The Uzumaki: Chapter Seven

By: Slade963

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

RECAP:

"Oh come now, Jiraiya, you're a sage are you not? So what is it with all the animosity?"

Jiraiya scowled at her, which was very uncharacteristic of him. "You're the one who attacked me for nothing!"

Now it was time for Rida to narrow her eyes, and then she disappeared from Jiraiya's eyes and reappeared beside him. Her katana pierced through his body, "You listen, and you listen well boy. Tell your Hokage that he has violated our agreement and that from this moment forward we are no longer allies. Tell him that if he wants to know about our clan so much, to consider the information that I let you grab a gift. Then tell him that even though I want to, I will not come for my daughter. That is unless he mistreats her."

Rida ripped her katana out of his body and slashed it in the air, so that the blood would come off. She sheathed it and activated a seal on her body, moments later a squad appeared in front of her. "Get him healed enough so that he can make the trip back to the Fire Nation, and send those toads back to the summoning realm."

The squad bowed their heads and went straight to work.

BEGIN STORY:

The trio of Uzumaki had to find a hideout immediately after they defeated the Kiri ninja, or risk running into another squad and blowing the entire mission. Luckily they found a well hidden cave, covered in a shroud of mist that was also easily defendable.

"Day forty. It is now a month ago that I was forced to kill a midget and his brothers for… OW!"

Naruto threw a rock at Yohei's head in irritation, "Hey, it wasn't a midget and I was the one who killed him."

Yohei grumbled something about 'glory hogs' and ripped out the paper, "Day forty. It is now a month since my evil and deranged, comrade, brutally murdered and mutilated a midget and his poor family… OW!"

A bigger rock met Yohei's head this time, "Damnit, Yohei, just stop reading out loud when you're writing."

Yohei put a finger on his chin, and acted as if he was thinking. "Hmm… how about you stop listen to what I'm reading, comrade?"

Naruto face palmed, "How am I supposed to do that, idiot?"

The duel katana wielder gave him a knowing smile, "How am I suppose to stop reading out loud then?"

Naruto gave a frustrated growl and decided to switch his attention to someone more intelligent, "Hey, Hikari-san, how long till we can get going?"

Hikari looked up from the tea he was sipping and gazed out of the cave, "It is hard to see the position of the sun, Naruto-sama, but I believe if we leave now we can make it on time while moving at a leisurely pace."

Naruto nodded to himself and stood up with a stern expression, "Good, then let's move out."

Hikari, however, did not move a muscle and continued to sip his tea. "We need to put on disguises first, Naruto-sama."

Yohei, who was ignoring the conversation up until now, perked up when he heard the word 'disguise'. "Did someone say disguise, I have a disguise at the ready man!"

Hikari turned his head slightly, so he could give Yohei a sideways glance, "It needs to blend in, Yohei-san."

Yohei gave him an appalled look, "Who do you think you are talking to here, huh?"

Naruto pointed a finger at Yohei, "You, he thinks he is talking to you, that's why he said what he said!"

The, somewhat, delusional Uzumaki waved off their concerns, and walked around a corner of the cave, "Now come on, just give me a chance here…" there was a poof "I'll be done in a minute..." you could hear him shuffling around with clothes now "just a moment, comrades…" then he jumped out and spread his arms so they could see his disguise "TADA!"

Naruto's mouth dropped open and he face planted, "What… the… hell…"

Hikari becoming curious, gave Yohei's disguise a sideways glance and immediately spit his tea out from shock, "What in the world are you thinking, Yohei-san!"

The reason they reacted the way they did is because, Yohei, was now standing in a grey mini-skirt, with a full-body fishnet under it, fake boobs and a trench-coat to cover the fake boobs. He also sported a black wig that had two ponytails. "Ha-ha, you like it don't you?" He gave them a little twirl so they could see the whole thing.

Hikari recovered from his shock and wiped the tea from his mouth, with a napkin. "My thoughts were going towards black cloaks, Yohei-san."

Naruto put his hand in the air, "I vote for Hikari-sans' idea."

Yohei fell on his knees and started crying like a little girl, "You… you're just jealous of my beauty that's all!"

Hikari unsealed a cloak from his seal and handed one to Naruto, who took it and put it on. "Come on man, just take off that ridiculous outfit and be serious."

Hikari nodded his head in agreement, "I must agree with Naruto-sama."

However, Yohei would not budge, "No!"

"Come on man, we don't have time for this."

"No!"

The Uzumaki heir slapped his forehead, and thought hard about the situation at hand. "Ok, fine then, I guess you don't want that four month free supply of cheese puffs I was going to give you…"

Not even a second passed after Naruto uttered those words and Yohei was already out of his costume, and into his shinobi gear and black cloak. "Why didn't you just say so, comrade, now let's get out of here man."

The only complete sane one in the party, which was Hikari, gave an amused smile at Yohei's antics. "Yes, I agree, we must go now."

Naruto, however, stood in disbelief at what had just happened. "What, but… damn it never mind. Let's just go." Then he stopped, as he remembered something that was bugging him. "Hey, now that I think about meeting up with this 'contact', why did my mother tell you about him and not like, you know, me. Seeing as I'm the leader and all."

Hikari did not stop walking toward the exit while he answered Naruto's question, "Because, Naruto-sama, you would have just forgotten everything Rida-sama said to remember."

The Uzumaki thought about that statement for a moment and then just nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, that seems legit."

Yohei walked past Naruto and patted him on the shoulder, "That's not getting you out of buying me Cheese puffs though."

Danzo's lair

The ROOT leader and self appointed strongest shinobi of Konohagakure, stared impassively at his ninja who had just returned from a month long journey. Considering all of them were bowing before him, he made an educated guess that they had succeeded in their mission. "Report, Kuro."

The shinobi at the front of all the others raised his head slightly, "We successfully infiltrated Uzushiogakure, using the Uzumaki girl as access key and Jiraiya of the Sannins' failed attempt as a distraction, sir. Afterwards, the Hyuga did his job and found what we were looking for and we were able to get out of the village within fifteen minutes."

Danzo nodded in satisfaction, "Good work, and how did the two new recruits perform?"

The ROOT operative answered without hesitation, "The Uzumaki girl was a nuisance and needed some motivation of sorts, for her to perform optimal. The Hyuga, however, did his job efficiently and with no complaints."

'Most likely trying to make his clan proud.' Danzo nodded his head in satisfaction. "You did good work Kuro. Now that we have what we need it is time to train our future."

Kuro started retreating whilst bowing toward Danzo, "Yes master"

As soon as Kuro was out of sight Danzo's eye darted to a corner of the room, "What brings you here Sannin."

Orochimaru chuckled at Danzo and slowly walked out of the shadows, "Kukuku… As alert as ever Danzo-san."

Danzo did not take his eye of Orochimaru for a second, "I asked for what reason you are here."

Orochimaru pulled a scroll out of his pocket and held it up, "Kukuku… I have come to deliver what you asked for. You don't have to be so rude to a friend."

Danzo narrowed his eye, "How have you completed it so fast."

Orochimaru gave Danzo a slimy smile and dangled the scroll in front of him, "Genius… kukuku, that's how."

The leader of ROOT grunted in understanding, "I will have Kuro deliver my end of the deal."

The Snake Sannin threw the scroll in front of Danzo, a deliberate show of disrespect, and licked his lips. "O… sending your favorite little pet. Kukuku, aren't you afraid of him getting hurt."

Danzo stared at Orochimaru for a second, "If you wish to die, then by all means cause an 'accident'."

Orochimaru started to slowly sink into the ground, "Kukuku, maybe I will, just to watch the little mouse run." Then his smiling face fully sunk into the ground.

Danzo picked the scroll up, and looked at it. 'Snakes. I will always hate them, but they're always useful.'

Back with Naruto & Co

Naruto stopped on a branch and crouched down while signaling the others to stop, "Where is the tavern, Hikari?"

Hikari scanned the desolated town that lay before them, and then his eyes fell on a building. "I believe it's the one with the faded 'tavern' sign on it, Naruto-sama."

Naruto nodded his head in agreement, "That's what I thought, I was just testing your observation skills."

As always, Hikari replied in a somewhat respectful manner. "Understood, sir."

Yohei gave a cough that sounded much like bullshit, however.

Naruto ignored his partners and thought up a plan, "Hikari you are the only one who actually knows this contact, so you go in. Yohei and I will keep our distance, and keep a look out for any enemy nin."

Hikari nodded in agreement, "I will be back in ten minutes." With that he Body Flickered away.

Uzushiogakure: Kage office

Rida Uzumaki glared at the shinobi that stood before her, she was seething and anyone in the room could see it. The fact that all of them could pick it up was what made it scary, because normally she could hide her emotions well.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down, but it didn't help so she just spoke. "How…"

One word. One word, which was laced with so much venom, the leader knew he had to choose his words carefully in order to leave that office alive. "We tried to infiltrate in every possible way, Rida-sama. When two of us finally slipped through their defense, the security around your daughter was too tight."

The fingers Rida used to tap on her desk started to make it crack, and the shinobi took a big gulp before continuing. "I promise we did everything we could, Rida-sama. I want little Kushina-chan back too!"

Rida stood up and slammed her desk into pieces, "Then you should have brought her back damn it!"

The group of shinobi in front of her all flinched at the sudden killing intent that sparked, and Rida finally came to her senses. 'Damn that Sarutobi, he probably knew I'd come for my daughter. I should not have sent Jiraiya back as an example!'

She then reined her KI in and gave the group a slight bow. "I apologize for my rudeness. I should not have expected it to be so easy."

The leader bowed deeply to Rida, "No, Rida-sama, we're sorry and we have all agreed to immediately go back, as soon as we have stocked up on more supplies."

Rida held her hand up to stop the man, "No, we all the shinobi we have on the island for now. We must finish the wall before we are attacked again. Dismissed!"

Hokage office

Hiruzen took a long drag of his pipe and slowly exhaled, "Damn that Rida Uzumaki."

Orochimaru chuckled, "Kukuku… you have been cursing that women for over a month now sensei."

Tsunade folded her arms, "He's right sensei."

Hiruzen shuffled through pieces of paper on his desk and scanned a few, "That damn women almost killed Jiraiya! If it wasn't for Tsunade-hime, he would damn well be."

Orochimaru gave him a smile, "At least you have what you wanted."

The Hokage sighed, "Yes, it seems that some of the Uzumaki can create solid structures out of chakra."

Tsunade rubbed her chin, "Which means they might have Yin release."

Hiruzen nodded in agreement, "There is certainly evidence of it, however there is no sign of Yang release."

Orochimaru licked his lips, "Perhaps they don't posses such power." 'Kukuku, but if they did…'

The Hokage nodded in agreement, and then he took another drag from his pipe. "On to other matters. It seems that our supplies have been targeted more and more over the last month, the Uzumaki must think we are fools."

The snake Sannin watched a bug crawl on the floor, and slowly crushed it under his feet, "We should just destroy them while they are weak, sensei."

Hiruzens' eyes narrowed, "And give Kumogakure the opening they seek? Never. They are the only other enemy village with stability at the moment, Orochimaru."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, "Sunagakure is keeping Iwagakure in line, and Kirigakure is not in any state to attack. Kumogakure is the only open threat, so then tell me why we are not displaying our strength and annihilating them, sensei!"

Tsunade glared at the snake Sannin, "That's enough, Orochimaru!"

The Hokage, seeing a confrontation arising, held his hand up to stop them. "It's because we do not know when the Uzumaki will strike. Rida Uzumaki will want her child back, and we can not lose our jinchuriki at any cost."

The snake Sannin suddenly felt one of his alarms go off in his lab, and decided it was time for him to go. "I have to go now, sensei. The two of you will have to visit Jiraiya without me."

Back with Naruto

"What I still don't understand is why I have to wear this stupid cloak, when there is a fog thick as hell around us. I mean, comrade, I could have just as…"

Naruto pinched his nose in annoyance, "Damnit, Yohei, I'm trying to concentrate on seeing and sensing through this damn fog!"

Yohei held up his hands in defense, "Well excuse me for pointing out the uselessness of these cloaks."

Naruto nodded at Yohei, "You're excused." And then went back to keeping a look out.

Yohei huffed and then he too went back to his job, "Honestly though, what's up with this fog? It's like I can't sense through it."

"Go ahead, Uzumaki, try and sense me!" Naruto did not care that he knew where he came from, what bothered him was that he could not tell where Zabuza's voice was coming from. He tried to sense Zabuza but could not.

Naruto's eyes widened in sudden realization, "Shit."

Yohei, hearing those words, immediately took an attacking stance. "What is it, comrade?"

Naruto stood up and raised his KI, "It's the Hidden in the mist technique, that midget used it against me! Let's go!"

Then just as they were about to jump in the direction of the tavern, a massive explosion erupted the entire place, and a body came flying out of it. Shrapnel bombarded the two Uzumaki, but they could tolerate it enough to catch the flying body of Hikari.

The long haired Uzumaki quickly regained his senses and stood up, "We are in deep trouble now, Naruto-sama."

Naruto drew his two daggers and narrowed his eyes, "Who is it?"

Hikari unsheathed his katana and started folding his chakra, "It's…"

Just as he was about to say who it was, another massive explosion erupted and blew the mist way. Out of the burning building walked a tall, slender man with long black hair and a long goatee. He also carried a sword that looked like a massive scroll with small ones dangling from it. "Hahaha! Time for a massacre!"

"Hehehe… Jinpachi, you mean it's time for me to pierce these so called invaders." Another figure immerged from the smoke that had now started to rise. This one was also very thin but tall in stature, which gave him an overall gangling appearance. His hair…

Yohei jerked back and made a sound, as though he was about to throw up. "Ugh… what's that on his head?!"

Naruto turned his head to the side and narrowed his eyes, "It looks like a dead bush that dried out…"

Yohei narrowed his eyes as well, "…And is now trying to eat his face!"

Hikari, wanting to stay calm, breathed in and out before speaking. "It is his hair end of discussion, now can we please work out a plan before we die."

Naruto thought for a moment before he came up with a plan, which he thought was perfect. "Hikari I need you to split us in two barriers, and then set up script in my part so that no explosive seals can be used. Yohei I think you can handle a needle."

Yohei snapped his fingers, "That's what the sword reminded me of."

Hikari sheathed his katana and looked at Naruto, "Naruto-sama, I do not think I will be able to set a script powerful enough, to overcome our forefathers' seals."

"If you don't want me to die today, which I'm not sure about myself, then you'll do it! Now move!"

A second later a massive explosion came rushing towards them, and an orange wall split the battlefield in half. Naruto and Yohei were standing on opposite sides of the barrier, staring down two different opponents, and Hikari sat in the middle of the orange wall surrounded by it.

The opponent with the shaggy, orange hair started to laugh, " Hehehe… now you can't get in my way, Jinpachi!"

Yohei charged his twin katana with wind chakra, "Man, that hair must've scratched your face up, no wonder you wear that mask!"

The masked ninja stabbed his sword into the ground, and then pointed at Yohei, "My name is Kushimaru of the seven swordsman of the mist, Hehehe and I will be your death."

Yohei shivered intentionally, "Oooo, I'm shaking in my custom made sandals, which are very comfortable may I add."

Kushimaru narrowed his eyes and then darted towards Yohei, who immediately tried to stab him but had to side step, due to Kushimaru tugging at his swords string and causing it to fly his way.

"O it's time to dance shaggy hair!"

With Naruto

"How about you just give me that sword and we can go our separate ways, yeah?"

Jinpachi stared at Naruto for a moment, and then grinned at him. "You just helped me a lot, by getting that fool out of the way." Then he swung his sword at Naruto and a massive explosion followed.

Naruto sprung backwards as far as he could and covered his face, leaving only his eyes open so that he could see. 'Damnit, there is no water source, so I'll need to use my lightning affinity.'

When the Uzumaki landed, he immediately ran around the explosion and sheathed his daggers, and then went through hand seals at lightning speed. "Lightning Style: Dragon projectile!" He thrust his hands out and a serpentine like creature, made out of lightning flew towards the enemy nin.

Jinpachi laughed at the technique and swung his sword at it. The resulting explosion disintegrated Naruto's lightning dragon. "Come, Uzumaki, or is this all Miroko's son has to offer."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at that comment, "How dare you compare me to him!" and then he went through another set of hand seals. "Lightning style: Cloud shield" A shield made of lightning formed in front of Naruto's left arm, and he held it in front of him.

"Is that sup…", Jinpachi was interrupted by chains' with kunai tips flying toward him at blinding speed, ready to pierce anything in it's way. He rolled out of the way and propped himself up with his sword, sprinting towards Naruto while side stepping the chain-like-kunai.

Naruto watched Jinpachi's movements with precision, and with one finger on a scroll. 'I didn't think I'd have to use these so early into the mission, but shit.' As Jinpachi came into range he ripped the scroll open, and spread it just behind the shield.

Then, just as the shield disappeared he held the release seal, "Release: Elemental Explosion!"

Jinpachi's eyes widened as he felt a massive amount of chakra build up, and then he saw five seals light up and explode with elements. Jinpachi knew there was no escaping such a technique, only countering. 'This needs to work.' He held his sword up pumped it with a huge amount of chakra, and as the blast was about to hit him, brought it down with force.

The resulting explosion blew both shinobi in opposite direction, with Naruto crashing into the barrier and Jinpachi through a tree.

Naruto picked himself up and shook the ringing out of his ears, he saw Hikari out of the corner of his eye and pounded on the barrier, "Hey, any time now, yeah?!"

Hikari tried to shake the wet hair out of his eyes, because sweat was pouring down his face. "I am sorry, Naruto-sama, but it is hard to keep the barrier up, and write a script to dispel the exploding seals."

Naruto nodded in agreement, "I knew it would be, that's why I made you do it!"

"I will try my best, Naruto-sama." With one last nod, Naruto sprinted in the direction of the downed Jinpachi, and Hikari went back to writing the script.

With Yohei

"Damn, you're fast when you run for a guy with sticks for legs!"

Kushimaru sent his blade flying towards Yohei, "You're the one running, you coward."

On impact Yohei dispersed into smoke, and then came out of nowhere with a slash, Kushimaru having just enough time to parry one blade and retreat. "Or was I? Hahaha… I'm rocking your world man, psy-cho-lo-gi-cal-ly!"

Kushimaru winced a little as he finally felt where he was cut, when he stood in the tree. 'Damn this guy, I thought he was a pushover, but it's no problem.' He grinned behind his mask as he saw where Yohei stood. "I've had it with you!"

Yohei looked confused for a second, until he saw Kushimaru tug at the string attached to his sword and it contracted. He scanned his surroundings and saw the string all around him, when got stiff around his legs and tried to cut into his legs, he thrust his twin katana inches from them.

Kushimaru saw that second of vulnerability and jumped at the chance, by literally jumping at Yohei with his blade ready to impale.

Yohei looked up at saw Kushimaru almost on top of him and almost panicked. However, he jumped just high enough, began to spin, and at the last moment ripped his twin katana out of the ground.

Kushimaru, seeing the danger, sent his blade flying toward Yohei and sparks flew as blades met. As Yohei slowed down, Kushimaru came into range and he kicked Yohei as hard as he could in the gut.

Yohei held his gut in pain but had presence of mind, to press his katana into the ground and balance on it. "A guy with hair like that, had to be crazy. Oooo… is that a frown I see? O wait no, you're wearing a mask… or are you?"

With Naruto

Naruto stood across Jinpachi with his shield in front of him, "You don't deserve that sword!"

Jinpachi burst out laughing at Naruto's proclamation, "O yeah? And who told you that?"

Naruto growled, "My grandfather told me about that sword, he told me how he shed his blood and sweat to create that one masterpiece. So I told myself you're not worthy of that sword!"

Jinpachi laughed and poured almost all of his chakra into his sword, "Let's see if I can't prove you wrong!" and then he swung his arm in the direction of Naruto.

Naruto prepared to counter the explosion, up until Jinpachi suddenly fell to the ground gasping for air. "Wha… *gasp* is *gasp* this *gasp*"

The Uzumaki heir disabled his shield, and pointed at the orange writing in front of him. "Can't you read? 'Those who use explosive seals within this script, will lose the ability to breathe oxygen.' So yeah."

Naruto slowly went through hand seals, "You like explosions don't you? How about I make you implode?" And then he slammed his hand on the ground where a summoning seal spread out.

Jinpachi's eyes widened as a massive amount of smoke appeared, and dispersed to show a gigantic shrimp like creature. Its huge eyes that enveloped almost its' entire face, a snout like mouth and long arms with glove like hands, were its distinguishing features. "Meet, Kyodebi, he punches so fast that the air in front of his fists catch fire, and whatever he hits instantly implodes!"

Jinpachi looked at Naruto with horror and wished he could die from suffocation, "No… *gasp*"

Naruto pointed at Jinpachi with cold eyes, "You still think I don't compare to my old man? Now, kill him Kyodebi!"

Jinpachi only had a chance to see Kyodebi fidget before he was dead, and his body collapsed to the ground like jelly.

"Naruto-sama, I realize that you have a memory problem, however I will ask you again to never summon me when there is no water source."

Naruto flinched as he saw his summons fidget, "I apologize, Kyodebi, it wont happen again."

"I suppose I must endure" With that the large creature puffed back to its realm.

Naruto made whining noises, once he saw the summon was gone. "Meh meh meh, geeze talk about moody." And then went to pick up the discarded sword.

With Yohei

Yohei gasped for air as dodged countless stabs from Kushimaru. 'Damn, maybe kenjutsu was not such a good idea.' He suddenly threw his katana at Kushimaru, and the nin tried to dodge them, went through hand seals. "Wind Release: Wind Bullet"

Kushimaru saw the technique coming and sent his sword into the ground, and tugged himself out of the way. "I hope you're ready for defeat, pest."

Yohei snorted, "Ha… Haha, well jokes on you 'coz I'm never ready for defeat!"

"Hehehe die idiot." With that, Kushimaru disappeared in a flurry of speed and stabbed Yohei in the heart, only to have him disappear in smoke.

The next thing he felt was blades of wind ripping through his body, and then he was dead. Yohei stood over the fallen swordsmen, "Tsk tsk tsk, fool you once shame on me, fool you twice and you're dead."

He wiped his katana of blood and sheathed them, then he went and picked up the sword. "Still think it's a needle, but I guess a blade is a bla…" He flinched as the adrenaline left his body and he saw all the blood flowing from his wounds. "Damn…" And then he fainted.

Naruto arrived alongside Hikari, both breathing heavily, only one heavily bleeding. "I will carry, Yohei-san, Naruto-sama."

Naruto huffed, "I aint gonna stop you, but thanks Hikari, you saved my ass today."

"It was my pleasure, sir."

END

AN: Uhm… sorry for taking so long, I don't think the reason I took so long is of any importance, so I just hope this chapter was entertaining.

Few reviews needing answered:

Guest: kit : Thank you for your intricate timeline, I looked into it but didn't find solid evidence myself. I still appreciate the effort you made with the timeline and ask that you just go with the flow of this one, yeah?

Guest: casual reader: it's Kushina.

LordHero: Yip the fight was suppose to be anticlimactic, to show that not every fight can and will be epic. Thanks for reading and reviewing every chapter so far btw bro

To those that said they found something or another funny in the last chapter… THANK YOU for letting me know, lol you wont believe how many times I delete and rewrite some parts that are meant to be funny, because I think you wont think its funny.

Anyways I found a beta reader, will probably start sending it to him/her first from next chap. Just had to get this one out asap!

Slade963

Out.