The night sky covered the city in darkness. Under the scope of a night visor. A group of odst's, scope the city before them.
Before their feet, were bodies of covenant unit's? Ranging from the small teams of grunt and jackal infantry. To a few brute's in each class, leader, hero, spec-op and infantry. And one lone body of a hunter spec-op lay to the side.
The team of four stood about each other. The middle of the team was just walking up. To it's right a large build of an odst, as big as the hunter was crouched, looking over the body of said hunter.
To the front on was busy evaluating the area before them. The final stood scoping the road off from them.
Their battle field was atop a road. Facing down into the town's main centre.
The middle spoke, his voice definitely male. He had the four digi symbol. Geta, tagged on his right shoulder. "Well, what's the result of this group then Broly?"
The large being. With the tag of Lssj on his right shoulder stood. His body amour that of a heavy infantry unit. He removed his helmet, showing spiked blond hair.
"All the fool's are dead. But, judging by their movement's. They were merely a small defence unit. Heh, foolish hunter. Thought you could take down the might that is Broly? Hahaha..."
The middle member sighed. As he removed his head piece. His black spiky hair standing up with a lone bang of the middle. "Please remain focused Broly. Just because you could beat the tank in close range combat. Doesn't mean the next won't be the same." Broly glanced to his team leader.
"Watch your step Gogeta... Or you may get caught in the next blast." Gogeta and Broly smirked and Gogeta turned to the middle member.
"What's the statue's Minato. Where they heading?" Gogeta asked.
"They seemed to be moving a lot of unit's. Seems there's more than expected." The frontal member spoke. His right shoulder had Kaze for a tag. His back pack was built for light and medical uses. His vision flickered out. Showing striking blue eyes and blond hair. Gogeta sighed looking on ahead into the dark city.
"They're making a last stand... So..." Gogeta asked glancing across to his last team member. Who was scoping out the road ahead with his vision. His suit built for long range scouting. The tag stitched in matched his name. "What's the road ahead to the main unit of the city look. Goku?"
The male pressed the button on the side of his helmet and the scope rose up. He glanced back as his visor vanished. Showing black locks of hair and black eyes.
"Empty Gogeta... Minato. How long ago did the group pass here?"
"An hour ago..." Minato spoke as he looked on ahead.
"Then they must have just got inside before the defence unit spotted Broly's form. They know where here."
"You saying it's my fault we got attacked Kakarotto? You're stomach alerted them far faster than my large form."
"Easy you two..." Gogeta spoke. He didn't want these two fighting when they had foes to deal with. They had to get this city under control. That's why they were sent. Their team worked as well as any Spartan did. "Don't start going at each other. Focus you rag on each other. At the covenant. Got it?"
Both calmed as Broly put his helmet on and Goku and Minato turned their visor's on. Gogeta sighed. His suit was simple. Light unit set for close range fighting. As he put his helmet on he spoke up.
"We move on from here to the road ahead. Goku, you follow ahead with Minato. You'll scope out the area and relay back to me where each of our target's are." Goku nod's as he cocked his sniper rifle. His auto mag already full, having not fired a shot yet. Minato stood and cocked his shotgun. Before swapping over and loading his battle riffle.
"Broly, you cover the back of us. You're large form will be spotted quickly from here. You keep your self ready for the hunter's of brute's..." Gogeta spoke as Broly loaded the fuel rod gun he had picked up after the lack of rockets in his launcher. And checked the power left in his gravity hammer. Gogeta loaded his auto mag and then reloaded his silenced smg. His visor flickered on and his vision lit up the area around them.
Gogeta glanced to his team. With a nod they took off.
The sound's of battle echoing the dead city. As the team moved to their target.
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Chapter 29
"Hey Sasuke!" Both Naruto and Kikan chirped. Poking their heads in Sasuke's room. The Uchiha glared at the pair.
"Woah..." Kikan spoke.
"Frosty..." Naruto finished. The pair then walked in. "Guess what?" Naruto spoke with a grin. "We both got offered to become chunin. And here Kikan is in his new chunin jacket." Kikan spun his back to Sasuke. Sasuke merely glared at the pair.
"I on the other hand..." Naruto began. "Declined... They pretty much wanted to give me the title just because of my power... Fat chance I'll take that title for that reason. It's like giving Sasuke the title of chunin by saying... Oh we should help the young Uchiha..." Naruto began in a girly voice. His eyes with stars. His hands clasped together. "After all, helping this child will only help improve the villages image!" Naruto then became normal again. "That is until they realise this poor excuse for an emo is found to be gay... After all." Naruto said looking to Kikan. "Only someone so gay would turn away all the girls on his back. Not that I care... I have it pretty easy. One girl one guy for me... No matter what someone said if I was in a lone clan. But yet..." Naruto said looking back at Sasuke.
"This poor guy doesn't even notice one. Even Sakura... Shame... They'll all be hurt when they find out he's as bent as Orochimaru's snakes." Both laughed as the red sharingan eyes glared on.
"Then to add the fact he's so weak, that his own brother has no interest in him. It must be really hard being all these things. Alone, gay, weak, gay, emo..."
"Gay..." Both spoke together. Naruto was enjoying this. He disliked Sasuke to his very core. Ever since they were in the academy. He and Sasuke never got along. Never even once saw eye to eye. And now, someone at the top of his class. Surpassed by those lesser than the Uchiha? What more could Naruto want to get back at him for? Naruto wanted to goad Sasuke. So he took it one step more. In hopes to get this kid to flip big time.
"Maybe I should go speak with Itachi? After all, he did a big thing to Sasuke here... And I would like to congratulate him. Like the world needs..." Sasuke was off at Naruto like a raging bull. His fist cocked back.
Naruto merely side stepped and tripped the Uchiha, leaving Sasuke to hit his face full on into the wall. Kikan blinked. Both then laughed as Sasuke lay on the floor. Pride and his ego, crushed. The pair was done. If this didn't do anything to sort this teme out... Nothing will. As the pair left Kikan glanced back through the door.
"You really missed out a good thing with Sakura... And now, you're truly, all alone..." Kikan said leaving.
"What was that?" Naruto's voice echoed out.
"I told him he was a loser..." Kikan spoke up.
"Yeah... I think we forgot to say..." The pair's voices died out as Sasuke clenched his fist.
'I... I'm going to kill you... Naruto Uzumaki...' Sasuke mentally growled.
The pair separated and took off to do their own thing. But had planned to meet up later, for they were going to celebrate the rank of chunin amongst the small group.
Which of course... Neither knew about Lee's trouble. So when team Gai stood waiting by the water fountain. Lee gave Kikan the cold shoulder on his arrival with Sakura.
Even Naruto and Hinata blinked when they heard. "Hello Sakura-san..."
The group with Gai settled down to a table. Kikan, Sakura and Naruto one side in order from wall to path. And facing them was Hinata, Lee and Gai.
"Ahh, it makes me happy that young Hinata here has made chunin in her first year of being a ninja. I know that you Lee, Naruto. Have trained her well. Even if you two didn't pass this year. You will have another chance 6 months from now. I hope that when you get that chance. You don't fight each other so soon. We can have your youthful rivalry get out of hand so soon."
Naruto grinned with a chuckle at Gai's antics. Gai then turned to Kikan.
"It's surprised me that you two are joining us, when would it not be best to celebrate with Kakashi?" Kikan huffed.
"Like that guy has time for us. He spent that month with Sasuke... That guy helped me with nothing but how to walk up a tree. Sakura the same. I haven't had one decent word of advice. All I hear from that mask is Sasuke this and Sasuke that. I swear to kami if Kakashi had been a woman, she'd have jumped Sasuke." Naruto had spat water out at that comment. Sadly for Gai and Lee. They were in the firing line.
"Err..." Gai began with a cough. "I shall speak to my youthful rival about this... Well anyway, Lee-kun. You've been rather quiet all day. Why not congratulate Hinata and Kikan at their achievement?" Lee nods.
"Well done Hinata-san." Lee started with a smile. "You earned your rank showing the fruits of mine and Naruto-kun's help." Hinata smiled and thanked Lee, then Naruto. Lee then turned to Kikan. Naruto clearly could tell something was wrong with that smile. There was that very small twitch. That while he may be smiling. Something is pissing off the taijutsu genin.
"Well done for becoming a chunin Kikan." Kikan grinned.
"Hehe, I was hoping to fight you or Naruto in the finals... It's annoyed me now that I can't. I guess I'll have to wait for a chance to become open." Gai smiled as the table began to order their food and drinks. Gai ordering Sake. He hadn't got a chance to celebrate that time Lee had learn the renge. But he could do it now maybe.
"I would also like to give some late congratulations to Lee... Having mastered the renge, I know it's late for that Lee..." Gai said as Lee looked at him. "But now that we've got a reason to celebrate again. I thought I should bring it back up. I had really had hoped to do it 6 months ago... But well, with your and Naruto's training at the time." Lee and Naruto nods.
"Speaking of renge..." Sakura spoke up. She looked to Lee. "I looked into it after the forest of death. And it was connected with a forbidden jutsu connected with the hachimon." Gai nods.
"You've really did some deep searching. Yes, the renge and hachimon are connected. It is said that if you open all 8 gates the ninja would gain powers that would surpass the hokage."
"But, I watched Lee and Naruto fight. If anything, they looked beyond hokage level."
"Haha..." Naruto began. "In some way that's true..." Naruto began as they were handed their drinks. Naruto then began.
"My technique is but multiplier called Kaio-ken. True to the fact it I took on the old man I would win with and without kaio-ken... I don't wish to sound like an ego maniac. But, Oji-san wouldn't be able to handle the power I would throw at him... Lee's skills, I'd say could be very troubling for Oji-san if it was taijutsu alone. Even with Lee's current skills... Since the old man isn't so fast." Naruto mussed as he swirled his drink. "Oji-san was long past his prime. The fourth hokage is my only equal..." Naruto stated. "And he died fighting the fox..."
The table was quiet. No one not really knowing what to say to that.
Gai was the first to make a noise. But it wasn't a good kind. Lee had missed his drink and took a small sip of Gai's sake. "Lee, that's my sake. Not your water." Lee coughed at the foul taste.
"Sorry Gai-sensei... I sshhall watch out nexxxt time..." Lee's voice slurred.
Then, chaos!
Lee had been a genius at the art of the drunken fist. Unknown to any of the team. So when Lee took off like a tornado. Naruto was the first out if his spot.
"Lee! Settle down!" Naruto called. Lee stood in a sloppy stance.
"You settle down... Whoever you are!" Lee roared as he rushed Naruto. He planned his left hand on the table and right kicked Naruto's head.
The blond blocked and received a second kick seconds after and set the blond crashing into the wall.
'For someone still recovering... He can be a powerful drunk...' Naruto mussed as Lee was over him. His right leg up for a drop kick. Naruto blocked with both arms and attacked.
Lee's movement's. His actions in attack and defence. Were unreal to Naruto. He couldn't predict Lee's next action due to Lee's drunken movement. And it didn't take long for Gai and Hinata to help.
Sadly, Hinata was hit first. Lee was took quick and powerful to be stopped by the jyuuken user.
Meanwhile, as Naruto, Gai and Lee brawl the place apart. Kikan was at work. And as Lee got under Naruto's guard and double punched the blond out the front door. Kikan let loose his one armed attack. With a pull of his left and jumped. Lee turned to Kikan and kicked him.
Kikan smirked as the wire's in his hand flickered with ration chakra and wire's snapped up the item's around Lee. Lee ducked and dodged, only to be caught by his foot and pulled down. But flipped over. Only to be crumpled by more.
The scene ended with two injured genin. Even more injured and carried back to the hospital to be repaired. And be taught a lesson by the medic Tsunade.
Naruto had left to tend to his wounds, which were small. "Man... Lee's too good drunk. I'll have to be careful." Naruto mussed as he looked to the sky. It was getting late and he really wasn't in a sleeping mood.
The night was quiet and Naruto felt, from watching from the top of the Hokage Mountain. That something felt wrong. Like everything he saw here was going to come to an end. Naruto once again drew his katana. For some reason. This blade was troubling him. But why. He looked to the moon in the clear night sky and looked back at the one star. The star glowed and Naruto's eyes dulled. He fell back asleep.
As the morning sun rose, Naruto's eyes snapped up and he shot up. His vision blurring and sensitive to the light. But not he knew something was wrong. He grasped his katana and jumped from the monument.
He flipped and landed on the roof of the hokage building with a light tap. He then hurried down stairs to Tsunade's room.
"Oba-san!" Naruto called. Tsunade blinked.
"What do you want Naruto?"
"Something's wrong."
"What?"
"I can feel it. I know that something is wrong in konoha." The door opened with two chunin.
"Tsunade-sama. Sasuke Uchiha has fled the village!"
"I see..." Tsunade mussed. She looked to Naruto. "Naruto, you ready to take a leading mission."
"As a genin? Hell yeah. I'll bring Sasuke-teme back. And I won't do it alone. You two..." Naruto said looking at the chunin. "If there's any more information. I'll get it at the gate. I've got to fetch two people I'll need."
"Oh..." Tsunade started. "And who may they be?" Naruto glanced back.
"Two I trust more than my own teammates with my life..." With that, Naruto was off. Tsunade sighed.
"Ok you two, let's hear the rest.
"Hai!"
As the pair explained, Naruto was off. He jumped the largest building and as he landed he and a clone shot off in two directions.
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"Oi! Hurry up!" Naruto called as he bang on the front door. He was needing this to be no troublesome matter.
As the door opened a woman with black hair and an annoyed look face Naruto. "It's rude to bang a door and yell like that."
"I'm here for Shikamaru. It's a urgent mission." The woman nods with a sigh and walked back inside.
A minute later. "What do you want Naruto?"
"You're utmost help. Sasuke's fled. I need you and Chouji as my support." Shikamaru nods.
"I'll be ready in 5."
"Make it two Shikamaru. I've already gone to fetch Chouji..." Naruto called.
And three minutes later... The two were racing off to the front gate.
"You still remember how to get Chouji out of bed?"
"I always have a small pack on me just in case. He'll be at the gate hopefully before us..." Naruto said as they moved onward.
"I still can't believe he took off... Do you know how?" Naruto was quite for a couple of seconds.
"I do now..." Naruto said. "Sasuke was collected by sound ninja and knocked out the nurse on guard. Seems we have four ninja to deal with. The one we have to worry about it the white haired one. Sasuke left with no fighting back."
"Well, he is in hospital." Shikamaru started.
"He attacked me after I goaded him. He's more than capable of fighting back. Wounded or not."
"Then what will this mean?" Shikamaru asked as they made the final jump and land at the gate.
"That we have a nuke to drag back. He's no hostage..." They saw Chouji standing ready. "You ready to go Chouji?"
"Yeah, let's get to this." Naruto nods. He stepped forward and turned to the pair.
"This mission is not a simple chase. We won't be sneaky. I want then to know where chasing them as soon as possible."
"Do you even know where they are going?"
"Simple, we have sound ninja. They would be the only one's interested in Sasuke, seeing as Orochimaru marked the teme. So we just rush them. I'll take the lead. I'm bring you two because I know should something dodgy happen. You'll know what to do."
"So you want to go in with no strategy?"
"Well yeah... But I know you won't have that Shikamaru. So I'll explain the plan as we go. You can change it as get closer."
"One last thing Naruto... How do we plan to chase them...?"
"Well, I did pick up something. Heh." Naruto said biting his thumb. "Jiraiya was right, Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Naruto spoke as he palmed the ground. The smoke cleared and a small toad appeared. Its body yellow with black spots. It wore a black face mask with a small black jacket. A tanto at its side. It wasn't very big. About half Naruto's head in size. It had a cigarette in his mouth.
"Uzumaki..." The toad smoke in a deep croaking tone. "What do you require?"
"What the?" Shikamaru questioned. Naruto crouched down and the toad hopped onto his shoulder.
"This is Gamakemuri. He's an experienced scent tracker. Kemuri, we need to track Sasuke." Kemuri nods.
"Got a scent?" Naruto sighed, he didn't have anything. With a quick summon the clone was off.
"He'll catch up. But we head to sound from here. So till then, let's go..." Naruto called turning to the forest. As Shikamaru and Chouji stood beside him. Naruto made once last glance to the village and took off.
As the team travelled. The two teammates of Naruto could only sweat drop at the toad and Naruto as they talked. Naruto asking how the family was and the toad complaining about too many brats and not enough love.
It was hours into the run before they landed in a clearing. Kemuri could pick up five smells. But four took off.
"You think this could be the sound ninja?" Naruto asked. Kemuri grunted.
"It is unclear till you clone get's here. Once Sasuke's scent has been picked up on both an item of his clothing or affections. And this stop. We may continue." Naruto nods and looks up as his clone dropped from the sky.
"Personal delivery for one Gamakemuri." The Naruto clone spoke before handing the cloth over. And the clone vanished with its arms crossed. Naruto blinked as the toad took a whiff.
"Is it me... Or did my clone seem out of character?" The pair nod slowly. Naruto looked to Kemuri. "Well."
"It's here... Now it's time to focus..." With that, Kemuri clasped his webbed palms together and closed his eyes.
To the toad, it was nothing but it's self and the smells in the air. The aura's of the ninja. The sound's of the forest. And the area around the toad faded.
As if sitting motionlessly in darkness. Its body calm and centred as the smells mixed round the toad. Colour's forming from each different scent.
Sasuke's was white while the multitude of other began to fan out. Removing forest and woodland smells. The ninja's smells and his own.
Only down to the most minimal, the strongest alongside Sasuke's. Four colour's remained and he focused on the strongest of the four. The smell passed his nose and he smirked.
Slowly. Everything returned to the toad and he looked to Naruto.
"5 hours ago. Fast movement team. All high level ninja with one carrying a limit. They're heading northwest by about 45 degree's that way..." The toad pointed as the team looked on.
"And how can you be so sure on all that?" Shikamaru asked. It was amazing if he could really tell all that?"
"Kemuri's the best of the best. If Gamabunta rated him five star tracker. He's good in my books."
"We best not waste time. Let's move..." With that they took off. The team travelled at a speedy pace with Shikamaru and Naruto thrown back and forth plans of battle, should the sound ninja get passed Naruto.
The team were closing fast. The escape team had slowed down after a scuffle with leaf ninja. But they had pushed on from there. They were minutes behind. They'd be there in no time. Naruto hit the break as Kemuri spoke up. Naruto stopped on a branch and grasped Shikamaru and Chouji as they shot passed.
"What the hell Naruto?" Shikamaru grunted. "I would have gone slower if I knew you were going to stop like that."
"Sorry..." Naruto spoke. He looked up the tree. "Kemuri had his reason..." Naruto said as he noted the tag. "Kemuri?"
"It's a wide range trap barrier... Their stalling for time... Must have sustained damage."
"Didn't you pick it up?" Naruto asked.
"No... They must have not taken damage but they were weakened by what they did. So they're recovering."
"Ok... Let's go..." Naruto said looking up.
"And how..." Shikamaru blinked as Naruto grasped Chouji and Shikamaru by the arms and took off into the air. "Okay..." Shikamaru spoke.
"Just don't say a word to anyone. You and my team are the only ones who know." Naruto said as he carried the pair. It took a minute before the three touched the trees below and Shikamaru and Chouji were able to get the blood back into them.
"I have one word... Troublesome... I don't want to know where you learnt that... Only you could have told us sooner..." Shikamaru stated as they moved on.
"Yeah... Well I've never really decided to use any of my powers... But going round would take time we don't want to lose... Kemuri?"
"Their very close..."
Naruto jumped and flew through the air in his leap. He landed with a crouch in the open area. Naruto remained quiet. "There not here..." Naruto spoke. Kemuri noted the cloth on the ground.
"Naruto!" Kemuri called in realisation. The area round them glowed and Shikamaru and Chouji were thrown back by the explosion.
"Naruto!" Shikamaru and Chouji called.
"Haha! That fucking brat fell for it!" The two genin looked up to the sound ninja. One was a female with red hair. The next was a six armed black haired dark skinned male. Next on was a grey haired ninja with a lump on his back. And finally the last with a crate on his back with a tall silver haired male.
"Damn..." Shikamaru growled. 'Naruto... You got to confident...'
"That was a little too easy..." The six armed male spoke.
"But that will teach him for killing Jiroubou." The grey haired one spoke.
"Don't think you've got rid of him..." The silver haired male spoke to his team as they heard a whirling noise and the smoke cleared showing a swirling ball of fire.
Slowly the fire vanished and the blond's arms glowed with fire swirling round them. The fire faded of the tips of his fists. He glanced up to the sound ninja.
"You should have run..." Naruto vanished.
Kimimaro sensed Naruto from behind and bones shot out his back, grasping the crate and lashing out at the blond, who evaded at the last second.
"Looks like you're the strongest of the four... I guess the rest are just the drag along."
"Why you teme!" Tayuya growled. Kimimaro sighed.
"You three deal with the child. I shall take Sasuke and get him to Orochimaru." With that Kimimaro jumped up into the trees and the toad spat out a drop of goo to Kimimaro's shoe. Naruto smirked at the three ninja and drew his katana.
"Please tell me you'll last longer than your fat teammate? Or will you last shorter?"
"Why you! Don't underestimate the sound four!" Kidomaru called as he and his comrades transformed into their sealed state two. Sakon and Ukon separating. Sakon and Ukon dashed forward as Kidomaru jumped. Tayuya drew her flute.
Naruto vanished and appeared between the two air born sound ninja. He sheathed the blade with a click and instantly the two ninja faded into particles as the wind turned them to halves of a cell.
"Why you!" Kidomaru yelled as he fired a powerful arrow. With over powering accuracy.
Naruto rotated and caught the arrow by the base of his foot with chakra. Wind swirled round increasing the power. "Back at you spiderman!" Naruto yelled as he kicked the spear back.
Kidomaru couldn't even blink. The spear had drilled the hole through the chest and heart. Kidomaru crumpled to the ground in a heap.
The sound of music rung the air as Naruto landed. His world shifted into a freakish world as his body froze under its power.
Tayuya smirked as Naruto yelled in pain under the genjutsu. She jumped over, and reached for his sword.
A high whistling noise rung, Tayuya frozen in place as Naruto sighed and sheathed his blade with a click. Tayuya's form regressed and she fell backwards in two parts. Her face in a state of shock.
"Bit bloody..." Shikamaru spoke landing on the branch behind him. Naruto glanced back.
"They were connected to Oji-san's death... Only Orochimaru remains as someone left to kill. Kemuri-san?"
"He's a fast ninja. Let's get moving." Naruto nods.
"Let's go Shikamaru, Chouji..." With that they took off into the trees.
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I've decided that chapter 30 and 31 will be the end I hope. But they will be longer because of this. I want to get finished before 23 of October. Or the ending will be a while.
Bit of a bloody ending... But Naruto swore death on Orochimaru. Those three were also on Naruto's hit list.
I can't say much more than Naruto's got two fights to go. And finally, I reveal what I've been holding back but hinting throughout the story.
Some have got this right. I will be pointing them out at the end of the story. So no point in guessing. You're time is up.
I was thinking of having Lee spill his guts about Sakura when he was drunk... But the fight went a whole other was.
And yes, I do feel Lee would have been stronger than Naruto drunk. After all, he owned Kimimaro drunk till a sense of pain brought Lee back.