Right, I have to get this out of the way. You need to guess ALL FOUR OC'S to get the plot point.
The OC's are as follows:
Gizoku
Fait
Kaitou
Joui
Don't just post one or two, either all four or none at all.
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Please keep it up!
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE ORIGINAL CHAPTER 4
Still looking for a beta.
"Normal Speech"
"Flashback or thoughts"
"Demon Speak"
"Demon Thoughts"
"SHOUTING! SIMULTAENEOUS JUTSUS"
"SIMULTAENEOUS SHOUTING!"
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The Iwa team had put up a valiant fight it must be said. But when faced with two of the fabled Sand Siblings and Matsuri, Gaara's only pupil, there is normally one outcome for lesser able ninja. After a few clashes, Matsuri had managed to deflect the weapons from their hands with kunai, as Temari slammed two of them into the wall with her fan. The last had been trapped inside Kuroari and Karasu had been poised for the Black Secret Technique Machine One Shot but the leader had forfeited, wisely realising his position. The teams shook hands then walked off the field.
The Iwa team breezed past the Kiri team what with Earth jutsus naturally being stronger than Water ones. Still, a fairly boring match, even with several water splashes into the crowd.
Joui reappeared inside the arena in his own inimitable style. He appeared to create a portal of shadow from his seat in the crowd and use it to warp to the centre of the field. A few gasps were heard from the crowd but were silenced when Joui cleared his throat.
"Next Match: Team Konoha B vs Team Kiri B!" He warped back up to his spot when the aforementioned teams walked onto the field.
Naruto looked to the Konoha team in interest.
"So, Shino, Hinata and Ino. Right, I know who we're fighting next."
Gizoku and Fait turned to him.
"Well, you gonna spill the beans or what?" grinned Gizoku.
"Well, judging by who was in the arena with us at the start, I'd say we're up against the Uchiha, Rock Lee and Sakura Haruno. Lee's the speedster and only uses taijutsu. But the stuff he can do is amazing. He destroyed an entire room in a couple of seconds back in the Konoha Chunnin Exams when he fought the current Kazekage."
Gizoku whistled.
"I'll take him then. After all, we're both speedsters and along with my Bloodline it should be fairly entertaining as well."
Naruto nodded and flashed a grin under his match.
"Anyway, next up is Sakura. She didn't really do too much back when she was on my Genin team. However, there are some rumours that she has been training under Tsunade so healing jutsu, evasion and super strength is to be expected."
"Mine then." Fait sighed. "If either of you two fought her, it would be the classic case of not being able to hit girls. Honestly you need to get that out of your systems."
"Aww, Fait-chan. But it's you hitting us that makes us scared of hitting girls!" Gizoku cheerily said. He was then taking a very keen interest in the floor as a fist smashed into his head.
Naruto laughed. These two could start their own comedy duo, I swear.
"Anyway, that'll leave me with the Uchiha. Luckily, I'v been training for this for a while. I always wanted another crack against the Sharingan."
All three nodded in affirmation. Targets set, they laid back in their seats to watch the show. Until…
"NARUTO-SENSEI!"
Naruto whipped his head round and saw most of his class sitting up in the rows behind him. He cracked a smile.
"Hey guys! Nice to see you! Ready to see me kick butt?"
All of the class responded with as loud a YEAH twenty seven eight year olds could muster.
"Glad to hear it. I want you all cheering for me, Gizoku and Fait okay?"
Lots of nods followed.
"Well done. If I'm happy with the cheering then maybe…" he broke off as he pretended to scratch his chin in thought.
"Maybe instead of the Bunshin test I had planned, we'll have a taijutsu tournament okay?"
All the class cheered.
"Aww, you're so cute when you give them treats like that Naruto." Gizoku mocked. He then felt an over-powering presence behind him. "Fait's standing right behind me with a fist cocked isn't she? Gotta run!" And away he went.
Naruto laughed again under the mask and leant back against his chair. Fait would tell him when it was their match so he stared up at the clouds, trying to think of what the future may entail.
Man this is relaxing; no wonder Shikamaru does it so much.
Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha was having a quick nap just before his match up. He figured that rest helped him work a lot better than anticipation. However, this particular snooze was not as restful as he would have wanted.
The dobe had been piledrived right into the ground, head-first off a massive cliff. Even if he had survived the Karyuu Endan, there was no way was he getting up after that. His body was floating there, in the water, waves gently bobbing it up and down. He let out a breath. It was over. And he, Sasuke Uchiha, had won.
Just as he began to turn to continue his path of an avenger though, he heard the sound of chakra manifesting. He looked over to the body. Strange red chakra was flowing all over it. And it was starting to lift the dobe up. His body was slowly changing back to a standing position. It was like something out of a horror film with this as the creature that would not die. Sasuke tried to move but found himself rooted to the spot. As Sasuke stared transfixed in fear, the blonde's eyes snapped open.
Blood red eyes.
A clawed fist shot out and caught him right in the jaw with the force of a jackhammer. As he flew back in pain, he cradled his jaw. It was almost broken from one punch. He looked back to the blond. The chakra had encapsulated him in a red shell, almost in the shape of a fox. A single red tail swished behind him as he locked on to Sasuke.
And he bellowed a long, loud, bestial roar as he charged. The Sharingan tried to keep up but it was too late as the red chakra covered fist hurtled towards his face…
His eyes snapped open and he saw he was breathing heavily. That particular dream had been haunting him ever since the Valley of the End. Sometimes, it would be gone for a couple of months then re appear strong as ever.
He heard the Konoha B Team get given the victory as he stood up from the wall he had been leaning on. Sakura and Lee were already by the arena entrance. Not even bothering to look at his team-mates, Sasuke looked beyond into the opposing tunnel where their Kumo opponents were waiting. One was leaning against the wall, swishing his strange monkey-like tail. The other two, a girl and a masked boy were talking. Until suddenly, the mask's head snapped towards him, looking him dead in the eye. Sasuke smirked.
"The masked one's mine."
Lee and Sakura nodded. If they had learnt anything since Sasuke came back, it was that he got what he wanted most of the time, by connections or force.
The referee had warped back into the arena.
"Final Match or the Prelims. Team Konoha C vs Team Kumo. The home crowd instantly lit up cheering as the Kumo team walked into the light. Team Konoha got a few cheers too from the Leaf friendly side of the stadium.
The ref looked to both sides.
"Final Match: HAJIME!"
Gizoku narrowly dodged a high-kick from the green-clad shinobi and flipped out of the way of a low sweep that followed it. Unhinging his daggers from his belt, he brought them up into a ready stance. Lee charged forward with a battle cry, all four of his limbs seeming to strike at once. Gizoku was hard pressed to block all the shots that came his way and only managing slight cuts on the speeding boy. Kicking him back off of another attack Gizoku formed a few handseals.
"Raiton: Raikyu!" A ball of lightning shot out of one of the daggers at Lee. He dodged out of the way and came at Gizoku again, just as Gizoku was finishing another set of handseals.
"Fuuton: Atsuryokuha!" A large focused blast of wind was thrown right at the Konoha boy. He managed to flip out of the way of most of it and threw a couple of shuriken at Gizoku. The monkey-tailed boy used both daggers to slice through all of them easily before running and taking a swipe at Lee.
Dodging back into the traditional Goken stance, Lee took a breather and used the chance to talk with his opponent.
"You're very skilled. Your flames of youth must burn bright! How is it that your weapons are able to stand up to such an onslaught of attacks and weapons without breaking?"
Gizoku sweat dropped.
What the hell are flames of youth? And this guy thinks he can punch through metal? Why do I get the nutjobs?
Deciding to answer the boy's query, Gizoku explained.
"I managed to make these babies out of the same material used in various samurai clans. It's called mythrite and is almost unbreakable. Still, your taijutsu is pushing them to the limit."
Lee grinned.
"Then let's see who's flames burn brighter!"
As they charged at each other again, Gizoku couldn't help thinking.
Again with the flames of youth? Who the hell taught this guy?
Fait breathed heavily. Massive super strength punches were being thrown all over the place. There were already several craters in the ground. Sakura had been shocked at how Fait seemed to know Tsunade's technique but was quickly involved in the battle too much to worry about it.
Fait grinned at the girl before charging again. Both cocked their fists back and let loose with a punch that collided into the opponent's. Fait flipped back off the impact and ran at Sakura again, this time coming in with a high swing kick. Ducking the blow, Sakura grabbed Fait's leg and began to swing her in a circle. Letting go, Fait flew towards the wall.
But instead of crashing through it, she landed, legs spread and a hand on the wall to absorb the pressure. Astonishing reflexes had been honed even further to pull of this trick. Looking back at the emerald eyed girl, Fait adjusted her footing and boosted off, and smashing Sakura with a chakra laced punch. The pink haired kunoichi was sent hurtling back, slamming her back against the wall.
All of this, from the time Sakura had grabbed Fait's leg, had taken less than three seconds.
Sakura coughed a little, healed herself up then looked at Fait with determination in her eyes.
"Where did you learn Tsunade-sama's technique from?" she demanded.
Fait chuckled sheepishly.
"Would you believe me if I say I took an educated guess?" Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Guess not." Fait shrugged her shoulders. "Ah well, better get back on with it." She charged at Sakura again by going low then swinging her leg round heel first.
Sakura caught it but this time flipped her onto her back. She jumped into the air and came crashing down fist first.
"SHANNARO!"
BOOM!
Fait had got a fist up just in time causing a colossal cloud of dust to rise up. Both girls were breathing heavily as they flipped out of the massive crater.
The masked Nin and Sasuke had been passing at each other with kunai for the past few minutes. Neither seemed to have the upper hand. Both their faces were impassive.
Well better start breaking out the big guns
"When I activate my next move, be prepared to forfeit, no one has ever seen my Sharingan and live."
"Well, I may be the very first."
"People before you have said the exact same thing."
"But I'm not one of those people am I?"
Sasuke's doujutsu activated, his onyx eyes now a vermillion red with three tomoe surrounding the pupil. He smirked.
"Let's see what the best of Kumo can do? I'd love to send a second rate village packing."
"Second rate? Then surely yours must be third?"
Sasuke growled and flew at the boy, drawing his miniature version of the Kusanagi.
"Katon: Hi Ichirin!"
A wheel of flame flew from the slash made by the sword. It rolled right towards the Kumo nin, who deftly dodged it…until it whirled round and struck him in the back. Crying out in pain, he responded with hand signs.
"Raiton: Ame no Rai!"
A ball of lightning formed in his hand and he threw it into the cloudy sky above. The clouds darkened and thunder rumbled. Then several lightning bolts came hurtling down targeted at Sasuke. He dodged the first few, managed to swerve out of the way of two more, his Sharingan had to save him on the next one but the last one caught him right in the chest. He flew back and crumpled to the floor before slowly getting up again. He growled at the fox mask in front of him. This guy was definitely gonna get it.
Up in the Kage box, Kaitou smirked.
"20,000 ryo on Kumo." He stated.
"You sure Raikage-sama? Konoha isn't a pushover you know?" Tsunade grinned. She was in her element, gambling. Not that she was any good at it though.
"Oh, believe me when I say that these guys are the cream of the crop."
"Very well then. I match your bet but on Konoha. Mizukage-sama?"
"Gonna have to go with Konoha I'm afraid Raikage-sama. The last loyal Uchiha is a force to be reckoned with. Tsuchikage-sama?"
"Well, I'm sticking by the Raikage. All three seem to be fairing well and the masked ninja doesn't seem that phased from that last Katon. 20,000 on Kumo."
Tsunade smiled. This was what peace was like. Village leaders playing friendly games of gambling. This was the life. She turned to Gaara.
"Kazekage-sama? Care to join?"
The youngest Kage looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well, my alliance is making me lean towards Konoha at the moment but I've learned to never bet on anything that's 50-50. Chances are too high. Give me five minutes then I'll give a decision."
Satisfied with that answer, the Kages looked back towards the battleground.
"Oh and Kaitou?"
"Yes Tsunade?" replied the Raikage, slipping into informality now that the important stuff was out of the way.
"How come the girl is able to utilise my chakra enhancements? Did she tell the truth when she said that she discovered it by accident?"
"Yes. She just picked it up. So far she's managed to devise a way that spreads the chakra throughout her body for maximum efficiency but I still have no idea how she does it."
"Fat lot of help you are."
"Pleasure to serve Hokage-sama."
Gizoku was getting tired. This Lee guy wasn't letting up and while he could tell that the boy was wearing down, Gizoku couldn't last much longer. Connecting his two daggers together, he made a double-bladed sword and twirled it expertly around his head. He Shunshin'd to Lee's side and let loose with a large barrage of sword swipes and slashes. One ripped open Lee's Chunnin vest before Lee dodged out of the way. Gizoku smirked. He had been trained in pole fighting by another member of the Elite Guard and had transferred some of those tactics into his Double Blade style. It showed. Once again twirling the sword, Gizoku made his move.
Rushing Lee, he made three quick slashes which were all blocked with a kunai, followed by a side kick, that wasn't. Hand signs were made again.
"Ninpo: Tekuse!"
A large treasure chest appeared in front of Lee and opened. When Lee looked inside after he had regained his senses, he gasped when he saw it was full of treasure.
Treasure all marked with the kanji for explosion.
BOOM! Several explosions rocked the arena, bringing cheers from the crowd. This was one of Gizoku's signature jutsu and all who had gone on a mission with him had recognised it. For the others, it was just fun to see a lot of explosions. Each explosion smashed Lee into another and then another. When the onslaught finished, Lee was barely standing up.
Gizoku looked concerned.
"Come on Lee, you seem like a decent guy. Give it up. I really don't want to take you out of commission."
Lee grinned. He pulled off two weights attached to his legs which left craters in the floor and got back into stance.
"You are a worthy opponent. That last move, how does it work?"
Gizoku grinned. He liked this guy, always willing to learn.
"Well, the box is created via a genjutsu but the explosions are very much real. Somehow, the technique depends on how much righteous thievery I've performed over my life. If I steal from the needy, the technique's power reverts to nothing. However, if I steal from those undeserving of money or wealth, the power skyrockets. As you can see, I'm a fairly good thief."
"Interesting. This would mean your dexterity and cunning are quite good correct?" Gizoku nodded. "Good, let's see you get out of this. Initial Gate: KAI!" A blur rushed Gizoku and he barely blocked before he felt a presence behind him. He lashed out backwards with his left leg but the blur was gone.
He saw Lee in front of him again and saw the leg coming up. But couldn't do a thing about it.
This ain't good.
It smashed into his chin and sent him sky high. Gizoku tried to turn but was then wrapped in bandages from Lee's hands.
"This is the end for you. Good match." Lee's voice said from behind him.
Gravity began its work and they entered a downwards spin.
"OMOTE…" shouted Lee. Inside the cocoon of bandages Gizoku was thinking fast.
Right, stay cool. You can get out of this. So how do we do it? All my limbs are trapped. Except one.
That limb was busy worming it's way out of the bandages as he thought. The ground was looming up ahead.
Come on! Now or never!
Gizoku's tail bunched up and hit Lee in his most precious place. Well, anything to stop a jutsu.
"RENG…AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Lee cried out in pain as he released the bandages to cover his sore spot. Gizoku quickly flipped off Lee and landed quite far away.
"Sorry about that," he apologised sheepishly. "But that would have really hurt. And you said it yourself. I do have cunning."
Lee sucked in the pain and the fight continued.
Bust out the big guns! SHANNARO!!! Her inner self suggested. Sakura couldn't help but agree. This girl was going down.
Punching the ground, she broke up most of the arena, sending Fait flying thanks to the seismic effect made. Sakura jumped from rock to rock before coming face to face with the one Fait was behind. She punched with all her strength, through the rock and into Fait.
The brunette doubled over for a second, then was sent shooting back, slamming into the wall. She coughed up some blood.
Dammit. This girl's good at the strength business. Guess Gizoku and Naruto get to see the jutsu I had planned sooner than I thought.
Fait shakily stood up and began making rapid hand signs. Sakura noticed and ran full pelt to try and stop them before she finished them.
Sasuke slashed again and again the masked teen dodged underneath, giving a rabbit punch to his side. Recovering, Sasuke launched another Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu, which the opponent leapt over to try and boot his face. He blocked that and shifted the sword so he could thrust upwards. But the boy darted nimbly away.
"C'mon, is that the best you can do?" the masked nin laughed
Sasuke was getting annoyed. Was this guy playing with him?
"I'll teach you to laugh at me!" he shouted. "Sen'eijashu!"
Hidden snakes burst from Sasuke's sleeves at the Kumo ninja.
If anyone could see under his mask, they would see his eyes widen. Naruto applied chakra to his feet and knees beofre bending backwards almost completely half way horizontally. It didn't stop one snake from lashing out and grabbing his mask though. As the snakes retracted back inside Sasuke's sleeve, they brought the mask with them. Messy blond hair fell in front of a face not seen by Konoha for years. People gasped and pointed at him from the stands. The Konoha team was in shock. Even Gizoku and Fait had stopped.
Naruto managed to sum up the position he was in, in two simple words.
"Well, fuck."
Gaara saw Naruto's face and looked stern for a moment. Then he turned to the other Kages.
"20,000 on Uzumaki's team."
One particular Hokage wasn't listening. She was staring, gobsmacked, at the boy in front of her she thought she'd never see again.
One particular Raikage noticed this.
"Hokage-sama. He will give you an explaination when he sees fit. To be blunt, he isn't on the best of terms with Konoha at the moment so don't blame him if he's a little antisocial."
Noting the formality, Tsunade nodded. Inwardly she smiled.
Good to see you alive and kicking gaki.
But since when was Naruto ordinary? Lee thought with a smile. Naruto must have clawed himself up to that level. He was a true master of hard work.
Glad to see his friend was okay, Lee slipped back into the Goken stance.
Sakura was stunned by the blond's reappearance. Naruto had be hiding from them all this time? She saw him flick a quick glance at both her and Lee but there was no cheery smile or doofus expression. It was a cold calculating glance. One that only ninja on the highest level had. Shuddering, she decided that she would try to get to him after the tournament. She had realised, in the six years, that Naruto couldn't have been the demon. She was truly sorry for the way she had treated him. But, with that glance, it was hard to see him forgiving her. She remembered about her match but then realised her mistake. She'd let Fait finish the handsigns! Turning back quickly, she saw a yellow aura envelop the girl.
"Genkai Katsu!"
The girl blurred and appeared right in front of Sakura, lashing out with a fist which sent the other girl flying
"Let's play! Narasu Bakushin!" smirked Fait. She dashed towards Sakura and hit her with a massive combo of lefts, rights and kicks.
"Bakkuten!" Fait managed to stand on Sakura's knee and flip kick her right under the chin throwing her high into the air.
"Insei Atemi!" Catching up with Sakura, Fait grabbed her and flung her down into the floor with enough force that she bounced back up. While she was grabbing air time, Fait landed on the arena floor and began to run in a large circle, gathering chakra in her fist. As Sakura fell again, Fait yelled out her final attack.
"INBO TENDOU!" Fait broke off the circular run and flashed right past Sakura, striking out with her fist. A mushroom cloud blew up from the attack and spectators in that area were nearly blown out of their seat. Sakura had no chance. She was sent through the arena wall.
Fait breathed heavily as the yellow glow subsided. She fell back against the nearest rock and fell into unconciousness. As the medics came over, she had one final thought.
You guys better win too!
Gizoku whistled at Fait's technique. He saw Lee back in stance and held his sword at a roughly 45 degree angle behind his back, for offence and defence. It should also help if Lee tried to use his superior speed. Thinking back to that massive kick that almost broke his neck, Gizoku realised something. No matter what he did, he could not keep up with this guy at this level. Time to up the ante.
"Well, I can't be outdone by her! Sorry Lee. Gonna have to use my bloodline limit. You've driven me that far."
Lee looked a bit crestfallen.
"You mean you are a genius rather than a hard worker? Hard work could surpass all genius! I thought you worked hard for your skill and to have to rely on something given by birth. I just hope I gave you a good fight before I beat you."
"Lee, you gave me more than a good fight, it was a great one. And my bloodline, well, it's more like the Hachimon really so it's nothing like the Byakugan. I'm just evening us up."
Lee grinned.
"YOSH! I see your point, Gizoku-san. Very well. I'll give it my all! You better do also!"
Gizoku nodded and then began to channel his chakra inside himself.
High outbursts of emotion or willingness to win, no matter the cost.
Purple light began to seep from Gizoku's body as he began to grow hair over his forearms, legs and chest. His hair on his head grew a little longer and his tail also grew more. His whole body was differing shades of purple and pink light. He opened his eyes.
"The Bloodline Limit of the Toraiboru Clan: The Koukotsu!"
Lee rushed him and they had a quick clash, quicker than the eye could see until Lee flew back after blocking a sword swipe. Gizoku then twirled around with the blade and several blue circles appared in a semi-circle shape at his feet. Out of the circles came a literal ocean of flame. Gizoku flipped up to the crest of the waves and placed his double blade sword at his feet. Landing on the sea of fire, he was now surfing the waves of hell.
Looking dead at Lee, who was still recovering, Gizoku called out his last jutsu for the day.
"NAMI ENKOU!" He surfed down the wave as it crashed into Lee giving him a lot of burns. He caught up with the green clad boy and gave him a final kick launching him out of the range of the attack and knocking him unconscious.
"You did well Lee." Was all Gizoku said before the Koukotsu wore off and he struggled to stay awake. Limping off to the side, he sat down and watched the last fight.
C'mon Naruto! You can do it!
"You…How?" was all Sasuke could stutter. The dobe, the dead last, the idiot had somehow managed to come back again. Naruto gave a quick glance to Lee and Sakura before looking to his main opponent. His blue eyes gave away nothing.
"Overthrew the last Raikage after I was banished. Managed to make Jounin in the five years later. Happy?" He knew that the offhand tone used to address Sasuke would annoy him greatly. He decided to rub salt in the wound. "Since, we're swapping stories, how's your family life? I assume you're still on bad terms with your brother?"
That did it. Sasuke charged at Naruto and delivered a few high kicks to his head. Naruto blocked most of them and grabbed his foot on the last attempt, flinging Sasuke high into the air. Sasuke had merely used his kicks as a feint however. He had made three hand signs.
"Katon: Karyuu Endan!"
The dragon of fire left a hazy trail as it sped towards Naruto. Quickly realising he couldn't dodge it, Naruto made some of his own.
"Suiton: Mizu no Tate!"
A dome of water rose around the blond Elite as the dragon harmlessly dissipated on the surface. However, Sasuke burst through it and delivered a massive right hand to Naruto's face. He flew back but managed to transform his fall into a very sturdy handspring and landed on his feet, wiping away a small trickle of blood from his mouth.
Naruto face was still an impassive mask as Sasuke was fuming inside.
How could the dobe still come back after everything that has been thrown at him? It makes me sick!
He then noticed something. As he had punched Naruto, he had managed to rake a kunai against Sasuke's arm, drawing blood and almost hitting the joint of the elbow. If Naruto had got that, his arm would have been useless. Luckily for him, the wound was nothing more than a neat slice, causing slight pain and impediment but nothing too serious. Grunting at the pain, Sasuke almost growled out an insult
"Beaten dogs should stay down and die!"
Naruto got back into a battle stance. He ran at Sasuke a delivered a strong kick. Sasuke blocked it and swiped with his sword. Naruto moved his head out of the way and, balancing on one hand, kicked with both his feet. They struck Sasuke in the face. He growled and grabbed Naruto's leg, preparing to fling him away but Naruto used his other leg to deliver another kick to Sasuke's face. Landing back into a stance, Naruto grinned at Sasuke.
"Beaten foxes shouldn't!"
He charged Sasuke and gave a few punches which Sasuke saw coming from a mile away and blocked with his sword. Naruto dropped into a sweep kick which almost caught Sasuke but the Sharingan saved him again. Naruto began to speed up his attacks, feinting and striking. What made it worse for Sasuke was that even the Three Tomoe Sharingan couldn't predict them! He saw the image of Naruto's leg coming for his side, but before his brain could register the image, the real leg was there. The next prediction had the foot colliding with his side. Guess what happened? As Sasuke nearly doubled over, Naruto let fly with a back fist that Sasuke managed to luckily block with his free hand and give a side kick into Naruto's stomach. The blond wheezed and Sasuke tried for another sword slice across Naruto's face but the Kumo nin managed to get a quick front kick in that separated the two of them just enough so that the sword missed by an inch. Twisting round, Naruto went for a massive spinning side kick which was not registered by the Sharingan. Naruto's grey sandal collided with the side of Sasuke's head and sent the raven-haired boy for a loop. Naruto then jumped back and gathered some chakra into the air around him, focusing mainly on the water vapour in the air, trying to get it to condense into a shape. He then began a lengthy process of 44 seals. Only one thought was going through Sasuke's head as he refocused.
When did he get so much power?
Flipping through handseals Naruto called out his next Jutsu.
"Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!"
Sasuke countered accordingly. Knowing the counter to water he unleashed his Earth defence
"Doton: Iwa Aigo Tate!"
A wall of earth rose from the ground and surrounded Sasuke preventing him from harm. It encapsulated him and became a dark brown sphere.
"Try getting through this, Naruto!" Sasuke taunted from behind the shield. "Even if you specialize in Water jutsus, there's no way you can penetrate this. Remember when I fought Gaara? This move was copied and adapted from his Suna no Tama! Face it, there's no way you can get to me!"
However, this played right into Naruto's playbook. The blond grinned madly.
"Sasuke, you fail to realise that your whole strategy relies on my elemental affinity being that of water. Well, let me give you a clue as to what element I am."
Forming a few handseals, he drew a ring in the air with his fingers, a trail of yellow light behind them. When the circle was finished lightning began to spark from one end to the next. Naruto drew his hand back and thrust it forward through the ring. It appeared to bend the lightning forwards ending it in a point while the original ring was up by his shoulder. Naruto chuckled when the lightning began to whirl around his arm.
"Hear the crackling? Want to guess? Time's up! Raiton: Hekireki Senkouki!"
The drill of lightning punched through the earth barrier and almost hit a surprised Sasuke right between the eyes. He hastily created a hole in the roof of his sphere and jumped up but the drill caught his leg and cleaved a little of it off. Naruto laughed as the Uchiha nearly messed up his leap. The Doton jutsu deactivated, Naruto looked towards Sasuke, a curious glint in his eye. He managed to get his Hekireki Senkouki to whirr a few times like a real drill. He did this as a taunt. Sasuke drew his sword again and charged. Somehow, Naruto managed to parry and fence with the massive lightning drill against the lithe Kusanagi Mark II. Naruto aimed a thrust with his drill and Sasuke blocked it with a vertical guard. Sparks flew from the continued pressure that the drill gave and Sasuke was shocked to see the Kusanagi Mark II slowly succumbing to the pressure. Seeing the avenger's lapse in concentration, Naruto used his other hand to pop a massive uppercut into Sasuke's chin, sending him into the air. Grunting in pain while airborne, Sasuke thought of his options.
He's speedy enough so that the Sharingan can't accurately predict and adapt, he has various useful jutsu that can break through nearly anything and can counter mine accordingly. The dobe can't be this strong! Why is he this strong? I am an Uchiha. The elite clan in Konoha! I will not lose to some DEADLAST!
As the last thought crossed his mind, his curse seal began to spread, black flames tattooing his body. Laughing manically as the power surged through his body, he dove down towards Naruto, who was disengaging the drill, and repeatedly punched and kicked him, too fast for Naruto to see coming. Blood was flowing freely down Naruto's face and yet Sasuke continued to pummel him, an insane grin on his face. This power boost had given him more speed and strength than possible, why shouldn't he use his gift? Especially on someone who was asking for it as much as Uzumaki. Slamming a fist into the blonde's mouth, he stopped for a moment.
"You see Naruto? This is the difference between our strength! This is why, as I told you before all those years ago, I will always be more special than you!"
Naruto grunted his reply through a blood soaked mouth.
"Yeah, because relying on borrowed strength is reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaallll special."
Scowling at him, Sasuke continued his barrage.
Tsunade gasped. Sasuke was using an illegal technique! Back in Konoha, that would have earned him a prison sentence or worse. She had expressively forbidden him from using it!
"Kaitou, stop the match, Sasuke's going out of control. Naruto can't match up to his curse seal! Hell, even Kakashi can't really match him in this state. If you don't stop this, Naruto's gonna be seriously injured!"
To her astonishment, Kaitou began to laugh.
"You underestimate the training I put Naruto through for the last six years. Don't worry. He can handle himself in this situation. I can guarantee it."
Meanwhile, Naruto was slowly catching up to Sasuke's movements. He managed to block an elbow and a knee before countering with a haymaker to Sasuke's head. Unfortunately there was not enough speed in the attack so Sasuke easily dodged it with the Sharingan. Continuing his motion, Sasuke smashed his leg up into Naruto's face sending him flying.
Naruto opened his eyes to see sky.
"From here on out, it's all original." Sasuke smirked. A leg was brought up to kick his right side which Naruto blocked. Sasuke whirled and kicked him in the gut with his other leg. Punching him down to the floor, Sasuke turned in mid air and delivered a rib-shattering heel kick just as Naruto hit the floor.
"SHI SHI RENDAN!"
A plume of dust rose up. The audience coughed and looked for the boy who Sasuke had effectively brutalised. Naruto lay in a small crater, blood dripping from his body. Sasuke scoffed as he began to walk off the field.
"Dobe."
The kids in Naruto's class looked heart-broken, their teacher had just been battered all over the place and wasn't getting up!
"COME ON NARUTO-SENSEI!" cried one girl. "GET UP!"
The class began to chant.
"NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO!"
The audience began to pick it up. Firstly Kumo.
"NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO!"
Then Kiri and Iwa
"NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO!"
Even Suna joined in. Somewhat. There was an alliance to consider. However, even the ones who refused to chant couldn't stop it rising in volume.
"NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO!"
Naruto shuddered. Sasuke heard this and turned back towards him.
"What the…?" The chanting continued. Naruto slowly began to get back up, Kyuubi's chakra helping to staunch most of the bloodflow. Yet Sasuke was seeing two images, one was this moment, the other was superimposed onto it. It was his recurring nightmare. Both boys then locked onto him.
"You bastard. You still use the Hebi-teme's seal even when you are free from his clutches. Stupid egotistical asshole! All because I may be better than you!"
"No way you are better than me! You're only getting up because of that demon locked away inside of you! You cheat death all the time!" Sasuke retorted.
"I can't change what I am. I used to wish beyond all belief that I could. So that I could fit in with the villagers, with the shinobi, with Konoha. I went on dangerous missions to try and prove myself. Hokage was a dream to prove myself. I just wanted to be noticed for good things! But in Konoha, was I thanked? Maybe by people of the Konoha 11 and a few others. But the general populace? No, I was kicked out! I was nearly killed by hunter nins on the first day of banishment!"
The chanting continued.
"But here in Kumo, it's different. Here, I'm accepted. I have friends that know what I am and don't hate me for it. The village is able to accept me and sometimes, even cheer for me. And for that…" Naruto's gaze hardened as he shouted out his last words.
"I WON'T LET THEM DOWN! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
Five Naruto clones surrounded Sasuke. He turned to check before his face met with a clone's fist.
"U!"
Three more kicked him into the air.
"ZU!"
"MA!"
"KI!"
The last clone flipped into the air and drove his heel right down onto Sasuke's head.
"NARUTO RENDAN!"
As Sasuke was smashed down, the real Naruto moved forward to intercept his meeting with the ground.
"RASENGAN!" The orb was thrust into the Uchiha's stomach and he was sent spinning directly into the wall. It collapsed onto Sasuke and lay still. Sasuke wasn't getting up.
A huge cheer went up as Joui announced Kumo as the winner. Gizoku and Fait, having both recovered, hoisted him on their shoulders as he soaked up the cheers from the ground.
Tsunade chuckled. "Well, he is the number one most surprising ninja."
"Indeed he is. Now Tsunade. You and the Mizukage appear to owe me, Gaara-san and Tamaishi-san some ryo." Kaitou said.
Tsunade sweat dropped and chuckled nervously.
Well finally that chapter is over. 16 pages is a record for me.
SASUKE vs NARUTO EDITTED!
Glossary
HAJIME – Begin!
"Raiton: Raikyu!" – Lightning Release: Lightning Ball
"Fuuton: Atsuryokuha!" – Wind Release: Pressure Wave
"SHANNARO!" – Hell Yeah!
"Katon: Hi Ichirin!" - Fire Release: Flame Wheel
"Raiton: Ame no Rai!" – Lightning Release: Rain of Lightning
"Ninpo: Tekuse!" – Ninja Art: Thievery!
OMOTE RENGE! – Primary Lotus
"Sen'eijashu!" - Hidden Snake Hands
"Genkai Katsu!" – Limit Break
Narasu Bakushin – Beat Rush
Bakkuten – Somersault
Insei Atemi! – Meteor Strike
INBO TENDOU! – Final Heaven
Koukotsu – Trance
NAMI ENKOU – Tidal Flame
"Katon: Karyuu Endan!" – Fire Release: Dragon Fire
"Suiton: Mizu no Tate!" – Water Release: Shield of Water
"Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" – Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet
"Doton: Iwa Aigo Tate!" – Earth Release: Rock Protection Shield
Suna no Tama – Sphere of Sand
"Raiton: Hekireki Senkouki!" – Lightning Release: Thunder Drill
SHI SHI RENDAN – Lion Combo
Dobe – Worst
UZUMAKI NARUTO RENDAN! – Uzumaki Naruto Combo
Preview for Chapter Five
Cloud Nine was the battlefield. The two looked at each other with determination in their eyes.
"Just cause you beat an Uchiha doesn't mean you can beat me." Said Gizoku.
"Oh but I plan to." Said his opponent.
A third figure came into the fray.
"You weaklings don't stand a chance."
Gizoku turned shocked.
"What are you doing here?"
"Getting ready to utterly destroy you."
Gizoku grinned. "We'll see about that. Fait, the bottles!"
Three sake bottles were filled with several others in reserve. The three contestants stood by their respective bottle.
Naruto, Gizoku and Kaitou took and deep breath before simultaneously shouting:
"LINE THEM UP THEN KNOCK 'EM DOWN!"
The drinking contest began.
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Oh and if I could recommend one story to you all, it's Mizukage by Dragon6. Utterly awesome and inspired me to write this. Nice Job mate!
