Author's Note: YOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Meet again, eh? Soooo... here is the next chapter! Hope you all like it! Still full of action, and mind you, there are several new jutsus that I made myself! (ex: Shi no Mai which means Dance of Death in the previous chapter) Using Japanese, though (I don't know if it is grammatically correct or not but... at least I tried, ne?) Anyway, Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, If I do, Kakashi will take off his mask! What's hidden in there anyway!
Chapter 7
"GRAAAAAA!"
Smack! That was a direct hit. Naruto growled loudly. His body was covered by thick red chakra. His whiskers had deepened and his cerulean eyes had changed red with slit-like pupils. Orochimaru stayed on his place. His evil eyes showed amusement.
"Entertain me more… Kyuubi Boy…"
BOOOM!
"No!" Tsunade quickly shouted. "Naruto! Stop! NARUTO!"
"DAMN!" Kiba let out a curse between the battle of Team 8 plus Team Asuma versus the hundreds invaders. "This chakra… It's Kyuubi's!"
Team 8 and Team Asuma stared at the source of the intense feeling. Hinata's lips trembled at the sight.
"N-Naruto-kun…"
"Gosh… This is troublesome." Shikamaru sighed. Ino froze and asked loudly, "What is that! WHAT IS THAT! SOMEBODY, tell me! WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!"
Chouji gasped and said, "D-Definitely not a dango or anything we can eat."
"I know this will happen," Shino folded his arms. His eyes hidden behind the glasses but his anxiety was visible. "Four-tailed Kyuubi… This fast…"
CRAAAAAASHHH!
Blood were spilled to the ground. The Kusanagi was wet by thick red fresh blood. Deep wounds were made… but Adachi's eye bulge with shock.
"You… blocked it!"
Tenten grinned, her blood dripping off from the tip of her mouth. Her right hand trembled in pain and muscle spasm. She gripped her kunai tightly… and what it blocked was the Kusanagi that was heading towards her heart.
"That… was… fast…" She said slowly, maintaining her defense. She got series of wound, but only several of them that deep enough to make her winced. "But… it looks like… it's not enough to kill me… eh?"
Adachi gritted his teeth. Tenten twirled her kunai, forced Adachi to draw away. She jumped backward, grimaced when the move hurt her wound. Adachi narrowed his eyes and growled, "Why? How could you avoid my attack!"
A soft laugh was heard as a reply. Tenten smiled and answered, "Your move… was fast, indeed… one hundred and five slashed… combined with fire, wind, and water elements… no wonder no one survived before…"
The young lady coughed. She closed her eyes for a moment and then smiled. Adachi gritted his teeth and asked in hoarse voice, "So how the hell you could…"
"It's because none of your opponent has a team like mine…" Tenten grinned, straightened. Her huge scroll strapped safely behind her. "None of your opponent has a team that always trained together like mine… None of them… has Rock Lee… or Hyuuga Neji as their teammate…"
Adachi's eyebrow moved down. Slowly, he said, "So?"
"So…" Tenten reached her pouch. "Your speed was nothing compared to those two. Even though you've increased it with your insane chakra… Lee's slowed movement was still faster than it. Anyway, I can see that even Naruto has better control than you are! Your jutsu was still incomplete…"
"HAH!" Adachi snorted loudly. He raised his Kusanagi. "Then why I could wound you so bad, eh! WHY!"
"Heh… what kind of ninja who'll tell their opponent that?" Tenten grinned. She was ready for the hand seals. "But before you do anything more… I'll finish this! My turn now, Adachi… Ryuudan Tsumoji!"
"Lee…" Sakura stared in surprise. "Why… are you here?"
Rock Lee turned his face and quickly showed Sakura his (and Gai's) famous 'Nice Guy Pose' complete with glittering teeth and flaming background.
"To fulfill my promise to protect you!" said the green beast loudly with full confidence. "A gentleman won't back away his words! For the sake of the springtime of youth!"
"Oh, right."
Sakura sweatdropped. She could never ever get used to Lee's 'springtime of youth' energy. It made her wonder how Neji and Tenten could befriend him for all this years. Kabuto looked at the miniature Gai in a puzzled way. Sakura understood his emotion pretty well, how Lee and Gai could make you dumbfounded just by looking at them.
"You hurt Sakura-san!" shouted Lee to the confused Kabuto. "I won't let you do that again!"
"So there is someone that's as loud as Naruto-kun…" Kabuto managed to get up. His palm began to glimmer again. "But I won't let you interfere with my work. Orochimaru-sama doesn't accept failure…"
Lee cringed at the call of Orochimaru's name.
"Orochimaru's subordinate! So you are Konoha's enemy!" Lee prepared his stance. "Now I will not hold back!"
"Huh," Kabuto lifted his eyeglasses. "That won't make a diff…"
Swift… Lee was nowhere to be seen.
"What!"
"When he said he wouldn't hold back…" Sakura grinned widely. "He wouldn't."
"Omote Renge1!"
Three white dragons soared to the sky. Tenten smiled, her hand released the snake seal. Adachi frowned when he saw the dragon didn't turned into scroll as usual but lingered.
"GRROOOWWWLLL!"
The three dragons ricocheted towards Adachi. Tenten disappeared into the white clouds. Adachi quickly made the needed hand seals and shouted, "Doton: Doryuuheki2!"
A big, strong protective wall formed in front of Adachi. The three Dragon roared loudly as if challenging the wall…
SMASH! The wall crumbled and the three Dragon blast through. Adachi's eye bulged in shock when the dragons opened their mouth…
"DAMN! Kusanagi no MAI!"
CRAAAASSHHH!
BOOM!
The earth shook as Lee performed his Omote Renge. Sakura smiled faintly, dropped to the ground. She groaned when her left arm hurt again. Kabuto was right when he said that it couldn't be cured easily…
"Are you alright, Sakura-san?"
Tring! Sakura immediately closed her eyes from the eye-blinding teeth glint. Lee crouched besides her, grinning widely. Behind him were Kabuto's feet emerging from the ground and there was no sign of life from him.
"Is he… dead?"
"I don't know exactly…" Lee turned back, examined Kabuto's leftover. "But at least… He couldn't harm you anymore, Sakura-san."
"Well… yeah, thanks," Sakura forced a smile. She then remembered her purpose. "Oh yeah! Lee! The Godaime! She…"
"I know," Lee nodded. "Let's go together. But… do you know where Neji-kun and Tenten are?"
Sakura shook her head and asked, "Why?"
"Because… don't you feel the air?"
Sakura froze. She recognized the aura…
"Kyuubi…"
"GRAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Blast! Manda hissed furiously when Kyuubi-Naruto slapped him with his tail, made him crashed to the Hokage's carved faces. Gamabunta raised his dagger and shouted, "Hoi, Tsunade! That boy's going to die!"
"Naruto! Snap out of it already!"
BOOM! The blast was enough the throw Katsuya away. Chouji pushed Ino out of the way and shouted, "Baika no Jutsu!"
He caught Katsuya and Tsunade, gritted his teeth when the weight pushed him back. Manda straightened his stance and hissed, "Orochimaru! I will ask for two hundreds men!"
Orochimaru ignored him. His eyes widen in astonishment as the four-tailed Kyuubi roared, sending blasts of chakra towards Kiba and Akamaru that tried to catch him. The duo managed to duck, but thrown back when Naruto swung his tail. The latter then reverted his attention to Orochimaru, growled in anger.
"So… you remembered your true intention?" said Orochimaru, grinned. "Why don't you add more tail?"
"GRRRRRROOOOO…."
"Naruto! STOP!"
Neji turned on his heel. His Byakugan scanned to its limit. He could see the four-tailed Kyuubi right away. Sasuke gasped for breath, closed his eyes when he felt the Kyuubi's evil cakra. Neji gazed at the man below him.
"In this kind of time… you're the only who could save him… Sasuke. For you're the only one who could suppressed Kyuubi's chakra."
Sasuke nodded slightly. His seal suddenly shined. Naruto had saved him. Now it's his turn…
"Neji… take me to him."
Stop…
Stop it already…
It burns… It hurts…
You want to kill him, right? Let me do it for you.
Not in this way, no… stop!
The fun begins here, Boy! Here! Let me taste it!
Stop! No! Don't hurt my friend! Not my FRIEND!
The blood… tastes good…
A cough broke the silence. Blood dripped to the ground, littering it with its red color. The fuuma shuriken was right in front of his throat… but the Kusanagi was stabbed through her abdomen, emerged from her back…
"Too bad I saw your trick."
1 Front Lotus
2 Earth Release: Earth Style Wall
Author's Note: To the next chapteeeerrr! Gosh, how I LOOVEEEEE cliffhanger! Bwehehehehe... I'm a bad author, eh?