Daze
Chapter Twelve: Strategy
A/N: Here's chapter twelve enjoy.
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Naruto flickered into a misty clearing Kisame following shortly behind.
In the distance they could see a man in mist village regalia with an eyepatch speaking to a young boy with pink eyes.
"That him?"
Kisame nodded.
"The cyclops is our contact Ao he wants Yagura gone more than anybody."
Naruto nodded, drawing his second tanto from his left side.
"Let's make it so."
The man in the eye patch said something about forgetting a scroll to wait and he'd be right back.
The boy nodded as he flickered away amid a spiral of mist.
Naruto and Kisame each took a different direction flanking the boy.
The boy smirked his pink eyes lighting up.
"I know you're there Akatsuki scum, do you think I'm a fool?"
Naruto groaned.
This was supposed to be an easy guerilla op but now it would be a head on battle.
"Now that the rat has left shall we dance?"
Naruto and Kisame sprung into action swiping at the boy with their respective swords but he pulled the coral staff from his back spinning it and parrying their blows.
The Naruto a year prior would've frozen before the pure chakra exuded from the man but the Naruto of today had been training under the Akatsuki for two years this was small cake.
Naruto nodded to Kisame signalling to move to plan B.
The shark man gave a toothy grin hopping away and making a series of hand signs.
Yagura tried to intercept him but was grabbed under his arms by Naruto in a standing butterfly arm lock.
"Pay attention to the real threat!"
Naruto channeled chakra into his arms which turned black as pitch.
Tossing the man over his head and into a nearby tree it cracked in half knocking over a second tree and both landing on top of him.
'Thank's Kakuzu."
"Kisame now!"
"Water Style: Soaring Rapids!"
A mass of roaring water appeared from the nearby lakes barreling over trees and forming together into a jet of rolling water.
It crashed into the wreckage of trees carrying them and the man off and slamming them into a nearby cliff face.
When the water subsided there was a mass of shattered wood and wet crumbled stone under which was the man groaning and holding a sharp piece of wood which had pierced his side.
Blood was soaking through his green robe as he gritted his teeth in discomfort.
A look of annoyance graced his features but he was far from done.
"Now you've done it I had hoped to toy with you Akatsuki dogs but now I've decided to end it."
Red chakra began to bubble out from him encasing him in a shell of bone, his skin melting away to reveal a red turtle like figure with one eye.
"Die dogs!"
He leaped forward catching Naruto in the neck with a backhand chop and nearly removing his head.
Blood shot out of his mouth as his eyes glazed over.
Yagura smirked assured of his victory when the blood began to turn into particles of water.
"What?!"
The Naruto melted into water and a second Naruto appeared holding a hand sign with a kunai in between.
"Water Style: Super Water Prison Jutsu!"
The nearby water began to pile on top of the man surrounding him in a bubble which grew larger and larger the water growing thick with chakra.
Once it was fully formed Naruto tossed the kunai at it and Yagura noticed it had a seal attached to the handle.
He heard a rustling from behind him and saw two more Naruto clones dive out from the bushes each tossing a sealed kunai into the bubble.
Black ink markings began to encircle the water orb and Yagura felt his chakra and stamina being sapped away.
Naruto made a second seal and lightning shot out of his fist electrocuting the orb and earning screams of agony from the man inside.
"Kisame I can't hold him much longer, do it you big oaf!"
The man grunted.
"Cheeky brat, Water Style: Super Shark Bomb Jutsu!"
A torrent of water shot out from the man's mouth taking on the shape of a massive shark.
It was sent careening towards Yagura as the Naruto's dispelled the moment before impact.
The shark crashed into the orb taking on the water and increasing its size and strength.
It drilled the version 2 Yagura into the nearby mountainside pushing him further and further in and burying him beneath miles of stone.
When the loud crashing and splashing subsided Naruto fell to one knee low on chakra.
'Two A ranks and Three S ranks is my limit."
Kisame seemed mostly unfazed aside from a small line of sweat.
"Kami does your power have no limits?!"
Kisame chuckled.
"They don't call me the Tailless Tailed Beast for my dancing skills child."
Naruto smirked at the mental image of Kisame in a Tutu.
"You think he's done?"
Kisame looked leery.
"I put a lot into that but stay on guard these bijuu hosts are tricky."
Naruto nodded sighing.
'No, it is then.'
Konoha...
In a restaurant in the leaf, a group of girls were enjoying a festive meal to celebrate the leaf's prosperity.
Tayuya finished her fifth plate and saw her rival struggling with her fourth. She gave her a smirk which said I won again.
The purple haired girl glowered back but was suddenly smacked on the back by the boisterous Ino nearly causing her to choke on her Mochi.
"Alright who's up for a spa trip?"
Tenten looked at her curiously.
"Where exactly are you getting the money for this venture anyway Ino?"
Ino gave her a smirk, a sinister gleam in her eye.
"I found Daddy's Icha Icha collection and he agreed to pay for this if I didn't tell Mom."
Tayuya busted out laughing.
"That's evil… I like it."
Ino gave her a playful wink sticking her tongue out.
Tenten put her hands on the table standing up and stretching.
"Well let's go."
Back with Nauruto
Naruto stood next to Kisame sword at the ready with a cautious eye on the scattered wreckage of stone.
"Alright it's been five minutes we need to check that he's alive."
Kisame agreed.
"Get to it."
Naruto looked at him like an indignant child.
"What the fuck do you mean I don't have an flashy water-drilling jutsu like you do am I supposed to dig through this rubble with my hands!"
Kisame shrugged.
"Work builds character gaki, you wanna be Akatsuki, do as I say."
Naruto sighed.
"Fine you lazy old bastard but if he jumps out and kills me I'll haunt your blue gilled ass."
Naruto began the process of picking up and tossing the massive slabs of stone he would use his rasengan but they were much too massive and it would barely make a dent.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity of digging through the rubble he had cleared a path into the newly formed cave in the side of the mountain inside he saw the still figure of Yagura.
He made a series of hand signs and conjured a flame in his palm lighting the dark entrance so he could get a better look.
The man's clothes were in tatters he was drenched and covered in dirt with stones and wood sticking out of his body in odd places a small line of blood leaked from his mouth.
Naruto inched forward cautiously and checked his pulse.
Nothing.
"I think he's dead."
Kisame chuckled.
"If he was, we'd be facing a giant turtle kid, hit him in the chest hard."
Naruto obliged and the man spit out water in massive quantities his lungs must've been filled to the brim.
When the last of the water was out the man began to wheeze his eyes searching around trying to collect his situation.
Naruto didn't give him the chance, placing a seal on his head. It gleamed with a purple light and he fell unconscious.
'Note to self, thank Itachi.'
Naruto turned to the fish man who stared expectantly.
"I did the digging you're gonna carry his ass."
Naruto tossed the small man and Kisame caught him barely.
"Let's go before the noise attracts visitors."
Konoha...
Sasuke finished the fourth bowl of the warm golden noodles, since his training he required a lot more protein.
Sakura had excused herself after one bowl but agreed to meet up for tea later.
Anko left after her third bowl leaving to grab some dango no doubt that woman was an addict.
Sasuke paid the bill excusing himself from the restaurant to check his estate.
He had been gone for two years and it no doubt required a major dusting.
On his way to the Uchiha District he passed the hill leading to the Hyuga district and bumped into Neji.
"Neji-San good to see you."
The boy nodded his pearl eyes surveying Sasuke's new form.
"You've grown stronger."
Sasuke nodded.
"As have you."
Neji sighed gesturing to a bag on his hip.
"Well I have to deliver this to the academy, Lady Hanabi forgot her lunch again, but we'll have to spar sometime for old times sake."
Sasuke gave him a slight smile.
"Sounds good."
They both bowed and went their separate ways.
Sasuke arrived at the entrance to the Uchiha district and felt a wave of varying emotion overtake him.
He saw himself much younger on the back of a man he hated.
He clenched his fist but closed his eyes allowing himself to calm.
Stepping through the threshold he headed towards the direction of his house.
He thought he felt a figure watching him but shook it off as the ghosts of his past.
After a few minutes of slowly walking through the roads of his home he arrived at the building where he was born.
"I'm home."
He reached for the door but felt some trepidation to opening it.
He knew what would be behind it nothing but part of him always expected to see someone there.
Shaking off the feeling he pulled open the sliding paper door and what he saw made his blood run cold.
Standing there was a man with long raven hair and onyx eyes that mirrored his own.
A man he'd known since birth, his older brother.
"Hello little brother, we need to talk."
His eyes glew with crimson rage, his mangekyou activating as wrathful lightning shot out of his clenched fist.
"Itachi!"
He snarled and leapt forward with a massive chidori aimed for the man's chest.
X END X
A/N: Oh what a cliffhanger. I hate to leave you guys hanging like that but don't worry the next chapter will be out soon until then stay golden folks. - Ice out.
2/2/21: Chapter twelve revised.