Naruto: The Weapon Master
Chapter 20: The Search for the next Hokage
Two days after the invasion by the Hidden Sand and Sound village, everyone had gathered at the top of the Hokage tower to hold a memorial for the Shinobi who were killed during the attack. Naruto and the others were present while dressed in black except Hiruzen who was currently recovering from his fight with Orochimaru.
"That snake is gonna pay for this, what we did to him earlier was nothing more than a slap on the wrist," said Naruto with clenched fists, Hinata and Fu held his hands to coax him while Kurama and Chomei tried to comfort him.
"You aren't the only one kid, his greed will destroy people's lives just to get what he wants," said Jiraiya as he walked up to their side.
"How's Jiji?"
"Old monkey's recovering nicely, doctors say that he'll be fully healed in a few weeks' time, until then we'll have to be putting up repairs,"
As time went on, the village underwent repairs with some help from Naruto's clones, Tazuna and his crew also came to help after hearing what had happened. Inari also came along wanting to see his big brother again, he also met Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon and got along with them nicely.
One day after training with Haku and Fu, Naruto went to Ichiraku's to have a bowl of ramen. Naruto happily called out to them once he reached the entrance. "Old man Teuchi, Ayame-neechan, I'd like a bowl of miso pork ramen,"
"Ah Naruto, it's been a while since we last saw you, where have you been?" asked Teuchi as he started on the noodles.
"I've been helping out with the repairs around the village plus I've been training as well to be ready for anything," said Naruto as he took seat on one of the chairs.
"That's nice of you, but I wish that you visit us more often," said Ayame placing the bowl of ramen before Naruto.
"Okay, I'll be sure to visit more often with the others," said Naruto, taking a pair of chopsticks and was about to eat when an ANBU wearing a boar mask.
"Naruto Uzumaki, lord Hokage wishes to meet you at the hospital," said the ninja.
"Argh, talk about bad timing, okay I'll head over there soon," the ANBU nodded before using the Body Flicker jutsu to disappear, Naruto turned to Teuchi and Ayame "Jiji's calling for me, but I'll be back soon,"
Later on, Naruto entered the hospital and with directions from the nurse at the counter found the room where Hiruzen was resting. Naruto entered the room to see Hiruzen on the bed with Koharu, Homura and Jiraiya who is sitting on the window sill.
"Hey Jiji, I was told that you wanted to see me?" said Naruto with smile.
"Ah Naruto, yes I sought for you and Jiraiya to discuss something important," said Hiruzen, "I've decided to retire from being Hokage," hearing this surprised both of them.
"But why Jiji, why do you want to retire?" asked Naruto.
"This attack on the village and my fight with Orochimaru has made me realize that age has finally caught up with me, I would have died if you hadn't given me that scroll and the village needs a new Hokage to watch over it," They thought back to what happened on the invasion.
**Flashback Start**
"Dammit, this doesn't look good," Hiruzen muttered to himself as he glared at Orochimaru standing before him with an evil smile. During the battle, he was at a stalemate with his former student until he used a forbidden jutsu called the Impure Soul Resurrection to summon the first and second Hokage to summon from the dead then he put them under his control.
Since then things took a turn for the worst as Hiruzen struggled against three opponents, especially when the first Hokage used his Wood style jutsu to create a forest in the barrier then Hiruzen summoned Enma of the monkey summons to transform into the Adamantine Nyoi staff to help even the odds.
Orochimaru took out the Grass long sword (Or Kusanagi in other words) and charged at him to engage in close combat. The former Kages attacked as well, but Hiruzen dodged them while attaching explosive tags on them and triggered it to explode. However they were able to regenerate the lost limbs and proceeded to attacked, which brings us to where he was kneeling on the ground and panting in exhaustion.
"What's the matter Sarutobi-sensei? Are you all out of breath, to think you used to be one of the greatest Shinobi in history and now look at you, you're nothing but a puny old man and there's no one to save you now," said Orochimaru with an evil smirk,
"He's right, as long as he holds their souls on the earth with his will I can't kill them. And if I perform that jutsu which Minato used to seal the Kyuubi into Naruto, the Shinigami will take my soul," Hiruzen remembered something and pulled out a scroll from his pouch and looked at it. "I recall Naruto giving this to me, saying that I should open it when in a pinch, well this is a pinch so I guess I should open it,"
Hiruzen unrolled the scroll to reveal a seal which released a puff of smoke, then it cleared for everyone to see Naruto standing there with a smirk on his before he turned to talk to Hiruzen.
"Hey Jiji, I'm here to help you,"
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" Asked Hiruzen confusedly.
"Actually, I'm a special Shadow Clone that the boss made with the help of the Pervy Sage, he sealed me in the scroll to be used in certain situations like these," then he turned to face Orochimaru and the other Kages "So what are we dealing with here?"
"Orochimaru used a forbidden jutsu to bring them back from the dead and you can't kill them by normal means so you must engage them with caution even if they only at half their power," said Hiruzen as he got up to stand next to the clone.
"Sorry Sarutobi, but the Grass long sword has done more damage than I thought so I can't transform again," said Enma.
"You won't have to worry Enma-san, I have a good substitute for Jiji. Tag mode: Journey to the West!" Naruto channeled chakra to the bracelet and placed a hand on Hiruzen then there was a bright glow which faded to reveal him holding the golden staff much to Enma's surprise and Orochimaru's annoyance.
"Is that the legendary weapon of the Monkey King Sun Wukong?!" asked Enma and received a nod in return "Then I hope you put down that snake for good," then he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Jiji, you handle snakey while I deal with the former Kages," said Naruto.
"Are you sure about this Naruto, these are previous Kages of the Hidden Leaf village even at half their power," said Hiruzen.
"Don't worry Jiji, I know that I can't beat them but I know how to stop them,"
Hiruzen nodded before charging at Orochimaru while Naruto turned to face the Kages "I never thought that I would have to fight the founders of the Hidden Leaf, but I promise that you'll soon be free, Cut the heavenly moon!" there was another glow of light which faded to reveal Naruto wielding an oversized Khyber knife without a hilt and white cloth wrapped around the tang, and has a tall black blade with a silver edge.
Naruto charged forward with the blade by his side to engage the two former Kages, the Nidaime went through some handsigns and water started swirling around him "Water style: Tidal Wave!" the water turned into a giant wave and launched itself at Naruto, but the blond raised the blade above his head as blue energy emitted from it "Gestuga Tensho!" and brought it down to fire a wave of blue energy that went through the wave, splitting it into two and continued its course until it cut through the Second's left arm and leg.
"Now's my chance!" Naruto raced forward but the Shodaime appeared to intercept, Naruto then grabbed the cloth swung the sword around like a flail and launched it forward which was easily dodged and embedded itself on the ground, the Shodaime quickly appeared before Naruto and lashed out a punch with instincts screaming at the clone to dodge it at all costs. Naruto jumped into the air and looked down to see a large crater then he turned to see the Nidaime had almost finished healing and that the sword was nearby, he used the cloth in his hand to pull himself over to it. Upon landing, Naruto grabbed the blade and dashed over to the Nidaime then he used the butt end of the sword to tap the forehead which placed a symbol, the Nidaime started to fade away in specks of light and he smiled at the blond before he disappeared.
"What did you just do?!" shouted Orochimaru as he fought against Hiruzen.
"This sword is the weapon of a Shinigami, it has the power to send a soul to the afterlife even if you had it under your control," said Naruto as he turned to face to the Shodaime who approached with caution "I was able to free the Second by taking him by surprise but I don't think I can do the same for the First so I'd better move to the next level,"
The Shodaime charged at him and threw punches that could shatter boulders, forcing Naruto on the defensive. "Wood style: Wooden Dragon!" a dragon made of wood sprouted from one of the trees and the Shodaime rode on it before racing towards Naruto. "Gestuga Tensho!" He fired another energy at the dragon, splitting it in half only to see that the Shodaime was nowhere in sight. Feeling a shift in the wind, Naruto sidestepped to the left in just in time to avoid a punch which created another crater on the ground.
"Damn, a punch like that would have dispelled me even if I was created to hit take more than one hit, time to level up, Awakening: Bankai!" the blond accessed Kurama's chakra which was stored in him and there was a blast of energy powerful enough to send the Shodaime flying back before it faded to reveal Naruto holding a black Daito (Japanese long sword) with a cross guard having four prongs in the shape of a manji, it has a short length of chain with a link which dangles from the base of the hilt.
"Wood style: Root entanglement!" several roots shot out from the ground and wrapped around Naruto up to the waist to keep him from moving then the Shodaime sped through another series of handsigns "Wood style: Wooden spears!" wooden stakes with sharpened points shot out from the trees from all directions and headed straight for the immobile blond.
"Naruto!" Hiruzen tried to move in to help the clone, but Orochimaru jumped in the way to obstruct him. As the projectiles drew close, Naruto's hand that held the blade blurred and black streaks could be seen as the wooden stakes and roots were sliced into pieces much to the shock of the Shodaime.
"Don't blink or you might miss seeing my next move," Naruto took a step forward and immediately started darting in and out at speeds high enough to leave behind afterimages. Every time the Shodaime used the Root entanglement jutsu to try and catch him, a black streak would flash by and cut the plants down before they could fully emerge. "It's time to end this," Naruto dashed forward then the Shodaime formed a wooden dome to defend but Naruto stabbed the sword through it. The dome fell into pieces which showed that Naruto had slashed it several times before stabbing the Shodaime who disappeared with a smile on his face.
"Argh!" Naruto turned to see Hiruzen on the floor with a slash across his chest and Orochimaru was about to finish him off. "Not gonna happen!" Naruto dashed forward in a burst of speed and reappeared behind Orochimaru with the sword by his side, the snake turned back and smirked at hand.
"A rookie mistake, weren't you supposed to have appeared before me to defend the old man? Now he'll die because of your foolishness," taunted the snake.
Naruto turned around with a mischievous grin "And this is way professionals often lose to the rookies because they always underestimate their opponents. You might wanna take a look at yourself, particularly your arms,"
Upon hearing what the blond said, Orochimaru noticed that he couldn't feel his arms and that the Grass long sword laid on the floor by his side, he looked to see that his arms looked rotten "What did you do to my arms?!"
"If you were listening before, I'm wielding the blade of a Shinigami, which was why I could free the souls of the Hokages or in this case cut off a piece of your soul which is why your arms look that way," said Naruto with a smirk.
"It's quite a fitting punishment for you Orochimaru, with your arms disabled you can't use your precious jutsu," said Hiruzen with a weary smile as he held his chest to stop the blood from flowing out.
"Damn you both, I swear I'll kill the both of you!" shouted Orochimaru before turning to his squad "We're retreating!" they brought down the barrier and quickly carried him out before the ANBU could give chase.
Naruto made the sword and staff disappear before he ran to Hiruzen with the ANBU running up to them "Hang on Jiji, we'll get you help soon," then later on, the clone dispelled to give the original information of what had happened when he was fighting the spirit possessing Shukaku at the time .
**Flashback End**
"Well don't look at me, I can't be Hokage since I have my spy network to watch over plus I can't stand doing paperwork," said Jiraiya with his hands raised up.
"I second that since he could probably make the hot springs co-ed," said Naruto while glaring at a scared Jiraiya. One time he tried to peep in the women's bath which Hinata, Fu and Sakura were in at the time. It led to Naruto chasing the pervert with a machine gun before catching and bashed him with the Cooper cane.
"He was our first choice, but then Hiruzen told us of another possible candidate for the Hokage seat," said Koharu.
"Who would that be?" asked Naruto curiously.
"One of the Sannin, Tsunade the slug princess," said Homura, Jiraiya and Hiruzen braced for the incoming storm and it came immediately.
"Why would you want her to be Hokage after she just up and left me and the village?!" shouted Naruto in anger.
"Oh boy, Naruto beat me up for leaving him behind and forgave me after a while but I wonder how Tsunade will get off the hook," thought Jiraiya with a shiver.
"Tsunade is the best candidate out of all the rest and she's also the grand-daughter of the Shodaime which makes her the most suitable candidate among others," said Koharu.
"Not only that, the Hidden Sand village have offered their complete surrender as they had found out that Orochimaru was the cause and is responsible for the death of their Kazekage," said Koharu.
"Then the question is where would we find her?" asked Naruto with a frown.
"You won't have to worry about that Naruto, I can use my spy network to follow her trail, they wanted a squad of ANBU to escort me but that would only alert Tsunade of our presence as well as slow things down a bit," said Jiraiya.
"Which is why I thought of having you join him, since you're capable for the mission as well as you would want to meet your godmother," said Hiruzen.
"Oh I want to meet her alright, just so I can hear her excuse for not being around," said Naruto as he crossed his arms with a frown on his face.
"Very well then, you are to set off once you've finished preparations," said Hiruzen, Naruto nodded in affirmation and left the room, "You think that Tsunade can handle Naruto's anger?"
"It kinda depends, but I'll be sure to tell you what happens when we get back," said Jiraiya before he jumped off the window to get himself ready.
Naruto was at the Namikaze mansion getting himself geared up for the mission, Haku and Hinata were watching him pack and Tora was sleeping in the bed.
"How long will you be gone for this mission Naruto-kun?" asked Haku.
"I don't know exactly but I'm sure that it won't take too long, with Pervy sage's spy network things would be a lot easier," said Naruto while sealing extra clothes into a scroll before putting it into his backpack.
"I hope that you return to us safely," said Hinata worriedly.
"Don't worry Hinata-chan, I'll be fine," then Naruto slung the bag onto his back and Tora jumped into his hood before heading towards the village gates to meet up with Jiraiya with the girls. Along the road, Naruto decided to ask "Hey Pervy sage, how are we going to find her as I'm sure that she doesn't stay at one place for too long,"
"You won't have to worry about that kid, I have a way of finding Tsunade with little effort," said Jiraiya with a knowing grin.
"What do you mean?"
"Tsunade may be known for being one of the Sannin, but she has goes by the title legendary sucker due to the fact she always loses when it comes to gambling,"
"So that must mean that she's always on the run to escape debtors right?"
"Right on the money kid, our first stop is Otakuku town where we can stop to rest and get some information from the nearby casinos,"
Soon enough, the duo arrived at the town and found vacancy in one of the hotels. Then Jiraiya caught sight of a beautiful woman who stopped at the entrance then she turned to face him with a sexy wink, this had Naruto blush a bit much to the annoyance of Kurama while Jiraiya was raring to go and flirt with her.
"Hey Naruto, why don't you take the keys to our room and wait there while I go and gather some information," said Jiraiya with a barely hidden perverted look on his face.
"Yeah right, you're just going to flirt with that lady," Naruto grumbled as he walked to their room with the bags.
"He's lucky that I can't come out of the seal, I would have ripped him a new one for his perversions," said Kurama with a tick mark on her head.
"It won't bug me much since we know that he's gonna get dumped eventually,"
Naruto had arrived at the room and settled down before writing a message to Hinata and the girls through the scroll similar to the one he gave to Inari and Tora was taking a nap on the bed. He was writing reply to them when he heard someone knock at the door and got up to answer it while thinking that the Pervy Sage had gotten dumped by the girl, he almost grabbed the door knob when he heard Kurama call out to him alert and Tora was hissing at whoever is behind the door.
"Naruto-kun, it's not Jiraiya that's behind the door but two people with high levels of chakra with one of the having a level close to that of Shukaku-chan!"
Hearing this Naruto unsealed the Muramasa blades as he opened the door and face to face with a man who looks just like Sasuke but taller and older with his sharingan have three tomoes.
"Who is this guy and why does he look like Sasuke, could they be related by any chance? Hang on, I remember that the entire Uchiha clan were massacred by one of their own with the exception of Sasuke, could this be the one?" thought Naruto as his palms started to sweat a bit, then he heard someone walk up to them and turned to see a man who was very tall with blue skin, and there is a large sword which is wrapped in bandages. But the one thing that Naruto noticed the most is that they are both wearing black coats with red clouds.
"This is hard to believe that this kid is the jinchurriki of the Kyuubi and he even thinks that he's a swordsman with those blades," said the blue skinned man with a sadistic grin, which made Naruto's body tense.
"How does he know about Ku-chan, it's supposed to be a secret!" thought Naruto with narrowed eyes.
"Naruto-sama, proceed with extreme caution as I can sense that their power is very high plus they're have more experience than you," said Chinami.
"Naruto Uzumaki, you will be coming with us," said the raven haired man.
Naruto slowly walked out of the room and faced them with his hand in position so that he could quickly draw out either blades.
"Itachi, why don't you let me chop off a leg in case the kid tries to make a run for it," said the blue skinned man as he grabbed the handle of the sword on his back and sensed Tora jump out of the window and guessed that she's gone to find Jiraiya.
"Looks like Zabuza is right about you, Hoshigami Kisame," said Naruto.
"So you've met Zabuza, I thought he was still a missing Nin," said Kisame with raised eyebrows.
"No anymore, he's joined the Hidden Leaf and he told me how much of a shark you are, although you seem to be more of a codfish to me," said Naruto with a smirk which made Kisame get a tick mark on his head.
"I've changed my mind, I'm not just going to chop off your leg but also that rotten tongue of yours, said Kisame as he slowly walked towards Naruto who stood ready to defend himself until Jiraiya shows up. Then Itachi who had been silent this whole time finally spoke up.
"It's been a while…Sasuke,"
They turned to look behind Itachi and saw Sasuke standing there with his sharingan active and glaring at Itachi with hatred in his eyes, then he spoke in a cold and angry voice.
"Itachi Uchiha….."
Kisame looked at Sasuke and started to smirk before speaking "Well another sharingan user and he looks just like you Itachi, who is this kid?"
"He's my little brother," Itachi quietly replied.
"So you're the one who killed the whole clan and left the village," said Naruto with a glare "No wonder why every time I look at Sasuke he always seems so cold to the others,"
"It's just like you told me, I festered all my hatred throughout my life and trained myself. All of it just to fulfil my life's purpose just to see your corpse at my feet!"
As Sasuke recalled the memories of what happened on the night that his clan members and parents were killed, he quickly made the hand signs and lightning appeared on his left hand which Itachi instantly recognized it to be the Chidori, then Sasuke charged straight at him with the intent to kill.
"Sasuke wait! Don't charge in it like that, it's too careless!" shouted Naruto.
"Shut up, he's mine!" shouted Sasuke as he ran.
"Naruto-sama, that boy's rage has clouded all sense of reason," said Chinami.
Just as Sasuke launched the chidori at his brother, Itachi merely stretched his hand out to grab Sasuke by the wrist and redirected the technique to a wall which resulted in it being destroyed much to Naruto's shock.
"To be able to see the incoming attack and redirect it with minimal effort," thought Naruto.
"That is the ability of the sharingan, to be able to see through attacks and illusions as well as copy or put one into an unbreakable illusion, and I speak from experience. I don't know the level of which his sharingan is at but whatever you do, don't look into his eyes or you might get captured in a Genjutsu," said Kurama.
"Got it, but I don't know how long I'll last against them so I'll need your chakra, just enough to alert Pervy sage to get over here," thought Naruto with Kurama's nod of affirmation, then his body started to radiate with red chakra which caught the attention of the two missing Nins. Sasuke tried to break free of his brother's grip, but Itachi twisted it hard enough to break it forcing him to his knees.
"Sasuke hang on for a just a little bit!" shouted Naruto.
"I don't know what you're up but I won't let it happen," Kisame swiped at the chakra, causing to disappear much to Naruto's shock as he felt his chakra being drained. "Sorry brat, but my Samehada cuts through chakra and eat it,"
Naruto watched as something was wriggling through the bandages as if it was alive, then he drew out Tsukiotoshi and held it in the Oboro stance.
Music Start: Metal Gear Rising OST; The only thing I know for real (Maniac Agenda Mix)
"It might be a pain to have you putting up a fight so I think I'll cut your arms and your tongue,"
"Just try it shark bait," Kisame dashed at Naruto and slashed at him, the blond raised his blade horizontally to block it but to his surprise he was getting pushed by Kisame who was bearing down on him with just one hand on the sword. "Damn, this guy's strong and with one hand nonetheless,"
"You got anything else to say with that rotten mouth brat?" asked Kisame with a sneer.
"Yes I do and it's Secret arts: Quick Draw!" with blurring speed, Naruto quickly sheathed Tsukiotoshi and drew out the Mumei no Tamanoo to unleash several slashes around him. But then he heard clangs of metal and saw Kisame jump back with parts of his coat cut and parts of the bandage on his sword slashed to reveal what looks like sharkskin.
"That's quite an interesting sword that you've got there, normal swords would have been shredded to pieces so what's it called?"
"It's a Muramasa blade by the name Mumei no Tamanoo," hearing the name caused Kisame and Itachi to blink in surprise as they stared at the sword which was releasing green flames in Naruto's hand.
"A Muramasa?! How is it that you haven't gone mad from its curse? I don't even care, Water style: Water Shark bomb!" a shark made of water shot out and race towards Naruto who stood at the ready.
"Secret arts: Log chop!" Naruto took a kendo stance then raised his blade upwards before bringing it down right as the water shark drew close, splitting it into two but Kisame appeared before him with the sword in mid-swing, Naruto raised to block it only for it to break from the blow and get knocked back with his clothes shredded and blood flowing out. Naruto painfully got up and sheathed the broken sword and watched Kisame approach him with a smirk on his face.
"Too bad about the sword, now what are you going to do?"
Naruto took out Tsukiotoshi again and charged at the swordsman, right as he got close he called out "Secret arts: Gale!" he jumped into the air and started spinning like a buzzsaw, Kisame raised his sword to block but was surprised to notice that he was slowly getting pushed back from the relentless strikes.
Itachi was watching the battle with a critical eye while Sasuke watched with surprise at how Naruto was able to put up a fight with them and felt at how frustrated at his current level of strength.
"How can I kill Itachi with my current level of strength, I need more power something that he has in abundance," thought Sasuke angrily.
"You little brat!" Kisame pushed back, forcing Naruto to stop his spinning and land before slashing at him again in an attempt to break the sword. But Naruto raised his sword into the air and called out "Secret arts: Skull!" then a large purple orb which look like a lot of human skulls where molded together appeared before him, when Samehada made contact it let out a loud screech which made Kisame jump back in surprise and saw steam rise out of the blade.
Then Naruto sensed a presence from behind and turned to see a clone of Kisame rushing towards him and the original charging in an attempt to trap him, then he formed a handsign and called out "Shadow Clone jutsu!" two clones appeared on opposite sides and raised their blades to block the incoming attacks before he made his next move "Secret arts: Moon Ring!" he spun around on his axis like a top releasing white rings that enlarged slicing through his clones and Kisame's clone which was a water clone and the original was pushed back with a horizontal cut on his coat and was glaring at the blond.
Then Itachi walked up next to Kisame while looking at Naruto "It's best that we work together to capture him, he's much different from the reports that we received,"
Hearing this, Naruto took a feet steps back "With Itachi joining in, I don't I can hold them off until Pervy sage gets here, especially with how small this place is," then the bracelet glowed brightly and he had a vision, seeing a white haired man wearing a red coat with a large sword on his back and wielding two guns while engaging what looks to be demons with a cocky grin on his face. Naruto place Tsukiotoshi back in its sheathe before raising the bracelet up and channeling his chakra into it before calling out "Devil may cry!"
There was a bright glow before it faded to reveal a sword on his back and two handguns on the holsters on his waist. It is a silver sword with the blade being long and double edged with the forward facing edge curving outward to form the guard, the handguard is heavily designed with rings slanting down it and revising at its center with a round piece at the pommel. At his holsters is a black gun and a white one that both share the same design of stylized grips twisting into sharp points.
Naruto smirked as he stared at the shocked looks on their faces before grabbing the blade from his back and letting clang on the floor "This sword and I share one thing in common, we both love to start a rebellion," then he charged with the sword dragging on the floor and Kisame running to meet him with a crazed smirk on his face.
They continuously clashed swords with neither side giving an edge to the other, they pushing each other with their swords trying overpower with Naruto channeling chakra into his muscles when he heard Chinami warned of an attack coming from behind. Quickly deflecting the sword to the side, Naruto spun around and stabbed Rebellion to the ground before taking Ebony and Ivory from the holsters and let loose a volley of bullets.
Kisame twirled his sword like a propeller to block the bullets and Itachi charged at Naruto while dodging and deflecting the bullets and his kunai. Naruto then tossed Ivory into the air and caught it with his teeth before grabbing Rebellion and engaging Itachi in close with a gun and sword with a combo of swordplay and gunkata.
"Damn that sharingan is getting annoying to land a hit, if Itachi is this strong then I've got a long way to go if I'm to go up against Madara Uchiha," thought Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, Kisame is coming in for an attack!" shouted Kurama.
Naruto deflected Itachi's kunai and slide past him to stand in between them, then he sheathed Rebellion and took Ivory from his mouth before pointing each gun at the other "Twosome shot!" then he started releasing a rapid fire of bullets while taking different positions to fire from many angles preventing them from getting any closer to him "I really owe Deadpool-sensei for this kind of training,"
"True but I still question his sanity," said Kurama with a sweatdrop as she thought back on how the merc with the mouth acted when he was around.
Music End
"Heheheh, I'm impressed that you could hold us off but I wonder how long you'll last," smirked Kisame who was obviously enjoying the battle while Itachi silently stared at him but Naruto made sure not to look into his eyes.
"I hate to admit it, but I'm running out of stamina with fighting two missing Nins with high ranks. Dammit Pervy sage where the hell are you?!" thought Naruto.
At that moment, there was a puff of smoke and heard a voice which was quite familiar to Naruto much to his relief and annoyance "Jiraiya the Toad Sage has arrived to save the day and make the women swoon with love at my heroics! As you can see your plans of seduction has failed for only rare beauties fall for me!" the smoke cleared to reveal Jiraiya in a kabuki pose and Tora was standing next to him with a look of annoyance on her face.
"It's about time that you got here Pervy sage, I didn't know how long I would have lasted," said Naruto while still aiming the guns at Kisame and Itachi.
"Sorry about that Naruto, turns out that the lady was under a Genjutsu which must have been placed on her by one of them. They must have done it in an attempt to separate us,"
"Turns out they were after me and her,"
"I thought as much," said Jiraiya as he stepped forward.
"Now I see how Kakashi knew, it's because you told him," said Itachi, hearing the name Naruto turned and aimed both guns at Itachi with anger.
"What did you do to Kakashi-Nii?! If anything had happened to him I'm gonna turn you into Swiss cheese with Ebony and Ivory!"
Itachi ignored him and continued to talk "Naruto is the price that we're after and we will have him,"
"Sorry but there's no way you're gonna get my godson, I rather find it convenient that I can kill you both and collect information at the same time," said Jiraiya.
"Stay out of this!" everyone turn to see Sasuke struggling to his feet "I'm the one who's supposed to kill him no one else! I won't be denied my purpose!"
"I have no interest in you right now," said Itachi.
"Then I'll make you get interested!" Sasuke attacked with his other arm but Itachi simply dodged and backhanded him hard enough to send him flying to the other side of the hall, then he appeared before Sasuke and grabbed his head to look into his eyes, Sasuke screamed out loud before losing consciousness.
"You bastard! Doing that to your own brother, I won't let you get away with this. Awakening: Devil Trigger!" Naruto shouted in anger, his spikey hair flushed white and his eyes turned red with red veins around it and emitted a blood red aura from his body. "Stinger!" he lunged forward with Rebellion before him at high speed but Itachi let go of Sasuke and moved out of the way.
"What kind of power is this?! This can't be that of the Kyuubi!" shouted Kisame.
"Of course not, but it's a power that will make your organization thread carefully when around him," said Jiraiya with a smirk.
"Fire style: Grand fireball!" Itachi launched a large ball of flame at the blond, Naruto twirled the blade and held it in reverse as it glowed white "Drive!" he then swung it, releasing a shockwave powerful enough to cut through the fireball and keep on going. The missing Nins jumped out of the way and Jiraiya appeared next to Naruto with the Body Flicker jutsu who sheathed Rebellion and took out Ebony and Ivory which started to glow red "Charge shot!" before releasing two red projectiles that exploded when they drew close to Itachi and Kisame. The smoke cleared to reveal the hall destroyed and the missing Nins gone.
"Naruto-kun, they got away," said Kurama, Naruto exited from the Devil Trigger mode and dispelled the weapons before falling to his knees while panting heavily from exhaustion, Jiraiya and Tora ran over to check if he was okay.
"Naruto, are you alright?" asked Jiraiya worriedly.
"I'm just worn out from fighting those guys, and I'm lucky that they haven't gone all out on me as far as I can tell," said Naruto.
"You're right about that as they are S-ranked missing ninjas on the bingo book,"
"Not only that, but your body needs to recover. Most weapons are wielded by some heroes that aren't truly human so there are chances of your body getting strained from using them," said Chinami.
"Who are those guys working for and what do they want to do with Ku-chan?" asked Naruto.
"We'll talk about it later but first we'll have to check on Sasuke," said Jiraiya.
Later on Gai showed up to carry Sasuke back to the village, although Naruto and the others found it funny when he mistook Jiraiya for an enemy and ambushed him with a kick to the face. Guy reported that Itachi and Kisame came to village to look for Naruto before coming here and used the same jutsu on Kakashi which made Naruto worry. Then Jiraiya mentioned that Tsunade is one of the best medical specialist and should be able to heal Sasuke, Kakashi and possibly Lee, giving them another reason for them to search for her. Gai wished them luck and returned to the village while Naruto, Tora and Jiraiya continued on the road to find the next Hokage.
Meanwhile in an unknown town, a blond haired woman wearing a green vest with the kanji 'Gamble' written on it sits in a casino playing a roulette machine with a raven haired woman in a kimono and sandals who was carrying a pig who was wearing a vest and necklace. Next to her are trays full of tokens that she won from the roulette machine and everyone had gathered to watch her winning streak.
"Looks like your luck has finally come around Tsunade-sama!" said the raven haired girl cheerfully with the pig squealing in agreement.
But instead of being happy, the blond haired woman was frowning "I never get a hit like this big, this gives me a bad feeling that something's about to happen,"
On the road, two people were walking towards a town and they are not Naruto and Jiraiya but the Orochimaru and his right hand man Kabuto.
"Are you sure that Tsunade would heal your arms?" asked Kabuto.
"Of course she will, especially if I give her the one thing that she desires the most," said Orochimaru with an evil smile "Although it won't be exactly what she wants,"
Weapons/Gears
Zangetsu = Bleach
Rebellion + Ebony and Ivory = Dmc: Devil May Cry (Part 5)
This Hussbek online with another chapter, I'll be pausing on the update of this fic for a while but I'll take a detour on the Adventures of the Equestrian Ninja before I put a full drive on the Pokeninja: Adventures of the Maelstrom Pokémon. I hope that you enjoy this chapter for now as I have a lot of catching up to do for those that are expecting an update on the Pokémon/Naruto crossover. Read and review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana
Signing out.
