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Spiraling Comet of Konoha
A New Outfit
Previously on Spiraling Comet of Konoha,
"So now you are the owner of Hanzo's techniques and even his Summoning contract?" Tsunade asked to be clear. And when Naruto nodded simply,
"But you already have a summoning contract, to the Toads!" Jiraiya yelled and Naruto just picked out his ear.
"I know Ero-Sennin. The Toads know too and I will not summon one of my Salamanders at the same time as the Toads." Naruto said in a plain tone. He had learned that the Toads and the Salamanders are not on even civil terms. "The Salamanders are a primary offensive Summon so they will do that while the Toads will act as a supporting Summon due to their diversity."
"He is right you know." Tsunade smiled to see Jiraiya grumble about 'a gaki outwitting him' and 'Tsunade-hime ganging up on an old man'. "Anyways, we need to discuss how you are planning to pass down the rights to the scrolls and the Summoning contract. The council will want them both, even from your cold and dead hands." Tsunade then said with a forlorn look in her tone and even in her eyes.
And yet Naruto looked no different. "The only council I answer to as a Shinobi are the clan heirs that are bullied by pushy and greedy civilians. They will hear me out, whatever the civilians are there or not."
"Hey!" Naruto turned simply to Kiba who didn't looked rather appreciative of what the blonde is saying. "My clan, my mother is that weak to be bullied by stupid civilians!"
"It is not the civilians that your mother is afraid of. It was the Hokage who supported the civilians over the Shinobi heads along with his three advisors that have long passed their retirement dates. They treat this village like we are still in a war." Naruto explained and Kiba lost any other ranting he had in his mind to let loose.
"Um…" Hinata said, despite getting over her stuttering, she still had some shyness in her personality. "If you claim possession of those scrolls and Summoning Contract, then are you counting them both as property of your clan? Meaning they will be the inheritance to any children of yours?"
Naruto smirked at Hinata, "I thought we assured Kurenai-san that we won't be jumping the gun? Are you tired of waiting and changed your mind?" Everyone gasped when their brains finally registered what the blonde and his girl said and when they added two to two,
"Absolutely not!" Kurenai just happened to be in there along with the other Jonin Instructors. And her over-protectiveness as Hinata's mother figure took over, big time. "No one is going to become a mother within the same year as Academy Graduation. Not even in the next five years!"
"Calm down!" Tsunade loved to silence men for any reason but doing that to a fellow woman and Kunoichi felt kind of weird, in the sense of heart wrenching weird. "Kurenai, Naruto is only teasing. He is still the prankster that we know unfortunately." Tsunade told the Genjutsu Mistress, "And I will see to it that no one jumps the gun. Not even by accident."
After glaring at the Konoha Twelve, Tsunade sneaked some nasty glance at Asuma and Kurenai herself. Everyone else just nodded for the heck of it. "And to answer your question Hinata," Naruto finally spoke again. "Yes, I will have to get to work to make these scrolls as part of my legacy. I am sure that any children you carry will use them for the right reasons." Naruto proved that he was still a mischief-maker by still teasing his girlfriend.
"That's enough!" Tsunade didn't want any more trouble in her office. "You have told your story and now get back to work, all of you. I need to think about all this!" When Tsunade heard a cricket in the silence and saw that no one was going anywhere, "NOW!"
"So what do you think?" Naruto said and his answer were awestruck men and slightly Kunoichi along with a Hinata about to faint. And who can blame here, Hinata's boyfriend had gotten a wardrobe change that was the king of them; he looked so badass.
Replacing the jacket that he wore over his Chunin vest, Naruto now wears a cloak that had no hood but still covered his hind arms, his entire torso and reached slightly below. But other than that, there were a pair of silver colored gauntlets on both hands that had strange straight lines in curious patterns all over them; they each even had the features of a fox's head. Also his feet were covered in boots that were also covered with what looks like sliver fox feet. All in all, Naruto looked,
"COOL! So cool!" Konohamaru also happened to be there and was about to burst with excitement and awe seeing his idol, 'teacher' and 'boss' look like so. "Those…those things with that cloak make you look so cool boss!"
"Thank you. I had to think about this in my free time over the past days about this.
Naruto said. "And don't forget to give thanks to Tenten for bring me the inspiration." The weapons mistress found herself shivering to the sudden amount of attention that Naruto delivered.
"B-but all I did was…ask Naruto about his Kusarigama." Tenten suddenly acted like a nervous shy girl that was meet by the popular crowd. "I-I wanted to know…how he was going to…" Tenten then lost her voice when she felt a strong and warm hand on her shoulder.
"Still thanks and please remember that mystery is a Shinobi's cover. I don't want to blow it off now." Naruto said and Tenten could only nod, having such a cute guy touching her and speaking directly towards her. She may be a fangirl but she was somewhat of a better example than how Sakura and Ino were in the Academy all the way to the Chunin Exams.
"Why not?! I want to hear more!" Konohamaru was the type to be impatient, impulsive, blunt and curious for his age of ten. That was why he pouted when Naruto shook his head negative and even the grandson of the Third Hokage was smart enough to notice Tenten wouldn't make a peep in her condition.
"I will show you when it is for the best." Naruto said while ruffling Konohamaru's head. While the young boy pouted still, Konohamaru soon smiled; he was still treated like a person rather than just the 'Honorable Grandson'.
And then came an ANBU, "Four Shinobi from Oto have been seen! Carrying off Sasuke Uchiha with force! The Hokage gives you permission to head after them!" And before anyone could ask, he disappeared in the same way with leaves that he appeared in a vortex with. But there was mission scroll left behind with the tree leaves.
"Well what do you know?" Naruto smirked. And he turned back to Konohamaru. "Tell you what, my team and I will bring back those jerks with all the bruises then I will show you want I can do with this 'cool' wardrobe change. Okay?"
"OKAY!" Konohamaru jumped up and down before settling down temporary, "But you better keep that promise!"
"I always do." Then Konohamaru jumped up and down like a baby kangaroo that is finally out of his mother's pouch for the first time. And meanwhile, the mission scroll said that of the Konoha Twelve, only seven are allowed to go; the girls are needed to stay on Hokage's orders and Sasuke has a role in a big plan that is sure to be become clear as crystal.
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Later that evening,
"Fuck! My feet are killing from carrying this crap! Is this a good place for this shit!?" There were four people indeed and it seems that one of them was the loudest and had the crudest mouth of her age; she was definitely a woman because her distinctive body shape and voice gave her away.
"A lady should never talk like that. It doesn't match your grace at all." Another one of them said. He seemed to be the biggest and heaviest since he had a budging belly. But his scolding was not appreciated by the said woman.
"Shut up!" The rest of the four sighed, like this happened a lot between the woman and the fat man. "We need to get this over with. We are the Sound Four and we already wasted enough time."
"Okay, okay. We will start." Another one of them seemed to have two heads, given his shape in the shadows. "First the Fūkoku Hōin." He then placed five tags on the container that they were carrying. "And now…"
"Shikokumujin!" This time, all four of them spoke the technique at once while going through a couple of hand seals before clapping. Then indeed some kind of black fog came down on the container. "Now that is done…"
"WATCH IT!" That third figure's second head suddenly shouted and the Sound Four turned to see a ring with flaming explosive seals was closing on them! They quickly moved to get the container out what will be a ring of fire that brought light to the forest and to the Sound Four.
"Nice going you guys. Now we know where they are." The Sound Four cursed this time that they were found out and the light had sold them out.
The first one, the woman's, most distinctive feature was her long, untamed, red hair. She also wore a black hat with bandaged. She wore a tan tunic, much like the other members of Sound Four, with black shorts and standard black shinobi sandals.
The second one, the fat man, was a large and imposing young man. Being the tallest member of Sound Four, he towered over the rest of his team-mates. He had orange eyes, and three tufts of orange hair on his head: a Mohawk of sorts that ran down the middle and two similar styled tufts of hair at the side. He wore a sleeveless tunic with the symbol of the Sound Four on the hem, along with black, arm-warmers, a pair of black, ¾ length pants that stopped just below his knees. Along with this, he wore sandals with leg warmers, covered by bandages, a purple robe belt around his waist, and a necklace that comprised of circular pieces separating long, metallic pieces.
The third one, with two heads, have straight, dark grey hair with long bangs that covered each different eye, their bangs were on opposite sides. Each of the twins wore a green shade of lipstick, and had dark markings around their eyes giving them an androgynous appearance. They wore brown tunics with long black wristbands, black skin-tight shorts, and purple ropes tied around their waists. Sakon wore a dark-red, beaded necklace around his neck and a giant scroll behind his back. Both of the twins have a cursed seal planted on their foreheads which are covered by their bangs.
And the last one to note to have multiple arms, was a dark-skinned shinobi with black, shaggy hair, and black eyes. He wore a black, sleeveless top and shorts, over which he wore a tunic that bore the symbol of the Sound Four, and a purple rope-belt around his waist. He also wore the forehead protector of his village along with arm warmers, shinobi sandals and bandages around his legs.
"Just who are you fuckers!?" The woman shouted and saw the headbands. "Tree fucking huggers from Konoha! The ones that ruined Lord Orochimaru's plans!"
"It was no problem. No problem at all. He needs to makes his plans better because you were there to look like cannon fodder." Naruto said when he and his team appeared. They just found a Kekkai Hōjin placed around the proximity of the Sound Four; the Konoha Shinobi were able to find the four corners and foil it by manipulating the barrier themselves.
"Shut up! And don't come any fucking closer! We have the Uchiha in our hands and we are going to keep him from shitheads like you!" The woman shouted but only grew angrier to see Naruto's smirk.
"Tayuya…" Naruto said, facing the redhead. "Jirobo…" This time the fat one. "Sakon & Ukon…" The two headed one and, "Kidomaru. Sounds fitting for lackeys that became freaks for a snake who is a traitor who makes promises."
"Just how do you know our names!?" They all said and Naruto gave them their answer by having his team each show a card with the same names on them. "Those…!"
"Now that we made that clear, we are here to take you in. Sasuke is no trouble. In fact, you captured the wrong boy."
And when the Sound Four tried to figure out why Naruto was so confident about, the black chest exploded! "What the hell!" Tayuya screamed as the explosion had lodged some piece of wood in her arms and a couple of places on her back; in fact, the same could be said about her entire team. And every single one of the Sound Four had some broken bones as well as some burns from the sudden explosion of raw, compressed chakra.
"But your teammate was in there!" Jirobo shouted out to Naruto who never lost his smirk.
"For a Jonin-level Shinobi that is fatter that any of us, you sure are more ignorant too." Naruto said, "After all, you never heard of the Bunshin Daibakuha? It is such a powerful and useful technique that is more of a Kinjutsu to all but me. I was counting on you seeing through that of course, you all are Jonin-level Shinobi."
"So why are you here!? We don't have your precious Uchiha who is too scared to come himself!" Jirobo shouted but Naruto glared at him to be silent.
"Simple. Even if he is too strong to get captured, you will just activate the curse seal and attack his entire conscious. Willpower doesn't matter against something like that." Naruto smirked. "I know how you work since you dare have that headband which makes you traitors to the Fire Country and the other countries you betrayed."
"Shut up! You've come here to die so we will grant you that pleasure!" Jirobo shouted and charged at the blonde. Lee, Neji and Kiba moved on the twitch of a finger to try and slow him down; and that was what happened along with the three Taijutsu combatants easily knocked aside.
"You better watch out." Naruto said to Jirobo before sending one of his fingers into the ground, which split and cracked open beneath the feet of the Oto Shinobi! "I got it from our Hokage. It is easier to get it to the head where it sticks."
"You fatass, watch and learn how to deal with a brat!" Tayuya shouted as Jirobo ignored her that time, trying to get himself out of the crevice that Naruto had trapped him in. 'Mateki: Genbusō Kyoku!' Tayuya spoke with her thoughts as she had her mouth occupied with a simply bone flute.
But even three monstrous beings known as the Doki summoned and controlled by Tayuya's flute didn't deter Naruto unlike his team. "Nice but you need to remember a certain wise saying. This will jug your memory." Everyone noticed that the silver fox feet on Naruto's boots suddenly tensed when chakra was supplied, "Kitsune Tsuuro: Zen'i!"
It all happened so fast, not in an instant, but faster than the untrained naked eye can follow. The three Doki barely moved from their spot in front of Tayuya before they each got a deep cut which sent them back forcefully; and as for Tayuya herself, the sheer force from the impact had disarmed her of her flute and sent the flute player back a considerable distance.
"Like they say; the path to ruin is paved with good intentions." Naruto smirked, "Whose next?" Naruto got his answer when the two-headed member of the Sound Four, named Sakon & Ukon, as if they were really one single being. They just bring new definition to the term 'split personality'.
"We are!" They do sound like twins with two feet and two arms. Only that one of them suddenly became three instead. "Tarenken!" But any smirk and look of concern on the Sound Four and the Konoha Seven respectably had vanished as soon as the attack landed.
"Impressive." Naruto had surprised the Sound Four by 'coping' Sakon & Ukon's technique; this time, growing three hands to block three fists. "You really need to be careful because since you are so bi-polar, you will need to be taken in and turned into a vegetable. Not that it will be difficult."
"Shut up! Tarenkyaku!" This time, Sakon & Ukon started to use three feet rather than three fists. But like before, they were thwarted and foiled when a pair of hands joined the other arm to block the kicks.
"You need to stop showing off, start surprising. Show caution instead of confidence. Then the battle will be your favor or it will be your fall. You got the concept, right?" Naruto smirked and everyone else found it very hard to keep their snickering to themselves. "Now get off, pervert!" Naruto then flung the two headed Shinobi and kicked them in the worse place for any man, "Whoops. Did I hear cracking balls, twice?"
That was it, everyone started to laugh at Sakon and Ukon trying their best to get their act together and find out how many balls they have left. It must be hard to be stuck to another person, only to get tangled up in a knot of limbs. But the Konoha Seven still had to deal with the Sound Four.
"N-nice one brat but the game is not over yet. And after seeing what you can do…" Kidomaru was the only one left and he had this spider theme with six arms instead the usual two like his teammates. And out of his mouth came some kind of sticky golden substance that poured over himself. "And now I use my Nenkin no Yoroi, try to hit me now!"
"…" Naruto looked at the spider-like, enemy Shinobi almost like the latter said something unamusing. "If you were sure to win then you made a mistake. Those who are truthfully sure of their power never laugh in the midst of battle." Naruto said and then twitched his fingers which revealed one of his chains, already covering Kidomaru around the waist and bounded the spider Shinobi under the armor made of the golden stuff!
"What the hell!?" Kidomaru never thought that he will make such a stupid mistake, a Jonin-level Shinobi makes it against a mere Chunin!
"Kuro Rensa: Pondo Kase!" Naruto shouted and reeled in, indeed, his chain launched with Chakra with Kidomaru into his direction. And with speeds like that of a hawk on a field mouse, Naruto had readied his fist on the opposing arm to land a very powerful strike; with the same one that temporary trapped Jirobo. Despite any claim about the armor, Kidomaru's defense fell anyways.
"Hey!" And the moment was ruined what Kiba just had to open his big mouth. "What about the rest of us!? You are acting like you can just take all of them out! And what about everything you went about on teamwork!?" Naruto said nothing, with the impression of his eyes covered by shadow.
Then he faced the Sound Four, now all are trying to get up from not only the exploding crate but Naruto's humiliating beat down. The blonde then activated his gauntlets and slammed them together. That caused a shockwave that covered the entire Sound Four and a good portion of land around them!
"I can do this all day if I have too. I have enough energy to go around. But as a Chunin, I need to take you in for attempted kidnapping, assaulting a good girl and breaking our good record. Let's see just how strong you all really are when you seem so pathetic." Naruto said, in a tone that meant no nonsense.
"You are right. That was pathetic so that is why Lord Orochimaru sent me to take care of you Uzumaki." A new voice emerged but the rest of the Sound Four shivered in fear. Meanwhile,
"Guys, go and chose one of the four. Whoever this one is, he is stronger than any of them, even combined. I will take care of him." Naruto said to his team and they nodded. And when there was only Naruto left on the field, the fifth Oto Shinobi comer finally showed himself.
"My name is Kimimaro of the Kaguya Clan and you will die for this humiliation!" Kimimaro wore a specialized version of the traditional Oto-nin ensemble, consisting of a light lavender, loose-fitting, long-sleeved, zip-up shirt, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, traditional shinobi sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist. He also wore two red, tube-like hair ornaments; one on either side of his head, securing two locks of his silvery-white hair.
"You can try. And plenty have failed." Naruto spoke while cracking his knuckles through his gloves while the silver fox head and fox feet features on his new outfit started to twitch. Then there was this silver fox head again but covered Naruto's head, followed by a hood that came out of nowhere. "Bring it!"
End of Chapter 6
*Hope it is good! I had this planned out after seeing the Longshot and Hookshot from the Legend of Zelda series being used. This gave me the idea of giving Naruto tools that allowed him to better use the Kusarigama, a sickle on the left hand and a knife on the right hand with a weight on both. Tell me what you think!*
Translations:
Fūkoku Hōin – Dark Sealing Formation
Shikokumujin – Four Black Fogs Formation
Kekkai Hōjin – Barrier Method Formation
Bunshin Daibakuha – Clone Great Explosion
Mateki: Genbusō Kyoku – Demonic Flute: Illusionary Warriors Manipulating Melody
Kitsune Tsuuro: Zen'I – Pathway of the Fox: Good Intentions
Tarenken – Multiple Connected Fists
Tarenkyaku – Multiple Connected Feet
Nenkin no Yoroi – Armor of Sticky Gold
Kuro Rensa: Pondo Kase – Black Chain: Pound Reel
