I
More blood was spilled as days passed, constantly facing the turmoil that rages this world that is so foreign to Naruto, a world overshadowed by the war that has lasted for centuries unending. In moments of rest and quiet, he spent pondering what this world was slowly offering him, and what Konoha had lacked back then. This world had no trace of the world before it, yet... he worried that he would wake up one day, realizing this is all but a simple dream, one created like a vision to help strengthen his knowledge and power.
He isn't a fool, and without much difficulty, he knew this world was... fake. Yet the ever so slight camaderie that is slowly building amongst himself and his two comrades made him wish it would last forever. This was a world with a simple ideal, not corrupted by the evil desire for power, nor distorted by false religions, or promises.
First is began, one day that passed by, with a small talk and chatter. Then it grew out of the shell, like shoots out of the seed, amongst them, that moment of silence where all are at ease, was enough to satisfy him, even if it wasn't strong as it was back home, in Konoha. After a while, talking with them two slowly seemed more Natural. Yet, he was still worried, as he didn't want to get too attached to them, for to lose them then, to realize it's all a false world would be too painful.
II
"Naruto. We've got an emergency assignment, now. The wolves-clan launched a night attack on three separate town across the northern border, and we've need to attend to one of them." Daisuke called, waking him slightly from his nap.
"Assignment?" Naruto asked, and it has only been three days since he 'came' to this world.
"You choose which assignment we take." Daisuke showed him three set of documents, and Naruto grabbed them to take a look. The words were slightly messy, and some parts were somewhat blurred, a rush work.
"Why?" He then speedily read each of the documents for important information.
"You're lucky." Ari answered, as she came in with another set of weapons.
"Fine." Naruto answered, "This one. It's the weakest of three towns, and the closest, so we might still be able to get there before it's too late."
Thus, they gathered what they needed for combat and took off in the shadow of the night, into the heat of battle a distance away.
III
Naruto looked around as they rushed through the woods, and noticed a small glimmer of yellow light, the eyes of an animal stalking it's prey. 'Ambush?' Then, the air erupted with the sudden explosion of the few trees in front of them, and they barely managed to stop before the fire.
'How'd they know we'd be going there?' The blonde wondered, and wooden splinters flew towards him like a rain of arrows. 'Shit. This again.' He surrounded his body with a slight layer of chakra, and the splinters failed to penetrate the makeshift armor.
"Naruto!" Daisuke screamed, and the blonde turned around to see a scimitar's blade heading for his neck. 'Thud.' A log took the hit, and Naruto appeared behind the scimitar weilding panther.
A hard infused punch was thrown at the ribs, but the panther parried the attack with his scimitar, and immediately after, the cat attempted to swipe Naruto with his sharp claws, and once more, it hit the barks of a log.
'Damn, they have a sixth sense or something?' Naruto wondered, and before long, another panther was aiming for his neck. 'Shit. They don't stop, do they?' Naruto spinned around and blocked the large weapon with his kunai, and then he aimed a jab at the feline's stomach, but the hit slid through the skin.
'Huh? Their skin... it's slippery.'
The scimitar came again, and he deflected the attack upwards, and quickly landed a set of punches to the animal's head. It then flew backwards and slammed into a tree. It stopped moving, and Naruto turned to see his two comrades performing well against them. But they weren't winning, as they were getting wounded too.
He swiftly moved to aid Daisuke, but another rain of splinters came.
'Shit. There's another in the woods.'
He opened his senses again, and he detected five.
'Five?' Then, he saw the head of a panther fly out of the shadows.
"The three of you don't seem to be doing very well." A moderately aged woman said, and she held a sword shaped like teethes, while three other members moved swiftly to finish off the two remaining panthers.
IV
"What is the damned council thinking? Sending inexperienced teens to do an adult's work." The woman said to Naruto as they went towards the town.
"It's actually because we were the only ones that had training in combat. The adults got killed in a skirmish some time ago." Daisuke answered.
"Still, they've could have just sent some from the inland cities, it's not like those cities get attacked anyway."
"...." Not really knowledgeble about the workings of this world, Naruto decided to keep his mouth shut.
V
They arrived, greeted by the loud roar of swords and shields, and joined the battle promptly.
Running through the town, where the walls are stained with fresh blood, and floors are covered in corpses here and there, he knew the enemy is around the corner, and he waited for more details.
The wolf emerged from behind, a wolf holding a sword in it's left hand, and it attacked quickly. Naruto sidestepped, but the wolf turned around quickly, and it's other clawed hand came towards him. Parried, but the wolf then had time to attack again with it's sword.
'Damned animals... They seem to preempt everything.' He jumped backwards, but the wolf quickly lunged the sword straight ahead, the cutting side facing the sky. 'Oh no.' He quickly repositioned himself in the air, and kicked the sword aside to allow himself some space. But again, the wolf's sword came almost as if the whole thing was predicted.
A piercing screech from the friction of the knife in hand and the sword alerted the wolf and it jumped backwards.
'I see. Weak against sound.'
Then, the two weapons met once more, and each continued with attack after attack.
'Damn, knowledge of it's weakness is useless without the right weapon.' Naruto avoided a swipe, and launched a jab at the wolf. The wolf quickly countered, forcing Naruto's arms out, and a vertical slash.
More flashes, as the knife and sword continued their banter, and Naruto threw a set of weapons at it. But the cunning creature deflected the weapons, and it charged forward.
'Dammit.' He jumped aside, and gathered his chakra. 'Kage bunshin no jutsu.'
The appearence of the ten kage bunshins surprised the wolf, but a sly smile came to it's animal features. Then, the sword slowly glowed in an eerie light blue, and a very fast swipe came. Although the sword itself cut nothing but air, but a volley of energy destroyed seven of the kage bunshins.
'What the hell was that?' He wondered, but not for long as the wolf quickly destroyed the remaining three and came for him.
It glowed again, and a vertical slash scarred the ground.
A ball of chakra emerged in his right palm, and he kept dodging attack after attack, while waiting for it to get full. Often, he attempts to counterattack with his free left hand.
The ball was then full, glowing softly in yellow. 'An opening... just an opening...'
He threw projectiles, and the continued with kicks, but the wolf had strong defense.
'Shit... How the hell am I going to make him open up?' But then, an idea came.
He continued to dodge the attacks, but at one moment, he rammed the rasengan into the ground, causing a whirl of energy, and it flung the wolf aside.
'My damned opening.' He charged another rasengan quickly with two hands instead, and while the wolf was temporarily inactive, he blew the wolf up.
"Never knew a wolf can be so much trouble." he answered, and quickly moved to continue on fighting.
VI
Naruto ventured to the rest of the towns areas, and he fought more wolves. Yet somehow, these other wolves was much easier than the one before, as if they had less training. The battle continued to last until dawn, as more wolves came out of the woods, and fighting dragged on.
The wind blew, and dust and ashes fill the air. Every now and then, large boulders would fall towards their positions, makeshift catapults belonging to the enemy.
Naruto moved to find Ari and Daisuke surrounded by four wolves.
"Where the crap have you been? I thought we were supposed to be a team?" Ari yelled, but she was visibly wounded, and Daisuke was very well exhausted.
Naruto jumped quickly and a few more clones appeared. "We are. But I had a very tough wolf to handle."
'Kagizume's jutsu... I wonder I can use it now.' He gathered his chakra into his palms, and the clones did the same. Electric emerged, and it branched out like lightning towards the other clones. As the lightning keep branching and hopping, a hemisphere of lightning appeared, a protective shield of sort. 'Damn, It's still slow. I wouldn't be able to use it if these wolves were stronger.' He thought.
"Clones! Now!" Then, he forced the sphere to expand, and as it expand, it damaged the wolves, killing three. 'Power... still not there. Damn, why every jutsu I try doesn't seem to work for me?'
Naruto noticed he was somewhat low on chakra, and he engaged the wolf with weapons alone, and soon beheaded it.
Then, Daisuke collapsed, and he coughed blood out. Naruto and Ari quickly grabbed him, and used any medical jutsu they recall.
"I won't make it." He said.
"Shut up." Ari said, and she began healing.
"Stop... I won't make it."
"Don't talk crap." Ari replied.
Naruto screamed as loud as he could, "MEDIC!!!!"
VII
Dreamweaver... One jutsu that goes beyond human limits. While Tsukiyumi gave years of pain in a single moment, Dreamweaver was different, as it gives one another chance of sorts, a place to learn and grow, a place to mature beyond a person's age. It gives.... memory. Years of memory in a short moment. In short, it's Tsukiyumi taken to a different level, although it has no links other than giving alot in little time.
'He's doing pretty okay.'
'Hey, the brat can be quite smart sometimes.'
'Hope he'll hold on.'
'I suppose.'
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Anyway, I had a camp last week, so I wasn't able to attend to the story. My apologies.
blackbodian - Well, I did not include the part where Naruto rescued Sasuke. I felt it was... unnecessary, as the act of rescue is... well, just like that.
To the guy who asked about why Kagizume can use Chidori... Kagizume has multiple senses, and he is able to do accurate predictions... way beyond Sharingan.