Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Phoenix Sannin ❯ chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

By: azad439

It has been two days since the day Sasuke got hospitalize by Naruto who happened to have enjoyed putting the Uchiha down. Since that day Naruto started hoping that he would get more chances to put the Uchiha in his place and destroy his mountain size ego. But he didn't have time to think about that. Naruto's current problem was fan-girls. For the past two days Naruto had been training harder than he usually did since he didn't really have anything besides that to do. He went out to look for Kurenai, but couldn't find her due to being chased by fan-girls and that was kind of the reason he didn't go outside much. Yesterday some female shinobi practically raped him. It seemed like they gain extra strength when they are hunting down a hot guy like savages and he forgot to take off the gravity weights. He wasn't able to buy any masks since he would get jumped when he would set his foot outside the Sarutobi mansion. Naruto now really didn't see the point of buying a mask since most people already saw his face and henge didn't seem to work either. So the constant training wore him out.

(Hokage Office)

At the moment Naruto was talking to the Hokage about the suspicious activities that have been going on around the border of Suna. There seemed to be more Suna ninjas that were patrolling the area than there usually were and some foreign ninjas were seen going in and out of Suna at late hours. Normally this wouldn't really concern Naruto, but the fact that there seem to be a few Konoha Anbu sneaking around as well seemed a little off and when Naruto asked the Hokage if he assigned any mission, but the Hokage didn't recall any memory of sending any ninja there in the past few months.

“So where have you heard this news Naruto?” asked a curious Hokage.

“Ahh, sensei I have my own spy network like Jiraiya, but they might not be as good as his. Still they are good enough to know these kinds of things. And they are getting better at collecting information without being found out.” Answered Naruto. “So are you going to send anyone to go and investigate?” asked Naruto.

Sarutobi took a puff out of his pipe and said, “ I want you to go and check this out Naruto.”

“Naniii, why me? You could send some Anbu to check it out.” Said an annoyed Naruto.

“Well, more than one person could be found out easily and there are not many available Jounin to send, besides you really have nothing to do in Konoha and you could get away from your fan-girls. You are also the strongest person in the village so it would be a waste to not use your skill” Said the Hokage with pride and hoping that Naruto would take the bait. And he was sure Naruto did when he saw wide eyed look from Naruto. “So will you be taking this mission.” Asked the Hokage.

“Hai Hai.” Answered Naruto with some reluctance.

“Well then I want you to leave in two days. Is that enough time for you to be prepared?” the Hokage earned a nod from Naruto.

“If that's all you need, I will be going to see someone.” Naruto then shushined out of Hokage's office.

When Sarutobi saw Naruto left he summoned a kage bushin and made it do the paper work while he was reading Jiraiya's research. “Ahh, how I wish I was young enough to do all these things.” Thought the Hokage with a perverted smile on his face.

(With Naruto)

Naruto was walking outside with a smile on his face thinking that today would be a really good day. So far he didn't have any fan-girls chasing him, which was a blessing in itself. He could see young women drooling at the sight of him and men had envious look on their face since Naruto was getting a lot of attention from the ladies. He didn't really mind people giving him this look as long as they didn't chase after him or giving him a look of hatred, which was present in some people. He was currently looking for one person and that was the beautiful red-eyed woman. He didn't really know where to look for her so he was just wondering around hoping that he would run into her somehow, but that would have to wait for now. Naruto suddenly felt a feeling of dread go up his spine. It was the feeling he got whenever his fan-girls were near by.

`Hmm, my fan-girl sense is tingling.' Thought Naruto. So trusting his instinct, he slowly looked back and froze. Behind him he saw at least hundred fan-girls and most of them were shinobi. They had signs up which had, `Naruto-sama marry me or I want to bear your children Naruto-sama and all sorts of other things written on it. `Kassaa, why did they have to come right now? I have to get away from them somehow and fast. But how?' thought Naruto for a second and then an idea hit him. “Ano, how are you guys doing?” asked Naruto to the group in front of him. When he asked them that most of the girls had hearts in their eyes thinking his voice was angelic.

“Ahhh, Naruto-sama is talking to me. What should I do?” said one girl aloud earning her glares from other fan-girls. Naruto thinking it was time to carry out his plan pointed to the back of the group and yelled,

“NANI! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT BEHIND YOU LADIES!” Shouted Naruto.

“WHERE?” yelled all the girls and looked to where he was pointing. When they looked back and saw nothing, one girl said, “But Naruto-sama, there's nothing there.” With they looked to see Naruto, but he was nowhere in front of them. Then they saw him about four to five hundred feet away from them. “KUSO! HE TRICKED US.” Yelled one girl with Chuunin vest.

“SUGOI! NARUTO-SAMA IS SOOO SMART.” Yelled another girl. She said it loud enough for Naruto to hear which made him sweat drop. `I hope my plan works or I am loyally screwed.' Thought Naruto.

“WELL GIRLS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? LETS CHASE AFTER HIM!” Yelled the girl in the front and with that everyone gave chase.

Naruto at this point started to run faster thinking that no one would be able to keep up with him. How wrong he was. After couple of minutes of running Naruto looked back to see if there were any girls behind him and when he couldn't see anyone he sighed in relief. That was short lived when he felt the same dreaded feeling. This time without even looking back he started running again. He could he hear screams of girls calling out to him. He ran at any direction he could find. He finally put some distance between him and the fan-girls, but he knew they would eventually find him. “Eh, where the hell am I?” said Naruto out loud. He was pretty sure he was lost again like three days ago, but this place seemed familiar to him and he confirmed it when he saw the two people that freaked him out even more than his fan-girls. It was the `clones.' With them was the girl TenTen if he recalled correctly and the Hyuuga. Naruto started to back away from them hoping to not get noticed, but that went through the drain when he saw everyone looking at him. TenTen was blushing to point where her head seemed to explode any moment now.

Gai went wide-eyed and his other two students were confused as to who this person is? “Yondaime-sama.” Gai whispered.

`Damnn, he is soo hot. Wayyyy hotter than Neji.' This thought went through TenTen's head as she drooled a bit while staring at the man in front of her.

“How dare that guy wear those flashy clothes. It should be me who gets to wear them.” Thought a jealous Neji as he compared outfits.

“Ano, who are you?” asked a blushing TenTen ignoring the way the man looked at them like they were crazy.

“Eh, I believe that I introduced myself about…four days ago.” Said Naruto, because he could have sworn he already introduced himself.

“NARUTO-SAMA! IS THAT YOU?” yelled a surprised Gai.

“Y-yeah.” Naruto stuttered as he was still unused to Gai's antics.

“That piece of hunk is him.” Thought Tenten. She saw her sensei and her teammate giving her weird look and Naruto had an amused look on his face. “I said that out loud, didn't I?” said an embarrassed Tenten. Everyone gave her a nod and she slapped her forehead.

Naruto smiled at her slyly then said, “ I`m flattered that you think of me that way,Ten-chan,” this made her blush even more.

“S-s-shut up.” Stuttered Tenten making Naruto chuckle.

“YOSH NARUTO-SAMA, MY SECOND ETERNAL RIVAL! I WILL RUN FIVE HUNDRED LAPS AROUND KONOHA FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOU…AGAIN AND LEE THIS IS YOUR PUNISHMENT TOO!” yelled Gai.

“YOSH! GAI-SENSEI, YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTER THAN EVER!” interjected Gai's prestigious student, Lee.

“W-when did I become you rival?” asked a scared Naruto.

Gai then takes out a book and when Naruto saw it his eyes went wide. It was the same book he signed last time he met Gai. “YOU AND KAKAHI ARE MY ETERNAL RIVALS!” Boasted Gai like it was something to be proud of.

“Do you have to yell out everything you say, Gai-san?” Naruto questioned as he covered his ears.

“THIS IS A WAY TO BRING OUT MY FLAMES OF YOUTH TO MAKE IT SHINE BRIGHTER THAN EVER, NARUTO-SAMA!” Shouted Gai while striking his patented `Good Guy Pose'.

“GAI-SENSEI!” yelled his clone.

“LEE!” they started hugging each other.

“GAI-SENSEI!” a crashing wave suddenly appeared out of nowhere and also a bright orange sun was setting in the distance. Tenten and Neji were groaning at their antics. They having long since gotten used to Gai and his clone acting like this everyday. Kakashi and Naruto seemed to make the clones even more excited, and that they were not used to.

Naruto was forming a plan to get away from these freaks, but he was brought out of his thought when he heard girls screaming his name from distant. `Oh great! Now I have to get away from these two and my fan-girls.' Thought Naruto.

“What the hell is that Neji?” Tenten asked her teammate while looking behind Naruto.

Neji then followed her sight and saw cloud of dust heading their way and not knowing what it is, he shrugged.

`Man, why the hell am I the only one in these kinds of situation?”'Naruto wondered. Then an idea hit him right in the head and an evil smile from on his lips. Tenten and Neji saw this and started to back away from Naruto to not get involved in whatever plan he is cooking up in his head. Naruto walked up to both Gai and Lee and smacked them both upside the head stopping the screams of `GAI-SENSEI AND LEE'. “Enough already.” When Naruto said that both clones settled down and looked at Naruto, but the cloud of dust heading Naruto's way caught their eyes.

Lee put his right hand over his eyes to get a better look, but still could so he did the only thing he could. He yelled, “NANDAAA KHIORE?” (A.N: I hope everyone knows what that means. I am not Japanese so I don't really know how to spell it, sorry.)

“Yes Lee-san, I will be getting to that.” Said Naruto. Now he got the full attention of the duplicates. “Now, what you see there my y-y-youthful friends are un-youthful women who have yet to reach their summertime y-youth.” Stuttered a disgusted Naruto. As much as Naruto hated to say these words he had to say it, if he wanted to get out of this place alive.

“YOSH!” yelled Gai and Lee making Naruto wince in pain. He felt like his eardrum broke, but that's not the only thing that will break if he stays here for too long.

“Gai, as my eternal rival I want you to bring back the youth of these women which I failed to do and if you succeed in this matter, we'll have more youthful people in Konoha.” Said Naruto sugar coating it. He knew that Gai would fall for this youthfulness crap.

“YOSH! MY ETERNAL RIVAL, I THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN BEAST OF KONOHA WILL SPREAD YOUTHFULNESS TO ALL OF KONOHA ONE DAY. FIRST, I WILL START WITH THESE UN-YOUTHFUL WOMEN.” Yelled an enthusiastic Gai.

“Y-y-yeah. Well, I wish you best of luck. Now onward you go and may you succeed in teaching these women the way of youth.” Said Naruto while thinking that these images of him talking about youth might never go away. Then he saw Gai and Lee start to run toward his fan-girls while yelling nonsense. “Baka's.” Naruto mumbled with a smile on his face. “Well, Ten-san, Hyuuga-san I will see you later, but I hope never to see those two again.” Interjected Naruto and ran off the other direction. `If Gai and Lee can't scar them for life then I don't know what will.' Thought Naruto while running. He smile when he heard screams of `AHH, THESE EYEBROWS ARE ALIVE or GET AWAY FROM US FREAKS.'

“He just officially signed his death warrant, didn't he?” asked TenTen with a sigh.

“Yep, that baka has no idea what he has gotten himself into by admitting Gai-sensei as his rival.” Said a smirking Neji only to get over the head by his teammate. “What the hell was that for?” asked Neji annoyingly.

“Don't call the poor gorgeous guy a baka you baka!” Retorted Tenten feeling sorry for Naruto for when he meets Gai and Lee in the future.

“Whatever.” Neji mumbled.

(With Naruto)

Naruto had finally come to a stop and was huffing like he had just fought two Jiraiya's at the same time. He was staring at the ground and trying to catch his breath.

“Araa Naruto-sama, why do you look so tired?” said a female with angelic voice. Naruto thought he recognize the voice, but couldn't pinpoint whom it is. So finally catching his breath Naruto looked up to see a familiar that made him blush. It was the object of his affection, Yuhi Kurenai.

Naruto straightened up and gave out a nervous chuckle as he was scratching the back of his head. He then decided to answer her question.

Naruto gave he a sheepish grin, “You see, Kurenai-san I was running away from my fan-girls and then ran into Gai and his team. So in order to escape from them I used Gai to scare away the fan-girl and then ran away so I don't have to deal with Gai and his clone afterward. Annnnnnnd that's why I am tired.” Kurenai had an amused look on her face making a mental note that even a hokage level shinobi will tire out after their confrontation with fan-girls and Gai.

“That was… quiet a story Naruto-sama.” Said Kurenai while giving out a small giggle, which Naruto found to be really cute. To him everything about her is exotic. Those red eyes, that face and her luscious lips. He just wanted to kiss it and it was getting harder to not give into the temptation when he saw her lips moving. Naruto was broken out of his trance when he felt someone touch his shoulder. He traced it back to the source and saw Kurenai looking at him with a worried look on her face and an almost unnoticeable blush.

“Ahhh, sorry I zoned out for a minute. Didn't mean to worry you there.” Apologized Naruto earning a nod of understanding from Genjutsu Mistress.

“So Kurenai-san, are you going anywhere in particular.”

“Well, I was informed by Kakashi that Sasuke just got released from the hospital today and that I was to inform my team to meet at a certain place to introduce ourselves. After that I am I going to grab lunch.” Stated Kurenai, before Naruto could say anything to that her stomach decided to protest making Kurenai blush in embarrassment and Naruto chuckle in amusement.

“Well I see you stomach doesn't want to wait for you to find your students. Since I was already heading that way to get some food, you want to join me? My treat.” asked Naruto with hope, but he couldn't let it show in front of her.

Kurenai blushed at the thought of eating lunch with Naruto and without even thinking about her answer she blurted out, “y-you m-m-mean like a d-da-te?”

For that she mentally berated herself and chibi Kurenai shouted, `Ahhh, who the hell are you, Hinata!?'

Naruto had a shocked look on his face. He never thought she would actually ask him anything like that. He would've thought that someone as beautiful as her would be taken by now, but by the fact that she even asked about a date might mean that she is single and maybe interested in her. At least that's what he hoped.

Naruto's nervousness kicked in so he gave her an awkward smile and said. “Well I didn't say anything about a date, but if you want we could make it a date.” Kurenai not trusting her voice at this point just gave Naruto a slow nod.

“Then if you will Kurenai-san. I am not familiar with good restaurants in Konoha.”

“Hai.” With that Kurenai started to walk toward one of her favorite place to eat with Naruto beside her. She would occasionally take a peak at Naruto then blush a little. She could see a lot of eyes were on Naruto and her. Majority of the women had a look of jealousy while the man population looked like they were about to murder him. Naruto and Kurenai had to ignore these looks all the way to the restaurant. When they got to the door both sighed in relief and went in only to have everyone look at them with a look of interest, but after couple of seconds everyone went back to what they were doing and some whispered among themselves about Naruto.

Naruto and Kurenai passed several tables to one that was unoccupied. Naruto walked ahead of Kurenai and pulled out the chair and motioned for Kurenai to sit. Kurenai smiled at Naruto seeing his polite side since most men would just sit down and not do what Naruto did. When Naruto saw her take the seat he went to the other side of the table and took his.

After few seconds, a waiter came back with a pair of menus, which he gave to them. He stood with a notepad and pen ready to take their order. Naruto looked down the menu at the rather marvelous list of foods. After a minute the waiter looked at Kurenai and asked, “What would madam wish to order?”

“Um, I would like to get Tempura, please.” Kurenai requested. The waiter scribbled it down and turned to Naruto.

“And for you sir?” the waiter asked with a bit of malice in his voice which was noticed by both Naruto and Kurenai.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the waiter and said, “Yakitori and one of your finest sake please.” The waiter scribbled it down and was about to leave, but stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked back and saw that `demon' was standing and then leaned into his ear to whisper something that made his eyes go wide. He then gave Naruto a scared nod and left.

Kurenai looked at Naruto as he sat down and then asked, “what did you tell him to scare him so much?” it wasn't a demand but a question of curiosity.

Naruto looked at her smiled sadly and said, “You know about my condition right?” Seeing Kurenai give him a nod he continued.

“The way this waiter spoke to me, it was clear that he doesn't like me so he would most likely have done something to my food. So I gave him a warning that if he did do anything, I would hunt him and his whole family down then slaughter everyone though I wasn't really serious, but he didn't need to know that.” Kurenai giggled at what Naruto said though she would probably be scared too if one of the sannin threatened her like that.

Naruto smiled at her as the waiter came back with a small plate of spiced bread and a jug of water to occupy them over until their dishes arrived. They both ate the pieces of bread in silence. Naruto had to admit that these breads actually tasted better than he would've thought. Naruto poured himself a glass of water and so did Kurenai after him. Then they both started to make small talk about their life story, but nothing too private since they really don't know each other, just shared some small details.

The waiter took that moment to arrive with their dishes. He placed both plates on the table in front of the person who ordered them and the left, stopped in mid step when Naruto muttered `arigato' then continued to walk with a small smile on his lips. Kurenai was staring at Naruto with a slightly shocked look that he actually said thank you to the person that hates him, but she guessed that this might be one of his good point. He doesn't seem to hold any grudge toward the people that despised him. Then she saw Naruto unfolded the napkin next to him and she decided to do the same, but in her napkin there were a pair of chopsticks.

“Ittadakimus.” Both muttered and took the first bite of the food. For something so cheap, well at least for Naruto these foods were really good. Both of them savored the taste as they continued eating their dishes, but that soon came to a stop when Naruto saw some chuunis running at top speed and had a frantic look on their face. Deciding to find out what was going on, Naruto wiped his mouth and stood up.

Kurenai looked at him with a confused looked then asked, “What's wrong Naruto-sama?” making Naruto look at her.

“I am sorry to cut our date short, but something seems to be going on in the village and I need to check it out.” Naruto said while motioned for the waiter to give him the bill. The waiter came up to him and gave him the bill then left.

“I wish to continue today's date sometime in the future if you want and please don't call me Naruto-sama, because it makes me feel old.” Kurenai gave Naruto a nod.

“It doesn't look like anything big is going on so I hope you don't stop eating on my behalf, Kurenai-san. Well ja ne.” Naruto then winked at her and left the restaurant, but not before paying the bill. Kurenai was blushing like crazy when Naruto winked at her and continued eating when he left. (Sorry I couldn't come up with anything else to cuz I know Kurenai wouldn't stay there when village is at crisis.)

(With Naruto)

He was currently spading toward the hokage tower to get details on the situation, but before reaching there he ran in the same chuunin that he saw at the gate on the day of his return to Konoha. He stops the chuunin and asked him what was going on in the village.

“Uchiha brat has stolen the forbidden scroll from the Hokage-sama's office.” Said Kotetsu. Naruto narrowed his eyes at that.

“How did a single genin manage to steal something so important from his office?”

“Hokage-sama went home on his lunch break and that was when the Uchiha stole it. His secretary was found unconscious.”

“Sou ka, well you may return to what you were doing.” Naruto dismissed Kotetsu then started to ponder how Sasuke knew where the scroll was. Either someone was working with him or he was planning this alone for some time now if he was to know the exact location of it.

`I guess I will have to wait and see. Kukuku Uchiha, I have another chance to take you down a peg or two.' Thought Naruto. An evil smirk formed on his face, but quickly dismissed it and vanished to hunt Sasuke down.

(In a dark place)

A pale man was seen walking down the hall when he felt scared. He thought, “Oh no, something bad is going to happen and I must relocate to one of my `not so secret these days' hideout.”

(Couple of Hours ago with Sasuke)

Sasuke got out of the hospital about an hour ago and now he is wandering around the streets of Konoha thinking of ways to get stronger than Naruto then surely he would be able to defeat his brother. So far he could come up with nothing, if only he had his sharingan he would be able to copy Naruto's jutsu and other ninjas. He was thinking that no matter how much he trains, he would never be able to beat Naruto or his brother. He needed to activate his sharingan if he wanted to go up against them. Perhaps he could try to act like Naruto's best friend and have Naruto teach him then he could simply kill Naruto and gain the last level of sharingan. The Mangekyou Sharingan.

“OIIII, SASUKE!” shouted someone from behind him. Sasuke looked back to see who it was and saw his white haired academy chuunin sensei. His sensei was jogging toward him and seems a bit tired. He was most likely running for quiet some time now though not at top speed.

When his sensei arrived in front of him, Sasuke looks at him and said, “What is it Mizuki-sensei.”

“I want to talk to you about something important.” Said Mizuki. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at that. What could be so important that Mizuki would waste Sasuke's valuable time.

“If it's some crap about that fight I had with the dope, then forget about it.” Sasuke said before tuning around to leave, but what made stop was what the answer he got from Mizuki.

“What if I could help you attain the power to defeat your brother.” Said Mizuki with a sly smile knowing that this would catch Sasuke's attention. Sasuke turned to Mizuki again and then frowned.

“Don't joke with me sensei. You yourself is a chuunin so how are you supposed to give me power that I deserve.”

“I am getting to that Sasuke. See, there is this scroll in the Hokage office that has extremely powerful jutsus. All the previous hokages put their best jutsu in that scroll and if you could steal it and learn the jutsus, there would be no telling how powerful you would become.” Mizuki explained.

“And how do you suppose I steal it from Hokage's office?”

“Hokage-sama goes home on his lunch break and leaves his wimpy secretary to watch his office, so you should have no problem if you decide to borrow it for a while.” Said Mizuki with a smile.

“What do you get out of helping me Mizuki-sensei?” Sasuke asked not knowing his sensei's intention. Mizuki was sure that Sasuke would be completely in his trap if he decided to make Sasuke think that he is superior to everyone else so he said, “Helping a loyal Uchiha is reward enough Sasuke. I would've helped you a long time ago, but the Hokage forbid me from helping or giving you any pointer.” Mizuki said with a slight disgust without showing it. Sasuke gritted his teeth when Mizuki said the last part, but he was proud that someone saw the greatness in him. Mizuki noticed this and knew that it worked. The fool had taken that bait, now the only thing to do was tell him the location of the scroll and where the best place to `master' strong jutsu.

Then for the next hour both formulated plans to steal the forbidden scroll. Mizuki also said stuff about how Sasuke had the potential any ninja that Konoha ever produced to boost Sasuke's ego as if it wasn't already big enough. He also told Sasuke the location of the scroll and the time the Hokage leaves the office.

“And that's the plan.” Finished Mizuki. Sasuke gave him a nod before standing up and leave.

`Hehe, foolish Uchiha. Won't even know what hit him.' Thought Mizuki and he too left the sight to carry out his plan.

(Present time)

Naruto has been searching for Sasuke for about ten minutes now and couldn't even get a glimpse of him. Finally deciding not to waste any time, Naruto headed straight for the Hokage tower. He should be able to located Sasuke with his sensei's freaky crystal ball. Upon arriving Naruto said, “Yo sensei.”

The Hokage looked up to see his favorite student, “Eh, what are you doing here Naruto.”

“I heard about the Uchiha stealing the forbidden scroll, so I came to see if you could help me locate him.”

The Hokage sighed and said, “I see you've heard about that.” Naruto gave him a cheesy smile and said, “Of course, most of the chuunins are running around like idiots so I decided to ask one what was going on. I don't think they could track him down since it's been quiet sometime now.”

`I couldn't find him either, but sensei doesn't need to know.' Thought Naruto.

“Now, can you locate Sasuke on that ball sensei?” Sarutobi gave a nod and motioned for Naruto to come and take a closer look. Upon close observation of the crystal ball Naruto saw an injured Iruka who had a kunai in his right thigh. Sasuke looked like he is about to pass out from chakra exhaustion. In front of both of them was Mizuki who seemed to be in possession of the scroll.

“It seems Mizuki somehow used Sasuke to steal the forbidden scroll.” Said the Hokage as he was staring at the crystal ball. `I see, so Mizuki was the one who was behind this.' Thought Naruto.

“Well, sensei I think I will dispose of this traitor.” Said Naruto before disappearing from the office. Naruto could not understand why that teacher would want to steal such an important scroll from Konoha. Mizuki seemed like a good person when Naruto saw him at the academy. So why would he want to steal the scroll?

Naruto flitted from tree to tree at blinding speed that would make Gai proud. Mizuki must have promised Sasuke something valuable to make him steal the scroll. Now what could Mizuki give that Sasuke would want? Sasuke did seem like he was about to pass out so he must've been trying to learn techniques from the scroll. `How naïve,' Naruto mused. `Just some power hungry shinobi. These fools are plain stupid.' He thought in disgust. He hates people that would go to any length so get power and the Uchiha; Mizuki seems to be in the same category as those people. When Naruto got there he saw Mizuki throwing giant shuriken at Iruka who was unable to move. Iruka closed his eyes thinking that today no one would be able to save him. He waited for his life to drift away, but soon opened his eyes when he heard a clang sound.

He saw a cape-wearing figure that had kanji for Phoenix Sannin. He had an elegant nodachi with red blade with no guard in his right hand. The blade was at least four and half feet long with seven inches blue hilt with a seal on it. Black flames were present on the edge of the blade. Iruka was looking at the blade with look of awe.

Naruto looked at Mizuki and spat out, “What do you think you are doing with the forbidden scroll, Mizuki?” Mizuki for his part was frightened by Naruto's arrival. He didn't take Naruto coming here into consideration.

“U-Uz-Uzumaki-sama, what are you doing here?” Mizuki asked with innocent voice. He really didn't want to go up against one of the sannin even if this one was a `rookie' sannin. He might still be at least a kage level shinobi.

“Don't play games Mizuki. What do you want the scroll for?” Naruto retorted coolly. Mizuki finally finding courage to speak up to Naruto responded, “Of course you will never know. This scroll contains the most powerful jutsu in Konoha, which makes it forbidden for other shinobi. Whoever wants to be as powerful as the Hokage would yearn for such a thing. Of course you wouldn't need something like this since you got everything handed to you considering you were the Hokage's apprentice.” When Mizuki said this Naruto gripped his sword tighter and gritted his teeth.

“That dope got trained by the Hokage. How dare they do this to me! Hokage should be begging me to be his apprentice. I am a Uchiha and I deserve the power that this fool has!” screamed Sasuke in his mind as he fisted both of his hands hard enough to draw blood.

(Hokage tower)

Sarutobi was watching everything that was going on in the forest. He knew Naruto would most likely send Mizuki to Ibiki after knowing, but when he just insulted Naruto and the Hokage, he was sure that Mizuki would die today.

“That fool just dug his own grave. He should have never disrespected Naruto by saying some so low.” Said the Hokage out loud.

(With Naruto)

“Well Mizuki, as a Konoha shinobi I can't let you walk away with something that dangerous.” Naruto said a smile. Mizuki had a frown on his face but that soon turned to a chuckle then a laugh, echoing throughout the forest. It was stopped abruptly when a fist connected with his face, dislocating his jaw and sending him flying back at least twenty feet. Mizuki slowly got on his feet with a bleeding lips and some loose teeth.

“Give up Mizuki, there is no way for you to defeat me.” Naruto said softly. Mizuki seeing no other option went through his pocket and took out a vile with red liquids. Naruto narrowing his eyes said, “ And what is that supposed to do?” Mizuki smiled.

“I will show you.” He then started to drink the substance. After drinking it he staggered back and forth for a few second then let out an inhuman scream. His hands, upper body and his head started bulging and tattoos started to form on his biceps, his forehead and on both his cheeks. His pupils became green and slitted. His eyes became narrow. The tattoos on his forehead looked like arrows and the others looked like slash marks.

“Nani?” everyone present whispered with wide eyes. Mizuki started to chuckle seeing the reactions.

“What powerful chakra…. My skin in twitching.” Said Iruka. Sasuke wanted this power; he needed it to reach his ambition.

'This power, why the hell am I the only one to be so weak. Dammit!!!!!' Sasuke screamed inside his mind.

Mizuki was staring at Naruto. Now with this power he wasn't scared anymore. He felt like he could demolish anyone in his way. “What's wrong, scared yet?”

Naruto scoffed, “Che, you are still too weak fool!”

“I WILL SHOW YOU WEAK!” shouted Mizuki as he sped toward Naruto with a kunai in hand at jounin speed that surprised Iruka since he knew Mizuki was never this fast. He barely caught sight of him.

'Hmm, that thing seemed to give him boost in his speed.' Naruto's thoughts were cut short when the kunai came within inches of his face. Using his superior speed Naruto leapt over Mizuki and delivered a spinning kick to the side of Mizuki's head sending him flying.

“Told you. Even with this power boost you are still weak.” Naruto informed. His next sets of words were directed at Iruka and Sasuke, “You two move away from there.” Iruka then moved over to Sasuke and helped him move farther from the fight.

“Well Mizuki, you should consider yourself lucky to see this next technique that will claim your life.” Naruto stated as he stabbed his sword in the ground directed toward Mizuki. “Dageki no Fenikkusu (Flaming Phoenix Strike)” shouted Naruto.

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