Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Power Of Three ❯ Turning to the Dark ( Chapter 12 )

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

A/N: Yeah, I'm updating this story again. But along with each new chapter will be an old one redone until the first nine chapters are fixed. Chapters one and two are now redone so if you want to check them out, go ahead. And once I completed redoing the chapters some of these chapters will make more sense. This chapter was originally suppose to be the mission to the Snow, but I didn't do so as it would have been almost exactly the same as it would have been in the movie so I didn't do it. Instead I skipped to the chapter after it. Also, you may notice that I'm giving Sakura more spotlight in this chapter. The reason for it is that I'm going back through the other chapters and giving her some more time as she is a main character in this story.

I Do Not Own Naruto or any music that makes their way into this story.

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After they had returned home, things seemed to slowly go by for everyone. The betrayal of yet another Sannin had sent ripples through the village and had sent Shizune into tears even though she knew that she was going to. Anko knowing her pain was the first to comfort her and the two hadn't been seen after Shizune used her medical knowledge to bring Rikimaru out of his coma and to heal Sakura. Some were speculating that Shizune was preparing for the operation on Lee, but others weren't so sure. After she healed both Rikimaru and Sakura and the two were discharged, the former actually staying in the hospital for his time, the two took it hard learning that Tsunade had left the village permanently. After two weeks, things began to look up.

Even though Jiraiya was on the verge of breaking as Tsunade had turned against him just as Orochimaru did all those years ago, the old pervert did something that he did not want to. He took the title of Hokage much to the surprise of all those knew him well. While the council was quite pleased at his decision, the civilian part quickly realized why the shinobi also wished for the sannin to take the title. He was a heavy supporter of keeping Naruto's status secret to the younger generation along with his protection. So once again the council was in a dead lock, unable to do anything concerning the said boy.

In their regular training grounds, Naruto and Sasuke sat quietly as they waited for Rikimaru and Sakura to arrive as they were five minutes late. They knew she took it hard learning that her recent sensei had betrayed the village even though she had just helped her improve drastically. But with the former, there was no excuse to being late other then Yugao had Haku freeze him again for doing something he wasn't suppose to. Seeing a pink spot in the distance, both boys easily knew it was Sakura as practically no one else had her colored hair. As she arrived, Naruto was the first to greet her in a light voice. "Hey Sakura, how are you holding up?"

Looking over at the blonde hair boy along with the raven sitting on the railing, she smiled lightly at them, glad that someone at least cared for her. Her mother had been so preoccupied with her new boyfriend that she was completely ignoring her other then ordering her to go do something. While she could understand that she was in love with him and was glad that she was finally looking for other people, but of all people him. And the fact that he did not like her at all and openly disproved that she spent time with her team, made her even angrier that her mother wouldn't do anything to defend her and even agreed with him. Sighing to herself as her home life wasn't helping her already depressed mood; she shook her head at him. "Not very good."

Sasuke quickly picking up on her tone of voice and facial expressions knew something was going on. While he was sure she was still sulking about Tsunade, this was something else. And noticing that she seemed far more tired then she normally was alerted him that something was up. Now normally he wouldn't have said anything as it was her problem, but whatever this was about could affect their team and that was unacceptable as they finally were becoming a unit. "Sakura." Her attention quickly snapped to the Uchiha as he looked at her with unnerving clarity. "What exactly is going on? You don't seem to be yourself and you took an entire minute to answer Naruto."

Not realizing that she had taken so long to answer him along with Sasuke noticing that something was up, she sighed deeply as she leaned against the railing and looked into the water below. For a small moment she understood why Naruto did this as it was kind of soothing, but remembering Sasuke's question, she decided to answer him. "Just home life right now. Mother has a new boyfriend that disproves of our team and treats me as if I'm nothing just because of that. Hell, that's not the kicker. Guess who he is, neither of you will like it." Both of the boys looked at her in confusion not knowing what she was going at before she spoke with her voice laced with malice. "The council member, Yami Ryo… Hiboruto's father."

Naruto swore loudly at this as Sasuke looked rather stunned before his eyes narrowed dangerously. Sakura caught this before letting out a small, bitter laugh. "Oh it gets worse. He wants mom to move in with him and Hiboruto, who also got that eye transplant like Lee did. But he doesn't want me to move in until I either quit being a kunoichi or request a team replacement to Hiboruto's team. And she fucking accepted that and is planning on moving in with him. It's like she is in a trance and is blindly doing whatever pleases her and not even thinking about what it is going to do to me. While I want her to be happy, but not at the cost of everything I have worked for the last couple of months."

At the end, both boys were quite pissed at what was going on. While neither saw Sakura that way, she was almost like a sister to them after having going through what they had with each other. Naruto quickly was at her side while rubbing her back to try and relive some of the tension as Sasuke stood besides her glaring at the water below. The former of the two quickly spoke trying to make her feel better and ignoring the fact that Hiboruto could see again. "It's alright Sakura. That guy is an asshole just like his son and will get his just desserts soon enough. And I'm sure she'll snap out of it. But if she doesn't, you can come and stay with us."

"Hn. That's alright with me. Just as long as you don't quit or team as without you it just wouldn't be the same. Besides, there needs to be another girl in the house… Just to keep Yugito in line." At the last part, Sasuke purposely tried to lift her mood with a little humor, even though it was true. The girl at times was just too unpredictable and with the cat demon within her made things all the more worse.

Hearing both of them, Sakura couldn't help but smile even if it was somewhat forced. Part of her knew that they would react like this and the other part was just glad that they would defend her in times she couldn't. Slowly looking over at both of them, she smiled a little more. "Thanks you guys. I kind of needed to hear that."

As both nodded their heads seeing that she was in a better mood a poof of smoke alerted them to their sensei’s presence. All three were about to round on him and scold him on being late before seeing the look of contempt on his face and knew something was up. Not wanting to further anger him, they waited till he spoke. "Alright team, today we will be blowing of steam at all the shit that is going on. But first, I have to put you all in worse moods then you already are with this announcement. The Chunin Exam results are in as the examiners have finally made their decisions."

Hearing Rikimaru say this, all three were standing at attention with narrowed eyes. Something was up as there wasn't a doubt this was what was pissing off. "None of you are promoted to chunin because of different reasons. Sasuke, while your fight was a fun one to watch, there wasn't too much fore planning so therefore they docked you far too much in points. That alone kept you from becoming a chunin. Sakura… I don't know what to say. I still don't understand why they didn't promote you. Your fight was decent enough and summoning a boss summon at the end should have been more then enough proof that you are chunin material. Naruto, blame Hiboruto's father as he had to pay them as your fight was what was needed to show you are a chunin. And to make it worse the only person promoted to Chunin was in fact Hiboruto."

At the end, all three of them were now enraged. Naruto was fuming and was ready to head to the Yami's household and burn it to the ground. Sakura's palms were bleeding as she tightly dug her hand into a fist. Sasuke was gritting his teeth as his hands twitched as if he was thinking on what jutsus to use on the examiners. Seeing this Rikimaru continued with his still angered face. "While Jiraiya has the power to over turn their decisions, he was not there to see the matches so he has to rely on descriptions from others to determine what the fights were like. Seeing that the examiners are suppose to be unbiased, he believed them and did as they requested. Now before we go out and do anything stupid, I'm going have you three blows off some of your steam so you don't do anything reckless. So just help me turn this training area into a wasteland."

Following him as he jumped off the bridge and into the trees, they three started to destroy the area in there own way. Explosions, wisps of wind, loud cracks and the smell of ash filled the air as they ripped through the trees without abandon.

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In a training grounds not to far away, Haku and Yugito sighed as they waited on Kurenai to arrive. They both knew that now there was a Hokage in office so they knew the reason she was late was that the results of the Chunin Exam would be issued, explaining why she was late. Yugito knew that she wouldn't be promoted as she didn't even get to fight in the finals so she would have to wait for next time. She did think that Haku was worthy for getting it though as was Sasuke and the others. The only one she thought that didn't deserve it was her now blind teammate. Hell, the prick didn't even deserve to be a shinobi as if they were in Kumo he would have been ripped a new hide already.

Also, both were hoping they would get a new teammate as neither liked him anyways. Hell, they doubted that Kurenai even liked him and only trained him out of duty. So they were looking foreword for their new team placement. While neither would mind the other gennin that were there, they were hoping to end up being paired with at least someone that fit their team dynamic. Yugito was the close ranged fighter that was hard to detect until she was on you, Haku mid to long range with the ability to get up close and could travel far with her ice and Kurenai for long range support and high skill in genjutsu. Hiboruto was just not a match for their team as he made his presence know when he was fighting and that in effect kept the team from being a sneaking team.

Having an unsettling feeling in her stomach, Yugito turned to Haku who was looking around as they waited. She knew it wasn't Nibi for once as the cat demon had calmed down considerably after a couple of days of being blended. Seeing that Haku wasn't acting odd, she pushed it off thinking it to be nothing. Just as she did, an eerily familiar voice was heard from behind her as a hand wrapped around her waist and slowly began to rise. "Hello irokichigai, did you miss me?"

Yugito's blood boiled soon as she heard the name she was called. Only one person would ever call her that and she did not like him at all. Not wasting a second, she turned on a dime before gripping his head and lifting him with frightening ease and slammed it into a tree. By the time Haku had even turned around, Yugito had become more animalistic as her other hand gripped his throat as she released the grip on his face. As she pulled back her other hand, it slowly began to turn into claws as Nibi's chakra flowed into her system and for once she didn't care. "Listen here you little fuck! I will not tolerate this anymore! Not even my boyfriend destroying your old pair of eyes seemed to work, so I'm going to take matters into my own hands."

Before her clawed hand could reach his crotch, Kurenai had appeared and gripped Yugito's hand tightly to keep her from castrating Hiboruto. Even still she was slowly overpowering her to reach her goal, much to Kurenai's surprise and Yami's fright. Seeing that she wasn't going to win, Yugito stopped from going further before throwing Kurenai's hand off her. "I quit this team. I'm not staying on it if he's here."

Kurenai knowing that this would happen sooner or later, sighed lightly as the news she was about to bring would be even worse with the only one bright part. She didn't particularly like him either, but she bared with it as kicking one of the council members’ children off her team would earn her a heap of trouble. "Yugito, you don't have to. He's no longer on our team anymore. He was promoted… The only one promoted of all our gennin." The last part she spat out in disgust as she knew the others deserved to have been put in consideration. Before he could respond as he pulled himself off the tree, Kurenai threw the vest at him. "It's yours now, so take it and leave. I've already put in a request for a new team member as you are not apart of this team anymore."

Hiboruto narrowed his new eyes hearing this. Even after becoming a chunin, the said person was suppose to stay with his team but apparently his team didn't want him by the looks on their faces. And learning that the one that had cut and poisoned his original eyes was her boyfriend, his anger rose quickly. Such a beautiful and power woman did not deserve a demon as their boyfriend. He was more appropriate material for her. Growling to himself, he turned around and walked off with the jacket in hand as he started planning on how to make her his.

As he walked away, Kurenai sighed lightly as she turned to Yugito. She knew the reason why she had finally snapped on him. Yugito was in a pretty serious relationship with Naruto and from what she had seen at the Sandaime's funeral, she wanted to keep it that way. And seeing how Naruto's life had been, she wished it would work between the two vessels as they deserved to have happiness. Still, she knew that Yugito would have been thrown into jail if she had done what she was attempting to do. "Yugito, you know why I stopped you right?"

"I know, but I don't give a damn! I want him to stop fucking acting like I belong to him. I would have happily served the time in jail for castrating him! He deserves every painful second of it!" Yugito answered back as she growled loudly, not caring about the consequences if she had acted.

Kurenai quickly realized that her student wasn't in the mood to be reasoned with as she was far too angry. She wanted to tell her just to tell him that she was a demon vessel like Naruto, but quickly threw out that idea understanding her reasoning for not telling him. Seeing her anger continuing to rise, she was about to suggest a similar practice to what Team Seven was doing when Haku spoke up in a soft voice. "Yugito, I know you are angry but think about what you said to him and the way he acts around you. Knowing him he's going to do everything he can to interfere with your relationship with Naruto."

Hearing this, Kurenai narrowed her eyes and cursed herself for being a little later then she had planned. She just had to appear right when Yugito was about to castrate him and didn't catch what she had said. Before she could think more, Yugito's anger dimmed for a moment before returning. "It doesn't matter. If he tries to breaks us up, it will fail. And if he tries anything to harm or eliminate Naruto, he will die." Before either could comment on this, Yugito had fazed out of existence and was nowhere in sight.

While she was impressed at Yugito's speed, Kurenai had to figure out what had happened. Knowing that asking Yugito wouldn’t get her anywhere, she turned to the only other person that was there and had heard what was said. "Haku, what exactly did she say?"

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After team seven had finished with their forest rampage, all four were panting as they slowly looked around. While they didn't turn the training grounds into a wasteland, they took out a good piece of it. Sure, Naruto was lying on his back in exhaustion, Sakura was sitting in a heap while Sasuke was leaning against a tree, but they had taken the damn area out. Shaking his head knowing that they weren't completely cooled off but were at a more expectable level so they wouldn't do anything stupid, Rikimaru panted a little more before speaking in a somewhat tired voice. "Alright, that's enough for the day. You are dismissed but please don't do anything rash. I'll try to appeal to Jiraiya later when he is accustomed to everything."

Seeing all three nod, he disappeared in a swirl of fire making all three vow to learn the shunshin even more. Sighing to herself, Sakura stood up still tired before sighing out loud knowing she would have to go home. She just hoped that her mother's boyfriend wasn't there and if he was, she wasn't sure what she would do. Stretching out some, she turned to the two boys who were slowly gathering themselves. "Well see you guys. Is it alright if I spend the night at your place if he's home?"

"Yeah, we already said you could stay there so it's okay. I've already set the door were it will allow you in incase neither of us are able to answer the door." Naruto replied as he pushed himself off the ground and picked himself up. Sasuke nodded in agreement as he pushed himself off the tree as he wasn't ready to say anything verbally at the moment. Over twenty Katon jutsu would do that to you. Sakura smiled lightly before waving another goodbye before she headed out of the created wasteland. As she left, Naruto turned to Sasuke. "I'm going out to look for Yugito. Something is telling me something’s up with her. So I'll be back later. Don't wait up."

Before Sasuke could even physically respond, Naruto dashed off into the distance leaving him alone and unable to speak at the moment. Mentally groaning, he wondered how the hell he was going to explain this to a medic. Shaking his head, he limped off in the direction of their complex hoping that a little food and water would help before hitting the sack. Naruto was right about what he said to Sakura, he wouldn't be able to answer the door.

As he made his way to were her team trained, he dropped to all fours as he sniffed the area out to find Yugito's scent. He knew she wasn't home as from what Hachimata was sensing. While he knew she had been in a sort of distress for a while, the snake had told him to calm down before heading for her as it would only make things worse. Quickly catching her scent, he was about to follow it when another scent caught his nose making him hiss deeply. He knew his scent from anywhere and from what Yugito had said about their interactions before he was further angered knowing he did something to put her in the mood she was in.

Putting that aside as he would deal with it later, he began following his mate's scent… He stopped soon as he called her that in his mind. He had called her his mate. But why would he call her that? Sure, they were going out and found each other attractive but to be so possessive about her to call her that was something he didn't believe he was. And he wasn't sure if he was quite ready to take their relationship to that kind of level as it only had just begun. I mean he wanted to, but he was too young to think about that yet and had a strange feeling in his gut that it was the snake's demonic influence on him that was making him think the way he was.

Before he could think further, a hiss escaped from his lips as he threw a kunai behind him only to see four jump out of the way seeing the explosive tag strapped to the projectile. As the four landed on each of his sides, he got a good look at them and hissed more seeing the Otogakure hitai-ate. Yugito would have to wait; these four would have to be dealt with first. While he was physically tired, Hachimata always quickly regenerated him so he could recover within moments compared to people that had to wait for a day or two. "What do you four want? We've already had enough shit from you village and I have business to attend."

"Mouthy are we cock sucker?" The red haired teenager answered his question with another question. The result was Naruto's attention as his eyes morphed into the full form of the Taiingan. This caught her off guard for a moment before remembering that he had a combination bloodline. With that in mind, her cockiness returned along with her colorful vocabulary. "Oh, trying to intimidate me are we ball licker? Not going to work seeing that there are four of us and only one… twenty of you. Goddamn!"

As she was speaking Naruto used Kage Bunshin knowing that they were here for a reason and weren't stating it. And his gut feeling about what was happening with Yugito was getting worse and worse. Getting annoyed at the developments as it seemed they were stalling for something or someone, Naruto spoke in a calm but deadly voice as he gave them an ultimatum. "I'll make this quick, either you tell me why you are here and I turn you into the Anbu or you don't and I kill all four of you. I'm not in the mood with this shit and have something to go do."

"Oh you mean that blonde haired girl we ran into? Oh don't worry about her; we took good care of her. She was quite fun to play with." The teenager with a dark tan and six arms said with a smirk on his face. While they had seen her, he had a feeling that she was what he was talking about and wanted to get inside of his head not realizing what he had just set off.

Naruto's eyes widened hearing this before something in the back of his mind snapped. He wasn't exactly sure what they did to Yugito, but he wasn't going to let them get away with it. In a flash of chakra malevolent chakra, all four were blown back as a green aura flowed around Naruto as the gray chains of his cursed seal snaked their way around his body. His face twitched in pain, but he pushed it aside as his mind was dead focus on the four in front of him. But that wasn't all, a dark and violent purple chakra began seeping from his pores that only added to his already large reserves and physical strength.

Before anyone could react, Naruto was on the spider like man before he put his fist into his stomach before following it up with a quick sweep kick knocking him to the ground. He was quickly on him as his hand wrapped around his throat and dug his clawed hands into him, trying to close his wind pipe and end his life. He noticed that marks not unlike his, Sakura's and Sasuke's began following from a curse seal but it didn't matter as he was still completely overpowering him. A swift kick to his skull, he released his grip from his throat as the largest one of the group grabbed him and pinned him to him to keep him from fighting.

He noted that all four had the seal as well and had them activated as he began to struggle from his grip. He would have called out to his clones but all of them had been destroyed faster then he had anticipated. The white haired teen that seemed to have two heads picked up the spider man as the girl turned back to Naruto with a little more respect for his abilities. "Nice try shit head, but we have seals as well. And even then we have the advance stage for them. You are no match for us."

Knowing this all to well, his curse seal receded knowing it did not have the power to defeat all four of them. But he had a power that could. And that power was flowing into his veins already, he just had to call more of it out. He smirked at her to their surprise before he gritted his teeth as a kunai hit his thigh and Hachimata's chakra began to drain from his system. His eyes widened seeing this before noting a fifth person coming out of the shadows and into view and hissed loudly at him as the said person. "Kabuto! You dare show your face here after what you did?!"

As the others looked surprised that he was there, Kabuto looked at Naruto unfazed by his words. "Ma, ma Naruto. First of all don't worry about Yugito. They didn't do a thing to her as if they did I would kill them on the spot. And secondly, I didn't do anything to you. In fact all I really did was help you on becoming who you are."

At this Naruto stopped struggling as the Sound Four paled hearing that Kabuto would have killed them if they had done anything to the blonde they snuck around. Seeing that he had Naruto's attention, he smirked as he pushed his glasses back into place. "Naruto, don't you find it strange that Rikimaru is your jounin sensei. A jounin with a curse seal of his own."

Naruto's eyes widened hearing this not knowing that his sensei had a seal making Kabuto smirk even more. "Yes Naruto, he has and is still working for Orochimaru-sama. It was on his orders that he was to take your team and that is why he requested your team. But not only that, after he and Anko were returned to Konoha, he began to watch after you heavily as Orochimaru-sama wanted to see if you would grow strong. And you have, but it is nothing compared to what you could have been if you were treated like a human being and given proper training. But getting back to my point, while your sensei had been order to watch over you it eventually became more. He had taken to be more of a brother when he was guardian you and supplied you with what you needed earlier in your life and even watched after you when others wouldn't."

"Not only this, but on several occasions I have helped you. Seeing that you probably don't remember any of them, I will go with the one you remember for another reason. One particular night I had stumbled on the secret training grounds of the Yondaime and would have tried to go in but I could not. That same night a mob of villagers were attacking you I believe and you came to the forest to seek protection from them as you couldn't make it to the Hyuuga or Uchiha complex. Being near where you were and knowing that you somehow had taken on the Yondaime's appearance put two and two together and placed you within the barrier with a well used kawarimi. I watched you stumble through the barrier and then find the scroll that you still have been studying even to this day. I would have taken it from you, but something told me not to and that you would have a better use for it."

Naruto's eyes widened hearing this. There was no way that he knew of the scroll he had been studying for years, yet it did make sense. He had remembered that night very well as he had found the scroll of seals he was unable to figure out. He had been running in the forest to escape the villagers that night only to suddenly trip and found himself in a different area all together. Then he walked over to what seemed to be a shed and hid in it only to see dozens and dozens of scrolls. He would have picked a few up but seeing that there was door to go further in, he did so and ended up with the scroll that Kabuto was talking about. Growling lightly to himself, he glared at Kabuto still not believing him completely.

Already knowing this, Kabuto readjusted his glasses as he shrugged before motion for the big one to let him down. "Jirobo, let him down." The large teen looked stunned at this before doing as he commanded as there was only a few other people in the sound he would listen to and one of them was Kabuto. So letting Naruto out of his grip, all four moved to the gray haired teen as he smirked at Naruto. "I'll let you think it over. If you don't wish to join this, forget this ever happened. But if you wish for a better life and one you are not treated like the scum of the village, the west gate is clear. These four will be waiting not too far from there as I still have work to do."

Before Naruto could even respond, all five disappeared in swirls of leaves leaving him alone to mull over what had just happened. Remembering the kunai, he reached down and quickly pulled out the kunai out of his thigh. Not acknowledging that it had hurt, he looked at the kunai before hissing seeing the suppression seal attached to the blade. Chunking the kunai into the trees, he began to think about what he was told.

From what they had said, his sensei was in fact working with Orochimaru this entire time. But wouldn't that meant all those times in the past when he showed up were only orders. Once again remembering what Kabuto had said, Rikimaru had begun to feel like more like an older brother for him. It kind of made sense as during their training these last couple of months he had taken him out on his own and trained him how to use Bunshin Daikuba along with a few genjutsus and even helping him develop his stealth. From what he knew from both Sakura and Sasuke, he really didn't train them one on one more then once. While he didn't slack in their training, he just seemed more focused on his and not the theirs.

Growling to himself as he knew he wasn't helping as it only made him dwell more on his past life. Sure, his life hadn't been great but it was getting better… He stopped a moment as he thought about that. Truthfully it wasn't getting better for him. The entire rookie twelve accepted him, but that was because he was part of their class and they were the clan heads children. He had Yugito at his side now and he had to admit he felt something for her, but was that enough compared to the hatred he got everyday. Every person looking down on him as if he was the demon itself. And the stonings he received on days that they couldn't stand him and the beatings when he was younger. The insanity the had caused within him drove him to attempt suicide many times yet he was always stopped either by the Hokage, the Cat and Falcon masked Anbu and… Kabuto.

His eyes widened remembering the one time he had attempted to end his life on the Yondaime's head. While it was an ill-conceived attempt, it was an attempt nonetheless. And remember that the silver haired teen had been there to stop him only added more truth to what he had said. If anything, Orochimaru had done more to help them then even the old man had. He knew the old man had tried, but it just wasn't enough. Hell, Orochimaru ended up helping his training by leaving him the Kusanagi.

Then it hit him, he was the container for his mother and just like any good son would do for their mother, he helped her when in need. While he was doing all this for his mother, he must have come to terms with that helping her would mean helping him and it didn't bother him. In fact, he seemed keen on helping him become stronger then he had become here in Konoha. But why would he do that? As if waiting for him to ask that, the snake from within him answered his unasked question. "Because he knows that it is almost impossible for him to free me. The only one that can do that is you, Naruto. So while he does wish for me to be free, he wants to keep you protected while you become stronger so the day you no longer need my power you can set me free permanently. But there is one more reason… He needs an heir to his legacy and he has declared you worthy of that power as I've declared your worthy of my power."

Naruto thoughts stopped as he listened to Hachimata. What she had said made almost perfect sense until she reached the part where he needed an heir. Then everything began quickly come together in his mind. The reason why he was pointing out his strengths in their fight against each other, leaving him the sword, marking him with the curse seal, protecting him from Itachi and Kisame and everything else he had done or had assigned others to do. He was the one that he chose to continue his legacy. He chose him to become the next snake sannin. With everything confirmed and with his leg wound healed, Naruto stood up knowing what he was going to do.

Disappearing with a trace, he had left just as Yugito burst through the tree line searching for the chakra surge she knew that belonged to Naruto. Looking all around for him, she could not sense where he was and was getting further worried. She knew something was up and she was going to find out what. Sniffing the air to get a whiff of his scent, she narrowed her eyes as she couldn't detect where he had gone. 'Naruto… What's happening to you?'

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Appearing in front of his house, Naruto slammed opened the door not caring that he startled Sasuke as he had just gotten to sleep. Heading straight for his room and activating the seal on his door to keep anyone he didn't want out, he slammed it shut before looking at his room, figuring out what he needed to take with him. Knowing that he was going to take a few minutes to get everything, he walked over to the stereo in his room and turned it on, not caring what CD or song it was on.

I can't escape this hell

So many times I've tried

But I'm still caged inside

Somebody get me through this nightmare

I can't control myself

A small smirk crossed Naruto's lips as he heard the lyrics to the song as he pulled out his shinobi pack. How many nights had he listened to this song he wasn't sure of. It almost seemed to be every single night as it seemed to be speaking of his life. But now he knew otherwise.

So what if you can see

The darkest side of me

No one will ever change this animal I have become

Help me believe

It's not the real me

Somebody help me tame this animal

This animal, this animal

Unsealing his drawer where he kept everything he wanted secret, he pulled out the scroll Kabuto had somehow knew about. A scroll that was made by the Yondaime himself. Putting it into his pack, he pulled out the scroll from both his parents and put them there as well as he still held them close to his heart even if they weren't among the living.

I can't escape myself

So many times I've lied

But there's still rage inside

Somebody get me through this nightmare

I can't control myself

As he listened to the music, he had to agree whole heartedly with it. At times he wished there was someone that would help him, but now he knew there was one and that was where he was going to go.

So what if you can see

The darkest side of me

No one will ever change this animal I have become

Help me believe

It's not the real me

Somebody help me tame this animal

As the chorus past by again, Naruto was sealing his weapons into a scroll before adding them into his pack along with a few pairs of clothes. While he was sure Orochimaru would provide them, he liked to keep his own style of clothing and not wear that damn bow thing like the four that he ran into did. It was really tacky in his opinion.

Somebody help me through this nightmare

I can control myself

Somebody wake me from this nightmare

I can't escape this hell

As he finished up his packing, he decided to take his CDs and CD player as well. It always help him pass the time here so why not when he was there. Grabbing his CDs, he began sealing them into another storage scroll. That was one thing he wouldn't want to give up. His music was what kept him from breaking a long time ago.

This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal

This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal

Standing up as he was finished packing, he was about to take the CD out of the stereo before realizing that he had two of this CD. Shaking his head as it was a waste of money; he strapped the pack on his back and began to head down stairs as the music came to its climatic finish.

So what if you can see

The darkest side of me

No one will ever change this animal I have become

Help me believe

It's not the real me

Somebody help me tame this animal

This animal I have become

As he reached the bottom of the stairs, he noticed that Sasuke was waiting for him. While he knew this was more then likely going to happen, it didn't bother him. For once ever since they met, he didn't care what his adopted brother was going to say. He was leaving, plain and simple. Walking to the door, he growled deeply in his throat as Sasuke walked in front of him with his arms crossed, not letting him leave. Getting annoyed at the raven, he spoke in a darker tone then he had ever before. "Sasuke move."

The said Uchiha was caught off guard by the darkness in his voice as he had never once heard Naruto like this before. Even when he was using the demon's chakra he sounded nothing like he did now. But something was up and even with his scratchy voice, he was going to find out what was going on. "Naruto, what the fuck is wrong with you?"

"None of you concern, Uchiha." Naruto answered as his voice was laced with venom as his curse seal began to pulse. While he didn't mean to be so blunt to him, for some reason he couldn't really care at the moment. He wanted out of this village that despised his very existence even though without him they would not exist.

Once again Sasuke was caught of guard by the darkness in Naruto's voice along with the hatred rolling off of him. He knew something was wrong now, but what was getting to him? He had seen nothing that could set off Naruto the way he was acting now. But whatever it was, he was going to be damned if he was going to let it happen again. "What the hell is wrong with you?! All I'm doing is trying to figure out why you’re acting like this!"

Naruto was suddenly shocked back as a pulse from Hachimata had brought him back to reasoning. He wasn't sure what the snake was doing, but he had heard Sasuke's words as well which was probably what prompted the shock in the first place. But even knowing that his adopted brother cared for him, it wasn't enough to stay in the village. Looking at him with his violet eyes, Naruto spoke softly catching Sasuke off guard for a third time. "I'm sorry for this Sasuke…"

Faster then he could react, Sasuke found a snake biting tightly on his throat before slithering back to Naruto's sleeve. He tried to fight the poison that was injected, but something was wrong. It was becoming increasingly difficult to move his body. Dropping to his knees as he continued trying to fight the poison within him, he looked up to Naruto before seeing him walk to the door and utter a phrase that he along with everyone that cared for Naruto feared ever since he was young. "The poison should wear off in a day or two so you should live… But I cannot stay here any longer. This village is not my home. Goodbye, brother."

With that last sentence, Naruto had walked out of their house as Sasuke fell to the ground, unable to move as the poison's effect took over.

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Sakura was not in a good mood right now. Soon as she had returned home her mother started getting on her for not getting her things ready to pack and moved. So without thinking about it, she mouthed off to her mother getting annoyed at her actions. "Mom!! I'm not moving in with him! His son tried to kill my teammate, blinded one of my better friends and his father wants me to quit being a kunoichi or my team! Well guess what? I'm not doing either so I cannot go with you! Besides, after what Yugito has told me about Hiboruto I rather not be around the sexist!”

"Well that's hurtful my dear girl. Maybe you should watch your tongue when a council member is around otherwise you could end up in a position you rather not be in." An ominous voice spoke from the door way as it closed revealing both Ryo and Hiboruto, the elder being the one that had spoken.

Picking up where his father left off, Hiboruto smiled innocently as he spoke in a cheerful voice but laced with warning. "And besides, my girl says things like that to keep others girls from me. After all I have dozens of fan girls swarming me as well. She's just making sure I'm all hers and no one can take her away from me."

This response got a positively angered reaction from Sakura. Her chakra flared violently to the extent of being visible by all in the room as her curse seal pulsed violently as if agreeing with her rage and feeding her more chakra without activating. Using this display to her advantage, she unleashed every ounce of killing intent she possess, which grew drastically during her training with Tsunade, before speaking in a deadly calm voice. “I will say this once. No woman would ever want you. Yugito has been in a steady relationship with Naruto after his fight with you and I'll be damned if I'm going to let you do anything to break them up. You might have been strong three weeks ago, but you are nothing to us now. Compared to the rookie twelve, only Ino and Hinata and possibly Chouji and Kiba are weaker then you. But the problem is that every single one of us wants to keep them together including each of the sensei’s and the Hokage at that."

As she finished, her mother was sitting down on there couch in shock as both Ryo and Hiboruto stood their ground, the former being used to this kind of killing intent due to the council meetings. While Sakura's chakra continued flowing around her viciously, Ryo narrowed his eyes as he heard what was said. The girl his son was pinning for was taken by the demon child and not only that, but a lot of the younger generation and some of the elder population was support of the two being together. This he would have to take care of. "Sakura, did I not tell you to stop hanging around that boy? He is nothing but bad news and will only lead you down a path you do not wish to go."

Sakura's anger rose another notch hearing knowing the reason that he was saying what he was. "Is it because he's the jinchuuriki of Yamata no Orochi, better known as Hachimata no Hachibi, the eight tailed and headed snake." Her mother gasped hearing what her daughter said as Ryo was taken back in surprise not knowing that Sakura knew that much. Smirking at his expression as her chakra continued growing as her cursed seal slowly began fan across her body, she spoke in the same voice as before. "Oh I know what his burden is. He told me himself about two months ago and unlike you pompous assholes that give him hell every day, I understand that both he and the snake are two different entities!"

Before any of them could respond to what she had said, she marched to her room and quickly grabbed everything that she wanted from her room and packed it. What she could take she put in scrolls and pocketed them in her pouch before strapping her pack onto her back and heading for the front door only to see Ryo and Hiboruto gone while her mother looked sadly at her. She narrowed her eyes at this, but as she loved her mother she would tell her where she was going. "Mom, I'm going to move in with Naruto and Sasuke as they offered me a room if this got out of hand and it has. If you go with him, I will not stop you but I will not be seeing you again. If not, I might come back."

Hearing a huff in the other side of the room, her eyes narrowed knowing who it was. They hadn't left, they just moved into the living room where she could see them after exiting her room. She cursed the design of their house before shaking her head as she headed for the door, uncaring of what they heard. Her mother needed to know so she wouldn't panic over her. Before she could exit the door, Hiboruto had quickly stepped in front of her with his arms crossed. "I think you owe everyone here an apology before you go anywhere."

"Get out of my way. The only apology I owe is to my mother as she's raised me for these last twelve years and I am sorry for what is happening as of now. But to the two of you, I don't owe shit. So get out my way or I will surgically remove those eyes Shizune-san implanted as I'm not studying under her and an ex-apprentice of Tsunade-sama for nothing!" As Sakura finished, Hiboruto stepped back in surprise as Sakura's mother finally exploded and began crying while apologizing to Ryo for her daughter's behavior. Narrowing her eyes at that, she swept by Hiboruto and had grabbed the door handle only for him to grip her wrist.

Without thought, she gripped his wrist and twisted it so that it cut off the blood flow to his hand before driving and elbow into his chest. Not wasting her time as her cursed seal flared to full life, she pushed her chakra into her fist before releasing it just as it made contact to his chin, sending him through every wall in the house before he landed onto the street. Turning around, she opened the door and walked out without even thinking twice about what she had just done. In fact it felt pretty good to break the pricks jaw along with a few ribs and severing one of his veins to his wrist without it being visible.

Shaking her head, Sakura knew she would pay what she had just done but at the moment she didn't give a crap. She noted that her curse seal was active and knowing that it had a slight influence on her actions, she willed it back to the seal as she continued to the Uchiha district. She had to admit that she liked the seal that Naruto had replaced the original one with. While it would contain it to an extent, the user could use the power if in danger or if a certain emotional requirement was met. Not only this, but once a person had calmed down they could will the curse seal back to conserve its power as he had learned that it had a limit and once that was reached it would recede in a far more painful matter. How he knew this was beyond her, but she was glad for it.

Looking up, she noticed she was at their place. How she got there was beyond her. It was as if her body was on autopilot and had taken her to where she wanted to go. So walking up, she knocked first knowing that it would be polite to do so even though Naruto had said she could come in as neither might answer the door. She could somewhat understand that as all three were tired after their workout today, but Yugito was still there to answer and she was sure that they would have told her about what was happening with her home life. The thought burned in the back of her head, but noticing after a few minutes that no one was answering, she slowly opened the door before her eyes widened. "Sasuke!"

Running to him as he laid motionless on the floor, barely breathing, she used a diagnosis scan on him before her eyes widened even further then before. "Shit you're poisoned! I'm not very good at this, but I should be able to remove enough of it so that you can move and get to someone that can do a better job then I can."

While Sasuke wanted to say no shit he was poisoned and tell her who did it, he couldn't at the moment so he had to wait for her to get some of it removed. He was so wishing he hadn't said that as he mentally began screaming in pain as her hands glowed brightly as a sickly green liquid began to pour from the bite on his throat along with his pours. As the pain slowly dulled after a moment, he reminded himself to tell her to knock him out before doing that again. As she began sweating as her chakra reserves began to drain she stopped as she began laboring for air. The technique was far more draining then she thought it would be, especially for her first attempt on a human.

Seeing this, Sasuke weakly picked himself up to a seated position and almost failed to do so as his muscles were still stiffer then normal and the lack of oxygen in his blood. Shaking that off, he turned to Sakura as he mouthed only one word. "Naruto…"

Sakura's eyes widened in fright and surprise hearing this knowing what Sasuke meant. Naruto was the one that had done this to him. But that was nothing like the Naruto she knew, so why in the world would he do something like that to his brother and teammate. "Naruto did this? But why?!"

Getting a few more breathes of air as he cursed Naruto for seriously underestimating his poison; he shook her head as he recalled all of what had happened. It was difficult as the poison had mostly stopped his brain other then for motor functions so he had to remember what had happened. As the memories went by, he wasn't sure until the very last thing Naruto had said to him. "He's leaving… the village… for good…"

The blood drained from Sakura's face as Sasuke said this even though he was struggling to speak. The one thing she believed that could never happen finally did. While she hadn't known Naruto's status until recently, she had always seen how he was treated by the villagers. Once she did learn of his burden, she knew that if it continued that sooner or later he would break and all hell would break loose. And now it seemed like it had finally happened as Naruto had left the village. But the question was where would he go? He had no place outside the village that would take him for more then maybe a few weeks… She stopped soon as she remembered her cursed seal and reached up and gripped it as it pulsed painfully.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes seeing this before the same exact pain pulsed from his seal forcing him to grit his teeth as his body wasn't in the best condition at the moment. Shaking his head from the pain, he attempted to pull himself up only to fall back down onto his back as his strength hadn't returned. Sakura quickly responded as she placed her hand on his chest and shook her head. "Stay here. There is nothing you can do at the moment. I'll go try and find him. If I can't, I'll return here and get you to the hospital."

Without second thought, she left Sasuke to find Naruto. The said Uchiha could only mentally grumble but he had to agree with her at the moment. He could wait as he no longer was in a life threatening situation and Naruto was making a huge mistake that they had to stop. Now if he could just will his legs to move even if it was nothing but his small toe. Commanding his toe as if it was listening to him, he tried to get it to move but with no success. Getting annoyed at this, he was about to just crawl with his arms to the nearest medic when his left pinky toe twitched making his eye twitch madly. "God Dammit. This is going to take a while."

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Walk ing to the west gate of Konoha, Naruto could tell the guard of the gate was dead. The smell of blood reeked from it but since it was unfamiliar, he did not care in the least. After all, as long as it wasn't Iruka he would have disposed of the guard if there was one there. He was slightly surprised no one had noticed this, but after the invasion they had to make use of their remaining shinobi as best as they could so there was only one guard at the east and west gates every four hours and they normally were chunin. Shaking his head as he neared the gate, he noticed movement in front of him before a familiar blonde hair girl stood in front of him. "Yugito…"

The said blonde looked at Naruto as she let herself recover from tracking him all the way here. She had no clue what was going on, but the smell of blood behind her led her to the conclusion that this had been set up. Taking a better look at Naruto, her eyes narrowed seeing the pack on his back as his hands were calmly in his pockets. Add in his cool demeanor and the fire burning in his eyes meant one thing and one thing only. He was leaving the village for good. "Naruto… This isn't the way."

Naruto narrowed his eyes hearing this as he looked at the girl that he called his girlfriend. While she knew what she was getting at, he wasn't going to let her think for a moment he wasn't serious. "What would you know? You haven't lived her for all your life. You do not know the hatred of these villagers for being what I am. I'm sure your days in Kumogakure weren't great, but compared to what I have gone through it is nothing. Stonings day in and day out. Beatings when I was younger and unable to defend myself. The name calling from both adults and children alike, the assassination attempts from shinobi of this very own village, villagers cheering on as you attempt to commit suicide and let’s not forget that on multiple accounts I was nearly raped! I'm not staying here any longer… This place is not my home."

Yugito flinched at every reason knowing them to be true. But another side of her began to come for as he told her she knew nothing of being what he was. Growling to herself as she finished, her emerald eyes locked in with Naruto's violets as she spoke in a deadly calm voice. "I don't know what it's like. Boy, you better get back in line as I do know what some of that is like. I've never had to go through stonings, suicides or assassination attempts but I do know what it is like to be hated with a passion. I was called names, treated like dirt and called names and even beaten. And at least you were never raped Naruto! I was! By my very own sensei almost every goddamn day I lived there! And at least you didn't have someone that you thought that loved you sell you to a demon! I know what it is like and more!"

His heart stopped on a dime as she finished as his eyes widened as he heard what she said happened to her when she lived in her ex village. Without thinking about it, he appeared behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist as he laid his head against the back of hers as he closed his eyes. He absently noticed that she flinched lightly at his touch before her hands coasted over his as she leaned back into him, feeling a little better then she did before. "I'm sorry Yugi-chan… I didn't know. I'm sorry…"

Feeling him hold her closer, a small smile appeared on lips as she turned her head just enough to kiss him on the cheek. She didn't know what compelled her to do so, she just felt like it would help him. "It's okay Naruto. Just don't go and stay with me. I promise I won't let them do anything to you any more. I don't want to lose you. You make me feel like… like… I'm home. That I've found somewhere I belong and I don't want to lose that."

Hearing her words, Naruto's eyes opened as he listened to Yugito's words as a genuine smile graced his lips as he nuzzled against the back of her head. Her words alone were slowly eating away at everything that he was told enough. Almost enough to make him give up and stay… His seal pulsed as the memories of his life flooded into his mind once more reconfirming why he couldn't stay here. Just as he thought that, her voice brought him back into the light as she looked him in the eyes. "Please… Stay with me."

Once again Naruto's resolve began to waver and he continued struggling with himself. He wasn't sure what to do. If he stayed here he would continue to live a life of hatred but he would stay with the one he loved. If he went, he would gain power he never dreamed of and no longer have to worry about if someone would come after him every night but lose the one he cared for the most. It was a conundrum he couldn't solve as either way he would in the end be in pain. Just then, the perfect solution hit him as he looked Yugito before his lips met his for a brief, yet passionate kiss. "I would love to…" He could see the joy in her eyes and only winced as this next part could be difficult. "But I cannot stay in this place of hatred. You were able to get away from yours, but I have not."

Yugito's eyes widened hearing this as she looked Naruto in the eyes and was shocked to see that his eyes still held the same resolve as before. She attempted to break away from his grip, unbelieving at what he just said but he held her tightly as he closed his eyes. "Come with me… away from this place of pain. Come with me, to a better life."

Her heart stopped as she heard Naruto say this. He had asked her to come with him as he still planned on leaving the village. It was something she had not expected him to say so it was causing her an internal dilemma. In truth, she had no love for the village but she had come to start enjoying it here. Sure her team wasn't the greatest thanks to the pompous asshole that used to be on it, but she had begun to make friends that cared for her safety. Friends that would protect her from threats for greater then they were. Hell, her sensei had taken to her like a younger sister and even a daughter to some extent. Haku had become not only her friend and teammate, but a person that she could talk to about things she never been able to talk about.

And Naruto was asking her to give all that up. Sure, she had seen how the village treated him but it didn't seem to act like that to anyone else. Even a small part of her began to wonder if Naruto hadn't done something to them to earn the wrath that he had. But if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't have been here in the first place. She would still be a drone of the fox, doing whatever she willed and probably would have been used to regain one of her tails. It was funny, her first ever defeat in battle happened to be what saved her from her hell. And if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't know what this feeling she had for him was. Looking up at him with her eyes glowing from the moon light, she nodded lightly as she leaned further into him. "Alright… I will go with you."

Naruto nodded as a small smile crossed his lips as he flowed what his heart was telling him to do, moving down to her collar bone he nuzzled against it. After a moment of doing so, he bared his fangs before quickly sinking them into her collar bone as his chakra flowed into her along with a little amount of venom he had possessed thanks to Hachimata. Hearing her gasp in surprise and beginning to shudder it the venom took affect, he held her tighter as he bit her deeper before losing his mouth's grip. As he slowly withdrew his teeth from her bone, a mark slowly began to form on her neck as her eyes rolled into the back of her head before she passed out as the venom had kicked in.

"Hatchling! Do you know what you've just…"

"Yes I do snake, so drop it now. She is coming with us and that is final. I also know Nibi will not do anything as she will not go against her containers will. I just hope she doesn't eject the poison till we have arrived." Naruto responded out loud, not caring if other people overheard him as he held onto Yugito. He continued as the mark continued to take form until it was clear what it was. "A butterfly… How ironic. A creature that brings happiness to the people that see it, just as she's did for me."

With those words, he slowly scooped her up and holding her in the bridal position, he walked through the gate unaware of what was to follow. After a few minutes of walking, he picked up the scent of the four that he ran into earlier along with Kabuto's. His eyes narrowed as he recognized the latter scent but figured he took care of the business he had said he had. Jumping into the clearing they were in, he noticed the four were startled having not sensed him as Kabuto could only smirk. "Ah, glad you could make it Naruto-kun. And bringing along miss Nii as well, what a pleasant surprise."

Narrowing his eyes at Kabuto's lecherous voice, Naruto made it clear instantly of his attentions for her as his killing intent rocket far beyond anything most people had ever felt before. "She is not to be harmed in anyway as she is with me. If she is, I will kill all five of you without thinking twice. Understand?"

As the sound four trembled at the pressure he was exerting, Kabuto smirk only grew larger seeing how defensive he was over her. Not only that, but her recognized the type of mark on her neck and could tell it was fresh. "Oh by all means Naruto-kun. It wouldn't be in my nature to let harm happen to such a beautiful woman." Seeing that Naruto's vicious intent was no focused on him, he quickly locked away his lecherous side knowing it was only going to get him in trouble here. "But it will be done. I will take her to Otogakure and have placed in Orochimaru's sanctuary till you arrive. No one will dare touch her there otherwise they face the wrath of both Orochimaru-sama and Tsunade-chan."

Naruto narrowed his eyes as Kabuto walked over to him, but knowing that he meant her no harm, he slowly handed her over before gripping the back of his neck in a vice grip. "Be sure no harm comes to her or I will make you wish you were never born before I take your life."

For one of the few times in his life, Kabuto actually felt fear. He knew Naruto was dead serious and would carry out his threat without hesitation. And knowing the strength he was about to receive really boosted the fact that he could carry out his threat. So nodding to appease the jinchuuriki, he answered in a slightly subdued tone. "She will not be harmed. I'm not the third strongest in Oto for nothing."

Nodding having a feeling that it was true even if he hadn't seen him fight, he let go of the silver haired teen before the said teen turned to the four and nodded before disappearing into the distance. Wondering what that was about, he turned to the four only to see a barrel in the middle of where they were sitting. "Alright, what are waiting for? Let's go."

Sakon shook his head as his other head grinned. "Not yet. We must activate the second stage of your seal before we can take you to Orochimaru-sama. It is part of our mission objective so we are to carry it out."

Naruto raised his eyebrow at this before understanding somewhat of what he was told. After all a shinobi above mostly everything else was to complete his mission. So looking at each of them as if waiting for them to explain, he got irritated as they did nothing but set up the barrel. While he had a feeling that it dealt with the activation of the second stage, he wanted to know what its purpose was. "And exactly how are you four going to activate it?"

"Shut up fuck face. We have to get this done before explaining to you. You arrived faster then we thought so we aren't quite ready." Tayuya answered annoyed that they weren't ready for the activation. Finishing the last of the seals, she turned to Naruto before continuing. "As you probably figured out horse swallower, we are going to seal you within that barrel to contain your outburst and to control you so that you don't attack us while you die."

His eyes shot open hearing that and was thinking twice about this as Sakon and Ukon slapped her on the back of the head as Jirobo apologized for her. "Sorry about that. It is only puts you in a state of false death but it is still quite painful and you will try to attack us as we are the ones that are technically inflicting it upon you. Also the barrel will make it easier for us to transport you as we head to the Land of Rice. Do not worry; the chances of survival are the same as that off the curse seal."

"Add in the fact that the shit head is the carrier of a bijuu insures he will survive the damn experience makes it all so much better." Tayuya added distastefully at the end before Naruto's eyes looked on her, liking her less and less by the second.

Sensing more and more dislike of Tayuya from him, Sakon could only smirk as he didn't like the red head much himself. But seeing that it could and probably would get in the way of their mission, he had to stop him from all out assaulting her. "She means that none of us, more particularly herself, have the same luxury so we had to go through the ritual without having a safety net. That is something we are all envious of, especially seeing that you contain Orochimaru-sama's mother."

Still not liking Tayuya, Naruto shook it off as he walked over and recognized the seals they were working on before helping them finish faster. While all four were surprised that he knew of such an advanced seal, the faster they could get this done the faster they could get out of there. With Naruto's help, they quickly finished the containment seals.

Pulling out a pill from a bottle, Sakon held it out to Naruto. "Take this pill and entered the barrel. The pill will take affect in a few minutes after you take it so if you aren't in the barrel we might have to kill you if you become wild and attack us. We will seal you in and take you to Otogakure were Orochimaru and the girl will be waiting for you."

Taking the pill, Naruto looked at it for a moment. Did he really want to…? He took and swallowed the pill as his decision was made soon as he marked Yugito and had Kabuto take her to the Sound. Not wasting a second, he walked to the barrel before crawling in. It was quite cramped, but it did not matter as the lid was closed over him. He twitched a little not liking the closed quarters making him believe he was claustrophobic for a moment before shaking his head as he felt a shock to his system. Then another shock but this one was far more painful. He could tell his curse seal had activated itself and was adding to his pain, but it felt like his nerve ends were frying and the pain it was adding just did not help. His nerves began to spaz out as pain like no other coursed through him and he was out faster then he could anticipate.

Seeing that they had sealed the boy Orochimaru wanted into the barrel and he was beginning his transformation into his second stage, Sakon took point as Jirobo picked up the barrel and both Kidomaru and Tayuya took his flakes and began to quickly run through the area. The problem was, Sakon wasn't taking too much care at his job and they ran into Genma and another jounin who quickly noticed where they were from and attacked.

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Mo rning came all too quickly for Sakura. She cursed as she could find no trace were he went and if she couldn't find anything she would have to alerted Jiraiya-sama that he had fled the village. Having checked all the gates, she finally headed to the west gate before noticing a few Anbu scouting the area as well. Her heart leapt into her throat seeing this and thinking that they were searching for him as well and she jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Relax Sakura, it's only me."

Sakura sighed in relief as she heard Yugao's voice. The one Anbu she could trust happened to be there. Once again panicky began to cross her face which made the neko masked Anbu worry as she looked around as if trying to find someone. "Sakura, what's wrong? Did you see the murderer?"

"Naruto's missing! He poisoned Sasuke before telling him he was abandoning the village! I have to find him before they send hunters after him!" Sakura answered in her panicked state which alerted the other Anbu who heard what the girl said.

Yugao cursed under her breath as she heard this. Orochimaru was acting too quickly and hastily for her tastes. She winced as a pulse of chakra went through her and could tell the same happened to Sakura. Seeing this and knowing it was calling to them, she tightened her fist before gripping Sakura's shoulders and kneeling down. "Don't worry, we'll find him. Sasuke just alerted Jiraiya-sama and he's getting healed right now. Hokage-sama is forming a team right now as we speak to track down Naruto before he crosses the border to the Land of Rice. We're here investigating to see if he had anything to do with this murder and it doesn't look like he was involved. Now don't worry, we'll get him back unharmed."

Sighing in relief as she heard this, she nodded at Yugao and quickly took off towards the main gate hoping to catch the team he was sending out so she could help. A small part of her brain wondered how Sasuke managed to overcome the poison so quickly, but she pushed that aside as there was more important things to deal with. Seeing the main gate, she narrowed her eyes as she saw a team but the leader was not the person she wanted to see.

At the main gate, Hiboruto stood with a smirk on his face. He would finally get revenge on that demon once and for all. Turning to his team consisting of Chouji, Kiba, Neji and Shikamaru, he spoke with the same smirk plastered on his face. "Our mission is to find and kill the traitor Uchiha-Hyuuga Naruto…"

Before he could finish his sentence, he found himself pinned to as Sakura appeared and slammed her foot to his skull and knocked him to the ground. Putting her foot on his throat, she turned to the four. "Forget him. I'm taking over this mission as Hiboruto blatantly forgot to mention that we are unsure if Naruto is being influenced by an outside source. It is most likely his curse seal and the mission is to search and retrieve him. Shikamaru, you chose to formation… Sasuke?! What are you doing here?!"

The said Uchiha coughed a little bit as he ran towards him and shook his head. "You think I'm not going to go out and try to retrieve my brother? Think again, he is means more to me then he does you Sakura. But there is more to this then what is going on. Yugito is missing as well and Hinata says that she was chasing after Naruto when she last saw her."

Cursing at this, Sakura nodded as things just got far more complicated. With Naruto and Yugito both missing and probably within the clutches of Orochimaru, things were going to be difficult. About to speak again, she nearly fell over as Hiboruto replaced himself with a log and appeared in front of the group. "Think again, I'm the chunin and you will follow my orders and neither you are Sasuke are coming on this mission. And the objective is to kill the traitor, not rescue him!"

"I'm not going on a mission with your sorry ass, not what after you did to my teammate and tried to kill my cousin. And besides asshole, it is customary to try and return a shinobi that has fled the village before upgrading him to nukenin status. And even then, Naruto would only be at most a C-rank and to be brought back on sight." Neji countered in a cold voice as Kiba nodded in agreement.

Hiboruto growled at this but seeing that he was out numbered, he wasn't going to win this battle. "Fine, I will do this mission myself. Fuck the rest of you and I will make sure I see you all thrown in jail for insubordination!"

As the lone chunin raced off, Shikamaru shook his head before speaking. "Alright, everyone in a line! Kiba you are in front as you can track Naruto's and Yugito's scent! I'll be right behind you with Sasuke behind me as you can quickly respond to any threat! Sakura, you are behind him so you can reach everyone and heal them quickly! Chouji you will be following her and Neji will be at our rear as his Byukugan can cover our asses! If we run into Hiboruto and he interferes with our mission, take him out! Let's move out!"

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It was so cold. Everything around her was so cold. She shivered before her eyes snapped opened as she could tell she was not home. Looking around in a panic, she tried to figure out where she was. The walls were made of stone, which was odd as stone walls weren't really used for anything other then underground vaults or old castles. But what was in the room surprised her far more. The were status of golden snakes decorated across the room making her believe whoever owned this place was far more obsessed with snakes then her Naruto was. Her eyes widened remember what happened as she rushed out of the room. "NARUTO!!"

Looking around and hearing no one answering, Yugito looked around desperately to find out where she was and where he was. Having no clue where to go, she raced down the stone hallways hoping to find an answer as she screamed Naruto's name out, trying to find where he was. Getting no response or finding an exit, she continued running down the halls in a panicked frenzy. She could feel Nibi trying to calm her down, but it wasn't working. She wanted to find him, so she could return the favor to him. "NARUTO! Where are you?!"

Turning down another hallway, getting more and more lost by the second, she found herself in what seemed to be a bunker with men and women smelling of blood, dried tears and… sex. Her eyes widened at this as she began to search for an exit when she bumped into someone behind her. "Hey babe, what's the rush? You all will get your turns with us."

She backed away in horror, trying to figure out what was going on as the man advanced upon her. She was too frightened and incoherent to defend herself even though Nibi was attempting to push her chakra into her system. It just wasn't working as the girl was in too unnerved and horrified at her situation as the man slowly reached her. Just as he did, the man gurgled was heard as blood seeped from his mouth before falling to the floor with a kunai in the back of his head. There was no doubt the man was dead.

"Disgusting maggot. All women here are free to leave! Any man that is found bring back a women against their will again will be executed on the fucking spot or fed to Manda for Orochimaru-sama's next payment! Now get your sorry asses to the mess hall before I rip you goddamn throats out!" A red haired teen around the same age screamed as her glasses nearly fell off the bridge of her nose. Her hair was quite odd as she had one side combed by the other side was left to roam wild as it seemed.

All the men ran out of the room while pulling on their pants in the process as the red hair created a clone to help the women before turning to Yugito. "You shouldn't be here Miss Nii. Orochimaru-sama doesn't want you to leave his room until your lover arrives in fear just this will happen. I'll take you back there so you won't get lost." Before she could argue, the red head placed her hand on her shoulder and shunshined back into the room with the golden snakes. The red head bowed in front of a buxom blonde haired woman as soon as she let go of Yugito's shoulder. "Tsunade-sama, I found her. She seemed to have panicked and tried to find the boy."

"It's alright Karin. You found her before anything could happen, your dismissed." Tsunade responded in a gentle tone which soothed Yugito's nerves. Karin nodded and shunshined out of the room as Tsunade turned towards Yugito and motioned for her to sit besides her. Yugito did so, but she was still far too confused to everything that was going on. Seeing this, Tsunade shook her head. "Calm down Yugito, everything will be alright. But do not roam the halls alone like that again. The men here are… restless and in need of a woman's touch. Underground life doesn't really help so they do… despicable things here to women and even the kunoichi. The only ones they won't touch are Karin and me as we are far too dangerous to go after. So stick with either of us until Naruto arrives and even then still have one of us or Tayuya around.”

Yugito nodded lightly as her memories slowly began to return to her about agreeing to come here with Naruto. Thinking of him once more made her look around in a panic, trying to find were he was. "Where's Naruto?!"

As she was looking left to right for him, Tsunade noticed the mark on her neck and smiled lightly at this before shaking her head and sighing. "I don't know... the Sound Four should be back by now. Something must have delayed them, but do not worry. Naruto will come here not matter what is in his path as you are here. That mark he left he left you tells all as he marked you as his mate. Only demons are those with demon blood can do such a thing." At the end she flashed her neck and a flower mark was on her collar bone. "Orochimaru gave me this years ago but I kept it secret from all and was always so pissed when Jiraiya peeped on me."

Seeing Yugito nod lightly, she looked picked up a hand held mirror and noticed the mark. Looking at it for a moment, she smiled before putting it down. "I know... I want to repay him the favor soon as he arrives.”

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx< br> A/N2: Yes, finally this is the end of this chapter of Power of Three. I originally was going to put the chase scene in here as well, but I doubt I could have made the original next chapter very long without moving some of this chapter to it. Anyways, Read and Review if you have any questions. And for the love of God, someone give my brother Clyde the Nightmare a review on his story Super Akatsuki World. He is driving me insane about not getting a review for it. …Anyways, Peace out.
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