Journey of a Ronin Ninja
Chapter 6
First of all people, I have never played Soul Caliber so I have no clue as to what the weapons look like.
Second of all only 1 weapon per vote not two or three just one, it makes it easier to count up the votes that way. For anyone who hates the twin blades I will change the features on them so they don't look exactly like Kunoichi's or Nene's, they will be different.
Third, For the people who do not like the gun, as I have said he will only use them in assassination missions; he will take some before gaining much if any support.
MiseryluvsDeath aka Fidele: The country where Naruto is from is called the Elemental
Continent; other words they would have been thrown into the wars and stuff too. Anyways, thanks for reviewing.
Thanos Farek Seid II: Pistol noted, thanks for the review.
gold-case: I don't know anything about Soul Caliber or Chrono cross, scythe was noted but killed by something else, but I am throwing in a toothpick because it sounds funny.(See footnotes) thanks for reviewing.
conlan0414863: Your vote was added but still killed by something else. Thanks for reviewing.
Chaosmagez: Your vote was noted, the twin blades were the winning weapon, not sure if they are powerful yet, but they will be latter on. Thanks for the review.
Sjaak: Your vote was noted and won. Thanks for the review.
BodomInYourVeins: Sorry for the inconvenience but the double blades won, however; I am throwing Hanzo's weapon back into the weapons vote for secondary weapon and the exploding knives. Daggers, however are not for faggots only, in history they helped shape the world, and besides some of my ancestors used daggers in battles, and daggers are smaller than three or four feet. Anyways thanks for the review.
gof22: Thank you for the review I appreciate it. In the manga, I am starting to like Sakura, but I think that she would turn the other cheek if this did happen. Konoha might ask/beg Naruto to return and help them, you'll just have to wait and see.
As for Sasuke, I just don't like the little fuck, but he has to consider Naruto his best friend to gain his last part of the Sharringan.(I don't want to spell it out.) I might use the Kakashi using Obito and Rin, not sure about the fake death scene though, I might just make Naruto horribly abuse and beat Sasuke into a pulp and then do something from there on out. Thanks for the review.
Diablo200030002002: A little late to answer some of those questions, taking Orochimaru's scrolls? Not sure yet, they might not survive if a battle ensues. Thanks for the review.
Now that, that is over I would like to announce the next chapter of Journey of a Ronin Ninja. This chapter starts out as talking and explanations, but it will get to the battle and blood.
"Uzumaki Naruto, where the hell have you been?" Naruto turned around only to find...
Naruto turned around only to find a rifle pointing in his face. People all around were moving to get out of the way just incase of a fight. Naruto looked to the person's face and only saw… "Magoichi!?" He practically yelled out at the sight of his lost ally.
"Like I said Naruto, where the hell have you been?" Magoichi repeated while still aiming at Naruto's head.
"Hey, man what are you doing? I thought that we were allies, right?" Naruto said while slowly backing up a bit. Still the rifle wielding warrior aimed his weapon at Naruto, then he moved his finger to the trigger, Naruto closed his eyes knowing full well that he could not dodge or block the tiny piece of lead. He put his hand in front of his face then…
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In Konoha
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Over the last few weeks since Gaara's message, the council had called back the hunter nins and went over Tsunade's head and reinstated Naruto as a ninja, only to be put in the bingo books as an A-Class nuke nin to be either killed on sight or returned to Konoha. Tsunade found out about it from Shizune when she had gotten a new book for a reference guide as to how much each nuke nin was valued at.
Uzumaki Naruto:
Class: A
Wanted for: Attempted Murder of a clan head, and knowledge of village secrets.
Known jutsus: Henge, Kage Bunshin, Rasengan.
Last known location: North of Konohagakure.
Head value-
Dead: 500,000 Ryou
Alive: 1,000,000 Ryou
Needles to say that Tsunade was furious was an understatement, she was so pissed that she not only refused to drink sake, but also sent four nin to the hospital after asking to hunt Naruto down. They weren't lightly punched in the gut or punched into a wall like Jiraiya was when he was perverted; they were sent in pieces figuratively speaking.
When the council had demanded for her to tell them where Naruto went to; she told them to go check either Kumo or Iwa. When they asked her why there she simply replied "Where else would he go if he wanted the Leafs destruction? Oto? No he would rather rejoin and be helplessly slaughtered by you pompous wind bags than go to Oto." With that she got up and left the office to go home for the night.
After that, the council tried to get the information out of Iruka by the use of fake concern from Kakashi. The council knew that Kakashi only wanted Naruto in his team so he would have the first chance to kill him if he turned to his, what they saw him as true form. Kakashi had went to them and told them of Suna's new law passed upon them, and said if there was anything that he could do to help them, he would. Kakashi walked over to Iruka's apartment and knocked on the door, knock...knock...knock. Nothing. He tried the handle and the door opened. He walked in and called out to Iruka. There was no answer.
Moving his way into the medium sized apartment, Kakashi went in search of Iruka. He went to his bed room door and knocked twice before barging in. What he found was…
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU FUCKING PERVERT? IF YOU WANTED TO WATCH PEOPLE DOING INTIMIT STUFF JUST GO READ YOUR PORN?!" yell an enraged Iruka as he moved him self off a naked and equally pissed Anko.
"Well I just wanted to know how you were coping with Naruto gone, but it seems you are not that concerned for the boy." Immediately after that left his mouth he knew he shouldn't have said that.
Iruka had already gotten out of bed and had thrown a towel around the lower part of him self by the time Kakashi had begun to say that last sentence, and now could be seen reaching for a decent sized iron pole that Kakashi hadn't know that Naruto had given him before he left. Iruka grabbed the pole and swung it at speeds that Kakashi could barely see. Kakashi moved out of the way just in time to see the pole slam into the wall behind him and taking it out. The wall did not crumble; no it exploded.
Kakashi ran out of the apartment so fast that he forgot about his hidden agenda. Iruka ran as far as the front door before going back and sitting down next to Anko. "That piece of shit." He mumbled as he sat there with his hands over his eyes, trying to forget about what happened. Anko just sat there and moved her arm and put her hand on his lap and then told him to calm down. After calming down Iruka went with Anko to Tsunade who was at her house.
"Iruka, Anko; what my I ask what you two are doing here at this hour?" it was almost ten P.M. and she was tired.
"Well Hokage-Sama, I need to ask you if you have released anything to anyone about Naruto yet? You told me about what direction he went in, but where did he go? I think that the council is trying even harder to find him, as they try to get Sasuke ready for uh, well you know." Iruka asked.
"I would also like to know where the little twerp went to; he hasn't even sent a letter to Iruka-kun, it has him worried." Anko said. Anko really wanted to know where he was, but being a sadistic and blood loving woman she wouldn't say that she missed him out loud in front of people.
Tsunade looked at them for the longest time before nodding her head. She led them into a secret chamber under the mansion and turned on a light. "Before I tell you two anything I need to know who or how the council has approached you?"
"It wasn't the council who approached Iruka, Hokage-Sama. It was Kakashi who literally walked in on us and then asked where he was before saying something about Iruka-kun not caring about him a lot. Iruka smashed his bedroom wall with the bo-staff that Naruto had gotten him for a birthday gift last year." Anko explained.
"The only reason we think that he is with the council is because, he just now asked how I was instead of the day after he left. Not to mention he was a little too emotional about how he asked." Iruka finished.
Tsunade took a breathe and then a sip of sake before offering some to the couple, in which they both accepted out of fear. "Listen I will tell you but you have to remember not to tell anyone about this; not Gai, Asuma, Kurenai, and none of the underlings. But most of all not Ino, Sakura, and Sasuke. Kakashi is a given as one not to relay any information to."
"Why not Ino and Sakura?" Iruka asked looking confused.
"Because Iruka, those two watched, laughed, cheered, wished and still wish for Naruto to be killed. They did this when he was saved by Subaku no Gaara and his sister Temari after returning from the mission with that bastard! The last time they did not ask where he was, but demanded it from me and then laughed at the explanation that I gave them then asked if they could go kill him!" that brought two pissed faces into life. "When Naruto left he told me to tell you about where he was going, but with the council scouring the continent for him, I decided to wait so they would hopefully calm down a little. Seems that they just keep pushing even further huh?"
"Naruto went somewhere, where the council has no power over; he went to the Northern Continent. He said that he would not write out of fear of both the council and Akatsuki finding his location. He also said that I am not to have anyone write him unless it is an emergency. He does not want to be found at the moment." After the explanation, the two shinobi sat there and talked a little more with Tsunade before leaving for the night. After that Tsunade left for her room to go to bed, until she saw a letter with a toad stamp on it outside her room.
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Back in Japan
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"Bang!" Magoichi said as he lowered his rifle and punched Naruto in the shoulder only to get a jump out of him. Naruto looked up as he landed and then mock punched Magoichi in the gut as passer bys gasped at the display.
"What the hell was that for?!" Naruto yelled as he mock punched Magoichi again.
"Well I asked you where you were all this time and you never responded idiot. So what have you been doing?" Magoichi asked Naruto.
"Well I was on my way to sell these weapons I took from some bandits that I came across a few days ago. Then I was going to buy some weapons for my self. Now my question for you is where were you?" Naruto half explained then asked.
"Well you see, after I shot, uh you know; anyways afterwards I was being hunted by his little sister and wife along with other surviving members of the Oda, when I was attacked by some bandits who thought I was an easy prey. They were attacking peasants and I went to help some out. A few hours later after I help some more peasants, I was attacked by a ninja who looked like Nobunaga, as I was fighting him I realized that he was a ninja because you know I thought that he had returned from the dead because you know he was the 'Demon King', but it turned out to be a ninja. I hate ninjas" Magoichi stated.
"All ninjas, or most of them?" Naruto turned around to see an extremely good looking woman in yellow with reddish-pinkish short pants. Her hair was cut short, but it seemed to work with her aura and childish acts.
"No, no, no, not all Nene; just the ones like Hanzo and that Kataro freak! You, I could never hate, you are too beautiful to hate!" Magoichi exclaimed as he stared at Nene with heart filled eyes.
"Great yet another pervert! Everyone I meet is a pervert!" Naruto said under his breathe. Just then he received an image of him and a certain Suna kunoichi. 'What the hell are you doing asshole?!'
"Watch what you say bastard! And that is some reminders of your last entertaining dream, I believe it was the one you had the night that young women asked you about threesomes? Any ways it was still dreamt up by your inner pervert." Kyuubi snickered as Naruto turned pink.
Magoichi bumped Naruto's arm to get his attention. He saw that Nene was looking at him with a hidden expression. Magoichi looked at him with a sly face that said, 'Ha! And you call me a pervert.' Nene turned back at Magoichi and then said, "Hideyoshi is waiting for you Magoichi, lets go!"
Magoichi turned to her and nodded and then back to Naruto, "Hey you're coming with us. You helped me out before in helping take down Nobunaga. Plus didn't you say that you wouldn't stop until you killed Mitsuhide?" that got Nene to turn and look at Naruto with yet another hidden expression.
"Yeah I did, but I need a weapon before we go you know; and I need to take my horse to the local stables too." Naruto replied.
"Well, do you know what kind of weapon you want, or are you going to take forever like last time? And don't worry about your horse; still don't know how you got one, but you can bring it with you, you can use my horse's stall, I ain't got one anyways." Magoichi stated.
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(I am going to skip talking with Hideyoshi, unless you want to read around 6,000 words of just talk. This is my second go with this chapter and the first was around 10,000 words with no fighting in it so I skipped a lot of the mindless talking.)
Naruto had been introduced to many of the generals and officers in the Toyotomi army and had found yet another "Lord of the Ass Fucks" just walking around like he and his girly fan owned the world. Ishida Mitsunari, was a man of very sarcastic words and false hope; Naruto had come to asses that if Hideyoshi died, that this man would take over his army and do drastic things. The man talked about finishing the war, but said it like, "I'll take the credit while you do all the work" and stuff like that; he sounded like Sasuke in so many ways.
Hideyoshi, Naruto found out was pretty nice but could still pull the "Follow my orders or I will kill you" trip; maybe it was because he looked like a monkey sometimes, and then turn around and order you to do something with a face that ensured death, it was pretty creepy.
Anyways, Hideyoshi was married to Nene, and some things came into new light. She was a ninja and Naruto was an intruder and a pretty damn strong one at that! Maybe she could feel something flowing off of him that made her try keep an eye on him; she wasn't exactly thrilled with him either. She did piss him off at times when she wouldn't stop looking at him like Mizuki did when he tried to kill him after he told Naruto about the fox.
Naruto hung out around Magoichi during the morning trying to learn about avoiding bullets in battle, the man was supposed to be a master at it after all. During the afternoons, Naruto was working on basic katas and stamina training to get ready for both the battle and his new weapon.
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Naruto walked into the shop and looked one last time at the two different weapons he could choose from, a scythe or double blades. 'I don't really want anything like Nene, but they are cheaper to have custom made than a scythe.
The scythe yet powerful and deadly, is long no matter what size you have it. The butt of the weapon would be easier to grab hold of and pull out from behind, and takes more strength and energy to use. It could be fitted with a spike at the end…but then there would always be the chance of cutting my own hand off.
The double blades however I could change so they look nothing like Nene's. Let's see I could have the smithy make the blade serrated like Fishy-San's sword;
I could have the sides specially fitted for shuriken, that can be launched from the blade on the side; some horns at the bottom of the handle for an extra weapon and maybe be removed and hollowed out and could be filled with poisons and other stuff. Maybe a chain attachment loop and some wrist cuffs so the blades wouldn't fly away from me. I heard from Tsunade-Bachan, that lead could be fatal if it gets into your blood stream so maybe the cutting edge should be made out of lead? Yes, that's it!'
Naruto told the man that must have been the smithy, what he wanted and paid for it. Naruto had earned some extra money for finding and selling weapons that he found on his trek since the last town. The blades, he was told by the smithy that the blades would be done in a week.
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A week later, Naruto had gone to pick up his blades and was amazed how threatening they looked. They were black and brown and white and brown, brown being the handle, and black and white being the blade them selves. The handles were each eight inches long and were connected to a two and three quarter's foot blade. The blades were edged with lead around the blade edge, and iron for the rest. The blades could each hold three shuriken and Naruto was told that they could be launched at the right speed; they were covered by a piece of metal that covered the compartment completely to make it seem like magic.
The horns on the handles were curved like a dragon talon, and a tanish-gray color and around four inches long and two inches wide, and came with some poison in them already. It wasn't really poison but was damn close to it; the man explained that when a person breathed the powder in they could either die from not getting enough air, or go blind from the effect of it. Naruto thanked the man and then walked back to the castle grounds.
Naruto arrived at the grounds just as Hideyoshi and Magoichi came out, which meant the Nene was close by somewhere. The two came out and walked towards the training ground that Naruto had been at earlier that day training. As he suspected, Nene was in the trees looking after the two of them just incase. Naruto just turned around and walked to the other training ground he had found/made for privacy. He knew somewhere that they wouldn't just barge in and steal his training techniques; but they might figure out that he was a ninja.
After arriving at his secluded training spot, Naruto took out his new blades and practiced basic katas to get a feel for them. Swinging the blades one at a time up and down and then side to side, then both at the same time; trying to get used to the force that they had when in use. Stabbing the trees he was using as targets, slashing leaves when they fell to earth, doing back flips and front flips, and just getting used to them.
After getting used to the pair, Naruto decided to give them the name,Howaido Kumori, and Kuroi Ranpu; or White Shadow, and Black Light. After three hours or so of testing and getting used to them, Naruto started creating his own new katas for them.
One with positioning one blade out in front of him, while the second behind him, a spinning in one three quarter circle followed by a round house kick to where the enemy's face would be. Another one was using them like kunai, or at least for holding them. He held them like a kunai and slashed cross ways with his left blade and then back through the fresh cut in what would be flesh. With the right one, he would follow up with a vertical upwards strike through the previous cut. He didn't have very many attacks with them but still there still his attacks that he made up.
After another two or three hours of training, Naruto went back to the castle to ask when they were leaving for Mt. Tenno. As soon as Naruto entered the grounds again, only to see a massive amount of troops standing in straight lines facing a balcony where Hideyoshi was standing in all of his golden glory; Naruto didn't know what was going so he hid among the troops over by the wall in the shadows so as not to be seen just incase.
"Tomorrow my troops, we begin our march towards Yamazaki and attack Akechi Mitsuhide from there! My troops and officers we will get our vengeance on Akechi Mitsuhide and his men for what they did to Lord Nobunaga! Though it will take us a week to arrive at Yamazaki, we shall fight as though we had miraculously flown to battle with stamina and strength abound. Now for your commanding officers, please go to the administration desks to find your captain and commanding officer. You are dismissed!" Hideyoshi exclaimed as he tried to bolster moral for his men.
Naruto looked around and went to one of the many administration desks to find who he served under in this campaign. As he walked to one the desks he saw that man Ishida Mitsunari, walking through the crowd selecting only a few soldiers to come with him and join him in the castle gardens where more soldiers were. The man came closer towards Naruto's position and then turned around and walked back to the gardens.
'I really don't like that man at all. He always walks around like he is better than everyone even Hideyoshi; maybe he'll die in this campaign and make my life better again?' Naruto thought to him self
'Yes but maybe he was raised like this, not like Sasuke or the Hyuuga; but maybe he was raised like this because of the wars and military life and stuff, you never know. Oh look out brat, he's right behind you.' Kyuubi put her thought in as Naruto turned around and looked at Mitsunari staring at him.
"Good evening Mitsunari-San, who are you today?" Naruto asked trying to save him a lesson in etiquette from the man.
"It seems that even you have manners boy. Anyways, Hideyoshi wants you to fight either under him or the new recruit that I have to go hunt down. He asked me to bring you with me just incase I can't get him to come along at first. You may know him actually, Shima Sakon." Mitsunari explained to Naruto.
"So that's why you were taking soldiers out of the crowd earlier, a hunting party. I thought that maybe you were going to have a tea party or something." Naruto joked. After he saw Mitsunari's face getting red, Naruto said, "I am just joking with you Mitsunari, you should loosen up a bit, it helps with the before battle anxiety and stuff; plus maybe you can finally find your self a woman that wont think of you as a stuck up snob all the time. Again I joke. Yeah I'll come with you; I don't have to do around here after all. When do we leave?" Naruto exclaimed/asked.
"We leave tonight so be ready, our spies report that he was last seen around six or seven miles away from Mt. Tenno; they also say that he has received a request from Mitsuhide to join him in this battle so we must hurry." Mitsunari told Naruto.
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Later that night, the company of twenty men, one officer, a commander, and one ronin ninja made their way forward towards a small town were the last report stated where Sakon was. The town was bigger than the one that he and Naruto fought for, so this might not be the easiest task around. Mitsunari got off his horse and walked into a small restaurant as did most of his men. Naruto got off Ni-Yabureme and left her with the remaining troops who were there to make sure that no one tried to steal them. Naruto walked around to the back of the restaurant where he heard to men talking.
Naruto only had to wait for about three minutes before Mitsunari walked out and started out the restaurant and back to the horses. Naruto decided to walk in the small room only to three things, one was the amount of sake bottles on the floor, two was that the room was full of pretty women, and three was the man sitting in a cross legged style with his hand under his chin thinking.
"Well, well, well; if it isn't Shima Sakon. So this is what you've been doing since we last parted hmm? Well I can say that I am not really surprised at this, considering what I have heard about ronin with out a lord, or at least without something to do." Naruto said as he saw Sakon flinch from surprise.
"Naruto, what are you doing here? Serving Mitsunari now? What a lowly place to stand at his feet huh? So what did he do; promise you a promotion or something to get me to join you guys in fighting, or are you doing this for your self?" Sakon asked rather angrily.
"Only someone like you Sakon would serve someone like that man and not have a real reason. My reason is that I can kill Mitsuhide and not be attacked by the Toyotomi during the fray. Promotions are for the weak who only want it for more power and glory; so yes, I am doing this for my self, but more important is that you decide what you're doing for this battle. You have three choices in my book; One, you can join the Toyotomi; Two, you can not join either side and stay here with your sake and women; or Three, you can join the bastard and die on the battle field." Naruto said to his old ally, then he added, "But what happens when the sake stops drowning your troubles and the women leave? Think about it Sakon; think well." And with that, Naruto left the man sitting in the room full of empty sake bottles and women and went back to his horse.
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A week later at Yamazaki
Naruto found out the night that he and Mitsunari returned from their small detour, that he was serving under Hideyoshi and would be aiding Nene when they were closer to the mountain that had several large and deadly canons pointing off in both main camp directions. Naruto and Mitsunari, along with the other troops that went with them to find Sakon, got here faster than the rest of the army due to the fact that they were a smaller group and were all on horses so therefore, they could travel at faster paces.
Battle preparations were made, tactics set, and garrisons prepared. Naruto thought that the sheer amount of troops he saw at the castle grounds was a lot but when he saw the amount here it was clear to him that even a shinobi from the Elemental's would be wounded or in the worst case scenario, killed out of stupidity. That was unless you could use a lot of Kage Bunshins like Naruto could to help even out the lines. Naruto went to report to Hideyoshi for duty as soon as he got in to camp.
As he walked to Hideyoshi's tent, Naruto noticed that there were some ninjas looking at him with a scowl. 'Obviously Nene's unit. Why can't she just get over the fact that I am a ninja, she obviously knows that I am one by now. If I wanted Hideyoshi dead I would have done it a while ago.' Naruto thought to him self.
Naruto walked into the tent where he found Hideyoshi sitting in a chair and fanning him self while he looked over some new battle plans. Naruto waited for a confirmation from the Toyotomi ruler. When none was given, Naruto decided to make a noise.
"Ahmm." Naruto grunted out waiting for a response.
"Yes who's there?" said the Toyotomi lord in an angered voice.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Sorry to enter and speak without permission Hideyoshi-Sama, I just wanted to know what my part in this battle will be until I meet Him. I was told I was to either serve you or Shima Sakon if he arrived, and so far he hasn't; I wanted to know if I was to aid you or Nene, as someone told me I might be doing?" Naruto stated quickly.
"You are going to be fighting under my wife Nene actually, she has asked for your assistance in some of her missions that will be coming up during the battle, plus some of tasks that she will be doing involve getting close to Mitsuhide. You did say that you wanted to kill that man didn't you?" Explained the lord of the Toyotomi.
"Yes sir, I do. When do we attack?" Naruto asked.
"We, the army will strike at noon tomorrow, you and Nene however will be leaving in the morning so I suggest that you get some sleep. If you excuse me, I have some battle plans to work out so please leave." Hideyoshi told Naruto, as he went back to his scrolls of plans.
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The next morning arrived quickly for Naruto, as he got up and waited for Nene to show up. Naruto currently had his ninja-ing in the night outfit on, so as not to be seen. His two blades were strapped to his back, even though one was white, the color never shined it was like an evil white color that you saw when you were about to die, not a pretty white at all. As Naruto stood around by his tent, he could see some movements in the grass next to his tent. He squatted low to the ground and waited for what ever it was to move again. The movement never came.
A short time latter, Nene and a small squad of ninja came to his tent and found Naruto awake and alert watching the grass carefully like there was someone there. Nene picked up a pebble and tossed it at Naruto and watched him as he took one of his blades and sliced the pebble in half. 'Amazing! I didn't even make a sound and he cut it I half. And what is with the outfit? He looks more like a ninja than a soldier. I knew he was different; good thing he is coming with me instead of staying with my darling!'
Naruto looked up and saw Nene's face and placed his blade back on his back with its twin. "So we leave?" he asked.
"Yes we leave now. First thing to do is get to the top of Mt. Tenno and find all entrance points and ambush points. Any enemies either capture them or kill them." Nene said, and then turned around only to hear another question.
"So any way of interrogation is aloud?" Naruto asked with a sly smirk. Nene turned around and saw the face and hid a shudder.
"Yes; any form is aloud." She said as she waved her hand and the rest of the ninja jumped towards the mountain.
"Oh this is going to be fun! HAhahaha!" Naruto laughed out quietly to himself.
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Naruto jumped up the mountain along with the others until they came to a hidden path that was a ninja path, or that is what it looked like to Naruto. About ten minutes later, they came to the summit and found that there were two safe paths to the summit. One from the northeast and one from the southwest.
"Alright, everyone come here!" Nene said as the others jumped to her. "There are only ten of us here and someone needs to get this information to Hideyoshi-Sama right away! There are two options; one is that I go to tell him my self and you guys stay here, or one of us goes and might not even make it there. So I suggest-" Nene found her self being interrupted by Naruto before she could continue.
"Maybe half and half, one half goes to tell Hideyoshi-Sama, and one half stays here? Or seven of you go and my self and two others will stay here just incase. There would be better chances of survival for more than one person to leave and same goes for the ones that stay here."
Nene looked at him and thought about it for but a moment. "Fine, well have seven of us go and three stay, but I am not going. It is my task to defend this summit and I will not let some outsider take control and possibly betray us." She said while keeping her eye's on Naruto. She then told seven of the others to go and one to stay with them.
After the seven left, Naruto took the southwest side so he could look not only for enemies but also for what was in the grass earlier. It was following him, and it seemed familiar. Naruto looked around for both for a long time; he was told by Nene that they were to stay there on the summit until the main army came. The other seven ninjas weren't coming until the main army came, so it three against an army.
Naruto saw the grass move again and this time it was slower; Naruto took this opportunity to go after it. He made a Kage Bunshin and left it at his post as he sped of after the movement in the grass. Naruto jumped into the grass and came face to face with an ugly orange toad.
"Gamakichi! What are you doing here?" Naruto quietly yelled at him.
"I have a message for Naruto from big boobs;
"Dear Naruto,
I regret to inform you that as of yesterday, the council stepped over my head and reinstated you as a nin only to be put in as missing nin in the bingo book for 1,000,000 ryou. I wouldn't be sending you a letter if it wasn't for this. They want you alive rather then dead, so that bastard can kill you and get his 'eye'. Suna has been harassed by the council of Konoha for to long in their search for you, and has threatened to go to war with us if the council didn't pull the nins out of Suna.
"If you ever send a letter, do it by toad, you have many enemies within the village and they are just waiting for you to return. Sakura and Ino have both asked to help find you.' Naruto stooped there and then thought to him self 'I thought that they wanted me dead? Let me guess, they are sorry for doing and not doing what they did and want me back?' he turned back to the summit and found only his allies and his clone doing there job, then turned back to the letter.
'They asked if they could help find you, so they could KILL you! If they ever find out where you are Naruto, be prepared for an extremely though fight, as Kakashi also wants you dead. He confronted Iruka and said something about you that got him mad attacked him the bo-staff that you got him for his birthday last year. Keep your usage of the Kyuubi's chakra down as well, we felt it a while ago, your lucky that Akatsuki hasn't come for you yet. Please send conformation of retrieval of this message."
From,
Tsunade
P.S.: Send your messages to either Jiraiya or Gaara. They want to know about what's going on, and Konoha is too dangerous.
"Well, that seems like the old bitches in the village are getting pissed off at me huh? Well they can suck Orochimaru's non existent dick for all I care! The only ones who deserve to know are my true friends. Gamakichi, you ass hole I told you not go there!" Naruto scolded the toad.
"Well that was for throwing me off a roof you ass! Anyways, that will be one cookie if you please. Oh yeah, you have a person watching you from the woods in the north. And there is a group of people coming from the Northeast too." The toad stated as he held his webbed hand out for a cookie.
"I am on a mission here Gamakichi, and didn't you get a cookie from Tsunade-Obaachan? I don't have any with me." Naruto said to the toad.
"No, big boobs didn't give me a cookie, she kicked me in the butt and the pervert didn't do anything about it! Did that guy with the sword punch you yet? He was supposed to under my orders." Gamakichi said with his eyes closed, he should have had them open and got hit in the face by a foot.
"Go away Gamakichi. Next time I summon a toad maybe I'll summon your brother." And with that the toad poofed out of existence as Naruto dispelled his clone and took back his post.
As Gamakichi said, there was a group of Akechi coming up the northeast pass and fell completely prey to Nene and the other nin that stayed with them. Not one was left alive. They all either jumped off the ledge in hopes of making it back to Mitsuhide, or were slaughtered by the two nins.
Naruto was getting pissed off that all if any enemies were going up the north pass, of course there was that person that was watching him in the woods but he didn't know if it was an enemy or not. After another hour of waiting when he heard drums coming from the Toyotomi camp. That was the signal.
Nene ran over to him and told him to go out and rejoin Hideyoshi and to tell him that they had everything under control…or so they thought. Almost as soon as Naruto ran down the pathway, a large force of Akechi were marching up the north pass. Naruto didn't see them as he went on his way towards Hideyoshi.
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Naruto had raced into Hideyoshi's tent and told him the news, and then was told to race off towards Shoryuji and take it for the Toyotomi. Naruto nodded and ran out of the tent, oblivious of the Akechi movement. He raced to Shoryuji which only took about fifteen minutes to get there from the camp at his speed. Once he got there, Naruto saw a massive amount of enemies fighting off the Toyotomi and pushing them back. Naruto bobbed and weaved his way to the lines and took his blades off his back and put his mask on.
The men of Shoryuji never thought about ninja attacking them. They were told that the Toyotomi ninja were only serving Nene and Hideyoshi; they never suspected another ninja that would jump out of the enemy lines and attack them at great speeds. It was almost too much for them to take.
Naruto had jumped on to a flags men of the Akechi and threw a shuriken at his head and watched the blood flow from his skull. Once the man fell to the ground, Naruto jumped off the flag and took out Howaido Kumori, and Kuroi Ranpu, and ran into the nearest group of men and did a slash kick which threw three now dead men into some others. Naruto turned around and drove his Howaido Kumori, which rested in his left hand, into one man and then ripped it through his side and into another man who was trying to stab him in the back.
Naruto then took his Kuroi Ranpu, and slashed and shaved through an enemy's torso. The man fell and the others staggered back a bit and making a fatal error. Naruto used this opportunity to create ten Kage Bunshins and sent them into the fray as well. The Akechi were stunned to see so many ninja that looked the exact same as the first just appear from thin air. The clones did their work and cut down every one that was in their way. Naruto had jumped onto the gates of Shoryuji, and started gathering his chakra. The soldiers having no clue of chakra, thought that Naruto was just standing there holding his hands as if he was praying.
'It's time to reveal my new jutsu to the world.' Naruto thought as he moved his hands into different seals to fast for the normal eye to see. "Bakuyaku Shadou no jutsu! (Explosive Shadow)" from his swords, came an extremely white light and shaped into an oval orb of power. Naruto swung both blades into the Akechi army and flung the oval orb of power into the crowd. The orb may have been white, but the reaction from it hitting an enemy was a twelve foot high and eighteen foot wide explosion of darkness. The Akechi in the explosion never went 'BOOM' they disintegrated into ash.
Naruto saw some survivors on the ground and jumped behind the gates and grabbed a soldier.
"Where is Akechi Mitsuhide?" Naruto asked from behind his mask.
The soldier stuttered a bit and then said, "Fuck you-you bastard demon!" the man said.
"Demon you say? Well why don't I show you a demon!" And with that, Naruto henged into a small dragon and then "Swallowed" the man, but in reality Naruto took both Howaido Kumori, and Kuroi Ranpu, and placed one under the man's crotch and one above his head, and slammed them together, successfully slicing and shaving the man in two.
Naruto then jumped towards the gate and killed the guards on the inside and then opened the gates for his allies to come in. As soon as the gates opened, the rest of allied troops ran in and took the stronghold. Naruto was running back towards Hideyoshi, when he saw Magoichi fighting a very freakishly dressed person. Naruto turned and made his way up to the men, when a horde of ninja came out of the brush and attacked Naruto and some allied troops that were on their way to help anyone they could.
'Shit! These fuckers are good. Really good, that man must be their leader as I don't see the Akechi symbol on his persona nor on these idiots.' Naruto thought as he dodged another kunai that was thrown at him. Naruto took Kuroi Ranpu, and hacked away the main unit of ninjas. One fell with his arm shaven completely off his body and a stabbed though the back by a flying man's spear. And others with their heads rolling down hill, in a river of brown dirty blood.
Replacing Kuroi Ranpu, on to his back with its twin, Naruto started doing hand seals for Kage Bunshin. After he did that, he sent his clone up ahead and stand in front of the ninja's weapon that was speeding towards Magoichi's head. The weapon turned out to be the man's gauntlet, as it rained down and struck…
SHHCK! A body fell down to the ground, as blood sported up from the wound; Magoichi looked up only to find Naruto laying on the ground with blood just oozing out if the hole in his chest.
"What an idiot! Who risks their own life for another when it is clear that their going to die?" The ninja looked at Magoichi and saw the man's face turn and twist into anger and sorrow.
Quietly, Magoichi said, "Thank you Naruto, but why? You said that you not going to stop until you avenged that little girl. Naruto, I will take your burden and place it upon my self!" Magoichi stood up and aimed his rifle at the ninja and shot at the man's face multiple times before the man stopped and kicked Magoichi down on the ground.
"What was that rifle man? Going to take this kid's burden as your own? Let me ask you something, how can you if your dead!?" The man launched his gauntlet at Magoichi and then, "Da-ku Zekkyou no Jutsu!" A dark void fast approached the man's back as he stopped and turned around. His ears met a deafening wail, and he was thrown into the ground seven feet away.
Magoichi looked around for the creator of that attack when he saw a figure dressed in a ninja outfit plopped down next to him and slap his cheeks. "Are you ok?" the figure asked.
"Yeah but who are you?" Magoichi asked as he took aim with his rifle.
"Geeze, Man don't you recognize me?" the figure asked.
"No I don't" Magoichi said.
"I am hurt Magoichi, and after I saved your life twice! I mean come on. 'Not all ninjas are bad'" The figure said. Magoichi looked at Naruto's corpse and watched it poof away into smoke.
"N-Nartuo? Is that you?" Magoichi said as he struggled to stay standing.
"Yep! The one and only Ronin Ninja of the village that screws everyone over!" Naruto said, as he made fun of his old village.
"That's really funny kid. What is a kid like you, playing ninja?" Said the man who now rose from the dusty hole he made when he landed. He was still digging his ears out with a finger as he walked over to them.
"Holy shit! No one has ever survived that attack, even though I made it about a month ago, but still!" Naruto took both blades of his back and undid the compartment for the shuriken. "Who in the nine hells are you?" Naruto said.
"I am Fuma Kataro, and you haven't answered my question yet. Why are you playing ninja?" The now newly dubbed Kataro asked.
"First of all, I am not playing ninja, I am one. And second of all, how did you survive that attack!" Naruto said as he readied him self for an attack.
"In deed that was a strong attack, but it had little affect on me. I am the god of chaos, I am a demon!" after that was said Magoichi backed away just a bit, but Naruto stood still.
"Magoichi, Nene is on the summit and might need help at the moment; I suggest you help her out. I want to play around for a bit." Naruto said as he put his blades in a downward position.
"Will you be ok, by your self?" he asked Naruto. Naruto just nodded as he took a step forward towards Kataro.
"I will be fine, but Nene might need help so go! Don't tell her where I am, she might come to aid and get in my way." Naruto said as Magoichi just nodded and turned towards Mt. Tenno.
"Now that we have no other distractions but peons around us, why don't I teach you what a true ninja is!" Kataro said as he sped forward. Naruto quickly closed the compartments on his blades and blocked Kataro's attack.
"Very good boy, but next time don't leave your self unguarded!" Kataro said as he swiped at Naruto again. The blow was blocked and then it was Kataro's turn to block attacks.
Naruto took his blades and struck Kataro's gauntlets and then kicked him in the gut sending him backwards. "What was that? I need to keep my guard up? Maybe you should keep fighting instead of talking asshole!" Naruto lunged at the man and used his arms as he swung his blades at Kataro's gut and face. Kataro blocked both attacks and then saw Naruto's foot coming at his head. He moved his head to the side and threw a punch at Naruto's gut and hit him, sending him back about three feet.
Naruto got up and ran at the man again, trying to catch him off guard. He launched a strike at Kataro's face only to be blocked and thrown back again.
"You are stronger than most children who 'play ninja' I'll give you that much boy; but compared to me, you're dirt, mud, filth on the road." The man launched his gauntlet at Naruto with his right arm and then followed up with his left arm and then right leg to the gut.
Naruto could feel the blows and agreed that alone, he was no match. Then Naruto thought of something, three some things to be exact. One, this man didn't use any chakra at all in his punches; two, he still had his shuriken in his blades; and three, his jutsus. Getting of the ground just in time to dodge a lethal blow to the skull, Naruto shot up and back flipped away from the man. He quickly switched his compartments on the blades and waited for the man to stop for something.
Sure enough, the man stopped and smirked and then seal less fire balls sprouted from nothing two on each side, and then flew towards Naruto. Naruto dodged the first one, singed by the second and third ones, and jumped over the fourth. The fourth fire ball flew passed him and hit the mound of rock and dirt and let loose a massive explosion that scared officers and troops alike.
While in the air, Naruto gripped his blades and snapped them faster than he had done in training with his hands; the shurikens flew from the blade and raced towards Kataro. He never saw the glint that the spinning blades as they approached him. Two in his right leg, one in his left thigh and two in his chest. The last one hit his ear and sped by him and killed an Akechi soldier. The man fell to the ground panting and tried to take the shuriken out of his body. After getting the two shuriken out of his leg and the one from his thigh, he stood up wearily and then let out a feral roar.
The roar bounced of the cliff walls and in the valleys and for a moment, ever thing stopped. The officers and troops around the two combatants stopped and then backed away from the two. Hideyoshi and his troops were coming down from the northern pass to aid his officers when the roar ripped through the battle zone.
Nene was jumping down and gutting anyone in her way as she cleared the path for Kato Kiyomasa, when the roar went through the air. She looked around and saw this animalistic man roaring at the boy that she knew was a ninja. She didn't like the boy that much but still opted to help him because he was fighting with them.
Magoichi, heard the roar and silently prayed for the kid to be alright. After he left to help Nene out, who in return told him to help someone else out, namely Mitsunari, and was fighting a force of enemy troops to get to him.
A lone figure in the woods who had been watching the battle or mainly Naruto, winced at the volume and pitch of the roar. The figure could not interrupt the battle because of other complications, but hoped that the boy would be alright.
From near Shoryuji, a man leading a small army heard the roar and sped his march until they moved past the gate of Shoryuji, and to the part where he saw the man fighting Naruto. He took his bow and notched an arrow, aimed and then…
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Naruto watched the man roar like an animal in fascination, until this ungodly amount of energy ripped out of the man and turned into a visible purple and red color. The man took of with the speed even Rock Lee couldn't hope to get and letting his gauntlets around looking like shimmering pieces of metal. The man got closer and closer and then hit Naruto's blocked stance and tried over power him. Naruto's blades started to slip until they were about to go under the man's attack when an arrow struck the man in the back of his leg effectively making the man fall. The man looked around still surrounded by his aura and then disappeared into the bloody mist that was slowly raising up from the ground.
Naruto looked to the area from behind the man and saw a smiling broad swords man wielding ronin. "Need some help Uzumaki Naruto? Because I heard that even ninjas like you get hurt some times." Sakon said as he rode over and got of his horse and pick Naruto up to his feet.
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny Sakon. What are you doing here anyways, I thought you were going to get drunk off your ass and get laid?" Naruto said as he killed an idiot who tried to take this time as an opportunity to try to kill him.
"Nope, I decided that life as a ronin that doesn't take jobs or serves a town is boring." He looked at Naruto and saw a sly smirk on his face.
"So the sake ran out and the women left huh after one night huh? Naruto said as Sakon swung his blade over his head, decapitating another man. Then he turned and punched Naruto in the gut, making Naruto grab his gut as a blade flew over his head and kill two more people.
"What was that for?" Naruto said as he got up and shaved another few men away from them as they were talking.
"That was for both the time you told me about the toad warning me about the bandits, you could have told me it talked! I almost died from shock. And part of that was for throwing the toad of the building." He paused and signaled his men to aid the Toyotomi and then killed a couple more fools. "The reason why I am here is because I felt like I needed to be here." He looked at Naruto and saw his 'yeah right' expression, and then added, "Ok the sake and women ran. There you happy now?" Sakon said as he blocked an arrow.
"Yep!" Naruto said as he plunged both swords through a man and splitting him in three. "I knew that when sake and women leave a man behind it is time to move on to the real fun huh?" Naruto said as he threw a kunai at a rifle man aiming at him. "Yeah, you might want to meet with Hideyoshi so he don't attack you." Naruto said.
"Alright I will, lets move! Wait where is he anyhow?" Sakon asked.
"Right behind you." said, said person. They both turned around and saw Hideyoshi riding his horse through the battle and slaying enemies left and right.
"Naruto, go with Nene, once the canons fire at the Akechi main camp, then you may go and kill Mitsuhide. I want to talk him alone for now." Hideyoshi ordered. Naruto turned around and threw a shuriken and killed a man behind Hideyoshi who was trying to stab his horse's ass for who knows what reasons.
"Yes sir, Hideyoshi-Sama!" Naruto said and then left to go find Nene.
"Who are you sir?" Hideyoshi asked while bashing a group of enemies with his triple bar staff.
"Shima Sakon, milord. I was in self wallow when Naruto and Mitsunari approached me and I didn't want to join anyone. I am sorry." Sakon said while bowing and killing a man by accident.
"That's all right, but tell me something, can your men fight?" Hideyoshi asked.
"Does a dog bark? Off course they can! We came to join the Toyotomi and help them out in anyway that we can." Sakon said while helplessly slaughtering a few more enemies.
"Right then, the canons should start firing at any time now so be prepared!" the lord of the Toyotomi said. Almost like magic, the first canon fired upon the Akechi main camp.
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Naruto had found Nene waiting for the canons to fire, and had joined her in picking off troops that were trying to take the summit.
"So at the sound of the canon, we run down and kill the enemy right?" Naruto asked Nene.
"Yep! That's what my darling said and that's what we're going to do!" She replied a little bit too happy.
Naruto was about to ask her why she was smiling when she said that, when the thunderous boom of the canons went off. The siege of the Akechi main camp had begun.
BOOOM!
That's all for tonight. I might have had this chapter done a few days ago, but I was bored and getting ready for surgery, and didn't want to do anything. I had oral graphical surgery done and now I can't really eat anything but pudding and milkshakes! That is the only good thing about it. The final battle with Mitsuhide is in the next chapter, where it will pick up from BOOOM!
I now no longer have a job, so that means I will have a little more time to update and such.
For pairings, this fic could be either a Naru/Temari, or a Naru/Temari/? paring, if I do romance, I might not so don't hold out.
Defs:
Bakuyaku Shadou no jutsu! (Explosive Shadow): an extremely powerful, but small shot of white energy that later turns black and vaporizes enemies and explodes.
Howaido Kumori, and Kuroi Ranpu; or White Shadow, and Black Light: Names of Naruto's double blades. Both have hidden compartments that house shuriken, and the horns carry poisons.
Weapon votes are done for the main weapon which ended up with double blades; the secondary weapon votes are…
They are:
a Bo-staff:
Takagi and nekode:
A small hammer (mainly for bashing people's heads while riding in battle):
Pistol: 1
A chain with two morning stars (A spiked ball and chain, they used them in the medieval era in Europe and Korea I think):
I am throwing in Hanzo's scythe and chain as well because it is light weight and small:
Exploding knives:
Toothpick:
Sincerely,
Death's Spear
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Thanks for reading.