Chapter 18:The Demon Appears
READ THIS- Okay. First things first I haven't reviewed in a while because I got in trouble with my grades and now my computer is being monitored. However I'm on break right now so I'm uploading chapter 18. This story will be finished it's only about halfway done.
If you've forgotten some stuff I suggest you go back and read the story it's getting good. I spent a lot of time on this chapter because I'm getting into some important stuff.
Thanks for the reviews all of you. I'm glad you guys liked the chapter and because you guys asked I will not kill Naruto.
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Please review if you like this chapter it will help me right the next one if you do. Oh a bunch of you asked me to kill a certain person I cannot because he is needed in later parts of the story sorry. It's a pretty long chapter 5000 words so enjoy and again REVIEW PLEASE!
Naruto was sure no one knew it was him except Ibiki. His fan was in his pocket having been henged into a stuffed toy toad. He was sitting next to the Hyuuga heiress who seemed more than a little scared of him. He was having a tough time on the questions only being able to answer half of them, so he knew he would have to cheat.
He glanced at the proctors who walked around the room surveying everyone. Carefully Naruto formed hand seals first creating a genjutsu to make it look like nothing was happening under the desk. Next he formed a clone which he immediately transformed into a fly using henge, and finally he sent it off to look for answers.
He finished the test a few minutes later after dispelling the fly under the desk and writing down the answers. Then he dispelled the genjutsu and waited for the tenth question which he knew the answer to.
He then turned noticing the fear of Hinata had subsided. He did not know what to do so he decided to say the first think he could think of. He already had a genjutsu altering the sound of his voice to a much deeper scarier tone as Ibiki had taught him how to do. "You have pretty eyes."
Hinata's eyes widened then she turned away more scared then ever while a blush rose to her cheeks. "Th-th-thank you." She mumbled, completely terrified of the masked figure sitting to the left of her.
Naruto from then decided it would be better if he stayed quiet seeing as he had scared a few other students with the seemingly random psychotic statement.
He had noticed Kabuto glance at him as well and he held his breath thankful that he did not have a headband on showing what village he was from. If he had had one on Kabuto most certainly would know who he was.
Finally after what seemed like hours and six groups of ninja getting caught cheating Ibiki spoke. "Congratulations for making it so far but now you must answer a final question. The tenth question is all important if you get it right you pass if you get it wrong you will stay a gennin for ever."
He spoke with the skill of a head interrogation ninja, insuring high numbers of drop outs. As more and more groups left Naruto knew he had to intervene if he wanted to keep the Konoha groups in.
He spoke in his deep scary voice with confidence enough to fuel the desire to win, back into the chuunin hopefuls. "If we did not want to become chuunin why would be bother taking this test? We will not simply leave because you scare us that would show failure to be a decent ninja."
Sakura who had been about to raise her hand in resignation stopped and began to think. He's right it might be part of the test.
You bastard Naruto! Ibiki thought extremely pissed. Groaning he waited for another thrity seconds hoping someone would leave causing another domino effect. Unfortunately for him no such thing happened.
"Well by deciding to not leave and continue the mission you have passed the tenth question correctly."
Anko burst through the window and rolled to her feet. "Heh you only got rid of half of them Ibiki? I can't say I'm surprised you've been losing your touch ever since you started getting old." She winked at Naruto who grinned under his mask.
Ibiki rolled his eyes at the energetic jounin. "Just take them to the next exam."
Anko grinned whipping out a kunai from inside her jacket. "On your feet brats!"
Naruto controlled his laughter as the other gennin scrambled to their feet before following Anko. Naruto stayed until everyone was gone needing to apologize. "Sorry about that Ibiki-sama but I had to make sure my friends didn't give up this early."
Ibiki shook his head exasperated. It was hard to stay mad at the kid but he would still lecture him. "Naruto I'm not mad, but understand if your friends would not have passed this part of the exam they aren't ready to be chuunin and they'll be in danger down the road."
Naruto had not thought of that. It was a good point too. "I'll remember that Ibiki-sama, thank you." Ibiki almost laughed as Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The kid wasn't stupid but he was kind of oblivious sometimes.
Naruto reappeared behind Anko in a cloud of smoke to hear her explain what he already knew, the rules for the second part of the test.
"Now I only have one thing left to say to all of you. Just don't die!"
The crowd fell silent as she turned and held the kunai at Naruto's neck. "That goes doubly for you."
Naruto whispered with his genjutsu covered voice, "I'll make you proud."
Anko felt like hugging him but here it would not be respectable so she resorted to punching him in the face.
Naruto landed on his feet thanking Kami that the mask had absorbed most of the blow to his face.
"Now off you go." Anko said but make sure you take your scrolls first. Naruto grabbed his heaven scroll and walked toward the starting gate.
Originally it was decided Naruto would not need a scroll to pass this part of the exam and to focus on finding the spy. However, Naruto insisted on being part of the exam he wanted to become a chuunin and he wanted to do so honorably.
He raced out of the starting gate as soon as it opened and immediately formed a plan. Get an earth scroll, get food at the stream and find Kabuto. The plan was simple straightforward and in Naruto's eyes easy.
He raced out looking for his first victims.
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Heiri jumped from branch to branch heading toward the tower. He had quickly calculated a plan. Go to the tower wait for someone who had both scrolls take them and be the first one in.
It was perfect in anyone's eyes. Heiri grinned to himself happy that it had been so easy to think up. He was stronger than anyone here besides Naruto and Gaara he would not attack them but anyone else was fair game.
His teammates followed him diligently accepting him as their leader. He was a prodigy and if they stayed by him not only would they live they would become chuunin. They both knew it and they knew he knew it.
The boy on Heiri's right smiled happily. He knew Heiri did not want to take this exam, Heiri didn't care about becoming a chuunin. But nonetheless, Heiri, when taking up a challenge would win.
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Gaara ran awkwardly toward the tower. He needed someone to kill. He sighed, thinking of Heiri and Naruto. Neither of them liked him killing and for the most part he did not, but every now and then he let loose.
He glanced to Temari and then to Kankuro, both looked confident as if he was their weapon. Naruto had helped Temari and Kankuro no longer fear him but they still thought of him as a weapon. He pushed on looking for someone to hunt.
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Sasuke slammed his feet down with each step searching needing someone to fight. The masked boy had to be Naruto, right? Sasuke shook his head trying to knock away all the uncertainties. His sharingan had not yet opened and it was time to open it.
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Naruto turned to see three ninja following him. Aw great I already screwed up. Sorry Jiraiya it looks like somebody spotted me. Naruto quickly formed a clone and then used shunshin to disappear and then reappear behind the three trackers. He watched as they looked around not knowing where he was. It was a nice feeling it made him feel powerful.
He formed seals silently, he would make this quick. "Katon: All engulfing flames!"
He fired a flame which spread out giving them no chance for escape. "Suiton: Quenching shot." A stream of water shot out of a boy's mouth destroying much of the flame and giving them a chance to dodge and head to the ground below the huge trees.
Naruto disappeared underground leaving them to fear him in silence. Then while their attention was on him his clone hit them from above. It did not look good for the group and as Naruto reappeared from the ground already having taken the girl captured he felt good.
The girl struggled helplessly in the shadow clone's grasp while her teammates gritted their teeth in frustration.
"It was a mistake to fight me." Naruto said his deep voice betraying no emotion.
Then the girl smiled and turned into water. "A water clone," Naruto mumbled in annoyance. He whipped out the stuffed toy toad and grinned. The team which had looked fearful laughed at the toad until it transformed into Naruto's fan and a gale sized wind was tearing at them.
The boy who had used the quenching shot Suiton jutsu from before used it again and to his dismay did not stop the winds at all.
Naruto stepped over the bodies of the two boys the girl was hiding. He found what he had been looking for, the scroll but to his dismay it was a heaven scroll. He pocketed it along with his other and began to walk away.
The girl dropped in front of him. Naruto saw fear in the girls eyes. He used henge on his fan again and put the toy toad back in his pocket. "They're not dead go protect them. Perhaps if they recover soon you can try to get someone else's scroll but if you fight me you will lose."
Naruto did not wish to sound patronizing but it was for the girl's own good. She let out a deep breath and scurried over to her teammates.
Naruto breathed his own sigh of relief thankful he did not have to hurt her for no reason. It did not give him pleasure to cause pain.
He sped off to find Kabuto. He was afraid but fear took second place to vengeance. The blonde haired boy doubled his previous speed.
Those water ninja weren't terrible they could use water jutsu's away from water, that takes a lot of chakra. Still they were not very good. I need to be more cautious if I don't want to be found by another lousy team.
Naruto nodded and had an idea. First he created a clone and then he henged him self into a kunai. Now the enemy can follow me and not know where I am.
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Gaara had the rain ninja in his desert coffin. It was so tempting to kill him. The arrogant little prick Gaara had trapped would not be missed would he? Temari and Kankuro waited patiently as Gaara debated with himself.
Suddenly a boy with jet black hair burst in and landed on Gaara's squatting there as if it were completely normal, giving Gaara the nuggie of his life. The Rain ninja paled even more especially the one who had been trapped as he dropped to the ground.
"Gaara, no killing! Naruto made that rule clear we are by far the best here we should only kill if we absolutely have to."
Temari and Kankuro looked relieved and pissed at the same time. Heiri nodded toward the underbrush and immediately Heiri's teammates burst out of the shadows and tackled the rain ninja. The Rain ninja by this point threw their scroll on the ground and covered their heads. "Please let us live."
"Get out of here before I change my mind!" Gaara said in a tone that would have scared Anko.
The rain ninja did as they were told and Heiri's teammate handed the acquired scroll to him which he in turn handed to Gaara. "You need this?"
Gaara nodded and took the scroll. "You already have yours?"
"Yes in fact we have some extras we were planning on just ambushing people at the tower but we ran into a lot of groups some were surprisingly strong."
"Any, Leaf, or Sand ninja?" Gaara asked curiously.
"Not yet. Will you accompany us to the tower. I could use your presence."
Gaara almost laughed. Heiri could be a comedian outside of battle but inside he was completely serious the Heiri in front of him reminded him of himself. "I was thinking the same thing."
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Sasuke was not a happy camper. A giant snake had already tried to kill them and Negara had barely managed to cover their trail. They were being followed and Sasuke knew it was only a matter of time before they would be found out.
The Uchiha clenched the kunai at his side in frustration. The only enemy they had come across was at least as strong as Jiraiya.
Sasuke grimaced as in front of him stood a giant snake. It seemed doubtful that any low level ninja would use such a creature. Then he saw the eyes of his predator and fear took a hold of him causing him to fall.
Sasuke gripped his head seeing his own death again and again. Sakura and Negara felt the overwhelming fear as well. The three gennin quivered as Orochimaru came forward a psychotic smile on his face. "Hello Sasuke. Prodigy of the Uchiha, brother of Itachi."
Orochimaru laughed as the boy struggled to stand. "Can't get through a temporary paralysis jutsu can you? Well than I guess you aren't as strong as I thought."
He turned to leave, "Finish them." The snake sannin said pointing to Sasuke and his teammates."
Sasuke's eyes widened as new emotions plagued his body- desperation and despair. Pulling out a kunai, he stabbed himself in the thigh letting the pain consume him and destroy the fear.
Then with agility he back flipped away from the snake that crashed into where he had been kneeling and grabbed Negara and Sakura.
"Interesting," Orochimaru hissed as he turned around seeing Sasuke run, a teammate under each arm, away from him and toward the tower.
Sasuke was sprinting as fast he could. DAMN DAMN DAMN! This guy seriously will kill us. We need to get away! He twisted his body to avoid a shuriken and began to sweat in anxiety.
Orochimaru ran through the trees in a graceful snakelike motion. He wanted to mark Sasuke and he wanted to do it quickly. I have to get this done so I can check on my…Project.
Sasuke stopped seeing the boy from the exam who had spoken out and convinced the rest of them to stay. "Help!" Sasuke yelled in despair. He did not think that he would assist them, but to his amazement the charging assailant shot over him and his foot slammed into Orochimaru's arm which the snake sannin had brought up to block the kick at the last second.
Naruto was scared as he slammed into Orochimaru but anger and hate overpowered everything else and he threw everything he had at the snake sannin. "You can't have him!"
Naruto remembered the picture his father had showed him of Orochimaru in his younger days. He looked the same.
The blonde was fighting not only for himself but for Anko, Jiraiya, and Sasuke. Orochimaru snickered you don't conceal you anger very well do you… Naruto. It seems I will kill two birds with one stone."
Naruto paled, the ninja he feared but had never met, right away could tell it was him.
Naruto lifted the henge off his fan and removed the two swords from there sheaths. He would have to fight defensively until backup arrived. He had already created a clone who was running off to get help.
Sasuke looked at the dressed all in black. I was right… but even Naruto and I together can't beat this guy. We don't stand a chance. We should just give him the scroll and go.
Negara stood up and took out a kunai. "What are you doing?" Naruto yelled at him. "You need to get out of here NOW!"
Negara shook his head and pointed at Orochimaru. "He plans to kill us if we don't all fight together he'll kill us one by one."
Naruto's insides clenched. "I realize that but I can at least by you some time you need to leave!"
Negara shook his head. "I'm not going, I'll never back down from a fight that's my nindo."
Sakura sat silent, seeing her teammate in a new light.
Naruto felt himself torn between killing Negara and hugging him. His loyalty and courage were admirable but his stupidity was getting in the way. "Well Nagara you have three seconds to choose your nindo or your LIFE?"
Orochimaru laughed at the children squabbling to come to a decision. The Negara boy and the pink hair girl will die regardless of what they end up picking.
Negara hesitated he knew Naruto wasn't joking. The air was filled with fear and chaos this was his time to prove to Sasuke and Sakura he was a ninja. "I choose my nindo."
"Then it's settled!" Orochimaru hissed. "You die now." He charged in and attempted to tear Negara's throat out with a kunai, but Naruto was there blocking the knife with his katanas.
Naruto pushed the snake like man back and slashed with both the fury and power of wind slamming the sannin back who seemed to be having a tough time blocking all of Naruto's attacks.
Sasuke jumped into the air forming handseals and fired a fireball at the sannin. When did Naruto get this powerful?
Orochimaru got hit directly by the ball of fire but to the groups dismay the Orochimaru they had been fighting was an earth clone and melted away when hit.
The anger inside Naruto was rising. He needed to kill. He wanted to kill. Almost immediately he saw Orochimaru reappeared behind Sasuke, wasting no time he created a hundred clones and charged.
Orochimaru dodged everything Naruto threw at him. Finally Orochimaru back flipped to a safe distance so he could speak. "Well it seems you are proficient with taijutsu so how bout some ninjutsu."
Orochimaru moved his hands with a speed not acquired by most ninjas in their entire lives. Naruto felt his insides burn. He's testing me… He's playing with us like this is some sort of sick game!
Naruto dodged the snake that flew towards him dropped his katanas and began the seals to his own jutsu. "Katon: All engulfing flames!"
Orochimaru slipped into the ground. The panicking blonde looked around fearful that either Sakura or Negara would be attacked. Sure enough Orochimaru appeared behind Sakura.
Naruto's eyes widened there was no chance he would be able to save her. Sasuke knew as well and called her name, but it was far too late Orochimaru's kunai already was making it's way to her neck.
Naruto had just thrown a shuriken when Negara dived towards the pink haired girl. He knocked Sakura out of the way and the kunai sank into his back instead of her neck.
Orochimaru seemed shocked, so shocked in fact that Naruto's kunai hit him in the shoulder. The snake sannin looked at the projectile lodged in his flesh with loathing.
"Negara-kun!" Sakura shrieked tears streaming down her face. She crawled over to the injured boy and flipped him onto his side. "Negara," she mumbled her eyes closed, while holding his hand.
"Congratulations Naruto, because your friend surprised me you are the first to have injured me in some years. However your accomplishment comes with a price."
Orochimaru kicked Sakura into a tree and picked up Negara with his left arm and tore out the kunai lodged in his back causing Negara to moan in pain.
Sasuke looked horrified realizing what Orochimaru was going to do. Naruto realized it as well and began to charge. With a sadistic smile on his face he slashed and hacked at Negara's back. Naruto shunshined at the last second catching Orochimaru by surprise and slammed his fist into his cheek sending him stumbling back. Naruto's eyes were blazing red while chakra began to reenter his emptied reserves.
The look of pleasure had disappeared from the snake summoner's face and in its place was a look of hatred and desire.
"Naruto you may be an experiment of mine but NO ONE hits me, let alone twice. I will no longer play with you. Now I will make you wish you were dead and beg me for forgiveness."
Sasuke fell to the ground as Orochimaru's killing intent rose.
"But first…" Orochimaru's neck shot forward carrying Orochimaru's head toward Sasuke and bit him on the neck. Naruto shot towards him and aimed to decapitated the sannin but Orochimaru was to fast and got back to his body before Naruto had a chance to recover from his missed first strike.
Sasuke fainted from the intense pain shooting through his body.
Naruto looked around his bloodlust rising each second. Negara lay dead, seven slashed had mutilated his back. Sakura was out cold beside the tree she had crashed into. Sasuke was sprawled out behind him knockout from pain. He alone stood with a ninja only three people in the village had a chance of defeating. Unfortunately for Naruto none of the people he needed were with him his father waited patiently for the chuunin hopefuls to arrive, Jiraiya was probably drinking, and Tsunade was working in the hospital.
Naruto gripped his two swords tighter.
Orochimaru sensing the boy's thoughts decided to mess with him. "It seems Naruto… that you have finally realized no one is coming to your aid."
Naruto waited, he would not make the first move. He would not blunder in the most important battle of his life. His red eyes were flickering and he was trying to calm himself. He remembered his fathers words, "You can't fight to your full potential when you're angry."
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Heiri and Gaara could see the tower in front of them when they felt a huge chakra residue part of which they could tell was Naruto's.
Heiri barked an order before Gaara had a chance to take another breath. "You four wait for us at the tower and guard each other! I don't want you dead!"
Heiri disappeared in an electric blast which Gaara followed in a whirl of sand.
Naruto slammed his swords at Orochimaru sending a huge blast of chakra infused wind at him flying a hundred feet from where Naruto stood.
"Naruto you can't waste chakra forever pushing me back." The voice of a snake hissed where Orochimaru had been moments before.
Orochimaru slammed his shin into Naruto's head. The cloud of smoke indicated it was another clone.
Orochimaru spun and caught the fist Naruto threw at him, then with the refined strength of a snake he tossed Naruto over his shoulder into a boulder.
Naruto stood up. It seemed that help was on it's way his clone had disappeared already explaining what was going on to Anko. It didn't really matter though he would survive either way.
Surprisingly the blood easing it's way down the back of head felt good. The guilt of not being able to save Negara was being destroyed with each blow he received.
Orochimaru stood above Naruto about to bring down a fist when a heap of sand latched onto his foot and hurled him up into the sky.
Gaara and Heiri appeared from the forest and stood beside their friend. "You alright?" Heiri asked in a worried tone.
Naruto grunted slowly nodding his head. "Get out of here will you he said weakly almost out of chakra. He won't kill me but he will kill you so just leave and I'll meet up with you in the tower.
Gaara laughed at his friend whose hair was matted with blood and tears having stained his muddy face. "You're joking right? We're going to kill this guy."
Heiri nodded, "Hanzo watched us fight together once, don't you remember? He said together we could take down him." Instantly he recognized the expression on Naruto's face. "Even if he was exaggerating you know that's not far from the truth."
Naruto agreed. "But I'm not strong enough to fight like I could normally." He spoke through deep breaths. "I have been on the move nonstop all day and I've been up against a sannin for the last hour, even if he wasn't fighting seriously I was."
Gaara nodded toward Orochimaru who now stood before them as though he had never left. "How cute, Naruto's little friends have come to help him."
Naruto blinked and the fight had already begun. Gaara and Heiri could read each other like books and were already managing to annoy the sannin. After several minutes of fighting Orochimaru was threatening to destroy them. Gaara was chasing Orochimaru all over the place with his sand and Heiri was guarding both of them with electric currents close to the ground but Orochimaru was faster, stronger, and more experienced than both of them and he had already figured out their weaknesses.
Naruto felt powerless as he watched his friends slowly being exhausted and pushed back by the sannin who wished to hurt Naruto in every possible way.
Orochimaru struck Heiri with a senbon needle and was about to strike again when he was slammed back by a jounin standing there with a look of determination on her face. "You sick bastard why have you come back!?!" Her eyes flashed like lightning taking in the scene around her. "You… You killed another child and you've hurt my brother?!?"
Orochimaru smiled. "Hello Anko-chan, come to wish Naruto good-bye?"
Anko began forming seals immediately but Orochimaru was having none of it. He was sick of playing games with the weak he would kill these fools quickly and be gone.
He danced with Anko for a few minutes but in her anger it wasn't long before she made a mistake which he capitalized on and knocked her out. He would have killed her but Gaara and Heiri were still up and no one would die until one of them went first.
Naruto struggled to his feet. "Oh ready for another go Naruto?" Orochimaru asked menacingly. He used a water jutsu he had invented to suck the chakra from Gaara's sand and then he used a combination of punched to the stomach to ensure Gaara would not stand for at least another day.
Naruto felt himself on fire from his anger chakra was flooding out of him he felt powerful. He watched as Orochimaru lifted Heiri and toss him to the side his eyes only Naruto. "You ally yourself with weak fools, Naruto."
Naruto ground his teeth clenching his fist so hard that his hand bled, "You know nothing!" His fiery red eyes returned and the chakra which had temporarily left him returned in a much greater amount.
"Really?" Orochimaru asked pushing further. "I know that your father is a despicable coward, a weak, pathetic man who cares for people that will eventually betray him. I know Jiraiya is a drunk and a pervert who hates himself. You are the spawn of hell and you will one day walk the earth for me killing and slaying all those he speak against me. I know-"
Orochimaru stopped his speech mid-sentence his eyes widening. Before him stood the thing he wanted, the beast. Naruto slowly removed his hand from Orochimaru's stomach and began a vicious onslaught of punches, brawl like moves, well placed kickes and slashes from claws which had once been a boy's fingernails.
Orochimaru was being torn apart by a three tailed demon boy.
Naruto's chakra was seeping out of him now. He did not care about his state of mind, he had power, power enough to defeat the monster that stood before him, and if the anger gave him this power so be it. Red chakra swirled around him as he unleashed more and more power. "Looking for a weapon he turned his fox-like face until he found his fan he slammed it with more power than befit a kage, trees shot into the air like leaves brushed aside by a careless arm.
Orochimaru looked down at himself bloodied and bruised he had not been prepared for the transformation. Next time he would be, for now he had to see Kabuto about the huge gash across his chest.
Naruto tore through the trees looking for something to kill. He had chakra to spend. In aggravation he gripped the two katanas he possessed and lifted them into the sky spiking chakra through them. After a few seconds the blades began to change color and what Ibiki had predicted began to occur. The blades were unveiling their true identities. The blade in his left hand had a black line running down it the other blade had black line running through it.
Naruto using his chakra slammed the swords into the ground. The result was devastating and a huge crator formed underneath him. He was to occupied with this new power to see a man run toward him. The next thing he knew he was falling and his world was going black.