Bouseigan
Chapter 7
Setsuna sighed loudly again as he re-thought his situation. He was a Uzumaki, strong and fearless. To abandoned the clan as he had done was entirely unthinkable, But the way the clan reacted to the death of their pride and joy. It was unacceptable. To allow that insane boy to continue to draw breath was an insult to his fathers honor. Thinking of his father made him think about his decision to abandoned his clan. It was a rash decision made in a moment of ignorance and hatred, he acted without thinking, acted like a hot blooded child. His father would have been disappointed.
His father, Kanaye Uzumaki would rolled over in his grave knowing his brother was letting such an insult go without bearing. Sachiko Uzumaki beautiful and talented he remembered holding her as a child, he remembered teaching her kunai and shuriken techniques, she was a true genius of the Bouseigan. A genius Uzumaki. The daughter of Machiko and the Yondaime Hokage, she was gone and he Uzumaki Setsuna was going to revenge her murder.
In this battle there was nothing to be gained, the younger Uchiha evidently didn't have the same ability of his older brother. Naruto on the other hand had shown him nothing, but still he had felt that malevolent chakra and knew the boy had a trick up his proverbial sleeve. Once adding in the abilities of the elite Jounin Hatake Kakashi who was legendary in his own right. There was truly nothing to be had here but yet he hadn't seen enough.
Naruto Uzumaki, Heir of the Bouseigan, had shown him nothing worthy of remembering. Setsuna thought to himself.
'Let's see how he's grown,' His sword glinted before being stab into the ground. He close his eyes, summoning his chakra until he lit with a dark purple energy that course around his body. Swiftly he grabbed the hilt of his sword and channeled the malevolent looking chakra into the blade which glowed brightly. The Bouseigan spun rapidly as he opened his eyes.
Grasping the sword tightly a vicious smile came to his lips. The power was enrapturing as it always was, It was addicting to feel the chakra feeling in his veins and down into the chakra blade held in his hands. Within seconds he was ready.
"Uzumaki Tsurugi Ryuu: SHIDEN," With a vicious uppercut of a swing he unleashed the massive energy in a deadly arc.
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Konoha
The Hokage sat straight his eyes piercing the darkness in the tower, In front of him stood a legendary shinobi Uzumaki Ryuu, Son of Misao Uzumaki. To Sarutobi the man looked even more tired then he himself felt. Suddenly there was presence by the door.
"Uzumaki-Sama," the voice spoke low and confident. "I was told to inform you that Akane-Sama has heard of the situation and has departed immediately," Even Sarutobi was impressed as the younger man in front of him disappeared in a burst of chakra.
"ANBU," The Hokage called the young man who was still by the door. The door opened slightly and it was a rookie member and judging by the blonde it was a Uzumaki. "Even if Lady Akane tried to interfere she would not make it in time," He told the young man.
The man bowed slightly. "That would be true Hokage-Sama, but Akane-Sama also has the Cheetah contract and the Peregrine falcon contract as well," The Hokage nodded not showing his surprise. "The Lady Akane has many archives of summons that she has collected over the last eighty years," Sarutobi nodded once again.
He dismissed the young man with a wave of his hand.
"Damn," Uzumaki Akane was one of the oldest living Shinobi in the village and also the only living child of Akira Uzumaki the founder of Uzumaki clan.
- Team 7 -
"SHIDEN," Like a hellish star, the blade of energy flew through the forests like a giant saw blade. Kakashi felt the energy first, jumping forward and pushing the kids back his hands flash threw seals.
"Doryuu Heki," Spewing thick mud on the ground in a straight line and with a pulse of chakra it grew tremendously into a large wall made of earth. The very earth around them shook as the wall took the full damage. Keeping his hands in the same seal he spoke again. "Doton, Kasui Bakuha" The wall exploded outwards into the forests in large spikes.
"Now," Kakashi commanded. Both Naruto and Sasuke darted out deeper into the forest. "Remember the plan Sakura," She nodded before darting after the boys.
Kakashi watched as the older Uzumaki walked calmly through the forest. The man was a warrior, strong and proud, a descendent of Misao Uzumaki his sword sat atop his shoulder his long blonde hair drifted in the wind. The Bouseigan spun wildly in his eyes and Kakashi knew that this was a battle he could not win alone, good thing he had reinforcements.
Setsuna stood before him with a bewildered look. "Kakashi you aren't foolish enough to try to defeat me alone," He stared at him. "We did this song and dance many years ago and unless you've change much since then," he shrugged. "This Bouseigan remembers all of your abilities."
Kakashi nodded accepting the truth. "I don't think your seriously trying to kill that boy, but it has been some time since I've had such fun with an old friend," Kakashi muttered. Setsuna nodded. "Now I feel old standing here reminiscing with you," The Bouseigan spun and died quickly replace with dark blue eyes. Kakashi pulled his forehead protector down covering the Sharingan eye.
Suddenly Setsuna sagged like a tired old man. "I found him Kakashi," he said standing straighter. "I've been a Ninja for almost twenty five years, I was trained personally by Kodachi-Sama and my own father Kanaye-Sama, but that boy, Kakashi and those eyes of his," He nodded before he stood even straighter and popped his neck several times. "I know what Akira-Sama felt as he stared down Uchiha Madara all those years ago,"
"Did you defeat him Setsuna?" Kakashi interrupted. Setsuna shook his head, "That boy knows how to cut his losses and escaped before I could recover, but he knows he faced a Uzumaki, I've decided to leave him be for now Jiraiya-Sama will have more information, now let us see who has grown more since we were children," The Bouseigan was once again spinning and Kakashi lifted his forehead protector revealing the Sharingan.
Before he could even move the ground underneath him exploded and arms grabbed his legs and yanked him downwards. It was a classic jutsu and when the dirt and dust cleared Naruto and Sasuke stood by Kakashi with smug looks on their faces.
Only his head was visible and the absolute look of surprise on his face had both Naruto and Sasuke grinning.
"Wow," He muttered embarrassed. "Very nice plan Kakashi taking down my guard and making me remember old times," he shook his head. The Bouseigan spun slowly. Suddenly he grinned cruelly. "Before you bury somebody you should always remove their sword first,"
"Shiden," He whispered as the ground around him exploded into chunks of earth. He darted forward bearing down on Naruto with impressive speed. Naruto grinned as his hands flash through seals rapidly. Grabbing the Chokuto from his back, he sliced his finger and allowed the blood to flow down the blade. The blood smoked, sizzled and popped and with a large explosion of smoke surrounded him just as Setsuna appeared.
*CLANG*
Sasuke and Kakashi was startled by the vicious sound, and waited while the smoke cleared. They felt a chakra filled with malice and hatred. The debris and dust was cleared insantly by a swift wind.
Setsuna's sword was blocked with ease by a beautiful woman with long red hair and pale skin, her kimono was loose and a beautiful lavender color and decorated with Uzumaki symbols. What caused Kakashi to panic was the three, long crimson fox tails that waved behind her.
"Hey Setsuna, Fighting another Uzumaki huh?" Her voice was deep and smooth with a tinge of malice. "Stand up Naruto," she said gazing at him. Setsuna gained his senses and jumped back quickly gaining distance.
"Yukihime?" He asked bewildered.
Naruto stood on shaky feet as he gazed at the beautiful being before him, her three tails moved around slowly. Naruto felt almost completely drained of his chakra and could barely activate his Kekkai Genkai. She gazed down at him with emotionless dull red eyes slitted like a cat, still holding the sword his grandfather gave him before he left on the mission.
She peered around strangely taking in the landscape and people that littered it. "What the hell is going on here?" She ask them. When no answer came she snarled lowly. "If Ryuu has giving you this sword, Naruto that means he feared for your life," She turned to look at Setsuna. "Ever the fool but not even you would kill a Uzumaki," In a flash she was lifting Setsuna, her hand wrapped tightly around his neck. "Right Setsuna?" She shook him like an insolent pup.
"I would never dare such a thing milady," he chocked out quickly.
She dropped him instantly snatching his sword away in the process. She turned back to Naruto ignoring Kakashi and Sasuke altogether. "If your not dieing Naruto you never call upon me, there are RULES you must follow Sachiko should have taught you that long ago," Naruto nodded. His eyes wide and his heart beating rapidly, he could barely move as the malice filled chakra overwhelmed his body.
Sakura appeared behind Kakashi coming out of whatever hiding place Kakashi had planned.
"Who is she?" Sakura staring at the scene in strange wonder.
Suddenly a figured appeared between them obscured by shadow and decorated robes worn by the figure. "Perhaps I can answer that?" the voice was kind and gentle. Yukihime pulled the robes away to reveal an old woman, with long silver hair and hunched with age but it was her eyes that caught there attention they were a brilliant blue.
Naruto and Setsuna immediately recognize the old woman. "Akane-Sama." they both kneeled instantly. "You may rise Naruto, Setsuna you on the other hand you have not only angered me, but you disappointed me as well."
Naruto rose easily the oppressive environment now gone and joined his team in watching the display. Akane walk over in front of where Setsuna was kneeled low.
"What is the fifth rule of the Uzumaki?" Setsuna answered instantly.
"To love and respect all women and children."
She nodded and continued. "What is the fourth rule of Uzumaki?"
"To never abandoned a comrade."
"What is the third rule of the Uzumaki?"
"To pass on all knowledge to the next generation."
"What is the second rule of the Uzumaki?"
"To stay focused and never underestimate an enemy and always serve thy village with dedication and honor."
This time she smiled at him and motion for him to stand. "Now what is the first rule of the Uzumaki that you were taught from the moment you opened those beautiful eyes?"
This time Setsuna paused with his head bowed he spoke loud and clear.
"To never abandoned the clan or disrespect any decisions made by the clan." She pressed her thin finger to his chin and lifted his head slightly making him look her in the eye. "I was very disappointed in your actions Setsuna but as my father told us when he decided this family will always be ruled by a strong woman, 'Uzumaki men are stupid and brash, ruled by fiery emotions like hatred and vengeance, it will be the job of women to curve their ambition and accept them with love even as they peer into the darkness known as Shinobi and the job of a Uzumaki woman to accept them back even after they've made foolish decisions.' She smiled kindly at him and kiss his cheek.
"Go home Setsuna, Kaori-Chan is waiting on you." He nodded instantly and was gone. "Ryuu-Kun will take care of him."
Once he was gone she turned to the beautiful creature and bowed deeply in respect. "I'm sorry for ignoring you Yukihime, but that boy and also our young Naruto needed to learn that lesson." Yukihime just nodded. "Yet they still have more to learn."
The older woman swirled silently and turned to Team 7. Reaching in her robes she pulled out a scroll and tossed it to Kakashi. Who caught it and read it fast, he rolled it back up and nodded.
"Lets go team seven our mission is over."
"Except for you Naruto, I will require your help," Akane smiled and Naruto nodded and join her as Team 7 departed. "I didn't know Ryuu gave this sword to you Naruto."
"He gave it to me right before I left for this mission, but I didn't know it would summon her," He said quickly. "I was trying a new Doton technique that uses a blood sacrifice to create an almost perfect form of armor," He shook his head angrily. "Somehow the technique drained almost all of my chakra and then she appeared."
The elder Uzumaki look perplexed immediately. "Why would this armor need a blood sacrifice?" Then she turned to beautiful summon behind her. "Have you ever heard of a jutsu like this?"
Yukihime look thoughtful for a second and then nodded. "It was another time and he was special and his blood held unique properties." She snorted. "Show us this technique boy," she challenged. Naruto look to Akane who gave him he a nod.
Naruto stood straight and pull deeply on chakra reserves and his hands were a blur of motion, with flourish he slam his right hand into ground. "Yoroi." His blood sanked into with his chakra. The ground turned into mush and flowed up his arm like murky water, seconds later it covered the young boys arm and half his chest. When it finish he pulled free of the mud.
Akane gasp slightly as he stood and showed off his new technique. "Very nice Naruto." The armor was nearly prefect replica of the ancient Uzumaki armor that was on display in the Konoha museum. "The blood sacrifice gives the armor a slick design instead of the rock like armor I was expecting." She tested the armor with quick precise punches. "It even gives slightly to blunt force," she retrieved a kunai from her robes. Testing it further she discovered, "It becomes as hard as steel when I try to stab or cut," Naruto nodded giving her a wide grin.
"I designed it to fight against Taijutsu and weapons, It can even withstand a full powered Juu-Ken strike." The armor broke off in pieces as Naruto cut off the chakra that sustained the jutsu.
Akane nodded. "Just like a Uzumaki." She nodded to Yukihime who tossed her the highly decorated Chokuto and vanished in a haze of crimson chakra.
"Come on Naruto help this old lady home."
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Team 7
"What the hell was that woman, Sensei?" Sakura nearly hugged herself. "Her chakra felt wrong, evil, violent, my skin was crawling and she stopped that Uzumaki easily," Sakura had a crazed look In her eyes.
Sasuke nodded. "She wasn't even trying," Sasuke thought to himself. He had nearly died, barely given the chance to fight back and if a man like that could not kill Itachi… then what chance did he truly have? The eyes of the Uzumaki were powerful indeed.
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Three Weeks later ~ Konoha ~ Council Chamber
"No" She said softly. Uzumaki Akane was never known for yelling. Even in the room where she represented her family. The council mostly consisted of Shinobi who represented their particular clans interest, and a few politicians, the Hokage and his advisers.
"You do you mean 'no'?" Koharu nearly snarled as she was rudely interrupted. "As the council of this village we will decide how to deal with the traitor Uzumaki Setsuna."
The elder Uzumaki shook her head. "As I just said and will say again, since you insist on showing your age, no one here will pass judgment on any Uzumaki, Not the Hokage or the Daimyo or this council." She glanced at all of them. "This was part of our agreement with the Senju Clan when we helped form this village."
Fugaku slammed his hand against the table. "He nearly killed my son!" He shouted furiously.
The older Uzumaki woman shrugged. "You should have trained him better."
"You trained one monster maybe you can train another." She suggested.
Fugaku snapped, He vaulted over the table and was darting towards the old woman his Sharingan eyes promising blood.
"Yukihime."
He saw her whisper the words, but the danger hadn't reach his mind yet until a steel like hand ripped him off the ground with ease. He found himself staring into the malevolent red eyes of demon woman.
"You low class, demon spawned rats," Yukihime snarled as she flung the Sharingan master back into his seat. Everybody in the room froze as her malevolent aura filled the room.
The elder Hyuuga snarled as the veins bulge on the side face showing his activated Byakugan. "How dare you unleash this demon fox in our presence."
"Demon fox?" Akane ask looking over the woman. "Yukihime is a summon of the Uzumaki Clan, Unfortunately she was not there when our young Sachiko was attacked." She shook her head. "The Uzumaki keep their own council and Setsuna will be punished base on the will of the Uzumaki." She held out her hand to the beautiful creature at her side. "Help this old woman home Yukihime."
After they had left the room the Hokage stood, stretch his back slightly. "That went better then I thought." He chuckled before leaving the room.
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Uzumaki Main House
"You know that was stupid don't you?" Ryuu asked the younger man sitting next to him.
"Yeah," Setsuna sighed. "But it was like nobody else was going to do anything at all," he shook his head. "How are they going to punish me?"
"Probably a combination of one and three."
"Shit!" The old man chuckled slightly at the downcast of his nephew.
"Plus I have a personal request of you as well," Ryuu told him.
Setsuna gave him a dubious look. "That boy summoned Yukihime, what more could he need?" Setsuna sighed as he recalled his shock at seeing the boy summon the powerful demon fox. He recognized the sword instantly, but for a young boy to have the chakra capacity to summon her. It was amazing.
"Ha," Ryuu laughed. "That was a mistake, that boy has an interesting defensive technique he is developing, I gave him the sword to practice his Kenjutsu while he was away." Ryuu Continued.
"Naruto is too much like his grandfather and doesn't have the necessary passion to be a sword type," Setsuna pointed at also taking a stab at said grandfather.
Ryuu smiled good natured at the small jab. "True, but even Akio trained me too use the sword." He paused. "I just was never very good at it." He leaned back slightly. "Naruto is a fast learner but I haven't had much time to push him to his limit's."
Setsuna nodded. "Where is he?"
"Number 5, but don't worry about it today he has a special guest there waiting for him," The old man smirked. "Jiraiya-Sama wanted to start your punishment today… I think he said something about the 'bellows'."
"Damn!"
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Uchiha private training ground.
"GOUKAKYUU NO JUTSU." The massive blast of fire exploded from his mouth. Sasuke dropped to one knee, his chakra nearly exhausted. His father stood to the side, a frown marring his face.
"Do it again Sasuke," He ordered. His Sharingan bright red in his anger. The boy was strong, But he faced the same problem that plague all Uchiha, Chakra consumption. It seem to be some counter balance for the ability of their douryoku. Some of the more difficult techniques and those of the mythical Mangekyou, ran chakra dry and caused mental fatigue. Itachi had gained those fabled eyes. When he was drawn into that world, the world his former son referred to as 'Tsukuyomi', one of the mythical techniques of the Mangekyou. Fugaku shook his head, putting attention back on his son who was peering at him curiously.
"The Sharingan, Sasuke only grows stronger with conflict and strife. The Uchiha grow strong with competition and desire.
"Itachi was born in a different Konoha then you so he was worked harder and harder, so his abilities and techniques are stronger." The Sharingan vanish from his eyes. "But he is no way better then you are, that boy pursued strength and gained it at the cost of his family and his village."
"Train and become stronger Sasuke, become the future of the Uchiha and make the name Itachi a long forgotten memory." The head of the Uchiha clan told his youngest son.
"HOW?" He yelled. "Even Naruto is stronger then me." He snarled. "Uzumaki Setsuna almost killed me with a single look, he made Kakashi burn through his chakra just to resist his Bouseigan.
"And Naruto even told us, Setsuna focuses almost only on Kenjutsu," He said angrily his face red with excitement.
Fugaku didn't truly know what to say, the Uzumaki clan was extremely diverse with their ability. The Uzumaki clan was split into four separate families that each specialized in various abilities. The Misao Clan specialize in Nin and Dou techniques. Mugen Clan specialized in Kenjutsu and long range weaponry. The Akane Clan specialized in Summons and Seals. The Nagisa branch specialized in Taijutsu and Kinjutsu.
It was a system that work nearly flawless and produce Shinobi with nearly no limits and full support of large family unit.
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Public training ground #5
Training ground 5 was a medium open field of nothing but dirt. It was even stationed very close a small body of water. Naruto thought it was perfect for his needs. Today however it was occupied.
It had been sometime since he had seen her, but she was still just as beautiful. Her skin was lightly tanned and her dusty blonde hair was drapping down her back. Her dark green eyes had a mischievous glint, that brought a smile to his face.
"Hello, Naruto."
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