(This is my first Naruto fic, but I have been a fan for many years)
The five of them finally reach Konoha about 2 hours after the little fight with Orichimaru. They enter the gates. Gaara and Tsunade proceed to the Hokage's office with Usuigi to discuss the future battles.
As they enter Tsunade's office, Shizune greets them with a big smile.
"Hello, Tsunade-sama and Kazekage-sama. Who's this little kid?"
"This is the man who will help us fight Itachi and Orichimaru. Now, you two, please sit." Both Usuigi and Gaara sit down. Tsunade sits in her chair behind the desk. "Now, Usuigi, Itachi is an S-rank ninja. He is believed to be one of the most dangerous ninja to ever have lived. Orichimaru is a man I regret to say I had been taught with. He is also an S-rank ninja. Kabuto, the man you fought with glasses, is his assistant and believed to have powers that rival those of Kakashi. He may have seemed easy in the fight today, but now he will be prepared and can be very dangerous. However, the one you must watch out for is Itachi. He may have heard of you now, since both Orichimaru and Kabuto escaped. He will be the toughest one to defeat. He is a master of the Sharingan eye and can kill within seconds." Usuigi took all of this in. He looked up to Tsunade.
"Do you have ninja equipment that I can use? All of my equipment has been lost over the years."
"Of course. We will get you full equipment in a short while. But first, the news that we have received from scouts. We have been told that Itachi and Orichimaru have formed a small army of abandoned ninja from the ranks of Genin to Jonin who vow revenge on Konoha. They plan to finish the mission to destroy Konoha. Now, I know we have the hidden village of the Sand's help with the defense of Konoha, and I know we have your cooperation, Usuigi. But we need to be sure that you will be fully prepared for this battle. We can't allow anything to go wrong."
"Don't worry, Tsunade, I will just need to work out the kinks in my techniques. I'm a little rusty." Said Usuigi.
"Sounds good. Now, Shizune will lead you to the armory…"
(Across the village)
Naruto and Sasuke found Sakura at training ground #3, their first training ground, practicing her chakra control. She sees them and waves. They run over.
"Hey Sakura, you won't believe what we just had to do for the last couple of days."
"What did you do this time Naruto? Teach more of those little brats from the Academy?"
"No. Way better. Sakura, we freed Gaara."
"What do you mean you 'freed' Gaara?"
"We were able to silence Shukaku." Sasuke smacked Naruto in the back of the head.
"What do you mean 'we'? Usuigi did all the work."
"Usuigi? Who's that?"
"That would be me." Everyone looks behind Sakura and they see Usuigi in his black cloak. "I hope you don't mind, you three but I need to get the kinks out and get back into battle mode. I was hoping you might have some exercises for me to do that could help me get back into battle mode." Naruto had the perfect plan. He looked over at Sakura and Sasuke.
"Well, there is an exercise call the 'bell exercise' that brought out our talents a lot. Does anyone have a bell?" Sakura raised her hand. She was going to use it for a gift later today, but this seemed more fun. She threw it to Usuigi. He caught it. "Now Usuigi, you tie it to your waist and you need to do everything in your power to keep it from us. Got it?"
"Yeah" he tied the bell under his cloak to his waist. Naruto looked at his friends.
"Ready?" Everyone nodded. "Go"
Sakura raised her fist and slammed it to the ground crushing everything. Usuigi was able to jump onto a tree and avoid he attack.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu." Yelled Naruto and about 12 clones appeared. They all charge Usuigi. He evades their attacks and counters with punches to the face. Soon, all of the clones have been destroyed. Naruto brings out some kunai and throws them at Usuigi, who is able to jump out of the way. But Naruto thought ahead.
Usuigi suddenly feels a fist collide with his stomach and then face and he falls to the ground. Naruto charges to get the bell but Usuigi recovers quick enough to dodge Naruto. However, Sasuke has been reading Usuigi's movements and he starts to from some seals.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu" a large burst of flames fires out of Sasuke's mouth and engulfs Usuigi. However, a large poof of smoke reveals it was a clone. "Damn it" whispers Sasuke. Sasuke looks at his friends and they all look up and see the real Usuigi standing on a tree.
"That was close. You three are pretty dangerous as a group. But playtime is over." Next thing they see is Usuigi reach into his cloak and pull out an old Konoha forehead protector. He rips off his cloak to reveal a full shinobi uniform. It included the vest, pants, long sleeved shirt, and even a mouth mask like Kakashi, which he put on. He puts on the forehead protector and pulls out some shuriken. He throws six shuruiken and immedietly starts to form seals. All of a sudden, the six shuriken turn into forty. The three of them are barely able to avoid the attack. However, Usuigi performs another seal and clasps his hands together. The shuriken come out of the ground and fly at them again. Once again, they avoid being hit. Usuigi does the same move again, this time Naruto and Sasuke catch about 5 shuriken each and throw them at Usuigi. He jumps out of the way and pulls out a kunai. He charges Naruto, who also pulled out a kunai. The two of them fly through the air and their kunai's collide together making a loud clang. Usuigi throws his at Naruto's back but Naruto dodges.
Sakura charges forward and starts throwing punches at Usuigi, who immediately starts to dodge them. However, Sakura delivers a kick with a lot of chakra in it right into Usuigi's gut. He flies back and smashes through three trees. He crashes to the ground. Sakura grins and walks towards the fallen Sanin. However, Usuigi raises his foot and smashes it to the ground. The ground immediately starts to break and Sakura jumps into a tree to avoid it. Sakura suddenly notices Usuigi forming seals that she has never seen. She looks down and sees her shadow suddenly start to slither into human form. She sees it takes the shape of Usuigi. The clone connects a powerful punch to Sakura's chest. She loses her breathe and falls out of the tree and onto the ground. Usuigi slowly starts to get up.
Sasuke charges forward to attack Usuigi but also notices his shadow start to form a Usuigi clone as well. He quickly delivers a kick which sends the clone flying. However, unlike all other clones that disappears after being struck, this clone remained and attacked back with a kick to the face, which Sasuke avoids. Suddenly, Sasuke detects another 'shadow' technique being activated behind him and he jumps out of the way. The shadow clone suddenly gets impaled by a large sharp stick of ice. The clone disappears and Sasuke has his shadow back. Sasuke detects more shuriken and avoids those as well. When Sasuke lands on the ground he finds himself standing in a pool of water. He looks over and sees Usuigi with electricity in his hand which strikes the water. Sasuke finds his entire body start to tingle like after a limb that falls asleep and then starts to wake up again. Those kinds of tingles, only a hundred times more painful. Sasuke collapses to the ground, twitching. Sasuke sees Usuigi walk over to him. Usuigi forms some seals and slams his palm into Sasuke's forehead. He remembers no more.
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