"What the hell is happening to me?" Sasuke said as he looked over his appearance. Sasuke's first thought was if the curse mark had returned, he looked at his shoulder in the mirror, it was gone. He had transformed for the first time in years without a curse mark, what this meant; Sasuke had no idea. "How did this happen to me? What is this? How did I change again?" Sasuke's thoughts were cut short when he heard several footsteps rushing towards the room hurriedly; he figured the racket he made from knocking the lights out alerted the guards. Sasuke didn't want to be there, and soon thoughts came to his head that were foreign, but natural to him, like an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time. He wanted to leave, and he was willing to hurt people to leave.
Sasuke clicked the bathroom light off and hid. Seconds later, several guards wearing armor and holding automatic weaponry burst into the room. "Shit its dark in here," one of the soldiers said.
"The lights have been knocked out, what the fuck did this guy do in here?" The soldiers clicked on the flashlights of their rifles and looked around the room, the 4 soldiers were in a tight formation, forming a 4 angled circle where they could see anything coming at them from any direction. Sadly, the only thing unguarded was the space between the 4 of them, which Sasuke took advantage of. He appeared in the middle of their formation, turning the first soldier around and delivering a right hook that took him off his feet, then taking the rifle off the next one and slamming the soldier behind him in the face with it, then delivering a powerful swiping kick to the soldier he just took the rifle from. The last soldier tried to back away but Sasuke picked him and choke slammed him into the ground.
Sasuke looked at his clawed hands, "This feeling…this power. It feels amazing; I forgot how good it felt. I forgot how it feels to completely overpower my enemies and destroy them." A sickly smile crept across his face. Sasuke opened the door and walked out.
Dr. Morbius had seen what happened through the camera feed in the hospital room. The first thing he did was put the entire base on alert, all blast doors started closing around Sasuke and all the lights turned to an emergency red color as an alarm blared down the hall. Sasuke tried to turn around to run away from the blast doors closing but one closed down in front of him and behind him, he was trapped. A voice blared from the loud speaker, "You are trapped, drop down to the ground with your hands on your head!"
Sasuke yelled back, "Let me out!" The loudspeaker was silent now. Sasuke looked around the squared off room, the doors had to be several feet think, Sasuke could try to break through but he didn't want to expend the needed chakra. After examining the wall he pulled open one of the panels which opened into a maintenance shaft. He crawled into it and followed it in the direction he was originally going. After crawling through for what seemed like forever, he came to a ladder leading straight up that read "EMERGENCY EXIT"
Sasuke climbed up the ladder for several stories, he came to a hatch. He twisted it open and a gust of wind hit him in the face. Sasuke pulled himself out and steadied himself to see that he was now on top of the helicarrier. "Where the hell am I?"
"You're lucky. When the helicarrier goes into red alert it immediately becomes stationary. If you came out here when the helicarrier was in motion, you would've been blown off."
Sasuke turned around and saw the man who called himself Steve Rogers standing before him. "So you didn't come with a bunch of guys holding guns?"
Steve replied, "No. I saw how you handled my best men in that hospital room. I came here to try to reason with you again. What happened to your face and your hair, what brought about this transformation?"
"You don't need to worry about that. I am only becoming an outer reflection of what I am on the inside, and what I am on the inside is angry. I suggest you stop trying to be my friend because it really won't happen and tell me how to get off this thing," Sasuke replied.
Steve reached around his back and pulled from a holster, a giant circular shield with alternating circles of red and white and a giant star in the middle. "I can't do that son. I can't let you leave, if I have to, I will use physical force against you."
Sasuke replied, "Does it really matter that much that you'll risk your life to stop me?"
Steve nodded in the affirmative, Sasuke's eyes turned to the ground they stood for a moment. "What's the matter? Are you going to come back with me?"
Sasuke replied, "No. I just had a case of déjà vu. I've had this happen to me before."
"How did it end?"
Sasuke said as his gaze returned to Steve, "With me walking away."
Sasuke made a hand sign quick as a flash, "Fireball Jutsu." Sasuke spit out a giant fireball at Steve so quickly he couldn't avoid it, it exploded on him instantly. Sasuke turned to walk away but he was surprised to see Steve jumping through the flames, protected by his shield. He tried to use his shield as a battering ram but Sasuke quickly vaulted over him and covered ground to take him from behind. Steve protected from his strike, using his shield to roll his arm away, opening Sasuke up for an attack. Steve attempted a follow through uppercut but Sasuke swatted it away with his free hand, bringing back his other one and giving Steve a left hook to the face, knocking him backward.
Steve made a backflip and ran at Sasuke again, throwing another punch and he parrying it. Steve spun around using momentum to try to hit Sasuke with the shield but he ducked below the shield but not seeing the knee that Steve brought across his face. Sasuke was knocked back but regained his composure quickly. Steve tried to ram into him again with the shield from the closer proximity and connected with Sasuke. He dug in a pushed back, stuck in a pushing match against Steve Rogers. "Stop this Sasuke, we can go back inside and work it out and everything will be fine!"
Everything will NOT be fine. You don't get it, nobody gets it. I have nothing and nobody now, everything I know is gone now and you people think you can be friends with me? Get real! You people started attacking me first by my recount!"
Sasuke started exerting more force, starting to push Steve back. Steve was knocked off his footing and fell back; Sasuke jumped on him started pounding him repeatedly. "I just want to be left to myself! I don't need anyone's help!" Sasuke continued pounding him until Steve flipped him over and threw him across the floor. Sasuke got to his feet and made another hand sign "Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke circled Steve launching blast after blast trying to score a direct hit but Steve would either dodge them or defend against them with his shield. Sasuke began to run straight for him launching several fireballs at him, once again being defended against by Steve's shield. Steve tried to strike Sasuke with the shield but vaulted over him and delivered a backhand to his mid-section, knocking him off balance. "Leaf Hurricane!"
Sasuke focused his chakra into his leg and swung a powerful kick but connected with the shield instead of his intended target. Steve went flying back several meters away now, making considerable distance between Sasuke and Steve. "I have to say I'm quite impressed, not many people get as many licks on me as you have."
"I'm not exactly like many other people." Sasuke replied.
"How interesting an adversary he is. It's obvious he's seen considerable combat before, and he's deadly with that shield. A good hit from that thing would knock my head off. That shield is a big bother; it must be made of some incredible material. I'll have to find some way to break it." Sasuke's mind was going a mile a minute, he enjoyed the fight.
He enjoyed the fight a lot more than he normally would because of how good his opponent was. He knew to win he would have to stop holding back and use his real power. He took a knee and made another few hand signs and held his left hand out.
"What is he doing over there?" Steve said to himself as he ran towards Sasuke.
Steve stopped short when he saw the burst of light explode from Sasuke's hand. Shots of electricity covered the entire roof of the helicarrier with Sasuke at the center. "For him I'll use Chidori, this will really test his skills…" A sick grin snaked across Sasuke's face. Sasuke took off running at top speed.
"Whoa!" Steve screamed as Sasuke approached him with incredible speed, from his perspective he saw a bright light that rapidly got bigger and bigger the closer it got. Steve raised his shield just in time as the bright light collided with him.
"CHIDORI!" Sasuke thrust the mass of energy forward and into the shield. A huge shockwave unfurled over the helicarrier as electric bolts shot across the surface they were standing on. Sasuke pushed forward but Steve would not budge and the shield would not break. The Chidori had dissipated as Sasuke was shocked to see not even a scratch on the shield. Steve took the opportunity to strike Sasuke across the face with the shield and slammed him down to the ground with it. "Now are you done?"
"Not even close."
Sasuke flipped upwards, hitting Steve in the face. He then flipped over, drop kicking him in the face, then throwing arm around Steve's head and guiding it straight down into the ground. Sasuke kicked him over and started kicking him in the side, "Now do you see just what you're messing with?" Sasuke repeatedly kicked and stomped Steve's chest and face, knocking him back down to the ground if he tried to get up. Sasuke held down his arm holding the shield and took the shield away, "I have to say this is an excellent work of craftsmanship. I've never seen anything like it. To take the brunt of my Chidori and not even have a scratch…" Sasuke threw it to the side and made another hand sign. His Katana appeared in his hand in a cloud of smoke," Now. You die." Sasuke raised his sword to deliver the final blow.
"COMING THROUGH"
"Huh?" Sasuke said before being tackled from the side by something extremely fast, extremely heavy, and extremely red. Sasuke yelled, "Get off me!" They were moving so fast Sasuke couldn't really see what had tackled him, but what Sasuke could feel though were the several broken ribs and possibly broke arm from the initial tackle. They traveled away from the helicarrier and straight down into what looked like a dense forest. His attacker let go and Sasuke slammed into a tree.
"Ahh shit!..."
Sasuke fell down to the ground and got to his feet. He held his arm in place straightened himself against the tree he just fell into. "What the hell was that?"
His question would soon be answered as something slammed into the ground in front of him. Something made a flashy entrance indeed as Sasuke stepped forward and saw someone standing in the dustup of their entry.
"I have to stay I'm very surprised you were actually able to get the upper hand in a fight with Captain America."
"Captain America?"
"Sorry, he doesn't really go by that name anymore. I'm talking about Steve."
The dust was gone now and now stood Sasuke's assailant. A man clad in bright orange and red armor from head to toe. He had a giant light in his chest and several pulsating lights in his palms.
"I'm telling you know I'm not interested in fighting. Let's not go through this song and dance ok? Just bring yourself in."
"You've got to be kidding. You attacked me first and you decide after all you're not going to follow through. Back in my world if you attack someone, you intend to kill them."
"Well around these parts, you have to be an example. There's a line that must be set. A line I don't cross, a line Steve doesn't cross. A line that you don't respect nor consider so I have to use force against you."
"Don't try to preach some sanctimonious bullshit to me!"
"No. I'm not here to preach to you. I'm here to put you down for the count."
"You're more than welcome to try."
Iron Man rushed at Sasuke at incredible speed, were Sasuke at 100 percent, he could've dodged it. But the injury to his arm and his side hindered him and was unable to dodge completely out of the way, with Iron Man clipping him on the broken arm again. Sasuke cried in pain as he rolled across the floor away from Iron Man.
Iron Man raised his arms and the glowing pads on his hands started to grow more brightly and then blasts of energy shot from them. Sasuke dodged around very sluggishly, narrowly avoiding every blast, trees and rocks being blasted to bits around him. Sasuke summoned his katana and vanished in a cloud of smoke and reappeared behind Iron Man, after channeling Chidori into the sword he swiped at Iron Man hoping to deliver a vital blow, but the armor was harder than he originally thought and he only slightly damaged his arms as Iron Man raised them to block his blow.
Iron Man kicked forward, connecting with Sasuke's midsection, sending him flying through some brush and down a ditch into a small pond.
"Fuck. This is just ridiculous…"
Sasuke tried to gauge how hurt he was, there was bruising on his ribs and his arm had to be broken in several places, he'd be unable snap it back into place. He stumbled to his feet after coughing up some blood from his internal injuries. This man in armor calling himself "Iron Man" was definitely giving it his all and wasn't taking chances, he was already so hurt and he only did some surface damage to his armor.
Iron Man rocketed through the sky and straight down appearing in front of Sasuke in the pond.
"Now are you considering giving up and coming back with me?" Iron Man said with a hint of cockiness to his voice.
"Not a chance. I'm just catching my stride…"
Sasuke threw a smoke bomb at his feet hoping to blind him.
"Nice try but my visual computer systems make finding you child's play."
Iron Man grabbed Sasuke through the smoke by his neck, holding him up with ease.
"Game over, kid."
Sasuke let out a chuckle, "I wouldn't be so sure." He exploded into a cloud of smoke and Iron Man saw he was holding a tree branch in his hand.
"Wha-What the hell?"
Iron Man used his detection systems to see Sasuke in the air above him.
"Those electronics are interesting. Let's see what happens when I fry them!"
Sasuke made a hand sign with his good hand and created Chidori in his hand.
"Hah, that old trick? I figured out how to deal with that years ago!"
"We'll see!"
Sasuke used Chidori Spear into the water pond, shocking Iron Man with incredible voltage.
"What the hell!? My insulation modules aren't working? What type of energy is this?"
Iron Man fell to his knees, Sasuke dropped to the ground and rushed Iron Man, drop kicking him in the face to knock him back.
"Chidori!"
Sasuke generated Chidori in his hand and thrust it forward into Iron Man's chest. A shockwave blasted through the forest knocking down several trees, then bolts of lightning exploded from Iron Man's chest as he exploded, sending him flying into a rock cliff. Sasuke caught his breathe and spit out some more blood from his mouth.
Iron Man stood stationary with electricity bouncing all over his body.
"Didn't expect that did you?" Sasuke said to himself.
Sasuke motioned to turn around but ducked to the ground quickly to avoid the giant circular projectile. It stuck into the tree and Sasuke jumped back up to see it was Steve Roger's shield.
"I'm not one to go down in the first round."
Steve Rogers walked through the brush with what seemed like a parachute dragging behind his back. His face had some cuts and bruises on it but his chiseled face wasn't the worse for wear.
"I guess I'm going to have to try harder," Sasuke said with a smirk.
Steve turned his head and saw Iron Man stuck in a rock face, he immediately ran over to him, completely ignoring Sasuke.
"Tony? Tony! Tony wake up!" Steve pulled him off the rock and sat him down, after a few minutes the lights on his armor fluttered back on. "Tony, how are you doing man?" Steve asked.
"I could be better. I don't know what the hell he hit me with, I thought it was just regular electric attack but my insulation didn't protect against it at all. Like it wasn't electricity but a different type of energy…"
"I think we should worry about the current situation than trying to make a science project out of it," Steve replied. He helped him and stood him straight. "How are you? Think you can still move?"
"I'll be fine. I've taken bigger knocks than that, one or two or those from you if I remember correctly."
They both stepped forward facing down Sasuke, who still had a broken arm and damaged ribs.
"Tony, think we can get away with that old trick we used to do?"
"I don't know Steve, let's give it a try, but I don't have much energy left in the suit, he drained a lot of energy out of the suit."
"We're only going to get one shot at this but he's hurt too, most out of all of us."
Steve pulled his shield out of the rock it was wedged in and rushed forward toward Sasuke. He threw the shield at Sasuke. He was able to dodge it but pain sprang through his body through his mid-section. Steve threw a punch at Sasuke but he parried it with his free hand but was unable to defend himself from Steve's strike to his mid-section which make Sasuke scream out in pain. Sasuke pulled back his good arm and channeled chakra through it and punched Steve in the face which made him step back but not put him down.
Behind Sasuke, Steve's shield bounced off a tree and came right back. Sasuke didn't see the shield in time and was hit in the back, Sasuke arched back in surprise.
"I'm…going to…kill you!"
"Not today!"
Steve dodged out of the way and now in view Sasuke saw Iron Man with a giant shining light in his chest.
"Activate: UNI-BEAM!"
A giant beam of energy shot from his chest and hit Sasuke square. He was blown back into another tree, knocking it down and hitting the tree behind him. Iron Man glided over on the rocket boosters on his feet next to Steve.
"Think that put him down?"
"How much energy did you charge? That could've killed him!"
"Well I wasn't exactly thinking about that at the time."
Steve and Iron Man made their way to the tree where Sasuke landed. A large gust of wind of wind stopped them.
"Steve, what the hell is that!?"
"Shit if I know!"
A bright purple figure started to appear through the smoke. Then another bright light shot into the sky.
"Look out!"
Steve pushed Iron Man away and jumped back. A giant flaming sword slammed into the ground between them. The dust had settled and the flaming sword disappeared into the air. Steve and Tony then saw Sasuke, surrounding by a cage of purple, flaming energy. It started to grow around him creating a giant skeleton, and then shrouded itself with a cloak of purple chakra only leaving 2 bright yellow eyes.
"This is the ultimate defense, the ultimate shield and sword. My Susano'o," Sasuke said. He continued, "Now, I'm going to end this once and for-"
Sasuke fell to the ground again. The beam that Iron Man shot him with defended against by Susano'o but the impact damaged his mid-section even more, Sasuke spat up more blood. He was bleeding internally and his chakra was draining faster than ever now that he had used Susano'o. "Shit. Not now. Come on I can keep going, this pain means nothing!"
Sasuke sat up on his knees. Susano'o dissipated from around Sasuke and left Sasuke defenseless once again. Sasuke looked at his hands, "What's happening?" The darkness was leaving his skin, coiling back under his skin. He felt his hair return back to proper length and his skin was normal once again.
"What the hell happened to him, he just turned back to normal?"
"I don't know, but I think he's down for the count. He's not moving anymore."
Iron Man and Steve Rogers started making their way to Sasuke.
"No. Stay back. Stay away from me!"
"Sasuke we're not your enemies, please…"
Steve tried once again to reason with him but Sasuke wasn't going to have it.
"If you won't back away then I'll to make sure you never come before me again! Amaterasu!" Sasuke activated the Mangekyou Sharingan once again cast his gaze upon Iron Man, setting him ablaze in black fire. He screamed in surprise and tried to brush the flames on but they were not leaving his armor. He fell to the ground writhing around, his armor starting to bubble away.
"Get it off me! Get if off! IT'S BURNING THROUGH THE ARMOR!"
Steve rushed to his side but Sasuke stopped him.
"If you touch him, you'll burn as well."
"Sasuke! Please stop this!"
"No. I will show you my power!"
"Sasuke stop this. You have nothing to prove, you win ok! YOU WIN! Please don't kill him, you can stop this. You can stop this violence and death, it doesn't have to be this way."
Sasuke thought about it for moment. What Steve said, it reminded him of someone. Someone that said something similar once. He stood up and gazed upon Amaterasu, making it disappear. Most of the armor had bubbled away, leaving a man underneath, Sasuke figured this person was the one known as "Tony" he didn't look like much without that armor on. Steve rushed to his side and made sure that Tony was alright, thankfully the Amaterasu hadn't touched his skin.
"Thank you Sasuke-"
Steve turned his head and Sasuke was gone. He had taken the opportunity to escape. Steve considered giving chase but Tony needed help first.
Sasuke ran and jumped through the trees, trying to hold his side but he was in bad shape. He bemoaned himself being as careless as letting his guard down the way he did. The trees broke and Sasuke found himself on a paved road. Sasuke turned at the sound of a horn beeping and jumping to the side as a truck swerved around him. Sasuke fell to the ground, he felt so dizzy. He saw the truck stop short and back up towards him.
"No…leave me…" Sasuke said weakly to himself.
The last thing he saw before he passed out was the pair of boots of the person who got out of the truck.
