Next chapter of A Father's Wrath. In this one after witnessing Muta's fight against Kankuro. Naruto faces off against Yujo Shouhei in a rematch from their last battle with the stakes higher than before.
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"So what's the analysis Doc? Will I ever play the violin again?" Asked the redhead to the medic Nin as she lowered her shirt covering her stomach.
"Hmmm, well except for a couple bruises on your ribcage you should be fine and won't be hindered when the invasion begins Tayuya." Responded Kabuto Yakushi to her finished with her.
The flute player nodded as she had went to see Orochimaru's head medic.
"Speaking of you know what, when does it begin?" Asked Sakon the Leader of The Sound Four who along with Kidomaru and Jirobo was there as well. They were in a small building being used as headquarters before the invasion began.
"Hell if I know, Orochimaru will tell us when to start wiping out this garbage town." Muttered Tayuya ignoring Jirobo's annoyed look at her words.
"Heh should be soon, though it would be better and easier if Kimimaro had come with us." Said the Spider ninja Kidomaru referring to the last Kaguya who along with Arashi was ruling in Orochimaru's place in Sound.
"All you four have to do is activate the trap jutsu that will seal The Hokage and prevent him from getting out while Orochimaru deals with him inside there. The Sound forces and our Sand allies will blitzkrieg Konoha's defenses before they know what is going on and are able to defend them." Said Kabuto to them reminding them of their duty. "Plus if Suna's secret weapon works like he should we won't have any problem overthrowing The Leaf."
"Hard to believe we're doing all this just so Orochimaru can have revenge for what happened to his kid." Responded Sakon. "I know he probably had a bad life but didn't all of us have miserable lives as well?"
Tayuya scowled at him. "Shut up asshole, this damn village of bigots treated him like a scapegoat cause of what the Yondaime did to him on the day of his birth remember. Yeah we've had lousy lives but at least we had families at one time. Naruto never had anyone until Orochimaru brought him to Sound a couple months ago."
"Easy Tayuya, since we did you become Naruto's girlfriend?" Said Kidomaru to her. An angry blush covered the girl's face but they were stopped by Kabuto having enough of the argument.
"That's enough all of you, it doesn't matter how bad our lives or Naruto's life has been." He said lecturing them. "If you want to think of something think of this out there when the invasion begins: every hit you deliver, every jutsu you activate, every life that you take, do it for all the suffering you went through back when you were weak and helpless. Think back to those moments and gain the power and strength from the memories as we destroy Konoha and any who stand in our path!" He said as he left them making preparations.
Tayuya left the group as well heading back to the arena to see Naruto's fight.
At the Arena the crowd cheered the two combatants on. Muta Daidouji of Amegakure versus Kankuro of Sunagakure. In the stands where the rest of the participants in the finals watched on stood Naruto Uzumaki standing next to Haku as the two boys watched on the fight.
Muta had sent away his Nodachi and had instead summoned a Naginata claiming he didn't want to waste his newest weapon on an unworthy foe. Kankuro using his puppet strings controlled Karasu his puppet which he had filled with weapons laced with poison for this fight.
Muta twirled his naginata in a beautiful maneuver effectively parrying the attacks of Kankuro's scarecrow like puppet. Kankuro had hidden in the arena knowing he had little chance against the ninja of Rain in close range battle using his puppet with its weapons laced with poison to do the fighting for him as he plotted to lure him into a trap.
Muta dodged a poison dart shot out of Karasu and parried a scythe like weapon it also carried as well. He was just as good with the Naginata as he was with a sword. Naruto watching in the stands wondered what other weapon styles he would use as well. Karasu fired another poison dart which Muta waited for it and then deflected it up into the air and when it came down caught it with great dexterity and tossed it right back at the puppet.
"You cannot hide forever! Come and face me!" Shouted out Muta issuing a challenge to Kankuro who remained hidden. Hiding in the bushes Kankuro was preparing to use his plan to ensnare the man.
"Very well…if you do not wish to fight but instead act like a turtle I will make you come out of your shell." Bringing his weapon up he began twirling the fine crafted weapon around his head gaining speed with each spin. Soon the weapon was started to become little more than a blur he then brought to his side spinning it with one arm and then his other hand to activate a Jutsu he then tossed the spinning blade around it making a loud shrilling sound. The blade sliced through a bush with ease and then went up into the air cutting through a branch of a tree as it was acting like a buzzsaw slicing through anything in its path.
Muta brought his arm up and reached out towards it and grinned as the blade came downwards and then controlling it with his chakra made the buzzsaw go in whatever direction he wanted it to go.
Naruto watched on never seeing a technique like this before. "I heard that some ninjas where able to control their weapons and make it move just with their chakra, but the move is supposedly an A class ranked jutsu that only elites can do. No way should a genin be able to do that move as it requires great discipline and control." Said Haku to him as he watched on as well as the spinning blade of death destroyed a tree.
Naruto gritted his teeth and watched on.
Muta controlling the weapon with little trouble just by using his chakra and waving his hand in whatever way he wanted to, decided that playtime was over and sent the weapon in a circular motion and revealed Kankuro's hiding spot. "Now we end this!" He said a wicked grin on his face as he caught his weapon which reverted back into a spear and charged Kankuro. Charging the sand boy he leapt up and he thrusted his spear forward preparing to skewer Kankuro.
"Ahh Karasu!" Shouted Kankuro and just before he was impaled he managed to get his puppet in front of him and the metal spear plunged into the hard wood of Karasu. Kankuro looked down and saw to his shock that the head of the weapon was sticking out of the back of Karasu and was far too close in his view near him. Thinking the danger was over and that Muta couldn't hit him now that his spear was skewered in his puppet now was his chance to end this as a smile was on his face. "Heh, now that your fancy stick is stuck you can't stab me with it but I can stab you!" He said cockily preparing to use one of his still functioning puppet's weapons.
"Oh?" Responded Muta not swayed in the least which surprised Kankuro a bit. Muta then brought two fingers to the side of his throat and taking a bit of breath spewed out what appeared to be a blue mist like substance which struck him right in the face.
"Ah! What the hell is this stuff?!" Shouted Kankuro as he tried to remove it from his face and his eyes. Suddenly all of a sudden he felt tired and drowsy as well, he tried to keep himself awake but his eyes became real heavy and he was all worn out.
He collapsed to the ground on his back releasing his hold on his puppet. Genma went up to the boy and pressed his head against the boy's chest, his heart was beating regularly and he to his surprise heard what sounded like…snoring? He looked up and saw that Kankuro was asleep but unable to continue the fight whatever Muta had done to him had made him fall asleep.
"Due to Kankuro's…inability to continue the fight the winner is Muta Daidouji!" He said announcing Muta as the victor as he pulled out his spear and ignored the crowd's reaction.
Naruto up in the stands shook his head as he added two more things to the list of things that Muta would use against him as he made his way back up.
"Something tells me that he and the rest of those guys from Rain are not genins." He said causing Haku to look at him. "Every one of those guys we have faced has been much stronger than most genins are and we've been lucky to beat them so far. Remember your fight against Tsuchigumo? He would've had you if it hadn't been for his jutsu running out, and Shinjiro nearly killed me too with his fire attacks including some that where way above genin class techniques."
Haku nodded feeling that he was right. "I agree, all of them where at least Chunin level or above with their abilities and power, and I think at least one of them is a Jonin in disguise. The question is which one?"
Naruto's eyes narrowed in determination. "They've also been attacking me as well and claiming that the ruler of Rain wants me for something. I think it has something to do with the Kyuubi."
"You fear they are trying to capture you for Kyuubi's power?"
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out when I face Yujo."
Muta making his way back up the stands meet up with Keiji Sosano and Yujo Shouhei the other members of the group who where in the exams. "So, has the time come for us to make our move?" He said as he sent away his spear and resummoned his nodachi.
"No, not yet but soon very soon. Yujo!" Said The Jashin follower to the Taijutsu user who turned to him. "Do not fail me like Shinjiro and Tsuchigumo have."
Yujo glared hard at the leader of the group and then leapt down as the announcement for his match was made. Landing in the center of the arena he looked over and saw his opponent make his way down.
"The next battle shall be between Raidou Asakura and Yujo Shouhei." Announced Genma to the crowd.
Up in the stands Anko looked on as the boy who posed as Raidou's match was about to begin. This was the fight she had wanted to see, her eyes narrowed as he made his way down.
"All right, let's see what you can do…Naruto." She said quietly to herself.
Seated in the stands was Sakura Haruno who also saw him make his way down. This was it; it was time to figure out if the boy down there was the boy who was once her former comrade and friend.
"C'mon Raidou kick that loser's ass!" Shouted Zaku Abumi cheering him on remembering being poisoned by Yujo. He, Dosu, and Kin who had joined them where in the stands sitting next to the Leaf genins still. "After this it'll be three to one."
"Hmph, we'll see about that, I bet he loses and Sasuke-kun sweeps his way to becoming Chunin." Replied Ino Yamanaka.
"I highly doubt your precious Sasuke can hold a candle to Raidou or his opponent." Sneered Kin in disgust to the blonde.
"Well Shikamaru was enough to beat you." Responded Chouji Akimichi eating a bag of BBQ chips.
"I would highly be against saying your pineapple haired friend won that battle." Said Dosu Kinuta dryly remembering what happened afterwards as they looked on.
The two opponents stared hard at one another Naruto vs. Yujo as they locked eyes with one another. "I haven't forgotten what you tried to do to me, your ambush on me and my friends and that you poisoned me." Said Naruto to him remembering the sting of the scorpion that he had felt.
Yujo sneered in response. The boy was a fool, an idiotic fool who had no idea of what he was getting himself into. From what he had seen and done in the past years no one could comprehend what he had did…
Before he meet Konan…
Flashback…
Wild cheering erupted from the crowd as two figures in a round pit fought one another. Getting the upper hand one smashed his opponent's head into the solid wall repeatedly and when he let him go his opponent was not getting up ever again. Wiping the blood of his opponent's off of his face a younger Yujo Shouhei smeared the blood over his chest wearing it like a badge of honor and let out a victory cry which the blood thirsty crowd soaked up.
There was one rule in the Pit which every fighter learned very quickly. You fight or you die. The Pit was an underground illegal fighting group held in different parts of the world, but due to the fact that much money was involved those in the Pit could easily cause others to look away. Fights would take place, pitting man against man, beast against beast, with bets with who would win and who would die. Many Businessmen who secured their profits by less than fair ways such as Gato had fighters in the Pit who would battle one another to the end. Slaves would also be tossed into the pit as well.
There was no ninja trickery here, no means of escape, you either fight or you died. After their first fight and they should live, the only way a fighter could leave the pit was that he secured enough wins and money to buy his freedom (unlikely as his master would take most of the profits) or he died on the cold unforgiving hard stone and the cries of the rabid onlookers.
Yujo Shouhei had reigned as undefeated champion for five years. Sold into slavery as a young boy, he had been bought by a wealthy merchant from Stone who thought he would do well as fodder, but Yujo had surprised his master defeating his trainers in less than three months. In six months he had his first fight in the dreaded pit with the wild and screaming crowd. Despite being at the age of eleven he won his first battle by rupturing his opponent's lung.
Yujo quickly become a favorite at the Pit, winning fight after fight bringing his master much wealth and his most prized fighter. He closed his mind to the cheering of the crowd instead focusing on the impact of his blows against skin. He defeated every other fighter that was put in his way, even defeating a rare white tiger by choking it to death with a chain. He killed the previous champion by smashing his skull with his own helmet which Yujo took and wore as his own.
Learning multiple styles of taijutsu he made his entire body his weapon, caring not for swords or knives or any type of steel that other fighters would wield as his fists and legs where his weapons of choice.
One hundred and twelve victories and counting under his belt ever since he started when he was eleven in five years at the Pit.
His master was well pleased with him as he had made him a powerful and wealthy man which he mostly kept to himself and he had often boasted in his drunken ramblings that Yujo could kill a dragon with his bare hands.
His words soon found the ear of an Organization looking for agents.
After defeating another would be challenger Yujo saw his master talking with a blue haired woman wearing a unique cloak that had clouds on it. A woman in the pit was rare as she wasn't a slave or a harem girl that most fighters or businessmen would surround themselves with. Thinking nothing of it he soon found out something.
He had been sold, for two million dollars His master had sold him to the woman who had destroyed his chains and the contract that binded him to the place and ordered him to come with her.
Into the lair of Akatsuki…
There he was made an agent and then given five scrolls that contained five powerful but dangerous styles of fighting long believed to have been lost forever by five of the greatest Taijutsu masters on the planet and they were now his to learn as Konan would see to it that he would crush all who would stand in his way.
Flashback ends…
And now he had been brought here to defeat and capture the boy in front of him who contained the Fox vessel. As he got into a stance of fighting his opponent did so as well and they only had to wait for the proctor for them to fight.
Genma looking at the two and seeing that they were ready brought his hands up.
"Begin!" He shouted
The two immediately went at it starting off with Yujo on the offensive attacking Naruto. Fighting like a tiger which was one of his preferred styles he remained on the attack forcing Naruto to adapt and defend against the blows which were like a tiger jabbing with its claws. Naruto had studied the style of fighting during his time in Konoha and knew that although it was fierce the tiger had a flaw.
Waiting for the right moment he saw Yujo's right hand nearing him like a tiger would to snap its prey's neck. He waited for the last split second and casted the kawarami jutsu making the only thing Yujo hit was wood. Naruto then appeared and attacked him, striking him with multiple blows. The tiger could not defend or evade strikes so Yujo had taken the force of Naruto's attacks knocking him down onto the ground. Leaping back up Yujo hissed.
"A tiger's weakness is that it cannot be used defensively as well as offensively, good when you have the advantage but when pressed into a corner you are unable to defend yourself." Said Naruto to him.
"Tiger is just one of many styles I have and I use it to warm up. Now let's see you handle this!" Snapped Yujo who suddenly made hand symbols and Naruto braced himself for whatever he was planning.
"Itsu Gekidoku Dokueki: Mukade Shiki!" Like before Yujo's body started to transform. His eyes become more bulged like and his body resembled an insect. Small claws emerged on his hands and his body became covered with small hairs on it as he had transformed himself into a mixture of human and centipede.
"Dammit that's the move he used to beat me." Said Zaku watching in the stands remembering how he was poisoned by him.
Yujo charged and with blinding speed sent multiple punches and kicks at Naruto.
(So…Fast!) Thought Naruto as he could not keep up with the man's blinding speed. He was punching one area one moment and then somewhere else the next. He was too fast for the human eye to possibly track and follow. Yujo attacked and hit him in the chest and then delivered a kick to his side knocking him to the ground.
Naruto winced and pulled himself up. Fortunately for him Kyuubi decided to make himself useful and prevent the poison from harming the sound ninja. Yujo was on him again and Naruto rolled out of the way as Yujo like a Centipede struck fast and hard. Naruto used his hands and managed to get up and back flip out of the way. He went to reach towards his Kusanagi but stopped.
(I don't think my sword can keep up with that speed, and If I miss just once he could hit me a hundred times.) He then knew what he had to do. (Time for the trump card) Pulling out a weapon scroll he sent his sword away and summoned a different weapon.
In both of his hands was two items wrapped together by a chain. A Kama on one hand and attached to the other side of the chain was a metal ball at the end. Instead of Kusanagi he now wielded a Kusarigama.
The Kazekage in the stands looked on a bit interested, he did not know that the boy had a weapon like that. He must have gotten it in secret during the one month training period.
Naruto twirled the metal ball part of the chain in the air spinning it around showing that he was no novice with it. Yujo looking on wasn't impressed. "You think a new weapon will do you any good?"
Naruto grinned and stopped twirling. "Let's find out." Naruto rushed towards him swinging the bladed end of the weapon over his head and he then tossed it sending the kama at him. Yujo avoided and it hit the dirt but Naruto pulled it right out with ease. Yujo scoffed not intimidated and charged him.
Naruto then threw the ball aiming for the legs. Ensnaring the left leg he then pulled hard and tripped him up sending him on his back with his leg tied up by the ball and chain. Naruto rushed forward and sliced at him with the bladed part of the weapon and Yujo narrowly avoided being stabbed. Freeing his leg he got up but Naruto was right on him using a mixture of high and low attacks to keep him off balance. For fighting a centipede you must attack it both high and low knocking it off balance unable to use its deadly striking speed.
Yujo threw a punch at him and Naruto responded by tossing the ball part of the weapon and it trapped his arm entangling it. Yujo tried to pull his arm free as a tug of war came between the two which was just what Naruto wanted him to do. He then dashed him with the bladed end and stabbed him right in the helpless arm, not done it he continued pulling the blade up right into the shoulder area dealing critical damage to that arm. Yujo cried out in pain and clutched his arm feeling his blood coming forth from the wound as he went back to his human form; a long cut appeared evidence of the wound that had been affected on him.
"Yeah! Kick his ass Naruto!" Shouted Tayuya standing with Haku cheering him on as she had returned to watch his fight. A smile was on her face as she watched on wanting him to win.
Muta Daidouji watching on nodded in approval. A ninja who learned one weapon was a deadly foe. A ninja who learned and mastered multiple weapons was an even deadlier foe.
Yujo clutching his arm glared at him and bringing his injured arm up did hand symbols again. "I-Itsu Gekidoku Dokueki: Tokage Shiki!" His body transformed again this time back into his Lizard form. He leapt up into the tree but Naruto was prepared knowing how to deal with this.
"Futon: Daitoppa!" He fired a powerful burst of wind at the tree destroying it and knocking him out of it. "You're crazy if you think I'm gonna let you go up there again, no trees means no sticking to them." He said to him who sneered.
"So, you think you know my weaknesses do you?" He said as he went back to his human form. "Well let's see how you handle this!" He again made hand symbols. "Itsu Gekidoku Dokueki: Sho Shiki!" (Five Deadly Venoms: Toad Style) His body again changed but this time differently, his stomach became bloated and fatter increasing in size. His skin turned a yellowish brown color and dark reddish brown spots covered him as well. Four long claw like blades appeared on each arm and his body mass increased as he was much heavier now. He then opened his mouth and spewed out a type of liquid covering himself causing cries of disgust to come from the crowd
Naruto looked on at this new form but wasn't too concerned. "A toad, is that suppose to intimidate me? Big deal you got fatter so what?" He said cockily
Yujo laughed a gurgling laugh. "Try your luck," He said in a heavy tone of voice. "See if your weapon can penetrate my skin. I'll give you a free shot right here." He shouted smacking his large belly. Naruto seeing his chance charged towards him and half expected to skewer him with his blade. But to his surprise the blade was deflected off it with no damage whatsoever done to him. Naruto looked a bit shocked and do it again stabbing him once more but to no effect. Switching to his ball he slammed the metal ball against it but it had little effect as well, try as hard as he could his attacks didn't seem to do any damage whatsoever to the large toad as if his weapons where bouncing right off him.
His arms growing tired Naruto could not figure out a way to hurt him when he was punched hard and the claws did damage to his face drawing blood. Yujo then picked him up and with great strength tossed him overhead with ease causing him to land hard on the ground.
Naruto picked himself up and resummoned his sword and prepared for his Jutsu as the blade glowed purple with chakra. "Mikazuki Tsuki Kire!" Doing a slash he sent an attack shaped like a crescent moon right at him who stood still the attack hit him right in the chest but aside from forcing him to take a half step back it had little effect.
"Ha! Pathetic fool! You're attacks are meaningless against me! Toads cover themselves with poison to protect themselves from predators; I cover myself with it to defend myself against attacks such as your Kusarigama and sword which cannot penetrate through my hide. Your attacks and Justus are powerless against my might now as I cannot be harmed!"
Naruto looked at his sword and dual Kama and Metal ball and back at the now toad like Yujo.
Weapons wouldn't pierce through him and attacking him with the ball would only tire himself out. Jutsus wouldn't work either as one of his best moves did no damage whatsoever to the now gluttonous toad like ninja.
How can he get out of this one? He could only ask himself as Yujo laughed at him.
A/N: And we're done with this chapter! Next chapter Naruto tries to find a way to defeat the toad like Yujo as he must find a weakness in the toad's near impenetrable skin. But even if he can, Yujo would still have two other forms The Scorpion and one other form. Can he defeat the taijutsu specialist of the Akatsuki? Find out next time. Review please