Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Jinchuuriki Nine ❯ Part 1 Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

A/N: Hello my readers. I thank all of you who have stuck with the story so far and I promise you that you will not be disappointed with the end result of the fanfic. I have gotton a few question like `How long will your fanfic be' so I will answer here so everyone can see.

 

This fanfic will probably have around 200,000+ words. I know what you're all thinking. If I have 200,000+ words at the end, taking into account how long my chapters are, then I will be left with over 100 chapters. Well this could be the case, so if at the end I decide there is to many chapters, I will combine some to lesson them.

 

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Chapter 4

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Having entered the Wind country border days before, he was now getting closer and closer to the Hidden Village he so desperately wanted to be. Everyone had urges that needed to be fed. One Naruto Uzumaki was having such an urge right now. For days and days he had travelled and had only eaten ration bars, oh how he hated ration bars. And, as quickly as his hunger was quenched, he found himself thinking of ramen and raced to the first town he saw. Said town happened to be full of Sand shinobi. Complete with his scratched forehead protector, black robes and ninja accessories, he made his way into the town, only to stop when a crowd of 5 ninja appeared in the middle of the alley he was about to leap into.

 

“H-hey…y-y-you guys, did you j-just feel that c-chakra spike?” One Sand shinobi stuttered out, with a look of horror on his face.

 

`Crap' was all that Naruto was thinking. After not being in the company of people since he defected from Leaf, he got gotton used to letting his chakra fly. A mistake he wouldn't let happen when he entered another town.

 

“We have to report this to the guard tower now. Inform the council immediately, that chakra was almost like G-” the apparent leader of the group said before stopping mid sentence. Looking up, he noticed a kid jumping from the roof and landed in front of them.

 

Naruto had quickly put a Genjutsu on his forehead protector to make it appear like a Sand one. He would have been unable to escape without causing a fuss if he let them know of his presence.

 

“Hello there, not to worry about that chakra. A rather strong friend of mine just ate a soldier pill and it wasn't pretty” Naruto explained with a grin, not having enough time to think of another lie. He had quickly dropped his chakra level to mid-chuunin as to avoid suspicion.

 

The leader of the group gave him a blank stare before continuing “As I was saying, that chakra seemed a lot like Gaara-sama's chakra, only more powerful. I highly doubt that this friend of yours could have generated such a large amount in a time span of 2 seconds”

 

Naruto sweat-dropped, if only he could have fought his urges.

 

“Well, you see-” Naruto began before being cut off.

 

“Hey you know, I think I recognise this guy from somewhere” one of the chuunin said before pulling out a small book and handing it to the leader of the group. Said leader opened the book up and stared wide-eyed before trembling.

 

“A…..ra-” But Naruto didn't let him finish and appeared behind him with a blue sphere in his hand.

 

“Kami, how I hate bingo books. You have however given me a bit of motivation for what I amm doing. I would have thought the old hag would at least make me S-rank, but beggars cannot be choosers. Im going to give you a choice, tell me the location of Gaara and I might let you live”

 

“G-Gaara-sama is t-the sands u-ultimate w-w-weapon. I cannot tell you where he is” the man shouted out, trying his best to sound strong but failing miserably

 

“Oh, what a pity” and without a second to spare, thrust the Rasengan into the mans stomach. The man went flying into the wall at the end of the alley, coughing up blood before his heart stopped. His companions stared at there fallen leader, who had been beaten by a mere child. And as quickly as they turned around, a kunai pierced through one of their vital organs, killing them.

 

Dropping the Genjutsu he had cast earlier, Naruto thought it would be best to just continue his expedition to the Village Hidden in the Sand and hope that Gaara would be there. And so, he continued his rather long and boring journey.

 

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Sand Village

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Gaara had finally given up on trying to help an old woman with her groceries. Ever since he had gotton back from the chuunin exams, he was doing his very best to show this `love' that Naruto had told him about. But whenever he tried to help someone, they would merely run away, scared. Never-the-less, he would continue to smile before walking away. Into his solitude he went, knowing he was destined to be alone.

 

Very few knew of this pain, the pain of being alone. He thought he was the only one, before a certain blonde proved to him he was wrong. For the past few months, Gaara had been trying desperately to change his ways, but there was only so much he could do. Why didn't he just go back to being a mindless, killing machine with no hints of compassion or remorse? Why not just give up altogether and end his eternal suffering and pain. Sure, he would only experience physical pain a few dozen times in his lifetime, but the pain he was feeling was much worse then that. An emotional scarring on the thing he assumed was his heart.

 

And so the lone Jinchuuriki sat atop a building, staring into the never-ending darkness of the night.

 

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Next day

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Well, after the failed attempt at trying to satisfy the burning sensation inside his stomach, Naruto was up and ready for attempt 2 at finding some ramen. He was just outside the Village Hidden in the Sand and he had to think of a subtle way to enter. He could transform into someone that no-one would even have a second thought as to letting into their village, or he could just wait for Gaara to come outside for a mission. Deciding the former might be a lot easier, he started thinking of possible people he could transform into.

 

`Well, nobody to well known. Not from a ninja village or of ninja decent' Naruto stopped his thinking when a smirk came across his face.

 

“Transform”

 

And out of a cloud of smoke came a good looking brunette girl in her early 20's complete with a small black singlet and mini-skirt.

 

`Hahaha, sometimes I crack myself up. Who wouldn't let a hot girl into a town? I just hope that the ninja on watch duty aren't gay” And with that he made his seductively innocent walk towards the gates of the village.

 

His prayers were answered when as soon as he arrived at the desk where the watchmen were sitting, they collapsed and got a major nosebleed. Naruto smirked with evil delight.

 

“Hello boys, could I come through, I just have to get in here to see some friends or I don't know what I will do” He said, making his voice as sexy as possible.

 

“W-we need some Identification first please miss” The chuunin on the right said.

 

“Aww please let me in. I'll promise that I'll be good” And to seal the deal, Naruto jumped a little making his breast's bounce against the tight confines of the singlet. And that got the desired result as both watchmen fell out of there seats, unconscious from blood loss.

 

Naruto walked into the village, but made sure to transform so that his clothes were a little more G-rated. He continued walking through when suddenly, he noticed that every guy was staring at him with perverted looks on there face. He was just about to obliterate every one of them when he heard a familiar voice call out from behind and a hand touch his shoulder. And that was all he could take as he turned around and punched the Sand-nin fair in the nose, sending him into the opposite wall. The other one merely laughed.

 

“Wow, I though you might not recognise us, but that took it a bit to far don't you think?” Temari said, humour clearly evident in her face.

 

“Oh, im sorry, I don't believe we have met” Naruto half-said, half-squealed, failing at his impression of a females voice.

 

“Naruto give it up, those whisker marks are a dead give-away” She said before he cursed inwardly and reversed the transformation, well, most of it. All but his forehead protector was back to normal. After his last mess up in that town, he had been taking every precaution necessary as to not be detected.

 

`Kyuubi, what is the deal. Why the HELL do I have those whisker marks when I transform”

 

“HAHA, idiot. You've always had them when you transform. Why do you think you were so terrible at infiltration missions?”

 

Over the past day or two, Naruto had found that he didn't need to enter his mind to talk to Kyuubi anymore, but to merely call out for him.

 

“Temari, does that mean that-”

 

“WHAT THE HELL NARUTO. I TRY TO BE NICE AND SHAKE YOUR HAND AND YOU ATTACK ME?” Kankuro yelled before Naruto smiled and spoke.

 

“Oh? It certainly didn't look like you were trying to shake my hand” and at this Kankuro blushed and turned away, facing his back to Naruto

 

“So what brings you to our fine village today?” Temari said, clearly surprised that he had turned up here in a Transformation rather then getting a permission card.

 

“As a matter of fact, I need to see Gaara. Do you know where he is?”

 

“Hello Naruto-sama, its nice to see you” came the pleasantly soft voice of Gaara. Well, softer then his voice was prior to the chuunin exams. Naruto hated how Gaara would be there and you wouldn't even notice him. Well hated was the wrong word, he thought it was scary.

 

`Naruto-sama? Since when has anyone called me -sama?' Naruto thought, very unfamiliar with such an honorific being attached to his name.

 

“Yeah, you to Gaara-sama. Can we take this conversation to somewhere a little more private?”

 

Kankuro and Temari looked at each other before Gaara nodded and they leapt into the air, dashing from one building to the next when finally, they arrived at what looked like a training ground.

 

“Gaara, before we continue this conversation, I need to make sure that this stays between us”

 

Gaara looked behind him as a Shadow Clone hit the back of Kankuro and Temari's neck, knocking them out. Gaara gave Naruto a confused look before listening.

 

“Don't worry, they'll be fine. I've come here for a favour and a proposition. You may or may not know, but a group called Akatsuki are hunting down the Bijuu which in turn, means they are after us, the Jinchuuriki”

 

“I've heard. Our council made it there duty to inform me so that there perfect weapon would be on guard”

 

“Well basically, Kyuubi doesn't want to be captured, and if im not wrong, you obviously don't want to be either. So he's told me to gather the other Jinchuuriki so that we aren't wiped out”

 

“So you want me to join you, is that it?”

 

“Of course this would mean leaving the Sand and possibly never returning”

 

“Naruto-sama, I have been looking for a reason to leave ever since I returned from Konoha. I would be glad to join you and fight for our people's protection” Gaara said with a hint of pride and a smile.

 

“Glad to hear it, brother” Naruto smiled and started walking but heard a scraping noise and turned around to see Gaara, kunai in hand, putting a line through his Sand forehead protector.

 

“Naruto-sama, you should probably know. On the way back from Konoha, we took a detour to the Rock village on Baki-sensei's orders and I met an interesting person. You might know her better as Rokubi”

 

Naruto's eyes widened.

 

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A/N: Cliff-hangers, how I love thee. For those who don't know what Rokubi is, then I suggest either looking it up or you could wait until next chapter.