The three Suna shinobi plus one Konoha shinobi had just passed the borders of Suna and were now traveling through one of the Forests located within Hi No Kuni. As they did the Sabaku siblings were forced to listen to Naruto swear enough that any sailor would have likely died of a heart attack, "That goddamn, motherfucking teme! What the hell does he think he's doing! Did he even fucking think about what would happen if he went to some mother fucking pedo-douche bag like that damn snake and his cock muppet Kabuto! When I get my hands on that shit, I swear by Kami as my fucking witness I'm going to kick his little punk ass from here to Iwa!"
"Naruto, you have been ranting and swearing for nearly four hours, might I suggest you stop and focus on the mission," Gaara suggested in the same monotone voice he always used, not in the least bit affected by the blonde's foul temper and mouth. Unlike the other two who were actually beginning to get a bit disturbed by not only the vulgarity he was spouting but the imagination in some of the ways Naruto planned on torturing Sasuke if they got up to him.
Naruto grunted a bit before acknowledging Gaara's words, "Sorry, I'm just so pissed off that Sasuke-teme would actually do something like this."
"Maybe he didn't," Temari suggested, "He could have been kidnapped."
"Doubtful," Naruto frowned in thought, "while not as secure as it once was Konoha's security was still pretty tight before I left. Sasuke-teme is fairly strong, it would have taken a lot of effort to kidnap him and someone would have been bound to notice the kind of chakra emissions necessary to fight on his level." The whiskered blond shook his head, "No I have a feeling that he left of his own accord. Sasuke has always been power hungry, he wants enough power to destroy his brother Itachi and he doesn't seem to care how he gets it."
He didn't add that Sasuke had likely felt threatened and jealous of Naruto's own increase in ability and power. While the blond shinobi had not seen much of his old team since he was promoted to Chunin, he had spotted them in passing and whenever he was near, Sasuke had given him some of the most hateful glares he had ever seen. Not only that but he had noticed that Sasuke had taken to following him when he had gone out to train, and Naruto had been forced to lose him many times, knowing that the raven haired Genin was likely trying to spy on his training method in order to gain whatever strength Naruto had for himself.
"So you think that this Sasuke kid is actually betraying your village for an S-class traitor who really shouldn't be trusted, given his history of betraying people, for power?" asked Kankuro, who gave a rather constipated looking expression when Naruto nodded. "How stupid can one kid get? He doesn't honestly think Orochimaru will grant him power does he?"
"Obviously he does." Naruto said.
"Quiet you too; I sense several presences up ahead." Gaara warned.
"How many and where are they?" asked Naruto.
Gaara shook his head, "I can't tell. I can only sense the presences vaguely."
'Naruto-kun, if you channel youki to your eyes you should be able to see them.'
'Really?' Naruto asked Kyuubi as she made herself known.
'Yes, it is a unique ability when becoming half - since you've become what you are.' She and Naruto had stopped using the term demon and half demon to describe each other, since Kyuubi was actually just a mass of extremely powerful and inhuman chakra, not a demon. Or at least, Kyuubi didn't consider herself to be a demon. According to her, the term demon is what humans use to place a label on beings that were beyond their power and understanding. It was a name made in ignorance, one that she only used because she did not give herself a label, and had been using terms in order to speak down to Naruto's level. As for Naruto, well, he didn't know what he was, but since Kyuubi didn't consider herself a demon, he wasn't sure if he should call himself a half demon. He just knew that he wasn't fully human anymore. 'Since at least half of your energy comes from nature, you should have gained the ability to sense and see chakra.'
Naruto began channeling youki through his eyes, unaware that they were changing from their original blue, to a royal and deep amethyst color, much like how they were when he transformed into his demon form. Though the others did notice and were slightly freaked out by it, minus Gaara who just raised his eyebrows.
"Dude, what the hell is up with your eyes?" asked Kankuro.
Naruto blinked as he looked over at him, "What? Is something wrong with them?"
"They're purple Naruto-kun," Temari said, "and they look a lot like fox eyes."
"Ah, don't worry about that, it's just an ability I have thanks to Kyuubi-chan," Naruto said. He turned his attention back to where the presences were detected. He saw what he guessed were people outlined in small blue dots that were slowly but steadily getting larger the closer they got. Two of those dots had a sickly purple color mixing in them. "I see seven figures up ahead. Four of them are on our right, close to where if my memory serves is the entrance to the Valley of the End. The other three are to the left, at least several miles away."
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