Chapter 2: Fire and Wind Knights
Naruto and Tajima are looking for a shop to purchase practice weapons and targets. Naruto is thankful for Gato stealing the equipment of each missing nin that he kills. Purchasing the items they leave the Hotel. He however detects someone of the opposite sex following him. 'Hmm she is good. I only sensed her when the wind blew her dress slightly.' thought Naruto as he and Tajima walk towards the Hotel they were paying for. Reaching the Hotel Naruto turns around and says "You can come on out I can sense you" Soon the girl steps out to show herself. She appears to have teal eyes and sandy blonde hair done in four consecutive ponytails. She is wearing a dress that hugs her curves and form. From what Naruto can tell about her she has a beauty that is matched by a hidden ferocity of wind.
"So a nomad is able to sense me. I'm impressed. So do you have a name" asked the girl in question.
"My Naruto Uzumaki, this is my adoptive brother Tajima Ryushin. May I get your Dessert, Rose" asked Naruto as he looked at the girl in front of him who smiles at him.
"My name is Temari Sabaku, daughter of the fourth Kazekage." said Temari as Naruto looks in awe at meeting the daughter of the Kazekage. "I must say you are quiet for a beautiful and fierce kunoichi." said Naruto as Temari blushes and giggles at the compliment.
"My such a charmer you are Naruto" said Temari as she looks at Tajima who smiles at her. Temari smiles back with a Kawaii smile as she sees how cute Tajima is.
"So what brings you to Suna" asked Temari as she was looking at the blonde in question. "Well I was going to help my brother with his combat skills. While he is a natural fighter he has some work to be done in his technique and form. This may take a couple of months" explained Naruto as Tajima nods in confirmation and blushes at the gaze Temari is giving him.
"Mind if I join you after all I would like to see how nomads fight" asked Temari as she wants to understand the blonde's combat skills.
"Sure" said Naruto as they move towards a private training field owned by Temari's family. Their Naruto showed Tajima skills in the area of grappling.
Temari is confused by the prospect of training in grappling as while she is capable in Taijutsu and most of her training was focused in her wind jutsus. Not hand to hand combat in the way she is witnessed as Naruto demonstrating throws and takedowns associated with judo but what catches Temari off guard is the tactics used as Naruto demonstrates techniques that would be seen in street fighting such as headbutts, groin hits, eye gouging. This went on for several months as Temari also joined the practice seeing as her own taijutsu was rusty as she wanted to learn something from the dirty wrestling Naruto was teaching Tajima. This lasted for 2 months as Naruto went on to show several slams and throws for Temari to understand.
The next several months Temari had also learned of Tajima's prosthetic arm.
During said time both had learned a keen lesson on accuracy and marksmanship. A lesson Temari takes to heart with her jutsus and kunai. Tajima learned how to handle other weapons such as swords, daggers, axes, clubs, and staffs. Temari found a great benefit from this too.
Naruto had educated Tajima on defensive combat and counter offensive combat.
Temari then witness Naruto practice striking arts with Tajima. Tajima for his part was drilled thoroughly in the arts of boxing, taekwondo, savate and kickboxing. Joining in she learned the value of proper footwork in more than defensive movement.
At the moment Temari and Tajima had just finished learning the basics in combative arts of Defendu, Kenpo, Krav Maga and Tang Soo Do. What surprised them both is that Naruto had used only street fighting techniques.
"Excellent you two have come along incredibly well. But don't just rely on formal combat to face your enemy." said Naruto as Temari and Tajima both nod in understanding.
"Tajima, your last lesson will be your experience in battle, so remember your training well" said Naruto as Tajima nods in understanding.
"Well Naruto kun you are a superb combatant I have never seen or heard of these fighting forms before. While I only trained in Taijutsu these fighting forms are something else entirely." said Temari as Naruto smiles as he heard the kun suffix in her sentence.
"Oh Temari I didn't know you see me that way" said Naruto as Temari blushes at the statement.
"Well before you leave, would you like to have dinner with me and my family?" asked Temari as she wants to learn the history of the two in front of them.
"Yeah sure we'll be there right, Tajima" said Naruto as Tajima smiles at the prospect.
"Yeah I wonder what it's like to have dinner at someone's home, especially a kage's home" said Tajima as he lights up at the prospect as Temari smiles at him.
In Konoha
The representatives from all ninja villages are traveling to Konoha for the Chunin exams, an international promotion of Genin to Chunin across the elementals. One such representative is Baki of Suna who is walking back after signing up his village for the Chunin Exams for this year.
'Hopefully we can show the strength of our village before we launch Operation Leaf Blower' thought Baki as he moves through the trees back towards Suna.
Back with Tajima and Naruto
Naruto and Tajima are getting ready for dinner in Temari's home. " Why do we have to dress up I thought we were just seeing a friend, Naruto?" asked Tajima as he looks at Naruto in question.
"Yes we are Tajima but you have to remember Temari's brothers and father don't know us so we have to look our best in front of them" lectured Naruto as Tajima begins to understand.
"Okay lets go let's not keep them waiting and behavior yourself Tajima" said Naruto as he and Tajima walk towards the Kazekage's home.
On their way Naruto hears talks about them going towards the demon's home and they are being sacrificed to the Kazekage's home.
Walking up to the home's gate he buzzes the buzzer. "Who are you" said a voice as Naruto responded. "Naruto Uzumaki and Tajima Ryushin we have a dinner engagement with Temari and her family" as soon the gates open as Naruto and Tajima walks inside to see a beautiful zen garden along the pathway to the house. Naruto and Tajima walks towards the manor door as they are met by a boy or girl who seems to be wearing a cat outfit with red makeup.
'Boy this guy could make Nuke look like a sane person' thought Naruto as Steve had shown images of several villains he had fought in the past one of which is the psychotic super soldier Nuke.
"Ah you must be Naruto my name is Kankuro Sabaku, younger brother of Temari" introduced Kankuro as Naruto shakes his hand feeling cuts from through his gloves. "Nice hand shake. Funny you seem like a costume-esque person but from your cuts on your hands they seemed caused by something blunt not sharp." said Naruto as he looks at the cat clothed boy in question.
"Well that was due to me working on my puppets see I am a ninja puppeteer. A Ninja who specializes in the use of combat puppets." explained Kankuro as Naruto is surprised by the boy in front of him as they walk through the house.
Coming to the dining room Naruto sees a boy with red hair and teal eyes with tanuki like marks around his eyes with a large gourd around his back. He has a tattoo that is the Kanji for love. Looking up, the boy stares at Naruto and Tajima.
"Kankuro, who are these two?" asked the teen as he locks eyes with Naruto sensing no fear from him at all.
"These two are who Temari has been talking about Gaara. The two Nomadic brothers she has been training with" said Kankuro as the now revealed Gaara is looking at the two in question.
"My apologies I am Gaara, nice to meet you" said Gaara as he looks at Naruto and shakes his hand using the sand from the gourd.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Hopefully the night will be pleasant." said Naruto as he smiles at the two. Gaara for his part doesn't know how to explain it but he feels something of a positive nature from the blonde.
"Ah so you must be the boy Temari has been talking about" said a man who is wearing the robes fitting of a kage as he walks into the room alongside Temari as Naruto is in awe at Temari wearing a beautiful single slip dress to meet Naruto and Tajima. Her hair was let down from her pony tails.
"Hello Naruto, how are you this evening?" asked Temari as she looks at Naruto and blushes at his appearance in a well mannered Grey Kimono. She also has a kawaii moment when Tajima has on a similarly colored Kimono.
"Well let's eat. So tell me about yourself Uzumaki dono" asked the 4th Kazekage as he looks at Naruto in question
"Well nothing much my father and mother were two very complicated people before they died. They left me a message on how I should live and such. I was given a purpose to be something in my life that would transcend a ninja in many ways" answered cryptically. Naruto as everyone except Tajima looks at him in question.
"Well tell us what purpose do you seek that transcends a ninja" asked The 4th Kazekage as he looks at Naruto with a question.
"A Symbolic Dream"answered Naruto as the Sabaku family looks at Naruto in question. Wondering what he meant.
Dinner went on wonderfully and with interest as Gaara looks at Naruto with curiosity as inside of Gaara's mind the tailed beast known to a few as Shukaku is sensing something of interest in Naruto in the one thing he has never felt before hope as the Tanuki senses a great power that could change the world for it had sensed remembrance of what it was like in his youth.
Temari had interested Naruto in wind jutsus, something Naruto was familiar with but knew only a few jutsus related to wind.
"Hey Naruto, I was meaning to ask, have you ever heard of the Crimson Fox" asked Kankuro as he looks at Naruto who peaks up at the name.
"No, I never heard of him," said Naruto as he looks at the puppet user.
"Well I had heard the rumors of a ninja with the theme of a red fox. He helped liberated Wave and killed Gato in hand to hand combat with help from a young boy who had a masterfully made prosthetic limb." said Kankuro as he looks at the blonde in question.
'Funny Tajima has a prosthetic limb but that's just a coincidence afterall. But then again it couldn't be' thought Temari as she looks at Naruto and Tajima in question.
After finishing Dinner the adopted brothers had left the home of the Kazekage after thanking them for their hospitality. Walking out of the manor. Many people are in awe that Naruto and Tajima are alive strangely.
'Hmm something isn't right about the 4th Kazekage, his hands felt almost scaly. But this could be how he manipulated sand.' thought Naruto as he then thinks back at something. Remembering Gaara had his sand gourd with him where as the 4th Kazekage didn't, some would think he was the safest man in the village but Naruto knowing who the Kazekage's history of being a sand user like Gaara.
'That wasn't the real Kazekage.' thought Naruto as they returned to the Hotel.
"Tajima I need you to stay here while I investigate around the village." said Naruto as he looks at his adoptive brother in question.
"Why do you need me to stay here" said Tajima curious of his older adoptive brother.
"I have a hunch that the Kazekage isn't who he says he is. But I need to find proof to confirm this" said Naruto as he gets on his crimson fox suit and goes into the night. In search of any evidence to confirm this.
Tajima does as he is told and looks over his arm to better understand it more on it's capabilities and weapons.
With Naruto
Naruto is moving through the shadows of the night remaining undetected by the sensor nin in the village. Naruto slips through the rooftops with his incredible acrobatics skills.
'Suna at night is incredible with it's markets and it's crafts while I could learn a thing or two. Hopefully I can get to the bottom of this imposter and find out who he is' thought Naruto as he swings from a pole up to the Kazekage's home's wall.
'Thankfully Steve gave my costume an adaptive camouflage feature to my gear and armor.' thought Naruto as he looks at the Kazekage walking to an unknown destination. Naruto moves close stalking the Kazekage from the shadows. To an old area of the village. Naruto senses around to see guards who are also camouflage by the environment itself. Naruto trains his sights on the Kazekage and he climbs the building evading the sentries of the area as he requires the Kazekage entering a room. Using a listening device built into his helmet he listens to on him.
"So Kabuto is everything ready" asked the Kazekage as he takes off his disguise revealing himself to be the rogue Sannin Orochimaru.
"Yes Orochimaru sama our village is signed up, we shall be able to gain a footing inside of Konoha without them knowing what hit them. With our forces in Oto"said Kabuto as Orochimaru smirks.
"Excellent now with that I can finally get my revenge on Hiruzen Sarutobi for his insult." said Orochimaru as he smirks at the prospect.
"Yes sir. But I am curious what we should do about this Crimson Fox our spies have been hearing about" asked Kabuto as he was curious about what to do about him.
"We'll worry about him later. Right now we need to help our unknowing partners get into place." said Orochimaru as he gets back on his mask and goes back to the Kazekage office. But not before trying to find a spy who was listening in.
"Hmm probably nothing but my imagination" said Orochimaru as he goes towards the office to make see Suna as a pawn to his planned attack.
'So that's your game Orochimaru to use Suna to attack Konoha along with your forces to try and destabilize both Konoha and it's ally after you destroy the leaf. I can't let this happen.' thought Naruto as he goes back to Tajima.
With Tajima
Tajima is practicing his Katas and maneuvers with his sword striking with purpose and strength as he performs a spinning heel kick. Before he can continue Naruto enters to room through the window.
"Tajima we have a problem" said Naruto as Tajima looks at him with worry.
"What is Naruto nee" asked Tajima as he Naruto takes off his mask.
"It's worst than I thought Orochimaru is masquerading as the 4th Kazekage to attack Konoha with Suna's unsuspecting help and another player. The village known as Oto." said Naruto as Tajima is shocked at the prospect.
"Naruto we have to alert Suna of this. They very well will be tricked into doing something that will trigger a war." said Tajima as he looks at Naruto with worry. Naruto nods as he thinks hands something to Tajima.
"Well Tajima you got to train and you got the talent. But now it's time to get into the action. Tajima from this day forth you are going to be known as Rising Dragon. You will be working as both my partner and a fellow masked ninja. You will grow into a ninja in your own right" said Naruto as Tajima looks in awe as Tajima opens the box to see a winged dragon on his armor. Tajima tries on his armor.
Tajima steps out of the bathroom in an outfit that makes Naruto remember a martial artist Steve told him about.
Tajima's armor sports bracers for both his normal arm and his dehenged prosthesis arm. On his left arm he has a modified kenpo glove. He sports a peking mask that has markings of a dragon. His armor is similar to Naruto's, only more dragon-like.
"So how do I look Naruto Nee" asked Tajima as Naruto smirks at his adoptive brother's new attire.
"You look good Tajima or should I say Rising Dragon" said Naruto as he smirks at his adoptive brother.
"Okay I will go find evidence of Orochimaru's treachery so I need your help to find the evidence because If I know that snake Orochimaru wouldn't have kept him alive" said Naruto as Tajima nods as they go out into the desert during the night. Naruto uses his masks built in search for the true Kazekage using a sonar system installed into his mask.
Next day
Temari and her brothers had traveled towards Konoha for the Chunin exams the night before. Temari for her part was thinking of a certain blonde in question who seems to catch her eye. 'Who are you truly Naruto Uzumaki' thought Temari as she looks North towards Tundra Country.
As she turns back to travel with her brothers. In pursuit towards Konoha.
Back with Naruto and Tajima
Naruto and Tajima are search when Naruto found something. "Tajima I think I may have found the body but we need to be careful. I see scorpions under us" said Naruto as Tajima nods as they dig to see the scorpions feasting on the body of the Fourth Kazekage.
"Well Tajima we may nod be able to save the body but we can save the head of the Kazekage and his gourd." said Naruto as he moves to cut the Kazekage's head off and get the sand gourd to give to Suna guards.
"Okay let's move Tajima ,we need to let the home forces of Suna know of this treachery." said Naruto as Tajima nods. "Naruto let me do this. I will let them know that you had sent me to reveal their betrayal by Orochimaru. You should go to warn the group that is heading towards Konoha" suggested Tajima as Naruto nods in understanding.
"Okay but be careful these guys are dangerous and you're still inexperienced so watch your ass" said Naruto as he goes towards Konoha while Tajima goes towards Suna.
'Good luck Rising Dragon' thought Naruto as he is running through the snow at speeds surpassing the best cross country runner as he moves towards Konoha evading different giant scorpion nests.
Tajima for his part had make it to the gates of Suna; he throws the head and gourd and relies what has happened to the Suna nin's leader.
Back with Naruto
Naruto is traveling towards Konoha, slipping past the Leaf patrols through the border patrol's blindspot.
Naruto reaches Konoha's perimeter and gets inside using a blindspot inside of the village's walls. Naruto gets a disguise as he goes to find the Suna group. Naruto walks through the streets of his former home undetected.
'Konoha is still the same old place. A place where heroes are supposed to be revered yet scorn it's greatest hero's request.' thought Naruto as he looks around to see Temari and her brothers walking towards the Hokage Tower. Following behind while disguised Naruto senses something off about their instructor; he looks like Baki but isn't him at all. As Naruto senses something off about Baki that seems vile from when he had first met him.
'I better keep an eye on Baki' thought Naruto as he goes to find a hotel to stay at to plan his operations.
Back with Ryushin the Rising Dragon
Ryushin is doubling back towards Suna to let them know of the treachery when he soon spots a group of ninja. Before he moves close to them however Ryushin senses the men aren't from Suna.
'Oto Nins what are they doing here' thought Ryushin as he moves closer silently.
"Okay you boys know what to do if you see anyone near the unmarked grave of the 4th Kazekage kill them" said the Jonin Sensei as Ryushin slips away with the evidence of the Oto's treachery. 'I need to get back to Suna and fast' thought Ryushin as he moves through the desert. As he is moving one Oto nin sees Ryushin moving towards Suna. "We have a runner kill him" said the Oto Jonin as the ninja pursue Ryushin. Ryushin, running as fast as he can is struggling until he soon leaps down an incline in a cave system. Ryushin's metallic arm soon forms a board of sorts. Ryushin leaps into the air and rides on the board
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Ryushin is being chased by Oto nins who leaps down on the incline attacking using kunai and shuriken. Ryushin dodges each attack as he moves towards Suna. Ryushin leaps over a large gap. Suddenly Ryushin's arm deploys a multi cylinder automatic crossbow for him to fight back against the Oto nin in pursuit of him. Ryushin takes aim and fires at each Oto nin taking them many out.
Soon a group of Oto nins with body armor show up get out what appears to be impact bombs are thrown at Ryushin. Ryushin dodges as best as he can while also killing many of these elite Oto nins.
Ryushin, seeing no why to outrun them, looks around for options as he looks at a large stalagmite above them. Ryushin fires at the weak spots of the stalagmite causing it to crash down on the Oto nin's cutting them off from pursuit.
Song end.
Ryushin soon stops on leveled ground. 'Okay need to get to the top side to so I can tell them of the mistake.' thought Ryushin as concentrating his weapons are placed back inside of his arm with a surge of energy. 'Cool' thought Ryushin as he moves to find away out of the cave system.
Back with Naruto.
Naruto now in his Crimson Fox suit was leaping from rooftop to rooftop he soon sees Kabuto walking towards an unknown place inside of the village. Naruto follows from behind him unknowingly Kabuto senses him near.
Walking into a warehouse area Naruto follows behind. As he sees Kabuto turns the corner inside of a warehouse. Naruto, knowing this is a trap, plays along and follows.
Soon he is surrounded by Oto Ninja.
"Ah so the famed Crimson Fox, how good of you to drop by. I must say you took being dressed like a fox literally" said Kabuto as a man much bigger than Naruto restrains him as Kabuto moves forward.
"Before you die let's see who you really are," said Kabuto as he reaches for his mask. Upon making contact with his mask he soon finds one of the mask's security functions as he is suddenly feeling a large jolt of electricity. Naruto breaks the big man's hold and shoulder tosses him into Kabuto he backflips over a kick from one oto nin. Naruto begins to fight off the Oto nins using good old back alley brawling.
Naruto fights back hard but finds it difficult as he soon gets stabbed by a chakra scalpel in his leg hitting his femoral artery. Naruto back hands him away as he summersault kicks a man in front of him who aimed a punch at him. Naruto sees that the enemy group is greater in number, decides to disappear as he drops a smoke bomb.
When the smoke clears Naruto has disappeared leaving a pool of blood on the ground.
"Don't worry he won't get far, his femoral artery is slit he is losing alot of blood" said Kabuto reassuring the ninja around him as the night sky is peaceful with a gentle breeze.
With Naruto
Naruto manages to patch up his leg and stop the bleeding. 'Damn he is precise with that chakra scalpel.' thought Naruto as he pulls out a listening device to listen in on the conversion from the bug he had planted on Kabuto.
"Kabuto why so late what happened" said Orochimaru as Kabuto begins to tell who he had encountered.
Back with Ryushin.
Ryushin is moving through the cave system trying to find a way out as he is walking while an ethereal silhouette is sneaking around. Ryushin hears sounds of growling as soon the silhouette leaps down at Ryushin. Reveal it to be an ethereal wolf in front of him.
"Who are you human?" demanded the glowing wolf in question.
"I am called Rising Dragon. My true name is only for friends" said Ryushin as he looks at the wolf who approaches him and sits in front of him.
"I see you have a fighting spirit and strength, cub, I am Shin of the Spirit Wolves. So what is your purpose in being in this cave?" asked the curious Spirit Wolf in question.
"I was going towards Suna to help prevent an invasion manipulated by Orochimaru of the Sannin. By revealing his treachery to Suna who he has tricked into helping him." explained Tajima as he looks at the Spirit Wolf in question.
"Hmm Follow me for you would need guidance towards the surface of these tunnels" said Shin as he guides Tajima towards the surface.
Tajima moves through the cave system in an acrobatic manner as the spirit wolf looks back in amazement. 'Incredible, the boy is very well trained.' thought Shin as he moves through the caves in question towards the exist.
Back with Naruto
Naruto is looking around tailing Kabuto and his forces. Naruto, thanks to his healing factor, greatly recovers from the injury he suffered. Naruto so far had found three of the points of Kabuto's invasion. Kabuto meets with Baki or who he thinks is Baki.
"Okay so your brother doesn't know your here with his wards." said Kabuto as he looks at the now revealed imposter Baki as the man chuckles.
"Yeah he doesn't and it's good because I can get my hands on that Temari. She is sweet like berries" said the man as Kabuto shakes his head and chuckles. "Well best be off you know the plan so watch out right Ryu" said Kabuto as he turns to leave until he says "Oh and deal with our guest" as he leaves and soon Baki's twin brother attacks a building on the street corner soon one Hayate Gekko jumps out ready to fight. Ryu and Hayate battle as Naruto gets ready to jump into the fight. Hayate is overpowered but is saved by Naruto who kicks Ryu across the street into a building, knocking him out.
"Who are you?" asked Hayate as he looks at Naruto who smiles.
"Call me the Crimson Fox and you're one lucky man," said Naruto as he goes to take Ryu away from the area after Naruto helped Hayate with his bruises.
Soon an Anbu team arrives to the area of the battle that was sensed by the sensor of the team.
"Hayate beloved what happened here" asked Neko as she looks at her lover.
"A Fox happened" said Hayate as he looks in the direction of where Naruto leaped off to with Ryu.
With Gaara
Gaara is walking back to the hotel room. He had looked at the moon for 3 hours finding solace in it's stillness . The Oto nin named Dosu had tried to kill him only to die to Gaara's sand coffin jutsu.
As he is walking into it he soon sees Temari and Kankuro worried about their redhead brother. As he comes into the window calmly. Ryu comes through the window right behind him hurt badly. Before they could react Naruto leaps through the window on top of Ryu.
"Greetings Sabaku family, happy to make you acquaintance. I am Crimson Fox the Nomad of Dreams." said Naruto as the Sabuku triplets look at him with varied expressions with Temari feeling a charm from the fox masked ninja in question.
"Why do you have our sensei Baki on the ground?" demanded Kankuro as he looks at Naruto readying his puppets.
"That's not your sensei Baki, that's his twin brother Ryu" said Naruto as he soon reveals his full face to see that it's clawed. Temari looks in fear of the man.
"Your invasion is a sham. Orochimaru has killed your father and is disguised as him. He is using you to attack Konoha and leave Suna in chaos after he gets his way" said Naruto as he takes out a cassette tape and plays the conversations between Kabuto and Orochimaru.
The triplets are in disbelief until it all clicks their father never had his gourd on his back like all sand users. They even remember something he didn't do.
"So what if it's a sham! Only the strong take what they want" said Ryu as he looked at Temari with a look that made her uneasy.
"Pay him no mind Temari Sabaku for he is but a traitor to your village that wanted you for your body, But he is a traitor that is going to tell us everything about this invasion." said Naruto as he looks at the man with a serious look.
"What are you going to do. I bet your going to knock me around until I talk huh. Too bad because I am not talk at all." said Ryu as Naruto smirks at the challenge.
Going towards the wall Naruto pants a silencing seal. As he turns back around. "Don't worry I can do this all day" said Naruto as he starts to ask some very painful questions that starts to make Ryu understand he doesn't have a choice in talking.
Back with Tajima
Tajima is guided to the surface by Shin after sensing the purity of his actions and seeing he is friend and not foe.
"Thank you Shin sama for your help" said Tajima as he nods his head to the spirit wolf in question.
"Think nothing of it. Now go and reveal the treachery of the one known as Orochimaru." said Shin as Tajima leaves as Shin smirks at the boy moving to the rooftops with remarkable speed and agility for his age without Chakra aiding him.
Tajima goes towards the Kazekage's office Nearing it he is soon surrounded by Suna ninja as they look at Tajima with curiosity as one of the says. "Who are you and why do you have the Kazekage's gourd." said a Suna Jonin as Tajima shows the Kazekage's head.
"I'm a friend of Crimson Fox. He sent me here to expose the false Kazekage that had went to the leaf as Orochimaru the former Sannin of Konoha." said Tajima as the Jonin takes the head. Using a kai to dispel any Genjutsu only to find nothing of the sort. Finding his statement to be true.
"We have a red alert. Toshi get me Baki immediately. He needs to know about this." said the Jonin as they nod in agreement.
"Young man you may have saved Suna from a major breach in an Alliance that would have doomed Suna. I thank you" said the lead Jonin as he nods his head at the boy.
"It was no trouble." said Tajima as he looks at the Jonin in question.
"Come Young man we have some treacherous ninja to take down." said the Jonin as Tajima nods in confirmation.
Back with Naruto
Naruto and the Suna siblings had heard everything from Baki's scumbag brother. Who revealed the deal where he would have his way with Temari after Kankuro and Gaara was killed in the Siege of Konoha.
Naruto comforted Temari after he broke Ryu's neck, ending his life.
"What now Crimson Fox" asked Gaara as he looked at the masked Shinobi in question.
"Now you alert your forces of the hidden betrayal by Oto. While I take out the Oto snake summoners." said Naruto as he begins to exist out the window after cleaning up the body. "Wait tell us your name it might be the last time." said Kankuro as he looks at Naruto in question.
"You already know my name. I have seen you as people who are leaving their lives as best as you can when I came to your village" said Naruto as he vanishes into the night.
"We know him how." asked Gaara curious of the masked ninja's cryptic answer as Temari thinks on his words and his mysterious charm and thinks about one person she had met in the past that had similar charm to the Crimson Fox.
'Could it be?' thought Temari as she looks out into the night.
With Naruto
Naruto is moving towards the encampments of the Snake Summoners.
'I need to take them out without alerting them. I better go with my hollow kunai and shuriken that why they won't hear the air currents from each throw.' thought Naruto as he moves to the first encampment. Taking it out with his commando style training he learned from Steve.
Each man either had his neck broken, hit with a hollow shuriken, stabbed by his sai, smashed onto a boulder,or beaten to death. This went on for 4 encampments as Naruto silently takes down the Summoner group.
'Okay that ought to take care of these guys now I better get back into the village' thought Naruto as he moves inside of the village under the cover of shadows as the sun rises.
As he is moving inside of the village silently a Cat masked Anbu sees him and follows him. Towards the hotel room. Soon Naruto before he goes any further is stopped when kunai land in front of him.
"So you're the Crimson fox I must thank you for saving my Love. But I need you to come with me into custody." said Neko as soon two other people seeing the situation surround Naruto.
One is a woman with fang like face markings with tamed hair with three husky ningen companions the other is Kurenai Yuhi the woman he had saved along with her genin.
"I have no fight with you. I'll comply" said Naruto as he surrenders peacefully. Neko places restraints on Naruto after Kurenai strips him of his weapons. The trio travel towards the Anbu prison with their prisoner.
"I must thank you for the rescue of me and my team. Your entrance was very spectacular." said Kurenai as Naruto smiles and says"Your most welcome Kurenai san. I only did what needed to be done nothing more nothing less." said Naruto as they walk through the Anbu walls. A guard had tried to unmask him but Naruto's mask prevented this by sending the volts equal to the volts used for the power of a football stadium that sent him flying. Surprising everyone
"Sorry my mask has security seals inside of it that prevents those other than me from unmasking me." said Naruto as everyone nods in agreement.
Soon Naruto is in a containment cell with his chakra temporarily blocked. Unknowing to everyone. Naruto didn't need it too much for combat. Naruto sat in meditation.
Inside of the Hokage Tower
Hiruzen is working on the dreaded paperwork when Neko shunshins into the room.
"Hokage sama we have Crimson fox in custody at Anbu headquarters." said Neko as Hiruzen is surprised by what was told to him.
"Okay let's meet this Crimson fox that I have been hearing about. Call a council meeting to so we can learn the identity of this masked man." said Hiruzen as he looks forward to meeting a possibly new asset of the village.
Hiruzen shunshins to the Anbu headquarters.
Back with Naruto
Naruto is meditating in the lotus position. Soon he hears a guard says "The Hokage would like to see you" as Soon Anbu members places chains on the masked ninja as he walks out of the room to meet the Hokage and the Council of Konoha.
Soon walking inside of the chambers Naruto sees the clan heads of the Auburame, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Nara, Hyuga, Yamanaka and Sarutobi.
"Anbu why haven't you taken off his mask." said Hiruzen as he looks at the Anbu in question.
"Well Hokage sama we weren't able to due to it have security seals that even our seal masters weren't able to crack." said Hayabusa as he turns towards the fox masked ninja in question.
"So your the guy who saved my son." said one Tsume Inuzuka as she looks at Naruto in question as her ningen Kuromaru sniffs the masked ninja with interest.
"Hmm Interesting your mask also blocks the Byakugan. Clever" said Hiashi Hyuga. As he looks at Naruto in question.
"Hmm let me see if I can mind walk and find his identity." said Inoichi as he uses his mind walking jutsu on Naruto. However, he is throw out of Naruto's mind the second that he entered.
"Wow" said Inoichi as he looks at the fox masked Ninja in question.
"Sorry Inoichi san you would have to do better I have trained to block my mind against such intrusion of my mind." said Naruto as Naruto remembers his mental training that Steve put him through.
"So why where you here in our village." asked Hiruzen as he is curious of the masked fox ninja in question.
"Well I had stumbled upon a conspiracy to destroy this village by Orochimaru through the manipulation of Suna. I had crippled key aspects of his operations. I just wanted to let you know before I leave." said Naruto as Hiruzen looks at him as the civilian council laughs as one says.
"How so you costumed freak. Your chakra is blocked with those chains." as Naruto smiles and shatters the chain in front of them shock each of them as Naruto cartwheel flips and gets his equipment back while dodging Anbu ninja shooting sleep darts at the Masked ninja as he leaps through the window.
"Incredible he moves better than any ninja I have seen" said Choza as he plays back everything he had witnessed.
"Yes he certainly his a powerful ninja to be able to shatter chakra enhanced steel." said Hiashi as he looks at the remains of the Anbu made Chakra chains knowing how strong they are.
"Why are you praising him we need to go after him." said a civilian councilor as he looks at the clan heads.
"Because he isn't a ninja he's a shinobi trained civilian albeit a highly trained one,. But still a civilian we have no reason to go after him" said Shukaku as he looked at the civilians with a casual look.
"We need to find out more about his fighting abilities so we can learn who taught him so we can get the man or woman to teach Uchiha sama." said the civilian councilor as his fellow councilors nod in agreement.
With Naruto
Naruto is running through the city with Anbu chasing him before long however Naruto manages to lose them.
As before he can slip into a disguise he hears a call of"Naruto kun" as he turns to see Hinata near a pole as Naruto takes off his mask seeing as she knows his identity.
"How did you find out." asked Naruto, surprised by Hinata learning his identity as he walks up to her.
"It was your eyes, your beautiful blue eyes. That I saw through your mask the same one's that I remembered years ago" said Hinata as she looks at the blonde's eyes in question as she caresses his whiskerless face.
"Thank you Hinata Hime. I am honored by your compliments." said Naruto as he caresses her face.
"Well you did save my dignity and showed me a rather incredible show of fighting prowess. I'm still surprised at how you fought those Jonin like you did" said Hinata with a smile as she looks at the blonde in front of her.
"Well I'll do my best." said Naruto as he kissed Hinata, locking lips with her. Hinata for her part is happy that her first kiss is with the blonde she has always admired. Breaking away Naruto smiles at the Hyuga heiress as she looks back with a smile of her own.
"Well Hinata, hime I better go, I need to finish stopping an attempted invasion." said Naruto as he is about to leave until Hinata started to cough up some blood.
"Hinata!" said Naruto as he goes over to the Hyuga heiress in question. "It's an injury that I got during the exams I was facing a Dosu of sound who can channel sound wave blasts. I was able to defeat him but he landed a shot near my heart." said Hinata as she coughs up some more blood.
"Hold on Hinata I'll help you." said Naruto as he picks Hinata up and goes towards his room. Naruto thinks back on what he had learned from Steve about his blood.
Flashback 1 and a half ago
Steve is training Naruto in medical science as he explains that Naruto's healing factor is capable of being shared to a certain extent before the alterations to his body. With said alternations he can possible share his attributes with any one he transfuses blood to.
"That incredible I could save some lives with my blood" said Naruto in awe at this information.
"Yes you could but don't go overboard there are limits to this the individual has to have a blood type compatible with yours that has to work well with." said Steve as he then points out what could also happen if it's not by showing a simulated diagram of swollen organs and blood cells.
Flashback end.
Naruto, managing to sneak into his hotel room without being seen, lays Hinata on the bed so he can get out a two end iv line drawing out some of his blood so he can use it for Hinata's transfusion in a blood iv bag. Once finished he inserts the iv into Hinata hoping what his blood could do for her in the long run. Once the iv is finished Hinata sleeping peacefully dreams about the blonde and being connected to her in a big way.
Naruto, seeing her sleeping peacefully, picks her up bridal style and takes her to her home.
Inside of the Hyuga Compound
One Neji Hyuga is going through the Kata's of the Hyuga Gentle fist. Showing every palm thrust and steps behind each of them. Before he can finish he hears footsteps coming from the inside of the compound as he goes and sees Naruto with his Crimson fox mask holding Hinata.
"Crimson fox, what are you doing." asked Neji as he gets ready to fight his savior for his cousin.
"I know this looks like Neji but I need you to take Hinata to her room. I had helped her by giving her some of my blood. Before you ask I have a healing factor that could possibly help your cousin recover from her injury." said Naruto as he hands Hinata over to Neji who is surprised by the masked Fox ninja in question.
"How can I ?" Neji never got to finish as he turns towards the masked Naruto who had left without a trace.
'Incredible' thought Neji as he takes Hinata towards her room and report what happened.
Hinata for her part is experiencing a metamorphosis in her body. Hinata starts to feel even stronger than before.
With Naruto
Naruto after checking out of the hotel moves to set up base camp in the hills so no one could find him. Before he could set up camp he sees one Tenten Higurashi training in accuracy as she throws weapon after weapon at a target dummy.
"Well fancy meeting you here Panda chan." said Naruto as Tenten turns to see Naruto in question.
"Crimson fox, what are you doing here?" asked Tenten as she is on guard around the fox masked ninja in question.
"Well I was finding a new place to hide so I can prepare for what Orochimaru has for the village. So I can kick the fangs out of his mouth. But I ran into you. Who might I say knows her way around weapons" said Naruto as he looks at the weapons mistress in question.
" Yeah I'm afterall a weapons specialist in the village and I must say you know how to handle your weapons in battle. Especially when it comes to those eyes for how accurate you are in combat. " said Tenten as she looks at the masked Fox ninja in question. As she sees Naruto's Sai.
"Well I'm surprised that anyone would use the Sai despite the favor of the sword. Your Sai is unique, may I see them." asked Tenten as she looks at Naruto's weapons in question. Naruto takes the Sai out and hands them to Tenten who examines them with interest as she sees something rather unique.
"You have some unique Sai. They seem to be made of an incredibly strong metal but what's interesting is the gemstone on the handle. It plays some sort of role for the weapon." said Tenten as Naruto looks at the weapon in question.
"Hmm I would look at this with interest thank you Panda chan. I hope we meet again on similar circumstances." said Naruto as he moves into the shadows after getting his Sai from her. Tenten moves to where Naruto went but he wasn't their.
'Wow that's some stealth skills. But wait, I know only one person who has called me a panda in the past.' thought Tenten as she has a feeling that she also knows the Crimson Fox's identity as she has glimpses of one Naruto Uzumaki saying the same phrase.
She starts to put two and two together and realize who Crimson Fox truly is. "Naruto!" said Tenten in a surprised state.
Naruto finds an old den near the mountains to stay inside. 'Okay all I need to do is wait until the day of the final exams to be able to workout a battle strategy for the Oto Forces.' thought Naruto as he rests near some rocks.
With Hinata
Hinata can be seen sleeping inside of her bed resting extremely well. However her body's chemistry is altering as she starts to develop into a more athletic woman as the muscles in her arms, legs and torso become more defined her bust becomes slightly bigger as inside of her skull her brain undergoes changes to her chemical nature.
She has changed into something akin to what Naruto is, the ultimate human . Hinata wakes up and discovers her new appearance. Standing up she flexes and sees she has muscles that most female kunoichi and feminists could only dream of. That dream being a warrior woman.
'Incredible whatever it is in Naruto kun's blood has properties that can grant an individual's incredible strength.' thought Hinata as she looks at herself in the mirror.
Hinata goes to get dress thankfully for her clothes being already baggy she can wear them. Walking out of her room she is met by her father.
"Ah Hinata I see your awake and have a growth spurt" said Hiashi as he notices Hinata's physical growth into a strong woman.
"Yes I have and it's thanks to a certain fox that has been talked about of late." said Hinata as she wants to keep her crushes Identity a secret. Hiashi thinking. 'So the Crimson Fox is Naruto Uzumaki, the boy who ran away. Dear daughter, what you didn't know was that I had visited you while asleep. I had heard you talk about the boy your heart still yearns for.'
"Yes, Neji told me of how the Crimson Fox snuck into our home with masterful ease and helped you by giving you a blood transfusion that helped with you injuries. From what I can see he has some of the most unique genetics I have to be done ." said Hiashi as he smiles at his daughter.
"Yes and I feel wonderful. He is certainly a remarkable specimen" said Hinata as she could remember feeling his muscled torso.
"Well lets go, we have a meeting to go over the possible counter invasion plans of Orochimaru with the clan elders." said Hiashi as Hinata nods and follows behind.
With Tajima
Tajima can be seen helping find and destroy any Oto groups inside of the village associated with Oto.
Tajima takes down an Oto ninja with a critical surprising pounce that breaks the man's neck with a flying chop to his neck as he rolls in front another oto somersault kick on the ninja as he blocks a sword strike from Jonin sensei who he then trips and stabs with his combat knife.
Tajima shows remarkable combat skills to face off with a group of 20 Oto ninjas. Greatly holding his own and even defeating the Oto Ninjas.
'Okay that should be the last of them' thought Tajima as he looks at the dead bodies of the Oto Ninja.
'I better let them know that their snake problem has been taken care of.' thought Tajima as he moves towards the Kazekage tower.
Back with Naruto
The chunin exams are starting off on a good note with many of the chunin hopefuls battling in a tournament style fashion.
Naruto for his part is hiding on one of the statues of the Kage box in plan site of the Kazekage and Hokage who are unaware of the fox masked ninja in question.
"So Hokage now that the other fights are done, why not get to the main event." said a disguised Orochimaru trying to keep up appearance unaware of his plan already in pieces.
"Yes we shall indeed" said Hiruzen as he doesn't want Orochimaru to get suspicious of him as they begin the match.
Sasuke and Gaara are going back and forth with one another as Gaara seeing the opening in Sasuke's guard creates a sand dome that traps Sasuke when he uses Kakashi's special technique, the Chidori, to strike him.
Gaara springs his trap and immobilizes the Uchiha heir, choking him into unconsciousness with his sand.
Before long feathers are raining down as people are falling asleep except one Hinata Hyuga who after understanding her abilities manages to fight the effects rather easily as some of the genin found themselves unconscious.
Soon Oto Forces begin to attack along with Suna forces but to their surprise the Suna nin dispelled as revealing them to actually be shadow clones had left Oto forces outmatched.
However Orochimaru seeing this signals for his snake summoners to attack Konoha with giant snakes. But nothing is happening.
"What's wrong, Orochimaru things are not going to plan" asked Hiruzen as he looks at his old student who scowls at what's happening.
" No matter I have a plan in the form of these" said Orochimaru signaling for the hidden forces to be activated as ninja appearing to be half man and half snake runs out of the hidden lab he had that Hiruzen didn't check.
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"Clever Snake." said Naruto as Hiruzen and Orochimaru turns to see Naruto standing tall.
"So your the one who sabotaged my plan. I thought you would be some sort of fox-human hybrid but your just a brat in a fox mask." said Orochimaru as he looks at Naruto.
"And your a pervert chasing school boys." said Naruto as Orochimaru growls as 4 of the Snake nins surround him.
"No one talks to Orochimaru sama like that" said the Snake nin who lunges at Naruto with sword in hand as Naruto easily catches and one shots him with a single kick. The other snake nin attack Naruto together trying to kill him. Only to be taken out by the fox masked ninja in question.
"Is these your best fighter?. I could kick their asses like it's a workout." said Naruto as soon Oto ninja and Snake Super Ninja attack Naruto trying to kill to be mauled by a martial hurricane. As Naruto attacks using his combat skills to shred the opposition.
From the close quarters tactics of muay thai and kenpo, the fluidity of taekwondo and kung fu and the aggressive nature of boxing and street fighting moves rolled in with his use of the sai he decimates 20 squads by himself.
"Wow look at him go I never seen anybody fight that good" said Anko as she shoots at her shadow snake jutsu at an 2 Oto nins as a super oto nin leaps at her. Only to be kicked away from by Asuma.
"I know right but the sai is new." said Asuma as Kakashi sends a kunai at a snake chimera as Asuma kicks a oto nin into another one saving Kurenai from being stabbed.
Naruto gets reinforcement from Might Guy and Rock Lee. As they fly through the air landing flying side kicks on two Snake Chimeras.
"Crimson Fox glad to see the flames of youth flowing through you." said Rock Lee as he punches an incoming Oto ninja.
Hiruzen is fighting Orochimaru after he placed himself and Hiruzen inside of a barrier. Anbu are outside trying to get inside. "Not bad old man you still have your skill and spirit. It makes my vengeance all the more sweeter." said Orochimaru as he gets out his Kusanagi.
Naruto with help of Rock Lee and Might Guy manages to take out 10 groups of Snake Chimera's.
In the battlements
Ibiki Morino is coordinating with ground forces on the defense of the village
"Ibiki we need help those things are getting bigger." said one Chunin over the radio as it goes silent.
"We need reinforcements over at the west gate" said Ibiki over the radio.
Back with Naruto.
Naruto is fighting in the stadium with remarkable agility and strength as he is knocking taking down crossbow wielding snake chimera's with his shuriken. Naruto seeing his sai glow goes to test something as he focus it's energy in them seeing them shoot out an energy blast that sends two Oto ninja flying.
"Wow" said Naruto as he does a quick study of the Sai find he can channel energy from the jewel into a blast. Naruto kicks and Oto nin and hits another with a spinning back elbow and shoots out an energy blast that hits a larger snake chimera killing him.
"West Gate needs help their being overrun with Snake Chimera." said Kurenai as Naruto speaks up. "I will head there" as he flips onto the rooftop and move towards the West Gate.
Jiraiya of the Sannin can be seen fighting through groups of ninja, both Snake Chimera and Oto ninja. Naruto moves through the roofs like the wind kicking and punching a path through the rooftops towards the west gate.
"So that's the Crimson Fox, he's incredible with how he moves and fights." said Jiraiya as he disables a Oto Ninja with a back fist.
"Yes he's showing himself to be a remarkable fighter and athlete." said Inoichi as two Oto nins are on the ground with foam coming from their mouths.
Naruto soon lands on top of a Oto ninja breaking his back. Naruto sees the larger looking snake chimera knocking around Konoha ninja.
Naruto seeing this, moves towards them and lands a drops kick on one Chimera brute knocking him down.
Naruto blocks a punch from another Chimera brute and hip tosses him and drops a knee on his neck killing him.
Naruto dodge's the third brute, swings his club and tries to hit him but misses as Naruto counters with a kick to his groin and a chop to his throat. Naruto hits him with a back fist followed by a hard cross that is finished with an axehandle smash.
The first brute about to get up is hit with the second brute courtesy of Naruto swinging him into him.
Soon Naruto goes around to help the Konoha ninja fight against Oto ninja as he moves towards the rooftops.
Back in Arena
Hiruzen is facing Orochimaru who had committed a monstrous act of bringing the past 2 Hokages back from the dead to fight as mind-controlled puppets.
Hiruzen for his part sees no choice but to use the Shiki Fuin to seal Orochimaru's soul away. Orochimaru tries to break the hold on him after seeing the Shinigami himself however it is no use as the Shinigami reaches into him and starts to take his soul. Orochimaru impales Hiruzen non fatally with Kusanagi as Shinigami sees that Hiruzen is dying and decides to take his legs instead of his life. As he knows there's one with a axe to grind against the Third Hokage in question.
Instead of Orochimaru losing his soul he loses his arms as the Edo Tensei is undone.
Orochimaru screams in pain from the loss of his arm. Orochimaru in pain calls for a retreat as he sees no other choice but to retreat.
Soon all of the Oto Forces pull away from Konoha.
Naruto standing over two ultra chimeras looks to see the others being called to retreat.
'Hmm looks like it's over. My work is done for now at least.' thought Naruto as he move away from the battle site into the forest going North West without being detected.
The Konoha ninja cheer in victory as in the distance Naruto looks over the village on a high ridge and sees people who understand him as a symbol. He moves from the battlefield a distance away thinking that certain Hyuga will look for him in the future.
With Hinata
Hinata can be seen checking for damage done to the Hyuga main and branch houses during the invasion as she walks over the dead bodies of invaders. Hinata for her part is amazed at how Naruto can do what he does with the abilities he has. Thanks to the blood transfusion Hinata's physical fighting ability seems greater than ever before as she had overwhelmed some of the most dangerous of the invaders with a greater deal of strength and speed that surprises her.
'Naruto kun wherever you are I hope to find you soon. Thanks to your gift I was able to be more than a main house Hyuga. ' thought Hinata as she felt the strength that now flows through her body as she goes to lift the body of a chimera from the floor and removes it from her home.
With Naruto
Naruto is back on the road traveling. He knows that he will meet Tajima in another place as he wants him to gain life experience as a fighter and an individual. Naruto as he is walking stumbles upon a site of horror as he sees men and women impaled on spikes as he sees profanities carved on their forms with the words bloodline's go back to hell.
Naruto goes to remove said people and give them a burial by sea as he does so he sees the symbol of Kiri on their headbands. 'What the hell is going on here.' thought Naruto as he thinks to investigate the Water Country to investigate this atrocity as he sees a young girl being chased by Kiri ninja.
Naruto gets his armor on to and intercepts them. Naruto beats down the two ninjas. Turning Naruto sees the girl has grey hair in ragged clothes. He kneels down to the girls level and sees the fear in the girl's eyes.
"Don't be afraid I will not hurt you." said Naruto as he has his hand out as he pulls his mask down.
The girl cautiously moves and reaches for his hand. Naruto picks her up into his arm. Naruto moves towards the inner city to see darkness as men and women of a clan can be seen dead on the ground.
"What had happened here." asked Naruto as he looks at the girl in question.
"The Mizukage had declared that all bloodline users are to be killed on site and their clan wipe from memory." said the girl as she cries. Naruto moves to see that their is only a few men are inside of the compound gathering artifacts of the clan. Before they can destroy them Naruto pounces on them quickly and swiftly, taking them down without no mercy.
Naruto collects the artifacts using shadow clones and places them into storage scrolls for the girl to have to keep with her once she rebuilds.
Naruto goes back to find the girl in hiding. "Okay I got your clan's items and history for you to the future. Now I need to get you to safety." said Naruto as he takes the girl away from the area.
Naruto has a feeling he's going to have a trip from hell in Kiri as he travels towards uncharted territory.
Elsewhere in Kiri
Kurai Akuma is looking over the training of the Kiri anti bloodline faction seeing them train rigorously in combat and jutsus as he looks in the distance feeling something strong coming inside of the Country.
'Hmm hopefully I won't be bored by this storm.' thought Kurai as he goes to oversee operations with several Anbu Commanders.
Chapter end
Thank you all for your support I was caught up with my other stories I hope you like this. I will be busy with revising some stories that need it so stay tone please.
Author's note.
I wanted to spice things up on the types of enemies that Orochimaru had employed in his Oto village. So grenadiers and Snake Chimera's where the thing that I went for.
Naruto is in Kiri finding horrors as he discovers Kiri is under civil war he's helping a young girl who has just lost her clan.
Hinata gains similar abilities to that of Free spirit a Captain America ally who has gained similar superhuman abilities as the Star spangled hero.
Tajima will be on an adventure of growth and development when he meets back up with Naruto.
How will Konoha deal with the identity of The Crimson Fox.