Chapter 14
Rauke stared at Naruto in disbelief; his mandibles slacked as though his jaw was dropped in complete shock. Naruto had a brow arched at his facial expression, tilted his head, and shook his head after a few seconds of staring at it. For once, Naruto wasn't certain if the look was friendly or not, but he honestly didn't care at the moment. No. For once he was rather enjoying life. He had always enjoyed life to the fullest, but right now, he was beyond happy because beside him was his 'mate', Hinata. She honestly, for the most part, seemed rather… cool with the fact that she, along with the Spartans, ODSTs, and Marines, now tailing behind her with their guns gripped tightly, were onboard a Covenant Cruiser. Years of fighting had made the ODST and Marine, Tucker V. Chance and Lenard W. Chester, had made them not trust the Sangheili around them, and they were fighting the urge to just shoot them.
So, as Raukee continued to stare at Naruto, wondering if this was just a joke or not, he simply had to just point his rifle at the Demons. Naruto quickly grabbed his arm, twisted it back, and glared at him while Hinata began giving the others a harsh glare. Naruto had warned her that if she didn't show an obedience and restraint while in the presence of a 'greater race' and dominance to a 'lesser race' they know she wasn't his mate. They quickly became submissive. Sasuke muttered a low curse as they dodged the plasma round, so to speak.
Naruto released his hold on his arm, and growled at the blue armored Sangheili that still had their weapons drawn on them. They gave him a look of confusion before Naruto rushed up to the closest one, grabbed his arm, twisted it, and then backhanded him away. He gave the others a harsh look, wanting to know which one he had to beat down next. The blue Sangheili on the ground was holding his wrist, hissing in pain. They quickly lowered their weapons, turned around, and left. Raukee and Naruto along with two blue Sangheili remained with the humans, and they were all staring at him with awe.
Naruto growled angrily at them. "They have no courage." He spat. Raukee nodded, though he knew that none of them would try to fight him anyways. Naruto ran a hand through his hair, cracked his neck, and turned to face the humans. "I will show you to the armory." Though Naruto hadn't really spoken in proper human tongue since his last encounter with Yugito, and since he rarely ever spoke it anyways, he had it down pretty good. Odd that Sasuke hadn't noticed he had problems speaking English, but he didn't care. Naruto then turned to Raukee, and spoke in his language. "Have my mate taken to my quarters. Once we have beaten back the fools, I shall bed her." Raukee nodded, barked out orders to the two remaining blue armored Sangheili to take her to his room. They quickly did so.
As soon as Raukee left, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. He then led the others to the armory as Shadow of Intent began to leave. Their mission was to get to Delta Halo, find the distress signal that a squad of Spartans had set off, aid them, and rescue their people. Naruto gave Sasuke his full cooperation, and promised that the Sangheili would aid them when they learned his people were in trouble. Naruto had already explained the situation to Raukee, but he was willing to bet money that the Sangheili wasn't very happy about this right now.
Naruto took a deep breath, turned to face the humans, and glared at them. Sasuke returned the glare with one of his own before he put his helmet back on. The other Spartan III's quickly did the same while the ODST's shook their heads. Naruto walked between them, motioning for them to follow him. Sasuke nodded to them. Naruto led them through corridors, hallways, and odd twists and turns before Naruto walked into a room.
Plasma rifles, carbines, plasma pistols, plasma grenades, fuel rods, needlers, and beam rifles lines the walls. Naruto's swords and scythe were sitting on a small rack beside several energy swords. The ODSTs checked their weapons over, unsure of how to read them before Naruto took them, placed them in a large box that suddenly hissed closed, and motioned for them to get new weapons. They quickly did. Naruto switched out his swords with ones that had full charges. When they finished getting stocked up, Naruto lead them to the launch pods.
"Get in and shut up. We'll be dropping in ten minutes." He informed them. A few of the ODSTs started screaming in joy as they jumped inside. Once everyone was in, the pods closed. Naruto remained outside of his, waiting for the strike team to appear. He closed his eyes as footsteps sounded behind him. "This is right." Raul came to a stop. Naruto turned to face him, and smiled. Ahiel was behind him, along with Rauk, nodding approvingly. Three more Sangheili were behind them.
Zorro, the Sangheili that was said to be just a vicious in battle as Shirley, a former Arbiter. He used two energy swords, and hated guns with a passion. Gin, the Sangheili that never messed with any weapon you gave him. No matter how far away the target was, he could hit them. Raiden, the Sangheili that was said to be quicker than lightning. Naruto wouldn't put it past him to be that fast. He had seen him just disappear several times, leaving no trace at all.
"I did not say anything, but I understand why you're doing this. I will not stop you." Raukee told him calmly. Naruto smiled happily at that. "But even if they are your people, I fail to see why you'd do this for them." Naruto's face fell. He'd been asking himself the same question. Raukee took a step forward. "They hurt you, tried to kill you for being something beyond their understandings. Why fight for them?"
Naruto looked back at his pod. "Answers," he whispered. "I want answers from the ones who hurt me if they're still alive. I'm doing this because I want to know why they couldn't accept my fathers' wishes. That's all. After this, I want nothing to do with them. But we will leave them alone. I will have nothing to do with them. Once they are safe, I'll come live with Thel on Sanghelios at the Vadam Keep, supposing it's not destroyed and he's not dead."
"And what of the female?"
Naruto stopped as he got one foot in. He looked down at his left hand where his helmet was. She showed me the truth. She at least has my thanks. But after this… "I will let her go. She will be free to do what she wishes. If she wishes to stay by my side, I don't care. I honestly think that I am meant to be alone. That's what I read about the history of Jinchuuriki. They are always meant to be alone. No happiness unless in battle. They live alone, always worrying when the next assassin will come to target them."
Ahielee stared at him, watching him slowly put his helmet on. The pod closed, and the two old friends stared at each other sadly. Raukee knew his pain too well. Raukee stared at the closed pod for a number of seconds before closing his eyes. They were years apart, but they could understand each other perfectly. Naruto was lonely, no question about it. He longed for the touch of another of his race, but he would never speak it or show it. Giving her up, was only further proof of this. He wanted what was best for his people, but most importantly, he wanted to be loved by someone… human.
"Mount up. We deploy in a few minutes." He ordered. They all nodded before loading up. Raukee's pod closed up, and the last thing he saw was the ghostly image of Kushina giving him a curt nod. Naruto had put her in the ship, a sign of good faith in the current Shipmaster Chichi's ability, even if he had a girly name.
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Five minutes into the flight, Naruto wondered if he was doing the right thing. They had hurt him, hated him, and tried to kill him. He could just as easily call it off, but he wanted answers. He needed them. He needed to know just why the Kyuubi attacked. He wanted to know why he was chosen out of so many children. He needed to know, even if it hurt him in the end. Whoever was alive would have to answer for these questions, even if they knew nothing of it.
He felt a moment of zero-gee before the pods' supporting artificial gravity kicked in. The pods had a gravity shock absorber to them. Unlike UNSC drop pods, they didn't have rockets to slow them down. Instead, they relied on keeping the person alive by using a type of gravity that kept them in the center of the pod until the pod's hatch was kicked open. These advanced pods also had heath shields to protect them from reentry burns. The coolest feature was actually the gravity part. This odd gravity didn't just keep them stationary, but it also protected their organs from the bone jarring stop. Usually they weren't used for these kinds of drops, but if times called for it, they would be used. There was also a high mortality rate because of these things as well. Regret had 'brilliantly' thought of them after seeing the USNC do the same thing.
Still, Naruto was used to these things. He always enjoyed the ride, namely because it was just him, no communication, no one to bother him, and no one to yell at him for letting his mind wonder while on duty. Two minutes of heaven for him actually.
Naruto felt the tingle of the dead stop, and the hiss of gasses while the special gravity kicked off before the pod hatch was blown open. Sunlight flooded his vision, and he blinked twice before he jumped out. The first thing he saw was a large mountain. The next thing he saw was a Flood infected human wielding a katana. He jumped forward, slashed it in half, and turned to see who else survived. His strike team survived, so he was happy. The Spartans survived something he was, for the moment, rather happy about. The other humans survived as well, but he really didn't care. What got his attention however, were the hundreds of humans, all of them dressed in rags.
The roar of anti-gravity systems got his attention. He stared at the large Covenant Cruiser above them. It had to be a Jiralhanae ship. There were no other Sangheili ships down here. So why were the Jiralhanae coming down here? They had no reason unless they wanted to just blow Halo to hell. No. They had a reason. They always had a reason. They were only motivated by greed and the lust for more power and rank. They were here for a reason. But with the fighting in space right now…
"Raukee, what's with the Cruiser?" Raukee shrugged his shoulders while scouting the area out for more enemies to burn. The strike team took up defensive positions while the humans talked to each other. Naruto stared at them as they all looked them over. Some of them whispered to each other while pointing at them. Others just looked at them with stars in their eyes, believing them to be heroes. The cries of the Flood got his attention, and Naruto cursed as he looked up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of Flood infected humans came running down the mountain at them. Women, men, children, all of them came running at them with weapons in hand. Some of them weren't even possessed.
"Burn them all!" Raukee shouted as he opened fire. Naruto rushed up the mountain side, his hands gripping the bar of the scythe tightly. Zorro was right beside him. Both of them slashed their way to the top, never breaking stride as they watched the Cruiser lower towards the top of the mountain.
Now it made sense. It was a Flood controlled ship.
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Rtas hated waiting more than he hated the Jiralhanae. He hated it so much that he wanted to strangle something right now. He was a Sangheili of many things. Patience just wasn't really one of them. Oh he had patience, but that was only for waiting for the enemy to show up. He could wait for days just for his target to show up so he could kill them. Waiting for a ride to show up was different though. He felt odd just waiting for a ride to show up for some reason. It just felt so out of place for him. He was use to making others wait for him, not the other way around. Still, he had to admit that it was rather annoying giving what he had to endure at the moment.
He looked over his shoulder, and snorted. Miranda Keys, the female that had been forced into activating the holy rings stood beside Thel, still clutching the Icon tightly in her tiny human hands. The Oracle floated around her and a dark skinned man named Johnson who, for the most part, kept his gaze locked with Thel. The two seemed to have a small friendship somehow. Thel wasn't talking to him, and neither was Johnson, but the way they looked at each other made it pretty clear that they were thanking the other in silent messages.
Sparks hissed in front of him, and Rtas closed his eyes. This was why they were waiting for their ride. The Scarab had been destroyed when Johnson left it to come help Thel and the Council survivors kill Tartarus and shut the ring down before it could fire. This left them with only one other means of transportation at the moment. A Phantom had appeared to drop in more Jiralhanae troops, unaware that Tartarus was killed, and Rtas had boarded it in order to take it over. The pilot had wittingly crashed it into the building, forcing Thel, Johnson, and Miranda to jump into the ocean bellow to get to safety. Rtas was covered with scorch marks from his crash, and was also rather annoyed at the fact that when a second one came down, it was shot out of the sky by two idiot blue armored Sangheili warriors. They could have just dropped down on it from above, jacked it, and gotten them all to safety, but no; they had to blow it up.
So now they were all waiting for a ride to come pick them up. They had no heavy weapons to help them take down anything that might come after them, as Rtas, in a moment of total blind anger, destroyed the two Banshees. He was pretty angry with himself, but he was nonetheless, annoyed, composed, and ready to get back on a ship that he could control. The only thing stopping him right now was two things. The first being, that he had no ship. The second being he currently had no way to get up to said ship, and get back into the fight.
He took in a deep breath, controlled his anger, and opened his eyes. The hum of anti-gravity pods quickly got his attention like a women's voice to a man after being in jail for years on end without seeing a woman. He quickly spotted it, smiled, glanced over at the other Sangheili, and then to the humans. He could see the others standing near the water's edge, some whispering to the others about something he'd rather not know, while others just glared at them.
A Covenant Cruiser appeared, and his eyes widened. A plasma sword wouldn't reach that. A plasma pistol wouldn't even make its shields spring up. And a needler round sure as hell wouldn't reach it. The only thing they could do was pray that it was a Sangheili controlled ship, or they were dead.
A Phantom flew out of the hanger bay, and he breathed a sigh of relief. If it was a Jiralhanae controlled ship, he could jack the Phantom, pick up his forces here, head up to the ship, take it by force, and start killing the idiot Jiralhanae that made a mockery of him along with that big hairy bastard Minashu.
The Phantom nosed up, slowed down, and dropped its ramp, revealing Chichi, the red armored Sangheili in the aft of the ship. He gave him a curt nod as everyone began to walk in, or in the Oracles' case, float in. Rtas walked up to the pilot, placed a hand on his shoulder, and nodded his thanks as he took off towards the sky. They flew up towards the ship at high speeds. Rtas seemed to be grinning as they did.
"What is the status of the fleet?" Thel asked. Chichi smiled at him, or at least that's what it looked like to Johnson.
"Our forces our winning, but we must head to where Uzumaki is, to help him defend his people." Rtas turned around, his eyes wide with shock. He was slightly alarmed to hear that more of his people were alive at the moment then he was that the pilot had forgotten to enable all safety protocols. Had he seen this, he might have beaten the Sangheili down, stripped him of his rank, and killed him for his arrogance. Chichi continued though, showing his shock as well. "He has teamed up with several of the humans that the Jiralhanae captured, and are holding tight until we can return to pick them up. They are holding their own against the Flood." Rtas closed his eyes. He quietly walked up to Chichi, opened his eyes, and then punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground after launching him five feet in the air.
"You fool! You should have just picked them up first! If any of them are dead when we return, I will have your head!" He hissed angrily. Thel glared at Chichi as well. "Get us to them right now! I want to pick them up right now! The Flood is not to be trifled with."
The ship docked smoothly. The ramps opened, and Rtas was the first out. He began screaming orders at the crew as they lazily moved around to check the ship out. He screamed for them to get ready for battle while heading to the bridge of his ship now. Thel remained behind with the humans as the pilot remained sitting. It would take them only ten minutes to reach them at max speeds. There was no point in getting out. Five strikes teams boarded their Phantom and two more as they prepared to help out.
Thel looked Johnson over as he stole a new beam rifle from a black armored Sangheili. He almost laughed at it when the team leader shook his head and motioned to Thel. It was clear that they all thought the humans were under Thel's protection, which they probably were now.
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Naruto was slammed to the ground as a Flood infected human tackled him to the ground from behind. He rolled over to his back, grabbed the face of the creature, and threw him away. The body was stabbed by a large rock, and died almost instantly. Naruto jumped to his feet, growled something out, and looked around. Zorro was manhandling eight infected humans and holding two of none infected humans with one hand. One was missing an arm while the other was intact. The one with one arm kicked him in the back of the leg. Zorro glanced back at Naruto, and pleaded to kill him. Naruto nodded, and watched him throw them both over the edge of the mountain they were in.
Naruto was gripped from behind, and he growled as he kicked the human away. Humans were working with the Flood. More importantly, these people were his own. Why were they helping the Flood? What could they gain from working with the parasite?
Two more infected humans came running at him, and Naruto growled at them before jumping over them, twisting, and cutting both of them in half at their chests, destroying the little Flood creature. He jumped back just a wave of chipped and rusty kunai landed down in front of him. Three humans dropped in front of him, gave single hand signs to others, and began circling while Flood infected humans waited for them to finish him off. Naruto sidestepped the first attack, twisted around the second, and jumped over the third before going on the offensive. He kicked the first one in the shoulder, spun, placed the energy scythe at his midsection, and pulled back, cutting him in half. The second one turned to raise a rusty katana, and felt heat wash over his face as Naruto drove the energy scythe into his face. The third one came a running at him, his rusty katana held over his head. Naruto waited for him to get close before becoming a blur as he ducked under his attack and cut him in half.
The Infected humans came running as the mountain top exploded with a shimmer of scarlet raining down from the top of it. Hundreds of Infected Humans, Sangheili, Unggoy, Kig-Yar, Lekgolo pairs, and Jiralhanae began running for the bulbous ship as it came down into the large opening it had made. A Gravlift activated, and Naruto and Zorro both growled in anger as it began taking up the infected soldiers.
Naruto cut down the infected humans in his way as he began running towards the Gravlift. Naruto turned to see if Zorro was following him. No. Zorro was motioning for him to leave while he continued to kill them. He would cover him; keep the numbers from growing while he took out the ship. Gravity pulled at his stomach before he was lifted onto the ship. The minute he was inside, he quickly regretted it. Hundreds of infected soldiers turned to face all, all of them holding plasma rifles.
Naruto quickly became invisible, shut down his main power systems for his suit with the code word, and then ran towards the reactor. He never once thought he would have to know how to disable one, but now he was. He was happy that Rtas had beaten this part of his training into him, though he could have done without the whip that he threatened to use on him when he slacked off.
Naruto ran around the corner, stopped, checked his motion sensor, growled, and began running as hundreds of blimps appeared on his radar. They were all heading for him. They knew he was here, and they knew where he was going. It wasn't rocket science. All they had to do was just head to the most valuable part of the ship, lay down cover fire so thick it would be impossible for even a Lekgolo pair to get through, and protect the core until they got where he needed to be.
He ran straight towards another place he could set it off: The Bridge. He doubted it would be heavily protected, but that was also something he would have to expect from them. Naruto raced straight past a set of humans without alerting them, dove through a corner to avoid an infected human, and ran straight into the Bridge. The doors had been open, but as soon as he entered they closed behind him. The lights were completely out. The Bridges that Naruto had always been on at least had some light, just not a lot of it. But this Bridge had no light at all.
"So you're Kyuubi." Naruto tensed. Someone was here, and they weren't setting off his motion tracker or setting off a heat signature. Lights flickered on, and an old woman with robes sat at the commanders' chair. She turned it to face him, a smile playing on her wrinkled face. "I can't see you, but I know you're here, Kyuubi child, or should I just call you Naruto? I think that name was the one given to you by your bitch of a mother."
Naruto tension subsided, replaced with anger. "Who are you?"
She waved his question off. "You know how many attempts on your life I set in motion?" Naruto didn't reply. "I set eighteen attempts out on your life, and only one almost succeeded. I'm sure you remember the night you were burned alive. Had it not been for those peace loving bastards, Kakashi and Hiruzen, you might be dead right now. You would be out of our way." Naruto took a step forward, his cloak vanishing with just a thought. She smiled. "You've grown up I see. You matured from a tiny devil infant into a full blown demon."
Naruto reached for his katanas, began to unsheathe them, but suddenly stopped. He had questions to ask. He could kill her later. He kicked the door controls. Sparks flew from the destroyed pad, and she sighed. "Why was I chosen to hold Kyuubi?"
She snorted at him. "Like I know what that bastard of a man had in mind when he chose you as its host. I don't really give a damn?"
Naruto's grip on his katanas tightened. "Why did the people ignore the orders of the Yondaime Hokage? Why did they hate me for something that wasn't my fault?"
"You're a demon, what better reason to hate you. You're not human. You're just a demon in human flesh. That's all you are, and that's all you'll ever be." She paused for a moment, a sly grin forming on her face as she reached for something in her chair. "You were born a demon on the night of the attack. You took the life of our beloved Hokage. You killed his wife. You killed your own parents on the night of your birth. You are a demon, just like those demons that attacked and destroyed our world."
Naruto stared at her. "…stupid…" She tilted her head a bit.
"What?" She raised a plasma pistol towards his head. She began charging it for a full blast to his face as he looked down at the floor.
"I was fighting for our people. But now I see that I was wrong. I should have just accepted my good fortune that everyone was gone. I never had friends. Everyone was always trying to kill me. The only person I could rely on was me from the day I was born. But now I see the truth. No one cared about me, not you, not the woman, not the children, not even the shinobi that had sworn to protect the village from threats inside and out! I was fighting to avenge our people, but what I should have done… WAS JUST FUCKING, KILL ALL OF YOU MOTHER FUCKERS WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE BACK HOME!"
"Yes… you should have." She squeezed the trigger.
A green blob of plasma flew towards Naruto. Naruto moved his head to the side, evading the round. The woman had wide eyes as Naruto lunged forward, both weapons at the ready. With one clean cut, he cut her body in half from head to crotch. She fell to the floor twitching. Naruto sheathed both weapons, and walked towards the control panel. He typed in a few commands, and klaxons began blaring loudly. Naruto had activated all power from the core, and set it to meltdown sequence. The reactor would blow up, killing everything onboard the ship. His people weren't his people anymore.
Clapping sounded from within the darker parts of the Bridge. Naruto twisted to the sound, gripped his sword, and glared at the figure that now stood before him. A fully healed Minashu was standing in the shadows, half visible, and half not.
"I didn't think you it in you to kill them. You're far more coldblooded then I am." He walked towards Naruto as he saw his conflict raging inside him. He reached for his hammer, sighing contently as he did. "I always knew you were an abomination. I just didn't know how far it went. For you to kill your own people… why that's… just not right." He swung the hammer, and hit the dazed Naruto, sending him crashing into the bulkhead. Naruto slumped to the ground. He wasn't moving. "I am going to kill you however. I'm going to kill you for all the pain, suffering, and humiliation I've had endure because the Prophets Mercy and Regret chose to use you and your bastard family, the Sangheili, instead of me and my proud race, the Jiralhanae!" He grabbed Naruto by the head, and slammed him into the bulkhead again and again until there was a long cracked in his helmet. "I want you to suffer."
Naruto's head jerked up, three-tails suddenly forming. "Go fuck yourself." Naruto punched him in the face, ripping his head back with the blow before kicking him away. "Fuck you! Fuck you! FUCK YOU!" Naruto jumped on him, stabbing him in the stomach with one of his sword. Minashu grunted in pain, backhanded Naruto away, removed the sword, and tossed it am. Naruto jumped out of the way as it stabbed into the metal all the way to the guard.
Naruto ran at Minashu on all fours. He tackled him through the control chair, slammed him into the bulkhead, and began to pummel him with his fists as the alarms suddenly sounded louder. Minashu punched Naruto in the head, sending him crashing through the control panel. Chunks of metal stuck to his suit as he screamed out, "There is no God!" while running at Minashu with a white suit. He slammed a fist into his gut, forcing bile, blood, and a tooth flying from his mouth from the force of the punch. Chunks of his armor chipped, cracked, and fell off of his body as he doubled over from the blow. Naruto punched him again, this time lifting him off of the ground. He punched him again, again, and again until Minashu finally managed to break from of this cycle by head butting Naruto in the face. His helmet cracked a bit more, and then fell off.
Minashu stared at him. He had never seen this before. He had heard the rumors about how it changed his appearance, but he had never really seen it. Naruto looked just plain evil. His hair was now bushy and solid red. Both eyes were red with slits in them, like a Tekonate on Minashu's home world. His whiskers were thick and feral, making him even more frightening in appearance.
Naruto roared angrily as he dropped back down to all fours, roaring angrily as he dug both arms into the hard metal floor. Bulges appeared in front of his arms, and Minashu cursed as he watched them slowly, but rather fast actually, crawl towards him. He jumped away just as they exploded out of the floor, trying desperately to grab him. He had seen what those monstrous arms could do, and he had no intention of being ripped in half when he came this far.
Both arms remained where they were, but two more arms appeared from them at the wrist, and raced towards him. He swung his hammer. It just went through the hands, and he was caught. He squirmed and howled in pain as he was crushed back Naruto slammed him into the ground. He let go of him, retracted his arms, and ran at him. "I'll kill you with my hands!" He tackled him through the dented door, crushing three humans that were trying to fix it. Minashu grabbed one of them, hoping to use it as a shield. Naruto drove his hand through his chest, and punched him in the face. The man slumped forward, dead. Minashu let go of the body, letting Naruto take him, and ran away. "You're not getting away!" Naruto threw the corpse away as he began to give chase.
Minashu ran straight to the Gravlift, and took it down after typing a few codes in. Naruto lunged at him, and tackled him as he began to go down. The two broke free of the Gravlift's effects, and plummeted towards the stone floor bellow. Minashu was struck hard in the back by the fall, but managed to kick Naruto off of his body, stand up, and grip his hammer tightly. Naruto crashed beside a human that was trying to limp away. Naruto stepped on his head, crushing his skull with a sickening crack.
Zorro was behind Minashu, and trying to do the same. When Naruto saw him; his eyes widened in fear as Minashu grabbed him by the neck. Zorro was one of his people, a friend, a family member, and a comrade. Minashu broke his neck, and threw him away with a grin. Naruto's eyes began to glow red as he slumped forward. He looked behind him, and saw a human with a stick. They had stabbed him in the back with it. His armor was breaking apart. His torso armor broke apart, revealing his sleeveless kimono shirt, stained with blood. Naruto gripped him by the head, tossed him in one direction, and then ripped it back in the other direction, tearing his head and spinal cord from his body.
"MINASHU!" Naruto dropped to all fours as a doom of dark energy surged around him. The area began to heat up. Infected soldiers began running away as they began to catch fire. Naruto roared loudly before a beam of dark red light shot into the sky, shooting a hole in the roof of the mountain. Debris and dust filled his vision before he jumped back when a solid red hand slammed into the ground. The dust was blown away, and Minashu gasped at what he saw. Naruto was solid red, almost like he was looking at just a body made of blood. White eyes stared back at him as a white light began to appear from his mouth. He flung his head back, and roared so loud that cracks appeared in the walls. Chunks of stone began falling from the sky.
Minashu took a step back, and Naruto lunged at him at incredible speeds. The alarms from the ship got louder. Minashu ducked under a swipe from his clawed hand, grunted, and swung his hammer into his face. The blow sent his head reeling backwards, and Minashu was able to have a taste of victory before he saw something that horrified the hell out of him. A second body appeared, this one forming from the back, taking the form of Naruto. It lashed out with a swipe of its massive paw, and missed cleanly. Minashu jumped back, kicked a brute shot into his hands, took aim, and fired. The two rounds smacked cleanly into Naruto's gut. He roared back in anger.
"Why!? WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY?!" Minashu ran at him, his hammer over his head. He dropped it down on Naruto's head. The blow smashed him into the ground, making a large crater. Minashu leapt back, fear forming on his face. Another explosion sounded, formed, and everything from dust to falling chunks of metal and stone clouded his vision. This time, Naruto had six-tails, a skeleton structure forming around him, and a large ball of energy forming in front of his bone maw.
Naruto swallowed the ball, and opened his mouth after his body expanded and formed a crater. He opened his mouth, and thunder and lightning struck the area. The ship was blown into the side of the cave from the force of the blast. Stones fell from the sky. A trench lead the way of the blast that had formed, and showed the destructive power of its self by leaving a hole that lead through a kilometer of stone to the outside world.
Naruto leered at the hole with a big grin until Minashu appeared out of the corner of his vision. He had jumped off the edge of the cliff to stay alive, evade the blast, and was now back-up on his feet. Naruto shook with rage before watching him flee like a scared child. Naruto prepared to give to chase but stopped to stare at the ship. The alarms had stopped screaming. A bright light struck him, and everything went dark.
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From the Shadow of Intent, it wasn't hard to see the blast from the destroyed Cruiser. Rtas had his eyes narrowed on it. It was odd how it had been destroyed. It was a meltdown for sure, but the Flood was smart enough to know how to fix it unless a strike team had done it on purpose. He had high hopes that were the case. He would personally thank each team member for doing such a daring thing without being ordered. It was the stuff that made legends of the Sangheili clans.
But there was something odd that he couldn't shake: A fear that was beginning to surface from deep down in his gut. He felt the chilling effect that had happen to him several times in the past when faced with something or someone far stronger than himself.
He braced himself for the shockwave that resulted from the explosion, ordered them to come to a dead halt, and watched as the debris came raining down. They were over the humans, and were able to protect them with their shields as the small chunks of earth and stone came falling back down to the ground. The mountain collapsed in on its self. Dust flew out of it, and billowed over the humans as three Phantom departed from the ship. As the dust cloud picked up, a loud roar sounded from within the mountain.
The Shipmaster and his crew, along with Miranda all looked at each other with fear in their eyes. "What was that?" Miranda asked fearful. Spark looked between her and the Shipmaster before looking at the largest of the screens in front of them. Two red eyes shimmered in the darkness under a chunk of rock. They glared straight up at them. "I think we need to move away from that mountain." She advised.
Rtas just stared at the eyes as they narrowed on their ship. The eyes moved, and a small red sphere appeared just below the eyes. "Move the ship." He whispered calmly. The small red dot got bigger. "Move the ship. Move the ship now!" He screamed as the tiny sphere grew, and then came screaming up at them. The ship flew into the air, nose up, and turned to the right to avoid the blast. The once tiny red dot was now the size a three story house, and flying straight up at them at alarming speeds. The ship shuddered, klaxons blared loudly, and the ship settled into a steady flight plan as the sphere of energy passed.
"Shields are down! Two of the three Phantoms were shot down!" A Sangheili cried in horror.
"But we didn't even get hit?!" Miranda shouted in confusion. "Did we get hit?!"
Kushina appeared, translating for Miranda as Rtas explained the situation. "No. But we need not get hit by that kind of weapon," he whispered. He closed his eyes sadly. "Five years ago, while on a testing planet for our new Scarab designs, Naruto was attacked, and had to watch as his friend was killed by a Jiralhanae during an assassination attempt on his life. He lost control of his emotion, and a six-tailed form emerged from his anger. A skeleton structure appeared around his body, mutating him into something that scared even me at that time. It took him ten days to return to normal. In that time, he took down nearly ten Scarabs with blasts of lesser power. I saw them not even come close to the blasts that would consume the closest of the Scarabs and still take damage. The force is unimaginable. Our shields will not last against such an opposing force." Kushina translated sadly.
The mountain exploded into tiny pieces of stone, some no bigger than a house. Miranda took a deep breath. So he's got more power than a Nuke?! How can such a power exist in such a being?
A large head appeared from the billowing dust cloud. Red fur, two glowing red eyes, nine-tails, and a massive paw that was crushing the remains of the mountain side that had yet to give away to his power: It was the Kyuubi.
Forerunners, help us all.
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Johnson shook his head to clear the ringing in his ears. He was half aware that he was still able to count to three, a good sign. It meant he wasn't dead… yet. He was also half aware that the Arbiter was trying to talk to him. He couldn't hear him over the loud roar of something in the mountains, the ringing in his ears, he the screaming Elites that were pointing at something. When he looked over to see what they were pointing at, his cigar, which he had put in for various reasons, all of them listed under stressed out and nervous habit, fell to the floor of the ship. Before them were two very large, very angry looking, and very scary, red eyes.
And they looked pissed.
The maw opened up, a loud roar sounding just a second later, sending saliva, chunks of earth, and broken bodies flying straight at them. The Phantom rose up, avoiding the flying debris, but was hit by the fowl stench of rotting corpses and teeth that had never been brushed. The smell alone was enough to break enemy lines in Johnson's eyes. It had to have been the worst thing he'd ever smelt in his life.
The Phantom spun around as the roar forced down the ground. The anti-gravity pods saved them from a horrific crash at the last second as they roared against the strain of their descent. Dust billowed out from under them as a large paw, roughly two times bigger than the Phantom, came plummeting down towards them. The Phantom cried as the pilot forced it to the left, momentarily getting a glance of the frightened humans and Sangheili warriors that could only watch in horror as the large fox walked out from under the mountain.
The ship shook as the beast walked over them, not stopping to give them a second glace. The phantom came down beside the team of humans, Sangheili, and survivors as all Flood activity came to a sudden halt. Raul came up to them, giving a quick nod to Thel. Sasuke ran up to the Phantom as well, spying Johnson inside shaking his head. He hadn't gotten the ringing out of his ears just yet.
(Getting Away with Murder by Papa Roach was used for this fight. I think it's a good mech vs Kyuubi song.)
The scream of thrusters got their attention before anything could be done. Five Scarabs appeared, then two more appeared, and then two more appeared. Nine Scarabs walked around Kyuubi as it stretched its tired muscles out. It gave them only a single glance. The Scarabs looked like toys to it actually. The Scarabs stood no taller than fifty-seven meters tall. Kyuubi was roughly one hundred tall. He could step on one, crush it, and play with it if he wanted to.
The nine Scarabs quickly began charging their main weapons as Kyuubi crouched down low, ready to strike them with all he had. His nine-tails came down to the floor as he waited for something. As the first Scarab opened fire, Kyuubi pounced on the one in front of him, smashing like a watermelon with his full weight slamming down on it. Its legs struggled in the beginning, but gave up in the end. It went down without even being able to fire its weapon. Its crew of Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy were crushed inside of it, unable to escape or move the reactor redlined, expanded, and exploded into thunder and heat.
Kyuubi leapt away before this could happen, and landed down in front of another, raising a massive paw to slap it away. It fired into the shoulder of Kyuubi's left leg, and it went down while swiping its flower petal cannon away. Sparks flew into the air as the Scarab fought to stay on its four legs as it was hurdled into the air and almost onto its side from the attack. Kyuubi howled in angry over being shot, its massive wound healing before them all as it continued to roar at them. He opened its maw in front of the damage Scarab, a red glow forming in its mouth.
Another Scarab opened fire, this time hitting him in the side, near his ribs. Kyuubi's body jerked with the blast, its body slinging around from the hit that melted its flesh and releasing the sphere of red energy as it roared. The tiny sphere of energy flew into the face of the Scarab that hit him, and destroyed it in a flash of thunder and heat. Nothing remained from it when the doom of light faded. Kyuubi roared angrily at it just in case before the other Scarabs charged in at their max speeds, the closest one being able to ram him straight to the ground. Kyuubi rolled his feet, roared at them as they charged their main weapons, took aim, and fired. Kyuubi jumped above the blast, landing down on two of them, both being able to support his weight as they equally shared the strain of his massive size.
The one with no cannon took aim with its Anti-Air weapons, fired a few charges, and was forced to cool down. The plasma rounds slammed into back legs, and it crashed to the ground. Kyuubi roared angrily as it got up, charging its red energy for a full frontal blast. The Scarabs began to split up, but the two he had landed on lingered together, their joints shot from his crash landing on them, and their legs near broken from the strain of his weight. He opened his maw, fired, and roared as the large ball of red energy tore through them, making them disappear in a cloud of vaporized metal and glassed stone.
The damaged Scarab began charging him, its massive turret firing blobs of blue plasma. Kyuubi jumped to the side, avoiding the weapon, charged, and slammed into it. It toppled over, began billowing out smoke, and began trying to get back on its feet. Kyuubi placed a paw on its belly to keep it from getting up, and fired a single shot of red energy into its gut at no charge. He walked away from it as it exploded behind him, a strange glint in his eyes as he roared while swinging his nine-tails around. They struck the ground, causing ripples to form while chunks of stone and earth were thrown into the air. Mountains rose and fell from its tails. Two more Scarabs went down when large chunks of earth struck them from underneath, rupturing the seals on their reactors, spilling white plasma onto the ground as they began going critical.
Kyuubi roared at the sky before shaking his head, scrapping a paw against the ground, and charging the last four Scarabs that were now sticking together. They charged their weapons, took aim, and fired. Two missed as Kyuubi jumped to avoid, but the last two had waited for him to do this, and fired at him. They struck him in the chest, and he flipped back onto the ground hard. The others began charging their weapons, hoping to down him completely as he got back up on shaky feet. Blood fell to the ground like a waterfall as its body healed at remarkable speeds. However… it wasn't fast enough to heal the damage being down.
Kyuubi glared at them as they opened fire. He jumped to the side, but the two that had hit him were now fully charged and fired again. This time he evaded them, and slammed into the large wall beside him. He caught a glimmer of shadows as humans and Sangheili went running through it. He paid them no mind. He could kill them later. Kyuubi charged them, slammed into one, and toppled it over before tearing it to pieces with its maw. Metal stuck into its gums, forcing blood and teeth to fall to the ground. The reactor was breached, and it exploded into a flash of vaporized metal. Chunks of it came down on Kyuubi as he raced towards another one. One piece struck him in the head, a leg piece, and sent him crashing to the ground before going under one of them. He stood up, using all of his strength to do so, and then tossed him away with his tails. It didn't fly far, and it crashed next to its brother.
Kyuubi opened his mouth, charging up a ball of red energy as he did so, and fired at point blank range. The blast destroyed all three of them in a flash of thunder and light. Kyuubi watched for any more before roaring happily as it turned to face the humans. Looking up at the top of the place, it jumped on top of the structure, listened for its prey, jumped off, and stared straight at them before something hot tore through the side of its body, knocking it down to the ground hard.
(Song ends)
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The survivors, humans, and Sangheili all took deep breaths as they fought to regain their breathing. A long run, very long run actually, to the wall, through the structure, and the evasion of infected soldiers had taken their toll on them. The survivors were all screaming in fear while the Spartans just regained their breathing. Somehow, they actually seemed okay with the fact that an aged old demon, its power impure and immense, was now chasing them down. The ODST had already admitted to shitting their pants while the Marine just mocked them. The Sangheili seemed worried, really worried about the safety of Naruto actually.
Dust fell from the ceiling, and everyone held their breaths as something begin purring from above.
"Please tell me that's a Scarab." Tucker cried in a whisper. For an ODST, aka Helljumper, he was rather terrified of facing Kyuubi. Of course his job description detailed a lot of things he could deal with. Scarabs, enemy ships, big enemies, small enemies, but not a single part of the paperwork would ever talk about dealing with Kyuubi. If it did, then he was screwed, royally. A red blur landed down on the ground, and looked up at them with its maw opened. "Of fu-"
-a beam of scarlet light slammed into the side of Kyuubi, knocking him to the ground hard. Tucker looked around nervously before spotting the savior. Four Covenant Cruisers with one more appearing out of Slipspace had saved their lives. Their turrets and lateral lines heated to a dull red, making them look like angry eyes that glared down at Kyuubi as it got up on shaky feet. Blood was now flowing freely from all of his wounds. All of them were healing, but very slowly. His movements were sluggish and uncoordinated. He was dying.
Raukee looked down when he heard a voice. His eyes widened in horror. Minashu…
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Minashu couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe it. Nothing was stopping him. Nothing was stopping the abomination of life. The Scarabs failed to kill him. They hurt him badly, but didn't kill him. They may have slowed him down, but they failed to even kill him. A ship explosion at close range hadn't even hurt him apparently. He had been far enough away from the blast to survive, not get thrown all the way to the ground, and outrun the Kyuubi to the wall while dodging the entire fight. Now he was forced to watch as his last resort of a plan kicked in. Kill him with airpower. There was no way he could take out a target in the sky.
"Kill him! Hit the abomination with everything you have! He's wounded!" Minashu screamed to the Shipmasters. They opened fire again. The air will lit up with scarlet and blue plasma that flew down at the Kyuubi. They tore through his body with ease, and he whimpered this time as he charged up a single orb of destruction. He fired just as another volley of plasma tore the side of his body. His attack took out two Cruisers, damaging another one, and leaving the other two intact with full shields and only a frightened crew.
Kyuubi got back to his feet, shaking as he did, and slowly began to move as the burns done to his body slowly healed. He shook his head to clear the blood that was clouding his vision. As he did, his tails slammed into the ground, raising mountains and destroying a few until he finished shaking his head. He took a step forward, glared at the damaged Cruiser that was trying to stay afloat now, and limp away. Kyuubi howled at it as he charged up another blast. Plasma tore through his side, knocking him to the ground, causing him to release the charged up blast along the ground. A long ditch lead the way to the wall where it tore through the entire side it hit. A two kilometer hole was left in the side of it. It almost hit the survivors.
The limping ship slowly turned around, hoping to get away. A volley of plasma tore it apart as Holy Day appeared from a Slipspace. A single Banshee flier was released as it sped towards Shadow of Intent, firing at the enemy as it did until it was safely beside Shadow.
Damn it! Why?! Why won't they just let me kill him in peace?!
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"Get the women and children on first." Johnson repeated as he waved the survivors on one of the many Phantoms. The Marines, ODSTs, Spartan III's, Sangheili, and the fighting force of the Shinobi survivors all helped load up the women and children on the Phantoms. As the Phantom closed its side hatches, it pulled away from the wall, Thel making sure they were all safely inside before they began their quick journey up to Shadow of Intent. Johnson remained behind to help load up the next Phantom.
Johnson looked up at the massive Kyuubi that had just jumped on top of one of the last two Cruisers, opened its maw, and fire through the core of ship before jumping off, sending it to the ground hard and fast just as it exploded into fiery bits of organic looking metal that pinged off the wall. The last Cruiser opened fire on him as he hit the ground, knocking him down hard. The Kyuubi cried in pain, whimpered, and then froze in place for some reason just as another salvo of plasma was launched. Johnson didn't know why it did, and to be honest, he didn't really care.
A new Phantom appeared, opened its hatch, and the two Sangheili in black armor began ushering the remainder of the women and children into the aft of the ship just as the Kyuubi exploded into a cloud of smoke. Johnson looked at the cloud of smoke, his eyes wide with confusion as he saw two figures fall to the ground below as the last Cruiser was targeted and destroyed. Sasuke shrugged his shoulders when Johnson gave him a strange look.
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The Banshee flier dipped, rolled, and boosted its way towards the Kyuubi as it was slammed into the ground by a volley of plasma from the five Cruisers. It fired a retaliation blast back at them, killing two while crippling another. The pilot took his chance. He boosted it to max speed, dipped down, and flew straight at its head from behind as the Kyuubi began to stand up. He jumped out of it at the last second, hit the soft fur of its body where it had yet to be burned, and rolled to his feet and running up its neck, not once breaking stride.
The Kyuubi jumped into the air, and he was suddenly, face-first on its back from the force. He gripped its fur tightly as it began to fall. He looked up in time to see the third Cruiser being taken out by Holy Day as it flew overhead. He stood up, shook his head, and ran towards the head with a three-pronged device in his hands. The Kyuubi jumped again, this time dropping down on the last of the two Cruisers, and clawed and fired at its hull before jumping away. The ship slammed into the ground, becoming a ball of fire before Kyuubi touched down.
Plasma slammed into his side, sending him to the ground, and straight into the wall. Kyuubi went limp for a moment, slowly began to stir, and then got up on his front legs before he managed to get to his head. A salvo of plasma was released from the Cruiser when he slammed the device into the temple of Kyuubi, forcing his eyes wide open in shock. Darkness washed over the Sangheili. He could taste metal in his mouth, and then he felt nothing, tasted nothing, and heard nothing.
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The Sangheili opened his eyes, his flight suit gone, replaced by his SpecOps black armor he wore. He checked to see if his weapons made it. His energy swords made it. He was at least happy about that.
He stood up, standing only a few inches in water, and looked around. It looked like a dungeon to him. There war old prison bars lining the long corridor. At the end, a red light glowed brightly, almost as if he were staring straight at the white light to heaven. He could hear the sounds of battle going on behind him and in front of him. He gripped the bar of energy weapon, closed his eyes, and then ran towards the light.
"Get away from my son!" A voice shouted.
Laughter filled the air, forcing him to move faster towards the warring voices. "Try to make me, Yondaime!" A deep voice laughed.
Grunts sounded from within the red light as he closed in on the source of the fighting. He rushed into the red light, igniting his weapon as he did, and closed his eyes as he was blinding by the other whelming red light. He came to a stop in ankle deep water, opened his eyes, and gasped at what he saw. Suspended in the air by surging red chakra was Naruto, stripped of most of his armor, bleeding so uncontrollably that he should be dead, and plugged with red chakra tendrils that feed him red light to heal his body.
The Sangheili looked down to where the fighting was taking place. There, in the corner, was the man that Naruto had told him was his father. Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, was fighting with the legendary demon, Kyuubi, and losing. He was pinned to the wall by one of his massive paws, unable to move, and unable to help his son. He could only glare at the legendary demon as it continually mocked him. The Kyuubi was free, his entire body sticking out of the cage he had been imprisoned in.
He looked at the large demon that continued to mock Minato, looked back up at Naruto, and then charged the demon with his energy sword ready to kill him. Neither was aware he was inside Naruto's mind until he landed on Kyuubi's nose, glared at him, and stabbed him between the eyes. Kyuubi howled in pain as he let go of Minato to try and swat him away. He was unsuccessful at first, but eventually managed to knock him to the ground. He growled as he stood back up, picking up his weapon as he did, and charged him head long again.
Minato watched him rush the beast, his eyes wide with shock. He regained his focus seconds later, a sly smile forming on his face. Kyuubi roared at both of them as the Sangheili stabbed him in the back after being able to climb on top of him while Minato summoned tri-bladed kunais, tossed them, and began slashing him all over. In his mindscape, Kyuubi had no real power. It was all an illusion to make his host believe he had power. His holy light was real, and could hurt you, but without a body, he had no power. He was currently just trying to transfer the rest of his power into Naruto's body.
The Sangheili dropped down in front of his left eye, and stabbed him in the eye. Kyuubi howled in agony while Minato appeared beside his son. He gripped the seal on his stomach, smiled sadly, and reversed it. Screams echoed from all around, and Kyuubi stared at him in confusion. Minato had been a man of many things, but stupid wasn't one of them. Kyuubi knew that much about him. He quickly began pulling his red energy back from Naruto's body out of fear he might be working with his plan. It took him a full two seconds to realize what had been done. They had reversed his energy flow so that when Kyuubi pulled back it would get sucked into his body, and explode out of it.
Kyuubi quickly began to panic. He hadn't planned for this. He hadn't planned for either of them to be here. Had he known he wouldn't have done it, but now the dice were thrown, set in motion, and unable to stop. He laughed at it all. He had been tricked. Had he kept up his attempt to posses' boy, keep his self alive by keeping the boy alive, he would have gained freedom. But that was the road not taken. He took the few seconds he had left to remember the fun he had had. His body became transparent, ghostly, and then vanished. The room was quickly changed to a solid white room, free of walls, a floor, or doors. It was a white void.
The Sangheili holstered his weapon, walked towards Minato, and stared at him. Minato smiled at him. "I never thought you'd be back, Xedraelee." Xedraelee tilted his head, a sly grin appearing with his mandibles. Minato laughed at him as Naruto lay on the ground between them. Naruto's body had been healed, but he was still unconscious. Minato looked away sadly. "You love him like a son, don't you?" Xedraelee nodded. Minato closed his eyes. "Thank you. Even if you're not one of us, I think you for seeing him as such. He needs someone he can love in his life. He needs a father. Please look after him for me."
"By your word, Hokage," Xedraelee replied slowly. Minato smiled, vanished, and the room vanished as well. Xedraelee looked down to Naruto one last time before becoming transparent. "LIVE!"
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Kyuubi's eyes blazed blue, and then smoke covered them. Xedraelee felt the sensation of falling for some reason. He came out of the cloud of smoke, and realized that he was in fact falling. He looked around, hoping to find his son. He found him. Naruto was falling beside him. He grabbed him, holding him close as they continued to fall. A Phantom appeared, grabbed them, and began bring them into the aft of the ship. Naruto awoke, his blue eyes burning crimson as his holy powers took form. Nine-tails appeared, his body covered by the overflowing power of the Kyuubi.
Naruto flung a transparent arm towards Minashu, who now stood with a slacked jaw. Naruto pulled himself out of the gravity well, and raced towards Minashu. He let the transparent arm fade away as he twisted in the air, slamming a kick into the side of his head, sending his body jerking towards the left. He slammed into the ground from the blow, and skidded into a broken pillar. Naruto calmly walked towards his Minashu, eyeing him the whole time as he got up, spitting out blood and a tooth before removing his hammer from his back.
"Why? WHY WON'T YOU JUST FUCKING DIE ALREADY!?" Minashu charged him, and Naruto did the same, his nine-tails falling down to eight-tails as he pulled his massive sword off his back. He charged Minashu as well, his sword dragging along the ground. The two swung at the same time, and Naruto glared at him with hateful crimson eyes. Minashu did the same. The two roared angrily as their weapons shattered. The two past each other, spun around, and struck the other with the remains of their weapon. Naruto's sword cut a long gash into Minashu's chest. Minashu's hammer handle left a long gash on his chest as well.
The two swung at each other again, striking blows on the other at the same time. Naruto watched Minashu stagger backwards, clutching the bleeding chest wounds he had. Naruto grinned happily. He couldn't feel his pain. He was certain that he would have done the same thing had he been able to. Minashu growled angrily. "You… must… DIE!" Naruto snorted at him, and charged him with his broken blade. Minashu did the same. They stabbed each other in the chest with their weapons. Naruto's massive broken sword went through his left lung while Minashu's hammer hilt went through Naruto gut.
The two spat blood on the other before Minashu kicked Naruto away. Naruto's tails diminished down to seven-tails as he came to a stop. Minashu charged him, knocking Naruto to the ground with his weapon, reached forward, gripped him by his head, and threw him at the wall. It dented in, and Naruto slumped to the ground, his tails going down to six-tails as he fought to stand back up. Minashu ran at him, throwing his weapon away as he began flexing his hands in preparation to tear Naruto apart. Naruto glared at him as he grabbed him by the neck. "I win!"
"You're mistaken!" Naruto quickly unsheathed a single katana, and removed Minashu's arm at the shoulder. Minashu howled in pain, backhanded him away, forcing his grip on the katana to falter. He reached for it, took it, and kicked Naruto to the ground while driving the weapon towards his head. Naruto's hand reached forward, was stabbed by the weapon, and forced to the side, evading the attack. Minashu roared at him as Naruto broke it at the end of the blade where it had been driven into the metal floor, kicked him in the gut, and jumped to his feet when he let go of the sword. Minashu watched Naruto pull the weapon of his hand, and toss it at him. Minashu was stabbed in the leg as a result of not being able to dodge it in time.
Minashu removed the weapon, glared at it, and then noticed the broken tip of the massive sword. He grinned as he picked it up. It was long enough to be used against him. Naruto coughed up blood as his tails took another dive. He had only two as he tried to rapidly heal his broken body. He just stopped healing himself. There was no point in it. He gripped the handle of his massive sword tightly, pointing the broken blade at him with one hand. "This is where you fall, Abomination!" Minashu liked the sound of that nickname.
"Yeah, I know I am." Naruto breathed out slowly. He had only one-tail now. His vision was blurry, and he was having trouble hearing now as well. He could hardly stand. The pain was over whelming him. He could hardly stand. More and more blood spilled from his wounds. Naruto placed a hand over one with his free hand, brought it to his face, stared at it, and then locked eyes with Minashu. "This is where I take you apart!" He yelled while charging him. Minashu somehow managed to limp a run at him and swung his section of the weapon at the same time.
Naruto took a knee, coughed up blood, and smiled. Minashu stood his eyes wide in shock. His body staggered forward, he reached for something, and then fell over dead. "I… win." Minashu whispered happily. Naruto collapsed to the ground as blood sprayed into the air from his shoulder wound. At the last second, their weapons had hit the other. Naruto had cut Minashu nearly in half at the chest. Minashu had managed to slice Naruto's arm nearly off, along with a rib, and part of his shoulder blade. Minashu would be the first to die, that was for certain. But his body was too badly damaged. He had no tails left.
Naruto stared at the darkness that began to creep around the corner of his vision. The last thing he saw were the hooves of a Sangheili. He closed his eyes, and smiled. "Father… I'm… sorry, but I… won. I'll see you… soon, father. I'll see you soon… Minato-teme." Naruto slipped into darkness as his breath left him. His body went limp. He felt cold. He was dying.
A/N
Oh my god that was a one long chapter. 11622 words were used for the chapter alone. That's a lot for me. I don't think I've done a chapter that long before. Okay, before anyone screams at me, I want to say that I'm well aware Minato would have stopped Kyuubi from getting that far out of control or out of Naruto. I know he would have stopped him, but I never showed you how Kyuubi got out like that in the mindscape of his prison. I did that to prevent confusion and to save myself a headache later on. Also, there, even though Dragonman180, who also helped out on the size issues I had, stated that Kyuubi was taller than mountains. I understand that, but while doing this chapter, I kept wonder what kind of mountains we were talking about. A Scarab could easily be taller than a mountain (Hill) if thought about. It depends on where you live, what you consider a mountain, and all that fun stuff. I've lived in a bunch of states, and a few consider hills that are roughly the size of a Scarab to be a mountain. So that's what put me in confusion. Even so, I had to shrink him down so he couldn't just look down at a Scarab and go, "ANTS!" and start stepping on them, because that wouldn't have been fun. Yeah it would have been funny, but that would have made it shorter. Also, before anyone starts screaming, this is a Naruto Hinata fic. What he said in this chapter does affect him, but he still gets with Hinata. So please, be patient.