Special thanks to Ichigo Mirai for not only helping me fight the evils of the writers block, but provided a great cleanup for the chapter as well.
Well, another chapter is up, but don't be fooled by the title. The third part of the chunnin exams is in the next chapter. And I finally made a deal with Itachi.
Pillz-E: Whatisit?
He'll be looking after some interns who will be 'helping' me get more ideas and a plot for the story as soon as I go to Interns'R'us (a.k.a unemployment lines 8D). I hear they have a sale on those who worked for X-Play.
Pillz-E: Whatishegoingtodo?
(Flash to a dark future with 1000 interns on 1000 typewriters as Itachi lashes a whip out at them.)
Itachi: Work faster, FASTER little slaves!
(Back now)
Pillz-E: Second thought, I dont want to know.
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Part 3?: 'Sorry, but your exam is in another castle.'
Zaku couldn't believe his luck today. Not only was he trapped by the kids shadow, but also he had the threat of a kid all doped up on the curse mark ready to kick his ass to the moon and back. 'Looks like I have no choice but to…' he stopped himself mid-thought after seeing the Uchiha brat again. His power seemed to be dwindling. 'Still, it's some luck.'
"Well?" Yelled Naruto.
Zaku looked thoughtful for a minute before gave his answer, with a wicked grin starting to sprout across his face. "Alright, I guess I have no choice. Our leaders name is… none of your buissness."
"Wrong answer." Naruto snarled. He released the jutsu, until he realized what he done as Sasuke just fell limp to the ground, no longer full of that strength of earlier. "What the crap?" Before he could yell at the Uchiha, he felt a fist hit his stomach as Zaku rushed at him and punched him in the gut.
The sound nin just grinned wickedly as he watched Naruto fall to the ground holding his stomach in pain. As Zaku walked to his team, Kin muttered as she walked over to Dosu, "That kid was more trouble that what it was worth. Let's just get the scrolls."
"Sure," agreed Zaku as he walked over to the group of leaf nin.
The males of the groups (still except lee, unfortunately) tried to get up to defend themselves, but were quickly tossed aside.
Kin walked over to Ino and Sakura and pulled their hair. She held on tight. "You better give us your scrolls now," she said, "unless you want to lose something more than your hair." After giving a quick glance to Sakura.
Before the two girls could answer, they all heard a voice from where Naruto was.
"You... wouldn't... dare... hurt them," said Naruto in a cold voice.
Zaku looked back to Naruto who was getting on his feet slowly. 'I thought I punched him hard enough to keep him out for the rest of the day… oh well.' "Kin, Dosu, you two deal with the leaf genin. I'm going to have some fun with this kid over here."
With a sigh, Dosu said "Just don't take to long."
"Gotcha." replied Zaku.
Once he reached a few feet from Naruto, he could feel something was completely off from the boy he fought not too long ago. He could see a faint glowing red aura around his body, but Zaku chose to ignore it. "Come on. Show me what you got."
"Don't worry. I plan to."
This sentence alone made Zaku's heart skip a few beets, because of all the bloodlust radiating from that…Kid!
"Now enough stalling. Let the games begin!" and Naruto rushed forward with a clawed hand and slammed it into Zakus torso. He kept on pushing (easily carrying the sound nin) into a nearby tree.
"Wind cutter jutsu!" Zaku yelled, and by aiming his hands, he created a strong wind that managed to push Naruto away.
"Is that the best you can do? I'm disappointed." The demon container mocked. "Infinite darkness jutsu." And everything went black for Zaku.
…
Kin and Dosu stopped to watch as Zaku stumbled around like he was blind. "Zaku!" shouted Kin, "Stop messing around!"
"I-I can't see! S-someone help!" Naruto took this time to use his claw like hands to slash through Zakus skin and after a while, grab him by the back of the head and bashed it into the ground, but not hard enough to kill.
As the jutsu wore off, Zaku now badly hurt (with a broken nose and bloody face) tried to get up and escape into the forest, but than Naruto stood before him.
"You weren't thinking of leaving right now. I didn't even warm up all the way."
"No, no get away from me!" he yelled, trying to dash off in the other direction.
Naruto laughed as Zaku tried to make his pathetic escape. "That's right. Go and survive in an unsightly way. Run. Run and cling to your wretched life!" Then Naruto turned to look for Dosu and Kin, but they left.
"That's right cowards…" Naruto walked to Ino and Sakura as the Kyubbis power faded away, held out his hands and asked, "Are you alright?"
They sat there in shock, but nodded.
They still didn't believe what just happened before them. They thought if anyone was going to save them, it would be Sasuke, or even another leaf team, not some total stranger. None of this adds up.
"What about Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked. "Is he alright?"
'How should we know?!' Yelled the fox, already tired of this petty human talk. 'He could be halfway to hell for all I care.'
Naruto on the other hand decided for a better choice of words. "Don't know. I haven't seen anything like what he had before."
"Then, why did you help us?" asked Ino. "You're from another village and all…unless you don't see us as a threat."
'No shit Sherlock.'
Naruto scratched the back of his head with a sigh. "Its just to see such a heavy injustice reminded me… Never mind."
While there was a short awkward silence, Rock Lee and Sasuke decided to awaken at this moment. "Well, I guess now is the best time to leave, now your teammates are o.k. I still have a job to do myself." And he leaped into the forest.
"What a strange ninja." Ino said, not like an insult rather than it was confusion.
As Rock Lee rubbed his head, he looked at the two kunoichi who appeared confused if not relieved.
"So…Did anything happen?"
They just looked at him and said "More than you would ever guess."
…
'Stupid stupid stupid! Injustice? Why couldn't I come up with anything better?'
'Look on the bright side, they bought it, so now we can get on with our life. Now just get what you need.'
'Right.'
Naruto flung from tree to tree looking for a target until he happened to find 2 rain nin. 'Jackpot!'
He jumped down into the bush (although it didn't matter so much. Twilight was almost over and they didn't even have a fire going.) to see them argue amongst themselves. "I told you to learn a fire jutsu first, but nooooo. 'I'm a perfect water ninja, it would be pointless to learn such a skill.' You didn't even bother to bring a few matches." Complained one with a few stitches along his mouth and right eye.
The one who he was talking to (he had bags underneath his eyes) retorted with, "What? Oh, I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you strait because you where so wasted that night. You couldn't even walk strait let alone slur a few words together."
'Oh,' thought Naruto. 'this could be fun.' Forming a hand sign, he muttered under his breath "Shadow possession jutsu." And possessed the stitched up one.
"At least I have depth reception!" shouted baggy eye. Naruto then made his possessed ninja punch the other across the face. "Oh, that is it!" and the two tossed aside all their taijutsu training for an old fashioned brawl. While the two where going all out, Naruto noticed that one of them dropped a heaven scroll.
'Just the one I needed.' And in a flash, he grabbed it and headed for the castle.
