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Naruto: The Ninth Tail Chapter 8

Battle

"Let's get this party started!"

Naruto started running across the bridge. Sakura yelled at him. "Hey! Did you forget we had traps set up!"

Naruto grinned as he kept running. "I didn't forget!" He stepped on a wooden stick in the middle of the bridge. It cracked, triggering traps. From both sides of the bridge, behind Naruto, there were two large cannons rising from underneath the bridge. As they rose, mechanisms lit some matches, which lit the fuses of the cannons. Once the cannons shot their loads, Naruto jumped high into the air. Grapeshot and shuriken flew through the space where Naruto had just been, and continued to rocket towards the Cloud Ninja. They pelted through the crowd, digging into their skin, tearing flesh from their bones. Many slumped to the ground, either dead or unconscious. Naruto added to the death toll by throwing kunai with exploding tags equipped to them.

The Cloud Ninja started throwing kunai and shuriken up at Naruto, who was still hanging in the air. Naruto started to dodge the incoming barrage of metal. A single kunai grazed his finger, and he felt an unexpected jolt of pain course up his arm. Damn it. These shuriken have been electrified. I'll have to be really careful to dodge all of them. He renewed his efforts, always watching the kunai. He finally landed back on the bridge. However, he didn't see the fine wire that one of the shuriken was sporting. This single shuriken spun around Naruto, pulling his arms to his sides.

"Damn it!" Naruto struggled to get free, but the wire was too strong. The Cloud Ninja who held onto the string made a single-handed seal, and electricity flew from the string to Naruto, giving him a pretty bad shock. "AAAHHH!" His body slumped to the ground, letting off irregular twitches.

"Geez, Naruto," Kakashi came up and used a kunai to cut the wire. "Caught by some no-name Chuunin already? I'm disappointed."

"Shut up!" Naruto got up and dusted himself off. "I was just getting warmed up."

"Well, you'd better get warmed up soon, because it looks like they are ready anytime!" Sakura got herself in a ready position beside Naruto.

Jiraiya came over, and whacked an enemy Ninja with a Rasengan. "There are quite a lot of them here. It looks like your stamina could be useful here, Naruto."

Naruto looked up. There were rows upon rows of enemy Shinobi. He just smiled. "Looks like there's going to be a lot of practice today!"

He closed his eyes. Hey, damn Fox! Give me your Chakra! Naruto's seal pulsed and red Chakra started to envelop his body. His wounds started to heal, and strength coursed through his body. The Chakra flowed and rippled over his body.

Instantly, he knew something was wrong.

His arms wouldn't move, and he couldn't even wiggle his pinkie toe. He couldn't even speak. What the hell? Hey, Kyubi, just what's going on?

Che. You are weak, kid. I'm giving you a lot of Chakra, but you can't control it. How pathetic.

He ignored the comment. The weight in his arms lessened, but the Chakra didn't disperse. That's more like it. He brought out a kunai, and held it in his right hand. "Let's go crazy."

With one step, he was already smack dab in the centre of the enemy crowd. His kunai had a wire attached to it, and he started swinging it over his head. As it gained speed, he sent some of the red Chakra towards the kunai. As spun, the chakra became solid and sharp. The kunai was elongated and deadlier than before. "Take this!" He swung the Chakra kunai at arm's length, and the Chakra kunai sliced through their protective gear. Blood spurted in all directions. Naruto kept using his modified weapon to create chaos throughout the enemy ranks.

Kakashi used quite a few Jutsu to defeat his enemies. He performed complex hand seals in seconds, and unleashed catastrophic attacks, sending the Cloud Ninja flying. He didn't use Chidori at all, because it would take time to energize, and then he would be open for attack in those precious seconds. When enemies were too close to use Ninjutsu, he compromised with quick, decisive Taijutsu attacks.

Jiraiya had once again summoned a toad, which held two swords. It spat oil here and there, which Jiraiya lit with his fire techniques. Cloud Ninja were running around and rolling around, their backs on fire. He also charged up Rasengans to hit enemies with.

Sakura used a combination of her monstrous strength and kunai to down her enemies. She controlled her chakra well, so she had extra bursts of speed when she needed them. Bones were broken. None of them were hers.

After a while, the fight was over. There were many bodies on the ground, but some of the Cloud Ninja had left and returned to their country. They wouldn't return having been defeated that badly.

Inari ran up, and saw all the blood on the bridge. He stopped, and stared at everything. He remembered how his father was slaughtered in front of his eyes.

Naruto saw Inari, and walked up to him. "This is what Ninja have to do. We have to kill and destroy to complete our mission. We know how your father had died at the hands of Gatoh. Is this what you really want? Do you really want to kill and slaughter?

Inari looked at his feet. "No…"

Sakura came over and place her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. You can help your home in a different way. It doesn't have to be a crazy job where you have to risk your life all the time."

Inari nodded, but he still was a bit upset that he couldn't become a Ninja if he didn't kill.

Kakashi came up, and squatted down in front of Inari. "You can still learn the techniques and attacks of a Ninja. You will just have to use them in a different way."

"Yeah!" Inari finally started to smile again.

Naruto and company were at the bridge once again the next day. Inari and his family were there to say goodbye. The Konoha Ninja had to return.

This time, Inari wasn't crying. He was smiling, because he learned so much from Naruto, and he wouldn't forget it. Naruto was smiling also. "See you, Inari."

"You too, Naruto nii-chan."

Naruto and company once again walked across the Great Naruto Bridge, headed for home.

End of Chapter 8

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"Defeat is always momentary"