This is the tenth chapter of The First Abyssal One. I'm sorry for the delay.
I do not own Claymore or Naruto. Enjoy.
It had been a month since Yugito had been rescued, and there had been no activity from the Akatsuki. However, that would soon change.
"Naruko-sama! Thousands of identical Jonin-level Chakra signatures are approaching Konohagakure. In addition, three Kage-level signatures are approaching, one of them spread over seven bodies. I recognize the kage-level signatures from the sealing ceremonies we interrupted!"
Naruko grinned. "So Akatsuki is launching an all-out attack, ne? Let's go tell Tsunade." She jumped out the window, rushing towards Tsunade's office.
"Yo, Tsunade! Jugo just detected the Akatsuki. They're launching an all-out attack with some kind of clones and three S-ranked Shinobi."
"WHAT? ANBU! Alert the village. I am declaring martial law. Have the Genin evacuate the civilians. Chunin, Jonin and ANBU will prepare to defend the village. Bring me Jiraiya!"
One minute later.
"Yo, Tsunade-Hime. Why'd you want me here?"
"Jugo just detected an army belonging to the Akatsuki approaching Konohagakure. We're going to defeat them." She uncovered the microphone.
"Shinobi of Konohagakure! An army consisting of thousands of Jonin-level clones is approaching Konohagakure. In addition, three S-ranked Shinobi are approaching as well. Prepare to defend Konohagakure! Let the Will of Fire guide you! I, Jiraiya, Naruko Uzumaki and Jugo will confront the S-ranked Shinobi."
Jiraiya had entered Sage Mode, Fukasaku and Shima merged with his shoulders. He and Jugo were tracking the S-ranked Shinobi. They appeared content to hang back while the clones attacked. They were at the western gate, the S-ranked Shinobi a bit further west. Naruko's ribbons were easily taking care of any of the clones that attacked from this direction.
"Naruko-sama, the S-ranked Shinobi have started to move. However, one of the seven identical signatures is hanging back."'
A minute later, eight people approached. To the left was a man with an orange spiral mask. To the right was a woman with blue hair. In the middle were six people with orange hair.
"Let's fight!" They rushed forwards, meeting the enemy Shinobi mid-charge.
Jiraiya and Jugo attacked the six orange-haired Shinobi. Upon approaching, however, Jiraiya appeared stunned. "Yahiko? Is that you? But why do you have the Rinnegan?"
"Yahiko is dead. I am Pain."
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" One of the bodies in the back said. A gigantic creature appeared. In response, Jiraiya used the Kuchiyose no Jutsu as well.
"Gamabunta! We need you to help us defeat his summons." And the fight was ON.
Tsunade rushed towards the blue-haired Kunoichi. The Kunoichi appeared to be dissolving into paper. Tsunade cursed. Damn, this was obviously the wrong opponent for her. Wait, the opponent's body was reforming. Did remaining in paper-form take too much Chakra? In any case, she evaded the papers that were attempting to attack her. Channeling Chakra into her heel and her toes, she took a step forwards and released the Chakra in her heel, accelerating her foot to ridiculous speeds. Upon hitting the woman, she released the Chakra in her toes. The woman scattered into paper, reforming a bit further. However, Tsunade could sense the drain on her Chakra. Rushing forwards, she prepared for a battle of attrition.
Naruko herself rushed to the final opponent. Upon attempting to punch him, she slid right through him.
What? Intangibility? She blocked a punch with her hair-ribbons. Luckily, the man was not physically very strong. He was, however, very fast. Jumping back, she transformed her arms into ribbons and launched them towards him in such a way that they couldn't be evaded. The man did not even try, but he did attempt to escape afterwards.
Why? If he is truly intangible, he should not need to escape. That means there is a weakness. The man used his great speed to escape her ribbons, then rushed towards her to engage in Taijutsu.
Creating a web around her, she saw that the man hung back and started a Jutsu, spitting out a great amount of fire. Creating a shield with her ribbons, she thought.
So he needs to be tangible in order to attack. And, going by the fact he escaped but did let my web of ribbons hit him, there must be either a time limit or the drain must be great. She smiled mentally as she realized this was a good opponent for her. Spreading her ribbons all around her in such a way that there were no openings in which he could become solid, she channeled Yoki to her legs and rushed towards him, intending to keep him in there.
Tobi cursed. She'd already analyzed his ability? He couldn't get away. She was just as fast as him now, and followed him wherever he went. He couldn't engage in Taijutsu or use Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu did not work on her. He'd need some more drastic measures.
Becoming tangible in such a way that the girl's ribbons only pierced non-vital areas, he used one of the ultimate Jutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Amaterasu!"
Black fire came out of his eye but was intercepted by a shield of ribbons. The girl retracted all her ribbons and appeared to be attempting to quench the flames with them. It wasn't working. That was when she decided to take drastic measures, and a few other ribbons cut every single ribbon on fire off. He scowled. Amaterasu was a lot more effective when used on something that couldn't be replaced easily.
Pain was having trouble. He was sure he could have handled Jiraiya-Sensei, but the second man was giving him trouble. They were systematically analyzing his abilities, and he knew that once they knew what path could do what, they would defeat him with little trouble. The Deva path jumped back, bringing his hands together. The other five paths bought a little time. A black sphere started forming in-between the Deva path's hands. This was going to shorten his lifespan so much. Letting the sphere go, it floated into the sky. "Chibaku Tensei!" And his main body summoned his paths and Konan back. He'd never liked Tobi anyway.
Konan was fighting Tsunade of the Sannin. Keeping herself in paper-form was tiring, and she couldn't keep it up for too long. Nevertheless, she was sure she would win. Tsunade was only barely evading her paper shuriken, and would slow down soon. Suddenly, she felt the pull of Nagato summoning her and disappeared.
Tsunade saw her opponent disappear. Reverse summoning? Suddenly she felt a pull. Looking towards where the pull came from, she saw that earth was being ripped out of the ground, and that Jiraiya and Jugo were running away. She decided to follow their example. It was generally a good idea to avoid Jutsu that Jiraiya ran away from.
Suddenly Naruko and her opponent were pulled into the sky. Tobi's eye widened. No! That stupid man! He just knew he'd done this just to get rid of multiple opponents in one fell swoop. They'd never liked each other. The sphere was crushing them.
Naruko wrapped her ribbons around her body as tightly as she could. She hoped Jugo and Ero-Sensei weren't caught by this. She didn't really care about Tsunade. One good thing about this was the fact her opponent was caught as well. She noted that she was still, but the pressure kept increasing. Ah, shit. Soon there would be too much pressure for her human form. Raising her Yoki, she unraveled into her demon form. Her ribbons shooting in all directions, she broke free.
Pain saw his Chibaku Tensei. He was sure his opponents would die from this. He saw their forms being lifted into the air, the distinctive orange and white hair. Then everything went wrong. Ribbons shot out of the sphere in all directions, nine tail-like constructs ripping it apart from the inside-out, and then there was a gigantic thing made of ribbons. The Kyubi-girl! Damnation!
Tobi couldn't remain intangible for long anymore. He couldn't die here! He still had to complete the eye of the moon plan! Then he saw light, but noted with horror that the girl's ribbons were everywhere. Including in his body. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. He thought as he fell. Three, two, one. And everything went black, his brain pierced by Naruko's ribbons when his intangibility gave out.
Naruko caught Jugo and Ero-Sensei.
"Jugo. Where are the rest of our opponents?"
"That way, Naruko-sama." He said while pointing. Naruko in the direction he indicated.
"They are in that tree, Naruko-sama. It is fake." Her ribbons ripping through the tree of paper with ease, she noted the fact there were six people with orange hair inside, one with red hair and one with blue hair. The red-haired one appeared to be giving off a humongous amount of Chakra. She shot her ribbons towards him, but one of the orange-haired ones said "Shinra Tensei!" and deflected it. She shot more and more ribbons towards him, and the bodies desperately tried to deflect them all. The red-haired one shot off a Shinra Tensei as well, but three seconds later, his body was a pincushion.
"NO! NAGATO!" The woman appeared to be changing into hundreds of pieces of paper. She wrapped her ribbons around her, leaving no gaps. More and more ribbons shot into the construct, hopefully piercing the woman from every direction.
"She's dead, Naruko-sama." She let up.
"Yahiko, Konan, Nagato… What happened to you?"
"You knew them, Ero-Sensei?"
"Yes, I taught them for a while…" She reverted to her human form.
"Damn, Ero-Sensei. You're pretty good at teaching, aren't you? Four S-ranked students…"
They easily beat off the clones once the four of them joined the fray. Tsunade killed clones left and right with mere taps, Jiraiya and Jugo shot through the battlefield. Jugo wielded Samehada, even though he hadn't even had any instruction, he didn't need any. He just swung it into them at speeds they couldn't even react to. Naruko killed most, killing all within her field of vision with ribbons going at Kage-level speeds. At the end of the day, Konoha had suffered many casualties, but none too severe.
Naruko grinned as she and Jugo were given the rank of Jonin. Damn, she was SO going to go on some bandit elimination missions soon. She was in the mood for a feast.
Two hundred years later.
Naruko Uzumaki was currently working on Fūinjutsu in her house on the eastern shores of her ancestral home, Uzu no Kuni.
After the Akatsuki had been destroyed, the Biju had been released from the demonic statue, and all were eventually re-captured. Jugo had become a master swordsman with Samehada, and had finally absorbed all of the Sanbi's power, becoming a demon like her. They'd kept up their friendship with Gyuki. Strangely enough, Gyuki considered himself a Kumo Shinobi, and was quite happily sealed. He knew Kumo would fall, eventually, as all things did, and it was actually rather interesting, he said.
She and Jugo had retired from being a Konoha Shinobi at the age of sixty. They had come here and excavated themselves a large cave, which they now used as house. Their friends had died long ago, and the team of little Genin she'd taken had died as well. She felt a little proud of the fact her student had become the eighth Hokage.
She snickered a little as she remembered her stint as a Genin from the new Uzushiogakure no Sato, which a bunch of Nuke-nin revived one-hundred and fifty years ago. She'd used a seal to change her hair and eye color, and gotten into the Chunin exam. Strangely, nobody had survived that Chunin exam in Iwa. That had caused a war, and she'd gleefully caused chaos with Jugo.
Suddenly her head shot up. She felt Yoki, but it wasn't hers, Jugo's or any of the Biju's. It was a Yoki she was entirely unfamiliar with. It was faint, but felt like it came from far away, so it was probably quite a bit stronger than it felt.
What? But how? I've kept track of all the Biju, none of them are sealed with Chakra-draining seals. Coming outside, she tried to sense where it came from. East. Over the sea. Come to think of it, they'd never explored the sea. Popping a blood-flavored lollipop out of a seal, she giggled. A new adventure!
Short chapter, and the last one
Tobi was killed quite quickly once his intangibility was analyzed. Naruko was a bad opponent. Nagato is easy to kill once you see his real body. Konan isn't nearly as powerful as either of them, so she was taken out quickly as well.
As you can see, she just sensed Yoki from overseas, where the Claymore continent is located. That's for the sequel.
Okay, some people have doubts about Priscilla being as powerful as the Jubi. In my story, the Jubi is simply an uber-powerful awakened being. Not the progenitor of all Chakra in the world.
I'm sorry for not updating for so long, but I wrote this entire story while on vacation, and once we got home I had school again, it was on the laptop (which I rarely use) and altogether I kind of forgot about it. I recently started writing something else and that got me writing on this again, because I didn't want to leave it unfinished.
Which was when I decided I really wasn't very happy with my story. There are a lot of OOC moments, things that I didn't follow up on, there was barely any planning and I feel there are a lot of ways I could've done better in general. So I decided to start a rewrite. Sometimes I think I might be a bit of a perfectionist.
Any questions?
Constructive criticism would be appreciated.