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Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf	By : Pokemaster12 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 8578 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Chapter 8: Summer Challenges

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

it was mid day in Konoha when two people bearing the forehead protector of Kirigakure No Sato entered the village. That in itself likely would have been considered odd, considering the rumors about the civil war currently happening in Kiri, but it was how much the two contrasted that ended up catching more attention.
The person up front was a woman, she looked to be in her mid twenties and had a slender build. She had ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front. Two bangs were short, with one covering her right eye, and two were long, crossing each other on her chest, just below her chin. Her eyes were a light green.
She was dressed in a long-sleeved dark blue dress that fell down just below the knees. It was closed at the front with a zip, and was kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covered up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Underneath, she was wearing a mesh shirt that covered more of her upper body than her dress, but stopped just short of covering her shoulders and still left a sizable amount of cleavage. She also wore shorts in the same color as her dress and, underneath those, mesh leggings that reached down over her knees. Around her waist, she had on a belt with a pouch attached to the back on the left.
Polishing off her ensemble, were a pair of high-heeled sandals and shin-guards that reached up over her knees. She also wore dark blue polish on her fingers and toes, and had on dark blue lipstick.
The woman was what many men would consider the epitome of beauty, and gave off a cheerful demeanor, which was further enhanced by her beautiful and cheerful smile. Despite this, she carried herself with the grace that could only come from years of being a shinobi, and held herself like an experienced leader.
The person beside the woman was a man, who had short tufty blue hair, and dark eyes. He also had pointed, shark-like teeth. He was wearing square, black-rimmed glasses connected to what appear to be headphones, a blue pin-striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants. He also had on his forehead protector on the front of his holster which he used to carry a large, double-hilted sword. The sword itself is wrapped in bandages leaving only the double hilt visible. He also had shuriken holsters strapped onto each of his legs.
However, it wasn't the difference in gender, nor clothes that gave these two such a stark contrast. Where the woman appeared to be the confident and held all the qualities that signified a leader, the man seemed to be shy and held himself in a way that showed a distinct lack in confidence. It was this difference that truly distinguished the two.
"S-sign here please?" the voice caught the attention of the two Kiri ninja and they turned to see a pair of chunin, both staring at the auburn haired woman with glazed over, drooling expressions. The one who had managed to actually speak was holding a clipboard that was at the moment slipping from his grasp, and he "had" been holding a pen but that had long since fallen to the ground.
The woman sighed as her bodyguard grabbed the pen and signed the two of them in, she had long since grown used to such treatment, even with the war in her country she had not escaped some lewd glances. Thankfully, they only came from her enemies, since her own shinobi knew what happened to those who looked at her with such lust filled eyes. She only wished that she were not on a diplomatic mission here so she could melt the men who couldn't stop stripping her in their minds.
"...have a good stay..."
The dumbfounded voice of the chunin only caused her to snort as she made her way into the village of Konoha. Taking a look around as she walked, the auburn haired woman found the village itself was rather beautiful. Trees seemed to litter the entire village, giving its namesake as the Village Hidden in the Leaves a very literal translation. From where she was walking she could easily see the Hokage Monument, a mountain that held the faces of the four Leaders of the the village past and present, overlooking the entire village. People of all ages were milling about, playing and talking and just having a good time. The entire village gave off a peaceful aura that one would not have expected from one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations, much less the one that was called the strongest. In all honesty she wished her own village was this peaceful.
Now if only she could get rid of all the men giving her lecherous stares than it would be perfect.
"T-Terumi-S-sama," the blue haired man asked as they walked through the village, "s-shouldn't we get a place to rest?"
"No," the woman said, "I wish to schedule an appointment with the Hokage first." They were already coming up on their destination. The Hokage residence was a large mansion that was located close to both the Ninja Academy and Hokage Monument. It was also the largest building in Konoha, towering over all other buildings.
They entered through the front door and after asking a stuttering and blushing jonin for directions, took the stairs all the way up to the top floor, where the Hokage's office was located. Walking up to the front desk the aubrun haired beauty coughed to get the female who was manning the desks attention.
The woman looked up and gave her a jealous glare, "can I help you?"
"I was hoping that I could schedule an appointment to see the Hokage," the auburn haired woman said with a pleasant smile.
"Hold on one moment," the woman walked towards the door and opened it, there was some muffled talking before the woman came back and said, "Hokage-Sama is available right now."
"Thank you," she said with a cheerful smile, even as she was thinking about what a bitch the lady was. It wasn't her fault she was prettier than the other woman was.
Entering the room she took a moment to get her bearings even as she walked up to the desk where Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage and the man who had been hailed the professor was sitting. She knew not to underestimate the man just because he was old, this was the man who had led a village through two Great Shinobi wars and was still strong enough to continue leading even after having been retired once.
Being very respectful she gave the Hokage a curtsy, doing her best not to let her bust jiggle to much since the old mans eyes seemed to have latched onto it, especially if the light blush on the mans face was anything to go by. Perverted old man, she thought, even as she said, "it's a pleasure to meet you Hokage-Dono, my name is Mei Terumi."
"A pleasure to meet you Mei-san," Sarutobi said with a congenial smile, making a concerted effort to take his eyes from her bust. "My secretary said you wish to discuss something with me?"
"Yes," Mei replied.
Sarutobi nodded, "Normally I would make some small talk but considering what I have heard of your homeland I don't believe you wish for that."
"No," Mei agreed, taking a deep breath before plunging on. "I have come to request your aid. My people are currently suffering under the yoke of oppression from the Yondaime Mizukage, Yagura, and the many bloodline clans Kirigakure holds are nearing extinction. As a nation who covets there own bloodlines I'm sure you can appreciate the situation we're in."
There was a long paused as Sarutobi took on a deep look of contemplation before speaking, "I can certainly sympathize with your people. However, due to the Kyuubi attack eight years ago we are still recovering, as of now, I don't have the necessary forces to both protect my Village and aid you in the war. I am sorry."
"Oh, it's alright," Mei replied, keeping her smile up even as she felt disappointment settling in. she had hoped to gain some support from the bloodline loving Village but it seemed she was wasting her time.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave the door burst open, and in walked what, to her, was the most amusing sight she had ever seen. A young boy of about nine years old, with sun-kissed blond hair, bright blue eyes, a Cherub like face that made him look slightly like a chibi and the cutest whisker like birthmarks she had ever seen on his cheeks. Though his clothes left something to be desired.
His outfit consisted of an orange tracksuit with blue on the upper shoulders area as well as up and down the front, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, a red swirl on the back, a big white collar, orange pants, blue sandals and a pair of goggles resting on his forehead. Honestly, what a child was doing in such a horrendous outfit was beyond her.
"Oi Ojisan! Are you ready to give me that hat now!" the whiskered blond shouted as he stalked into the room, the secretary looking sheepish as she stood in the doorway.
"I'm so sorry Hokage-Sama," she apologized, "I tried to tell him you were in a meeting but -"
"Its perfectly alright," Sarutobi placated, "I know very well how hard it is to get him not to do something when he's determined. Don't worry, I'll deal with him," The secretary nodded and left. The aging man looked at the grinning blond, "you do know it's rude to interrupt the Hokage when he's in an important meeting Naruto-kun?"
Naruto blinked for a few minutes before he rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly, "hehe, sorry Ojisan..." he trailed off and eyed Mei, then turned back to the Hokage and asked, "hey who's the pretty lady? Your not perving on her are you?"
"What? No, I am not... perving on her!" Sarutobi said with a scowl, and a light blush. Mei actually found herself enjoying the odd and amusing new dynamic the young blond added to the conversation.
"Yeah, what ever, you pervy old man," Naruto said. "Anyways, I'm making this really cool jutsu and it's gonna be so strong that it'll totally beat you, then you'll have to give me that hat and make me Hokage!"
"Yes, yes, but until you create that jutsu and you manage to beat me, I'm gonna have to ask that you get out of the room until my meeting is concluded," Sarutobi said in a patient voice that told Mei he had done this many times before.
"Aw! Do I have too?" asked Naruto with a whine in his voice.
"Yes, you have to," Sarutobi said.
"Fine," suddenly the blond was pointing a shaking finger at the Hokage, "but be prepared to lose that hat the next time I see you!" With that said the blond stalked back out of the room, not even paying attention to Mei or her bodyguard as he slammed the door shut.
"I'm terribly sorry about him," Sarutobi apologized to Mei. "He's an orphan of the Kyuubi attack and has become something a prankster who enjoys disregarding the rules."
"That's alright," Mei said with a dainty shrug, "our business was more or less concluded. In fact, since we got an answer I think we'll find a hotel to stay the night and leave first thing tomorrow morning."
"Very well," Sarutobi said, "again, I apologize for not being able to help you."
Mei with held a disappointed sigh, "I'm sure."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

crouched down on a building several dozen feet away from the Hokage Residence, Naruto watched as the auburn haired beauty and the blue haired man with the sword left and made their way into the city. "So what do you think, Akane-chan?"
"Hmmm... this is definitely an opportunity that we can use to gain some experience," Akane tapped her chin in thought as she looked at the pair through Naruto's eyes. "Have a Kage Bunshin tail them so you know where their going to stay, we don't want to appear just as they leave from their meeting with the Hokage or it'll draw attention."
"True, and if I'm going to be fighting in a war I'll need to remake my Chishio Bunshin because I have no clue how long I'll be gone." His thoughts in place a clone phased in existence to his left, transforming into a nondescript female and dropping into the alley they were next too. Meanwhile Naruto made his way to his apartment complex.
Walking up to his door Naruto placed his hands in a small circle that held a set of seals, which immediately became visible when he channeled some chakra to them. The seals looked similar to his resistance seals, two small circles with an outward pattern that looked like chains. As he began channeling more chakra the chains began to slither and coil around the circle, getting smaller and smaller until they fit within the twin circles perfectly. Opening the door Naruto stepped into his room.
The first thing Naruto did was create his Chishio Bunshin, for the last year he had been draining his blood several times a week in order to have a stock ready for when he needed to make his unique form of Bunshin. Grabbing a two gallon bucket of blood from a hidden pocket space located in a cupboard in his kitchen, Naruto carried it to the training ground where he set it down.
"Ready?" asked Akane.
"All set," Naruto replied as he placed his hands in the thick, red liquid and began to focus. While both him and Akane began channeling their respected energies, the whiskered blond was also picturing himself in his minds eye. Unlike human jutsu, all of Akane's special abilities was based off of intent; there were no hands signs, no shouting out the name of your jutsu, just imagining what you wanted to happen and applying your chakra, or in Akane's case, Youki.
The blood within the bucket began to bubble, climbing into the air slowly it looked like a person sticking their hand out of the red liquid. More and more soon came out, the bucket was knocked over at the blood took shape outside of it. Two legs soon formed, then some feet, two arms and hands followed along with the fingers, toes and the head. The head formed a mouth, a nose and a set of eyes, along with mimicking Naruto's spiky hair. However, it was still blood.
Soon enough that began to change, starting from the feet it began to gain skin. It crawled up the figure at a slow pace and as it reached the chest, the skin branched off in three different directions; the arms and head. Finally the 'jutsu' was finished and in front of Naruto stood an exact replica of him.
"You know what to do?" asked Naruto.
"Of course, don't worry boss, I got it all covered," Chishio Naruto said with a smirk.
"Alright then, since its summer you get free rein, try to cause as much trouble as you can."
Chishio Naruto's smirk widened, "don't worry, I will."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Mei Terumi sighed as she finished allowing herself the small luxury of taking a long, hot bath. Now wrapped around in a simple bath robe the young auburn haired beauty found herself sitting on the couch, sipping some of warm tea.
"I can't believe I wasted a month long trip to come here," she muttered as she remembered the meeting she had with the Hokage, even now she felt disappointed; not just in Hiruzen for not helping her but in herself for thinking he would. "Ao did try to warn me this might happen, I hope he and the others are alright."
just then a knock sounded at the door. Mei blinked as she stood up and cautiously walked over, "who is it?"
"Someone who's heard about your plight and wants to help," a voice sounded from behind the door, making her blink; both at the sound of the voice and the words spoken. Mei opened the door to see a handsome male with red hair and purple eyes wearing a dark blue kimono, black Hakama and tabi socks with waraji standing in the hallway. The man too seemed to be looking at her, though Mei was surprised when no blush came to his face.
"Now there's something you don't see everyday," he commented lightly. This woman was quite easily one of the most beautiful he had ever seen, but compared to Akane's unearthly beauty she was just above average.
Mei looked down and realized she had not changed into her clothes. She found herself blushing rather heavily before she muttered, "could you excuse me for a second." and shut the door. Getting dressed in her normal clothes, Mei opened the door again. "Now what was it you were saying?"
"I was saying that I had heard about your problems in Kiri and how you were looking for help," the red head commented, his eyes staying on hers. "I have a strong dislike towards those who hold an unreasonable hate for others just because there different and decided to offer my services to you."
"I see," Mei's eyes narrowed, "and how did you find out about my request for aid?"
"I have incredible hearing and you were muttering to yourself," he shrugged lightly, "something about disappointing old monkey's."
"Did I really say that?" asked Mei with a blush.
"You did."
pausing Mei looked at the male before her some more, aside from his extremely handsome good looks, there wasn't much about him that stood out. "I hope you don't take offense to me asking, but what can you offer me that would make me want your help?"
Now came the tricky part, Naruto and Akane had been unsure of just how much information they should give away in order to sell him as someone worth having. In they end, they had agreed that there was one thing they could show that might make her agree.
Holding out his hand Naruto summoned his blade, allowing Mei to see the black Daito that was unique to him alone.
"Hitokage No Yaiba," Mei breathed, her eyes as wide as they could go, even if you could only see one of them. She stared at the haired male who had a small smirk plastered on his face, "your an Uzumaki!"

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"T-Terumi-Sama, a-are you sure this guys gonna show up?" asked the blue haired swordsmen as he stood at the North Gate next to his beautiful leader.
"Of course I am Choujuro," Mei replied with a calm heir, "I told him to be here at eight, we still have ten minutes left. Just be patient." Not wanting to countermand his leaders beliefs, Choujuro opted to remain silent. Mei was right anyways, not even ten minutes later the man she had spoken of could be seen walking towards them.
"Mei-san," the man greeted with a smile, "I hope you had a pleasant night."
"It was nice," Mei replied, "Konoha is a rather peaceful village." she paused and raised an eyebrow, "I hope you are all ready to go, Arashi-san?"
"Of course," Arashi replied with a chuckle, "I finished my business a few days ago, I was more or less just lazing around before I started on my travels again."
"Then we should head out," Mei said, and together, the three of them walked out of the North Gate. It wasn't long after that they had taken to the trees, traveling along the shortest route to reach the small port town that Mei and Choujuro had arrived from.
The time spent traveling was quiet, Arashi used it to speak with his inner demon. "Akane-chan, have you ever been to Mizu No Kuni?"
"Once or twice, Bijuu rarely ever traveled away from the nations they were given to watch over." Akane paused, "However, I did travel a bit when I began hearing of the other Bijuu getting captured and sealed. I visited Mizu No Kuni during my travels than."
While Arashi was talking to his inner vixen, Mei and Choujuro were keeping an eye on the young man. Mei in particular was curious about him, while Choujuro was interested in seeing the Uzumaki bloodline up close.
The group of three traveled for five hours, stopping when the sun began to set. "Ok, now that we're far out of Konoha," Mei turned her eyes on Arashi, "why don't you tell me how you really found out about my request," the way she said those words let the red head know that she was not asking him.
"I should have figured my excuse would seem flimsy," Arashi chuckled a bit as he rubbed the back of his head. "Unfortunately, I can't tell you precisely how I heard about your visit to the Sandaime," at Mei's scowl he added, "but I can tell you that not much goes through that village without me hearing about it."
Mei raised an eyebrow, from the way he spoke it sounded like he had a spy network in Konoha, or something that ran along those lines. She wondered for a moment how it was that he could have a network that was extensive enough to slip into the Hokage's room unnoticed.
Meanwhile Choujuro looked at Arashi in suspicion, "Te-Terumi-Sama, how do we know we can trust him?"
"You can't," Arashi said, answering the blue haired swordsman's question for Mei. "All you can do is either accept my words as the truth when I say I want to help you, or you don't, it's as simple as that. However, you two are ninja, trust isn't really something you dole out without good reason. So I wouldn't expect you to trust me until I can prove myself to you."
"I'll trust you, for now," Mei said, "however, if you give me any reason to suspect treachery, you will be dealt with. Understood?" she asked, in a sickeningly sweet voice that sent shivers down Naruto's spine.
"You know, I actually kind of like her."
"You would," Naruto resisted a scowl as he turned a smile on Mei, "I understand perfectly."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

the trip through Hi No Kuni took one week total, it would have taken less time but they had run afoul of a group of bandits that had been stupid enough to make comments about how they were going to 'ride the pretty little red head until she was all used up' resulting in Naruto laying witness to the most brutal slaughters he had ever seen.
Choujuro, while lacking in any kind of confidence seemed to grow a pair when he heard Mei insulted, and had used his sword, Hiramekarei. It had been interesting to see the sword in action; the Hiramekarei had two holes in the upper end of the blade that were capable of shooting out chakra, which Choujuro seemed capable of manipulating to form weapons, such as a hammer. The only problem he had was that the weapon seemed to tire him out easily.
However, while Choujuro's weapon and skills were impressive, what had really held Naruto's interest was Mei's ability. She was very observant while in battle and could pick up on slight discrepancies in other person's personality; had a very strong taijutsu style, which Naruto had lain witness to when she kicked a man strait through a tree. She wasn't like Tsunade, a student of the Sandaime Hokage who was said to be capable of crushing boulders with a finger flick, but she was definitely powerful.
But it was her nature manipulation that had really peaked Naruto's interest. Mei was capable of using the earth, fire, and water natures, and had two Kekkei Genkei, a blood line trait similar to the Uzumaki's, only hers was elemental based.
The first, by fusing earth and fire elements, allowed her to use Yoton (Lava Release) ninjutsu, which made her capable of feats such as spitting out lava that could melt almost anything in its path. The great amount of steam generated after the lava strikes also managed to serve as an effective smokescreen, allowing her to attack again while the enemy was distracted. During the battle she had used this ability to great affect, Naruto had almost felt pity for the man whose balls she had melted off.
The second, by fusing water and fire elements, allowed her to use Futton (Boil Release) ninjutsu, which granted her the ability to release a corrosive mist that was capable of burning away anything it touches. After the battle she had told him that she had the ability to alter the potency and acidity of the mist created by her Futton techniques and she was apparently not affected by the mist herself.
They made it to a small port town and had booked passage that would take them to Mizu No Kuni (Land of Water), the nation where Kirigakure was located.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Arashi closed his eyes and smiled as he felt the breeze blowing against his face, he took a deep breath as the smell of the ocean filled his senses. It was an invigorating experience for someone who loved to try new things. Having only started traveling last year he had never been out to sea before, it was definitely an experience worth returning to at some point in time.
Mei had said that it would take two weeks to reach Mizu No Kuni's shores, and another week to get to the rebel encampment. Given that he was likely to be integrated into the war very soon, the red head felt it would be wise to enjoy what peace he had left.
"You could enjoy some of that peace here in the seal with me," Akane suggested with a smile that went unseen, "I was thinking we could make a beach and I could even do some suntanning, topless."
Arashi felt his face heat up at her comment as the image of a topless Akane came to his mind. "Can you please, PLEASE not say things like that when I'm in public?"
"What's wrong Naruto-kun? I thought you would like the images that provoked."
"I do – no wait – I don't – no wait, it just that -"
he was cut off by Akane's giggle, "Oh my, your so fun Naruto-kun."
Arashi scowled as the woman's laughter faded, he was so glad this body was only real in its looks. If his transformation had made his body the same as any other eighteen year old, then he would have needed a cold shower right about now. A very cold shower.
"Enjoying the whether?" turning his head Arashi saw Mei walking up behind him with the same cheerful smile on her face that she always had. He quickly shoved Akane's words into the back of his mind, lest he begin stripping the auburn haired beauty in front of him with his eyes.
"More like the experience," Arashi said as he turned back to look out at the ocean. "I've never traveled by sea before, its surprisingly soothing. The whether is nice too though," he added at the end.
Mei smiled as she changed the subject, "it will only be a few more days before we reach the port of Fuwaato Kaiko (Floating Harbor), then we'll be in Mizu No Kuni."
Mizu No Kuni was one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations and contained the hidden village of Kirigakure. It was composed of many islands, with each having its own unique traditions. During their travel towards the port in Konoha, Arashi had Mei tell him what she knew of Mizu No Kuni's geology.
"What kind of situation can we expect to find once we get there?" asked Arashi.
"I don't know," Mei sighed, "I left my people in capable hands but during a war, even the smallest amount of time can change the tides, causing the balance of power to shift from one side to the other. For all I know the war could already be over and we could be walking to either our deaths, or our victory."
"That sounds a little extreme," Arashi said with a small frown.
"Maybe, but that's what things are like in a war." Mei looked at him for a few seconds longer before saying, "anyways, make sure your ready to leave by the time we reach port. As soon as we're on dry land, we'll be in enemy territory."
Arashi watched her walk away. Turning back to look out at the sea he muttered, "lady, I'm always ready."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

The port town the three of them got off at had definitely seen better days, the ships that would normally be bustling in and out of the port were almost nonexistent, with their only being one or two ships in the dock. Most of the buildings were run down and had rust staining many different areas, making it obvious they either did not have the resources or the people to maintain appearances.
As they walked further into the port city, Arashi could see a lot of people that appeared to be homeless. Many of them were sitting off to the sides of the street, begging for money or food while others were hidden in back alleys and side streets. What was worse was that Arashi could see whole families who were homeless, little children who were even more malnourished then he had been when trying to scrounge a living in the streets of Konoha.
The place was definitely bleak, if this was how things were looking under the current Mizukage's rule than he could see why people like Mei were fighting.
They slowly worked their way through the city, being careful not to attract attention. Arashi saw several ninja wearing Kirigakure forehead protectors jumping from the roofs. The place was teeming with ninja that were loyal to the Mizukage, now he understood what Mei meant when she said enemy territory. No matter where he looked there was an enemy somewhere in his sight.
When they reached the edge of the city Arashi spotted a middle aged man wearing an eye patch over his right eye. He was wearing a talisman in each ear with the kanji for a humble form of "to hear" (shō, uketamawa(ru)) written on them twice on each side. He also had on a striped shirt and pants with seemingly the same pattern, with a green robe over them. His blue hair was pointed up in a single spike that looked slightly slanted. Over all that he wore a bluish-green kimono and a striped under-shirt.
"Ao," Mei said with a smile, "it is good to see you are well, but why are you the one picking us up? I thought Kira was going to be coming."
"I felt it would be best if I came personally," the man known as Ao replied.
"I see," though her smile remained in place Arashi could sense a tension to the woman that had not been there before. It was enough to put him on guard, "well I'm glad to see your taking things so seriously, I feel much safer in your hands."
Mei and Choujuro shared a meaningful look, one that Arashi caught easily. Things remained tense as they moved out of the city and into the surrounding swampy woodlands. However, before they moved too far Mei and Choujuro attacked Ao, who managed to jump out of the way just in time to keep himself from getting killed.
"Who are you!" shouted Mei as she glared at the man who Naruto figured was an imposter. "Ao would have never abandoned his post when I gave explicit instructions to hold the fort. Tell me who you are!"
"Who I am doesn't matter," the man said, his voice sounding different, gruffer, then before. "Because your going to die," a dozen Kiri ninja appeared from the surrounding trees. "Mei Terumi, we've been waiting a long time to kill you, with you gone the bloodline rebels won't have anyone to look up to."
"How did they find out about us?" asked Mei, wondering how they knew she had left Kiri and when they would get there.
"Mei-san, can you do a Suishoha (Water Shockwave)?" asked Arashi.
"Of course," said Mei, she would have scoffed at the question were the situation not so seriously.
"Then do so!"
Mei blinked at the commanding note in the red haired mans voice, had this been a normal situation she would have questioned why he was ordering her around. As it was she found herself performing the hand seals at near blinding speed. One of Mei's greatest strengths had always been her hand seal speed, which was faster than most ninja could ever hope to keep up with in their life.
"Suiton: Suishouha (Water Release: Water Shockwave)!" because Mizu No Kuni was nothing more then a string of islands, water was an extremely abundant resource. The area that Naruto, Mei and Choujuro were standing had several rivers and streams that connected to the sea. So when Mei called out her jutsu, water from every direction surged towards them, creating a large vortex.
Before anything else could happen Naruto slammed his hands on the ground. Large cracks appeared around him and the Rebel leader and her bodyguard, right before several gout's of flame burst up from the cracks. The fire hit the vortex of water, creating a thick mist that was impossible for anyone to see through.
"What the hell!"
"Damn it, I can't see!"
"Who cares! Just launch your jutsu at their last location!"
voice shouted from all around them, and Mei was trying to figure out what Arashi was doing, and what she herself should be doing. The situation was soon taken out of her hands as she felt herself being scooped up into a pair of arms almost faster then she could react, her instincts almost led her to lash out at who ever had grabbed her. She flicked one of the kunai that she kept secured in her sleeves and was about to stab the person carrying her, when she looked and noticed it was Arashi.
"What are you doing?" she asked, both curious and slightly peeved about him carrying her.
"The boss is taking care of the bad guys at the moment, he didn't want you and Choujuro to get in the way."
"The boss?"
"Yeah, I'm just a clone."
"Oh." For some reason the knowledge that she was being carried by a clone surprised her. The clone stopped at a tree branch a little ways away and set her down.
"Where's Choujuro?" asked Mei, worried about her bodyguard and friend.
"Over there," Arashi's clone pointed to a tree two feet away where Choujuro was standing next to another clone. Just then screams came in through the mist, and Mei couldn't help but wonder what was going on within the thick, white smokescreen.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Moving as far away as he could be while still remaining in the mist, Arashi waited until the third kage bunshin he had made dispelled, letting him know both Mei and Choujuro were out of the Mist. That meant he could get to work.
Calling forth Hikage No Ookamki, Arashi closed his eyes and began to sense out his opponents. He felt a light breeze coming from the left of him and acted quickly, running towards the source of the breeze and slicing his sword in a vertical slash. He easily felt as well as heard his blade slicing through flesh and bone, which was soon followed by a scream that turned into a strangled gurgle, then a thud as the man fell to the floor. Dead.
"Did you hear that!"
"It came from over there!"
Arashi followed the voices with his ears to pinpoint there exact location, when he found the two that spoke he made liberal use of the sunshin to move behind one of them. A flash of his blade and the shinobi the red haired swordsman was standing behind was killed, literally chopped in half at the waist as the top half of his body went flying.
A loud thud and a shriek let him know the several body had hit another ninja, a kunoichi by the sound feminine tone. Or maybe a man who screamed like a girl. Either way he assumed it was a woman, that complicated things a little. He appeared right in front of the ninja who screamed, definitely a girl now that he saw her and reversed the grip of his blade, smacking the kunoichi in the temple and knocking her unconscious. It may seem sexist, but ever since he began raiding bandit camps and saving the occasional woman from rape and worse, he had promised himself that he would never kill a woman unless it was a clear cut case of kill or be killed. And he didn't feel it had gotten to that point yet.
Out of instincts alone, Arashi ducked and rolled forward, his enhanced senses picked up the 'swish' of a blade where he had previously been. Sucking in a deep breath, he blew out a compressed ball of wind and was rewarded with a shout of pain. Who ever had been hit would be dead so, no matter where they got hit. He had gotten his Fuuton: Renkūdon (Wind Release: Drilling air Bullet) to the point where he could compress to the size of a baseball. While it was much smaller, and didn't have have as much mass, it was also much more powerful, and would blow a whole through anything it hit.
Sending a pulse of chakra to act as a sonar, Arashi could tell there were eight more ninja around him, and they were currently trying to get out of the mist. He quickly set himself into a stronger stance, feet spread at a forty-five degree angle from each other, shoulder distance apart with his knees bent. His sword was in a two handed grip and held near his face with the blade pointing up. Sending out another pulse he memorized the location of each enemy ninja.
"Uzumaki Hijutsu: Yamiton: Kage Shinten (Uzumaki Secret technique: Dark Release: Shadow Extension!" the words were barely whispered as Arashi spun around in a circle. Were the mist not still acting as an effective smokescreen, the enemy ninja would have seen Arashi's blade become covered in shadows that shot out in a long twenty-five foot extension. As it was they did not see and therefore could do nothing as it cut into them. Hearing eight separate thuds, Arashi knew he had won. He released a burst of wind chakra that dispersed the misty smoke screen.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Mei watched as the mist dispelled and was shocked to see Arashi, whole and single with out a scratch on him and all of the ninja sent after them on the ground, mostly dead. "Was that Muon Satsujin Jutsu (Silent Killing Technique)?" asked Mei as the red haired swordsman jumped to her position.
"The what?" asked Arashi confusedly, he had never heard of that particular style.
"It's a style used for silent assassinations," Mei explained, "One of the former members of the Kiri Shinobigatana Nananin Shu, Zabuza Momoichi was a master of this style."
"While I know of Zabuza I've never heard of silent killing," Arashi shrugged, "anyways, we need to leave. Those ninja I just beat were far too weak to be an ambush squad, they couldn't have been higher than Chunin. They were likely only here to slow us down."
"So then we'd better get out of here fast," Mei muttered. "Choujuro! We're moving out!" she shouted down to Choujuro was still on the ground. The blue haired shinobi looked up and nodded.
"Let's go!" the three of them took, Choujuro jumping into the trees to follow them as they sped towards the rebel hide-out. Hopefully they would reach the base before the real ambush group arrived.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Back within the village of Konoha things had gotten rather...tense. A series of large pranks had been played on many of the shops, restaurants and even the clans in Konoha for the past three weeks.
The first string of pranks had been done the first morning of the first day of the week, when the store owners of several prominent shops, all of which had refused Naruto entrance, found all of their stock and inventory switched out with stuff from other stores. Even the items and supplies that had been locked up were swapped. Grocery stores found their food had been switched out with leather, silk, cotton and other cloth needed to make clothes; while civilian outfitting stores had their entire stock of clothing supplies replaced with fruits, vegetables, meats and canned goods. It took several hours for the stores to get everything sorted out. And when they did sort it out and go home, the next day they found their supplies had all been swapped again, forcing them to work extra hard once more. This continued on for a full week, and by the time the person who plotted this prank was done, the store owners and clerks were all so exhausted from working, and trying to sort everything out that they had closed shop the next day.
The second week consisted of two pranks. The first was sneaking into the Inuzuka Clan compound and stealing several dozen bottles worth of dog piss and pheromones. All of the dog piss was dumped into the various food stuff of several different restaurants that had refused Naruto service, while the pheromones were set up in a spray bottle with a timed release on the ceiling fans, this way every hour on the hour the spray would launch a concentrated dose of pheromones that would spread out across the room where people were eating.
Many people had become sick after eating the food full of dog piss, but as soon as they tried to leave so they could go home they were beset by dozens of horny stray dogs that proceeded to dry hump them. It became even worse when who ever had set up this prank had released the kennel for the Inuzuka dogs, so on top of the hundred of strays that had started molesting the civilian and shinobi population, they also had to deal with several dozen large, horny nin-dogs. Many people became mentally scarred that day.
The second prank of that week had been on the Anbu headquarters. The entire building, which had previously been a nondescript gray color, was now a bright puke green. The inside of the building, which should be impossible for ordinary citizens to sneak into, had been entirely covered floor to ceiling in bubble-wrap. The masks, which normally had a painted depiction of some kind of animal had all been cleaned to their original white. Then someone had taken the liberty of paying crude looking penis right next to where the mouths were. Some even had two penis'.
On the third week the pranks seemed to have been taken a step up, and the prankster had decided to begin hitting Konoha's clans. The first to receive a prank were the Nara and Yamanaka clans. The dears that the Nara clan looked after had all had their hair shaved into varying shapes, the leaf symbol, the Uzumaki swirl, a Hirashin Kunai, a very detailed depiction of Kurenai Yuuhi, Yugao Uzuki, Hana Inuzuka and Anko Mitirashi naked and fondling themselves. This not only caused a problem with all of the Nara clan wives, but also the four aforementioned women who, upon hearing of this, had stormed the Nara head house and demanded an explanation on the threat of castration. Poor Shikaku never knew what hit him.
The next prank was played against the Hyuga clan, aka the white eyes, aka the weird blind guys, aka the clan of closet perverts. This particular prank had involved every single Icha Icha Book ever made being placed in the dresser drawer of every male Hyuga. Needless to say, when the female members found the legendary perverted books in their husbands, boyfriends, brother's drawers, getting Jyukened to death was the least of the worries. The only female who did not Jyuken any male Hyuga members balls off, was one Hinata Hyuga, who had been given her own copy of Icha Icha. The minute she had looked at the pages upon pages of graphic porn, the poor girl had been blown back into a wall. Receiving both a concussion and passing out from severe blood loss.
The final prank was not against a clan per se. but it was just as, if not more vicious then the other ones combined. One day as Sasuke Uchiha was getting back from training, he had been busy entertaining thoughts on killing Itachi. It was because he was so preoccupied that he never noticed the small dart flying towards him until it became lodged in his neck.
He had woken up, five hours later, stripped to his boxers, which were pink and said 'I love men on' them, tied up and hanging from the ceiling of Konoha's only gay bar, which was where the next Sasuke Uchiha Fan boy club meeting was to take place not five minutes later. The village of Konoha soon played host to loud, terrified shrieks, making many assume ghosts were haunting the place.
By the end of the third week, tension was running high and everyone, civilian and shinobi alike were looking over their shoulder, wondering when they would be pranked next. In order to maintain the illusion that everything was under control, the Hokage had called all of the jonin and Anbu that were in the village for an emergency meeting.
"I am sure you all know why you are here," Hiruzen Sarutobi began, smoking on a multicolored pipe that looked like a child had gotten a hold of some pain and splattered it on. It was only a minor prank that had gotten him but it was still annoying to know that someone could reach his pipe and do that. What if it had been poisoned?
"Because of the string of really funny-ass pranks, right?" asked Anko, a woman with light brown, pupil-less eyes. Her violet hair was done up in a short, somewhat spiky ponytail. As was her usual code of dress she was wearing a tan overcoat, complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretched from her neck down to her thighs. She wore a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a forehead protector, a small pendant that looks like a snake fang on a thick cord rather than a chain to prevent it from being easily torn off in combat, a wrist watch, and shin guards. She also had on a dark blue belt around her waist that connected to her skirt that had an appendage-like sash. Hidden on the back of her neck on the left side was a seal, which had the appearance of three tomoe. Currently, she was grinning like it was her birthday. "I don't know about you, but some of those pranks had me laughing my ass off."
"You mean like the one where the Nara clan dear had a depiction of you naked on it?" asked a random jonin who was instantly regretted talking as several snakes wrapped around him and slammed him straight into a wall.
"Was that really necessary Anko-san?" asked Sarutobi. The woman just gave him a dead pan look, reminding him of just who he was talking to.
"Right," Sarutobi sighed, he almost forgot who he was dealing with. "As you know these past three weeks we have played host to a string of pranks. However, these pranks aren't just the harmless pranks of a child, somehow, who ever did these has managed to prank the Anbu along with some of our most powerful Kekkei Genkei clans. If someone can sneak into the compounds of our most prominent clans and Anbu HQ for a simply prank, then they could just as easily do the same thing for more devious purposes. Like say, putting poison in the Hyuga's water supply."
that silenced everyone as they realized the seriousness of the situation.
"So what do we do?" asked a random jonin in the back.
"Obviously our patrols and guard points have been compromised, therefore we need to come up with entirely new patrol routes, as well as random inspections and guard shifts." The Hokage spent the rest of the time detailing there new plan to guard against these pranks and the more serious threat of someone who may use the knowledge for more nefarious purposes.
They never noticed a small fly that had been sticking to the wall disappear in a puff of smoke.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

A soft whistling sound could be heard by Arashi as he, Mei and Choujuro made their way to the bloodline rebel factions hide out. "Scatter!" he shouted, causing the other two to break away just as several kunai with exploding tags hit the place they had previously been moving to, then exploding and taking out the tree they had stuck to in a blaze of fire.
Arashi swore as he looked behind them to see nearly three dozen shinobi, he could tell these ones were the elite, jonin, from the way they moved and their flak jackets, which the first dozen he beat didn't have. "I hope one of you two have a plan," he commented right before he sucked in a deep breath, and then blew out a large fire dragon that roared fiercely as it charged towards several of the kiri ninja.
"Suiton: Suejinheki (Water Release: Water Wall)!" one of the kiri shinobi called out, summoning forth a large wall of water that swirled around them as the fire dragon struck. Their was a loud explosion of steam as the two jutsu canceled each other out.
Mei watched with a small amount of shock as Arashi used a rather powerful jutsu without a single hand seal, that kind of ability took decades of dedicated training. She herself could only do the Mizu Bunshin (Water Clone) without hand seals. Just who was Arashi Kazama?
"Two of us are going to have to stay behind in order to keep the enemy from following," Mei said as she came up with a plan of action. "The one who goes on ahead will go to our main base as fast as they can and get reinforcements to help the other two out."
"Well, considering I have no clue where the base is, I'm staying," Arashi commented. He was fine with staying here, this would be his first true test as a shinobi anyways, fighting bandits and the occasional small time ninja wasn't really much of a test anyways. "How far is the base?"
"Not far," Choujuro answered for Mei, "about a mile out from here."
"So who am I going to get the honor of fighting alongside today?"
Choujuro opened his mouth to volunteer but Mei beat him to it, "I will."
"B-but T-Terumi-Sama..." stuttered our Choujuro.
"Don't worry about me Choujuro," Mei said with a calm smile, despite the fact they were still being chased. "I am a kage level ninja after all, I'll be fine." When it looked like the blue haired swordsman was about to argue she said, "this isn't the time, the faster you get to base, the sooner you can get help. Now go!"
Choujuro knew when he wouldn't win a battle and quickly took off, leaving the two others behind.
"So, how do you want to do this?" asked Arashi, gripping his sword as he looked over his shoulder at the horde of ninja coming towards them.
Mei smiled as she sped through a number of hand seals, "we'll do it like this, you may want to get behind me! Futton: Kōmu No Jutsu (Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique)!" blowing out a deep breath, Mei created a cloud of mist which she from her mouth. Arashi, who had scrambled behind her before she blew out the mist, watched as the first wave of ninja were unable to slow down and ran straight into the mist. The affects were almost immediate as screams of pain sounded across the woods, the men who had ran afoul of the mist were being melted.
Of course, only about five of the nearly five dozen ninja ran into the mist. The rest were able to circumvent the ever expanding cloud.
Arashi dispelled his sword and went through a series of hand seals for one of his more powerful jutsu. "Fuuton: Uzumaki Koku No Jutsu (Wind Release: Cutting Winds of the Whirlpool)!" the jutsu was his only original technique, it had taken him five months to come up with the idea for the jutsu, another two to figure out the hand seals, and three months of having two hundred Kage Bunshin, all enhanced with Akane's Youki, practicing it to complete. The jutsu itself, was not that complicated in what it did, but the amount of control one had to have over their wind chakra was astronomical. It had taken coming up with several of his own advanced exercises to train his wind nature beyond that of what was normally considered mastery. That had also extended the amount of time it took to master the jutsu, making it take a year and three months with two hundred kage bunshin each day to truly complete.
Sucking in a deep breath, Arashi blew out a large stream of wind that soon became a spinning vortex of power cutting winds. The air rippled as the wind tore through the ground and trees, the shimmering form of the jutsu was shown as a giant whirlpool, nearly sixty-five feet in diameter.
The ninja who had been in front of them didn't stand a chance, the winds tore through them like paper, shredding their bodies to the point where they didn't even look human, just lumps of bleeding flesh that was blown away by the fierce winds that the technique caused. Even the near dozen ninja that had not been caught in the epicenter of the blast were not left unharmed, those who were too close were sucked right into the jutsu, suffering the same fate as those who had been struck by the full force of the attack. While those who were too far away for the jutsu to suck up, were blown away and sent flying in a dozen different directions. By the time the jutsu had died down, twenty-two of the ninja that had been after them were dead, while another dozen had been blow away and the last dozen escaped unscathed.
S-such incredible power! Mei thought in shock, he channeled insane amounts of wind chakra into his lungs, then manipulated it into a condensed whirlpool like spiral and added wind blades into the mix, combining the two main uses of wind chakra into one fierce jutsu. Not only that, but he managed to add a rotating affect to the whirlpool, which sucked all those within a several foot radius into its power, and expelling those who were too far away. That kind of nature manipulation is off the charts! I don't even know if I would be capable of doing something like that.
Shocking Mei out of her thoughts, Arashi began to cough violently and fell to a knee. He placed one hand on the ground while his other went to his mouth as he began coughing up blood. D-Damn it, it's still not truly complete, "Akane-chan, damage assessment?"
"You managed to cut up the inside of your lungs and throat," Akane said as she began channeling her youki into his damaged organs to regenerate them. "Thankfully, you didn't tear your lungs apart like you did the last time you tried this. I don't think you'll be able to fully master this jutsu until you become a Hanyou. You simply don't have enough chakra to use the jutsu and liberally coat your lungs and throat for protection at the same time."
"Right, note to self, wait until Hanyou to use jutsu again."
"Are you alright, Arashi-san?" asked Mei as she leaned over him.
"Yeah, that jutsu still isn't complete, so it takes a toll on my body to use," he said. Looking towards the area of destruction his jutsu caused he added, "I apologize, but until my lungs heal I won't be much help for the rest of this fight."
Mei looked over to see what he meant and realized that there were still many ninja who had not gotten killed or injured during the attack. "That's fine," she said with a smile, "you just sit back and let me show you why I'm the leader of the Bloodline faction." And with that she began running the gauntlet on hand seals, her movements so fast even Arashi could barely see them.
"Yoton: Jinsoku Youtama (Lava Release: Rapid Fire Lava Bullets)!" Mei began spitting out several red globs of lava at a rapid pace, and Arashi got to see just how accurate she as every shot fired hit someone. Sometimes she would get a head shot, resulting in the instant death of who ever was unfortunate enough to be hit, and others would hit limbs, torso, hands, no matter where she hit though, the jutsu always melted straight through; even the flak jackets that would often give some minor protection against kunai would simply become molten ash. By the time the kiri forces had gotten close enough to truly attack in force, they had already been cut down to twenty ninja.
It was here that Arashi saw how power Mei's taijutsu truly was. The woman's style seemed to be more centered on using her feet than her fists, lashing out with powerful kicks that would literally break bones with each hit; often times the person that would get caught by one of her attacks would be sent flying into and sometimes through a tree.
Several of the ninja tried to catch her off guard by combining their chakra for a powerful Suiton Jutsu, but thanks to Mei's dual sub-elemental Kekkei Genkei their attacks might as well have been buildings blocks thrown by a toddler having a temper tantrum.
When the Kiri forces launched a combined Water Dragon at her, Mei created a power wall of lava that rendered the attack ineffectual and consequently saved her from several kunai that had been thrown in the hopes she would be caught off guard. Mei had then caught the entirety of the enemy ninja off guard by melting the wall back into lava and using it to create a powerful wave that swept the majority of the enemy forces away, right until they all melted down to their base components.
"There!" Mei said as she clapped her hands together in a manner that said she was finished. She turned to Arashi and smiled, "how was that?"
"Not bad," Arashi said as he stood up, his lungs were healing along nicely and he could finally breath properly now. Using his quick reflexes he flicker a kunai that sailed right towards Mei and passed by her cheek, a thud was heard and Mei turned around to see an enemy shinobi with the same kunai Arashi had just thrown lodged between his eyes. She turned back to her red haired companion and saw a smirk on his face, "but you missed one."
Mei couldn't help it as she burst out laughing, the absurdity and slight anti-climatic ending from that line was just too amusing to her. Letting out a little chuckle himself, Arashi was going to speak up when a voice came from several meters away, "Mei-Sama!"
they both turned and saw Ao, the real Ao, along with Choujuro and nearly three dozen rebel ninja. Mei tapped her foot on the ground and crossed her arms under her chest, unconsciously bringing attention to her bust. "Your late," she said, tapping her foot on the ground and raising an eyebrow at the man, "as you can see, Arashi-san and I have already taken care of our ambushers."
Ao turned to look at Arashi, who noticed his gaze and raised an eyebrow, "Can I help you?"
"So you Arashi," the man said, nodding in approval as he looked the red head over. "We need all the help we can get, and It's nice to see that Terumi-Sama managed to get the help of a real man."
Need...a real...man, Mei's eyebrows began to twitch as she heard his words, but thanks to some odd form of selective hearing, only managed to hear the words that pissed her off more than anything else.
"Its nice to see you strong enough to stand on your own two feet when engaged in combat..."
Need...a real...man...engaged! By this point Mei's eyebrows began to twitch prominently and she looked supremely annoyed.
"Why, back in my day..."
By that point Arashi had stopped listening as he felt an intense killing intent coming from Mei. He turned to see her giving Ao a sickly sweet smile that absolutely scared the crap out of him. "Ao," Mei said in a pleasant voice, "shut up... or I'll kill you."
Ao blinked and took a step back from the auburn haired beauty in no small amount of fear, "w-what did I do?"

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Profile on the Uzumaki Clan:
Originally, the Uzumaki clan had actually been a clan of Samurai, well known for their powerful and talented swordsmanship. No one knows when the Uzumaki Clan gained the Kekkei Genkei that would earn them the reputation as one of the most powerful clans in existence. All that is known is sometime during the era when the man known as the Rikudou Sennin discovered chakra, the Uzumaki clan were one of the first to appear with a bloodline.
The bloodline is called Hitokage No Yaiba, and is a chakra based bloodline. However, unlike most chakra based kekkei genkei, which are usually elemental in nature, such as the Shodaime's Mokuton ability. The Uzumaki bloodline is kenjutsu based. Formed from the chakra of an Uzumaki when their soul could be considered an adult, no two Uzumaki's will ever have the same blade. Each sword is distinctly unique, both in its looks and abilities. Records on the different abilities of an Uzumaki sword are scarce however, some people have claimed to have lain witness to Uzumaki's launching power cyclones out of their swords, or swords that can produce powerful toxins, some have even claimed to have seen Uzumaki blades that were capable of controlling the very elements as if it were childplay. Because of these powers, the Uzumaki clans bloodline is one of the most coveted in the world. Many have tried to gain an Uzumaki sword, only to fail due to how zealously the secrets of their bloodline was guarded.
During the Third Great Shinobi War, the Uzumaki Clan, which had founded the village of Uzushiogakure No Kuni, a powerful shinobi village even though it was not considered one of the Five Great Nations, had allied itself with Konoha (The Uzumaki Clan had a longstanding friendship with the Senju Clan). Because of the threat they represented, Kiri, Iwa and Kumo launched a simultanious attack on Uzushiogakure. Outnumbered ten to one the Uzumaki Clan didn't stand a chance, the siege lasted for several months, Konoha had tried to send aid but were blocked off by Kiri's large armada of ships. In the end, the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed, and the few surviving members scattered.
Aside from their powerful kenjutsu and bloodline, the Uzumaki's were well known for the resilience their bodies possessed. Many of the surviving members of the force that had attacked Uzushio would claim that it was like fighting the dead, as no matter how badly damaged an Uzumaki was, they would get right back up and keep fighting.
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