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"Sauske. Who's this?" Naruto questions as he arrived on the rooftop to see Sauske struggling with another ninja as he tried to bind him with chakra ropes.
"Naruto what was the big idea walking right into the crowd? Didn't Tsunade tell you to keep away today." Sauske shouted as he finished tying the ropes around the captured ninja. Kicking the struggling Ninja in the chest, Sauske watched with satisfaction as the ninja fell unconscious again.
"Tsunade?? She never mentioned anything to me. She Presented me with the Hokage scrolls this morning, and I went to train afterwards. I guess she thought it would spend the entire time training." Naruto replied.
"Naruto its dangerous for you to be walking around. Now more so then ever. We need to keep you under constant watch." Sauske informed him as he looked around.
"WHAT??? Why? Its not like I'm in danger or anything is it??" Naruto replied. Then looking at the look on Sauske's face and the ninja lying unconscious on the ground he started to understand.
"Wait. Tsunade told everyone that I'm the next hokage?" He asked as the all the pieces started to come together.
"Yes Naruto. The Ninja I have bound here at my feet is one of the Shadow Ninja we have heard so much about. He and eleven others infiltrated us today…possibly hoping to assassinate Tsunade or Jiraiya, but now they have the new information. They will know that you are going to be Hokage, and a new hokage at that. They also know all about the Kyubi and the fact that Arashi was your father. Everything that our village knows they now know."
Stunned all Naruto could do was stand there mouth agape. Sakura however could do much more. "Sauske, do you mean to tell me they know everything about Naruto." "That he is now going to be a target of assassins, possible from our own village, or in the more likely case from this new ninja village. Jeese, and I thought things were scary before where Naruto could go Kyubi and lose himself. Now your telling me that Naruto and anyone close to him will be marked as targets. This is not good. We have to think of something!!!" She shouted as she started to panic. Looking at her Sauske could see that Sakura was panicking now and it was showing, she was pacing and shouting and talking to herself.
"Sakura calm down and sit beside me over here Naruto said as he sat and patted the ground beside him." "Sauske now's probably not the best time to tell you this but Sakura and I have chosen to become lovers. Oh and congratulations on marrying Ino. I hope you guys are happy together."
Sakura giving up her pacing sat down beside Naruto and leaned her head, resting it on his shoulder. With Sakura sitting quietly beside him Naruto continued to speak.
"Sauske I'm gonna need you to convey this message to Tsunade and Jiraiya for me ok.?" "I'm gonna hide myself in the Konoha mountain ranges an train non-stop until the day I master my skills as a shinobi, It should take them about two weeks for he enemy to mobilize and begin an attack. I want you to contact Kakashi, Neji, Gai, and Shikiamru. I want them all put on high alert with yourself and Sakura. No one else knows that were a couple so she's not in danger yet. As long as I remove myself from her life for a while she should be ok. But I need you guys to be my eyes and ears in Konoha. Every night at one a.m. I will be standing in front of the Uzumaki estate, I expect one of the people I just named to be there to report to me the days happening. Also I will leave each of you one of my special kunai. If any of you are in danger I want you to throw it and I will appear without fail in an instant. They are the same kunai that my father used to increase the range of his body flicker jutsu. But My jutsu already far surpassed my fathers and therefore it will be more effective when I use it. Do not lose these." Naruto said as he unrolled seven kunai from in a cloth that he had hidden in his pouch. There's enough for each of us to have one apiece. Myself included. I will take one. Sauske I want you to deliver the rest to the other four I mentioned. I will take this guy to the interrogators for questioning. And I'll seal all his chakra so he cant use it to resist their methods. We will have our answers very soon." Then turning to Sakura Naruto spoke softly. "Sakura I know that we just started to understand our feelings but I need you to stay away from me for a few weeks. No contact what's so ever. If even the slightest rumour reached the enemies ears that you and I are lovers, they will target me through you. I don't know how I would react if you were to get hurt because you an I were in love. And in the worse case they might kill you as a way to send me a message. If that happened I'm pretty sure I would snap and kill every last one of the enemies. But it would destroy me to the point where my sanity broke, and I might just kill everyone. So please no contact. None. You are never to be one of the people who brief me on the days happenings either. I can't have you being put in danger."
Sakura holding back tears could only manage to nod her head. "Come back to me safely Naruto…" She whispered and then without another glance she got up and jumped from the rooftop heading on her way home to rest and cry. Once Sauske and Naruto were alone, Naruto finally began to speak freely. There was a lot he was holding back because Sakura was there.
"Those bastards are gonna pay. Sauske if you catch another one of them give a little of the sharingan for me will you. As head interrogator I want you to use your sharingan on this one before you go to deliver the kunais. While your gone lets see if I can't force some answers out of this bastard!" Naruto said cruelly as he stepped towards the unconscious ninja cracking his knuckles.
"Naruto are you certain I should leave you alone. If the enemy is still around they may chose to attack once I'm gone." Sauske questioned looking at Naruto.
"Sauske if anyone comes at me with even the slightest speck of murderous intent coming off them, I will kill them without hesitation. I am Anbu, and what's more I am now the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf. I WILL NOT BE KILLED SO EASILY!!!" Naruto shouted the last words. And to prove his point Naruto flipped a kunai straight into the air and before it had even reached the top of its upwards assent he had created a resengan shuriken and had it ready to smash into anyone who came at him. "I am more then able to protect myself. Plus I'll create a shadow clone or two to watch for signs of anything unusual. Now get going." Naruto said an motioned for Sauske to hurry.
Sauske looking at the unconscious ninja, changed his eyes to the crimson red that were the sharingan. Then Muttering a word under his breath he turned away. Sauske took off over the rooftops while Naruto created two shadow clones to watch over himself. The, once the shadow clones were in place he began to perform his own advanced interrogation jutsu. Speaking softly Naruto said "Hidden Leaf Uzumaki special Technique: Mind Shattering Intrusion."
The Naruto placed his head against the unconscious ninjas and seemed to fall asleep. In reality part of Naruto's mind was entering the mind of the ninja laying before him.
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Naruto was walking along a long corridor, He could hear voices and other sounds coming from behind the many doors that lined is walls. Naruto ignored them until he found one that was locked and guarded by a figure. Naruto quickly drew his kunai and cut down the guards from 5 meters away. These were the special Kunai that his father had made. And Naruto had perfected them by combining the other jutsus that had built the other weapons. This single kunai when thrown could mass produce, and strike from 20 meters away in any direction. Then opening the door Naruto entered into the deepest part of the ninjas mind. Everything that he held secret lay inside the room, and Naruto was determined to discover what exactly they were planning and why. Usually the original host would sense the intrusion, but he was currently stuck in the sharingan illusion and couldn't do anything. Naruto freely walked past image after image of random people, until he came to a person with a sour face and grey eyes. He wore grand clothes and seemed to be in a position of power. Naruto shattered the image in order to hear what I held.
"Shadakage, I regretfully inform you that were not able to acquire the scrolls. It seems we underestimated their defences, We will not make the same mistake again."
"You had better not Kara, or I will take your head myself."
"Yes sir."
The voices died away and the image repaired itself.
'So that's there head ninja.' thought Naruto as he continued to walk. As he did something else caught his eye. It was an image of Itachi Uchiha. "I wonder why this man knows Itachi" Naruto wondered aloud, then taking his kunai he shattered the image with one precise blow.
"So Uchiha, still not gonna talk. Well we can always do this the hard way. We drained you of all your chakra before we began so that you weren't able to use those nifty eyes of yours. Tell us all you know of the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf. Who is she ,what is she like? Tell us her weaknesses and her secrets. You who have studied the Hidden Leaf so profusely in your service to Akatsuki. We had the organization created so that we could gain power over the world by using the sacred beasts to bring it to its knees. Yet you failed us in that idea. So we came up with another, where unfortunately you are not needed. So we now have the joy of torturing you until you crack, and because we continue to absorb your chakra there's no way that you will become stronger, which means that sooner or later you will crack under the pressure. Maybe we should gouge out those eyes your so proud of??" And as he said it, Naruto saw the man talking to Itachi draw a kunai and drive it into his left eye. Hearing Itachi scream out in pain Naruto felt a cold shiver run down his spine. 'These ninja were ruled by fear. They were heartless killers how took joy in tormenting others. They were like Orochimaru in every sense.'
Naruto too sickened to continue to watch walked on, but he couldn't get the image of Itachi's eye being stabbed out and the scream he had just heard. As he continued on Naruto saw more and more Images that looked familiar, area around Konoha, the Sand Kazakage Gara, Tsunade and Jiraiya standing on a stage. 'This must have been this morning. Naruto was tempted to smash this one, but held back. "I' need to find out what they're planning. If I can then I can fuck their operations over.' Naruto thought as he continued to walk by. As Naruto was about to give up his search, he saw it. An image depicting hundreds of ninja dressed as Anbu. Smashing it he listened eagerly for the information he hoped it held.
"Alright, The Shadakage has decided on The Hidden Leaf as our first target. He has given specific orders to assassinate there Hokage. He feels that without leadership they are weak, but when lead they are as strong as even ourselves. The ninja of the sound have already fled in fear of our attack, And the Ninja of the mist have put there Shinobi on high alert. They gained back one of there greatest shinobi two years ago. He was partners wit the other Uchiha. When we invade, I want you to leave the Uchiha boy to me. Understand No one else is to touch him."
"Understood sir." replied the hundreds of men
"Now men the attack will take place in exactly two weeks from now. We have a little more intelligence gathering to do before we can strike. Remember…To die in service of the Shadakage is the greatest honour we can possibly know. Dismissed!!!"
'So I was right Naruto though as the image repaired itself. They were after Tsunade. And now that she has named me her successor they will be sure to come afar me.' Then speaking to himself Naruto muttered. "Release."
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Naruto sat up blinking as his eyes adjusted to the light that now flooded into them. ' Well now that I know what they are planning I can form a counter strike. 'I was right to give those kunai to the other six. In the event of an attack, they will come in use for them.' Alright Sauske won't be here for another few minutes. So in the mean time I might as well go rat hunting Naruto though. 'Now where are they...THERE.' Naruto though as he felt a killing aura spike from under ground. At once he disappeared from the rooftop causing one of his own shadow clones to release as well.
Somewhere below hidden in the ground a ninja of the Shadows watched. "Where did the new hokage go?" He muttered as he looked about the world above him. Then hearing a sound to his left the Ninja spun. But to little too late, Naruto hit him with one swift shot to the head. The other ninja didn't even have a chance to let out a sound he simply sunk to the ground unconscious. Then Naruto forming the hand signs spoke "Uzumaki technique: chakra sealing jutsu." And as his hand started to glow an pale green Naruto gently tapped the unconscious Ninja six times, once on his sternum, Once on each of his arms and legs, and once over his heart. "Sealing anymore will kill you. But this way you wont be able to escape, and when you come to you'll be to drained to be able to use any jutsu." Then draping the unconscious Ninja over his shoulder Naruto returned to the roof top and deposited him with the other. Then using the Anbu sealing technique he tied up the other unconscious ninja with the Anbu special chakra eating rope."
"Alright two down nine to go." And once again Naruto disappeared..
By the time Sauske returned Naruto had rounded up ten more of the twelve ninja that had been spotted earlier that day.
"N…Naruto how?" was all Sauske could manage to get out as he looked on in shock at the eleven ninja who lay tied before him.
"Oh Sauske. Its about time. I had enough time to capture the remaining ninjas. But as I suspected one of them was sent to report to their Hokage on today's matter. So I am in danger now whether I like it or not. Oh and I discovered their reason for being here. Thanks for using your sharingan. It made my intrusion into that guys mind go much smoother than it would have been."
"Wait. What? What do you mean your intrusion into his mind? Naruto what sort of jutsu have you perfected." Sauske questioned as he looked at Naruto in shock.
"Its my fathers actually. Because he could approach and kill before the enemy could figure out he was there, he developed two capture jutsus. The first is the chakra sealing hits. Seven hits seals all of your chakra an makes it so you can never reopen them. And then there the Uzumaki mind shattering intrusion. It allows us to forcefully enter into the mind of an enemy and walk through his memories. It was how I was able to figure out there reason for being here." " The only catch is, the mind of he host will sense the intrusion and set up barriers to keep the intruder from getting where they wanted to go. Because his mind was already preoccupied with your sharingan I was able to easily enter and walk through his memories. Also and I know your not going to like this when I tell you it, but you have a right to know. When I walking through his memories I saw your brother in one. He was being interrogated for information on Tsunade and the village. I didn't watch it to the end, but I watched up to the point where they gouged out one of your brother's eyes…in frustration at not getting what they wanted from him. The most likely scenario is he didn't give them anything even after they gouged out his eye, and he is probably dead." Naruto replied quickly knowing the news he brought was of the kind that could cause Sauske to snap.
"WHAT!!!! THEY KILLED HIM!!!!!! NO ONE WAS TO KILL HIM BUT ME!!!!!!!!" Sauske shouted as he lunged over to the first ninja that they captured.
"I'm sorry. I know how much avenging your clans death ment to you. But we can't worry about that right now. They were after Tsunade. These guys were an assassination team sent to dispose of her and collect information on Konoha. Now that the Shadakage knows that Tsunade is stepping down he'll be coming after me. But unless he comes himself there's no way he will be able to perform an assassination of me." Naruto spoke quickly trying to get Sauske to reconsider what he was doing.
"I DON"T CARE ANYMORE!!! THIS BASTRAD KILLED ITACHI!! I WILL MAKE HIM SUFFER!!!!" Sauske screamed. Then as Naruto watched Sauske placed his hands against the side of the unconscious ninja's head. His eyes flashing crimson as he spoke one single word.
"Amaterasu!!"
"NO!" Naruto shouted as he dove forward, pushing the unconscious ninja out of harms way, and took the burning flames himself rather than watch Sauske kill the man in cold blood.
"NARUTO!! Why? WHY WON"T YOU LET ME KILL THIS BASTARD!!!" Sauske shouted at the top of his lungs, as he turned is sharingan towards Naruto…possibly to use it.
"Sauske get a hold of yourself. If You kill him now we lose vital information. If you want to kill him so much ask Ibiki for that pleasure when he has finished extracting information from them." Naruto replied steadily as he stared back into the enraged Uchiha's eyes.
Sauske still seething mad, began to settle and revert to his normal self. "I'm sorry Naruto, I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. You didn't deserve that. And now we have to get you to the medical ninjas and have them look after the burns I just inflicted."
"What burns?" Naruto replied casually.
"What??" What do you mean what burns??? You couldn't have not sustained anything after being hit by Amaterasu. Its not possible." Sauske spoke the words, but knew that even if it was impossible Naruto might be able to do just that.
"Well look for yourself." Naruto replied and then let Sauske examine the place where Naruto had taken Amaterasu. Finding nothing. Not even a slight burn a confused Sauske stood and spoke. "There's nothing. That's unbelievable. Naruto right here, right now you are going to fulfil your promise and teach me some new jutsus. Show me something that you've never shown anyone else."
"Alright but you're gonna flip when you see this." The standing Naruto began to form hand signs, and while Sauske activated his sharingan. Then while Sauske was watching Naruto said. "Lightning style: One million volts!"
Suddenly Naruto's body was sparking and crackling with an electrical current so strong Sauske felt the kunai and shurikens in his pockets and pouch being pulled towards it.
"This is known as the One million volts jutsu…and as its name suggest it charges the body with an electrical current of one million volts. My slightest touch will electrocute anything. If I was to touch anyone, the electrical current coursing through my body right now would burn their internal organs into nothing but ash." Naruto explained as he waved his hand sending a wave of electricity transferring through the metal rooftop. Then releasing the jutsu Naruto began forming the seals for his newly acquired jutsu. When he finished Naruto called out "Fire style ultimate technique Fire Dragons of Hell!!" As soon as Naruto said it he remembered the devastation that the dragons could do. And after quickly calculating the damage shouted. "Release just as the first dragon's head burst forth from the ground.
"Naruto why did you stop??" questioned Sauske after seeing what looked like the tip of a long jaw stick out of the ground before Naruto had released the jutsu .
"Sorry Sauske, but the Dragons of hell breath Amaterasu, this place would go up in flames the second they came out of the earth. But the basic jist of the Ninjitsu is that you summon twelve fire breathing dragons from the deepest pits of hell." Naruto replied shakily. 'Jeese I almost turned this neighbourhood into a smoking pile of ash just now. Tsunade was right these jutsu can turn against you if your not careful.'
"Wow," Sauske breathed as he heard Naruto mention the fact that the dragons breathed Amaterasu. "That's a pretty scary creature to have to face let alone twelve of them."
"Alright" Naruto said as he started to hear coughs, and groans as the first of the many prisoners began to stir, "Sauske, It time we took these guys to Ibiki for questioning. I can only take them two at a time with the body flicker when I'm not tapping into the power of the demon fox. So I'll have to make seven trips to get us all there." "Oh and the body flicker is simple to perform, All you have to do is picture yourself disappearing and reappearing at the place you want to go. But it requires total concentration."
And with that Naruto picked up two of the unconscious figures and jumped them straight to Ibiki who Sakura had already alerted to the fact that they had captures a shadow ninja.
Ibiki was quite surprised when Naruto informed him that Sauske and himself had managed to capture ten more of the remaining twelve that had been spotted earlier that day. Then letting Ibiki know that he had to make six more trips Naruto was gone. But it seemed that no sooner had he gone that he returned again carrying two more Shadow ninja. If Ibiki though he was bluffing he was sorely mistaken. As Naruto came and went returning each time with two Shadow ninja, one under each arm Ibiki had summoned his interrogation unit to begin interrogations. Naruto could care less, he already knew that theses ninja would require very little pressure before they cracked and told the interrogators all they wanted to know. Finally on his last trip Naruto was just about to return to Ibiki when he felt like he was being watched. Listening intently he let is eyes scan the area around himself. 'I sense a murderous energy coming from the center of the road.' thought Naruto as his keen eye was able to see the fake bulge that notified him of where an enemy was. Signing he created a single shadow clone and left it to guard the final two prisoners. Sauske had requested to go ahead before Naruto had finished so that he could discuss the punishment for one of his brother's killers. 'Alright. The final ant scurries to me just to squashed like the insect he is. Its pitiful really,' thought Naruto as he prepared to body flicker. Then for a moment it seemed like he disappeared.
Somewhere under the road the figure looked on in shock. "Where did that bastard Hokage go now.?" "Man this order sucks, I have to assassinate this guy and he seems pretty weak, I don't think he'll be of any trouble at all." "Alright where are you, you son of a bitch?" The ninja asked while he began scouring the roofs and street with his eyes.
"Right here." came a voice right behind him. Startled the Shadow ninja began to turn around when he felt the tip of a kunai being pressed into his neck.
"Don't move, you wouldn't want this Kunai to sink into your neck now would you?" "I have a message little ant, I want you to send it to your boss, the Shadakage." "Tell him that his ninja are a thousand years to early to pose any threat to me. Tell him is he wants my head he'll have to come and claim it himself. I am Uzumaki Naruto, and I want you to relay that message to your boss. After I leave I will be monitoring you. If I can still sense your presence in Konoha after three minutes of this talk, I will find you again and kill you. Then we will free one of the other ninja we have captured and send him, along with your head and my message to your Shadakage. Your choice. Live to fight another day by leaving, or stay and condemn yourself to death." Naruto spoke the words with all seriousness and the Ninja in front of him could feel the bloodlust that surrounded Naruto. He was like a caged beast that needed to be fed and had yet to sink its teeth into anything delicious. Then Naruto disappeared and did just what he said he would do. He waited. One minute passed and the ninja still remained, then two minutes. But half way into the final minute the shadow ninja fled carrying Naruto's message back to his Shadakage.
"Well that was easy" Naruto said to himself as he released the shadow clone jutsu, then picking up the remaining two prisoners Naruto Flickered back to the awaiting Ibiki.