Naruto:Making Of A Hokage

The Return

Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse this had to happen. Naruto didn't dare to move as the Sound ninja looked at them with a smirk on his face. He gritted his teeth, eyes darting to his teammates who appeared to be just as terrified as he was.

'What do we do?'

Not for the first time, Naruto's mind came up blank. All of them were close to falling over from exhaustion. Like a fool, he had thrown his chakra around unnecessarily when fighting the monster that killed his teammate, he was truly an idiot for giving in to a fit of fury when he had people depending on him.

He bit his lip, fists tightening, and muscles tensing in anticipation. Maybe he could get the jump on the Sound ninja and give his teammates enough time to escape... Yes, that sounded like the only way to make sure they didn't die.

"Hey don't get any funny ideas Konoha ninja," the Sound ninja's eyes lit up in glee. "There's no way you can hope to hurt me but, seeing as I've lived this long due to never underestimating my opponent..." he made a very familiar hand seal before placing a hand to his lips.

"Shit!" Naruto cried out as the ninja let out a powerful gust of air that threw them in different directions. The blond crashed against a tree before landing on his broken arm. He let out a scream of pain as he nursed his arm.

The Sound ninja watched the scene in amusement before moving towards the closest ninja, one wearing an odd green jumpsuit.

"Wait you bastard! Fight me first!" Naruto snarled as he tried to get up, only for his legs to buckle under his weight and make him fall face first on the ground.

"I see you care for your comrades. Very well, I'll kill them first," the Sound ninja laughed as he stood before Lee. "You know, many of my students were killed by your explosion," his expression darkened as he glared at Naruto, "That's why I won't show you even the slightest bit of mercy. I will kill you all like dogs."

Lee groaned in pain as he struggled to get up only to be kicked on his broken ribs, making him cry out in pain. He tried to clutch his side but couldn't as he was pulled up by the hair before being thrown against a tree. The impact from Lee's head against the tree echoed in the area before the ninja fell limply on the ground, clearly unconscious.

Naruto whimpered when seeing the amount of blood dripping form the tree.

"Now, where's the girl?"

"Dammit..." Naruto growled as he glared at the man, "Fight me you fucking coward!"

The Sound ninja chuckled, "As if. Look at yourself, you can't even stand up." He smirked when finding what he was looking for, a near unconscious Tayuya squirming on the ground, "Hey! I found her!"

"Wait-!" Naruto suddenly doubled over in pain with a scream, his abdomen feeling as if it were on fire. He drew in a raspy breath as he watched the man kneel before Tayuya and grip her throat tightly, "Leave her alone!"

Tears gathered at the corner of his eyes as he watched Tayuya fight weakly against the hold on her neck. He bit his lip as the pain on his abdomen intensified but he couldn't look away from what was happening; his stomach convulsed painfully, drawing a gasp from Naruto who felt as if his stomach wanted to turn inside out.