The Cloud Over The Leaf

The village bustled with energy as the Chuunin exams was going on.

On the rooftops above, Akumu and Fuyuki stood watching with irritated expressions.

[Did you lock on to the source?]

{No. Not yet.}

Akumu growled softly as he continued to look around.

{I wonder how it keeps disappearing?}

[We don't know, and that's the problem.]

Fuyuki and Akumu looked around at the many happy faces, scanning for something that stood out.

Fuyuki sighed as she plopped down on the roof.

{Maybe we imagined it? Like a world hiccup or something?}

[Unlikely. It happened at least 4 times. Something's going on right underneath us.]

Fuyuki sighed again, but she decided to keep looking.

{Well, I guess we get to see them being festive at least.}

The two sat for a moment before feeling a strange sensation run down their spines.

{W-What was that?!}

[.....Hii!]

Fuyuki shot up from the ground and looked over towards the forest.

{We have to go see what's wrong!}

Right before she started to head towards the forest, an invisible wave of energy came from behind them!

It was the energy they were looking for!

{Crap! It finally shows up now?! What do we do?!}

Akumu looks in both directions for a moment and turned to Fuyuki.

[You go to the energy source and try to figure out what it is. I'll check on Hii!]

{Okay!}

*Shuu Shuu*

The two darted away in two different directions as they went to investigate what was going on!

*******

Fuyuki found herself outside of a strange looking building in the village.

[The signal comes from here. I should look around for a bit.]

Fuyuki started to look around the building, but quickly found herself in a troubling situation.

"Aaaahn~!"

"Ora! Ora!"

*Smack*

"Yaaahn~!"

{.......}

Fuyuki's face became red as she started to shake!

{Why is it here?!}

Fuyuki freaked out for a moment, before shaking her head.

{This, This is nothing. I'll be fine.}

Fuyuki tried to bear with the situation, but the sounds were getting worse as she snuck around the building.

"Hahaha! Don't you like this, piggy?! Squeal for me more!"

"Buhiii! Buhii!"

"My feet feel good, don't they?!"

"Buhii!"

{What the hell are they even doing?! No! It doesn't matter! Gotta find the source and get out of here!}

Fuyuki quickly dashed around the place while invisible until she finally came to the window that the strange energy was last felt.

{Okay! Let's get the information we need and move.}

Fuyuki gazed past the drapes and gulped at the sight in front of her.

"Ungh! Ungh!"

"Aahn! Aahn! More~!"

A man with brown skin was behind a woman with long black hair, pounding into her with all he had.

Fuyuki was starting to get upset as she looked around the room to find the source of the chakra, but couldn't see anything of importance.

{Where is it?!}

All she found was a headband near a pair of panties and clothes everywhere. 

{A rock? So one of them is an Iwa Ninja?}

Fuyuki squinted her eyes as she looked at the pair once again, searching for more clues.

*Smack*

"Aahn~!"

"You like that, huh?! Urgh!"

{Geez...}

Fuyuki shook her head as the two kept going at it.

Besides his skin, there was nothing unique about the man. He had a big build with black hair and eyes.

The woman, however, was very unique.

Long, black hair bounced along her back as she took the assault of the male with a salacious attitude.

What drew Fuyuki in wasn't the level of her debauchery, but the strange tattoos on her body.

She was covered head to toe with different, bizarre markings and piercings.

{Uwaaa! She looks like one of those punk girls from back home! I guess the style existed even in a time like this.}

Fuyuki looked into the room as best as she could, but she still couldn't spot the source.

"I'm! Gonna!"

"Yaaahn~! Hold on!"

The woman quickly pulled him off and pushed him down. She then mounted him and continued her assault!

"I've got you now! Hmmph! Aaahn!"

*Slap Slap Slap*

The woman rode on the man as they both bucked in pleasure!

{......}

Fuyuki kept silent as she just watched the pair reach for their climax.

"Ugh! It's coming!"

"Let it all out!"

*Slap Slap Slap*

"Ugh!"

"Aaah~!"

The two shuddered in bliss as the girl plopped on his chest with satisfaction.

Fuyuki waited for a moment before shaking her head.

{Great. I'm a voyeur for nothing. I still couldn't find it.}

Fuyuki sighed and planned to head back, but she heard the two starting to talk.

"Ne~? Let's go again."

"Ugh... You're a monster of a woman. I can't even get up anymore."

"Oh. I think I can help with that."

"Hehe. Now how will you do that?"

"Like this~."

The woman placed her lips on his cheek.

"Heh. I don't think that's going to-"

*Sssssss*

The woman's lips suddenly became bright red as they seared into the man's cheek!

"Ugh! Agh!"

A lip mark was singed into his cheek as the woman pulled back.

The man grimaced in pain as he glared at her.

"You bit-"

The woman cut him off by forming a seal in front of him.

"Sealing technique: Memento Mark."

"Wha-?!"

The lip mark began to glow pink as the man's face became void of emotion. The mark soon disappeared from the man's cheek, fusing with his skin.

Fuyuki's face grew stern as the strange energy she felt before emanated from the lipstick mark!

"Stand up."

The man stood up immediately on the bed as the woman admired his physique.

She smiled seductively and reached for one of her tattoos.

It shimmered as her hand reached inside of it.

She pulled out a seal and opened it in front of the man.

"Sign here, please."

The man bit into his thumb and wrote his name on the scroll in his blood.

"Hehe~! I'm so glad I got a big scroll for this."

Once he signed it with his thumbprint, she rolled the scroll up and put it away.

"Now that work is over~!"

She immediately turned around and put herself on all fours.

"Get back to making me feel good. I need to at least cum 3 more times."

*Slurp~*

"Aahn~! You're so bad!"

The man bent down and thrust his face into her behind, eating her flower and lapping up as much nectar as he could.

Fuyuki watched this as a chill came over her body.

{She's dangerous! I have to tell Takashi!}

*Shuuu*

She disappeared into the night as the woman's moans began to grow louder and louder.

*********

"Haa!"

Hii woke up in his mental world in shock!

'W-What happened?'

Hii grabbed his head as whispers began to tickle his ears.

'Don't you want more power? Only I can give it to you.'

Hii could see the shadow of a large snake coiling around him. It radiated a purple, insidious presence as its face came towards Hii. 

"What the?!"

Hii was taken aback as he noticed the snake's face was Orochimaru!

"Come! Only I can show you the way to get stronger."

Hii balled his fists in anger as he looked at Orochimaru!

"I don't want anything to do with you!"

"Hmph! Then you can only give me your body!"

*Shaaa*

The hulking Snake slammed towards Hii, trying to crush him!

*Awoooo*

*Awoooo*

"What?!"

*Bang*

Two balls of energy slammed into Orochimaru's snake body and pushed him away!

The two balls of energy were black with purple lines and white with red lines.

The balls began to morph into two giant wolves as they stood next to Hii!

*Grrrrr*

*Grrrrr*

"I see. You have your own secrets, but this body is as good as mine!"

*Shaaa*

*Graaah*

*Awooo*

The three slammed into each other and began to fight!

Hii watched the three battle as fury came over him!

'You think you can just walk in here and boss me around!?'

Blue chakra formed around his hand, collecting itself into a blade! He held the blade with both hands and charged forward!

"Don't think you can take my body without a fight!"

**********

*Shuu Shuu Shuuu*

"Anko-san!"

Three ninja came down besides Anko as she looked over the Genin.

"You guys need to go after Orochimaru! He was here a moment ago. I'm sure he hasn't gotten far!"

"Understood!"

"What about the Genin?"

The group looked over at the Genin as Anko sighed.

Naruto and Shizuka looked glum as Karin and Sakura helped them up.

Sasuke was a bit woozy, but he was more concerned with Maka as she carried Hii on her back in eerie silence.

Anko looked at Hii's shoulder and watched the seal given to him by Orochimaru swirl around chaotically.

"Ung...."

Maka's face fell further into despair as each of his groans fell on her ears.

She turned to Anko and the other Jonin and bowed her head.

"Can you please guide us to the end of the test? We have the scrolls necessary to complete the mission. We would go by ourselves, but...."

Maka didn't finish her sentence, but the ninjas knew what she meant.

Orochimaru may have targeted her as a ploy to get to Hii, but he could easily come back if they were left unattended.

Anko nodded her head as she turned to the others.

"You guys look for Orochimaru's tracks. I'll guide the kids to the end."

""Yes!!""

*Shuu Shuu Shuu*

The ninjas all dispersed as Anko sighed again.

Maka bowed gratefully as she looked at Anko.

"Thank you very much."

"It was my fault that he came in to the test anyway. Just consider it my apology since you ran into him."

Maka nodded her head as she adjusted Hii's body to be more comfortable.

Anko looked over the group and saw everyone was ready for the most part.

"Okay. Let's go!"

*Shuu Shuu Shuu Shuu*

The group moved quickly as they followed Anko over to middle of the forest.

Shizuka gazed at Anko and motioned Sakura to move closer to her.

"Anko Nee-san?"

"Hm? What is it, Shizuka-chan?"

"....What are his chances?"

Shizuka could see Maka flinch at the corner of her eye as she asked her question.

Nevertheless, she had to know.

She looked at Anko for some hope, but Anko's sullen face didn't help their situation.

"I-I don't really know. Back when I got mine, it was the prototype. I barely survived that. Who knows how many people died for that seal to progress this far."

Maka nodded her head slowly as she continued to carry Hii.

Shizuka looked over at Maka as she carried Hii with a sad expression.

'He'll be fine. He's tough. I still have to pay him back. He can't die before then.'

Shizuka nodded her head as she kept her eyes on the Hii's seal.

She was shocked for a moment before whipping her head towards Anko!

"Is it suppose to do that?!"

Anko looked at Hii's shoulder in response and was shocked as well!

*Shrrrr*

The seal on Hii's neck began to spin as it started to glow with a bright light!

"Guh!"

Hii's grunt was heard by the squad who all looked at Anko shortly after.

Her face grew dark as she looked at his seal start to rotate.

"Get to the tower! Now!"

*********

"Awoooo!!"

"Graaaah!"

"Haaa!"

*Boom Boom Swish*

The three attacked one after the other, raining attacks on Orochimaru as he was being pushed into a corner.

"How can this be?! How can you have such a strong wills?! How do you have more than one?!"

"I'm not gonna answer a dead man's questions!"

*Slash*

Hii slashed at the snakes forming around Orochimaru's soul as he dodged away, only to be corned by the two wolves.

""Graaah!!""

"These mutts!"

Orochimaru swiveled his snake body and swung his tail towards the three spirits!

"Whoa!"

Hii slid under the tail, but the pressure of the swing sent him flying!

Fuyuki jumped over the swipe and tried to bite the snake!

Hii tried to stabilize himself when he finally crashed into a wall of soft fur.

"Thanks, Akumu."

"Awoo."

Hii dropped down back to the floor and looked at Akumu's form in detail.

'He doesn't have the cool air he usually has. Maybe....'

Hii looked over at Fuyuki as well and noticed both were baring their fangs towards Orochimaru without much heed to him.

Orochimaru coiled himself tightly, ready to strike towards Hii at any time.

"Just give up and give me this body! Submit to me!"

"No! Get out, creep!"

"Ha! You think you can stop me?!"

*Shaaa*

Orochimaru flung himself towards Hii, ignoring the two wolves as he charged forward!

'This is my mind, so I should be able to do it here.'

"Here goes! Akumu! Fuyuki!"

*Awoooooo*

The two wolves howled as their bodies were drawn towards Hii at high speed!

"It's useless!"

Orochimaru jumped at Hii with his mouth opened wide, ready to swallow Hii's soul whole!

"Now!"

Hii channeled the chakra of both Akumu and Fuyuki towards his sword, creating a mix of purple, blue, and orange on the blade!

"Haaaa!!"

*Slash*

The blade slashed through Orochimaru completely as Hii passed on the side of him at the last moment!

Orochimaru landed back on the ground and coiled up once more.

"Hmph! Was that your attempt to stop me? Just-"

Orochimaru wanted to gloat more, but he soon noticed his soul no longer moved as he wanted!

"W-What did you do?!"

He began to panic as his dark form began to disintegrate at a rapid pace!

It spread from the cut Hii made with his sword!

"No! This can't be?!"

Orochimaru's soul soon faded rapidly as he struggled against the energy of the sword!

Orochimaru could only glare at Hii as he vanished from his mindscape.

The world quickly became quiet as Hii dropped to the ground.

"Phew! That wasn't something I want to do often."

Hii breathed out a sigh as he examined his new blade closely.

The blade was interwoven with all three of their Chakras, seeming to both meld together and separate from each other.

"Huh?"

Hii's attention went to the ground for a moment as a Sharingan-like symbol appeared beneath him.

"A seal? Is this the one I was bitten with?"

*Huuuum*

Hii's head turned to the blade as he watched it slowly be drawn towards the rotating tomoes.

"....."

Hii let go of the blade for a moment and watched it stab itself right into the middle of the seal.

*Wrrrrrrr*

"Um..."

Hii had a strange feeling well up inside of him as he saw the seal filling with the sword's three colors.

Hii saw the seal shining with three colors growing brighter and brighter!

He blocked his eyes with his hand as the seal became blinding and washed his mind in white light.

*************

As the group came towards the tower, Anko immediately notified the other supervisors.

High ranked ninja were notified of the situation quickly and came to assist.

They placed Hii in room covered in seals as Kakashi took charge of the operation.

Kakashi looked at Hii's shoulder with a stern gaze while he lifted his headband up.

"Something's happening to the seal. This doesn't look like the seal Anko received anymore "

The room grew tense as the Chuunin and Jonin watched Hii with anxious gazes.

They could see the black seal suddenly start to shine in 3 different colors!

'Please don't let something happen to him!'

Some ninjas couldn't help, but pray that he would survive the seal.

If he didn't, his mother would become a nightmare to fear!

*Wrrrrr*

"Guh!"

Hii's groaned as his body jerked from the seal activating!

Kakashi watched the seal tensely. His hands were ready to seal it up until he was shocked by what he saw!

The pupil of the seal began to slowly shrink and divert towards the three tomoes around it. The tomoes increased in size and began to move in three different directions while solidifying a color.

One of the Tomoes turned white and moved to his left bicep. Another kept the black color and went towards his right bicep. The final tomoe turned light blue and moved to the back of his neck.

"......"

Kakashi had an idea of what was happening, but still kept his senses sharp in case Hii had an adverse reaction.

He slowly relaxed as Hii's breathing began to soften and mellow out.

""Haaaaa~!""

The room gave a collective sigh as immediate relief came to them.

Kakashi kept watching the symbols on Hii's arms and neck as they seemed to still be transforming.

He watched the seals for a short while before a wry smile came on his face.

'Looks like he won't be so hidden anymore.'

***********

*Tap Tap Tap*

Maka walked steadily towards the sealing room from the healing wing. 

Besides exhaustion, Maka was relatively fine compared to Shizuka and Naruto.

Naruto stayed around his sister as his wounds lessened while they rushed to the tower.

Shizuka grumbled about how unfair he was as she was tended to by medical personnel in the tower.

Team 7 stayed with Shizuka as they gave a report of what happened. Karin was taken away after Shizuka told the ninja her connection to the Hokage.

Maka hurriedly made her way to the sealing room Hii was taken to and found Kakashi standing outside of the door.

"Kakashi-sensei! How did it go?!"

Kakashi looked over at Maka and noticed her Sharingan was activated as she waited for his response.

"Calm down. He's stable and pulled through on his own. It seems like he'll be fine for now. "

"Haaaaa~!"

Kakashi watched as Maka slumped down to the floor with a relieved face.

He couldn't help smiling as Maka realized what she had done and quickly stood up.

"Ahem. I-Is it okay if I check in on him?"

"Sure. Just refrain from touching him right now. We still don't know what effects the seal now has. It seems to have mutated from the normal outcome." 

Maka was confused by what he meant, but nodded her head nonetheless.

Kakashi moved aside and allowed her to go into the room.

She saw Hii laying on a bed in the middle of the room without a shirt.

Her eyes checked his shoulder for the seal, but saw that it was replaced with two new seals on his arms.

"What happened?"

Maka continued to check him and noticed his arms were vastly different from before.

His left was adorned with an white tattoo that looked like a wolf head pointing up his arm.

His right arm had a black version of the same tattoo pointing to his hand.

 She was curious of the new markings, but that didn't matter now since he was fine.

He was sleeping soundly and was no longer in pain.

She would have to wait until he woke up to find out what brought on this change.

She pulled up a chair nearby and sat next to him.

She gazed at him for a moment before looking down at her hands, clenching them tightly as her mind replayed her actions.

Mistakes were made and needed to be rectified.

"...."

*Bam*

She punched her seat in silence as her face grew colder and colder.

'I need more training. This can't happen again. Never again.'

Maka continued to analyze her thoughts in silence, unaware her Sharingan was still active and rotating slowly with more power and emotion.

************

"Naruto! I said I'm fine!"

"Are you sure?! You pushed yourself pretty hard!"

"Do you have the right to say that?! I heard about what you were doing when I was out!"

"Ugh!"

Sakura shook her head lightly as she watched the siblings argue with each other.

She turned her head towards Sasuke who was leaning against a wall.

His focus was outside as he looked at the door leading out of the room.

Sakura thought for a moment before standing up from her seat and heading over to Naruto.

"Come on. Let Shizuka-san get some rest. She should be exhausted."

"But!"

"We should go check on Hii for a moment. Maka still hasn't come back yet."

Naruto wanted to protest, but quickly grew quiet as he was also concerned about Hii.

"....Okay. Let's go visit him."

"Finally! I can get some rest now."

"This isn't over yet, Nee-san! I'm telling Mom you're making weird seals again!"

Shizuka was shocked for a moment before her face became serious.

"If I'm going down, I'm taking you down with me. I will tell Mom where your "research material" for Sexy Jutsu is hidden!"

"!!!!"

The room grew eerily silent.

The two maintained eye contact for a moment before both turning away.

"Let's go."

"Heh!"

Sasuke couldn't help laughing at the two as he got off the wall and followed Naruto outside.

Sakura followed behind them, but turned before she got outside the door.

"Don't beat yourself up, Shizuka-san. Without you, we would've had a much worse experience than this. We might have died out there."

"......"

"Thank you. Get some rest."

Sakura bowed her head before closing the door and following after her team.

"......"

Shizuka looked up at the ceiling for a moment before her eyes started to water.

*Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang*

She smashed her hands down on the bed as she vented her frustrations!

".....I won't let you get away next time, you bastard!"

 A cold aura burst from Shizuka's body as she made plans for a new seal. She wiped her tears from her face as her obsession became firmer than before.

************

Deep in the forest, Orochimaru closed his eyes as he checked his connection to the seal he just planted.

"......"

He opened them as a gleam flashed across his eyes.

"Fufufufu. Now how did you take over the seal? There are even deeper secrets in you I've yet to find."

He wasn't even mad at the outcome. It only made Hii more interesting in his eyes.

'Looks like I'll have to keep a closer eye on him.'

Orochimaru licked his lips as he slowly slithered away. 

Little did he know, a pair of white and black Sharingan watched him silently as he went.

*************

At the Hokage office,

Minato's face was serious as he listened to the report Kakashi and Anko gave him about the progress of the exams.

"....And that's what we know so far."

"......Haaaa."

Minato flopped back in his chair as he looked up at the ceiling.

"Where is Kaya-san right now?"

Kakashi's posture became stiff as he answered his Sensei.

"She's out on a mission right now. She shouldn't have heard about the attack yet."

Minato's hand came to his face and pinched between his eyebrows.

"Make sure her family learns about this as calmly as possible. I can't stop them all if they decide to hunt for him."

"Understood."

Minato wiped his face as he turned to Anko.

"Was there anything else to report?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Anko turned around and headed towards the door.

Minato was confused for a moment, but stood up as soon as another figure stepped into the office.

Karin stiffly walked in and looked at Minato with respect and fear.

"Um! I-I am Karin Uzumaki. I-I heard you married a relative of mine?"

************

"Ugh..."

Hii groaned as he opened his eyes to a ceiling.

".....I guess we passed the exam?"

Hii sat up and looked around.

He saw Maka asleep in a chair next to him.

"......."

A smile formed on his face as he got up. 

He draped the covers over him onto Maka silently before noticing his new tattoos.

"....."

Hii looked over at the both tattoos and sighed.

"Mom is gonna kill me."

[Maybe. Who knows?]

Hii turned to the corner of the room and noticed Akumu keeping watch.

"Hey. How was your search? Hopefully, it was better than what happened to me."

[It wasn't too different from your experience. I ran into Orochimaru as well.]

Hii's shoulder throbbed as he heard that disgusting man's name.

"I think I get how Shizuka feels whenever she hears his name."

[That's possible. Let's go out for a minute. We need to go over what happened to us and those new tattoos of yours.]

Hii nodded his head and went to put on his shirt.

Akumu jumped into his shadow and followed him.

*Wrrr*

"Hmm?"

Hii suddenly noticed something strange.

The black wolf tattoo on his right arm began to glow for a moment before going silent.

"This is..."

[Let's find somewhere quiet to figure out what this means.]

Hii nodded his head and went outside.

As he walked outside, he checked the hallways for where to go.

"Where am I?"

[The sealing ward. They were preparing to seal your shoulder like they did Anko's, but your seal mutated. What happened?]

Hii began to recount what happened once he blacked out as Akumu listened quietly.

Once he was done, Akumu sighed in relief.

[I'm glad we gave you our energy. That was most likely an attempt to control and destroy your soul. Our energy must've acted on instinct.]

Hii nodded his head as he remembered the battle.

[After the fight, our energy must've changed the seals functions and replaced the will Orochimaru left in it. It's a whole new seal now. Strange to see three wolves though.]

Hii nodded his head before stopping.

"What do you mean three wolves? I only see two of them."

[There is another one on the back of your neck. It's blue and a little smaller.]

Hii was surprised to hear he had three tattoos.

"Mom is gonna flip now..."

[Well, maybe it won't be that bad. Not like you wanted to get bitten.]

"True. Let's hope she takes that into account."

They arrived at an area in the back of the tower and saw Sasuke and Naruto fighting each other.

*Bang Bang Swish*

"Haaaa!"

"Take this!"

Hii watched as the two battled each other fiercely while he made his way over.

He also saw Sakura watching the two battle and made eye contact with her.

"Hii-kun?!"

""?!""

The two stopped for a moment before turning around towards Hii.

"Hii! You're up!"

*Shuu Shuu*

The two jumped towards him and examined his new tattoos.

"Whoa! Those look pretty cool!"

"How are you feeling?"

Naruto looked over his arms as Sasuke asked with concern.

"I'm feeling pretty good."

"Does Nee-san know you're up?"

Hii shook his head as he rolled his sleeves.

"No. She was still sleep. I decided to let her rest."

"That's probably for the best. She was overworking herself ever since we got here."

"Do they do anything?"

Hii looked at his arms and shook his head.

"I don't know. All I know right know is they seem to glow around Akumu and Fuyuki. The right one turned purple earlier."

"He's here?"

*Where is that bastard?!*

'Hold on, Kurama! No fighting right now!'

*Zuuuu*

Akumu jumped out of Hii's shadow and shook his fur.

[Don't mind me. Just test yourself out with these two.]

"Well? You guys want to help me test these...seals?"

"Sure! But are you sure you're okay? You don't feel odd or anything?"

Hii opened and closed his hands with a smile.

"I feel fine. Great even."

"Well, let's find out how great you feel then."

Sasuke jumped back from Hii and prepared his stance.

"Heh! Let's see what you've got!"

Naruto jumped back as well and got ready to fight.

*Fight the mutt instead, Naruto! I'll give you my chakra!*

'Not now!'

"Hehe! You guys are excited."

Hii chuckled as he also got ready to fight.

"I'll be referee then. You sure you're okay, Hii-kun?"

Hii just nodded his head, making Sakura sigh.

"Ugh, boys. Are you guys ready?"

Sakura raised her hand as everyone got ready.

"Go!"

The moment Sakura's hand went down, the three jumped towards each other!

*Bang Bang Bang*

Hii blocked Naruto's and Sasuke's assault while slowly countering their attacks!

Hii sent his right elbow towards Sasuke's head, making him dodge back so he could focus on Naruto.

"Shadow clone Jutsu!"

*Poof Poof*

4 clones of Naruto rushed towards Hii and stalled him as Naruto jumped back with Sasuke.

'Well, this is as good a time as any.'

Hii clenched his fists and focused his chakra towards his left arm as he prepared an attack for the clone approaching him.

*Wrrrr*

His left arm suddenly began to glow with an orange light as the wolf tattoo spread all around his arm!

Hii felt a slight burn on his arm, but it wasn't as bad as it usually was.

"Hmph!"

*Boom*

*Poof Poof Poof*

Hii threw his punch toward the clones and was shocked by the force of his punch!

"Huh?!"

"Woah!"

Naruto and Sasuke braced themselves for the wind pressure coming towards them as Naruto's clones burst into smoke!

"Whoa! That's super cool!"

*Poof Poof Poof*

Naruto grew excited as he made more clones and rushed towards Hii.

*Bang Bang Bang*

Hii fought the clones a lot easier than earlier before as he felt his speed increase.

'Huh. So physical improvement?'

*Poof Poof Poof*

Hii struck the clones through the gap of their attacks with his fists and knees as he continued to test the changes.

'I barely felt their attacks. I wonder if I can mix this with one of my armors.'

*Shuu*

Hii quickly flashed over to Naruto and punched towards him!

"Haaa!!"

*Boom*

Naruto's eyes grew red as he punched back and clashed with his own fist!

The two separated as Sasuke somersaulted in and started to attack Hii with a flurry of moves!

*Wrrrr*

Hii's left arm went back to normal as he dodged Sasuke's moves.

'What about the other one?'

Hii prepared to use his right arm, but suddenly thought about it more.

'If the left is like Fuyuki, then the right one....'

He began to think about the scary abilities of Akumu and promptly decided against it.

He might as well go hit a tree or something with it instead.

"Huh? You're not using the other one?"

"No. That one might make Maka angry if I use it against you."

Sasuke was a bit confused, but shrugged it off as he went to strike Hii once more!

"Don't leave me out!"

Naruto came barreling in as well, increasing the difficulty as Hii fended both of them off.

Suddenly, Hii drew back and held his hand out!

"Wait a minute!"

""Huh?!""

They both stopped as Hii weaved handsigns rapidly!

"Water style: Water Gun Jutsu!"

*Fwoo*

A stream of water shot from his mouth towards a corner of the room!

"Hey! Why did you shoot water over there?"

"Wait a minute! What is that?!"

Sasuke went over to the corner and noticed something splattered on the tiles.

"....Mud?"

"No. Sand."

The two shivered as Hii responded to Sasuke.

Sasuke turned back to see Hii staring towards a hallway nearby, never taking his gaze off that direction.

"........"

After a tense moment, he finally turned back towards the two and smiled.

"Don't use any secret techniques. We had an audience for a moment. He might come back."

The two looked at each other and nodded slowly.

Hii didn't know this incident sparked their determination to grow stronger even further.

Not only did they not sense someone spying on them, they also couldn't have reacted as fast as Hii did.

They couldn't get left behind!

"Alright! Let's go again!"

""Haaa!!!""

*Bang Bang Swish*

The two attacked Hii again with intense vigor as he blocked them and countered with ease.

"!!"

*Swish*

Hii suddenly dodged quickly out of the way as Sakura also launched a sneak attack at him!

She smiled sheepishly as her surprise attack failed.

"Sorry! I have to get in on this too!"

Hii smiled as Sakura readied her stance beside Naruto and Sasuke.

"Hehehe! The more, the merrier."

""Haaaaaaa!!!""

************

Kankuro and Temari looked at each other helplessly as they stayed at the far side of their room.

They had only been here for two days, but Gaara had been going through a strange set of mood swings.

He was first really excited as they headed to the tower.

He had slowly become bored as the day came to an end, but he then grew excited again the next day.

Now, they couldn't even look at him as he had a smile on his face only his "Mother" could love.

He was nearly frothing with excitement as sand coiled around him like a storm.

"Hehehehehe!! He's even better than I thought!"

Gaara's excitement peaked as he got caught peeking at Hii's training.

He had only formed the eye for a few seconds before it was shot down!

No one besides his father had ever caught him spying with his eye!

"Hii Kurokumo! Show me more of your power!"

Gaara's sand thickened as it swirled around him ominously, lightly reeking with the smell of blood.

************* 

"Mmmmm. Huh?"

Maka woke up groggily as she straightened her back.

The chair wasn't the best of choices sleep in.

"Agh! My back..."

Maka rubbed her back for a moment before looking down at the sheet covering her.

"......"

Her eyes slowly widened as she slowly looked up to see the bed was empty.

A smile bloomed on her face before she knew it as she gripped the sheet in delight.

She stood up and headed out of the room to go find him.

"Hey Maka!"

Maka froze and turned to see Shizuka looking at her with a wry smile.

"Shizuka! You're okay now?!"

Shizuka rolled her eyes as she walked towards her.

"Yeah. I just needed a good rest. You, on the other hand, need to let go of that sheet."

Maka looked confused at first, then looked down.

Her face became red as she quickly put the sheet back on the bed, ignoring Shizuka's smug expression.

"I guess even an Uchiha can get caught embarrassed. I don't know why I'm surprised."

".....Shut up, Uzumaki."

Shizuka shook her head as she draped her arm around Maka's shoulders while they walked.

"Hey. Do you wanna go with me next time I meet Anko nee-san? She might have some tips for you to get his attention."

Maka's face resembled a tomato as she shook her head.

"I-I don't need that kind of advice yet!"

"Hehehe! Don't be silly. Information is always useful, especially if it's from a senpai. You never know when you'll need it or if you'll see them again."

"....."

"I'll at least let you know next time I'm looking for her."

Maka looked at Shizuka and noticed the serious expression on her face.

"We need to get even stronger. I heard Hii had fought off the seal's corruption and mutated it."

Maka looked at her and nodded her head.

"It didn't look like Anko-san's seal at all. It was on his arms. I think it has been influenced by Akumu and Fuyuki."

Shizuka was silent for a moment as she breathed in deeply.

She released her breath and patted Maka's back.

"I want to see it up close. Hopefully, it really is under control. I'll seal it myself otherwise."

Mala nodded her head as the two came close to the area Team 7 headed to.

They walked silently for a momemt before Shizuka sighed.

"I didn't kill him this time and you all almost got killed by him. I'll make sure that doesn't happen again."

Shizuka spoke solemnly, not even glancing at Maka's frustrated face.

"Don't take the blame for that. No one could've handle him. We only need to learn from our mistakes and move forward."

Shizuka glanced at Maka and her resolute expression.

She sighed and nodded her head, but she still couldn't get rid of her guilt.

"Just make sure when you do go kill him, call me as well. He actually tried to take my body with his stupid snake."

".....Pffft!!"

Shizuka couldn't stop herself from snickering.

"Hey! Don't laugh!"

"Hehehe~!"

Shizuka barely held in her laughter as she held her stomach tightly.

"Ugh! Whatever."

Maka quickly walked towards the training grounds as Shizuka couldn't hold it in anymore.

'Stupid Shizuka! It did sound a bit weird when I said it out loud. Whatever. Let's locate Hii first.'

*Bang Bang Bang*

"Haaaa!!!"

'Probably there.'

Maka quickly came to the hallway and saw Hii fighting with Team 7.

Naruto came jumping to Hii's location, kicking at his head!

"Too flashy."

"Uwaaa!!"

Hii grabbed his leg midair and chucked him off to the side as Sasuke and Sakura came rushing in together.

*Bang Bang Bang*

The two assaulted Hii with attacks from different directions as he blocked and evaded the two.

"Now!"

Sasuke attacked Hii with low kicks to his waist as Sakura backed up and weaved handsigns!

"Water Style: Rushing Wave!"

*Fwoooo*

 A jet of water spewed from Sakura's mouth towards Hii!

Sasuke rolled away from the attack, leaving Hii to take the full brunt of it!

"Wrong move."

Hii smiled as he dashed towards the jet of water!

He quickly dodged to the side of the attack and weaved his own handsigns!

"Water Wolf Armor!"

Portions of the water beam were pulled toward Hii, giving him a watery cloak as he rushed towards Sakura!

"Earth Style: Rock Wall!"

*Boom*

Sakura pressed her hands against the ground, bringing a large slab of earth up for protection.

Hii smirked as he rushed on all fours towards the wall and jumped over it!

"Grrrr! Urgh?!"

He landed on the otherside and bared his fangs to Sakura, but was surprised to see only a hole in the ground instead.

Hii rushed over towards the end of the wall and saw her getting helped up by Sasuke while Naruto cheered.

"Good job, Sakura-chan!"

"Haaa, thanks. I don't think I'll be able to support you two much after that."

"That's fine. We can take him from here."

Sakura nodded her head, but her fists clenched tightly as she saw the two weren't even close to getting exhausted.

'I need more training!'

"Alright! That's enough!"

""!?""

The four turned to the doorway and saw Maka looking at them with her arms crossed.

Sasuke shivered for a moment because he knew that look, but quickly calmed down.

It wasn't pointed at him.

"H-Hey, Maka. Glad to see you're okay."

"........"

*Splash*

The water around him dropped to the floor as he rubbed the his cheek with his finger bashfully.

"Now I know this looks a bit bad..."

"How long did you rest since you nearly lost your life?! 5 minutes?!"

"......"

"Bwahahaha!!"

Laughter rang out from behind Maka as she rolled her eyes.

Shizuka appeared shortly after, wiping her eyes as she looked at Hii.

"Haaa~! Hii acts like a kid with a new toy once he woke up. I haven't seen that much excitement since Naruto got a Ichiraku coupon."

"Hey! It was a big deal!"

"Hehehe! Anyway...."

Shizuka finished wiping her eyes as she seriously looked at Hii.

"I need to examine those seals. Now."

{And I need to talk to Akumu!}

""?!""

Everyone looked to the side to see Fuyuki appear out of nowhere, looking at Akumu seriously.

[Alright. Everybody go do their thing. We'll be back in a moment.]

Akumu rushed out as he lead her to a more secure location.

Hii watched them leave and turned back to his teammates.

He sighed as he knew they were gonna chew him out.

**********

Akumu and Fuyuki appeared outside in the forest as they stopped and looked at each other.

[Okay. What happened?]

Akumu waited for a moment until he noticed Fuyuki's face was a bit red.

[Fuyuki?]

{The source was in a love hotel.}

[.....!?]

Akumu was shocked as the situation came together in his mind.

[What the hell is going on? My bad. I shouldn't have had you go there.]

{I-It's fine! It was just shocking at first. That's not what's important!}

Fuyuki began to describe what she saw, making Akumu's face turn grim.

[I've never heard of someone who could do that. At least we know who she is. You remembered her chakra?]

Fuyuki nodded her head.

{What should we do?}

[.......]

Akumu thought for a moment before nodding his head.

[We have to keep tabs on that woman. Could you see any names on the scroll?]

{No. She was facing away from me.  I did notice she unfurled it quite a bit before he signed.}

[Then we can expect a quite a few people in there. I just don't know what they're for yet, but it can't be good.]

Akumu frowned as he looked back towards the village.

[Orochimaru must have a new addition to the original plan.]

***********

A woman walked through the streets of Konoha with a smile on her face.

She wore a dark purple kimono that wasn't covering her very well, giving the male citizens peeks into an exotic nirvana.

Her body was covered in symbols that made her stand out, yet it didn't look too gaudy.

She playfully winked at young men and husbands alike as women glared at her shamelessness.

"Hmmm. I wonder where another bar is? I could use a drink after all that tongue. Fufufu~."

She might have to call on his expertise once again if time permited.

"Kaira-san. How is the plan going?"

The woman stopped for a moment and looked at a man squatting in an alley.

She smiled and leaned against the wall nearby, looking at the potential mates walking by.

"It's going well. I have quite a diverse team going on."

"Good. Your master would be pleased."

"I have no problems pleasing my master, snake. Just make sure you worry about yourself."

"Hehehe."

Orochimaru looked over at her for a moment before standing up.

"I'll keep tabs on the stronger ninja. Just make sure you don't put any Leaf ninja in your palate. It could alert them early."

"Fine. You know where any big boys are? I'm looking to get dominated after all this work~."

Her voice this time wasn't hushed, making quite a few faces red as they heard her.

"Fufufu. Sorry, that's for you to find out."

"Tch! Aren't you interested in bodies? You should know one or two people packing, right?"

"......."

*Shuu*

He disappeared as Kaira looked at his shadow with disappointment.

"He's looking at kids for bodies, yet he can't tell me who's on the big side of the bed snake spectrum? Useless."

The woman continued to walk down the road until she saw a Mist ninja drinking in a nearby bar.

She licked her lips as she started to head towards him.

She caught his attention as she sat next to him, giving him a good view of her assets.

"Hey~. Is it true Mist ninjas are the best at Water Jutsu?"

The man was confused at first, but slowly nodded his head as he poured himself a drink.

"Y-Yeah! We're definitely the best."

Kaira smiled as she twirled her black hair seductively.

She grabbed the cup he was drinking from and sipped some of his drink.

She licked her lips as she looked into his red face.

"Then you should have no problem making me wet, right?"