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A/N: Sorry about the late update. Well, I was putting up some chapters to the compendium. If you're interested, check it out. Oh, and expect updates a bit later. holiday season + travel tired. Hmm, if you want to see earlier updates, I guess you could try checking out my livejournal from time to time? I'm going to post updates there earlier as a pseudo beta testing b/c i've no beta.

Chapter 10: Kick some Ass!

Mountain Valley

Ino was worried. Sasuke seems frantic. Well, less composed. Glancing at Sakura, Ino noted that the other woman was also a little scared. Sasuke has rarely shown emotions, much less fear. Although both women knew that Naruto was the Kyubi vessel, neither had ever seen him exhibit signs of being a demon, much less loose control. Yet the sight that met them shocked and terrified both of them. In front of them a large seven-tailed fox stood in front of them. Out from the corner of their eyes, they saw a man exuding a purplish chakra. Both beings had their teeth bared and were looking straight at them with malice in their eyes, ready to attack the unknown interlopers. The land within a 100 meter radius was filled with large craters and upturned dirt. Boulders of various sizes were smashed or thrown in various places. The air smelled charred. There was no sign of Satake. Naruto and the fox began to approach the three.

Sasuke kept moving forward towards the other male. "Dobe! Get it together!" The man regarded the new voice with distaste. After a small eternity, he nodded at it in acknowledgement. "Hey Bastard, what did I say about calling me that? What took you so long?"

Sasuke looked at the fox and addressed Naruto, "Suki?"

Naruto only nodded and addressed the group. "Look out for a freaky monster and his sidekicks. Ino, Sakura, be on the defensive, if Sasuke or I fall, cover us until we get back up."

Sakura looked Naruto over and noticed no visible injuries. "You aren't hurt on the surface, but you I sense something wrong with you." She looked at Suki and frowned. "Naruto, I need to examine you now so that I can help heal some of those internal wounds. You must be severely injured for Suki to grow that big."

Naruto shook his head. "No time." Pushing Sakura out of the way, he shouted at them, "Watch out!"

A green slime mound replaced the place that Sakura had stood moments ago. Wherever the surface of the mound touch, smoke could be seen, it was eating away at the ground. A rancid smell filled the air. Naruto threw an explosive tag at the mound. "Better get moving guys if you don't want to be goo." With that, he jumped away.

The rest of the group followed suit. BOOM! The mound exploded. Sasuke scanned the area as Naruto debriefed the team.

"Green slimey mounds are bad; they exude acid. When they morph, another replication of Satake is created. Unlike the ones you fought, they are stronger. Satake is out there. Everytime I get close to him, he launches those crap balls at me. Ineed you guys to cover me so that I can take him out. Apparently his blood line allows him to create clones from his body with varying levels of strength. He seems to be able to enlargen."

Ino looked around. "You mean like Chouji? If he gets that big, why can't you find him?"

Naruto directed a peeved look at her. "You don't think I know that? He's a chameleon! He blends in with his surroundings. Not only that, but if you chop off his arms or whatever, he grows it back! Why do you think I'm still fighting this jerk?"

Ino just shook her head. "Oh." With that, a series of five slime balls were directed at the group. Naruto and Sasuke headed towards the direction of the projectiles. With a look back, Naruto said, "Sakura, Ino, don't touch the slimes, and don't, and I mean never, let them morph. They can be a pain in the ass. Suki, help the girls.." Turning to Sasuke he nodded and took off to the right. Sasuke turned to the left and both charged the origin from both sides.

Ino and Sakura

Ino drew out her wakizashi and sliced her way towards the other woman. Suki burned the slimeballs in her path with her breath of flames. Sakura was throwing kunais with flame notes at the slimeballs around her. She looked at Ino as she approached. "These guys don't seem so bad. Maybe Naruto is loosing his touch." Before she could open her mouth to voice her next thought, a roar next to her interrupted. Suki was pawing at her side. Ino and Sakura looked in the direction and say multiple slimeballs evolving on the back of the fox.

Ino started to hack at each of the mutants, but it was ineffective. With each chunk that she hacked off, the part would regenerate.

Sakura was not having an easier time. She could not throw explosive or fire notes onto the balls for fear of injuring Suki. She opted to pick up the balls and throw them off. If not for her gloves, her hands would have melted. Although she did not go unharmed, her palms were raw and bleeding in the end. "Ino, buy me some time! I need to heal these up a bit."

Ino looked at the girl. "Baka! What were you thinking picking up those things?"

Sakura just stared at the blobs as her hands began to glow a faint green, "Couldn't hurt Suki, could I? She's a part of Naruto. I can't let anything else hurt him, even if it kills me. He deserves that much."

Ino laughed. "You're right. Well, I hope you had enough time, because we've got a long night before us." She eyed the four mutated people in front of her and drew out her second weapon, the niginata, a 1 foot blade with another 8 inch curved blade on the end. "Is it just me, or did Satake get ugly, deformed, and out-right gross?"

Sakura drew out her explosive notes. "Hmm, I'm thinking that he's always been like that on the inside. We're just privy to finally be able to see his true face." With that, both started to attack the four mutants with Suki following.

Naruto and Sasuke

There were three bodies entangled in a deadly fight in the middle of a circular rock formation. The blond man was viciously attacking a giant mutant. Another burnette with red swirling eyes was attacking with his katana. Narrowly missing the blond and inflicting damage onto the giant, the man jumped next to the other. "Fuck. We need a plan. We've been fighting for an hour and he still shows no sign of weakening. Seems like all the cuts aren't healing, but they aren't hindering him either."

Naruto jumped back from an attack from Satake. Hidden, Naruto leaned towards Sasuke and whispered something in his ear. Afterwards, Sasuke took off.

Seeing the burnette flee, Satake laughed. "Seems like your friend ran away. Looks like you were abandoned. Tch, what are you going to do now, Na-ru-to-kuuuun?"

Naruto charged at the man with his katana drawn. "I'm going to take you down!" He swung his blade in an arc, slicing at Satake's leg. Jumping up, Naruto performed a few hand signals."Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"

Satake looked at the blond exasperated. "This again? You've no originality."

Naruto grinned at the man. "Shishi Rendan: Naruto Style."

Ino and Sakura

Ino and Sakura were finishing up their battle when Sasuke came to them. "Sakura, I need some poison."

Sakura was wiping off some blood. "The one I have on me won't affect Satake much. It requires large doses to incapacitate people."

Sasuke looked at the girls and turned back. "New plan. When you two are ready, come to us." Sasuke headed back towards Naruto.

Ino looked at the his disappearing form and sighed. "Guess we don't get a break."

Naruto

At the last barrage of hits, Satake hit the ground, creating a large crater. Naruto noticed some movement from the corner of his eye and recognized his fellow companions. Jumping and meeting his team halfway, he nodded his head. Sasuke spoke up. "New plan. We all fight and take him down."

Naruto looked at him. "Umm, yeah, that was the original plan. What about the one we talked about?"

Sasuke shook his head. "No poison."

"Shit. Ok, new plan accepted." A groan was heard from the crater. "Double shit. He's already waking up. I thought he'd be out for at least five minutes." Looking at the group and then at Ino he said, "You know what to do. I'll start." Naruto went to the crater and looked down at Satake.

Satake suddenly began renewing his attack on Naruto. "Whelp! You think you can beat me." As Satake jumped out of the hole, Naruto noticed something behind his enemy. "Oh shit." Turning around, he shouted. "We need to revise our plan a little." A large cloud of smoke and the scent of rotten flesh filled the air.

As the smoke cleared, the entire area was filled with large mutated Satakes. All of them laughed in unison. "What are you going to do now?"

Naruto sighed. "KAGE NO BUNSHIN." The large clearing became even more crowded with the appearance of hundreds of Narutos. All answered in unison. "We are SO going to kick your ass ! Rasengen!"