"8 Cosmic Strikes" Naruto said as he demonstrated a series of striking techniques to a bunch of people. Tsunade had instructed Naruto to train some of the newly promoted chuunins and senior chuunins ,some techniques form him and the scrolls that Sasuke had stolen. Sasuke meanwhile was reading the large scroll he had stolen and also a Vibrating Sound Speaker. This was the same weapon that Dosu Kinuta used during the first Chuunin Selection exam. Beside him was Executioner sheathed in a red sheath.
"The 8 Cosmic Strikes can be used by hand to hand and weaponry..Since you can't see the 8 celestial gates I will have to make you memorize where to hit them." Naruto said as he pulled out a small board which had a diagram of the 8 parts to attack. Hyuuga Hinata was sitting beside Naruto reading on medical techniques which Tsunade had given her.
"Naruto-kun Can you help me with this technique?" Hinata asked , her hands gently pulling on Naruto's arm. Naruto quickly sat down by her side and read the technique details. He read the technique details for a few minutes then practice the hand seals. Naruto finished reading the scroll and looked up brightly at Hinata.
"Here's how you do it Hina-chan" Naruto said as he demonstrated the technique to his girlfriend. Actually Hinata already knew how to do the technique she just wanted some time alone with Naruto. Hinata motioned for them to move to a more secluded and abit private area. Naruto shrugged and followed Hinata who had disappeared from his view. Naruto quikly sprinted towards the direction Hinata disappeared to hoping to have a little talk with her. He notice that something was bothering Hinata.
After reaching the area he saw Hinata sitting in one of the three stumps while her back was turned to him. Naruto walked up to her and gently wrapped his arms around her waist. "What's wrong Hina-chan?? " Naruto asked while gently placing his head on Hinata's shoulder. Hinata gave a sigh of relief and touched Naruto's hand in a very affectionate way. hinata turned around with a gentle smile on her face.
"You've been busy lately Naruto-kun you never spend time with me" Hinata said, her tone had a hint of sadness. She raised her arms and gently wrapped them around Naruto's neck pulling him closer. Naruto had a small smile on his lips while his sapphire orbs looked directly into Hinata's pearl like orbs.
"I'm sorry Hina-chan If I haven't been spending time with you lately...Hhhmmm How about dinner later tonight at my house?" Naruto asked after apologising to Hinata. His eyes never leaving Hinata's loving gaze. Hinata hugged Naruto tightly , tears falling down from her eyes to Naruto's shoulder. Naruto ran his hand on Hinata's back gently caressing her back trying to sooth her. Naruto whispered into Hinata's ear tellinng her to stop crying. "Hina-chan please stop crying..Don't worry I will never leave you..Your one of my precious people" Naruto said while planting a small kiss on Hinata's forehead.
Hinata finally stopped crying and hugged Naruto tightly , planting her lips on his lips , brushing it lightly. Naruto's cheek turned light red as he savored the kiss from Hinata. This little action wasn't unnotice by a certain pink haired kunoichi. She was actually jealous of Hinata because Naruto was with her. 'What does he see in her anyways?? I'm prettier than her...and I'm Naruto's crush!' Sakura thought as she moved towards Hinata after seeing Naruto leave the clearing.
Meanwhile Sasuke and Lee were practicing a Taijutsu move from the Scroll called the Flight of the Sound. A Kinjutsu that enabled the use to move at the speed of sound but also caused tremendous stress and damage to the body. Following this kinjutsu is another Kinjutsu that used the Flight of the Sound, A move that used the Sonic Boom of the jutsu for an attack. Lee liked the idea of the jutsu so he practiced learning Sonic Strike after Sasuke left him to train.
Sasuke left Lee to train on his own, he needed to train using Executioner and the Vibrating Sound Speaker. The Sound amplifier was abit heavy thats why Sasuke needed to get used to carrying the weapon. There were plenty of forbidden techniques in the scroll..most of them created by Orochimaru which would be very lethal and helpful. Tsunade had granted the training of the new chuunins and new jounin giving Naruto the responsibility of training with his friends. The former teachers of the new chuunins offered to help which Naruto accepted.
Kakashi watched Sasuke train using the two weapons , the sword and a gauntlet. He was impressed as to how determined Sasuke was in training. Kakashi decided to step in Sasuke's training by appearing a few feet from the teen. "What technique are you doing Sasuke?" Kakashi asked in his usual bored tone. Sasuke continued to perform some sword styles while adding some punches for the vibrating sound drill attack that Dosu Kinuta use to be the master of.Sasuke finally stopped and threw the scroll to Kakashi.
Kakashi caught the scroll and began to read the jutsu. Kakashi looked up at Sasuke and gave him a small smile. "This is impressive Sasuke..An attack that damages both the inner coil system and muscles." Kakashi said as he threw Sasuke a blindfold. Sasuke looked back at him with a puzzled look. "Train your senses first before continuing on learning that jutsu. Learn to rely on your other senses" Kakashi said as he demonstrated by pulling the other end of his forehead protector over his remaining visible eye.
"Why does it matter?? I can use my other senses just fine" Sasuke replied as he held onto the blindfold tightly. Kakashi gave him a serious look that he had only seen when he was training for the Chidori. Sasuke just gave a groan and followed Kakashi's instructions. 'This better make me stronger' Sasuke thought as he concentrated on using his ears to pick up any sound from Kakashi,
Kakashi meanwhile already knew what to do , he had done this kind of training back when he was a genin. Back when his teammates and sensei were alive. Kakashi moved his head towards a chakra signature which was higher than anyone elses in the training area. 'He looks and acts just like you Sensei' Kakashi thought as he returned his focus on Sasuke who was getting rather impatient.
Sakura meanwhile chose this moment to have a little chat with Hinata. Hinata was still working on the healing jutsu scroll while trying hard not to lose her focus. Her thought were on a certain blonde haired Shinobi who had loved her with all his heart.
Flashback
"Hinata-chan would you like to have dinner with me tonight?" Naruto asked while his hands gently squeezed Hinata's delicate hand. Hinata blushed at the warmth in Naruto's touch and nodded. Naruto gave her a small peck on the cheek and whispered into her ear. "I have a surprise for you tonight Hina-chan"
After those words Naruto calmly walked back to the others , a large grin plastered on his face. Hinata was left there still blushing and wondering what Naruto's surprise is going to be.
End of Flashback
Hinata's thought were brought back to reality when Sakura tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to Sakura who was impatiently waiting for her to reply.
"Well??" Sakura asked tapping her foot to show her impatience.
Hinata gave her a puzzled look and replied "I'm sorry what was it again??" Sakura seemed annoyed by her reply but she repeated her question.
"What does Naruto see in you and Why did he choose you of all the girls over me?" Sakura asked as she took a step closer to Hinata trying to intimidate the Hyuuga Heiress.
Hinata was shocked at this question but her facial expression turned from happy to an angry one. She took a step back and calmly replied "What Naruto sees in me is someone precious to him..He loves me for Who I am. I care for him and He care for me also."
"Yeah yeah He said that to me too plus I am his crush and we were teammates" Sakura said with a sneer.
"Correction Sakura-san You were his crush...After what you did to him I'm surprise He didn't kill you when he saw you in the chuunin exams." Hinata said as she stared straight into Sakura's green orbs. "You drove him out of the village...You hurt him alot..even after he saved you from Gaara-san after he kept his promise to you. Sasuke rejected you and now You want Naruto since Uchiha-san didn't want anything to do with you!" Hinata said her voice filled with venom as she continued her reply. Her hands were clenched into fist tightly , her whole body shaking in fury. She never really liked Sakura's way of treating Naruto.
"So? Naruto will forgive me and He'll come running to my arms. I'm sure Naruto still has feelings for me" Sakura said trying not to be intimidated by Hinata's glare. She glared back at the pale eyed girl while trying to break Hinata's affection for Naruto.
"Yeah he will forgive you I know he would but After those words you told him 4 years ago i highly doubt it" Hinata said as she turned around carrying with her the scrolls. As an afterthought Hinata turned her head and said "Oh and Sakura-san I'd advice you not to try and steal Naruto-kun from me..He doesn't deserve someone like you"
"And He deserves you?" Sakura shot back her anger almost reaching it's boiling point. Hinata gave her a smile and replied "Naruto came to me when He got back Sakura-san and he thanked me for caring for him. I have admired him from afar for so long but he never turned me down. He admired you too but you threw it in his face..so don't go telling me that He doesn't deserve me"
Sakura finally blew up and charged forward at Hinata with killing intent radiating from her aura. "You paled eyed bitch!! Naruto doesn't deserve you..Your nothing!!! I'm more beautiful than you" Sakura yelled as she began to form a series of handseals for an attack. "Fire Element: Fire Bolt" Five spears of flames shot out from Sakura's lips as she continued to rush towards the Hyuuga Heiress.
A black blur intercepted the flaming spears causing an explosion to occur. Sakura found herself bound by bandages causing her to crash on the ground. The smoke cleared to reveal Naruto his hands held out while his clothes were being burnt. His Cerulean orbs had orange rings of light on them as he panted. Three flame spears had connected and were now imbedded on Naruto's shoulder while the other two were stuck on his left and right arm.
"You alright Hina-chan?" Naruto asked while struggling to keep calm and not yell out in pain from the burning that the spears were doing on his muscles. Hinata was shock at what Naruto just did. She immediately pulled out the spears out of his body while ignoring the same burning sensation that the spears were cauing to her hand.
Sakura meanwhile was being carried off by Rock Lee towards Kakashi and Sasuke who had watched the whole incident. Kakashi was shaking his head while Sasuke was annoyed by Sakura's screaming voice. "LET ME GO LEE..." Sakura yelled as she struggled against the strong bandages that bond her from escaping.
Ino went over to the struggling Sakura and trew her hand back. SLAP Ino's hand was now imprinted on Sakura's face. Sakura started to yell at Ino for slapping her. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR INO-PIG!!!"
"SHUT UP SAKURA!" Ino roared as she slapped Sakura once more. Kakashi meanwhile walked over to the two girls and said in a rather bored tone.
"I'm very disappointed at you Sakura...Instead of trying to be friends..You want more? After all you've done to him You expect him to just come running to you?" Kakashi said while Sasuke paid no attention to the two of them. This wasn't his business plus It's be nice to finally put some sense into Sakura.
Sasuke stopped his training for a minute and turned to Kakashi and Sakura. "Sakura you said you loved me and yet all you've showed is nothing but plain annoying. I f you truly want my to even have feelings for you...become stronger...and stop thinking about relationships."
Sasuke then went back to his training while trying to ignore the look that Kakashi was giving him. 'I'll admit sakura is pretty but She is just plain weak plus she's naturally unstable when it comes to relationships ad she ignores her duties as a Kunoichi.' Sasuke thought while rubbing the back of his neck , touching the part where the curse seal is.
' I will not rely on that damned snake's curse!' Sasuke thought as he thought of combining the Chidori with KyoumeisenVibrating Sound Drill. Sasuke said his good byes to Kakashi and the others as he started his trek towards the Uchiha Manor.
Naruto just watched as he was leaning against a tree. His shoulder and arms were being healed by Hinata who was softly crying and whispering soothing words to Naruto. She was trying to calm Naruto and trying to stop him from moving around too much. Naruto could heal the would easily if he wanted to but the blonde teen liked the feelng of Hinata being so close to him.
'Tonight I will tell her' Naruto thought as he winced in pain from the way Hinata was trying to close up the wound and healing the burnt muscles. Naruto closed his eyes and rested for a bit. The gate of Sonic Speed had taken alot of his chakra to even intercept the spears lucking he hand deflected to of the spears but the three still hit their mark eventhought it was'nt their intended target at all. He was pissed off at Sakura's actions and also he wasn't shocked at all by Sakura's actions. Ater what she did to him 4 years ago , he lost respect for his former crush. It took everything he had not to lay a single finger on her. He always thought 'Calm Down Naruto She's one of your precious people' whenever he was around her.
Neji meanwhile was being held back by a bored Shikamaru , a smoking Asuma and a rather comical Gai. Neji wanted to kill Sakura for attacking Hinata but the Jounins held him back trying to calm him down. They were surprised by the way Sakura acted and more surprise at Naruto's action , throwing himself into the line of fire to save Hinata. They did not know the relationship between the two save for Neji , Sakura and Sasuke.
Sasuke left the training area already heading towards the Uchiha compound. He passed by the Subaku residence where Temari and Kankuro's voice were blaring out of the window. Well Kankuro's voice could be heard from outside, Temari's voice was being drowned out by Kankuro's yelling. Sasuke stopped for a minute to check on the siblings.
"Can't you bicker in private?" Sasuke interrupted as he peeked into the window. Kankuro and Temari's yelling immediately stop after noticing the Uchiha Avenger. Temari had a blush on her face as she stared at him. Kankuro meanwhile was glaring at Sasuke trying to intimidate him. Sasuke ignored him while he stared at Temari who only had a tanktop and shorty shorts which showed off her figure. Sasuke blushed after giving Temari the once over with his eyes.Sasuke winked at Temari and ran off while a puzzled, blushing Temari just scratched her head and went back to her room. Kankuro meanwhile was clueless at what just happend that he forgot about the fight.
Sasuke stepped thru the oak doors of the Uchiha compound. The eerie feeling that hug over the place immediately washed over him. Sasuke shivered as he walked towards his house. This place always was creepy with only him residing in the huge compound. 'Well I guess I could start restoring the clan but..there's no girl suitable for me..Most of them only think about being with me and ignore their training after having one look at me.'Sasuke thought as he held the handle of the door. He suddenly felt like this happend before. 'Nani? what is this feeling..' Sasuke thought as he pulled the door open.
Inside the room someone stood in the darkness waiting for him. Sasuke's facial expression turned into an angry one as he spoke the name of the intruder. "Uchiha Itachi" Sasuke said as his sharingan flared to life , glaring at the same eyes that their family was famous for.
"Foolish Little Brother...I have come to kill you" Itachi said as he removed his akatsuki cloak to reveal the traditional uchiha clothing. A lot similar to what Sasuke was wearing. Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he prepared to fight Itachi, Executioner's blade glowing inside the sheath as it sense another Uchiha not far. Itachi had an emotionless expression on his face as he waited for Sasuke to attack first.
Sasuke didn't hesitate to launch his own attack , starting off with Taijutsu. Itachi blocked a kicked aimed to his head only to meet a fist being rammed into his gut. Itachi quickly flipped backwards , managing to make his feet connect with Sasuke's chin. Itachi quickly threw a pair of kunais at Sasuke while secretly directing the weapons with strings. Sasuke quickly pulled out his own kunai to deflect the projectiles aimed at him.Itachi smirked as he moved his fingers around causing the off course kunais to wrap itself around Sasuke.
Sasuke struggled to move but the strength of the strings were like a vice as it tightly wrapped around him. The strings had begun to dig into his skin , blood was dripping down his arm. Sasuke gritted his teeth as he concentrated on the one technique that could save him. "Amaterasu" Sasuke muttered as he opened his eyes , blazing ebony flames shot out the size of the attack was the same as the Goukakyou towards his older brother. Itachi quickly cut the strings and used Kawarimi to get out of harms way.
Sasuke scanned the area for any sign of his brother. They were inside the Uchiha Compound but that would not mean that the ANBU guarding him would not notice the battle inside. A hand came from underneath him as Itachi grabbed hold of Sasuke's foot to drag him down the ground. Sasuke used his kunai to injure Itachi's arm but a kick to his ribs sent Sasuke crashing into a wall.
Itachi quickly drew his ANBU sword from it's sheath as Sasuke got up , his hand gripping Executioner's hilt. Sasuke quickly used Flight of the Sound , disappearing from Itachi's view. Itachi meanwhile used his Sharingan to keep track of Sasuke but since Itachi's eyes weren't trained for the speed of the jutsu , He was only able to see afterimages of Sasuke. Itachi smirked as he thought ' You've grown Sasuke..'
The Uchiha avenger immediately appeared above Itachi with Executioner held high up in the air. Sasuke swung the sword in a vertical slash as he pour some chakra into the blade. Itachi meanwhile caught by surprise immediately raised his hand , blocking the blade of Executioner with his katana. Itachi felt the pressure of Sasuke's attack making him sink low into the ground as cracks scattered all over the place.
Itachi had to hold his sword with both hands , which Sasuke was also doing pushing his brother down. Sasuke pulled his left arm back and swung it at Itachi while concentrating on the Kyoumeisen. Itachi quickly stepped backwards making Sasuke miss the blow but Itachi soon found his senses not working properly. He looked up to see a smirking Sasuke who had was preparing a Chidori on his left hand. Itachi's eyes grew in shock and quickly thought of a way to escape.
'I'll have to rely on it..' Itachi thought as black flame like markings started to cover his face and body. Sasuke meanwhile also had a shock expression on his face. 'Itachi has the curse seal also...' Sasuke thought as both of them charged forward. Sasuke held a deafening Chidori while Itachi clenched his fist and gathered chakra in his hand and black flames erupted from his hand quickly covering it.
Sasuke was amaze at his brother's technique and luckily with his Sharingan on Sasuke was able to copy the whole procss as to how to perform the technique.
Both Uchiha's race towards each other. In their hands their most powerful techniques..Sasuke using the Chidori while Itachi held Heaven's Hammer. Both attacks met in mid-combat Both attacks erupted into a huge explosion. Itachi and Sasuke are thrown back by the destructive blows of the jutsus.
"Heh your technique can go in par with my Heaven's Hammer. You've grown Sasuke..but It won't be enough...." Itachi said in his still emotionless voice. Itachi's mind was elsewhere as he went back 9 years ago.
The real reason why Uchiha Itachi massacred the Uchiha Clan...The true reason why he wants Sasuke to be strong..find out in the next chapter....
Next Chapter: Decisive Battle!! Uchiha Clan Reunited