Red Eye 8

Hey guys. Been a while, huh? I apologize for the wait. I've been organizing the storyline and stuff. I have had a vision for the end of story, but I needed to work out a good middle. That's done now though. Well, that and I perhaps took a little sabbitical. But I'm sure that you readers will completely understand, and I won't get a bunch of emails calling me a c-sing dbag for not updating...hehe.. Oh Jesus, I dread the reviews for this chapter. Whatever. Totally off the subject, I love how I'm getting reviews of yaoi fangirls complaining about my rant. It's kinda funny how they seemingly sound reasonable, but then I look at the profile and I see something like "flame me and I will send fuzzies with axes to hurt you." Stupid. Let's get to the story. Well actually first, I want to thank unrelenting-torment247 and asianwriter for being some of my most consistent reviewers. Much thanks, guys. Okay, let's go.

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Everything leapt into action. The pale Kage-nin charged at Sakura and Hinata, and was intercepted by Kurenai. Haku went after the wounded Kiba, and Naruto turned to face Shinta. They locked eyes for a moment, as Naruto slowly regressed into his 'Shinobi' mode. Shinta broke the silence.

"Hey teme, come on and attack me!" He cried waving around his chakra katana. Naruto said nothing, examining the technique with interest. It was something he should acquire. He began forming seals. Shinta rushed, trying to prevent the attack. It was not to be.

"Suiton: Mizudan no jutsu." Shinta was hit by a harmless squirt of water. This knocked him over, dispelling his katana. He snarled in anger, and began forming the seals for the jutsu again. He was oblivious to Naruto forming the same seals with him. They both finished and called out the jutsu name simultaneously. "Katon: Chakra Katana!"

Shinta gasped. "How did you-" "-do that?" Naruto finished with a cocky smirk. "Stop copying me!" They both said at the same time. "Stop it! Stop!" Shinta rushed him, swing his katana. "I'll shut you up forever!" Naruto formed a single one-handed seal, teleporting away. Shinta slid to a stop, scanning the area for his opponent. "Come out and fight!" He roared, swinging his weapon around. "So be it." a cold, toneless voice announced behind him.

Shinta turned, and barely ducked the mirror image of the katana he held. He rushed, and attacked as quickly as he could. Naruto dodged each attack, effortlessly avoiding each attack. He smirked, as his Sharingan informed him instantly where the Genin would strike next. He decided to try to form a plan utilizing this future sight. He dodged several more strikes, and let one horizontal cut seemingly get by. He was cut in half. Shinta froze, his blustery victory taunt dying quickly. Had he killed him?

The two halves exploded into smoke, which cleared to reveal a perfectly split log. Shinta whirled around, only to catch a split-second of Naruto spinning towards him. A kick to the temple dropped him like a stone. Naruto smirked again. His Sharingan gave him an incredible advantage in single combat, and he also seemed to be able to plant subconscious suggestions. That would be useful to maneuver his enemies wherever he wanted. He would be unbeatable once he learned how to use his powerful eyes.

Especially the new ones, the Mangekyou. The name and use had come to him instinctively. He wanted to play with that doujutsu, Tsuyomiki. Perhaps there were even more techniques that he could coax from the Mangekyou Sharingan...

He shook off his thoughts, and resolved to wait until the end of the mission. He leapt through the trees to help Kimmimaro.

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Kimmimaro, however, did not need any help. He was stronger than Naruto, and his clan's genetic disease had yet to show itself. He could handle the oddly red-eyed jounin and her students with ease. The jounin was an enigma to him. She had crimson eyes, something he hadn't encountered outside the Akagan's ranks. He was slightly shaken by the fact he had met one outside the organization with red eyes. He would have to hold off on killing her until Naruto got near so they could formulate a plan.

This, of course, did not apply to her students. He decided to take on the Hyuuga girl first, as she was a potentially powerful threat. He charged forward, to test her defense with physical blows. He needn't have worried. The girl was almost pathetically weak. He narrowed his eyes. She must be some kind of clone, weaker than the creator. He whirled, bones popping out all over his torso, blocking her and the other two kunoichi's kunai strikes.

As soon as he came out of his spin, he punched the red-eyed kunoichi and tossed a kick at the pink-haired one. The jounin managed a block, but the genin was thrown backwards into the trees. The Hyuuga girl stuck at him several more times, but he let the strikes slip past as he concentrated his senses, looking for the original. He found nothing. He leapt several meters backwards, disengaging. The pair were rejoined by the pink-haired Genin, and all three took defensive stances.

"Your plan will not work." Kimmimaro stated clearly. The kunoichi looked confused, so he decided to elaborate. "The Hyuuga girl is a clone. There is no other explanation for her being unable to land a hit." The girl flushed. Her sensei and the other genin glared angrily at him. He understood. "Ah. So she is just pitifully weak." The jounin attacked him. He dodged her strikes, wondering why she would defend her weak student rather than simply train her to be strong.

He sensed Naruto approaching. Finally, they could figure out what to do with this strange jounin.

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Haku faced the wounded Genin and his dog. His impetuosity forced him to attack. He rushed at her, both clawed hands flailing, attempting to tear her into shreds. She raised an elegant eyebrow at the entirely ineffective assault. As he reached her, she danced out of his grasp, sliding needles into his right arm.

:Kiba leapt back, yowling in pain. His arm hung limply at his side."What did you do?" he snarled. Haku smiled. "Well, first I formed needles from the water. Then I stabbed them into certain points into your arm. Now your arm is useless." Kiba snarled again. "I'll kill you!" He roared, leaping at her, attacking with his one good hand.

She gracefully dodged each attack, never allowing him to even get close to her. Drawing more needles, she leapt backwards. She hurled the needles at the dog Genin, flipping backwards as he took the attack without flinching. He growled, and reached into his weapon pouch. Haku tensed, awaiting an attack. He pulled out a pair of small items, popping one into his mouth and flicking the other to Akamaru. Were those pills?

She received her answer when the tiny dog grew, fur taking on a reddish sheen. The Konoha Genin's features grew more feral. "Time to take you down, kunoichi! Akamaru, let's do it!" he shouted. The not so little anymore dog leapt onto his back, as Kiba called out a technique. "Juujin Bunshin!" The dog puffed into smoke, which quickly cleared.

It revealed two Kibas crouched across from Haku, ready for an attack.

"Can you really beat me?" Haku asked, glacially clam as ever. Her mind worked furiously, noting down all the difficulties that could be presented with two identical opponents. Her plans accelerated as both of them rushed her, both arms useable, the feral attitude perhaps helping them ignore the injuries. She dodged one, then the others attacks, but each miss brought them closer to catching her in their sharp claws.

She leapt up instead of sideways, hoping that it would buy her a respite. When she saw the Genin's grin, she knew she had made a mistake. "Juujin Taijutsu Ougi: Gatsuuga!" The pair became whirling tornadoes of death, she was barely able to replace herself with a rock before the strike hit. The attack ground the stone to dust, as both Kiba turned in the air towards her. However, she had analyzed the technique and prepared a counter.

Haku had approximately eight seconds to execute her hasty counter, and wasn't wasting any time. Several one-handed seals prepared senbon to hit the Genin from all directions. As she let them loose, another seal made her explode into water.

Kiba snarled yet again when he took multiple painful, but not debilitating hits from senbon flying in from all directions. While his prey relocated, he tried once again to sniff her out. He could not. Dark suspiscion bloomed in his mind, and he looked up. His last sight before unconsciousness was of the Kage-nin's foot dropping onto his head.

Haku smiled serenely, having already dispatched her opponent's dog. She bowed to her knocked out foe, before exiting the clearing and heading towards her teammates.

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Naurto waited until Haku joined them, to speak. "Well, it seems we have finally narrowed it down to an even number." The Konoha shinobi glared. "So," He continued, seemingly unaware of the dark glares fixed on him. "Who gets who?" Kimmimaro opened his mouth, but instead of words, out poured blood. As Haku and Naruto both gasped, Sakura felt the need to add in yet another scream.

Haku faced the Konoha-nin, while Naruto rushed over to his longtime partner and friend. He checked him, and realized that they would need sophisticated medical equipment to help him. He turned and fixed his eyes on the Leaf-nin. "It seems we shall have to postpone this engagement." He lifted Kimmimaro up and simultaneously Haku and Naruto formed a single seal. They disappeared in water and smoke.

There was a long silence.

"Well, at least we aren't dead!" Tazuna said jovially.

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Well, That's that. Kimmimaro's disease surfaces, and yet again I messed up. Yes, whoever you are, Dokugiri is what I should have put. I'm an idiot. Ah well.

Now, the rant...

Yes, readers, something has recently pissed me off. Would you like to know what that is? Of course you do. Unfeasible fics. What are unfeasible fics, you ask? Well, unfeasible fics are those fictions that are simply not possible. I will not deny that some yaoi is possible in the Naruto universe. I cannot say Naruto/Hinata is impossible. Unlikely, yes, but not impossible.

Have any of you fine people read the fictions about the Naruto gang playing truth or dare, or some othe bulls like that? That's what I'm talking about. Furthermore, we have those High-School fictions, or the worst of the bunch, male pregnancy.

We'll go in order. First, idiotic slumber party games. How the hell does that kind of stuff happen exactly? "Oh, well for no exact reason, the Kages decided that the Konoha 12 and Garra's team should get together and be locked in a house for X number of weeks." What? Then everyone starts getting together... and Ocs pop up like crazy... and self-insertions (something equally ludicrous)... And then Jesus knows what else.

Next we have High-School fictions. I'm going to make this short. Authors of these, pay attention. No one with any modicum of intelligence would want to read about you ripping out the characters of the Naruto cast and throwing them into your angsty-ass life. Shut the F up! Also, you have a tendency to use too many periods and non- sentences. E.G. Here. Now. Gone. I. Hope. You. Get. Throat. Cancer! (Hahahaha) How about that?

Finally, male pregnancy. It is so stupid I can only blame it on one thing. Fangirls. Yes, my friends, when idiocy goes rampant, I blame fangirls. Join me. Resistance... Is... Futile...

Borgism. Don't know what I'm talking about? Before your time, I suppose.

Well, that's it. This is being posted really late, so good night, everybody. (Except fangirls. Choke to death in your sleep, emo fools.)