Ain't That a Kick in The Head?

20 - Grudges i

lol sorry in advance? ;) also i cant make it go bold help

disclaimer: I'm not a doctor I am writing this for fun pls be kind

also violence warning btw

"This is your fault, Shitty Fox!"

"Sure, sure." Kurama says dismissively. "Where are you even going? You're in danger. You're the one holding your team's flag."

"Uhhhh...."

He had been very embarrassed, and as a result, kind of just took off.

Naruto takes a look at his surroundings.

He stands in front of a small creek murmuring softly. There are juniper bushes and small rocks smattering the path. The conifers had been sparse where they had made their camp, but here, he stands in the midst of the beginnings of thick forest. Behind him are two boulders, a big one and a more medium sized one.

"Crap."

A branch breaks behind him.

"Crap is right, Konoha-nin."

He turns around at the sound of a taunting male voice. He sees a teenager about his own age, or maybe a little bit older, emerging from the larger of the boulders. He wears an Iwagakure headband and shinobi gear colored in red and brown- or maybe black- it's so dark he can't quite tell. A dark-haired kunoichi emerges from the large rock behind him using the same jutsu. Naruto turns around and sees a bulky, muscled genin nearly two feet taller than him.

"Guys, maybe we can talk about this?" he tries as the Iwa genin circle around him.

"Nah," says the big genin. "I've failed the exam four times already, and my mom said I can't come home if I fail it a fifth. Sorry, dude."

Next to him, the other shinobi shrugs.

"Tch," sneers the kunoichi. She stops before Naruto and glares him down, taking out a kunai and spinning it around her finger. "The Yellow Flash didn't talk to my uncle or my cousins before he mercilessly slaughtered them all. I don't see why we shouldn't show you the same courtesy, right, boys?"

The shorter of the two shinobi hums, and he makes his way over to her side. The big guy comes up behind them and digs his heels into the ground, making a battle-ready stance.

"Just because I'm a blond doesn't mean I have anything to do with the Fourth Hokage, or what he did in the war!" Naruto yells. Two shadow clones poof into existence on either side of him.

Kurama coughs.

"What? What?!"

The kunoichi tilts her head back and lets out a fairly unhinged cackle. "I don't care! You and your village shall–"

"We're leaving with that flag," the short Iwa-nin says quickly, interrupting his teammate. He flashes her a look of warning, "whether you live or die is your choice. Hand it over to us and we may just let you live."

"No."

A tense silence ensues. The kunoichi narrows her eyes. There's a slanted, jagged scar slashing across her right eye and nose. The short one unsheathes a katana at his side. The blade glints in the soft light of the cloud-covered moon. The big guy shrugs. "We tried. Nice talking to you."

Then the short one charges and pops both of Naruto's shadow clones with one swing. The sword barely misses him as he has the sense to immediately put space between him and the enemy genin, landing on the surface of the creek.

It's not very wide, he notes, big enough to fit Gamakichi end to end. He makes more and more shadow clones until the small clearing is filled with them. The ground shifts and shakes. The water he stands on ripples lightly. A seismic wave pulses outward with enough force to shake the trees wildly, sending the water backward in a series of unstable waves. Boulders crack and break off into pieces.