AN: We're getting to a sort of climax in the story but I'm still nowhere near the end. May I apologize to all Hinata fans for switching her onto the villains side.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything except for my story
Chapter 11: Fire and Death
"You have something that belongs to the Dokujin, surrender it now or be punished."
Naruto stepped backwards, shock overriding every part of his mind. Above him Hinata sneered, raising a hand and beckoning a young man forwards. He was a tall teen, with black hair swept back into a ponytail and piercing blue eyes. At any other time he might have been handsome but right now his features were twisted into a scowl that seemed to drain colour from the world around him.
Hinata looked down on them all, performing a mock bow that reminded Naruto strongly of the enemies they had already faced. "Go on Janen, I know you've been wanting to try your moves on living things."
Janen smirked, instantly disappearing. Naruto began to back away, but before he could Janen appeared behind him, raising his hands.
"hi youshiki : hyakuman hane no hakuchou no a^ku" (Fire style: arc of a million swans.) His open palms became waves of fire, his hands striking Naruto faster than the boy would have thought possible. Janen smiled stepping forwards to stand over the burnt genin. He raised his hands again performing another set of complex hand signs, "hi youshiki : doragon no chuushin." (Fire style: heart of the dragon)
Naruto raised his head to see three waves of flame leap from the man's mouth, turning into huge lizard heads and spreading out; heading directly towards Iho and the girl who the assassins had been chasing.
Iho's eyes widened and before he knew what he was doing, the small boy leapt to the side; dodging the waves of flame as if he had done it a thousand times before.
Hinata raised an eyebrow, her mentor had never mentioned that their prey could dodge like this. She was about to go down to join Janen when a hand was placed on her shoulder. A voice that made even her flinch whispered in her ear.
"I will go down there. I will kill them all."
"B-b-but sir." Hinata stuttered, almost unable to speak. "You can't, we're meant to capture them."
The voice radiated fury, its aura slowly killing the nature around him. "Get out of my way, brat. I want to kill you, all I need is the justification."
Hinata realised she was shaking, she allowed herself to be pushed aside as a tall man with hair as black as her darkest nightmare jumped past her. Come to think of it; he was her darkest nightmare. This was Dekibae no Ketsumei, the executioner of blood.
As Dekibae landed Janen began to back away; the tall man smiled, he could feel the boy's fear. He licked his lips he could taste the terror around him.
"I am Dekibae; I will kill you all. Now we have an understanding we can continue. Janen take care of the jonin hiding over there." He turned to Naruto,"This one's mine." He sneered down at Naruto with the cruelest smirk that the ninjas had ever seen, "His chakra is strange. His blood should be delicious."
Janen turned, searching for the ninja his master had directed him towards. Shikamaru was not surprised to see that the hiding ninja was Kakashi. The jonin stepped out of the shadows.
"Sorry I'm late. Someone forgot to wake me up." He glared at Kiba. Janen on the other hand was not in the mood for playing around. He raised his hands again and growled.
"Lets see if you remember this one Kakashi. Chidori!"
Kakashi barely had a chance to respond before his own move smashed into him. Seconds earlier however he managed to raise his hands just in time, casting a chidori of his own. The two met enveloping the jonin and the assassin within a bubble of energy.
Dekibae watched this all with a bored sneer. He stretched, staring down at Naruto. "Time we got on with this." He reached down and grabbed Naruto's arm for a few seconds. Pain shot through the young genin's arm causing him to scream. Dekibae let go, drawing away and leaving red welts on the ninja's arm. "Just like I thought, delicious."
Naruto rose slowly to his feet and smiled, "It'll take more than some tatty old vampire to keep me down." He summoned a shadow clone and brought his chakra into line, "Try this one. Rasengan!"
He charged but Dekibae didn't even flinch, he just cackled, "Then you try this one. Chi no bakuhatsu." (Blood Explosion.)
Naruto had barely moved when when the red welts on his arm exploded, interrupting his jutsu and sending him flying backwards. Flailing in a pool of his own blood. The assassin master grinned, "I'm disappointed in you child. I was expecting a challenge, but it looks like I'll kill you as easily as I kill everyone else who crosses my path."
Naruto struggled to rise "D-don't count me out s-so easily." He stammered and fell back to the ground. His enemy towered over him, laughing. Just laughing.
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In the envelop of lightening Kakashi drew away from his opponent. His chidori deactivating as the ball of thunder collapsed, leaving a huge crater where it had once been. Kakashi was breathing heavily, even within the confines of the chakra bubble his opponent had been impossibly fast, but maybe the chakra implosion would have stopped him.
However, as the smoke cleared Kakashi saw his enemy clambering back to his feet, apparently unharmed. Janen rose back to his feet frowning slightly, "Your tougher than I expected old man. It seems your sharingan wasn't the only trick you had up your sleeve. But I'm not a weakling either keigen youshiki : naifu no torune^do" (Lightening style: Tornado of knives).
Before Kakashi could react blades of energy were forming around him. He just managed to leap out of the way as the weapons span at him; destroying the ground around him. Janen's jutsus moved almost as fast as Might Guy's. Janen sneered; enjoying the sight of his enemy fleeing. "You people really are pathetic. Come on Hinata, I need a little help here."
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Kiba and Shino finally became able to see their enemy clearly and jumped forwards to face the two assassins. However before they could Hinata leapt off the branch she was standing on and came rushing down at them; smashing Kiba off his feet and spinning round, driving her foot into the side of Shino's head. Shino staggered for a minute before regaining his balance, Kiba flipped back onto his feet. Kiba growled and leapt at Hinata, but he passed through her like a ripple in a stream; she smiled,
"It will take more than that to defeat me." She turned away from the two, "Enjoy my little genjutsu rodents."
Shino moved to run after her, but before he could the world around him began to collapse and he pitched forwards.
-*-
Shikamaru watched in horror as his friends were attacked by someone who, mere hours before, he would have been proud to class as his friend. He turned to Sakura,
"Shino and Kiba both know about genjutsus and how to avoid them. It's safe to assume that this one is particularly powerful." He turned back to the fight, "And the fact that Hinata is still using hand signs would suggest she is still casting the illusion. I would therefore assume that she is using some sort of genjutsu net. Stepping within it would spell defeat easily." He lowered his head in thought, "We need to come up with a plan before we act."
Sakura nodded, he was right, but that didn't make it any easier to just watch while your friends fought for their lives. She was just about to argue when Shikamaru's eyes snapped open and he smiled.
"Yes. I've got it." He looked over at the battle, "It's time we turned the tables on the Dokujin."
