Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 24 Trouble at Tenshi Bridge
Yugito had left Naruto and made her way back to meeting with the Raikage. Fixing up her hair she walked inside.
"Ah Yugito-chan welcome back I trust that you know some things about our visitors?" A asked
Yugito paused, she didn't know how much to give away about how well she knew Naruto but decided to give him a short version of what she knew about 'her Naru-kun'.
" The leader of there party, Asuma Sarutobi is a honorable man. I have worked with him on two occasions when we were searching suspected akatsuki hideouts, he is deadly at close range combat and use's a mastery of Fuuton chakra to compliment his unique fighting style, with its use of trench knives" Yugito said going over the her experience's with Asuma.
"Ok now, what do you know about the Namikaze" A said with interest, his only ever rival in speeds legacy had stood before him and nobody outside of Konoha had known he had existed for years.
"I met Naruto Namikaze, three years ago when I first was sent to the village to negotiate the agreement on the Akatsuki, then however he was simply known as Naruto Uzumaki" Yugito paused here not sure how to continue.
"What do you know of his skills, who trained him" A asked
"Naruto is the apprentice of the Gama Sannin Jiraiya, he was taken out of the village three years ago to train full time only returning recently so I do not have an accurate scope on his skills, however before he left he was highly skilled in Konoha's Kagebushin no jutsu as well as his father's Rasengan, he also has a wind affinity" Yugito said not feeling it necessary to divulge Naruto's rather unique training method.
"Is there anything else" A asked
"Yes there is, he is the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no kitsune" Yugito said, this got A's attention, the boy would become a strong ninja indeed.
"Thank you Yugito-chan I am aware the last member is an Anbu and thus as per our agreement is under an Alias and information on him is classified so you will not know, you are dismissed for now but I here the counsel would like to have a word with you tomorrow, don't ask me what it is about, probably just another scouting mission like last time" A waved goodbye to Yugito before turning to face out the window.
'Namikaze huh I look forward to having a spar with you, if your anything like your old man I may have found a new rival' the Raikage thought as the sun slowly set.
(Hotel)
Naruto walked into the hotel rooms still in a daze from his rather heated encounter, with the cat like kunoichi. Slumping into the couch he let out an exhausted sigh.
"So did you get something to eat" Asuma asked wondering why the young blond and looked like he just got out of bed.
Naruto thought about the question for a minute, "Yeah it was delicious... even better than ramen" Naruto admitted.
"wow for you to say that it must have been good, where did you go" Yamato asked, having a theory from the time he had helped the boy master his wind manipulation, he had seen how Naruto and Yugito interacted and they were not just friends.
Naruto began to sweat a little he had not actually eaten and could not give them a name or anything... "um just some small shop in a back ally, I cant remember the name"
Naruto's reaction to the question gave Yamato the answer to his theory, just nodding his head in acceptance he turned back to Asuma. "what does the approach to Tenshi Bridge look like" Yamato asked.
"well its not good I would suggest working with team seven with one of us filling up there numbers for a 4 man squad while two others scout the area and prevent unwanted visitors during the extraction" Asuma said, wishing Shikamaru was there to help him with the best strategy for the capture of the spy.
"Well, I will observe the capture if I can escape higher ranking ninja when I was an academy student I don't see why anybody can find me if I want to be hidden" Naruto said with a smirk remembering when he used to terrorize the village with his pranks and he would hide from the ninja who followed
"Yes that does sound like a good idea, we should leave tomorrow that way we can set up a camp and do a proper scout before anybody arrives, and maybe meet up with team 7 and Kakashi sempai" Yamato said
"I agree" Asuma said folding up a map and placing it into a small backpack. "Now Naruto, I was wondering if you could explain how you use those miniature shuriken like you did against those Oto ninja" Asuma asked.
"Yeah why not its a simple technique really" Naruto said producing one of his shuriken for Asuma to inspect.
"The way it works is basically like your trench knives altho the chakra conductivity and delayed release is done by these tiny seals" Naruto said, pointing at two separate yet intricate seals no bigger than a fingernail on each side. "now what you do is channel your chakra into the seal on top, the more you use the bigger the blade will become. The seal on the bottom is a three way activation seal often used on exploding tags that allows you to either set them to a timed delay, remote or even proximity triggers" Naruto said
"That's genius but couldn't you put those seals on any shuriken or even kunai for that matter" Asuma questioned
"Well yeah technically I could..." Naruto said
"Then why do you use these tiny things" Asuma said not understanding why he would go out of his way to custom make something like these
"Hm I would say because if a person sees something tiny there not going to think it is as much a danger as a full sized shuriken, also my father could have placed his Hirashin formula on normal kunai instead of his three pronged variety, I guess we are a lot alike" Naruto said with a cheeky grin.
(Tenshi Bridge The Day of the Meeting)
"So how is this going to work" Naruto asked
"After reworking the plan for both teams it would be easier for Yamato to use Mokuton to create a shell version of the Hiruko puppet, and he will be inside to make the capture" Asuma said
"Naruto will be on the far side to block his escape while Sai and Sakura I want you observing from the south ready to jump in should Yamato need help" Kakashi said
"Then what are you and Asuma sensei going to do Kakashi sensei" Sakura asked
"We will be spread out several miles to the north to prevent any interference from any of Orochimaru's men" Kakashi said
"The meeting is in a few hours Sakura you can stay here and help me get the costume and voice right, Naruto you should get into position with Kakashi sempai and Asuma, you are on the other side of the bridge and we don't want you getting caught out of position when we begin the capture" Yamato said as the two groups split up Naruto, Asuma, and Kakashi on one side, Yamato, Sakura, and Sai on the other.
Naruto sat back and waited for the spy to arrive, you could imagine his shock when he saw Kabuto walking out onto the bridge 'well this is a shocker. I never would have expected Kabuto, of all the people in Orochimaru's team he always seemed the most trusted' the blond thought as Yamato slowly stalked out onto the bridge 'Something is not right here I can sense three people on the bridge... there but whoever it is knows erosennin's chameleon jutsu for hiding in the open, and I cant even warn Yamato about it without compromising the mission, I will have to wait for now'
(On The Bridge)
'Kakuzu' slowly moved to the center of the bridge where Kabuto was leaning against the railings looking out over the valley.
"It's been a while Sasori-sama" Kabuto said turning to face the covered leaf ninja.
"were you followed?" Sasori said
"no we are all alone" Kabuto said
"I have questions for you, I want information on Sasuke Uchiha, as well as Orochimaru's where a bout's" the fake puppet master said
"Orochimaru has many hide outs many in Otogakure but he has bases in other country's as well" Kabuto said
"His current location" Sasori said irritated
"he is in a base, several miles from here to the north, Sasuke is there with him" Kabuto said
'I have to take him now cant wait any longer' Yamato thought. Taking out a kunai but paused when he heard a slow almost peaceful voice "my my isn't this intriguing conversation" there leaning against the opposite railing was Orochimaru him self.
Kabuto jumped and repositioned himself when he saw the kunai.
"Thank you Sasori-sama if you hadn't drawn that kunai he would have gotten me" Kabuto said
'Damn this isn't good I cant take Orochimaru on my own, I would have a chance if I fought him back with Kabuto, but that would give away that I am not Sasori with my fighting style, I could call out my teammates but that too would just prove I am not Sasori and the target could get away' Yamato thought.
Kabuto activated his chakra scalpels and lunged, not at Orochimaru but at Sasori, destroying the Hiriku shell the Anbu captain was wearing.
"Shadow Snake hands" Orochimaru called out and snakes flew from the sleeves of the Hebi sannin's robes curling there way up Yamato's body, however when they finally bit his neck the the leaf Anbu's body changed into wood and crashed lightly to the ground
"That was a Mokuton Clone then that means" Orochimaru said but was cut off by Kabuto "I don't get it is this form Sasori's real body"
"my my Kabuto, you mean to tell me even after all these years of working with him, you never saw Sasori's real body" Orochimaru calmly said.
"Well he always hide it behind those puppets, hes such a dreary fellow... Anyway if your not Sasori who are you" Kabuto said smugly
"Now Kabuto there will be time for that later why don't you tell the rats that are hiding out there to join you" Orochimaru said
'so he knew all along' Yamato thought signaling Sakura and Sai
"Ah that's a face I know" the snake said looking at Sakura "but I think you are missing one little rat"
(With Naruto)
"Guess I better go join the party" Naruto said to himself standing up and slowly walking towards the bridge. 'still wish I had Asuma and Kakashi here instead of Sakura and Sai but I should be able to deal with Orochimaru until they arrive at least'
Naruto walked out onto the bridge behind Kabuto and Orochimaru and a gust of wind immediately gave away his presence.
"Oh my its you, tell me how did you survive the valley of the end" Kabuto sneered seeing the boy he had picked apart and tossed into the river just over three years ago standing at the across from him.
"Ah so the Kyuubi is here too, maybe we can have some fun with him" Orochimaru said "I wonder how he compares to Sasuke now"
Naruto just stared and gave a small laugh "Ha! Sasuke was never as good as me, its good to see you again Kabuto, I think its time I gave some pay back for that beating you gave me"
"I will take care of him Orochimaru-sama" Kabuto said and blurred away chakra scalpels activated charging at the blond.
Naruto just stood there activating a seal to enter sage mode swiped Kabuto away with a back hand like he was nothing but an insignificant fly.
"well now this is interesting" Orochimaru said licking his lips and turning to face Naruto head on "this isn't Kyuubi's chakra at all, what is this" the snake began stalking forward hoping to decipher what the blond just did.
Sakura at this point saw Orochimaru had his back turned and went for an attack, her punch shattered the floor of the bridge, but Orochimaru was easily able to avoid it. "kukukuku it seems Tsunade has been teaching this one, unfortunate for her she didn't learn when she is over her head... Isn't that right Naruto-kun" Orochimaru said. He had been hoping upon seeing Naruto there that he could test out himself against some of the Kyuubi's Yokai but this new development had shocked and intrigued him immensely
Naruto pushed forward and delivered a devastating punch to the snakes face sending him flying back crashing through a good section of trees.
Orochimaru struggled to his feet the attack Naruto had just delivered had such force behind it the snake had lost an arm. Naruto walked casually through the dust and stopped upon the grotesque site of a pair of hands and arms stretching out from Orochimaru's body and slowly a completely rebuilt perfectly healthy sannin stood before him again.
"what the fuck are you" Naruto said looking at the snake in disgust
"Naruto-kun you cant kill me... is that all you got then, even with this new power is that the best you can do" Orochimaru said taunting the blond he decided to push it further "Your no Sasuke, your not even in the same league"
"Yeah I know, Sasuke will never match up... Sage art: Winds of Destruction" Naruto thrust his palms out from his body and a massive force of wind began to crush everything around him throwing it back, trees were up rooted the earth around him ripped away when the winds finally died down Naruto stood on a small mound of untouched grass and all around him for about half a mile was a crater.
Orochimaru who after the attack had to spit out another body had a hungry look in his eyes "The things this boy can do, I must admit, he has piqued my interest" Orochimaru said to himself.
Yamato and Sakura came out of the surrounding forest at this point and saw the destruction, Sai had been flying above the fight on an ink bird since the start of the confrontation.
"Captain Yamato, Sakura... I need you to find Kakashi and Asuma, I can take care of Orochimaru for now" Naruto said calmly not taking his eyes off of the deadly S class ninja standing opposite him.
"What are you saying Naruto, you cant fight Orochimaru alone" Sakura yelled out
"No hes right Sakura, we need to get Asuma and Kakashi sempai" Yamato said, not wanting to leave Naruto alone but at the same time realizing they are going to need the other two jonnin to get out of this situation.
Naruto kicked off and began engaging the snake in taijutsu, Orochimaru's body was able to take the hits from the frog kumite, by bending his body at unnatural angles but he was still fealing the effects.
Sakura and Yamato left just as Naruto kicked Orochimaru back again. The snake once more shed his skin, before dropping to the ground and spewing out hundreds upon hundreds of snakes.
"Ok that's fucking disgusting don't you have any normal jutsu you freak, Summoning jutsu!" Naruto roared before slamming his hand down and a large red toad about the height of Naruto appeared, it was wearing a blue shirt and had a sword at his side.
"Kichi kinda need your help with a jutsu, I need your fire" Naruto said urgently
Gamakichi seeing the situation they were in didn't argue and stood infront of Naruto before taking in some air to breath fire "Sage Art Compilation jutsu: White flames of the heavens"
Naruto released a gale of wind from his mouth at the same time as Gamakichi expelled flames, combining, the red fire expanded and changed to white. The snakes were incinerated before the flames even hit them, and Orochimaru once again had to evacuate his skin.
"Thanks for the help Kichi stick around I might come into more trouble I am facing someone like Orochimaru after all" the blond said producing a small cake from seemingly nowhere and chucking it to the ever growing toad.
Naruto took out several of his mini shuriken applied an appropriate amount of chakra and threw them. Orochimaru looked at the small projectiles with interest before they expanded.
The traitorous missing ninja deftly weaved trough the oncoming barrage of rapidly expanding shuriken, almost dancing out of the way as his body would contort into shapes that should not have been possible.
Orochimaru sent several snakes trying to find a way through the boys long range defences but the shuriken were slicing through them as though they were not even there, eventually Naruto got an indirect hit and removed the hand of the snake sannin, and forcing him to yet again produce another version of himself by shedding his skin.
"So, Sasori wont be coming after all huh" came the sneer of Kabuto who had finally repaired himself from the beating that Naruto had given him.
"Ah Kabuto nice of you to join us at last, we should not have much of a problem with the boy now, he is strong but hasn't made me exert to much effort, also hes not as fast as Sasuke, so the pair of us should be able to take him down a notch quite easily" Orochimaru said confidently as there was a small break in hostility's brought on by the arrival of his most loyal subject
"Funny how you think this is all I have" Naruto said bringing his hands up into a seal. "Kai" The restriction seals on this body began to glow and fade away. Orochimaru looked on and just licked his lips at the prospect of such an interesting boy.
"Looks like we will have to get serious" Orochimaru said and got back into a stance no longer overly confident 'How did he get this strong, this is ridicules, damn you Jiraiya what else have you taught this boy'
Orochimaru and Kabuto both raced at Naruto arriving at the same time in blistering speeds, there attacks were well timed and accurate but it seemed as though nothing they did could get a upper hand, the young Konoha ninja was able to dodge most attacks with his superior speed and the ones that he couldn't were mostly glancing hits.
Kabuto was stunned his chakra scalpels were having no affect on the boy at all, he would almost instantly heal, it was just like his own advanced healing but he did it subconsciously.
Naruto spun back and delivered a spinning kick to the side of Orochimaru's head knocking him into Kabuto and the pair went sailing to the far side of the clearing.
Naruto formed two shadow clones and began gathering wind chakra and spinning it in his palm "You know I am really getting sick of you two, why don't you try regenerating from this... Fuuton: Rasenshuriken" the blond called out holding the large spinning disk above his head.
"That jutsu, what... Power, I cant let myself be hit with that thing" Orochimaru said to himself as he began to stand and spew out another body, the snakes look of awe at the jutsu turned to horror when the blond threw it. 'how can he throw something so dense, its impossible' "SUMMONING RASHAMON" Orochimaru screamed in desperation slamming his hands on the ground
Naruto's Rasenshuriken hit the first gate and expanded into a ball of wind slicing the first two gates apart destroying them completely, only one gate remained. Orochimaru relaxed slightly but then froze as he saw a second Rasenshuriken flying towards his last gate protecting him.
'I'm down to my last seal if he is alive this could cause some major problems I just hope Kakashi, Asuma and Yamato get back here soon' Naruto thought panting slightly from the use of so much senjutsu techniques, despite its healing and restorative factors they were still high chakra consumption jutsu he had used and required a lot of concentration, which had taken its toll on the boy.
The dust from the jutsu cleared and Orochimaru's body lay on the ground, his head seemed to be missing 'that doesn't seem right the Rasenshuriken powered by senjutu should have wiped his disgusting body from existence or at least most of it... something isnt right here' Naruto thought a second before he felt something move beneath him.
A blade from a sword shot out of the ground, Naruto reacted just in time to catch the blade before it pierced his heart, following the blade out was the head and extended neck of Orochimaru.
Slamming Naruto into the ground with the blade just an inch from his chest Orochimaru began to puch with all his might to force his blade down. "I really, hate, this sword" Naruto spat and took one hand off it before slamming his fist across the blade shattering the supposedly unbreakable blade of Kusenagi.
Naruto stood and the remaining members of his group entered the clearing ready to fight.
Knowing he could no longer win this fight Orochimaru ran grabbed Kabuto gave a final glare the blond before disolving into the earth.
"Naruto are you alright" Kakashi asked concern evident on his face
"Yeah I'm fine but I want a long rest after this" the bland laughed before falling on his ass breathing out a sigh of relief.
End Chapter!
In truth im not that impressed with this one it was kind of hard to think of a way to get a one on one fight with Orochimaru when there were three other Jonnin ranked ninja there if he didn't use kyuubi's chakra, which I am saving for later.