Primarch of the Shinobi

[Major Xeno]

There's the third chapter.

That 'Old Terran' is just a Croatian translation for Nine and Death, which I will probably never use again.

So, how'd ya'll like it?

[Major Xeno]

Here’s the fourth installment of “Primarch of the Shinobi.”

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“ Devil, in position.”

“ Avenger, in position.”

“ Cherry Blossom, in position.”

“ Devil, we are all in position and ready Pervert.”

“…”

“ Devil to Pervert, respond.”

“ Cherry Blossom to Jungle Fighter, he’s probably just listening to the radio. Again.”

“ Devil to squad, I am taking command, engage the target.”

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“ OWW!!”

“ HE’S ON MY FACE!”

“ Get him off!”

“ Devil to squad, I have the target! Retreat back to Tower, now!”

Naru darted from the trees, holding the target in her arms. The target was strangely calm in Naru‘s arms, peaceful even. Odd; the mission brief had said that the cat was very volatile.

Naru landed in the mission room of the Hokage Tower, with her two teammates and her perverted instructor.

In Naru’s arms was a cat. The cat had a red ribbon around it’s neck, which said Tora.

“ Tora, retrieved.” said Naru, gently depositing Tora on Iruka’s desk. Tora instantly started screeching, when a very obese woman in a dress grabbed the cat and started hugging it. Sakura and Sasuke grinned, thinking it was Tora’s just punishment, while Naru’s left eye began to twitch.

“ Alright Team Seven, you now have a choice of painting a fence, babysitting an elder’s grandson, and-” the Hokage began, when Sakura cut in.

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“ Hokage-sama, we can do harder missions than this! We are wasting our talents with these errands!” Sakura screeched, and strangely Naru agreed.

“ It would be great to get back to actually having to try on a mission again.” Naru added, from where she was now leaning on the wall, polishing her devil claw.

“ Hn.” grunted Sasuke, giving his agreement.

“ Well, I have one little C-ranked mission here, but are you sure you can accomplish it?” said the Hokage, holding up a scroll with a large “C” on it.

“ Yes!”

“Hn.”

“ Yeah.”

The Hokage looked at Team Seven, Sakura happy and enthusiastic, Sasuke with his usual moody stare, and Naru, quiet and determined.

“ The mission is to protect a bridge builder from the Land of Waves as he travels home and builds his bridge. Tazuna, you can come in now.” the Hokage called, as a man walked in.

The man had a large straw hat, and was sipping sake as he scanned Team Seven.

“ I am the great bridge builder Tazuna, and all I get for my protection are some brats!” he yelled, somehow managing to sip his sake while yelling.

“ Don’t worry sir,” said Kakashi, eye-smiling. “ I am Jonin, and will protect you if things go bad.” he said, reassuring the drunk.

Naru looked at the sake longingly, but instead pulled out a large flask and take a sip from that instead.

Tazuna looked at the flask in Naru’s hand, and he burped.

Naru’s left eye twitched again as Tazuna kept staring at her.

“ You know,” said Naru, glaring at Tazuna, “ I have boyfriend, and he’s not you.” she said rudely.

“ What is in that flask?” asked Tazuna, annoyed.

“ Ale.” said Naru, taking another long swig of it.

“ It would not be good for you to be intoxicated before a mission Naru.” said Kakashi, eye-smiling.

“ Nah. My family can withstand any alcohol, me and my brother especially. You don’t need to worry about me.” said Naru, finishing off the last of the ale.

“ Well. Team Seven, meet at the east Gate of Konoha at seven o’clock tomorrow morning. Prepare for a long journey, maybe two or three weeks at most.” said Kakashi, switching over to Jonin team leader quickly.

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“ Hai.” said Sakura and Sasuke. Naru said nothing, because she had already left.

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Naru, Sakura, Tazuna, and Sasuke were waiting at the gate, Sakura and Sasuke loaded up with backpacks. Naru and Tazuna were discussing alcohol, and they were all waiting for Kakashi.

With the signature ‘poof’ of a Shushin, Kakashi appeared, perfectly on time.

“ Right,” he said, eye-smiling. “ Lets head out.”

Naru walked at the front, while Sakura pestered Sasuke behind her. Tazuna walked behind them, and Kakashi guarded the rear, reading his smut.

“So Naru, are you stupid or something?” asked Sakura. “ I mean, you don’t have a backpack or any supplies!” she said, as Naru grinned slightly.

Naru turned her head around, and said to Sakura, “ All the supplies I need are my sword. I can get everything else from the forest.” as she pulled out her megarachnid sword and started polishing it.

Sakura scoffed, and then started pestering Tazuna about the Land of Waves.

“ … Does Wave have any ninja?” asked Sakura, much to Naru’s amusement.

Naru turned her head around and called back, “ If they did do you think he would travel all the way to Konoha for Shinobi?”

Sakura huffed, then turned to Tazuna to quiz him again.

Naru glanced at the two puddles in the road as she walked past them, slowly loosing her katana from it’s sheath.

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Suddenly, chains shot out from behind them, encircling Kakashi and tearing him to shreds, as Sakura screamed in horror. Naru was doing the opposite, grinning from ear to ear as she sliced through the chain that was slicing towards her.

Naru ducked under the first Shinobi’s claw, and loped off his head, as Sasuke attempted to burn the second shinobi to a crisp with a Katon Jutsu.

Suddenly, Kakashi appeared behind the Shinobi, securing in a headlock. He promptly secured the missing-nin by knocking him upside the head and tying him to a tree, as Sakura continued to scream, not even noticing her sensei’s return from the dead. She continued screaming, even after Naru tapped her on the shoulder.

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“ Sakura, SHUT UP!” roared Naru, hitting Sakura with the flat of her katana’s blade.

Sakura opened her eyes, screaming again when she saw Kakashi.

“ K-k-Kakashi-s-sensei?” Sakura asked, not believing her eyes.

“ Delayed Kawarimi.” grunted Sasuke, gesturing to the torn up log.

Sakura sighed in relief, before quickly screaming at the sight of Naru, who was washing her katana loving in the dead Shinobi’s blood.

“ Naru, what are doing?” said Kakashi, appearing behind Naru instantly.

“ An old Catachan ritual. Most of the time we face wild animals, so when a Catachan Jungle Fighter faces and kills a worthy human opponent, it is tradition to wash your blade in his blood.” said Naru, not looking up from washing her blade.

Kakashi nodded his head once, then turned and started walking towards Tazuna.

“ Tazuna,” he said in a serious tone. “ In a C-ranked mission, the opposition is bandits, not Chunin level missing-nin. Why did you lie about the mission level?” he asked coldly.

The seriousness of the interrogation was ruined when Naru called over, “ Hey! I don’t mind at all!”

Kakashi sighed, then repeated, “Why did you lie about the mission level?”

Tazuna lowered his head, and started sobbing. Naru looked up from where she was cleaning her blade, and started watching.

“ It’s all because of Gato!” Tazuna shouted, still weeping.

“ Gato?” asked Kakashi, confused. “ Isn’t he one of the richest men in the world?” Kakashi asked.

“ Yes.” wept Tazuna. “ He is actually a no good crook. He got all his money by drugs, alcohol, anything illegal. He wants Wave as a base for his activities, and he has taken Wave over! He took all the ports, and without the ports, we have no way to get food or anything else. I had to scrape together all the money we had, even the Wave Daimyo couldn’t give us that much! Even then, we only had enough money for a C-rank! I’m building the bridge so that Gato doesn’t bleed Wave dry!” explained Tazuna, still crying.

“ Well team, it’s your decision. Do we continue with the mission, or do we return to Konoha for a different team to take our place?” asked Kakashi, turning to Team Seven, and Naru, Sakura, and Sasuke could see how tired he was.

“ Just so you know before you decide, this will turn into a B-rank, bordering on A-rank mission if we continue.” said Kakashi, his tone grim.

“ I say continue.” said Naru, her blade now stained red with the missing-nin’s blood.

“ We demanded a C-rank mission, and we got one. Not one Catachan Jungle Fighter has ever backed down from a challenge, especially not a Catachan Devil. I will not be the first. Even if the rest of the team doesn’t decide to continue, I will continue this mission. You have my word.” Naru said, her voice rising, as she rested her hand on Tazuna’s shoulder.

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“ I will not stop.” put in Sasuke, not about to be outdone by the ‘dobe.’

Sakura, seeing that Sasuke was continuing, quickly and eagerly nodded her agreement, as Naru shook her head at Sakura’s pathetic efforts to impress Sasuke.

Kakashi looked at each member of his team, making sure they each wanted to continue. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naru met his gaze as each of their eyes glowed with desires. Naru’s eyes glowed with enthusiasm, Sakura’s with eagerness for Sasuke to see her, and Sasuke’s glowed with lust for power.

Kakashi sighed, and turned to Tazuna.

“ We’ll continue the mission.” he said, his voice full of determination.

Tazuna released a deep breath of relief, and said, “ Thank you!”

“ No problem.” said Naru, her blood red blade back in it’s sheath on her back.

Tazuna quickly explained that they were going to meet a boat tomorrow morning, to sneak them onto Wave.

Without warning, Kakashi started making handseals, scaring Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna into thinking that an enemy was nearby.

As Sasuke wheeled to protect Tazuna, Kakashi finished his very few seals and called out, “ Summoning Jutsu!”

A light ‘poof’ resounded through the road, as a small cloud of smoke rose from the area around Kakashi’s hands.

When the smoke cleared, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna were confused to see a small dog, with a Konoha forehead protector.

“ Yes?” said the pug, scaring the crap out of Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna, while Naru just raised an eyebrow.

Kakashi briefly explained the situation to the small nin-dog, then told him, “ Tell Hokage-sama about the situation, them request ANBU pick up the bodies of the Kiri-nin, then send reinforcements.”

“ Bodies, Kakashi-sensei? But Sasuke-kun only killed one?” said Sakura, confused.

“ I killed the bastard, idiot!” roared Naru, slapping Sakura with the flat of her blade.

“ Yes, Bodies, plural.” said Kakashi, and Sakura finally realized what Kakashi meant. She promptly ran to the side of the road and heaved, as Naru shook her head in disgust.

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Kakashi ran off with the other missing-nin, not wanting Sasuke, Sakura, Naru, and Tazuna to see the blood, even though he was sure Naru would enjoy watching the man be executed.

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When Team Seven was breaking camp for the morning, their reinforcement came. Inuzuka Hana showed up, oddly grim and silent for a Inuzuka. She had politely introduced herself to the team and Tazuna, then started talking with Naru.

Quickly, Naru and Hana became friends, talking all the way to the boat, about the most random things, from male siblings to styles of warfare. Kakashi glanced back at the odd friends, realizing that Naru and Hana had something in common.

Both had the feeling that they had to prove to the world that women were not just playthings, little sex-toys to be used and then discarded, as was the policy of many clans and families.

Kakashi shook his head, fearing greatly for whoever pissed off these two kunoichi.

Xxxx

Naru, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Hana, and Tazuna were slowly walking along, and everyone, even Sakura, was quiet. Nobody wanted to die because of the rudimentary mistake of noise discipline.

Naru noticed a twitch in a nearby bush, and quickly chucked a kunai borrowed from Sasuke at it, causing the twitching to stop.

Naru and Sakura darted forward to check the bush, only to find a very pale white rabbit.

Naru bent over the rabbit, inspecting it curiously, as Sakura started screeching in her ear.

“ NARU! Look what you did to this poor creature!” she screamed, raising a fist to strike Naru, only for Naru to jab a pressure point in Sakura’s arm, disabling it for a few seconds.

“ Kakashi.” called Naru, gesturing for him to come to her.

“ Look,” she said, gesturing to the long ears and coloring of the rabbit.

She continued, holding the rabbit very still. “ The ears show that it is a hare, and hare’s change color in the spring. It’s summer now. So if it is still pale, then it must have been-”

whirr

“ HIT THE DECK!” yelled Naru, who dragged Tazuna to the ground as Kakashi did the same to Sasuke and Sakura, ignoring Sakura’s violent protest.

A large shape shot over the group, and would have taken off all of their heads if not for Naru’s warning.

Naru stood up, and slowly drew her katana, ignoring Sakura’s squeak at seeing the blood covered blade.

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Naru’s eyes widened in surprise when she saw the weapon that had flown over their heads, and her mouth opened slightly.

A huge sword was stuck in a tree in front of them horizontally. The sword was easily seven feet long, but that was not what was the most surprising about the scene.

A man stood on the blade, wearing a strange ensemble of clothing that included wrappings around his face, and a Kiri forehead protector with a slash through the symbol.

The man grinned slightly, and he spoke loudly and clearly, his voice cutting through all the surrounding noise, quickly grabbing everyone’s attention.

“ So, the famous Sharingan Kakashi. I must admit, I did not expect to see you here, but it doesn’t matter. The old man is mine, hand him over, and you may live.” said the missing-nin from Kiri, stressing the “may” in his sentence.

“ Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Mist. I am afraid you cannot have Tazuna, because that would mean failing the mission, which I cannot allow.” said, Kakashi, reaching up to his forehead protector.

Sasuke tensed at the word “ Sharingan”, his mind working overtime, wondering what the Kiri-nin had meant. Was Kakashi a Uchiha survivor? But, his name was Kakashi Hatake…

“ Demon of the Mist?” came a clear voice, cutting through Sasuke’s thoughts.

“ You have never seen a real demon before, and I hope you never will. I don’t know how you got that title, Zabuza-san, but I intend to strip it from you.” said Naru, whipping her katana by her side in a whirlwind like manner.

“ A Genin, defeating me?” said Zabuza, amused.

“ That is impossible, for a pretender like you.” continued Zabuza, drawing a slightly confused look from Naru.

“ I do not count you as a shinobi until you are in the Bingo Book, the official listing of deadly shinobi. Let me give you an example,” said Zabuza, his tone harsh.

“ Copy-Nin Kakashi-san here. He listed as A-rank shinobi, known for copying over 1,000 Jutsu, and other things. Until I see you in that book, you are not a shinobi in my eyes.” said Zabuza, gesturing to Kakashi, who was clearly uneasy with his reputation.

“ If there was such a book where I come from,” started Naru, grinning like a fox, “ Then I would be in the highest category, for the death of over two dozen Warlords, and being only nine years old while doing so. Where I come from, it is a jungle where even a moment’s distraction can kill you in a dozen different ways, and even the plants try to kill you for no reason other than to feast on your decomposing corpse.” said Naru confidently, reaching into a pouch.

“ Here” Naru tossed a small circular object at Zabuza, who caught it, looking at it suspiciously.

“ That,” said Naru proudly, “ Is the personal emblem of Norgub Skullcrusher, the ruler of over two dozen, uh, regions.” said Naru, stumbling over her words when she remembered how she had acquired that trophy with pangs of sadness.

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Ole’ Sarge Fang…

“ Regions?” asked Zabuza, amused.

“ If not for the sake of this whole world’s way of life, I would tell you. But alas, I must make sure that this world does not degenerate into a horrendously cruel and bloody world with millions dying every day.” said Naru very quickly, inwardly smirking. There was no way the anybody had followed that absurd sentence.

“ And what else could cause this world to degenerate into a horrendously cruel and bloody world but the cold hard fact that it is but one world among millions?” called a aristocratic voice.

Everyone turned, to see a tall figure standing against the trees. The man was eight feet tall, and clad in blue and gold armor, with blue flames dancing around the armor, an impossibility. The man held a long staff in one hand, which was curved into two prongs, and had purplish fire dancing between the prongs.

“ Chaos.” spat Naru quietly, getting everyone’s attention, as she clenched her left hand, and started whirling her blade faster and faster, until it disappeared from view totally, and a loud hum started coming from the spinning blade.

“ Yes, that is the common name for the glorious energies that empower me. However, the question, is,” said the man, with the same aristocratic accent.

“ How do you, a mere mortal human, know of Chaos?” said the Chaos Marine, genuinely puzzled.

“ Of all my family, eight were corrupted by Chaos, one joined willingly, hoping to end Chaos. Three of my brothers died defending humanity from Chaos, two are injured and have been recovering for a long time, and the remaining four of my brother’s have continued fighting for humanity behind the scenes. I am well versed in all of the Legions, and you are no different, Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons!” spat Naru, hatred and murder flashing through her eyes, as a purplish light slowly started shining around her, growing in intensity until it blocked out everything else.

The light blinded everyone for ten seconds, and when it faded, Naru was gone. Or rather, the Naru that Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura had known was gone.

In her place, was a warrior eight feet tall, wielding a katana five feet long, which looked madly familiar to Team Seven.

“ Surprised?” snarled the warrior, in a very familiar female voice.

It was Naru, and boy was she was pissed…

“ N-n-naru?” asked Kakashi, totally scared of this huge warrior in front of him.

“ The one and only.” said Naru, as she glared at the Sorcerer, who’s face was a mixture of fear and awe.

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“ A Space Marine…” said the Sorcerer, his voice a mix of disgust and curiosity.

“ Close.” snarled Naru, whirling her sword by her side again.

The Sorcerer shook his head to clear his thoughts, then shouted out, “ Gak! Now!”

A thunderous boom resounded through the clearing as a huge plume of dust rose from the ground seemingly without a cause. Only Kakashi, Hana, Zabuza, and Naru saw the huge armored men for a few seconds before they landed forcefully on the ground.

“ Kakashi, Hana, deal with Zabuza! Sakura, Sasuke, Tazuna, run!” yelled Naru, taking charge.

“ Uchiha’s don’t run.” sneered Sasuke, drawing a kunai.

“They do from this!”

A second later, twelve large armored figures darted out from the cloud, shocking Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna with their gore and blood covered armor, and their savage weapons.

The warrior’s armor had strange horns on the helmets, weird, batwing-like protrusions from the backpacks, and was red… but it wasn’t painted… it was blood.

“ FOR THE EMPEROR!” roared Naru, her katana reaching out to meet a snarling chain-axe…

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So, how did you all like the fourth chapter? Any feedback at all is appreciated.

Really, I'm starving for any feedback.

[Myrdraxxis]

O.o awsome. I cant wait to see what happens next. Also Id like a second opinion on something. I jave been thinking of focusing on 'For the Greator Good' more than my other stories. I like where the idea in my head is going but it seems most people enjoy 'Cold as Death' more. What do u think?

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This is why I never posted any of my concepts... Let's see here...

I think you should continue those longer than 1 chapter. ie: Cold as Death, For the Greater Good, and possibly the Path of the Outcast.

Other than that, the first thing I advise is cleaning up the Path of the Outcast a bit. It has a kind of feel as 'Naruto's a god' kind of story.

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You cannot have Naruto immediatly switch from loud and bubbly to cold and serious.

You are great in that sense with Cold as Death, becasue he is getting colder, but slowly, and is partly keeping his bubbly attitude alive.

[Myrdraxxis]

Nov 28, 2008 9:55:15 GMT -5 Major Xeno said:

This is why I never posted any of my concepts... Let's see here...

I think you should continue those longer than 1 chapter. ie: Cold as Death, For the Greater Good, and possibly the Path of the Outcast.

Other than that, the first thing I advise is cleaning up the Path of the Outcast a bit. It has a kind of feel as 'Naruto's a god' kind of story.

hmmm yeah that sounds good. But I do have a couple of 1 chapter fics that will continue. ex: Power of Change, FInal Chance and Way of the Blade(haven't finished this one yet.)

As for Naruto being a god and changing his personality...well he IS an Eldar in this story. Damn if anyone can figure them out.

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Here’s chapter five!

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Naru batted the chain-axe aside, taking the Berserker’s head with a mere twist of her wrist.

Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna gaped at Naru, as Kakashi and Zabuza clashed with Suiton Jutsu.

“ WHAT DID I SAY?!?! RUN!” roared Naru, as she blocked another chain-axe with her katana as she fished for a scroll at her waist with her other hand.

She drew a line of blood across the unraveling scroll, and another katana, exactly the same as the katana in her other hand.

With this new katana, she sliced horizontally at the Berserker, who foolishly tried to block it with his free hand. The katana sliced off half of his shoulder, and that section of his chest.

Sakura was frozen in place at the sight of the blood shooting out of where the Berserker’s head should be, as a Berserker charged at her, roaring out a cry.

“ BLOOD FOR THE-”

Sakura looked, horrified at the sight of the huge Berserker, who had frozen in front of her, as his head and chest slid off his body, sliced diagonally.

Naru towered over Sakura, her expression horrible.

“ RUN! Get out of here! There’s nothing you can do!” roared Naru, blood oozing from both her katana’s.

Sasuke charged, kunai in hand, as another Berserker ran at him, roaring his battle cry.

Naru noticed Sasuke, then threw her left katana, impaling the Berserker. She ran to the Berserker’s corpse, hurling Sasuke towards Tazuna and Sakura, yelling, “ IDIOT!”

She reached down to grab her katana, but two more Berserkers charged at her, forcing her to drop it on the ground as she blocked quickly.

She slashed threw one of the Berserker’s hands, temporarily disabling him. She quickly picked up her katana, and as the Berserker lifted the chain-axe with his other hand, she decapitated him, slashing horizontally with both her blades as Kakashi dodged another of Zabuza’s slashes with his monster sword.

The other Berserker chopped at her with his chain-axe, letting loose another battle cry.

“ BLOOD FO-”

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Naru dodged the chain-axe, then jumped up and kicked the Berserker in the face with her steel boot cap, silencing his war cry. The Berserker stumbled back, and Naru jumped forward again, chopping off the traitor’s arms with two swings, then decapitating him again.

Naru saw one of the Berserkers, decked out in a impressive suit of armor, reach for a bolt pistol, and felt her hearts skip a beat.

“ I guess if I want a real fight I should go to Khârn!” Naru taunted, hoping that her trick worked, or she was dead.

The seven remaining Berserker’s froze briefly, then charged at Naru, screaming out battle cries and yelling their hearts out.

Great… Smart Naru… Piss off a bunch of Berserkers…

“ DEATH OR GLORY!” screamed Naru, counter-charging the Berserkers.

Naru slashed open the chest of one of Berserkers, but she might have slapped him for all he noticed.

Naru jumped back, as several chain-axes chewed up the spot where she just was.

The same Berserker leaped forward, slashing at Naru, who blocked the chain-axe with an X-shaped block, then slipping one of the katana’s out, and slicing through the Berserker’s arm. The chain-axe hit the ground and sputtered silent, as Naru finished the job with a quick slice from shoulder to hip.

Naru heard a cackling sound, and ducked, the warpfire missing her head by a mere six inches.

The Berserker’s swore angrily at the Sorcerer, as Khorne hated all sorcery.

Naru took advantage of their distraction and quickly slew another Berserker with a stab to the neck, as the Sorcerer launched more warpfire at Naru, cackling madly.

Naru swore violently, then blasted the fireball with her own fireball, causing a large explosion.

Meanwhile, Kakashi had sliced up Zabuza’s arms, which were spurting blood as Kakashi jumped in for the kill. However, a few senbon needles shot out of nearby tree, killing Zabuza instantly. A hunter-nin shot out of the trees, wearing a Kiri headband, and grabbed Zabuza’s body, quickly disappearing again. Finally relieved, Kakashi looked over at Naru, gaping at the sight of Naru, katana’s in hand, slicing and blocking the snarling chain-axes of the Khorne Berserkers, as she dodged the warpfire the Sorcerer was blasting at her.

Kakashi ran towards the fight, but Naru quickly yelled, “ Kakashi, this is my fight! These traitors are MINE!” she spat with disgust.

Kakashi slowed, but kept coming. Naru, seeing him approaching, threw her right katana, sinking it deep into a Berserker’s helmet. She whirled around, grabbed Kakashi’s vest with one hand, and chucked him over to Tazuna, Sasuke, and Sakura with a loud, “ Stay back!”

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She turned around, barely bringing her katana up to block a overhead strike from yet another Berserker. Her katana locked with the chain-axe, the axe trying to chop it to pieces.

She held the block, struggling against the superior angle, as the other Berserker’s came around the sides.

“ SUITON : SUIRYUUDAN NO JUTSU!”

A huge water dragon blasted at the Berserkers, splitting around Naru. The water dragon shoved the Berserker’s back several feet, giving Naru the precious seconds to pick up her other katana, and stab the Berserker fighting her in the stomach. The blade protruded from the Berserker’s back, and the body slid silently off the blade as Naru withdrew it.

“ Kakashi, stay out of this! This is my war, not yours!” she yelled, as the three remaining Berserkers charged.

“ BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!” screamed the Berserkers, revving their chain-axes.

“ FUCKING KHORNOS!” screamed Naru, as one of the chain-axes bit into her bicep, taking a chunk of the bicep with it. Quickly, Naru sliced off the offending arm, stopping the chain-axe from tearing off her arm.

Kakashi tried to move to help Naru, while one of the Berserker’s started painting some sort of strange seal on the ground. Before Kakashi could move more than a foot, the seal started floating above the ground, filling him full of fear, freezing him in place.

Naru punched the Berserker who had injured her, her fist smashing through the Berserker’s helmet like it was paper. The Berserker staggered backwards, blood shooting through his helm in several places.

Naru slashed at the staggering Berserker, but another Berserker slashed at her, forcing her to block or die. Despite her efforts, her shirt and vest were ripped away from her, leaving her in only a jungle camo sports bra.

Eleven silver blurs danced around her bra, connected to a chain around her neck.

“ DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!” screamed Naru, slashing through the Berserker’s arm in several places, the hand, then the elbow, then the shoulder, finishing brutally with the Berserker’s head.

Naru stabbed downwards with her right katana, decapitating the gurgling Berserker with the busted helmet.

The last Berserker slashed at her with a larger, more impressive chain-axe than the other, and Naru blocked, and countered, stabbing at the Berserker’s stomach.

The Berserker slapped her blade aside with his free hand, and slashed again with his axe.

Naru blocked with her left katana, then sliced horizontally at the Berserker’s head. The Berserker ducked, and the blade sliced off the horns of his helmet.

The Berserker ripped the helmet off, snarling, as Sakura, Sasuke, Tazuna, and Kakashi gasped at the Berserker’s face. His face was dark, with glowing white eyes, burning with hate. His face was cracked, as if it was a statue, and radiated hate, rage, and bloodlust.

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“ Ehren Gak. Captain of the World Eaters.” said Naru, surprised.

“ Aye!” yelled Gak, slashing horizontally at Naru, who hopped backwards.

“ We never knew what happened to you!” yelled Naru, blocking an overhead strike with an X-block.

“ Who’s we?” grunted Gak, struggling to force down the chain-axe.

“ Me and Captain Ehrlen!” yelled Naru, chopping diagonally at Gak, who jumped back.

“ How do you know Ehrlen!? He died on Isstvaan!” roared Gak, blocking with his axe.

“ Trade secret!” shot back Naru.

“ Gak! We must retreat!” called the Sorcerer, his aristocratic accent desperate.

“ NO!” yelled back Gak, chopping away at Naru with his chain-axe.

“ You have no choice!” said the Sorcerer, blue light surrounding him and Gak, as Naru screamed, “ NO!”

The blue light grew in intensity, then winked out, taking Gak and the Sorcerer with it in a loud vvvuum.

Naru dropped to the ground, her katana’s falling to her sides. The purplish light surrounded her once more, and when it disappeared Naru was back to her normal height.

“ Naru, how did you do that?” asked Kakashi, amazed at his student. Sasuke approached one of the dead Berserkers, in awe of it’s size. He tried to pick up the chain-axe, but couldn’t even budge it.

“ Sasuke. Stop, you might turn it on.” called Naru, staggering up.

“ Naru? How did you… change… like that?” asked Kakashi, his voice hoarse.

“ I’ll explain later, away from the others. Kakashi, we need to get out of here, now. Chaos Marines never retreat, especially Khorne Berserkers. They will return, with superior numbers. Tazuna, can yo-.” grunted Naru, panting, falling down again, unconscious.


“ Tazuna, can you lead us to your house quickly? Naru, myself, and Hana are injured.” said Kakashi, a nasty slice on his leg bleeding freely.

“ I can carry the squirt.” grunted Hana, lifting up Naru.

Sasuke sneered at Naru’s unconscious body, then walked off, following Tazuna, as Hana carried Naru in her arms.

Xxxx

[Major Xeno]

Naru slowly sat up, her head pounding. She was in an unfamiliar room, so she must be in Tazuna’s house. Still, Naru quickly checked the room for threats or danger, but there was none.

Naru looked over her body, only now noticing the wounds all over her body. Her bicep still had the pale scar from the chain-axe, and she noticed several other wounds as well. Her left calf had a nasty gash across it, her back was bandaged, and she had bandages around her head.

Snorting, Naru ripped the bandages off her head and calf, leaving the bandages on her back alone.

She glanced down, and saw that she was missing her shirt and vest, and before she could prevent it, she glanced at the eleven dog tags around her neck.

Sorrow and sadness washed over Naru, as she remembered………

Xxxx

(Flashback)

Naru crept through the dense jungle, carefully laying spike traps everywhere she could, coating the ground with the poison-soaked jungle vines.

She carefully climbed a tree, nestling her las-carbine in the crook of her left arm. She reached up and depressed the vox-stud on the collar of her camo vest once.

Three beeps on her vox answered her, then a thunderous BANG resounded through the valley, and several smaller bangs followed it quickly.

‘Smaller,’ was a relative term. Each explosion deafened her, and she could only imagine the pain each of the ork’s were going through.

She quickly drove those thoughts from her head. ‘Purge the xeno,’ she reminded herself. These primitive orks deserved no sympathy.

“ RUN!” roared a voice, only describable as inhuman.

A huge mass of green bodies rushed towards Naru’s tree, running right over the spike traps she had laid. Quickly, almost as soon as she had seen them, Naru hosed the green tide with las-fire, slaughtering ork after ork in seconds.

“ Up dere’!” roared another ork, his body huge, far larger than the miniature’s near him.

Naru pressed her body against the tree, pulling several vines by her, dropping dozens of poisonous snakes into the midst of the green horde, evoking screams and yells, as the snakes pumped orks full of toxins.

Naru reached down to her belt for another clip, but froze when she realized she had none left. She quickly overrode her fear, and jumped down into the mass on writhing orks, drawing her megarachnid katanas, and roaring out a loud, “ FOR THE EMPEROR!”