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Walking Corpse	By : suomynonakun Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7267 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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They were winning, Kakashi realized with relief. With the help of several Naruto clones, (for there was only one man with the chakra to create this many Kage Bunshins, and one look with his Sharingan confirmed that the masked man was indeed Naruto) he and Gai slowly began making their way through the Akatsuki and towards Orochimaru.
Pushing the shock and other emotions he felt at the knowledge of Naruto being alive and well into the back of his mind for the time being, he concentrated on the battle at hand. It wouldn't do to get distracted.
Orochimaru was strong, but if he worked with Naruto and Gai, perhaps they would be able to defeat him.
Gai seemed to read his thoughts, for when the two of them made it through the shinobi that separated them from Orochimaru they both began to run towards him, the beginnings of Chidori in Kakashi's right palm.
They skidded to a stop when one of the Naruto's suddenly appeared in front of them, hands raised to stop them.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Kakashi asked, allowing Chidori to fade away.
Gai choked in surprise when Kakashi addressed the other man; looking quickly at his masked face for confirmation that this was indeed the boy from ten years before.
If Naruto was surprised that Kakashi had figured him out he didn't show it. "You should probably stay here, Kakashi-sensei, Gai-sensei."
"Why is that?" Kakashi asked, refusing to let his old student stop him from getting to Orochimaru without a good reason.
Naruto looked over his shoulder and they followed his gaze, watching as another Naruto seemed to be pleading with Jiraiya, who stood not far from Orochimaru's snake. "Ero sennin is about to do something very stupid." Naruto looked back at them, glancing behind them. "Your old students need some help," he said with a quick nod in the direction they weren't facing before disappearing back into the fight.
They turned to see Lee struggling to fight off an extremely large group ninja, protecting Sakura, who was a short distance behind him, working intently on Kiba's leg. Akamaru crouched loyally in front of his owner, trying to take care of anyone who made it past Lee.
They quickly went to help, leaving Orochimaru to Jiraiya.
"Ero sennin, this is a bad idea!" Naruto said as Jiraiya bit his thumb. "There are too many people here. Plus he told me that the next time you summoned him he was going to eat you." Naruto frowned. "What the hell did you do?"
Jiraiya paused for a moment, looking grim. "One of his sons was killed, probably by Akatsuki, while gathering information for me."
"Information on what?" Naruto asked.
"On you."
"Me?" Naruto said, confused.
"Tsunade and I worry about you, kid. We checked up on you now and then."
Naruto stared at him in surprise. He'd just assumed everyone would have moved on when he was gone. The more people he talked to the more it seemed he had never been more wrong. Naruto smiled under his mask, a warm tingle of happiness filling him.
At his distraction Jiraiya did the hand seals and slammed his palm to the ground.
"Baka!" Naruto said, leaping backwards, warm feeling gone.
With a poof of smoke Naruto found himself next to an extremely large red flipper.
The fighting on the hill slowed as the shinobi took in the sight of the gigantic frog that had suddenly appeared.
Gama Bunta rolled his eyes upwards to see who stood on his head, much as Naruto did when Gamakichi perched on his. When he discovered Jiraiya, Naruto could feel the anger radiate from the frog.
"Jiraiya!" he boomed, the pipe in his mouth bouncing. "How dare you summon me after what you have done?"
His rough tongue flew up to grab the Sannin, but Naruto called to him. "Boss!"
Gama Bunta paused, looking down at him and retracting his tongue. "What are you doing here, brat?"
"Don't eat the pervert, boss," Naruto said. "If anyone killed your son it was Akatsuki." He pointed to Orochimaru, who was only paying mild attention to them from his snake. "Orochimaru is their leader. You should extract your revenge on them."
Gama Bunta growled at Orochimaru, a surprising noise to hear from a frog. "Fine," he said. "But I want you with me, not him."
"I can't, boss," Naruto said, pointing behind him. "I'm a little busy at the moment."
Gama Bunta looked over his shoulder at the battle raging behind him, taking in all the clones.
"Besides, Ero sennin is more powerful than me," he said to the frog.
Gama Bunta snorted. "I wouldn't be so sure."
Jiraiya looked ready to say something uncouth, but Gama Bunta continued. "Fine, Jiraiya, let's get this over with." He reached behind him, unsheathing his katana.
"Boss, try not to crush us down here," Naruto called.
"Baka," Gama Bunta said. "I don't put any of my sons in danger."
Jiraiya looked around the battlefield for the younger frogs. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion when he didn't spot any. It was when he saw Naruto pat the frog's large flipper fondly before running off into battle that he realized with wide eyes that Gama Bunta had been referring to none other than Naruto himself.
To be held in such high favor by Gama Bunta-what had happened between them over the years?
"That frog," Sasuke said to the Naruto fighting next to him. "Is he the one you summoned when we were young?"
Blocking a punch and smashing his fist into his opponent's face, Naruto answered. "Yeah. That's Gama Bunta. If frogs were ninjas he'd be the hokage."
Sasuke nodded, slicing through an enemy's stomach with a swipe of his katana. When the man fell to the ground in a still heap Sasuke flicked some blood from his katana with a jerk of his wrist.
If either man thought that carrying on a conversation in these conditions was odd they didn't act like it.
"Kage Bunshin probably gave you away," Sasuke said, spinning and kicking a man away from him. "It was one thing when you did one, but this many is bound to cause some suspiscion."
"Yeah," Naruto grunted, ducking a punch. "I talked to Kakashi, he definitely knows."
It was strange for Sasuke to think that Naruto was in so many places at once. He knew these were clones, but they all communicated as if they were a single person. One was fighting at his side while another was talking to Kakashi, but both knew exactly what was happening on each end. It must be an incredible task to keep them all straight.
"So where's the real you?" Sasuke asked, looking through the slits of his Anbu mask to see a Naruto pat Gama Bunta on the flipper before jumping back into the battle. "With the frog?"
"The real me does need to handle the most important things, of course," Naruto answered.
Sasuke figured as much. He was, however, happy to have Naruto fighting by his side, even if it was his clone.
Orochimaru was growing tired of this battle. He was losing too many men and he was not in the mood to fight Jiraiya and his pet. His new body was so close, just slightly down the hill. Most people couldn't tell the difference between the real man and the clones, but he could feel the intoxicating power of Kyuubi in only one of the masked men.
He just needed Naruto unconscious. The young man was strong however, stronger than Orochimaru could have hoped and smarter than he had realized. He'd underestimated him before, this time there would be no mistakes.
But as he watched the real Naruto, he realized what his weakness was.
As Jiraiya and Gama Bunta prepared to attack him he made his move. Lifting his arm, he signaled his men to draw back. They retreated behind him, leaving the Konoha fighters confused. The snake he rode on then drove his thick tail into the ground, the signal for the other giant snake, which had burrowed under ground and was lying in wait, to make its move.
Several Konoha ninjas were tossed into the air as the snake emerged from the ground in a flurry of earth and rocks. Its fangs were bared and it flew directly at its target, who was caught off guard and unable to get away.
Sasuke could only watch as the snake came at him with speeds even he had no hope of outrunning. He felt a sharp jar and the world titled as he found himself tumbling down the hill. Regaining himself, he rolled to his feet, slightly dazed, before turning to look at the spot he'd been standing in.
The Naruto he had been fighting with was there panting, his right hand gripping a kunai that was digging into the snake's nose, looking very small against the large face. One of the snake's sharp fangs was impaled through Naruto's left forearm.
Sasuke waited for the poof of a defeated clone and felt his heart constrict with every second it didn't occur.
Then the familiar popping noise sounded, and he and the other Konoha ninjas watched as the fifty or so remaining clones disappeared.
The snake suddenly ripped his fang from Naruto's arm, blood flying through the air as he raised his head, hissing viciously. He snapped his jaws, but before he was able to even think about attacking again, his head had been detached from his body, each part falling heavily to the ground. Gama Bunta now stood between the two pieces of snake, gripping his sword tightly.
Sasuke rushed to Naruto, who seemed slightly dizzy. When he reached him the other man teetered on his feet and Sasuke quickly sheathed his sword, catching him as he wobbled. Naruto's knees gave out and Sasuke supported his weight, lowering him gently to the ground so that Naruto was sitting up, leaning against him.
"I thought you were with the frog?" Sasuke choked, amazed to find out that the real Naruto had been by his side the entire battle. "You idiot! Why didn't you use a clone to push me out of the way?"
"I told you," Naruto said, breaths coming heavily. "The most important things have to be handled by the real me."
Sasuke tightened his grip on him.
Sakura rushed to them. She had no idea why Akatsuki had stopped fighting, but she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Most eyes were on the wounded young man, even Jiraiya and Gama Bunta's and especially Orochimaru's.
"Lay him flat, Sasuke," Sakura commanded as she kneeled on Naruto's wounded side.
Sasuke didn't want to relinquish his hold on him but he did as he was told, gently lowering Naruto's upper body in the trampled grass.
The pink haired medical nin checked his wound first. The thick fang had fractured Naruto's arm when it had impaled him and he was bleeding heavily. Sakura quickly noted his shallow breathing and, moving his head protector just a bit she felt his forehead for a fever. He was burning up.
"The snake must have been poisonous," she said, and Sasuke's hands clenched into angry fists. Sakura leaned over Naruto, placing her hand gently on his covered hair. "Do you feel any pain-" she paused before finishing the question softly with, "Naruto?"
Sasuke looked at her in surprise. She had finally figured it out.
They could see Naruto smile under his mask. "You were always too smart for my own good Sakura-chan. No, no pain. My arm's gone numb I think."
"I can't heal this wound with the poison still in you. Plus your arm may need surgery if the fang caused the bone to shatter."
Sasuke clenched his hands harder. Why had the dobe done something so stupid for him?
"Then just put a bandage on me and I'll wait until I get back," Naruto said between pants.
His increasingly weak breaths worried her.
Sasuke watched as Naruto's eyes began to look distant and unfocused.
"Naruto, stay awake," he said, shaking his good arm. Two very bad things could happen if Naruto lost consciousness and Sasuke didn't want to witness either one.
Naruto was putting up a valiant fight to stay awake, but his vision was swimming. He could only vaguely hear Sasuke speaking to him, and as the poison spread through his body he was becoming numb, so that Sasuke's tight grip on his arm went completely unnoticed.
Soon his eyes closed and his body relaxed.
"Naruto?" Sasuke said. There was no response. "Sakura, we need to get him out of here," Sasuke said, making to scoop the limp man into his arms.
"No, don't move him!" Sakura said, placing a hand over Naruto's chest. "It could move the poison faster through his blood stream."
Orochimaru stood atop his snake, his mouth curled into a victorious sneer. His hands flew in a flurry of seals. The snake venom would not affect the body once he had control over it.
Sasuke and Sakura moved back slightly as Naruto's unconscious body suddenly arched up from the ground with a gasp as if he'd been kicked.
Looking quickly over his shoulder at Orochimaru, Sasuke saw with a sinking heart that only Kabuto's unmoving body lay on the snake's head. Orochimaru's consciousness must have moved, he realized, looking back at Naruto, who was now still.
~*~*~
Orochimaru looked around in confusion. He had never had this happen when he had entered a body before.
He recognized where he was immediately. The streets of Konoha didn't look much different than when he had been a child. There was a feel to his surroundings, however, that told him he was not in the real Konoha.
A young boy no older than seven walked past him, a shock of wild bright yellow hair covering his head. He walked by an alley between two stores and suddenly someone spoke. The voice was deep and Orochimaru could hear the malice in it.
"Hey, kid, come here," a stocky man said from the shadows, thick black hair falling around his face.
The young boy looked at him fearfully, backing away slowly.
"Respect your elders you little shit," the man hissed, grabbing him by the wrist and dragging him into the alley.
The boy cried out in surprise and fear, but the villagers who heard him turned away, pretending not to.
Orochimaru followed them into the alley, not having anywhere else to go.
The man slapped Naruto across his young whiskered face, the force of the blow sending him sprawling to the ground. "Stop your screaming or I'll kill you."
The boy quieted immediately. His stifled his cries as the man began to beat him, cursing him and spitting on him.
Both Orochimaru and the man watched pitilessly as Naruto sobbed quietly on the ground.
When the man began to unbutton his pants Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. Now that was interesting. Things like that left deep emotional scars. Naruto had obviously kept up quite the facade when he had been younger. This information could be used to his advantage.
Naruto began to scramble away, terrified. The man advanced steadily towards him.
"Some skeletons are better left in the closet," a low voice said from behind him.
Turning, Orochimaru came face to face with the adult Naruto. He was unmasked and staring calmly at Orochimaru.
"Kyuubi killed his family," Naruto said, by way of explanation.
Behind him Orochimaru could hear the young Naruto's screams. "How did it feel?" the dark haired man asked, a malevolent grin spreading across his face.
"The most painful thing I've ever experienced," Naruto said flatly. With a wave of his hand the screams were silenced and the memory was gone. They stood alone in darkness, only able to see one another. "You shouldn't be poking around in my memories."
"Did no one come to investigate the screams?" Orochimaru asked, a small smile on his face.
"Why should they have?" Naruto asked. "It was only the demon child."
"And still, you protect these people. Why?"
Naruto didn't answer the question, but if it was because he didn't want to or simply couldn't, Orochimaru didn't know.
"Konoha doesn't recognize greatness in good, Naruto-kun. To show your true strength, you must force them to see it. Make them fear you and they will see you and your power. Together we could destroy those who refuse to acknowledge our power."
Naruto gazed steadily at him. "You shouldn't be here, Orochimaru."
Orochimaru noticed the sudden echo of Naruto's words. There was a noise of slowly dripping water that sounded loudly throughout the darkness. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, he realized he was in a large dark room made of stone.
"Get out of here, kit," a big voice said from the darkness.
"I'm not your kit, stop calling me that," Naruto snapped.
There was a snort. "You have no power right now." Tendrils of red chakra were wrapping themselves around Naruto, slowly tightening. "Retreat back to your memories for now, I have things to discuss."
Naruto's fists clenched at his sides as he was rendered motionless. "This is not your decision to make, bastard fox!"
The fox didn't answer and Naruto was suddenly tossed backward, disappearing into the blur of color that was his memories speeding by.
The voice spoke, but Orochimaru could not find its source. "What are you doing?" it asked.
"I want to take over Naruto's body," Orochimaru replied, unafraid.
There was a sniff. "You smell of evil. Much more refreshing than the kit's scent. What do you want with his body?"
"I want power."
"My power." It was not a question.
"You'll have a much freer reign under my control. I don't mind letting you take over once in a while."
There was a low rumble and it sounded as if the fox were laughing. "See, human, that is where you have misjudged me. I don't plan to be under anyone's control. Kit does not control me. He fights me with his entire being. For that he has gained my respect, despite my hatred of him.
You are arrogant to assume you could control him, and even more arrogant still to think you could control me.
You are powerful and evil, and perhaps together we could do much damage, but I've spent too many years with this brat. I have been slowly merging with him, weakening the seal as the years go on. I cannot allow you to come in after all this work and ruin it.
When I am free, after destroying those important to the brat, you'll be my next target. If I could eat you now I would, but I'm not yet free to move around."
Orochimaru finally saw where the voice was coming from as two glowing red eyes came into view, separated from him by a large set of vertical metal bars. The eyes flashed and Orochimaru felt a sharp jolt. When he opened his eyes he realized he was back in Kabuto's body, lying atop the snake. He angrily climbed to his feet, glaring at Naruto.
The fox had not only rejected him, he had threatened to kill him.
No matter, the poison would take care of them both anyway.
Calling a retreat to his forces, he and the snake he stood on disappeared.
~*~*~
They waited with bated breath after Naruto had gone still. If he woke up and was Orochimaru they had to be prepared.
Sasuke could feel his gut twisting in anticipation. He wasn't sure what he could do. Killing Naruto was not an option, even if he was possessed by Orochimaru.
After several moments there was a flare of red chakra that suddenly surrounded Naruto's body. Sasuke and Sakura backed away quickly.
The flare of chakra was a familiar sight to Jiraiya, who had seen a similar occurrence with Sasuke ten years before. Looking to Kabuto's body he saw it stand. He smiled. Naruto had fought him off.
Sasuke could feel that Orochimaru was no longer inside Naruto, however he had no time to feel happy. Naruto's eyes had snapped open. They were blood red.
"Sakura get back!" he said, as Naruto began to stand. Sakura moved away quickly, recognizing the seriousness of her former teammate's voice, and even though his mask covered his expression, Sakura could almost picture the grim set of his jaw as Naruto stood.
The Akatsuki was gone, but Shikamaru realized instantly that the threat to their lives was not over.
Hinata and Neji were watching with wide pupil-less eyes. The chakra was not normal. They could almost see the anger it radiated. There was such an abundance of it as well. Fighting Naruto, (with their Byakugan it hadn't been difficult to discover who he was, although their emotions at the discovery were another matter entirely), in this state it would be impossible to win, even with everyone working together.
The older generation of shinobi stared in horror at the man who now radiated visible red chakra. They knew exactly who he was now. They had not felt that chakra for over twenty five years, and with this man's apparent death ten years ago they had believed themselves rid of it for good.
Pulling down Naruto's mask, Kyuubi looked around at all the potential victims with a feral grin, elongated fangs gleaming.
When the mask was removed and the whiskered cheeks shown, anyone who hadn't realized his identity was instantly informed.
Kyuubi's red eyes fell on Sasuke and his grin grew wider. "You shall be the first," he said, stalking towards the dark haired Anbu.
"Naruto," Sasuke said, backing away. "Fight it."
Naruto's face twisted into a sneer. "He's very tired. Not sleeping for ten years will do that to you."
Kyuubi crouched, lowering Naruto's center of gravity, preparing to leap at Sasuke. He suddenly stopped, dropping to his knees. "What?" he said angrily.
A few yards away Shikamaru was on his knees as well, face showing immense strain as he struggled to hold his Kagemane no jutsu on the powerful creature.
"Sasuke, snap him out of it! You're the only one who can," he said through gritted teeth and closed eyes. He didn't even notice Chouji and Ino worriedly kneeling at his side.
Sasuke moved quickly, dropping to his knees in front of Naruto and pulling his Anbu mask off. Several ninjas thought getting that close to a demon was a stupid move but no one dared try to get the Anbu to back away.
"Naruto, you have to fight him."
Kyuubi snarled viciously.
"I'm not running away, and there's no way I can beat Kyuubi. So if you don't want me to die you'd better get control, dobe!" Sasuke said, repeating the words Naruto had yelled at him ten years before.
Shikamaru's jutsu broke and the young man collapsed, completely drained from his desperate effort. Ino and Chouji caught him before he could fall face first into the ground.
The ninjas of Konoha watched in horror as Kyuubi raised a clawed hand to slice through Sasuke, who made no attempt to dodge.
Suddenly Kyuubi's eyes flashed and became purple. Sasuke remained where he was, keeping eye contact with the man in front of him.
Naruto fell to all fours, his fingers digging into the earth and red chakra still swirling around him.
Shino raised an eyebrow in understanding. He'd felt this chakra before. This was not the first time Naruto had had to battle with the fox.
Suddenly the red chakra was sucked back into Naruto with such force that he was tossed backwards and slid several feet.
Sasuke was at his side in an instant, relieved to be looking down into blue eyes.
"That," Naruto panted, looking intently at the man he had almost clawed in half moments before. "Is a dangerous game."
"It's a game of trust," Sasuke said with a small smirk.

A/N: Sorry, no reactions to Naruto's return in this chapter. The poor ninjas had much too much going on to be able to properly reflect or deal with the emotions his appearance will bring. So just like them, I pushed reactions to the back of their minds, to save for a time when I can give them the attention they deserve.
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