Message from the Author: Hey guys. Sorry about the extra short chapter last time. I'll try and make it up with this chapter.
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meee: That is a very good question in regards to Kurama. I have yet to decide what to do there but in regards to the 3 way finisher that would be AWESOME! I'll try to think of something for that. Please continue to enjoy the story.
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McAwzome: Haha...No. Just because you love Riku doesn't mean I'm going to make him suddenly OP as hell haha.
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Hotaru glared at his opponent with absolute focus. He had just graduated the Academy along with Misaku and Riku at the young age of 9. They were all considered the next prodigies just like their parent. The teamwork the showed was also absolutely incredible and they were perfectly able to complement each other's techniques, much to the pride of their parents. Now it was their turn to pass the same test their parents had to: the infamous Bell Test administered by the one and only Kakashi Hatake.
"You guys are slowing down. Getting tired already?" Kakashi chuckled and reached into his pouch causing all 3 of the kids in front of him to jump slightly.
"Well at least your alert." Kakashi proceeded to withdraw the orange book he was so commonly seen reading. Riku immediately began shouting at Kakashi who just shrugged off all of his insults.
"Hey you closet pervert! Don't take us lightly or you'll regret it you freaking cyclops!" Riku threw several kunai and shuriken at him. Hotaru imbued his weapons with his wind chakra as they flew and hit their target.
"Alright we-"
"got him?" Kakashi finished for, kunai to the back of Riku and Hotaru's respective heads. They both gulped as the point pressed against their heads. Hotaru glanced at Riku to see him grinning. before Hotaru could comment on it a flash of feathers flew by and pulled Kakashi's orange book out of his pouch. Kakashi made a mad grab for it but the hawk swooped out of the way.
"Good job Yuki!" Riku was grinning widely at his childhood companion. Yuki was abnormally large for a hawk and since it grew up side by side with Riku a strange event occurred: Yuki learned how to use jutsu. Of course he can't make hand signs due to being a hawk, but at Riku's command he is able to form the jutsu. It's due to this ability that Riku and Yuki are a formidable force together and due to his combat status, Yuki has also been seen adapting quite quickly to combat situations.
"Now Kakashi, give use the bells or we burn the book!" Riku was ecstatic. Here they were beating Kakashi Hatake the Copy Ninja at the meager age of 9! His grin soon turned to a look of horror as Kakashi smiled and pulled a scroll out. From this scroll he produced another book exactly like the one they had. Yuki glared at Kakashi and ignited the book in his claws. Suddenly Misaku, Riku's sister, leaped out of a tree burning through hand signs.
"Earth Style: Soft Earth Jutsu!"
She slammed her hands into the ground. The earth under Kakashi immediately broke into a fine, smooth powder-like grains. She already finished the next series of hand signs and she stuck her hands into the fine earth.
"Water Style: Whirlpool Jutsu!"
The ground became quicksand and began to rapidly rotate which caused Kakashi to rapidly sink into the ground, disappearing from sight. Misaku turned towards the boys with a crooked grin.
"Now THAT'S how it's done boys!" Right as she finished that statement a hand emerged from the ground and pulled Misaku down by her ankle until only her head was showing. Kakashi stood before them with his book in his hand.
"I think it's time to end this." Kakashi formed a hand sign and they fell under a deep genjutsu. Just as Kakashi was about to continue reading he heard a jingle. He jerked his head around to see the three of them standing behind him grinning, a bell in each of their hands.
"Your right. It IS time to end this." Hotaru had the same grin his father always had. Kakashi lowered his head in defeat. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino all emerged from the trees. Naruto and Sakura were beaming along with Ino. Sasuke had a slight grin as they all congratulated their children on the successful exercise.
"Well Kakashi, I would say they passed. What about you?" Naruto glanced at Kakashi to see him smiling under his mask. He nodded his approval and the three kids began to cheer.
Team 7 was back and ready for action!
Akiko Daruma was having a really bad day. The past few years he has been assigned with killing important figures within the hierarchy of the Elemental Nation. So far he had caused a complete collapse in the government of the Lightning Nation, forcing the Raikage to mobilize his shinobi forces against the extremist Lightning Lord's samurai forces. Needless to say that an all out civil war was in progress which allowed him to slip out of the nation. His next target was the Kazekage of the Village Hidden in the Sand. Sadly for him, said Kazekage was now glaring down on him, the sand swirling around him. Akiko glanced at his missing leg, remembering how the sand literally CRUSHED it right off of his body.
"Akiko Daruma I will give you one last chance, surrender or die." Gaara was ready to kill this man. He knew this man was responsible for the civil war in the Land of Lightning and he was not going to let that happen here.
"Ok, ok you got me I surrender. I only have one request." Gaara raised an eyebrow to signify that he could continue.
"I want to see Nabitora of the Hidden Leaf Village."
The Reaper watched Gaara capture Akiko and shook his head.
"I guess if you want something done you need to do it yourself. Although it will make it easier with Nabitora coming here."
'RELEASE ME!'
The Reaper shook his head to clear his thought. He silently cursed the voice in his head.
"This noise better stop or I'm going to need to kill someone!" The Reaper couldn't wait for him to appear.
Naruto, Nabitora, and Sakura were gazing at the walls of Suna. They had came here partly due to a request from Gaara and partly because Naruto needed a break from all of the damn paperwork. Naruto was very excited to see his friend and fellow Kage again.
They finally arrived at the inn and got to there rooms. Naruto immediately flopped onto the bed and groaned.
"That feels soooo good." Sakura suddenly got a very...well...interesting idea and started to grin mischievously.
"Hey Naruto. I have an idea."
"What is it?"
"Well since our son is in Konoha and were alone I think we should have" at this point she leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "some personal time."
Naruto was already locking the door as she finished the statement.
"Nabitora should be fine without us."
-3 Days later-
Naruto couldn't stop crying.
He held his childhood friend in his arms, a massive hole in his stomach.
-2 hours ago-
Naruto and Nabitora were in the Kazekage's office. Again. Akiko had finally cracked and told them his assignment to collapse the governments of every Elemental Nation so his master would be able to launch a massive invasion during the chaos of the ensuing civil wars.
During the debrief in Gaara's office they heard a noise and as Naruto went to inspect it a massive sword, with a Sand shinobi impaled on it, crashed through the door. Naruto froze as he stared deep into the Eye of the Reaper. Nabitora watched as Naruto collapsed from a massive genjutsu. The Reaper walked over Naruto's immobile form and pointed his sword at Nabitora.
"Nabitora Izumara your time has come." The Reaper charged at Nabitora only for him to raise both of his hands and shout:
"Light Style: Light Cannon Jutsu!"
"Darkness Style: Dark Whirlpool Beam!"
His signature Light Cannon began to fire when he put the 2 together.
"Combination: Illuminating Beam of Darkness!"
Down in the streets everyone watched in awe as a massive swirl of light and dark shot out of the Kazekage's office, a figure impaled at the end of it.
"Gaara stay back. He's after me so there is no need for you to step in. I'm sorry in advance for the damage that may occur but I need you to stay here to keep an eye on my Hokage. He is a close friend of mine and I would be devastated if something happened to him." Gaara just nodded and went to check on Naruto as Nabitora leapt after the Reaper.
Nabitora fought the Reaper for a full hour before the Reaper began to try and kill civilians saying that he would break Nabitora one way or another. As he attempted to decapitate a mother in front of her child Nabitora lunged in the way and for the second time in his life, there was an intense pain in his stomach and everything went dark.
-Present-
Naruto felt someone's hand on his shoulder but he didn't care. He gently set Nabitora's body on the ground. He never heard Sakura call out that he was still alive. Instead he let out what could only be described as a feral roar and formed a Rasengan in his hand.
"Come back you BASTARD!" Naruto hurled the Rasengan at the Reaper. The Reaper couldn't even react as it smashed into his back. He had no time to recover as his opponent was already on him delivering rage-filled punches to his face and chest. The ground began to cave in under the intensity of the hits and the Reaper was beginning to see doubles as his vision became unfocused. Naruto suddenly formed a Tailed Beast Bomb in his hand and, before the Reaper could react, smashed it into his head.
Naruto only stopped his attack when he heard a familiar voice say his name. His head snapped towards the sound and he seen his friend, Gaara, staring at him.
"Naruto it's over. He's dead." Before Naruto could even calm down they heard a dark laugh behind them.
"I have to say blondie, you have become quite strong but-" He was cut off by a sharp pain in his head. Naruto and Gaara's eyes widened at the sight before them. The Reaper had a massive bulb of skin beginning to grow off of his head. The skin slowly took on the shape of an arm which began to pull itself off of his head. The Reaper realized that whatever just happened had drained his stamina dangerously low. He decided to retreat and formed a seal. The ground under the Reaper opened and thousands of skeletal hands pulled him under.
The arm on the ground began to twitch when suddenly blood began to spray out. The bones in the arm began to grow out and eventually took on the shape of a skeleton. The veins began to grow and muscle began to cover the skeleton, only allowing the two stunned Kages to catch a glimpse of organs beginning to form. finally the skin began to stretch and cover the body. The figure stood up and turned his hate filled eyes towards Naruto.
"It can't be..."
Rykuga Azu stood and announced: "Insanity has returned to the world!"
AN: Well here is the next chapter. Hopefully this makes up for the filler I put you guys through (Sorry again). Please leave a review or PM me to let me know how you like the story. Also I would like to add that I'm currently looking for a beta that would be able to catch errors and/or help me with extending the length of chapters. Please PM me if your interested. Enjoy!