Well, I'm writing this on the way back home from Boston.
And so, I would like to remind you that it's a wild ride on the highway. This dilemma might cause a few more errors than normal, so please, bear with me.
I hope that the extra chapter length was a good bonus, I will try to make this the same length or longer.
As an important reminder, I would like to let you know that I often make changes and constantly better my fic, I will let you know if I do something drastic, I'm thinking about adding something into chapter ten that I forgot when writing it, but as of now it's not something that is an absolute.
I would like to thank Vilkath who gave me a ton of good advice that I will definitely take advantage of.
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'That boy is something else; I might even need to use it to keep up with his movements'was just one of the many thoughts that were racing through Kakashi's now completely alert mind. Naruto's little charade had almost cost Kakashi his life; he had severely underestimated what his protégé had been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. He was sure that Naruto was just playing with him at the moment; which was not in his favor at all. He would have a great deal of trouble fighting him without using the sharingan let alone keep the bells from him. Then he had Sasuke to deal with; another predicament that he could not ignore. Sakura might also pose a threat, even though it would most likely be in the form of a distraction from the actual fight at hand.
Naruto could taste Kakashi's surprise saturating the air. He was now in a crouching position; examining the trail that Kakashi had carelessly left behind. It was comprised of broken debris that he had accidentally created due to his haste. It was an unwise move on Kakashi's part to underestimate Naruto; it had almost cost him a severe injury. But now he had lost some of his advantage; he would be expected now, and Kakashi would surely come up with a plan to gain his lost advantage. He needed to use a move that was unexpected, something that was extremely versatile in its usage, something that could make finding Kakashi effortless, but at the same time create an opening for a well placed assault. Naruto then slowly brought his hands up in an odd sign, realizing that there was only one jutsu in his arsenal that fit the bill perfectly. It had taken many hours of training with Jaraiya to master this supposedly 'forbidden' technique. It had all been worth it, for he had gained an asset that far outweighed its risks.
Sasuke was pissed. He could have made his brother proud with the amount of hate that he was indulging in. He was now running full speed towards where he had seen Naruto disappear into the foliage. He would not be shown up by a useless scapegoat such as him. He was an Uchiha; he was of the most superior bloodline in the entire village. As he was delving deeper into his anger and abhorrence, he was greeted by the vision of Naruto crouching close to the ground, creating some sort of hand seal that he could only identify as the ram seal. As he was homing in on his target, he was surprised to hear Naruto mutter an odd phrase. It took a moment for him to register that he had called out the jutsu known as kage bunshin.
Not two seconds after the jutsu title was spoken, one hundred Naruto clones seemed to form out of thin air. All of them immediately jumped onto separate tree branches and all went forward in a single general direction; probably a search team sent to find his would be squad leader. The odd part about this was that they were all completely silent; the only sound you could hear was the sound of the gentle evening breeze flowing around the entirety of the forest training area.
Kakashi slowly appeared on top of a large rock that sat next to an even larger, almost mountain looking rock. The rock over looked a large clearing that used to be training ground thirty-eight. He had just finished placing an array of traps throughout the opening in the landscape; he was hoping that they would work like he had planned and disable Naruto instead of permanently injuring him. It was a dangerous tactic, but, he had to take a chance in order to come out of this challenge as the victor, and show to Naruto along with the other members of the squad the true meaning of this exercise. Although that was the true meaning of the survival training, he was starting to get more than a little competitive. He had never fought a genin or even a chuunin that had come close to beating him in all of his years as a jonin. He intended to keep it that way.
As Kakashi was finishing up his mental preparation, Naruto arrived at the opposite end of the clearing that Kakashi was currently residing within. Kakashi then proceeded to jump onto the same level as Naruto. For a short few moments, they sat there; each one not daring to move away in fear that the other would initiate something vital. That was until Kakashi started to speak: "it has been a long while since I have been so challenged by anyone besides a fellow jonin" was Kakashi's seemingly monotone statement as he continued to stare at Naruto calculatingly. "You haven't even begun seeing my true power yet" was Naruto's equally monotone statement. "Yeah, that's why I feel that I might need to get serious for this one" was Kakashi's finishing remark as he brought his hand up and readjusted his headband to reveal his blazing three pronged sharingan. Naruto only smirked as it was too late.
At that moment, five Naruto clones seemed to just sprout from the barren ground and latch onto each of Kakashi's four limbs while one clone proceeded to grab the back of Kakashi's neck and apply a slight amount of pressure in order to keep his head from turning to the side. "Yeah, I'm going to be completely serious as well; that's why I'm going to leave you with a sort of scar; in order to remind you never to underestimate me again" was Naruto's dark sentiment as his voice seemed to deepen slightly. Naruto then went on to remove his pearl black cloak; revealing his other articles of clothing. With a simple hand motion, another one of Naruto's clones stationed around the district jumped forth from the forested area and walked over to the genuine Naruto's position. Naruto then brought his bandaged hand up from his side and allowed the clone to mold the chakra that he was now pumping through his appendage into a perfectly crafted sphere of energy.
Kakashi immediately recognized the peculiarity in front of him to be the rasengan, his sensei's jutsu of choice.
Naruto then detached from his clone, rasengan in hand, and ran at an insane speed towards his target. Kakashi could only watch as the clones' grip tightened around his neck and appendages. As Naruto was only a few feet away from delivering the crushing blow, there was an odd sound that was heard by the two men in the clearing. The sound was followed by a large ball of fire coming down from the sky towards them at an alarming pace. As it neared them the sound wave fully reached their ears; "gokakyou no jutsu!" was Sasuke's only declaration as the fire converged with the entire clearing; burning most of the center to a crisp. As the smoke cleared; Naruto was seen just outside of the death zone, just uncovering himself from the safety of his cloak. His clones had alerted him of the Uchiha prick's arrival just in time to use his rasengan as a propellant and make it to the edge of the forest; he then used his cloak as a heat shield of sorts.
After a few moments Sasuke jumped down from his perch on a near tree branch and made his way towards Naruto. "You shouldn't have tried to fight him alone, you have no chance against him, dobe" was Sasuke's only comment as he tried to ignore the images of Naruto's earlier jutsu and his absolute desire of finding a way to obtain that power. Of course Naruto's following action, could not be ignored. It took a moment for Sasuke to register how he had found his way through a near tree and how he had managed to be regurgitating blood all over himself. He then began to regain his memories of Naruto using his knee as a type of weapon and slamming it into his now broken ribcage. Naruto then apparently drove his fist into his face hard enough to send him through the tree that he was currently lying a few feet away from.
As Sasuke was finally regaining some of his composure, Naruto grabbed him by the neck and maneuvered him in such a way that made Sasuke focus solely on what he was preparing to say. "What do you still not understand about you not fucking around with me, I was about to complete my personal business, and you go and fuck it up." After letting his announcement soak in, he continued: "I understand that you are an annoying fuck bag but I would appreciate it if you would do something useful for once." Naruto then proceeded to drop Sasuke back into the bloody puddle that he had originally created. Naruto got up from his position on the ground and looked around for Kakashi; he was nowhere to be found. His clones had dismembered the previous traps and he could move out again. "You can either come with me and be at least somewhat useful, or you can sit there and drown in your own blood; it's your choice" was Naruto's final proclamation as he began to head out.
Sasuke, never wanting to be beaten by anyone, forced himself up and followed Naruto; with every single one of his muscles protesting every step of the way.
Kakashi was stunned, no traumatized by Naruto's display of jutsu. Every time he tried to focus on a new tactic his mind always wandered to new questions that needed answering. 'The only person that could have taught him that technique was Jaraiya, and he hasn't been seen in years.' He just decided that he would figure it all out when this was over; that meant getting Naruto to spill the information.
Naruto wasted no time in finding Kakashi, well him and about three hundred clones. He had traced him back to the original training ground with Sasuke not far behind. There he had found something interesting. Sakura was apparently being held hostage with a kunai to her neck and Kakashi; the one who was holding the kunai, was sitting on top of her as if awaiting their arrival. "Ah, I see that you finally made it" was Kakashi's cheery statement as he gave the two boys a smile from under his mask. Naruto and Sasuke only watched as Kakashi continued: "OK then, I see that you boys aren't in the mood for a chat, so lets get on with it then, shall we?" "Naruto, kill Sasuke or Sakura dies" was Kakashi's yet again cheery statement as he watched the monotone visage of Uzumaki Naruto curve up into an evil smile only compatible with that of a fox. Naruto then began to chuckle as a light red aura started to form around him and as his features became slightly more animalistic. "Kakashi, do you really believe that I care about such a useless bag of flesh?" Was Naruto's only question towards Kakashi as he darted towards him at lightning fast speeds. Not waiting for an opinion, he screamed the answer as his fist collided with Kakashi's face; "Well your wrong!" A large stream of blood followed Kakashi's now limp body through two trees and along a three meter slide. The blood that now pooled by Kakashi's unconscious body began to form a string of waves as Naruto walked by and ripped the two bells off of his corpse just as the lunch bell sounded.
Naruto dragged Kakashi's carcass towards the training logs along with the three bento boxes that he had picked up from the memorial that Kakashi had placed them on top of at the beginning of the day. Naruto then plopped down on the scarred ground to catch his now hampered breath. He then threw a bento box at a still shocked Sakura and Sasuke, who both took their seats to the left of Naruto and started to eat. After a good few minutes of silence, Naruto spoke: "I will bring Kakashi to the hospital after lunch; I assume that we will receive a verdict on how we did after he recuperates." They both just gave a light nod and finished eating their lunches before heading home. Naruto on the other hand headed to the hospital with Kakashi's limp form slung over his shoulder. He took to the roofs in order to stay out of the way of the villagers; if they were to find the supposed 'demon boy' carrying the body of one of Konoha's jonin over his shoulder, things would go to hell rather quickly.
As Naruto neared the hospital, he formed a henge and transformed into some random person who looked average enough. He jumped down from the roof of a restaurant and landed in front of the Konoha hospital. Just standing there brought back memories of all of the times that he had been mobbed, bullied, or had just barely survived an assassination attempt. It made him sick to just think about his past, so he just walked in and dropped Kakashi off at the front desk; not wanting to wait for a room. As he made his way home, he began to mentally prepare for meditation; kyuubi was fucking with her leash, and he wouldn't tolerate it. He was able to make it home without much of a problem, which was explicitly helpful for the preparation needed prior to meditation. Instead of climbing up the broken and elderly stairs to his apartment, he just ran up the wall until he had reached his balcony. After unlocking the balcony door and taking off his cloak and ninja sandals, Naruto made his way to his bed and proceeded to get in the proper stance for meditation. It took all of five minutes to make it into the sewer that the demon fox was intertwined with. As Naruto neared the giant iron cage, he was able to see that the kyuubi, still in her human form, was sitting down on something that looked like a rock almost, maybe a deformation in the cage of some sort. Regardless of what she was sitting on, she looked as though she was expecting the anger that would most definitely be thrown her way by Naruto, a side affect of what she had done, or what Naruto himself had done.
She gracefully got up from her perch on the rock and made her way towards the bars that held her captive. As soon as she was within the range of Naruto's vision, he began to speak: "and when did you assume that I was your rag doll?" was the beginning of what the kyuubi new would become a very long rant. What she didn't expect was for Naruto to lunge at breakneck pace towards the bars of the prison and slam his hand through the gap and get about an inch from her countenance. A low growl escaped Naruto's mouth as he continued: "You know that I detest when people, or demons, fuck with me." "You know that you were going to kill Kakashi had I not stopped you before" he spat out. "Yes, well you know that I don't like it when flesh bags like you act as though you are superior to me in any way shape or form" the demon stated with just as much authority as Naruto had just displayed. She thought that she might as well have a little fun toying with his now rampaging emotions. "I want you to stop fucking with my emotions and stop your petty efforts at taking over my body" Naruto stated matter-of-factly, making sure that the statement had an underlying edge to it as if to state: 'that there would be much pain in your near future if you did not comply'.
Kyuubi only smirked as she started to speak.
"You did a great job at ending my suggested deal yesterday, and I know that it was a most petty attempt at freedom on my part." She started. "But that little bit of freedom that you intended to give me ended up being a lot more than you could have comprehended. I can see, feel, taste, smell, and hear what you do, but I also have access to your emotions and the like." This only reassured Naruto that his fears were indeed a reality. "But not to worry, I know of an alternative route that you could take; or not, it's up to you" she cooed cheerily. Naruto sighed; he had underestimated the cunning of the demon and he new that it would cause much more trouble than it seemed it would. "What do you suggest" Naruto asked dejectedly. The Kyuubi's smile only widened. "I would like a trade; I will stop my charade if you allow me some freedom outside of this torturous chamber" she emphasized on how miserable it was to make sure that the message was completely understood. Naruto sighed yet again; he didn't want to deal with this, but he had no choice. If he denied her, she would definitely get him caught up in deep shit down the road. "Fine, you win, I will allow you some, very limited freedom" he stated. The Kyuubi now had an extremely large grin in place, and would no doubt keep it there for a long, long time. "Ok, I will tell you the specifics next time we meet; we don't have time to go over the entirety of the instructions at the moment" she said as she waved him off dismissively.
Naruto awoke suddenly and realized that he was back in the conscious world; sitting cross legged on his bed. He sighed for the third time that night; he really was in over his head. He needed sleep and didn't want to dwell on this new dilemma at the moment, as it was going on nine. He had vital training to do in the morning and he needed to rest his body and ease his mind from the troubles that he would most definitely face in the near future.
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Wow, that took FOREVER.
I hope you guys like this chapter; it took all day to write. I hope that I can make another chapter tomorrow on the final leg of the trip home.
This chapter is longer than all of the other chapters: it is over 3,000 (3,298) words long- about three times longer than the other chapters.
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