A Shadow's Touch

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It was times like this… Naruto wondered why his luck always seemed to waiver against him. Taking in a deep breath, the blonde ducked an upcoming attack that was aimed at his head. His jaw dropped as the sensation that fell over him as Chojuro's weapon turned into a pass of chakra in the shape of a massive sword. The amount of chakra that emitted from it caused Naruto to temporarily retreat to gain distance between him and Chojuro. He looked down at the worn-down village to see its occupants running towards the bridge with makeshift weapons in hand.

Naruto brow's furrowed, he knew talking Chojuro in taking it easy on him as they were supposed to be on the same side was pointless. The bloodlust is taking over and the Uzumaki is on his own. Taking in a deep breath, Naruto made a hand sign and several clones of himself popped into existence. In a silent signal, all the Naruto's scattered off in seemingly random directions. "Run away!"

Chojuro titled his head, watching as the original Naruto and his clones run off. Many of them disappearing in the mist and from sight. He lifted Hiramekarei and placed it on his back before he took chase. He raised his hand to perform a hand seal himself, to cause the mist surrounding the village to become denser to make is easier for him to hunt down his target.

The need for blood is far greater than the mission.

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Shikamaru easily slipped through Gato's compound, going around the area to get a better look at what exactly he and other others are dealing with. Gato's goons are primarily made up of hired goons that are easily enticed by easy cash. Nothing more, nothing less. Individuals that fell through the cracks or those that looked for an easy way to earn for a living. He recognized some of them from his bingo books, none of them were worth the paper their names and pictures were printed on.

It took less than thirty minutes for Shikamaru to find the rooms that held records, massive amounts of currency, gold, jewelry and so on, along with Gato's office. As he made his way through the compound, Shikamaru drew up a diagram of the place for later use. He did this as he hid in an air-conditioning shaft above Gato's office, listening in to the small man's next set of plan.

"No one is leaving the bridge alive. Even if those tree-huggers defeat Demon and his demon spawns, they'll be too weak to fight."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at that. He peaked through the vent to see Gato yelling out his plan to several of his goons. That plan does appear to be sound, it was just lacking several factors. For example, those tree-huggers and those demons are in cahoots, Konoha and Kiri are quickly catching up to him and it is only a matter of time before Gato gets killed for his actions. It was just a matter of time.

"Gato, we have a problem?"

"Out with it then!"

"We lost sight of the Leaf Jonin and Zabuza."

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"Are you sure you want to continue on? Your genin are getting the crap beaten out of them."

Shisui pointed down towards the direction of where Suigetsu and Choji were fighting. Choji is chasing around Suigetsu, using his Human Bullet Tank jutsu. The Mist genin is currently running for his life as the massive human boulder sized marble chased after him. "Your own genin is about to get the crap beaten out of him."

"Tch…" Zabuza tsked under his breath, he looked around the area and saw that Chojuro was no were in sight. "Where the hell did, he go…?"

"Who? Naruto?" Shisui asked.

"No, your brat is stuck in Haku's mirrors with the Uchiha."

"That's actually his clone…"

"Shit."

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"Just because we have to work together, it does not mean I am going to hold back…"

Sasuke and 'Naruto' readied themselves for another barrage of senbon needles. At this point, it was a miracle the clone still hasn't disperse itself considering how many needles it has on itself at this point. Right before the barrage started, the clone eyes widen as memories sank in. 'Shit…'

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Chojuro didn't know if he had enough power to break through Haku's ice mirrors. They had attempted to do it several times in the past, but it never even made a scratch. Then again… everytime they attempted this… he never felt this much bloodlust until right now… It has him grinning ravenously at the sight of Haku's mirror's, especially watching his future's prey getting crushed. The Uzumaki was crushed between his weapon and the mirror, he was flung through the air slamming against another mirror.

Sasuke felt the entire scene before him go in slow motion. His felt his blood go cold at see Naruto being knocked out cold, blood oozing out of a head wound and his body riddled with other various types of wounds…

"Chojuro, what have you done! We are not supposed to kill them."

"…and?"

To be continued…

I don't write fighting scenes. This only proves it, if anyone is interested in helping write fighting scenes send me a pm!

I am planning on updating every story on the same day, no more focusing on one story over the other. It is mainly to ensure every story has equal amount of attention.