Naruto Fanfiction

Disclaimer: Kishimoto own Naruto, not me...

Author's Note: It could be so that you find that this chapter isn't advancing enough for the plot, but I really thought this was necessarily. My apologies, but this chapter is mostly action-based. I hope you'll enjoy the fights. I was planning on a little more Hinata and Sakura description, but decided against it, because I found out the fights in this Chapter take whole load of space, so my sincerest apologies if this upsets you, I'll make it up.… Two new characters appear and they're created by the author Hattuteline! He deserves the praise! Well, enjoy!

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Review Reply Corner:

Shadows of Chaos: Well, the Akatsuki does work in teams of two and sometimes three and they have a perfect attack tactic in mind already, so a Kage would have it extremely difficult against and organised team of S-ranked criminals. Many thanks for the review!!

Misu no Hikaru: Thanks for reading! Well, the meeting between Naruto and Sasuke… I am eager to write about that one, but it'll take some time before I actually get to that. I hope I'll write it good…

liukang (loon_luu@hotmail.com): Uhmm, new techniques? I'm excited to read about them, just send them to my e-mail if you have any and I'll let you know if I'm gonna use some..

Sirus183: Thanks! I'm glad you like my story!! It was a pretty fast update back then, this one took a little longer, my apologies. Then again, some author's update once every two months.. But the stories of those certain authors are really good.

Ccs_lover: Thanks a million! I'm so glad you like my OCs, I was worried you and all others might hate them. In this chapter there's pretty much action as well, I hope you enjoy!

Cookie6: Precious people, precious people, that's what Naruto's all about, at least, that's what I think. Don't worry, I've got it all figured out.. for now.. Thanks for the review!!

DocDragon: ^_^ Thanks! It is really entertaining to write about your guy, he'll play a bigger part in the future, as many others will… And for new Jutsus, I accept all, just send them to me and I'll let you know whether they'll make it in the story or not.

RuByMoOn17: Well, sometimes I don't describe new Jutsus I made very well in the Chapter they occur, so for explanation, there's always the Jutsu List to go search it up. Thanks for liking my story!!

SilverKnight7: Updated as I type! Thanks for the review and for reading this new chapter!

Ziel: There's a time for description writing, there's a time for dialogue and there's a time for… confrontations of old rivals!! That will be so sweet. But that time has yet to come and it might take a while…

LMA: I am honoured! The first thing I do when I wake up is (when I can) also run to the PC and see which authors have updated. ^_^

Tarnox: Heh, I'm kind of NaruHina fan also, but NaruSaku and NaruIno and NaruTema are entertaining as well. Anyway, Naruto hates all of Leaf, because of the horrible memories. Hinata never ever said to Naruto that she genuinely cared for, not like Iruka. It would be a little OOC if Naruto suddenly excluded Hinata from his 'to-kill'-List, but included Sakura. But don't worry… I like Hinata!

Dark Nemesis 7: Thanks a bunch for liking my story! Is it me.. or do many FF.net members have number 7 behind their Account Names? I know, the Jutsu List is pretty long, ey?

Nobuyusha: ^_^! Cloud Village? Naruto, Neji and Gaara are currently in the Mist Village, while Sasuke, Orochimaru and the others are in the Cloud… Heh, Thanks to you, I now know who of the new Akatsuki Members carries the Hidden Scroll of the Mist. Also, thanks for liking my Jutsus and the story!

Pyr00tje: Heh, you know what happens when Naruto loses control… he… will… go look for all the Ramen in the world and forced the whole world to like it! Err.. that wasn't funny at all, huh? That's why I don't write Humor fics… -_-'

EfrainMan: Reunions are always interesting to read about, huh? Many people enjoy the same things in Fanfiction. I don't know if I can really write reunions that well. Sort of like a 'It's been a while..'… or a.. 'How about a hug?'

Ino Pig: Thanks for the many reviews, Ino Pig! I know by now you like it when Naruto is a master of disaster.. or a power-freak.. I'll try to entertain you more!

The-TempesT: :D, I really am afraid of writing the reunions between the Naruto characters. I'll try my best and hope it's good enough… Thanks for liking my story!

:D: Yep, and the Jutsu List has expanded again! With two new Characters! I hope you'll enjoy this new Chapter!

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There Where When is Now

- Chapter 8

Such a horrible mess the Akatsuki left behind. Dozens of dead bodies lay sprawled on the ground, the YasouKage had been killed.. The Akatsuki has succeeded in their mission in this Village as well. Mitarashi Anko had told them to stay in the Village and gather information about the situation, while she herself went to the High Council of the Grass, also to obtain information.

"It's horrible… How can the Akatsuki do a crazy thing like this?" Sakura wondered aloud as she sadly shook her head while walking next to Ino.

"I don't know… To tell you the truth.. I'm somewhat afraid if we have to face the Akatsuki… Sure they have to pay for this… But do WE have to make them pay?" Ino asked, being slightly concerned.

Sakura sighed. "I guess… As a team, we've managed to do some crazy stuff… Even when we thought it was way on top of our heads… we managed. We will simply… continue to do so.."

Ino looked at Sakura, her look betraying that she didn't entirely believe Sakura. "I… I hope so.."

The two of them looked up to see Kiba and Chouji approaching them from a distance and seeing the looks on their faces, it seems they hadn't found a lot of survivors either... If there were survivors, they couldn't speak. The Akatsuki was very awful in their ways, but also very good in it…

"Well, seems like almost everybody got wiped out here… I smell electricity activity, it's still around actually. I'm thinking a guy used some major electricity attacks here. Also… a faint smell of… old blood… reached my nose.." Kiba noted as he and Chouji stood before Sakura and Ino.

Hinata was also scouting around the village, looking for healthy people who still had the ability to talk. The Grass Village wasn't that powerful compared to the Leaf, but still stronger than the Rain.

 "I think we should just wait for Hinata and Anko to come back." Chouji suggested as he stuffed an entire chips bag in his mouth. Only to pull the (now) empty bag back out.

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"Well this is certainly boring…"

The other two agreed as they looked upon a village which seemed to be in the process of being restored after a major attack. It was very evident the Akatsuki has already been here not too long ago. The three people that stood watching it from afar sulked.

"Ok, this is just stupid! What do we do now? We have one scroll while we should have two! Itachi and Dareda would get the Scrolls from the Sand and the uh… other village.. Cloud, right? And Mokito and the others would get the Grass and the Rain Hidden Scrolls." Naruto said. "I bet they completely succeeded while we only have one!"

"Chill, Naruto. We'll simply get some clues from this Village and we could try to hunt down the Akatsuki…" Neji explained as he eyes scanned the Village.

Gaara smiled. "That will certainly be the biggest challenge we can get right now… Yes, we should do so…"

Naruto, even though he was disappointed by this Village, smirked. Suddenly he turned his head backwards. Neji immediately activated his Byakugan… "Correct, Naruto… We have company…"

Naruto and Gaara narrowed their eyes at the direction. "Who?"

Neji frowned. "Konoha ANBU…. Hunter-nins.. Seems they're after the two of us Naruto.."

Gaara smiled. "Finally… a little enjoyment. Hunter-nins are usually talented."

Neji began summing up. "One from the Aburame Clan, one from the Inuzuka Clan and two others, I don't which clans they're from, but they can't be from a clan with a Bloodline Limit, otherwise I would have known the Clan. This should not be too hard.. I'll be taking on their leader, who's from the Aburame Clan.. It is important to break their formation. Pick an opponent." Neji said.

'I'll face the one from the Aburame Clan…. Time for a second match… Aburame Shino…' Neji thought as he smirked. 'This will be fun…'

Gaara and Naruto looked at each other. "Inuzuka Clan is a wild clan… he probably has an animal with him.." Naruto said.

Neji nodded. "Indeed… a very strong wolf…"

Gaara and Naruto looked at each other again. "So, who do you want to fight, Naruto?" Gaara asked with a glint in his eyes, being very excited.

Naruto shrugged yet itched a bit as he was eager to fight the Konoha Shinobis. Gaara smirked. "You take the one from that Inuzuka Clan, then. I want to play with the other two…"

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"I suggest you just take a hike…" The woman hissed as she and her brother faced the five high ranked criminals before her. "You may seem strong, but it's no use if you don't know the origins of our techniques… While we…. know yours."

Orochimaru snorted and was still in Kabuto's 'skin' as he slightly chuckled. "You're just with two.. We are with five and we have an Uchiha with us. His eyes will tell us how you fight. And even if they won't, we're all geniuses here… You are the ones who should… take a hike."

"Heh! Don't say she didn't warn ya!" The boy shouted as he gathered Chakra.

Sasuke immediately activated his Sharingan and the others also prepared themselves. The fight didn't begin immediately as they stared each other down. Serra and Nakao were both grinning.

"Sharingan, hm? Interesting, I've never fought a Sharingan user before…" Serra mused out loud. "The others are boring however… Normal Grass and Sound Shinobis.."

Sasuke's eyes widened at the Chakra that was beginning to form around the two Takabashis.

In a split second, Sasuke was dodging a fist which was destined to rearrange his face and a knee that was planning on leaving an imprint in his stomach. Sasuke dodged the knee with his own knee since he had no time and found that Nakao's power in his knee exceeded his by far. Sasuke flew backwards because of that simple blow. 'Damn… he uses a lot of Chakra in his attacks…' Sasuke thought as he landed a few feet farther. Nakao in the meantime was already on the hunt for Orochimaru. Sasuke watched as Serra leaped highly and landed just in front of Hatsu and Teri… 'These two fighters…'

Orochimaru could only block and evade the attacks Nakao was throwing at him. After a few blocks, Orochimaru noted that is was wiser to dodge his attacks, because his blows were a little… too… effective, for his taste.

Hatsu received a kick on his ankle and a blow to the stomach, before he could finish the hand seals he was doing. Teri was jumping backwards and had already sent an attack Serra's way. The sound wave never hit home as Serra wasn't where Teri thought she was. Her attack lingered around the area as Teri controlled its Chakra. Teri noticed Serra few feet left from her and sent all the Chakra from the still present attack towards her. At the same time the attack hit, Teri found a sharp blade hit her in the side.. Before she was forced to crouch and hold her side in pain, she saw how her own attack hit her target… but her target was a…. Bunshin.

Serra chuckled behind her as she kicked the crouching Teri in the other side, making her bounce hard against a huge boulder. Teri spat blood out of her mouth as soon as she landed again. Serra was approaching her again, but was forced to block an intruding foot right in front of her face. Hatsu noted that Serra blocked his attack also with Chakra in her arms. 'These two are especially Chakra based… If only a Hyuga would be amongst us…' He thought as Serra approached him again.

Sasuke saw how Orochimaru was having a bit of a problem with his opponent. 'These guys are somehow… stronger than I expected of Akatsuki members… They are very high skilled in TaiJutsu… My Sharingan can barely keep up…' Sasuke thought as Orochimaru used his special Chakra-style punches which would affect the muscles from the body, but was surprised to see that the Chakra in Nakao's arms easily negated its effects… He attacked as soon as Nakao kicked Orochimaru skywards. Sensing that Nakao had more in store for Orochimaru he quickly attacked him.

Sasuke wasn't surprised that his sudden attack was easily parried by a strange Chakra wave that came from Nakao's hands. Sasuke's immediate kick to the head was evaded by a slight crouch and Sasuke had to step aside to avoid the coming uppercut. Sasuke continued with a roundhouse kick but was suddenly attacked from above by Nakao's foot and Sasuke's face made a painful impact on the ground. He watched from the ground as Nakao sprinted towards Orochimaru. 'Damn… he actually defeated me in speed… It will not happen again!'

Hatsu took five harsh punches to the chest but managed to jump away from the finishing kick and completed a seal. "Hakaze Atemi!!" Hardened leaves were spinning as they were shot from Hatsu towards Serra. Serra smirked as she leaped over the attack and planned on planting a kick on Hatsu. Hatsu immediately performed a new technique. "Hatsuiku Sekisho!!"

Serra's kick landed in a mess of leaves, trees, bushes, twigs and all alike and her foot got stuck in it as well. She gritted her teeth as she struggled to get out of Hatsu's barrier's grip. She succeeded, but only because Teri landed a hard elbow straight at her jaw. Serra landed a few meters away on her side and immediately jumped back up. "How annoying…"

Sasuke watched as Nakao continued to use raw power and simply punched and kicked away at high speed with Chakra in his hands and feet. All Orochimaru could do was dodge, he had no time to perform any seals and had no time to start attacking back. Nakao definitely had the advantage. 'Takabashi, ey? They seem to be very good in what they do… High stamina, that's for sure…' He thought as Nakao was still battering away at Orochimaru's expense.

"Sasuke… I'll help Orochimaru-sama… You observe and try to find a way to beat them." Kimimaro stated as he disappeared and reappeared between Orochimaru and Nakao, with a bone in his hands that was about to slice Nakao's face apart. But Nakao had already sensed the movement and had stepped backwards.

The bone got easily crushed by a simply blow from Nakao's fist, which surprised all of them. Kimimaro's surprise took too long and Nakao had time to punch Kimimaro's ribcage and Orochimaru knew he heard something crack as Kimimaro fell on his back. As Orochimaru reached for Nakao's neck with a Senei Yashuu, he saw that this Nakao quickly used Kawarimi no Jutsu. He watched as, behind him, Nakao was quickly descending upon Kimimaro, who was lying on the ground from the previous attack.

"Raihou!!"

Nakao ruthlessly landed with a Chakra induced attack on Kimimaro's form, making the ground around Kimimaro and himself tear apart from the sheer power. Orochimaru and Sasuke watched wide-eyed as from out of the smoke, Nakao jumped and landed in front of Sasuke. "That leaves only you two…" And Sasuke activated his Curse Seal…

Blow after blow, kick after kick.. this girl sure knew how to fight, Hatsu thought as he jumped away from every attack Serra threw at him. An occasional block indicated him that she possessed a great power. He had tried his Growth Entanglement on her, but was surprised to see Serra spinning like top with her hands stretched out, freeing her from his powerful attack. Right now, he and Teri were having trouble with their opponent. Teri's Sound attacks were fast, real fast, but too slow for Serra… It seemed the woman was very gifted in the art of fighting.

Hatsu gasped for air as a powerful blow made its way inside his body, through his stomach. Hatsu crouched in pain as he heavily breathed and heard Serra jump away. He could hear that Teri started fighting with Serra a small distance away. 'Damn….' Hatsu started coughing. 'That sure hit me good…'

Teri had already manipulated the sounds around her and was trying all she can to get them into Serra's system, but the woman was really a handful as she made the weirdest, unpredictable movements.

"Raiouken… Hishouken…" Nakao mumbled as he watched the black marks swim on Sasuke's skin. 'A Curse Seal on someone with a Sharingan? He must be a very impatient one…'

Sasuke frowned as he saw yellow Chakra surround Nakao's left fist and a high amount of blue Chakra surround the other. Sasuke had quite enough of it. Kimimaro was hurt badly, perhaps even dead… He lurched towards Nakao and his fist connected with Nakao's right fist. Sasuke tilted his head to avoid Nakao's left fist and kneed Nakao in the stomach, before punching Nakao to the ground. Sasuke jumped backwards and performed a few hand seals and sent a "Katon, Karyu Endan!!" towards Nakao, who was still on the ground.

He narrowed his eyes as Nakao ran beneath the fire attack and managed to avoid it, before he leaped towards himself. Sasuke immediately performed a new set of seals after he threw one Shuriken. "Kage Jiten Shuriken no Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted as he started spinning while Nakao approached him in mid-air. Nakao watched as hundreds of Shurikens twirled around Sasuke, Nakao couldn't stop approaching Sasuke since he was in mid-air and got hit by a few Shuriken, on which he fell down to the ground.

Nakao landed on the ground and watched as Teri flew by him with a very pained expression on her face. Nakao steadied himself as he saw that Hatsu, Teri and Kimimaro were now out of the battle. The grey-haired man with glasses and the Uchiha were now left. He smiled as Serra landed beside him. "What's wrong, Nakao-kun? Having a bit of a problem with your opponents? So, you only managed to knock one of them out?"

Nakao angrily frowned at his older sister. "Shut up, these two are pretty good… Don't interfere, they are mine!"

Serra narrowed her eyes at her younger brother.. "Saber…" She whispered.

Nakao smirked. "Indeed…" And then he ran for Orochimaru, who simply said. "Katon, Kasai Denkou!" A huge Fire landed on the running form of Nakao and lightning bolts could be seen as they flashed through the fire. Serra folder her arms and observed.

Orochimaru somersaulted away from a hand that came from under the ground, ready to grab Orochimaru. Nakao quickly jumped up through the sand and stared Orochimaru down and also kept an eye on Sasuke, who had deactivated his Curse Seal to watch. Sasuke was hesitating in helping Orochimaru or attacking the other Takabashi.

Orochimaru suddenly made a sort of Chakra scalpel form in his hands, but was very surprised to see Nakao do the same thing. Sasuke activated his Sharingan to see what their functions were. Orochimaru's was a 'Enjintou no Chakra', which could affect even the Inner Coils System. Nakao's Chakra blade was simply a helpful item that would fit with his attacks, or so Sasuke figured.

"Oy, Saber… I don't want us to waste too much time on this. I'll attack the Sharingan user…" Serra stated as she stared at Sasuke with a grin.

Sasuke braced himself and immediately activated his Curse Seal. 'Bring it on, woman…'

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Naruto stared the ANBU member down with his blue eyes. He sniffed once. "You and your dog smell…" He had already noticed this was a female Inuzuka.

"Uzumaki Naruto, right?" The female asked. "We have been ordered to take you and Hyuga Neji back to our Village. Now that we have found you, we intend to fulfil our mission..."

Naruto snorted and folded his arms. "You'll have to force us…"

The ANBU nodded. "So be it.." Her wolf suddenly charged forwards and attacked Naruto in full rage. Naruto smiled as he stuck four Kunais in the wolf's throat. He was slightly surprised to see the Wolf pull off a Kawarimi… "That's… unexpected.."

The ANBU rushed forward and Kunai met Kunai… Naruto grinned as he stared at the ANBU's mask. "Let's see how long you can play with me…" He said, before he suddenly exploded, sending the ANBU many feet backwards.

"Kyoubou Bakuhatsu…" Another Naruto said as he appeared and threw several Shurikens towards the still flailing ANBU. The female managed to twist in the air, dodged the coming Shurikens and landed on the ground. She continued with a set of seals. Her clothes were already shredded because of the explosion from before. "You're good… I will use the Inuzuka's special technique to wear you down…"

Naruto grinned. "Let me see…"

A few meters ahead, Gaara was eying his two opponents as they prepared themselves. Of course they had information about him and probably knew a bit of how Gaara fought. These were Konoha ANBUs after all… But all of that simply made it more fun for Gaara. So he wasn't surprised when they easily broke through his Shield of Sand and even broke through his Barrier of Sand by simply use of speed and Chakra manipulation. But Gaara had learned not to depend on his defence too much and had new tricks up his sleeves… It was a real surprise for the two ANBU as they were both suddenly enveloped by a great darkness. Or rather, Gaara put himself and the two ANBU inside a small Sphere of Sand.

"Tell me…" Gaara whispered dangerously as both ANBU couldn't see a thing. The voice came from everywhere and it felt as if the entire Sphere was spinning. "Are you afraid?"

One ANBU snorted and performed a few hand seals, placed his hand on the ground and created small fire… only to reveal Gaara wasn't inside at all… Chuckled filled the Sphere and suddenly Gaara's face popped out of one side of the Sphere. "This entire Sphere is controlled by me… See it as an absolute defence… from the inside.." He ended with a chuckle…

Both ANBUs quickly moved to the side as a hardened sand spike was about to impale both of them. "These spikes will continue to attack you, you will have no time to think about how to escape as they keep coming…. Problem is… now there's only one spike… how long can you manage to survive when with every.. err… let's see… half minute another spike joins the… party…" This attack was clearly a combination of Suna Kyuutai and Suna Shuurajou. Sphere of Sand and Sand Carnage.

Both ANBUs swallowed nervously as again a spike came from the 'ceiling' from the Sphere and attacked them. Gaara simply chuckled as the ANBUs jumped, ran and evaded for their lives.

Elsewhere, Neji was grinning and satisfied to have finally found a challenge. "Aburame Shino… Finally, we can have our rematch… I am pleased to see you have become an ANBU Leader.. You must be quite skilled. Can you defeat me?"

Shino stared at Neji from behind his mask. "Since you have rejected our offer to come back with us to Konoha peacefully.. I will have to try and force you."

Neji grinned even more, if that were possible. "Come then…"

Shino performed seal after seal and Neji simply activated his Byakugan. 'Ah, I recognize the technique… the next technique however.. he has.. rearranged his Chakra…' Neji was tempted to activate the Senshin-Byakugan but decided against it. 'I see.. Chakra as extra power, I never thought a guy like Shino would choose this..' Neji smiled. "So you want to fight with power instead of cleverness?"

Shino didn't respond and did another seal which caused Chakra to surround his hands and even his feet...

Neji narrowed his eyes. "Poison and power? You're good with your Chakra, to be able to give it two functions…"

Shino rushed forward and started with a simple jab to Neji's face which was accompanied by a sneaky kick aimed at Neji's ankles. Neji easily dodged as he could read Shino's movements. He jumped up and looked down on Neji as he performed a seal. "Baisuu Chakra Hiketsu!"

Shino saw the three Chakra clouds come down from Neji's palms and didn't know of the attack but dodged just to be sure. Shino noted that as the so-called Chakra-clouds made their impact on the ground, the expanded and lingered there for a while. Shino had no idea what it meant, but made sure not to come close to the lingering mist…

Neji landed behind Shino and yelled "Chakra Chuubu!" Only to see this Shino quickly divided in two Shinos and the fake Shino got hit by Neji's attack. Neji quickly annihilated Shino's Clone and wanted to continue his assault, but saw that Shino had finished a seal. "Doku Chakra Senbon!"

Neji gritted his teeth and jumped upwards and started performing a long set of hand seals. 'He's become good… Those were poisonous needles made out of Chakra…' Neji finished his hand seals. "Karm no Jutsu!!"

Shino watched as Neji sent an attack which had Fire, Water, Ice and Electricity in it(Katon, Aisu, Raiden, Mizu…) head right for him. Shino quickly jumped up a tree and watched as the attack was about to hit the ground where he just stood. But before the attack actually hit the ground, Neji had performed another hand seal and yelled. "Bunretsu!"

Shino frowned as all elements divided into four attacks that danced towards the sky all of a sudden. Neji continued. "Seikaku!!"

Shino cursed inwardly as all four attacks were heading for him again…

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TBC

A/N: Thanks for the many reviews! In the next Chapter, the Capture the Flag-saga is over… Oh, and I also updated the Jutsu List, for if you don't understand some of the new Jutsus in this Chapter.