Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I was busy. But anyway, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Avatar: TLA.
Bold is for Bijuu/Avatar State Speech, Scene Changes and Jutsu
Italic is for character's thoughts and flashbacks
Prologue Part 2
With Sasuke
His thoughts were racing as he rushed through the trees. Where is she? What happened to her? He needed to find Sakura now before it was too late!
'Where the hell could she be? Did Temari do something to her?' he thought to himself as his eyes narrowed.
He pushed chakra to his feet and increased his speed intent on finding his pink haired friend.
'No … I should be more confident in her. Sakura can protect herself…Right?'
With Sakura and Temari
She did it. She had finally beaten the blonde Suna nin.
'It's about damn time' Sakura thought to herself tiredly.
Despite the fact that she won, she still took a really hard hit and was quickly losing consciousness.
She slowly drifted off as she remembered how she won.
Flashback
Temari charged at Sakura with her fan ready to strike. Sakura also charged at Temari with a large amount of chakra in her fist. Just as the two were about to strike each other, Temari ducked and tried to sweep Sakura's leg with her fan. Sakura saw this and jumped over it. The clever Suna kunoichi simply pulled out a couple shuriken and threw them at Sakura. Just as Sakura was ready to deflect them, they all missed.
"Let's see how you handle this!" Temari smirked
She pulled back the shuriken with a wire that even Sakura didn't see. Sakura widened her eyes and twisted her body so that she was falling toward the ground. The shuriken soared past Sakura's legs and started heading for Temari.
She was so distracted with manipulating the shuriken that she gave Sakura an opening to run up to her and deliver a bone-breaking punch to her jaw. This sent the poor girl flying through several trees until she hit a big rock which broke into tiny pieces and collapsed on top of her.
However, the sheer force of the punch itself sent Sakura flying back. Her own technique had backfired. She finally came to a stop when she hit her head hard on a tree.
End Flashback
'I did it'
Before she passed out, she saw a figure wearing a black spandex suit with dark hair and red eyes saying something that sounded vaguely like her name.
'Sasuke-kun'
That was her last thought before she drifted off into the world of unconsciousness.
With Sasuke
'…What the hell?'
As he looked around, all the young Uchiha saw was destroyed trees, scorch marks, and crushed land.
'That one fight caused all this destruction? Temari couldn't cause ALL of this. Some of this had to be Sakura.'
That thought itself was enough to send a shiver down his spine.
'Note to self: NEVER piss Sakura off.'
Sasuke spotted Sakura sitting against a tree bloody and burnt.
"Sakura?" he asked.
No Reply.
"Sakura." he tried again in a shaky voice as he cautiously walked toward her. He was trembling slightly because, on the inside, he was terrified. Terrified of losing her.
He finally got to her and carefully checked her pulse fearing the most. He breathed a sigh of relief when he still felt a pulse. He took some bandages from his pouch and bandaged Sakura's bleeding skull. Then, he fed her a soldier pill which healed most of her wounds and replenished some of her chakra. He finally picked her up and headed back to where the others were.
'Thank God she's okay' Sasuke thought as he kissed her forehead.
He then blushed when he realized what he just did.
'Not the time!' he thought to himself as he quickly picked up the pace to help out the others.
With Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru and Gaara
'Nani?!' Naruto thought in shock.
'What…is that?' Lee wondered
'…Why me?' Shikamaru silently complained
Standing in front of them was the giant One-tailed Bijuu, Shukaku.
"He's just like me…" Naruto said quiet enough so that no one would hear. His bangs shadowed his face as he looked down. He remembered all that he had to go through because of the Bijuu that was sealed inside him. This actually made him understand Gaara, and he honestly felt sorry for him.
'He probably went through a lot of the things I did. Maybe he didn't have any friends to help him. That must be why he's like this!' Naruto concluded.
As the beast grew taller and taller, all three Konoha ninja knew that this would be one hell of a fight.
With Neji and Kankuro
Kankuro and Neji have been fighting in close combat for the past ten minutes. Kankuro's taijutsu isn't as good as Neji's so he is losing the battle so far. Everytime he tried to get distance Neji always got him back into close combat. It was starting to annoy him. Finally, though, he jumped over a left strike from Neji and attempted to kick him in the face. Neji blocked with his right hand and proceeded to flip Kankuro over. Kankuro recovered in mid-air and landed on a different branch.
'Okay enough of taijutsu. It's obvious that he's better than me in that aspect but if I can just disappear from his vision and sneak attack him I should be able to take him down. But how? I heard the Byakugan can see up to 360 degrees! Hmm … I'll just have to think of something…' The puppetmaster thought. He then widened his eyes when he got an idea for such a simple plan.
'Wait! I got it! I think this could work!'
He then started making rapid hand signs and pointed the tips of his fingers at Neji.
"Raiton: Jibashi!"
Lightning chakra shot out from his fingertips and was aimed at Neji.
"This again?" Neji muttered "I won't even need the Byakugan to dodge this…" he stated arrogantly as he deactivated his Kekkei Genkai. Kankuro just smirked as it seemed that his plan was working.
The young Hyuuga then quickly jumped over the blast of lightning but what he didn't see was the second 'blast' of lightning. It quickly zoomed toward him while he was still in mid-air.
'Shit!' Neji silently cursed.
The lightning hit him despite his efforts to shift his body and free-fall. The funny thing was … he felt like he was being electrocuted AND punched by a chakra enhanced fist at the same time. Neji put all the pieces together and widened his eyes as he was launched away and crashed into a tree.
'You mean to tell me it was him all along?!'
His suspicions were confirmed when the 'blast' of lightning disappeared in a puff of smoke and Kankuro appeared. But he wasn't done yet. The Puppetmaster phased out and reappeared behind Neji using his great speed and kicked him in another direction. Then, he took out his puppet and made it trap Neji inside of it.
"You like that don't you? I used a real blast of lightning to distract you and then I transformed into a blast myself using Raiton Henge. As a bonus, I actually managed to trap you inside Crow. Now, it's over for you." The Raiton user said cockily.
The arms, legs and head on the puppet started to detach from the body. Then they all rose to the air with sharp looking knives sticking out of them. If they all became attached to Crow again, the knives would surely kill the young Konoha Nin.
Neji growled and tried to think of a way to escape. He had taken a lot of damage from that attack. If he were to get stabbed by the puppet's very dangerous limbs, (which he saw with his Byakugan) he would be finished. The body parts all started to rush back to the puppet. Neji did the only think he could think of at that time.
"Hakkeshou: Kaiten!"
He destroyed the puppet and it's limbs with much difficulty but was now free. However, he used a lot of chakra on that jutsu because the material that puppet was made out of seemed stronger than steel. Now he barely had any chakra left.
"You … destroyed Crow …" Kankuro whispered in shock. He then gritted his teeth angrily "Why you!" he yelled as he charged forward intent on killing Neji.
Neji dodged with most of the attacks barely missing because he only had enough chakra left to stay alive. However, Kankuro managed to kick him in the stomach hard sending him flying in another direction. He then leaped above him and elbowed him down to the forest floor.
"Now I'll kill you with my strongest jutsu." He smugly stated.
He went through many hand seals before raising his left arm to the sky.
"Raiton: Hirashin no Jutsu!"
The sky suddenly got dark and storm clouds started to appear. Lightning erupted from the heavens and travelled into Kankuro's body. However, Kankuro didn't feel pain. He felt powerful. The puppetmaster channeled the lightning into his hand and formed it into a ball of Raiton chakra.
"Say Goodbye!" he yelled as a blast of lightning erupted from his hand and travelled towards Neji's face. Time seemed to slow down as the ball of lightning got closer and closer to Neji's face.
'Well… I guess this is the end. I always knew fate would be the death of me one day. I can't escape … this is MY fate.' Neji thought to himself as he closed his eyes waiting for the impact.
… But it never came.
BOOM!
Everything was illuminated as the blast of raiton chakra exploded.
With Neji
Where was he? He looked around and noticed he was on a branch a few trees away from where his enemy was. Someone had saved him…but who?
"Neji-kun!" He would recognize that voice from a mile away. He smiled. "You almost died and if I didn't come along you probably would have! How many times do I have to tell you to take EVERY fight seriously?" Tenten scolded.
She was right too. He was so arrogant that he didn't think that Kankuro was any threat to him so he didn't fight seriously. That was exactly why he was injured so badly.
"Tenten... how did you find me?" Neji asked
"Well Hinata, Ino and I were following you guys here because we wanted to help. We even masked our presence and Hinata used a genjutsu that allows us not to be seen by your Byakugan. We didn't want you guys to know we were coming because you would make a big fuss about it like Sasuke and Naruto did to Sakura. But anyway, we got sidetracked by some Chunin level ninja on the way here so you guys got farther ahead. We beat them though and Hinata used her Byakugan to see where you all went. She saw you fighting and was about to go help you but I volunteered instead." She explained
"Here take a soldier pill." She offered as she held out her hand with a solider pill resting in her palm.
Neji took the pill and thanked her, for his chakra felt full again and his wounds didn't hurt as much.
"Do you need help or are you good this time?" She asked.
"Oh I'll be fine. I'm just going to go teach him a lesson." He stated as he leaped toward his opponent.
Tenten just smirked knowing that this wasn't going to end well for a certain raiton using puppetmaster.
With Kankuro
"Well I guess his body has been obliterated too. Serves the bastard right for acting all high and mighty."
"Talking to yourself isn't healthy you know." Neji said from behind Kankuro.
The puppetmaster's eyes widened.
"W-what? How can you still be alive? What are you?!" he shakily asked.
"Me? Oh that's easy. I'm Neji Hyuuga. And YOU are within my range."
The world started to turn black and a green and black yin and yang symbol appeared underneath Neji and Kankuro.
"Juuken Hou: Hakke Rokujuyon Shou"
"2 palms! 4 palms! 8 palms! 16 palms! 32 palms!" Neji yelled as he delivered multiple quick strikes to Kankuro's tenketsu points.
He began pressing multiple tenketsu on Kankuro's body before doing a strong step forward and pushing his palm towards Kankuro's abdomen.
"64 Palms!" he yelled as he blasted his enemy away with a final palm strike.
Kankuro lost consciousness as he flew through the air but finally came to a stop when he hit a tree. Neji rushed after him to make sure he was defeated. When he got there, Kankuro was tied up by ninja wire, courtesy of Tenten.
"Well, looks like you got em'." She stated.
"Yeah…now let's go help out the others." Neji said as he jumped into the trees.
"Hey! Wait up!" Tenten yelled as she followed him with a still tied up Kankuro on her back.
With Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru and Gaara
"I AM SHUKAKU, THE ICHIBI! AND I WILL CRUSH ALL YOU FOOLISH MORTALS WHO WISH TO HARM MY HOST!" Shukaku roared.
"DIE!"
The giant Raccoon-Dog slammed it's hand onto the three Konoha Genin. However, his hand never hit it's intended targets. They all jumped out the way. While Lee and Shikamaru hid behind in a nearby tree, Naruto stood out in the open with a kunai in his hand.
"Shikamaru-san! We need to help Naruto-kun! He can't take that thing on all by himself!" Lee exclaimed worriedly.
"We can't help him much anyway. Both of us are worn out from the matches we had in the exams. We don't have enough energy to fight that thing head-on even if it is three against one. The best thing we can do for Naruto right now is to only help him when he absolutely needs it." Shikamaru said. (Yes, Lee never fought Gaara in the preliminaries or the finals for that matter. He beat Choji in the preliminaries and beat Suigetsu in the finals).
"I guess you're right …" Lee replied, defeated.
"Hey ugly! Over here!" Naruto yelled.
The Ichibi turned it's head towards Naruto. It then proceeded to whip it's arms in his direction. Naruto dodged just in time, however. Next, the blonde Genin threw a paper bomb kunai at the monster's head. Shukaku seemed unaffected and unleashed a barrage of attacks on Naruto. Somehow, Naruto managed to dodge all the attacks. Finally, he jumped over one of the strikes and ran up Shukaku's arm. While he was running, he was releasing a lot of chakra giving him a big blue aura. When he got to the end of it's arm, he made a single hand seal.
"Tajuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
Two thousand clones appeared. Lee's and Shikamaru's jaws dropped while the Ichibi just looked bored. The clones all jumped into the air preparing to attack.
"Secret Konoha Taijutsu: Naruto 2K Barrage!"
They all dashed towards Shukaku's face and gave it a barrage of chakra enhanced punches. Two more Narutos were in the air preparing a jutsu that Naruto had been working on for the past month.
Flashback
Naruto and Jiraiya were training in a field near a river. Naruto was currently trying to master a new jutsu that 'Ero Sennin' taught him. It was an A-rank technique named the Rasengan. This jutsu was created by the fourth hokage.
Naruto was currently trying to channel his chakra and spin it in a water balloon in order to make it pop.
'Ero Sennin did this so easily! What am I doing wrong?' he thought.
After many attempts to pop the balloon he fails.
*The Next Day*
Naruto sees a cat using both hands to spin the balloon left and right. Eventually, it popped. This gave Naruto an idea.
He used one hand to hold the balloon and the other hand created a swirl of chakra. He then rotated the swirl of chakra over the balloon at a rapid pace and then maintained the chakra inside it. Doing this made the balloon pop.
Two days later Naruto was doing something similar except it was with a Rubber Ball. He used the same tactic that he used on the water balloon and it was very difficult but he eventually got it.
After both these exercises he could make a spiraling ball of chakra but he couldn't seem to use the right amount of chakra. Every time he did it he either put too much or too little.
"You did well Naruto but keep training with this in order to master it" Jiraiya ordered.
"Yes Sir!" Naruto replied cheerfully with a smile.
End Flashback
Naruto finally managed to make a decent Rasengan and the clone that was behind him took his arm, swung him around and launched him towards Shukaku.
Lee and Shikamaru quickly took notice of the spiraling ball of chakra.
"Looks like Naruto learned a new jutsu …" Shikamaru mumbled.
Lee just nodded his head in agreement while looking at the ball of chakra in fascination.
"I still haven't mastered this jutsu but … I gotta try!" Naruto declared.
"Take this! Rasengan!"
As soon as the Rasengan made contact, it got bigger and bigger until it exploded. This damaged Shukaku greatly and destroyed all the clones. It also made Naruto fly backward.
Shikamaru was about to jump in to catch him but Lee was faster as he phased out and appeared right behind Naruto. Shikamaru simply leaped after him.
"That was amazing Naruto-kun!" Lee declared loudly.
"Thanks *pant* bushy *pant* brows… It didn't work *pant* right though…"
"What do you mean? You mean that explosion wasn't supposed to happen?" Lee pondered.
"No … I didn't master this jutsu yet but I know it wasn't supposed to do that…" Naruto stated.
"Naruto, you never did have good chakra control because you had too much chakra to even try to control. You channeled too much chakra into it didn't you?" Shikamaru asked while the blonde haired genin just nodded. " 'Sigh' how troublesome …"
Lee widened his eyes "But … that means… Naruto-kun! You must have wasted a lot of chakra for it to be THAT big!" he exclaimed
It was that moment that they heard a loud, booming voice.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT! THAT HURT! YOU WILL NOT MAKE A FOOL OUT OF SHUKAKU, THE GREAT SAND SPIRIT! I WON'T ALLOW YOU TO! Shukaku roared angrily as he glared at Naruto.
"Fuuton: Renkudan!" Shukaku chanted
Blasts of air were heading straight for the three genin. Lee and Shikamaru both grabbed Naruto and leaped out of the way. However, Shukaku did not let up on the assault. The blasts kept coming and eventually they were hit. Shikamaru went flying into a tree but flipped over and landed before he crashed. Lee started falling to the forest floor before he extended his hands to touch the ground. Then, he used his hands to push himself off the ground and back into the trees. He landed on a branch near Shikamaru.
Naruto, though, didn't get launched that far as he landed two branches away from where he just was.
"HAHAHAHA! THIS IS THE END FOR YOU BOY! I WILL END YOUR WORTHLESS LIFE RIGHT HERE!"
A giant claw of sand rushed forward.
'Naruto!' Both Lee and Shikamaru thought in panic as both of them were about to jump in and save their friend.
However, someone else saved him first.
"Hakkeshou: Kaiten!"
Shukaku's claw hit a protective dome of chakra created by an unknown kunoichi to shield both her and Naruto . The claw was destroyed as the sand couldn't withstand the damage.
Then Lee and Shikamaru started to recognize her and smiled.
When Naruto looked up to see who his savior was he saw a girl about his age with blue pants, a white sweater and blue hair with her back facing him. The girl turned around slightly to glance at him. That's when he noticed something.
She had the Byakugan.
"…Hinata?" Naruto questioned. His suspicions were confirmed when she turned around fully and looked at him with determined eyes.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun. I'll protect you. Try to mold some of your chakra while I'm fighting." Hinata said without stuttering.
Naruto wanted to protest that she could get hurt and that he didn't want her to get hurt because of him but saw the determined look in her eyes and knew that nothing he said would sway her from doing this. So instead he just grinned and agreed.
"Sure thing Hinata-Chan!" Naruto said with a grin on his face.
Hinata blushed slightly at the honorific but quickly focused back on the task at hand. Hinata turned back around and eyed the big bijuu.
"Okay… I can do this!" She said as she rushed forward.
She quickly encased her hands in chakra. She began shooting blasts of chakra from her palms and dodging whatever attack she can. She was doing very well against Shukaku.
'Focus…' she thought to herself as she landed on a nearby tree branch. She closed her eyes. The chakra started to take shape. Eventually, it started to look like a lion. She quickly opened her eyes and vanished in a burst of speed.
'Fast!' Naruto, Lee and Shikamaru all thought.
Hinata then reappeared in front of Shukaku's face.
She began striking furiously all the while releasing chakra blades from her palms. She kept rotating her palms in different directions and then began spinning her body around as the dome of chakra blades was expanding and harming Shukaku.
"Shugohakke Rokujuyon Shou!"
The dome expanded and kept hurting Shukaku until it faded away. However, Hinata was not done yet. Shukaku tried to strike her while she was still in mid-air but she simply landed on his arm and dashed forward so quick she appeared above him in precisely three seconds.
She was twirling around and the chakra around her arms seemed to be expanding. Shukaku looked up to see her descending.
"Juho Soshiken!"
She slammed her lion fists into Shukaku's head .
This caused a huge explosion of chakra that made her fly back.
'No… I knew this jutsu still wasn't ready but I didn't think this would happen!' Hinata panicked.
She screamed as she fell, waiting for her to hit the ground.
Naruto, Lee and Shikamaru looked on horrified as Hinata was falling to her doom.
"Hinata-Chan! No!" Naruto yelled
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" he chanted as a clone appeared right next to him and launched him towards Hinata. Naruto caught her in mid-air and landed on the ground with her resting in his arms bridal style.
"Are you okay Hinata-Chan?" Naruto asked worriedly
Hinata on the other hand just blushed and stuttered
"Y-yes … thank you Naruto-kun for saving me …" she said "But do you think I've changed? Maybe a little bit?"
"I think you changed a lot Hinata-Chan and now I've realized I really do like people like you." He grinned.
Hinata would have fainted if not for the seriousness of the situation.
Lee and Shikamaru appeared right next to them.
"That was amazing Hinata-san! Neji always said how you were weak and always will be but I beg to differ!" Lee exclaimed
"Umm … thanks Lee-san … I really appreciate it." She smiled. She really did appreciate it because he was acknowledging that she was strong.
"I really hate to disturb this touching moment, love birds" Shikamaru started as he looked promptly at Naruto and Hinata while they both blushed "But I don't think Shukaku is finished." At this everyone looked back up to see Shukaku, although heavily damaged from Hinata's assault, still alive.
They all readied themselves for another wave of attacks, all the while wondering how they could defeat this thing.
In Konoha
Today really was not The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi's day. It all started during the final matches of the Chunin Exams. He and the 'Kazekage' were watching the matches when he realized that the Kazekage was really his ex-student Orochimaru who had a plan to destroy the village. Orochimaru put some kind of seal on the ground which made a purple barrier form so no one could interrupt the fight. Then, he used a new jutsu named Edo Tensei to bring Konoha's first two Hokages back from the dead. He revived Hashirama Senju and his little brother Tobirama Senju.
Orochimaru was controlling them so they were forced to fight. Somehow, the third managed to defeat them with a sealing jutsu that he learned from his other former student Jiraiya. He then noticed Orochimaru was making hand signs again.
"You won't be able to escape this one sensei…" Orochimaru declared
"This is one of my new jutsu … I'm going to use it to get rid of you, once and for all."
The Third Hokage braced himself.
"Jigen Yuso Watari no jutsu!" Orochimaru chanted. Four balls of purple chakra erupted out of his chest and into the sky. They all expanded and became giant balls of light. Three of them all went in different directions while the fourth one was heading straight for Sarutobi.
"Bye bye!" Orochimaru cackled. Just as Hiruzen was about to dodge, it suddenly stopped and rushed in Orochimaru direction.
"I'll be back to destroy this worthless village again 'Sensei'" he smirked.
And then, Orochimaru was gone in a flash of blinding light.
With Naruto and the others
Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru and Hinata weren't doing too well by themselves considering all of them were low on chakra. But then Ino showed up and used her newly developed Shinrashin no Jutsu to weaken Shukaku enough so that Shikamaru could stop it from moving with his Kage mane no jutsu. Lee took this chance to open the first two gates and attack
Neji and Tenten soon showed up with a tied up Kankuro. They placed him by a tree and entered the fray.
Shortly after, Sasuke showed up with a now conscious Sakura right behind him. Sasuke used Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu on Shukaku which had little to no effect. At the same time Neji launched a Vacuum air blast which also had no effect.
'What? My Air Palm had no effect?' Neji wondered
'My fireball didn't do ANY damage?!' Sasuke thought
"How are we even supposed to beat this thing? It's like nothing even harms him!" Ino sighed.
Naruto silently agreed and wondered what were they going to do but got an idea and smiled.
"Everyone! I have an idea." Naruto announced
"What is it Naruto?" Sakura questioned
Naruto's face turned serious as he said "I'm going to fight that thing head-on with one of the new jutsu I learned! All of you just stand back and let me handle this!"
"What?!" Ino, Lee, Tenten and Sakura all yelled together.
"You can't honestly think that you can take that thing on all by yourself can you?!" Sasuke asked incredulously.
"…" Was all Shikamaru and Neji said. Shikamaru, however, was actually worried for Naruto's safety while Neji just didn't care.
'Naruto-kun …' Hinata worried.
Naruto simply turned around and stated "Trust me on this one guys. Please just let me do this." He told them. They all nodded reluctantly but moved back anyway.
'Okay … I really hope this will help.' Naruto thought.
He went through hand seals and bit his thumb. As blood flowed out from the wound, he pressed his hand onto the ground and a seal appeared.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
There was a huge puff of smoke and when it faded there was an amazing sight. There was a giant red toad standing right in front of Shukaku.
"Alright who's summoned me? Jiraiya is that you?" Gambunta asked.
"Ero-sennin didn't summon you. I did! I need your help with something chief toad." Naruto said
Gambunta noticed Shukaku right there and realized that Naruto needed help to defeat it.
"Alright kid I'll help ya out…" Gambunta sighed.
"Thanks Chief! Here's the plan …" Naruto started.
With Sasuke, Neji and the others
All of the Konoha Genin were shocked by Naruto's summoning to say the least.
They were all knocked out of their thought when they heard a voice.
"Everyone hop on with me!" Naruto ordered
Everyone did as they were told.
"Okay! Listen up! Me and Chief Toad here are gonna go in for a frontal assault. I'll need all of you as support!" Naruto started.
"I need to separate you all into groups. Sakura-Chan and Bushy Brows you are Team A. You will get close enough for a physical attack on my signal."
Sakura and Lee nodded as Naruto continued on with his plan.
"Hinata-Chan, Tenten and Neji are Team B. Hinata, do you have enough chakra to fire more of those chakra stream blasts?" Naruto asked. Hinata simply nodded. "Okay then that's what you will be firing. Neji, you will shoot those blasts of air. It has to be at the right time though. If you fire it too early of too late it won't harm that thing. Tenten, use whatever weapon is necessary." He said.
"Shikamaru and Ino you are Team C. Use your clan jutsu again to stop it from moving when I tell you to."
"What about me?" Sasuke asked.
"Sasuke, I need your help with the frontal assault so you're coming with me." Naruto explained.
"Are we all clear?" Everyone nodded. "Then let's move out!"
All the Teams leaped in different directions while Naruto and Sasuke were on Gambunta.
"You ready for this Chief Toad?" Naruto asked with an excited grin.
"Always ready kid, always ready." He answered as he rushed towards Shukaku, crushing trees beneath his large feet as he went.
"Finally! I was starting to get really bored waiting for someone to attack again …" Shukaku stated.
Just as Gambunta got within range, he leaped high into the air above Shukaku and pulled out his blade.
"Get ready kid!" Gambunta said as he descended onto the Ichibi.
"Okay! Sasuke, let's do this!" Naruto yelled excitedly.
"Right!" Sasuke replied with a smirk.
Just as Gambunta finally reached the One-Tailed Bijuu, he swung his blade.
"Gamadosuzan!"
The Chief of the Toads sliced straight through Shukaku with his sword. As Shukaku howled in pain, Naruto saw his chance.
"Sasuke! Use the Goukakyuu!" Naruto ordered. He nodded and went through hand seals.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Sasuke chanted as he spewed a large ball of fire from his mouth. It hit Shukaku in the eyes and he grabbed his eye in pain.
"Team A! Attack!" Naruto yelled.
Sakura and Lee rushed forward together. Suddenly, they both ran up Shukaku's body and leaped up to his face. Lee put his arms in an "X" formation while in mid-air.
"Kaimon KAI!" Lee shouted as he opened the first gate. He then descended onto Shukaku's face with his fist cocked back. He extended his fist and began a barrage of attacks that were actually harming the bijuu. Suddenly, Lee did a kick which launched him backward towards Sakura. He grabbed her arm, spun her around, and threw her towards Shukaku.
"Shaaaannnaroooooooo!" was all Shukaku heard before he was hit by what felt like a giant hammer. In reality, it was Sakura's fist filled to the brim with chakra.
Naruto grinned and said "Team B! Fire!"
Hinata immediately charged her hands with chakra and started firing a volley of her chakra stream blasts. Neji was firing many blasts of air and Tenten used a barrage of paper bomb kunai.
Hinata's chakra took the form of two lions again. She aimed one of her palms at the giant bijuu's face and a small ball of chakra started to form. It got bigger and bigger until the lion engulfed it in it's mouth. When it opened it's mouth, a huge blast of chakra was fired.
'That was the last of my chakra … I hope this plan works … Naruto-kun.' Hinata thought to herself.
"Okay! Team C! Now!" Naruto ordered.
Ino and Shikamaru both used their respective clan jutsu to stop their enemy's movements.
"It's now or never! Let's go Sasuke!" Naruto shouted as he made a Kage Bushin.
"Henge no Jutsu!" Naruto chanted as he transformed into a demon wind shuriken.
Sasuke picked the shuriken up and the clone launched him towards Shukaku so that he and Naruto could deliver the final attack.
He was in front of the beast and was rapidly making hand seals for one of his most powerful jutsu.
"Katon: Goryuuka no Jutsu!"
Four Dragon head shaped fireball escaped from Sasuke's mouth and travelled towards Shukaku's face. Since he channeled all of his chakra into this attack, it should do a lot of damage. All made contact and the fire was so hot that the sand turned to glass. Eventually even the glass shattered. This revealed Gaara who seemed to be asleep.
'Now!' Sasuke thought as he threw the demon wind shuriken towards Gaara.
There was a puff of smoke and Naruto appeared with his hands in a familiar position.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
Hundreds of clones appeared. They all jumped on top of him in a pile. The real Naruto pulled out a clone from the pile and started running in the opposite direction. Each clone's hands were attached to another clone's ankles. Eventually, Naruto stopped running and spun the clones back around.
"Uzumaki, Naruto Ninpochou!"
The wave of clones all crashed into Gaara with enough force to send him hurtling in another direction. They all vanished in a puff of smoke leaving the real Naruto standing there, exhausted.
"Heh … heh … we did it!" He panted before he fell on his back and drifted off into the world of unconsciousness.
With Gaara
Gaara was angry. No, he was more than angry, he was furious. How could someone like HIM do this much damage to him?
He would make him pay. He would kill him easily and make everyone acknowledge his existence.
'Uzumaki Naruto … I will crush you.'
That was the only thought going through his head as he got back up and rushed back to the battle field.
With Temari
When she had woken up, she was in a lot of pain. Sakura's last attack really did a lot of damage. Luckily, she knew basic medical ninjutsu and could heal her injuries until she got back to Suna to get them healed thoroughly. After she was healed, she went back to where she thought Gaara was and saw something that shocked her.
When she arrived at the battle field, the Genin that were there earlier along with three more were currently battling Gaara. The problem was, it wasn't exactly Gaara they were fighting. It was the bijuu inside of him known as Shukaku.
She decided not to make her presence known because she was outnumbered and injured. But then she noticed Kankuro. He was tied up in ninja wire, leaning on a tree.
'He's unconscious. He must've been defeated by that Neji guy.' Temari concluded.
While the Konoha Genin were busy fighting Shukaku, Temari leaped down, picked up Kankuro, and jumped back onto the tree branch. She healed his minor wounds and noticed that he was starting to wake up. She cut all the ninja with her kunai. Kankuro woke up and started talking to her but she didn't hear him.
Her attention was elsewhere. It was on a certain blonde haired Uzumaki who just defeated Gaara with an army of clones.
Temari leaped onto the battlefield to go to her little brother and Kankuro followed shortly after.
With Naruto and the others
The Genin from Konoha were currently cheering over their victory when Sakura noticed something.
"Wait … guys … look over there!" Sakura said as she pointed in a direction.
All heads turned to where Sakura was pointing and their faces quickly changed from happy to shocked.
Walking towards them was, in fact, Sabaku no Gaara. He looked pissed. All of them got on guard. They hardly had any chakra left, but they were going to protect the village and their comrades. Even if it killed them.
Sasuke, who had picked up Naruto after he passed out, rested his best friend down and prepared to fight off the jinchuriki.
Suddenly, Temari and Kankuro appeared beside Gaara and were in battle stances as well.
Just as the fight was about to start, shinobi from both sides all noticed something strange.
There was something bright shining in the sky. It was … a star? A comet? All they knew was that it was bright and it was …
Heading straight for them!
Everyone except Neji and Gaara screamed in fear as the bright light closed the distance and illuminated the entire area.
And in an instant, they all vanished.
Okay, well Prologue Part 2 is officially finished! Now it's time for our Heroes (and villains) to enter the Avatar: The Last Airbender Universe! Also, I didn't write the Third Hokage vs. The First and Second Hokages because I didn't change anything in it. It was all canon except how the hokages were defeated and what happened afterward. Also, I'm sorry for how bad the fight scenes probably were. I'm terrible at writing fight scenes … but anyway, from now on I'll try my best to update sooner!
~ Character ages
Naruto Characters:
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura - 13
Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru - 13
Neji, Tenten, Lee - 14
Gaara - 13
Temari - 16
Kankuro - 15
Kakashi, Gai - 27
Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade - 50
Hiruzen (Sandaime) – 71
Avatar: TLA Characters:
Aang, Toph – 13
Katara: 14
Sokka: 15
Suki: 15
Zuko: 16
Azula, Ty Lee, Mai: 15
Glossary:
Raiton Henge – The user can use this jutsu to transform into lightning. I made up this jutsu myself.
Raiton: Hirashin no Jutsu – Normally, Hirashin no Jutsu is the fourth hokage's technique which allows him to teleport. But, as a Raiton jutsu, the user channels natural lightning through their body to deliver a shock through physical contact. In this story though, you can channel that lightning into a blast.
Juuken Hou: Hakke Rokujuyon Shou – This technique allows the user to strike sixty four of the opponent's vital tenketsu points which not only causes them great pain, but shuts off their chakra flow completely.
Tajuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu – An upgraded version of the Kage Bushin no jutsu where the user can summon much more clones than most people normally do (For example, two thousand clones).
Secret Konoha Taijutsu: Naruto 2K Barrage – One of Naruto's original combos. He summons about two thousand clones and they all deliver a series of punches to the opponent. Normally, he ends the combo with a double uppercut but in this chapter he ends it with a Rasengan.
Rasengan – The user forms a spiraling ball of chakra in their hand and whoever this attack hits sends flying away in a spiraling motion.
Fuuton: Renkudan – The user will take a deep breath and exhale a blast of wind. The power of the blast, however, can vary.
Shugohakke Rokujuyon Shou – This is a jutsu created by Hinata. She releases a constant stream of chakra from her palms which takes the form of thin, sharp blades. When used offensively, it can hit hundreds of targets with much precision. When used defensively, the user creates a dome of stronger and more flexible chakra blades which can protect her and her teammates from harm.
Juho Soshiken – This is another jutsu created by Hinata. The user encases their hands in chakra and uses shape manipulation to make the chakra take the form of two twin lions. She can hit the target with these lions which damages the opponent greatly.
Edo Tensei - A Jutsu that was created by the Nidaime (Second Hokage). It allows the user to revive the dead and control them to do whatever is desired of them.
Jigen Yuso Watari no jutsu – This is a jutsu I came up with myself. It literally means in English: "Cross Dimensional Transport Technique". This is the jutsu Orochimaru uses to transport him and a few other people to a different dimension for an unknown reason.
Shinrashin no jutsu – This is a Yamanaka Clan jutsu that allows the user to channel their chakra into the target's nervous system and control their body.
Kage Mane no jutsu – This is a Nara Clan jutsu that allows the user to stretch their shadow over any surface. Once it comes into contact with the target's shadow, the target is forced to imitate the user's movements.
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu – The user spews a large ball (or stream) of fire from their mouth.
Gamadosuzan – This is a technique that only toads can use. The user jumps high into the air and pulls out their blade. Then, when the user descends, they use the sword to slice the target in half. It wasn't strong enough to cut Shukaku in half, though.
Kaimon: Kai – There are eight celestial gates in the chakra system. They act as limiters to the body's abilities so that the body won't expire so soon. But, with training, these gates can be opened. This technique releases the first gate. The "Kaimon" gate is also known as "The Gate of Opening" which is located in the brain. Normally, a person only uses 20% of strength. However, when the first gate is released, the restraints are removed so 100% of the person's strength can be used.
Henge no Jutsu – This is an E-rank Jutsu that allows the user to transform into people, animals and/or objects.
Katon: Goryuuka no Jutsu – The user launches one or more dragon head shaped fireballs out of their mouth. This jutsu is hotter and more powerful than the average fireball.
Uzumaki, Naruto Ninpochou – Literally means "Naruto Uzumaki's Ninja Handbook". It's one of Naruto's combos that he created. I had a hard time describing it in the story but it is basically exactly the same as Naruto's Ultimate Jutsu in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 1.