ShadowRain313: Hey. I want to say Thank you to all of those that reviewed my story. One of the questions I received was "Is there a pairing in this story?" and the answer is yes. There will be a pairing but it will NOT be Sasuke/Naruto. There are too many of those but the pairing will be revealed in due time. Well here is the next chapter. Remember, review! All of them are accepted. Enjoy!
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Chapter 2: Murphy's Law
The night stars grew dimmer and dimmer as the sun was nearing the distant horizon. Everyone was still soundly asleep in there beds, enjoying pleasant dreams.
Ring Ring Ring Ring Ri-(smack)
"Uhh. No it's too early." Whined Naruto. He lifted his head from his pillow to glance at his alarm clock which flashed in bright, bold numbers, 5:15am. Naruto groaned again and let his head fall back down on his pillow. "Need more sleep. Five more minutes. Night Night." Right as his eyes were about to close again, Kyuubi's voice filled his head again.
Get up Kit.
'Why?'
You have to be at practice field 3 at dawn which is in about 33 minutes.
'Plenty of time for a nap. Nighty Night'
………………
'Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'
GET UP!
"Whoa" Naruto jumped out of bed so fast that he ended up knocking over his lamp and alarm clock, sending it to the floor with a crash. "Damn fox, not letting me get any sleep." Naruto pulled himself up off the floor and stumbled into the small, connecting kitchen on his left. He reached up and pulled open one of the cupboards only to find it empty. He gave another groan and proceeded to open up every cupboard in the kitchen. All of his efforts were in vain since there wasn't a speck of food anywhere to be found. He opened up his refrigerator and saw a jug half full of milk. His eyes lit up in happiness and hunger and he immediately grabbed the jug. He twisted off the cap and brought it to his lip as fast as he could. However, before it touched his lips, an awful smell assaulted his nose causing him to gag and drop the bottle, spilling the contents all over the floor.
What in hell is that stench?
'Sour milk' Naruto said dejectedly. His stomach gave a very loud growlmaking Naruto groan in displeasure. He went and grabbed a mop and proceeded to clean up the mess. Once he was finished, he headed back into his bedroom and went into the adjoining bathroom. He quickly threw off his clothes and stepped into the shower. As soon as he turned on the shower, cold water was sprayed down on him.
"COLD!" shouted Naruto. He turned the water all of the way to hot, but the water stayed at the same freezing temperature. With his teeth chattering, Naruto took his shower cold and hungry. After finishing, he went back into his room and put on another one of his traditional orange jumpsuits. He quickly towel dried his hair, put on his sandals, tied his kunai pouch to his waist, and was off to meet his team.
"Hey Sakura-chan! Hey Sasuke." Yelled Naruto, as he ran up to his team. His wet blonde hair flapped in the morning breeze.
"Morning Naruto." Sakura greeted.
"Dobe." Replied the ever stoic Uchiha. Naruto's temper grew but right before he was about to retort back, the ever late Kakashi, showed up. On time. For once, Naruto had no comment.
"Your-your actually on time Kakashi-sensei! It's a miracle!" Said an amazed Sakura. "Isn't it Sasuke-kun?"
"Hn."
"Well yes, its seems that the road we call life had no obstacles for me this fine morning." Kakashi said. He was wearing his normal Jounin outfit, but clutched in his hand was a scroll. Naruto was the first to notice it.
"Hey sensei, what's in your hand?" questioned Naruto.
Kakashi looked down at the scroll in his hand and then back up at Naruto. "Oh this? Well this happens to be our next mission." He replied nonchalantly.
"Really? Wait….Don't tell me we have to rescue another cat from a tree?" Naruto asked warily.
"No actually this mission is much different." Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto looked up quickly at this. The prospect of a good mission filled hope into their eyes. "But-" Their faces fell immediately. "It's nothing 'too' special."
"What's the rank?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh just a low B rank."
"B! Finally!" cheered Naruto.
"Yeah! Our first B rank." Agreed Sakura.
"Hn."
"When do we leave?" Asked Naruto.
"Dobe. The question should be what is the mission?" Sasuke said condescendingly, with his eyes staring Naruto down, who glared back with equal force.
"Guys!" chided Sakura.
"Yes, well. Our mission is to transport a scroll from here, to a spy we have in Village hidden in the Rocks. Normally, this would be an A ranked mission, but since the spy is meeting us halfway, it was downgraded."
"Cool. When do we leave?"
Kakashi smiled at them through his mask. The only way they could tell was the way Kakashi's eye was squinting at them. "We leave an hour before sunset. But be warned, since we need to stay under the cover of night, we will be traveling at a fast pace all of the way. So, we will have a very light workout this morning and then you will have the rest of the day to pack all essential materials, eat, and maybe catch a few hours of sleep."
"Whoa, cooool." Said Naruto. His eyes were sparkling in happiness.
"Yes Naruto, it's cool. Now, we will just finish up perfecting our water walking exercises and then some tree walking to top it off. If you guys think your water walking skills are good enough. Try practicing some taijutsu moves on each other. Then, for last, you will give 20 laps up and down the river."
"Ok!"
Kakashi just chuckled at Konoha's number one hyperactive ninja. "Well, lets get to work."
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"Well, I'll see you guys later. Remember an hour before sunset at the gates." And with that. Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Cool. We finally have a challenging mission. Our first B rank." Cheered Naruto.
"Naruto, this mission is going to be dangerous. You should be a least a little worried. Especially since this mission involves the Village hidden in the Rocks. They are one of Konoha's greatest enemies. This won't easy." Sakura said. The thrill of a new mission being overshadowed by the potential danger.
"I know Sakura-chan, but I just can't help it. Thanks for being worried though." Naruto grinned at Sakura.
"Worried? I-I wasn't worried for you! I was just warning you so you won't do something stupid and mess this up. Right Sasuke-kun?"
"Right. You better not do something stupid. Dobe."
Naruto growled at Sasuke. "Yeah well. I'll probably end up saving your butt like always, Sasuke-kun!" Naruto said his name mockingly.
"Why you-"
"GUYS! ENOUGH! We should be preparing for the mission. Come on Sasuke-kun." Sakura latched onto Sasuke's arm and dragged him away.
"Yeah you better run!" Right at that moment, Naruto's stomach gave a very loud growl. He scowled at it menacingly. "Oh shut up."
----------------------------1 hour before sunset ---------Konoha's gates---------------------------
Naruto was the first person to arrive at the gates. He spent the whole day looking for something to eat, where he had no such luck. He managed to squeeze about an hour of sleep in and then he sharpened his 7 kunai. For most ninja, they weren't expensive, but with no reliable source of income, Naruto was only able to afford his 7 kunai, which he sharpened on a regular basis.
"Hi N-Naruto-kun." A voice said behind him.
"Hm? Oh. Hey Hinata-chan. What are you doing out here?" questioned Naruto.
"Oh, I- um, I was just walking, and I, uh, I just saw you waiting here and-"
'Why does she always get so nervous around me?'
"I was, uh, just, I mean, I was wondering what you were doing out here. Alone." A blush spread across Hinata's face as she finished speaking.
'Weird.' "Oh I was waiting for the rest of my team. We have a B ranked mission to do in the Village hidden in the Rocks!"
"A B rank in the Village hidden in the Rocks? Oh Naruto, be ca-careful. Rock Shinobi our Ko-Konoha's enemy. I, uh, I hope you'll be alright." She stuttered shyly.
"Hey don't worry about me Hinata-chan-" She blushes at this. "I have been waiting for a mission like this for a long time. Believe it! I mean, come on, I am going to be Hokage some day and they take on much more challenging missions. This will be a piece of cake for me." Naruto was grinning madly as he finished saying this. His eyes were squinted shut and he put his hands behind his head.
'Naruto is so handsome.' Hinata blushed again.
"Naruto!" shouted a voice.
"Oh, hi Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted enthusiastically. "Where is everyone else?"
"Right here, idiot." Sasuke's voice flittered down from a tree above them.
"I knew that. Jerk"
"DON'T TALK TO SASUKE LIKE THAT!" Sakura shouted, while hitting Naruto on the head.
"Oh, uh, Sakura-san, you, um, shouldn't hit Na-Naruto-k-kun like that. I mean, you, uh, have a tough mission to go on. He needs to be h-healthy." Stuttered Hinata. While blushing. Again.
"Oh hey Hinata-san. Yeah I guess your right. But he shouldn't talk to Sasuke like that."
"Ow. Still. You shouldn't hit me so hard Sakura-chan." Whined Naruto.
"Whatever."
There was a pop and a puff of smoke, and Kakashi was standing there. "Hey guys. Ready?" He inquired. He then noticed Hinata standing by Naruto. "Oh, hello Hinata-san."
"Hi." She mumbled.
"Ok everyone. We better leave now so we have the nig-" His talking was interrupted by a loud rumble from Naruto. "What was that?"
Naruto rubbed the back of his head nervously with a embarrassed blush staining his cheeks. "Oh, I sort of haven't eaten all day. Last night was my first meal in two days. Uhhahha." Naruto chuckled nervously.
"Why havent' you eaten Naruto?" Kakashi questioned.
Naruto put his head down and mumbled something.
"What was that?"
"I said that I can't afford to eat."
"Oh Naruto-kun." Hinata said softly.
Naruto pulled his head and he had a huge smile on his face, "But don't worry about me. I have gone much longer without eating before. I'll be fine." Naruto was never one to let others feel sorry for him, but his words only made them pity him even more. "Come on guys, we better get going."
"Yeah, lets go then." Kakashi said. He turned and started walking towards the gates of Konoha with Sasuke and Sakura trailing after him. Naruto was getting ready to turn and follow after them but Hinata stopped him again.
"What is it Hinata-chan?"
"Here, take this." Hinata handed him a apple. "Sorry I don't have more for you to eat."
Naruto took the apple from Hinata and stared at it for a minute.
"Na-Naruto?"
"THANK YOU. Thank you so much Hinata-chan." Naruto's next move surprised both of them. He reached out and pulled Hinata into a tight hug. If possible, Hinata's face looked so red, he thought she might burst. He pulled back quickly when he realized what he did. His face was bright red also.
"Uhhuahhaa. Sorry Hinata-chan."
"Uhh, do-don't w-worry about i-it." She stuttered.
"NARUTO!"
"Sorry Hinata-chan, but I got to go. Bye." Naruto shouted as he rushed off to join his team. "Thanks again."
"Bye."
----------------11:40pm----The outskirts of the Village hidden in the Rocks ------------------
"Kakashi-sensei, where is the meeting point at?" whispered Sakura. For the past 20 minutes they have been slowly inching their way closer to the village, avoiding all traps that barred their way.
"Just up ahead Sakura. But before we continue any further." Kakashi stopped. "Let me tell you what correspondent looks like, so you won't be tricked into thinking he is someone else. First, his name is Yusen and he has long black hair that is tied into a low ponytail. He has one green eye and one brown eye and he wears his head band around his waist. Remember, it is going to be a Rock village headband. Any questions?" When his team remain silent, he continued. "Good. Lets proceed."
After about another 5 minutes of stealth, and a clearing came into view up ahead.
"Finally." Said Naruto.
Kit. Something's wrong.
'What?'
I smell blood.
'Blood?' He was brought out of his musings when he heard a gasp from Sakura and a small intake breath from Sasuke. He looked up only to cringe when his eyes landed on the grotesque scene before him. A man, or what looked like a man lay mutilated in the center of the clearing. His midriff was torn open and his entrails lay in a pool around him. Coming out of his midriff was a long, thick spike of rock ,that came up out of the Earth. The arms and legs looked as though the bone was completely snapped in half, since they bent in places that they should not even bend at. The Rock village head band was pulled so tightly around his neck that you could see purple and black bruising rising up from it. On his forehead the kanji for spy was engraved in it. And lastly, his eyes were gouged out; most likely from kunai.
"Oh man. That sucks." Whispered Naruto.
"Everyone! On your guard! The enemy is probably really close. Just waiting for the right moment to strike. Back away slowly from here. This mission has just been upgraded to an A class mission! It's to tough for you guys! Quickly! Retreat!" Kakashi was very nervous right now. The life of his students were on the line and to top that off, if Rock Village knew Konoha had spies in there, a war could break out. Not good at all.
Careful Kit
'I know, I know.' Naruto had his Kunai drawn out in front of him. He was slowly inching his way towards Sakura, how looked so scared and nervous right now. Her arms were shaking pretty badly, and she couldn't steady her kunai.
"It's okay Sakura-chan. I'll protect you." Naruto told her. Confidence projecting through his voice.
"Thank you Naruto." She replied shakily.
Kit Watch Out!
"Huh?" Naruto swung around just in time to block the fatal blow to his head from the enemy's kunai. Naruto glanced up at the face of his attacker and saw a Rock Village Jounin.
"Shit!" Naruto shouted. Everyone turned and saw Naruto being attacked. This sprung everyone into action.
The Jounin pulled back his kunai and struck again. Naruto blocked it again but had to use two hands and was taken completely off guard when the ninja brought his other hand up and embedded another kunai into his right shoulder. Blood sprayed out of the wound causing Naruto to grunt in pain.
"Naruto!" Screamed Sakura.
Naruto couldn't hold back the scream of pain when the Jounin twisted the knife and yanked it out of his shoulder. He stumbled back but was then sent to the ground from a roundhouse kick to his stomach.
"Uhhh!" Naruto grunted.
"Nar-AHHHHH"
"NO! SAKURA!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto glanced up and saw a huge boulder crash into Sakura that sent her into a tree, but she was then going to be crushed when the boulder flew at her again, except Sasuke jumped in the way and began to power up his signature attack.
"Chidori!" He shouted, and then punched the giant boulder flying towards him and Sakura. The boulder exploded into small pieces. They were safe, for now.
The sound of metal against metal drew their attention to Kakashi, who was having a hard time fending off himself from several Jounin. They were all attacking him with different styles. Some were using Earth style techniques, some were using Fire style techniques, and others were using water and kunai. Kakashi had already obtained several injuries that looked very painful.
There were 5 attacking Kakashi and 2 were handling the trio. All in all, it wasn't good.
"Chidori!" Sasuke yelled again. Bringing Naruto's attention back to the fight. Sakura had been knocked unconscious from the last attack and Sasuke was protecting her the two Jounin. Not one to be left out, Naruto jumped to his feet, ignoring the pain from his wound. (a/n: His wounds only heal fast when the Kyuubi is helping. It is like that in the show.) He threw one of his kunai at the back of one of the Jounin's head who easily caught. He turned to face Naruto while the other fought Sasuke.
"Prepare to die, Leaf brat." The Jounin said. All of the sudden, he disappeared from Naruto's vision.
"What? Where did he go!
Beneath you!
"Wha- dammit!" Naruto tried jumping out of the way as the ninja burst out of the ground but he was too slow. The ninja's hand wrapped around Naruto's ankle and before Naruto could blink, he was thrown halfway across the clearing.
"Uhhh!" Naruto grunted as he collided with the ground. A sharp pain shot through his leg moments later. "Ahhh!" He looked down and saw a large rock spike sticking out of his leg. He glared at the Jounin when he appeared and started to laugh. He stopped glaring though when he saw the second Jounin appear next to the other.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"Surprised? I already took care of the other brat." At Naruto's worried look he added. "Oh he's not dead, yet. The wound he received will kill him very slowly." Naruto gasped.
"Lightning Blaze!" Naruto looked over and saw Kakashi blast two Jounin away from him with his signature attack. But, taking his eyes off of these two Jounin was a mistake. Naruto felt another kunai imbed itself into his stomach and one into left shoulder. Dangerously close to his heart. The Rock spike in his leg withdrew, and Naruto fell to his knees. But as soon as he hit the ground, the earth surrounded Naruto, making him unable to move.
"Well let you watch us kill your sensei, before we kill you." They chuckled evilly.
Naruto watched Kakashi fight for a couple of moments before he grew angry and used all of his strength to pull his hands out of the ground and perform his favorite technique.
"Kage Bushin!" Hundreds of Naruto clones appeared and began to swarm the two Jounin. Naruto then sent some of clones to help out Kakashi. As soon as the clones fist came in contact with the Rock Jounin, they vanished into a puff of smoke.
"Shit! Where did they go?" All of the clones looked around frantically.
"Behind you." The real Naruto turned around and was met with a fist in his face. Blood spurted out of his nose. All of the clones disappeared when Naruto was hit. Naruto, once again, met with his new friend, the ground. He heard several soft thumps in the distance and looked up only to be shocked as he saw Kakashi fall to the ground, with several ice spikes sticking out of various parts of his body, and some kunai were in his legs, slowing him down. One of the five Jounin began to advance on Kakashi for the final blow.
'No!' Naruto screamed in denial inside his head. 'Wait! Kyuubi!'
What?
'Please help us. I will give you temporary control if you get rid of the these Jounin..' He could almost feel Kyuubi's evil smile once he was finished with his proposition.
Deal Kit.
Naruto's body became limp once the deal was sealed. The two Jounin looked at Naruto in triumph, thinking he had given up.
"Hahahah." Came from Naruto. The Jounin took a step back at the evil laugh coming from Naruto. Red chakra began to swirl around Naruto's body and his wounds healed right before their eyes. His nails lengthened into claws and his canine teeth grew longer. He looked up at the Jounin and they gasped at the blood red eyes staring back at them.
'Naruto' jumped to his feet and in a flash, he was standing before the two. His hand shot out and impaled itself into one of their stomach's. His eyes widened in horror as Naruto pulled his hand back out, tearing several organs with it. Blood gargled out of his mouth right before he dropped dead.
"Wha- Why you!" The other Jounin quickly gained his composure and advanced on Naruto. Before he could take more than three steps, he found his throat slid open and his blood sprayed everywhere, even on Naruto, who chuckled evilly.
'Naruto' then proceded to take care of the rest of the Jounin in the same grotesque manner. Once all of the Rock Jounin were dead, Kyuubi relinquished his control of Naruto's body back to his rightful owner. When he gained his composure back, Naruto almost threw up at the sight of the bodies.
After taking in the sight of his comrades, Naruto immediately sprung into action.
'Kyuubi, how do I get them back.'
Hhmmm. Give me control once more. For just a minute.
'Fine'
The Kyuubi took control of Naruto's body once more. He then gave a very loud fox howl that extended for miles, scaring even the villagers of Rock. Once that was done, he gave control back to Naruto.
'What did you do?'
I summoned one of the near by fox demons.
'What!'
Relax. Just tell him what you need. He'll sent me on you and do whatever you ask.
'He'll understand me?'
No. Idiot. Speak to him in fox.
'Fox? But I don't know how to speak fox.'
You do now. I just gave you the gift of language.
'You can do that?'
I just did, now pay attention. The fox approaches.
Naruto focused and sure enough, he could feel the demon chakra approaching. Several moments latter, at large fox stepped into the clearing, but it was only about 6 feet tall, no where near the size of Kyuubi. It was a red fox with white paws.
What did yo- a human? But your smell?
'Hello. My name is Naruto Uzamaki and the reason that I smell like a fox is because I have the demon Kyuubi sealed inside of me.'
Kyuubi! Then by all means, I shall do whatever it is you request of me. It would be an honor to help the Kyuubi's vessel.
'Thank you very much. Could you please help me with my friends. We need to get back to Konoha. The Village hidden in the Leaves. And fast. My friends need help fast.'
Then hurry and get them on my back.
Once Naruto was able to get his friends and sensei up onto the demons back and then he sat up there, watching his friends to make sure they don't fall off.
Hold on Kit.
'Kit, why do you call me that? Kyuubi calls me that to.'
It means that you are a young fox, a child.
'But I'm not a fox.'
Hmm. Could've fooled me. I thought you were a fox demon until I saw your human characteristics. By smell alone, you're a demon.
'I smell like a demon? A fox demon.'
Yes. That is why I call you Kit. I believe that the longer you and Kyuubi are sealed together, the more fox like you'll become.
Their conversations stopped after that. Naruto continued to keep vigilant watch over everyone. Kakashi's breathing was becoming slower as each moment passed.
'Hurry. Please.'
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'Here is good. The villagers don't have fond memories of foxes.'
Alright
Once Naruto managed to get them all off his back he turned back to the fox again.
'Thank you so much.'
The fox gave a low bow to Naruto.
If you ever have need of me again, my name is Aoshi.
'Thank you again'
The fox nodded and bounded off back into the forest. Naruto then turned to the gates and shouted up for the guards to hear.
"Hey! Open up the gates! My team mates and sensei are gravely injured!" The doors to Konoha opened up and ANBU guards came running out. All of the commotion from the gates opening and the gathering guards woke the villagers. They all gasped at the condition the team was in. Medic Nin came and took Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi away. Naruto sighed in relief which was short lived when he heard the villagers whispering and sending looks his way.
"There's not a scratch on him."
"And he is covered in blood."
'Uh oh.' "No wait I can explain!" Naruto shouted.
"Demon! Look at what he did to our loyal ninja!"
"I knew the Kyuubi should have been killed the moment he was sealed!" Another villager shouted. It was right then that all of Naruto's friends arrived and they happened to catch that sentence.
"What is going on? What are you talking about?" Lee asked.
"You don't know?"
"No you can't! It's forbidden!"
"Well, I'll tell you what is going on. That demon right there" points to Naruto "Has the beast Kyuubi sealed inside him. He is a demon!" One of the villagers finished explaining.
All of them gasped. Hinata just stared at Naruto with a unreadable expression upon her face. Several of them had faces of horror. Even the stoic Shino was surprised.
"No way!" exclaimed Kiba.
Naruto put his head down. Tears gathered in his eyes. Even his friends were repulsed by the thought of the demon he harbored.
"I say we finally kill this beast!" shouted another angry villager.
"YEAH!" Agreed many of the villagers. Naruto took a step back. His watery eyes widened in horror.
"SHIT!" Exclaimed Naruto.
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ShadowRain313: Well there you go. I made this chapter extra long because I won't be able to post another one for about a week and a half, because I don't have access to the internet, but I will have the next few chapter typed up, so updates will be quick after that. Well, review and tell me how you like it. Later. Oh. Chapter 3 is titled Exile.