Chapter 5: No Rest for New Genin
Karui stretched her sore muscles as she stepped from her tent, they were only a few hours from Kumo and they could have made it the night before, but they were in no hurry to get another mission.
"Hey, Karui, how you feeling?" Karui glanced to the side and saw her sensei, the blonde was boiling a kettle of water for her morning tea.
"I think I'm good now but if I ever see that black haired bitch again, I'm going to give her an odachi enema…" With a sadistic grin, Karui pulled her sword from the sheath.
Omoi walked out from his tent with a yawn. "Put that away Karui… She probably could have killed you if she wanted."
Karui's fierce yellow eyes sent a chill down Omoi's back.
BOOM!
The three Kumo ninja look to towards the river, only to see a large tree fall. Karui grips her sword as Omoi begins to panic. "Are we under attack!?" Yugito sighs as she shook her head. "Nah, Naruto is just training…" Omoi let out a sigh, out of relief or annoyance is unknown. "Man, he can be such a pain…"
However, Yugito made sure to defend her student. "You may tease him about his efforts, but he is the genin that fought a jonin-level ninja whom was the apprentice of one of the Legendary Sennin of Konoha." That brought everything back to perspective. Karui looks at Omoi and they nod. "We're going to go join him for a bit, Yugito-sensei." Yugito nodded to the two.
As soon as the two were out of sight, she smirked. "So easy to manipulate."
*With Naruto
"HAAA!"
Naruto's right fist tore through a section of a large tree trunk, the rest of it didn't last long when Naruto brought his elbow back, sending the wounded tree toppling.
Naruto smirked as he let out a yell. "TIMBER!"
Karui and Omoi shook their heads as Naruto watched his handiwork with pride. "Naruto, you must be related to the Raikage… You're the only one that likes to cause as much destruction as he does." Naruto just smirked at his teammates.
Naruto closed his eyes as the lightning faded from his hands. "So, what's up? You here to train?" Karui nodded as she pulled out her sword. "Yeah, I was hoping to get a little swordplay in before we get back to the village." Naruto nodded. "Cool, I've got some weightlifting to do…" With that, Naruto headed off to the side while Karui and Omoi drew their swords and faced each other with blank faces.
Both of their voices suddenly shouted. "Cloud Style: Front Beheading!"
CLINK!
Both odachi met between them as they both struggled to overpower the other. Omoi had just a little more strength than Karui and managed to push her back. However, she quickly spun out of the deadlock and slammed the steel pummel into Omoi's cheek, sending him staggering.
*With Naruto
Naruto looked at the giant tree he had knocked down as he tried to guess its weight. He figured it was about 80 feet tall and about 12 feet wide… After staring at it for a few minutes, the boy gave up on the math and just stepped up to the end. He gripped the end as tight as he could and lifted, slowly the end came off the ground and before long sweat was pouring off his face as he held it above his head. Slowly, he brought it back to the ground.
With strain in his voice, he spoke. "1 down, 99 to go…"
*Three Hours Later
Team Yugito handed their id cards to the gate guard, this time it was a man that Naruto knew only in passing. He was a man named Motoi and he had spiky dark brown hair and a green stripe running down his nose. However, he seemed to be in a poor mood, so none of the genin attempted to speak with him outside of the procedure.
It only took them a few minutes to get through the gate and they were on their way to the Raikage tower. When they arrived Ei looked at all three of them with interest. "So?"
Yugito scratched her head slightly. "Well, the mission was a technical failure, but the client considered it a huge success…"
A low growl came from their leader's throat and it unnerved them all slightly. "Explain…" And so, Yugito went on to explain the mission to Ei, promising to turn in a written report before the end of the day. By the end, Ei was satisfied. "So, Naruto was able to nearly match Tsunade's apprentice… That's impressive. However, don't get cocky, she is a medic ninja, medics aren't known for their physical prowess… Come tell me when you beat a real jonin."
Naruto's face got even more determined as he nodded to his teacher/leader.
Ei began looking through some of the files on his desk. "Here we go, I've wanted to send someone to do this, but haven't had any suitable teams available." Ei handed Yugito the file as she started going over it. She looked at the man, slightly surprised. "Are you sure this is wise, Ei-sama? While talented, my genin have not had the mission experience for a mission with so many missing variables…"
Ei studied each of the ninja in front of him for a minute. "Yugito, your genin are stronger than you're giving them credit for. How else will they learn, if not for experiencing it on the field?" Yugito nodded in acceptance of his thoughts.
With nothing else to say, the three genin left the man's office.
As they were walking down the street, Naruto's eyes lit up as they passed Ichiraku's. Yugito saw, and she sighed. "Hey, let's stop for lunch before we head home. Besides, we need to go over the mission details. Everyone pays for themselves though, you guys eat like a herd of cows… I can't afford to keep feeding you." The genin blushed slightly as they remember the bill for their first meal together.
It only took a few moments before all four were situated at the bar in Ichiraku, Ayame greeted all four of them by name, giving Naruto a light noogie for good measure.
After the orders were placed and the greetings were through, Ayame left to help other customers as Yugito pulled out the mission folder. "OK, in a small town, not too far south of here; Aozora, there has been a series of accidents, each leading to the disappearance of another young boy or girl. There have been 13 disappearances and the citizens are beginning to think that the village is haunted." The genin were curious. "What kind of accidents?" Yugito shrugs. "I don't know, that's what I was saying about the variables. The report doesn't say what has happened, or what made them think they're haunted…"
The genin nodded in understanding as they waited for their sensei to continue.
"The only other info I have is that people have started leaving the town so the storeowners have pooled their money together for the mission, hoping to save their businesses." The genin nodded in understanding as their food arrived and the ninja ate. After 10 minutes, the ninja were paying and Naruto gave Ayame a hug before they left. "Ok, we'll leave first thing tomorrow morning, meet me by the gate at 7am with 2 months' worth of supplies." The genin nodded and headed home.
It didn't take Naruto long to get home and he saw Darui lazing on the couch with Mabui sitting on his lap, kissing him fiercely. "Please tell me you both have pants on!" Both jonin jumped at the voice and saw Naruto standing at the entrance with a scared look in his eye.
Mabui gave Naruto a kind smile. "Don't worry Naruto-kun, the coast is clear. I was just welcoming Darui back." Naruto snorted slightly. "That's what I was afraid of…" A blush crossed Mabui's face at his hidden meaning. Naruto was smirking until a single ryo slammed into his nose, leaving a red mark. Naruto grabbed his nose as his eyes watered involuntarily. "That was messed up, bro." Darui's lazy smirk was all Naruto got in response.
Mabui however, sent him an apologetic look. With a sigh, Naruto plopped himself on the chair next to the couch. "Hey bro, when do genin missions slow down?" Darui glanced from Mabui's cleavage to Naruto. "Usually when the next class graduates, you're gonna have it worse since your team is the only one that passed…" Naruto sighed. "This is going to be a long six months then…"
*Following Day at 4pm
Yugito held her arm up, stopping the group. "Let's walk from here. It's only about 5 minutes and we don't want to scare the citizens." The team dropped from the trees and began walking at an average pace. Karui and Omoi walked side-by-side in front while Yugito and Naruto followed.
In only 5 minutes, they were entering the outskirts of the village. As they entered, a chill ran down all their spines. Naruto started looking around. "Am I the only one that felt that? It felt like someone just walked on my grave…" The rest of his team silently nodded as they continued. When they entered the town, they were shocked. The windows were boarded up, the doors were closed, and there was nobody on the streets… Eventually, they found one guy; he was working at a clothing shop. They began heading towards his shop.
Yugito stepped inside and bowed slightly to him. "Excuse me…" Yugito's voice shocked and scared him, causing him to fall from the chair he was sitting in. "Stay away from my granddaughter!" The man pulled a small dagger and turned it on Yugito, going for her throat. However, she easily grabbed the man's wrist and disarmed him, grabbing him from behind and placing his own dagger to his neck. "Calm down, sir…" The man's heavy breathing slowed down slightly. "I'm going to let you go, and we're going to have a nice conversation, ok?" The man nodded slightly and Yugito slowly let him go, watching his motions carefully. "Y-you're not here to take my granddaughter?" Yugito shook her head as she placed the dagger on the table, far enough away that he couldn't reach it before she could react. "No, we're ninja from Kumogakure, we're here to investigate all the disappearances. Can you tell me what's been happening?" The man's eyes went blank as though he was reliving something horrible. In a low voice, he started to speak. At first it didn't make much sense, but Yugito started to understand what he was saying.
"Started 3 months ago, first child was gone, the Aomori family's home burned down. Kudo, the father and husband is positive that his wife and son were both in the house when the fire started. When Kudo saw the fire, he ran in and tried to save his family. He found his wife trapped in the bedroom, she yelled for him to save Sato, their 14 year old son. Kudo didn't hesitate, as he approached his boy's room, he heard his son yelling at someone or something. However, that is all he remembers, he was found unconscious by a neighbor that wanted to help. He was lying outside his son's door with a gash on his head. His son's body was never found." Yugito nodded in understanding and was about to speak when he continued.
"Then the hunting accident with the Akita family's young son. Ito, the 12 year old boy went hunting with his father; Suzuki. Suzuki saw his son hit a moose with an arrow, but missed any vital spots. The moose charged him and slammed him into a tree. Suzuki put the moose down, but his son's body was nowhere to be found…" The stories just went on, and the man clearly believed every single one of them. Yugito wasn't so sure, if it was only a few cases, she would say it was parents are unable to deal with unruly children and snap, but not this many. There were 13 cases in 3 months where a 12-15 year old's body disappeared without a trace.
Yugito looked at the man's face as he relived everything that had gone on. "Has any investigations been conducted?" The man nodded slowly. "Yeah, nothing was turned up, until one day, a team went into the Kobiyashi Forest. They never returned…" Yugito nodded to her team and the man. She got up and they started to leave.
"Chances are, whoever, or whatever is causing this, lives in that forest. We're going to need to find out what…" The genin nodded with serious expressions on their faces.
Omoi jumped on top of the shop as the others were speaking. He looked around for a few minutes before he thought of something. "Hey, Sensei, we're going to need a detailed map of the area…" Yugito nodded as he dropped next to Karui. "Yeah, I already thought of that. We're going to have to ask around, see if any of the local hunters have a map…" The genin nodded as Yugito looked up at the sun. "Ok, meet back here in 45 minutes with whatever you can get your hands on." The genin were gone in a flash.
*45 Minutes Later
Yugito looked at her team in confusion, they each had a frown etched onto their faces. "What's wrong?" It was Naruto that spoke, his eyes held a far-away look. If she knew him as well as she thought she did, he was thinking about his time in Konoha. "This village, it's dying… The people have no hope… I've never seen such a broken group of people in my life…" Omoi and Karui had basically the same thoughts.
Yugito nodded in understanding, but knew that the mission had to go on. "If you want to help them, you need to put any sympathy behind you and keep your mind on the mission, did anyone get a map?" Omoi and Naruto shook their heads while Karui pulled out a piece of paper. "This belonged to Ito Akita, the boy that disappeared during the hunting trip. His father said we could have it, he just wants to find out what happened to his son." Yugito nodded as she opened the map. It wasn't perfect, but it was what they needed. "Ok, let's get moving… Hopefully we can have this figured out before nightfall."
The genin nodded and they took to the trees.
It took them nearly an hour to find the first major landmark on the map… "They should really rename that… It looks nothing like 'grandpa's nose', that's just dumb." Everyone sighed as Karui ranted.
Omoi glanced at his cousin with a smirk. "You're just mad that you didn't see it…" The glare Karui sent his way had Omoi shivering slightly. Yugito however, was hardly amused. "Focus, you two. We're on a mission in potentially hostile territory." The genin sobered up and began checking every shadow they passed, just like they were taught.
Yugito had a deep frown on her face. 'It's weird, it's like there is some strange, dark chakra unlike anything I've ever felt before. I can't pinpoint it though…' For the next two hours the Kumo ninja searched the forest. Yugito looked up at the fading sun. 'Damn, it's almost nightfall and I'd rather not be in the forest at night… I guess we'll call it a day and go back to town to rest.'
"Hey guys, we're going to call it a night. I don't want to be in this forest when the sun goes down, we don't know our surrounding at all, plus…" However, Yugito was interrupted when an ear shattering scream penetrated the forest.
Without a second thought, all 4 Kumogakure ninja shot off, straight for the noise. They arrived at a small cave with strange tracks, similar to a bird, only really big. Omoi's mind was running through so many possibilities that result in the end of the world that he doesn't even know where to start. Naruto, however, had a serious expression on his face, his knuckles white as they wrapped around the 'T' handle of his kunai. "Let's go…" Yugito and the others nodded but Yugito held her hand up. "Keep your mind clear. Anger will only hinder you during a mission like this."
Each of the genin forced themselves to calm down as they entered the cave. The second they did, the smell of blood, death and decay surrounded them, Karui had a worse scowl than usual… "Whoever is doing this is one sick fuck!" The others didn't bother to respond.
*Several Minutes Later Naruto's Mind
Deep within Naruto's mind, a single red eye opens slightly as it feels a chakra unlike any it ever had before. 'Interesting…' That beast was none-other-than the Kyubi.
With a sigh, the Kyubi spoke to his container of his own free will for the first time since they were joined 12 years ago. "If you don't want to get skewered, you should duck, now."
*With Naruto
Shocked at hearing Kyubi's voice out of no-where, Naruto did exactly that. Much to his shock a strange, blade tipped, segmented whip shot out from the dark shadows, passing half an inch over his skull, had he been standing, he would have been speared through the heart.
All the Kumo ninja were shocked but Yugito was able to react. Just as the whip started shooting back to the shadows, Yugito appeared, grabbing the appendage in a firm grip. "Assault form Blitskrieg!" Without a second delay, the genin moved. Naruto, with Omoi slightly behind him, followed the spear and without taking a moment let his eyes adjust to the lack of light so he could get a good look at the attacker, he just nailed it with his push dagger and fist. However, he instantly regretted it. "GAH!" In an instant, Naruto shot backwards, clutching his hand.
At the same time, Karui moved. "Cloud-Style: Crescent Moon Strike!" Karui's arcing blade had a little trouble as it sliced through the 'whip'. The shriek that came from the shadows had the ninja holding their ears. It was unlike anything they had ever heard before. However, it didn't last long when the shrieking started to move incredibly fast through the cave.
Naruto looked at his hand in shock as the skin and muscle tissue disintegrated as it started to melt away. Omoi jumped in front of Naruto, ready to help defend him.
"Holy shit!" All the Kumo nin focused on Karui, only to be shocked when they see her sword fall in half, melted in the middle. Naruto's eyes never left his arm, as now, he could see the bone of his forearm. His eyes went blank as he started to go into shock.
*Naruto's Mind
"Helping you is getting old, Boy."
*With Naruto
However, Naruto didn't even reply and could only sigh slightly as the burning, yet pleasant sensation of his arm repairing itself snapped him out of it. Omoi, who was standing next to Naruto watched in surprise as he saw wisps of red chakra appear from nowhere and slowly, his muscle and ligaments started to repair themselves. 'Does Naruto have some sort of kekkai genkai?'
As Naruto stood, his arm still repairing itself, Karui jumped next to them, holding her hilt with about 18 inches of blade left and the tip with about 12 inches of blade. Looking at the sword and experiencing it first hand, Naruto figured out what it was. "I don't think that was a weapon, it looked a lot like a scorpion tail, didn't it?" As they thought about it, yes, yes it did. "That must be it, whatever, that creature was. It must be responsible for the missing children." The others had no reason to argue with him. "So, what melted my sword and your arm, was blood?" Naruto nodded. "Yeah, it seemed to screech when I hit it, and when you cut its tail off. Pain, definitely…" Karui however was not happy. "Well, how the fuck, do we kill something we can't fight?" That was indeed a good question. Meanwhile, Yugito had been examining the 'tail' she held in her hands, experimenting with the effects of the acid. She watched as the acid dripped onto the stone floor, only to melt six inches down.
"I would end this mission to get back-up, but we severely injured it, we will need to stick with ranged attacks and ninjutsu… If we get this stuff on an artery or organ, it's over." The genin nodded in understanding.
While even more alert, the Kumo ninja started making their way through the cave. However, they couldn't seem to find the… creature.
They had been searching for over an hour when they came to something that shocked them. "Is that a door?" Sure enough, as they were walking through the cave, there was a door built into the side, it was grey steel and appeared very sturdy. Naruto looked at the door with interest for a second before he moved. He moved as a blur to Omoi and Karui as he cocked his fist back.
"Black Lightning Right!"
The second Naruto's fist hit the door… BOOM! Everyone was slightly shocked when the force of the attack ripped the hinges out of the stone wall of the cave.
Yugito gave her student a small smirk. "While a little on the reckless side, well done…" While they weren't sure what they would find, this wasn't what they expected.
"It's… an office…" The genin couldn't understand what was going on, but Yugito nodded slightly. "It's just as I suspected…" The genin looked at her expectantly.
"They're creations… Someone 'made' them…" The looks she got from her genin conveyed their confusion. "Creations? As in like, lab experiments?" Yugito nodded to Karui. "I think so, some things just didn't add up. A creature with defensive measures as impressive as that thing showed is something that would be well known, documented and researched, but I've never heard of it, not even legends… But I'm speculating, I'm sure this office will tell us for sure…" With that said, the Kumo ninja started tearing the office apart, searching each and every document and scroll. After ten minutes Yugito started reading out loud.
I believe I have finally found the perfect combination. I took the most deadly aspect of several creatures and combined them into one; I used the deadly striking power of the fierce desert scorpion, the heavy shell of the Ironclad Beetle, the pharyngeal jaw of the moray eel, the agile legs of an ostrich and it's all fueled by the principal of electrochemical reaction. To finish the project, I used impure nature chakra gathered from subject Jugo to give strength and life to my creation. It has proven to be the most efficient killer I've ever seen. It has shown an impressive amount of intelligence as well as battle instinct. It easily dispatched a genin team from Kiri as well as a chunin from Kusa. I have taken to calling it; Xenomorph
The genin were shocked and Naruto couldn't stop himself. "Who the fuck thought that was a good idea!?" Yugito continued to read through the scroll, but it was mostly scientific things. Until she saw a name. "Orochimaru…" The younger ninja were confused. "The missing nin from Konoha?" Yugito was surprised her genin had ever even heard that name and the look on her face said so… Karui told her. "Our sensei in school told us that the most important aspect of being a shinobi is information… He brought in a bingo book and we studied it…" Yugito nodded, rather shocked. 'Maybe he did, do some good.' Yugito shook her head slightly, irritated at getting off track. "Yeah, it seems like this was being funded by Orochimaru, however, this date… The last time he wrote in this was almost a year ago…" The Kumo ninja looked around for a little while longer, but found nothing.
"Ok, let's get going, I don't think we're going to find anything else here…" The genin nodded to their sensei and they were off.
After only a few minutes, Yugito flashed through a few hand seals. "Mouse Hairball!" Several blue fireballs with mice flew from Yugito's mouth, shooting straight up in the air, Just as they were about to hit the roof, they turned and shot down the hall.
BOOMBOOMBOOM!
The Kumo ninja watched, paranoid as the explosion settled, they sat dead still, listening to the shrieking of the beast that fell in front of them. It was scary. It had a long, bladed tail and a long cylindrical head it looked to be about 7 feet tall. Omoi pulled out his sword and poked it lightly as it laid, collapsed on the ground. "Is it dead?" He poked it one more time. Suddenly, a shriek flew from the beast. However, this one was of attack. The sharp teeth of the creature shot for Omoi, ready to tear his neck out. Before they could however, Naruto acted and with some difficulty, he managed to kick the beast away.
When the beast staggered to its feet, all the Kumo nin could clearly see… 'It's hurt…'
Yugito's eyes were calculating as the beast stared at them with interest. "Karui, Omoi, I need a slight distraction… Stay out of range. Naruto, be ready to finish it off…" The genin nodded and Karui and Omoi instantly started running, circling the beast. Suddenly, they both stopped running and threw a half-dozen shuriken at the wounded monster. They were shocked when they merely bounced off, one sticking slightly into the shell. Suddenly, from the air, six more shuriken flew at it, each passing almost two feet to either side. However, the little bit of light in the cave glinted slightly at the wire attaching them together. Suddenly, the shuriken changed direction, rapidly spinning around the beast as the wire wound around its legs and torso. "Go Naruto!"
Without a second delay, Naruto jumped straight into the air and pulled out two shuriken. 'I hope this works.' He focused on the two shuriken as he channeled his chakra into them. Suddenly, black lightning began sparking around them. The power of the shuriken increased so much that they tore through the skull of the monster, it screamed for a few seconds before it went silent.
After ensuring that the beast was dead, they moved on… It was only a few minutes until something dawned on Omoi. "There are more than one… That wasn't the same one… I wonder how many there are…"
As if answering Omoi's question, the cave they were walking through expanded even more than its already impressive girth. It became something of an assembly hall. However, it wasn't the size that had the ninja shocked. It was what it contained. Lining the walls were the bodies of 13 children and two men in lab coats stuck to the wall by some sort of glue or plaster like substance, each of their stomachs had been completely blown out as though they swallowed a bomb. Even Yugito was having trouble resisting the urge to gag. However, they couldn't spend too much time focusing on that when a low growl was heard, they looked up and tightened their formation since the roof seemed to be moving, with a little focus, they could see that it was probably a dozen of those creatures.
The genin were in for a bit of a shock as Yugito's form suddenly exploded with chakra… The chakra exploded with enough force to kick dust up and it really seemed to aggravate the creatures on the roof, they started letting out screeches.
After a few moments, the dust settled and the genin were shocked at Yugito's appearance. She had dropped to all fours, covered in dark blue and black chakra that took the form of the Nibi, only smaller… Omoi was nervous… "Y-Yugito-sensei?" 'Yugito' didn't even look at him, it just started talking. "Calm down Omoi, I'm fine. I'm one of only 2 perfect jinchuuriki in the world… I've been testing the acid against the chakra of the Nibi, I can fight at full force without fear of their blood while I'm in my Version 2 form. When I say, I want you three to move over to that corner over there and keep in a very tight formation, defend each other… I will deal with these…" The genin could only nod, each thinking the same thing. 'I've never seen Yugito-sensei like this, we could die if things don't go right…'
Yugito's Nibi enhanced eyes scanned the room, counting each of the Xenomorph and planning out her attack… '13…'
"NOW!" In a blur, Yugito was gone, crashing into the roof, her arm buried into the head of an Xenomorph, the acidic blood eventually losing against the defensive properties of the Nibi's chakra. '12…'
The Xenomorph weren't idle and six of them charged up behind her, ready to skewer her with their tails, they didn't take into account for her own tails. "Double Tail Spear!" Both of Yugito's tails shot back and each impaled a creature in the torso, causing them to shriek in pain. However, she wasn't done and she swung her tails around, using the skewered xenomorphs as wrecking balls, slamming the attacking creatures to the ground. '10'
*With Genin
Naruto watched in awe of Yugito's abilities. 'She showed me Version 2 when she trained me, but I had no idea it was this strong…'
All three of their eyes widened when 4 of the 6 xenomorph on the ground stood and started stalking towards them. They kept their formation tight, even as the creatures started running towards them.
"We may be genin, but let's show these fucking things what Kumo shinobi can do!" Karui repositioned her hands on her 'swords' one hand held the hilt with 18 inches of blade, broken at an angle to give it a point and the other held the tip of her sword with tape and cloth wrapped around the blade. Omoi's sword was positioned to defend. Meanwhile, Naruto closed his eyes.
*Naruto's Mind
Naruto looked at the giant fox, lazing around behind the bars of the seal that acted as his cage. "Hello, Kyubi-dono" A single red eye opened, staring at the boy with annoyance. "Boy…" Naruto took a deep breath. "I would like to use your chakra…" The eye didn't shift or show anything of what the beast was thinking. "No… I've given you enough chakra in the last day. Sometimes you need to rely on your own strength." Naruto scowled slightly at the fox. "I might die!" If the fox was moved by his words, it didn't show it. "I know…"
With an even deeper scowl, Naruto disappeared.
A smirk crossed the foxes face. 'I won't let you die just yet boy, you interest me. But give me the chance and I will devour you before taking your soul as my vessel…'
*With Yugito
"ARGH!" Yugito jumped back, she had attempted to charge the xenomorph on the ground and had left her back exposed, getting a spear to the shoulder blade for her trouble. Yugito's eye widened with the creature threw her from the tail with incredible force.
BOOM!
Yugito landed in a small crater and when the dust cleared she hardly had time to move when four tails were about to skewer her. "Cat Claw!" She managed to deflect all four tails with a single swipe of her claws, even managing to send them back a few feet from the force. Just as they were going to attack again, the sound of the ground breaking apart caused them to look down. They couldn't move fast enough when two tails and two arms of chakra grabbed them, wrapping around their necks and pulled them to the ground with enough force to rip their heads off. Slowly, Yugito stood, shaking the acid from her arms and tails. '6…'
*With Genin
Naruto formed the 'boar' hand seal. "Black Lightning: Lightning Fist Jutsu!" Black lightning surrounded Naruto's fists, flaring as he prepared to fight. Karui and Omoi were no less prepared as four xenomorphs charged them with intent to kill.
Their first strike came by the one in front, it tried using its claws to tear off Karui's arm, however, she caught the hand with a cross block. Before the xenomorph could try again, Naruto appeared behind it, grabbing it by the tail before he spun, throwing it into one of the others, sending them tumbling. They were shocked when they watched the two xenomorph start to fight, the one that Naruto threw, ended up being killed when its head was impaled by a tail. Naruto was too busy watching the fight and didn't notice the tail heading for his chest.
"Cloud-Style: Crescent Moon Strike!" Omoi's sword sliced the tail off before it could reach Naruto, however, he was left vulnerable to the xenomorph behind him when his sword started to melt. Before the xenomorph could react, Karui plunged her broken sword into the xenomorph's head until the hilt impacted the shell, killing the beast but leaving her with only a 12 inch blade wrapped in cloth…
*With Yugito
Yugito wrapped her tail around the neck of one of the xenomorph and slammed it into the ground three times until the head ripped off. 'Only 4 left…' She looked around, looking for the beasts when she saw her genin facing two of them and two more were on the ground, dead. 'Perfect, let's see how they do… it looks like they've done alright so far…'
*With Genin
The two xenomorph slowly circled the genin and they were regretting getting so far away from the wall. Omoi had been reduced to wielding two kunai and Karui's only blade was only about 12 inches long. The only good part, was that one of the xenomorph circling them, had no tail…
Naruto's nerves got the better of him and he pulled out three shuriken and let them fly at the tailless xenomorph, the creature easily avoided them and went in for the kill, charging with its claws bared. Naruto easily dodged the first swipe, but the second was a close call. However, he didn't notice when the xenomorph brought its foot up. "GAH!" The xenomorph's clawed foot tore a jagged gash down Naruto's calf.
Meanwhile, the other xenomorph took that as a cue to attack and its tail shot at Karui, she barely managed to dodge it. Omoi tried to swipe the beast with his kunai, but was unused to such close quarters combat. The xenomorph brought its tail around and slammed Omoi into a wall, causing the boy to cough up a bit of blood.
Naruto barely managed to jump backwards, avoiding the claw as he hobbled on his right foot, his left leg was bleeding profusely. Faster than his injured form would allow him to react, the creature slammed its large head into his chest, sending Naruto skidding a short distance back. From his spot on the ground, he could barely make out what was happening around him, he noticed Karui was bleeding from a head wound and seemed disoriented, he noticed that Omoi was pinned against the wall by the xenomorph's tail… Suddenly, Naruto's world exploded in red as chakra began bubbling around him until it formed a red cloak with two tails floating behind him.
Faster than he could process, he was right behind Omoi's adversary, facing away from it. He reached back, gripping the creature's 'biceps'. "Liger Bomb!" He showed amazing strength when he pulled the beast over his head and slammed it, head first into the ground, he didn't even notice the acid that covered his legs. He looked over and noticed the other xenomorph running away. "You will die here!" In a blink of an eye, Naruto was gripping the xenomorph by what was left of its tail. Naruto watched, fascinated as the xenomorph managed to break his physical hand's grip, however, the chakra claw allowed it to move about 10 feet before it went taut, stopping the beast. "Nine-Tails Lariat Slingshot!" Like a slingshot, the chakra claw retracted the beast towards Naruto as Naruto pushed off the ground, slamming his arm into the beast with enough pressure to rip it in half. He hardly even noticed as the acid ate away the chakra cloak. However, by the time it touched his skin, it was ineffective.
*With Yugito
Yugito blinked a few times as she processed what just happened… 'I was about to attack the one going for Omoi but Naruto beat me to it, he's so fast when he uses Kyubi's chakra.'
Deep in her mind, the Nibi made herself known. "The Kyubi is unique among us, he got no special jutsu or unique trait, however, his chakra is several times as dense as even the Gyuki… He always used that chakra to give himself speed and strength that none of us could dream of reaching…"
Yugito gave the Nibi a mental nod as she understood.
She looked around, Karui had probably passed out from blood loss and Omoi had been unconscious for several minutes now. With a smile, she formed a single hand seal. "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" In a large cloud of smoke, 20 clones appeared. "I want 5 of you to set about sealing the bodies of the children away, I want 2 of you to go back to that office and seal everything in it. I want 3 of you to start rigging this place to explode, I want 7 of you to cover every inch of this place to search for any signs that there are more. Finally, I want three of you to grab the genin…" Without delay, the clones went about completing their orders. Before long, Yugito stood next to her three genin, whom had recovered, as she made a hand seal.
BOOM!
The entire mountain went up in flames.
As they enter town, they are surprised to see a boy, carrying shovels, axes, and sledge hammers, handing them out to civilians that looked ready for war. Naruto limped up to the boy. "What are you guys doing?" The boy was about 10, but he had a fierce expression on his face. "We're going to find out what happened to my sister! They must be where that explosion happened! I just know it!" Naruto looked slightly sad at that.
It didn't take long to explain, censored, of course, what had occurred and at the end, they unsealed the cleaned up bodies of the children, hoping to give the families some closure. Just as the old man from the shop was going to thank them, they were gone.
That's it! The end felt kind of forced but I didn't think it was too bad. Personally, I thought it started well, but fell off at the end…
What do you think of the first time you see Naruto using the Kyubi charka… there will be plenty more to come…
