Dynamic Updatto! Yeah, my grandma is feeling way better now and I just had this great deal of inspiration and so I'm updating ALL my fics this time around! Those of you guys, who read more then one of my fics, after reading this chapter, can go to the other fic they're reading to see 'what happened next'… and those who're reading only one are welcomed to check out my other fics, of course!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter. It's good to know that there are still readers who wants to know how this fic will develop. I'm glad that you enjoyed the previous chapter and hope that you'll like this one at least as much.
Now, without further to do, I believe all that's left is to invite you for the next chapter of "Those Who Inherit the Will of Fire":
THOSE WHO INHERIT THE WILL OF FIRE
Chapter #4: Finders – Keepers, Losers – Weepers
Title Page: Toramaru is standing in the center of the page with his elbows propped on the two, large scrolls. To his left Garou is holding a normal scroll above the ground, making Hanomaru beg for it and to his right Naraku is drawing a straight line on the unwrapped scroll with his bleeding finger
"Hebiru-sensei, what are you talking about?" Naraku was completely confused. "What mission? And why do you even need this scroll?"
"Let's just say there's information on it that I cannot find anywhere else…" replied the chuunin simply with a smirk. "Now give it to me and I'll let you brats live… try to run away and I'll kill you in an instant… don't think that I'm just some weak chuunin who couldn't make it to the jounin level… the only reason why I stayed as the Academy teacher, was for this very moment…"
"Naraku, we can't give him that scroll!" announced Toramaru as he activated his bloodline. "I have no idea what's going on, but my father told me about this scroll. It must not get into the wrong hands and something tells me Hebiru's aren't the good ones…"
"Depends on the point of view…" responded the older shinobi with a smile. "But it seems you won't hand it over peacefully… unlucky… it'd hurt less…" and with that said he disappeared. Toramaru only managed to widen his eyes as the redhead chuunin suddenly appeared right in front of him and gave him a punch in the stomach.
In an instant the blonde collapsed to his knees, only to have his neck grabbed by the older ninja's hand. The white-eyed boy gasped for air as the grip tighten. It was then that Naraku decided to join the fight.
As the young Uchiha jumped into the air, ending the chain of hand seals and called out: "Katon: Housenka!" In an instant several, small fireball came out of his mouth, flying straight towards the chuunin.
Hebiru only smirked at the sight and jumped back, thus avoiding the attack. "You might wanna hold back, you know…" he announced still smiling as he lifted up Toramaru who was still gasping for air. "Otherwise I might even use your little friend as a shield…"
"That's dirty!" yelled Naraku, pointing a finger at the chuunin.
"In shinobi world, words like 'dirty' and 'low'… does not exist…" replied Hebiru calmly. "I thought I taught you that much… the problem here, Naraku, is that you don't get your situation at all… this is not some stupid, taijutsu exercise or one of your quarrels with Gaki and his gang… you should understand that if you'll lose this fight… I will kill you…"
Toramaru clenched his teeth. He was almost out of breath. With the last of his consciousness he began releasing chakra from his entire body. In the next moment Hebiru's eyes widen as he noticed a small sphere surrounded the blonde that began to push his hand away from the boy's neck.
"Hakke Shou Kaiten!" Hokage's son managed to call out as he suddenly began spinning, freeing himself from the chuunin's grip in the process, and blown the older ninja away, making him crush hard against a nearby tree.
Toramaru collapsed to his knees, breathing heavily, barely keeping his consciousness in place. In an instant Naraku appeared right beside him: "Are you okay?"
"Well…" began the blonde. "I'll live and that'll have to do for now… we need to think of something, coz there's no way we can beat this guy… he was our sensei, so he knows our abilities just as much as we do!"
"You always were the top of the class, Toramaru…" announced Hebiru with a smirk as he stood back up. "Mister Smarty Pants himself… you are so different from your father… I'll never understand how he became the Hokage really, but that's not really important…" and with that he bite his finger, while he reached for a scroll.
In the next second he was writing on the scroll with his own blood and right before the two boys a large shuriken appeared in the chuunin's hand. "This is something you brats were supposed to get familiar with in your third year… Fuuma Shuriken…"
The young shinobi back away a little, scared, but to their even bigger surprise, Hebiru turned around and began spinning his weapon in his hand as a small tornado came from the bushes. As the assault reached the spinning, shinobi star, it got blow back and crushed against a tree, thus revealing it was Garou.
The young Inuzuka slowly got back to his feet as his world was now spinning before his eyes. Hanomaru jumped out from the bushes right after that and began barking loudly as the redhead man started laughing.
"The famous technique of the Inuzuka…" announced the chuunin between the laughs. "You really should master it properly, before using it in the real battle, Garou!" and he burst out laughing again as the dog ninja finally regained his balance.
Just when he did so, he placed his hands and the ground and charged at the redhead at an incredible speed. The man however manage to side-step that attack easily and grabbed the boy by the back of his collar. In an instant Garou was tossed at the ground, landing hard on his back.
In the same moment however, Hebiru saw Gouka charging right at him, with her fists ready. The chuunin acted immediately bended his knees, making the young Uchiha's fist go right above his head. With a wide smirk, the redhead held up his hand and grabbed the kunoichi by the neck, forcing her against the ground.
"Who do you brats think you're fighting?" asked Hebiru a little angry. "Do you really suppose low level tricks like that will give you anything? If so then it just goes to prove you're far away from become a ninja, left alone gennin!"
"Dammit!" yelled Toramaru as he charged right at the chuunin with his Byakugan activated and ready to strike him with Jyuken. "Choke on this, Wrinkled Face!" Everything that happened after seemed only a blur.
Hebiru let go of Gouka and grabbed the blonde by the hand he intended to hit him with by the wrist. By twisting it, he made the son of Hokage yell in pain, before making him land hard on the ground, flipping as he did so.
"Toramaru-kun!" yelled Shunrai scared as she just walked out of the bushes. The Uchiha kunoichi found this as her chance however and without getting back to her feet, she aimed a kick right into the chuunin's face.
To her surprise however Hebiru just let go of his Fuuma Shuriken and grabbed her leg with his other hand. In the next second the kunoichi crushed against Toramaru as the chuunin swung them at each other, letting them free.
The man slowly grabbed his shuriken once more and got back to observing the five, young shinobi as they all gathered in the same place, with a wide smirk on his face. "One thing before I finish you off, brats…" he said simply, still smiling: "The only thing I want is that scroll and since only Toramaru and Naraku saw me, I wouldn't have to kill you guys as well… so why the hell did you show up?"
"Do you really suppose…" began Garou angrily. "That we'd just stay there s watch you killing our friends! I'd rather die along with them… then let a bastard like you get away without casing you trouble…"
"How noble…" the chuunin was still smiling. "Allow me to give you one, final lesson…" he began spinning the Fuuma Shuriken in his hand as he gave the kids an evil glare: "In shinobi world everyone dies, mostly in battles… and no matter what they fought for, their death is always meaningless and soon forgotten!" and with that he charged at the five ninja wanabies with an intend to kill them.
In that instant Shunrai began performing a set of hand seals and the moment she finished, she placed her hands on the ground, calling out: "Raiton: Denryuu no Jutsu!" Suddenly an electric charge went through the ground and hit Hebiru making him paralyzed for a split second.
That was enough time for Garou to take action however. With a wild scream: "Tsuuga!" he came spinning right at the now defenseless chuunin. As the attack reached the redhead, he only managed to call out 'ugh' as he got send flying back and crushed against the tree.
"Katon: Housenka!" Gouka called out, releasing a rain of small fireballs at Hebiru, who was only getting back to his feet. The chuunin just spun the shuriken, that was still in his hand, creating a small cyclone, which blew the fire away.
"Well, that's way better…"announced the redhead with a smile. "I see that you're not as helpless as I thought you guys were… an electric jutsu… you surprised me there, Shunrai… but that is to be expected by someone from the Kumo, I guess… how did you ever got that idea to attack me as you did?"
"Earth conducts electricity…" replied the blue-haired girl panting. "By sending a current into the ground, I can make it move almost as fast as in the air, covering bigger space at the same time… by controlling the electricity with my chakra, I made it go where I wanted, thus it didn't hit my friends…"
"I see…" nodded the chuunin. "Very cleaver indeed… I'm impressed… it's seems however that by just performing it once you lost most of your chakra and won't be any treat now… better be ready, coz I ain't taking you lightly anymore…" and with that he disappeared from their view.
In the next second Gouka received a powerful knee in the stomach, which made her gasp for air and bend over from pain. In an instant Hebiru gave her a punch in the back of her head, moving the hand that was holding the Fuuma Shuriken at Garou, so that the young Inuzuka couldn't get close enough to help the kunoichi.
As he finally realized what was going on, Toramaru aimed his opened palm in the chuunin chest, only to have it blocked by the blunt side on the Fuuma Shuriken. Before he knew it Hebiru spun around on his foot and landed a kick in the boy's torso, thus sending him flying back.
With the corner of his eye, the redhead spotted Garou charging right at him. In a fracture of a second he bended his knees and kicked the dog ninja's legs from under him. As the young Inuzuka hit the ground with his face, the chuunin smashed his back with a kick, pushing the shinobi wannabe into the ground even harder.
"No, other way then…" Naraku thought to himself as he performed an instant hand seal and called out: "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" and to everyone's surprise the place of one young Uchiha took fifty.
"What the…?" began Garou, before Toramaru explained: "Kage Bushin… my father told me about it… a forbidden jutsu that allows you to create clones that are real bodies, not phantoms… each bushin can do real damage, but it take a lot of chakra to perform…" and with those words sweat run down his face: "At the current level there's no chance for Naraku to keep that many clones for longer then a minute!"
"Here I come!" announced the young Uchiha as his clones charged straight at Hebiru from all sides. The red-haired chuunin only smirked as he got into his fighting stance.
The moment the first clone came close enough, the redhead grabbed it by the shirt and tossed it at the bushin coming from behind. As the two clones collided, they disappeared in the cloud of white smoke.
In an instant Hebiru spun on his foot and landed a kick in another bushins torso, making it fly back and hit another clone with its body, thus turning them both into smoke. The chuunin stopped spinning immediately and bending his knees a bit stretched out his hands, thus hitting two clones that came from both his right and left with an opened palm.
The next second he bended to his right and propped his right hand on the ground, thus avoiding being cut by another clones kunai. As his left hand touched the ground as well, he preformed a 'Belgian Helicopter' (A/N: that's just the name of the move… I'm aware that there's no Belgium in "Naruto" world), making few, other bushins disappear in the cloud of white smoke as they got hit by the red-haired man's legs.
As he landed back on his feet, Hebiru noticed three clones charging at him: one from his left, one from his right and one out front. Acting on instinct he aimed a kick in the right cheek of the clone that charged before him and lunched a punch to his left.
As his fist reached the bushin charging from his left, the clone got covered with white smoke. At the same time the clone kicked in the right cheek flew straight at the one charging from Hebiru's right and when the two collided, both vanished with the familiar 'puff' sound.
"This won't do!" announced Toramaru a little worried as he observed the fight with his Byakugan. "They didn't land a single blow yet!"
"Dammit!" cursed Garou as he feed his dog with a soldier pill. "Hanomaru, mimic me!" he yelled, bending over a little and having the pup jump onto his back. "Jujin Bushin!" the young Inuzuka called out and right before his friends surprised eyes, in stead of Hanomaru, another Garou stood on the original's back.
In the next second the two dog ninja used each other's hand to go into the spin and now two tornadoes went straight at the place where Hebiru was fighting Naraku's clones, with a wild yell: "Gatsuuga!"
As the tornadoes went through the crowd of bushins, they instantly started to disappear in the cloud of white smoke. Noticing what was coming, the redhead jumped into the air, barely avoiding a direct hit from the young Inuzuka's attack.
"Your ass is grass, you old fart!" Hebiru heard Gouka's voice coming from above him and as he looked up, he saw the young Uchiha finishing the set of hand seals as she took a deep breath: "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
Having no way to dodge, the chuunin reached for his Fuuma Shuriken and began spinning it in his hand, creating wind currents. Gouka's eyes widen as she saw her attack got blown in all directions, leaving Hebiru unharmed.
"I thought I taught you better… at your current level, that fireball of yours is easy to avoid…" announced the chuunin as he aimed the shuriken he held at the kunoichi's chest, only to see her disappear a second before her torso got pierced. "Wha…?" was all he managed to say in surprise.
As he landed on his feet again, he glance at the five, young ninja. It was then that he noticed a man standing with them with his back turned towards him. Hebiru's eyes widen as he saw a white and red fan on the back of the mysterious man's shirt.
"I hate people, who attack children…" announced Sasuke coldly, without even turning around to face the chuunin. "It goes double, when some of those children are my own…" and in that moment he just seemed to vanish before everyone's eyes, only to appear right in front of Hebiru in the next second, with his first crushing the redhead's ribs.
The chuunin slowly felt to the ground unconscious with the Sharingan user grabbing him and throwing him over his shoulder. Carrying the red-haired man, the head of the Uchiha walked over to the five kids and gave them a warm smile, saying: "Good job…"
"But…" began Gouka confused. "What are you doing here, father?"
"Naruto-sama noticed you were gone…" the man turn towards Toramaru. "So he asked me to help him look… when I woke up, you two weren't in beds either…" and with that he gave the twins an accusing look. "And now I found you guys in the forest being attacked by one of the Academy teachers and carrying the scroll with forbidden techniques with you…"
"It's all my fault…" announced Naraku bravely as he stepped forward. "Hebiru-sensei… I mean Hebiru… told me that with the help of that scroll I'll be able to surpass Gouka and I… well… I just wanted for you to praise me at least once, dad…"
Sasuke gave him a sad look and the sighed, smiling slightly: "Naruto won't be happy to know someone copied his idea…" he said. His eyes turned towards his son again as he bended his knees a little and placed his free hand on the boy's head: "And Naraku… I am proud of you… you and Gouka… you may not be equal in strength, but don't ever think that you're worse then your sister… nor should you think you're better… you're just different. And remember that no matter who you'll become… I'll always be proud of you…" and with that he stood straight again. "Toramaru, would you mind giving me that scroll? I'm sure your father would like to have it back ASAP… I trust you guys will be able to get home by yourselves… I'd take you, but this guy has to be taken care off…" saying so he point at Hebiru with his head. "See ya…" and so he was gone.
---A moment later, Hokage Tower---
"Here's the scroll…" announced Sasuke as he handed Naruto the stolen scroll. "And this is the one responsible for taking it…" with this he pointed at Hebiru, who was laying on the floor, still unconscious.
"So, even Academy teachers…" sighed the blonde as he stood up from his chair and walked to the window. "Seems that our enemies are even within our village…"
"It gets worse…" said the Sharingan user after a short silence, making the Rokudaime turn towards him with curiosity showing on his face. "He had the same tattoo on his left shoulder as the guy we captured two months ago…"
The Hokage didn't responded at first. He just stared at Hebiru for a while, before he finally announced: "Take him to Ino… maybe she'll be able to get some information from him, though I doubt that since that other guy haven't said anything at all…"
"Do you think your theory was correct?" asked Sasuke hesitantly.
"If it was…" replied the blonde with a worried face as he got back to his desk. "Konoha stands on the edge of another war…"
And so this chapter ends. Hope you enjoyed it and please leave me a review with your opinion. It'd really mean a lot and help me see that this fic is worth continuing.
Going further, it's time for the jutsu encyclopedia. All the techniques not described below are taken directly from the manga, so I didn't really see a point in describing them, so unless the jutsu was invented by me, it'll only end on translating the name of the technique into English:
Katon: Housenka (Fire Element: Mythical Fire Flower)
Raiton: Denryuu no Jutsu (Lighting Element: Electric Current Skill) – technique used by Shunrai. Basically the user must first concentrate chakra in his hands and then, with the use of the right hand seals, release it in the form of electricity. That way, anything he touches, gets electrocuted.
Kage Bushin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Skill… but in some translations it's also called Art of Doppelganger)
Jujin Bushin (Man-Beast Clone)
Gatsuuga (Double Piercing Fang)
And now's the time for another character profile. I figure I'll go with Naraku this time as he's somewhat the main character of the current affair:
Name: Uchiha Naraku
Family: his father is the ANBU member Uchiha Sasuke and his mother is Sakura, thought to be the best medic-nin in the Leaf. He also has four siblings: older brother Reiko, three years older sister Momoiro, twin sister Gouka and younger sister Homura
Bloodline limit: Sharingan
Clan's Abilities: fire jutsus
Birth date: 9th of October
Age: currently 8 years old
Blood type: AB
Favorite food: none
Favorite quote: none
Favored fighting style: ninjutsu with the use of weapons
Village: Konoha (Hidden Leaf)
Rank: Academy student
Team: not assigned yet
Techniques (used so far): Katon: Housenka, Kage Bushin no Jutsu
First appearance: 1st chapter
And this is really it. Hope you enjoyed it and that you'll leave a review once you're done.
Best wishes and until next time, hopefully.