Of Tree and Frost

By

Ragnorokrising

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Chapter Four: Forest Fight

"We lost a possible member, named Deidara. He refused us." explain Itachi while sitting down on a log.

"We were diploid to track him. He met up with a man named Aio, a former Konoha Genin who stole the legendary Raijin Ken. They just met Zabuza Momochi and his assistant. If you can get him to join you, you could turn the tides in a battle that they plan to strike in a few years." said Kisame while looking threw the 'Icha Icha Paradise: Ultimate Pictures of Positions Issue'.

"And this helps us how exactly?" Kisame and Itachi looked at each other and smirk.

"He temporarily destroyed his chakra network." explain Kisame then he cringed.

"What Kisame is trying to say is that he absorbed the Kaku and ran like hell. He is the seven tailed weasel Jinchuuriki." Itachi also visibly flinched. "We will let you try and convince him to come back but should you fail we will kill him. I just hope Leader doesn't mentally attack us like last time." he tossed a scroll to Naruto. "Give this to the old man." he gave the piece sign and they disappeared in a flash of black flames.

"Back to the house we go!" yelled Naruto. Sasuke shook his head and they began to run back. "Oh no!" yelled Naruto. He threw the content of his kunai pouch out looking for something that he eventually realized wasn't there. "I left the scroll Yamato-sensei gave me in the clearing. I'm gonna go back and get it." he placed his equipment back and ran back to the clearing.

"Looking for this?" came a voice form the trees. He looked up to see a girl with brown hair in two braids that continuously intertwined and untwined. She wore a open tan brown trench coat revealing a Jounin vest that had a jade Chinese outfit on under said vest (think a jade version of Tenten's clothes in part 2). She was holding his sensei's scroll.

"Yeah, can I have it back please?" she sweat dropped, realized she didn't know he was an enemy.

"Yeah, here ya go." she threw the scroll and he caught it, then pulled the exploding note off it and stuffed it down his throat, spitting it out like a spit wad a second later. She jumped back as it hit the branch she was standing on.

"Who are and what do you want!?" he said while secretly pulling out a tri-pronged kunai.

"Akira Arashi, niece of the Tsuchikage, the Jade Sword of Iwa and the Emerald Armor Iwa. The reason I am here is because I was assigned to kill you." as she spoke the last sentence she snapped her fingers and a large wall of mud formed in front of her as the Kunai Shadow Clone jutsu that was heading her way nearly hit her. She let it crumble, only to receive multiple punches.

"You shouldn't have let the kunais get so close. I could have killed you there and then." he said as he twirled the kunai and threw it at her. She caught it and gasped as the second and third prong stabbed her and a fist landed in her stomach following a yellow flash of light. She growled and threw her trench coat on the ground, leaving a huge crater.

"I didn't think a Genin could hurt me, but we'll see what happens now…" she flashed through hand signs and clapped. She pulled her hands apart slowly to show a sword made entirely of jade. "THAT I'M SERIOUS!" she flew forward so fast Naruto was thrown back from the force of the first stab. He kicked her off him as he flew back.

'Good thing I sealed my cloak up before I got here.'

"Naruto, careful with her. I saw a large amount of jade fragments embedded in her arm and hands so she must use them for jutsu." said the Nidaime as Naruto activated his newly named eyes, the Koorihaboushi, or the ice leaf eye.

"I know a technique that might work against her if enough chakra is used." said the Shodai as Akira prepared a second strike.

'Then take over and do it!' Naruto felt his control leave and landed in the Shodaime's chair as a portal broadcasted the events threw his eyes.

"Tree Taijutsu Style: One Thousand Tree Blades!" he called out as thousands of roots and trees sprung up, restoring the clearing to its original beauty. Two large arms made of wood holding two different types of swords, one a long sword the other a short sword, sprout behind him. The gravity seals covering Naruto's body glowed gold and exploded, leaving the marks but no power in them. He disappeared as hundreds of tri-pronged kunai surrounded Akira. She finished the hand signs she had been doing as Naruto began. He traveled over the kunai, delivering attacks the swords would then increase until one thousand wounds were delivered.

"Not bad." Akira said from the ground, until her skin shattered and became emerald armor. "But not good enough."

"Emerald Armor!?" yelled Naruto as he regained control. 'If I'm not careful I may have to use one of those jutsu.'

"My Kekkai Genkai actually, granted unto me by the Kaku before it disappeared. I have complete control over all minerals. Which reminds me," she did four fast hand signs "Emerald Cocoon Jutsu!" thousands of multiple colored minerals shot into the air and formed around Naruto into a six sided chamber. Naruto sighed and began a long and tedious line of hand signs as the chamber slowly closed around him.

"Elemental Infusing Style: Earth Elemental Chakra Flow: Fluctuate!" as Naruto called out his jutsu's name, a large brown orb of chakra floating inside the center of his chakra network. It spun between two equally large orbs of gray and blue while small orbs of yellow and red soared over head. The brown orb suddenly spread out, flowing through the chakra network and skin, increasing skin texture and muscles.

"No one can survive this attack. Emerald Spike Funeral!" called out Akira as more emeralds floated up outside the casket and flew into it, making larger spikes form that sunk into the casket and shot into Naruto. She snapped and the minerals all disbanded, flying to her as she turned and began to walk away. "SS-high-priority indeed uncle. Not even worth my time."

"You turning tail and running like a coward!? Has the Jade Blade dulled at the prospect of fighting a superior opponent!?" Akira stopped in her tracks and growled as the minerals formed over her other arm and her nodachi made of jade, turning it into a zanbato and making a medium sized shield on her arm.

"So you managed to survive My Jutsu after a-" she never finished. As she turned to face him, she saw not Naruto but a demon child holding a blade of wood and rock attached to a sanjiegun. "What the hell!?"

"I didn't think anyone could force me to use one of these jutsu but you did. You are so powerful I must activate a forbidden jutsu taught to me by none other then the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Hanyou Mode: Earth Style: Level One!" Akira felt her courage began to leave her as she looked upon this…this monstrosity! Instead of skin, a gray rock like substance covered Naruto, showing large muscles beneath. (Think the way Haido looked at the end of the second movie) A barbed tail fell behind him and his hair had become more spiky and longer, as well as a dark red color that made him look even more menacing. Large claws fell from his finger tips and two wolf heads made of gold rested, one on each shoulder, with closed eyes and menacing fangs. A wooden insignia of the Senju clan covered his chest. and his sword stuck out from the end of the sanjiegun.

"YOU ARE A DEMON!" she yelled and forced half her chakra out, a reserve that was almost as large as Naruto's human reserves (Half of the reserves is multiplied by two and turned into Earth chakra or what ever element he is in while the other half, well third at this point, is for other elements and normal jutsu in Hanyou Mode), to her armor and weapons. She formed hundreds more swords around her and stumbled through hand signs, having to start over several times. Once she finished a full five minutes later, she named her technique. "Jewel Style: One Hundred Chained Weapons. Jewel Style: Crystal wings!"

'Naruto, only a few select members of the Arashi clan may use that technique. I fought one myself and nearly died. I would have had Sarutobi and my brother not be their. Those jutsu she just used are deadly if enough force is used.' explained the Shodaime as Naruto swung his tail and adjusted to his new form. He bent forward a little, focusing an immense chakra force.

'Kyuubi, how long till the others get here? I can feel them but I have to grasp on their time of arrival.'

"About five minutes young one. If you must, use my chakra to form the cloak, but always be wary. She has a huge amount of chakra still left."

'Thank you Kyuubi.'

"Any time Naruto, any time." Naruto tilted his eyes upward to see one hundred chains connecting to Akira, ten per finger, and they each led to a weapon, ranging from dagger, to zanbato, to halberds, to naginatas. There was even a rolling pin. She crossed her fingers and two hundred and fifty shadow clones surrounded the area. They all yelled in unison at Naruto.

"DIE YOU DEMON FREAK!" the weapons flew forward as they crashed their hands against the ground.

"I AM NO DEMON!" the pure force of the yell stopped the weapons in their tracks. "I am tired of fools like you assuming I am a demon because my father sealed the Kyuubi into me! If you can not see past that, you deserve to die!" his sword erupted into a rock blade surrounded by a torrent of ice and water. "Dance of the Earth Dragon!" he yelled and began to swing his weapon around. Combined with his claws, the clones shattered into diamonds that exploded into smoke. As he reached Akira, his body pulsed and the body fell apart as the weapon was an inch from her hearts. He backed up and gasped as the sanjiegun became a bracelet again.

"Almost had me, but not quite!" she raised her weapons high and prepared for a killing blow.

"LIGHTNING BLADE!" came the cry as a fist shattered the armor. Akira walked forward a little and spit up some blood. As Kakashi held his kunai up, Akira whipped around and kicked Kakashi in the stomach. He stumbled and she fled the seen.