Naruto
Fury Guilt and Love
The Wisdom of Chaos has brought me to an improtant revelation... This part of the story is VERY irritating! The reason being is because of the lack of NaruxSaku I'm able to input. It's really aggrivating! Well that's probably why a particular scene is going to make you all cry; I just have the unbarable urge to make it happen with those two. Also I realized that when I'm doing original augmentations to the actually Anime/Manga, they're more livid and detailed, which is how I LIKE IT!!!! Okay I can't take it anymore; FUCK the Sound Invasion details! I'm not even gonna describe what happens during the match between Orochimaru and Sarutobi (Minus a few very important details...)
Oh by the way, There will be a massive time-skip in this chapter so I can get straight into the struggle with Gaara. So when you see the words 'MASSIVE TIME SKIP', then thats where things take the twist... FINALLY
Let's move on...
Chapter 25
It was ridiculous... In a matter of minutes, everything suddenly went to Hell... At least, those were the exact thoughts running through Sakura's head as she witness the massive Ninja clash before her. Almost everyone had fallen under a masterfully executed Genjutsu and for all she knew, the Hokage could be brutalized and swimming in a pile of his own fecies... Of course that last thought disgusted her to know end... The important thing now was figuring out the reason behind this attack and staying alive long enough to do it. Eventhough there was one important clue to add to the list of reasons...
Orochimaru... the same fuck who attacked Sakura and her team in the Forest of Death.
Something inside of her was screaming that it had something to do with Sasuke and it worried her greatly. Of course, she could spend the time she had worrying when she was out of the danger-zone. Without warning, Kakashi blocked an incoming kunai knife that was on kill-point with the Genin's face.
"Sakura!", the silver haired Copy Nin called out with his back turned to her; gaining an immediate response, "You must wake Naruto and Shikamaru"
"Huh?"
"You were able to see through the illusion perfectly. Seen as how you excel in that department, its no wonder you haven't fallen victim. But Naruto and Shikamaru are another story. Dispel the Genjutsu and wake them; you must follow the Sand Siblings...", Kakashi said as he kept a careful eye out for incoming enemy strikes.
"Y-You want us to track them...?", Sakura asked.
"Yes... Sasuke has already gone ahead. You can assist him when you catch... So wake those two and get going... ...besides, Naruto should be happy about this one... This will be his first mission in a long time..."
"What? A-A mission?"
"That's right... an A-ranked mission...", he said.
Normally this would be quite a shock for Sakura, but... I think we all know why she kept her cool about it.
"Okay... I'm going. Good luck Kakashi-sensei", Sakura said.
"Hold it!", Kakashi interveined; stopping the pink haired female where she was as he lifted a shapr kunai to his thumb, "They have probably staved pretty far ahead... You may need some asisstance..."
The Sharingan warrior drew blood from his thumb and performed several hand-seals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!", he barked before placing his hands upon the back of an unconscious villager; resulting in the appearance of ciruclar summoning symbols and smoke.
When the smoke cleared, a little brown dog with blue vest and blue Konaha head-band appeared. Most notible thing about it is that it looked positively stoned.
Sakura pointed at the thing, "Uh... Kakashi-sensei? Whats with the little Pug...?", she asked in genuine confusion.
Hearinf what the girl had just said, the 'Pug' made his way over to her; hopping from person to person until he was in her face, "Hey little girl, don't even think about calling me a cute little doggy... or 'Pug as you so humbly put it...", it spoke with a surprisingly fluint and deeply toned voice.
Though not particularly surprised by the dog actually talking, Sakura's face fell a bit, "I never said anything about being cute...", she thought.
"Sakura, meet Pakkun. He will be aiding you in your search... Now quit wasting time. Wake Naruto and Shikamaru so you can get going...", Kakshi demanded.
"H-Hai", Sakura responed before dropping to her knees and elbows; crawling out from under the and up the cement stairs where Naruto and Shikamaru slumbered.
Approaching Naruto first, she held the proper hand-seal, "Kai!", she said before moving her hand down to tap upon the boy to dispel the jutsu.
HOWEVER(!!!!), before Sakura actually managed to touch him, his hand shot up and clasped upon her wrist; gaining a surprised gasp from her.
"I'm awake, Sakura...", Naruto responded in a serious dead-panned tone.
The blonde Genin released his teammate's wrist and rose to a kneeling position, "N-Naruto? You were awake this whole time?", Sakura asked with amazement.
Naruto growled with adversity, "Yeah... When I heard Kakashi-sensei and Gai-sensei talking amongst themselves I released the illusion myself... and I heard every word. So Orochimaru's behind all this is he?", he asked while maintaining his feirce demeanor.
"Y-Yeah... Do you know what we're suppose to do?", she asked just to make sure.
Surprisingly, Naruto smiled. But it wasn't his usual foxy grin that he plastered, no... This was the smile that told the world that he craved some action.
"Yeah... Sensei was right about one thing... I am excited... Our second A-ranked mission in a row. Its... Its such a thrill", he said before his eyes widened greatly and his smile disappeared.
Without warning he forcefully pushed Sakura away and reflexably caught the handle of an incoming kunai between his fingers before immediately throwing it back at the Oto attacker; impaling him right between the eyes. Letting out a sceam of anguish, the Oto Nin stumbled back before tumbling over the edge of the audiance roster. Seeing the entire thing, Sakura stared at her savior in amazement and even more admiration than before.
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"Thanks Fox..."
"Huh? For what...?
"If it weren't for this Summoning Pact things would be lookiong very bleek right about now, but I can see things a lot clearly now"
"Oh don't kid yourself and don't thank me. Remember it was your sheer stupidity that made the Summoning Pact, not I. So keep your meaningless 'thank you's' to yourself, brat..."
"Well excuuuuuse me..."
"A-Arigato...", she said through her dazzled haze.
"Don't worry about it...", Naruto said before growling angrily while glancing to all of his sides, "Kuso! They're everywhere... The Stadium, the Gates... Everywhere; I can feel it... Orochimaru, that bastard!"
Catching Sakura's attention from the side was a slumbering Shikamaru. She had almost forgotten about the lazy fuck, but she crawled to his side and was prepared to release the illusion. However, Naruto called out to her.
"Uh, Sakura don't bother... That bum is so not asleep...", he said with a comically knowing scowl.
"What? How can you tell...?", Sakura asked.
Naruto cranked his head to his teammate, "Are you serious...? Just look at him", he said while pointing a finger at the forementioned 'bum' lying on his side.
Doing as she was told with interested, Sakura peered down at Shikamaru for only two freakin' seconds before she noticed his eyebrow twitching. The pink haired kunoichi plastered the same comical scowl as Naruto did.
"He was right... he's not asleep at all...", she thought dryly to herself.
Out of nowhere, Pakkun steadily walked up behind Shikamaru's leg and calmly chomped upon it like it was a natural for of greeting. Silence insued... They all remained still for a few seconds until the 'sleeping' Shikamaru shot up into a sitting position; screaming bloody murder and swinging his leg up and down try to shake the leech off of his limb, much to Sakura's irritation.
"MMYYYYY LEEEEEEEEG!!!!!!!!!!!!", he roared.
"Shikamaru! You were faking it, ya jackass!", Sakura said.
The raven haired stradegist pulled Pakkun off of his leg and rose to a kneeling position as well; holding the little Pug while idoly toying with his face.
"Oh spare me. I was only fakin' it because you guys really don't even even need me along; I don't wanna get involved", he said while pulling hard upon Pakkun's cheek.
Sakura fumed at this guys laziness, "We might need your smarts to help us find Sasuke-kun; you know that!", she said.
"Yeah, and like I said not five seconds ago; I don't wanna get involved. I don't care about Sasuke...", he said before releasing the cheek he was pulling.
With his natural passive agressiveness, Pakkun calmy crunched his jaw upon his pincher's hand.
"... ... MMYYYYY HAAAAANNNNND!!!!!!!!!!!", Shikamaru bellowed in pain; flinging his said limb in the air with the little brown dog flailing up.
Sakura growled and frowned and was about to protest further until Naruto interloped.
"We don't have time to worry about it Sakura. Lets just get to it... We've no time to spare", he said.
From out of nowhere, an Oto Nin came smashing into the wall behind all of the Genin; bursting a cloud of dust. They all turned their attention to see Gai with his fist lodged in the enemy's ribs; pinning him against the wall.
"F... F-Fuckin' fast...", he gurgled.
The green-clad Jounin smirked, "Heh. Not just fast...", he said before pushing the unfortunate soul so hard the he flew passed his concrete obstacle.
As the three Genin awed at that feet for only a moment, Kakashi appeared.
"Alright you four. You are now tasked to carry out an A-ranked mission. When I give you the full details, you will exit through that hole. You must find Sasuke; he has already gone ahead to track the Sand Siblings. Once you catch up with him, you will retreat into a safety area and await further instuctions, is that clear?", Kakashi said.
Naruto and Sakura: Hai!
Shikamaru: Up your's ya crack-feind...-Sure...
Without another word, Sakura dashed away and readied herself to jump out of the large hole as instucted but noticed that Naruto hadn't joined her. She looked back to see the blonde staring at Kakashi's back with...
aggravation...
"Naruto. Lets get a move on", Sakura said.
No response.
"Sensei..."
"What is it Naruto", Kakashi responded with mild annoyance that he hadn't gone already.
The red jacketed Genin frowned, "Are you positive that there's nothing me or Sakura can do to help out?", he asked while inwardly knowing the response.
"Naruto... You have your mission; that should be your prime concerne", the masked Nin said; gaining no response from Naruto, "... Besides, it would be best if you two not stay here. We can't be worried for the saftey of you two..."
It was at those words... It was at those cold and depraiving words that something inside Naruto's mind snapped wide open. With only a look of mild contempt on his face, the blonde boy turned around and walked toward the previously made hole before stopping.
"I guess you have a point, but just remember this Sensei...", he began.
Kakashi slightly turned his head.
"... You have more than one student...", he said before forming a familiar hand-seal, "Taijuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
With those words, the ENTIRE inside and outside Stadium was swarmed with battle ready Shadow Clones, much to the unwavering shock of Kakashi, who had to admit that he had never seen so many formed at once.
"You all know what to do!", Naruto commanded before dashing out of the immediately area with Sakura in one arm.
Clones: YOSH!!!!!!!!
With that finally roar, the Bushins vanished in the newly aquired speed; further surprising the fuck out of Kakashi, who's eye widened. Even he had to admit that he may have missed out on something very important during his time training Sasuke, but he had bigger things worry about right then. Rushing to aid his comrade, Gai, he suddenly stopped when an ANBU appeared before them.
Kakashi and Gai stopped and looked at this new situation, "Hey... What are you doing? Hokage-sama needs you help!", Gai yelled.
The 'ANBU' merely held up the Tora (Tiger) hand-seal before he was suddenly accompanied by a squadrum of Oto Nin.
"Dammit... what a shame...", Kakashi commented.
"I never would have expected the enemy to discuise themselves as an ANBU...", Gai added
"Yeah... ... He's the one... I'm sure he's the one who set off the illusion..."
As the enemy Shinobi stared off against their Jounin foes, the 'ANBU' spoke, "Follow them...", he said.
"What, you mean them kids? Whats the point? It's not like Genin of that level can do anything...", on of the Otot Nin said.
Without really responding, the 'ANBU' releived a card from within his black robe; reveiling it to be Naruto's Ninja info-card. It displayed Naruto's current guesstimated strengths and improvements, along with an updated picture of his new appearance.
"Hn... so thats the Uzumaki kid's data, huh...? ... ... Are you sure he's a Genin I mean... wow", the Oto Nin said in slight astounishment.
the 'ANBU' smiled from under his mask, "Yes... His power has seemed to take a sudden jump. He certainly didn't waste his time during his month of training...", he said.
"Heh. Sudden jump or not, it looks like you're overrating the little shit..."
"Hn. And you're underestimating him greatly... Something tells me that doing that in battle with him at this point would be a fatal mistake.
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Outside of Konoha Gates...
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru and Pakkun were hurriedly dashing through the forest on their hunt for Sasuke. With Pakkun up front and the others right behind them, the squad hauled all sort of ass to accomplish this mission. Of course for Sakura, the unfairness of it all was really pissing her off. Here she was, about to FINALLY set things right with Naruto after the Chuunin Exams had ended and BAM; this happens.
It was as though bad things only happened to her (not that she don't deserve it). Oh sure, she could just turn her head to the side, call his name and THEN pour her soul out to him, but thanks to a recent experience, she knows a lot better than that.
"Ngh! Why did it have to happen now? I was so gonna do it... I really was. So why did this have to happen, of all times?!"-"Dammit!", she accidentally cursed.
Pakkun, Shikamaru and Naruto shot curious stares at their female companion, who's face became a light shade of red.
"Oh sorry. Just thinking about how much of a hastle this is...", Sakura lied (while telling the truth simaltaneously)
Shikamaru sighed, "Finally... someone's speakin' my language...", he said.
"Well hastle or not, we have our orders. Lets hurry and hope that Sasuke doesn't get too hasty", Naruto said.
"He's right", Pakkun began, "Our main priority is find Sasuke and stop him from doing anything incredibley stupid. Besides... (sniff) (sniff)... It looks as though we're being followed..."
"Followed?", Sakura questioned.
"He's right. There are... eight of them. No... nine... and they're fast", Naruto said.
The little brown Nin Dog looked ahead and silently thought to himself, "Well... Maybe theirs more to this kid than I originally thought... Hmm... he really doesn't fit the part but maybe..."-"Hey Kid... Whats you're name...", he asked out of curiosity.
Naruto unwittingly scowled, "Although I hardly think it's the ideal time to be asking me such useless questions, Its Naruto... Naruto Uzumaki...", he said.
Though Pakkun didn't receive the answer he was looking for he smiled anyway, "Uzumaki huh...?"-"So he's not from the Inuzuka clan...", he thought.
"Enough of this... We have to hurry", Naruto declared.
Seeing the intense and oh so familiar look in his eye, painfully reminded Sakura of how madly focused he becomes when a mission is afoot.
"Yeah... I know exactly what he'd say at a time like this. I'll... Keep it to myself for now, and focus on the task at hand...", she thought while simaltaneously trying to ingnore the fact that Naruto looked as though something else was bothering him.
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Surprisingly not too far from the sqaud was the ominous Kuro; idoly thinking to himself as he waited for the opportunity he's been aching for while stading upon a large cliff and staring into the forest below.
"Hmmmmmmm... How very, very boring... I often wonder why I don't join my wonderful students in their tasks... Hn. I suppose its the least I can do after not being able to see them for twenty long years... Hmm... Perhaps I should join them afterall and-... Whats this?", Kuro said when something caught his attention.
"Oh... Naruto-kun... He's on the move with several of his friends... Perhaps I can stay afterall, since he's already on the move. Hmhmhmhmhmhmhm... Don't disappoint me... Naruto-kun", he said before looking up into the sky, "There's... a storm coming..."
Kuro breathed a refreshing sigh to himself, "It's been... such a long time since I was able to enjoy the feeling of truly living. Twenty years trapped inside of a blasted rock is more than I can bare... Its good to be among this plain of exsistence again... The feel of the wind, the sound of nature... Yes, its all comming back to me. Hmhmhmhm... and now I can continue my Reign of Terror. Admitably, I have already hit Konoha; giving me just the pick-me-up I needed, and because of that I will leave its people in peace for the time being but I'm far from finished with Hi no Kuni. Hmmm... Perhaps I can pay a visit to the other towns when I'm finished here...", he conversed with himself before sighing again.
Kuro closed his eyes and immediately drifted into a peaceful slumber while standing with his arms crossed; awaiting his time to remind everyone who even had the audasity to forget his face...
who the true Terror is...
MASSIVE TIME-SKIP
Deep within the Forest, Sasuke Uchiha was facing off with his feircest enemy yet; sitting against the trunk of a tree while resting upon it's branch. He had just managed to barely survive his altercation with a half-transformed Subaku no Gaara (also standing upon a branch), who was glaring ravenously at him. Sasuke realized as he fought, that he had wasted his advantages. Since he never really had a chance to show his Chidori during the Exams, he had more than enough chakra to last him awhile, but the montrous Gaara had proven to be FAR more fomritable than originally intended; forcing him to use the deadly Chidori twice... his limit.
If he pushed too hard then the Curse Mark on his neck could react. That was too risky.
"Kuso... I never imagined that he would be this powerful. Son of a bitch, where's your weak-point? You're ten times stronger than you were before; your speed, your power... What am I supposed to do?", Sasuke fretted in his current situation as Gaara roared his insults and put downs
"UCHIHA!!!!! Has the truth of your weak existence compared to mine FINALLY OPENED YOUR EYES?!?!?!", Gaara yelled with his now montrous voice, "Is THAT why you don't attack me Sasuke Uchiha; are you AFRAID OF MY EXSISTENCE?!?!? Or do you FINALLY realize WHY YOU'RE SO WEAK?!?!"
Sasuke tried frantically hard to focus on what he should do about his current situation while simaltaneously getting angry by Gaara's words. He had tried everything and it had little to no affect at all.
"Yes!! THATS RIGHT!!! Thats why you can never win AGAINST ME!!! Your hatred... its WEAK!!! Your thoughts are far too soft and forgiving!! Do you UNDERSTAND?!?!?!"
"Shut up...", Sasuke warned.
"Your exsistence is MEANINGLESS COMPARED TO MINE! And that is why you must DIIIIIIIIIE!!!!!!!!!!!", Gaara roared before leaping off of the branch he stood on; charging at Sasuke.
"Your WRONG!!!", the raven haired Genin declared before forcefully activating his Chidori, "He chose to me... He let me live for the soul purpose of killing him and I won't die here! I am an AVERGER!!!!!!!!"
With a massive intent to end this fight, Sasuke returned Gaara's charge. However, given the fact that he pushed too far, his Chidori weakened greatly before the gigantic clash of power that insued. With both fighters landing on opposite branches back to back, Gaara's arm slowly oozed off of his person yet maintained the strength to stand... Sasuke was another story. The boy was half-covered with the symbols of the Curse Mark; his Sharingan activated. He had used FAR to much chakra; slowly keeling over and coughing before collapsing on his stomach.
"No... I... I think I may have overdid it completely!", he inwardly cringed.
Almost immediately restoring his lost Demon arm, Gaara turned back around to face his fallen opponent before reinitiating the charge with the initiative to finally kill his worthy prey.
However...
The moment that the montrous creeten came within a foot of Sasuke, a black sandaled foot visciously crashed into the 'human' side of his face; sending him flying the exact way he came. Thing is... that really fuckin' HURT!!!! Gaara roared in pain and discomfort before catching himself upon the same tree branch that he launched from. He looked up and saw a familiar shade of black and red along with a mop of wild shaggy blonde hair. He growled as the boy landed upon a tree brush; glaring at him monster with righteous fury.
Not far behind, Sakura and Pakkun appeared at the fallen Uchiha's side, "Sasuke-kun!", Sakura cried.
The stare-off between Gaara and his attacker continued. the half-demon's face lifted with sudden remeberance.
"You... ... I recognize you...", he said with rageful malice, "Yes... You're the one... who has also demonstrated great strength... Uzumaki... Naruto... Hreeeheheheheh!!! What are you doing here?!"
Despite the blazing situation and his hidden nervousness, Naruto smiled, "Keepin' ya nice and docile before I kick your little ass", he snarked causing Gaara to smile maniacally, "Still... Why do I get the feeling that I... that I recongize him..."
"Sasuke-kun... You're hurt...", Sakura said as she got a load of the work Gaara made of her raven haired teammate; slightly grimacing at the sight of the Curse Markings on half of his body, "He probably got too careless... like the last time..."
Naruto continued to stare at his dreadful opponent with the ITCHING feeling that he knew him from somewhere, "You... ... Are you... Gaara...", he asked; not too sure of himself.
When he recieved a far more menacing smile, the blonde boy hardened his expression, "I knew it... What the Hell happened to him...", he thought before he heard a loud gasp from what appeared to come out of nowhere.
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"ICHIBI!!!"
Naruto raised and eyebrow, "Icha Icha what?"
"I KNEW I recognized the scent aminating from that little shit! So Ichibi was actually caught like I was!! HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!
"Okay, what are you gloating about? Who the Hell is Ichibi?"
"(Sigh) Don't you know anything you simpleton? Ichibi no Shukaku... ya know; the One-tailed Bijuu of the Sand? Come on Kit, I thought you've grown smarter!"
"Well EXCUSE ME for being CURIOUS!!!-Wait... ... Are you... Are you saying that this... Gaara has a... has a... Demon inside of him?"
"Well, do you see many humans who look as hideous as that? I should say not..."
"... I didn't... know that..."
Hrhrhrhrhrrrr. Whats the matter? Don't tell me you're scared, Kit..."
(AN: As you can see, the event where Naruto met Gaara for the first time never happened in this Story... Probably should have told you that ahead of time...)
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Naruto was silent. He truly didn't expect to see someone who shared a similar curse as he did. Even though Gaara was harboring a sinister smile, the blonde Genin stared into both of his eyes. Despite their difference in appearance, Naruto saw a deeped seeded and well-hidden pain within them. In truth, Naruto thought it impossible to comprehend another being such as himself; the scenario just didn't seem plausible to him. And yet...
here he was.
"... I... Ichibi...", Naruto said out of the blue, catching Gaara off gaurd and Sakura's attention, "Hn. So its true... You... have a demon inside you... don't you..."
At this, Gaara shook his mild surprise and reformed his smile, "Hmmmm... How did you know that? Tell me, I'm curious...", he growled as he began to drool furioulsy.
Naruto lowered his head; darkening his eyes behind his hair, "My... My heart aches... ... Why does my heart ache...", he said as he lifted his hand to his chest in a vein attempt to settle the growing pain.
"Hey... why don't you answer? How did you KNOW?!", Gaara roared with his intent to kill rising as he stared ravenously at the boy.
What happened next... shocked even Gaara. Naruto lifted his head to look at the half-demon... with fresh tears falling down his face. His expression wasn't happy nore was it fearful... it was sad... so very sad...
"Huh..."
Naruto continued to stare at Gaara with that same undying expression with his tears falling like Hell. At this point, something came over him; it was a feeling of saddness that he had not experienced before. He looked at Gaara unwaveringly. He stared him dead in his eyes; soaking within the lonley pit of darkness that filled them. The agony... the torment... He saw it all within those eyes... A pain of which he knew very much so. His tearful stare didn't die and it confused the Hell out of Gaara.
"Why do you shed your tears? What are you crying for?!", the jinchuuriki yelled.
Since Sakura only saw his back, she was faily shocked to hear that from the monster of an opponent, "Crying...? W...Why is he crying...?", she thought to herslef while growing mysteriously sad herself.
At first, Naruto was silent, but decided to answer his enemy's question with another question, "Gaara... Why do you want to kill Sasuke so badly...?", he asked somberly.
At this, Gaara laughted meniacally, "An existence that is capable of making me feel TRULY ALIVE; that is what I desire!! Sasuke Uchiha shall provide me that satisfaction and your intrution will be your undoing, fool!"
Naruto's tears ceased their flow but remained stained upon his cheeks as he suddenly hardened his expression
"You won't stop will you... Unless you kill Sasuke, you won't stop this senseless rampage...", Naruto said as an acknoledgement more than a question.
Gaara merely smiled again, causing Naruto to tense until three blood-vessels showed upon his forehead as he clinged his fists until his knuckles crack.
"Then you leave me no choice... Gaara...", Naruto said, "I won't allow you to harm someone precious to me..."
All of a sudden, the center of the black-clad boy's body began to burn a little. It was a quick and stinging sensation that made him flinch a little at the pain. A jolt of energy suddenly coursed through and before he knew it... his body slowly and steadily began to aminate dark purple chakra. This alien feeling was not natural at all, but what freaked him out the most was that he wasn't responsible. Naruto closed his eyes trying to compose his thoughts.
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"K-Kyuubi... What's-
"Don't even... THINK(!!!!!!!!!!!) about getting used to this, Kit..."
"Used to what... What have you done?"
"I'm not positive I understand what effects this will have, but I'm pouring my chakra into the very flow of your own. I wasn't even aware I could do this until now..."
"W-What are you saying, Kyuubi...? I thought I could only tap into your power when I was running on empty"
"Hey! First off, I LEND you my chakra you insect! Second, it may have something to do with-"
"Don't tell me... The Summoning Pact..."
"Yeah-yeah. Thats not important right now! The only reason I'm doing this is becasue this is something that I simple CANNOT MISS!!!! Two Jinchuuriki fighting it out! I warn you though; this will be the LAST time I do something this nice for you ever again. Got that, shit-face?"
"Hmhm... Thanks Kyuubi... I knew you loved me. Hehehehehe..."
"You arrogant little-"
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Sakura watched in pure awe and amazement at Naruto at that moment. Not only was the chakra he aminated totally diffrent from anything she had ever seen or heard of, but she could actually feel his power. It brought forth an array of different sensations. It was frightening to no end, yet entoxicating all the same. It was mind-boggling like mad, but exciting in multiple ways. The pink haired female had never seen Naruto like this before and something inside of her told her that she needed to move away, but she was genuinely mezmorized.
"Naruto...", her thoughts wondered in amazement.
Temari, who was hiding within the side-lines was just as amazed as Sakura.
"Wh-... Where is this chakra coming from... I've never felt something like this before...", she thought before turning a surprisingly worried glance to her mutated brother, "... Gaara..."
With his power temporarily a knew, Naruto glared at his opponent readily.
"... ... ... Let's begin... ... ..."
CLIFFY OF CHAOS!!!!!!!! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! So, what do you guys think? For this particular chapter I REALLY wouldn't mind your feedback, seen as how I really worked on the depth and excitement. Also, I hope none of you think that Naruto's become too strong... You'd be surprised. Just be warned; next chapter you'd all better have a box of tissue! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-cheese
Peace :)