Chapter 7

Sharingan

Warning! Spoiler alert! This chapter may contain infomation from up to chapter 337 from the main series. If you don't want to read the spoiler, then read up till chapter 337 before continueing. This capter will be slightly shorter than I originaly planned, but I thought of a great cliffhanger that I just had to put in there. Read and enjoy.

The third Hokage sat in his office near the top of the tower, contemplating. He had just received a note that told him of the tourny in two days. Outwardly he was calm and composed. Inwardly he was jumping up and down for joy. Everything he had heard about this from people who had been to some of the previous tourny's made it sound even more exciting than a Jounin exam. Of course far more people participated in this tourny, than any Jounin exam he'd ever been to. He was also allowed to take a few people with him that weren't part of his personal bodyguard. Wasliks Huuga, had agreed to come along as had Draobyek Uchiha. Sarutobi would have them use their bloodline limits so as to note minor details he might miss. The record keeper had given him what little information was available on Zal Ukriz, which wasn't much. His age was unknown, place of birth unknown, relatives unknown. He did specialize in Taijutsu, and some ninjutsu, but he rarely used genjutsu. He was known to have only failed a mission once, when his client tried to kill him. Other than that they couldn't find any information on him in Konoha. But his record keeper told him they might find more at the tourny itself. His wife kept telling him that if he forgot to tell her even one detail once he got back, she would shish-ka-bob him on a 20 foot pole, then go to a volcano and have a BBQ. "She has a funny sense of humor." He thought to himself, as he double checked to make sure he had plenty of paper so as to not run out. Funny or not, he didn't want to make her mad, she had a tendency to ambush him at the worst times... like when he was in a meeting and didn't want to be disturbed. Or she could always take his favorite seaweed and throw it out. Now that was a scary thought.

"Hokage-sama, You told me to report to you as soon as Zal Ukriz left Konoha for the tourny. He just left, five minutes ago." The third turned around and faced the Anbu who was bowing respectfully in front of his desk.

"Thank you Wolverine, that will be all." The Anbu stood up and left the room. Sarutobi headed down to his escort, that were waiting downstairs. It had been awhile since he had been on vacation, and this was the closest thing he would have in awhile. He might as well enjoy it.

Zal sped through the tree's towards his goal. It was a good thing that last mission had been to wipe out a very large clan from the village hidden in the mist, the clan had wanted the Huuga eyes... well they didn't anymore. Those people had given him enough of his chakra back, that the tourny shouldn't be a problem. Still he was concerned. What if Iku managed to gain his power back faster than Zal had anticipated? No matter how much he tried, there was no way he could get back all his power without the object his father had given him all those years ago. And he didn't have it right now, maybe never again. And if Iku wanted to find him, all he had to do was go to the tourny. Iku would know that Zal would be there. "Well, while there's no harm in being prepared for anything. There is harm in worring about the future when you should be thinking about the present." He smirked to himself. He needed to stop talking to himself, people might think he was crazy.

The trip took two days for a average ninja to travel. Zal had always made it in one. Of course if you knew him well, you would know he was always kind of a stamina freak. He never stopped at night for sleep. When Zal got there the place was swarming in particapants, and people who were coming just to watch. While Zal could see everything that happened around him, because of his hearing and his chakra. It still wasn't the same as actually "Seeing" everything. As one of the nine, he was able to get room and board for free, at any inn he went to in this town. He happened to have a favorite, it was called "The Demons Lair". A lot of rough people habited the place, but he knew the owner. And they had been friends for a long time.

When Zal got inside he masked his chakra and slipped inside the kitchen where he knew she would be. He used chakra to cling to the ceiling as he snuck up behind her. "BOO!" He said while tapping her on the shoulder. Then he had to avoid a iron skillet that came flying for his head. "Erawtfos, hey its me Zal. So stop trying to kill me."

She went and picked up her skillet, then gave him a bright smile "Give me a hug ya' ol' raggamuffin." He went to give her a hug and got a 15 lb cast iron skillet in the face for his troubles. "That was for trying to scare me again!" Then she gave him a hug and said "And that was for giving me a visit. How have you been? Where do you live now? How's lil' Yuki-chan doing? I want ta' know everythin'." So Zal sat down and preceded to tell her everything that had happened in the last few years.

A man in a dark cloak arrived in Drogar, the town that the tourny was to be held in. He wore a mask covering his lower face, and his eyes glowed mysteriously. It had been a long time since he had been here. And it hadn't changed a bit. Zal would most likly be surprised to see him there. Then again maybe not. After all, where else would he go this time of the year? He walked the back alley ways, because he felt more comfortable in the darkness. Apparently so do thugs.

"Alright mister, I'm the best bounty hunter in the world, and I'm gonna beat even the nine tailed rank hunter and get his title tomorrow. So if you know whats good for you, you'll hand over all your cash nice and easy." The man's upper lip curled slightly, apparently some people don't know an immortal when they see one. But thats ok, he could use one more heart before the tourny. He needed a new one that had an wind affinity anyways. In less than a minute later he walked on down the alley way again, leaving behind the bleeding corpses of a few men who had never thought, that they would be the ones to die today.

Zal went out for a walk on the town, in hopes of clearing his mind. When he was out he bumped into one of the other nine hunters, Kakuza. A powerful hunter indeed. He usually carried five hearts within his body, and the only way to kill him was to kill all five. He also had many other abilities, that made him a force to be reckoned with. He filled the position of the one tailed beast. Zal filled the position of the eight tailed beast. "Hello Kakuza, it's been awhile. Ten years I believe. How have you been?"

Kakuza replied easily "Hello Zal, yes it has been some time. I've been fine thank you. My my, you haven't aged a single day. How do you do it? What do you think of this years crop of canditates? Think we will get a new hunter this year?"

Zal laughed, before answering "I haven't really seen this years crop yet, and as far as a new hunter. I doubt it, unless you plan on losing."

Kakuza then said "Hmmm, most likely true. But, I've heard alot about a new hunter though the grapevine. He wields a sythe and is supposedly never even gotten scratched. He's very fast, and supposedly extremely strong as well. He might be one for you to watch out for."

Zal looked at him puzzled "Why would I need to watch out any more than the rest of you? After all, he's more likely to only fight me if he requests it, and I accept."

Kakuza smirked slightly before saying "Because... He has already said, he will challenge you to the death."

They parted ways soon after that, Zal wondering who this man was. And Kakuza wondering what sort of jutsu Zal used to make him seem as young as he had been 30 years ago.

The tournement had finally begun. It was being held in a giant stadium. Famous architects from the north had been the ones to build it. For those who had never seen it before, and even those who had, it was a work of art. The size alone caused awe from the highest of lords, to the lowest of peons. The stadium was shaped like an enormous crown, with one side reaching a peak of nearly 150 feet. The nine bounty hunters sat down on seats of honor near the top of the stadium. A loud anouncer spoke over the stadium "Welcome ladies and gentlemen. Today is The Tournement we have all been waiting for ten years to see. Three thousand hunters from all over the world have come to fight in this tournement, for the chance of becoming a legend. To become one of the legendary NINE TAILED HUNTERS! Let the fights begin!"

The crowd watched in excitement as the preliminaries were nothing but chaos. The first three rounds each had one thousand hunters in a free for all match. The last six standing from each round made it past the preliminaries. The next 9 rounds were paired in one versus one battles, to determine who would get to fight the legendary nine. The first match past the preliminaries was over before it started. Literally. A man wielding a giant club simply told his oppenent to forfeit, and he did. The man who had forfeited smiled as he walked away. Simply getting into the tournement was enough to ensure he could get contracts at any small village, and even some of the larger ones. He saw no point in risking it all just for a chance to fight someone who could kill him as easily as they would kill a fly.

The next was a round between a unknown hunter and one who called himself "The Deadly Streak." Once the match began people saw why he called himself that. As soon as the announcer said "Begin" He tore off his robe and rushed his oppenent wearing... nothing. Thats right he was completely nude. The only thing he had was his knife, which was about six inchs long and two inchs wide. The "Streak" moved at extreme speeds, almost as if defieing gravity. He was also skinny and very limber, allowing him to pull off moves that turned the crowds mocking laughter into cheers of enthusiasm. He rushed his opponent and did the splits at the last second, while sliding between the legs of a very unfortunate man, tripping him in the process. Then he did a handstand and flipped into a spiraling kick that sent the other man flying, face first into a rock. His opponent didn't get back up.

All the other matchs were fought in almost the same manner. No one wanted to use any chakra till they fought one of the nine. The matches got so boring that half the crowd left for snacks or some other reason till these matches were over. The only matches anyone really wanted to see anyways were those of the legendary hunters. Finally the time had come for the matches against the hunters who's titles could make any man more famous than the lord of any of the four great countries.

Match one of the finals: Kakuza The one tailed hunter Vs. The Deadly Streak.

Kakuza rose from his place of honor and made his way to the fighting grounds below. Zal smiled, no need to wish him luck. You would need more than just a little skill to beat Kakuza. And even if u managed to kill him, some people just refuse to stay dead.

Once they both got below the took their fighting positions. The streak preparing his knife and Kakuza looking at him as you would a frog, that you are deciding what would be the most satisfying way to dissect it. "Let the match begin." The streak rushed Kakuza but this time he preformed a some hand seals and shouted Lightning style: Thunder clone Jutsu, and suddenly he multiplied. But each and every image of him was crackling with electricity, as it coursed through their bodies. Kakuza smiled, this could be a problem. But then again, no it wouldn't. After all, he had the some impressive wind justu's. All the clones suddenly attacked, but Kakuza evaded each attack with an ease born of years of practice. Then Kakuza suddenly went on the offensive, Wind Style: Blades of the Tempest. Blades made of wind went spinning out in every direction slicing through each of the clones as if they were made of wet tissue. Unfortunately, the streak had the same fate as his clones. When the dust settled you could see the body sliced into ribbons.

"And the winner of the first of the final rounds is Kakuza! The next match is between the Zal The eight tailed hunter Vs..." The announcer was cut off suddenly by a man who appeared in the center of the arena. The man wore a black cloak, and a hood that covered his whole face except his mouth, and he carried a sythe that had a red handle and a blade of the darkest shade of ebony. The man spoke loudly using chakra to enhance his voice. "I'm sorry but the contestant who was going to challenge Zal is... unable to fight right now. Therefore I will be taking his place."

This started to cause an uproar among the crowd, some unknown was going to take the place of someone who they had seen in combat, and whom they knew was an excellent fighter? The very idea! The two fights people wanted to see the most was that of the eight tailed hunter, and the nine tailed hunter. Who dared to intrude on their entertainment? Shouts and exclamations to this degree were traded amongst the observers. But as the man who they had been about to announce was unable to be found, they judges decided to agree with it. Therefore the announcer stated "Well it seems that the one who was going to fight Zal is unable to be located. Therefore this man in the center of the ring shall be the one to enter combat with The eight tailed hunter."

To the crowd Zal appeared perfectly calm, but to the other hunters who knew him well, all hell was about to break loose. Zal went down to the center of the stadium and threw off his crimson cloak. Then Zal spoke and the entire stadium went dead silent. "Hello, brother. I wish I could say what an unexpected surprise, but to tell the truth. I'm not surprised in the least.I believe that we have some unfinished business to attend to." Iku smiled and simply got into a stance that the only person in the crowd had ever seen before was the one facing him at that moment. The announcer spoke "Let the match begin!"

The charged eachother at speeds that left the entire crowd speechless. Zal using a short sword slashed at Iku from the front, before flickering behind him to deliver a blow to Iku's back. The blow was blocked by an unseen object. Iku whipped the sythe around forcing Zal to pull back, so as not to lose any limbs. Then Zal spoke "So while you may have changed to a different sythe you use chakra to create an invisible whip-blade, as if it was the old sythe you used. I should have expected as much."

Iku smirked before replying, "You always were good at thinking about the moment. Though I was always better about thinking of the long run, and therefore, I will win. Because I've predicted this entire battle, and I know exactly how it will end."

Zal growled and rushed again attacking from all directions, and yet no matter how fast he seemed to go, he never landed a single blow on Iku. Then Zal jumped extremely high into the air and preformed a set of hand seals "Fire Style: Twin dragons of Bahamut." A flaming pillar erupted from his mouth splitting up into twin dragons that rushed towards Iku in a fury. Iku smiled again and whispered to himself "All is going according to plan" and stood his ground waiting for them to get there. The resulting explosion caused a cloud of smoke and dust to reach 50 feet high. When it cleared Iku was standing in the center of the blast area, his cloak was gone now and his pants where slightly singed, but he seemed otherwise unscathed. Zal landed and contemplated his next move. But as they both stood there for a second the entire crowd gasped. They looked exactly alike! The only way to tell the difference between the two was their clothes and Iku's sythe. Then Iku smiled and said "Nice, I haven't seen you use that one in quite awhile. Lets see how you like this one. You can't do this one unless you have an affinity for lightning" Then he also jumped up into the air, the clouds unnaturally drew together and began spiraling above his sythe "Lightning Style: Odin's Oblivion" Lightning began to strike his the blade of his sythe, and collecting there forming a ball of energy. Then Iku moved as fast as the bolts of lightning that had struck his blade and charged Zal, it only took a split instant, and the result was an explosion that dwarfed the one Zal had made earlier. Before the cloud even started to clear Iku was back to his starting spot. Now things would start to get interesting.

Throughout the entire match a woman had been chattering nonstop to poor Sarutobi, about this hunter and that one. He had just been starting to tune her out when Zal was hit by an enormous ball of lightning. When the smoke cleared half the crowd gasped and the other half was dead silent. Sarutobi's eyes bulged and his pipe dropped from nerveless fingers. He only heard half of what the woman next to him was saying. "Of course, you don't think that he would be in as high of a position as he is, if he wasn't stronger than anyone else he's ever fought. His entire clan are feared as the demonic sealmasters. I've yet to see him lose a single round here in the tourny. This is his fourth tournament yet. He's at least 50 years old, though he doesn't look a day over 20." The third just nodded mutely as he watched the spectacle before him. Zal stood in the middle of the ring, wearing only tattered pants. His shirt had been lost a little while ago in the explosion. Zal stood with his body covered in seals that glowed a menacing dark black. Two horns stood out of his forehead, and two wings and a tail all made of chakra protruded from his backside. He looked towards his opponent with red eyes and four blue diamonds that surrounded a bright green slit. His opponent looked at him cooly, and prepared himself for an attack. Zal crouched slightly before erupting from his spot towards the man on the other side of the arena. Rocks flew from behind Zal showering the area because of the incredible speed that he was moving. The man readied his sythe, and rushed forwards to meet Zal's attack. Zal bared his fangs and drew his hand back in preparation of his strike. The crowd was standing in hopes of getting a better view. The impact below knocked them off their feet... literally. The speed that they were moving at made even the eight legendary hunters stare in astonishment. Zal appeared to be flickering from one spot to the next, like an image that couldn't keep it's form on a TV. Iku was moving just as fast, at least at first. As time went on Zal kept increasing in speed, until only a few people in the audience could keep track of his image, mainly those who had bloodline limits that helped them in one way or another.

Iku suddenly slammed his hand to the ground and shouted Summoning Jutsu! A giant cloud of smoke apeared, and everyone could see the form of something huge inside, that is everyone but a certain Huuga. A certain Huuga who was able to see through the smoke as if it wasn't there. That Huuga blanched and jerked in such suprise that he deactivated his bloodline. Sarutobi looked at him in concern "What's wrong? What did you see Wasliks?" He turned and looked back at the Hokage and whispered "A demon..."

When the smoke cleared the crowd saw Iku standing on the head of a dragon. It was jet black, with streaks of gold running along it's flanks. It hovered in the air, it's giant wings holding it aloft. But across from it Zal was also suspended in the air, his chakra wings allowing him to fly as well. Zal spoke first "Well, well. If it's not Drazzilb, you always were loyal to Iku. Not that I blame you considering the... arrangement between you both. But we both know you're no match for Onaga" Then Zal flew back to the ground and performed his own summoning jutsu. When the summoning was complete Zal rode on the head of a crimson dragon, that had black seals covering his body. Both Zal and Iku clasped each of their own hands together and shouted in uision "The dragons oath. I will never interfere in the work of humans unless it effects the lives of those I care about. I will never fight a fellow dragon on unequal grounds. If I must fight a fellow dragon, I will choose one other dragon as my ally for that fight, and include no others. I will only fight a fellow dragon if he has done me an injustice, or if he has fallen away from our teachings. I will never kill a fellow dragon unless he has killed my mate or offspring. Such is the dragons oath, and as such this battle shall commence!" Both dragons blew fireballs at eachother as they rushed to close combat. Zal and Iku resumed where they had left off before, Iku raised his sythe into the air and shouted a jutsu Lightning Style: Storm of the Breaking. Lightning bolt after lightning bolt rushed towards Zal and Onaga. Onaga avoiding some, but not others. And Roared in pain when he failed to evade. Zal however stood his ground and summoned a katana. When a bolt of lightning rushed towards him he slashed it the same way you would parry a sword strike, and the blade absorbed the bolt. Then he rushed Iku in a blinding flash in an attempt to use his own lightning against him. Iku smirked and parried the strike with his sythe.

While they were fighting, Onaga and Drazzilb contended against eachother as well. In terms of brute force, Onaga had the upper hand. But Drazzilb had been around for far longer, and knew all sorts of tricks to even the odds. But as Zal had said before, sometimes smarts only did so much against brute force. And Onaga proved that to be the truth. Onaga used his tail and knocked Drazzilb to the ground, the he faced the sky and began gathering chakra for his next attack. A ball of black chakra began to form in his mouth, and with the chakra that began to form a sound began to rise with it. It was like the very lowest base of an organ, and it slowly got louder as more energy collected. Then Onaga faced towards Drazzilb and released the blast in one giant stream of energy. Drazzilb tried to block the attack with her wings, but the overwelming amount of energy was more than she could take. She became unable to sustain her link to this part of the world, and dissapeared in a cloud of smoke. Onaga's purpose had been fulfilled and therefore took his leave as well, leaving Zal and Iku to finish their battle without interruptions.

Iku just blocked another strike and struck back with the butt of his sythe sending Zal plumiting towards the ground. It's said that lightning never strikes the same spot twice. But of course that's assuming that no one is controlling the lightning. And Iku believes that if at first you don't succeed, try a few thousand more times. So he did just that Lightning Style: Storm of the Breaking. And he watched as nearly fifty bolts of lightning homed in on Zal and struck him, at the same time. When the smoke cleared Zal was lying on the ground propping himself up with one arm. He slowly raised himself and then said "Well done. Your timing is as good as ever, so good in fact that I will show you something that I have neve shown anyone. The highest form of my bloodline, the Sealmasters Perfection." Iku watched as Zal activated the highest level of his bloodline, the four diamonds in the corners of his eyes began to turn sideways till their tips were touching, and forming another larger diamond around the pupil itself. Then the diamonds seemed to liquidfy and melt together to form a circle. "The final stage of my bloodline allows me to form seals instantly on objects of my choice, doing so can allow me to do incredibly complex seals in a split second. One of the greatest jutsu's I can do with this is the Flying Thunder God. Many people believe that this is the same jutsu as the body flicker. It is completely different. The body flicker allows you to move at superhuman speeds for a certain time, but the only seals it requires would be done in your head. The flying thunder god is different. With this jutsu you don't move extremely fast, you literally teliport from one place to the next, with the use of seals placed on objects. I'm sure you would like a demonstration, so I'd be more than happy to oblige." Zal threw a scroll into the air and summoned nearly thirty three pronged kunai which he proceeded to throw in Iku's direction. Iku watched as Zal's pupil began to change shape in the form of different seals he had never seen. Those same seals began to be written on the kunai that were heading in his direction. Iku smiled, if what Zal was saying was true, then the only way for Iku to keep from being beaten in a matter of moments was to activate his own bloodline. He put his hands together in a seal and spoke aloud. What he said shocked three people from konoha down to the marrow of their bones. "Sharingan"

AN: Bwaaahahahahahh! If thats not a great cliffhanger I don't know what is. READ & REVIEW! Now that chapter seven is done I'm going to go back and edit The first chapters, so it will be awhile before I update. Anyone curious how to brothers have different bloodlines? Ooohhhh it's going to be fun doing the next chapter, this one was kinda hard because I didn't want Kakuza's fight to totally suck, but I still wanted it in there. Oh well. Now the new jutsu list!

Creation Seal activate: Sand golem jutsu

This jutsu is lower genin level. This jutsu creates a mini golem made out of sand, it is the bases of some very powerfull jutsu's. The user must constantly maintain the composure of the golem as the sand likes to fall apart. This jutsu requires a seal.

Lightning style: Thunder clone Jutsu

This nin-jutsu is jounin level. This jutsu creates clones of the user made completely out of lightning chakra. These clones are actually faster than the user himself. but can only take one hit before exploding. If one of these clones manages to get close enough to its target, when it explodes it can do massive damage. This jutsu is jounin level because of the large amount of chakra required to manipulate lightning, and therefore high levels of control for the same reason.

Wind Style: Blades of the Tempest

This nin-jutsu takes jounin level chakra control, and chunnin level chakra reserves. This jutsu creates a mini tornado around the user and sends blades of wind out in all directions. This jutsu is not very usefull in an eviroument with teammates, as you can easily injure or kill allies.

Fire Style: Twin dragons of Bahamut

This nin-jutsu is jounin level. This jutsu sends out a pillar of fire that splits into two dragons, that will track down and impact a target. This nin-jutsu requires jounin level chakra reserves as the large amount of fire that is required to create these dragons in the first place. This jutsu also requires jounin chakra control in order to control the movement of these dragons.

Lightning Style: Odin's Oblivion

This nin-jutsu is anbu level, and can only be used by someone with an affinity for lightning. This jutsu collects lightning chakra into a ball of energy at the end of the users weapon. The amount of energy stored in this blast would be equivilent to twenty bolts of lightning. This is simply a more powerfull version of Odin's Blessing.

Summoning Jutsu

This nin-jutsu summons a demon from a family of demons that you have a contract. The more chakra used the more powerfull demon gets summoned. A person can only have a contract with one type of demon at a time.

Lightning Style: Storm of the Breaking

This nin-jutsu is kage level. This jutsu creates a storm at the location of the user. This jutsu send bolt of lightning after bolt of lightning towards the target untill the user runs out of chakra or cancles the jutsu. One bolt of lightning is powerfull enough to demolish an entire building.

Sealmasters Perfection

This is a bloodline limit and can only be used by those of the sealmasters clan. This level of the bloodline allows the user to create seals on objects that the user looks at in a split second. The chakra required to maintain this level of the bloodline makes it more efficient to just write the seals by hand if not in a combat situation.

Sharingan

This bloodline is known throughout the land for its abilities to track a target moving at extremly fast speeds, as well as being able to copy any jutsu that the user see's even only once. The only one's known to have this bloodline is the Uchiha clan which is from konoha. Higher levels of this bloodline have other abilities as well.

Flying Thunder God

This nin-jutsu is anbu level. This jutsu requires seals on certain objects in order to be performed. These allow the user to teliport to an area around the seal. The concentration required to preform this jutsu is enormas. And due to the large amount of teliporting that would be done in a battle, the amount of chakra required would be enormas as well.