Right in front of him Naruto saw two of the only few people he could truly admit that he hated, despite his rough childhood the list was quite small. Orochimaru, the man who killed the Sandaime Hokage, tried to destroy Konoha, and even worse had corrupted Sasuke's heart and twisted his mind. And Kabuto, the first true traitor in Naruto's life if you didn't count Mizuki. The very sight of them triggered Naruto's urge to fight; he wanted to smash their smug smirking faces in.
He was tempted to demand they give Sasuke back to Konoha, to send Sasuke where he belonged, but he did not. Thanks to Hinata opening his eyes on the subject, he knew that hoping for that outcome was just naive. Not only was the idea that Orochimaru would just give Sasuke back at this point naive, but so was the idea that Sasuke would come back willingly too. It was a hard truth to face, but Sasuke's choice to leave Konoha for Orochimaru was exactly that, HIS choice. Even if the snake baited him, twisted his arm, did all sorts of things to get Sasuke to submit, the fact of the matter is Sasuke still chose to go along rather than resist temptation. Blaming the curse mark wouldn't work because Anko was living proof that it wasn't enough to control a person.
Everyone had to take responsibility for their own actions, and Sasuke was no exception. He chose to come here, and going back to Konoha would not give him his old life back. Thanks to Hinata, Naruto now realized that and accepted that. The only problem was making it happen.
"I didn't come here to see which of us is stronger, and personally I don't give a damn about that. I came here to take you down." Naruto told them, his eyes refraining from turning red.
"My, big words from a mere genin." Kabuto chuckled. "How pathetic."
Recognizing the taunt for what it was, Naruto restrained himself and taunted back. "Are you afraid of a mere genin?"
Kabuto was smart, but he was also proud and that got under his skin even though he knew he shouldn't let it. "There are few things I fear, and blonde-haired brats are not one of them."
"Then I must have gone easy on you last time." Naruto taunted.
"Oh please, even at your toughest you couldn't make Kabuto blink, let alone sweat." Orochimaru claimed smugly.
Naruto just grinned. "Apparently you've both forgotten just who I am and what I can do."
"Then remind us little boy." The snake sannin offered.
"With pleasure." Naruto said before creating hundreds of clones that swarmed the enemy duo.
"This again?" Kabuto complained as he used his chakra scalpels to cut away the many clones. "Can't you be just a little more original than this Naruto?" The clones never stopped coming though, so he had to keep fighting them off while Orochimaru used his kusanagi to cut them away as well.
'Strange, the clones are making weak attacks at best.' Orochimaru noted as the air got thick with smoke from killed clones. When none were left he waited on guard for a follow-up move, certain the clones were just a distraction if part of any strategy at all. 'Not that I have high hopes for this particular jinchuuriki to actually plan anything out, but I didn't get to be where I am by taking chances.'
When the smoke cleared he saw the group from Konoha still there, having not made a move. Orochimaru did not like that, for now it was truly impossible to tell if they were utilizing a strategy or not. Uncertainty was a ninja's greatest threat; even a powerful opponent became less of a threat if you knew what they were doing or how they were doing it. If you didn't know or couldn't piece it together, then you were at a disadvantage, something Orochimaru did not like being.
"Did you really think such a futile effort would really beat me?" The snake sannin asked in jest.
Naruto smirked. "Wasn't trying to beat you. I was trying to find an opening."
"An opening for what?"
"This!" Naruto said before forming the ram sign. "Bang."
All of a sudden a cluster of explosions went off right under Orochimaru and Kabuto, and even behind them too. The bridge cracked rapidly and momentarily swayed with its support destroyed. Then the middle part began to drop completely.
'Dammit, some of those clones jury-rigged the bridge with paper bombs.' Orochimaru concluded, upset that he had assumed the Konoha nin wouldn't try destroying Kusa's bridge and risking their ire. Then again, he had heard this boy had desecrated the Hokage monument with graffiti, so a bridge wouldn't be a priority for him.
He jumped to get back on the cliff along with Kabuto, but mid-air they were intercepted by the four Konoha nin.
"Surprise!" Naruto proclaimed as he and Hinata held him and threw off his trajectory, causing the snake sannin to fall down the chasm. Sakura and Yamato did the same with Kabuto. Both fought their captors as they fell, but when the Konoha nin were struck they dispersed into smoke, revealing more clones.
"How long do we have?" Sakura asked. She and the real group had used the smoke cloud to follow Naruto under the bridge where he planted bombs and got on the other side, using the distraction to get a head start on getting to the snake's base.
"That depends on how long it takes them to get out of that gorge." Naruto answered, getting his destroyed clones memories. He already knew he gained their memories, he found that out during the training trip. He just didn't know he could use that for training purposes yet.
"We better move fast then. Our only problem is we have no way to locate the base." Yamato told his team. "Hinata, this is probably where we need your eyes the most."
Hinata nodded and activated her doujutsu. "I see something that way." She pointed towards an open meadow with large rocks and sparse trees. "It's underground, but I don't see a way in."
"Worth a shot. Let's get a closer look." Yamato said before they all started running.
"Wow, that was certainly unexpected." Orochimaru commented as he stood over the rubble of the bridge at the bottom of the canyon.
Kabuto cleared some dust off his clothes and cleaned his glasses. "Nothing we can't recover from, although the high-force wind here does make climbing the walls with just chakra a bit difficult even for you Orochimaru-sama."
"A little wind isn't going to stop me."
"Would you care for some assistance?" A new voice asked from behind them, making both rogue nin turn around.
"Who the hell are you?" Orochimaru demanded, holding Kusanagi out.
"I'm just a messenger." The strange new ninja said with a disturbing smile.
After a while they came to a stop by a rock, all looking alert but Hinata was looking tired. "You okay Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.
"I'm fine, just a little tired I guess." She told him.
"Just a little tired? I'm starving here that's the problem." Lilith complained.
'I know, I'm amazed I've lasted this long. But please, wait a little bit longer.' Hinata told herself.
Yamato had not forbidden the two lovers from being together during the trip, but he had kept them from having sex in any form. Tsunade's note only said they were supposed to be permitted to be together even at night, not that they were permitted to get frisky so Yamato decided to draw the line there. Unfortunately that was getting in the way of Hinata's health. Right now she felt as fit as a ninja who had not eaten in days.
Ino must have gotten laid during the trip to Kusa because Lilith and Hinata felt a surge of relief yesterday, though only Lilith knew where it came from. Even so, that and some light masturbation a few times was why she wasn't completely ravenous right now. But Hinata knew she wouldn't last much longer without doing something with Naruto. The only problem was when could she and would she last that long?
Ignoring that, Hinata used her byakugan even though it was draining her. "I think I see an entrance under that rock." She pointed at one of the other giant rocks, one that looked like three rocks pressed up tightly together.
"Alright, but before we go any further..." Yamato said before holding out his left hand. On three of his fingers emerged a seed each. "All three of you swallow these. Even if they get smashed or digested these will allow me to track you if we get separated. These seeds are basically organic tracking devices that respond only to my chakra. I put some in your food a few days ago but in case those ones are out of your system you'll need new ones."
All three gingerly took a seed and swallowed. It was easy, much like swallowing a single sesame seed.
"Alright, let's get going." Yamato stated.
"Right." The three lower-ranked ninja said with simultaneous nods.
"To avoid traps we should use a earth jutsu to get in thru the ground." The wood user continued, knowing time was of the essence but also knowing a plan had to be made clear. "Earth Style Tunneling Jutsu." Putting his hands on the ground he made a low-slanted path underground, something you might expect a giant mole to make instead. "Keep quiet, this is more for a quick escape than a stealthy entrance. If we're caught then this may be compromised."
Crouching down he entered, followed by Sakura then Naruto and Hinata. "Nice butt." Lilith said, enjoying the view thru Hinata's eyes.
Yamato came to a stop at a sudden cut-off in the tunnel. "The tunnel ends here. As I suspected the base is surrounded by solid rock."
"My rasengan will take care of that." Naruto claimed.
"No don't. A jutsu like that will alert everyone on the other side." Sakura warned.
"Agreed. We need a silent approach." Yamato said.
"There's no one on the other side, but quieter would keep it that way." Hinata added.
"Aha! Found a way." Yamato said, surprising the others since they couldn't see anything until he tapped a crack. "For rocks like these, if you apply a little pressure in the right spot..." His finger turned to thin wood and went inside the crack, and then the wood grew, expanding the crack into a downright fracture. His whole hand became wood to make this easier, until a beam existed and pushing thru to the other side, creating an opening. "See? Just like I said."
Everyone exited the tunnel and stood in a hallway with curved wooden walls, looking for threats. All they saw was a hall that went left and right in a curve and lit torches lighting the way. "Good thing we made it, but this part won't be any easier." Sakura commented.
Yamato nodded. "Right, I suspect we may have to split up at this point."
"Huh?" Sakura asked, confused. "But why? Can't we follow Hinata's byakugan?"
"If she's tired we shouldn't overuse her eyes. A doujutsu that's overused can handicap the owner, and it would not be good for her to go blind. Until we have to we should let her rest her eyes. Splitting up shouldn't be a problem, and even so we can always find each other if we arrange this right." He paused to think of the best available set-up. "Naruto create one clone. Your clone and Sakura will go with me while Hinata will go with you. This way my group can track yours thanks to my seeds and your group can track mine thanks to your clone and Hinata's eyes if she can use it without straining herself."
Naruto and Hinata nodded. "Right. And if we find Sasuke?"
"Subdue if you can, delay if you can't until back-up arrives."
"Sounds like fun."
With that Naruto and Hinata went left while Yamato and Sakura went right.
"Naruto-kun..." Hinata whispered when she was certain no one else could hear her.
"Yes Hinata-chan?"
"This may not be the best idea, but I really need a recharge."
Naruto looked at his girlfriend. "I was worried it had been too long. How urgent, on the scale of 1 to 10?"
"7 or 8, as in I probably could go longer without but if I don't have to I wouldn't want to." She answered.
Naruto looked around. "Let's find a room."
Hinata smiled. "Thank you Naruto-kun. I'm sorry that I'm inconveniencing the mission-"
"Don't apologize. You'd do the same if I was in your shoes after all."
The Hyuuga heiress nodded. "In a heartbeat."
After a turn they found a wooden door. Hinata had to use her byakugan to see if it was safe to enter. "Not in there. I'm not that desperate."
"What's in there?"
"I'm assuming that's Orochimaru's bathroom."
Naruto quivered in disgust. "Moving on." He said as they continued down the hall.
"There's one that's empty. I think it's just an extra room they don't need at the moment. And I don't see any locks or traps." Hinata pointed out, indicating a door at the end of a dead-end.
"Good enough for me." Naruto said as he opened the door carefully just in case. Inside he saw an unlit candle and a bed but nothing else. Surprisingly the room was large enough that two people could have easily shared it, making Naruto wonder why it had only one bed. 'But at least it has one.'
Naruto closed the door and not seeing a way to lock it made a clone to keep watch by it. "I know you're basically me, but don't watch."
"Why? It's nothing I haven't already seen."
"It feels too much like an audience." The original stated.
"Would you prefer he joined in?" Hinata asked as she set up a sound barrier.
"Yes!" "No!" Both Naruto's said in response.
"Wow, so your clones can have separate opinions." Hinata noted.
"Can you blame them given the offer?" Lilith asked.
Naruto looked at his clone. "I'll get rid of you. You know I will."
The clone sighed. "Fine I'll stay out, but at least let me watch while I stand guard."
"Just keep watch for anyone coming by. That's more important." The original ordered.
"If it's more important then why aren't you the one doing it?" The clone asked.
Naruto immediately dispelled the clone. "Not putting up with that. We'll just have to be careful."
Hinata nodded as she took off her jacket. "Got anything you want to try this time? Just because I need the energy boost doesn't mean I don't want us to have fun."
"What haven't we tried?" Naruto asked as he unzipped his own jacket.
"A lot, but most of it is advanced stuff you're probably not ready for." Lilith mused. "One idea is double penetration if he had kept his clone, but since that's a bust you could go with sideways or sitting or even standing."
"Let's just start normal and go from there." Hinata said as she took off her top, exposing her dark blue lacey bra.
"Sounds fun. Who knows where we'll end up."
"On our backs moaning his name clamping down on his-"
"As long as you love it, that's all that matters to me." Hinata stated, mostly to shut Lilith up, taking off her pants to reveal a dark blue thong.
"You actually own a thong?" Naruto asked.
"Thanks to you I do. What's the point of having one if I don't have a man to show it to?" Hinata asked as she turned around and lightly stuck her posterior out to show how much or how little it showed.
Naruto smiled. "Looks like that's not what you really wanted to show me." He took off his pants too, leaving him in just his red and white striped boxers. "But your underwear does look better than mine."
"Do they even make sexy underwear for men?" Hinata asked.
Naruto shrugged. "Never looked. Never needed to."
"I'm sure some places do, but most men wouldn't bother buying them unless they already had a girl. Any guy that would buy sexy underwear before a girl asked him to either is trying to surprise her, or has some serious issues if you ask me."
Hinata stood before her lover, arms behind her back and loving smile on her face. "That's okay, I'm more interested in what's under the underwear, not the underwear itself."
Naruto grinned perversely as he took off his boxers. "I could say the same for you."
"Then enjoy it." Hinata said leaning forward. "Say Naruto-kun, which part do you like better? These?" She unclipped her bra letting her bountiful breasts bounce free. "Or this?" She then pulled down her thong, revealing her wet pussy. "Or maybe this?" She added as she spun, indicating her ass.
"It's a split decision." Naruto answered, confusing the girl in front of him. "My hands like these best." He said as he grabbed her breasts, making her gasp. "Little Naruto likes this." He said as he pressed his dick against her sacred spot. "And my mouth likes this part best." He added before he kissed her.
Moaning into the kiss, Hinata pulled Naruto over her and onto the bed, letting him cover her like a blanket. His erection was begging for entrance, but she wasn't wet enough yet. Wet yes, but wet enough was another question. 'Doesn't matter, we've probably wasted enough time already just chatting while stripping. I need him in me now, even if it's a little painful.'
With that in mind Hinata reached down and grabbed his junk, aiming it right for her slit to enter. Naruto complied and pushed forward, stretching her a bit and as expected she was a little sore. Ignoring it, she suppressed her groan and made herself smile.
Naruto saw she was strained. "Hinata-chan, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, my body's just not as ready as I thought it would be." She told him.
"That happens when a succubus goes too long without. You know how a starving person's stomach shrinks and when they finally do eat it practically explodes because of the sudden intake? Same basic principle here. You better tell loverboy to go easy on you just this once." Lilith told her host.
"I should probably be gentler this time shouldn't I?" Naruto asked.
Hinata smiled sincerely and nodded. "This time that would be for the best. But next time we'll be so rough your penis and my vagina will need insurance before we even start."
"Ooh good one. Wish I'd thought of that." Lilith said, taking a mental note.
Rather than speak, Naruto started to slowly thrust into her, testing the rate as which he could. Hinata moaned, starting to feel good and loosen up, but she wasn't ready to ask him to go faster or harder. As he did so she started feeling more energized, as if she were recovering from chakra exhaustion.
"Naruto-kun, you can go harder now if you want." Hinata told him after a few minutes, feeling better. He complied, but kept control over himself to avoid hurting her. He sat up to keep himself at a reasonable pace, holding her hips to make his thrusts easier for the both of them. Hinata placed her hands over his, making no effort to move them.
This continued, with Hinata getting the recharge she desperately needed, until she sensed the release she needed too. "Naruto-kun, I'm almost there. Push harder." She urged on, wanting to orgasm as soon as possible.
"Me too. Should I pull out?" He asked.
"No way. That's the best part." She told him.
With no time left to argue, Naruto pushed forward as deep as he could and released inside her, allowing her to cum and fell fully recharged.
When they finished they both collapsed on the bed, Hinata spooning into her blonde boyfriend as they both caught their breaths. "Thank you Naruto-kun. I don't know if I would have made it to nighttime without this."
"We really should work at getting Lilith out of you so we don't have more close calls." He thought out loud.
"Then you better have more sex. I'd say I'm about a third of the way ready to leave on my own. If you two had sex daily from now on, I should be able to leave in a month at most." Lilith offered.
Hinata nuzzled his nose lovingly. "Then we'll have to make love a lot more for that. Which should be easy once we get back to our apartment."
Naruto smiled. "You like saying that don't you?"
"I like a lot, though we should probably get back to our job before I show you more that I like."
"Good idea. You feeling up to it now?"
Hinata nodded and sat up, stretching her arms over her head to deliberately make her breasts more pronounced. "Perfect. Enough to last me the rest of today at least. But Yamato-taicho's not stopping us again if I have anything to say about it."
"How do we stop him this time?" Naruto asked as he put his boxers back on.
"We'll work that out later."
They got dressed and went back out into the hall, hoping no one would see them. Seeing the coast was clear, they went out and continued the search.
They stopped when they saw something they really didn't want to see.
"You've gotten better Naruto, I'll give you that, but you're still no match for me let alone Sasuke." Orochimaru started, standing before the couple which took on stances. "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!" He called out as she sent two large snakes out of his right sleeve. The two ninja jumped back just before the two reptiles were able to bite them. "I know you came here to acquire Sasuke. Do you really think you have even a slim chance at succeeding?"
"There's a big difference between impossible and unlikely creep." Naruto told the sannin, flaring his chakra.
"This room's empty too." Sakura said, inspecting another room. "Why are there so many if they're all empty?"
Yamato was too distracted to answer. "Naruto's chakra, something's up. Let's go."
Sakura looked worried but nodded. Naruto's clone dispelled, letting the original know they got his distress call.
"You know Naruto, I heard you helped take out one Akatsuki member and came close to taking out another." Orochimaru mentioned. "Those guys are a thorn in my side as well, so I'll let you live. The more Akatsuki you take out, the better things are for the both of us."
"Gee, thanks." The whiskered blonde said sarcastically.
"Doesn't mean I won't fight you though. And I didn't say anything about her." Orochimaru noted before directing his snakes to Hinata.
"Protective Eight-" Hinata started, but was cut off by Naruto decapitating the serpents with chakra claws, already invoking the tailless cloak and looking pretty mad. "Naruto-kun?"
He didn't seem to hear her, just stared at the pale sannin before him. "Don't you dare threaten her!"
"My, I've hit a nerve. Looks like you've got a weakness I can exploit. Now I really want to hurt her."
Angered further, Naruto charged at Orochimaru, gaining a tail in his cloak as he swung his chakra claws. Just before he hit his target Orochimaru shushined out of the effected area, resulting in Naruto hitting the wall instead. The impact actually created a long trench in the earth, easily a quarter of a mile long.
"What was that?" Sakura asked as she and Yamato showed up beside Hinata, seeing Naruto with his one-tail cloak active. "Naruto? What happened to him?" She remember something similar she saw back in Wave Country years ago, back on the unfinished bridge. 'Is that the Kyuubi's chakra?'
"Orochimaru said the wrong thing." The Hyuuga heiress told the pinkette.
Seeing this, Yamato remembered something he had been told before leaving Konoha.
-Flashback-
Yamato was in a hospitable room where Kakashi was recovering. Accompanying him was Tsunade and Jiraiya, discussing what had happened with Naruto on the mission in Suna.
"So it happened. In all likelihood it was probable given the emotional stress that mission would put on him." Jiraiya said after learning Naruto started using Kyuubi's chakra. "Luckily for us and Naruto it's a gradual process, starting from zero and slowly building up in number the more emotional and stressed Naruto gets."
"But it can get up to nine?" Kakashi asked.
"In theory yes. I suspect the seal has failsafes to advert that but I doubt it can hold up forever. Minato was good but no seal is perfect." Jiraiya answered.
"How many tails have you seen Naruto use Jiraiya-sama?" Kakashi asked.
Jiraiya started to take off his jacket. "In all my life there have only been two times I've actually come close to dying. The first time was when I tried to get a peek at Tsunade bathing some years ago." The blonde hokage looked a bit bothered by the mention of that memory. "I was left with six broken ribs and both my arms broken, and some organs ruptured. The second time however..." He said after he took off his mesh shirt, revealing a nasty web-like scar on his torso that vaguely looked like a chidori-type injury had once been there. "... was while I was training Naruto. And he had gotten up to four tails."
Everyone took that in, seeing that at half-Kyuubi strength Naruto could come close to killing a ninja strong enough to match a kage.
"Rage is the primary trigger for the Kyuubi's power. Rage strengthens the chakra and it in turn increases his rage in a cycle to make Naruto stronger but under the influence of the Kyuubi. So the more tails that form, the more powerful he becomes but the more like Kyuubi he becomes too. However, up to three tails he at least remains conscious of his actions and seems to have at least some control over what he does in this state of mind. But once the fourth tail appears, he loses control and even seems to lose control of himself. It's almost as if he becomes a mini-Kyuubi at that point, controlled by instinct and destructive impulses."
"How can that happen? The Yondaime's seal is supposed to prevent that." Kakashi asked.
"Minato's seal is supposed to imprison and siphon off the Kyuubi's chakra, but it can't take chakra and keep the fox suppressed at the same time. A compromise has to be made, so when more chakra is taken, there's less suppression of the foxes will." Jiraiya replied. "Or at least that's my hypothesis. In any case, it is safe to say that the seal is weakening."
'That's not good.' Everyone thought.
"There's more." Jiraiya added while putting his shirt back on. "When Naruto uses Kyuubi's chakra, it forms a visible red aura around him I call the Kyuubi's cloak."
Kakashi nodded. "I saw something like that back in Wave."
"At first it's just an aura, but as it strengthens it gets more of a fox shape to it, starting with a single tail. At first glance it looks like this cloak is protecting him, but I think it's actually damaging his body. By the time he reached the fourth tail his body was covered not only in chakra but his own blood, making it look a deeper red than normal. The pain may in fact be part of the cycle of anger. Only his Uzumaki bloodline allows him to survive this I suspect, because once the cloak dissipates Naruto's body is highly damaged but he quickly recovers. It's possible the Kyuubi helps him heal too, but that's most conjecture."
Jiraiya put his jacket back on now. "The worst part is the more this cycle happens the easier it will be to trigger and the weaker the seal will get. In no time, Naruto could end up accidentally releasing the Kyuubi or die from repetitive damage to using it. Even Uzumaki longevity has its limits."
"And that is why we need you Yamato." Tsunade told the mokuton user."You, who inherited the Shodai's cells."
Jiraiya nodded. "Currently it is only you who possesses the ability to control a jinchuuriki. And as luck would have it, Naruto's necklace also has a similar suppressing ability, but it's not as effective as yours would be."
"We're counting on you to keep him safe." Tsunade finished.
-End Flashback-
"Interesting, I didn't see this last time. Show me how strong you are now little fox." Orochimaru taunted, his face shredded but showing a different face underneath the torn skin with the same eyes.
Sakura watched, afraid that Naruto was endangering himself while remembering Chiyo's words when they fought Sasori. 'The defining characteristic of a successful jinchuuriki is their ability to wield unfathomable power when they work in sync with their bijuu. But even successful jinchuuriki run the risk of having their personality devoured by the monster inside them.'
'Naruto, are you still you right now?' She asked herself.
"You want to see how strong I am?" Naruto said, almost willing two more tails to emerge, which they were. "THEN SEE FOR YOURSELF!"