Naruto – The SERIES
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
A/N: Sorry, school kinda kicked in, but here's an update.
"Kage no Tate!!"
Both Kiba and Akamaru, both in mid-air, wondered what Shikamaru was doing, but they continued their attack.
"Gatsugaaa!!"
The twisting duo was thrusting forward at full power, only to come at a stop in not even a split second. Kiba and Akamaru were both dumbfounded. 'What's going on?'
'Damn.. this is so troublesome… too hard even..' Shikamaru gritted his teeth. "This is my Shadow Shield, though not effective for long, since it's very chakra consuming." Shikamaru paused. "But it is enough to plant my fist in both your faces."
Shikamaru, after explaining, did so. Both his fists connected with Kiba's and Akamaru's face. As they landed on the ground, Shikamaru concluded that Akamaru was knocked out.
'It's the same as Naruto's match… he will use Shikyaku no Jutsu now…' Shikamaru expected.
"Akamaru.."
Kiba growled as Chakra was embracing his entire body. "Shikyaku no Jutsu!!" His hands grew to paws and his facial expression was like that of an animal.
'I have to act fast. It seems he's planning to go all out. Such killer intent.. and we were in the same class even..' Shikamaru closed his eyes for a short time. "I guess I have no choice then! Kaihan Kage Mane no Jutsu!"
And Kiba launched himself forward.
Shikamaru closed his eyes. 'I win.'
Kiba growled like an outraged animal and rushed forward, only to appear swiftly behind Shikamaru. Shikamaru's eyes widened slightly at Kiba's newfound speed. Shikamaru put all his might in his right fist as it approached Shikamaru's face, ready to slice it apart.
But the fist never connected. Instead, Kiba found himself completely frozen in place. "Wh-what!?"
"You're in my shadow, I though you already knew of my technique." Kiba began. "This my revised Shadow Bind Technique, also for defence. Using this in combination with Kage no Tate would make me untouchable, unfortunately though, I don't have that much chakra." Shikamaru smiled as Kiba struggled to move. Shikamaru stared at Kiba's fist inches apart from his face and continued. "With this revised version, my own shadows surrounds me completely for a radius of 9 feet. I still have to train a bit more to make it more. You can't win, I've seen your highest speed and sadly enough for you, my eyes can keep up with it. All I have to do is dodge your attacks and you'll land in my shadow again, ready to be hit by me, probably for countless times, knowing how stubborn you are."
"I told you he would beat you!!" Ino screamed. "You loser!"
Kiba gritted his teeth. "Is that so? I'm stubborn, but in this case it's only good. You said yourself you don't have much Chakra. I'll continue attacking you until you don't have a single bit of Chakra left."
Shikamaru shook his head, and in doing so, made Kiba shake his head as well. "I'll just defeat you now, then…" Shikamaru's suddenly eyes widened as Kiba was released from his hold. 'Shit.' This time, the fist did connect..
There Where When is Now
Chapter 8
- by TokehGecko
"They're near.. And they are coming right at us, without the intention of sneaking up on us. I guess they are not as dumb to think they can hunt on us without us knowing about it." Dareda said. "My apologies, Uchiha, I guess our battle will be postponed. But for now, I request your help in killing these pests."
Itachi looked calmly over at Dareda and then saw Kisame standing next to him. "Well, I guess it's time to shed some blood here, huh?" Kisame let out with a chuckle. "Let's see how good these Hyuga Hunter-nins are.."
"Senshin Byakugan!"
The veins around Dareda's eyes were pumping, almost emanating a lot of adrenaline. "Three Hunter-nins.. all very well-skilled. In five minutes they will be before us. One has long black hair, loose and is female. The second, in the middle, is male and has brown hair. The third, also male, is white-haired." Dareda paused. "The female has most weaknesses, a small injury in her left leg, an injury that can easily be worsened. The male with the brown hair, doesn't possess a lot of chakra and seems to be a loner, which concludes these three are not a true team. The last white-haired male, seems to be the strongest, I find no weak spots on his body and his Chakra amount is higher than of the other two. He seems to be…. advanced.. like me…"
Itachi observed Dareda's style of work. 'Intriguing, he analyzes all and immediately finds the easiest way to win..'
"Hey, how long till they arrive, I'm getting psyched here.." Kisame said.
"2 minutes.." Dareda responded.
"Don't bother trying to hide, even though their Byakugan isn't activated they would still easily find us if they did. Still, the element of surprise is on our side, since they do not know you three are here as well.." Raidou said.
"So, I'm in this as well, huh?" Mokito said, acting dumbfounded. "I guess so.." She said, answering her own question.
"So, the easiest way to fight Hyuga's is..?"
Raidou gazed at Kisame and answered for him. "Distance attacks, and you need high speed. If you don't have speed, you will lose."
Not surprisingly enough, Mokito and Kisame smirked. While Itachi didn't move an inch.
"They're here.."
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"What? What happened?" The blonde girl looked puzzled as she scanned the entire area around her, and seeing Naruto's previous attack vanished with him. "Where did he go?"
"OY!! You need training even more than I do!!" A voice shrieked throughout the forest. "Come on!! Fight me!!"
Temari steadied herself and leaped up in the air, vanishing between the tree branches. 'I've got to find Kankurou..'
"I'm within your field of Hakke?" Strangely enough, Kankurou smiled. "Surely enough, you do know that..'
Neji interrupted him. "Yeah, I know, but otherwise it would be boring for me now, wouldn't it? I don't think I get to use my 64 points Attack any time soon, so might as well use it against one of your Bunshins, right?"
Kankurou's clone shrugged as Neji performed the attack.
"Kankurou!!"
'And there she is..' Neji thought as he completely demolished Kankurou's clone's body. 'And Naruto is right behind me… he wants to switch opponents?'
Kankurou's clone vanished with a small poof. "Kamaitachi!!"
Neji frowned and wondered. 'I wonder how my Kaiten reacts with her wind attack..' He let the small tornado approach him and then performed his Kaiten. "Heavenly Spin!!"
Neji stopped spinning to find out he had completely ripped her wind attack to bits. But he also saw that Temari was charging right for him. 'Foolish girl, she's going to fight me hand to hand?'
Kankurou appeared behind Neji and immediately received Neji's boot in his face. Kankurou flew backwards, while Temari started attacking Neji with a few blows and kicks.
Kankurou fell down on the ground. "I remember the day you first came to Leaf Village. You made me fall on the ground. I wonder if you can do that again.."
Kankurou looked up to see Naruto towering above him. "Ah, Naruto…" Kankurou rose to his feet. 'Although he had beaten Neji, he is easier to fight for me.'
Kankurou's eyes widened as Naruto… was no longer in front of him. 'Where'd he go?' And in that moment where he thought that thought, Naruto appeared before him again and punched him straight in the gut. Kankurou had no time to recoil as Naruto rammed his knee hard against Kankurou's left cheek, sending Kankurou right in a tree. Kankurou had no time to analyze on his own pain as Naruto came running at him again.
'Shit, he's active as hell..' Kankurou jumped away from Naruto's flying kick. Naruto's foot was now stuck in the tree and Kankurou saw his chance to attack him. And so, he grabbed Naruto by the neck. But Naruto vanished with the first touch. 'Of course, a Shadow Clone..' As the dust cloud of the clone cleared away, he saw nothing but a fist. 'Damn… I should've known..'
"My sincerest apologies." Neji said with a smirk. "But I've pressed most of your points. You can no longer use your Techniques."
"Heh." Temari spat. "As if we could've won against you two.."
Neji shook his head. "There's never a 'never', huh?'"
Kankurou winced from the pain Naruto made him feel as his fist made its impact on his face.
'Damn… I used up too much Chakra against that Hyuga… All I can do now is fight… And I think my opponent right now is better at this than I am..'
Naruto, excited that he had gained so much power in the past few days, was still just playing with Kankurou. Naruto smirked as he adjusted his own Chakra and performed a seal. "Aisu no Jutsu!" With that, a huge ice cold gust left Naruto's mouth.
'Wha..' Kankurou had no time to think and had to act fast as the cold wind blast approached him. 'Have to run..' As Kankurou was about to turn, he saw Naruto had appeared on his other side and had already performed the same seal. 'Damn…. He beat me…. So easily..' And then, Kankurou was caught in between two Ice Attacks.
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"Ack!!" Shikamaru spat some blood out of his mouth as he landed on the ground. 'Damn… He sure packs a punch… I'll just have to beat him quick now.. ' Shikamaru performed a seal he had already performed before. "Kaihan Kage Mane no Jutsu!"
Kiba jumped several feet backwards, and stopped where he thought was out of reach of Shikamaru's shadows. 'His Shadow Bind Technique has improved. His shadows are much longer and are now all around him… I've got to stay calm…' Kiba grabbed another soldier pill and with it, performed a whole new skill… "Gekido.." Kiba stared straight in Shikamaru's eyes, and Shikamaru shivered from Kiba's bloodshot eyes. "Kyouran Kougeki!!"
Shikamaru saw what Kiba was doing. 'He's going all out… his full fury? This is perfect exercise for my Shadow Bind.. to see if I can halt such force.. It's too bad that if I fail.. I get hurt a lot.. ' Shikamaru shrugged as Kiba started sprinting towards him. "Oh well…. Full Power!! Kaihan Kage Mane no Jutsu!!!"
Kiba, in a fit of full rage, ran easily beyond the first streaks of Shikamaru's shadow. After passing several inches, Kiba had to grit his teeth to keep advancing towards Shikamaru.
Shikamaru, too, was gritting his teeth to try and stop Kiba. 'Damn… this really is so hard.. He's still running.. I won't let him get any CLOSER!!'
On the sideline, so to say, Ino, Chouji, Hinata and Shino were watching the two ninja's fight each other.
'Impressive… Both of them.. Kiba's own force has increased greatly.. to think the Shadow Bind Technique can stop his newfound Jutsu…' Shino was very interested in the outcome of the battle before him. 'Nara-san is a very difficult ninja to beat. I clearly underestimated him.'
'…' To say Ino was speechless would be an understatement. Her mouth was hanging open as she saw the Chakra flow around Kiba and Shikamaru. 'I didn't know they were this strong.. I didn't know Shikamaru was this strong, has he been training?'
'Kiba-kun..' Hinata was rooting for Kiba, although you wouldn't notice it from just watching her. 'Be careful…'
Chouji, was frowning at the fighting duo before him, as he opened a new bag of chips to eat. 'What is taking Kurunai-san and Asuma-san so long?'
"Haha!! I came through!!" Kiba yelled in excitement, the next thing he did was punch Shikamaru in the face. Kiba's confident look changed to a puzzled one as his punch wasn't as effective as he hoped it'd be. "What?"
Shikamaru, who did receive a blow to the head, smiled at Kiba, who was standing before him. And then he punched Kiba hard in the face. As soon as Kiba landed on the ground, Shikamaru extended his own shadow and immediately froze Kiba. "Even though you got through my Kaihan Kage Mane, you used up most of your powers to get through it. That's why your punch wasn't very strong. It isn't that hard to understand."
Kiba, on the ground, was convinced he couldn't move and just waited for the shadow around him to disappear. To his surprise, Shikamaru rammed his feet hard in Kiba's side a few times and then grabbed Kiba by his collar and punched him square in the face. Then, Shikamaru chuckled. "Heh. I deactivated my Kage Mane and then attacked you. Devious, huh?" Shikamaru couldn't chuckle for long as Kiba punched him back once.
"Oy!! What are you two doing?!" Kurunai said as she and Asuma appeared next to the eating Chouji.
"Eh." Was the response of the two fighting boys.
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The three Hunter-Nins approached them and came to a stop before them. "We are here….. ONLY… for Hyuga Dareda." With a nod of his head, he seemed to motion that the others should move away.
'This could get very interesting.'
"I suggest you three take a hike. You don't stand a chance against the four of us." Kisame said. "You don't seem to know who we are."
The female Hyuga spoke up. "I couldn't care less about who you and your friends are. Our duty is to kill.." She stared at Dareda. "Him."
"Well, if you attack him, you attack us as well…" Raidou said, taking on a fighting stance. "Let's see how good you Hyuga's are.."
The three of them shook their heads. "Suit yourselves.."
Before the three Hyuga's could activate their Byakugan's, Itachi had already created a few Shadow Clones and now, there was an Itachi behind every Hyuga. Instead of killing them, he made the Shadow Clones hit all of them on a sensitive spot in the back. Then, the real Itachi spoke as he shook his head once. "I suggest you three run."
All three Hyuga's snarled at the real Itachi. They activated their Byakugan quickly. And that's when Itachi activated his Sharingan… which caused all three Hyuga's to flinch from surprise. "You… are an Uchiha?"
Itachi said nothing as he stared at the three of them.
Kisame chuckled. 'Even if we seem weaker, Itachi will just use Mange-Sharingan and they're goners.. But first, it's time to have some fun.'
"Suiton Uzumaki!!" Kisame yelled, developing clouds of water around the Hyuga's, all together with a strong barrier around them, and thus, the clouds of water filled the area within the barrier with lots of water. And then, Kisame made the water spin at vigorous speed. "This whirlpool will rip you apart!" He ended with a chuckle.
'Interesting technique, but not enough for a Hyuga. Still, I would like to see how they will get themselves out of this one..' Dareda thought as he observed the three Hyuga Hunter-nin's spinning within the barrier. And then, an idea popped inside Dareda's head, so he addressed Raidou. "Sinobi. Why not perform a Jutsu? They're surrounded by water, and thus vulnerable… to you.."
Raidou nodded with a grin. "But of course.." As he performed several seals, Dareda grinned. "Dendou Boufuu!!"
"Do not worry, the barrier is only a barrier for those that are inside." Kisame said as he saw the Raidou's Jutsu. 'And yet, that attack, if done on me, would hurt a lot..'
With Raidou's attack, too, came clouds. The three hunter-nin's were not able to defend themselves. The clouds were surrounded with little bolts of lightning as Sinobi made them enter the whirlpool. "Please enjoy the little bolt…" Raidou whispered as the clouds began to explode all together in huge electric storm. Or in other words, the three hunter-nin's were screwed, since the sense of electricity is multiplied several times, because of Kisame's water.
The five Akatsuki members enjoyed the Hyuga's screams.
"But, this fight will take long.."
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"Heh. It seems your brother and sister are not very strong, Gaara." Jiraiya said as they observed the end of the fight.
"I expected nothing more.." Gaara said.
"Well, Naruto and Neji are both very strong Shinobi's, but even when playing they are too much for your siblings. Oh well, it's time to go." Jiraiya said. 'Neji and Naruto will continue to try and beat each other, and thus, making each other stronger. I will make Gaara and his hold on Shukaku stronger. This… actually… will be fun..'
"Pervert SenNin!! Are we leaving already?!?! I'm bored!!" Naruto screamed.
'Gaara's Sand Barrier.. I will try to make it strong enough to stop the Rasengan… but.. that's rather impossible..' Jiraiya thought. "Yes, we're going.."
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A/N: The trip home, for the Leaf Genins, I will not describe, I did, but it was kinda boring, perhaps one thing I thought was funny. Neji, Naruto, Gaara, Temari and Kankurou train a bit more and learn new techniques. Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Shino and Hinata just go home, with much less training. But now, I will try to lose myself in the battle: 3 Hyuga Hunter-nin's Vs. 4 Akatsuki Members. Sorry for the A/N.
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"Heh, Impressive to say the least. I did expect something like this of you, but it's still mighty impressive."
"I have to say, I warned you and asked you to leave. But you declined. And now, you will… What?" The eldest of the Hyuga Hunter-nin's was punched straight in the face. The other two hunter-nin's were puzzled, since their Byakugan was activated. It was Mokito who had punched the Hyuga.
'TaiJutsu-expert, Mokito. Claimed to be no genius, but is a very strong adversary. Still, even she will lose against these hunter-nin's in the midst of the battle.' Itachi thought.
The Hyuga rose from the ground and was looking very enraged at Mokito. "Very well.. Now, we fight!"
With exact precision and awesome speed, Mokito leaped from the ground toward the air, only to disappear and reappear and the exact same spot. But she was moving very fast, so it seemed like she was just standing there. It was true that, when she spoke, her voice was coming from all around the hunter-nin's "Do you know where I am?"
Odd enough, Hyuga had calculated from Mokito's movement and within an instant he punched in what seemed like nothing but air. But he hit Mokito's face straight on. Mokito landed harshly on the ground. "I have to tell you, do not underestimate us. Your speed is admirable, and I have never encountered such speed before, but do not push your luck…"
And that's when Dareda entered the battle field. "You and me, elite hunter-nin.."
The eldest Hunter-nin and Dareda began to fight a Hyuga battle. Avoiding each other at all costs, but trying to hit each other at all costs as well.
Mokito began to move out again, while Raidou drew out lots of Chakra. "May the speed of lightning be slower than you, Mokito-chan." Raidou closed his eyes. "Raiden no Jutsu!!"
And now, Mokito was running at her highest speed toward one of the Hyuga's, while being followed by a very fast lightning bolt coming from Raidou. 'I have to be quick…'
To her surprise, she was faster, but the Hyuga still dodged her attack and easily stepped away from Raidou's attack as well. Hyuga also planned on dodging Itachi's fist behind him but was surprised to find Itachi, not punching him, but trying to grab him. Itachi succeeded. Itachi tilted his head. "You expected an attack.." Before the Hyuga could counter-attack, Itachi let go of him, appeared behind and slammed his elbow hard in his back.
"I feel I have to tell you.. Do not underestimate an Uchiha.." Itachi looked down on the Hyuga on the ground. "I touched your spine on a very vulnerable spot. Your Byakugan is not needed to know that spot. Please, do not fight anymore, it would only bore me… But, to avoid being bored.." Itachi didn't finish his sentence as he made his foot connect with the Hunter-nin's neck. It snapped.
Dareda, who was busy fighting the strongest Hyuga, still saw how easily Itachi defeated the Hunter-nin. 'As expected… He's a very strong man..'
Kisame, who stood there watching it all, was busy forming a huge attack. 'Hmm, this will be very interesting… ' Kisame yielded his sword to the air and did a very difficult one-handed seal. He was a Mist Shinobi, after all. "Chakra, Sanmai Shakuhou!!" His sword was enveloped in a dark red Chakra. 'Though not much, this is still some of the Chakra I absorbed with my sword from that Naruto kid. And of course, other Chakra from others as well.' The Chakra left Kisame's sword and seemed to enter Kisame's body. 'And now, though for a short time.. my power exceeds even Itachi's and Dareda's, my speed even exceeds Mokito…' Kisame chuckled wildly. "Here I come!" He roared. 'Have to be quick..'
The only Hyuga remaining, saw Kisame coming and decided that he wouldn't survive without his Heavenly Spin. But there was a suspicious gleam in his eyes. "Kaunta-Kaiten!!"
The huge collision of two great powers boomed throughout the area. Dareda and his opponent paused their fight to see the outcome of the conflict.
Itachi looked ever so calmly as he saw both of them being unconsciousness, on the ground. He turned his head to Dareda. Raidou and Mokito did the same, there was only one Hyuga Hunter-nin left now. Mokito and Raidou grinned, and Itachi, almost looked bored..
Dareda turned around to face his opponent once again. Both of them had their Byakugan activated, but now they activated their Advanced Byakugan. "SenShin-Byakugan!"
Itachi narrowed his eyes and started analyzing this Senshin Byakugan with his Sharingan at full power. 'Advanced… Such a nuisance… But with both of them having it activated, the fight won't take long… since they both see the easiest way to win…'
Dareda rammed his arm, not his fist or his elbow, against the Hunter-nin's upper leg. The Hunter-nin countered by head butting Dareda weirdly in his stomach.
"How bizarre can it get, huh?" Mokito commented on the battle style.
"It's only understandable.. The Gentle Fist Style, at its most advanced level. They defeated each other by that single touch, although I think Dareda won, since he had the first strike…" Raidou said as both Hyuga's fainted.
Itachi walked over to the Hunter-nin and threw several Shurikens in his head. "He's.. dead now.."
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TBC
Well, what do you think? In the next Chapter, a new Saga begins, Hahaha!! The preparations for the Chuunin Exam! Although Jiraiya said they would just do the Third Exam over, new Genins enter the village! Will the Chuunin Exam be taken all over after all?! And what are Orochimaru's plans? And what about Dareda and Itachi? Will they cooperate to accomplish their goals?
