Kiri's Susanoo

Chapter 10

Adrenaline

Naruto felt his body loosen as terror overtook him. Death, it was cold and calm... but at the same time ruthless and nerve wrenching. He was fading slowly for what seemed like an endless amount of time. His mind was blank, his skin was cold... he felt nothing.

But her hand...

Warmth engulfed his hand in the darkness he found himself in and slowly began to spread. He heard her shacking voice; he smelt the salt of her tears...

'Mei' was the first thought to race through his once blank mind in what felt like thousands of lifetimes...

"Mei" he mouthed into the darkness. He could see it... a light in the distance... He bit down emitting a growl as he focused on the light... He could see the yellow eyes now... there attacker... Mei...His blood boiled.

Yagura... His eyes burned.

He had to do something... anything... He had to move.

Mei shivered as tears fell from her face... She flooded her system with Chakra as the Genjutsu fell over her and Naruto... It was one of the first things Yagura drilled into her. 'The ability to counteract Genjutsu was a great priority in the land of the mist' he told her when he began training her. She remembered those words solely due to the fact of the fear in the words as he spoke them...

With all the Chakra she could muster she pushed the effects of the Genjutsu from her system... But still she remained numb and shocked. Tears dripped from her china s her wide eyes stared towards the tree line. Standing there was a tall man draped in loose white and black clothing.

The man's skin matching the pail white of his tunic as he stood with a deviant smile covering his face. His yellow eyes glowing with amusement drilled into her soul... This was all she could manage...

'Naruto' she whimpered while glancing over at the blond wide eyed boy next to her. Her hand shockingly gripped his as fear pulsed through her... 'N-Naruto-Kun' She cried again gripping his cold damp hand as tightly as possible in her condition...

"tisk Tisk tisk" the man said while walking toward the two children. "You have a lot of potential young lady..." he paused chuckling with a manic tone "Yes, a change of plans are in order, i think I'll take you both with me" he chuckled, licking his thin lips. "but first i think i should take this chance to kill the hunted Mizukage... I can't afford for him to fall into their hands."

With blinding speed the pale man shot towards Yagura's fallen form. A sword shot from his gaping mouth and looked to impale the Youngman...

Mei's eyes followed him as he charged, shock overcoming her senses. There was nothing she could do. Again she would watch another person she loved die before her very eyes... again she was weak... again she was worthless...

"Grrrahggg.."

Suddenly a force shattered the ground next to her, catching her completely off guard. She let out a slight shout as she fell to her side shielding her eyes from the dust and debris...

'Wha-what was that? Growl?' she asked herself trying to search through the lingering dust... 'Naruto!' she said to herself... his damp hand wasn't gripping hers anymore...

Her eyes shot to where Yagura's limp body was, and she heard it again followed by the metallic singing of metal on metal... Naruto stood strong, his wakizashi in hand blocking the sword from the pale man's mouth... but that wasn't what shocked her the most.

"Crimson?" she said to herself while looking into his once sapphire eyes... now to only see rage engulfed crimson.

"Don't touch my family!" Naruto's screamed boomed, emitting a wave of power and pushing the attacker back. His feet dug into the ground as he slid leaving a trail until he came to a stop with a look of shock in his eyes...

"that chakra..." the man growled his head hanging low, covering his face in shadow.

"This power... yesss" he hissed while grinning and raising his now ecstatic face. "So it is you!"

Blood was rushing through Naruto's veins as his teeth clenched. With all his might he dove towards there attacker. No hesitation in his movements, no remorse in his crimson eyes. The pail man grind wildly. For the first time in years he felt it... the adrenaline, the rush... The pleasure...

"Come at me boy!" He yelled lowering his arms to the ground releasing an endless stream of snakes.

Naruto's blade began to simmer with heat as it began to glow with crimson heat. Not halting his charge he took the blade in his hand and swung vertically in front of himself... The built up heat in the blade released and to the pail man's amazement cut a clear path through the middle of his snakes, halting directly in front of him... In a blur the blond child appeared above him where the attack halted. The man's eyes widened but his grin remained. This rush... it was like a drug... It was power... power that he thirsted for. There was no greater drug. This child was so young and yet... he was perfect!

"GRAAAAAAAH!" Naruto roared as he brought down his blade once again glowing with heat...

Mei watched in amazement and fear as the blond boy fought the man... Her eyes locked onto the blade as it fell. He was going to win... There was no way the man would be able to react in time. A blush warmed her cheeks for a moment followed by the swift realization... She could move. The man had lifted what Genjutsu remained on her to fight Naruto...

"Do it" she mumbled while watching the blade fall... "Do it Naruto-Kun!" She now yelled...

"kukuku"

The blade fell... he felt the urge to hear the man's flesh sizzle and burn, which shocked him. Where did the bloodlust come from? 'No' Naruto said shacking the thoughts our of his mind. Now wasn't the time to second guess himself. He had to protect Yagura... He had to protect Mei-chan. If he'd have to dampen his hands with blood in order to protect those closest to him then so be it. But was killing the answer?...The blade fell...

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But there was nothing. No sizzle, No shredded flesh... There was only the dull thud of his blade cutting into earth.

The man's body had bent and twisted like a serpent and dodged the attack.

"Kukuku" he laughed at the blond, and with a swift movement his body straightened itself and before Naruto knew it the man's foot was planted into his gut... blood rushed from Naruto's mouth as the force of the kicked traveled through his body.

Mei watched in horror as Naruto's body shot back like a missile and slammed into a tree... She heard his bones crack as he hit. his body slid down the tree to the ground leaving a trail of blood on its oak. the blade in the boys hand hit the ground with a metallic clank... He was motionless.

"N-No" she mumbled while finding her way to her feet. The man chuckled as he stretched his body... He was in pure bliss.

"Now then... time to take my pets home"

'What do i do?' she cried to herself... 'Someone... Aimi-chan... Yagura-kun' she whimpered. His yellow eyes slowly searched and found her once again. She took a step back feeling the urge to run... but stopped. She glanced over to Naruto's beaten form... 'No' she growled...

"Don't run girl... it will hurt less" the man said before chuckling "but then again... where's the fun in that"

"No" Mei said her bang falling over her eyes.

"Oh?" the man paused "so you're going to fight too? Interesting"... "Fine then entertain me then girl. Just like your cute little Naruto-Kun"

"Suddenly her body grew hot as tears streamed from her eyes... "No!" She screamed... no one was coming. No one was going to protect her.

The ground began to shack as she looked up at the man. Her eyes filled with hate and power... Her body began to sweat dampening her cloths as her anger surfaced. Steam slowly simmered off her small body as the ground shook more and more.

In a blur the man charged the girl... If she kept this up it would draw to much attention, and make it harder for him in the end. He'd end it quickly.

His fist closed in on her gut... His speed was impossible for her to counter... This was all she could manage? Mei cursed herself for being weak... along with fate for being cruel.

She shut her eyes to await for the pain to overtake her... but to her surprise it never came.

"Now now Orochimaru" a voice said with a hint of disappointment in it "is attacking small girls one of your new hobbies?"

Mei opened her eyes to see two older men standing in front of her. The larger of the two had stopped Orochimaru's fist with his palm and was smirking at the man.

"Little one i remember you" another voice called out. The smaller of the two men looked back at her and she gasped in surprise.

"H-Hokage-Sama?"

"We agreed that you wouldn't harm anyone Orochimaru" an angered voice growled. Mei watched as the tallest of the men stomped towards the pail man who glared back at him.

The man grabbed Orochimaru by the neck of his shirt and pulled him close "look for the Human Containers that was your mission. Not slaughter Innocent children you Idiot!" the man paused and was growing more and more annoyed with the snake's silence. Mei stood in silence... They had been saved... Even though she was relieved she couldn't help but feel helpless. She was ready, or at least thought she was ready to hold her own against the man... Like Naruto did.

"Naruto!" she snapped looking over at the bloody blond and earning the attention of the 3 men. She slid closer to him and pulled his head into her lap.

"M-My god" the shorter man said taking a step towards the 2 children. "I-is that"

"kukuku" Orochimaru laughed as the man released his grip on him "I was planning on waiting for you two but once i realized who that boy was... well the rest is history. I had a little to much fun with them yes, but can you really blame me... Being around you old men is so... boring." he said but no one listened. "by the way Jiriaya where's-"

"KAH!" a battle roar echoed as a fist collided with Orochimaru's jaw. The sound of his jaw snapping filled the air followed by his mangled body flipping through the air and landing with a dull grotesque thud. Mei looked to see a very busty blond women standing where Orochimaru was moments ago shacking her hand.

"You damned idiot Orochimaru!" The women screamed "There just kids! What where you planning to do with them huh?!"

"Tsunade" Jiriaya interrupted her. She turned towards him only to see him kneeling next to a blond boy and crimson haired girl. "I-Its"

"Naruto"

As she took a step towards them dozens and dozens of blurs began to fall around the group of what Mei would call misfits.

"No body move" A women's voice yelled out "where the hell is my son!"

TBC