A/N - Okay so this is part two to the last chapter. I'll let you start on that straight away but first: I do not own Naruto. Ayyyyy!
For all that's reading this, and bear in mind I'm fourteen days late but happy New Year, I hope you have a good one.
Chapter Nine - Struggling To Swim
Having crossed the distance in a matter of minutes he bounded over the twenty foot fence, mid-air Naruto took in everything he could from his temporary view point. Confirming his thoughts he pulled out Kunai in each hand as he got a good look over the gardens turned battlefield. He estimated that a hundred Daimyo guards were fighting but it was clear they were losing, he was yet to see who the enemy was, but there appeared to be a similar amount of them, if not slightly more. The difference was they were all Ninja, the numerous techniques being thrown around the field seconded that.
The perfect and level grass was all but wiped clean leaving only a dark rich soil in place, it was also made clear that Jutsu was being thrown about on a whim. If the constant barrage of all five elements popping up every now and then wasn't enough, their effects on the terrain made it clear. No longer flat; in places it was now rugged, there were patches of fire still burning and flooded pools, 'You picked me a hell of a first mission Kakashi.'
Hanging in the air for so long bright Azure eyes caught the attention of an enemy Shinobi, she eyed him up, watching him effortlessly float to the ground as he completed his landing. Two Daimyo Guards lay out at her feet she looked at him impassively, not even looking as the sword in her hands pierced the third.
Although hard, he ignored bodies. The darker, truer side that life held had been experienced when he was young, muggings and even murder although rare, was still a trait in a Ninja village. It's something that happened when a large group of people lived in one place and living in one of the worst areas in said village meant he had heard, even seen things he wasn't supposed too. It was simply the way the world worked, his world anyway.
If that hadn't been enough, which it was, Kakashi had a tendency to put Team Seven in some very realistic Genjutsu.
Upon his arrival he knew people will have died on both sides, his job was to make sure the enemy died before they did. Standing still he rose his eyes expectantly, "Are you trying to scare me with the creepy silence? Not a very good approach to the situation in my humble opinion."
The impassive face of the Shinobi became a glare. She flicked her spiky brown hair out of her eyes and let the body slip of her sword, a soft squelch as it hit the ground, "So the final Ninja of Konoha's famed four man squad's has turned up. I didn't recognise you at first, so young and unrefined," she let loose a shrill laugh as her eyes judged him, "I must say, you gave our leaders quite the scare, they weren't sure if they could deal with another Jonin but it appears they had needed not to worry."
Naruto gave her a dry look, 'If Keshi's on the battle field I bet Kotetsu and Izumo are too.' Other Ninja may have responded to the taunt but he took his time to focus on her forehead protector. What he seen puzzled him; he could name just about every Ninja village with a glance at their symbol. He had never seen that symbol before, a plain musical note and that was all.
"Just who are you?" his calm questioning voice obviously caught her off guard, "I've never seen that insignia before, is it just me or does it look a little stupid looking, like why a musical note?"
He had thought the time of very simple minded people had ended but apparently not. "Five continent's named after elements, okay, that I get. It's pretty cool. Then there's the hidden villages. The Hidden Leaf, the Hidden Sand, even the Hidden Rock, like what's wrong with people? Why not name it something awesome?" He could only lower his head. There was somebody out there that had literally named an entire Ninja village after a rock.
A large tick mark appeared on her face as she paid attention to his every word and it hadn't made her happy, "The Village Hidden in the Sound is the future of Fire country; the future of the entire Elemental Nations, mind your tongue boy."
Her hateful, hissing words had no effect as he turned his head sideways, eyebrows scrunched, "Attacking the Feudal lord of the strongest continent probably isn't the best thing to do if you're looking for a future." His matter of fact tone would taunt the calmest of people.
She glared daggers, "Very stupid words from a mere boy. I was actually considering on letting you live but that dumb mouth has gotten you killed." That's when the bloodlust broke, she started stalking towards him a large toothy smile plastered to her face.
He dropped into a defensive stance as she gave a few testing swings of the long curved sword while continuing to walk forward, no doubt trying one last attempt to intimate him. Just when the nameless Sound Ninja came within range his visage dropped a foul smile breaking forth on his face, "I swear every Ninja I've met so far is far too over confident. What is it with you guys and your superiority complex?"
Thirsty blood lusting eyes cracked in confusion before breaking; leaving in its place fear when his hand darted onto the zipper of his jacket. He slowly pulled it down revealing numerous explosive tags strapped to his chest, "You really ought to fix that."
Call him a cliché mongering, repetitive asshole and he'd agree with you, that didn't stop it from being a smart and efficient way of removing a problem.
Standing on top of the palace the real Naruto looked down from a birds-eye view at the battlefield. If the influx of information wasn't enough, he dully noted the small explosion of his clone at the far side of the field. He let any emotion seep to his face at either, 'She was too far away for the blast to kill her, but she's definitely out of the fight.' Most likely unconscious.
The calm evening that he had enjoyed with Akiko had been replaced by a hard wind, his hair billowing uncontrollably as he continued to overlook the battle. Right now as he stood he wasn't much use down there. Keshi, Kotetsu and Izumo would be leading and directing the flow of the battle and their skill as Ninja meant a lot. While he could match, if not come close to replicating it in the case of the two Chunin, he had other priorities right now.
"Somethings off about this..." His whisper in the night was accompanied by narrowed eyes and a typical scowl in place; something just didn't feel right. He was in a high stress situation, one that he was completely new too and truth be told, it was frightening; however it didn't keep him from his usual questioning thoughts.
The constant saying of his sensei cut through his mind. 'To always look underneath the underneath.'
What was the reason for this Hidden Sound to attack? Who were they? What where they after? These questions littered his mind and it was time answers started appearing. He was the only Ninja present given a chance to examine the battle, to try decipher the game plan of the opposition due to his late arrival and he'd be damned if he didn't make use of it.
From the get go it was clear to him that strategically, this whole thing made no sense, it was a mess. One did not just attack the royal palace and expect to succeed, the alarms had already been activated and emergency protocols completed within seconds. All help available was on its way, the local police would be arriving, whatever help they could provide he didn't know, but that was beside the point. A fleet of Ninja from Konoha would already be on route and they would send the fastest and best they had to offer.
The point was that the form of attack used was designed to take a location, in this case a heavily guarded palace. He didn't underestimate his enemy, his cocky persona was but for show in situations like this so that brought him to his next stumbling point. If the enemy wanted to take the palace they didn't have enough man power, the top that, Konoha Ninja travelling at maximum speed and fuelled by solider pills would be here within hours and they wouldn't stand a chance against them.
He racked his mind for an answer trying to figure the puzzle out. It was a rare experience when he came to a blank like this, usually he got somewhere or at least managed to work out something.
An assassination was out of the question. For one in would be done in stealth, in and out before anyone knew. Another point was that it wouldn't have took place when they were here, logically, an attack with Ninja here would have only made a job like that far more difficult.
Keeping a cool head he continued to observe the battlefield and it wasn't long before he found something of interest. Eyes locked onto a single enemy Shinobi down on the ground, he was a brute of a man and had pushed up further than the rest of his fellow Ninja. Senses homing in he could see the rage in his face and could hear his cries of anger until it abruptly stopped.
He didn't tear his eyes away when he was cut down by one of the guards. In that sense, Naruto was a freak. He didn't know how it would go when he had to do that act himself, but watching it was of little effect.
A smile came to his face, "Bingo." Latching onto the clue he checked his hypothesis. One Shinobi for some reason or another had pushed forward, "If they were trying to succeed in doing something why haven't any of his comrades backed him up?" A rhetorical question as he spoke out loud.
It was the second time that night his brain clicked into thought, jumping to a conclusion and relying on instinct that it was right he whispered out the product of his thought, "A distraction..."
It all made sense. How important the meetings were, how tight security was and even the entrance of a buster bomb to gather everyone's attention. Whatever it was they wanted had something to do with the talk going on, they wanted the documents, more importantly the information what only one place could provide.
The thought sent shivers over his body and his chakra flared, the slates of roofing where he stood beginning to crack. He flared again, well aware of numerous heads turning his way at the outburst of so much chakra. Without thought he put his hands in the familiar hand sign and screamed out the name of his favourite Jutsu, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
As quick as the spike happened it immediately disappeared; those looking towards it being treated to quite the sight. Among the confusion the original had vanished, leaving behind his own personal army to help out. Naruto needed to find and get to the Daimyo before it was too late, only that man had the key for knowledge these attackers needed.
Rigid hands firmly clasped together, a small red and gold scroll sat between them as they occasionally rocked back and forth. The owner of said hands was none other than Ekihito Tenno stiffly sitting behind his desk with the only sound being the rage of ongoing fighting outside.
An old man himself and far past his prime he always wanted to be in the middle of things, wanted to do as much as he could. Hearing the sound of people dying, some of them his own, angered him greatly. The fact that he had to cower inside made it so much worse.
The only other person in the room was standing directly in front of him. Akainu as usual was silent, watching the door with eagle eye precision while clad in his full set of armour. He could only imagine that the man was feeling similar to him, most likely grinding his teeth at the thought of his fellow guards fighting while he stood idle.
Thud.
His head snapped up to the anomaly. Nobody was supposed to be in the palace, let alone near them.
Another thud, this time louder followed by a chuckle, shrill, unrefined and full of malice.
Akainu's hand dropped to the hilt of his Katana withdrawing it ever so slightly.
The mood thick and tense as the thuds grew louder, varied chuckles continued every so often, tail ends of words being caught but never quite enough to understand as the two watched on. Adrenaline rose exponentially yet they still managed to stay motionless, failing to look away from the doubled doorway that leaked the ever-growing sounds.
Calm façade cracked and his heart skipped a beat when he heard a groan. A scrape of metal cut the turmoil as Akainu withdrew his Katana, raised high ready to attack, "Show yourself intruder; come in here so I can gut you!"
The words hadn't left his mouth before silence returned and with it the sickly sweet smell of blood. One of the double doors creaked open ever so slightly, only allowing enough room for the dark figure to stumble forward. He lowered his guard ever so slightly, the silhouette continuing to stumble towards them, heavy feet tripping over one another as it went.
It wasn't any type of Jutsu or fear that froze him, rather shock when he saw the face. Although soft and weak, Koharu Utatane's wheezing breaths rung clearly throughout the large room and before any reaction was made she collapsed to the floor.
The tranquillity the act brought was again broken. Large double doors were blown off their hinges and sent flying across the room revealing four figures ranging in size, "For being so old she gave us a hell of a fight."
The brutish tone was responded by a smooth one, slick yet unsavoury, "Trying to face us alone, she could never stand a chance," he let lose a wild giggle, "Such a shame too, she was the only one to spot us and realise our plan. In the end she wasn't even able to do anything."
The comment was received by a growl, this time from a new voice however it was clearly a female that spoke up next, "Shut the fuck up you two. Grab that scroll and let's get out of here."
As they strode forward they carried with them and air of confidence, they were committing a crime punishable by death, there would be no trial or argument and it appeared that they paid it no regard, "Remember who's leader here Tayuya, or else." Even when talking to a teammate the voice was cruel and chiding. They clearly didn't get along.
Akainu's eyes could only harden at what he saw.
The only female, Tayuya as he had heard was the most normal looking of the group, standing relaxed and looking somewhat annoyed. Face set into a permanent frown her long untamed red hair was covered by a hat with bandaged sides. Much like the others she sported the typical sound uniform; black arm and leg warmers, matching three quarter length pants, a large purple rope used as a belt and a sleeveless tunic. The changing trait however was that she appeared to be uninjured from the bout with Koharu.
Each of her teammates had bruises and cuts varied in places, wounds spread throughout their body even going so far to have dark red patches of blood appearing on their clothes, "Koharu-sama must of gave you a real working over huh, I'll finish it." Akainu's threat was at best a hopeful one. Since the times of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi the Daimyo had relied largely on people like him, he hoped his decision was wise.
"We're the sound four, elite Ninja handpicked by our master. Do you honestly think you have a chance," It was the first time he had spoken, voice vicious and threatening. What set him apart from the others though was the anger that it held.
He walked forward with a deranged smile in place showing no regard for his opposition, "Honestly I'm just so fed up with you weak trash."
"Calm yourself Kidomaru. Keep yourself in order." The warning voice of his silver haired teammate had no effect.
It hadn't been long since Jirobo and Kido had received their cursed seals and ever since Kidomaru had been uncontrollable. It was admittedly a fault in the amazing curse seal, anyone lucky enough to receive one had to go through this side effect. Some got over it quicker than others, sometimes it was a reoccurring thing but most got their bearings eventually; it took time to become accustomed to such power.
The now known Kidomaru raced across the room far faster than Akainu even hoped to compete with, one of his six arms caught him by the throat and lifted him high and without stooping smashed him to the ground in one swift movement.
Like that, the Daimyo's only remaining protection was thrown aside. The attacker's lunacy clearly evident as he glared towards the Daimyo's calm, "All of you...so weak and pathetic."
"Earth Release: Stone Pillar Jutsu." Sharp spikes sprung up from the ground removing the threat before he immediately turned around as he sensed another coming behind him, "They just keep coming." A fast forward step he delivered a sweeping high kick that made direct contact to the enemy Shinobi's check, needless to say, the man who received it was thrown to the ground and wouldn't be getting up anytime soon.
"That's because you're not taking them down fast enough. You not got some killer Jonin exclusive shit for this sort of thing?"
Keshi looked around to see Naruto walking towards him and right as he did so a Kunai hit the blonde, the action resulting in a loud poof, "Oh, there goes another one." Another Naruto popped into view this one rather calm, a laid back looked etched on his face contrasted greatly with the war around him.
Hands were comfortably positioned in trouser pockets as it walked towards him with little care, "Boss made some of us to help out, quite a lot actually although there pretty spread-out trying to help everyone hold the line." Contrary to his words the clone let out a long yawn.
Keshi tilted his head to avoid a Kunai and with a quick search he could sense the numerous chakra signatures of Naruto spread throughout the field, "I take it Naruto is fighting with us, and even if you're a clone you should be helping out." Since the explosion hit the Palace wall he had been preoccupied to say the least. The bomb had hit the wall with the goal of breaking it, giving the large number of troops a way in and in so panicking their own.
His mind hadn't had much time to think about the blonde but he knew two things that made him smile. The first being that he was at the other side of the city with his friend; the second that he had come to help and by the looks of it was doing fine, "I knew I could count on that little tyke."
The clone just scratched the back of his head as an explosion blasted off behind him earning him a strange look from Keshi. It then let out another yawn eyes closed and all, "All of us were given different jobs. Mine was to come talk to you once another one found you so I wasn't given much chakra."
Keshi's eyes brows quirked, "That explains why you're so... wait Naruto, that's quite heavy chakra manipulation, trying to individually divide and then manipulate chakra like that takes months of practice."
The Naruto clone waved its hands about dramatically, "He made a load of us and told us to make even more, so we did. We did that every day and what we made trained in different things."
That had to be the least helpful explanation he had ever received. Mind registering what the clone had previously said however he was quick to jump onto it, "Why does he want to speak to me, as you can see, I'm a little preoccupied. Is everything fine, is he okay?"
The clone just raised his hands stupidly, "Jeez, calm old man. I think he was doing something about the Daimyo, said he had to get to him quick and there was something else," A hand traced through its hair and the slightest bit of exertion traced his face, "Oh, yeah. And apparently he figured this thing out, I don't know how but he says that this, It raised its arms and looked at the fighting surrounding them somewhat dozily, "It's all a distraction. He says the true threat is after knowledge."
Keshi didn't need to think to know what that meant, "So somebody is after the documents, Koharu-sama was right after all. She had said she'd stay near the Daimyo just encase anything slipped by. It appears she must have had the same idea as you." The Jonin only shook his head at the thought, it disturbed him knowing the real fight wasn't in his control but that didn't mean he could just leave and come to the rescue.
He, Kotetsu and Izumo where single handily keeping the enemy back, while the Daimyo's guards where a good help they were more or less cannon fodder for Ninja, having to team up in twos and threes to take out one. The usual calm voice was methodical as he thought out his options, no doubt meaning for them to be relayed to the original, "If we leave here now the fight will be for nothing; even if it's not their goal having nobody holding them back would mean they'd just push forward anyway. Once they're in the palace we wouldn't be able to rat them out, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack, one of them would slip through and they'd get what they came for."
The clone only shook its head. Lazy and stupid wasn't a good combination but it at least knew that.
"All of you... so weak and pathetic."
"Well considering it took four of you to take down an old lady I wouldn't be too proud of yourselves." The four Shinobi turned around at the new voice to see none other than Naruto leaning by the broken doorway, arms crossed but a scowl directed towards them.
He got here as fast as he could manage but it obviously wasn't enough, Koharu and Akainu were down and although they looked well roughed up it wasn't something he could focus on. 'I have no hope in winning this fight unless I split them.' That in itself was next to an impossible feat, it would be up to him to protect the Daimyo... 'Guess it's about buying time.'
Tayuya was the first to respond as she quickly took in his form, specifically his Hitai-ate, "So the last Ninja turns up; we were wondering where you were hiding. You don't look like too much?"
Naruto's teeth made a clicking noise and his scowl grew ever so slightly colder with disbelief. He could sense it, a rant was coming. "You, you're looking at m-" He couldn't believe this, cool lost as his arms hung by his side, "Okay, so you've got a teammate that looks like he made short work of his twin in the womb and spider man over there looks like he's been addicted to one percent genuine black tar heroin for the majority of his life. You're calling me the one that looks strange?"
While the red head was failing to hide giggles the largest member of the team (and not just in height) fell victim to the taunt, "You think this is a game you scrawny runt, let me maim that pretty boy face of yours." Making fun of Naruto was never a good idea. Like playing with fire you only ended up getting burnt.
Now he wasn't one to judge. Personally he'd call himself a nice guy, of course he had a little fun with people, and tended to tease them but never did he cross the boundary zone of cruel comebacks first. The rather fat one had called him a 'pretty boy, scrawny runt.'
Not letting any of his thoughts show he just smirked, "Meh, as far as I can tell people don't seem to mind too much, he looked specifically at Tayuya earning him a death glare, "and you don't exactly look to good yourself. Your so average, not to mention fat..."
Maybe playing mister nice guy with somebody he was pretty sure could beat his ass might've been smarter, "No, too soon?"
The reaction was as expected if his previous usage of weight based insults indicated anything, "I'm. Not. Fat," The words ground out through clenched teeth.
He'd obviously hit a nerve.
Before any off his teammates could stop him the large Sound Ninja raced through hand-signs, "Earth Release: Dorodango Sphere!"
His teammates could only watch on as a large piece of tiled earth tore down the room resulting in a loud smash that rung throughout the entire building. All the hopes of keeping their presence for the most part unknown was gone with it.
The four of them watched intently as the dust settled revealing a gaping hole in the wall. For a single, albeit moderately large rock, it had travelled with speed and precision continuing through the room before stopping in its tracks against the marbled wall.
Tayuya just slipped off the suppression seal on the back of her neck and threw it to the ground with a grimace, "I said it once Jirobo and I'll say it again, good job fatso. Weak, but at least he was funny." Sarcasm evident she continued, "We refrained ourselves from anything too heavy when fighting the old bitch not to mention supressing our chakra with these seals all for you to do that..." She pointed lamely to the mass of destruction the Jutsu had caused.
Kidomaru continued to glare in the place the blonde mouth piece once stood, "Serves him right. If fatty didn't do it then I would have."
The silver haired Sound Shinobi paid his teammate's verbal assault on one another no heed, they had a job to do. "Jirobo, fetch the scroll from the Daimyo. We need to get out of here now, if they don't know where here they definitely do now."
There was no more time for messing around, they were supposed to be in and out as quick as they could and they didn't have much of a window to do so. The old lady, who he now knew as Koharu Utatane proved to be a challenge and though they could tell she was well past her years her experience spoke for itself. She had held them up and the blood running from the right side of his head and the large gash across his chest spoke volumes.
Still caught up in the matter Jirobo hand clenched white knuckled fists, "First some leaf trash, then Tayuya and now Kido too. I'm not fat, I work out and I'm in shape. I swim too." Just cause he had a different body shape
His defiant words held anger, it was obvious the leaf Shinobi had gotten in his head.
"So do whales Jirobo." The deadpan voice could only be Naruto's as he chose this time to return appearing in front of them via Shunshin, making sure to position himself between them and the Daimyo.
With that one comment he had overstayed his welcome and effectively smashing through the patience boundary of the Sound Four.
Naruto stood in a reactive stance, awaiting any kind of action and watching them carefully. The looks on their faces ranging from mild annoyance, to rage and offense, to... 'That guy definitely wants to kill me.'
Despite his best efforts Sakon lost control of his teammates and they charged blindly into Naruto's smirking face, "Can't you see what he's doing you idiots. You're falling directly into his trap."
His scream was caught on deaf ears, their only thought was to rip him limb from limb.
Kidomaru was the first to reach him and attacked with aggression, using his multiple limbs he was able to strike far more frequently than the standard enemy but he had yet to hit. The blonde weaved and dodged always being one step ahead, 'He's fast.'
Naruto's short time away from Konoha hadn't been wasted and his training spoke for itself.
All of this taken into account, his spider-like enemy was still an elite of his village and it showed. Unable to keep track of six flying arms Naruto received a blow to his check followed by another to his chest.
More than enough power to make him think about it he stumbled back narrowly avoiding another punch aimed at his head, 'This guy's no joke.' Kidomaru continued his assault on him causing him to raise his arms to take the numerous punches, it was clear Kidomaru used his extra limbs to his advantage.
Needing to do something quick Naruto countered with a standing kick to Kidomaru shin making him fall to one knee, with the opportunity presenting itself he delivered a direct punch to his face with enough force to end any fight.
Kidomaru's head snapped back due to the force, "You're going to pay for that," he growled out before it reverted to normal with a sickening crack.
Standing back to full height he towered over Naruto and when in this close a proximity he grabbed the blonde around the midsection with two arms and started choking him out with another pair before he could react.
Widened eyes remained calm. Naruto knew this wasn't a good situation to be in and finding his arms constricted him did the only thing he could, a knee straight to the crotch... He wasn't above that.
Naruto again stumbled back gasping for breath before spitting out a blob of blood, 'This guy's tough,' his scowl was shortly replaced by a daring smirk as he wiped away stray blood from his mouth, 'He'd need to be.'
Kidomaru rather indiscriminately repositioned his parts, a fury present on his face.
On a silent signal both Shinobi again took off resuming their Taijutsu battle.
Determined not to be bested Naruto managed to land a few hits here and there trying to disable his numerous arms and when the option arose land a direct hit but it proved difficult, for every hit or advantage he gained Kidomaru was able to counter it. Even despite the lunacy that he had, it was all too clear the Sound Shinobi was a strategist, ingrained in his to the very bone.
He couldn't keep up the dodging for much longer and hearing the stomping sounds of Jirobo closing in gave him the courage to fling himself across the room. While sliding to a stop, one hand withdrew and flung a Kunai with a flick of his wrist while the other was held in a one handed tiger seal, "Kawarimi no Jutsu."
Only ready to bat away a Kunai, Jirobo wasn't expecting to have Naruto that close to him thus receiving a sharp kick to his chin, putting all his power in to it only made the large Sound Shinobi stumble, something that Naruto wasn't counting on, 'This guy's strong too. Fuck!'
Putting a hand to the ground to keep him steady Jirobo rose back to his feet before rubbing his chin in pain, "That hurt. So you're not all talk after all," He smiled, "Good. I'll enjoy crushing you even more..."
The bloodlust was evident and even Naruto had to admit it was annoying him. Not too much though, "Don't worry about your chin, you've got like three more of them."
His cocky attitude while fighting was something he liked, viewed as an unforgiving boast of confidence by many, Kakashi thought it would distract him from the fight but he had proved him wrong countless times.
Kidomaru, AKA, spider-man followed these thoughts. Trying to land a fatal strike the 'well armed' Shinobi lunged forward to attack him from Naruto's blind spot but he was ready and passively active senses kicked in.
Naruto swiftly kicked into the air and flipped over him before landing at the back of the room beside the Daimyo. Of course he was still receiving glares from the pair, but the calm and composed duo further back looked at him with a little worry. The more they saw of him the unhappier this last minute obstacle made them.
The Daimyo was his foremost priority so he would take his chance when he took it now that he had time. Only having to bend down slightly to lean into the dictator's ear, "These guys might be more than I can handle right now. If you get a chance you make a bolt for the door, got it?"
The Daimyo looked up at him surprisingly before nodding, he had known Naruto as nothing but confidence but it appears that once the kid starting fighting he was quite different, "What of Koharu though. Even I can tell they only knocked out Akainu but she looks a lot more serious."
He could see the Sound members growing impatient, they were observing him trying to read his next actions so he needed to get on with this. As for Koharu, it was a strange situation. He had openly hated the woman but that didn't mean he wanted to see her like this. His voice hardened, "We'll worry about that when the time comes."
Naruto put his hand into his Ninja pouch and leaned in closer, making sure the Sound couldn't see as he discreetly passed a seal to the man, "Wait until you think they're not looking then press your finger against it firmly. While you're not their target I don't trust them."
The Daimyo understood Naruto's reasoning and took it without question, although he was a little cautious, "What is it?" To him all it looked like was a small piece of paper with a few odd markings.
"Fuinjutsu. You don't have to do anything, just press your finger against it and it'll do the rest; Now remember what I told you old man." A short explanation was necessary for the Daimyo's sake, "If you die I'll never get payed again."
As Naruto took a few steps forward the Daimyo paled, they weren't the most comforting of words he'd ever heard.
Kidomaru spoke up, "You're quite the cocky little freak aren't you." He scoffed, "It's just like they say, typical foolhardy and overconfident Konoha Ninja. You should take that stick out of your ass before it gets you killed?"
While this was going on he was focused trying to find something. Naruto looked over his shoulder and past the Daimyo before his eyes landed on a circled window that he had previously unnoticed. It would do fine.
Due to this Naruto wasn't really listening, he did however catch the tail end of the sentence, turning back to face them lazy expression on point he replied, "Why, you wanna play fetch?"
The reaction was as expected.
Weather it was the small glance he gave to the window or the equally small smirk the flashed across his face something had gave him away and Sakon was the only one to catch it, "You idiot's, don't attack him, you're only making this hard on ourselves."
Like last time his orders went ignored.
Naruto smiled at him.
Kidomaru went low with a sliding kick, two arms raised high to catch him if he jumped like last time. Jirobo followed this up closely and aimed for the head lashing out with his entire arm, if it made contact his head would roll.
Naruto didn't jump, more so hopped ever so slightly off the ground before stamping down on Kido's leading foot stopping him dead. This motion dealt with one attacker and still left his upper body free so when Jirobo's swinging arm grew close to his neck he sidestepped.
Jirobo passed him with momentum and before the larger man could get himself stopped Naruto delivered a hard punch to the back of his neck. Already being out of control it was enough to send him flying...right into the window.
Sprawled against the shattered window with arms and legs spread wide Jirobo had taken quite the punishment. Naruto had turned his strength against him, making use of his abundance of power and weight and firing it right back.
"So it didn't break, huh. Let's fix that." The cracking sound that it gave off was more of an indication that it was close to breaking, he knew all too well that high quality windows took a little more, experience told him it just needed a little more of a pummelling.
With this motion happening in a matter of seconds Kido's raised hands that were meant to catch him were made use off. Grabbing hold of an arm and with one spin the elite Sound Shinobi was sent flying towards Jirobo and therefore the window resulting in a loud crash.
"There!" Naruto turned to face the remaining duo and even with the usual scowl in place his smugness was evident "Quite the exit, don't you think?" Those two were by no means dealt with but now he had room to work.
Without asking his wrist again flicked out and with it a chakra string aimed for the all-important document, "This is why your here isn't it? You need this?" It flew towards his hands as his matter-of-factly sentence rung out. With a soft slap he caught the prestigious looking scroll before holding it for them too clearly see.
Sakon and Tayuya at first remained silent, something that was strange for the two, especially the latter. The mission was an important one and failure wasn't an option, their leader made that all too clear and thinking of the consequences brought shivers up their spines.
Sakon was the one to reply, "You're willing to strike a deal?"
The ball was in his court and he always was one for bartering, "I can play your game. You can walk right on out of here and I won't do a thing, but the Daimyo and scroll are staying with me."
Tayuya scoffed at the idea and finally spoke, "This is all just one big joke to you isn't it? Sakon and I are stronger than those two and this time we aren't holding back."
Naruto was going to scoff too, he was so very close to letting out another taunt but he was glad he didn't. What stopped him at first was a pungent smell, foul and overbearing. Black markings spread over their bodies and with it came a burst of purple chakra, evil and vile and feeling so very different from their original sources.
Now he was no sensor, he hadn't received that god given gift like Keshi had but there was no doubt in his mind that that chakra was bad news.
The markings on their faces flashed before reverting to black cementing the transformation. Voice raw and in a sense demonic Sakon shouted, "No more games, no more playing! I'll kill you myself and take that scroll from your cold, dead hands."
Unlike Jirobo or Kidomaru they could utilize the full power of the cursed seal and still manage to control it.
Kidomaru gave Jirobo a scathing look, "You're lucky I caught you or you'd be dead." Having been thrown from a very high point surviving the fall was unlikely but with a quick reaction Kidomaru used his special Jutsu to save them. Creating spider webs by infusing his spit and sweat with chakra he was able to make a net for them to land on, that didn't mean the fall was harmless though.
Jirobo just glared back, "We need to get up there now. That kids strong."
The darker skinned teen didn't want to admit that, voice cruel and unwilling, "He'd be nothing to us if we had our cursed seals active, he's fast but that's it." As soon as the words left his mouth they felt their teammates activate the o-so familiar chakra.
I smile broke on his face, it was like an alarm to any nearby Ninja and all elements of stealth that their plan had held had surly went out the window as the cursed seals power swept over the nearby grounds.
The analytical mind that he normally possessed had been distracted yet again by the cursed seal awakening. For him it was still like a drug, having so much power with an arm's reach and all he had to do was reach out and take it. So he did.
Black marking in full effect a deranged smile feel back into place, "I'm going to eradicate that brat! You hear me Jirobo, he's mine!" He was practically salivating at the thought of ripping the boy apart.
"You better join the queue." A harsh voice stopped him before he could take off, "Quite a few people want Naruto dead but I wouldn't pay it much heed. What'd he do to you, embarrass you, and call you names?"
Izumo and Kotetsu were given glares as they readied for battle. They didn't know what it was but whatever sort of Chakra those two Shinobi were giving off was foul and they were weary of it, "Your gonah have to go through us first."
Naruto blocked a punch only for his defence to shatter under the power. The guy was simply too strong.
The force from the attack sent him flying back but with chakra sent to his feet he managed to stop himself before hitting anything solid. He grimaced as he failed to shake the pain out of his arm, this guy was faster and stronger than the previous two, add on whatever the hell those markings were and it was a daunting thought.
Pushed into a corner and back against the wall he made sure to keep track of both Shinobi, "Is it some sort of Kekkei Genkai or what? It doesn't seem natural." Naruto's question was one of complete befuddlement, the power boost that it had gave these two was affecting him and his sharp haggard breaths confirmed that.
After their short bout it was Sakon's turn to smirk, "Jealous are we?"
Naruto remained silent. For once he was at a blank in terms of what to do, Sakon out speed him and out powered him in close quarters and if that wasn't enough of a problem Tayuya was keeping him on his toes with her ranged attacks. Although he did notice she refrained from any close-combat.
If that wasn't enough to deal with there was Sakon's weird twin on the back of his body. So far it hadn't even moved but he could tell it was helping him; he didn't know the finer details but it was covering his blind spots.
Tayuya fired up in usual spirit, "For hyping yourself up so much you've really been a let-down and now you're backed into a corner. I'm a little disappointed to be honest!"
The way she looked at him with clear superiority really annoyed him, he wasn't used to this, to being in a situation when he knew he was outclassed. Where the hell was Keshi when he needed him?
Watchful azure eyes saw the slight tense in Tayuya's body and that was all the signal he needed. Tayuya launched shuriken at Naruto rapidly, their slight shimmer telling him that they were chakra laced, considering he didn't have a chakra conductive weapon that meant they were unblock-able. 'I knew I should've bought a weapon, I just fucking knew it.'
Forced to roll out of the way he didn't have long to ponder this as Sakon again rushed in, missing repeatedly in his tempts to finish the boy off. Unlike Kidomaru Sakon was fully in control, he wasn't going crazy but was instead utilising his superior speed and strength to his advantage, this meant he had to fight defensively.
Doing just that he moved and weaved through the punches and kicks, rolls, jump and grapples where all used as he continued to evade him; Naruto was purely relying on reaction time, speed and instinct for this.
"Lightning Release: Electric Spectre!" The rough scream quickly caught Naruto's attention and it didn't take long to notice the death ball of lightning zooming towards him.
"Thank God I perfected Kage Bunshin." Hand occupied with Sakon he was never so thankful when two clones wordlessly poped into existence beside him. With the job to protect the original each one reached to their Ninja pouch and threw a premade seal into the air, "Fuinjutsu: Reflection Barrier."
His Fuinjutsu was one of his better points so when the familiar blue transparent wall successfully reflected the Jutsu back he returned full focus to Sakon.
Wrong move.
Rule number one of the Kakashi's Strategist Manuel; never rely on clones.
Taking his eye off Tayuya for only a second was all she needed as she bolted forward and right through her own Jutsu and his. Coated in the strange but powerful, thick chakra and wearing it like armour she slashed the throats of both clones while delivering a swift kick to the side of the ribs. She wasn't done there, she followed it with another slash of her Kunai that he was forced to take before throwing him towards Sakon. The move was finished by Naruto being slammed to the ground like a ragdoll.
He was knocked out like a light, unconscious and unaware.
It wasn't long before Sakon was standing over his pray, a small smile present at Naruto's bloody and battered form, "What are you, twelve, maybe thirteen and yet so strong. What a shame." His whisper fell quiet on deaf ears, he'd never had to use the Cursed Seal to that extent before. That being said he hadn't been pushed all that far but he wouldn't like the thought of a one on one duel either.
Blood trailing down his head Naruto's still form was unpleasant to the eye, bruised arms were an understatement, solid hits had eventually drew blood leaving nasty gashes and the rest of his body didn't fare much better. Blood was freely running from his mouth, a sign of internal damage.
"Resilient little prick wasn't he?" A sense of finality in her voice Tayuya reached down and dug his hand into both his pockets, "Receipt for... twenty three bowls of miso ramen. That's disturbing. About fifty explosive tags, damn kid what would you need all those for and... "She let lose an impressed whistle, "It really is a shame killing this kid.
He could only shake his head, "Stop felling him up and get the scroll." An impatient Sakon wanted out of here fast. He had seen a Leaf Ninja, presumably the Jonin in action and he wasn't sure if they could beat him. If they could avoid it he didn't want to find out.
Scroll in hand Tayuya let out a short sigh, they finally had it, their mission that had gone oh so wrong had finally been completed, now all they had to do was get out and that would be simple. A reorganised reverse summoning had been arranged before and was awaiting their signal, "Please get us out of here while we have the chance, can you sense Jirobo or Kidomaru."
As usual Sakon just gave her his creepy look, "Their fine, I can sense their chakra although it is a little weaker. You not going to finish the kid off?" The last sentence was added, usually Tayuya just slit their throat when she got the chance.
She had already steeped back, "I don't need too. He's going to bleed out shortly and by the time anyone finds him he'll be beyond saving."
The red head turned away from him when speaking as if it didn't matter, "That's not a reason, and we should finish this." Voice firm and uncaring he withdrew a Kunai. He never did like lose ends.
The feeling was unpleasant to say the least.
Water covered the entirety of his body, the only thing surfacing were of course his face the necessary things like his eyes, his nose and mouth. He knew for a fact this wasn't real, if it made any sense it felt too real, too organised and too set-up for it to actually be real. For whatever reason, the illusion that he was experiencing, the felling that coursed through him was striving to be accepted as reality but failed at it.
It was missing something that all others held, 'It lacked life.'
Trying to move his body failed, right now he could see through his eyes and feel everything around him but that was it. Right now he didn't feel connected to his body let alone actually move it.
With the thought he was lurched downwards into the clear deep water and it just kept going, the feeling of being pulled by an unknown force down and down for so long made him panic, he needed air. He held his breath for as long as he could until he gave in, a deep breath of water entered his mouth and with it burning lungs... quelled.
So he could breathe water now. That was new.
Again the world around him reacted to his thoughts, something that he was quick to notice.
He felt his body refill with chakra, he felt life come back into it and he somewhat regained control.
Now finding himself in bed and comfy Naruto exquisitely got out of it, he wanted to find out where he was but his body went to the bathroom, as did it slowly open the door without his permission, he didn't like this. Haggard breaths started to slow, but the feeling of nausea remained. It was difficult to walk, he was fighting whatever force was controlling him and losing, his body was feeling the results.
It was such a foreign and strange feeling to look through your eyes as normal then to give your body a command and nothing happen, he had no feeling or authority over it yet he could see and feel everything as normal.
A rigid leg swatted open the door with a kick and with it the force broke free. He quickly leaned over the sink, shaking elbows leaned on either side to support his body. His head dropped but adrenaline rose, it didn't feel like fatigue, it felt like pain.
He again fought for control and forced himself up, steady hands gripping either side of the sink. They cracked under the pressure. It was all he could manage, fast and painful breaths weren't nulling despite his effort and then the unknown power hit him again, this time harder.
His head snapped up to see himself in the mirror. It was clear he was older, his features more chiselled and defined and a small scar just above his lip; his judging eyes slowly made their way up his face until he met with a two small orbs, their colour completely different to the usual.
Naruto's eyes flashed red and his fist was through the mirror. A diabolic growl reverberated through him at the reaction.
A bloodied fist and a cracked mirror were all that he got from it but as the individual pieces of glass fell to the ground the world around him shattered. Slowly but surely falling apart and in its space leaving a sewer like room that seemed to stretch forward endlessly.
He now found himself standing atop of knee deep water, small ripples coming from his feet as he took in his surroundings. There were different coloured pipes running along the roof, some filled with a flowing blue gas and others what looks to be a shifting liquid. He was weary of their ominous glow; it nearly felt like he shouldn't be here, he was well aware it was his but it still gave off the felling that it wasn't for his eyes...
"Naruto, come here and see you mother."
His head snapped towards the sound, one would think that was his only reaction but a slight shake enveloped his body, a shiver of fear?
What he saw was a woman that lived up to her beauty, something she was well known for if his research in recent days had shown him anything. A slender feminine build, waist length silky red hair and that o so familiar black clip that parted her hair to the left.
She had worn it in every photo Naruto saw.
His mind switched off and he didn't even fight it when the force dragged him to her, his expression speechless, watery eyes portraying everything he felt. He approached her at a slow walk before she held out her hand.
Naruto raised his own hand to meet her and that's when it came into view... His eyes widened before immediately narrowing. His movement forward stopped and he looked at his fist, though it was still hurting it wasn't bloodied from punching to mirror. It should have been bloodied.
Conscience kicked into gear and his outstretched arms retreated back to safety in a scarred snatch, in a motion of clear uncertainty and vulnerability, "Come Naruto, I miss you. Let me see how big you've grown."
He looked between his 'mother' and his fist before squeezing his eyes shut. A strange wet feeling enveloping his as he did so; was he crying?
"...Fox..." Eyes still shut the whisper escaped him and rage filled his body. A moments silence, tense and toxic in nature, "...This is your doing Fox..." He showed his fury as the blood red eyes of his demon bore into his mother's very own violet ones, he slapped away its outstretched hand and the illusion vanished instantly.
Naruto simply stood still. A blank face and two lone tears trailing down each check as he continued to look where his mother once stood, a lowered head watched as the ripples of her feet died and moulded in with his own.
"Come to me boy..."
The demonic voice sent another shiver down his spine which was enough to knock him out of his stupor. Fists clenched tight he timidly looked over his shoulder to find the source although he had a fair idea what it was.
Looking at him with glee the Demon had an evil smile in place, its eyes were far bigger than the size of a human and it itself was only comparable to the Hokage Monument in size. Red-orange fur, it possessed the body of a Fox but had human characteristics such as opposable thumbs on its clawed hands. It continued to transfix him with its sick grin, it obviously enjoyed seeing Naruto in the state that he was.
Unmoving he was enraptured in the being's gaze, an usual but understandable horrified look in place. This was the thing that single handily destroyed his life, it was the cause of him, why he was the way he was, why he was treated the way he was treated...why he had no parents...
Naruto's persona flipped as two black tendrils slowly began their crawl up his neck.
The demon dropped the satisfied glee on its face when Naruto's vulnerable and horrified look was replaced with something he didn't think his host had. Hatred.
Naruto said he hated things. Naruto did hate things, but never had he expressed it, never had something drove him so far that it made him shake with rage, made him want to destroy and remove everything in sight. In his twelve years of living never once had he been blinded by the toxic emotion so when the Fox sensed it rolling off his host in abundance it was unsettling.
Minato and Kushina's bundle of joy, who would have thought their little boy with eyes of innocence and golden locks could be capable of such dark and frightful thoughts. This caused the Kyuubi to smile.
With Naruto's back turned all the Kyuubi could see was a single blood red eye giving him a dose of his hatred. The fox gave it right back, neither party backing down nor did they flinch.
The Kyuubi held his expression for a few moments before giving a deep throaty growl, "So my host graces me with his presence, and then he has to challenge me? Pathetic!"
The beast's voice was slow and course, it defined what power sounded like, and it exuded power without trying. It was power.
Naruto looked at it coldly, his glare was unmoving and his body firm; he displayed no signs of weakness or fear, something that the Kyuubi noted with displeasure.
In one step the great beast moved its entire body in incomparable speed and power, suddenly its head was mere inches from Naruto, its breath being a gale to the boy from the close vicinity causing the water to tare and splas around him. As Naruto was subjected to these forces he never backed down. "My teeth are swords! My claws are spears! My eyes can freeze death itself so tell me boy, what makes you tick, why do you challenge me to recklessly."
Naruto remained silent and unchanged.
The Nine Tails snaked around him staying close and judging him hungrily from every direction, Naruto's eyes followed it, "Those strong red eyes, my blood red eyes..." Its slow voice got louder, aggression came forth as the words quickened,"They want to destroy everything, erase everything that hurts you and they can, they hold the power to do so. Entrust your heart to ME! ONLY I CAN SAVE YOU FROM YOUR PAIN!"
The huge beast finished in front of him and lowered its head down to his height, its voice an unnaturally deep and demonic whisper,"You don't have what it takes to control my power! You're nothing more than a mere fragment of my hatred! You are, and always will, be nothing..."
The final sentence caused a reaction. Naruto raised his hand forward and rested it on the large snout, a scowl fell in place and with a squeeze the mammoth figure poped. The residual Chakra that it left behind dispersed and with it a large gold cage came into place, the presence in it exactly what he expected, "No more illusions, and no more games… Kyuubi."
It only glared back at the blonde, uncontrollable gnashing teeth grinding against each other in their rage.
Naruto glared right back, that was until his reward flushed into him; the foreign residue chakra of the strongest Tailed Beast rushed through his body and with it the black tendrils covering him began to wriggle.
Tayuya sat back and let her teammate get on with it, the scroll was firmly in her hands and that was all she cared about. She'd be lying if she didn't feel a little bad about killing somebody so young but it was what it was. Unlike the rest of her teammates she actually had emotions but that didn't mean they'd get the better of her.
Sakon bent down on one knee and rested the Kunai on Naruto's neck. It was a custom kill, not necessarily a clean one but a slit throat was effective and sure.
Muscles tensed and as soon as he was about to slash Naruto's hand gripped him, a strong iron grip that caused a scream to escape. On reflex Sakon slugged the blonde with his free hand, a punch that would shatter rock but had no noticeable effect on the Leaf-nin.
He shook his hand trying to relieve the pain but his analytical side didn't let him stay shocked too long, "What the hell are you?" The beating that he'd just been given meant death, not up and fighting a few moments later. This piece of information although true went in and out of his head, right now it wasn't the most pressing matter.
With the influx in chakra Naruto could see the steam rolling off his wounds, as he stood he could feel changes being made and hear the pooping of bones back into place due to the state he was in, it didn't matter to him though, not now. Staring at the world with blood red eyes everything felt a little surreal, if he fell a hundred feet he doubted he would feel it. The punch Sakon had just delivered was strong, his mind told him that it should hurt, that it should be enough to finish him for a second time but as he felt gaps in his teeth refill and what could only be the cracking of his jaw back into place it felt like little more than a slap.
With narrowed blood red eyes darting between his two foes Naruto was still very much in control, he could feel the Kyubi's tug for dominance but it felt distant and foreign. As of now, this was his limit but right now everything was fine.
As he stood there were changes to his appearance, nothing too serious but they were still present. His whisker marks were thicker as well as more defined making him look more animalistic, however this was the only trait of that nature, the influx of chakra had blew his jacket open so that it was flapping slowly side to side revealing the black tattoo like tendrils spread over his body in their usual place. Not only did Naruto feel stronger, he looked it.
Done taking in his new form he glanced over to the Daimyos desk to see nobody there, 'Good, he must have used the seal I gave him.' He didn't want anyone to see this, although he was sure that everyone in the vicinity of the palace could at least feel it. He didn't manage to win much chakra in his internal duel with the beast, enough to heal his wounds and a little more to strengthen him but the demonic feel it gave off was prominent.
His vision rested on his two enemies, particularly Tayuya who had the scroll, both had reverted back to their stronger forms but right now the overbearing chakra meant nothing to him.
To him this was a high, something that he planned to make use off.
The small amount of foreign Chakra in his body was under his control, although alive and a mind of its own he was able to exert his will over it. He sent it all to his right hand and then sent it forward.
A deep crimson, nearly black layer of the chakra formed around and half way up his arm, enveloping it and taking its shape. He could feel his muscle mass increase underneath it, in no way did he get bigger but it made him stronger before tightening around him like a second skin.
Without thought or warning he darted forward faster than he ever had before to meet Sakon for a punch, his own fist connecting with Sakon's face and vice versa, the only difference was that he felt barely anything.
His own punch caused a loud clap to sound throughout the room, its echo was followed by the sound of Sakon hitting the wall, and a dent where he made contact.
Tayuya locked eyes with him; any and all will of putting up a fight came crashing down when she saw the sick smile that was on his face. This wasn't the same boy that she was fighting, whatever happened in that short time had changed him, weather it was a Kekkei Genkai or a special Jutsu she didn't know, what she did know was that this was beyond what she was capable of dealing with.
This, no he, scared her.
Subconsciously she started backing away, glancing to the cracked footsteps that he left in the wake of his sprint, and then to the struggling form of Sakon. She deactivated her cursed seal and threw the scroll to him, "Here have it. You won, now if you're gonah kill me get it over with."
Tayuya looked behind Naruto to see Sakon slowly go through the reverse summoning hand-seals. Mentally she was screaming for him to hurry.
Naruto caught the scroll in his free hand and stared at her coolly, his eyes bore in hers until she flinched under his gaze, she started shaking. "I have more important things to do that deal with scum like you. I've already beaten you." With little to no care he flicked his arm and the second skin on it left him and with it the beasts chakra left too.
Walking away different thoughts were already in his mind, he was done here but Tayuya's voice stopped him, it was confused but soft, the one worded question that he himself had so often asked perpetrated his mind, "Why?"
He didn't bother looking back, "Your teammates may have missed it but I didn't. When you entered you were the only one uninjured meaning you didn't fight Koharu, or at least let yourself get close. You were the only one that didn't fight me until you had to. You were the only one that didn't want to be here." She remained silent to his words meaning that he was right and they were true, "I don't know why but you have your reasoning's. You're lucky cause I tend to be kinder than necessary, I, more than anyone understand that everyone you meet is fighting his or her own battle. You were forced here against your will, I'm not going to kill you for it..."
It was a serious side of him that never came out much, that didn't mean it wasn't there.
Tayuya made an attempt to respond but before any sound came out she was enveloped in a puff of smoke signalling her looked over and noticed that Sakon was gone too before shrugging, that was the reverse summoning he guessed. They pulled out knowing they couldn't win, not now. The element of surprise was long gone and while he in this form he felt invincible.
Whether he was or not he didn't know. Time would tell.
The Sound had been beaten, he had got his scroll and the Daimyo was safe, "Not too bad for a budding Genin. Not too bad at all." Another jolt of pain shot through his eyes garnering a curse and a few rubs. Things would definitely be heating up soon anyway.
A/N - Now time to do all the addressing for two chapter, because, ya-know, this was all originally one big one. Okay, I'll start with Akiko last chapter. I teased her background and her past, forget about this because I'm not telling you and it's not gonah appear in this story until a certain arc, that won't be for a little while yet... as for pairings, I have yet to decided.
Tayuya was teased just there at the end. As you can probably tell, she's more than just cannon Tayuya in my story, I've always liked her character because it was quite different to those around her. Again she's the same case as Akiko, she won't come back into the story until a later date.
I wasn't lying when I said there would be a lot of world building, character progressing stuff in the Capital. The word Gorogami was thrown around without an explanation. For those that spend the time to read my author notes I'll give you a hint. Think the Gorosei from One Piece.
While were on this topic I think I'll talk about it, explain myself. Now some of you may hate me for saying this but one thing I like better about One Piece is the world building, although the story still revolves around Luffy there are many well-known names and factors that are not only exciting, interesting and confusing but also scary in a sense. Like right now we wouldn't want Luffy to run into somebody equivalent to the late White Beard's strength because he'd receive a beating.
That's how I want my story to come across. While it's taking a few good points from here and there it's also sculpting itself and setting itself apart from cannon in (hopefully you agree with me), the right way.
The final point I'll make before I go is Naruto's Kyuubi form and how it will affect him. In this chap he wasn't faced with enough chakra to produce a tail, thus he didn't. As for what he will look like I haven't fully decided. I'm more than welcome to suggestions so there's that :)
Please don't forget to favourite, follow and of course review. Any questions will be answered to the best of my ability and if their not to spoiler heavy. Plus I'm sorta looking for a Beta. As you can tell, my ability at writing sucks and I've got terrible grammar. I'm just hoping my imagination can keep me above water until somebody can help me out.
Thanks for reading. I'm going out and I'll most likely be wasting a lot of money, there's that too brighten up your day at least…