Chapter 13
"It's the yellow flash! Run! Run away with your lives." The screams erupted like an explosion. Blood spilled and the air howled dangerously when the chakra of the yellow flash hit them head-on. Those who were familiar with his special kunais just watched helplessly as they and their comrades were slaughtered in front of their eyes.
The ground shook and they saw bodies covered the whole battlefield in every second of their remaining lives. The green grass turned red in front of their eyes in mere minutes. It was a very horrible sight, screams were the music of the atmosphere and the red was the carpet of the earth. Spectators were the dead bodies of those who raised their killing instruments against the strongest musician in the field, the Yondaime Hokage, Yellow flash. His music instruments scattered all around the filed glaring at them and announcing their deaths.
Some were not strong enough to face their deaths by the hands of this deadly and handsome musician who stood tall with his head held high and ran away screaming for forgiveness. He left none alive and gave them the taste of this musical instrument which was a three-pronged kunai.
"No matter where you go my music will reach your ears and my instruments will taste your filthy blood!" The Yondaime's cold blue eyes that were surrounded by red tint stared at them. The Konoha shinobi who were standing behind their leader shivered when they saw the scene and heard the cold voice of their leader.
Senju Minato killed everyone, his instruments disappeared from the battlefield as if they were never there in the first place.
One Kumo shinobi was hiding behind bushes trembling with sweat covering his body. His eyes widened and his heart stopped for a second when the Yondaime's eyes connected with him.
"Go! I spared you. Tell your Raikage to stop this madness, otherwise, he will see this massacre in his own village." Having said that the Hokage left the pathetic low life and walked away from the battlefield. His form covered with blood. It was as if he'd come from the slaughterhouse after a long session of butchering.
"Minato!" The commander of the Konoha forces, Shikaku Nara spoke.
"I've had enough of their nonsense Shikaku. They will stop this madness or I'll slaughter them all." Shikaku knew that the Hokage was referring to the current situation which was going on in the elemental nations.
"They dared to put their filthy foot on the land where I rule!" Minato was angry, how in the hell were they able to quickly enter the land of fire? But it doesn't matter now. The threat had been eliminated, for now.
The night settled as the Midnight anbu moved to eliminate their target. The guards hadn't moved from their position for a while now.
"They know we are here." Sasuke was quick to notice the reaction of the guards. "What should we do?" He looked at Naruto who was on his right side.
"Sasuke, Nawaki, and Hinata. You guys will stay here for now. We will go and attack them. I want them to believe that only three shinobi are attacking them. Their focus will be on us. Meanwhile, I want you guys to keep your eyes open for potential enemies." They all nodded their heads. Sasuke wanted to join the fight but he can't disagree with Naruto.
Naruto, Sakura, and Neji moved and disappeared from the sight. They, using the cover of trees and bushes as well as the cover of the night moved as much closer to the palace as they could.
"I'll go first and attack them. Meanwhile, I want you guys to sneak into the castle unnoticed when their attention will be on me. Neji you will take Sakura to the target. Sakura, you will finish the target with your medical jutsu." Naruto gave them the instructions without taking his eyes from the enemies. He was standing behind the tree while Sakura and Neji were crouched in front of him on his left behind the bushes.
"M-me?" Naruto raised an eyebrow and turned his eyes towards her. He could see the hesitation in her eyes. Neji was looking up ahead as if he doesn't have any problems in following Naruto's orders.
"Is there a problem?"
Sakura averted her eyes and shook her head. "No! I'll do it." She really didn't want to do it, but to refuse Naruto? Naruto! It's impossible for her to say no to him. It'd be her first time to kill someone with her own hands.
Naruto disappeared and appeared in the middle of the road which was leading towards the Palace. Sakura, Neji, Sasuke, Hinata and Nawaki, they all saw him walking towards the destination slowly and calmly. The guards were quick to react to his presence. They tensed and readied their weapons before some of them rushed towards him.
"Halt! This is a restricted area. Turn around and get out of here." But Naruto didn't listen to their words, he just walked without saying anything. "We said get out of here boy! Otherwise, we will use force." Naruto stopped and looked at the man who'd threatened him. The man was a samurai. He'd his sword drawn, gripped tightly in his right hand. He could see many other samurai standing behind him ready to attack him if they have to.
"You! Force me?" Naruto snorted loudly and raised his head enough to connect his eyes with him. Sharingan glared as it rotated lazily. "Know your place, weakling," Naruto muttered as he appeared behind the man. Naruto's back was towards the fallen body. His eyes observing the other obstacles who rushed towards him with their weapons drawn, a raged look on their faces.
"Too slow!" He muttered. He clapped both of his hands forming a tiger seal before muttering.
"Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Style: Dragon's Flame)." A very long fire dragon came out of Naruto's mouth before rushing towards the targets. The dragon exploded and fire expanded and covered all the samurais in front of him.
There were screams of pain and agony. His comrades could only watch as they saw the result of his technique. Naruto didn't do anything to those who were screaming and crying for help. Their skins on fire. He resumed walking.
Sakura could only watch with wide eyes, the cruelty that Naruto had shown. She just sat there frozen until Neji nudged her.
"We've something to do." She nodded her head weakly and swallowed thickly before disappearing. Nawaki, Hinata, and Sasuke followed Naruto but they kept their presence hidden as they were ordered to do. They could only see as Neji and Sakura went after the target while Naruto fought with the samurais. They were putting little to no resistance.
Naruto was standing outside the palace, he was killing every samurai who was coming out of the palace to end him. His eyes were taking everything around him but his senses were tracking Neji and Sakura.
"Hurry up you two. I don't want to waste more time here." He muttered under his breath as he dodged another slash by sliding left and then stabbing in the stomach with his kunai.
With Sakura and Neji
When they saw that Naruto had the attention of the guards they took this chance and entered the palace. They stick to the shadows, their mission was to kill the target, and taking care of samurais was Naruto's task.
"The Daimyo is leaving the palace. We need to hurry." Neji had his Byakugan activated as he traced the target who was escaping.
"We're not that far, I think." Sakura could sense the target but she couldn't see it. They sped up again and crashed into the Daimyo's room. They breached the door and quickly blocked the blades which were about to cut them in half.
"You're not going further!" The samurais declared as their swords engulfed in blue chakra.
"Sakura!"
"Hai!" She disappeared from their view. At the same time, Neji threw several kunais at them before rushing towards them and closed their chakra points within seconds. He saw Sakura appeared in front of the Daimyo who was about to jump from the window when she appeared in front of him, blocking his path. Her eyes hardened behind her masks as a senbon covered with poison appeared between her fingers.
"P-please!" His voice was fearful, his eyes were filled with tears.
"Do you know that how much Suna has suffered by your actions? Your people suffered. It's time for you to suffer." The senbon was in his heart before he could even blink. The dead body fell to the ground with a thump.
"Hurry up! Cover my front. I'll carry the body." Neji placed the body on his back before looking at Sakura who was standing there motionless.
"Sakura?" Neji looked concerned behind his mask. He placed his hand on her shoulder and shook when she didn't respond.
"Sakura!" She looked at him and he saw her watering eyes.
"I-I'm fine." But she was not, he could tell clearly. She was feeling the aftermath of killing someone for the first time. "We need to hurry. We've to get out of here." As if on cue, a large ball of fire lit the dark sky. She quickly came out her senses and dashed in front of Neji who followed her behind.
'It's for the best Sakura. We are all with you.'
"Well, it seems that they have finished their little mission, eh Danzo." The wielder of the Kubikiribōchō spoke.
"Like I said before, do not underestimate them." Danzo's old but emotionless voice sounded as he started walking towards the enemy.
"Yeah, yeah. They should have noticed our presence by now. Oh well, we should take advantage of this opportunity."
"Leave the red-haired kid to me." His Akatsuki comrade didn't respond and prepared his attack.
"I never thought that it would be this easy," Nawaki exclaimed as he, Sasuke and Hinata appeared from their hiding spot. Naruto had his back towards them as he saw Neji and Sakura appeared in front of him.
Neji placed the body on the ground in front of Naruto. Neji looked at Naruto who was watching Sakura. She still had her eyes on the dead body.
Naruto took out a katana and slashed, separating the head from the body. He picked the head and stored it in a storage scroll before with a quick Katon jutsu lit the body, turning it into ashes.
"Let's…"
"Suiton: Hatō (Water Style: Surging Sea)." Before Naruto could even finish his sentence a large wave of water at tremendous speed smashed into them.
"I never thought that it would be this easy to ambush you guys either, ne, Konoha shinobi." Naruto and Neji were the first one to recover from the shock before they took defensive stances. Two guys were standing in front of them wearing black cloaks with red clouds.
"Who the hell are they?" Nawaki exclaimed harshly. Sakura and Hinata were standing not too far away from him shocked by the killing intent they were radiating.
"You guys don't need to hide your identities. After all we know who you are. Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Neji, Uchiha Sasuke, Senju Nawaki, Haruno Sakura and Hyuuga Hinata." The old one spoke calmly. His eyes lingering on Naruto the longest.
"Danzo Shimura!" Sasuke's expressions turned furious as he stared at the old man who was responsible for the deaths of so many Uchihas.
"Sasuke!" Naruto warned harshly. Sasuke knew what Naruto was saying. He glared at Naruto who was not even looking at him.
"You don't know me? Well, I should introduce myself, I don't want to be offensive after all." Juzo placed his huge sword on his shoulder. "Juzo Biwa! A member of the seven swordsmen of the Mist, nice to meet you." He grinned manically.
"This is not good, not good at all. It doesn't matter if we've numbers at our side. They are S-rank shinobi." Neji quickly analyzed the situation.
"What do you guys want?" Naruto demanded. They were at odds. He doesn't think that they would be able to take them down. He may be strong but Danzo was a shinobi who was a rival of Sandaime Hokage. A man who has the power equal to a kage before he turned traitorous.
'What to do?' He cursed inwardly as he saw Danzo taking off his Akatsuki cloak.
"Uzumaki Naruto! Today you will die by my hands." The man declared confidently as he removed bandages around his right arm. The other Akatsuki member stepped aside.
'So Danzo wants to fight me alone."
"Naruto?" Sakura voiced filled with concern when she saw Naruto stepped in front of them, facing Danzo alone.
"We'll help you." Nawaki stepped beside Naruto, his fists clenched, a grim smile on his face.
"I don't think so!" Juzo appeared in front of Naruto and Nawaki with his sword raised.
"I also don't think so." Sasuke appeared in front of Naruto and Nawaki and blocked the sword with his own. The force behind the swing was so great that he felt vibration traveling through his body. His knees bent and ground cracked.
"You won't be able to take him alone Sasuke. You guys take care of him while I and Nawaki take care of Danzo." Naruto didn't wait for anyone's response, he disappeared with a kunai in his hand and appeared behind Danzo. He was ready to thrust kunai in his back when Danzo disappeared and appeared behind Nawaki with his kunai already in motion.
"Nawaki!" Hinata yelled when she saw a deep cut in his left arm.
"Worry about yourself, little girl!" Juzo thrust his sword towards Hinata. Hinata barely dodged the strike and jumped backward.
"Don't worry about me. Concentrate on your battle Hinata." Nawaki shouted while he glared at Danzo.
'He is fast!' Naruto thought as he narrowed his eyes at him. He glanced at Juzo who was surrounded by Sasuke, Sakura, Neji, and Hinata.
'It seems I've to pour everything that I've in order to finish him.' Naruto narrowed his eyes further when he saw Danzo took bandages from his right hand. His arm extended as he opened his palm.
"Nawaki! Stay behind me." Naruto warned as Nawaki quickly stepped behind him. Sharingan eyes glowed in the dark. Sasuke was quick to notice it as his eyes narrowed.
"How did you get those eyes on your right arm?"
"It's a long story. I don't want to bore you with it." Danzo stated calmly.
"An explanation will make me angry anyway. Naruto! I'll leave him to you. Avenge the Uchihas." He turned his attention to Juzo before he dashed towards him.
With Danzo, Naruto, and Nawaki
"There is one thing that I want to ask you before I kill you Danzo. Those Sharingan eyes and the Uchiha massacre are related to each other, is it not?" Naruto waited for Danzo to answer his question but he didn't and went through some hand signs before rushing towards him.
Naruto blocked his right punch with his left palm and counted the number of Sharingan in Danzo's arm.
'Those Sharingan eyes have some purpose. I don't know what but I must be careful.' Seeing his punch blocked, he quickly pulled kunai from his sleeve and slashed it across Naruto's chest. Naruto blocked it with his own kunai as it produced sparks. Naruto sent his right leg towards his left side which was blocked easily by Danzo whilst he inhaled.
"Doton: Tsuchi Nami no Jutsu (Earth Style: Mud Wave Jutsu)," Nawaki shouted when he saw Danzo who was about to shoot wind bullets at Naruto. He was familiar with the attack. It was a requirement for a Midnight anbu to learn all five elements, or learn some jutsu from each element.
The ground beneath them moved, making Danzo unstable as his wind bullets missed his target.
"Nice one Nawaki!" Naruto exclaimed as he rushed towards Danzo with amazing speed. He pulled his katana from his storage seal and aimed it at Danzo's heart. Danzo quickly recovered his footing and leaned back in crouched position to avoid the strike. When Naruto was on top of him, Danzo channeled chakra in his right foot which connected with Naruto's stomach.
The force of the attack was so much that it sent Naruto flying backward. Blood dripping from his mouth.
'That was one hell of a kick.' He grimaced as pain shot from his stomach. Danzo stood up and turned towards Nawaki before sending several kunais. Nawaki started deflecting kunais with his katana.
"You've many openings!" Danzo exclaimed as he appeared behind him at a proper distance. Several blades of wind shot towards Nawaki who had his eyes wide at the tremendous speed behind the attack.
"Nawaki!" Naruto yelled as he jumped high in the air. He was too late as he saw wind blades were about to tear him apart.
"Mokuton: Mokujōheki (Wood Style: Domed Wall Jutsu)." Wood pillars erupted from left and right and connected in the center. The wind blades were so sharp that they destroyed the wood dome before disappearing.
"Mokuton! I'll not say that I'm not surprised, I never thought that someone from the Senju clan would be able to use Mokuton." Naruto landed beside Nawaki who was glaring at Danzo. He knew Nawaki had kept his Mokuton abilities as a trump card. Now everyone will know.
"Nawaki!" Naruto sounded almost concerned.
"Don't worry about me Naruto." He panted slightly. 'Mokuton is powerful as hell but it takes amazing chakra control to use it. A chakra control that I don't have. I don't have much chakra left. I didn't want to use it, but Tou-san just gave me that for times like this.'
"I can lend you a hand, human."
"Shut up! I don't need your help. I won't let you take control of my body." The voice didn't respond.
"I don't know how you were able to defeat Yondaime Mizukage, Uzumaki Naruto. You are nothing special."
'Is he trying to make me angry?'
"Then let me show you the Uzumaki Naruto who killed the Yondaime Mizukage." Nawaki blinked and looked at Naruto confusedly when he saw Naruto clapped his hands together, his feet extended, and his back slightly bent.
"Nawaki!" Naruto ordered.
"Understood!" He quickly took katana from his sleeve and dashed towards Danzo. Danzo blocked the incoming strike with a kunai.
'His speed and strength have increased.' Danzo observed. Nawaki took his left hand from the sword before sending punch towards Danzo who quickly flipped back to avoid it. But he was unable to track the movements of a clone of Nawaki who appeared behind Danzo. He turned around and dashed towards the clone to finish it quickly. It was a big mistake.
"Bunshin Daibakuha (Shadow Clone Explosion)." The clone exploded with a large bomb. He grinned, satisfied when he saw injured Danzo jumped out from the smoke. His left arm was missing as the bandages which were covering his right eye burned as well, revealing a closed eye.
His grin faded when he saw Danzo disappeared.
"I underestimated you Senju Nawaki. I never thought that you'd use this type of clone." A completely healed Danzo was standing there with a calm look on his face.
"But that wasn't enough to kill me. You won't be able to catch me off guard again." He rushed towards Nawaki who was still in shock at seeing a completely healed Danzo. He appeared in front of him and grabbed him by his neck before lifting him in the air with his right hand.
Danzo was about to take katana from Nawaki's hand when a kunai laced with lightning chakra barely missed his face. He turned his head right and saw Naruto standing there.
"You missed!" He accused. But quickly cursed when his right hand completely separated itself from his body.
"I don't think so. You won't be able to use your right arm again, Danzo." Naruto said confidently.
"Oh really?" Naruto's eyes widened when he saw a completely healed Danzo appeared again behind Nawaki. Black markings appeared around him, his body movements stopped, it was as if he was paralyzed.
Slash
Naruto moved but it was too late as Danzo took Nawaki's katana from him and slashed his chest. Blood escaped from a long and deep cut as Nawaki stood there screaming.
"DANZO!" Naruto quickly covered the distance in one step and kicked Danzo in the chest. The force of the kick sent Danzo flying in the air before he hit the tree, hard.
"I-it seems that you were able to take off your gravity seals, N-Naruto." He coughed blood. Nawaki looked at Naruto with a smile.
"Nawaki…!"
"Concentrate on your enemy Naruto! Find out how he is healing his injuries." Naruto nodded his head and created a shadow clone who started removing the seal from Nawaki's body. Naruto moved and went to Danzo who was standing up on his shaky legs.
"How did you increased your speed and strength?" Danzo coughed and blood splashed out of his mouth.
"That's none of your concern," Naruto stated. His eyes stared at him until he focused on his right arm.
'How could this be? It's not a genjutsu. I'm sure of it. But how is he healing his injuries? How was he able to get his right arm back?' Naruto's eyes widened slightly when he saw two Sharingan eyes closed.
"I still don't understand Uzumaki Naruto. How could you fight for those who are keeping even your parentage a secret?"
Sasuke, Neji, Hinata, and Sakura vs Juzo
"Come on little kids, show me how to play ninja," Juzo stated arrogantly as he released a massive amount of killing intent on them. Hinata whimpered as her knees wavered. Sasuke quickly activated his Sharingan and disappeared along with Neji. They both appeared on Juzo's right and left the side, their feet's impacted with the large sword which was in horizontal position. Juzo was pushed back. Sasuke quickly appeared behind him and threw kunais at him.
"These little things won't work on me." He turned around and swiped his sword horizontally. All the kunais deflected. Sakura seeing opening instantly rushed towards his left side which was unguarded and aimed her right punch at his face.
The man raised his left hand and blocked the punch. "That'd hurt, you little bitch!" He stated before gripping her hand firmly and tried to cut her in half with his sword.
"Katon: Gōenka (Fire Style: Flame Flower)." Sasuke jumped in the air and shot three giant bullets of fire on Juzo.
"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu (Water Style: Giant Waterfall)." A large water wall formed in front of Juzo who went through the hand seals after releasing Sakura. The fireballs disappeared but the water wall remained behind.
'Damn! It took more chakra than I anticipated to use Suiton jutsu. I hate desert!'
Sasuke cursed when he saw the water wall turned into a vortex and attacked him. He quickly sent a Fuma shuriken which easily passed through the vortex appeared in front of a surprised Juzo. Juzo quickly jumped in the air, putting his weight on his sword as he folded his legs.
"Nice one Sasuke." The giant Fuma shuriken transformed into Neji who rotated in the air.
"Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigrams: Palm Rotation)." A giant dome of chakra surrounded Neji. He was satisfied when Juzo screamed as he flew back in the air. Hinata was already waiting for him. Her gentle fist stance ready as she quickly started closing his chakra points, but before she could even finish her attack, Juzo's body dissolved into a puddle of water.
"A Mizu Bunshin!" Hinata wasn't fast enough to dodge the strike of the Kubikiribōchō.
"Ahhh…!" She screamed pain shot from her back as she felt her jacket torn apart from behind, soaked with blood.
"You guys don't stand a chance," Juzo muttered darkly.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu)." Everything went dark, even the Byakugan wasn't able to see through the Mist laced with chakra.
"Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Style: Great Breakthrough)." Hinata quickly blew the Mist away with her Futon jutsu. Juzo was nowhere in their sight. She breathed heavily as she tried to heal her injuries. Her chakra capacity quickly depleting.
Sasuke with little difficult saw him throwing his sword at Neji who had his back turned to the attack.
"Neji!" Sasuke quickly warned before disappearing and appearing behind Juzo and tossed several kunais at him. Juzo quickly jumped from the tree branch, he was in midair when he saw Neji rushing towards him who had dodged his sword attack.
"Jūkenhō Ichigekishin (Gentle Fist Art: Body Blow)." A member of the Hyuuga clan could hit their opponents with their chakra and sent them away.
Juzo quickly launched into the air again, this time towards Sakura, who was waiting with her chakra laced fists.
"Shannaro!" Juzo grimaced when her fist connected with his chest.
'Damn!' He was sent away again flying. Blood splashed from his mouth as he quickly disappeared and appeared where his sword was.
"You are very good at playing shinobi." He took a deep breath before disappearing from their sight. The next thing they knew was Sakura screaming as she sent away flying by Juzo's kick.
"I think that was a good payback don't you think, you little bitch." He turned around when he saw Neji rushing towards him. Juzo held his sword horizontally and blocked Neji's strikes which were aimed to close his chakra points.
He sensed Sasuke rushing towards him from behind. Sasuke was about to punch him from behind when Juzo kicked Neji in the chest and moved his sword at amazing speed. The force behind was so great that it sent Sasuke flying who hit the tree stump.
"Like I said before, you guys can't win." He stated. "Stand up, so that I can beat you again." He laughed.
Not too far away
"What do you think Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto Yakushi adjusted his glasses as he observed a fight between Danzo and Naruto with his master.
"The kid is still hiding his true strength. It is as if something or someone is stopping him from using his full power." Orochimaru's snake-like eyes narrowed further as he analyzed Naruto. The kid was fighting with gravity seals on but now even after removing those seals, his speed and strength had increased but not much.
His interest in Naruto was disappearing. It was impossible for someone to have all five chakra natures at such a young age. But other than that, the kid hasn't shown anything interesting yet aside from gravity seals. He was a pseudo-Jinchuuriki, not even a complete Jinchuuriki. He was born in Senju clan but did not possess Mokuton.
"What about his brother?" Yes, his brother who Orochimaru thought was nothing special had done the impossible. He'd awakened Mokuton. Of course, the kid still needed experience and training to fully master the art of wood.
"He is nothing special. He can barely control Mokuton. Let's go, I want to give a little gift to Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru disappeared and appeared where Sasuke was fighting. He was interested in Sasuke the most. He was the brother of Itachi Uchiha, a man whose potential was greater than his own but he can't control him, no, Itachi was too clever and smart for his liking. But Sasuke was not. He was a perfect host for him.
Just a few more years and he would be unstoppable. His grin widened when he saw Sharingan in Sasuke's eyes.
"It seems that Orochimaru has also joined the party." Black Zetsu who was half in the tree stump said.
"I don't think he is in possession of it. Do you really think that he is in possession of it?" White Zetsu glanced at his dark half. He was referring to the Uzumaki kid who was looking at Danzo with shocked eyes after what he'd revealed to him.
His parentage.
"We saw with our own eyes his chakra entering into his body all those years ago when he was just a baby. Maybe it is his doing. Maybe he is blocking his chakra pathway to use it." Black Zetsu reasoned.
"But we also saw their chakra leaving his body as well." The white protested, referring to the incident all those years ago with the Uzumaki kid.
The Black half looked thoughtful, "Maybe you're right! He will never do something like that. He has never done something like that in the past after all. I just wanted to use this kid as a backup plan but oh well!"
"I think we should just stick to our original plan, Madara will be revived soon."
"Yeah, you're right! Let's go and warn Danzo and Juzo. Those Konoha shinobi are coming this way. We can't lose Akatsuki members." The plant-like creature stated as it disappeared. Of course, those Konoha shinobi were still far away from them.
"Now! It's time I finish you guys." Juzo turned to Sasuke who was on his knees winded. Everyone was on the ground exhausted after another round of beating from Juzo. The man was truly a monster, he was stronger and faster with Kage level chakra.
"I don't think I'll allow you to kill what is mine," Orochimaru stated as he materialized in between Sasuke and Juzo. Sasuke looked confused at the man who has his back turned to him. The man looked amazingly strong, just feeling his chakra level was enough to confirm his power level.
"Orochimaru!" Sasuke felt his breath left his body when he heard his name. His eyes wide and he felt fear gripped his heart when he felt his killing intent. His other comrades were not doing any better.
'First Akatsuki and now this!' It seems that they had the worst bad luck. The man was one of the worst enemies for them, stronger and one of the three famous Sannin. After seeing Kabuto Yakushi appeared behind Sakura and paralyzed her, Sasuke didn't know what to do.
"I'd suggest that you guys stay where you are, after all, you won't be able to beat even me." The four-eyed creep adjusted his glasses and smirked at Neji arrogantly. They can't do anything now. Naruto and Nawaki had gone far away from them in their fight with Danzo.
Neji glanced at Sasuke who had his Sharingan activated.
"What do you want Orochimaru? If you think that I'll allow you to kill my prey, then you're fairly mistaken. Stand aside!" Juzo ordered with an annoyed looked on his.
"My! How impatient you're." Juzo quickly turned around when he felt Orochimaru behind him but it was too late. A large snake was already around his body, choking the breath out of him while hissing at him. Its fangs disappeared into his shoulder and he quickly felt poison entering his body.
"O-Orochimaru! Y-you b-bastard!" Juzo glared, the man looked amusedly at him with his yellow eyes.
"You are nothing compared to my strength." The snake sannin stated arrogantly. Juzo coughed blood.
"Y-you…OROCHIMARU…!" He tried to move his body with all the strength he could muster...
Slash
Juzo's head hit the ground with one strike from Orochimaru's Kisangani sword.
"Now that that's out of the way!" Orochimaru turned his attention to Sasuke who was glaring at him.
"My, my. What a wonderful expression!" His smirked widened as Sasuke's glare intensified.
'What is he doing here? His sole attention is on Sasuke. What business do you have with Sasuke, Orochimaru?" Neji looked at Kabuto who was standing behind him, ready to strike.
"Sakura is unconscious. Hinata-sama can't fight in her condition, I don't think I can do anything against someone like him." Neji's eyes widened when an idea came into his mind.
'We don't have any choice.' His eyes sharpened as he waited for a perfect opportunity to cast that jutsu.
"What do you mean by that?" Naruto was quick to question the old man. "What do you know about my parents?" Naruto almost shouted. The subject of his parentage was sensitive to him. Nawaki looked at him with concern.
'Naruto,don't lose your cool.' He could only hope. Danzo was trying to catch him off guard. He'd never seen Naruto looked so frustrated in his life. But what if Danzo was lying to him? But Danzo was one of the village's elders before he left. And he was the leader of the root. Maybe he did know about Naruto's parentage.
"Ask the Hokage yourself, I'm sure he'll tell you." Naruto had his eyes wide. His expression darkened when words registered in his mind.
Nawaki didn't know what was happing with his other friends. A B-Rank mission turned S-Rank. Worst luck ever. He has to do something before Danzo could take advantage of Naruto's current situation.
'You don't have any choice but to use my chakra.'
'Why are you trying to help me so much? You'd never helped me, before.'
'It's because of that red-haired kid.' Nawaki's eyes widened slightly. Because of Naruto?
'What do you mean?' He got no response. 'Fine then, help me.' Nawaki stated as he felt Kyuubi's malicious chakra entered his system. The paralyzed seals vanished which were already weakened, his wounds healed. His whiskers marks darkened, his teeth sharpened and his eyes turned red with slits.
"Here I come Danzo." Nawaki almost disappeared from Danzo's senses as he appeared in front of him, his right foot connected with his chest as he blown away.
"Nawaki!" Naruto looked warily at Nawaki whose form was covered with Kyuubi's chakra.
"Don't worry I'm in control Naruto." Naruto sighed in relief and looked where Danzo had gone.
"Naruto! Can't you use your Sharingan to do something?" Nawaki suggested. Maybe Naruto would be able to cast some trick or powerful jutsu to finish Danzo. He saw Naruto frowned.
"I don't know why but I can't use my Sharingan. And my control on my elements is weak as well."
"What do you mean? You were using it when we attacked the castle." He referred to the Sharingan. It was as if Naruto was not fighting with his full strength.
"Yes but it automatically deactivated when Danzo appeared. I've tried to activate it countless times, but it won't activate."
Nawaki frowned, a thoughtful look appeared on his face as he stared.
"Using Kyuubi's chakra now? Nothing will change. I just have to bind you again." Danzo appeared again and went through hand seals and shouted.
"Mokuton…!"
"That will be enough Danzo! Konoha shinobi are almost here." Danzo's eyes widened slightly when he saw Zetsu emerged from the ground in front of him. "There is no need to go all out against mere children." The white half detailed as the plant figure emerged from the surface.
Nawaki and Naruto had never seen something like that. Danzo's attack stopped as he looked frustrated.
"It's his orders." Black Zetsu glanced at him with finality.
"You're an interesting kid Uzumaki Naruto. I'm sure we'll meet soon."
"Orochimaru-sama!" Kabuto stated warily behind Neji.
"I know!" The snake sannin disappeared and appeared behind Sasuke. His body extended and turned into a large and wide snake. Its head looked like Orochimaru who hurried towards Sasuke. Kabuto's eyes narrowed further when he saw a figure about to interfere with Orochimaru's attack.
He disappeared and blocked his katana attack with his chakra scalpel. "Shisui Uchiha!" Kabuto smirked when Shisui jumped back and again tried to attack Orochimaru, but it was too late.
"Ahhhhh…!" Sasuke screamed with all his might while still on his knees as Orochimaru took out his fangs from his neck. A three tomoe, similar to the Sharingan appeared on Sasuke's skin to the left side of his neck.
"Sasuke!" Neji rushed towards Sasuke who fell unconscious. Kabuto allowed him to go as he and Orochimaru stared at Shisui with their arrogant smirks.
'This is not good. I need to save them first.'
"Don't worry Shisui-chan, I'm not in the mood to fight today. My work here is done. See you soon." Shisui glared at Orochimaru as Kabuto quickly went through summoning jutsu.
"They reversed summoned themselves." Shisui's Sharingan eyes scan the battlefield for enemies before he turned to Neji.
"Is he alright?" He stared at Sasuke's cursed seal.
'So that's what you meant Orochimaru. I'm sorry Sasuke, I was too late.' He quickly composed himself and helped them.
"Do you really think that I'll allow you to go Danzo?" Danzo cursed himself again when he saw Itachi Uchiha appeared in front of Nawaki and Naruto. His emotionless and Sharingan eyes stared at him. It was if they were telling him to drop on his knees and show respect to his superior.
"Itachi!" Danzo almost whined. "Maybe another time." Danzo quickly tried to run away but found his path blocked by Itachi.
Slash
Danzo's right arm fell to the ground as he disappeared and appeared far away from Itachi. Itachi didn't look surprised. In fact, he turned around and faced Danzo again. His eyes quickly changed shape as it turned into sharpened spiraling curves. His right eye closed and blood leaked from it as Itachi spoke.
"Amaterasu (Heavenly illumination)," Danzo screamed in pain as his formed lit with black flames. But after a moment he disappeared again, this time appearing beside Zetsu.
"Take us away." Itachi was about to use black flames again when both of them sucked in the ground instantly. Itachi stood there for a while before turning to Naruto and Nawaki.
"It has been a while Naruto." Naruto's lips curved into a smile at seeing his friend after more than four years.
"It really has." Naruto sighed as he sat on the ground, exhausted. Itachi stood there as Nawaki also dropped like a rock.
"You guys looked exhausted." Itachi indicated.
"Of course we are. It's not easy to face S-rank shinobi on your first mission you know." Nawaki shouted.
"But you have the energy to shout." Itachi's eyes held amusement.
"Naruto! Use your summons. We've to get out of here quickly." Naruto nodded his head and summoned
Two large Eagles.
"We need to take others as well." They were flying high in the air. Nawaki was looking down as he tried to find his friends. "I hope they are alright."
"Don't worry, Shisui is with them,"
"And Neji has summons as well." And sure enough, they saw two more Eagles that were heading towards them.
"Itachi!" Itachi narrowed his eyes when he saw Sasuke's unconscious body. Sakura was healing Hinata's injuries.
"What happened to him?" Itachi's concerned voice reached through the howling wind.
"Orochimaru's cursed seal." Shisui was frowning.
"What? Orochimaru? And what about cursed seal." Nawaki yelled. His eyes frantic as he looked at Sasuke who was looking sick. His body was covered with sweat. He was only breathing, his wounds have been healed. Itachi and Shisui decided to stay silent. It's better to let Hokage-sama handle this matter.
They still have other things to worry about. Like about Naruto's parentage. They don't know anything about his parentage but they know that this somehow involved Hokage-sama.
'Just wait for a little longer Sasuke!' Shisui and Itachi knew what the seal does to its victims. Anko had been the first victim of that seal.
"Can't you do anything about that seal?" Nawaki looked at Naruto. He'd changed Gaara's seal, surely it would be a piece of cake for him to remove that seal from Sasuke, right?
"That seal is very complicated, only the true master of the said art will be able to do something against it." The answer wasn't unexpected. Naruto had seen that seal, the seal that resembled the Sharingan.
'That Snake freak and his obsession with Sharingan.'
Sakura whined slightly when she felt pain in her neck.
"You alright?" Sakura smiled reassuringly at Hinata.
"It appears that everyone needs medical attention, we must hurry. We've to go to Konoha then. We don't have time to go to Suna. Moreover, we have to remove the seal quickly before it dominates completely." Shisui nodded his head.
"Only Hokage-sama or Kushina-sama will be able to remove it. We must hurry." The Eagles turned their direction towards Konoha. Naruto just sat there not sure what to say.
He was finally going to Konoha, after so many years he was finally going to see his birthplace. Speaking of birth.
His eyes darkened and he clenched his fists when he remembered Danzo's words.
'You knew and you never told me? Why?' He felt betrayed. He felt like someone had stabbed him in the back. His leader, the man he looked up to, the man who gave him everything.
'He might have a good reason.'
His quiet and dark mood wasn't gone unnoticed by Shisui and Itachi. They didn't speak about that matter though.
"What happened to Juzo?" Naruto looked up at Neji and Sakura with the same question in mind as Nawaki asked.
"He was killed by Orochimaru. I've his head stored in the scroll, you guys will be going to end up with a large bounty," Shisui smiled at their grinning faces. He glanced at Naruto who sitting as if he didn't care. He was lost in his own thoughts.
"Were you sent by Hokage-sama to assist us?" Naruto glanced at Itachi from the corner of his eye as he asked the question. "We still have to give the Daimyo's head to Kazekage." Itachi shook his head as he answered.
"No! We were in Oto no Kuni destroying Orochimaru bases as we tried to find that traitor. It was our mission to eliminate him ASAP."
"Why as soon as possible?" Nawaki interrupted.
"We don't know. We were searching his hideout when we found some important info. We quickly went to Jiraiya-sama who was near Amegakure at that time. The info was related to Danzo, and Jiraiya-sama was the only one who knew his whereabouts." Itachi paused and spoke.
"After getting a lead from him we quickly headed towards Suna. And you guys know the rest."
"It seems that he'd joined the Akatsuki," Sakura said.
"Itachi! That jutsu he was using…did you know anything about that?" Naruto asked as Nawaki also turned his attention towards him. Shisui and Itachi looked at each other as Itachi replied.
"I know what it is Naruto. But I can't tell. It's one of our clan's secret techniques." Naruto decided to remain quiet for the rest of the journey.
His attention turning to his own Sharingan, his own tool which refused to help him. 'I know I was channeling chakra into my eyes. Could it be?' Naruto again channeled his chakra into his eyes and he felt Sharingan activated. He quickly deactivated it again.
'I still have it. But why was I unable to access it. It never happened before. What is going on?' It'd never happened before. His control over his element was frail as well. He'd never felt so distressed and fragile in his fights before. It was like his own powers turned against him.
He gritted his teeth, 'I can't even trust my own powers. Was it Danzo's doing? But if it was Danzo's doing then nothing happened to Nawaki and besides, my Sharingan is working now.' No, it was something else, it was as if something was holding his power back, it was as if someone was controlling his powers, his own powers.
His strength that he gained by sacrificing blood, sweat, and pain. Naruto unconsciously clenched his fists.
'I'm weak. I'm pathetic.' He was proud of his powers, he was proud of his control over his elements. But what now? It was as if someone stronger than him had shown his place. Tears appeared in his eyes as he felt despair, agony. He wanted to scream and cry for being so weak. It felt horrible, knowing that you've power but you can't use it, that you have strength but you can't access it completely.
"Why?" He muttered, his voice was slow and barely audible to his own ears.
"Why do you want to fight? Why do you want to win?" A voice echoed in his mind, in his soul. It was filled with wisdom and power. Naruto felt peace entering his being by just hearing that voice. His heart which was in turmoil, his heart which was resembling a raging tornado and an uncontrolled wave of water, begun to calm down.
"Who are you?" He asked out loud. He looked around to see his friend's reaction but got none. It was as if they hadn't heard him.
"You don't have to speak out loud young Naruto, after all, I'm part of you, for now."
'Who are you? What do you want? What do you mean by that? Answer me?"
"You've lots of questions, well it's not surprising. Everything will be revealed in due time. Just relax and be patient." His voice was calm and filled with kindness but filled with strictness, filled with finality. Naruto knew he wasn't going get anything from him because it was a male from the voice of it, and old one at that.
'At least tell me your name.' Naruto pleaded.
'Hagoromo Otsutsuki.'
A lot of questions have been raised about this story and my grammar mistakes, most of them about Naruto's parentage. The story hasn't finished yet, everything will be revealed in time and I don't plan to abandon it.
The other thing is about my grammar. Writing this story is the reason to correct my grammatical mistakes. I don't have anyone to help me, I don't have any beta as well and also, English is my third language. I'm doing my best but I can't make it flawless. I've already gone through revision, that's why it took so long to update.
I'd would suggest you guys read this story from the first chapter again.
And if someone still has a problem with my mistakes then they are welcome to abandon this story. Please hurry up, the offer is still open.