Naruto Awakens

Akane's hand was just inches away from that pesky zipper, until it was suddenly seized in a incredibly tight grip from the supposedly **** male underneath her.

"I don't think that belongs there, dattebayo."

Akane slowly lifted her eyes from his groin and allowed her gaze to travel up his body only to be stopped cold by the cerulean pools set in a chilling glare, which was settled at her in suspicion and slight apprehension. The boy squeezed his hand around her own, causing her to wince at the added pressure. To Akane it felt as if the bones in her hand were going to crack.

"Who are you? Where am I? And what the hell do you think you were doing?!", demanded the unknown man beneath her. Akane warred with herself internally while narrowing her eyes a bit at the young man, "I can't just give away the location of the village. I don't know if he is a remnant of the Rogues group. He feels strong, so I have to buy time for the investigation team to get here. Once we subdue him, he'll answer to Lady Nashiki." With that goal in mind Akane sent a quick strike to Naruto's wrist to break the hold before back flipping away.

The Nadeshiko ninja landed in a crouch before standing up and narrowing her eyes at her opponent, who slowly stood to clutch his wrist while glaring daggers at her. Using a summoning tattoo on her right forearm, Akane summoned her right gauntlet and got into a fighting stance. Her opponent merely raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk on his face before stating, "Really lady, you're going to fight me huh? Well just so you know right now I am the stro-", before he was interrupted with a deceptively fast punch that nearly busted his nose and sent him flying several feet backwards until he recovered with a roll when his body hit the ground. Growling in frustration the blonde's eyes narrowed into slits as he stared at his opponent who smirked in reply with her right fist still held out.

She then observed him as he rubbed the slight trickle of blood that slid down his nose and readied herself silently. The blonde then responded, "That was a good punch I admit. However-". Akane's eyes widened as he crossed the distance instantly ," let's see how you deal with this!!" The blonde sent a powerful right punch towards her to which she quickly countered by weaving left. She immediately tried to counter by sending a left uppercut to his ribs, only for him to pivot his body left and wrap his arms around the offending appendage. Continuing with his momentum he pull her arm over his shoulder and used it to lift Akane's body over his own and slam her into the ground hard enough for her to gasp with the ground cracking from the ****. The ninja then rolled out of the way from a hard stomp from the blonde and stood to her feet. Akane jumped backwards to create some distance while going through some hand seals. Finishing quickly while staring at her charging opponent she inhale plenty of air and blew out a scorching hot stream of fire in the shape of a dragon's head.

"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bomb", she intoned as she watched to see if the attack would connect with baited breath. There was an small explosion as the attack had connected with the surprised blonde boy causing much damage to the surroundings. After the explosion died down, the boy was no where to be seen, causing the kunoichi to be on guard. Akane then heard whistling in the air and immediately rolled forward as several kunai struck the ground she was standing on. After stopping herself she ran towards the left side of the clearing to the trees only to roll out the way of another barrage from a different direction.

It went like that for a while, each time she tried to pin down his position with her sensor ability there would be another barrage from a different spot. Just because she had the newest armor doesn't mean her enemy has to know or to test it's durability. Knowing she was being boxed into an area with no cover she went through a different set of hand seals while dodging kunai. Finishing this set she jumped in the air before clenching both gauntlets to her sides with wind swirling wildly around them.

"Wind Style: Twin Gale Dragons"

Shooting out of her hands were two powerful streams of air which heads took the shape of Chinese dragons. The dragons maws were open in a powerful roar as each took the opposite directions from their wielder's side. The dragons then made contact with the trees and proceeded to destroy the surrounding area. The dragons did not disperse however, as each quickly moved in a counter-clockwise direction and destroying the trees surroundimg Akane as they go, before dispersing into violent bursts of cutting air once a full half-rotation was made from each.

Akane was smirking in satisfaction as she heard several pops and squawks of surprise during her attack. She kept in a ready stance however, her calculating eyes scanning her destroyed surroundings, trying to sense her opponent's chakra signature . Suddenly ten shadow clones jumped into the clearing in front of her and charged with kunai in their hands. Akane jumped backwards using both hands to summon a Fuma Shuriken and imbue it with wind chakra which increased it's range ,before hurling it into the pack of clones before her. Most of the clones dodge the shuriken, but three could not get out it's increased range on time and were dispersed after being cut down. After landing Akane took a handful of shuriken and threw it at the clones. She then went threw several hand seals and quietly breathe, "Shadow Shuriken Technique." The handful of shuriken then turned into a large volley. The clones immediately took action, with all seven throwing their own volley to cancel out Akane's. They once again charged at her, with the Kumashiji readying her knuckle wind blades on her gauntlets. Her regular knuckle blades extended out about 3 inches. The thin layer of swirling green wind chakra seemed to wrap around and extend the reach of those blades by an extra 3 inches.

The two sides roared as they ran at each other ,before they collided. The first clone was easily disposed of as a quick swipe cut apart his raised kunai and jugular at the same time. The second and third were a bit smarter as the third sent a handful of shuriken to distract her as the second closed the distance while she blocked the shuriken with her gauntlets in front of her face momentarily taking away her ability to see.

The female ninja could sense the clone ,but could do nothing as a strong kick connected to her mid-section causing her to bend over and cough out spittle. Gritting her teeth she took hold of the leg before it could retract and tightened her grip. With a wild roar she lifted and swung the surprised clone around her, building up momentum. She then threw it causing it to shout until it bowled over the third clone. sending both targets flying nearly 20 feet until they hit the ground and dispersed.

The remaining four nervously locked eyes with each other, before focusing once again on the glaring woman. They slowly surrounded her, with the female ninja not moving from her position. To their shock they witnessed her remove her knuckle blades, before switching into a taijutsu stance that made her bend her right leg, slide left leg forward, and raised her left palm facing outward with her right hand close to her body in a fist. Her face was set in a calm, stone cold expression.

The clones were naturally a bit put off by this, and so was the boss as they received reinforcements with 20 more jumping into the ruined clearing. They internally sighed in relief ,but noticed her expression hasn't changed at all as if she was expecting them.

All 24 clones surrounded the lone kunoichi and readied themselves. An intense stare-down began as all stood still for what might have been minutes with neither side making the first move. A small gust of wind then picked up, gently ruffling everyone's hair and carried a leaf which started to float down a few feet above the kunoichi and the clones in front of her. The leaf slowly floated down and seemed to row back and forth in the air as it neared the ground. The area was so quiet it seemed as if no one was taking a breath. The leaf then floated pass their knees until it seem to hover for a second in contemplation before deciding to land neatly on the ground.

Taking it as a signal to start four clones rushed from each side as the remaining stayed back to watch. Akane did not move until they were in reach. Immediately she grabbed the clone on her left by gripping the jacket collar and pulled him into the path of the one in front of her making them yelp at the collision. She then spun around behind her and blocked a swift left kick by raising her right leg and then kicked out with that same leg to knock the clone off balance. Sensing the clone that was originally on her right she ducked down, avoiding a right cross and swung her left leg out causing the clone to fall to the ground. Finally turning to the one she knocked off balance she saw another kick already in mid-swing aiming at her chin. The kunoichi caught the leg with her left arm and used her grip pulled in the clone forcing him forward. Deciding to be a little more sadistic with this one and inspire fear the Kumashiji clan ninja reared back her right hand punched him in the balls so hard, she sent him flying 12 feet in the air with the clone yelling out with a foaming mouth holding his destroyed testicles.

The rest of the surrounding clones immediately took a couple of steps back in sheer terror holding their balls as they watched with wide eyes as the unfortunate clone landed on the ground. The clone looked half dead as his eyes were rolled up and a patch of blood slowly spread at his groin. The clone could only pitifully whimper at the agony it was going through ,before it fortunately dispersed, unfortunately inconveniencing his boss and brothers as they all felt the phantom pain of their balls being crushed.

The surrounding clones cried out in sadness and terror as the female ninja slowly stood up with a shadow over her eyes and emitting an evil miasma. She then stared at them menacingly with glowing red eyes and a demonic smile and while cracking her knuckles she only had one question.

"Who's Next?"

Four Minutes Later

The field was littered with dozens of kunai, shuriken, and craters as a panting kunoichi stood in the center in ripped attire as she tried to compose herself. It was all going well until one of the clones rallied the rest by making an inspiring speech to avenge their fallen brother and promising him a funeral to honor his memory and sacrifice. It worked and caused the clones to heavily pressure an opponent with superior skills in taijutsu. She had **** ,but to rely on the armor to offset the numerical advantage. It worked splendidly until they started getting creative.

The kunoichi's battle dress had many tears as the clones started to imbue wind chakra to some of their kunai once realizing how durable her clothing really was. Her pauldron was destroyed, her gauntlets were cracked, as her left cheek had a bruise thanks to a lucky shot. Her ribs ached as she had taken three kicks that sent her into the air only to be brought down by a powerful axe kick. A small bleeding cut was placed under her right eye from a stray kunai. It took some doing, but eventually she took care of the clones, now she just ne-

Akane leaned back as the ground underneath exploded upward along with an uppercut aimed for her chin. The kunoichi responded by flipping backwards while throwing out her right foot which connected to the original's chin, causing him to grunt as he was sent rolling backwards. Getting to his feet, her opponent glared at her to which she was happy to return ,with silence once again taking hold of the clearing. Seemingly impatient, her opponent took two steps forward before breaking out at full sprint with incredible speed until he jumped and reared back his right fist. Akane too prepared herself by staying in place and moving her arms in intricate motions to gather energy and reared back her own right hand. The two then yelled out and threw their punches with enough **** that the collision produced a small shockwave.

The two then traded blows back and forth across the small clearing as the trees and rocks splintered from the **** of their collisions. The two seemed like blurs as they moved too fast to the naked eye. Each fighter gave no quarter to each other by employing jabs, uppercuts, parries, counters, grappling, and throws. Some of the noise were the smacking of flesh meeting flesh as some punches had found purchase.

The two briefly disengaged from each other panting lightly. The two ninja stared at each other in mild surprise of the other's skill. At once they smirked at each other, but the Kumashiji was curious to know her target's name and asked, "I would like to know the name of such a skilled warrior. Would you grant me this?"

The blonde anomaly tilted his head a bit to the right in thought(causing inner Akane to kawaii), before he smirked at her and answered, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki!! I'm also a Toad Sage and hero of my village. Now I don't know who you are, but I'm not allowing you to stall for the reinforcements we both know are coming soooo sorry. I'm going to end this now."

In her confusion over Lady Kushina's name being mentioned and her apparent son, Akane did not react as a ball of blue chakra appeared over Naruto's hand. The sphere seemed to be swirling in different directions and was about the size of a softball. She snapped out of it too late as Naruto had once again closed the distance and launched the spinning ball of chakra into her unprotected gut. Akane cried out in agony as the chakra sphere grinded against her chakra armor until more power was added causing it to shred past her battle wear and mesh armor in seconds. Once full contact was made with her soft stomach, she screamed even louder, before Naruto released his hold over it causing her to go flying across the clearing while spinning rapidly. She was only stopped when she crashed into a rather thick tree, making an indention in it. Her mouth was open in a silent whimper with her eyes being stark white. Lastly an angry red spiral shaped mark made it's presence known on her stomach.

Naruto only watched silently as she fought to stay conscious for a few more seconds only to fail and fall **** in the tree. Sighing to himself, Naruto had to think about his options as for some reason he couldn't get in contact with Kurama.

OPTION 1: He could take the enemy kunoichi somewhere private to gain information. This choice risks her squad catching up although Naruto was sure he could evade them if push comes to shove.

OPTION 2: Leave her and escape the area immediately. Find a village and ask for information on the world or find a library.

OPTION 3: Make shit up as he goes.