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Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys I'm back with another chapter and it's going to be wild. So strap yourselves in. One look at the title of this chapter and that should let you know that everything will not be ok.
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Chapter 35
Chaos in the Forest
It was dark. The sun could barely penetrate the thick canopy of the dense forest. Team 7 was racing through the tree's at high speed attempting to cover as much ground as they possibly could. The needed to rendezvous with their classmates deep within the forest at their ambush point so they decided to avoid engaging any other teams until they could all group up. Based on how large the training ground was and how far each gate is spaced from each other Team 7 estimated they would run into Team 8 within the hour if they kept at their current pace.
"It's so dark in here. What should we do if we run into another team before we reach the others?" Sakura questioned as she jumped from tree branch to tree branch. Naruto and Sasuke had slowed their pace just a little bit to match Sakura's since she wasn't as fast as them but they didn't mind. It wasn't that big a deal since they were making good time. They've only been inside the forest for under 10 minutes and they were covering ground quickly.
"Then we'll have no choice but to fight them if they become hostile. But luckily I'm not sensing anyone close so we should be fine." Naruto clarified as he expanded his sense's to search for anything out of the ordinary. He wasn't sensing anyone approaching them so he allowed himself to relax just a bit. Naruto rubbed his cheek were Anko had cut him earlier and instead of a scar on his face he felt fresh skin. A side effect of having both the Nine Tailed Fox and Sōkyoku inside him. Small wounds and scars disappear on him almost immediately. With Sōkyoku's power he usually has to manually direct her power to heal any wounds he has but as for the Fox's chakra it automatically heals any damage he sustains. It also helps that with the amount of Yōki in his body at all times his wounds also heal rapidly.
Everything was quiet for the next 5 minutes as the team traversed the almost impossible to navigate forest with its trees that grow, bend, and twist in odd directions that normal trees should not be able to grow in. Back in the Academy they briefly learned about the history of the Forest of Death. The First Hokage Hashirama Senju, Clan Head of the legendary Senju Clan created the Forest of Death using his unique Kekkei Genkai the Wood Style in order to train the first generations of Hidden Leaf Shinobi. It was used to mimic the very harsh and grueling conditions his generation had to grow up and survive in during the Waring States Era before the time he and a few others invented the Hidden Village System.
Naruto was keeping a vigilant eye out when he felt a mental stir in the back of his mind. Iris and Chaos were very quiet for a long while. For Naruto it was understandable since it was early in the morning and the girls aren't really morning people. Neither was Naruto but unfortunately due to his many responsibilities and duties he has to wake up at those unreasonable times.
'Daddy I have to pee.' Iris spoke up with a whine. She unfortunately drank a lot of water before they came and now it was coming back to haunt her. As a child she couldn't really hold her pee for very long. 'Oh come on! Now of all times Iris?' Naruto questioned in disbelieve. He made them use the bathroom and everything else earlier in the morning but apparently she had to go again.
'I'm sorry but I really have to go.' Iris pleaded as she felt her bladder was going to explode. Drinking 4 cups of water was not the wises decision she's ever made. In her defense Chaos tricked her into drinking some lemonade which immediately made Iris sneeze and choke which filled the kitchen with her feathers. Iris wanted to get the taste out of her mouth so she drank as much water as she possibly could. 'You really can't hold it can you?' Naruto questioned with an exasperated sigh.
'No I can't, it's an emergency.' Iris insisted as she mentally squirmed around in Naruto's mind. Her agitation and general discomfort was causing Naruto discomfort as well so he signaled to his teammates. "Guy's let's stop in that little clearing up ahead." Naruto called out with Sasuke and Sakura nodding in reply. The clearing was about 3 dozen yards away so the three slowed down from their fast paced travel. The three landed in a small sized clearing with as per usual dense massive trees all around them and a dim amount of light due to the fact that the vast majority of the sun was being blocked out by the impenetrable canopy of tree branches above them.
"What is it?" Sasuke questioned as he looked around for anything out of place. "Pee break." Naruto signaled while fiddling with the choker around his neck. Sasuke and Sakura instantly understood what was being said so they simply nodded their head. "Sorry about this guys. I won't be long at all." Naruto apologies as he walked off into the woods surrounding them. He only planned to go about a dozen yards in to ensure that Iris would have her privacy and that they would be out of hearing range as well. Visual privacy wasn't an issue since the second you walk into the dense foliage of the trees you pretty much disappear from view.
As Naruto walked away he felt Chaos's energy start to stir inside of him. She's been really quiet ever since they left the house this morning after she pranked her sister. He could feel her power slowly growing ever since then and he's been slightly concerned about that but he's had no time to address it. If he was to be honest with himself then he would definitely say he's worried since this was not the time for Chaos to be losing control. "Ok Iris come on." Naruto said as he summoned Iris who had a squeamish and uncomfortable look on her face. Naruto never noticed the fact that Chaos summoned herself either since she secretly placed an illusion on Naruto. Naruto felt the weight of what he thought was Chaos's choker on his neck but in reality nothing was there.
'There is something in this forest with us. Something foul… potent…' Iris thought to herself as she noticed her sister summon herself while placing an illusion over their father. She saw the look in Chaos's eyes. She was positive her sister was losing control. 'She's feeding off of whatever it is inside here. That man who approached daddy earlier with the weird tongue. It feels like him.' Iris contemplated as she turned away from her father. She still had to pee really badly so she wasn't going to leave herself distracted for long. 'If I can use Chaos as a relay beacon then maybe I can track down the source of this negative energy.' Iris strategized as she sensed Chaos float away from them. 'I don't want to do this to you sister but I don't have much of a choice. But for now I will focus on that boy who's hiding back there.' Iris resolved as she took quick note of another presence shadowing them.
In a tree not too far from Naruto was a boy in a beige colored body suit. He had long spiky brown hair and black eyes that was staring directly at Naruto down below. The body suit appeared to be held together by stitches in an x shaped patterned and he had a kunai holster on his leg. A white cloth was wrapped around his eyes with two holes cut out to all him to see. A re-breather was on his face and the cloth for his head band covered his entire head like a skin tight mask. The symbol for the Village Hidden in the Rain was on the metal plate of his headband signifying his allegiance. Based on his height and general body frame he looked to be in his late teens. About 17 years old.
'It's time now.' The boy thought as he slowly raised his hand into a hand sign. Whatever move he was going to make would never pan out the way he was hoping for since with his focus set entirely on his chosen target below him he never took the time to noticed his own shadow shifting and turning behind him. Long blade like spikes were coming out of his shadow with an entity itself raising up slowly behind him. A dark sinister smile was on the tiny figures face.
'Ok. Now that I have him tied up, I'll go sneak up on his teammates. Hopefully one of them has the scroll.' The teenager thought as a vivid illusion of him jumping Naruto and tying him up played out in his mind. He checked Naruto for the scroll but couldn't find it on him. He felt the rush of adrenaline and the sensation of weariness as his body acted upon the actions his brain thought he took. The Hidden Rain Genin never noticed Iris who was cloaked under an illusion that has been playing out for the last minute and a half. "Ok now. Transform." The boy mutters as he transforms himself into Naruto. He got almost everything down pat. On his cheek he made sure to add the scar that he and everyone else saw Naruto receive at the hands of Anko. His other mistake was the placement of Naruto's kunai holster on his opposite leg and the fact that on the choker he never added the little chain links or the teddy bear pendant at the end since those features are covered up by the collar of Naruto's sweater.
The boy took off without suspecting a thing. His target who was Naruto never sensed him since he was under an illusion himself. Since Chaos's energy isn't chakra based it's not considered Genjutsu and furthermore it doesn't affect a person's chakra network. Naruto felt that Chaos's energy was more prevalent in his system but he can't recognize when he is under the influence of her powers. It's something he hasn't trained in a lot. Chaos had a dark smile on her face as she watched the boy go off in the direction Sasuke and Sakura were. Chaos turned her gaze down towards her father Naruto who was keeping guard over Iris.
Chaos's eyes were red as her scanners zoomed in on Naruto. She looked away into another part of the dense forest where her scanners picked up two other individuals. The dark smile on Chaos's face grew twice as big as before. The forest was quiet as Sasuke and Sakura stood on guard. It was only a minute since Naruto left so they were expecting him to come back in the next minute or so. So when Naruto returned to them at that exact moment they were understandably confused. "Naruto? You're back already." Sakura asked in confusion. Something didn't feel right to her. She didn't know what it was but his whole aura was off to her. It was a strange feeling since this was the first time she's ever felt something like this before.
"Hey guys I'm back." Naruto said as he put on an easy smile. Sasuke narrowed his eyes in suspicion as warning bells were going off in his mind. Something was definitely wrong with this picture. The very first thing he noticed about the Naruto in front of him was the fact that he had a scratch on his face. A scratch that should have already been healed thanks to Naruto's advanced healing. Sasuke was always under the impression that it was due to Iris and Eva's presence with Naruto that allowed him to heal so fast and while that was absolutely true one missing factor is the Nine Tailed Fox that Sasuke does not know about. However, that did not detract from the fact that the scratch on Naruto's cheek should have already been healed.
Sasuke decided to test this suspicion of his. "Where did you go?" Sasuke asked casually but his body was slowly starting to tense up in preparation. Sakura started to catch on too as she herself took notice of the fact that Naruto had a scar on his cheek that should no longer be there. She also noticed that his kunai holster was on the wrong leg. "What do you mean? I went to pee guys." The impostor in front of them said as he tugged on the collar of his hood in a nervous habit which inadvertently revealed that on the choker around his neck there was no chain or teddy bear shaped pendant. It definitely wasn't the nervous reflex Naruto was known to do which was to scratch the back of his head.
"Oh so you decided to pee to." Sakura commented idly with a look of innocence on her face. "Too? Guys what are you talking about it was just me?" Naruto said in confusion but a drop of sweat could be seen rolling down the side of his face. "Oh well that's strange since Iris was the one who had to go pee." Sakura tacked on while slowly moving closer to Sasuke. To her credit she was playing it off really well. The impostor froze for a brief moment as he tried to recover. "Yeah… Iris… yeah she… went. Everything's fine now. But anyways we need to make sure our scroll is secure. I saw some guys lurking around in the area. So you guys made sure to keep it safe right?" The impostor conversed as he slowly inched his way over to Sasuke and Sakura who were not buying his act at all.
"That's a very strange thing for the person holding our scroll to say wouldn't you think Naruto?" Sasuke said as he took a step forward. The impostor stopped right in his tracks as his face turned white as chalk. "No…" The impostor mumbled in horror barely above the level of a whisper. "Busted." Sasuke stated as he without warning lunged forward with a burst of speed as he attempted to stab the impostor with the kunai he drew in a split second. The impostor jumped back in panic as he undid his transformation.
"A Hidden Rain Genin?" Sakura pondered as she noticed his headband. "Where's Naruto?" Sasuke demanded as he got into an aggressive attack stance. "Your teammate is tied up and by now is at the mercy of my teammates." The Genin declared with a smug air around him which caused Sasuke and Sakura to frown. "I highly doubt that." Sasuke snidely commented as he kicked off the ground. Sasuke went for a round house kick but the older boy scouted this from a mile away. Jumping back to put some distance between them the Rain Genin wasn't expecting Sasuke to quickly recover from his failed attack and kick off the ground with twice as much speed as before. Sasuke landed a solid kick to the teenage Genin in midair which sent the jumpsuit wearing Genin flying into a tree. Having decent experience, the boy corrected himself mid-flight and rebounded off the tree and rocketed himself towards Sasuke like a missile.
Seeing the boy coming in quick and still stuck in midair Sasuke ducked down into a ball and right as the boy was flying right above him he uncurled himself and mull kicked him in the stomach with his legs and feet enhanced by a dense coat of chakra that was almost visible which sent the boy tumbling out of the air in an uncontrollable flop. Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on Sakura wasted no time in grabbing a bunch of shuriken into her hands. She let them loose on the Rain Genin who was tumbling to the ground. The kick to the stomach was so hard that it compressed his entire diaphragm and made it hard for him to breathe. The boy was disoriented so he barely survived the incoming hail of shuriken Sakura threw. Crossing his arms, the boy took the metal projectiles head on as they cut into the fabric of his jumpsuit. Twisting his body in midair he was able to dodge most of the shuriken and prevented them from hitting him in vital spots but that did nothing to stop the many scratches and cuts he received.
Landing on the ground the teenager went through a quick set of hand signs. "Haze Clone Jutsu." The boy wheezed out in pain as over a dozen clones rose up from the ground around him. As clones they were all identical and they were helping to mask who the real one was. "We don't have time for this. Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sasuke exclaimed as he didn't want to deal with the clones right now. They were on a time constraint and it was never a wise choice to deal waste your time on an opponent who could use clone techniques. He knows that from experience sparing with Naruto a lot.
A large orange and red fireball erupted from Sasuke's mouth as he directed it at the Rain Genin's position. Launching it at a slight angle the fire ball impacted the spot where the group of clones were standing. Landing on the ground Sasuke got into a defensive position as he waited to see what was going to happen next. Sakura quickly made her way over to Sasuke as she too got into a defensive position. Both teammates widened their eyes when they saw the clones walk out of the fire without a burn mark on them. In fact, the flames were passing through them like they weren't even there.
"How is that possible. Is this a Genjutsu?" Sakura questioned as she couldn't think of an explanation. "Genjutsu: Release!" Sakura exclaimed as she held her hand up in the classic hand sign. Flaring her chakra throughout her body nothing happened which debunked the idea that they were under the effects on a Genjutsu. "Sharingan." Sasuke said as he closed his eyes only to reopen them with his family's famous Dōjutsu appearing in them. Gazing at the group of clones coming his way Sasuke could see that they were all fake. They were not solid like Naruto's Shadow Clones. They were basically like the standard clone Jutsu. Looking around the clearing Sasuke say another chakra signature traveling quickly below the ground towards them. "Sakura he's below the ground." Sasuke called out as he could see the color of the enemy's chakra moving beneath the surface of the ground at a quick pace.
"Got it." Sakura acknowledged as she took out several kunai with explosive tags attached to them. "Right there!" Sasuke pointed out as both he and Sakura jumped up into the air right as Sakura threw her kunai at the ground. The paper tags went off with a large bang which destroyed the ground around it and seriously injured the Genin that was fighting them. Sakura and Sasuke watched as the Haze clones disappeared into hazy wisps of smoke. Sasuke and Sakura landed back on the ground with Kunai in hand ready for any more possible attacks but as they watched the Rain Genin crawl out of the ruble from the small crater Sakura's explosive tags caused they both knew the boy was in no condition to fight them both off.
Sasuke quickly approached the downed Genin and wrenched his arm back into a painful arm bar. "What's your name?" Sasuke demanded as he placed a kunai to the boy's neck. "Oboro." The boy wheezed out in pain as he body was covered in bruises, burn marks, and cuts from the detonation right above his head. He had a skull splitting headache and the added arm bar that he is experiencing right now was not helping. "Where is our teammate?" Sasuke growled as he yanked on Oboro's arm causing him to groan in pain. "I told you. I tied him up." Oboro coughed in pain. "You're lying. There is no way you could get the drop on Naruto." Sakura refuted with a negative shake of her head. She wasn't buying it. There was no way for him to sneak up on Naruto with his skill level and actually subdue Naruto. Especially with Iris and Chaos there as well.
"Wait Sakura hold on a minute… He's not lying. He truly believes he tied Naruto up." Sasuke butted in as his Sharingan was studying Oboro below him. "Wait what?" Sakura stumbled in surprise. "I don't get it. He isn't strong enough or crafty enough to take Naruto down but he believes so. He's not lying." Sasuke explained as he narrowed his eyes. He didn't understand what was going on.
"Guys!" Naruto called out as he jumped into the clearing with Iris keeping pace. "Naruto what happened?" Sakura exclaimed as she turned around to see her teammate. "What's going on? I heard the commotion. Who is this guy?" Naruto asked as he quickly took in a survey of the impromptu battlefield. "He approached us transformation as you." Sakura explained. Iris curiously looked at Oboro who was pinned to the ground by Sasuke. "He said he ambushed you and tied you up." Sasuke said with a tone that obviously suggested he did not believe what he was hearing. "Really?" Naruto questioned in surprise as he started to contemplate what was happening. "And the weird thing is he honestly believes he is telling the truth." Sakura added on.
Iris narrowed her eyes at this as she discreetly looked off in another direction. A look of contemplation was on her face as she pondered something in her mind. Her teddy bear John Paul was secure in her arms as a small frown came on her face. 'Chaos what have I done?' Iris thought in regret.
"What's going on… I never saw him." Naruto said as he tried to piece together what was happening. Oboro was feeling the pain since his adrenaline was no longer acting as a buffer for him. Ever so slowly Oboro pushed a small smoke pellet from inside his sleeve into his hand. Sasuke wasn't looking at Oboro in that moment with his Sharingan or else he would have noticed the minute muscle twitches he was pulling off. Naruto was to distracted and Oboro's arm was on the opposite side from where Naruto was standing so he never would have seen his arm move especially with Sasuke sitting on top of him.
In one swift movement Oboro smashed the pellet on the ground hard enough to activate it. Purple smoke erupted from the pellet in copious amounts forcing Sasuke to get off of Oboro and for Naruto and Sakura to jump back. They all covered their noses when they quickly realized that it wasn't smoke but in fact toxic gas. All three teammates started to cough as the poison got into their lungs. Moving into action Iris quickly generated a large gust of wind that blew the gas cloud away from everyone. They could see Oboro just escaping into the dense tree line with his rebreather doing its job by completely protecting him from the nauseous toxins in the air.
"Everyone hold on I got you." Iris called out as she closed her eyes to concentrate. She opened them up and they had a slight tint of emerald to them. Iris waved her free arm about and three separate cyclones of wind appeared before the three members of Team 7. The air currents flew into their mouths and down their throats causing them to choke on the excessive amount of air they were breathing in. Seconds later the same air current came back up out of their mouths but this time the air current was slightly purple due to the toxins in collected. With an additional wave of her hand Iris compressed the air currents until the poison completely disappeared.
All three teammates were breathing hard since they literally just had the air ripped from their lungs which was burning them right now from the poison they had just breathed in. The poison itself wasn't anything too powerful and it definitely wasn't a poison so powerful it could instantly kill you but because they had all been at the epicenter of the poisonous cloud when it went off and they all breathed in a hefty amount before they could get away.
With one task left to do Iris held her open palm up to her mouth and breathed out a burst of beautiful embers. These embers fused together to transform themselves into Iris's feathers. Three of them formed which floated down into her hand. "Here eat these and your lungs will feel better." Iris instructed as she handed the three preteens a feather each. Naruto took his without complaint and stuck it into his mouth. As per usual her feathers were hot. Nothing to burn your tongue thankfully but it was hot like a freshly cooked meal that you just finished making. "Taste like Ramen." Naruto noted with a smile in his face. "Taste like syrup." Sakura said with a look on her face that easily suggested she was pleasantly surprised. "Hn." Sasuke grunted but in his mind he took note of the fact it tasted like tomatoes to him.
The three teammates quickly recovered as they felt their lungs stop burning them. "What do we do now? Do we go after him?" Sakura asked as she got to her feet. In her mind Oboro couldn't have gotten far with his injuries and they know which direction he went in. It was consistent with the way he entered in and the direction Naruto went in earlier with Iris. "I say yes. He's already weakened and his two teammates wouldn't be expecting an ambush if we quickly catch up to him and trail him back to the other two." Sasuke reasoned. Naruto thought about it for a moment until he relented. "I agree. If we get the jump on them now we can get their scroll and be done with it. Then all we would have to do is meet up with the others and help them. We could then travel as a pack and make it to the tower in no time at all." Naruto agreed with a shake of his head.
"Sounds like a plan… hey Naruto I've been meaning to ask but where is Chaos?" Sakura inquired as she noticed that Chaos wasn't with Naruto and she wasn't in disguise around his neck. He had no choker on from her perspective. Sasuke took notice of this too as his Sharingan came back to live. "What do you mean? She's right here… huh… what?" Naruto dismissed. He dully noted that she's been rather quite for a long time now but he didn't think too much of it. However, in a force of habit he reached up to where the small choker around his neck should be. When he reached it all he felt was the skin on his neck. Once he did that the fake weight he's been feeling all this time disappeared as his senses realigned which caused him to shake his head to reorient himself.
"What's going on? Where's Chaos?" Naruto exclaimed in alarm as he immediately turned to Iris who was looking off in the direction that Oboro went. "Iris what's going on? Where is your sister?" Naruto asked as he stretched out his senses to find his daughter but it wasn't doing him much favors. "She's losing control daddy. She is feeding off of something that is in this forest with us. I don't quite know what it is yet but I can faintly sense it and I don't like it." Iris said as she turned to her father with a look of worry on her face. "Why didn't you tell me this sooner!?" Naruto exclaimed as he raised his voice. Iris flinched back which immediately caused Naruto to calm down as he could sense Iris's shift in emotions.
"I'm sorry… I… I was using Chaos as a lure. I was trying to sense out whatever she was feeding off of by using her like a relay." Iris said in sadness. Her eyes were misting over with tears but Naruto could still clearly see that her eyes were not fully blue. Hints of emerald green could be seen in her eyes and Naruto knew that there was more to this than what he's seen so far. "You used your sister!?" Naruto growled out in disappointment and disbelieve. Iris flinched back more as she turned her head down and squeezed John Paul to her chest. She was starting to tremble a little as she was on the verge of crying. Having her father mad at her was never something she could handle. She wasn't used to it and she didn't like it at all.
"Naruto take it easy ok. We can solve this later. We need to focus on finding Chaos." Sakura spoke up as she tried to be the voice of reason. She did not want to see Iris cry right now. It was obviously something that does not happen often and getting scolded by your father was something the little girl did not want to happen.
With Chaos
Chaos's eye sight was very different compared to a human. Right now everything was in black and white as she scanned her surroundings. A few dozen yards away hidden in a dense cluster of trees she could see two other life forms huddled up next to each other. They were giving off a light purplish tint of negativity. Right now Chaos was seeing the emotional wave spectrum. She could literally see the emotions a person was producing with no difficultly as all. Switching visions Chaos was now looking at them and the two individuals were highlighted in various shades of red, yellows and greens with red generally being in the center and it fading out too yellow and then too green. The surrounding area also had this coloring but to a much lesser degree as the two individuals she was spying on were the only living beings in the area. She was viewing their heat signatures from a distance.
With her scanners and beyond advanced technology in her body she could sense the conflict taking place between Oboro and her father's teammates. She quietly giggled to herself as she contemplated how it wasn't going to well for Oboro. Sasuke and Sakura were more prepared and skilled than Oboro first thought. Taking note of the fact her father returned to the clearing with her sister Chaos started to slowly creep her way over to the two individuals she knew were Oboro's other teammates. As she did so she turned her head in another direction as her scanners switched back to looking at the emotional wave spectrum. Far off deep within the forest making its way towards her father was a presence that was foul and practically inhuman. It gave off a vibe of twisted death and destruction. Deceit, lies, corruption, hatred, and much more. All of this was twisted up into a maelstrom to form the being stalking the forest.
In Chaos's mind a predator was coming to hunt. A cloud of dark miasma like smoke invisible to all but Chaos was seen emanating from the person's body. It surrounded them like a smoke cloud and it spreads out encompassing a wide area around them. A thin trail of this dark miasma could be seen attached to the made body of the cloud as it trailed all the way back to Chaos's body which had a very dark miasma cloud of haze around it as well. She was feeding off of the negativity of the being in the forest with them and the cloud around her body was slowly growing in mass. And the more it grew the more Chaos descended into madness.
Chaos finally made it to Oboro's two teammates but they could not sense her. She was an apex predator compared to them. They would never sense her presence unless she wanted them too. By this point she was made aware that Oboro escaped and was heading her ways so the smile on her face yet again increased as she waited.
"What's taking him so long?" One of his teammates grumbled as they waited for their teammate to return. "I don't know Kagari but Oboro better get back here soon. It was a mistake to let him go on ahead since he has our scroll." The other Genin stated with a huff as he addressed his teammate whose name is Kagari. "Mabui do you think we should go check on him. We didn't camp out too close since we didn't want to be sensed on the off chance one of them is a sensory type but maybe it couldn't hurt if we went to check up on Oboro." Kagari responded back to his teammate Mabui. "I don't know man. It's your call. I just don't like how quiet it is…" Mabui mused as he looked around them checking their surroundings like any good shinobi would.
"…after all we only decided to come after this team because of all the hype and attention they've been generating around themselves. With them being rookies and all it should be easy for Oboro to finish them off by himself… if it was up to me I'd make all of us go and just trapped them in our team's Jutsu and then take them out just like we do with any other opponent." Mabui complained as he stared out into the dark forest with his one lone eye that was not covered up by the white cloth across his eyes.
He was dozing off in boredom when he spotted his teammate Oboro approaching them at a fast pace. "Oboro… slow down what… holy crap what the hell happened to you?" Mabui exclaimed in shock as he turned to his teammate who was bruised and battered beyond believe. "Those damn rookies were way stronger than we thought. Way stronger. I barely made it out of their alive. They weren't fooled by my transformation, my clones, or my underground transportation technique. They saw through all my attacks and took me down easily." Oboro wheezed as he held his severely sore arm which was a victim of Sasuke's arm bar. It took Oboro a while to just say those few sentences. The double mule kick in midair to his stomach was still affecting him even now and it was causing some problems with his breathing.
"How the hell could a bunch of rookies do this to you? Are they even rookies?" Kagari questioned with disbelieve in his voice. He couldn't believe what he was seeing or hearing. But the proof was undeniably right in front of him. "What are we going to do? Should we go after them? Should we go find someone else to ambush?" Mabui stressed as he clenched his hand into a fist. Stress and frustration was quickly setting in for not just Mabui but his two teammates as well.
"Ehehehehehe." A soft childish giggle echoed in all three of the rain Genin's ears. Mabui and Kagari jumped to their feet in both fear and panic since they never sensed anything around them and the laughter sounded like it was right in their ear. Oboro looked around frantically but he was in no condition to fight. Taking note of the fact it was a little girls giggle and the fact he saw a little girl with Naruto a few minutes' prior Oboro started to sweat as his mind started to draw hasty conclusions. "Guys be careful. Those rookies had another person with them. It was a little girl." Oboro wheezed out loudly which caused pain to flare up in his chest.
In the blink of an eye Oboro watched as both his teammates were suddenly without any kind of warning impaled against the two trees closest to them. A little girl appeared before the group of Genin and she had long beautiful blond hair that reached well past her waist. Slanted lazy purple eyes with a pool of insanity in them were staring back at Oboro and a wicked array of purple blade like wings were floating a few inches behind her shoulder blades with two of the many blades currently impaling his teammates to the trees.
"Hello there." Chaos said with a demented smile on her face. "Kagari! Mabui! What the hell have you done kid!" Oboro screamed as he tried to stand but Chaos reached out with her hand and pushed him back to the ground hard. "Ah, ah, ha. The Doctor says you can't get up right now." Chaos chided as she wagged her index finger back and forth. Looking over her shoulder Chaos could see blood gushing out of Kagari and Mabui's stomachs and the blood was trailing all the way down her wings and onto the ground.
Both Genin were in a state of shock but clarity was returning to their eyes as the pain finally registered. It looked like they were both about to start screaming but Chaos beat them to the punch. "Aegis." A small blue hexagonal patterned sphere the size of a watermelon appeared over both of their faces. Any sound they were about to make was muted as Chaos turned back to Oboro.
"What do you want kid? What are you?!" Oboro seethed as he kept looking at his dying teammates. "What do I want? I want your scroll. As for what I am… well I'm your new friend silly and I'm here to teach you all about love." Chaos answered with a sweet smile that wasn't so sweet. If anything it was demented and fear inducing. "Why are you doing this! Do you know what you've done!?" Oboro wheezed as he attempted to sit up again but one of Chaos's many blade like wings lashed out like a whip and impaled Oboro in the same arm Sasuke had put into an arm bar. The wing pinned him to the log behind him and prevented him from moving his body again. Before Oboro could scream Chaos placed an Aegis shield over his head as well.
"No, no, no. Doctor said to stay off your feet. The doctor also said to hand me your scroll as well." Chaos insisted. "Why are you doing this?" Oboro screamed but his voice was muted do to having an Aegis shield around his head. However, Chaos could read lips and discern speech patterns so she had no problems understanding what was being said to her.
"Why…?" Chaos asked with a cute tilt of her head. "Why silly it's so simple. I'm being filled with so much love that I want to share it with others." Chaos explained as her wing tip heated up and cauterized the wound she inflicted on Oboro's arm. He screamed some more as the unbearable heat in his shoulder sealed up all his blood vessels. "Speaking of sharing. I want your scroll before your friends die." Chaos demanded as she pushed her wing further into Oboro's shoulder.
Feeling the pain Oboro reached into his pouch and pulled out his scroll. When Chaos picked up the scroll the perpetual smile on her face faltered a bit. She squeezed her hand around the scroll tightly. "This isn't what I wanted. Why don't you have an Earth Scroll?" Chaos said with disappointment clear in her voice. "You're no more fun. You are dollies, you're supposed to be fun but you're boring now." Chaos said as her disappointment continued to grow.
Without warning the two Aegis shields surrounding Kagari and Mabui violently collapsed on itself and decapitated the poor teenagers. Their heads were completely disintegrated and not even the blood remained as the shields disappeared. Oboro screamed in horror and agony at the violent murders of his two friends. Tears could be seen in his eyes as he screamed and raged murder at Chaos whose smile was dimming a bit. Chaos didn't stop their however. The tips of her blade like wings heated up to extreme levels until the lifeless bodies of Kagari and Mabui spontaneously combusted into a raging orb of tainted fire. Their bodies were quickly cremated within seconds. While Chaos's flames were nowhere near as hot as her sisters that didn't mean her flames didn't have any heat to them. Chaos's flames were highly unstable and volatile so they explode whenever they come in contact with things. Iris's fire is completely flexible and she can control it in any shape or form she choose. She has a dexterity with her fire that Chaos just doesn't have. Iris's flames can incinerate things just by being near them.
Oboro with his good arm took out another of his poison pellets from his small wrist pocket and threw it directly in Chaos's face. In blew up right in front of her face as the clearing was filled with purple toxic gas. Oboro couldn't even feel a sense of vengeance as Chaos showed herself through the thick smog. "I'm sorry but poison doesn't work on me. I don't even have normal lungs, unlike you." Chaos revealed as she opened her mouth and took a deep breath. All the poisonous smog was sucked up into Chaos's mouth whose cheeks expanded due to the large breath she took. Walking over to Oboro Chaos stuck her face into the Aegis shield surrounding Oboro's face and breathed out the toxin into the bubble. Oboro's eyes widened in sheer terror when Chaos ripped his re-breather off his face.
Oboro's eyes started to water as he tried to hold his breath. Chaos twisted her wing in his shoulder which caused him to gasp in agony which ended up making him inhale his own poison. Within a minute because of all of his injuries Oboro died as his body slumped over. For a brief moment a sliver of remorse and pain came to Chaos's eyes as she could remotely sense her father's panic at noticing she was gone. Feeling his emotions was enough to snap her out of her homicidal state as she grabbed her head in pain. "What have I done." Chaos whispered as she looked around at the two piles of ash on the ground behind her. Seeing Oboro's dead body in front of her with her wing impaling him Chaos started to tremble as she unintentionally lit his body on fire from her wing. Oboro's body quickly turned to a pile of ash as well while Chaos looked down at the Heaven Scroll in her hand.
"I've been a bad girl…" Chaos whispered to herself as she clenched the scroll in her tiny hands. Chaos's wings shrunk back down to their normal size as she slowly floated off the ground. Making her way back to where Naruto and the others were Chaos continued to look at the scroll in her hand.
With Naruto
Calming himself down with considerable difficulty Naruto conceded to the fact that Sakura was right. He couldn't worry about scolding Iris or getting angry. None of that would help him find his daughter. Just as he was about to say something he saw Iris clam up as her entire body went rigid. Her eyes flashed emerald green for a spit second before returned too full on blue. Iris squeezed her precious teddy bear tighter as tears welled up in her eyes. "Iris what happened? What did you sense?" Naruto questioned as he recognized that particular action from Iris.
Iris couldn't even look Naruto in the eye as she kept her gaze on the ground below her. "Three souls just departed." Iris mumbled out in remorse. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura widened their eyes in shock but Naruto for different reasons. 'This is just like the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre. Iris and Chaos really can sense the deaths of others. Their powers are incredible.' Naruto thought as he looked off in the direction he knew Chaos most likely was. 'Chaos what have you done?'
Before Sasuke and Sakura could start to question such an outrageous claim a rustling in the bushes near them had the two of them on alert. It was Chaos she came walking into the clearing with her wings disappearing and the Heaven Scroll in her hand. The perpetual smile that is on her face was all that Sasuke and Sakura could see but to Naruto who actually understands Chaos's mannerisms and body language he could tell that she was in emotional pain.
"Sweetie! Where have you been? I was worried about you." Naruto called out as he ran over to Chaos. Before he could grab her into a hug she held out her hand with the scroll in it. "Here Dada. I got you a scroll. I know it's not the one we need I'm sorry… I've been a really bad girl today…" Chaos rambled as she thrusted the scroll into Naruto's chest. Naruto took the scroll and noticed that it was a little crinkled from being handled by a few different people. "Chaos where did you get this from?" Naruto asked. He kind of already knew the answer but he wanted Chaos to get this off her chest. Bottling it up was never good. Especially for someone with her fragile mental psyche.
"I got it from these nice boys in beige suits." Chaos admitted as she placed her hands on her head. This was the signal that everything was not ok. Just like a few months ago in the Hokage's office after their mission to wave Chaos was communicating with Naruto through her own complex language of body language, gestures, and ques. She doesn't know how to make or form facial expressions and emotions very well. Her capabilities in that field are severely underdeveloped and only in extreme emotional situations can she physically change her facial expression in drastic degrees. Her default facial expression is her usual dopey perpetual eerie smile on her face that poorly hides the pool of insanity and instability inside of her.
Sakura and Sasuke were alarmed by this but before they could voice this Naruto held up a hand to stop them. "And where are they right now Chaos? What did you do to them?" Naruto asked in a soft tone of voice as he looked at Chaos with pity, sadness, regret, and compassion in his eyes. He was sad that she did what she did. Angry at both himself for not being more attentive to her earlier and at Iris for allowing this to happen but mostly he was just feeling sorry for his daughter. She was in pain right now and he wanted to help her.
"I… I showed them… what love is…" Chaos slowly churned out as she started to add small pauses to her speech patterns. It was a sign that she was progressively getting worse. "Oh Chaos I'm so sorry…" Naruto said as he looked down in shame. Iris couldn't even look at her sister as she knew this was her fault. Despite how psychotic Chaos is she doesn't actually like to kill. In her normal state she would never kill a person. In some cases, she couldn't and wouldn't even hurt a fly. It's only when she's absorbing negative energies that her more homicidal personality comes out. The side of her that would torture and kill a person in cold blood.
"Come here Chaos…" Naruto said as he reached out to grab Chaos into a hug. Physical contact was the best way for Naruto to banish the effects of negative energy whenever its affecting Chaos but right now he knew she just needed to be comforted. Before Naruto could reach her Chaos pulled away out of his reach. This stunned Naruto into not moving as Chaos has never once in her entire life pull away from him before. If anything she attempts and 99% of the time succeeds in gluing herself to him in some odd and crazy fashion. She craves his attention at all times and she never waste any given opportunity to be close to him in any way she possibly can. To see her pull away from him, to deny that attention and love that she herself craves so much caused something within Naruto to crack. It hurt. It hurt more than he ever thought if possibly would.
"Chaos what's wrong? Come here." Naruto reached out as he attempted to hide the sudden amount of pain in his voice. He never knew such an insignificant gesture like that could actually hurt a person's feelings; but now that he knew such a thing was possible, he could say that he absolutely did not like it one bit. "I've been a bad girl…" Chaos chanted as she used her uncanny ability to stay just outside of the reach of a person to escape Naruto's second attempt at holding her. "Chaos I forgive you just come here ok. Everything is going to be just fine." Naruto comforted as he attempted to reach out for Chaos for a third time. Yet again she used her ability to stay just outside of his reach. It hurt and Naruto knew that Chaos could sense it which was causing her even more unneeded stress. After a fourth attempt Naruto couldn't take it anymore. He felt this strong urge and need to comfort his daughter. She was in pain yet she wouldn't even let him get close. He wanted her to come to him and his desperation for her to come to him manifested into something he was never expecting. "Chaos come to me please!"
Chaos's body went completely rigid as a light blue translucent chain appeared on the missing link that is on her choker. The blue chain stretched out and actually connected to Naruto's wrist and tied around it into a small secure loop. Chaos's body was completely rigid and statue like as her eyes changed over to her scanners. "Yes master… what are your orders?" Chaos intoned with a monotone voice. There was none of that usual spark of life and in most cases insanity that could usually be found in her voice. It was completely dead of both emotion and life. She was looking directly into Naruto's eyes patiently waiting for whatever he was going to say.
All three Genin were speechless especially Naruto who had no idea about this. "Naruto what's going on…?" Sakura slowly dragged out as she never saw this coming. She didn't know what to think. Sasuke was looking at Chaos with his Sharingan on and he was shocked to see that he couldn't actually see or identify the energy that she uses or what the chain attaching her to Naruto was made of. This was his first time using his Sharingan on Chaos and he was unnerved to find out that his Sharingan couldn't get a read on her.
Iris looked away sadly as she realized all of this was her fault. She never wanted this to happen to her sister and especially now of all times. Naruto himself was close to having a panic attack as he didn't know what was happening or how to stop it. Naruto could feel an intense feeling of need deep within himself. He wanted Chaos to come to him and that desperation led to this. Upon that epiphany Naruto violently shrugged off his intense emotions he was feeling and the light blue chain attaching connecting them together disappeared. Chaos's eyes returned too normal as she came out of her trance. "Dada what happened?" Chaos asked as she could not recall what happened in the last 40 seconds that transpired. It was all a blank to her. The sensation felt familiar to her but it's something she hasn't felt in a long time.
"Chaos I'm so sorry… I don't know what happened either." Naruto said as he grabbed onto Chaos in a tight hug. He learned new things about his daughters everyday but he wished this was not one of them. "Sis I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen. I used you and because of that you ended up doing something terrible… I hope you can forgive me…" Iris apologized as she stood before Chaos. Iris had tears welling up in her eyes as she knows deep down Chaos is a fragile and gentle spirit. Her psychotic personality doesn't fully represent who she truly is on the inside. If Chaos was mentally healthy then she wouldn't even be able to hurt a fly but that's not the case here. Despite Naruto raising Chaos the best he could her developing her unstable and psychotic tendencies was something that was far beyond his control. It was something that was a part of her from long before she came into his life.
"Hehehehe… Iris you have water leaking out of your eyes." Chaos giggled as she stood idly by and ignored the fact that the one tear that actually did fall from Iris's eye hit the petal of a dying plant sticking out of the ground and the entire plant sprung to life in seconds before everybody's eyes. "I forgive you silly. If it makes you feel better, I located the energy source you were looking for…" Chaos mentioned by flickering her scanners on and off for emphasis. She smiled as she poked her sister on the nose who looked up with gratitude. "Thank you Chaos. I promise never to do that again." Iris promised to help with the reconciliation. Despite all that Chaos tends too due she's never actually killed anyone before and for the first people she kills to be three teenagers that she's actually tortured and murdered it's quite the daunting subject to even think about.
"You found the energy signature? What is it? Where is it?" Naruto asked as he recomposed himself. With his two daughters making up it would be wrong for him to press the issue further. However, he resolved to bring this event back up at a later time when they weren't in the middle of an important exam. Naruto couldn't in good conscience just leave the subject of murdering three defenseless teenagers alone and pretend like nothing ever happened. He knew that Chaos was still thinking about it and he was too.
"Yes Dada. It's actually human… well human with something added on… much like you in certain aspects. It's actually coming from the man who approached you and Aunty Anko earlier. He's…" Chaos explained as she looked towards her father. As she continued on both she and Iris suddenly became alert as they whipped their heads in a certain direction. Chaos's scanners were blazing red and Iris's eyes turned emerald green as a powerful gust of wind tour through the clearing at a speed to fast for anyone to react to.
"DADDY!"
"Girls hang on!"
"Naruto!"
Jutsu Library
1.) Haze Clone Jutsu - Using this technique together with the Earth Style: Underground Movement Jutsu, the enemy is led to believe that the real body is among the clones. As the haze clones are not physically real, the attack will just pass through them. While attention is drawn to the clones, the real body attacks from the blind spot. During the illusion and resulting chaos, the enemy, who is caught up in the technique, can be easily defeated. When a Haze Clone is dispelled they transform into a thick fog of haze that lingers in the air and blinds a target for long periods of time.
2.) Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu - The Hallmark Jutsu of the Land of Fire and the Hidden Leaf Village and founded by the famous Uchiha Clan the Fire ball Jutsu is the go to fire style Jutsu as well as a rite of passage in the Uchiha clan. The Jutsu spews forth a fire ball from the mouth of the user and the size of the technique is depended on the amount of Chakra used by the user. The Jutsu is the gateway Jutsu to many other advanced and powerful fire style Jutsu.
3.) Genjutsu: Release - The most basic of chakra control techniques as well as the beginning tier in Genjutsu. The Jutsu simply involves you injecting your own chakra into another person's chakra network to disturb it and wake the person up from a Genjutsu that they may be under at the time.
4.) Aegis - A unique ability that Chaos demonstrates. She creates a light blue shield that has hexagonal shapes as its pattern. The shield is in the shape of a large sphere that increases its diameter and can encompass anything Chaos wishes it to.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys so how was that chapter? Who knew a simple pee break could escalate so quickly? Iris's attempts to weed out an unknown threat backfired in a way none were expecting. Team Oboro were brutally killed by Chaos in her Negative Energy fueled homicidal episode. She was not in control of her emotions and it was only after feeling Naruto's desperation to find her that snapped her out of her trance. I personally didn't really like Team Oboro from the manga/Anime for leading Team 7 around in circles for a long time and then wearing them down with those annoying Haze Clones. They annoyed me and I needed some sacrifices for Chaos to kill.
Also Sasuke and Sakura handled themselves with great coordination and teamwork and took down Oboro with excellent precision. This is a product of their improved relationship and teamwork. Finally, you guys should know who is on the way at the end of this chapter. It's going to be so much fun writing him.
The Next Chapter: (Uzumaki Family Divided)
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Published: 11/24/2016
