Hello again! This is like a reward for your patience and support
I've had some free time to write this, but currently it's 4 in the morning so i'm quite sleepy and you could find some mistakes
I hope you like it
Chapter 6
Kakashi and most of the older ninjas were quite shocked, after Minato's death most people thought A was the strongest ninja in the elemental countries, that didn't mean he was unbeatable but in terms of power and speed he was the best
But clearly the Namikaze blood was powerful; Naruto took a direct hit and gave it back, from the Raikage no less
When said blond met with the rest of his ninjas, he led them out of the country because the place wasn't sure anymore 'The experiment worked' though Naruto while traveling with his ninjas 'First I used my chakra sphere to test the polarity of A's armor so when it got attracted I knew I had to use the opposite polarity on my body and the tonfas then I used a lot of chakra on my feet and he got the impact of his own power on his arms' analyzed Naruto thinking about how basic physics saved his ass in the fight, A wasn't a very smart man but he didn't need it because he was powerful, fast and his father raised to succeed him, he was a dangerous enemy but he wasn't going to find the secret behind that attack, only a very skilled sensor could and the only nearby was the dying one
Kiba and Hinata were absolutely impressed by his sensei, both felt the massive chakra signature from the man and he outmaneuvered him with ease, which was the epitome of a ninja because the most powerful wasn't always the winner, many times the smartest one was the victor
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In Kumo the things were very weird, after that incident the exams were suspended, Yagura took all his ninjas and left the hidden cloud as fast as possible, while Onoki laughed about the young people of this days, the merchants were enraged about the interruptions on their bets and many important people felt they had wasted their time
A realized he could get even angrier than he was at the start of this exam…
The Raikage was alone in a mountain, he was destroying it blow per blow with the full power of his lightning armor to vent some frustration, in the end he lost three ninjas, two of them were important to him while the third was his brother's student, he lost a lot of money and probably lost the next turn to host the exams, on days like this he felt like if the whole world fell upon him
B tried to talk to him at first but he didn't listen because in that moment he just wanted to be alone to unleash his anger in something he couldn't hurt, he was too angry to speak with someone he could hurt…the problem was B was feeling quite sad too, he lost one of his precious students and his jinchuuriki-partner so without A he felt very lonely
The only man with a smile after that day was Onoki, the old Tsuchikage was grinning on the inside because Kumo lost a lot of power on that day, thay had lost one of their jinchuurikis and now A was tossed aside for a child, the son of the only man to beat him in terms of speed, it was almost poetic how Konoha managed to create ninjas that powerful in every generation
Now the question was, Is Akatsuki willing to fight against a big ninja village other than Konoha? Was pondering Onoki, he knew this was a weird time, Suna had fallen to a mysterious force, probably Akatsuki, Kumo had fallen to Akatsuki and Konoha but they still could have something to say, Kiri had gotten on their feet thanks to Konoha…the hidden leaf always seemed to be in the middle of everything
The Tsuchikage knew the hidden leaf was the most powerful nation in these moments, so a frontal attack was out of the question, but what would happen if someone attacks their neighbors, the problem was about proportions, how many ninjas send to an invasion without leaving the village exposed and fortunately for Iwagakure the old fossil was quite good at warfare
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When the Hokage and his ninjas arrived at Konoha, there was many people waiting for them at the gates, news about the events happened in the Chunin exams traveled faster than them so Jiraiya and Sarutobi were expecting them to be running from Kumo shinobi but despite being on the run, the group was calm and almost happy
Sarutobi realized any fear they got from the Raikage or any Kumogakure ninja, Naruto dissipated it with his frightening power and elemental mastery, the blond looked fresh and powerful so in moments like this he knew he did a good job raising him and passing the hat to him
The Godaime dismissed everyone, congratulating them for their good work and giving them a week to rest and recover their strength, the blond was positive he would be meeting with the council so he just needed some time with Jiraiya and Hiruzen.
The young kids thanked and bower before going to their own homes, while the Jounin bowed and disappeared in different kind of techniques while the blond greeted his masters "You'll never get bored with the hat" said Hiruzen as a greet because usually a Kage job was monotonous but in Naruto's case there has been a lot of activity and the future had more things in store for him, fortunately both were sure than he was more than capable to face anything and came out victorious
"We have to discuss some very important things" started Naruto looking to Jiraiya and Hiruzen very seriously, he was going to share most of the talk he had with Itachi because the toad sage would have a main role fighting Akatsuki, these guys were dangerous and he needed all the help he could get
Both senior ninja were shocked because none of them knew about the participation of the masked man in the Uchiha massacre so it when you added the interference in Naruto's birth it made sense to assume he had some inside contact in the village to be able of messing just in key moments of Konoha's history while another things discussed was this Pain character, Jiraiya was practically sure it was Nagato somehow he ended promoting war making Jiraiya's heart shrink and ache
They knew about the two main enemies in the criminal organization and while none of the older men said a word, they thought Itachi should be added to that list while on the other hand Naruto counted on him to fight at his side "Did Onoki ask for your opinion about Suna's downfall?" asked Sarutobi getting a nod from the blond "I feared that…that old little man is trying to imagine your reaction to an invasion" answered Sarutobi to explain his previous question
"Don't worry in the desert there is so many nature's manifestations that I'm almost unstoppable" said Naruto with a lot of self-confidence making the Sandaime think about this, if it was any another young man he would have thought this was a fool bravado with just words, but it was Naruto who was saying this and the blond always had a backup plan, he studied theories and had a method to fight any known ninja with the Raikage being the best proof of this
"By the way...How did you face the Raikage? That man is quite strong" asked the Sandaime with curiosity while Jiraiya was asking the same to himself "Well that was a theory I was trying to resolve…I figured the negative polarity of A's lightning armor and used the same polarity on my body and tonfas so it was just simple physics to see equal poles rejecting each other" confessed Naruto making both old ninjas's eyes go wide, that was quite an impressive reasoning because no one else had figured that before Naruto
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Naruto took his position in the meeting hall, around him there were many ninja clan heads with the surviving elders plus the old Sandaime Hokage then he cleared his throat before saying "I was asked to meet all of you in this moment so please tell me what you want to discuss" and sit on the main seat
"Well Hokage-sama we got news about the events in the Chunin exams and worried about the safety of all of you" said Shukaku taking the lead as the Jounin commander in the village
"Very well, I don't know what you heard but I'll explain the things…" said Naruto before remembering "After the second phase, three of our teams made it into the time limit so when preliminary took place Neji killed one of the Kumo ninjas on a blind rage due to the past events all of us know" told Naruto to the ninjas gathered around before resuming his tale "Between the second and third phase Akatsuki invaded Kumo and stole the Nibi jinchuuriki right under their noses so when you put all of that together with Suna's situation and the gathering of the four Kages in one place you get a recipe for disaster so when the finals started Sasuke fought against a local kunoichi who taunted him with Itachi" explained Naruto making a lot of people nervous because everybody knew how obsessive with revenge on the older Uchiha "In the end the proctor tried to stop him but little Sasuke pierced through his trunk delivering a killing blow so A went mad and try to kill Sasuke; fortunately I was able to get him out of harm´s way and then following my instructions all my ninjas got behind me to stay safe, we exchanged glares with A and then he charged his lariat at me but I blocked his attack before ordering my people to leave" finished his explanation the blond jinchuuriki
There was a moment of silence to let all of them process the news Naruto had told them, some of them were impressed with Naruto's power because A was a very powerful man and little men could say they faced him and were in one piece, his father being one of them
"Is there going to be some kind of punishment for Neji or Sasuke?" asked a concerned Hiashi because while he didn't care for the Uchiha his nephew was his responsibility he owed it to Hizashi
"Well I've been thinking about that and the Chunin promotions so this is my conclusion" started Naruto before taking a pause "Neither Neji or Sasuke will be punished, but if they want to be promoted both of them need help, I can't have a Chunin who would leave his team behind in pursuit of some vengeance despite the justification" explained the first part "And for the promotions, I have decided that all of the teams that completed the second phase in Kumo wil be able to take a special exam in two months it'll be a one on one tournament hosted in the village stadium and there will be no foreign people invited" said the blond getting the other ninja's approval
"Do you have some kind of plan to deal with the other nations?" asked Homura saying the question many people had on their minds but nobody was the courage to ask
"At this moment there is no reason to do something concrete but I'm following the situation with attention and I've taken measures to protect Suna so Iwa wouldn't be able to take it so easily" explained Naruto, he knew it was a difficult topic because nobody wanted another war but if there was some conflict they needed to be prepared
"Do you have information about the responsible for Suna's downfall?" asked one of the fire daimiyo delegates, Naruto was trying to keep that information in a close circle "I have some unconfirmed classified information" was Naruto's answer, so all the people understood he knew it but couldn't share it with them, probably this would require a visit from the fire daimiyo himself
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Naruto was training on mount myoboku, his powers were still developing he was twenty one and most ninja reached their prime at twenty five so he still had room to improve specially after Itachi's news, he needed all the strength he could get because this was a very serious problem
Naruto's sage mode was a joint work with the Kyubi, both of them were friends since the blond always tried to help his fellow jinchuuriki being Fuu and Yagura good examples of that, while Kurama gathered nature's energy Naruto moved and fought, Jiraiya always told him to release the seal but the blond didn't want to take Kurama's power away from him, they were good friends and he already had plenty of power
In sage mode Naruto was able to become a force of nature, his elemental mastery went superb and his physical power rose tenfold, when Fukasaku or Shima tried to fuse with him, they received some Kyubi's chakra and that hurt them, so they had to find another way to use sage mode and the blond came with that, if Kurama was able to gather natural energy he could gather that for him and in the end that worked quite well for both of them
His newest technique was the chakra spheres, they were designed to launch some combined elemental attacks or to protect himself because each of them was an elemental bunshin overcharged with a lot of chakra so they had its own mind, and if normally he could only use one at time in sage mode he was able to cast the five elemental spheres simultaneously and even his clones got some power up from the natural energy Kurama gathered so it was a powerful technique
But that was in the past, the technique had proven useful dealing with the Raikage so it was mastered and was time for another justu…or a completely different kind of training absolutely new for him and all of this was under the old toads watch
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Gai was happy for his students because all of them were on this new project involving the Chunin promotion, he knew the kids were ready to lead some younger minds in simple missions and follow orders in the tougher ones, so he was quite confident in their results
Neji was fighting against Lee, none of them was going at full power, but their spar was quite intense thanks to their physical power, both of them were faster and stronger than their peers and now they knew it, thinking logically aside from each other Uchiha Sasuke was the only able to keep a fight on that level so that got a smile on their faces while they exchanged blows
"That is enough for now my boys" said Gai stoping the genin "You have to keep some of your youth so show the rest of Konoha" added the Jounin looking at his students with pride
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Yagura was looking at the village through his window, the mists were all around the place as if they were protecting them, after the event between Naruto and A he left Kumogakure with his ninjas and realized his blond friend had gotten quite strong, in their previous fight when he was being controlled the blond Uzumaki had a hard time fighting Isobu's power even his elemental attacks while skilled weren't as powerful as they are now and he never used the Kyubi's power it was all Naruto's
The Mizukage was thinking about some things like his training was to recover his old power but there was some people out there more powerful than him so he should get stronger too for Mizugakure and for Naruto because if something happened he was going to support the blond Hokage no matter what and that thought brought another idea he was pondering from some time ago
"Please bring me Mei and Haku" asked the Mizukage to his assistant before looking to the villages again they were one of the five great shinobi villages and despite all the hate and grief they suffered thanks to that masked man they were standing again as a whole, those two sides were done and now all of them fought for Kiri and for the justice, all the barbaric measures and rites were done leaving place to a new village with room for everyone
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Naruto was reading some files in his office when an ANBU called to the door so the blond asked the man to enter "Hokage-sama there is two ninjas from Kiri with a letter from the Mizukage" said the masked ninja making Naruto look at him "Let them in!" said quickly because if Yagura sent someone he didn't want to make them wait
The hokage smiled when Terumi Mei and Yuki Haku entered to his office, he offered a chair while the red headed woman handed him the letter
To my friend, Naruto
After akatsuki's actions in Kumogakure I realized we cannot keep waiting for them because if we leave them to do as they please all of our Jichuurikis are going to be ambushed and killed so with that in mind I decided to create an Akatsuki-Response team with two ninjas from your village and another two from mine to train together and travel around the elemental countries in pursuit of this criminal organization
I hope you like the idea you know Mei was the rebel's leader and she is a kage level ninja while Haku was promoted to Chunin six months ago and now I would place him as a special Jounin so as the Akatsuki travels in pairs there should be two Konoha ninjas to fight them two on one
Yagura
Yondaime Mizukage
That letter was unexpected so the blond was really surprised with Yagura's initiative but he couldn't deny it was a good idea, it could even be shown as a sign of strength to beat the village that kidnap Kumogakure's jinchuuriki in their own lands so he just had to pick two ninjas able to fight these guys
Naruto looked at the Kirigakure ninjas and smiled, Mei was always nice to the eye so he couldn't help but feel some kind to physical attraction to the voluminous woman, while Haku was a nice kid with a good heart "Well this was quite the surprise, but I really like the idea so I'm in but I need some time to pick the ninjas from Konoha so I'll place you in some hotel if that is alright with both of you?" answered Naruto getting the approbation of the two foreign ninjas
With that said Naruto went with them for the hotel accommodations for the two Kiri's ninjas just for courtesy and the fact that one of them was so pretty had nothing to do with that…
Kakashi was watching Sasuke train from some distance because he didn't want to alert or push him after everything that happened with the team, the copy ninja tried to make them create some bonds so strengthen Sasuke's relationship with the village but Akado Kuro said he just wanted to be a genin and the was just because he was afraid of Neji or Sasuke who could kill someone and don't feel even the slight of remorse while Sakura despite wanting to be close to her Sasuke-kun realized she wasn't meant to be a frontal combat ninja so she entered to the hospital to train as a medic ninja
The Uchiha was alone again and with team seven disbanded Kakashi was sent on another missions according to his power level, Naruto knew about the risk of leaving Sasuke on isolation but he wanted for Kakashi to do something for someone else he could ask Naruto to take care of him or he could do that himself but he needed some kind of commitment because he was too used to live in the past and be a passive person in the present
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Some days later Naruto gathered four ninjas in his office, the first two were Mei and Haku from Kiri, the other two were an ANBU called Tenzo and Kabuto "Tenzo take your mask off and for this mission your name will be Yamato, Kabuto is going to be the medic of the team but he's quite skilled in hand to hand combat so don't underestimate him, Mei'll lead this team and the first training will be a match against me" stated Naruto surprising the curvy woman who didn't think they would be able to spar with the Hokage himself
The five of them went to the private training ground Naruto had then all of them got ready "in the hypothetical case of a fight you'll divide into pairs two of you will fight one of the Akatsuki while the other two will face the remaining ninja so to try to emulate this Mei and Haku will face me and then will be Yamato and Kabuto's turn" explained Naruto because he expected a better teamwork between locals and with some time they would be able to adapt better to each other battle styles
Mei stood next to Haku while the blond Hokage Naruto Uzumaki faced them "Feel free to start whenever you're ready" said Naruto making a one handed ram seal and a chakra sphere appeared so both Kiri ninjas exchanged some looks "Hiding in mist technique" said Mei in a quiet voice casting a dense mist that reduced drastically the visibility, but Naruto just moved a hand to dissipate it but in that moment Haku emerged from an ice mirror placed behind Naruto throwing him some senbon needles; the jinchuuriki didn't need to make any seal to surround himself woth a gust of wind that deflected the projectiles but Mei tries to get the upper hand using a Fire Release: Great Fireball to ignite said wind
The blond was saved for the chakra sphere that shot a powerful blast of water to extinguish the fire when Haku started the second assault this time throwing ice shards, but fortunately for the master of nature ice was easy to manipulate to he was able to control the ice blocks and melt them to water under his control, and when Mei used her Boil release the water was an excellent shield from the corrosive and hot mist before doing a wind enhanced jump
Naruto was able to stay on the air some moments using some kind of wind based propulsion but the downside of his ability was that in normal mode he could only use one element at time the good side was that there were only three people that were aware of this his two main senseis and his lifetime friend Itachi, so while a simultaneous attack from Mei and Haku would give him trouble, they always attacked with coordination one after the other, never at the same time
Naruto started falling when Mei's boil techniques were close so he used his control over water to block the attack and try to hit Haku but he was quite far in the air and the weird kid was very fast so he got to the ground again, dodged a lava blast and used his earth manipulation to trap Haku when he emerged from one of his mirrors; Then Mei tried to help his partner but Naruto shot her a lightning bolt and she had to jump away for her safety so she gathered her chakra and attacked with a powerful fire jutsu or would have if wasn't for the chakra sphere that got her completely wet and canceled the fire technique before the Hokage put a hand of her abdomen and released a light discharge "My victory" said with a cocky smile making Mei blush a little
The blond released Haku and all of them gathered with the other two Konoha ninja before Naruto gave his insight "That was a good fight and while none of us was going at full power I think you have a nice coordination and your styles complement each other because Haku is fast and precise while you are powerful and resourceful" was Naruto's assessment "It's our turn now" said Kabuto
Mei and Haku kept some distance for the next fight; it was Yamato and Kabuto against Naruto "You can start" said Naruto before making a different chakra sphere
Yamato was the first to move when he used an earth release ninjutsu to trap Naruto into a pit, but the blond used a win enhanced jump to get away letting Kabuto used that moment to get closer so he tried to engage the Uzumaki in a physical combat but using his electrified tonfas he realized it was a bad idea especially when the Hokage hit him and he tried to block with a kunai but the small weapon had no chance against a heavier one like the tonfa so it was Yamato's turn to rescue his partner using a wood release ninjutsu surprising Mei and Haku, it was a tree whose branches tried to hold Naruto but the blond started to spin and created a tornado around himself while the sphere gave him the fire to make a dangerous set up because Naruto was flying ten meters high over a tornado on flames to the pint that even a normal gust of wind was on fire making the tree useless in some seconds Yamato tried to extinguish the fire with a water release technique but he lacked the power to suppress the elemental combination so in the end both had to give up
Naruto stopped the attack and got back to the ground "Your opening move is good but you need more work to fight together; as an advice I would suggest Kabuto to use another weapon in case you face someone like Kisame or Sasori who are too dangerous to fight empty handed and Yamato you need to know where Kabuto is going to be to cover him and corner your enemy but these are details you can work with time" said Naruto giving them his assessment
After that the five got together again "Well I'm happy with your performance, I'll give you a month to train here then you are going to visit Yagura for his opinion, if you need any help all you have to do is ask and the only mission parameter I'll give you is this" said finally Naruto taking a small scroll and giving it to Kabuto "This is a special storage scrolls that contains a messenger toad, if you are overwhelmed for the enemy whoever it is from the Akatsuki to another Kage or if you face Itachi Uchiha my order is to open this and ask the toad to summon me…are we clear?" was the final question from Naruto who got affirmative nods from the four ninjas, he was the last resort chance for the fights and while he couldn't tell them he was wishing to fight these guys
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While Konoha and Kiri were making preparations to fight Akatsuki there was another party taking some measures too; that was Onoki who was looking at the map on his wall with predatory eyes 'mmm this is promising' thought looking at the piece of paper
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