Naruto Fanfiction
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its characters and its techniques.
Author's Note: Well, far here on I'm going to experiment a little, I'm going to take a view point of views from certain characters and write from there. I'll let MOSTLY you read through Naruto's, Sasuke's, Sakura's, Kakashi's and Lee's eyes… Oh, and you can find the Special Technique of the Inuzuka Clan in Chapter 203 of the Manga, since I'm using it in here. Sorry for the late update, but I had exams and so I had to study…
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:D: Oh, their ages? The Genins are about 17, Neji, Lee and Ten-Ten are 18.. Well, actually, everyone has become, say, five years older. And yes, it's stated in Chapter 1, but that's no big deal…
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There Where When is Now
Chapter 9
Secret technique is what he said, he heard it right. It would be interesting to see what this clan's full potential was, surely with the nose the clan owns they should know she was only fighting with a clone now.. Surely.. this ANBU wouldn't use their oh-so-special technique of theirs on his clone? No, he was sure she knew. Now to wait off as the Inuzuka ANBU prepared herself.
Naruto licked his bottom lip as he watched from afar how the Inuzuka was facing his Kyoubou Clone. Just to be sure, Naruto created two more Kyoubou Clones beside him, in his hiding spot, to shield him from the attack when necessarily. Naruto frowned and made a new set of Shadow Clones and made all of them go under ground. After that, he created one Taiyuu Bunshin and gave him the command to shoot off a Rasengan if he saw an opening in the female.
Naruto watched how the Inuzuka female made hand seals and heard how she mentioned this was a Jutsu only for the Inuzuka Clan.
"Soutourou!"
Naruto frowned as he saw the female and the wolf both transform in humongous wolfs… Naruto smiled and got a bit excited. 'Wow… that's a nice technique he has there… Too bad it's a bloodline technique… But then again, I can easily counter it with one of my summons…'
Naruto frowned as his Kyoubou Clone could do nothing but run from the vicious attacks from the two big wolfs. Eventually, the Kyoubou Clone got ripped apart by the claws. Naruto wasn't surprised to see the two wolfs turn their heads to himself. He wasn't surprised either when he saw his set of Shadow Clones come out of the ground beneath the two wolves and saw how their attacks missed and the wolves easily stumped or slashed them away.
Naruto quickly sent both of his Kyoubou Clones that were standing next to him run for the wolves. As the wolves watched how Naruto's Kyoubou Clones were advancing on them in high speed, both suddenly jumped up, avoiding the Rasengan that came from Naruto's advanced clone. One wolf jumped over the Rasengan towards the advanced Clone and trampled it. The other Clone was receiving assault from the two Kyoubou Clones, but that battle was shortlived as the wolf tried to eat the smaller Kyuubi Clones.
The real Naruto bit his finger and touched one of the black marks that was now on his arm. After that, he put his hand on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Come forth, Itsu!!" And before him stood a giant fox, bigger than both wolves… It was a normal fox, with just one tail and Naruto was standing on its head. He narrowed his eyes at the wolves. "So, you're next…"
One of the wolves jumped over the fox and started… peeing… much to Naruto's dismay. "What… the… HELL?!" The female fox merely snarled. "Ey, Naruto… What'd you bring me here for? To get pissed on? This really pisses me off…" Naruto nodded his agreement. "Let's rip those puppies apart then… They're from the Leaf Village…"
The fox called Itsu and Naruto watched as one wolf stood behind them and the other in front of them.
"Garouga!!"
The Fox jumped out of the way but saw that the two dangerous whirlwinds that were the wolves were still following him. "Naruto, hold on…" The Fox increased its speed a great deal and leaped away.
Naruto frowned at the attack. 'How odd… This special technique of the Inuzuka Clan is very similar to the Piercing Fan that Kiba once used on me.'
Both wolves stopped their pursuit and stood on the ground watching the fox in the distance.
"Naruto… These two wolves… do you want me to kill them? They are rather weak… I don't understand why you called for me." Itsu said as she stared at the two wolves. Naruto grinned.
"Well, I just wanted to show off really…" Naruto said, scratching the back of his head, while Itsu sighed.
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Sasuke was frustrated, no, more than frustrated. The two could have easily killed them. He stood a chance against them together with Orochimaru, but he was ashamed to admit he played too much. Now, they simply bashed him away and went running for Orochimaru, but not FOR Orochimaru, but for the Scroll Orochimaru had. They stole it and ran away. At that time, Sasuke was too excited because he was in his Curse Seal Level 2 State for too long. Orochimaru still could've run after them but he would be the only one then.
So now, they had lost the Hidden Sound Scroll and now the Takabashis were probably already stealing the Hidden Scroll from the Lightning Village, while he was panting. Sasuke rose to his feet with a lot of difficulty and groaned while he cursed inwardly for his weakness. He slowly walked over to the big hole Nakao left behind after attacking Kimimaro and watched the unconscious bodies of Teri and Hatsu.
"Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru said in a tired voice. "This is not good… not good at all. The Akatsuki now has MY scroll as well. All is moving in their favour. Those two were extremely good, but now we know how they fight and the next time we meet them.."
Sasuke smiled. "Yes, then we will be able to beat them." He neared Kimimaro's body in the big crate and watched, looking if he still breathed. "Orochimaru… I think.." He swallowed for a moment and waited for Orochimaru to walk up next to him.
Orochimaru sighed. "Yes… Kimimaro is dead… He should have activated his Curse Seal to level two. He underestimated these two and has paid for it." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. "This is bad…" He turned to watch at Hatsu and Teri. "Those two are weak compared to us, it seems… They didn't last very long against the girl."
Sasuke nodded. 'How stupid... We were defeated by two people… TWO, only two…' Sasuke gritted his teeth soundlessly. 'Next time I will kill them for humiliating me!'
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The battle was short-lived, Naruto noted. He had killed the two wolves easily. While his summon Itsu was keeping them busy, he had created two Rasengans which were packed with a lot of Chakra. With speed unlike any before, he hopped on one wolf's head and released one Rasengan aimed at the brains. In the same speed he hopped to the other wolf, which was perplexed by the speed and the Rasengan. Naruto did exactly the same and made the wolf's head… explode..
He sighed as Itsu left with a gigantic puff of smoke but smiled as he heard the muffled screams of the two ANBU inside Gaara's Sphere of Sand. Naruto knew from the screams that the two were not killed yet, but that Gaara was still toying with them by tormenting them with his Suna Shuurajou inside the Suna no Kyuutai. He smiled as Neji and the Aburame ANBU were still shooting attacks at each other. Neji had not yet activated his Senshin-Byakugan, which wasn't really a surprise to Naruto, since he knew Neji wanted to have some fun. Naruto knocked himself in the forehead and sighed. 'Man, I should have played longer with my opponent too… Now I have to wait for them to finish, and watch them have fun… Now I'm jealous again…' Naruto thought as he remembered previous missions in which Gaara and Neji also had longer fights than him…
He smiled in genuine happiness as he saw Neji activate the Senshin-Byakugan. 'Finally!! That Aburame won't last long now…' Naruto chuckled even more as the Sphere of Sand dissolved and saw the two bodies of the ANBU… in pieces… Naruto sighed, Gaara always has to make things so bloody… Gaara nodded towards Naruto and also tuned in on the battle Neji was in.
Both Naruto and Gaara were quite surprised at how the Aburame ANBU held his own against Neji's attacks, even with the Senshin-Byakugan and that was really hard… The battle did not take very long though, as Neji used his Heavenly Spin in combination with three Taiyuu Bunshins and Chakra Chuubu. Shino simply lost all his Chakra and was on the brink of fainting. Naruto and Gaara both frowned as Neji began to speak up.
"Report back to Leaf… Tell them the Akatsuki is on the move. Stop your hunt on us and help stop the Akatsuki. If you don't, you'll bring your own death only closer to your existence…" Neji looked at the Aburame harshly. "Only you survive of your precious team… Be thankful."
Naruto gritted his teeth. "What the Hell!? Oy, Neji! Kill that freaking bug freak! He doesn't deserve to live! Rip his head off!!"
Gaara nodded. "Yes… We still need dinner for tonight… Now we only have three bodies… That's not enough.."
Neji shook his head. "No, the Leaf need to be warned of the situation… Besides… this one might prove useful in the future…" Neji said as he harshly kicked Shino in the face, also breaking the mask. Shino flew a few meters and landed several feet away from Naruto and Gaara.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Aburame Shino…" He narrowed his eyes. "Why would he be useful!? You defeated him! Gaara and me will easily defeat him as well! How can a weakling like him be useful?"
Neji walked towards Naruto and Gaara. "No, he's not that weak… We are just exceptionally strong, Naruto… For the Leaf, he's probably a strong asset. It's strange that someone could last even that long against me with my Senshin-Byakugan activated, while he has never even seen the Senshin-Byakugan… It clearly indicates that Shino can improvise perfectly in battle… "
Naruto snorted. "When you fought me and Gaara with your Senshin-Byakugan for the first time"
Neji interrupted. "True… but you two are exceptions…" Neji sighed. "Just let this one live, ok? He'll be useful…"
Gaara suddenly interjected. "This Village and these ANBU were a total waste of time. We need to report back tomorrow, as promised. The others will probably already have succeeded."
Neji and Naruto nodded. "Yeah, let's head back." They leaped away, with Naruto casting one last look on the almost unconscious form of Aburame Shino…
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After gathering information with the Council of the Grass, Anko told Hinata and her team to head for other Villages, to see if they have been attacked as well. Their next stop would be Mist Village. It was really strange for Sakura as she recognized the many familiar things of the Country. Once they had to cross the Great Naruto Bridge… it was more than odd, it was even more than sad.
It completely made Sakura think about Naruto and the time they had their first real mission here. She was eager to tell her team mates about it. Their reactions were subdued of course.
Anko never knew the boy that well, but knew that the boy was the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon. She had heard the many stories about the kid and could venture guess about how strong the man would be about now. But she also knew he was captured by the legendary Uchiha Itachi, a man who was even more powerful than Orochimaru. Itachi probably had Naruto for the same reason Orochimaru had her. There was no doubt Naruto was still alive… and was unbelievably dangerous…
Hinata smiled as Sakura told the story about their adventure here. 'Naruto was here…' She had always admired the boy and had always wondered why a legend like Uchiha Itachi would kidnap an innocent boy like Naruto. She never found the reason and it was frustrating that no one ever told her. Even when it was very clear certain people knew. She could read expressions really well, being from the Hyuga. Her feelings for the blonde boy never left her. She would do anything to see Naruto again. To see how he had changed, how powerful he has become, how he looked now… But now they had this mission… Confront the Akatsuki. There was even a possibility Naruto was with the Akatsuki now, but Hinata would not believe that. Naruto was way too strong-willed to be manipulated by ANYONE. Not even Uchiha Itachi would be able to.
Ino smiled in support for Sakura. She knew how hard it was for Sakura to have lost both team mates in one day. Naruto had grown from dead-last to someone who was able to beat the older and much more powerful Hyuga Neji. Naruto was so unpredictable. In the second Chuunin Exam he had shown everyone that he could even beat Gaara. Gaara who had beaten Neji and Neji, who had beaten Sasuke, the one who was supposed to be the strongest… No one knew… Naruto was the strongest… Everyone thought he was the weakest…
"It turned out Naruto was the one who had beaten the powerful missing-nin Haku. He was also the one who turned an extremely depressive boy into a genuinely happy one. He changed this entire Village… He can do those things… He..was really capable… of doing amazing things…" Sakura stated sadly.
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Surprising, it was. They were to tell their students to train for the coming weeks. And now they were on a mission with their previous Jounin instructors. It was really amazing to be on a mission with Gai again. This mission would be dangerous, the Hokage warned. He did not even know where they were heading. Beside him, Shikamaru, Kakashi, Ten-Ten and Asuma were jumping. Gai was in the lead.
"Uhh, Gai-sensei?" Lee asked. He always added the –sensei, because the respect for Gai would never cease. "Where are we headed?"
Gai didn't turn his head. "We are headed for the biggest Village… You've never been there, it's the biggest non-Shinobi Village, but it's also the biggest Village of all Villages. Within in that Village, lies a Secret Hidden Scroll, we are to capture it…"
Lee nodded. "Roger!"
'This will affect everyone. I wouldn't be surprised if we would encounter Orochimaru or Itachi when we get there. Surely they know of the Akatsuki's plans?' Kakashi thought. 'Naruto… Sasuke… Are you two still alive?'
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Itachi and Dareda still weren't here. Sinobi, Mokito and Kisame had told them they completely failed in their mission and came back empty-handed, earning frowns from Neji, Naruto and Gaara. Naruto held both Scrolls of the Leaf and the Stone Village, or from the Fire and the Earth Country. They had failed to capture the Hidden Scroll of the Mist. They wondered if Itachi and Dareda had succeeded.
They all turned towards the same direction at the same time. Itachi and Dareda were coming. In a second, they jumped out of the trees and landed between the little group of six. Dareda smiled. "We only have the Scroll of the Sand Village of the Wind Country. What about you?"
Mokito scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. "Well, the Akatsuki interrupted and we got none… We DID have both Scrolls… but they kinda beat us to a pulp…"
Dareda frowned and Itachi simply stared for a second, before turning to Naruto, Gaara and Neji. "We've got one as well. From the Stone Village, Earth Country. The Mist Village had already been attacked when we got there…"
"Hmm… We split up now… All of us… Try and track down Akatsuki members and kill them if possible. Don't attack immediately unless you know you will win. Collect Scrolls if possible. All Villages are probably already attacked by now, so it's no use searching there. Naruto, you will hold the Scrolls with you."
"What if one of us dies?" Neji asked.
Itachi stared at him. "Then it's a pity.."
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Tsunade was sleeping on her desk as Shino knocked on the door. Politeness was really a big part of the character that is Aburame Shino. His fight with Neji had not hurt him that much physically but it had literally forced him to tire out. So much like his first battle with the Hyuga. But this time, Neji was too much even for him. In the years, Shino had become a force to be reckoned with. Becoming an ANBU Leader told people enough.
Shino sighed and knocked the door again. He was also knows for his patience… Even though he could hear the Hokage snore through the door.
'I've lost my entire team… They all have grown so much. The Special Inuzuka Technique didn't even come near Naruto. My advanced Aburame-style technique was easily defeated by Neji and Gaara had ruthlessly and easily ripped the others apart. The three of them are too dangerous… But they are were only with three… This means they have chosen to abandon Leaf Village with free will. But they are against the Akatsuki…' Shino thought, remembering what Neji said. 'The Akatsuki has a plan and apparently it is up to me to report this to the Hokage.' Shino sighed as he knocked for the fifth time. 'Naruto, Gaara and Neji… What could have changed them so? Well… not Gaara… I guess..'
Finally, after the seventh (harder, a lot harder) knock on the door, Tsunade opened the door and greeted Shino with a loud yawn. "Shino! What news do you bring?" Tsunade asked as she allowed Shino to enter her office.
Shino stepped inside. "Failure is what I bring you. My… subordinates have all been killed by Uzumaki Naruto and Gaara and I managed to survive my quarrel with Hyuga Neji."
Tsunade's eyes widened.
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It was truly a pain… Hyuga Neji did not have time to deal with this… It was night, and they were all sleeping, except for one who was guarding. He was a good distance away from them and was observing them with his Byakugan. This was the second time he encountered Ten-Ten and Nara Shikamaru. But now Lee, Kakashi, Asuma and Gai were with them.
'They probably have been given the mission to protect a Village and are headed for it. They are with many I can not let them see me… Lee is holding guard, so I have to go a big way around their little camp. There is no doubt that that idiot has become stronger. I'm somewhat… glad… that he has recovered. But there's no way he's anywhere near my power… If he were alone, I would have probably taken him on too… But they are with too many, even for me.'
Neji's gaze softened as he watched the sleeping form of Ten-Ten.
'Maybe… I could stay a little bit longer…'
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'How annoying…' Gaara was heading for the Stone Village, or somewhere near there. Maybe the Akatsuki was there now, who knows? But he noticed a pack of Chuunins from the Leaf heading back. He recognised a few as they were in both Chuunin Exams he had participated. The girl 'Sakura was it?' gave him a real migraine. Then there was Neji's 'precious' niece, or something like that, he forgot her name already and he recognized the older female to be the one who had guided them in the First Chuunin Exam. The fat boy and the other two were familiar as well, he just didn't know their names. Only Sakura's, because she really gave him a big headache…
'I want to kill them… Perhaps they know of the Akatsuki.. I could.. 'Gather Information..' and kill them afterwards…' Gaara thought with a slight chuckle… 'They are with… six. Five Chuunins and a Jounin. That shouldn't be too hard…'
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Naruto and Gaara had said their goodbyes to each other and each went their own way. Naruto had opted to observe Konoha from a distance. Gaara did not question him on the matter, and even if he would, Naruto would probably shrug it off. Now he was watching Konoha with an annoyed expression.
'It's still so quiet, so peaceful… A village like the Leaf doesn't deserve that… I'm not going to attack it now… But this Village does attract a lot of people, possibly the Akatsuki too… We did take the Scroll before we even knew the Akatsuki was collecting them… So maybe, the Akatsuki will come here, not knowing that the Scroll has already been taken… But I can't be too reckless, I'm carrying the two Scrolls… Akatsuki members are powerful… Maybe I should have taken Neji or Gaara with me…' Naruto thought before he fell asleep a far distance away from Konoha.
The next day, Naruto sniffed the air and watched two Chuunins carrying another Chuunin and a Jounin, while another Chuunin lazily walked behind them. 'Heh, those had a hard battle, it seems…' Naruto's eyes widened after he had narrowed them to see if he knew the people. 'I know all of them! Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Ino, Chouji and… what's her name again? The Examiner, right…'
Naruto sniffed the air again and smelled two people approaching… Quickly he jumped into a tree and observed.
'Akatsuki, Konoha missing-nin and a Sand Missing-nin… Interesting… The Konoha missing-nin is an Aburame…'
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'That was… surprising…' Gaara thought as he was on his way towards Stone Village. He had just attacked Hinata's Chuunin Team, expecting easy kills, but was surprised that they were prepared and had already formulated a plan. His Sand Bunshins under the ground were easily dealt with and they knew where he was hiding too. 'The Hyuga… She knew with her Byakugan, of course…'
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When he himself really attacked, he showed them just who Gaara was again. They didn't seem afraid enough for his tastes. He quickly dealt with the fat boy by dumping a huge load of sand on him and threw him away. The two girls, Sakura and the blonde one were even easier as he simply used dozens of Sand Shurikens to knock them away. The Jounin appeared behind him however and managed to get past both the Shield and the Barrier, but Gaara had then grabbed her neck and thrown her into the attacking Kiba. He used sand to try and choke the dog, but got interrupted by the Hyuga girl as she began that famous 64 Opening Points Attack. Even when Neji used that it wasn't strong enough to get past he Barrier. So he quickly washed the Hyuga away with Sand.
Gaara frowned as they all rose from the ground and faced him. He saw the fat guy hollering back towards them as well. 'Vermin… Time to extinguish…'
Gaara looked curiously as the Team got into formation, while the Jounin also observed. 'Ah, this is a real team then…' Gaara smiled. "Show me…"
First, the Fat Guy became even fatter, he noted, and blocked his view from seeing the others. Gaara frowned as the fat guy just didn't stop expanding. 'That's big…' Gaara shrugged as he made sand cover parts of the now humongous body of Chouji. "Suna Bakuhatsu."
And Chouji felt the full attack from the Sand Explosion and reeled backwards, revealing Hinata with a… Senshin-Byakugan activated… Gaara frowned. 'She has an advanced Byakugan… That's impressive… I remember her to be very weak…' Gaara saw how the dog boy and the… dog… were itching to finish some sort of hand seal. Sakura was grinning like a foolish girl and the blonde girl was also smiling. 'How stupid…'
The boy with the dog suddenly charged at him and yelled. "Soutourou!! Garouga!!"
Gaara's eyes slightly widened as the boy changed into a huge dog and the dog also transformed into a huge dog. They began to spin real fast and were advancing on him… 'Suna Kyuutai!! Daisan no Me…'
Kiba and Akamaru bounced backwards as they came in contact with the compact form of Gaara's absolute defence. His Sphere of Sand. They both quickly undid their Jutsu. The technique drained a lot of Chakra.
"How do we get past that?" Gaara heard Sakura yell. The blonde continued, he saw with his Third Eye. "I'll use my Shintenshin, it can move through that easily!" Gaara grinned, but frowned soon after that, as the Hyuga girl spoke. "No, Gaara isn't in there. He's moving under ground." Gaara cursed inwardly. 'Hmm, they remember my name…'
Gaara suddenly appeared behind Anko and used his Suna Shuurajou as quickly as possible. Anko, with her quick reflexes managed to not get killed, but got severely hurt. Gaara guarded the 64 Opening Points attack with the Barrier of Sand and followed up with several Sabaku Kyuus. The Hyuga girl however, simply negated the Chakra within the attack. So Gaara decided to attack the Hyuga physically, but got interrupted by the fast boy with the dog.
He smashed Kiba away with a huge fist of sand and tried to choke the dog again. But from above the blonde girl yelled. "Shintenshin no Jutsu!!" Gaara easily jumped backwards, right into a gust of Chakra that the Hyuga had sent towards him. 'Damn!!' Right then and there, Gaara wasn't able to use any attacks, because his Chakra flow got stopped. He gritted his teeth as Sakura punched him… surprisingly hard… in the face. Gaara flew back several meters.
'Damn… Now that I don't have my gourd anymore, the Shield isn't automatic… a by-effect that came after Shukaku got sealed with the Fourth's Jutsu… At least I've got my Chakra flow back.'
"Enough… I will now kill all of you…" Kiba appeared behind him, but suddenly got enveloped by a huge wave of sand. "Suna Sukasshu…"
"Ack…" Kiba choked in the sand. Akamaru charged forward with a odd Chakra surrounding him. Gaara frowned at the little dog and used "Suna Shuurajou!!"
The dog got hit by one hardened spike, but managed to dodge many others. Akamaru fell a few feet backwards and was bleeding a great deal… Gaara was forced to release his hold on Kiba as Ino used "Shintenshin no Jutsu!!", while Sakura used her "Sakuran no Jutsu!!" Gaara quickly moved under the ground and appeared behind Hinata, who anticipated this and used Chakra Chuubu!! Before Sakura could again punch him, Gaara jumped away.
'Great teamwork they have… But now there are only three left… the fat guy is too damaged because of my explosion, the Jounin is about to die and the boy with the dog is now unconscious as is the dog… Only girls are left… These three have very annoying skills… Skills that can go 'through' my defences… I don't want to use extra Chakra for these three insects… I would feel ashamed if I have to…'
Slowly, Gaara used Sand to surround all of them. Gaara could see that the Hyuga knew what he was about to do… A huge area around them was now Gaara's sand. Gaara quickly made a few hand seals… 'Suna no Tate, Suna no Yoroi, Suna no Sekisho, Suna no Kyuutai…' Gaara then chuckled. "Die!!"
"Suna Bakuhatsu!!"
And the entire area exploded…
As the explosion was over, Gaara went on his way…
He took one last glance back and saw that the Hyuga girl had managed to grab all of them and perform the Heavenly Spin combined with the Chakra Chuubu to protect her friends and herself…
'Remarkable progress the girl has made… but she is out of Chakra now… I could kill them now… but those two girl are still left with their annoying Jutsus… I don't want to risk getting hit by those attacks…' Gaara thought, shrugged and he went on his way towards Stone Village. 'I'll use Shukaku's Chakra next time…'
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Naruto stood face to face with Aburame Turin and Odei Doro. He grinned and accepted the Challenge.
Aburame Turin spoke up. "You have two Hidden Scrolls…" Obviously, this girl knew how to smell as well, Naruto noted.
Doro Odei put a finger under his chin. "Odd, that you managed to get two Scrolls on your own… You must be something, but we are with two and we are Akatsuki. Against us you WILL falter…"
Naruto grinned. "Is that so?"
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TBC
A/N: So, that was Chappy nine! I hope you enjoyed it! Oops, I overdid it a bit (5300 words) … I know there are now a lot of other perspectives too, but I did say MOSTLY. I will MOSTLY focus on Naruto and Sasuke if you wanted to know, but Neji and Gaara are also very important in the story. I hope you don't mind that I gave Hinata a Senshin-Byakugan too, but otherwise she wouldn't have been able to read through Gaara's movements as easy as she did now. And then they all would have been dead. In the next Chapter you will get Sakura's perspective on the battle and see that Hinata barked orders like hell… Gaara merely focused on getting rid of them and ignored Hinata's incessant noise… ^_^ Oh well, Hinata is a true Leader here… Ah, gonna sleep now, G'night!