Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own all new characters and the Village
Chapter Seven
Kenjiro studied the two men in front of him, thinking. The older, Orochimaru, was one of the three Sannin, known in Akkigakure for his experiments on his fellow villagers. He didn't really want to take the man to the Akkikage, but he was curious as to what the snake Sannin wanted. He narrowed his eyes, certain that the man would only tell the Akkikage.
Orochimaru waited calmly, though Kabuto seemed a bit restless. Finally, Kenjiro nodded slowly and said,
"Fine, but know this. I will not tolerate it if you do anything suspicious. If you do, I will not hesitate to kill you. Got that?"
Orochimaru smirked and said,
"I wouldn't dream of it. Can my assistant explore your glorious village while I talk to the Akkikage?"
Kenjiro narrowed his eyes, suspicious as to the doings of the pair. He then gave a sharp nod.
The young man nodded and walked off. Kenjiro watched Kabuto a moment and the cast out his mind. He searched for a particular mind, and found it a few streets away. He entered the mans thoughts and said,
Kazuo?
There was a moment's pause, then, yes?
Look for this man. He sent the image of Kabuto into the other's mind He is nearby. Keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't do anything suspicious. Got that?
Oh, joy. A young man that looks like an old man…looks wimpy as well.
Oh, stop complaining and do as you're told.
Hai hai, I'm going. Geez, no need to bite my head off.
Kenjiro sighed as he withdrew from the younger mans mind. He glared at Orochimaru, who was looking around him at the village.
"Follow me." Kenjiro said somewhat coldly. Kenjiro turned around and walked off, Orochimaru following with a scowl. Kenjiro smirked, sensing that the man didn't like being treated like this and Kenjiro was sure that he never has been treated this way either. He chose the shortest route to the Akkikage tower, not wanting Orochimaru seeing much of his village. He could sense other Demon Nins watching Orochimaru. Kenjiro didn't stop them like he had when he brought Naruto to the village; he wanted this man watched as much as possible. He turned his face to see Orochimaru still scowling, obviously not liking been watched so closely. He glared at Kenjiro. One of Kenjiro's eyebrows shot up,
"Want to fight me?"
Orochimaru shook his head and said,
"No. I have not come here for any conflict, only for negotiating talks."
"Really now?"
"Yes." Kenjiro didn't answer as they had reached the Akkikage tower. Kenjiro looked over at the Clan council house, spotting Naruto's blonde hair at the window. He then led Orochimaru into the tower. They quickly went up the spiral staircase and Kenjiro knocked. The Akkikage gave them permission to enter. Kenjiro entered and ushered Orochimaru towards the desk and then positioned himself at the window so he could keep an eye on Orochimaru. The Akkikage stared at Orochimaru.
"You have some guts coming here, Orochimaru. You are a wanted criminal, I should throw you in prison right now, maybe have Kenjiro here execute you on the spot."
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, glancing warily at Kenjiro, and said,
"I have come here to negotiate."
"You have my interest. What do you want?"
"I want the destruction of Konoha."
"And? What has that got to do with us?"
Orochimaru stared at the Akkikage and said slowly,
"I thought you would want to join me and get rid of the village that killed the Uzumaki clan."
There was silence in the room, broken by the Akkikage's laughter. Orochimaru looked a bit pissed at this.
"What's so funny?" He demanded. The Akkikage waved a hand and said,
"We have long since forgotten about that. We are back on speaking terms with them now; in fact we have a genin team participating in their next chuunin exams."
Orochimaru's mouth opened in disbelief, and then he drew himself up and said coldly,
"Fine, as you wish. I can see no way to convince you. I shall take my leave then. I shall collect Kabuto and leave." He then stalked out of the room.
The Akkikage sighed, saying.
"I wouldn't have sided with him any way. I don't trust him; he has a habit of using people for his own amusement."
Kenjiro nodded, thinking about what the snake Sannin's lap puppy was doing.
Kabuto was currently walking the streets if Akkigakure, waiting for Orochimaru to finish what he was doing. He was aware of someone watching him, although the person hid their chakra extremely well. He had been walking around for a while, and then, because he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, he walked into someone. He glanced at a boy with spiky blonde hair before saying,
"Watch it, midget!"
He walked a couple of steps before a kunai raced past his cheek, cutting it. He whirled around, angry; to see the blonde boy he had bumped into, standing there with several kunai drawn. He had unusually bright blue eyes that were snapping with anger.
"Midget? You'll pay for that remark." The boy said quietly as the people around them went silent. Kabuto then heard a couple whispering to each other.
"He's our recent Chaldea in training, isn't he? Also, isn't he a Head Clan member?"
"Yea, that guy is so dead."
Chaldea? Head Clan member? Oh fuck.
Then the boy appeared in front of him in a yellow flash and punched him in the face. Kabuto cried out- he felt his nose break as he was thrown back the whole length of the street. When he landed, he groggily lifted his head and blinked bleary eyes. God, the boy was strong! He then saw the boy walk slowly towards him, pausing briefly to brake off a length of metal from the fencing around a house. He broke it of as easily as a child would pick a flower! As the boy stopped a yard from him, Kabuto could see the boy's eyes. They were no longer a blue colour; they had changed to gray eyes with a star for the pupil with black triangles in between the points. This puzzled Kabuto, what bloodline was this? As Kabuto stared at the boy, he had one thought in mind,
I'm screwed, aren't I?
Kenjiro suddenly cocked his head as screams of pain could be heard within the city. He frowned, wondering what was going on. The Akkikage cocked his head as he heard the screams as well.
"I wonder what's going on?" he said, tapping a finger on his chin. Kenjiro nodded and looked closely out of the window. There was suddenly one last, loud blood curdling shriek and the village fell silent.
The Akkikage frowned and said,
"Kenjiro, go find out what's going on."
Kenjiro nodded as was about to leave when the door opened to reveal Kazuo. He was young, in his early twenties. He had slanted bright green eyes, with a medium sized nose. He had a thin face, framed by spiky mid back fire red hair. He had a tan, which was visible as he wore a green sleeveless jacket that revealed his well muscled abdomen and arms. He wore his Forehead protector around his waist. He had a white framed red Egyptian styled skirt, the kind that men wore. He wore tight green trousers with simple ankle boots. He wore shin guards and Jounin gloves. He also wore a Chaldea badge on his jacket.
He was currently grinning from ear to ear.
Kenjiro raised an eyebrow and asked,
"What's made you so happy, and I thought I told you to follow Kabuto."
The man took one look at them and collapsed on the floor in hysterics. The Akkikage and Kenjiro exchanged glances. Kazuo obviously saw something extremely amusing- they haven't seen him laugh this hard in years, the last time being when he had tricked an enemy into jumping into a pool of lava by walking on its surface and making the enemy think that it is an illusion when it was real, but Kazuo is immune to intense heat…yes, Kazuo was very sadistic. They waited for him to calm down, and he eventually did, standing up wiping tears of laughter from his eyes.
"There's no need to follow the rat any more." He managed to gasp out.
"Why not?" the Akkikage questioned.
"The idiot made the mistake of insulting our Uzumaki and well… lets just say that the rat won't be leaving the hospital for a while… I mean, that kid somehow managed to shove a piece of fence up his arse! Oh, god. You should have been there, it was so funny…I promised to buy him a load of ramen later for that." He then promptly started to laugh again.
Orochimaru scowled. He couldn't find Kabuto, and not only that, but there were a load of Ninjas watching him. He sighed, annoyed. He then caught a bit of a conversation of a group of people he was passing.
"Did you hear what happened?"
"Why, what happened?"
"Someone insulted our recent Chaldea in training."
"Really? I heard that he's also a Head Clan member."
"Yeah, I heard that too, and he's staying with the Desdemona Clan."
"I was there when that foreign Nin insulted him. Kazuo-sama was pissing himself laughing."
"That's not surprising. What did he do?"
"Well, this foreign nin called him a midget, and he snapped. Beat the shit out of him with a bit of fencing and then you know what he did?"
"What?"
"He shoved it up his arse!"
The group laughed and one said,
"Serves him right. He has no business in our village!"
Orochimaru scowled. Where they talking about Kabuto? He hoped they weren't. He turned back as he had seen the hospital a few minutes ago. He approached the large building and entered to come into the waiting room. He approached the desk, and as he did so, everyone stared at him. He scowled at them, but they didn't seem to notice. He stopped at the desk and asked the white haired lady,
"Have you recently had a Ninja in here? White hair with Glasses?"
"Yes, do you wish to see him? I think he is conscious at the moment."
He nodded and she called,
"Yurikoyoko!"
A girl entered a door that was behind the desk,
"Yes, Ginayame-oneechan?"
"Would you please escort this gentleman to room 13B."
The girl nodded and came out from behind the desk.
"Follow me please." She said in a sweet voice.
Orochimaru followed the young girl, of about 12 years of age, down several corridors. She had large gray eyes, with an elegant nose and mouth. She had a milky complexion, along with curious white hair that had blue highlights that were visible when light shone on her hair. She had her long hair mid back length in a pony tail with the tie near the bottom of the tail. Two pieces of hair coming down to just under her chin framing her pale face. She had a fringe coming to eye level with a long piece that came down the side of her nose. She was wearing a light blue scarf with both ends hanging down the front of her body. She wore a loose white tunic, which came down to mid thigh, with a low cut collar. She wore tight black leggings and open toed sandals.
As Orochimaru walked along, he saw doctors and nurses with the same hair colour, eye colour and complexion, so he assumed they were a clan, properly minor. He was brought out of his thoughts when the girl opened a door and stepped aside for Orochimaru to go inside. When he did, he winced. Kabuto was lying on the hospital, covered in bandages and he had several kinds of painkillers being pumped into him. He turned to the girl and dismissed her. She narrowed her eyes at him and then walked out, shutting the door firmly behind her. He walked up to Kabuto, studying him. Kabuto's eyes opened and focused on Orochimaru.
"What happened to you?" Orochimaru asked with some amusement.
"I got my arse handed to me, that's what happened."
"I hear you insulted a Chaldea? And A Head Clan member to boot."
Kabuto groaned, closing his eyes, and nodded, then asked,
"Orochimaru-sama, what does the Gure-Metsuki look like?"
"Well, the Iris goes gray and the pupil turns into a star shape. And I think there are triangles in between the points of the star pupil… Why do you ask?"
Kabuto's eyes shot open and stared at Orochimaru, his mouth wide open. Orochimaru frowned.
"What is it."
Kabuto shook his head and said,
"The Chaldea that did this to me had the Gure-Metsuki! I saw it. He must be the Uzumaki Clan Head."
Orochimaru was silent, staring at Kabuto.
"What does he look like?" He asked quietly.
"A boy, about 12, I'd say almost 13. Blonde spiky hair with very unusual blue eyes."
"Hmm, yes. He must be an Uzumaki, as they all had blonde hair and blue eyes. Anything else?"
"I didn't really see what he was wearing, but what stuck out the most were three whisker like marks on each cheek."
Orochimaru nodded and turned to leave.
"I shall look at this boy and see if what you said is true." And with that he left, intent on finding this boy. And, after a while, he did. The boy was standing in a street with a boy and a girl, obviously his team mates. Orochimaru smirked, seeing the boy's clan symbol. He narrowed his eyes, thinking.
"What are you doing?"
He whirled, caught by surprise, scowling. And then realized that the woman he was now facing was a Chaldea.
"Why are you spying on my students?"
Orochimaru gave a small bow and said,
"Ah, I am so sorry, but I wanted to ask the Blonde one something."
"Naruto, what do you want with him?" She asked, her eyes narrowed with suspicion. Damn, Demon nins were so suspicious! Orochimaru frowned and said,
"If it was really him who really beat the shit out of assistant."
The woman laughed and said,
"Yes it was."
"May I meet him? No ones dared to hurt my assistant before."
The woman raised her voice.
"Naruto!"
The blonde appeared in a moment, eyeing Orochimaru warily. Orochimaru noticed that the boy did not yet have his Chaldea badge. Orochimaru looked at the boy, noticing the Gure-Metsuki flash briefly at him. He gave a small bow.
"Ah, you must be Naruto-kun. I would like to congratulate you on being able to hurt my assistant. Not many are able to do that. I am Orochimaru, by the way."
The boy didn't say anything, but he crossed his arms, glancing at his teacher. Orochimaru felt annoyed with this. He turned to the woman and asked,
"Is Naruto-kun participating in the Chuunin exams?"
The woman hesitated and nodded, the boy blinked, obviously not knowing of this. Orochimaru frowned and turned back to Naruto, saying,
"As repayment for beating up assistant, I want you to keep his presence as a spy a secret, got that." The boy slowly nodded.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun. I will see you at the chuunin exams." And he then walked off to go back to Kabuto.
When Orochimaru had gone, Kameto turned to Naruto and said,
"Be careful of that man, Naruto. He is up to something; I and I have the feeling that it isn't good."
Naruto nodded and said,
"He didn't seem too worried about his assistant."
"Doesn't surprise me." Came a new voice and they both turned to see Kazuo approach them. He clapped Naruto on the shoulder and said,
"I must say, you did an excellent job on Kabuto. Ah, I haven't laughed that hard in ages."
Kameto frowned and sighed,
"Baka."
Kazuo frowned and then shrugged.
"Where's Kenjiro?" Kameto asked.
"Watching snake boy, where else? Orochimaru wouldn't try anything rash in front of Kenjiro, coz Kenjiro would kill him in a second."
Kameto nodded and sighed.
"He's up to something, I can feel it."
When Orochimaru was alone in a local hotel, he sat there, thinking. He knew that Kenjiro was watching him, so he couldn't get at Naruto within the village. But, maybe, during the chuunin exams. He chuckled, liking the idea. Kenjiro and Kameto can't always watch over the boy.
Orochimaru then spent the rest of the evening plotting ways to get Naruto in his hands.
It was three weeks until Orochimaru and Kabuto were able to leave and the village relaxed slightly. They didn't like their presence one bit, and the snake Sannin had something…inhuman about him.
Naruto, however, was to busy to worry about things like that. After extreme training, he had mastered the Gure-Metsuki, surprising everyone on how quick he learned. He had also finished the 'Dansu sono akki biyoku', 'Sutoringusu' and the 'Ni-Doru'. What he also did, is that he had altered the Sutoringusu so that he could use it offensively by hardening the chakra and forming a kind of blade that cut through almost anything. Also, he noticed that when he cancelled his Dansu sono akki biyoku, the chakra briefly went from one part to nine separate 'tails.' This made Naruto curious, and he decided to experiment with that later, but right now, he was in the kitchen with Keiko and Masaru, eating a strange curry that Naomi had made up. It was rather nice actually, though Masaru didn't seem so fond of it. Keiko turned to Naruto and asked,
"We almost forget to ask you, when were you born?"
"10th October, why?"
She frowned and shrugged, saying;
"We have to keep birth records you know, otherwise we don't know who's who. Hmm, it's the tenth next week, isn't it?" Masaru nodded, and then grinned.
Naruto shrugged it off, returning to his meal. Keiko looked at him and said
"I heard your taking the chuunin exams in a couple of months."
Naruto grinned and nodded, saying,
"Yeah, and I'll beat them all, and show them the meaning of the name Uzumaki!"
There you go! I managed it! Lol. I've had to juggle this with my revision time… god I hate exams. Review please!!