This fact was proven when Naruto fell to his knees and one hand while using his other hand to hold his chest before coughing up a little blood from his mouth.
Holding that jutsu together in its imperfect state places a great deal of stress on my body, Naruto explained while holding his chest, Plus it's still unstable, which is why I sustained some internal damage after performing that jutsu, but its nothing I can't handle seeing that I didn't use that attack at maximum. Had I done so, well…the damage might have been more extensive…
Yondaime nodded in understanding, knowing that there was another part of the Rasengan he wanted to add in as well with his wind affinity. But seeing that he won't be able to accomplish that, he decided that he'll teach it to Naruto in a later time in his life.
Naruto allowed his staff to transformed back to Tao. The masked fox humanoid woman stood next to Naruto quietly as he began healing himself.
"What should be done with her now," Naruto asked out loud.
"Slay her," Tao suggested, "She'll be trouble if we allow her to live or leave freely especially with what she now knows."
Thinking back to what happened between himself and the kunoichi, Naruto started contemplating on what he should do now.
"After seeing her abilities and intentions, it's clear that she'll come after me again to try to finish what she started," Naruto said, "She did try to kill me, or so it seemed and would have succeeded in defeating me were she given the opportunity to do so."
Naruto stayed quiet while thinking about what should be done with her. Sure he could kill her and be done with, he knew. But after contemplating on the situation for a couple of more minutes, an idea formulated in his mind.
"Tao," Naruto asked.
"Yes?"
"How good are you with seals," he asked
"That depends on the nature of the seal and its purpose," Tao replied. Naruto said, "I have something I would like for you do, and something else I would like for you to do some looking into for me if you will."
Tao nodded as Naruto detailed to her the favors he wanted her to do for him.
(Four Hours Later)
Ryota woke up and found that she wasn't in as much pain as before. She sat up and found that most of her injuries were gone and but also that most of her clothes were damaged and ruined, leaving her in her bra and what little was left of her pants that exposed parts of her panties.
"Good you're awake," a voice said. Ryota turned to see Naruto looking down at her with both the earth and heaven scrolls in his hands. She backed up away from him until she was up against a tree.
"Relax, I didn't rape or inappropriately touch you in any way," Naruto assured. Not believing his words, especially after he groped her again earlier, she asked cautiously, "What did you do to me?"
"I healed your most of your injuries, bones, blood vessels, colon, intestine, your right lung and liver, all of which I heavily damaged inside you earlier in my last attack," Naruto explained, "You'd have died within the hour had I not done so."
"Why did you spare me when you knew I came here to kill you," she asked cautiously.
"I spared you because I found use for you. I want you to personally deliver a message for me to your Tsuchikage," Naruto answered, "Tell your presiding Tsuchikage not to send any ninjas after me; because I won't be as merciful to them as I was to you just now. Plus, you did say that I can have this earth scroll and my freedom if I defeated you. Seeing that I accomplished that feat, I'll take my leave now with the earth scroll that you've saved me the trouble in finding."
Naruto then turned and started walking off away from her. Ryota shouted, "Hey! You shouldn't so trusting and turn your back on me! I can kill you right where you stand!"
"I took that into consideration while you were unconscious," Naruto said without turning to look at her, "That's why that kubiwa fūin (Choker Seal) was placed around your neck."
Seeing a small nearby like, Ryota ran over to it and looked into the lake to see that Naruto was telling the truth. A kubiwa fūin of some sort was around her neck.
"That particular seal is most complex and very hard to make, even for a seal master. I wouldn't advise you tampering with that seal or attempting to remove it," Naruto warned, "It's specially designed to respond to a particular chakra. If you or anyone else but me tampers or attempt to remove it, that kubiwa fūin will active and strangle you to death."
Ryota's eyes widened in disbelief at her situation; she couldn't believe what Naruto did to her, or even how he managed to accomplish it. Angered by the situation, she found and picked up one of her kunais on the ground as she ran after him.
"You son of a bitch," she yelled as she grabbed and turned him to face her with her kunai at his throat.
"I wouldn't advise you killing me," Naruto warned as he focused chakra into his chest enough to reveal the seal that was placed on his chest exactly over where his heart is.
"This seal on my chest was specially designed to respond to my vitals and it's part of the kubiwa fūin on your neck and choke you to death. Even if you managed to bring me back to Iwa, your safety isn't guaranteed since they'll possibly kill me anyway, in effect, you'll pay the ultimate price by dying with me.
"Also, that kubiwa fūin is designed to prevent you from revealing my secret about my birth father and Kyuubi. It'll choke you death should you make an attempt to reveal my secret without my consent. So what's your choice: your mission or your life?"
There was a long silence between them. Naruto stopped channeling chakra into the seal on his chest, making his disappear back into his chest.
"Am I really worth you forfeiting your life just to satisfy your mission and ego," he asked with a calm demeanor. Naruto made no attempt to defend himself as she hesitantly removed the kunai from his neck. She remembered what her Tsuchikage told her about Naruto. Like Naruto, her Tsuchikage warned her not to underestimate him. But she allowed her ambition, pride and overconfidence to overshadow the warnings given to her. And now she's paying for it in full.
Without saying another word, Naruto turned and started walking off, leaving the Iwa kunoichi to her thoughts in the forest. The kunoichi wanted to go after him, but her feet wouldn't budge from where she was. She was angry, completely humiliated, and afraid. For the first time in a long time in all her shinobi career she was afraid and didn't know what to do. Overwhelmed by what befell her, she fell to her hands and knees.
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