What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!
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Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 20:
Let The Invasion Begin: The Ending of the Chunin Exam!
Naruto was looking down at Neji as medical ninja took him on a stretcher. Neji looked weak, wounded, and because of that, he was furious on the inside. He got beat by an idiot, the deadlast of the last year graduates of the academy. He got defeated by Uzumaki Naruto! He stood felt himself being moved on the stretcher but could only look at the face that beat him, that conquered while he fell like a defeated dog.
"How…" Neji said very weakly to Naruto, staring into the boy's cerulean eyes, calm yet fierce, happy yet holding a feeling of darkness and sadness.
"Back in the academy, I used to fail the graduation exam because the one jutsu needed to pass I could never get right at all. That jutsu was… the Clone Technique. So, stop talking about fate and destiny, because unlike me, you're not a 'failure.'" Naruto said as Hayate coughed and smiled at the two genin.
Those two… Hayate thought as his coughing disturbed his thought. No… The whole new generation of Konohagakure shinobi will lead us to a greater time in the village's history… I know it…
"Please, Uzumaki Naruto, go back to the stands so we can move onto the next match." Hayate spoke.
"Alright," Naruto said as he walked to the stands only to stop when he was close to the place where he would walk up to where the other examinees would be to see Neji being taken to heal and Hinata's father, Neji's father's twin brother, walk down toward him. Naruto, then, turned as he heard Hayate call down his teammate and Kisuke and ran up to the stand where everyone else would be.
"Man," Shikamaru said, sighing as he remembered Naruto and his fight, "it seems Naruto isn't an 'unslick' guy like I am after all. That match blew everyone away. I'm surprised Naruto had that in him."
Sasuke heard this and his fists tightened. Naruto…
Sakura and Kisuke went down that stairs to the arena to see Naruto, smiling and grinning like usual, running up the stairs. He looked up and saw Sakura and his smile widened into a full blown grin.
"Hey, Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled out happily like an impatient child. He rushed up to his teammate, still smiling. "What did you think about my match?"
Sakura looked at him for a second and smiled slightly. He's getting a lot stronger… Her smile faded for a second. I'm kind of jealous of him… getting exceedingly stronger...yet I… I feel like I'm nowhere near Naruto's or Sasuke-kun's level in strength… Her smile appeared on her face again when she noticed Naruto's worried expression. "Yeah, you're definitely stronger, Naruto. Great job out there!"
Naruto grinned even bigger, if that was even possible. "Thanks, Sakura-chan! I hope you do your best and win your match too! And, then maybe, Team Seven will be the only ones left in the exam!"
Kisuke laughed, "We'll see about that, Naruto. After all, she's facing me. Though I wish you luck in our match, Sakura."
Sakura was shocked. "Why…"
"I just hope we both do our best. It doesn't matter who wins as long as we show our skills." Kisuke said, but was also thinking about something entirely different. The Tsuchikage told us that he was suspicious of Orochimaru and the Soundinvading Konohagakure when he talked to Hiruzen about coming over here to see me and Washimura participate. Washimura is not in the best shape at all, so he'll have to rely on me and the other shinobi he sent in secret.
Sakura smiled at the genin, "Yeah, let's do our best!"
Kisuke smiled, "Yep, let's do just that."
"Well, see ya, Sakura!" Naruto said, running past and waving at his female teammate, who smiled lightly and waved back.
She, then, turned and grew serious. Time to shine…
Kisuke looked at the arena as they passed the doorway, wanting to finish this match as quick as possible without showing off too many skills.
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"Do you think it's time to invade?" A sound ninja asked their leader, anxious to kill some Konohagakure shinobi.
"No, we'll know when it happens," the leader of the group of five said as he looked at the arena, seeing a pink-haired kunoichi dodging a samurai-like ninja's blades slices and striking him with a high powered punch. Both seemed to be getting worn out as the samurai-like shinobi decided to give up while secretly eying the Kazekage and Tsuchikage. "It should be when Kabuto unleashes the genjutsu so we can attack the stadium easier."
The pink-haired kunoichi cheered as she ran to the stands as the Uchiha and the Jinchuriki son of the Kazekage went down to the arena.
"I heard it was going to be after or in the middle of the Uchiha's fight." One of the Otogakure shinobi spoke as another nodded afterward.
"Yeah, I heard that too."
"Shut up!" The leader yelled, glaring at them with fierce eyes of a predator and the others cowered and shook like prey. "Let's just enjoy these Genin fight. I hear one of them has caught our Otokage's eye, that Last Uchiha. Let's see how well he does."
The other ninja nodded vigorously and watched the Uchiha and Jinchuriki stare each other as the coughing proctor announced the beginning of the long-awaited match.
"Let it begin!"
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Kabuto eyed Sasuke moved back, looking disgusted with what Gaara was talking about, something about his mother and that Sasuke's blood is what she wanted. Kabuto secretly smirked near the others as he was just a shadow clone while his real self was disguised as an ANBU that Konogakure would have guard the arena in case something happened. Little did they know what exactly was going to happen very soon.
He pretended to look surprised as Sasuke moved with speeds of Lee and started to attack Gaara. He slightly looked to see Naruto, his hand clamping around the rail as he watched what was happening. Suddenly Naruto said something to Sakura and went up the stairs to the stands where all the others were. Sakura called her teammate's name and raced after him. Kabuto turned his attention to the match, not concerning himself at all with the two.
He smirked secretly again when he saw Gaara become surrounded by a dome. Very soon…
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As Sasuke went to the side of the stadium, making hand signs for his technique, Hatake Kakashi looked to see his other students rush toward him. He eye-smiled at them and lifted his hand in greeting.
"Yo, what's up guys?" Kakashi asked as Naruto stopped breathing heavily and looked at his sensei.
"We need to stop this match!" Naruto yelled at one of his teachers surprising everyone.
"Naruto…" Sakura was shocked. "What do you mean?"
Naruto was too focused on his sensei to pay attention to Sakura. "If you let Sasuke continue this match, Gaara will kill him!"
"You really feel that way about Sasuke's abilities and how I trained him?" Kakashi asked his student.
"You're the one that doesn't understand, Kakashi-sensei. He lives just to kill people!" Naruto yelled at his sensei. "That's the only way he lives! Don't you get…"
"Be quiet!" Kakashi yelled at Naruto, shocking his students. "There was a reason we were so late."
Gai's eyes widened at what Kakashi was saying and looked to see Sasuke have a blade of lightning on his palm, smirking at the dome that contained Gaara as he started to rush down at his opponent. "You didn't teach him…"
Sakura gasped. I can see Sasuke's chakra in that technique!
"Yes I did," Kakashi stated looking at Sasuke.
"Teach Sasuke what?" Sakura asked.
"The one move that Kakashi created by himself, it's a chop, but a very powerful chop that needs to be focused precisely. With the Sharingan, Kakashi was able to perfect it." Gai said as he saw Sasuke weave into the dome of Gaara's. "That move is called…" Sasuke pierced the dome and Naruto and others had a shocked face on. "Chidori: 1000 Birds!"
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I'm getting the strangest feeling… I have to check on the Tsuchikage! Kisuke thought as he rushed to the stand where the Kages were gathered.
It seems it's time… Baki thought as he saw the disguised Kabuto make a handsign and feathers started to fall onto the arena.
Everyone was surprised by this as most of the spectators and some shinobi passed out.
"It's…" Gai started as he made the hand sign to release the genjutsu.
"…a genjutsu, yes." Kakashi finished, making the same handsign and Sakura did the same as Naruto passed out with Ino and Choji.
Kai Release!
Kabuto's clone burst out of existence as Temari, Kankuro and Baki went to the injured Gaara.
"Damn it!" Baki said as he looked at Gaara. "He tried to become possessed but since he got injured it stopped. You guys go off with Gaara and get out of here! I'll deal with the shinobi here."
"Do you really think I'll let you guys go?"
Baki turned to see the coughing Hayate with a wild laugh. "Do you really think you can beat me, you sickly proctor?"
Hayate pulled out a katana and looked fiercely at Baki. "Don't underestimate me or any other Konoha shinobi."
"Get out of here, Temari, Kankuro!" Baki yelled at them, causing them to finch at his tone.
"Yes, sensei!" Temari and Kankuro said as they rushed away from the arena with Gaara in tow.
"Wait!" Sasuke said chasing after them as Baki was about to strike him down with a wind blade, but Hayate Gekko looked to see Namiashi Raido counter Baki's invisible blade with his Ebony Blade. Baki was shocked and Sasuke was as well, standing still, looking at Raido.
"What are you just standing there for?" Raido yells at Sasuke, who flinches back a little. "Go after them!"
Sasuke nodded and raced off as Raido looked at the still surprised Baki. "So, you use wind to create an invisible blade to strike; just the kind of technique from a Sunagakure ninja, a deadly wind style technique. Just watch out Hayate-san."
Hayate coughed, and then nodded at Raido. "Alright, I will. Thanks, Raido-san."
Baki cursed his luck at dealing with two Konoha ninja as he saw Hayate pull out a blade.
"Let me deal with him, Raido-san!" Hayate said as he rushed at Baki. DanceofThreeDays' Moon!Hayate was shocked when his blade got stuck inside Baki's armor. Hayate struggled to get his sword out of the armor as Baki chuckled, preparing a wind blade.
"You have quite the fancy blade and technique, but you will still fall to mine." The wind blade struck Hayate, cutting right through him as he screamed Raido's name. Baki had his eyes wide as he saw the angry eyes of Raido, his Ebony Blade up above him to lay down a strike. He quickly and swiftly striked Baki with his black blade; crimson life escaping from the sand shinobi as he fell to his knees, coughing his blood out and he began to feel weak. "Damn… it…"
Raido looked down at Baki with eyes of a killer, fierce and uncaring as he sliced off Baki's head, officially ending the Suna shinobi's life. Raido looked to see a group of Otogakure and Sunagakure ninja around him and Shiranui Genma joined him, throwing senbon at the enemies in fatal places. Yamashiro Aoba joined him, using his Scattering Thousand Crows Technique to attack enemies while hidden in the birds.
"Let's show the Sound and Sand how we do it here in Konohagakure!" Genma said and Aoba and Raido nodded as they rushed into action, ready to defeat enemies against their village.
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"So, you're the one that did the genjutsu?"
The masked Kabuto looked over to who was talking to him, surprised to see Akiraka Kisuke, one blade unsheathed, its tip dangerously close to Kabuto's neck. Many Konohagakure shinobi and Otogakure ninja were shocked that this genin came so close to this ANBU imposter.
Kabuto smiled underneath his mask. "It seems that you were hiding your power in case something like this happened. That's why you decided to give up in your mask against Haruno Sakura. You must have been informed by your Tsuchikage of what could possibly happen that he heard from the Third Hokage. You're quite smarter than you seem."
"You are also quite smart. Using a shadow clone replacement so you could participate a little so it seemed like you wanted to pass yet hid yourself to start the invasion by disguising yourself as an ANBU and used a genjutsu to take out some of the shinobi forces and bystanders that can't cancel out genjutsu. Quite clever of a plan you had, eh, Yakushi Kabuto."
Kabuto merely smirked underneath his mask, his blood rising, making him want to fight. "It seems you are looking for a fight…"
Kisuke merely smirked back, "What if I am?"
Kabuto merely made handsigns, chakra scalpels appearing around his hands. "Then, that's what you'll get. Don't go crying to me once you feel my true power."
Kisuke merely sent chakra to his blade, a blue aura surrounding it. "I could say the same thing."
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"Don't be like this Kazekage-dono! We could do some peace negotiations! We don't have to resort to this mayhem."
The Kazekage laughed as he jumped up with Third Hokage and Third Tsuchikage to the roof. Four shinobi surrounded the corners of the roof. "Do it!"
Four Flames Formation! The four sound shinobi made a barrier to block out the ANBU that tried to get to the Third Hokage.
"Why are you doing this, Kazekage-dono!" Sarutobi said and he heard more chuckling from the Kage's mouth.
"You surely have gotten peace-loving the older you've gotten, eh, Sarutobi-sensei?"
Saurtobi's eyes widen as he glared at his captor. "You… You're…"
Onoki had his hand surrounded by rock as he rushed and punched the Kazekage right in the face, making him fall onto the ground, no longer threatening the Third Hokage with a kunai to his neck.
"So, if you're not the Kazekage where is he now?" Onoki asked as the Kazekage rose from the ground, chuckling and having his hand grip his face.
"Orochimaru…" the Third Hokage said as the Kazekage revealed his true self to be one of the Sennin, Orochimaru. "I knew this day would come eventually… So, now it's time to solve the error of the mistakes I've made. Today is the day you will die Orochimaru." He gripped his hat and threw it off with his ropes to reveal his black combat outfit.
"You know me after all, Sarutobi-sensei." Orochimaru chuckled as he stretched out his arms. "I just love to see things in motion. When there's something motionless, it's boring. I want to set things in motion with this Invasion of Konoha." He smiled widely at Sarutobi who merely smile nostalgically at his former student.
"You haven't changed a bit." Sarutobi looked to see Orochimaru make some handsigns.
"Just for you, sensei, I'll let you feel the pleasure of destroying the ones you called sensei just like I am doing today!" He made a series of handsigns as Onoki rushed at him with Sarutobi behind him.
Impure World Resurrection! Orochimaru smiled when one coffin rose above the ground.
Sarutobi's eyes widened. He's not doing that is he…?
The second coffin! Orochimaru's smile grew even wider as he looked at his former sensei doing handsigns.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique! Sarutobi looked to see that his shuriken stopped the third coffin but stood still as Onoki stood by him as well.
Orochimaru sinisterly chuckled. "Come out, First Lord Hokage, Second Lord Hokage!"
Hashirama and Tobirama appeared out of the coffins to look at a crying Sarutobi.
"They look exactly as they did all those years ago… You dare do this, Orochimaru!"
"It seems you have aged, Sarutobi…" Hashirama spoke.
"Indeed…" Tobirama said.
"A reunion," Orochimaru laughed. "How sweet it is!"
Onoki yelled at Sarutobi, "Get a grip, Sarutobi! Those two have long been dead!"
"So, someone used the Impure World Resurrection…" Tobirama said, wondering who was using his created technique.
"That would be me." Orochimaru said as he put the talismans into the two resurrected Hokages as they became killing machines. "Go!"
"Get ready, Sarutobi, here they come!"
Onoki and Sarutobi were prepared for the fight of their life.
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"Sakura!"
Sakura looked at her sensei, cutting and tearing shinobi with kunais in his hands. "Yes, Kakashi-sensei?"
"I'll need you to get Naruto and Shikamaru up and take them with you to track down Sasuke since he went after Gaara and his team. I'll summon Pakkun as the fourth member of your squad to help track down Sasuke since he knows his scent." Kakashi summoned Pakkun as Sakura nodded and released the genjutsu on Naruto.
"Sakura-chan? What's happening?" Naruto asked in shock before seeing her rush to Shikamaru's location to see he was actually up.
"Get up!" She threw a chakra punch at Shikamaru, "waking" him up.
"Troublesome… I was trying to get some sleep." Shikamaru said, looking at Sakura. "I already know about this mission and I don't want to do it."
"What mission?" Naruto asked, a Sound ninja behind him.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed at him until Gai crushed the ninja through the wall.
"Yosh! Another down!" Gai said as he went back into action.
"Sakura will explain the mission. Just go through that hole. Pakkun will lead the way."
"But…" Naruto said until he felt Sakura's weight pull him through the hole.
"No time! Let's go!" Sakura said as she rushed Naruto through.
Shikamaru sighed, "Troublesome…" He followed them while an unknown group of Sound shinobi followed them.
Asuma went right behind them, ready to assist if need be.
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"I'll settle with him. Go on ahead to Gaara, Uchiha Sasuke." Aburame Shino spoke as Sasuke nodded and raced past Kankuro to Gaara and Temari.
"Alright, just join me when you can," Sasuke yelled back.
"Can do." Shino said, bugs appearing out of his sleeves, ready to strike.