Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! It's been a while since this was updated, but now we'll be seeing things picking up, both with Naruto and Yūgao in Takumi Village and outside as Orochimaru continues making moves and gathering allies. So, without further ado.
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"Hinata, if you're uncomfortable just say something and I'll stop." Said Satsuki while she was washing the bluenette's back.
With the Uchiha and Hyūga currently in the bathroom as Hinata sat on a stool under the showerhead with Satsuki kneeling behind her, much to the former's embarrassment that they're both naked and so close to each other.
"N-n-no-no, y-yo-you're…you're fine, Satsuki. I'm just…still getting used to…this." Hinata replied, still getting used to Satsuki's lack of shame and disregard for nudity taboos.
Having been completely shocked, embarrassed, and mortified when she first moved in with Satsuki and saw the Uchiha would casually change or undress in front of her. Along with even walking in while Hinata was changing, herself, acting like nothing was wrong. Though Hinata quickly learned that Satsuki really didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Even when the bluenette tried explaining it, the Uchiha simply brushed it off.
Thankfully, Hinata was slowly started getting used to it, becoming less embarrassed whenever Satsuki would undress in front of her or walk in on her while she's changing. But that didn't mean she still didn't get embarrassed, especially with how Satsuki walked in on her earlier.
*Flashback*
Hinata sighed contently as she stood in the shower after stripping off her clothes, enjoying the feeling of the hot water running along her body after a long day of training and working at the hospital. Wanting to first get her body wet before filling up the bath.
Before her thoughts turned to the training she and Satsuki have gotten done, both in their regular training and learning Medical Ninjutsu. With the ravenette having been able to improve her Chakra Control enough to start practicing it along with her. Much to Hinata's enjoyment that they could practice together, while also helping Satsuki along due to being able to start earlier than her.
Outside of their Medical Ninjutsu training, they'd also resumed their regular training under Kakashi and Yamato after resting for a few days after their mission. Having worked on further mastering the Ninjutsu they knew, along with improving their Taijutsu. The Hyūga continued working on incorporating her Elemental Affinities into her Jūken, as well as increasing the ranger her Byakugan can see. While Satsuki worked on learning the Nitōryū Style for her swords, as well as improving her aim with their bow form.
Along with the Ninjutsu and Genjutsu she found in her clans library, wanting to incorporate them into her fighting style and see if they could be improved on.
'I think Satsuki might be close to unlocking her Sharingan.' Hinata thought, given that to help improve her aim Satsuki had moving and swinging targets set up, with her getting better and better at hitting them each time.
"Do you want me to wash your back?"
"Eep!" Hinata squeaked as she was pulled from her thoughts at hearing Satsuki's voice, before blushing in embarrassment and mortification when she saw the Uchiha standing in the bathroom
"S-Sa-S-Sa-S-Sat-Satsuki?! Wh-wh-wh-wha-what're you doing?!" Said Hinata while quickly covering her breasts and crotch as Satsuki remained unphased as she began undressing.
"I just got back from some last minute training and heard the water running. So I figured we could save time by just bathing together, and helping wash each other." Satsuki replied, taking her shirt off along with her bra, much to Hinata's growing embarrassment.
'Me and…Satsuki…bathing…together…naked…touching…' Hinata thought, feeling her entire face was likely glowing red by now, not helped as Satsuki removed her skirt and spandex shorts.
"Well? Do you want me to wash your back?" Satsuki asked while removing her panties, leaving the ravenette completely naked as she stepped into the shower, sighing at the feeling of the water hitting her body.
"O-o-o-o-ok-ok-o-o-okay…" Hinata stuttered while nodding numbly, loss at what else to say or do, but agreed.
*End Flashback*
After they'd both gotten their bodies wet from the shower, they begun lathering their bodies before the bluenette's embarrassment returned when Satsuki moved behind her and began washing her back with a washcloth. Though Hinata couldn't deny that part of her actually liked how the Uchiha's hands were moving along her body.
"Eep!" Hinata squeaked when Satsuki suddenly pulled her up to her feet, before grabbing her leg and lifting it into the air, making Hinata stumble slightly and place her hands on the wall.
"S-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sat-Satsuki?!" Said Hinata, her embarrassment growing again as Satsuki began rubbing and washing her leg.
"Just wanting to help you get clean as much as I can, Hinata." Satsuki said, with Hinata biting her lip when Satsuki's hands moved up her thigh, going dangerously close to her crotch.
"Th-th-th-th-tha-that's f-f-fi-fi-fine! I-I ca-can wa-w-w-wa-wash th-th-the r-r-re-r-re-rest-" Said Hinata, only to gasp when Satsuki's hands moved from her leg to her stomach, rubbing and lathering it.
But Satsuki didn't stop there as she stood behind Hinata and grabbed both of her breasts, squeezing them as she lathered them as well. Only for the ravenette's eye to twitch as she felt how big Hinata's breasts were, making them seem even bigger than when she's just seen them.
'Why are they so big?!' Thought Satsuki, groping Hinata's breasts jealously, hating how big they were compared to her own.
Hinata couldn't stop herself from moaning as Satsuki groped/lathered her breasts, not believing what her friend/teammate was doing.
"S-Sa-S-Sa-Satsuki! Pl-p-pl-p-p-p-p-pl-pl-please s-s-st-st-st-st-stop!" Hinata said, only to moan again when Satsuki's hands moved over her nipples, giving her breasts another squeeze.
"Why are your boobs so big?!" Satsuki said, wanting to know how Hinata's breasts could be nearly D-cups compared to her own.
"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what-oooooohhhh!" Moaned Hinata as the Uchiha pushed her breasts together.
"Tell me how you got your boobs so big! Is it anything you eat, training?! What is it?!" Said Satsuki, while Hinata started feeling light headed from her breasts being played with and Satsuki's words.
"J-ju-ju-j-j-j-j-ju-ju-just g-g-g-g-go-go-go-go-good g-ge-ge-ge-ge-genes. Th-th-th-th-th-that's wh-wh-wha-what m-my-my-my K-Ka-Kaa-san t-t-to-to-told me." Hinata stuttered, remembering her mother told her before she died that Hyūga women are naturally…gifted in certain areas.
Originally thinking that just meant they were really strong, but Hinata soon realized that it meant they were early bloomers. After seeing some of the other female Hyūga before in the hot spring and accidently walking in on a few in states of undress, seeing how developed they all were.
Satsuki couldn't help but grumble in annoyance while continuing to grope and lather Hinata's breasts, showing no signs of stopping, much to her embarrassment.
*Later*
"So…um, sorry about…getting carried away, like that." Satsuki said as she and Hinata now sat together in the bath tub, having finishing cleaning themselves up and now were simply relaxing and soaking in the water.
With the ravenette having eventually stopped groping her friends chest, snapping out of her jealously over Hinata's more developed figure. Much to Hinata's relief and slight disappointment, before they finished washing each other's bodies.
"I-it's f-fi-fine. N-no harm done." Replied Hinata while smiling at Satsuki, which she returned before the Uchiha then frowned.
"What do you think is taking Naruto and Yūgao-sensei so long?" Questioned Satsuki, causing Hinata to frown as well in worry.
"I…don't really know. They should've been back a while ago, but now…" Hinata said.
"It's been over three weeks, nearly four, since they left. It shouldn't have taken them this long." Satsuki stated, wondering why it's taking them so long to return.
"Yeah…but maybe they've been having trouble finding a blacksmith to make the sword since Takumi Village doesn't really like Ninja, so they could be having trouble finding someone who'll make it. Or it's just taking longer than expected to make the sword." Said Hinata, Satsuki nodded in agreement since that's possibly what's keeping them for so long.
"Probably. I just…really miss him. While there've been times where we haven't hung out much, we could still go see each other if we wanted. Now…I can't deny I'm actually worried that something might've happened and we'd have no way of knowing." Said Satsuki while pulling her legs up to her chest, not wanting to imagine losing anyone else she cared about while being unable to do anything about it.
"I know. I'm worried too, that I've finally been able to spend time with Naruto-kun now, but that something could happen to him before I…" Hinata said before stopping herself, only for Satsuki to look at her.
"Before you can tell him you love him." Said Satsuki, causing the bluenette to blush and look away.
"S-so-so-sorry." Said Hinata, knowing that Satsuki also had feelings for Naruto and didn't want to do anything to risk their friendship by revealing she liked to him, too.
"Why are you sorry? I'm not angry since I understand why you love him, I love Naruto too. He's kind, caring, would do anything for the people close to him, never gives up on anything, and he has a way of helping people when they need it the most." Satsuki said while smiling as she thought over everything that made her fall for Naruto, making Hinata smile as well.
"Y-yeah…he's really special." Said Hinata before she blushed brightly at Satsuki's next words.
"It also helps that before he was already good looking with his unique features, with an added cute factor from his whisker marks. Now though he looks really hot dressed in black and having a feral look that makes you feel hot yourself, right." Stated Satsuki with a suggestive smirk as the bluenette's face turned red.
"…Yes." Hinata muttered, unable to deny that Naruto's new looks made her feel really good whenever her imagination began wandering.
"So, we both like him, we're both friends and I doubt either of us would want to end our friendship just because we like the same guy. Instead, what do you think about sharing him." Satsuki said, with Hinata looking at her in surprise.
"Sh-sharing h-him?!" Hinata asked, not expecting Satsuki to suggest that, while the Uchiha shrugged in response.
"Yeah, it seems obvious. That way we're both happy with the guy we like, and with the life he's lived wouldn't Naruto-kun deserve as much love as he can get. I also won't deny that I'm attracted to you, as well. Besides we also saw how Konoka acts around him, and how Moegi is likely starting to develop feelings for him as well. Not to mention Fū, who understands what he's been through better than any of us. You really think that there won't be other girls that end up falling for him?" Said Satsuki, not surprised if Naruto ends up unknowingly charming other girls he meets just from talking to them or helping them.
While Hinata was still surprised at the suggestion of sharing Naruto, before thinking over Satsuki's words and realized she was right. It wouldn't be surprising if there end up being more girls that fall for the whiskered ravenette. And while part of her was unsure about sharing, Hinata also wouldn't want to deprive any of them the chance to be with Naruto if they'd truly care about him, since she wouldn't want to lose her own chance to be with him either.
'It might even be more fun.' Hinata thought while blushing with a clouded look in her eyes, imagining her Naruto, and Satsuki all being together, before other girls began appearing with him, before she quickly shook her head and looked at Satsuki.
"If you're okay with sharing Naruto-kun, then I am too. And…I think you're really pretty too, Satsuki-chan." Hinata admitted, making the ravenette smile.
"I'm glad to hear it, Hinata-chan. And I'm sure we'll be having plenty of fun together." Satsuki said with a smirk before giggling at the Hyūga's flushed face.
The two girls then began relaxing and enjoying the warm water, feeling happy and content with everything they talked about and the decision made.
*Later-Fire Temple*
Though unknown to everyone in Konoha, once night had fallen, the Fire Temple was attacked by Orochimaru and the Sound Five. Each of whom had a Curse Seal, like Kimimaro. With them also being aided by another group that Orochimaru had recruited in his plan to destroy Konoha.
"Why the fuck are we even here?! Kimimaro's basically doing everything himself and we're just left dealing with a few shitty monks!" Said one of the Sound Five in annoyance.
They were a fair-skinned girl with a slender build and was rather short, being the shortest member of the Sound Five. She had brown eyes that were accentuated by her eyelashes extending into the corners of her eyes and was usually sporting an impassive expression on her face. Her most distinctive feature was her long, untamed, dark red hair that falls past her shoulders with long parted bangs framing either side of her face and one between her eyes. Her Curse Seal is applied on the back of her neck, where it is in a circular pattern of three hooks, similar to a triskelion, concealed by her hair.
Her attire was a black shirt under a tan tunic with elbow-length sleeves and bore the symbol of the Sound Four on the hem, and black skin-tight shorts. She wore black arm-warmers, traditional black shinobi sandals with calf-length leg warmers covered by bandages, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around her waist. To keep her wild hair out of the way, she also wore a black hat with pipe-like stripes and bandaged sides, keeping her bangs in place while the rest is pushed back behind her ears to trail down her back.
This was Tayuya of the North Gate, the only female member of the Sound Five.
With Tayuya currently directing her Doki summons to attack any of the Ninja Monks that tried getting close to her or ensnared them in her Genjutsu with her flute.
"Tayuya, a lady shouldn't swear that much, nor should you question Orochimaru-sama's orders. If he wants us here, then there's nothing to say." Another Sound Five member said.
With them being the tallest member of the Sound Five, they were a large and imposing young man, towering over the rest of his teammates. He had fair-skin and narrowed, slanted orange eyes, usually depicted with a stern look on his face. He had three tufts of orange hair on his head: a mohawk of sorts that ran down the middle and two similar styled tufts of hair at the side. With him wearing a beige-colored, sleeveless tunic with the symbol of the Sound Four on the hem and a pair of black, ¾ length pants that stopped just below his knees. He wore black arm-warmers, and a necklace that comprised of red circular pieces separating long, metallic pieces. He also wore traditional black shinobi sandals with mid-calf leg warmers covered by bandages, and a purple rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist.
This was Jirōbō of the South Gate.
"Earth Style Barrier: Earth Dome Prison!" Said Jirōbō, going through handsigns before creating a dome of earth around a group of monks and began absorbing their Chakra.
"I ain't questioning shit, fatass! I just don't like wasting my time when we clearly aren't needed! See!" Retorted Tayuya, pointing towards where Kimimaro was fighting, just as dozens of bone spikes burst out of the ground, impaling multiple monks at once.
With those being unlucky enough to still be alive melting away from the Kaguya's now acid-like blood that he covered his bones in.
"I mean…she's not wrong. We're basically just picking of stragglers and making sure Kimimaro doesn't end up killing everyone, since Orochimaru-sama wants at least some alive to be used." Said another Sound Five member.
They were a dark-skinned Shinobi with black, shaggy hair tied into a ponytail, and black eyes. He was the second-tallest member of the Sound Five and usually had a confident grin on his face. Uniquely, he also had six arms and an eye on his forehead that was usually closed and concealed under his black Otogakure forehead protector. With his attire consisting of a black, sleeveless shirt under a sleeveless grey tunic that bore the symbol of the Sound Five on the hem, and black skin-tight shorts. He wore black arm-warmers, traditional black shinobi sandals with calf-length leg warmers covered by bandages, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist.
This was Kidōmaru of the East Gate.
Kidōmaru was standing on the back of his personal summons Kyodaigumo with his bow, firing arrows at monks to either kill or incapacitate them. All while Kyodaigumo moved around the temple, spinning a large web and trapping any monks in web cocoons.
"Who cares, let's just get this over with already." Said the final member of the Sound Five with a scowl on his face.
He had fair-skin and straight, light blue-grey hair, with long bangs that covered his right eye, green shade of lipstick, and had dark markings around his eyes, giving them an androgynous appearance. And a Curse Seal planted on his forehead just above his eye, which are covered by their bangs. His attire was a black shirt under a brown tunic with long sleeves and bore the symbol of the Sound Five on the hem, and black skin-tight shorts, black arm-warmers, which are mistaken for being part of their sleeves, traditional black Shinobi sandals with calf-length leg warmers covered by bandages, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around their waists. He also wore a dark-red beaded necklace around his neck and carried a giant scroll behind his back through one of the loop of his rope-like belt.
Though they were unique in that they had another head growing from the back of their neck, with it looking identical to his own, only with the bangs and Curse Seal on the opposite side of their face. With the head being his twin brother, due to their Kekkei Genkai allowing them to merge their bodies together.
This was Sakon and Ukon of the West Gate, as well as the former leader of the Sound Five, originally the Sound Four after Kimimaro's illness became too great for him to remain in the field. But with Kimimaro's recovery and greater strength, he's reclaimed his position as leader. Something that Sakon hated due to him no longer being the strongest or fastest of the Sound Five, anymore. And fully knowing he couldn't do anything about it with Kimimaro's loyalty to Orochimaru, and refusing to let anyone dare question the Snake Sannin.
Sakon scowled as he punched a monk in the head, his strength being increased as Ukon's arms came out delivering a triple punch, sending the monk flying back and slamming into a wall. Before spinning around with his leg out, with Ukon's legs coming out as well. Slamming the three legs into three monks that charged the twins from behind.
"Yeah, yeah, boo-fuckity-hoo, you aren't top bitch, anymore. Go shove your other head up your ass, fuckface." Tayuya said while rolling her eyes, having grown tired of Sakon's complaining that he wasn't leader, anymore.
"Tayuya, ladies shouldn't-" Said Jirōbō.
"Beast Wave Palm!" Someone shouted before blades of Wind Chakra rushed through the air and slammed into Jirōbō knocking him back.
"Beast Wave Gale Palm!" Yelled the person as a large amount of Wind Chakra condensed into the shape of a demonic claw crashed down on top of Kidōmaru and Kyodaigumo, smashing them into the ground and being strong enough to dispel the spider summon
"Who the fuck is it now?!" Demanded Tayuya as she began playing her flute, casting a widespread Genjutsu on whoever's attacking them, along with directing her Doki to attack them.
"That would be us. Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder!" Someone said, before a thousand glowing red Chakra fists rushed forward, raining done blow after blow against the Sound Five members, beating them into the ground.
They were just barely able to see their attackers were two more of the monks, only ones that seemed much stronger.
The first was a bald man with dark eyes, and very thick eyebrows. He wore the standard attire of the ninja monk along with the sash worn by members of the Twelve Guardia Ninja group and went barefoot. With him currently being surrounded by a gold colored avatar made of Chakra
And the second was a young kid with fair skin, straight shoulder-length, dull blueish-grey hair in an asymmetrical style with a single lock of hair falling into his face, and brown-colored eyes. He was wearing sandals and the standard monk uniform with a long right sleeve, and a tekagi-shuko on his left hand.
"Let me finish them, Chiriku!" Said the kid, holding his claws up as they glowed with Chakra before rushing towards the Sound Five while they were pinned from Chiriku's attacks.
"No Sora! The others need your help! Find anyone you can and get them out of the temple, now!" Chiriku said, knowing that these attackers were far stronger than Sora could handle.
"But-" Sora said.
"Wind Style: Shakujō Twister!" Someone said, before a large twister slammed into Sora's and Chiriku's backs, with Sora being sent crashing into one of the temples pillars, while Chiriku's avatar protected him from the twister.
"Another?!" Chiriku said, scowling at seeing another attack appear.
The attacker was a tall man with a tanned complexion, long white hair that looked worn out, and brown eyes, along with a long pale scar stretching diagonally across his face. With him wearing a purple qipao-like garment that was lined with yellow, blue, and grey and straw sandals, and carrying a Shakujō staff.
"Sorry for the interruption, but I couldn't pass up the chance for such a long await reunion." Said the man with a laid-back smirk, before raising his Shakujō blocking Sora's claws when he tried slashing him.
"If you're talking about your friends that attacked the temple, then you can reunite with them when you're all dead!" Sora said, slashing his claws at the man, only for each attack to be blocked while the man continued smirking.
"I was actually talking about reuniting with my son, I haven't seen in years. And I can see you've grown very strong, Sora." Said the man, causing Sora to freeze and look at him with wide eyes.
"Wh-what did you just say? What did you say?!" Demanded Sora, while Chiriku's eyes widened in shock as he looked at the man.
"No…no it can't be! Kazuma?!" Chiriku said in shock and disbelief, barely recognizing his former comrade and friend.
"I've actually been going by Furido recently, but yeah, it's me. And it's nice to finally see you again after so many years, Sora." Kazuma said, smiling at his son.
"T-To-Tou-san…but…but you were dead! I was told you were killed! You aren't my father!" Sora said, glaring murderously at Kazuma and rushed him with claws again, intending to kill this "imposter" for pretending to be his father, only for Kazuma to block his attacks with ease.
"I assure, I am your father Sora. You remember how I always took pride in my appearance and abilities, never letting so much as a stain get on my sash. I'm still me, Sora, I swear." Said Kazuma, with Sora still attacking him with tears in his eyes.
"Then where were you?! Why didn't you ever come back?!" Sora shouted, wanting to know why his father never came back if he has been alive.
"It's because I couldn't. I'm sure you were told how I was a traitor, that I tried staging a coup against the Fire Daimyō. But the truth is I love the Land of Fire and would do anything to protect it, and ensure that its lead by the rightful ruler, which is the Daimyō. But the Land of Fire could never be whole as long as Konoha and the Hokage exist. I wanted to liberate the Land of Fire and free it, so that control could be returned to the true king, not divided between the Daimyō and a Kage." Revealed Kazuma, pushing Sora out of the way and jumping back when Chiriku tried striking him.
"Be silent, Kazuma! Stop filling his head with lies! You became nothing, but a radical and a maniac that tried killing the Fire Daimyō!" Chiriku said, glaring at Kazuma.
"I was trying to save the Daimyō from you, Asuma, and the others! You were the ones that betrayed me and left me for dead!" Kazuma retorted, with Sora looking between the two.
"What's he talking about Chiriku?! Who's Asuma?!" Sora demanded.
"Asuma Sarutobi, the son of the current Hokage, and the one who gave me this scar. He intended for it to kill me, but I survived and went into hiding. I knew I couldn't do anything with the rest of my allies dead, but I could still live and save the Land of Fire from their plans to overthrow the Daimyō. That's why you have that arm, Sora. Asuma, Chiriku, and the Hokage, they all infused you with remnants of the Kyūbi's Chakra two years after it attacked! They planned to use you as their weapon against the Daimyō and take control of the Land of fire for Konoha!" Kazuma revealed.
"Stop it Kazuma! Haven't you hurt Sora enough?!" Yelled Chiriku as he had his avatars thousand fists attack Kazuma, with Kazuma quickly running back and created another twister to block the fists, with the two attacks colliding together.
"The only one hurting him is you, Chiriku! I love my son and came back to save him from your schemes! I've found new allies to help get revenge on Konoha and the entire Hidden Village System for what it's done! And we can do it together, Sora. Join me and we can set things right, the way they're supposed to be! We can free the Land of Fire from Konoha! Together with Orochimaru, we'll both have our revenge!" Kazuma said, looking at his son.
"Don't listen to him Sora! The man you called father is gone, all he's trying to do it is manipulate you! He's the one that-" Said Chiriku.
"SHUT UP!" Sora roared with red Chakra bubbling around him, the bandages on his right arm disintegrating, revealing the demonic, beast arm it became.
Before rushing Chiriku, the monk having no time to react when Sora drove his claws into his chest, making him gasp in pain.
"S-So-Sora, d-do-don't-" Chiriku said only to be silenced when Sora swung his beast arm, tearing his head off his shoulders.
"I said shut up!" Growled Sora, before falling to his knees panting and holding his arm in pain, only to look up at his father when Kazuma patted him on the head.
"You did good Sora, you've freed yourself from the lies and manipulations of those you thought you could trust, just as I did. And soon we'll free the rest of the world as well." Kazuma said, smiling at his son before helping him stand up.
"Now come on, we've still got work to do and you'll be meeting my new team and our allies." Said Kazuma, with Sora nodding in agreement, eager for the chance to get revenge on those that used and manipulated him.
As the slaughter continued, Orochimaru watched from up on the gates, smirking as the Sound Five and Kazuma's group killed everyone. While the rest of his forces were capturing those that were still alive for his experiments and looting the temple of anything valuable.
'Suna, Taki, and now Kazuma's team. Combined with Kimimaro's new power, it won't be long before Konoha is nothing but a distant memory. And then…' Orochimaru thought, chuckling wickedly while bringing a hand up to his face.
"…The world will no longer be still. And I shall be relieved of my boredom." Stated Orochimaru, eager for what's to come from everything he's setting into motion.
*Timeskip-One Day*
*Hokage's Office*
"I've just received word, the Fire Temple has been attacked and destroyed." Said Hiruzen to Team Seven and Team Ten, having called them to his office after the message arrived about th Fire Temple's destruction.
"The Fire Temple was attacked?! Someone managed to get past the Sealed Iron Wall?!" Said Kakashi in disbelief, having heard how powerful the Sealed Iron Wall is and that nothing could break past it.
"Chiriku." Asuma muttered in concern, shocked and horrified to learn the Fire Temple was attacked and destroyed, but also concerned for his friend and former comrade's safety.
With the Sandaime giving his son a concerned glance, knowing how much he cared for the only friend he had left from the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
"Uh…Hokage-sama, what's the Fire Temple exactly?" Questioned Chōji, with the other Genin also being curious of what the Fire Temple was.
"It's where Ninja Monks trained themselves to combat, seal, and defeat Yōkai and other such Supernatural creatures. They utilize a special ability known as the Gift of the Hermit Group. And while it's rare, they also have priestesses-in-training that become Mikos." Kakashi explained.
"Indeed. Now we don't know who is responsible, which is why I'm sending you all to investigate what's happened. Gather any information that you can on who could have attacked, as well as locate any survivors." Hiruzen said, with the two teams nodding in response.
"Understood Hokage-sama, we'll set out right away." Asuma said, wanting to get to the Fire Temple as fast as they could to see if anyone survived, and hopefully find out what happened.
"Good, dismissed." Said Sarutobi, with both teams leaving to prepare for the trip to the Fire Temple.
*Later*
It didn't take long for the teams to get ready and meet up at the gate, before they immediately jumped into the trees and began making their way to the Fire Temple.
With Kakashi glancing at Asuma a few times, noticing how he didn't even try taking out a cigarette, knowing he'd usually have one out by now. Though Kakashi wasn't surprised, aware of his friendship with Chiriku and emphasizing with his worry about a friend.
"Are you gonna be alright, Asuma?" Kakashi asked, making Asuma glance at him before looking forward.
"I'll be fine." Replied Asuma, with the Copy Ninja nodded slowly in response before sighing.
"Okay. But keep in mind…whatever we find, it may not be what you want to see. And if the worst happened, I'm here if you want to talk. Take it from someone who's been there, it's never good to keep your emotions bottled up or closing yourself off." Said Kakashi, with Asuma nodding in response.
"Thanks Kakashi, and I'll probably take the offer, later. But right now, I just want to focus on getting to the Fire Temple." Asuma said, with Kakashi nodding as they continued on their way.
*Later*
When the Ninja arrived at the Fire Temple and ascended the stairs to the top, they couldn't help but look around in horror at what was left of the once grand temple.
"Oh Kami." Ino muttered in horror, seeing the destruction around them, along with the bodies of the monks, some of them looking like they've been ripped apart.
"Damnit!" Said Asuma, cursing the sight and not seeing Chiriku anywhere, knowing if he was still alive then he'd be here still trying to find any survivors.
"Are you alright, Satsuki?" Hinata asked looked at her teammate in concern with she stood frozen in place, before the Uchiha shook her head.
"Fine, I'm fine…thanks, Hinata." Replied Satsuki, the sight having momentarily triggered her PTSD from the night of the massacre from all the destruction and death they saw.
"Everyone start searching for clues on what could've happened, here. And look for any survivors, Hinata use your Byakugan to see through any rubble." Said Kakashi, snapping out of his shocked state, with the Genin nodding as they moved to start searching the ruins for clues and survivors.
Looking through the ruins, Kakashi and Asuma noticed some things as they looked, one of the most noticeable being the white spikes that seemed to be protruding from the ground.
"Is that…bone?" Asuma said as they looked at them closely, with Kakashi frowning as they grabbed one, grunting as he tried breaking a piece off.
"It looks like it, and it's a lot stronger than any normal bones." Said Kakashi.
"Could it be a Kekkei Genkai." Said Asuma, pulling out his trench knives and tried cutting it, surprised that it barely got halfway through, even with Wind Chakra.
"Most likely. I've only heard of one clan with the Kekkei Genkai to manipulate their bones, the Kaguya Clan. But they were wiped out years ago after trying to attack Kirigakure, while their Kekkei Genkai is supposed to only awaken in a select few clan members." Kakashi said with a frown before he noticed something on the ground.
"Well it looks like one is still alive and they aren't friendly." Asuma stated before looking at Kakashi when he tossed him something.
"Even worse, it looks they have ties to Orochimaru." Said Kakashi gravely, with Asuma looking at the object seeing it's a headband with a music note on the metal plate, making his eyes widen.
Having heard rumors of a new Hidden Village being created a few years ago in the Land of Rice, now called the Land of Sound, Otogakure. But what's worrying were the recent rumors that Orochimaru may also have ties to its creations, but no actual proof that he did create Otogakure.
"Why would Orochimaru want to attack the Fire Temple? And who could've helped him?" Questioned Asuma, doubting just Orochimaru and any followers he had were responsible for this, that they must've had help from others.
Even worse was that knowing Orochimaru and the twisted experiments he performs, there's really no way for him to know if Chiriku is alive or dead.
"Knowing Orochimaru, it won't be good for anyone." Kakashi said before they kept searching, hoping to find anything else to learn about who else was responsible for this.
*With Satsuki and Hinata*
Satsuki and Hinata, meanwhile, were searching another part of the temple, with the Hyūga having her Byakugan activated to see through the rubble for any survivors. Being sure to look carefully at everything she saw, not wanting to risk overlooking anything.
"Satsuki! I see someone, over there!" Said Hinata when she spotted a Chakra Signature under some rubble, getting the ravenette's attention at where she was looking before the two girls ran over.
Moving the rubble out of the way, the Genin soon found someone lying unconscious on the ground, unmoving but thankfully still alive.
The person was a rather beautiful young woman, looking thirteen-years-old like them, maybe a year older, with somewhat pale skin and long, wavy black hair that looked to have a blue tint in certain lighting. With her wearing the traditional Miko attire, consisting of scarlet red hakama, a white haori, and tabi sandals. Though her clothes had some rips and tears in it, while bruises and cuts covered her body.
Acting quickly, Satsuki and Hinata made handseals before holding their hands over the girl, with green Chakra surrounding their hands as they used the limited Medical Ninjutsu they knew to help her. Relieved to see her injuries were slowly beginning to heal and fade away, before seeing the girls eyes began fluttering open, revealing they were brown colored.
"Wh-what ha-" The girl muttered before her eyes widened in panic at seeing Satsuki and Hinata hovering over her.
Making the girl scream and quickly sat up to try and run from them, thinking that they were more invaders or with the ones that had attacked. Only to collapse back to the ground moaning in pain from the injuries that weren't fully healed, making her even more terrified that she couldn't escape.
"Hey, easy, you're still injured. And we're not here to hurt you or with those that attacks the temple." Satsuki said assuredly, making the girl look at them warily before noticing their headbands and calmed down.
"You're…you're from Konoha." Said the girl, seeing that they weren't enemies and had been sent from Konoha.
"Yes, we are. I'm Hinata Hyūga, this is my teammate, Satsuki Uchiha. We were sent here by the Hokage after getting word the Fire Temple had been attacked, to try and find clues to who attacked and help any survivors." Replied Hinata, with Satsuki nodding in agreement.
"What's your name? And what were you doing at the Fire Temple?" Questioned Satsuki, seeing the girl had calmed down and would hopefully be able to tell them what happened and anything she saw.
"Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. I'm a priestess-in-training, and…" Kagome introduced before she began breathing heavily as she recalled what happened last night, everyone that died, how they'd been slaughtered.
"Easy, you're safe now, Kagome. We promise. We just want to help and find out what happened here, alright." Hinata said, smiling comfortingly at the ravenette, with Kagome nodding shakily in response.
"Okay. Now could you te-" Satsuki said, wanting to ask her what happened, only to be interrupted by a loud crash.
"Human Bullet Tank!"
The three girls instantly looked towards where the crash and shout came from, before the Genin helped Kagome stand up. With them then running off towards the commotion, recognizing Chōji's voice and the technique he used. Making them wonder if some of the invaders stayed behind to deal with any survivors, or if scavengers showed up to try taking anything left behind.
Though when they arrived, they found Shikamaru, Chōji, and Ino fighting against a teenage girl, holding what looked like a glowing blue sword made of pure energy.
The girl looked to be around the same age as Kagome, with fair skin, short silver hair with a streak of red in one of her bangs, and magenta eyes. With her wearing rather strange clothing consisting of a light purplish graphite-buttoned dress shirt with a paradise pink ribbon underneath a white blazer with violet accents and golden buttons, matching white pants attached to a brown belt with a golden buckle, white socks, and brown boots. With her also having another sword sheathed on her back.
"Azure Dragon Wave!" The girl yelled swinging her sword, unleashing a wave of energy that took the shape of a serpentine dragon with red eyes.
With the dragon roaring as it slammed into Chōji and sent him flying back, embedding the Akimichi Heir in the wall around the temples ruins.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Said Shikamaru, quickly making a handsign as his shadow rushed towards the girl, only for her to jump back into the air.
"Okay, you guys are really starting to annoy me!" Said the girl as her energy sword vanished revealing just a broken blade, before grabbed the sword on her back and pulled it out.
Revealing it to be a rather battered looking katana, being heavily chipped and rusted, making it doubtful it could even cut anything.
"Now I'm ending this!" The girl said, holding out the sword as it began glowing and transforming into something much bigger.
"Towa!" Yelled Kagome, recognizing the girl and the sword she had.
With the sudden shout making the Genin and the now named Towa stop, with the silverette looking at Kagome in surprise and relief, while her sword stopped its transformation and was returned to its sheathe.
"Kagome! Thank goodness you're alright!" Towa said, running over to Kagome and hugging her, which she gladly returned.
"Satsuki! Hinata! Careful, that girl came out of nowhere and attacked us!" Ino called out as she and her teammates still looked ready to fight, while Towa pulled back and narrowed her eyes at them.
"Because you three attacked me, first! You're lucky, I couldn't use my full power with us being on Holy Ground." Retorted Towa, while muttering the last bit to herself, angry that they attacked her and now were accusing her of starting the conflict.
"Well, how're we supposed to know you aren't with the people who attacked in the first place and was just returning to kill anyone that survived! Or some scavenger that wants to loot the temple!" Said Ino.
"Quiet!" Satsuki yelled, making everyone fall silent, before they looked at Kakashi and Asuma when they appeared.
"We heard the shouting, what happened?!" Said Asuma, looking around any sign of who they could be fighting, only to look at Kagome and Towa upon spotting them.
"It seems like you managed to find some survivors. Who are they?" Kakashi asked, looking at the Genin.
"Actually we only found Kagome, there. We were going to ask her anything that she knew or saw from the attack, but then we heard a commotion and found the others fighting this girl. We don't know who she is, but Kagome seems to know her." Replied Hinata, making the Jōnin look at Kagome.
"Yeah, I do know her. Her name's Towa, she's my older sister's and brother-in-law's niece. Towa, what are you even doing here?" Kagome asked while looking at her.
"I came to see if you were alright, after we heard about the attack on the Fire Temple we wanted to make sure nothing happened to you. And I'm glad to see you're alive." Towa replied, making Kagome smile and nod.
"Thank you for coming, and if it wasn't for these Konoha Ninja, I'm not sure if I'd have lasted much longer." Said Kagome as she nodded to Satsuki and Hinata, with Towa looking at them and bowing in thanks.
"Then you have mine, and our family's, thanks for saving Kagome." Said Towa, before Team Ten went up to her.
"I guess we should apologize then, if you aren't an enemy or scavenger. We're sorry for jumping to any conclusions when we saw you, and then attacking you." Ino said, willing to admit they acted without thinking who she could actually be.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Added Chōji, with Shikamaru sighing tiredly.
"That was so troublesome and such a waste of time. But yeah, sorry." Said Shikamaru.
"Okay, so…Kagome is it, can you tell us what happened here?" Kakashi asked as they all looked at the ravenette, who shivered at remembering what happened.
"It…it happened just last night when we were attacked. The attack was led by Orochimaru and his followers, the strongest were five Ninja that all had special abilities, with the most dangerous one being this guy who could manipulate his bones and seemed to have blood that melted anything it touched. But there was another group that was helping them, there were only four but all of them were really strong. Though it was the leader of the other group…he said his name was Kazuma from the Twelve Guardian Ninja." Kagome revealed, making Asuma look at her with wide eyes.
"Kazuma?! No…no, no, no, that's impossible. Kazuma's dead." Said Asuma, shaking his head in denial, only for Kagome to shake her head, along with recognizing who Asuma was.
"It's true, he had a scar on his face that he said you gave to him. He turned Sora against the Fire Temple, claiming that you, Chiriku and the Hokage sealed fragments of the Kyūbi's Chakra in him, something that ended up mutating his right arm to look beastly and demonic. That you wanted to use him as a weapon against the Fire Daimyō. Sora believed him and…and he killed Chiriku himself, before he then helped them kill everyone before leaving. They also took Chiriku's body with them, when they left." Said Kagome, looking down in sadness, while the others were shocked at hear this, though Satsuki and Hinata looked at each other worriedly at hearing this Sora kid had some of the Kyūbi's Chakra sealed in him.
While Asuma stumbled back, feeling a mix of emotions, mostly grief, guilt, regret, anger and disgust, that Kazuma was still alive and would manipulate his own son into turning on his peers and killing Chiriku, like that.
'Kazuma…I swear I'll finish the job next time I see you.' Asuma mentally swore, refusing to forgive Kazuma for doing something like this, now seeing the man he once saw as a friend is truly gone.
"Was there anything else, Kagome?" Kakashi asked, knowing how dangerous this could be if Orochimaru now had a pseudo-Jinchūriki with him.
"No, I had been knocked unconscious when some debris fell on me, so I didn't see or hear anything else that happened. I was just lucky that no one found me or they thought I was dead." Kagome said with a shiver, knowing she got lucky with how she could've easily been killed or worse, with Towa putting a hand on her shoulder.
"If you're feeling good enough, I'll take you back to Uncle Inuyasha and Aunt Kikyō, I'm sure they'll be relieved to know you're alright." Said Towa, with Kagome nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, that'd be great, I could use some time to rest after everything. Thank you again for your help." Kagome said, smiling at Satsuki and Hinata, which they returned.
"No problem, I'm just glad we got here when we did." Replied Satsuki, as they waved to Kagome and Towa when they took their leave.
Once they were gone, Kakashi sighed and looked around, doubting that they'll be able to find any other survivors, and they already found out everything they'd need to know about who did this.
"Let's get back to the village, we need to let the Hokage know what's happened." Kakashi said, with Asuma nodded in agreement as they left the ruins of the temple.
All the while, both Jōnin couldn't help but be concerned over what Orochimaru could be planning, that'd involve making such a drastic move as this. Only knowing that whatever it is, it's definitely going to be something big.
*With Naruto and Yūgao*
Meanwhile, back at Tōtōsai's hut, Naruto had trained under his fellow Uzumaki for several weeks, learning everything he had to teach about Fūinjutsu and blacksmithing. With the whiskered ravenette currently showing Tōtōsai a sword he's finished, to be inspected on if it's good enough.
"Hmm…now deformities, good weight and balance…" Said Tōtōsai before plucking out a hair and dropping it onto the swords edge, nodding in approval when it was sliced in half.
"…and a razor sharp edge. You have certainly come far Naruto, I can say you've learned everything I have to teach you about Fūinjutsu and blacksmithing, the only way to get any better is to simply get experience." Tōtōsai said, making Naruto smile happily and nod in thanks.
"Thank you, Tōtōsai. I'll make sure to keep improving on everything you've taught me." Replied Naruto with a short bow.
"I'm sure you will. But there's still one final test for you to complete, it's time for you to forge Zangetsu, yourself." Stated Tōtōsai, much to the younger Uzumaki's excitement at finally being able to begin work on Zangetsu.
With Yūgao watching from the side, smiling at Naruto's excitement to begin creating his own sword. Though the purplette couldn't help but frown as she looked around at the area around Tōtōsai's hut. Unsure if it was paranoia from the less than warm welcome they received in Takumi Village or her instincts from Anbu, but she felt like they were constantly being watched.
'Something tells me that we won't be able to leave peacefully. Let's hope you learn how to use your sword quickly, Naruto.' Thought Yūgao, unable to help but feel the moment they leave, they'll need to fight their way out of Takumi Village.
*Unknown Location*
Unknown to Naruto and Yūgao, back in Takumi Village, Hōki and the rest of the Four Celestial Symbols Men were meeting, with the other members being Kujaku, Ryūgan, and Suiko.
Hōki had a slim face with a prominent jawline with a visible black line around the lower area of his eyes and brown hair that was swept to the back. He wore a light beige-colored forehead protector with the Takumi Village insignia printed on, he also sported a purple jacket of sorts along with the rest of the Four Celestial Symbols Men and had a white sword strapped to his back.
Kujaku was a fairly slender kunoichi who had fair skin, blue-green, cyan hair that had two light yellow striped bangs in the front of her hair, and light brown pupil-less eyes, along with light red lipstick. With her wearing a light grey jacket that had a long white furry tuft around her neck, under this was a dark red sleeveless dress that exposes most of her top cleavage, had two dark brown belts wrapped around it one at the top of her waist and the other at the bottom, under that was a light brown sleeveless shirt that had covered her dark red sleeveless dress, a long light grey sleeveless leather glove on her right arm, a long light brown stocking that covered her left arm, which had a single pitch black leather glove covering her right hand, a white hidden artisans forehead protector that was wrapped up all around her forehead, wore light grey calf length high heel stocking sandals
Ryūgan was a slender boy, with green eyes that were outlined by blue eyeshadow. His blue hair slightly popped out of his white forehead protector, with the rest neatly combed throughout his head. Around his neck was a white scarf that reached down to his pants. Ryūgan wore a tight, purple sleeveless shirt which revealed his abdomen. On his arms were purple arm warmers with brown straps that secured them onto his arms. His grey baggy pants were fastened by a thick, brown belt. The lower part of his pants was tucked into his sandals.
And Suiko was by far the largest of his group. A broadly built man, he wore a purple coat over which he wore his armour which was designed with a silver tiger-like head breastplate and a pair of dark blue pauldrons. His eyes had small black pupils and wavy brown hair with a small beard. With him also wearing a unique chest plate in the shape of a tigers face.
"Everything is prepared, we have recovered Seimei-sama's body from where he was buried. The others are lying in wait for when those Ninja leave that old fools shack. It won't be long before the rest of the Hidden Villages will feel the wrath of Takumi Village." Hōki said, making the others smirk eagerly.
"Good, I can't wait to show those loser Ninja what real weapon masters look like." Stated Ryūgan, eager to kill the Ninja and show the power of Takumi Village.
"We still need the boy to revive Seimei-sama, which will at least give the runt a chance to be useful for a greater cause." Suiko said, wanting to show off the powerful defense of his armor, how useless their precious Jutsu are against him.
"That doesn't mean he needs to be in one piece, ahahahahahaha!" Kujaku laughed, wanting to slice the Ninja up with her swords.
The four knew it wouldn't be long before the Ninja left Tōtōsai's hut, with the rest of the Takumi Ninja lying in wait for when they do. Ready to attack and weaken them enough to use the boy for the ritual to revive Seimei. They would've attacked by now, if it wasn't for the barrier Tōtōsai had put up around his hut, ensuring only he and those he invites can enter.
'Soon, soon they will all feel our wrath and beg for mercy.' Hōki thought eagerly, that soon they'll have their reckoning and all of the Elemental Nations will soon learn who truly stand at the top.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we first get Satsuki and Hinata bathing together, much to Hinata's embarrassment due to Satsuki's lack of shame, though does handle it better than she'd normally would. With Satsuki getting a little carried away in helping wash Hinata, along with showing more jealousy at her bigger chest, making her clean them harder than normal, much to Hinata's mortification. With them then relaxing and talking about Naruto, who's been gone longer than they expected, before they then talk about their feelings for him, agreeing to share him rather than fight over him.
Before we then go to the Fire Temple as it's attacked by Orochimaru and the Sound Five, as well Kazuma and his team, having allied with Orochimaru due to their shared goal of destroying Konoha, with Kazuma also wanting to destroy the entire Hidden Village System. While manipulating Sora into joining him by revealing the "truth" of how he was betrayed, leading to Sora killing Chiriku for his "betrayal" and joining Kazuma.
With us then seeing Team Seven and Team Ten being sent to the Fire Temple to investigate who destroyed it and find any survivors, where Satsuki and Hinata end up finding a priestess-in-training Kagome Higurashi, as well as Towa, the niece of Kagome's older sister Kikyō and brother-in-law Inuyasha. With Kagome telling them what happened, much to Asuma's shock, despair, and anger that Kazuma's alive and manipulated his own son, along with killing Chiriku, swearing to make him pay. While also worried about what Orochimaru could be planning with such a drastic move.
Finally we see Naruto's learned everything Tōtōsai could teach him about Fūinjutsu and blacksmithing, with his final test being to forge Zangetsu himself. All while he and Yūgao are unaware of the Takumi Ninja and the Four Celestial Symbols Men lying in wait for when they leave, to capture Naruto and use him to revive Seimei. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
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