Chapter 7- Wrath of Heaven

The four Genins spread out as fast as they can to get out of the way of the blue dragon. Hitsugaya's dragon flew down ahead of him towards his opponents. As the targets split, its eyes focused on one of them to hit for sure.

"Tenten, look out!" Kiba cried out.

Realizing the danger she jumps to another branch, but the ice that covered it made it fragile, breaking under her feet.

"Tenten!" Neji dived in to catch her just as the dragon flew by. Both of them crashed hard on a big brach below.
"Neji! Are you alright?" Tenten was worried. "Your legs-"
"I'm alright," he interrupted, but they both can clearly see his legs frozen together. "I won't be much help anyway, I have to fight close while you guys can strike from afar."
"Don't say that!"
"Listen," Neji told her. "Defeat him and help Naruto save Hinata-sama. I know you can do it."
"Neji-"
"Please! Do it."
Tenten struggled for words but she gave in, "Alright Neji, we'll save her."

She jumps back up to join Kiba and Shino, leaving Neji alone on that branch. (Everyone's fighting for you, Hinata-sama.)


Frozen in fear, Naruto could do nothing but stand still. Letting all of the blades flow through him…

Naruto was all torn up as the attack took effect, blood flowing out of his wounds and onto the ground where he stood. He fell down, unmoving, with no strength at all.

"I will complete my mission, I told you that you cannot change that."

"You can!" Naruto called out to Hinata.

(Hinata…)

"It was a mistake to challenge me."

"That's not true!" Hinata told him. "Even if you did make a mistake, you were always, from my point of view, a proud man who makes lots of mistakes. You're not perfect… You make mistakes, and you get stronger from them. I believe that is true strength. Naruto-kun, you're a strong person…"

(Even if it is… this is… one mistake… I gladly made… if it means saving Hinata…)

"I admit, you were more then what I had expected."

"This is your last warning," Neji said in a threatening tone of voice. "Give up."
Hinata struggles to stand up, her body weakened by Neji's attacks. "I'm… not going to… take back… my… words… That's my way of the ninja."
Hinata breathe deeply as she stands, facing Neji. Her eyes shifted to Naruto, who was looking right back at her.
"I didn't know Hinata was so tough."
"She's very similar to you," Lee commented.
"Come to think of it, she's always been watching you," Naruto was a little surprised at Sakura's words.
(Hinata…)

(I never noticed, but you were always cheering me on weren't you? But it wasn't until I rooted for you… that you found your true courage...)

"It was over before the battle even began. You should have just stopped when you had the chance."

"Don't stop the match!"
"Hey, Naruto… What are you talking about, stupid? She can't fight anymore, she fain…ted…"
Sakura soon ate her words as Hinata was slowly but surely getting up.
"I can still…"
"There's no point in acting tough. You're barely able to stand up. There is no need to suffer, let yourself go."

(What Neji said then was true. And yet, you continued to fight, and I still believed in you.)

"To push me this far, is she really that much to you?"

"Guardian of Eight Divination Seals: Sixty-four strikes!"
"No, way. Hinata is doing such a cool justu?"
"The Hinata you once knew is no more."
"What do you mean?"
"After the Chuunin exam, even you learned new jutsu, right? Well, Hinata has also been steadily improving. She was always worried about her abilities. Hinata had always worried about what she was meant to do and what she could do.
During her harsh training, Hinata found her own style, her own technique. This is the result of that training. This technique belongs only to Hinata, Guardian of Eight Divination Seals: Sixty-four strikes.

Most likely she's done this to be acknowledged by her father…By everyone… and by you."

(I did notice, you did become stronger. A lot stronger then I thought possible, and you have a new jutsu to prove it.

Hinata… I can't… I won't… Lose her! Hey, you stupid fox! Give me some more chakra!)
"Are you really that desperate to save that girl? Foolish boy…"
(Who do you think you're talking to? Give me some more chakra NOW!)
"Hahaha! Who do you think you're talking to? I am the nine-tailed demon fox, the Kyuubi!"
(Like I care about that right now! If you don't give me more power, I'll just take it from you!)
"Heh… you amuse me boy. I'll give you some power, just don't lose this time."
(I won't, I made a promise. I won't let Sakura, Hanabi, Neji or Hinata down.)

BA-BUMP

BA-BUMP

BA-BUMP

"What?" Byakuya's eyes grew wide, the kid who was hit by his bankai's full force… was getting up! He could clearly see all the cuts he had endured heal like they were never there. The red aura around him before became thicker, and changed shape. What seems to be one tail and two pointed ears were created from the strange aura.

Naruto holds out his fist, the exact same way as when he made a promise on Hinata's blood, "I will win…" Naruto suddenly spoke to the surprised man. "Round 2, let's go!"

Naruto quickly dropped on all fours and moved at a shocking speed. The kidnapper would've been hit had he not seen Naruto before the strike, creating a barrier of sakura between the two of them. Naruto's hand swiped through the pink petals, which could not pierce through the strange shield. Byakuya flash stepped away to avoid an attack through the opening. Naruto chased after him, many of his pink petals flew at the fox boy, who was using great speed to dodge them entirely. But the sakura were keeping Naruto away, or so Byakuya thought.

Naruto's aura created a strange hand and it flies towards Byakuya, using his sakura to guard against the attack. Dropping his shield, Byakuya sees Naruto right in his face. Before Naruto could attack, the kidnapper sent a whole bunch of petals skywards from under him, hitting the boy and sending him into the air. Again, the petals could not get through, but there were some cuts along the skin that healed instantly. Naruto jumped off the tower of sakura, he lands and runs around once more to avoid the petals.

(How did he get this power, this speed?)
"I said I will beat you up," Naruto taunted. "Still don't believe me?"
"Don't get too cocky, brat!" Byakuya swings his hand, Naruto dodges the cloud of flying petals sent at him.

Naruto runs some more, dodging all of the sakura Byakuya sends at him. He notices that they're getting harder to avoid, (How? Their speed has increased!)
(If I control it with my hands, I can double my speed.)

Naruto warps around with is immense speed. Byakuya sends stream after stream of petals after the boy, eventually forcing him to move into the air. As Naruto dodges each stream, they split up into many smaller streams. Naruto keeps moving in the air, to dodge and avoid the millions of petals coming at him. Eventually, everywhere around him there is a stream of sakura blocking his escape.

"There is nothing that I can't…" Byakuya began as Naruto was completely surrounded by sakura. "…catch!"

All of the pink blades close in from all sides at Naruto. There was no way for him to get out alive, even with the red aura of chakra.

RRAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHH!

The immense roar from the boy fox blew away the oncoming attack. All of the petals floated around as they are slowly taken down to the earth. Byakuya watched in surprise, not knowing what to make of it. There was no way he could've just defeated all of those petals. Naruto moves instantly behind the kidnapper.

Byakuya turns around, a swipe of Naruto's claw creates blood marks across his chest. Stumbling back from the attack, Naruto swipes again, making another three lines of blood. Byakuya flash steps away from the fox. Naruto launches his chakra arm, nailing the older man in the chest.

The swordsman lands on one knee, slowly getting up, "Where did you get his power? No matter, you will not last long anyway."

A large pink aura surrounded Byakuya, the area turns dark blue once more. Naruto stood, fixated at what is happening. Swords appeared out of nowhere, they circled both of them as they appeared. 1000 swords showed themselves out of nowhere, they move in a circle around the two fighters.

"This abandons defense and gives its all to killing the enemy… The true form of Senbonzakura… Senkei, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

Two blades dropped from where they were and Byakuya caught both of them. The other swords floated still, poised to attack Naruto.


Author: How was that?

Senkei, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi- Scene of the Massacre, Vibrant Display of 1000 Cherry Blossoms.

While Byakuya has yet to do it in Bleach, I'm certain he can control those swords the very same way he can control the sakura petals. Not only that, he sitll has one more level after this attack, which I won't use unfortuntely... here it is anyway.

Shuukei, Hakureiken- Final View, White Imperial Sword.

It looks like one sword with giant white wings sprouting out from both sides. Byakuya gathers all of his swords and petals into a single sword, multiplying its attack power and damage potential drastically.

That's it,
Little side notes, my Negima fic, though not yet done, has some pretty good action in it as well. One guy even uses ten different weapons, from a big broadswords to a kendama. Also, I turned on the Anon. reviews to get more feedback on my stories.