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Naruto, The Ninth Tail: Chapter 3

Fury

Sakura never felt the impact.

As she opened one eye, everything was blurry due to the tears that welled up. As they fell out, her eyes widened in shock.

Naruto was standing up, holding the blade in an outstretched hand, head drooped. His spine had healed, and red chakra was billowing out all over his body.

"No one hurts Sakura-chan without losing their lives!" He squeezed the blade, and it broke in half, surprising Touda and Kirin. They both jumped back, watching Naruto carefully, as the chakra faded away. He turned around and knelt down, looking at Sakura. "Sakura-chan, are you all right?"

Sakura was not okay. Her eyes were red, tears streaming down. Her legs were shaking so badly, she couldn't stand up. Her arms were so rigidly placed in her lap, that her flesh was pushed right up to her bones. She could barely speak. "I - I - I'm fine…"

Naruto eyes showed great concern, and after looking at her for a second, he came closer to her face, and licked her tears right off her face. Sakura was so surprised that she had stopped shaking, and her heart fluttered. She looked up at Naruto, and he was smiling warmly.

Naruto then turned around, and addressed Kirin and Touda, red chakra once again enveloping him, red eyes reflecting the hatred that raged within him. "Hey, you're gonna pay for what you did."

Kirin just laughed, and pointed at his forehead with his thumb. "See this insignia? We are Sabishii (meaning: solitary). There is no way that you will be able to beat us." After he said this, he took the two parts of the sword from Touda, and he placed his handsover and underthe crack. As he closed his eyes, his hands glowed red. When he opened his hands, the sword was in its original state, with no sign that it had just been broken.

Kakashi and Jiraiya did not know of this organization. However, they were surprised by the repair of the sword, and so watched them intently.

"We'll see about that!" Naruto rushed at them, throwing kunai and shuriken every which way, and redirecting them all around the two Sabishii using strings. He then pulled at the strings, creating asemi-sphere of whistlingmetal blades, converging on Kirin and Touda.

As this all went on, Kakashi was using his Sharingan to see what the two enemies would do.

Touda smiled, and raised his sword, pointing it straight up. Kirin took his tomahawk and, with a grin, smashed it right into the ground.

No one knew what to expect.

The ground rose and became a barrier, protecting them from all the shuriken coming in from the sides. The rest of the kunai were dispersed by electricity coming from Touda's sword. They were standing calmly, waiting patiently for the next attack.

Kakashi's eyes widened. They didn't use a single hand seal! What in the world are they?

Jiraiya looked at Kakashi, surprised by the look on Kakashi's face.

"That was nothing compared to what I can really do!" Naruto came at the wall, and with his fists, he punched down the wall separating him from his opponents. As he was about to punch Kirin, Kirin smirked, and a wall of ice flashed into the space separating the two. Naruto didn't stop. He sent his fist right into the wall of ice five inches thick.

The ice shattered as if it was just a centimetre thick.

At this, Kirin's eyebrows rose in surprise, but he still retaliated. He raised his hand to forehead level, pointing his finger at Naruto. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot out of Kirin's finger, burning right through Naruto's head.

Everybody was blinded by the light that came from the lightning. Once their eyes cleared, they saw Naruto with a smoking forehead, frozen in mid-punch. Kirin was pointing his finger, and Touda was just watching the whole thing as if this was an everyday occurrence.

Naruto's mind registered no pain, as his thoughts were only bent on hurting the ones who tried to hurt Sakura. He followed through, and Kirin's face was crushed, as his head was impaled with the driving force of Naruto's punch.

A loud crunching sound was heard.

Kirin flew backwards, destroying the earthen wall he created, and skid fifty yards away. Once he stopped, he slowly got up, spitting blood. Touda looked at Naruto, shocked that the blond kid could still live after an attack like that. As he looked at the wound, he could see it steaming and closing up. However, Naruto's forehead protector was not in such a good shape. It had burnt through in the back, making it too short to wear. The Konoha mark had a hole smack dab in the centre.

"Kirin, it's another one." Touda called, without averting his eyes. Many emotions were going through his eyes. Excitement, shock, awe, wonder, fear.

"Yeah, it seems like it. Very interesting." Kirin raised his head, and the Konoha Ninja had to avert their eyes. Kirin's broken skull pieces had ripped through his skin, distorting his face and their positions. His eyes were pushed nearer his nose, his nose had twisted, and his grin was lopsided. Pieces of white could be seen hereand there, bloodoozing from the edges.Only Naruto had the courage to look around after a while, and see the bones sink back into the skin, and his face returned to its original form. Through the whole thing, he was still grinning.

"Wh… What in the world are you guys?" Naruto was getting scared, and that was something that did not happen every day. Touda jumped beside Kirin.

"It looks like we can't hide it anymore." Kirin said, as he latched his tomahawk to his back, and Touda put his sword into its sheath. They were both grinning. "Let's kick this into high gear!"

They both formed tiger seals, and the world went white.

End of Chapter 3

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Never stroke a porcupine the wrong way.

Meaning: When you can tell that something will go wrong when you do it your way, don't do it. It won't give you any satisfaction.