Everyone else noticed it and tried to see what the blond is focusing on. And they sure got their wish when the dust cleared to give a clear view on the contestants.
"Look! That girl is still standing!" One of the civilians suddenly shouted and soon, everyone saw the same thing and that was got Sasuke in a rage. His jutsu didn't even affect her!
"How are not in ashes like you are supposed to be!?" Now that was uncalled for as this proves that Kakashi only added the wood to the fire that was madness and the idea his bloodline made Sasuke some sort of god.
"I am going to ignore that and by the way, no ninja reveals their secrets to their enemies especially the 200% arrogant bastards like you!" Everyone was in awe that Narumi calmly and coolly put the 'jerk' and 'selfish brat' down with only a good amount of words. But now was a time for action,
"Akahane no Fenikkusu!" Both of Narumi's arms ignited into red hot flames that resembled wings. She then later started to spin her body, creating a whirlwind of heat and fire that raced towards Sasuke!
The Uchiha activated his Sharingan and dodged it while landing on a wall with only a few wild burns. 'She is fast with those fire jutsus. Oh! I can't wait to marry her and then she will be willing to teach them to me who deserves them better than anyone. I am an Uchiha after all!' Sasuke then started to make hand seals ending with his right hand tense and his left hand clutching the wrist. The next thing that happened was the sound of a thousand birds chirping at once.
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In the stands, the Rookies were waiting with baited breath at how Sasuke summoned lightning that created such a ruckus in his hand. Behind them, the Jonin were livid and their anger was directed at Kakashi. They would have killed him if they didn't notice that the scarecrow with only one eye had the look of regret and self-blame as well as sadness on his face and in his good eye.
"KAKASHI! MY ETERNAL RIVAL! HOW COULD YOU TEACH YOUR STUDENT AN ASSASSIN TECHNIQUE! YOU MADE THAT DURING AN ACTUAL WAR! THE UNYOUTHFUL UCHIHA ALREADY SET A BAD EXAMPLE FOR A SHINOBI AND NOW YOU EXPECT HIM TO BE THE ONE EVERYONE LOOKS UP TO!?"
The Jonin and Rookies checked their ears to see if they still work. Still, they couldn't argue that Kakashi's choice of teaching didn't seem to make any sense. They wanted to hear more.
"...I know that." Kakashi said that everyone picked up and their curiosity perked up. "I actually wanted to teach Sasuke about seeing his fellow rookies as comrades to fight with and to fight for but I think that the civilian council is to blame." Now everyone really couldn't miss this.
"When the Massacre happened, the council was scared that when Itachi left and took his Sharingan with him, his only brother will also leave with the remaining Sharingan in the village. They wanted Sasuke to think that the village will give everything and anything he wanted and he wanted to kill his brother before anyone else since he could tell that the world was a wide place and filled with people that have the power to kill Itachi before him. He was sure that if he failed to kill Itachi before anyone else, then his dead family will be forever shamed." That sure made everyone think that Sasuke was only building the pressure on himself because of what happened to his only family in the world.
"The council pampered him into thinking that because his last name was Uchiha, that meant that he also had the blood of gods and that he deserved to be above even the Fire Daimyo and the Hokage. They even told Sasuke to see Naruto as the only rival he will ever have and unless he makes a fool out of Naruto, the latter will grow and train to be above him in power; and that meant, to Sasuke, that Naruto will hunt down Itachi and kill him before he can. That is why Sasuke acted like he was god's child and outcast his own comrades with the support of the council." Kakashi finished and everyone was now taking any hatred or anger at Sasuke and redirecting it at the real culprits for transforming a polite and innocent boy into such an arrogant and power-hungry jerk.
"What is more is that I wanted to teach Team Seven was that Naruto was all I have left of my Genin team because I am positive that Naruto got his face from his father who was like such to me when I was young. But the council demanded that I will only teach Sasuke since I was at the top on the list of candidates for Hokage or I would have to see that the Hero memorial or anything that my family left behind would be destroyed." Now that last sentence was a real attention-grabber. Unfortunately, now wasn't a time to go any deeper as there was a match to watch.
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In the arena, Narumi could see Sasuke in full glory while under the cover of smoke caused by her last Jutsu against the boy with the hair the color of the feathers on the backside of a duck. That boy sure was arrogant to make himself seen in plain sight while his target was safe and secure in a dust cloud which makes a good hiding place and to confuse their hunters.
"Chidori!" Sasuke launched himself towards the mass of floating dust and dirt, primary towards the shadow sticking out from the rest of the flying debris. He felt like he hit something alright but when he used his Sharingan to see it, he only saw his hand sticking in a red feather of what looked like a wing of fire.
"While I don't approve that using a technique that gives away your location," Sasuke looked to see Narumi by his left side. "It is god that you managed to pierce my Phoenix Wing. Still," Narumi drifted of her voice to see that her wing just stretch and contorted from Sasuke's Chidori and then revealed to be barely scratched, "I thought you would have at least read a mythology book in your spare time to know that Phoenix's flames burn its enemies and heals its comrades including itself."
Sasuke then felt like his arm was burning again and tried to pull away; the key word is tried because the lightning plus heat from the flames had caused the ground where Sasuke's hand is to turn to something of a sticky mud that seemed to be the thing burning the Uchiha's arm.
This was Narumi's chance for a finishing-off move, "Adasatsu Kyo no Fenikkusu!" Narumi took in a deep breath and let it out as an ear-splitting wail that shattered and roast the earth around Sasuke including him sending him out of the ground and into a wall with a crater surrounding his body.
Narumi knew that Sasuke wasn't done yet because he used the lightning in his Chidori and weaken the earth causing the impact to soften. She went ahead to finish the match for good at was only a few inches from Sasuke when she realized something; she couldn't move!
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In the Hokage Stands, Hiruzen and Shibuki were shocked at the situation but they suddenly remembered from what they read from the Snake Sage Scroll that there was the Jutsu called the Kyojinoto Nami no Jutsu (1) that the former had felt it firsthand himself years ago; when Orochimaru was still a Konoha Jonin and also when he started to experiment with live subjects from behind his teacher's back and when the latter tried to stop the former, the jutsu was pulled off and Hiruzen could do nothing but watch as his treacherous student just leave with him unable to move. The Jutsu was, as a whole, a powerful and fierce one that only someone of Orochimaru could think of and actually perform it.
'So you wanted Sasuke to fight Gaara-kun to start your invasion?' Hiruzen thought as he carefully cast his gaze on the 'Kazekage' who looked stoic but all that was because he channeling chakra into the air to maintain the jutsu.
'If you think that you could humiliate Narumi-chan like that and get away scot free, you have something coming!' Shibuki also noticed this and thought about the many ways he would get even for this with Orochimaru once the invasion if underway.
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Back in the arena, Sasuke finally woke up to see that Narumi has halted right in front of him. He then had a cocky and creepy smile on his face; no wonder because he then stabbed her in the belly! "I hate woman who think us men are inferior. We have been better than your weak girls since the beginning of time. I think it is time that you remember than if you want to be honored to be my wife." Sasuke taunted as he threw Narumi to the ground.
Sensing something bad, Genma appeared and without getting any closer to the contestants. "Shousha: Sasuke Uchiha!" When those words said, only the civilian side cheered while a touch of nervousness. Yet, Sasuke still kicked the injured form of Narumi! Genma was shocked at this, "Stop Uchiha! The match is over!" The proctor raced to stop the Uchiha when he stopped to see a better sight: Narumi on her feet and her right hand poking Sasuke in the base below his lower law and on his neck.
"If you are so special to be late to a match in the Exams that are supposed to be an example of a war and you are so special that you would even ignore the proctor for your own selfish reasons, then I rather win by fighting dirty then losing fair and square to someone like you." Narumi said and then pushed Sasuke away unconscious from her and begin to leave while the proctor did nothing to stop her.
"Now the final matches are done with five contestants left with the free pass, we will have semi-finals until one of the Genin are left." Genma said until there were feathers falling and yawns filling up the stadium.
End of Chapter 25
*Wow, this is the first time I wrote a chapter on an invasion like this. Still, tell me what you think about adding Narumi to the Harem since I already have plans to add Kin as well. Also, tell what you think about the match scene between Sasuke who lusts for strong women and Narumi who hates those who seek power with a passion. IF you think I am bashing Sasuke, I am just showing you how the Civilian Council made him a real jerk to woman so don't hate me for bashing the wrong person or two. Have a nice day!*
1. I got this idea from watching the anime when Orochimaru used this jutsu to stun his captors so he could escape.
Translations:
Tetsutsume no Fenikkusu– Iron Claw of the Phoenix (Personal Creation)
Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu – Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Akahane no Fenikkusu– Red Wing of the Phoenix (Personal Creation)
Chidori – Thousand Birds
Adasatsu Kyo no Fenikkusu –Enemy Splitting Cry of the Phoenix (Personal Creation)
Kyojinoto Nami no Jutsu – Stiff Sound Wave (Based on Anime Jutsu)