Naruto – The Series
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In Italics means flashback ;)
A/N: Well, This is not the chapter where many new Jutsu's will make their appearances. But new Genins in town, new teams are necessarily because Shikamaru is already a Chuunin, and well, It'll be explained in the story as it goes. Other than that, I've got a major plan for Orochimaru and his sidekick Kabuto..
"Naruto! Where the hell are you?! We ain't got all day! Neji told me you were busy in this area!" Jiraiya yelled as he was walking through bushes. 'Jeez, that idiot, why'd I have to allow him to train alone?'
"Oy, Jiraiya-sensei! Are we going home now?" Naruto asked, as he was hanging upside down from a tree branch, fell and landed safely on his feet before Jiraiya. "Look, look! I invented a new Jutsu!! Harem ChiChi no Jutsu!!"
Jiraiya's serious look changed to a very amused look, and his mouth was dripping with drool. Naruto had performed the Harem no Jutsu, but this time, all the females had very huge breasts… To say Jiraiya disliked this new technique Naruto had developed would be a wrong statement.
Jiraiya clapped his hands. "Good Boy.. Now, I will show you one of my Pervert Jutsu's.." Jiraiya performed a few seals with a huge grin plastered on his face. "Yuri no Jutsu!!"
Naruto's eyes went completely wide and his blue orbs changed completely white. "A…. A…..an-no…" Naruto fainted after seeing Jiraiya transform into two very attractive young women, who were kissing and touching each other..
"All will bow down for my Hentai Jutsu's!!"
There Where When is Now
Chapter 9
- By TokehGecko
"Heh. No matter how many times I leave and enter this place, I just love coming home." Asuma said, as he and his team and Kurunai and her team entered Leaf Village.
Kurunai tilted her head to the side and smiled genuinely. "I know what you mean… " She turned to her pupils. "Listen, the Chuunin Exam will be taken soon.. It's best if you guys started training. On your own.."
"O-on our own?" Hinata asked.
"If you need me, just ask me." Kurunai shrugged.
"The same goes for you guys." Asuma said. "Anyway, I'm off. I'm going home and I'm going to take a long nap.. Farewell." And he vanished.
Kurunai also said her goodbyes and left. The five Genins and one Chuunin were left to think things out.
'The Chuunin Exam… I.. I need to get stronger.. Naruto-kun… he will be there too…' Hinata thought. 'I will become stronger… but..' Hinata closed her eyes as she recalled her conversation with her cousin Neji several days ago…
"Hinata-sama.."
"Ahh.. Neji-kun.. I.."
"Hm, no need to be nervous, Hinata-sama."
"A..A-.. Anno, call me, just, Hinata… please?"
Neji slightly narrowed his eyes at the girl before him. "Very well…. Hinata." A slight pause. "I want to apologize for my behaviour in the Chuunin Exam. I was being… insensitive.. and I…was.. not being very reasonable… Please accept my apologies.."
Hinata, overcome by shock and surprise, remained silent for the longer part of the conversation.
"Hinata-sama. I am sorry."
"Please.." Another pause as Hinata tried to continue. "I.. I forgive you.. and call me…. Just Hinata will be fine.."
"Hinata.. I'll give you a hint considering Gentle Fist-Style fighting… Do not try.. but just ..Do, and another thing… for your Byakugan.. Do not look and see, but look… and know.. I can only hope you will figure it out for yourself.."
'Yes.. I will try and understand it…'
Kiba was grinning like a brat who had just received the toy of his life. 'Heh. I know just what I want to learn… And it's going to be so great.. so effective… especially against a ninja like Shikamaru…'
Chouji was still eating chips and all kinds of things he brought. 'I didn't really get a lot better in these past few weeks… Will I make it to be a Chuunin this time? The other Genins participating this time have improved much…. More than me, I think.' Chouji finished his thoughts with a sad sigh.
'The Chuunin Exam… a repeat.. This time I will show them the boundaries of my coming fate. My true purpose of course being the best of the Aburame Clan.' Shino thought.
The blonde-haired Ino thought whole different thoughts. 'I hope I'm matched up with Wide Forehead-girl again… I will kick her ass this time even harder!'
'How troublesome… Taking this bothersome Exam all over again…. They're not speaking of the fact of the high chance of getting killed…' Shikamaru thought as he frowned.
"I am leaving.. " Shino stated, taking everybody out of their thoughts.
Everybody shrugged from the weirdness of the situation and also left the scenery.
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After they returned to Leaf Village, Naruto, Neji and even Gaara started training together in the Forest of Death, where no one would disturb them. Naruto hadn't even said his 'I'm backs' to Sasuke, Kakashi or even Sakura. It seemed he considered his training to be more important.
The same goes for Neji and Gaara. Neji didn't say he was already back to Gai, Lee or Ten-Ten. And Gaara simply left Kankurou and Temari by themselves in the Leaf Village. Many of the Leafs still frown upon the Sand Genins.
In the Forest of Death, Neji stood, analyzing the moves Gaara and Naruto possessed as they were fighting each other while he was taking a break. Through his eyes, all moves were easy to figure out. But it wasn't always easy to find a way to defeat it.
Gaara's Suna no Sekisho was a perfect example. A lot of power was needed to break this barrier, and on top of that, he still has Suna no Tate and Suna no Yoroi. Suna no Tate could be beaten by high speed. Suna no Yoroi by speed and power. But Suna no Sekisho would take much more. Though it's more straining on Gaara's part, it is rather difficult to get through it. Speed has no effect, since the sand lingers around every single inch around Gaara.
'My own Gentle Fist Style is also no good way to penetrate the barrier he creates. To be effective, I have to get through all three shields first. Even Suna no Yoroi stops the Gentle Fist Style. To defeat Gaara, I have to go all out and use the Jutsu's Gai and Jiraiya taught me. After that, I have to use my own skills. It would be hard if I had to fight Gaara in the Third Test of the Chuunin Exam..'
And then there was Naruto. For a boy who was a Genin for less than a year he possesses way too much Chakra. His capability to learn new Jutsu's fast is also vexing. Then there's his Kyoubou no Jutsu…
'I simply do not understand the Jutsu.. Only he can learn it. Jiraiya once mentioned something about red Chakra to Naruto. What I see with my Byakugan when he performs Kyoubou is nothing BUT red Chakra… And the power and speed he gets once he does the Jutsu is unimaginable… Could it be Naruto's Blood-Limit Technique?'
Gaara's new Jutsu's were all very lethal. But against Genins like Naruto and Neji it just didn't matter. They were all almost equals here. Neji also had a new Jutsu which he liked very much and was also very deadly. Only Naruto has seen it and, Jiraiya, of course.
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All Genins in town were to assemble in front of the Konoha high-school. It sure brought back many memories for several Genins. The Leaf Genins were all surprised to see new Genins..
'What is this? New Genins? Are they planning on taking the Chuunin Exam all over again? Doesn't this mean.. that I'm not needed here?' Shikamaru thought as he frowned at the new faces.
'A pity…' Neji thought. 'They just had to enter the Chuunin Exam while we were taking it also… they will most likely all fail…'
'Yes! Yes! More opponents! I hope they're a little strong!' Naruto thought as his eyes were slits.
Sasuke was surprised to see Gaara, Kankurou and Temari were back in town. But he heard Tsunade approved it. 'Naruto… You and I will have our match..'
Sakura looked carefully at Naruto. 'He's been gone for a long time… I wonder what he's been doing? He actually looks…. different..'
"Ok, listen up!" Aoba yelled as he addressed the Genins before him. Aoba was a Special Jounin, an elite guard of the Hokage. "You will all be expected to enter this school tomorrow at 1200 AM. If you are not there on time, you fail!" He paused. "Another thing! The Genins that took the Chuunin Exam the previous time, are not welcome and have already passed, since the Test is exactly the same as before. But, for the Second Test you are to report you know where." He ended with a smirk.
Suddenly, Jounins appeared around Aoba. Among them were Kakashi, Gai, Kurunai, Asuma and even the Suna Jounin Baki. Kakashi spoke up. "Ok, since we're having a few problems with teams… we have created new ones.. Nara Shikamaru, you can go home, you won't have to participate in this Exam."
Shikamaru sighed a sigh of relief, Ino watched him walk away.
"The First Team is: Yamanaka Ino, Hyuga Hinata and Haruno Sakura." Kakashi announced.
Sakura and Ino exchanged very disturbing glances.
"Second Team: Ten-Ten, Rock Lee, Hyuga Neji." Nothing changed for this team, since they were all still Genins.
Naruto and Neji were a little upset, Naruto way more than Neji. They weren't in the same team, and there would be a chance they'd have to fight each other…
"Third Team: Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, Akamichi Chouji."
Chouji gulped audibly. He just didn't know Shino and Kiba that well.
"Fourth Team: Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Sarutobi Shigeru."
Both Sasuke and Naruto looked puzzled at the new name. Just who was Sarutobi Shigeru?
"Now, the Jounins: Kurunai leads Team 1, Gai leads team 2, Asuma leads Team 3 and I lead Team 4." Kakashi said. He looked at his left and smiled as he saw three Genins from the Earth Village. 'Stone Genins… I wonder how they will do?'
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Both of them weren't really that perceptive in class, only when there was something in it for them.
Naruto, for example, knew only Uchiha Sasuke, because he was the one getting all the attention. He knew of Haruno Sakura, who he had a major crush on. He knew of Aburame Shino, simply because he was so mysterious. Inuzuka Kiba, because they were so alike. Ino, because she was always gushing over Sasuke. Hinata because she was always silent, the complete opposite of him, actually. Chouji, because, well, he was the fattest in class and always eats. And Shikamaru, because he was the only guy who could whine so much in class.
Sasuke knew of Sakura and Ino because both were practically drooling in his neck all day. He knew Naruto, because everybody knew the dead-last. And he knew Aburame Shino, because there was something about him… He knew no one else in his class..
Therefore, it came as a surprise when they found out the new Genin in their team was Sarutobi Shigeru, one of the students who was also in their classes… And both of them didn't know him, while he knew Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto immediately left after hearing the explanation, together with Neji and Gaara, which surprised Sasuke and Sakura. They didn't expect those three to train together.
'That idiot, he'd better be on time tomorrow…' Sasuke took a glance to his left, where Shigeru stood. 'And he better not be too weak…'
Sarutobi Shigeru, had the misfortune of being teamed up with two Genins who were killed during B-Rank missions. He himself had some admirable skills of his own. He, of course, didn't wear the last name, Sarutobi… for nothing..
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"Orochimaru-sama… have you heard?"
"Yakushi-kun.." Orochimaru took a look at Kabuto, whose eyes were shielded from view as his glasses reflected the sunlight in the lit room they were standing in. "The Chuunin Exam… Yes, I know of it."
Kabuto nodded. "The Four Sound.. One got killed, by your.."
Orochimaru chuckled shortly and nodded. "Mitarashi Anko…. My little student.. So Three Gates are left.. I guess it's time for the Sound to re-establish its country. Make every Jounin return here… And… tell the Three Sound that they should enter the Forest of Death and capture Sasuke-kun…"
Kabuto nodded as he left.
'You will be mine, Sasuke-kun… Especially now you're even stronger than before…'
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Five of them.. Five very dangerous people were moving towards the Sound Village..
"So, you don't want him dead, then?"
"No. I want to know what he wants with my little brother." Itachi said, answering Dareda's question.
"Heh. Orochimaru, it's been a while since we've seen him, huh? I always disliked the tongue, you know? Why not kill him off?" Mokito said. "He's a nuisance anyway."
"Hush, brat. He's still stronger than you..." Kisame commented, looking arrogantly at the young girl, who for her part shrugged.
"Actually, He's probably stronger than you and me as well.." Sinobi said. "Only Itachi and Dareda are stronger than him, and only because of their Bloodline.. Orochimaru is not to be underestimated."
Mokito snorted. "I still say we should kill him. Anyone who is stronger than me is a pretty big threat to Villages.."
"We shouldn't care… Orochimaru always wanted to destroy the Leaf Village… a Village we all don't care about." Dareda stated indifferently. "But I wouldn't mind killing him, mind you.."
Kisame grinned. "I wonder if he's really stronger than us, though.."
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"Ok, Listen Up!" Anko almost yelled, but just making sure everyone heard her. "I want all of you to sign this!"
The Genins who already took this Chuunin Exam but failed before sighed and just wanted to enter the Forest already. Neji noted he saw several ANBU enter the forest already. As did Sasuke. 'They probably don't want any interruptions, like before.' Sasuke thought as he recalled Orochimaru entering the Forest of Death, in disguise, though.
Naruto was very excited and couldn't wait. "Oy, Oy! Are we done yet!? I want to be the first to make it there!!"
Anko shook her head. 'I remember him… Noisy brat. He's in the same team with that Uchiha kid and the Third Hokage's little nephew.' Anko recalled encountering Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. 'I'm glad me and Ibiki received permission to keep a closer look and enter the Forest along with the few ANBU's in there.'
After 30 minutes, Anko announced that every Team should go to their assigned Gates of the Forest of Death. The Second Exam was about to begin…
'We don't attack each other..' Naruto recalled Neji saying this. 'At least not during the Second Test. When the Final Matches in the Third Test begin, it doesn't matter, but if we encounter each other in the Forest of Death, we won't attack each other. I want to fight you' he addressed Naruto. 'or you, Gaara, in the Final Matches… I don't care about the others… that will be our own Final Test.'
Naruto grinned.. 'I'm so gonna kick ass….'
Gaara stood waiting for the gates to open. 'I will…. try not to kill….. I will just hurt them real bad..'
And then, the gates opened…
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"Orochimaru-sama!"
"You're pretty quick, Kabuto.." Orochimaru stated. "but hearing the sincerity in your voice, I'm guessing something's wrong…"
"Akatsuki… Five of them, here in the Village."
And that's when Orochimaru panicked, for the first time ever. "What?! Which ones?!"
Kabuto swallowed nervously. "An Uchiha, a Hyuga, and the other three I don't know…"
Orochimaru chuckled a chuckle full of fear. "We have to run… I know who the others are, they work in teams of two.. you and I can not even beat one team.. and they're with five, which means there's one without a team, and I know of only one member who wasn't in a team. She is also too strong for us in our current condition. And she's the weakest…"
Kabuto's eyes widened. "They're that strong?"
Orochimaru rose from his bed. "Hurry up!! We go now!"
"Where to?"
Both Orochimaru and Kabuto slowly turned around to see whose voice that was…
"Hello, Orochimaru-sama."
Orochimaru looked puzzled. "You betrayed them?"
The girl, a very strong missing-nin from the Sound Village tilted her head and grinned. "No. I came here to kill you, actually. You took this Sound Village and changed it into a Village I respect even less than before!"
The girl, older sister to Dosu Kinuta, was Kinuta Teri. And behind her stood Hatsu Heishou, a missing-nin from the Grass Village. Both were from the organization Akatsuki.
"What is this? Is the entire Akatsuki out to get me?" Orochimaru yelled annoyed. "Kabuto!"
Kabuto grinned. "Don't worry, Orochimaru-sama. I haven't shown anyone my full potential yet. And even you don't know…"
Orochimaru turned to face Kabuto. "What?"
"It is as you think. I'm much stronger than you know…" And that's when Kabuto's eyes began to flood with blood… Old blood.. And his manic smile showed Kabuto was being very serious… Orochimaru frowned, not knowing how strong Kabuto really is..
Teri and Hatsu prepared for battle, but not before sensing a whole other thing. They turned around and looked at the window, to see five fellow members approach them, they were about five minutes away still…
Teri spoke up first, "I see…. Orochimaru, it seems your life ends today…"
Weirdly enough, no one noticed that Kabuto was chuckling ever so softly…
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"Ok… we just move up towards the tower as fast as we can, and wait for others to arrive there. They must have scrolls, scrolls we need." Sasuke explained as they were moving in a very high rate through the trees, occasionally dodging a big lizard of any kind.
Naruto, who was moving up ahead, reacted. "Why?! I want to fight as many people as I can.. Why do you have to be so boring, Sasuke?"
Sarutobi Shigeru frowned at the two people before him. He knew them from class, but they both had changed so much. "Oy, Sasuke. We don't know each other much, but I'd like to know what your abilities are. So I know what I can expect in a battle."
Sasuke looked back at Shigeru and answered in a monotone voice. "I have the Sharingan, as you might have guessed. And I own several elementary Jutsu's especially Fire. My highest Technique is the Chidori."
Sarutobi nodded. "I see. And you, Naruto?"
Naruto didn't feel like telling Sasuke and Shigeru his best Techniques so he told them just a few. "Well, I know Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and I am the one who's most specialized in it in the Leaf Village! And, I can summon! So don't worry, we will get through this so easily!"
"Now then, what about you, Sarutobi?" Sasuke asked, a little cold, as usual.
Sarutobi looked straight ahead as he began to tell what he was all about. "Well, since I'm with you guys in this team, might as well tell you everything." Sasuke and Naruto both looked surprised, because both of them didn't tell anyone everything about themselves. Either way, Shigeru continued. "I am namely a Genjutsu specialist. Oh, by the way, I am the nephew of the now deceased Third Hokage. Hand-to-Hand Combat isn't really something I'm good at, but I manage. I'd like to just stick with Genjutsu, though."
All three of them stopped on three different tree branches as they sensed something.
"It seems our average power exceeds those of the most Genins in this Chuunin Exam." Sasuke stated. "We will easily get through this."
"They're to the left. They feel somewhat strong. What do we do?" Sarutobi told and asked.
"We face them and get their scroll!" Naruto screamed a whisper.
"Agreed." Sasuke nodded. "I don't want to waste time trying to hide for enemies who will never beat you." He paused, ignoring Sarutobi's surprised look. "They're here."
Sarutobi looked slightly terrified. 'How can these two be so confident? I expect much of Sasuke, but I think Naruto's going to slow us down, if not much.'
Three Genins landed right before the three Leaf Genins. Sasuke and Sarutobi looked at the marks on their headbands. "Mist?" Sasuke said out loud. 'Interesting..'
Instead of having a little chat, the Mist Genin in the middle started a number of seals. "Yobigoe no Jutsu!"
But the three Leaf Genins were already out of sight, or so it seemed.
The Mist Ninja who attacked, narrowed his eyes. He scratched through his white hair behind his ear, before speaking up. "No need to try that. We already know."
Sarutobi undid his Genjutsu and performed another one. The tree branches the Mist Genin were standing on changed to big blob of mud, with in the midst of it all, Shigeru with a big Shuriken. But instead of being afraid, all Mist Genin calmly threw several Kunai's over their shoulders. Sarutobi quickly fled and left them to Sasuke and Naruto. "Seems they're good in seeing through Genjutsu!" He screamed as he leaped away.
Sasuke smirked. "I can't say I expected anything less, though. Mist Nin's are really a pain to fight." Sasuke got in a fighting stance. "I'm sorry to say this, but I don't have much time. So I'll just finish you guys off quickly."
"Is that so?" The female of the group responded with a grin. She swung her long black hair over from her left to her right shoulder. "It seems you think you're better than us then.."
Another, a man with brown curly hair and glasses, also spoke up. "It seems a certain cocky boy needs to be taught a lesson.."
The white haired boy suddenly leaped forward, heading straight for Sasuke, only to vanish and punch the watching Naruto in the face. That was, if Naruto wasn't paying attention. Instead what happened was, Naruto rolled with the attack, the attack never hitting him, let the Mist Genin drop to the ground with him, and then Naruto grabbed him with all his might, going down to the ground, far beneath the tree branches the others were standing on.
The two remaining Mist stood and watched it all unfold. "Good reflexes that kid has. However, your friend won't be able to beat him."
"Anyway, you have us to deal with, too." The girl chuckled. "Say farewell."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and did so. "Farewell." And then threw a Shuriken right at the girl's face.
With the Shuriken dodged, the battle between the Mist girl and Sasuke began. Sasuke anticipated the return of his Shuriken, but was surprised that the remaining Mist caught it easily. "Don't mistake us for amateurs."
The mist nin's eyes widened as the Shuriken in his hand wasn't a Shuriken, but… nothing but air. He didn't have anything in his hand! He grumbled and whispered annoyed. 'Genjutsu.' As he thought that, the real Shuriken flew past him, and went straight for the girl that was fighting with Sasuke. Sarutobi, meanwhile, was approaching the Mist guy, who was hoping his team mate was going to avoid the Shuriken.
"Suicchi!!" The Mist girl yelled.
Suddenly, the girl switched places with Sasuke on the spot. Sasuke's eyes widened as he was temporarily disoriented. And now he was the one who had to worry about the Shuriken… 'Damn, good move.' Sasuke decided to just jump in the sky, thus avoided the Shuriken and perform one of his better seals, a Fire Seal.
"Katon: Inferuno no Jutsu!!"
The Mist Girl's eyes widened as her surroundings were looking like exploding as they turned red. And one short moment later, big walls of flames were released from the broad tree branch she was standing on. The walls of flames were getting thicker and thicker and were still exploding by their selves, completely closing the Mist girl in.
Sarutobi, after hitting the Mist guy hard in the neck, was busy trying to avoid the fists and feet that were going for his body parts. "Sasuke!!"
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TBC
Phew, rather short, huh? Well, I try to go for the 4000 words a chapter, which this one has, but still feel not really satisfied with the ending of this one.
Ok, now I have a few questions!
-Who would you want to see fight each other in the Forest of Death?
-Who would you want to see fight in the Third Test of The Chuunin Exam?
-You want Orochimaru dead or not? (I got plans for everything considering him)
-Should I make Sarutobi Shigeru strong? He is Asuma Sarutobi's son and the Third Hokage's nephew! (Ok, he is also my own creation -_-')
Ok, a few spoilers for the Next Chappie!
1. "It's Sand Vs. Stone!!"
2. "Ibiki, you sense that?"
3. "Neji, don't you think we were a little fast?"
Well, as for exciting things in the next chapter…. Expect Naruto to show off in front of Sarutobi and Sasuke.. Expect Gaara to be as cold as ever. Expect Neji to be as serious as ever. Expect Lee to be as giddy as ever. And so on and so on, you know the drill…
Next Chapter will be the introduction of whole new, but I think sweet, Jutsu's!
