Chapter 35
Sorry if the last chapter gave the wrong idea, the story isn't ending for another 10+ chapters. Hehe, sorry to make you worry.
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Naruto stared in shock at this and slowly, his eyes started rolling into the back of his head and he blacked out slowly and surely.
The chuunin and jounin were shocked to say the least at this; this guy had seen massacres beyond comprehension and didn't bat an eyelid. And here he was, fainting over a promotion, a big one admittedly but still a promotion.
"Well, he took that better than I expected. Arashi screamed, Rasenganed the wall and then ran around screaming stuff about youth that would make Gai look at him weird. Or inspire him as this case may be" said Jiraiya sweat dropping
The ninja took a final look at Naruto before filing out to arrange the Rokudaime's inauguration into the rank.
Soon, the only ninja left in the room were Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Yamato, Hinata and an unconscious Naruto.
"Why now Tsunade-Hime?" asked Jiraiya "You could of done it the moment after he saved the village from the Rock, but you waited, why?"
"The villagers wouldn't have accepted it, they wouldn't accept that a nuke-nin/samurai could immediately become the highest rank we have. I had to take it as slowly as I could and give a reason for all the things he had done that a Hokage requires. He fulfilled all of that in the time that my assassination was ordered" replied Tsunade quietly
"Come on you two, don't get all sappy on us. We still have to get this lazy ass ready and I REALLY think he needs a damn shower," said Yamato holding his nose
Hinata let out a nervous giggle at this a slowly started dragging him to the bathroom that belonged to Hokage adjoined to the office.
The last they heard of him for two hours was the click of the lock, the shower and a belt buckle.
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In a cave 1km away from Konohagakure"Senpai…. Tobi is bored"
"Patience Tobi, you will not wait any longer and you will have a little nostalgia trip. Concentrate on keeping the seal up right now, Yeah"
"I trust everyone remembers their target, Kakuzu and Hidan both perished to this village so they are not to be underestimated."
"Leader…I…Will….Attack….From….Underneath" came a robotic voice
"Good, we ALL know our roles and how to best them, on my command we will drop the seal and head straight to the village."
"It is most important that no-one interfere with my battle, it will be very chaotic"
"I know my target, it will be….. interesting to see how he has grown"
"Only 1 thing to say, Iku Ze"
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KonohagakureNaruto had been pushed onto the roof after a shower, shave and redressing. He was dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Hokage but covered his hands with the sleeves of the robes. His overly large hat resting on his head gently, the veil flowing gently in the wind. He was backed by the people who mattered most to him. Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shizune, Kakashi, Yamato and Hinata all stood behind him on the roof of the Hokage Tower.
He walked slowly towards the edge, the edge of a 100-foot drop. At the bottom, every ninja in the village. Academy Students, Genin, Chuunin, Jounin.
The tension could have been cut with a knife as he stood at the edge. He then broke it.
"I AM THE ROKUDAIME HOKAGE!"
The cheer that erupted after that was loud enough to send a large sound boom nearly 5 miles into the fire country.
Naruto let out one of the first true grins he had ever shown, this was the day that he had been dreaming of since he was 7. His euphoria was then replaced by sheer horror as most of the Genin, Chuunin and Jounin were knocked out cold by a large chakra pulse. Only 300 remained standing, himself including. He noted those he recognised. Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Ino, Tenten, Lee, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai. Them and the people behind him made up the only people he recognised in the 300.
'Hey Fuzzball, what the hell was that?''Kit, keep it zipped. I'm no Fuzzball.'
'Just answer the question, Fuzzy'
'Urgh…. It is coming from 10 points around the village. They are backed by a large amount of smaller but still powerful chakra signatures. One thing about it though, it tastes red. Crisp red, like a new dawn.'
'Red….10 Chakras…..Dawn…Shit! See ya later Fuzzy'Naruto motioned to the people behind him as he pulled the robes off revealing his battle gear. His red cloak flowing behind him as he jumped down the building, ninja style.
"Shinobi and Kunoichi, we have a problem. 10 ninja of the criminal organisation Akatsuki have invaded the village with their subordinates." He paused as the crowd mostly gasped "We HAVE to repel them, or else Konoha will not survive. I am saying 'we' because I will be out there fighting too, and I can only hope for your safety. I will be fighting 1 of the Akatsuki but I can't fight them alone. It is very possible that they have all the Biju except for 1, mine. The Kyuubi no Kitsune. They will be powered by the Biju so only the strongest ninja will be able to take them on. Who can I count on to fight?"
No one came forward as stillness rose, only broken by the small booms they heard from the edge of the village.
Then someone came to the front.
"Damagi"
"Ready to serve and die under you" said Damagi as he stood behind Naruto and the other people already there moved to in front.
Tsunade stepped forward but Naruto pushed her back.
"No Baa-chan, I am aware your old but so was the Third, if I die here then you have to take care of the village and appoint a Nanadaime."
Tsunade grumbled but rejoined the ranks, Jiraiya talking to her softly about how it wasn't her fault.
Soon enough, Kakashi and Yamato stepped forward.
"We have a score to settle with Akatsuki," was all they said as Naruto let them join the squad.
After that, Ino and Shino joined the ranks.
"Akatsuki killed my best friend and team-mate all in the same day, they will be punished." Was all Ino said and Shino stayed stoic. He only said "My skills will be of use" and joined the squad
Next, Sasuke, Lee and Hinata walked to the front.
"Teme, Lee, Good men." As he let them join the squad but he stopped Hinata "Hinata-chan, I can't let you come. It's too dangerous"
Hinata took his face in her hand gently and whispered in his ear "You always said I was a great ninja, let me prove it"
Naruto closed his eyes and moved aside to let her join the group.
"We have 8 brave volunteers, we need one more"
Everyone was quiet until one person spoke up.
"I'll come"
Naruto looked at the person who spoke up. A medium built man, black hair, and black eyes, dressed all in black except for his face. He also wore standard ANBU gear except that his Kunai and shuriken holsters held different brushes and inks.
"I remember you, you were in my class in school. You didn't become ANBU then did you?"
"My name is Sai, I became ANBU after Konoha was restored from the rock village"
"I've never seen you fight before, are you sure you can handle it?"
"Don't underestimate me. I am ANBU, Failure is NOT an option"
"Very well, join the group" said Naruto "That's everyone, I want you all to divide into 9 man squads, Tsunade and Jiraiya will assign squad captains and each squad will take an area to eliminate all enemy threats. Once all threats eliminated, hold the positions until I call the order. If I don't call the order, defend Konoha with your lives."
"HAI!" came the roar from the crowd as the 10-man group jumped away.
They were now called the 10 man group, but in generations to come, they would always be remembered under a different name.
The Jyushinin
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Damagi was the first to find his target. He found it in a clearing that had been identified as area 22, where the memorial stone was .A large 'thing' in a black cloak with a red cloud design on it. It carried a large bandaged item over it's shoulder and a conical hat over its eyes and face. It was flanked by a large number of minions, each wearing a black muscle shirt with a single red cloud on the front, which were waved away by a single slash of the bandaged object. It made a few hand signals and the minions jumped away from the battle so they're chakra signatures couldn't be felt. It then took its hat off. Blue skin and gills matched with equally blue spiky hair. This appearance would have freaked out any sane human, but ANBU were never generally sane.
The pair just stared off at each other waiting for one to speak.
"Nice to meet you, I am Kisame Hoshigaki, I hope you remember it" said Kisame as he was now identified with
"Damagi, charmed I'm sure."
"Shall we dance?"
"Thought you'd never ask"
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Kakashi met his target next, but his wasn't quite tense. He found his target running around in the forest screaming "BUTTERFLY, WHERE ARE YOUUUU!"
His opponent was wearing a large orange mask that spiralled around until it met a single eyehole over the left eye. His black cloak with the red cloud design identified him as a full Akatsuki member though so Kakashi knew he was going to be trouble.
"Akatsuki, what are you doing in our village!" yelled Kakashi instantly grabbing the members attention.
"Tobi is finding Kyuubi, if Tobi gets Kyuubi then senpai will respect him as an equal. If Tobi fails, senpai will hate him more'
'What the hell is this kid, he can't be older than 4.' Thought Kakashi
"Well, I can't allow that" said Kakashi drawing his kunai
"Tobi will beat scarecrow, Tobi will beat scarecrow and draw Henohenomoheji on his corpse"
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Lee and Sai found theirs in a pair. It was on the edge of a large waterfall with various rocks and boulders around .A large bulking creature and a gender bender. The two were bickering about something but stopped as soon as Lee and Sai entered the area.
"I appears we have a guest Sasori no Danna yeah."
"Two in fact, which one will you take Deidara?"
"I like that boy in the top without a midriff, looks like he has some style. Style means they have artistic ability yeah."
"Fine, I'll take the freak with the eyebrows"
"IKU ZE!" cried Lee suddenly as he charged and knocked the large creature off the cliff. He dived down after it as Deidara approached Sai.
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Hinata soon found her target. It was someone familiar, but she couldn't place it.
The member turned to face her in a street near the town centre. It was quiet around except for the rustling of the member's hair. A small growl was heard but Hinata paid it no heed. The member said nothing except remove the hat.
"KIBA!" cried out Hinata louder than she ever thought she could go.
"Hehe…. Surprised Hinata? I thought you might be. I entered the Akatsuki after escaping during the invasion of the Rock village. I was a subordinate but soon, I got something that let me do things most humans cannot." Growled Kiba
"Oh my god….. and the others on your team?"
"Wait and see, but I've wanted to pay you back for what you put me through with Ibiki. The bastard actually CHEWED my HEAD!"
"You deserved everything you got."
"Let do this"
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Sasuke was the next to find his. The member was already waiting for him, sat on top of the Hokage monument cross-legged.
"So… Otoutou, it has been a while"
"Itachi…. You always did have a sense of nostalgia. The Hokage monument…"
"I do not care, otoutou. You decided to fight me, with that, your fate was sealed
"Enough of this talk" said Sasuke as he activated his Sharingan
"Too true," said Itachi, activating his. "This will be most fun"
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Shino was more sneaky in finding his target, he sent a variety of scent-bugs out to find the trail of anyone who was wearing a combination of 20 percent red dye and 80 percent black dye. He found his target soon.
He was standing on a tree branch, 30 metres away from where his bugs told him the opponent was. He couldn't see them but he knew they were there because his bugs told him so.
"Come out Akatsuki, I know you are there." Called Shino as his bugs started swarming
There was silence for a minute until the tree ahead of him started to move slightly. A large amount of tree bark came off the tree but the tree looked the same. The bark then slowly changed color until it was looking like a venus fly trap with a man inside. The man inside was half black and half white with piercing yellow eyes.
"You are good with your tracking, Aburame" said the Akatsuki in a robotic voice
"I have to be, Zetsu Hider Of The Grass. I am aware of what happened to you, you tried fusing yourself with a summoning contract to be able to change between the two. You got stuck halfway." Said Shino in his mocking voice, co incidentally, also his normal monotone voice.
"Very good, but can you kill me?" said Zetsu as he melted into the tree again
"We shall see" said Shino as he rush at Zetsu
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Next to find hers was Ino. She found hers in a crater, just sitting there. She walked towards the member but as she did, several kunai flew at her. She dodged the kunai only to land near another trap and set off an explosive tag attached to a pit.
"Who are you" said Ino dodging some Senbon and shuriken that were launched from above and 4 sides.
The member took off their hat to reveal their face.
"Akada….. you bitch"
"What you think of me is fine, Ino-buta, but I will have the last laugh." Said Akada as she let fly with kunai of her own.
Ino dodged these but very barely. She jumped into every space she could think of but couldn't find one that didn't set off a trap.
"I trained under trap master Gennou, he taught me everything about traps that he knew and I then modified it. Akatsuki took me in because I made traps so well designed that it made their bases impenetrable" announced Akada proudly
"Whore"
"Care to repeat that, bondage girl?"
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Yamato found his soon after. In the dungeons where Yamato spent a large portion of his childhood. Sitting in the desk where the scientist would sit and inject him with more chemicals than an old person. Lying strapped to that table, knifes taken to parts of your anatomy, all of this brought back horrendous memories for Yamato.
"Tenzou…. We meet again" slithered a voice from the room
"Orochimaru, you will pay for what you did to me!"
"Did what to you? I gave you Mokuton and you DARE TO GO AGAINST ME!" yelled back the snake sannin.
"We had an equivalent exchange, the Mokuton for the loss of 14 years of my life. It doesn't seem worth it to someone normal. But I was alone then, homeless, penniless, not a pot to piss in. So it seemed a fair deal, attention, a home, a family. Bullshit."
"How about we sort this out here then? You know you want to"
"You know I want to as well"
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Naruto was the last to find his opponent. It was kind of ironic, he met the Akatsuki at the gates of the village. The Akatsuki just stared at him as if waiting for something. The Akatsuki had bright orange hair and grey eyes. His body build being somewhat smaller than Naruto, at around 5 foot 8 inches. His face was muscular, as was his body from what Naruto could see under the cloak. This gave him an odd but menacing aura, that and his killing intent was so focused on him he would of wet himself had he not been containing the Kyuubi.
"Naruto Kazama, Rokudaime Hokage" said Naruto
"Hiketsu Tenshi, Leader of Akatsuki" Said Hiketsu
"Why attack my village?"
"We want nothing from your village except the Kyuubi, my men have been ordered to rip this town apart by the seams to find it but it seems they can have their fun while I get the Kyuubi."
"Try it, Ketsu" said Naruto laughing
"I will" said Hiketsu as he disappeared.
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Hey People, hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's a bit of filler I guess but it sets the scene for the rest of the story. Enjoy :)