Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Naruto.

Author's Notes: As of this chapter, I will no longer refer to my symbols as symbols. I shall refer to them as glyphs. Also, as of this chapter, I will be putting notes of new jutsus I created at bottom of chapter and will be going back and doing same thing for previous chapters. The techniques will also have their rank with them. There will probably be a one week gap atleast between this chapter and the next. Here are some review answers:

funkmasterjo: You're right, the English name was cheesy. Well, I switched to Japanese, so all's well.

inu-youkess: I can understand your feelings about Naruto almost killing Jiraiya before, but you must realize that the weakest ninja could defeat the strongest ninja if the strongest ninja was caught off-guard.

Normal Talk

Thoughts

Demon Talk

Jutsus

Chapter Eleven: Encounters of Akatsuki

Deidara and Gaara watched in amazement as a large amount of glyphs appeared around Naruto and a big one under him. Six dragons and twenty wolves burst from the smaller glyphs. Far away in Konoha, Hinata fell over, not used to such a sudden weakness. A large seven-tailed wolf rose from the large glyph with Naruto upon its head. "Hello Mekei-chan," Naruto said. Mekei looked up at him. Hello Naruto-kun. Who was I summoned to fight? Mekei asked. Naruto pointed to Deidara. Okay, Mekei said. Naruto looked at the dragons. Dart, Michael, Rose, Suna, Wisdom, and an unknown dragon. I can work with this, Naruto thought.

"Yo Wisdom! I didn't know you were a summon," Naruto said. The stone dragon looked at him. "Yes, I am indeed," Wisdom said. Naruto looked at the new dragon. "Hello Uzumaki-san. I am Mizura of the water dragon clan," the bluish dragon said. Naruto nodded. "I feel so small compared to your army," Gaara said as scales grew over Naruto's body. Naruto laughed as he finished going dragoon. "Someday you'll get a summon," Naruto said. He shot into the air with the dragons surrounding him. "Attack!" Naruto yelled.

Deidara threw a group of clay birds at the advancing wolves. "Ea Ba-suto no Jutsu (Air Burst Technique)," Mekei growled and blasted the explosive birds away. I should've summoned wolves, but I need Mekei-chan, Naruto thought. Naruto resheathed Heaven and instead drew Kokudo Hakaisha from his back. Deidara jumped back and threw some more birds at the nearby wolves. The birds exploded, killing a couple wolves. Suddenly, a hand of sand grabbed Deidara's leg. She tossed a clay bird down, blowing the hand up. She landed on the ground and rolled to the side as Naruto sliced down with Kokudo Hakaisha.

The two shinobi rose and Naruto pulled his blade from the ground. "Tenkuu Dangan no Jutsu (Air Bullet Technique)," Mekei snapped out and a concentrated blast of air shot Deidara across the field. Deidara landed on her back and stone bars rose around her. Rose released some blood to block Deidara in. "You think this makeshift cage can hold me?" Deidara asked. Explosions rained from inside the cage and it shattered. A wave of fire shot into the cage ruins from Dart. Deidara hopped out of the flames, slightly burnt. Gaara charged at the Akatsuki member with his sand scythe raised. Naruto stood with Kokudo Hakaisha sticking in a glyph in the ground.

Gaara slashed at Deidara, who ducked the blow and punched Gaara's sand armor. Shit, she thought as she backflipped away. Suddenly, she ran into a tree. Bark grew from the tree and surrounded her as she turned around. The bark securely held her torso and thighs to the tree. Gaara and Naruto walked up to her. "You're the weakest of the Akatsuki, aren't you?" Naruto asked. Deidara snarled at him. He leaned forward. "How many of the greater demons has your boss absorbed?" he whispered. "All but you and Mekei," Deidara replied. Naruto nodded and backed away.

"Let's kill her," Naruto said as he faced her with a glowing right hand. Gaara nodded and dove forward with his scythe. "Reikon Taijin no Jutsu (Soul Withdrawal Technique)," Naruto said. Deidara's soul flew into Naruto's hand as Gaara cut her head off. Gaara turned to Naruto as he absorbed the soul. "I'll never get used to that," Gaara said. "Gokukyaku no Jutsu (Grand Fireball Technique)," Naruto said as he destroyed Deidara's corpse. The duo walked back into Hidden Sand. They went back to Gaara's office. "What now?" Gaara asked. Naruto played with the handle of his sword. "I plan to hunt the Akatsuki down, kill Orochimaru, and return Sasuke to Konoha," Naruto said.

Gaara walked over to a cabinet. "Well, you have the Sand's support if you need it," Gaara said. Naruto bowed. "Thank you. I'm sorry I can't stay, but I'm going after Orochimaru right away," Naruto said. Gaara nodded. "I understand. If they don't make you a Leaf-nin again, come back here and you can become a Sand-nin. You practically are already. I'll also keep you at the rank of jounin," Gaara said. "I'll do that," Naruto said. The two friends played games into the night and Naruto left in the morning.

Naruto ran like he never ran before with a bad feeling. I sense something bad is going to happen to Sasuke, Naruto thought as he moved faster. He had entered Sound Country a couple minutes ago and was quickly closing on Orochimaru's village. Little did he know, he wasn't the only one converging onto the Hidden Sound Village. Coming from another direction, the forces of Konoha approached. Orochimaru's attacks against Leaf-nin finally roused Tsunade to attack. Naruto saw the Hidden Sound Village and quickly sealed. "Kakuremino Mayakashi Nohara no Jutsu (Cloak of Deception Technique)," he said and faded from all senses. Konoha chose that moment to attack.

Sasuke walked toward Orochimaru's office wondering what his teacher wanted. I think I should go back to Konoha. I'm starting to fear for my life. Maybe Naruto was right all along, Sasuke thought. He entered into Orochimaru's office. "Ah Sasuke-kun, you're here," Orochimaru said and began sealing. "What are you doing?" Sasuke asked. "Making you my new vessel!" Orochimaru yelled. Sasuke went to run when explosions rocked the village. "What the hell?" Orochimaru asked and ran out the door with Sasuke close behind him. Orochimaru was crossing a clearing when suddenly he was punched backwards. Naruto became visible again, cracking his knuckles. "Naruto!" Sasuke yelled.

"I cannot allow you to help your men. Konoha should have fun fighting them though. Orochimaru, your soul is mine!" Naruto yelled and drew Heaven and Hell. Orochimaru chuckled. "You beat me by a fluke last time. Even now, fused with the Kyuubi, I will beat you!" Orochimaru yelled as he made a grass-cutter blade on each arm. "Fused with the Kyuubi?" Sasuke asked. "I'll explain later," Naruto said. Orochimaru and Naruto charged at each other. "You're going down!" they yelled at each other.

Tsunade and Jiraiya led the Konoha shinobi in the assault against the Sound. After blowing the south gate, they were instantly attacked by Sound forces. The Sound forces watched as a glowing Tsunade jumped above them. Tsunade slammed a fist into the ground and the Sound forces were blasted into the air and a crater appeared in the ground. The Konoha forces eagerly attacked the Sound forces as Tsunade and Jiraiya slipped into the compound. "We need to beat Orochimaru!" Jiraiya yelled. Tsunade nodded.

Naruto blinked in surprise when his blades didn't go through Orochimaru's jutsus. I guess that doesn't work with chakra then, Naruto thought. Naruto slid backwards and jumped at Orochimaru again. Their blades clashed and Naruto activated his Bouenkyou Sharikugan. Suddenly, Sasuke's Chi Kirite came slicing at Orochimaru's side. The two combatants jumped backwards with Orochimaru narrowly avoiding the blow. Naruto sheathed Heaven and Hell and drew Kokudo Hakaisha as Sasuke came next to him. "I guess you're ready to go back," Naruto said. Sasuke nodded.

"So, you're going to fight me too, Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru asked as he turned his two grass cutter blades into one large blade. Sasuke charged at Orochimaru, preparing to do an upward slash. Naruto saw this and followed closely behind for a horizontal slash. Orochimaru turned as pale as possible and quickly sealed. Naruto and Sasuke's blades cut through Orochimaru and he was absorbed into Naruto's Kokudo Hakaisha. "Dang, a mud clone. Where is he?" Naruto asked. The two looked around and suddenly Naruto's Bouenkyou Sharikugan began spiraling. "Oh shit," Naruto said.

"Akunochimata Hebi Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Underworld Snake Summoning Technique)!" came Orochimaru's voice from underground. Large snakes burst from the ground everywhere. "Did you copy this? I couldn't," Sasuke said with his Mangekyou active. Naruto glanced at Sasuke. "Mangekyou sharingan," Naruto said in a fierce growl. Sasuke nervously played with his sword. "It is impossible to copy a summoning," Naruto said. Sasuke frowned. They jumped away from each other as a couple snakes struck at them. Naruto sliced the snake open as Sasuke raised his blade. "Chi Kiritateru no Jutsu (Blood Slashes Technique)," Sasuke said as the multiple blades of blood sliced into the snakes. The two regrouped and stood back to back.

Tsunade and Jiraiya approached a large room and saw a large mass of snakes. Between the snakes' shuffling bodies, Tsunade saw Naruto and Sasuke back to back, striking the snakes down with their blades. Tsunade began punching through the snakes to get to Naruto. Jiraiya saw what she saw and followed her in. Suddenly, Naruto began glowing with demonic chakra and red chakra posts began appearing around them. Tsunade and Jiraiya jumped into its area of effect as Naruto said, "Roku Seikou Toku no Jutsu (Six-Point Shield Technique)." Shields appeared between the six posts.

Naruto and Sasuke jumped in surprise when they saw Tsunade and Jiraiya. Naruto quickly grabbed Jiraiya and lifted him up. "Erosennin, get off obaachan!" Naruto yelled. Tsunade laughed as she picked herself up. "Same Naruto personality," Tsunade said. Naruto set Jiraiya down. "The bastard here with the Mangekyou is ready to go back. Now you all make nice in here as I go kill the snake freak. If this shield drops, I'm probably dead," Naruto said and ran out of his barrier. The other three tried to follow, but the barrier knocked them back. Be safe Naruto, Tsunade thought worriedly.

What Naruto saw when he exited his barrier amused him. Loads of snakes stood between Naruto and Orochimaru. "Hiding, are we?" Naruto asked. "Merely giving you a challenge," Orochimaru replied. Naruto smirked and raised his purple blade. He brought it slashing down while yelling, "Kyuukyoku Ryuujin Kiritateru no Jutsu (Ultimate Dragon King Slash Technique)!" Purple blades slashed across the ground as a large cylinder of purple energy shot straight at Orochimaru, decimating snakes along the way. Orochimaru created another mud clone as ninety percent of his snakes were obliterated. Naruto instantly found Orochimaru again and shot a glyph under him. Chains coiled around Orochimaru from the glyph.

"What the hell is this power?" Orochimaru asked. Naruto approached Orochimaru, his eyes glowing a soft red. "Thus is the power of my eyes. Thus is the power of the Bouenkyou Sharikugan, the powers of the Mangekyou sharingan and byakugan combined," Naruto said. Orochimaru shook slightly. "These are powerful bonds," Orochimaru said. Naruto reached into Orochimaru's shirt and pulled out a scroll. "Hey! Give that back!" Orochimaru yelled. Naruto withdrew a scroll of his own and both scrolls glowed. The symbol for snake appeared on Naruto's scroll and he pocketed both scrolls. Suddenly, the remaining two snakes dove at Naruto. Naruto flipped over the snakes and grazed them with glowing red fingers. "Katon: Bakuha no Jutsu (Fire Element: Implosion Technique)," Naruto said. The snakes blew up from the inside, quickly killing them.

"Time for your end, Orochimaru. Though before I kill you, you will endure evil things," Naruto said to his prisoner. "What can you do to me?" Orochimaru asked. Naruto's eyes cast an eerie glow on Orochimaru. "For the next seventy-two hours you will be forced to watch episodes of Barney, Teletubbies, and Care Bears," Naruto said in a hypnotic voice. Orochimaru screamed. When the genjutsu finally released, Orochimaru was sobbing. "You're sadistic!" Orochimaru screamed. Laughing, Naruto began sealing. "Akumu Genzou no Jutsu (Nightmare Vision Technique)," Naruto said. Orochimaru screamed for the next two minutes until Naruto released the genjutsu. "You are really sadistic!" Orochimaru yelled.

Naruto replaced Kokudo Hakaisha upon his back and drew Heaven and Hell. He placed them at the sides of Orochimaru's neck, crossed over each other. Naruto's tails shuffled nervously. "Goodbye Orochimaru," Naruto said as he sliced the snake sannin's head off. He sheathed his blades and stuck a glowing hand out. Orochimaru's soul absorbed into Naruto. He then dropped his shield and saw Sasuke flopping on the ground with Tsunade and Jiraiya crouched next to him. Naruto quickly ran over. "What happened?" Naruto asked. "I don't know. Right before you dropped the shield, he fell over and started doing this," Jiraiya said.

Naruto flipped Sasuke over and looked at his neck. It was glowing violently. "Quick, take off the Limiter Seal!" Naruto yelled. Tsunade and Jiraiya each quickly took a spot at the seal. "Put your hand here," Tsunade ordered Naruto. Naruto placed his hand in the seal. The seal glowed and then shattered. They removed their hands and looked at Sasuke's neck. The cursed seal was cracking and falling apart. The three shinobi breathed a sigh of relief when the cursed seal finally left. Sasuke slowly rose. "Damn that hurt. Almost as bad as getting the seal," Sasuke said.

Suddenly, Naruto felt bonds put upon him and his chakra became unstable. "Crap," Naruto said. "Naruto, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can be used against you in the court of law. You will be placed under trial when we return to Konoha to see if your services to Konoha will allow you to be reinstated," Tsunade said. Sasuke looked on in surprise. "Naruto is a missing-nin and still tried to rescue me?" Sasuke asked in bewilderment. "S Rank for his level of skill and allowing you to escape. We're supposed to just kill him now," Jiraiya said. Sasuke looked down, ashamed. "You know I could still break free. My physical strength is more than enough," Naruto said while flexing his muscles. "You won't though," Tsunade said and they walked out of the compound.

When Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sasuke appeared with Naruto, uproar arose in the victorious Konoha troops. "Kill him!" many of the shinobi yelled. "No!" Tsunade bellowed. The shinobi instantly shut up. "For his rescuing Uchiha Sasuke and killing Orochimaru, public enemy number one, he deserves a fair trial," Tsunade said. The shinobi grumbled but didn't voice an objection. Suddenly, a glowing white figure bounded up and tackled Naruto. Naruto received a flurry of kisses before Tsunade pulled the girl off. "Hinata! Save it for when he's free!" Tsunade yelled. A laughing Hanabi dragged her glowing sister away from the fox demon boy.

The journey back to Konoha was boring to Naruto. He was left in an enclosed wagon by himself. Tsunade said Gaara and his siblings were coming to his trial as well as Tazuya Suiryu. Naruto saw and drew complex diagrams in the air with his tails. Every once in awhile he felt like he was being watched, so he figured either Neji, Hinata, or Hanabi were watching him, probably Hinata, he reasoned. When they reached Konoha, Naruto was escorted by Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Gaara, Suiryu, and Gai to the audience chamber. Suiryu had his special double-edged seven-foot blade. It was pure black. Inside the chamber was every head of a clan. There was roughly ten Anbu with Sasuke since he is the head of the Uchiha clan.

"Why does Sasuke have so many Anbu near him?" Naruto asked Tsunade. "He's under house arrest for six months except for training," Tsunade said. Naruto was placed in a sealed platform which he could speak from. His entourage took their own places. "So, demon, what have you done since you became a missing-nin?" Hyuuga Hiashi asked. "Hiashi!" Tsunade yelled. "Settle down obaachan, I'll answer," Naruto said while fiddling with the green necklace around his neck he got from Tsunade. "I fused with Kyuubi. I had these three blades made by Tazuya Suiryu there. I did missions for Gaara. I trained in the use of said three blades. I killed Deidara of the Akatsuki, the weakest of the nine. I saved Sasuke from becoming Orochimaru's vessel. I killed Orochimaru," Naruto said.

Hiashi silently stepped back. Suddenly, Naruto used his Modified Henge (aka Sexy no Jutsu) to turn into a small, yet cute fox with two tails. People stared at him. "Well, any other questions?" Tsunade asked. "Why did you fuse with Kyuubi?" Sasuke asked. The fox looked up at Sasuke. Everyone else watched the fox. "We fused so that we would have a better chance of survival. We knew the Akatsuki would come after us for the Kyuubi no Kitsune. We knew it was the only chance we had," the fox said in a misleadingly pleasant voice. Sasuke looked down. "Why did you let me go?" Sasuke asked. "You had a path you needed to take to see the light," Naruto said wisely. Sasuke smiled at the little fox. "Okay, vote time! Reinstate him as jounin or kill him," Tsunade said. Everyone voted and Tsunade counted the votes. Then she walked into Naruto's platform.

Naruto turned back into his normal form. Tsunade reached into her pocket and pulled something out and handed it to Naruto. Naruto took the object and stared at it. "Welcome back to our forces," Tsunade said. Naruto placed his new forehead protector upon his head and pulled out the old one. Naruto squeezed his fist over it and it crumbled to dust. "It's good to be back," Naruto said. Tsunade embraced Naruto quickly and everyone left the compound. Gaara approached Naruto outside. "Remember, if you ever need help, Sand is behind you," Gaara said. Naruto nodded. "Your help is always appreciated," Naruto said. Suiryu approached next as Gaara left. "I'm heading back to Mist. I'll be back, though. I'm moving to Konoha to keep an eye on you. See you later," Suiryu said. "See you friend," Naruto said.

"Hey, Naruto. How would you feel about having students?" Tsunade asked. "Hmm, I'll try being a teacher," Naruto said. "Good. Be at the Academy at eight tomorrow morning," Tsunade said. Naruto nodded and went home. That night, Naruto slept with his tails wrapped around Hinata. In the morning, Naruto walked to the Academy under the illusion of his former self. He walked into the Academy and waited outside Iruka's classroom under an illusion of a little kid. Five kids walked out and down the hall, three of which were the Konohamaru Corps. Naruto walked into the classroom and reverted to his Naruto before fusion illusion.

"Oh, hello Naruto-sensei," Iruka said. Naruto blinked. "I should be the one calling you sensei, Iruka-sensei," Naruto said. Iruka suddenly looked at his class. "Class, this is Uzumaki Naruto. He's a former student of mine. Actually, he was from last year's Rookie Twelve. He's a jounin now and will be leading team six, the very team he was in," Iruka said. "Hello, Naruto-sensei!" the class yelled. Naruto suddenly changed to normal. Everyone stared at him. "I shouldn't have experimented with layering henges," Naruto said solemnly. "Kawaii!" one of the girls yelled and jumped at him. Naruto twitched a tail and a barrier blocked them. "So, it was true. You fused with the Kyuubi," Iruka said quietly. "Yes," Naruto said softly. Iruka sighed. "Okay, go to room 207. You have Kirite Futa, Akuma Naraku, and Sasuke," Iruka said.

Naruto walked into room 207. "Naruto!" the Konohamaru Corps yelled. "Naruto?" Sasuke asked in amazement. His Anbu guard was with him. "Yo Anbu, you can leave. Sasuke won't do anything. Even if he did, he wouldn't get far," Naruto said. The Anbu left, grumbling. Everyone but Sasuke was watching Naruto's swaying tails. "For those of you who don't know, I'm a hanyou, or half-demon. I was a demon vessel for Kyuubi until we fused and made me, a hanyou," Naruto said. "Wow," they replied. "Anyways, Sasuke, Futa, and Naruaku, follow me," Naruto said and walked out. His students followed him. They went to team six's training ground. Naruto faced his students.

"You three are all going to fight against me to get this bell on my waist," Naruto said and pointed to his waist. "You will have to go all out to get it. Whoever gets the bell passes, everyone else goes to the Academy again. You have four hours. Sasuke, you don't have to do this since you've done it before. Begin," Naruto said. Naruto activated the Bouenkyou Sharikugan as his students dove into the bushes. It seemed obvious Sasuke wanted to take part in the test again, though he knew he wouldn't fail. Sasuke watched as Naruto pulled out a book. Sasuke's eyes widened at the book's title. Not another perverted teacher! Sasuke yelled inwardly. Sasuke activated his Mangekyou as Naraku jumped out. Naruto smirked. He stomped his foot on the ground and said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)." Glyphs appeared on the ground and three medium snakes crawled out.

Naraku quickly jumped back and eyed the snakes. Sasuke's eyes widened in the bushes at seeing his old master's summon creature. He suddenly remembered something and dashed through the trees. Naraku sealed while spreading blood from a cut on his thumb across his palm. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" Naraku yelled and a man made of fire appeared. Naruto watched in amusement as the elemental destroyed his snakes. Naruto shot forward and Naraku felt something ruffle his clothes. Naruto reappeared with Naraku's contract. "Give that back, you thief!" Naraku yelled. Naruto held his glowing scroll out and tossed Naraku his scroll back when he was done. Naraku replaced the scroll and charged Naruto with his elemental angrily.

Naruto shot into the air and Naraku waited for him to come down. When Naruto didn't, Naraku looked up. Naruto was hovering with the wings part of his dragoon transformation. Naruto was still reading the book. "Hey Sasuke, I can see how Kakashi liked these books. Also, stop making out with Futa, even though it shows improvement on your heartlessness," Naruto snickered as he spoke in Sasuke's general direction. "He can see us?" Futa asked, blushing. "Of course. I forgot about his demonic bloodline. Well, let's grab Naraku and tell him the plan," Sasuke said, slightly annoyed at Naruto's statement. The two shot out. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)," Naruto said calmly from the air. Ten shadow clones appeared and approached them.

Sasuke slid to a stop and began sealing. "Go!" Sasuke ordered. "Just help Sasuke-kun attack Naruto-sensei," Futa whispered to Naraku, who nodded. "Amaterasu Katon: Karyu Endan no Jutsu (Sunfire Element: Fire Dragon Blast Technique)!" Sasuke yelled and shot four black flaming dragons from his mouth. "Naraku Katon: Karyu Endan no Jutsu (Hellfire Element: Fire Dragon Blast Technique)!" Naruto yelled and shot four purple flaming dragons in return. Naraku's elemental stood nearby, having defeated all the clones. "Hey, stop cheating!" Naraku yelled to Naruto. Naruto snapped shut his book. "I'm not cheating! I'm using my resources! Sasuke, Futa, close your eyes," Naruto growled angrily and sealed.

Sasuke and Futa quickly shut their eyes. "Akumu Genzou no Jutsu (Nightmare Vision Technique)!" Naruto roared. Sasuke turned pale as Naraku collapsed to the ground, quivering. Naruto quickly shut the jutsu off and landed next to Naraku. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to lose control like that. Damnable fox," Naruto said as he ran a diagnostics jutsu on Naraku's head. He felt something go by his waist and snapped his tails at it. "Aggh!" Futa yelled as she flew through the air, clutching the bell. Sasuke caught Futa and quickly set her down. "Thanks, Sasuke-kun," Futa said. Sasuke blushed slightly and turned away. Naruto picked Naraku up and dragged him over. "I knocked him out. The jutsu overloaded his brain and if he stayed conscious, he would have experienced some major head trauma," Naruto said. "Naruto-sensei, what did you do to him?" Futa asked.

"It's a little nightmarish genjutsu I copied from Sasuke, who I guess got from Kakashi," Naruto said. "How old are you?" Futa asked. "A year older than you. Roughly half a year ago I was promoted from genin to jounin in my first chuunin exam because I rock. I was one of the Rookie Twelve," Naruto said. "Yea, you were dead last," Sasuke whispered. "Sasuke, you know better than anyone that I'm the strongest ninja here because of my fusion and I was stronger before every genin and chuunin before as well," Naruto said. Sasuke snickered. "Well, anyways, good technique. You could've lost a teammate though. You guys pass, all of you. Meet me at the Hokage's Tower tomorrow at ten for our first mission. I'll try to get us a good one," Naruto said. His students left with their unconscious teammate as Naruto teleported to the Hokage's Tower.

"Hello, Naruto. How are your students?" Tsunade asked without looking up. "Sasuke is Sasuke. Futa is skilled in stealth; she snuck into my guard to get the bell. Naraku is hot-headed, like me, and a skilled summoner," Naruto said. Tsunade nodded. "A good mix for you," Tsunade said. "Yeah. Hey obaachan, can we have a C Rank for our first mission?" Naruto asked. Tsunade eyed him. "Sure. An out of country delivery mission should do right?" Tsunade asked. "Arigatou," Naruto said and disappeared. You better keep them safe, Naruto, Tsunade thought and grabbed the mission scrolls. She reserved Naruto's mission for him.

Naruto stood waiting for is team with their mission envelope. All three of his students appeared at roughly the same time. "Yo guys, go home and grab items for a journey. We've got an out of country C Rank mission. Meet me in thirty minutes," Naruto said. Thirty minutes later, the four shinobi were walking through a forest. "Where are we going?" Sasuke asked. "We are going to Hidden Sand to deliver a message to Kazekage Gaara," Naruto said. Sasuke nodded. They continued on for sometime when suddenly Naruto stopped them. "What's the matter, Naruto-sensei?" Futa asked. "They're attacking again so soon," Naruto whispered. Naruto suddenly tossed a scroll to Sasuke and began making chakra posts.

Sasuke opened the scroll and gasped. "You are now the master of snake summoning," Naruto said. "Roku Seikou Toku no Jutsu (Six-Point Shield Technique)!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke put the scroll away and all three genin watched Naruto. "Stay here. This is a fight only I can do," Naruto said and activated his Bounekyou Sharikugan. He walked out of his shield. A patch of roses was in the area in front of him. A scantily-clad woman holding a rose climbed from the patch. "Who are you?" Naruto asked. "I am Umidasu Hana of the Akatsuki. I am the second weakest, number eight I am," the lady said.

Naruto slid into stance and drew Heaven and Hell. "Bara Kakuhan (Rose Whip)," the lady said and flicked her rose. It turned instantly into a whip with many thorns. Naruto charged forward, but he was brought to the ground by the whip. The lady quickly sealed. "Ishoku Hayashi no Jutsu (Living Forest Technique)," she said. The forest grew thicker and faces grew on the trees. They began to attack Naruto as the lady sealed some more. "Nai Mori no Jutsu (Forest of the Dead Technique)," she said. Corpses began rising from the ground as Naruto cut the branches which were attacking him. "Kagirinai Hayashi no Jutsu (Endless Forest Technique)," Hana said. "God, how can you be using so many forest jutsus at the same time?" Naruto asked. The lady snickered. "Well, I am using my Blossom bloodline. It allows me to use and control multiple plant jutsus at the same time," she said.

Naruto slashed through another group of corpses and branches and charged at Hana. She briefly sealed. "Hari Kabe no Jutsu (Needle Wall Technique)," she said. A thorny wall rose from the ground to block Naruto. Naruto flipped backwards and sealed. "Katon: Gokukyaku no Jutsu (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)," he said and shot a large fireball at the barrier. The barrier absorbed the fireball. "You're going to have to do better than that," the lady said as the barrier became a dome. Naruto growled when suddenly a branch sharpened itself and pierced his right shoulder. "Enkou Dragoon Henge (Flaming Dragoon Transformation)," Naruto whispered. Flames shot from his back, frying the branch, and formed into wings and solidified. Red scale armor appeared and his entire right arm became encased in shifting red scales. He shot into the air.

The red scales on Naruto's right arm formed into a cannon. "So, I get to fight a new dragoon form, huh? Show me what you got," Hana said from inside her barrier. Naruto had his cannon arm face the barrier and a bright glow appeared in it. "Enkou Tama (Flame Shot)," Naruto said. A large fireball shot from the cannon and blasted a hole in the barrier. The small hole quickly healed itself. Naruto looked down and saw the branches and corpses attacking his student's barrier. He quickly formed a set of one-handed seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)," Naruto said. A glyph appeared on a tree and a wood dragon popped out. "Moira is here to save the day!" the wood dragon yelled and charged at the offenders.

Sasuke, Futa, and Naraku watched Naruto's fight and were amazed at his level of skill. They ignored the branches and corpses in favor of watching Naruto fight. "I can't believe it won't let me copy his jutsu," Sasuke said. "He probably doesn't want his skills copied. He is going all-out right?" Naraku asked. Futa nervously watched her sensei make more one-handed seals. "He's nowhere near all-out yet," Sasuke said in wonder. They all watched their strong teacher as he finished sealing. "Seimitsu Bunshin no Jutsu (Exact Clone Technique)," Naruto said. Nine perfect copies of Naruto, down to their own chakra system with their individual power, appeared around the barrier. All of them aimed their cannons at the barrier.

"Rensha Tama (Rapid Flame Shot)!" they yelled. Fireballs shot from the hovering figures at the barrier over and over again. They stopped firing as the barrier collapsed. Suddenly, a large plantlike figure rose from the ground. "Now here's an Akatsuki worthy attack," Naruto said. "Yes. Shinrin Sonzaisha no Jutsu (Forest Entity Technique)," the lady said from inside the creation. The Narutos turned the cannon back into an arm and they redrew Heaven and Hell. They charged at the being while starting on fire. The entity grabbed one of the clones and killed it, causing it to disappear. "Issen Hinote Higyou no Jutsu (One Thousand Fiery Strikes Technique)!" the Narutos yelled. To all outside spectators, all they could see was a lot of fire and pieces of the creature falling to the ground.

The Narutos slid into view in a square formation. They entity lay on the ground in pieces. "That shows you!" Naruto yelled. The lady laughed loudly as her creation repaired itself and destroyed two more clones. All the Narutos performed the same seal. "Shuukai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Mass Shadow Clone Technique)!" they yelled. Thousands of clones appeared, filling the forest. Moira slid into the air to avoid all the clones. All the Narutos attacked as the entity destroyed waves of clones and two more exact clones. Hana laughed as Naruto's forces began to dwindle. "Man, she's tough," exact clone seven said. "Yea, I can only think of one way to destroy her," exact clone four said. All the clones and Naruto conversed. "It's worth a try," Naruto said.

Naruto began to glow red as his fox-like features began to grow more defined. The remaining four exact clones suddenly started on fire as the remaining two hundred shadow clones charged forward. "Jisatsu Faia Enka (Suicide Fire Rocket)!" the exact clones yelled as the shadow clones yelled, "Naruto Bakudan no Jutsu (Naruto Bomb Technique)!" The shadow clones ran into the entity and exploded as soon as they made contact. The exact clones shot forward and created even larger explosions. The entity stumbled, but stood strong with a hole in its chest. "Fool! Such power is not enough to beat me!" Hana yelled. Naruto smiled and sheathed his blades. "That wasn't meant to beat you. This will though," Naruto said as he flew into the hole sealing.

"Tenma Naraku Katon: Inferuno no Jutsu (Demon Hellfire Element: Inferno Technique)!" Naruto yelled from inside the forest entity. A huge funnel of pure black flame surrounded the entity and completely destroyed it. Hana was incinerated by the flames as well and Naruto quickly absorbed her floating soul. Suddenly, he was dragged into his mind. Naruto saw a hooded figure in a robe. "If you are viewing this, Umidasu Hana has failed and you absorbed her soul. Naruto, I would like to tell you that we of the Akatsuki are going to leave you alone for thirteen years. After the thirteen years are up, we are going to try harder than ever. Enjoy your break," the mysterious figure said. Naruto was then released.

Naruto quickly went over and released his students. "Good fight, Naruto-sensei!" Futa yelled. Sasuke noticed Naruto was unusually happy. "Naruto, what's up?" Sasuke asked. "The Akatsuki aren't going to hunt me for thirteen years," Naruto said. His students stood slack-jawed. "Let's finish the mission and get home," Naruto said. They continued on their way and soon finished the mission with only slight thug resistance, which Futa and Naraku dealt with.

Author's Notes: Here it is, the chapter of eleven. Chapter Twelve will feature a major time skip, so pay attention in its beginning. As I said at the top, I shall place descriptions of this chapter's new jutsus here and go back and do it for other chapters eventually. First though, a translation:

Umidasu Hana-Bringer of the Flowers

Okay, here are the jutsus! Seventeen new jutsus of my creation.

Kakuremino Mayakashi Nohara no Jutsu (Cloak of Deception Technique) A Rank

This jutsu is basically the combination of Kakuremino no Jutsu and Mayakashi Nohara no Jutsu. For the description of their effects, see Chapter Ten when I update it.

Akunochimata Hebi Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Underworld Snake Summoning Technique) A Rank

In this jutsu, summoned snakes burst from the ground to attack a target or can stay underground for surprise attacks. Either way, the snake is summoned underground.

Roku Seikou Toku no Jutsu (Six-Point Shield Technique) C Rank

This jutsu is used for defensive purposes. The user creates six posts of chakra before the activation of this technique to map out the boundaries of the technique. Depending on how much chakra is put into the shield and how far the posts are spaced, the stronger or weaker the shields will be. The shields are crimson in color and a flat shield rests along the top and underground to stop aerial and underground assaults.

Kyuukyoku Ryuujin Kiritateru no Jutsu (Ultimate Dragon King Slash Technique) S Rank

This jutsu is used by focusing chakra into a blade, preferably a large one. When the technique is activated, large purple blades slash across the ground and a large cylinder of purple chakra shoots straight forward. It is very hard to dodge and/or defend against.

Bakuha no Jutsu (Implosion Technique) B Rank

In this fire type jutsu, a forceful expulsion of chakra into a target at close range will force the target's chakra to explode. The result being that the target blows up from the inside, or implodes.

Bara Kakuhan (Rose Whip) D Rank

By putting chakra into a rose, the rose grows out and becomes a whip with thorns. Close range weapon, slow attack.

Ishoku Hayashi no Jutsu (Living Forest Technique) B Rank

In this technique, the user puts their chakra into the surrounding trees allowing them to gain the abilities to move around on their own accord. Faces appear on the trees, which usually creeps the enemies out.

Nai Mori no Jutsu (Forest of the Dead Technique) A Rank

This technique reanimates corpses, allowing them to freely move about and attack. The corpses only know a few simple desires as in eat and kill. This technique is named Forest of the Dead because it was originally used in a forest.

Kagirinai Hayashi no Jutsu (Endless Forest Technique) C Rank

A mid-level genjutsu that makes a person feel like they are trapped in a forest. No matter which way they go, they think they keep coming back to the same spot.

Hari Kabe no Jutsu (Needle Wall Technique) B Rank

A large barrier of briars rises from the ground to shield the user and its targets to guard. If enough chakra is focused into the shield, it can form a dome.

Enkou Dragoon Henge (Flaming Dragoon Transformation) S Rank

Instead of transforming into the users default dragoon form, the user instead changes into the flame dragoon form by using a minimal amount of chakra.

Enkou Tama (Flame Shot) B Rank

Used in association with the flame dragoon. A cannon on the user's arm fires off a high power fireball. Minimal chakra usage.

Seimitsu Bunshin no Jutsu (Exact Clone Technique) S Rank

The user creates a completely separate form of themselves with the exact same amount of chakra and strength. The clones are not connected mentally and are therefore forced to talk verbally or use a technique to speak mentally.

Rensha Tama (Rapid Flame Shot) B Rank

Multiple Flame Shots are fired rapidly with limited abilities to move. The fireballs are slightly less powerful, but what lacks in power, it makes up for in number.

Shinrin Sonzaisha no Jutsu (Forest Entity Technique) S Rank

The user creates a large, wooden figure around their body which they control internally. It uses a very large amount of chakra to manipulate the trees and plants into this figure, but once created, minimal amounts of chakra are required to operate.

Issen Hinote Higyou no Jutsu (One Thousand Fiery Strikes Technique) B Rank

This jutsu requires the use of a weapon. The user's weapon starts on fire and chakra courses through the user's body to make them move faster. In a matter of seconds, the user has struck the target one thousand times. The cost for this jutsu is very high, though for demonic vessels, the cost is merely a dent in their power.

Jisatsu Faia Enka (Suicide Fire Rocket) A Rank

The user starts on fire and shoots rapidly towards the target. Upon contact, the user's chakra explodes, obliterating themselves and a good portion of the target, if not all of the target. Forbidden Technique because of idiocy of using.