Chapter 43

A/N: Yugito will not unleash the Nibi, she has to lay low…for now bwahahaha!

Last Time:

Naruto turned as a large blur attacked him, sharp teeth gnashing as spit flew towards him.

Now:

Naruto quickly used his hands to grab the top of the large wolf like dog's maw and the bottom. The dog growled and tried to smash its teeth together, but Naruto managed to hold them apart. "Little help here?" Vee asked. Samui quickly unsealed her sword and slashed downwards at the dog. In a sudden blur, the wolf-dog hybrid was gone. Samui's sword was quickly descending on Naruto, but he managed to roll out of the way. "What the hell was that?" Karui demanded.

"Trouble.." Naruto muttered as he quickly patted himself down to check for slashes. "Sorry about that." Samui muttered. A large blur zoomed past them once more, leaving a gash on Naruto's flank. "Fuck!" Vee yelled as he grabbed for his side. "Back to back!" Vee yelled, and everyone got into a circle with their back facing towards each other. "What the hell is that thing?" Yugito asked as she channeled chakra to her claws. "Fast… and efficient.." Naruto muttered. "Thermal Imaging.." Naruto whispered in his helmet.

Within a second, the inside of his screen was coated a dark blue. Vee looked up to the trees and saw various figures standing there. 'Who the hell could be after us?' Naruto wondered as he continued to look around. Karui and Omoi were swinging their weapons wildly in a desperate attempt to get whatever was circling. Naruto unsealed his bow and

an explosive arrow, quickly loading it into the bow. He scanned the tree line, seeing only blurs and hearing the rustling of bushes.

"They're… circling." Naruto muttered as he pointed the arrow to the ground. "Like a shark?" Omoi asked as he carefully looked around. Naruto's eyes widened. "Yes, which means.. Everyone channel chakra into your shoes and use it to cushion a landing." Naruto whispered as he pricked his finger and wiped it on his tattoo. The large wolf-like dogs suddenly stopped and looked towards the group. They then charged in at fast speeds, intent on ripping the team to shreds.

"JUMP!" Naruto yelled. HE and his team channeled chakra to their feet and jumped. Naruto quickly fired the arrow to the floor. As the dogs neared the center, the arrow went off, blasting the dogs away and helping the team gain an extra boost to land over the waterfall. Naruto quickly channeled chakra to his hands and landed with them on the ground. With a loud poof, five medium sized bats were summoned. "RUN!" Naruto yelled as he and his team fled, the bats taking off after them.

Suddenly, Four large blurs were chasing after them at breakneck speeds along with three Inuzukla Anbus chasing them via rooftops. 'A bat summon?! I thought that contract was destroyed ages ago!.' Tsume thought to herself as she ran after them. "How can we help, sir?" A medium sized bat with a shaggy black mane asked. "We need to be air lifted out of here! Think you and your crew can handle it?" Vee asked. "Yes, but it would have to be a midair grab if we are being chased." The bat shot back.

Naruto turned to see a large gash in the earth. 'Probably a chasm formed by earthquakes over time.' He reasoned as he looked on. "Alright, circle around to the chasm and we'll jump!" Naruto yelled to the bat so that the summon would listen. The summon quickly broke off from the team's side and flew towards the chasm. Naruto took this opportunity to take point in front of the rest of the team. "Follow Me!" Naruto yelled back to the rest of the team as he took a swift turn to the left toward the chasm.

"Naruto.. There's no road up ahead!" Yugito yelled at him. She could easily clear it in her tailed beast form, but the rest of the team were going to have trouble even getting halfway through it. "We're not going to jump over it!" Naruto yelled back as he approached the chasm at a fast pace. "What do you mean!" An angry Karui demanded as one of the large dogs nipped at her legs, the fang leaving a gash. "We're going to jump!" He yelled back to her. "Jump!" Samui yelled in an angered tone. "Yea!" Naruto yelled as he saw the fast approaching chasm.

"What about the bats!" Omoi yelled at Naruto. "Just jump!" Naruto yelled back as he approached the chasm and jumped at full speed. The rest of his team followed, but the dogs following them stopped at the very edge. All except for a large dog with black fur and a white underside that had an eye patch over it's right eye. "Kuromaru, STOP!" A voice yelled out after the dog, but it ran off the edge of the chasm after the target full speed. It wasn't like an Inuzuka to let a target get away.

As Naruto and his team free fell into the chasm, flying black blurs tackled them. They were the bat summons that quickly grabbed onto them and flew off. Samui, Karui, and Omoi were caught with relative ease; Yugito's bat had a somewhat difficult time gripping her shoulders, but managed to grip on. Naruto was gripped expertly by the bat he had made the plan with, but the bat was dispelled as Kuromaru slashed at the bat with his razor sharp claws. As soon as the bat was dispelled, Kuromaru bit into Narutos shoulder.

"Get them out of here, now!" Naruto yelled to the rest of the bat summons as he unsealed an arrow with a black box attached to it. Yugito and Samui nervously watched as Naruto was engulfed into the dark shadows. "VEE!" Karui yelled as the shadows engulfed him. An arrow suddenly shot out of the darkness and buried itself into the edge of the chasm. Attached to the arrow was a Teflon cable. "Get the hell out of here, NOW!" Naruto yelled to the bat summons.

Yugito tried to get hers to drop her, but the summon tightened it's grip and took off, leading the rest of the summons away.

~ In The Chasm – With Vee ~

Naruto yelled as he Kuromaru's fangs began digging deeper into his shoulder. He quickly strapped the end of the Teflon box to his Kevlar vest. HE quickly grabbed the cable as the opposite wall of the chasm got closer and closer. With a quick twist of his body, he twisted so that Kuromaru cushioned the blow. As soon as Naruto's full weight impacted the dog against the wall, it yelped in pain. Naruto took advantage of the situation and slammed his shoulder into the wall again, making the ninken let go and fall to his doom.

As soon as Kuromaru released his shoulder, Naruto channeled chakra to his hands and feet and stuck to the chasm wall. 'That was close..' Naruto thought as he looked upwards. Various blurs were running on the chasm walls towards his location. "No rest for the weary.." he mused as he unsealed a kunai with an explosive tag and stuck it in the wall next to him. He then quickly channeled chakra to his feet and jumped away to the opposite chasm wall, putting a bit of distance between them.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Naruto demanded as he traced the Shinobi by their heat signatures, the large orange blobs of heat being easier to notice than blurs in night vision. "Surrender now and we guarantee you won't be injured!" A blur said. "Night vision mode…" Naruto muttered in his helmet. The inside part of the helmet was then coated green and Naruto took a look at the Anbu. 'Trained ninja judging by the uniform..' Naruto thought as he inspected the ninja's gear.

"Who sent you!" Naruto demanded as he kept looking for any sign of affiliation. 'Anbu masks point to Konoha.. anyone infiltrating the exams is far fetched, though not unlikely. Judging by the giant wolf-like hybrids, all signs seem to point to the Inuzuka clan.' Naruto quickly arrived at the conclusion. "Surrender now!" The voice of the feminine squad leader yelled out from behind the dog ANBU mask. "Boom!" Naruto muttered under his breath as he channeled chakra to the Kunai he slammed into the wall.

The explosive tag attached to the kunai began to fizzle, making Tsume turned to the wall she was standing on. "Scatter!" Tsume yelled as the tag went off, making various chunks of rock explode everywhere. Naruto took advantage of the time that Tsume spent trying to regroup her team. He unsealed various exploding arrows and shot them towards the edges of the chasm. Naruto turned to see three ninken dogs charging towards him, chakra concentrated on their paws allowing them to walk along the chasm walls.

He then made a series of hand seals and slammed his hands against the chasm wall he was attached to. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!" Naruto yelled. Various spikes made of condensed earth rose around him until he was in a literal bed of spikes. 'What is he planning?' Tsume asked herself and turned to the ninken besides her. "Sick him, but don't kill him." Tsume said to them and they quickly scattered after Vee. Naruto put his hands into a familiar cross symbol and made two shadow clones.

"Alright guys, launch me!" He yelled. The two clones grabbed onto him and threw him towards the other chasm wall. The ninken quickly stopped and turned towards the real Naruto. "Not so fast!" The clones yelled as they began charging chakra to their cores. "Exploding Shadow Clone technique!" They yelled out and exploded. The once useless earth spears were turned to deadly shrapnel. Tsume's eyes widened as she witnessed various of her clan's companions being impaled to death, their whines and whimpers forever being burned into her mind.

She growled and turned to see Vee's helmet, the blank same expression seemingly mocking her. Her features began getting more primal, her hair rising in response to the threat. Her fangs elongated and her pupils slit, indicating the Inuzuka matriarch had gone feral. With a great surge of speed, she jumped after Naruto. The three members of her team followed after her. Naruto quickly took this Teflon cable and unstrapped it, letting it retract into its arrow.

He then put his hands together and detonated the arrows attached to the ledge, making giant slabs and boulders of rock fall. Naruto jumped to the first falling boulder and began running upwards. The Anbu quickly took chase after him, throwing various weapons after him. 'Shit, this is bad!' Naruto yelled as he ducked under an incoming boulder and jumped from one giant slab of rock to the next. He quickly turned and clapped his hands together. "Wind Release: Gale Palm!" He yelled.

A rushing wind swept downwards through the chasm. The slabs of rock began moving faster and the smaller bits of rock became blurs. One unfortunate Anbu met his end as a boulder slammed into him mid air and collided against the chasm walls. Naruto continued jumping in mid air from boulder to boulder, making sure not to miss a beat. "Almost…THERE!" Naruto yelled as he managed to reach the top of the chasm.

A sudden force abruptly impacted his back, sending him flying into a clearing near the chasm. 'What the hell was that?!' Naruto yelled as two flying twister landed before him, revealing themselves to be the Anbu that were chasing him. "Don't you guys ever give up?" HE muttered under his breath as he tried to get up, his healing factor already getting to work on his back. One of the Anbu to draw twin daggers that looked like a pair of fangs. "Orders be damned, I'm going to kill you myself!" Tsume growled and charged towards him.

A/N: Yay! Another chapter down. Yes, this scene was taken from Lee's fight in one of the movies. I thought It was beast, and totally doable due to the super-soldier formula.