Naruto Fanfiction
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Author's Note: Ok, I changed the Spore guy's name from Kinoko to Kinokomaru! There are many new skills in this chapter, but I removed the Jutsu List. I'll put it up soon again, I almost finished it, I have it in alphabetic order now. Ino only knows the first two dances of the Kaguya Clan, the Dance of the Camellia and the Dance of the Willows. Ino has two swords and a bow wrapped on her back, with arrows on her hip.
OMG! This chapter has 10.000 words, ten thousand!!! Man, I never did a 10000 word chapter before. It went surprisingly fast. I began Saturday night…
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Review Reply Corner:
Misu no Yami: Heh, I do hope it will be fun…Thanks for the review!
Lady Light: Yep, I changed the order of chapters, this one's chappie 17, hope you enjoy and thanks for reviewing!
Pyr00tje: Heh, hiya, Pyr00! Uh, well, many thanks for thinking up a few Akimichi Techniques!! ;) Thanks for the review, man.
Sirus183: Thanks! I'm glad you didn't think it was wrong to give Ino one of the dances.
CurlsofSerenity: Hehe, you spelled torturing right, right? But I never said they enjoyed torturing, did I? Thanks for liking the story!
Zsych: Heh, now who would dislike Kyuubi? Kyuubi is a great guy! I bet if you ask him, he would share a beer or two. Pill more powerful than the other pills of the Akimichi Clan? Well, I think they'd be more than deadly then, right? They'd probably kill everyone around them by exploding or something. And about Ino, I think she can only do the Dance of the Camellia, the Dance of the Willows (with two swords) and the Dance of the Crescent Moon. And you're right about Neji having a distance attack version of the 64 Tenketsu attack… I'll think it over… About the demon fights… those will be really sweet… hehe, anyway. Because of your mentioning about the Kuchiyose Edo-Tensei and Fourth Hokage, I've got a new idea, but not for this book :P. And for Sasuke, I'm not giving him more than the Curse Seal level 2. He's going to find a way to get rid of that Curse Seal and get stronger without it. Doujutsu is just advanced TaiJutsu and Hijutsu is similar to Bloodline Limits or certain techniques only certain individuals can learn, that's why I though Rasengan was a Hijutsu. That vampire fic, would be a major AU… But for that, you also need to know everything about vampires, all those myths and stories involved with it, you know, those deeper meanings to it. I'm really not good for that, maybe you should try to write that AU Vampire/Naruto fic?
Rokudaime: Heh, many thanks, I appreciate it!
Hattuteline: Yep, I've noticed the strange kinda… atmosphere… that hovers above the text and I think it can be explained because I'm just not good with reunion description writing. Oh well shrugs, I hope this chapter won't be 'off' like that… Have to read over it a few times to know for sure.
Moonlight's Shadow: Indeed, though those last three dances Kimimaro uses are impossible for Ino to perform. Uhmm, well, I was actually kinda looking for new techniques, techniques you can make up, y'know? Neway, many thanks for the review!!
Moonlight Shadow: Looks at name and name of the previous reviewer Well, judging by your names one would think you're just the same person, but from the contents of the review… Err, anyway! You're right! The move is indeed called the Dance of the Crescent Moon, or Mikazuki no Mai.
Tenshinotabris: Wow! You're the only who suggested it was a cave. Heh, impressive, I though that riddle of mine was just a stupid thing to let the Akatsuki Followers say. Oh well, Thanks for the review!!
Nobuyasha: Hehe, Metal Village. Yep, also a possibility, but there's a village which already exists in is always 'Hard', so to say. Thanks for reviewing!
SilverKnight7: Heh, thanks for loving my story!! Here's an update! Hope you enjoy!
:D: Heh, many thanks!! Leaf Dance? Oh Umino means dolphin or Iruka? Thanks for reviewing!
EvilP: Heh, well many people think many times… or sumthin like that… Anyway, the OCs enter in this chapter, so better prepare yourself, heh, sorry. Thanks for the review!
Hotaru-chan: Ah, many thanks! I'm glad you liked the chapter! And thanks for reviewing!
Aki no Tenshi: Thanks, thanks and… well, thanks! Here's the next chapter, I hope you'll enjoy!
EfrainMan: Heh, yep, everyone's really powerful!! Isn't that just nice? Or isn't it? wonders Thanks for the review!
Dark Phoenix: Heh, I'm glad you like the story!! Here's the next chapter!
Metaphor-sama: You're right, Ino knows the Shinranshin no Jutsu. Hehe, well, I'm sorry, but you're wrong about that lil riddle. :P It's really a stupid riddle, though.
Trickmaster: Heh, well, the Meat Tank is a technique already known, I wanted a few new techniques, like, well, being able to slide your arms under the ground and lift up an entire plateau by just making the arms bigger. Oh well, thanks for the review!
Chinkpig: One thing is sure, the riddle is indeed based on something on earth, heh… Dance of the willow is possible if Ino has two swords… which she has :P. Thanks for reviewing!
FlareofDragon: Well, as I stated in earlier chapters, pairing won't come for now, later on. But here's the update! Thanks for reviewing!!
Lemmings12: Yeah, Kimimaro was from the Kaguya Clan, I know. I do wonder what Village the Clan lived in. Oh well, a few techniques are possible to learn, best not to go let everything go to waste. (gr?)
Drunkencow: Yep, I have the Jutsu List in alphabetic order and it'll be up one of these days. I don't know if Hinata has the Senshin-Byakugan…. Well, here's an update, you can put those knives down now… Heh, thanks for reviewing!
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"So basically, I want you all to check those places first, ok?" Shikamaru asked as he stood next to the Hokage and Shizune.
Before the three of them, Umino Iruka, Sarutobi Shigeru, Genma and Aoba were being informed about their mission.
"A few Chuunins will be accompanying your on your mission." Tsunade added. "Your mission is just to observe, come back and report. Do not go into battle."
Shikamaru somehow thought the line 'Look not for the light, but for the hard' as in Earth Country, Stone Village, the only Village and Country that could be 'Hard' and with the no light thing he suggested looking for places where it's always dark, as in caves or places underground, where the sun would be unable to reach with its rays...
There Where When is Now
Chapter 17
Umino Iruka wasn't one to leave his comrades to fate and neither were his fellow Jounin team mates, Genma, Aoba and Shigeru. They had been investigating in Stone Village so far, only to find most of it levelled to the ground. When they entered the Stone Village, many Akatsuki followers were trying to get them to leave. When they got dealt with, a few Akatsuki members showed up and four of the eight Chuunins who came with them were already killed now, while the other four were trying to stay alive.
"Shigeru-san… Do we ignore the Hokage's orders?" Iruka asked as he glanced at Shigeru for one second, just to stare right back at his opponents.
"It won't matter this situation, Umino-san. They won't let us leave, now that we know their position. And I'm not going down without a fight." Genma let out. He watched the four Chuunins jump back and land behind him, Iruka, Aoba and Sarutobi. "Let's begin then…"
The two Akatsuki members they were facing were Doro Odei, An ex-Sand Shinobi and Sukumi Tachi, and ex-Stone Shinobi. "Heh, we take no prisoners, just to let you know…"
Iruka began a few seals and yelled "Jishin no Jutsu!!" The ground around them was shaking. "Not to worry, I can control this with my Chakra…" Iruka said, mostly to the worried Chuunins.
The two Akatsuki Members didn't seem impressed. Sukumi Tachi even grinned. "I have the same Jutsu, let's see who's got the better one…" He performed the seals. "Jishin no Jutsu!!"
The struggle of control of the two earthquakes that were rumbling against each other was pretty fierce. Doro Odei sighed. "We don't have time to play too much, Sukumi." He easily dodged the sudden appearance of Genma's fist to his left and guarded the bash Aoba had in mind with his Shield of Wind. "There's no use trying to attack me with weak attacks like that."
Shigeru grinned as Doro looked dumbfounded. "What..?! How can you throw that many attacks at me?!?!"
Shigeru had created a Genjutsu and it made Doro see Genma and Aoba throw like a dozen attacks at him at once, all powerful. All the Genjutsu was meant for was an opening. Genma and Aoba were now approaching Sukumi from a blind angle.
They both got washed away by Doro's Wind Shield. Doro chuckled as the Genjutsu disappeared. "Heh, my Shield of Wind is automatic." He turned to Shigeru. "Nice Genjutsu, though…"
Iruka was blown backwards as he lost the struggle against Sukumi and as he landed he immediately got trapped in boulders Sukumi had control over. Sukumi wanted to crush Iruka, but noticed the four Chuunins coming to his rescue. He easily dodged all of their attacks and he made it rain boulders on them. Iruka's eyes widened as a large boulder landed on one of the Chuunins head, cracking the skull open. Iruka released all of his Chakra and was able to escape the Stone Bind Sukumi had put on him. He was too late to save another Chuunin's life as he got trapped between three boulders and found himself face to face with a kunai, which entered his face seconds later.
Iruka jumped up and performed a few hand seals. As he landed with a smashing blast, the wave of the blast fully hit Sukumi and he was blown backwards. He easily landed on his feet. "Heh, is this all you've got to offer me, Jounin?"
Iruka gritted his teeth. 'Damn, all my Jutsus are like… his Jutsus… So he knows how to get by them. Also, he's more powerful than me… definitely.'
Iruka braced himself as Sukumi rushed at him, only to see him get attacked by the two remaining Chuunins, who managed to keep him busy. 'I have no Jutsus that can really hurt this guy…' Iruka performed seals anyway. 'This is my best Jutsu, it better do some damage…' "Ugatsu no Horinuku!!"
Sukumi's eyes widened as he saw Iruka place his hands on the ground and watched the ground rise above all of them. He saw how it was controlled by Iruka's Chakra and noticed a sharp end of a lot of ground that had changed into a long and huge boulder. 'Shit… that's a big one, I can't avoid it… I see one solution…'
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Come forth, Umajiro!!"
Iruka managed to swallow in all his shock. His ultimate attack got stopped by a… by a huge Armadillo… 'Damn it… As far as I know, neither of us have summons, we're doomed…'
Meanwhile, Genma and Aoba had met the vicious wind attacks of Doro and Shigeru was trying to fool the guy with Genjutsu, but didn't managed as Doro simply released a gust of wind to dispel it. Shortly after, all of them had noticed the animal Sukumi had summoned. Doro grinned. "Time to finish this off, insects! Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"
And before Doro stood a humongous hawk, who didn't have time to do anything as all of a sudden, a gigantic snake came from under ground and wrapped himself all around the gigantic Hawk. The Hawk immediately disappeared with a lot of smoke.
Doro's eyes widened a great deal. 'That Summon… That's Manda!' Doro quickly looked up to see both Orochimaru and Hatsu stand on top of Manda's head. 'Its two masters…'
Manda turned to face the huge Armadillo. The staring between the two great summons was interrupted as an unknown woman appeared out of nowhere. Kinuta Teri, appeared from behind Orochimaru and Hatsu and also yelled "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"
Teri jumped on top of the head of the huge Hyena she had just summoned. "Ayeen… We have big battle here…"
Doro snarled and bowed to the unknown woman. The unknown woman also turned to Sukumi on the Armadillo, Umajiro's head and nodded her head once, on which Sukumi let his summon disappear and also bowed to the woman. It seemed she meant that this was her fight alone…
Orochimaru and Hatsu frowned, as did Teri as they stood on their summons. Orochimaru jumped off of Manda's head and landed close to the Konoha Jounins. "Go report back to your village now!! Your ability and presence are nothing but hindrance in this battle, leave."
Genma, Iruka, Shigeru, Aoba and the two remaining Chuunins nodded, obeyed and left the scenery, all looking back once.
The woman before Manda and Ayeen, Teri's Hyena chuckled. "Manda and Ayeen, ey? This is perfect…"
Orochimaru's eyes widened as the woman didn't even perform seals before she announced the "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Ryuukio…"
A huge dragon stood before the huge snake and Hyena and its breath was hot enough to make the other summons shudder, even Manda… The woman disappeared and reappeared on the Dragon's head. "Let's see what you can do against my summon…."
Orochimaru quickly performed many difficult seals. Manda and Ayeen prepared themselves.
Orochimaru was done with his seals. "Taiyuu Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"
Before Orochimaru were seven big snakes, slightly smaller than Manda. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes at the woman. 'This is not good… She has finished learning the techniques of all the Hidden scrolls… Her being able to summon that dragon is proof for it… This will be very hard…'
Hatsu on Manda spoke up. "Manda, time to use Doku Amaashi and Doku Hanasu." Manda didn't respond as he simply stared the large dragon down. "I'll do it, but know that this one is out of our league!!"
Manda expanded his own height and towered above the Dragon, but not much. "Doku Amaashi!"
Huge drops of poison were falling down on the dragon, but the dragon disappeared and appeared above Manda, landing harshly on him, making Manda disappear and Hatsu was barely saved between the Dragon's feet. Teri and her summon rushed towards the Dragon and all of Orochimaru's snakes did the same. The Dragon released a huge wave of fire, which quickly dealt with the snakes and blocked Teri's Hyena's attacks with his arms and tail. The Hyena suddenly screeched loudly and Orochimaru winced as his ears began to hurt, before falling to the ground.
Teri appeared on Orochimaru's side, picked him up and ran to Hatsu, picked him up and slung him over her other shoulder and ran away from the scene. "Keep him busy, Ayeen!! But don't die!!"
Teri's eyes widened as, no second later, Ayeen disappeared with a lot of smoke. Teri turned to see the huge dragon and its owner look at her. The woman suddenly appeared in front of her, while the dragon disappeared.
"How disappointing you were… Go, run, it's not like it matters. I don't want to kill everyone; I just want to rule over everyone. Go to Konoha, the biggest Village, and tell them we're coming…"
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Naruto and Jiraiya were training with each other again, as they did mostly these days. Often enough Sasuke and Kakashi joined them and Gaara and Neji less often than them.
"Oy, Jiraiya…" Naruto began. It took a lot for Jiraiya to make Naruto actually say his name, but that Naruto had grown older and…slightly…more mature, it was easier to persuade him. "I remember that technique you used on Itachi and Kisame the first time I saw them… Do you remember? You said something about being in your stomach?"
Jiraiya chuckled. "Heh, you can't learn that one, Naruto. It's sort of like a Bloodline Technique, but at the same time, it isn't. You can learn it, not from another, but from own experience. I had travelled far and long and my relationships with the frogs I summon grew. I had to go through hardships to be where I am today, considering the usage of Jutsus where frog abilities come in handy."
Naruto pouted. "Hmph, that's so boring! I wanted a new Jutsu and I've been wanting to have that one…" Naruto groaned. "Well…" He sighed again. "Let's start training, then."
Jiraiya smiled and performed the "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"
Naruto grew slightly nervous as he stared at GamaBunta, who stared right back.
"If it isn't Naruto… It's been very long since I've seen that ugly face, you've grown older. Oy, Jiraiya! Has he turned bad? Must we fight him now?" GamaBunta asked.
Jiraiya chuckled, while on top of GamaBunta's head. "No, he's not a bad guy. But we do have to go all out, GamaBunta! He's become one tough guy…"
Naruto didn't know how GamaBunta thought of him, but didn't worry about it and performed the easy hand seals instead. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
And before Naruto stood… a huge bear… Naruto grinned. "Meet Oguma… My Bear… The Boss of the Bears."
GamaBunta gripped his Katana and got ready.
Naruto grinned as Oguma simply stomped his right foot once in the ground, which caused a small earthquake and also made the ground under GamaBunta shoot skywards, thus launching GamaBunta backwards. Naruto grinned even more.
Oguma rushed forward in high speed, immediately heading for GamaBunta had landed. "Oy, Naruto! What's the deal? This a life and death battle?"
Naruto shook his head. "No, no! This is training!" Even though the Bear was running in high speed, Naruto was simply standing on the bear's head, using Chakra to stay in one spot.
GamaBunta slashed his katana immediately as he saw the bear approach. He was amazed the bear took the hit in the left arm but continued rushing forward. GamaBunta's eyes widened as the Bear tackled him with a lot of force…
Jiraiya held onto GamaBunta as much as he could. 'What the…! Naruto's summon is incredibly powerful, he takes a hit like that and just continues on!'
GamaBunta rolled backwards and rose, staring at his opponent afterwards. 'So this is how the bear fights… He probably has an enormous endurance… Hits like that he feels, but not much, he simply goes all out, making all his power go into the simple attack he performs… I bet the bear can only perform physical attacks, or perhaps Earth Attacks… I have to fight from a distance and avoid the attacks.'
Oguma, the bear, tried to look at Naruto, who on top of his head. "Naruto, I think he knows how I fight my battles. How about you summon Omigo?"
Naruto frowned. "What?! But that wouldn't be fair!! It would be two against one!! I'm all for fair play, Oguma!! Besides, as soon as you or Omigo gets hurt, the other goes completely out of control. Remember what happened last time I summoned the both of you?"
Oguma groaned, hating to be reminded as he got hurt and Omigo had gone in a frenzy state, killing everything in her sight. It was even more emberassing because it was HIM who got knocked out in that situation. "Ah, shut up! Besides, this toad seems to be a strong summon! And probably smart too!"
Naruto shook his head and saw GamaBunta jumped backwards. "Ey, Oguma, heads up!"
Oguma watched as four giant sized waterballs came out of GamaBunta's and were all heading for him. The bear crouched and made himself smaller, before rolling to the side, avoiding the four waterballs.
GamaBunta threw his Katana towards Oguma. Oguma heard it soar past his head, but he also heard it fly right back again. 'So he throws it like a… boomerang…'
The Bear grinned and caught the Katana, surprising both GamaBunta and Jiraiya. Jiraiya suddenly yelled. "GamaBunta, time for some oil!!"
As GamaBunta spitted out lots of oil, Jiraiya threw in a lot of fire, creating a huge wave of fire nearing Oguma and Naruto fast. Oguma was hit head on, while Naruto had protected himself by hiding himself on Oguma's back. 'Phew, that's one big attack…'
"Naruto!! I hate attacks like that!! Why didn't you warn me he had one of those?! Now I'm… black… all over, damnit!! Summon Omigo, would ya?!" Oguma angrily yelled, being burned in several places.
Jiraiya's eyes were widened. "Well… well damn… He simply took our best attack like that… Even Manda would be sore all over, but he's just standing there and complaining."
GamaBunta nodded his head. "Yes, this one has a major endurance, but he lacks high intelligence and he has no distance attacks,"
All of a sudden, Naruto caught sight of the opening of the Konoha Gates. From how high he was, on Oguma's head, he could see everything. "Jiraiya! Let's stop! I smell that Iruka-sensei's back from his mission!"
Jiraiya smiled as he nodded GamaBunta goodbye and Naruto did the same to Oguma. "I see. I wonder what they found out."
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"Just bring the Hokage here!"
The two guards looked very fierce as they stared at the Shinobi before them. They looked at each other before turning back. "We can't let you in yet! State your name and purpose!"
"But they saved us, they can be trusted!" Iruka yelled from inside Konoha at the two guards.
One of the guards replied. "That's not good enough, Iruka!" He turned back to the three Shinobis. "State your name!"
Suddenly, Naruto and Jiraiya appeared on the scene. Both guards bowed before Jiraiya immediately. "Jiraiya-sama."
"Heh, seems like you're being respected in this Village. Not surprising as it is as ignorant as it is powerful." A playful voice said.
Jiraiya turned to the worn old Kabuto and his look hardened a second later. "Orochimaru. Do you want to die? It looks like it, entering Konoha like this." Jiraiya said. "There's no way you'll survive."
"Ah, the nine-tails brat, huh?" Orochimaru said, ignoring Jiraiya. "I didn't come here to fight, Jiraiya, Naruto-kun. The Akatsuki told us to deliver a message to this village."
Jiraiya didn't trust this at all as was evident by the featured on his face. "You're working for the Akatsuki again?"
Orochimaru shook his head. "No. I'm against them."
The sudden appearance of the Hokage stopped their discussion.
"How are you doing, Tsunade?" Orochimaru greeted in a sing-song voice. "Or should I say, Hokage-sama?" He said, rather mocking.
Tsunade stared… she stared at him hard. "Orochimaru. What makes you think you'll live longer than one minute from now."
"I'm surprised you give me that long. But to answer that, the Akatsuki is ready and I expect they will be on the move soon. We just encountered them and I just… wanted to be an ally with my old Village." Orochimaru told, all the while with a grin.
Tsunade snorted. "Yeah right! What makes you think I'll believe a treacherous snake like yourself! We should kill you right here and now! You're a fool to come here like this, Orochimaru!"
"Hokage-sama. It's true. They saved us from the Akatsuki. It is true that they're located in the Stone Village. We encountered many Akatsuki followers and then all o a sudden, from under the ground, three very strong Shinobi appeared. We couldn't handle it, but these three saves us. We've lost six of the eight Shinobi, Hokage-sama." Iruka reported, head down in shame for having lost six Chuunins.
Tsunade still didn't seem satisfied. "Orochimaru, you will stay where Jiraiya is staying! Same room!!"
"What?!" Two voices yelled.
"And you two, who are you?!" Tsunade demanded.
"Teri Kinuta and Hatsu Heishou." Teri said, speaking for the both of them. "We were also, once of the Akatsuki, but now no longer. We will act as an ally to the Leaf."
Tsunade snorted. "Hmph, fine, go and try to find a place to sleep."
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It was night and the other was still out collecting information. He was silently hopping from tree to tree, hoping to be able to reach his destination in silence. He just had to find him, to be able to grasp his goal and actually embrace it, have it, forever…
Orochimaru landed on the roof of a small apartment. He had come to know of where Sasuke lived, and was surprised to find the Uchiha houses all gone. As he was about to slip down, he noticed another presence just beside him.
"Don't… Move any closer to Uchiha Sasuke and die. We have been warned about this… Orochimaru."
Orochimaru looked straight in the eyes of an Aburame. "ANBU, ey? I won't let one small ANBU stand in my way."
Shino simply pointed his finger to another house. Orochimaru followed the trail and watched about a whole group of ANBU positioned on another roof, facing Sasuke's roof. 'More ANBU… damn.'
Shino continued. "That is my team. For the actions you make now various decisions shall be made. Attack us and… simply die. Turn back and this will be viewed upon as an accident. Hokage-sama's orders. Because it seems there's a small change you'll make a difference in our battle with the Akatsuki. But make one wrong move… and we'll kill you."
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It was such a nice feeling. Under the sheets, where the warmth was just so comfortable. Today training would begin a little later, he decided with a enjoyable yawn. He rolled under the sheets, making his body enjoy the warmth even more. He sighed in total bliss as he buried his head in his pillow.
In the same room, Neji and Gaara were doing very much the same. Gaara even more so, since he had been unable to do so because of the Sand Demon within. But now he no longer had those problems because of the Fourth's Seal.
So it was only natural that no one responded to the knocking on the door. Itachi, Dareda, Mokito, Kisame and Sinobi were all sleeping in another room, but were probably doing the very same thing Neji, Gaara and Naruto were doing. Expanding their sleeping time…
Naruto's eyes opened just slightly at the sound of knocking at his door.
"Other time… Now…" Naruto already fell back to sleep.
Neji rose a little bit and activated his Byakugan to see who was at the door. He laid back down and closed his eyes. "Naruto, your old team mate is at the door."
Naruto groaned even in his sleep as he heard Neji say that. Gaara was simply sleeping.
"Naruto!!!" A voice screeched through the door, throughout the house.
But no one reacted on it, not even Naruto, who was snoring. Only Neji was a little more awake.
"Naruto!!!" There it was again, Neji looked at Naruto's sleeping form.
'How can one not hear an annoying voice like that? Even in your sleep.' Neji shrugged. 'I guess everyone in this house except for me.'
Neji came out of his bed, got dressed and had to hear three more annoying yells. 'Damn Naruto, making me open the door for you. You're lucky I'm so polite to let people sleep when they're enjoying their sleep. I hope this person isn't like me in this case.' Neji thought as he opened the door.
"What do you want?" Neji greeted.
Sakura's widened eyes indicated surprise. Probably because this was Naruto's house and he was there. Well, almost everyone knew they all lived here. No need to still act surprised about it, Neji figured. He frowned as Sakura hadn't answered yet.
"So, you come here, yell me awake with annoying screeches and then you say nothing? What's your problem?" Neji seriously asked.
Sakura blushed slightly. "I… just wanted to talk to Naruto."
Neji frowned. "It's early. Too early. He's still asleep. Everyone's asleep, except for me, thanks to you. You should be spending this time training, instead of visiting Naruto."
"But… I want to talk to him. Can I… Can I come inside?" Sakura asked politely.
Neji shrugged. "Fine. I'm going to try and get back to sleep. Follow me and you'll see Naruto sleep. Don't try to make too much noise or try to awake them with a yell or something. They get cranky then, like I am now." Neji said as he was walking to the bedroom, with Sakura behind him.
Sakura kneeled down to watch Naruto sleep and cautiously shook him, trying to wake him. "Naruto… Naruto…" She whispered.
She turned at the sound of Neji getting back to his bed and turned back to Naruto after that. "Naruto…" She whispered again. Now she held his nose and his mouth closed.
Naruto frantically moved around, trying to breathe during his sleeping did make him awake. His eyes opened to see Sakura. "Sa… Sakura?" He mumbled in a sleepy voice. "Ittoo early…" He whined as he closed his eyes again.
Sakura groaned softly and repeated the previous way of waking him up.
Naruto awoke again and this time Sakura talked. "Naruto, could you come with me? Out? Talk about old days? We'll go to Sasuke too, then, ok?"
Naruto stared at her for about ten seconds, before closing his eyes again and falling back to sleep. Sakura gritted her teeth.
An hour later, a little more.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
Before Sakura or the still sleepy Naruto could answer him, many ANBU ran past them towards the Hokage Tower. One stopped after seeing them and walked towards them.
"Excuse me. But the Akatsuki are approaching. They should be here in about three hours, they're just… walking calmly… Could you help me waking the other people up?"
Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura all nodded and leaped away, after that, the ANBU also leaped away.
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They were all ready now… ready to fight anyway… Most of them hadn't even been in a real war, but they were still ready. Shikamaru was pointing out what everyone was to do.
"I want all Jounins above age 25 to stand by the Gates and on the Walls of Konoha. All younger Jounins guard the area after that, being backed up by the Chuunins, Genins will be charging the Akatsuki followers all around. Jiraiya is to stay with the Hokage."
Naruto stuck his finger up in the air, also waving his entire arm for attention.
Shikamaru muttered something like 'how troublesome questions were' and 'damn Naruto' under his breath, before replying. "What, Naruto?"
"Well! Ano… Well, what are we? Chuunins, Jounins?"
Shikamaru sighed. "You're a missing-nin. Just go wherever you want to go, as long as you take out lots of enemies."
"They should be arriving… right about now…" One of the ANBU suddenly interjected.
"Defend Konoha with all you've got!!" Tsunade yelled. 'I hope it doesn't come to… to 'that'…'
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The fight had already begun. There were hundreds and hundreds of them, everywhere, simple followers, but people nonetheless. Kakashi was killing them one after another. To his left he saw Gai doing the same thing. Kurenai and Asuma were close by.
A few meters ahead, Kakashi saw the Kaiten being performed, on the other side, more yelling was heard as more were killed...
Suddenly, a somewhat stronger sense of Chakra swept through Kakashi. He immediately looked to the source, to find one of the Akatsuki Members, an old woman with a silk cloth in front of her eyes. A man landed beside her, with a strange looking metal arm.
Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai braced themselves…
Hiraga Matsu, the man with the metal arm, and Baeda, the old woman with the silk cloth in front her eyes, ere simply smirking. Both of them didn't move to attack. "Hatake Kakashi, ey? The man with one Sharingan." The old woman said. "My eyes are better than your Sharingan, since mine can see more than both the Byakugan and the Sharingan, but my eyes hurt if I don't wear this cloth, so the usefulness is reduced and equal to that of your Sharingan or the Byakugan. But I do not have the Hypnotic effect of the Sharingan, or the ability to see Opening Points like the Byakugan can. But my insight is far better than both…"
Hiraga pointed his Arm Cannon towards the Konoha Jounins and began to fire off his poisonous bullets. Seeing them vanish, he performed a few hand seals, after grabbing his little scroll of drawings. "Kage Henkei!!"
Kakashi observed the animal Hiraga had transformed into. 'That's odd… The Chakra system I detect within that animal is not more powerful than the man's Chakra system. I'd say… it's exactly the same…'
In the meantime, Gai was running and jumping in high speed towards the old woman. As soon as he performed his "Konoha Gouriki Senpuu!!" he saw his attack being blocked quite easily by the old woman and he got hit in the face, though he noticed the punch was rather weak. The woman had no time to attack Gai again as Asuma was doing a similar attack, but he saw how Baeda blocked his attack easily as well, Asuma got grabbed by the collar before he was thrown away.
"This is my absolute defence. You can't do anything against it with that. On the ground my Chakra controls my body and moves it to block or dodge incoming attacks."
Gai frowned. 'This isn't very good. The only Ninjutsu I know is the basic ones… Asuma also doesn't have many Ninjutsu, but if what she says is true about her eyes being equal to the Sharingan, even Kurenai's Genjutsu won't work on her. Kakashi will be the one who has to fight her.'
Kakashi was too busy dodging the sharp claws of the big dog and bear-like animal Hiraga had transformed into. Kakashi looked very intrigued to see the animal turn back to Hiraga immediately after Gai had kicked the animal.
'I see. Similar to the Shadow Clone…'
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He could smell him. The smell of draining Chakra. The smell of a man that had to have lead a horrible life, having that kind of Chakra to fight with. Family fights had to be a real bitch. He also smelled death, or blood for that matter. But the thing he smelled most, was the memory of defeat. He would make sure that the man would be killed now.
Boosting up his own Chakra and adding Kyuubi Chakra as well. Naruto rushed forward over the roofs even faster. Akatsuki Followers who noticed couldn't believe their eyes at the speed Naruto was showing them.
And then, he stood face to face with him. Kinokomaru Kutake, the man whose Chakra drains all other Chakra types. Time to rumble…
Kinokomaru collected his own Chakra and the draining process began. The Akatsuki Followers around them chose not to interrupt the battle between the two Shinobi.
Naruto grinned. "You're a strong, but especially annoying opponent. Your victory was luck, but this time"
"I know." Kinokomaru interrupted. "I won't be able to win against you, but my allegiance lies with her. I will give everything I have…"
Naruto nodded his head. "Good."
"Meihoushi, Sokuhoushi!!" Kinokomaru yelled.
Naruto frowned as he watched the air around him turn slightly 'gold'. 'That's odd… Something tells me that's poison…' Naruto jumped back and performed a few seals. "Time to clear the way! Ryouganku no Jutsu!!"
Kinokomaru's eyes widened as he watched real lava being released from Naruto's mouth. It made his Sudden Death Spores, the golden spores he had created in the air around him, dissipate. But the Meihoushi was still lingering around. He had to roll to the side to avoid the stream of lava coming his way. He had no time to dodge the incoming roundhouse kick from Naruto and flew straight through a few trees.
"Houshi Bunshin!"
Naruto didn't see anything being created, but he knew what 'Bunshin' meant, so he was prepared. He used his nose to be sure. And surely, he smelled another presence. 'But where?' Suddenly he felt it really close… too close… He immediately used "Kyoubou Tate!!" to blow anything too close away.
Kinokomaru stared unbelieving at Naruto as he easily defeated his Spore Clone, which was invisible to the human eye. 'This guy is really good…Still, the effect of the Meihoushi should hit him in a few minutes…my spores are close to useless since his defence just blows everything away.' Kinokomaru performed a few hand seals. "Tokuya!!"
Naruto recognized the attack and dodged the poisonous arrows thrown at him. 'He knows he can't hit me, but he's attacking anyway. This mean he's trying to buy time… I can't lose any more time now! The last time I played I lost against this guy!' Naruto gathered some Chakra from the Kyuubi and mixed it with his own.
Kinokomaru was blown backwards by the huge outlet of Chakra. As he landed he couldn't help but curse. 'He even managed to disable to Meihoushin with that boost…' Kinokomaru performed many seals in a very high pace. "Daitakegari!!"
Naruto felt a lot of Chakra suddenly drained from him and saw the familiar mushrooms appear all around him. "Shit! I have to finish this fast or I'll be out of Chakra!!"
Kinokomaru watched in awe as Naruto transformed a little bit. The red eyes and claws were there again…
Kinokomaru couldn't dodge the incoming attacks as he was tired from performing the Daitakegari and the other techniques. He never performed all of them this fast after the other. Naruto was just slashing at him.
Naruto didn't pause and grabbed Kinokomaru from the ground and rammed his face hard through a tree. "You're the one who has to die first, since you're the one who's the strongest…"
Kinokomaru coughed up blood. "No… I'm not the strongest… She is…" Kinokomaru suddenly and apparently finished a few hand seals. "Kindokuya!!"
Naruto gritted his teeth as he felt the many poisonous arrows hit his back as they were shot from the mushrooms. Kinokomaru smiled sadly. "You'll kill me… but you'll die too…"
Naruto grinned. "Heh, as soon as you're gone, I'll be fine… Since I have the Kyuubi inside of me…"
Kinokomaru's eyes widened greatly. 'Kyuubi? He is the vessel of that Nine-tailed Demon? Then, I've been fighting a losing battle… I should have killed him when I had the chance…'
Naruto's claw ripped through Kinokomaru's skull. The poisonous arrows in his back fell to the ground and the mushrooms disappeared as did all the spores around him. Naruto sighed as he let Kyuubi Chakra heal him. "Man, any longer and I'd have lost my own real Chakra… now he only managed to take a lot of Kyuubi Chakra with him…" Naruto said out loud as he watched the dead form of Kinokomaru.
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Baki had already slashed to many Akatsuki followers with his own special Wind Blade. 'Damn, there are so many. From where did they all come? The Sand should've come. But even then… it would be rather pointless…'
Temari grinned as she performed "Kuchiyose, Kirikiri Mai!!" and whipped an entire army of followers away, only to see a whole new and huge group approaching them. Inwardly, she had the same thoughts Baki had.
Kankurou was defending and attacking with his puppets all around him, using poison arrows, poison smoke and the lethal weapons his puppets wore. Suddenly, Kankurou watched two of his puppets being blasted away by a powerful wind blast.
Baki and Temari looked to see who had managed to do that to Kankurou's puppets, after seeing both puppets fly past them. Baki's eyes widened. "You!" Immediately he wore an angry expression. "Temari, Kankurou. This is the most wanted missing-nin of the Sand…"
Temari and Kankurou looked at each other before facing the man. "Doro Odei…"
Doro smirked. "Baki-kun. Heh… It's been a while. You've grown… I'm surprised you've become a Hunter-nin…"
Baki's features hardened even more. "Temari, Kankurou, you handle the others. I will fight Doro."
Temari and Kankurou nodded and spread out, taking out followers everywhere.
"Baki-kun. Are you ready?" Doro said, gesturing with his hand to come at him.
Baki instead performed the single hand seal for the Wind Blast and began slicing away at Doro, who easily dodged the attacks, not daring to block them. "Is this all you can do?" He yelled during his dodging. "I guess I overestimated your growth then." He started performing seals. "Suna Shuriken!!"
Baki easily avoided the Sand Shuriken and performed seals of his own. "Kaze Shuurajou!!"
Doro couldn't avoid the slicing winds Baki sent towards him and was ripped apart by them.
Baki snorted as he watched all the pieces that once were Doro dissolve into sand. He turned at the sound of another technique thrown towards him. "Sabaku Furou!!" Baki couldn't run from the huge wave that was about to embrace him. Until the gigantic wave stopped… descending. Doro was very confused as could be seen by his mouth, which was open.
Baki turned around and came face to face with Gaara.
"What a pitiful sand wave you've created… They who have no real power, should not be smiling during their own attack…"
Doro Odei snorted, but his eyes widened as Gaara easily took control of his attack with his own Chakra. 'But! That's my attack! How can he just take over my attack!!' Doro Odei immediately moved underground and rose from the ground a few seconds later, after the sand wave had already died down. He immediately performed the Summoning hand seals. 'That's Gaara… I won't be able to beat him without a summon.'
Meanwhile, Gaara was… grinning… as Doro Odei performed the "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"
A huge Hawk stood beside Doro. Doro jumped up and landed on the hawk's head. "Gaara… Show me what you can do against Oushu!"
Suddenly, the Hawk sank through the ground. As it tried to fly away, a huge sandworm wrapped itself around his claws. "Oushu!!" Doro yelled. It was too late, however, and the Hawk was dragged underground. Gaara immediately covered the huge hole with new sand and hardened it, so the Hawk would not be able to fly out.
When Doro had been underground, avoiding his own attack, the Sand Wave, Gaara used the Kuchiyose no Jutsu to summon Hikra, his Sand Worm… He let the worm dig the ground under Doro a little loose and that's how he had defeated the huge Hawk in short time. He wasn't surprised to see Doro jump out of the sand. 'He's a Sand Shinobi after all…'
Doro looked really angry. 'Shit! He defeated my summon just like that!'
"Hangetsuzan." Gaara spoke out.
Doro's eyes widened as Gaara's right arm began to show the familiar blue seals of the Shukaku. He watched as the entire arm grew in size. And then, he watched as the huge fist approaching him…
Baki winced as he saw how Doro got squashed…
Temari and Kankurou approached. "More of them are coming!!"
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"You're a fool. You can not win against me. You have an absolute defence against almost all attacks, Bu my attacks can not be defended against so easily."
Sukumi Tachi snorted. "Talk is cheap. Just start already."
Sukumi Tachi had activated his Stone Armor. Unlike with Gaara, the Stone Armor was very evident. Neji just shook his head. "Senshin-Byakugan!!"
Sukumi braced himself. "Heh, the Byakugan, huh? I know of your 64 Points attack, that won't be able to get past my Stone Armor."
Neji smiled. "That isn't really necessarily… I have the perfect attack for penetrating your defence…" Neji went through four different hand seals. "Katon, Aisu, Raiden, Mizu, Karm no Jutsu!"
Before the beam would hit Sukumi, Neji yelled "Bunretsu!!" which made the beam didvide into four separate slightly smaller beams.
And then, "Seikaku!!" and all beams headed for Sukumi again.
Sukumi's speed was very low because of the Stone Armor, so trying to dodge was out of the question.
Neji let the water beam hit Sukumi, then the Ice. He let the Fire and Electricity Beams wonder off and rushed towards Sukumi himself, preparing to give him the hardest punch ever.
As the hit connected, mixed with the Gentle Fist style, The Armor started cracking, Neji smiled and let both the fire and electricity beams make their impacts on Sukumi. Sukumi screamed in pain.
Neji watched as he crouched down. Just to be sure, he performed new seals and unleashed a "Rakurai no Jutsu", a lightning strike on him, to be followed by the "Hyouketsu no Jutsu!!", a freeze attack. Sukumi now was a simple Ice block. Neji pulverized it, after looking at it for one small second.
"Heh, if I had played around, he probably would have lived a lot longer… But this is a war and I have to defend Konoha…"
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"So we meet again. This time will be very different." Sasuke stated. "Sharingan!!"
Takabashi Nakao merely grinned. "Heh, the last time I fought you, you were down so easily. Not a lot of time has passed since then. You think you can defeat me now?"
Sasuke ignored him and rushed forward with two Raikiris in both his palms. Nakao disappeared from view, but not from Sasuke's view. "I can see you!" He immediately threw one Raikiri straight at Nakao, who was up on a roof. The Raikiri managed to blow the roof off, but missed Nakao. Sasuke saw him again, this time to his left and he threw his last Raikiri at him. As Nakao dodged the smaller version of the Chidori, he found himself blocking Sasuke's fist and knee. Nakao immediately countered with a jab. As Sasuke faltered Nakao kicked him in the face, sending Sasuke flying.
"Seems to me I'm still superior to you."
Nakao had already sensed where Sasuke went as he had disappeared. Nakao blocked the foot in front of his face and the knee planning to land hard in his back. Nakao somersaulted straight into Sasuke, who barely dodged and countered with "Kage Jiten Shuriken!!"
Nakao tried to jump away but saw that the Shuriken were all around him. 'Nowhere to run…' Many Shurikens already slashed at him as they were spinning around Sasuke.
Nakao's eye colour changed to golden and smirked as he ignored the cuts the Shurikens were giving him. He simply rushed towards Sasuke and rammed his hard in the face.
As Sasuke landed, he couldn't help but look dumbfounded. 'Huh… he managed to get through all those Shurikens…' Nakao suddenly vanished. 'What! His speed has increased!! It has increased greatly! I can't see him!'
"Hishouken!!" Sasuke could only watch as Nakao approached him from the front, it seemed he was flying towards him, so horizontally was he jumping towards Sasuke. The fist that hit his face was excruciating, Sasuke flew high in the air because of the blow and could sense Nakao was following him in the air.
"Raiouken!!" With an incredible smack and loud rumble of thunder, Sasuke spiralled down towards the ground, electricity surrounding him. Nakao's attack was powerful and had Electricity in it as well. Sasuke mad a hard impact on the ground, creating a large crater.
Sluggishly, Sasuke rose and activated his Curse Seal to level two. And then, he felt his presence behind him. He could feel the Kunai close to his neck…
"Reppuuken!!"
Nakao was blown several meters away, as Rock Lee used Violent Wind Fist on Nakao's face. "Are you alright, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke snarled. "He's my opponent, Lee! Stay out of this!"
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Sakura was watching all the Akatsuki Followers who had fallen into her Genjutsu trap and they were walking circles. "My opponents are too thick to even see this easy Genjutsu, can you believe it?"
Hinata and Ino both smiled. "Sakura, you do know that as soon as they notice the Genjutsu, we'll have to deal with a whole lot of them?" Ino complained.
"Don't worry, as soon as they figure this one out, they'll be so proud of themselves that they won't notice walking straight into the second Genjutsu." Sakura said.
Hinata smiled. "So, you'll done Shinteki Taisaku after this one, right, Sakura-san?"
Sakura nodded. "Yep, and after that I'll summon Katsuyu… Tsunade said she won't be using it."
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Jiraiya on GamaBunta, Hatsu Heishou on Manda and Teri Kinuta were facing the Akatsuki Leader's Dragon. Tsunade and Orochimaru, meanwhile, were facing the Akatsuki Leader.
"So, you must be Tsunade, right? One of the Legendary Three?" The woman said before turning to the man beside Tsunade, who had grey hair in a pony-tail and eyes that didn't seem to match with the face. "And you are?"
"Orochimaru."
The woman smiled. "Ah, I see. I know that special Jutsu of yours now too, Orochimaru…"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. 'This woman has to die…'
"Those fools will never beat my dragon… And neither will you two be able to defeat me." The woman said before gathering in enormous amount of Chakra, able to blow Orochimaru and Tsunade away, if they weren't trying their hardest to remain standing in front of her.
"Let's begin…"
Tsunade began by rushing forward and ram her fist straight through the woman, who disappeared. Orochimaru had already moved to where the woman had moved to and tried to land a kick in her face, which was easily blocked. Orochimaru could feel the power that surged through her arm. The punch she gave him to the face proved it even more. 'I think she has more power than Tsunade…' Orochimaru thought as he flew backwards. Tsunade approached and fist hit fist, followed by the rumble that resulted from the impact of the two...
Tsunade's eyes widened. 'She matched my power…!?'
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"Aaaghhh!!" Kiba screamed. "Get the hell off of me, Chouji!"
Chouji fell off of Kiba and watched Shino perform hand seals against their opponent. Shino's ANBU subordinates had already been killed and they had been luck this far, also because they had just joined the fight. It was Shino who shoved Chouji away, saving him from the woman they were fighting.
Shino already knew the name of the talented woman before him and had to admit that he probably would be beaten if he worked alone. So he was pretty glad Chouji and Kiba showed up. But Chouji almost died because of the earth smashing punch Takabashi Serra could give.
"Kouken!!" Serra yelled as she appeared to Shino's left and hit Shino hard in the chest. Shino felt her fist claw through his chest. Shino watched as Serra continued. "Rajinken!!"
Shino couldn't help but be blown away a few meters while electricity crackled through his system.
Kiba approached Serra together with Akamaru and performed the "Gatsuuga!!"
Serra looked intrigued and jumped right towards the Piercing Fang. "Toraryuu Rendan!!"
Chouji watched in awe as Chakra surrounded Serra and she jumped right into the Piercing Fang. A very short moment later, blood was splashed every way and Kiba and Akamaru fell to the ground, with a lot of slashed on their body…
'Shit… She can counter the Gatsuuga…' Kiba thought.
It was Chouji's turn and his arm grew in size, his fist approaching Serra's form. Serra watched the first approach. "Katouken!!" She yelled as she punched the fist hard.
Chouji screamed as his entire arm was in fire and because of it was bigger than usual, it hurt more too… Chouji gritted teeth. "Shoushou!!" He jumped towards Serra and landed both his fists hard in the ground, causing the ground under Serra to crumble. Serra simply jumped. Chouji grinned as he still had his hands on the ground. "Doton Doryou Dango!!" With that, he pulled two enormous boulders from the ground and threw both of them at Serra, who was still in the air.
Serra watched the two enormous boulders and saw that she couldn't dodge. "Hien Zan!!"
And with her Chakra, amazingly enough, she cut straight through the two boulders and secured her safety as she landed on Chouji with "Koukkuu!!" Using her two feet as knives, using Chakra. Chouji screamed in pain. Before Serra could continue with another attack, sudden forms of Chakra were thrown at her. Serra jumped backwards and watched as new girl came into view. Holding Chakra in her hands…
Kiba recognised the girl. 'Ten-Ten… She's a Jounin.' Kiba rose from the ground and performed many seals with Akamaru by his side. 'We can handle this easily without a Jounin aiding…' Kiba nodded to Akamaru. "Soutou"
Before he could finish, Serra had pounded her shoulder straight into Kiba's face, sending him into a wall. Akamaru tried to a single Gatsuuga at her, but was also kicked away.
Ten-Ten approached, but was surprised to find the woman already behind her and kicking her hard in the back. As Ten-Ten landed she had to admit that the woman sure had power. 'Time to activate my absolute defence then…'
Serra narrowed her eyes at the Chakra around the girl. 'I see… She uses her Chakra almost the same way I do, but she on the other hand can throw her Chakra… while I just expand the range of my attacks or make my physical attacks more lethal… I can't get close to her without getting sliced by the Chakra around her…'
Serra closed her eyes and as she opened them, they were bright red. 'But now, that Chakra won't affect me at all… Ember-state…'
Ten-Ten grinned as the woman approached. 'Heh, she'll be hurt as soon a she comes too close.' And indeed, Ten-Ten's Chakra began to slice at her. But Ten-Ten 's eyes widened as the woman simply ignored the pain and went straight through. "Shoudan!!" With an incredible surge of Chakra in Serra's fist, Ten-Ten was sent flying. She couldn't avoid feeling Serra on her as they both descended towards the ground in high speed.
"Raihou!!" Serra yelled. Ten-Ten forced all of her Chakra around her and hardened a great deal. The impact they would make would be tremendous. Serra landed with Ten-Ten under her and her fist in Ten-Ten's stomach. The ground was ripped apart by the impact. Serra jumped up and looked impressed at the girl. 'She's still alive after the Raihou… Quite impressive, but she won't be able to stand up again…'
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Sasuke was leaning against a building and watched as Lee avoided an outstretched black shadow-ish image of a fist. But Lee got knocked hard in the face by Nakao, who appeared beside him as Lee was still avoiding the Shadow-like fist moving through the air. Nakao was using strange techniques, Bloodline Limit techniques, Sasuke noted.
Sasuke rushed towards Nakao again in his Curse Seal level 1 state, since level 2 just took too much Chakra. He watched Nakao gather Chakra in his hands. "Dokouken!!"
Sasuke's Sharingan told him there was poison involved and Sasuke leaped backwards while performing a few hand seals. "Suicchi!!"
Nakao grunted in confusion as he found himself on the spot Sasuke stood moments earlier. Sasuke smirked at the short moment of disorientation Nakao was going through and yelled. "Katon: Inferuno!!"
Nakao screamed in pain as fire engulfed him from every side. Sasuke grinned and deactivated the Curse Seal. "He's not down… Lee!" Sasuke yelled and saw Lee land next to him. "Are you alright?"
Lee almost shoved his thumb in Sasuke's face. "I'm great! He did manage to break one of my ribs, I think… So my movements will be slower than usual…" Lee suddenly threw all of his weights off. "But this should help…"
Sasuke grinned. "Ok, it will take long before he's down Lee…"
The golden eyes that they saw weren't a joy to watch. Nakao smiled. "For that attack, I will kill you two slowly!!" Nakao smirked insanely. "Choureppaken!!"
Sasuke's eyes widened at the Chakra Nakao was displaying. 'What the hell!! That's even more than my Curse Seal can give me!'
Nakao lost all control and simply appeared behind Sasuke and rammed him hard through one of the walls of the houses around them. Lee hit Nakao hard in the face but was surprised that Nakao took the hit with a grin and headbutted Lee right back, sending Lee flying.
Sasuke slowly climbed out of the house he had fallen into and panted. His eyes widened as he heard a familiar voice from above him. "Oy, Sasuke you bastard! Tired already?"
On the roof above him, Naruto stood, leaning over him, his shadow falling over him. He frowned at him before Lee was rammed through the same wall he was climbing out.
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Kakashi and Gai were trying to hit Baeda, the old woman, with combined combos, but found her absolute defence, really… absolute. It was good the old woman didn't pack a powerful punch or kick and she couldn't throw Kunais that fast.
Kurenai and Asuma weren't getting close either to the horrible technique Hiraga displayed. It seemed he could spray his blood from his Chakra Points, it seemed the guy could automatically make new blood in his body. Had to be a Bloodline Limit… So it would be no use trying to hit him with Kunais or Shurikens to make blood flow from his body. One big move was needed to wipe the guy out. Kurenai performed a few difficult hand seals, while Asuma also performed a few hand seals.
Hiraga Matsu suddenly found himself paralyzed, unable to move. Being in a whole new world didn't help matters as he found himself being tied up, being crucified at the same time. And then the roped began to burn… burn real hot. Hiraga screamed before another illusion entered the scenery. Hiraga found liquid being poured over him. The liquid was also really hot. Hiraga screamed more. And then he felt one Kunai get stuck in his torso. Hiraga smirked and released another wave of blood from his Chakra points…
Kurenai and Asuma both jumped backwards as Hiraga's blood almost hit him. They watched as Hiraga pulled himself out of the Genjutsu. This particular one paralyzed the movements and gave an opening to kill the enemy, but you had to be quick, since the Genjutsu wouldn't take very long, otherwise it would take too much Chakra.
"So the pain was also just an illusion…" Hiraga said and narrowed his eyes at Kurenai and Asuma. "That was close, until you made blood flow in the illusion, which gave me the opportunity to use my ability. Too bad…"
Kakashi and Gai weren't getting any closer either and were panting by now. And then suddenly, they watched as shock registered on Baeda's face. Kurenai and Asuma noticed the same on Hiraga's face.
"Heh, I didn't think elite Jounins like you four needed my help… How troublesome…"
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Shino let his bugs heal him as he was smashed harshly against one of the walls of a house. 'Hmm, she uses Chakra to expand the range of her physical attacks, making my poison quite ineffective… guess I'll use the same style she uses… to form my Chakra into power…'
Kiba and Akamaru were both tired, after trying to perform the most powerful Jutsu they witnessed Serra being able to cancel the Jutsu before it could be performed. Now they used the simply Juujin Bunshin, while both also performing the Gekido, Kyouran Kougeki, making both of them lose control but gaining more power and speed. So now you could see two Kibas throwing one Sankontessou after another at Serra, who could only dodge.
Chouji had already tried all of his physical attacks against Serra, but found that Serra could use her Chakra in a far better way and was ably to parry all his attacks away, even after using two pills. He had considered going multi-size, but hat would put Kiba and Shino in danger. Chouji winced as he saw Kiba and Akamaru both being thrashed against the same wall Shino was resting against. And then, as Serra was slightly gloating and telling them all to just run, something changed. Chouji squinted his eyes as he watched Hinata appear before Serra and performing the 64 Opening Points Attack.
Shino rose from the ground, followed by Kiba, who carried the tired Akamaru in his hands. "I see. Yamanaka Ino and Hyuga Hinata, while Haruno Sakura had probably performed a Genjutsu to delude the woman, Ino was able to enter her body and Hinata used her attack…"
"We should kill her now we can…" Kiba growled while petting Akamaru.
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TBC…
Author's Note: Heh, so many battles and so many of them aren't even finished… Well, as you might have noticed, I changed the Spore Guy's name from Kinoko to Kinokomaru, since Kinoko was a female name, as Hattuteline pointed out to me. But he has died in this chapter, so unfortunate. I kinda liked the guy, but his ability didn't promise him a long life…
And oh my God!! What would happen if Sasuke would encounter Itachi or Orochimaru during this war….