Chapter 63: Lost

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter 63: Lost

Orochimaru considered for a second if he still had time to complete his objective, but then he saw his former student, Anko, approaching with Morino Ibiki and three ANBUs, and he knew it would be better to retreat.

He could also imagine that the Hokage had been informed and was on his way. If he stayed here to fight them off, it would put his other plan at risk. And that one was even more important.

He was about to lament his failure when he spotted something very interesting…the expression on Sasuke's face.

Sasuke was paying no attention to him or to the new arrivals. His eyes were focused on Naruto.

Orochimaru could recognize that look. It was envy… and lust for power.

'I can work with that…' Orochimaru then knew that not all was lost today.

'I will get what I want… one way or another.'

"Orochimaru!" Anko screamed his name with pure vitriol.

The group was a short distance away but none of them dared to make the first move.

"I'm sorry, my dear, but I don't have time to play with you today." Orochimaru looked directly at Anko as he said that. And then… his body disappeared into the ground.

"Don't let him escape!" Ibiki ordered.

Anko rushed away, chasing after Orochimaru.

However, as they landed on the floor, they were welcomed by a loud roar.

"What is that?!" One of the ANBU glanced at Naruto.

They had been so focused on the dangerous criminal that they almost missed him.

"Is that the Jinchuuriki?!" Another one realized what this was.

"Shit! Did the seal break?!" The last one said.

They all took their weapons and pointed them at Naruto.

"What do we do? Do we kill him?"

"Maybe we should wait for the Hokage first."

"Stop!" Sakura came running, with Sasuke following her close behind.

"Don't hurt him!"

"He is our teammate!" Sasuke added.

"We know who that is…" Ibiki said while giving Naruto a wary look.

Naruto turned to them. His body was so burned that his skin had turned almost black.

"Naruto…" Sakura called for him with trembling lips.

"What happened to you?...."

"I can't find him! Maybe w-...oh shit! Is that the Kyubi?!" Anko almost got a heart attack after she came back and found them facing against Naruto.

"Kyubi?..." Sasuke wasn't sure if he heard it right. But now… looking at Naruto, he could clearly see that his shape resembled a demonic fox, like the books described the visage of the Kyubi. Although that one was supposed to have nine tails and be massive.

"Surround him! We have to keep him in place until the Hokage gets here!" Ibiki ordered.

"Stop, he is not dangerous!" Sakura insisted. But no one was willing to believe her.

At that moment, Naruto let out another roar, but this time, it sounded more like a painful cry instead of a wild beast.

They saw him gripping his head while struggling to regain control.

"He is coming back to his senses by himself?, that's impossible!. " Anko exclaimed.

The ANBU glanced at Ibiki and this one gave them a gesture to wait and see.

The three tails started to retreat and the coat of red chakra returned to his body.

His expression lost its previous ferocity as his eyes became blue once more and the marks on his cheeks turned into barely visible lines.

The aura of danger around Naruto vanished completely.

As he regained consciousness, he barely had time to discern the situation before everything went dark again.

The last thing he remembered was hearing Sakura screaming his name.

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He had no idea how long he had been in this darkness, but when he opened his eyes again, he found himself staring at the artificial lights of an unknown room.

"Wh-...where?..." He felt both tired and disoriented so he tried to put his thoughts in order first.

'Last thing… right… that woman. I released the demon's chakra to break away from her restraints and then…'

"I lost control…" He muttered.

"You did." A familiar voice said.

Naruto turned his head on the pillow and found his Sensei, sitting on a wooden chair with a book in his hand.

"Did I kill anyone?" The demon fox chakra is loaded with hatred, so he was a bit worried about his actions after losing control to something like that.

"No… Sakura and Sasuke are fine. If that is what worried you." Kakashi answered.

"What about that woman?..." Could he have killed her? That seems unlikely.

"Woman?... ah… right." Kakashi was confused for a moment, but then he recalled the first part of the report his students had given him.

"The enemy you faced against was not a female ninja from the Rain Village, like you may have believed. It was someone else, using that identity as a disguise."

"Who was it then?... I would like to request a summary, if it is not too inconvenient…" Naruto said.

Before Kakashi could speak, the door opened and Sakura walked in.

"Naruto! You finally woke up!"

"Yes, I was about to explain to him what occurred after he lost consciousness." Kakashi said.

"Oh! That's going to take a while." Sakura made a complicated expression.

"Why… how long have I been out?" He asked.

Sakura made a hand gesture. "Almost four days!"

"Four days?!" He had not seen that coming.

"Yes, so listen up, because there is a lot you need to hear… and we don't have a lot of time." Kakashi said.

"Why, what's the hurry?"

"The third test… it starts in two hours." He answered.

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