"Damn. Where is that Naruto hiding at?" Iruka grumbled to himself, jumping from branch to branch in the dark forest.
It hadn't been too long since he had gotten wind of Naruto's theft of the Forbidden Scroll of Secrets. At first, Iruka found it hard to believe that Naruto would do something so daring... especially since the boy knew the villagers hated him for an unknown reason. But then again, from what he had seen of Naruto in the past, the blond would do ANYTHING to garner attention to himself, even if it was negative.
'I guess it wouldn't be all that surprising that Naruto would take the scroll after all. But this time, I fear he's bitten off more than he could chew. I've got to find him before anyone else does...' Iruka thought to himself, increasing his speed.
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Meanwhile, Naruto had managed to make it to the rendezvous point that Mizuki told him to go to. "Heh, I didn't think that it would be THAT easy to get the scroll out of the Hokage's vault. Never would have guessed that the Old Man was a pervert..." Naruto chuckled to himself, thinking about how he used his Orikie no Jutsu (Sexy Technique) on the 3rd Hokage.
Naruto waited for a few minutes before he began to get bored.
"Man! What's taking Mizuki-sensei so long?" Naruto whined, pacing back and forth. "I am getting SO bored. I might as well look into the scroll and see what kind of techniques there are."
And with that, Naruto unrolled the scroll, and began to look at the first move.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu... (Shadow Clone Technique)" Naruto read the first move out loud. "Aw man, clones are my WORST subject! Why does it always go back to this one thing?-! ...Oh well, since it only takes one hand-sign to do, I guess it's as good a place to start as any. Time to get started!"
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"Heh, I'm almost there. I'm just one step away from gaining strength that will rival the Hokage's! Then I'll make this village PAY for never seeing me as the brilliant ninja that I am..." Mizuki lamented to himself, rushing through the trees towards the rendezvous point. "Hm?" The backstabbing Ninja grunted, sensing a familiar energy a bit from behind him. "Damn, it's that meddling Iruka. He'll ruin everything if he makes it to Naruto first... I guess I'll have to use that Genjutsu that I perfected for this moment. It'll take up a lot of chakra, but it's not like I'll need it against that dead last. And if push comes to shove, I've always got... THAT.. ready to use. Ku Ku Ku... it won't be long now..."
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"I can sense Naruto's chakra! I'm almost there. I just hope no one else beats me there..." Iruka said. All of a sudden, the trees began to come to life! Their branches turned into wooden claws, and they gained yellow glowing mouths and eyes. And they were smiling darkly. Before Iruka could even react, the trees were trying to grab him.
"What the hell?" Iruka shouted, barely dodging the swipe. "This has GOT to be a Genjutsu. But who could be skilled enough to use it in this way? Bah, I've got no time to admire it, I've got to get going! KAI! (Release)" Iruka said, trying to dispel the technique.
But the trees from hell kept going after him.
"WHAT?-!" Iruka shouted in disbelief, dodging another near fatal strike. "This is an Advanced Genjutsu? Damn, this might take longer than I thought. I just hope Naruto is safe..."
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“All right… it took me a while to get that skill down, but I’ve finally got it!” Naruto shouted in triumph. “Now, onto the next skill…” “Naruto!” A voice from behind the blond shouted.
Naruto whirled around to see Mizuki standing behind him. But something wasn’t right… Why did it look like he was out of breath?
“Well done, Naruto. You managed to get the scroll,” Mizuki said, panting. ‘I didn’t have any idea that the Genjutsu would take that much energy. Blast…’
“Heh…yep! I’m one step close to becoming Hokage!” Naruto bragged. “But, why are you so worn out, Mizuki-sensei? It shouldn’t have taken that long to get here!”
“Um… I had some last minute things to take care of,” Mizuki lied. “Anyway, that’s not the important thing. Now… let me see that scroll, just to make sure it’s not a fake…”
“Well… okay…” Naruto mumbled, reaching out the scroll towards Mizuki…
(Posted Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:03)
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