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Chapter 52 - Enemies, Aftermath and the Ichibi (3)

"It was… an old score to settle." Orochimaru said, not going to deny that he had killed his sensei. Why would he? Even without his arms, he could go toe to toe with the Jinchurikii and win

Naruto held his right hand out towards the Kusanagi as red chakra began to billow around him, forming slowly around him into the shape of a fox. "Bansho Tenin." Naruto said the sword snapping right up to his hand. Naruto's head rose, showing the Rinnegan; only instead of the purple color they were crimson from the influence of the Kyuubi. "I will kill you." Naruto said before dashing forward.

"Damned Kyuubi Brat. Fine, if you won't join me then I'll destroy you." Orochimaru said, dodging a downwards slash from the Kusanagi, before spinning around from a claw attack. He used his superior flexibility to duck under the tail, before kicking Naruto in the side.

Naruto took the blow and moved around the leg, aiming to hack it off with the Kusanagi that seemed to be moving with him. Instead, Orochimaru moved away, the sword cutting a groove into the rooftop, before Orochimaru kicked Naruto in the head. Naruto rolled with the strike, before moving in a lower stance with the sword. He moved, his body flowing with the Snake style he had been learning, as well as his skills with the sword. It wasn't enough, but he was keeping pressure on Orochimaru.

Naruto had it with the snake Sannin though. "Give me your soul!" he shouted, taking a swipe at Orochimaru's head, feeling a twisted sense of satisfaction as he felt the blood as Orochimaru's face was ripped into, with Naruto ripping out a piece of the soul. He had plenty of practice on animals, using them so in case he fucked up they weren't that missed. A human's soul was… different. He also felt a resistance to it, no doubt from Orochimaru trying to keep his soul

Orochimaru knew of the Rinnegan, he knew of its abilities, but he had never expected a brat to have it, to have been able to learn such abilities. He knew some of his memories were pulled out, but it wasn't anything that he couldn't relearn. "Drop the barrier! We're leaving!" Orochimaru kicked Naruto in the sternum before leaping away. Kidomaru covered their retreat with his spider like abilities and throwing the webbing on the ANBU about to give chase.

No, Naruto would not let them get away. He held up his left hand, channeling as much chakra into it as he could risk. "BANSHO TENIN!" he yelled out, wanting to reel in the snake to stab him over and over for what he did to Sarutobi.

Tayuya moved in front of the ability, and pushed both Jirobo and Orochimaru forward. She felt her body get tugged, and moved rapidly towards the blonde's outstretched hand. If nothing else, maybe the blonde would kill her and let her be with her friend. Konoha had killed Kin, why wouldn't they kill one of Orochimaru's elite bodyguards? "Just kill me, please." She said, looking to the blonde's blue eyes

Naruto's fist tightened around the redhead's top, the Kyuubi's chakra burning a hole into it but he soon dropped the Kyuubi cloak. His eyes bled a little bit as he dropped the sword and the girl. He would get Orochimaru. He would avenge Sarutobi. But he had to deal with this first. He sighed, feeling tired… feeling really tired. "Tayuya, right?" Naruto asked. He had to admit, she looked pretty good.

"How the fuck do you know that tree hugger?" she asked, a fire lighting inside of her. If the little tree hugging fucker hurt Kin, she would make him pay

"Kin Tsuchi told me, she's safe and sound." Naruto said before bending down and picking up the sword, staggering a little bit. He closed his eyes, wondering what he got off of Orochimaru, and saw everything there was to know about the Cursed Seal.

"How do I know you're not lying?" Tayuya asked. She didn't want her foul mouth to get Kin in trouble. For the safety of her friend, she would do anything.

"On my honor as an Uzumaki, I swear to you that Kin-chan is safe." Naruto said and looked to Tayuya. "I'm going to have to take you in though."

Tayuya nodded, knowing all about procedure and all that other stuff. "You look dead on your feet." She said, moving to Naruto's left side and sliding under his arm, helping him walk a bit.

"I'm just tired." Naruto said. Oh how he was so damned tired, he had used too much chakra.

"Let me help." Tayuya said softly. "Besides, you're kinda cute for a fucking tree hugger."

Naruto shook his head snorting a bit before reaching up and yanking Tayuya's cap off, tossing it to the side. "There, better." He said

In the aftermath of the invasion, Naruto ended up running around like a chicken with his head cut off and he doubted he was the only one. The very next day, Naruto tended to Gaara's seal and unsealed Ichibi who collapsed into his arms. Naruto then placed another seal on Gaara that took a substantial amount of chakra, locked it in the seal, converted it to demon chakra, and used another seal to rapidly regenerate to about the amount of one tail's worth of demon chakra. It was a highly experimental seal, and it ended up working for the purpose. Naruto snuck Ichibi out, before going back to check on Gaara. They then had a long conversation as to why Naruto was so powerful, with Naruto explaining that it was those precious to him giving him strength.

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