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Crimson Gold

Chapter Three

-Previously-

"Welcome back, my Apprentice..." The voice greeted Naruto, holding untold power in every word. Spinning around and kneeling at the same time, Naruto bowed his head towards his Master.

"What is thy bidding, my Master?"

-Present-

"You draw near the end of your training, my Apprentice...My Champion..." The shadowy figure spoke slowly, letting the gravity of their words sink in. "My Successor."

"..." Naruto remained quiet as he awaited his orders from his Master, be it instructions for his next lesson or a mission dispatched by the disembodied spirit that was one with the Force.

"I have had a vision recently of what may or may not become of this world. A great war is coming that will engulf the entire globe, sowing hatred and chaos and reaping death and suffering. It is not to happen by any means neccessary or a being I can not see will rise from the ashes of the flames of war and destroy everything. It is very powerful and very dark. I do not think even I could defeat it if I were still among the living." The figure seemed to tremble in anger and despair, knowing it could do nothing to stop what was slowly awakening. Sensing his Master's feelings, Naruto risked a glance.

"Master? If not even you could defeat such a fiend, then how is it to be stopped?" He asked, a touch of worry present in his voice. As the figure turned around to face him, Naruto lowered his head back down.

"It can only be stopped by a being of greater power than itself." The figure was silent for a moment as they moved closer to Naruto, bidding him to rise. "That is why I am going to teach you everything I know and push you to your limits until you surpass me and achieve an even greater bond with the Force in its truest form possible. I am going to turn you into a true Force wielder, into an omnipotent sage of the Light, Dark, and Grey."

Naruto's eyes shot wide open upon hearing his Master's plan, unable to truly comprehend the full gravity of his Master's words...

X

Later that day, Naruto stumbled into the house, silently thankful that the house was empty. His skin was marked with burns and cuts, his mask was missing nearly a third of it around his left eye, his saber hilts hissed and spat sparks of electricty from cuts in the crystal housing, his left leg was being dragged behind him as blood plastered his pant leg to his thigh, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his clothing was smoking and scorched with numerous cuts and tears in his robes, and his boots were scuffed and scarred from battle...

He had done the one thing he had never done since his training began; he had created a horde of Shadow Clones and fought every last one of them at the same time, a variable one-on-a thousand battle. Although he had won the battle, if just barely, Naruto knew he would lose the war at his current level of power. That was why he was training his skills against others of equal caliber, his clones to be exact. His master, however, had something much more challenging in mind for him once Naruto was able to defeat an army of his own clones without taking any damage from them.

"What's wrong, Brother? Dear Kami, you're hurt!" Asuka worriedly noticed as she felt a mild disturbance in their link.

"Silence!" Naruto snapped harshly, stopping Asuka from alerting their Mother to his condition. "Of course, I'm hurt! As powerful as I may be, I'm not invincible!"

"Do you require any assitance, Master?" Haku inquired as she tapped into the link through the Force, having sensed her Master's pain.

"...Return to the house, Haku. Alone." Naruto commanded, making sure that Asuka understood not to disturb him or his recovery.

"Yes, my Master." Haku acknowledged as she stopped what she was doing and headed straight home. Naruto closed the link and blocked it as he dragged himself into the bathroom and slowly started undressing, hissing in pain every time he touched one of the many cuts or burns scattered across his body. He had to clench his teeth to keep from screaming when he tried to remove his left boot, his ankle and knee having been dislocated while his thigh bore a slash across it from front to back along the outside.

"Master!" Haku cried softly in worry and shock as she entered the bathroom, quickly kneeling beside him after shutting and locking the door, a privacy seal placed upon it to keep Naruto's screams of pain- if he did scream- unheard. "What happened to you, Master?"

"My...My own M-Master- Ow!" Naruto hissed as Haku accidentally touched a particularly sensitive burn on his left hand.

"Sorry, Master." Haku apologized, not even stopping or slowing as she tried to assess just how badly injured he was before pulling out a med kit. The first thing she did was give Naruto a shot of some sort of pain killer she had made herself, which instantly numbed his wounds without leaving him paralyzed or immobile.

"M-my own Master decided to boost my training to the next level today." Naruto informed her, internally saddened by his Master's words earlier about the beast.

Flashback

"This beast, the one I have seen in my vision, is not to be mentioned to anyone. Not even the war is to be mentioned." The cloaked figure ordered of his Apprentice.

"What about my beloved? My family?" Naruto asked, his voice soft with emotional pain.

"I'm sorry, but not even they can know of it. Do not ask me why. It is just something you have to obey no matter what." His Master apologized as they too looked down at the ground. It was a great thing to make his Master worried and Naruto became concerned by it through osmosis.

"As you wish, my Master."

Flashback- End

"I see." Haku mumbled softly in reply as she turned the shower on and undressed before helping Naruto stand up, leading him into the shower where she began to clean his wounds and body. He didn't feel any pain as Haku went from each cut and burn, cleaning out the dirt and dried blood. Naruto sighed softly as his healing factor started to kick in finally, slowly stitching his flesh together and healing the burns, the bruises on his body slowly fading away. The cascade of warm water relaxed his muscles as he leaned forward, bracing himself up with one arm pushing against the wall in front of him.

Haku, having finished cleaning the gash on Naruto's thigh, moved to his left knee. Without warning, she yanked down on his lower leg and popped his knee back into place before doing the same for his ankle. Again, Naruto didn't even wince, feeling no pain. Within a few minutes, the only thing that gave away the fact he had been brutally injured was his clothing.

'I'm going to need a new cloak and a new mask.' Naruto mused to himself as he looked to the side, only to inhale sharply and close his eyes as Haku took him into her mouth.

"Relax. You're too tense." Haku ordered him through the Force as she continued her actions. Naruto didn't complain and let her do as she wished, his free hand slowly trailing down and his fingers weaving through her hair. He didn't even think of Tenten at that moment, his head clear of all thoughts that didn't deal with Haku and her actions at that exact moment...

X

Lying beside her Master as he slept, Haku idly stroked back his red and gold hair. She was worried for him because he was worried about something else, something dark and evil. Ever since she first started her training under Asuka and Naruto, Haku had been able to sense even the most heavily guarded emotions they felt, more so when it came to Naruto. It was the main reason why she did what she did to make him relax, to make him rest.

Her hand lightly brushed the whisker markings on Naruto's cheek, making him purr softly in his sleep. She stared at him curiously, still stroking the lines on his cheek, enjoying the gentle, yet rumbling sound he was making deep in his chest. She gradually stopped and returned to stroking his hair. Giving her naked body a glance, Haku found herself to be rather plain, sans her painted face and mechanical arm. Cupping one of her B-cup breasts, she idly wondered what it would be like to have a fuller and larger bust, the same concerning her hips and rear.

Sighing softly as she cuddled close to her Master, Haku cleared the images of herself with a more womanly figure out of her mind and rested her head on Naruto's chest. As soon as she fell asleep, Naruto slowly cracked open an eye and looked down at his apprentice. She had done him a great favor by making him rest. He had been fighting to endure the weight of the world on his own shoulders, metaphorically speaking, instead of sharing it with those close to him and lessening his burden. He had to repay her some how...

Having heard her thoughts concerning herself, Naruto placed a hand on the side of Haku's head, targeting the glands responsible for managing the hormones in her body before increasing and augmenting the hormones in charge of her feminine growth. Locking them in place temporarily, Naruto smiled softly and kissed the top of Haku's head before switching out with a clone.

Dressing himself in a pair of baggy black pants, black sandals, a simple grey tank top, and a hooded black trench coat, Naruto left the house to take a stroll through the village as night drew closer. Expanding his senses to stretch all across the village, Naruto noticed Tenten was nearby and a little frustrated. Moving quickly, Naruto bought some take-out dinner from a nearby resturaunt and then some sake from the liquor store across the street before heading out to intercept Tenten.

"Naruto-kun!" Tenten called out a short ways away as she spotted Naruto cutting through the intersection ahead of her. Pausing in mid-stride, Naruto turned to Tenten and smiled softly.

"How are you doing, megami? I didn't wear you out too much last night and this morning, did I?" Naruto teased, knowing it would make Tenten blush, which she did.

"S-Shut up..." She grumbled quietly, thoroughly embarrassed. Noticing the food in the bag hanging off Naruto's arm along with the alcohol, Tenten voiced her confusion.

"Mom's helping Dad with some paperwork tonight, Haku's already asleep, and Asuka is still out training. I'm not that great of a cook and decided to get something to eat and drink." Naruto explained to his girlfriend and lover. "I think I might have ordered a bit more food than I need, though. You want to join me?"

"Of course, Naruto-kun. Come on, we can eat at my place." Tenten suggested as she took hold of Naruto's free hand and started dragging him behind her, smiling warmly at him. Smiling back, Naruto knew he made the right decision in returning to Konoha...

X

Six months passed by rather swiftly for Team 11. They completed a total of 78 C-rank missions, 49 B-rank missions, 27 A-rank missions, and one S-rank mission during those six months. Not a single D-rank, however, which they were glad for. Naruto had doubled his original level of power in five months and used the sixth to rest, Asuka had finally managed to control her emotions during combat and her lightsaber was returned to her, and Haku had grown increasingly stronger- and more womanly- over the past six months.

Naruto glanced at the young woman as they made their way through the Academy for the first part of the Chuunin Exams. Haku's B-cup breasts had grown and fattened into F-cups, her hips had widened a couple inches, her rear had grown plump and firm, and her thighs had grown a layer of muscle all around them that added another inch to them. He had noticed a gradual increase in Haku's self-esteem as her body grew more womanly and he was happy for her. Asuka, who had developed a sisterly bond with Haku over the past half-year, had grown a bit jealous of Haku's figure, but didn't let it interfere with their friendship or team work when out on missions.

Remembering when Haku approached his mother about shopping for new clothes, Naruto nearly let a snicker slip through, but hid his amusement relatively quick before his team mates became suspicious. Haku had been blushing deeply that morning and nervous, her clothes having grown a tad snug all over her body and uncomfortable during the past month prior to that day. When Haku was finished explaining to Kushina, his mother had started to blush a little as well before taking the intimidating young woman clothes shopping for the day.

As for himself, Naruto had decided to forego his usual armor and switch to a moderately heavier set of armor he had yet to test out. It was primarily light grey with black trimming in some places and three horizontal lines of neon blue running from one side of the mask to the other, a pair of personally customized blaster rifles crossed on his back, a collapsable sniper rifle holstered to his lower back, blaster pistols strapped to his thighs, and a number of various grenade types clipped to his belt. Over it all, he wore his trademark black hooded robes, his black and gold sabers clipped to his belt as well.

"Ignore them. It's a genjutsu." Asuka informed them as they silently slipped past the crowd of genin in the hall on the second floor. Naruto and Tenten shared a glance from behind their respective helmets, but didn't otherwise interact with each other. Today was a day to be professional, not social. Sighing softly as they came to an open room with a balcony lining the sides of the room, Naruto made sure his armor was properly secured to his body and that he had all of his chosen items on his person.

Satisfied, Naruto led his team mates towards the double doors, making them fly open with a simple Force Push. Everyone in the room turned their eyes on them, their killing intent and blood lust smothering the atmosphere. That is, until Naruto let his own flood the room. Instantly, everyone over than his own team saw numerous visions of their death at his hands, each of them painful and bloody. Not even the jinchuuriki of the Ichibi from Suna wanted to fight him now, despite the howling demands the Tanuki made to kill the armored giant.

"Something's not right. I sense a disturbance in the area." Naruto warned Asuka and Haku. "Watch your backs; I don't know what or who it is that is putting me on edge, but it is definitely not good."

"Hai." The two cloaked women chorused in unison through the Force while Naruto's eyes traveled to his baby sister's team. He hadn't spent much time with Naomi since he returned to Konoha and from the cold look she gave him before returning to the conversation, Naruto knew she was upset with him about it. He didn't need the Force to tell him that much. He'll try his best to rectify that after the Chuunin Exams, but it all depended on Naomi.

Narrowing his eyes as a silver haired genin with glasses approached the group, Naruto silently made his way over to them, searching through the genin's mind. A scowl formed on his face as he discovered the teen was a spy for Orochimaru and that said Sennin was in Konoha. After relaying the information to Asuka and Haku, Naruto heard one of the Konoha genin mention his name.

"Hm. Oh, damn..." Kabuto whispered as the information on Naruto appeared on the card in his hand. "Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto, leader and unofficial sensei of Team 11. He's completed 78 C-rank missions, 49 B-rank missions, 27 A-rank missions, and one S-rank mission. Taijutsu and Kenjutsu is off the charts, Genjutsu is unknown, and his Ninjutsu is extremely high. Known to have powers similar to Telepathy and Telekinesis. He's been labeled as an S-rank threat in the bingo Book with a flee-on-sight recommendation, known simply as the Crimson Wraith and the Bloody Hand of the Devil. It's estimated that Naruto has killed over a thousand people in the past ten years."

"Really, now?" Naruto asked rhetorically as he lifted Kabuto and pinned him to the wall with the Force, lightly constricting the 'genin's' throat. "And how exactly did you come across that information? I don't remember ever telling you such things nor do I remember the Yondaime releasing such information to the public."

"Break it up, you two!" Bellowed Ibiki as he appeared in a cloud of smoke with several chuunin proctors. Naruto glanced at the man and hesitated before letting the spy fall to the floor in a choking heap.

"He's a spy for Orochimaru. Keep an eye on him." Naruto warned the ANBU T&I Division commander through the Force, making sure they were both looking straight at each other in order to make it clear to Ibiki it was he who warned him. Ibiki's eyes widened a fraction as the words echoed within his head, but narrowed again before nodding almost imperceptibly in acknowledgement.

'This should be quite interesting...' Naruto thought to himself with a slight smirk as he took a seat, hearing Ibiki's thoughts on his plan to capture Kabuto during the second portion of the Chuunin Exams with a couple teams of ANBU.

X

An hour later and Naruto had succeeded in eliminating a third of the competition while a good number of genin got themselves disqualified on their own. Now, a little under half of the original number of teams were in the Forest of Death trying to track each other down to get the Heaven or Earth scroll they need. Little did they realize, Naruto knew exactly which teams had which scroll and he intended to just completely destroy the competition.

"Alright, split up and target any and every team you come across. There's still about 24 or 25 teams left from the first exam. If we can at least half that, we'll be in the green. Leave the Konoha teams to their own devices." Naruto instructed his sister and apprentice as he pulled out his sniper rifle, flipping the stock and barrel out before flipping the sight up on top of it. Screwing the barrel on to secure it, Naruto shouldered it and made sure the aim was accurate. "Let's move out."

Instantly, the three of them took off in different directions. Within a few minutes, Naruto crossed paths with three Ame-nin stalking his sister's team. He made quick work of finding a bird's nest- a sniping position with complete sight of everything around him- and taking aim just as an Ame-nin disguised as Sai stepped out from behind the bushes. The genin didn't have time to say anything before a bolt of red shot through his skull and killed him, the Henge vanishing before he even hit the ground.

"What the hell was that?" Karasu exclaimed as she and Naomi stood back to back, kunai present in their hands. Sai then came out as he tossed the ropes that he had been tied up with, a slight frown of irritation present on his face. The other two Ame-nin dropped down from the tree branches above them, but two more red energy bolts shot out and killed them while they were still in mid-air, one nailed through the heart and the other shot in the back of his neck. Their bodies hit the ground with sickening crunches as various bones broke upon contact.

"It seems we have a guardian angel watching over us." Sai mentioned to them as he pointed up into the branches across the small clearing they were in. Karasu and Naomi then noticed Naruto in his grey and black armor just as he jumped to a higher branch and disappeared amongst the thick canopy of leaves and wood.

"O-nii-kun..." Naomi whispered to herself, but Karasu and Sai still heard her.

"Wait, that was Naruto?" The Uchiha heiress asked in confusion. "What kind of weapon was that in his hands? It sure does pack quite a punch to down someone so quickly. Silent, too."

"I don't know, but knowing him, he isn't going to stick around long." Naomi answered, her voice cold and monotonous. Sai and Karasu shared a look as Naomi started walking away.

"What was that about, Uchiha-san?" Sai inquired as they trailed behind her.

"She's really upset with her brother." Karasu filled him in. "Since he returned to Konoha six months ago, he's rarely spent any time with her despite being gone for the past ten years."

"Oh." Was all Sai could say, remembering his 'brother' from Root.

X

'Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...' Naruto counted off as he sniped one genin after another before moving on to the next team, leaving a clone behind to salvage anything of use and the scroll they had. He could tell Asuka and Haku had slain about the same amount of teams as he has so far, purposefully by-passing the Konoha genin squads.

"I spy with my little eye..." Naruto whispered to himself with a dark grin behind his helmet as he caught sight of a genin team from Kumo. Two were wearing identical black hakama pants, black skin-tight long-sleeve turtleneck tops, black gloves, black cloth face masks, and black sleeveless hooded battle coats with a pair of ninjato swords sheathed across their lower backs. Their third team mate, a female, had similar clothing on, only missing the coat and had a pair of katanas with long golden blonde hair that contrasted heavily with her black clothing.

"One shot, one kill..." He mumbled quietly as he squeezed the trigger, nailing one of the twins in the back of his neck, severing his spinal cord and punching a hole through his throat. His team mates reacted instantly and took cover behind separate trees. Scowling slightly as he silently weaved through the branches, Naruto got a bead on the other male, but when he pulled the trigger, the teen drew one of his blades and deflected the shot, but just barely. As he stumbled back from the force behind the bolt of energized plasma, Naruto took a second shot, but it too was deflected. However, the boy accidentally deflected it into his left thigh, burning the muscle down to the bone in that one spot.

'Tch...In the words of the Nara clan, 'Troublesome'...' Naruto grumbled mentally as he reloaded his sniper rifle, giving them just enough time to escape his sight. Shoulder the rifle again, Naruto looked through the scope and scowled angrily. 'Damn it! They got away!'

Sending out a clone to go on to the next team, Naruto jumped down to the ground and search the forest floor for tracks. Finding a blood trail, Naruto smirked and continued on with his hunt. Less than half an hour later, he found the wounded genin running as fast as he could while dragging his injured leg, but something wasn't right...

'Just as I thought. It's a clone.' Naruto thought to himself as he reached out with the Force and lifted a tree root up just enough to trip the clone, making it dispell as it hit the ground. Using the optic modes built into his helmet, Naruto found the blood trail again from his perch and followed it from the branches, refusing to be outsmarted by a couple genin.

Spotting them two hours later, Naruto took aim while running and fired off a shot, barely missing the wounded genin, the bolt striking a tree in front of him. Cursing under his breath as the two vanished amongst the brush, Naruto found his hunt to be something more of a game of cat and mouse and it was irritating him to no end. Checking the ammo in his rifle, he found five rounds left in the six-shot mag.

"'One shot, one kill' my ass..." Naruto growled quietly to himself as he followed the blood trail until he came across a river. Scowling deeply as a tree was crushed into splinters by his anger, Naruto closed his eyes and reached out with the Force again, tracking down his quarry. Finding them, Naruto took off down stream until he found their foot prints, crouching beside them. "No blood drops. They must have bandaged his leg as they passed through the river."

Creating a few clones, Naruto sent them after the genin team, deciding to spread his search a little more as he took to the branches again, moving faster than before. He was through playing around with them...

X

"God damn, this fucker's relentless!" Taiho hissed quietly as they watched a number of clones shoot past their hiding place, a large burrow under a boulder near another stream. Kenshi bit down on the kunai handle in his mouth, forcing down another scream of pain as he tightened the makeshift bandage around his thigh they had crafted out of a strip of cloth from his coat. After a few minutes, they scurried out of their hiding place and headed west, the clones still proceeding north.

Just as they climbed out, Taiho had no chance to react as a bolt of red energy shot from the canopy and struck Kenshi in the back of his left shoulder, killing him. Letting him drop, Taiho knew she had to get away from their stalker as fast as possible. She can mourn Kenshi's and Takashi's deaths later. Another shot of piercing red energy clipped her left bicep, nearly throwing her off balance, but Taiho corrected herself and kept running, clutching her wounded arm.

Dropping down beside the dead boy as the girl disappeared into the forest, Naruto crouched down and checked the body for their Heaven scroll, but it wasn't there. Dispelling his clones and making new ones, Naruto continued trailing the girl, but decided to make it more interesting and slowed his pursuit to a leisurely stroll. A chuckle rose from his chest as he walked, but it was one of sadistic and twisted humor.

He'll give her the chance to entrench herself, to lay out traps to either kill him or make him hesitant to maintain pursuit. They won't work, but his darker side loved to see the dispair and utter terror in their eyes just before he kills them. He normally wouldn't act like this, but the Forest of Death was absolutely saturated in the Dark energies of the Force. It was intoxicating and addictive.

He glanced at the sky and saw that it was nearing nightfall, the sky ablaze with the fading light of the sun as it dipped below the horizon. He continued on, grinning darkly from within his helmet the entire time...

X

As the sun rose once more, Naruto found himself standing at the edge of a ravin, the girl having gone down into it. He could tell by the few subtle signs among the tall grass and bushes that she had spent quite a bit of time here, no doubt setting traps. Taking his time as he set each trap off, Naruto found a pitfall filled with sharpened stakes set into the ground, a snare made from a vine covered in poisonous thorns, and even a hand-made bear trap crafted from tree branches, ninja wire, kunai, and an explosive tag; he could easily tell it was not only meant to maim him, but to also blow his foot off.

"Foolish girl..." Naruto mumbled as he tossed a rock on the contraptions, he watched with cold indifference as the blades shot up and closed around each other just before the explosive tag detonated, throwing dirt, splinters, and bits of metal through the air as a dust cloud was kicked up. Brushing some dust and mulched wood off his shoulder, Naruto was about to take a step forward, but sensed the girl slowly making her way back to the ravin.

He then got a wicked idea and made a clone before casting an illusion over it and jumping into the branches, patiently waiting for his prey to come to him...

X

"I...I got him..." She whispered quietly to herself as she spotted the armored teen clutching the bloodied stump of his right leg, struggling to keep from screaming in pain. Stalking closer to the tall armored genin, Taiho drew one of her katanas and glared at the man.

"You killed my team mates, you sick freak..." She snarled angrily as she flipped the sword into a reverse grip and placed her left foot on his chest, the sword tip hovering over his throat. "This is for my friends."

Just before she drove the blade into his neck, the man started laughing, quietly at first before he started roaring with laughter. Her eyes widened in realization, but it was too late when the broad barrel of Naruto's scattergun-style pistol made contact with the back of her neck, a spray of red bolts tearing through her neck and beheading her in one shot. The clone dispelled as Naruto crouched down beside the headless corpse, finding the Heaven scroll their team had.

"Head to the Tower. We're done." He ordered his team mates while standing back up. Smirking to himself, Naruto added the scroll to the large collection he had accumulated before holstering his pistol. While he had enjoyed the hunt, he was saddened that she hadn't put up that much of a fight. Sensing Kabuto's team, Naruto's smirk returned in full force as he pulled out both of his blaster rifles, arming them after making sure they were loaded.

Quickly reaching their position, Naruto jumped into the center of their group, feigning freidnliness. "Hello, Kabuto. Any luck with another scroll?"

"Y-Yeah, we're heading to the tower right now, actually." Kabuto responded, unnerved by Naruto's presence.

"That's good to hear." Naruto replied before pointing his blaster rifles at Tsurugi and Yaroi before completely shredding them with blaster fire. Kabuto attempted to flee by jumping onto the nearest tree branch, but he was yanked back down harshly, his head hitting the branch he was on before falling to the ground. Naruto holstered his rifles on his back as he stalked closer to Kabuto, lifting him off the ground and slowly choking the silver haired teen.

"So how's Orochimaru been? I haven't spotted him yet." Naruto casually inquired.

"Y-You k-knew..." Kabuto gasped out in shock, his eyes narrowed despite his situation.

"Yes, I did. Now tell me what he's doing here and I just might let you live." Naruto offered as he lightened his grip on the spy's throat a fraction and removed his helmet.

"N-Never!" Kabuto spat venously before Naruto drew one of his sabers and sliced off his right hand. "AAARRGH! A-Alright! Alright! I'll tell you!"

"Then speak, dog. I don't have all day." Naruto growled as he readied his saber to cut off Kabuto's other hand.

"He's after the Sharingan! He has been for years!" Kabuto informed him, making Naruto narrow his eyes.

"That means he's after Karasu." Naruto growled quietly in thought. 'She's on the same team as Naomi!'

"E-Exactly...Now keep your end of the deal! Let me go!" Kabuto demanded, but his face went pale upon seeing the demented grin on Naruto's face and the twisted gleam in his eyes.

"Looky, looky! You get a cookie!" Naruto chimed childishly before punching Kabuto in the face, knocking the teen out. Stretching his senses out, Naruto located Naomi and instantly headed for them as fast as he could, putting his helmet back on as his other saber hilt shot to his hand via Force Pull. Within a few minutes, Naruto had reached them, but they had already become engaged in combat with Orochimaru, who had appeared near Naomi with the Kusanagi sword in his hand.

"Get away from my sister, asshole!" Naruto roared as he leapt from the tree he was on, his crimson blades hissing angrily in harmony with his own emotions as he descended upon the Snake Sennin...