Ok, I was little disappointed that no one reviewed for the seventh girl, or if Kimimaro should survive. I stuck with the poll results. Also, you can still say who you want the last girl to be in the next few chapters while I make the poll with your suggestions.
On another note, I have started a Dragon Ball Z story so if you have time, please check it out. Also, I will be making a Pokémon story soon, so keep your eyes open for that.
If you are worried about what this means for this story, fret not, this story will still be my main focus until I get up to Shippuden.
Now enjoy.
SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan.
Disclaimer – I don't own anything from the Naruto anime/manga all I own are my original characters and plot twists.
'Talking'
"Thinking"
'Heavily demonic voice'
'Fox talking'
"Fox thinking"
*expression*
Jutsu
Flashback
Chapter 25 – Invasion
'OROCHIMARU!' Shouted Naruto.
Naruto was about to run off and engage Orochimaru, before five people appeared.
'You're not going anywhere.' Said one of the five. The person who spoke appeared to have a second head sticking out of his back. Both heads had dark grey hair with long bangs that covered a different eye, with their bangs on opposite sides. Each of the twins wore turquoise lipstick, and brown eyeliner, which made their appearance more feminine. They wore brown tunics with long black wristbands, black skin-tight shorts, and purple ropes tied around their waists.
'Ugh, is that a head sticking out of your back?' Asked Ino disgusted.
'Sakon, she must die fast.' Said the lump.
'Now, now, Ukon, calm down.' Replied the newly named Sakon, to the lump now revealed to be Ukon.
'Silence.' Commanded a voice.
'Yes Kimimaro.' Replied Sakon.
Kimimaro was characterised by his pale skin, vivid green eyes, masculine facial features, two red dots on his forehead and shoulder-length white hair, which he wore divided down the middle of his head, distinguished by an atypical zigzag hair parting, with two separate partings on either side of his face. Kimimaro wore an outfit consisting of a light lavender, loose-fitting, long-sleeved, zip-up shirt, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, traditional shinobi sandals, and a purple rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist. He also wore two red, tube-like hair ornaments; one on either side of his head, securing two locks of his silvery-white hair. He had a curse seal present at the base of his throat, which had a circular pattern of three curved lines.
'Sakura, Ino, go and alert Tsunade and Jiraiya about the invasion and be as fast as you can. Shino, Hinata, please go and find Haku, we're going to need his help. Sasuke, Choji, Neji, Kiba, and Lee, you all need to take on one of these opponents and hold them for as long as possible, I'll back you up with Shadow Clones. Shikamaru, I want you to study their skills and devise a strategy to defeat each one, and Tenten you have to protect Shikamaru. Now!' Shouted Naruto.
Sakura, Ino, Shino, and Hinata all made to leave, before one of the ninja stood in front of them.
'Not so fast, I'm hungry.' Said the ninja.
He was a large and imposing young man, towering over the rest of his team-mates. He had orange eyes and three tufts of orange hair on his head: a Mohawk of sorts that ran down the middle and two similar styled tufts of hair at the side. He wore a sleeveless tunic with a modified yin-yang symbol, in which the yin part was white instead of black on the hem, along with black, arm-warmers, and a pair of black pants that stopped just below his knees. Along with this, he wore sandals with leg warmers covered by bandages, a purple rope belt around his waist, and a necklace that was comprised of long metallic pieces in a circular arrangement.
'Now Jirobo, don't forget our mission, besides, there are still plenty of them staying.' Reasoned a spider like man.
He was a dark-skinned shinobi with black hair and eyes, he also had six arms. He wore a black, sleeveless top and shorts. Over this he wore a tunic that bore the same symbol as Jirobo and a rope belt. He also wore the forehead protector of his village, which depicted a musical note, on his head, along with arm warmers, shinobi sandals, and bandages around his legs.
'Kidomaru is right, Jirobo.' Said Kimimaro.
The orange haired man hesitated, which gave Naruto the opportunity to kick Jirobo in the head away from the others.
'Go. NOW!' Shouted Naruto.
Sakura, Ino, Shino, and Hinata, nodded and left.
'See what happens when you think with your stomach fatso?' Scoffed a girl.
Her most distinctive feature was her long, untamed, red hair. She also wore a black hat with bandaged sides. She wore a tan tunic, much like the other members of her team, with black shorts and standard black shinobi sandals.
'*growl* Quiet Tayuya.' Replied Jirobo, as he stood up.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu.' Cried Naruto causing twenty shadow clones to appear.
Five turned into little badges with a tiny Naruto giving a peace symbol. Another five grabbed the badges and quickly attached them to Sasuke, Neji, Kiba, Choji, and Lee, before standing behind them to provide backup. The other ten took to the trees for insurance.
'Alright guys, I need you to hold them off for as long as you can while I set up my jutsu, it requires around five hundred hand signs so it's going to take a while, however, if you have the chance, kill them.' Said Naruto.
'Five hundred! Are you serious Naruto?' Asked Kiba in shock.
'Yeah, it's similar to a Genjutsu, but it varies with who it is cast on, as well as the effect it has and since I have so much chakra, I need a lot of hand signs to make it work.' Replied Naruto, who was already going through hand signs.
'This is all pointless. Sasuke Uchiha, if you come with us, Lord Orochimaru can give you power. The power you need to kill your brother.' Said Kimimaro in a monotone.
'You know nothing about me, or my brother so SHUT UP!' Shouted Sasuke, as he charged Kimimaro.
'Lee, quickly, back up Sasuke, from what we've seen, that guy is their leader and most likely the strongest fighter they've got!' Shouted Shikamaru.
'Of course.' Said Lee, as he charged past Sasuke and attempted to strike Kimimaro with a Leaf Hurricane.
Kidomaru begun to grow impatient, so he threw a kunai at Naruto.
"Damn it, I can't stop now." Thought Naruto, continuing to make his hand signs even as the kunai neared him.
'Rotation.' Said Neji, leaping into the path of the kunai and spinning while sending chakra outwards, deflecting the kunai aimed at Naruto.
'Neji, take the spider freak, he seems to be someone you can take down with relative ease.' Said Shikamaru.
'Right.' Said Neji, as he charged Kidomaru with a palm strike.
'Kiba, Choji you guys take on the big guy. It stands to reason he is a chakra powerhouse. Tenten, you're with me, the girl looks like a Genjutsu type, and your constant weapon barrage will stop her from casting one on us, which will hopefully give me time to ensnare her.' Finished Shikamaru, before standing up.
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'Haku.' Said Hinata, who had just located Haku near the market district.
Haku noticed a hint of urgency in her voice and quickly ran over to her.
'Hello Hinata, Shino, is there something you need?' Asked Haku.
'We have been invaded as I'm sure you must have noticed with the destruction of the front gate. Naruto has requested your aid at Training Ground Seven. It would be prudent if you hurry.' Said Shino.
'Right.' Said Haku, before he ran in the direction of the training grounds.
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'Now die!' Shouted Kimimaro, as he came down with a bone blade, poised to split Lee's skull in two.
'Second Tail: Tail of Suffering.'Shouted one of the ten shadow clones who was in a two tailed state, jumping out of the tree and quickly slashed Kimimaro with his sword, encased in Kyuubi's chakra, through his calves, thighs, and shoulders, before kicking him to the side.
Kimimaro stood up easily, much to the clone's shock, and quickly shot the bones of his fingertips at the clone, which ripped through him like bullets, and caused him to dispel.
'Well you are quite lucky it seems.' Commented Kimimaro.
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'Fang Over Fang.' Shouted Kiba, who had just been thrown with Akamaru by Choji in his expanded form.
'Ha pathetic.' Said Jirobo, before he stuck his hand into the ground and pulled out a slab of rock.
'That's what you think.' Said Kiba, before he and Akamaru bounced off each other, allowing them to move around the slab of earth and attack Jirobo.
'Gotcha.' Said Jirobo, as he grabbed both Akamaru and Kiba.
'No you don't.' Said two clones that jumped down and kicked Jirobo in the face and stomach, allowing Kiba and Akamaru to break free.
'Thanks Naruto, that guy was draining our chakra.' Panted Kiba, rubbing his neck gingerly.
'Human Boulder.' Shouted an enlarged Choji, who charged the slightly winded Jirobo.
'Pathetic trash.' Said Jirobo, as he sent a chakra empowered fist at the human boulder, which was promptly sent back.
'Watch out!' Shouted, both the clones, before they pushed Kiba and Akamaru out of the way, preventing them from getting crushed, but causing themselves to be dispelled in in the process.
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Neji charged Kidomaru, with four Naruto clones as back up.
'Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.' Shouted Neji, who proceeded to unleash a massive onslaught on Kidomaru. Every strike met its mark and Kidomaru was sent flying back from the last hit.
'HAHA, such interesting prey.' Said Kidomaru, as he stood back up with what appeared to be gold plating falling off his face.
'But how?' Asked Neji in disbelief.
'I am able to create a strong layer of protection from my sweat glands which blocks anything from getting through.' Said Kidomaru, as his golden like face mask fell off.
Kidomaru then opened his mouth wide, from which he pulled five golden hooked kunai, which he flung at Neji and the four clones. Neji avoided serious injury and only suffered a small gash on his shoulder, but all the clones were dispelled.
"Not good." Thought Neji.
'Time for pain.' Said Kidomaru sinisterly, before he punched Neji in the ribs and followed up with a snap kick to the face, before finally sending him flying away with a strong left roundhouse.
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Sakon and Ukon realised that there was no one stopping them from attacking Naruto.
'Let's get that annoying blonde.' Said Sakon.
Naruto had his first tail out, as he needed Kyuubi's chakra for the jutsu.
'Hey guys, I need a little help here.' Said Naruto, who was only up to his two-hundredth hand sign.
'Chidori.' Shouted Sasuke, jamming his hand in the centre of Sakon and Ukon's combined form.
'Nice try.' Said Sakon, who instead of bleeding, simply split off from Ukon, and formed his own demonic looking left leg and arm, which were a sickly grey.
'Damn it, clones, go help Lee!' Commanded Naruto.
The last eight clones which remained all nodded and swarmed Kimimaro.
"Damn it, we need help." Thought Naruto, after seeing four clones easily cut down by Kimimaro's Camellia Dance.
Just then however, twenty senbon shot straight for Kimimaro and struck his arms but unfortunately, had no visible effect.
'Well, it seems as though I made it.' Said Haku, who frowned as he saw his attack had no effect.
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Tenten had been keeping Tayuya on her toes by constantly launching kunai all over the place, which Tayuya dodged by hiding behind the trees, however, this didn't last for long, as Shikamaru used the shadows of the trees to try and bind her, which forced her back into the open.
'Damn it all. You Leaf Genin are going to get it sideways now.' Growled Tayuya, before she made hand signs and summoned three ogre-like demons.
Each demon was different in appearance, and each wielded a different weapon. One wore a dark green full-body suit, and its hair covered its entire head and face. It wielded a giant metal club. The other was shirtless and wore dark pants. It was bald and had scars on its head, similar to Ibiki Morino, and it wore a blindfold. It had a thorn-like weapon tied to each of its arms. The other had its upper body covered in bandages and wore brown pants. Its head was in an awkward position and had several needles pinned on it. It didn't have arms and thus it didn't wield any weapon. Each demon had a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around its waist, like Tayuya.
'Now you will die.' Stated Tayuya confidently, as she pulled out an immaculately maintained silver flute and begun to play it, which caused the demons to charge and attack Tenten and Shikamaru.
'*sigh* What a drag.' Commented Shikamaru in annoyance, as he hastily dodged a massive club blow, which shook the ground.
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"Almost there." Thought Naruto, as he was up to his four-hundredth hand sign.
'Kit you're running out of time, those ninja all have cursed seals and if they all activate them, your friends may not survive.' Said Kurama.
"No they will make it; trust me, they are strong." Thought Naruto, now down to his last forty hand signs.
"Ugh, I have to hurry, one of them already went level two when Sasuke attacked him and the others have gone to level one, not good. Guess it's time to tell the clones what to do." Thought Naruto.
'Clones, initiate plan delta!' Shouted Naruto.
The five badges turned back into clones and quickly told the Leaf Genin to get away while they held off the Sound ninja, while slowly leading them closer and closer to each other.
Naruto finished off his last hand sign, before putting his left hand on his heart with his other hand on his head, both glowing with the Kyuubi's chakra. He focused and slammed both his hands together in front of his chest and then separated them, leaving about a metre space between them, with his palms facing forward.
'Ninja Art: Retribution.' Said Naruto.
The five Sound ninja all froze and remained unmoving with so much as a twitch. After a while, Shikamaru spoke up.
'Naruto, what did you do?' Asked Shikamaru.
'Well, it's quite simple really. Recently I've been able to sense malicious intent or negative feelings. Not that well yet, mind you, since this power is pretty new and I'm still trying to master it, but it gave me an idea for a jutsu. What it does is pretty cool and as I alluded to earlier, it changes with each person. For a truly evil person, they will suffer all the pain they have inflicted on everyone in their lives before having their heart and brain split in half, both of which will then explode.' Said Naruto.
'Ugh… that's pretty gruesome, don't you think? What would happen if an innocent person got caught by that jutsu?' Asked Choji.
'Well a good person won't suffer at all and may even be, in a way, healed from any suffering they have endured by finding closure.' Said Naruto sadly, as he had originally wanted to use it on himself, but found he couldn't.
All of a sudden, Jirobo, Kidomaru, Sakon, and Ukon all cried out in agony, before their brains and hearts exploded internally, without expelling any blood at all.
Tayuya clutched the back of her neck, before a small orange flame burst from it.
'Uh Naruto, was that supposed to happen?' Asked Kiba.
'Yes, it means she is a good person who has suffered meaning she probably didn't want to serve Orochimaru at all and that flame, I think it removed her curse seal.' Commented Naruto.
This proved to be true when Kimimaro behaved in a similar manner and clutched at the base of his throat, before an orange flame also burst from it.
'Okay, let's get these guys to the hospital.' Said Naruto as he created a clone which picked up Kimimaro, as he proceeded to pick up Tayuya.
'What, seriously?' Asked Kiba in shock.
'Hey, if they survived, they can't be all bad.' Defended the Uzumaki before hopping off.
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Orochimaru had fled rather quickly after feeling his curse seals destroyed as that meant either the seals were removed, or the bearer of the seal died. In any case, he didn't want to fight both Tsunade and Jiraiya, so he fled knowing it would not end well as the fight would end in a stalemate, at which point many Jounin could kill him.
Assessing the situation once Orochimaru had left, it seemed injuries were minimal and no one had died, which to Tsunade meant a successful effort. Tsunade was in the hospital healing a dozen or so ninja who were injured. At the same time, Naruto was searching for Tsunade and finally found her after she exited the room of the last person she needed to heal.
'Hey Tsunade, I need a favour.' Said Naruto quietly.
'Hmm.' Said Tsunade, surprised he didn't refer to her as grandma.
Naruto ushered Tsunade into a two-bedroom room, where Tayuya and Kimimaro were laying in a bed each.
'Well, you see these guys attacked us and.' Begun Naruto, before Tsunade went to punch him in the face.
'Wait, wait!' Said Naruto, waving his hands in front of his face.
'Brat, give me one reason why I shouldn't have them executed right now!' Growled Tsunade.
'They're good people I used a new jutsu on them and their three other teammates. Their teammates were bad, so their hearts and minds exploded, but they aren't and the only thing that happened to them was that their curse marks were destroyed.' Replied Naruto quickly without taking a breath.
'Hmm, you got rid of their curse seals, how?' Asked Tsunade, momentarily forgetting she was going to punch Naruto in the face.
'Yeah, like I explained to the others, a truly evil person will suffer all the pain they have inflicted on everyone in their lives before having their heart and brain split in half, which will then explode, while a good person won't suffer at all and may even be, in a way, healed from any suffering they have endured by finding closure. In this case, it seems as though their curse seals were removed.' Explained Naruto, becoming thoughtful at the end.
'So what do you need me for?' Asked Tsunade.
'Well, the strain of having their curse seals removed seems to have placed them in a state of near-death stasis and I need you to bring them back to normal.' Said Naruto.
'How can you be sure they aren't spies?' Asked Tsunade.
'Well, it is still a bit new, but I am able to sense the intent and emotions of people and these two didn't have any malice, only a reluctant hopelessness from the girl, and admiration as well as hopelessness on the part of the boy.' Said Naruto.
"Just like Grandma Mito." Thought Tsunade in surprise.
'*sigh* But if they try to kill any Leaf ninja, it's your head.' Warned Tsunade, to which Naruto nodded in grim acceptance.
Tsunade healed Kimimaro, but noticed he had tuberculosis as well which had progressed heavily. Tsunade healed Kimimaro as best as she could at the current time, which brought him back into the initial stages of infection, while also healing the damage already done to his lungs.
'Well he'll live, but I'll need to give him some medicine to cure him.' Said Tsunade, to which Naruto nodded.
Kimimaro woke up and looked around, not recognising his surroundings.
'Where, am I?' He asked.
'You're in the Leaf Village's Hospital. I brought you here after you survived my jutsu which proved you had no ill will and destroyed your curse mark. Also, Tsunade here fixed up most of the damage done to your lungs from your infection and says she can cure it with a bit of medication.' Said Naruto.
Kimimaro's eyes widened, and he quickly bowed his head.
'I thank you with my entire heart Lord Naruto, Lady Tsunade. I owe you both my life.' Said Kimimaro.
'Uh, just Naruto is fine.' Said Naruto.
'However, you should have just let me die, my life has no purpose now that I can no longer serve Lord Orochimaru.' Said Kimimaro solemnly.
'Kimimaro, you sound just like my friend Haku. He too felt that he had no reason to live after he was separated from his master, but he changed his mind after I told him of his purpose.' Said Naruto.
'I have no purpose anymore.' Said Kimimaro.
Naruto chuckled, 'You know he said the exact same thing as well, but I told him his purpose. To be my friend and live his life the way he wanted.' Said Naruto.
'It's true, I can make you a Leaf shinobi after a probationary period, that is if you cut all ties with Orochimaru and tell us everything you know about him, since I am the Hokage.' Stated Tsunade.
Kimimaro looked up and quickly bowed again.
'Thank you.' He said.
Tsunade then healed Tayuya.
'Where the hell am I?' Asked Tayuya.
Naruto once again responded.
'Like I told Kimimaro, you're in the Leaf Village's Hospital. I brought you here after you survived my jutsu which proved you had no ill will and destroyed your curse mark.' Said Naruto closing his eyes while smiling.
Tayuya lunged at Naruto and kissed him passionately on his lips, causing him to faint.
Tayuya's reaction shocked Kimimaro as indicated by his open jaw and surprised Tsunade as indicated by her raised eyebrow.
'Uh, guess that was a bit of a shock for him.' Said Tayuya, with a bit of a blush.
Kimimaro and Tsunade both looked at Tayuya with a deadpan expression and both thought, "No, really, you don't say."