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!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 21:
The Invasion: The Tanuki and the Fox, the Sensei and the Student!
Earth Release: Mud Wall Technique! Sarutobi sent a mud wall as Tobirama did a series of handsigns.
Water Release: Water Dragon Missile Technique! Tobirama sent the dragon that crashed against the wall.
Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees! Hashirama made handsigns as trees surrounded Onoki and Sarutobi into a cage.
Sarutobi quickly made handsigns and summoned Enma as he and Onoki got away from the cage of wood. The Third Hokage stared fiercely at the chuckling Orochimaru and the previous Hokages and charged with Onoki. Hashirama looked at them and made some handsigns.
Bringer-of-Darkness Technique! Hashirama casted Sarutobi and Onoki in darkness only for them to hear darkness and chuckling as punches were landing on them.
Orochimaru kept taunting Sarutobi who was remembering the village, the people, the place that he held dear in his heart.
"You don't understand what it means to be a Hokage, Orochimaru! Let me teach you what it means with a jutsu you have never seen before."
Orochimaru was intrigued by a technique he's never seen before. "Show me this jutsu! Let me see it!"
Sarutobi made shadow clones, shocking Enma, who was in staff form, "You don't mean to use that, Sarutobi."
"I do," Sarutobi stared fiercely at the darkness as he made the long series of hand signs. "I'm going to end this now!"
"Show me this jutsu you speak off, Sarutobi-sensei!"
The Third Hokage clapped his hands. Dead Demon Consuming Seal! A demon appeared behind Sarutobi as he had his clones rush in direction of the first and Second Hokage. He shortly captured the two in his jutsu, causing the darkness to disappear. Orochimaru was surprised when the darkness disappeared to reveal Sarutobi sealing the Hokages inside him.
How is he doing this? Orochimaru thought as he looked at Sarutobi angrily and barely dodged Onoki's dust technique.
Sarutobi had tears coming out of his eyes as he saw Zaku and Kin on the ground, dead from being used to revive the Hokages. "So, that's who you truly are; you don't care about any of your people!" He rushed at Orochimaru, twirling his staff with ease as Orochimaru parried with his blade until he was almost hit with a dust technique, knocking his blade from his hands.
The Sennin was surprised when a wickedly smiling Sarutobi appeared in front of him, holding him as he felt something going inside him, trying to tear his soul away. "What are you doing to me?"
"This jutsu is called the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, the very jutsu used to seal the Nine-Tailed Fox!" Orochimaru's eyes widened.
"No!" he yelled, scared of what Sarutobi was trying to do. "I won't let you take me with you, old man! Die!" He sent his blade crashing into Sarutobi as Enma failed to grab the sword in order for it not to stab Sarutobi.
"You are stubborn, Orochimaru… I'll give you that. But you will die by our hands today." Onoki said, a technique, a cube-like structure in his hands, launched at the two.
Sarutobi was shocked as he had Enma stop the technique. "Let me settle this, Onoki!"
"You will fail, Sarutobi!" Onoki yelled at the Hokage.
"I'll give you a worse fate than death, Orochimaru!" Sarutobi spoke, ignoring Onoki. "I'll take all of your jutsu away by sealing your hands!"
Orochimaru shook in outrage, in horror. "Stop, you feeble old man!"
"Seal!" Sarutobi yelled as the sword came down on Orochimaru's soul, sealing Orochimaru's hands away.
Sarutobi smiled in accomplishment as he fell onto the ground and Orochimaru yelled at him.
"Quit smiling, old man! Give me back my arms!" Orochimaru yelled as he saw Onoki generate his dust technique and the barrier come down. Kidomaru appeared in front of Orochimaru as the others carried Orochimaru away.
Spider Web Net! He shot a web at Onoki to distract him and rushed with the others.
Damnit, Sarutobi-sensei! Orochimaru thought as he rushed off with the other shinobi of Sound and Sand that retreated.
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Nara Shikamaru was sitting at the base of a tree after being the decoy for his group. He gazed at the sky, remembering how Asuma saved him from that group of Sound shinobi.
That was a close one…
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Aburame Shino was up, looking at his father that saved him. I hope Uchiha Sasuke is alright…
Little did he know that Sasuke was lying on a tree branch as a partially possessed Gaara rushed at him only to be saved by Naruto and Sakura trapped in the sand of Gaara.
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Damn it! Uzumaki Naruto thought as he looked at whom he had to face. He saw Sasuke looking at him as Gaara merely smiled wickedly at him. How could I win against him…? He is so much like me yet so different… He had been living in the darkness, growing off that darkness, the place I used to be. I can't defeat him…
Sand Shuriken! Naruto felt the fierce sand crash into him, crash him into a tree.
Naruto slowly got up onto his feet, hearing Sasuke call out his voice. Yet I… I don't want to lose to him even if I die!
Naruto looked fiercely at Gaara, who merely smirked amused at him. So, he's finally getting riled up…
Sand Shuriken! Naruto got pushed into Sasuke, who failed to catch him that well.
"Naruto, you take Sakura once she's freed and get out of here while I distract Gaara!" When Sasuke said this it surprised Naruto as Sasuke stood as well as he could. "I don't want any more of my precious comrades to die before my eyes!"
Naruto looked at Gaara and realized something. "Love isn't a weakness; it's strength."
Sasuke looked confused as Naruto looked fiercely at Gaara, forming a handsign. Chakra surrounded him; power covered him, blowing Sasuke away.
Is this really… Naruto?
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique! Thousands of clones surrounded the field surprising everyone there as Naruto smirked.
"I'm getting serious now!" He ripped off his seals that sealed away his kekkai genkais. Chains expanded from his fingers, wind chakra surrounding them in a cloak. "Get ready 'cause here we come!"
The chains whipped around Gaara, wind chakra tearing at the partially transformed Jinchuriki. He shrieked at how this boy was starting to defeat him. "I won't be defeated by someone like him!"
He blew away all the clones that were about to strike him down and became fully transformed into Shukaku.
Naruto was shocked and looked up at Gaara's new form as he raised his hand at Naruto. Sand began to surround Naruto, who did a bunch of handsigns.
Face my Kekkai Genkai! Naruto thought as he had the wind blow Gaara's sand away. He used the wind to float on air as he rushed at the transformed Shukaku. He had chains coming out his body, capturing the transformed Gaara in chains.
"I refuse! I refuse to be defeated!" Gaara said at first but then started to laugh, shocking Naruto, Temari and Sasuke. Gaara appeared out of Shukaku and stared at the levitating Naruto. "Interesting, Uzumaki Naruto, interesting! To pushing me this far, I'll release Shukaku for you!"
Well… shit! Naruto took some of the Kyuubi's chakra and started to make handsigns, blood coming from his thumb. Summoning Technique!
Sleeping Possum Technique! Gaara fell asleep as Shukaku awoke, tearing the chains like they were paper, and Gamabunta appeared.
"Woo-hoo! Straight out of the gate, I see someone I want to kill!"
Gamabunta sweatdropped, "You just had to send me out at a situation like this, eh, gaki." He breathed out water bullets as Shukaku breathed out air bullets. "Damn, he's cancelling out all the bullets. The best way to stop him is wake up the host as that will cause Shukaku to go back into the seal."
"Alright, you distract him while I go wake Gaara up!" Naruto said, floating on the air and rushing behind Shukaku unseen. He appeared behind Gaara, rushing forward, sand trying to grip at him, but his wind made it so the sand couldn't touch him. Part of the sand slip past the wind and gripped Naruto's raised hand as Naruto stared at the sleeping Gaara. "Wake up…" Naruto pulled his forehead back, chakra surrounding him as he moved his head forward. "You brute!"
Shukaku stopped as he crumpled into sand and Gamabunta chuckled at the falling kid as he caught him and laid him softly on the ground. An unorthodox shinobi he is… But he'll definitely be a shinobi of legend someday… I bet…
He vanished in a puff of smoke as Sasuke appeared to save the falling Sakura and looked at the fallen Naruto, who was moving with his chin, a dramatic moment it was indeed.
"Stop, don't come any further! Why do you have such strength?" Gaara yelled at him, confused.
Naruto looked at Gaara with melancholy eyes, tears about to burst. "I know what it is like to be alone, to be unwanted, to be uncared for, but then I found people that cared about me and I care about them." His eyes turned fierce for a second. "And I'll do anything to protect them even if I die!"
Gaara looked shocked. "Why will you do that much for them?"
"Because if it wasn't for them, I would still be in the darkness, I would still be in fear, in anger, in sadness. They lead me out of the darkness and the sadness, and I will do anything to not go back there again!"
Kankuro and Temari appear before Gaara as Sasuke did for Naruto.
"Naruto, Sakura is alright now; you can rest now." Sasuke said to his teammate.
"Oh, goody," Naruto replied, smiling as he fell asleep and Gaara looked at the boy as Temari and Kankuro helped him up.
"Let's go, Kankuro, Temari…" Gaara said as they took off carrying him. Love, huh… Gaara thought, thinking about Naruto's strength. "Temari, Kankuro..." His brother and sister looked at him. "I'm sorry…"
The two looked, surprised. "It's alright, Gaara…" They raced off, wondering what would happen in the future.
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"Naruto!" Naruto looked at his teammates Sakura and Sasuke as they were looking at the grave, the coffin of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage. They all remembered the happy times, from Jiraiya with the Genin Exam he had with him to Iruka talking with him about being the class clown. Naruto looked sadly at the face of the person he thought of as a grandfather as he placed a flower down.
"Naruto!" He looked back to see Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi waiting for him. "Let's go."
Naruto smiled, his headband on his neck moved with his movements as he said goodbye to Iruka who smiled at Naruto running, grinning at his teammates and sensei.
Lord Hokage, the little Konoha buds are growing up. Thanks to you… They are blooming forth and with that blooming shall rise... a new Hokage!
AN: I know this chapter was short, but I wanted to end the invasion as quick as possible and it was pretty much the same as in the manga except a few differences. I have some ideas to make the Tsunade Arc a little different and, then, I already have a big difference and twist planned for the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Thanks for reading and giving me your words and advice! The next chapter will have some more about the aftereffects of the invasion and the beginning of the Tsunade Arc!