Tokikage
by Lord Dragon Claw
Disclaimer: Good man washes hands after urinating; wise man does not urinate on hands.
Chapter Two: End of the Chuunin Exams
Naruto leapt off of the wall at Neji, a vulpine grin on his face. As Naruto neared, Neji smirked.
"Kaiten!"
Neji spun in place, releasing a large amount of chakra in all directions. Naruto was hit by the attack, and was thrown backwards. However, Naruto did a back flip in midair and landed gracefully on his feet. But Neji was behind him - he had used the shunshin to get behind the bronze-blonde. Just as Neji was about to strike with a kunai, Naruto threw his head backwards, breaking Neji's nose. Then, Naruto did something that shocked everyone in the stadium - he used a jutsu he had seen only moments before.
"Kaiten!"
Whereas Neji's Kaiten had a four-meter (thirteen-foot) radius, Naruto's filled about half the area of the arena floor. Neji was thrown into the wall by the fierce attack. Naruto laughed as everyone in the stadium fell silent in astonishment.
"You're probably wondering how I did that," began the container for Lavos as Neji slowly got to his feet. "The Rabosugan is like the Byakugan in that it allows me to have 360-degree x-ray vision, except that the range for that vision is considerably larger. It is also like the Sharingan in that it allows me to memorize everything I see and allows me to copy jutsu. Come on, Mr. Genius. You don't stand a chance. You may believe in fate but I don't. That is why there is a difference in our strengths. I worked for mine and you were destined to obtain yours. My destiny was to be hated by nearly everyone in the village, but I have worked hard and rose above that destiny. You, on the other hand, were born into one of the most prestigious clans in Konoha, the clan that everyone respects, and yet you still are a pessimist. I am giving you this one chance to give up. If you don't take it I'll make you pay for all the harm you brought to Hinata. What say you?"
"I say you talk too much," stated Neji.
Naruto shook his head.
"So be it. Kagebunshin."
Naruto created only one clone which leapt at Neji. The Hyuga boy ducked under the clone and charged at Naruto.
"Crying Heavens!" the clone called out. Neji was hit by the attack again. Before the boy could fall, Naruto caught him with a single finger.
"Something smells good," he remarked in a mocking tone. "What's cooking? Oh yeah. You."
Naruto turned to see that his clone had finished setting up a volleyball net. Most everyone in the stadium sweatdropped while Naruto and his clone kicked or punched the poor Hyuga boy over the net without letting him touch the ground. The few people who weren't sweatdropping were laughing their heads off. Among these were people such as Kiba and Ino. Finally, Naruto spiked Neji into his clone (which disappeared with a puff of smoke).
"I can see you've had enough," Naruto said to the barely conscious boy. "Remember this, Neji: if a 'failure' such as I was able to change my destiny, then a 'genius' should be able to as well."
"I will remember that," promised Neji.
"Good."
Genma declared Naruto to be the winner. Then, Naruto approached Neji.
"Here, let me undo some of the damage I have done," said the bronze-blonde.
"Cure." Naruto's hair was swept up in an otherworldly breeze as blue energy exited from his hands into Neji's body, healing his bones and his skin, numbing the pain, and returning energy to Neji's body. As the spell completed, Naruto's hair returned to normal.
"I suggest you rest, Neji. I may have healed you, but you'll still need to recuperate."
As the medic-nins took Neji away, Naruto headed for the staircase.
Naruto realized the disadvantage of having his Rabosugan turned on, as he saw everything about everyone. He knew Jiraiya would love to have this power for that reason, but the problem was that there were wrinkled old men and women in the stadium. Naruto would be mentally scarred for life!
Naruto blinked. He blinked again. And again. Again. And then he shut his eyes tightly and opened them.
"Dammit!"
How come you didn't tell me that I wouldn't be able to turn off the Rabosugan?
Even god-like beings need to find amusement somehow.
I dislike you with great intensity.
Lavos's roaring laughter filled Naruto's mind.
By the way, did you mess with my mind at all to allow me to handle this much information?
No, your brain did that on its own.
Is that natural?
No.
"Dammit!"
Shikamaru met Naruto at the top of the stairs. They began walking to the balcony.
"Nice match."
"Thanks."
"I couldn't help feeling that you were toying with him."
"I was."
"What's wrong? You sound tense."
"I can't deactivate the Rabosugan."
"Do you not know how?"
"I wish that were the case, but no. It simply can't be deactivated." Naruto turned his head. "That is disorienting."
"What do you mean?"
"No matter which way I turn my head, body, or eyes, everything looks exactly the same! And I think my range of sight is slowly increasing over time..."
Meanwhile, they announced the Shino vs. Kankuro match, which Kankuro gave up in order to hide Karasu's poison mechanisms. Then they announced Temari vs. Shikamaru. Temari exited the balcony while riding her oversized war fan. Shikamaru was planning on giving up when Naruto spoke.
"Did you know that Sakura stuffs her bra?"
Facefault off the balcony! Naruto looked over the edge to see Shikamaru glaring at him, though there wasn't much heat in the glare.
"Might as well fight," said Shikamaru, thinking out loud. He lazily walked to the center of the ring to start his match. As he approached the center, he realized that the only way Naruto was able to know the fact that Sakura stuffs was because of the Rabosugan. Shikamaru was glad he was friends with such a powerful person.
As Shikamaru fought Temari, Naruto noticed several things were wrong. He could see them. The Kazekage was actually some sort of woman in disguise, and his "two" guards were actually four in number. Several ANBU members were wearing Otonin or Sunanin forehead protectors under their masks. One of them was Kabuto wearing an Otonin forehead protector under his mask.
Naruto began to focus his Rabosugan outwards. Outside the village he saw many different Sunanins and Otonins doing all sorts of things like creating a summoning circle just outside the walls.
"Kankuro, was it?"
"Yeah? What do you want?"
"Any reason why several of your village's ninja are in and around the village?"
Kankuro looked at Naruto with a horrified look on his face that lasted for only a fraction of a second, but Naruto caught it.
"I thought so," said Naruto in a scarily calm manner.
Gaara was puzzled about his "Mother". Or was it Shukaku? Whoever the voice in his head was, it was acting in the most peculiar of behaviors. Whereas it would normally be demanding for the bronze-blonde's blood as he was an obviously strong opponent, it was now begging Gaara to not piss him off. The voice would even scream and plead in fear whenever Gaara came within three meters of the boy. Most peculiar...
Kankuro was extremely nervous. This Naruto kid was a pathetic wimp before the Chuunin Exams had begun, and now he was evidently stronger than almost everyone he had ever met. And he knew something of the invasion plan. The puppeteer had no idea what to do. He wished his older sister was there to think it out, but she was busy with the match.
Soon, the match between Temari and Shikamaru had ended with Temari as the winner, but only because the lazy male Genin gave up after he had caught Temari with his shadow. Temari, rather frustrated yet secretly satisfied with her victory, used her giant war fan to get back to the balcony. Naruto hopped off the balcony to greet Shikamaru.
Once the blonde boy was off the balcony, Kankuro told Temari that Naruto knew about the invasion. He didn't know the plan, but he knew about the invasion itself. Temari decided that they should wait and see what the odd boy was going to do.
Naruto read the lips of Kankuro and Temari even though they were behind him. Now she knew that he knew. Big deal.
"You gave up anyway, huh?"
"You knew I was going to at the start, and that's why you told me that tidbit of information, huh?"
"It's true, you know?"
"Yeah, I know."
"Anyway, we have more pressing matters..."
"Like what?"
"Enemy invasion."
"How troublesome... well, how bad is it?"
"For starters, that's not the Kazekage up there. Let me explain everything that's been going on... No, there is too much. Let me sum up." Naruto continued to tell his lazy friend the details. Naruto knew that Shikamaru was better at strategy than he, so he figured that the shadow-wielder should be enlightened on events. Suddenly, Naruto stopped in his summarization.
"What is it?"
"Sasuke just appeared at the last second, and now Gaara is coming down the stairs. I think we should move, as he just annihilated two Jounin who were in his way."
Naruto opened a Gate and they both hurried through. The exit led directly behind Kakashi who was in the stands.
"Your entrance was not as impressive as mine, Kakashi-sensei."
"GAH!!!" said the Jounin uncharacteristically, obviously startled. He jumped ten feet in the air and somehow clung to the solid, smooth concrete ceiling of that particular area of the stands.
"Good reflexes," commented Shikamaru.
Dropping down, Kakashi was puzzled as to how the two Genin were able to sneak up behind him without his notice. Then, he noticed Naruto's eyes.
"What's with your eyes?"
"Never mind that," replied the bronze-blonde. "We have a situation. See that ANBU over there?"
"Yeah."
"That's Kabuto, and he's wearing an Otonin forehead protector. So is that ANBU over there, and that one, and that one... That one's from Suna though. And that's not the Kazekage up there. It's someone else... its aura is that of a male... kinda... but it looks female to me."
"How do you know all this?"
"His Rabosugan," stated Shikamaru. "It's like a hyperactive combination of the Sharingan and the Byakugan. It has all the powers of both doujutsu with the only setback being that he can't turn it off."
"You have a kekkei genkai?"
"See what you miss when you're late all the time?"
Kakashi had no witty response, so Naruto continued.
"Essentially, I do believe we are about to be attacked by both Sunanins and Otonins. Oh, would that happen to be that Raikiri you used on Haku?"
"Chidori, actually."
Sasuke was employing the familiar lightning-based assassination jutsu against Gaara, who had encased himself in a sphere of sand. Using the speeds he developed during taijutsu training with Kakashi, he avoided Gaara's counterattack and stabbed straight through the barrier, hitting the psychotic Sunanin in the left shoulder.
"Interesting jutsu," commented Naruto. "I think I can perform it now. Anyway, Sasuke missed Gaara's vitals."
They could hear the sand-wielder's animalistic growl, and then an arm made of sand punched Sasuke out of the way. The arm looked like it belonged to some sort of furry animal, if you considered sand to be fur.
It was at this time that Kabuto activated a genjutsu. Many Konohanins used the command word "kai", or release, to cancel out the effect on themselves. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kakashi were among these.
As Gaara's sand barrier dropped, his two older siblings hopped down to help him and they took off. Sasuke chased after them as the various enemy ninja attacked.
A Sunanin tried to attack Naruto from behind but the bronze-blonde half-turned towards him.
"Fire," Naruto said as he raised his left hand to the ninja. A jet of flame exited his palm and set the man from Suna on fire. He started to roll on the ground to put out the flames while he screamed when one of Shikamaru's kunai was suddenly sticking out of his neck.
Guy could be seen beating the snot out of various enemy ninja. Genma was facing off against Baki, a Jounin from Suna. Kakashi had joined the fray. Essentially, it was chaos.
The Kazekage had a kunai to the Hokage's neck. The "two" guards split into four and stood at each corner of the roof of the building they were at. They created a barrier to keep outside interference down to zero.
Sakura finally made it over to where Naruto and Shikamaru were.
"What's going on!?" she yelled above the din of fighting.
"An invasion, obviously," stated Naruto. Kakashi suddenly appeared near them.
"Naruto, Sakura, and Shikamaru, I have a mission for you," he said. "It is an A-Rank mission. Go and keep Sasuke from killing himself. I will send with you one of my Ninken. Kuchiyose!"
A small pug wearing a ninja outfit appeared. It had a henohenomoheji on its back.
"Pakkun," began Kakashi. "Go with them to get Sasuke." With that, Kakashi went back to the business of killing Otonin and Sunanin.
Pakkun sniffed the air. "Is that Floral Green brand shampoo I smell? The variety known as Minty Rainforest Mist with extra body?"
Naruto and Shikamaru both made the well-known Spock Maneuver with their eyebrows.
"Why, yes," Sakura said. "That's the exact type of shampoo I use."
"Me too," said the pug.
Sakura's eyes became wide and she cringed at the thought that she used the same kind of shampoo as a dog. Seeing her reaction, the two boys chuckled.
"Well, let's get moving," said Naruto. "Sasuke's catching up to Gaara and his siblings."
"How do you know that?" asked Pakkun.
"My kekkei genkai."
He explained its abilities along the way.
"We're being followed," stated Naruto.
"What?" asked Pakkun. The little dog sniffed the air. "Oh. You're right."
"Group of eight with a ninth one trailing them in case of traps."
"I'll stay behind to slow them down," volunteered Shikamaru. "Naruto is the only one among us who can stand up to Gaara and I'm more likely to survive an enemy encounter than Sakura is."
"Hey!" For obvious reasons, Sakura was annoyed.
"You only have to survive long enough for your Jounin instructor to arrive," counseled Naruto. "Asuma is on his way."
Sakura was completely caught off-guard by the fact that Naruto had totally ignored her. What had happened in his training anyway?
"Good to know," responded Shikamaru, also ignoring the pink-haired girl.
"Be careful anyway, you lazy genius. You're still low on chakra."
"Don't worry about me. Just complete the mission."
"Hmm..."
"What?" asked the girl and the dog in unison.
"Well, the emo kid who wears mascara and plays with dolls-"
"You mean the puppeteer, Kankuro?" verified Sakura.
"... Yes. He broke off from the group to slow Sasuke down. Shino arrived and started fighting Mr. Mascara instead. That means Sasuke is still chasing after Temari and Gaara."
"We should go around so as to not get caught up in Shino's and Kankuro's fight," suggested Pakkun.
"I have a better idea: Gate!"
Just ahead of them appeared a tear in the space-time continuum. It was a swirling hole of colors (most of which were shades of blue).
"Are you sure it's safe to go through that thing?" asked Sakura.
Rather than grace her stupid question with a verbal response, Naruto simply grabbed her by the arm and grabbed Pakkun by the scruff of his neck and jumped through the portal. They appeared practically on top of Sasuke's heels.
"Hello again, dobe," greeted Sasuke without stopping or turning around. "Learned a new teleportation jutsu I see."
"Something like that, Sasuke-teme."
"Saaaasuuuukeeee-kuuuun!!" swooned the pink-haired girl.
"You'd better not get in the way," warned the Uchiha boy. "Who's the dog?" He still hadn't looked back or slowed down, much less stopped.
"I am Pakkun, one of Kakashi's dogs."
"Sasuke-kun! Kakashi-sensei ordered us to stop you from attacking Gaara!"
"I don't care."
"Now Sakura," said the bronze-blonde. Sasuke made note that Naruto hadn't called her "Sakura-chan". "If Sasuke-teme wants to commit suicide, honor demands that we let him-" Sakura was obviously horrified. "-but I don't care much for what other people assume to be honor. We're ninja, not samurai."
"So you're not going to stop me?"
"I'll let you get the crap beat out of you. Then I'll save your sorry hide."
"So the dobe continues to boast? So-"
"Hey look! We finally caught them!"
The Sandaime Hokage was facing off against Orochimaru. They had just barely been sealed within the barrier that Orochimaru's four pawns had set up.
ANBU were waiting outside the barrier looking for an opportunity to enter the barrier to protect the old man.
"I should have killed you years ago, Orochimaru."
"I agree, Sarutobi. Allow me to teach you the error of your past judgment!"
The two powerful and skilled ninjas broke out of their standoff to fight.
"Kuchiyose: Yatai Kuzushi no jutsu!" (Summoning: Cart Destroyer no jutsu)
The three-headed snake that had been summoned to terrorize Konoha had one of its heads cut off by a giant toad with two katanas. Jiraiya stood on its head.
"Snakes quiver in fear when in the presence of a toad!" boasted the perverted old man. He then turned to the ninja behind him. "We'll take care of the snake. You guys go after the small fry."
All around Konoha, the tide of battle began to shift in favor of the Leaf. The Akimichi clan members could be seen using their giant-based jutsus. Nara Shikaku could be seen strangling several enemies with his shadow. The Yamanaka clan members could be seen turning their enemies each upon the other. The Inuzuka clan members were seen attacking in tandem with their dogs alongside the bug-using Aburame clan members. The Hyuga clan was also taking their share of enemies.
Naruto had let Sasuke attack with the Chidori for the second time that day. The Uchiha had missed. Then the boy had foolishly decided to try and use the Chidori a third time, but his cursed seal activated and sapped his strength. Sakura tried to protect the Uchiha from Gaara, who was partially transformed into a tanuki made of sand, but she got trapped against a tree.
"Going to try your luck?" said Gaara, psychotically. "If you don't attack me then your friends will die!"
"True," replied the bronze-blonde. "But you have forgotten who you are dealing with."
Naruto lifted his arms into the air and concentrated his mana into a summoning spell.
"GRAND STONE!"
A gigantic boulder appeared in Naruto's hands. Using magic to help propel his ridiculously large projectile forward, he threw it at Gaara whose Suna no Tate (Shield of Sand) was unable to stop it. Gaara managed to slow it enough that he wasn't killed by it.
Sasuke was confounded. When did Naruto gain such strength? And what was up with his eyes? What kind of jutsu was that?
The Uchiha watched as Gaara transformed into a giant tanuki made of sand, pushing the Grand Stone off of him. The giant rock then disappeared.
Gaara then appeared on the forehead of the sand monstrosity and made a few seals.
"Tanuki Neiri no jutsu!" (Forced Sleep no jutsu)
The redhead slumped forward while the giant sand tanuki came alive and began to laugh maniacally.
Somewhere nearby, Temari was debating whether she should run when she saw Naruto's hair begin to glow...
Lavos?
Yes?
How am I supposed to fight that?
Well, there is one spell you could use...
"Destruction Rains from the Heavens!"
Naruto's hair began to glow, golden at first, and then it shined bright white. Energy shot upwards into the sky and then split into more than a thousand individual beams. The energy began to rain down on the giant tanuki.
The concussive force from some of the blasts from Naruto's attack woke up Gaara, forcing the tanuki back to his sub-conscious. Gaara tried to shield himself with the sand but the blasts were too powerful for his sand to stop. Soon, Gaara lay, barely conscious, in one of many small craters.
Naruto walked up to the redhead.
"How... how did you get so strong?"
"I depend upon my precious people to give me the drive to win. It also helps that the monster sealed within me is much stronger than the one sealed in you."
"Precious people?"
"Yes. I trust your siblings won't kill Sakura or Sasuke-teme?"
Behind the bronze-blonde, Temari and Kankuro (who had survived his fight with Shino) nodded in agreement.
"Good. You may leave. I have some business to attend to."
Naruto opened a Gate, jumped through, and was gone.
The Sandaime Hokage was exhausted. Somehow, Orochimaru had found a way to bring the first two Hokages back to life and made them obey his orders. Sarutobi had managed to summon the Monkey King, Enma, but even with the help of his friend he wasn't able to beat the snake ninja. He then used Kagebunshin to create two clones of himself, but they were hit with kunai as soon as they appeared.
Orochimaru had thrown the kunai to prevent his former master from being able to use the Yondaime's sealing jutsu. He then threw his Kusanagi towards the old man, expecting it to stab him through the heart and finish him off. Enma, who was wrapped in snakes, tried to catch the blade as it passed him, but he couldn't.
Just before it reached the old man, it disappeared into a familiar-looking portal. The portal was about 90 centimeters in diameter, just large enough for the Kusanagi to go into it.
Orochimaru felt the presence of someone behind him. He turned to see that Naruto was just stepping out of another portal. Both portals then disappeared.
"Hello again, Orochimaru. You're not going to get your sword back. I hope you know that."
The Shodai and Nidaime Hokages attacked the bronze-blonde. Naruto leapt back while swinging a kunai in front of him in a downward motion.
"Slash!"
The Shodai Hokage was split in half. His body dissolved to reveal the corpse of Tsuchi Kin (the female Otonin from the Chuunin exams).
"Triple Kick!"
Naruto kicked the Nidaime Hokage in the head with enough force to shatter a mountain three times in succession. His head went flying. His body dissolved to reveal the decapitated corpse of Abumi Zaku.
"Those techniques were ki-based," began Naruto, talking to no one in particular. "Mana is the mental half of chakra. Ki is the physical half. It is my life-force amplified into a weapon."
He turned his attention to Orochimaru. As he did so, he held out his right hand and amplified an immense amount of mana into a sphere that was darker than the blackest night.
"Defense Seal!"
The sphere split into several smaller spheres that flew straight towards Orochimaru. The snake ninja tried to dodge but the little spheres followed his every move. Soon, he was hit by them. He didn't feel any different. Well, he didn't until Naruto punched him in the chest, breaking all of his ribs. Orochimaru screamed in agony. Before anything else could happen, Naruto punched again, smashing the snake ninja's heart, killing him instantly.
The Sound Four dropped the barrier and tried to run for it.
"Kagebunshin!"
Sakon found himself face-to-face with several Narutos before his world went black. Ukon tried to take over the body so they could still run when he was knocked unconscious as well.
Tayuya was captured and rendered unconscious by the ANBU who were waiting for the barrier to be dropped.
Jirobo was dog-piled by no fewer than one-hundred Narutos. The sudden application of that much weight was too much for the fat man's brain to handle and he passed out.
Kidomaru hadn't even taken two steps when the real Naruto shocked him with Crying Heavens while a single clone moved in to hit the six-armed man in a pressure point to put him to sleep.
"Amazing," commented one of the ANBU. "Not only did he find a way inside, but he killed Orochimaru and helped capture his accomplices. Naruto is a hero!"
The Sandaime approached Naruto. "Thank you..." he began to say when Naruto fell over.
The bronze-blonde felt really weak.
What's going on?
Your body is tired, Naruto. It needs to rest. Plus, you need to recharge your mana, chakra, ki, and chi. Just rest.
Ah. I overdid it.
And sleep took the container for Lavos into the realm of dreams.
End Chapter Two.
Next chapter: "ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Why can't someone else be the Godaime!?"
"Well, there are two other people..."
Author's Notes
Three huge fights. In the same bloody chapter. I hope you're happy, you cretins!
Yeah, Naruto healed Neji. I doubt Naruto hated him anymore. In canon, when Naruto next meets Neji, they are on cordial, if not friendly, terms.
Shukaku is afraid of Lavos. Makes sense, don't you think?
The shampoo thing was just too funny in canon. I decided to recycle it.
Yeah, Naruto stopped the tanuki with a single attack. Can you say "overpowered"? I knew you could do it!
Orochimaru is dead and his Sound Four have been captured. What about Kabuto? You'll have to wait and see!
Thank you Cylon One for being a prereader!
Naruto's Spellbook:
Kaiten
An attack that was once exclusive to the Hyuga Clan before Naruto stole it from Neji. The user spins in place shooting chakra out in all directions.
Cure
A healing spell. Uses mana. 'Nuff said.
Chidori
An assassination jutsu. A knife-hand jab covered with lightning. Sounds like 1000 birds chirping. Useless if your momentum is halted or redirected. Uses lots of chakra. Stolen from Sasuke who learned it from Kakashi, the jutsu's creator.
Fire
A simple but powerful fire spell.
Grand Stone
Summons a gigantic indestructible rock to be used as a bludgeoning object. Physical attack that requires an immense amount of mana to keep the Grand Stone in the physical realm.
Slash
A simple technique using ki to create a vacuum in the air to cut apart enemies and objects in a straight line. Requires a blade.
Triple Kick
A powerful but simple technique using an enormous amount of ki to hit an opponent three times in the same spot within a fraction of a second with an incredible amount of force.
Defense Seal
A powerful spell that removes all resistances to energies, all tolerance for pain, and causes the target to bruise like a banana.