Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite

Chapter 124

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Shikamaru and Temari had finally finished their long mission. They had sent to gather information on a large rogue shinobi contingent that had been rumored to have started up. They had been rumored somewhere north of Shimogo on the eastern side of the Fire Nation. Tsunade and Gaara had sent the two to investigate, mainly to make sure they weren't working with Akatsuki, or as powerful as the Akatsuki.

The two had been unable to find anything in the last few days of looking, Shikamaru had been weary of this since the beginning, first off in the official mission report they had been told they would start north of Shimogo, however in the unofficial document she had given him, gave him coordinates that were so far north of Shimogo, he wondered why she would have even bothered with giving him the town at all. Hell, he was closer to Wave then he was to Shimogo. Shikamaru sighed, he had heard only rumors of two traveling ninja, one of them being Zabuza Momochi, a few weeks ago. However, Zabuza was known to be a loner, he didn't work with people well and was strictly a mercenary. It didn't make sense for him to join a rogue group. From what he knew of the man, he still considered himself loyal to the mist, so why would he join a rogue group in the fire country.

"What is it Shikamaru? What's bothering you so much this last week?" Temari asked the genius.

He sighed, "This mission makes no sense."

She nodded, "I feel the same way, so why send us here?"

Shikamaru shrugged, "For once I don't know, What I do know, is there is no rogue group, that mission briefing was completely bullshit. So, what are we missing?"

"The Hokage, and Gaara obviously wanted us in this area for a couple weeks, we just don't know why they actually sent us this way. It would have to have something that they would both have a stake in. Do we know anyone near us?" Temari asked him.

Shikamaru nodded grinning, "There is actually. Rumor is Naruto and Hinata are in the area. I like where you are going with this. So Tsunade and Gaara both think very highly of Naruto. For Gaara, Naruto is one of his best friends, Tsunade sees Naruto as a grandson. That has to be why we were sent to this area, but why not tell us?"

"What kind of mission does Naruto have? Is it that dangerous?" Temari asked.

Shikamaru shook his head, his hands finding their thinking pose, "No, it was supposed to be a simple mission. He is acting as Hinata's jonin sensei. He took her on a C rank protection mission to protect some drunk bridgebuilder on his way to the wave. They were then to watch over him as he finished the bridge I suppose."

Temari's eyes widened slightly, "We've never talked much about politics in our relationship, but how in tune are you to the Geopolitics and international business?"

Shikimaru raised an eyebrow, "As a student of the Third Hokage, and future advisor to Naruto, very. Are you thinking this has something to do with that shipping magnate Gato?"

Temari nodded impressed, "He owns the shipping industry practically, there are a lot of ports in wave."

Shikamaru grinned, "And you think he is trying to stop the bridge builder from finishing the bridge? It makes a lot of sense. If Gato is trying to have the bridgebuilder killed, that makes sense why Zabuza Momochi would be in the area. He must have hired Zabuza. Tsunade must have sent Naruto and Hinata to protect him as a C rank mission as to not give away to the council that Gato is involved. Tazuna must have come to her asking for help, if the council knew about this they would demand we give up Tazuna to Gato for a major pay day, as well as possible contracts. That's why she sent Naruto and Hinata, Naruto is one of the strongest ninja in our village, Hinata is mid to high chuunin level at this point. It's also why she decided to send us here but not tell us anything, she knew we would figure it out, but couldn't tell us that in case the council found out. Come on, let's get to Wave. With that the two ninja took off towards wave running at full speed.

It was a couple hours later, they were close finally, when they saw multiple large explosions, followed by a bolt of lightning shot into the air.

Shikamaru cursed, he could feel it, something was wrong.

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Hinata's eyes widened in pure horror as she saw Naruto get buried into the concrete multiple times. The monstrosity was standing on his throat at this point. She had seen the lightning jutsu actually hurt it, nothing else had since it had covered itself in the full body rock armor. Naruto's arms had been broken and he could do nothing. She sprinted for him full speed, she had to save him, she needed him. She couldn't live without him. She knew she was disobeying orders, but she couldn't just let him die. She shot towards the monstrosity, pulling out her one of her daggers as she ran. She channeled lightning chakra into it.

Namu reached down and picked Naruto up by the throat, lifting him and growling at him as Naruto could do nothing. The rocks surrounding his other hand sharpened into a large javelin like spear. He grinned as he thrust his new spear at Naruto. Out of nowhere he shouted in agony as a dagger laced with lightning chakra sliced into his right wrist, the hand that was holding Naruto. The boy dropped as Hinata caught him and shot away from the monster, setting Naruto down, and creating a couple shadow clones to start healing him.

She then turned and looked at her opponent, the monster that had so brutally taken down two jonin level ninja. She began doubting herself slightly, Naruto had been unable to take this menace down, true he had been too tired but all of his raw power could not take the monster down. She shook her head and forced the thoughts out of her head. She could not let her insecurities be her downfall.

-Naruto's brute force attacks weren't enough to beat the creature. The one attack that truly damaged it was his mountain cutter jutsu. An attack that I've seen put larger holes in mountains and the ground than it did that thing. So lightning chakra is its weakness. The problem is every single one of the attacks Naruto didn't do anything, he recovered from everything. In fact, he has already recovered from my attack on his wrist. None of my strong brute force attacks with do anything to him. However, I want to try something, maybe my gentle fist will work, as long as it can't tell I'm hurting it, will it regenerate? Maybe my lightning gentle fist can numb the areas I hit. If he doesn't know that I'm shutting down his chakra points he won't heal…maybe.- Hinata thought to herself.

"HINATA!" Naruto yelled out, struggling to get to his feet, his arms still hanging useless at his sides, "DON'T YOU DARE THINK ABOUT ATTACKING IT. RUN! NOW!"

Hinata shook her head, "It's too late now Naruto, I couldn't leave you behind. I'm sorry, I know I disobeyed a direct order from my sensei, you can discipline me later. If we live. Even if I left now, it would come after me, kill me, Tazuna, Zabuza, Haku, Inari, and Tsunami. No one will be able to escape at this point. He was fast enough to keep up with you, he will overtake us all. I either fight here with the chance to save you as well, or I fight later and even if I win you are already dead. I can't let you die Naruto. I wouldn't be able to live without you. You are my rock and you know it!"

Naruto growled before going into his mind, "Kurama, heal me, as fast as you can, I need to be able to help Hinata as fast as I can."

"Naruto, it isn't that simple, I'll heal you as fast as I can, but your personal reserves are taxed, everything you do at this point will only hurt you in the end. Using my chakra to this extent is damaging your body. You have already used far too much Naruto. It's too volatile for you still… It will tear you apart."

Naruto ignored her and continued trying to talk to Hinata, "Dodge him, don't let him hit you!"

Hinata nodded and sprinted forward towards Namu, her fingers cackling with lightning as she did he roared and charged back at her. When they reached, Namu threw a huge punch at Hinata, Hinata dodged to the left of him, watching as his arm, nearly the size of her body, passed by her, slamming into the ground. The punch caused a crater in the ground as he hit.

Hinata poked into his arm multiple times, shooting the lightning chakra into chakra points that didn't have essential functions, making sure his arm was still fully functional. She couldn't let him know she was disabling him yet. She was so fast Gato didn't even realize that she had hit him.

Hinata then jumped back away from the next punch, a left hook. The air whizzed by her, causing her hair to be blown to the side. Namu continued his attack on her, spinning into a kick as she ducked him, poking at his leg this time. Again, making sure she wasn't going to cause him any loss in functionality.

The next attack she jumped back further from, ignoring Naruto's screams to stop letting it get so close to her, she didn't have a choice. She was actually getting angry at him, he lost it was her turn to fight. She jumped back and scanned the monstrosity in front of her. She noticed all the chakra points she had hit had gone unnoticed and unhealed. If the monster didn't know it was wrong it couldn't heal itself. Hinata grinned, she had an angle.

-So, my attack on him isn't healed at all, meaning if I can shut all of his chakra points, I should win. How do I go about doing that though? Well if I can close all of his non-vital points, I can get as many closed as possible, then attack him with a lightning style 64 palms. If I can use that to close the rest of his chakra points I should be able to beat him.- Hinata thought to herself as she prepared to engage with the man again.

Naruto growled as he thought, -What in the Hell does she have planned? Using her gentle fist against a monster like that. She has to be using lightning style. He should heal the damage though…right? Though it has to be working if she is going in to do it again. It's a big gamble however, her hits can't stun the thing, meaning combination attacks are out, she will have to dodge and inflict when she can. If she gets hit once it could mean the end. I really don't like this.-

Hinata decided she had to wait for the monster to come to her, she wasn't going to be able to rush in at him and not do anything to him, it would be too suspicious. She took a deep breath and waited for it. Namu took this as a chance to charge her, he rushed in and stopped on a dime just short of her, turning and throwing a roundhouse kick at the middle of her body.

Hinata read the attack and was ready for it, she jumped into the air and twisted around the foot, rolling as she landed and bending backward to dodge his follow up kick. The foot passed just over her and she reached up, tapping it as it went by. Then rolling into a back handspring, she sprung back, flipping away from the monster's follow up hammer fist that he tried to drop on her head. She sighed in relief, that attack would have crushed her.

Namu went through hand seals, "Earth Style: Rock Spears!" it screeched, before slamming his hands into the ground sending chakra into it. Spikes shot up, following after Hinata as she jumped away. Hinata jumped to the side, but Namu still had his hands on the ground, controlling it. The spikes followed her, speeding up towards her.

Hinata cursed, she hadn't expected it could follow to the side, she jumped upwards, spinning in midair and landing on one of the spikes in front of her, jumping towards Namu as he continued to try to impale her with the spikes. Hinata knew how the jutsu worked now however, and with her eyes she was able to see the chakra he was sending out, able to accurately predict where each spike would come up made it significantly easier to dodge the attack. She continued jumping from spear to spear, getting near him, she finally loaded up and jumped towards him, she had to get his hands off the ground to stop the jutsu. She landed a massive kick to his head. Not enough to actually damage him and make his healing kick in, but certainly enough to cause him to stagger and his hands came up off the ground as he growled, his plans foiled.

Namu then took another swing with a mighty punch at Hinata put she jumped back dodging the attack, as Namu followed it up, with a straight left punch, Hinata stepped up to it, and hit it 3 times in the chest around it, before delivering an uppercut to his chin. Namu was staggered once again, but Hinata jumped back and away from it. Trying to get a break from the incoming attacks.

Gato began to laugh evilly, "Is that all you've got girl? This is pitiful, you're as weak as that pathetic bitch Tsunami that you rescued. At least she was good for something. I suppose if I capture you, you could be good for that too, huh? Tell you what, why don't you stop fighting, come with me. Namu kills Tazuna, Zabuza, and Haku, but your sensei can live as one of my henchmen. You will be a concubine for me."

Hinata shuddered in disgust, "I'll pass. I'd rather die, I know Naruto would rather die than serve you as well." The thought took a slight toll on her though as she had a flashback to her time with Kabuto. She shuddered once again, she was lost to the world for a moment. Unfortunately, that moment was when Namu attacked. Namu charged towards Hinata, she was distracted, he could end her here, he extended his rock spear on his right hand again, and thrust it at her.

"HINATA!" Naruto screamed out.

Namu grinned as he was right there, she wouldn't have time to dodge him now. He didn't expect Naruto to flash infront of him, kick his spear out of the way, then turn and fire a kick into his head, shooting him across the bridge.

Naruto dropped down next to Hinata and grabbed her face in his hands, "SNAP OUT OF IT HINATA!" He screamed at her. Sensing Namu coming back towards them, he shook his head, as Hinata finally started to get her bearings, Namu was already upon them. Naruto stood and looked at him, his arms still hanging useless by his side. He glared at it, Namu thrust his spear again, Naruto stepped slightly to the side, dodging, as he lowered his shoulder, and pushed off as hard as he could, thrusting his shoulder into Namu. Trying to push the monster away long enough for Hinata to get up and ready to fight again, but he wasn't ready for Namu to grab him right there. Naruto screamed out in agony as Namu sent chakra into his body. Rock spears extended out all over his body, multiple impaling Naruto. Namu tried to send a spear into Naruto's heart after the first set went off. Naruto was secure, he was unable to move now. A sitting duck impaled on Namu already.

Naruto cried out once again in agony but he had been able to move a hand and hit the spear at the right time, it diverted down, missing his heart, barely. Namu growled then pulled Naruto off of the spears and lifted him above his head. He brought Naruto down back first onto his knee, trying to break the ninja. Naruto hit the knee and cried out once more as his back cracked. Namu then lifted him once again by the throat. All of this happening in a split second as Hinata finally recovered slightly. Her eyes widened as she saw Naruto's back snap slightly.

"NARUTO! TELEPORT!" Hinata screamed as she leapt into action, jumping onto Namu, her feet planted in his face, she shot lightning chakra into his arm, forcing his hand to go numb. She grabbed Naruto right as he flashed back to Hinata's clones. She held Naruto as he let out a groan of pain.

"N-Naruto…A-are you o-okay?" She asked worried for his answer, or no answer at all.

Naruto let out an agonized groan in confirmation, "I'll be fine."

"I'm so sorry Naruto, that was all my fault." Hinata told him clearly upset with herself.

Naruto groaned out, "Don't worry about it. Block Gato out, don't listen to him. Just beat Namu. You can do it. Stay focused, you've done well so far."

Hinata nodded and went through hand seals, "Summoning Jutsu" a cloud popped and Kurama in her humanoid form appeared. She immediately went to healing Naruto. Using her chakra like this in a healing jutsu was much safer to Naruto.

Kurama was furious, "Hinata, kill him. Don't let him get away with doing this much damage to Naruto."

Hinata nodded, shutting out Gato's jeering she took a deep breath, Namu was charging, she dodged his first attack, he had his right hand still in spear form and had other spears still sticking out of his body. Hinata noticed that they were all sharp as blades. She twirled to the side, of a stab, and twirled further to the side as he followed it up.

-This is odd, he hasn't had a pattern like that yet, what's his game? He has never thrown two consecutive attacks coming from essentially the same side. He must be pushing me to the side for some reason. What is he positioning me towards?- Hinata thought to herself. That's when her eyes widened, he wasn't pushing her towards something, he was pushing her away from Naruto. She was now on the opposite side of Namu to Naruto.

Namu turned and sprinted at Naruto, ready to kill him finally and keep him from interfering again. Hinata cursed, she couldn't let him attack Kurama, if she had to expend chakra to fend off the monster, she would have to stop healing Naruto to fight it off, and she would have less chakra to heal him with. Hinata sped behind him, trying to get there first, she disappeared speed blitzed him, appearing infront of Namu, she prepared to use one of the many judo throws Naruto had taught her in order to throw the monster away from Naruto.

Namu grinned however, and Hinata realized he had played her, he knew she was going to do that. He threw a punch at her, she couldn't dodge this right hook with a spear, she wasn't going have enough time. Hinata grimaced, crossing her arms in front of her, sending lighting chakra into them, and bracing herself.

Hinata's block partially worked, the lightning chakra broke through the spear, shattering it as lightning nature chakra does to earth nature chakra. It didn't stop the fist from crashing into her however. She shot backwards on impact. She groaned as she felt her right ulna break. It wasn't the first time that particular bone had been broken for her. She wasn't really fazed anymore by broken bones anyway. It just wasn't as painful now, without the nerve agent in her.

She flew backwards and impacted with the side of the bridge, that one hurt, she let out a scream in pain as she went through the concrete side tumbling into the water. She felt several ribs crack on impact with the bridge.

She was able to think through the pain however and let herself sink into the water, she began a healing jutsu, setting her ribs, she groaned again, gritting her teeth. She let out a sigh in relief as Namu was coming towards her, she could hide in the water for a while.

She went through hand seals, using a jutsu Jiraiya had once taught her when she was training with him and Naruto. "Water Style: Gills." This jutsu allowed her to breath in water like she was breathing in air, but then the chakra would separate the oxygen and water, the water would then be breathed out her nose. It was uncomfortable but she could stay in the water as long as she needed now. Not that she thought she had long, if Namu thought she was gone he would go for Naruto. She used the precious minute to set her ulna, and start healing it, along with her ribs slightly. She gave herself a minute, after that she would have to attack him again.

Her minute was cut a few seconds short as Namu shrugged and started to walk back towards the bridge, he was going to try to go finish Naruto. Hinata leapt out of the water underneath him, poking several chakra points as she grabbed his arm, swinging him around and tossing him hard into a support pillar from the bridge. She then disappeared in a flash of speed, appearing on the bridge as she took several deep breaths, she was tired, and now she was sore and tender. She didn't think she could take many more if even one more hit from Namu.

Namu shrieked in rage, as he jumped at the bridge, Hinata saw him coming, he was trying to come up through the bridge under her and grab her. Hinata jumped back, she almost had enough chakra points sealed that when she sealed the rest he should lose function. A few more attacks and she could end him. Then end Gato.

Namu was now covered in even more sharp stone blades all over his body, trying to keep her away from him, Hinata sighed it got even harder.

Namu charged her again, this time spinning as he reached her, the blades spinning around. Hinata's eyes widened, he was trying to eliminate any chance she had to get close to him. She cursed, as she started dodging as blades randomly extended out towards her. She was already breathing hard, starting to run low on chakra, she couldn't start blocking with lightning chakra. She would have to dodge. She ducked one, twirled to the left out of reach of another, stepping back and leaning away from the next. She was able to dodge but not get very close, if she slipped up once it could mean death.

Hinata shook her head, she was getting nowhere like this, she jumped over the next blade, for the menace to reach his arm towards her, out of nowhere he snagged her arm, before he stopped spinning and grabbed her other arm. He had her stuck, he held her at length before grinning at her, he was about to impale her with a spear that was coming out of his stomach when Gato commanded him to stop.

"Don't kill her Namu. I want her alive. Disable her though, she is a full blown shinobi, we can't have her able to move." Gato told him as he laughed maniacally.

Namu growled at Hinata and stopped his spear, he brought her closer to himself, wrapping her in a steel like grip of a hug. He started to squeeze, crushing her. Hinata groaned in pain, but she had her chance.

This close she began to poke at his stomach, hitting points on him, as she felt her ribs recracking. She let out a scream in pain as he continued to squeeze grinning sadistically at her.

Finally, Hinata had enough points, she had to do it now, she had no choice. She had to use an attack that would get her out of his grip, without hurting him too much, she couldn't have him start healing now. "Ro…" She grunted in pain once again, "TATION!" She finally screamed. Chakra shot out of her individual chakra points, loosening Namu's grip on her as she finally started to spin. Rotating in such a manner, shooting him away with the sheer velocity of her chakra.

-NOW!- Hinata told herself as she got into the stance, he was in her range of divination. "Lightning style: Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms! Hinata shouted, lightning cackling from her fingers as she sprinted in.

TWO PALMS Hinata slammed two palms into him, zapping lighting into his chakra points blowing them.

FOUR PALMS Hinata slammed more.

EIGHT PALMS She continued to slam lightning chakra into him.

SIXTEEN PALMS Her hands were moving faster than she ever had moved them before.

THIRTY-TWO PALMS The technique was starting to wear on her. She was so tired.

SIXTY-FOUR PALMS! Finally, Hinata slammed the last palm into him, shutting off his chakra system completely. Namu fell to the ground, paralyzed. Namu was having trouble breathing, he didn't have a single chakra point open. She had done it. She dropped to her knees heaving in deep breaths.

Hinata saw Gato turn and start to run, she slowly stood, still breathing hard, deciding to save finishing off Namu for someone who had enough power to ensure he died. She would catch Gato for now. She started after him, when she felt a power that shook her to her very core.

"HINATA! BEHIND YOU!" Naruto screamed to her.

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PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! HOW DO Y'ALL LIKE THE SORT OF LONGER CHAPTERS? I HOPE THAT FIGHT WAS ENOUGH FOR YOU GUYS, LONG ENOUGH ANYWAYS. HINATA HAS GOTTEN MUCH MUCH STRONGER AND I WANTED TO SHOW THAT TO YOU GUYS. NOW I KNOW EVIL ME CLIFFHANGER, SO MUCH CHAOS IN THIS CHAPTER! FOR THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT WHY I BROUGHT NAMU IN, I HAVE A PLAN AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN I PROMISE! JUST TRUST ME!