MAN
MAN! Really whan to know what the Raikage is gonna do… right the chapters are nearing to the fighting part OH YEAH!! And the pairing is coming soon don't worry.
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Chap7: it's just the beginning
"Dammit, in under a day, three attacks on different spots in the country and we stumble on one of the stongest team" one annoyed Shikamaru said looking at the squad of Iwa jonin that menacingly stood in their way. The attack was on a bridge that lead the way to minor but important villages because of merchandise... and now was in ruble.
"Yeah, that happens" Kakashi said casually also looking at the enemy shinobi and recognizing two of them and knew this was not going to be easy.
"Well, well what do we have here? Kakashi Hatake and chunins? hehe... this is going to fun" one shinobi said looking at the bunch.
"Do you think this a joke?" another said "low level shinobi to investigate and fight off enemy ninja? We'll show you this isn't a joke" he said charging at the Leaf shinobi.
The shinobi was fast but not enough because the Konoha ninja dodge the attack but didn't expect the ground to explode when the attacking shinobi hit the ground. The man used a jutsu and the ground cracked open and big chunks of rock where thrown at them.
The Konoha shinobi where having a difficult time dodging because of the size of the rocks and didn't notice two shinobi within the rocks and throwing shuriken until it was too late. Shikamaru got struck with a few on the shoulders and legs and Kiba and Chouji, the other chunin in the squad, got struck on the back and chest. Kakashi stood there shocked at what what ocurred, but charged with a chidori in hand to a boulder with unimaginable speed and dodging projectiles struck a big rock. The rock exploded and the shinobi in it got out just in time to be hit by Kiba's attack.
The other two shinobi saw this and looked at the spot from earlier and saw chunks of wood with the shuriken in them. They tried to jump but didn't move; suddenly a huge shadow covered them, Chouji falled down on them with a Spiked Meat Tank. The remaining shinobi, the one that hadn't attack, looked at the scene with indifference but looked at Kakashi intently and all of the sudden he was gone and was behind the Sharingan user and stabbed him in the neck side-ways with a kunai.
"That was easy, one of the best shinobi in Konoha and dying like that… pathetic" the man said smirking the whole time but turned to frown when felt a blade on his neck.
"It won't be that easy, you see even if they're chunin their skills surpass one" Kakashi said in a coolly but instructing voice mocking the shinobi. "And to kill me that easy… not going to happen, I saw your every move…" he was interrupted when the guy turned into mud. The man had his unconscious comrades with him on a little hill to their right, he dropped them on the ground and started doing seals.
"Earth style: Mud Chaos River" he said and the hill he was standing on turned to mud and the muddy water was coming at them fast. The man created a clone to help him carry the fallen shinobi while thinking "Kakashi, I'll be looking forward to our little rematch" and jumped away through-out the trees.
"The damage is done and the bridge was destroyed making delays on merchandise delivery." Kakashi said motioning his squad to take a good look at the damage to report it. "Good job everyone but if I hadn't move like that the shinobi could've seen you and if I hadn't blown that rock the way I did you plan would've been ruined" he said looking at them proudly but knew they had a long way to reach still.
"Well we had to risk it but Shikamaru had another plan if that didn't work" Chouji said smiling at the praise.
"Man that training on stealth worked wonders this time too; I mean we fooled a couple of jonin" Kiba said grinning happy that all that training paid off.
"Yes, but we didn't fooled one of them and he could've taken us out" Shikamaru said analyzing the early confrontation "The man didn't attack because Kakashi was watching him and could attack at any second, but he was the best there" he concluded.
"You're right and I've seen him on bingo books he's an elite and not to be taken lightly" Kakashi said thinking about the guy "But enough of that let's go back on the village and report this" he said walking off and the others following after him
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Somewhere
Team Hawk was resting a well deserved rest but it wouldn't be normal if those two weren't bickering and it was a normal time right now.
"I can't believe you left my sword behind, after what I did to buy you time" Suigetsu said angrily in a water tank like thing that helped with his recuperating process.
"Oh shut-up will you, be glad we brought you at all" Karin said scolding the water boy who was swimming in the tank
"Pft… you where unconscious too remember?" Suigetsu said looking at the girl mockingly.
"Because I was protecting you guys… moron" Karin said in anger and frustration, she hasn't forgot how she almost died but at least she wasn't useless, she saved Sasuke after all.
"Don't fight you guys we got hurt protecting each other… we need each other" Juugo said to the two who where still bickering but after that comment they went silent.
"whatever… Sasuke, you'll get the 8-tailed beast power, right?" Suigetsu asked their leader who was for better words ignoring them, but answered him nonetheless.
"I don't know and even if I don't get it I wont relay on it" Sasuke said monotone voice
"Why not?" Suigetsu asked indignant that after all they went through… they get nothing.
"I have a new power… strong enough to destroy the Leaf" Sasuke thought reaching a glass of water with a small smile, but suddenly he dropped the glass and his vision blurred. "What the hell?" He thought in slight panic.
"Sasuke you okay?" Karin asked in worry.
"Y-yeah… it's nothing" Sasuke said grabing his right eye.
"Guys I can feel someone's chakra outside… I think we've been followed" the kunoichi said to the others.
Placing a small lizard on the surface of the water with a small scroll to the Raikage. After the lizard hopped a few feet he felt various people around him and saw the lizard being killed by the kid that took Killer-bee who calmly walked towards him.
"This is bad" Jay thought and sensing someone behind him he thought "I failed you Raikage" as he saw them get near to him.
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At lightning country
"First Yugito now Bee, we're losing ninja way too fast and the good ones… and I still can't believe Bee was defeated" The Raikage said frustrated at what recently happened.
"We've received several communication-lizards from Jay, once we know the enemies location we'll sent out four team to rescue Bee and destroy Akatsuki" the young assistant said reporting to her leader.
"I hear it was an Uchiha that took my brother… an Uchiha in Akatsuki?" the strong man said wanting an explanation.
"It seems that he's name is Sasuke Uchiha and he defected from the village some time ago" the assistant told the Raikage
"And the Leaf hasn't dealt with him yet? They deal with Hyuugas swiftly enough" he said in anger
"Sir, I still haven't heard from Jay" a young ninja said bowing to the man.
"What!!... Determine the original location of the information gathered and begin a thorough search and I don't care how many men you need to do it" the Raikage said in rage pointing out the orders.
"Y-Yes sir" the assistant stammered from his potent voice.
"Get Samui's team and send word to Konoha that we'll be dealing with the Uchiha" the Raikage said analyzing his strategy "In addition send a summit to each Kage we can't let Akatsuki get away with this" he concluded that stupid organization was in for it now.
In another part of the village a blonde woman with a huge rack was walking to her team. "Omoi, Karui, the Raikage wants us" the woman said to the other two
"Great what does he want now, scold us or something" said the guy sucking a lollypop.
"Why would he scold you dummy?" The other girl said looking at the guy like he was stupid.
"Okay guys let's go" the leader said walking to the Raikage's office.
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Fire country's border
The attack was brutal three squads of rock shinobi attacked them on look-out and now it turned into a full scale fight and Konoha wasn't winning. Konoha's forces where down one squad an the other two where not in good shape and to toped all off the enemies had only two injured.
"This is bad not only we're at a disadvantage because of the plains but outnumbered too" Neji thought looking at the unconscious squad on the ground and the remaining shinobi "We have to fight, but having only sensei and Lee to attack…" he finished that train of thought when a couple of boulders where thrown at them.
"I have an idea" said Genma who was bleeding from a shoulder wound "Neji you go with Gai and Lee and get them in a surprise attack when the lot of us distract them" he finished with a sigh
"Right, a few fire styles should do it correct?" asked another jonin who's forehead was bleeding and had a vertical gash on his chest but wasn't bleeding to much.
Agreeing the jonin scattered on the field and Gai and his students waited for an opening. The first volley was a few Mystical Flower jutsu and from a little a ways a Fireball. The reply was instantaneous the enemy launching boulders and spikes, even Earth Dragons. One attack was heavy and there's when they saw their opening.
"Lee take off your weights, this requires speed and lots of it" Gai said smiling a big one to his students.
A fire dragon was charged up by a wind jutsu giving it more power the result: a huge explotion causing two rock shinobi to die and a third one to scream in agony as half of his face was burning. The other enemy ninja saw the devastation and went to regroup when…
The Iwa shinobi weren't liking this; two people where taking down their comrades way too fast. A ninja watching the green blurs didn't notice Neji behind him until it was too late. The shinobi with the burned face finally shut-up when a Konoha shinobi launched a kunai with an explosive but got deflected by and earth spike which landed two inches from him killing him instantly.
The remaining two shinobi did a few seals and Earth style: Ascending Terra and a big piece of ground lifted from the ground twenty feet above them and the other one said Earth style: spike barrage suddenly the column of earth started to shift and hundreds of spikes where thrown at Konoha shinobi. The shinobi rotated when they felt a little tired to conserve energy.
Looking around for shelter as the upcoming attack rained upon them, a few of them launched fire jutsu to destroy the spikes but where too many. Neji was protecting him and the two green beasts with Rotation but like before they where too many. When the attack finished two Konoha shinobi where covered in spikes and beneath them a pool of blood. T he other Konoha shinobi took the temporary cease fire to move from their places to a more strategic position.
The enemy shinobi where going start it again when two Fire Dragons connected from each sides of the column destroying it. The two shinobi went under the ruble. Neji, activating his Byakugan saw something on the groung and…
"Sensei, Lee they're escaping underground" Neji said looking at the ground with his Byakugan and pointing the shinobis out. The shinobi where making a hasty retreat and not caring for their still alive comrades.
Gai focused all his strength and power and punched the ground, craking it worst than Tsunade. The shinobi under it got smashed agaist the moving rock dying in the process. Nightmare gone they relaxed as Neji scouted the area for anymore enemies.
"I thought this was going to be it" said one jonin in relieve now that the battle was over.
"Yes, we won but two of our comrades didn't survive" Gai said sadly "This is the cost of wars,death, as long as war excist death will folow it's wake" he concluded looking at his students and telling them in that manner to expect this to happen a lot in the future.
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At Myobokuzan
The ground shaking and cracking and Naruto forcing power from the seal and was controlling it but not in a safe way. The youki that was pouring was too intense and Naruto was starting to weakened and seeing that the 'scroll toad' did the only thing he could…
"At this rate the kid will be torn apart" he said making seals as fast as he could, when the he stopped the seal Naruto was standing on glowed even more and Naruto…
"Shiiiitttt…" he yelled as he felt he couldn't control it anymore…. BOOM!!
Where Naruto was standing suddenly exploded with such force the toads had to jump away and didn't come back until the eerie feeling was gone. When the toads came back and saw the damage they where amazed… Naruto was ten feet below the ground in the middle of a two meter wide crater in a very bad shape.
"Kid are you okay?" Ma asked him in worry; the kid was bleeding and his clothes where thorn in different places, not to mention his pale looking face.
"No" Naruto said starting to fall unconscious but heard a voice but not any voice… a demon's voice that right now was in a amused tone.
"Hahahaha… you don't have all my power in you boy and still can't control it… pithiful, but is a good thing for you had help today because I would've taken over and… well you know the rest" the demon said mockingly at the boy that in body was exhausted but in mind…
"I'll show you, you dumb demon that I'll control your power, but I'm not going to used it like you want me to" Naruto told angry at first but let out a smirk when he thought about his plans for the extra chakra.
"No matter what you do boy you'll always need me and when you do use my power you'll lose control like before and I'll kill everyone near" the fox said in an attempt to intimidate the boy and weakened his mind.
"Ha… you think I don't know what your chakra does to me and you wouln't like if I die right… I've learned from past mistakes and the fool's act I was playing will be dropped and you'll be locked" Naruto said with intensity, he didn't have the confidence to take the fox head on but when the training was finished he would look for a way to seal him completely.
"Dream on kid, I know everything that happen to this body and I know that even with this training your not strong enough… but enough of this rambling go away" the fox said clearly angry that he couldn't intimidate his container.
"Dammit boy wake-up!!" Ma said freaked out that the boy was with his eyes opened but his stare was dull. She and the others made a sigh of relieve when he blinked and his eyes returned to their normal lively selves.
"That was quite a scare kid" Fukasaku said smiling at the boy who in return smiled weakly at him as he tried to stand up.
"I can't believe this… so much damage and… huh?" he thought as he tried to stand and he remembered someone right in that moment.
"Naruto-kun let's do our best" Naruto remembered that recent mission with her and that smile… "where did that come from… right now I'm focusing on training not in love… right?" Naruto thought very confused that out of nowhere that memory appeared… "and Hinata of all people, sure she was cute and every thing… cute?? Damm I hit my head harder that I thought to think something so… truthful" he finished thinking in realization.
"Don't even think about it kid… the amount of chakra left you weak and I think its time I tell you the real purpose of why I'm here" the 'scroll toad' said in a serious tone looking at him uncertainly but kept in mind Jiraiyas last wish.
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At Konoha
"This hasn't stopped, that stupid Earth country attacking everywhere at once" Tsunade not having a great day, she sent various squads to answer distress calls from small villages and it wasn't ending in their favor. "I barely have shinobi in this village for a possible invasion" she finished massaging her temples.
"Well at least the already answered attacks have been dealt with… but the damage was already done" Shizune said sadly, she was on her break; the hospital was full of injured patients.
"Sadly this is just begun, what we need to do is some damage on their end, and fast" said Kakashi in while this wasn't his style their position was now defensive, they couldn't let the enemy have advantage.
"Yes, we need to act now Hokage-sama before it's too late" Yamato said seconding his taicho and the other ninja in room nodded as well.
"I guess there's no choice, our situation is getting worse and the shinobi are tired and the time will come when death will come because of that… tomorrow I'll call you for the first attack against them… dismissed" Tsunade said calming down a bit but the stress was there "Jiraiya you old fool why did you had to leave now… I need your help"
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At Myobokuzan
Naruto was meditating and gathering nature chakra faster than before but in his opinion not fast enough. "Man, gathering this chakra is hard and to gather it faster is almost imposible" he thought feeling the energy flowing and opening his eyes to meet with Fukasaku's.
"YO, elder how can I draw nature chakra faster I mean if I do that in battle I'll be a sitting duck until I gather it correctly" asked Naruto in curious tone to the old toad.
"Well that come from experience so your not going to draw it faster just like that." Fukasaku said smirking as the boy's face fell. "So how are you dealing with the truth of the 'key'?" he asked the boy searching for a reaction as he saw none earlier.
"Unexpected if you want an answer but with everything that has already happen to me in my lifetime… not surprising" Naruto said deadpanned with out batting an eyelash.
"I guess he took it very hard" the toad thought as he gazed at the expressionless face the kid had "I guess I have to show him to not take Jiraiya-chan's wish lightly" he tought with a smirk. "How about you and I… go spar a little"
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