I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, I'm just a fan I enjoyed the anime but I love the fanfics even more, they made me fall for the whole franchise.
Chapter 85
Sasuke awoke with a start and tried to immediately stand up to continue fighting but he felt a hand push him back down by his chest. The delay gave him ample time to realize above him was not the afternoon sky but instead a gray ceiling with a fan right above him.
The curse of the Uchiha is the Sharingan, yet most don't know what it is about the Sharingan that is so cursed. "The doctor said you shouldn't be moving, troublesome." Sasuke heard and immediately recognized who it was that spoke, if he was in the same room with Shikamaru it meant he got eliminated.
"Let go of me.." Sasuke growled out and the hand resting above his chest retracted. Sasuke grunted as the events he wholeheartedly wanted to forget began replaying in his mind in great detail, including every emotion and pain he felt at those moments blossoming in his heart. He only felt unfiltered anger.
The Sharingan when active records every detail its user sees, hears, and feels. Each tomoe unlocks a new aspect of the memory-saving ability of the Sharingan.
The First tomoe unlocks the eye of foresight, The second tomoe unlocks the eye of hypnosis. The third tomoe combines the two and becomes the eye of self. The eye of self is the cursed ability of the Sharingan, it is the aspect that copies the user's emotions during a scene and artificially projects them when replaying a memory to better relive the experience.
This eye of self hurts many Uchiha when they go through horrible events in their lives. There is no forgetting, whenever they speak of the event, think of it, dream of it or even hear about it in passing they relive it in their minds.
Sasuke had gained this third tomoe of the Sharingan, meaning his eyes were fully mature. Consequently, the third tomoe also unlocked his eye of self and along with it the Uchiha's curse.
The Uchiha Genin balled his fists when he heard the crowd cheering, the distant sounds of fighting, Explosions, and shouting. Sasuke at the thought of Naruto immediately felt hate, at the thought of the blonde he felt defeated and he wanted to return the favor tenfold.
Sasuke stood from the bed and almost buckled under his weight in exhaustion. He grabbed onto the four-wheeled pole next to him and regained his balance. The Uchiha looked to Shikamaru and he gripped the pole harder in even more anger when he saw the Nara looking at him with pity, he must have looked worse than he felt.
"Get out of my way." Sasuke said coldly and Shikamaru not bothered by the Uchiha's health moved aside and let him pass. Sasuke stepped forward and left the room. The further he got in the hallways the clearer the cheering sounded and Sasuke's heart gripped in his chest when he began hearing a name being Chanted.
"NARUTO, NARUTO, NARUTO, NARUTO."
"Naruto-Sama please have my babies!!!"
'He will pay.' Sasuke promised and turned a corner, heading out of the arena.
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Sakura was wide-eyed and mouth agape after witnessing everything that occurred in the last 20 minutes. Naruto and Hinata kissed. Her mind at seeing that short-circuited and rebooted only to see them do it again making her brain short-circuit once more.
Sakura felt her heart ache every time Naruto hurt Sasuke, when her love interest gave an ear-piercing scream of pain Sakura felt like punching the Uzumaki in the face. Then a thought had entered her mind, Naruto plus Hinata equaled no Hinata plus Sasuke. Sakura suddenly felt hope blossom in her chest.
When Sasuke got carried away in a stretcher she stood up and scurried away in search of him not noticing that Ino had already left her seat earlier.
"Sasuke-Kun!!" Sakura exclaimed while she swung the door to the infirmary open. She blinked when she found Shikamaru there simply sitting on a wooden chair.
"You just missed him." He said and Sakura turned around to leave. "He's not in a good mood." Shikamaru sighed when the girl didn't stop to hear his warning and the door banged closed behind her. "Troublesome."
'Where are you Sasuke-Kun?' Sakura thought as she dashed down the hallways of the stadium. She turned a corner and ran into Lee who sat on the side of the wall with his knees close to his chest. Sakura approached him quickly and slowed down in front of him.
"Lee-San, did you see Sasuke-Kun by any chance?" Sakura asked as she jogged on the spot. An explosion sounded out in the distance and the stadium shook a little Sakura was uninterested in all that commotion.
"HAI Sakura-Chan!!!" Lee exclaimed as his sour mood vanished at the sight of the pink-haired Haruno. "Sasuke-Kun went that way." Lee pointed down the hallway and Sakura smiled in gratitude.
"Sakura-Chan!!! I would like your advice on……" Lee stopped shouting and simply watched Sakura run down the hallway in the direction he pointed. "I…..(sigh)" Rock sighed sadly and wrapped his arms around his legs to bring them even closer to his chest feeling like a failure. He was eliminated the same way he got eliminated in the second phase of the exams.
Sakura ran as fast as she could, her heart pounding in her chest. She was sure Sasuke was hurting and needed support, Sasuke-Kun lost to Naruto and had to see him make out with Hinata. It hurt Sakura to think about how angry the sight made him feel but she was also glad that it happened, with Hinata out of the way Sasuke might start to see things differently.
Sakura found herself outside the stadium and back into the afternoon sky, she spotted Sasuke walking away slowly with a limp still draped in a hospital gown. The Haruno decided to follow him discreetly until he would be somewhere less crowded so she could comfort him and prove to him that she loved him.
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"Shikamaru." Shikamaru turned around at the call of his name and found his father leaning on the door. He didn't hear the man enter and so sighed before looking away and back up at the gray ceiling. Shikaku Nara shrugged unbothered and walked to the bed Sasuke once laid on and sat on its edge to face his son.
"I won't trouble myself with telling you why your plan failed so miserably." The Nara head and Jonin commander of the hidden leaf village began in a drawling tone. "I will only ask what you plan on doing from now on." Shikamaru mumbled troublesome and faced his father not understanding what he wanted.
"Watch clouds." Shikamaru answered in a lazy tone and his father shrugged.
"You can keep doing that, but do know that you were the weak link of the group." Shikamaru did not like that assessment and he frowned. It was the best plan possible there were just too many unknowns for it to go smoothly without a hitch.
"It was the best plan we could have come up with." Shikamaru mumbled and his father nodded in acceptance of the truth.
"The plan was sound but also the only thing you brought to the team. Every member had an objective except you." Shikamaru's lips became a straight line after hearing his father's words, he tried to speak and give an answer because he always had one but his dad continued talking looking seriously at him.
"We Nara Clan members might be exceptionally strategic and deductive but do not for a second think it makes us untouchable, I think your close encounter with the Uchiha showed you that much." Shikamaru felt like he was talking to a different person as his father glared at him.
"Naruto Uzumaki has proven himself a dangerous individual, if he wanted you dead today you would be dead. Put in a situation where you are to fight him alone you would not stand a chance…" Shikaku's voice sounded more commanding and menacing by the second, Shikamaru began to feel fear.
"F-father." He tried.
"That is Jōnin commander Shikaku Nara to you, Genin Shikamaru Nara!!" Shikaku demanded in a shout standing from the bed. "Stand up!!" He commanded and Shikamaru abruptly stood up out of fear and confusion of what was going on.
"Naruto Uzumaki has become a nuke-Nin and as a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf village it is your responsibility as it is of other Shinobi of the village to stop him." Shikamaru nodded abruptly and his father nodded stiffly. "Sit." Shikamaru sat and his father sat back down on the bed, crossing his left leg over the other.
"Now, What do you know about Jinchurikis?" Shikaku began and Shikamaru blinked.
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"Lee." Rock Lee looked up at his Sensei's serious face and looked down in shame. He failed his team, Lee knew it was just a competition and that winning didn't mean everything in the final results but still, it hurt to think about how easily he was eliminated.
"I Failed Guy-Sensei!!" Lee cried out and stood up running to hug his Sensei. Lee received a punch to the cheek and punched through the adjacent wall. The martial artist sat up and looked back to his sensei with a busted lip leaking blood.
"Failure is to those who give up!!" Guy bellowed still looking very serious. "Are you giving up Lee?!!" He asked in another shout and Lee paused before dropping a tear and standing up, wiping away the trail of blood on his chin with his dirty bandages before smirking.
"NO GUY-Sensei My Youth still burns!!!" Lee shouted out with all his youth making guy nod still serious. The Jōnin walked into the room through the hole his student made with his body and sat the Genin down on the chair that just so happened to be there and undamaged.
"What do you know of Naruto Uzumaki?" Guy began and Lee blinked twice in confusion.
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(FlashBack Ino and Naruto's clone speaking.)
"The boss is leaving the village." The blonde clone revealed to Ino Yamanaka who only balled her fist at the news. She always knew the blonde wanted to Leave the village, the day he removed his Forehead protector in the Hokage office was when she realized he was not joking about it.
"What do I care, tell him to do what he wants." Ino replied in a soft voice as she faced down trying to hide her expression. The clone frowned and approached her, when he was three feet in front of her he raised his hand to touch her cheek but stopped himself.
"Boss said he wouldn't feel right if he just left without an explanation." The clone spoke controlling his voice and regaling to Ino the original Naruto's intentions. "In the Ninja Archives located in Anbu headquarters, you will find a folder with all my details under the name Jin." The clone continued and Ino looked up to face the doppelgänger of the boy she still loved deeply.
"What will I find in those files?" Ino asked with her curiosity making itself known and the clone smirked at the sight of interest in her eyes.
"It's a surprise." The clone teased and Ino pouted.
"Goldieee….." Ino warned with a fist raised threateningly making the clone laugh and raise its arms in surrender. Ino a second later remembered the situation she was in and the fact it was a clone she was talking to.
"What makes you think I will even go there?" Ino huffed out and looked away from the blonde clone as she crossed her arms above her chest.
"It is up to you Ino-Chan. Boss just thinks it will make things easier for you to understand." The clone raised his hand, placing it on Ino's head and when she faced him he smiled widely at her.
"You are very precious to me." The clone said before taking five steps back and puffing out of existence.
(End of Flashback.)
Ino quickly jumped through the rooftops of Konoha heading toward Anbu headquarters. She was very curious, she did not think Naruto would publicly announce his defection but he did and she honestly was not surprised. The blonde never did a thing quietly, he was conceited like that, always wanting to be in the eyes of the public and the talk of the populace.
Ino jumped off the rooftop of the coffee shop she visited frequently in the past week and fixed her messy platinum blonde hair before taking a breath and walking toward the Anbu guarding the front entrance made of steel.
"This location is restricted Genin, turn around." The Anbu with spiky brown hair and wearing a bear mask instructed with authority. Ino stopped and recognized the Anbu thinking back to that day at the Hokage office.
"Hi. Anbu-San..I." Ino stopped talking when the Anbu drew a Tantō with a cling from his back. The Anbu took a step forward and Ino turned around running back to the coffee shop. She ran up the building's adjacent wall and made it onto the rooftop.
The Anbu did not give chase, which made her sigh in gratitude.
'He was going to harm me!' Ino's mind rang with horror at the thought. She took a calming breath and remembered a fundamental lesson they repeated every day in the academy. If a Anbu draws his blade, it is to attack, he does not make wasted movements.
An Anbu is your generic soldier, they are obedient, proficient, elusive, and perfectionists. They are also the most brainwashed agents of the Hidden Villages. An Anbu is an extension of their Kage's ruling and their loyalty is directed toward their Kage's every whim.
Anbu agents might not all be Jōnin level but they are all trained harshly and specialize in at least one aspect of the Shinobi art. Result is all an Anbu ever needs to know and want. Their mantra and motto is kill or be killed for failing, there was no other choice.
Ino shook her shoulders and slapped her hands together before glaring at Anbu Headquarters. "I can play it that way." Ino thought looking above her at the blue sky above. The Yamanaka heiress could hear cheering in the distance, Ino had left the moment Naruto stole a kiss from Hinata after tricking her.
She had left the arena thinking about what she could do to take her mind off the sight and the folder containing everything she ever wanted to know about the blonde just so happened to come to mind.
"There you are little birdie." Ino smiled and performed her clan jutsu. Her chakra sent her consciousness toward the bird with great speed. When it struck, it knocked the animal's consciousness to the side and she took over the brown bird's motor functions.
Ino as a bird began flying down toward her body, her lips turned upwards in a smirk. She still had control over her body by the use of muscle memory projection. A jutsu of the Yamanaka Clan that lets the user send signals to the body that cause a reaction.
"Now for a partner, curse you, Goldie." Ino growled out with a disgusted look entering her visage. The bird flew away from her form and the further it got the less control she had over her actual body that slumped on the rooftop.
Ino knew exactly what it was she wanted to find and where to find it so she flew in the direction of the slumps of Konoha.
It was not long before Ino found what she was looking for and swan dived with great speed aiming for the little critter located in the dirty alleyway. 'Got you!' Ino exclaimed inwardly when her talons got a hold of a rat. She flapped her wings and flew back up in the sky to return to her body.
The rat squirmed in the bird's hold trying to escape but was unsuccessful. Ino's body regained motor function when the bird landed in her position and she performed the mind transfer jutsu on the rat. Now with two animals as her minions, she was ready to act.
Ino flapped the wings of the bird she possessed still with the rat in her hold and flew toward Anbu headquarters. She did not know what she would find but her curiosity was peaked and she would not sleep well without getting answers.
As a bird, Ino flew above the rooftop of Anbu headquarters and let go of the rat who fell from the sky and went through the ventilation shaft. The bird began flying in circles around the building from a great distance to scout out the parameters for its partner.
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Toneri sat uncomfortably next to Hiashi Hyūga, Hanabi had returned and glared at him worthy of a Hyūga heiress. The one-armed branch member bowed to Hiashi and began explaining the situation to the clan head in a straight voice.
The Ōtsutsuki heir had received a glare from Hiashi and a command to stay seated until the finals ended. Toneri was not afraid of the clan head, he felt like he could defeat him with no problem but fighting a whole ninja village was another thing completely.
"What is the matter Hiashi-San?" Toneri asked trying to act confused but Hiashi glared again.
"You are a visitor in my home, I welcomed you with open arms, yet you do not appreciate my hospitality." Hiashi began and Toneri kept his mouth shut but inwardly wanted to shut the man up himself. Hiashi finally glared with utmost seriousness in his posture.
"I am Hiashi Hyūga of the Byakugan, not your plaything." Hiashi looked back around to look down at his daughter and her 'best friend' fighting the possessed Suna Genin, with great skills and coordination. They were already Chunin wordy by skills alone, the spectators ou'd and ahh'd every time they performed a magnificent combination attack and Hiashi was proud of his daughter's swordplay.
"She is enjoying herself out there. What is it with people like you who cannot just accept that you, might, just, not, be, the ONE?." The Hyūga Clan head questioned genuinely interested to know the answer to that kind of person's mindset.
"After the final matches don't cause a scene, simply follow Tokuma-San to Torture and Intelligence, they have questions for you." Hiashi smirked. "Three members of the Uchiha police force will be their landing aid, so do not try anything." Toneri nodded eyes a controlled mask. A dead kind of look that asked you, what it was about what you said he should be afraid of?
"Of course Hyūga-Sam-" Toneri's mouth twitched. "San….." his instinct corrected, unable to see anybody as his superior.
"I know not of what I am being suspected of... Know I will do as you say." Toneri was not faking it anymore, he showed his true colors with every bland word he spoke. His face even came very close to Hiashi's to stare him dead in the eyes with his closed ones. Toneri smiled meaningfully and leaned back on his seat crossing his legs with his hand resting inside his kimono sleeves.
"You have a lovely daughter." Toneri complimented and Hiashi reluctantly accepted the compliment because it was true.
"It is like a dance between lovers. 'We are just friends, father' and I'm Jiraiya of the Sanin." Hiashi mumbled mimicking Hinata's voice rubbing his eyes and feeling stressed about the thought of having 'That Talk'. With his teenage daughter.
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Sasuke limped his way to the Naka River. Sharingan eyes were active and glaring in the distance. 'Mmh I don't think Itachi struggled like this against his opponents when he was in the academy.' Naruto said acting like he was thinking to himself out loud and Sasuke saw red.
'I'm going to make him pay.' The Sharingan made Sasuke relive the moment in a second but still had him living through it all like it was happening at that moment with every detail captured from his emotions, the smell, and the pain felt being simulated for him to feel.
'Which ass? The one located on your backside or the one located on your head? Duncan Mac Duckass.' Naruto asked with a smirk, he would not let that opportunity slide. Shisui burst into mad laughter at that. Sasuke fumed ready to jump the blonde.
The Uchiha growled from his throat, still a mess and not yet bandaged.
The recovering Genin limped forward using a branch he broke from a tree in the woodland leading to the shrine to support his weight. His dodjutsu would not let him forget every time he was humiliated by the blonde. A different scene played every time he tried to imagine the blonde's death by his hands.
'You have a problem Uchiha, and honestly, I don't give a shit about it, but just know if you ever step between mine I will end you, my shit is above your pay grade you don't want to be my enemy'
'Oh I do' Sasuke thought as the memory continued to play out. Naruto proceeded to walk up to Sasuke and stand next to him, shoulder to shoulder as he whispered.
'Don't let my happiness when I am with Hinata fool you, I can be evil too.' Naruto then hit Sasuke with Killing intent so potent it had him seeing the death of the whole Uchiha Clan with only him left to wallow in sorrow.
Sasuke remembered the fear that was induced in him quite clearly and felt fear manifest Within him. A second later the recent memory of getting a Rasengan in the abdomen was replayed multiple times in clear detail. Sasuke thought back to the payment scroll in his pouch and compared it to the word billionaire before shaking his head in disappointment.
"Above my pay grade." Sasuke sneered pulling an ugly face, The Uchiha refrained from rubbing his abdomen, knowing that below the gown laid a deformation on his skin that stretched and twisted into the form of a whirlpool with a focal point in the center that was about 3 centimeters long. It still burned and was sensitive to the touch, actually Sasuke's whole body hurt.
The angry Genin raised the seventh tatami mat and threw it to the side, quickly performing the sequence of hand seals needed to remove the stone seal and jumping down the hole. He landed on his uninjured leg and crouched before rolling forward and getting up immediately with a walk.
'Now we know who's better.' Sasuke remembered the last words Naruto whispered to him as he approached the stone tablet, his eyes already deciphering the next sentences.
"Seeking stability, one god was divided into yin and yang, these opposing two acting together obtain all things in creation. Through sacrifice did Yin obtain divinity, through hardship did he find self. Yang alone hardens the body through physical work, Yin does so by wisdom gained." Sasuke felt again lost but continued to the final words of what else his Sharingan could decipher.
"Cut down the one to hold your heart, Sever self from the mortal shackles. Let the mind break to rebuild closer to divinity. Gain wisdom of self, sin to gain the eternal eye. Become the mighty Susano who soars the 9 heavens and strikes at all his enemies with a mighty weapon." Sasuke smirked, he could do that, it was simple, he had to kill the person he loved.
The Uchiha had so many loved ones but he knew of one who had been frustrating him since becoming Genin. Plus, the feelings were not reciprocated and it would be the lesser of both evil. Sasuke could never kill his father, mother, or brother but Hinata.
"She won't be lonely for long because the dobe will follow her quickly after." Sasuke began laughing with bad intentions in his wide-open eyes. He had his arms at his sides bent at a 58-degree angle while he laughed maniacally with his shoulders shaking.
"Break the mind and rebuild it closer to divinity." Sasuke said in between his laughs while his smile widened at the thought of the kind of power he would be granted after making the Ultimate sacrifice.
"Committing the sin grants the eternal eye." Sasuke mouthed in deep thought as he calculated, contemplated, and finally came up with a theory. The Sharingan must have another form, his nightmare of Itachi's eyes changing shapes came back to him in a distant vision due to the Sharingan not being able to record dreams but he could still remember a distinctly different shape.
Sasuke turned on his heels and walked away from the stone tablet heading toward his self-imposed assignment. The death of Hinata Hyūga so he could gain the ultimate power. The power that will defeat Naruto Uzumaki with a mighty weapon.
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Sakura deactivated her Kurama clan-level genjutsu and stared wide-eyed at Sasuke Uchiha as he walked away from the Shrine and back toward the direction of the stadium. She had followed him down to the Stone tablets and heard his monologues.
"He is going to Kill Hinata." Sakura whispered in shock with wide eyes of disbelief. She ran as fast as she could toward the arena not knowing what she planned on doing as her mind raced.
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Kiba took a nice swift of air and took in the scent of Sasuke's blood, his screams still clear in Kiba's mind, with every octave being hit perfectly and the pitch only rising to leave a sweet ringing in his heightened sense of hearing.
"Just wait until I get my hands on you." Kiba spoke, Still sounding like a growling dog trying to form words. The Inuzuka Genin was squatting on the railing in front of his seat, blocking some spectators from spectating but they did not dare challenge him on the matter.
Kiba's nose twitched and he looked behind him to the person who took up Sakura's previous sit. Anko Mitarashi sat there with her leg folded over the other and a Kunai in her hand that she used to rub on her nails.
Kiba stared at her thighs for a long while with eyes that said he would bite them if given the chance.
He looked to the mother of his future pups and then jumped from the railing to land on his seat. He got into a squat and placed his elbows on his knees to support his arms. The Genin leaned forward and started sniffing her around the shoulder to the crown of her head.
"You are one weird Gaki." Anko said unbothered and readjusted her legs to sit normally. She proceeded to place the Kunai between her cleavage and then face the Inuzuka.
"Let's go somewhere private." Anko said standing up and Kiba did the same but not before sending a final glance at the fight below. 'The Alfa' Kiba thought When Naruto had the Sand Genin in a barrier like he did Shikamaru and instead had 5 clones in there with the berserker boy who attacked them without a thought while forming a sand dome.
Boom!!!
Kiba turned around and followed Anko Mitarashi in a jog before walking at a normal pace when he was at her side. The two walked through many different wings of the stadium before entering what Kiba realized was not a random room because of Anko's scent.
"Your classmate is defecting Gaki." Kiba growled at the name used to address him but Anko simply kept talking as she walked and took a sit on the sofa available. "He is important to the village, if he leaves every village will want to kill him. It would be a miracle if he is to survive out there on his own for even a year." Anko Mitarashi spoke with a voice that carried so much disinterest in the topic at hand that Kiba tilted his head in confusion.
"Naruto do nothing wrong. Uchiha who I want." Kiba voiced out and Anko already used to the boy's new manner of speaking from their many meetings in the forest of death nodded in acceptance of that moral compass.
"Yes, but the Uchiha is not defecting." Anko said matter of factly because that is what Konoha valued overall, the simple facts.
"I have nothing against Naruto," Kiba growled and moved to sit down next to Anko. The Inuzuka sniffed the trenchcoat-wearing female once more before raising his hand and putting it inside Anko's cleavage. She only watched him with her arms open wide to rest on the sofa head.
Kiba pulled back his arm and in his grasp was a squirming little brown snake. Kiba growled and threw the snake in his mouth beginning to chew on it. Anko raised an eyebrow.
"They are poisonous." Anko offhandedly told the Inuzuka who looked her straight in the eyes as he swallowed.
"You, Dog person." Kiba growled out while using his index finger to point at the sexy mistress of Konoha but was in actuality poking her big left breast right where an outline of her nipple showed.
"No, I'm a snake lady." Anko said and bitch slapped Kiba in the face with her backhand. "Your blonde friend has the Nine-tailed fox sealed within him, making him Konoha's weapon against others of his type." Anko watched as Kiba rubbed his sore jaw and moved his head into her personal space, staring her in the eyes with a predatory gaze.
"For his good, you are all to speak to him about his burden and accept him wholeheartedly even if you do not want to." Anko explained the Hokage's plans and Kiba growled not liking the thought process. They wanted to play At Naruto's emotions to convince him to stay in the village he didn't find that to his liking.
"No," Kiba answered before lapping at the side of Anko's face and turning around leaving the room to return to the match going on, the Inuzuka could smell the foul chakra of the crazy Suna Genin getting fouler.
Authors Notes:
The story is moving forward, soon the invasions will begin, I would like to apologize to all characters who will die, good or bad in the next up coming chapters….. Sasuke has his answers on how to gain a stronger Sharingan. The Jōnin of the leaf village seem to be on the move and explaining to the Genin the importance of Naruto Uzumaki…..
Hinata no!!!!!!!