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Lightning Havoc: Well, Ashura is a badass, and Naruto is young. So that's why.
"Fire Style: Grand Fireball!"
Naruto's eyes widened as Izumo weaved through hand seals and released his technique.
"Shit!" Naruto yelled as both boys jumped away from the burning sphere.
The veins around Neji's eyes looked like they where about to burst as the Hyuuga scrutinized his enemies.
He didn't even need to turn his head to address the blonde next to him, "Naruto, do you know any ninjutsu?"
Naruto nodded, "I know one, the Chakra Transfer Technique. But I don't know how it will help in this situation."
Daikoku's still body suddenly spurred to life and lunged at the boys.
"Earth Style: Armour." The teachers arm became surrounded by rock as he rushed the boys, Naruto had to jump away again to avoid impact.
Suddenly he started to feel dizzy.
'The girl is attempting a Genjutsu on you. I got it.'
"Naruto!" Neji Yelled as he attempted to poke Daikoku, only for it to be blocked by the teachers stone arm, "Suzume is a Genjutsu type! I'm immune, are you ok!"
'Am I?' Naruto addressed his partner.
'With me here you will be fine.'
"Neji! I can dispel them easily! Don't worry!" Naruto's lie went over Neji's head since he was currently fighting.
Suzume suddenly went completely still, and Izumo started to stir, the gate guard pulled out a strange looking chain thing and started to spin it.
'That's a kusari-fundo, it's also called manrikigusari or just manriki. It is a weight attached to a chain, when you spin the chain you add momentum to the weight at the end. A good swing can easily destroy your bones.'
Naruto nodded and held his stolen kunai tight.
Izumo attacked.
He swing the kusari downwards, Naruto sidestepped and started to weave through hand seals.
Rat. Hare. Horse. Dog.
"Chakra Transfer Technique" He restocked on Ashura's chakra.
A chakra arm shot of the boys hand and grabbed the chain, giving it a hard yank and propelling Izumo towards the blonde.
Naruto put down the kunai, not going for a kill, opting to bring his fist up instead. White chakra pooled around his fist as his target approached.
Izumo still looked completely emotionless as he went through seals in the air.
"Water style: Syrup Trap." A clear sticky liquid shot out of his mouth in a giant wave, heading towards the blonde at an alarming rate.
'Cover yourself!'
Naruto dropped the arm holding Izumo and formed a giant sphere or Ashura's chakra around himself, after a few moments he dropped it.
'Remember, you can only manage one arm at a time.'
Around Naruto was a giant field of the strange liquid, the boy could see grass slowly float around in it.
'It's some sort of adhesive.'
'Adhe-what?'
Naruto could here Ashura sigh in his mind, 'Glue Naruto. It's glue.'
Naruto could clearly see Izumo standing in it. But at closer inspection he was on top of it.
'He is using his chakra to stand on top of the glue.' Naruto thought grimly.
Naruto chucked his kunai at his foe, Izumo jumped in the air to avoid, only to be smacked like a fly into the glue.
Naruto stared wide eyes at Izumo's easy defeat, "I-I did it! Holy crap was that easy!"
Naruto turned in Neji's direction, the slow moving Daikoku started to move faster and faster, and was quickly overpowering the Hyuuga.
"Shit." Naruto stared to run towards his comrade going to assist him.
He felt a spell of dizziness.
'Another illusion, that girl is back up.'
Naruto looked to Neji's fight, Daikoku was moving slower now, Neji was looking reasonable fighting the older man.
"Ashura, only two people are fighting us at a time."
'Yes, whoever is doing this can only control a duo. If only one is controlled then the power of the controlled will be much stronger.'
'What should we do?'
Silence reigned for a moment, 'Fight her, I have an idea.'
Naruto ran towards Suzume with pace, getting near her in seconds.
Suzume swung a fist at him, Naruto blocked with one arm and punched her in the chest. She stumbled back and coughed, looking dazed.
She suddenly stiffened and rushed back towards the blonde. She pulled a kunai out of a back pouch, rushing forwards. Naruto ducked, dodging a killing blow, he swept his legs towards the teacher, knocking her off balance.
Naruto quickly kicked her wrist, dislodging the kunai from her grip, before grabbing her from the collar and holding her up.
"What now?" Daikoku could go full power at any moment now.
'Absorb the chakra in her neck, slowly.'
Naruto listened and activated the Chakra Absorption Technique , he quickly felt the tingling in his arm, and then pain.
"What!? Ashura!" It was a terrible aching pain.
'Redirected it and release it! Your body can't handle five chakras in it!'
Naruto's arm started to pain immensely, "What!"
'Just release it! Just think it!' Ashura's voice was a loud yell.
Naruto held his opposing arm up, and quickly started flowing chakra to it, he felt the tenketsu in his shoulders and upper body tingle as the foreign chakra traveled through.
With the chakra entering his left hand, it started to pain immensly. Naruto used all of his own chakra to push at it, trying to push the foreign chakra out.
A sudden explosion of energy propelled him to the ground, dropping a unconscious Suzemu to the floor.
Naruto looked to see a giant wave of energy impact Daikoku, sending him hurdling into a tree.
Neji looked at him in alarm, Naruto looked at his own hand in alarm.
'You pushed out the chakra very fast and suddenly. Creating a projectile of some kind.'
"That was... amazing." Naruto had a slight giddiness to his voice.
Neji deactivated his Byakugan and sighed in relief, "Thank you Naruto, for whatever that wa- UGH" He was cut off by a kick to the face that sent him flying to the ground.
"Neji!" Naruto looked to the assailant.
An emotionless Iruka.
Naruto took a deep breath.
'You ready?'
Naruto gulped and nodded.
Iruka leaped, weaving hand seals in the air. A fireball shot out of his mouth, Naruto swatted it away with a chakra hand, before jumping away from a kick.
Naruto blocked punch, and then leaned back from a kick, only to roll on the ground away from another attack.
Naruto grabbed Iruka's wrist and pulled on it, the teacher lost his balance, Naruto cocked his fist back, before he attacked Iruka hit him with a brutal headbutt, sending the boy flying back.
Naruto realized this was a loosing battle. He kicked, he blocked, he dodged. Iruka kept on coming with stamina.
Iruka jumped back and started to go through seals. A torrent of water shot out of his mouth, Naruto ran, the torrent following him, the boy got behind a tree, he could feel the water pressure beating against his cover.
When it ended Naruto jumped way from his hiding spot, creating a hand chakra to squish Iruka, the teacher rolled out of the way and fired another fireball...
...Only to be intercepted by a smaller ball of fire, coming from the woods.
Naruto looked in towards where the fireball came from, he saw what seemed like the cavalry.
"Sasuke?"
The Uchiha jumped near the blonde, "What is this?"
"Mind control... I think." Naruto seemed more confused then anything.
"Like a Yamanaka?"
'Like a Yamanaka...?'
Iruka went back into action, not giving the boys time to plan. He fired three fire balls at the boys.
"Naruto back!" Sasuke said sternly, he got infront and went through seals.
"Fire Release: FlameThrower!" A continuous stream of fire shot out of Sasuke's mouth, he sprayed the opposing flames with his, the fireballs lost shape and dissipated.
When it ended Sasuke collapsed panting, an eight year old did not have the chakra capacity to do that.
"Are you alright!?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke grunted, "That took a lot. No more jutsu from me."
Naruto nodded, and surrounded his arm with white chakra, forming a type of armor.
He rushed to Iruka, and aimed a punch, the teacher parried and slammed his fist into the blondes face, Naruto stumbled before trying to regaining his footing.
Naruto couldn't get back into form as Iruka onslaughted him, all Naruto could do was dodge. He ducked, he leaned, he parried, he ran. But he couldn't attack.
That was Sasuke's job, he tackled Iruka down and aimed a hard kick to the chest. Iruka showed no outward reaction to the blow and flipped away, settling back into a fighting stance.
Iruka turned only to see a streak of orange, Naruto swung around and put all his weight into a viscous round house kick, the blow hit Iruka in the ribs and sent him sprawling into the ground.
The human sacrifice created and arm of chakra, ready to absorb the foreign chakra inside of the academy teacher. But stopped at a voice.
"Naruto, I got this." Neji, who was holding his head, wobbled over.
His fingers glowed as he poked Iruka multiple times, Neji noticed the two other boys looking curiously, "My taijutsu style involves channeling chakra to your finger tips and using the Byakugan to seal tenketsu."
Both Uzumaki and Uchiha nodded, getting the gist.
Sasuke flipped his hair, "What now?"
Naruto looked to the small stone building, "Whoever did this is in there."
Neji and Sasuke nodded, and Naruto continued, "Lets go-"
Suddenly the ground stared to shake, the earthquake made the boys loose their footing.
'Daikoku, shit.'
Neji's eyes widened, "He's channeling a large amount of chakra into his lungs and throat!"
Sasuke yelled, "I know those hand signs, it the Dragon Flame Bullet!"
Daikoku leaned back and took a giant inhale of air, Naruto could see the slight glow coming from his mouth as he released a giant wave of fire, it took shape into a flaming dragon that started to rush them with increasing speed, Naruto could feel the fear swell in his chest.
'Calm down.'
He desperately tried to pull on any chakra he could muster.
'Concentrate!'
He was pulling to fast, the chakra started to flow wildly, Naruto felt dizzy.
'Naruto calm down!'
'Idiot' A deep baritone voice rang in his mind. 'Complete idiot.'
Naruto felt a burst of strange energy flow through him, making adrenalin seem tame. A strange red energy impacted the dragon, causing a massive explosion. Naruto was blown back by the blast, his head hitting a rock.
He saw fireworks launch into the air, and the bright colors in the sky was the last thing he saw before losing consciousness.
"Thanks Kurama. Thank you."
"The idiot panicked."
"I'll work on that."
"You better."
Ashura snapped his head towards his brother, "Shit. Kurama do you feel that?"
"The chakra controlling the humans... it is in the clearing."
"Whoever is doing this is in the open. Damn it! Naruto's unconscious and not in his mindscape."
"This chakra... I have felt chakra like this before..." Kurama smirked, "Oh my... If that happens..."
Ashi Yamanaka rolled his wheelchair through the destroyed clearing, his 65 year old arms aching at the task. He squinted because of the bright lights above him, and his ears ached by the loud banging.
But there was his target infront of him. All he had to do was cross this desolated battlefield, which was difficult in a wheelchair.
Ashi's blonde hair was receding, his vibrant blue eyes pale and dulling, the once lively expression he once held was wrinkled and weary. Pain.
He tried to deal with the pain. The pain of fighting a war, the pain of loosing his legs, the pain of loosing family and friends. Just like Shiri he tried to live with the pain and couldn't.
Yes Naruto wasn't the Kyuubi. But he housed it, and such a bringer of pain needed to be destroyed. Naruto wasn't a bad kid, but sacrifices had to be made.
Ashi neared the boy and started his jutsu, in a few simple moments the boy would be dead.
Ashi entered Naruto's mind.
Ashi wasn't scared of the Kyuubi, he knew it was sealed tight. The Fourth was too good even for the nine tails.
In the mind he wasn't a cripple. He had legs for 40 years, so his mindscape persona had legs also, he walked down the dark sewers with confidence, flexing his 30 year old body like it was real, which it felt like it was.
He would confront the Kyuubi, look it in it's eyes as he activated the Mind Destruction Jutsu, and kill both the fox and the boy.
He could see the end of the hallway, time for action.
"Hello." a civilized voice said.
Ashi stared, eyes wide.
Ashura looked back, a blank expression on his face.
Slowly Ashi regained his composure, "K-Kyuubi?"
Ashura shook his head, "No, my name is Ashura. And you are Ashi Yamanaka, former ANBU captain."
"How do you know this!?" Ashi was on guard, this has never happened in the veterans 50 years of walking minds.
Ashura smirked, "Your mind is not as powerful as mine. I am merely picking up leaking memories coming from you. Your skills have atrophied."
Ashi growled, "Who exactly are you? I will take the answers by force."
"Try."
Ashi launched forwards.
Ashura ducked under a punch, and brought his fist into Ashi's meaty stomach. The mind walker sprawled to the ground before scrambling up, glaring at his foe.
Ashura looked calm as ever as he brought up his hand, a white energy formed in his open palm. It glowed for a moment before a white shakujo rested in his hands, he span it for a moment before holding it into a more battle like stance.
Ashi blitzed the sage, going in for a bear tackle. Ashura danced around him and hit him in the back with his shakujo painfully. Ashi rolled and span around, going in for a roundhouse kick.
Ashura grabbed his leg and toppled him backwards, Ashi plunged back into the shallow water.
The Yamanaka got back up only for the shakujo to smack him in the face, Ashura grabbed him by the hair and slammed Ashi's face into his knee.
Yes, it was in the mind, and not physically real. But the pain was really simulated through their full conscious. So it felt real, and Ashi was in agony.
Ashi spat out blood and fired a Grand Fireball at his foe, Ashura merely swung his shakujo and destroyed it.
The sage grabbed Ashi by the neck and punched his throat, Ashi felt the air leave him and not return. Ashura then smashed his fist into the mind walker's face over and over.
Ashi's vision was spinning as he wheezed on the floor.
Ashura eyed his opponent, before frowning at a small speck of blood on his coat, he tried to wipe it, forgetting about the man on the floor.
"Bravo Ashura. You are quite the fighter for a pacifist."
Ashura frowned, "Sometimes an ass kicking is necessary, despite how much I dislike it."
Ashi noticed the giant fox and trembled, "T-The... Kyuubi..."
"Hello there Ashi... oh, I killed your daughter, sorry about that."
"Kurama that is not appropriate." Ashura addressed his brother.
Ashi's eyes widened, "Ho-how do you know about that!?" He started coughing after the sentence.
"I sensed your memories in the malice you where showing against me as you approached. If it makes any condolences I really did not mean to kill her." Kurama didn't sound very sorry, but internally he kinda was.
Ashi's face morphed into fury, "Stop it! I'll kill you!" He brought up his hands and attempted to use his jutsu, only for nothing to happen.
Ashura started to walk up to him, "You made a mistake underestimating Kurama, and your age made you naive. You should of planned for an unknown like me."
He grabbed Ashi's face with both hands, "As much as I hate taking a life... you have been through a lot of pain. And sometimes the best way to truly ease someones pain is to put them out of their misery."
Ashura's hands started to glow white, "Be with your daughter and comrades in the next life, let your pain go away."
In the real world Ashi's body was slack because of the mind walk, looking like he was sleeping.
Blood slowly started to trickle from his ears, then his nose, mouth, and finally from his eyes.
He never even knew he died.
Silence reigned in the clearing, staying for minutes.
A bug slowly landed on Ashi's forehead, crawling around a little before flying off. Right into the hand of Shibi Aburame.
"He's dead." Shibi spoke.
Figures started to walk out of the tree line. Hiashi, Chouza, and Tsume made their way to the boys and chunins, while Shibi went to check the area.
Shukaku frowned at the sight of Ashi, "Inoichi?"
Inoichi stared at his old family member, "I-I did not know. Ashi cut all ties and moved into the veterans home. I did not think he could do this at his age."
Shukaku shook his head, "All of us forgot who Ashi used to be, heralded as the strongest Yamanaka in centuries, survivor of every shinobi war. An A borderline S-Class ninja who in his prime had the ability to control up to five people at once."
"Not anymore though." Inoichi added, "He's just a dead man now."
"Report." A stern voice rang in a dim room.
"He reports to me Danzo, he's my agent."
"Does it really matter Hiruzen?"
Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe, a good stress reliever, "Anyways, take that mask of Dog."
Dog nodded and took his special mask off, the dual colored eyes of Kakashi Hatake stared at the elders, the Sharingan spinning for a moment.
"I tracked down every place Ashi has been the last few days Hokage-sama. I found no suspicious place or anyplace out of the ordinary."
"Plain sight is one of the best hiding spots." Danzo added.
Kakashi nodded, "Yes Danzo-sama, I checked for any trails and found nothing relating the Yamanaka clan to the attack. The closest scent of a Yamanaka is Inoichi's flower shop, which is still a quarter kilometer away."
Hiruzen sighed in relief, "The Yamanaka's are not rebelling, no need for measures like the Uchiha."
Kakashi, being Hiruzen's most trusted captain, knew of the Uchiha incident, and showed no outward signs or emotion.
Danzo nodded, "Good, the Yamanaka's interrogation abilities are invaluable."
"And they're good people."
"Irrelevant."
Hiruzen stopped himself from bickering with his former teammate, "Kakashi, tell me how Ashi died."
"From the autopsy, something went wrong in the mind walking process, his brain was... was..." Kakashi couldn't find the right words, "Mushed, grated, liquidated... completely destroyed."
Hiruzen's face scrunched up in thought, "Maybe... just maybe it was the Kyuubi. I am not quite sure how being a Jinchuriki effects the mindscape, but Ashi probably ran into the Kyuubi, Hiashi did say he saw some of it's chakra through his Byakugan."
"Is it possible Jinchuriki are immune to the Yamanaka? That information could be useful when we catch one."
"IF we catch one Danzo, we are not going to kidnap a nations valuable weapon for no good reason."
Danzo shrugged in response.
Hiruzen took his pipe out of his mouth, "Kakashi, dismissed."
The ANBU left without a word.
"Thoughts Danzo?"
"Many veterans are loosing their composure. We should assign their younger comrades or students to check on them to test their psyche." A different response then Danzo's usual 'kill all weak' response.
The Hokage nodded, "Yes, I was thinking the exact same thing for once."
Hiruzen eyed his adviser, "But this might not be the last attack on Naruto, we need precautions."
"I want him to come with me, but you will not allow that. The boy is growing immensely, being able to fight off Ashi's abilities at his age. His connections to the Hyuuga, and now possibly the Uchiha will help him also. I say we put stronger patrols in his area at night, and when he becomes a genin give him to Kakashi."
Hiruzen nodded, "And hopefully Jiraiya will come soon."
"I doubt it."
Hiruzen sighed, "He'll come to see his godson sooner or later."
"I believe it will be later, and by then the boy will probably have no need for a godfather, or a real father."
The Hokage caught the subtle meaning, "I taught Jiraiya and know him, he'll come. And Naruto will learn who his father is in due time."
"Let's keep him invested in the village sooner before he leaves it, your time is coming." Some might take that as a threat, but Hiruzen didn't.
"That is hopefully what Kakashi is for. Kids get attached easily."
"Too easily."
'You ok?'
Naruto groaned at Ashura's voice, "Headache." He mumbled quietly.
'Here.' Naruto's headache started to lighten.
"What happened?" Naruto sleepily stared at his apartment's ceiling, "How did I get here?"
'Turns out Ashi was a Yamanaka, he went into your mind and I defeated him. The parents came a few minutes later and secured you guys.'
"Well what a birthday that was, I missed the fireworks."
'Shame. Well the Hokage left a note on your table, I think he wants to see you.'
Naruto stretched as he got up, "I'll go in an hour. Food first."
'Well anyways... good job on using my chakra, it was a bit clunky but you were effective.'
"Creating chakra limbs was a bit weird, your chakra though was amazing though, never felt so good before."
'Well we used too much too fast, it seems like my chakra will only compliment your fighting style, not be the main tactic.'
"Shame, your chakra is one hell of a..." Naruto searched for a word, "...Chakra." He finished lamely.
'My chakra is unique as you know. But one thing we have to work on was your composure, you freaked out.'
Naruto rummaged through his pantry's, "Yeah, I need to practice on a lot of things."
'Well eat and get ready, we are training after you meet the Hokage, hopefully in a few years you'll become perfectly comfortable with my powers."
THREE YEARS LATER
"Are you sure it will work?"
"Yes Tonbo, with your information, and Shimon's clearance, we can pull this off."
"But... but this seems too difficult, impossible."
"It only seems impossible, but it is easier then you think."
"So we get the scroll... then?"
"We escape the village."
"Then where Mizuki? Where do we go then?"
Mizuki gave a sinister smile, "Orochimaru... we go to Orochimaru."
Tonbo gulped and slowly nodded, "Ok... just give me the plan."
Authors Note: Tonbo and Shimon are real people in the Naruto world, those academy teachers are real also.