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Chapter Six: The Dripping Blood of the Nations
" DOSSI SIMITSKUU NO JUTSU!" Naruto shouted as he performed hundreds of hand seals in only a mater of seconds.
A dark-purplish aura of chakra gathered around Naruto as he gathered it to form what appeared to be a demon-like lizard with one foot on his chest, one foot on his left shoulder, and its body arched over the top of his right shoulder, glaring at his opponent, Hirumata Atamuri.
At closer inspection you could tell that the lizard was not any actual one color, but formed of all Naruto's darkest memories in what looked to be like a photomosiac. Every memory combined with one another to give the lizard/dragon-like an appearance of black with red stripes on its rib cage.
The lizard held two Wakazashi's symbolizing the suicide that those dark memories almost drove Naruto to.
The lizard jumped down to the ground off of Naruto's shoulder's and stood to be full height which was only four feet tall.
" Take that Ata! I've been practicing this Jutsu in secret until I finally perfected it! You won't be able to beat this one. Get ready! HERE I COME!" Naruto shouted as him and his amphibious friend rushed at their opponent.
Atamuri sighed, " hmm…ay Naruto, always rushing at your opponent. Never changing huh? Oh well, I guess your going to have to learn this the hard way…RASENGAN!"
Atamuri drove the blue spherical ball he had in his right hand into Naruto's stomach.
Poof! Naruto disappeared as the lizard jumped two feet into the air and sliced one single shiny gold hair off of Atamuri's head.
Before Atamuri could congratulate Naruto's Jutsu's speed, the next attack came while the lizard was still in the air, as well as the next one, and the next. When the lizard had finally landed, Atamuri was no longer able to count the number of times it had slashed at him. However, he was barely able to dodge the extreme attacks.
" His name is Dossi Simitskuu! I named him after the Jutsu. He's fast I know. But every time you hit him, he gets faster, and he's really strong in defense. It really is an ultimate Jutsu! Find a way to defeat this one ha ha!" Naruto said as he appeared from behind a bush and jumped back in to hide himself.
Atamuri jumped back but gained no distance between him and Dossi since the lizard leapt after him.
Poof! Atamuri disappeared and left Dossi confused as a dodo bird.
" BELOW YOU!" Atamuri shouted as his hand came up from underneath the ground. However, Dossi's reaction was to quick for the shinobi below the ground. It quickly jumped out of the way and cut a small wound between each of Atamuri's fingers.
Atamuri rose from down under and grasped his hand as blood leaked and dripped to the floor. " wow Naruto, not bad, not bad at all…but now I'm going to ruin your fun. It ends here! I know exactly the reason why your hiding, you, my apprentice, are almost out of chakra. This Jutsu has consumed so much chakra that it has forced you to retreat. By hiding, I can't attack you which makes your Jutsu almost invincible. So if I can't find you, then I'll never be able to get this stupid lizard off of my tail. So…Kage Bunnshin No Jutsu!"
Atamuri created six other clones that quickly spread out to find Naruto. " Now I can find you, your lizard is fast, very fast. Wow, after two and a half years of training I think you've managed to actually be a challenge for me. In two and half more years, just that much more time, and you may be better than me. But for now," Naruto was brought out by one of Atamuri's Bunshins tied up at the hands and ankles. " For now, your still need yet to learn. Don't use this Jutsu on me again until you are guaranteed to win."
Poof! Dossi disappeared after Naruto closed his eyes and slowly lost consciousness.
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Meanwhile…
" Hokage-sama! Here are the latest updates on the movements on the Akutsuki! Unfortunately, we lost three Anbu members to get this information."
" Thank you Ayame-san, and congratulate your brother for me for becoming Tsuchikage. I suspect you will be heading back to the Earth country now?"
" Yes, I'm sorry but being part of the Anbu does have it's duties. I must get back to fill out five S-rank missions. Much must be done ever since the Akutsuki has regained strength and increased by ten times. I just hope we will be enough to stop them. Iyou is with a squad of 9 Anbu members tracking the Akutsuki as we speak this very moment. I hope she will be back soon. Times are getting worse, we should have exterminated the Akutsuki when we had the chance…." Ayame bowed her head in shame. With that she left the building as well as the village.
Tsunade opened up the scrolls and her face widened in shock.
Two sentences rushed through her head over and over again as she read them constantly.
The Akutsuki have conquered 3 of the 5 major countries and have increased from a three member team to a twenty six member team. The Earth Country and the Leaf Country are now the last hopes, these two countries carry the fate of the Earth, hopefully we will be able to stop them…
" Guards!"
" Yes Hokage-sama?"
" Gather all the ANBU, Jounin, and my apprentice, Sakura and tell them to meet outside the building, IMMEDIATELY!"
With that the two guards that had appeared, had disappeared. Tsunade waited until everybody had gathered.
" We are in a time of crisis, I've just received the latest on the Akutsuki's movements. They now have more than twenty-five members that are all S-rank criminals and must be destroyed immediately. We must take action now! Soon, VERY SOON, as soon as they gather enough members, they will attack this village, I want us to be prepared. I want triple the guard duty and from this point on, only very few missions will be assigned. I want the village to be ready at all times. I need the civilians to know where to go if the Akutsuki suddenly appear, and I want this done straight away. Now GO!" All the people scattered about to warn and inform their family members. All but Sakura.
" When will the Akutsuki strike?"
" Only time can tell, after two and half years, the Akutsuki has managed to gain twenty three members, all extremely strong. I would give them two and a half more years before they strike, a war is coming, and the odds are against us. The fate of mankind lies in Konoha and the Earth country. Sakura, I'm going to train you with all I know, it will be tough, but I need you to be prepared for when they come. It may even be tomorrow, but I highly doubt it. They are not strong enough yet, but soon, they will be. If we don't take extreme cautions and measures, then we will all be doomed as we know it. Your training starts tomorrow, now it's going to get really, really tough. Be ready…"
Four Months Later….
" Tsunade-sama! I have terrible news. Iyou, an ANBU member from the Earth village…she's…..she's…." Sakura said incapable of finishing her sentence.
The Hokage bowed her head. " How did this happen?" She asked suddenly.
"She went on a mission to capture one Akutsuki member but one by one each of her teammates were pulled aside and slaughtered by more than five members of the Akutsuki. When Iyou and two other teammates finally noticed the others were gone, they were ambushed by all five. Iyou successfully managed to kill two of the five but the rest escaped wounded. They were out maneuvered. The Akutsuki also had no trouble recruiting fifty new members just to replace those two. They are now stronger than ever. They are no longer accepting S-rank criminals, they are accepting A and B ranks too. Also they have broken into six Main jails in the Earth country. So I'd say the Akutsuki now has over hundreds of members. Now, they are unstoppable. They have conquered everything but us and they are about to strike the Earth village! We must help them as soon as we can! How else can we win this war?"
Bam! Tsunade slammed her fist against her desk breaking it in half like a toothpick.
" Darn! We can't win this Sakura-san. They are now too powerful. Even all of Konoha couldn't stop them. I never thought that the Akutsuki would sink this low. We win in quality, but they win in quantity."
" Are you saying we don't have any strong shinobi? We have many!" Sakura argued.
" Not as many as the Akutsuki." This shut Sakura up. " Wait, Sakura, how did you get this information?" Tsunade asked peering into Sakura's emerald eyes.
" Oh, oh, uh, um, I…got it from one of the…ANBU members from-" Sakura stuttered.
But before she could finish the Hokage interrupted, " Your LYING!" she said through a clenched jaw.
" FINE, I SECRETLY LEFT THE VILLAGE UNNOTICED FOR A FEW DAYS TO FOLLOW THE AKUTSUKI!" Sakura screamed with her eyes shut.
" HOW COULD YOU? SAKURA, YOU COULD'VE BEEN KILLED! THEY DID THIS IN SIX DAYS? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? I DON'T WANT YOU EVER DOING ANYTHING SO CARELESS LIKE THAT AGAIN! DO YOU HERE ME?"
" Hai…." Sakura said in shame.
" By the way Sakura, did you let the Akutsuki members know if you were following them?" Tsunade asked cautiously.
Just before Sakura could answer, an ANBU member rushed through the door without even knocking. " Hokage-sama! URGENT news! This is TOP SECRET so without your permission, I don't even think that this Jounin here, even though she is your apprentice, can know this information. However that is your decision."
Tsunade gave Sakura a glare and said, " Sakura, your dismissed."
" But-"
" I SAID, you're dismissed. You're very lucky to have this interruption. I will deal with you later. Now, GO!"
Sakura's POV
Sakura left dragging her feet and dragged herself back to her home. She sat down on her bed and grabbed a photo frame that contained a picture that was taken almost seven years ago. Sakura was now nineteen years old, however, she had no team. She missed the company of her old crush, Sasuke. She remembered the good old days when she had chased him around every time she saw him. But it was no use, Sasuke left, after they had been through so much. Even Naruto couldn't bring him back. Naruto…..Sakura had been his crush. Him and Sasuke had always been protecting her every time there was danger. But she was different now, she could take care of herself, she was confident in herself, what she didn't tell Tsunade was that she did happen to interfere. She took five Akutsuki members single-handedly and one escaped. She hoped that that would make no difference. All she could do was train more with the Hokage. Tsunade was right, the training was tough, but it was well worth it. Her skill had gone up so far in the last four months soon she would be just as strong as the person that was teaching her.
Two years later…
Boom! The ground beneath a handful of Konoha warriors exploded, creating the earth to sink and swallow the Shinobi.
" DON'T GIVE UP! HOLD THEM OFF, DON'T BACK DOWN!" Sakura shouted over the overwhelming noise.
Sakura was now twenty-one about to become twenty-two. She was a very experienced and skilled shinobi. The Hokage had sent her and about a hundred other shinobi to help the Earth village in the crisis they were in.
100 members of Akutsuki had invaded the Earth Country who had requested help. However, Tsunade could not spare anymore shinobi than she had sent. The village had almost run out of money and many shinobi had gone on missions.
Sakura now wore the usual Jounin uniform just like Kakashi. She also wore her family insignia on her back which had been painted with blood. She wore a dark blue bandana over her head and her Konoha Headband was worn on her left leg.
The Akutsuki member that had created the earth to explode rose from under the ground in the middle of the battlefield. He was chunky and short, only standing at full height to be maybe five feet flat. However there was something about him that made anyone who looked at him shiver in place. It was the fact that this Akutsuki member had not pupils. Anyone that looked at him could only see the whites of his eyes. Another terrifying detail about this short man, was that he had a tongue, a tongue that reached two inches past his chin. He never ever put his tongue in his mouth, instead it just hung there dripping with drool and blood from the shinobi he had devoured. Once glance at this man and the answer was clear, this man…..was a cannibal.
" Mmmmmmmmm….delicious, eating them gave me energy. Now, my health is fully restored. I love my blood limit." The fat man said.
Suddenly, another Akutsuki member spoke, he was tall and built, which showed even behind his black and red cloak. He carried a huge sword that was at least eight feet long. It was a sword that was half an inch thick, two feet wide, and extremely sharp. Unlike a normal sword, at the end, instead of a point, it was curved outwards so there were two points on the side at the tip of the sword, making it look like a big T. The tall man also spoke in a deep voice, " Kerapotu, just because you eat your opponents and regenerate, as well as learn every technique they've ever known doesn't mean that u can get cocky. Be careful."
" Awwww…Dariumaru, are you jealous of my ability? Don't worry, you still got your advantage, and your still a bit better than me. You've got super duper strength. You also know how to play it really smart. WHOA!" Kerapotu shouted as he dodged a blazing kunai that was on fire from Sakura. " Who threw that? Ooh, she looks mighty tasty! I'm going to eat her now."
Then Dariumaru spoke saying, " no don't go alone Kerapotu, I sense the fierceness in her. If you go alone, she will definitely kill you with almost no trouble at all. You're too careless, I will accompany you so you don't get yourself killed. Let's go." With that said, the two Akutsuki members slowly walked toward Sakura.
Sakura's POV
-Oh shoot! I'm not sure if I can take both of them!-
Sakura looked around to see if she could get any help from anyone, however it seemed that everybody was busy fighting someone else.
-This may be my last battle, NO! It won't be! I'm here to defend the Earth village and that's exactly what I'm going to do! Here they come!-
Normal POV
Kerapotu( The cannibal), leapt into the air and quickly disappeared after shouting, " WATREHUNUBU NO JUTSU!"
Dariumaru instead just rushed at Sakura clenching his sword handle with two enormous hands.
With reflexes so fast, Sakura shouted as she put bother her hands up as if to touch the sword, " Hodenfusno No Jutsu!"
Dariumaru swung his sword downwards at his opponent but sliced thin air as Sakura disappeared with a Poof. Instead Sakura appeared behind him holding a small white ball in her hands only about the size of a Rasengan. She then threw it at Dariumaru.
The white ball flew threw the air and opened up to be an extremely large net made of light. The net captured Dariumaru which trapped him so tight, he was unable to move.
However, the battle wasn't over, just then at that moment, Kerapotu appeared behind her and extended his tongue so that it was at least six feet long coming from his drooling mouth. His bloody tongue wrapped around Sakura's body so that she was unable to move her arms.
" There is something you need to know about me," Kerapotu said with his tongue still curled around Sakura's body. His words were slurred a bit but they were still understandable. " I have no end to the length of my tongue, and I can swallow anything al long as it's not a blade. Well enough said, in you go,"
Before Sakura was put into Kerapotu's unhinged jaw, A man came down from the air with a Kunai in his left hand, and ripped the Akutsuki member's tongue therefore, setting Sakura free.
Sakura fell to the ground and immediately jumped back. Her face brightened up as she called the name of her ally, " Kouga! Thank you so much!"
Kouga smiled and said, " Let's take these fools, by the way, I'm sorry for not helping you earlier, I was caught up fighting three other Akutsuki members at the same time. But now we can really win!"
A look of determination spread across Sakura's as she saluted Kouga and shouted, " Hai Tsuchikage-sama!"
Kerapotu was screaming in pain as he constantly stared at his limp tongue just lying there on the floor. Blood leaked from his new wound as if he were a fountain.
Suddenly, his screams of pain transformed to screams of rage. Smoke began to rise as his wound sealed up and his tongue was back to normal. Then again, the drool began to fall and he smiled. " You'll never beat us no matter how many people you get. I'll see you again soon!" Saying that, the fat Akutsuki member placed to fingers in his mouth and whistled very loud for all to hear. After that, he disappeared into thin air.
Poof! Sakura and Kouga looked back and saw that Dariumaru had disappeared as well.
Suddenly, the Akutsuki members started to retreat after hearing the whistle. After they were completely gone out of sight, the shinobi from the leaf and earth village cheered and celebrated. There were many casualties but less then expected.
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Tsunade paced over and over in a straight line biting her fingernails as she frantically looked out the window checking to see when her apprentice would arrive. As soon as the gate of Konoha opened, Tsunade was there to welcome them.
" Sakura, how was it? How many casualties on both sides? Did you retreat? Or did you win? Did all of them die? Or did they all escape? Tell me everything straight away!"
Sakura smiled as she introduced Kouga to Tsunade.
" Hokage, we meet at last!" Kouga said happily. " Thanks to you, we were able to ward off the Akutsuki after killing more than half of them."
" How old are you?" Tsunade asked.
" Twenty-three."
" Very fine age to make Tsuchikage isn't it? How do you feel about it?"
" Yes it is, and I am willing to accept the responsibilities I have and I'm also ready to protect the village with my life." Kouga answered.
Tsunade smiled as she then asked, " But why are you here, shouldn't you be in your village?"
Sakura answered this question by saying, " Oh, he is there. See, Kouga is a puppeteer, sort of, I've told you about his special technique. Well he improved it so he is controlling it now as we speak. Plus the shadow puppet is ten times stronger so he will be able to protect the village. Also, Kouga doesn't plan on staying long, just to get down to business, and the Akutsuki just lost a battle, so they won't be striking anytime very soon."
" Very well, come in to my office and we will get down to business like you want." Tsunade stated as she moved in her office's direction.
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" Kamatora-sama we're extremely sorry, we didn't want to have anymore casualties. We were careless. Please have mercy."
The man who was called Kamatora spoke, " I really shouldn't, there is no excuse Dariumaru. I should kill you both right now. However, you are my right hand man and you, my pet cannibal are my left hand man. It would be a mistake to destroy you both. But next time, do not fail. We are Akutsuki. If you fail me one last time, then there will be no mercy. Are we clear?"
Both Dariumaru and Kerapotu both bowed and nodded. " Just curious my lord, when will we strike again?" Kerapotu asked.
" We will strike in six months from now. Six months gives us a chance to recuperate and recruit many more members. You know what to do. However, I know for a fact, that the Earth village wills soon be abandoned for all will leave to the village of Konoha. So we will strike there, full force, and we…will….crush them!" The last two words were spoke in a whisper so soft it was barely heard.
Author's note: I hope you liked this chapter and also plz r&r! I need at least 30 reviews before I continue. Also, the next chapter will be the last of this series, however, that doesn't mean that I'm going to stop writing fan fic. I will still right more stories. Just check on me and before u know it I'll have another story. And also, the next chapter will probably be out soon depending on how fast I get 30 reviews.