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AN:

777torn777: Shikamaru is as impressive as always. Also, could Kurama force the seal off of Naruto?

Answer: He could but he won't. Gonna have to wait for later chapters to find out why.

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Driving his Jutsu into Jirobo's chest Naruto clones dispelled. Without anything holding him in place, the orange haired Sound ninja shot backward from the force of the Rasengan hitting him.

"He's dead." Naruto stared at the hole in his opponent's chest. Even with the curse seal, nothing was going to heal that. The ribs around the heart were shattered and blood was gushing from the hand-sized wound.

"Naruto!"

"Huh?" Looking up from Jirobo's corpse as Shikamaru, Sakura and Pakkun landed next to him he frowned as Sakura eye grew wide and she took a step away from him. Did she think because he killed the enemy he was going to kill her too?

Shikamaru looked a little green but he moved past it. "Kakashi-sensei sent us after you. To help."

"Well, I got these guys," Naruto said as two of his clones carried Kidomaru's unconscious body over to them. "This guy is still alive. My clones will take him to the T & I HQ. If he was someone Orochimaru trusted enough to attack the Hokage he should know something."

"What about the other guy?" Sakura demanded hotly. "We can't just leave him here."

He may have been an enemy but it was disrespectful to just leave his body to rot in the elements.

Shikamaru shook his head. "I'm sure someone else will come along and find him. We have another mission to complete."

"Another mission?" Naruto asked having a feeling he knew what it was."

"The sand siblings bolted from the Stadium. Kakashi-sensei said after we neutralize these guys to go after Gaara. It's an A-Rank mission to stop him from using his Bijuu to destroy the village." Shikamaru explained confusing Sakura who didn't know what a Bijuu was.

Behind the group of three laughter came from the trees. "Three Genin to stop, Gaara? Naruto-Kun I could understand but you two?"

"Kabuto." Drawing a kunai Naruto stepped in front of Sakura and Shikamaru putting himself between them and the medic-nin.

Dressed in a stolen Anbu uniform, sans the mask, Kabuto pushed his glasses higher onto his nose a smirk on his face. "I can't let you go after Gaara, Naruto-Kun. Lord Orochimaru has decreed it."

"Shikamaru, take Sakura and go after Gaara," Naruto ordered. "I'll take care of this guy."

"What? Naruto you idiot, me and Shikamaru can't beat someone like Gaara." Sakura tried to moved in front of Naruto but was stopped by her teammate's arm. "We an-"

"Shika, who did Kakashi say was in charge of this mission?"

"That would be you, blondie," Pakkun answered.

Naruto nodded. Good, he was hoping that was the case. "I've given my orders. Now, both of you go. You two can complete our mission."

Sakura opened her mouth to refute only to freeze as control of her body vanished.

"Shadow Possession Jutsu, complete." Shikamaru sighed and turned around forcing Sakura to follow his movements. "We'll take care of it, Naruto."

Jumping into the trees, Pakkun and Sakura following after him the young Nara frowned. If Naruto was sending them after a guy like Gaara, how strong was that gray-haired guy? "And we're leaving him to fight alone. How troublesome."

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"Sending your friends after to keep them safe is not very smart, Naruto-Kun," Kabuto said covering his hand in chakra forming a scalpel. "Gaara is going to crush them in his sand."

Naruto shook his head forming half a ram seal with one hand. "Activate!"

Kabuto jumped back dodging whatever attack Naruto had been trying to use. He couldn't see any seals on the ground so it wasn't the kid's String Light formation. Looking around he didn't see anything. Everything was the same has it had been seconds ago. "What did you do, Naruto-Kun."

"Just helping my friends out. Now," Naruto drew another Kunai and channeled his chakra so it was coating his weapons. "You're a traitor to the leaf village, Kabuto. And as a Leaf Shinobi, it's my job to bring you in."

"Hnhnhn." Kabuto's shoulders shook as he laughed. "I'm as strong as your Sensei, Hatake Kakashi. You won't be able to beat me. Lucky for you, I didn't come here to fight. I have a few questions I would like to ask you."

"Questions?"

Kabuto nodded letting chakra scalpels fade. "Your run-in with Lord Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. Lord Orochimaru bit you and the blood I extracted from his mouth was quite interesting. Of course, Sasuke-Kun's blood would be special, the Uchiha clan has always had strong DNA. But yours was a surprise."

"What are you talking about, you bastard?" His blood wasn't special. He wasn't from a clan or had a Kekkai Genkai. "I'm just normal."

"Oh, you're far from normal, Naruto-Kun. The chakra of a Bijuu has mixed with your blood. You see Naruto you heal very quickly as I'm sure you noticed. And I bet you passed it off as just the Kyuubi healing you, didn't you?" Kabuto held up a hand ticking his index finger side to side as he tsked. "That is part of it but only half. The other half is your Uzumaki blood. It is quite special."

"Ask your question?"

"Right, right." Kabuto nodded. "Would you mind giving me more of your blood? For further experiments. The samples we took from the hospital are running low."

"I'm not giving you my blood!" Naruto shouted and threw his kunai. He was done talking.

Letting the kunai strike him Kabuto looked down at the blades sticking out of his chest. "It seems our conversation is over. That's okay, you're friends must have caught up to Gaara by now. I'll let you go retrieve their bodies."

"A mud clone?" Naruto frowned as Kabuto melted into a disfigured brown lump. "The bastard was never even here."

And what was he talking about blood for? That had never happened in the future. Kabuto had made it very clear they were using his blood for something since it was 'special'. But what? If his blood really did have some of the Kyuubi's chakra it should be deadly to other people.

"Yes, I was."

Naruto eyes widened before his vision went black and he fell forward. "Dammit, I let my guard down."

Standing over Naruto Kabuto removed five large jars from his purple shirt and set them down next to Naruto. Channeling his chakra to his left hand he lifted Naruto's arm with his right and held it over the first jar.

"I did ask nicely, first, Naruto-Kun." He said and nicked the vein at Naruto-Kun's wrist.

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"You!"

"Heh, so this is what those seals did." Staring down at the immobile sand sibling trio Shikamaru smirked. "Naruto, you're one hell of a guy."

"Naruto?" Sakura asked. "What does he have to do with anything? He's not even here."

Shikamaru sighed. Sakura was in the audience boxes so she couldn't have seen. Naruto had Orochimaru's weapon defeated before the invasion even began. And he made sure the village would have leverage by capturing the Kazekage's other two children as well.

"Sakura, grab Temari. These three are high profile prisoners of war now. We can't let anything happen to them." Shikamaru crouched down next to the puppet guy and Gaara grabbing them by the back of their clothes.

"Ugh!" Grunting Sakura fell to her knees. "She's so heavy!"

"Whining, really?" Shikamaru shot Sakura an annoyed glare. Kankuro and Gaara were to heavy for him to move but he wasn't whining. He might have complained but he wasn't going to whine like a child.

Sitting down in front of the sand siblings he looked up at the sky. If they couldn't move them then they had to stand guard until someone who could move them came.

"Pakkun, lead Sakura back to the village. Sakura, find a Jonin or something and bring them here."

"What, why can't you go you lazy-"

"If someone comes I can trap them with my Shadow Jutsu." Shikamaru interrupted before the 'top Kunoichi' of his year could whine anymore. "Just go!"

Man, how did he get stuck on a mission with someone who complained more than him? "How troublesome."

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"Ha! That is twenty-three ninja I have taken down." Gai cheered as he knocked another sound ninja unconscious with his Leaf hurricane. "You have only beaten twenty-two my eternal rival. That means I win again!"

Dodging sloppy stabs from a sand Chunins kunai Kakashi shook his head. "The fight isn't over yet, Gai."

Snatching the Chunins kunai Kakashi leaped over the younger ninja and chopped him across the neck. "Now we are tied."

He could have stabbed his enemy but with everyone from the Sand village being manipulated by Orochimaru it didn't seem right killing them. They didn't know they were being tricked by a rogue ninja and being used to get revenge on Konoha. Each of them came here knowing they might die because they thought this invasion would make life better for everyone who lived in the Sunagakure.

They didn't deserve to die for that. Orochimaru certainly did, but not anyone caught up in the Sannin's plots.

"Ah, Kakashi, as cool as ever." Gai grabbed two sound ninja trying to attack him from behind and smashed their heads together before throwing them over the railing and out of the viewing box. "However, that cool is no match for the warm air in my springtime of youth!"

"You're always so extreme, Gai." Kakashi sighed as his self-proclaimed eternal rival kept shouting and cheering as they fought.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Ducking under stray kunai as she ran through the battle Sakura shouted drawing attention to her. "Kakashi-sensei!"

"Sakura, what are you doing here?" Kakashi jumped in front of his student blocking half a dozen kunai thrown at her. "I gave you an order. Find Naruto and stop Gaara."

Sakura nodded. "Gaara is already stopped. Shikamaru sent me back here to find someone who could move him and his siblings. For some reason, they are really heavy."

"Heavy?" Kakashi frowned blocking another volley of kunai and Shuriken. Seals could make someone heavier than they were but who could have done it? Naruto maybe. He had used the String Light Formation and the Sealed Binding Formation in his matches. "Doesn't matter."

Whether it was Naruto, or someone else. The Sand siblings had been subdued and that was what mattered.

"Sakura, stick close to me. When the battle is over you will lead me to where Shikamaru and Naruto are."

"Okay, Kakashi-sensei."

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"Great, another hospital." Sitting up in bed Naruto lifted his arm scowling at the tubes running from right below the crook of his elbow to the IV back hung next to his bed. He hated hospitals.

How did he even end up in the hospital? He had been clobbering those sound ninja and then...Kabuto!

The sheets underneath his hands bunched up as Naruto clenched his fist. That traitorous bastard had got the drop on him. "How could I have let that happen?"

He wasn't supposed to be making mistakes like that.

"Naruto-Kun, you're awake!"

Glancing up Naruto teeth stopped grinding together as Shizune walked into his room, Tonton held against her chest. "Shizune Nee-Chan. Can you get me out of here?"

Shaking her head Tsunade's apprentice giggled softly as she set Tonton down and checked the IV bags. "Sorry, Naruto-Kun. Tsunade-sama is your doctor, only she can decide when you can be released."

"What! Well, where is she at?"

"Right here." Tsunade walked into the room a clipboard held in her hands and a stern glare already on her face making Naruto gulp. "Now, brat, you lost more than half the blood in your body. You're lucky to even be alive."

"I feel fine now. So if you don't mind I need to start train-"

Slamming her clipboard down on the table next to Naruto's bed Tsunade set a hand on his shoulder and pushed him back down. "Well, you have been unconscious for three days. So there will be no training until I say so."

"Three days! What about the invasion? Is the old man alright?"

"Sarutobi-Sensei is fine. He's at the office right now." Tsunade growled. That was a sore spot for her. She was the Hokage's doctor and knew that he shouldn't be in the office. He should be in the hospital recovering from the chakra exhaustion he suffered fighting against his predecessors. Of course, that wasn't possible because of all the vultures on the Council. Mainly the three advisers who were looking to replace him. She didn't understand why Sensei didn't just fire them an be done with it.

Closing his eyes as Tsunade moved away from his bed and started talking to Shizune about things he wasn't even going to try and understand. He was no Medical ninja, never would be so it was all lost to him.

Instead, he thought about Kabuto and Orochimaru. Those two were the ones who had changed the most. Marking him with a Curse Mark, stealing his blood for experiments. None of that had happened in the future. And he had ignored it because he didn't think it mattered. He would never use Orochimaru's cursed powers so being marked didn't matter. It was actually a good thing in his mind because it connected him to Sasuke more. His friend would be able to see that he didn't need the Curse marks power to become strong.

"I just need to get strong enough to prove it to him."

What he couldn't ignore was them taking his blood. Kabuto had said it had the Kyuubi's chakra in it and mentioned his rapid healing. Maybe that's what they were after.

"No," he shook his head. That couldn't be it. "When me and Pervy Sage went to find Tsunade Kabuto got up from a Rasengan because he has healing powers."

But that was the only thing he could think of. Healing powers. No one without his seal would be able to control the Nine-tails chakra.

"So what do they need my blood for?"

The twelfth chapter of my Time Travel Naruto fanfic. Let me know what you think so far.

For now, the story will stay T-rated but that will change in later chapters. So leave your choice for which girl or girls you want to see Naruto with.

Thanks for reading and See you next time!