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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"You can shed the disguise now" Sasuke said as they got deep enough inside "your unusual looks might help us here."
"What do you mean, Sasuke?" Sakura asked him.
"His appearance may help us put a scare into other teams."
Naruto shrugged and dissolved the more human appearance he used around anyone but his 'family' and team, returning to his winged and tailed form.
"So what's the plan?" Sasuke looked at Naruto. He knew, with their mental link, that Naruto could keep in constant contact with the others and share conversations and plans.
"We all meet at the designated spot in two days time, with or without both scrolls. If there are any severe injuries I can heal them there. Two days will give us plenty of time for each team to get the other scroll and beat any other team who tries to take theirs. Once we are together we spend the third day resting and recovering and then together head for the tower. Only the stupidest of people will attack the nine of us together."
"Right" Sasuke nodded "what now?"
"We got to an nearby safe area and eat before we try and fight another team for their scroll."
"Why eat already?" Sakura frowned "we only just got here."
Naruto looked at her "the next two days we will be fighting for our lives Sakura, until we reach the others we likely won't have time to stop and eat, let alone rest. We should eat and rest whenever we get the chance."
"He's right" Sasuke nodded to her "Kain-san taught us this as well."
Taking her teammates word for it she followed them off towards an small safe spot a few hours in that Naruto knew about to eat and rest.
About two hours in they heard loud terrified screaming. Naruto's reaction was a mysterious grin. "What?" they asked.
"'Nata's team have their scroll already" Naruto said, grin broadening when Sasuke started cursing about how Kiba would now be impossible to live with.
They soon reached the small clearing surrounding an huge thick gnarled tree. Naruto lead them to the base where the earth seemed to drop away from the roots, leaving a hole between the earth and trunk.
Naruto did something near the hole and immediately they felt a brief flash of chakra and then it was gone.
When Sakura asked him what he had done Naruto told them that this was the location for one of various bolt-holes he had spread out around the entire grounds, each with safe-guard jutsus to ensure no one else got inside. Contained inside was various things they might need, medical supplies, food, water and even a few things to aid in security and bedding "all we have to do is when we want to sleep is raise the fail-safes once inside and we'll know when and if someone approaches or attacks. I'll teach you them later so you can raise or lower them" he motioned both inside ahead of him.
Sasuke first then Sakura they waited for Naruto who wasted no time in lighting an small lantern hanging above them, revealing an surprisingly spacious interior for a tree. The lantern lite up small shelves above their heads baring various items and the earth at the center was dug out to hold an small sealed cold chest which was revealed to hold bottles of water and fruit, berries and some frozen meats.
Sakura looked around in awe "how did you do all this?! It's amazing!!"
Naruto smiled in pleasure at her awe and explained "Jiriaya-sensei and the toads are teaching me to be an Nature Sage. Being able to commune with the chakra of all natural things means that it allows me certain things, like the trees allowing me to hide inside or even manipulate it to certain extents. It also means that while this place is deadly to every one else, it's just another home to me."
"What do you mean?" they asked.
"This place has it's own rhythm, just like any part of nature. I KNOW that rhythm, which means I should be able to sense interruptions."
"Meaning he could predict any attacks or people waiting to attack us" Sasuke explained to her.
Sakura's eyes widened and she nodded. Naruto went on "for instance, we were and are being followed, since entering in fact. They are currently waiting for us and probably discussing how best to take our scroll."
Sasuke nodded this time "and probably thinking we are a bunch of weak rookies with no experience whatsoever" his eyes went to the Sharingan and Sakura nodded, cracking her knuckles.
Naruto went on "and we have the advantage here. Not only do I know the territory but they can't come after us in here. We can eat and rest and even sleep, but if they want to get our scroll they have to stay alert and at the ready, they can't leave or even look away least they miss us."
The Uchiha heir snorted "then why don't we."
"What?" Sakura asked.
"Why don't we. We have two days to meet up with the others after getting another scroll, and if THEY have the one we need we don't even have that to worry about. We could make it to the meeting point within a day. If we wait here not only will we be well fed and rested but by the time we are ready to go, they will be exhausted and tired."
Naruto shrugged "we could easily take them and their scroll, THEN rest. But it's up to you guys." His teammates agreed with him and decided to take the team first.
After teaching his teammates the jutsu to let them inside and an hour had gone by, the three left the shelter, Naruto restoring the jutsu to close it back up before preforming the charade of having to go into the bushes away from them to relieve himself.
After a while a blonde figure stumbled back out, making a big production of it. Sasuke made sure Naruto had made quick work of the idiots teammates before he was immediately attacking. The figure acted all shocked and pretended to try and talk to him, but when Sakura joined in, the figure barely avoiding a punch that left a crater in his place, the Uchiha heir snorted at his protests "you are such an idiot, and your infiltration skills suck."
When the figure still tried to pretend the Uchiha continued "I don't know HOW you passed the first part of the test if this is the best you can do, I saw right through you, even knowing you three were there."
The blue eyes narrowed "what do you mean?"
"First, baka, I grew up with Naruto-since we were five-I trained with him, I know how he talks, how he walks, how he moves and how he fights. Your nothing like him.
Second we share a link of more than teammates, we are brothers, I DON'T feel that with you.
Third, you are using his disguise, the image you are using is used only in public, not with us. It was shed once we entered, meaning once we entered here, you were following us from enough of a distance not to see the change.
Forth, if you had been paying attention before the actual entrance into these grounds, you would have known Naruto had a cut on his left cheek.
Fifth, Naruto is right handed, your kunai is in the wrong hand and your pack is on the wrong leg."
The ninja snarled and jumped away, shedding the disguise as he did "so what, you saw though it, big deal."
Sasuke rolled his eyes "you're the best your village has to offer? Pathetic. Being a spy and replacing someone with infiltration requires more than just their appearance. It requires essentially CLONING that person. You have to walk the same, talk the same, eat the same foods, know what they know, WHO THEY KNOW. You have to BE that person in every way or you're just a failure."
"Too late" Sakura sniffed haughtily "he already is."
This pissed off the other ninja who attacked Sasuke, but the heir-sharingan swirling-just matched him move for move.
Finally he seemed to get bored with it, but in reality sensed Naruto returning, and instantly overpowered the other, beating him to the ground. The ninja lay there, looking up at the Uchiha, fear on his face for the first time. Before he could move there was two thuds either side of him and his teammates unconscious bodies were dumped next to him by an figure with nine tails and two wings who, once he had his attention, held out his hand.
Fumbling a bit the ninja removed his scroll and handed it over. Naruto immediately handed it to Sakura who looked stunned but took it and Naruto spoke as he stood up straight "if I were you I would hide until my teammates wake up then head back to the gate. There you can get the medical attention you need and you can always try again next year. If you remain here some other team is going to attack you while you are vulnerable for a scroll you no longer have, and THEY may not be as merciful as we were."
The ninja looked from him to Sasuke and back and answered by nodding desperately.
The three Leaf ninja and teammates turned and left the three. They walked back to the hollow where once inside they checked out the new scroll.
"Well that was easy" Sasuke said as Sakura held it out. "I wonder what's inside?" their female teammate said "why don't we just look? They won't know....."
"NO" Naruto said firmly to them.
"Why not?" they asked.
"Because this isn't just a survival test" Naruto said "in a way it's an test into our worth as a ninja."
"What do you mean?" they asked.
"Think about it. As a ninja they have to be able to trust us with information that is extremely important, maybe even life threatening. They have to know they can trust us to deliver confidential info to it's destination without being tempted and reading it when it isn't ours to read. THIS sort of situation is like 'what would happen if you were being hunted on that mission by enemy ninja bent on obtaining it?'"
"I see" Sasuke stroked his chin thoughtfully "so that's why we can't read them until we reach the tower. They're testing our reliability AS WELL AS our ability to survive."
"Do you understand Sakura?" Naruto asked, turning to look at her. Sakura pursed her lips in determination and nodded.
Naruto went on "we can rest here a few hours but then we should probably move on. It may only take us a day to reach the meeting point, but along the way we'll be set upon by other ninja thinking we're an easy shot, which will probably set us back an couple of hours. I sent the others the locations of my bolt-holes and how to open and close them so if they need any supplies or a place to rest they're safe, but apart from that they should be there waiting when we arrive, or soon afterwards."
"So for now let's rest and prepare ourselves for anything or everything" Sasuke nodded.
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They had stopped for a break hours later when Sasuke felt anger and unease from Naruto, looking at his Skulk brother to find him glancing at a spot in the trees again and again.
"What is it?" he sent the thought to him.
"SNAKE" came the conjoined reply, the word nothing but a growl.
Sasuke blinked "here? NOW? Is he watching us?"
"He's preparing an jutsu. I can feel his chakra building."
"Then link Sakura's mind to ours, I've got a plan."
*From here It goes just like the anime guys, I'm too lazy to do it word for word.*
Naruto looked at the huge snake in front of him and snorted, how corny could you get? He stepped forward, launched himself into the air and landed on its head, one fist punching down. The effect was an loud audible snap as the top jaw impacted the bottom jaw, closing it's mouth loudly, the top fangs barely folding back in time to prevent the creature from driving it's own teeth through it's bottom jaw.
"You're a fool, stupid idiot, why else do you think the rest of you're kind avoid me" using Razeil bind technique he bound it's jaws shut, then, while it thrashed and tried to open it's mouth, he used the Soul Reaver. With one downward slash he had beheaded the snake AND taken it's soul.
With another snort of disgust he sheathed the weapon then headed off to find his teammates.
Just in time to watch the snake bite into Sasuke's neck, the Uchiha screaming in agony. However there was an flash of light, the snake hissed loudly as he was thrown back with such force and speed he couldn't stop himself from smashing into a tree with such force it would have broken his back completely if he wasn't the snake he was.
Somewhere in Naruto's head he knew it was the Seal Glyph protecting it's barer, that by an weird quirk of fate the snake had chosen the same place to attempt to curse-mark him as he had Anko, but his mind was gone in an red haze of animalhuman unadulterated rage and fury.
HOW DARE HE TRY TO MARK WHAT WAS ALREADY HIS!!! HOW DARE HE TRY TO CLAIM WHAT WAS HIS AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN!!! HE WAS A SNAKE, A CREATURE OF NATURE NO MATTER THE ABOMINATION, HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS MARK AND LEFT HIM ALONE!!! HE WOULD MAKE HIM PAY!!!
Everything around then went silent, the entire training grounds silent as all of nature-even the ninjas inside-recognized an pissed off predator, a creature of death and vengeance, and everyone quaked in fear at the power of that threat.
Those connected to the boy, his skulk members and Sakura who was still telepathically linked to him, all felt their minds buckle under the force of the pure animal fury, even Shikamaru collapsing to one knee, hugging their heads as they fought against the flood filling their minds.
"What's happening!!" Choji screamed, chip pack forgotten as he collapsed, Ino helpless to aid them.
Shikamaru fought to process the images flooding him, his genius mind desperately sorting through them, trying to control the flood by processing what he was receiving. "Sasuke!" he yelled back, "something happened to Sasuke and it's pushed Naruto over the edge!"
"Someone has to stop him before we join him!" Choji called back. Something came to the Nara, a thought, a being, the one being in their group capable of doing something about it "Kyuu! Only she can stop him, we all have to call to her, get through to her! Concentrate on her!"
"I can't!" Choji said helplessly.
"I know it's hard but we have to try, tell the others!"
With a groan Choji tried, both boys concentrating all they had on calming the demon. Soon, Slowly they felt Hinata join in, then Shino and as the pain lessened both Kiba and Sakura-even though she had no idea why. However there was no communicating with Sasuke, his entire mind and body was an red haze of pure agony and the group knew that while the fury came from Naruto it was Sasuke they were picking up the pain from. Sakura gave then the answer why when she said softly in an trembling voice "it was the snake guy disguised as a woman from Grass. She bit Sasuke, right over the glyph seal. Sasuke was pretending to be affected by her KI and wanted to see what she...HE would do. He snuck up behind him, Sasuke was about to strike back with his sword, but the snake was too fast and bit him on the neck before he could."
"So Naruto's animal instincts-inherited through Kyuubi-took it as another animal trying to mark and claim what belongs to him, and totally lost control." The others could sense her nod "everyone, concentrate on Kyuubi, on calming her, even you, Sakura. I know you aren't one of us, but you can help."
"Right" they could sense her determination to help her teammate.
They all tried for what seemed like hours but was seconds, worried they weren't getting anywhere, until suddenly there was what could only be described as a pop and waves of gentle loving warmth and sorrowful guilt filled them.
"I'm sorry" those two words were no more than a sob. Sakura's eyes widened. This was the great and terrifying Kyuubi, nine tailed demon fox who had almost completely destroyed Hidden Leaf and her parents and nearly all adults she knew tried to convince her was nothing but a monster? This gentle pure light in their heads, sobbing and apologizing for something not her fault with such pain and guilt? Whatever it was, she was no monster. Naruto was right, she was his sister-an powerful being of pure chakra sure but an person to be sure.
She sent it all the love and support she could summon, her emotions and feelings telling the other female she was not to blame. For just a minute she could see herself sitting in her favorite dango shop with an red headed girl her age, hugging her close and soothing her, getting her to talk gently. She had never been a big sister and all those feelings were never able to come out before now and even though the other being was definitely older than her, that was exactly as she felt now, an protective loving big sister.
The female seemed shocked to earn such love from other than Naruto and maybe Razeil, she heard a whispered "why? I killed all those people, I almost lost it again here."
"That wasn't you" Sakura said "you were corrupted and under another's control." Part of Sakura couldn't believe what she was saying but the majority of her was in total agreement and now understand Naruto trying to convince them that she wasn't what the adults had tried to convince them she was. The Skulk members knew all along and now SHE knew.
"Sakura, we need you to look up, tell us what's happening."
Understanding their need she looked at the trees across her. She told them what she saw "Sasuke is on his hands and knees, like he's trying to get up but can't. Naruto...Naruto is circling a tree with the Soul Reaver drawn. His eyes-he has the second stage Byukegan-activated."
As she watched the pissed off blonde suddenly snarled, lunging at a certain branch. Sakura saw a flash of black, heard an chocked scream and for just a second saw a figure wrapped around the branch freeze, clutching his chest. Naruto must have scored a hit, however brief.
When Naruto lunged again fear glittered over the snake's face and with a flash of black he was off. Naruto roared like an predator deprived of his prey and took off after him. When the snake spun and fired an fireball jutsu after him it bounced off an thick black layer of chakra with red edges covering his body harmlessly.
The snake tried a few more with the same effect, eyes widening and his speed to escape increased, followed closely by Naruto.
As they disappeared into the trees Sakura's eyes widened, he was leaving them alone and vulnerable, leaving his skulk brother in agony. Didn't he care?! She tried to call him, her helplessness turning to anger, becoming fury as she saw Sasuke move, reaching out to the direction he had gone and groaning his name.
As he started to fall forward and almost off the branch Sakura moved faster than she ever thought possible, catching her unconscious teammate and gently lowering him to the ground. As she turned him around she got a good look at his neck.
The skin there was fiery red and swollen, something black fighting with something in all different colors. The colored chakra was moving like flame while the black was moving like oil, however the color seemed to be winning, burning through the black like fire, the darkness slowly evaporating like water under extreme heat.
Knowing to touch it would not only harm her but probably make it worse she asked Shikamaru what she should do.
He sent her the location of one of Naruto's nearest bolt-holes, the closest. "Take him there, shelter yourselves, use the supplies, we're headed your way."
"How do I use medical supplies if I can't touch it?"
"You can touch the area around it, just not the actual area. Wet a cloth and hold the ends, rub the cloth over it by manipulating the ends. Think of it like an two-man saw."
"What do you mean?"
"The edges of the cloth are the handles. To touch the center is too dangerous. But it reacts to flesh because of the chakra it senses beneath the surface. Plain cloth doesn't cause any reaction."
"So you're saying if I hold both opposite ends of the cloth and use an sawing motion over it, it won't react" she nodded in understanding to his agreement. "And if I use the edges of the gauze I can cover it without touching it." She added.
Bending down Sakura gently but firmly took her teammate's right arm and guided it around her head to her neck and shoulders. Speaking soothingly she slowly reached out and wrapped the other arm around his back and to the opposite hip and eased him to his feet using the added strength of the jutsu.
"Uhn" Sasuke groaned as his head lolled painfully on his neck, rolling to the opposite side "Nar...uto..... where...?"
Sakura wanted to hit the other male teammate, but she held her temper-for Sasuke-"he....went for help."
It was a measure of the Uchiha's pain and state of mind that he didn't see through the lie and know that to do so would get them out of the exams. Instead he let Sakura lead him away, following the directions in her mind.
She was going to SOO yell at Naruto when he returned, after she beat the crap out of him first of course.
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