Naruto Fanfiction
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Author's Note: Yuh…
Up in the fights in this chapter are way too many characters to describe, so I've chosen for Naruto's ultimate technique to be revealed earlier than anticipated in this fanfiction.
The Bad Side: Zetsu, Hidan, Kakuzu, Yakushi Kabuto, Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, Hoshigaki Kisame, Deidara, Tobi, Akasuna no Sasori. (9)
The Good Side: Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Neji, Hatake Kakashi, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuga Hanabi, Ami, Mitarashi Anko, Uzumaki Naruto, Maito Gai and Jiraiya. (10)
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"Impossible!!" A voice screeched and it sent actual sonic blasts through the area, making the trees tremble. No one present was affected, seeing as they were all too powerful for that.
Gaara grinned at his fallen adversary. "Orochimaru, you have lost."
Orochimaru glared at Hidan's body, or what was left of it. "So you've killed my trump card for the Kyuubi brat. That doesn't mean you've won, since you've lost your Bijuu long ago."
Gaara remained indifferent. From the start of this battle, the situation had turned completely chaotic. He had instructed several Shinobis who to take on when it would begin, but it didn't work. There were simply too many Shinobis present. Uchiha Itachi wanted to fight Uzumaki Naruto and had attacked him head on, while at the same time luring him away from the others. No one could stop Deidara as he flew off, in the same direction as Naruto and Itachi.
He himself had been facing Hidan, intent on taking the biggest threat down immediately and found himself face to face with Orochimaru afterwards. Already he was getting a bit tired. Next to him stood Mitarashi Anko.
Looking past Orochimaru, he saw Zetsu fighting Kakashi and Gai, Jiraiya was facing Sasori, Kakuzu was facing Hyuga Neji and Ami.
Behind him, Hyuga Hanabi, Maito Gai and Kiba were fighting Kabuto and Kisame.
Gaara frowned, this left one remaining. Noticing that Orochimaru hadn't slipped into a fighting position, he tried to locate the remaining Akatsuki Member. 'Tobi… He must have followed Naruto along with Itachi and Deidara. I hope you can handle that, Naruto.'
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Walking the Road
Chapter 6: Fading Eternity
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'Damn!' Naruto cursed as Itachi sent birds made of black flames towards him.
Above, Deidara shook his head. 'Looks like someone's copying again… Damn that Sharingan!' Someone tapped on his shoulder. "Tobi!! How the hell did you get up here?!"
Tobi shrugged.
"Why are you here!? You'll only get in the way!"
"Uzumaki Naruto… He's become too powerful for you, Deidara-sempai." Tobi replied. "So I came to rescue you both!"
"You know nothing, Tobi." Deidara responded. "This time, that damn Jinchuuriki will die!" He chuckled as he stared downwards. "I mean, look! He's having trouble with Itachi!"
"Uhm, you were defeated by Itachi easily, right, Deidara-sempai?"
"Shut up, Tobi!!" Tobi's head suddenly snapped to another direction, which Deidara noticed. "What's wrong?"
"Zetsu missed a few, apparently, Deidara-sempai!" Tobi yelled as he jumped down and headed for Itachi. Deidara looked down and saw two individuals making their way to Naruto and Itachi.
"It's that bastard!!" Deidara yelled as he and his clay bird picked up more speed, descending.
Meanwhile, downwards, Itachi suddenly smirked. "Do you want to know what will happen if you stay here, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto sighed. "It's always with the drama with you, isn't it?" Naruto flinched as his nose smelled a few new things. 'No way…'
Itachi grinned. "So you've noticed it, too, now?"
Naruto didn't even bother to turn around as two people landed behind him.
"Naruto…" One of the people behind him began. "He is my opponent!"
Itachi's grin vanished and was replaced by coldness. "Foolish little brother. Your Sharingan should tell you enough." Tobi appeared behind him while a big clay bird was circling the air above them. "You can't win. The three of you against three Akatsuki. The three of you can barely defeat even one Akatsuki."
Naruto seemed to move, yet didn't, but his eyes had flashed red for a second and it was then that Itachi saw a glimpse of a possible future thanks to his Sharingan, while Sasuke saw the same thing. "I-impossible…" Both Sharingan users uttered.
Naruto chuckled. "Yeah… Anyway, I won't resort to that just yet. I'll let you and Sakura deal with these three, then. I think Orochimaru won't fall so easily without me there. I'll take my leave." With that, Naruto vanished, leaving Itachi and Sasuke still quite shocked.
Itachi took one last glance towards the direction Naruto had left. "He's become… way out of our reach." He then turned to his brother. "Let's see who will win, one on one, little brother." Itachi said, noticing Tobi followed after Naruto, while Deidara was still hesitating on what to do. Would he follow Naruto, or does he still want to kill Sasuke, for killing Orochimaru once.
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Naruto turned really cold as he appeared just in time to see Gaara drop to his knees due to Chakra exhaustion. Next to him, Anko was panting on the ground, unable to get up. "Gaara, Anko, you okay?"
"I'm… fine. I just need some time." Gaara managed to get out. "Did you kill all three of them?" Anko was too busy trying to stay conscious to answer, but Naruto saw she was fine.
Naruto snorted. "I haven't even fought yet. The only thing I've done so far is dodge five or six black birds made out of the Uchiha's black fire."
Orochimaru was now glaring at Naruto. 'Shit… the Kyuubi brat could pose a serious threat to me…' He took a look at the remaining Akatsuki Members and saw them all busy fighting. 'I'm still quite fresh, and I should be able to outsmart this brat.'
"Everyone!!" Naruto suddenly screamed, Killer Intent trembling the grounds around him and shaking the trees surrounding everyone. "Leave, I will handle everything from here on in…"
Kiba and Neji's eyes widened as they noticed Naruto's voice. "Uzumaki-taichou!" They both yelled.
Naruto simply grinned at them, waved and nodded his head. "Go and take the others safely back to Konoha, I am counting on you two!"
"Uzumaki-taichou!!" Ino yelled. "We won't leave you here by yourself!"
"You have to, or you will all get killed!" Naruto yelled back. 'Or get in the way...' He added.
Orochimaru motioned for everyone to allow them to leave. Killing this Kyuubi brat would be completely worth it.
'Orochimaru, Zetsu, Sasori, Kisame, Kabuto, Kakuzu... and Tobi behind me.' Naruto turned his attention to the remaining Akatsuki Members. "You all haven't shown your full power yet, it appears. But the truth is…" he chuckled shortly. "The Bijuu Chakra has rejected all of you and has vanished into thin air, hasn't it?"
Orochimaru glared a little, but the other Akatsuki Members were downright infuriated. "It's true that you have all grown more powerful, as you have the Chakra Stamina of a Jinchuuriki, but... You don't have the skills of one!"
Naruto's eyes turned bloodred and his fangs were razor-sharp, while his hands had turned into claws. The Akatsuki wasn't frightened by the least, since they have fought Jinchuurikis before. "I have made a promise. That promise is to never fail at anything! I won't fail in this Mission either! You will all die here!"
"Orochimaru, allow me to show you the ultimate Forbidden Jutsu." Gathering Chakra, not performing any handseals, he mouthed his new Jutsu:
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
Orochimaru frowned as thousands and thousands of Clones were surrounding him and the other Akatsuki. "That's it? Shadow Clone?" He cackled some more. Until all of the Narutos did something totally unexpected.
They all hit each other. Hard.
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes as he realized just what this Jutsu was…
All of the Clones were still standing.
Naruto chuckled wickedly. "That's right!! Immortal Clones, thousands of them!!"
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Neji and Kiba were leading everyone away. "Do we just leave him alone!?" Ami yelled as she caught up with Kiba and Neji. Behind her, Ino, Anko, Jiraiya, Gai and Hanabi were also following them.
Neji smiled a sad smile. "Don't worry. You don't know yet, haven't seen yet, what Naruto's ultimate Jutsu is. The Jutsu that will make him even more well known than our Yondaime Hokage."
Kiba nodded his agreement. "It's a forbidden technique, but only for Naruto. And that's only because he will be the only one ever, to be able to perform such a technique as this."
"What kind of technique is it, then?" Ino asked.
"Invincibility… for a full hour." Kiba answered. "You all know he's famous for his Shadow Clones?" They all nodded. "Well, he's been working on an advanced version of it. Thanks to Jiraiya teaching him in the Seal department, Naruto has put dozens of seals on his body, allowing him to mold Chakra into his soul."
Jiraiya's eyes widened. "The Yondaime had taught of this as well, but that was when the Kyuubi had come." He narrowed his eyes at Kiba and Neji, Naruto's best friends. "Experimenting with seals like that… it's too lethal. Too suicidal."
Neji nodded his head. "Already you know the downside of the technique, before I have explained what the Jutsu is about, Jiraiya-sama. As expected of you." Neji sighed. "But let me explain. When he first started experimenting with these kinds of seals on his body, he realized the dangers, but also the advantages. Thanks to the regenerative Skills he inherited from the Kyuubi, the dangers are less... dangerous."
Kiba nodded his head, continuing. "You should have seen what he was capable of. Materialising, you know, teleporting, walking through walls, getting rid of his pain limits, hell, getting rid of all human limits! He was invincible! Neji and I went all out and we still didn't stand a chance against him."
Jiraiya nodded his head. "Yondaime was the same. That's how he had invented the Hiraishin. A seal on his own body, allowing himself to teleport, but it took something away from him every time he used it."
Neji sadly smiled. "Yeah. For a long time, our team was literally invincible. But after a while, Naruto noticed something unordinary. At first, it seemed the only downside was the massive pain on his body every time he used the seals on his body. Only Naruto would be able to survive so many seals on his body. I bet the Yondaime had trouble with the pain even with just the one seal for the Hiraisin."
Jiraiya nodded. "He spoke of unspeakable pain. But next to that-" Jiraiya turned silent.
Kiba nodded grimly. "It shortened his lifespan."
"How many seals does Naruto have on his body?" Jiraiya asked. Everyone else was silent, not really knowing what to ask.
"Twelve." Neji replied. "One for the Hiraishin, one for Fazing, two for getting rid of his Pain limits, one for his Speed Limits, one for his Strength Limits, and the remaining six he hasn't explained to me. He's working on a thirteenth for… something that should be impossible, he had explained."
"Twelve." Jiraiya repeated, shocked and petrified. "I've seen the Fourth in pain because of the Hiraishin and that was just one seal. I…" Jiraiya hesitated. "Naruto has by far surpassed me. I didn't even know there were more seals for techniques such as the… Yellow Flash. To think he has invented so many."
"This is not all, Jiraiya-sama." Kiba suddenly spoke up. "If he uses Shadow Clones… They all automatically inherit all of those seals as well… Although they are all only permanent if they all choose to use those seals."
Jiraiya's eyes widened immediately, while the others didn't know what this could mean. "But… that means… complete invincibility, with a major decrease in his lifespan, and also…"
Neji nodded. "Yes. He will fall unconscious due to the extreme pain after his usage of Shadow Clones. Making him a sitting duck. We haven't seen him in action for months, so he might have improved it, but it seems highly improbable. That's why we have allowed Kakashi to stay behind."
"How shortened is his lifespan?" Jiraiya asked, while everyone else was interested in the answer.
Kiba chuckled. "You don't have to worry about that too much. He'll probably outlive all of us, thanks to the Kyuubi. You see, his regenerative skills not only heal Naruto, it also allows him to become much, much older than the average human. Without these seals on his body, he would have become more than three hundred years old. This way, and I quote Naruto on this: by usage of his forbidden techniques, he'll die at about the same age as all of us."
Jiraiya nodded his head. "Man… I always knew Naruto would surpass me and the Fourth… but I never expected he'd surpass us by this much."
Neji grinned. "Orochimaru should be dead about now…"
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Three days later…
"Report!"
In front of Tsunade, Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke were standing, in bowed form. "We have just returned Hokage-sama. The mission was partly a success." Kakashi started. "Sakura has healed Naruto's wounds, but his unique techniques can only healed by himself, while he is resting."
Tsunade nodded her head. "I know that. Now how is the mission, PARTLY, a success?"
They had all flinched at that. Sakura decided to speak up. "Orochimaru and Kabuto are dead. Because they died, Sasori, Deidara and Tobi died as well, since they were bound to Orochimaru's and Kabuto's souls. Kisame also got killed by Naruto."
"Zetsu survived Naruto's attack, but I have gotten rid of him by sending him into another dimension with my Sharingan." Kakashi added.
"What about Itachi?" Tsunade asked, making everyone in the room stare at Sasuke.
The Uchiha clenched his fists and glared at the ground. "He… got away."
Tsunade's expression remained neutral. "So the mission is partly a success because there is only one who hasn't been killed?" She then turned to Kakashi. "I want a full report on everything you have seen happen with Naruto during the usage of his Techniques. I also want to know the side-effects of your ultimate technique."
She turned to Sakura and Sasuke. "I want a full report on how Itachi got away from you two." Sasuke glared. "Sakura, you will be watching Naruto until he wakes up. As soon as he does, you will let him know I am expecting a report the next day, or 24 hours later."
Sakura frowned. "You're giving him one day after his full recovery?"
Tsunade glared at her. "You wouldn't know of this, but… He's had far more dangerous missions and has been wounded far worse than this mission. He should be able to do that no problem."
Kakashi nodded his head. "I suppose I should take the statement I made last time I was here back. Naruto can NOT be defeated by the Akatsuki."
Tsunade smiled, but her brains were working overtime. Jiraiya had come in before Kakashi and had explained most of Naruto's special techniques. 'That's the reason why he... Naruto, why haven't you told me?' She sighed. "You are all dismissed! Except you, Sakura. You stay." Tsunade ordered.
As everyone left the office, Sakura turned to her master. "What is it, Tsunade-shishou?"
"While you're watching Naruto... Strange things might happen while he's asleep. Be prepared." Tsunade started. "If there are things you don't understand, the only person you can turn to is Jiraiya. I doubt Naruto will tell you anything. You hereby have the mission to examine Naruto's body."
Sakura nodded her head. Perhaps this was a good opportunity to get Naruto back in their lives. Back in HER life.
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As Sakura stepped into the room, she saw Kakashi and Sasuke waiting outside, while Naruto's team was inside. "Ah, Sakura, you just missed Kiba and Neji." Kakashi announced. "I suppose you will be his... nurse?" Kakashi inwardly giggled.
Sakura nodded seriously. "Only outside of visiting hours."
"Oh? So you'll be completely alone with him?" Kakashi asked. "Could you... tell me how he's doing, if you find something out?" Sakura felt Kakashi's curiosity and regret of being a mediocre teacher. So she nodded her head.
"Well, I'll wait until the women are out of there." Sakura let out with a sigh as she leaned against the wall between Sasuke and Kakashi.
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"I always knew Taichou was hiding his full power. But to think he's this strong!" Ami exclaimed silently. "He's really something else."
"Thank god Kakashi stayed behind and brought him home." Ino said. "Even he needs to be saved sometimes, you know."
Hanabi snorted. "Only when he's facing seven Akatsuki. And he doesn't need to be saved, just carried home. I don't think Naruto will need saving."
"You seem awfully confident in our Captain, Hanabi." Anko let out as she folded her arms. She was seated on a chair, while the other women were all standing around Naruto's bed. "But then again, there's good reason. This guy can probably take out even the Fourth. Which seemed impossible back in the old days; even Orochimaru feared the Fourth."
"Well, visiting hours are over." Ino suddenly let out. "I guess we all should be leaving."
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She had been running tests on him for a few hours now, but the results of those tests would have to wait until the next day. She took a look on the clock on her wrist and saw it was getting close to twelve o'clock. 'I'd better be going.'
She narrowed her eyes as she thought she sensed something just outside the door. Walking up to the door while gathering Chakra, she yanked the wood towards her, but saw no one outside. 'Must be getting tired.' Sakura thought.
Stepping back inside, she walked back towards Naruto and crouched in front of the bed. She ruffled his hair and took a look at his kind face. "Good night, Naruto-kun."
She turned around and walked towards the door. Stepping outside, she released an exhausted sigh and took one last look before closing the door.
That is, if she actually closed the door.
Goosebumps were on her arms and neck, and a cold chill ran from her shoulders to her spine. She was looking towards Naruto sleeping, but...
Naruto was looking straight back at her.
This would be completely fine, a definite sign of him waking up, if it wasn't for the feeling of being so scared all of a sudden? She rushed back inside. "N-Naruto!?"
No reaction, just as she figured. "Naruto!" She narrowed her eyes. She was right, something was awfully wrong. Naruto's eyes were... completely dead. She put her hand on his wrist and tried to find a pulse, but there was none. "No, no, no! You can't be dying on me now, Naruto!" She gathered Chakra in her hands and pulled the covers away from Naruto to put her hands on his chest.
Only to realize something very disturbing.
Naruto's head had turned towards her, with her.
Those goosebumps were returning again and she swore there were even goose bumps on her chin. She stopped gathering Chakra. "Naruto?" His eyes were still lifeless. She tried to find a pulse again, only to have the same result; there was none. 'Then why did his head move?!'
If he can turn his head, surely he must be alive? Then why didn't he have a pulse? What the hell was wrong here? Her thoughts came to an abrupt stop when a scary voice entered her ears, seemingly freezing her senses.
"Help me..."
The voice was so empty, so... desperate. Like a little child, all alone, abandoned, crying out for help, while knowing no one was around. Tears were coming out her eyes.
She gathered Chakra again and noticed Naruto was staring straight at her, still with hollow orbs. 'Shit! Shit!' She put her hands on his chest and started working her magic, until-
"Sakura?" Naruto grabbed Sakura's arms and frowned at her. "What are you doing on top of me?" He took a look at his surroundings. "A hospital? You are my nurse?" It seemed he didn't notice Sakura's tears in the dark.
Sakura didn't know what to say. The look in his eyes right now, was completely different than just a few seconds ago. Something was terribly wrong with Naruto. 'This is what Tsunade-sama meant?' She quickly shoved the tears away from her face, hoping the blonde man beneath her didn't notice.
"You ARE my nurse, then." Naruto concluded, seeing as he got no reaction from the pink-haired medic. "Do you mind?" He lightly pushed Sakura off of him.
"Naruto, I-" Naruto cut her off.
"I know, the old hag wants a report in 24 hours. I'll manage." He said as he rested his head on his pillow again, but sat up as soon as he realized something. "Why did you throw my blankets away?" He asked as he grabbed them and covered himself again.
Sakura blushed. "I, uh, Well... You were... I was-" She was stammering, so Naruto cut her off again, this time with a tired sigh.
"Your work is done, right?" he let out. "You can leave now."
"No!" Sakura yelled, surprising Naruto. "My work is not done yet! Something is seriously wrong with you!"
Naruto frowned, before turning his attention elsewhere. "You know that technique never worked on me, right?"
Sakura looked dumbfounded as she saw that Naruto wasn't directing his speech towards her. "What?"
A chuckle came from behind the Haruno, making the woman turn around. "Jiraiya-sama!" She said in mild-shock, embarrassed that she hadn't sensed one of the Legendary Sannin. But she was more surprised to see Jiraiya so... serious.
"You really did it this time, Naruto. Massive Clone Technique with the Unsealing?" The Toad Summoner let out. "When will you ever stop surprising me?"
Naruto frowned. "I suppose either Kiba or Neji told you about this?"
Sakura piped up. "Both of them did." Kiba and Neji felt that the old team 7 had to know this as well and had told them as soon as they had returned in Konoha.
Naruto turned his head quickly towards her. "You know as well?" he growled. "Magnificent. I suppose you're going to tell that Sharingan bastard about it as well, hm?"
Sakura shook her head frantically. "No! And even if I would, there's no way Sasuke-kun can defeat you... ever. You are the most powerful Shinobi in our Village!!"
Naruto's frown returned. He chose to not respond to the sudden statement and turned his attention back to Jiraiya. "Why have you come?"
"The downside. There's something you don't know." Jiraiya replied. "I already told Tsunade."
Naruto sighed. "What is it?"
Jiraiya glared at Naruto. "The shortening of your lifespan... You won't grow very old."
Naruto's reaction was a snort. "Tcheh, you know damn well I know my own body better than any medic in this world! You know that-" This time, Jiraiya cut him off.
"I know, Naruto. The Yondaime also had a Forbidden Seal on his body, for the Hiraishin. He, like you, had the special Chakra to be able to bind such a seal to his soul. But unlike you, he barely was able to deal with the pain and stress of even one of those seals. I know what happens and" he turned to Sakura. "I know of the sudden and short, temporary death."
This time, Naruto looked puzzled. "Temporary death?"
Jiraiya nodded his head. "When you use those seals, a cellular breakdown takes place, Naruto. That's the reason you are slowly dying, why your lifespan shortens every time you use one, several or all of those seals. I can not imagine what twelve of those horrible seals are capable of doing to your body and I am sure that if it wasn't for the Kyuubi and how you inherited his regenerative skills, you would be long dead."
"Old news coming from an old man." Naruto responded.
"I wasn't finished, insolent little-" Jiraiya calmed down. "Anyway." He glared. "The more seals you use, the higher the cellular breakdown is. But next to that, there's something you should know, which I experienced with the Yondaime."
Naruto looked bored. "Which is?"
"The cellular breakdown doesn't stop. YOU think it only happens shortly after you use those seals of yours. But actually, your cells are breaking down as we speak." He paused to look at Sakura. "Pinkhead over here just saw you in a special state I have called 'The Deathstare State', a horrible state if you ask me. The Yondaime had it as well."
Naruto turned questioningly towards Sakura, who nodded.
Jiraiya continued. "The Fourth didn't know of this state either, but he in his sleep, and you in your sleep, cry out for help. Your body knows you're dying and you both, you and the Yondaime, have the same body type and Chakra type. I have calculated with how old you would have become with the Kyuubi's healing abilities and the usage of one Forbidden Seal. One Forbidden Seals takes up about 0.01 percent of your life... a day." Jiraiya noticed Sakura's eyes widening.
"Old news, you-"
"Shut up for a few minutes, Naruto!" Jiraiya shouted. "Now with you having twelve of those seals and... you using Shadow Clones so often... I can only expect a huge decrease in your lifespan."
"Twenty."
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. "Excuse me?"
"I have twenty forbidden seals on my body."
"What?!" Jiraiya yelled, panicking even more. Sakura was starting to cry again.
Naruto looked down and realized how serious this could be as he released another sentence. "I have used all twenty of those seals with all of my Shadow Clones during the fight with Orochimaru and all of the Akatsuki. Way more than I have ever used..."
Jiraiya and Sakura fell silent.
"I used close to a million clones..." Naruto whispered.
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In the next Chapter...
Sakura and Ino are working with Naruto, trying to find something to help Naruto with.
Jiraiya meanwhile is going through the Fourth's notes about the Forbidden Seals, but realizes Naruto knows more about them.
This will be NaruSaku (and NaruHarem, but far before all limits.) So this is mostly NaruSaku.
I know Naruto is way overpowered, but believe me... he will be powered down soon. But then, he'll still always be more powerful than everyone. Just not as much, hehe... And yes, I made him, due to the Kyuubi, able to grow very, very old. It was the only I could let this plot work. But in all honestly, if you look at Wolverine/Logan from X-men, a Healing Ability should decrease your age process as well.
Next chapter will have a lot of interaction between Naruto and team 7.
TBC