True Power

Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me; I am just borrowing the characters for this story. Please don't sue, probably won't get much anyhow.

Naruto was wondering what to do about the problems with chasing down the annoying snake in the grass that was Orochimaru. 'Got any ideas Fox?'

'I do have one, though we might have to ask the Aburame clan for a bit of help.'

'Well we could ask Shino's mom, I mean she was willing to tell us anything before.'

'That was because she was underneath you Kit.'

'That to, but at least we'll get where were going. Now what was this plan of yours?'

'Well there is a certain bug that can find any scent once it first sniffs it, meaning if we gave it Orochimaru's scent then we could track the bastard down.'

'Sounds like a plan Fox, but how did you know about the bug?'

'You don't think all I think about is world conquest and women do you?'

'Well…'

'Don't answer that, it was rhetorical.'

Heading in the direction of the moaning, Naruto soon found Shino's mom helping herself to a few of his clones. Or should he say, the clones were helping themselves to Shino's mom, anyways he needed to talk to her. Sending a silent command to the clones, they finished up quickly and sent her to euphoria. Trying to get the woman to say anything at all was a problem, but soon he got her under control. The woman knew of the bug they sought, though it was not found anywhere nowadays. She told them that it was thought to be extinct, but if they were really searching for it that she would help in anyway she could.

Nodding his head, Naruto ordered the clones to take the woman into the bathroom and get her ready for the journey. 'You think we can find it with just the three of us?'

'What are you worrying about Kit? With our senses it should be easy to find a bug.'

'Maybe we should bring along Hinata and Hana just in case.'

'I don't know if I like your trust in our abilities, though it couldn't hurt.' Once the woman was ready to go, Naruto raced toward the Hyuuga estate to pick up Hinata. He found her trying to battle off Hiashi and Neji; the two weren't the happiest people in the world since Hinata had become Naruto's girl.

"What is wrong with you Hinata? Are you mad? That boy is the demon don't you understand that?"

Hinata never did like fighting, she wasn't a very confrontational person, but she had learned a lot in the past few months. Naruto was watching as the young girl actually held her own for a bit of time, but eventually the superior Hiashi caught the girl in the arms. With her arms immobilized, Hinata was powerless to stop the man from striking at her heart or any other vital organs. Luckily for Hinata, the man wouldn't aim to kill her since she was his daughter.

Naruto wasn't about to take that chance though, he ensnared Hinata in a swarm of Kage Bushin and used a quick Kawamiri she was in his arms. While Hiashi was dealing with a number of blond ninjas, "What are you doing her demon?"

"I came to pick up your daughter sir, now I'll be on my way."

"You come back here right this instant; I'll slaughter you if you touch a hair on my daughters head."

"Right…you go do that, have fun playing with Neji-chan."

The genius of the Hyuuga clan would not take that lying down; he launched his own set of attacks against the blond. He was still angry about what transpired in the forest of death, he knew that the blond held no talent. Launching into his famous clan style of taijutsu, Neji was soon causing the nimble blond to dodge and duck the strikes. Unfortunately they came faster and faster, soon Naruto had to play serious with the genius, creating clones from who knows where, Naruto sought out a weak point.

'He feints to the right every time, why?'

'He is drawing you into a trap Kit, attack from the right.'

'Why would I do that? Wouldn't I just be walking into the trap?'

'You'll understand when you do it, now attack!' Deciding that over a thousand years of experience was better then his, Naruto attacked straight on. Luckily for Hinata she was carried off by one of the other clones, because Neji held nothing back in his trap. When Naruto took the bait, he was thrown into a whole the size of inner foyer of the mansion. Trying to attach himself to the walls with chakra, he found that they wouldn't stick because of the viscous nature of the slime adhering to it. "You are finished Naruto, look below you." Knowing that he would regret it, Naruto looked down, what he saw didn't make him happy in the slightest. Razor sharp sticks of bamboo, all with the intense purpose of removing the blood from the young blond.

'This was your great plan?'

'You catch on quick Kit, now drop down.'

'What are you crazy? Do you want to die?'

'No, now follow my orders.' Knowing that the Fox had finally lost it, Naruto just let go of the remaining chakra that was holding onto the wall. Without that extra chakra Naruto fell even faster to his doom, 'Now what oh great and mighty Kyuubi?'

'I'll tell you what; stretch your senses till they can grasp the sharp edge of the bamboo.'

'Okay, that is kind of weird, but I got it. So it's sharp so what?'

'Now, encompass the bamboo in our chakra.'

'What are you planning Fox?'

'Just do it Kit.'

Encompassing his chakra around the 100 or so bamboo sticks, they all glowed with a faint red tint. 'Now launch them at those two Hyuuga.' Finally something that the blond could agree with, Naruto launched the poles from the ground into the direction of the two Hyuugas. Watching as they both started their patented Kaiten, Naruto wondered if it was all worth it.

'What did we do exactly? I mean couldn't we have just overexerted them with our Kage Bushin?'

'That is true, but I wanted to see their plan, now that we know what it is we can rest assure. They don't have the stamina to keep up with us.'

True to his word, Kyuubi easily outlasted the duo, filtering here and there to confuse the two. Though they didn't move at all, they had to use most of their chakra just to keep up with his movements with their Byakugan. With the way that Kyuubi was darting to and fro, it was causing the two to have major headaches. Wobbling on their feet the two soon met the floor of the training ground, but they weren't to be deterred so easily.

Both launched their Hakke Rokujūyon Shō (Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palm), this caused quite a show to develop. Dodging the blows was no easy task, the men were skilled in their art there was no doubt in that, but Kyuubi was a demon for crying out loud. They had truly overestimated their abilities, closing the tenketsu of Kyuubi was idiotic, he would just reopen them with a burst of chakra. The power of his demonic aura was too great for any one jutsu to close, he was the Demon King before he was sealed into Naruto.

The men could not fathom the power the youth held, he had taken their strikes and stood to tell the tale. He seemed overall untouched and unharmed, in fact he seemed ready to go another twenty rounds against the two. While they were formidable men in their own right, they could not go another round against Kyuubi.

Winded but not yet done with the fight, the two Hyuugas gave one last ditch effort and closed in on their prey to deliver what they hoped would be the final blow. What they found was the demon taking the attack directly and smiling sinisterly at them. The rate that the body was healing itself was faster then the damage they could deal, thus there was no way for them to penetrate the youth's body. Smiling at their misfortune, Kyuubi watched as they collasped on the floor, they had used most of their chakra to finish the beast but it was all for naught.

Deciding that the two had enough, Kyuubi calmly walked toward Hinata and headed out of the Hyuuga estate. Looking back Kyuubi could see Neji helping Hiashi up from the floor. 'You really did a number on them Fox.'

'I didn't even touch them.'

'I know, but you blew their self esteem right out the window.'

'I can't help it if their attacks are pitiful at best.'

'Right, I'm sure that's why their the most revered clan in Konoha.'

'Laugh it up Kit, but remember they attacked us first.' Not sparing the two another glance, Kyuubi headed to the Inuzuka estate to pick up Hana.

"He is a very strong demon, how did he come to become like that? Is it the Kyuubi?"

"What does the Kyuubi have to do with Naruto being so strong Hiashi-sama?"

"He is inside that boy, and I believe that he is now controlling him."

Looking at the boy walking away, Neji swore that he would train as hard as he could to remove the demon from the village. 'I will have my revenge Naruto, just you wait and see.'

The trio had crossed town and arrived at the family home of the Inuzuka, Hana was outside tending to the dogs. "Naruto-kun, how nice to see you."

"Hana-chan, how are you?"

"After what you did to me two days ago I'm still a little woozy, but I'll be fine in a couple of days." Nodding their heads to agree with the woman, Hinata and the mother of Shino knew exactly how she felt. "Oh about that, I'm really sorry that lasted for so long."

"Are you kidding? I have never felt so much pleasure in all my life, if there is any way I could repay you for it." Smiling happily, Naruto explained the mission that he had undertaken to find the snake Orochimaru. "I see, you want us to find this bug?"

"Not just any bug, Bikouchuu, is a bug that is very special."

"Right, the smell thing. Whatever the circumstances I will gladly lend my aid, but is the Hokage informed about our departure?"

"Umm…she's a little under the weather at the moment."

"Ahh…still fighting off the effects of last week?"

"Yeah, but she should be fine with Sasami-chan." The trio had added another member to their troupe, the group headed inside to gather equipment for the journey. They knew that it was a good day's walk to the forest where the thing was supposedly living in.

With the necessary equipment the group was on their way, hoping to catch the bug before the rains washed out any traces of them. The blond was optimistic about the mission, but could also see how everything could go wrong.

'Don't worry so much Kit, I'm sure we'll find a way. We always do.'

'I hope your right Fox, I really want to smack that grin off that bastard's face.'

Sharing the same dislike for the creature known as Orochimaru, Kyuubi wholeheartedly agreed with the youth. If he ever found the snake again he would skin him alive and show the world how great a genius looked from the inside out.

Coming to the gates of Konoha, Naruto once again was leaving the confines of the village to search another lead that would get him closer to Orochimaru. It seemed that wherever he went it was always in search of that bastard snake, he couldn't do away with the knowledge that man would come and destroy Konoha.

'The sooner we find this bug the better.'

'I couldn't agree more Kit.'

Author's notes: Well there goes the next chapter in the series, it seems that Naruto is building quite the collection of enemies. Will the men of Konoha ever get their pride back? Not likely, but there is always the chance. Oh one more thing about the chapter, can you all give me some ideas for names for some of the women in Naruto's harem. I mean I can't keep calling them Shino's mom and Sakura's mom, any names would be most helpful, thank you. Nothing else to say about the chapter, but what happened to the manga? I can't believe Kishimoto would do that to Naruto, he totally screwed him over. How the hell is he going to look good now? Is he always going to be like that? Kishimoto better start helping Naruto soon or its going to be hard road ahead for the blond haired youth. Anyways, enough with my rant, See you all again.