Naruto Fanfiction

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A/N: Thanks for the reviews!! Nothing more important to say besides that..

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Sirus183: It's good to read that you continue to like my story as it continues on. Rather surprising, actually, since this is just a continuation fic.. Thanks for reading and here is an update!

Shadows of Chaos: Hehe, I will enjoy writing the long-time-no-sees in this story. Be sure that you'll find them, but it might take a while. I want to wait with it a little bit.

Metaphor-sama: Many thanks! Indeed, I also knew that the Stone Village was in the Earth Village, but that's beside the point. Thanks for liking my story!

Alden-san: Thanks for the review! Indeed, it's very helpful, and as Metaphor-sama stated, the Stone Village is in the Earth Country.

RuByMoOn17: Thanks a million! Those are eight countries… How troublesome.. Thanks, I needed to know for my plot. I am still hoping there are more countries.

EfrainMan: Indeed.. I like it when in other stories characters who haven't seen in each other in ages meet up again. I'm not sure if I can describe that as well as in those other fics.

Bubblytokki: You really think they're all realistic changes? Thanks so much! I thought I might have made a mistake with this slightly new Naruto or the extra-wining Shikamaru. But thanks! I thoroughly enjoy your story Covenant!

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Nobuyusha: Wow! Thanks for reading it all! Uhmm, well, about teaching Neji the Rasengan… Well, as stated in the Manga, you would probably have to be similar to Naruto, Jiraiya and the Fourth Hokage… I guess they consider it the same as a blood-line limit..

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"Ne, Nara-sensei?" Konohamaru suddenly asked after a long silence inside the Sphere of Sand. Shikamaru didn't let out anything, except a short slightly louder huff than normal breathing. "You knew that guy that got us trapped in here, right?"

"Yeah… His name is Gaara… And he's one fellow you don't want to mess with. He kills because he enjoys it." Shikamaru answered, making the Genins afraid. 'I am known for my intelligence… but against a guy like Gaara… I don't think I can win.'

"Why didn't he kill us, then?" Aoba Ruin reacted. "He could've easily killed us here… Even you two Jounins could do nothing against it, then."

"Gaara is a very strong Shinobi, but he was still with one, while we were with eight." Ten-Ten said, not finishing the sentence, since she was not sure if that was enough to take on Gaara.

"It's not certain that he was alone… Anyway, he knew that there was a clone of mine walking with you guys and he didn't kill us.. which means he had more important things to do.. And with the way he went missing way back then… I don't think he's alone.." Shikamaru summed up. "Anyway, it's been quite some time since we got stuck in here… Ten-Ten, can you still sense Chakra in this thing?"

Ten-Ten shook her head. "No.. But I think we have to wait just a little longer… there's no telling what would happen if we're wrong…"

There Where When is Now

- Chapter 6

"Hokage-sama!" Lee reported as he stood in the Hokage's office with his students and the three Sand Shinobis. "We've succeeded in our mission with no problems."

Tsunade smiled at Lee. "At ease, Shinobi.." She let out with a smirk that was threatening to widen. Lee had changed so much since his operation. He had trained so hard and all expectations that came from his former sensei, Gai, were all proven correct. If anything, Lee had even surpassed those expectations as he surpassed Gai. Tsunade gazed at the Three Sand Shinobis.

"Baki-san.." Tsunade said, addressing the leader of one of the strongest three-man squad of the Sand. "What brings you here?"

Baki coughed once and bowed before Tsunade before speaking up. "Hokage-sama… I was surprised the security around this Village isn't as high as I expected. I bring to you some news considering Akatsuki…"

Tsunade's eyes widened just a little bit as the completely focused on Baki. "Don't tell me, the Akatsuki is after the Hidden Scrolls?"

Baki frowned. "You knew already, yet you didn't increase the guards?"

Tsunade shook her head and hid her shame quite well as she spoke. "Our scroll already got stolen." She earned three frowns and four confused gazes. "Up until now we didn't know who stole them, but it seems it was the Akatsuki. One our Hyugas had spotted a Sharingan among them. It must have been Uchiha Itachi, unless Uchiha Sasuke has suddenly joined the Akatsuki."

Baki sighed a small sigh. "I see. So they have the first scroll in hands already. No one will be able to get into Sand Village. Our security is so tight even the smallest animal couldn't get passed it when it would be moving under ground."

 Tsunade nodded. "So, do you have any idea where the Akatsuki is headed to next?"

"Not long ago we thought the Akatsuki ceased to exist, yet it's still alive.. Right now, I don't think anyone has an idea where they would be heading to next. All we can do is visit other Villages and see if everything's ok.."

Tsunade nodded. "Yes, I have already sent my best Chuunin Team accompanied with one Jounin towards the Grass Village. What will you three be doing?"

"The Mist Village will be our target to protect." Baki let out as he turned, uttering "May god be with us.." as he left.

Tsunade nodded and turned to Lee. "Well, Lee. You missed a lot of things… For one, You aren't the fastest Shinobi I know anymore.."

Lee's eyes widened. 'What?!'

Tsunade smiled as she read Lee's shock. "A female Shinobi attacked me during your mission.. And she was a lot faster than you… when she wasn't even serious.."

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God's eyes would widen if he would look down upon the Stone Village… A gigantic Sphere of sand was engulfed around the center, and around it, hundreds of Kyoubou Clones were guarding it. If god had a Byakugan, he would widen his eyes even more, because inside there was a ferocious battle going on.

Naruto was fighting off the Tsuchikage's strongest guards, while Neji and Gaara were slowly walking towards the Tsuchikage himself. "Oy, don't play around! I want to get away from here as fast as possible!" Naruto screamed, making Neji and Gaara turn around and frown.

"Heh, usually you're the one who plays around too much, Naruto.." Neji stated as he saw the Tsuchikage reach for Shurikens, obviously, he had his Byakugan activated.

"Yeah, but this time… it feels different.." Naruto said unsure as he easily grabbed two guards by their legs. "Just hurry, ok?"

Neji smiled, nodded and smiled even more as he saw what the Tsuchikage was up to.

"And all of this just for a stupid scroll.." Gaara muttered as his Shield of Sand protected him from hundreds of Kunais. Neji vanished from view, not bothering to use his Heavenly Spin, and instead chose to appear behind the Tsuchikage. Neji slightly tapped the Tsuchikage's Shoulder, expecting him to wince in pain. He frowned and sulked a bit as he jumped away as the Tsuchikage hardened his entire body and sent spiky stones all around him.

Naruto caught a few that were heading for him with a smirk and started attacking the guard with them. Gaara still had his arms folded as the stones penetrated his Shield but were stopped by the Barrier of Sand. Neji used his Heavenly Spin in the air.

'How annoying… this Tsuchikage has a very interesting defence… my Gentle Fist style won't be effective against it at all… Power is needed.. but this is a Tsuchikage… so more is needed' Neji thought as he activated his Senshin-Byakugan. "Oy, Gaara! Why are you standing still? You could at least attack him once!"

Gaara smirked and shrugged before he performed a few hand seals. "Suna Shuriken Sukasshu!!"

The Tsuchikage braced himself. 'A Sand Shinobi and A Byakugan user, thus a Leaf Shinobi… The third I don't know.' He thought as he, too, performed a simple hand seal. "Ishi Tate!!"

As Gaara's Sand Shurikens hit the Stone Shield the Tsuchikage used to shield himself with, the Shurikens changed to sand and surrounded the shield. Gaara lifted his hand, also making the Shield that was around the Tsuchikage rise up into the air.

Suddenly, Gaara felt the Tsuchikage behind him. 'Shit, he wasn't in that Shield the entire time!' But as soon as the surprise appeared in Gaara, it was replaced by amusement, as Neji appeared behind the Tsuchikage.

"Sorry, but it is over…" Neji stated. "This match was already over when Gaara managed to create this gigantic dome of Sand around of us." Neji said as he used his hands to emphasize his point. "You must feel aggravated that you can't move…" Neji commented with a smirk as he still stood behind the unmoving Tsuchikage. "Naruto did tell us to hurry up… so why not listen? Your death was decided when you let me hit you on your shoulder. You was overconfident that your defence would protect you.."

Gaara released his Jutsu on the empty shield of Stone the Tsuchikage had created and turn around, to stand face to face with the Tsuchikage, who was gritting his teeth and trying to move.. Naruto had already killed the guards with ease and was slowly walking towards them.

Neji continued. "You see, all my attacks are a part of a certain strategy… I am an advanced Hyuga and I have perfect Chakra control. When I hit you on your shoulder, I left an imprint of my Chakra on your body.. From a distance, I was able to make it envelop your entire body.. Your absolute defence is indeed absolute, but only for physical attacks…"

Neji narrowed his eyes. "Now that some my Chakra is controlling your body movements, similar to the Shadow Bind Technique, why don't you tell me where you've hidden your Secret Scroll of Hidden Jutsus?"

Tsuchikage snorted. "Heh! Why would I, the Tsuchikage, tell that to the three of you?! I will take that secret with me in my grave…" He spat out in Gaara's voice, who immediately punched him for it.

"Watch it.."

Naruto stepped up to Neji and folded his arms behind his head, casting one last look towards the dead bodies he left behind.

Neji made the Tsuchikage rise a little bit into the sky, using the Chakra, which was his, that was surrounding him. Neji made him look like he was crucified, in the air. Naruto briskly threw a few Shurikens at him, impaling his left and right arm. The Tsuchikage screamed. Neji spoke up again. "Now listen… It is impossible for your fellow Stone Shinobis to break through Gaara's Dome of Sand, or well, it would take them at least a day or two… Plenty time to make you suffer.. until you speak up."

"Why don't you just use your Byakugan, Neji?" Naruto suddenly asked.

"Because the Hidden Scroll is somehow surrounded by a strange darkness, which also envelops a great area around it. But I have already told you this when we were learning the techniques from the Hidden Scroll of the Leaf… But I guess can't expect you to remember that…"

Naruto turned his back to Neji. "Be like that… I won't help you making him suffer now, Neji…"

Neji rolled his eyes and waited for Naruto to say something again..

"….. Fine… I will help, but only because I like it.."

Gaara meanwhile used sand to grip both of the Tsuchikage's arms and stretch them a great deal, making the man scream.

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Such a gruesome sight.. Dead bodies were spread all around on the ground, while Rain Medic-nins were running around and trying to save the ones that still could be saved. Houses were burned down and people were crying for their lost ones. Sakura inwardly grieved with them as she walked behind Hinata and in front of Ino, Kiba and Chouji. In front of Hinata, the Jounin Mitarashi Anko was in the lead. Many Jounins were on missions and the ANBU section Anko was the leader from, didn't have a mission, so Anko was available.

"What happened here?" Sakura wondered out loud, the emotion dread clearly etched in her voice.

"I suspect the Akatsuki.." Anko answered. "I don't see why this Village would be attacked by any others.."

"Shouldn't we help them?" Sakura asked. "I mean.. just look… They're all in need of help… they're all… so much.. are dying.."

"Our mission was to protect the Grass Village, all else we should ignore..." Anko again answered, this time coldly. "But… there's a possibility that the Akatsuki has already attacked the Grass Village as well…" Anko continued. "When that is the case… we can help the wounded.."

"The Akatsuki.. do you think we can handle them?" Ino asked, although the question was directed at Anko, since she would be the one to know best.

Anko shrugged. "Well, the Akatsuki works in teams of two, as I have heard of Jiraiya-sama... Hokage-sama told me the teamwork of your team is more than excellent.. Five Chuunins with perfect teamwork against two S-Ranked Missing-nins…. Well, that's a tough match-up.. I'd say it's a draw.."

The others went silent after that.

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"It seems they know the Akatsuki is going for the Scrolls… The Wind Country is probably the only country that has a solid defence… Too bad for them we're against them, ey?" Dareda noted as he watched the tight security around the gates of the Wind Country with his Byakugan.

Itachi nodded. "Hm. I do not want to put too much effort in this… High Genjutsu will have to do."

Dareda smiled. "I agree. When fighting isn't a necessity, do not fight. How do you think the others are doing?"

Itachi glanced at Dareda for a short second, before he activated his Sharingan. "I think they're….. having fun.."

A surprised look appeared Dareda's face. 'I never imagined him ever saying a sentence with the word 'fun' in it..'

"As you can see, the guards walk in circles in certain areas. Since you have the Byakugan, you can see more clearly how the guards look. As you can also see, there is a certain time where one guard can not see any other guards. It is then that we will make our move. Use Henge to transform into one guard and move towards one underground. Choose your timing well. Pull the guard under ground and kill him there. Than quickly jump up and take the guard's place. And then you're in."

Dareda nodded and knew Itachi was about to say more so he stayed silent.

"I will make my appearance in front of you and then I will quickly flee into the forest in not far from the gates you are supposedly 'protecting.' You order a few to come with you.. at least 6. Once you are in the forest, undo your Henge… I will use my Sharingan to hypnotize the guards you brought.  I will make them continue to guard the gates, and you will continue to use Henge and repeatedly bring more guards into the forest. When I do have all guards under my control with my Genjutsu, I will make all of them barge into the Country and cause mayhem all over. Once chaos ensues inside, we will make our move towards the Kazekage…"

Dareda nodded. "Very well.."

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"Ok, we're here… So, we do the same as in the previous Village? We already have one scroll… Maybe we should put it somewhere safe, before barging in here.." Mokito suggested as she looked at Sinobi and Kisame.

"No, We should just rush in and get it over with.." Sinobi stated.

"Hey, you smell that? I smell smoke, there's a fire somewhere.." Kisame suddenly interjected. "And it seems there's a big Genjutsu surrounding the Grass Village.."

Mokito frowned. "You don't suppose I can just run through that Genjutsu as fast as possible? I hate Genjutsus.."

Kisame shook his head. "No, your speed won't mean a difference against Genjutsus.."

"I'll deal with the Genjutsu and the guards.. You two focus on getting the scroll, ok?" Sinobi proposed as he started gritting his teeth. "Step back…"

Kisame and Mokito jumped back and let their eyes wander skywards, where Thunderclouds appeared and merged with each other. They both lowered their gaze towards Sinobi again, to see that he was surrounded by small lightning bolts. "Well, it seems like he's going to his Berserk State, ey?"

Sinobi screamed and released dozens of Lightning bolts, letting them all scatter towards every direction around him. Kisame and Mokito dodged a few lightning bolts, before they saw Sinobi sped towards the gate and release a gigantic Lightning attack. Once it hit, the entire Village disappeared and another appeared a mile farther, a village which was exactly the same as the one Sinobi just destroyed the gates of..

"Such an annoying Genjutsu… How long will it take for Sinobi to find the real Village?" Mokito asked annoyed. "We should grab the scroll as fast as we can."

"Smell, Mokito… Can you tell where the smell of smoke and fire is coming from?" Kisame asked.

They both started sniffing as Sinobi started running towards the third illusion that appeared, after he destroyed the second illusion of the village.

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The wind that blew at his face and at his companions' faces carried with a strange dust. They had just landed on a big cliff and were looking upon a Village which has clearly just been attacked. They had come a long way before they came here and were rather tired, having travelled towards the Stone Village without rest, sleep and they ate on the way. It seems this was more important then Sasuke had originally thought.

"There was some strong Shinobis here, to do such a number and the powerful Stone Village… This village is knows for its solid defences, but as you can see… the center has crumbled completely… The pillars that protected the main Tower of the Village were knows for its indestructiveness.. Yet now, all of them are broken.." Hatsu said as he took a look on the Village below them with a slight frown.

"It seems we are too late for the Hidden Scroll.." Kimimaro spoke as he set on the edge of the cliff. "This attack…. It must have been yesterday when the attackers left.."

"The Akatsuki managed to get the Hidden Scroll of the Stone before we could" Orochimaru spoke. "That huge area in the center… Can you imagine what force is needed to create that?" He finished as he stepped next to Hatsu and Teri on the edge of the cliff.

"Hmm, look at those Villagers.. Can you believe how many dead people are there? I bet the village reeks of death…" Teri spoke with disdaining tone.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he saw the people run around, despair probably in their minds.. "I think the Tsuchikage got killed.."

"Heh, you can be sure of that… " Hatsu said with a smile. "Odd, though… This was rather quick.."

Sasuke's eyes suddenly widened as he watched the people and then he turned towards Orochimaru. "There are Leaf Shinobis down there."

Orochimaru frowned. "That's odd…. So the Leaf also knows of the Akatsuki's plans. Perhaps their Hidden Scroll got stolen as well…" Orochimaru thought out loud. The Leaf teams that were down there, however, didn't know of the Akatsuki's plans at all and were there for another mission.

"Nara Shikamaru and Ten-Ten.. now Jounins, it seems." Sasuke notified. "Are we still going down there?"

"I don't see why. There's nothing left for us to take anymore." Teri answered as she turned away from the Village and slowly started walking away.

Orochimaru pondered a little bit before speaking. "Yeah.. We should head for another Village as fast as possible. I don't want to see the Akatsuki getting more scrolls…"

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Shikamaru sighed as he saw the Genins goof around before him, while Ten-Ten sat beside him. 'How troublesome…'

They were totally shocked when they arrived in Stone Village the day before. Their Tsuchikage was dead, killed by intruders and many Genins, Chuunins and Jounins were killed as well. Both Shikamaru and Ten-Ten had their assumptions on who did all this…

Right now, they were waiting for the woman they had to pick up here and escort back to Leaf Village. But since a lot of people got killed the day before and their precious Tsuchikage also got killed, the woman probably needed her time to grief about it.

'How troublesome…'

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"As we expected… no one's here anymore. I knew this would be a waste of time." Gai stated as he turned around to face Jiraiya and Kakashi. "So, what do we do now?"

Kakashi grabbed a book, which was written by the man who stood next to him and shrugged as he opened the book. "Well, I guess we should just return home.."

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Kisame and Mokito watched the Grass Village before them. After all the illusions Sinobi had destroyed, Mokito and Kisame managed to find the real location of the Village. Sinobi had rushed in immediately after unleashing a huge swirl of electricity towards the guards. Mokito and Kisame had noticed that the Village was already under attack. Sinobi, however, just rushed in, intent on killing all obstacles.

Mokito and Kisame cautiously entered the village, with complete silence. They were just as fast as Sinobi, since he still had to kill several Chuunins and Genins on his way. And a bigger fight would occur when he encountered a Jounin.

Two Jounins attacked Sinobi, but both were immediately slammed back by Sinobi's automatic Electric defence, which is only activated when he goes berserk.

Mokito and Kisame watched Sinobi fight a huge group of Shinobis but looked farther ahead. The real fight was going on elsewhere.. And they had to go there as fast as possible, before the Hidden Scroll got stolen before they could steal it.

So, they left, leaving Sinobi behind to deal with all others that would form an obstacle for their mission. Sinobi's defence would not be penetrated, but his offence power was slowly decreasing because he didn't have control… Sinobi gritted his teeth as he tried to control himself and stop his Berserk Status.

The YasouKage was panting. The battle she was in was hard.. The three were doing really good.. Well, the two, the third just sat there, watching the fight. Hiraga Matsu, Baeda and Sukumi Tachi had already killed everyone who was protecting the YasouKage.. Hiraga Matsu had several headbands wrapped around his left arm, his neck, his forehead and his legs. Baeda had a piece of cloth, silk-like, covering her eyes and wore old clothes which seemed to be shredded a bit. Sukumi Tachi had a damaged headband of the Stone Village on his right shoulder. These three were Akatsuki members…

When Kisame and Mokito appeared, but stayed at a distance, they saw how the YasouKage got killed and the three jumped away. Mokito and Kisame soon followed them. Sinobi was already nearing, this time with a little more self-control… Just a little..

After a very short time, Mokito and Kisame watched as the three Akatsuki members entered a building and came out with the Hidden Scroll of the Grass. Mokito immediately used her great speed to snatch the Scroll from Tachi's hands, only to be pulled right back by the hair and punched in the stomach. She landed with a loud thump on her back.

"How?! There's no way you could've matched me in my speed! How were you able to sense me so quickly?" Mokito screamed as she saw that the Scroll was no longer in her hands but in the old lady's hands.

The old woman, Baeda, smiled as she stepped forward. "That's my ability… I don't have to match you in your speed just to catch you, child…"

Kisame snorted as he gripped his sword and took a look at his enemies. He suddenly appeared behind Sukumi and sliced him in half, only to see that Sukumi did split, but crumbled as well. Where blood should be seen, lay now stones. Kisame jumped up as he was about to get squeezed by two big boulders. He landed on top of the two boulders that just crashed into each other and faced Sukumi Tachi, who was already doing hand seals.

"How did you do it?" Mokito asked, but didn't wait for an answer as she kicked and punched while appearing to the left side of Baeda. To Mokito's surprise, however, the punch and the kick didn't connect. Instead she felt Baeda's fist in her stomach. 'Damn… She's good… Her punches aren't effective at all…. But it seems my speed is no good against her… How can that be when she has that cloth covering her eyes?'

"Just because this silk is covering my eyes, doesn't mean I can't see you. In fact, this piece of silk is a necessity… because my eyes are too good without it…"

Hiraga Matsu observed the fight as he simply sat on the ground. 'These fighters are pretty strong…' He suddenly looked past Mokito and Baeda. 'Someone's coming..'

Hiraga rose to his feet as he saw Sinobi land in front of Mokito and Baeda. He looked intrigued as he saw the lightning bolts, which were surrounding Sinobi's body.

Hiraga stretched his right arm, which made the bandages around it disappear as if they were being ripped off. Sinobi understood he was to be his opponent and watched his right arm. He saw the reflection of the light from the sun in it, which made the arm almost look… plastic.. It kind of looked fake, but from the looks of it, Hiraga could control the arm as if it was a real arm…

Hiraga uttered the words. "Let's play…"

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TBC

A/N: Ok!! I had this story finished already in the afternoon.. But I had to grab something up in my room and that's when my dad decided to check his e-mails… somehow the computer didn't work properly, as he said, so he restarted it… And I hadn't saved this chapter yet, which was already a bit over 4000 words… So you can imagine how mad I got… So, I had to type this whole story over again… which I managed to do in two hours.. man, I was sooo mad... 

I hope you don't mind that I took the name Yasou for the Grass Kage… YasouKage..

Oh well, next chapter, every Village gets alerted and prepares for an attack… The Leaf Village makes instructions to prevent this 'Era of Chaos' and goes on the hunt for the Akatsuki.. Meanwhile, Naruto, Neji and Gaara have some fun as they move for the Mist Village… Orochimaru and his little gang are headed for the Cloud Village, Itachi and Dareda are having a harder time that they expected and Kisame, Mokito and Sinobi get it real rough… Oh well… there's another very sweet thing going to happen but I'm not going to tell… Please Review!! Well, Signing off, G'bye!