What is UP my brothas and sistas? Thank you for all the birthday wishes and reviews. Unfortunately, I drank too much sangria to read all of them the night of.

Anyways, I'm gonna be splitting the battle up. Each fight gets its own chapter because I don't want to confuse you or bore you to death by switching back and forth. Also, it means I can punch them out pretty damn quick.

The order is random. Well, my definition of random. Essentially, whatever order I feel like. I happen to have thought out most of this one already, so it' going first.

Ostic Lunga had the body of an athlete, and so Naruto had, naturally, been expecting the subdivision leader to hit hard and fast. What he did not expect was to immediately be thrown into the wall with a tremendous open palm to the chin, almost biting off his tongue when his mouth snapped shut. As it was, he could swear that one of his fangs was loose, an impressive feat in itself.

Naruto groaned and set himself back onto his feet. Ostic, for his part, waited quietly for the blonde to rise. The mages surrounding them cheered for their subdivision leader, under the impression that Naruto was completely outmatched.

Naruto rolled his neck around and worked his jaw left to right, checking to see that nothing was dislocated. He grinned. "That's one hell of a hit. I don't wanna know what it'd feel like if you punched me with that bone-armor stuff." He gestured to the armor on his opponents arms.

Ostic laughed. "I thank you for the compliment, Naruto-san. Truthfully, though, I expected more from one of the so called 'Twin Dragon Swords.'"

Naruto flung off his coat and flexed his arms. "To be honest, I really hate that nickname. It's corny as hell. But hey, you want more, I can deliver."

With that, he shot forward and closed the distance. Naruto launched a furious assault, throwing fists, elbows, and kicks like a man possessed. Ostic blocked them almost effortlessly, a bored look on his face. Then, Naruto broke off the exchange, hopped back, and launched forward, swinging his right leg into a mighty roundhouse kick. Assured of his superior speed, reach, power, and defense, Ostic just raised a bone-encased forearm to intercept the attack.

In mid-strike, eyes hidden beneath his bangs, Naruto's tight expression erupted into a wicked smirk. "Crystal Dragon's Talons!"

Two inches from Ostic's arm, Naruto shin and foot crystallized. Before the tall man could react, crystal met bone. Ostic went flying into the wall. He rose slowly, legs shaking. He was breathing heavily, clutching his left forearm, which was mangled and bent horribly. More than half the fingers were broken.

The spectators were in a state of shocked silence.

Ostic smiled through his obvious pain, and righted himself. "You are a dangerous man, Naruto-san. You were playing with me, letting me get cocky." He shook his head. "I fell for it, hook, line, and sinker." The smile became a glare. "However, do not think for even a second that you have won this fight."

Ostic gripped his broken arm with his good one and gritted his teeth, muscles clenched in effort. Naruto's eyes threatened to grow to the size of dinner plates as the limb he'd destroyed almost beyond recovery began healing itself. The snapped ulna popped back inside the skin, which healed over. Muscles knitted back together and blood retreated back into the wounds before they closed.

Naruto licked his lips. His mouth was dry. "What the fuck are you?"

Ostic just smiled. "I am a master of Body Crafter magic. I have complete control over my own flesh. An optimized muscle structure, increased lung capacity, and iron-hard bones are just a few of the benefits my magic provides. I am the closest thing to a superhuman that there is. In fact," he rubbed his arm, "you are one of very few men who can boast that they forced me to heal myself."

"Okay then," Naruto said, "that just means that I have to drop you quick!" He cupped his clawed hands in front of his mouth. "Crystal Dragon's Roar!"

As Ostic leapt to the side to avoid the twister of blades, Naruto was already moving. He sprinted close to the ground, claws grating the floor. When he reached Ostic he swung up, trying to claw the man's arm to ribbons so that it would be beyond healing. Naruto was shocked when Ostic's bone armor appeared again and stopped the attack. The man grunted with the effort. "Now that I know how strong you are," he said, "I know just how strong my body must be." He snatched up Naruto by his wrist with his right hand and threw him.

"You won't touch me again!"

Naruto skidded to a halt, then charged again. "Well see about that!" Naruto dropped to all fours, running like a beast, his claws digging deep into the floor. Suddenly, he leaped onto the stone wall, sprinting as quickly as he could. When he was close he leapt off the wall and came down. "Crystal Dragon's Cross Fang!"

To Naruto's shock, Ostic blocked the shrieking X-shaped arc of energy. The man's entire arms were encased in plates of bone armor.

Two scythe-like bones shot from the Phantom mage's forearms. "Marrow Cutter!" he yelled, then pulled his arms up, cutting the cross fang in half.

Not to be deterred, Naruto attacked again. Ostic ducked under a scything kick and slammed his fist into the blonde's gut with appalling force. The Dragon Slayer hit the ground and gasped for air, spit leaking from his lips. He couldn't breathe. He thought he had at least one broken rib. Before he could get up, a foot slammed into the small of his back, pinning him to the floor.

"I respect you, Naruto-san," Ostic said, "but you are not strong enough to beat me yet."

Naruto choked on blood and spit, his creams of pain muffled by the floor. He tried to silence himself, but his broken rib was digging into his chest. He had to break free. If this kept up, he could start bleeding internally, and then he'd be completely fucked. As the pressure on his back increased, he braced his claws on the floor and pushed as hard as he could.

I'm not done…

"Stop struggling. I do not want to seriously hurt you!"

I'm not gonna…lose…to the likes of you!

His claws grating on the stone, Naruto finally got his feet under him and pushed with all his might, throwing Ostic's foot off of his back.

Naruto spat blood and saliva. "You're strong, you're fast, and you're smart. But you're still just a man, and you can still bleed!"

As if responding to that challenge, Ostic flared his magic power. The bone plates on his arms expanded to cover his whole body, from his chest to his feet. Slowly, they coated his head as well, leaving the man with an osteoplastic suit of armor, complete with a skull-like helmet. Ostic slammed his fists together.

"Then come!" he said. "Show me what a Dragon Slayer can do!"

As Ostic charged, Naruto swung his arm across his body, then swung it back, launching a dozen six-inch violet spines from the back of his forearm. "Crystal Dragon's Quills!"

The barrage struck Ostic full-on in his armored chest, each quill digging about an inch into his bone plate armor, but not piercing his skin. He wasn't injured, but the impact drove him to his knees and winded him.

"I've got three colors," Naruto said, bringing both of his hands above his head, breathing deeply. "Purple is peace, my default. Red is blood, anger, and passion for when people really piss me off." He braced his legs, head drooped. "The last is black, for death." His already deep voice degenerated to a raspy growl. "You should be thankful that you're too strong to kill outright!"

Ostic regained his footing and resumed charging, roaring a battle cry. Naruto resumed his rhythmic breathing, only for the rise and fall of his chest to cease with his opponent a mere ten feet from him.

"Goodnight, Ostic Lunga. Rainbow Obsidian: TRIBUTE TO THE DAMNED!"

Time stopped. Ostic was powerless to react as the floor beneath him split open. He was powerless to dodge as enormous crystal spears erupted from the ground, flaring out in rings, with a single 2-foot thick spire at the center. He was powerless to do anything but watch as his armor shattered, his muscles tore, his flawless face was peppered with dirt and stone, and his bones were thoroughly broken. Phantom Lord subdivision leader Ostic Lunga crashed to the floor, defeated.

Light flooding the windows reflected off of the crystals, bathing the room in a beautiful rainbow. Naruto walked up to Ostic's fallem form, illuminated from behind by the many colors emanating from his creation.

"I held back," he croaked. "You'll be fine." He looked behind him at the spires. "Black as night, but reflecting an entire aurora. That's the most complex, hardest, and sharpest crystal in existence. You're the first on to push me far enough to have to use my secret techniques."

The mages surrounding the two were speechless, shocked so thoroughly that they didn't even blink, even though the light pained their eyes.

Naruto turned his fierce gaze to them, normally cerulean eyes glowing violet with a touch of inky black, slit pupils daring them to try something. "Jose started this war. He deserves to take the heat for it." Naruto activated his saber fang, turning his hand into a blade. "Don't make me put you all down with him."

The Phantom mages started panicking and muttering to each other. Naruto growled in frustration. "Get it through your thick skulls! You don't have to fight! Try it, and I'll just kick all your fucking asses! Want some?"

There was a mass exclamation of "No!" as the mages fled upstairs, hopefully to vacate the general area. After they left, Naruto dropped to one knee and released his sword spell. He'd been bluffing. Creating crystal out of nothing but pure energy was an intensely complex process. Even his most basic of attacks would put an ordinary mage to their knees with the effort. His reserves of magic power were practically unheard of for a mage his age, but that last attack had almost drained him dry.

Holding his injured ribs, a wincing Naruto staggered to the wall and sat, leaning against it.

He sighed. "I need a nap, damnit."

There ya go, cheezits. First fight done.

The baked cheese crackers command you…review…review…REVIEW! I tried to keep the fighting exciting but still long enough to hold your attention, so tell me if I did it right.

Lemme know which fight you want to see next!

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