A/N. Many thanks for the reviews. This update took a while, due to deciding how to continue the story and general laziness. Here it is, Chapter 4, Revenge

Naruto soared through the night, atop the forest canopy, lost in thought.

"OK so your out of the village, now what?", he thought to himself, "hmm ill need a place to survive in out here, so somewhere near fresh water and some sort of shelter would be good"

"Question is, where the hell do i start looking?" he questioned aloud.

He increased his speed, determined to find water

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Jiraiya reappeared in Tsunade's office. "The kid's out safely"

"Good, now i have other things to attend to"

Tsunade picked up the letter on the desk and swiftly strolled out of the office.

Jiraiya stared blankly at the empty doorway "No need to thank me" he muttered sarcastically.

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Hours later, Naruto came across a small lake of water, its position given away by the reflection of moonlight in the surface.

"Finally, I'm so thirsty" he thought.

As he approached the water, a solitary figure came into view, previously concealed by the darkness.

"Shit!" thought Naruto as he quickly dashed out of view.

The figure pulled a kunai as he turned, spinning it rapidly around his finger and snapping it into a defensive position, ready to intercept an attack.

"Who approaches! Come out and identify yourself!" yelled the man

Naruto, in his hidden position, saw the man in the moonlight, namely the Leaf head band being reflected brightly. The man looked to be around 22, wearing a Chuunin jacket, short brown hair and grey eyes.
"Phew, a Leaf ninja" he thought, relieved.

Naruto called from the shadows, "You can relax, I mean no trouble" he called out.

"I said identify yourself..." said the man in a low voice.

Naruto stepped out from the shadows, revealing him"Im a former Leaf ninja, Uzumaki Naruto, and you are?"

A strange expression crossed the man's face. "...U..zu...maki..", he smiled "Oh I'm Kazunori Tanaka, I'm returning from a mission"

"Oh i see, where's the rest of your team?"

"Lost in battle" replied Tanaka, his eyes shifting to the ground.

"I-I'm sorry"

"Don't be, losing one's life on the battlefield in servitude of his village is the highest honor a ninja can receive"

"Well i guess that depends on what they gave their life for" answered Naruto

"What do you mean?" questioned Tanaka

"Never mind, look I don't mean to be rude, but i need to continue my search for a place to survive out here, so I'm just going to have a drink and be on my way"

Tanaka closed his eyes and chuckled "No, im afraid your not leaving here alive"

Naruto's eyes widened "Say what?"

Tanaka crouched into a fighting stance, grinning evilly, "you heard what I said, demon fox".

"Look, I don't want to fight, what do you want from me?"

"I want the deaths of my parents avenged. They were killed by that demon 13 years, and since I've been looking for a chance to kill you, but one never came. But now...your not a Leaf Ninja anymore, noone expects to see you again. If word of your demise returns to the village, they'll just think it was a weak little Genin's failure to survive on his own"

Naruto sighed "Idiot, do i look like the demon who attacked the fucking village"

"Stories of your brutality shows that you are very much becoming the demon you were, fox, the Uchiha didn't put himself into a coma"

"You are a fool, leave before im forced to kill you", threatened Naruto, turning his back and walking away from the murderous Leaf.

"You wont be doing the killing here Nine Tails!", yelled Tanaka, "eat this!", throwing his kunai towards Naruto.

The kunai struck the blonde in the middle of his back.

"Yeah!" yelled Tanaka throwing his fist into the air.

Naruto then exploded into a puff of smoke.

"What?" yelled Tanaka.

Naruto's voice seemed to come from 20 places at once. "Over here"

Tanaka looked around, multiple copies of Naruto now standing in surrounding bushes, all covered in darkness besides their eyes, now brightly lit white, giving of an evil supernatural look.

One Naruto stepped out into the light.

"Kazunori Tanaka, you are a disgrace to the village and its people. You do not deserve the right to call yourself a ninja. You will be killed for your ignorance"

"Like I'd lose to you, so you know the Clone Technique, big deal"

Another Naruto then leapt from the shadows behind Tanaka, leaping above him to land a kick to the back of his head. Tanaka flew forward straight towards the initial Naruto, who caught him mid-flight by the collar. Pulling him up so they were face to face, Naruto softly replied, "Shadow Clone Technique, idiot."

Tanaka growled in anger.

"Don't underestimate me!" he yelled, placing both feet on Naruto's chest, kicking off him and back flipping several metres back, landing in a crouched position. The clone too exploded in smoke.

Tanaka stood, eight shuriken between his fingers.

"Now, to deal with these damn clones" forming five hand seals.

"Spinning Shuriken Technique"

The shuriken left his fingers, and began spinning around his body.

"Spinning shuriken, impressive" mocked Naruto

Tanaka laughed "wait ill im done, brat. He then closed his eyes and formed a final hand seal. "Spinning Shadow Shuriken Technique!"

The shuriken multiplied again and again, increasing their speed spinning around Tanaka. They continued to multiply until a sphere of shuriken surrounded Tanaka, ten metres long.

The eyes of every Naruto clone widened.

"Uh-oh" they said in unison.

Tanaka opened his eyes once again. "SCATTER!"

The shuriken then exploded forth, sending a shockwave out in a circle along the ground, from Tanaka's body. The shuriken struck any clone trying desperately to dodge. All clones exploded into smoke at the same time.

Tanaka stood in silence, waiting for his enemy to appear. Naruto emerged from a bush, a shuriken in his left shoulder, right forearm and two in each thigh. Calmly pulling them out, he looked up at Tanaka and grinned closing his eyes.

"Barely a scratch"

Tanaka closed his eyes and grinned back. "I'm not done yet, you cocky little shit"

Naruto opened his eyes "Huh!"

He turned quickly to see twelve shuriken flying towards him. Unable to dodge, he threw his arms arm to his face, forming an X. Three shuriken hit each arm, saving blows to his eyes and face but the other six struck his chest and stomach, blood splashing from each wound.

"Ugh!" grunted Naruto, blood flying from his mouth as he flew back through the air, landing on his back.

Tanaka smiled triumphantly, and came to stand over Naruto, who was now struggling to remove shuriken from his body, weakly placing four in between his fingers, for a desperate chance of a counterattack. Tanaka laughed and stamped his foot down and Naruto's wrist.

"AGH!" screamed Naruto shuriken flying from his hand to land behind Tanaka.

"Like a shuriken attack was going to work on me" sneered Tanaka

Naruto coughed up another small amount of blood, then turned his head and grinned at Tanaka "who said it was a shuriken attack, you cocky shit"

Tanaka's face turned to shock as he heard four small explosions behind him.

"What? When did he...?" he exclaimed as he turned to see four Naruto's rushing towards him. Now behind him, the real Naruto weakly struggled to his feet. "This is it!"

The clones now all broke into running slides and stopped at Tanake, smoothly coming into kick positions. Each called out as they landed their kick.

"U"

"Zu"
"Ma"

"Ki"

Tanaka sailed into the air, as the real Naruto gathered chakra to his feet, launching himself into the air, above Tanaka. Rolling into a double front flip, he called out as he rolled out of the flip into a rolling kick.

"Naruto Combo!"

Tanaka's body came crashing down to the ground face first, creating a small round crater upon landing. While conscious, the blow had left him immobile. Naruto landed, one knee to the ground, panting heavily, his wounds opened further due to the strain of the kick, bleeding profusely. The five Naruto's jumped over to Tanaka, who had just managed to painfully roll onto his back.

"H-how?"

Naruto looked down with contempt. "That shuriken shit you did was impressive, there was no way to dodge. So i had a few of the clones transform into shuriken, just in case i needed them later. They didnt get hit by your shuriken, and they weren't noticed by you because your shuriken were scattered everywhere. After you finished your move, you assumed I would be think tricked into thinking it was over but I saw you had a few shuriken ready to attack me. Those eight shurikenare still embedded in my body".

"So the shuriken you pulled out..." began Tanaka

"That's right, they were me, I made them fly into me along side your own"

"You attacked yourself with shuriken?"

"Last thing I'd expect an enemy to do. Looks like it worked"

"Indeed", Tanaka's gaze turned to the sky, "impressive, kid."

"The time for talk is over" stated Naruto, then turned to his clones, "three of you hold him down."

Three clones took position holding each of Tanaka's arms over his head, and another holding his legs. The real Naruto stood with a clone beside him, struggling to keep standing.

"This will be the last of my reserves", thought Naruto "but I have no choice."

Holding his palm out, face up, he said, "Let's go"

The clone began forming a ball of chakra into Naruto's palm, spinning faster and faster.

"The Fourth's technique? He can he perform it?" thought Tanaka

"Who the hell are you?" he yelled at Naruto

Naruto looked down as the ball of chakra took complete shape.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and I'll kill anyone who stands in my way", he coldly replied, "Now die"

Naruto slammed the ball into Tanaka's chest.

"RASENGAN!"

A sonic boom blasted from the impact, sending a giant shockwave thirty metres from the blast. The crater doubled in size and the ground shook violently as the Rasengan drilled through skin organs and bone, spraying onto Naruto. Naruto pumped all his chakra into the attack, severing the body into two main pieces.

The chakra was then released from his palm, causing a small explosion of chakra, destroying his clones. Naruto's body was sent flying fifteen metres into a rock face, close to the water. Naruto felt bones break as his body collided with the rocks, then crumpled to the ground. Lying stomach down, he tried to will himself to get up, but his eyes went blank and his head collapsed into the dirt below it.

A/N. And my first fight scene complete. Any comments, criticisms or writing tips appreciated. Next update will be up when i find the time.