Naruto – The SERIES
Disclaimer: See previous Chapters..
A/N: I will end the fights in this chapter, or I will try anyway.. I'm thinking I'm gonna enjoy writing this one..
"Finally, you're in the mood, huh?"
"Actually, not really, but I am forced to stop you here.. You and the other Jounin could actually kill Orochimaru now… So, I was forced to be in the mood to fight with you, Kakashi."
Kakashi raised his own chin a bit and took a better view from Kabuto. "You really are prepared to give your life for Orochimaru's safety?"
Kabuto frowned. "Not entirely, though. Let's just say… he's holding my strings.." Kabuto paused and lowered his gaze. "Enough of that, though. Let's begin."
Kakashi shook his head at Kabuto's stupidity and sighed as he looked him in the eyes. "Very well." And then, he revealed his Sharingan eye..
"Ah, Sharingan Kakashi… Nice to meet you.." Kabuto smirked.
"Now.. I will reveal my secret as well…" Kabuto smirked as he looked at Kakashi evilly. "My.. Old Blood Awakening.."
Kakashi frowned, clearly not by any indication feared. "Let's finish this fast. I'm needed elsewhere." Kakashi said. 'I hope they're ok..'
There Where When is Now
Chapter 6
- By TokehGecko
"AAAAARRRHHHH!!!!"
"Sasuke-kun!!!" Sakura screamed desperately, as always when Sasuke was in danger.
Lee also looked concerned at Sasuke. 'Sasuke-kun.. what is wrong with you?'
Sakura was now by Sasuke's side crouching as she was holding his hand. "Sasuke-kun!!"
'It seems he is still too weak to be able to suppress it, let alone control it. I expected him to be ready by now… And those four idiots haven't returned yet. They're proof that the Curse Seal could be controlled.. Anko was strong enough to survive the procedure, but too weak to live with it. Sasuke-kun… Do not disappoint me..' Orochimaru thought as he was just standing there, observing Sasuke.
Lee, who was also looking at Sasuke, turned around to face Orochimaru. 'Gai-sensei… this is a serious situation, to protect those precious to you.. Gai-sensei.. I am ashamed to say, I'm hesitating… I do not want to lose the chance to be a true Shinobi. Not again…'
Ten-Ten, who stood next to Lee, was already facing him, making sure he could not make a surprise attack when the others were watching Sasuke. 'This is too dangerous… This is Orochimaru… He is probably even stronger than Tsunade… Gai-sensei.. and Kakashi is also busy..'
Sakura, also full attention on Sasuke, and like Lee, turned around to face Orochimaru. 'I may not be as strong as the others, but now, I have to protect Sasuke-kun! I will just have to stop Orochimaru!'
To everyone's surprise, Sakura began the fight. "Sutetasu, Doku no Jutsu!!" With the Chakra launched toward Orochimaru, the others waited for it to hit.
Orochimaru smirked, and simply let the Chakra hit him. "Unfortunately, this Jutsu won't have an effect on me. I myself am poison, your poisonous attack, taught to you by Tsunade, will not make me weaker, nor stronger." Orochimaru sighed in disappointment. "I hope for your sake you know more skills than that."
'Gai should be back to normal soon… my attack isn't that strong yet that it could last longer than ten minutes… for now, that Jutsu was supposed to win time.' Sakura thought. 'Hurry up, Gai..'
Orochimaru smirked. "Let's end this… I require Sasuke-kun.. and you foolish Genins are in the way.." Orochimaru's eyes changed a bit. 'Kanashibari no Jutsu.. my hands are not needed for this one…'
Ten-Ten, Lee and Sakura were now stopped in their tracks, they couldn't even budge an inch. Orochimaru's body freeze skill worked.
"What is this?!" Lee said, gritting his teeth. But being a genius of hard work, made him more resistant of this kind of attack. 'I will not be stopped by this!!'
"What?" Orochimaru looked confused at the kid and frowned. 'Damn, I guess I'll have to knock him out..'
Lee moved in great speed in, as he ran around Orochimaru. "Konoha Senpuu!!"
'Fool..' Orochimaru's eyes widened as he sensed another thing. 'Kunai?'
"SouShouryu!!"
'What? But I used Kanashibari.. How..? These must be Gai's pupils…' Orochimaru said as he was forced to take damage from Lee, as he could nothing less but avoid Ten-Ten's weapons and run into Lee's Leaf Spinning Wind.
"Got him!! Nice Team Work, Ten-Ten!!" Lee yelled proudly. "We can.."
Lee had to stop being happy, because Orochimaru was standing right before him, frowning. His arms were both rested by his sides since he couldn't use them. "Heh heh. You thought I would actually feel that attack?"
Lee's eyes widened, but could still jump away from Orochimaru's kick. He landed on the roof Sasuke and Sakura were on. "Sasuke-kun… What is wrong? I really need your help with him!"
"Lee-san! Sasuke-kun.. He's.." Sakura said, who still had trouble moving because of Orochimaru's Kanashibari.
"No.. He.. he's right... I shouldn't be.... resting.." Sasuke said, as he gritted his teeth and stood tall again, with Sakura, who was still crouched, looking up at him. "I must defeat Orochimaru…"
Orochimaru smiled at Sasuke's ignorance, but he was also pleased with this development. 'Sasuke-kun is ready… But this might get ugly… Gai is almost back to his self, and Kabuto is too busy with Kakashi.. And now I have to face four Genins, without my hands… Shouldn't be too hard..'
Orochimaru paused in thought as he saw the ground crumble under him. 'What?' Orochimaru jumped back to avoid the hand that first appeared.
And then, Gai jumped back up, facing Orochimaru. "Wonderful Entrance!"
Orochimaru inwardly groaned. 'Such a fool… Now… Four Genins and a Jounin.. Unfortunately for them.. this is MY Village..' Orochimaru smirked as he looked around him and saw the Sound Ninja's appear from everywhere. 'About time they arrived too…'
Sasuke simply smirked..
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Kakashi kicked against Kabuto's arm, who was blocking the attack. Kabuto grabbed Kakashi's foot and planned on landing his elbow on Kakashi's foot, thereby breaking it. But Kakashi stopped the elbow and jumped up with one leg. He had enough strength to take Kabuto with him in the air. There, he punched Kabuto several times in the face, forcing him to let go of his leg. Kabuto did let go, only to grab his other leg and to throw him hard downwards. Kakashi turned and simply landed on his feet. Kabuto landed several feet away from him, in front of him.
Kakashi went on the attack again, this time a little crouched and as he approached Kabuto, he performed an uppercut. Kabuto dodged by stepping to the left and planned on kneeing the Kakashi in the face. Kakashi swiftly dodged by lying on his side and immediately swiped beneath Kabuto. Kabuto jumped and came back down, his knee landing hard in the ground where Kakashi's face was a split second ago. Kakashi did a roundhouse kick, but Kabuto crouched and kneed Kakashi right in the stomach. Kakashi grunted, but he saw Kabuto was still a bit crouched so he immediately planted his elbow on Kabuto's back. Kabuto surprised Kakashi healed that fast, landed on his stomach.
Kakashi was also surprised to see Kabuto stood up almost immediately.
"Heh. I can heal myself, you see… That's my strongest point.. yours is your Sharingan, and even without it, you would still be pretty strong.. But you have to admit.. if you didn't have your Sharingan right now, you would've already lost… Am I correct?"
Kakashi shrugged. "Perhaps.. "
Kabuto went on the attack this time as he appeared behind Kakashi and sliced at him with a kunai. Kakashi vanished immediately as Kabuto appeared behind him and reappeared behind Kabuto. Kabuto also vanished and this time he reappeared in front of Kakashi.
Kabuto performed several seals all of a sudden and Kakashi recognised this as the Dance of the Crescent Moon. 'Hmm…'
"Mikazuki.. no Mai!!" Kabuto yelled as he formed another Kabuto and both had a sword, ready to slash away at Kakashi.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
Kabuto did hit one Kakashi, but this one proved to be a Shadow Clone as he vanished. Both Kabuto's were surrounded by dozens of Kakashi's. All of them began to throw Kunai's and Shurikens. Both Kabuto's leaped back up in the air, but were surprised as they were both grabbed from behind by a duo of Kakashi's. Two other Kakashi's grabbed their swords. Kabuto let his one clone disappear and elbowed both Kakashi's behind him, who were holding him, they both disappeared.
"Your attack went wrong.."
"Still, you were forced to do this, otherwise I would've done you in.."
"You don't know that…"
Kabuto jumped and was floating above Kakashi a he began throwing Kunai's at Kakashi from above him. Kakashi noticed these Kunai's were aimed at critical spots, and had trouble avoiding them. Making sure he didn't get hit in those critical spots, he did get scratched a few times. Kakashi jumped back and threw several kunai himself at Kabuto who had just landed again.
Kakashi performed several seals as he saw he had time, since Kabuto just dodged the kunai he threw by jumping. Kakashi observed and timed his Technique to launch as Kabuto would land on his feet again. "Daichi Jishin no Jutsu!!"
Kabuto couldn't dodge since he had just landed. 'Damn.. devious.. Kakashi is as I expected.'
Kakashi's Jutsu hit Kabuto head-on. The ground beneath Kabuto crumbled, but by use of Kakashi's Chakra, Kakashi could entrap Kabuto. "It seems I have overestimated you.. Now.. this fight is over."
Kakashi was about to continue, but was interrupted as he sensed several people surrounding him.
"Indeed, the fight is over.. for you.. "
'I see… the Sound Ninja's…'
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Naruto was too busy with eating to talk with them, and Neji wasn't much of a talker to begin with. Kankurou had looked at Naruto in utter disgust, at the way Naruto was eating. Temari frowned at Naruto, but Neji could see… respect coming from her towards Naruto, he could see it in her eyes.. Neji decided, like Naruto, to just eat in silence. Temari and Kankurou didn't seem to mind and ate their plates empty as well.
After having eaten and they thanked Temari and Kankurou for it, they went outside to train.
"Heh… Let's both go all out, Naruto.." Neji said. "This warming up is over now.."
"Heh.. Heh.." Naruto huffed a bit tired from the warming up, but he smirked after he heard what Neji said. "Okay!!"
Neji felt his own power surging through his body. To think that Gai Maito held him back this much and he only improved Lee. 'I'm glad Jiraiya went with us, I never expected to get this strong… so fast…'
Naruto's thinking pattern was about the same. In the last couple of days, he had learned how to mix his own Chakra and the Red Chakra together, and thus, becoming even stronger. His own Chakra, was now stronger than the Red Chakra he released in the Chuunin Exam… 'There's no way I'll be easily beaten by anyone!!'
They both finished and were at their best as they faced each other. Their own Chakra cracked at the outlines of their bodies. It won't take too long, before they surpass Jounin and become Legendary…
"Can you believe this, Naruto? Can you feel the power, all that is you? I feel great… I'm gonna give it my best shot to beat you…" Neji said, looking straight in Naruto's eyes.
Naruto chuckled in excitement. "Yeah, I feel it too… I'm gonna whip your ass!!"
And then they leaped towards each other..
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'What's this feeling?'
Asuma exchanged a glance with Kurunai. 'He feels it too…'
"Something's wrong…" Asuma spoke, receiving everyone's attention as they all looked around them.
Kurunai looked at the ground as she sensed all around her. "There is more… the powers that are being displayed here…"
Asuma nodded. "Indeed, the amount of Chakra… could even be higher than ours…"
Shikamaru and the others grew afraid after that little announcement.
'But… Something's off…. Like this isn't a threat at all…'
Kurunai suddenly yelled to get their attention and pointed a mile ahead.
All of them were astonished to see a big monster rise….
"Wha… the hell is THAT?!"
'Shukaku… I never thought I would see that demon… 'Asuma thought.. 'I thought he didn't exist anymore…'
Asuma's eyes widened as he saw a large smoke cloud appear next to Shukaku. 'Ga-GamaBunta!!'
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"They were after Uchiha Sasuke and they were working for Orochimaru. Anko has killed one of them."
"I see… Anko is now in the hospital?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes, she is." Ibiki frowned. "What about you, Hokage-sama.. what about your mission?"
"Pff, it was easy.." Tsunade said.
Ibiki narrowed his eyes. 'I am perfect at reading people.. she is obviously lying…'
Tsunade noticed he Ibiki had narrowed his eyes, but she shrugged it off. 'I don't care if he knows I'm lying… My mission wasn't dangerous.. but it was important as hell…'
"Hokage-sama… Am I dismissed? I see nothing that stops me from leaving here…" Ibiki said. "And besides, I think I might have.."
"Yeah, you're dismissed. And I don't think you've hurt Anko, Ibiki." Tsunade said with a smile, comforting Ibiki a little. 'Naruto, Gaara… the only ones I know of that have demons inside of them… Jiraiya is taking care of them… But there are others like them, and I have to find them… before the Akatsuki does..'
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"Oh look, they're back…"
"Shut up, you insect." Kisame said as he walked past her. Itachi didn't even think she was worthy of a glance.
"You come back with empty hands again?? The boss will not be pleased.."
"Boss?" Kisame asked. "Since when is he the boss?"
The young girl smirked. "Ever since he talked back to… him.." She notified as she stared at Itachi.
"You think he is stronger… than me?" Itachi asked, forcing the girl to repeat herself as he turned around and stared straight back in her eyes.
Kisame chuckled. "Hehehe, you should know not to make Itachi here angry, Mokito.. That could lead to.. disastrous events.."
Mokito, was her only name, her last name was unknown to them, but she had proven to be a strong ally, strong enough for the Akatsuki.. Ever since Orochimaru left, nine members were left. Groups of two were sent out for missions. The members were missing-nin's from all kinds of Villages.
Mokito was strong on herself, with no abilities from her own village, she came as a volunteer, with original, but very powerful Jutsu's. Strangely enough, her Jutsu's couldn't be copied, she was a rare Shinobi..
The other Akatsuki members, were all from other villages. Some from the Fire, others from the Earth, Lightning, Water or the Wind. One was even from the small Grass Village. Itachi knew them all, but didn't know how strong they really were.
Dareda Hyuga, a Genius who felt he was too good for the Hyuga Clan, too good for the Fire Village. He was the oldest and possibly the closest who was able to actually defeat Itachi. Though Itachi wanted to know for sure.
Then there was Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the Mist Ninja Seven Swordsmen. A missing-nin from the Water Village. Itachi still didn't know if he was the strongest of the Mist Ninja Seven Swordsmen group.
He was surprised to see an Aburame with the Akatsuki. A missing-nin from that Bug-Clan. But he knew the ninja's from the bug clan were impressive and could grow very strong.
Then there was Kinuta Teri, the female missing-nin from the Village of Sound. She was very difficult to fight since she had all kinds of tricks to deceive her enemies. Her specialty of course, being sound.
The only one from the Lightning country was Sinobi Raidou, who was, weird enough, a close friend to the Hyuga member of the Akatsuki. Itachi knew nothing about him, but ninja's from the Lightning Village were often weak anyway, he figured.
The only one coming from a smaller village, the Grass Village, was not to be underestimated and was specialized in all kinds of status ailments attacks. Hatsu Heishou, being his name.
Sukumu Tachi, from the Village of Earth. A very built ninja, but pretty fast, for someone that was so big, that is.
The last member, who volunteered and was accepted, was from the Wind Country. Itachi did not know a lot about him, only that his abilities were similar to Gaara's.. He knew this when he saw Gaara's attack. Doro Odei was his name.
And last, the one who has left the organization, Orochimaru. Definitely not the strongest in the organization… But he was smart, Itachi couldn't deny that.. Smart enough to leave a group where he would be killed before he could kill himself.
Their so-called leader, who was inside the little cabbage Mokito was sitting for, was nothing but an old fool who paid money. Each of the members had their own goals…
"You do know that your so called leader is not even stronger than a Genin, right?" Kisame said, chuckling.
Mokito nodded annoyed. "I do, you ugly fish head." Kisame's right eye twitched. "But he's the one with the money, you know?"
"We're all not doing it for the money.." Itachi began.. "Don't tell me you're so stupid to believe that.."
Mokito swallowed at the venom in Itachi's voice. Itachi continued. "Together we can easily reach our own goals.. The old man inside simply brought us together.. But he shouldn't expect a reward." Itachi paused. "Not from me anyways.."
Kisame grinned while Mokito frowned and slumped forward. 'So, she actually did it for the money.. Foolish girl.. she's strong enough to rob an entire village from money..' Itachi thought.
"Is Hyuga back from his mission?" Itachi asked, while staring inside the cabbage.
Mokito shook her head. "No… And Heishou and Kinuta came back as well.. could you believe that THEY were stopped?? Apparently they encountered someone named Tsunade, they called her legendary.. She had a few ANBU with them.. You two know this Tsunade? "
Itachi frowned for a split second.. 'They were stopped only by a few ANBU and Tsunade? They are weaker than I thought they were..' Itachi paused in thoughts.. 'Then again, we were stopped by Jiraiya and a few Genins....But, those Genins were all talented.. Way stronger than the average Chuunin.. But I will get them back..'
"Kisame, we will wait here…"
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'This should do it…' Jiraiya thought as he stood on GamaBunta's head.
Jiraiya had failed three times already, and Shukaku had punched GamaBunta a few times already.
"Oy, Jiraiya! If you screw up this time, I'm gonna try myself! You really are stupid, you know?!"
"Shut up!! Do you have any idea how hard this is?!"
"No, considering everything is hard for you.." GamaBunta replied.
Jiraiya ignored him and began performing the seals needed to seal Shukaku in a good way in Gaara… Jiraiya had waited for the host to appear on Shukaku's head. He knew he would, since Shukaku would be smart enough to know he couldn't beat him and GamaBunta with Gaara still half awake. And now it had come to this..
Jiraiya's head was drenched with sweat, if you would lift his headband a waterfall might even drop out.. 'Here we go… this time we will succeed…'
Asuma's and Kurunai's group was observing it all from afar.
Kurunai spoke up first, "That's.. Jiraiya, right?"
Shikamaru answered before Asuma could. "Yeah, I saw him walking with Naruto one day.. He's one of the Legendary SenNins, our Hokage is also a Legendary SenNin."
Asuma nodded. "Indeed. They're fighting the Sand Demon, Shukaku.. a very powerful demon. This might turn out bad, if Jiraiya loses… I can do nothing to stop Shukaku.. and neither can Kurunai.."
Ino bit her bottom lip. "But.. how come that demon appeared just like that?"
Kurunai looked down at the blonde girl. "Jiraiya must have awakened him, to defeat him once and for all, I think…"
Asuma tilted his head to the side. 'But, maybe, this has something to do with Jiraiya's mission, to stop the Akatsuki… Is Shukaku controlled by the Akatsuki?'
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Kakashi, who no longer saw Kabuto as a thread, had plenty of Chakra left, and was known in almost every village, for a reason. So he simply faced all the Sound ninja's that were approaching and surrounding him.
"Taiyuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
Kabuto grinned. It has been a while since he had created this many shadow copies. There were Kakashi's everywhere. In fact, he was surrounded with dozens of Sound Ninja's, but every Sound Ninja would have to deal with, like, 20 Kakashi's each. But the fact remained, that they were still Shadow Copies…
Nevertheless, Kakashi began to knock out as many ninja's as he could. He did wonder where the Sound Jounins went…
A few meters above him, Gai knew the answer to that as he was fending off several of them and he was losing it.
Sasuke, on the other hand had already knocked a lot of Genins out and hasn't been hit once. He saw that Lee wasn't doing so bad either, as he saw him perform a new attack that hit three Genins at once. Ten-Ten, oddly, had possibly even killed more ninja's than himself, but that was because of her many weapons. Sasuke was most surprised by Sakura. Her strength… exceeded his own.. not her speed, but her strength. A few minutes ago, he saw Sakura's first fight… and he couldn't believe his eyes…
Sakura punched a Sound Chuunin straight though a wall. Sasuke couldn't get over the fact that is was actually a Chuunin. And Sakura knocked him out with a single punch. When had Sakura become so strong? Her punch, for him at least, was easily avoidable… but the power in the punch… How?!
Sasuke dodged a few shuriken and leaped over to an unknowing Genin, who was to caught up in watching it all. Sasuke knocked him out easily. 'These Genins' average power is way lower than the average in our village…'
Gai finally knocked one of the Genins out he was fighting, but it was clearly visible on his face that he didn't have enough power left to defeat the other two Jounins that were facing him.
'Damn it, where's Kakashi? Did he defeat Kabuto?' Sasuke thought as he punched down another Genin. Then, he was surprised that the kick he released was dodged. 'A Chuunin with high speed…'
Sakura had already been hit a few times and it was obvious she was tired. But she was satisfied to notify that the group of Sound Ninja's grew smaller by the minutes. She had performed her Poison technique and Confusion Technique to be able to knock the stronger Ninja's out. To her surprise, she could fight most of the Genins hand-to-hand. Some were stronger than her, but her techniques helped her with it. She only once performed the Technique that could turn others to stone. She used it on a Jounin who was about to strike Gai in the back. 'Heh, I defeated a Jounin…'
Lee was also tired, but that because he had only just recovered. If he had a good night's rest the day before, he would still have plenty stamina left. 'My techniques aren't even needed… These guys don't know how to fight properly and … most of them.. fight like normal villagers.. I am not impressed by the ninja's from this village..' Lee easily moved between the numerous ninja's and put them all out, like outing out a little fire. 'The real threat… is still there, and unreachable.. ' Lee watched where Orochimaru was standing, still on top of the rooftop. "Wha-?!" Lee's eyes widened and he couldn't avoid the kick in his ribs that followed. He quickly moved away from the Genin that had hit him. 'Orochimaru… He's gone…'
Gai had already noticed that Orochimaru had fled. 'But I think Kakashi has defeated Kabuto… I bet he's fighting Sound Ninja's down there as well…' Gai was hit right in the abdomen by one of the Jounins.. 'I can't hold on… for much longer..'
Ten-Ten, who only tipped the rooftops beneath her once, to leap into the air again, to throw weapons at her opponents, weirdly enjoyed herself. Her opponents couldn't catch her this way, and she could easily end all of them in their tracks. Like Sasuke, who was there, right in the middle of it all, she hasn't been hit once. 'My specialty.. fighting from a distance..'
Gai closed his eyes as he saw the fist, the one he couldn't dodge even if he tried now… But he was surprised to feel nothing, not after even a full minute.. He opened his eyes..
"It's about time you woke up from your little daydream, Gai.."
"Kakashi!!"
"Heh.. Kabuto is trapped in one of my traps down there. There were only Genins down there… and weak ones at that, too.."
Gai cracked a bright smile as he saw that both Jounins that he was fighting were defeated.
Kakashi smiled back as he hid his Sharingan eye again. "This fight is over… Let's put an end to all those Genins and Chuunins.."
"Roger That!" Gai said as they both jumped into the crowd that was their enemy.
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"He…. What the HELL did he just do?!" Asuma Sarutobi asked or even yelled aloud.
Kurunai was almost at a loss for words too. "He…. He sealed it… in that boy…"
Asuma looked completely confused at Kurunai.. "But…. But why would he do that…"
The Genins and the one Chuunin also looked quite puzzled.
'That was the same seal the Fourth Hokage performed to seal Kyuubi… or I think it was…' Asuma thought. 'I didn't know Jiraiya knew that seal…'
"W-what's going on, sensei?" Hinata asked her teacher.
Kurunai looked at her student and smiled, before she answered she looked back at the big GamaBunta. "Well, at least Jiraiya won… This all means that Jiraiya has probably chosen that that boy should be his student."
"What boy?" Kiba asked, still with wide eyes looking at GamaBunta.
"You couldn't see with those eyes of yours, Kiba?" Kurunai asked him. "That boy… he was.. in the Chuunin Exam as well, I believe.."
Asuma nodded, after calmly putting his cigarette back in his mouth. "Yes… he was.. Can't remember his name, though.. He was a very strong kid.."
"Well, from what he showed in the Chuunin Exam… I actually understand that that monster was inside of him.." Kurunai thought aloud.
"Hey, the big frog disappeared." Ino said as she pointed at big cloud of smoke where GamaBunta stood several moments ago.
"Let's go. We need to talk to Jiraiya for the mission anyway.." Asuma said to Kurunai..
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"A… Amazing…" Naruto said as he looked at his own two fists..
Neji was lying on the ground, but not unconscious, just exhausted. "Naruto… I am sure this fight has made both of us even stronger.."
Naruto, who had won the match, nodded. "Yu-Yeah!"
But Naruto was dumbfounded, where Neji envied Naruto for his ability to grow stronger so fast.
Naruto was hit often by Neji, but surprisingly enough, Naruto's speed and power were now at a higher level than Neji's. His fighting style still needed work, compared to Neji's, but when he totally mastered a fighting style of his own, which wasn't really needed, as Naruto figured because of this battle, but if he DID master his own fighting style, with exact precision, timing and tactics, he could become even better than this…
Naruto never did like his current way of fighting.. It was just punching and kicking around him, hoping it would hit his opponent. Sometimes he used Kage Bunshin or Bunshin to help out. But now he had improved so much. He now came so far that he didn't even need another clone to form Rasengan. And his new Jutsu's, taught to him by Jiraiya, were so easy to perform now… Naruto was proud of himself, really proud of himself.
Neji did use his Gentle Fist style of TaiJutsu, but it had no effect on Naruto, he just seemed to heal again… the same thing happened when his 64 point attack hit him.. Neji always found it strange that Naruto could continue after sustaining that much damage.. Naruto was truly something else.. But, no way could anyone beat him easily.. Neji had improved so much; he had doubled his power and speed after already two days with Jiraiya. And now he had even improved more. He wondered if it was because he had Jiraiya as his teacher, or Naruto as his team mate. The new Techniques he had learned were also so great.. Sometimes, Neji wondered why Gai never paid that much attention to him as Jiraiya did now… Was he holding him back? Was he trying to help Lee in getting stronger than him by ignoring him?
Neji didn't care anymore, there was no way Lee could become stronger than him, not even after he opened all those gates inside of him. Neji wanted to have a re-match, with Shino Aburame. And after that, he would challenge Uchiha Sasuke and perhaps even, out of sympathy, Rock Lee, to a fight.
"Oy, Naruto.." Neji said, as he sat up.
Naruto, who was foolishly but so very proudly laughing, responded by a cheerful yelp.
"You think Jiraiya succeeded? You know, in sealing Shukaku in Gaara?"
Naruto put his thumb and index finger under his chin and frowned. "I don't know… let's find out!!"
Neji smiled and shook his head. "No, Jiraiya told us to wait here.." Neji winced as he heard his stomach growl.
Naruto's ears perked up as he heard the sudden sound, and his response was a growl from his own stomach.
"I don't know where… exactly… everything is again in this village…" Naruto said hesitantly.
"Heh." Neji chuckled shortly, before doing a single hand seal. "Byakugan!"
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TBC…
Uhmm, did you think I paid too little attention to the little eating scene of Naruto, Neji, Kankurou and Temari?
Anyway, in the next chapter Uchiha Itachi waits for Hyuga Dareda and Hyuga arrives. Kurunai's and Asuma's team meat up with Jiraiya and the others. I will not reveal more… I don't know if there will be pairings.. perhaps.. I'm thinking about giving Temari and Kankurou a bigger role in the story..
Oh yeah, I REALLY need a pre-reader, since I make a lot of mistakes.. I know it's shameful to ask it this way, but I haven't found any forums where Naruto Fanfiction is that popular and all. Sorry… Please?
Err.. anno…
Oh Well, Farewell,
TokehGecko
