'...': Speech
Kyuubi or Deity speech
"..." Thoughts
'...': Handseals
...: Narrator
Leon: Goddamn Anewbyss! Where da hell have you been?
Alexis: You forgot about us didn't you?... Sad face..
Anewbys: I'm here now am I not? I've been VERY busy so let's give da fans a show!
Dragon, Rabbit, Boar, Semi Snake, Tiger, Ox, Dragon, Semi Tiger! 'Katon: Twin Dragon Burst jutsu!' Rey and Fey roared as they stored high amounts of chakara into their mouths and unleashed a huge stream of flames at Hinata and Naruto. Hinata activated her Kekkai Genkai in an instant as she grabbed ahold of Naruto and pulled them both out of danger.
Hinata's enhanced Byakugan allowed her to see Fey gathering katon chakara into her fists as Hinata thought quickly. Sending a burst of chakara into her feet, Hinata was in front of Fey before Fey could even blink. Hinata simply tapped Fey's fists and drew all the gathered chakara and thrusted both Senkou and Katon chakara into Fey. Fey's face held that of sheer pain; if only for a second. Because the next thing Hinata knew, she was dodging Fey's swift right hook, followed by a left roundhouse kick.
Rey watched the fight with an eagle's eye.
"If I'm correct, the girl is doing mostly inner damage and not outer, if she's fighting like that then..." Rey's thoughts were cut off as he blocked Naruto's chakara claw with his bare hands. To say Naruto was surprised was an understatement.
"What? I even threw some demonic chakara into that, and he just caught it with his freakin' hands?' Naruto thought as Rey gave him a cold glare. Not wanting to leave himself open, Naruto easily created 4 bunshins that covered his blindspots. Rey couldn't help but look at Naruto in a more serious light.
"He was able to perform 2 C+ jutsus without handseals..." was the only thing he thought as he turned to Naruto. Naruto was ready as he had all his bunshins go through different handseals. While they performed their handseals, Naruto pulled out a large mechanically Shuriken as he threw it at Rey. Rey didn't even blink as the massive instrument was hurled towards him, and just before it could connect, it was frozen in midair.
Monkey, Rabbit, Sheep, Reverse Rabbit, Snake, Rabbit, Boar, Semi Snake, Tiger! 'Katon: Soaring Flame jutsu!'
Ox, Semi Sheep, Horse, Sheep, Rat, Rabbit, Bird! 'Fuuton: Soaring Falcon jutsu!' Two of the Naruto bunshins roared as their jutsus collided with one another to form a flaming falcon that glided along the near invisible wire attached to the shuriken. As it reached the shuriken, instead of trying to hit Rey, it went inside the shuriken as the shuriken began to spin at alarming speeds. Whatever shield that protected Rey was quickly being grinded down as Rey put more effort into blocking the shuriken. Finally, Rey managed to push the shuriken back as it went back to Naruto, who put it up into a storage scroll.
"Just as I thought, he's using some kinda jutsu or something to block all my attacks.." Naruto thought as he tried to figure out his next move. Suddenly, Naruto saw one of his clones get crushed by an unseen force. Then another clone was lifted off his feet and thrown into a nearby tree. And the last bunshin had it's head trapped inside a barely visible box, that shrunk and took off his head. It wasn't training anymore, his foes wanted his blood, and if Teach taught him anything, it was to never throw your blows against a foe that was sent to kill you. Naruto didn't know if he could kill the boy, but he wouldn't let the boy kill him either; whatever happened happened as far as he was concerned.
"Was he testing me?..." Rey thought as he became serious with Naruto. Suddenly Naruto's keen instincts warned him as he moved out of the way, and no sooner did the ground he once stood exploded. Naruto couldn't even think as his instincts warned him of yet another attack and he dodged. It became a game of cat and mouse as Naruto dodged Rey's mysterious attacks; he couldn't even see them. Deciding to take the offense, Naruto slipped into his taijutsu style and ran on all fours towards Rey, following his instincts and dodging eact assualt against him.
"Despite seeing his clones be killed so ruthlessly, he still charges in with no clear idea as to my abilities. The way he moves, his attacks are so wild, he shows little to no control. He's like a animal.." Rey thought as he decided it was time to cage the beast. Naruto swung a chakara claw at Rey as it was blocked by some unseen force, but it wasn't over. Naruto watched as 4 small, but visible sparks shot towards him. They landed on the ground surrounding him and made a box, and before Naruto could even react, he was trapped.
'Fuin Kata: Demonic imprisonment...' Rey stated coldly as Naruto was trapped inside Rey's trap...
Meanwhile...
Hinata wasn't fairing well with Fey. The girl's bloodlust was almost as pure and deadly as Una's. And what was worse, Hinata couldn't pump her chakara into any of Fey's chakara points. Fey was trained in expeling foreign chakara before any damage was done, Hinata had to rely on her more physical jutsus. There was one thing Hinata noticed about Fey. She hadn't used any elemental jutsus since she was seperated from her brother. Speaking of her brother, the chills down Hinata's spine told her Naruto was in trouble, but she couldn't afford to get distracted.
Fey was relentless with her strikes, Fey learned early on not to use any chakara in her blows, as they were plenty strong enough to do damage to the smaller girl. Fey would throw a right hook and Hinata would block it, Fey would then counter by doing a spinning jump kick aimed at Hinata's head as Hinata would duck. Before Hinata could capitalize, Fey would throw a dould handed axe slam at Hinata as Hinata dodged, and not a second too soon as the ground she once stood on was reduced to rubble. In a fist fight Hinata would surely lose and she knew that. While she could sap a foe of their strength, if her chakara wasn't able to make contact with the foes, then she would only waste her chakara. Hinata changed her tempo as she slipped into her modified taijutsu. Hinata rushed Fey as she threw fists instead of palms at Fey, and Fey had to admit. Being hit by the new style stung her arms. It wasn't painful, just kind of annoying. As Hinata threw a right hook, Fey caught it and didn't waste a second. Ignoring the stinging sensations, Fey charged her left fist with chakara as she punched Hinata in the side of the face, unleashing the burst in Hinata's face. Hinata was thrown back, but quickly righted herself.
'You demons make much better sport than most! Your reserves are larger than most, your stamina is superb, it's all so EXCITING!' Fey yelled with glee by the fact she forced Hinata back with a chakara burst from her fist. Even with Hinata's enhanced Byakugan, she couldn't get a read on Fey. At times Fey would use only taijutsu so that Hinata couldn't use her chakara against her, then she'd surprise Hinata with a chakara punch. She was Hinata's worse foe, a opponent that completely repelled her clan's taijutsu. Then Hinata thought, maybe she was fighting the wrong person. A switch wouldn't work, as her and Naruto were too far, but instead of trying to fight Fey physically, why not try so mentally? Hinata's smile didn't go unnoticed by Fey as she grinned as well.
'Have you finally lost it? I don't blame you, we both can see this is a one sided fight!' Fey said as she tried to throw a haymaker filled with chakara at Hinata, but Hinata was ready. Hinata used her Hollow palms to steal her chakara, and instead of launching it back, Hinata threw it in another direction.
'I know what you're thinking, she's really lost it. Can't even hit a target right in her face. Now here's what I'm thinking, why am I wasting my time on this silly girl?' Hinata said, her smirk never leaving her face as Fey became enraged. Fey was right where Hinata wanted her...
Meanwhile...
Rey was content on slowly crushing Naruto as he slowly closed his eyes. The box that trapped Naruto began to shrink in size as Naruto stayed calm and began to think. Suddenly, he saw a flash of chakara from behind Rey race towards them; Naruto smiled. He took what time he had to see Rey's reaction, he didn't seem to notice the burst or care.
"Can he actually block that?... No..." Naruto thought as the answer came to him as the burst knocked Rey out of focus and the box weakned for a second, but it was enough for Naruto to send a burst of chakara to destroy his container. Naruto knew about Rey's attacks and was prepared to take the knowledge to his advantage as he ran through some handseals.
Dragon, Boar, Ox, Tiger, Snake, Reverse Ox, Monkey, Dragon, Ox! 'Taju Valor Claw no jutsu!' Naruto roared as he threw out both of his hands and 2 chakara claws snaked out towards Rey. Rey simply closed his eyes as the claws were repelled. When he opened his eyes, Naruto found himself trapped once again inside the box of space and chakara. Rey was through playing games as he made the dragon handseal and a single spark rested on his fingertip. He shot the spark at Naruto and once it hit the box, it ignited inside, burning Naruto alive as he wailed in pain. Rey watched as Naruto's skin began to melt and peel off his skin, to him his mission was complete. 'Poof' or so he thought.
Out of the ground, came several of chakara claws as Rey barely managed to block them all, most pushed him into the air as he imprisoned the claws and crushed them. He looked to the ground below, expecting Naruto to launch a surprise attack from below or above. Rey held up the sheep handseal as he used his chakara to scan for any different chakara signatures beneath him, but he found nothing. He found it odd that Naruto would just leave, until he heard an expolsion come from where his sister was located. He quickly ran towards her with a deadly look of anger..
Naruto's plan worked!
"I guess I owe you one Kitsune teme." Naruto said to his inner demon
"Oh you'll pay for it one way or the other..." Yang Kyuubi stated as he faded into Naruto's mind. He still didn't know how Hinata would pull it off, but he trusted her with his life; literally. Naruto needed to prepare as he went through many handseals...
Meanwhile, with Hinata...
Hinata had to rely on the Yin Kyuubi's power as she evaded yet another Fuuton and Katon combination jutsu. And although her clothes were slightly burned and she had several burns alongside her left leg and arm, she was sure her plan would work.
Snake, Horse, Rabbit, Ox, Rat! 'Suiton: Desert Oasis no jutsu!' Fey shouted as she poured chakara into the ground beneath them and spewed a stream of water that rushed towards Hinata.
Ox, Dog, Rat, Dragon, Boar! Raiton: Static Jolt no jutsu.' Rey said as he channeled lightning chakara and unleashed a huge spark that hit the water and became electrified! Hinata didn't need her Byakugan to see what would happen if she were hit. Hinata jumped high into a tree to stay above the stream as it washed down the trail. Hinata dashed out of the way of the swift twins as they attempted to cut her down with twin blade swords. Hinata quickly pulled out her smooth set of Hibben Daggers, she hadn't had any practice with them, but the way she planned to use them, she wouldn't need it. Hinata wrapped small wires around the hilts as she applied chakara and threw them at Fey and Rey. The twins barely saw the weapons as they whizzed right past their heads, with a flick of her wrists and a shift in her chakara flow to the wires, Hinata was able to make them zig zag towards Fey and Rey. Instead of using his repellant jutsu, Rey just knocks it out of the way with a kunai as does Fey.
"Just as I thought..." Hinata was confident in her plan. She had finally figured out how to beat these twins, and she needed Naruto's help to do it. She knew he needed time to prepare their finale, so it was up to her to stall. Hinata rushed both twins, Daggers in hand as she attempted swift and precise swipes at Fey and when Rey would try to intervene, Hinata would smoothly dodge his attacks and throw her daggers to distant them. The key was to keep the seperate for only a few moments, as Hinata would be too close to Fey for Rey to use his jutsu. Fey tried to add chakara to her strikes as to put distant between her and Hinata, but Hinata made her pay for it, her daggers were made with special materials that allowed her to apply chakara to them and store it. Hinata was using her daggers to cut up Fey's arms from the inside as Fey blindly dodged Hinata's swipes.
Suddenly, Hinata and Fey were trapped inside a sealed box, only Fey wasn't really there. Hinata was shocked to see that in a matter of seconds, too fast even for her Byakugan to see, Fey was replaced with a log with a explosion tag ready to go... BOOM! The explosion sent a shockwave that shattered Rey's seal. Hinata laid there, content that she at least slowed them down as Fey and Rey walked up to her.
'Haha gotcha! I had to admit, those chakara cuts hurt like alot, but it was worth it!' Fey said as she teased and taunted Hinata
'Yes you had me worried for a moment. You saw that when together we can perform elemental combinations, but at the same time, we block off our own separate abilities. When we are apart we lose our abilities to use elements, but we can use our abilities. I don't know how, but you told that other demon about us, let him get away while you deal with the both of us yourself. You have far more honor than the first demon, I'll admit, but seriously. Even if we're close, we can rely messages to the other through telepathy.' Rey states finding twisted joy in revealing he knew of Hinata's plan the whole time, and yet still let her have her hope of escaping alive. It was over for her as the twins slowly approached her, adding insult to injury as they took Hinata's daggers and put them slowly to her throat.
'I guess you friend isn't coming...' Rey said as he finally slit her throat. 'Poof'
'You talk too much...' The twins heard a grim voice say, and with that their world turned to darkness. Inside the darkness, their sight was taken from them as the twins frantically tried to find one another.
'FEY!' Rey shouted telepathically but he got no response. figuring it was a genjutsu, Rey tried to release it, but the darkness remained.
'Oh no boy... Ain't no releasin' this... Oh no you in it for the long haul...' the grim voice said as Rey tried to find out where the voice came from. It was like the voice was everywhere...
'I am the darkness boy... You in my neck of da woods nah... It's time...' the darkness said with a devilish laugh as Rey for once was terrified.
'W-w-what are you? What time is it? WHAT DO YOU WANT! Rey shouted as he launched his chakara in every direction he could think of.
'Oh dats a fancy jutsu. Haven't seen that one in a while... Yeah it's been a long minute since I torture me a guy with that jutsu... What was it called? Psycho Boost no jutsu?' the darkness asked as Rey was hit with a chilling revaluation.
'Oh yeah I remember now. As long as a target is within visual range than you can channel chakara to the brain and launch it through the eyes. It can even be used defensively as long as you see the attack coming.' The darkness said as he broke down Rey's jutsu to it's core.
'Oh yeah but I ain't talkin' no more...' the darkness stated as Rey felt a chill rush his entire being as he tried to throw up a barrier.
'Oh none of that boy...' the darkness said as it ripped Rey's last defense apart and Rey was engulfed by darkness. His screams muffled by the ever looming nothingness.
Fey watched helplessly as her brother was mind raped. His eyes were black and she could only imagine the hell he was suffering as she stood there; crying. She looked up at Hinata and Naruto, and the beast that was next to them. a 4'8" ft pitch black fox that had one of its 3 tail tips on her brother's head. Hinata had her dagger to Fey's throat as she took in shallow breathes.
'How?...' Fey asked as Hinata and Naruto smiled darkly.
'I'll let Hinata explain as it was her plan.' Naruto said as he sat back. Hinata felt a little meek about it, but decided to shed some light on them.
'Shadou san can you please release him?' Hinata asked so sweetly.
'Uggh not if you ask me so nicely! Are you two seriously Noel's apprentices'? She's getting soft.' Shadou said with a sigh as he looked into his own little warped ninjutsu and smiled devilishly. In honesty he didn't want to stop.
'Can you stop so I can crush his hopes of survival just like he tried to do to me and Naru kun?' Hinata said more than asked, and the smile she gave with it held no room for objection. With a sigh, Shadou released him as Hinata gave him plenty of time to recover from his experience.
'See once I figured out your trick, I mentally told Naru kun all he needed to know. By setting off a explosive tag, I cleverly led you to me Rey, while not drawing suspicion from Fey. I knew Naru kun and I weren't going to be able to beat the two of you seperately, and even if we joined forces, we were simply too worn out from last night to beat you. I needed to give Naru kun time to summon a kitsune that could end you time as a whole, and at the same time, be able to control said summon.' Hinata stated with confidence as Naruto chuckled smugly.
'But that still doesn't explain how you were able to survive that explosion, or how the damn fox caught up to us!' Rey said trying to find sense in all of this.
'Doesn't matter boy, dead men need no explanation..' Shadou stated as he ran towards Rey and was ready to bite his head clean off his shoulders. 'Poof' Shadou vanished as Naruto and Hinata wearily made their way back to town. Whether they wanted to admit it or not, they were exhausted. Once the adrenaline, and demonic chakara stopped flowing, all their wounds were felt and boy did they feel it. Naruto literally had more than half his chakara devoured by Shadou as payment for being summoned. Not only that but the jutsus he used and the chakara it took to call Shadou forth. Hinata's burns and bruises were getting worse and she was low on chakara herself. But they walked hand in hand, not only as a way to stay balanced but maybe as something more. Not even a date is a date when your a shinobi in training...
Sorry for the long wait everyone. As I said, I've been real busy and haven't had time to type, but fear not! I have not given up on this and hope you enjoyed this chapter. I decided to show you all a more ninja focused Naruto and Hinata. No more shyness when your life depends on it, and no more just charging in like a mad man, no from hear forward, we have a more ninja friendly program for you all to read. The next fight will have more jutsus, and Leon shows off more of his Kekkai Genkais! Next Chapter: Oni's Rebellion