It's finally here! The first chapter with fight scenes since they came back from Wave! so I suggest you get ready to enjoy what ensues though! Oh and don't worry, there will be comedy in here, that's for sure. Also, I did say I was planning on working on multiple chapters today...but things are looking a bit more busy than I thought...but anyhow, here's your chapter!...plus disclaimer.
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Chapter 8: 4 Brats vs Orochimaru
Forest of Death, Konohagakure, Land of Fire
With Sasuke, Sakura, and Haku
While Naruto was dealt with the giant snake and more, the three that didn't get blown away had their own snake problem.
"Kukuku, that was quite clever. You had a backup to the password you were talking about earlier. I don't know what seals you were talking about, but I'll have to figure that out later." the 'kunoichi' spoke.
He looked at the group before he noted "So, we have a civilian brat, a girl with an ice genkai that will probably be quite interesting to experiment on, and of course, Sasuke Uchiha, last of the Uchiha besides your brother...but I'd say so far, I'm preferring you over him. Oh yes indeed." He then licked his lips a bit.
Sasuke didn't know whether to be annoyed that he was being compared to his brother, or grossed out that the kunoichi who was possibly Orochimaru was licking their lips while they looked at him. Sasuke couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, Haku was also a bit grossed out, but she was also a bit afraid. She was sure that this person was leagues above her master, making it more likely it was Orochimaru. And from what she knew, Orochimaru was not kidding when he said he would find it interesting.
As for Sakura, while she was shaking a bit from fear, but as she saw how Sasuke was quite uncomfortable, she ended up stepping up. If Kakashi or Gai were there, they would be quite proud.
"Who are you!? You can't possibly have us believe you're just a genin! Not with that amount of chakra you're letting off." she yelled at him, which also gave their comrades a bit of morale.
The snake snickered "Ah, seems like you at least have a bit of spirit, and decent observation too. I suppose I can humor you...I go by Orochimaru. Now, let's begin, shall we?"
In response to that, Sasuke activated his Sharingan, Haku started building up chakra, and Sakura got into a combat stance.
The Sannin then dashed in front of them in moments, but with Sasuke's Sharingan, which had reached the 3 tomoe stage during their month of training, intercepted the snake, blocking a punch that was meant for Sakura.
"Oh quite impressive reaction speed Sasuke-kun. Should be expected of an Uchiha of course!"
Sheesh! This guy hits hard!...but not as hard as Sakura! Sasuke thought with a grin on his face.
Orochimaru noticed this and looked above to see Sakura coming from above with a downwards kick. And while he dodged it by stepping backwards, he didn't move far enough as when her foot hit the ground, it caused the nearby terrain to collapse, knocking Orochimaru off balance.
"Tch!" he let out in annoyance. He hadn't expected the pinkette to have that much power. Seemed like things had changed from the information Kabuto had originally gathered on the team.
Just as Sakura was about to follow up with a punch at the Sannin, Orochimaru jumped in the air. He knew that he probably didn't want to get hit with those punches. He could already tell that the girl was like a mini Tsunade. And he knew how hard his ex-teammate could hit.
However, it wasn't over yet for him.
"Ice Style: Icicle Barrage!" Haku yelled as she summoned a large amount of ice senbon to her side, which she then launched at the Sannin.
Said Sannin quickly did a set of handsigns before he silently cast his own jutsu, in which a large amount of snakes came out of his right sleeve. The two attacks then collided with each other, until Orochimaru ran out of the snakes he used for that jutsu, and Haku ran out of ice senbon.
However, he then felt a spike of chakra coming from behind him. He turned his head to see a large fireball was flying towards him. If one paid attention, you could see a grin on his face.
The fireball then collided with the Sannin, resulting in an explosion. However, the team was certain the Sannin wasn't down just yet. They could all feel his malevolence in the air, so they stayed sharp, observant of their surroundings.
Wherever Orochimaru was, the group could hear him clapping as he said "Ah, quite splendid indeed. I would have liked it better if you tried to fight me on your own, but you and your little friends aren't half bad...but I think it's time I stop playing around."
Sasuke caught the Sannin's location and tried to shout towards Haku, but the Sannin erupted out of the ground below her, punching her in the gut before he then summoned a large snake to ram at her. She managed to catch herself in the air though and summoned a set of ice mirrors to dodge the snake that was charging at her. She then landed on top of the snake and set off another jutsu.
"Ice Style: Hand of Winter!"
She then put her hands on the snake, which in turn caused the part she touched to flash freeze and then spread further along. In fact, due to the biology of snakes, the attack was quite effective. Orochimaru couldn't help but now consider the ice brat an annoyance. With her around she could actually counter most of his snake style jutsu...but then again, he was also a Sannin for a reason.
It was also noted that Orochimaru no longer had his disguise as it had been burnt away by Sasuke's Great Fireball Jutsu, revealing his long black hair, pale white skin, his little outfit that went with a purple rope around his waist, and his intimidating, snake-like eyes.
As he was dodging Sakura's attacks, much to her annoyance, he then made the tiger handseal. As he did so, Haku could hear the sound of a fuse. She then quickly attempted to make an ice wall before the snake she had flash frozen previously exploded.
"HAKU!" Sakura yelled to her, however the Sannin took advantage of this as he quickly punched the pinkette in the gut, causing her to cough up blood before he then set off a signless wind type jutsu to send her flying towards one of the surrounding trees.
Just as he did so however, Orochimaru noticed Sasuke was no longer where he was previously, and turned around to find the boy right behind him. With a kunai that had electrical sparks on it.
Sasuke then swiped at the Sannin, causing a large gash to appear on Orochimaru's back, and also suffer an amount of lightning damage. With this, Sasuke was sure he would be stunned long enough to deal the finishing blow.
However, Orochimaru opened his mouth wide, and in the group's disgust, a second Orochimaru came out of his mouth, holding a blade that had a wooden handle of sorts. He then disarmed the boy with a single swipe before he then kicked Sasuke up towards one of the trees. As his back hit the bark, Sasuke was pretty sure a few ribs were cracked from that kick. As he fell down, he landed on one of the larger branches. He managed to get himself back up with will alone, but knew it was likely that they wouldn't be able to keep this up for long.
"Yes yes yes! You'll definitely be the perfect host, kukukukuku!" he spoke with a joyous, yet creepy as all hell smile on his face. Orochimaru then jumped up to where Sasuke was and went to attack him with a barrage of taijutsu ranging from jabs, kicks, and so forth, all of which had snake like movements to them. Sasuke was barely hanging on, managing to make successful blocks due to his Sharingan. However, he could feel the pain from the Sannin's attacks slowly impairing his movements.
Fortunately, his teammates had enough time to recover and made their move as Haku launched an Ice Dragon at the Sannin. Of course though, Orochimaru managed to dodge it in time, now standing on the bottom of the tree branch as the Ice Dragon passed by above, only for Sakura to jump up towards him while unleashing a familiar spinning kick.
"Leaf Hurricane!" she yelled as she made her attack.
However, the Sannin knew the attack well enough that he simply contorted his upper body backwards with impossible flexibility.
"OH COME O-" Sakura yelled, only to once again be sent flying into the dirt as the Sannin grabbed her leg and then threw her downwards. Haku rushed to catch her, and as a result, ended up mitigating some of the damage. However, Haku felt their chances starting to dwindle. She was low on chakra after the use of several of her ice style jutsus, plus she had taken a decent amount of damage from the set of explosion, the outer part of her clothes in tatters. And in the case of Sasuke and Sakura while they probably still had a good amount of chakra, had taken heavy hits from the Sannin as well.
From what Orochimmaru could tell though, the two on the ground were unlikely to move, so he decided to focus back on his main objective. He then flipped back onto the top of the branch, only to realize as he did so he got caught in a large amount of ninja wire. He didn't even see it since it had been camouflaged. The boy himself had a bit of the wire connecting to his mouth
"Seems you've been busy Sasuke-kun." he praised the young Uchiha.
However, Sasuke was having none of it as he just said "And how about you burn!" before he went through a few handsigns before he let out his jutsu.
"Fire style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!"
The wire in his mouth then caught alight, a stream of fire running down it, as well as the other wires, and straight at Orochimaru, catching the Sannin ablaze.
Of course though, the Sannin made a substitution last second and then with a punch to the gut, sent him back to the ground next to his friends.
"SASUKE!" his teammates yelled.
The Sannin then jumped down and landed across from them with an amused smile on his face. He was quite pleased with how well Sasuke was putting up a fight. But he had things to do, so he decided it was time to wrap things up.
"Now then, I suppose I should mark you first Sasuke-kun...and maybe the ice brat as well...though I'm killing the pink brat." He said as he then formed a set of hand signs.
Sasuke, Sakura, and Haku tried to get up to get on guard, only to be caught by surprise as Orochimaru's neck then stretched like a snake before he then bit the boy right around his nape, causing him to cry out in pain.
As Orochimaru did so however, he had a slight look of surprise on his face, as he noticed two things in particular.
He swore he could see a set of bandages around Sasuke's chest, as well as the fact his scream was a bit high pitched, which the others ignored due to how their teammate just got hurt badly.
As he let go, causing Sasuke to fall to the ground unconscious, he let out "Well, what are the odds. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it doesn't matter in the end...I suppose I'll jus-"
Before he could continue, he was suddenly hit by a high speed dropkick by none other than everyone's favorite blond ninja.
"Naruto!" Sakura and Haku said at the same time. They were both glad he was okay and that the odds could be evened up a bit with him here.
Naruto looked at them with a smirk on his face before he noticed Sasuke was down on the ground.
"Sakura-chan. Take care of Sasuke. Whatever that pedo over there did, Sasuke probably needs medical attention for it." Naruto said to her.
Sakura nodded. Rather than acting like the fangirl she had been previously, she acted as a medic as she quickly grabbed Sasuke and pulled them out of the way. Haku meanwhile took one of the soldier pills from her pockets and ate it so that she could support Naruto once her chakra recovered.
Meanwhile Orochimaru looked at the boy as he said "So you're the Kyuubi brat? I'll admit, that wasn't a bad kick, but you're going to have to do better than that to defeat me."
Naruto gave the man a glare, and said "What did you do to Sasuke?"
Orochimaru grinned as he said "I gave Sasuke a present." However, his face turned into a frown as he added "...though it came with a surprise…"
Naruto looked a bit puzzled by the last remark but shook his head. He then smashed his fists together as he said "Well I'm still kicking your ass!"
Orochimaru laughed as he said "And how are you going to do that little Dead-Last?"
What happened next made him regret that remark.
"This."
The voice came from behind him as in less than a moment, Naruto disappeared in a flash of yellow and reappeared right behind the Sannin.
"WHA-" Orochimaru tried to yell, only to be punched quite hard in the face, sending him skidding across the forest floor.
As Orochimaru collected himself, he thought Was that Hiraishin? This may pose more of a problem than I thought.
The blonde then came at him again, only this time, his fists were cloaked in flame. Orochimaru could tell right away those flames were not normal and proceeded to dodge, feeling the heat from the attacks as each one missed him by inches.
Orochimaru then tried to strike him with the Kusanagi blade, only to get quite pissed as right as the blade was about to cut him on his shoulder, Naruto launched a slightly ironic jutsu.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
Orochimaru then was sent flying back into a tree, and Naruto couldn't help but let a smirk appear on his face as he said "YEAH TAKE THAT SNAKE BASTARD!" He was quite pleased to get a bit of revenge from what happened to him earlier.
"Okay, brat, you are really starting to annoy me!" Orochimaru snarled as he sent a barrage of snakes at Naruto, which he dodged, only to have his leg caught by Orochimaru's other hand that had been extended. The Snake Sannin then swung the boy into a nearby tree before retracting his hand and dragged Naruto along with it.
Orochimaru then held the boy up by his leg, causing the boy's shirt to go towards his head just enough for his belly, and seal to be exposed. Orochimaru then had a set of snakes constrict the boy's arms enough so that he wouldn't be able to hit him. Orochimaru sneered as he spoke "I don't know how you managed to get this strong Fox Brat, but it doesn't matter. Now just stay still for a moment…"
Orochimaru then started sending chakra to his other hand, causing purple chakra to appear on his fingertips. In response, both Naruto and Minato from within the seal realized just what the Sannin was planning.
Shit! Five Pronged Seal!
"You can't let him use that! We don't know what will happen!" Minato yelled. The seal had already been somewhat screwed up, they didn't need or want it to get worse.
"Brat, if there's any time to pull something out of your ass, now is the time!" the Kyuubi yelled at Naruto.
Naruto had a lightbulb go off in his head as right before Orochimaru could swing his arm at him, he made a single handed handseal and yelled "Kai!"
Just as he did so, Orochimaru was then sent flying away from Naruto. He skidded on the ground, the five pronged seal technique in his hand no longer active as he tried to compute what just happened.
What the heck! I was sure the boy was restrained! And I'm confident he doesn't have any one hand sign jutsu he can use with one hand! He thought.
However, what he saw next explained it to him, as well as caught his interest.
The boy in front of him now had a pair of fox ears, similar to the Kyuubi's, and an orange and black fox tail. He then released the boy must have hit him with the tail the second the smoke from his...transformation...occurred to twist his body so that it would hit. And he could tell it wasn't fake, it was certainly real.
Meanwhile Minato sighed "That was close...and I guess he did pull something out of his ass."
The Kyuubi simply couldn't decide whether to laugh at the irony of it, or get pissed since the first thing Naruto associated with the phrase with the limb connected to Naruto's tailbone. It decided to simply huff at Minato's comment.
Orochimaru took in this form as he then said "How interesting. I don't know how, but you've somehow taken in some of the Kyuubi's form and abilities. Yes very interesting. Perhaps that explains what that fire was...ku...kukukuku."
Naruto and Minato felt a little uneasy. They were wondering just for what reason the Sannin was laughing like that.
The Kyuubi even said "Why do I have a bad feeling about what he's going to say next?"
Orochimaru then in a look of ecstasy said "I've never heard of a Jinchuriki that's actually become part of the beast they contain! I think I'll make sure to have you captured alive so that I can study that body of yours! Every inch of it! And with how young you are, I'm certain I will have plenty of time to do so!"
The entire group, minus the unconscious Sasuke, were both scared and grossed out by what he just said, as while it was scary considering that face he made could probably kill puppies, what he said could be taken in another way. As such, the entire group was in a shocked silence.
The Kyuubi then said "...as much as I despise the pervert of the Sannin as a wo-I mean the strongest of the tailed beasts...I'd take him any day over this pedophile who wants to mess with my container!"
Naruto collected himself back together, ignorant of the Kyuubi's near mess up, before he looked at the Sannin as he tried to come up with a plan since he definitely did not want to be Orochimaru's new test subject and possibly boy toy. He saw something in the corner of his eye, and came up with what might help them win this.
"Question. Are you a pedophile?"
The Snake Sannin paused for a moment before he replied "No, I simply take no interest in sexual interactions, what are you implyi-"
Before he could finish Naruto interrupted him with "Do you 'experiment' on kids more than adults? That and how many people work for you directly are young? Also, how many are boys?"
On the inside Naruto was slamming his head against a mental wall about how dumb the plan was, Kyuubi was laughing its ass off, and Minato felt pride at the amount of balls his son was showing with this.
Haku meanwhile, as she sneaked around the Sannin, was thinking the same as Minato about Naruto. And if they survived this, she swore to kiss the blond afterwards. She liked him enough as it was due to what happened in Wave as well as the last month, but the fact he was buying her time by literally insulting one of the strongest living shinobi, she was damn sure he was worth it.
Sakura had her mouth wide open, shocked that Naruto had the gall to insult the Sannin, a S-Rank missing nin, the one who had been kicking their asses, in such a manner. It was beyond stupid, insane even, in her thoughts.
The Sannin was about to speak before he realized the boy wasn't wrong. A lot of his elites were decently young, especially when he had originally found them. Even more so, the majority of them were male, save for Tayuya and Guren. Heck his right hand was barely out of his teens at this point. And lastly, a majority of the bodies he had taken over were young men.
Wait...Am I a Pedophile? Orochimaru thought as he put his hand under his chin in a pondering pose.
At this point, he was distracted long enough for Haku to use the opportunity to ambush him.
"Ice Style: Frozen Waterfall Flow!"
Haku then summoned a ball of water that then fired like a horizontal waterfall at the Sannin. Orochimaru barely managed to look around and say before the attack hit him, and he found himself inside the water.
"That's distracting!" he said right before the water turned to ice, freezing the Sannin in a block of it.
However, the Sannin quickly broke out of it with his strength as he said "And that's annoyingly distracting!"
But he couldn't help but feel like he forgot something...only to notice the LARGE amount of chakra behind him. He turned to see the boy with one of his left fist pulled back, and that orange flames were spewing from it all over the place. And what terrified the Sannin was that the flames around the fist were not only LOADED with chakra, but took the form of the Kyuubi's head.
He barely had a moment before Naruto yelled out his jutsu.
"Fox Fire Style: Burning Maw!"
Naruto punched the air as the Flame Kyuubi head launched from his fist, enlarging itself to the size of one of Orochimaru's snake summons, its mouth wide open as it flew towards him.
Orochimaru knew he didn't have enough time to summon his Rashomon gates, and simply did one thing.
"Oh my Kami." he said as he raised his hands to block the attack...not that it would do much. His moment of fear even made him forget he could have easily used a seal-less substitution.
Inside the seal, Kyuubi couldn't help but snicker "Om nom nom."
As the maw hit Orochimaru, it exploded forwards, and sent the pedo flying quite far away, with a large amount of his body now covered in 2nd degree burns, and his hands with 3rd degree burns.
As the dust settled, the group could now see, much to their surprise, that Naruto had blasted about half a mile of the trees into ash, the ground under it was now blackened, and the Sannin was now nowhere to be seen.
Haku was quite surprised by the power, but was happy to know that Naruto had waited long enough for her to get out of the way before he sent the attack at Orochimaru. Sakura had the bottom her mouth on the forest floor, shocked that Naruto had that much power...though it only lasted a second.
"Ow ow ow! I hate how it does this every time!" he yelped as he ran in circles holding up his left arm that was now covered in 2nd degree burns.
Sakura sighed as she realized while he had gotten stronger...still Naruto. Though she did decide perhaps she should try to be a bit kinder with him. He basically saved their asses plus sent a Sannin flying, so she wouldn't argue.
Haku merely giggled a little before she went over to check on the boy. The girls then noticed that the arm started smoking a little as the burns were healed over. Sakura couldn't help but be curious due to her understanding of anatomy and biology.
"Naruto, what was that?" Sakura asked.
Naruto grinned as he told them "Oh, that was one of the new jutsu I had been working on with dad and Kyuubi! Took forever to get it that good!...still sucks that I burn my arm and spend a LOT of chakra every time I use it though."
Sakura then screeched "Not that BAKA! I meant how is your arm all healed now!? It should take days for something like that to heal!"
Naruto said "Oh, I heal fast, always have."
Within the seal the Kyuubi gloated "You can thank me for that fleshbag. It's one of the abilities my Jinchuuriki gain."
Naruto paused for a moment at that before he spoke "Oh, that was you Kyuubi? Thanks! You saved my bacon then a lot of times!"
Sakura and Haku then shrugged. They guessed it was a Jinchuriki thing.
Inside the seal, the Kyuubi looked at Minato with a shit-eating grin as it looked at Minato.
"HA! 5-4! Eat that fleshbag!"
Minato nodded before he shot back.
"And what did you nearly call yourself earlier?"
The Kyuubi winced back before it said "...dammit, 5-5…"
But Minato wasn't done.
"And also, unlike you, I wasn't really affected by Gai and Lee's...genjutsu as much as you were earlier. So 6-5."
Naruto could hear the Kyuubi groaning in defeat, and swearing it would get its lead back, but Naruto focused on other matters.
"Hey how's Teme?" he said.
Sakura then spoke "Oh right, I helped in stabilizing him a bit, but I'm going to have to check for internal damage next. He probably broke a few ribs earlier and I can't help in healing that through his clothing."
Naruto deadpanned for a moment before commenting "...you just want to see Teme shirtless, don't you?"
Sakura smirked as she said "I am a medic, and now I have an excuse. Now let me work Naruto."
Naruto couldn't help but ask "Wait...did you not call me baka?"
Sakura blushed a little as she said "Oh shut up."
Haku found their conversation amusing as it was, and in the back of her mind noted to later kiss the blond boy since that's what she swore she would do. But then she remembered one of the most amusing things about her raven haired teammate and watched what happened next with grin clearly on her face.
Just as Sakura carefully took off Sasuke's shirt so that she could check for the damage, she and Naruto saw one thing in particular.
That there was a set of bandages on his chest...and under them a set of breasts.
It took them a moment of silence and blinking to process that their teammate wasn't a he...but a she.
And so, both blond and pinkette yelled in unison.
"EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?"
Meanwhile, Haku was laughing, with a snort or two coming out even.
"Oh that was so worth the wait!" Haku let out before she laughed even more.
Meanwhile in the seal...the Kyuubi was doing the exact same thing as Haku was.
Though Minato sighed as something else was on his mind.
Orochimaru would be back eventually. But as to whether he would kill Naruto or not…
It was uncertain.
Sakura: I'm so happy you implied this beforehand...
Naruto: What the fuck? Sasuke's a chick? ...actually that explains WAAY too much.
Sakura: What do you mean?
Naruto: He-I mean she was surrounded by girls wanting Sasuke, and never acted on it. What sane man that clearly doesn't act gay would turn that down!?
Sakura: ...oh my kami why didn't I notice before?
Haku: Because you were a fangirl, and your reactions were priceless
Sasuke: I will agree with Haku on that at the least.
Kakashi: Indeed...that reminds me, I need to speak with Lord Third...
Hiruzen: ...oh right the bet...shit...
Zabuza and Kyuubi are still recovering from laughing their asses off
Naruto: Wait Sasuke, if you're a chick, then what's your actual name?
WVH: Wait til next time Naruto. Now that they've had their fun, in any case, I hope you all found the chapter amusing and entertaining! Be sure to R&R and come back for next chapter. Also if you want to see the info on the techniques unique to the series, look below!
Unique Jutsus
Ice Style: Icicle Barrage-The User manipulates the water in the Air to create a large amount of ice senbon that are then fired at the targeted area
Ice Style: Hand of Winter-The User charges ice chakra into their hands, dropping their temperature dramatically, allowing the user to flash freeze whatever they touch. Note the technique cannot be activated for long and can only be used by those of the Yuki clan due to their genetics giving them high resistance to the cold.
Ice Style: Ice Dragon Missile-Think ice version of the water one Kakashi and Zabuza used
Fox Fire Style: Burning Fists-A simple bit of fire manipulation to cover ones fists with flames, added on that instead of normal flames, its the flames of the Kyuubi. It's noted that it tends to look like the Kyuubi's own hands/claws but as flames instead.
Ice Style: Frozen Waterfall Flow-The user manipulates the water around them to create a pressurized sphere of water that is then fired as a waterfall at the chosen target. Furthermore, upon hitting, the water then freezes, freezing whatever is inside of the water along with it.
Fox Fire Style: Burning Maw-An Original Jutsu created by Naruto under the guidanceof Minato Namikaze and the Kyuubi. The user charges a large amount of fox fire chakra into their fist, and than exerts it outside of the fist and manipulating it into the shape of the Kyuubi's head while charging the flames further to increase the heat. The user then punches towards the intendedtarget, shooting the Flame Kyuubi head at the target. Upon contact with the target, the head then explodes forwards, blasting anything in front of it with a blast of fox fire. Other than major collateral damage, the main negative of this jutsu is that the heat of the flames can burn the user's hand as well. Fortunately for Naruto, his healing factor makes this issue temporary.
