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CHAPTER 8
Hero Of Wave Country
Akatsuki Base in the north...
'This is the boy from all those years ago, one of the boys that foolish pervert took in as students, no doubt about it! Who would have thought back then, that I would one day be working for these children as a mere pawn, who would have thought, that one of them would awaken the eyes of the Rikuudo Sennin himself! Why...why should I, who has trained so hard for all these years...I...who has researched and studied the secrets of ninjutsu and science for countless hours still be forced to bow to a mere child, all because of a small difference in DNA composition, all because of a different set of eyes.' Thought Orochimaru bitterly, standing at the entrance of a cave with his comrades from the secret organisation of S ranked criminals known as Akatsuki. He was, along with everyone else, dressed in the standard Akatsuki outfits, which consisted of a black, high coloured cloak with red cloud decorations, blue ninja pants with white leg warmers and ninja sandals.
"Careful Orochimaru, I hope you don't think Leader sama appreciates you directing so much killing intent towards him. Things could get very bad very quickly...for you." Said Sasori in a deep, grouchy, and hoarse voice, using a tone that was neither normal nor a whisper, seemingly caring but at the same time not caring if the man they were speeking of heard him or not. He is a short, hunchbacked figure with a mostly bold head with the exception of a few braided strands of hair and a black desert scarf covering the bottom half of his face. His Akatsuki cloak covers his entire body, even his feet and on his head is a straw hat with bells hanging around the head.
"I couldn't have said it better myself, thank you Sasori san." Said a feminine voice from the shadows of the cave, thousands of paper slips gathered on the spot next to the two S ranked shinobi rapidly, forming into the humanoid shape of an angelic looking woman. She has blue hair,amber eyes , ultramarine eye shadow, and a labret piercing. Her eyelashes are shown to be a diagonal line at the bottom corner of her eyes and a light blue paper flower can be seen attached to her hair. She is clothed in the standard Akatsuki cloak and her Akatsuki ring is on her right middle finger that has the kanji for white on it with orange nail polish on her fingers. Instead of the standard sandals and leg-warmers, she has a pair of tight blue pants that also function as her shoes, with white high heels, inverting the organisation's standard colour scheme. Her name is Konan, the Angel Of Amegakure.
"Hn" grunted Sasori uncaringly.
"I'm going to personally keep an eye on you from here on out, Orochimaru. I've never trusted you nor did I encourage your membership in this organisation. Please be careful...Orochimaru san, you've been warned." Said Konan walking passed the two shinobi elegantly.
"You're only higher up in this organisation because of your friendship to Leader, in fact, you're only in this organisation because of your affilliation to him. Don't overestimate yourself little girl, even if I wanted to become a threat to this organisation, you would not be the one to take me down, you can be assured of that!" Hissed Orochimaru angrily.
"Watch yourself...Orochimaru, I'd hate for you to die so suddenly, you and I have done some great work together. Your arrogance is annoying but it wouldn't hurt to keep you around a little longer, you still owe me that thing." Said Sasori cryptically..
Konan didn't respond immediately to the sannin, only turning around slightly to look at him with the corner of her right eye before raising her right hand to her chest with a one handed ram sign.
"Big words, for someone who up until now, has been nothing but an explosion waiting to happen." Said Konan. In that instant, much to both Orochimaru and Sasori's shock, hundreds of small paper sheets pealed themselves off of Orochimaru's Akatsuki cloak, first slowly and one by one, and then rapidly in large quantities.
'She attached paper sheets on his cloak with explosive tags without him noticing, without me noticing! Incredible! I've never heard of such a level of stealth techniques. This just goes to show that raw power alone is not everything in the ninja world, Orochimaru, will your arrogance allow you to learn this lesson?' Thought Sasori in shock and wonder.
"You...when did you do this...you cursed child?" Spat Orochimaru in shock, fear, fury, confusion, and embarrassment.
"Perhaps I did this the same day you joined the organisation all those years ago, perhaps I did it just now when you arrived, or...I could say that I did it while you were busy throwing a tantrum and acting like a spoilt child. If you can't even figure out something like this by yourself, then you have no place demanding anything from me. I'll say it again, please be weary of me Orochimaru san, Akatsuki doesn't tolerate traitors, as the messenger of Kami, I shall be the one to smite you for your transgressions against my god, this is my duty, as Kami sama's angel." Said Konan, turning around and walking away with the grace and elegance of a true angel, eccentuated by the effects of all the paper slips that were re-ataching themselves to her form as she walked away towards the exit of the cave, where her god was waiting at the top of the spiraling stairs that led to the cave.
"Hehehehe! I can't believe you got whooped by a girl Orochimaru, you must be one of those guys that are all talk and no action hehehe!" Laughed White Zetsu from his position where half of his body was protruding from the wall, who was the more carefree side of a body that appears to be composed of two people. Zetsu has short green hair, yellow eyes, and that his body has two different coloured halves. His left side is completely white and the right side black with small white dots along his is easily distinguished by two large venus fly-trap like extensions that envelop his head and upper body, Unlike White Zetsu, which shows a normal mouth, nose, and eye, Black Zetsu shows no visible orifices at all and only his iris is visible.
"Stop antagonizing him! Can't you for once act like an adult!" Chastised black Zetsu, having an argument with himself.
"Hnhnhn! I can just imagine how Hiruko will react when he hears about this!" Laughed Kisame, a very tall and muscled man with a distinctive shark-like appearance complete with blue skin, small, round white eyes, gill like markings under his eyes and the trademark sharp, triangular teeth of The Seven Swordsman of the Mist. His dark blue hair is styled in the shape of a shark fin with a personalised forehead protector that also covers his ears, and is dressed in the standard Akatsuki outfit with a giant sword on his back.
The hate and rivalry between Hiruko Of The Chimera and Orochimaru Of The Sannin was no secret inside the organisation. Hiruko was a former Konohagakure shinobi who was from the same generation as Orochimaru, but they hated each other more then anything despite sharing the same birth place. Kisame thought it was strange, that two people with so many similarities couldn't even stand together in one room without the urge to murder the other one. Both were former Konoha Shinobi, both were unsatisfied with the state of their bodies and lack of special inherent powers, such as bloodline limits. Both were obsessed with the sharingan, forbidden jutsu, immortality, and general knowledge of the ninshu. Both their paths have lead them to Akatsuki and even the manner of their defection was similar, that being caught experimening on comrades and delving in the illegal practise of forbidden jutsu. So then, how come these people wanted nothing to do with each other, surely they could achieve great things if they worked together right? Well, what Kisame and most people didn't know was just how simple the answer to that question was...envy!
Yes, jealousy and envy was the bridge that was seperating the two from each other. Hiruko, as a child not from a shinobi clan and having no known shinobi backround was born with an especially weak body and his talent in the ninja arts was average at best, not achieving the status or receiving the label of genius. Because of this, no one paid attention to him, no one acknowledged him and no one tried to help him, he became all alone in the world and even his friends at the time, who would later gain recognition as the Densetsu no Sannin, left him behind and deserted him. Hiruko's eventually broke, determined to show the world that even a non genius could attain power through hard work and science alone, Hiruko obsessed over forbidden jutsu and was eventually able to create his own forbidden jutsu, the chimera no jutsu. But, his secret research and experiments were eventually discovered by the Sandaime Hokage, who ordered the Sannin, who at the time he still considered his friends despite the deep seated resentment he carried in his heart for their abandonment of him, to assissinate him. This was the final straw, Hiruko managed to fake his death by replacing himself with one of his chimera experiments and from that day on swore revenge on the Hidden Leaf and the Densetsu no Sannin.
This hate was replicated by Orochimaru for different but similar reasons. Orochimaru, who grew up hailed as a once in a generation prodigy couldn't bring himself to comprehend the reality that Hiruko, a no name, talentless shinobi has achieved just as much, if not more then he had in his lifetime. He'd spent years, countless years studying, researching, experimenting on others and himself, rising and falling, all in his attempts to attain immortality so that he can live long enough to discover all the secrets of this world. The fact that Hiruko had advanced even further then him in this regard was something he simply couldn't accept, it made everything he had done up until now seem incredibly useless. Kakuzu was different, Kakuzu was a genius too, just like him, and Kakuzu had lived for almost twice the number of years that he had, it only made sense that he would attain immortality before him, but Hiruko! That just didn't make sense at all. It wasn't so much that Hiruko had attained immortality, he hadn't done it yet, he still needed to implant one more kekei genkei into his chimera no jutsu before he could achieve that goal, but what irked Orochimaru more was the fact that he could have done it already if he wanted to, the only reason he hadn't was because he wanted the last chimera to be a sharingan and those were very hard to find nowadays. Another thing that irked him about Hiruko was his possession of four kekei genkei, even after so many years, Orochimaru has been unable to reduce the death toll of dna implanting to an acceptable enough level that he could implant them into himself, but that no name fool had done it like it was nothing!
"Krrkrrr...don't you dare mention that name in front of me!" Spat Orochimaru with an ugly snarl on his face.
"Heh...? You trying to start a fight with me too, I'll have you know that shark trumps snake ten times out of ten. Off course, I'd like to think that a scientist like you would want to test out that theory for himself, isn't that right...Orochimaru san?" Asked Kisame with a toothy grin, trying to provoke a reaction from the sannin, his right hand firmly wrapped around the handle of his giant sword that was situated on his back.
"Stop it Kisame! There's no need to kill each other. Finding a new partner will be troublesome, and not to mention time consuming. You know I don't like to waste my time or anyone's time for that matter." Warned Sasori.
"What's that supposed to mean exactly Sasori, are you trying to imply that I would lose to this savage beast?" Asked Orochimaru defensively, unable to resist the jab at Kisame.
"That's not what I'm saying, if you go into battle against Kisame, there's a fifty percent chance that you will die, if you don't go into battle, there's a hundred percent chance that you will live. I'm simply making the obvious choice. In any case, where is Hiruko, Zetsu?" Asked Sasori, though it sounded more like a demand then anything else. Orochimaru bristled at the casual and disrespectful dismissal, but chose to contain his displeasure to himself, albeit reluctantly.
"Hiruko is currently on a mission with Kakuzu and Furido. Their mission is to recruite a new partner for Kakuzo, an immortal shinobi from Yukigakure." Replied Zetsu.
"Heh! Four zombies in one place! Should be interesting, all of a sudden I wish I was there to observe the encounter, it will be an interesting battle for sure." Thought Kisame out loud.
"Don't worry, I've sent a clone to record the battle." Said Zetsu.
"Hehe, as expected of you Zetsu san! If anything, you're the most reliable guy in our gloomy little organisation." Said Kisame in a tone that made it unclear whether he was being sincere or not.
"Hn, we're running behind schedule! This newbie has a nerve, making me wait on him like this! I hate it when people make me wait, it makes me angry, and when I'm angry, I can't be held accountable for my actions...!" Said Sasori with a sinister tone.
"Please control yourself Sasori san, no one likes waiting, demo, I don't want to have to look for a new partner so soon, please forgive him this time." Said Kisame, never losing the look of amusement on his shark like features.
"Do you even know the name of this recruit, just who exactly are we waiting for? I have better things to do then to just sit around here, why do all of us even need to be here anyway?" Asked Orochimaru in frustration.
"Tche! Leader wouldn't say, I do hope he's strong though, it would be sad if he were to have an...unfortunate accident hnhnhn!" Laughed Kisame.
"Oi Kisame, you should show a little more faith in your partner, Leader has a good eye for talent, he wouldn't choose someone week for you. Hn, its amazing that the organisation has lasted this long, I'm not sure we would have been able to avoid killing each other without Pein sama's leadership." Said Zetsu.
'Kukukuku...if anyone is going to be destroying this organisation its going to be me! First I'll start with Konoha, then I will kill Hiruko and the rest of these fools, and its all thanks to one of the very monsters that they're hunting. Kukuku, recruiting Naruto was the best thing that could have happened for me and Oto, I'll have to reward Kabuto sometime, it could not have happened without him.' Thought Orochimaru with a sinister smirk, sticking out his abnormally long tongue just like his namesake.
'Just a few more years, a few more years and I will have the man-power to destroy everyone who opposes me!'
"Did you sort him out?" Asked Pein in a deep and emotionless voice, a man of just above average height with medium length spiky orange hair. He bears six piercings, a metal bar through each ear, three studs through the side of his upper nose, and one spike stud on each end of the bottom lip. He also has three piercings on each wrist, at least one on his upper wrist and some just under his neck. He is also dressed in the full standard Akatsuki outfit.
"Hai, demo, I don't have any faith in his loyalty, nothing I or anyone does will change that, he is going to betray us, there's no doubt in my mind about it" Replied Konan neutrally.
"Orochimaru is operating under the belief that we are unaware of his extra mural activities, his ignorance will be his downfall in the end. Come, let us go back inside, our new recruite should arrive any moment now. Perhaps, as a test of his loyalty, I might give him the honour of disposing of his former Konoha ally." Said Pein, still looking ahead into the far distance, allowing the rain he had created to to drizzle over him.
"Uchiha Shishui, a prodigy of the Uchiha clan, the man who slayed his own kin, very fitting it would be indeed, for him to be the one to inherit such a mission." Said Konan, turning around, along with her long time friend to walk back towards the cave.
Wave Country...
"You okay Jirobo?" Asked Naruto, concerned about the health of his friend, who was leaning against him for support.
"Y-yeah...I'll be okay, I just need a minute, sorry...for being a burden...cough!" Replied Jirobo between coughing fits, a small trail of blood leaking out from his lips.
"A burden? I dunno Jirobo, someone who can defeat one of the great ninja swordsman of the mist...if someone like that can be considered a burden, then I'm not sure if there's anyone in the world who isn't a burden." Replied Naruto sarcastically, a small smile on his face showing his happiness for his friend's accomplishment.
"Hehehe...y-yeah I g-guess you're r-right." Replied Jirobo jovially, even though more blood was leaking out of his mouth during his coughing fits.
"You've sustained a lot of internal damage, I guess you weren't quite ready for the yellow pill." Said Naruto with an analytical mind.
"Yeah, but I had no choice.. cough!" Replied Jirobo sickly, and it was true, he really didn't get the choice or whether to use the yellow pill or not. Raiga's lightning dragon tornado had almost broken through his earth barrier event though Jirobo was absorbing his chakra and would have done so if Jirobo hadn't taken the yellow pill, clearly he had underestimated the depth of the mad swordsman's chakra pool for him to have been able to use such a high level technique from inside the dome. In the end the crazy swordsman was still human and had his limits, eventually losing consciousness from chakra exhustion.
"Let me heal you, I'll have you all good in no time at all." Offered Naruto.
"No!" Replied Jirobo a little too loud, causing Naruto to stare at him incedulously.
"I mean..no, I have to attain a natural resistance to the pill and my body has to adapt Naturally until I can use the pill without consequence. Plus, this will help me to master my calorie restoration jutsu." Explained Jirobo.
'So I was right after all, he was using the chakra he absorbed from Raiga to replenish himself, alright, I won't do anything to hinder your growth, Jirobo.' Thought Naruto.
"I understand, just make sure you don't die though." Said Naruto, creating four shadow clones without any hand seals. The clones, already knowing what they had to do jumped straight into action, one replacing the original in carrying Jirobo and the other taking away Raiga's dual swords and Zabuza's Kubikiribocho, the third one went on to pick up and carry the demon of the mist while the fourth one picked up Raiga's limp form, placing him on its shoulders carefully. The original went straight to the barrier that contained Suigetsu.
"Heh, and here I was thinking that you'd all forgotten about me, guess it was too much to hope for huh?" Asked Suigetsu sarcastically.
"If we'd forgotten about you, then you would have been trapped in that barrier forever, be glad that we didn't." Said Naruto with a shark like grin, baring his razor sharp triangular teeth that made him look like a member of the organisation that Suigetsu was formerly apprenticed to.
"Heh, nice teeth, I like em." Said Suigetsu with his own toothy grin.
"I could say the same about yours." Replied Naruto.
"..."
"..."
"So um..what are you going to do to us?" Asked Suigetsu, now adopting a serious expression.
"Not sure what to do about you, I was contemplating absorbing your chakra, but I'll have to take down the barrier to do that." Said Naruto simply.
"I won't run away you know, what would be the point? You have my comrades." Said Suigetsu.
"I believe they call it a temporary retreat, you could run away and then come back to stage a rescue mission for your friends." Said Naruto.
"Yeah, but I won't do that, we already agreed that we would join your village if we lost remember. We ninja swordsmen are cruel, vicious, sadistic, and homicidal in our way of the ninja, that is how we were taught and those are the characteristics that are admired about us. But you should know that above all of that, we are taught loyalty and honour." Explained Suigetsu.
'I can't sense his chakra from inside the barrier, so I can't tell if he is lying or not using that method but...it certainly sounds plausible, after all, they only went rogue because they were chased out by the corrupt Mizukage, whom they were trying to assassinate in order to save Kiri. Still, I'll need some kind of insurance.' Thought Naruto.
"If what you say is true, then you won't have a problem with me holding on to the blue wave gun for a while will you?" Asked Naruto.
"Well...alright, but you know, you're going to have to take down the barrier so that I can give it to you..." Trailed off Suigetsu with devious grin.
"You underestimate me too much..Suigetsu." Said Naruto, reciprocating the devious look that Suigetsu was directing at him, causing Suigetsu to narrow his eyes in suspicion. Naruto summoned a tri pronged kunai that has a seal tag wrapped around the handle from a seal on his wrist and threw it on the ground between his own feet. The blonde then blazed through five hand seals before clasping his hands together and flaring his chakra. In that instant, when the blonde clasped his hands together, the blue wave gun dissappeared from Suigestu's shoulder, appearing on the other side of the barrier, stuck on the ground between the whisker faced blonde's feet next to his hiirashin kunai.
"M-my sword, how did you..." Trailed off Suigetsu, his hand intinctively reaching for his sword that was recently displaced from his back, eyes widening slightly, first in shock, and then realisation.
"You...you placed one of those seals on my sword too?" Asked Suigetsu.
"Glad I don't have to explain it to you, I'm going to seal away this baby here and then de-activate the barrier, make sure you behave" said Naruto, popping a small storage scroll from the seal on his right wrist and unwrapping it before placing it on the ground next to Suigetsu's sword.
"You have all your treasures and belongings sealed up on your wrist don't you?" Asked Suigetsu, not receiving a response from the blond, who couldn't read his lips because his eyes were directed at the scroll and the sword he was about to seal away.
'Forgot he couldn't hear me, damn!' Thought Suigetsu, watching the blond seal away his precious sword.
"Alright, I'm going to take down the barrier now!" Said Naruto jovially, clasping his hands together in concentration. The blond then released a chakra pulse, causing the barrier to shimure slightly before disappearing completely.
"Done! Now remember to behave or else I'll be forced to drain away all of your chakra." Said Naruto, walking around the perimeter of the barrier in order to pick up the four kunai that he had used to set up the barrier.
"Tche, whatever!" Said Suigetsu with a small tick mark on his forehead, feeling uncomfortable without his beloved sword, which was a momento that his brother had left for him.
"Welcome to the Otogakure no Sato forces, I'm Jugo of the Scales, leader of Orochimaru sama's elite guard and second in comman of Oto's security. I'm looking to working with you." Said Juugo from behind Suigetsu, who had been staring at the blond with contemplating look on his face. Suigetsu turned around to look at the source of the voice, only to see the very big ten year old he recognised as the one that took out Haku with Kimmimaro placed on his left shoulder and his right hand extended for a handshake.
'This guy took out Haku in just two moves, so many strong guys to fight and train with, maybe I should give this my best shot. I can't wait to see just how many other monsters this place has, after all, us monsters belong together!' Thought Suigetsu with excitement.
"Hozuki Suigetsu, the second coming of the demon, remember that!" Said Suigetsu with a mischievious smirk, trapping Juugo's outstretched hand in a firm hand shake.
"Nice to meet you Suigetsu, I'll be sure not to forget it. In any case, now that you're one of us, could you help me out a little, I need you to carry Haku's body for a while, until we get to the bridge builder's house." Said Juugo.
"Tche! Not even 5 seconds on the job and I'm already being ordered around, tche, control freak!" Said Suigetsu irritably but following the subtle command nonetheless.
"Thank you." Said Juugo humorously.
"We should hurry up, we need to get to Tazuna san's house quickly, I left my clones behind to protect his daughter and grandson, but I'd much rather be there in person, at least until we've assassinated Gato." Said Naruto, walking back to his comrades after collecting his weapons.
"Hmmm...alright, let's get going then. Hey Suigetsu! We're going now, hurry up!" Shouted Juugo over his shoulder.
"Where are we going Naruto kuuun?" Asked Yakumo from behind the blonde, wrapping her arms around his belly with her neck at the crook of his neck.
"Y-Yakumo-chan?" Asked the blonde nervously, even though he'd already sensed her approaching, still, the feeling of her warmth against his body so intimately made him lose all coherent thoughts, even though he should have been used to it by now. He'd asked Juugo about it some time ago, why he felt like this whenever he made body contact with her even after knowing her for so long. Juugo had just said that it was a good thing because it meant that he was maturing, as in, he was starting to realise his true feelings for her, that they were more then just friends and that the kind of physical contact they were used to having with each other wasn't how normal friends behaved, but how lovers behaved. Naruto had thought that having the chat with Juugo would have helped but it had the opposite effect, he could not remember a time when he was so nervous around her before, it had taken a long time but Naruto was finally able to accept that he was truly wipped, he was crazy about her and he would do anything to make her happy.
"What's wrong Naruto kun, you seem awefully nervous as of late, you haven't been misbehaving have you?" Asked Yakumo sweetly, her breathe tickling on the blond's ear, causing the blond to shiver slightly, and not in a bad way either.
"Um...no its just t-that I'm glad you're safe, I was worried about you you know, not because I don't trust in your strength but you know...um..."
"Hahaha! Relax Naru kun, you don't have to explain anything to me. I know what you mean, I was worried about you too." Said Yakumo with an angelic giggle, burying face into the Naruto's back, tightening her grip with her left arm on his torso slightly while taking her naru kun's right hand into her own and squeezing on it affectionately.
"Yakumo chan..I...I..."
"I know, I love you too Naru kun." Replied Yakumo, cutting off the blond mid-sentence.
"I...when we get home, would you like to..."
"Yes I'd love to go on a date with you, took you long enought to ask." Said Yakumo, trying to stiffle a giggle at the gobsmacked expression that she knew the blond had on his face.
"H-how did you know I was going to ask that?" Sputtered Naruto.
"Hmmm...does it matter, I've already decided that you're going to take me on a date anyway. Ido told me to be assertive when dealing with boys, I know you love me, and I know I love you, does anything else need to be said?" Asked Yakumo rhetorically.
"Um...no! I...I guess not." Replied the blonde with a light blush.
"Um...I know this is not quite an appropriate time for this but um..." Said the whisker faced blonde, turning around to face the girl he thought of as the love of his life.
"What is it N-Naruto kun?" Asked Yakumo tentatively, a pinkish hue forming on her creamy skin thanks to the intense blue eyes that were staring at her.
"I've wanted to do this for a long time now, I don't think I can hold back...anymore..." whispered the blonde, attaching his lips onto the exotic beauty that was Kurama Yakumo, his most precious person, with his arms wrapped around her waist.
"N-Naruto kuunnnnnnnn!" Yakumo moaned in pleasure and surprise, feeling her head spin all of a sudden, but not in a bad way, not at all. At the back of her mind, she still couldn't believe this was finally happening, in fact, she couldn't believe it had happened like this, she'd always thought that she would have to be the one that finally broke the ice between the two of them. Ido had told her that boys are cowards who are scared of intimacy and commitment, turns out she was wrong after all, she should have known better then to trust Ido's judgement.
Naruto couldn't believe how good this felt, to have his precious Yakumo-chan in his arms like this was like being in heaven, her lips were so wet and soft, it felt incredible, definately much better then he thought his first kiss would be.
'I wonder what will happen if I try that thing from the orange book.' Thought Naruto, licking Yakumo's bottom lip gently with his toungue to demand entrance. Yakumo was broken from her blissful state by the blonde's actions, letting out an 'O' in surprise, which had the effect of her opening her mouth slightly, allowing the blonde the entrance he demanded into the inside of her mouth.
The blonde thrust his toungue into her, trying to explore and taste every single inch of the sweetness that was her mouth, their toungues locked in a fierce and pleasurable dual for dominance. Yakumo tried to fight the mindblowing battle between their wet appendages but eventually gave out, Naruto would have none of it, completely dominating her and claiming her is his, squeezing her lithe body tight against his own, with Yakumo's arms wrapped around his neck. But all things, even great things have to come to an end, they were still humans after all and humans need air to breathe, and so the two young prodigies were forced to break their lip lock, a small string of saliva connecting their lips defiantly but even that was forced to break off, causing the two prodigies to both let out sighs of dissapointment at the loss of contact.
"Wow...! That was so amazing Yakumo-chan, you taste so nice and sweet and..."
"Disgusting! That was absolutely disgusting! I can't believe you, I thought you were cool and strong but now I know you're just a pussy!" Shouted Suigetsu, making lewd gagging sounds with his throat for emphasis.
"S-shut up! You wouldn't know love if it hit you in the face! Right Naruto kun?" Shouted Yakumo with a deep red hue on her cheeks, flustered from embarrassment, irritation, and from a certain act that she had just willingly participated in with the love of her life.
"Y-yeh! D-definately!" Sputtered the blonde, wrapping his arms tightly around her affectionately.
"Yeah, he wouldn't know love if it screamed right next to his ear!" Said Naruto. Yakumo sighed happily in the blonde's arms, this day could not have gone better, she completed her second S rank mission, defeating Raiga and the demon brothers in the process with her team. Got Naruto to confess his feelings for her and then received her first kiss from the only man she ever wanted to kiss, all in a days work. Yep! This day could not possibly have gone better.
"Aargh! Juugo, tell them, this is disgusting right?" Asked/demanded Suigestsu.
"Ah...ehehehe...well...um...not really, this is what men do you know, Naruto has just taken a giant leap on his way to manhood." Said Juugo.
"Tche! I can't believe I just agreed to live in a village full of pantsies like you guys, I don't need a woman to become a man!" Said Suigetsu petulently.
"Yeah, I'll try and remember that on your wedding day." Replied Juugo.
"Don't hold your breathe!" Said Suigetsu irritably.
"In any case, we should get going Naruto, you can finish whatever the two of you started later." Said Juugo
"Alright alright, um..we'll talk later Yaku-chan, okay?" Said Naruto, planting a chaste kiss on Yakumo's forehead, causing her to blush for the figurative millionth time that day.
"H-hai, I'd like that Naru kun." Said Yakumo. It was Naruto's turn to be flustered when she place a wet kiss on his sensitive whisker marks, causing him to purr, which in turn caused Yakumo to let out an angelic giggle at the blonde's expense.
"By the way, where's Guren?" Asked Juugo.
"She's on her way, her chakra is close by, if we go now, we'll meet up with her on the way." Replied Naruto.
"Good, then we go now!" ordered Juugo.
"Wait! Untie these damn chains brat! I'm not some parcel you can carry around!" Shouted Zabuza gruffly.
"Alright fine, but I'm gonna hold on to the Kubikiribocho as insurance!" Said Naruto.
"Whatever!" Said Zabuza disrespectfully.
"Good, just hold on a minute aniki, we'll leave soon enough." Said the blonde apologetically.
"No problem, just make it quick." Said Juugo.
Tazuna's Bridge...
"What the...what's going on here?" Asked Suigetsu with his jaw hanging on the ground.
"It..it looks like the whole village has gathered at the bridge for celebrations. Also, I think they are waiting for someone, I can read their lips from here, they're waiting for Tazuna san and Naruto san...N-Naruto san is the hero of Wave Country, t-that's what they're saying!" Said Ranmaru, his eyes slightly widening in surprise.
"What!" Shouted Guren a little too loudly, causing the blonde to start sweating nervously.
"Is there something you'd like to tell us Naruto?" Asked Juugo.
"You fool! You know you're not supposed to bring attention to yourself and still you go and make yourself the fucken HERO of a nation, what if Konoha find out about you! How could you be so reckless!" Shouted Guren furiously. Naruto was glad she had baggage to carry on her back in the form of Ranmaru, otherwise he had no doubt in his mind that she would have tried to kill him for endangering Oto and by extension, Orochimaru sama.
"Calm yourself down Guren, I'm sure Naruto has a good explanation for this, right Naruto?" Asked Juugo with a serious tone, fully aware of the possible repurcussions his brother's actions could have for Oto and the blonde himself.
'Sigh, why can't she accept that she has feelings for Naruto! She's clearly worried about him but she reacts with violent threats to make it seem like she is only concerned about Oto and Orochimaru sama! She doesn't understamd her conflicting feelings and because of that lashes out at the source of the problem as an attempt to fight against her them. Not that I blame her though, violence is the only language she knows because of the way she grew up, every achievement she's ever attained for herself has been earned through fighting, that is how Orochimaru sama raised her. But I'm sure that if any one can help her, it will be Naruto otouto, I really hope they have that talk that he promised her.' Thought Juugo.
"Um...yeah sure I do..ehehehe!" Replied the blonde sheepishly.
"N-Narut-kun...everything's going to be okay right? You have a plan don't you?" Asked Yakumo with a worried tone and expression, trying to contain the tears from leaving her eyes. Naruto, not liking the look on his precious Yakumo-chan, adopted a serious expression too.
'Kuso! I didn't want to worry Yakumo-chan!' Thought Naruto, angry at himself for causing even the slightest heartache to the exotic genjutsu mistress.
"Don't be foolish! Its only natural for people who care about each other to worry!" Said the the nine-tailed fox.
"K-Kaa chan?" Asked the blonde mentally.
"No its the rikuudo sennin hey...!" Replied the demoness bitterly.
"Why are you so grumpy, did I do something wrong, kaa chan?" Asked Naruto, making the demoness sigh in frustration at both the blonde and herself.
"I'm sorry sochi kun, its just that I don't want you to blame yourself for everything. I understand that I was the one that taught you to be responsible but that doesn't mean you have to blame every little thing on yourself and you shouldn't stress about things that are innevitable. People who care about you will always worry about you just like you worry about them, okay...sochi kun?" Said Kyubi, giving the blonde a mental hug.
"Hai Kaa chan!" Said the blonde, mentally sighing happily in his mother's embrace.
'I love you Naruto kun, don't forget that, and I'll always worry about you, so will Yakumo-chan,you can't change that." Said the furry demoness.
"I know, I love you too kaa-chan." Replied Naruto, causing Kyubi to sigh happily.
"Naruto, hey Naruto! Hey! What the hell is wrong with you!" Shouted Suigetsu, disrupting the mother/son quality time.
"What!" Said Naruto a little too loudly.
"You spaced out, were you talking to your kaa chan?" Asked Juugo.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Apologised the blonde.
"Kaa chan? Your mother is your bijuu?" Asked Ranmaru.
"H-how did you know about that? I don't recall anyone telling you about Naruto kun's jinchuuriki status?" Asked Yakumo with eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"I saw it with my eyes, his chakra system is similar to that of the Mizukage's, plus, normal humans don't have that much chakra." Said Ranmaru.
'A doujutsu that can see even the chakra system, then, does that mean he has telescopic vision like the hyuga clan? ' Thought the blonde analytically.
'How interesting, its almost like Kami herself is on your side, you might just have found yourself an heir to the Hyuga Forbidden Scroll that you have in your possession. Lucky you, now you won't have to follow through with my idea to abduct an infant from the Hyuga branch family before they place a caged bird seal on them.' Said the fox demoness.
'Yeah, hopefully I won't have to follow up with that plan anymore.' Thought Naruto. The blonde knew it wasn't a given that the 5 year old would be able to learn those jutsu but it was entirely possible that he could, the information he had currently certainly seemed to point him towards that line of thought.
He knew from his shadow clone that was helping Yakumo to fend off Raiga and the demon brothers that the boy had near three sixty degree vision, and he knew the boy could, like the members of the Hyuga clan perceive chakra and he knew the boy was good with illusions. He now also knew that the boy had telescopic vision, able to see things from long distances and able to see through objects, the fact that the boy was able to observed his chakra system was more then enough proof. But even all of that was not enough to confirm whether the boy could learn those techniques or not.
The Hyuga clan had special bodies with special chakra systems that enable them to attain perfect chakra control and to be able to manipulate chakra at a level no knowm human is capable of, this in turn gave birth to their jyuuken techniques, namely, the Hyuga clan didn't just have an eye based bloodline limit, they had a dual kekei genkei, an eye based and a body type bloodline limit. The blonde was fully aware that they would have to conduct tests to see if the boy also had this body type special ability, or if worse comes to worst, conduct experiments on him that could potentially give him this abilty, off course with boy and Raiga's permission.
The blonde wasn't too worried though, he was eighty percent sure that the tests would yield a positive result.
"I know what you're thinking Naruto, but that will have to wait for later, let us focus on the task at hand for now. Please explain the situation to us." Said Juugo thoughtfully.
"Naru kun..."
"Don't worry so much about me Yakumo-chan...everything will be okay, I have a plan." Said the blonde, cupping the exotic beauty's face lovingly.
"O-okay." Said Yakumo, smiling happily with a cute blush on her cheeks.
"While we're still alive brat!" Said Zabuza irritably, now carrying the boy Haku on his shoulder, having gotten fed up with Suigetsu's persistent complaints about the wait making him thirsty, even though Zabuza knew it was a lie, the water boy carried a sword twice his size around everyday, there was no way Haku's weight could have affected him that much.
"Yeah um...you see my clones kind of assassinated Gato and his thugs and um...how do I explain this...well, the bridgebuilder's grandson was kinda inspired by my ...er...my clone's actions and he inturn inspired the rest of the town and um...you see..." Sputtered the blonde, struggling to put into words the information he had received from one of the two clones that had dispelled itself not so long ago.
"Argh! Just spill it out already! Stop trying to create unneccessary suspense!" Said Guren impatiently, resisting the urge to pull on her hair in frustration.
"I think I understand, you made the people realise that they had to fight for themselves in order to gain their freedom, otherwise the process would just repeat itself all over again if someone else like Gato came around. That's why they recognise you as their hero, is that right?" Asked Juugo.
"Yeah! That's what I was trying to say!" Exlaimed Naruto in relief, glad that Juugo, as usual, was able to read him so well, he wasn't really that good at explaining himself, especially when Guren was around, she always seemed to find a way to make him look stupid somehow.
"I see, I won't lie to you Naruto, this is really bad...well, its good for the people of this country, but its bad for you and for us, but I understand why you did it, I think I would have done the same if I could." Said Juugo wisely.
"Thanks bro! And uh...I'm sorry I messed up your mission aniki." Said the blonde.
"No don't worry about it, I may be leader but this is just as much my mission as it is anybody who participated. In any case, we'll just have to do damage control that's all. We'll discuss our plans for that later on, and I want your input especially, I know you well enough to know that you're not that reckless, in fact, you're not reckless at all! You obviously have some kind of plan cooked up for this." Said Juugo with a meaningfull look.
"Uh...yeah ehehehe! I guess you caught me there." Replied the blonde, scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"N-Naruto kun! Is that you, is it the real you this time?" Shouted a voice from behind the blonde and a considerable distance in front of the group of shinobi, who were facing the blonde and Yakumo. Naruto snapped his head around to stare at the source of the voice, knowing that he recognised that voice from somewhere. And right he was, for standing only 15 metres away from the them was the natural beauty that was the 22 year old woman he recognised as the 5 year old Inari's mother and Tazuna san's daughter. She has beautiful, silky black hair that reaches her shoulders with a blue-ish tint to them and dark eyes full of love and passion. Her beautiful, heart shaped face is eccentuated by her creamy skin and her full lips and she is dark pink, short sleeved top that is not tight but at the same time not too lose, nevertheless one doesn't have to look to heart to notice her DD cup breats and has a white apron over the top. She has a long navy skirt on that although relatively loose still hugs and eccentuates her wide hips with black sandals on her feet. The outfit is just what a regualr housewife would wear in doors but her natural beauty makes it look like somthing else entirely.
"Tsu-Tsunami san! Y-yeah its me, is something the matter?" Asked Naruto. Tsunami immediately turned around upon receiving confirmation and shouted across the clearing to the direction of the people on the bridge.
"Inari chan! I found him! I found Naruto kun!" Shouted Tsunami happily before running over to the blonde at a speed that showed that she hadn't slacked off on her physical conditioning despite giving birth to a child. Tsunami ran straight for the blonde Uzumaki and smothered him on her chest area in a tight hug, almost as if she were a mother who had just been reunited with her long lost child, or a woman reunited with her long lost love.
"Oh Naruto kun thank you thank you so much! I was so worried when you didn't show up, your clones said that you would arrive in a few minutes but it felt like so long we were so worried!" Babbled Tsunami, kissing the blonde all over his head and face over and over affectionately.
"Ehehe sorry for worrying so much Tsunami-san, I'll try not to do it again." Relied the blonde, blushing furiously in the womans soft and kind embrace.
"No no don't apologise Naruto kun, I'm just so happy and grateful, you saved me and Inari-chan and you helped my son get over his depression, you even inspired our people and brought back the hope that the people had lost. I-I'm just glad that you came into our lives!" Said Tsunami, cupping the blonde's cheeks affectionately, unable to help but to continue to kiss the, in her opinion cute whisker faced blonde all over the face, something that infuriated Yakumo for some reason she couldn't explain and surprisingly, Guren too.
"There he is! There's our hero!" Shouted the Inari, off course it wasn't just Inari that had heard ravern haired woman's calls, the whole crowd heard her say the name of their hero and they would not be denied a chance to celebrate their hero. The group of Oto shinobi and their recruits could only sweat drop when the mob, lead by the bridge builder's grandson stampeded towards them from the bridge to the mainland. It is needless to say that the civillians and the shinobi alike partied until late in the night, nothing could dampen their spirits now, having finally freed themselves and with their hero in town. Everyone, even the stiffies like Guren and Zabuza would later admit that they actually needed some fun once in a while, though not outwardly off course, they would only admit it to themselves.
Two Weeks Later: Unspecified Location...
'Kukuku...I never imagined such an opportunity would present its self so soon, a sharingan falling right on my lap like this, its almost too good to be true, an opportunity than I cannot in my right mind ignore.' Thought Orochimaru, looking at the 16 year old in front of him with lust in his eyes, his long tongue hanging out of his eyes in anticipation.
'To give me your back so casually, you're too trusting, especially for someone who betrayed his own kin.' Thought Orochimaru, transforming his arm into a dark brown serpent before launching it at the rogue Uchiha with incredible speed, binding the Uchiha's arms against his body tightly, using the incredible strength of the snake's constricting body to make any chance of escape impossible.
"Kukuku! Please forgive my rudeness Shishui-kun, but that body and those eyes belong to me now. I'm going to take over your body and those precious eyes will make my dreams come to reality, be grateful, for you will from now on become a part of the greatness that I will become kukuku!" Laughed Orochimaru, preparing his chakra to begin his living corpse reincarnation.
"Whose body and whose eyes belong to you?" Asked calm sounding voice from a small distance behind Orochimaru, causing the snake sannin's eyes to widen in surprise.
'Impossible! That voice, it couldn't be that I...' Thought Orochimaru, turning his head around to stare at the boy, no, young man of the Uchiha clan from over his shoulder.
"There's no one there Orochimaru san, take look for yourself?" Said Shishui simply.
Orochimaru, not wanting to believe what was in front of him turned his eyes to the back to the front only to see nothing in front of him where he had thought to have successfully captured the Uchiha prodigy.
"You could hurt yourself if you carry on like this, I'm not sure how much control you have over those snakes of yours, perhaps you've been overworking yourself too much, age does have that effect on a person sometimes." Said Shishui neutrally, not a second too soon after Shishui spoke, Orochimaru noticed all of a sudden that he couldn't move his arms, almost as if something was constricting his arms, only to realise that the snake he thought he had used to bind his opponent was the one constricting his own body.
'A genjutsu...? So he didn't let his guard down after all! Capturing him will be a lot more difficult now, but at least there is no one around to interfere.' Thought Orochimaru in anticipation, the snake untangling itself around him and retreating back into his sleeves and transforming back into his arm. Orochimaru turned around to face the Uchiha prodigy with an excited smirk on his face, licking his lips with his abnormally long tongue.
"Kukuku! So you didn't let your guard down after all, you put me into your genjutsu and then used a combination of your legendary mastery of the substitution and body flicker technique to displace yourself to a safe location on my blind spot, not too far away so that you can time and execute your attacks successfully but not to close either so that you can anticipate my attacks and use your genjutsu successfully. Impressive, you've advanced at an incredible rate in such a short time, but the real battle begins now kukuku!" Said Orochimaru, laughing like a mad man, something he was considered to be by most people who knew him.
"I see, even your intelligence is overated after all." Said Shishui calmly, his hair and Akatsuki cloak belowing from side to side from the breeze.
"Nani..?" Asked Orochimaru with narrowed eyes.
"You really don't know do you? Orochimaru, I was never walking in front of you from the beginning, I've been walking right behind you, in line with your blind spot since we left the base. You were under my spell even before we left the base. This is the power of my Sakanade, a genjutsu that creates an inverted world. In this world, everything is the opposite of what it is supposed to be, right becomes left, up becomes down, and front becomes back. You get it now right? The Uchiha Shishui you thought was walking in front of you all this time was actually walking behind you, did you really think that I would let my guard down to a poisonous snake like you, Orochimaru?" Asked Shishui rhetorically.
"Krrrk...just who do you think it is you're speaking to cursed child! Know your place!" Shouted Orochimaru, gritting his teeth in anger, molding hand seals for a jutsu only, to his immense surprise to be impaled through his body by giant spikes right through his limbs, taking away his body's movement.
"Demonic Ilusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!" Whispered Shishui.
'S-subarashi! He is able to completely stop my movements and induce a sensation of pysical pain to me using a torture type paralysis genjutsu! All this was done in an instant with the use of minimal chakra and without any hand seals! Those eyes, the power of those eyes...will be mine!' Thought Orochimaru, trying to resist the jutsu with all his strength, forcing his hands together in order to mold hand seals only for his for left hand, which bares his Akatsuki ring on his pinky finger to be sliced through by a red hot chakra sword that was more then five metres long.
"Ite! C-curse you scum! How dare you!" Screamed Orochimaru, clasping his severed arm in his right hand with a firm grip, the pain in his arm causing the genjutsu he was being influenced by to dispel.
'This chakra? What kind of chakra is this, such a high level of shape manipulation combined with nature manipulation...I've never heard of anything like this? The heat was even able to incinerate my wound and stop the bleeding, just what the hell is this!' Thought Orochimaru, grinding his teeth together in pain and frustration.
"Orochimaru, before these eyes of mine, all jutsu are rendered useless! Don't underestimate the power of the Uchiha!" Said Shishui, still baring no emotions on his face.
'I will surely die if I carry on fighting in my current condition! Kuso! What the hell have I been doing all these years! What is the meaning of being hailed as a genius if an infant like this, who has not lived even half the life I've lead, has not experienced or seen half the things I've seen, and hasn't attained even a quarter of the knowledge I've attained, can so casually shrug my attacks and defeat me! What the hell is the point for the rest of us, if people can cheat all the effort we have put in because of a simple difference in genetic composition!' Thought Orochimaru on the verge of tears.
"Surrender yourself Orochimaru, there is still a chance for redemption even for you, all you have to do is to repent for your sins." Said Shishui coldly, even though the hateful snarl on the sannin's face told him otherwise.
"Never!" Screeched Orochimaru furiously.
"Never, I will never bow down to a mere infant! I will never bow down to anyone! I am the one that will attain all the power in this world, I am the one that will gain immortality, I am the one that will uncover the secrets of the ninshu! Everything will be mine! Multiple Striking Shadow Snake Hands!" Shouted Orochimaru, transforming his right hand into 100 hundred giant snakes before launching them at the uchiha prodigy, the snakes flying towards the uchiha with their venomous teeth bared in a biting motion at blinding speeds.
"I thought I told you already, don't underestimate the power of the Uchiha! Shunshin No Jutsu!" Shouted Shishui, slightly losing his mask of impassiveness. In the blink of an eye. Shishui reduced the size of his fire style sabre to the length of an average kitana and then with the aid of his super fast shunshin no jutsu went on to slice through all one hundred snakes one by one in just a matter of seconds, a result that completely flabbergasted the snake sannin, who could only stare in fear and shock at the result, not able to belive that one of his techniques was once again shrugged off without much effort.
"Sh-shunshin no Shishui...!" Sputtered Orochimaru fearfully. He'd off course heard about the boy's mastery of the shunshin no jutsu, it was documented all over the bingo books, but he'd never thought it could have been something like this. Not that the extent of the jutsu wasn't properly emphasized in the bingo books, because it was. But things tended to be exaggerated in these books, after all, the people who assembled them were only human. But, being at the receiving end of the jutsu first hand, Orochimaru couldn't help but wonder if the effect of this jutsu wasn't in fact understated in the bingo books.
"That is the name on my bingo book entry, that means that you actually did some research before you tried to attack me, but that won't save you from me, Akatsuki does not tolerate traitors, I'm going to kill you now. I won't give you another chance to change your mind." Said Shishui, giving the sannin one of the Uchiha clan's patent sharingan stares that made so many opponents feel so much inferioty to them. Unfortunately this had the opposite effect to the sannin, whose fear all of a sudden transformed into an uncontrollable rage.
"You...you and those wonderful eyes! I don't care what powers those eyes have blessed you with! I refuse to lose to you! Let us see how your shunshin protects you from this!" Screamed Orchimaru
"Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!" Shouted Orochimaru, launching an overwhelming ten thousand snakes from his mouth with incredible speed, all the snakes baring kusanagi like swords from their mouths. Shishui, realising that even with his shunshin he wouldn't be fast enough to dispose of all the snakes blazed through many hand seals with unreadable speeds, at least not without a doujutsu or being equally as fast with hand seals.
'Judging by the height and width of this jutsu, its clear that this is meant to counter my teleportation speed. The snakes are too many for me to cut down individually and the jutsu is too wide for me to flicker around and too high for me to jump over. A very good and effective plan, demo...' Thought Shishui.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Majestic Annihilation! Shouted Shishui after gathering a substantial amount of chakra and air inside his throat, Shishui then expelled a massive wall of flames that covered an expansive range to counter the snake sannin's deadly wall of snakes, the fire wall was so high and so wide that it incinerated all ten thousand snakes, schorching the ground and burning so strongly that the flames reached the snake sannin himself.
"Masaka! A fire release jutsu of this level! Aaaargh!" Screamed Orochimaru in agony, his body ignited by the incinerating flames of the no doubt S rank fire jutsu. Silence followed shortly afterwards, with nothing but the sound and smell of flesh burning to be heard and inhaled respectfully.
'Something isn't right here, is this a genjutsu...no, not possible, I would have at least seen it with my eyes. But then what...he couldn't have died so quickly, is he trying to bait me?' Thought Shishui, narrowing his eyes at the direction that the snake sannin should be, waiting patiently for the smoke and chakra that was saturating the atmosphere from his jutsu to clear. Shishui didn't have to wait to long before the atmosphere cleared up, giving him a perfect view of the sannin's corpse.
'I can see his chakra residue, but is it really his corpse? I will have to conduct a test first, I won't fall for your tricks that easily Orochimaru.' Thought Shishui, creating a fire natured chakra sword that extended rapidly, piercing the sannin's corpse in the head, only for the corpse. For a second it looked like nothing would happen but then not too soon afterwards the corpse dissolved...more like deflated into a what looked from a distance like a human pancake. Shishui walked over to corpse at a slow pace, making sure to keep still fully alert of any strange movements. Needless to say that Shishui was surprised when he reached the corpse of the snake sannin, seeing something that he hadn't but should have expected, given the elder shinobi's status as the 'snake' sannin.
'This is...his skin?' Thought Shishui in surprise, the shock replacing the look of impassiveness and replacing it with a slightly agape mouth and slightly widened eyes.
'I see, he shed his skin in order to escape my fire technique and used his earth release to escape under the ground. He's probably miles away now. I won't be able to catch him even with my shunshin no jutsu, tracking down his chakra trail will slow me down too much, how sly and cunning, he lives up to his namesake after all.' Thought Shishui, turning around to walk away back towards the direction the duo had come from.
'Leader won't be happy about this, that fool even took the hand that has his ring with him, but I suspect that Sasori will be even more unhappy. Nevertheless I have to report back to Leader...Orochimaru, next time I'll end it quickly, I won't allow you to escape again.' Thought Shishui irritably, not liking the taste of failure on his tongue.
END CHAPTER
Let me first and foremost admit that this wasn't the best of chapters, had a serious case of...I'd like to say writers block but that wouldn't really make sense, since I've already planned this story to the end, so it must have been a case of laziness or something. But I was able to force myself through it. I was free this week so I had to do it because I'm going to be busy again for a while.
Anyway this wasn't nearly as long as I thought it would be, but then again, I'm not quite done with the wave arc, the next chapter will be the wave arc still with some touch ups on what Oro is up to after his loss as well.
Some of you must be fed up with all the battles, I think every chapter, with the exception of chapter one has had a battle in it, I apologise for that, but those battles were neccessary for the story development. Good news (bad to some probably) is that the next chapter will contain no battles, it will be pure story and character development, but off course interesting things will happen. There will be fluff too and drama.
I kinda felt like I was copying canon too much with the Shishui/Oro battle, it was too similar to the Itachi/Orochimaru encounter in canon I think, I'll try to avoid that in the future.
Anyway you might have noticed, this story contains major character development of other characters that are not naruto or yakumo, this is because I'm trying to show the impact that our favorite couple's decision to leave Konoha has had on Oto and the residents of Oto, but I've tried not to stray from the main character, this fic is about Naruto and he is the protagonist so I will always develop him more then anyone else, and Yakumo followed by his harem will come in second.
Made some changes in Akatsuki, for those who don't know, Hiruko is the antagonist in the Naruto Movie 4 I think (don't remember the titles of the movies) and Furido is the main Antagonist in the filler arc that happens during Naruto's Fuuton Rasenshuriken training and before the Naruto vs Kakuzo arc.
Shishui - alright yea, I gave him Madara's jutsu, what do you guys think about that? Is it cool or do yaw Madara fans hate me for it, lol?
I think it makes sense though, I mean Madara's jutsu will obviously be in some secret scroll in the uchiha compound, like maybe the place that Itachi told sasuke to go to in canon.
Anyway as usual I will be fixing up the grama, vocab, and spelling within the next two days, yaw keep it real and don't forget to tell me what yaw think, peace.