CHAPTER
SEVEN
GAARA Vs NARUTO
"What was that light?" Sakura shouted when she saw half of the invading ninja fall with a thud, the rest looking like they had just seen a ghost. Although they don't really know why they were spared, they weren't about to wait and witness what would soon happened to them. "Retreat" one of the Suna-nin shouted, they didn't wait to confirm the rank of the ninja before they bolted. The Konoha ninjas who had been placed in a trance after seeing the legendary Hiraishin of the fourth firsthand, broke out of their stupor then gave chase, their morales boosted to new heights.
Kakashi organised himself before he gathered a few Genins to chase after Sasuke and stop him from getting himself killed. Gai approached Kakashi after the Genins were off. "Your student is creating tension" Gai said unusually serious, "did you know about this?" he asked.
"No I didn't" Naruto's threat level just once again rose to a new level within not even two months from his last display. "He knows things he should not. I'm starting to think he knows things even I should not"
"Why don't we concentrate on saving the Hokage for now?" Kakashi said turning to face the purple rectangle.
"Yes we should" Both disappeared with a burst of speed
Jiraiya of the Sannin, a perverted but powerful ninja, who has experienced the warring times, and had first-hand experienced in leading battalions of ninja army to success during this period. He also had the pleasure of successfully fostering exemplary students into powerful figures who he could proudly boast of. There as one potential kid with a bright future he had hoped to nurture into greatness, the kid also happens to be his undisclosed Godson. He offered the kid training, summoning in particular, but his offer was turned down, deftly. That simple action was a great insult to his pride, the kid even refuse to learn to learn the Rasengan. His first thought was "what an asshole" who the heck rejects summoning and Rasengan without even a second thought. The Rasengan is a highly fabled jutsu for its destructive capability, yet Naruto discarded its usefulness with his exceptionally untailored attitude. Naruto always had a way with making your most powerful jutsu feel useless, then came the most surprising of it all, his request to learn the one thousand hair needle technique, how he even manage to know of its existence was above Jiraiya. Why would he need another defence technique when he already the ultimate one. Jiraiya increased his pace, there was a moody atmosphere over the village.
Quickly arriving at the village, Jiraiya saw a part of the great wall had crumbled, a two headed snake being the cause. Taking a high leap into the air, Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta right over of the snake. An agonizing hiss signalled the departure of the snake. Jiraiya could just not understand why someone would reject the ability to summon. What swiftness. He prepared to move forward but a sight stood him rooted, flashes of yellow in his peripherals. He backtracked a step as the flashes became more prominent. With a few more several flashes everything went silent; he started to think all what he just saw was his brain conjuring thing up, but the chorused shouts of Yondaime-Sama reinforced his suspicion. His student once again proved to be unpredictable as he still somehow managed to find a way to protect the village twelve years after his death. 'You are something else Minato' was Jiraiya's thought as he jumped above building heading for the exam arena as that must be where the hokage is. 'But why are some still standing?' Jiraiya thought as he could still see some remaining invading ninjas running away with Konoha ninjas giving chase. If from the time he has known Minato with his use of the Hiraishin, it was total annihilation.
'Four more left' Naruto thought as he flashed back to his first point of departure. He appeared above the building where the Kage fights were taking place. He noticed the his targets were the four tasked with keeping the shield active.
Naruto's appearance brought silence before starting a string of incoherent murmurs among the gathered ninjas who had still yet to find a way to rescue their old Kage.
Getting ready to step towards the barrier, Naruto felt the huge Chakra of the Shikaku heading towards his new area of residence. Although the tower-like warehouse of his was sturdy, he wasn't going to take a chance with the unstable Bijuu. Naruto turned toward the general direction of his house outside the fence, a ripple broke right in front of him which would have obscured his vision if it had it not one with the air.
Naruto stepped right into it without a second glance at the four cornered barrier that separated the Hokage from his ninjas, he had more concern for his month long than the safety of an old man. Naruto appeared at the tree tops minutes later, he didn't necessarily need to go straight to scene immediately; there were places he needed to visit frequently. He watched the two sort out their challenge-bloodlust on Gaara's side. They were still a good distance from his place of residence, but considering how big the Shikaku could get, he wouldn't put it past the Shikaku to cover the distance in matter of seconds. Gaara had half his body covered with sand, he would mistaken Gaara's left eye as a doujutsu had this been his first encounter with it. He noticed the almost faint chakra of Sakura where she was pinned to the three by sand. He couldn't help but wonder why she was here in the first place, does she think she could just hold a single Kunai in front of her and expect to inhibit a Jinchuuriki's advancement, an unstable one even. The seal covering Sasuke was doing a very terrible job for a power booster coming from someone like Orochimaru, he might soon have to get involve.
Gaara screamed frenziedly before taking a wild lunge at Sasuke, aiming for a death strike. Even Sasuke with the weird power could not sate the desire of his mother, only that blonde's would suffice. Sasuke's would be barely tolerable. Just as he reached within range, he rammed headfirst into a black wall, experiencing first hand how it feels to collide with his own sand shield.
Sasuke became furious again, Naruto was here to do what he does best; interrupting his fight. Even if he could barely hold himself upright, he wasn't in need of Naruto's help, he never needed Naruto's help. Now that he got his hands on a new power, He definitely did not need Naruto's help. But why does Naruto continue to interrupt? How would he defeat…no kill his brother if there were so many of his age mates he could not even compare to? How…? Sasuke knew bliss as unconsciousness embraced its lost son.
Gaara regained his bearing to see the Blonde that sets his mother's rage to the highest peak looking down on him from a tree branch, the ever present apathetic boring into him.
"Haahahahaha…." Gaara bellowed, "Mother was right about you.." he spoke through gnashing, his face almost tore apart with an insane grin, "you would eventually come back to offer her your blood"
Naruto tilted his head to the side when he saw Gaara begin to get submerged in a much bigger sand armour, Gaara had a much different collaboration with his tenant than with the last vessel. Gaara took another wild lunge, both arms thrown forward. A huge arm of sand crushed the branch Naruto was in. Gaara spins in mid air, his legs sticking to another branch. He puffs his disfigured cheeks before blowing out several highly compressed ball of wind at random directions, the result of which was total annihilation. He puffs his cheek once more as he drew in large amount of air making him look a little bloated. From the longer process it took, it was clear this was going to be a much more devastating stunt, and Naruto couldn't allow for that. Gaara held a look of surprise as Naruto appeared of him in a quick burst of speed, the surprise that was quickly replaced by a formidable punch, courtesy of Naruto. Gaara was viciously launched back as if repelled by an invisible force. Gaara regained his bearing in mid flight as he once again landed on his feet, but with a good deal of skidding before an eventual coming to and eventual stop.
Looking at the effect of his punch, Naruto felt unsatisfied. Gaara got a little bit disoriented at best, which was an unacceptable feat coming from him, even with the engorged armour it should have had more damage done. Within seconds Naruto had both his arms pitch black, as he shimmered out of existence. Gaara lurched forward in an attempt to avoid the imminent danger but it was hopeless as Naruto intercepted his advancement with brutal punch that came dangerously close to shattering his armour. Gaara made to regain his bearing but he was once again subjected to the hopeless thrashing he got from Lee. Only this time he wasn't sure if he going to make a comeback, luckily for him, he didn't have to when the creature behind the scene decided to come into play. The miniature Shukaku had long started to loose its figure, but with one final roar, the real deal replaced it. Naruto jumped back as the upsurge of sand rose into the air. From his position on the ground compared to that of Shukaku, he would be nothing but a mere ant had he been a normal human, but he was more than that, size difference wouldn't deter him.
The Shukaku rose to its full height, the bubbling rage he had for human kind shuffled to one side, he had a pest to deal with. The burning intent the Shikaku was emitting didn't faze Naruto a bit.
Naruto watched as the gigantic arm of Shukaku swung down on him, instead of waiting for it like he usually does, he decided to end it soon as sunset was approaching. Naruto jumped back, both of his palms thrown forward; two huge Fuma blades flew out of the single-ringed ripple that suddenly became visible in front of Naruto. Both Shuuriken went on a fixed with almost blinding speed, the arm of Shukaku that unfortunately managed to somehow appear in their part did nothing to put off their advancement as they sliced through it cleanly. Instead of screaming painfully like Naruto had expected, the Shukaku did scream, but gleefully as another grew to replace the detached one that lay in a heap of sand on the ground.
Not comfortable with his viewing position on the ground, Naruto disappeared into a ripple reappearing on a much higher branch.
"YOU!" the Shukaku bellowed when Naruto appeared just below his line of sight. He didn't have much to say anymore, he wasn't about to strike a conversation now. The Previous Kazekage was enough, he would not allow for a child to take away his freedom once again not even a day after his release. Shukaku morphed the sand heap on the ground to form another arm, he didn't need any form of physical movement before he could sand, and he was the sand demon for god sake. However he did have one last word for the blonde: "DIE" Shukaku roared as the sand arm shot up from right under Naruto. Naruto leaned backwards as he fell off the branch, coming side by side with the upward moving sand. Before the sand could change its course, Naruto cut a clean slice straight through it. His feet barely touched the ground before Naruto shot forward, he raised his palm upwards making copious amount of shadow gathered at the Bijuu's. the shadow advanced to wrap itself tightly around the Bijuu's feet. Confusion flashed across Ichibi's face as it felt its movement were restricted, the confusion that was quickly replaced with an agonizing look as the shadow at its feet start to tighten. Before long, the Ichibi could no longer keep it quiet as its leg gave way. The Bijuu roared angrily and slumped to the ground, but it was short lived as the insane laughter came back with even more chilling effect. The severed body part once again morphed into workable one making the Ichibi stand back to its full height. Now it was getting annoying, and Naruto was not about to spend his time sunset-gazing(my word) with a several meter high monster in his backyard. Naruto jumped back a good distance before landing on another branch, he ignored inane rant of the Bijuu to ponder on the best way to deal with the situation without causing more damage to the surrounding. He could think of more than ten different effective ways, but he had something he wanted try out, Jiraiya was his first target, but the perfect opportunity just provided itself.
Naruto waited patiently as the Bijuu leapt into the air, an amazing feat for a being for its size. Just as Ichibi reached within range, a circular seal with a great deal of complexity glowed to life on Naruto's right palm, without further ado, Naruto hit his palm on the ground beneath him. Instead of the normal circular pattern with which seals tend to activate, the ground two feet In front of Naruto, lit up as white bright seal arrays crept horizontally on both side of Naruto. Shukaku turned his attention to the source of the large expulsion of chakra, the thin horizontal array of seal kept spreading apart before picking up pace. What was the kid up to again, Shukaku wondered. Whatever it was wouldn't really matter mush as the kid would soon be a paste of human flesh him. As he went to cross the line, he crashed into an invisible wall that shot upwards. The Shukaku, with its massive structure was swung back rather forcibly. Getting back to its full height, the Ichibi could still not make out the end of the wall; it seems it stretched to infinity. He watched as a paper thin black shadow rose from the array of seal below to meet its upper counterpart. He couldn't see even a foot behind the bizarre creation, of his thousands of years alive, he had never seen anything like it. The look he had would have been mistaken for awe as he saw tiny crackles of electricity seeped through the thin wall, but he was too proud to admire the creation of a measly human. Even as the sizzles of electricity started to blanket the area as a result of the high speed with which the volts were running to and fro between the two anchors, granted he could not hope to catch a glimpse of the matching part, he still would not bow to a meagre being; besides, what could a paper-thin iron wall do to him. As he was to move forward, he heard the most dreaded word he never wanted to hear whenever he managed to escape. "Ninpo:Kuchiyose" the word rang in the Ichibi's ear as he stare intently at the tall wall. He waited patiently, and he was not disappointed, only a bit surprised. Because there in front of him is a carbon copy of Shukaku, unnaturally black with glowing patterned blue eyes, still an exact coy of itself. The glowing eye for its part wasn't like any Doujutsu he had ever come across, it had traces of the Sharingan, Rinnegan and Byakugan with other unrecognisable ones in the background. It was unlike grandmother's own that were stagnant, instead of melding to become one like other advanced Doujutsu, the different genes existed individually, only appearing with brightly outlined flashes. Shukaku couldn't even make out its first lead of the pattern. The Byakugan it did recognised would flash brightly only to be replaced by the Sharingan in the same manner, the Rinnegan would then take cue, similarly for the rest. This would be the most bizarre summoning Shukaku would ever witness. He braced himself for the fight of his life as his copy flashed forward with startling speed, considering it was a construct of iron.
On the other side of the wall, Naruto sighed and stood up before turning to the general direction of his residences. Naruto walked forward without a glance backward, he would wait for the result of his handiwork while sunset gazing.
TWO WEEKS AFTER INVASION
Orochimaru sat on his throne baring his numb arms, damn those two Kage…and Naruto. "Kabuto" he called into the darkness. Barely minutes after, the four eyed teenager appeared in front of him.
"Send him in, I can stand this pain any longer"