Had a lot of good ideas for this story and I wanted to get them onto the computer, as quickly as I could so that I didn't forget, here is the next chapter, I hope you enjoy.
Demon Talking
Demon Thinking
Person Thinking
Naruto: The Runaway Chronicles
Chapter 4
"Shit!" Naruto shouted as he just barely avoided a sweeping kick from Nayumi.
"Careful kid." The Fox warned.
"Shut it." Naruto fired back, as he continued to dodge Nayumi's kicks, and punches.
"I don't know why you keep trying to engage in tiajutsu with her. She's obviously more skilled in hand to hand, then you are." The Fox stated with a role of it's eyes as Nayumi delivered a solid punch to Naruto's face.
"Hey I'm just trying to prove that she's not as good as she thinks she is!" Naruto informed the Fox, as he jumped back to avoid another kick.
"Well obviously you're failing!" The Great Beast berated him.
"Shut up you're making me lose my foc..." Naruto tried to get out but a chakra infused kick to the center of the chest, broke his concentration and sent him flying back.
"That'll show you." The Fox huffed.
"Shut up." Naruto huffed dejectedly.
"That was pathetic Naruto. At this rate, you'll never one up me in taijutsu." Nayumi commented as he got back to his feet.
"Yeah, yeah." Naruto said with a sigh as he got to his feet. He had been trying the last four days to one up Nayumi in taijutsu, in the hopes of bringing her down a peg. That didn't work, Naruto was a powerful fighter, but he didn't posses finesse. So unless he let lose, he wouldn't be able to beat Nayumi in taijutsu.
When it came to fighting, Nayumi, and Naruto were both similar. They were both proficient in weapon handling, and both possessed a handful of medium range ninjutsu. Where they both shined was in close range combat. Nayumi possessed a great number of close range ninjutsu as well as excellent taijutsu skills, while Naruto was alright at hand to hand, but where he really shined was in utilizing his rasengan in close quarters of combat. Of course without using the rasengan, Naruto was at an extreme disadvantage against Nayumi.
Naruto had spent the last four days constantly training with Nayumi, and each day Naruto tried to beat Nayumi at taijutsu. He came close once, but that was before they both agreed to not use ninjutsu in their training, so naturally when he began to overpower her, she delivered a lightning infused fist to his gut, and won the fight.
Nayumi was as much of a workaholic as Naruto, neither could sit still for more then two minutes, and if they weren't doing something productive, then they were both out training. It made Daso and Ayane smile whenever they saw the two together. Of course, given both of their attitudes, they quickly became rivals, and were constantly at odds. Always fighting always trying to beat the other, and in Naruto's case, always pranking the other.
In the last four days, the two had fought at least twelve times, and so far, they were scored at 6/6 after this fight. Almost seven of those fights had resulted from Naruto pranking Nayumi and her finding him and fighting him.
The two were just trying to kill time until their wedding which was to be held in a week, to allow for the nobility to show up for the celebration. They kept the training up, but really didn't interact beyond fighting each other, and then sitting alone in the forest recovering. Only one of their battle's was bad enough to send them to the castle's infirmary. It was their third battle, and the two clashed, Naruto with the rasengan, Nayumi with a fist full of lightning. Naruto received a nice burn to his chest, while Nayumi got a descent chakra burn on her stomach. It was after that fight that the two began to develop respect for one another, and in result their rivalry formed.
"Good fight." Naruto said with a sigh.
"You need to stop holding back. You're not going to beat me in taijutsu." Nayumi told him.
"Give me a week, I'll be able to beat you." Naruto boasted with a grin.
"Sure." Nayumi said with a roll of her eyes as she turned to walk away.
"You heading back to the castle?" Naruto asked.
"No... I'm going to go rest at the springs, in the forest. I'll be back later." Nayumi replied as she kept walking.
Naruto simply smiled and nodded and proceeded back to the village.
-Elsewhere-
"Okay guys... the only town anywhere nearby is Aski, the capitol of the southern provinces of the Land of Lightning." Kakashi explained to the rest of the group. They had just finished running all the way, to the land of Lightning.
"So... what's the plan?" Sakura asked her sensei.
"Okay... I think we should split into three groups. One will check out the village one will check the surrounding area, and the last will remain here and prepare to assist the others in case they need help." Kakashi informed them.
"I agree with Kakashi, the back up team should also check on the nearby roads and see if any of the travelers have seen or heard of Naruto." Asuma added.
"Okay so how are we going to split up the teams?" Kurenai asked.
"Well, before we begin I have to reiterate that this is just an information gathering mission. We are not to make a move against Naruto, until we are ready, so if you see him or hear him, you are to vanish from sight and inform the others. Remember that the Eight tails was sensed nearby Naruto, and where the Eight tails is, so is the Raikage." Kakashi informed them in a serious tone of voice.
"Okay... Kakashi, your team should go into Aski, while Kurenai's team should search the surrounding forest. The rest of us will check the roads." Asuma decided.
"Okay... so before we head out, double check that none of you are wearing anything that is affiliated with the leaf." Kakashi ordered them, everyone did a quick check, to make sure that they weren't wearing anything Leaf related. All of them had who had them, had ditched their flak jackets, and headbands. They also covered up any of their clan symbols, like Sasuke wore a simple black shirt, that didn't bare his family crest.
Kakashi, to hide his Sharingan, wore a simple black headband that didn't have the Leaf symbol on it.
"Okay... let's go find Naruto." Sakura stated after they were ready.
"Yes... let us find our friend." Lee agreed, which earned him nods from the others.
"Alright, let's go." Kakashi stated, and like that, the teams dispersed.
-One Hour Later-
Nayumi pulled on her shirt, as she finished getting dressed. She had just finished bathing in the springs that resided outside of the village. Nayumi glanced around and suddenly felt like she was being watched.
Her eyes immediately lit up as she recognized the feeling, it had been the same feeling she had felt when Naruto had peeped on her almost two years ago.
"Naruto you little shit! You better not be out there!" She shouted into the forest waiting to hear if someone started to run away. After a moment of nothing, she felt a sudden breeze pass by her, she glanced over to where her headband and weapon pouches had been set. They were now both missing.
She felt that sickening feeling, the one only a shinobi gets when they know they've just fucked up royally. Suddenly she heard someone clear their throat, behind her. She spun around and was greeted to the sight of Team Gai. Nayumi recognized The Leaf's Green Beast, instantaneously. She recognized him because he was her mothers obsession. It was her mothers life long goal to surpass the legendary Green Beast, therefore, she did everything she could to learn about him.
"Oh Shit!" She thought as she saw them. Her mind quickly began to calculate everything it possibly could about this situation. She guessed that the two others and the smaller clone were members of his squad. She knew that the Green Beast was a Leaf ninja. That meant he was here on Leaf orders and the Leaf was after Naruto. Which meant they were probably here looking for Naruto. She guessed that since the knowledge of whom she was going to marry, hadn't been made public, that Team Gai was only confronting her because she was a Cloud ninja. They must not know where Naruto is, and are hoping to get some info out of her. Nayumi let out an internal sigh of relief, if they were questioning her because she was a Cloud ninja then they didn't know who she really was. If they did know, they would have knocked her unconscious and taken her as a hostage in order to try and trade for Naruto.
Nayumi knew that if she played her cards right and appealed to the Green Beasts legendary sense of honor, that she could easily get out of this situation, and possibly learn something from the Leaf ninja.
Nayumi watched as the four eyed her intently, she noticed the smaller version of the Green Beast, holding her headband and weapon pouch. She stopped when she looked at him, he was one of the most insane looking weirdos she had ever seen. It took every ounce of her willpower not to burst out laughing at the sight.
"Hello miss, you are a hidden Cloud ninja, if I'm not mistaken." Gai suddenly stated.
Nayumi quickly thought up a plan and responded. She adopted a look of pure horror, and stared at Gai with wide eyes.
"Please..." She whispered as she swallowed hard and started to back away from the four. Team Gai all adopted looks of confusion at the girls fear.
"Please don't hurt me." Nayumi begged as she continued to back away from them, raising her hands in surrender.
"What the hell is she doing?" Neji asked, with a tilt of his head.
"Is she afraid of us?" Lee asked.
"Miss... are you alright? We aren't going to hurt you, we just need to ask you a few questions." Gai stated, as he took a step towards her. At the step, Nayumi let out a scream of terror, and turned to try and run. As she turned around she saw that Team Gai had not come alone, Team Asuma was standing a few yards behind her with the same confused looks. At the sight of them, Nayumi decided to let out another wail of terror and stumble away from them. Not exactly according to plan, she stumbled and fell to the ground, she didn't break her fearful ruse even as her knee cracked a rock and a bolt of pain shot through her leg that made her want to curse and blow up the rock in retaliation.
"Calm down, We're not going to hurt you. We just need to ask you some questions." Asuma stated, after sharing a look with Gai.
"You're... You're the Green Beast." Nayumi declared with mock fear. She had become incredibly good at putting on fake attitudes, she did it to her father's guards all the time.
"You know who I am?" Gai stated looking slightly surprised. They all heard Asuma groan in annoyance, at the fact that their cover was now blown.
"Please don't hurt me. I'll tell you whatever you want to know." Nayumi begged, as tears began streaming down her face. She was putting on such a good show, that even the elites like Gai and Asuma were believing it.
"Where is your backbone, you're making a fool out of yourself." Shikamaru stated with a huff.
"Shikamaru!" Ino hissed at him as she walked towards Nayumi, "Please, we don't mean you any harm, it's just... we heard you mention something about someone named Naruto... do you know someone by that name?"
"Why do you wanna know?" Nayumi asked hesitantly.
"Naruto is a friend of ours, and we think he might be lost. We would sure appreciate it, if you could tell us where he is." Ino asked with a sincere smile.
"Well... if he's a friend of yours then I guess I can tell you." Nayumi stated hesitantly.
"Good, let's you me and my friend here, go talk over there and leave, the boys here to do what they do best, stand around." Ino replied as she gestured to Tenten to follow them off to the side.
Nayumi nodded, and tried her best to keep the facade up, but the weak girl act, was one that really hurt her pride, and bugged her, and every moment the desire to fight get building stronger and stronger.
-Elsewhere-
Naruto stood in the forest listening to the sound of nature. It was a calming technique that the Fox had taught him. It allowed him to clear his mind of doubt, confusion, anger, etc. He would often do this after a training session, and recently, after battling with Nayumi. It just made Naruto feel so at peace to stand quietly in a small meadow that sat in a small gap in the forest, that surrounded Aski.
"Kid." The Fox spoke up as he felt a presence enter the meadow a few meters away.
"I know." Naruto replied as he turned. His eyes quickly fell upon three slightly familiar faces and one unknown.
"It's almost hard to believe how much you've grown." A white skinned woman with brunette hair and beautiful red eyes stated.
"Holy shit Naruto... I didn't think we'd be the ones to find you." Kiba Inuzuka stated with a look of slight disbelief.
"Na... Naruto." Hinata said in a low whisper that only her teammates could hear.
Shino remained silent, eying Naruto intently.
"Well, Holy shit, Mutt face! Long time no see." Naruto stated after a moment.
"It has been a while hasn't it?" Kiba replied, his eyes locked on Naruto.
"I see you brought your squad-mates. I'm guessing that this woman is your sensei?" Naruto asked, with a playful smile. All of his old friends lowered their guards slightly at the sight of that old goofy smile. The only one who knew better was the Fox, who could feel Naruto's anger and rage, building.
"What? Don't you recognize Kurenai sensei?" Hinata asked with a little confusion, though she had to struggle to get the words out, and her face was a deep red, because of Naruto's new appearance.
"It's been three years, besides it wouldn't be the first time a friend has forgotten a friend." Shino stated dejectedly. Both Hinata and Kiba grimaced and gave Shino a look, that said, 'Too soon?'
Kurenai glanced at her students for a moment before looking back at Naruto. The blonde still had that cheesy grin on his face that he always use to have, and it made her feel slightly at ease.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto finally asked, as his smile faded and turned into a distant look.
"We're here to take you home?" Kiba informed him, to which Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Kiba's right, We're here to bring you back." Kurenai agreed.
"Go away." Naruto told them simply, his smile long gone.
"No way Naruto. It's time to come home." Kiba growled at him.
"Home? Ha!" Naruto chided, with a roll of his eyes, trying to play it cool, but in reality he was angry, angry and scared. The Fox could tell that his host was fretting and decided to speak up.
"Hey Kid, Don't be scared, I won't let these bastards take you back to that awful place." The Fox told him.
"I know. It's just..." Naruto started to reply in his head when suddenly an image of Sasuke with his Sharingan blazing flashed into Naruto's mind.
Ever since the Valley of the End, Naruto has held two deep fears, one was being forced to return to the Leaf, and the other was to face the guy who had tried to kill him, Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto always knew that Sasuke was better then him, and it sent a cold chill up Naruto's spine whenever he recalled how it took the Nine Tails chakra to defeat Sasuke.
"He could be here... Fox." Naruto stated internally as he recalled Kiba's words about them finding him.
"Don't be afraid kid... you've grown a lot over these past few years. I'm sure you can beat him this time, and remember I will always be there to help you if you need it." The Fox reassured him. Over the last three years the Nine Tails, had been Naruto's only confident, his only true friend.
"Thanks Fox." Naruto stated as a smile crept across his face.
"Any time brat. Now, what are we going to do about them?" The Fox replied.
"Kiba was always a descent fighter, and Shino was the second to the top ranked guy in our class. Plus Hinata has the byakugan, and let's not even start with what that sensei of theirs can do." Naruto told the Fox slightly worried.
"Look just use 'that' technique and you should be able to cause enough of a stir to draw Lord Daso to you." The Fox told him. In the past four days Ay, Bee, Cee, and Darui had returned to the Cloud, they planned on returning in time for the wedding but had things they needed to prepare for, before hand.
"Yeah... with Lord Daso's help, I should be able to beat anything the Leaf can throw at me." Naruto thought as he let out an audible sigh. Naruto had just a slight amount of knowledge when it came to why Daso Hiyoto was so famous in the Lightning, it had something to do with the Hiyoto family Kekkei Genkai.
"By now, these three should be Chuunin level, and their sensei is a Jonin. I would consider you a high end Chuunin at best, so it looks like you don't have a choice." The Nine Tails stated.
"I know... I'll give it a try, how high do you think I should go?" Naruto asked.
"A Forty percent conversion should do it." The Fox said with a nod.
"Right!" Naruto said aloud as he began glaring at Team 8.
"Right? Right, what?" Kiba asked looking confused.
"Go away!" Naruto ordered.
"No way in hell Naruto, we've waited three long years to find you, and now that we have, we aren't going to let you go." Kiba informed him, earning another powerful bark from Akamaru.
"We need to buy a little time, I've sent some of my insects to inform the others." Shino stated to his team in a low voice, though with Naruto's Jinchuriki enhanced senses he could easily hear him.
"The others are going to be pissed that we disobeyed orders, and engaged him." Kiba huffed.
"They'll deal, for now we just have to hold him in place." Kurenai stated, earning a nod from her team.
"For the last time, leave me alone. I don't wanna fight. But I will if I have too." Naruto warned as he began gathering chakra in his right hand.
"We've looked for you for thr... three, years. We... Ca... Can't turn back, after w... we've.. come so far." Hinata stuttered, not at all looking to fight Naruto.
"Hinata's right, we've been working too hard to prepare for this day, and now that we've found you, we can't turn back." Kiba stated, his eyes locked on Naruto.
All the while Kurenai eyed the young boy intently, she could not see any malicious intent in his eyes, all she saw was anger, and fear.
Suddenly Naruto's hand began to glow blue, at the sight, all of Team 8 tensed. Naruto quickly began gathering chakra in his other hand, as he continued to stare them down.
"Ple... please don't fi... fight us Na... Naruto." Hinata tried to plead, but she was still having a hard time dealing with seeing him again, and the glare he was giving her and her team, wasn't helping her anxiety.
"Regardless of what you may believe, we did not come here to hurt you." Shino stated.
"Ha! You expect me to believe that the Hokage sent you here to take the Nine Tails into custody, peacefully? What a load, the only way the Leaf is getting their precious weapon back is by dragging me there beaten half past dead." Naruto declared darkly.
"What happened to you Naruto? What happened to the boy who would do anything for the Leaf? The boy who dreamed of becoming Hokage?" Kurenai asked, her eyes focused on Naruto's glowing hand.
"He woke up, and finally realized what he was to the people of the Leaf. I was a weapon, a monster. The only reason some people tolerated me was so that I could be made into a weapon when I grew up. I now understand why the villagers hated me so much, why the civilian council tried so hard to get me thrown out, or killed. I was beaten, abused, neglected, and denied help. The goddamn third Hokage, a man I considered to be a grand father to me, even abandoned me. So yeah... I left the Leaf... and I'm never going back, and when you see the Hokage you can let her know, I have a new dream. A dream where I can live in peace, without ever having to see or hear about that goddamn village ever again!" Naruto yelled at them as he finished gathering chakra in his other hand. Suddenly both hands were glowing blue.
All the members of team 8 adopted solemn and sad looks. All secretly wished they had done something to help Naruto when he was younger.
"Last chance, walk away, or face my wrath." Naruto declared, an intense look on his face.
"I'm sorry Naruto, but we just can't do that. It's time for you to come home." Kurenai stated with a solemn look.
"Yeah... whatever happened in your head, to make you think like this will be fixed, and all of those villagers that treated you like garbage, will get to see how great you really are." Kiba tried to compliment him, not wanting to fight his old friend.
"Yes... please Naruto. Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi Sensei miss you dearly," Hinata informed him, finally finding her words. At the mention of Sasuke's name, the image flashed into his head again, Naruto had to grit his teeth to stop himself from screaming at them, "Also I know that Iruka sensei has missed you dearly, I'm sure he would love to see you again."
At the mention of his old friends name, Naruto's face softened."Hey Mutt face."
"What?" Kiba asked with a confused look.
"When you get back to the Leaf, can you pass on a message to Iruka sensei? I want you to tell him, that I'm happy, and that I miss him. I want you to tell him that I think about him all the time, and I really wish I could be there to see him again." Naruto said with a sad smile.
"You can tell him yourself buddy, you'll be back soon." Kiba said with a sigh as he cracked his knuckles.
"No... I wont." Naruto replied as he lifted his shirt with his right hand and while it was up quickly pressed his right hand to his stomach. Team 8 all adopted looks of shock as the Nine Tails seal appeared, and then a secondary seal appeared over it.
They all watched in awe as an inferno of orange chakra engulfed Naruto. They all felt dread as the overwhelming blood lust of the Nine Tailed Fox, filled the area.
"He must be using some of the Demon's power." Kurenai thought, but something felt off. This chakra though similar to the Nine Tails, felt like Naruto's as well. She could see that one of his hands was still glowing blue.
They quickly scanned Naruto's appearance, he hadn't changed much, his hair was blowing wildly from the chakra, and his whiskers had darkened, but other then that he looked normal. The one other major difference was that his eyes were red, and yet they weren't slitted.
"Fifteen minutes Naruto." The Fox warned him.
"Alright I got it." Naruto stated aloud as he suddenly let lose a roar that sent team 8 flying back into the trees as well as blasting his chakra all over the forest.
"What is this? This isn't like the nine tails cloak that Sasuke described, this is different." Kurenai thought as she scanned Naruto again. His features weren't feral, more savage, then feral. The chakra that was raging around him like an inferno wasn't red but orange, and one of his hand was still glowing blue, and Naruto was holding it close to his body almost like it was hurt or something.
"Go to hell!" Naruto shouted as he suddenly vanished. Kurenai's eyes widened in disbelief as in a single second Naruto crossed the twenty to thirty yards that separated the two of them, and was suddenly right up in her face.
Right as he brought back his fist to punch her, a white mass slammed into her. Kurenai rolled to the ground and glanced up, just in time to see Akamaru land on his feet. She suddenly heard the forest tear itself apart, and she looked up to see a large energy shock wave release from Naruto's fist, that caused trees to splinter and crack.
"Are you alright Kurenai sensei?" Hinata shouted.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you Akamaru." She finished glancing at Kiba's dog. Akamaru glanced at her and offered a single bark in reply.
"I need to focus on the Jonin, the others are unimportant right now." Naruto thought to himself.
"Good thinking, the others are Chuunin level at best, so you can easily defeat them in this mode, you should focus on the Jonin seeing as how she'll wipe the floor with you the second this mode ends." The Fox replied.
"I know, fourteen minutes left. I need to make them count and stop wasting time." Naruto said to the Fox as he glanced up at Team 8 who seemed to be stuck between fear and anger.
"They want to take me back to that... that nightmare! I'm not going to let that happen!" Naruto growled angrily.
"Naruto! Rape them!" The Fox ordered with a grin.
At hearing that Naruto grinned too, and readied himself for another charge.
-Elsewhere-
"Neji, what the hell was that?" Asuma asked.
"I can see a lot of chakra emanating from the west, but I can't pinpoint it, it must outside of my range." Neji replied his byakugan fully active.
"Could it be Naruto?" Tenten asked.
Suddenly a small insect landed on Asuma's nose he recognized it immediately as an Aburame beetle. He held out his hand and the beetle jumped down to it, and began walking in an N formation on his hand. Asuma stared at it for a second before realizing the message.
"It's Naruto. Team 8 must have engaged him." Asuma stated as he looked over at Gai.
"Alright, Neji lead us there." Gai ordered.
"Right." Neji nodded.
"What about her?" Shikamaru asked, as his eyes shot over to Nayumi, who had been telling Tenten and Ino, about Naruto being a mercenary.
"Ino! Put her to sleep." Asuma ordered.
"Okay I'..." She began to reply but was cut short when Nayumi suddenly dropped to the ground and delivered a spin kick knocking both Tenten and Ino to the ground.
Nayumi quickly jumped away from the two, and put some distance between herself and Teams 10 and Gai. "Shit... looks like they found Naruto, I guess I've got not choice, I need to use it."
"Asuma, you and your team go help Kurenai, we'll deal with her, and join you as soon as we can." Gai told his friend.
"Right, be quick about it." Asuma replied, but stopped when he heard girlish giggling.
"What the hell is she laughing about?" Ino asked, as Shikamaru and Choji took up position beside her.
"This is going to be fun." Nayumi stated with a crazed look in her eyes. The look caused the younger members of both teams to tense slightly.
"You don't wanna do this girl. We don't wanna hurt you, but we will if we have too." Asuma informed her.
"Hurt me? Who said anything about you hurting me?" Nayumi chided with a giggle, as suddenly blood began to pour out of her nose.
"What the hell?" Ino asked with a little disgust.
Nayumi continued to smile as blood began to pour out of her mouth, and eyes. A moment went by before blood began to seep out of her ears as well. Every orifice on her body began to bleed profusely.
They all watched in horror as blood began to flow from every opening on her body.
"She's bleeding from... everywhere, even her..." Tenten tried to put it into words but it was just to stomach churning to voice. Nayumi's shirt was quickly drenched in the blood that poured from her face, while her pants were quickly changing color from blue to red, as blood poured down them.
Ino, Tenten, Choji, and Lee were all trembling in fear, while the normally demure Shikamaru and Neji just stared in horror. Gai and Asuma both had looks of shock.
Shikamaru was able to focus enough to hear his sensei muttering, 'no, no, no, no, no,' over and over again.
"Asuma sensei, what is she?" Ino asked, the horror in her voice still evident. She couldn't even look at Nayumi anymore, Nayumi had gone from this beautiful young girl who was frightened by their sudden appearance, to a grinning bloody psychopath, that looked like she had just crawled out of hell.
"This means that fourth failed." Asuma stated sadly as hid head dropped.
"That's right... he failed, and my daddy lived on to have a beautiful baby girl." Nayumi informed them, with a crazy smile on her face. Her body continued to bleed, and wouldn't stop, pools were gathering on the ground, and spreading.
"Gai sensei, what is this monster?" Neji asked, his eyes trying desperately to define what he was looking at.
"This is the result of humans breeding with demons." Asuma answered for Gai.
"This is the second level of a Kekkei Genkai that only recently appeared in the second great ninja war. All members of the clan can use the first level, but only a main branch member, can use anything beyond that. We don't know much about it, and the only person to ever face, the third level of the Kekkei Genkai, and live was the fourth Hokage. It was said that the fourth defeated the only known main branch member, but it looks like he failed." Asuma explained.
"What is she doing, why is bleeding like that?" Shikamaru asked, as he grit his teeth and tried to compose himself.
"The first level of this technique is a healing ability, it causes every cell in the body to multiply and heal at an alarming rate, all except skin cells. The skin is left open, and blood continuously pours from the wound, because of the rapidly multiplying blood cells. The first level, to the untrained eye, gives the appearance of invincibility. All member of the clan can use it, but only the main branch can access the later levels. There are four levels in total, and we only know about two of them. Like I said the only person to face the third and fourth levels and survive was the fourth Hokage, and he only ever described the techniques as... evil." Asuma continued to explain.
"So them why is she bleeding like that? Is it because of the blood multiplying at such immense speeds?" Ino asked, trying to put her medical training to good use.
"We don't know why they bleed like that all we know, is that besides healing faster, their blood releases a constant subtle Genjutsu." Gai told them.
"Subtle Genjutsu?" Ino looked confused, and then glanced around to see if she could feel one.
"Don't bother Ino, this kind of Genjutsu is inescapable. You see her blood is doing it on it's own, it's constantly casting the Genjutsu, so that even if you broke it, you would immediately fall back under it again. It's so subtle and minute that most people don't see what it's actually doing, until it's too late." Asuma told his students.
"So then what is it doing to us?" Neji asked, as he watched Nayumi start to laugh.
"Attacking our minds. This Genjutsu is so subtle that it mildly affects your mind. All this Jutsu does is cloud your mind, though the results of your mind being clouded for extended periods of time, is drastic." Asuma informed them.
"Constant exposure to this Genjutsu causes insanity. First it's paranoia, hearing and seeing things, then it's dementia, and finally you begin to experience suicidal thoughts. The speed at which this occurs is dependent on ones mental fortitude. And overexposure can lead to mental illness" Gai added.
"And since she's constantly healing theirs no way to beat her without drawing this out into a long fight?" Shikamaru guessed, as he tried to knock back the sickening feeling of watching her bleed, which he guessed was just an added bonus to the Genjutsu, to cause an opponent to feel irritated, and nauseous.
"Yes... Alright... I want you guys to go help Kurenai's team. Gai and I will stay here, and try to hold her off, for as long as we can, one of you though needs to get Kakashi and bring him here as quickly as you can. Got that?" Asuma ordered.
All six nodded, and quickly leapt into the forest, eager to get away from the giggling bitch, and her blood smile.
"What do you think Gai?" Asuma asked as the two readied themselves.
"Ten minutes at best." Gai replied not wanting to drag this out and have his mind destroyed.
"Got it." Asuma nodded in agreement as the two prepared to attack.
"Now that their gone," Nayumi began, as she dropped the psycho act, "Maybe the two of you would like to see level three."
Both Asuma and Gai, shared a look, knowing that this fight had the potential to go South in a big way.
"Let's play." Nayumi said with a smile as she suddenly charged at them, eager to breakthrough and make her way to her charge.
-Elsewhere-
"Did you feel that sensei?" Sakura asked as team 7 stared back into the forest.
"Yes I did." Kakashi said in a serious tone of voice.
"Well... let's not waste any time. Let's go get our idiot back." Sasuke stated, which earned a glare from Sakura, and two nods of agreement from Kakashi and Sai.
The four quickly rushed towards the forest, but Kakashi lagged behind a bit, there was something that was bothering him, a feeling that he had once had, a long time ago, but he couldn't place it.
"Sensei! Hurry up!" Sakura called back to him. He looked up and noticed his team was pulling away from him.
"Oh! Sorry!" Kakashi called back, and sped up to join them, eager to find Naruto and escape this familiar feeling of dread, that seemed to call him back to a place he never wanted to go again...
Okay so that's it for this chapter, yes I will explain Naruto's new technique as well as Nayumi's bloodline limit. No neither are god powers so don't worry, you'll learn more later, so be patient. Also the Chakra Cloak around Naruto isn't his Bijuu mode cloak, it's an orange clear cloak like when the nine tails gives him power. let me know what you think and until next time, stay beautiful! BYE!