Disclaimer: I don't own 'em. Gimpy and Sora are mine… hehe
Summary: Takes place four years after the rescue for Sasuke. Of course he gets rescued. Everyone is at least Chuunin and Anbu rank/training. Naruto is sent to the future with a jutsu mess up… Created by Kabuto and Orochimaru.
Rating: PG-13 to R. And soon to be rated M for later chapters, but I will get to that eventually.
Pairings: Hinata/Naruto, Sasuke/Sakura…. More pairings to come! Everyone will be a little OC… Sorry.
' ' Are inner thoughts
" " Spoken
Bold is Kyuubi speaking
Warning: Last bit of Fluff for a while. Hehe 3 also, you will have to forgive me, I can't do fight scenes well. But I'm trying.
Jays: Thanks for your review I have been inspired! Ha. I am coming close to my jutsu. 3
Madnarutofan: I know, wasn't it? Grins evilly There are all kinds of people that could break them up. XD
Chapter 5: A Dangerous Jutsu? Secrets Revealed!
'I must be hearing voices?' Thought Naruto, as he kept inching closer to his beloved, 'something about Romeo and Juliet? Who are they?'
Gimpy wriggled in between his Master and his girlfriend, licking their faces happily.
"Argh! Gimpy!" Naruto spat out. Hinata pulled away from Naruto blushing furiously and wiping away the fox slobber giggling amusedly. The blushing blonde glared daggers at his fox that was yipping ecstatically.
"Ehem."
At that moment, Naruto chose to glance to his side to find Ino and Shikamaru looking expectantly at the kissing duo.
"You could have at least picked a more secluded spot if you were going to suck Hinata's face off you know." Ino rattled off sarcastically. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and sighed, "Look you two, we have business to discuss, so if you wouldn't mind following me."
Taking his lead, Naruto wiped the slobber off his face and turned to follow his lazy comrade with Hinata in tow. Stealing glances at her from time to time he thought, 'there's always something that distracts us.' Naruto fumed inwardly. Walking down the darkening streets of Konoha, all four ninjas end up at a corner café. It was a small quaint establishment that had chairs and tables set up outside to enjoy the warm nights that followed in the Fire Country.
Pulling the chairs out, part of the Rookie nine sat down and looked at their leader curiously. Having his elbows propped up on the table with his head resting on his closed fists, he sighed. "We have a mission in two days, Naruto, Hinata. We will be gathering information about the events taking place in the Sound." Naruto's brow furrowed and grimaced as he thought about the Snake bastard that tried to snatch his best friend away from him. Shikamaru noticed Naruto's uneasiness and nodded to Ino to finish for him.
"I will be going in to gather what information I can, rumor has it, Orochimaru is planning something. Something big. And it might affect Konoha as a whole. So we must proceed with extreme caution as to not make a large disturbance that he will notice." Hinata fidgeted nervously, she didn't like the Snake Sannin too much. She heard what rumors about his "experiments" on live human subjects. His ambition was too great and must be stopped permanently.
Naruto gripped the edge of the table firmly as it cracked through the middle. Shikamaru raised one brow, 'he's taking this well, and usually he'd be yelling at the top of lungs by now.' "Naruto, calm down. We'll do everything in our power to make sure he won't hurt the people of this village." The fox shinobi visibly relaxed at Shikamaru's choice of words. Nodding silently, "I'll meet you at the North gate in two days. Come on Hinata, I'll walk you home." Standing silently, Hinata nodded at her two comrades and proceeded to follow her object of affection.
"That went well." Ino sighed outwardly, "It's good that Hinata will be accompanying us, I think she has a rather calm affect on him." Sighing again, "Lets hope so, Ino," rubbing his temples as he said this. Raising her hand to get the waitress's attention, "I'll have a latte, Shikamaru, would you like something?" Glancing at the smiling waitress, "Coffee, black." The waitress smiled at them and turned to get their orders. 'Che, this is so troublesome.'
Grumbling under his breath, Naruto stomped off into the direction of the Hyuuga compound. With her brow furrowed and a worried look on her face, Hinata hesitantly walked faster until she was beside Naruto. Landing beside him, she albeit slowly took his hand in hers and squeezed it softly. Slowing his pace he glanced down to the timid heiress and smiled warmly, squeezing her hand back. Having a slight blush upon her cheeks she turned her head upward to see his whiskered face, she smiled softly at him. Continuing their trek to the compound, Gimpy jumped onto Hinata's shoulder and nuzzled into her neck purring loudly. Seeing this amused his Master, "Hey, that's my job." 'Oops. I said that out loud, didn't I?' Naruto blushed three shades redder than Hinata and smiled sheepishly while rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry, Hinata-chan I didn't mean to say that out loud, err I mean – What I meant was---"
"It's okay Naruto-kun, I know what you mean" winking at him as she said this. Gimpy hooked his tail under Hinata's hiti-ate and laid down sleeping soundlessly. Naruto smiled wider, 'I'm not so sure she knows just what I really mean.'
Walking towards the large gates, both paused and turned towards each other. "I guess I'll pick you up tomorrow at 8 pm." Hinata nodded hesitantly, wringing her hands in her shirt. "I never got the chance to do this, Hinata-chan." Hearing his words Hinata brought her head up with a look of surprise etched on her delicate features. Naruto extended his arms and placed them on her shoulders to bring her closer to him. Blushes appeared on both of their faces. Dipping his head further towards Hinata's face, her eyelids slid shut. Gazing thru hooded lids Naruto wet his lips, closing the space between them. Placing a chaste kiss on her lips before withdrawing slowly. Hinata took the initiative, and placed her arms around Naruto's waist and pulled him flush against her. Feeling the warmth of his kiss was intoxicating she had to have more. Moving her hands up his back and kneading them with expert fingers, Naruto opened his mouth and parted her lips with a moist tongue. With ragged breath, they parted and looked at each other, both humming with satisfaction.
"I have to go, I'll see you later, Hinata-chan. Come Gimpy." The little fox's ears perked and licked Hinata's face once more before leaping onto his Master's shoulder. Naruto smiled one last time, and hugged Hinata before departing, leaving a small kiss on her forehead.
Hinata was on cloud nine as some would say; she waved to Naruto and Gimpy as they were leaving. When she turned she bumped into someone. Startled, she began apologizing for fear it was someone important, in hopes whoever it was they didn't see what she just did.
"Hinata-sama. Your late." Brow rose.
Hinata tilted her head up to meet the same white eyes that she also adorned. "Neji-nisan. I was delayed, something came up." Keeping his stoic expression, "Hisashi-sama is waiting." (A/N: Spelling?) Breathing a sigh of relief, Hinata walked beside her emotionless cousin. Hinata looked over Neji's attire taking in the detail of his extravagant robes and noticed the absence of his hiti-ate. He must have gotten home early after training. Now that he has been taken into the Main House, no longer marred by the juinjutsu mark upon his brow. His flawless skin appeared to be illuminated by the moon rising. Looking over his shoulder, Neji glanced at his little shy cousin. A twitch could be seen at the corner of his mouth. 'I saw what you did Hinata-sama.'
"Orochimaru-sama."
"Yes, Kabuto. Do you have the results after the dry run?" Kabuto appeared next to the chair where the Snake bastard was seated. His attempt was futile to retrieve the Uchiha heir. After Sandaime's curse took full effect, he had to switch bodies before he lost everything. The Kyuubi brat was once again successful where he failed so many times.
"Yes, we have the results you requested."
"Good, let me see them." Taking the stack of papers from his charge, he began looking over the figures attempting to analyze the information. "This will do nicely, Kabuto. We will have another test in two days."
Kabuto nodded towards his master and teleported back to the laboratory.
"Lets see how well the Kyuubi brat will fare when he's young and defenseless." Cackling could be heard echoing through the vast halls of Orochimaru's palace.
Walking away from the Hyuuga compound, Naruto was in a daze. He just kissed Hinata and felt damn good. He wondered if this was what it was like to be wanted by someone of the opposite sex. His hormones were going out of control during that kiss. 'I wonder if Hinata-chan enjoyed it as much as I did?'
"Yip!"
Naruto craned his head so he could look at his fox, "I bet you can read minds." The red fox snorted at his comment. The fox container laughed heartily and ruffled his companion's fur. "At least I hope you can't read minds." "Yip!" "Lets go home, we had a very tiring day." Securing his fox to his hiti-ate, Naruto bounded on top of the building and started his journey homeward. Leaping from rooftop to rooftop, Gimpy perked his ears and sniffed the air. The fox gave a low growl alerting his Master.
"What's wrong?" Another low growl was emitted. Concentrating on his surroundings, Naruto listened carefully to the outside of Konoha. "There's one foreign chakra signature," sniffing the air once more, "No, make that two foreign chakra signatures." Gimpy growled low once more.
"Itachi-san, are you sure this alright?"
"Kisame, don't question me. I know what I'm doing." Bounding from tree branch to the next at high speed. Red eyes could be seen piercing thru the twilight. "How do we know if the Kyuubi is even alive, it's been years"? Asked the shark-faced Nin. The comment earned Kisame the ultra fabulous 99 daggers Uchiha glare. The tomoe's of the Sharingan spun wildly daring him to utter another word.
Kisame shut up after that. "Our organization needs the Kyuubi. He will not die easily." With a bored look, "Besides, my little brother wouldn't let it happen."
Coming to the Northern wall, both Missing Nins came to a stop. Looking from left to right, both men proceeded to the gate. It was time for the changing of the guard, as the two Konoha men were conversing about mundane topics; the Missing Nins were closing in on them. "Do you have a pass?" Asked one of the guardsmen. Kisame strolled right through the gate leaving his partner to tend to the guards. Itachi gently lifted his hat to reveal the Sharingan spinning wildly knocking out the unsuspecting guards.
Four years has passed since they have been to Itachi's home village. Now being 21 years old, his appearance hasn't changed much. Hair having grown considerably long and a few inches of height added. He was a knockout with the ladies but he never had an interest in them. Maybe one day he would procure the sanctity of the Clan or he could leave it to his brother to repopulate. Whoever lives the longest? Walking past the sleeping guards, the Missing Nins walked into the village in search of the Kyuubi.
"Yip!"
The fox jumped to the ground and took off towards the source of the chakra signatures. Seeing this, Naruto ran after his companion in hopes of catching whoever was in his village.
Walking down the street, tired and sweaty from training, Sasuke was on his way home for bed. Hearing a kind of bark in the distance, he sees a red and yellow blur blow right past him towards the Northern gate. "Naruto!" Hearing his name, the fox container came to an abrupt stop and turned his head towards Sasuke's direction. "Where the hell is the fire?" Smirking as he said this.
"No time Sasuke-bastard! Someone's in the village and it could be bad." Screamed the blonde shinobi. Eyes widening, Sasuke turned on his heel and ran to his best friend. 'I'll kill you, Uchiha Itachi.' Sasuke could sense the dark presence the intruders emitted and one was familiar to him. He could feel his brother getting closer. Both friends took off to the rooftops to keep from running over the pedestrians and nighttime cliental in the streets below. Both sweating profusely trying to keep up with Naruto's pet, the fox clad shinobi was getting anxious and angry. He could feel the killing intent in droves from his teammate; Naruto knew it had to one person to make Sasuke this angry. One word Uchiha Itachi. Tapping into the Kyuubi's chakra, a red aurora began to engulf the whisker-faced shinobi. His nails grew longer as well as his canines; the whisker scars became more defined. With the new power surge, Naruto began to run even faster.
Feeling the chakra spike, Tsunade put her rubber stamp down to call upon her assistant Shizune. "Shizune! There is something going on, I want you to call on 2 teams of Anbu and station them at the Northern gate." "Understood." Teleporting off, Tsunade rest her head on her knuckles, 'I hope he's alright.'
"Yip, yip!"
"Alright, alright Gimpy. We're coming." Both running as fast as they could, both friends jump off the last building in front of the intruders. Gimpy's fur was bristled and growling low. Showing his canines and tail twitching excitedly. "Uchiha… Itachi." Growled Sasuke. Naruto chose to go on the defensive while Sasuke was on the offensive stance.
"Oh? This should make my job easier, the Kyuubi chose to show up." Itachi remained expressionless while staring at his little brother. Sasuke's hand twitched beside his kunai pouch waiting for them to make the first move. Kisame brought his hand up behind his right shoulder to grasp the handle of his Samehada (A/N: Spelling?). "You will be the first I peel this evening, little Uchiha." Lifting the bandaged sword off his back and bringing it in front of his chest. Itachi averted his eyes to his partner; a scarred hand shot out and grabbed the shark man's wrist. "We are to not cause a scene, Anbu will most likely show up in a few minutes." Explained the calm Uchiha. "Naruto-kun, you will come with us to the organization, Akatsuki." Saying this, he quickly let go of Kisame's wrist and quickly pulled his arm back into his robe.
"The fuck if I will!" "You will have to beat me senseless for me to submit!" Screamed the foxed out shinobi. Sasuke flinched when his brother spoke, 'Why!' 'He will not get another important person of mine, never again!' Sasuke activated his Sharingan and quickly threw a kunai at his clan-murdering brother. Faster than the eye, Itachi pulled a kunai and deflected Sasuke's attack. The Uchiha bastard furrowed his brow and lost all semblance of control; and went after his brother using nothing but taijutsu. Itachi batted his brother away like a cat did when it played with the mouse. Naruto watched the two exchange blows, but Sasuke's rarely hit. Blood trickled out of the mouth of Sasuke. Wiping away the blood and panting heavily, Sasuke furrowed his brow. 'The difference is too great! Compared to my brother I haven't improved any.'
"Uchiha Itachi, S-class Missing Nin. Prepare yourself."
Both squads of Anbu arrived in time to separate the Uchiha's. All four Nins looked in the direction of the voice. Sasuke grimaced, executing a number of seals, gathering chakra to his hand preparing the chidori. Naruto recognized the sequence of the seals and prepared for his attack. Putting his hand behind his back readying shurikens in hopes of distracting the elder Uchiha. A thousand birds could be heard chirping as Sasuke's signature assassination technique rose to full power. Speed that rivaled Lee's he disappeared from sight as he came around to his brother's back. The Kyuubi container saw the opening and flung three shurikens at the shark man. Kisame didn't see it was coming and took the attack full force. From his belly to sternum, each shuriken hit their mark intended.
As soon as Sasuke came around to the back, Itachi predicted his brother's move and side stepped to the right avoiding the attack. A lone Anbu member teleported in front of Sasuke just in time to avoid Itachi's attack. The Anbu was stabbed in the back twice by two kunai. The younger Uchiha snarled silently and caught the Anbu squad member and leapt out of the fight to safety. Kisame pulled all three shuriken out and gave Naruto heated glare, "you know this won't stop me Kyuubi." Naruto went rigid, frowning deeply with his brow furrowed. Giving off another Kyuubi filled chakra surge, Naruto went through a familiar number of seals. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Seven perfect foxed out clones appearing on both sides of the original. One of the clones pulled out a kunai and disappeared from sight to reappear to Kisame's left side. Raising his hand Naruto came down and slashed his waistline. Blood was oozing from the fresh wound. Kisame chuckled lightly, "Is this all you can do brat?" Kisame raised his sword to take a swipe at the clone. Hitting it on top of the head, the clone poofed away. Sasuke laid the injured Anbu out of harm's way before backtracking to where his brother stood. The remaining Anbu quickly split up and took up the side between Naruto and Sasuke.
"Stay back Sasuke. We'll handle it."
Sasuke's Sharingan pulsed while the tomoe's spun even faster. He could hear the blood pumping in his own ears. Images of the past flashed in his mind. 'I'm the only person that can kill him.'
"Ninpou: Kage Mane no Jutsu!" Was all Sasuke heard before he was frozen in place in Shikamaru's shadow bind?
"Sasuke! Leave it to the Anbu. This is so troublesome." The younger Uchiha was struggling in the shadow boy's jutsu to gain control of his body. Concentrating on moving his shadow, he tried to capture Naruto as well. Out of the corner of his eye, the fox shinobi saw the shadow being extended towards him. Jumping into the air, he flipped back a few feet just out of Shikamaru's reach. Taking the cue from Shikamaru to pursue the 2 Missing Nin. The one closest to Sasuke unsheathed his katana and disappeared from sight. Shikamaru chose this time to jump away from the fight with Sasuke in tow. The Anbu reappeared in front of Kisame with his sword extended over his head in a downward swipe. The shark man used his Samehada to defend the deathblow like it was nothing.
The remaining Anbu members crouched into the offensive stance and proceeded to overwhelm the Missing Nins by their numbers. Itachi looked over to Kisame, with a nod of his head, they both teleported out of the vicinity. "Shikamaru! Why the hell did you do that? I'm the only one that can kill that man!" Screamed an enraged Uchiha. Shaking his head, Shikamaru sighed heavily, "Sasuke, he is too strong and you still too weak." Sasuke winced at his choice of words. "Unless we have the numbers, he cannot be defeated." Shikamaru still didn't know that the only person who could come close to killing him would be his little brother, Sasuke. Shikamaru released his jutsu and squatted on the ground with his arms resting on his knees. 'Troublesome that Uchiha.'
"Oi Sasuke, Shikamaru are you alright?"
Both said shinobis looked up to see a foxed out Naruto land beside them. Sasuke still fuming and Shikamaru looking bored they both nodded. Gimpy strolled up next to Naruto and gave a yip. Naruto squatted down to let his fox jump onto his shoulder. The blonde shinobi released the Kyuubi's chakra and lost all the fox's likeness letting him turn back to normal.
"The Anbu are trying to track where they went. I don't think they will catch up though, those guys aren't chumps." Fox boy said. Sasuke grimaced outwardly. He knew those 2 weren't chumps, especially his brother. He had the ultimate doujutsu, Mangekyou Sharingan. "Che, I'm going home." The brooding Uchiha turned on his heel back to his quaint apartment. Naruto's brow rose, "Lets go Shikamaru, nothing else can be done." Standing up, Shikamaru unzipped his Chuunin vest and scratched his head. "Aaa."
"Oi Naruto." The fox clad shinobi turned to glance at the lazy Chuunin. "Yeah?" "Who do you think those guys were after?" Looking up at the darkened sky, Shikamaru hears Naruto sigh heavily. With a curious expression on his face he turns his head from skyward to the blonde at his side. "Naruto?" The Kyuubi container had his hands in his pockets with his head tilted toward the ground watching his feet each step. "They were after me." He replied sadly. "Let me explain, but you have to keep this to yourself, its top priority, understand?" One brow rose as Shikamaru nodded. "It started 16 years ago, when the Kyuubi attached Konoha. And the Yondaime fought bravely until his bitter end. But he couldn't kill the Kyuubi, so he sealed it using a forbidden Fuuinjutsu that takes the user's life in order to seal. He sealed it inside a newborn baby boy. That baby boy was I." Shikamaru looked toward the twinkling stars in the sky as his friend told him he was the demon vessel. "So, you house of demon of great power and that is why those people are after you." Naruto looked up at Shikamaru with a questionable look on his face. "Naruto, if you think telling me this will make me hate you, you are sadly mistaken. As far as I see it, you are a hero." Looking down from the sky he gave Naruto a crooked smile and a pat on the back. "Lets go home, I'm exhausted, and especially having to hold that troublesome Uchiha still with my jutsu. He is really powerful." Naruto nodded and wrapped his hands behind his head smiling widely as he continued to walk next to Shikamaru.
"Itachi-san, we could have taken the Kyuubi easily. You are powerful and could have taken out all those people." He was met with silence as an answer. Kisame shook his head and kept up the fast pace out of the Fire Country and back to their hideout. Never would they know Itachi lost his ability to use the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Gimpy stretched lazily as he padded his way into Naruto's bedroom. Having eaten some more dried beef and Naruto had some instant Ramen, he decided it was time for a nice sleep. He heard the shower running in the bathroom, 'what a good kid.' Thought the fox. 'He suspects me to read minds? What garbage.' Leaping onto the worn out mattress, Gimpy circled a few times to get comfortable and curl up in a nice ball. 'I can't read minds, but I can read his.' Naruto sneezed.
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