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The light shone through the Hokage towers high up windows down onto the Fifth Hokage herself. A blonde haired, amber-eyed beauty of a woman with a bust most women would kill for. Her garments consisted of a green jacket with the kanji for 'gamble' on the back of it. Underneath she had a blue sleeveless kimono and greyish blue pants to match. Right now she was in a world of trouble. Two of her genins had defected from her village, one under Orochimaru's influence and the other by 'love'. She didn't know which reason was stupider. She had been the Hokage for only a short time and shit has already hit the fan. She just knew the council was going to be on her back for this one, after all the precious Sharingan dojutsu had now officially left the village hidden in the leaves.
Yet her thoughts didn't dwell much on the traitors of team 7, but on the only genin member loyal to the village. One Uzumaki Naruto. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki. The only member of the team that had a real flight risk and possibility of defecting from the village I wouldn't be surprised if he did leave this village after all this time, lucky this is MY Naruto were talking about. She was worried sick about him. The next morning after it was found that the two members of team 7 had left the village it spread like wild fire and before she could issue a proper mission Naruto had rocketed off in search for his teammates. Without any elite chunin or jonin in the village because of shinobi shortage due to the sand and sound invasion there wasn't much she could do. But now she had ordered Shikamaru to gather the best genin he could and bring back team 7. She could only hope it could go well and that Naruto would be safe. She didn't know if she could take it if the boy ended up…please be safe Naruto.
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(At the village gates)
Shikamaru had gathered the most exceptional shinobi of his generation in such a short time span that he didn't think it was as much of a drag as he initially thought. He had gathered Choji; his hard-hitting brutal fighting style would serve as their main offensive. Neji Hyuuga, a prodigy in the gentle fist and having some of the strongest 'All Seeing Eyes' in centuries, a defensive and offensive shinobi as well as a great scout. Lastly he had chosen Kiba Inuzuka, although a bit of a hot-head…ok he was all hot-headed but still, he had an offensive strength as great as Choji with his clan attacks and could track the members of team 7 with finesse. Finally him, the chunin leader of the squad and support/defensive with his shadow techniques. The squad assembled all complimented to create a full proof search and rescue squad. He only hoped the rescue part succeeded.
He looked on to his team with a bit of fear in his heart. He didn't want any of them to get hurt. All of this was on his shoulders…but he also was worried for the blonde haired comrade that everyone had grown to love over the years. Shikamaru always knew Naruto was a strong shinobi ever since the academy but the way the curriculum worked it was like it was against the knuckle-head. Now both his teammates had defected and Naruto was on a warpath through Hi no Kuni to stop his teammates. Intel said that Sasuke and Sakura were being escorted by Orochimaru's 'Sound Four', his elite shinobi. What a drag you've gotten yourself into Naruto.
" Alright everyone, none of us here might not like Sasuke or even Sakura for what they have done, but they are still comrades of the leaf village…we must stop them from reaching the border of Hi no Kuni or our mission is over" he paused for breath watching the emotions go across the teams faces " Yet our main objective is to make sure we save Naruto before he crosses that border as well, for he will be breaking enough laws to possibly cause open warfare with our bordering countries-" Kiba interrupted " WHAT! But Naruto is just trying to save his teammates, I definitely would be doing what he is if I was in his shoes!" he finished with fervor. Neji looked at Kiba with his usual emotionless mask " Inuzuka, Nara is correct, although it is distasteful, we must stop Naruto before he also crosses the border as priority with the rest of team 7 being a secondary objective" he finished with quite a bit of venom. Ever since Naruto had literally beaten some sense into him he had come to think of his teammates as his family, and Naruto's family has just abandoned him, it left a disgusting taste in his mouth.
Shikamaru agreed with Neji's analysis "That's correct, now lets stop dawdling, as much of a drag as this will be we have to go full speed ahead. Choji stop eating now its time to get serious" he finished as an after thought. Choji looked a little sheepish but muttered his apologies. " Lets move out"
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(Same time, near the border of Hi no Kuni)
He had never been angrier in his entire life, not when the villagers scorned or attacked him, not when Orochimaru had attacked him or even when he thought Sasuke had died. This was by far the most infuriating thing that ever happened to him. Naruto Uzumaki's visage was untamed. His orange jacket had been ripped off from the burning red chakra that was enveloping him and his orange pants were in tatters at the ends. His hair was flailing around unkempt and his eyes blazing with red fury. He was a red blazing rocket flying through the forest, creating a warpath by the speeds he was exuding. The trees he was jumping off were exploding and some of the trees were catching on fire, he was moving so fast that Maito Gai would be jealous. He was using his now keen senses due to his Kyuubified mode to find his teammates that had supposedly defected.
He couldn't understand why they both wanted to leave the village, why would they just leave him behind and discard him like nothing. He thought they were family, weren't they? He had never had a real family but he believed when he got into team 7 that it was his family. Yet they had upped and left, his own family was trying to leave, well he wasn't going to let them!
Naruto was near flying through the forests of Hi no Kuni when he realized the scent was getting stronger, he picked up his speed, turning into a primal red blur damn near blasting everything behind him into oblivion. His now keen eyes could pick up his beloved Sakura's pink hair, her body was being lugged by another girl with red hair and a bandaged cap, if he wasn't in such a killing mood he would say she was quite the looker. As he was charging the others of the group also turned around, one was a big guy with an orange Mohawk carrying a barrel with kanji all over it. Another of them was a guy with two-heads, if he wasn't so angry right now he would of thought he was seeing things, but then it got worse when he saw another guy with 6 arms! Who the hell were Sakura and Sasuke getting into cohorts with for crying out loud?
After all of there eyes widened when they saw the moving tsunami of destruction that was Naruto blaze over them and land directly in their path with a boom and all the wind and debris scattered in all directions going into the sound ninjas bodies as they all stopped and got into defensive stances. " Who the fuck is this shithead?" all but screamed the red head, "Tayuya ladies shouldn't swear like-" the big guy begun to say until he was rudely interrupted by the same red-head "Shut the fuck up fat-arse we are looking at a possible threat so grow a dick and get prepared".
The other members of what Naruto would later learn was the 'Sound Four' were quiet and calculating until the one with two heads spoke up " Who are you and what do you want? Judging by that hitai-ate you are konoha-nin, you here for these two?" Naruto's blazing eyes looked up and the sound four unconsciously backed up as they saw the silouhette of a giant fox behind the blonde enigma until they were broken from their feared states when he answered " Give me back Sasuke and Sakura and I will not destroy you…" Being the biggest, thinking he could easily overpower Naruto, Jirobu the big guy put down the barrel containing you know who and stating " You are trash, step aside or die" Naruto looked at him and narrowed all his features crouching into a pouncing position "Wrong answer!" he rocketed off with his ultra-enhanced strength and put his entire fist through Jirobu's body.
The others were gawking at the show of speed, ruthlessness and power! "What the fuck! Guys don't piss around go into cursed mark stage 1 now and deal with him, Orochimaru will fuck us over if this cunt isn't dealt with fast" the others readily agreeing with her activated their cursed states. What ensued was a blood bath…
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(A short time later, Sakura perspective)
Her vision was hazed and her memory was too, she was trying to remember what the hell had happened. First her and Sasuke had left the village only to be intercepted by those 'Sound Four', who pledged their loyalty to Sasuke in a heart beat, but that red haired one readily abused Sakura openly with no restraints, which hurt a little. After 5 hours of constant running they had stopped and put Sasuke in that barrel, she protested readily until she was knocked out! She could hear battle cries and the ground was shaking her from her reverie. She blearily blinked her eyes and sat up fast " SASUKE-KUN?" yet her voice was not heard from all the noise. Then her eyes widened at what she was seeing. Everywhere around her was destroyed and flattened to a near wasteland. She was lying next to the barrel that Sasuke was put in and her mind tunnel visioned! She attempted to break the barrel but to no avail suddenly she heard the roar of " RASENGAN!" she quickly turned to the sound to see the one called Sakon, or was it Ukon? She didn't know but she didn't really care as a red-tinged ball of swirling chakra that was held by, oh kami that was held by Naruto! Absolutely obliterated the Sakon/Ukon!
She looked around more, now attentive of her environment and saw the others of Sound Four critically injured or out cold hold the big guy called Jirobu who was definitely dead did Naruto do this all by himself? After seeing the bodies hanging over all assortments of broken trees and rocks she saw what she thought was an avenging angel coming down from the heavens to smite her, only to realize it was Naruto Uzumaki dropping from his position in the air with a light landing sound. He just stood in the same position with his eyes closed until he finally dropped to his knees until he coughed up some blood, he looked back up straight into Sakuras eyes, his deep cerulean pools that seemed just as endless as the sea. He suddenly croaked out "S-Sa-Sakura-Chan" and slowly started crawling toward her, each couple of movements he would wince in pain.
This made Sakura sick to her stomach just the lengths Naruto would go for her and Sasuke. She wasn't so sure if going with Sasuke would be such a good idea. She was pulled out of her thoughts when Naruto was directly in front of her with his hand outstretched about to rest on her knee looking up into her eyes as she gazed down into his " Why Sakura-Chan...It doesn't matter" he mustered one of his smiles, she didn't know how, but even after such a bloody ordeal Naruto could always keep his beaming smile. It was one of the only constants in her life.
She was really lost for words now, but she didn't have to think of any as a teenager in a white loose hanging kimono with two dots on his forehead and silver hair with bangs framing his face dropped down to her side and stabbed the sword through Naruto's side. Naruto's eyes widened, but he didn't scream, he bit down the pain and gasped out " Sakura, run!" now her eyes widened, damaged beyond belief and his still protective of her, it made her blood run cold that she was abandoning him. She nearly didn't want to but I love Sasuke-kun!
Don't worry, I am not going to hurt her…but you on the other hand…you are trying to stop Orochimaru's newest" he paused thinking of the appropriate word to say around the young kunochi " apprentice" more like vessel, like I was supposed to be before this pathetic disease " Girl, take the barrel and continue on towards the Valley of the End to pass the border" Sakura was frozen after the scary teenager had addressed her with orders, she was so torn of what to do until a strong killing intent from the teenager was directed at her and she looked up towards him to see a sword that looked like it was crafted from bone between her eyes "Did I not make it clear girl?" he finished with venom. This scared her to death and she got up and was now struggling to lug the barrel on to her back.
Naruto meanwhile was blinking back tears of anger and pain from the overall damage he had sustained as well as the fact that his only family was going to get away! "Sakura please no!" he croaked out, but to no avail. She had already started running away with tears streaming down her face. " Don't worry boy, I am going to end your pitiful misery and help Orochimaru obtain his goals simultaneously!"
Before he could end the blonde boys life he was forced backwards by a humongous chakra explosion that singed off some of his clothes "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO!" Naruto screamed with primal fury. The blade that was in his leg had been forced out and was healing at immense speeds. The rest of his wounds were quick to follow until a fully revitalized and 1 tailed powered kyuubified Naruto went on all fours ready to decimate the white-haired Kaguya.
"So" Kimmimaro started " You defeated the Sound Four single-handedly? Not an easy feat, but I am much more powerful than those imbecile weaklings" the bone manipulator got into a stance and prepared for a heavy assault, and heavy assault he got as Narutos rage fueled his power as he rushed forward at immense speeds and started a clawed taijutsu frenzy as Kimmimaro began parrying and deflecting the iron like claws from ripping his face off. Naruto while doing a downward slash brought a red chakra powered claw with his will to go even further than he physically could and smashed Kimmimaro into the ground with breaking force, lucky the Kaguya wasn't born into a Kekkai Genkai for nothing!
Naruto started pacing on two legs now, waiting for his prey to get back up, he was now in full predator mode and this man was not getting away alive. Kimmimaro had started getting up and coughed up a bit of blood " you are much more formidable than I initially thought but the outcome is still the same" and with that black tattoo like seals began to spread across his body and his chakra levels started rising higher and higher. "Let me introduce you to my cursed seal stage 1, I believe this will be enough to do away with you"
As he finished saying that he darted forward at speeds that easily surpassed his prior movement and punched Naruto directly in the face forcing him into the air. " I'll finish this quickly" the disease is fast approaching my demise I must get back to Kabuto to further my life span He darted forward at his newly gained speed and strengthen his bone sword to high density to finish the job, and as he was about to end the boys life, a wall of sand had stopped his blade! After that happened the powerful flurry of wind blasts knocked him far back and he crashed into the ground multiple times. The sand receded and three figures landed down next to the fallen Naruto.
Naruto looked up to see none other then Sabaku no Gaara and his two siblings along side him prepped for battle " Uzumaki Naruto, it appears we arrived on time"