Dokushu Chapter 16 (Patreon)

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Chapter 16 – Finals Begin

“Are you ready?” Anko questioned as she stood with Naruto at the edge of the stadium that the Chuunin Exam Finals were being held in.

“Ready as I’ll ever be.” Naruto replied with a nod.

“Just put on a show worthy of a Chuunin and secure your promotion. Then we can start moving forward with what really matters.” Anko smiled softly as she placed his hand on her stomach. Naruto smiled as he gently ran his hand up and down the smooth, soft skin and marveled at the fact that his and Anko’s first child was there.

“They won’t know what hit them.” Naruto promised as he and Anko locked lips for a sweet kiss.

“Get out there and show them what our Clan can do.” Anko smirked as Naruto chuckled before turning and walking into the stadium. After he was out of sight Anko moved towards the stands where she and Kurenai had agreed to meet.

“Let’s get this done.” Naruto grinned as he walked out onto the field. The competitors were all lined up, with the notable exception of Sasuke, and Naruto quickly took a spot at the end of the line. The proctor was different for this round, a man wearing a bandana with a senbon hanging from between his lips, though Naruto supposed it didn’t matter whom the proctor was.

-In the Kage Booth-

“Raikage-dono, Kazekage-dono, I trust the journey wasn’t too difficult.” Hiruzen greeted his fellow Kage as they entered the booth.

“Of course, Hokage-dono, it was little trouble to make the journey.” The Kazekage replied as his two guards flanked him and stood behind the seat their Kage took.

“Hmph, not all of us are feeble Hokage-dono, maybe you should consider choosing a successor soon?” The Raikage responded getting an amused chuckle from Hiruzen. Trust the Fourth Raikage to throw in a barb even in his greetings.

“I’m sure you’re proud of your children, Kazekage-dono, all three have made it to the finals.” Hiruzen congratulated his counterpart from Kaze no Kuni.

“They do our village proud.” The Kazekage nodded curtly. This struck Hiruzen as slightly odd, Rasa the Fourth Kazekage was a prideful man that would take any opportunity to, at least subtlety, gloat about Sunagakure’s superiority.

“I’ve also been rather impressed by your young kunoichi, Raikage-dono. If I didn’t know better I’d swear she was already Chuunin Rank.” Hiruzen commented getting the Raikage to narrow his eyes at the implication.

“Samui is quite the talent of the Shinobi Arts. But I assure you that she is only a Genin.” The Raikage stated gruffly getting an accepting nod from Hiruzen.

“Both of your kunoichi are going to be directly battling probably the best Genin Konoha currently has. I look forward to how the battle goes.” Hiruzen grinned as he locked his gaze on Naruto down on the field.

“I look forward to seeing the boy’s Kekkei Genkai in action. I’ve heard from my Jounin about his unique Dokujutsu. I must admit to my curiosity as I thought the old Dokushu Bloodline had gone extinct some fifty years ago.” The Kazekage remarked his eyes on the field.

“The Dokushu is extinct.” The Raikage stated as he looked over the other two Kage. No one had even heard of the bloodline being used in fifty years, so of course it was extinct.

“Yes, I was quite surprised to see young Naruto awaken it when he was an Academy student. It seems it was dormant within his ancestry somewhere. He’s become quite the master of it since then though. I dare say your kunoichi are in for a rough time.” Hiruzen chuckled.

“We’ll see.” The Kazekage responded.

“Samui will overcome the boy regardless of any Kekkei Genkai he may have.” The Raikage retorted as he turned his gaze down to the field. Both of his bodyguards sighed from their place behind his chair, their Raikage wouldn’t take comments like that lying down.

-Back on the Field-

“We’re ready to begin.” Genma stated as he looked towards the three competitors for the first round. “Everyone not in the first match will move to the competitor’s waiting area.”

“What about Sasuke? He isn’t here yet.” Naruto commented as he noticed the Uchiha still hadn’t showed up.

“If he isn’t here by the start of his match he’ll be disqualified.” Genma replied instantly.

“Just checking.” Naruto shrugged as he walked to a spot on the field equal distance from both Temari and Samui. Both kunoichi took their stances with Temari opening her War Fan and Samui pulling out her Kodachi. Naruto entered his Tetsugoei Ryu stance and smirked challengingly at his opponents.

“Begin!” Genma called out as he jumped back to a safer distance.

“Kamaitachi no jutsu! (Sickle Weasel Technique)” Temari roared out as she swung her fan sending a huge wave of slicing wind towards both of her opponents. Naruto judged his distance to the small stand of trees at the edge of the field and quickly determined he could pull off a Kawarimi to escape. Temari’s jutsu shredded the tree branch he switched with into sawdust instantly.

‘Hmm, it would be unwise to escape into the trees. Fighting a Leaf-nin on their home turf wouldn’t be cool. Best to avoid another way.’ Samui mused rapidly before she leapt backwards and landed on the wall of the arena. A quick application of chakra and she darted up the wall and out of range of the widespread Fuuton jutsu.

“Damn, I was hoping to get at least one of them.” Temari grumbled before quickly moving as a trio of kunai flew towards her. With a hissing sound Temari grimaced as she put her fan between herself and the kunai. A loud bang resounded throughout the stadium as the Exploding Tags wrapped on the kunai detonated. Temari was sent soaring into the air from the blast. A quick application of Fuuton manipulation and the Suna-nin was riding her fan on the wave of wind made by the explosion.

“Raiton: Raikyuu!(Lightning Ball Technique)” Samui announced as she tossed a ball of electricity towards the airborne kunoichi. Temari quickly altered her course to dodge the attack from the Kumo-nin on the wall.

“Bitch.” Temari hissed as she tossed a handful of shuriken towards the buxom blonde. Samui deflected all of the projectiles with her kodachi before dropping from the wall to avoid a ball of water slamming into her previous position.

“That’s not cool.” Samui muttered as she noticed that Naruto was taking shots at both her and Temari from the cover of the trees. Temari had apparently had enough of the blonde boy as well. The Suna-nin let out a hearty battle cry as she pulled her fan out from under her and started rolling through the air as she fell. With each rotation Temari sent out another wave of slicing winds towards the trees. The small stand of trees was quickly reduced to kindling by the winds. But to both Samui and Temari’s frustration over two dozen Narutos leapt from the trees just before they were shredded.

“Not bad.” All of the Narutos called out as Temari landed; the Suna girl ‘tsked’ while making sure to keep both of her opponents in her sights. This was made much harder by the fact that Naruto and his clones were already starting to spread out. “Try this.” They all stated before cocking back their fists. A strong punch from all twenty four boys sent streams of thick greenish smoke towards the two girls.

“Yeah right!” Temari yelled as she whipped her fan around and blew away the incoming poison. Samui flipped through a few hand seals before announcing her jutsu.

“Raiton: Raimei! (Thunder Howl Technique)” Samui intoned as a large pulse of electricity rushed from her palms and dispersed the poison clouds headed her way.

The three competitors took a moment to size each other up before moving again. Samui started tossing Shuriken at the clones that were getting too close to her. Temari unleashed more widespread Fuuton jutsu sending the clones flying. To both kunoichi’s shock the dispersed clones released either thick clouds of poison or splattered into light-blue puddles of what was most likely another type of poison.

“Well damn, you weren’t supposed to figure out that trick until you got much closer to my clones.” Naruto grinned before finishing his hand seals. “Katon: Nokoribi. (Ember Waves Technique)” With a deep breath Naruto unleashed a wave of miniature fireballs across a large area. The small fireballs acted as projectiles as they flew towards both kunoichi rapidly.

“Fuuton: Mugen Saijin Daitoppa! (Infinite Dust Great Breakthrough)” Temari called out as she swung her fan from the behind her, along the ground, and kicked up a huge wave of dirt and sand that snuffed out the small flames. Samui had taken advantage of Temari’s jutsu and placed herself behind the Suna girl to avoid the Katon jutsu and prepare to take out her first opponent.

“Damn!” Temari growled as she saw the Kumo-nin preparing to strike her from behind with her kodachi. “No you don’t!” With a war cry Temari folded her fan and swung it like a club deflecting Samui’s strike and sending the other blonde girl jumping backwards to avoid the follow up swing. The two kunoichi quickly exchanged multitudes of blows with their weapons. Each strike blocked, dodged, or parried with expert skill as the two blondes struggled to gain ground against the other.

“I feel forgotten about.” Naruto called out making both kunoichi’s eyes widen as they separated to avoid purple spheres of liquid impacting their location. The second layer of Naruto’s trap became apparent as the girls found themselves being charged from multiple angles by another group of clones. A quick glance at each other and the two kunoichi came to an agreement.

“Fuuton: Kamaitachi no jutsu!” Temari swung her fan to her right and sent the clones on that side flying, dispersing the entire group into poison clouds or puddles.

“Raiton: Shomei Denryuu no jutsu! (Lightning Current Technique)” Samui sent large streams of electricity to her own right, Temari’s left, shocking and dispersing the clones before they could get too close. What they thought was the original Naruto was quickly revealed to be another clone when it was dispersed by the two jutsu swirling around the area of the field the two kunoichi occupied.

“Well damn.” Naruto grimaced as he saw the two girls notice him and bolt towards his location. “Now they’ve decide to make it two on one? That hardly seems fair.” He no longer had time to think and had to hope his final trap would take both girls down. ‘Just have to last long enough for it to be ready.’ He thought to himself as he pulled out a pair of kunai and engaged the two blonde kunoichi. Blades flashed as Naruto parried Samui’s kodachi strikes while keeping Temari in his sights to avoid taking a strike from the war fan turned bludgeoning weapon.

“This is more difficult than I thought.” Naruto commented as he had to toss one of his kunai at Temari to halt the Suna girl’s next swing. Meanwhile Samui was pressing her advantage as she swiped her blade against Naruto’s shorter kunai forcing him to put more strength into his block.

“Just fall then!” Temari growled as she swung for his head with her closed fan. Naruto leapt backwards, throwing his second kunai at Samui to hold her off, to avoid the strike from the fan. A sudden shock took Naruto by surprise as he fell backwards and noticed that Samui had her index and middle finger on her left hand pointed at him.

“Raiton: Ikazuchidama no jutsu. (Thunder Bullet Technique)” Samui stated coolly as Naruto grimaced from the shock travelling through his body. Temari smirked as she brought her fan over her head in preparation to swing it down on Naruto’s prone body.

“Checkmate.” Naruto grinned as the trio felt droplets start falling on their bodies.

“Rain?” Temari questioned as she looked up at the cloudless sky confused.

“No, a jutsu!” Samui’s cool demeanor disappeared as she noticed the multitudes of clones sticking to the top of the battlefield’s walls and spewing large amounts of blue-purple liquid into the air.

“Ninpou: Dokugiri no jutsu!” Came a call from the edges of the battlefield snatching Temari and Samui’s attention. Surrounding the entire field were another set of clones and each of them was breathing out a huge cloud of poisonous smoke that was rapidly filling up the entire area. Within a matter of seconds the entire battlefield had become a poisonous hellscape with no escape. Samui and Temari had already gotten the poison on their skin and now couldn’t breathe without worsening their condition.

“Damn, that’s a scary Genin.” Genma commented to himself as he stood on top of the battlefield wall and looked down at the battlefield-wide combo technique.

-Kage Booth-

“How many clones can the brat make?” The Raikage growled as he watched his only competitor disappear into the poison clouds along with her opponents.

“Quite a few.” Hiruzen answered wryly as he watched Naruto’s trap succeed. It was quite the interesting use of a combination technique.

“How interesting.” The Kazekage remarked as he stared down at the poison clouded field with the eyes of a predator. He didn’t notice one of the Raikage’s bodyguards giving him a suspicious look out of the corner of the Kumo-nin’s eye.

-Battlefield-

All of the clones dispersed into clouds of poison smoke and the cloud covering the battlefield began to swirl around. In a few seconds it became noticeable that the cloud had started to shrink and was swirling around a specific point like water in a sink. Within a minute the entire crowd watched as the last of the poisonous cloud was absorbed by the blonde shinobi on the field. With a nod towards Genma, telling the proctor it was safe to come down, Naruto stood over his defeated opponents.

“Winner, Uzumaki Naruto!” Genma announced after checking that both kunoichi were unconscious. The crowd erupted into cheers at the match and Naruto gave a small bow before kneeling down and placing a hand on each of his fellow blondes. Both girls had gone pale from the poison they’d taken in but as Naruto’s hands began glowing with chakra their healthy color began to return.

“There we go, you two will be better in just a bit.” Naruto nodded as he finished drawing all of his poison from within the two and stood up as Medic-nin came to carry both girls off the field.

“Head back to the waiting area; we need to start the next match.” Genma explained.

“Sure thing.” Naruto grinned as he walked to the entrance of the battlefield. He was fairly sure he’d made a showing worthy of a promotion. Had he been looking to kill both of his opponents he could have done it quickly, but that would have definitely caused a lot of diplomatic problems between Konoha, Suna and Kumo. As it stood Konoha and Kumo only had single non-aggression pact keeping the peace between them. The loss of a Genin like Samui in a Chuunin Exam final would be looked at as the Konoha proctor allowing the kunoichi to die. As for Suna, they were currently Konoha’s only full ally, so purposefully killing their Genin, especially Temari who was the Kazekage’s daughter, would be seen as an act of war.

“Man, why did you have to make such a spectacle? Now my match is going to be seen as a letdown.” Shikamaru grumbled as he passed Naruto in the hallway leading to the battlefield. “You’re always so troublesome.”

“Good luck, Shika!” Naruto teased with a bright smile making the Nara boy huff.

“Like I said, too troublesome.” Shikamaru sighed as he made his way to the battlefield while Naruto chuckled and made his way to the waiting area.

-With Anko in the Stands-

“Woohoo! That’s my man!” Anko cheered loudly while Kurenai clapped calmly beside her. Anko had every reason to be excited, with a match like that Naruto was almost sure to get his promotion. She had to grab hold of Anko’s sleeve to keep her friend from going to ‘congratulate’ Naruto at that very moment.

“Anko you have to wait until the finals are over.” Kurenai reminded her friend.

“But I don’t want to wait, Kure-chan! I want to celebrate now!” Anko whined playfully making Kurenai roll her red eyes fondly.

“Just be patient, you’ll get your time to ‘congratulate’ Naruto afterwards.” Kurenai stated with a tug on the sleeve she was holding.

“Boo~ ruin all my fun ideas.” Anko pouted as Kurenai playfully patted the top of her head before gently running her hands through the deep purple locks.

“You’ll be fine. Besides, he still needs his energy to participate in the next matches.” Kurenai reminded as Anko playfully swatted at her friend’s hand.

-Kage Booth-

“Raikage-sama, I believe we have a problem.” C, one of the Raikage’s bodyguards, whispered into his leader’s ear.

“Besides the fact that Samui just lost?” The Raikage asked with a grumble. Seeing C nod the Raikage turned serious. “What is it?”

“My Sensor skills let me remember the feel of any shinobi’s chakra that I’ve met before. I’ve met the current Kazekage before, when we had that missing-nin situation on their border a few years ago. The man sitting to your right doesn’t have the same chakra signature as the Fourth Kazekage, not even close, sir.” C informed his leader.

“So we have an imposter? Do you know who this is?” The Raikage questioned as he watched the fake Kazekage out of his peripheral vision.

“No sir, but whoever they are, their chakra is twisted and foul in ways I’ve never felt before.” C replied as he suppressed a shudder of revulsion.

“Watch his guards, I’ll take the initiative and deal with this imposter myself.” The Raikage ordered getting a short nod from C. The Sensor Shinobi stood back at attention and relayed the Raikage’s orders to his partner, Darui, with a short series of hand gestures. Seeing his bodyguards both clear on their orders the Raikage made his move. In less than the time it took for a person to blink the Raikage’s right hand was covered in Lightning Chakra and he was swinging a lethal chop towards the fake Kazekage’s neck. The fake moved in an inhuman manner, almost snake-like, to dodge the blow before a multitude of smoke bombs went off in the Kage Booth.

“What?” Hiruzen questioned as he blocked the Kazekage’s lunge for his neck and the follow up strike towards his left kidney. The Kazekage still had enough of a hold on the older man to drag him along as he jumped out through the newly made hole in the booth ceiling. The two quickly ascended until they were on the roof of the stadium.

“Do it!” The fake roared out as his guards that had been attacked by C and Darui split from two people into four. The four new people quickly erected a purple barrier around the two Kage to isolate them from everyone else. What they didn’t count on was the current fastest shinobi alive to blitz passed them before the barrier formed and stand across from the other two Kage. 

“Shit! That bastard got through!” A red haired woman cursed as she held up one corner of the completed barrier.

“Don’t worry about it! Focus on the barrier!” A two-headed man shouted back as he held up his own corner.

“Raikage-sama!” C and Darui called out to their leader as ANBU dropped down onto the roof from all directions and surrounded the barrier.

“Report!” An Anbu with a tiger mask barked.

“It’s the Shishienjin, sir. We can’t do anything from the outside.” Another masked Anbu reported as the force stared into the barrier at their trapped leader.

-In the Waiting Area-

“What the fuck is going on?!” Naruto questioned as he looked up at the smoking Kage Booth and then the large barrier that had suddenly appeared on the roof of the stadium.

“We’ve got to go Gaara! Something’s gone wrong there was no signal!” Kankuro yelled to his younger brother. The redhead only looked towards his sibling coldly before turning to stare at the sudden source of a large amount of killing intent.

“What’s this about a signal?” Naruto demanded as he leveled his killing intent on the duo of Suna-nin. His body began to emit wisps of purplish smoke as he stared them down. “You better start talking before I start killing first and asking never.”

“Killing?” Gaara locked eyes with the blonde. “Yes…let’s get to the killing. Mother wants your blood anyway.”

“The fuck are you on about?” Naruto questioned as he watched sand start spilling from the gourd on Gaara’s back while Kankuro took out his puppet.

“You’ll die to confirm my existence. Taking the life of others is the only proof that I exist. So I’ll kill you.” Gaara stated as more sand began to spill from his gourd and Kankuro started edging towards the exit to get away from his brother.

“You’ll die trying.” Naruto growled back as his body began to pour poison in streams and was putting off enough thick purple and green smoke to give a smoke machine a run for its money. Kankuro decided he’d rather live and quickly dashed out of the room to get out of the crossfire.

“Die.” Gaara intoned sending a wave of sand towards the blonde.

“You first.” Naruto responded as he launched a wave of sludge thick poison at the sand from his hands. The liquid clumped the sand together and Naruto took advantage of the suddenly slower attack to get closer to Gaara. His fist was blocked by the Sand Shield and he growled as he soaked it in more poison.

“Prove my existence, Uzumaki.” Gaara demanded as more sand poured from his gourd.

“I’ll end it for you.” Naruto promised as the entire room filled with a toxic fog.

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Oh shit! Things are about to get fucking real! How will Orochimaru fair against both Hiruzen and the Raikage? Does Gaara have a chance at survival in this fight? What is Anko doing? Who will live? Who will die? Find out in the next chapters!

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