"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Kyuubi or Jutsu"
(Japanese Description)
Author's Note: It's good to have another chapter out. Took awhile but much shorter than last time, so don't kill me. The chapter is basically gonna be a battle royal, or, at least that's what I'm calling it because of all the fighting. I don't really have much more to say, except football is overall so that means more time to type. YEAH! Although we do have weightlifting Monday through Thursday every week now. My coach wants us to be really ready for next year, I guess. Anyway, that's all, and I hope you enjoy the chapter. :D
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Chapter 7: The Cursed Jinchuuriki…
"Um, Yamata… I don't think we're on Mount. Myobobushi anymore…" Naruto looked around suspiciously as he sheathed his katana. Afterward, he took a more leisurely position by leaning back with his arms, hanging them behind the katana tied to his lower back.
"Yeah, I heard you the first time." Yamata growled, annoyed that her student just said the same thing twice. Although she was horsing around with him, she continued to check her surroundings. She could easily feel the presence of several strong individuals who would even be hard for her to handle.
A vein bulged from Naruto's forehead as he started stomping on his sensei's white, scaly, head. It was around the size of four full grown men put together, "Well maybe if you answered me in the first place then I wouldn't have had to say it again!"
After stomping his foot a few more times, Naruto came to realize the form his teacher had taken, "What the…? You're a snake?"
"…Were you always this stupid?"
"That's not what I meant!" Naruto yelled, now jumping up and down to strengthen his stomping. However, it didn't seem to make any difference for Yamata. "I meant why are you in your snake form!"
"I was summoned, and you're here too because you were in contact with me when I was summoned. That's why I was trying to warn you before attacking me while we were back on the mountain."
Naruto nodded, "Well then, who summoned us? Orochimaru?"
"No, it's one of his henchmen. He'll be coming soon."
Naruto walked to end of Yamata's head, right over her eyes, and looked down to the figures below. He had to squint, but Naruto could make out the bright pink hair of his teammate.
"Hey! That's Sakura-chan, what's she doing here?"
"Probably in the middle of a fight, seeing we had to be summoned. Hell, if it comes down to it, we might have to fight her-"
"-We're not fighting Sakura-chan…" Naruto's smile was gone, and only a frown remained.
"Sorry, but if we were summoned to fight her group, that's what we'll have to-"
"-I DON'T CARE IF OROCHIMARU SUMMONED US, WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAKURA-CHAN!"
Yamata was inwardly shocked Naruto would burst out like that but left it alone with only a sigh, "Fine, but I won't be promising anything." Yamata's large snake eyes blinked, "The one who summoned us is here."
Naruto turned with a frown, slightly irked that he hadn't sensed the presence behind him; and the fact that the new guy was so close didn't help either.
What he saw was a man dressed in purple with large, circular, glasses that slowly walked toward him. The man was smiling as he pushed his glasses further up his nose with his middle finger. Doing so caused the sun overhead to reflect off the glasses, hiding his eyes behind light. Once Naruto realized who it was, he clenched his teeth in anger.
"You… and here I was thinking it'd be someone important, like Orochimaru."
"It is nice to see you too, Naruto-kun. Although I must insist that when you go to Orochimaru, you make it a necessity to address him properly. Anything less could result in death." Kabuto warned, looking at the Jinchuuriki through his glasses. He smiled when the boy's frown grew deeper.
Naruto snarled and growled, "I don't like you."
"Be that as it may, we have bigger problems to deal with. We'll all need to combine our strengths if we wish to defeat our enemies." Kabuto motioned his head to the side, informing Naruto of where he should be looking.
Naruto walked over to the side of Yamata's head and looked down, seeing in the distance two men; one was dressed in a high-collared black cloak with some sort of red designs from what Naruto could see, while the other appeared to be shirtless but had blue skin and a large shoulder on his shoulder. Naruto didn't have to try hard to sense the two's immense presence.
Naruto squinted and could see that the one wearing the cloak was a brunette with flat hair that fell to the sides of his face. Two creases curved down either of his cheeks, and from Naruto's position, he couldn't tell if they were scars or perhaps a sign of old age. The man's hair was casting a shadow over the upper half of his face so Naruto couldn't see all of his face, but something about the guy reminded him of Sasuke.
"Those two are part of an organization by the name of Akatsuki. The group's sole purpose is to capture Jinchuuriki like you and remove the Biju from within." Kabuto looked over to the two with an annoyed look, "The shorter one is Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke-kun's older brother, and the man that killed his entire clan."
Naruto didn't seem too interested in that last bit of information as he looked down to his stomach, rubbing the clothing covering it with his hand in circles.
Something then snapped within Naruto. All he thought about was rage. He didn't know what it was, or how it was happening. Maybe because he was fed up with being a Jinchuuriki, and the consequences that came with being one, or maybe it was the curse seal, or his darker half, acting up. But all Naruto knew; he was angry, and he wanted to get those making him suffer.
Naruto's eyes looked back up to the two Akatsuki members, now a crimson red with slit pupils. His body felt like it was on fire and all he saw was red.
Sizzzzzzz…
Kabuto's ears perked up to the sound of something cooking. The medic-nin looked back at Naruto and was surprised to see reddish/orange and purple chakra encircling the space surrounding his feet. Naruto was shaking with what Kabuto could only guess was anger as the Jinchuuriki clenched his hands tightly. When Kabuto got a good look at his face, it somewhat scared the sadistic ninja. His face was scrunched in anger, teeth bared and crunched tight while glaring murder with his demon eyes. His hair grew out about half an inch in an unruly and feline way. His whisker marks grew darker and thinker in width as his clenched teeth became sharp. To Kabuto, the most startling change was the black flame design tattoo that stretched fully across his face; signifying the power of the curse mark.
The multicolored Chakra that was once spinning around his feet irrupted with a ferocity matching a typhoon as it encased Naruto in a torrent of purple and orange chakra. His red and black jacket was forcefully pulled from his pants and stripped of its zipper as it whipped about, flapping up and down with vigor from the raw chakra surrounding him.
Naruto's clawed hand latched onto his katana's handle as he crouched down, holding his other hand in front of his face in a Tora (Tiger) seal. The erratic chakra thrashing about him seemed to simmer down into a continuously color changing barrier that encased the Jinchuuriki's entire body.
Yamata, who had been the first to feel what was about to happen, tried to stop him, "Naruto don-!"
Naruto jumped from the side of Yamata's head like a rocket, pushing the giant snake's head in the opposite direction and effectively making Kabuto stumble as he tried keeping balance on the gigantic wobbling snake.
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"Kisame …" Itachi droned, gaining his partner's attention, "We should take a few steps back."
The two actually took several jumps back, successfully dodging the incoming meteor that was their target.
Once the dust from the impact cleared, in its place was Naruto; still crouched and hand firmly grasped on the handle of his sword as the chakra around him acted as a defendant to any adversary. His head was hanging, sporadic blonde hair covering any chance one had at seeing his face.
He held the position until Kisame said, "Let me get this one, Itachi."
Naruto exploded from the crater and plowed into Kisame with his shoulder, sending the shark man flipping back before coming to a halt as he crashed into a hill.
Itachi was in a ready stance as he took a slow look over to his partner, showing no outwardly shock at the thrown about man that was sent past him.
The moment he looked back to his target, the Uchiha found himself dodging clawed hands with vigorous speeds. Itachi read the Jinchuuriki's moves smoothly, allowing the Uchiha to plant a clean kick squarely between the blonde's chest. Naruto's enraged form was sent sliding back on his feet before shaking the attack off with several whips of his head.
Naruto immediately charged the Uchiha once again, this time, with his Katana drawn.
"I-Is that really Naruto?" Sakura asked to no one in particular as she continued to hold Shizune's head in her lap as Tsunade worked on her apprentice's status.
Hinata sat several feet from them, holding Kiba's entire upper body to her chest, hugging him lightly as she and Akamaru watched Naruto's display of rage. 'Naruto-kun…'
"Naruto?" Tsunade turned her head to see a small boy encircled by orange and purple attacking the two Akatsuki members. 'That's the Nine-Tails brat. What's he doing here?'
"W-Why is he acting like that?" Sakura asked quietly, already in a frightened state from seeing someone she knew murdered. She really didn't need this too. "He's never acted like this before, a-and what's with those weird colored Chakras and tattoos?"
Tsunade took a closer look at the Jinchuuriki as best she could. She noticed the unique purple Chakra thrashing around him. The Slug Sannin knew the orange Chakra most likely came from the Kyuubi. But the purple Chakra and tattoos… she had only seen those symptoms once before; from one of Orochimaru's former students. That student however, soon afterward, died. It was the first time she'd ever seen a curse seal user before.
'But that couldn't be, why would Orochimaru want this child? Could it be for the Kyuubi? Impossible, even Orochimaru couldn't control something as powerful as a Bijū… so why-?"
Her thought was interrupted as a blast of hot air from one of Naruto's roars blew past the small group; the force was even strong enough to knock back the two Akatsuki members.
The three entered battle once again.
"Please, stop…" Tsunade looked over to Sakura, sensing her erratic feelings as the Haruno trembled, head hanging and hair shadowing her face. Several tears fell from her face as she tried to calm herself, but couldn't. She abruptly got up, trembling with questioned feelings and yelled, "PLEASE STOP! NARRRUUUUTTOOOOOOO!"
At the sound of his name, Naruto took a quick, questioned, glace over to Sakura, and their eyes met; green hitting red.
It was Naruto's mistake.
"Naïve…" A large shadow loomed behind Naruto.
Naruto's turn only got half way as a tremendous force smashed into his side, sending him flying, half of his body covered with cut wounds and half his jacket shredded to pieces, revealing his forearm guard. Naruto regained composure in mid-air, flipping off the ground with his left hand and landing several feet further back; not concerned about his sword which had fallen from his hand and was imbedded into the ground several feet away from him.
His right arm stayed limp to his side, covered in blood from the Akatsuki member's sword attack.
Kisame heaved his large sword onto his shoulder with a victorious smile, Samehada holding onto some tattered pieces of Naruto's jacket and blood.
Naruto didn't seem too fazed by the attack and looked back over to Sakura, who was crying at her teammate's features. Naruto's view moved around his teammate, noticing the people around his partner. The last person he saw was Kiba, lying in Hinata's arms with a huge whole through his chest.
Naruto's next heartbeat echoed through him like a gong and anger boiled out from every pore on his body. Blood red Chakra erupted from the Jinchuuriki's body, sending a blast of hard to breathe air through the surrounding area. All those around could only see a silhouette of Naruto's body and his light red eyes that pierced through the mass of crimson Chakra enveloping him.
"Kisame, now. Attack with your Samehada." Itachi ordered, covering part of his face with the sleeve of his Akatsuki cloak.
Kisame charged the thrashing Chakra, "Roger."
Kisame stopped a foot in front of the dark quantity of Chakra and swung Samehada from the side, aiming to maul through the Chakra and its creator. Instead, the strangest thing happened. The sword stopped once in contact with the Chakra.
"What the-!" Kisame's surprise was cut short as an inhuman amount of force slammed into his stomach, sending him and his sword back with tremendous speed. This time, when sent flying past Itachi, the Uchiha was forced to grab onto anything he could as the speed Kisame was traveling at blew a gust of air on whoever he past.
An elongated, fist shaped, mass of Chakra stretched from the spiking about Chakra covering Naruto. The fist receded to its original source as the bundle of crashing about Chakra seemed to slowly calm, taking the shape of a human with staggering features.
Naruto's new form distressed many around as he hung his head, his new colored hair hanging over his face.
The Jinchuuriki's skin was now a light grey color with a tinge of purple; whatever remained of his ripped up jacket had been incinerated by his intense Chakra. His toned and somewhat muscular body no longer had any cuts from the sword attack he previously took.
Naruto's hair had changed tremendously. It came a little further past his shoulder in length and his bangs were now covering half of his Konoha headband, while the hair's once neon yellow color had changed to that of a snow white one. His hands and feet were now clawed with sharp nails; the feet now visible as his shoes were also incinerated in the Chakra, leaving him barefoot.
"W-What's happening to him?" Sakura's tears fell on silent soil.
Naruto jerked back, releasing a blood curdling roar that echoed through the plain, "GGGRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHRRRRRRR!"
The scream sent a shockwave over the field, causing all to hold onto whatever they could.
Naruto stood straight with an emotionless face as all around saw his new features. His face was the same color as the rest of his body while his eyes were the same red color with slit pupils. However, the whites of his eyes had turned solid black, illuminating his crimson irises even more. His whisker marks had made the most drastic changes. They became thicker in stature and were now a pitch black color, but, unlike his old whiskers; these curved at the peak of their design. The new whiskers greatly resembled tails. Lastly, all his teeth had become fangs, his canines being bigger and sharper than the others. So big, that the four canines slightly protruded from his mouth.
The Jinchuuriki's loose headband came undone, falling to the ground and revealing three more curved whisker designs on his forehead that pointed down.
The boy's eyes widened as he hunched over with a jerk. Two things were trying to escape from the Jinchuuriki's shoulder blades as his skin twisted and churned on his upper back. After one swift push, two pointed protrusions from his upper back. The two objects opened, revealing to be two webbed hands; each the size of Naruto's body. These hands as well, had sharpened nails like his other appendages. The wings were covered with single clawed fingers; several on the actual hands and multiple ones between the webbed fingers.
"…" Sakura and the two Kunoichi beside her were watching in complete silence.
"Damn, his attacks just keep getting stronger." Kisame said walking up beside Itachi with his Samehada on his shoulder once again. There was a slight, purple, discoloration on his blue stomach from where he'd been punched.
Itachi disregarded his partner's statement, keeping his eyes and thoughts on the changed Jinchuuriki in front of him, 'What's going on? His Chakra just keeps growing at a rapid rate. As well, what's with this new form? No Jinchuuriki I've seen has ever taken such a drastic change while still looking human. Could my assumption of him receiving the curse mark be true? That would explain the black markings that were previously all over his body.'
Several stories above, was Kabuto. He looked hysterical. 'W-What's going on? How is this even possible? There's no way he could've already achieved level two of the curse seal! He's only had the curse mark for several weeks and hasn't taken the Seishingan (Mind Awakening Pill), so why?' Kabuto then remembered the Kyuubi's influence that looked to be intertwined with the curse seal's influence, 'Could it really have been the Kyuubi's doing?'
"Itachi, if you're just gonna stand there I'm gonna attack again." Kisame smiled to himself as he charged forward, not letting his partner protest.
Kisame once again charged the Jinchuuriki, he and his Samehada both hungry for whatever Chakra was in the teen.
Naruto looked ever so passive.
"This is very bad." Yamata said, worried for her student as she watched on.
Kabuto was slightly sweating when he looked over to meet the Snake's enormous eyes, "Really? Because the power that Naruto-kun just displayed makes the Akatsuki member's power seem trivial."
"No, that's not what I'm worried about. As you know the curse mark enhances all physical and mental proprieties of it's holder from strength to smarts. No, what I'm worried about… is that that's not Naruto."
"What?" Kabuto looked back down to Naruto, trying to sense for any irregular patterns, but there was nothing wrong. In fact, Kabuto didn't sense anything from the Jinchuuriki. Except from the immense power radiating off the boy, Naruto seemed to be holding no emotions whatsoever. No hate, no anger, no sadness, nothing.
Even with all his knowledge, Kabuto could only come to one conclusion, "What the hell is going on?"
As Kisame approached the Jinchuuriki's new form, several of Naruto's fingers on his right hand twitched. A split second later his katana that'd been sticking out of the ground a several feet away appeared in his hand.
Itachi's eyes actually widened as a bead of sweat cascaded down his face, 'What was that? He went and grabbed his sword, but… that speed. I've never seen anything like it. Even with the Sharingan, all I saw just now was a blur. Is this really the product of the Kyuubi's and curse seal's power entwined?'
"Kisame, STOP!" Itachi yelled to his comrade, but to no avail as the bloodthirsty mist-nin charged forward.
Kisame took one last step forward and swung his Samehada with all his might, aiming for the Jinchuuriki's side once more. The attack collided with Naruto, or, more like his hand-wing. The wing caught Samehada like it was nothing, even withstanding the immense force that came behind it.
However, Kisame wasn't fazed this time. Instead, he smiled, displaying his shark teeth. "Sorry kid, but my Samehada doesn't cut… it shreds!"
Kisame pulled the handle of his massive sword with all his might, intending to rip up the entire wing. Kisame's face instantly changed to that of shock when his yank back didn't budge the sword from the gigantic hand's grip.
"Wha-"
Naruto's crimson eyes slowly looked up at the man two times his size, meeting the shark man's beady eyes. It was the first time in ten years that Kisame felt scared.
There was a quick burst of red and purple Chakra from Naruto before it vanished instantly.
A long cut ran across Kisame, from the front of his hip up to his left shoulder. The cut started to bleed down his body, and then it burst, spraying the Jinchuuriki with the iron liquid. He looked ever so impassive with blood covering different parts of his grey skin.
"GAH-!" Blood shot from the Akatsuki's mouth as his eyes rolled up and fell back, letting go of his sword.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Great Fireball Technique)!" Itachi came running from behind his partner, firing the Jutsu directly at the changed Jinchuuriki.
Naruto didn't show any hesitation as his wing let go of Samehada and clasped the other hand-wing, completely covering his body. The Fire Jutsu collided with the sphere, forcing it back but doing no damage as the fire merely streaked in all directions around the hands.
Itachi kept up the intensity until he was sure the Jinchuuriki was a good distance away. He canceled his Jutsu when he finally made it over his colleague.
The balled hands whipped open, blowing away any lingering heat or embers that floated around the small crater of charcoaled ground that surrounded Naruto as he hovered over it, hand-wings flapping slowly.
Itachi kneeled down, putting two fingers on his neck to check for a pulse. He didn't feel anything at first, but concentrating, he felt a small pulse. Making sure it wasn't his imagination he put his ear to the man's blue chest, listening to a heartbeat. It was faint, but there was one there.
Kisame's chest wasn't as bloody thanks to the heat that came from Itachi's Jutsu as it passed over his body, evaporating the crimson liquid.
Itachi pulled his arm from his sleeve and used one hand to unlatch his cloak, being cautious to watch the Jinchuuriki eyeing them with unemotional eyes. Once fully opened, Itachi removed his cloak and laid it on Kisame's larger body.
The Uchiha only had a light black t-shirt that matched his pants. Under that was a fishnet t-shirt and a three beaded necklace tied securely around his neck. He wore the standard Akatsuki sandals and purple nail polish on his hands and toes.
Itachi waited to see if Naruto would be making the first move, 'All of these powers were unexpected, but I'm being to understand what's going on. It seems Orochimaru gave Naruto-kun the curse seal instead of Sasuke, which surprises me. The curse seal seems to be infusing itself with the Yondaime's seal from the design on his stomach. That corrosion of mixed Chakras would explain why Kisame's Samehada couldn't eat it; either it was too much or too dark… it's most likely the latter. But to make such a change in ability, I've never seen such a big leap. He's just a Genin, yet he's able to move fast enough were it strains me to follow, even with thirteen years of Sharingan use under my belt. I must capture him here. If I don't, he'll become stronger than I could possibly imagine, maybe even stronger than Madara.'
Itachi picked up on the spike of Chakra in front of him as small balls of Chakra started to form around Naruto's still position. 'I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but if it comes down to it, I'll kill you if I must. I can't have you rampaging in the future and possibly put my little brother at risk.'
The small spheres of Chakra were made of two different colors; the Kyuubi's red and the curse seal's purple. Naruto was once again on land as the small orbs started clumping together several feet in front of him. Soon, all of them were collectively held in a basketball sized sphere that was black in color. The orb soon condensed, becoming the size of a baseball.
Pebbles from the ground beneath the orb started to lift up from the ground as the concentrated mass of Chakra slowly created its own gravitational field.
Everybody watched in awe as to what Naruto would do next.
He answered when he swung his sword in one swift horizontal motion behind the sphere. As soon as he did so, the Chakra followed, creating one long but very thing slice of energy that flew through the air, parallel to the ground.
Itachi was first to realize what was coming for him as he went down, just barely ducking under the slice of Chakra that cut the ponytail holding his hair together
Tsunade had to yell at the Genin to get a reaction, "Get down!"
They didn't hesitate to listen as they laid on the ground, the blast of Chakra zipping by them, leaving only its gust of wind to follow.
Yamata and Kabuto were luckily behind Naruto when this happened.
Itachi, from his downed position on top Kisame, looked over his shoulder. He was startled to see several hills that had there tops cut clean off while the trees past them were all toppled over as far as the eye could see. They were all severed by the Chakra's immense power.
It was even more startling for the Uchiha, because his Sharingan saw just how devastating that curved slice of Chakra was.
Some of Itachi's long hair fell over his face in strands as he slowly turned back to Naruto, 'I must stop hi-'
Itachi's thoughts stopped when he same the sharp nailed toe-nails of two grey skinned feet standing on the ground in front of him. Itachi slowly looked up, meeting Naruto's demonic red eyes looking down to him.
Itachi was smart to jump away, narrowly dodging the attack from Naruto's sword that left a long incision in the earth beside Kisame.
Itachi was in the air now, 'Damn, why'd I leave Kisame!'
But Naruto didn't even give the Mist-nin a glance as he stepped over him. The Jinchuuriki jumped into the air and let his wings take him to his prey with vigorous speeds.
Itachi crosses his fingers into a seal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)." A clone appeared behind Itachi only to be used as a stepping stool as the Uchiha pushed off the doppelganger's stomach and went flying for Naruto.
Itachi made a seal, then another.
Naruto's katana stabbed through Itachi's left chest easily in mid-air, canceling each other's momentum.
Blood seeped from the corner of Itachi's mouth as he smiled, "Bunshin Daibakuha (Great Clone Explosion)."
The clone exploded right in Naruto's face as the Bunshin Itachi had previously kicked landed on the ground elegantly.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed, worried for her teammate even with the horrific changes to his being.
Kabuto watched on, now calmed, while thinking of different occurrences, 'It's strange my barrier isn't affecting Naruto-kun. Even with all the Chakra he was amassing, he should still be affected.' When the Yakushi turned to Tsunade's group he remembered the change he'd made to Orochimaru's barrier, 'That's right, I added the natural blonde factor, so that's why. Well, even with his new power upgrades it still seems like Naruto-kun will lose. I'm nearly out of Chakra from summoning Yamata-san, so I won't be of help. Tsunade may be acting tough for the Genin around her, but her hemaphobia is keeping her from entering the fight. That only leaves Yamata as our last defense should Naruto-kun lose. Even that might not be enough. She's three times smaller than Manda.'
When Kabuto saw Jiraiya lying with his back to a rock, unconscious, he knew what he had to do, "Yamata."
Yamata grunted as she continued to wait and see if Naruto was okay.
"I need to go fix something; I'll be back soon enough. Make sure they don't capture Naruto-kun no matter what."
"I know."
Kabuto walked down the snake and made his way to the edge of the barrier.
Itachi eyed the dark cloud in the air from which his clone had erupted, 'That should do it. Even with his new physical abilities, he couldn't have withstood Daibakuha.'
Itachi watched with mild interest as the smoke cloud slowly folded into itself. The cloud became smaller and smaller as Naruto sucked in the smoke like a vacuum. Naruto was physically tattered from the attack; dirt smudges to bleeding cuts peppered his skin while his pants were covered with rips.
When all the smoke was gone, Naruto was bent back and ready to unleash his attack while hanging in the air.
Itachi was already doing handseals.
Naruto brought his head forward and blew out all the smoke; however, it came out his mouth in the form of an intense fire stream heading straight for Itachi.
"Katon: Endan(Fire Release: Fireball)!" Itachi blew a torrent of fire at the incoming flames.
The two fire surges connected, spreading flames about as the two fought for dominance.
Itachi took a step forward and concentrated hard on his Jutsu, creating a more intense flame that cut through some of Naruto's flame.
Itachi could see Naruto's face just above the flames raging between them. He was slightly disturbed as to why the kid looked on with no interest at what was happening.
However, he didn't have more time to wonder as the flame's coming from Naruto increased in size, pushing Itachi's back to the middle by sheer size.
Itachi channeled his Chakra even more, his flame turning more bright and yellowish from the heat that was put into it.
Yet, it still wasn't enough as Naruto's fire grew even larger, now three times bigger than Itachi's.
By the time Itachi realized Naruto's fire would overpower his, the flame was already surrounding him, only held back by his Jutsu.
Itachi was now sweating from the heat that surrounded him like a dome, 'Such immense Chakra!'
Itachi's Jutsu was fading and the Uchiha new what he had to do. He shut his eyes and the right one started to bleed.
His right eye shot open, bloodshot with a new Sharingan design.
"Amaterasu (Goddess of the Sun)!" The fire coming from the Uchiha's mouth turned black as it consumed the flames around him, pushing it back with unmatched speed.
Naruto tried to dodge the incoming attack but was nicked on his wing's finger. The black inferno immediately started to spread and would've hit his body had he not cut the wing off at its base with his katana.
Naruto crashed onto the ground and used his bounce to flip around so he could stand; the marks of his battle showing over his body. The stub that was once a wing was squirting blood, but stopped once it receded into Naruto's back.
Itachi wiped the blood from his closed eye, deactivating his Mangekyou Sharingan. Itachi was a bit dirty and was sweating but was suffering from no injuries so far.
'I should end this soon… the way Naruto-kun's Chakra just continues to rise will eventually be my downfall.' Itachi assumed it was the Kyuubi's influence that was behind the steady growth of its Jinchuuriki's Chakra. Because the more Itachi fought and weakened do to fatigue, the stronger Naruto got.
Itachi looked to his unconscious partner out of the corner of his eye, 'As well, Kisame needs to be treated or his health will only worsen.'
When Itachi looked back to Naruto, he was worried as to why the blonde had his head turned to the defeated Akatsuki member who the Uchiha had just been looking at.
Once Naruto looked to Itachi out of the corner of his eye, and the two crimson orbs met; even with an unreadable expression, the Uchiha could tell what the Jinchuuriki was thinking.
The two dashed to the fallen Akatsuki member instantaneously.
Naruto was faster than Itachi but chose to throw his katana for good measure.
Itachi analyzed the sword's movements with his Sharingan and grabbed a kunai from his kunai holder. Itachi flicked his wrist and the kunai zipped through the air.
The two projectiles were several feet from Kisame when they collided, ricocheting in different directions away from the ex-Mist-nin.
Itachi was inwardly glad he saved his colleague, and just for an instance, let his guard down.
By the time the Uchiha realized Naruto was right behind him, four long slash marks cut into the man's back.
"ARGH!" Itachi grunted and flipped forward so he was upside-down while completing several handseals, "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique)!" The Uchiha fired several small fireballs at the retreating Jinchuuriki.
Naruto's lone wing tried to cover his body but failed as the first fireball burst on impact. The force of the hit knocked the wing back, leaving the Uzumaki unprotected as he took the blazing attack of three more fireballs. First to his stomach, then to the right side of his face, and lastly to his left shoulder.
Itachi landed on his back then used his momentum to roll into a crouch while Naruto flipped off the ground, landing on his feet once more.
The three places where the fireballs had hit were a darker shade of skin and were smoking. The Jinchuuriki didn't seem affected in the least as he stared robotically.
Itachi cringed as the air stung the wounds on his back. 'While the Kyuubi's influence increases his Chakra, it seems the curse seal's influence increases his physical prowess. He took three direct hits of my Housenka and only came out with some bruises. Any other ninja would've been dead, or on the verge of.'
Itachi's thoughts stopped when he saw the red and purple orbs starting to form around Naruto.
'Damn, not again!' This time, Itachi charged the blonde, knowing full well what the out come of that technique would be.
However, he didn't expect all the orbs to condense into the size of a baseball so quickly. It was much faster than last time, but there were far less individual spheres that Naruto created this time.
Although this didn't bode well for Itachi, he continued his charge, to close for Naruto to even try and get his sword. Thus, the attack was useless.
The Uchiha pulled out another kunai, thinking, 'It's over.'
However, all color left Itachi's face when he saw the Jinchuuriki's mouth break open so he could eat the black orb.
Naruto's mouth snapped shut and gulped down the sphere, then it reopened; the back of it radiated white as Itachi saw the immense Chakra coming back up.
The Chakra blast was point black, washing away Itachi's figure in a torrent of twirling red and purple colors that stretched as far as the eye could see.
When the energy died down, smoke was coming from the sides of Naruto's mouth as he slowly closed it. A long trench scarred the earth, cutting through the plain and several hills as smoke covered its appearance for several seconds.
As the smoke cleared, it revealed a light red barrier of Chakra enclosing Itachi. Once it was clearer, the Chakra turned out to be in the shape of a large, flaming, shield with a spiral design that protected him from Naruto's blast. The shield was held by a large arm that came out of the ground.
Itachi stood within the Chakra, untouched and unharmed. Except for his eyes, which were bloodshot and bleeding; the Mangekyou Sharingan spinning.
Itachi whipped his arm away, and the shield followed, swatting Naruto like a fly. The Jinchuuriki was a blur through the air as he smashed into the side of a hill. Naruto's body fell limp as his head hung, long white hair cover his face and part of his chest.
The Chakra shield around Itachi slowly retreated to the earth as he deactivated is Jutsu. Once it was gone Itachi fell to his hands and knees coughing blood.
'Damn it. How could he push me so far? To think I'd have to use Su'sanoo's Yata Mirror on such an adversary. But, I had to; I would've been done if that actually hit me.' Itachi was now standing, only dry blood remained of what he hadn't whipped away from his face as he slowly made his way over to Naruto.
"Naruto, no!" Sakura stood up and ran to her unconscious teammate, much to the protests of Tsunade.
Itachi was several feet from Naruto when he took out one more kunai, 'He's still in this form, and his Chakra's still growing. It won't be long now before he awakens, I need to make sure that doesn't happen.'
Itachi stood in front of Naruto and eyed the seal on his abdomen, "That'd be a good place."
The Uchiha raised his arm, kunai reversed in his hand.
He brought it down with force but stopped when someone with pink hair and a Konoha headband stood between him and his target.
Sakura had her hands crossed over her head, eyes shut, and shaking with fear.
"What do you think you're doing?" Itachi held his kunai several inches over her head.
Sakura barely opened one of her eyes to see what was going on, "I'm protecting my friend!"
XOXOXOXOXO
"Hey, wake the fuck up already!" Inner Naruto slapped his counterpart several more times.
When Naiteki (Inner) got no reaction from Uwa (Outer) he dropped his other self's collar and stood back up, looking around.
The two were in the hallway the divided into three different directions.
Naiteki Naruto looked around; knowing to the right was that fool Kyuubi and straight was to his site of lodging, but to the right. Naiteki had never been that way before. There was just something about it that made him uneasy.
"Ugh…" Uwa Naruto sat up; rubbing the red cheek Naiteki had created from slapping, in essence, himself. Uwa looked up to Naiteki, "What's going on?"
Naiteki sneered, his deep voice echoing down the corridors, "Tch, hell if I know. I was trying to take over when you found the dead mutt lying in the Hyuuga's arms, bu-"
Uwa grabbed the hem of Naiteki's shirt and pulled him close so they were face-to-face, "Don't you ever talk about Kiba like that!"
His outburst only brought a smile to Naiteki, "Ha! What do you care if he's dead? You only knew him at the academy and even then you two hardly talked. Hell, he made fun of you at times."
Uwa's grip loosened though Naiteki's explanation.
When it was loose enough, Naiteki swatted the hand from his face. "Anyway, as I was saying. Just as I was about to take over something came up and overstepped my power. I know it wasn't the Kyuubi and if you've been here then it couldn't have been you…"
"So then, who do you think it was?" Naruto asked his darker, yet for some reason 'True', self.
"I don't know, but I'm almost a hundred percent certain that our answer is down that corridor." Naiteki turned to the hallway going left.
"I wouldn't do that." Uwa's expression turned gravely serious.
Naiteki turned his head back to Uwa, scoffing, "Oh… and why is that?"
"Because you don't need to know what's down there."
"You bastard, you know what's down there, don't you?"
"I never said that."
"No, but you certainly implied it." Naiteki turned back to the corridor and started walking, not listening to Uwa's weak protests.
He came to a halt when he walked into a solid, transparent, barrier.
"What the hell?" Naiteki slammed his hands against the invincible barrier, making the obstruction ripple like water as it transferred all his energy to the walls around it.
"I told you not to go there." Uwa said, the smallest of smirks forming at the corner of his mouth.
Naiteki looked over to Uwa out of the corner of his eye, "Tch, there may be a barrier, but you know what's down there! Now, explain!"
"Sorry, but I don't have to tell you anything. It's not your place to know… yet."
"What the fuck are you going on about? This is my body, this is my mind. Why don't I already know what's down that corridor?"
"You have Nine-Thousand Years of Knowledge, don't you? You tell me." Uwa went into a full-blown grin.
Naiteki growled deeply, "Why you little shit…"
"Oh, what was that?"
Naiteki pointed an accusing finger at Uwa, "Don't you even think about trying to back out of our deal now!"
"Relax, I have no such intentions. I'm more worried about your take on this deal. Didn't I already tell you to stop taking over? You're the one who's making the deal harder than it should be."
It was Naiteki's turn to smile, "Hmgh! I was simply doing it to keep you alive and hell, so what if I get restless in here. It's no fun being here. Besides, what do you care? I don't even know why part of the deal was to let you keep control until we leave for Orochimaru. It's not like you'll have any friends to say goodbye to."
The word 'friend' resonated through Uwa's head, and then the two heard something unexpected.
"I'm protecting my friend!"
'That voice!' Uwa looked around, "Sakura-chan?"
Outer Naruto knew he wasn't just hearing things when he saw that Naiteki was looking around, bewildered, as well.
The two then saw an image appearing on the wall before the three dividing hallways. It showed a morphed Naruto who was planted in the ground on a hill, unconscious. Sakura stood between him and Uchiha Itachi who had a kunai posed to take her out.
"NO, SAKURA-CHAN!" Uwa put his hands on the image and it blinded all around with white light.
XOXOXOXOXO
Itachi stared at the small girl in front of him before hunching over, dropping his kunai, and grabbing his stomach and mouth as he coughed up more blood.
'Shit, not now' Itachi started to waver, feeling lightheaded and weak because of his tuberculosis acting up.
Sakura lowered her guard and opened her eyes, 'What's happening to him?'
"Sa…Sakura…-chan." Goosebumps ran over the Haruno's entire body as she heard her teammate's small voice call out.
When she turned with a smile she was slightly taken aback that he was back to normal, well, slightly. His skin and hair had changed back to its normal color and length, but the flame-like tattoos that were on him earlier were back. Naruto's last wing was gone, back to rightful place in his shoulder. However, his overall appearance was even worse than before. The three shots of fire he took from Itachi were now a deep shade of red and looked like they hurt like hell. Blood was seeping out both ends of his mouth. His eyes were still crimson with slit pupils but were barely open and lifeless. The seal that was once on his six-pack was gone, in its place, bruised muscles.
Itachi wobbled back but was stopped when his back hit something hard and muscular. When the Uchiha looked up he was surprised to see the man, "What, but you…"
Sakura fell to her knees, cuffing Naruto's cheeks with her hands so she could force him to look her in the eyes. He was surprised when she was crying, "What do you think you're doing? Charging at such strong enemies without thinking! Do you have any idea how stupid you are? I thought you were going to die! I don't want to experience that ever again! You hear? Never again!"
Her whole body shook as she let her tears fall to the ground, head hung and hair clinging to her sweating face. She thought she'd lost him once before and hoped to never feel that again, sadly, she felt that a lot sooner than she wanted.
Naruto used all his energy to place his hand atop hers that was still on his cheek.
She looked up and saw him smiling, "I won't let that ever happen again, I pro-"
Naruto's heart skipped a beat when he saw a large looming shadow behind Sakura swing something at them.
Naruto used whatever he could muster up to shove Sakura far enough away from the incoming attack.
Sakura landed several feet to the side with a, "Eep!", and then watched with horror as a bulky, spiked, sword slammed Naruto into the hill even further.
Kisame wrenched his Samehada from the Jinchuuriki's chest, swinging it onto his shoulder as blood trailed off a lot of its scales.
As Naruto's body fell forward to the ground, blood spilling from his mouth and chest ripped to shreds, Kisame's shark tooth grin grew bigger, "Kekekeke, you aren't the only one who heals faster than normal humans, brat."
Naruto's body hit the earth with a thud, eyes clouded over and curse seal deactivating.
Sakura's scream reached everyone's ears, "NNNOOOOOOOO!"
Kisame looked over to the pinkette with a sadistic smile, "Oops, almost forgot about you."
He brought Samehada to his side, preparing to attack the defenseless Kunoichi. He was about to walk forward but was stopped as something grabbed his pant leg. The Akatsuki member was actually happy to see that it was a still unconscious Naruto lying there on the ground.
"So you have more fight in you huh? I like it!" Kisame raised Samehada over his head with one hand, aiming to take off and arm or two.
However, he hesitated when a large shadow blocked out the sun over him. He jumped away, just barely dodging a car sized snake head that munched into the earth beside Naruto's body.
Kisame was airborne when Yamata's tail came from behind him and swatted the shark man like a fly. Kisame slammed into the ground but was still able to flip and land on the ground, but used Samehada on the ground to come to a full stop.
Kisame started to drool, his scar from the Jinchuuriki's earlier attack visible by all.
Yamata pried her large fangs from the ground and used them to pick Naruto up and lay him next to his presumed teammate, "Please, take care of him. I'll handle this."
Sakura nodded, dumbfounded, and pulled Naruto close, trying to find anything she could use to cover his wounds.
Yamata looked over to Kisame just as he finished his handseals, Samehada somehow attached to his back even though there were no attachments around, "Suiton: Baku Suishouha (Water Release: Bursting Water Collision Waves)!"
Water gushed from Kisame's mouth, spreading throughout the plain. Soon enough, it was a small lake with several hills dotting past the water surface. The water was even high enough to make Yamata float.
Itachi had made it to a hill prior, knowing what was to expect when it came to his partner.
Tsunade was quick to react, grabbing Shizune and Hinata, who was holding Akamaru and Kiba; sadly, she had to let go of the Inuzuka as she couldn't hold on strong enough. His body washed away in the waves of the water. Tsunade had then just narrowly saved Jiraiya, who was still unconscious over near a large boulder.
Sakura wasn't strong enough to pull Naruto anywhere so she held onto him for dear life getting washed away by the water crashing past them. It was by the grace of god that they happened to hit into a boulder. There, Sakura used all her Chakra control to climb the rock with her lifeless teammate in hand. When they made it to the top, Sakura fell beside her friend, exhausted from the sudden change in environment. She reached out her hand and grabbed his, just enjoying the quiet peace that the two were sharing.
'Damn it, now that I'm moving, I'm finally feeling the full effects of this stupid barrier. No wonder Jiraiya-sama passed out, and to think he was actually able to fight for so long before going down.'
Sakura looked over to Naruto and studied his features. He was soaking wet with hair matted down and the Haruno didn't know why she couldn't stop staring at the slow breathing Jinchuuriki. He just looked so peaceful, so… cute.
'What?' Sakura shook the idea of Naruto being cute out of her head and continued to look over his body.
His chest wounds were fully exposed to the air. The cuts on his front side still pumped blood, making a strange mixture of blood and water as if fell off his body.
'I've got to cover his wounds with something, but what?' Sakura thought and thought, then decided on what to do.
She used the rest of her energy to push herself closer to Naruto, then, when close enough, she pulled herself up and on top of him. She laid her head on his chest as she felt her clothing soak up the water and blood that was coming from his wounds.
'It's not the best thing, but it's better than nothing.' Sakura had the smallest of blushes as she slowly fell into a slumber, listening to his steady heartbeat.
Kisame rode his waves, rushing the white scaled snake with great speeds.
Yamata coiled her long body then sprung forward, jaw dislocated so she'd be able to eat him whole.
The wave Kisame rode on shifted last minute, letting him duck under the attacking snake. Kisame brought his sword up and the water followed, smashing a torrent of water into Yamata body that sent her nowhere because of her enormous weight.
Yamata's pointed tail came after Kisame piercing through waves as her head turned back around to face him.
Just as she wanted, Kisame jumped into the air to avoid her tail. That's when she struck.
Kisame turned in the air to see a large snake mouth about to consume him.
He parried the snake's maw with his Samehada. To bad for him, that's what Yamata wanted.
"Gagagagaga!"
"What the?" Kisame kicked the bottom of Yamata's mouth off his sword when he heard Samehada's cries.
Kisame landed back on the water the same time Yamata coiled back up, hissing at him with what looked like a small smirk.
When the former Kiri-nin looked down to his Samehada he was surprised to see a purple slim that was eroding the bandages wrapped around it and was dissolving some of its scales.
Kisame stabbed the substance covered sword into the water, which seemed to help it. As he pulled it back out, he saw that some of its scales had fully dissolved, leaving some parts just flesh.
"This bastard!" Kisame poured Chakra into Samehada, fully unraveling the bandages and revealing its true form as a sharp-toothed mouth formed at the top of it.
Kisame scooped up water from under him into Samehada's mouth. Then he aimed it at Yamata and Samehada spewed a high-powered stream of water at the snake.
Yamata brought her tail up from under the water to block it, but when she moved it away to see, Kisame had already made it to in front of her. He was mid-air with an elongated Samehada the length of a bus coming down on her.
Yamata dove underwater just as Kisame came down with his sword.
Kisame wondered where the snake would appear next and was answered as something was coming up from right under him. Kisame sidestepped as Yamata came out of the water right where he was previously standing, mouth open so she could snatch him right up.
All the water that pilled into her mouth from her swim back to the surface shot from her maw, blasting Kisame down into the water as he blocked it with Samehada.
Using this to his advantage, the shark man swam to the bottom of his manmade lake and let Samehada float as he did several hand seals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!"
Eight great white sharks formed a line in front of Kisame as he growled animal like, "Kill the snake!"
Five of them swam through the water with unmatched speeds.
Two of the five took the lead as they dove from the water like missiles. Yamata swatted them back into the water with her tail.
Three more sharks came immediately afterward. She caught one in her maw, digging her teeth all the way through the fish. She concentrated Chakra to her tail, hardening its pointed end as she skewered another summoning. The two sharks burst into smoke following their deaths.
The third shark crunched down on a part of Yamata's long body. It was at times like this that she wished she had arms.
She let out a crying hiss before stabbing the wiggling shark attached to her skin. The bite mark left multiple puncture wounds across her scaly skin.
Yamata shook her head as to get rid of her pain. Looking around and realizing the attack stopped, Yamata came to realize the water around her was slowly shrinking. She could feel herself lowering as she swam around.
When she spotted Kisame at the bottom of the lake, she dove right at him.
The five remaining sharks floated in the water, forming a horizontal line in front of Kisame.
As Yamata got closer, the sharks made their move, separating in five different directions.
Yamata paid no head to the sharks as they made irregular swimming patterns, trying to confuse her. She could see Kisame was holding Samehada overhead with one hand. The gigantic mouth of Samehada's was sucking up all the water a thousand gallons a second.
'He must be preparing an attack. I'll just deal with him before that happens.' Yamata put on her boosters just as the sharks were closing in. She swam past them through the middle, just barely dodging the couple of summonings that made a bite for her.
Kisame saw the snake coming, 'This bitch must be part water snake with the way she's able to move so well underwater.'
Kisame stabbed the hilt of his Samehada into the bottom of his lake as it continued to suck up water.
Kisame took off, away from Yamata. He swam like a dolphin as his body stroked up and down at an accelerated pace.
She followed, aiming to take him out before he can get back to his sword.
As Yamata started to gain on Kisame, the Missing-nin spun in mid-swim. Extending his hands out, the water around them shifted and compressed as Chakra was released.
"Suiton: Senjikizame (Water Release: Thousand Sharks Eating)!" a thousand sharks made of condensed water and Chakra burst from his hands.
Yamata's maw snapped open, thousands upon thousands of white snakes spread out from the reptile's gullet.
The two forces of snake and shark collided, nullifying one another in an array of thrashing about Justus.
Kisame drifted in the water, waiting to see what the out come of their forces had been.
He was unprepared for Yamata as she came slithering through the middle of the calming water.
Yamata bit into Kisame the best she could as she picked up her speed, having lost space between the summoning sharks and herself.
However, Kisame would not let himself get eaten as he held used his hands and feet to keep her mouth pried open, keeping her long fangs from cutting into him like a knife through butter.
The trapped Akatsuki member thought fast, using one of his hands to reach down and grab one of her fangs. He proceeded to use all he had in his arm to try and bend the bone.
Yamata hissed underwater, releasing a furious storm of bubbles from her mouth. Yamata whipped her head back and forth to confuse Kisame, but to no avail as he continued his wrenching.
Finally, Yamata concentrated Chakra to her fangs and they began to turn green.
With all the bubbles from the snake's hissing, Kisame failed to see the change in the fangs' color. When he did, his hand felt like it caught on fire. He screamed hoarsely and kicked away from Yamata as her grip was loose from the pain of having her tooth being wiggled viciously.
The moment Yamata stopped and turned to go after the shark man, she was pilled into by the five sharks that'd been following her this entire time.
Strangely, Yamata was knocked out of the water along with the Great Whites that clung onto her with their teeth. With all the long fish attached to her, she found it hard to move and watched as the lake that the two had previously been fighting in grew smaller and smaller. It went from the size of a football field to the size of a small condo in no time.
As the rest of the water was sucked up, Kisame stood with Samehada in his left hand, a hundred feet away. Samehada was radiating a light blue color off its body.
Kisame's right arm was lying on the wet grass at his feet as it had turned sea green and was slowly corroding. The elbow from whence the arm had once been attached was shredded. Yamata assumed it was his own sword's doing.
Kisame looked at Yamata with much hate. He pointed the mouth of his light blue Samehada at the white snake.
"Suiton: Daiarashi (Water Release: Great Tempest)!" A large torrent of high velocity water sprung from Samehada's mouth like a fire hose.
Yamata watched with wide eyes, trying her best to get freed. It didn't work.
The summonings vanished into clouds of smoke the moment Yamata was hit with the stream of condensed water and Chakra.
The force of the attack was so great it was able to lift Yamata off the ground and send her crashing through several hills. It didn't end until Yamata was about a couple hundred yards back, a long path of dead grass and crushed boulders and hills scorched her path.
Finally, there was complete silence across the plain.
Itachi appeared beside Kisame, slightly rested and Akatsuki cloak in hand.
"Here, this will stop the bleeding." Itachi ripped a sleeve off the cloak and tied it to Kisame's severed arm. "We'll get Kakuzu to attach another one when we get back to the base."
Kisame never understood by the most stoic Uchiha he'd ever met was so nice to him. But, he didn't really care. As long as they were able to work together, he wouldn't pry info from his partner. The fish man smirked down to Itachi, "Thanks"
Once Itachi pulled the final wrap around, the two looked over to a boulder housing two Genin, "Now, we get what we came here for."
Yamata's large head slowly rose, gravel and dirt she piled through falling from her face. All she could do was look over to the Akatsuki and her student, 'I-I have to get Naruto and return us to Myobobushi before they get him.'
When she tried to move her body, pain shot through her entire being, causing her head to fall back down to the ground, 'DAMN IT! MOVE BODY, MOVE!... I-I can't, I just can't… I-I'm so sorry, Naruto, but I… I just… can't…'
Yamata fell into darkness as she went unconscious on the ground.
Hinata saw the two Akatsuki members making their way to where Naruto and Sakura were. She turned to the Sannin next to her pulling her sleeve.
"Come on, you have to go stop them! You're the only one that can!" Hinata pleaded.
Tsunade was kneeling and pumping some of her Chakra into Jiraiya to keep his vitals stable when she felt the Genin pulling at her jacket.
Tsunade heard the pleading Hyuuga and looked over to the two Akatsuki members. Seeing the blood from the Uchiha's back and the cut off arm of the fish man, the Slug Sannin knew she couldn't do anything. Not with all that blood. Like Dan, and Nawaki.
'No, never again!' Tsunade stood her ground as the Hyuuga continued to pull and tug, pleading.
The two Akatsuki members stood over the sleeping Genin, blocking the sun's rays.
"Aw, how cute." Kisame's grinned with his shark teeth.
"Enough; just grab the Jinchuuriki and let's be on our way." Itachi commanded, faced away from the lying Genin with his eyes closed. He felt bad that Naruto had to be the one to carry the Kyuubi, having known the boy as a child. 'But, it's for my little brother.'
Kisame nudged his foot in between the two Genin and flipped the pinkette off the blonde, laughing at himself, "Well, at least he got some action at the end"
The one armed Akatsuki picked up the Jinchuuriki with the head of his Samehada in its normal form. Kisame threw the boy into the air as he leaned his sword back on his shoulder. The limp Jinchuuriki fell onto the sword and stayed there.
Kisame walked up behind his partner, his grin ever growing.
Itachi slowly opened his eyes, "The Nine-tailed Jinchuuriki… has been captured."
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Author's Note: I have to be honest; this was very fun to type. You have no idea, just typing a big ass battle. This is what I've been waiting for, for like, I don't even know how long. Yes I've created another battle with two Akatsuki members before but this was just like a war for me. WAR SON! Sorry, was watching a Bill Burr comedy special recently and was funny as hell.
Anyway, onto more pressing matters. Where'd Kabuto go? What's Kabuto doing? How can Naruto survive now? Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Until next time everybody! R&R
Jutsu Definition
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu(Great Fireball Technique); Rank-C: Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The ninja does the necessary hand seals; draws chakra from their mouth into their chest and them immediately exhales it. They then blow a stream of fire which erupts into a large sphere of flames. To better manage the flames the ninja will bring their hand to their mouth to control it.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu(Shadow Clone Technique); Rank-B: Jounin level Ninjutsu technique. The Kage Bunshin distributes the ninja's chakra evenly among the clones and creates a real copy with form and substance. The clone itself can also utilize any jutsu the original ninja knows. When the clone finally disperses, any new knowledge it has gained is passed back to the original ninja and any additional clones. This makes Kage Bunshin an excellent training method if the ninja has the chakra capacity and stamina to maintain the Kage Bunshins for an extended period of time. This allows the ninja to essentially reduce the time it takes to train and learn with each clone added.
Bunshin Daibakuha(Great Clone Explosion); Rank-S: Ninjutsu technique stronger than its originator, Bunshin Bakuha. At first glance the clone appears to be a normal Kage Bunshin, but the ninja can detonate the clone at any time to form a very large explosion.
Katon: Endan(Fire Release: Fireball); Rank-C: Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. This jutsu allows a ninja to emit a jet of fire from his/her mouth. The Jutsu's strength can very with the amount of Chakra and/or Chakra control put into it.
Amaterasu (Goddess of the Sun); Rank-S: Ninjutsu technique which uses the Mangekyou form of the Sharingan eye to create a powerful black fire. This jutsu is generated by the right Mangekyou eye. It has been said that anything within the Mangekyou's vision will burn to ash if consumed by the fire. The fire itself is said to burn for 7 days and 7 nights. Because of the amount of chakra needed to use the technique, it can only be used on a very limited basis daily. Though it is regarded as the strongest of Mangekyou's physical attacks, usage of the ability will degrade the eye further and lead the user to blindness.
Katon: Housenka no Jutsu(Fire Release: Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique); Rank-C: Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The ninja does the necessary hand seals and then emits a series of small fire balls.
Suiton: Baku Suishouha(Water Release: Bursting Water Collision Waves); Rank-B: Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Water Element. After forming the needed handseals, the ninja will expel water from his/her gullet. This will then expand into a large volume of water. He/Her can control the water by riding on top of the waves created from the mass of water.
Kuchiyose no Jutsu(Summoning Technique); Rank-C: allows a ninja to summon animals and objects to fight on their behalf. The ninja normally signs a blood contract with the animal species, which allows them to summon different size and skill levels of creatures. Signing this contract also allows the animal to reverse summon the human ninja to their location.
Suiton: Senjikizame(Water Release: Thousand Sharks Eating); Rank-A: Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Water Element. The ninja will form the needed hand seals and then place extend their Chakra from their hands. Numerous sharks of condensed water will emerge to create a large force of frenzied fish.
Suiton: Daiarashi(Water Release: Great Tempest); Rank-A: Ninjutsu utilizing the sword, Samehada. While Samehada is in its true form will suck up any water it can find. Once full, it will glow light blue. Samehada's user will then mix their Chakra into Samehada, joining the water and their Chakra. Samehada will then spray it out at an alarming rate. Its destructive powers are great.