Hello everyone, I have a new chapter for you today and I hope you enjoy it. I also enjoyed the feedback, it was greatly appreciated. PLEASE READ: A brief answer to the questions about the Bashing of the Characters. I will only bash Sasuke and Sakura until the three year time skip. This is because before the time skip, they are still kids and due to their childhood, are pretty messed up. The time skip will fix that, as their senseis will take them down a peg and rebuild from there. The Civilian Council will mellow out, as Tsunade reigns them in. So with that out of the way, please read, review and send some ideas my way. I love the feedback.
Quick Note, I Believe a good theme song for this story is Don't Fear the Reaper, By Blue Oyster Cult
"Talking" 'Thinking' "Demon/Summon Talking" 'Demon/Summon Thinking'
Ch. 2
'So what should I work on first.' Naruto thought as he walking into a training ground.
"I would summon some clones, and get started with those chakra control exercises and elemental exercises. While you do some work outs, and then practice with your sword." Kyuubi replied from Naruto's Mindscape, as the fox laid down under a tree.
'By the way, do I have those Chakra chains from my mother?' Naruto asked his tenant, curiously.
"That is not a simple answer, from what I understand while living in your mother, her Chakra Chains was a form of Fuinjutsu, so you could use them, but you will need gain knowledge of Fuinjutsu." Kyuubi replied.
'I will create some extra clones then, and send them to the library.' Naruto replied as he did just that.
It may seem weird to many people, why Naruto wants to take after his mother, but it was easy to understand. The boy never knew is parents, or even their names, until recently. So it was natural to emulate some of their skills. After all, when he learned about his father, he will emulate some of him as well. Thought, there will be some parts that are all of him. Like his Death Energy, as he came to call it speaking of which.
'What about the Death Energy?' Naruto continued to ask his tenant.
"From what I understand of the seal, it will take some time to control the energy effectively, and you will need to create some unique jutsu for it." Kyuubi replied "Before you no doubt ask, Orochimaru's memories will be helpful; however, many of his jutsu rely on his summons, unless you have the Snake Summons, You can't use them. This still leaves his Fuinjutsu abilities, some of his Tai, Ken, Nin and Genjutsu to use. I'd say this will equal in about half of his overall abilities. Some of his abilities were born from self-experimentation, and I would not recommend doing that." Kyuubi continued, "Now, go train and leave me alone, so I can sleep." The Demon Fox finished, while an air of Finality. Naruto could detect the underlying message. 'If you bother me again, I will give you the worst headache that you could possibly imagine.
So, deciding it would be in his best interest to leave the Grumpy fox alone, Naruto created another swarm of clones to start their various tasked, like to get a giant scroll to write everything down and what not. While they were busy, Naruto began doing the exercises to increase his strength, Speed, Endurance and Agility. Which, got even better as some clones dispelled, giving him the knowledge from the library to increase said attributes.
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A week has passed since Naruto began his training. Thanks to eating right and training, he managed to hit a small growth spurt. Nothing to extravagant, but his did grow a few inches. He managed to learn the basic of wind manipulation, and fire manipulation. Though, these were after countless clones on regular chakra control exercises. Long with reading the tips Kakashi-Sensei put into the scroll.
He even managed to have two other lunches with Kurenai again, thought they didn't go for Ramen this time, something about him eating too much. So they went to get Dango, and this time Naruto was the one to pay. After all, it was the nice thing to do. Had nothing to do with him having a small crush on the woman, nothing to do with it at all.
Besides training in his elemental affinities and his chakra control, Naruto did manage to learn some C-Rank elemental jutsu, which were Great Breakthrough, Great Fireball, Water Wall, Lightning Blast and a few others. He did want to learn some A-Ranks, but they will take more than a week to learn. Even with Shadow Clones. His Kenjutsu and Fuinjutsu were coming along well; he gives himself an academy level for Kenjutsu and maybe Chunin for Fuinjutsu. They may not seem like much, but Fuinjutsu is complicated for most people. To Naruto, it was only about getting his Calligraphy up to par. He estimates about two weeks until he can apply the seal necessary to gain Chakra Chains. After all, the seal itself was too complicated, only hard to master those chains. Orochimaru's Memories helped as well in certain points.
Kenjutsu on the other hand an Academy level is mainly about the Basic Katas. He is not ably to change different moves together yet. Orochimaru's memories thought were helpful with his own Kenjutsu style. Which Naruto is basing some of his own style on.
Another week has passed for the Blonde Haired boy, and it was the most productive week by far. It started when he went to the Hot springs after a rather grueling Kenjutsu spar with a clone, and then he heard giggling. Unfortunately hanging out with Kurenai made Naruto into an anti-Pervert, so seeing an Old Man look through a small hole in the fence made his blood boil. It was sick glee when Naruto kick the old man in the ass, with a chakra infused kick, and sent him flying to the other side of the fence.
Screams of pure agony erupted form the old man as he was beaten with an inch of his life. Along with having his precious research destroyed.
Naruto meanwhile was laughing his ass off, waiting from the outside entrance of the Hot Spring to see what the enraged women did to the man.
It was about thirty minutes later when the broken, bloody form of the peeper was thrown out of the baths.
"You know that you deserved it." Naruto said to the beaten pile of flesh that was once the old man.
Once he finished his laughter, the pile of flesh and blood stood up and looked as if the man never received the beating of his life.
"You dare spoil my precious research?" The man exclaimed as he looked at the robed form of Naruto.
"Don't you know who I am? I'm the Toad Sage, JIRAIYA!" The Now named Jiraiya exclaimed, as he summoned a toad and stood on top of it, all the while doing a strange pose.
Naruto meanwhile was sweatdropping as he watched the now named Jiraiya make a complete fool himself.
"More like Pervy Sage." Naruto responded, as Jiraiya facefaulted on the ground. His toad merely smiled at Naruto and disappeared in another puff of smoke.
"Anyway, what is your name?" Jiraiya asked the blonde hair boy. He knew who he was talking to; it was nice to be polite after all. Well, unless it came to beautiful women naked in the Hot Springs.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki, The Most Unpredictable Ninja in Konoha" Naruto responded, as he didn't have an actual nickname yet. That will come after he does more missions and gets a reputation. The unpredictable was only with his comrades and whatnot.
'So this is Minato and Kushina's kid, certainly grew up in an interesting way." Jiraiya thought to himself as he looked at his Godson.
"Anyway, I need to go back to training." Naruto said, waving goodbye to the Pervy Sage as he walked back to the training ground where he left dozens of clones to continue with Chakra Control and Elemental Manipulation.
'Might as well pay back for those years were I left him alone. Though I did give his the frog wallet and the Night Cap, It still is not enough.' Jiraiya thought to himself. He knew he should have taken care of his Godson, but with his spy network it was impossible. He routinely traveled to dangerous countries and that would have put him in danger. Not only that but people would have realized that Naruto was the Fourths son, after all, it is not everyday people see Jiraiya caring for a Blonde Haired boy, who looks remarkably like the Fourth.
"Tell you what kid, how bought I train you for the Chunin Exam Finals." Jiraiya offered to the boy, who stopped in mid step. It was not every day where an S-Class Ninja offers to train you.
Naruto meanwhile turned and looked straight into Jiraiya's eyes, He learned early on in his life that nothing was free, and there is always a motive. Looking in the Pervy Sage's eyes thought, reveals a true desire to train him, but also a glimmer of regret. Deciding to give the Sage the befit of the doubt, he agreed.
What followed was a very grueling training schedule for Naruto, but he loved every second of it. With the help of the Sage, Naruto's ability with seals Skyrocketed, and he even managed to create the Chakra Chain seal on his back. Not only that, but the sage was able to help him with his Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and even Kenjutsu. Kenjutsu thought was difficult as Jiraiya wasn't a master of the art and only knew the basics. He made up for it with his strength and Speed, along with battle experience made up the lack of actual ability with a sword, so Naruto improved their as well. Kurenai still helped Naruto practice Genjutsu, though due to his reserves, he can only dispel them.
The Sensei and Student really bonded with each other, and they became almost family. Though, they still had their disagreements, like Jiraiya's perverseness or Naruto's obsession with Ramen, but they grow out of it and then start another argument.
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"Keep it steady Naruto, if you move too much it would fall." Jiraiya said, sipping a cup of tea, while Naruto held a rock half the size of himself, all the while Jiraiya was sitting on it using his chains. While the Chakra Chains could lift of hold any amount of weight, the users mind could become taxed as controlling more than one moving object forces them to multi-task. Not to mention that the chains are extremely malleable, they could gain any tip needed, it could be a kunai tip, a wicked hook, or even a claw, and it could bend in any direction.
Naruto's own chains were terrifying, a glowing black chain, which with a thought could create spike running along the edge. It could even grow blades at random points too. Chakra Chains were a powerful weapon, but also one of the hardest to master. Naruto has been doing the exercise for five minutes and he is already mentally exhausted.
"Your one to talk Pervy Sage all you're doing is drinking tea." Naruto growled out as he felt the chains slipping from their hold.
"It is a good training exercise though, not even you could deny it. After all, it has helped your control of the chains immensely. When you started, you couldn't even lift a pebble." The Sage responded to his apprentice with the same tone as before.
"UGH." Naruto groaned out as his chains dissolved back into formless chakra, dropping the rock, and causing the tea to spill all over the Toad Sage.
"This was my favorite shirt to." Jiraiya said, standing up from his fallen position.
"It's your own fault that you spilt your precious tea." Naruto said, glaring at his sensei taking a much needed rest. Only to receive a headache from his Shadow clones who dispelled.
Ever since Jiraiya became his sensei, he has forced to use Shadow Clones constantly. Even when the original Naruto is asleep, dozens of clones worked until morning, then they dispelled. This was an excellent way to train, though waking up with a small headache is never fun.
"Well, you're done for the day, so go get ready for your date with Kurenai." Jiraiya said, smirking at the end.
"WE ARE NOT DATING, WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" Naruto screamed out at his sensei.
Ever since he found out that Naruto spends a lunch or training session with Kurenai, he could not stop teasing Naruto about it.
Deciding to just leave it, Naruto left the Training ground and went to the Dango Shop.
'Keep telling yourself kid, that is how it always begins.' Jiraiya thought to himself as he watched his young student leave. He had a flashback with another blonde, only a red haired fire-cracker was with him. Of course they were only 'Training' with each other, that is why their appearances were so ruffled after all.
Watching his young charge walk, allowed Jiraiya to continue preparing his surprise for the blonde. After all, he still had to make up for those birthdays he missed and he knew just what to make.
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Two weeks have passed and only one more week to go for the finals. In that time, Naruto has adequate control over his chains, along with mastering the basics of his elements. Not only that, but his Ninjutsu and Genjutsu have risen to Jonin and Chunin respectively. His greatest achievements were his Fuinjutsu, his Kenjutsu and his Death Jutsu. Which it the name he calls his death abilities.
Jiraiya had even given him the summons for the toads, a scythe to use in conjunction with his Death Energy, along with putting seals on his ragged cloak.
This brought tears to the blonde child; after all, he never received a proper gift before. The only thing he remembers were his beloved Gama-Chan, and his night cap, he doesn't even know who gave them to him. Though based on their toad appearance, he has a pretty good guess on whom.
The Scythe was a thing of beauty, and a rather imitating piece of metal. It stood at 6' tall, with the staff part being ebony wood. The blade was pitch black, and reflected no light. Along the blade were glowing red seals, and strengthening and chakra storage seals along the staff, though you can't really see them with the ebony. The seals along the blade were designed to allow chakra to circulating through the metal easier, along with making the blade diamond hard. He really only used the blade when in his death form, as the Katana fits his body type better than a scythe.
Summoning toads were easier than anticipated, not only does he have the massive chakra reserves necessary, but Kyuubi doesn't mess with his chakra control anymore, making things so much easier.
"That is so unfair." Jiraiya said as he saw Naruto Summon Gamaken on his first try. He didn't even summon a tadpole, which would lead to endless teasing by the sage.
"Jiraiya, why did you summon me here?" Gamaken question, as he looked around the training ground.
"Jiraiya didn't summon you, I did." Naruto stated from on top of the toads, as he looked down at the ground. Just realizing how large the toad was.
""Hmm?" The Giant toad said, just realizing a Blonde Haired boy was standing on top of his head.
"Yeah, the Pervy Sage is over there." Naruto continued looking down at the giant toad. He knew it wasn't the boss toad, as Jiraiya already explained all of the toads that could be summon to him, as well as their battle styles and abilities. So he knew that he summoned Gamaken, a battle toad.
"Ohh, well then, I will let the boss now that we have a new summoner." Gamaken said, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Take Two." Naruto muttered, going through the hands seals again, while channeling more chakra than before into it.
Slamming his hand down, a giant puff of smoke erupted from the seal on the ground.
"JIRAIYA, WHY DID YOU SUMMON ME?!" A giant red toad said in a booming voice.
'Why do they think it is Jiraiya?' Naruto mentally cried to himself.
"He didn't summon you, Gamabunta, I did." Naruto said, once again from the top of a giant toad, thought this one was slightly larger than Gamaken.
"Hah! As if a brat like you could summon me here!" Gamabunta laughed out loud at the thought.
Unknown to him, Naruto started to twitch and tremble.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CALLING ME A BRAT? AND BY THE WAY I DID SUMMON YOU HERE, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, THEN YOU CAN TAKE YOUR COMMENTS, SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS AND LET THE DIE THERE!" Naruto yelled out, finally having enough of everyone not believing his word.
'Gaki is sooo going to get it.' Jiraiya though tom himself, though he couldn't help but have a flash back about a certain red head yelling at him for peaking on her.
Unknown to Jiraiya, Gamabunta was also having flashbacks to the same red head, when Minato first introduced them.
"Well, if you are telling the truth, then you must pass my test, and them we need to share a drink to seal the deal." Gamabunta said, finally getting out of his memories.
"What is the test?" Naruto asked, breathing heavily from his shouting.
"All you have to do is to say on my head until sun set. If you fall off, then the test is over and you fail." Gamabunta replied, as he tensed his legs to prepare to jump.
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"Congrads Brat, You are now the summoner of the Toads." Gamabunta said, as he and the blonde haired boy finished the test, while sharing a cup of Sake. Thanks to a rather useful henge, Naruto managed to get a few bottle, one to share, the rest is for himself, and his grandfather, after the Chunin Exams. He still had one week remaining, and he planned to go shopping one last time. There were three things he needed to help with his genjutsu problem and complete the whole Grim Reaper look. Hey, he was twelve; he can still act like a child, since he never really had the chance to, Damn Villagers. Besides, he has an idea about using sand like Gaara. The red headed may be a psycho, but that sand was useful.
This caused him to go through town and get his purchases, while talking with Kurenai again over a plate of Dango.
'Tired of Ramen, who could possibly be tired of the food of the gods?' Naruto thought glumly to himself as he sat next to the red eyed beauty as they shared a plate of Dango. While talking about random things, though Genjutsu came up more often, as they both shared a passion for it. Well, Kurenai did, Naruto was still working over his ideas to actually preform the art, as he couldn't uses Genjutsu with regular means as his chakra control will never allow the more advanced Genjutsu. He can only really dispel them.
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"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Chunin Exam Finals." A Jonin said, chewing a senbon his mouth.
Gathered around him were the Genin who passed the preliminary rounds, well except for the Uchiha, and Naruto.
"Please, everyone but Hyuuga Neji and Uzumaki Naruto leave the field." The man continued, as all of the Chunin candidates left, with the exception of Neji, who stood in the center of the field.
"Humph, the dobe must have run off as he knew that I would have one." Neji said snidely, with Genma looking at his with disgust.
'With that arrogance, I am placing my bet with the Naruto Kid.' Genma said, looking around the arena.
"If Naruto does not show up, he will be disqualified." Genma announced as the stadium waited in complete silence.
"Don't worry, I am here." A voice called out, as a black robed figure appeared in the field, with a swirl of black rose petals.
In The Stands
"That's Naruto?" Sakura asked out loud, with Ino right beside her, who nodded mutely, too shocked to say anything.
The boy certainly had changed, before he was loud and obnoxious orange wearing kid. Now, he was tall, quiet, dark, and mysterious.
Naruto did go through a drastic change for one; he was wearing a ragged cloak, with the hood pulled up. No one could see his face as it was covered in a pitch black shadow. He raised his left hand and on it was an hourglass on his left hand on a chain, with prayer beads along his wrist. The Hourglass was pitch black, with bones and skulls along the sides. The Prayer beads were crimson red and, covered in seals. To top everything off was a Scythe and a Katana strapped onto his back in an X formation. Along with the Black Rose petals continuing to swirl around him, as if they had a mind of their own. All in all, it made him look like the Grim Reaper, who just came back from reaping a poor soul, or coming from a funeral.
In the Field
"Doesn't matter that you changed your looks, fate has decreed that I will win." Neji said to the boy who stood silently.
He put on a false bravo, hiding the fear he felt. The hooded boy seemed to cause the air to chill twenty degrees, and what should be his face, was covered in a shadow. The darkness seemed to pull him in, as he gazed in the dark abyss, watching it swirl and turn, almost in a hypnotizing way. Quickly shaking off what he thought as a genjutsu, he focused on the rest of the boy's body.
Most of it was covered in the cloak, no doubt hiding a multitude of surprises, but he could tell that the cloak was covered in seals. Their usage he could only guess.
Activating his Byakugan he tried to peer through the cloak and the shadow, but something was blocking his vision.
Naruto meanwhile was smirking, not that anyone could tell, one of the benefits of Jiraiya's modifications to the cloak was being impervious to Dojutsu, and preventing someone removing the hood. Only he could do that, as well as those useful climate control seals, otherwise he would be dying of heat stroke by now.
"Alright then, if you are both ready, begin." Genma said, finally getting out of his shock at the blondes new and improved look.
Once the fight has been called, Naruto and Neji stood there, waiting for the other to make their move. Normally Naruto would be first to react, thought through the memories of Orochimaru, and training from Jiraiya, he learned the benefits of waiting. After all, it is easier to defend than attack in most cases with exceptions of course.
Neji on the other hand grew tired of waiting, so he charged in with decent speed for a Genin and channeled chakra to his fingers, heading right for Naruto's Heart.
Meanwhile, Naruto smirked, already planning a counter attack. Neji's speed was pitiful compared to Jiraiya's. Who was even holding back a great deal, he allowed Neji to come close, and not even moving sent a swarm of black rose petals at the boy.
Unfortunately, Neji saw the chakra channeled in those flowers, so he decided to see what they were supposed to do.
Neji avoided most of the flowers, but three did manage to hit him. One in the cheek and two in his left and right arm respectfully.
"What was that supposed to do Dead Last, they don't even do anything." Neji taunted, not feeling anything from the supposed 'Danger'. Only to realize that a warm substance was running down his cheek and his arms. Wiping it away, he noticed that it was his blood.
Kage Stands
"Deception is a Ninjas greatest tool." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself as he watched his surrogate grandson make a rather chilling technique. The ability to make flowers into blades, sharp enough for a ninja to not notice they were cut until the blood started to flow was useful. The Black Roses were also a nice touch.
On the Field
"Way to go dead last, you already showed your trump card." Neji said, now even more confident in his guarantied win. Naruto's only response was a tilted head and his hourglass and prayer beads reappearing. Only the sand in the hourglass was running out, about only a few seconds were left.
Naruto finally grinned again, which no one could see again as his trap was in place. Death was ever patient, waiting to finally take a soul to their final destination.
Neji was still looking at the hourglass and noticed too late that the ground was slightly moving around him. His all-seeing eyes were not focused on the dangers under him; this would be his downfall. A swarm of black chains flew in a complete circle around him, and wrapped his hands, feet and body every part of him, leaving his head the only thing visible. As he struggled, Neji froze as a black and red sword appeared on his neck, cutting slightly that only a drop of blood fell out. The sword was one of the most recognizable in the Elemental Nations, and its appearance once more caused more than one person to gasp in surprise. Including a certain weapons mistress, who was angered that one of her hero's swords was being used by a dead last. After all, he wouldn't be able to do the sword justice. Neji looked up and saw the shadow that hid Naruto's face, who only tilted his head to the side again, as if daring him to try and get out.
"I Forfeit." Neji said, angered at himself for not paying attention.
"I know about your past, Fate is and never was the answer, a caged bird will peck at the lock until it is free, never giving up, so it can fly once more." Naruto whispered quietly in Neji's ear as the chains disappeared as if they were never there. Finished his peace the robbed boy sheathed his Katana and disappeared in another swirl of black rose petals.
In the Stands
"He won." Ino said disbelievingly as she watched the former Dead Last win his fight with little trouble. Sakura could only nod, too surprised that the boy she used to beat up passed last year's rookie.
Tenten on the other hand, walked up to the robed boy with a pissed off expression on her face.
Naruto seeing the look mentally sighed and prepared for the onslaught of questions or demands.
"Were did you get that sword." Tenten demanded harshly to the boy, while everyone in the stadium watched her.
"It was a gift." Naruto responded as he looked at the girl's expression curiously.
"That is one of the most recognizable swords in the world, why would someone give an orphan that kind of a blade." Tenten said angrily again, now she wasn't usually this mad or rude, and Naruto knew that anger made people lash out. Though, even he had limits on how much he could take, a dig at his parents was one of those things that he couldn't take face down.
Drawing the sword faster than most could see, he placed the blade on the girl's neck, not drawing blood, but making her freeze all the same.
"Someone would give this sword to an orphan; after all it was formerly my mothers, so I have more of a claim to it than anyone else in the world." Naruto growled out as he pushed the blade slightly deeper into Tenten's neck, drawing one drop of blood. Not to mention creating black chains again from his chakra out of his back, showing the world that he was indeed the son of the Red Hot Blooded Habanero, who was famous for her chains and Kenjutsu skills.
Tenten meanwhile was staring into the shadow that his Naruto's face and was being pulled in by the strange ability it posed of drawing people in and never letting anyone escape. She did manage to shake it off ad return to her seat ashamed for her actions.
[Sorry about making the fight with Neji so short, felt that this would show that Naruto has changed drastically due to his training.]
"Would Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara please report to the arena." Genma said, as Gaara appeared in a swirl of Sand. Only, Sasuke never did arrive.
Up in the Kage Booth
"Due to not arriving on time, Sasuke Uchiha is disqualified." Hiruzen announces, as the silence dragged on. This declaration was met with sounds pf protest, but he ignored them all and gestured the fights to continue.
[All other fights ore the same, as I am a bit lazy]
"Will Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara please report to the Arena." Genma said, as both combatants appeared with their respective Shunshin.
Before the Procter could declare the fight, a swirl of leaves appeared and Kakashi and Sasuke Finally arrived.
"We are not late right." Kakashi said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"In fact you are, Sasuke has been disqualified." Genma said dryly, causing said Uchiha to shout angrily.
"I am an Uchiha; I should be allowed to fight!" Sasuke said angrily, looking at Gaara and charging at him.
His charge was intercepted by Naruto who knocked him out, and threw him to Kakashi.
"You really need to curb that arrogance." Naruto said emotionlessly to his sensei, who only stared at the robed boy in shock.
"Can we Begin." Naruto asked cheerfully as he turned around to face his opponents and snapping the Procter out of his musings.
"The Fight Between Gaara and Naruto Uzumaki, Begin." Genma said, jumping far away from the battle so he wouldn't have to risk his neck.
For a second, no one moved from their spots, until Gaara wanting to taste the blood of the young Uzumaki summoned a ball of compressed sand and hurled it at the boy.
The former Naruto would have screamed and dodged, the new Uzumaki merely cocked his body sideways, and tilted to the side, very similar to a certain snake Sannin.
When Naruto returned to his upright possession, he sprang into action and charged the unstable demon container, while unsheathing his Katana.
As the robbed boy approached, Gaara summoned more sand from his gourd and prepared to counter attack. Feet away from his target, Naruto disappeared in a burst of speed, using all of the speed gained from training with the Toad Sage, and appeared behind the Sand Shinobi. He channeled chakra into the blade to make it much sharped and started to uses the Kenjutsu that was a trademark of his mothers. Gaara feeling his armor being slashed to pieces sent a wall of sand behind him, while simultaneously repairing his armor.
'Ohh Fuck.' Naruto thought to himself as he dodged the giant wall of sand, only to come face to face with a horde of sand needles.
"Doton: Mud Wall" Naruto called out as he flew through handseals and spat out a decent wall of mud, protecting him from the needles. Only for his wall to be crushed by another wall of sand, by that time though, Naruto was long gone and closing in of the red head.
Gaara, not being able to see his opponent turned, feeling the air move behind him, only to receive a slash across his torso. The blade managed to finally punch through the armor, and mad a small cut. Though, this was enough to set the already unstable demon container into a frenzy.
"Blood, MY BLOOD!" Gaara said as he watched blood flow for the first time in his life. He then decided to encase himself into a dome of sand, thick enough to withstand regular attacks and started to go through a chain of Techniques.
"Ohh Hell No!" Naruto muttered to himself as he started to feel a buildup of Demonic Energy.
Creating two clones, who each started to go through their own sets of hand seals, Naruto himself started to create dozens of chakra chains inside of his sleeves and waited for the proper moment.
"Ninpo: Sound Wave!" Naruto clone number 1 said, creating a burst of sound waves directly to Gaara's Shield.
Not many people knew this, but the reason why Gaara's shell is impervious to most attacks is because of the tightly packed grains of sand, and the chakra flowing through out the shield to keep everything together. Even a water jutsu would only affect the surface and the rest of the sand dry. But, if you could destabilize the construct, then water jutsu would be far n=more effective. Which was the reason for the sound jutsu, to cause the sand to vibrate therefore destabilizing it and the chakra flow.
As the sound waves hit, you could see the sand becoming unstable, and the second Naruto clone finally finished his own setoff Handseals.
"Suiton: Gun Shot" The clone said, launching three orbs of water that impacted the shield, weakening the defense further.
Once they finished their tasks, the original Naruto launched his own chakra chains, punching through the sand like it was paper and preventing Gaara from moving, or finishing his jutsu.
Naruto finally ended the fight by knocking the boy out, and laying him on the ground.
Kage Seat
"That sound wave was Orochimaru's technique, how did Naruto learn it?' Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself, as he had flashbacks to his own confrontation with his student in the lab. Orochimaru escaped using that very same jutsu, as well as destroying the entire lab in the process.
'HOW IN KAMI'S NAME DID THE BRAT GET MY JUTSU?' Orochimaru raged in the Kazekage's seat. He knew for certain that all of his jutsu were never written down preventing people from learning them. The only thing he did write down was experiments, as he couldn't remember everything that he did. So how did the brat learn it? Maybe it was something to do with the Kyuubi, after all no one knew what would have happen to a demon seal was in contact with his own cursed mark. Speaking of witch, he detected no connection with the boy; he was always connected to every cures mark as they keep a piece of his souls. But he could not feel Naruto's.
"Maybe the demon did destroy the seal." Orochimaru mused to himself.
'Sham, I could have learned a lot from him.' He continued to grouse to himself as he watched the blonde haired brat declared the winner of the match.
'Oh well, Gaara may be out of commission, but we could still cause some damage to this blasted place.' Orochimaru thought to himself as he gave the signal to start the invasion.
Back in the Arena
Before the crowd had the change to applauded Naruto's victory, a swarm of feathers were created, putting most of the stadium to sleep.
'Genjutsu." Most of the Leave Ninja thought as they dispelled the illusion and saw the sand and sound turn on the leave.
In just a few seconds the entire stadium went from c0omplete silence to mass chaos. Everyone were fighting each other, Civilians ran in fear, while jutsu, kunai and shuriken were launched into the crowds and into the enemies.
Naruto himself dispelled the illusion quickly and joined the fray, and he killed three Oto Nin before they could launch a fire jutsu at civilians. Hot giving himself time to recognize his first kill, he set off to continue the fighting, while creating more clones to protect key points in the village, like the academy.
He quickly realized that he did not have enough chakra to continue fighting on his own, so he turned to the trump card, the seal of the Shinigami. Power quickly filled his veins and he projected an aura of black chakra, with the feel and smell of death and decay in the air.
The sudden feel of death caused most of the enemy shinobi to pause, allowing Naruto a change to draw his Scythe and kill three before they recovered. Quickly being surrounded, he raised his hourglass and intoned with a chilling voice. [Think Malthael's Voice from Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls trailer.]
"Death Style: Sands of Time." He intoned, as the hourglass glowed a menacing black, while sand with black streaks flew at the enemy and encased them in a swirling mass. Soon after, the sand returned to its container and the only thing that was left of the enemy ere skeletons, and they too were rotting quickly away. Turning to the next batch, he raised his hand again, only this time the prayer beads started to glow a blood red and started to rattle like a rattlesnake's tail, while the Nin who diverted their attention to them were sucked in a Genjutsu.
"Genjutsu: Valley of the Damned." Naruto intones as he watched the victims succumb to the effects.
The four Nin who were trapped tried in vain to escape, only for their effort to fail. Instead they looked at their surrounded and felt fear, far more than the fear they felt for Orochimaru.
What they saw was a valley, completely surrounded by mountains as high as the Land of Clouds, but this valley was also made of lava and Obsidian, Filled with nightmarish creature, demon or monster couldn't even describe what they saw. They saw people with blades, blow torches and whatnot for their heads. Hellish mutations of animals, fusions of animals like a horse mixed with a tiger, or a cat that was the size of a Bijuu, only with ten heads and one tail. Overlooking it all was a man sitting on a thrown filled with bones and black leather, with Goat horns and hooves, along with a blade tipped tail with black hair and red skin. The man turned his attention to the four Nin, and his eyes were like black coals, staring into the soul. He simple pointed his hand at them, and they were dragged in into the center of the valley. Tied up like dogs, they watched as the demon horde enclosed on them, and felt their bodies being ripped apart and devoured by the creatures. They felt every injury inflicted upon them, the teeth ripping them apart their organs being passed around and small parts being ripped off. All the while the Devil looked on with a small smile on his face, as if watching a minor squabble with a group of kids. The smell of brimstone and sulfur was in the air, until the smell of blood soon joined in. This all was too much for the four Nin, as their sanity shattered like a broken mirror.
In the real world, Naruto watched emotionlessly as the four enemies thrashed and screamed to the heavens, until their hearts gave out from the fear and they died. He shook off his thoughts as he continued his massacre. Enemies fell before his Scythe, dozens were cut in half, vertically or horizontally, while others were decapitated or another grievous injury. Like an arm chopped off, or their guts being torn to shreds.
Turning to another group of enemies, he went through another set of Hand signs while taking a deep breathe.
"Death Style: Screaming Vengeance." He intoned as he launched a pitch black ball at the enemy group, this ball also had a white skull at the front, while unleashing a horrible scream, as if someone swore vengeance on those who wronged them. The ball hit dead center of an enemy Kunoichi's chest and expanded outward in a bubble. The bubble was about ten feet long and ten feet wide, the inside was completely shrouded in a black mist. Once the mist lifted, what was once ten Nin was only a pile of blood and flesh. Everything inside was cut to shreds, while also being putt in a meat grinder then a meat tenderizer, similar to one who swore vengeance and was unleashing their retribution on their enemy.
He barely gave the remains a glance as he continued on, going to help Kurenai who had her hands full with five sand and sound Chunin and two Jonin.
With Kurenai
'Damn it!' The red haired beauty thought to her as she dodged another wind jutsu from the sand Jonin. Despite killing plenty of enemies, more just seemed to take their place and continue to wear her down. Not to mention that her skills besides Genjutsu were barely Jonin, which is something she will fix if she survives this encounter. She was shaken from her musings by receiving a nasty gash across her stomach.
"Death Style: Black Sacrament" Naruto intones, as he appeared next to Kurenai, as a black seal like structure spread from his feet. Ten spears of darkness floated up from the center of the seal, and impaled ten shinobi before they could get away. Soon, they seemed to get older and older, as if the life was being sucked out of them. Once they were nothing more than skin and bones, a giant ball of green energy was gathered from the spears and into Naruto hand, disappearing inside of his cloak.
"Death Style: Life Transfer." Naruto said again, grabbing Kurenai's hand and transferring the life energy he stole and healed he cuts and injuries, even the large one across her stomach.
"If we weren't fighting for our lives, I would kiss you right now." Kurenai said as the team of two finished off the rest of her attacks and they moved onto the next group.
"Afterward?" Naruto asked hopefully to his friend as he bisected another Oto Nin.
"If we live, then sure, but you will owe me a date afterward." Kurenai responded, and despite the situation blushed at the thought.
Naruto hearing this internally cheered like a fan boy, and continued onwards o help the next group, while leaving a clone with Kurenai just in case.
He stole a glans at the Kage box, only to become worried about a glowing purple barrier surrounded it.
"Jiji" Naruto muttered and began to make his way to the Kage Seats, while fighting and killing any enemy in his path.
As he got up to the roof, he was in for a treat as he saw what seemed to be the passed Hokages fight Sarutobi, while the snake sannin watched with glee. He tried to run at the barrier, only to be stopped by three ANBU.
"Don't, that barrier will burn anything it touches." The ANBU with the bear mask said, as the group watched their leader fight for his life. Naruto was busy trying to find a way to help his Jji, but he knew that he wasn't close to being strong enough to fight the past Hokages of the Snake Sannin. He looked at the Barrier, and noticed a flaw; there was no roof to completely seal it away, that men that the ANBU could jump over it if they had a boost, or a wall to climb on. Now he may not be able to provide a sufficient boost, but he can make a wall.
If I make a mud wall, can you use it to jump to the other side?" Naruto asked the group, snapping them out of their own thoughts; they looked at him and nodded.
'Kyuubi, a boost please.' Naruto asked as he started to go through hand signs.
"Doton: Mud Wall." Naruto called out, as he channeled a combination of his and Kyuubi's energy, creating a bigger wall than he could do alone. Once the wall was formed, the ANBU gave him a salute and disappeared in a blur up its side. Naruto meanwhile turned back to the battle and watched a giant three headed snake appear, only to be crushed by a giant toad.
"Bought time Pervy Sage." Naruto muttered as he ram towards the village.
For the next three hours, Naruto fought to protect his home from destruction and killing anyone in his way. He was a force all on his own, using his jutsu, his scythe, chains, roses and even poison. As one poor bastered found out the hard way, he is busy vomiting and bleeding through the mouth, nose and eyes. While having horrible spaz attacks, and will eventually die.
The poison was mainly for the roses if he decided to place them there, but they work just fine anyway.
"Death Style: Black Miasma." Naruto intoned once more as he encased an entire street with a black fog. The enemies trapped in it immediately started to decay and die, while their screams split the afternoon air. He quickly went to the next street and slashed and hacked his way through them, but eventually even his staminal started to give out, while Kyuubi gave him some energy to keep going. Even that was starting to take a tool on his body. A few minutes later, he was too exhausted to even stand, so he passed out in the middle of a roof, the last thing he saw was Kurenai running towards him.
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Jutsu List
Death Style: Screaming Vengeance
B-rank, shoots a pitch black orb from the user with a single white skull at the front. Creates a screaming noise as it flies through the air, when hit by an object, explodes out wards and encases anyone within a ten foot range into it. Unable to escape, those trapped inside will be butchered from blades created by the dome
Death Style: Sands of Time
A-Rank, imbues the sand with Death Energy, and replicates the powers of time, by forcibly aging the body until nothing but bones remain.
Death Style: Black Sacrament
S-Rank creates a seal under the user and creates spears made from death energy that seem to be made from shadows. These spears will drain the life force of the ones hit and give it to the user. The user can then use that energy as a replacement for medical jutsu, or a destructive technique.
Death Style: Life Transfer [Can only be used after Black Sacrament]
S-Rank uses the energy gained from Black Sacrament and gives it to one who is injured, healing their injuries and replacing some of their chakra. If used by one who is not injured, will cause cancer in the body, almost untreatable.
Death Style: Black Miasma
A-Rank, the user spews out a dense black fog in an area, anyone inside will immediately started to decay and die. From the skin to the rest of the body.
Genjutsu: Valley of the Damned
A-Rank, trapped the ones affected in a representation of hell, pain or chakra will not allow them to escape, only the emotion of joy will allow those trapped escape. No other emotion will suffice.
