People talking, "Hello everyone."
People thinking, 'Took a bit of a break from writing, might take another.'
Demon/beast/other talking, "I will eat you."
Demon/beast/other thinking, 'He's got food this chapter, woot!'
Jutsu/Unknown names, "Suiton: Mizudeppō no Jutsu."
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Chapter twelve: Destruction and Survival part 1
There are many areas within the walls of Konoha that people rarely if ever visit. These places are avoided for a large number of reasons, but one of the most infamous in the village is the Forest of Death. An area that has no other in the world. The Forest of Death has many rumors surrounding how it came to be. Some believe that when the First Hokage died that his Mokuton went out of control. Others think the forest was there before Konoha was even built.
Regardless of all of that, the forest is one of the most dangerous natural places in the Elemental Nations. The creatures and monsters within are not to be underestimated. In fact, it's a sure way to die if one isn't incredibly skilled. Because of this, it's also one of the best places to be alone.
Which exactly is what one Anko Mitarashi was using the forest for. She wasn't afraid of the creatures within because no matter how big they were, she could summon snakes that matched them. But that didn't matter to her right now, right now she was sitting on the roof of the tower built in the center of the forest.
Her mind was in turmoil, her loyalties confused. She knew where the Shiroi Oni lived… He'd trusted her with that, her commitment to Konoha dictated that she report this to the Hokage immediately. But it had been several days since the boy who she'd learned was named Naruto had kidnapped the Kurama heiress. She didn't know what to do.
Her thoughts had been continuously filled with everything she'd seen, the children so happy, playing, training. Despite their differences, they were all in a place that they were truly happy. Naruto had created such a place for them, and he was offering her a place there. Even though she knew she shouldn't, she wanted to be there as well.
Naruto had offered to remove her seal and even shown the proof that he was capable of it. Her head hurt, the seal burned, the memories of her life in Konoha flowing through her head painfully. The scorn, hatred, and despise everyone saw her with after Orochimaru left. After he'd branded her with his seal and cast her away, not at all caring about her.
'What do I do… What do I do…'
The Glade
"Gaara, you ready to go?" Naruto inquired, getting a nod from his redheaded brother.
A couple of minutes later they were all gathered on the grass outside the compound. Naruto's eyes scanned over everyone who was present to see them off. Gyūki was visible in the background, and no one currently knew where Kokuō was. Yakumo, Yukimi, Hanabi, Kazumi, Isaribi, Kai, Yugito, Temari, Kankuro, and Rei were all present though.
"We will be back soon. Kai, you know what to do if Anko arrives here." He got a nod from the genius.
"Good luck guys!" Yugito said, getting several agreements from those nearby.
"Stand back a bit Gaara, I need some space for this," Gaara nodded and backed up. He took a deep breath before taking control of the chakra he was made up of, changing it, forming it into what he wished. Under his mother's guidance, he'd been practicing his shapeshifting abilities during the last few months.
The next moment everyone present watched in amazement as Naruto's body expanded, wings exploding from his sides and his face sprouting a beak. Only a few moments later Naruto had turned into a giant black raven, about 12 feet tall. He fluffed his new wings a few times before twitching his neck toward everyone.
"Get on,"
That seemed to knock everyone out of their shock, Gaara was as stoic as ever and just jumped up on his back.
"When did you learn to shapeshift?" Kazumi asked in amazement, eyeing the large bird Naruto had transformed into. Next to her were her two granddaughters, equally amazed by his transformation.
"Over the last couple of months, I have been practicing near constantly with my abilities. I've found that with my control over chakra I can do just about anything," Naruto replied, flapping his wings experimentally.
"Hanabi, I will be back soon. Be good." Naruto ordered.
"Yes, dad I will." She said sadly, he frowned as much as was possible for a bird. They'd already talked so there wasn't much he could say to comfort his daughter. He decided to just move on, turning to Gaara sideways, only able to see him out of one eye.
"Hold on, this will be fast." Gaara channeled chakra to his legs to stick on, and a moment later was happy he'd done so. Naruto beat his large black wings quickly, rising off the ground dozens of feet in the air before he sped off.
Their destination was the current location of the 7-tails. Naruto's father had been searching around the land in search of the Bijuu, having found the Nanabi container first he'd conveyed the location to his son.
Gaara stared in his usual stoic way as they flew across the ocean at high speeds. Knowing it wouldn't be long before they arrived in the Land of Grass once more.
Next day
Naruto and his brother were once again flying through the air, having stopped to camp for the night. He'd woken Gaara up quite early, the 7 tails jinchuriki was moving quickly, and they needed to move if they wanted to catch up today.
Naruto had been flying at high speeds since early in the morning, his raven like eyes white and pale with the power of his Byakugan. Gaara was meditating peacefully on his back, finding it a great practice to try to find calm while extreme winds whipped around him.
Naruto looked down at the land beneath him, they were mostly over the Land of Fire now, having come from the Land of the Sea, he was well on his way back to the Land of Grass. They had passed several groups of shinobi from Konoha who'd looked up at them in awe or confusion. Luckily none had been foolish enough to engage him.
Not long later they had reached the border between the Land of Fire and Grass. Naruto followed the memories of the surface his father was transmitting to him.
Gaara was surprised when Naruto suddenly dive-bombed, they dropped thousands of feet out of the air before leveling out. Naruto slowing down before stopping entirely, Gaara got the hint and hopped off. A moment later his brother shifted back into his humanoid form.
"There is a barrier here, extremely high-level Genjutsu." Gaara turned toward where he was pointing but obviously couldn't see anything.
"What is the issue?"
"Several, the 7 tails is inside this barrier. If we enter this barrier, according to my mother, whoever made it will know. If we break the barrier, it's the same result." Naruto said, his eyes changing into his Mangekyo as he observed the invisible genjutsu barrier.
Gaara stood stoically, he had nothing to offer on this. Naruto was merely updating him on the issue, not expecting a response.
"Ahh, it's a Fuinjutsu and Genjutsu seal…" Naruto commented, standing directly at the edge of the barrier he could see seals spaced out on the trees beyond.
Naruto didn't react in the slightest when he felt his father connect to his mind, the next moment his mind was filled with memories. Gaara stood patiently behind Naruto as he stood completely still for several minutes.
He raised an eyebrow as Naruto turned to him, "Whoever kidnapped the 7-tails, who usually resides in Takigakure according to my father. They are prepared for us, which leads me to believe that it's the scarf group, potentially multiple."
Naruto sighed before turning back to the invisible barrier, Gaara walking up beside him. "The barrier in front of us is passable, with the complications I already stated. The issue is that one of our opponents might be an Uzumaki."
"Why is that an issue, and how do you know that?"
"The seals making the barrier, according to my father are of the unique Uzumaki design… The Amekage was an Uzumaki, and if you remember he had chains come out of his back." Gaara nodded.
"That was the Uzumaki bloodline, those chains can restrain you and potentially me with ease," Naruto explained ruefully, the eyes of his red-haired companions widened.
Gaara regained his regular expression a moment later, "So what are we going to do?"
"We are going to try to save the 7-tails, as this is obviously a trap. If we can't, Kaa-san will teleport us back to the glade, though I will be unconscious for a while." Naruto explained, his eyes fading back to his Byakugan.
"Let's go then."
Naruto nodded, and they both walked through the barrier, both alert for an attack. The forest didn't change when they walked through the trees, though all the seals on the bark now became visible to Gaara.
"Additional issue, there is Byakugan blocking seals here. Something Uzumaki's invented…" Gaara didn't react to this information, continuing walking beside Naruto.
As they walked through the dark woods toward the 7-tails host, Naruto's eyes turned red and swirled into three tomoe. 'If I can't use the Byakugan, might as well not leave my guard down.' The demonic duo walked through the forest carefully, their eyes darting everywhere.
It was sometime later before they came upon a massive cliff face. There was an enormous entrance to a cave, though it was blocked with a gigantic boulder. Naruto was mildly surprised that there wasn't better protection. 'Chōmei-chan is right on the other side of this boulder…'
He was annoyed that he couldn't use his Byakugan here, knowing who was on the other side would be extremely helpful. It was most likely the scarf group, and this was clearly an ambush.
"Look out!" The next instant Naruto exploded into smoke as a speeding white blur shot through him. Gaara only had a second to react, raising his sand around him in a shield.
It wasn't enough, and he only barely glimpsed a grey fist slamming through his sand into him. The next instant he was sent spiraling through the air at high speeds, his sand exited the gourd quickly before catching him. Preventing him from crashing into a tree that was in his path.
Gaara looked up and spotted Naruto attempting to catch a nigh-invisible white blur that was shooting around the clearing. 'It's Hiruko, I doubt he's here alone either.' He heard Naruto's serious voice in his mind. Getting to his feet, he immediately felt his sand shoot up and block something.
Water splashed over the top of his sand, and Gaara got a sinking feeling.
The sand dropped too the ground, and he was able to take in his opponent. A familiar man soaking wet and dripping water to the ground constantly. His purple eyes gazing at him in mirth. 'The one that fought Kokuō-san is also here…'
Naruto heard his brother within his mind, sending back a distracted affirmative before once again dodging the speeding blur. He could see Hiruko with his Mangekyo, but it didn't mean it was easy to actually hit or restrain him.
"Hiruko! You were supposed to wait till they entered the cave!" The one in blue and dripping called out, his voice bored and annoyed. Hiruko slowed down long enough to be visible before making an obscene gesture to his companion.
"Hey! Those eyes man, they are just so delicious!" The insane white-haired man declared before disappearing again, vines bursting from the ground just missing him.
The cloaked in blue man stood still as multiple shurikens of sand ripped through his body. He turned slightly and gave Gaara a 'you serious?' look.
'We need to wrap this up quickly, I get the feeling there is another here…' Gaara frowned, not responding to his brother as his now wet sand moved up to block more high-speed balls of water. 'We need to change opponents…'
The one-tail container mentally conveyed his idea to Naruto, getting a nod in return. They held off the two shinobi for a few moments longer, knowing that both were playing with them. A minute later the chance presented itself, Naruto jumped through the air over Gaara, unleashing a fireball down at his brother. Gaara had raised all his wet sand above him, resulting in the fireball slamming into it.
The next moment Gaara moved his newly dried sand in front of him to block a powerful punch by Hiruko. Naruto twisted in the air before summoning the fan of his older brother.
"Bashōsen: Hi no Maki!"
Naruto swung the fan toward the one dripping with water. He watched as the man's purple eyes widened in shock at the massive wave of fire flowing toward him.
"Suiton: Suijinheki! (Water Wall)"
The man let loose a massive amount of water from his mouth, the wave of water colliding with Naruto's fire. The two jutsu's struggled against each other, but the man's attention was stolen as Naruto appeared next to him and shoved his hand through his watery chest.
He was about to tell the brat off for being a moron when he realized he was the moron. The wall of fire was still coming toward them, and he could feel Naruto's grip on his chakra. He had moments to react, but there weren't many options. If he shifted into water, he would be evaporated by the powerful flames. If he didn't, he would die from having his chakra stolen. 'I got cocky, and he took complete advantage of me… kudos to you kid.'
He turned and looked at Naruto over his shoulder, the flames quickly approaching them both, intent on consuming them. He was surprised that Naruto hadn't ripped out his chakra yet…
"Find my brother, Suigetsu Hōzuki… Tell him… I'm sorry." Naruto nodded, the next moment ripping the man's chakra from his body. He shifted into his helix form and flying over the massive wave of flames that continued on to the forest. He'd been surprised when his opponent had left himself open, but he wasn't complaining.
Gaara was in a bind, even at his top speed; his sand was unable to catch the speed demon. He knew for a fact that if Hiruko tried he could get past his sand. The next moment that was proven correct as a steel fist impacted with the side of his face, sending him flying once more.
"Wow! You killed Go! I'm impressed… and pissed off! I liked Go!" Hiruko yelled, disappearing once more before reappearing in front of Naruto.
"Meiton: Kyūketsukō! (Inhaling Maw)" Naruto's eyes widened as Hiruko extended his hand toward him, and for the first time, Naruto saw a weird mark on his palm. It resembled two diamonds, one overlapping the other. Naruto was immediately brought to his knees as chakra began to be rapidly stolen from him into Hiruko, who was grinning manically.
The next moment a significant amount of sand slammed into Hiruko, throwing him away.
"Naruto, are you okay?" Gaara asked, concern evident in his voice. Naruto shook his head, trying to get control of himself. 'Mother, what just happened?'
"He can absorb chakra, which is a large weakness for you. The issue for him is you have more chakra than he can actually hold. So he'd end up killing himself if he tried to hold it all." Kaguya replied. She was concerned for her son. But she was determined to believe in her child, he'd trained hard to be able to protect those precious to him.
"I am now, Susanoo!" Naruto yelled, standing to his feet, the next moment a significant amount of chakra burst from him, wrapping around him to form a white astral being. A white skeletal ribcage exploded into existence before quickly evolving.
Gaara and Hiruko watched in fascination and amazement as the Susanoo grew, before long it took on the shape of an emaciated humanoid with elongated limbs and a twisting neck. It had one red eye on the front of its head. Several horns formed on various parts on its head: two above each side of its face, two beneath its eye, and another below its ear. From its back sprouted 10 astral tails that whipped around violently. Though it was only the upper torso of the creature, it was terrifying.
"The hell is that!?" Hiruko shouted, dodging a white tail that Naruto attempted to flatten him with.
Naruto was silent, his Mangekyo spinning violently. Gaara heard Naruto in his head, understanding the command he leaped into the chest of the creature and next to Naruto. The astral beast let loose a massive roar, shaking the trees nearby before moving toward the towering cliff.
"Oh no you don't!" Hiruko yelled, running in front of the beast. He raised both hands at the two boys within the chest of the creature.
"Ranton: Reizā Sākasu! (Laser Circus)" A bright halo of lightning spread around Hiruko's hands near instantly, encircling his hands. It then fired out massive beams of electricity toward the demonic duo. All this happened in less than a second, and Naruto watched it all happen with his Mangekyo.
Beams of lighting shot toward them, Gaara watching impassively, unfazed by the attack and confident in his brother's defense. Naruto brought his two astral arms in front of them, as well as several tails.
The attack impacted, not doing any damage and instead refracting the electricity in the opposite direction. Several beams of lightning shot of randomly but some shot back toward Hiruko who was forced to move. Hiruko began running and quickly found himself caught.
His eyes widened in surprise as he saw one of the tails of Naruto's beast wrapped around him in a way that was similar to a hand. Lifting him up in the air and in front of the boy. Naruto's eyes narrowed, and Hiruko could feel the tail constricting even through his steel skin.
Hiruko quickly realized that if he didn't escape he would be crushed. He tried to bring his hands together for a jutsu but found himself unable. He could feel his steel skin beginning to strain.
"Hey! Let me go! This isn't fun! I'm going to tell mommy!" Hiruko shouted, struggling in an attempt to get free. Naruto didn't react, and neither did Gaara, their faces the epitome of emotionless.
"Shinra Tensei!" Kaguya's eyes widened majorly in the mindscape, and she could feel her husbands shock as they heard the jutsu. The next instant there was a massive force that slammed into Naruto's Susanoo. Sending him and Gaara flying and Naruto lost his grip on Hiruko.
They impacted heavily into the ground, the astral tails flying around in an attempt to soften their decent. 'Someone else has the Rinnegan, this isn't good.' Kaguya worried, paying close attention to her son's vision.
"Thanks, Shichi! I thought I was gonna be toast!" Naruto heard Hiruko yell, the next moment he felt his Susanoo take a hit, looking up his Mangekyo caught Hiruko's steel fist against his Susanoo before disappearing.
"Damn that thing hurts!" Naruto's eyes darted to the voice, seeing Hiruko standing next to a man with a wide straw hat on his head, tilted to obscure his face. Naruto's Mangekyo eyes began to bleed light green blood profusely, as he ramped up for his next Jutsu. 'Enough of this fight!'
"Amaterasu!"
"Amaterasu!"
The one who'd been called Shichi raised his hat, his eyes red and spinning. Both Naruto and Shichi unleashed the black flames on the Sun Goddess on each other. The fire colliding halfway between them and exploding in beautiful black anarchy.
"Oooo pretty!" Hiruko commented, hearts in his eyes at the display. Shichi shot him a look, "Guard the 7-tails host, I will eradicate this pest." Shichi ordered, getting an annoyed look from Hiruko before the psychotic missing-nin disappeared.
'Gaara you must stay out of this fight. If he makes eye contact with you. You will lose control, he will control you.' Naruto warned, getting an affirmative from Gaara before he leaped out of Naruto's Susanoo and into the trees.
"Your friend is running away," Shichi pointed out, amused. Naruto didn't give him a response, listening to his mother. "Naruto-kun, this man possesses the Rinnegan. Depending on how proficient he is at it, you may die…" Kaguya warned, she knew to rescue the 7-tails was important to Naruto, but dying wasn't worth it.
Naruto didn't let any reaction appear on his face, he was shocked, but he'd slipped into the natural mental calmness his mother had trained him in. Naruto allowed his Susanoo to dispel, knowing that getting into a titan battle with this man would go badly for him. His mother hadn't begun training him in the Rinnegan, but he knew the general abilities it granted a user.
Naruto jumped forward, landing on one foot before launching into the air and twirling. "Bashōsen: Hi no Maki!" The next moment he let free a massive wave of fire toward the man. He needed to test Shichi's abilities, he'd never fought or seen this man before.
"The Bashōsen, you broke into Kumo? I'm impressed." Shichi commented, before raising both hands toward the flames. "Preta Path: Fūjutsu Kyūin!" Shichi's eyes changed, black and purple lines expanding out from his pupil before shifting entirely into the Rinnegan.
The flames were rapidly sucked within Shichi, a see-through barrier around him. The chakra being absorbed and dispelling the near white-hot flames. Naruto landed on his feet gracefully a second later, eyeing Shichi carefully. He was wearing a large straw hat with a bell, a dark green jacket with a high collar, his right sleeve went past his hand while the left sleeve was cut high at the shoulder. Around his neck was wrapped a light grey scarf, on each end was the Kanji for 7.
"Is that the best you have? I expected more, I've heard so much about you." Shichi taunted, the next moment his hand shapeshifted into a missile launcher, letting off several missiles.
Naruto didn't move, plants bursting out of the ground and wrapping around each rocket before throwing them back toward Shichi. Who dodged out of the way, the missiles making large craters in the field.
"Naruto let us help," Kaguya offered, knowing that if she and her husband attacked together, the man would be toast. But she was instead surprised and proud of her son, 'No mother, I need to fight my own battles.'
Naruto began running toward Shichi, who raised an eyebrow. About to attack the boy, he was surprised as Naruto's form shifted in mid-air, rapidly taking on the form of a massive tiger. Naruto let loose a roar before charging toward his opponent.
"Interesting!" Shichi slammed his palm down on the ground, the next instant there was a massive explosion of smoke taller than Naruto. The calm only lasted half a second before a huge rhino burst from the smoke, it's horns lowered toward Naruto.
"Enough of this!" His voice was a primal growl, growing even bigger he leaped on top of the rhino before tackling it, rolling across the ground and flattening hundreds of trees. Shichi and Gaara watched in amazement and amusement this battle of titans.
A moment later the rhino dispelled as Naruto sank his sharp fangs into the throat of the beast. Landing on his feet like a cat Naruto turned his Mangekyo eyes toward Shichi, full of anger, hatred, and annoyance.
'Gaara, I'm going to open the entrance to the cave. You have to get to the 7-tails. Once you do tell me and we will get out of here. I cannot defeat Shichi.' Gaara nodded as he heard Naruto's orders, quickly launching into action.
Naruto rushed forward across the destroyed ground toward Shichi. Who only looked up at him in amusement. Naruto shapeshifted in mid-air back into his regular body hundreds of feet in the air, his long cloak fluttering around him.
"Ochiru ten no bakuhatsu! (Explosions of the falling heavens)" Naruto threw both arms toward Shichi, who was taken off guard by the speed of the chakra Naruto released toward him. The next instant dozens of explosions rocked the ground, right at Shichi's feet. Naruto turned toward the large boulder blocking the entrance to the cave, setting off another massive blast at the base of the stone.
He frowned as it only cracked it, his attention was immediately drawn away as dozens of metal missiles flew toward him. The smoke cleared and Naruto's sharp eyes immediately took in Shichi's changed features. Now possessing 6 arms, all of the missile launchers pointed at him. Shichi also had 3 faces, all of them looking at him and grinning. Naruto was finally able to make out what Shichi's face looked like under the mask from his other faces that weren't obscured.
Naruto shifted into smoke as he dodged the projectiles and the resulting explosions as the missiles detonated in mid-air.
Gaara heard the massive amount of explosions, having reached the boulder he'd seen Naruto try to blow it up. It was damaged but far from being removed. He couldn't wait for Naruto to try again, so he began to feed his sand into the cracks, widening them slowly.
Naruto attempted to grab Shichi's chakra, only to find the chakra he'd sent out absorbed by Shichi. "I've long since figured out multiple ways to contradict that attack." He chuckled.
"I've noticed something Shiroi Oni, my eyes see all." Naruto didn't respond, instead carefully planning a way to get the upper hand.
"You are young, and while you have many natural powers. You lack real training, let me show you the benefits of training!" Shichi yelled, his body shifting back into his usual form and his Rinnegan fading away. The next moment his Mangekyo formed, and a beautiful katana appeared in his hands in a puff of smoke.
"Do you know how to use a sword Shiroi?" Shichi taunted, Naruto knew that in a straight kenjutsu fight he had no chance. But it may provide an opening, so he created a katana of his own within his hand. Not having a stance as he'd never trained in kenjutsu he merely held the sword, the point resting on the ground.
"Didn't think so!" Shichi disappeared, Naruto's powerful eyes following him as he rushed him. Naruto brought his sword up and blocked Shichi's swing, having to immediately duck as Shichi twisted around and attempted to decapitate him. 'He doesn't know that physical attacks won't hurt me, I need to use that to my advantage.' Naruto analyzed.
The battle raged on, Naruto's speed had increased with his mother and fathers training, as well as Kazumi-sensei's. He wasn't anywhere near as fast as Shichi, but he could tell the man was testing him. Naruto wasn't able to dodge the next hit, and the sword went right through his chest.
Naruto fell to his knees, pretending to hold his chest in pain. He could feel Shichi's blade against his neck. "Disappointing, I didn't even try." Shichi raised his sword before lowering it in a quick slash, decapitating Naruto.
"Pathetic…" Shichi turned to look for the other boy, knowing he was still around. Before even taking a step, hundreds of wooden pillars shot out of the ground all around him before closing up in a dome over him. He turned around to see Naruto's body gone.
"What is this…" Shichi's eyes darted around the quickly darkening space, his Mangekyo promptly found a floating cloud of chakra. He watched as the chakra condensed into Naruto's form. Their respective Mangekyo made eye contact, and Shichi was surprised as Naruto yelled out a jutsu.
"Tsukuyomi!" Shichi cursed within his mind, the next moment the world around him shifted violently. His vision went black before clearing.
He found himself restrained to a massive tree by vines, spread eagle. He was hundreds of feet in the air, the gigantic tree nearly touching the sky above him. The ground around the tree was a massive crater. Walls of stone rising all around, and he was unable to see over the top of them.
"Interesting Tsukuyomi world, I've never heard of one like this," Shichi commented as Naruto appeared in front of him, floating in the air as his white cloak fluttered around him. Naruto only looked at him impassively, his face never changing.
"You're going to torture me now? Give it your best shot kid." Shichi taunted, not at all intimidated by his situation. Naruto only raised a hand toward him, yet to say anything.
The next moment Shichi felt excruciating pain, more vines bursting out of the tree he was restrained too. The vines lashed through the air before digging into his body, moving beneath his skin. He could feel his life force being drained away, rapidly, painfully by the tree.
"How… h-how is this p-possible…" Shichi immediately channeled chakra to his eyes, evolving them into the Rinnegan, he was not going to stay here if he could help it. He began a battle of will and ocular prowess with Naruto, the pain he was in making it harder.
"GRAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Shichi yelled, actually managing to break the unbreakable genjutsu with his higher level Dōjutsu. The world shattered and they both collapsed to the ground inside the wooden dome. Naruto onto his knees as he held his hands to his bleeding eyes.
Shichi panted deeply as he tried to get control of himself, his eyes hurt but he was used to that. Standing he took a few stumbling steps toward the still down Naruto.
"Impressive, but you can't defeat me. Preta Path!" He raised a hand toward Naruto before beginning to rapidly absorb his extremely potent chakra. Naruto let loose a horrible scream as he could painfully feel his energy being consumed.
"NARUTO YOU HAVE TO GET OUT!" Kaguya yelled in concern. The next instant Shichi was overwhelmed by the hatred, anger, and fury. The killing intent of a godly being crushed down on him. He had never felt such killing intent, and it brought him to his knees, unable to focus as he felt death itself hating him. Shichi was fighting with everything he had to not pass out. 'This killing intent, it's not human. It feels like nature itself is anger… who is this kid?'
Vines burst out of the ground violently, grabbing onto him before throwing him with extreme strength toward the wooden wall. The wall broke like toothpicks as Shichi went right through it and several trees. The vines immediately began wrapping around Naruto, channeling massive amounts of senchakra into him. Reviving Naruto as best they could, 'Thank you Tou-san, Kaa-san… I'm just not strong enough yet.'
"It's okay Naruto-kun, even I would have a hard time against the Rinnegan." Kaguya lovingly assured her son, who was unsteadily getting to his feet, helped by the vines. Naruto felt warmth, love, and caring flow through him from his father. 'Thank you both, thank you for your love for me.' Naruto said, and his parents were touched by the level of emotion in his voice.
Naruto took several steps forward, the wooden dome sliding back within the ground. He carefully concentrated before shifting into his helix form, flying toward the large boulder blocking the entrance to the cave. He stumbled slightly as he reformed on the ground, finding a tunnel dug in the bottom of the stone. Hurrying through as fast as he could, his eyes burning red in the dark as he quickly entered a massive cavern.
His sharp eyes picked up everything in under a second. In the middle of the room was a girl with mint green hair, laying on the ground, and from the flow of her chakra, she was unconscious. In the corner of the room was a dome of sand, a sand eyeball above it darting around rapidly. Naruto's vision quickly caught onto and followed the speeding blur of Hiruko as he attempted to punch the thick wall of sand multiple times, and not get caught by the sand.
Naruto breathed deeply, they had to escape before Shichi came back. He shifted into a helix before appearing next to the prone girl. He immediately had to change into smoke as Hiruko attempted to punch him in the face.
"Damn, you beat even Shichi? Thanks for that, he was an asshole!" Hiruko shouted, rapidly going through hand seals before the diamond symbol on his hand glowed once more. Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'I've had enough chakra stolen today…'
The next moment Naruto dropped to all fours, his body morphing rapidly and turning brown. From within the sand dome Gaara's eyes widened, he had seen this creature only once before, and it had royally handed his full Bijuu mode ass to him.
"Kamen raidā no shin no sugata! (True form of the Kaminoki)" The next moment Naruto's eyes disappeared before a giant red rippled eye opened on his forehead, his horns shifting and multiplying rapidly across his body.
Hiruko only watched with wide eyes as hundreds of red, white, black, and blue balls of chakra appeared around the creature Naruto had turned into. The sorbs all rapidly converged and merged together in front of the beast's mouth. Becoming a giant purple ball of chakra, Hiruko at that moment recognized the jutsu, 'Aww fuck!' he tried to run away and found himself wrapped in dozens of thick vines.
"Jūbidama!" The next moment the creature swallowed the ball, its red eye focused entirely on Hiruko. It let loose the ball of extremely compressed energy, it's ten tails behind it flaring wildly. The burst of energy shot across the uneven cave ground toward the wide-eyed Hiruko, who was rapidly channeling all the chakra he had into his steel bloodline.
BOOOOOM!
It impacted with Hiruko, everything went white for a couple of moments. The next instant the side of the cave was blasted open from the outside, massive rocks sent flying through the air as the beam continued on into the ground. Destruction was everywhere, an enormous cloud of dust rising into the sky.
Naruto's form began to shrink, the color returning to white. His horns shifted back to their regular place. Gaara let down his sand, several large boulders having collided with it. Naruto looked over his shoulder toward Gaara, who gave a nod.
Naruto nodded shakily in return before picking up the unconscious 7-tail jinchuriki. A moment later he felt his mothers control, she lifted his hand, his 3rd eye opening as he emitted words he'd only heard once before.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!" A black portal slid open in front of them, and Gaara leaped through. Naruto shifted the Bijuu host on his shoulder, about to jump through himself.
"No!" He turned, quickly seeing Shichi with torn clothes and several bloody spots raising his hand toward him. Naruto leaped through the portal before Shichi could activate his jutsu. The entrance closed a fraction of a second later, Shichi didn't even bother activating his jutsu.
'Damn it!'
Sometime before in the Glade
Kai and Yugito were sparring, and most of their family was watching. Though Yukimi was reading a book, something she deeply enjoyed. Kazumi was teaching Rei how to better use her Dōjutsu to create small people on the sandy ground.
Watching was Hanabi, Isaribi, Temari, Kankuro, and Yakumo. Kokuō was currently near the lake, having a conversation with Gyūki. Kai dodged another claw slice from Yugito, dropping to his palms before attempting to kick Yugito's legs out. Yugito was flipped into the air, but true to her cat-like abilities she landed on her feet gracefully.
Kai let loose a significant amount of water, distracting Yugito long enough to form one of his aces. Isaribi had shown him memories of his previous host, the Yondaime Mizukage, and his unique hook-like weapon. With intense training, he'd learned how to manipulate water into the shape of the staff.
Kai leaped forward, nearly taking his opponent by surprise as he swung the staff around. Yugito backflipped out of the way with fluidity, landing on her hands before pushing off. She formed a blue fire in her hands and threw the fireballs toward Kai.
Kai slammed his staff into the ground, a wall of coral forming in front of him. The wall wasn't anywhere near strong enough to hold up to the hellfire, but it gave him enough time to get away from the attack.
Yugito was about to leap forward when the Gobi appeared in a white blur of speed between them. They both immediately stopped, knowing something was up.
Kai made eye contact with the Bijuu. "There are three shinobi with extremely high chakra approaching here rapidly." Kokuō's voice was full of concern and warning. Kai nodded before turning toward the group.
"Incoming shinobi! Get the children inside!" Kai ordered, and immediately everyone sprang into action. Kai had created a plan specifically if this happened, knowing that they had made quite an impression around the nations, it was only so long before someone found them. Yukimi was the first to react, immediately bursting into pink smoke and flowing toward the doors.
Yugito leaped through the air, grabbing Hanabi before rushing toward the large wooden doors of the compound. She stopped suddenly as the smaller size of Gyūki landed in front of her, wrapping it's 8 tails around her and Hanabi. The next instant a massive fireball impacted into the Bijuu.
Kai and Kazumi immediately looked toward where the fireball came from, exiting the trees were two people. One was wearing all red, a red hood and his eyes glowed a pure red from the darkness of his hood. Next too him stood a beautiful woman with red hair, her eyes showing obvious excitement.
"So this is where you all are!" She said excitedly, Kazumi immediately handed Rei to Kai who leaped toward the building, followed by Isaribi. The Gyūki lifted Yugito and Hanabi, putting them inside the building, then turning and snarling at the intruders. Kokuō disappeared in a white blur before scooping up Temari, Kankuro, and Yakumo and darting toward the entrance to the building.
Kazumi began going through hand seals, she was about to activate a Genjutsu when the one with red eyes turned and stared at her. Her head suddenly burned in pain, and she collapsed to the ground on her knees screaming in pain.
"Another Dōjutsu, I've not seen this one before." The one in red commented, interest clear in his eyes as he stared at the white-haired woman. The next moment he leaped into the air, flipping as he dodged the quick attack of the Gobi who was attempting to impale him.
The redhead woman was forced to dodge as Gyūki attempted to flatten her with his tails. Yugito from the roof of the compound let off several hellfire fireballs as the two intruders.
"I think we are going to have to restrain the Bijuu before we can deal with these children," The red-haired woman commented, before unleashing another fireball toward Gyūki who retaliated with a giant ball of water.
"I agree," The red-eyed one responded, flipping through the air once more he glared at the rapidly approaching Gobi as it lowered his head to impale him. Both the Bijuu were refraining from using powerful attacks as they didn't want to damage the ones they'd come to consider family.
"Halt," The man in red ordered, and everyone watched in shock as Kokuō slid to a stop, his eyes blank as he stared at nothing. Kai took advantage of the distraction to grab the still immobile Kazumi and leap back to the compound with her.
The man in red had to dodge a powerful attack of wind aimed for his head, sliding under it his red eyes darted to the attacker. Spotting a girl with blonde hair, holding a massive fan, on the roof.
"Fūton: Hanachiri Mai! (Scattering Flower Dance)" The red-headed woman unleashed a cyclone of flower petals toward the compound. The blonde girl swung her fan again, creating a massive burst of wind toward her attack. The redhead was surprised when the other blonde girl on the roof threw blue fire into her fellow blonde's attack. Empowering it with the flames of her Bijuu, the wind attack clashed with equal power into her jutsu.
"Kai! That man somehow restrained Kokuō!" Yugito shouted as Kai appeared on the roof, his hooked staff made of water on his back.
"He has some sort of Dōjutsu similar to the Sharingan, we need to distract them all long enough for the children to escape!" Kai yelled as the red-haired woman unleashed yet another attack, this one a massive wall of water. Her companion next to her channeled lightning into the attack before vanishing.
Kai went through hand seals rapidly before unleashing a massive amount of water in return, Gyūki who was now bigger than the 3 story building added too his attack with more water. Their combined offense overpowered their opponents, forcing her to disappear under the ground.
Kai's eyes widened, and he twirled around, already swinging his hooked staff toward where he knew the man in red was. The man easily ducked under his attack, twisting in the air before landing a kick in Kai's chest, sending him flying. Kai was caught in mid-air by one of Gyūki's tails and deposited on the Bijuu's head.
"You should give up, you have no chance against us." The man in red stated calmly, efficiently blocking Yugito's claws before pulling her arm behind her painfully.
Yugito snarled before her arm lit up in blue flames, forcing the man to let go of her. Kankuro's favorite puppet attempted to take the man by surprise, slashing a blade toward the man's throat. The shinobi twirled in mid-air, his red eyes darting everywhere. His foot connected with the side of the puppets head, sending it flying.
Within the compound, the lady with red hair rose out of the ground.
"Katon: Fenikkusu fumetsu no hi (Phoenix Immortal Fire)!" Kazumi shouted, unleashing a dozen fireballs toward the woman. Rei, Hanabi, Isaribi, and Yakumo crowded behind her. The red-haired woman jumped into the air, somehow managing to twist her body between every fireball before gracefully falling to the ground.
"Who are you!" Kazumi yelled, going through more hand seals for a Genjutsu. She managed to activate it and quickly began moving the girls down the hallways toward the bunker Naruto had created in the side of the cliff.
"My name is Fūka, I am Hachi." Kazumi heard over her shoulder before they disappeared down the hallway. She hoped that Fūka wouldn't notice the Genjutsu for a couple of minutes.
On the roof things were not going well for the family, the man was tossing them around like bowling pins. It was impossible to take the man by surprise, he seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Kai suspected he had some sort of Byakugan and Sharingan combination.
"Erg! Go away!" Temari yelled, swinging her fan once more. A massive gust of wind flew toward the man, the attack actually connected as he was busy dealing with Yugito's fire mice. He was sent flying through the air, but he quickly landed back on the roof.
"Feisty aren't you?" He commented dryly, next moment having to dodge one of Gyūki's tails. Immediately after he summoned a katana to block Kai's staff swing. Yugito flipped over Kai before attempting to drop kick the man. He narrowed his red glowing eyes before easily blocking Yugito's kick with one hand, grabbing her ankle he twisted and slammed the cat-like girl into Kai.
"Hurry children, inside," Kazumi said, her voice worried as she could hear the sounds of a massive fight going on. The next moment the hair on her neck rose as she felt a delicate touch on her neck.
"Aww, don't you want to play with me?" She turned and found the face of Fūka who had a weird expression on her face, which looked like an upset pout. Kazumi stiffened as Fūka licked the side of her face, she saw out the corner of her eye the girls staring at them wide-eyed. She tried to convey with her eyes, 'Run!'
"Ooo, tasty, a strong affinity to fire, and water. But not just that, a kekkei genkai." Fūka's eyes widened in excitement, she grabbed Kazumi's face before turning it toward her.
"Shikei Seppun" Fūka whispered seductively. Kazumi immediately began to struggle as the woman kissed her, she could feel her life force and chakra draining out of her.
"No!" The next instant a sand golem slammed into Fūka's side, sending her flying into a nearby wall. She groaned as she got to her feet, immediately noticing the massive golem wavering in and out like static. She flared her chakra, and the golem disappeared. She saw a blue haired girl with clear eyes glaring at her. Behind her was a girl with weird fish like parts protectively holding a brown haired girl who had the Byakugan.
"Leave my Obaa-san alone!" The girl yelled, the other brown haired girl next to her pulling out a sketchbook from her pouch. Kazumi was panting heavily on the ground, trying to get her strength back.
"You think you children can defeat me?" Fūka asked in annoyance, getting to her feet. The next moment the girls looked on in fear as her red hair extended, shooting through the air toward the girls. Hanabi screamed in terror as the hair began to wrap around her and Isaribi. Kazumi tried to get to her feet, only to fall back down.
She was about to pull the girls toward her and kill the annoyances when her hair was sliced with a tanto. Appearing suddenly between her and the girls was a black-haired shinobi. He wore a large black cloak, and his hair obscured his face.
"Who the hell are you!" Fūka yelled in annoyance, tired of all these distractions. She really wanted that delicious kekkei genkai for her collection. The girls looked on in fear of this unknown newcomer, while Kazumi stared at him while attempting to stand.
"You will leave them alone," His head raised and Fūka was able to see two, three tomoe Sharingan staring at her.
"Uchiha… Itachi," she took a step back in fear of the S-ranked nin in front of her. The man who'd killed his entire clan, and was ANBU at the age of 12.
"Why are you h-helping us?" Kazumi demanded, her two grandchildren rushing over and trying to help her to her feet. Itachi didn't turn to them, staring directly into Fūka's eyes.
"Now is not the time to explain, but know that I am with you," Itachi replied before leaping toward Fūka who leaned back to dodge his kick. Kazumi didn't wait, grabbing the girls she rushed down the hallway with them toward the extremely sturdy bunker, made of the most durable materials Naruto could find, and reinforced with dozens of seals.
There was a tremendous explosion on the roof as Yugito's massive blue fireball connected with it, barely missing the man. Kai ducked as Kankuro's puppet jumped over him and fired hundreds of senbon at the intruder.
"Your puppet is annoying," Everyone's eyes widened as the man disappeared at a speed he hadn't used before. The next instant he appeared behind Kankuro, his katana right through the puppeteer's heart.
"KANKURO!" Temari shouted in horror, but at the same time, two other voices could be heard. Kai turned quickly toward the other voices. Seeing Naruto on his knees panting in the field, staring up with wide eyes at Kankuro. Next to him was Gaara, who was unleashing a massive amount of killing intent as sand swirled around him.
'No! Kankuro…' Naruto thought, his mind fighting to shut down. He was so tired from having used the Yomotsu Hirasaka he could barely move. His anger burned like the black flames of Amaterasu, his eyes spinning violently. The next moment he felt a massive boost of power, his Killing intent rose to beyond Bijuu levels. Combining with the killing intent of everyone present, Gaara, Gyūki, Kai, Temari, and Yugito all glared with complete hatred at the man. Kankuro's head having fallen to his chest.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Gaara roared, the next moment a massive amount of chakra flared around him, and he rapidly began transforming into Shukaku, rising hundreds of feet into the air.
"Kankuro… noo, no no no…" Temari fell to her knees, tears pouring down her face as she stared at Kankuro's body, which had dropped to the ground. The man showed no visible reaction to all the Killing Intent.
The next instant he disappeared, barely dodging the massive fist of sand that slammed into the roof. He had to dodge constantly the onslaught of attacks from everyone. He leaped over the Hachibi's tail, swinging his sword he was about to decapitate Kai who wasn't fast enough to dodge.
"SHINRA TENSEI!" The next millisecond the man cloaked in red was sent violently flying through the air, thrown off the roof and slamming into the side of the cliff. Everyone turned in shock as they saw Naruto, standing somewhat unsteadily on the roof behind them. His arm outstretched toward the man. Kai's eyes widened in shock as he took in Naruto's eyes, purple with several rings around his pupil. He could feel such immeasurable power from those eyes, the eyes of a god…
The next moment time resumed, and the thudding stomps of Shukaku could be heard before the massive sand tanuki ran past the compound, his fist reared back before slamming into the side of the cliff. The red-eyed man managed to drop to the ground seconds before the fist connected, rocking all the nearby terrain.
"DIE!" Gaara screamed insanely, his voice full of rage. He immediately turned and unleashed dozens of massive wind blasts towards the tiny human. Gyūki jumped into action, attempting to slam multiple tails into the quick human.
"B-bring… m-me Kankuro…" Naruto coughed out, blood streaming from his eyes and mouth. His body was overloaded, and he knew he only had moments before he passed out. Yugito was the first to react, grabbing Kankuro and unceremoniously dragging him over to Naruto who had fallen to his hands and knees in pain.
Kai and Temari hurried to Naruto's sides, helping him sit up. Around them were the near constant drum of explosions and battles. Naruto knew people were fighting below him, and now all 3 Bijuu were attacking the man in red, who wore a scarf with the Kanji for Nine.
"He will live, b-but his li-life will be d-different," Naruto said, looking at Temari shakily.
"I don't care, please… just save him," Temari returned immediately, tears streaming down her face as she stared into Naruto's now purple eyes. Naruto nodded, determined to do this before he passed out.
Naruto raised his hand toward Kankuro, everyone watched with anticipation. The next moment there was a massive burst of smoke before a ball of writhing black threads appeared on Kankuro's chest. Everyone's eyes widened as the threads suddenly stopped moving before separating into individual strands. The next instant they all wiggled into Kankuro's chest through the open wound.
They all watched in amazement as Kankuro's body buckled, his chest rising up in the air before he fell to the ground. Temari cried in relief as color began to return to her brothers face, his chest rising and falling. The wound in his chest closing as threads burst out of his skin and stitched it together.
"T-the Jiongu will take care…" Naruto didn't finish as he fell over, his eyes closing. Kai and Temari caught him before he hit the tiled roof.
"He's out, and from the last time he used the portals he will be out for several days at the least," Kai said, his stern voice quickly catching Yugito's and Temari's attention.
"Temari, take Kankuro too his room then go join Gaara. Yugito grab what I assume is the 7-tails on the grass over there and take her inside. I will take Naruto inside before finding Kazumi and the girls." Kai ordered, getting acknowledgments from the two blondes. They all disappeared to complete their tasks.
Bijuu battle
Kyū was in a bind, he couldn't hope to subdue three Bijuu at the same time, he'd managed to freeze the Hachibi with his Genjutsu for only a couple of moments before his concentration was broken by the other two Bijuu. While the Ichibi was enraged, it wasn't leaving all that many opening for him to take advantage of.
He rolled and leaped through the air, barely dodging the white blur of the Gobi, then having to jump over another wind bullet from the Ichibi. His eyes widened in shock as he felt a massive power increase from the Ichibi. Turning he saw it collecting chakra to fire a Bijūdama.
In his moment of distraction, he took a direct slam from the Gobi, sending him flying before being batted to the ground by the now full-size Hachibi. The Ichibi was about to fire it's Bijuudama when a tentacle wrapped around its mouth, directing it up into the air.
The next instant there was a massive beam of energy fired into the sky. Ichibi snarled at the Hachibi, about to attack it before suddenly stopping. Kyū wasn't paying attention, instead trying to subdue the pesky Gobi while the two Bijuu were distracted. He managed to catch the Bijuu in a Genjutsu, freezing it.
His red eyes widened as he felt something around his ankle, he attempted to jump away but found himself unable. The next instant he was raised into the air upside down by a significant amount of sand. He was tossed and before he could react one of the Hachibi's tails slammed into him, sending him flying over the house.
'I was not expecting to have to fight three full Bijuu at the same time…' Kyū thought painfully, the next instant something collided with him in mid-air. The force slammed him down into the ground, creating a large amount of dust. His sharp eyes darted to the form on top of him. 'They got Hachi? How!?' He thought in shock, clearly able to see the beaten and bruised face of his second in command.
"Leave now," His head shot up, and through the fading dust, he was able to see two red Sharingan eyes glaring at him. The next moment the dust cleared, and he was able to clearly see the face of Uchiha Itachi staring at him impassively.
Behind the Uchiha were the three Bijuu, all at full size. The Ichibi was in the middle and towering over the compound, the Hachibi on the right and Gobi on the left.
"What are you doing here Uchiha?!" Kyū yelled, getting to his feet and grabbing the unconscious form of his comrade.
Itachi didn't grace the man with an answer, instead going through hand seals near instantly and unleashing a massive fireball at him.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" From behind the Uchiha, all three Bijuu unleashed elemental attacks. The Hachibi fired a massive ball of water, the Ichibi shooting an enormous burst of wind. The Gobi let loose a gigantic stream of steam toward him.
Kyū grimaced, knowing that he couldn't possibly defend against this. The next moment he and Hachi disappeared in wisps of red particles. All the attacks struck, obliterating the training field and most of the forest with ease. The explosion was massive, creating a new channel from their location to the ocean, and just barely missing the village.
Itachi turned toward the three Bijuu who were all staring at him, he raised his hands in a sign of peace. All the once beautiful terrain nearby was utterly stomped, crushed, burning, and ruined beyond repair.
"I mean you all no harm."
END CHAPTER - 9,424 words
I've got nothing to really say about this chapter. Again.
Yay. Idk, I'm tired man, worked hard to get this chapter out to ya'll today.
Freaking leave a review or I'm gonna be pissed.
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Doomqwer: All fine man. Since the Kyūbi is being forced, then yes your conclusion is correct.
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Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: All true statements, glad you are enjoying the story.
elemental wolf sage: I gave him the biggest strength, instant kill simply by 'reaching at someone.' But you aren't complaining about him being strong. If you want some just 'Naruto is OP as hell' and nothing goes wrong stories. Search 'Godlike Naruto' and have fun.
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Roadrunnerto: I do my best to write at a high quality, fix it with Grammarly. As to writing so fast, I make sure to stay 6 chapters ahead of what I post, it helps me keep a clear head and the story to flow without outside influence. Thank you for all the information about japanese numbers, I'm still gonna call Shichi… Shichi. But I will start calling Chōmei Nanabi.
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The rest of you that gave one sentance reviews that were compliments, thank you. But I'm way too lazy and tired at the moment, and directly after uploading this chapter I have to go drive all the way home… Yeah, I'm so gonna crash.
Ja ne!