Angel of the Sand: Chapter 9
Sakon grinned at Sakura, his head slightly tilted.
"Why, hello beautiful." He said, walking forward, one hand reaching out for her.
"What fun we'll have." Sakon said, before a slap was heard. Sakon pulled his hand back, before saying,
"Aww, Ukon, you always have to ruin the fun." An arm was sticking out of Sakon's shoulder, slowly going back in. Sakon sighed, before putting his arm down.
"Not yet. We must take care of the man first." A voice said, as a head emerged from Ukon's shoulder, staring at the two.
"You two will be fun, I can already tell. Now hurry up, Sakon, I want to get back and claim our reward." Ukon said impatiently. Sakon sighed, before dashing at Naruto. Naruto barely had time to block, before a fist came at him. He dodged Sakon's initial blow, but did not expect another fist to come out of Sakon's shoulder and punch him in the jaw.
"What trash..." Sakon commented, to which the head of Ukon merely nodded. Naruto hit a tree, and fell to his bottom. He stood up slowly, before wiping blood off his lip.
"That's one punch you got there." He told Ukon, before crossing two of his index and middle fingers.
"But I've got a better one!" He yelled, before saying,
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Immediately a 'poof' sound was heard, before there were hundreds of Naruto's all around, grinning, and talking.
"Now come on Naruto's, show 'em what you got!" He yelled, before they all ran at them.
The real Naruto's eyes widened as another set of arms and legs emerged from Sakon's body. His body moved gracefully, as if one set of the limbs passed through the others like water, making it hard to even touch Sakon. All of the Naruto's were defeated, a few at a time. When the real Naruto got there, he realized there were only two left. Ukon's head grinned at him, sending a fist to Naruto's gut, and a kick to the head to follow up.
Naruto fell to his hands and knees, coughing, holding his chest.
"You'll never defeat us like that." He said, smirking. He didn't notice Sakura running behind them, until Ukon yelled,
"Sakon! Behind you!" Sakon jumped back and turned in midair, narrowly avoiding a punch from Sakura. Sakura kept going, so her fist collided with a tree. The tree shattered all around her fist, falling to the ground with a sound of thunder.
Sakon and Ukon looked on in awe. They could not believe anyone was capable of that kind of destructive ability, let alone a medic kunoichi.
"Thank you Ukon, if you had not told me, I may not have been able to make us move." Sakon said, regaining his composure. Ukon merely nodded, before switching his gaze to Naruto.
"Shall we perform the usual?" Ukon asked, to which Sakon nodded. Ukon made grunting sound, before a tearing-like noise was heard. Ukon was slowly pulling himself from Sakon's body. After a moment, he stood there, staring at Naruto.
"Well then, shall we dance, trash?" Ukon asked, as his body slowly turned into a vapor-like form, floating to Naruto. Naruto stood there, before Sakura yelled,
"Move!" Naruto shook his head before sidestepping, but it was too late. Ukon had entered Naruto's body. Ukon's head emerged from Naruto's shoulder, before saying,
"You should wash your clothes, you smell like garbage." He slowly forced Naruto into a crucified position, holding him there. Naruto grunted from effort, before he slowly regained control of his body.
Meanwhile, off in the distance, a man watched from with plains with a brown cloak covering his body, a large bulge hiding on the back-portion. He muttered a jutsu, before looking back up.
Naruto found he could move easier, and slowly stood up. How, he wasn't sure. He ran at Sakon, Ukon powerless to stop him. Naruto went to punch Sakon, but was too slow. Sakon punched Naruto in the gut, which caused Ukon to cry out in pain.
"Sakon, you idiot! Watch what you're doing!" He yelled, an arm coming from Naruto's neck, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry!" Sakon yelled, before pushing Naruto away. Ukon shook his head, before sinking back into Naruto's body, the lips still visible on his shoulder.
"I'm going to kill you, trash. Slowly, from the inside-out." He said, grinning. Naruto fell to his knees, as a painful convulsion wracked his body. He heard a distant roaring, before he felt himself being pulled into his subconscious, where the Kyuubi cage was located.
"Weakling, you are allowing us to die!" The Kyuubi said angrily. Naruto started to look angry, also, before replying,
"Well, I don't know what to do about it!" He yelled, before noticing how close to the cage he was.
"Destroy him with our holy chakra! Why do you think others do not have it? Their bodies will burn in an instant if they were to posess even a fraction of it!" He yelled, before punching Naruto through the bars, off into the distance.
Naruto flew back onto the ground, staring at Sakon. He fell back as if he had been hit, but no one was close enough save Ukon to hit him.
Naruto stood up, before accessing the Kyuubi's chakra, the red chakra forming around Naruto's hand as he performed the shadow-clone symbols. Instantly in a puff of smoke, a clone was there next to him. Naruto held his right hand out, before the clone started going to work, using his hands to help Naruto create a rasengan.
While Naruto was doing all of this, Ukon started to emerge from Naruto's body in nearly solid form, not having the energy to go into the form of vapor, especially when the Kyuubi chakra was burning him like this.
Ukon got out of Naruto, and stumbled towards his brother. The Naruto clone finished the rasengan and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Naruto ran at Ukon, before shoving the rasengan into his back, feeding some of his Kyuubi chakra into it. Ukon's back started burning, and the skin started twisting.
"Sakon!" He screamed, before he went flying, smashing into a tree. He fell to the ground flat on his back, staring into the sky with barely seeing eyes. A loud groan was heard as the tree came crashing down, crushing Ukon.
"Sakura, I got this from here. You go ahead and find Sasuke. Get him to come back with us, before I get there. Because then I'll have to drag him back." Naruto said confidently, pulling out a kunai to square off with Sakon.
Sakura nodded, before jogging to Naruto.
"At least let me assess the damage." She said, placing her hand on Naruto's back and chest. Her hands glowed green, before she took a step back from shock.
"You're completely uninjured. I thought...nevermind." Sakura said, before turning and running off to the plains. Naruto turned back to Sakon, who glared angrily at him.
"What?" Naruto asked, thick-headed as usual. Sakon merely shook his head, before running at Naruto full speed. Naruto dodged a punch aimed for his chest, before receiving one to his gut. Naruto was able to, however, slash Sakon's arm open with the kunai. Upon reflex, he jerked back, landing on his feet. Naruto's eyebrows furrowed, as the wound seemingly healed.
Sakon grinned a savage grin, before saying,
"Oh? You seem surprised. You want to know what's going on? Fine then, trash, I will tell you. Rather than sharing mine or Ukon's body, since that's how we were defeated in the first place, we created a new body. After researching Sasori of the Red Sand out of boredom one day, we discovered a way to make artificial bodies, so now we share a fake body that regenerates all wounds. " Sakon gloated. Naruto stood dumbfounded, before Sakon sighed.
"Idiot, now I'll have to show you." He said, before ripping open his shirt. On his chest, there were multiple screws and seals, showing that it definitely was not a real body. Sakon made one of his arms come out of the chest of the puppet body, rubbing the chest.
"This was our creation, and we would have gone far with this new toy...then you killed Ukon." Sakon said, turning to Naruto bitterly. He closed his ripped shirt, before running at Naruto, who held his kunai up defensively. The puppet arms gripped his forearms, while two fists hit Naruto in the face and gut. Naruto stumbled dazed for a moment, before clearing his head to see Sakon finishing a jutsu.
"Earth Art: Shiva's Rain Jutsu!" Sakon yelled, running to Naruto. Instantly six arms grew from his body, all raining punches down upon Naruto, while Sakon laughed in wicked glee. Naruto started to grow angry from this, the proof being in his eyes. They were starting to turn orange and cat-like, his nails sharpening and his teeth growing incisors.
Sakon failed to notice this change, and paid the price. Naruto delivered a vicious punch to Sakon's face, hearing a satisfying crack. Sakon flew back, before Naruto shook his head. He couldn't get angry like this, it was just the Kyuubi trying to use him again. Well, he wouldn't let it work.
Slowly Naruto's eyes began to go back to their normal color, his nails going back to normal, even his teeth dulling out again.
Sakon stood, a hand resting on his knees as the other rubbed his jaw. Naruto let out a sigh, before a look of urgency came upon his face.
"Ooop! Be right back!" He yelled, as he ran into the woods. Sakon stared cluelessly as Naruto walked back five minutes later, looking relieved.
"Okay, I think I ate some bad ramen, but let's fight!" Naruto said, a confident grin upon his face.
Well folks, that's it. I'm DEFINITELY going to be writing more sometime, I'm just not sure when. School ends this Thursday, so you can most likely expect at least weekly updates. I hope I haven't lost too many of you already.
By the way, if you're a Naruto and Hinata fan, check out a story I've been reading for a while now. It's REALLY long.
Naruto vs. Sasuke: The Aftermath
This is a story by KingKakashi, and it's really good, I think. Each chapter is about the length of three of my chapters, and there's roughly 49 of them now.
But anyways, thanks for visiting and remember: More reviews gives me more inspiration to write quicker.
Everyone's Truly,
Kilik Saiyaku-Captain Green