Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Power Of Three ❯ The Wave ( Chapter 4 )

A/N: This chapter will explain Kyuubi's plan along with some other things. I did put this under Naruto/Kyuubi but it is a possibility that it will change the pairing to a single. And that would be the voters choice.

I Do Not Own Naruto.

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Chapter 4 The Wave

"About time. I swear another attack was going to happen before we got here." Sasuke said annoyed as they had finally arrived at Tazuna's house. Tazuna walked inside and was greeting by a women reaching 30 with brown hair an eyes. "Tou-san! Your home." Tazuna smiled as his daughter ran over to him and gave him a hug. "I am. I thanks to the super shinobi I hired."

Naruto looked confused at Tazuna. "If I remember correctly you were criticizing our skill before we even left. And now that you seen it your calling super shinobi. You're a hypocrite you know." Tazuna sweat dropped and laughed nervously before he spoke again. "Oh yeah. This is my daughter Tsunami.... Tsunami where is Inari." Tsunami didn't hear him, she was too busy checking out Naruto, who she had deemed hot in her book. "Tsunami... Tsunami....... TSUNAMI!"

"Oh. What did you say tou-san?" Everyone other than Naruto sweat dropped at her 'convenent' excuse. Naruto just took a step back. 'What is it with older women liking me? Do I have some sort of magnet that draws them to me?' Hachi started whistling innocently and shoved a magnet deeper in her cage. Naruto didn't see this but he heard Hachi's whistling. 'Great, I have a feeling that she is somehow behind this.' Tazuna sighed at his daughter. "I said where is Inari."

Tsunami was about to answer when the opened and slammed Rikimaru into the wall. In the doorway there was a boy wearing a white shirt, blue overalls and odd looking white hat with two blue stripes on the top. "Ah there you are Inari. Meet the ninja that will be helping finish my bridge." Inari rolls his eyes at his grandfather. "It's not like it's going to matter." Inari walked by them and up the stairs not even giving the shinobi a second look. All of the shinobi ignored it except the wall scrapping himself off the wall. "That's it. After we're done with this mission, I'm assassinating that kid. No one makes me a pancake and gets away with it!"

Everyone sweat dropped and turned away from Rikimaru ignoring him. Rikimaru grumbles about his no good tea, former subordinates and something about traps as he walked outside.

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Zabuza stared at the women in front of him as she smirked at him with her red eyes piercing through his him, as if she was reading his mind. Shaking it off, Zabuza glared at the women. "Now, how do I beat him. From what I know he can see me through the mist no matter what I do and he has pin point accuracy with his weapons." Kyuubi smile just widen at him. "Let me see your Zanbato." Now if there was one thing Zabuza had trouble with it was allowing someone else to touch HIS sword, but he still complied with the demoness in front of him.

Kyuubi took the sword from him and examined it closely. "Whoever made it knew what they were doing. But unlike the rest of the Kiri no Shichinin Shu your sword doesn't have any special traits. I can fix that." Kyuubi started pushing her youki into the blade knowing exactly what she want to do to it. Zabuza watched with the newly awakened Haku as Kubikiri Houchi as an eerie crimson color started to surround it. The blade pulsed as it her youki went through it making the blades aura increase.

As suddenly as it started the aura stopped as Kyuubi handed the head chopping sword back to Zabuza. Slowly taking it back Zabuza felt the power of his sword pulse into him. He smirked at his bladed knowing now that he could stand up to the others six swordsmen now. Zabuza stared at the women in front of him wondering how she did it. "Even with this enhancement it still will be difficult to take down two Anbu captains just to get to the boy."

Her smirked widened at that. "Yes I know that. That is why I have back up with me. Meet Rokusho Aoi, nukenin from Konohagakure and the holder of the Raijin sword." Aoi stepped forward glaring at Zabuza, not particularly wanting to work with the man, but wasn't a foolish enough to try and cross Kyuubi. Another figure appeared next to him and was definitely female around fifteen years. She had blonde hair that was braded into a wrapping so it wouldn't get in the way. She had dark green eyes with slitted irises and were slanted like that of a cat. She wore a shirt which was white at the stomach and black on the shoulders and sleeves. Her black pants were baggy on her so it didn't show her figure and was tapped at the ankles were she wore the standard blue sandals. "And Nii Yugito, sold to me by Kumogakure and the container of Nibi no Nekomata. My personal slave."

Haku's eyes narrowed at this, not liking the position the girl was in. Unknown to her she was in the same position yet she didn't know it. "Now I want you to continue working for that slime Gato for now. I will be spying on them and will get you when it's the perfect time to strike. After that kill Gato since he wouldn't have paid you anyways and take his money and split amongst yourself, Aoi and me." Zabuza nodded liking the way the women was thinking. "I was planning on it anyways. Scum like him don't deserve to live."

Kyuubi smirked at that as she looked at Haku before turning to Zabuza. "It would be an intelligent move if you have your weapon take on the Uchiha and the pink hair girl while you take on Akanami. Aoi will handle the girl while Yugito here will take care of the blonde, since she is most capable of doing so. So this way no one can distract you from you fight while I get what I want. Everyone wins." Zabuza smirked evilly under his bandages and started to head towards Gato's hideout.

"Oh, and if this goes as planned and you eliminate him, I might do something else for you." Kyuubi said in a seductive tone. Zabuza got the meaning of it and smiled wickedly before rushing towards Gato's base with Haku, Aoi and Yugito in tow. Kyuubi smirked, if there was one thing to get a man motivated it was the promise of sex. She didn't mind it if the plan succeed and would be more than happy to do so for him. Rikimaru was becoming a thorn in her side and it need to be plucked.

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Naruto was happily sleeping... well his body was, his mind was currently trapped in the cage with Hachi who wanted her payment for the week. So this is the sight that Sasuke wakes up to see. Sasuke sighs and got dressed before kicking Naruto in the stomach to wake him up. "Owww. What was that for teme?" Sasuke glared at him annoyed. "You looked too happy in your sleep, plus your a heavy sleep most of the time. Also you were drooling madly and I didn't want to touch you with my hands."

Both Naruto and Sasuke walked down the stairs to see Sakura and Tazuna drinking a cup of tea, Tazuna reasoning was that Tsunami would have severely beat him if he was drinking this early in the mourning, Yugao polishing her katana and Rikimaru spinning a kunai his finger, by the point. "Oh good, you two are finally awake. Now we can get to the guarding plans." Both nodded and took their seats at the table. Yugao stopped polishing her sword and sheaved it before speaking. "Rikimaru and I will go to the bridge, alternating everyday. Each day two of you will go to the bridge while one stays here. The reason being that Gato might try to attack here and try to make Inari or Tsunami prisoners to stop Tazuna from finishing the bridge."

The gennin nodded as it made perfect sense. Naruto looked towards the former and the current Anbu captains. "So who will be going today?" Rikimaru glanced at the three gennin before speaking. "Sakura, you and Naruto will be coming with me today. Naruto, you and Sasuke will go with Yugao tomorrow and then it will be Sakura and Sasuke with me after that. It will keeping going like that till the bridge is complete." The three gennin nodded as Tsunami placed down plates in front of them for breakfast. "Though that doesn't mean your not going to be training."

Sakura looked confused at Rikimaru. "Um... how are we going to be training as we are watching over the client." Yugao looked at Rikimaru and noticed what he was doing. "You aren't going to teach them that. Most shinobi don't learn it till they become Jounin or Anbu." Rikimaru ignored her and focused on his team. "You three see what I'm doing. This is kunai balancing. You place a kunai on your finger and expel chakra out of your finger to repel yet stick to the kunai. To little, the kunai stabs your finger. Too much, the kunai goes flying and probably will hit somebody. You will be doing this as we watch the client and his family."

Both Sasuke and Sakura nodded while Naruto went ballistic on the food set in front of him. Unknown to them a certain vixen smirk at hearing this from outside the house. She disappeared, heading towards Gato's base to tell Zabuza of this development.

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A day had past since they started watching over the client and currently everyone was sitting down at the table waiting for dinner. Naruto was playing Sasuke in a game of shogi and was matching him move for move, even if his strategy was an unusual one. Yugao was watching it play out and was trying to figure out how Naruto came up with such reckless but effective strategies. Rikimaru was explaining to Sakura the advantages that genjutsu users had over other fighters and explained to her that if she were to go down the path of a genjutsu mistress that she need to be well versed in the other fields just in case that she ran into someone that genjutsu were useless against, AKA the Hyuuga and Uchiha.

Tsunami placed down the ramen that see was making in front of the shinobi who went started to slowly eat it, not counting Naruto who inhaled his as Inari walked into the room. Inari eyes narrowed as he saw them and voiced his opinion. "Why do you even bother? Your just going to die at Gato's hands." Naruto stopped his inhaling of the ramen and turned towards Inari. The other stopped and were ready to intervene if necessary, since Naruto NEVER stopped eating ramen halfway through.

Naruto looked at the Inari and raised an eyebrow at him. "I came to help the people from their suffering cause I know all to well what it's like. I don't wish that fate on anybody that does not deserve it." Inari snarled as his rage increased from Naruto's response. "What would you know of suffering?! Your lives were pampered compared to mine!" Tazuna flinched at that as Tsunami spoke trying to stop her son from ranting on. "Inari, that is enough." Naruto eyebrow raised at that. "I doubt your life could be worse than mine. You don't have to live the life of a Jinchuuriki as I do." Everyone that knew what that word meant flinched as they weren't expecting Naruto to go there. Sakura looked confused as she never heard the word before and hoped to find out what it meant when Naruto stopped his speech.

"You didn't watch the people you call family be murdered in front of you by one that you had an emotional bond to, as Sasuke and I have. You never tried to commit suicide in front of an whole village and have them cheer you on as you attempted to do so, only for someone to stop you. You never were put in the mental ward to keep you safe from yourself and others as well. You never had to deal with being beaten almost every single day till you we're 9 and had to have an elite watch you every time you left the house, just to keep you from being attack and to keep me from retaliating. You never had to worry about losing control of yourself and attacking everyone you hold close to you. If you did then feel fine to dwell in you own self pity, but do not be mistaken. I don't."

Getting up from his seat, Naruto headed towards the door leaving everyone there in a stunned silence. "I'll be back once I cool down." Rikimaru just nodded as Naruto walked out of the house, to stunned to speak, he knew of some of what happened but not to that kind of extent. Once Naruto left and Inari ran to his room in fright at what he heard, everyone started to regain themselves from Naruto's quiet outburst. Tazuna looked towards Rikimaru still shocked at what he heard. "That can't be true, can it?"

Rikimaru numbly nodded his head, not wanting to say anything. Yugao sighed knowing she would have to explain. "Yes it very true, and unfortunately, he barely skimmed the surface of it." At this everyone eyes widen as Rikimaru started chocking as he was gone to often to know all of what happened. Yugao sighed once more. "I'm only going to say that even now our very own village and it's council wish to see Naruto's head on a silver platter. I will not tell you what Jinchuuriki means, that you will have to find out from him since it has to deal with him."

Everyone nodded as they walked out of the room still in shock. Rikimaru shook his head as he went outside and jumped on the roof to watch Naruto, just to make sure he didn't go on a berserk rampage or abandon them, not that he would blame him, for it was inevitable if he kept being treated as he was. After he watched Naruto pass out from over exertions he decided to leave him there as he would still probably need time to himself when he woke.

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As everyone started to eat breakfast the next mourning, Sasuke stood up and was about to head out to find Naruto before Rikimaru stopped him. "Don't. He still needs time to himself. When he is ready, he will return. Besides, we need to take Tazuna to the bridge." Sasuke grimaced but nodded grudgingly knowing it was true. Rikimaru nodded as the walked out of the house with Tazuna as Sakura and Sasuke followed suit.

From the distance to samurai and Aoi looked at the scene with an amused grin. "Remember, you two get the boy and women. I'll handle the kunoichi so she'll won't be a threat." The samurai nodded as they waited for Rikimaru's group to pass.

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Naruto awoke to the sound of loud purring. He jumped up looked for the source of the sound to find nothing. Naruto nearly smacked his head for he had forgot his Taiingan. He activated it and started searching with his limited range, compared to the Byukugan. He was about to shut them off as he didn't see anything till a blonde hair girl jumped into his vision. Seeing how she was equipped, he figured her to be a shinobi and pulled out a kunai as he prepared to defend himself.

The girl jumped into the clearing and started looking over Naruto. Naruto was slightly unnerved at her staring but he forgot about that when she spoke. "So your the one Mistress Kyuubi wants. I don't see why, you don't look very special to me. Oh well, maybe she just wants to use you like she does me." Naruto eyes narrowed as he heard Kyuubi's name and was already thinking on pulling on Hachi's reserves to escape, if need be. The girl just stood there complete relaxed as she watched Naruto body movements to see what he was going to do.

The girl smiled wickedly at Naruto. "So let's see if the vessel of Hachibi stand up against myself, the vessel of Nibi."

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The rest of team seven stepped onto a bridge that was covered in a heavy mist. Rikimaru's eyes narrowed as he saw who was on the bridge. "Sasuke, Sakura. Defend the client. I'll deal with this." Laughter came from all around them soon followed by Zabuza and the masked hunter nin by his side. "Is that so? Let's see you back up your words this time, Akanami." After he finished his statement he let out a high dose of killer intent at the group which had Sasuke shaking. Zabuza smirked at this. "It seems one of your gennin is shaking in terror of myself."

Sasuke smirked at him, confusing both Zabuza and the hunter nin as he spoke. "It's not fear. I'm shaking in excitement." Rikimaru nodded his head and within seconds Zabuza's clones collapsed. Zabuza smirked at this and looked at the hunter nin. "It seems you have a opponent in speed, Haku." Haku nods her head at the statement. "It seems so. Though it would take both of them to stand a chance." Rikimaru's eyes narrowed as he created a kage bunshin who grabbed Tazuna and took him to safety. "Change of plans. I want you two to take on the hunter nin as I face Zabuza."

They nodded as Sakura hurled a boomerang at Haku before they both rushed her. Zabuza smirked as the two charged Haku, but was unnoticeable behind his bandages. "You know they can't beat Haku right." Rikimaru nodded knowing it was the truth. "Yes, but I don't plan to spend much time on you." Rikimaru fazed out of sight. Four kunai came towards Zabuza from the right, who didn't move from the spot. In fact he smirked as they came closer to him as he pulled out Kubikiri Houchi.

Just as they neared him a red youki barrier sprang to life and blocked the projectiles. Rikimaru's eyes widen as he saw this. "What the hell?!" Zabuza laughed wickedly at Rikimaru. "Let's just say a demoness that wants you eliminated did this for me. All she wanted in return was your head on a pike." Rikimaru's eyes narrowed dangerously as he growled. Forming a cross seal he created few more clones of himself before spreading them out. He threw a few shurikens to test the barrier, and of course it held firm. Next a clone threw a kunai with an explosive tag at Zabuza and exploded as it hit the barrier.

Once the dust cloud settled down a smirking Zabuza was seen, no worse for the wear. Rikimaru gritted his teeth before sending a mental command at one of his clones. The clone charged Zabuza and went past the barrier but not before it was sliced in half by Zabuza. "SHIT! The barrier forces me into close range combat. I HATE AT CLOSE RANGE FIGHTING! Wait, I'll try genjutsu first.' Rikimaru flashed through a few seals. Zabuza looked up and saw a giant fireball descending upon him. Instead of being worried he flared his chakra dispelling the genjutsu.

Rikimaru silently curses under his breath and berated himself knowing that wouldn't work. Zabuza charges Rikimaru swing his sword like a mad man. Riki jumped away from him and created over a hundred kage bunshins of himself. Most jumped back and threw kunai and shuriken at him as they multiplied into more while other went straight at him. Zabuza cut through a few clones which exploded but thanks to the barrier he was protected. A few exploding bunshins tried to run through it but self destructed as the hit the barrier. The weapons were deflected by the barrier as they finally made it to him. A few bounced of harmlessly and hit other clones, destroying them.

The clones abandoned trying to bypasses the barrier and charged at Zabuza. Now Zabuza did have a little problem here, these clones were around one tenth of Rikimaru's full strength and giving the amount of them, he was hard pressed to defend himself from them. He slashed through the ones he could while kicking the ones that were behind them. Getting annoyed Zabuza tried to jump away from him but they were fast enough to up with him. A tick grew on his head seeing that. 'How fucking fast is this guy. His clones can keep up with me and they are at least one tenth of his original speed. Kami the little fucker is fast.'

Getting annoyed, Zabuza started pushing chakra into the sword. Kubikiri started to glow a deep crimson color as he swung the sword at the clones. The crimson youki expelled out of the sword in a wave of red light, destroying all clones in the way. Rikimaru ran to the side of the bridge to avoid the youki wave but was hit by the shock wave it created. Rikimaru panted as he looked over at a smirking Zabuza, seeing all his clones were destroyed in one strike.

Zabuza pushed more chakra into the blade and sent another more powerful and faster blast towards Rikimaru. Rikimaru could feel the raw power of the attack and knew that he probably couldn't survive it, and if he did he wouldn't be moving for a long time. Rikimaru gritted his teeth as the wave came closer to him.

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Yugao sighed and decided to go get Naruto, knowing he had enough time to regroup and calm himself down. "Tsunami, I'll be back in a few minutes." Tsunami nodded as she washed the dishes. Yugao walks out onto the peer and noticed something wasn't right. She noticed a shadow below her and she looked up to see a umbrella spinning in the air. Yugao eyes widen and jumped into the water and under the bridge as senbon began to rain down upon the area. As she did so the senbon pierced through the wood as it was nothing. Her eyes widen as she dives deeper into the water to slow them down. Even then she was nicked by a few. Once the rain of senbon ceased she swam up and jumped back on the peer to notice a man with two umbrella's and a sword that she recognized instantly, the Raijin.

"Rokusho Aoi, A-rank nukenin of Konoha that defected to Amegakure." Yugao said in an emotionless voice. Aoi just chuckled at Yugao, trying to get a rise out of her. "What's wrong Yugao, don't tell me you gotten over your crush on me." Yugao eyes narrowed but kept herself in check, knowing this wouldn't be an easy fight. Aoi just nodded his head. "So you did. Oh well. Who is it? Hayate? Or is it Akanami?" Her eyes narrowed but stayed focused. "That's none of your business, Aoi."

Aoi chuckled at her. "So it is Akanami then. To bad he won't be living for much longer. Zabuza will make sure of that." Yugao didn't show any emotion as she spoke to the traitorous shinobi. "Rikimaru-sempai has already easily defeated him and could do it again." This made Aoi chuckle even further making Yugao's emotionless face crack with a frown. "That would be true, if he didn't get help from the nine tails." Yugao's emotionless mask cracked into one of fear as she remember what happened to Riki when Kyuubi was in Konoha. Aoi started laughing at Yugao's face which in turn made her reach into her weapon pouches.

Suddenly his laughter stop soon as he noticed this, but then cracked a smile. "Sorry Yugao, but this is the end. I have three umbrellas. Jouro Senbon." Yugao eyes widen and through a kunai as far as she could and kawarimied with it to get out of the area. But she failed to notice him throwing his other two umbrellas in the same area. Yugao skidded on the water and looked at Aoi as he pointed to the sky. Yugao's eyes widen and dives into the water to avoid the rain of senbon falling from the two umbrellas.

Smiling, Aoi pulled out the Raijin and activated the sword. A pulse of electricity surround it as his chakra ran through it. He smiled turned down right wicked as he touched the water with it. As Yugao dove deep she suddenly felt as if she was being shocked by a electric eel. She silently screamed as in the water as the shock increased and the senbon started to pierce into her. Thankfully the shock and senbon stopped as she swam to the top and pulled herself above the water.

Yugao looked over at Aoi and saw that he had pulled out the Raijin sword. 'Shit! That's were the shock came from. The bastard is using the Raijin.' Aoi cracked a smile at Yugao's appearance. "You really didn't think they would train me did you. In fact they allowed me access to the library to learn their jutsus along with a few Suiton jutsu as well. And with the Raijin sword I can increase the power of my Suiton jutsus. Even if you are better skilled then me, you have three disadvantages. One, we are in the middle of a lake." Yugao looked around and cursed as he was right.

"Two, you were caught off guard and I got the first hit. And finally three, those senbon that you were hit by were coated in a mild stunning poison since I couldn't get any better ones made so quickly." Yugao's eyes widen as he realized that it wouldn't be long before it started to kick in. "Tsk tsk. You thought I would kill an old fan girl. Especially one as good looking as yourself. No, I have something much better in store for you." Yugao gritted her teeth and threw a few of the senbon back at him. Aoi using a quick kawarimi dodged them.

Hearing Tsunami scream in the distance made Aoi smiled. "Seems like Gato's men have her and the boy." Yugao cursed Naruto under her breath. Aoi smiled at her as he knew what she was swearing about, even if he didn't hear it. "Oh don't worry about the demon, he has his own problem to deal with. Another Jinchuuriki." Yugao eyes narrowed hearing this. "This seems like they knew what was going to happen. Dammit! I'm going to kill Sarutobi once return. He knew this could happen yet he sent them out of the village. GODDAMMIT!'

Aoi threw one of his umbrella that just came back. Yugao cursed, unsheaved her katana and charged Aoi. Aoi jumps back and does a quick set of one handed hand seals knowing that Yugao would beat him in a kenjutsu battle, no matter how legendary the sword he had was. "Suiton: Bakufu no jutsu." The water in front of him started to spiral into a mini waterfall. He placed his Raijin sword into the water before the spiraling blast went straight for an incoming Yugao. Her eyes widen seeing that she didn't have enough time to dodge.

She stopped and put her arms and katana in front of her to make a mild defense as the spiraling water blast hit. Soon as it did she started screaming in pain as the electric current in the water started to coarse into her nervous system. The water blast carried her towards the spiraling umbrella which start to hail down senbon at an astonishing rate. They pierced into her taking her underwater as the water still was carrying the electric current of the Raijin blade.

After it was said and done Yugao body was sinking in the water with a few dozen senbon sticking into each joint besides her head. Aoi winced, no wanting to kill her until after he had his fun. "Oh well, maybe Kyuubi will let me get off on her slave."

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Naruto was shocked as he heard the girl in front of him proclaim that she was a Jinchuuriki as well and wasn't able to see her punch him in the stomach. Snapping out of his shock Naruto grabbed her wrist and brought his right knee to her stomach. Yugito winced at the strength behind the blow but didn't back down. Using her right leg, she wraps it around his left leg and kicks her leg back towards her, tripping him. As Naruto fell he let go of his grip on Yugito's wrist. Taking advantage of this she swings her legs forward and used Naruto as a spring board to back flip in mid air and skidded on the ground as she landed.

He jumped back up quickly to see Yugito charge him once more. Naruto jumped to the side as she reached him and formed a cross seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Ten Naruto's poof into existence and reached for there Wazkashi, only to find it missing. "Looking for this." Yugito smirked as she pulled out Naruto's wakizashi that she managed to steal somehow. Naruto gritted his teeth as she put it into a scroll. 'Shit! When did she steal it?!' Naruto not backing down charged with clones.

Yugito jump on all fours and kick an incoming clone in the knee forcing it to dispel as a crack was heard. Another clone nearly kicked her in the face, but she let go of the ground and spun out of the way before elbowing another clone in the groin, which groaned in pain before dispelling. Placing her hands on the ground and adding chakra to her arms before she rocket off the ground and kicked through two clones heads before landing on another two effectively dispelling them.

Four rush at her as Naruto created another ten who went to help his depleting clone. Yugito threw a few shuriken which embedded themselves in a few clones before she kick the clone behind her in the gut. She turns to find Naruto only to be surrounded by another ten kage bunshins. She snarled as she slid into a more comfortable stance and awaited the clones. Al the clones pull out a kunai and throw it at her. Yugito jumps in the air to avoid them, but was shocked when the kunai turned into poofs of smoke revealing more shadow clones who threw shuriken at Yugito in mid air.

Yugito put her arms in front of her face to avoid them from hitting her eyes which would be a fatal wound for a shinobi. She grits her teeth as the shuriken bite into her flesh and some even harmlessly pass by. Or that what she though until she heard more poofs. Her eyes widen in terror as she was kicked in the back of her head and lower back by three different clones. As she fell the ground she noticed Naruto making some hand seals as she hit the ground. She pulled herself off the ground to see Naruto finishing his chain of seals and announced his attack. "Futon: Daitoppa!"

Unable to dodge Yugito was caught by the powerful gust and was blown back on a tree. As the wind stopped she painfully pulled herself off the tree only to be pulled off it by two glowing Naruto's. She growled and was about to attack when one spoke. "Boom." Yugito's eyes widen and managed to kawarimi away but still took some damage from the exploding clone. She pants heavily as she hid behind a tree, trying to regain her composure. 'I can beat this kid, he's just getting lucky. Must focus.'

As she started to move she was wrapped by ninja wire as two shuriken flew around her. Yugito tried to break out only to find Naruto standing in front of her with a kunai to her throat. "You lose. Surrender or I will kill you." She gritted her teeth at the pale boy in front of her before she spit in his face. Naruto wiped it off his face and looked at her only to find her an explosive tag. Naruto cursed and jumped away as the tree as it exploded sending tree debris every where. Naruto got up and searched for Yugito to find her on all fours on a tree not 8 meters away.

But this wasn't what shocked him, it was the fact that she was transforming. All of her hair started growing longer becoming more like fur as it grew. Blackish yellow youki surrounded her as her fangs became enlarged as her eyes turned yellow as she hissed at Naruto. Her fingers turned into claws as hair grew around it, turning her hands into paws. Her long hair busted through the bandages it and started to mold into fur on her back. What was left of it started to form a tail at her tail bone. Her clothes shredded as the her fur took it's place. Two bulges started to appear from her head which formed into cat ears completing her transformation of a miniature yellow Nibi.

Naruto was stunned at what happened. It was as if the girl herself merged with the demon inside of her and they became a smaller version of the original. Yugito let out a roar and disappeared from sight. Naruto barely able to see uses his arms to block the slash to his face. Naruto bit his lip at Yugito kept tearing through his flesh. Naruto managed to kick her but it didn't even face Yugito as she kept coming. Naruto kawarimied with a nearby log and started to pant heavily and was glad Hachi was healing his wounds quickly.

He looked around with his Taiingan to see Yugito slash the tree he was behind in half. Naruto ducked to avoid the same fate and kicked of the stumped of a tree to gain some distance. Naruto stopped skidding on the ground and slid into a stance famous of the Hyuuga, the Jyuken. He rarely used it since it didn't fit his style of fighting, but knew it was deadly and would use it in life threatening situations. This just happened to be one of them.

Yugito roared and rushed Naruto once more, but something was off. She noticed that Naruto golden pupils change from a crescent moon shape to a half moon. As Yugito came closer, Naruto noticed something. 'I can see her and tenketsu. I she slowing down. No, since I can see her points that means... I must of activated the next level of the Taiingan as Hachi said there were three.' Naruto easily sided stepped her slash and hit her with a palm to the chest. Yugito hissed in pain but continued her slashes at Naruto.

It was becoming more and more difficult for Naruto to dodge her slashes as they kept coming and were increasing in speed. With his eyes he noticed the tails was beginning to split and cursed to himself knowing she was becoming stronger as the fight went on. He kept landing palm strikes to her but they didn't seem to be fazing her as much, since she was shrugging them off. Naruto gritted in pain as he took a slash to his left shoulder before he kicked her in the face. In response Yugito swung her splitting tail and smacked him in the face which sent him into a nearby tree.

Naruto closed his eyes as he tried not to scream when he heard something snap inside of his chest and rib cage. He opened his eyes to see Yugito racing over to him so she could end the battle. Naruto closed his eyes hoping this would be quick.

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Haku side stepped the boomerang and jumped back to avoid the Sasuke chakra enhanced punch. Haku narrowed her eyes as she noticed that. "You both are well trained. It is a waste that I must kill you." Sasuke rushed towards Haku who did the same but had to duck as the boomerang came back and almost beheaded him. Unable to move in time Haku was kicked in the chest by Sasuke, but was able to cushion the blow by using her arms as a shield. Haku skidded back from the blow and pulled out a few senbon as she threw them at both of them.

Sasuke saw this and deflected all of them with shuriken. He rushed forward and tried to punch her in the face only for his wrist to be grabbed. Haku looked over at Sasuke. "I have the advantage. We both only have the use of one arm and since I can do these." Haku began forming one handed hand seals. Sasuke's eyes widen as he breaks free and jumps back. "Sensatsu Suisho." Senbon formed from the water droplets in the air and flew towards Sasuke with surprising speed. Unable to dodge Sasuke puts his arms up for defense.

The senbon never hit. He opens his eyes to see a wall of water in front of him with Sakura at his side. "Suiton: Suijinheki." Sasuke was impressed but he refused to show it to his self proclaimed number one fan girl, well outside of training anyways. Seeing his chance Sasuke did some seals as fast as possible before breathing in. A few small fireball shot out of his mouth as Sakura threw her boomerangs with them. Haku saw the water barrier disappear as a few fireballs replaced it coming at her.

Using a water wall of her own stopped the fireballs, but not the shuriken behind them and the boomerangs. Haku silently cursed as she shushined to avoid the projectiles. As the boomerangs came back to Sakura, Haku appeared in a swirl of water in front of them. "I'm impressed by you two. I never had to use this jutsu on gennins before." Haku went through a string of quick seals that Sasuke could barely see. "Makyo Hyo Sho." The water surrounding the two started to condense and form rectangular shapes all around them. Once they solidified they were clearly mirrors, which confused the two gennin trying to figure out what they did.

Haku seeing this merged into a mirror, take Sasuke and Sakura off guard. Her image started to reflect in the others making the two gennin believe they were surrounded. "This is my ultimate jutsu and part of my bloodline. No one has ever survived these mirrors." With that said Haku flew mirror to mirror with blinding speed that not even Sasuke's one tomoe sharingan could see as he threw a barrage of senbon at them. Sasuke was able to half of them while Sakura used her gloves and boomerangs to block a portion of the ones she could see.

Sasuke went through a some quick seals ending in tiger before he breathed deeply. "Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu!" A large ball of fire connected with a mirror trying to melt the ice. So when the mirror stood unharmed it surprised the two gennin think that would work. "Nice jutsu. Maybe if it was stronger it would have dented my ice mirror." Sasuke swore at that, wishing Naruto was here to use his futon jutsu to increase the power of his Katon. Haku flashed mirror to mirror once more and litter the two gennin with more senbon as the ones that hit earlier slowed down their movements.

Stopping once more, Haku spoke to them. "Surrender, you cannot win this fight. If you do not I will start going for fatal attacks instead of crippling your movements." In response Sakura rushed towards a mirror and threw a kunai with an explosive tag on it. Haku grabbed it and threw it back at the two, exploding as it was half of the way back. Sakura skidded back and had some of her hair singed from being close to the explosion. She dropped down and started to pant.

Sighing, Haku started flashing through her mirrors and littered them with more senbon. Both managed to avoid being hit in any fatal spots as dodged the hail of senbon. Both started panting but Sasuke noticed something. 'I can make out when she moves.' Digesting this new turn events he turned to Sakura and whispered in her ear. "Sakura, I want you to rush towards a mirror. When I say a direction, throw both of your boomerang in that direction. If you can escape, do so. It will be easier to fight her from both sides. Alright." Sakura nodded her head and rushed towards the mirror in front of her.

Haku moved to intercept her and dodged the kunai Sasuke threw at her. "SAKURA RIGHT!" Hearing this Sakura threw her boomerangs towards the stunned Haku who managed to put her arms up in defense as the boomerangs cut her shoulders. Haku winced in pain as Sakura made it out of the mirrors and place a few exploding tags on each mirror. The explosion dented the mirrors and singed Haku who merged into a nearby mirror. Haku glared at Sasuke and unleashed an untold amount of senbon on him.

Sasuke tried to dodge them but failed to dodge all of them. He coughed up blood and had a small, sad smile on his face. "Who would have know. I get killed on my first mission outside Konoha." Sasuke coughs up more blood as he laughs at the irony. "Well I guess it's up to Naruto to avenge the clan. I'm glad I fell to someone that bettered me." With that said Sasuke fell forward and landed on the ground as Sakura screamed at him.

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The two samurai were walking down the path towards the bridge with Tsunami and Inari bound and gagged, just in case Tazuna decided to resist. He would give up in a second if his family was in danger that he could see. There was a loud thumping sound behind them, so they wheeled around to be hit by a large tongue. Both men fell to the ground, knocked out cold as a man with white hair jumped off a toad with a black haired woman rushed towards them and began to untie them.

Tsunami looked at the two. "Thank you for saving us." The women nodded as the man jumped back on the toad and headed deeper in the forest. "No problem. We came here since Hokage-sama found out what was going on." Tsunami nodded grateful as she picked up Inari, who was knocked out. "Thank you miss..."

"Oh sorry. My name is Shizune."

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Aoi walked onto the pier and sheaved the Raijin. Suddenly as mass of kunai and shuriken came from the water and cut into his flesh. He turned around to be greeted by a pissed Yugao kicking him in the gut and grabbing two of the umbrellas before snapping them in half. Not giving him a chance to get up she pulled out her katana and pointed it at his throat. "You lose, Aoi." Aoi looked stunned as he was sure that he had killed her. "Yugao, please don't kill me. I was forced to do it. You know I never hurt you."

Yugao sneered at Aoi attempt to cling to life. You are a fool to think I would believe that. I heard what you said as I sank into the water. You are sick and will get your just reward." Before he could move to get away Yugao rose her sword and sliced it through his neck, spraying his blood all over her and the pier. Yugao dropped her sword as the poison started to take effect and numbed her nerves and muscles. She stumbled towards to down the pier trying to catch Tsunami and Inari's kidnappers.

Once she reached the end of the pier, Yugao collapsed, her body unable to move any longer. 'I'm sorry Riki-kun. I failed.' Right before she lost conscious three shadows appeared in front of her. 'Great. More of Gato's men. Damn you Aoi.' Was all she could think before she passed out.

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"Was he important to you. It most be painful to see him die like that." Sakura had tears streaming down her eyes as Haku emerged from the mirror. "I am sorry but it was orders. If you didn't surrender I would be forced to kill you. Maybe you will head those words in your next life." Haku pulled out a few more senbon and threw them towards Sakura. What happened next surprised the two.

An ice mirror blocked the senbon and continued forward as if it was thrown by Hercules' himself. Haku turned around to see the new threat and paled immensely. For the one person a kunoichi never wanted to face in battle since they admired the person was standing in front of her. Tsunade of the Sannin was standing there in all her glory as she glared at Haku. Seeing this Haku did the only thing she could think of doing while Sakura looked on in aw and giddiness seeing the legend herself.

"I surrender."

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Yugito was inches away from slicing into Naruto head as something stopped her. The something was the chakra spiraling around Naruto as he stood up. 'I have to thank Hiashi-okiji and Riki-sensei for teaching me to the basics of this and getting me motivated to learn it.' Naruto started spinning rapidly as the chakra around him turned span with him. "KAITEN!"

The spiraling shield of chakra bounced Yugito away as if she was a fly. She flew back into a tree and coughed up some blood at the pain of the attack. She hissed as she stood up as Naruto stopped spinning, leaving him in a crater about a half a meter down. She roared as she rushed towards him as Naruto and thrusted it forward at her. "Sen'eijashu!" Five snakes rush out of his shirt sleeve and wrap around Yugito, restraining her from moving. She tried to break free but found herself unable to do so. "Well, let's see if this work since I never used it. Your in my field of divination." Naruto shifted in the Hakke Rokujuyon Sho stance Neji and Hiashi taught to Naruto, just so he be ready once he could see the tenketsu.

Her eyes widen as she realized what was happening. 'Is he a Hyuuga? Wait his eyes are different. Could it be a mutation that changed it.' Naruto hand shot forward at blinding speeds as he began to count down the number of his. "Two palms. Four palms. Eight palms. Sixteen palms. Thirty-Two palms. SIXTY-FOUR PALMS!" Naruto said getting faster after each strike. Yugito hissed in pain but slowly started to transforming into her regular, naked state before she passed out from the stress of having her tenketsu being closed while being transformed.

Naruto panted from the chakra required to use the two moves along with a bunch of kage bunshins, a futon jutsu, Sen'eijashu and the chakra and stress of keeping his Taiingan activated for so long. He fell to his knees as he panted from the chakra use and deactivated his eyes and closed his eyes to reduce the stress on them. So he never noticed the feather clouding his vision and the fact he was more tired than before. Within seconds Naruto was in a genjutsu induced sleep.

Kyuubi step into the clearing and smirked at her catch. She went to pick him up when she heard a voice behind her. "You don't want to do that, Kyuubi no Kitsune."

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The red wave bared down at Rikimaru who disappeared from sight. He appeared 10 meters in front of Zabuza glaring at him. "I don't know what Kyuubi told you. But if she said I'm can't fight in close range, you have another thing coming. Especially since I spar with the Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha as he calls himself." Zabuza looked at Rikimaru whose aura started to become visible around him.

"Initial Gate, KAI!" Rikimaru's energy explodes around him, double what it was.

"Heal Gate, KAI!" All the cuts from the shock waves of Kubikiri attacks started healing at amazing rate.

"LIFE GATE, KAI!" Rikimaru started skin started to turn red as the blood production was increased at a rapid rate. Zabuza could feel the power coming off Rikimaru in waves and was beginning to think this wasn't such a good idea. Rikimaru gritted his teeth as he reached down for the next gate.

"WOUND GATE, KAI!" His aura became quintupled from what it originally was as he started down Zabuza. "I told you not to come back and I would spare your life. I will kill you." Just as he finished the statement he disappeared and delivered a punch to Zabuza's gut sending him reeling. Zabuza skids across the ground and managed to catch a blur before swinging at it. He managed to cut Rikimaru's down his arm, but watched in horror as it healed at an accelerated rate and as he punched him in the face with the same hand.

Zabuza knowing the life gates didn't last forever decided to use his last trump card in shove the sword down creating a large barrier around him. To his horror though Rikimaru smashed through, but not without hurting himself before stabbing him in the stomach with a kunai. Seeing him slow down Zabuza kicked him in the gut and watched Rikimaru fall to the ground, totally exhausted from the life gates and smashing the barrier, which took a lot of gates' power away. Pushing chakra into his sword he was about to swing it when he heard one word from Rikimaru.

"Boom."

The kunai that was stabbed into Zabuza stomach erupted spreading Zabuza's guts over the bridge and splitting Zabuza in two. Rikimaru stood up shakily and grabbed the Kubikiri. "I'm going to take this so it will never be used against me again." Zabuza with the last of his strength smiled. "You know, I'm kind of glad that I was beaten by you. At least I can't say some pussy kill me. You can have it, in fact it would go good with you, Akanami." Zabuza coughs up some blood more blood as the life in his eyes started to fade. "Take care of... Haku..... for........ me."

The life in Zabuza's eyes left along with his spirit. Rikimaru nodded numbly as he head towards the massive chakra he felt, as he knew it was that of a Sannin.

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Kyuubi turned around to see a man with long white hair stand in front of her with no fear in his eyes. "And why is that, Jiraiya the Gamma Sennin." She hissed out with as much venom as possible. "Because I know your true form and power has been sealed away from you. Most likely by Akatsuki so they can capture you. As such, you don't have the power to survive the Shiki Fujin if I use it here and now and seal you within me." Kyuubi's eyes narrowed in anger but she was no fool, Jiraiya could kill her know that her powers were limited.

"Fine then, but I will get him so I can break this damned seal. So mark my words, for I will not stop till I have my full power again." Kyuubi's eyes burned with fire in them before disappearing in a spiral of flames. Jiraiya looked over and saw the condition of the kids and sighed. He normally would have whipped out his notebook and started righting the details of Yugito's figure but this was a serious situation. He picks the two up and head towards Tazuna's house.

"Besides, I can write about it later." A perverted giggle followed that as he was 'accidentally' grabbing Yugito's breast.

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Tsunade was shocked to see the state of Rikimaru as he stumbled towards them, dragging a head chopping sword behind him and froze as she saw the blood covering him, and very little of it seemed to be his own. Haku's eyes widen knowing what it meant and fell to her knees crying at her failure. Rikimaru looked over towards the three of them before speaking. "I'm going to pass out know." Just like that Rikimaru was eating cement as he passed out on the ground.

"Well, well. Look at this. Zabuza's dead, so I guess that means I can't kill him. Oh well, I'll just kill all of you then raid the village to keep them from finishing this bridge. But don't harm the big breasted blonde. I want her for personal reasons." came from a short orange haired man. Tsunade twitched at this and instantly over came her fear of blood as she grabbed and ice mirror and flung it a Gato, decapitating him and killing any mercenary directly behind him.

"ANYONE ELSE!" Screamed an Tsunade with righteous fury as her chakra cackled around her. All the mercenaries go the hell out of there not to piss off the women with super human strength. Tsunade walked over to Sasuke and gave him a quick check. Pulling out a few senbon, Sasuke started to cough as he looked up to see Tsunade. Sakura scream in joy and hugged Sasuke. "I promise I will never leave you again! Just don't die on me again!" Sasuke twitched at Sakura. "Get off me, your driving the senbon in deeper."

Tsunade laughed as Sakura jumped off and started apologizing immediately. Haku was still weeping over her master's dead body while Rikimaru just laid there.... snoring. She twitched at that. 'The little bastard purposely did that so I could overcome my fear of blood. I don't know whether to beat the shit out of you and thank you. Damn brat.' She sighed as she walked over to Haku and chopped her neck so she wouldn't cause any trouble. She created two kage bunshins of herself and picked up Haku, Rikimaru and Sasuke and started carrying them to Tazuna's house.

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