3 - The Uzumaki Doctrine
Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato had stormed the underground Hidden Sound after a two hour grace period to let Sakura absorb her Star Sapphire powers and knowledge. Like Naruto the ring Sakura was given downloaded not only a universal codex from every planet in its home reality but didn't contain much of actual history of the current home planet mostly bits and pieces usually involving possible counterpart candidates. It took at least two hours for Sakura's mind to process half of what she obtained, not to mention the emotional mindset she was in. If Yamato hadn't been there when she first woke Sakura felt compelled to practically jump Naruto. The strength of her feelings had caught even the SS ring off guard, then again these were practically four years of repressed emotion.
After the grace period was done and Sakura's emotions came under control, Yamato had stated that his clone had been sent to follow Orochimaru and Kabuto had been discovered and destroyed near the hidden entrance to one of the Hidden Sounds hidden bases. The trio planned for the assault was first to find Sai and ascertain his betrayal before searching for their main targets namely, Orochimaru, Sasuke, and Kabuto. Yamato suspected that his blonde haired charged was no longer interested in bringing the Uchiha back per say if what he could read in the body language, no there was something else the boy was looking for. When they finally confronted Sai, his assumptions had proven true.
"Where's Orochimaru, Sai?" Naruto stated firmly both he and Sakura had donned their power ringed personas. Before Kabuto could move he was surrounded in a violet crystalline construct his hands and fingers bound and pinned to his sides to the point he couldn't even do a simple replacement jutsu. Sai looked at the strange violet energy and clothing his pink haired teammate had created from a simple ring. He turned his attention to the Jinchuuriki who was no longer dressed in the reddish orange track suit, but in a black and green outfit that was very remnant of the fourth hokage. Had he missed something, Danzo had prepared him for everything had he not, the jinchuuriki's loud brash attitude was no longer present in front of him, what he saw before him was more akin to an actual shinobi then what he was prepared for. Naruto grabbed him by the collar and flung him against the wall with surprising strength. "Where…is…Orochimaru!" Naruto stated firmly.
"End of the hall, with Sasuke," Sai stated the whiskered marked blonde dropped him. The sharp pain in his posterior subsided looking up at his teammates wondering how the two youngest could change night and day from when he saw them last. "You should know Sasuke doesn't see you as you see him, and that bond you mentioned is dead."
Naruto glanced over his shoulder at pale skinned teen with a smirk, "Like I give a shit about what he thinks, that ass is like every other Uchiha except for two, born traitors and hypocrites," Naruto stated firmly raising the eyebrow on Sai going up in mild shock. "I didn't come here to bring Sasuke back, I came here to ring information out of Orochimaru, I'm enacting one of our village's oldest rules."
"Which is?" Sai asked.
Naruto ignored the question. "I'll overlook your betrayal in this one thing Sai, do it again and you'll regret it," Naruto turned his attention to Kabuto and smirked darkly at the imprisoned right hand of Orochimaru. "Look kind of pinned their Kabuto and I notice you haven't tried to get out or switch with one of your mutilated corpses."
"What is this energy Sakura is using?" Kabuto stated looking very intrigued.
"Just imagine love turned into pure energy something you have no earthly idea about, unless it's how to kiss that pedophiles ass," Naruto stated earning a dark glare from the silver haired medic. "Kabuto Yusei, by the order of the Fifth Hokage and in accordance of the peace agreement set down by the Elemental Nations you are threat to all declared an High A-Ranked missing-nin by all five nations and with a kill on sight degree, how do you plea?" Naruto heard a small growl looking over at Sakura. "I knew you'd say that, Sakura-chan the honor is yours."
Wasting no words her eyes concentrated and her construct did a quick squeeze play Kabuto's face only registered a brief flash of intense pain before body parts rained all over the room the only thing preventing Team Kakashi from getting guts all over them was a green dome that Naruto erected. As soon as the body parts finished falling Sakura turned looking at her Green Lantern with absolute adoration. She showed absolutely no remorse in what she did and only seemed to begging for acknowledgment from someone Sai had previously thought she wanted none from. His information had been false he had fooled, Danzo had been fooled and that was no mean trick. What was worse was the strange powers Naruto and Sakura now possessed, and what did Naruto mean when he said Sakura turn love into pure energy, what sort of jutsu is that.
"Let's go we got a snake to interrogate," Naruto stated as the group followed the green clad blonde down the hall into a huge arena. Standing in the middle of said arena were Orochimaru and Sasuke both looking expecting.
"Dobe," Sasuke stated coolly glancing briefly Sakura who ignored him, which caused the Uchiha to raise an eyebrow.
"Get to you in a second, duck brain, not here for you," Naruto stated not even giving Sasuke a second glance focusing on Orochimaru. "Orochimaru missing-nin of the hidden leaf, I as head of the Uzumaki Clan do hereby invoke upon you the Uzumaki Doctrine."
Orochimaru's eye widen a second before his body tensed, "How do you know about that?!" the snake man hissed.
"It is part of my birthright," Naruto stated casually earning everyone in the room save Orochimaru a confused looked. "To clarify, the Uzumaki Doctrine has been set down since the time of the Sage of the Six Paths, as he was an Uzumaki himself, his beloved wife gave birth to two sons, the Sage granted his children whatever they wished. His eldest son asked to be given the knowledge of every jutsu, so the Sage granted his son the dojutsu Sharingan which later spawn an off shoot when the one of the Uchiha's children gave rise to the Byakugan. The youngest child asked for the ability to grow crops and feed his family. The sage granted his youngest the ability to manipulate trees, plants, and the earth. It was also here that the Doctrine was made, the blood of the Uzumaki clan can invoke any and all users of Chakra a boon. It must be answered without question, while the sage could offer it many times. His descendants can only ask once," he glances at Sasuke. "There is no more blood relations between Uchiha and Uzumaki clans, even if there were only the Uzumaki clan head can invoke it and I'll never help someone who spits in the face of his own mother."
Sasuke's Sharingan flashed, "what would know about my mother, dobe you never met her!"
"Blame your father for that!" Naruto snarled, "I was denied being raised by my godmother because your asshole of a father hated me and not because of the damned fox. No, he hated me because of whose son I was."
Orochimaru while froze having to wait for doctrine right to be finished listen intently, this bit of information was juicy he had to admit. However he watched Sasuke face while angry was currently searching through his memories.
Naruto's eyes refocused on the snake sannin, "You have information on a girl you grabbed from the land of water, ten years ago. She has red hair and pink eyes, wears glasses I want her location."
Sasuke recognized the description and wondered how Naruto came up with it, "How do you know about Karin?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow and smirked slightly, "Simple she's a member of the Uzumaki clan Sasuke, why do you think the pedophile would want anything to do with her. One her bloodline grants her longevity, two she's sensor, three her blood can rejuvenate and restore dying cells. It's something he covets almost as much as your eyes he planned to possess her body after yours, but he hit a snag."
"Her blood purifies anything poisonous to her system, including the heaven's curse seal," Sasuke stated.
Naruto smiled genuinely, "Correct, its why the Uzumaki clan make for such great Jinchuuriki, we can purify and transmute the Biju's chakra into our own network," he paused looking at Sasuke for a second, "If you're planning on using Karin for your Itachi hunt don't bother, Itachi was acting under orders from the Hidden Leaf elders to massacre your clan Sasuke, and before you blow up, starting to swear vengeance on them Itachi was only suppose to kill some coup de tat conspirators not your entire clan, it was only suppose to be fifteen people in all," Naruto explained. "He got help from someone he should have never trusted, a man in an Orange spiral mask, who claims to be Madara Uchiha."
Orochimaru's eyes widen, "How do you know about him or any of these things, I doubt Tsunade would spill such secrets to you and she has no knowledge that Madara even still exists."
Naruto let loose a foxy grin, "I'm pretty good at gathering information, after all Pervy-sage has been teaching me things for three and a half years now. So snake pedophile my answer to my question?"
"She's in a prison filled with rejects of my experiments close to the Cloud and Stone borders," the snake sannin growled out.
"The doctrine has been fulfilled," Naruto smirked, "Oh and before you think of trying to do whatever it is your thinking about forget it, the doctrine allows me thirty-six hours to get clear encase of reprisals," watching as Orochimaru growled as his movement returned to normal. Naruto shifted his gaze back to Sasuke. "Know this Sasuke your welcome to assault your brother if you want, I don't care anymore you made your choice three years ago and I grew up, Sakura-chan too. But know this you'll always have home to return to, Granny stated that you're officially on an extended leave of absence, unofficially you're welcome to come home once your vendetta against your brother is over."
"Did he kill my father or was it the guy in the Orange mask?" Sasuke asked evenly.
"You want the truth?" Naruto stated with a raised eyebrow getting a nod from his former teammate. "Your father threaten to kill your mother if Itachi didn't stand down, he did," Sasuke's eyes widen. "Then your father killed my godmother, your mother anyway stating she was weak. Itachi killed him using the first bit of rage your brother ever experienced," Naruto turned motioning to the others to leave. "Think about the bond we had in the past Sasuke and the one we could have had if your father hadn't been so power hungry. At any rate Sakura-chan and I have a cousin to pick up and you got some soul searching to do, oh here's something that might tease your senses a bit, the Sharingan upgrade you want can cause blindness so yeah might not be such a good idea." With that Team Kakashi vanished from the arena leaving a seething snake sannin and a musing Uchiha.
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Team Kakashi didn't stop running full tilt until they reached the remains of the Tenchi bridge, Naruto then turned to his two male teammates, "Before you ask any questions the Hokage gave me my birthright as she's too old to be Head of the Uzumaki clan," the two males nodded figuring that might have been the case both knew about the first Hokage's marriage to Mito Uzumaki. "What I didn't tell snake butt is that if I encounter another Uzumaki clan member I can invoke the doctrine on them since I've been declared head of our clan."
"So what are you planning, Naruto?" Yamato asked.
"Orochimaru isn't stupid, he'll send word to that prison and order Karin to another facility, I lied about the thirty-six hours to give me time. He knows I'll be heading to the prison the moment I report back to the Leaf village but the clause in the doctrine prevents him from making a move towards any Uzumaki until the thirty-six hours is up," he created two shadow clones one immediately henged into Sakura.
"Naruto it almost sounds like Lady Hokage gave you overall control of the mission only a Jonin can be given that responsibility," Yamato stated.
Naruto's face split into a shit eating grin, "And you should know that the exams aren't the only places where one can get promoted, Captain."
"Field promotion?" Sai asked and got a nod looking very intrigued again information he hadn't been supplied. "How many knew?"
"Only Pervy-sage and Granny-Tsunade know, I kept up my goofy act till I was assigned this mission or something like it," he sighed glancing at Sakura looking at the still fresh scars on her arm, "I'm sorry I lost it Sakura-chan, I guess a little of the old me leaked out briefly and clouded my judgment."
Sakura walked up to him and pulled him into a searing kiss, "You are forgiven my Naruto-kun, just don't let it happen again," she giggled at his expression.
"It seems that ugly's attitude towards you; Naruto has done a one eighty," Sai gave his false smile only to be hammered into the ground by violet crystalline fist.
"Watch it Sai, you're on thin ice as it is," Sakura growled breathing heavily.
Naruto just shook his head and smiled glad the Star Sapphire ring didn't completely change the Sakura he knew. She was still there the GL ring warned him her personality would be more possessive of him and a yearn to mate with him. This got him blushing slightly, the GL ring informed him the only time he should ever engage in such activity would be after they removed their rings otherwise things would turn complicated and fast. Just glad she's not totally lost to her ring it's kind of eerie to see her look at me like she does now, like I'm the whole world.
That is because you are to her, it is what makes the Star Sapphire such a potent partner to a Green Lantern but it can also be extremely dangerous as well. The GL ring stated as Naruto watched Sakura pull Sai out of the ground and use her healing jutsu on the bump she gave him. Only for the pale skinned artist to insult her strength and get hammered into a tree. A Star Sapphire with a Tameranian's strength quite potent, when mating take extra precautions. Naruto blushed heavily at the ring's computer like logic at such a subject .
"Anyway Sakura-chan and I will head to the prison and extract my cousin before Orochimaru knows what's going on, these Shadow clones will go with you keep the pedophile focused," Naruto stated.
"How will you get there before we get back to the village?" Yamato asked.
Naruto snickered before he hovered up into the air, "It's called flying, by the time you guys get to the half-way point Sakura-chan and I will be already there, now get moving." Yamato, Sai, and the two clones watched as a violet and green streak launch into the sky heading north, after getting over being stunned the duo along with the clones sped off toward the Hidden Leaf. Sai's mind reeling from all of the on sight intel he got and the fact that the supposed dead last of his school year was the first member of his age group to achieve Jonin rank. What's more the goofing persona he portrayed gave rise to the young man that was indeed his parent's child a formidable shinobi possessing his mother's fire and spirit alongside his father's ingenuity and cunning. His mission may have failed drastically, Orochimaru will not doubt discover his right hand favorite lieutenant was now painting the walls of some guest room. The paled skinned artist wondered what powers those rings Naruto and Sakura had aside from creating constructs like fists or whatever. It wasn't something to report that was sure he doubted Danzo could use it though if it was based on emotion, as the Root had none.
Author's Note: For those who think Naruto and Sakura are a bit too OOC, you're probably and if you're wondering about the casualness in which they killed Kabuto don't be, only two Lantern's in the DC Universe don't kill, the Blue and Indigo everyone its left up to preference. Star Sapphire will if they or something they care for is threatened, Sinestro Corps kill to inspire fear, Red Lantern's kill because they can, Agent Orange kills because he's greedy, The Black Lantern kills to create a new Black Lantern *cough* zombie *cough* , White Lantern's kill Black Lanterns. Green Lanterns kill only when it's unavoidable, so its left up to the person. Naruto is a shinobi and he was under orders to execute Kabuto by his superiors, Sakura was simply following the one she loves as per her mandate as a Star Sapphire, both have no real remorse for following orders and in Kabuto's case I doubt they'd really lose much sleep over it. As for the Justice league idea, there will be no costumes so to speak, as pretty much most of the rookie nine and Team Gai have Justice League traits if you think about it. Makes you wonder if Kishimoto wasn't a DC comic fan growing up. At any rate Naruto will broach idea to Tsunade when he gets back to the village.