Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Fox and The Phoenix ❯ Sound ( Chapter 16 )

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The Fox and The Phoenix
(Sono Kitsune Oyobi Sono Fenikusu)

Key

S.S = Sick Shit (is more than likely NC-17 and etc.)

*thinking*

"talking"

*thoughts progressing into speech"

'substitute for italics' (Kyuubi or Soriyu at times)

//telepathy//

::scene change:: (more for my reference than anything else)

~POV~
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Summary: Naruto's 6 years old, his caretaker, Iruka, was killed by bandits, and he was left orphaned. Well, until a mysterious wanderer appeared...


A/n: Okee-dokee! The questions shall be answered regardless!


1. How did Sanziya seal the beast into herself? Yes, I know you all think she used the Yondaime's method, but does she really seem the type to do that? Not to mention she would've had to seal it into someone 'else', to sacrifice her own life to the Death God. Also, she was (and still is) pissed at her husband for sacrificing himself to seal Kyuubi into her precious son. So how was it done? Hehehe, that's a story for another day, doncha just hate me?


2. Doesn't it require a sacrifice? And who did she use?
Her method did require a sacrifice. She used someone who was gonna die anyway. :)


3. Don't you have to be a baby to become a jinchurikki?
Well, they say it's because the chakra coils hadn't had time to develop in a baby. My opinion is that an adult can have full grown coils, 'but' in my theory, if they destroy those coils, and seal a beast into themselves, then it should be fine 'cause the coils will regrow.


P.S: And here's where I realize that I can't kill off Sakura, because...sadly enough, she will be somewhat needed in future chapters, if I continue to follow the storyline that is. :) If I don't she'll die sometime. Sorry all you haters out there! Btw, Naruto's hair is back to it's spiky normalness because he got sick of looking like a Bristish schoolboy.


Chapter Sixteen: Sound


~Author~


::Deep in the Forest of Death::


Orochimaru, meanwhile, sinks his half disguised body in a tree to heal.

"Orochimaru! You are an extremely dangerous S-class nuke-nin (missing nin), and it is my duty as your former student to take you down! Sen'eijashu! (Hidden Shadow Snake Hand)" she yells at him, throwing out her arm, cobras fly outward, grabbing onto the snake nuke-nin, and pulling him to her. Jamming a kunai into his right hand with her left, and grabbing the other with her right, and forcing him to make the seals with her. "We'll both die here. Sojasosai no Jutsu! (Twin Snakes: Mutual Death.)" She is unable to finish as the Orochimaru in her grasp melts, a mere clone

"Not good enough Aaanko, why do you think I abandoned you as a student anyway? You're weak." he states, pulling off his mask fully, to reveal the sunken bone-white face known to many Konoha nins. One golden eye with purple shadow, one red, the stolen Sharingan eye from Kakashi, and a smirk that could cut through steel. This was Orochimaru. Anko quickly turns around, throwing a kunai at him. However, he saw her movement, and caught it with two fingers.

"You'll have to do better than that Anko." he states cheekily, and performs Kanashibari, holding the woman in place. Anko growls her displeasure at her former sensei, asking why he's entered into the exams in the first place.

"Are you planning to assassinate Hokage-sama?"

Orochimaru laughs, the supposed sound of joy sounding more like a hiss than anything, as he nods.

"That is but one piece of the puzzle, I also..." Anko gasps as he speaks, sinking to the ground as her temporary paralysis wears off, clutching at her neck as the Heaven Seal emboldened there begins to burn. Orochimaru ignores this, continuing to talk. "Want to obtain one of the more...outstanding people in this village. I think the Uchiha boy will do much better than you Anko, his lust for power is unmatched." The snake sannin begins to fade out, using some kind of freaky darkness teleportation jutsu to go where ever he's going. "Don't attempt to interfere Anko, or I'll come back, and then, I'll destroy Konohagakure no Sssato."

Anko just sits on the ground as her former mentor dissappears into darkness, panting.

~Anko~

I have to inform Hokage-sama, Orochimaru must be stopped! I get up, walking out of the forest, but coming into contact with some weird mutated creature.

"I was a project of yours Anko-sama, don't you remember? You helped Orochimaru-sama disfigure me, and when I didn't come out right, you threw me into this forest for the rest of my life!...I'll kill you,...it's time for revenge!" it screeched at me, lunging. I dodge, only I had gotten lucky, my seal starts to act up again, and I curse as I am forced to my knees from the pain. The thing sees it's chance, about to strike me down, when an two ANBU come out of nowhere and dually decapitate it.

"Are you alright Anko-san?!" they ask, dropping to their knees beside me, and noticing how I am holding my neck, knowing what it means. "We have to get you to Hokage-sama immediately!" They both attempt to help me up, but I shake my head.

"No...bring Hokage-sama here, bring him to the tower." I state, the toad-masked ANBU taking off to retrieve Hokage-sama as the bird-masked one helps me to the tower.

~Author~

::With Sakura and the others::


Sakura had been awake for the better part of the night watching over the unconscious boys, Haku was asleep in a nearby tree, but his guard was up of course. When awoke he saw the girl hunched over on the stump she had sat on, asleep. Muttering about incompetence and a certain kunoichi, he took pity on her, placing her under the giant tree root with her teammates, and going back up into his chosen tree to keep watch. At around 6:00am he supposed, he felt three mildly strong chakra signatures coming their way, and threw a rock down onto Sakura's head. She woke up, looking around angrily, of course, until she laid eyes on the approaching Oto-nin.


*Shimatta, too early for a battle.* she thinks, grabbing a kunai from her pouch, and throwing it at the Oto-nin's feet as she stands. "Who are you, and why are you here?"


Bandaged Face steps foward, introducing himself as Dosu, the spiky haired one as Zaku, and the girl as Kin. He explained that they were there to assassinate Sasuke, and that she, her little friend up in the tree, and the other sleeping one, shouldn't get involved.


Haku snickers, thinking to himself.


*I'll only get involved if you attempt to kill my brother, other than that, Sakura'll fight you. I don't particularly want Sasuke-kun dead, but I'm sure she can do 'something'.*


Sakura, getting up from the hardness of the ground, and pulling out another kunai. Zaku walks forward, sidestepping a piece of fake looking grass.


"If you're going to lay a trap, don't make it so noticable."


He apparently didn't notice the giant logs coming towards him.


~Naruto~


::Inside his mindscape::


Our resident blonde boy was seated in a worn wooden chair, which was floating atop the now clear lake of his mind. His head was thrown back, leaning against the hardness of the chair's headpiece as he looked up blankly at the steadily waning onyx moon while gray clouds came to cover it. His right arm hung down free of the provided arm rest, fingertips skimming the top of the water. His left arm, the elbow at least, was on it's armrest, the boy's hand resting comfortably in his lap. The tips of his shoes also skim the lake's surface, and it had began to rain, but the boy paid it no mind. His hair growing heavy with water, a few tendrils of blonde hair streaking their way across the delicate whisker marks engraved into his face. Water droplets running down across his face. {1}


Normally, he wouldn't be sitting there in the middle of that lake, no, he wouldn't have anything to do with that lake in the slightest, but today, there was a reason. She had been locked away, he couldn't talk to her, couldn't see her, all he felt from her was the chakra she was able to force into his coils to heal him.


There was no constant essence of Kyuubi scattered around as there should be, only a bit of the wispy tendrils of red chakra, remained, and it was whipping around wildly, barely uncontrollable. He shut his eyes tightly at the sharp pains shooting through his torso, he was being shaken in the real world, and it fucking hurt like hell. The wound was nowhere near healed on the inside, and it would heal even slower now that Kyuubi's chakra was mostly cut off. She had been able to heal anything potentially vital, his organs for instance, before that 'freaky Hebi bitch', as he called her, did that weird seal thing and cut her off. He grit his teeth, trying to bear it, but another sharp jostle threw off anymore of 'that' notion as he opened his mouth to yell.


::Real world::



"Who the 'fuck' is shaking me goddammit? That hurts, in case you didn't know, you mother-fucking bastard!" he grinds out, noticing he's on his stomach, pushes himself up, and rolls onto his back to relieve the pressure on his wound. He looks up, seeing Shikamaru and Chouji hovering over him, looking slightly taken aback by his words.


"Oh, oops. Hey deer-boy, chubs, sorry 'bout that, but I've got a wound that hasn't healed all the way yet and your shaking didn't help."


Shikamaru frowns, muttering a 'Mendoukuse' (Troublesome), and telling the blonde boy that he missed a really cool battle. Naruto's cries of 'aw man' are cut off by Chouji consuming his chips. He looks over to the side, seeing Sasuke on the ground, clutching at his neck. Sakura is getting her now significantly shorter hair trimmed up by Ino. Haku has jumped down out of the tree, coming over to them with hands glowing green. Shikamaru draws a kunai, but Naruto waves him off.


"Leave it Shika, Aniki's (Older brother's) not an enemy." he tells the deer herder, who nods, pocketing his kunai as Haku kneels beside Naruto, skimming his glowing hands over the boy's torso. Naruto, however, notices something strange, the boy's scent wasn't the same, but he sensed no malicious intent from 'this' Haku. Reaching into his kunai pouch as Shikamaru and Chouji walk off, he puts one of the poisoned ones to the fake Haku's throat. "Who are you, and where is nii-san?"


The boy doesn't reply, continuing his diagnostic of the blonde's internal wounds.


"Answer!" he hisses out, putting more pressure on the kunai. Shikamaru was now helping Sasuke up, Chouji was watching Tenten get Lee off the ground. The stoic boy was coming their way.


"Are you always this wary Naruto-kun? I'm only trying to help you."


"Where. Is. Aniki?"


Sighing heavily, Fake Haku nods towards the tree, Naruto, focusing his sight, is able to see Haku through the leaves, asleep, but alive.


"What'd you do to him, teme?"


"Nothing, he's just sleeping. Maa, maa, you really should be nicer to people who are attempting to help you. I only wish to speak with you." he replies, eyes darting towards the still approaching Uchiha.


"Well, make it quick then." the boy replies, pocketing the kunai, and making no idication to halt Sasuke's approach.


'Haku' sigh's and nods, still healing the blonde.


"Orochimaru is going to attack during the final part of the exams. He'll be in disguised as one of the Kages. Right now his true objective is unclear, but I do know he plans to assassinate your Hokage."


There is a sharp intake of breath at this, and Naruto's gaze narrows to slits as he glares at the unknown healer, grabbing one of his hands.


"You'd better not be messing with my head on this, how does he plan to kill the old man?" he asks, being forced to let go of the boy's hand as the green chakra starts to burn and turn blue. The boy sighs, placing his hands back over the unseen wound.


"He's going to seal them both off in a four way barrier, and kill your Hokage in battle."


Naruto frowns, letting his head plop down to the ground as he takes in this new info.


*Old man...*


"Why are you telling me this?"


"Because I'm bored." the fake Haku replies with a grin, getting up, and walking back towards the tree as Sasuke gets to Naruto just as 'Haku' reaches the tree. "Now be careful otouto, stretch before your next battle, and beware of 'yellow sand snakes'."


Naruto nods, pondering the hidden message, but as the boy makes to jump back into the tree, the Henge over him flickers, revealing a shock of white hair.


*Kabuto?*


Fake Haku winks as he disappears up into the foliage, focusing once more, Naruto sees that the true Haku slumbers on, the fake one having vanished from sight. The blonde boy scoffs at Haku's unwariness, noting that he could've been killed, and not been any the wiser.


Tch. Some bodyguard.


He turns to his left, coming face-to-face with Sasuke, the boy extending a hand to help him up. Naruto grabs the boy's hand, being pulled to his feet, but suddenly doubling over in pain. Sasuke rushes to steady him, Chouji and Shika also rushing over, Shikamaru muttering 'Mendoukuse' under his breath all the while. Ino is still cutting Sakura's hair, looking over in concern, Sakura ignoring the situation, and keeping her eyes tightly closed. Even though this was probably her fault.


~Naruto~


Okay, my muscles felt like they were on fire, I suppose that was because they were 'just' reconstructed, but damn! Okay...take deep breaths, deep breaths. I forced myself to breathe slower than normal, feeling the tightness in my chest and down the rest of my torso lessen. It was actually quite bearable now, if that was Kabuto doing the healing, he'd be one hell of a medic-nin one day.


"You okay Naruto?" Shikamaru asks me, I nod, straightening up.


"Just a little tightness from where Haku nii-san healed me, nothing more."


Shika nods, eyeing me critically, but shrugging as he and Chouji go over to get Ino.


"We've got to go pack our camp guys, see you in the next round."


I nod my head, smiling inwardly to myself as Sasuke mentions that we now have a Chi scroll, and that all we needed was a Hebun scroll. I begin to laugh after he finishes, oh how dim-witted the Kusa-nin was!


~Sasuke~


Why he was laughing? I had no clue, but I did retrieve his bag as asked, eyeing my blonde friend quizzically. The mark on my neck was throbbing, but I tried to ignore it. He sits up triumphantly, a scroll in his hands. I still look at him, asking what the scroll is.


"Teme!" he screeches at me. "You can't recognize a summoning scroll?"


I mentally slap myself in the forehead. Duh, where had my mental skills gone? I watch as he bites his thumb, swiping the blood from it over the scroll, and a poof of smoke is seen, before revealing 'a Hebun scroll'?


"H-h-h-h-how...h-h-how did you get...what...what the hell, Naruto?!" I stutter, a feat in itself, Uchiha's weren't supposed to stutter.


Naruto just laughs, saying he switched a fake scroll with me as soon as we entered the forest.


"I thought something like that would happen, so I prepared!" he replies, a sheepish grin in place. I hit him on the side of the head, smiling lightly.


"Dobe."


~Author~


So a few more days passed, and the four Genin made it to the tower, reading the tablet that resides on the wall. Deciding to open the scrolls, they find that they are formulas for a dual summon, and toss them away from them so that they form an 'X' shape.


A shooting of smoke signals the arrival of a person, and a bloodied hand reaches out from the smoke.


"It's been a long time since I saw you last...Naruto."
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Anaki: I 'love' cliffies!

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