With Naruto
Orochimaru sighed, trying to calm down after losing his temper, and put on a mocking face. "Sorry, Naruto-kun, I don't have much time to play with you, but I will soon," he said with a smile. Naruto just had a blank look.
"You know, even when you say you're not a pedophile, you sound like one," Naruto said, making the Sannin twitch one of his eyes, but he quickly calmed down.
"You know, I don't know if you're very brave or stupid for making a Sannin angry and seeing the situation, even with your skills, you won't be able to get out of here unharmed with your two companions since you made me angry," said Orochimaru with a superior smile.
Naruto was staring at him as he weighed his options. ' Even with my speed and my shadow clones, I couldn't get Ducky-chan and Sakura-chan out of this place without the white-skinned pedophile catching us, ' the blonde said to himself. But Naruto, at that moment, has an idea.
' Well, it seems I'll have to use it,' the Hanyou said to himself as he formed a seal with his hands. ' Kai,' the blonde said, mentally feeling the weight his seals placed on his body being released. "Great, let's get ourselves a phedopile snake cabob HAHAHAHA, but remember you can only use this for a limited time without going crazy, HAHAHA," said Kurama, only to stop when Orochimaru sneezed again, his eyes twitching, causing Kurama to smirk. "If the shoe fits," he muttered before cutting the link.
' I know, but for now it's our best option, plus it would be a perfect gift for Anko-chan,' Naruto thought, while internally he felt excited about what he was going to do, making a hand sign. Naruto looked at the Sannin and smiled at him. " Shadow clone jutsu," said Naruto, forming about three shadow clones, two to carry his companions and another in case something came up.
"You know those clones won't help you at all. I'll destroy them before you even get to your companions," Orochimaru said, laughing, but his laughter died when he felt a slight change in the air. " It's not them you have to worry about," Naruto said in a half-distorted voice, while Orochimaru watched as the boy's body began to change.
' The Kyubi, ' thought Orochimaru. ' No, this is... different yet similar,' thought the pale-skinned man as he saw how the Uzumaki's body was surrounded by red, violent chakra that radiated death.
He also saw how the blonde's hands turned into sharp claws. Orochimaru noticed that dark lines were forming on his arms, creating a kind of tattoo that resembled a beast with its mouth open. Meanwhile, on Naruto's face, his teeth were growing and becoming sharp fangs.
"Now," Orochimaru saw Naruto open his eyes, where the Uzumaki's eyes had one of the Sharingan; the other seemed to be black with a golden slit, a thin golden ring with golden beams that resembled the sun, and three golden Tomos, both glowing a yellowish hue.
"Let's begin," Naruto said to disappear from his place. At that moment, Orochimaru felt all the air leave his lungs along with a sharp pain in his chest. As if time had stopped, Orochimaru managed to look down only to meet the Hanyou's yellow eyes, who had a smile that showed his fangs, but what bothered the Sannin of the snakes to the core was seeing the jinchuriki's fist buried in his guts.
Change of Pov
"You see why I didn't want to attack now," said one of the figures. "Yes, yes, I have to admit, in this form he looks kinda cute," said the other figure, while the other one could agree. As they start to hide. "Our other teammate is already following the others; we'll have time to plan accordingly for when he leaves," said one of the figures. "I hate it when you get called the leader," muttered one, earning a glare which was returned. "Just because I'm more experienced than you, don't forget we are family and we don't fight with ourselves," the figure said, earning a huff from the other, "Yeah, family that is always pitted against each other," she muttered, but the other figure heard it.
Back to Naruto
Orochimaru, one of the three legendary Sannin, could only open his eyes in surprise as he felt the blow from the jinchuriki in front of him send him towards a pair of branches, which were destroyed as he continued to advance.
Managing to stabilize himself, he was able to land on a tree trunk, sticking to the east with chakra in his legs. The Sannin would be surprised if he didn't have to dodge another blow from the Uzumaki.
' What speed,' thought the Sannin as he dodged a kick that was going straight to his head. Without thinking twice, Orochimaru got into a defensive position and began to fight the Uzumaki hand-to-hand.
Orochimaru launched a sweep towards the blonde, who managed to dodge it by jumping backwards in the air. Naruto drew several kunais and threw them towards where the Sannin was, who tilted his back at an angle of more than 180 degrees in an impossible way.
Both opponents engaged in a Taijutsu fight, dodging and counterattacking. Both opponents, who seemed to be on par, or so it seemed, when Orochimaru was blocking another blow from the blonde, who he managed to retreat a few meters, Orochimaru extended his hand towards where the blonde was.
" Nimpo: Boa Constrictor," he said, so that a huge boa came out of his sleeve, which quickly headed towards where the jinchuriki was, who quickly used one of his clawed hands to launch a cut towards the Boa's head, causing it to split in half and continue advancing towards where the Sannin was.
Orochimaru saw this and had to dodge a claw that was going towards his face, when he ducked the blow was received by the tree that was behind him, Naruto trying to smash the Sannin's head against the tree sent a front kick seeing how the Sannin bent his neck at an unreal angle, avoiding the blow and making the jinchuriki's foot break the tree.
Seeing how Orochimaru tried to take distance, the jinchuriki quickly began to make some seals with his hands. "Lightning Style: Twin Lions," said Naruto, while at his sides, two electric figures in the shape of Lions formed.
"ROOARR" with an electric roar, the lions rushed at Orochimaru, who began to dodge the lions' swipes. Stepping back a little, Orochimaru saw one of the lions lunge at him to try to electrocute him. Quickly somersaulting, Orochimaru dodged the lion, who crashed into the tree, which dissipated it.
Orochimaru saw how the other lion tried to intercept him, and before he could dodge the electric feline's blow, he felt his body go limp, causing him to lose the margin to escape.
The Snake User quickly replaced himself with a log to see how said log was electrocuted and smoke was emitted from it, standing on a branch to recover from the small accident that almost cost him.
Then he runs to where the blonde was, and they returned to their Taijutsu fight, where Orochimaru, using his inhuman elasticity, took the Hanyou by surprise and hit him with a blow that sent him towards a tree.
"Damn, that hurts," said Naruto while wiping some of the blood that was coming out of his mouth, then created a Kunai of darkness and began to deflect several shurikens that the Sannin sent him. Some of them he deflected easily, but they cut some parts of his body and clothes.
' Damn,' Naruto mentally cursed. ' I have to be careful, he's a Sannin for a reason,' Naruto said to himself, jumping to the side to avoid another barrage of Kunais.
At that point, they began to face each other again in a Taijutsu battle where each one managed to overcome the other's defense at times, to then cover themselves from other attacks. Orochimaru threw a hook towards Naruto, which he managed to dodge by centimeters, and then felt the blonde kick him in the knee.
Orochimaru lost his balance a little, but that was enough for the Uzumaki to jump and give the Snake Sannin a strong kick to the face, sending him backward, managing to regain control in the air.
The Sannin managed to land on the bark of the tree, and when he was about to get up again, he felt his body go numb.' Damn it again' he thought to overcome the feeling of stiffness and return to the fight.
The snake user saw how the Jinchuriki stood in front of him, a few branches away, and both looked at each other for a few seconds, making the Sannin able to see the Uzumaki's Kuraengan, causing Orochimaru to become curious.
"KUKUKU, This is interesting, Naruto-kun, I had never imagined that you had a Doujutsu in your genes and how you got it or awakened it. How did you get a Sharingan MMM, OOOHH so many questions and so little time," said Orochimaru with a joyful voice.
Naruto could have sworn that the Sannin had finished in his pants, but quickly and wanting to save his sanity, he got rid of those thoughts.
"HEHEHE this just makes me want to get a piece of you, Naruto-kun, THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DELICIOUS, don't you think so" said Orochimaru with his fingers on his chin and with an almost ecstatic look while he licked his upper lip.
The jinchuriki shuddered in disgust at those words. "I'm sorry, Orochimaru-teme, but I like girls." This phrase made the aforementioned man grow a vein on his forehead, but then an idea came to him.
"Yes, I know very well," said the snake summoner as he looked mockingly at the blonde. "And I see that you have my former student in your hands," said Orochimaru, watching as the blonde narrowed his eyes.
"You know, she's still a little resentful about the farewell gift I gave her a long time ago, which must surely bother her, and even more so when I'm around her," Orochimaru said with mockery in his voice, causing the Hanyou to tremble a little, which Orochimaru smiled at.
"I have a deal for you, Naruto-kun," said Orochimaru, jumping over some branches and standing in front of the Uzumaki. "I can remove my seal for you and free you from all that." The Sannin saw how the blonde stopped shaking, but still did not look at him.
"Just imagine how happy she will be with you for freeing her from something that tormented her for several years. She will undoubtedly be more than happy, but…" said Orochimaru, standing behind Naruto and taking him by the shoulders.
"That has a price," he said like a snake in the genin's ear. "You will have to take his place and receive my mark, and then come to me," said Orochimaru, standing next to his face to see how the jinchuriki seemed to have an internal discussion.
Orochimaru was enjoying this too much; although he could have taken advantage of it to mark the blonde at that moment, he already had enough with Sasuke, but he loved seeing the conflict that the blonde seemed to be having, and if the Uzumaki accepted the deal, it would be the icing on the cake.
' It's a great day, come on, come on brat, just a little longer and I'll finally have a body that can withstand anything and as a bonus the almost infinite energy of the most powerful Biju of all.' Orochimaru laughed mentally as he put an arm around the blonde's neck and whispered in his ear.
"Come on, Naruto-kun, what's more important to you, or don't tell me you don't care, Anko-chan-" Orochimaru stopped when he felt the arm he had on the jinchuriki being cut off and falling to the ground, while a little blood flowed from it.
"Don't say…", Orochimaru heard a whisper from Naruto and watched as the Uzumaki looked at him with disgust, seeing how the Hanyou formed a sword of Darkness in each of his hands.
Orochimaru stepped back a little as the bleeding on his arm stopped. He looked at the blonde who still had his head down, then raised it and looked with his bright black-yellow eyes, which looked at him with a simple, but easily creepy smile.
"Never… ever mention his name again, you fucking scum of shit," said Naruto while his eyes shone dangerously. Also, I have news for you, you fucking pedophile," said Naruto with laughter in his voice, pissing Orochimaru off a little.
"I've already managed to remove your seal from Anko-chan." These words made the Sannin look at him in surprise. "And I have to say that it was much easier than I expected, frankly, I expected something more from the supposed genius of the three legendary Sannin," said the Uzumaki, smiling to himself. Being able to feel how the traitorous Sannin let out a bit of anger beneath his completely sinister expression.
"So you were the reason why," Orochimaru said, showing a smile with his eyes narrowed. "Well, that's a shame, Naruto-kun," he sighed in disappointment. "And I had several plans for you, but apparently…" the Sannin opened his mouth to let a hand come out, surprising the blonde and the fox.
Where both Naruto and Kurama saw how a new body of Orochimaru came out of the previous one, without any scratches and with his arm in place. "I'll have to eliminate you," said Orochimaru, who was covered by his exit. "Please don't take it personally, but I can't leave such a huge variable alive," said the Sannin with a grim smile.
' How disgusting,' thought both the jinchuriki and the Biju, but they quickly returned to the situation to see Orochimaru pull a snake out of his mouth.
The snake opened its mouth, and out of it came a handle that was the head of a snake with red eyes. It had an open jaw from where a sharp, silver metal blade with an intricate pattern of golden snakes began. Orochimaru leaped forward, sending a thrust at the transformed Hanyou, who, using his sword, blocked the Sannin's blow.
Both shinobi began to launch slashes and stabs quickly while both dodged some cuts. On Orochimaru's side, he was surprised that Naruto's sword could withstand the slashes of his Kusanagi, which would naturally cut any sword easily.
Throwing a vertical slash while trying to cut the blonde at the waist, Naruto manages to jump over the sword, which passed close to his face for a few seconds, and he could smell something ' Blood and Poison ' he said, making his eyes water a little.
' No wonder that sword has killed several people, and with that poison, it seems to make it easier,' thought the Hanyou. ' Be careful Kit, if that poison gets into your body you'll be in some trouble ' Kasumi warned her partner ' That poison is so strong that it would kill a normal human quickly, it may not kill you because of your tolerance to poisons, but you'll still be in some trouble ' said the fox receiving a nod from her jinchuriki.
The second Naruto landed on the ground, and he had to step aside to avoid a vertical slash from Orochimaru. Seeing an opening, Naruto quickly launched a vertical slash towards the Sannin, which he managed to deflect with his Kusanagi, but Naruto managed to make a small cut on the Sannin's shoulder.
So that Orochimaru quickly launched another thrust, trying to overwhelm the Hanyou with faster cuts. The Sannin tries to make the blonde with black locks lose his balance, but again, he feels how his whole body begins to feel heavy.
This was used by Naruto to send a burst of cuts to his stomach and face.
' It's happening again,' thought Orochimaru as he felt that feeling of heaviness in his body again.' What the hell is going on?' he said to himself as he received a cut on one of his arms.
Orochimaru clicked his teeth at this, ' Damn brat, if you don't take this a little more seriously, this could cost me dearly,' Orochimaru thought and decided to go harder. Naruto watched as Orochimaru began to throw stronger and faster punches. Not wanting to be left behind, he began to catch up with the Sannin.
At one point, they were in a power struggle as they held their swords in a force grip. "You know, Naruto-kun, it's a shame you have to die. Without a doubt, this ability of yours makes me want to steal your body for myself," said Orochimaru as he tried to gain ground in the push. "No thanks," Naruto said.
But while they were fighting to dominate the other, Orochimaru saw how, on the sword of the Uzumaki and saw how on the edge of his swords there was a slight white glow that mixed with the glow of the edge of these.
' So that's it,' the Sannin said to himself, ' You're using a medical jutsu in reverse; instead of the chakra healing the body's cells, it contaminates and poisons them. ' Orochimaru thought somewhat impressed.
' That chakra must have entered my body at the time of the light cuts he gave me, surely his swords are imbued with chakra, surely when he was fighting hand to hand, his fists must have been similarly imbued with that poisoned chakra, but that effect was slower' thought the Konoha traitor as he manages to deflect the swords to the side to break the grip.
Using his legs, he manages to sweep the Jinchuriki's foot to unbalance him and then tries to crush him with his foot. The blodne quickly rolls on the ground to avoid the Sannin's kick that created a small crater in the place.
But before the pale-skinned man could throw another punch, he felt his body feel heavy again. 'TSK, it seems the effect depends on how the chakra comes into contact; both the effect and its frequency are more effective when they enter the body directly, but… ' Orochimaru smiles at what he discovered.
'It seems that this poison is purely a manipulation of nature or a derivative of it, and it also seems that I could not create poisons stronger than a paralyzer, at least for the moment.' The Sannin kept that information for later.
While clashing swords with the blonde again, Naruto, using a bit of his boosted strength, took the Sannin by surprise, managing to push him back a bit and quickly changing the grip of his left sword, and headed towards his opponent.
The Sannin, while recovering from the push, sent a slash upon seeing the Uzumaki, who, using his left sword, deflected the slash and managed to slip into the Sannin's guard, who moved his Kusanagi to try to decapitate the genin.
But the Hanyou blocked it with his right sword, and with his sword in reverse grip, the blonde launched a thrust that pierced the Sannin's chest. Unfortunately, he managed to see how Orochimaru expelled another one from his mouth, which made him growl under his breath. Looking at the new Orochimaru, Naruto ran towards him to try to kill him, while undoing his swords and starting to make seals with his hands.
" Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon." Taking a breath, he expelled a great dragon from his mouth that roared and then headed towards where the Sannin was.
Orochimaru, seeing the great fire reptile, simply let go to fall to the ground, avoiding the jutsu of the blonde that completely burned the tree where he was before. Orochimaru, sticking his sword in the ground, began to make some seals with his hands.
" Earth Style: Earth Wave," said Orochimaru, putting his hands on the ground, causing the earth to make a wave that caused the earth to rise and then be destroyed, causing several trees in the surroundings to begin to move. Some were destroyed, including where the Uzumaki were.
Naruto, stuck to the tree that was falling with chakra in his feet, saw how a tree collided with the tree he was making fall. He began to run along the trunk and then jump from one tree to another to avoid being crushed by one of these.
In one of his jumps, while he was in the air, a tree was falling on him. Naruto quickly created a sword and cut the tree, then landed on the ground and looked at the Sannin, who had a sneer of contempt on his face.
"Well, Naruto-kun, it was fun and all, but I'd better go," said Orochimaru as he began to sink into the ground with a frown and a forced smile. "But next time we'll have more time to finish what we left here."
"N-not so fast," said Naruto as he got into a stance, "Dance of the Cyclone," shouted Naruto around his sword, it seemed as if a flow of water began to run.
Without waiting a second, the Hanyou disappeared in a blur of speed to try to reach the Sannin to cut off his entire body or at least his head, which was the only thing that was visible at this moment.
A curtain of dust rose as the dust was blown away by a gust of wind, where Naruto could be seen standing where Orochimaru had been, while drill-shaped marks were forming some sort of waves for a few meters in front of him.
"Damn," Naruto said tiredly as the chakra disappeared. The Hanyou fell to the ground while panting from using his transformation, and angrily hit the ground again and again.
"Damn, I already had it," he said, gritting his teeth. " I'm sorry, Anko-chan, that I failed this time, but I will keep my promise," the blonde thought, as he saw Kurama emerge from the seal and stand in front of him in fox form.
"You are still as reckless as before, Kit, talking to your opponent mid-fight, leaving you in this state while enemies are lurking," said Kurama angrily, looking at Naruto. "I got carried away by emotions, I won't let it happen again," said Naruto, bowing his head. "You're right, it better not happen again," said Kurama.
As he received the memories of his clone, "Then let's go," said Naruto.
Change of Pov
"We can attack him now," said one of the figures. "No, he's already on alert. Let's wait, it'd be better if we attack him united," said the oldest while the other grunted.
With Naruto
He didn't walk far because he saw the resting bodies of his companions, seeing how they were still asleep, so he checked them and saw that they had nothing serious apart from some bruises and a few cuts, until he saw Sasuke's mark. Only for Sakura to wake up and run to Naruto, jumping into his arms, "Naruto-kun," she said, Half relieved, half worried.
"Naruto-kun, Orochimaru bit Sasuke, and I couldn't do anything. I'm still not strong enough," Sakura said as she clenched her fist, only for Naruto to hug her. "You did amazing, Sakura-chan, don't doubt yourself. Cause i don't doubt you, you'll grow stronger as time passes, don't worry," said Naruto, leaning in to kiss her as she cried.
"T-thank you, Naruto-kun, you always know what to do to cheer me up," said Sakura with a sad smile. "I do it because I want to. Now let's get that mark on Sasuke sealed, okay," Naruto said, kissing her again, gaining a nod from Sakura. Taking out a small scroll and a paper with a seal, "Well, there is no better opportunity to test this," said the Uzumaki, putting the scroll on the ground and placing the seal on the jet's neck.
Looking at the 'simple' seal closely, Naruto placed two chakra-infused fingers on the paper and infused some chakra into it. Removing the seal, he saw that it had Orochimaru's mark on it. He placed the seal over the scroll and placed his right hand on top of it.
" Fuin," Naruto said as the seal containing Orochimaru's mark began to unravel and place itself on the scroll. Naruto watched in surprise as Orochimaru's seemingly simple seal began to take over almost the entire scroll with several sealing matrices.
Naruto whistled at this. "WOW, I see why no one could remove Anko-chan's seal," said the Uzumaki as he traced the components written on the matrix with his fingers, slightly admiring the Sannin's work, but frowned as he recognized some of the patterns.
"That bastard," said Narutp, clenching his fists in anger, "So you also stole part of my clan's art, pale-skinned son of a bitch!!" Naruto said as he hit the ground, creating a small crater, breathing slowly to calm down. "Well, now I have one more reason to kill you," Naruto said through gritted teeth.
Deciding that it was too late and the sky was starting to darken, he decided that he needed to rest. Naruto simply lay down on the ground and started to sleep. A little Sakura nuzzled next to him.
Change of Pov
"He's the nine-tailed jinchuriki," said One. "Yes, we saw it in the battle," said one of the hooded figures. "That makes it even more of a target for us," said the other. "That only makes him more dangerous. We need a better plan," said the leader. "We also have placed multiple sensor tags around the forest. If he moves to one, we can quickly catch him," said the leader, getting a nod from the other two.
Next morning
Naruto woke up early, seeing that the sun had not yet risen, he decided to check on his companions, seeing that Sakura snuggled close to him as she smiled waking up"OUCH what happened" asked Sakura while feeling the after-effects left by the Sannin, then grabbed the place where he hit her, looking to see the Uzumaki "Naruto-kun" said Sakura.
But she stopped when she felt the pain in her body again, wondering if last night the only reason she moved was because of the adrenaline she had. "Calm down, calm down, Sakura-chan, you're not fully recovered yet. I'm guessing it'll take a lot longer than expected," said Naruto as he approached and arranged his companion against the cave wall.
"What happened?" Haruno asked, so the blonde began to explain to her how his fight against the Sannin went. "WOW, that's a lot to process," the pink-haired girl said as she looked at him. "That's why I told you last night was busy, but right now I'll go get something for breakfast.
"Okay, I'll go get something for breakfast," He said, causing the girl's stomach to growl, causing a strong blush, which increased when she heard the Hanyou's laughter. Standing up, he made some shadow clones. "I'll go get some food, if something good happens, you know what to do," said Naruto while both clones nodded.
As he left the cave, he closed his eyes to concentrate and try to feel any chakra that was nearby, but he didn't feel any genin near the place. He simply began to jump from the trees and stayed like that for a moment until he reached a river.
Quickly, the Hanyou began to catch some fish and when he saw that he had enough fish, he went towards some bushes, which had some berries, where he began to inspect them deducing that some of them were poisonous, so he separated those that you could eat without problem from those that would paralyze you or kill you slowly.
But he quickly felt a pull and was able to recognize where it came from. He quickly created a Kunai that he stuck into the ground and drew two seals with his hands, in the blink of an eye, in the place where the kunai was. Karin appeared who had some scratches and open wounds all over her body.
"For Kami, Karin-chan!!" Naruto shouted as he quickly grabbed the girl and began to heal her wounds as best he could. Karin was exhausted and barely looked at the blonde and smiled with a grimace, clearly in pain.
"Naruto-kun, you came," Karin said, falling unconscious. Naruto became worried as the girl quickly lost a lot of blood from her wounds.
"What do I do, what do I do?" the Hanyou repeated in his head until an idea occurred to him. "Sorry about this, Karin-chan, but I have no other choice," Naruto pointed and revealed his neck, where the Hanyou could see bruises and some burn scars, some that looked more recent than others.
Without thinking twice, Naruto bit Karin on the neck, performing the ritual to turn her into a Hanyou.
In Karin's mind
Karin didn't know how to describe what she was feeling at that moment; she didn't feel cold or heat, fear, pain, or any of those feelings, which left her somewhat disconcerted. "So this is death," Karin said to herself as she began to relive the moments of her life, but her attention focused on a specific memory.
The faces of two people, those of his parents, his mother was a woman with red hair, her skin was white, and she wore a housewife's dress, his father was a medium-sized man with tanned skin and quite tall, who normally wore the clothes of his job, which was to be a farmer.
Those memories made the redhead remember her old home, where she lived with her family. It was a house far from any town or village, a homely house, which had a good amount of land, which her father worked. This scene made her feel as if she were once again playing in the yard with some of her toys alongside her father, only for her mother to call them over to eat.
This made her smile and shed a few tears at that beautiful memory, until her mind remembered everything that followed, where she could only feel great sadness and fear, remembering how some bandits killed her father in front of her while they had her mother and her held in a place, gagged.
The next thing she experienced was how the men who murdered her father were deciding what they would do with her and her mother, while one of them passed a knife through her legs, something that terrified her, but then she saw how her mother offered herself so the men could use her instead of her daughter.
Karin was crying as she remembered this. The next memory she saw was how her mother, who had several wounds all over her body and looked too malnourished, gave her a gaze that barely managed to reflect any life in it.
Karin's mother barely gathered the strength to free her daughter, and both mother and daughter went to a place away from the bullies, but Karin's mother began to cough and fell to the ground. "Ka-chan," said Karin, approaching her mother, who looked at her.
"Karin-chan, you have to go," said the woman as she tried her best to reveal a hidden passageway. The woman put her hands into what remained of her clothes and took out something that she gave to Karin, who could see that it was a map and a small bag.
"Continue down this tunnel until you're out *cough**cough* when you get outside I want you *cough* to follow this map it will guide you to the closest city to Kusagakure" she said to show you the bag she had "It's not much, but it'll help you get there, it has some bread and some fruit that I managed to get" said the older redhead while coughing again.
"But what will happen to you?" said Karin, who saw her mother shed a few tears while hugging her. "I can't *cough* go with you, honey, I'd only slow you down *cough*" said the woman watching as her daughter opened her eyes upon understanding those words. Karin then hugged her mother even tighter as she shed a few tears.
"No… please… don't leave me… don't leave me alone," Karin said between sobs while her mother barely managed to caress her sword. "You won't be alone, darling, both your Tou-san and I will always be here with you," said the woman, pointing at Karin's heart, while the aforementioned didn't seem to want to let go of her mother. "Karin," said the woman while her daughter looked at her still with tears in her eyes.
Karin's mother gave her a kind smile as she stroked her cheek and wiped away some of her tears. "I want you to live, I want you to be happy, I want *cough* for you to have a full life *cough* who knows, maybe one day you'll meet someone and start a life together," said the woman as she kissed Karin on her forehead.
"Karin-chan, live and be free," said the mother while the girl just hugged her mother tighter, who did the same. "I love you, Kaa-chan," Karin said with tears in her eyes. "I love you too, my dear, Musume," the woman said as she helped Karin into the room and covered it again.
Karin crawled for a while through the tunnel, which was dark and damp. She continued crawling until she hit her head on something. Using all her strength, she managed to lift the object, which turned out to be a slit.
Karin had to close her eyes in the sunlight, carefully, and she left the passage to see that she was in a forest. As she left the forest, she took out the map and began her journey, but somehow managed to barely reach Kusagakure.
Years later, she discovered that the map she had used was modified by her mother, who used some seals, which guided her to her destination. She also discovered that her mother, like her kidnappers, died in a fire at the place where they were held captive.
Karin read that it was arson and that all the bandits had died there. Karin cried bitterly when she found out that the fire had happened the day after she escaped. Karin continued to see how her stay in Kusagakure was since they discovered that she possessed an ability that allowed her to heal people from terrible wounds if they bit any part of his skin. This ability was exploited by the grass village.
Karin then saw that she joined the shinobi forces, seeing that it was a way to escape so that they would not turn her into a baby-making machine, even though she was a Kunoichi from Kusagakure, the village continued to abuse Karin's abilities.
Karin then saw her last memories. She saw how her genin team had thrown her against a huge tiger that appeared out of nowhere, barely managing to escape with some injuries from the animal. She saw how her team was devoured by a giant bear, which attacked her shortly after.
After receiving several wounds from the bear, leaning against a tree and about to lose consciousness, he remembered the seal that the blonde had given her, quickly sent some chakra into the seal, and then closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, she saw how the blonde was next to her, and a green glow was on his palms, and they were touching her. Karin felt relaxed by that, but little by little she began to close her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Ka-chan, I did the best I could," Karin said to herself as she hugged her legs against her chest in the dark space. "I'm sorry I didn't do anything for you, I'm sorry you had to die…" An image of the hanyou flashed through her mind.
"Ka-chan… maybe with him there would have…" she stopped when she began to feel a warmth in her body, feeling a calm throughout her body, as she felt herself coming back to her senses.
Real World
Karin woke up with some tears falling from her eyes and saw Naruto next to her, who was moving away from her neck and looking at her. Karin saw how the jinchuriki's eyes were red with black tomo's and black with a golden instead of the blue eyes she had seen.
Although it was intimidating, Karin looked at how they had a certain shine. "Beautiful," was what she said while the Hanyou looked at her closely. Karin then noticed how all her wounds began to close little by little.
"Karin-chan, what happened?" Naruto asked. Karin began to tell him what happened and how she had been abandoned. The entire time, the male Uzumaki remained silent as he let the girl vent all her frustration.
As a few tears escaped, the Hanyou wiped them away and rubbed her cheek with his hand. "Everything's okay, Karin-chan, everything's going to be okay," Naruto said as he watched the redhead begin to relax.
Naruto saw how Karin was beginning to fall asleep, both from physical and mental fatigue. Naruto took her bridal style and made a clone, handing Karin to him. "Take her to the complex and let Haku-chan take care of her. Tell Esdeath to guard her," said Naruto to the clone that nodded.
That's when the three Ame genins jumped down ready to attack, "Naruto Namikaze Senju Uzumaki, we are here to kill you," said the leader. As Naruto's eyes widened looking at the three, 'damn it, someone exposed my identity, and they used my bastard father's last name,' Naruto thought. "I don't know who that is, but you are here to fight, let me guess, assassination attempt by Hanzo," asked Naruto, trying to dig some information from them.
"Like we'll tell you," said the leader as the three rushed forward, Naruto quickly drawing his sword and a kunai as he connected them. Throwing the kunai soon after at one of the genins, who dodged only for Naruto to block the strike from a hooded figure as he brought it back and attacked the last genin, making them put some space as he grabbed the leader and head budded him.
The leader took it stumbling back as Naruto made some seals stabing his sword on the ground "Fire style great fireball," said Naruto as the two hooded figures made seals aswell, "Water Style Water Formation Wall/ Wind Style Great Breakthrough," they said in union as one spewed water forming a wall around them and the other show a powerfull wind gust.
That Naruto dodged as he blocked the attack of the last person, "Don't forget about me," he said. "Sorry, I'm only interested in pretty girls," said Naruto in a taunting manner while glancing at the hooded figures. "So do I," said the teen. "Are you sure about that?" asked Naruto, looking at the teen while he kicked him back.
The teen mercifully recovered from the kick, thinking, 'this guy's strength is no joke,' before he blocked another strike from the blonde. As he quickly grabbed his sword and kunai, he threw them at one of the figures that was trying to make some more seals. As he blocked the sneak attack from the leader.
"You're good at managing to keep us on the move while playing defence," complimented the leader. "You and your cousin aren't having a bad time," said Naruto with a smile that might be considered charming, as he kicked her while using his Kunai to attack her and blocking another attack from the cousin.
"And here I was thinking you were forgetting about me," As they stood in an even stand still until the leader appeared again, slicing from the top. Only for Naruto to duck the strike and lean back enough that his opponent was offbalanced. Using that, he quickly rolled back and flickered behind him before doing a low sweep and punching him in the stomach. Before dropping some smokebombs when the teammate tried to attack using a flying kick, only to hit his teammate.
As Naruto appeared behind him, knocking him out with a punch as he smashed his arm. "So ruthless~" said the leader. "I didn't know you could be some bad," his voice almost taunting. "I'm a shinobi," was his response, which seemed to make the remaining two nod as if approving of his mentality. When he turned around two blocks, the two turning back, he saw the figures turning into water. "I also got fooled by that," he muttered, ducking from two slashes of sickles.
"Damn, how many weapons do you have hidden in there? Maybe I should do a thorough examination," said Naruto as he heard them growl. "We'll show you whenever you want, the price is just your DEATH," they yelled out together.
Before Naruto jumped back, "OH, look at the time, I have to go. I'll see you two later," said Naruto before using the body flicker to leave when he was back at their temporary base to sense an all too familiar chakra. "Idiot," said Naruto as he jumped, and Mizuki appeared, bowing as he sank into the shadow again and disappeared to where he had left.
Secret outer cave
Naruto appeared on the ground from a tree, jumping on it and standing on a branch to see how Ino was a little stunned, while he helped Sakura to stand up to one side was Shikamaru, while Choji placed an unconscious Rock Lee against a tree.
Using his sensor abilities, he was able to sense 2 other chakras that were watching how things were unfolding, but he felt like they were ready to jump at any moment.
While he saw one of the sound that they called Dosu buried in a tree a few meters away, while he saw how Sasuke, who had several black marks on one side of his face and finished breaking the arms of a genin of the sound, Zaku if he remembers correctly, who fell to the ground after the pain left him unconscious.
Sasuke walked over to where the girl who had been stabbed in her stomach was, but was still conscious. "Well, well, what do we do with you?" Sasuke said as he approached the Oto Kunoichi and stood near her.
"I know" said Sasuke as he bowed with a maniacal smile "You're going to relieve all the stress I have" said the Uchiha of team 7, making Kin look at him with surprise and fear on her face, while the rest of the rookies looked in disbelief at the Uchiha who began to tear the girl's clothes.
"No, NO, don't move away," he said as he tried to push away and hit the black-haired boy, who had ripped off part of his clothes, but the pain from the kunai didn't allow him to do much. Sasuke had roughly opened his legs while letting out some laughs.
"You should feel honored that a Uchiha would even give you this-", everyone, including Kin, watched as Sasuke flew out of the place and crashed into a log before landing in some bushes.
"A woman is courted, respected, and protected, not used as simple toys, damn scum," said Naruto in a cold tone while Everyone had a cold and annoyed look on their faces at what Sasuke was about to do. Shikamaru was ready to act; he just glanced at Naruto for the signal. Turning his gaze, he saw the girl, who was a little scared.
Softening his gaze, the blonde took off his jacket and covered Kin's semi-naked body with it. Kin simply stood there without knowing what to say. Everyone watched as Naruto created a shadow clone and began to give first aid to Kin, who offered no resistance.
Everyone watched as Sasuke came out of the bushes, dusting himself off and first looking angrily at the Uzumaki, then smiling. "DOBE FACE ME!!" said Sasuke. "WITH THIS POWER THE POWER HE GAVE ME, I AM UNSTOPPABLE!!" shouted Sasuke, and without expecting anything, he ran towards Naruto quite quickly.
When he saw it, he was surprised and received a blow to his face, causing him to step back a little, surprising everyone, which made Sasuke's smile grow. "I can't believe this," Naruto said, his head still tilted to the side. "HAHAHA WELL BELIEVE IT YOU FUCKING SCUM, THIS IS MY POWER, THE POWER IS MINE, WITH THIS POWER I WILL BE ABLE TO KILL HIM, NO ONE WILL BE A RIVAL FOR ME" Sasuke boasted as the blonde looked up.
"How pathetic" said Naruto making everyone look at him and they saw that there was no bruise, blow mark or swelling on the blonde face, who had an almost bored look on his face "I'm surprised at how little the seal has boosted you, the change only seems to increase physical skills, but it barely increases any strength" said Naruto disappearing.
Sasuke looked everywhere, looking for his opponent, and then felt how out of nowhere he fell into unconsciousness. ' But how' was the Uchiha's last thought before he saw only darkness.
Naruto stood behind Sasuke with his palm extended, letting out a sigh. He created a clone to carry his partner like a bag of chips. "Now," he said as he headed towards where Kin was, who had bandages around her stomach.
Looking towards where her team should be, he saw that Dosu was nowhere to be found, just like her other teammate, Zaku, which made Naruto sigh. "Naruto," the aforementioned looked back to see that it was Shikamaru.
"Oh, Hi Shika, how are you?" said the blonde. "Thank you for your help this time, I owe you big time." The Nara simply sighed and nodded, "It's no problem, I owed you for helping Ino out, but that's her debt." Then looked at the Kunoichi of sound.
"What are you going to do with her?" asked the Nara while the Hanyou thought about it for a moment. "I think I'll keep her as a prisoner of war in case those sound idiots attack us again," said Naruto while his clone carried the girl on his back, who didn't resist. The three of them went to where Ino, Sakura, Choji, and Rock Lee were, who were still unconscious.
"I don't think it will be of much use; her team stabbed her when Ino was controlling her mind," Shikamaru said while Naruto looked at Ino for confirmation, and the Yamanaka nodded. "I already had my suspicions," said Naruto, sighing while Kin looked away. "Either way, I'll think of something," said Naruto with Shikamaru nodding as he knew Naruto.
"You can come out of your hiding places, now," said Naruto, until two figures appeared behind the blonde, who had a grimace of indifference. While the other rushed to hug him and bonked him. "You had me worried," said Tenten. "It's good to see you, Tenten-chan, Neji-san," said Naruto as everyone saw a boy with long brown hair and pale eyes and a girl with scrolls wrapped in her belt and her hair tied up in a Panda shape hugging Naruto as Sakura and Ino narrowed their eyes.
"Uzumaki," Neji said monotonously, narrowing his eyes at the blonde."You can take Lee, he's a little banged up, but I think he's okay," Naruto said, while Neji continued to look at him. "And may I ask what scroll you have?" Neji asked, surprising everyone.
"Neji, what are you doing?" Tenten asked her partner while carrying Lee. "Tenten, this is a test of survival; there are no allies, just competition, even for your boyfriend," Neji said simply, before he could say anything. "Well, you have a good point, Neji, but you are not counting on something…" before anyone could say anything else, Neji, with the same stoic face, felt something against his neck, while he tried to move, feeling it he coulding he glanced to see Naruto behind him holding a kunai at his throat.
"I still have more than enough strength to kick your ass without breaking a sweat," Naruto said, making Neji just stare at him.
One of the clones saw how Lee was lying on the ground since Tente had dropped him. "You have to bandage them for me," Tenten said to the clones, who were speechless by that reaction.
Almost everyone in the place had a drop of sweat on their heads, even Neji. "Tenten, we are leaving," said Neji, making the girl with panda hairstyle stop her little show and simply snort and charge back at the extreme Taijutsu user.
Before leaving, Neji stared at Naruto. "Remember this, Uzumaki, your destiny will be to fall by my fists," Neji said, as he and Tenten began to jump through the trees. The Ino-Shika-Chou team looked at Naruto in confusion. "It's a long story," the Uzumaki said simply.
"Well, we'd better go; the exam is still in progress, and we've wasted time helping them," Shikamaru said as Sakura was finally able to stand on her own. "Thanks, Ino," Sakura said.
"You're welcome, Forehead," Ino said to see how her friend had a marked vein, which made the Yamanaka laugh as she stood next to Shikamaru. "Hey, Naruto, do you happen to have any extra food?" Choji asked, while his team could sigh at the Akimichi's attitude towards food.
Naruto just sighed, and from his seals, he took out a couple of bags of dried meat. "Here, Choji, but make them last a little, okay?" Naruto said as the Akimichi took the bags and began to rub them against his cheeks while shedding some tears.
"Thank you, thank you, Naruto," said Chouji, getting a few laughs from his teammates and the Blonde. "And be careful, theirs a team from Rain. I already fought them, I'm their target, but try to avoid them at all costs, two aren't genin level," said Naruto before Sakura looked at Naruto, who nodded.
"See you soon," Naruto said as he watched Team 10 leave, turning to his teammate. "Well, we better get moving, we already have the scroll we need," Naruto said.
"What are we going to do with her?" Sakura asked, looking at Kin, who hadn't said anything until now.
"Well, let's see," said Naruto, looking at the girl. "Kin right," said Naruto, receiving a nod from the girl. "Do you think your comrades can come back for you?" said Naruto.
"I doubt it," said Kin. "They considered me the weakest of the group, so I highly doubt they'll come back for me," said the girl with a grimace of disgust. Naruto, using his senses, couldn't detect any lies in her words.
Naruto slightly removed the girl's arm warmers, which startled her a little, and she understood how to avoid it, but she couldn't. Naruto saw how Kin had several cut scars on her arms, some were small, others were larger and deeper.
Naruto looked at her for a moment, to which Kin indirectly understood the question. "That's what happens when you don't live up to our leader's expectations," Kin said, shuddering slightly at the last part. "Who's your leader?" Naruto asked to see how Kin, before she could open her mouth, had a grimace of pain on her face, and then began to writhe in pain.
Naruto quickly put her on the ground and began to inspect her using his Sharingan and Jigan, while Sakura held her to prevent her from getting hurt. Naruto saw how a mass of chakra that seemed very familiar to him began to emerge from the girl's neck and began to attack her nervous system.
Turning off his bloodline, he looked at the girl's neck and saw a seal that was shining. Seeing the design of the seal, the Uzumaki quickly knew what was happening. Placing both of his hands on Kim's neck, he used a bit of Kasumi's chakra and placed his fingers on her neck.
" Fuin, " said the Hanyou as the seal stopped glowing and began to unravel. Kin felt the pain slowly disappear from her body. "Come on, we have to move, there's a target on my back," said Naruto while Sakura nodded, and this time she carried Sasuke, since the Uzumaki clone had vanished.
Naruto carried Kin bridal style, who was still recovering from the sudden shock, while jumping between the trees. Kin came back to his senses, which was noticed by Naruto. "So he never trusted us and used us as lab rats," Kin muttered with a dejected look.
"Orochimaru, right?" Naruto asked the girl, who was surprised at first, but then nodded. "The seal you had was a seal of silence; it prevents the person who puts it on from revealing certain information that the creator of the seal doesn't want known, but this version would kill the one who carries this seal slowly and painfully," Naruto explained as he jumped onto another branch.
"Kin-chan, can I ask you something?" said Naruto while Kin looked at him fixedly. "Because you were attacking my team," asked Naruto, while he saw how the girl did not seem to understand the question
" The white pedophile attacked us a little while ago," Naruto said while Kin had to suppress a laugh at the nickname for the Snake Sannin. "And then you guys attacking seems too much of a coincidence to be true," the Uzumaki said.
The Oto Kunoichi let out a sigh. "We were ordered to kill the black-haired bastard," Kin said with hatred when mentioning Sasuke, then looked ahead and softened her gaze. "But it seems that Orochimaru-sa... Orochimaru was going to use us as test subjects to see the progress of that bastard," Kin said, avoiding calling the Sannin by any honorific.
Naruto saw Kin trembling, either with anger or sadness at realizing how she was used and discarded so easily, and then the Uzumaki came up with an idea. "Kin, do you want to return to Otogakure?" asked the blonde, surprising the girl, who didn't know what to say.
"I… I… I don't know," the girl said with some concern. "I have two sisters in Oto, but I can't abandon them…" said Kin, who was debating what she should do. "Sisters?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow, with Kin nodding.
"Well, I tell you this, although we are not related since we do not share the same blood, they took care of me like my older sisters and made most of my stay in Oto more bearable," Kin said nostalgically as she remembered that time.
"But not long ago they changed, since Orochimaru placed them in his guard, they still looked after me, but they seemed more and more... I don't know how to describe them," Kin said sadly, while Naruto only had an idea of what could be happening.
"They became more aggressive," said the blonde while Kin looked at him and nodded. "Kin-chan, I think I can help your sisters," said Naruto to see how Kin was incredulous at what he said.
"By the way, what are your sisters' names?" asked the Uzumaki. "Tayuya and Guren," said Kin as Naruto nodded. Soon, he saw Sakura give him a sign and show him that Sasuke was waking up. "Well, Kin-chan, we will have to discuss that later," said Narut,o stopping on a branch, just like Sakura.
"Ah, I almost forgot," said Naruto while putting a seal that suppressed her chakra while making a clone that took Kin. Kin looked at him in disbelief for a moment, to which the blonde replied. "It's the procedure where I'll take you to a place where they are a little distrustful, but believe me, you'll be safe," said Naruto, so that the clone disappeared.
"Where… where am I?" Sasuke said as Sakura put him on the ground. "What happened?" the Uchiha asked, very confused. "What was the last thing you remember?" Naruto asked while Sasuke thought about it for a bit and smiled.
"I remember that I managed to hit you easily," Sasuke said arrogantly. Sakura was about to tell him the truth, but Naruto stopped her and shook his head, making Haruno stop. Soon, the blonde turns and looks at his teammate.
"Well, you did it, but when you did it, a branch fell on your head, because other genins came and, taking advantage of the confusion, they cut a branch that fell on your head and left you unconscious," said Naruto while Sasuke simply accepted since he couldn't argue much.
With that quickly cleared up, the group headed towards the tower. A few moments later, Team 7 had reached the tower, where they saw a sign telling them to open the scrolls with a strange phrase.
The team opened the scrolls where Kakashi appeared reading his book, which he closed to greet his team "Hello my cute little ge-" He stopped when he saw the state of the group seeing how they were "But what the hell happened to you two" Kakashi asked, he knew that these tests were hard, but he would believe that his team would not have many problems.
"A very annoying snake paid us a little visit and left us a gift," said Naruto, looking at Sasuke. Kakashi just stood still at the information and understood the message, but quickly turned back to the team.
"AHA, well, but putting that aside, let me explain the meaning of this phase," said Kakashi, trying to change the subject. A rather boring chat afterwards. "Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto, making the Copy Ninja look at him. "There are teams that have already arrived," the blonde said, while the silver-haired person recalled some things.
"One arrived from Suna, and recently a team from Iwa," said Kakashi, making Naruto nod, but Sasuke just clenched his fists.
"Well, I have to leave. Good luck with the rest of the exam," said the white-haired man, receiving a 'Hai' from his team. He saw how Team 7 retreated to where the beds were to rest a little since there were a few days left until the second phase ended. When a note was slipped on the door that Kakashi quickly picked up, noticing that Naruto had wanted to tell him something, and this was the best way without alerting his teammates.
Kakashi looked at the forest for a moment and returned to the tower ' I have to report this to Hokage-sama ' he thought, and then disappeared in a Leaf Shushin.