Chapter 22: Han' Outbreak
Three different summoning animals appeared in front of them.
Round Deer was a deer with a massive deer-like body and four eyes. Its ears are close to its head, above its five-pronged antler.
Nue was a bat-like creature with orange feathers and a white mask-like skull. It has large wings, two sets of talons, and human-like teeth.
Divine Dogs were a pair of twin wolves. One was black and the other white.
Naruto stared at the bat-like creature and was stunned for a moment. Nue looked like a devil with that white mask-skull.
Shikamaru was surprised by how big that deer was. Although deer would normally be of his size, this was twice if not three times bigger than him.
Hinata found those wolves extremely cute despite their size. They looked no different than normal wolves but she felt they had some other abilities.
"So, can you speak?" Naruto looked at Nue and asked.
Nue shook its head.
"So, you can understand me?" Naruto asked.
Nue nodded its head.
"Can you display your abilities?" Naruto asked.
Nue instantly flapped its wings and flew into the sky. The speed caught them off guard.
Suddenly, in the air, purple lightning appeared on its body. A few seconds later, it returned in front of him.
"Hmm! So you can fly and conjure lightning. Pretty cool! There is one more question that I have. Normally, summoning a creature is related to the user's Chakra."
"So, if I increase my Chakra output, can I summon more of you?"
Nue shook his head and flapped its wings outward.
"So, bigger you?" Naruto asked.
Nue nodded.
"Naruto!" Shikamaru called from the side.
Naruto turned around to see a strange energy covering Shikamaru's body.
Shikamaru looked like he had already figured out. But, Naruto still wanted to test it.
So, he took out a kunai and scratched Shikamaru before he could react. The green energy began to heal his wound as soon as it appeared.
"So, yours can heal. Maybe fight as well." Naruto said.
"Mine simply fights." Hinata turned her head at her friends and explained.
Hearing that, Naruto shrugged his shoulders and said.
"They could be useful in battle. All of them but it seems like they each have their own abilities. These wolves must have something else as well."
Hearing his words, Hinata nodded her head and said.
"Then, we will find out during our next battle."
Naruto nodded and Kurenai walked in front of them.
"Alright, send them back to their Summoning Land. After that, we will return to Konoha. It will soon be a night if we spend more time here."
Hearing Kurenai's words, Naruto and his team nodded at the same time.
"Alright, you can go back!"
Naruto said while looking at his summoning animal. Shikamaru and Hinata did the same. The next moment, all three of them disappeared.
The summoning scroll was still there.
"According to the Summoning Rule, the first summoner of a certain animal can keep the scroll and let whoever they find good enough to be next summoner."
Kurenai explained once again.
"I think you should keep it, Naruto-kun." Hinata hesitated for a moment and spoke.
"But." Naruto was about to refuse when Shikamaru interrupted.
"Since you got that scroll, it is officially yours. In the future, if we ever find someone worthy to be the next summoners, we can also inform you."
Naruto reluctantly accepted and put those scrolls back into the small scroll. Finally, he put that scroll inside his pocket in the eyes of others but rather, he was putting it inside Inventory.
"Alright, let's go!" Kurenai said.
Four of them immediately left the forest. Hinata seemed to have recovered quite well after getting summoning animals.
Their journey continued until four of them spotted another group of Ninja.
This stopped all three of them at once.
"Konoha Ninjas!" Those ninjas also stopped and stared at them.
"Iwa Ninjas!" Kurenai exclaimed in shock.
She immediately took out her Kunai just in case.
"Why is a Konoha Genin team near the border of the Land of Fire?" The Jonin of the team Iwa asked while putting his hands in front of his chest.
He was a tall man with a strange armor around his body. This red armor looked ancient but they were more concerned with his Aura.
"This is still Land of Fire, right? What do you think you doing here?" Kurenai solemnly asked.
"We received a mission about bandits that slaughtered the entire village in this area." The Jonin answered. His eyes were looking slightly suspicious especially when he was looking at Naruto quite often.
Naruto was confused by his constant glances and decided to check on him.
[Observe]
[Ninja- Han
Lvl. Unknown
HP- Unknown
CP- Unknown
CC- Unknown
STR- - / SPD- - / STM- -
DEX- - / VIT- - / INT- -
Jutsu- Unknown
Bloodline- Boil Release
Abilities- Boil Release- Unparalleled Strength
Jinchuriki- Five Tails Jinchuriki
Note- Kage Level Ninja]
'Shit! Shit! Shit!'
In an instant, his expression drastically changed as he quickly took out a kunai with a frightened expression.
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Shikamaru immediately noticed his expression and asked with a serious face. He had never seen Naruto this panic in his life.
He couldn't help but notice him looking at Jonin of the enemy team.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing? Do you want to fight, midget?" A tall girl with sexy legs wearing Qipao spoke with a dangerous look on his face.
"Kurotsuchi, there is no need to be rude. It seems like he finally noticed what's within me." Han spoke with no emotions whatsoever. His eyes were still fixated on Naruto.
Kurotsuchi didn't register his words for a moment. Only after a few seconds, her eyes widened.
"But, how?"
"Because I am the same." Naruto slowly pulled down his hands and answered. His sweaty expression changed.
He didn't know why but Han didn't seem to be an enemy. His guts were telling him that.
"Yes, and that's the reason why you are alive. I don't attack those who are like me." Han spoke and turned around.
"It seems like those bandits are dead. Let's leave!"
Hearing his words, Kurotsuchi wanted to speak more but looking at his eyes, she gave up and reluctantly turned around.
"Brat, tell him to beware of Otsutsuki. She will understand."
Naruto was confused by Kurama's voice. But, he still nodded and shouted.
"Hey, beware of Otsutsuki!"
His loud voice made every surprise but when Han heard it, his reaction was drastic. Of course, it's not his own reaction but rather the reaction of the beast inside of him.
It got so violent that in an instant, red energy began to burst out of him. His eyes were slightly red and it made red energy begin to manifest even more.
"Oops! I messed up."
Kurama's words made his lips twitch.
'Fuck!'
Looking at Han, his expression drastically changed especially when he noticed Han losing control.
He almost attacked his own student but his own reaction made him change his direction, causing him to miss his team.
Kurotsuchi's eyes widened as she shouted.
"Han Sensei!"
"What's happening? Why did he lose control?" Another Genin shouted.
The third Genin turned toward Naruto and his eyes turned red.
"It's you, isn't it? It must be yours doing."
"Kenma!" Kurotsuchi shouted when she noticed Han unconsciously attacking that third Genin.
[Quest- Do not let Han kill anyone
Description- Because Han has lost his control, the Host must help Han subside Five Tails. Use everything in your arsenal to stop Han from killing anyone.
Reward- 5000Xp and Boil Release (Water and Fire Affinity)
Punishment- Death
Hint- Do not hold back.]
Although Naruto saw it, he didn't have time to react. He kicked the ground and appeared in front of him and kicked Han.
Whoosh!
Han flew back several meters. The blue Chakra on Naruto's foot disappeared as he landed on the ground and looked at that genin.
"I didn't do it so he would lose control. Fox asked me to warn him. We didn't expect his reaction to be violent."
"Naruto! What the hell is going on?" Kurenai shouted as she rushed toward Naruto.
"Sensei, I don't have time to explain. We have to contain him. If he was using all of strength, we would be decimated in seconds but it looks like he is fighting back."
"So, we just have to hold him down. Shika, I need a plan." Naruto stopped Kurenai in her tracks and caused her to contemplate his decision.
She didn't want to follow his instructions.
"Naruto, we need a talk after this." Shikamaru spoke and turned toward Kurotsuchi.
"Do you have anything that can keep him in one place?"
Kurotsuchi gritted her teeth, unwilling to work with Konoha.
"Kurotsuchi, we need to work with them if we want to bring Han Sensei back in control. If he is the same as Han Sensei, it will make this task easier." The second Genin spoke.
Kurotsuchi finally gritted her teeth and said.
"Alright, but only because you said so Akatsuchi."
"Are we really going to work with Konoha, Kurotsuchi?" Ittan asked.
"We don't have a choice." Kurotsuchi's anger exploded at him and then she looked at Shikamaru.
"My Jutsu might be able to bind him for a while but we need to make him stable in one position for a while."
Shikamaru nodded his head and said.
"Then, Naruto, you will become our main attacker. Hinata and Akatsuchi will help him from behind. You will work with your teammate to bind him while I will try to hold him the moment we get him down."
Hearing his words, Kurenai looked perplexed as she asked.
"What about me?"