Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Chapter 78 ( Chapter 78 )

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Chapter 78

Konoha

One week before Chuunin exams...

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sasami were working together on teamwork exercises with their sensei Anko. Knowing a few jutsus concerning working with the summoned creatures, two of the Namikaze siblings were working in tandem with the coiled bodies of the reptiles as whips.

Able to withstand the harsh suddenness that a whip can take, they found that the advantage to the snake was that at times they snake can hook itself into its victims body once unleashed to deliver enough venom to paralyze...

Even kill...

This would prove to be a good skill to know in time for the exams. Naruto watching as this goes on was doing something else. As the team relies on Sasuke and Sasami for its cunning and speed, power was his job...

In other things, because Sasuke knew plenty of fire jutsus, the dark haired youth had immediately set about rectifying the situation in his family. As Anko supervises the dark haired Namikazes, Kakashi was supervising Naruto as he practiced the Great Fireball jutsu.

Starting off small at first, when Sasuke had first showed him as Kakashi was running late as usual, Naruto was admittedly getting vexed at the fact that when it finally did come. It was not as big as the ones Sasuke could do. But it was infinitely hotter...

Part of the same river that runs through Sasuke's old home ran behind the Namikaze compound as well, and it was actually boiling somewhat at the fireball that Naruto was maintaining above it. Finally releasing it, they watch as it flows across the water getting smaller and smaller until it reaches the end.

Seemingly pleased with himself, Naruto looks towards Kakashi who is smiling his approval.

“Excellent work Naruto.”

“Hn. Dobe...not bad.”

Growling in irritation, Naruto is about to leap for his brother, as Sasami is about to deliver a punishing kick to the shins. All is stopped as the sounds around them go completely silent.

Alert now, Anko directs her team as Kakashi whirls his Sharingan in activation. They here the sounds of battle raging around them and moments later, two ninjas escape.

Standing back to only interfere if they need to, Anko and Kakashi watch as the Namikaze siblings move in to battle. Almost as if by secondary instinct, they watch as Sasami moves out of the way to help her brothers out by providing them cover.

Using the mind skills that Iniochi has taught her, she has already taken control of a third one that had tried to sneak up on her siblings as they battled the other two. Summoning one of the massive snakes, the reptile was pleased as punch to take charge of the prisoner until, the battle was done.

With the skills they know and their primary strengths, it took only moments, before snakes were restraining the other two, who struggles against their immense and coiled confines.

Approaching now to rip off the masks that these men wear, Kakashi gives a slow eyed grin of evil as he recognizes a few of them from the bingo book.

“So two of Rock's best ninjas and a Grass Ninja.” Anko smiles as evilly as she starts twirling a Kunai around her fingers. Tossing it casually, one man gulps as she throws it hard enough to be imbedded in the tree beside his ear. He and his companions trapped by the snake to wood, to prevent their hands from moving, the ninja couldn't help but be afraid.

The woman turns to chat with the two young men and the little girl between them. Puzzled for a moment as the blonde growled in irritation for some reason, the youth understands though as he turns and allows the little girl to hop onto his back.

Seconds later they disappear in a flash of blue light. In the meantime the snakes knowing what is coming up hiss in delight as the woman asks the remaining youth to summon smaller snakes...ones whose bites may not be lethal on its own.

But in greater numbers...

The three prisoners would be screaming for a long time...

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Hokage Tower

Several hours later...

Minato was busy talking quietly with Sasuke as Tsunade listened to the reports from the three prisoners now in Ibiki's custody. When the snakes had come slithering silently the back way with their prisoners, Anko and Kakashi looked quiet and solemn. As Sasuke was admittedly a little green with sickness of a different sort.

Anko's methods were quite similar to her former master Orichamaru and he knows she can not help what she was taught. Still actually doing it was something new for him, as he had always found some way to avoid that...

Habit...

Right now, his new found father was speaking to him, telling him that he was not ashamed of what he had to do to protect his family and home. That he was proud that he held back from doing things once he had found out why the ninja had come.

They had come for the three of them.

Word has spread that the newly returned Yellow flash had adopted the younger brother of the nukenin Itachi Uchiha. And that except for the lack of a marriage to the girl's mother which he was working on rectifying. He had also adopted one of the last Tanakas's as his daughter.

There were now three targets for Minato's enemies to hit not to mention the ones Sasuke and Naruto had made all on their own over their years.

Keeping that in mind, Minato explained a few things about the scrolls he was working on that Naruto had brought out from his dreams. Any time he can strengthen their defense and ability to attack was something he must do if he himself can not keep them safe. One of them was definitely something that he understood if barely. But it seemed it was a summoning contract of some support. One designed for only the strongest of Seal Masters to unlock as it was glowing with them apparently.

Others were jutsus.

One he handed to his little girl. Sasami curious about it was understandably confused. The young girl puzzled about it, showed it to Iniochi who had come at Minato's request a few moments ago. Looking at it, the Yamanaka head's eyes widen in surprise at it causing the blonde man to chuckle.

It was a scroll for a complex jutsu called Mind Blast Pulse...and by the looks of it. It would and can clearly be defined as an S class jutsu.

For Sasuke and Naruto two scrolls were handed to them via their primary senseis Kakashi and Yamato.

Burning Speed for Sasuke...

Wind Blossom for Naruto...

One to leave a prison of fire wherever he runs, the other to set up a defensive elemental chakra shield similar to that of the Hyuugas' Kaiten.

Both of them were more then pleased at what they had gotten and immediately started to discuss the training needed to accomplish these two jutsus.

Naruto coming up with the one that would be shared with their little sister once they found her. Something that would help them to possibly learn these before the exams if at all possible...

“Say Sasuke...by any chance do you know how to make Shadow clones?”

After sending them away, Minato had left to see Umiko. Twice now someone had come for their children while she sat in the prison. But unbeknownst to them, several attempts have already been made on her. Half a dozen ROOT and Several Sound had already been caught by Yuugao as well as other ANBU that had been quietly stationed in and around the tower.

Unfortunately because of their training, the ROOT had killed themselves before they could be questioned.

But the Sound on the other hand put up quite a resistance, to the point that only two remained alive and currently both are under Ibiki's tender mercies from time to time. They finally admitted just recently that it was Danzou who had let them, via a ROOT entrance, much to the glee of the two Hokages as well as over half the council.

Danzou was not as well liked as he thought by his cronies.

In the meantime, arriving at the jail, he finds Umiko smiling at him warmly. Yuugao knowing of what happened earlier thanks to her teammates who shared guardianship over the Namikaze family, left so that Minato can speak to his future wife.

To tell her, that their enemies apparently tried once again, but this time going for all of her children.