Naruto Fanfiction
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto
Author’s Note: Sorry for the long wait…
Oh, for the reviewer who pointed out this wasn’t dark at all, well... you’re
right, I suppose. But I don’t really seem to care about it... You see, I decide
when characters die in this story, so tough break... Wait and there’ll be
deaths.
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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“What, you want to have a try too?” He spat out coldly as he glared at
the Kunoichi behind him. “What are you whimpering for?”
The almost in tears soaked pink-haired female behind the cold blonde
Shinobi responded with a stifled sob.
If possible, Naruto’s glare grew in its intensity. “Pathetic…”
In truth, Sakura was too afraid to run for Sasuke, who was unconscious. She
was afraid Naruto might kill her if she ran past him now, what with all the
Killer Intent he was obviously holding back. Her legs wanted to carry her
towards the Uchiha, but her wits told her to stay where she was, if she valued
her own life.
Naruto glared at the Konoha Genins in front of him. Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga
Hinata and Aburame Shino.
“You are new.” Shino stated. “I don’t know your full Chakra Capacity,
therefore, we will move with caution.” He seemed to order.
“Heh! We’ve already taken care of one of their team, so it’s three
versus two now.” Kiba boasted. ‘But I somehow doubt Uchiha Sasuke was the one
Akamaru was afraid of…’ He thought as Akamaru was standing beside him, in
Kiba-form.
“I’ve had a rough day, so forgive me for killing you without
hesitation…” Naruto whispered before red Chakra surrounded him.
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The Clashing
- Chapter 4: Killing Time
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Kiba’s eyes widened as the blood seemed to float in front of his eyes. “Shino!”
Kiba didn’t know what to do, with the Killer Intent roaming freely around him. He
wanted to run, but his pride told him he couldn’t leave his teammates alone.
As Shino fell to the ground, with about half of his body missing,
courtesy of a strange red claw made out of Chakra, Hinata was also frozen on
the spot.
Naruto chuckled as his murderous gaze focused on Kiba and the whimpering
mess of fur in his coat. “Now what’s with the sobbing, little girl?” Naruto
commented as he slowly walked towards the dog-like boy.
Kiba’s eyes widened as he felt his heart beat through his throat. Seeing
Naruto as he was approaching him, with all the red Chakra around him, it seemed
as if the devil himself was going to smite down upon him. He couldn’t move…
‘Run! Run! Run! Run! RUN! RUN!’
The next thing he knew was that Akamaru was barking to him as he was
lying on the ground. All that blood on the ground… ‘That’s… That’s my blood! MY
BLOOD!’
“I’ll leave that little dog alive for you, weakling…” Naruto said as he
stepped through Kiba’s blood and walked towards Hinata.
“I…” Naruto sighed. “I can’t kill women… as easily as I can kill men. Give
me the scroll or die.” He warned.
Hinata’s arm trembled as she pointed to Shino, who was still breathing. Naruto
looked a bit surprised that the bug-boy was still alive. He ignored Hinata and
walked over to the bleeding mess that was Shino. “I’m impressed. With half of your body missing, I’d
think you’d faint and die while you sleep.” Naruto chuckled. “I commend you for
fighting for your life.” He sighed. “Now…” He ruthlessly ripped the coat Shino
was wearing off of Shino’s body, making his body bleed even more. “Where’s the
scroll?” He said to himself as he was searching the coat.
Naruto finally found the
scroll and shot one glance to Shino and Kiba. “You weaklings will not survive,
I’m sure. I hope you’ll die slow and painfully, although… I would have liked it
more if you two had been on my team instead of those two insects.”
He then turned to the
freaked out Sakura. “You will carry Sasuke. I have no need to carry such a
disappointment.”
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It had been an hour after
they had arrived at the tower. Kakashi had greeted them and congratulated them
on passing the Test. He was surprised to see his team have so many scrolls. All
of his subordinates were alright and needed no treatment. He remembered that
Orochimaru had attacked them along with another demon-vessel.
‘Somehow I don’t think
Naruto has allowed them to grow much during this Chuunin Exam…’ Kakashi thought
as he left them in a great area, where they get rest, drink and eat whatever
they want.
Stepping into the area,
Naruto immediately noticed Gaara and vice versa…
Temari and Kankurou could
feel the lust for death roll off of Gaara’s body. They shivered as Gaara’s eyes
seemed to beg for the blonde’s death. Sakura and Sasuke were in the same
predicament, feeling Naruto’s Killer Intent even more intensely as they were
standing close to him. The two demon vessels seemed to want to finish the
battle they had started in the Forest a little too badly.
Without warning, Naruto
appeared in front of Gaara in a speed too fast for Gaara’s shield. What
happened next astounded Temari and Kankurou to no end. Gaara was hit in the
face and was slammed into, no, half through the wall behind them.
Now, standing close to the
blonde, Temari and Kankurou felt the same creepy aura around Naruto as they
felt around Gaara. Sasuke and Sakura were ready for a fight, but a bit afraid
because Kakashi hadn’t come inside with them. Temari and Kankurou knew they
didn’t stand a chance against someone who could blast Gaara away like that and
were frozen on the spot.
“Gaara, vessel of the
Shukaku...” Naruto whispered. “Rise and meet me once again!”
Before anyone could react,
a hand of sand surrounded Naruto and tried to squeeze him to death. “Sabaku
SouSou!” Gaara let out violently.
As the sand squeezed
Naruto, everyone thought it was over.
Until the sand was blasted
away by Naruto’s Chakra. “Impressive... That pressure... To think I had to use
this much Chakra to shield me from it.”
Gaara simply glared, but
inside, he was in turmoil. Someone strong enough to survive his Desert
Graveyard? This meant he could only defeat this one by transforming even
further, like he did before in the Forest.
“Enough!” A voice suddenly
yelled out. Bystanders seem to be relieved by theyell.
“The Second Test is over
for you two teams! There will be no more fighting until the other survivors
arrive!” Mitarashi Anko yelled out. Still, she saw what these two kids were
capable of and doubted she could stop them.
It was when Naruto and
Gaara both seemed to want to kill her as they glared at her lethally.
Suddenly, behind Naruto,
Kakashi appeared and behind Gaara, Baki appeared. “No fighting until you are
allowed to do so. I don’t want you disqualified.” Baki scolded, but feared the
red-haired maniac quite clearly.
Kakashi simply shook his
head, but was very aware of the red Chakra around Naruto. “Naruto... You can’t
fight here. You’ll be disqualified. You want to be Chuunin, right?”
The demon hosts seemed to
ignore their teachers as they glared at each other. The three present Jounins
were all very aware of the Killer Intent the two gave off.
“Fine.” They both said as
they turned away from each other. Now they had to wait for all the other teams
to arrive.
It turned out to be a long
wait...
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Darkness, there was only
darkness...
“Father...”
“Silence...”
The sense of recovery, the
scent of life, the whimpering of realization.
“Proceed.”
---
After what seemed like an
entire month, Naruto heard a Jounin order them to assemble in front of the
Hokage. Naruto’s attitude changed slightly as he stared at the Sandaime. They
shared a look of respect and bowed very shortly towards each other. It went by
unnoticed by everyone, as if the Hokage had cast a Genjutsu so no one would.
Naruto wasn’t even
interested in who had survived this Test and listened to what the Third had to
say. What it would take to make him a Chuunin, finally.
After close to ten minutes
of explaining, Gekkou Hayate appeared, telling them to pick numbers for the
final Test tomorrow and to rest for today. The Third Hokage knew a lot of
Shinobis had perished during the Second Test. Probably a lot by Naruto’s hands.
But now, there were only
few survivors. The Third saw Maito Gai’s Team, Sarutobi Asuma’s Team, Hatake
Kakashi’s Team. The remaining were the team of the Sand, one from the Sound,
two from the Rain and another Leaf Team; several years older than the Rookies.
In total, there were 24
participants left. If this was going to be a tournament, there would be three
participants left in the end. Which meant the final would be a battle between
three Shinobis...
The Third saw the list of
the names of the remaining participants.
From the Leaf, Maito Gai’s
team, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee and Ten-Ten.
From the Leaf, Sarutobi Asuma’s team, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji and Nara
Shikamaru.
From the Leaf, Hatake Kakashi’s team, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki
Naruto.
From the Sand, Baki’s team, Temari, Kankurou and Gaara.
From the Rain, Baiu, Midare, Shigure
From the Rain, Kagari, Mubi, Oboro
From the Leaf, Tsurugi Misumi, Yakushi Kabuto and Akadou Yoroi
From the Sound, Tayuya, Sakon and Kaguya Kimimaro.
The Third frowned at the
last name. ‘Kaguya? Wasn’t that from a deceased Clan? Interesting...’ He didn’t
really care much for the Jounins from the foreign Countries. ‘Hyoumaru?’ Was
the name of the Jounin from the Sound. The Third wondered shortly.
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The next day, Mitarashi
Anko and Morino Ibiki entered the Hokage’s Office with a list of the match-ups.
A lot of interesting battles were to come and the Third was sure to increase
the ticket price for the Stadium, where the final test of the Chuunin Exam
would be held.
Yakushi Kabuto versus
Gaara.
Akimichi Chouji versus Shigure.
Ten-Ten versus Baiu.
Sakon versus Oboro.
Uchiha Sasuke versus Midare.
Nara Shikamaru versus Akadou Yoroi.
Haruno Sakura versus Yamanaka Ino.
Temari versus Mubi.
Kankurou versus Kaguya Kimimaro.
Kagari versus Hyuga Neji.
Tayuya versus Rock Lee.
Uzumaki Naruto versus Tsurugi Misumi.
And then there was another
surprising team that might make an appearance, the Third wondered. If an
opening was created, there would be room, but the chances of that happening
were really slim... The Genins had two weeks to train, before the Final Test
would commence.
---
After two weeks, Gaara of
the Sand found himself face to face with Yakushi Kabuto, a Leaf Shinobi. The
stadium was full of Shinobis, villagers, daimyous and all other filth, Gaara
noted. Their cheers were really working on his nerves, almost tempting him to
just release Shukaku to devour them all...
But he wanted to enjoy it.
So he focused all of his annoyance on his opponent. “Let me enjoy this...”
Kabuto smirked. “Oh, you
will, Gaara-kun.”
Genma, the referee this
time, announced the start of the match with a simple “Begin!”
Neither of the two moved
for a good twenty seconds. Kabuto grinned and performed a few handseals. “How
well are you... against Genjutsu?”
Gaara simply continued his
glaring.
Kabuto narrowed his eyes.
The Genjutsu he created was supposed to make Gaara cringe in pain, even a bit
if not much. He knew Gaara was very tolerant, and a Jinchuuriki on top of that.
But this Genjutsu made thousands of insects play with his organs. And yet...
Kabuto suddenly was
attacked from all around him and found himself trapped in a sphere of sand. “I
will enjoy your torture...” Gaara whispered as he rose from under the ground
behind where Kabuto stood before.
The Gaara who was under
Kabuto’s Genjutsu crumbled to the ground. It was a simple Sand Clone. “Sabaku
SouSou!”
The Sphere of Sand grew
smaller and spectators were sure they heard bones crumble. That was, until the
sand reformed and spiked towards Gaara. As Gaara’s eyes widened and he got
impaled by the sharp end of the huge spike of sand, he saw Kabuto grin from
where he stood, at the exact same spot. “You know, if you insert more Chakra in
a technique that’s being used against you, quite often, you gain control of
it...”
Kabuto snorted as he saw
Gaara crumble to the ground as sand again. “Those tricks are getting old.”
Kabuto said as he threw a few Kunais over his shoulders, only to see all of
them stopped by a shield of sand. “Ah, quite a defense you have there.
Automatic too, it seems, as it costs you no Chakra.” The ever analytical Kabuto
noted.
Gaara’s facial expression
didn’t change as he continued his assault of Sand hands towards Kabuto, who
easily dodged every one of them. “These attacks are too slow, Gaara-kun.”
Gaara suddenly was hit in
the face several times, as Kabuto’s speed was clearly higher than Gaara’s
protective sand.
Temari and Kankurou both
looked stupefied as Kabuto rammed his fists numerous times in Gaara’s face.
“What? How come you’re not fighting back, Gaara-kun? Are you not used to
feeling pain?” Kabuto asked as he stabbed a Kunai through Gaara’s chest and
jumped away before he could be attacked by sand.
Gaara held in a scream as
he pulled the Kunai out. ‘This guy... I need to kill him for spilling my
blood...’
Naruto narrowed his eyes
as he watched how Gaara’s wound was already healing. ‘His regenerative skills
seem to be slower than mine...’
Kabuto had his eyes
narrowed behind his glasses as well, before he closed them and turned to the
referee. “Referee...” Everyone was curious as to what he was going to say. “I
forfeit... I tire from this battle, as it seems futile for me to continue.”
Up in the stand, a Sound
Jounin’s left eyebrow twitched. ‘He clearly doesn’t want to show more of his
skills... Also, the old blood in his system seems to have awakened during the
fight... He can barely hold back the bloodlust now...’ Orochimaru thought as he
saw how blood seemed to appear in Kabuto’s eyes. ‘Understandable he wants to
forfeit... For our plan to work, his skills need to be a definite surprise. I
guess my orders for him contradicts my plans at this point... He realises that
much.’ He finished his thoughts with a grin. ‘The two Jinchuurikis here... are
quite powerful.’
“Winner, Gaara.”
Gaara glared at Kabuto’s back,
as the grey-haired Shinobi was walking away from him. “You are scared of me,
coward?” Gaara let out calmly. “Once a fight starts, it has to be finished, one
way or the other.”
Kabuto turned around, with
perfectly fine-aimed Killer Intent only noticeable to Gaara, revealing at the
same time his blood-filled eyes and grinned. “Oh, it will, Gaara-kun... Have
patience for a change...’ With that, Kabuto jumped up to where all other Genins
were waiting. Gaara followed suit, using his sand to transport.
Naruto observed Kabuto as
he appeared on the same floor he was waiting on. ‘Yakushi Kabuto... He’s
holding back a lot... I wonder how strong that coward really is...’
Naruto zoned out, while
Sasuke activated his Sharingan every now and then during the next few matches,
trying to copy useful techniques.
Akimichi Chouji lost
against the Rain Shinobi, Shigure and was carried on a stretcher because of the
many wounds caused by the needle attack from Shigure. Ten-Ten defeated a Rain
Shinobi by usage of many Shinobi weapons. Her arsenal was truly unreal. The
Rain-nin Oboro got pummelled to a bloody pulp by the Sound Shinobi Sakon, who
seemed to enjoy beating the crap out of the younger Rain-nin.
Sasuke had easily defeated
the remaining Rain-nin with amazing Fire Techniques and swift Taijutsu, which
he had partly copied from an ally, Rock Lee. Akadou Yoroi was only good in
Taijutsu and needed physical contact to win, so against Nara Shikamaru, he
didn’t really stand a chance.
Naruto was very tempted to
finish both participants of the next match off after a minute or two, seeing
that they weren’t getting anywhere fast. After half an hour, the match had a
draw as conclusion, which further pissed the blonde Shinobi off. Yamanaka Ino
and Haruno Sakura both knocked each other at the same time.
Mubi, a Rain-nin in tight
yellow/white suit, was easily thrown against the wall, several times, by the
Wind attacks from Temari, and so the blonde Sand-nin had beaten her adversary
without a problem. Her brother Kankurou, however, was very quickly defeated by
his opponent, Kaguya Kimimaro, by simple and quick Taijutsu. Kaguya didn’t
reveal any powerful techniques while doing so. Hyuga Neji had wasted no time on
his opponent Kagari and had silenced him with Jyuuken under one and a half minute.
The Taijutsu Specialist Rock Lee stood no chance against Genjutsu Specialist
Tayuya. And Uzumaki Naruto’s match against Tsurugi Misumi...
Well, let’s just say that
someone got killed in less than thirty seconds. Red Chakra was involved.
---
The Third Hokage rose from
his seat as the first Round was over. “Participants... There was another team
who had made it to the final Test of the Chuunin Exam. They had both scrolls
and made it to the tower, their injuries however, didn’t allow them to stay for
the explanation I gave about this final Test. Their team has chosen a single
member to participate in this final Test, seeing there is one opening because
of the draw between the Leaf Shinobis Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura.”
Naruto’s eyes narrowed as
Aburame Shino appeared in the same ‘waiting area’ he was in. ‘That’s
impossible... I’m sure he couldn’t have survived what I did to him...’ Aburame
Shino felt Naruto’s stare, but decided not to stare back.
“Aburame Shino has joined
us in this final Test. His opponent will be... Uzumaki Naruto.”
Naruto’s frown disappeared
and he regarded the bug user with a feral grin. “Heh, looks like I get a second
chance...”
---
“Man, just barely being
able to still enter and already facing that monster...” Kiba shuddered as he stared
at the waiting area, sitting in the crowd along with Hyuga Hinata and Yuuhi
Kurenai. “Sensei, his opponent right now, was the one who almost killed us in
that Forest.”
Kurenai nodded her head
and sent a glare towards Naruto. “I’ll make sure he won’t try that again during
this test, Kiba-kun.”
Hinata wasn’t so sure
about that as she heard the referee call out to the next two Shinobis to join
him in the fighting area. “Gaara of the Sand, Shigure of the Rain... Come
down!”
---
The entire crowd resisted
the urge to vomit as Gaara had squashed his opponent to death using Desert
Graveyard. Shigure’s attempts on hurting Gaara with his needles were easily
stopped by Gaara’s Shield of Sand.
The next match was Ten-Ten
versus Sakon. The match was almost as short as the previous one as Sakon
skilfully avoided every weapon Ten-Ten threw at him and proceeded to knock the
brown-haired girl unconscious with only four effective blows.
The third match of the
second round was between Nara Shikamaru and Uchiha Sasuke. This match was
really long. Sasuke had already seen how Shikamaru fights in the previous round
and did everything he could to stay away from Shikamaru’s shadow. Often, he
came close to getting caught, but in such a situation, he’d use either high
speed to move away or a Fire Jutsu to make Shikamaru run. The winner was Uchiha
Sasuke, after Shikamaru realised he had no Chakra left.
The blonde Temari was
easily defeated by Kaguya Kimimaro by a speed that rivalled Rock Lee’s without
weights. Her wind blasts were simply too slow to be able to even come close to
hitting Kimimaro.
Hyuga Neji, a Byakugan
user and a genius of his Clan, was defeated by very high-levelled Genjutsus
that made Kakashi reveal his Sharingan. Sasuke had also activated his
Sharingan, but couldn’t see as much as Kakashi did. Tayuya really was a
talented girl. ‘Those Genjutsus are way too high-levelled to be that of a
Genin... In fact, the entire Sound Team seems to be overpowered in this
Exam...’ Kakashi read, as Hyuga Neji was defeated, although he did manage to
hit Tayuya a few times.
And then, Naruto jumped
down to the arena. A second later, Aburame Shino stood before him, only with
his back towards Naruto. “Referee... I forfeit.” Shino bowed in respect. “I
have no desire to feel a similar pain I felt two weeks ago.”
He turned to regard
Naruto. “One day, you will receive what you give to others, Uzumaki
Naruto-san.” Naruto simply grinned, although he was a bit disappointed not to
have a fight.
“Tcheh, so disappointing,
Aburame-san. I wanted a fight so much, too. Tell me, though... How did you
survive in the Forest?”
Shino gazed at Naruto with
a frown. "Medic Ninjutsu."
---
‘Hmm, seems like I’m
supposed to fight one of the Jinchuurikis, eh?’ Sakon thought as he observed
Gaara from a distance. ‘Too bad Orochimaru-sama forbade to use the Curse Seal,
otherwise I would have stomped the little brat away... Now, I’ll have to lose
this...’ He finished with an inward grumble.
“Sakon, don’t screw up,
you stupid faggot.” Tayuya let her presence known as she appeared behind him.
“Kimimaro will kill you afterwards if you use even the slightest bit of that.”
She said. “Remember, he never disobeys him.”
Sakon snorted. “Can it
already, redhead. As if I’m going to screw up before I can be part of the
greatest battle of all times...” He let out. ‘Truly, the war between Leaf and
Sound, with Sand as our puppy... This is going to be such a blast...’
"I wonder where the
other two are hiding, though." Tayuya wondered out loud as she seemed to
gazetowards the higher parts of the stadium.
“Sakon of the Sound, Gaara
of the Sand! Get down here!” Genma yelled out lazily.
---
“Hyoumaru-sama.”
Orochimaru, in his disguise, turned around to see a normal Sound Jounin behind
him. “Our Kimimaro has to face the prodigy, Uchiha Sasuke. Surely, Kaguya-kun
would not kill him?”
‘Hyoumaru’ laughed. “Nonsense...” He smirked at Kabuto in disguise. “He
will not ruin my plans. I want you to focus on your task after the final
matches. Surely, when he’s tired, you would stand a chance?”
The Sound Jounin seemed a bit perturbed, but only for a second. “Even
when not, I would still gain the upper-hand.”
‘Hyoumaru’ chuckled. “If you say so...”
“Tayuya has to face Uzumaki Naruto... I don’t have any information about
the blonde Genin, but I don’t think he’s really good against Genjutsu...”
‘Hyoumaru’ chuckled again. “No... He’ll probably be really good against
it... I can only hope Tayuya will be smart enough to forfeit, if she values her
life...”
“Ah, because she can’t use that, hm?”
Hyoumaru shook his head. “Even if she was allowed to do so, she would
still stand no chance.”
---
Genma sighed tiredly, he had been standing in this fighting area for way
too long, he found. “Begin this match!” His voice awkwardly similar to a
certain Nara.
Sakon rushed forward, intent on breaking Gaara’s face.
---
TBC
Maa, I’ve decided to not write too many battles in this Chapter. If you
prefer, I can write out a few battles in this chapter, if you do, please let me
know. The next Chapter will be the fight between Leaf and Sound (and Sand) A
final clash between the Shukaku vessel and the Kyuubi vessel and two certain
Akatsuki Members arrive a bit earlier than ‘expected.’
Sorry for the long wait! Seeyaaaaa...