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"Talking" 'Thinking' "Bijuu/Summon Talking" 'Bijuu/summon thinking'
Ch. 3
"The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." Norman Cousins
"Ugh" Naruto groaned out as he opened his eyes, only to shout as he was blinded by the harsh white sealing.
"That Hurt." Naruto muttered as he sat up and slowly opened his eyes, allowing his eyes to become used to the harsh white walls of the hospital.
Looking around he noticed he was the only one in the room, with his equipment neatly folded in the chair next to him.
Slowly getting up, he pit on his clothing and left the room, avoiding the nurse who tried to stop him from leaving.
'Honestly, you would think to believe when you say that you feel fine.' Naruto thought to himself as he walked out of the hospital and headed for the Hokage's Tower.
'Judging by the height of the sun, it was about noon. So Jiji will probably be in his office.' Naruto thought as he continued walking. Looking around, it seemed that the damages from the invasion were fixed. With a few holes or slash marks here and there.
"How long was I out?" He muttered, after all, no one could repair that much in only one night, or even a day.
Finally reaching the tower, he barged in the Office, finally seeing his Jiji sitting at his desk working on paper work and smoking his pipe. Though he could tell that the Hokage was covered in bandages, buy his very careful movements, trying to avoid reopening his wounds.
"Hey Jiji!" Naruto exclaimed, announcing his presents to his surrogate grandfather.
"Hello Naruto-Kun, I hope you slept well." Hiruzen said, looking from the massive pile of paperwork he had.
"How long was I out anyway?" Naruto asked as he sat in the chair in front of the desk.
"You were out for five days; the medics said that you received damage from your coils." Sarutobi said, looking at hos surrogate grandson.
"Hmm, well I feel fine now, how was the invasion." Naruto said.
"All in all, pretty good, most of the enemies were missing nin, who were constantly moving, so they couldn't train. Others were barely Genin in skill. All they had was a special weapon or ability that made up for that fact. So we didn't suffer too many loses, thought that three headed snake caused some problems, and I will have to thank you for defeating Gaara, preventing the possible release of the Ichibi, as well as defeating so many enemies." The Hokage said, praising Naruto, who was still unused to positive feedback.
"Due to your abilities, I have decided to present you with the rank of Chunin." The Hokage said, pulling out a Chunin vest along with a Tanto.
"Thanks Jiji." Naruto said with a small voice as he took his cloak off and out on the vest. It was the first time Hiruzen saw the boy without his cloak, and he was surprised. Instead of the orange jumpsuit, he saw black and grey armor similar to ANBU. He had a Black shirt, and pants, with grey bracers and shin-guards.
"Anyway, I will give you a week off before you are put into active duty." Hiruzen as Naruto finished putting the vest and then cloak on.
"I would recommend going to Ichiraku Ramen and seeing a certain red eyed Kunoichi." The Hokage said with a gleam in his eye.
"When you were out, she was most frantic and worried." The Hokage continued, practically oozing mischievousness, as if he knew something Naruto was clueless about.
"Ok Jiji, see you tomorrow." Naruto said with a slight shiver after the Hokage sent him a look that seemed to promise pain, but he wouldn't be the one delivering it.
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It was an apprehensive Naruto that walked into his favorite Ramen store and sat down next to Kurenai who was busy eating her noodles.
"Uhh, Hi." Naruto said as he sat down, only to have his head hit by a ladle, with an angry ramen waitress looking at him. Along with another angry red eyed beauty. Both were also leaking killing intent, which even made Kyuubi shutter in Naruto's mind.
"You sir, are a dead man." Kyuubi said from the boy's mindscape.
"You sir have a lot of nerve just saying "high", after you worried us for five days." Kurenai said, grinding her teeth together.
"Sorry?" Naruto weakly offered as he laid o the floor.
"You will have some major ass kissing to do, in order for use to forgive you. Ayame said, while leaning down along with Kurenai. Both sharing a glance at each other, silently convening an agreement over something, what Naruto didn't know, but he felt his beloved Gama-Chan shutter in his pocket while his shoulders sagged in defeat.
"Fine." Naruto said weakly as the two women smiled and lifted him up as if nothing happened.
"You can start by going shopping with us, and then taking me on a date." Kurenai said with a coy smile on her face.
"You are paying for everything by the way." Ayame said, calling from the kitchen, while fixing up Naruto's usual.
"But we are glade that you are ok." Teuchi said as he came out of the back of the restaurant.
"Hey wait a minute, I thought I get a kiss, and then I take you on the date." Naruto said to Kurenai as Ayame brought out a massive bowl of Miso Ramen.
"That was before you were in the hospital worrying us all sick." The red eyed said with a smile.
"Damn." Naruto muttered as he dug into his Ramen.
"If you play your cards right, I am sure that I would kiss you. Only after the date though." Kurenai said, brining Naruto's mood up.
"Fine, I will pick you up tomorrow night at seven." Naruto blurted without thinking, much to the surprise of the Genjutsu mistress and the two Ramen Chefs.
"Fine, you got a date." Kurenai said, finishing and paying her ramen while walking out.
"The three of us will be going shopping after you are done thought." She said, watching the blonde slump his shouldered and sigh.
"Fine." He muttered as he continued eating.
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It was about ten at night when Naruto final returned to his apartment after going shopping with Kurenai and Ayame. He could now understand what Shikamaru always said. "Women are Troublesome."
Though he did slightly enjoy himself, though having to pay for clothes and other things was not fun. Or the fact that he had to carry all of the bags himself.
The duo made sure to tease him about blushing as they bought undergarments. He didn't even know that that much lace could exist. Not that he didn't enjoy the thoughts of seeing them wear those undergarments.
What he wasn't' a pervert as he didn't actively look at nude women, but he was a teenager with hormones. So it is natural.
His did know they only went in that clothing section just to make him uncomfortable. Their satisfied smiles were the biggest clue. Also that fact that he did have to buy everything also helped. Thankfully they did stop before all of his money was one. Though they certainly made a very large dent in his wallet.
With a tired sigh Naruto changed into his night clothes and went to sleep, while mentally planning to do for the date. He will have to ask Jiji or maybe Iruka about what to do.
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"Well, I may not be the best on the Dating subject, but I would recommend a nice restaurant while wearing nice clothes to start." Iruka said to Naruto while he was grading papers. It was a shock to the teachers as his favorite student came running into his office yelling about what to do with a date.
"Jiji recommended that too." Naruto said as he sat across his old sensei.
"Well, go shopping, get a good Kimono, and then get the reservation of a good restaurant. Nothing too expensive, but a nice one." Iruka said.
"I would personally recommend the Shadow Leaf. They have good food with decent prices, nothing to extravagant, and good for a first date. Then afterward, go for a walk in the park or something." Iruka finished.
"Ok, thanks Iruka-Sensei." Naruto said, racing off. He only had seven hours to get everything ready. He hoped everything turned out well.
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It was a very nervous Naruto who walked to Kurenai's apartment at seven. He knocked on the door, and waited with baited breathe. He spent most of the day getting ready, he had reservations and a nice walk planned, which will lead to his favorite spot at in the village.
He also spent hours trying to figure out what to say or even do, Kyuubi wasn't much help either. All he recommended was getting her drunk and then having sex. Which Naruto immediately rejected, he will never take advantage of a woman in his life.
"Hello Naruto-Kun." Kurenai said, knocking Naruto out of his thoughts, and then putting him in a trance as he looked at her.
She was wearing a black and red kimono, along with high heels. The kimono itself covered everything, but it did accent her curves. Not to mention that her hair was combed and fell right to her back, while wearing red lipstick and a touch of mascara.
All in all, she was gorgeous.
To Kurenai, Naruto himself was rather handsome. He did comb his hair slightly, though the spikes remained, he was wearing a nice black kimono, with a orange outline. He still had his ninja sandals, but the kimono did shoe his muscles, which also showed that he kept his body in fine form.
"Shall we depart?" Naruto asked, breaking himself out of his stupor and holding out his arm.
"We shall." Kurenai responded as the duo walked into the street and towards the Shadow Leaf.
"Were we going?" Kurenai said as they walked in the street.
"I have made reservations to the Shadow Leaf." Naruto responded as they made their way to the market district.
The two did make it to the mentioned restaurant as they walked in.
"Table for two, under Uzumaki." Naruto said, to the waiter, who checked the register.
"Yes, please follow me." The waitress said, leading the couple towards the back of the restaurant next to a window.
The couple sat down, and they started to make small conversation. They continued to talk as they food arrived and when they were done.
After Naruto paid, he lead his date to the top of the Hokage mountain and they watched the stars in a comfortable silence.
He then walked her home at about nine o'clock.
"We should do this again sometime." Kurenai said, as they reached her apartment door.
"Yeah, how bought next week on Thursday." Naruto said, looking at his date. He was surprised that everything had gone so well. He was expecting a drunken villager, or even himself saying the wrong thing. Either of which would have made the date sour. But none of that happened, they each had a great time with small talked and whatnot.
"Well, I am free, so I will take you up on that offer." Kurenai said. She did have a good time; Naruto was a gentleman, held the door for her, and pulled out her seat. He even actually listened to her. He only looked in her eyes, not anywhere else. All in all, the night was perfect. Her favorite oar was when they laid on the ground and watched the starts from the Hokage Mountain; she could see why that is Naruto's favorite place now. Thought, she can still see Naruto fidgeting telling her that he didn't know what to do next.
'Ahh, the Hell with it.' Kurenai thought with a little exasperation. She then leaned in and kissed the blonde boy on the lips. It was nothing but a small chaste kiss, though it did have an undertone of something more later on. If the blonde knucklehead does things right, and isn't a total perv.
Naruto meanwhile has shut down; it wasn't every day were a beautiful woman like Kurenai kisses you. He did have enough sense to kiss her back, but he was dead to the world. He didn't know how long the kiss lasted, but to him, it lasted days. Eventually they separated, with Naruto having a glazed look in his eyes.
"Yeah, uhh, I will see you tomorrow?" Naruto said, stuttering out.
"Yes I will be Ichiraku around noon." Kurenai giggled at Naruto's look, along with his lost expression. He truly didn't know what to do now.
"Well, goodnight, and Naruto I did have a good time." Kurenai said, unlocking her apartment and closing the door softly.
Naruto meanwhile stared at the door for a second and walked out of the complex in a daze. He finally snapped out of his thoughts, and pumped his fist in the hair, while lowering his head looking at the ground. He looked totally ridiculous, but he could care less.
Kurenai saw him in her window, smiling softly and shaking her head at his antics.
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Naruto woke up at seven the next day, he then immediate began to train, after all, he was not strong enough to face Orochimaru during the invasion, which made him feel weak, as he couldn't help his Jiji.
This is where he swore never to allow that to happen again. So he summoned hundreds of clones and got to work. Mainly mastering his jutsu, while learning more about seals, genjutsu and creating his own jutsu. After all, if no one knew what jutsu you used, blocking it will become much harder.
He even learned some of the Kyuubi's jutsu due to the deal. Though, those were highly destructive and cost a lot of Chakra. He preserved thought, and continued training.
At noon, he stopped and went to his favorite Ramen shop, getting a large lunch. Still technically training, as he left a horde of clone to do the work.
"So, how did the date go?" Ayame asked, as she delivered another steaming bowl of Ramen to the blonde boy.
"It went just fine, better than I expected actually." Naruto responded, digging in and eating as much as he could.
"Yes, it was a spectacular date." Kurenai said, walking into the stand, sitting next to the gorging boy.
"You don't do anything inappropriate did you?' Teuchi said, with a small glare at the duo.
His question did cause Naruto to choke on his noodles and Kurenai to blush.
"No, nothing like that happened." Naruto said with a massive blush o his face.
"Good, I do not that that to happen for a few years yet." Teuchi said with a hard glare in his eyes.
"Anything else?" Ayame said, ignoring her father
"Well, we did kiss." Kurenai said with a small blush on her face.
"OH, that's good!" Ayame squealed, acting like a school girl.
Naruto meanwhile blushed again and ate his noodles in silent, too embarrassed to talk.
A few hours later, Naruto walked to the Hokage Tower, ready to find out the identity of his father.
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"Hey Jiji." Naruto said, appearing in the office in a swirl of black roses.
"Hello Naruto how was the date?" Hiruzen asked as he worked on paper work.
"I was fine, but you said that I could learned about my father." Naruto said, causing Hiruzen to look up and see the boy's hopeful expression.
"Fine, he managed to leave a small scroll before he died." Hiruzen said, standing up and walking over to his bookshelf, removing books as he went, revealing a safe in the very back.
Putting in the combination, he opened the safe and pulled out three scrolls.
"Now, the first scroll is his letter to you, while the other two hold his Ninjutsu and his Taijutsu." Sarutobi explained, handing the three to Naruto.
Naruto accepted the three scrolls with trembling hands and opened the one addressed to him.
Dear Naruto
If you are reading this, then Hiruzen has declared you a Chunin and ready to know my identity. If you haven't guessed, but I am Minato Namikaze the Yellow Flash and the Fourth Hokage. More importantly, I am your father. As I am writing this, the Kyuubi is already wreaking havoc and I must stop it. The only way is to seal it within a newborn. You. You may hate me for this burden, but I have expressed my wish to see you as they hero that you are You are the only thing keeping the demon at bay. Also, beware of a man with an orange swirl mask. He was the one to release the Kyuubi in the first place from you mother Kushina. I am running out of time, so I will have to end this soon. I have left three of my most prized jutsu in two scrolls. The Hirashin, Rasengan and the Hummingbird Style which is my Taijutsu. I want you to know that I loved you the second that I knew you were on the way. Please forgive me from what I am about to do.
Love
Minato Namikaze. Your Father
As Naruto was reading, he could not prevent the flow of tears from escaping him. He wanted to be angry at his father, but he couldn't. The note was messy and indicated that Minato was indeed in a hurry. Naruto meanwhile cried, he could have had a family if not for the masked man. Though, the past is in the past and can't be changed. Though if he ever sees that masked man, he will destroy him, that is a promise.
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Another few days passed with Naruto growing steadily stronger. This was thanks to the Kyuubi being a slave driver and Naruto himself being full of determination. So he only stops when he passes out, and the next day he starts all over again.
In this time, he was trying to learn the Rasengan and the Hirashin, along with the humming bird style. The Hirashin would have to wait as it required a massive understanding of Fuinjutsu.
The Rasengan thought was easier. He managed to pass the first and second stage in only three days with clones, the third was giving him some problems, but in time he will master the Rasengan and then ad his affinity to it. Minato did mention that the Rasengan was an incomplete jutsu.
Another few days have passed with Naruto going on active duty again and being sent on missions. Mainly c-Rang like escort and delivery missions, though he did receive two bandit elimination missions. All missions completed without much fuss.
He did go on a few other dates with Kurenai, all of which ended well. They even decided to become Boyfriend and Girlfriend, which lead to endless teasing from Jiraiya, Ayame, Kakashi, Teuchi and Hiruzen.
All good things must come to an end though; he was now on a mission with Jiraiya to look for the next Hokage. The greatest medical Nin in the world, Tsunade Senju.
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"All right lover boy, while we search for Tsunade, we will be training as well." Jiraiya said, as the duo sat down to sleep after a day or tree hopping.
"The faster we find Tsunade, the faster we go home." Jiraiya continued as he and Naruto sat up and began to spar.
"Were are we going to find her anyway?" Naruto asked as he dodged a punch and landed a kick to the gut.
"She is a notorious gambler and an Alcoholic. So Tanzaku Gai will be our best bet, as the town is famous for their casinos and bars." Jiraiya replied, ducking under a katana swipe and hitting his student with a massive roundhouse.
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It only took the duo a few days to reach a town near Tanzaku Gai, so while Jiraiya was out searching for info on Tsunade, Naruto was in the room practicing his seals. In particular, a paralyze seal.
Knock Knock
"What the?" Naruto questioned as he walked to the door. He was expecting Jiraiya to take another few hours at least. So, picking up all of his equipment, he walked to the door and opened it.
Only to come face to face with a fish man and what seemed to be older Sasuke.
"Yo." Naruto said, waving at the duo, channeling his inner Kakashi. While also causing the two Nin to sweat drop.
In Konoha
"I RUBBED OFF ON SOMEONE!"Kakashi mentally yelled out in his coma. Which he was put under after a run in with Itachi.
Back in the Hotel
"He's got guts I will give him that." Kisame replied as he watched the blonde hair kid lean into the door frame.
"Naruto-Kun I need you to come with us." Itachi said as he watched Naruto stand straight.
"I may be a Knuckle head, but I a, not about to follow two guys that I don't even know. That is just weird. For all I know, you guys could be Pedophiles." Naruto said, causing the duo to eye twitch at the insult.
"I can assure you that we are not Pedophiles." Itachi said with the same monotone voice.
"ITACHI!" A voice screamed out from the other side of the hall. All three people turned and saw Sasuke with electricity coming from his hand.
"I have despised you ever since that night. Prepare to DIE." Sasuke said, screaming at the end as he charged. Itachi was having none of that thought and grabbed his brother's wrist and put the boy in a Genjutsu from what Naruto could tell.
"You are still weak." Itachi said as Sasuke screamed inside of the Genjutsu.
"Now that the distractions are out of the way, can you please come with use Naruto?" Itachi said as if nothing happened.
"Well, considering the fact you just knocked a leaf Nin out, I will not." Naruto replied as he threw his paralyze seal at the big blue guy, who dodged the piece of paper. Giving Naruto enough time to pull out an explosive tag and threw it on the floor. Setting it off, he jumped out the window and raced to the forest. He barely managed to get to the boundary before the duo intercepted him.
"That's it; I am going to shave his legs off." Kisame said, raising his sword ready to swing.
'Shit.' Naruto thought as he pulled out his mother's katana and blocked. As the two enemies were fighting, Itachi was going through quick hand signs and spat out a massive fireball. Far bigger than the one Sasuke could make.
This forced Naruto to disengage, as he jumped back, he summoned his hourglass and channeled regular chakra into it.
"Sand Style: Needle Swarm." Naruto said, as a massive wave of san erupted from the hourglass. It then took the form of hundreds of small needles and launched at the Akatsuki Duo.
Itachi dodges, while Kisame merely put his blade in front pf him, absorbing the chakra in the sand, while also preventing him from being harmed. Thought, a few needles managed to pierce his legs.
"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb." Kisame spat out as he spat out a large shark, headed right for Naruto.
While Naruto did doge, he was then locked in a battle with Itachi. Katana vs Kunai, Uzumaki Vs Uchiha.
"RASENGAN!" Jiraiya called out as he appeared behind Kisame and slammed the orb in the shark man's back.
"Kisame, pull back, we can't defeat both of them." Itachi said, as the duo jumped back and disappeared in the trees.
"Perfect timing Pervy Sage." Naruto said as he sat on the ground. The battle may have been short, but he never faced such strong opponents before, not even Orochimaru. Though, this time there were two of them.
"Don't mention it Gaki, come on, A contact reported that they saw Tsunade in Tazuna Gai." Jiraiya said as the two started to walk again. Though while they were walking, Naruto did leave behind some clones to train, and others to stand guard. If anyone appeared, they will dispel causing others to immediately dispel as well. The original Naruto will get a massive headache, but it was worth it.
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It only took the duo another day to reach the town, once there; they felt the familiar snake presence.
"Orochimaru." Jiraiya and Naruto said at the same time.
"Come on, if Orochimaru is in the area, he must also be searching Tsunade." Jiraiya said as the two made haste into the town.
It took the two Nin three hours looking for Tsunade, even with Shadow Clones. They found her in a bar, along with another girl, who was carrying a pig.
"Tsunade-Chan, how nice to see you after all of these years." Jiraiya said joyfully as he sat at the same table as the other sannin.
"Jiraiya? Well today has been full of reunions." Tsunade said in a drunken slur. Naruto could tell that she was channeling chakra in her system, removing most of the alcohol though.
"Yes well, listen, we need you to come back to the village and become the Next Hokage." Jiraiya said, dropping the bombshell immediately.
"As If I would take that fool's job. Everyone besides Sarutobi-Sensei died young. It is a fool's errand, along with the Hokages who wanted to be in that office." Tsunade said with barely restoring anger at the thought.
At least they did something with their lives; I can't say the same for you." Naruto spat out. He usually wasn't this angry, but the blonde just insulted his dream. Which no one did, not to mention insulted his father. No one messes with his family.
"Oh yeah, I did plenty in my life than you boy." Tsunade countered, while Jiraiya tried and failed to calm Naruto down.
"Yet you waste your life drinking and gambling, allowing countless Ninja to die.. At least I am trying to make my life worth something. You are a useless drunk who lost their will. By the way, all of the Hokages did everything in their power to protect the village, putting their lives on the line to protect their home and their people. Yes most of the Hokages died doing so, but they at least save countless lives by giving up theirs. If you can't see that, then you are not worthy to be the Hokage." Naruto spat out as he walked out of the bar and into the trees to train.
"What a brat, what does he know?" Tsunade growled out as she finished another bottle of Sake.
"He knows more that you; after all, it was his dream to become Hokage and the leader of the Hidden leaf. He has suffered in his life thanks to that same village, but he preserved through it and moved on. That is something that you have never done Tsunade" Jiraiya said.
"Not to mention that the Hokage position also took his father away and prevented him from ever having a loving family for the first years of his life." Jiraiya continued as he too drank a bottle of Sake.
"Whatever." Tsunade said, as the three watched the boy leave.
"I hope you find happiness Tsunade, but I will warn you. If you decide to agree with Orochimaru's idea, whatever it is. I will destroy you along with the snake, and I will not regret it." Jiraiya said seriously as he too rises from his seat and left the bar.
At Jiraiya's look, Tsunade couldn't help but shutter. It was a long time since she saw Jiraiya serious. There was a reason why he was the most powerful Sanin. Even Orochimaru wouldn't fight Jiraiya if he was serious.
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A week has passed since the confrontation between Tsunade and Naruto. They were still walking on egg shells with each other, but Tsunade had agreed to become Hokage. Though this was mainly after hearing Naruto's speech having another impact on he, along with Jiraiya's threat. But thanks to the brat's speech she found her Will of Fire once more. This also forced her to begin training again, and to lose her fear of blood. She did tell them all about Orochimaru's offer, and Jiraiya explained what Orochimaru planned to do. Needless to say that Tsunade was horrified about what she could have agreed to. The four did come up with a plan to defeat Orochimaru, but they knew that he would probably escape like the snake he is. They would still try though.
Finally the day arrived for the confrontation, and Tsunade traveled alone, while the other three stayed in the forest.
"Well Tsunade, Have you come to a decision?" Orochimaru asked as he appeared in the ground.
"Yes, you and your minion can die." Tsunade said, as she raised her fist and slammed it on the ground. Causing the ground to shoot up beneath the two Oto Nin, forcing them to jump out of the way. Tsunade knew that with Kabuto, there was no way that she could kill Orochimaru using a medical jutsu. So she went with the explosive and fun way.
The three others jumped out pf the Trees and intercepted Kabuto and Orochimaru who were about to attack Tsunade.
"Well, it certainly is a reunion." Orochimaru said, as Kabuto attacked Naruto and Shizune.
"Give up Naruto-Kun, you are no match for me." Kabuto taunted to the robed boy, who's answer was a swarm of rose petals.
"What is that supposed to do?" Kabuto taunted as watched the roses continue forward. He was saved by his instincts telling him to move out of the way, but he was not fast enough to avoid some of the petals. The roses did manage to inflict cuts on his arms and one on his leg.
"Interesting." Naruto muttered as he watched Kabuto's injures disappear as if it never happened.
"My Regeneration can even rival yours, as long as I have enough Chakra." Kabuto gloated.
"Those Humans dare think that puny regeneration rivals Mine, The insolence of him." Kyuubi roars from Naruto's mind as Naruto continued to watch Kabuto. That medical jutsu would seriously be a pain in the ass. Though if he could put a chakra draining seal on him, that might just work.
With this plan in mind, Naruto blurred from sight while reaching for the mention seal inside of his cloak.
The blonde haired boy appears behind the traitor, punching him in the back, while putting the seal in the back of Kabuto's leg. A place where it wasn't easily seen. He also put another right in the center of Kabuto's back, as he was busy regenerating the damaged area.
Unfortunately those seals were only the basics, so they did not absorb a lot of Chakra. However, they are slow enough were the one affected usually would notice the drain.
"We will be at this all day." Kabuto taunted again, only to receive another punch, but this time from Shizune.
"You seriously need to stop talking." Naruto taunted right back as Kabuto recovered from the surprise assault.
Their battle was interrupted as the three sannin summoned their respected summons.
"Well, this is certainly a reunion." Gamabunta said as the three animals stared each other down.
"Orochimaru, you know that I do not like to be summoned. I will require 100 sacrifices after this." Manda the snake boss said as he too looked at his opponents.
As the three stared each other down, Kabuto used the distraction to reappear next to Orochimaru.
"Well, this escalated quickly." Naruto deadpanned as he watched the three titans start their fight.
As he watched, he decided to prepare a few jutsu to attack from a distance. If he tried to get between them now, well he would be nothing but a red paste on the ground.
"Wait a Minute." Naruto said to himself as he remembered a certain jutsu gained from Orochimaru.
It was S-Rank due to the chakra cost, but he still had plenty to call from Not to mention the seal. Without further preamble, he went through the long chain of seals, finally ending on snake.
"Ninja Style: Eight Branches." Naruto called out as he quickly grew to Bijuu size, and became a representation of the Yamato no Orochi. A giant white snake, with eight heads and eight tails, bigger than the Hokage mountain.
His new form certainly gained the attention of the three battling summon, how paused to see what side this new opponent was on. After all, they didn't know it was Naruto. The only one who knew who it was Jiraiya as he remembered Naruto practicing this very technique. Well his clones were, the original was doing physical exercised at the time.
The giant snake quickly proved which side it was on, as it started to attack Manda with its fangs.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Kabuto called out as he summoned his own giant snake. Both of the snakes then teamed up to take down the giant threat, along with the Toad and the Slug.
'Fire Stream' Naruto thought as he channeled demon energy into his giant lungs, along with two of his eight heads.
The two mention heads unleashed a massive fire stream, incinerating the area around it and burning part of Manda's tail, as he tried to escape.
The other heads were busy keeping the other brown snake at bay.
"Gamabunta, I need more oil." Jiraiya called out to his friend as he went through his own hand seal.
"Right." Gamabunta said as he spit out another stream of toad oil.
"Toad Flame Bombs." Jiraiya said, as the massive flame thrower burned Naruto's captured snake, while Katsuyu spat out another acid slim bomb at Manda how appeared out of the ground.
'I will have to end this soon. I am running low on Chakra.' Naruto thought to himself as he channeled demonic energy into three of his heads fangs, while channeling the rest into the lungs once more.
'Thunder Fang" Naruto thought as three of his heads bit into the brown snake, electrocuting it from the inside out, while two other heads unleashed another fire stream at Manda, who managed to dodge in time.
'Damn, I have reached my limit.' Naruto thought to himself as he started to get smaller and smaller. In a last ditch effort, he did managed to damage Manda enough were one more shot would make him disappear.
'That brat certainly displaces some characteristic of a snake. Maybe he would be more of a summoner than Orochimaru or Anko.' Manda thought as he watched the eight headed snake disappears and the Blonde haired boy took his place.
'Well, let's find out if he is worthy.' Manda thought as he curled within himself, protecting his face from Gamabunta's oil. He quickly summoned the snake which holds the snake contract and instructed him to see if the blonde haired boy was worthy to be their summoner. While also giving instructions to prevent others from seeing him. The small snake nodded and disappeared in the ground and headed to the boy who was busy panting on the ground to notice a small snake slither in one of his robe pockets.
His job done, Manda dismissed himself in a cloud of smoke, along with Gamabunta and Katsuyu.
"Well it has been fun, but I believe we must get going." Orochimaru said, as he and Kabuto disappeared in the ground.
"Well, let's go to the hotel, we can leave for the Hidden Leaf ion the morning." Jiraiya said as the group of four walked towards the town. Each unknowing about their small passenger.
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It only took the group three days until they reached Konoha, and Jiraiya and Tsunade left to submit their report. Naruto immediately left for the Ramen stand to see if Kurenai was there.
"Hey old man, three large bowls of Mizo Ramen." Naruto called out as he walked in the small stand. He sat on the empty stool, waiting for his meal.
"It is good to know that Jiraiya didn't make you into a pervert Naruto." Kurenai said who was eating her own Ramen. What could she say, the place grew on her. Not to mention the good food and this is the easiest way to find Naruto.
"Never, if I do, you would beat the crap out of me. Naruto replied as Ayame returned with his first bowl.
"Your right, I would, not to mention a few other things." Kurenai responded with a glint in her eye. Telling Naruto that if he did become a pervert like Jiraiya, he would suffer more than anyone has before. The snake in his robe was silently laughing his ass off, if he had one, but this was the best mission ever!
Naruto smiled slightly, he missed the small conversations he shared with his girlfriend while he was away.
A few hours passed with Naruto finishing his Ramen and continue to talked with his surrogate family, along with his girlfriend. They did eventually decide to call it a night, so everyone went their separate ways. Naruto himself was escorting Kurenai home, and then heading to the training grounds to continue to train. He did have some more ideas for his death Style, along with regular Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.
The snake inside of his robe decided to wait awhile longer, to see if the blonde boy was strong enough. Boy was he in for a surprised when he felt Naruto activate his Death Seal.
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A few days have passed with the small snake evaluating Naruto, unfortunately before he could appear to ask the boy if he could, Naruto was summoned to the Hokage's office.
He appeared with his trademark black Roses, and looked at the fifth Hokage. Who had a rather sour expression on her face.
"Uchiha Sasuke has left the Village." Tsunade said with a serious face as she watched Naruto stiffen.
"I am sending you on a mission along with Shikamaru and a group of Genin to capture him." She continued as the mention group walked through the door.
The group was composed of Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, Kiba and Naruto himself.
"Well then, let's go." Naruto said as the five disappeared headed for the main gate. The five quickly left, with Kiba the one leading them to Sasuke using his scent.
It only took a few hours for the team to reach the first member of the sound four, who was waiting for them.
"I will not allow you to pass." Jirobo said as he watched the group of five appear.
"Don't worry; I will take care of him. You guys continue on." Choji said, walking in front of Jirobo.
"Good luck." Shikamaru said as the group disappeared again into the trees.
They continued onwards, only to become face to face with a six armed Nin, who was also from sound.
"I shall Take care of him." Neji said, appearing next to the strange Nin, already engaging him into battle.
This is how the trip went on; Kiba had to fight the strange brother Sakon and Ukon, while Shikamaru had to fight Tayuya. They even ran into a bone user called Kimimaru, which Rock Lee and Gaara intercepted, allowing Naruto to continue on.
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"The Valley of the End, the place were on of the most devastating battles took place, and the location were out battle will take place. Ironic, isn't Naruto?" Sasuke said as he watched said boy appear on Hashirama's Statue.
"Yes, well enough talking, I believe you have a village to return to." Naruto said with a blank face. He could see Sasuke's control of the cure mark slipping, little by little. Judging by the growing madness in his teammates eyes, the battle is about to begin.
"Yes, well, let's get down to it. After all, I need to hurry and join Orochimaru so I can finally defeat my brother." Sasuke said, immediately activation his Sharigan and launching himself at Naruto. Who responded by throwing a horde of Shuriken at the Uchiha.
Pulling out a kunai, with ninja wire attached to it, Sasuke threw it on the ground and pulled himself there avoiding the knives. Naruto responded by charging at his friends and going through had signs.
"Lightning Style: Lightning Blast" Naruto said has he launched a lightning bolt from his hands, reaching Sasuke in a matter of seconds.
Fortunately or Unfortunately, Sasuke saw the attack with his Sharigan, and dodge the lightning.
"Fire Style: Grad Fireball." Sasuke spat out at Naruto, only for the robed boy wo avoid the fireball and appear next to Sasuke. What followed was a bought of Taijutsu.
'Damn it, too bad I can't go all out. Otherwise I could kill him.' Naruto groused as he dodged another punch, ad responded with a roundhouse to the chest.
'I can't even use my reaper form, as those jutsu are designed specifically to kill. His Sharigan would resist Genjutsu, except the more powerful one. The only things I can use are Nin, and Taijutsu. Though my Chakra Chains, Sand Jutsu and Fuinjutsu would come in handy' Naruto thought to himself as he continued to trade blows with the Uchiha.
'How is he keeping up with me, with my Sharigan, I should have wiped the floor with him.' Sasuke yelled out in his mind as the fight dragged on.
Dodging another Lightning Blast, he responded with a horde of Kunai and surrounded them with fire.
'I guess I will have to use the seal.' Sasuke thought to himself as he called on the power that Orochimaru gave him. He was then surrounded by the purple Chakra and the flame marking appeared on his body.
Thanks to the seal, his strength and speed were increased, allowing him to attack Naruto on a more even playing field.
'Of course he started to use the seal.' Naruto thought as he dodged a flurry of punches and kicks.
'Well, Kyuubi can I use some chakra?" Naruto asked his tenet as he received a punch to the face by Sasuke, who was calling more and more power from the seal. Altering his boy as his skin greyed, he gain a black cross on between his eyebrows, along with two hand like wings on his back.
"You got it." Kyuubi replied as he pushed demonic energy through Naruto's chakra coils.
Naruto was then surrounded by what seemed like fire, as his eyes glowed red under his hood, He also seemed to grow a chakra tail and looked more like a fox.
Now the battle has truly began
The two Nin had been fighting for what seemed like hours. Both were evenly matched. When one landed a punch, the other soon landed a kick. When one managed to draw blood, the opponent gave one of his own.
Normally Naruto would have defeated Sasuke earlier; however, the capture alive stipulation was forcing him to hold back. A fact he made very clear to himself, and to his unknown companion.
Sasuke had no such handicap; he could fight as hard as he wanted. The problem was that his body wasn't used to fighting with the curse seal level two for long periods of time, so he was reaching his limit. Naruto was approaching the same problem, but he trained with Kyuubi's chakra so he could last for much longer.
"Well Dobe, let's say we finish this battle with one jutsu." Sasuke said as he charged a black Chidori.
"You got it Teme." Naruto said, charging up a Vermilion Rasengan.
He knew that this would decide the battle, and he knew that he had to hold back. So he had a plane, he knew with Kyuubi's chakra he would survive, he could not say the same for Sasuke.
"Chidori! Rasengan!" Naruto and Sasuke called out as they launched themselves at each other.
The two jutsu clashed in the middle of the Valley of the End, and a purple orb surrounded the two. Naruto quickly grabbed a Paralyze seal, along with a chakra draining salad and slapped them on Sasuke's back as he let his Rasengan slip.
"AHHH!" Naruto screamed as the Chidori pierced through his body, but he managed to activate the sealed and paralyze Sasuke and drain his Chakra.
"I win Teme." Naruto ground out through the pain as he watched Sasuke deactivate the Cursed Seal and fall unconscious. H himself was barely standing as he dragged himself and Sasuke back to Konoha. Thankfully running into Kakashi, who made a clone and carried the two boys back home.
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"Ugh my head." Naruto groaned out as he woke up in the hospital once more.
"Damn it, I hate Hospitals." The blonde haired boy growled to himself as he looked at his body. He was unsurprised that he was covered in bandages, mainly around his chest.
"Well, might as well get up." He said, reaching over to his clothes and putting everything on.
"YOU BASTERED, DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN." A voice screamed behind him as he got dressed. Turning around, he saw the very imitating sight of his girlfriend pissed at him while leaking killing intent. Not to mention the fact that her eyes were glowing a blood red, promising pain.
"I can explain." Naruto stuttered out as Kurenai rush to him and hugged him so tightly that he heard his ribs crack.
"Oh, I know everything that happened already so you do not have to explain. I congratulate you on the win, but, that does not excuses you from getting this injured." Kurenai growled out.
"Wait a minute; I had to hold back bu-." Naruto tried to explain, but was cut off.
"I do not want to hear your excuses, I want you to promise me that you will get stronger and don't worry me again." Kurenai said.
"Fine, I promise to train harder and not worry you again." Naruto pouted out."
"Good." Kurenai said, kissing her boyfriend on the lips.
"That is for completing the mission and still being alive." The raven haired beauty said as she finished kissing the blonde. Who forgot all about the argument.
'One minuet she is pissed at me, the next she is kissing me. Damn I have my hands full.' Naruto though, but he wouldn't change it for the world.
'This to too funny, I would defiantly allow him to summon the snakes. Well if he agrees to it.' The small snake in his pocket thought to himself. With this decision, it decided to wait until the blonde haired boy is alone and then reveal himself.
"Well, let's get you to your apartment. I dare say that you will leave the hospital the first chance you get." Kurenai said as they walked out of the Hospital Hand in Hand.
That a Wrap, Hope you enjoyed it and please read and review. Also, in regards to the Snake summons, I am still indecisive about Naruto's Choice. Please send me some feedback, either yes or no to the summons.
Jutsu List
Lightning Style: Lightning Blast
C-Rank, launches a medium sized Lightning bolt from the hands. Will burn and electrocute target, It will not pierce through, unless more chakra is added.
Ninja Style: Eight Branches
S-Rank Kinjutsu, allows the user to become a representation of the Yamato no Orochi. Similar to a Bijuu, it has immense strength and maneuverability. Along with possessing Eight Heads. Will allow the user to use massive Jutsu
Kinjutsu due to high Chakra cost and the chance of the Yamato No Orochi's instincts overwhelming the user.
Fire Stream
A-Rank Demon art specifically used by Kyuubi, no handseals and only requires demon chakra in the lungs. Will unleash a stream of crimson fire at target, will burn almost anything.