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The Banished's Wrath

Chapter 07: Encounters and Bone's Resolve, Part 1

Mindscape

"After this is all over, you'll be serving Konoha."

Those words kept replaying itself in his mind...

"... you'll be serving Konoha."

"Serving..." It was a mere whisper, but everyone present was still able to hear it. Whisps of chakra started to leak out of his pores, circulating his form, his face was completed shadowed by his hair.

"Konoha?" The blond-haired lifted his head, as murderous icy blue eyes gazed over his father as thick purplish-dark blue chakra exploded out of Naruto's body, the ground beneath him instantly cracked under its pressure. The temperature in the mindscape dropped several degrees under the volume of such power.

Yondaime, even Yin-Kyūbi, were kinda put off at the amount of pressure on their shoulders. They could feel the amount of anger rolling off of the kid, and if the random sparks of eletricity here and there that Naruto's body was giving off...

He was pissed.

As soon as the chakra receded, Naruto clapped his hands, moisture in the air and from the plants in the forest gathered almost immediately in front of him as a massive wave that surpassed the Kyūbi's in size materialized, before he thrust his arms forward...

Suiton: Suijin Hantei (Water Release: Water God's Judgement)

'What the hell?!' Minato immediately grabbed one of his three-pronged kunai and as he was about to go through the respective hand-seals for his space-time barrier technique, his eyes widened as he took a closer look at the sheer volume of his son's jutsu.

'I can't teleport such wide spread technique...' He was broken out of his thoughts as the beast beneath him swung five burnt-orange tails and smashed them violently on the ground...

With a loud boom, the ground splitted in two making the wave destabilize itself and losing its proportion. Kyūbi showed some surprise on its slitted eyes as he felt some water still washing his feet before narrowing it at the Uzushio's Commander.

'To think he was still able to change this area of the mindscape even after I succeeded in stopping his technique... Truly remarkable.' The beast watched in amusement as his summoner threw one of his special kunais towards the young man, before going through a few hand-seals.

"Ninpō: Kunai Kage Bunshin!"

The lone kunai immediately shimmered and turned into hundreds of the same object. Naruto raised an eyebrow after taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, he had studied the man in front of him and that included, of course, what was coming next. Since his father didn't have the needed supplies for such technique to actual work effectively, he had instead covered it up by multiplying the kunai with a technique that branched from the Kage Bunshin...

It was almost insulting, using a technique that he, himself, was a master of.

'Fool'. Naruto took a deep breath, mixing a good chunk of chakra with the air that filled his lungs, before exhaling a turbulent gust of wind that covered the entire area in front of him, effectively sending the original kunai backwards and dispelling the copies.

Fūton: Taifūikka (Wind Release: Supreme Typhoon)

Namikaze Minato tsk'd at the failed attempt. Of course his son had to know how to effectively counter his famous technique, the Hiraishin. Well, It wasn't his own creation since It was the Nidaime Hokage, Senju Tobirama, who created this specific Jikūkan Ninjutsu, but It was him that took it to another level.

His mind was racing through several scenarios, he had basic knowledge about his son's skillset, not the entirety as he was practically thrown out of his son's mind since the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki had archived the perfect balance within his mind and body thus increasing the defence towards whoever tried to get a glimpse on his memories.

'Time to get serious.'

"Kyūbi, destroy him." The commanding voice of Namikaze Minato irked the Nine-Tailed Fox quite a bit, but he just went with the flow and ignored it...

Since It's been like 16 years since the last time he let himself loose.

Splash! The sound of the three-pronged Kunai hitting water reached everyone's hears before the Kyūbi let loose an insane roar that made the whole mindscape tremble under its power. Naruto used his chakra to balance himself on the water while narrowing his icy blue eyes at the sitting form of his father on top of the beast's head.

'Oh? He's getting serious.'

Glancing behind the beast, his eyes landed on the seal embedded on a stone platform. Many huge trees behind said stone were being used as a barrier that limited the Yang-Half of the Kyūbi's space. Straining a little bit his eyes, he could make the form of worried slitted red eyes. Naruto's mind raced through several plans...

'Should I? It would be a welc- SHIT!'

BOOOM

A massive claw literally destroyed where Naruto was standing not a second ago, if It wasn't for his fast reflexes he would be the next Kyūbi's meal. The Uzukage's right hand-man couldn't dwell more on his predicament as blue & red chakra was being conjured right in front of the beast's mouth and he didn't need to think twice as Naruto immediately clapped his hands, fingers intertwined, spiking his chakra to dangerous levels as his opponent lunged the Bijūdama towards him.

Mokuton: Kami no Te! (Wood Release: God's Hand)

The ground rumbled for a second before branches upon branches emerged from the ground, which had already sucked the water dry, emerging together and soon taking shape of a colossal hand...

Such thing was literally half of Kyūbi's size, but none of that mattered as the compressed ball of demonic chakra smashed against the huge hand made of wood...

Kyūbi's red slitted eyes widened in disbelief as the colossal hand closed itself into a fist as soon as the Bijūdama touched it and the only visible reaction was a slight hissing sound and some steam coming out of its sides.

There was a smirk on Naruto's face that went unnoticed by both his opponents as a plan finally took place in his mind, with his hands still clapped he grounded his teeth as several thick trendils of wood emerged from the ground surrounding his form...

Mokuton: Kongō Shōboku (Wood Release: Adamantine Forest Call)

This was a technique he created himself by reading about his mother's powerful Kekkei Genkai, Kongō Fūsa, although Its purpose was way different from the Uzumaki's Chains, instead It only gave him the usefulness of de-

"Senpō: Oodama Rasengan!"

A loud voice made him snap his eyes upwards as a massive ball pure of chakra was heading his way...

'He sure is fast, but...'

CRACK

The trendils snapped to life as It seems to have Its own mind, effectively blocking the almost instantaneous Rasengan, getting wide eyes from Minato who couldn't believe his creation was blocked just like that and...

'How could he possess the Shodai's Mokut-'

His senses skyrocketed seeing the small smirk displayed on his son's face before and he immediately realized why...

He was now basically surrounded by several thick wood trendils thanks to him being now so close.

Receiving its master mental command, It sprung to life and lunged itself towards the blond-haired adult who immediately started to dodge left and right, his reflexes being massively boosted by the incomplete Sage Mode, which was something that Naruto took notice of.

'So, he didn't finish Sage's training...'

Naruto turned his gaze towards Kyūbi who had what appeared to be a scowl on its face, the fact that he was in the presence of someone that wielded a jutsu capable of taming him had immediately take its effect.

He had to kill the brat before things got ugly.

With speed that someone from his size shouldn't have, he was upon the small form of Naruto, ignoring the trendils that were keeping Minato busy, his massive burnt-orange claw ready to skew him alive...

Naruto noticed the slight change on how the Kyūbi was looking him up so he was immediately prepared when It lunged forward, his hands blurred through hand-seals before slamming his hands on the ground.

Deiton: Deisuiheki (Mud Release: Muddy Water Wall)

Mud was something that he could easily create by attaining the mastery of both Doton and Suiton Chakra, its effects were instantaneous as a mud wall erupts from the ground blocking, albeit with some difficulty, the claw, but that was not all...

Deiton: Jiban Deika (Mud Release: Landslide)

The mud wall reacted to Naruto's mental command as It increased in size before It washed over Kyūbi's entire form, his icy blue eyes could easily see the mud clinging to Its target's body making him smirk.

"Raiton: Jūrokuchū Shibari (Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillar Bind)"Not stopping his combination, his hands blurred through a few hand-seals at high-speeds before sixteen massive pillars emerged from the ground around the Nine-Tails, which formed a giant oven-like structure, trapping the being while generating lightning sending high electrical discharges all over its body, making its prisoner roar in pain.

'Now, for the final step...' Purplish chakra surrounded Naruto's fingers before he slammed them on the ground beneath him as several intricate Kanjis materialized there.

Uzumaki Fūinjutsu: Honō no Sakusei (Uzumaki Sealing: Flame Creation)

The ground beneath the trapped Kyūbi glowed slightly before flames, literally, erupted from the ground, its heat reaching even the wood trendils still trying to capture Minato, shuddering from the discomfort of such hot temperatures.

The oven-like structure cracked, showing the result of such combination made under 5 seconds...

What was once the burnt-orange body of the Kyūbi, was now crystallised mud.

Naruto sent a confident smirk towards the still visible and moving slitted red-eyed before his form vanished in a blur of speed as eletricity danced around his body, the lightning chakra stimulated Naruto's nervous system, enhancing his speed even more towards a certain location which made Kyūbi's slitted eyes widen as he finally come into realization...

'He was already expecting me to react that way when he unleashed his Mokuton, thus leading me to his trap. Though, knowing he couldn't defeat me by normal means, he planned to capture me for a few seconds giving him enough time to...'

The Yin-Kyūbi just now felt how well he was outplayed.

'To come with such a plan in the heat of a battle... He's not an ordinary human. His battle-mind analytical process is off-charts, but It's his quick-thinking that makes him able to easily outsmart someone with way more experience than him, in a battle.'

It wasn't just that, Kyūbi's brain was now putting every piece together about the man that the offspring of his summoner is or became.

'Clarity of thought...'

A clear sense of a higher purpose, which requires a refined knowledge and common sense.

'Accuracy of thought...'

The ability to avoid errors or distortions of thought to approach a target at a macro level.

'Precision of thought...'

The ability to hit a target reliably and consistently at a micro level.

'Consistency of thought...'

The ability to avoid cognitive dissonance, thus maintaining precision and accuracy of thought.

'Relevance of thought...'

The ability to determine priorities and remain grounded and pragmatic, seen by how Naruto had maintained his posture after his and Minato's appearance.

'Intention of thought...'

The ability to exercise emotional intelligence, by managing positive and negative emotions in order to remain objective, seen when he took deep breaths after his father's announcement that he would go back to serve Konoha.

'Ingenuity of thought...'

The ability to imagine the unimagined, who would've thought to use such combination out of the blue...?

'And to think that's not all of it... He has mastered his mind to such levels that what many would say about what he's trying to do being a 'huge gamble' or a 'suicidal idea', his brain instead has already cemented the idea and already thinking ten, twenty steps ahead. Truly remarkable, but...'

A gigantic amount of demonic chakra was flared inside of Kyūbi, immediately alerting Minato who, by now, was very annoyed by wasting so much time of his Sage Mode while just dodging and destroying his attacker. He locked his blue eyes with the slitted-red, inwardly shocked by the substance trapping the beast for a certain amount of time, but then he narrowed his gaze towards the blonds figure moving at such speeds that would rival his while in the Sennin Mōdo... his eyes locked with an object whereas Naruto would intercept in about a second before his lips twitched into a smirk.

Naruto was racing towards a certain stone platform, his form was a blur even to any experienced Shinobi...

'Almost ther-'

A flash of yellow made his eyes widen in shock as a gigantic ball of pure chakra was coming from ahead of him and with the amount of speed he was moving at he wouldn't be able to dodge, the impulse his body had was way too much and because of the sheer size of that Rasengan, he couldn't possibly sidestep it...

'Shit, the Kunai from earlier... I'm sorry... Kaa-chan...'

"It's over! Senpō..." Naruto's eyes were wide as he saw in slow motion the compressed ball making his way towards him, the wood trendils were not fast enough as the core of that Mokuton Jutsu was too far to reach him... "Chō Oodama Rasengan!"

BOOOOOOOOM!

Sunagakure no Sato

Gaara and Temari stood on top of one of the walls of Sunagakure, two pairs of emotionless eyes gazing over the massacre that just occurred for the last thirty-minutes.

Blood dripped from their ragged clothes, though, It was not from them.

After what looked like eternity, the latter spoke "To t-think... K-Kankurō of all people... and Baki-sensei..."

It was a silent massacre nicely planned, Gaara being an insomniac since he can remember had a nagging feeling that crept to his spine everytime he turned his eyes towards his village as the night winds chilled the hot temperatures in Suna, so he had decided to stay at the rooftop from the Kage's building, watching the moon as he did so many times since he became the Kazekage, but that had soon been interrupted by blank face-masks ANBU that he knew all too well.

Needless to say, he didn't hesitate to kill them all after they tried to threaten him to go with them or else...

It didn't take long for Gaara to put two plus two together and finally come into a decision. Already knowing about some villagers disagreement towards some of his calls when It came to their village and now the fact that they're being helped by a secret ANBU organisation that origins lies within the leaf had made it all too easier.

He had to leave this place.

It was only after getting his sister, Temari, who, just like him, had that nasty feeling in her gut, that they left towards one of the secret exits known only to the Kazekage and Jounin Commander.

The moment they placed their eyes on the village, It was the moment that they knew that Sunagakure wasn't their home anymore.

70% of the Shinobi forces were against them...

The same army being lead by none other than Baki and they so-called brother, Kankurō.

They didn't have a single clue as to what happened with Kankurō, why was he siding with the enemies when siblings should stick together no matter what but, It seems as everything was a lie.

They would find out why... another time.

"In due time, Temari... In due time. Let's go."

The blond-woman gave his brother a side glance and Gaara could feel the questioning look he was getting while his eyes remained at their former village the whole time as if trying to uncover many questions that were giving him a big-ass headache.

"It's time to visit an old friend..."

Mizu no Kuni

Two figures were lazily walking on a specific road that would eventually lead to a temple which rumours had indicated of a large beast residing there...

But these two knew better.

The red clouds embedded on their black cloaks, unknown to most of the group's members, symbolized the rain of blood that fell in Amegakure, their leader's hideout and base of operations. The same cloaks protected them from the chilly winds as a certain amount of mist was gradually getting stronger.

"Ne ne, Deidara-senpai, do you think the Sanbi is really there?"

The now revealed Deidara grunted at the loud and childish voice of his partner, while he was already used to his antics, his mind couldn't help but think if this was how his fellow and now deceased artist, in his own right, felt for him.

The former Iwagakure Chūnin, taking a page out of his deceased partner, just grunted in acknowledge totally missing the slight stiffening from his masked partner.

The latter narrowed his single Sharingan eye backwards towards what seemed like nothing since they just came from there but, he knew better...

'They already know... This might complicate things. '

Meanwhile

Kurāken's Headquarters

They were an unit proud of their a accomplishments.

After all, It was thanks to their barriers that they maintained hidden for so long, It was them that sent anyone who got too close to their comfort that was mislead out of Uzushio's directions.

They were the Hyūgas from Uzushiogakure as they had 'eyes' everywhere.

Proof of that was when, for the fiftieth time, since they publicly revealed themselves to the world, someone breached one of the barriers.

"Tora-taichō, two persons trespassed the barrier no.14, between Uzu and Mizu no Kuni. I was unable to identify their chakra in time. It seems whoever is there was aware of the barriers to nullify many of its functions. The only information I got was that they were both males and possess a huge amount of chakra."

The referred man that had his face covered by a bird mask hummed in thought... As a captain he was made known about some secrets by the Uzukage himself that informed every single captain of their respective units so they could immediately and rationally come into a conclusion.

'Two mans, huge amount of chakra, our 14th Barrier is set nearby a area surrounded by mist and thanks to the latter, It made even more difficult to detect our barriers... Also, that specific location... There's too much coincidences to just let it go, It must be them!'

Looking over his unit all around several intricate array of seals while holding a hand-seal, he addressed them.

"I'll notify Uzukage-sama. Report if there's any updates!"

Just as he was about to Shunshin another man in the room stiffened, getting narrowed eyes from the captain... 'What now...?'

"3th Barrier breached, two... girls are getting closer to one of the secret passageway. This chakra... Uzumaki!"

Eyes widened in shock for a split of a second before he took some deep breaths, analysing this new development the best way he could...

'A diversion? Is it a coincidence that we are getting two breaches literally at the same time? Even if the barriers are way too far from each other, still...-'

"One's chakra is giving off a weird and nasty feeling, It seems somehow locked though."

Kurāken's unit Captain didn't think twice and immediately vanished from the Headquarters to inform the Uzukage. Two massive chakras heading towards Sanbi's former territory, at least from what the ancient books spoke of, and now another two unknown girls with Uzumaki blood running through their veins...

'Troublesome.'

Time Skip

West Whirpool Passageway

After being informed of the situation at end, Gensai stood with his arms over his chest awaiting the arrival of what he could already sense two lost Uzumakis, though he was blending in the water as he had decided to approach with caution.

A Four-man squad containing a member of Kyodaina, Umibōzu and Sukyūra led by the Kurāken's Unit Captain to confirm the identities, (Tracker, Intelligence & Torture, Assault and Barrier corps, respectively) stood in front of the hidden passage that would lead them to Uzushio, waiting for the imminent meeting.

Two silhouettes finally came into view but Gensai's eyes narrowed at the slight shifting on one of the red head's pair of eyes locking with his for a millisecond.

'A sensor... and quite adapt too, she might even have unlocked Kagura's Shingan already.' His eyes shifted to her other companion, getting a feel of her chakra 'But the other one... That Chakra... That brat Orochimaru, to think he had a full-blooded and half-blooded Uzumakis in his ranks.'

Gensai wasn't said to have an analytical mind on pair with Hiruzen Sarutobi for nothing, pieces immediately started to come together in his mind before he finally sighed and vanished from his spot whereas he appeared a second later in front of the ANBU squad, a few meters away from the duo. His cloak flapping with the chilly winds that surrounded the west side of the usually strong whirlpools, the water beneath them bending to their will and tamed... for the time being.

"State your purpose, fellow Uzumakis."

The strong, commanding voice snapped Karin and Tayuya out of their thoughts as the former was still trying to get that glimpse of this old man's chakra... She had felt it while they were getting close but as soon as she had tried to go further, It was like she got thrown out.

"We heard the rumours of Uzushio's rebuilding and we immediately decided to look into it while betraying Orochimaru."

The ANBU Squad was on edge as soon as that man's name came out but Gensai had remained calm while gazing over his kin's eyes. 'I see...'

His eyes hardened for a second, Karin and Tayuya tensed but soon the same pressure that came from that veteran gaze vanished as the old man's eyes softened a bit, finally addressing them.

"Come..."

Few hours later, the moon washed over Karin and Tayuya who were standing in a clearing, after marvelling themselves at the beauty that was Uzushiogakure...

Their ancestor's home.

Both of them were feeling fairly guilty on what they were about to do, but this was their mission. Years of the same motto being imprinted in their minds came into play...

Serve Orochimaru.

After misleading the ANBU team that was watching them with a well-placed sound Genjutsu, they immediately ran to a clearing faraway from preying eyes. No one could escape from Karin's sensor abilities.

Giving a nod towards Tayuya, who's been awfully quiet since entering the village, she saw the same girl dropping 5 blood vials on a scroll with an intricate array of seals before she went slowly through the specific hand-seals, slamming her hands on the Kanji, five plumes of smoke materialized out of thin air...

"Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

"Finally..."

"Gosh, I was getting fucking bored sitting around Oto."

"You should watch your language, Sako-"

"Hn. Karin, do you sense Naruto?"

"..."

The voices of Kidōmaru, Sakon, Jirōbō and Sasuke confirmed the success of the reversal summoning technique, Karin looked over Kimimaro who didn't even pronounce a word, she didn't even acknowledge her crush's question or simply didn't hear it.

Kimimaro was actually lost in thought, he was the captain of the famous Sound-Four or at least that was what they told him since he would usually command them and the Orochimaru's bodyguards would follow without complains. He was actually still thinking over the conversation he heard after he got rescued after miraculously surviving the encounter against the current Kazekage, Gaara.

Flashback

"Orochimaru-sama, I've meant to ask you what will you do about Kimimaro's sickness now that your former teammate, Tsunade, declined join us and instead, became the Godaime."

The pale man looked over his subordinate, who was finishing giving the essential supplies to Sakon so that he wouldn't die, having already done the same to the other Sound-Four members plus Kimimaro. They were in a large room, full of medical equipment even though It really wasn't for treatment but experimens. They were all unconscious after having almost lost their lives against Konoha's Genins.

It was at that moment, when Orochimaru took his eyes off of the 5-man lying on their beds to look over his trusted subordinate, that Kimimaro's finger twitched.

"Kukuku, my dear Kabuto-kun, you're perceptive as ever. Indeed, with Tsunade's decline Kimimaro's illness will only deteriorate... Though, that doesn't mean he's necessarily weak. With the right words, I could, no, I will use him as a sacrifice when the time comes."

Kabuto pushed his glasses up as an arrogant smirk spread on his lips, an habit that actually always gave Orochimaru the creeps.

"I see, by showing that you have indeed tried to help him by requesting Tsunade's help by any means, you'll cement his loyalties towards you... and as soon as you don't have anymore usefulness for him..."

Orochimaru had a gleeful smile, a crazy glint on his reptilian eyes, continuing the former ROOT member trains of thought.

"I will discard him."

Flashback End

'I will discard him... Huh?' The white-haired man looked over the beautiful and clear sky as he thought over, for the millionth time, about that conversation.

His beliefs of that Orochimaru was actually truthful when he told him about knowing the methods to cure his illness were shattered on that night. He didn't have anything when the pale man found him and, as any other child, he was immensely happy when he finally found someone who actually cared for him

"...maro."

He had vowed to himself that he would help Orochimaru reach, no, conquer his dreams, doing many things that would make even veteran ANBU hesitate. He basically and literally lived for Orochimaru... until that night.

"... mimaro."

He had lost his sense of purpose with that betrayal, those words had inflicted more pain than when he was crushed by Gaara's sand. After that night until now, he's been living without any purpose, any objective, without any dream, without those It seemed like you were leading a meaningless life.

Up until now, he had tried and failed to find a new purpose... A real purpose, which is a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something meaningful to himself and consequential to the world. In other words, he didn't want to be dependent on anyone...

"KIMIMARO!"

Broken out of his thoughts, slightly surprised for losing himself when he was at an unknown place of all things, he looked over his shoulder to see only the Sound-Four, Sakon being the one who called out for him.

"Geez, what the hell happened to you... Karin and Sasuke already went on their way to accomplish their mission. Let's g-"

"Nii-san, look! There's people here, I bet they want to play too!"

A childish voice broke them out of their mini-bout, and soon they all looked behind them to see two childs, one looked like between 4-5 years-old while the other, who seemed to be his older brother, looked 5 years older, around 10.

The latter, being one of the most promising Shinobis in the academy immediately went on high-alert, showing how different Uzushio's academy was compared to the other Nations.

"Ototou, go get father... quick!"

The brown-haired child had only seen his big brother behave like that one time and that was when he had broken his ankle when they were playing 'Ninja'. He didn't want to leave the playground, stubbornly saying that he was fine, but It was then that he saw his older brother's eyes serious gaze that had made him comply. Gathering his wits, he immediately run as fast as his little legs could...

Before a arm rudely appeared out of nowhere, seizing him in place.

"Now now, where were you about to go... chibi?"

Syūro, the 10 years-old boy, saw red after seeing his brother being held by that weird and frightening man with six arms, he hadn't even see him move...

'Is that what a real ninja is?'

He leapt forward, intending to save his little brother but soon stopped as his eyes were filled with horror as one of the man's arms brought a Kunai intending to impale his little brother, Kyūro.

"NOOOOO, STOP!"

During the whole ordeal, Kimimaro was standing there as his light-green eyes were looking almost through the older kid's eyes, who had captivated his interest immediately as soon as he realized what situation he was in.

With no one to help him...

Afraid...

Powerless...

Alone...

But soon those eyes that held a huge amount of fear turned into one of determination... to save his little brother. That was when It finally hit him.

To protect someone close to you...

Differently from what he felt from Orochimaru, which was something akin to respect, Kimimaro had developed a soft spot for another boy that he met during the last three-years who he had grown close to.

Jūgo.

His mind finally snapped as a new resolve filled his whole being, those light-green eyes seemed to lit-up after so many years of living in the depression.

Though, the same eyes instantly widened in horror, unnoticed by anyone, as Kidōmaru brought the Kunai to the child's neck, the tip of the small weapon shining under the moonlight that watched the events occurring...

Kimimaro's legs tensed before leaping at speeds that he himself didn't know he had, having finally came into a conclusion...

To protect the younger generation... To protect Jūgo from the likes of Orochimaru...

His eyes soon turned to one of desperate as he realized one thing...

'I can't reach him in time... Shi-'

A strong, gloved-hand gripped Kidōmaru's hand, which contained the Kunai, causing the Kaguya's clan member to stop in his tracks, Its tip nicking the child's neck and drawing a little bit of blood while the younger boy's eyes silently cried as tears freely cascaded down his cheeks.

"Oh? I see that Orochimaru has finally decided to make a move on Uzushio."

Kidōmaru's black eyes instantly narrowed on the man that appeared out of nowhere and stopped his move, but It was there and then that It turned one into fear as he gazed over the single and unmistakably 3 tomoe'd eye.

"Sharingan... Ha-Hatake Kakashi."

The revealed Kakashi held a lazy gaze over the man that had just tried to kill an innocent child, but if you took a closer look, a murderous glint was there not seen since his ANBU days.

"You're quite far from home, I guess Uzukage-sama was correct that we shouldn't underestimate those Uzumaki girls that just came in."

Flashback

"I want you to follow those two girls that just came in. Even though It's true that they are indeed Uzumaki, the fact that the one called Karin half-lied to me during her explanation is troublesome. Dismissed."

Kakashi just lazily nodded at his new leader, but you could see his mask shifting slightly where his mouth was. He was frowning at that moment as It seems that his precious student couldn't get a rest wherever he went. He would make sure to deal with this swiftly.

As he was the first Uzu Go no Shugosha (Five Whirlpool Guardians), the Shodai.

Flashback End

Tayuya widened her eyes in horror at that proclamation, instantly knowing what this meant. Karin was basically walking into a trap and if It's true that the unknown Uzukage knew about their motives, then she and Sasuke...

'Shit! I need to get Karin and retreat!'

Kakashi noticed the slight tensing of what he had concluded to be the one of the two girls that entered Uzushio by her description, and so, he moved accordingly.

His hand sent jolts of eletricity through Kidōmaru's hand who instantly let go of the kunai he held, before he was sent backwards by a flexible kick on his forehead. Due to the sudden shock, he had gotten paralyzed by a second and that was all It took.

The former Konoha's Jounin sent a look at the older kid who immediately took the hint and grabbed his brother, leaving the scene. His Sharingan eye spinning widly, looking over the five-man team... scratch that, now-six as he saw a new figure shimmering out of Sakon's body.

'I still haven't recovered completly from my early fight with Naruto... This could be bad, from what I gathered in the past, they excelled in teamwork which makes It even more difficult...'

Sakon had actually a smirk on his lips, after the initial shock of standing in front of a living legend passed, the light blue-gray haired had actually used his brains for once while looking at the scenario in front of him. Udon, his brother, was already standing on his side, outside of his body.

The Sound-Four alone could probably defeat Kakashi, but the odds would triple if they included their cursed-marks, but with...

"Kimimaro, let's go! Formation H!"

Tayuya, while having her head spinning with thoughts on how Karin was holding up, still maintained her posture and went to her position, the others followed suit...

"No."

*SPLASH*

"U-Urgh... W-Wha..t..."

A dense white bone was thrusted where Sakon's heart should be, Udon's eyes widened in terror at the ultimate and unexpected betrayal...

"BROTHER!"

Tayuya narrowed her eyes at Kimimaro's denial, already knowing that something was up with him since they had started this mission but soon she realized what was going on as pieces started to come together.

'Was he planning all this along? No, impossible... Orochimaru would have known, right?'

Kakashi didn't know what to make out of this, but he wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth... It was one less enemy that he wouldn't have to worry about, still that begged the question...

'What the hell is going on?'

The Sharingan user watched the figure that had just murdered one of his comrades in cold blood removing his bone-weapon out of Sakon's chest before gazing over the now-four members. His cold and strong voice sent chills down everyone's spine.

"From now on, no one shall demand or order me around like a puppet or a weapon! From now on, I'll live for what my heart desires!"

Meanwhile

Few Miles Away

Karin and Sasuke were already halfway through, Karin could sense the massive chakra that was locked inside of a specific location. She doubted any ordinary sensor would be able to get whoever was on that location.

Talking about that chakra, she had never felt such potency all in her life, the man currently following her didn't hold a candle compared to that monster. Also, the fact that he was constantly asking how long It would take them to reach the location almost made her wish that whoever is in there, whoever is Uzumaki Naruto for that matter, would squash him.

Almost... Since he was still her crush, even if that feeling subsided a lot during the last years.

The winds seem to pick up the speed, forcing them both to shield their eyes while stopping on their track. Karin almost had her jaws dropped seeing the familiar face in front of them...

'H-How? I didn't even sense him... Not just that, but what is he doing here? Does he...? Tayuya!'

Eyes widened, she immediately took a step back as the figure in front of her, spoke.

"Karin-chan, you still are a few centuries too young to hold even a candle against my sensory abilities."

The red-head was about to reply, her brash-atittude playing a big factor on that decision, but she was promptly interrupted.

"Step aside you bag of bones, or I will not hesitate to kill you."

The chilly, arrogant and dark voice of her companion made her involuntarily take a step back as her sensors went high-alert at the shift in Sasuke's chakra... It was dark...

But,

The ground beneath the newcomer cracked as a massive amount of chakra was expelled out of his body, It dwarfed Sasuke's by at least ten-times...

"Boy, I'll give you one chance. Get out of my village or I'll destroy your miserable life."

That calm voice... that chakra of his still rising, Karin knew right there and then knew that this man was on another level altogether.

"Hn, what could you do? Do you really think you stand a chance against me?"

Sasuke's Sharingan roared to life but that soon turned into a grave mistake as he took a glimpse of the insane amount of chakra going off of that old man. Though, his blood pumped at the prospect of fighting a worthy opponent, this would make a nice warm-up before he takes down the dobe.

Karin's almost fainted as soon as those words left Sasuke's mouth followed by another spike of chakra, It was unbearable for her as she wasn't those ordinal sensor-ninjas... She could feel everyone's chakra to a high-degree and this man was putting even Orochimaru to shame.

Uzumaki Hijutsu... (Uzumaki Secret Technique)

"Very well. Then, I shall show you why I'm the Yondaime Uzukage!"

Karin immediately leapt backwards, maintaining a good amount of distance from that monster as she saw him clapping his hands, moisture in the air gathered at speeds that surpassed even the Nidaime Hokage, not that they knew...

Suiton... (Water Release)

Sasuke noticed the amount of chakra built up and even though they still haven't started, rolls of sweat formed on his forehead... This might have been a huge mistake after all...

Daibakuryū no Jutsu! (Great Waterfall Flow)

Back to...

Mindscape

"Senpō: Chō Oodama Rasengan!"

Naruto had already closed his eyes, bringing his arms forth, unconsciously, to defend himself but even in his mind he knew that this would get him gravely injured if not dead...

'Gensai-jiji... Kakashi-sensei... my village...'

'Kaa-chan...'

Golden chains wrapped around Naruto's whole form in a protective manner as the giant ball of chakra clashed against the hard metal...

*BOOOOOOOOOM!*

The whole mindscape shook under its power, but soon Minato who still was plunging the Rasengan had this feeling in his gut that told him something was going wrong. Shifting his eyes to the massive Beast that had already freed himself had wide eyes while looking at his son's direction.

Dispersing the Rasengan, he was immediately aware why something felt wrong, very wrong.

Golden chains still wrapping protectivly around Naruto, his eyes followed the direction where they came from...

Wide Blue met Murderous Purple eyes.

"You'll not harm MY son!"

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