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Chapter 20: Exam and Snakes
Naruto stared at the forest in front of him while the proctor explained the schematics of the test. He was so busy staring at the forest that he didn't notice a kunai was sent past his cheek until it was a foot away from him. Naruto's eye darted to the kunai and tilted his head to the right to avoid it. Then, he sensed someone behind him. He felt something soft bump into his back. He felt a kunai nick his cheek and blood dribble out. Then, he felt a tongue lick the blood, much to Kushina's ire.
"Why are you spacing out, little boy?" A feminine voice said. It was Anko's. "If you don't pay attention to me, you might get killed earlier than expected." After she licked Naruto's bloody cheek, she said, "Mm, your blood tastes good, brat." She whispered into his ear, "Maybe you and I could meet up sometime."
Naruto felt Kushina bristling at the comment.
Naruto replied, "You do know that you are much older than me, right?"
"Oh, rejecting me, are we? You do know who I am?"
"The only thing I know of you is your name, which is Mitarashi Anko. There is another and that is that you are the second exam proctor." Technically, I also know that you're the Snake Sannin's apprentice, but, due to being a genin, I'm not supposed to know that.
"Cheeky little brat, are we?" Anko, then, turned around and held up a kunai in defense only to see a Kusa-nin girl while holding Anko's kunai in her tongue, which was hellishly long.
The Kusa-nin girl said, "Forgive my intrusion from your activity with the blond, however, your kunai nearly cut my hair." She gave the kunai to Anko, who smiled mischievously.
"Okay, sorry about that, however, don't try to sneak up behind me again." She released a bit of her KI for emphasis. Some of the genin got uncomfortable.
The Kusa girl nodded and went back to her team.
Kyuubi said to the others. That girl…she gives off a male scent, instead of a female one. Also, I smell the stench of snakes on him…wait…not just on him. The stench is inside of him. It's as if he's a male-snake hybrid inside a female body.
Minato frowned. Only Orochimaru can be that snake-like. What's he doing here?
Anko turned back to Naruto and whispered to his ear, "We'll continue this later, little boy."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "It sounds kinky. So, is it your place or mine?" He asked rhetorically. Minato's eyebrows rose to his hairline. Kushina, on the other hand, has her jaw dropped to the ground.
Anko grinned. "Oh, I like you, kid." She went back to the front and held out two scrolls. "This fence is 10 km away from the tower. You are to get there within five days while in possession of both scrolls. Each team will only have one scroll, either a Heaven or an Earth scroll. Once you reach the tower, you will receive further instructions. However, don't open it until you do enter the tower. Otherwise, you will be immediately disqualified from the test."
Chouji asked, "Five days, what about food?"
Minato chuckled. That is very convenient, thinking of food while in the presence of a very dangerous forest.
Anko replied, "The forest is abundant with various animals. You can eat them." She pocketed the scrolls and took out a bunch of forms. "Now, there are some things that can get you disqualified. The first is if you don't manage to get to the tower with both scrolls within the time limit. The second is if even one of your teammates dies."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. Well, isn't it nice that I'm the only guy in my team?
Anko added, "Also, you are not to open either one or both of the scrolls until you get to the tower."
Kiba asked, "What happens if we do?"
Anko smirked. "If you do, you'll find a very terrifying surprise in it. Now, then, sign your forms. Afterwards, go into the nearby shed for your scroll."
Once all the teams finished getting their scrolls, they were tasked to go to their respective gates.
Naruto got an Earth Scroll. He was assigned to Gate 09. En route to the gate, he was beside the Icihibi jinchuuriki's team. Naruto noticed that Gaara kept giving him very dangerous looks. He raised an eyebrow.
"What is it you require, Gaara-san?" He asked.
Gaara gave him an insane grin. "Mother desires your blood, Uzumaki."
Naruto replied, "Have her cheat on someone else, bucko. I'm not interested."
Gaara began emitting KI towards Naruto, while his two siblings glared at him. He is so dead.
Gaara's team reached their gate, Gate 6, and Naruto went off to his own.
Arthas asked Naruto. Was it wise to anger the Ichibi jinchuuriki and his companions?
The jincuuriki thinks that every blood is his to command. And his siblings are too afraid of him and his wrath. I had to draw the line.
If you insist, so shall it be. Alexandros stated. However, bear in mind that this will lower your chances of gaining his trust.
If I may intercede, my king, Kel'Thuzad started. I sensed residual dark energies around the boy. It originated on his stomach, possibly the location of the seal containing the demon. Its dark energies are not its own. Someone has corrupted the demon, somehow. It messed with the boy's mind.
Hmm, only someone of an Archmage or Archlich level and above can corrupt a demon completely. Even then, it takes a lot of the caster's time. Any lower than the given level, the corruption isn't complete. How long since corruption?
Judging from the amount of energy surrounding him and the amount I sensed on the seal itself, I'd say even before he was born.
This is disturbing. Either the corrupter is from Sand originally or someone who goaded the sealer into giving the demon more power.
Well, no wonder he wants to kill me. Someone has messed up the dude's mind.
Naruto reached his gate and stopped. He settled for observing the other teams.
He saw various teams who were whispering about him.
"Is it just me or is he the only guy in his team?" One guy asked.
"Oh, yeah, I heard that that guy is a one-man team." Another replied.
"Well, he'll be an easy target for every team." A third scoffed.
Naruto narrowed his eyes. When they know what I did, they'll be singing a different tune.
Either they will be afraid of you or they will report it to their superiors and have you by their side or die. Minato said. In this case, it might be best to hide your abilities for now.
Okay, confidentiality it is. Naruto finalized.
He saw Team 8, and they him. They nodded to each other and Team 8 went off to their gate.
He saw next Fu's team, which two other teammates were sending disgusted looks at Fu. He frowned. That won't do at all. Naruto thought. Fu and Naruto made eye contact. He could easily see the hatred for her teammates and sadness at being treated like shit in her eyes. Naruto narrowed his eyes. Then, a chuunin approached him and opened his gate.
Next he saw a Kumo team. One was a pale-skinned blonde girl with a big rack. The next one is a dark-skinned girl. The last one is the only male. He had dark skin and a lollipop on his mouth. One notable thing on the team was the katanas on their belts.
Kyuubi raised an eyebrow. I smell residual Hachibi and Nibi chakra on them. They must be connected to both the Hachibi and Nibi jinchuuriki.
I see. Naruto said. He noticed that the blonde looked at him with a calculative eye. They stared each other down, until the blonde girl faltered and continued on her way.
Then, Anko's voice shot out from the PA system. "Alright, genins, take your positions! GO!"
Every genin ran posthaste into the Forest.
Naruto jumped through various trees until he got to a clearing. After a few seconds, he was ambushed by two Iwa-nin teams.
The first team's leader growled, "There you are, Konoha scum. You're going to pay for what you did earlier. You embarrassed one of my friends. Prepare to be in a world of hurt and not even giving us your scroll is going to save you."
Naruto nodded in understanding before taking out his wallet. "Do you take cash or credit card?" He heard his tenants laughing in his mind.
Every Iwa-nin growled. The second leader shouted, "That's it! You're mine, punk!"
Naruto immediately returned his wallet and drew Frostmourne. He jumped high to avoid the dogpile and landed a fair distance away from them.
He stabbed Frostmourne to the ground. "Taking grudges is unbecoming of a shinobi. What the Yondaime Hokage did during the War is necessary, as it was war."
The Iwa-nins stood up and glared at him. One of them shouted, "You wouldn't know anything! My father was one of those who your bastard of a Yondaime Hokage killed. In fact, you even look like the bastard. That's like rubbing our loss in our face."
Naruto's eyes darkened. Frostmourne began glowing blue. "You," he said in a dark voice, "dare threaten the Yondaime Hokage?"
Another replied, "Yeah, we dare. Why do you care? Are you going to come crying to mommy?"
Naruto whispered, "Furostmorno Higi: Seikon Kyuushuu." The runes glowed brightly and cracks appeared on the ground. The cracks began glowing blue and headed towards the Iwa-nin teams. They tried dodging it. Some even tried to go to the trees. However, they failed as the cracks even got to the trees and headed towards them.
All of them fell to the floor, weakened, as Naruto intended. The first leader said, "What was that?"
"That was something you will never know." He looted their bodies, to their anger. On one team, he found a Heaven Scroll, along with ninja and other useless stuff. On the other, he found an Earth Scroll, along with numerous ninja devices. He stood up and walked to a good distance from them. The Iwa-nins glared at him.
Naruto stared pensively at them. He bit his thumb, wiped the blood on his palm, made handseals, handseals that the Iwa-nins recognized, and slammed his hand on the ground. He said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu…"
The Forest was then filled with screaming.
Anko grinned pleasurably at the sounds of the screaming.
Team 7 began feeling nervous at the screams.
Sakura asked, "That was a human scream, wasn't it?"
Sasuke huffed. "Don't worry about it, Sakura. It was probably some random team that doesn't have the strength to brave this forest. Screw them, they were weak."
Sakura began to give starry-eyed looks at Sasuke.
Kiba put a hand on his chin. "We have a Heaven Scoll. We need an Earth Scroll. I wonder who has one."
Sasuke shrugged. "We'll just deal with any loser team that gets in our way en route to the tower."
Sakura cheered. "Yeah, you're right, Sasuke-kun!"
Kiba nodded before turning around to go to the bushes.
Sakura asked, "Where are you going?"
Kiba looked at her. "I'm going to pee. Why? Is that prohibited?"
Sakura bristled. Kiba shrugged and went along his way.
The Kumo team from earlier were going through their plan while they were taking shelter under a tree root. They finalized their plan until their blonde teammate spoke up.
"Just an added precaution, though, we have to keep an eye out for that blond, whiskered boy from earlier. As I was observing him, I saw something in his eyes that made me uneasy. He seems to have something that is inhuman. Inhuman isn't the word…it's somewhat unholy."
Her dark-skinned female teammate took her word for it. The other teammate, however…
"Meh, maybe the kid was a long dead kid before he was resurrected from the dead by an all-powerful necromancer and was tasked to weaken every ninja village while giving the necromancer every ninja secret of every village. Then, he will start a conquest to rule the whole world." He said while sucking on his lollipop. Then, the dark-skinned female teammate hit him on the head.
"Don't think like that, idiot! You're overreacting again! There isn't even supposed to be a necromancer since nobody has seen one even during the First Shinobi World War!"
The blonde teammate said, "Alright, stop it, both of you. You're both acting like children!" Both teammates stopped their fighting. She rubbed her shoulders. "Ugh, I just want this day to hurry up. My shoulders are sore again." She shook her head. "Why isn't there a skilled masseuse in Kumo?" She shrugged. "I just hope I can find one here in Konoha."
Naruto was busy jumping through the trees when he felt Kyuubi frown.
He asked her, Kyuubi-chan, is something wrong?
Naruto-kun, I just sensed an outburst of demonic chakra. From the feel of it, it is Nanabi's chakra and it sounded like Nanabi's container is in trouble.
Define 'trouble.'
Normally, everyone in and out of the Forest of Death could sense the outburst due to the wild nature; even you would be able to. It has always been an ability of any higher bijuu to detect any lower bijuu's demonic chakra, even if hampered by any kind of fuinjutsu. Perhaps that's why anyone couldn't sense it. From the amount of demonic chakra unleashed, I would assume that Nanabi's container is in deep trouble.
Where are they? Naruto asked.
Kyuubi took a time to detect the source. The Nanabi jinchuuriki is just a few meters west.
Got it. Naruto said.
Fu coughed up blood, courtesy of a very hard punch on her stomach from both teammates, and got to the floor as she removed the demonic suppression seal on her forehead that her teammates put on her before they punched her.
One of her teammates growled, "Damn little bitch, you almost killed me."
The other smirked. "Well, at least, she got what she deserved." He took a look around. "It's a good thing that sensei gave us a very high-level kekkai ninjutsu that prevents anyone outside the barrier from sensing the outburst.
Fu glared at them. "You angered me, bastards!"
Both teammates raised an eyebrow. "Who will sensei believe; us or you?"
Fu gritted her teeth. Her sensei is also a very large hater of her. She struggled to get up only to get back down due to pain on her stomach.
The second teammate said, "Don't bother trying to stand up. We channeled Doton chakra on our fists to harden them upon impact. Combine it with that fact that we had a seal that absorbs any chakra foreign to ours that is in the air, in this case, your demon chakra, and uses it to power our attacks."
The first shrugged. "We will have to knock you out to prevent you from doing anything that ranges from escaping to killing us."
The second grinned lecherously. "Although, there will be no guarantee that you will be as healthy as earlier when we get to the tower. After all, who couldn't resist an unconscious, striking, demon woman that is put in her place?"
Fu's eyes widened. Is he saying what I think he's saying?
Yep, the bastard is planning to fuck you in your sleep.
Damn it, I don't want my first time to be with a person that hates me.
The first one scoffed. "Do whatever you want to her. The mere thought of touching her is revolting enough to me."
The second's grin widened more. "Oh, well, more for me."
Fu heard Nanabi chuckle. Nanabi, what is it?
Kyuubi's container is nearing us.
Fu's eyes widened. What did you say?
Yeah, you heard me. Clearly your little demonic chakra outburst got detected, as expected of a higher bijuu.
So, what is he doing here?
Take a guess. You used a fair amount of demonic energy to tell the Kyuubi container that we're in deep trouble.
So…that means…
A bijuu container will help another in need. Those two are dead.
What about the barrier?
Nanabi scoffed. While the barrier prevents anyone outside from sensing any kind of chakra outburst, it doesn't prevent anyone from entering or exiting it.
Oh…well…I better hold off until he gets here, huh?
No duh, Sherlock; he'll be here in a few seconds.
The second teammate was about to unzip his pants when Fu kicked him on the stomach.
The first teammate immediately went to the second's aid.
The second teammate was on his feet and rushed towards Fu. "You little…!" He raised his feet and slammed it onto her stomach.
She let out a loud shout of pain as blood sprayed out of her mouth.
The second clicked his tongue. "Hey, help me here. If you're not helping yourself, then, at least, help me." He called out to his teammate. When no response came, he turned around. When he did, his eyes widened for a second before he was stabbed on the stomach by a blade. The last thing he saw was a person wearing armor with fur highlights and heard was 'Die painfully; Furostmorno Higi: Seikon Kyuushuu.' Then, he felt himself leaving his body and being pulled into the blade. He felt pain wreck his whole body. He wanted to scream but lost his voice.
Naruto harshly pulled out Frostmourne from his second victim's torso before turning to Fu, who was struggling to sit up.
Naruto said, after he called back his armor, "Don't try to stand up yet. You're hurt."
Fu tried to reply but her stomach wound hurt like hell. (After all, when someone hits you hard on the stomach, you find it hard to speak.)
"I know a technique that can heal you to full health but you need to trust me."
Fu gave him a suspicious look but Nanabi intervened.
Little fly, don't be suspicious of him. I sense he wants to help you.
Well, isn't that lovely? I thought that he is the chosen of this Lich King guy, who is a real harsh guy, from what you told me before.
What? Can't a jinchuuriki help another, regardless of other factors? Besides, he's saved you from those two idiots. The least you could do is let him heal you.
Fu nodded and lied down on the ground.
Naruto gave her a smile and she blushed slightly. "Thank you for your trust." Naruto said.
Naruto sheathed Frostmourne before walking over to Fu. He calmly placed his hands above her stomach as it began glowing. He said, "Akariton: Sei Akari."
The light on Naruto's hands moved towards Fu's body.
She felt the pain subside, followed by a tingling sensation on her whole body. What is this? It feels…so goooooood!
This is interesting. The wielder of Frostmourne, known to be wielded by Yamiton users, has the capability of Akariton. There's more to him than it seems.
When the feeling subsided and the glow died out, Fu blushed.
Naruto stood up and held out his hand towards her. Fu accepted it and she stood up.
Fu fixed her rumpled clothes before looking at Naruto. She said, "Thank you."
Naruto smiled. "You're welcome. After all, I couldn't let a pretty girl such as you get hurt because of racist bastards."
Fu blushed more. "Thank you." She replied before she looked at him. "Umm, who are you?"
Naruto held out his hand. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, pleased to meet you."
Fu held out her own hand and shook his. "I'm Fu, pleased to meet you too."
Naruto turned back to the two dead teammates. He bit his thumb, wiped the blood on his palm, made some handseals, slammed the blood-wiped hand on the ground and said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Banshi (Banshee)."
Smoke covered his slammed hand. Then, a very loud shriek covered the area. Fu had to cover her ears to block the noise.
Fu struggled to look at the smoke. What the hell was that?
I believe that we are about to see one of the Lich King's servants. It's a good thing that there is a barrier around here, otherwise, anyone would have sensed the chakra outburst.
When the smoke cleared, it showed two floating specters. The specters were women and they had pale skin, hair and clothes.
Naruto smirked. Fu asked, "What are those?"
Naruto replied, "They are the banshees."
The two banshees bowed in front of Naruto. "What is your command, my king?" They said in unison.
Naruto turned his eye towards the two dead people. He said, "Those two's original souls have served their purpose in the land of the living. It's time for you two to take their place."
The banshees nodded before going into the bodies of the dead people. To Fu's amazement, the two bodies began standing up. After they stood to their full height, they kneeled to Naruto.
"Assimilation is complete, my king." They chorused.
Naruto removed Frostmourne from it's sheathe and raised it high. When he brought it down, the blade was covered in greenish energies and he whispered, "Yamiton: Shi Koiru."
From the blade emerged two greenish-black, skull-shaped energy blasts. The energy blasts hit the possessed persons. Then, the persons were covered in green energies as their stomach wounds began closing.
Fu was amazed at this.
Nanabi chuckled. This is but only a mere fraction of the Lich King's power, young one.
Fu's eyes widened. That's can't be true, can it?
Nope, the most powerful thing the Lich King has ever done was to summon our so-called ancestor, Juubi no Yaju (Ten-Tailed Beast), using that blade in his hands.
By now, Fu's eyes were threatening to fall off their sockets. So is her jaw. That's…
Naruto's voice got her out of her stupor. "Well, then, with that way, you're still in the exams, ne?" He gave her a smile.
Fu shrugged. "In actuality, I'm not interested in the exams. I was just forced here to prove Takigakure's capability to house capable ninjas to the major villages."
Naruto replied, "I see…however, since those two teammates of yours are haters of you, it would be safe to assume that your sensei is one, as well?"
Fu nodded. "Yes, he's the one that gave those two idiots instructions in case I try to defy their 'orders' or try to fight them. He was also the one that gave them the kekkai ninjutsu."
Naruto asked, "How did they get to you?"
Fu crossed her arms. "We had a run-in with an opposing team and they told me to take care of it, as it was, in their words, 'a job for demons to do.' After I dealt with the team, they searched them and found a similar scroll to ours. With that, they proceeded to bad talk about me. I had no trouble with 'a demon that has no sense of knowing which team has which scroll' and the like. However, it's the last one that got me mad."
Naruto frowned. "What did they say?"
"They said, and I quote, 'I knew that you're only good enough to give bloodline-gifted children for a village like the breeding factory you are.'"
Naruto's eyes narrowed as he began releasing KI at an alarming rate.
Fu began cowering at the pressure from the KI emitted.
Nanabi whistled. Well, that's one thing that would happen if we happen to anger him.
Naruto calmed himself down before apologizing. "I'm sorry about that, Fu."
Fu shook her head. "It's fine."
Naruto asked, "So, what would you do now?"
Fu asked, "Can I ask for a favor?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Of course, what is it?"
Fu seemed a bit nervous about this. "I hope you don't mind if I can ask for some help in finding an Earth Scroll?"
Naruto shrugged before plunging his hand into his pocket, much to Fu's confusion, and pulled out, to her surprise and shock, an Earth Scroll. "Here, take it." He tossed to scroll to her.
Fu caught it and began shaking her head. "But-but, this is yours! I can't take this!"
Naruto chuckled softly. He put his hand into another pocket and pulled out, to Fu's huge amazement, the whole pair of Heaven and Earth Scroll. "Does that answer your question?" He asked, amusedly.
Fu shook herself from her shock and thanked him. "Thank you for the scroll." She said.
Naruto shrugged. "Eh, it's not like I have something to do with that scroll anyway." He made a gesture towards Fu and the possessed teammates. "Come on. We better head onto the tower."
The possessed teammates bowed. Fu blinked. "Wait," she began, "you're coming with us?"
Naruto smirked. "Of course; both of us have completed our task. We have no more reason to stand by any longer."
Fu blinked again. That did make sense. Both of them have both scrolls. Why would they stay any longer? Fu smiled. "Okay; let's go."
Naruto smiled back. Fu blushed. Nanabi smirked devilishly.
I noticed that you keep blushing around him. Oooh, does my little fly have feelings for the Kyuubi boy?
Fu's blush reddened. N-no, I don't!
Yeah, and I'm the queen of Sheba. Nanabi replied, sarcastically. Don't worry. It's our little secret.
Fu saw that Naruto was looking at her with eyebrows raised. She looked away. Naruto shrugged.
Naruto turned to the possessed teammates and said, "You will follow us from behind as we get to the tower. You will receive further orders once we get to the tower. Do you understand?"
They nodded. "Yes, we understand, our king."
Naruto nodded before jumping off. "Let's go."
Sasuke dodged another rain of shuriken thrown by the mysterious female Kusa-nin.
The Kusa-nin taunted, "Come on, Sasuke-kun. Is that all you can do, dodge?"
Sasuke gritted his teeth as he shouted, "Shut up!"
(Then, the fight continues on until the point where Sasuke gives the scroll for a way out.)
Sasuke threw the scroll at the Kusa-nin. The said Kusa-nin was about to catch it when someone blurred in front of him and grabbed the scroll and landed right beside Sasuke. It was Kiba.
(The fights are mostly canon. The only difference is that Kiba is in place with Naruto.)
Naruto, Fu and the two possessed guys were busy jumping through trees and all that when Naruto and Fu stopped. The possessed stopped their jumping and turned towards Naruto. "What is it, my king?" They asked.
Naruto frowned. He turned to Fu. "Do you sense that?"
Fu nodded. "This chakra outburst is beyond that of genin. Someone non-genin is here. Nanabi says that this person somewhat reeks of snakes."
Naruto nodded. "Yes, I know. It's Orochimaru. He's made his move."
Fu asked, "So, what's the next move?"
Naruto stood there for a minute. He turned to Fu. "Go to the tower. I'll meet you there."
Fu's eyes widened. "What? What about you?"
"I can't just let the guy live, you know. He's a missing-nin and all missing-nins have to be killed or turned over. Besides," Naruto smirked, "the guy can't hold a candle to me. I suppose Nanabi told you that."
Fu blinked before nodded.
Naruto turned to the teammates. "While my first order stands, you are to also to protect Fu from any obstructions en route to the tower. You have your orders. Now, go!"
The teammates bowed before leaving. Fu said to Naruto, "Well, I guess I'll see you later."
Naruto nodded before Fu left off. He turned his attention to where Orochimaru was.
He looked around for eavesdroppers and spies. When he found none, he changed to his golden paladin armor, with the golden helmet with a T-shaped visor covered with dark-tinted glass. Once finished, he jumped off to where the source of the chakra outburst was.
Sakura's eyes widened in horror as Sasuke fell to the ground, unconscious. Over to the far end, Kiba was unconscious and bloodied over to a tree trunk. She was immediate and went over to Sasuke. She glared at Orochimaru. "What did you do to Sasuke-kun, freak?"
Orochimaru darkly chuckled. "I just gave him a good-bye gift. It will be an opener to his eyes." He was about to meld into the tree trunk he was in when he felt another presence. He turned his eyes to the source and found someone in golden armor.
He narrowed his eyes. "Who are you?"
The golden guy replied, "Who I am is not important." He jumped towards the fallen Sasuke and the tending Sakura. He said to her, "Take your boyfriend and your mutt away from here. This won't be pretty."
Sakura was about to shout back when she saw that the guy wasn't in any mood to argue, given by the felt glare from behind the visor. She nodded and grabbed Sasuke and Kiba and got out of there.
Once she was away, the gold guy turned his eyes towards Orochimaru.
Naruto glared at the snake guy in front of him.
Orochimaru smirked. "No matter what you do, whoever you are, you won't be able to save him."
Naruto glared more. "What did you do to him?"
"I just gave him a gift. There's nothing wrong with that."
"Coming from someone who has been caught red-handed doing human experimentation, it's not really believable."
Orochimaru frowned. "Believe what you will, that won't help the boy." Orochimaru added, "Who are you, anyway?"
"I am the Ashbringer, defender of the peace." He said proudly.
Orochimaru scoffed. "What kind of a name is Ashbringer?"
Naruto replied, "The reason I was called Ashbringer is that whenever I strike an opponent," then, to Orochimaru's shock, Naruto was in front of him with a cleaver-like blade in his hands, "they turn to the ashes."
Orochimaru dodged the blade intended for his neck. He landed on another tree branch. When he saw the blade make contact with the tree, he saw that the hit part of the tree turned to ashes (Naruto put a little Katon chakra to back up the given statement.). Interesting blade he has there. I must have it for study. He opened his mouth and a blade came out of it.
Naruto blanched. "That's totally wrong on so many levels. Didn't your mom ever teach you to not throw up in public?"
Orochimaru glared at him. His parents were a touchy subject to him. He charged at Naruto.
Naruto sighed. "I guess not." He disappeared just as Kusanagi came down on the branch.
Naruto appeared behind him. "You gotta be faster." He said, from behind Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's eyes widened as he quickly turned around and made for a stab at his opponent's torso. Naruto disappeared again.
Then, Orochimaru saw a shadow from above. He looked up and saw his opponent holding out his hand. To his shock, a beam came out of his hand. He managed to dodge in time.
He landed just as he thought deeply. What was that technique? I haven't heard of that.
Naruto landed just opposite him. He twirled Ashbringer in his hand and ended the twirl with the blade pointed at him. "Now, then, shall we continue?" He asked before charging towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru charged towards his opponent as well.
Orochimaru did a horizontal attack. Naruto put his blade to the side and kicked him.
Orochimaru recovered and whipped out his arm. He shouted, "Sen'aijashu!" Snakes came out of his sleeve and went towards Naruto.
Naruto charged towards the snakes, to Orochimaru's shock. Then, he used his Tekigan to help avoid the snakes. Once he was near enough, Naruto slammed his blade down on Orochimaru's hand. He hissed in pain as he jumped away.
Orochimaru hid behind a tree trunk to recover.
Naruto appeared on the trunk where Orochimaru was, only to find a fully-recovered Orochimaru with what seemed to be his old skin behind him.
Naruto said, "Now, that's weird." He charged towards Orochimaru again.
Orochimaru did a neck slice. Naruto ducked under it and poised his blade towards an uppercut.
Orochimaru saw the incoming uppercut and did a kawarimi with a log. No sooner than that, Naruto's blade cut through the log, cutting it in half.
He sensed someone behind him. He immediately jumped away just as a blade stabbed towards him.
Naruto turned around and said, "Katon: Shouidan!" A large ball of fire, the size of a fist, appeared in his hand and was thrown towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's eyes widened. This is bad!
He bit his thumb and swiped it onto a snake tattoo on his arm. He slammed his hand to the ground and shouted, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
There was a cloud of smoke. A snake emerged from the cloud and devoured the fireball. To Orochimaru's surprise, the snake exploded in flaming remains.
Orochimaru immediately jumped towards the tree trunk behind him and melded with it, just in time to avoid a slammed cleaver intended for his head.
Naruto gritted his teeth when he escaped. "Where did he go now?"
Naruto couldn't sense his chakra signature anymore. Where is he?
One Mitarashi Anko was jumping through trees, thinking on her past with her former sensei.
A few minutes later, she stopped jumping and said out loud, "It's just like you to hide within the shadows, Orochimaru."
Behind her, the tree trunk distorted and showed Orochimaru, with his ever-arrogant smirk. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Anko-chan. It must be a coincidence that we met up after such a long time."
Anko turned around, with bloody fire in her eyes. "Why are you here, Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru smirked more. "Is that any way to speak to your sensei?"
Anko shouted, "You are not my sensei! Senseis don't abuse their student's trust! And they certainly don't abandon them in the cold!"
"How you wound me, Anko-chan." He taunted.
Anko growled. "I will ask you again, Orochimaru, what are you doing here?"
If possible, Orochimaru's smirk could put Batman's Joker to shame. "I've been monitoring a very promising genin in the exams. I believe you know him. He goes by the name of Uchiha Sasuke."
Anko's eyes widened. "What did you do to him?" She growled.
"I just gave him a present. There's no harm in that, is there?" He asked.
Anko gritted her teeth. She should know what kind of a 'present' the snake gave Sasuke. She received on from him, firsthand. And it has always been there…on her neck. She unconsciously grabbed it.
Orochimaru noticed. "Ah…so, you still haven't asked Jiraiya-kun to remove it, have you? Why didn't you? Surely, you have cut all ties with me. So, there's no point in keeping it. But, why did you?"
"Shut up!" She shouted.
"Was it because Jiraiya-kun hasn't been seen since the Kyuubi attack? Was it because the seal is so closely attached to your chakra coils to remove? Or was it because you still consider me as your sensei? I'm touched."
That broke the camel's back. With a roar, Anko grabbed a kunai and charged towards Orochimaru.
Naruto's head twitched as he finally sensed Orochimaru's chakra. I got you, you little bastard! This cued another hit from her mother. Ow…anyway…
With that, he jumped towards the source, while he activated his Tekigan.
After a long battle with the Snake Sannin, Anko managed to pin Orochimaru to a tree trunk as she started to make handseals with both her hand and his adjacent one.
Anko was about to finish the double-suicide technique when the Orochimaru in front of her dissolved into mud. Her eyes widened. She heard laughing behind her.
"Kukuku, do you really think that I haven't thought of you using that technique, Anko-chan?" He taunted as he crossed his arms.
Anko gritted her teeth as she glared at him.
Orochimaru frowned. "I believe my welcome has ended. The person who fought me to a standstill is almost here." Anko's eyes widened. What did he say? Not even Kakashi can hold his own against him, how could someone else can? "But first, a little demonstration would suffice to you who dared to defy me." He made a single handseal. Immediately, pain emerged from the Cursed Seal on her neck. She grabbed it in reflex. "I suppose the level of pain you are currently experiencing should suffice. Oh, and one more advice, Anko-chan, tell Sarutobi-sensei to not postpone the Chuunin Exams. If he does, I will raze Konoha to the ground."
Orochimaru was about to leave when his eyes widened as he sensed that his opponent as earlier than expected.
He heard someone shout, "Katon: Shakkaho (1)!" Orochimaru swiftly turned around as he saw a red flame going down on him. Orochimaru quickly jumped away but got his arms burned in the process. That was another high-level jutsu! Who the hell is he? He looked up and saw the guy he fought earlier land in front of Anko.
Naruto turned his eye to Anko, all the while being cautious around Orochimaru. He saw that Anko was gripping her left shoulder in pain. She was looking at him with confused and dim eyes.
She managed to speak out, "Who…what…how…where?" However, the pain she was receiving was too much; she could only from faint words.
Naruto said to her, "Don't try to speak. Don't worry. I'll take care of him."
Anko heard it and tried to shout. But the pain stopped her.
Naruto chuckled at her attempt to stop him. "Don't worry. It'll take more than a Sannin to defeat me."
He turned towards Orochimaru, who was frowning.
"What do you wish to accomplish by comforting her?" He asked. "You should know that I can't fight full force while within Konoha territory."
"Oh, so it means that both of us aren't at full force, now." He replied. Orochimaru's eyes widened.
"What is this foolishness? Do you mean to tell me that your strength is not what I just saw?"
"What I mean to tell you is that my strength is too great for someone like you to understand." Naruto replied.
Orochimaru snarled in anger. "Don't be cocky, boy! Even if you were trained by sensei himself, your strength pales in comparison to mine!"
"Well, then, we'll just have to see then." Naruto charged again with Ashbringer in hand.
Orochimaru replied by charging towards him with his Kusanagi blade.
Naruto and Orochimaru both crossed blades. They separated, jumped away from each other, and they began running circles, chasing each other's behinds.
After their second spin, they charged at each other and crossed blades again. Their blades separated and Orochimaru did a horizontal strike at Naruto's torso. Naruto put his blade to his stomach region to block the attack.
Naruto pushed Kusanagi away from him, while giving Orochimaru's stomach a good kick. Orochimaru recovered and charged again.
Orochimaru did a stabbing attack when Naruto suddenly appeared in front of him, as he pushed away the stabbing Kusanagi, and gave him a good, chakra-enhanced punch to his chest. Orochimaru coughed blood as he sprawled to the ground. Naruto raised Ashbringer in the air and slammed it to the ground where Orochimaru is.
Orochimaru rolled out of the way and reached a tree branch. He melded into it before he could be attacked again. "I'll remember this, boy." He managed to say before he completely disappeared.
Naruto sighed as he put back Ashbringer. He turned his head to the fallen Anko.
He went over to her, carried her bridal style, and went off towards the tower.
Team 8, consisting of Hikashi Setsuna, Hyuuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino, shivered as they saw, while hiding behind a bush, the team of Gaara completely massacre a team for their scroll. Then, they felt more fear when he coldly rebuked both of his siblings, saying that he hasn't ever considered them as such. If he gives off such coldness towards family, how much more he gives off towards enemies?
Gaara chuckled darkly. "These fodders aren't enough. The only one that can prove my existence is that Uzumaki that dared to insult Mother."
Within the confines of his insane mind, Shukaku agreed whole-heartedly. Oh, yes, Gaara, he will be a very powerful person for you to test your existence with. Show him what it means to insult you and me.
Yes, Mother, it shall be done.
He turned his eye towards where Team 8 is. He was about to will his sand to attack the people behind it when Shukaku stopped him.
Those people aren't worthy enough of your time. Their strength is that of an ant compared to the wielder of Frostmourne.
He gripped his hand as a cork appeared on it. He used the cork to stopper the gourd on his back. Very well, Mother.
He turned to his siblings. "Let's go."
Once Team 8 was sure that his team was gone, they got out of the bushes.
Hinata said, "How heartless; he didn't even consider his siblings as such."
Setsuna replied, "I sensed youki surrounding him…dark youki. He's just like Naruto-san…only on a much lower level."
Shino nodded. "I agree. Disregarding the Lich King factor, Naruto-san is clearly the higher container."
Hinata said, "But, what about that dark energy that he was emitting? It is similar to Naruto-kun's."
Setsuna put a hand to her chin. "Yes, I had that question earlier. Youki is very different from dark energies. We should know. We've had the first-class ticket to see it." She said, referring to the Wave mission. "However, that Gaara person emits both youki and the dark energies in one."
Hinata asked, "So, what does that mean?"
Shino replied instead, "I think it would be safe to assume that someone somehow merged the dark energies with the youki, even when it is clearly inhumanely impossible."
"So, do we tell this to him?"
Shino shook his head. "He'll probably have figured it out before we even started this exam."
Hinata nodded.
Shino added, "Also…" he looked at her, "did you just call him 'Naruto-kun'?"
Hinata blushed. "That was just a slip of the tongue."
Shino raised an eyebrow. He said, "Indeed…"
Hinata shook her head. "Let's not waste any time here! Let's go!"
Fu was walking around the edge of the tower, waiting for Naruto to come. Beside her, her two possessed teammates were patiently waiting for him, as shown by their seiza position.
Nanabi smirked. What's wrong, little fly? Are you afraid that someone else might steal your crush?
Fu blushed, to the confusion of the teammates. I don't have a crush on him!
This, coming from someone who is pacing back forth, worrying about him, is not really believable.
Will you shut up? It's bad enough that I have my feelings confused. And now, you tell me that I have a crush on him!
I'm just pointing you to the right direction. He shows you something that only that Shibuki does. He even goes as far as to giving you the protection by his summons. Surely, he is a one-of-a-kind man.
I…I don't know…
Don't worry. You'll know.
Then, Fu and the others felt Naruto's signature along with the proctor's.
He appeared, without his Ashbringer armor, with Mitarashi Anko on his arms. Fu glared at that.
Naruto saw it and chuckled. "I never thought that you would be one for jealousy, Fu-san."
Fu blinked before blushing red. The teammates smirked before resuming their posture. They went in front of him and knelt down.
"What are your next orders?" They asked.
Naruto replied, "Act normal."
Fu blinked before widening her eyes. "Are you saying that they should act like my teammates?"
Naruto gave her an apologetic look. "I'm afraid so. If not, then, your sensei will become suspicious of their behavior. I'm sorry." He turned towards the teammates. "If he tells you to harm her, hold back on the punches. She doesn't need more pain that she already has. Also, don't make it too obvious."
The teammates nodded. Fu sighed. "Alright," she said, "let's go before I change my mind about this." With that, her team entered the nearest door, leaving Naruto and the unconscious Anko alone.
Naruto entered an empty hospital room within the tower. He laid down Anko facedown on a bed, making sure that her head is positioned for her to breathe, and removed her jacket. He folded her jacket and put it on the nearby desk.
No doubt that Saru-jiji would be en route here now. I might as well hurry this up.
He activated his Tekigan and examined her Curse Seal. Upon further inspection, he found out that, due to the design of the seal, it is connected to her chakra coils. Hence, if he removes it, it will have a high chance of killing her. However, that doesn't mean that removing it is the only alternative.
Naruto is part-shinobi, due to his parents, part-jinchuuriki, due to Kyuubi, part-Lich, due to Arthas, and part-Paladin due to Alexandros. All of those combined make up Naruto.
Now, the Curse Seal is a byproduct of dark energies. I say 'byproduct' since it is only a measly substitute for the real thing. This byproduct causes immense negative side-effects, such as severe pain or soul corrosion or the freaky transformation, which completely overwrites the positive side-effects, which are heightened abilities and increased strength. After all, people are people and they tend to dislike being frowned upon or being controlled by others.
Moving on, Naruto is the container, heir, rather, of the Lich King and the strongest Archlich in history, both of which are the strongest dark energy users the universe can provide. Hence, he knows the magnitude of any dark energy nearby.
The Curse Seal's magnitude, however, is not enough for them to even take notice. At best, its magnitude is comparable to a severely-weakened necromancer.
Also, Naruto is the heir of the Ashbringer, or Alexandros Mograine, one of the best paladins of the Paladin Order (?). Hence, he can detect even the slightest ounce of dark energies and purge it.
The Curse Seal is no exception.
Naruto smirked. It's time to go to work. He cracked his knuckles as he began working his magic.
He went through a long sequence of handseals and summoned a book. This book is the one usually held by Paladins to aid in their quest in vanquishing evil. Naruto grabbed the book and flipped through pages until he got to where he wanted.
He put a hand to the Curse Seal on Anko's shoulder and began an incantation, "Kami no ryūi, ningen no hontai, kei no tamashī. Yami o kuria. Jibun miena kuni o sakujo shi. Akariton: Jaaku no Shokyo: Saisho no Shokyo (2)." [That is some random shit.]
The book and his hand glowed white before Anko's whole body glowed as well. Then, he felt a tug on his mind. The interesting part is that it is not from any of his tenants. It came from someone else. He smirked. Hello, Orochimaru.
Naruto found himself within a throne room and in front of a throne, which was occupied with a pale-skinned figure with a snake-like face.
Orochimaru frowned. "This is interesting. I expected Jiraiya-kun, even Sarutobi-sensei, to try and remove this seal. I didn't expect it to be the Kyuubi jinchuuriki."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Do you know me?"
Orochimaru chuckled. "Do you really think I wouldn't know of this village's local jinchuuriki, given that I originated from the same village? You insult me." His expression turned dark. "Now, tell me, Kyuubi jinchuuriki, how is it that you managed to get inside my student's mind, given that you aren't a Yamanaka? Or, how is it that I sense much power from you which isn't your own or Kyuubi's?"
Naruto replied, "That's for me to know and you to find out."
Orochimaru chuckled darkly as he stood up from his throne. "That I shall do, jinchuuriki-kun."
Naruto retorted, "I have a name, you know! It's Uzumaki Naruto!"
Orochimaru shrugged. "I couldn't care less about your name. Your name could be Dumb-ass, for all I care."
Naruto growled. He began making handseals and said, "Futon: Tenran (3)!" He wove his hands in a circular fashion as wind began gathering on his fingertips. Soon, his hands became a blur as wind fully gathered in a circle. Once Naruto stopped the spinning, he made a pushing gesture.
A tornado-like attack emerged from the circle and went towards Orochimaru.
His eyes widened at the tornado-like attack that is headed towards him. He used a shunshin to get out of blast's way.
He appeared behind Naruto.
Naruto slightly turned his head towards him to acknowledge his presence. He quickly made another jutsu and turned around towards him.
He shouted, "Futon: Issen Kaze Tsurugi!" He let out a large number of waves of blades towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru made his own seals and slammed his hands on the ground. He said, "Doton: Doryuheki!" A block of earth emerged from the ground.
It absorbed 85% of the wind technique when it broke from the pressure and the wind blades began attacking Orochimaru. However, he managed to avoid most of the 15% damage since, before the Doryuheki broke from the pressure, he managed to put on an Iwa no Yoroi, which softened the damage taken, which was decreased to only 5%.
When the attack subsided, Orochimaru called back his armor and stood up. He had an arrogant smirk on his face. "Is that all you have, jinchuuriki-kun?"
Naruto scowled. "It's not over yet." He made another set of seals and said, "Futon: Kaze Kyousha!"
This time, Orochimaru's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. He knew that only the Yondaime Hokage knows that move. He didn't even teach it to Kakashi or the Sandaime, so how could the child in front of him know it?
He managed to use shunshin to get out of the spear's way. He sent a Futon: Daitoppa towards Naruto.
Naruto jumped out of the way just as he threw a number of wind-infused shuriken towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru expertly dodged all of them before he whipped out his hands and said, "Sen'aijashu!"
Snakes came out of his sleeve and headed towards Naruto.
Naruto grabbed the snakes, much to Orochimaru's surprise.
Naruto pulled on the snakes, hard, so that Orochimaru was sent his way.
Naruto held out his other hand and grabbed Orochimaru's head.
Naruto said, "This is over." With that, his hand glowed white and Orochimaru felt pain on his head.
He asked, "What are you doing?"
Naruto replied, "You are the cause as to why Anko-san is severely weakened. To remove that problem, I have to destroy you."
"You are delusional, boy! No child could ever hope to defeat one of the Sannin!"
Naruto sighed. "Overconfidence has always been the most dangerous weakness in anyone's arsenal."
Orochimaru snarled before gritting his teeth in pain.
Naruto said, "Akariton: Nidai Shokyo (4)."
Orochimaru began to dissolve, feet-first. Orochimaru screamed obscenities at him, such as 'I'll get you for this', 'you haven't seen that last of me', and other stuff that you could think of, until he finally dissolved.
Naruto lowered his hands and looked around. He saw something move behind the throne and he inspected it.
He saw a child Anko, possibly 8-9 years of age, huddled in a fetal position, while crying. Naruto frowned as he tried to calm her.
When his hand touched her, she flinched.
Naruto said, "Don't be afraid. Orochimaru," she flinched again, "is gone now. I killed him."
Slowly, Anko raised her head to show her teary eyes. She asked, "Really?"
Naruto smiled. "Yes, he's gone."
Anko slowly stood up and wiped her eyes. Naruto helped her with it.
After the tear-wiping, Naruto said to her, "Just stay here, okay? I'll be back."
Anko was reluctant to let him leave but she felt that she could trust him and nodded.
Naruto smiled as he stood up and went back to the middle of the room. He raised his hands and said, "Akariton: Sandai Shokyo (5)."
The whole room glowed white before it shifted into a new shape.
It changed from a lone throne room to a fully equipped home. On one side, there was a kitchen. On another, there was the door to the bathroom. On another, there was a door to the bedroom. You may include more for your imagination.
Naruto lowered his hands just as the child Anko latched onto him, saying words of thanks over and over.
He patted her on the head, saying, "There, there."
Anko said, "Neh, could you stay for a while longer? I never had anyone before."
Naruto smiled. "I would love to."
So, for the next few minutes, Naruto entertained the child Anko. Naruto knew that this Anko was hungry so he cooked a little meal for her. When she finished eating, she said that this is the best stuff she ate. Naruto kept on entertaining her until she fell asleep.
He carried her to the bed and tucked her in. He stood up and left the house.
Naruto opened his eyes. From his Tekigan's perspective, the Curse Seal is no longer emitting any dark energy. Now, the only thing remaining is the remove the other dark energies that managed to attach themselves into Anko's chakra coil. He took a deep breath and said, "Akariton: Kessho Shokyo (6)."
The dark energies from the chakra coils dispersed, leaving nothing but normal chakra on them.
However, the Curse Seal is still attached to her body. It's like an additional chakra coil. So, in order to not waste the seal, Naruto flipped through another set of pages on his book and put his hand on the Curse Seal again.
He said, "Kami no ryūi, ningen no hontai, kei no tamashī. Kōhai ni teikō shi tairyoku o ataeru. Akariton: Tengoku no Shukufuku (7)."
Anko's whole body glowed white that covered the whole room.
When the light subsided, Anko's new seal appeared in place of the former Curse Seal. Instead of the sign of three tomoe circling each other, the new seal is now three stars with an eight-rayed sun in the middle. (It's much like the Philippine Flag insignia.)
Naruto smirked. Purging is complete. The Curse Seal changed to the Blessed Seal. He recalled back his book and pulled the bed covers on her.
After that, Naruto sensed that the Hokage, along with his ANBU, entered the tower. He left the room, posthaste.
Soon, the room was entered by the Hokage and his ANBU.
And there you have it!
Once again, I'm sorry about the delay. I was busy with college work.
Jutsu List:
( 1 ) Katon: Shakkaho- Fire Style: Red Fire Cannon – Look it up at Bleach Wiki.
( 2 ) Kami no ryūi, ningen no hontai, kei no tamashī. Yami o kuria. Jibun miena kuni o sakujo shi. Akariton: Jaaku no Shokyo: Saisho no Shokyo- Mind of God, body of man, soul of the Light. Clear the Darkness. Remove it from my sight. Light Style: Purge of Evil: First Purge – The first sentence is Naruto's starting incantation, much like Negi's Mas Tel Mascir Magister. The second and third sentence here is the aiding incantation. The last sentence is the start of the incantation itself. First Purge is the detection of the source of evil.
( 3 ) Futon: Tenran- Wind Style: Orchid Sky – Again, check Bleach Wiki.
( 4 ) Akariton: Nidai Shokyo- Light Style: Second Purge – This purging process removes the source of the dark energy.
( 5 ) Akariton: Sandai Shokyo- Light Style: Third Purge – This purging process changes the somewhat corrupted mindset/soul of the victim, so as to not continue the corruption.
( 6 ) Akariton: Kessho Shokyo- Light Style: Final Purge – This last purging process removes the dark energies that has already settled in a victim's chakra coils, thus, completely removing every dark energies from the victim.
( 7 ) Kami no ryūi, ningen no hontai, kei no tamashī. Kōhai ni teikō shi tairyoku o ataeru. Akariton: Tengoku no Shukufuku- Mind of God, body of man, soul of the Light. Empower her body to resist the Blight. Light Style: Heaven's Blessing – Like number 2, the first sentence is the starting incantation. The second sentence is the aiding incantation. The last sentence is the incantation itself. Heaven's Blessing imbues the power of the Light into an unneeded seal, such as cleansed Curse Seal. It gives unique powers to an individual, along with physical characteristics, much like Level 2 Curse Seal. No two powers are the same.
There you have it!
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