KG: Hey people, glad to be typing again. I hope you all can live with this new update schedule that I gave. It really works out for the best that it happened.
Naruto: You're just too lazy to really want to work for them.
KG: I don't have the time to deal with you and that comment dattebamen.
Naruto: Stop ripping off me dattebayo!
KG: Hey I have the right to come up with my own datte-version. So does everyone else if they want.
Karui: We do? Awesome then. Let me try. Ahem, I'm Karui and I am the master of lightning dattesuune.
KG: Right, hooray for you. That's why I encourage everyone to find their own unique Dattebayo-version. It's always fun. Anyway, I think it's time to type so I will.
Outskirts of Iwa
Naruto and Kurotsuchi charged at Itachi and Kisame as they decided to make them both leave. Naruto had known about Akatsuki only once since he had overheard a conversation of Mabui and A about the missing nin collecting jinchuuriki. It was a really amazing thing that the Kumo chunin would meet people like them here, but he could ponder it later. For right now, he would have to deal with this.
Naruto charged at Itachi and the two clashed with their kunai. Naruto growled at the Uchiha before he saw the Akatsuki member fade out in a flock of crows. Naruto narrowed his eyes before he balled his fists. The wind immediately picked up around him as he extended his palms.
"Fuuton: Juujin Nami( Wind Release: Beast Wave)," Naruto yelled and fierce wind blew in all directions around him making Kisame cover his eyes while Kurotsuchi tried to stay on the ground. They all gasped before Naruto managed to push Itachi back. Everyone felt the force of the wind move their bodies as Naruto breathed easily.
"What's with this wind today?" Kisame asked while Itachi glared at Naruto.
"Is he doing it? No way, there was no chakra involved in that last jutsu. What's going on?" Itachi wondered before the wind subsided. Itachi chose the chance to do his handsigns at Naruto while Kurotsuchi clashed a kunai with Kisame. The two glared at each other while the dark haired girl spoke to Naruto.
"Your death is by me. You'd better remember that," she yelled to him and Naruto smiled with his eyes closed while Itachi did his jutsu.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu," he yelled and a large fireball shot towards Naruto. The blonde widened his eyes at the large fireball coming at him before he smiled. The blonde quickly waved his hands around in a weird way and Itachi watched as his fireball grew smaller and smiled before he poofed out like nothing. Itachi didn't seem impressed on the outside, but on the inside he was shocked. He knew he had put plenty of power into his technique and yet it vanished only a few feet from Naruto's position.
"Ya know, without wind or oxygen a fire is almost impossible to maintain. Don't you think?" Naruto asked and Itachi settled for an apathetic glare on the Uzumaki. He closed his eyes before both he took out a handful of shuriken. Naruto tensed, but then he noticed the earth around him quake violently before he jumped into the air to avoid the strike. The blonde weaved his handsigns for another fuuton jutsu before he saw Kurotsuchi get kicked back making her wince at the pain.
The granddaughter to the Tsuchikage growled lowly while Kisame and Itachi regrouped. She quickly backflipped away and landed next to the spot where Naruto was while the blonde turned to her.
"Hey mind giving me a katon jutsu?" Naruto asked and Kurotsuchi huffed at him.
"I don't want to give you anything at all, but fine. Katon: Zukokku( Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work)," the chunin yelled sending a blazing fire towards the two Akatsuki. Kisame chuckled at the fire while Itachi closed his eyes.
"Do it Kisame," Itachi said and Kisame did a handsign. Naruto and Kurotsuchi gasped as the shark man shouted.
"Suiton: Bakusui Shoha( Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave)," Kisame shouted and the entire area started to flood in water while the fire and water dashed towards each other. Kurotsuchi growled, but luckily Naruto finished his handsigns as the everyone didn't know what to expect.
"Fuuton: Renkūdan( Wind Release: Wind Bullets)," Naruto yelled and a massive stream of wind bullets fell into Kurotsuchi's fire intensifying the flames as they collided with Kisame's water. The entire area was covered in a mist as the thick mist covered everyone's view.
Naruto couldn't see anything in front of him before he grabbed moved his hand and gasped. His hand had hit someone else and the blonde sighed. The only thing he was certain of was that this person was the Iwa chunin since her hand was so soft.
"Why are you touching me?" she asked and Naruto rolled his eyes. He growled at her making the Iwa chunin glare at him.
"Grab my waist," he told her suddenly and Kurotsuchi widened her eyes with a small blush on her face.
"Why the hell would I do that? Did you forget that I hate your guts?" she asked and Naruto sighed at her again.
"Oh shut up and hold on," Naruto told her and Kurotsuchi reluctantly grabbed his waist as the blonde Hiraishin-ed out of sight from the battlefield leaving Kisame and Itachi to wait for the mist to dispel.
Once the mist was gone, the two Akatsuki members were treated to a barren field. The two looked around, but saw no sight of their targets and sighed.
"Man that brat. How did he do that? I made enough water to demolish that girls fired, but in the end it was tied? There is no way," Kisame said and Itachi closed his eyes.
"You forget that we're dealing with a jinchuuriki Kisame. Just because you have the chakra of a jinchuuriki doesn't mean that you can necessarily keep up with one. It's best not to underestimate him again," Itachi said and Kisame could agree with his partner as the two left the scene while the Uchiha thought over the fight.
"It's weird. Throughout the entire fight all the jutsus he yelled, there wasn't one instance of chakra in any of them. Was he always this strong?" Itachi wondered as they blurred out of sight from the field.
With Kyuubi and Nibi
The two female bijuu came up to a small cave in a forested area while Kyuubi smiled. Nibi, however, seemed rather bored as she folded her arms.
"So you mind telling me what it is we're doing here?" Nibi asked as she wondered how long it had been since she had been to Makai. Kyuubi wrapped an arm over Nibi's neck and smiled.
"Come on Nibi, you know you like it. Besides we're going to have a lot to do so let's get going," Kyuubi said and Nibi sighed again with a small nod and the two stood in front of the cave. They both touched the outer reached of the cave and a small light glowed and faded fast before a light showed over the area. Nibi and Kyuubi looked through a small portal and looked at the hellish looking place. It was quite the sight to behold for the two bijuu as they walked through the portal. A bright light shined for them both as they passed through into Makai.
"It's been so long since we've been here right?" Nibi asked and Kyuubi agreed. They two traversed their old home and before long a fox and a two-tailed cat came up to them both.
"Kyuubi-sama, Nibi-sama. You're back," They said with bows to their each individual queens. The two bijuu gave gentle smiles to their servants while Kyuubi walked a bit further.
"You may rise my loyal kitsune. How has my Kingdom been?" Kyuubi asked and the fox scratched its ear before responding with absolute respect.
"Everything has been well Kyuubi-sama. We were all happy when you had made us give the fox contract to young Uzumaki-sama with your chakra. Are you going to stay here forever as the ruler of the foxes?" the fox asked, but Kyuubi shook her head.
"Sorry, but not at the moment. Nibi and I returned cause we need to make preparations," Kyuubi said and the fox raised an eyebrow as to what she could mean by that while Nibi was talking with her retainer.
"So how has my kingdom been?" She asked and the cat smiled.
"All is good Nibi-sama nya. We really missed you as well, but might I ask why you and Kyuubi-sama are making preparations?"the cat asked and Nibi turned to Kyuubi with a sigh. She got to her feet and turned to the Queen of the Foxes.
"Yeah Kyuubi, what are we making preparations for anyway?" Nibi asked and Kyuubi smiled as she got up from petting her fox retainer.
"Simple Nibi. I'll explain after we go and meet my most trusted advisor," Kyuubi said and Nibi raised an eyebrow as the four walked off towards Kyuubi's demon realm house.
It wasn't a very long walk and the summons were all happy to see their masters. Kyuubi and Nibi had allied their kingdoms since after the Rikudo Sennin. It hadn't been that long, but they were still going strong in their alliance to each other.
Kyuubi and Nibi came up to the redheaded bijuu's house and she slid the door open. Immediately they were all surrounded by foxes who smiled.
"Kyuubi-sama! It's so good to see you again," They all said to her and Kyuubi gave a gentle smile as she patted and scratched all the foxes on their ears making them feel like putty in her hands. Normally she wouldn't do this as she hated to admit it, but Naruto had really changed her attitude from a proud vixen, into a more appreciative one.
"It's good to see all of you I'm sure. Thanks for looking over the place for me while I was gone. Tell me, where is the old man?" Kyuubi asked as the foxes pointed to a small temple outside the house. She and Nibi walked towards it and Kyuubi opened the door while they saw a fox with long whisker marks and pipe in his paws as incense came over the room. Kyuubi and Nibi, along with their two retainers, came up to the old fox and the vixen gave a small smile.
"No hello anymore?" Kyuubi asked before she was bonked on the head by the fox making her growl. The old fox turned around and closed his eyes.
"Hmm still the irresponsible Queen that you always were. I swear Kurama you need to learn more punctuality," The fox said and Kyuubi rolled her eyes as she rubbed the lump on her head.
"My old self I would've killed you for that, but whatever. Old man, you've seen Naruto-kun haven't you?" Kyuubi asked and the old fox slightly opened his eyes at a pool of water in front of him. The image of the blonde was in the water. The fox stood to his feet and moved his hands to his back as he held them together.
"You mean that blonde mortal that you gave our contract to?" the fox asked before the room grew cold and Kyuubi shot an unsettling glare at her advisor.
"I won't have you speaking of Naruto that way. You will show him the same respect you show me as your queen," Kyuubi said making the fox slightly glare at her, but Kyuubi left no room for an argument and the old fox agreed.
"Very well, forgive my rudeness. However yes I have seen him and he has great potential. I had to say that I was wondering where you were hiding with that little house of yours," the elder fox said and Kyuubi rubbed the back of her head.
"Ahh you saw that. Well maybe I needed to get away from it all. Don't blame me," Kyuubi said while everyone sweatdropped, but the elder fox coughed and turned around.
"So what do you want? You have that devious smile on your face as always," the fox asked and Kyuubi smiled like always making Nibi look at her weirdly.
"Why that's simple. Well in my head it is. Here's what we are going to do," Kyuubi said as everyone listened. Nibi widened her eyes and so did the fox and cat retainers. The elder fox glared at Kyuubi while the Queen of the Foxes finished her plans.
"Humans in Makai? Unacceptable," the elder said to her and Kyuubi placed a hand on her slender hip.
"Don't be so stingy. You know that the Toads, Snakes, Slugs and others allow humans in their realms," Kyuubi said and the elder fox shook his head.
"No way. Those impudent summons that the humans use are inadequate in their own nature. Besides give me one reason why I should allow this," the fox said and Kyuubi smiled.
"Simple, because I'm ordering it and you can't stop my orders anyway. Besides I'd love to have Naruto-kun get stronger," Kyuubi stated and the elder fox narrowed his eyes.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun? I just now realized it, but you said that before. Do you have something special with the body?" the fox asked and Kyuubi rubbed the back of her head while Nibi tried to suppress a very strong urge to laugh her head off.
"Umm yeah. He's my mate," Kyuubi said and her fox retainer and the elder fox tried to register those words and before long. They only had one word.
"WHAAAAT!" The two shouted out making Kyuubi, Nibi and Nibi's retainer cover their ears.
Back with Naruto
Yugito was sitting in her room quietly reading a book before she saw a flash of lightning and widened her eyes when she saw Naruto and some unknown girl drop to the ground of the room.
"Naruto-kun?" Yugito said in confusion as the blonde laid on a compromising position over the Iwa girl that made Yugito narrow her eyes at her boyfriend. Naruto groaned and rubbed his head before he felt dead staring him straight in the face. The blonde looked up to see Yugito glaring at him before he looked down to see he was on top of Kurotsuchi. He gasped and quickly backed up with his hands in the air.
"It's not what you think it is! I swear I'd never cheat on you Yugi-chan," Naruto said while Yugito's glare softened. Kurotsuchi groaned also before getting up to see Yugito and Naruto seeing wake up.
"Ugh, so that's what a Hiraishin feels like. How nice. Dammit, but now that we got away I think I can take care of you," Kurotsuchi said drawing a kunai towards Naruto and the blonde narrowed his eyes at her before Yugito grabbed a kunai and moved it to the back of hr neck.
"I don't know what's going on here, but why don't you stop pointing that kunai at my boyfriend. Remember all the nations are under amnesty during the chunin and jonin exams. Now then, why don't you tell me what's going on here," Yugito said to them both before everyone heard a knock at the door. The Nibi jinchuuriki allowed everyone to come in as Samui, Omoi, C and Karui walked in. They all saw the Iwa chunin targeting Naruto and tensed, but the blonde calmed them all down while he explained everything to everyone. Samui narrowed her eyes as did Omoi. Karui balled her fists and Yugito closed her eyes and so did C.
"And that's what happened. I was rather surprised to hear that Itachi was here of all places," Naruto finished and everyone sighed.
"Akatsuki huh? Never heard of them before," Omoi said and Yugito placed a finger to her chin.
"Whatever they're doing, it's not cool," Samui answered and Karui balled her fists before she jumped up and pointed to Naruto.
"They must be after Kyuubi since Naruto is her jinchuuriki. Why else would they be interested in him?" Karui said and while to everyone that was a good thing, they all saw Naruto in a corner as he sighed in depression that he alone wouldn't be worth an S-ranked missing nin's attention. Karui and the other's sweatdropped and sighed while Karui went to console her little brother as they other's talked.
"So should we inform Raikage-sama and cancel the jonin exams? They might be after you too Yugito-sensei," Samui said to her and the woman nodded while Kurotsuchi narrowed her eyes.
"I don't know who they have, but they took Han-sensei from us a few weeks ago. We were too late to react. No one has seen him since," Kurotsuchi said and Omoi tapped his finger.
"So do you have anyone else who's a jinchuuriki?" Omoi asked and Kurotsuchi glared.
"Like I'd tell you that," she said to him and Omoi rubbed the back of his head while C took out a small book.
"Well that's fine. You don't have to tell us anything as Raikage-sama and Tsuchikage-san have somewhat of a stable relationship. Let me see...oh right here. His name is Roshi and he's the container of the Yonbi," C said and Kurotsuchi huffed.
"You leave Roshi-oji alone!" she said and Omoi waved her off.
"It's not like we were planning on doing anything to him anyway. Still we should inform Raikage-sama when he arrives, but it's late so we should all go to bed," Omoi responded and Kurotsuchi opened the door.
"Make no mistake. I will get that Namikaze brat before he leaves," Kurotsuchi said as she left. Naruto glared and everyone sighed in unison before they all turned in for the night. They all went to sleep and decided to dwell on the events for tomorrow. Besides, Yugito would have to get all the rest that she need later in the day. Besides no one would know what was going on in another place.
Outskirts of Iwa
"Umm Izanagi-sama are you sure that we should do this? I mean the Rai clan is already at odds with Kumo. Do we really need Iwa to hate us also?" Hakura asked and Izanagi growled before he smiled.
"Hakura, my dear sweet Izanami is stuck in her hell. Ahh Izanami, reincarnated in that dark skinned woman, Karui of Kumo. Your brother will rescue you soon," Izanagi said making Hakura sweatdrop.
"Ugh Izanami, Izanami. If you are reincarnated then I hope she is too or this will be so damn troublesome," Hakura said before someone came behind them.
"Hakura-taichou we are all in position. The three members who will take Karui are all in position during the chaos," someone said and Hakura smiled.
"Good standby for battle. In a few days we will retrieve Izanagi-sama's 'sister'," he said and the man bowed before shunshin-ing out of sight while Hakura turned to his master.
"So Izanagi-sama, what are you going to do with Karu...ummm I mean Izanami-sama when we attain her?" Hakura asked and Izanagi smiled.
"I will release her from that mortal body and then we will return back to our rightful place in the heavens as brother and sister. Ahhh how beautiful this must be," Izanagi said and Hakura sweatdropped again.
"I have to constantly remind myself why I follow this guy. I know he's the leader of our clan, but he's a few kunai short of a full set. Oh well at least we'll be talked about for a little while in the nations," Hakura thought before he left also and Izanagi smiled.
"Just wait my dear Izanami and I will free you like I should've done all those millennia ago," Izanagi said before he left the area also.
Next Day
Iwa was crowded with people left and right who were dealing in the jonin exams and who came to witness the spectacular event. It was so nice to see such an event. However everyone knew that they wouldn't get to see the tournament until later, but Yugito gulped and Naruto kissed her cheek.
"Come on Yugi-hime. You'll do fine. C will do good also. Now hurry, you have to get to the Iwa building," Naruto told her and Yugito nodded as she walked off along with C who turned around to see Naruto, Karui and Omoi give them a few thumbs up while Samui showed a rare and assuring smile as they walked away.
Soon Naruto felt a tap on his shoulder making him jump slightly before he turned around to see a familiar face.
"Whoa Kakashi. I haven't seen you since the chunin exams. How are you doing?" Naruto asked making the rest of Team Samui turn around to see the white haired spymaster and purple haired woman next to Naruto. Kakashi chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head with an eyesmile.
"It's good to see you too. Are you four doing the jonin exams also?" he asked them making everyone glance before they shook their heads.
"Nah, we're not that good yet. Even we know that much. We figure in a year or two then we'll be able to try it out," Karui said before Naruto looked to see the woman behind Kakashi.
"Ne Kakashi, who is that woman?" Naruto asked and Kakashi smiled as Yugao stepped forward and bowed.
"nice to meet you Naruto-san. I'm Yugao Uzuki and Kakashi-senpai's assistant. We're just checking things over for the jonin exams. Jiraiya-sama is going to make an appearance for the tournament," Yugao said and Naruto widened his eyes as did everyone else.
"Anyone else coming?" Omoi asked and Yugao shook her head at the question.
"No Kiri is still in a state of productivity so they won't be active for a short while, but Konoha and Kumo are helping them so they should be fine. Suna still doesn't have a Kazekage so they are inactive also, but they should be sending applicants over also," Yugao said and everyone nodded.
"Say Kakashi, did you hear about the Rai clan?" Samui asked and the spy network jonin and Kakashi narrowed his eyes as did Yugao.
"How did you guys learn about it?" Yugao asked in a soft tone as not to spread this information around. Naruto rubbed the back of his head and sighed.
"We learned about it from A-Jiji. He told us to be wary of them on the off chance that they tried something. He told us about you also," Naruto said and Kakashi nodded.
"I see, well then how would you four like to help me out?" Kakashi asked and the entire team seemed surprised, but nodded.
"Alright, but tell me. Who here is from Konoha. I don't see anyone around," Naruto said and Kakashi rubbed the back of his head.
"Maa, Konoha and Iwa haven't really been on the best of terms and Naruto you know why," Kakashi said making the blonde nod, but Yugao held up one finger.
"Although we do have a few jonin applicants. Though about two of them are just jonin who are trying to find out secrets. I'm sure you don't know him, but Hayate Gekko is here a spy and another person," Kakashi said trailing off making everyone narrow their eyes before Samui folded her arms.
"So what do you need us to do?" Samui asked and Kakashi smiled.
"We should all check the outskirts of Iwa. However, Naruto as I'm sure is good in another area of reconnaissance so make sure you aren't spotted," Kakashi said and Naruto grinned.
"I'm all over it," Naruto said to them before he shunshined from view of everyone view. Kakashi smiled as he turned to everyone else.
"Alright I'll be following Naruto. Yugao, go with Karui-san. Omoi-san and Samui-san will go with each other. Alright?" he asked and everyone nodded as they left the scene.
With Yugito and C
The two headed towards the building and looked to see plenty of jonin hopefuls around the room. Yugito felt weird for not having Nibi to talk to, but she did enjoy the peace she knew for a fact. C watched her as everyone waited around the room. Yugito glanced at a man with a sword on his back. He seemed to be coughing on occasion. He had on a Konoha headband, but she forgot about him soon enough. She could also see two others from Konoha. It was Izumo and Kotetsu she realized as she remembered the two gate guards.
"Ne C, don't you think there are a lot of people?" Yugito asked and the younger blonde Kumo chunin nodded his head. He could also see the girl, Kurotsuchi, from last night in the place also. Soon everyone looked up to see a man with red hair and a red beard appear in front of them in a puff of smoke. He lightly coughed before rubbing the back of his head.
"Ahem, greetings and welcome to the jonin exams. I am Roshi, your proctor for this portion. So you all think you can be jonin huh? Well I'll tell you this right now," Roshi said as he grabbed a railing and did a somersault like an ape before landing on the ground.
"It's not easy and you will have many life and death situations, but we'll get right to it. There are two portions to this test. First will test your skills as a jonin and second will be our tournament where you will showcase your skills in front of our Kage and the Daimyos. Now then let's-," Roshi stopped as a burst through the door came with two people huffing. They were both white haired males by the looks of it. Yugito of course knew one of them. It was Hakura, from the Rai clan. She suspected that the Rai clan might show up, but the other seemed to be different. He was wearing all purple with a few pieces of grey. He was wearing glasses and his hair was in a ponytail.
"S-Sorry we're late. Hehe got a little lost," Hakura said and the man next to him smiled.
"Yeah, good thing we made it," the other one said, but Hayate, Kotetsu and Izumo knew him. It was Kabuto Yakushi. They'd attack, but at the moment he hadn't done anything and technically it was Iwa's problem so they couldn't do anything about it.
Roshi rubbed the back of his head and shook it at the both before making everyone look at them.
"There's a prime example. People who are late don't deserve to be jonin, but the test hasn't started yet so I can't say. Well whatever. As I was saying. Let's get started. Your first mission is to pair off," Roshi said and all the jonin hopefuls did so. Izumo and Kotetsu paired off while Hayate paired with a Suna chunin. Yugito and C paired off and Hakura glared at Kabuto. He gave a fake smile and Kabuto did the same.
"Wish to pair off?" Hakura asked and Kabuto smiled with a nod.
"Sorry if I'll bring you down, but thank you," he said and the two smiled at each other before their glares turned serious as they looked at each other.
"So, how is Orochimaru-teme doing?" Hakura asked and Kabuto adjusted his glasses with a sick and twisted smile.
"Orochimaru-sama is well. Tell me, is that fool of a god-complex who calls himself Izanagi well?" Kabuto asked and Hakura smiled.
"Izanagi-sama is very well thank you. Just one word of advice. Don't interfere with our plans," Hakura said to Kabuto and the white haired assistant to Orochimaru chuckled.
"Well that's certainly not a problem. I have no intention of interfering. Just so long as you don't interfere with me," Kabuto said and the two agreed with each other while the pairings were finished.
"Everyone paired up? Good well for your first test it is as simple as this. Behind this door is a cave that leads into the very earth below you. In that cave are mystical stones called Holy Light. They are multi-colored gems that only come from the very depths of Iwa's inactive volcano. Make sure to watch yourself. You must each carry one pound of the rock itself. Know that only only 46 pounds accumulate in the earth every year," Roshi said and Yugito turned to C.
"So that means that only about 23 people will be making it to the tournament. Also it seems that those who have to return to the top will have to fight those wanting to get one. It might be tough," she said to him and C nodded as he could agree with what she was saying.
"Yeah, so we'd better hurry," C said to her and Yugito could agree with. Little did she know that her excitement was rising and in conjunction with that were her powers as the room started to get hot. Everyone huffed and sweated as they felt the heat. They all wondered what had happened and before long Yugito widened her eyes to see everyone, but her sweating. She sweatdropped and toned down the power and sighed.
"I hope this doesn't become a problem. Hmm, but I wonder how much of a problem I can make it for the others," Yugito said to herself as she chuckled making C back away from her slightly.
Roshi coughed getting everyone's attention and the people turned to him as the man smiled.
"Well then. Time to get it on. Ready...set...begin!" he yelled and poofed out as the people scrambled. They all left the room immediately and dashed off for the backdoor.
With Naruto and Kakashi
The two were hiding behind a large rock as they narrowed their eyes. Both spotted Kabuto and Hakura running into the mountain and Naruto tapped his finger.
"That guy was Kabuto from the chunin exams. At least I think. I've only seen his face in the bingo book," Naruto said and Kakashi nodded.
"And the one next to him was Hakura Rai from the Rai clan. Hmm it seems that Orochimaru and Izanagi are on the move," Kakashi said and Naruto nodded.
"What would Orochimaru-teme need with Iwa and the jonin exams?" Naruto asked curious to know and Kakashi closed his eye before leaning back.
"Knowing Orochimaru, well I don't know. He's slippery like that, but my intel tells me that he's been rather...quiet since Konoha's attack, but since Kabuto's here then that means that Orochimaru has something in mind. Tell me Naruto, do you know about Izanagi?" Kakashi asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"The person or the god?" the blonde asked with a slight smile and Kakashi chuckled at him.
"The person," Kakashi humored and Naruto nodded.
"Hmm not much really. Mabui-neechan told me that Izanagi was once a member of Kumo and the most powerful member of Kumo's VOLT, but he got cocky being a descendant of the Shodaime Raikage and was sent away. We hear the occasional report that he might be planning something, but he hasn't done anything besides become the head of the Rai clan," Naruto said and Kakashi nodded with a small sigh.
"Alright, that's just perfect," he said sarcastically and Naruto rubbed the back of his head before the two got to their feet.
"Alright, wanna go and watch the events go down?" Kakashi asked and Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Is Jiraiya-oji the world's biggest pervert?" Naruto returned and Kakashi lightly chuckled as the two shunshined out of sight.
With Karui and Yugao
The two walked through the outskirts of Iwa and looked around for anything suspicious. There wasn't much for them to talk about, but the two enjoyed the quiet to say the least.
"See anything?" Yugao asked and Karui shook her head before a grin came over her.
"Hmm now might be a good time to try out that new technique of mine," Karui thought to herself as she closed her eyes. She stood in silence and Yugao watched as a small lightning current went over Karui's body.
"Raiton: Sanda Sensu( Lightning Release: Thunder Sense)," Karui said in thought before she opened her eyes and she could see the dozens of signatures of people around Iwa. She could see them all conversing or rather she could sense the electrical vibrations in their bodies that indicated where they were.
Karui moved her head to the right and glared. She drew her sword and threw a kunai shocking Yugao.
"Come out now," she yelled and Yugao tensed before they both saw Izanagi come from the rocks. He smiled as he came up to them with his hands up.
"Ahh don't worry I'm not here to fight with my dear sister," Izanagi said and Karui narrowed her eyes at the man.
"I hate to tell you, but I'm not your sister," she said and Izanagi chuckled at her before he placed a hand over his face.
"Oh, but you are. You just don't know it yet. My dear Izanami," Izanagi said to her and Karui raised an eyebrow before Izanagi bowed to one knee and took one of Karui's hands. Yugao watched the interaction with interest as she wondered if the guy and Karui were related in some way.
Izanagi looked Karui's skin over and smoothed his hand over it.
"Ahh still fair skin as always my dear sister. Soon I will take you and we shall be united as brother and sister in the heavens," Izanagi told her as he kissed Karui's hand. Normally a girl would blush at the act, but Karui wasn't an ordinary girl as a tick mark appeared on her head.
"Whose hand do you think you're kissing?" she asked as she slammed Izanagi across the face and into a rock. Yugao whistled at the power before they both saw Izanagi wipe his attire free of dirt and rubbed his cheek.
"Hehe that's my sister. Still the no different from how it was when we were together. Soon dear sister. Soon I shall save you. Until then, wait for me," Izanagi said as he disappeared in a flash of lightning while Karui growled and folded her arms.
"So was he your brother or something?" Yugao asked and Karui lowly growled.
"Yeah right. Like I would be the sister of that weird asshole. I hope he shows his face again so I can give it a damn beat down. I swear it!" Karui growled before walking off and Yugao did the same with an amused expression on her face at Karui's words.
Back with Yugito and C
Yugito and C ran with the other jonin hopefuls through the mountain bases and immediately everyone noticed the random holes in the ground. They all dropped through them and got separated into their groups. Yugito and C gasped as they fell through the hole also. They tried to supply chakra to their feet, but the inner reaches of the hole were too slippery as they slid down further and further into the mountain.
"C-san hang on!" Yugito said as they continued to drop. The younger blonde behind her nodded and after what seemed like a lifetime of falling through the trap hole, the two Kumo shinobi dropped from the hole into a large area and gasped. They looked down to see a bottomless pit with a bridge over it and Yugito grabbed the bridge while C grabbed her legs. The two gulped and looked down. C sweatdropped and sighed.
"That is one ride I wouldn't like to do ever again," he commented and Yugito could honestly agree with him.
"No kidding, but come on. We have a lot more work to do and we won't get it done by hanging off the edge of this bridge right here," she told him and C could definitely agree. So on that note, Yugito swung her legs back and forth while C held on to them. She flipped her partner up onto the bridge and C flipped Yugito over his head as she landed on the bridge next to him. The structure wobbled a little and the two Kumo shinobi gasped as they held the ropes connecting one side to the other.
"Alright then, come on C. We have a lot to do," Yugito said and the two quickly walked across the bridge. They entered and small tunnel and ran through it. They didn't know what they would find, but they could expect it to be challenging at least.
Yugito growled before she grabbed a small stick and lit a fire onto it making a small torch. C looked around at the narrow passage and sighed.
"Great, we have no idea where the hell we are do we?" C asked and Yugito rubbed the back of her head.
"If we did then it would be too easy. Lighten up C, we'll be fine," Yugito told him and the chunin merely shrugged his shoulders. Soon the earth around them crumbled and the two looked to see the walls next to them grow a large number of spikes before they started to close in on them. Yugito gasped and so did C.
"It's a trap!" C yelled and Yugito looked at bit in front of them to see a large passage beginning to close. She gasped and cursed.
"C, that way!" she yelled and the two made a mad dash for the closing passage. The walls quickly moved towards their bodies as they hurried, but they were too late as the passage closed. Yugito growled as she slammed on their way out. C cursed their luck as they saw the passage closing in.
"Yugito, what do we do?" he asked and suddenly the girlfriend of Naruto had an idea. She suddenly smiled and did a handsign.
"Simple, the further down we go, the more hotter it gets. So if our way is closed then we make another," she said and C gulped.
"What are you about to do?" he asked and Yugito merely smiled at her partner.
"Raiton: Kaminari no Jishin( Lightning Release: Thunder Quake)," Yugito yelled as she slammed the ground. It only took a moment, but the ground gave way and the two slipped through another hole while C sighed.
"Are we going to keep falling through holes or what?" he wondered as they fell into a deeper part of the mountain. Yugito sighed and so did C. They looked up at the giant hole before they cursed and jumped out of the way as debris from the jutsu plugged up the hole. C huffed and Yugito chuckled.
"See? That wasn't so bad was it?" she asked and C rolled his eyes at her.
"Depends on what you mean by bad, but at least we're safe," C said before he started to sweat slightly. He huffed while Yugito looked at him strangely.
"Are you alright?" she asked and C nodded.
"Fine, it's just that it's a little hot now," he said and Yugito widened her eyes before she tilted her head to the side.
"It's hot? I didn't even feel it. Heck, I don't feel it right now," Yugito said in her thoughts before she and C walked off.
With Naruto and Kakashi
The two shinobi were currently on top of a large mountain while Kakashi bit his thumb. He quickly slammed the ground and a small dog came out.
"Yo Kakashi, oh wait. I mean, Yo spymaster," the dog said and Kakashi rubbed the back of his head with a sweatdrop.
"Umm Kakashi is fine Pakkun. Say hello to Naruto right there," Kakashi said and Pakkun looked at the blonde and blinked in a semi-apathetic expression.
"Hey kid, how you doin? Babysitting now Kakashi?" Pakkun asked and Naruto grew a tick mark on his head, but he waved it off to stupid summons. He then bit his thumb and slammed the ground. A poof came and Pakkun sweatdropped as a crimson fox growled at him.
"Don't insult Naruto-sama," the fox said and Pakkun gulped as he held his hands up.
"Hey hey, no need for summons to fight. Sorry, but who are you?" Pakkun asked and the fox scratched its ears.
"I'm Fuku. Naruto-sama's fox familiar. Who are you?" she asked and Pakkun turned to Kakashi.
"I'm Pakkun, this one eyed spy master's familiar. Sorry for any disrespect. Wanna feel my paws?" he asked and Fuku sweatdropped.
"Umm sorry, but I don't roll like that," she said and Pakkun inched closer to her.
"Come on. They're really soft," he said and Fuku felt her fu stand on end before she jumped onto Naruto's shoulder and then used her agility to quickly jump to his head.
"I said I don't roll like that so just stay over there and keep your paws away from me," Fuku said to him and Pakkun sweatdropped.
"Is that anyway to talk to family?" he asked and Fuku growled.
"Read my lips. I AM A FOX! Hmph, excuse my tone Naruto-sama, but did you need me for something?" Fuku asked and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah Fuku-chan, think you can give this scroll to A-Jiji, I'd like his response," Naruto said and Fuku grabbed the scroll into her mouth before she bowed and poofed out of sight while Kakashi chuckled.
"Hehe better luck next time Pakkun," Kakashi said and the dog huffed before he took a scroll from Kakashi and poofed away also.
"Well Naruto, let's get going. Kabuto and Hakura are here so it looks like we'll have to go into the mountain also," Kakashi said and Naruto tilted his head to the side.
"And how do we do that?" he asked while Kakashi drew a seal and slapped it on the face of the mountain. Soon the earth grumbled and a small passage dropped making Naruto smile.
"Oh. Well I guess that works also. Cool dattebayo," Naruto said as the two entered the mountain.
Back with Yugito and C
The two huffed and held up their kunai as they had been the two unlucky people of spotting Hakura and Kabuto.
"Well it seems that we get to have some fun. Tell me C, how has life been since you betrayed our clan?" Hakura asked and C growled at him.
"I didn't betray anyone. You were the ones who betrayed Kumo. I swore my allegiance to Raikage-sama and that's the way it's going to stay," C said while Yugito turned to Kabuto.
"And what are you doing here?" she asked and Kabuto smiled as he adjusted his glasses.
"Who me? Why I'm just a simple jonin. Now then, make this easy on yourself and tell us if you found that rock now," Kabuto said and Yugito settled for a simple glare at him before she turned to see C sweating even more. They had been walking down through the mountain for a good long time and every certain amount of time, C would complain about it getting hotter. He even wondered why Yugito wasn't complaining about the heat, but she just responded and said that she could tolerate it.
"And what would you do if we did have the rock?" C asked and Kabuto chuckled before he licked his lips and made a chakra blade with his hands.
"Well I've just got to find out for myself," He said as he charged at them both. Hakura rubbed the back of his head before he sighed and ran after Kabuto. Yugito and C readied their stances. Kabuto and Yugito clashed with each other while C clashed with Hakura. The two fights roared throughout the caverns. C and Hakura backflipped away from each other while Yugito managed to plant a kick in Kabuto's side sending him back a few feet. They all glared at each other while Kabuto smiled.
"Hehe, not bad. I wonder if Naruto is this good. Should I see for myself?" Kabuto asked and he didn't get the reaction he wanted as Yugito smiled.
"Well that's a mistaken in itself. Besides, it's not like you'll be beating me anyway," Yugito said and Kabuto did his handsigns as a small aura came next to him.
"Shikon no Jutsu( Dead Soul Technique)," Kabuto yelled and immediately dozens of dead shinobi came up from the ground. Yugito and C narrowed their eyes at the countless Iwa shinobi who had met their ends in the place. They all groaned while Hakura did a small handsign.
"Raiton: Shiro Senko no Jutsu( Lightning Release: White Flash Jutsu)," Hakura yelled as his entire body was encased in lightning. He immediately blushed out of sight and touched the bodies of all the Iwa shinobi pushing his ability into them making them shine with lighting. Yugito cursed and so did C as Kabuto smiled.
"Kill them," he simply said and the Iwa shinobi charged at Yugito and C. The younger blonde wondered if they could defeat them all before he turned to see the Nibi jinchuuriki smirking as she did her own handsigns.
"C, get behind me," Yugito yelled and her partner did so as Yugito finished.
"I hope this works like Naruto-kun said it does. Katon: Kyūjōshō Neko Endan no Jutsu( Fire Release: Soaring Cat Bombs Jutsu)," Yugito yelled and everyone gasped as they saw a raging fire escape from her mouth as it washed over the Iwa shinobi. Since they were dead they didn't feel the heat, but Kabuto and Hakura quickly jumped out of the way as the Iwa shinobi started to light on fire from the attack. Yugito's fire continued to rage while C gasped.
"Are you insane? You're chakra is going to drop if you keep that up," he said, but Yugito didn't listen as she continued her jutsu. All the bodies were burned alive while Kabuto and Hakura stared in awe of the attack.
"Hakura-san, stay focused. After an attack like that, she should be exhausted. Even if she is a jinchuuriki," Kabuto said and Hakura nodded before Yugito stopped her fire and sighed.
"Hmm I don't feel a drop in my chakra. I wonder why," she said to herself before C warned her to look up. The Nibi jinchuuriki gasped as Hakura kicked c away form her while Kabuto smiled. He slashed his chakra blade at Yugito and smiled as he slashed through her body. Yugito gasped while C stared in shock.
"Yugito-senpai!" C yelled as he blocked Hakura's attacks with a kunai. Kabuto snickered at his attack before Yugito turned around and glared.
"Was that supposed to do something?" she asked making Kabuto gasp as he watched a small stream of fire go over Yugito's body as her lower body and upper body came back together. The fire disappeared and Kabuto narrowed his eyes.
"Was that a kekkai genkai? I was sure I cut her in half," Kabuto thought to himself before he was kicked across the face. Yugito smiled and she patted her body making sure everything was alright.
"Okay, good. Nothing is out of place I think," she said before she saw C kick Hakura in the gut making the Rai clan member wince as he backed up.
"Hakura, we must withdraw. Defeating them now would be impossible," Kabuto said and while Hakura was reluctant to agree, he did so and the two vanished out of sight while C ran to Yugito.
"Senpai, are you alright?" he asked looking her over Yugito chuckled at him.
"I haven't heard you call me senpai in a long time, but I'm fine I guess," Yugito answered and C gave her a soldier pill.
"You should eat this. After that last jutsu I think your chakra is rather shot right?" he asked and Yugito rubbed the back of her head before she turned around.
"Umm actually it isn't. I don't think I lost any chakra with that jutsu so I'm fine. Thank nonetheless," she said and C put the pill away with a confused expression on his face as he walked off. Yugito sighed as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Hmm I say that, but I feel very hot. I wonder why that is. Man this is weird. I wonder if this is how Naruto-kun and the others thought," Yugito said to herself before she quickly ran to catch up with C
It took quite a long time, but Yugito and C came up to a descending staircase and the two sighed in relief as they walked down the steps. Neither was talking much about the incident that they had experienced; however C was still feeling the heat and Yugito could tell that it was getting to him as C stopped and panted near a wall.
"C, are you alright?" Yugito asked and C sweated profusely. He took out a bottle of water and quickly drank the contents.
"I'm fine. Just getting a little too hot for my taste. How is it that you're not sweating?" he asked and Yugito sweatdropped and rubbed her head again.
"Umm I just know how to deal with it. Well we've been doing this for a long time so let's take a small break," Yugito told him and C nodded as they sat down and leaned against the wall.
"What do you think those two are doing here?" C asked and Yugito shook her head at him.
"I don't know, but it isn't good. Tell me C, that guy said that you betrayed the clan right?" she asked and C rolled his eyes.
"I was a part of the lower branch of the Rai clan. I'll just say that I chose Kumo over the clan and they resented me for it, especially Hakura. I still hate him. That damn dog," C said to her and Yugito looked at him a little confused, but she didn't want to pry anymore. Soon the two got to their feet with C feeling a little better.
They continued their trek through the first portion of the jonin exams as they wondered what would befall them in this dangerous exam.
Raikage Mansion
A sighed as he got to his feet and put on his robes. He rubbed the back of his head while Tsunade and Mabui stood next to him. The largely muscular Kage looked at them both and grinned.
"Is everything ready for our departure?" he asked and Mabui held up notepad while she glanced over it.
"Yes Raikage-sama. Tsuchikage-dono is awaiting your presence for the jonin exams," Mabui answered and Tsunade looked out the window making A and Mabui turn to her. They saw her fold her arms and A sat in his chair.
"Something wrong Tsunade?" he asked and the best medic nin in the world sighed as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"It's just that I wonder if Naruto is alright. You know how Iwa feels about his father," Tsunade remarked and A nodded while Mabui clenched her notepad fearing that Iwa would actually attack Naruto for being the Yondaime's son as well as her brother. A placed his arms on the table and looked at the ceiling.
"That brat keeps impressing people. He won't die so easily. Trust me, I would know. I've had to use my deadly claw to keep him and Bee in line and if they can survive then he's fine," A said making Tsunade chuckle lightly before the three heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," A said and the doorknob twisted to show Jiraiya with his Kage hat and Kage robes. Next to him was Sarutobi Hiruzen and Hiashi Hyuuga. Jiraiya smiled while Tsunade looked him over.
"For a pervert, you fill out that Kage robe quite nicely," she said to her old teammate and Jiraiya rubbed the back of his head.
"I'm glad that you approve. So A-dono, are you ready to go?" Jiraiya asked and the Raikage got to his feet.
"Ready as I'll ever be, but keep your eyes open. Tsuchikage will definitely try something and if he doesn't then something bad is really about to happen," A said making Jiraiya take not before a poof appeared on A's desk revealing Fuku who scratched her ears again. She put the note down and smiled.
"From Naruto-sama sir. His scroll that he wanted me to hand you," Fuku announced before she poofed away. A looked at the note and grabbed it in his hands.
"The brat? What does he want now?" A wondered while Jiraiya looked at the note also. Sarutobi turned to Tsunade and smiled.
"So Kumo huh?" he asked and Tsunade nodded as she leaned against the wall.
"Yep, my only surviving family member is here. No matter how annoying he might be for a cousin. Sorry I didn't take your hat sensei," Tsunade said and Sarutobi waved her off.
"Whatever makes you happy Tsunade," Sarutobi said to her and the medic nin smiled with a nod while Mabui stepped over to Hiashi.
"So how much of Konoha's female population hate Jiraiya-sama?"Mabui asked him as she knew about his perverted books which incidentally got even more perverted since he became Hokage making Hiashi close his eyes.
"You wouldn't believe it, but almost no female hate him. Granted some like Kurenai-san, have a bit of frowning at his hobby, but they can't attack their Hokage so it's just allowed. Strangely enough, his books make a large income of Konoha for men and even couples. Quite a few females are happy that they can be starred in the famous 'Jiraiya-sama's' creations," Hiashi replied and Mabui widened her eyes as she wondered what was actually happening with Konoha and it's problems before they all heard a scroll drop to the floor. Everyone looked to see A and Jiraiya in a state of shock before they got serious.
"Mabui, Tsunade, we are leaving immediately," A said grabbing his hat and his robes while Jiraiya turned to Sarutobi and Hiashi.
"Sensei, Hiashi, we're leaving also. Let's go," he said and the two nodded as they all left the room in a strange hurry while Mabui raised an eyebrow.
"Umm Raikage-sama, what did the note say?" she asked and A handed her the note. Mabui read it while Tsunade and Hiashi looked at it also.
"To A-Jiji,
Jiji, I'm here with Kakashi-san. He runs Konoha's new spy network, but we have a problem. I just say Hakura from the Rai clan and Kabuto Yakushi enter the jonin exams here in Iwa. I don't know if Hakura's clan head is here, but I wanted to give you a heads up before you arrive. I'm with Kakashi-san watching over things.
P.S, everyone here in Iwa hates me like I thought.
Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, Godaime Raikage of Kumo,"
Mabui widened her eyes as did Tsunade and Hiashi while they all walked out of the room.
"If Izanagi is there then he's planning something. I just hope this isn't a repeat of Konoha's chunin exams," A said and Jiraiya narrowed his eyes.
"Well if Kabuto is there then I wouldn't put it past Orochimaru, but we'd better hurry it up then," Jiraiya said and everyone ran towards the Gates of Kumo in a swift hurry.
With Yugito and C
The two gasped as they came to an open area like the last time. They had been dodging traps left and right, but they looked to see just below them, a pool of lava and above that searing hot lava was a cave. They glared at it before they saw an explosion. The two jumped down to the small cave and noticed the smoked area. They covered their eyes before they saw a flash of lightning.
"Who was that?" Yugito wondered as she turned to C who was trembling. He shook from the sight of someone as Yugito touched his shoulders.
"What? What's he doing here? I thought it was strange that Hakura was here, but for him to make an appearance. This isn't good," C said and Yugito turned to him.
"What's wrong?" Yugito asked and C turned to her with a fearful expression.
"That was the head of the Rai clan, Izanagi Rai. One of the worlds strongest Raiton users," C said making Yugito widen her eyes. She wondered how dangerous these exams would be before she took a look and gasped. C trembled as they saw the bodies of many jonin applicants with their bodies burned from a severe lightning strike.
"This isn't good. Not good at all," C said ominously and Yugito growled as she clenched her fists. Unknown to them both the lava bubbled slightly while Yugito's anger rose.
"Come C, let's hurry up and get out of here," Yugito said as she walked off with C following her, both not knowing what was really waiting for them in the exams.
KG: Sorry if the updates seem slow to you, but I'm just trying to find the best solution to update while not getting my ear torn off by my parents for my work in my job or my college. I'll say this again. To see the update schedule then go to the latest chapters of the Ice Fox Of Konoha and The Ultimate Dojutsu. It's all explained there. Well that's all from me, so see you later dattebamen.