DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): Ok guys here we are at the first day of our winter break special extravaganza! All chapters over the break will be much longer than normal, and I might even get two or three out in a day!

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Chapter 45: Snake Among the Leaves

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He looked down just in time to see the snake pounce at him. Naruto jumped to a different tree. "Oh no you don't! Take this! Kitsune no Hikari! (Fox's Light)" he yelled as he summoned the Kitsune no Kiba. He unsheathed the blade and shot a slice of pure red chakra at the summons in one fluid motion. The chakra slash cut right through the snake cleaving it perfectly in two. "Hm, teach you to try to eat me." he said as the summons disappeared. "Alright time to get back to Sasuke and Sakura!"

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Sasuke was crouched on a large tree branch while Sakura sat shaking next to him. He was looking around frantically with his sharingan activated trying to find where the crazy Kusa kunoichi was. His leg was bleeding from the self inflicted wound to get himself out of the Genjutsu the woman put him in. Sakura shakily looked at the last Uchiha. "S-Sasuke-kun...wha-what the hell is she!" she asked in pure terror. Sasuke didn't answer but kept his eyes open and constantly moving.

But they both froze when they her the kunoichi's deranged laugh. "Kukukukuku...I am the predator little girl. And you are my prey!" she yelled with a sadistic tone. She rose out from the tree branch they were on till her torso was completely out of the tree. Sasuke stiffened but put himself between Sakura and the...monster...he was facing.

The self proclaimed 'predator' smirked at Sasuke's evident fear. "I can just smell the fear coming from you Uchiha Sasuke. I'm not going to kill you, oh no, that would be a waste." She said as a sadistic grin grew on her face going ear to ear. "I'm going to give you a gift...now...sit still for me!" she said as her torso elongated and stretched as her head came straight at Sasuke with significant speed. It looked like she was almost...slithering...around the branch to advance towards the Uchiha.

Sasuke froze. He didn't know what to do. He just stood there waiting for the kunoichi to attack him. He was frozen in fear. She got within five feet of him when they heard someone yell.

"KITSUNE NO HIKARI!"

A wave of red light passed between Sasuke and the snake like woman, cutting the branch in two. The snake woman shot out of the falling branch and landed in a different tree. She looked around to find the attacker but couldn't find him. "Hmmmm...it seems there is another predator in the area trying to steal my prey from me...kukukuku...this could be interesting." she said aloud. Sasuke fell onto his ass and looked around frightened. "W-What the hell!" he yelled to himself.

They waited for a few more seconds. To them, it seemed like hours, but in actuality, it was just long enough for someone to take a few breaths. The snake woman's eyes widened as she jumped from the tree she was in, just before it exploded.

She landed but had to quickly jump away again to avoid another explosion. This time when she landed she had to duck underneath another ray of light, but when she did a pair of hands shot out from the branch and latched onto her ankles. A figure appeared above her and a faint glow appeared in what seemed to be its hand. Her eyes widened as she recognized the jutsu about to hit her.

"RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled as he drove the blue orb of destruction into her stomach. She let out a loud scream of pain as she flew out of the tree and fell over fifty feet into the ground forming a small crater from the impact.

Sasuke stared at the blonde with disbelief in his eyes. "H-how..." he whispered to himself. "How could a Dobe like him do something like this...I could even move..." he continued as he sat on his knees.

Naruto looked over to the awestruck Sasuke and still cowering Sakura. "HEY TEME!" he yelled at the Uchiha. Sasuke snapped out of his stupor and looked at Naruto. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! A MOVE LIKE THAT WON'T KEEP THIS FUCKER DOWN FOR LONG!" he roared in a furious and commanding tone. Sasuke only stood there, but feared filled his eyes again. "Behind you!" came a surprising shout from Sakura.

Naruto quickly duct on instinct, and a little heads up from Kurama, and felt a powerful kick go right over his head. Naruto balanced on his hands and locked the snake's still planted leg with his own legs. He quickly spun around and flung her through the air. "Shit, so you're up already..." he said to himself. He quickly summoned one of his black katanas and held the Kitsune no Kiba in a reverse grip in his right hand. The woman landed effortlessly in a different tree and eyed her new target. "Kukukuku...So the Uzumaki lived from an attack from one of my pets? Impressive." She said in mock appraisal.

Naruto sneered at the 'woman' in front of him. "Shut the fuck up you snake." he said with ice in his voice. "Whats with the sex change Orochimaru? Didn't like being gay as well as a pedophile?" he asked with a grin on his face.

The 'Woman' sneered at the blonde. "How did you know?" 'she' said as 'she' brought up her hand and started pealing off her face.

The female voice was replaced with a deeper more androgynous one. "My, my...The little Uzumaki is smarter than he looks." the know shown 'HE' said in a fluid almost melodic tone. He started to chuckle as he saw Naruto's obvious disgust. "So little Naruto-kun. How did you find out I am the great Orochimaru of the Sannin?" he asked with a smirk.

Naruto spat. "You're not great. You're terrible. Only a psychopath would do what you have done. And for as how I knew it was you, the only person in the world who holds the snake summoning contract other than my mother is you you bastard!" he yelled as he let loose another wave of red light. Orochimaru dodged and watched the beams path. It cut through everything until it slowly began to dissipate. He looked back at the blonde and chuckled. "So, thirty meters is the maximum distance for that little attack of yours..." he said as he lunged towards the blonde. He blurred out of Naruto's sight and reappeared in front of him with a heavy punch to Naruto's jaw.

Naruto went flying through the air but was some how able to land on his feet. Once he did however, his vision swam and he fell to one knee. "Damn he hits hard..." he said to himself.

"This isn't a fight you can win Kit." Kurama informed the staggered blonde. "Yeah, I'm gonna need a tail or two." he replied as he slowly stood back up. "No Kit, this is a fight you can't win at all. He is way over Zabuza's level. You would need full control over a version two cloak to fight him. I say release a large burst of my chakra and warn the village with it." Kurama reasoned. Naruto nodded and silently agreed. He resealed his swords, how he was able to hold onto them he didn't know, and let loose a large wave of chakra.

Orochimaru's eyes widened as he watched what the blonde was doing.

Red, malicious, chakra rose and bubbled around him. The chakra made a sort of second skin around him and what seemed to be ears and two tails formed. Naruto's bodily features also began to change. His whisker marks became more rugged, his hair became spikier, and his eyes transformed from the pools of cerulean blue, to the hard and rage filled red eyes of the Kyuubi no Yoko. He reached for the large scroll on his back and unrolled it. He placed his chakra covered hand on it and formed a single hand sign. "Fuinjutsu: Kai! Kurama no Dan'atsu! (Sealing style: Release, Kurama's Oppression)" he growled in his deeper, more demonic voice. Red chakra started to poor out of the seal and fire straight into the air like a continued to rise above the trees and part the clouds above.

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Cole was waiting for his signal. He was outside of the forest of death waiting for the moment when he would be called into action. When he saw the tower of Kurama's chakra part the clouds above, his expression steeled and he place on his mask. "Time for the Oracle, to take on the Snake." he said as he leaped into the forest and took off to where the fighting was being held.

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Orochimaru's eyes widened till they couldn't open anymore. He froze in the sight of the malevolent chakra. It was even more potent and evil than his own. Sasuke fell to his knees from the pressure and Sakura fainted. Orochimaru continued to stare. Once the tower faded he looked back to where the blonde was.

Only to see a clawed hand take a swipe at his head and send him careening back out of the tree and through several others. Orochimaru slowly stood up from the crater he was thrown into and popped his jaw back into place. "Well, well. Not only does he have control over it, he utilizes it for signals and distractions..." he said to himself. He sneered at the blonde in front of him and put a hand behind his back. Each of his fingers lit into blueish purple light. "Come boy, fight an apex predator." he said and raised his other arm. "Sein'Jashu!" he exclaimed as snakes came from his sleeves and rushed at the blonde.

Naruto just brought a clawed hand up and batted away the snakes. He continued to rush at the Sannin with speeds the man could barely keep up with. However, even with the boys extreme speed. The old snake still had more experience and skill. He used his greater flexibility to dodge and plant his glowing hand into the blonds stomach. "Gogyu Fuin! (Five Element Seal)" he exclaimed as he seal away all of Naruto's chakra.

Naruto doubled over as he felt his connection to Kurama fade and fell over unconscious from the pain. Orochimaru smirked and kicked the boy while he was down. "You're not bad little boy. If you had a kekki genkai, I might have give my little gift to you as well." he said as he took off to where Sasuke was. After planting a bite on the boys neck Sasuke let out a pained scream and fell over writhing on the ground till he too fell unconscious. "Well, Sasuke-kun...you will one day seek me out. And when you do, I will groom that body of yours into perfection." Orochimaru said as he dashed away before anyone could investigate the explosion of bijuu chakra.

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Orochimaru was about a mile from where he had fought Naruto's team and stopped. He had a bad feeling about continuing. He looked around and sniffed the air. Nothing. Not even the sent of the forest. His eyes widened as he made a quick hand sign. "KAI!" he exclaimed. He released the Genjutsu he had been placed in and looked around. He was still in the same area but with one exception. There was a tall man standing ten feet behind him with his hand raised towards him.

"Shinra Tensei!" the man yelled. Not even a second later Orochimaru felt a pressure force him off his feet and flung him into a tree. Hard. He coughed up some blood and turned to the mystery man. He scowled a the mans mask. "Who are you?" he asked with venom in his voice.

The man just chuckled at him. "I am the Oracle. And I am here to kill you, snake!"

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(A/N): CUT!

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