Quick update, I was feeling an itch that needed to be scrtach, so here you go.
Fact which should be noted.
Temari was dubbed the best wind style user in the war until Naruto arrived. Then 2 years after she took the tittle back. So when you see Temari going ham, I don't want to here it. rewatch her fight with Tenten.
Sasuke learned his lightning affinty in only a few days for the chunin exams.
Sakura was called a Genjutsu Prodigy with a lot of potential.
Sasuke actully cared deeply for Sakura. In the manga he blushed when she said her goals. Sasuke has never pushed Sakura off of him when she grabbed him. So, when you notice them acting different. Remeber they are 16, it happenes in the manga a bit, and I can't make a story without a romacne plot lol.
thomascastillo9987- Naruto will become a seal master. If you couldn't tell already
Guest- I called him outstanding one time. and that's because last time Tenten saw him he was six and getting builled. now she see's him again and he just said he wanted to bring world peace and create a better world.
Bountyhunter1977- I am ready to make Tenten vs Temari. The drame that will cause is crazy. I skipped the training because I'm not the best at making training arcs supper intertaining so I didn't want to put yall through it. And Naruto grows faster when fighting which is why you don't see his training. He won't be super OP as of yet since that is what you are wondering
Guest- Thank you my man
miguel.a. - You guys can be so nice sometimes
- Robin better, but thanks lol
Spark681-Thanks you
eniox27- I'm glad you liked it
YeagerMeister31- Tenten and Temari's rivalary is going to be great. And I just love Kurotsuchi so she's in the story now. I was going to make an OC cloud team but changed my mind
KidneyZero- Sooner then you think
Alexander4443- Thanks bro
Bet, now watch Naruto look in
"Fine by me! We'll see if your answer changes when you're knocking on death's door!" Kurotsuchi brought up her leg and aimed for a head kick.
Naruto caught the quick and powerful leg and gripped her tightly around her ankles. Naruto rubbed his hands up Kurotsuchi's long legs, in a sensual manner. He got a feel of her toned thighs even though it was being blocked by fishnet leggings and dark red shorts.
For his actions, Naruto saw Kurotsuchi blush intensely and glare venomously at him. "Y-Y-You filthy pervert! I'm gonna melt your ass for good!" The leg he had been holding quickly became hot and lava formed.
Luckily Naruto let go before he was burnt. "Quick temper and easily distracted. People tend to fight more sloppily when angry. But there is also the risk of being amped by one's rage. I'll have to be careful of her." Naruto landed beside Sasuke who already had his sharingan activated.
"Couldn't you control yourself, Naruto?" Sasuke asked getting back to back with his teammate.
"Just wanted to anger her, she'll fight more sloppily." Naruto whispered back so no one could hear but Sasuke and Sakura. Their female teammate had also joined their backs and was watching the tall and handsome Nokami.
"What are we going to do?" Sasuke asked, bringing a kunai to his hands.
"We don't know how strong these guys are. But we know the black-haired one can use Lava Style, A Kekkei Genkai from some clan which means she'll be naturally stronger than these other two." Naruto withdrew a demon wind shuriken and unfolded it. The four blades vibrated with intensity as Naruto flowed his chakra through them. "Let's just feel them out first and gain a sense of their power."
Naruto showed his newfound intellect toward his new teammates as their semi-plan was formed. "Okay, Sakura. I'm going to take the guy behind you with the axe and you take this chick with the shuriken."
"Got it."
"Hey, you assholes! What are you whispering about?!" As Naruto said, she had a quick temper and it was showing its ugly head. "Blondie, you are so dead. You won't be leaving here alive."
"Talk talk talk, that's all you are." Naruto responded with a smirk which only increased her anger.
"Girl you need to relax, he's only messing with you." Her teammate, Kitsuki tried calming her down. Sweeping a hand through her green hair.
"Shut it! I'm going after the blonde, you two do whatever you want!" Kurotsuchi leaped down towards Team Seven with a leg drop. Her leg quickly became covered in a layer of rock that shattered the grass floor to bits when it made contact.
And like she said, Her target was Naruto Uzumaki who was fending her off with his shuriken while she aimed to cave in his chest with her fist. She had to duck as the weapon almost took her head off. That wasn't the end as Naruto forced her into a defensive position with his aggressive fighting.
She roared and used her right hand to catch him with a hook only for Naruto to duck and swivel behind her. She spun around with her elbow and saw to her confusion and slight worry. An army of Naruto's giving her stares of conviction.
"Where am I?" A voice whispered in her ear sending shivers down her spine.
"Basic clones can't beat me! I am unstoppable!" Moving forward, Kurotsuchi leaped into the army of clones and punched one in the face. "Huh? I…felt it. Which means." Her heart sank to her stomach and she quickly found herself in the middle of an army.
"Shadow Clones are real copies of the original. It's a forbidden jutsu in my village and not even Jounin are able to master this jutsu." The voice speaking to her stopped its talking causing her to frantically search around for the real Naruto. "But I can."
And the onslaught began. Kurotsuchi found herself hard-pressed to defend herself from the assault of Naruto's clones. A strong punch across her face made her head snap back while she was quickly punched two more times.
"You bastard!" She channeled her anger into her chakra and started fighting back. Even still, she found herself being struck countless times while she could barely dispel these clones.
"So you are lacking in Taijutsu, I recommend you train in the art before trying to fight me again."Even as the clone beat her, he still managed to rile her up.
"Enough of this!" Her chakra exploded in a large wave as it destroyed some of Naruto's clones. "Fine then! Let's see just how good your jutsu is! Huh?"
Now battered and bruised, her red vest was all messed up thanks to that blonde. "Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears!" All of Naruto's clones got destroyed as spears of earth shot from the ground impaling them.
"Don't underestimate the Hidden Stone!"
Over with Sasuke, he broke away from his clash with Nokami. His fight also was tough as the man wielded that two-handed axe with ease. There were too many close calls to count where he had almost been cut in two.
Sasuke used his Sharingan and launched a hail of Kunai toward the individual who was running from them all. He then wove hand signs for his jutsu that would hopefully give him a chance. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Rushing towards his opponent was Shurriken covered in fire chakra that locked in on his chakra.
"Heave Ho!" A large swing of his axe sent the jutsu of course and into the thick trees around them. "A jutsu like-" He was halted from speaking as Sasuke appeared behind him with a kunai covered in fire.
Sasuke lunged forward only to be surprised as the man backflipped behind him and cut into his back drawing blood and a scream of pain from him.
"That was nice, attacking when you saw I couldn't possibly dodge as I was still in motion from my other attack." He walked closer to Sasuke who stumbled to his feet. "I was just able to react in time and move as you saw."
"Dammit! I can't lose here, not when my brother is still alive! I have to make him survive so that I can see his death!" Sasuke wobbled to his feet and glared sharply at Nokami. "I have to win! To protect them. Which is why I need power!" Sasuke's blood pumped as he readied his heart for battle.
"Second wind?" Nokami swung the axe at Sasuke who dodged and struck out with kicks towards Nokami who blocked. "It'll die down soon enough."
Instead of responding with words, Sasuke channeled his chakra. "Uchiha Style: Dragon Fly Dance!" Sasuke's hands were blanketed in fire as he rushed forward with faster and stronger taijutsu.
Nokami blocked the young Uchiha's attacks with more effort as he sent two big slashes towards Sasuke, who in response arced his arm downwards sending twin blades of fire towards Nokami.
"Earth Wall!" Nokami rose up a wall while stomping his foot into the ground. Blocking the oncoming attack from Sasuke. The wall dropped and out came Nokami swinging his axe in focused swings.
"I can see him, I'm predicting his moves." Sasuke dropped low and performed a barrage of kicks to Nokami's face that left burns.
As Nokami slid back from the attack, the shining blue gem on his axe glowed brightly. "That is more than enough chakra, This fight is over."
"Fireball Barrage!" Sasuke sent a volley of fireballs to Nokami's position and they all exploded in a fierce explosion covering the area in debris. But the Uchiha wasn't done there as he opened his mouth and sent an inferno of fire rushing toward the impact, causing an even more incredible explosion of fire that formed into a vortex of flames.
Sasuke couldn't help the smirk that crossed his face. But staying focused and keeping his head leveled, the boy took a breath and fell into his stance.
"That was pretty good. Suppose if it wasn't for my baby here. I might have been burned alive." Walking from the fire untouched was the lithe form of Nokami. "You have my respect. I may have two years on you, but you are the toughest fighter I've fought in a while."
"How are you not damaged? Even if you are that tough, there should still be some damage to your body." Sasuke's mind raced for ideas as he tried to come up with a reason.
Then, Sasuke saw the axe float from behind Nokami. "It's thanks to this baby right here, Earth Shaper. An axe forged in the lava of the four-tailed monkey, able to split mountains and carve trenches. But what's really special about it. Is the anti-chakra field it can create."
"Anti-chakra? Like canceling out chakra." Sasuke asked, voice shaking.
"Yeah. but it can only affect the chakra in the air already out of your system. The only problem is the timer is short and it takes a while for the jutsu to be prepared as it takes a lot of chakra." Nokami tapped the blue gem on the tip of the axe, smirking. "So whenever this field comes up, I am on a timer. Which means this fight has to come to an end."
Sasuke clenched his teeth together as he could see the faint barrier around Nokami. What could he do? Jutsu won't work while that field is up. "So I'll have to use Taijutsu or just run down the timer. But with no indication of how long it would take. I'd just be wasting my own energy." Sasuke's eyes glinted in determination. "Fine then, bring it on."
Nokami chuckled. "Alright, You better put your guard up!" Nokami rushed forward and clashed with Sasuke's kunai which was broken on contact, forcing the Uchiha to improvise as he launched flame-covered kunai at Nokami.
Seeing this, Nokami hurled the weapon at Sasuke who bounced off a nearby branch. Only to widen his eyes when Nokami appeared behind him holding the axe. Thinking quickly, Sasuke used Substitution and watched the log be split.
Sasuke pulled ninja wire from his pouch and attached them to kunai and shuriken which he then threw at Nokami. The Stone ninja blocked or evaded the attack as he landed on the ground, which is what Sasuke wanted to happen. He yanked on the thin wire attached to his weapons as he pulled them back.
Nokami felt his body tighten up and be pulled. "What is this?!" He looked to see ninja wire wrapped around his body and forced the axe from his hand.
Sasuke smirked. With his Sharingan activated, he noticed the barrier dropped around Nokami. "As I thought! He needs to be holding the axe for the barrier to be effective. Now's my chance to attack before he breaks free!" Sasuke placed the wires in his mouth holding them tightly and flipped through hand signs. "Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu!"
"Not good! He must be able to see the barrier with his Sharingan. The Uchiha are truly dangerous." Flexing his chakra and muscles, he managed to snap the wires with great effort. He quickly reached and grabbed the handle of his axe forming the barrier slightly late. Suffering burns and feeling the heat scar his body.
"I was saving this attack for Naruto in our rematch, but I won't have one if I can't bring this guy down!" Sasuke sent chakra to his right arm and became cloaked in fire-natured chakra. "Flame of The Rich Dragon!" Spiraling around Sasuke's arm was a white dragon born from flames that roared and spiraled towards a wide-eyed Nokami.
"World Splitter!" Nokami used one of his secret techniques as he met the dragon head-on with his own beastly roar.
The explosion that sounded could be heard for miles into the forest. Their combined attacks left a crater in the center where Sasuke lay on his stomach suffering from his wounds.
"Good fight." Nokami whispered looking down at Sasuke with his purple eyes that gleamed with respect behind a curtain of brown hair.
Sakura caught her breath from behind a tree. Her dress was damaged and torn in parts showing she had been hit a lot. Sakura was finding out that those rock jutsu left nasty bruises on the skin she worked so hard on.
"Dammit! Even after all the training, I'm still no match for her." Sakura eyed the stone kunoichi with worry as she thought of her next plan. "I can't beat her head-on, so I will have to use deception and potentially lead her into a trap."
Sakura felt inside her ninja pouch and wondered what supplies she would need. Now she got a determined look in her eye and moved into action.
Kitsuki hummed as she spun her ninja tool around her finger. Throughout this battle, she had been dominating Sakura. She used her weapon to cut Sakura repeatedly or land devastating earth jutsu on her.
"Come on out pinky! You and I both know this fight is all but over!" She yelled to the trees while slowly turning to look for just a glint of the girl.
Since there was no word from Sakura, Kitsuki looked to see how her teammates were doing. The blonde one was being pushed back as Kurotsuchi hounded him with her wide range of jutsu. And the Uchiha looked to be winning against Nokami of all people.
While walking, Kitsuki found she had tripped over a wire. She knew what that meant. So when she looked around with her onyx eyes for some kind of trap, she was ready. Only for nothing to happen and her guard slowly dropped.
Her ears twitched as they picked up the sound of something swinging through the air. She turned and saw a log with senbon jammed into it looking like a mace. She barely had time to react as it managed to clip her shoulder getting three needles stuck.
"Arh, Damn that stings!" She yanked them out and glared in the direction the trap came from. She dashed in the direction, thinking the girl couldn't have gotten far.
Falling onto a tree branch Kitsuki heard a sizzling sound and looked to her feet to see a paper bomb. So thinking quickly the girl covered her skin in a thick layer of rock. There was only a puff of confetti that exploded from the tag making her confused.
The smoke then formed letters.
Better watch your backside
So Kitsuki turned around expecting an oncoming attack only to be greeted with dead silence. That was strange, the forest wasn't quiet. Especially when her teammates were just fighting next to her.
It was fake! Genjutsu! So she riled up her chakra and escaped the trap. Once again, she heard a sizzling sound and this time it was on her back.
A loud explosion sounded and the tree bark was sent into small chunks. Flying from the smoke cloud was Kitsuki with chunks of her Rock Armor falling apart.
She landed back first into the ground and small bits of blood came from her mouth. She rolled over and rested on one of her knees.
Her ears rang intensely causing her to groan in pain as her vision blurred.
Falling from the branches was a thick tree log that landed a solid hit on Kitsuki who was flung into the air from the force of it.
"Fire Style: Fire Blast!" Sakura made herself known and breathed out a small ball of flame.
"That jutsu is pathetic, I can take a hit from tha-" Her thoughts left her as the small ball of fire connected with her gut. It may have been small, but the density and mass of the jutsu left her gasping for air. It appeared that jutsu was not for mass damage or spreading flames.
"The real strength of this jutsu is in its density and mass. It could even knock an elephant off its feet. So a small girl is no match for it. I'll have to thank Sasuke-kun for teaching me this jutsu." Sakura grinned as she landed on the ground. That should have done enough damage to have knocked her out.
But even still, she held out a kunai just in case.
A roar could be heard as Sakura heard a cry of summoning and a poof of smoke became known. Sakura's body shivered in fear as yellow eyes gleamed dangerously at her from within the smoke.
A deep and menacing growl escaped the smoke making her even more frightened. Then a glowing orange ball could be seen before it launched the jutsu at her.
She jumped into the trees and dodged the stream of fire. "Playtime's over, I can't believe you made me use this. I'll give it to ya though."
Kitsuki said from atop the head of a beast. It was a lizard-like animal with spikes for a beard. Their skin is a ruff red with spike-like horns coming from the side of its body. A swipe of their long tail sent all the wind away as stomping forward was a Bearded Dragon of monstrous size.
"Meet Big Red, my spiked companion." She rubbed at the lizard's head. "Now, I'll be taking that scroll from you."
"How do you have a summoning contract? You're only a Genin!" Sakura yelled in fright finding her knees shaking.
"It was a reward for completing one of my missions. Unlike you leaf guys, we are trained to kill and protect our village. Not chasing after boys or attempting to solve the world's problems, only village problems." Kitsuki then crossed her arms and glared down at Sakura.
Sakura took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment. She thought back to her two weeks of training along with all the talks she shared with her team. All of their bonding and surprisingly alone time with Sasuke.
Her training. She grew stronger to protect these memories and the village itself. So she snapped her eyes back open and glared fiercely at Kitsuki. She tied her headband around her forehead while bringing out a kunai.
"I'm a Kunoichi, and I've trained hard to say that. I'll show you the power I've gained to protect what is close to me." Uncharacteristically, Sakura showed a determined side of herself that served to put Kitsuki on guard.
"At a girl." She felt her shoulder be grabbed and saw Naruto standing next to her grinning.
Despite being surprised. She was still glad to see Naruto standing next to her. "Naruto! What are you doing over here? What about that girl you were fighting?"
He pointed his thumb at her and kept his eyes on Kitsuki. "She's a little preoccupied at the moment." Following his thumb, Sakura and Kitsuki saw Kurotsuchi banging on a blue barrier while glaring at Naruto.
"Naruto! You let me go right now!"
"I put a small seal on her before we started fighting when I grabbed her leg."
"So that wasn't just you being a pervert!" Sakura had to hand it to Naruto. That was very smart and a great way to think ahead.
"Say! You've got more respect for me than that right?" Naruto asked with a twitching brow.
"Hate to interrupt your lover's bout!" Gaining a loud what from Naruto and Sakura. Before she continued. "This fight won't go on for long and neither will that barrier as I can feel and see how weak it is."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "She's right, Maybe if I made that seal in advance it would have been stronger. But we don't have much time to take her down."
"Okay, let's just make this quick and see what we can do." Sakura whispered as she and Naruto nodded.
"Right! I'll move out first." Naruto leaped forward aiming to knock Kitsuki off the head of the giant lizard. It was more than ten meters tall and was a bulky individual, to say the least.
"Don't just run right toward me!" She wove hand signs and spewed out a hoard of rocks at Naruto who went up in smoke.
Naruto came falling from the sky with his next jutsu already activated. "Beast Wave Gale Palm!" A giant claw of wind escaped Naruto's hand as he reached to crush the lizard with his powerful jutsu.
The lizard moved its head up and growled before blowing out a breath of fire that grew bigger when it came into contact with Naruto's wind. Naruto screamed as he was burned from the attack sending him back to the ground.
"Wind is useless against Big Red. Try harder!"
"Fine then!" Sakura came down with a fleet of tree logs that Kitsuki and Big Red had to run away from.
"They're so annoying!" Kitsuki moved through the forest floor quickly as Big Red trampled over everything.
"Then try and stop us!" Naruto yelled swinging in from behind a tree and drop kicking her off the beast.
He managed to catch Kitsuki by surprise launching her into the forest. While she was in the air, another clone of Naruto was rocketed down by Naruto Stream sending her crashing into the forest floor.
"Sakura, I've got a plan." Naruto landed beside Sakura who was up in the tree.
"What is it?"
They both moved as Big Red ripped the tree down with his sharp claws. Naruto sent a Beast Wave Gale Palm into Big Red's face stunning him for the moment.
"I'm going to use Starfield, and you are going to hit it with the fire jutsu Sasuke taught you." Sakura immediately caught onto what Naruto planned to do with his jutsu and grinned.
"Taking them both out with just one jutsu." Sakura gave Naruto a grin. "On your mark."
Naruto slid to a stop and puffed out his chest. He got Kitsuki who had climbed back onto Big Red into view. A shadow fell over both of them and Naruto was forced to throw Sakura out of the way as he was crushed under the giant fist of a Stone Golem.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled from the side as she watched Naruto be punched under the fist of that rock monster.
"That's the end of this fight pinky! You are alone now with no one to help." Kurotsuchi taunted the girl from atop the head of a giant golem made from the earth itself.
Facing Sakura was a mountain she could not climb. It was a fire-breathing lizard, a golden of earth, and their other teammate who had defeated Sasuke. But even still, Sakura clenched her fist.
"My teammates wouldn't give up, and neither will I!" Sakura yelled her defiance to the team in front of her.
Nokami sighed. "You've got to respect the girl's guts."
"But it's all for nothing, she's not strong enough to back up her words." Kitsuki stepped forward. "I'll finish her."
"Get the scroll while you're at it." Kurotsuchi ordered with crossed arms.
Kitsuki flashed from her position and appeared behind Sakura. "Until next time." Sakura tried to attack but was chopped in the neck. Reaching down to search Sakura's gear, Kitsuki found what she was after. "Just an earth scroll, we still need the heaven scroll."
"Uhh! And I was hoping to get lucky on our first try." Kurotsuchi kissed her teeth and let the jutsu crumble. She walked over to Naruto and kicked him. "And that's for feeling me up, bastard." She grumbled walking off.
"More fights for us then." Kitsuchi followed behind Kurotsuchi and Nokami.
Naruto rested his back along the wall of the cave they were in. Laying down were Sakura and Sasuke sporting wounds. "Guess I should patch them up." Naruto grabbed some bandages out of his pouch. He took off Sasuke's shirt and wrapped Sasuke's back as best he could.
While Sakura just needed bandages and to be cleaned of the dirt that might fall into her wounds. Naruto felt his own wounds healing and took a breath. Kurotsuchi had wounded him badly.
"That whole team. They were so advanced. Things would have been worse if they fought us as a team." Naruto narrowed his eyes feeling angry. "Now we are down both scrolls, injured, and open to attacks. We are going to need a big comeback tomorrow."
Naruto took off his jacket leaving him in just his plain black shirt. He used it as a pillow and put it behind his back. "What's our plan going to be? We've got to pick off one of the weak teams. But who is so weak that they couldn't even put up a fight?" Naruto started thinking about the teams he had observed during the first exam.
Team Eight, Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzaka, Shino Abarame. "A team primarily focused on tracking which would be almost impossible to sneak up on. Hinata could see us with her Byakugan, Kiba could smell them, and Shino might have set up traps with his bugs."
The next team, Team Ten. "Shikamaru is a smart guy but is weak and should be easily surprised by an attack from his comrades of all people. Choji is a big hitter who could serve to be trouble but nothing me or Sasuke couldn't handle. Then Ino." A grin came to his face. They now had a target.
But guilt quickly began to slumber in his stomach. Perhaps, this should just be a backup plan if all goes wrong and they are in need of scrolls. "Damn it, curse my pure heart. I need to think about the benefit to my team right now. I can't be swayed by personal feelings." But Naruto just couldn't help it. That's just who he was. A kind-hearted individual who didn't like causing suffering to others. His biggest hurdle would be finding a way to key away his emotions like a true shinobi would during missions.
He turned his eyes to Sakura and Sasuke. Unknown to him, Sakura had somehow found Sasuke's body and used it as a pillow while Sasuke was turned on his side, almost running from her.
"At least those two are sleeping good." He chuckled and shut his own eyes. "I wonder how Ten-chan is doing now? Temari as well. Maybe I could get one of them to help me." Before dozing off in a restless sleep.
"Bye bye now!" Temari waved as she watched the rain ninja be turned into a splatter of blood which was quickly soaked up by her brother.
"Their blood was awful." Her short red-head brother darkly spoke. The sand was sent back into the tan gourd on his back. His teal eyes searched the surroundings for anything that might help him find some new prey.
Her two brothers started walking off into the forest. "Are we heading back to the tower now? I think we might be able to set a record at this point." The tallest one wearing a black bodysuit with cat ears said. "It shouldn't be too far from here."
"No." The youngest sibling all but shouted. "I need to kill some more. Until I am satisfied."
"But Gaara, You've already killed enough teams. If this keeps up the Leaf might suspect us of something." Kankuro shakingly muttered back to his younger brother.
"I don't care. Where not leaving until I am satisfied." Gaara was now glaring at Kankuro which caused said teen to freeze.
"I hope Naruto-kun is okay, I… I want to see him again. I'm feeling so worried all of a sudden." Temari felt off-put as she stared into the deep forest.
"Temari, Tell him!" Kankuro yelled catching her attention.
"Huh?!" While she was thinking about Naruto, Kankuro was holding Gaara by his collar glaring at him.
"Tell him we should just go. If we stick around just so he can sate this bloodlust. It's only going to cause more problems."
"Let go of me." Gaara used his sand and pulled Kankuro off his feet. "Fine then, We can head to the tower. Just watch your back in your sleep." After his threat, Gaara said nothing else and walked into the forest.
"Thanks for the help, Big Sis." Kankuro quoted the title as he glared at Temari.
Even as Kankuro yelled at her, she still seemed to be off in her own land. A frown took hold of her pretty face.
"What's with you? You've looked to be out of it recently." Kankuro asked getting close and placing a hand on her forehead. "Are you feeling okay?" He asked, showing care for his sister.
Temari quickly moved his hand away. "It's fine, don't look into it." Temari quickly walked ahead of him as she caught up to her brother. "And stop wearing my makeup!"
Tenten broke away from her sword clash against her opponent. Staring at her was a girl her age with calm blue eyes that had a rich fierceness in them.
"We've been fighting for about twenty minutes now and I've only landed a few cuts. While she seems unable to miss." Tenten moved back in to meet her enemy in their kenjutsu spar. Their blades sparked off one another as Tenten found the longer this fight went on, the more she got cut.
"You are too weak to see me in battle." The girl whispered as four cuts opened up on Tenten's body. "You have some skill but it's only just passing the threshold for being mediocre." A quick pivot and Tenten was sent flying from a kick.
"Tenten!" Lee shouted from his fight.
"Not so fast brows!" At a speed faster than Lee was expecting, he was punched into a tree.
"You are in my way!" Lee shouted from the ground while whipping the blood from his face.
Karui spit at his feet. "Well come on and move me then."
All of a sudden, Lee's eyes changed, turning his big eyes into a narrowed field of determination. "You leave me no choice, I will crush you and go save Tenten!"
"Then come an-" Karui was halted as her body was sent spiraling into the air. "What the!"
Lee appeared and landed a barrage of kicks to her gut before speeding away and coming back in with his final move. "Leaf Drop!" Bringing down his leg in a brutal kick, Karui was left unconscious as she cratered the ground on impact.
"Enough talk! This ends now!" Tenten was surrounded by floating sealing tags that all brought out weapons. "Secret Art: Thousand Weapon Fleet!"
All the weapons were launched at Samui with unrivaled speeds as she focused her chakra. Samui took a breath as lighting chakra began sparking from her body. "Lightning Armor: Blade Sweep." In a sweeping motion, all of Tenten's weapons were blasted away, impacting the surrounding areas.
Following her sweeping motion, Samui brought her hand down to finish the two-part attack. A massive arc of light rushed from her blade with Tenten in its sights.
"Air Palms Barrage!"
Several gusts of wind impacted her attack until it was nothing. Samui looked to see Neji and Lee standing in front of Tenten. "Hand over your scroll or die." Neji said with no shy bits of hatred.
Samui saw she was at a disadvantage in this situation and decided to pull the scroll from her large cleavage, making Lee blush in the process. She rolled it on the ground before slowly moving towards her two knocked-out teammates. Samui said nothing and just jumped into the trees without looking back.
Next Day
Team Seven was jumping through the trees in silence as Naruto briefed them on what he had come up with. Which meant, they were on the hunt to pick off a weak team. While also having their backup plan of knocking off Team Ten.
There was a growl that escaped Sasuke's stomach, gaining looks from both his teammates.
"Princes didn't get their five-star breakfast?" Naruto gave a teasing grin to his friend.
"Shut up."
"I'm getting kind of hungry as well. We should find something to eat." Sakura rubbed at her stomach feeling the lack of food take its toll on her body.
"Well, If you see any animal that doesn't look ready to eat us. Go after it." Naruto said. "In the meantime, let's keep our eyes open and senses sharp. I don't want to get ambushed."
"Who made you team leader?" Even though Naruto was smarter now and not a complete dumbass. The thought of being ordered around by him left a nasty taste in his mouth.
"Sakura did."
"What? Sakura, you went along with this?" Sasuke turned his wide eyes to his pink-haired teammate.
"Huh! No, he's lying Sasuke-kun! I'd never!" She then hit Naruto upside the head. "Don't go putting words in my mouth idiot!" Glaring angrily at Naruto who rubbed his head.
"Whatever, don't make me tell Sasuke what you were mumbling in your sleep. Oh Sasuke-kun, I'm a good kitten." Naruto laughed loudly at the blushing face of Sakura and Sasuke who had turned his head away.
"I did not say that!"
"Hmph, whatever helps you sleep at night."
Their joking was cut short as a cut opened up on Naruto's cheek. They all stopped on a branch and wondered where it came from. All of a sudden, their section of the forest began to rumble. All of a sudden a whistle could be heard and the team was greeted by winds they had never experienced as it managed to blow Naruto completely away.
"No! Naruto!" Sakura yelled in panic as she quickly became worried for the safety of her close friend.
As Naruto became stuck in a tree from the force of that wind jutsu he was hit with. "Dammit! It's just one thing after another in here." He pulled himself from the tree with great effort.
Then, the ground underneath him cracked, and up came a giant snake that ate him whole. The snake swallowed and slithered away quickly through the jungle of trees. Its mission was to draw the Uzumaki away or eliminate him.
Inside the stomach of the beast, Naruto was tossed around and began to get angry. With a rage-filled yell, He summoned an army of shadow clones with the mission of stuffing the snake's mouth full.
As expected, the snake needed to spit and so came out all the clones of Naruto. While inside the snake, Naruto also took the liberty of leaving behind some paper bombs as a goodbye gift.
With the snake gone and him out of its stomach, Naruto looked towards the direction he figured he came from. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Clones puffed into existence. "Spread out and find them, dispel when you do."
"Yes boss!" The clones said before rushing off to do their job.
Now, what to do in the meantime? Naruto expanded his senses hoping to find something. Then he felt a familiar signature chakra. "Seems luck is on my side. I'll take the scroll before the clones find my team."
Naruto leaped into the trees and took off in the direction of Team Ten.
Ino shivered. "Guys, I just got a bad feeling about something."
"Like what?" Choji said stuffing his face with chips.
"Like someone is after us." Shikamaru said with steel in his eyes for once.
"Yea, how did you know?" Ino asked curiously.
"Because I felt it too. Something is definitely about to happen and we need to be ready."
Out of nowhere, Shikamaru found a weight on his back before he was slammed into the ground with spit flying from his mouth.
"Shikamaru!" Choji yelled and moved to take action quickly. His hand expanded into a large fist, punching the thing off of his best friend's back. "Shikamaru! Are you alright?"
The Nara could barely move as whatever hit him landed a critical blow to him. "N-No, My back."
Ino ran up quickly to see what was going on. "Oh my god! What just happened?"
"I don't know! But whatever it is." Choji turned to see where he had hit the thing. Only to see empty space. "No, it's gone!"
"Ino watch out!"
Being frozen in his tracks was Naruto mid-kick to Ino's head. "Man, I almost had her."
They were all shocked to see the prankster attacking them. "Naruto! What do you think you're doing?! Are you trying to kill me?"
Naruto gave an eye smile. "Of course not, just slight brain damage. Well, not more than you already have."
The Yamanaka fumed turning red in the face. "I'll show you!" She walked up bringing her hand back for a slap.
"Wait Ino! Don't get so close to him!" Shikamaru warned holding Naruto in place with his shadow.
"Naruto what are you doing man? Were comrades." Choji asked sounding hurt.
To which Naruto gave a sigh. "Yeah, but I need some scrolls in order to pass."
"And you thought our team was the weakest to pick off right? So you came here alone to wrap this up?" Shikamaru deduced, sounding a bit angry.
"Nothing against you guys, we're still friends and all." Naruto grinned, reassuring them.
"Then why? Why are you coming after us?!" Ino demanded.
"It's like he said. We are the weakest team and their team must have lost both of their scrolls and decided to make a play. In truth, we were thinking the same thing about your team. If all we had to do was isolate Sasuke the rest would be easy." The Nara once again showed his intelligence as he revealed what was going on inside that big brain of his.
"Doubtful, even the old me could have held you three off. Let alone how I am now." Naruto said calmly, placing the three on edge.
"He's different. I don't know what happened outside the academy, but he's not playing around. And my grip on his shadow is becoming weak." Shikamaru thought.
"Enough talk. You guys will still have four days to find a scroll after this." Naruto's chakra spiked and the shadow on his feet loosened before snapping off and allowing him movement.
"Choji, Knock him away!" Hearing Shikamaru's order, Choji sent both of his fists out to attack Naruto.
"Expansion Jutsu!"
Quickly using a jutsu he was becoming familiar with, Naruto sent Beast Wave Gale Palm to grab both of Choji's arms before throwing him with great force into a tree.
"Damn!" Shikamru turned and ran but was slow due to the pain in his back. The Nara pulled out smoke bombs and threw them on the ground to blind the blonde.
"Where are you going?"
Shikamaru was punched across the face as Naruto spotted him through the smoke. He bounced across the ground as the strength behind the blow was enough to cause his vision to cloud over in darkness.
As he focused again, Shikamru could see Naruto standing over a shaking Ino. "Ino, j-just g-give it."
Ino hestintanlly reached into her pouch and pulled out a heavens scroll. Naruto took it from her hands and nodded one time. "Sorry for this again, but I'll see you all at the end of this." He turned and with a leap he was gone in the wind.
"Goddammit! I can't believe we just got beat by the dead last of our class!" Ino yelled slamming her fist into the ground. "When this is over, I'm going to hang him over a pit of snake!"
Shikamaru ignored Ino's rants and looked to see Choji in dreamland. "With just one attack, he knocked out Choji, almost broke my back with just his strength alone, and he had enough power to resist my Shadow Paralysis.." During that exchange, he had been trying to force Naruto to move in the opposite direction, but nothing happened and Naruto merely wobbled on his one leg.
"What a drag."