Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter of The Tail of Naruto Uzumaki!
Just to clarify, Naruto's ability to see and hear the bug across the room is a result of his senses heightening.
Anyway, on with the story!
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(*Thump*)
A purple-haired woman sat on a tree branch, casually throwing finished Dango sticks to the tree trunks across from her. The most recent stick completed the formation of the Konoha insignia.
(*Slurp*)
'Nothing beats Dango with Red Bean Soup.'
"Mitarashi-san!"
The kunoichi looked up from the soup can.
"Something's come up! We need you on the scene immediately!"
She wiped the leftover soup on her mouth onto her sleeve before both shinobi disappeared in a Shunshin.
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The three Genin were soaring through the forest.
Well, Naruto was anyway.
Fine, one ninja was flying, one ninja was leaping from branch to branch, and Sakura was following closely.
"Seriously dobe, how are you doing that?"
"I told you! I have no idea!"
The two black-haired ninjas were currently discussing the origin of the taller one's newfound abilities.
"How can you not know!? You're the one doing it!"
"How should I know why I don't know!"
"You should know why you don't know because you're the one doing it!" yelled Sakura.
"Yeah, what she said!"
"Well, why don't you know?" asked Naruto.
"How should I know why I don't know what you don't know?"
"Wait, what!?"
The three were interrupted by a giant purple snake that emerged from the undergrowth, leapt up, and fell, swallowing the sword-wielding nin with one swift motion (think Jaws).
"Naruto!" his teammates yelled.
A ninja from Kusa appeared on a nearby branch.
"Who the hell are you!?"
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"My god…"
The Tokubetsu Jounin looked up from the faceless corpse.
"What?" asked the nearby Kotetsu.
This is the work of…
"Orochimaru."
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Getting swallowed by a giant snake was not Naruto's idea of fun.
Neither was the fact that his teammates were being attacked by a gay snake pedo.
Blowing up the giant snake with a Super Explosive Wave was fun.
Fighting said snake pedo? Not so much.
Sasuke had been knocked out cold early on, and Sakura decided to take him and run.
So much for teamwork.
He dodged another series of slashes from his enemy's sword. Good thing too, considering the number of fallen trees from those same strokes.
He just needed an opening; just two seconds to draw his sword!
He shot another Ki Blast at a nearby tree. The trunk exploded before the tree toppled, sending wood everywhere.
Using the flying debris as cover, he created a dozen shadow clones, who charged at the man.
He drew his sword.
'Yes!'
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(*BON*)
'That last one was a clone too!'
"YAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The Sannin looked up in surprise to see his enemy had leapt into the air, his sword drawn and hair flailing wildly in the wind.
He didn't stand a chance.
He was slashed repeatedly, up, down, side-to-side.
And before the pieces hit the ground, they were incinerated by a point-blank energy blast.
Flaming mud hit the ground.
'Wait, what?'
"Heh. You won't kill me that easily."
He turned to see the man had substituted himself with a mud clone at the last moment.
'So this...'
'This is what it's like to fight a Sannin!'
"Yeah, I kinda' figured that."
The pale man looked back at him quizzically.
"What I'm wondering is how that mud is on fire," he said, pointing to said item behind him.
"...Because science."
"Wha-"
(*WHAM*)
Naruto was roughly cut off by a knee to the gut.
He flew through a tree from the impact and only stopped when he slammed through another 5.
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'Let's see,' thought the Sannin, 'Should I seal off Kyuubi? That's probably where he's getting all this power from...'
'No. He'll probably get the old monkey to unseal it at the first opportunity.'
He looked at the black-haired nin, struggling to stand.
'No, this boy has the potential to become a threat. I think it best if he die here and now.'
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(*GACK*)
Coughing up blood, our hero looked back up at the approaching shinobi, whose fingers were alight with a ghostly lavender flame.
And then he vanished…
Only to reappear with his fingers slammed into his gut.
"Gogyo: Fuuin!" (Five Pronged Seal)
The flames died down, adding a seal above his old one.
His body fell over and slumped to the ground at the loss of energy.
He felt odd….weak….empty….
The man chuckled that annoying laugh of his and began to walk away….
And then his strength came back.
It was as if a dam had been broken; he felt his body overflowing with energy!
A bluish-white aura surrounded his body.
The man turned around and looked up at the flying nin in shock.
"But how? I sealed off your chakra!"
His aura flared.
"I don't use chakra!"
A red sphere appeared in his hand.
"I USE KI!"
He chucked the ball of energy at the man. The Sannin promptly dodged, only to find the sphere following him!
The traitor looked back at his enemy, seeing that he was controlling the orb with acute movements of his fingertips.
Naruto smiled.
"Shouldn't have taken your eye off the Birdy, snake."
He looked back at the ball of energy to find it flying at his face.
"Spirit Ball!"
And the orb exploded, the blast flying through the sky like a flare.
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Sakura had set up camp nearby when she felt the shockwave.
She looked up at the enormous cloud of smoke, birds and other wildlife fleeing for their lives.
'What the hell was that?'
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When the smoke cleared, all that was left was a massive clearing and a smoldering corpse.
Naruto touched down, hands on his knees, hunched over and panting in exhaustion. That attack had taken a lot out of him.
"I...better..find the others…"
He put two fingers to his forehead and vanished.
. . .
(*SPLORCH*)
A pale arm emerged from the Sannin's mouth...then another...then a head and torso…
Now the man stood tall over his old body, which was laying deflated, like a snake's shed skin.
"Naruto Uzumaki, hm?"
'Interesting...'
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And that's a wrap for now!
I'm sorry, the next chapters will be a loooot longer.
'Til Then!
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