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Naruto spent the next month training some with Itachi on the uses of the Mangekyo Sharingan. He discovered that with his new EMS he could perform several new techniques with his eyes. We currently find Naruto and Itachi standing in Naruto's back yard standing a few feet away from a tree that was engulfed in black flames.
"Good job Naruto-kun. Now try the Kamui." Said Itachi while studying Naruto's handywork.
Naruto then focused on the tree before it started to distort and the middle of the tree disappeared. Then out of nowhere Itachi swung a punch towards Naruto's face. Naruto noticed in time and warped his face as Itachi's fist went right through.
"Good. You are progressing well with these techniques Naruto-kun." Said Itachi.
"Thanks Itachi-sensei." Said Naruto.
"One more and we are done for the day. Use your perfect susano'o." Said Itachi as Naruto was suddenly covered with a dark red aurora that formed into the upper half of a demonic looking soldier around him. After a second Naruto was lifted off of the ground as the entity grew legs. The now formed entity stood nearly 60 feet tall.
"Hmm… maybe it wasn't a good idea to do this in the middle of the village." Thought Itachi as he stared up at the demon soldier that towered above everything in the village.
"Naruto! Good job! Cut it off now!" Shouted Itachi as Naruto descended back to the ground.
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The next day
Minato was sitting in his office doing the bane of a kage's existence, paperwork. He was looking over a C-Rank mission report when a knock came at the door. "Enter."
A chunin came through the door with a scroll in his hand. "Sir, you have a letter from the Raikage."
Minato took the letter and thanked the messenger before opening the scroll and reading it to himself.
"Hokage-dono. You make an interesting proposal, I would be interested to hear more about it. I would like to have an audience with you and your son in my village in one week. If you are interested reply so that I may make preperations. Signed A, Raikage."
Minato walked outside his office and found a chunin messenger. "Will you please find Shikaku Nara and tell him I request a meeting with him ASAP."
"Yes Hokage-sama."
A few moments later, Shikaku walked in. "You needed me, Hokage-sama?"
"Yes, Shikaku, I am leaving tomorrow on a diplomatic mission, and I'm leaving you in charge."
"Troublesome. Yes sir."
Minato chuckled and waved his hand as 2 ANBU appeared from nowhere. "Find me Kakashi, Itachi, and Sasuke."
"Yes Hokage-sama." Said the 2 as they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Minato walked to his desk and placed a hand on the jutsu marker that always stayed there. He channeled some chakra into the seal, and in just a few seconds Naruto appeared in front of the desk in a flash of red light.
"Yes Dad?"
"We have a mission, but I am waiting on the rest of your team to explain."
After a few minutes they had all gathered in his office, with Shikaku standing off to the side.
"I have a diplomatic assignment in Kumo which myself and Naruto must attend, and I am selecting you three to be our entourage. Pack for a 2 week trip, we leave at 8 in the morning."
"Yes sir." Said all but Naruto as they disappeared.
"So you arranged a meeting with Bee?"
"Kind of. I have arranged a treaty conference with Kumo itself, and in return Bee will teach you."
"Okay thanks Dad." Said Naruto as he disappeard in a red flash.
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The next morning
Everyone stood at the gate ready to leave. Naruto had told Ino goodbye yesterday, and Sasuke and Itachi had told their parents last night as well.
They soon departed out, headed north at a high rate of speed. They made it to Kumo on time and with no trouble, they were greeted at the gate and lead to the finest hotel in Kumo. They went in and unpacked their things before Minato and Naruto left for the Raikage tower. Once they arrived they were ushered straight to his office, where both he and Bee sat. Minato and Naruto both bowed to the pair and said "Raikage-dono/Raikage-sama" The Raikage and his brother both stood up and bowed as well. (A/N: I suck at rapping, so Bee will sound even more stupid than normal, sorry.) "Yo Yo Yo Minat-oh, Mr. 9, Weeeee!"
The Raikage sent a glare at his brother who said "Take it easy bro, I'm just putting on a show."
"Anyway," said the Raikage "We have agreed to meet to discuss an alliance yes?"
"Yes, and to discuss the jinchuriki issue." Reminded Minato.
"Yes of course. We both know that Konoha is the strongest military power of the 5 great nations, so I am honored that you would request an alliance with us."
"While we may be the strongest shinobi force, Kumo's navy is bar none. We both have assets to bring to the table. I also wish for my son to receive training on how to control the Kyuubi's power."
"That is acceptable." Said A. "What do you say Bee?"
"Yea yea yea, sounds like a blast, teaching the legendary red flash, yooo!."
"Naruto?" Said Minato.
"Sounds good to me. Thank you Raikage-sama, Bee-sama."
"So when will you start?" Asked the Raikage.
"As soon as we can yooo."
"Naruto are you ready?" Said A
"Yes, Raikage-sama."
"Fine then, Bee, will you take him now?"
"Yeaaa!"
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Naruto and Bee stood out on the grass in front of a waterfall.
"To control the Kyuubi, you must first rid yourself of all hate, by defeating it here at the waterfall of truth, Yeaa!"
"Okay so what do I do?"
"Go out onto the water and medi-tate, and soon you see the face, of your hate, Weeeee!"
"Okay." "Man this guy is weird…"
Naruto walked to the middle of the lake and began to meditate. A few moments later, another Naruto walked out of the waterfall. He had black eyes and darker blonde hair. He stared at Good Naruto for a moment before he charged. Good Naruto leapt out of the way, and did some hand seals. A clone formed beside him and he said "Collaboration Ninjutsu: Hydroelectric Dragon Jutsu!" as a massive water dragon rose from the lake and became covered with lightning. But to his surprise, his opposite did the same thing. After they battled for a while, neither side budging, he dropped back and thought for a minute "It is the incarnation of my hatred, how do you beat hate? With love…" "I have an idea." He said to himself as he charged straight in at the Bad Naruto. He covered the distance quickly and before the Bad Naruto could react, Good Naruto wrapped him in a hug. Soon the clone fell apart. Bee quickly cheered before he told them to go on to the next step.
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1 month later.
Naruto emerged from the cave of truth a new person. He had shed himself of hatred, gaining unrestricted control of Kurama's power. It wasn't easy though. He at some point had actually had to FIGHT the KYUUBI. But through it all he prevailed, and had some interesting moments too.
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Flashback
As Naruto meditated with the Kyuubi, loosening the seal, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to look and see a man who appeared to be in his late 60's. The man smiled at him and said "Hello Naruto-kun. I have looked forward to this day for 12 years. They had sat down and talked about how he sacrificed himself for Minato, and how Minato was a war hero, Hiruzen even complimented Naruto's growth and abilities. Eventually though, Hiruzen's chakra began to run out, so they said their final goodbyes as he disappeared forever.
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Flashback, when the seal broke and the fight with the Kyuubi came.
Naruto released the seal and Kurama was upon him in an instant. Naruto threw a kunai into the air and teleported to it instantly. The two were having a fierce battle, neither really gaining ground on the other, when suddenly 6 large chains burst from the ground and wrapped around Kurama. The chains bound Kurama to the ground and restricted his movement and chakra. He knew he was defeated but that was the point, he just had to have fun while doing it. He grinned a bit as Naruto grabbed his chakra and separated it from his body, as instructed by Bee. Naruto succeeded and the Kyuubi congratulated him. Suddenly Naruto found himself gone from the dark prison and sitting in a large grassy meadow. Across from him sat a beautiful woman in her early twenties. "Hello Son." She said with a loving smile. The 2 sat and talked, just as he had done with Hiruzen, until her time began to run out. They hugged and she kissed him on the cheek and told him she loved him. He told her he loved her too, and then she said to tell his father that she loves and misses him. He agreed and they hugged once more as she disappeared.
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They spent the last week of the training getting Naruto used to Kurama's power. He was so strong at first that he crushed boulders without trying. Simply to pick up a boulder with his chakra arm at first would reduce it to dust. Now though, he had enough control that he could caress a woman with the chakra arms if need be. He was shocked a bit to find out that when he did his full bijuu transformation, he remained a human form, but inside a 6 story tall yellow chakra cloak; whereas Bee, and the way he talked, all other jinchuriki took on the physical manifestation of the bijuu. He found it odd that Kurama's influence would lead to him being called "The Red Flash" and "Naruto of the Red Lightning", yet the beast's chakra form turned out yellow. Naruto was truly unique in every way it would seem.
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Back in the Leaf, 1 month before the chunin exams.
All 3 of the rookie teams had been sponsored by their sensei to take part in the exams, with the exception of Naruto and Sasuke's team, they were both Jounin at this point.
Naruto had been helping out with Ino's team since he became a Jounin, and it showed a lot, the hole team had gotten better since having an extra sensei to help out.
He was proud to see his girlfriend had improved so much. He was sure she would make chunin, along with the rest of her team.
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Chunin exam finals day.
All 3 rookie teams had made it to the finals, along with the 2nd year team from Konoha, the team from Suna, and one from Oto.
The final tournament matchups would be:
Ino vs. Kin, Ino did the mind transfer and made Kin surrender the match.
Neji vs. Kiba, Kiba tried a straight assault on Neji, who won easily with the gentle fist.
Gaara vs. Dosu, Gaara crushed Dosu with his sand, killing him.
Shikamaru vs. Kankuro, Kankuro forfeited a mere second before Shikamaru did.
Temari vs. Tenten, Tentens weapons were rendered useless by Temari's wind, and Temari won.
Shino vs. Zaku, Shino filled Zaku's air holes with his bugs, and destroyed his arms. Shino wins.
Hinata vs. Sakura, Hinata won with her gentle fist, though Sakura put up a good fight.
Akina vs. Sako, It was a tough fight, with Akina finally coming out on top by trapping her ankles with an earth style jutsu and forcing the surrender.
Choji vs. Lee, Lee's speed was too much for Choji and won in a taijutsu bout.
The next round was
Shikamaru vs. Temari, They fought briefly before Shikamaru caught Temari in his shadow, and then forfeited.
Akina vs. Shino, They went at it for a while, but suddenly Akina collapsed from chakra exhaustion due to Shino's bugs.
Hinata vs. Ino, They had a catfight from hell, with Ino eventually winning by mind transfer.
Neji vs. Gaara, Neji fought hard and actually managed to damage Gaara's sand armor, but was knocked unconscious by a sand tentacle.
Lee got a free pass.
Semi Finals
Temari vs. Lee, Temari forfeited.
Ino vs.. Shino. It was an interesting fight, with Ino finally using her new technique, the mind scramble jutsu, to knock Shino out.
Gaara got a free pass.
Finals
Ino vs. Gaara vs. Lee, Ino and Lee both forfeit by Naruto's advice.
As soon as Ino and Lee forfeited the match, the citizens began to fall asleep, and all the shinobi seen feathers falling. Kurama nudged Naruto's mind, waking him up. Naruto immediately released a large chakra pulse over the whole stadium, waking the victims of the genjutsu. All over the village, there were Suna and Oto ninja attacking.
Naruto was standing in the Kage box next to his father watching everything as the Kazekage turned and pulled his robes off and launched a kunai at Minato's head. Minato swiftly ducked under the kunai as they heard an explosion towards the north wall of the village. "Naruto gather a team and go to the north wall! I'll handle things here!" Yelled Minato as he and the Kazekage began to battle. Naruto leapt out of the box and found Sasuke, Ino, Lee, Hinata, and Shikamaru standing in a group nearby.
"Have any of you seen Kakashi or any other Jounin?"
"They are all fighting around the stadium." Said Sasuke.
"Shit." Naruto said as he made 100 clones to go help. "You 5, come with me, there is a force at the north wall. Sasuke is in charge of you all."
With that Naruto sprinted off in a blur, activating his EMS. As he came closer he confirmed his suspicion. At the head of the northern force was a 40 foot tall black and red snake with none other than Orochimaru atop his head. Naruto raced forward and started to form his chakra cloak as he rose above the village. He now faced Orochimaru standing atop the Kyuubi's reincarnation. The 2 beasts quickly went at it, scratching and biting at each other, while Kurama lead the pair out of the village. In the meantime Naruto leapt across to Manda's head and engaged Orochimaru. They had a taijutsu bout until Naruto found an opening and kicked Orochimaru into the air. He quickly went through a series of hand seals and yelled out "Lightning style: Rasenraikurai!" as he fired a ball of compressed lighting towards Orochimaru. "Wind style: Great breakthrough!" Shouted Orochimaru as a wall of wind met the Rasenraikurai and dissipated it. As Oro fell back towards Manda's head he went through some more seals and said "Fire style: Fire dragon jutsu!" as he breathed out a massive stream of flames toward Naruto. Naruto quickly went through his own seals and said "Water style: Water dragon jutsu!" as he spat out a stream of water that quickly collided with the fire dragon. The 2 attacks exploded, covering the whole area in mist. Orochimaru was blinded by the mist, but Naruto could still see fine due to his sharingan. Orochimaru was standing on Manda's head looking around trying to keep his guard up. Naruto quickly formed a chidori before throwing a wind propelled kunai at Oro. Oro sidestepped to dodge the kunai, just as Naruto expected. There was a red flash and he was gone. Orochimaru noticed the red flash behind him just in time to dodge the red ball of lightning and backhand Naruto in the face. Naruto toppled over off of Manda's head and towards the ground. Just as he was about to hit he remembered his training with Itachi, and warped himself away; reappearing right behind Oro. Naruto kicked at Oro, but he jumped over the kick before throwing his own kick into Naruto's ribcage. As he flew backwards he threw one of his kunai at Oro, but the snake sannin already knew what to expect, so he blew the kunai away with a wind jutsu.
"Kit, distract the snake and get out of the way. I'll finish this now." Naruto heard Kurama say through their mental link.
Naruto teleported to the Kunai that Oro blew into the air before forming 10 shadow clones. The clones all started towards Oro, who was having no trouble fending them off. With Oro distracted, Naruto leapt across back to Kurama's head as he felt the air around them became much denser. Several smaller black and white balls began to swirl around towards Kurama's mouth before they formed into a perfect sphere the size of a small car. Kurama smacked Manda with one of his tails knocking him off balance before he jumped back and fired the ball at the massive snake. It found home and exploded, destroying Manda and leveling an area of forest the size of 4 city blocks. Everyone in the village, both friend and foe stopped for a moment to stare in awe at what they had just witnessed. Soon though they went back to fighting as if nothing had happened.
Naruto was satisfied that he had finished the job here and that Oro was dead. He surveyed the area for a moment before disappearing in a flash of red. He did, however, miss the several small white snakes that were crawling out of the crater.
Naruto reappeared alongside Sasuke, who was in the middle of killing a suna nin. "You got things under control here?" asked Naruto.
"Yea, I've got it."
"Good I've got a jinchuriki to take care of." With that Naruto made a couple hundred clones all in their chakra cloaks and he leapt off as the clones joined the battle.
Naruto arrived back at the stadium in less than a minute to find everyone still fighting, although his side was clearly winning. He found his target in the middle of the arena floor, a large ball of sand. He knew Gaara was inside the ball, transforming into his bijuu. He quickly leapt down to the floor as he went through some hand seals and said "Lightning style: Rasenraikurai!" He then fired the small ball of lightning at the sand and there was a large explosion. It didn't destroy the dome but it blew a large hole in the side of it exposed Gaara who was now wide eyed and in shock at the fact that anything could penetrate his dome. It took him a minute to notice, but the explosion had made a deep cut on his arm, through the sand armor. It was the first time he had ever seen his own blood. He then let out a blood curdling scream as he passed out. With Gaara out, the seal was now weak enough for his bijuu to take over. Gaara quickly began to rise 60 feet into the air as a mass of sand formed into the Shukaku underneath him. All that could be seen of Gaara was from his waste up sticking out of the Shukaku's head. Naruto knew he had to act fast so before the Shukaku could begin his rampage he darted up to it and grabbed it by the leg before there was a large red flash and the 2 were gone. They reappeared in the crater that Naruto left at his fight with Orochimaru. Naruto quickly leapt back and rose into the air as Kurama formed underneath him again. "You stall the beast and I'll take care of the jinchuriki to finish this." Said Naruto.
"You got it kit."
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Back in the stadium, with Minato.
Minato formed a Rasengan and darted towards the Kazekage head on as the Kazekage lashed out at him with a spike made from gold dust. Minato ducked under the spike and kept running as the Kazekage formed a spear around his hand and lunged towards Minato. Just what he wanted. As the Kazekage lunged forward there was a yellow flash. He knew what this meant but before he could even react he felt the flesh rip off his back. He flew across the Kage box and smashed into the wall, and before he knew it, there was another pain in his back, this time a cutting and stabbing pain as Minato launched a Wind style Rasengan completely through his chest and into the wall, destroying it. Soon everything went dark, and the Kazekage was dead.
Minato then turned to the crowd below and was about to go to their aid, but noticed that they had it all under control. The leaf forces, along with about 50 Naruto clones were finishing off the last of the invasion force. He then leapt to the roof and noticed that everything else seemed to be under control as well. He decided to get to the office and try to sort out all that had happened.
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With Team Sasuke.
Sasuke leapt out of the way as a man covered in black markings with a large tail made of bone slammed a bone spear into the ground. Sasuke quickly went through some hand seals as his hand coated over with lightning and the sound of 1000 birds chirping filled the air. He dashed back towards the man so fast a normal eye couldn't keep up. The man quickly threw up a shield made from bone to stop the attack but it barely even slowed it down. The chidori went completely through the shield and into the man's chest. He coughed up some blood and his eyes rolled back in his head as Sasuke let his body fall to the ground.
"Primary lotus!" Yelled Lee as he kicked the girl with red hair and black marks all over her into the air. Lee quickly followed her, as they approached the peek Lee wrapped his bandages around the girl and started spinning. Right as they were about to crash into the ground Lee let her go and leapt away. She smashed down into the ground and made a large crater where she landed. She was obviously dead from the way her neck was twisted.
"Shadow possession complete." Said Shikamaru as his shadow bound the 6 armed man with the black marks. "Thanks Shikamaru. You are now within my field of divination. 8 trigrams 64 palms!" Shikamaru released his jutsu just as Hinata made the first strike. "2 palms! 4 palms! 8 palms! 16 palms! 32 palms! 64 palms!" yelled Hinata as she shut down all of his tenketsu. He fell to the ground unable to move as she drove her palm down one last time, destroying his brain.
"Collaboration technique: Hurricane Rasengan!" Said 2 Naruto clones at once as one threw a water style Rasengan and another threw a rasenshuriken. The 2 attacks combined and made a water covered tornado. The attack slammed into the fat red head with the black marks as he was surrounded by a column of water. When the water died down the several pieces of him fell to the earth along with it.
"Raikiri!" Yelled Kakashi as he drove the lightning blade through the heart of the horned, 2 headed man with his black marks. His eyes rolled back and he coughed up blood as Kakashi pulled his arm out and the man fell to ground dead.
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Elsewhere, with Jiraiya
"Give em hell Bunta! Drinks are on me tonight!" Yelled Jiraiya as he stood atop Gamabunta's head. Gamabunta was chopping the sound and sand ninja down left and right with his large tanto.
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With Itachi
"Sickle Weasel Jutsu!" Yelled the blonde haired suna kunoichi as she waved her fan and several wind blades rushed towards Itachi. Since he had the sharingan he could clearly see the blades and had no trouble dodging them all. He quickly flashed through some hand seals and said "Fire style: Fire dragon jutsu!" as he breathed a large stream of fire at the girl. She jumped out of the way and made a fatal mistake that would cost her the battle. She glanced up to find Itachi and her eyes met his. After watching Gaara transform and kill her and destroy Suna for 18 hours in the Tsukiyomi world, she passed out.
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With Tsunade
Tsunade punched a puppet in the chest, shattering it into a thousand pieces. She then leapt towards the puppetmaster. He jumped to the side to try to prolong the inevitable. He had nothing left now that she had destroyed his last puppet. No sooner than he had landed she was on top of him, and a well placed chakra scalpel destroyed his brain inside his head as he fell to the ground dead.
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Back with Naruto
Kurama quickly lashed out with one of his tails and knocked the Shukaku off balance. As he stumbled backwards he launched a massive ball of wind at Kurama. Kurama slapped the ball away with a tail as he breathed out a stream of white hot fire towards the Shukaku. The Shukaku blew out a stream of wind to deflect the fireball. Kurama then jumped in close enough for Naruto to reach the Shukaku's head. He leapt across and formed a rasengan which he drove into the stomach of the unconscious Gaara. A wall of sand shot up to intercept the attack but it did little but slow it down. It blasted directly through the wall and into Gaara as he was blown out of the demon's head.
The Shukaku started to crumble now with his host awaken. Gaara was lying there looking straight up at the sky as a man with a yellow shroud of chakra that looked like a trench coat appeared above him. He didn't even bother to say anything. He then noticed the man going through a long set of hand seals before the man's arm came towards him and his world went black.
Naruto then pulled his hand away and said "Seal." As several black lines wrapped around Gaara from where Naruto's hand touched. Soon after, Naruto picked up the unconscious red head and disappeared in a red flash.
Naruto reappeared in his father's office and laid Gaara on the floor.
"Are you okay Naruto?" Said Minato.
"Yea Dad I'm fine, how is everyone else?"
"We have pushed most of the invasion out of the village, and we have a few people mopping up as we speak. We suffered very few casualties on our side while the enemy forces faced almost total losses. I killed the Kazekage so the sand will be hard pressed now and will almost have to give in to whatever terms we set."
"I captured his son as you can see. I also killed the Otokage."
Minato's eyes widened as he said "You killed Orochimaru?"
"Yes, there was nothing left of him though."
"I see. I am very proud of you Son, Orochimaru was renowned as one of the strongest men in the world."
Just then there was a knock on the door "Enter." Said Minato as Naruto walked over to the side of the desk and allowed the ANBU inside.
"Sir, we have finished the last of the invaders, and are now doing away with the bodies. We have an estimated 75 killed and 120 more injured, ranging from minor to severe, though most are expected to make it."
"Thank you, you are dismissed." Said Minato as the ANBU disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
"So Naruto, can you take me to where you killed Orochimaru?"
"Sure." Said Naruto as he reached out and put a hand on Minato's shoulder and they disappeared in a flash of red. They reappeared in a large crater in the woods outside the village. Minato looked at the damage in awe. He couldn't believe his own son had done this.
"So how did you kill him?"
"Well, it was mostly Kurama, I distracted him and Kurama used a bijuudama."
"Okay son that's fine. I'll have the ANBU investigate later. Let's head home." Said Minato as he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder and disappeared in a flash of yellow. They reappeared back at the Hokage office and they both just sat down to rest for a moment before getting back to work.
Minato of course spent all day meeting with people and taking reports about the attack from various ANBU. All things considered they were lucky. They had suffered a minimal loss and routed the enemy force, along with the worst traitor our village has ever known.
Naruto had quickly went to find Ino and be sure she was fine. She found her along with her team doing some clean-up towards the northern wall, where the most damage had occurred. He made a couple hundred shadow clones and sent them around the village to help anyone who needed it.
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One week later
The village cleanup had been going well, almost all of the damage had been repaired, and the village was starting to function normally again. All that now remained was the terms of surrender from Suna and Oto.
Kakashi, Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke were all standing at the west gate ready to depart. They had said their final goodbyes and were now leaving on a 3 day journey to Suna.
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"Sir, we have received a report that the Kyuubi is leaving his village for a mission to Suna, though he has 3 other jounin with him. Shall we act on this?" Said the man with a venus fly trap over his head.
"Yes, we cannot let this opportunity pass. Send Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, and Sasori to intercept him."
"As you wish, Lord Pein."
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The group had stopped for the night and set up camp. Currently Itachi was sitting beside the fire on watch, while the others slept. He suddenly felt 4 large chakra signatures approaching them. He quickly and quietly woke everyone and had them on guard. He walked a little ways from the camp and called out "We know you are there. Show yourselves."
"I am impressed that you noticed. However it will do no good. We come for the jinchuriki, if you hand him over to us, we will not harm you." Said a hunchbacked man in a deep gruff voice.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to take him." Said Itachi.
"Then you leave us no choice. Kill him." Said the man.
"You got it Sasori, my man. Unn." Said the blonde haired man as he reached into a pouch on his side before throwing out 3 small birds that quickly expanded to the size of normal birds.
The birds raced forward at Itachi as he just stood there. All 3 of them collided with him and exploded in a large fireball. Several ravens flew out of the fireball and reformed into Itachi several feed away. Itachi then went through some hand seals and said "Fire style: Grand fireball jutsu." as he blew out a large ball of fire at the 4 attackers. They quickly scattered to avoid it. Itachi once again stood firm as a large spiked metal rod went through his chest. He once again dissolved into crows and reappeared beside the Sasori who had stabbed him with his tail. He looked at Sasori and said "You do realize that you and your band of rejects stand no chance against me."
"We will kill you. Do not worry about that." Said Sasori as a beam of lightning tore through Itachi. As all the times before he dissolved into ravens and this time appeared behind the most recent attacker. He swiftly pulled a tanto and stabbed the man 5 times, once in each of the masks on his back, and once in the head. Itachi, due to his sharingan, could easily see that there was a beating heart behind each of them. The man dropped to the ground, dead.
"What the hell are you?!" Said another man from behind Itachi. "How could you know of Kakuzu's weakness?!"
"Simple minded fool. I can see everything with these eyes." Said Itachi as the man with sleek gray hair and the three pronged scythe noticed his sharingan for the first time.
"Itachi Uchiha." Said the man with a trace of worry in his voice.
"Yes it would appear that I am." Said Itachi.
"Too bad I'm going to have to kill you!" Yelled the grey haired man as he pulled his scythe and leapt at Itachi. He swept the blades right through him, as Itachi turned into ravens and flew off into the woods.
There was then a voice coming from everywhere at once that said "Perhaps you should pay more attention to your surroundings…" and trailed off to darkness.
Hope you all enjoyed this one. Remember, review make me better; as long as they arent just bitching about the way the story is going. It just happens to be a fanfic, which means it is supposed to be different than the manga. Anyways, until next time, have a great and wonderful life.