True Jinchuriki

Chapter 18

Let us drink to the Slaughter

Disclaimer: I think the fact that this Naruto is a violent; slightly Emo warrior (instead of a walking traffic cone) is proof enough that this is a fan fiction.

People keep sending me reviews with criticism for my polls. So I have a message for you all: those polls were done a year ago. They were done that way because I had not actually written a plot for this story, some are still valid but others are now null.

Also, for those of you who actually care, I have decided that Naruto will end up with ether the improved Hinata, or Yugito (the pyromaniac Cat woman)

The remaining girl will be paired with Lee

This is where the story actually diverges…or rather where it begins to really diverge, the final split will come half way through the retrieval arch.

-XXX-

Gaara's hand reached out and took the amulet that was offered to him, and before the entire stadium he placed it around his neck.

There were few who did not recognize the significance of this action. Temari and Kankuro both shivered slightly and cast a nervous glance to each other. Their teacher, Baki swore under his breath.

Across the arena in the kage box a man in white clothing with blue markings shivered, and glanced around nervously. Beside him a man in similar clothing with red markings grinned widely and called one of his ninja over to give him instructions.

Meanwhile in the stands a girl with pink hair turned to her sensei and asked, "What's going on Sensei? What's with the dumb looking necklace?" she failed to notice the dark looks she received from several particularly powerful ninja wearing such neck wear.

Her teacher didn't even spare her a glance as he answered. "It's a symbol, belonging to a small ninja organization, a small but powerful one."

"Powerful?" Sasuke reacted to that word like a cat to catnip. 'Is that how he gained his power? I must locate this group!'

Kakashi nodded in response, "certainly powerful, I doubt that anyone will doubt their power after today, a group containing three Jinchuriki, and two A-class missing ninja. I believe he said there were others he was planning to recruit soon."

Sasuke took this to mean that this group was going to come begging him to join shortly.

-XXX-

Outside the village the invading armies witnessed the brief appearance of a giant raccoon made of sand followed by something serpentine.

From a distance it was not easy to tell what it was but they didn't want to take any chances of not coming to their leader's aid.

-XXX-

An explosion announced the arrival of the invasion force, their serpents and ninja poured over the walls to attack the village, only to be crushed.

A white haired old man stood on the back of a particularly large toad and surveyed the battle field; it was a good thing he had been here early to stop the enemies from getting too deep into the village.

-XXX-

In the arena the proctor called for the battle between Temari and Shino. Temari was shaken, really shaken when she came to the battle field.

She started as usual with a gust of wind only for her opponent to be blown into the bushes and not come out.

Silence reigned in the arena, a great deal of observers just stared at the anticlimactic finish.

Temari stood dumbfounded for several minutes, until she fell forward onto her face.

The crowd gasped as they saw the large black mass that was covering her back.

Shino rose from the bushes and walked slowly into the center of the arena, "I sent nearly all of my insects to sneak through the rubble to drain her charka. It is likely that I should have been more cautious. It was fortunate that she was too distracted to notice my maneuver." He spoke thoughtfully. Afterwards he turned to leave.

The proctor called for him to wait and battle for the championship only for him to continue walking as he simply responded, "I have no wish to be killed in a pointless battle." He continued walking only stopping to give Naruto a small nod. "Well fought Naruto-san."

Naruto nodded in return and proceeded to walk to the center of the arena, his bloody cloak billowing in the wind. His every step was followed by the entire arena.

As he finally entered the center he glanced over at the proctor, "so do I pass?"

The proctor spun so fast that his neck gave an audible crack. He found himself staring at another Naruto. The crowd stared, when had he done it? No one had noticed him switch places with a clone.

The proctor shrugged, regaining his composure. "I ain't the one deciding who graduates. That would be the council."

Naruto sighed, and there went his chances of getting onto a different team. As much as he liked messing with the unstable Uchiha, he hated being stuck on a team with those losers even more.

He turned and began walking away, there were things to do and people to kill. Just as he was mussing about his plans for the future, an explosion shook the entire stadium.

Within moments feathers began to fall.

-XXX-

Orochimaru cursed silently as he realized that his forces outside the gates had begun the invasion without the signal.

Without the sand demon they had no chance to destroy this village and to make matters worse, that brat still looked fresh. Well at least he could still get the old man.

-XXX-

In the tunnel systems behind the stone faces the academy students looked around nervously, something was happening and the teachers were on edge.

Iruka was taking attendance when he noticed it, Konahamaru wasn't there.

-XXX-

Across the village invaders found a level of resistance far greater than anticipated. Leaf ninja seamed to appear out of every shadow, every building, and one even popped out of a barrel of apples!

Three sound chunin were chasing a girl down the street when the legendary copy ninja stepped out of a bookstore. Needless to say that it was a quick battle.

Some ninja had entered the Hyuuga compound only to be met by a Mummy. The mummy stumbled a little then began to pummel them with Juuken. Finally some of the more skilled ninja gathered their thoughts and prepared to attack only to be met by a large number of branch house members. A man with long black hair and majestic white robes walked out of the shadows of a building. "Good work Neji, however you should be resting from your match." The now identified mummy nodded before stumbling back and collapsing into the ready arms of another clan member.

(Coming soon to theaters near you; The Mummy Returns again! How many times has that damn thing risen from the dead now?)

The attackers gulped slightly, this did not look promising.

In the Inuzuka compound the clan head laughed loudly as a group of sound ninja were chased around the yard by a small army of puppies.

In the Aburame compound Aburame Shibi made an annoyed noise in the back of his throat as he looked at the remains of several enemy ninja who had made the mistake of entering the Aburame bug gardens. They had been completely torn apart by a multitude of various insects that lived there.

The Ino-Shika-Cho formation moved through the streets eliminating enemies left and right while chatting about local gossip.

In the Uchiha compound Uchiha Sasuke backed up into a corner after using up way to much charka on trying to fight of a larger group of more experienced enemy ninja. He was about to try a daring attempt to kill them that would have probably lead to his death when two of the five ninja fell to the ground dead. There were kunai sticking out of the back of their necks.

Both Uchiha and invaders turned to see a peculiar sight of a grey haired ninja wearing his forehead protector over his eye with a woman hanging off of his left arm with stars in her eyes as she gazed up at him.

The ninja were about to counterattack when a loud noise distracted them, then a large flying projectile launched them all into a wall. "DYNAMIC ENTERY," the three men moaned pitifully as the green beast stood on top of them giving he rival a thumbs up, "it seams that I have out done you again my honorable rival." He cried exuberantly.

Meanwhile in the arena a group of invading ninja made a crucial mistake. They underestimated a samurai. With a loud, wet splat three severed arms and a head struck the ground. The middle aged man with wiry muscles and his hair into a high ponytail sheathed his sword and proceeded to walk towards the next pocket of enemy resistance.

Sakura screamed and ducked as two sand village ninja lunged in her direction only o be cut down by a young samurai in fine clothing. He wiped the blood off of his sword and turned towards the genin behind him, "do not worry, my sensei and the rest of our allies will not allow them to kill anyone under our protection." He turned to continue fighting the enemies only to be interrupted. "Hey, don't look down on us just 'because we are younger than you, we have been trained to kill, not sit around and be protected." A girl with brown hair in twin buns declared loudly as she whipped a spear through the torso of an attacking sound ninja.

"Very well," he smiled at her, "we shall fight together." She grinned, "I bet I can kill more than you!" she challenged loudly, he grinned in response, "sensei taught me to never turn down a challenge."

They ripped into the attacking forces of ninja with grins on their faces as a spandex clan young man yelled after them, "oh how I wish that I might join in you most youthful competition!"

"Just sit tight and recover lee, then you'll be fighting enemies in no time." She said just before she was saved from an attacker by a well thrown crutch. Judging by the wet crunching noise the crutch must have broken the man's nose. After finishing him, she tossed it back to her teammate with a quick thank you.

Down farther in the stands two men with their swords drawn faced a group of enemy chunin, the elder of the two was completely bald with a small grey mustache, and his entire posture spoke of a veteran of many battles. Beside him stood a young man with thick black hair and loose clothing; his posture and attitude was a sure sign of recklessness and inexperience. He grinned and loudly challenged his ally, "you should stand back old man, it wouldn't do well to set off your arthritis!" the other man grinned equally wide and responded, "really you should learn some respect you brat, I doubt that you could hit the broad side of a barn with your sloppy swings."

The two drew their swords and entered a stance, "let's show those cowards what a true samurai can do!" the younger one declared, "Just don't slow me down old man."

"Just remember that I'm not going to come save your sorry ass if you can't pull your own weight, brat."

-XXX-

All throughout the village similar scenes played out as the attacking forces quickly came to the realization that their enemies were far better prepared than they expected.

As they attempted to regroup around the main gate the attackers tried o figure out what went wrong, this proved to be an error as several moments after they arrived, the area was engulfed in flame.

Yugito Nii surveyed her work with a grin and turned to the next target, a group of sand ninja who were trying to regroup in a small, dark ally.

-XXX-

In the forest of death a small contingent of particularly expendable ninja ran from a large collection of various wild animals.

-XXX-

Above the Kage's box a large violet barrier of force blocked of all others from interfering in the battle between the two village leaders.

However as the snake charmer started to summon some backup an additional figure within the box gasped.

In a desperate attempt to even the odds he did something that was both reckless and absolutely ingenious!

Silently drawing out the scroll that he had been given, only a couple days ago; he swiped blood on the seal and forced all of his charka into that one technique.

The others in and around the box stared in shock as the small boy appeared from under one of the roof tiles (a hiding place that was way too small to actually work) and perform a summoning technique.

-Flashback-

"Now remember you three, something big is going to happen during the exam and I want you to be prepared. These scrolls are a one time only summoning contract." The blond haired genin explained, "They are often used by powerful ninja to give their underlings some extra power in a fight."

"Wow sempai, are you sure you want to trust us with something like this." The only girl in the group asked with wide eyes.

"If anything happens that puts you in danger don't hesitate to use them." His voice was firm on this topic.

-Flashback End-

"Please listen to me, Shiryuu!" Konahamaru's voice was barely heard as the large explosion of smoke filled the box.

As the smoke cleared a large serpentine form could be seen, it had pitch black scales and white markings on its snout. It was roughly twice the size of a human and bore a scythe in its right claw.

The dragon was not nearly as big as most powerful summons but there was definitely something about it that spoke of age and experience. The reptilian head turned towards the boy who was now panting on the ground; "you summoned me? Why?"

"N-Naruto sensei said you were able to fight the living dead…" he said between gasps and pointed towards the first and second hokage which had risen from the coffins.

Shiryuu was an old dragon; far more powerful than most but his form was small and weak. There was a way he could summon his true form but that required a lot of energy that he didn't have access to. Glancing at his opponents he was concerned, there was no way to protect this child from the enemy as long as those creatures still remained but the only way to defeat them would place his charge's life in danger… but some chance was better than none.

"Boy, what is your name?"

The child stared at him in surprise then muttered a stuttering reply.

"I see, Konohamaru, you seek to destroy those creatures but in this form my power is limited, there is a way for me to unleash my power but it could be dangerous. Would you still do it?"

"To help grandpa, I would do anything." There was no doubt in his voice; it made the dragon want to smile (not that these mammals would be able to tell).

"Would you give up your right arm for that power?" that was a question that had turned many men away from him, and yet it was a mere hatchling that had the courage to simply stick out his arm and give him a challenging glare.

The dragon just bared its teeth as the Anbu watched helplessly as it brought down its scythe.

The box was filled with smoke for only a moment before a massive serpentine form with black and white scales and saber-like claws rose from the obstructive smoke… a dragon that was more than sixty feet long and coiled around itself in a nearly hypnotic pattern floated just above the unconscious form of a child.

Before the horrified eyes of the Anbu, the Hokage and Orochimaru the massive reptile struck forward with its claws tearing through the forms of both undead ninja and pulled its claws back as though holding something. Then it spoke in a deep voice that seemed to echo from all directions, "you are brave hatchling, we will meet again." And with that it vanished into smoke as the two zombified men collapsed into a pile of ashes.

-XXX-

Elsewhere in the village a small group of sand village ninja had met up with the Kazekage's children, or at least two of the three.

"Where is Gaara? We need his help with this attack! We are being slaughtered." The jonin in the group declared.

"Gaara isn't coming, he lost the match."

This certainly wasn't what the ninja had been expecting.

"It gets worse; Konoha is working with a small organization of ninja that have an impressive background."

The jonin looked decidedly cautious as he asked, "what organization."

"They call themselves the dragon's teeth, all of them wear some kind of metal pendent that looks like a fang. We know of only four members but they are a powerful group. Two of them are Jinchuriki and the others are A-Class rouge ninja from the mist."

Some of the other ninja swore.

"Who beat Gaara?" it was question that they had been expecting.

"A member of this group…Namikaze Naruto, the Youndaime Hokage's son and container of the Kyuubi no Youko." This time the entire group swore.

"What happened after?"

"Temari got beaten by the Aburame guy, during the next match and he surrendered from fighting Namikaze. The guys still looks fresh." Kankuro's explanation got him a dirty look from his sister who still seemed to be quite winded.

"It figures, most Jinchuriki have ridiculous stamina and endurance. But the thing that you got to remember is that they are still human, chances are he was just acting tough to mask his own exhaustion. You still haven't explained where Gaara is." The leader of the group said thoughtfully.

"The dragon's teeth asked him to join, he accepted."

The ninja groaned and finally asked the main question. "Where is the Kazekage?"

"We haven't seen him."

The other ninja exchanged glances, then stood straighter and turned towards the outer walls, "this invasion was a bad idea we should withdraw. We don't even know if our leader is still alive." The jonin said.

"Yeah, that's probably the best plan right now." The entire group drew weapons and turned towards the sound.

"The Kazekage is probably dead, the one who was next to the Hokage appears to be Orochimaru. I don't know what he did to your superior but it's not likely that he will be showing up on the front lines any time soon." The blond girl said lightly, ignoring the knives and swords pointed at her.

After a tense moment of waiting the newcomer made no threatening gestures, though the ninja did notice the pendant around her neck and gulp slightly.

"And why should we trust you?" it was the jonin leader again who spoke first.

"I never asked you to trust me, but if you try fight me I will kill you." The statement was punctuated by violet flames appearing around her hands.

The group stepped back unsure of what they were facing, "Kankuro-san, Temari-san who is she?"

"Not totally sure but I think she may be the rouge Jinchuriki from the cloud," Was the response.

The group tensed even more.

She just smirked at them, "I do hope you plan to continue fighting, I really want to burn something."

The group just took another step back.

-XXX-

Back in the arena in the medical ward for injured competitors two other Jinchuriki were sipping sake while sitting on a pair of hospital beds.

"It is strange, but Shukaku seems very quiet right now." Gaara commented thoughtfully.

"Not really, how did you think he got the name Shukaku (drunkard) to begin with?" Naruto commented with a slight slur to his words.

"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to be drunk at a time like this?"

"I ain't drunk… I choose to be slightly impaired to dull the pain in my ribs." Naruto slurred in response. "healing really fast may be my specialty but knittin' bones together in a couple of seconds is kinda' painful."

Gaara smirked, "in other words you were showing off, and now you are in pain."

"You got it, but of course the point was to freak you out." Naruto's grin was bigger than ever. "The rest of the crowd was just a bonus… though I will admit I hadn't planned on spouting off a monologue when I went in there… guess the dam just broke from all the adrenalin."

"Yeah, I know how that feels. One second you are as calm and collected as ever and all of a sudden you're screaming your head off."

The two boys just sat there for several minutes more as the sound of fighting came from all around them.

At one point some sound ninja thought to attack them because they were clearly injured; he didn't last long.

Eventually they got up and headed for the door, this battle had gone on long enough.

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Sorry about the lack of updates in approximately… 4 months?

Yeah I have more ideas for fan fiction than I can write and I have a lot of school work too so I really can't seem to focus on my writing lately. Anyways I am hoping that with this major part done I can get down to some business but I won't promise anything.

Here are some fanfic ideas that I came up with but will probably not actually end up writing, anyone is welcome to write them as long as you send me a PM of a review to tell me about them so I can actually read them.

Crossover: Naruto / Castlevania: Naruto is part of a ninja clan that gains power by consuming the souls of enemies they kill; this is based off of the spell system in Aria of Sorrow. (I actually have a lot of ideas for this one so I may write it eventually)

Crossover: Naruto / Castlevania: Naruto is Dracula reborn. Simple idea

AU: Konoha was never founded, there are no ninja villages just clans and the world is in a perpetual state of war. Naruto is born into a world where it is family that is most important not village affiliation. (I leave Naruto's clan up to the author, but there are some points that are a must. THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN OVERPOWERED BLOODLINE I hate it when a story is ruined by a godlike bloodline… they should act like real ninja, less explosions and more sneaking up on enemies with razor wire and daggers)

AU: Naruto's parents were actually fox-demons, and the Kyuubi attack was a really powerful Genjutsu used by Kushina's overprotective brother and his followers… (the idea is that fox demons have three unique powers: they can normally turn into foxes, they have fox like traits in their 'humanoid' form (ears, tails, teeth…etc.) they have the ability to create fox-fire which is a heatless flame, and they can use really convincing Genjutsu like the Kurama clan (at the author's discretion the Kurama may actually be fox demons) these illusions are called Yojutsu instead of Majutsu)

In both the first and fourth idea, if the Youndaime survived the Kyuubi attack he faked his death and took his wife and son away from the village temporarily to hide his secret abilities from the people (or in the case of the last one, the entire thing could have been a prank)

These are some basic ideas, or perhaps challenges for my readers. I hope someone does write a story for some of these ideas, especially the last two.