Hello everyone! Here's the newest chapter of the story. I hope all of you enjoy this chapter, and that you all like the last one.
Disclaimer: not mine dammit. If it was, the fan base wouldn't be anywhere near as large.
Chapter 10: Final Valley 2.0
Matao look at Rin in shock at what she said. Koori had left with Kabuto. Koori had abandoned the village. Koori had left Rin behind, the one person who loved him more than her own life. "Rin, go find Kaijii-sensei. She's at my apartment right now. Tell her to have her weasels follow my scent. I'll follow Koori's scent. After you let Sensei know, go tell Tsunade and my dad. Have them send a team after us." He said as he put his nose in the air and took a deep sniff. "Got it. Go! NOW!" He said before he dashed off towards the gate.
Rin ran as fast as she could to get to Matao's apartment. She finally saw it in the distance and jumped up and went in through the balcony door, only to feel her jaw drop as she saw their sensei sitting at his kitchen table wearing nothing but a smile and eating bacon, eggs, and toast. "Hey Rin. I wasn't expecting to see you here. What's up?" She said cheerfully before she noticed the expression on the girls face. "What's wrong?"
Rin pulled her eyes away from Kaijii's breasts and lower parts before she answered. "Koori abandoned the village. I saw Matao and told him and he got Koori's scent. He said for you to follow his scent with your weasels. And after you head on after him for me to alert Lady Tsunade and Lord Naruto." She said before Kaijii flew past her and yanked on some underwear and pulled on a black skirt along with one of Matao's black t-shirts before she pulled her shoes on and jumped out the window and summoned a weasel.
The weasel landed next to her and ran beside her. "Lady Kijin, is everything alright?" He asked, his voice very deep. "You rarely summon me unless it's an emergency." He added as the both of them flew pas the gate.
She glanced at her long time partner and friend. "Koori Matsurahira has abandoned the village. Matao Uzumaki Sakano is already in pursuit of him." She said quickly, noticing the weasels eyes widen. "Is everything okay Itachi?" She asked as they continued to run.
He stayed silent for a few seconds. "I recognize this scent. I haven't smelled it in fourteen years, but I recognize it. This student's scent and name are the same as your lover from all those years ago. Did he finally return?" He asked as Kaijii's eyes widened at this revelation.
She opened and shut her mouth a few times. "They have the same scent?" She squeaked out. "How is that possible?" She asked quietly as they continued after Matao and Koori.
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Six hours.
It had taken Matao six frickin hours but he had finally caught up with Koori. Hell, he saw the little bastard. "KOORI!" He yelled as he stopped on the head of one of the statues. Whatever he was about to saw got caught in his throat as Koori stopped and turned around.
Koori stood in front of him, strange black markings covering his skin. He smirked at Matao as he stopped. "Hey, loser. Just head on back to the village and wait there. I'll come and kill you in time." He laughed before he turned around and started walking away.
He was cut off as diamond spears slammed into the ground in front of him. He turned around to see Matao's fist slam into his face, sending him flying back. "You stupid arrogant sack of shit son of a bitch! You want to kill me, TRY IT! I don't give a shit!" He yelled as he slammed his fist into Koori's face again. "But what right do you have to abandon the woman who loves you?" He yelled as he reared his clawed hand back and slammed it wrist deep into the ground next to Koori's head.
Koori started to laugh as he glared at Matao. He placed his hand on Matao's chest and shoved him into the air. "I don't give a flying shit about Rin. She made me appear normal, made it so I blended in. That's all she was useful for." He said as Matao slammed into the ground. "As far as I'm concerned, she could die in a ditch covered in shit and I wouldn't care." He said as he drew his new Chokuto.
Matao jumped back up onto his feet and spun around as he transformed his blade. "I'm going to fucking take you down, drag your ass back to the village, and PRAY that they let me take you apart limb by limb in your execution." He growled out as he lifted his blade into the air and swung it down, sending out four giant streams of dark blue energy. "Divine Dragon Blast!"
Koori smiled as he swung the chokuto in front of himself. "Dragon Slash." Was heard through the valley as a bright yellow dragon flew at the Divine Dragon Blast, the two techniques canceling each other out.
Matao sheathed the Tetseijin and raced towards Koori, a Rasengan in both of his palms. Koori smirked as he formed a glove of pure electricity in both his hands. The both of them screamed out the names of the techniques.
"DOUBLE RASENGAN!"
"THUNDER FIST!"
The two attacks slammed into each other, lightning and pure chakra flailing around the two teens. The both of them struggled for dominance, trying to overcome the other. As they struggled, neither noticed the crater appearing underneath them, until their attacks exploded.
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Kaijii ran as fast as she could as Itachi the weasel sat on her shoulder. Every few seconds she'd hear explosions. "What do you think is going on up there?" She asked as she started to hear explosions in the air.
The weasel looked ahead silently for a few seconds. "I have no clue. I'm actually surprised that either of them is alive, considering the amount of chakra that's being thrown around, along with the spirit energy output." He said quietly as Kaijii hopped across the newly growing trees that used to be a decimated forest.
Kaijii nodded silently as she sped up even more. Above her was an arc of lightning and a strangled scream could barely be heard. She activated her Mugan and her eyesight zoomed in on two figures floating in the air. Matao wore a black and red trench coat that was shredded at the bottom and had part of that mask that had appeared during the exams was on his face again. In his right hand was a black chokuto with a chain hanging from the hilt, the blade extended from a wolf head shaped hilt which was piercing Koori's chest.
Koori was floating in the air, pure black dragon wings extending from his back, a long dragon tail swaying behind him as his now pure white hair blew in the wind, and his shirt was completely destroyed. His face was elongated slightly as the teeth were in a snarl, his clawed hand stilled covered in the Rasenrai that was splattering blood as it went through almost the center of Matao's chest. Before he removed its arm and watched as Matao fell to the ground, almost as if in slow motion before snorting and flying away.
"NOOOO!" Kaijii yelled as she moved even faster than she had before as she went to catch Matao.
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Matao stood up after the attacks exploded, sending the both of them flying back as he pointed at Koori with his right index finger. "Hado no Yon: Byakurai!" He yelled as he shot out a line of lightning that grazed Koori's arm before he adopted the Muay Gar Ten, the starting position of Muay Thai.
Koori then began to flash through hand seals, before his entire body began to spark, before a knee slammed into his face just after he felt Matao lock his hands behind his head. "KAO LOI!" Matao yelled as Koori's head snapped back when the move was followed up by an elbow to the chin. "TE SOK!" He yelled as Koori slammed into the ground. "Get the hell up Koori; I'm nowhere near done with you." He yelled, when Koori's Jagan began to glow as the black marks that covered part of his face began to extend across his body and he disappeared from Matao's sight.
Matao growled as he looked for Koori, when he suddenly flew into the canyon wall, making a crater as he spat up blood. Koori suddenly appeared in front of him, a sadistic smirk covering his face. He dashed forward and slammed his foot into Matao's chest, making him hack up blood again.
Koori lifted him up by his throat and threw him against the wall again. "What was it you said? You're nowhere near done with me?" He growled out as he tightened his grip. "I beg to differ. I may have lost back at the exam, but I will kill you on this day, HALF-BREED!" He yelled as he threw him against the wall again.
Matao blinked as Koori continued to tighten his grip and slam him against the wall of the cavern. 'Is this… how it's going to end? I can't…let it end like this…' he thought as he blacked out.
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Matao opened his eyes to see the familiar sideways buildings. In front of him stood Inukai and his opposite counterpart. "Hey. Why did you call me here?" he asked as he waited for their answer.
Inukai nodded his head at the opposite Matao. He nodded back and walked toward him, his pure white chakra swirling around him. He stopped an arms length away from Matao, and extended his arm. "Hey King. As much as I hate to saw it, you need my help. I'll make you a deal. This is a one time thing that I'll agree to. I'll lend you my power for this one fight." He said as he flared his chakra again. "Do you accept?"
Matao laughed as he flared his own dark blue chakra, before he extended his hand, clasping his opposites. "Yeah, I do." He said, as his opposite began to disappear in a mist and be absorbed by Matao. "What do I call you?" He asked as the torso started to disappear.
His opposite laughed for a second. "Call me Oatam. That'll work for now anyway." He said before he completely disappeared.
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Koori snorted as he saw the light leave Matao's eyes. "Boring." He said as he let go of Matao's throat, dropping him to the ground. He then turned and took two steps away, when he felt a surge of chakra behind him. He turned to see Matao stand up, a blackish red chakra swirling around him, the mask forming on his face as the purplish tribal marking covered the entire left side of his mask. "Boring, huh?" Matao said, his eyes golden with the two tome Youkaigan blazing behind the eyeholes of the mask. "Let me spice it up for ya!" He yelled as he held out his right hand and the Tetseijin flew straight into it, transforming on contact. He swung it diagonally, sending out a pure black Divine Dragon Blast, larger than the one he used at the exam, that sent Koori flying across the valley into the other side of the canyon.
Matao dashed over to the other side as Koori swung his chokuto, blocking the down slash of the Tetseijin. The two of them growled at each other as they pushed the blades together, sparks appearing every few seconds. "You got stronger, Matao!" Koori yelled as him and Matao struggled against each other. "It's because of that mask, isn't it?" He yelled as he pushed his blade off of Matao's Tetseijin, making him stumble back.
Koori swung his blade, bright blue chakra, three arcs of lightning appearing behind him. He swung it down sending out a dragon surrounded by three bolts of lightning. "Slashing Dragon Strike!" He yelled as the technique flew across the arena.
Matao cleared his mind as the lightning dragon neared him, before he swung his blade upward. "Demon Dragon Blast!" he growled out, the third tome of his Youkaigan appearing slowly in his eyes as five pure black beams of energy slammed into Koori's technique as the two techniques began to meld and combine, until they exploded, shattering a portion of Matao's mask, leaving only the right hand side.
Matao slowly stood up, his shirt, almost completely destroyed from the blast. He stood there, waiting for the smoke to clear. He grunted in pain as a spear of lightning slammed through the right side of his chest, only to disappear in a blast of electricity. Matao fell to one knee as he tried to move his body.
Koori grinned as he slowly approached the paralyzed Matao, the tip of his chokuto sliding through the water. He stopped as soon as he was in front of Matao. He slowly raised his blade above his head, as two black leathery dragon wings exploded out of his back as well as a dragon tail from the base of his spine. "It's been fun, half-breed. But it's time for you to die." He said as he swung the blade down, only for time to freeze instantly.
Matao looked up to see Inukai walk up to him, a somber look on his face. "I'd hoped to have waited a while longer before I had informed you of this, but it seems like I have no choice. This will be a one time deal between the two of us. You are already using Oatam's power, which is that mask on your face." He said, as Matao hung on every word. "This power I am going to lend you, it will be yours someday. The day will come that I will teach you exactly how to use it, and that day will come when you defeat me in battle. It is the same for Oatam's mask." He then put his hand on top of Matao's hand, which rested on the Tetseijin, which glowed black for a second.
Matao looked on as the blade shone with a dark light. He looked up to ask Inukai a question, when he saw him smile. "You will know exactly what to do. No matter if you win or lose, as long as you live, you won't have truly been defeated." He said, before time sped up again. Koori's blade came down, only for Matao to catch it barehanded, blood going down his arm and dripping off his elbow. "I'm not done yet Koori!" He yelled as Koori flapped his wings and went into the air.
Matao pointed his blade at him, as his body shone with a pure black light. "Bankai!" He yelled as a jet of pitch black energy was sent straight at Koori, putting a tear in one of his wings as smoke and dust swirled around Matao.
Once the smoke and dust cleared, Matao stood there, blood going down the side of his face as a black cloak with a red liner materialized around him. In his right hand was a pure black chokuto that came out of a guard shaped like a wolf's head. At the end of the hilt was a chain that was broken at the end. "Seirei no Okami: Tetseijin," he said as he disappeared before he slashed Koori across his chest, sending a spurt of blood towards the ground.
Koori looked on in shock as Matao stood in the air and raised the new blade in front of him. He then flew toward Matao, his own chokuto behind him as he prepared to swing it at Matao.
The two blades met in the center of the air with a loud clang, as sparks danced between the two fighters. Matao glared at Koori as he pulled his own left arm back, forming a red sphere in his hand on instinct. Once he felt he couldn't contain the power anymore, he put it directly in front of Koori's face. "CERO!" He yelled as he fired off the red blast.
Once the red light cleared the air, Matao was shocked as he saw Koori rear back a Rasenrai, before it was shoved straight through the right side of his chest, barely missing his heart and spine. Matao hacked up a huge glob of blood before he shoved the tip of his blade through the center of Koori's chest, only to have his eyes widen as Koori's dragon form laughed. "Such is the power of the Jagan. Enjoy hell," he growled as he yanked his arm out of Matao, and watched as he fell towards the ground before he flew away.
After all, Kabuto did promise that if the half-breed was defeated he'd gain information about where his father was.
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Kaijii skidded to a stop, as the weasel fell off her shoulder and ran to Matao's side as soon as she did. She gasped as she saw the hole through his chest, as well as the Tetseijin still gripped tightly in his hand. She felt teas going down her chest as she pulled him closer to her and pulled his head into her lap. "Matao, please, open your eyes." She sobbed out as her tears dripped off the tip of her nose. "If you died, I don't know what I'd do." She whispered out as she felt him begin to stir.
He opened his eyes and saw her crying. "Kaijii…Sensei?" He whispered out as he tried to move. He saw her let out a smile as she continued to cry. 'If she's crying right now, then the wound Koori gave me cannot be good.' He thought as he forced himself to stand up, and saw the gaping hole on his right side. "Well fuck me sideways." He muttered as time stopped again.
Inukai hurried forward, and grimaced when he saw the wound through his wielders chest. "This is not good." He muttered as he inspected it. "There is a way to heal it, would you be interested to know how?" He asked quietly, as Matao rolled his eyes.
"Nah, I figured that it's best for it to stay like- of course I want to know you jackass!" He yelled as the sword spirit chuckled. "How exactly am I going to get it healed though?" He asked quickly as he felt himself begin to fade.
Inukai smiled at his question, as memories of the boy's father came into his mind as he had demanded the exact same thing when his friend ran a blade through his wife's chest. He glanced at Matao for a few seconds. "I'll handle it. It'll use the last technique of the Tetseijin. It's called Slide. It can only be used once every six months. It'll take you either forward or back in time, depending on how far you want to go." He said as he started to give Matao instructions on what to do.
Kaijii's eyes widened as Matao stood up and his body began to disappear in a cloud of mist while a black circle appeared behind him and the mist flowed through it. He smiled at her as she ran over and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. "Matao…I-I…" she tried to say as she sobbed into his chest.
He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him. "I'm going to the past, sensei. I'll look ya up. Who know, we might even become great friends there!" He said as a knowing smirk crossed his face before he let out a laugh. "Kidding. I should only be going back about ten minutes, so long enough for this wound to have healed up a bit." He said as she buried her face again in his chest.
She mumbled something into his chest before it disappeared in a cloud of mist. "What did you say Kaijii-sensei? I couldn't hear you right then." He said as he saw that he had his shoulders and up, and they were disappearing quickly.
She took a deep breath before she said it again. "Matao, you don't need to call me sensei anymore. I'm going to retire once this fiasco is finished. Matao, I wanted to tell you that… I-I-" she was cut off as he finished disappearing, but his ears had still been there before they turned into mist.
She had said she loved him.
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He slowly opened his eyes to see himself at the village gate, the wound on his chest still there in full force. Next to him were Kotetsu and Izumo. "Hey guys, how's it going?" He said like there wasn't a GIANT ASS HOLE through the right side of his chest.
He passed out as he saw an eighteen year old Sakura run towards him. "What the fuck?" He said quietly before he passed out. 'Inukai? I think something went wrong…'
OH SHIT! Ya'll weren't expecting that from Kaijii were ya? Okay, maybe you were. I mean hell; they've spent since Chapter 3 building up to it. Well, I've given hints a lot throughout the story that there was going to be time travel. I'm surprised people didn't catch on or anything. Well, next chapter should be out in about a week or two depending on how my classes are going. Until then, read and review!
Also, I'm going to have a new fanfic coming out in about a week or two, it's an Eden of the East / Naruto crossover. The summary is from the Eden of the East preview I found online. Here's your preview.
This nation faces a grave crisis. One among you must save us. I cannot tell you how, I cannot tell you why. Should you fail, you will be eliminated. You have been given the tools. Do what you deem necessary to accomplish your goals. Always remember, the others are watching. Noblesse Oblige. I pray for your continuing service as a Savior.