This chapter has been edited from the original version, I just fixed a few mistakes, nothing that terrible
Thanks to Hikari no Okami for helping me with it, and here's a note from her
Okami's note: Hey people, yes, I do exist, I'm not a ghost nor a part in Tohru's mind. Just asked him to put this little note here. Could you almighty readers inform me if you see grammatical or spelling mistakes? since i usually correct this in my sleepy state, that's the only way for me to get better. Well gotta go or some one might wanna kill me XD Ja ne
I have no more to say. CHARGE!
Phantom Army
The night fell for the shinobi of the Hidden Leaf and the three sand Siblings. They prepared an encampment and collected wood, berries, herbs, and though Chouji would have preferred some pork or potato chips, he didn't complain about it. When the darkness made it hard to see the young gennin tried to light a fire.
"No, you are doing it wrong Konohamaru, the sticks' degree isn't correct" explained Udon
"I tried what you are saying fifteen minutes ago and it didn't work out! I know what I'm doing!"
"Now, easy Konohamaru-chan, Udon is only trying to help you" added his female teammate
"I know!" said the young boy "But I can't get this stuff to catch some fire. I'm already desperate!"
"Even so, that no reason to discharge your frustration on your teammates" replied the red headed girl
"S-stop it, Moegi-san. Don't you understand how Konohamaru-kun feels?" said Hanabi a little shyly, too much out of personality for her like
"Oh c'mon Hyuuga, stop trying to protect your boyfriend"
"A-AND JUST WHO SAID HE IS MY BOYFRIEND, UH?" asked the white eyed girl angrily
"I DO, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?" was the other girl's reply as she put her face less than an inch away
"Aaaaaaand I think that's just enough, dattebayo" Naruto appeared picking up one girl in each hand, holding them as separately as he could but still seeing them in the eyes "Imagine my surprise when I come to check out how you're going with the fire and find you yelling at each other!" both girls looked down, ashamed "Now, I understand how difficult it can be to stand the stress of war Specially since the first battle you took part of had to be under such circumstances; however, there's no reason to act like this, even if we are angry. And that goes for you too, Konohamaru"
"But I didn't…" the boy tried to argue
"Really? Did you use the correct tone with Udon?"
"…No…" replied an also ashamed Konohamaru
"There, see? Take it easy. We will only have ourselves to watch our backs. We have enough enemies already to start making even more inside us. Now I want you all to apologize, dattebayo" said the blond putting the girls back in the ground
The girls stayed in silence a little, looking into each other eyes
"I'm sorry Udon" Konohamaru was the first one
"Don't even mention it" replied the boy with glasses
"I, uh…" "I, uh…" said both girls at the same time after another minute of uneasy silence
"You first" said Hanabi
"No, you first" said Moegi
"No, you"
"No you"
"No, y-"
"Please, anyone, just do it" said Naruto a little annoyed
"I'm sorry" said quickly Moegi "I…didn't like it when you participated in a matter which I felt was only of our team's concern, sorry"
"No, you were right, Konohamaru-kun was wrong and I defended him, and I shouldn't have started yelling"
"I shouldn't have called you 'Hyuuga' like that"
"That's much better, now shake hands, and let's forget about this problem" instructed Naruto, and so did the girls "with that settled, how is the fire going?"
"Bad" answered Konohamaru still frustrated but not angry now
"Uh? Why?" asked the blond
" Well, we can't make the stick burn and none of us knows any fire jutsu" explained Udon
"Fire jutsu? What do you need that for? For lighting a little fire? Use only your chakra" the blond put his hand above the pile of sticks and after a few seconds a small fire appeared "See?"
"WOOOW!" almost yelled Konohamaru "How did you do that?"
"Heh, well! Only super elite ninja can do it! That's why I'm going to become the next Hokage"
"Oh! Please! Teach us how to do it nii-san!" asked Moegi
"No way, it's a very dangerous technique, you don't have the level to perform it correctly" assured the orange wearing
"Please, Naruto-kun, we were almost their age when we learned how to start a fire with chakra, it's a very simple technique" said Hinata giggling as she entered the encampment, joining the conversation"
"Sweetheart! You are supposed to help me, not expose me!" said Naruto acting as if he was offended
Hinata just giggled "Oh! Come on, they are just kids, and they love you like their own brother"
"Touché, but you didn't even allow me to tease them a little more. Of course I was going to teach them how to do it… after they asked for it a little more, of course" explained the blond
"C'mon! Naruto-niisan!" said Udon
"Yeah, if you don't, you'll be scolded by your wife!" said Konohamaru, making the Uzumaki boy blush a little and the girl blush to an impossible red; she knew she should be already used to be Naruto's wife
"Stop saying those things!" said Naruto "anyway" he took out a scroll from his clothes and tossed it to Udon "in that scroll rest the base to the training Hina-chan and I had on this three years. I'll help you with some of it a little, but I want you to manage to do it on your own"
Udon opened the scroll and read the title out loud "Secret Jutsu of…" but Naruto took the scroll away
"Sorry, wrong scroll, this is the one"
"One hundred jutsu every shinobi most know" read Udon the title
"What? Wow!" Konohamaru swiftly stood next to Udon so he could also see the scroll; his enthusiasm disappeared when he checked the list "What's this? It is totally useless. There isn't a thing in this list that you could use in a fight; I mean, laundry jutsu?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean" admitted Naruto with a smile
"Naruto-kun, had exactly the same reaction" explained Hinata with a smile
"But believe me, it's one hell of a training; it works great for the basics of chakra control, chakra manipulation, element manipulation and will give you a little boost in chakra. Even if most of them aren't attack techniques water walking and tree climbing are really useful under any circumstances, including a battle" said Naruto "now, as for the fire-build Jutsu, you just have to use chakra to rise the temperature of the wood and the air around it. You can do it with friction, just as if you were doing it with a pair of sticks, but chakra works way better; I did it with one hand, but you may want to start using both. I know it can be difficult the first times"
"But how do we create friction with chakra?" asked Hanabi
"Well, you can make small bits of chakra hit the wood you want to catch fire, and then make it turn around a small part of it, at enough speed; or you can shape your chakra around your hands and use them to create the same effect, see if any of this methods fits you, and if don't, try creating your own, the two I mentioned are the ones Hina-chan and I use" proposed the blond
"That's right, yet our sensei used her chakra directly in the wood to rise its temperature and focused all the flammable gasses of the air around to create the fire" added Hinata
"Anyway, we'll go tell the other the fire is done already"
"Uh, ok" said Konohamaru "thanks Naruto-nii-san, Hinata-nee-san"
The older shinobi left to meet the others leaving the kids to train with some sticks, trying to make a fire using only their chakra
They found the rest of their comrades a little way, on the edge of the small encampment
"How's the fire going?" asked Temari
"It's ok now. We can go there to warm ourselves and maybe see if we can make this herbs taste a little better cooking 'em"
"Ok" said Sakura "Hinata, did you found any water?"
"No, there aren't any rivers or pounds nearby. We'll need to ration our water supply" reported the dark haired girl
"Hummm, I see. Well, that shouldn't be much of a trouble; I smell water in the proximity" said Kiba
"I do recall finding a small pound nearby some years ago when I was in this region" said Kakashi
"Yes, a subterrean river runs some 5 miles to the north. We can move there and try to find a spot where the river comes to the surface and refill our waterskins. It will take us a few hours and going to the water probably means q higher chance of finding enemies, but I think it's a necessary risk. We can't move without enough water" said Naruto. After that he noticed that everyone was giving him a weird look "What? I have something on my face?"
"Since when do you know that much?" asked Tenten
"Well, we had to read a whole library as part of our traning and I remember seeing a map of the region in a book. I just remembered the fact; it's nothing really" explained the blond
"I'm sorry my wounds and being exhausted is dampening your mission" said Gaara
"Don't worry, we gave you our water with pleasure" said Naruto
"Yeah, the Sand village is our strongest ally; we aren't going to leave the Kazekage, or anyone else for that matter, without proper treatment" assured Chouji
"But how is it possible that you reached that situation? I mean, you are one of the strongest shinobi I know" asked Ino
"It all started when we received the hawk asking for help from Waterfall" explained Kankurou "Apparently Orochimaru infiltrated his forces sometime ago. We thought the security was firm enough when we discovered that one shinobi, the captain of the guards actually, had a mental control seal, but he wasn't the only problem. We had other infiltrated from different factions. When the information about his case leaked, they started a revolution negating Gaara's leadership"
They negated him?! Naruto understood the pain Gaara must had felt at that moment and how hard it should be for him to endure the situation
"The forces that were loyal to Gaara tried to subdue the riot, but taking advantage of the confusion, enemy shinobi got into the village, greatly surpassing our forces" continued Temari "After the first day of fighting I received a hit in the back of the head and lost consciousness; the blood loss made it impossible for me to recover"
"We managed to recover her and protect her, but we had few medic-nin to help her, as they were needed at the frontlines. I fell few hours after that" said Kankurou
"We had managed to leave the village by that time; however, as we tried to flee to Konoha, the small group that accompanied us distracted a group of enemies allowing me to leave with my siblings. Despite the distraction, I was intercepted by a group of enemies. I managed to defeat them, but received an explosive note effect pass my sand shield and damage my leg; that slowed me enough for them to catch up with me. You found me two days after this started. From that point on, you know what happened" finished Gaara
"You should be able to walk again without troubles tomorrow morning as your healing speed is almost as impressive as Naruto's; however, you won't be able to run at full speed until the next day, maybe tomorrows afternoon, but too much stress could open the wound again" said the pink haired Uzumaki, Gaara nodded showing he understood
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That night came and went without troubles, so did the next morning and afternoon, when they used the time to go to the subterranean river. Luckily they didn't find any enemies and found a little pond were they got fresh water for their supplies. The night fell and the encampment was picked up, leaving as soon as the darkness was able to cover the group with its mantle.
They moved as fast as the condition of the injured allowed them, moving half of the remaining distance to Waterfall that night. When the daylight started to appear, they set the encampment again and slept a little.
Morning had advanced and most of them were already up, but Naruto and Hinata wre nowhere in sight.
"It's already passed eleven and Naruto and Hinata are still sleeping?" asked Ino
"Leave them, I'm sure they have things to do alone" said Shikamaru, who was playing Shogi with Kankuro The comment caused several blushings
"I-I'm just saying, that…that…well I'ts late for them to be in bed- I mean sleeping-shouldn't someone, I don't know, go check them or something?" asked Ino
"Why don't you do it, as it was you idea, Ino-pig?" Sakura smiled at herself
"No way! You should forehead!"
"Why me?"
"'Cause you're their family! Plus you are a medic-nin, what if they were poisoned in the last fight? Maybe they are in bad condition"
"You are a medic too" said the pink haired
"DUH! But I'm not family!" replied the blond
"Why don't you just give a quick check? I'm sure they are ok" said Chouji
"Ok" Sakura sighted defeated, she walked to the Uzumaki's marriage tent "Uh, Naruto, Hinata? Are you there?" asked the pink haired
However, she got no reply. She waited outside the tent and called again; still no answer "I'm going in, ok?" she entered and found a pair of bedrolls, some scrolls and a pair of weapon pouches, but no one sleeping in there. She came out and informed the others
"They aren't there"
"What?!" barked Kiba "how is it possible? They should be there, we haven't seen them leave the tent and we have been here all morning"
"Apparently they left even earlier" assured Shikamaru "We'll have to find them" Troublesome
"How is it possible?! Our team leader left?! Where is his responsibility?!" exclaimed Ino
With haste the group organized itself in order to search for the missing Uzumakis, because even if they were able to protect themselves, it was dangerous if an enemy force were to find them.
With Neji's and Hanabi's Byuakugan they found them in less than ten minutes. They were in a clear. Twenty clones were laying on their backs, sweating and breathing heavily, several scrolls rested near them.
"Wow, that was awesome!" they heard a Naruto said
"Yep, you were incredible!" replied a Hinata
"You pushed me so hard!" said another clone of the girl
"I thought I was going crazy! But the end was fantastic!" added another Naruto
"Yeah, the best one ever!" smiled a Hinata
"Ummm, he-hello?" Chouji was the first to speak
"Uh, oh, hi guys!" said the Naruto in the middle of the mess, slowly the clones disappeared one by one, leaving only the Naruto that had talked and a Hinata at his side "you are all up already?"
"Hell, strong powers of observation, uh?" joked Kankurou
"What…were you doing?" asked Tenten
"Why, we were training of course" replied the blond
"Uh? What were you training?" asked Kakashi taking one scroll and reading it
"Well! It's a very special secret technique you know?!" said Naruto taking the scroll out of Kakashi's hands with a blinding speed; so fast no one noticed when he had moved "anyway, why are you all here, dattebayo?"
"We were worried about you nii-san" said Moegi
"Thanks to everyone, but we are fine; you don't have to worry" said Hinata
"What do you mean by that?" barked Kiba "of course we have to!"
"It is war time. Being alone is not safe, even for you two" explained Shino
"C'mon! We are strong enough to protect ourselves!" assured Naruto
"Even being exhausted because of your training? I know you can recover unbelievably fast and probably won't have a stamina problem if enemies were to attack" said Shikamaru "but Hinata, although strong, can't keep your pace. Could you be strong and fast enough to defeat them all and protect her?"
"Well…I…!" tried to argue the blond
"Shika is right" said Chouji
"Just listen Naruto, we mean no harm" it was Ino with a smile
"Yeah, what would be of our mission without our fearless leader?" asked Sakura
Hinata put her hand on Naruto's shoulder and he sighed in defeat against his wife
"Ok, I'm sorry, won't happen again" resigned Naruto and the whole group started to walk back to the encampment
"Hey Naruto" whispered Kakashi staying in the end of the group with the blond "Where did you get those scrolls?"
"Wedding present from Tsunade-baachan, at least some of them; the others I found them in my house"
"You have to be cautious with that; those are very important scrolls containing Konoha's kages secret jutsus"
"We are aware of that Sensei, don't worry"
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Two days came and went in a blink. The shinobi troop trained and rested as they were on the move, carefully removing any traps they found and finally reaching the area surrounding the Waterfall Hidden village, a beautiful forest. Little did they know, nor noticed, that they were being watched, until it was too late.
The ground behind Ino started the move, trapping her feet and enabling any movement, quickly trapping her body in a rock prison
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled the girl as the rock reached her waist
"Ino!" Chouji tried to break the rock but it was infused with chakra, and repaired all the damage moving to cover the girl completely
"CHOUJI! HELP!" in a few seconds the girl was covered in a cubic prison of rock
Suddenly a rain of feathers fell upon the Konoha team and the sand siblings, not giving them chance to help their female team mate
"A genjutsu!" announced Sakura. Quickly all the shinobi dispelled it, but the four youngest members of the company had fallen under its affects and were now asleep.
Not giving them time to do anything a gigantic boulder fell upon them "disperse!" ordered Kakashi grabbing their sleeping comrades. All did as ordered
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"What are our orders?" asked the girl
"Choose one of them, bring them down, I'll take care of the rest" assured the young man
"Understood!"
"Girls, don't kill them, we have to wait until our leader comes"
"Roger!"
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The boulder had provoked a lot of dust to rise. Tenten recovered from the surprise and analyzed her surroundings. She had apparently been separated from the other when she dodged the attack
I need to find the others, they can't be that far away thought the girl, but when she prepared to move a shuriken passed just an inch away from her face
"That was only a warning, I won't miss next time. Surrender and you won't be harmed" said a man in a dark robe coming out of the trees; he wore a green mask
"Who are you?!" asked the girl grabbing some kunai
"My name is not important" he said simply "but I have no intention to harm you, please don't force me to do it"
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to surrender just like that, no matter what village you are from" Tenten tried to find a headband or something that would declare the man's village precedence, but found nothing.
"It's a shame"
A small cut appeared on Tenten's cheek as she only heard a kunai stabbing a tree behind her When did he even throw that?!
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Neji jumped back, dodging perfectly the large boulder, his Byakugan activated, yet, suddenly his vision went totally blank for a second, returning after that
What was that? His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed a person behind him, wearing a black robe, and a green mask. Non of his traveling companions were inside his range. Not wasting a second and considering they were under attack he responded throwing a kunai
"A little aggressive, aren't we?" asked the man dodging the kunai and moving towards Neji
"Kaiten!" yelled the boy swirling while releasing chakra from all the tenketsu when his opponent was close enough to receive the absolute defense, but he failed
"Interesting attack" said the man from behind Neji
The Hyuuga boy tried to see his face behind his mask, but something blocked his vision. As the man made another offensive move, the white eyed attacked faster "Eight triagram, technique of the sixty-four palms!" the dark robed man received all the hits without even trying to defend himself. The last attack send him flying back several feet, his body was totally numb "I have sealed all of your tenketsu, you won't even be able to stand. You are no match for the Hyuuga clan strength. Now you will give me some answers"
"Hyuuga clan uh?" said the man incorporating with ease "I see. That's interesting; I'm glad to be able to see the power of such a technique, do you mind if I try it out?" the man cracked his fingers and neck
What? How can he stand up and with such an ease? Not even Naruto can do it so easily cursed Neji
"Ok, I'll give it a try, here I come" the man took the same position Neji had assumed a few moments ago "Sixty-four palm technique!"
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With blinding speed Lee evaded the boulder
"What a treacherous technique! Come out and fight the beautiful green demon! I'll show you how my fire of youth blooms!" taunted Lee taking up his guard and checking his surroundings for any enemies
"How can you say it is treacherous?" asked a deep girl's voice from above Lee
"It's coward to attack an opponent under circumstances that are not equivalent"
"Uh? Aren't we ninja? We should move with outmost stealth and strike from the shadows, don't you agree?"
"Even so the conditions must be fair for both"
"You want a fair fight?" the girl jumped to the ground "then I'll be your opponent" She wore a lot of gold jewelry, basically earrings, collars and bracelets made out of golden rings in different sizes put together, she didn't use sandals or any other shoes. Her outfit was exotic, consisting on a green with mauve blouse and an indigo skirt. She had light fur covering all her body, and a pair of cat ear coming out of her long hair held in a low pony tail, a tail swing
"I'm happy to be able to fight against a decent shinobi"
"Save it for later, spandex-boy" said the girl as her fingernails turned into claws
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Chouji had barely dodged the large rock by rolling
"Ino! Hold on I'm going to rescue you!" yelled the large boy running to the cubic rock inside of which his teammate was.
"Don't waste your voice. She can't hear you" said a man with a black robe and green mask coming out of the woods
"Are you the one who trapped her?!" demanded the boy
"What if I'm?"
"I would smash you until you were to release her!"
"There's no need to resort to violence, she will be ok as long as you and your allies surrender" he said calmly
"If I surrender, would you take her out right now?!"
"No, not until all of you have surrender or are subjugated"
"Then I have no choice but to beat you 'til you release Ino"
"But I have assured you she will be unharmed, please just wait, I don't want to use violence"
"UNHARMED? YOU HAVE NO IDEA!" the boy made a hand sign and doubled his size and weight
"It's a pity you think like that; I thought your care for that girl would stop you from attacking"
"SHUT UP! SPIKED MEAT TANK!" Chouji's hair surrounded his body and became multiple spikes as he became a large rolling sphere, rampaging against the man in front of him. However the man didn't even move and although Chouji attacked him fiercely he wasn't able to move him an inch, let alone damage him
"Please I have no intention to harm you, but you leave me no other choice" the man touched the rolling mass that was trying to crush his chest. Chouji stopped rolling due to a terrible attack of nausea that was overwhelming his will. Who is this guy? He emptied his stomach
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When Shikamaru had heard Kakashi's order to disperse he couldn't help to think about how troublesome it was. Landing on his feet on a branch of a nearby tree, he observed the deep foliage made it difficult to see much around him, but that meant that their opponents shouldn't be able to see much of him either. He had no idea where his companions were. He assumed his special thinking position against the tree and tried to analyze how to act next when a voice came from behind him, a kunai dangerously close to his back.
"Surrender, I promise that neither you nor your allies will be harmed as long as you all come quietly"
Damn! How did he sneak up behind me? "Fine, I give up"
"I'm delighted to see you are intelligent"
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Kankurou, who was in the back of the team when the rock fell, had the most room to dodge the attack; however, the dust created due to the boulder blinded most of his vision. When it was cleared he found no one around him, even so, he could feel someone's presence near
"I can sense you are here, come out, unless you want me to point you out" he threw a bunch of kunai against a tree
"Wow, it's amazing how you were able to find me. I had little time to evade those kunai" said a female voice coming from somewhere in front of him "but even if you can say I'm here, I can still sneak up and get you" she said and a large wound appeared in Kankurou's leg, a girl slowly became visible, holding the kunai that had wounded the puppet masters She used a strange armor with a Ying-Yang design on the shoulders
"Gen-jutsu" managed to mutter Kankurou
"Surprise, surprise, handsome" the girl smirked. She had long brown hair and was currently winking her equally brown eyes
Suddenly Kankurou's face cracked, and the puppet Kuroari popped out, trapping the girl inside its chest with its multiple arms
"Surprise, surprise, doll-face!" Kankurou appeared from behind, moving the chakra strings of his puppet. With a move of his fingers the arms and legs of the marionette detached as well as its head, and from them appeared long blades that stabbed the chest of the puppet were the girl was "You always have to be prepared for everything!" said Kankurou when the head stabbed performing the final blow.
"I see" sounded the girl's voice "that's some good advice" the girl came out of the puppet unharmed, passing through the puppet as if she were a ghost, totally unharmed
Tsk! Bloody hell! Who or what is she?!
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Temari opened her eyes, she hadn't reacted on time and the boulder had almost got her. She cursed her slow reaction, she was failing far too much for her own standards and felt pretty bad
"Sorry if that hurt you, I kinda over did it" said the man in a black robe wearing a green mask who was in front of her "now, please surrender, we don't want to hurt you. We just need to hold you for a few minutes 'till our leader comes here"
"What if I refuse?" asked the blond girl
"Then I would have to force you into submission"
"Well then, I'm sorry, but I'm not really the submissive type of girl" she replied taking out her fan
"Why do you refuse to surrender?"
"'Cause I have already been defeated by a man and it still rest uneasy on my memory. I couldn't take it if I were to be defeated again" she opened the fan releasing a furious gale against her opponent, but the man did move
"I see, that's a shame. I really hope this won't cause that much of an effect to you" with a wave of his hand he deflected the current of air leaving him unharmed, but destroying some trees of the forest "now, your friends are in the proximities. I recommend you not to do such a dangerous technique, unless you want them to be hurt of course"
Temari cursed again
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Kakashi was the first one to move, and the first one to notice the man in black robes near him. He quickly went to encounter him
"Hello, I'm sorry for such harsh greetings, but I'm afraid that was necessary" said the man in black, with a green mask over his face
"Who are you and what village do you serve?" asked the sharingan user
"I can't tell you that since it could compromise the situation"
"I see, that's a shame, 'cause I can't leave the kids without supervision"
"I assure you they won't get serious damage if they don't put resistance"
"I am correct to assume the same applies for me right?"
"You are very clever"
"I'm sorry but without knowing your village affiliation, I'm not going to surrender"
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Sakura was hidden in the woods; she knew someone was the author of the attack, and that he or she was out there
"Where are you?" asked the girl in a whisper, mostly to herself
"Right here" said a polite voice "I see you are somewhat capable discerning Genjutsu, at least at a basic level"
"What-? When did you-?" asked Sakura surprised
"You can just say that I'm very, very sneaky"
"Go sneak up your granny!" she said throwing a punch with her super strength. However the man stopped it with his bare hand
"But you still need more training"
"How can you-?!"
"I'm a very specialized person" said the man almost as if he could read her mind
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Shino dispersed his bugs around the area, tracking for his attacker after a few minutes he detected a strange chakra source. The possessor of such chakra noticed she had been noticed and appeared before Shino
"You have good abilities" she said in a monotone voice as Shino stayed in silence "I see you don't talk much, I like it better since I prefer silence. Surrender and we'll be in peace"
"Why should I?"
"So we can check your identities" the girl had black long curled hair and black eyes, pale skin, used elegant dark clothes and a dark armor with a white Ying-Yang design. The girl moved her hand and a black-purplish chakra trapped Shino in layer that perfectly fitted his body "Wait there" she said lacking emotion. But she failed to notice the large mass of insects behind her
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Kiba's nose told him something wasn't right, a large rock had just raised a large dust cloud, but the air didn't smell like dust at all, not even a little bit, just plain forest and maybe something more
"I can smell you! Come out and fight me!" barked the boy supported by his large dog
"Wow, you got a pretty good nose don't you?" asked a girl wearing a red haori, with a light armor above it, the armor had a blue Ying-Yang on its shoulders, the girl had dark blue hair and purple eyes
Wow, hot chick "Are you my enemy?" asked the boy
"That depends"
"On what?"
"On how well educated you are. Now, would you please surrender? That way I won't need to kick your ass" she said with an honest smile
"Oh! A girl thinks she can beat me?"
"Don't push it dog-boy, it could be painful for you"
I hate when people call me 'dog-boy'! "C'mon pal! Lets show her who we are!" he said to Akamaru, the boy ride the dog and yelled "Man-Beast clone!" and a smoke cloud appeared, revealing, after it had cleared, two Kibas; The Kibas ran towards the girl who just smirked "Fang over Fang Jutsu!" a pair of tornados attacked the girl, but they just seemed to rebound on her
"C'mon, show me that you can do something else" she said stopping one of the tornados with a hand, the tornado became Kiba, who fell to his knees, feeling his body heavy
How come I'm this fatigued?And how can she stop my jutsu with just one hand?
"Are you ready to surrender? Or should I use what I just stole against you?" she said as her hand started glowing with chakra
Is she draining my chakra?!
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Naruto rolled to the front, leaving the boulder behind him, he lost track of Hinata and although he looked for her he was unable to find her
"What in the world…"
"Hello" said a black robed man in front of him
"Who are you?! Where are the others?!"
"Easy, easy, take it with calm. The other members of your team are ok, or at least I assure you they won't be seriously injured if they cooperate. Now could you please hold from making any offensive move? I have no intention to fight you, we just want to stop you until our leader arrives"
"Oh, and you spec to stop me alone? Shadow Clone Jutsu" a dozen more Narutos appeared around
"Interesting, this one will be an equal fight it seems" twelve more men in black robes and green masks came out the woods
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Tumbling gracefully, Hinata moved out of danger's area. Her Byukugan was activated, noticing every movement, however for a second; her vision went totally blank, as if she was blinded by a white light.
What was that? Enemy jutsu? Hinata asked herself in silence just as she noticed a strange figure in the woods in front of her. She assumed her guard
"Oh, please, that won't be necessary" said the man coming out of the woods; he wore a black robe and a green mask
"You mean no harm to us"
"I only wish to stop you, at least for a little while, until our leader comes here"
"Why is that?"
"I'm afraid revealing too much information could be dangerous for us" explained the man "but fear not, if you surrender, you won't be damaged in any form"
"Can you proof you are not lying?"
"I suppose you'll have to trust me"
If he wished to kill me, he should have attacked since the beginning, right? But even so, maybe this is just a diversion, a fake, to make me drop my guard and catch me defenseless. Underneath the underneath, that is what Naruto usually says, but, what I'm I suppose to do? I'll check out his echoes, maybe that will help me in some way she performed a one handed seal, and the veins around her eyes remarked even further What's this?!
"Apparently, you not going to surrender, therefore I'll have to subdue you" the man charged against her
I know your secret; I just hope Naruto-kun and the others notice too!
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Gaara stayed in the same place, he didn't even move, and the large boulder came to where he was and passed through him
"Wow, that was so awesome! You were able to discern Tohru-chan's technique!" said the voice of a little girl
"Genjutsu?" That's why the sand didn't move to protect me, it was an illusion
"Yep!" from the woods jumped a little girl wearing a blue mini skirt, a red top, and clogs. She wouldn't seem like a shinobi if it weren't wearing a wakizashi on her low back, a small combat fan in her hand, and a senbon pouch around her left leg. Her hair was pink, as was her eyes and skin "Hello! I'm Mina! I'm glad I chose you, you are pretty cute, I wouldn't like asking it to someone mean or ugly"
"Ask what?"
"Oh! To surrender of course!" she said with a bright smile "you know we don't really want to fight, but the situation is a little harsh and Tohru-chan ordered us to come and stop you, so would you please surrender?"
"I don't see why I should surrender"
"Oh! Please, please please, pretty please! With sugar on top? Please!" she said "You seem to be a good person! Even if you have a demon sealed inside, you…" she finished taking a finger to her lips, like if she were thinking
"What did you say?" Gaara's eyes widen
"I said something?" asked the girl totally dumb folded
Is she stupid or she's making fun of me? "How did you know I have a demon sealed inside me?"
"Oh! That! I see, sorry I was thinking on something else" she explained slightly blushing "I was raised in a temple, therefore I can sense that kind of things; you see my parents were the ones to keep on the traditions, the heirs you could call them, that's why they trained me on the family 'business', tee, hee, hee"
She's too noisy "As I was saying, I'm not going to surrender" the sand came out of the gourd Gaara was carrying, and trapped Mina "but you can stay inside my desert coffin, until your leader arrives, then we will see if I'll have to slay you both"
"What?! No, you're so mean! Le'me go!" said the little girl trying to free herself of the grip
"And you can wait in silence" the sand moved at one of Gaara's orders and covered Mina's mouth "now, stay there while I go and look for my comrades" Gaara turned his back to the girl for a moment, suddenly his desert coffin exploded from the inside, sending sand all around, he turned to see Mina standing on her feet hardly, a wind current surrounded her body
"You are so bad! You wanted to leave me there alone! That's not nice!" Gaara noticed the girl's eyes had turned to an aqua green, the girl performed a few hand seals
"Fire blossoms!" a rain for petal shaped flames attacked Gaara
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Tenten threw all of her weapons, and was manipulating them with chakra strings, constantly attacking his opponent, however, the man in front of him was also a master in the use of weapons; he had taken out his weapon, a large scythe that had a long barbed chain attached in the end, like a gruesome kusarigama. Multiple attacks tried to hurt the man, but he managed to block them all and hurt Tenten at the same time, who had several small cuts in her clothes and skin
How can he dodge and block my blow and attack me at the same time? I had never met someone with such an amazing skill the girl admitted
"I'm bored of this" said the man, and used the chain ended side of his weapon to trip the girl from the distance, making her lose control over her weapons. With blinding speed he reached the girl and put the edge of her scythe to her neck "please, stop attacking"
Tenten pressed her teeth, she was defeated
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Hit after hit Neji felt in his own flesh the pain of her tenketsu being closed merciless, slowly his own strength decreased leaving his body in a painful torture; when the sixty-fourth strike hit, his body ached all around and he had complications even breathing
"My, my, it wasn't that hard to perform after all. Tell me how it feels?" said the man with an acid tone "a spoon full of your own medicine"
"Who-are-you?" Neji managed to mutter
"You'll find soon enough, cousin"
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Lee attacked the cat girl with all his strength and speed, landing several successive hits that forced the girl to focus on defending herself. After a few second Lee stopped and took some distance between them
"You are no match to my fires of youth!" exclaimed the spandex wearing ninja
"You talk too much about that, don't you?" asked the girl, the outer layer of her skin was covered in and exoskeleton made of bone and it had protected her from Lee's punches and kicks "I think its time for you shut up" said the girl and her arm stretched as if it were made out of gum, tacking Lee by surprise, landing a nasty slash of her claws to his ribs
"Ugh, what, was that?"
"I'm able to alter my body however I wish: stretch it, make it stronger, harder, keener, more beautiful, or more intimidating"
"I…see" said the dark haired boy holding his injury "that's very handly, but I won't be defeated! I'll prove the world that I can be a good ninja even if I can't do Ninjutsu nor Genjutsu"
"What did you just said?" asked the girl, suddenly dropping his guard
"Gate of rest! OPEN!" with impressive speed and strength Lee performed his twister flying kick "Konoha whirlwind!" and sent the girl flying towards a tree, breaking it completely, sending her further into the woods "The blooms of youth blossom twice!" cheered Lee, but as fast as the girl had disappeared in the woods due to the kick she came back, a pair of wings sprouted from her back, her claws were thicker and his teeth had became fangs, her aspect was more feral
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Chouji stood up with difficulty; he suffered severe nauseas and he was hardly managing to stand on his feet
"Let her go…" he said
"Why don't you understand she will not suffer?" asked the robed man
What does he knows? Does he knows how much she hates being alone? Being trapped and held? The terror she feels towards small and closed rooms and spaces? She must be suffering a lot right now! His determination made his power to grow greatly "I TOLD YOU TO SET HER FREE!" he demanded, his fists became gigantic masses that hit the cubic rock prison, destroying it completely, leaving a unconscious Ino in the ground, by her looks she had been crying
She's claustrophobic? I made a big mistake! "You love this girl, don't you?" asked the man in his usual calm demeanor
"More than my life" replied the boy touching her face, removing the tears and hair with his hand and falling unconscious after that
"Against the power of true love, I admit defeat" said the black robed man, removing his mask, watching over the two fainted youngsters
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Shikamaru analyzed the man standing a few meters in front of him, he hadn't moved in ages and though the wind moved slightly and refreshing, his black robe didn't.
"You are nothing but an illusion, a genjutsu used to fight with us" said the Konoha chunnin with a lazy tone
"What makes you think that?" asked the man
"I analyzed the facts; first you trapped Ino and used a genjutsu attack which was easy to find out; that way you made us believe you wouldn't use a genjutsu again. The rock was a trick to separate us so you could focus your technique on some of us while your allies fought some others, that way your chakra concentration is used on fewer subjects, thus creating a more believable illusion. What made me suspect of this theory was the fact that you knew exactly were I was, even though the foliage wouldn't allow it in this section of the forest and you sneaked up behind me even when I was lending on a tree"
"You analysis is amazing, but you are in a mistake, the rock prison was also a genjutsu"
"What? Then that means that we fell in it before the sleeping jutsu?"
"That's right" said the man
"And even the Byakugan was fooled by your technique"
"My illusions are of the few that can defeat regular Sharingan and Byakugan"
"But you can't defeat a dispel, KAI! (dispel)" the man in front of Shikamaru started to fade as he said
"I bow to your superior intellect"
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Kankurou couldn't believe his eyes; the girl had come out alive from one of his deadliest techniques, and by no other means but by moving through the puppet cavity.
"What's with the face? Didn't you say a shinobi must be prepared for anything?" asked the girl with a mischievous smile
Kankurou smirked "Hm, I like women with attitude"
"I'm not asking you out, I'm just going to take you down" she said confident
"Not if I take you down first!" Karasu came out of the ground behind the young female, and threw a rain of kunai, only to be bounced back when they touched her, leaving her unharmed
"So, you have more than one puppet! But my toys are better than yours, this chakra armor, gives me a boost to my chakra and protects me from your attacks"
"Does it protect you from poison?" from the ground came a large lizard like puppet, that wrapped the girl with its tail, holding her tight. The other two puppets came to enforce the holding and opened their mouths; a tube appeared from the open mouths, a purple gas came out, stopping anything from being seen inside the cloud
For a few seconds nothing happened, but the voice of the girl sounded "No, it doesn't protect me from gases, but I have some skills of my own!" She was nowhere to be seen
"Curses!" Kankurou moved his puppets in all directions trying to find the girl before she could attack him. Suddenly he noticed how the strings tensed on a point, as if something had tried to move through them, founding to be impassable barrier Interesting, she can't pass through chakra with a swift movement he released his chakra strings and dispersed them in the area, like a net, until he felt something touching the strings. He quickly folded the strings into a lasso, holding his target; the girl slowly faded into appearance "I caught up a pretty lass"
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"Will you use your wind to attack again?" Temari was asked bye the masked man "what about your friends?"
"They can protect themselves!" she released another wave of wind which the man deflected as easily as the last one
"I see, then what about the forest around us?"
"That's not my problem right now!" she swung her fan again
"But it is my problem" the man made hand seals "Fire style: Great fireball!" a large sphere of fire moved towards Temari, crashing against her wind, but instead of stopping it, made it even bigger and engulfed the sand girl
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"So you won't surrender either?" confirmed the green masked man "that's not good, you should have done it. That would make my task easier"
"Pardon me if I'm a problem" said Kakashi
""Well, you seem like an older and experienced shinobi, as such, this could be interesting" said the man in black
"Let's get this over with"
"On the contrary, this is just the beginning" the man moved faster than Kakashi could react, touching his forehead with one finger
Kakashi pushed him back, putting again some distance between them
"Why did you do that?" asked the sharingan user
"What do you mean with that?" asked back the man, but his voice sounder different, familiar to him
"That voice, who are you? Reveal yourself!" demanded Kakashi
"C'mon, don't you remember me?" he took out his mask to reveal his features and his single eye "It's me, Obito"
"O-o-obito? How is it possible?" asked Kakashi haunted by the ghosts of his past
"I've come back to set things right, old friend."
"This must be a joke! You can't be Obito!"
"I'm sorry to wake you up my friend, but I am here. You see this?" he asked signaling his empty eye "As I told you, it's time to settle some things. You know what happened and I'm sure you know you should have died that day and that the Sharingan should still be in my body"
"Believe me when I say I would do anything to change what happened that day! I still have nightmares from time to time; you were the only friend I ever had, Obito"
"Is that how you think? Then why didn't you save me? Why now that you can change things you are negating me?"
"I-I-I…" Kakashi single exposed eye widened
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Sakura infused her hand with chakra and attacked with a chakra scalpel the man who seemed to be able to match her strength, successfully touching his chest
"I have cut all the terminals of your nervous system; you won't be able to move for a long while"
"A medical ninja uh?" asked the man surprising Sakura as he could still talk "but that doesn't matter as you are already in my trap. The man moved with ease, just as if he hadn't received the last attack, sending Sakura flying to the woods, breaking three trees with her back
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The bugs fell upon the dark looking girl, covering completely; however, the insects where quickly surrounded by a layer of black chakra, locking them away
"I don't mind a little bug but that is too much" explained the girl with her monotonic voice protected by a sphere of translucent black-purplish charka; yet, she noticed Shino's prison presented signs of being ate; the boy wasn't there "he managed to escape"
Shino attacked from above with all hi swarm moving with him, the girl smiled
"Dark Dragon Jutsu" a dark cloud came for her body and assumed the shape of a dragon, charging against the bug user
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The girl in front of Kiba apparently was stealing his and Akamaru's chakra
"Will you surrender? or I'll have to use your chakra against you?" asked the girl with a smile
"Do as you please! I couldn't care less!" he barked trying to attack her, but she used a powerful punch in his belly, forcing all the air out of his lungs
"You performed a strong technique, but most of its effects were damped by my armor. After that I only used my Chakra Vacuum to leech your power to me, trust in me when I say it will be less painful for you to surrender now" explained the girl
"Urg, no…I'm still not defeated! GO AKAMARU!" Akamaru, the large dog, pushed the girl from behind, making her to loose her balance, Kiba used the opening to trip the girl with a low kick in order to send her into the air with a kick "Here I come!" jumping flexing into a small ball Kiba hit the girl airborne, delivering then three furious swipes with his claws, first his right hand, then his left, both horizontal, and then the right again but this time vertical; to finish with a kick that send her back to the ground "Roaring combo!" I hate to think I'm using a technique that defeated me once cursed the dog user
The girl landed in a nasty fall, breaking a small part of the ground. Kiba landed on his feet feeling a little fatigued. The girl had caused him more troubles than he wanted to admit; he disliked the idea of hurting a pretty girl, but this was the shinobi world. With those thoughts he prepared to look for the others, but he stopped when he heard noises behind him
"Agh, that was very unpleasant" the girl stood up
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The man attacked Hinata but she didn't move, not even when the punch approached her face, instead she just said "Drop the genjutsu" as the man punched her straight in the nose, going through her without harming her. Hinata then took a shuriken and threw it to a nearby rock
"I'm very impressed. You not only were able to notice my genjutsu, but also to found were I was" said man coming out from behind a large rock "If I hadn't move I would be bleeding right now" Hinata noticed that even if he was older he wasn't much older than herself. Some point between Kakashi sensei and she. He had white skin and long brown hair. He used a red t-shirt, a pair of dark green pants and a yellow vest which shouted 'I'm-here-kill-me'. He was somewhat short, and not very athletic, but what surprised Hinata the most wasn't his vest, but his eyes, his eyes were the same as hers, totally white and without a pupil in them "If I don't have my genjutsus, then I'll have to use my other skills to defeat you" assuming a guard Hinata knew very well
Jyuuken thought the girl assuming her own guard and they started to interchange blows. After a few minutes Hinata won the upper hand of the battle, fairly surpassing the taijutsu of the boy His level is pretty low, he only knows the basics "Your eyes… you are also a Hyuuga, aren't you?" she asked
"I don't want to have anything to do with that clan!" said the older boy barely preventing Hinata from closing several of his tenketsu She's pretty good, although I never heard of such a different style of Jyuuken
He is in his right, the clan needs a lot of work; however I wonder what is he doing here, and who he is thought
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Gaara's sand quickly covered his body protecting him for the fiery attack, but seeing how her attack didn't affect him, Mina did more hand seals "Red shinning!" she released a large amount of chakra dyed in red, but it still failed to damage Gaara, although the external layer of his sand became glass due to the heat
"Water dragon!" concentrating all the water in the air Mina created a large snake made of water, and commanded it to smash into Gaara's shield, turning some of it into mud
"Her techniques are different from regular ninjutsu, I have never seen them work like that. I most stop her" Gaara focused some on his sand to attack the girl but he didn't even touch her because a current of air surrounded her body, dispersing the sand
"That sand is in the way, that's a no-no" she did some more seals "Jade Gale!" numerous green blades made of wind flew toward Gaara, pushing small parts of the sand shield far away from the Kazekage
If I stay here, soon all the sand will be pushed away by this wind, I need to move and stop her offensive Gaara ran as fast as he could dodging all the wind blades with back flips and rolling, running and stopping suddenly, moving closer to the pink haired each time. Suddenly he felt a pain in his leg, and remembered what Sakura had told him: not over do it for a few days. Now he couldn't move at all, the wind blades reached him pushing most of his sand away, he tried to think of something, but Mina already had her next attack ready
"Ice Sword!" she raised her hand to the air where a floating gigantic sword made of ice started to form "You are so mean! Mina just wanted to be nice so you would like me!" the girl was almost crying, and her pupils were getting a shade of red in them. The sword flew to where Gaara was, unable to run and without his sand shield to protect him. He hoped the layer of sand on his skin would stand the blow.
Mina fell to the ground exhausted from the excessive use of chakra and Gaara was send flying due to the blow, but mostly unharmed, his last defense had absorbed the worst part of the attack If she had had more chakra, it could have turned bad for me Gaara had outlasted the girl
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Naruto was having a hard time battling the thirteen people in front of him, even if the numbers were even, he already had to summon more clones twice, and no matter what attack or jutsu he used they always seemed to be able to stand up
"Rock spike Jutsu!" yelled the blond after a few one handed seals and a large amount of rocks came out of the ground behind his enemies, but they all moved fast enough to dodge it damn it one came to melee range and Naruto started to holding him, while his clones tried to hold on the others.
Naruto fought with one hand and performed seals with the other hand "Shocking palm Jutsu!" he said slamming his hand in the chest of the man releasing a electrical shock on him, knocking him back several feet, yet, after a seconds he stood up
These guys are just too tough! I'll try using some of the big guns! A blue sphere of chakra appeared in his hand "prepare to receive this!" he said running forward, three of them ran to stop him "RASENGAN!" the three flew right back "HA! How's that?!"
"A very impressive technique! But not yet enough to give you the victory!" said one of the masked men, and his other comrades stood up, as if unharmed by the rasengan.
"That's enough Tohru-san, they are our allies from Konoha" said a voice Naruto thought was female
"As you wish, come back girls" said all of the enemies before Naruto at the same time and disappeared after that, so did all the other black robed men.
The environment became blurred for everyone, and cleared few moments after. They were all in the same place where the boulder had fell, just that there was no boulder. Konohamaru, Hanabi, Udon, Moegi, Neji, Kakashi, Chouji, and Ino were in the ground; Tenten, Lee, Gaara, Kiba and Sakura were conscious but in bad condition; Temari and Shino wondered where the incoming attacks were, while all the others were considerably well. In front of them, on top of a small cliff where a mysterious group of people: A young man with a yellow vest and long brown hair, his eyes showed the Byakugan; to his left, a girl with light fur covering her body, she had cat ears and a tail; after her a small pink haired girl eating a soldier's pill, she wore a blue mini skirt and a wide smile; next came a pale girl in black clothes, wearing a black armor with a Ying-Yang design, to her left a girl of dark hair in a red Haori also wore a similar armor; the last of them was a girl in dark green and mauve clothes, with the same armor. In front of the group was a figure in light blue kimono-like clothes, wearing wide sun glasses. It was apparently female
"Who are you?" asked Naruto angry "Why do you attack us!?"
"My more sincere apologies Naruto-kun, I'm sorry if our defenses put you on a tight situation" said the figure, apparently the leader of the group, as the voice was the same that ordered a halt to the attack
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" asked again the blond
"Oh my, have you already forgotten about me Naruto-kun? Don't you remember you even flirted with me when we were young?"
"What?" Naruto had no idea what was happening
"Naruto, who is this person?" Sakura asked
"She says you fl-fli-flirted with her, and she calls you Naruto-kun" Hinata never had found someone else fighting to get Naruto's attention and even now when she was his wife she couldn't help to feel a little bit of jealousy (awww)
"I have no idea what's going on here!" defended himself the blond "the only other girl I used to be interested was Sakura!"
"Oh I see, you don't remember that day I was picking up some herbs and I found you sleeping in the forest after a hard training"
"What are you talking about, that never happe-wait! Unless it's that time! But! It would mean you are-!"
"Long time no see Naruto-kun" said the figure removing the sun glasses
"Haku" said Naruto surprised
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That finishes our chapter!
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Okami's note: Hey people, yes, I do exist, I'm not a ghost nor a part in Tohru's mind. Just asked him to put this little note here. Could you almighty readers inform me if you see grammatical or spelling mistakes? since i usually correct this in my sleepy state, that's the only way for me to get better. Well gotta go or some one might wanna kill me XD Ja ne