Naruto Namikaze-Arrancar
Naruto and all related characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Bleach and all related characters belong to Tite Kubo
Author's Note: Sorry for the lack of activity guys. Been battling a major cold for the past week, but I'm back! Just as a reminder: I'll be skipping everyone's fights except Naruto's and Harribel's. Heads up though, the first part of this will be mainly exposition.
Chapter 9: The Preliminaries
Naruto gave his full attention, something he rarely did, to Ichigo as the orange haired swordsman told him his story. Apparently the Arrancar aren't the only ones that have zanpakuto. Ichigo explained,
"It's rare but some people have the potential to acquire zanpakuto. For those outside the Arrancar clan it would take two people who have zanpakuto to have a child in order for them to form a bloodline of it, however due to the rarity it's almost impossible to do." Ichigo went on to say that his parents died when he was ten, leaving him to take care of his younger twin sisters.
All of them had zanpakuto, though Ichigo was the only one to unlock his. One day they were visited by a kindly man with brown hair and glasses named Sosuke Aizen, who also had a zanpakuto, who said he found others like them and that he planned on forming a clan in a place called the Land of Sound.
"Naturally I jumped at the chance to give Karin and Yuzu a home. But once we reached the Land of Sound, I discovered Aizen's real intentions." Ichigo said darkly.
"He was working with the Sannin Orochimaru to recreate the Arrancar bloodline, but they needed people with zanpakuto to further their work." Ichigo continued.
"I was put into a lab with three others, Shinji ,Hiyori, and Hisana, and subjected to six kinds of hell." Ichigo shuddered at the memory of one of the scientists named Mayuri. Naruto was getting angrier and angrier the more he heard. Torturing someone, just to get a bloodline out of them? It made Naruto sick.
"The only bright spot for me was the fact that since my sisters haven't unlocked their zanpakuto yet, they were excluded from the experiments. At night they would throw us into cold cells with barely any food. I shared a cell with Hisana's sister Rukia. After a couple of months we fell in love and I swore I'd get us out of there." Ichigo finished darkly as Naruto was lost in thought. After a moment of silence, Naruto asked,
"Okay so that answers one question, but what about those masks? They looked like Arrancar bones." Ichigo sighed and said,
"After almost 4 months the experiments ended. We had gained the ability to summon masks similar to Arrancar bones that increased our power. We also gained a something called an inner hollow, a dark version of us, in addition to the spirit of our zanpakuto." Naruto was still curious and asked,
"Can you use Cero? Sonido? Do you have Hierro?" Ichigo replied,
"Yes we can use Cero, we have our own version of Sonido called Shunpo, and no we don't have Hierro." Naruto was about to say something else when he felt a familiar presence behind him.
"Naruto, why are you talking to him?" It was Harribel. Naruto looked at the blond girl then looked back at Ichigo, as if to ask if he could tell her. Ichigo groaned and told her his story. Harribel agreed to help, but Ichigo made it clear he wanted to keep this whole thing under wraps until after the Preliminaries. The Arrancara asked him why, but he said he would tell them later.
It was the next morning and everyone was standing on the scaffolding that was above an arena. The Hokage then appeared and made a speech before explaining the point of this part of the exams. It was to evaluate the overall combat ability of the genin in tournament style fights. After the Hokage went up to the observation room, a screen began to randomize names until the stopped and read: Naruto Arrancar VS Neji Hyuga. Naruto used Sonido and disappeared with a static like sound then reappeared in the arena. His opponent jumped down into the arena. He had the pale eyes of the Hyuga that made him look blind, with long brown hair in a ponytail.
"Good luck." Naruto said as he stood with his hands in his pockets. Neji replied,
"I don't need luck. Fate determined I was the winner the moment I was matched against a dead last." Naruto frowned and said,
"We'll see about that." the referee then started the match as Neji activated his Byakugan. Neji charged forward ready to attack. Naruto just stood there, with an almost bored expression on his face. Neji was closing in, but Naruto just stood there. Neji got ready with a Gentle Fist strike, but before he could make his move , Naruto quickly pulled his hand out of his pocket and blasted Neji in the gut with a red energy blast. Neji slowly got up and glared at Naruto as he asked in a pained voice,
"What was that?" Naruto smirked and said,
"That was Bala, a variation of Cero. It's less powerful but it's faster than regular Cero." Neji scowled at the Arrancar as he stood up, ready to attack again. Naruto's smirk turned into a wide smile as he unleashed a barrage of Bala shots at Neji who, despite his Byakugan, couldn't dodge all of them. Naruto then decided to get psychical and used Sonido to get in close to Neji and quickly grabbed the back of his shirt and threw him into the wall. Neji was barely on his feet before Naruto unleashed a blast of Cero at him, singeing the Hyuga's hair and skin. Naruto casually walked over and punched Neji hard in the gut, causing him to cough up a little blood. Naruto then began to pound Neji in the head repeatedly with his fist, until Neji was bleeding hard. Naruto dropped Neji, then walked over to the referee and said,
"Call the match. I don't think the fates were in Neji's favor." Neji slowly got up and charged, pumping as much chakra as he could into his hand, ready to beat Naruto with one strike.
"I'll show you that you can't avoid your fate!" Neji yelled as he neared Naruto. Naruto sighed as he used Sonido to dodge and shot Neji with a larger Cero blast, burning Neji's skin and half of his shirt. Neji was unconscious but alive. Naruto was declared the winner, and headed back up to his team.
"Naruto don't you think that was a little much?" Ino said as Naruto leaned on the wall. Naruto shrugged and said,
"It'll teach him not to underestimate someone." Just then the next match was announced: Harribel Arrancar VS Kabuto.
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If your wondering why I had Naruto beat Neji so easily, it's because I hate Neji and wanted to have him take a major beating.
