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PROMOTION AND SASUKE'S DEFECTION
After returning to Konoha and a little story of one former Alter user sealed inside the former blond, Naruto is finally getting some rest for once,' heh, to think Kanami still remembered Kazuma,' he thought.
The ponytail wearing Alter user had come to the boy, asking some questions about Kazuma himself. It didn't take long for him to figure out that she has had visions of him from his and hers previous, considering she the reincarnation of the original.
"I'm just glad we made it in time to save Sasuke and Kakashi," he said out loud, which was then voiced in by someone else.
"Indeed my friend. If we had not come any sooner, they would have stay in the state they were in for quite some time, if I heard correctly from our Hokage," the voice belonging to none other than Lee. He chuckled a bit when he had come back to Konoha.
When he had confronted his team, they couldn't believe it was him, until he made his introduction in the only way Lee can. Neji was still as uptight as ever, but you could tell he was surprised at the level of power his friend had when he had activated his Byakugan. Tenten, well one could say she was torn between like her teammates look and go for him, or stay with trying to get the ever cold Hyuuga to warm up to her. Thankfully, Scheris stopped in time before she made a decision to go with the former bushy brow, by running up to him and giving him a real good kiss. The two teammates stood there wide-eyed at what they saw and couldn't believe that their corny teammate had succeeded in getting himself a girl, but nonetheless they were happy for him.
Gai was another matter, he really didn't care about his student's new appearance and just ranted on about that it was the result of his everlasting 'Burning Youth'. Even though he had changed a bit, which was a lot to his teammates, he still did his quirky little antics (just so you know what I mean, one word, sunset).
They both laid down in a grassy clearing part of the park, just watching the clouds, like a certain Nara. Today they wanted to take a day off of training and just relax, seeing as how they got dates to attend to tonight (you now Naruto's ass is going to need a lot of energy for those three). But their day was caught off as an Anbu black op appeared in front of them.
"Your presence is requested by the Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki," the Anbu said in a monotone voice.
The former blond just groaned, a little ticked that his day of relaxation was interrupted," well better go see what the old hag wants. I'll see ya later Lee, tomorrow, you and me are going to have that fight," he said with a cocky grin and voice. He then turned to the masked ninja," alright, let's go," the Anbu ninja nodded and placed his hand on his shoulder, they both then teleported in a swirl of leaves.
When he got his senses back, he noted he was not the only one there," what are you doing here?" he asked to none other than the lazy ninja, Shikamaru.
"We're here for a promotion, jeez this is sot troublesome to be wearing this," he as now wearing a chunnin flak jacket and it seemed he didn't like the style.
He looked to see who else was there and there stood the proctors from the chunnin exam, and Jiraiya with a big grin. Shizune and Tsunade were no surprise though, the old lady then started off," there have been many who feel no one should pass from the chunnin exams, but I heard that the now deceased Third Hokage thought very highly of your matches, plus Naruto, Jiraiya has told me of your skills as well and he's put in his own recommendations, along with my own. We all have recommended that you two become chunnins. The feudal lords who watched the battle, and the examiners also feel the same. If that's the case, there is no reason for me to say otherwise," she then got a big smile on her face for the two," I expect to see excellent work that lives up to the reputation of the village that is on those leaf headbands. Congratulations, starting today, you two are now chunnins."
Naruto was then hand his own chunnin jacket. It looked to same as his own jacket, except it had pouches for scrolls on it and was a bit thicker; it most likely had armor in between the cloth for protection. He then took his old jacket off and put on his new one, you could hardly tell the difference between the two, except this one was thicker and more functional.
He then got a big smile on his face and ran to hug Tsunade," thanks you old hag," he said in a cheery and thankful voice.
Deciding to ignore the little insult, she returned the hug," don't mention it kid, your deserve it for all you have done."
"What am I? Chop liver? How about some appreciation for the guy who also made the recommendation," Jiraiya said in a complained voice and ticked off that his student was even thanking him.
"Hm? Did you say something?" the former blond said, mimicking his sensei.
All the proctors and Jiraiya's eyebrows twitched, the kid was starting to act like Kakashi and that wasn't a good sign at all, to them.
"'Sigh' so troublesome. Well anyway, if this is all done, I'm going now," the lazy Nara said as he took his leave.
"Same here grams, I gotta go and tell the girls that I'm promoted. They're going to be so psyched," the former blond said as he left in a flash.
But someone stopped him, which surprised him, he was going as fast as he could and this guy caught him just like that. He then looked up to see the person who stopped him; the one notable thing about him was the long brown hair he had as it went down the middle of his back. He also noted this man had the robes the council wore at times. (To let you guys know, he's outside the room right now, so no one knows what's going on yet)
"Sorry kid, but I have to speak to you, privately," the former blond gave the this guy a glare to show him he had no time," look, I just want to talk to you about your Alter and how you obtained it, plus," the old guy then held up a finger," I might be able to help you in training your alter, considering," he then gave a dramatic pause," I'm one."
"What?!" now Naruto was intrigued, so he then followed the man, not knowing what else to do.
Now for the girls, when they got back, Temari had decided to become a citizen of Konoha and be a 'Leaf' nin. Kanami asked her to train her in the ways of the shinobi, so that she wouldn't be a burden during battle, which the sand kunoichi accepted without a second thought. Hinata had started to intensify in her training in her family's style, so that she would be able to stand with her new boyfriend always. They were all taking the same day off as the two male Alter users, and were relaxing at a bathhouse.
Temari let out a sigh of relaxation as she stepped into the hot springs," after a week of nonstop training, it feels good to relax in here, doesn't it girls?"
To her left was Hinata and to her right was Kanami, and Hinata was the first to speak up," it sure is, but that is to be expected if we want to stand by our man, right?"
"Right," she said with a bit of a chuckle. She paused for a bit at that moment," do you girls think we'll even stand up against the enemies he goes against?" she asked as she took interest in the hot water she was in.
"I don't know, but," Kanami then put a hand on the sand kunoichi's shoulder," we would stand by him no matter what, wouldn't we?" she said in a statement in more than a question, while holding a smile and warm tone.
"Yea, I would," she saw that Hinata had nodded, indicating that she agreed," you really are something you know that Kanami. I mean, you can change a person mood just by being here, just like our man," she said with a bit of a laugh.
"Yea, but I'm not as rash as he is," she let out a bit of a giggle," 'sigh' it good we agreed on to be with, and share him at the same time. We aren't at least not at each other's throats and trying to have him for ourselves, I feel bad for any guy who has to go through that sort of thing," when she said that, Tenchi Masaki and Seina Yamada sneezed at the same time, wondering if someone was talking about them and their troubles as they were glomped by various girls and being fought over.
While the girls relaxed at the hot springs, Naruto was walking to the man who introduced himself to be one Martin Jigmar," well, let's started with on how you obtained Alter power, care to divulge on this information, Naruto?"
Not trusting this guy, he tried to think of a quick lie," I've always had it, I just chose to use it in the chunnin exams, using it as a trump card against Neji."
"Please, do you honestly believe that I'll buy that little story? I felt your alter power come to fruition right in the middle of the waiting month period of the chunnin exams," the former blond cursed under his breath that his lie was so quickly pushed away," no, I think it has something to do with you little…'tenant' I could say."
"I-I don't k-know what your t-talking about," he started to scratch his head nervously, wondering what he should do in this situation.
"Don't worry kid, unlike the rest of the council and those who hold their scorn for the fox, I consider you a hero for being the jailer to one of the most powerful demons to ever exist," Naruto then relaxed, glad that this guy wasn't out to get him. Jigmar then continued," by the way you reacted, I'd say what I said was true wasn't it."
Knowing now that there was no point in lying to this guy, who just seemed to know everything for some reason, he spoke the truth to him and told him all about Kazuma and his story, and also how he was able to acquire his 'Grand Breaker'.
"Hmm, I see," Jigmar started to contemplate on how to train the boy,' I certainly can't do it personally, or the council would see through my 'mask' and have me assassinated. Hmm, I guess I have no choice but to recommend 'him',' he then looked right at the boy," well then kid, I got the perfect trainer for you to train your Alter, his name is Straight Cougar." (If that is spelled wrong, plz send a review and put up the correct spelling)
As if on cue, the man who he was talking about came right behind the boy," Hey there kiddo," Naruto nearly jumped out of his new jacket.
"Dammit, don't do that umm, uummmm," he didn't know who it was and tried to think about it.
"Not very smart are ya kid? And your supposed to be a chunnin," the man with pink visor glasses said as he shrugged. He then flicked up a bang that was stuck in the visors.
Naruto then took note of his appearance, ignoring the little insult that was aimed at him. His hair was slicked back, yet point back into one spike while defying gravity, like Kakashi's hair, he also had a purple streak going through that hair of his. In a way, he had the same design of clothes as him, but his jacket was long sleeved and brown, as well as his pants. His shirt was a still brown, but its color was going to a short of red. His way of holding himself up was almost like his sensei as well, lazy.
"Heh, whatever you ass," he then paused a sec to let it get a bit tense," let me guess, you're Straight Cougar."
"So the kids got a brain," as the streaked hair man tried to goad the boy to attack him, but he didn't, which was a good sign," well at least you hold off in your attacks to analyze your opponents and not let them anger you, that's good."
"I wouldn't be much of a chunnin, or for that matter, a future Hokage of this village if I did," the former blond said as he raised an eyebrow," you two really have to be reincarnations to the last guys who looked like you," he whispered.
"What was that?" Jigmar asked, as he didn't quite catch what the boy said.
"It's nothing, anyways, this is the guy who will help me in my training of my Alter?" Jigmar nodded at the boy," could I get Lee to come as well, he has an Alter as well," he was a bit taken back by the information, but he nodded his answer to the boy. He then smiled him and turned to Cougar," pleased to meet ya Cougar, the names Naruto, Naruto 'Shell Bullet' Uzumaki," he said proudly as he put his hand out for him to shake.
A bit taken back by his attitude, he took the hand and shook it," Nice to meet ya, I know well get you and your friend in top shape of handling your Alters, Narupo."
The former blonds eyebrow twitched at the wrong way he used his name," it's Naru-TO."
"Yea, thing sure, I don't get names quite right the first time Narupo," Naruto could already tell that this guy was going to be a pain in the ass already, he just hoped he and Lee wouldn't kill him before they can learn to truly handle their Alters.
After the introductions and scheduling the training for him and Lee, Naruto made a detour to the hospital to see how his best friend and rival is doing. When he was about to get to his door, he saw his other teammate," yo Sakura," the pink hair kunoichi then looked in his direction," how's it going?" he asked in a cheerful mood.
"Oh, Naruto, I'm doing fine," she then takes notice of his jacket, even though it looked the same, she knew what it was," Naruto, is that?"
"Huh?" he then follow her gaze to his jacket," hehe, yes, it's chunnin jacket. Grams just promoted me and Shikamaru," he said with a foxy grin.
She was about to pound his head for disrespecting her female idol and the new Hokage, but then she got surprised who else got promoted," Shikamaru?!"
"Yea, I know. It is hard to believe, but I think he deserved the rank considering his tactical knowledge," after hearing that, she was stopped on about talking how the lazy ninja didn't deserve such a rank, but what he said had held merit as well. She also noted he deserved it too, considering all he has done and that he has picked up on things quicker than her. This meant she definitely needed to train.
"Well, are going to stand out here all day, or are we going to see how our teammate is?" the former blond asked as he still had the foxy grin plastered on his face.
They walked in and sat in the seats next to the bed he's resting in," Sasuke, I've bought some apples for you. You don't hate them, right?" she then reaches into the bag of apple she had and pulled out one," look, they look delicious, right?" she then looked around for an item, once she had put down the bag," hey, where's the knife?"
"Umm, Sakura? Its right there," he deadpanned as he pointed to the table right in front of her," you need to relax when your around the guy."
"I don't need to do nothin'," she said as she glared at him.
"Fine, don't take my advice. See if I care, I get enough girl trouble from my girlfriends," Naruto said as he put his hand behind his head and had his elbow up.
When she heard that, she got a confused look," you? Girlfriends?" those words didn't seem to work together for her.
"What? You don't believe me? Then go ask Hinata, Temari, and the new girl at my apartment, Kanami. They'll tell," the former blond said, as he didn't notice the death glare from his teammate and rival.
"Oookay, moving on," she then turns to peeling the apple in her hand and then cuts it up into pieces.
While she was doing that, Naruto went up to his best friends side," yo man, how ya feelin?" he said in a chuckled and cheerful voice, but he didn't get answer, so continued," check it out man, I got promoted to chunnin. At least one of us made it to the rank," he didn't mean it as an insult, but the Uchiha had taken it as such.
Just then Sakura offered a cut up piece of apple," here Sasuke," but the boy just looked at it and then backhand it away from him, making the pieces of apple and the plate fly from her lap, and fall on the floor," Sasuke?" she asked in worried voice.
"What the hell, man?!" the younger Uchiha then turned his eyes to the former blond. The glare he was giving him was as if he was trying to bore a hole through his head," What's up with you? And why are you looking at my like that, man?" Sakura was getting worried as to what is happening in this situation.
"Hey, Naruto," he started off and got the former blond's undivided attention," fight me, right now," he simply said with a emotionless voice.
"Huh? But the old hag just healed you," he looked at him as a friend would with concern," you should stay in that bed to recuperate."
"JUST FIGHT ME," Sasuke yelled out as he activated his Sharingan and tried to force the loser to fight. This outburst startled his teammates," you think you saved me. I don't know if you have connections you have to the Fifth Hokage or not, but you made her do something unnecessary," that started to piss off Naruto; he didn't risk life and death for his ass for something 'unnecessary'. The avenger then threw off the covers to his bed and stood right up to his face," you said that you wanted to fight me, remember? Now's the opportunity," he then gave off an evil sort of smirk," or are you scared now?"
Usually, he would be willing to kick his ass right at the moment, but suppressed the urge to and smirked back, while blocking out Sakura's protests," If you want to go at it so badly, you just needed to ask nicely. Don't need to be so rude, pal," the former blond said with sarcasm.
"Now wait a minute, we should just calm down and talk this out, right?" the pink haired kunoichi did not like how her teammates were acting.
Not paying attention at all to his female teammate, Sasuke gesture him to follow," come," he said simply as he squashed a piece of apple under his foot.
The former blond just nods and follows, all the while trying to figure out his rivals sudden change of personality,' just why is he acting like this? Sure, I want to fight him, but the way he's acting is just so…wrong somehow. As if, he's not the Sasuke I know. Something is definitely off and I aim to find out.'
They walk their way up to the roof of the hospital and as soon as they do, they distance each other to face each other," so really serious about aren't you?"
"You trying to chicken out on me loser?" the younger Uchiha asked with a cocky smirk.
"Hell no, it's just when I want to fight you, I don't want it to be at your weakest. Which is now from what I can see," the former blond said with his own cocky smirk.
That made the avenger mad at his rival," what did you say? A dead last shinobi like you shouldn't talk like that," he said in an angered voice.
"Heh, did you forget that I just got promoted to chunnin. If I'm such a dead last shinobi, then why do I have this jacket and rank when you don't, huh? If you have an answer, I would like to hear it," the former blond mocked as cupped his hand to his ear, as if to try and listen hard.
Which pissed off Sasuke even more at Naruto's mockings," you…you damn asshole, now you've gone too far."
"Well, that certainly doesn't sound like you. Don't tell me that you wanted fight and now you're backing out, are you Sasuke?" Naruto said in a cocky tone.
"Then hurry up and fight me," the avenger said while returning the cockiness.
"First things first, go on and put on your leaf headband on. I'll wait here until you do," Naruto said in a serious tone for once.
"Hn, I don't need it," he simply said.
"That don't matter, just go on and put it on," the former blond was getting impatient at his rival's attitude.
"Heh, you won't be able to put a scratch on my forehead," Sasuke said as he gesture his thumb to his forehead.
"You don't get the point of what I'm saying," he got a confused look from his rival," the leaf headband is a symbol of us being proud shinobi of our village and equals."
"Heh, now I know you're going overboard. Do you really think you can boss me around, just because you're a rank higher than me?" the avenger asked as he still had his ego voicing through.
"If you want me to put it bluntly, yes I do. Do you think that I am the same 'loser' that you know? Please, I have gone through some of the most intense training and have acquired more power than you can imagine," Naruto said in a serious tone, knowing what he was saying was actually true.
"You damn asshole, how dare you?!" the younger Uchiha was now truly pissed off.
"Come on then, I'm tired of putting up with that damn attitude of yours," they both then charged in at each other at that moment.
They both threw punches at each other and caught the at the same time,' I have to pull a lot of my strength back, or might put Sasuke in more than just in coma if I hit him…in the head, hard. No matter how tempting that is, I need to pull that strength back,' the former blond thought as he was in a deadlock with his rival.
Sasuke tried to take advantage of the deadlock by trying to give a kick to the former blond's mid-section. But Naruto caught the kick and simply gave a hard elbow into his shin. The avenger screamed in pain of the blow and used his other foot and sent a kick to his rivals face, thus releasing the hold on his leg. Naruto simply took the pain, he then wait for the next attack his teammate was going to throw at him next, which he goaded by doing a Lee by using his hand to tell him to. The younger Uchiha complied by rushing in and sent a flurry of punches to his face, which Naruto just dodge and blocked effortlessly. The Uchiha thought of sending a surprised kick to his head, but the former blond caught the kick. Naruto then tripped his supported leg and had him fall down to his back, but while he was falling down, the former blond quickly got in position and then punched him hard into the ground, right in the stomach.
Right when he hit the floor, he jumped away from the former blond, gasping for air from the blow,' damn, how did the loser get this skilled? There's no way he could have trained that hard to get to this level,' his hands then started to clench hard and his fingernails were starting to dig into his skin, making blood come dripping down his fist,' that damn loser can't be this strong, can he? He can't! And he can't beat me. No way!' with that thought, he renewed his charge at the new chunnin.
Sasuke started to go for a flurry of kicks and punches, but they were all blocked and evaded by the former blond. Naruto then caught a punch and clenched hard on it, making Sasuke gasp in pain. He then elbowed him hard in the stomach and then threw him hard on the roof floor over his shoulder. While still holding onto him, he rolled beside him and elbowed hard in the same area. After being done with that lock attack, Naruto jumped up to his feet and waited for his rival to get back up; which he did, painfully.
"Damn you Naruto," with new rage fueling him, he jumped up into the air and went into a small amount of hand seals. He then inhaled a great amount of air and yelled out his justu," FIRE STYLE: BLAZING FIREBALL," he then released a great amount of flames down on the roof of the hospital. An evil looking smirk then crossed his face, thinking he finally showed the former blond who is superior, but the next then surprised him. The inferno was blown away and there, in the middle of the clearing, stood Naruto with a sphere of blue chakra in his right hand. Thinking quickly he grasped left hand at the wrist and charged his assassination jutsu," CHIDORI," he then flew towards the former blond.
'Better used the most minimum power in the Rasengan, or I might just put a hole through his chest,' and he did just that and jumped towards his rival and thrusted the attack toward him.
But as they were about to collide, Sakura runs in the middle of them and yells at the to stop it,' shit! I can't stop my attack,' then at that moment two people, one being Kakashi and the other being Cougar stopped the two attacks. They took the wrist of their charges and threw them to the tankers. (You can guess who took whose wrist, if not, oh well) once he settle down, he gets his hand out of the tanker and he lets out a sigh of relief,' good, those two came just in time.'
'Hm? What is Cougar doing here,' the copy ninja then looks at Naruto who was making his way to the two men,' Naruto, that attack you used was the Rasengan. Where did you learn it and why are your associated to Cougar?' he then put on the guise of casualness on him," impressive Naruto how you knew that jutsu, I'll have to ask later where you learned it, but more importantly," he then takes a side glance at the pink visored man," what are you doing her Cougar?"
"Oh, I'm just taking care of you of my students," Kakashi got a shocked look on him, wondering if he actually meant Naruto. The boy was already skilled enough, but to be taught by this man meant he truly had potential," now, what was this all about Narupo?"
The former blonds eyebrow twitches," how many times do I have to tell you?" he slowly asked as he raised his voice and turned it to annoyed voice close to yelling," it's Naru-TO. Jeez, you'd think you would get it through your thick skull after telling you my name correctly for about thirty times."
"Yea, yea," he said as he waved the comments off," so you gonna spill on what happened, kiddo?"
"Nothing but a friendly spar," he simply said.
"Oh, then I guess using assassination jutsu on each other would be considered a friendly spar," the former blond started to scratch his head nervously as the Kakashi glared at his two student. He then focuses that glare on the Uchiha," Sasuke, were you planning on killing Naruto? 'Sigh' why must you insist on trying to be superior?" the avenger only glared back at his sensei," The Chidori is not a move to use against someone from the same village. Why do you have to act so childish?"
Naruto looks upon his friend with genuine worry,' is this a side affect from the genjutsu his brother used on him, I hope not. Why are you acting like this man?' the avenger only scoffed at him and leapt off the roof, not knowing what else to do.
The former blond let a stressful sigh; he didn't know how long he could put up with this kind of rivalry. He just wanted to be his friend, is that just so hard to ask for,' apparently for him it is,' he answered himself in his thoughts," well, I'm going home. I don't want to worry the girls, see ya," he said as he waved everyone off and leapt towards his apartment.
When he got home, he kicked of his shoes to relax," I'M HOME GIRLS," he yelled out. He went over to his couch and plopped down on it. He then pinches the base of his nose and lets out a stressful sigh,' man, just how did this day get so bad, so quickly? And here I thought it would be a good day considering I just got promoted.' (The ones there, living with him are Temari, Kanami, and Scheris. Hinata is already at her home, so she's not there)
The girls pop out from where ever they were, so they go over to him to sit next to him. The girls get worried looks on their faces after seeing his stressful face. Thinking of something to ease his nerves, Temari goes behind him and starts to massage his shoulder. He welcomes it with great relief," what's the matter? From the looks of your jacket, you just got promoted. But you seem stressed for some reason, why?"
"Well, your right Temari, I did get promoted, but..." he then told them about the fight he had with Sasuke and how he was acting strange. He then started to think back to the chakra signature he was feeling from him,' his chakra seems to be changing to something more dark, but that shouldn't happen unless…' he then thought back to the time he fought Gaara and how he had all those strange flame marks on him. Those marks certainly weren't natural and he made a note to ask his sensei or the old hag about it," sorry girls, I can't go on that date tonight, I'm too stressed right now. So go and tell Hinata I said that, I'm going to hit the sack. See you girls in the morning," he said as he left them, leaving them with worried looks on their faces.
The next morning, he was awakened by Kanami," 'yawn' what is it Kanami?"
"There's an Anbu waiting for at the door…Lady Tsunade sent him to get you," she said with a worry tone in her voice.
'Hmm, must be something important, and bad if she is sending an Anbu to get me,' he then gets out of his thoughts and turns to his brown haired girlfriend," thank Kanami, I'll go see what the old hag wants," he then got out of his bed and put on his usual attire with his new chunnin vest. He was about to leave out through his door, but the girl stopped him at that point by holding onto his arm.
"Naruto…I have bad feeling about this, whatever it is she wants you to do, please…just come back to us safely," she pleaded as she was about ready to cry.
Taking a quick action, he pulls her into a hug and strokes her hair gently," don't worry, if anything bad happens," he then pulls up her chin with his hand that was stroking her hair," I won't die, or anything bad like that, because I have you, Hinata, and Temari to come back to," he then gives a kiss for a few seconds," now I gotta go, so just take care of place for me while I'm gone, okay?"
"Okay," she says as she smiles at him, but she still couldn't help but worry. Whenever she feels like something bad will happen, it happens and that's what worries her most now.
Naruto then goes to the front door and sees the Anbu ninja," well, let's get going," the Anbu nod and places a hand on his shoulder, they both disappear in a swirl of leaves.
When they arrive, they are in the Hokage's office and he sees that Shikamaru is there too,' talk about déjà vu,' he then looks at the lady Sannin," so what do you want grams?" he asked as he barely dodged a punch to the face.
After the dodge, he saw her eyebrow twitch," STOP CALLING ME THOSE NAMES," she said in angered voice, but regains her composure and then looks at him with sorrow. The former blond was getting worried now as he saw the look. There was a bit of a long pause, but the when she spoke, it felt like someone hit Naruto's head with a truck," late last night, Sasuke Uchiha left the village. Most likely to go to the sound village and to go to Orochimaru," she said with sadden tone, most likely worried about the former blonds reaction.
It took a minute to process the simple stream of words, but when it settle into his brain, he blew up," WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN?! IS THIS A FUCKING JOKE?!" he was about to take her by the collar of her shirt, but Shikamaru stopped him with a 'Shadow Possession' jutsu,' DAMMIT! Why did this happen?'
"I'm sorry Naruto, I know you consider him a good friend," he then relaxes and the lazy ninja releases the enraged man," and that is why I have called upon you two. You are to go out and get back Sasuke, by whatever means necessary."
"Shikamaru," the former blond says as he has his back to his friend," go and get some of our friends, we'll need their skills on this mission. I'll leave who to pick to you, considering you're the tactical one here," he then pauses for a bit," I have to talk to the Hokage now."
"O-okay," the lazy ninja says, as he feels nervous around his friend now. He had never acted like that in front of him and it kinda scared him a little. And so he leaves to go get a team, while leaving an angered Alter user and the lady Sannin alone.
"I get the feeling this has to do with the marks that appear on him," he waits for an answer, but receives none," what exactly is that? I know it has to do with his recent personality, so spill it," he says with more anger in his voice.
"'Sigh' what you see when he has those marks originates from the 'Curse Seal' he received from Orochimaru," Naruto then hardens angered eyes," the seal itself corrupts the mind and makes whoever has the seal become his slave, so that's why he's acting the way he is. But you need to get him back, we don't want Orochimaru to have him."
"Damn straight, I will not let that pedophile asshole have my best friend," he then turns to the door and starts walking toward it. When he was about to touch the knob, he stopped," I will get him back no matter what, even if I have to break every single bone in his body," he then walks out of the room and makes his way to the gate where his best friend left through.
When he got there, he saw that Shikamaru had gotten the team together already. The four members of the team he had gotten were Chouji, Kiba, Neji, and Lee," there are six of us, that should be enough for this mission," Naruto says as he looks towards his rival Alter user and gives him a thumbs up," so what's the plan Shikamaru?" (Okay, I'm not going over the whole Shikamaru formation team thing, the only exception is that Lee is in it, so that's that)
When they are done, the lazy ninja had one thing to say," I don't have any deep attachments to Sasuke, nor is he someone I like," he pauses a bit as leaves blow with the wind over their heads," but, he is one of Konoha's shinobi, a comrade. That is why we're risking our lives to save him. This is the view of Konoha. Even though I don't like doing troublesome things, I am responsible for you lives."
"Heh, now your starting to sound like a chunnin. Too bad you'll never be able to act like that Naruto," the dog boy wanting to insult the former blond.
"Hm? Did you say something?" Naruto trying to pull of his sensei's way of acting, which gets his desired affect as Kiba looks a little ticked off at him.
"Alright, ready guys," the former blond getting serious now, as he get nods from everyone at the moment," good, let's head out."
"WAIT," they all stop and see Sakura standing there, with eyes red and puffy from crying," Naruto, please bring back Sasuke."
The former looks at her for a sec and then turns his back to her," I already made that decision, but," he then turns his head a bit to her," don't worry, I'll bring him back. Even if I have to break every part of his body, so don't be surprised if he comes back badly beaten."
She looked shocked for a bit, but she reluctantly nods," just bring him back home, along with yourself. I don't know if I could handle losing both my teammates."
"Will do," he then turns his head back to the direction Sasuke went," now let's go guys," and without and word, they left to track down the younger Uchiha.
After some moments later and smelling the scent of someone's blood, they finally caught up with them," guys, stop. The enemies scent is everywhere," Kiba said in a bit of a scared voice.
"Everyone, stop," Shikamaru ordered. He then tilted his head upwards," look up there," everyone did and saw and explosive tag.
"Explosive tags, there's five in total. With the way it is set up, it seems to be barrier," Neji said as he looked at all of the explosive tags that were set.
"A barrier?" Chouji asked, clearly confused about it.
"It's a form of a trap ninjutsu. Seal traps are activated when the enemy is inside the area. It's a high class Ninjutsu, I read about it in a book dad made," the lazy ninja explained as he didn't like this situation.
Kiba gave a bit of a growl at that moment," so we'll have to go around it then, I guess," he said with a bit of a scowl. They all then went down to forest floor, only to find more traps along the way," jeez, this damn path is full of traps too."
"But this also means that the enemy doesn't have much time," the former blond said as he avoided an obvious wire trap," hey Kiba, keep those eyes open you idiot. I can see you almost trip on one," the dog boy just growled at, but didn't say anything at the moment.
"WAIT, KIBA," Shikamaru yelled out as he saw the Inuzuka was about to trip over a hidden wire. Kiba was about to step on the hidden wire, but was stepped as Shikamaru used his jutsu," 'Shadow Possesion' jutsu a success, and just in time."
"What the hell, Kiba!? I told you to watch your feet," Naruto said as he could barely contain yelling at him.
They then gathered around the very wire Kiba was about to trip," I see, one of the wires is easy to see from the sunlight, but other one is camouflaged in green," the lazy ninja said as the hidden wire glistened in the sunlight.
"It's very difficult to see with the naked eye. It's a double trap," Neji said as he put his two cents in.
"It seems like they're in a hurry, but it's a rather well made trap, meaning…" but then the Hyuuga finished for him.
"They're resting," he said simply," they must be injured, or is it a trap?" he then clasped his hands together into a seal," BYAKUGAN," he then focused his vision up ahead," I found them."
"Good, alright Shikamaru do you have a plan for this situation?" Naruto asked the lazy chunnin. He nodded knelt down and signaled for the rest of them to gather. Once they all were given their duties, they set off to initiate the plan.
"Looks like the haven't noticed us," Shikamaru then looks at the group that had taken Sasuke, but the said avenger wasn't anywhere in sight," I don't see Sasuke."
Neji then activated his Byakugan," it looks like he is in that barrel, but I don't think he's dead. There seems to be a barrier around the barrel, so I can't see through it. Since they want Sasuke, I know they wouldn't kill him."
"That's true," the lazy chunnin then looked at the group more intently, but then the one who looked like he had two heads threw a kunai with explosive tags attached to it. When it stuck into the tree, the tags exploded, making the two ninjas fly out from their position and landed right in front of the four sound nins.
"What's this? I thought they were snakes, but they were nothing more than insects," the one with the extra head said in a disappointed voice. The big guy of the group got ready to pounce on them, but was stopped by Shikamaru.
"Wait, wait," he said as he held his hands up in defeat," we aren't here to fight. Rather, we're here to negotiate," he said in a nervous tone.
The one with the six arms smirked at that moment," then what are these?" he asked as he pulled some sort web and pulled out the remaining team members. But Kiba smirked, he then threw a smoke bomb to confuse them," hehehe, what was the point of that smoke bomb? You can't escape from me," he then started to pull the strings a bit," these are better than wires. They are thinner, more durable, and almost impossible to see. I'll be able to take care of you guys with this wire."
'Damn, it looks like those doubled layered wire were put there intentionally, but that would mean it was actually a tripled layered one,' the former blond thought as Shikamaru was thinking the same thing," well this is bad, who would have thought there would be someone with such abilities?"
"Heh, I'll finish you guys off here," the six armed man said, but something was wrong," wh-what the??"
"Heh, 'Shadow Possesion' jutsu a success," the lazy chunnin said with his own smirk, as the smoke cleared to show his shadow connecting with their own shadows," just so you guys know, there are people with my abilities as well. So, thanks for falling into our trap."
"Well, this could be bad, but I have an ability you don't know about either," just as the guy who 'had' two heads spoke those words, shurikens came in out of nowhere and stopped Shikamaru from having a hold on them. The big guy then slammed his palms on the ground and trapped them into a sort of earth prison.
"Shit, we're in that big guys prison," Shikamaru said as they all try to find a way out.
"Wait, I've got an idea," the former bushy brow said, as he powered up to call out his Alter.
"WAIT, we don't want to waste our trump cards Lee," the former blond said, he then went over to the lazy chunnin," hey, you've got any ideas?" he asked in a whisper.
"One, but it'll look like I betrayed you guys, so don't get too worked up," he replied and received a nod from the Alter chunnin. But before he could perform his plan, Neji discovered something with his Byakugan.
"Guys, it seems that our chakra is being drained away from us," the Hyuuga said as he looked at his hand with Kekkei Genkai activated, watching as it is being sucked away through the walls.
"Even though I didn't expect them to leave us, I didn't expect them to be sucking away our chakra," the dog boy said with a nervous smirk on.
After some moments and a failed attempt of busting out of the rock prison, Shikamaru decided it was time," Hey, listen, I want to have a talk with your leader. We won't pursue Sasuke anymore, so let us out of here," everyone, except Kiba could see what he was doing.
"Hehehe, you guys want you lives, huh? Interesting," they heard the big guy talk through the earth prison they were in, but they could tell this guy was smirking just now," but that means that you are traitors, so there's no way that I'll let you out."
"Then one is just fine, so let me out," at that point Kiba was starting to get pissed, but everyone else kept cool, seeing the plan he was trying to unfold," this fight is just too troublesome."
"Do you know what the hell you're saying?!" Kiba asked in anger, wondering just what is wrong with the lazy chunnin.
"Shut up Kiba, you're too noisy," Shikamaru said in a whisper.
"What did you say?!" he asked in complete anger, but he was cut off from saying anything else as they hear the big guy laugh evilly.
"Group conflict, huh? Hahahaha, looks like you are the leader, but you want to save your own life," Shikamaru then started to listen intently on where the big guy was," when you are trapped and are in real trouble, your true personality appears. A moron like you doesn't deserve to live; you're just a loser," that made Chouji mad at that moment," you're giving up chasing Sasuke and planning to throw away the lives of your friends, is that what a chunnin of Konoha is? People like you should die, I'm not going to let you out."
"You damn traitor, how could you try to sell us out?!" the dog boy asked, still quite pissed off by the lazy chunnin.
"Kiba, keep quiet," the former blond ordered.
"But…" he replied, but was cut off by Naruto.
"I said keep quiet, this is not the time to be fighting," he whispered as he put his hands on his mouth to keep him quiet," this is all a part of a plan; so don't screw this up okay? Let Shikamaru do his thing and he'll tell us what to do next," he said to the dog boy, still putting his words whispers. He then turned him to have him look at the lazy chunnin, who is in his thinking position. At that moment, Chouji started to chow down on some chips," just relax for now, we'll get out of this soon enough," Kiba was hesitant, but complied with the Alter chunnin.
After some quick moments, Shikamaru opened his eyes, signaling that he was done thinking," Neji, sorry, but with the last of you chakra, please check the wall behind you and Chouji."
"Got it," he then got himself ready to activate his Kekkei Genkai.
"Kiba, can you hit the wall in between Neji and Chouji?" he asked him, but the dog boy didn't understand what was going, so he just nodded.
"Heh, I don't know what's going on, but it's time I created some more chaos," he then clapped his hand together, he then jumped up and did his 'All Fours' jutsu and hit the wall behind them which really tired him out.
Neji then looked at the wall with his Byakugan carefully. Once he noticed a spot, Shikamaru spoke," Neji, once you find a spot, mark it with a kunai," he then turned to his best friend," Chouji, are you ready?"
"Yeah, whenever you want me to go, so just say the word," the 'chubby' boy said with determination in his eyes.
'Heh, now I get it. He saw when we tried to break out earlier that some of the walls regenerated faster than the other parts of the wall, so he conversed with the enemy to find his position, thus getting an idea of where the most thinnest part of the layer of chakra on the earth walls was,' the former blond thought, impressed that his fellow chunnin had such intellect,' that's why I trust you to come up with some great strategies man, you always have a good plan when the going gets tough.'
"Alright Chouji, it's time show your stuff," Chouji then formed a hand seal at that moment and expanded his torso into a big ball. He then retracted his legs, arms, and head like a turtle and started to roll. It took only seconds for the rolling meat tank to break right through the earth prison, which crumbled into dust once they got out.
"Chouji, you are the best after all," the lazy chunnin said with a smirk.
"You managed to escape my prison," the big guy said in a low voice, but they heard him nonetheless, he then looked at a panting Akimichi.
"So, this is the only guy left. It seems that his comrades have already left," Lee said as he looked at the area around to try and find the big guy's allies.
"Yeah, they're no longer here," Neji said as he looked with his Byakugan, confirming his assumption.
"'Sigh' and just when I thought we had caught up to them," this turn of event frustrated the lazy chunnin. They all then heard a clap coming from the big guy.
"Everybody, good work. You've all done you best…for a bunch of losers," he said with an arrogant smirk.
"Who you calling a loser?" Kiba asked in the same anger he had before, he then charged in but was stopped by Naruto's hand," why'd you stop me?"
"Don't charge in recklessly, this is not the time for such actions," he then looked at the big guy intently,' I know one thing; this guy isn't going to let us through with out a fight. But if we fight him now, we'll only waste time, thus losing our chance to get Sasuke, damn,' this perplexed the former blond, he just didn't know what to do at the moment.
"You guys go ahead, I'll deal with him," Chouji said, shocking everyone as to why he had made such a decision.
"Chouji?" the lazy chunnin was just as surprised as everyone else.
"I don't want to hear, just go and catch up to Sasuke," seeing the determination in his eyes, everyone hesitantly nodded and leapt off," now, it's just you and me."
After leaping for a second, Shikamaru looked back to his friend,' Chouji, don't die.' (Hey, I don't want to go over the whole detail for each of them, the only ones who will get some detail will be Lee and Naruto and their girls. So, I'll just skip onto the Kimimaro)
After that, everyone started individually go for a member of the team that took Sasuke. Neji went after the guy with six arms, Kiba was fighting the two-headed guy, and Shikamaru was going up against the female of the team. So this left Lee and Naruto to chase after a guy that had taken up the task of carrying the barrel that held Sasuke.
When the man finally stopped within a clearing, the two Alter users jumped right in front of him," you will not go any further, fiend," Lee said as he assumed his taijutsu stance.
The man had two red dots on his forehead, with red eyeliner (seems gay to me), pale skin with platinum hair and had the usual Orochimaru clothing. He then turned to them with an emotionless face on, not showing any interest to the two.
"What does Orochimaru want with Sasuke? Why is he after him?" the former blond asked in an enraged voice.
The emotionless faced man didn't answer for a bit, but then narrowed eye and spoke," Lord Orochimaru has already perfected the immortality jutsu. To acquire all jutsu, you need a long time."
"And just what does he that have to do with Sasuke?" Lee asked as he to wondered why he wanted the Uchiha so badly.
"Even though he is immortal, the body is not able to last forever. Before the body rots away, a newer, stronger body is made into a soul container," he said as if it was the most normal thing to say.
"And that's Sasuke?!" now the former blond had more of a reason to save his rival and best friend.
"Yes, that's right," the platinum haired man said as he got into a kenjutsu stance.
But just as they were about to take on this new opponent, the barrel exploded. Once the smoke cleared, it showed Sasuke with his back turned to them, but it seemed as if he changed into something else for a quick second. The saw the avenger look at himself and started to chuckle, almost like a maniac, which made them worry.
'Please man, don't do this, after we been through, all that we have achieved. Don't turn your back on us,' the former blond thought as he remembered all that they went through as team seven," Sasuke, come on, come back to us man," but the Uchiha only laughed out loud in a maniac manner," come on, don't you hear me?" the avenger than leapt off in the direction of the sound," Sasuke, wait."
But before he could do anything, the pale man got behind him," it's useless," he said as he prepared to strike him down with some sort of bone like sword," die."
But his attack was cut off as Lee sidekick him," did you forget I was here, you fiend," he then turned to his rival Alter user," go after Sasuke, I've got this guy."
"But…" his protest was stopped as Lee held his hand up, telling him to stop.
"Don't argue with me, you know just as I do that if we let him go now, he'll be in Orochimaru's hands in not time. So go, NOW," he said as he turned back to his bone sword-wielding opponent.
Naruto hesitated for a bit, but complied," Okay, just die on me," but he couldn't help add something else," besides, Scheris would kill me if you died here," he then leapt off in pursuit of Sasuke.
"Hehehe, well you don't have to worry about that," Lee said under his breath. He then turned his absolute attention to his new opponent," now its just you and me," he then got into his taijutsu, ready to take on this man and hopefully catch up Naruto.
A/N: Well there goes this chapter. Sorry it took so long on this one, but I will try to get the next chapter up by the next week after. The other stories I have will take some time too, so I'm setting myself up to do a story at least part of the week, then doing another with the remaining days and updating two of each story a week. But if that doesn't work, I'll try something else. Well, with that said, see ya.
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