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AN: Alright people, here's the next chapter. Before we get started I'd like to extend a special thanks to Minstrel Savant, and ArmorOfGeddon, who have pointed out some little things in the story that I have overlooked, or gotten wrong. Thanks guys for doing that. You're the best. And also, thanks to everyone else who has read or reviewed this story. You guys are all great too. In any case, I hope you all enjoy the next chapter. Please let me know what you think.
The Lessons a Hokage Needs to Know
Chapter Nine Part Three- Many Surprises
Naruto looked at Hinata and smiled. He got a warm feeling inside as he realized that she looked like she was having a good time. He was glad. At least one of them should get some joy out of the evening. Hinata glanced at him before slipping her hand into his and turning back to the show.
Naruto tore his gaze away from his girlfriend and looked down to the stage where a performance troupe was acting out one of the most dramatic fables known to all the countries. It was the tragic love story of a man and woman from warring villages who had fallen in love, then ended up dying in one of the most blood soaked battles ever immortalized in words. It was a contradiction in terms, which is why everybody loved it so much. Civilians could appreciate the love between the two main characters and even the most battle hardened Shinobi liked the battle at the end. A perfect story for everybody right?
Naruto took a minute to scan the crowded amphitheater before tuning back into the male lead in the middle of his declaration of undying love. Naruto sighed and squeezed Hinata's hand for dear life. Only three more acts to go.
"Well that was entertaining." Sakura said over the din of the crowd that was exiting the theater. "I love that story." She added dreamily.
You could hear the sigh of four males as the two other females in their group joined into a clump and started discussing the show that they had just seen. The guys trailed behind the kunoichi's morosely.
Kiba strode up until he was walking beside Naruto.
"So, Naruto," Kiba asked the blond in an amused voice that sincerely grated on Naruto's nerves. "This would make how many times that you've seen this play now?" Kiba raised a mocking eyebrow after he finished asking his question.
Naruto resisted the urge to smack the smirk off of Kiba's face at his taunt and instead stared at his girlfriend's backside as she talked to Kurenai just a little ahead of him.
"Well?" Kiba prodded after a moment of silence.
Naruto pretended to hang his head in defeat before he surreptitiously put his foot in the Dog-Nins path, which had the pleasant affect (depending on who you asked) of causing said Dog-Nin to trip and fall onto the road. Hard.
Naruto walked past a stunned Kiba, but not before muttering "None of your business."
The group of seven met Jiraiya at the main entrance gate at midnight after eating a leisurely dinner at one of the more casual restaurants in the village. In fact Naruto was still in the middle of finishing his dessert (a scrumptious looking piece of cake) when the Toad Sannin finally showed up. Naruto was just about to bite into the last little piece of his cake when a sudden slap on his back sent the treat flying from his hands to splatter against one of the rocky gates. Naruto snapped his body around to try to catch the person who had hit him and got a face-full of long white hair for his trouble.
Naruto extracted himself from the older man and looked at him indignantly. "Why the hell did you do that ero-sennin!"
Jiraiya looked at his pupil impassively for a second before deciding to ignore him completely and concentrate on the others instead. Jiraiya looked the assembled group up and down.
"Ready to go?" He asked when the others barely shifted themselves to acknowledge his presence.
In answer the others stopped leaning against the various objects conveniently set around the area and started to calmly exit the village, not even bothering to glance back at the two. A stunned Naruto and Jiraiya just watched the others dumbly as they walked away from the two before looking at each other. Naruto made sure his pack was secured by tugging on the straps then started running after his friends with Jiraiya right behind him.
"Hey guys, wait up!"
Somewhere in the Country of Earth
"So why exactly are we doing this Jiraiya-Sama?" Kurenai asked the sage as the team finished descending the third cliff face and landed on a thin path set well away from any type of civilization. They had been climbing mountains for about two hours now and the group was starting to feel the affects of non-stop activity in a high altitude with very little shelter.
Jiraiya brushed some hair out of his face and gestured for the others to drop down behind some of the bigger rocks. He beckoned to Hinata. She crawled over to him hesitantly.
"Yes Jiraiya-Sama?" She questioned quietly.
"You have the Byakugan right?" Hinata nodded, wondering what that had to do with anything. Her family's bloodline was hardly a secret.
"Great!" the Sannin said cheerfully. He pointed into the distance. "Is your sight powerful enough to look about three-miles from here in all directions?" He asked the dark-haired girl.
Hinata nodded her head. "That shouldn't be a problem." She said, still crouched down next to the man.
Jiraiya looked at her after a minute. "Well then, what are you waiting for girl, a formal invitation? Do it."
Hinata looked at the man another second before activating her eyesight. As she scanned the surrounding lands and allowed her vision to widen, she asked aloud.
"Is there anything in particular that I'm looking for?"
As she looked past another mountain, she heard Jiraiya's answer from in front of her.
"You'll know it when you find it."
And with that very vague information, Hinata let her eyes wander even more.
One Hour Later
Naruto stared around at the imposing landscape, wondering how long they were going to have to stay crouched down behind these rocks. He cupped his cheeks to warm them up. He was freezing just sitting here with the cold wind biting into his skin.
Naruto was just about to stand-up and see what was taking so long when he heard his girlfriend let out a startled gasp. The heads of his other teammates turned in her direction as well when Hinata deactivated her Byakugan and looked at Jiraiya with wide eyes.
"You knew they were there!" She said as she glared at the sage angrily.
Jiraiya looked at the Hyuuga heiress impassively a moment before shrugging. "I might have had some idea, yeah."
The tones of rage in Hinata's voice caused the others to scramble over quickly. It was very rare for Hinata to get upset at people, it just wasn't in her nature, and the few circumstances under which it happened that she had ever raised her voice to a person were all extraordinary in themselves. She must have seen something significant to be glaring right now.
Coming to a stop, Naruto quickly found himself a spot right next to his girlfriend and put a steadying hand on her shoulder before looking at his mentor.
"Ero-Sennin, what is she talking about? What's going on?"
"Yeah." Kiba said throwing in his voice of protest with Naruto's. "What is going on, why are we up here?"
Kurenai looked at the Toad-Sage with serious red eyes. "Jiraiya-Sama. What exactly is going on?" She asked in a level, though still slightly dangerous, tone.
"Hinata what did you see?" Shino asked from the Kunoichi's other side.
Hinata looked around at the people who were crowding her before taking a steadying breath. "I saw three camps of people spread out to the East, West, and North of us." She informed the group.
Sakura looked at the dark-haired girl in confusion. "So? What does that have to do with anything? Hinata, what did you see that has you so upset?" Sakura questioned uncomprehendingly.
The medic of the group looked at Jiraiya. "What is she talking about?"
Hinata closed her eyes, clearly trying to center herself before she spoke up. When she did open her eyes again, she stretched her tense muscles and got into a sitting position against one of the rocky outcroppings that the group was kneeling behind.
Hinata grabbed a pad of paper from her travel pack and grabbed some small rocks to hold it down against the raging wind, and then she began drawing a detailed map of the area, highlighting the camps of people and her giving her estimate of their size, along with the number of people that she had seen in each. Then she grabbed a different colored pen and started adding some intricate seals and lines between the camps. She held up the finished work to show the others.
Kurenai choked. "But that's…" She trailed off. "That's impossible."
Kakashi meanwhile had finished examining the seals that she had drawn and had turned towards the Sannin curiously. "You knew that they were planning this?"
Jiraiya shrugged. "I have been tracking the movements of this group for about two weeks now, ever since Tsunade had gotten reports about a caravan of thieves that had been traveling throughout the lands. Having trailed them all this time, it seemed pretty obvious what they were planning."
"So we have another one on our hands?" Kakashi muttered.
"Yes, Tsunade told me about the group that your team tracked down in Wind Country. This group is vey similar."
Naruto felt a growing frustration as the older shinobi's continued to talk until finally he felt his patience snap.
"Even so," Kurenai spoke up from Jiraiya's left, "How would a group of simple thieves have the ability to…" Kurenai's question was suddenly drowned out by Naruto's yell.
"Would somebody explain what the heck is going on?" He shouted at the older adults.
Kurenai sighed and sat down wearily beside her pupils, who had, along with Sakura and Naruto, perched themselves against one of the outcroppings too. Kurenai picked up Hinata's drawing and pointed at the intricate lines on the paper.
"The seals that Hinata has drawn are traps seals that were used exclusively by Shinobi from the Country of Earth. The concept behind them is pretty simple. It's used to trap groups of people by setting seals on the same type of rock in different places, then tying those seals to a central focus point." Kurenai examined the drawing again before resuming her lecture. "In this case it looks to be one of the mountains to the south of us. It's an A-ranked technique, but I haven't seen it used since the end of the third Ninja war."
Sakura looked at the red-eyed Jounin clearly impressed.
"Wow. So why haven't we heard about this sealing trap before. It sounds pretty simple, and useful." Sakura added as an afterthought.
Kurenai shook her head in the negative. "The concept may sound simple but the room for error is massive. The seals have to be set up simultaneously by people with the same level of power and affinities so that the jutsu doesn't accidently overload on itself. Its range is also very limited, you can only set it over a certain number of miles, otherwise it fizzles out just from being extended over too big an area. And then you have to make absolutely sure that you know who you're going to trap and when their going to show up because even the slightest movement by a living creature will set it off."
"So you could basically end up trapping anything, even animals." Sakura thought out loud.
Kurenai nodded. "Exactly. Then add to the fact that the set up itself takes around five hours and that the trigger is the central focus in the first place, well, it's a pretty big deterrent against the technique's use."
"Somehow it doesn't seem worth it." Kiba said.
"Well. Yes and no." kakashi joined the conversation. "The odds of it being effective are pretty big yes, but if you do manage to actually pull it off then your enemies are now stuck inside an area that you have full control of because the barrier keeps them from leaving or seeking help."
"So is there any way to dispel the trap?" Shino asked the Copy-Nin.
"Ah. That is the tricky part. Yes, but the only way to do it is if you kill the people who put it up in the first place." kakashi answered.
"So we'll have to attack everybody in these camps till we find the right people." Sakura sighed in disgust. "Terrific."
Kurenai looked at Jiraiya as the students absorbed what had just been said. "So why did you lead us into this trap anyway?"
Jiraiya looked into the distance contemplating. "I've been having some trouble getting information on this particular group as they've been eluding me, so this seemed the most obvious way to keep them in one place."
Kakashi nodded. "It makes sense. Just 'accidently' let one of their spies know that you're coming and they set up the trap, but stay in the same area. It's simple, and it doesn't really take away your advantage."
Jiraiya nodded and stood up. "And it not that bad either, I do have two pieces of information that will give us a little edge. One. I know for a fact that the people who set up this jutsu are all gathered in one place."
"Well that makes it easier." Naruto muttered.
Shino looked as if he agreed with him, but turned to the Toad Sage again anyway.
"And the second?" The bug user questioned.
"I know where they are." Jiraiya said before pointing into the distance, back the way they had come. "There is a forth camp situated under the biggest mountain in this range. They are using it as the central focus."
"A fourth camp?" A much calmer Hinata asked, astonished. "How come my Byakugan didn't spot it?"
"It's the jutsu that's laced into the mountains right?" Kurenai voiced aloud. "It must be interfering with your sight."
Jiraiya nodded in the affirmative. "Right. Which means that we'll have to do this the old fashioned way. In any case, we have to get going. We've spent too much time lingering here already."
All the assembled shinobi looked at him a moment before grabbing their thing and getting ready to go.
Even Later-The fourth camp mountain entrance
As the group approached the entrance to the underground tunnels he got a strange sense of déjà-vu. Naruto clamped down on his fear as the Ninja gang slowly crept up to the black hole situated in the side of the imposing mountain. The group paused, listening for a moment as the wind thundered all around them, muffling any sounds that may occur.
Jiraiya looked at Hinata as the eight man group stood at the entrance. "Can you see anything with your Byakugan?" He asked the girl hopefully. Hinata shook her head.
"No" She said. "I've been trying to use my Byakugan since around half an hour ago when we finished our trek over the mountain range, but all I see is this sort of white, static light when I direct my sight towards the mountain."
"Ah well," The Sage sighed. "It was worth a shot. Come on kakashi, let's see what's going on, everybody else stay here." Jiraiya instructed the group.
Quickly, Jiraiya and kakashi examined the entrance and the surrounding rock walls before beckoning to their other teammates. Naruto gulped out of unconscious reflex as the eight Konoha shinobi slipped into the foreboding darkness.
Earth County-Inside the underground tunnels
Naruto stared around at the cramped tunnel the group was walking through and couldn't help but feel wound-up. There was something wrong here. Very wrong. Naruto looked up from the middle of the train that they were forced to walk in and saw everybody in the line tense for a moment as a pebble that Sakura had accidently kicked sent echoes of sound booming through-out the tunnel system. You could practically hear the collective sigh that the group let out when
nothing happened. They proceeded again down the path, watching out for any sign of the people who were supposed to be in here, and everyone growing more nervous as they didn't find any signs of life or habitation.
After spending twenty minutes carefully navigating the various passages, the group found itself in an enormous underground chamber that was faintly lit up by some indigenous lichens, it all looked so ordinary with not a stone out of place; it was so peaceful and quiet….
Kurenai's amplified gasp was the only warning the group had as the genjutsu dispersed and they found themselves surrounded on all sides by men who were wielding all manner of weapons and dangerous grins.
'Shit.' Was the Konoha-Nin's collective thoughts.
As the group was plunged into darkness Naruto quickly reached down to his leg holster and pulled out three Shuriken and he heard his companions around him doing similar activities.
As if at some invisible signal the enemies surrounding the team all lunged at the Konoha-Nins, slashing at them with swords, aiming punches at their bodies, and generally causing havoc amongst the group.
Naruto once again bumped into Kiba, which threw them both off balance. He only had a moment to react before he hit the ground and three men were upon him, kicking him in the stomache. Naruto leapt up and delivered crushing punches to the men faces in retaliation. The men then assembled around him and started pushing the blonde from three different places, keeping him off balance and unable to gather the time to strike back at the horde of men.
"Shit." Naruto yelled out before throwing a shuriken into one of his opponent's hearts. The dead man's spot was quickly filled by another and the four way fight continued.
Shino was shoved roughly into his sensei and the two Jounin went tumbling to the ground. Shino executed a perfect leg-sweep and was rewarded with the sight off two of their more aggressive attackers hitting the ground head-first. They didn't get back up again.
Shino grabbed Kurenai's hand and quickly hauled her to her feet as two swords flew through the air and got close enough to the bug users face to slice off some of the ends of his hair.
"Shino, don't let them get organized." Kurenai muttered under her breath before her and Shino and turned in a back to back defensive position. With a calculated gaze Shino squared off against the sword wielders just as Kurenai launched an attack of her own.
Sakura and Hinata found themselves pinned down by the rapid fire of punches and kicks, and both ducked behind one of the larger columns of standing stone, to get some protection from the onslaught.
"Can you disrupt them in anyway?" Hinata asked the famed Gouwan user desperately. Sakura frowned and shook her head, keeping an eye on their attackers as they took another tack and started circling the two women, pinning them in one place.
"No. I don't know how stable the cavern is, I might bring the whole place toppling down on us instead." Hinata nodded her understanding, studying the group as the closed in on the two Kunoichi's. She closed her eyes and activated her bloodline.
"Sakura, cover me." She said. And with that Hinata removed herself from the protection of the cover of the rock and held two fingers up between her eyes. You could practically see her power as she shouted out her attack and started spinning.
"Hakkeshou Kaiten." Hinata yelled out as she started focusing her chakra, trying to keep the men in her divination field of attack as she struggled against the pounding headache she had gotten as soon as she activated her Kekkai-Genkai.
"This isn't working!" Kakashi shouted to the Sannin as he threw another punch into the mass of bodies around him. "We don't have room to maneuver; they have us too closed in."
From Kakashi's side, Jiraiya looked like he agreed with the white haired man, but before he could voice his agreement he was swallowed up by a mob of attackers and was forced to concentrate on the battle at hand if he wanted to survive.
Naruto growled under his breath and kicked the bulky man in the face, before suddenly being held in place as two men tried to restrain him by grabbing his arms in a lock.
He threw the men off with a burst of power and let his eyes wander around the cavern. The Konoha-Nins had effectively been cut off into two men teams who were battling a hundred dangerous men at a time. Their enemies had very carefully pushed them to different areas of the room and were using their sheer numbers to wear out the team.
"Alright then." Naruto said under his breath while dodging as four more of the people surrounding him took an aim for his limbs. "Let's see how they handle this."
And he put his hands into a cross-shaped sign.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He shouted out.
All fighting ceased for a moment as three hundred Naruto's suddenly popped into existence within the chamber. The marauder's turned around in apparent alarm as the solid bodies of the bunshin's began turning their own tactic against them and started herding and pressuring the numerous enemies into broken groups of four or five men each.
All the Naruto's let out a feral grin at seeing the scared men.
As the next five men fell to the ground Naruto smirked. His tactic had worked out even better than he had hoped for. His bunshin's were doing an awesome job of giving support to his teammates. He took a second to look around as he shoved a kunai into one of the more clumsy men's legs. That pause allowed him to see…
Naruto took a second to look again, disbelief written on his face. They couldn't be…
He didn't get to finish his thought as the earth beneath his feet opened up and pitch black darkness overcame his senses.
Somewhere in the tunnel systems
NARUTO'S POVNaruto looked back over his shoulder as he continued running, trying to shake off the disorientation that he had acquired from his fall. Seizing the opportunity he ducked into the next wide opening, the marauders who had fallen in with him right on his tail. Naruto paused a second to listen for any of his teammates and felt a growing dread as all he heard was the ragged breathing of the people that were following him. He continued running with all his might when the echoing sounds of footsteps assaulted his ears. He took deep breaths as he plunged blindly into the rocky tunnels, hoping against hope to find his teammates soon.
HINATA'S POV
Hinata closed her eyes and let her breathing still. She had just escaped what she could only describe as a slaughter, though she pushed her troubled thoughts aside as her Byakugan finally caught sight of two people coming up a hallway to her left. She fought off what she could only describe as tiny men in her skull pounding against her brain with a hammer and nails. Pushing her pain to the side, she scanned the area quickly, trying to see if there were any openings hidden in the shadows, but the jutsu that was laced into the rock blocked her sight again, all she was getting was static.
Hinata once again stilled her breathing and started forming hand seals. She concentrated on tightening her sight so that all that it would be able to pinpoint was her pursuers chakra flows. Suddenly like a switch being thrown, the two stood out among the surroundings, glowing with ethereal light in her mind. She slipped into a classic Hyuuga fighting position as the two started to circle her in the dark.
SAKURA'S POV
Sakura tightened her left hand glove as she stared in contempt at the three bodies heaped before her. They had hardly put up a fight, after all that flailing that they had done on the way done, she had expected a lot more out of them. She stood still and listened for a moment to determine if there were anymore enemies nearby.
When she didn't hear anything she took a few steps and nudged the body closest to her, turning the man over with her foot. Sakura knelt down next to the dead man and dug her hands into the guy's pockets, trying to find something that would help her and her fellow Konoha-Nins against the surprisingly strong group.
KIBA'S POV
Kiba dropped down onto all fours as his five pursuers finally managed to corner him after their three minute chase through the maze that were called tunnels. He cursed under his breath at how worn down he was. His breathing was ragged and his heartbeat was erratic. His chakra reserves weren't doing too well wither.
Beside him Akamaru started growling in a low warning tone, the fur around his neck standing up threateningly. Seeing the men tighten their grips on their weapons, Kiba hastily reached into his leg holster and pulled out a soldier pill that he immediately popped into his mouth.
Letting the wild feel of sudden power and stamina rush over him Kiba started making rough hand seals as he crouched lower, allowing the scent of the distant water and the scratchy feel of
the hard stone beneath his hand to invade his senses. He gave his familiar a soldier pill too, then as if on cue, he and Akamaru charged toward their would-be executioners.
KURENAI'S POV
Kurenai stopped in the middle of a small chamber and ducked behind one of the larger outcroppings of rock, sucking in her breath as her ankle gave a twinge of pain from hitting the tunnel floor so hard. Blocking out the pain for the moment she let her senses spread out to try to distinguish her attackers aura's from the faint one that the mountains themselves were emitting. Kurenai peeked out from behind the rock and concentrated on the men's footsteps instead when her initial plan didn't work. She squinted out into the darkness and started trying to judge the men's distances in her mind before mentally calculating how many meters away that they were. The shadowy shapes of her pursuers stepped hesitantly closer every second. Seven…Six… Five…Four… There!
Kurenai's hands quickly flashed through the necessary signs. Dog, Serpent, Bird, Tiger. As the genjutsu apparently erased her body from the room, she vowed that she would make these men regret ever having the misfortune of falling down that hole with her.
SHINO'S POV
Shino's eyes narrowed behind his glasses as he slipped into a Taijustu stance in the small space. The three men confronting him seemed to find that pleasing for some reason as they started to taunt him, circling him like sharks waiting for the feast.
Shino blocked out the sounds of his obnoxious would be captors and started to silently get his small allies in position. The men were seconds away from pouncing when he himself launched his own attack.
Shino didn't know what was more gratifying afterwards, the fact that he had correctly utilized such an advanced technique in less than one minute on multiple enemies, or the absolute look of shock and disgust on said enemies faces as they fell limply to the ground.
JIRAIYA'S POV
Jiraiya huffed in irritation at the mob of seven that had remained behind in the chamber, apparently being as smart enough as him to escape the earth jutsu that had captured the rest of his comrades. Why was it he always gets the largest number of people to fight? He glanced around out of the corner of his eye, noting the twenty or so dead bodies already lying prostrate on the
ground. Such a waste. He shook off the feeling and turned his attention back to the group that apparently intended to battle him.
He smirked as the clumsy (If he did say so himself) men tried to get into some type of formation around him. Tried being the operative word. Jiraiya's smirk widened, these guys were no more trained ninja then he was handsome and rich. No, wait. That wasn't right. Jiraiya paused in mid stance to consider that sentence and two of the bolder guys took the opportunity to rush at him behind his back, only to get impaled by his hair. Jiraiya took great satisfaction in their tortured screams. Yep, he had awesome hair. But, apparently, the remaining five thieves didn't share his opinion as they started to slowly back away, looking at him in fear.
Jiraiya struck a pose for a second and then proceeded to close the distance between him and the men, talking out loud about what fantastic techniques he was going to use on them. The men lumped in the corner looked on helpless as Jiraiya continued to talk relentlessly, still closing the precious little space that separated them from him.
KAKASHI'S POV
Kakashi stared at the man impassively before him as the two moved through-out the chamber that they had ended up in. He found it internally hilarious that the man was apparently intending to take him on. He put up a textbook Taijustu hand (Or, in this case, book) block as the man executed a clumsy forward kick. His block had the fortunate effect of causing the man to lose his balance and go crashing to the ground, conveniently causing the man to crash face forward into the rocky pillars that the two fighters had been weaving through. Kakashi looked down at the bloody mess that used to be a human face and resisted the urge to sigh. He tucked away his book and proceeded to backtrack to his former location.
Naruto was becoming slightly panicked now; he had been traveling down this same tunnel in the dark, having taken care of his pursuers awhile back, and had lost all sense of time. He didn't know how long it had been since he had seen his friends but he was about to go mad if he didn't find them. He turned down another side passage and cursed. This tunnel route system just seemed to go on forever.
Without really paying attention or thinking about his route, but at least knowing that he had to continue on, Naruto determinedly turned another sharp corner and stumbled in surprise as he ran smack dab into a solid body.
All through-out the intricate tunnel network seven heads looked up in shock as a tremendous yell pounded against their ears. Finishing up their various tasks they each turned around and started running towards the source of the sound, all of them getting a bad feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
'Naruto.' was the shared thought.
Naruto slipped into a defensive stance and eyed the cloaked man up and down. The man too got into a fighting stance and the two faced off against each other, weighing the others style and technique, looking for an opening.
"Tell me where my friends are!" Naruto spat at the man, hoping he would answer.
In classic villain style the man assessed him coolly out of darkness that masked his face but he didn't say anything.
Feeling frustrated at all the events that had happened today, Naruto charged towards the figure recklessly, hoping to end this fight quickly and get back to finding his teammates, but the guy turned out to be a much better opponent then the others he had fought against before, fluidly dodging the fist aimed at his head.
Naruto used the momentum that he had built up to ricochet off of the other tunnel wall and hurtled himself back towards the guy again, but again he was dodged expertly and smacked onto the hard floor as his foe delivered a crushing spin kick to his side.
Naruto frowned as he picked himself up. This guy was no ordinary fighter. Naruto wiped his blood covered cheek off and slipped into another Taijustu stance. The two started to circle each other again before rushing forward at the same time to restart the fight. Naruto peppered his enemy with blow after blow, not giving the guy time to react. He threw his last four shuriken and managed to pin his opponent against one of the walls. Naruto charged at the guy with a massive battle cry, determined not to give the prowler the option of escaping his clutches.
As his hand reached the other guy's face his opponent narrowly escaped being pounded into the stone by tugging his clothing free of his metal constraints and the hastily putting some distance between him and the enraged blond. I n the process of this Naruto's opponent's hood had fallen off, leaving his features exposed.
Naruto's blood ran cold as he got his first true look at who he was fighting. Glowing red eyes with three pinpoint circles stared back at him from a face that he hadn't seen in over a year.
"Sasuke." He whispered, as he lowered his arm, the will to fight being sucked out of him as he looked at this ghost from his past.
AN:This information was taekn from various websites, so obviously, none of this information, or any named attacks, are mine
Gouwan-Strong Arm
Gouwan is a Taijustu technique used by Haruno Sakura. Using the skills passed down by her teacher Tsunade, Sakura is able to utilize powerful strikes. Sakura will first build up a high amount of chakra to her fist and then release it in an instant. Its range is close, only up to five meters and it is an attack technique.
Hakkeshou Kaiten-Eight Divination Palms of the Hand, Heavenly Spin
Hakkeshou Kaiten is a Taijustu technique unique to the Hyuuga bloodline using the Jyuuken. Kaiten is a special technique passed down through the main family line. Kaiten takes advantage of several of the unique abilities of the Byakugan eye. Byakugan gives the clan member an almost complete 360 degree view of their surroundings. This allows the member to see all angles of attack.
If an attack is near, the clan member will release a large of amount of chakra from their tenketsu. The member then begins to spin like a top, creating a whirling vortex that can nullify almost any attack. It also has a close range of up to five meters and is mainly used for defense.
Demonic Illusion: Tree Bind Death
With this jutsu, the user can make themselves disappear, allowing them to approach their target unnoticed. Once completed, a tree and roots will grow at the target's feet and restrict their movements. Once the opponent believes that they are captured, the user can then appear above their opponent from the tree's trunk and kill the target. In the Kurama clan filler arc of the anime, this jutsu seems to be quite versatile, with a wide range of variations on the standard nature theme. In addition to the disappearing and tree-growing effects of the jutsu, the user can produce flowers, seedpods, vines and multiple trees. This is a B-ranked technique, with a short range of up to five meters, and it is supplementary to attacks.
And there you have it. This is my first real attempt at doing the fight scenes. Did you like it? Was it too confusing? Too long? I really need feedback on this. Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks again for reading.KG