"Talking"
"Thoughts"
"SCREAMING/YELLING/SHOUTING"
"Jutsu"
"Tailed Beast talking"
"Tailed Beast Thinking"
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[Flashback]
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Chapter 22: Meeting Tsunade pt 1/ 'B' stands for Problematic pt 1
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Three Days Later
October 5
13:56
|Tanzaku Town|
The two individuals entered a bar, the younger one among them sighed, "Jiraiya-sensei, is this where our target is?"
"Yep."
Naruto glared at his mentor, "That's what you said the last four times."
Jiraiya ignored him and glanced around, "Look." Naruto looked in said direction and spotted two ladies sitting in a booth, one of them perfectly matching the description of Tsunade.
Nodding to his apprentice, Jiraiya walked over and slid into a vacated seat with Naruto doing the same. "Tsunade-hime," The White haired sage said in a cheeky tone, "How are we today?" Naruto watched as Tsunade scowled then took a long drink from her sake bottle, completely ignoring them.
"We're doing well, Jiraiya-sama." Shizune answered after seeing that her Mistress wouldn't.
Jiraiya faced the raven haired with a much bigger smile, "Ah Shizune-chan, you sure have grown quite beautiful from the last time I saw you."
The girl's cheeks reddened a bit, "While thank you, Jiraiya-sama." The blush faded as she took notice of his companion, "Who's he?"
"This-"
"Is probably some brat from a girl he knocked up," Tsunade interrupted then banged her bottle on the table, glaring at her ex-teammate while doing so. "What do you want… pervert?"
Shizune noticed that Jiraiya's smile morphed in a frown and Naruto was now glaring at her Mistress.
"Actually he's my apprentice Naruto Uzumaki…" Ignoring the slight gasp that escaped her when he mentioned 'Uzumaki' Jiraiya continued, "And we're here to take you back to the leaf."
The Slug Sannin narrowed her eyes, "I'm not interested in becoming the 5th Hokage."
"No one said anything about you becoming Hokage." Jiraiya replied, "Sarutobi-sensei just want you back in the village so he can appoint you as the new head of Konoha's Medical Department, the standards of our medics seems to have fallen and-"
"I decline!" The granddaughter of the 1st Hokage cut him short.
Now Jiraiya was shocked, it was always Tsunade's dream of revolutionizing Konoha's medical system and now that she's being given the opportunity she declines it. "You're kidding right?"
"Of course I'm," The sarcasm was easily detected, "I'm definitely going to step foot in a village that has caused me nothing but pleasure and take that gifted hat." She took another swing of her sake.
"Jiraiya-sensei," Naruto began, "Please tell me that this old miserable hag isn't our target?"
The entire bar could easily be mistaken for a graveyard as a large amount of KI flooded its atmosphere, Shizune, Tonton and Jiraiya paled several sheets whiter with the latter wondering if his godson had a death wish.
Tsunade slowly stood and directed a death glare at the Uzumaki, "What did you call me?" The question was whispered but they all heard it.
Naruto stood up and returned the glare, "You're an old miserable hag who just can't move on with her life." Yes, Jiraiya did tell him about Nawaki and Dan.
"Wanna take this outside, brat!"
"Sorry Grandma! But I'm not suicidal enough to accept that challenge." With that said the Uzumaki stood up and left the booth then the bar for the fields probably to train.
Jiraiya and Shizune watched him go while Tsunade went back to her drinking.
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Same time
|Soba, Northern Fire Country|
Hidden within treetops were 8 (and half) leaf shinobi who were busy overlooking the town. Over the last month the small and seemingly peaceful town of Soba had recorded a series of kidnappings occurring in even in broad daylight. The situation had gotten so out of hand that the local authorities had requested for help through a B-rank mission.
Hiruzen had sent out Teams 7 and 8 with the orders to investigate these kidnappings and if possible rescue the captives then deal with their captors accordingly.
Areku, who was acting as Team 7's Jonin-sensei until Kakashi recovered, glanced at Hinata who observing the town with her Byakugan, "So anything strange?" He inquired.
The Hyuga nodded negatively, "Not really, but the streets have very few market activity for a town this big."
"They're probably afraid of being the next target." Atsushi added.
Kurenai nodded silently, 'That and the fact that the targets are totally random,' She thought, recalling how the Hokage pointed out that Men, women, merchants, children and even beggars were reportedly missing.
"Sasuke, Atsushi, Hinata, you three together with Team 8 will split up into groups of two each and wander around the town. Find out as much as you can from the populace but don't attract unwanted attention to yourselves, got it?" The six nodded and Areku continued, "Kurenai and I will question the mayor and local authorities on what they know, the eight of us will regroup at the town's square in exactly three hours."
Kurenai then called out the groups and their designated search region, "Sasuke and Kiba will head north, Hinata and Shino take west then Atsushi and Sakura will have the east. Disguised clones of Areku and I will check the south while we're discussing with the authorities." Each individual found their partner and were ready to head down when Sakura presented an important question.
"Kuranai-sensei, won't the masses being more willing to converse with us if they don't realize that we're ninja."
Said Jonin smiled at her student's ingenuity, "Good point Sakura, all of you take off anything that will associate you with being a ninja."
Kiba, Shino, Sakura and Hinata took off their headbands, Sasuke and Atsushi had to replace their shirts with plain ones since their clan symbols were imprinted on them. Akamaru even rolled in the dirt changing his fur color from white to brown.
Once Kurenai had sealed all the ninja clothing in a storage scroll, she and Areku analyzed their students' appearances in order to make sure that they could pass off as ordinary civilian kids.
"Wait a minute, Hinata's eyes." Areku pointed out, "Some civilians may recognize her Byakugan."
"Usually I would have suggested disguising them with a Genjutsu," The female Jonin said then proceeded to frown, "But if they have a ninja among their ranks, he or she may be able to detect it."
"I have a solution," Shino reached into his coat and produced a pair of black glasses which he handed to the Hyuga.
Hinata accepted them and thanked the stoic boy, "Thanks Shino-san," She wore them and the rest were satisfied that her eyes were no longer visible.
"Now that's settled, let's head out."
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(With Naruto)
15:48
Our favorite Uzumaki was seated leaning against a tree while observing about 20 of his shadow clones who were still attempting to do the last phrase of the Rasengan (Single-handedly I might add) with varying degrees of success.
"You surprised me when you declined that hag's challenge kit." The familiar voice of Kurama spoke up.
"It took everything I had not to accept," Naruto replied then sighed, "And I don't feel like having my ass kicked by all the Sannin.
Kurama stifled a chuckled as he recalled the spar Jiraiya and Naruto had two days ago, the Toad Sage's taijutsu was a bit strange but highly effective. His container couldn't even lay a finger on the perverted elder.
"Hey Kurama?"
"Hmm."
"It's been a long since you showed a new jutsu." The blonde pointed out.
"…Are you sure you're not a Kishida in disguise?"
Naruto became confused, "What does being a Kishida have to do with learning new jutsu."
The centuries' old biju spoke in a lecturing tone, "Because members of the Kishida clan such as your friend Atsushi, are widely known for being Ninjutsu specialists, and they are so obsessed with the art that they seemingly ignore others."
"Well isn't not like you can't blame them for it," The Uzumaki shrugged, "If I have the ability to manipulate all 5 basic chakra natures then I also will be obsessed with learning ninjutsu techniques too."
The biju sighed weakly, "What I'm trying to say is that you should focus on not only ninjutsu but other arts as well, like Taijutsu and Fuinjutsu for instance."
The Uzumaki thought about it for a bit, "Well my Legion Style Taijutsu [1] does need some refining and I could probably ask Jiraiya-sensei for some books on Fuinjutsu."
"Good, you do that while I take a nap."
"…Isn't this you're third nap today?"
"Yep."
"Lazy fox." Naruto muttered then joined his shadow clones while pretending to ignore the raven-haired female who was hidden among the trees watching him train.
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|Bar|
After sending Shizune to watch after his apprentice, Jiraiya ordered some drinks then drank them alongside Tsunade. The two drank together in silent for about 20 minutes or more, a word not being said among them. The Slug Princess was actually surprised at her teammate's silence because usually he would have been complimenting her on her assets like he always did.
'Maybe he's no longer interested.' She idly thought then quickly dismissed the thought, 'Like hell that will happen.'
"Tsunade." The Sage suddenly called, giving her a serious expression.
"Yes," She answered, mentally noting that he excluded the '-hime' from her name.
"What deal did you have with Orochimaru?"
For a split second shock and surprise could be seen on the female's face before they instantly vanished, "I have no idea what you're talking about," She lied, "I haven't seen our bastard of a teammate in ages."
"Oh really," Jiraiya's right brow rose a bit, "Then why do I have reports of massive snake tearing down Tanzaku Castle, hmm?"
Tsunade just sipped her sake, pretending that she didn't hear the question.
Seeing that she wasn't going to answer, Jiraiya immediately knew that the deal will be bad news for Konoha and by extension Naruto.
"Fine, if you don't want to talk I won't push, but remember Orochimaru is an international criminal wanted in numerous countries," His tone suddenly turned dark, "And if I find out that you helped further his goals in any way or manner," The darkness in his voice tripled at this last bit, "I will kill you." He finished coldly.
With that he stood up and left leaving Tsunade with her conflicted emotions and thoughts.
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17:04
|Town's Square - Soba, Northern Fire Country|
The Square was mostly empty save for 4 individuals which later became 6 when two more joined them.
'Atsushi isn't usually late so what's holding him?' Areku thought with concern, Kurenai was also worried about her female student, 'I will give them 10 more minutes.'
"While we wait for the remaining two, let's share what we found out. Hinata and Shino you two go first." The Kishida ordered.
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19:37
|Unknown Location|
Atsushi groaned as he regained consciousness, his senses slowly returning back to him.
Once his sight had returned, he first inspected himself and was relieved that his captors hadn't stripped him of his clothes before inspecting his surroundings.
The Kishida discovered that his cell was poorly lit, the only light coming from the small barred window of the metallic door. He felt the floor and walls and concluded that they were made of stone.
'I could probably use an earth jutsu to escape but that might alert the guards, and I can't leave Sakura behind if she is here.' He thought, wondering how he will locate his comrade and escape.
"Ugh… What hit me?" A familiar voice groaned.
The green haired Chunin instantly recognized who that voice belonged to, "Sakura?"
"Atsushi," The rosette looked around but only saw darkness, "Where are we? And why is it dark?"
"Follow the sound of my voice," The Kishida voiced before answering her questions, "We're in a holding cell, underground I think."
"So we got captured," The Haruno said as she walked towards him.
"Yeah," Atsushi answered, remembering how a dozen spherical objects rained down on them after they had walked into an alleyway. "But your plan worked."
"A bit too well." Sakura mumbled as she stood beside him.
The male smiled, "Notice anything different about yourself?" The question earned a raised brow (If he could see it) from the girl.
"No, I feel about the same…" Sakura paused as she realized it, "I can still feel my chakra."
"That's why I said your plan worked," Atsushi pointed out, "Our captors thinking that we were just ordinary civilian teens-"
"Saw no reason to seal our chakra." She finished with a bit of excitement, "And by imprisoning us together, they are unknowingly giving us a greater chance of breaking out."
Atsushi nodded then walked over to the metal door, peeking through the small barred window he spotted a warden standing with his back facing the door.
"Okay Sakura, I got a plan." He whispered.
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|Unknown Location|
Outside of a cave stood two masked ninja in black outfits, they were on guard duty but after an hour of nothing meaningful happening soon became bored.
"Why did we sign up for this again?" One of them asked.
The other just shrugged, "I have no idea."
Shushu! Shushu!
Some disturbances in the bushes alerted their attention; the two quickly drew kunai and with caution move towards the area.
Imagine their surprise when a brown furred dog walked out of the foliage and barked at them.
"A dog?"
"Finally something I can kill!" The other said with glee as he tightened his grip on his kunai and approached the dog, "Hey doggy doggy I just want-"
Thud!
He whipped around and found the lifeless corpse of his partner, before things went dark for him.
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|Outside Holding Cell|
20:07
"Water," A voice moaned.
"…"
"Please some water,"
"…"
'I need some water,"
"…"
"Water!"
"…"
"WATER!"
"Shut up bitch!" The warden roared at the door.
"But I'm thirty," A raspy voice replied.
"Well too bad for you." The warden shot back, turning his back towards the door.
"…Water!"
"That's it!" He unlocked the door partly and glared at the pink haired captive, "If I heard one word-"
"But I want water!" Sakura whined, angering the warden who now fully stepped in.
"Why you-"
Chop!
Thud!
He fell down, revealing Atsushi who had snuck up behind him using 'Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu' and knocked him unconscious with a swift chop to the neck.
"Well that was easy," Atsushi said quietly so that only Sakura could hear it.
"Hey! Is everything okay back there?" A feminine voice asked, before sounds of footsteps drew closer. Atsushi immediately henged into the fallen warden and walked out of the cell.
"Yeah, just teaching the brat here a lesson in manners." He answered closing the door behind.
The female warden walked towards him and gave him a long look, the Kishida began to sweat thinking that she had seen through his henge then…
"Just remember, we can't roughen them up too much." She finally said then turned around, seeing the opportunity Atsushi moved swiftly and…
Chop!
Thud!
She fell like a sack of potatoes, entering a dreamless sleep.
Sighing in relief, the Kishida dragged her into the cell and dispelled the disguise.
"That was close," His rosette comrade complimented earning a nod for him.
"Yeah."
The two stripped the wardens off their clothing and after fitting it to their sizes with a kunai which one of the warden had, wore it on so that they could easily blend in. Luckily the outfits included a head and face mask which helped conceal their appearances; sadly Sakura had to cut her hair to shoulder-length so that it could be concealed by the head mask.
Once the guards were tied up and gagged, the two checked out the other holding cells and found them to be filled with those who were kidnapped.
"We will have come back for them later," Sakura pointed out, Atsushi found himself agreeing with her.
"Yea, let's find the exit."
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|Unknown Base, Ground Floor|
20:20
After successful infiltrating the base, the remaining members of Team 7 and 8 were in an empty corridor keeping an eye out for any sign of an enemy nin while Sasuke was studying the map with his Sharingan.
"If this map is correct, there are three more floors directly below us with the last floor being the largest. On the east and west sides are staircases which run all the way to the bottom floor, the eastern one is sealed off so the western one is our only chance of option of getting down there." The Uchiha revealed, deactivating his dojutsu.
Areku thought it all over in his head, it was pretty obvious that leaving here together with all the captives while fighting an unknown number of enemy nin will be close to impossible.
"Hinata?"
"Yes, Areku-sensei?"
"Activate your Byakugan and take a look at the floors below us."
The Hyuga Heiress instantly activated her dojutsu and inspected the floors, "The first floor consists of the cafeteria, dormitory, lavatory and two storage rooms, the second floor…" The Hyuga suddenly froze up, a horrified expression on appearing on her face.
"Hinata?"
"…"
"Hinata-chan, what's wrong?" Kurenai asked with concern.
"They are experimenting on the captives." She whispered but was clearly heard as her age mates were immediately disturbed at the revelation while the elders wore grim expressions.
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|Unknown Base, 3rd Floor below Ground Level|
After leaving the holding cells, the two found a storage room and decided to grab some weapons. Once done they left the room and walked through the hallway ignoring any warden they saw then quickly ascended the stairs arriving at the floor above (2nd Floor), just as they were about to ascend the next set of stairs, one of doors leading to one of the numerous rooms swung open revealing a grey haired man who was wearing a slightly dirtied white lab coat.
The scientist spotted them and gave a slight smirk, "You two follow me," He commanded.
Two sets of green eyes glanced at each other, a silent conversation going on before…
"Yes sir." Sakura replied with a slight alternation to her voice.
The scientist who was now pleased lead them down the hallway and past several doors, Atsushi and Sakura cringed a lot at the grunts and moans of pain coming from those doors. Luckily they were behind the scientist so he didn't notice.
The three finally stopped at large metallic door which was being guarded by two other masked ninja wardens, after the scientist had flashed them his ID card and explained that the two behind were with him for the 'clean-up' duty, they were allowed inside and were greeted to a fairly large room filled with the stench of despair, death and rotting flesh.
"A couple days ago," The Scientist began, "It came to our notice that some subjects of our BA Project," He gestured to the barred cells where the unfortunate test subjects lay, "Had started to die off after failing to manifest their acquired bloodline within the required time range."
'Acquired bloodline?' The two disguised shinobi thought but remained silent, watching the scientist as he walked over to a table and grabbed a set of papers.
"You two will inspect each test subject for any signs of life," He handed them two document pads, "If finding none just check the checkbox beside the subject's name then move on to the next, got it?"
"Hai." They chorused.
"Good," He turned around and headed towards the door but just before he came in contact with the handle, Sakura tapped his shoulder then grabbed him as he fell.
Atsushi wondered whether she had killed him, but the snoring sounds dismissed the thought, "What was that?"
The rosette smiled a bit, "Genjutsu: Forced Sleep, it works effectively on civilians… and scientists." She replied then stared at the cells for a while, "Atsushi-"
"Let's check them out." The Kishida answered, already knowing what she wanted to ask.
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|1st Floor below Ground Level|
20:37
After taking out the guards posted at the staircase, Kurenai, Kiba and Akamaru had to stay back to prevent anyone from following the remaining four who had already descended the stairs. Upon arrival Hinata using her Byakugan did a consensus and revealed that they were 32 enemy nin on the floor with 21 of them sleeping in the dormitory with the rest were roaming the hallways, Areku ordered Shino to subtly drain the sleeping groups' chakra with his Parasitic Insects so that they will be virtually useless in combat.
As that was being done, the four snuck into a storage room and quickly changed into guard uniforms then roamed across the halls and corridors of the floor, silently taking out the unsuspecting 11 remaining ninja wardens. Once the last ninja was down, the four entered the dormitory full of sleeping and chakraless individuals and dealt with them too.
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|2nd Floor, Holding Cells|
Atsushi looked into another cell and in the corner was a middle aged man who had half of body covered in…
'Crystals,' He though then flipped through the papers in his hand until he found the corresponding one.
Subject 47-U
Sex: Male
Appearance: Brown hair with matching eyes
Age: 48
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Blood type: AB
Acquired Bloodline: Shoton (Crystal Release), Stability: 41%
Possibility of future host body: Unlikely
Taking another look at the man made the Kishida realize that he was long gone from this world, his eyes were rolled back, his mouth hung open with drool pouring out and his facial expression was one of intense agony.
"Just like the last four," Atsushi muttered and began praying for the man's soul. Out of the six cells he had checked two still had living occupants but said occupants were either deranged or unresponsive to the outer world.
"Atsushi," Sakura called, "You have to see this?"
Atsushi gave Subject 47-U a last glance then walked over to his comrade, "See what?" Sakura gave a head gesture towards one of the cells, the Kishida walked towards the cell and looked into it. What he saw made his eyes widened, "No way."
"That's the guy you fought during the preliminaries, right?" Sakura asked.
Atsushi gave a slight nod, "Yeah… what bloodline was he given?"
The rosette flipped through the papers until she found it, "Lava Release, Stability: 13%" She answered, before asking a question that was on her mind, "How did Orochimaru get all these bloodline samples?"
The green haired wasn't surprised that Sakura had deduced the mastermind behind these experiments, "I don't know," He answered backing away from the partially melted corpse of Zaku Abumi, "Lava Release is the most distributed bloodline in the entire continent so it shouldn't be hard to find someone who has it but," He glanced back at Subject 47-U's cell, "Crystal Release is extremely rare and its origins are unknown."
Sakura nodded then stared back at Zaku, "I can't believe Orochimaru would experiment on one of his Genins."
'One of his Genins.'
Eyes widening slightly, Atsushi rushed towards the other cells and began checking them. Sakura was confused at the strange behavior, "Atsushi?" She called but the Kishida ignored her.
Just as she was about to call him again he stopped in front of a cell and stared into it, "Hello Kin."
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Once the 1st floor was secured, Hinata surveyed the 2nd floor with her dojutsu, "4 Scientists, 16 wardens, 18 Prisoners and… 22 test subjects." She revealed, turning a little green towards the end.
Areku frowned a bit, not wanting to expose his subordinates to the horrors which awaited them below but they needed to experience this or they will never be truly ready for the Shinobi World.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu." A doppelganger of himself appeared beside him, "Tell Kurenai, Kiba and Akamaru to join us then block the entrance with a steady Earth Wall." The Shadow Clone nodded then took off.
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|2nd Floor, Holding Cells|
The female and only surviving member of Team Dosu glared at the two 'Wardens' standing in front of her cell, "What do you bastards want now?" She spat.
Sakura stared at the girl with wide eyes, 'Apart from the disorganized hair and tarred clothing she seems absolutely normal.' She quickly consulted the papers and found out why.
Subject 83-K
Sex: Female
Appearance: very long black hair, black pupil-less eyes
Age: 15
Height: 161 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Blood type: O
Acquired Bloodline: Ranton (Storm Release), Stability: 63%
Possibility of future host body: Likely
'Stability is 63%! Is that the reason why she didn't suffer any side effects?' The rosette mused, recalling how the other cellmates all had stabilities below 50%.
A gasp from Kin interrupted her musing, "Y-you're the Kishida on Sasuke's team… Atsushi right?" She pointed at the Kishida who had already removed his head and face masks.
"Why did you reveal your identity?" Sakura asked with a reprimanding tone.
"So that she wouldn't mistake us for the wardens," Atsushi shot back, silencing the civilian born ninja, "Take off yours."
She hesitated for a minute but did as she was told, upon sighting pink hair and emerald green eyes Kin couldn't stop the name from leaving her lips, "Sakura Haruno."
"How do you know my name?"
"From the preliminaries…" Kin then looked down, "and Orochimaru-sama had us memorize all the rookie teams' names…" Her gaze went even lower, "And their abilities." She muttered.
The two Leaf Shinobi went silent at this revelation until Sakura noted something.
"You're still calling him 'Sama' after this?!" The rosette inquired, quite surprised.
The Senbon user chuckled weakly, "Force of habit, I guess."
"How did you end up here?" Atsushi asked.
The girl's gaze went back to them, "I honestly don't know," She answered, "I remember going to bed back at the Inn in Konoha then the next thing I woke up stark naked floating in those giant tubes about to be genetically manipulated."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be," The raven haired replied, dismissing the rosette's apology, "It not like you had a hand in this anyway." She finished before noticing that a certain Kishida Chunin was tinkering with her cell's lock.
CLICK!
"There we go," The Kishida said as the barred doors moved aside, "You're free to go." Kin just stared at the two but made no effort to leave or even stand up. "Umm… Why aren't you standing up?"
"Because of this," She reached for collar of her shirt and pulled it sideways, exposing the seal on her neck, "If I leave this confinement with this still on, an alarm will go off and every warden in this base will be upon us in seconds."
Atsushi took a closer look, "Is that-"
"A cursed seal? Yes," She interrupted, "But unlike the others the Cursed Seal of Pain is used to control prisoners by administering… well pain."
With a frown Atsushi moved to close the cell, "I guess we will have to come back later when we have reinforcements." As he gripped the door an alarm suddenly went off.
Sakura and Kin both gained frightful expression as a distress message was broadcasted.
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20:41
|Ground Floor, Descending Staircase|
"ATTENTION ALL WARDENS, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER ATTACK! I REPEAT WE ARE- Urgg!" The sounds of choking disrupted the remaining message.
'Seems like Areku's group have been spotted,' Kurenai thought as she, Kiba and Akamaru sped down the staircase, "The 1st floor is already clear, but keep an eye out for any surprises." Kiba and Akamaru nodded/barked in reply.
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|2nd Floor|
After killing the warden who had blown their cover, Areku and his subordinates ripped off their head masks and stood back to back, Hinata and Sasuke to Areku and Shino's backs and vice versa.
"Fight to kill not to incapacitate because they will doing the same." Areku ordered as the sound of incoming footsteps echoed closer.
The three hesitantly nodded and readied themselves.
"There they are!"
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke spat a giant fireball at the Warden who had revealed their location, said warden cried out as he was burned alive along with some parts of the hallway by the massive fireball.
"Water Style: Wild Water Wave!" Two voices announced before spewing jets of water at the Kishida and Aburame duo.
"Earth Style: Concrete Wall!" Areku stomped the floor causing a slab of concrete to rise up and block the attack. "Concrete Missiles!" He then punched the wall, prompting it to breakup into several shards which were launched towards the water users.
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|Holding Cells|
20:41
All three heaved sighs of relief after realizing that their cover wasn't blown yet, "The others must have invaded the base." Sakura deduced then stared at Kin, "I guess we don't have worry about coming back for you now."
Said girl was already out of her cell, "Yes but I won't be of much help in a fight." Kin revealed, confusing the two, "The Cursed Seal also sealed my chakra so-"
"Until it is taken off, you struck with kunai and shuriken." Atsushi finished with a frown, he grabbed the weapon pouch he had collected from the storage room and tossed it to her, "There."
"Thanks," The Senbon User said as she strapped on the pouch, "We need to regroup with your team." She added as the noise of battle grew louder.
Sakura and Atsushi both nodded, "Agreed, but we need to get pass the wardens stationed at the door because they still there." The former pointed out.
"They must have ordered not to leave their stations." Atsushi deduced.
"Just open the door, I will take care of the rest." Kin spoke up, that earned her disbelieving looks from the two who wondered how she will be able to do it, "Just trust me okay?" She pleaded.
Atsushi gave a nod then headed toward the metallic door with Sakura following, the two gripped the door handles and stared at each other then Kin, the girl grabbed some senbons from her pouch and gave a nod telling them that she is ready.
The door was forcibly swung open alerting the two wardens, "Professor is something-"
SLICK! SLICK!
A couple of senbons to their necks rendered them unconscious; Atsushi and Sakura were surprised at her aim, 'Wow… she's almost as good as Haku.' The former thought.
"Well what do you think?" Kin asked with a slight smirk, placing one hand on her hip, "Pretty good right?"
"More like amazing," The Kishida breathed, glancing back at unconscious wardens and missing the slight blush which appeared on Kin's cheeks.
"Well that's good but should we be regrouping with the others." Sakura indicated, snapping the two out of their dazes.
"Right, let's go." Atsushi said before the three left heading towards the sounds of conflict.
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A/N: Sorry for the delay but I did say that updates will be slow.
I had to incorporate the Tsunade Retrieval Arc with my OC 'B-rank Problematic' Arc, I hope no one is displeased with this decision.
[1] – Incorporating the use of Shadow Clones in his taijutsu.
Anyway thank you all for making this fic surpass the 200th alerts milestone. Now below are the Stats and Jutsu list of all members of the Konoha 13, the list isn't complete since it will be lacking some future jutsus and techniques.
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Teams' Stats and Jutsu Collection as of now
Ratings out of 10
0 – Non-existent
1 – Bad
2 – Very Poor
3 – Poor
4 – Moderate
5 – Good
6 – Very Good
7 – Nice
8 – Very Nice
9 – Great
10 – Excellent
Team 7
Hinata
Ninjutsu: 4
Taijutsu: 7
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 5
Stamina: 5
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 39
Jutsu
Jyuken: Eight Trigrams: 32 Palms, 64 Palms, Vacuum Palm, Fuzen Kaiten, Rotation, Protective 8 Trigrams 64 Palms, Palm Bottom, Chakra Bomb.
Water Style: Water Bullets, Gunshot, Water Needle.
Others: Shuriken Shadow Cone Jutsu.
Sasuke
Ninjutsu: 6
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 4
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 6
Stamina: 5
Hand Seals: 5
Total: 42
Jutsu
Fire Style: Fireball, Great Fireball, Grand Incineration, Dragon Flame, Flamethrower, Phoenix Flower, Phoenix Flower Nail Crimson.
Moeruken: Explosive Shot, Body Flare Armor.
Lightning Style: Electromagnetic Murder, Lightning Ball.
Others: Chidori, Lions Barrage, Peregrine Falcon Drop.
Naruto
Ninjutsu: 6
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 2
Strength: 6
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 6
Stamina: 8
Hand Seals: 5
Total: 43
Jutsu
Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullets, Gale Palm, Wind Wall, Cyclonic Thrust, Lion's Roar, Great Breakthrough.
Water Style: Water Bullets, Gunshot, Water Torrent, Severing Torrent.
Fire Style: Fox Fire Missile, Fox Fire Flame Bombs.
Others: Shadow Clone, Multi Shadow Clone, Sexy Jutsu, Harem Jutsu, Naruto Uzumaki Barrage, Naruto Uzumaki 2k Barrage, Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, Summoning Jutsu, Rasengan.
Vermillion Art: Chakra Bomb, Chakra Beam Blast, Rasengan.
Atsushi
Ninjutsu: 7
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 0
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 6
Stamina: 6
Hand Seals: 6
Total: 40
Jutsu
Lightning Style: Thunderclap, Laser Gun, Laser Gun Barrage, Electro-magnetic Murder, Thunder Strike, Lightning Lance, Thunderbolt Flash.
Water Style: Water Bullets, Gunshot, Water Whip, Water Fang Bombs, Wild Water Wave.
Earth Style: Mud Wall, Earth Dome, Earth Flow Spears, Headhunter.
Others: Rakurai, Raiken, Shadow Clone Jutsu, Kunai Shadow Clone Jutsu, Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu.
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Team 8
Sakura
Ninjutsu: 4
Taijutsu: 4
Genjutsu: 6
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 7
Speed: 4
Stamina: 4
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 38
Jutsu
Earth Style: Mud Wall, Earth Stalagmite, Earth Flow Spears, Earth Dome.
Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique, Tree Binding Technique, Flower Haze, Might Sakura, Cherry Blossom Blizzard, False Surroundings, Motion Sickness.
Others: Shuriken Clone Jutsu, Kunai Clone Jutsu.
Kiba
Ninjutsu: 4
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 4
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 4
Speed: 6
Stamina: 6
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 38
Jutsu
Man-Beast Transformation Combo: Two-Headed Wolf, Wolf fang over fang, Beast Mimicry.
Others: Tunneling Fang, Fang over fang, Man-Beast Clone, Dynamic Marking.
Shino
Ninjutsu: 5
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 4
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 4
Stamina: 5
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 37
Jutsu
Parastic Insects: Spear, Insect Cloud, Chakra Drain, Insect Clone, Insect Pillar, Insect Paralysis, Pupa.
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Team 9
Tenten
Ninjutsu: 4
Taijutsu: 5.5
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 5.5
Stamina: 6
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 39
Jutsu
Ninja Tool Summoning: Blasting Sphere, Sacred Shuriken Dance, and Blade of A Thousand Strikes.
Weapon Control: Twin Rising Dragons, Meteor, Rain of Steel.
Others: Dynamic Entry.
Neji
Ninjutsu: 3
Taijutsu: 8
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 6
Stamina: 6
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 41
Jutsu
Jyuken: Eight Trigrams: 32 Palms, 64 Palms, Vacuum Palm, Rotation.
Lee
Ninjutsu: 2
Taijutsu: 8
Genjutsu: 0
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 4
Speed: 8
Stamina: 7
Hand Seals: 3
Total: 40
Jutsu
Gates: Primary Lotus, Hidden Lotus.
Others: Leaf Whirlwind, Leaf Hurricane, Dynamic Entry, Leaf Rising Wind.
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Team 10
Ino
Ninjutsu: 4
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 4
Stamina: 4
Hand Seals: 4
Total: 33
Jutsu
Others: Mind Transfer, Mind Reading, Chakra Hair Trap Jutsu.
Shikamaru
Ninjutsu: 5
Taijutsu: 4
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 4
Stamina: 5
Hand Seals: 5
Total: 38
Jutsu
Others: Shadow Possession Jutsu, Shadow Possession Paper Bomb, Shadow Strangle Jutsu, Shadow Guardian Jutsu, Explosive Style Shadow Conceal.
Choji
Ninjutsu: 5
Taijutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 3
Strength: 6
Intelligence: 4
Speed: 3
Stamina: 5
Hand Seals: 5
Total: 36
Jutsu
Others: Partial Expansion Jutsu, Expansion Jutsu, Super Expansion Jutsu, Human Boulder, Spiky Human Boulder.
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