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Chapter 2:
Yes, the clone's memories have been sealed so it has no knowledge about the real Naruto or anything that he knows, so it would most likely act like cannon Naruto. Glad that you liked the Samehada DNA implants too, and as for the filler girls, well, I like them a lot and couldn't fight that many stories with them being with Naruto without joining Konoha, so I just thought that I should write one myself. Thanks for the review.
Chapter 4:
Well, none of the Uchiha family will be protagonists in this fic, but trust that they are very much involved in the story and Shishui joining the Akatsuki is only one of the twists that you will witness in this fic, I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised. It was stated in the early chapters of the manga that the Hyuga were a rival clan of the Uchiha and that their doujutsu was equal to the Uchiha and superior in terms of visual prowess, but I never felt that Kishi justified that in canon, Hiashi was the perfect candidate to use for that and I tried to deploy that through Itachi's counter plotting and scheming against the enemy (Higher ups and Shishui/Tobi)
Don't worry about Suzumebachi, I have GREAT plans for her.
Chapter 5:
The full potential of Karin's kekkei genkei will be revealed in the invasion arc in a battle against…don't try to guess who, I don't think anyone can predict what I have planned for her, but it will be great, you'll see.
Chapter 6:
Thanks again for such an encouraging review, glad you like the story so far, trust me, there is a lot more to what Yakumo can do in battle then that, but I guess you will have to wait until the invasion arc.
Chapter 8:
Yeah there'll be more of Suzumebachi soon, don't worry about that, as for Konan, na she won't be a pairing for Naruto in this one, but she will be a major antagonist. Oro just barely survived, you can be sure he aint gonna be happy about that. Thanks for the wonderful reviews yo, appreciated! And I apologise for taking so long to respond.
CHAPTER 9
Nano Destruction Bug Jutsu
Otogakure Main Base: South East Quadrant…..
'That tomato head better be done with those stupid check ups! It is about time that I became one with my precious babies!' Thought Kamizuru Suzumebachi, a beautiful 12 year old kunoichi with short brown hair, a large forehead, and brown eyes. She has a heart shaped face with one hair bang cutting through the middle of her forehead and is wearing a black outfit with open shoulders, with her weapons pouch attached to her back by a belt-like sash.
'Naruto-kun will return from his mission in exactly four days, by then, I should be close to fully mastering my Nano Bug Ninjutsu, when he sees how strong I have become, he'll have no choice but to let me help him rebuild the Uzumaki clan!' Thought Suzumebachi with giddy anticipation, unable to help but to let out a small chuckle to herself.
She couldn't help it, she was really happy that she had finally completed her newest jutsu, it had taken a whole year of research, study, experimentation, and training just to get to where she was at this point, she even had to swallow her pride and ask Karin-chan to help her complete and test her jutsu, her being more into the scientific field and all. If the assimilation with the nano bugs were to go smoothly, she could possibly become the strongest ninja in Otogakure no sato, possibly. Reaching the door to her lab, yes, her own lab made specifically for her bug experimentation, Suzumebachi channelled her chakra into the seal on the middle right side of the heavy steel door, causing the door to shift to the left, allowing her entrance into the lab, only to find Karin standing near a giant glass cylinder full of a blue substance that looks like mobile and living green coloured chakra, with her hands behind her back and a big smile on her face.
"Hey tomato head…"
"Stop calling me that!" shouted Karin indignantly, cutting off Suzumebachi before she could even finish speaking, a furious blush spreading rapidly across her face, more from anger than embarrassment.
"Right, whatever makes you happy tomato head! Just give me my babies already, I've been waiting a whole year for this, I'm not waiting any longer!" Replied the last living member of the Kamizuru clan nonchalantly.
"Stop calling me tomato head you bitch!" Shouted Karin angrily. A year ago, she wouldn't have dared talked to the Kamizuru heiress with such blatant disrespect, the girl was completely insane if you asked anyone in Oto, more importantly, she was very quick to resort to violence to solve her conflicts, usually resulting in either the death of the other party, or he/she wishing that they were indeed dead. But they had gotten closer over the last nine months, having spent most of their time together in an effort to complete the nano bug experiment. Still, Karin did not want to push her luck to far, she still wasn't certain why Suzumebachi was lenient to her, was it because they were now friends, or was she only still alive because she was still needed? In which case, what would happen now that the experiment was complete? These were the questions running through the eight year old kunoichi's mind.
'Damnit, I should try to control my motor-mouth around her, at least until I have mastered my kekkei genkei.' Thought Karin nervously.
"Hmmm…you've certainly grown yourself a big sack of balls since the first time I met you, I'm impressed! But there are things that are more important than giving you an ass whooping at the moment, like for example, my reunion with my precious babies." Said Suzumebachi impatiently. Karin, catching the hint, went into her scientific mode, adopting a rare serious expression.
"Okay, first and foremost, the nano bugs are in good physical health and are now at an amazing 97 percent compatible with your chakra." Explained Karin, taking a deep breathe during her pause in speech, causing Suzumebachi to frown in concern.
"But….?" Asked Suzumebachi.
"No buts, at least, no buts in a negative light. As you may be aware, Kabuto-Sensei and I have been working on our own project that was mandated by Orochimaru-sama himself, the cursed seal…" trailed off Karin.
"Yes, I am aware of that, what does this have to do with our work though, more importantly, what does it have to do with my babies?" asked Suzumebachi with narrowed eyes, giving Karin a penetrating stare,.
"Do not be alarmed, nothing has gone wrong, what I did was for your sake and will make you stronger in the long run. You already know that the nano destruction bugs have a high adaptability, even to normally fatal conditions. I simply selected a few batches and had them feed the cursed seal subjects' flesh and chakra. Out of eight batches consisting of a hundred thousand nano bugs each, only one nano bug that belonged to the sixth batch was able to ingest the chakra without going insane or dying." Explained Karin, stopping shortly to give her older friend a chance to digest the information.
"Carry on…I'm listening." Ordered Suzumebachi.
"Yes, you see, if you remember, there was a time when we tried to teach the nano bugs how to turn their chakra into medical chakra, and that time, there was only one bug that was able to accomplish this. The bug that was able to convert its chakra into medical chakra is one and the same as the bug that was able to survive the cursed seal mutation experiment." Said Karin.
"Okay okay wait a minute! I understand that perfectly well, but what good does this serve? An army of nano bugs living inside me and healing my injuries is all well and good, but what good does the cursed seal do for me?" asked Suzumebachi with a confused expression.
"It means that your nano bugs will now have accelerated healing, which will be passed on to you, it also means that each and every bug, out of the plus twenty billion that will be living inside you will have a 70 percent increase in chakra capacity and chakra eating capacity, and it also means that your nano bugs, in other words, you, will also be able to detect or sense nature chakra and even absorb it from opponents without suffering from the side effects." Explained Karin with a big smile on her face, one that looked more like an arrogant smirk to Suzumebachi, whose eyes were wide in surprise. To say Suzumebachi was excited would be a great understatement, she, like Kabuto, Orochimaru, Naruto, and Karin was a scientific shinobi as well, and could therefore fully understand the weight of Karin's words.
Her nano bugs had a telepathic connection to her, meaning that she could make them do anything with just a thought, or even subconsciously, basically, they were an extension of her mind. If she happens to get injured in battle, the nano bigs inside of her body will automatically use their/her chakra to heal her injuries instantly. Furthermore, she was one of the few Oto ninja that knew the true nature of Jugo's curse mode, that it was actually a type of sage mode, in other words, the conscious and subconsious gathering and manipulation of nature chakra. Karin, using that one bug that was able to adapt to the nature chakra, was basically able to create a colony of nano bugs that would be able to sense nature chakra and be able to absorb it from opponents in order to increase her own chakra reserves during battle. This was far more then she had ever anticipated.
"Well, if the creepy grin you have on your face is anything to go by, I'd say that you seem to be quite pleased about the modifications I made to the nano bugs, but I believe that I have only touched the surface of what you will be able to do with this new secret jutsu, The only thing that's left now is for you to physically practise and experiment with it. Are you ready, Suzumebachi-senpei?" asked Karin excitedly.
"Yeah, give it to me baby!" shouted Suzumebachi, pumping her fist into the air in excitement.
"That really didn't sound right.' Though Karin, supressing a shiver that threatened to run through her spine as she flared her chakra with a specific frequency, causing the bottom of the giant glass cylinder to open completely, allowing the microscopic bugs to rapidly fly out of the cylinder in a swam of green, heading straight for their Queen, with whom they had been waiting so eagerly to be reunited with.
Usually, destruction bugs eat out their host's body in order to create passageways/holes with which to travel in and out of their host, but this was not necessary in this situation, the nano bugs were small enough that they could simply travel through their Queen's sweat pores and tenketsu in order to invade her body and chakra network. It took only one minute for all twenty eight billion nano bugs to enter her system and only another two minutes to successfully acquaint themselves with her nervous system, her chakra network and her organs.
"Hahahahaha! Mwahahahahahaha! Ahahahahaha!" Laughed Suzumebachi maniacally, her head thrown back with her eyes facing the ceiling of the average sized laboratory.
"Um….are you okay…S-Suzume-Senpei?" asked Karin nervously, the last thing she needed or wanted now was for her friend to go crazy on her, especially with her newest jutsu at her disposal.
"Oh I'm more then okay tomato-chan, okay is nothing compared to what I'm feeling right now, I feel like I could take on the whole world and win, I feel like I could spam earth jutsu for weeks and still not suffer from chakra exhaustion, I feel like I can do absolutely everything!" shouted Suzumebachi hysterically.
"I-I see…I-I have prepared a special exam to test your new powers, if you could please go to the C-point training grounds, I will be there shortly to present to you your opponents." Suggested Karin as politely as possible, with the aim of directing Suzumebachi's attention away from herself. While she had improved in leaps and bounds over the past two weaks with regards to mastering her Kekei Genkei, she was aware that she was still FAR from mastering it and would not be able to serve as a good sparring partner for Suzumebachi…yet!
"Huh…what kind of test, and who is my opponent?" asked Suzumebachi with her head cocked to the side curiously.
"You know, if this opponent isn't strong enough to fight me, you'll be the only one left that I can test my new powers against, who knows, I might be able to help you master your new jutsu that you have been working on. I always say that there is no better way to improve then fighting against a powerful opponent." Said Suzumebachi with a sadistic smirk.
"Don't worry Senpei, your opponent will be strong enough, and if it isn't, than we can spar together, I really do need to gain control of my bloodline limit." Responded Karin, off course lying through her teeth. She had no intention of sparring with an overpowered and crazy Suzumebachi. What Suzumebachi didn't know was the fact that Karin had over one hundred failed cursed seal experimental subjects at her disposal and she planned to use every one of them if that is what it took to avoid a sparring match with Suzumebachi. She had no intention of dying during a training session, if she died it would be during a mission or in order to protect her loved ones.
"Alright, I'll go, don't make me wait too long though, or else….I'll come looking for you!" Replied Suzumebachi with a mad gleam in her eyes and what Karin considered one of the most evil grins she had seen in her life, surpassed only by Orochimaru-sama, Kabuto-Sensei, and Naruto-kun.
'But than Naruto-kun's is more cute then evil looking' Thought Karin with a cute blush on her facial features, watching Suzumebachi leave the lab with a small sigh of relief.
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The C-Point training ground is one of the few in Otogakure that are not situated in an underground base but actually situated on the surface. It is situated near the mountains and is particularly used by earth release ninjutsu users and generally people who are capable of mass destruction, people like Jugo and Naruto for example. The battle ground is barren with not much for plant or even animal life and is surrounded by giant boulders, hills, and even mountains. Situated at the middle of the battleground is one Kamizuru Suzumebachi, waiting patiently for her opponent and at the edge of the training ground is Karin, the supposed opponent of Suzumebachi nowhere in sight.
"So where is this training dummy that you promised me, or is it that you have decided to become my sparring partner? Does that mean what I think it means…?" asked the 12 year old Kamizuru heiress curiously, an arrogant smirk plastered on her tomboyish but cute facial features.
"No. I haven't completed that jutsu yet, nor am I ready to use it in battle, but I do have your opponent with me." Said Karin cryptically.
"Nonsense! In case you've forgotten, thanks to my telepathic connection to the nano bugs,I have also become a sensor type shinobi, , so I know for a fact, that there is no one around within a five mile radius apart from the two of us, if there was, I would have sensed their chakra." Said Siuzumebachi impatiently.
"Like I said, I have your opponents right here…!" shouted Karin, biting her thumb enough so that she drew blood before going through a quick set of hand seals.
"Did you just say…opponents…?" Asked Suzumebachi with slightly widened eyes, watching Karin go through a set of very familiar hand seals which she immediately recognised, being a summoner herself off course.
"Kuchiyose No Jutsu!" Shouted Karin, slamming her right hand into the ground, creating a VERY large cloud of smoke.
'When did she get a summoning contract…? But more importantly, judging by the sound of that cloud and the sheer amount of chakra she used, whatever she has summoned is probably even bigger than my Queen Bee summon!' Thought the Kamizuru Heiress.
'No wait a minute, the chakra inside that cloud of smoke, there is more than one chakra signature inside there and the chakra feels familiar…No Way!' Thought Suzumebachi in surprise, eyes widened in shock. As if reading her mind, the cloud of smoke promptly disappeared, leaving Suzumebachi to witness her opponent, which looked like a VERY big steel container made up of 200 cells/cages, of which 98 were occupied by creatures that Suzumebachi easily recognised.
'Those are….'
"Failed cursed seal subjects who have lost their minds to the evil chakra and have hence, become mindless beasts with nothing but killing instincts to stimulate their minds. This, Suzume-Senpei….will serve as the ultimate test of your new powers and off course, will determine whether there is truth behind your self-proclaimed status as the strongest kunoichi in Oto." Said Karin with a sadistic smirk, pushing her right index finger against the rim of her glasses to properly position them in their rightful place.
'She…is this really Tomato Head-chan? It almost feels like I'm talking to Kabuto, I guess he's been teacher her more than just medical ninjutsu and science, or maybe he just rubbed off on her!' Thought Suzumebachi, a bead of sweat rolling down the side of her face.
"Heh….you really have grown yourself a pair of balls haven't you Karin-chan, but have you really thought this out carefully? What guarantee do you have that those cute little monsters of yours won't attack you just as well as they will attack me?" Shot back the Kamizuru Heiress.
" Heh…?" mused Karin with her head cocked to the side slightly, a mocking yet curious expression on her face.
"I was certain that your senses would have been heightened since the nano bug assimilation, but it seems to me that the opposite has taken effect, I mean surely you must have realised by now…."Trailed off Karin mockingly.
"What do you…mean…" trailed off Suzumebachi in shock. It was in that instance that she noticed the many particulars that she perhaps should have noticed from the start. For one, the cursed seal rejects were uncharacteristically calm and docile, usually, they would be growling, howling, screaming and violently thrashing against their cages in a hopeless bid to escape their cages and rip something into pieces. But….
"They are just waiting patiently, almost as if at attention, as if waiting for some type of command from a senior officer, but why…and how?" Thought Suzumebachi looking at Karin to give her the answers to her many question, but then Karin wouldn't need to give her the answers, because as Suzumebachi had just found out, Karin is in fact the answer. The Kamizuru Heiress saw that her friend had her left hand folded into a one handed ram seal, not to mention the barely visible blue glow of chakra surrounding her body. Seeing this, the Kamizuru heiress did the only logical thing, which was to use her new chakra sensing abilities to try and determine what the little red head was doing.
'I…I can't believe it! She's using some kind of chakra frequency to control those beasts, where did she learn to do that! IS…is this part of the powers granted to her by her kekkei genkei…!?' Thought Suzumebachi with wide eyes, surprise written all over her face.
"So…you were finally able to put two and two together huh…? Well, that's good, you see, this is just one of the applications of my kekkei genkei, when I have mastered it, I may even be able to help Naruto-kun master Kurami-sama's (Kyubi's) power!" Explained Karin, causing Suzumebachi's eyes to widen even more than what should have been possible.
"Yes, it is exactly what you think it is! I have the power to tame, subdue, and even control beasts with my chakra, this is the power that the kunoichi of my clan wield." Said Karin quickly, answering Suzumebachi's unasked question before she could voice it out.
"I…I see…" was all Suzumebachi said, trying to regain her composure, it was unbecoming of a kunoichi like her to lose concentration, not to mention showing emotion, during battle.
"Karin-chan, you are so full of surprises, I guess I'm not the only one getting stronger am I?" asked the Kamizuzru heiress rhetorically.
"I'm proud of you, I want you to know that. But, I will prove to you and everyone that I am the strongest, I won't let anyone surpass me! I will be become the Queen Bee in the hive, I will become the alpha female in Naruto-kun's new Uzumaki clan! Hahahahaha! Ahahahahaha!" Laughed the self- proclaimed Queen Bee maniacally, that trade mark insane gleam creeping into her eyes again.
"B-bitch! We'll see about that..Kyah!" shouted Karin, screaming out a childish war cry while extending her right index finger towards a button on the side of the steel container, as soon as she pressed the button, a cage numbered '68' slid open, releasing a cursed seal monster. With no hesitation, Karin flared her chakra, commanding the monster to attack with all it has. Wasting no time, the monster headed the silent command, rushing at the Kamizuru heiress with impressive speed, a club like right fist with spikes jutting out the side prepared in order to bash and crush the kamizuru heiress under its weight.
'This should be good training for me too, I need to learn to use my mind's kagura of the eye simultaneously with my beast subjugation technique. In the future, this will help me in my efforts to master that other technique.' Thought Karin in concentration.
'Too fast!' Thought Suzumebachi in despair, but even before the despair could settle into her mind, a substantial amount of information filtered into her mind through her telepathic connection with the nano bugs inside of her body, giving her instructions of what to do to not only survive, but to end the battle prematurely. This new knowledge as a result caused the trademark confident smirk to settle back into her facial features.
Heading the instructions and putting all her faith into her babies, Suzumebachi extended her left arm towards the towards the monster's club looking, spiked right limb with incredible reflex and speed, making contact with the giant fist with just her middle and index finger. Karin on the other hand used her chakra sensing technique to analyse exactly what it was that the former Iwa princess had planned.
'She's concentrating an enormous amount of chakra to her left arm, and releasing it all at once on her index and middle finger. No, that's not all there is to it, there is a significant amount of chakra directed towards her skin and all the muscles, tendons, and joints of her body. This must be the nano-bugs helping in the direction and control of her chakra, they are after all, an extention of her mind.' Thought Karin, not long before an earth shattering shock wave washed over the battle ground, two fingers and fist connecting with an incredible display of speed and power, a monstrous howl of pain following only a few split seconds after the shock wave. Karin looked at the scene in concentration, shock, and awe. From a spectators point of view, it looked like the monster's arm had just collided with an unstoppable force, the arm rippling violently, bones and joints caving against each other, and bone shattering into pieces, not to mention the explosion of blood and gore that showered the ground like rainfall.
'P-perfect chakra control….s-sugoi! It's just as I suspected, the nano bugs are synced to her chakra system, her nervous system, and her organs, in other words, they are her. They subconsciously help her with whatever task her body requires to do, each and every bug rigorously immersing itself in its own specific task, and the end result is….that!' Thought Karin analytically. Karin and the cursed seal monster weren't the only ones surprised though, Suzumebachi was just as surprised, if not even more so than Karin, she'd known that there would be unintended side effects from the bug assimilation, but this…this was just out of this world!
'Sugoi…I know I said I was the strongest ninja in Oto, but it didn't mean it literally.' Thought the Kamizuru heiress excitedly.
'Hmmm….now to end this things misery!' Thought Suzumebachi, jumping high up in the air, she quickly did a side flip and then came down with an axe kick aimed at the creature's head. The monster, sensing the danger tried to block the attack with its left hand.
'Fool, should have rather dodged!' Thought the Kamizuru princess, bringing down her leg violently against the monster's gigantic limb.
BOOM!
Was the ear drum popping sound when her attack connected, causing the earth to cave in on itself, sending fissures rippling through the whole battle field, if one didn't know better, they could have sworn that an earth quake had just passed through the ground, such was the devastation caused by the power of the Queen of the Hornets. The whole landscape was completely restructured, Karin fell flat on her back, and the monster didn't even make a sound, dying almost, if not instantly. Its body lying deep into the 24 foot crater that Suzumebachi's attack created, with the Kamizuru heiress soon jumping out of said crater, not needing to confirm the death of her opponent, it was obvious, if you asked her.
"Well, that guy was quite weak!" said Suzumebachi snobbishly. She was just about to go through a set of hand seals, planning to use her earth release in order to fix up the damage she had done to the battlefield when she stopped mid hand seal sequence, her nano bugs informing her that the hand seals were not necessary, relaying the instructions that she should rather follow. Suzumebachi, once again putting her faith in her babies, heeded their advice, directing her chakra towards her feat.
'She's channelling her chakra into the ground….no! That's not it, not it at all, she's actually releasing the nano bugs into the ground, but why…?" Thought Karin with a confused frown, watching the scene before her intently. The answer presented itself as if responding to her unasked question, the landscape reforming and reshaping itself back to its original form, leaving the dead monster buried deep under the ground.
'Sugoi…..Earth Release ninjutsu with no hand seal….? I see…by simply filtering her nano bugs into the terrain, she can manipulate the battleground at her own discretion, with nothing but a simple thought, she's very dangerous! I don't think sending one monster after her at a time is going to do, maybe…maybe I should send 10!' Thought Karin, pushing her glasses in place at the side rim, a nervous habit she had developed since she started training with Kabuto-sensei.
"Well, as you can see, that opponent was not good enough to test a superior kunoichi like me, maybe you should send your little friends in packs of say…maybe five…or ten?" asked Suzumebachi arrogantly.
"Krrrk! Cocky B-bitch! I'll show you!" shouted Karin in frustration, pressing another button on the container, releasing five monsters this time, and off course, not wasting time, the monsters attacked the first thing in their line of sight, which just so happened to be Suzumebachi. All five monsters were swiftly taken out in the figurative blink of an eye. The Kamizuru heiress moving too fast for them to keep up, to avoid more damage to the landscape, the Kamizuru heiress chose to simply crush their skulls with her bare hands, giving them a swift and painless death.
'Shinobi channel chakra into their muscles and nerves in order to maximise speed and reaction time, but…in order to maximise speed, one has to sacrifice strength, and in order to maximise strength, one has to sacrifice speed. This is because of the chakra used to enhance speed is channelled in a different manner than the chakra used to enhance speed, but once again, she is able to bypass this disadvantage thanks to her nano bugs, who can separately focus on different individual tasks to maximise the end result. This jutsu….is far greater than we could have anticipated, and I haven't even seen everything that she can do with it yet.' Karin in awe.
"Really now Tomato-chan, these guys combined were even weaker than the first one alone!" Mocked the Kamizuru princess.
"Sh-shut up! Those monsters used to be civilian criminals, they had low and weak chakra to begin with!" Retorted Karin, pressing another button on the container, this time releasing a staggering fifty monsters. This time, instead of letting them fight on their own, Karin actively directed their movements, making them form an effective attack formation around the Kamizuru heiress.
"Earth Release: Spiked Dungeon Technique!" Shouted Suzumebach with her hand on her waist, not even moulding any hand seals. Almost instantly, giant spikes shot out of the ground, impaling every single one of the fifty monsters through the heart with incredible accuracy.
'Shit! This is so not working! I've only got 40 cursed monsters left, and she just took out 50 like it was nothing! This nano-bug jutsu is way more troublesome then I thought, to think I thought she was scary when she was just using her hornet ninjutsu….ridiculous' Thought Karin
"Well, bet you didn't expect that did you?" asked Suzumebachi, stifling a giggle at Karin's gobsmacked expression.
"D-damn you! Haaaaakyaaaah take this!" shouted Karin, releasing the rest of the cavalry for an all out attack, a deep shade of red spreading across her cheeks, nervousness, frustration, and anger all combined into one expression.
'Can't believe she's falling for such an obvious trap, hehe….how gullible!' Thought the queen bee. The monsters did not even get further than twenty metres before they were engulfed in a cloud of green, screams and howls of agony and confusion echoing from the cloud that had capturedall forty creatures. Throughout the exam, Karin never once lost focus on her mind's kagura of the eye technique, which is why she was able to immediately realise how the queen bee had once again outwitted her.
'Those…those are the nano bugs she was using for her doton ninjutsu….she….bastard! She knew I wouldn't fall for the spiked dungeon technique again, so she decided to use the bugs as a direct attack instead, to devour the flesh and chakra of her opponents, shit, I'm screwed!' Thought the eight year old medical prodigy, watching helplessly as the last of her monsters died from severe chakra depletion. As soon as the last monster fell, the cloud of bugs returned to their host in a swarm of green, disappearing into her body all the monsters at her disposal defeated, Karin dispersed the steel container she had summoned in a giant puff of smoke and ran for her life, using the smokescreen as cover for her escape, unfortunately, she didn't get very far, she'd clearly forgotten who she was dealing with.
"Really? You thought my nano-bugs wouldn't detect your chakra signature moving away from its original position?" asked Suzumebachi rhetorically.
"I thought you had the ability to extinguish your chakra signature, why didn't you do that and hide instead?" asked Suzumebachi with a curious and yet mocking expression on her face.
"I can't use tree climbing or water walking when I do that, my speed would have been reduced to almost civilian level, besides, you would have found my hiding spot anyway with your bees or even your nano bugs searching for me." Retorted Karin.
"Hmmm….I guess you're not as naïve as I thought you were, great analysis, a shinobi should always carefully assess their circumstances before making a decision, however, I will not let you back out on your promise." Replied Suzumebachi in an uncharacteristic sage voice.
"P-promise…what promise?" asked Karin nervously.
"Don't worry Senpei, your opponent will be strong enough, and if it isn't, than we can spar together, I really do need to gain control of my bloodline limit." Retorted Suzumebachi in a mocking imitation of Karin's earlier words.
'Damn it, I never thought she could defeat all my monsters! Guess it's time for plan B, if the execution is done perfectly, I can surprise her enough to defeat her and then get the hell out of here!' Thought Karin confidently, a cute but confident smirk forming on her face.
"Aright! A promise is a promise! Let's do this!" Shouted Karin confidently, moulding her hands into the ram hand sign in concentration.
'Alright, from what she displayed against the monsters, she's now probably the fastest shinobi in Oto, but I can use the mind's kagura of the eye to anlyse the flow of chakra in her body, this way, I can predict her movements before she even makes them, then…..I'll use that jutsu as a counter to her strength. She won't know what hit her!' Thought Karin.
'D-did she just challenge me….no…this has to be a trick….what could she be up to though, I know this isn't a genjutsu, I've already checked my chakra and it isn't disturbed in any manner. Hmmm….gues there's only one way to find out!' Thought Suzumebachi.
"Okay then, if that's what you want!" replied Suzumebachi, causing a tick mark to appear on Karin's forehead.
'Bitch! As if you gave me a choice!' Thought Karin, her hands still firmly locked in a ram hand sign.
"Right, here….I…come!" shouted Suzumebachi, shooting off towards Karin at blinding speeds with a straight forward taijutsu attack, her fist cocked back to deliver a devastating blow. Suzumebachi didn't know what the in kami's planet just hit her, but whatever it was, was probably the most powerful force she had ever come up against. The last thing she remembered was herself about to knock out Karin-chan, only to be blasted back a hundred metres back towards the direction she came from, her body recklessly bouncing off of the ground before landing harshly, digging a long trench into the ground.
"Gwaaah!" cried out the kamizuru princess in pain, she couldn't remember the last time she had sustained so much damage, scratch that, she had never sustained this much damage in her entire life. Her right arm was broken and bent at an unnatural angle, her ribs were shattered, with one of them punching through her left lung, even her legs were twisted into awkward angles. Tears were about to trickle down her cheeks when she received a comforting message from her babies, followed by a pleasant sensation flowing throughout her body. Almost as soon as the calming sensation came, her body started rapidly repairing itself, broken bones snapped back into position whilst bruised and punctured organs regenerated almost instantly. Before she knew it, the Kamizuru heiress was back on her own two feet again, her broken arm the last to snap back into place as she once again faced her opponent, whose jaw was hanging on the ground in surprise, a gobsmacked expression smashed onto her face.
'Self healing…? Kuso, those damn nano-bugs are a pain in the ass! What am I going to do now?' Thought Karin in panic.
When Suzumebachi re-established eye contact with her opponent, the first thing she noted was that her opponent was still standing in that same exact position she was when the queen bee had attacked, with her hands still fixed in that ram hand sign, the second, and most important thing she noticed, was the strong chakra emanating off of the eight year old red head.
"W-what the hell is that?" shouted Suzumebachi, pointing a shaky finger at the eight year old red head, knocking her out of her own thoughts. Karin quickly noted that the Kamizuru heiress was pointing specifically at the very large extension of chakra protruding from her lower back, shaped into a giant arm.
"This….is my chakra vector technique, having already been physically acquainted with it, you should already know that you have no chance of winning!" retorted Karin with a fake confident smirk on her face, trying to get her opponent to back down.
"B-but how is this possible! How can you mould chakra like that outside of your body!?" asked the Kamizuru heiress in frustration.
"Tche….my chakra is special, my whole chakra network is different to other peoples, my tenketsu are much bigger and my chakra is very strong and dense in comparison to other shinobi. Because of this anomaly, I am able to manifest my chakra outside of my body and use chakra shape manipulation to give it form, this chakra vector technique is a product of my kekei genkei, be glad, you are only the second person to see this technique." Bragged Karin, happy that she finally had someone looking up to her in awe for her shinobi prowesss, whereas she'd always been the one staring at others in awe prior to this moment.
"I see, but then, that doesn't explain how you were able to keep up with my speed?" queried the Kamizuru heiress.
"I used my Mind's Kagura of the eye to anticipate your movements." Stated Karin matter of factly, causing Suzumebachi's eyes to widen in surprise.
'I see, I guess she is more than just a sensor type, I never knew she could do that with the mind's kagura of the eye, but still….'
"You're the slowest person I know in our shinobi ranks, even if you could anticipate my movements, it would still be useless if your body…couldn't…." trailed off Suzumebachi, her eye's widening for the figurative millionth time in realisation.
"I see…." Was all Suzumebachi said, adopting a serious and contemplative expression.
"W-What…?" asked Karin nervously.
"That chakra vector technique is just chakra, and therefore doesn't have the same limitations as your body, as long as you can anticipate the movement with your mind's kagura of the eye, than that limb will react in kind, in other words, just because your body is slow, it doesn't mean that the same apllies to your vector, did I miss anything?" Explained Suzumebachi, confident of her analysis.
"Actually you did…you said vector…whereas, you should have said vectors!" said Karin with a playful smirk. Suzumebachi watched in awe as a second chakra limb grew out of Karin's spine.
'Damn, it was bad enough that I had to face one of those things, now two?' Thought Suzumebachi, feeling a little intimidated by the prospect, self-healing was great and all, but that didn't mean that you wouldn't feel the pain when you got injured. The nano-bugs, sensing the distress in their queen, quickly acted on it, sharing some information that would appease their host's mind.
"At my current level, I can only manifest two vectors at a time, but….I will be hopefully be able to manifest at least six when I have mastered this abilty." Explained Karin with a thoughtfull expression.
"Hahahahahahahahaha! Ahahahahaha! Damn I can't believe hahah that hahahahahaha!" Laughed Suzumebachi out of nowhere, causing Karin to frown at her opponent. This wasn't supposed to happen, Suzumebachi was supposed to be intimidated and retreat, not laugh at her like she was some kind of big joke.
"W-what the hell are you laughing at!" screamed Karin in frustaration.
"I think my chakra eating nano-bugs are going to enjoy fighting against you Karin-chan." Replied Suzumebachi with a victorious smirk, putting emphases on the words chakra eating. Karin's face turned white at the kamizuru's words, realising just how much trouble she was in. She couldn't believe it! How could fate be so cruel. It was just like Kami to take a dump on her moment of victory like this, how could her weakness be Suzumebachi's strength, of all people!
"S-Suzu-Senpei….you don't have to do this! P-please, I'll do anything…I…I…I'll help you complete the Four Lady Bugs Technique!" begged Karin desperately, swallowing her pride to beg for her life.
"Jeez! You act like I'm going to kill you, I'm just going to rough you up a little, besides, I don't need your help with that jutsu, the only people who can help me with that one are Naruto-kun and Yakumo-chan." Replied Suzumebachi, taking slow and deliberate steps towards the younger red-head. To Karin, the kamizuru heiress looked even scarier than the king of makai, though she had never seen said king. Both Suzumebachi and karin's eyes widened simultaneously as the kamizuru heiress came to an abrupt halt, both having detected a presence entering the chakra radar.
"T-that chakra….it fells familiar somehow, and it's headed this way fast!" said Suzumebachi out loud.
"That's Orochimaru-sama's chakra!" exclaimed Karin in surprise.
"What! But I thought he was only supposed to return in two months, did you think something happened?" asked Suzumebachi with a concerned expression, looking at Karin, who had closed her eyes in concentration, never having released the ram hand sign.
"We have to go and help him! He's chakra is weakened and his reserves are dangerously low!" exclaimed Karin, her eyes snapping open with a panicked expression on her face.
"Okay…but who could have been strong enough to hurt him like that…..'" trailed off Suzumebachi.
"AKATSUKI!" exclaimed the two kunoichi simultaneously, not wasting any time, both Kunoichi bleared out of existence with a shunshin technique, both heading in the direction of their master, Karin combining her shunshin with her vectors in order to keep up[ with the otherwise faster Suzumebachi.
CHAPTER END
Yaw probably pissed at the lack of Naruto, sorry about that.
Anyway, if you're confused about the timeline, it has been two weeks since Naruto and team fought Zabuza and his team, and it has been about two days since Orochimaru fought Shishui.
AGES:
Ranmaru-5
Naruto-8
Karin-8
Yakumo-8
Suigetsu-8
Tayuya-9
Sakon/Ukon-9
Kidomaru- 9
Kimmimaro-9
Haku-9
Jirobo-9
Juugo-10
Guren-12
Suzumebachi-12
Title Of Next Chapter: Naruto vs Orochimaru: Who Betrayed Who?
Let me warn you, the title is misleading, just keep an open mind until I post the chapter:
CHAPTER 11 TITLE: Meeting With The Kazekage:
CHAPTER 12: The Chuunin Exams
Extra Notes:
Yes, Karin's Chakra Vector Technique is inspired by Elfien Lied, but there is a lot more to eat, which unfortunately will only be revealed during the invasion is Suzumebachi's Four Lady Bugs Technique, will also have to wait until the invasion arc.
The next chapter will begin in wave and then the setting will shift back to Oto as Naruto returns from his first S-class mission.
Alright, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. Keep It Real!