Naruto: Ninja Of the Pentagram

by DemonicAngelGREED

Raised as an secret ANBU Officer, Naruto must struggle to find his place as a normal ninja and protecting his friends from his deep secret. On the way he's got to deal with his arising feelings and the risk of becoming a terrible weapon.

19. Sand Allies of Leaf

Chapter 19-We are Sand Shinobi: Allies of the Leaf

Kiba pulled himself up from his rocky landed and then checked over Akamaru who merely growled when he saw Sakon pulling himself up with a big smile. Akamaru barked and Kiba nodded while Sakon gave Kiba a once over.
"hey I like you're coat, it's nice" Kiba bared his fangs and then smirked
"Really I don't think it'll suit ugly" Sakon's smirk disappeared and his face morphed into a glare "What it's true"
Sakon leapt and was about to attack when Kiba's foot came up and he kicked him across the field before running through a set of hand signs and placing his hand on Akamaru and grinned "Thank you Naruto" he said and as Akamaru's fur was covered in flames as the pup turned a little more feral.
Sakon watched this new development with surprise and then cracked his neck happily as the cursed mark spread across his body "So you're actually going to be a little fun are you?" he said and Kiba smirked as he used Man beast mimicry.
"Oh you have no idea, let's go Akamaru" Kiba said and Akamaru turned into a fiery version of himself and then two of them raced forward.

Sakon tried dodging Kiba and Akamaru's combined attacks but in the end Kiba got behind him and was about to strike him in the back of the neck when a hand came out of the back of his head and gripped his wrist causing his eyes to widen when a head morphed its way out as well, "What did you really think it was going to be that easy" The new twin said in a creepier voice.
Sakon laughed as He elbowed Akamaru sending him sprawling back into a nearby rock where he turned back into his dog form. "Meet my brother Ukon"
He said as Kiba was thrown over his shoulder to land next to Akamaru who was snarling while the ground beneath him slowly melted away. "What are you?"
Sakon smiled as Ukon's head made its way to rest on his neck pushing his left a little. "You see my brother and I are quite close and have the ability to combine our molecular structures together so that we can share one boy, and at any moment I need help Ukon here can move any part of his body out of any part of mine. So you can see you're not just playing with one of me...Your playing with two" Sakon said cackling while Kiba was filled with dread.

Tayuya smirked at Shikamaru who merely groaned as he scratched the back of his head as Naruto disappeared as he raced away from the creepy sick looking guy. "Why do I always have to fight the girl?" He groaned making Tayuya glare at him fiercely.
"What you think we're weak or something?" she growled out and Shikamaru shook his head and shivered a little
"Hell no, you girls scare the heck out of me, just look at my mom" he said shivering making Tayuya give him an are-you-for-real look. "What she is scary, you go and spend one day with her and you'll know what I'm talking about"

Tayuya laughed a little and shook her head before she reached into the pouch behind her and pulled out a flute and begun spinning it until she gripped it with one hand, 'You see this one flute...It'll be all I need to beat you" she said and then quickly ran through several hand signs until she slammed her hand on the floor like Shikamaru had seen Naruto do many times before and when the large smoke that accompanied summoning cleared Shikamaru gulped when he saw himself staring at three huge large fighter...things.
"I'm in a bit of trouble" Shikamaru murmured as he took a small step back.
Tayuya smirked and lifted her flute to her mouth and then watched as Shikamaru readied himself "Just so you know, no one who has heard this song has lived to tell the tale" she said and Shikamaru couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Just great" he groaned as the music filled the forest and the three huge beasts leapt forward and began to attack. 'I have to assess what's happen but I don't have an ear for music at all' Shikamaru thought swearing.

"Music is an art form and is sometimes more complex than even the hardest game of Go, it has a story, levels and a complexity not many people can fathom" Shikamaru's eyes widened as Naruto's words filled his ears.
'That's right Naruto is always playing that pipe of his isn't he, oh that's just perfect I can think of someone who can play an instrument and could probably figure out how to beat her, but how does that help me' Shikamaru thought as Naruto's pipe playing filled his head "God this is so irritating" he shouted as he dodged another attack from the huge brute with the club.

But when Shikamaru looked down he saw the fiery haired girl begin a new verse and as he fingers shifted he noticed how a new monster attack him. 'That's interesting' he thought as he jumped up and dodged the oncoming attack.
"Think Shikamaru what did Naruto tell you that day?" Shikamaru hissed to himself but no matter how hard he thought he couldn't think back to the day the blonde had visited him after the sound\sand invasion and had played a bit of music for his family and their deer. "Dammit!"

Tayuya smirked but didn't stop playing as she had to make sure she didn't let Kimmimaro down, she wanted to live to see the next week, and she knew if she let this boy through it wouldn't matter how battered she was or how long she held him back, Kimmimaro would kill her. When Shikamaru dodged another one of her attacks she started to up her tempo and allowed her playing to become more technical so that her summons could become more frenzied in the way they attacked and they fought for her, she would not lose here.

Shikamaru took in a deep breath and looked at the tree summons in front of him and their cocky little summoner behind them and winced, this would not end well. He was tired and he didn't know the first thing about music and the one time he had been taught about music from one of his friends he couldn't remember it. "Geez could this day get worse, Naruto I hope you're doing better than I am"

Kimmimaro placed the coffin that held Sasuke on the grass and stared at Naruto who had followed him silently through the forest until they had reached the clearing they were now in. When the pale man looked Naruto over he couldn't help but smirk when he noticed all the new changes the demon the child held within him had done to his body.
"Your demon's chakra turns you into a monster did you know that?" Kimmimaro said in a bland voice "oh yes I know all about that Lord Orochimaru told me" he said in an amused tone when he saw the fury leak into Naruto's gaze.
"You're merely digging a deeper grave for yourself" Naruto growled as he let the Kyuubi chakra finally rest at the level of flow that was resting in his systems. "And trust me...I build deep graves"
Kimmimaro merely nodded and then gave Naruto a once over "You are an object of interest for Orochimaru, he told me all about Itachi's obsession with you and how you're the Akatsuki's number one target, and now that I look at you I truly see what they were all so amazed about, you are the perfect blend of ninja and monster, you really are a weapon, one even more efficient than myself" Kimmimaro said in awe as he stared at Naruto's growling form.
"Oh trust me, I'm a little more than a weapon" Naruto snarled and Kimmimaro sighed and then smiled at Naruto who then summoned a wolf made of pure lightning "Lightning Wolf: Axon, Fusion armour style" Kimmimaro smiled, he had heard all about this type of fusion armour from Kabuto who had told him that because of the armour this beautiful weapon had been able to rupture three of his internal organs with one attack, so he watched as the wolf disappeared into a sparking aura that enveloped the boy. When the aura had hardened, Naruto was covered head to toe in bright gold armour; on his left wrist were giant claws that were sparking occasionally and where his ears were two wolf ears. On his right palm was a glowing hole that Kimmimaro was fascinated with and like the other armours he had a face mask, then to make him more interesting hanging from his wrists were two shackles.
"Oh very impressive, you look very...interesting" Kimmimaro said and Naruto merely glared at him and shot forward with a burst of lightning and then scratched down.

When the attack connected Naruto was shocked when he felt the bones he had just sliced through quickly mend themselves. Kimmimaro smiled and then pulled out a bone from his shoulder and held it out to Naruto and smirked "This is my Bloodline. I am able to make my bones as dense as I want and then whenever I want I can make new bones as I see fit"

"KIT HE'S FROM THE KAYUGA CLAN!" Kyuubi snarled and beat against the bars of his cage making Naruto roar and beastly roar in anger making Kimmimaro grin happily.

"Now that we've been introduced shall we begin?" Naruto snarled and the two of them locked in a heated battle, his claw against Kimmimaro bone blade. But then Naruto snarled and used the move he had used on Mizuki in the genin exam and kicked the sound ninja right in the chin sending him sprawling onto his back where he quickly flipped onto his feet. "Kabuto was right to tell me about you, you're an interesting one" the sound ninja said as he re set his jaw.
Naruto merely glowed once more before his right hand begun to glow and then his eyes became smug and for the first time in a while Kimmimaro got scared "Volt Cannon" He's static like voice said and suddenly a huge golden white beam fired from his hand and Kimmimaro only just missed getting hit full on but when his left arm was hit he felt all the nerves in that arm being ripped the pieces. "That is impressive, but it makes no difference my bones can help protect me from anything you throw at me"
Naruto snorted and leapt at him again and then slashed down with his claw sending three sparking arcs towards them. "Tri Spark" Naruto growled and Kimmimaro cut through one of the arcs only to be hit by the other two.
Staring at Naruto Kimmimaro looked at his armour and knew that it had to go and soon, so with a leap he met Naruto in the air and then shot a bone at the boy's shoulder making it crack and made Naruto bury his claw into his shoulder and let loose a wave of lightning to course through his body. When the two of them bounced apart Kimmimaro stared as the small dent in the armour begun to crack and a small spider web crack began to appear on a small part of his shoulder with small pieces falling out.
"You're armour is quite resistant" Kimmimaro said "Although I'd expect nothing but the best from an A Ranked almost S Ranked Jut-su" Naruto glared Kimmimaro and the bone user just laughed "What you didn't think I didn't recognize those Jut-su, the fusion armours are one of the hardest jut-su's to master because it affects the body so much"
"Has anyone ever told you, that you're annoying?" Naruto asked and was then caught in the shoulder by a bone fired by Kimmimaro's hand. "Ouch"
"Shall we get serious then?" Kimmimaro asked and Naruto just groaned and pulled himself up as more of his armour cracked and fell.

Sakon and Ukon grinned at Kiba who was staring from each one of them and just gulped in fear making the twins laugh once again. "Oh look brother he's scared" Ukon cackling happily making Sakon grinned and nod with his twin.
Kiba suddenly smirked and threw a smoke bomb and quickly hid behind a rock as he figured out what he had to do. It was obvious that he could beat this guy without so great force, but he had already used a lot of his chakra and power when he had fused Akamaru with the fire, he still didn't know why he did that, it was obvious that he still hadn't mastered it and what's worse is he used so much chakra on it to make sure that he succeeded and did well.
"Come out, Come Out wherever you are, you damn mutt" Kiba's eyes flew opened as he remembered getting teased as a kid by that exact name, it had hurt like hell "Your pathetic, you belong in the dirt hell even you're pup is better than you, you're just a damn mutt" Kiba curled in on himself as he listened to the teasing and Akamaru nudged him comfortingly but it wasn't enough Kiba was lost in his own little world.
"I don't think you're a mutt, I rather like you" Kiba suddenly froze when Naruto's voiced filled his head and the memory came rushing back to him.

Flashback

Kiba punched the next kid in the face and then received a kick to the stomach from his friend all this had started when the kids had ganged up on the Inuzuka heir and had begun calling him a stray dog and a mutt and even runt. Which in his family were all insults and they knew it too, they'd known ever since they had first said the words and gotten such a reaction out of him.

"What you going to do know huh you worthless mutt!" The boy he had punched in the face said sneering and just when the Inuzuka was about to lunged at him again a deep growling almost animalistic sound filled the air and the boy turned around slowly and met the eyes of the new kid Naruto Uzumaki who then grabbed the boy by the throat and pulled him close.
"I would be nice to him, this is Kiba Inuzuka, he is an heir to one of the most honoured clans of Konoha and here I find you disrespecting him, if anyone is a Mutt it'd be you a person with a ninja and a civilian for a parent" Kiba stared at Naruto in awe and saw all the boys who had been fighting with him only mere moments before were now nodding and gulping.
Naruto locked eyes with the head bully once more and then punch him in the stomach: Hard. "Now get out of here" he hissed
The bullies scampered away and Kiba pulled himself of the ground and dusted himself of, even at the age of ten he has his clan's respect to hold up so with a bright grin he held out his hand for the blonde to shake. "Hi I'm Kiba Inuzuka, but you already know that, thanks' for what you did with the guys"
Naruto smiled and shook his hand "I don't know what those guys were saying I don't think you're a mutt I rather like you" Naruto said and suddenly a piercing whistle filled the air and a rat face ANBU officer was standing at the edge of the tree. "Oh I got to go, see you tomorrow?" Naruto asked and all he could do is nod as the blonde gave him a large grin and ran off to the ANBU guard who merely transported him away.
"He actually likes me" Kiba whispered as he walked home slowly, finally someone who wasn't afraid by his wolfish appearance, and now that he had that friend he wouldn't let him go.
Flashback

Kiba took a deep breath and then opened his eyes and gave Akamaru a small smile and then patted him on the head softly. When Sakon and Ukon's joint voices flowed through the rocky valley Kiba froze again and Akamaru barked a few times and Kiba looked at him almost as if he was crazy "Are you insane Akamaru using that Jut-su while you're in this state would be a suicide move"

Akamaru growled once before leaping and biting down on Kiba's hand making his master stare at him in shock. Kiba stared into Akamaru's now fire red eyes and then looked up to where Sakon and Ukon were now standing and then sighed. "I must be a pretty bad master for you to have bitten me so easily like that"
Akamaru growled once more and Kiba stroke the puppy on his head once before grinning wolfishly "Let's go crazy" he growled before letting out a deep throated snarl that Akamaru echoed.
Sakon spun around when he heard the two snarls and then saw a hunched over Kiba with his fangs bared and a deep growling sound rumbling in his chest perched on one of the rocks just glaring at him "Ah Ukon I think I found our little puppy" Ukon turned his own head and saw Kiba and then grinned.
"Aw the little mutt thinks' he's scary well he has another thing coming" Ukon said and then Kiba launched himself forward and punched the double headed man in the face causing him to stumble but then without him even thinking he got a swift punch to his chin knocking his hood off and then an even stronger punch to his stomach. Ukon laughed while Sakon sniggered, but Kiba just smiled and then gripped the arm still in position to punch him and then whistled "You turn Akamaru" he called out and the little puppy jumped up and then spun in the air while marking the twins with his pee making them cry out in disgust.
Kiba smiled and then wrenched himself from their grip and then jumped up the rock he had been previously perched on and then smiled when Akamaru landed on his head and then took a deep calming breath "Man beast transformation" Sakon and Ukon stopped rubbing at their eyes just in time to see the smoke clear and to see a huge two headed white wolf snarling at them, "Two Headed Wolf" Kiba's snarling voice called out.
Ukon gulped when he saw the snarling head of Akamaru who still held it's fiery traits why Kiba's own head was drooling making his brother laugh "You just transformed yourself into a giant drooling mutt" the brother called out as the second stage cursed mark took over their bodies turning them into horned monsters.
"Yeah well let's see how you go against this mutt" Kiba snarled.

Shikamaru gasped for air as he once again had to dodge one of Tayuya's monstrous creatures she had summoned. He hadn't made a single move against the red head simply because he couldn't. He still hadn't gotten a good plan worked out simply because he had no idea what to do. To make things even more frustrating he still hadn't remembered a single thing about the time Naruto had explained how music worked during the battlefield. "Damn this is so frustrating I can't remember with her constantly hunting me down" Shikamaru groaned and then jumped away from the club of the biggest of the red heads summons. But when he hid himself in the forest Tayuya took a breath and had suddenly stopped playing.
"You've done well to survive up until now but just so you know this is where you die" Shikamaru groaned and then listened carefully as the sound on the song that she begun to play got fast and a weird ghost like fog was spewed out of each on the monster's mouths making them look even uglier. But suddenly one of them appeared in front of him and as he jumped away the mouth clamped down on his hand and when it ripped itself away Shikamaru gasped when he saw a blue like shadow of his hand get ripped away as well.
"They eat my chakra!" Shikamaru exclaimed and then took cover in a nearby tree and clutched his hand that didn't have a scratch on it from the bite and then looked out at the three monsters and almost cried in frustration. But when a different kind of song filled his ears Shikamaru suddenly remembered everything when Naruto had explained Musical Jut-sus and just plain music to him.

Flashback
Shikamaru groaned as Iruka finally finished his lecture on the history of Konoha as the bell for recess echoed throughout the halls. When most of the students had left the room to go play outside the shadow user just settled back and got ready to go back to sleep, he was so happy this was his last year at the academy but was also nervous about becoming a genin. The cloud watcher shook away the negative thoughts and then was about to settle into a peaceful sleep when a beautiful melody filled the air. When he open an eye Shikamaru was pleasantly surprised to see that the creator of the music was Naruto playing on a small wooden pipe.

"Hey what you doing" he called out to the blonde who immediately stopped playing and gave him a small smile. Shikamaru motioned to the pipe and couldn't help but smile. He couldn't say he hated the blonde at this point he had only spent two full years really getting to know him unlike the full four like he had with the others.
"I'm playing the pipe I find Music to be quite useful" the blonde said moving over to sit next to the next to the black haired ninja who had raised a sceptical eyebrow "no really it is, in some countries there are ninja who use music as a form of weapon"
Shikamaru's mouth fell open in shock and then he shook his head in disbelief "but how isn't music just music?"

Naruto shook his head and then played a short melody in the air which made Shikamaru chuckle at the childish sound "You see Music is an art form and is sometimes more complex than even the hardest game of Go, it has a story, levels and a complexity not many people can fathom"

Shikamaru nodded but still didn't get it "yeah but how does this art translate into a weapon"
Naruto grinned and then played a melody and suddenly Shikamaru felt his joints lock together before relaxing when Naruto played a different chord. "A person who is a master at a certain instrument can make a person paralysed if the play the right song, other tunes coupled by the right chakra can control certain objects, a summon a weapon a person, some can cast Gen jut-su some summon jut-su but normally to do any of these things they have to be very good not only at chakra control but also must know how to play the chosen instrument so well that they can switch chords without missing a beat"
Shikamaru gulped and imagine someone controlling one of his family's stags to go a rampage "So how do you fight something like sound?"
Naruto grinned sadly but the shrugged "The only way to beat a musical route is to figure out what chords they are playing and in what sequence they are playing them in, then you can find out what chord does what and then react accordingly, but the best way to defeat someone with a musical ability: Is to make them reveal their trump card so you can see what you're dealing with and then catch them when they least expect it"
Shikamaru smiled and then closed his eyes and then shrugged "cool, although it's not like I'll be fighting anyone with that kind of ability any time soon"

Naruto gave a soft chuckle and then nodded "Hey how about some music" Shikamaru said opening one eye and fixed the blonde with a lazy stare and then smiled when the blonde nodded and then begun to play a lazy but happy tune: a song that suited him perfectly.
Flashback

Shikamaru's eyes flew open and he grinned "Thanks' buddy" he said and sent a silent prayer to Naruto before he closed his eyes and sorted through all the different chords the red head had played up until this point.

'Okay this ghost thing is most defiantly her trump card which means: time to start planning' Shikamaru thought as he scanned his surroundings and then smiled as he noticed how high the sun was and how much shadow all the trees were creating. "Gotcha" He whispered and then jumped out into the open and smiled at the girl who just stared back in confusion.
"Check" Shikamaru said and the girl smirked and made her summons fly towards Shikamaru only to have them freeze up on her "Mate" the shadow user said in a smirking tone as Tayuya could see a line of shadow connecting to her feet as well as her three summons "Shadow Possession Jut-su complete"
Tayuya glared as her flute was forced from her lips as she forcefully mimicked her opponent "What is this!" She spat as her cursed mark begun to grow into its second stage slowly.
Shikamaru didn't even flinch as his opponent changed form into a three horn dark brown skinned monster "You're now totally under my control and so are you're little friends over here"

Tayuya glared at the Shadow user who openly mocked her and grit her teeth against her anger as Shikamaru forced her to cross her arms and just stare at him "if it's the last thing I do you rat I will destroy you" she spat thankful she could still hurl insults at him.
"Oh I can't wait lady believe it or not I actually like to dance"

Kimmimaro groaned as Naruto knocked him back but then smirked as he noticed he had ripped off a large chunk of armour that had connected itself to the younger boy's leg. The problem was the boy was getting more and more powerful by the minute; the demon chakra pumping through the boy was making him heal quicker than the bone user could hurt him.
Naruto grunted as he landed on the ground and then frowned when he saw the state of his armour; he still had his whole left hand and only the forearm down on his right, half his face mask was missing as well as large chunks of his chest plate had crumbled to bits a little while ago and now his right leg was missing armour from his knee until the start of his specially designed boots, his armour wasn't going to last much longer the way he was going but he also knew that as long as one shred of the armour laid on his body he would have the abilities of his lightning wolf at his side. But the problem was the battle between the two of them wasn't getting anywhere, the moment he would hurt the Kyuga his body would just send the right amount of calcium to the wound to fix it and then problem with his own injuries was that now his systems were flooded with Kyuubi's chakra it just so happened that everytime he was attacked he was healed within mere moments of the wound being inflicted.
"We seemed to have met at a stalemate" Kimmimaro said and then smirked as he looked behind himself and saw the black evil chakra leaking from Sasuke's coffin "and just in time, it seems that you're great friend is about to come say hello"

Naruto snarled deeply and the coffin blew apart revealing a figure that looked nothing like Sasuke. His hair was longer and a weird shade of purple, but Naruto watched in fascination as the hair started to recede back into Sasuke's normal shape and shade. Then an insane laughed erupted from the raven's mouth and Naruto snarled making the boy freeze. Kimmimaro noticed the fear that had reached Sasuke from his old teammates ferocity and jumped until he was resting beside him "Go on I'll take care of this...thing" Naruto let loose another feral snarl and Sasuke gave Kimmimaro a quick nod before jumping into the tree tops while Naruto just stared after him with fury alight in his eyes. "Good now that the brat is gone we can continue" Kimmimaro said unseathing another bone blade as Naruto had crushed the other on between his clawed glove earlier on.
Naruto let loose a feral snarl and was just about to leap forward and meet Kimmimaro when a green blur rushed in front of him and Kimmimaro went flying across the field, Naruto looked up and saw Lee standing in front of him and couldn't stop the chuckle that escaped him as he stared at Lee with disbelief "Couldn't let us take all the glory could you"

Lee turned to his rival and shot him a sparkling grin and then nodded happily "I'm all healed why shouldn't I help out" Naruto shook his head and shrugged and Lee took this moment to check out Naruto's form. "It seems you're armour is a little worse for wear"
Naruto looked down and nodded sadly as he saw just how sad and pathetic his armour must have looked at that moment, all chipped and cracked with huge chunks missing in some places "Yeah he really did a number one me" Naruto said as he let the last parts of his armour fall to the ground as he released the jut-su which kept it held to his body where it landed on the ground and then sunk into the ground slightly as the armours weight was affected by gravity.
Lee noticed this and then turned back to Kimmimaro who seemed to be glaring at him and then stood taller "Was that Sasuke is saw run off a few seconds ago" Naruto made a grunt and Lee sighed in understanding "You go, I got this guy"
Naruto gave Lee a shocked look and then a sceptical one "what about you're wounds you're surgery couldn't have been more than twelve hours ago are you sure you should be fighting so soon after healing" he asked in a calm voice.
Lee waved Naruto off and then gave him the thumbs up "Do not worry I have the medicine that Lady Tsunade gave me to help give me a speedy recovery" Naruto shook his head and then bent down and let Kyuubi's flare out and force him to move at speeds that he had never reached before even with all his training.
Lee sighed and then smiled at Kimmimaro who just gave him a fierce glare "I shall be your opponent from this moment on" he said and Kimmimaro grit his teeth and then faced his new opponent.

Kiba snarled again and then let loose a feral roar making Sakon and Ukon jump out of the way only to have to dodge again when Akamaru let out a red heat wave when he roared. The sound ninja didn't know how to fight such a huge beast that could obviously tear them to shreds with the huge fangs that were protruding from their jaws. To make matters even worse the second head of the wolf had all the same attributes of the jut-su the boy's little pup had been attached with. Sakon bared his teeth and then grunted as the debris of rock from the two headed beast's last attack slammed into him.
"Damn why won't you just stay still" Sakon roared in frustration and the wolf just made a deep rumbling chuckle and then looked at Sakon with feral eyes.
Kiba looked at Akamaru who made a huffing noise and the two of them let loose feral roars and Kiba bared his teeth and bent down low making the two headed man in front of him brace himself "Inuzuka style, Fang of Claw" Kiba roared out and just like his fang over fang attack his large wolven body begun spinning at extreme speeds as he sped towards his target.
Sakon and Ukon only just managed to dodge out of the way, but they were shocked when they felt a large gash appear on the top of their thigh.

"The Drool!" Sakon roared and the huge wolf stopped spinning only to have its second head let loose a jet of flame at the floor turning the roar into an almost magma like ooze.
Ukon flinched and the two of them jumped again before their feet could get stuck to the melting rock, he didn't know what happened to the Mutt but somehow this new jut-su had made them a lot stronger then he was before. Kiba let out a roar and then begun his attack again only this time the twins didn't have enough time to dodged and Kiba's spinning attack sliced straight through the twin headed body.
As the stopped and spun around Kiba watched in horror as the two bodies each regrew a new arm and leg and then stared at each other before grinning happily, "brother the mutts got a bit of a bite doesn't he" Sakon said and Kiba closed his eyes and remembered what his mother had told him about the Jut-su he was now using.

Flashback
Tsume looked at her son with a serious gaze and then patted Kidomaru who also gave the young Inuzuka a piercing look "This jut-su is the jut-su that made you're father known as the Howling Nightmare"
Kiba looked at his mother in awe, the older Inuzuka rarely talked about his father who had died only a few months after he was born thanks to the Kyuubi attack and now here she was talking about him and teaching him, his father's signature Jut-su "really it's that strong?"
Kidomaru laughed and nodded :Young pup, you're father had a range of Jut-su but this one...no one has been able to master it since him"
Kiba gave the large wolf a long stare before gulping and gave his mother a nervous glance "What is I can't do it?"
Tsume place a hand on Kiba's shoulders and gave him a kind smile "Listen to me Kiba. You are your fathers son, if anyone can master this jut-su it's you, all I can tell you is what your father told me when I asked him about it" Kiba looked at her mother in anticipation "Trust your partner, he will guide you"

Flashback

Kiba let out a huge snarl which Akamaru followed suit with his own and Kiba nudged the fire wolf's head "Let's really fuse" Akamaru nodded and Kiba winced when he felt the fire encasing Akamaru's chakra system enter his own.
Ukon took a step back as he noticed the white wolf's fur begin to bristle out an gain a very red like sheen to its coat and then jumped back when flames encased the wolf's paws making him look deadly why a streak of Fire made its way from the back of both the wolves heads and to the base of its tail giving him a weird sort of mane. "Sakon is just me or did fluffy just get a little bigger" Ukon said and Sakon gulped and nodded.
Kiba roared loudly as the change was complete; his drool was still dripping from his large jaws but now when the large glob of saliva hit the rocky floor the rock begun to melt and turn into a rocky magma as the heat from Kiba's chakra turned his saliva into a acid like magma substance. "You still think you can take me"
Sakon glared and then started running through several hand signs but Kiba growled and flames licked around his mouth making Ukon's eyes widen "brother!" he screamed
"Double Flame Howl" Kiba growled out before both he and Akamaru fired two huge fire balls at the twins.
Ukon was able to jump away in time but Sakon wasn't as lucky and was hit head on with Akamaru's fire ball, making the man scream out in pain. Watching as the steam cleared and his brother was revealed Ukon was flooded with fear for the first time in a long time as he stared at the huge wolf that had steam rising from its two mouths. "I'll kill you for that" he screamed leaping forward.
"Just try it" Kiba snarled leaping forward to meet Ukon's strike head on, ignoring the scents that assaulted his senses at that moment.

Shikamaru smirked at the girl in front of him and then lifted his hands up so that he made her hold the flute in the right position much to her horror "Let me explain how I knew what to do"
Tayuya glared at Shikamaru but let the boy continue as she inwardly smirked as she figured out what she'd have to do. "I followed you're finger patterns why playing the flute, by just watching I figured out which one of your boy's you controlled with what chord, and once I knew that it was easy to lure you into a trap think that you got me"
Tayuya smirked and then opened her eyes and the three summons all of a sudden disappeared is large explosion of smoke and Shikamaru just stood there glaring at her "What did you actually think I'd let you use my own summons against me?" she said in a mocking voice "Please I know you're type, you analyse and make strategies but you never go with your gut feeling because it might be wrong and god forbid if something doesn't go right, you freeze up and have no idea what to do, that is one of the reasons why the Sound village sees Naruto as such a danger"

Shikamaru looked up at Tayuya and glared at her openly making her laugh happily "Please you thought we just watched him for nothing, oh no we've known about his skills since the finals of the chunnin exam"
Trying to buy time so that he could rethink his plan Shikamaru grasped onto the conversation "okay if you're so smart how are Naruto and I different"

Tayuya let out a loud laugh and then gave Shikamaru a condescending glance "Please you and Naruto are like water and oil. The first difference is obviously skill, if put in a battle with him I don't think you'd last any longer than a few moments and that's if he wasn't taking you seriously" Shikamaru grit his teeth as the red head's words rung with the truth, the difference between his skills and Naruto's skills was so big the shadow user was surprised that the blonde wasn't a Jonin already "Next is the way you fight: just fighting with you for the last few moments and then comparing it to the way I've seen the blonde brat fight over the last few weeks...I can assure you this much Naruto doesn't hide like a little mouse, he takes his time and quickly assesses the situation before relying on his gut feeling to think up a good way to get him out of the problem he's in, the third difference: Naruto doesn't take mercy on his opponent, I've seen that boy slit the throat of a begging ninja because he was ordered to" Shikamaru shivered and Tayuya smiled when the shadow broke.
When he felt the connection break Shikamaru jumped away but not in enough time as he soon saw Tayuya with the flute held to her lips once again with a sadistic smirk on her face "let's see how you like to be chained" she said and then begun to play a quick but haunting song.
Shikamaru was about to retort when he noticed everything was getting dizzy and then he slumped down onto his knees and felt his arms being strung up by two chains hanging from a red sky. "Where am I" he yelled hoarsely and then held back a scream when he felt and saw his left forearm start to melt away. The with a heaving sigh he closed his eyes and ordered his shadow to do something he would have never thought of doing.

Tayuya watched as Shikamaru slumped forward in his invisible chains and then walked towards him with a small smile and picked up a kunai which had fallen out of Shikamaru's pouch and continued to advance on his prone form "You know this battle was actually kind of fun, well for me at least I mean I really didn't even have to do anything you did all the work for me" She said and tapped the shadow user on the underside of the chin with the tip of the kunai.
But in a flash Tayuya gasped as she felt a hand grab her throat and slam her down to the ground and when she looked up she saw the angry but smug eyes of Shikamaru looking back down at her "but how I had you under my most powerful gen jut-su"
Shikamaru held up his left hand which was know limp and turning a deep purple "I just followed something Naruto told me: when under an illusion if you don't have the chakra to break it, then the best way break it is to cause the body a large amount of pain...like say crushing your own hand" he said motioning to his useless hand.
Tayuya was about to say another smug comment when she felt a cold hand slip around her throat that didn't belong to the boy above her "Meet my shadow strangle jut-su, at the moment we are so intertwined that you can't fight against it, you'll have three minutes tops before my shadow crushes you're throat"

Tayuya for the first time since facing Shikamaru began to panic; the shadow boy had never really poised much of a threat but now she was facing death she wasn't so sure. Especially when the boy was about to crush her throat she was beginning to think that taking the boy so easy was a bad idea. But she was Tayuya of the sound Four, she never gave in, so with all the strength she had she forced her hand to move until it was poking Shikamaru uncomfortably in the ribs but what made her cry out in frustration was that she wasn't able to move her hand any further "Looks like we're at a standstill" Shikamaru grunted out as he forced his jut-s to try to finish its job.

Lee looked at Kimmimaro in annoyance as the bone man repelled another one of his attacks, he wasn't as strong as he should be and it was making him frustrated. He had spent too much time resting and now his muscles had become lax, he wasn't as quick or agile anymore, but as long as it was enough for Naruto to get to Sasuke, Lee didn't really care. "Alright time for my medicine" he declared rather loudly shocking Kimmimaro into submission.

Back in Konoha Tsunade sighed as she saw the bottle on the desk next to Lee's bed making Gai who was frantic by her side look at her in fear "What is it Lady Tsunade I can take it"
Tsunade held up a small ceramic bottle and then shook her head "Lee had been given a small bottle of Medicine to help him recover faster and it looked exactly like this" She said and Gai frowned confused
"I don't see what the problem is"
Tsunade side and threw the bottle to Gai who stared at it slack jawed "This is the bottle, Lee took the one containing my Special Sake which I was going to drink tonight to help be relax" she said
Gai's face twisted in horror and the bottle in his hand dropped and shattered on the floor "A whole bottle of Sake" he whispered and Tsunade nodded making Gai gulp "That is going to end badly"
"Gai you're not making any sense what are you talking about?" Tsunade asked getting mad at the green clad ninja in front of her, she really didn't see what was so wrong about letting an underage drink, and heck Naruto did it.
"When Lee drinks...it's not pretty" Gai whispered and Tsunade raised a questioning eyebrow "It was about a year ago, I took my team out to a restaurant to celebrate Lee finally mastering the lotus technique and lee took a sip from my cup which he thought held water, but what he thought was water was actually a special sake they had prepared for me"
Tsunade saw the horror on the Jonin's face and got confused "and what happened?"

Gai gulped and continued "After just one sip the effects were instantaneous, lee went on a rampage and destroyed everything in fact if it wasn't for Neji being with me I don't think I could have stopped him"
"Come on Gai you're a Tai Jut-su Master I'm sure you're student couldn't have gotten the drop on you" Tsunade said scoffing.
"True but I didn't wish to hurt Lee, and it was at that day that I learnt something very interesting about my student" Gai said and Tsunade gave him a expectant look making him gulp "Lee is a natural born master of...THE DRUNKEN FIST!"

Lee quickly pulled out the small ceramic bottle and popped the rubber stopper and gulped the whole thing down under the curious and shocked eyes of Kimmimaro who was looking at Lee like he was crazy. Once he was finished Lee made a grossed out face when he felt everything go hazy. "Whys everything so 'hiccup' so fuzzy" He mumbled as he stumbled around confusing Kimmimaro even further.
"What was that he just drank" Kimmimaro said as he watched Lee hold his hands up while swaying on the spot.
"What "hic' you loo'hic'king at you 'hic' creep" Lee said loudly and Kimmimaro just stared at him in shock, "Come on 'hic' let's go 'hic" Lee shouted before he disappeared in a blur and engaged Kimmimaro in a fight.
Confused by Lee's sudden attacks and new found aggressive behaviour all Kimmimaro could think of doing at that stage was deflecting the blows as quick as he could so that he might be able to attack as well. When he saw an opening he took it straight away and kicked the green clad boy across the field where he stayed, Kimmimaro waited for something from the boy when he heard a light snoring sound. Smirking The Bone User walked over to Lee and raised his blade "Goodbye" he said and then brought the blade down.

Fire hurt. That was what Sakon had summarised from when Akamaru's attack had hit him head on, it hurt a lot and the effects lingered long after the attack vanished. As he opened his eyes he was shocked to see his brother trapped under the huge wolf's paw as blood dripped from the second wolf head's jaw. The first head's mouth was glowing orange and immediately noticing that his brother was in trouble Sakon begun running through hand signs and luckily finished them just as the flames was about to erupt from the white wolf's mouth. "Ice Spike Jut-su"
Kiba whipped around at the sound of Sakon's voice and then let out a howl of pain as he felt a huge spike rip open his stomach. Sakon cursed when he missed the heart but was happy when the two headed wolf ran into the deep water and began to race away. "Brother Get up we have a mutt to kill" Sakon panted as the second stage Cursed mark receded. Ukon who was now sporting several burns and gashed nodded as his own cursed mark receded so that he was standing by his brother who's whole face was sporting deep burns and would most likely scare something terrible and considering the blood weeping out of the cracking skin that would be a painful experience.
Kiba leant against the stone wall and whimpered as pain flared up his side again, he was lucky that the jut-su was still holding considering the amount of pain that he was in. Sparing a glance over to Akamaru's head he winced when he saw more blood drip from his head, Ukon had decided that Akamaru deserved to suffer for what he'd done to his brother and had ripped two of Akamaru's fangs out but Kiba had gotten him with his claws and if Ukon survived his back would never be smooth again. Pulling his bruised and batter canine body Kiba initiated the part of the Jut-su he wasn't look forward at all, unfusing with Akamaru but keeping his lupin form. Taking a deep breath he pushed Akamaru's spirit from his own but clutched the lupin spirit in his body and was happy when he felt himself shrinking but not losing his wolven features. When the transformation was complete he was still a white wolf but now he was more like Kodamaru's size. Akamaru whimpered from his perch on top of his back and Kiba winced and began walking slowly in the water to hide his scent so that he wouldn't he found. But as the wind blew past him he froze as three familiar scents blew towards him 'no way what are they doing here' He said and then picked up his pace only a little so that he made small ripples but no sound.

"Have to take it slow my wound trails blood" Kiba growled softly and then looked back ad Akamaru who was breathing faintly. "Don't worry buddy I'll protect you" he growled and when he saw a nearby bank he jumped up on it and began racing silently through the foliage not even thinking about the blood trail he was leaving he was leaving behind, all he knew was that now things had gotten even worse and from how limp Akamaru was feeling on his back he was starting to panic. "Damn it!" Kiba swore as he smelt Sakon and then ran back to the rive and leapt in silently and begun swimming in the deeper part o the lake keeping only Akamaru and his nose above the water so that he couldn't be detected. 'Please don't find us' Kiba thought as his body begun to weaken from the blood loss. After swimming for a few moments Kiba saw a bank and from the fire he felt in his legs he knew he'd have to cut his losses and got rest before he killed himself. So battered, bruised, bleeding and wet Kiba climbed up on the bank and slowly walked through the forest until he reach a nearby tree where he laid down and pulled Akamaru close to him. When he looked own he whimpered as he saw the huge almost black blood stain on his side. Kiba huffed a breath as he noticed he was too tired to change back into a human, so with a tired whine he curled up next to Akamaru who whimpered softly
"Dad am I like you now, is this how you died?" Kiba thought as laid his head down and just made a snorting sound when he smelt Sakon and Ukon only a few meters away. When the two twins walked out and saw Kiba and Akamaru laying down they smirked and Sakon pulled out a Kunai and brandished it happily.
"Well mutt it was fun while it lasted and I'll tell you this much, you were a better opponent than what I thought you were going to be, but now you are exactly where you were going to be from the beginning at my feet starring death in the face" Kiba growled and leapt up and caught Sakon's throat in his jaws and then laid down with the gurgling brother as he struggled against his vice grip. Ukon cried out as Kiba killed his brother and as the crazed brother walked towards him with a Kunai all Kiba could think was, "at least I killed one of them right Naruto"

Shikamaru coughed out a small amount of blood and glared down at the girl who was having to take short breaths to get any air into her lungs. A few seconds ago when his focus had slipped she had been able to slide her hand a little further forward and the kunai had slide through his second and third rib, so now it felt like his side was on fire, couple that with the numbing pain that his hand was forcing him to feel, he was very close to being on the verge of fainting from pain.
"Give...up...you can't...win" Tayuya wheezed through her teeth and then gulped down as much air as the shadow hand started to tighten its grip once again.
"Sorry, I can't give up, Naruto's depending on me" Shikamaru groaned as he pushed his chakra even further until the shadow hand was clutching her throat and she was really gasping for air "and you killing me wasn't a part of my plan" Shikamaru gasped as her kunai went deeper in his ribs "At least not unless I can take you with me"

Just as the blade was about to hit Lee he flipped on his side, Kimmimaro grimaced in annoyance and struck again only to have the boy flip over again and have him miss him. "Stay still" Kimmimaro hissed and then didn't see the foot that connected with his jaw and send him flying back.
"What are you trying to do, I was trying to sleep, now for that I'm gonna beat 'hic' you to 'hic' a pulp" Lee demanded and rushed forward and begun his assault once again making Kimmimaro grit his teeth in annoyance.
One minute the boy was fighting him like some kind of maniac and then he falls asleep and then decides that he wants to fight again, it was humiliating. Once an opening presenting itself he went to hit him only to have the boy do a perfect back bend and then kick him straight in the chest.
"Come on 'hic' hit me 'hic' what you too scared 'hic'" lee said and then jumped back up and was about to strike him again When Kimmimaro hit him in the stomach sending flying against a rock banging his head against it hard.
"I've had enough of your antics I will kill you now" Kimmimaro said in a slightly crazed voice.
Lee rubbed the back of his head and winced as he saw the blood dripping from his fingers "ow what happened?" He whispered not watching as Kimmimaro was stalking towards him with his blade poised to strike.
"NOW DIE!"

Kiba didn't even blink as the strike didn't hit him, but instead hit a wooden puppet. In his wolven form all he could do is lie down as the pain from the large gash in his stomach. The blood staining his muzzle filled his nose and made him want to gag but it also helped tie him into conscious so that when he felt the form leap down by his side he was able to bark softly to acknowledge him. Kankuro gave Kiba a quick glance and winced at the blood covering his side, he had heard from Tsunade that the Inuzuka might be in a wolven form, but seeing the Konoha headband resting against the wolf's upper arm just confirmed his suspicions, the white wolf who was on the verge of dying was Kiba Inuzuka: one of the ninja he was assigned to bring back.
"You alright Kiba" He asked the white wolf although he could tell that the boy wasn't considering that he was so tired he couldn't even dispel his jut-su "just lie back and let me take care of him" Kankuro said but was shocked when he saw Kiba standing next to him his muzzle nudging his elbow. "Well alright" he said nodding.
Kiba snarled at Ukon who started laughing hysterically and then pointed at Kankuro "And who might you be"
"I'm a Shinobi of the Sand: I'm Kankuro the Puppet Master" he said in a deadly voice and Kiba snarled deeply baring his teeth, and Kankuro knew immediately what he was saying "You will have the final blow"
Kiba growled deeply and Kankuro let the crow fly and tried to ignore the deep irony smell of blood which was surrounding the wolf. Ukon dodged the puppet and then threw the Kunai which hit Kankuro square on the shoulder sending him flying back but the crow forward, Kankuro quickly made his puppet wrap around the sound ninja in a crushing grip "Kiba now" he panted and Kiba wasted no time and launched forward.
Ukon scream was cut short as he met the same death as his brother had only mere moments ago. Kankuro had to look away as Kiba ripped Ukon's throat out and then ran forward and caught the wolf when he collapsed as all the strength left his body. "Whoa there" Kankuro whispered and when he felt his hands come away wet he lifted one of them and was alarmed when he saw his hand was stained red. "What happened to you" he whispered and was amount to jump off when Kiba nudged him away and walked back to the tree he had been lying at and fell at the base and nudged a small white ball making it whimper slightly and then it all clicked "That's right you fight with a partner don't you" He said picking the tiny shivering puppy up and placed it on his head before picking up Kiba's sagging lupin body "Don't worry I'll get you back to the village in no time" he said jumping off.

Shikamaru grit him teeth and actually pushed down on the kunai making his shadow wrap around her throat further, but because of the pain flashing through his sensors the shadow user didn't see the one handed hand signs the red head was doing. But just before she was about to activate her suicide Jut-su a large gust of wind blasted her away leaving Shikamaru gasping for air as he pulled the kunai that had been buried to the hilt out of his ribs. Temari landed in front of him and gave him a quick looked before flaring her fan out behind her in an attempt to intimidate the girl who was glaring at her "who the hell are you!" Tayuya spat
Temari snorted and then gave Shikamaru a long glance before turning back to the girl with a smirk on her face "I'm Temari, and I'm a ally of the Leaf" Shikamaru's eyes widened and he stood up shocking the wind mistress who thought the shadow user had been down for the rest of the battle.
"I never would have thought Lady Tsunade would send you to come get us" He said holding a hand to his wound to stem to blood flow as he stood next to his rival.
"yeah well as soon as she said Naruto Uzumaki Gaara was already out of the village" Temari said not giving Shikamaru a second glance, she couldn't or she would fuss over his wound and she couldn't do that not at that very moment.
The shadow user held up his left hand and Temari looked away when she was the yellow and purple bruising that covered his hand "broke it" she asked in a clam voice
"Nope crushed it" Temari gave Shikamaru a look of disbelief and then turned back to the girl and then smirked when she heard Shikamaru's last words "Look I know she's a girl but I want the final strike, I'm just going to need your help"
Temari gave the shadow user a small smile and then a wink "what no more giving up" Shikamaru shook his head and the wind mistress nodded and the closed her eyes and quickly brandished her fan "Wind scythe Jut-su" she shouted and sent the girl flying back with the force of her attack and gave the shadow boy and expectant look.
What she wasn't expecting was him to link their hands so that they could complete a range of seals together "I said I needed your help" Shikamaru said as the landed on the boar symbol "Shadow Claw Jut-su" Shikamaru said as his right hand was enveloped by a huge shadowy claw which seemed to be glowing black in the sun light.
Tayuya looked up as a shadow over fell her and then gasped when Shikamaru jumped off the sand shinobis fan and struck her through the chest with a huge black claw making her cough up blood. "What?" she said in confusion.
Shikamaru wrenched his claw from her chest and shook his head "I told you, you killing me wasn't part of the plan"

Temari dropped down next to him and took a look at him stab wound and winced "Come on let's get you back to the village" she said putting him arm around her shoulder as she lead them back to the village.

Lee snapped his eyes shut as he prepared himself for the worst, but after a few minutes when no pain came he opened one eye just a crack and stared in shock. The blade that was about to strike him had been stopped by a wall of sand and Lee only knew one ninja who used Sand In that way, and the last time he'd really seen him he had been on the receiving end of a very painful attack. But when the Leaf genin looked over his shoulder he had to stifle a gasp when he saw Gaara standing behind him silently.
"Who are you" Kimmimaro asked in cold voice making the crimson haired teen look up.
"I am Gaara of the Sand" the sand user said in a bland voice and then took a step in front of Lee and pushed him back with his sand at the same time "and I'm here as a debt to a very dear person"
Lee smiled when he realized Gaara was talking about Naruto and then nodded "Very well, you may take over I fear my limbs aren't what they used to be" he admitted softly.
Gaara nodded and then turned back to Kimmimaro who had activated the first stage of his cursed mark "You're dear friend...he will wither lose himself in the fight against Sasuke or he will die trying to stay innocent" Kimmimaro said firing the top bones from his fingers in a swift move only to have them blocked by Gaara's sand.
"You have no idea who Naruto Uzumaki is, don't speak of such things unless you know the truth" Gaara grunted and then sent his sand flying until it was wrapped around Kimmimaro "Sand Burial" Kimmimaro winced as his bones broke but then smirked at Gaara who was glaring at him.
"I can't be killed like the other weaklings you have taken the lives of" Kimmimaro snarled and then forcibly broke the sand coffin and gave Gaara a crazed smile.
"LITTLE ONE DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!" Shukaku roared from inside his mindscape.
Gaara inwardly shook his head and then begun to run through a long stream of hand signs before clapping him hands together, and Lee stared in shock as a huge wave of sand that didn't seem to end spewed from the ground and swamped over to Kimmimaro who for the first time since meeting Lee got scared. "Sand Tsunami Jut-su!" Gaara growled out and then made two fists and made a turning motion with his hands "Deep sand Burial!" he cried and Lee watched as a huge pulsing wave fanned out through the sand and then cry out in cheer.
"Yeah you did it, I can't believe it" Lee said and Gaara let out a frustrated growl and shook his head confusing the Tai Jut-su expert.
"Why doesn't he die?" Gaara groaned in frustration and glared when a disfigured and bony figure gasped to the surface.
"You can't kill me, Lord Orochimaru's will lives on in me" Kimmimaro screamed crazily as he activated his second stage cursed mark.
But unlike the others Gaara didn't allow the transformation to complete and instead formed a giant sand spear in his hand "Shukaku Grand Spear" He shouted and then threw the spear straight at the bone user and then looked away when Kimmimaro stalled and looked at the giant spear that had gone straight through his chest.
"You won?" Kimmimaro gasped and then fell to the floor and gasped his last breath and Lee looked at Gaara who just sighed and turned away from the dead ninja.
"Let's go, you need rest" Gaara said not turning back.
Lee looked in the direction Naruto had gone off in and then bit his lip "What about Naruto won't he need our help"
Gaara stalled and then shook his head "No Naruto may need help but we aren't the ones he needs, he needs to do this on his own" Lee nodded and then the two ninja walked side by side back towards the leaf village.
'Come back safely Naruto, May the gods watch over you' Gaara thought as he spared one glance back in the direction Naruto must have raced after Sasuke in.