Welcome back for the eighth installment of Naruto: The Crow of Konoha. I know I said that Naruto won't be godlike and it seems that he is taking out people that are supposed to be stronger than him. Let's look at his list of people actually defeated.
Zoran-Demon from chapter 5.
Orochimaru-Pedophile who was de-armed last chapter.
As for how it is simple. Zoran was under the impression that Naruto was weaker than he was and underestimated him. Orochimaru was in an area that would allow him to normally escape but he also liked to play around with his opponents. Orochimaru would not have taken a genin seriously, even when Naruto actually used the Kyuubi's chakra Orochimaru just played around and didn't take him seriously.
Now let's take a look at the list of people who CAN beat the shit out of Naruto.
Hiroshi Taggala-Second in command of the Crimson Fangs and all-around badass.
Fayt Taggala-Hiroshi's wife and Rika's mother quick and lethal.
Suijin Taggala-Effective Commander of the Fangs and thirteen tails.
Kaita Taggala-Wielder of one of the seven cataclysms and part of Hiroshi's main squad.
Shihiro Taggala-Grandmaster of the Crimson Fangs and grandfather to most of the other Taggalas.
Tomohiro Teki-Immortal soldier of the Fates and the Fates destroyer of dimensions, vampire with immense power.
Otella Taggala-Hiroshi's twin sister and wielder of Oblivion. She is also the only Taggala with no connection to the Fangs.
Most of Akatsuki: S-ranked for a reason.
Every Kage except for Hiruzen: They lead their villages and usually have a Kekkai Genkai to back up their power.
Hiruzen-Naruto would probably refuse to fight him. He can also utilize a rather unique ability later on.
Danzo- Even though he died; he would have been able to beat Naruto on his own.
Now the Seven Cataclysms are a set of unique sentient weapons.
Armageddon: Fire based with the special technique of the Dark Flames of Armageddon.
Oblivion: Twin to Armageddon. Wind based with the special technique Dark Winds of Oblivion.
Nilfheim: Broadsword with the insignia of a sword and fang crossed in the pommel. Ice based with the special technique Hell's Ice Age.
Ruin: Lightning based with the special technique Kuro Ikazuchi. Can cut someone even if the person is intangible.
Ragnarok: Lava based with the special technique Ragnarok's Reign.
Newyn: Darkness based with the special technique Requiem of Fate.
Discordia: Light based with the special technique Chaos' End.
Ino has been switched for Yugito.
Disclaimer: *A lawyer slides down a chute into a pool with sharks.* Sorry but he said that I didn't own Naruto, Bleach, or any other thing that appears in this story except for Ocs. And technically I don't own Ruka; she was made for me by another person.
Naruto: The Crow of Konoha
Chapter 8: Prelims and Recollection of a Snake
Naruto was sitting against the wall in the room in the tower. He was recovering from fighting the damn snake Sannin and he was in pain. It all started a few minutes after they got their final scroll.
FLASHBACK
Naruto and Sasuke were standing next to a river while Sakura was setting up camp. The two were planning on the route they were gonna take to reach the tower in the center.
"So, Naruto, why can't we take the most direct path there?" Sasuke asked the whiskered teammate.
"That would probably be the most expected path and there is also a spider nest there. Now normally I would say fuck it and run through there anyway, that particular nest is one of the more dangerous ones. The spiders there protect the Queen, and are far from small and weak like the one that attacked me earlier. The Queen herself is there as well, and I don't think we can take on a spider the size of a biju." Naruto replied with a dark seriousness. He tried to fight the Queen once, she was a tough bitch, and she could talk as well. She let him go that once with a warning. "I'm pretty sure that the Queen is either a demon spider or a boss summon." Naruto finished as he drew a path that led through a rather thin area of trees.
"So what would happen if you went and fought the Queen and won? Would we be able to pass straight through?" Sasuke asked, curious.
"Yeah, problem is fighting her is damn near impossible without using all of Natsume's chakra." Naruto then looked up. "Do you smell something like snakes?" Sasuke shakes his head in the negative. 'Anko never comes out this far until the third exam. To have that smell out this far it would mean either her or him; that traitor better not be here.' Naruto thought before he ran his hand through his hair. "Well we might as well rest now, and then make a mad dash for the tower tomorrow." Sasuke and Sakura nodded at the logic.
The next day on the way to the tower….
Team 7 was showing their training and was going faster than most Jounin could hope to match. The most notable fact was that each of them was using some technique to scan the surrounding areas: Naruto was using Samehada, Sasuke had his Sharingan, and Sakura was using the sensory abilities that she had gathered during the extreme training sessions with Saya. Sasuke then noticed a large mass of chakra heading towards them and signaled for the other two to be ready. When it hit them it was in the form of a Futon: Diatoppa. Naruto held Samehada out and let it eat the chakra in the jutsu. "Come on out snake." Naruto calls out, his hands already releasing a small amount of blood for his Sonikkubaretto.
"Oh, do you mean little ol' me?" The Kusa kunoichi from earlier asks.
Naruto fires off the Sonikkubaretto and watches as the kunoichi is hit by a handful of the bullets. She then gets up and rips off her mask revealing Orochimaru. He spit out a new body and then spits out the Kusanagi. "I'll make you pay for that little boy. I will make you suffer a thousand deaths for injuring my body. I'll-" He is cut of when Naruto appears behind him and slashes down with Samehada. Orochimaru dodges the attack and is blindsided when Sasuke appears and kicks him in the opposite direction where Sakura is waiting with her blade drawn. He dodges the attack and is slowly preparing to summon multiple snakes when he suddenly grins. "Little boy, I heard you recently adopted my wayward student into your family. Does it make you mad that I visited her before I came after you?" Naruto was suddenly quiet.
"Sasuke, Sakura get out of here. I'm gonna go all out on this bastard." He looks up and his eyes are showing the yellow eyes of his Kyuubi-cloak. He then reaches for the katana at his side. The black handle interests Orochimaru until he notices the pure white blade. When Naruto finishes drawing the blade, he puts one of his hands into the half-tiger sign. "Taggala Forbidden Technique: Demon Seal Release!" with the technique active Naruto rushes at Orochimaru with his wings still hidden by his cloak. Orochimaru dodges the jinchuriki's wild strikes and notices that Naruto is calmly staring at him before he ducks and Naruto suddenly starts moving even faster. "For a snake, you seem to be running an awful lot. Here, let me help you Orochimaru, help you die that is!" Naruto suddenly appears to form an afterimage that begins to attack Orochimaru as well. Orochimaru looks up and notices that Naruto was forming a giant black orb in the sky. As the Sannin felt the KI being released from the move he prepared to summon the Rashomon gates. Naruto formed the attack a little longer and began to pull it down, only for the energy to "fight" him before bursting and flying straight down at Orochimaru. "Take this you stupid snake! Dragonic Meteor!" When the attack hit Orochimaru went flying and Naruto landed on the ground and switched Armageddon for Thanatos. He then transformed her into scythe form. The scythe was wicked looking; with a pure black blade, black metal handle, and a red ethereal glow surrounding it. (From this point it is merely when Rika showed up.)
Flashback ends….
Naruto was still shivering from the look Orochimaru had in his eyes when he released the Dragonic Meteor. He felt like he was being watched by a pedophile with a snake obsession. The first thing Naruto had done when he made it to the tower was ask where Anko was. When he was told she was in the medical wing he took off running and ran into her room. She was there just staring out into space.
"Anko-nee? Are you all right?" Naruto asked.
"Just fine, I ran into my former sensei is all. Wait, how did you know I was here?" Anko replied.
"My team ran into him. He was kinda disarmed after the fight was over." Naruto replied, smirking when Anko slowly turned her head towards him.
"You mean you actually fought him? Are you fucking stupid or something? What if you had died?" She screams out.
Naruto says nothing and gets up and hugs her. "I will never die to scum like him. I managed to remove his arm and determine his target. He wants Sasuke's Sharingan. I didn't actually want to fight him until he said that he reached you first, after I heard that I went crazy and wanted him to bleed. When I thought that I lost a member of my new family it made me remember what happened that night." Naruto replied still holding his adopted older sister, tears coming to his eyes from the memories.
Anko just held her little brother a little longer than felt that he was asleep. 'To be able to injure Orochimaru, just how strong are you otouto?' Anko then fell asleep.
Timeskip to the Prelims….
Naruto was standing beside his team dressed in his usual trench coat, only without a shirt like Crow wears. Sasuke was wearing a red cloak with black clouds. Sakura was wearing her Wetboy Grays. The teams there were the two Iwa teams, the rookie 12, the Suna team, the Oto team, the three Kiri teams, one of the Taki teams, and the two Kumo teams. Naruto had a blank look on his face as he was talking to Crow.
'So, Gaki, do you think you are ready to learn my signature technique, are you ready to learn the Sonikkuburakku?'
'Yeah, I know I am ready to learn the Sonic Black.'
'Good, cause I will teach it to you on one condition. That condition is to win your fight here by only using Natsume's chakra.'
'Are you sure about that Crow, I mean what if I fight a Konoha shinobi?'
'Hope you get Neji or any of that Kabuto-teme's team.'
'Got it sensei.'
Naruto was brought back to attention when he saw everyone heading up to the sides. When he got to the top and was standing next to his team he looked at Sasuke and smirked. "Hey Sasuke, I bet you can't win without the Sharingan."
Sasuke looks at Naruto and notices the smirk, before he smirked. "I bet you can't win without using your blood techniques."
They stared into each other's eyes before smirking and shaking hands. "Deal."
Kakashi nodded to the two and Sakura smiled. Sasuke then looked at each of the Konoha genin. "Hey, would any of you mind if I watched the matches with my Sharingan?"
Naruto looked up from a book he picked up. "Sure, I don't mind."
Hinata looked up. "Of course Sasuke-san."
The rest all agreed until only Lee was left. Lee looked at Gai and was told it was his choice. "On one condition Sasuke-san, that condition is that if you copy any of my moves then would you spar with me?"
Sasuke smiled, not smirked, and looked at Lee. "I promise that if I copy any of your moves I will personally spar with you so as to not tarnish the hard work you put into it."
Lee looked at Sasuke and smiled before standing in the nice guy pose. "YOSH!"
As everyone was watching the board afterwards everyone was waiting for the first match.
Namikaze Naruto
VS.
Yakushi Kabuto
Naruto smirked at the board and suddenly appeared down on the arena floor. He pointed to Kabuto and made a come hither gesture. Kabuto was wondering what he should do when he noticed that Orochimaru was motioning for him to kill Naruto.
Hiruzen was watching the fights along with A and Terumi Mei. He noticed that Mei was watching some of her jounin with a look of slight agitation. A was looking at Naruto and then smirked when Naruto appeared on the ground in a burst of speed. Onoki walked into the room and noticed the name. He smirked before he noticed the fact that he was smirking.
Naruto looked at Kabuto and caught the scent of snakes all over him. "Yakushi-san, I am sorry, but this fight will probably be your last." Naruto suddenly started using Natsume's chakra and the entire room suddenly felt the choking hate of the Kyuubi's chakra. All the Jinchuriki in the room were floored when they realized that the strongest contender was not only the son of Yondaime Hokage but also the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi. Yugito, Fu, Garra, Han, Roshi, and Bee all looked at the kid and slowly understood that Naruto was quite possibly the most dangerous opponent in the exams. The Konoha genin were wondering why so many of the foreign shinobi looked scared at the energy. Kabuto just smirked before Hayate yelled out "Hajime!" and he was suddenly launched towards the wall, however he was stopped before he could hit it. He was stopped by Naruto's foot of course. Naruto then proceeded to begin a combo that ended with a kick up into the air followed by an axe kick down. "ENDGAME!"
Otella was shocked, here was a kid using her older brother's most feared hand to hand technique. This technique could lead to up 1000 strikes before the final strike. She saw the angle of the final kick and the fact that the kid used the corrosive chakra from his biju to completely kill his opponent. She noticed that Naruto seemed to smirk in a wolfish manner before she saw the image of Suijin behind the genin. 'So you really did train the kid big bro? I wonder if you think he'll be able to control all seven.' She then saw the kid walking up the sides and moved over to him. "Hey kid, so you were really trained by…"
"Yep, little sister, he was trained by the best of the motherfucking best." Suijin said as he appeared in a swirl of ice and snow. All the people there who knew the power that was present in the Taggala family understood that the strongest person to exist from the family was present. "You see, I noticed that he had fire boys sword and leech boys blade; so I decided why the hell not. I gave him a few techniques, such as my taijutsu finishers and even our family's secret technique. I honestly believe that he will be able to reach stage three; however it will be impossible unless he gains the rest of the seven. So, Taggala family members and loyal Fangs, if he meets your standards let him see if he matches the Cataclysm's standards. Oh, and Rika, your father wanted me to tell you that he expects you to win….. Or at least lose only to Naruto, any less and your training will be covered by moi." Suijin then reappeared next to Shihiro and the two shared a look, a look that spook words that none but those in the Fangs could understand.
As Naruto walked over to his team they asked why he killed Kabuto. "The bastard smelled like he bathed in Essence of Snake. Unless Anko was deciding to give a pathetic genin the chance to be surrounded by her possessions for a couple of years then the only other reason would be a connection to Orochimaru. The only thing that happened was my killing a possible leak in the chain information."
Orochimaru was furious; his best spy was murdered right in front of him. He needed to rethink his entire plan now, and to make matters worse he noticed that Naruto was the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and was thus unable to have the cursed mark applied to his body. He the remembered that he had a certain secret that could get the boy to lose his cool. 'I'll just tell him that Danzo ordered the death of his mother and that Danzo was doing so he could get Naruto on his side by having him become an emotionless puppet. Kukukuku I will eventually be uneatable and…. Wait if I use Edo Tensei and bring back his mother and father to fight him it will crush him. Doing this will make him rue the day he decided to kill my second-in-command.'
Oblivious to Orochimaru's insidious plans Naruto walked over to his team and looked at Sasuke. "Beat that Sasuke."
Sasuke Uchiha
VS.
Omoi
Sasuke watched as a white haired shinobi from Kumo jumped down from the stands. He had a long sword and was looking at the Uchiha. "Well, Naruto, you won in one move…. So I guess I will too."
Omoi was watching the kid walk down the stairs and draw a wakizashi from his cloak's sleeve. 'What if I kill him and it starts a war or he wins and Karui tries to kill me for losing?' Omoi almost missed when Hayate yelled out "Hajime!" and had to dodge the sudden strikes from the black haired shinobi he was fighting. He blinked when he saw the image of the shinigami behind him. He quickly dispelled the Genjutsu only to notice that Sasuke had just finished a series of hand signs ending on the tiger sign.
"Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!" The chunin hopeful fired the large fire dragon at Omoi, who switched with a random rock that was on the ground from Naruto's beating of Kabuto. Sasuke appeared behind him and held his wakizashi to Omoi's throat. "Surrender or die Kumo nin." Omoi nodded his surrender and Sasuke helped him up. Sasuke then looked up at Naruto and smirked.
As everyone was amazed at the power of the two genin who had fought and won their matches they realized that the three members of Team 7 could very well end up winning and becoming chunin. To make matters worse there was still the pink haired member of the team.
As most of the genin were shocked by the abilities displayed by the two Konoha genin, Garra was talking with Shukaku. 'Mother, why can't I kill the blond?'
'Because he is much stronger than you. He could kill you and prove that his existence is stronger than yours.'
'Fine, I will listen to you…. Mother.'
Sasuke stood next to Naruto and held his head up high. "Well, so far our team has been going first, I wonder if Sakura is next."
Kinsuta Dosu
VS.
Akimichi Choji
Cannon
Sabaku no Temari
VS.
TenTen
Cannon
Namikaze-Uchiha Sakura
VS.
Yamanaka Ino
As Sakura walked down towards the arena Ino was smirking. She was gonna prove to Sasuke that he should have married her. She had been training in using her body as a way to seduce Sasuke away from all of the hussies that went for him. She was gonna win and Sasuke would have to choose her.
Vi, Kylar, Saya, and Anko were all watching as Sakura slowly walked down the stairs and noticed that she had a smirk that Vi recognized right away. "You actually found a student who could use Momma K's smirk, damnit Kylar. I would also like to see what she can do; I mean she is on Naruto-kun's team."
Kylar just grinned, "You know she is gonna play around with the girl right?"
Saya and Vi just smirked. "Of course, Kylar."
Down in the arena Ino was spouting nonsense about how she was gonna win and Sasuke would love her instead of Sakura. Sakura just stared at Ino and shook her head. "Just cut the shit Ino, you and I both know that I am much stronger now than I was in the Academy."
Ino just charged at Sakura as soon as Hayate said to begin. She tried to punch Sakura, but Sakura stepped back and brought a roundhouse kick to connect with Ino. "Give up forehead." Sakura smirked before she swung her hand out and threw several kunai at Ino. Ino dodge them only to see Sakura flashing through handsigns.
"Futon: Chakra Diatoppa." The wind pushed Ino into the wall at such speeds that Ino was out like a light before she hit the ground.
Hayate and the others just grimaced at the blonde fangirl. "Winner: Namikaze-Uchiha Sakura."
Everyone was surprised, a whole team made it through the finals, a team that many in Konoha thought wouldn't even make it this far. The ones who trained the team were looking around with looks of superiority.
Nii Yugito
VS.
Hyuuga Neji
As everyone noticed the village that Neji's opponent was from they were worried about whether or not he would be able to control himself. He had a smirk on his face that told everyone the answer, he was gonna draw this fight out as long as possible. He then glared hard at the girl and noticed that she was looking up at Naruto with a small blush every now and then. "You should just quit. A Kumo shinobi against a Hyuuga prodigy, it's almost my fate to win."
Yugito looked at the Hyuuga, "Hm, did you say something?"
Kakashi suddenly smiled and looked at the kunoichi before going back to reading his porn.
Neji activated his Byakugan and slipped into an advanced Juken stance. "Your village killed my father, and I will take your life from you."
Yugito suddenly sighed, "Really, you are going to try and take my life because of something that happened in the past? You're pathetic, and your words are meaningless." She suddenly starts to be covered in chakra that reminded people of Naruto's. "For you are facing the Jinchuriki of the Nibi no Bakemono." She then appeared behind Neji and punched him into the wall. "Get up, Fate-boy; I'm not finished with you just yet."
Neji stood up and glared at the kunoichi. "You Kumo bitch, I'll kill you for that!"
Yugito suddenly stopped moving and everyone was starting to get worried. Kylar and Vi were preparing to move and intercept her before she killed someone who wasn't her opponent. Saya was preparing to protect the Kages. Naruto was prepared to stop a rampaging Jinchuriki. Sasuke had his Mangekyo active prepared to control the youki of the demon.
"I'm sorry you feel that way, but you really shouldn't have called her that." A voice said from Yugito. "She really doesn't like it when someone calls her that, so she decided to let me play around with you." The now identified Nibi said to Neji. She then clawed at Neji and sent him flying back before getting right next to him and repeatedly punched him until he couldn't stand anymore. As Hayate announced the winner she kept going. Just as she was about to strike the killing blow her arm was grabbed by Naruto.
"Give control back to Yugito or I'll show you what a difference seven tails makes." Naruto said channeling Kyuubi's chakra in the end.
"Oh, please do; show me how dominating you can be." Nibi said before she felt the chakra he was pushing out increased. "Oh, please, do more to me." Naruto suddenly applies more pressure and everyone starts having slight problems breathing.
"Do you really want to try and piss me off?" He replied, his energy starting to turn black and the Taggala family started to see the energy signature of wings on his back.
"Fine, I'll give control back to Yugito… but eventually I'll come for you." Nibi answered before giving Yugito control again.
Naruto let up the pressure and release Yugito's arm. "Glad to see that you are back to yourself. You won your match, but almost went out of control. Please do try to take more precautions in the future; or else I'll have to personally interfere." He stated before he appeared next to his team with a shushin.
As Yugito headed back up to her team she asked Nibi just how bad it was.
'Kitten, I think he would have killed us had I tried to continue. He was starting to use some kind of power than is more powerful than chakra and youki. Kitten if you ever have to fight him then be extremely careful; don't forget, he is possibly the most dangerous person here. I doubt even Bee is as powerful as he is at the moment.'
Yugito looked over at Naruto and noticed that he had a demonic grin on his face.
Fu
VS.
Aburame Shino
Shino looked over and noticed that his opponent was shinobi from Takigakure. He noticed that she had mint green hair with an orange clip hold some of the spikes from her eyes; her eyes were the same color as her hair clip. She was wearing a short, sleeveless, white midriff shirt with fishnet armor underneath, long white armlets, fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over them, and a red cylindrical object on her back. She held herself with a large amount of pride and walked down the stairs and stared at Shino with a calculating gaze.
"So I am fighting an Aburame? What did I do to earn such an easy trip to the finals?" She gloated.
Shino said nothing as slowly released his Kikaichu into the air. "Don't get cocky before the fight even starts."
Fu grins and as soon as Hayate shouts for them to begin she releases her biju's chakra and enters her chakra shroud. Shino notices and calls the beetles back.
"Proctor, I must forfeit. I know that I am not ready for this level of competition yet." Shino said in his monotone voice, although those who knew him heard the slight cursing in his voice. As Shino walked back to his team Naruto put his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Shino; I'll help you with training against Jinchuriki. We might even be able to help your Kikaichu be able to absorb the youki that a Jinchuriki releases." He said as Shino looked at him.
"Thank-you Naruto-san."
As all the Konoha shinobi smiled at the display of camaraderie, Garra was slowly starting to leak bloodlust at an increased rate.
Sabaku no Garra
VS.
Hyuuga-Namikaze Hinata
As all the genin gasped at the third person to have Namikaze in their name Hinata was worried for a different reason. 'Shit, I just had to get the annoyingly bloodthirsty Jinchuriki.' As she walked down she noticed that everyone was staring at her with pride and told her that they believed in her. She held her head up with the pride expected of a Hyuuga and pointed at Garra and slipped into a loose Juken stance. No one noticed that her hand a seal formula on it or that Naruto was smirking at what Hinata would do.
Hayate looked at the two genin and noticed that each was waiting for the beginning of the match. "Hajime!"
With the fight started Hinata rushed at Garra with what appeared to be average speed before she reached about halfway to him and suddenly disappeared in a burst of speed and appeared behind Garra, using one hand to blast some of his sand armor away before slamming the seal onto the revealed skin. Garra suddenly shouted out that he couldn't hear his mother anymore making most of the people look at him like he was crazy, except for the other Jinchuriki whose biju told them that Shukaku had a habit of acting completely insane. "What did you do to mother? I want to talk to mother."
"Mother, s-mother. It's your fucking biju." Hinata replied.
"Hey, take that back. Don't talk about mother that way! You meanie." Garra replied slightly pouting at the end.
"Oh sorry…. What the hell am I saying!?" Hinata asked herself as she slowly started to knock Garra around before finally breaking off the last of 'his' sand armor and revealing that Garra was not as male as the others thought. When the sand fell off everyone was shocked. (Props and a decision on the fate of Fem-Garra if you can name the movie where I took these last few lines from, a movie which I technically own a copy of.)
"Three of the Jinchuriki here are girls, and of us all it is the two with the higher number of tails that have better control." Naruto said as he watched the fight with his eye twitching. He walked over to the Kumo team that was being led by a dark skinned man who was rapping, horribly. (I refuse to do the rapping, I suck worse than Bee, and I won't run anyone off with my abysmal skills. I'm a white kid who lives in the south and listens to hard rock and heavy metal.) Bee looked at the kid that walked up to him and put his arm on his shoulder.
"Kid, I know what ya mean. I mean, you and I seem to be the only male Jinchuriki here." Bee said before two of the three Iwa Jounin came walking over. One looked like an old mountain climber, with red hair and a red beard and the other had on red armor.
"That, my friend, is where you are wrong. My name is Roshi and my partner over here is Han. We are the Jinchuriki to the Yonbi and the Gobi respectively. I noticed though that even though your last name is Namikaze you look nothing like your father."
"Honestly Roshi-san, if I ever met my father I would probably seal his chakra, tie him up, and bring him to Iwa myself. The man actually wrote in his journal about some pretty sick shit he did during the war when he was sure that he would never get caught. One of the things he did was when he apparently found a team of Iwa genin and killed all of them except for the kunoichi. What he did to her made me sick, he actually bragged about causing her to kill herself because he raped her. I thought at first that he was a good man if not naïve. However while I was waiting I decided to read his journals and see if he left any notes on the Hiraishin when I found those sickening entries. I showed them to my sensei and the Hokage and they understood why I would do that. I would actually like to meet the Tsuchikage myself in order to apologize for what my father did. I plan on keeping the name Namikaze and turning it into a name that actually has a good legend instead of the disgraceful one my father left behind." Naruto said with disgust in his eyes at the mere mention of what his father did.
Roshi and Han looked down at the kid in front of them and noticed that he was telling the truth the entire time, they were surprised. "Kid if you are serious then follow us after the prelims are over. For now though let's watch your adopted sister win her match against the Suna Jinchuriki."
As everyone watched Hinata started to form a technique in her hands that every shinobi recognized. "This here is a technique that my nii-san taught me. Rasengan!" Hinata then ran at Garra and slammed the sphere into her chest, causing her to hit the wall and fall down. She then turned around and put her hands in the peace sign before she was almost covered in sand. The only thing that stopped it was the fact that every Jinchuriki pushed their youki out and told Shukaku to return from whence he came. As Naruto walked up to Garra he watched as the sand tried to stop him only disperse before touching him.
"Here let me help you up." He said as he held his hand out to the red head. "Why don't you tell us your real name?" He asked as the girl looked up at him and heard Shukaku muttering in her mind.
"Gaia." She replied before grabbing the outstretched and letting the boy help her up. "Naruto-san, I was wondering, could you help with seal that is keeping Shukaku under wraps. I know that for now I am in control but I don't know how long that will last." She asked, hoping that he could help before she was forced to let her other personality out to give her 'mother' a treat. "You see, Garra is real; he is a manifestation of Shukaku's will to murder others and feed her blood."
Naruto thought before Natsume told him that he could travel into the girl's mindscape and find out what was causing Shukaku to go bat-shit crazy. Naruto asked Gaia if he could and she told him that she didn't care, so long as he didn't die. He nodded before he placed two fingers on to her head and meditated.
In Gaia's/Garra's mindscape….
The first thing that Naruto noticed was that the area was covered in sand. He also noticed that next to him were the spiritual bodies of the cataclysms he wielded. He also noticed that Ruin was in his hands. "Ruin, why am I wielding you?"
"Simple, we can feel the presence of a soul that shouldn't be here, a soul that we have had to deal with in the past. The soul fragment is a fragment of a fallen Taggala. His main ability was attaching his soul to other souls; he was also the one who tried to kill Tomohiro and the others. The man's name was Satsujin-o Taggala." Ruin replied.
"Murder King Taggala, he sounds like a right bastard." Naruto replied before he heard a roar from the distance that sounded like a woman yelling for someone to get out of her head. When Naruto found the voice he saw what appeared to be a giant Tanuki with a spider about to bite it. "Oh hell no. Kuro Ikazuchi!" Naruto swung Ruin and a large blast of black lightning flew out towards the spider. The spider just barely turned and deflected the attack with one of its legs before jumping at Naruto and stabbing him through the leg. Naruto gasped in pain before he used the blood that covered the leg as explosives and sent it flying backwards. The spider turned its black eyes towards the child that attacked it.
"Boy, I hope you know that you are fighting someone who went up against the best the Fangs and Fates could throw and walked away after kicking the ass of all of them." The spider taunted before dodging Nilfheim who had appeared behind him with an evil look and striking him into a wall. The spider laughed before appearing behind Naruto and slamming him into the ground and throwing him around. Naruto attempted to get up but was stabbed through the leg by the spider. Just before the spider could hit him a fierce flame appeared and sent the spider flying back towards the wall. Naruto looked up and saw both Crow and Natsume. Crow had a look of extreme anger on his face while Natsume was silently thanking Kami that Naruto was safe. "So you had to call for help boy? Don't worry. Maybe I'll take over your mind after I kill this girl's mind. Now die for me!" Satsujin-o's avatar said before he was cut in half by Thanatos. As he disappeared he made a mental note of the boy who had attacked him. He would be sure to show this boy why he was king.
As the spider dispersed Naruto walked over to the Tanuki that was slowly shrinking to form a human shaped figure. When the sand was done falling everyone there saw Shukaku in all of her glory. Crow was sent flying back with a nosebleed while all the other guys just stared in slight awe. When Shukaku turned to look at who had saved her she saw her older sister. "Natsume-nee, what are you doing here?" Natsume pointed to Naruto, who explained what had happened to the biju. "So that mean man made me seem to be a horrible monster?" When everyone nodded she burst into tears and told everyone to tell Gaia that she would be able to sleep now.
Outside of the mindscape…
Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the Taggalas that walked over and told them that he had to tell them something in a minute. He then looked at Gaia. "Gaia-chan, Shukaku is now back to her usual self and told us to tell you that you would be able to sleep once more." He then turned to the Taggala family. "The reason she was not herself was that she was slowly being devoured by Satsujin-o."
"Impossible, I watched Hiroshi-nii kill Satsujin-o." Otella replied scared to think what it would mean if the boy was right. "Are you sure that was the name of the person you fought in there?"
"Hell yeah, I mean how many people out there could really kick my ass and the ass of a biju?" Naruto replied.
Otella looked at the boy and was slowly cursing out the possibility that Satsujin-o was alive. The boy would definitely need Oblivion at this rate. "I'm sorry but I will need to think about this before I can do anything, you do understand it right?"
Naruto nodded his head before he passed out.
Two Days Later….
Naruto woke up and the first thing he noticed was that he was in his room at the Namikaze residence. He groggily wondered if he had just dreamt all the shit that had happened. He noticed his calendar and saw that it was at least two days after the prelims. "What the fuck happened? Did I win, who am I fighting in the finals, did the Iwa group think that I avoided them?" He then groaned and noticed he had a new weapon at his side. "What the hell?" He noticed that the blade had the energy he had come to place as a sign of a cataclysm. "I wonder which one it is." He noticed that a weird symbol was on the bottom of the hilt, the symbol appeared to be a tree that seemingly had millions of branches. The branches led up the hilt to the sheathe. The sword had the appearance of a Jian. The blade was a metallic gray with a red stripe that went through the center. Naruto looked at the blade and wondered which of the cataclysms he had been granted once again. He then noticed that it was almost noon and he was hungry. He put on his clothes and headed out to Ichiraku's Ramen. When he got there he overheard one guy talking about what the Iwa kunoichi had done to poor Kiba. He had a spear of lava aimed at his nuts with the threat that next time she would aim a little up. He also learned that the Iwa team was after him and that he was also considered to be lying for claiming to a member of the Namikaze clan. 'Oh well, idiots will remain idiots.'
That is it for this chapter. The next chapter is the Iwa meeting, meeting Jiraiya, and the first look into Naruto's hellish training before he was a genin. Consider this a late Christmas gift.
Flames will be used to successfully kill Justin Beiber. Mwahahaha, suckers.
Vermiculus-umbra-chorus OUT!