The Uzumaki: Chapter Eight

Written by: Slade963

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I'd like to rant about the new Naruto series but I decided not to.

RECAP:

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… Ha-ha, 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."

BEGIN STORY:

*flash back*

Just as Naruto and his team prepared to take off on their little dingy, Rida Uzumaki appeared in front of him.

Naruto looked at his mother in surprise, "Mother, what are you doing here?"

Rida gave her son a soft smile, "You know you will most likely still be on your mission, when your birthday comes around."

Naruto blushed from embarrassment, as he remembered all the tacky gifts she always gave him. "Mom, how about you just give me money for rent this year?"

The Uzumaki head giggled at her son's embarrassment, "You will always be my little boy, Naruto-kun, however there is something I have to give you." At the mention of this object her eyes filled with sadness, and she pulled out a sealed letter. "It will only open on your birthday."

Naruto looked surprised, but took the letter and inspected it, "Who's it from?"

Rida gave her son a melancholy smile, "Your father wrote it to you, just before he came to defend our land."

The young Uzumaki heir grit his teeth, but didn't want to upset his mother any further, "I'll read it on my birthday."

"Thank you, Naruto-kun." And with that she disappeared again.

*flashback end*

Naruto stared at the letter in his hands, it was probably just his father telling him what to do again, however he had told his mother he would read it. "Ok, let's see what you say this time father."

He sent chakra through the letter and blue kanji lit up all over it, 'Even in battle you had time for this?' He opened the letter and readied himself to read it.

"Naruto.

It saddens me to think that I will not see your eighteenth birthday. However, it saddens me even more that you will not be able to reach your greatest goal in life, because of me.' Naruto widened his eyes, 'Yes, your grandfather told me that defeating me was your one true goal, and I must apologize for letting you down once more.

I know I do not deserve to ask anything of you, son, but now that it is not possible for you to defeat me; it is ok for you to wield your Kitana. Since the day I said you are not worthy of wielding that blade, you proved me wrong every day."

Naruto burned the letter, and stared deep into the cave. He couldn't believe that his father would ask him to break a promise he made years ago.

Hikari took a sip of his tea and then looked at his leader, "Was it something you didn't like, Naruto-sama?"

The Uzumaki heir heard the question, but didn't want to answer it yet. "Why did you change, Hikari?"

Hikari took another sip of his tea, "I do not know what you mean, Naruto-sama."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, "The Hikari I use know hated me to the bone, you even said you'd kill me once. In fact, you tried to do just that."

Hikari nodded in agreement, "However, you stopped me."

Naruto looked puzzled, "And…"

Hikari tilted his head, "That's it. You showed me you were strong enough to lead."

Naruto gained a thoughtful look, and after a moment of silence, he unsealed something from his wrist. He held the object out for Hikari to look at and said. "I promised myself that I'd only use this Kitana, when I'm finally ready to defeat my father." Naruto scoffed a little, "You know, he once said that I'm not worthy to wield this blade. Now after his death, I read that he thinks I'm ready."

Hikari looked at the pure black sheath and handle of Naruto's Kitana, "Is that the blade you named after your sister?"

*flash back*

A sixteen year old Naruto sat and studied his seal, on the front porch. His little four year old sister was playing with her dolls and laughing all the while.

Naruto looked up from his scrolls and couldn't help but smile at her. He loved how care-free and innocent she was, not having a care in the world.

Kushina giggled as she played with her dolls, but suddenly had a bright idea. She put her little friends down and ran over to her big brother. "Hey big brother, come and play with me, please!"

Naruto chuckled at the bouncing girl in front of him. "I can't right now Red, I'm busy with these scrolls. Mom will kill me if I don't learn all of these seals."

Kushina pouted and started to drag on her big brothers arm, "But, but you said you will!"

Naruto blanched at his little sister, "When did I say that?!"

Kushina gave Naruto the best puppy-dog eyes she could, "You said you'll always be there when I need you. Now I need you to play with me, big brother!"

Naruto scratched his head in frustration as he looked into those eyes, "Fine I'll play with you!"

*flash back end*

Naruto gained a fond smile at the memory, and slowly unsheathed the Kitana while pumping chakra into it, making the black blade glow white. "Yes, because she's the only light in my life."

Hikari's eyes widened, "So that really is the blade rumored, to have a hundred seals inscribed on it."

Naruto laughed and sheathed the blade again, "Last I checked, it wasn't near that number."

Hikari gained a small smile, "Is this why you have been fighting with daggers, Naruto-sama?"

He sealed his Kitana away and then answered, "Yeah."

Hikari looked puzzled for a moment, "Why two daggers if you only have one Kitana?"

"I have to fight with both arms, because I switch my Kitana between them."

Hikari took another sip of his tea, "Meaning you are ambidextrous?"

Naruto scratched his chin, "I guess…"

Their little conversation was suddenly interrupted by a loud yawn, "O man, that was a terrible dream! I came into the cave after the last fight and there were no cheese puffs left!"

Naruto sweat dropped, "That wasn't a dream idiot."

Yohei gasped in horror, and Hikari gave him a further explanation. "After you found out you no longer had your favorite snack, you screamed in horror for so long that you passed out."

As soon as the half crazy Uzumaki heard that, he started to hyperventilate and he frantically searched the cave for more of his favorite snack.

Hikari, deciding he had seen enough, decided to take pity on him and unsealed all the cheese puffs he had been storing for Yohei, "You passed out be…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Yohei sprinted passed him and started devouring pack after pack.

Naruto gawked at his teammate, but quickly regained his composure. "We need to finish this mission quickly."

Hikari nodded in agreement, "We are running out of resources and this land does not have much to offer. However, with our contact out of business, how will we complete this mission?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "We infiltrate Kirigakure."

Hikari's eyes slightly widened, "Do you have a plan, Naruto-sama?"

Naruto's eyes darted around the cave, "I have half of a plan…"

Now Hikari looked suspicious, "Half of a plan, Naruto-sama?"

Naruto sighed, "Ok, I have part of a plan…"

Yohei gave a loud burp and fell backwards, "You know I'm in, comrade."

Hikari sighed, "What does the plan consist of so far?"

"When we were invaded, the villages only acted on a rumor they heard. To them it was something that could not be left to chance, so they acted. What they didn't know…" Naruto pulled his shirt off and a seal over his heart started to glow, with blue kanji. "…is that the rumor was true. The seals of the various jinchuriki have a weakness, a weakness that the main family of the Uzumaki can take advantage of."

Hikari gained a confused expression, until he realized what Naruto implied, "You will set the tailed beast free."

Naruto nodded with eyes burning in determination, "As long as I'm within two-hundred meters of a jinchuriki, I can set it free."

Hikari looked at Naruto with intent, "Worst case scenario, we are caught between the six-tails and the three-tails."

Naruto scratched his head, "Our chances of surviving?"

Hikari thought about it for a moment, but then answered "Providing a jinchuriki is near the Kage, the remaining swordsmen fight the other one and we stay out of the picture for as long as possible. Our chances of succeeding are sixty-four percent." Naruto nodded in satisfaction with the plan. "However, if any of these three factors do not come to pass, our chances will be close to zero."

Yohei looked between his teammates, and popped the last cheese puff in his mouth "Well sounds like good odds to me."

Naruto smirked, "I have a feeling today is our lucky day."

Hikari took one final sip of his tea and sealed the cup, "I would just like to point out that this, is the worst infiltrating plan I have ever been part of."

Yohei picked his knows with his pinky, and flicked his booger. "Let's talk about that when we go home."

Hikari stood up and hooked his Kitana into place, "That is if we go home alive."

Yohei scrunched his nose in thought, "I'm sure we'll all go to the same place in the after life, bro."

Uzushiogakure: Rida's office

Rida looked at the group of ninja standing before her. She knew they were all capable ninja, but still hoped she could afford to send more with them.

She looked at them with stern eyes, "The seven of you have been chosen, because you are the captains of the most successful teams in the village." She stood up and narrowed her eyes at them, "We need to siege and fortify Port City for future use, and failure will not be an option so warn your teams. There will most likely be ninja from Konoha so prepare accordingly."

A young woman in the front of the group bowed to Rida, and then asked her a question. "Rida-sama, how long do we need to stay at Port City?"

Rida studied the girl for a moment, but answered soon after "As long as you need to Captain."

The girl bit her lip and looked around in nervousness, but soon realized she had no choice. "Understood, Rida-sama."

The Uzumaki head nodded in satisfaction, "Dismissed… except you Nasha."

The now identified Nasha, stood uncomfortably in front of Rida while the others left. Rida sat down at her desk and opened a scroll to start reading. "I understand you have been staying in my sons' apartment?"

Nasha scratched her arm in nervousness, "Uhm… yes, Rida-sama."

Rida looked up from her scroll and looked the girl in the eyes, while giving her a warm smile. "I take it you left your present there?"

Nasha visibly relaxed and gave a bright smile at the topic, "Well I did… but I also wrecked his kitchen, so let's hope he sees the present first."

Rida laughed a bit when she thought about how Naruto would react, "He certainly will be upset, however, I must ask that you be careful on this mission. I do not want to lose my future daughter in law."

This made the girl blush, making her face go almost completely red. "I… that's… we're just friends, Rida-sama."

This was exactly the reaction Rida wanted, and it made her laugh even more. "I do hope not for long." Then she became serious again. "Nasha, this will be dangerous, so come back alive."

Nasha smiled at her leader, "Will do, Rida-sama." Then after a respectful bow she left to gather her team.

Later that evening, with Naruto and Co

Naruto surveyed Kirigakure, trying to find anywhere through their defenses until… "Yohei what are you doing?"

Yohei looked surprised that Naruto talked, and spoke in a whisper. "I'm talking in hand signs, comrade!"

Naruto deadpanned at the nut, "We don't have hand signs!" Then doubt set in "…do we?"

His reaction made Yohei laugh, which was probably what he set out to do. "I'm just fucking with you, comrade. We don't actually have talking hand signs."

Naruto grit his teeth in frustration, "I swear if you don't get serious right now…"

"We have incoming patrol."

As soon as they heard Hikari's voice, they ducked into a large bush and waited. A moment later six shinobi in black robes and white masks, jumped over their heads and disappeared into the tree-line.

Hikari, now knowing the time between windows said, "Move."

Then the three of them burst in a straight line, at maximum speed. They only had a minute to make it to the wall, get over it, and disappear into the village. Hikari counted on the light mist providing enough cover for them, to make it make it into the village at least.

As they reached the wall of the village, they temporarily raised their chakra, and jumped clean over it. Hikari looked behind him in mid-air and said, "Sprint left when we land, and lower your chakra output as much as you can."

Naruto and Yohei nodded in understanding, and did just that when they landed. The trio weaved through an alleyway, and felt multiple ninja land in the spot they just were. Hikari looked in front of him and sensed a ninja coming their way, so he stopped up raptly.

Naruto stopped right behind him but had to pull Yohei back when he kept going, "What is it?"

"Move quickly and don't let them make a sound."

Naruto cocked his head in confusion and was about to ask what was going on, when Hikari jumped through a window. Naruto and Yohei had no choice but to follow him in, and when they were inside the house, they saw Hikari slicing a mans throat open.

The Uzumaki heir, however, had no time to question his partners action and went straight for a young man. The boys' eyes widened in fear, but before he screamed, his head fell from his body. Naruto flicked his dagger, so that the blood would come off, and sheathed it again.

Before Naruto or Yohei could say anything, Hikari held up his hand to keep them silent. A moment later they heard a small sound on the roof, indicating that ninja had landed on it.

The Uzumaki all stood stock still, and tried to listen for any sound that the ninja knew they were their. It would be disastrous if Kirigakure were to find them at this point. They would surely die.

Suddenly Naruto heard shuffling in the next room. He slowly turned his head and begged every deity he knew of that it was just an animal. However, to his dismay, a little girl with auburn red hair walked into the room. As soon as her head comprehended what she was seeing, the little girls' eyes widened in horror and she screamed as hard as she could, "DADDY!"

Naruto tried to knock her out, however, before he could even move, dozens of highly condensed Water Canons shot through the roof, ready to impale them. Naruto weaved through the deadly techniques, grabbed the little girl, and jumped out of the window they came through.

The Uzumaki heir landed on a roof top and immediately had both daggers in hand. He looked to the side of him and saw Yohei land, "Damnit, Yohei, why didn't you take care of her."

Yohei gulped, "I could have sworn the room was clear, comrade."

Naruto gave him a rage fueled glare, and finally knocked the little girl out. "Do you even know how screwed we are now?!"

Their little conversation was cut short when five ninja came sprinting at them. Naruto looked at the ninja in concern, 'We need to get close to the center or we're dead.' He gulped and then unsealed Shibuki, 'Forgive me grandfather.'

Naruto put a substantial amount of chakra into the sword and swung it as fast as he could. The sword let a huge explosive tag slip out of it, and unleashed a massive explosion towards the ninja.

Hikari jumped out of the small house and blanched at Naruto, "Naruto-sama, now we have no chance of making it!"

"Let's go, I know we can!" That was all Naruto said, before he made a mad dash toward the center of the village. Hikari and Yohei had no choice but to follow him.

Hikari let his sensory ability flow around them, and picked up huge amount of ninja heading for them. "Naruto-sama, we're in the target area, however we have too many ninja headed to us."

"Don't worry, I'm on it." Naruto stood stock still and held his hands in a release seal. Blue kanji started to creep up his neck and arms, covering his entire body, when it suddenly leaked off it and formed a circle around him. "Royal Script: Secret Release" Hikari and Yohei buckled when a massive amount of chakra suddenly filled the air, they both looked up and saw Naruto being enveloped by a blue beam. "Jinchuriki Damnation!"

The blue beam grew larger and larger, releasing more chakra by the second, until it suddenly disappeared. Naruto stood in the middle of a scorched ground and fell to one knee. Hikari studied his surroundings but found nothing other than hundreds of ninja surrounding them. Yohei saw the ninja but still waited for the seal to take effect.

After he saw nothing happening he decided to voice his disappointment, "What the…"

A kunai flew through the Uzumaki's legs and it shut him up effectively. One shinobi walked out in front of the rest of the hoard surrounding the Uzumaki. "Your efforts have failed intruders, surrender and we… AHHHHH!"

Yohei watched the rude ninja suddenly scream in pain, and blue kanji make a circle around him. Chakra and killing intent blasted against all of the present ninja's senses and all of them took a step back. The half mad Uzumaki smirked when he saw the blue beam shoot straight into the sky, but that's when he felt another wave of chakra pressing against him. He turned around and saw another beam shoot into the sky.

"Failed?" Naruto laughed, "My father spent most of his life developing this seal, it is a seal meant to use your own weapons against you." He stood and looked straight at the suffering ninja, "So suffer for what your village did to my people!"

The two beams grew brighter and brighter, so much so that it lit up the night sky and shinobi throughout the village had to cover their eyes. Soon after ear splitting roars filled the night sky and two Tailed Beasts.

Yohei stared at the large white bipedal slug, with stubby arms and feet in front of him. All the while having eyes filled with stars, "Dude. This. Is. Awesome."

Hikari stared at the creature as well, but he had a slightly different idea about it. "No, Yohei-san, in fact I find this quite worry some."

The madman scoffed, "Pfft, what do you…"

He couldn't finish his sentence, because Hikari tackled him to the ground. He was about to push the man off him, but seconds later a green substance flew over them. When it landed on the ground, the substance burned a massive hole in the wall.

Naruto was about to agree with Yohei's previous statement, but then the giant slug seemed to swallow a huge ball of chakra. "SHIT, WE HAVE TO MOVE!"

Naruto grabbed Hikari's collar and threw him, and by extension Yohei, sideways and they all sprinted out of the way. As Naruto made a break for it, the Six Tailed Beast, lowered his head and let his Tailed Beast Ball loose. The blast tore through buildings for miles and sent the Uzumaki ninja souring through the sky.

'O that's gonna hurt later.', Naruto kicked a piece of a wall off of him and looked around for his team-mates. He finally saw Yohei clime out of some rubble and walked over to him, "Hey, we have to split up, find a swordsmen and come back with his head and sword." With his orders given, and knowing that Hikari would already have the same idea, he ran off in the direction of the Three Tails.

Yohei looked at the back of Naruto and scratched his ear, "Dude what?! I can't hear you, my ears are ringing!"

"He said find a target and come back with his head and sword." Yohei jumped in surprise when Hikari suddenly appeared in front of him.

"What?!"

Hikari sighed and smacked Yohei upside the head, "Do what we came here to do."

Yohei grinned when he could finally hear again, "Ok let's get down to business."

The two nodded in understanding and took off in different directions.

With the Uzumaki captains

In room almost filled with darkness, only a single candle providing light, six people set around a table with one of them standing. The standing individual pointed to a town on a large map, and grunted. "We have seven captains, all of which have proven themselves in battle. All of which has five capable ninja under them, and yet this will be the single most dangerous mission of our lives." He grabbed a kunai from his pouch, and struck the town on the map with lightning quick speed. "Once we have Port City, make no mistake, Konoha will want it back. It will not matter that Kumo is waiting for an opening, they will come at us, and they will bear down at us as hard as they can. So leave here and prepare your team for any possible outcome."

Immediately after he finished speaking, the captains all started to disappear from their seats, and the room was soon empty; with a ghostly wind blowing out the only candle in the room.

END.

AN: So, I wanted to go all out on this chap and have some brilliant fighting scenes, but I just can't get around to it now I'm terribly sorry about that. Anyways, here are some explanations for two sealing techniques I've used in the story:

Script Seal: a sealing technique that only a master of seals can use. It is the lowest of script sealing but uses massive amounts of chakra. When used correctly the ninja can nullify any seal within the boundaries of the matrix, and anyone who uses the nullified seal is punished by the rules set in place. The ninja who uses it must understand the seal that he/she is trying to nullify completely.

Royal script: A scripting technique exclusively for the royal family, it has been improved in every generation and far superior to the normal scripting seal. It has a larger area of effect, the cost of using such a technique is less chakra but you sacrifice some of your life force depending on the size.

Reviews:

DePlexx: The writer of this fic has consulted with his associates and have come to the decision that answering your question is not in our best interest. Lol dude that was a very good question though and it is one to look out for.

LordHero: Kyodebi is a summon best used in water, in fact it can't move around when out of it. The only reason Naruto summoned him against Jinpachi was because he was already suffocating.

Samhain Otsutsuki: Hope you mum came through alright and Yohei as a Russian… lol never thought of that but it could be.