INDIVIDUALITY
Uzumaki Toshiro performed a back flip as the surface he was on got destroyed by a wind blade digging deep into the earth. Danzo ducked as one of Toshiro's clones kicked over his head before he grinned exploding in a great conflagration enveloping Danzo.
Toshiro smirked as he saw Danzo's charred body disappear, leaving an indentation on the ground. Danzo reappeared a short distance away, a frown on his face.
Toshiro just kept the smug smirk on his face as he looked at Danzo
"I've killed you a couple of times. That eye of yours must be exhausted."
Danzo looked at him, not replying for a bit as he assessed the situation before he smirked,
I have an eye left. The Izanagi… a very powerful jutsu; if I didn't have Orochimaru's help in transferring the First Hokage's cells I wouldn't have been able to activate this jutsu. But still, I have one more Sharingan with me. I should be able to end this before my eye runs out. Shisui's cursed seal should be activating soon. All I have to do… is to hold Toshiro off before it activates.
Danzo's lone eye widened as Toshiro quickly finished weaving a series of hand seals. And clasping them together Danzo felt the ground beneath him rumble, and immediately he jumped away evading the trap only for Toshiro's smile to increase as Danzo landed on the earth a long distance between them as his foot got stuck on the ground.
Danzo attempted the shushin as spikes jutted out of the earth about to perforate him, only to meet air as Danzo did a quick body flicker landing away from the battlefield.
Danzo quickly removed a kunai and coating with wind chakra, elongated it. He used it to deflect a long black spike that seemed to jut out from Toshiro's palm.
Toshiro quickly sent forth a series of black spikes as they threatened to rain hell on Danzo. Danzo quickly clasped his hands, a large amount of wind built up before he muttered.
Wind Release: Vacuum Blades
Wind blades at a very high degree burst out from Danzo as they deflected the series of spike that emerged.
Danzo quickly moved, aiming to attack Toshiro only for his lone eye to widen as a hand grabbed his foot from the ground. Looking down, he saw Toshiro; and he couldn't react as another Toshiro drove a knee straight to his sternum making him stagger a bit. Danzo's bandage around his eye began to unfurl as he thought.
Almost ready.
The original used that time to quickly finish his hand seals as he roared
Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame!
A huge dragon made out of fire spat out from his lips as it collided with a held down Danzo whose eyes could only widen as the fire slowly enveloped him and Toshiro's clones.
A resounding boom was heard as Danzo was enveloped from view.
The debris settled as Danzo looked unharmed from the blast stunning Toshiro.
"I would say we have a problem." Danzo muttered. "We Konoha seem to create problems that may grow to bite us in the ass. See, Naruto for example, he is very powerful, more powerful than we can handle. And look at you, someone who we trained from the scratch, has turned his back on us. Since the beginning of Konoha we have been betrayed by powerful shinobi, Uchiha Madara is a prime example."
Toshiro replied angrily. "I was taught everything I now know by my parents, you just made me a bastardized image of what I was, what I wanted to be! I loved my family with all my heart, and you ripped it from me like it was nothing. Just how cruel are you?!"
Danzo's eyes narrowed as he watched Toshiro. Toshiro remembered Sankei.
"Just look at what you did to Michio. I'll use that hate that I had so accumulated to myself, the blame I wrecked on myself."
Danzo looked ahead impassively as he asked. "And so what? Like you, Sankei was meant to be a weapon of the leaf, meant to protect everyone regardless of your choices. So yes I did it, what is your point? We do the despicable things so the people can sleep with both eyes closed!"
Toshiro roared as he threw a left hand punch that nearly broke the sound barrier connecting with Danzo's face only for nothing to happen; only a bruise was seen as Toshiro's confused eyes showed his thought.
"We stay awake all night feeding the fire so the Will of fire burns!"
Danzo just smirked as his right eye glowed in the Mangekyou form.
"Toshiro, this is… No, this is for you."
Toshiro gritted his teeth as he couldn't move.
What is happening?
"That power you believe in, that took you months and years to acquire. The powers I taught you to wield…"
To Toshiro's shock Danzo muttered. "…is nothing more than this in the end"
Danzo looked sternly as he spoke, the bruise healing.
"People are weak, they don't have fangs or claws, and all they can do is cry. So why is it that there are people in this world? Why do we still exist when natural selection would have wiped us out ages ago? The answer's simple you see. That's because-"
Danzo brought Toshiro closer to him looking at him deep into his eyes.
"We are the cruelest of all living creatures!"
Danzo gave quick punches to Toshiro's gut making him spit out blood before with a blast of chakra blasted him away to the ground.
"Am I wrong?!" Danzo asked sardonically. "People desire better positions than others and thrived by grouping together. Hence the hidden villages, and that power, definitely wasn't from something as trivial as love!"
The debris settled as an indent of Toshiro was seen on the ground.
"Big talk from someone not using his own power." was all Toshiro muttered before standing "I don't want to sound sappy but… I really loved them. My father, my mother, my sister? I loved them so much that it hurts!"
Toshiro roared out as his eyes reddened in pain. "You took them from me. You made them live in grief. You broke them just so you could have one extra weapon in the village?!"
"You brought us Kirigakure, didn't you?!"
"Shut the fuck up!"
Toshiro quickly donned his black armor as he proceeded to ram his fist towards Danzo who reciprocated with a punch of his, totally equaling the force of the collision.
The result of their punches colliding was a huge depression of the earth, as it caved in from the oppressive chakra forces it housed.
"I'll end you Danzo!"
"You just keep repeating it all over again! Grow up!"
Toshiro gritted his teeth as he saw Danzo countering his force behind the punch.
Danzo smirked as Toshiro frowned, His strength has increased.
Danzo just grinned. "Finally…"
They separated as they sized each other up.
…
Sounds of taijutsu were heard as Toshiro and Danzo fought hand to hand, trying to overcome the other. They clashed reverently, destroying homes, shops anything that stood in their way of proving their point.
They finally separated as a panting Danzo looked at a panting Toshiro. A smirk came on Danzo's face as he spoke.
"We have now thought wisely to counter any force that comes from Konoha through any means necessary, Toshiro. You told me that I will die here, but have you thought about you dying in this plains; where you were born?!"
"Shut up!" Toshiro roared as he stepped back multiple chains creeping out from the ground swiping dangerously at Danzo who maneuvered quickly through the spikes aiming to get to Toshiro.
Danzo quickly ran forward as he went for a punch to which Toshiro dodged; Danzo quickly used his elbow to strike back only to meet Toshiro's palm as he blocked the attack. Danzo went for a sweeping kick which sent Toshiro back a bit.
Danzo attempted another kick to Toshiro's head only for Toshiro to block it, Danzo gave three quick punches to Toshiro's gut before punching his head to the side. Toshiro attempted a back slap which sent Danzo's face downwards, Toshiro then went for a swift uppercut as it connected sending Danzo back a bit.
Danzo sent forth a kunai strike that he span in an arc aiming to bifurcate Toshiro only for it to graze his armor. Smirking, Toshiro quickly grabbed his hand before drawing Danzo closer, head butting him to the ground.
Danzo gasped as Toshiro gripped him by the neck. Toshiro smirked before speaking.
"You might be wondering why the genjutsu doesn't work on me. Kotoamatsukami; the claimed eye of Shushin no Shisui. I knew of what you did to the Uchiha clan, as well as what you did to Shisui in specific. He was someone who was willing to risk his life to protect you all by putting the entire Uchiha clan in a genjutsu to stop the coup."
Danzo gritted his teeth as he looked in to Toshiro's coal black eyes.
"But you had other ideas, you ambushed him just as when he was about to end it all."
"It w…was necessary." Danzo made out as he felt his wind pipe being crushed blood seeped out of his lips as he gritted his teeth as he added. "All my life I have seen things, things that will make you question the sanity of man. Women raped… Children orphaned… families destroyed… Lives ruined! All of them had one thing in common. The victims always wished that they could be stronger. So strong that they will never be attacked ever again!"
Toshiro frowned as Danzo continued.
"I sought the solution! And this is the result! The formation of ROOT ANBU; and we are touted as the darkness of shinobi! That's a funny statement for I believe us to be the light. The true essence of shinobi lies in the ROOT that I created. There are no good guys in this world, just people with a more accepted way of life!"
Toshiro looked on in rage as he listened.
"Take the Fourth Hokage for example, here he was known as the golden prince; the one who decimated the entire Iwa platoon in just a flash. Sure he was heralded as a hero but have you thought on what the Rock's shinobi felt? Their children, their families… that creates an imbalance! They will seek to avenge their parents making them all willing to partake in this war!"
Danzo then gripped Toshiro's neck too as he spoke with power. Toshiro just grunted.
"I look for the most salvageable solution even if it meant controlling my friends, or my family! I am the savior of the world!" Danzo declared. "And I will not die just like this!"
Suddenly, a green chakra began to ooze out of Danzo's body as wooden restraints crept out of his body quickly surrounding the two of them as Toshiro's eyes widened.
"You!"
"I know that this might end in a stalemate or you kill me." Danzo grinned. "So if I'm going to die, it's going to be on my fucking terms!"
Toshiro's just looked on in shock as black ink began to spill over the place. This technique! He's trying to seal me into himself before he dies… Shit!
The wooden construct enclosed them as the runes covered them entirely.
A huge explosion graced the battlefield as the wooden construct was covered by a huge blast. The explosion gained a reddish tint as it receded slowly, leaving a huge crater in its wake.
The explosion finally receded to reveal a motionless Danzo standing; Toshiro's bloodied fist going through his chest. A red aura was seen around a heaving Toshiro as he pulled his right fist out of where Danzo's heart was initially.
Danzo looked to the skies for a moment as his body stood still. Blood seeped down his attire as they pooled on the floor in a gruesome fashion.
"I am also the Jinchuuriki of the Three tails, Isobu." Toshiro muttered as the aura receded. "Goodbye Danzo. I have to make sure my last surviving family will achieve his dream, even though it costs the world."
Danzo didn't reply, he just looked to the skies before muttering.
"You have already done that. Do you know just what you have done siding with him? Nothing… but chaos will follow."
Danzo fell backwards, moving slowly as his eyes dulled, losing their luster. He finally landed on the floor, a little amount of dust emitted to the atmosphere.
Toshiro looked at Danzo's still body as his blood coated the earth beneath him. Blood dripped down his right fist as the wind blew by slowly.
It was at this place, that the Leader of the darkness of shinobi, Shimura Danzo died.
Hiruzen looked to the skies as he felt the chakra of his old friend vanish. So Toshiro got to him huh.
"He is dead isn't he?" A asked, not moving from the Hokage tower as they overlooked the battles.
"Yes, but he completed his part of the plan. We may all die in this battle, but we will not give up until we leave an impact in this world."
Hiruzen looked at the village walls as he thought ahead.
"Uzumaki Kuragari; someone who was heralded as a god. Similar to how Naruto is looked at now. But he was defeated eventually; and Mito was kind enough to share the secrets. Though they had fewer casualties."
"The Uzumaki kid." A spoke as he frowned "I almost died in Iwagakure if not for Mabui's quick thinking. I hope to repay to him in full."
Hiruzen smirked "And you will, Raikage."
Hiruzen saw a flash of light appear in the skies as a huge lightning dragon emerged from it; crashing down on the Hokage faces.
His eyes narrowed. Naruto…
…
Iruka walked towards the Academy, noting its destroyed form. He frowned slightly as memories came rushing in.
Iruka was in the class overlooking the class as they wrote on their papers for the test he gave them.
He looked to the target of his curiosity, Uzumaki Naruto.
He just looked impassively through the window as if he didn't care if he passed or failed. His paper was still overturned, never even opened to look at the questions. The paper moved as the wind blew slowly into the class making his hair wave back and forth. In a way, Iruka could see a striking resemblance to someone important, but he couldn't place it.
Frowning, he walked upwards towards the last chair where Naruto sat. He passed a smirking Uchiha Sasuke who closed his eyes obviously done with his test.
If Naruto noticed him coming, he didn't give any indication that he did. Iruka stopped before him and slammed his palm on the desk, prompting an arched eyebrow from Naruto who shifted his dark blue orbs towards him. Iruka shivered at the darkness buried deep in those eyes.
He knew he should be worried about something but put it aside because of his 'condition'. Snickers were heard as they thought Naruto was in trouble.
"Why haven't you turned your paper to begin your test?"
Naruto just looked outside as he spoke, "It's a waste of time."
"Waste of time? You know this test ties in with your final assessment to be a shinobi of Konoha?"
"I don't care anymore about that." Naruto whispered silently that only Iruka could catch it. He frowned as he watched Naruto.
Out of the handful of people, Iruka was one of those who showed a care to Naruto's activities. The Hokage and Kakashi Hatake helped him with that line of thought. He was brought to understand that Naruto was just like him. Lonely and ostracized, but Iruka came to a conclusion.
Naruto was nothing like him. He seemed to dwell in the dark. He had a pessimistic view about everything around him that it was so unnerving. It was like he had given up on the world.
But Iruka was a teacher that he understood and also he knew that he had a job, to nurture the next shinobi of the Hidden leaf and he was not going to give up on the potential that was Uzumaki Naruto.
A very confusing and puzzling young boy he was and he couldn't decipher Naruto for who he was.
Iruka replied with a twitch forming on his forehead as he asked nicely
"Well, I wouldn't like my papers to be returned to me blank. So would you mind writing something for me?"
Naruto looked at Iruka with a befuddled expression on his face before sighing and looked at his paper. He scoffed silently to the slight irritation of Iruka as he overlooked the paper.
Ignoring Naruto, he walked back to his sit and waited till the time was done.
Iruka looked over the paper as he was stunned as the answers Naruto gave.
"This answers… no normal kid should be thinking along the lines of this. I have to see Hokage-sama"
…
Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed a thick mist from his lips as he overlooked the paper,
"And you are sure he wrote this?"
"Yes… Hokage-sama. He seems different."
This piqued Hiruzen's interest. "Different you say, please elaborate."
"He seems to have given up on being a shinobi." Iruka spoke to an impassive Hiruzen who hardly reacted at all.
"I see? Anything else?"
Iruka nodded. "Yes… he seems detached. Something strange is going on with Naruto, I would naturally blame it on the nine tails; but I doubt it. I think something very big is at play. I just don't know it?"
"You seem concerned for the boy." Hiruzen spoke chuckling before concluding "Don't worry, I will take care of everything from here on out."
Iruka bowed his head as he excused himself from the Kage's office. Walking along the park where he usually saw Naruto looking into a pond with his cerulean orbs shimmering in an unsettling manner, he saw this time, Naruto looking at Sasuke who stood at the other side of the pond. Their words seemingly incoherent, but he could see they were engaged in a conversation. What it was about though, he couldn't decipher. Ignoring it Iruka sighed as he retired to his home to rest for the day. He was so stressed out.
…
"Reminiscing aren't you?" A voice spoke behind Iruka who smiled at the voice,
"It has been a long time, Jiraiya-san."
"san…? It seems I have lost my touch."
"You don't seem here to fight are you?" Iruka spoke, walking to a rock broken from one of the surroundings. Iruka looked to the skies before he sat down, before he looked forward to see Jiraiya leaning on one of the lucky trees that survived the onslaught of Naruto.
"Nope."
"That's good." Iruka laughed lightly. "I don't know how I would have fared against a sannin."
"Mah, you would have done alright."
"Seeing you here makes me think you are here for Naruto aren't you?"
"Yea." Jiraiya replied with a nostalgic smile. "How is he by the way?"
"Better."
Jiraiya sighed before moving away from the tree walking towards Iruka speaking.
"You don't look eager to bring this place down."
"Well, although I am loyal to him. I can't bring myself to harm my home. A home my parents grew up in and raised me up."
"I just hope everything works out fine."
Jiraiya looked at the Hokage's stone faces where signs of combat were heard.
"He is currently facing off against the Uchiha."
"He is." Iruka spoke agreeing before sighing, looking up as a gigantic dragon emerged from the sky; striking down illuminating everything in a white flash.
"So why are you really here, Jiraiya-san?" Iruka spoke with no humor on his face
Jiraiya replied, "Honestly, I'm just a spectator waiting for this to be all over."
"You don't feel the urge to protect your home?" Iruka asked
"I quit."
"Ouch." Iruka spoke chuckling before looking towards the faces.
…
Clashes of steel were heard as sparks were the only thing visible to the normal human eye, Sasuke ducked avoiding a slash as he sped forward with his sword thrust towards Naruto's midsection.
Naruto back flipped, skidding back a little before dashing forward with his two scimitars; with Sasuke reciprocating the action. Their swords clashed, emitting sparks as they looked fiercely into their eyes.
Deep down you could see the fight was for another reason, there was a trace of an intense rivalry, unmatched only by that held by Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Deep in to their eyes there was a need, a need to prove who was superior. It was a strange feeling, they never felt this between them.
But it was innate, primal even. There was a feeling in them, a reaction they didn't count on. At that moment they looked into each other's eyes they saw another person. Naruto and Sasuke were seen in prehistoric times as their descriptions faded and two people were seen.
They both had black hair, as the one impersonating Sasuke had a longer mane, his Sharingan glowing powerfully. Naruto's had shorter hair as he had dark eyes. As soon as the imagery was seen, it faded.
Naruto, applying chakra to his right arm to keep Sasuke at bay, quickly used his left hand, swiping at Sasuke with the second scimitar whose eyes widened at the action. He quickly ducked but couldn't react in time as Naruto sent him away with a kick to his gut.
Sasuke flipped midair landing on the ground as his descent emitted a little amount of dust to the atmosphere; a bit of distance between them.
Sasuke looked at Naruto with all the hate one could. Sasuke's Sharingan flared while looking forward to an apathetic Naruto who looked without a care. The wind picked up, ruffling a bit as their hair slowly wove back and forth.
"You seem to be good with the sword." Naruto commented as he rotated his shoulder.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he muttered; "I don't need compliments from a traitor."
"Traitor?" Naruto chuckled as he commented. "Traitors, missing-nin, those are titles given to shinobi who deserted their village."
"Then what makes you different?" Sasuke retorted
"I was never a shinobi of the leaf Sasuke." Naruto spoke to which Sasuke gritted his teeth "So… am I really a traitor of the hidden leaf?"
"Your parents lived to protect this village and all it stands for."
"And what good did that serve?" Naruto asked before continuing. "They are all dead. All they did to protect this farce of a village was pointless."
"What do you think you are saying?" Sasuke spoke with a menacing growl
"Unlike you Sasuke, I am not a puppet to abide by the whims of this village. I live for myself and my comrades."
"Shut up! You killed my comrades, people I actually liked! And you-"
"I killed them, so what? People die in this world, that's a fact. They wouldn't have fought me if they hadn't resigned to their fates already. I have lost people and I have made my peace with that. So don't come to me with that holier than thou attitude."
"What are you trying to be?!" Sasuke asked angry. "Be an anti-hero?! A villain?! This Evolution dream of yours is nothing but a stupid joke!"
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Hero, Villain. Those are terms not associated with our world." Naruto spoke outstretching his arms. "In this world, there are no Heroes, no villains; just individuals with goals; in this world strength matters! In this world whoever wins ends up been the hero! Whoever loses ends up being the villain! That is the mechanism by which this world runs by! And you know I'm not wrong. I will be the hero I will re-write history. This world will be mine to mold when I'm done breaking it down."
"Even if you succeed, someone will be there to stop you; someone will be there to stand against you! Do you know what you have done Naruto?! You stand against the world! You cannot beat Nature… You will fall eventually. So why go on this pointless mission?!"
"Because I choose to! In the new world, there will be no worries about an uprising; I will squash any little thought once I am done."
"Naruto." Sasuke gritted his teeth clenching his sword with rage. "I will end you here and now!"
Sasuke roared as he vanished from his spot to which Naruto just rose his right sword defensively as he blocked a strike from above. Sasuke who was above smirked as another Sasuke burst from the ground. Naruto's eyes slowly widened as Sasuke's sword glowed blue, with the Uchiha sending lightning chakra through his katana, ready to bifurcate Naruto who quickly substituted with Sasuke clone above him.
Sasuke cut through the clone precisely as it slowly vanished to the air. Naruto, now above Sasuke drove his right sword down aiming to pierce Sasuke.
Sasuke's Sharingan spinning widely enabled him to react as he twisted in an uncomfortable angle slightly deflecting the strike, the sword nicking his cheek as it went into the ground. Quickly regaining his composure, Sasuke aimed a chakra enhanced kick towards Naruto who blocked it with the side of his left scimitar.
Naruto quickly rotated the left scimitar as its sharp tip faced Sasuke, bringing it down in a swift movement. Sasuke used both of his feet to kick the two Naruto's wrists of him before sending a roundhouse to Naruto who stumbled a distance away.
"Why are you prolonging this? You know you cannot beat me." Naruto muttered as his sword began to gain a black coloration. Sasuke just stood silent as he looked Naruto over.
He's really dangerous. If not for my Sharingan I wouldn't have been able to keep up with him.
Naruto just smirked as if reading Sasuke's thoughts.
Sasuke vanished as a huge slash went deep into the ground, courtesy of Naruto. While midair, Sasuke couldn't react in time as Naruto sent him with a tremendous kick into the village.
Sasuke crashed through numerous buildings as he gritted his teeth.
"His strength and speed has increased!"
"What the-!" Sasuke's Sharingan eyes widened as he saw Naruto right above him with a grin
"You are slow! Sasuke!"
Naruto sent a violent slash to which Sasuke blocked with his sword imbued with chakra. Naruto's above assault gave him an advantage as he sent Sasuke to the ground.
Sasuke rolled on the ground uncomfortably as he immediately back flipped away; Naruto stabbed down to the ground missing Sasuke, his two scimitars going deep into the earth as his grin deepened.
Sasuke looked forward as the wind raged around him.
Roaring, Sasuke went faster as he engaged Naruto in a supreme showcase of kenjutsu. Naruto kept going on the offensive as Sasuke parried, ducked and attacked. Soon enough they clashed together as they looked deep into each other's eyes checking for any sign of weaknesses.
Naruto quickly used his left scimitar aiming to decapitate Sasuke who growled as he swiftly retreated. Sasuke looked ahead before he coated his sword in lightning. Looking around, Sasuke saw that they were on top of the Academy.
The wind rippled through the arena as sounds of thunder were heard riveting through the surroundings.
Sasuke growled as he jumped in the air and came down with a roar.
'DIE!'
Naruto grinned. "Are you stupid?! Wind beats Lightning!"
With a heavy collision they collided.
The collision was so intense that cracks appeared on the roof of the academy and it began to cave in, destabilizing Naruto.
SHIT!
Sasuke seeing the advantage pushed down as he roared in fury.
The roof quickly collapsed from the assault that was imposed on it. Naruto's eyes looked above him as Sasuke came down with a large strike, intending to send him into the ground.
Naruto quickly blocked the strike as he landed in a crouch. Landing with a thud, the classroom's desks lifted a bit to the atmosphere, before they crashed down, papers spilling to the ground.
Naruto then spoke looking around, "Do you feel the nostalgia Sasuke?"
"Shut the fuck up." Sasuke muttered as he retreated ignoring the slight crack on his sword.
They quickly met in mid-air as they clashed. Naruto swiped very quickly as Sasuke reciprocated, creating sparks. Sasuke could only defend as Naruto's power kept increasing. Soon enough Naruto sent Sasuke to the ground.
…
Sasuke was sent spiraling away from the academy through its doors harshly. Sasuke quickly righted himself as he looked left and right in alarm, only to see no one. Looking up on the Academy building, he saw Naruto looking down at him with a condescending expression on his face. A great amount of dust went through the region, blocking Naruto from view.
As soon as the dust cleared, Sasuke could not see Naruto again. Gritting his teeth he quickly turned as he saw Naruto moving at tremendous speeds towards him. Having no time to react, Sasuke brought up his sword to block a powerful strike that sent him into another administrative building through a window. Sweat dribbled down Sasuke's forehead as he looked from inside the building to see Naruto landing and running towards him.
Sasuke tensed as he parried a right slash from Naruto before jumping to the walls, avoiding a slash. Looking ahead, he went through the passage ways of the buildings as Naruto sped after him, clashing their swords as it emitted bluish sparks from the use of chakra.
Sasuke quickly entered a hall filled with pillars as Naruto's great speed enabled him to maneuver very quickly attacking Sasuke from all sides to which he blocked, hoping to buy time for him to recompose himself.
Sasuke looked ahead as he ducked closely avoiding a slash that sliced the pillar behind him perfectly from Naruto's wind jutsu. He quickly regrouped, parrying a slash before going on an assault attacking Naruto who blocked with a grin,
"Ha! Where did this strength come from? I thought you were still going to run?!"
Sasuke just twitched as he roared; shifting back a bit so Naruto could come forward, his footing destabilized and with an impressive amount of strength, sent Naruto smashing to the roof away from him as he heaved in and out.
Jumping out of the building Sasuke looked around to see Naruto nowhere to be found. He saw a large rock of earth hurdling towards him from above. Sasuke quickly jumped to another building as the rock smashed into the Administrative building, heaving a great amount of dust.
Sasuke quickly turned as he found Naruto in front of him. He quickly reacted, parrying his strike and also moved in for attacks making Naruto block. Jumping to the air, Sasuke roared as he did a front flip before coming down with an overhead strike towards Naruto only for his strike to hit the roof sending cracks throughout the roof.
Looking around he saw another large rock from above, heading towards him. Jumping very high into the air, he evaded it. He blocked more and more assaults from Naruto before they met at the top of the Hokage face statues. Sasuke jumped a little as he avoided a slash by Naruto meant to cripple him.
Naruto gave a flurry of kicks to Sasuke's midsection sending him rolling on the ground. Jumping to the air Naruto smirked, "This time you wouldn't escape!"
Sasuke looked as a huge earth boulder made its way towards him. Lightning danced around his sword as he roared cutting it to pieces only to be greeted by more boulders.
Naruto was seen looking down at him from a humongous mountain made of earth chakra, he smirked as he thought.
Impressive.
Sasuke quickly reached Naruto, pumping chakra to his feet which boosted him to the air above Naruto to latter's astonishment, before channeling more lightning chakra to his sword, elongating it and swiping down.
The lightning sword destroyed the mini mountain Naruto made as it began to crumble. Sasuke went after Naruto in the debris slashing at him violently to which Naruto blocked and parried.
Naruto reversed the advantage Sasuke had by ducking a strike and kicking Sasuke to one of the rocks mid-air. Sasuke quickly stood on the rock via aid of chakra as he fought furiously trying to overturn the pressure Naruto was giving up. With a buildup of chakra, Naruto roared sending Sasuke to the ground.
Sasuke crashed, gasping out blood. He heaved in and out as the boulders crashed around him.
Naruto landed on a rock right above Sasuke's head as he muttered.
"You lasted longer than I expected. I have to say… I am impressed, Sasuke."
Sasuke took in air as he sat upright, using a rock to rest his back. He then groaned in pain as Naruto sent one of his scimitars through his right shoulder. Naruto grinned as Sasuke writhed in pain.
"Tell me what do you find precious?" Naruto spoke darkly as his eyes began to glow ominously. Sasuke roared in pain as steam began to be emitted from Naruto's sword. Naruto grinned as the fire chakra cauterized Sasuke's shoulder.
"ARGH!"
Sasuke panted in pain as he looked at Naruto, straining his eyes. Naruto smirked.
"Tell me so I can take it from you!"
Sasuke gripped the sword as his palms were burning from the contact. He gritted his teeth as Naruto's eyes widened with glee, "Tell Me!"
Suddenly, memories of Teiji, Sarada, Sakura and his defeated friends went through his mind. Sasuke roared as he pulled the sword out of his shoulder, stunning Naruto.
"What!"
Sasuke moved sideways as the sword Naruto had a grip on impaled the boulder beside Sasuke; and roaring in anger, Sasuke gripped his katana slashing upwards, making Naruto leave the scimitar leaving one on his right hand.
Naruto skidded back as Sasuke panted looking at his opponent with rage, palpable in his eyes. His Sharingan glowed threateningly as Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"I pity you." was all that Sasuke said as Naruto gripped his scimitar tightly. A slash was seen across Naruto's infuriated left eye before it closed up slowly.
"You don't just get it." Sasuke spoke as Naruto's gaze narrowed at Sasuke with a frown on his face.
Sasuke just looked forward at Naruto, a look of determination visible as Naruto looked stunned.
"You-"
Scoffing, Naruto clenched his sword as he moved forward with a strike to which Sasuke ducked before slashing with his sword in a wide arc making Naruto jump on a pillar. The skies rumbled again.
Sasuke quickly moved his sword, elongating it with lightning as he slashed upward dividing the pillar longitudinally
"There Is Not A Thing I Don't Cherish!"
Naruto jumped up to the air, avoiding the attack before his eyes widened.
"I… can't move!"
Looking down he saw Sasuke's palm on a seal placed on the ground, When was that there? Was it among those seals Saki placed?
Hearing a deeper rumble and a slight flash of light, Naruto looked up as he saw lightning dancing through the clouds; the roars of the celestial dragon being heard as Sasuke with his eyes shadowed spoke.
"This is for my friends!"
Fall To The Earth! Sasuke's eyes were exposed to show the Mangekyou Sharingan. And with that, he summoned his power.
KIRIN!
To Naruto's astonishment, a huge dragon emerged from the skies, it's roared reminiscent to that of thunder.
Then the entire land glowed white for a second.
A huge explosion rang out on top of the Hokage statues as cracks emerged all over the four Hokage's faces.
The trees surrounding the battlefield were instantly incinerated. The earth kept caving in at the amount of chakra imbued just to destroy one individual.
The earth was heavily scarred as the attack slowly settled.
The battlefield was now seen; and to the shock of many, it was a barren wasteland.
Sasuke panted a bit as he looked around, before speaking silently.
"That is a jutsu no one can escape from, I simply used my chakra as a homing device. You will vanish here, your dreams gone… Naruto."
The wind picked up, sending dust flowing around the place.
…
Sasuke overlooked the land, smirking in satisfaction at the pure destruction he wrought. Picking up his sword from the earth, he walked down to the deepest area of the crater where his Kirin hit. His grin widened as he walked slowly to the spot looking at a prone figure.
The figure revealed to see Naruto spread out on the ground, a huge hole on his chest as he looked to the skies a shocked expression on his face.
Naruto slowly muttered. "You."
Sasuke looked to the skies muttering between pants.
"You …underestimate your opponents a lot don't you? I was privy to your battles with my comrades. You would have ended them at any moment but you held back a lot. Either you actually cared about them or you were overconfident. Anyways… this has become your downfall Naruto."
Sasuke rose his sword in the air as his red eyes looked directly at Naruto's stunned cerulean.
"You wanted to cut off my head, I guess it is fair I returned the gesture."
Sasuke brought down his sword aiming to decapitate Naruto's head; ready to end Naruto, someone who threatened to destroy the balance of the world.
The sound of the sword colliding with flesh was head as Sasuke looked on to end the Ghost of Konoha.
A dark chuckle filled the air before it grew to manic laughter. Sasuke's eyes widened slowly as he saw Naruto gripping his sword with his right palm blood flowing down his charred skin.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
What the hell?!
To Sasuke's widened eyes, the hole around Naruto's chest began to seal up, as a huge black explosion of chakra filled the entire village.
It was a dense black miasma, as many Shinobi found themselves chocking to death, feeling the damnation that their bodies were host to. It was so oppressive, the cracks on the First Hokage's face deepened before the face eventually split in half, the crack running through it completely, Sending large debris to the village underneath it.
…
Hiruzen looked with his eyes widened his arm trembling a bit beside A.
"Is that… Naruto?" A sweat dripped down his chin as he spoke. "Just what have we created"
A just muttered looking forward. "A monster."
…
Konohamaru was panting heavily as his head became dizzy; the sudden influx of chakra penetrated even the ground, knocking out a lot of civilians. The Shinobi on guard held on the walls as they shivered in fear.
"What… was that?!"
Sakura cradled her knocked out children as she looked up in fear.
"Sasuke…"
…
Sasuke looked ahead, from his purple Susanno at the apparition that cloaked Naruto completely from view. There was a wide distance between them.
Sasuke couldn't see deep inside the chakra shroud as his Sharingan couldn't go through.
This chakra… Is this his real power?
Suddenly in a very quick motion, the miasma vanished. The earlier feeling of being oppressed vanished without a trace.
Sasuke looked on to see Naruto, looking as good as new, the signs of the earlier battle lost on him.
Sasuke looked ahead nervously as Naruto spoke darkly, humor lost on his face. He walked forward in a slow and dangerous fashion. His palm clenching and unclenching.
"It's good that you know that I hold back in my battles. You've felt it, chakra that surpasses even your wildest dreams. And yet… the surprising thing is, you still stand before me?"
Sasuke's eyes widened as Naruto appeared instantaneously in front of both his Susanno protected self.
And with a punch that resounded through the entire village destroyed the Sussano completely, shattering the shield Sasuke fruitlessly brought up.
A blast of chakra emerged from Naruto's fist as it enveloped the chakra construct completely.
A huge explosion graced the battlefield as Konoha trembled from Naruto's punch.
Shinobi that weren't dead from Naruto's earlier display collapsed in sheer terror. Houses trembled as they lost their foundations, crumbling to pieces.
…
Sasuke spat out blood as he was sent deep into the earth tunneling through the bed rock that housed the Hokage statues to the base of the village, emitting a huge volume of dust in the atmosphere as the surrounding houses were blown apart instantaneously.
Naruto looked down at Sasuke's panting figure on the ground.
Sasuke looked upwards; his eyes half lidded as Naruto's figure blurred in his image. He didn't know how many bones had been broken in his body.
He was aware he was suffering a concussion, blood caked around his head as time became non-existent. He didn't know how long he was on the ground.
The rate at which he went in and out of consciousness was hard to tell. Numerous wounds were seen around his body as his attire was torn in numerous places.
Genjutsu has no effect on him, taijutsu… nothing, Ninjutsu, kenjutsu all useless. I wouldn't have prepared for this kind of foe in a lot of coming years to come. Just what is he?
Seeing that his opponent was subdued Naruto spoke with complete disdain.
"You told me earlier that there wasn't a thing you didn't cherish… your friends, your family. I wonder if that was the same mindset you had when you gained your Mangekyou Sharingan."
Naruto looked at Sasuke's slowly widened eyes with complete judgment.
"Yes… I know that you were instructed to kill Kinoke, the one you only made an attachment in this world; an attachment over power. You never loved anyone, Sakura, your children. All you saw in them was a means to revive your clan. Even if it meant you had to kill every obstacle that stood in your way. You spoke like a savior, someone that had the capability to save the world. But all you were in a nut shell is a hypocrite."
Sasuke looked on in rage as he tried to make his body to move desperately.
Move! Move!
"Your clan will never be revived. This entire system will go down. You will die here Sasuke."
Naruto looked aside to see Sasuke's katana stuck to the ground a couple of distances away. With a flex of his arm, the Katana crept out and flew straight to his palm, pulsing in dark chakra. Raising the sword up Naruto muttered.
"Your family will not die, but there will be no more Sharingan user left to plague the world in the nearest future. I will ensure that."
Sasuke looked on with his Sharingan as he saw the sword coming down slowly.
Move… move! I have to get back to them! He cannot be right.
Suddenly dark memories came rushing forth as Sasuke remembered when he was spoken to by the elders.
…
"So Sasuke, you know that we are in war situation. As such any means necessary would be taken in order to bring power into Konoha."
"What is your point?"
"You made it yourself" Hiruzen said quickly "We want you to begin restoring the Uchiha Clan."
Sasuke's eyes widened "What?"
"Naturally we would have waited for the right time to involve you in this but just as Hokage-sama said, we have no time." Danzo said
Sasuke looked shocked at the implication.
"Uchiha Sasuke, I the Third Hokage of Konoha hereby deem you fit for the Clan Restoration Act."
"But-"
"No buts young Uchiha" Hiruzen said seriously. "This has been discussed over and as a Shinobi of the Hidden leaf you have nothing to do but obey."
"They are too young to have Children!" Sasuke shouted.
"Tsunade of the Sannin will take care of that." Hiruzen said dismissing the thought "Besides Kunoichi have better endurance than most women."
"You have a month to begin choosing your wives. I don't care at what interval you take just get a child ready for us before year's end. You are dismissed."
Sasuke walked through the streets of to his Clan compound as he thought on the instruction by the Hokage.
Sure, he had thought it on his mind to begin a family, but that wasn't this early, he planned on doing that after he had killed Itachi. But now he was caught in a rock and hard place. The only person he thought that would be a strong mother for their future children was Sakura.
…
That was all he thought of Sakura, a strong mother for his children. Was he really that cruel, so numbed to love that he couldn't feel it? Sasuke looked on sadly as he thought about Kinoke, someone who he bonded to for years during battle.
But he didn't have any reason stopping him from using his death to gain the Mangekyou. His brother Itachi had destroyed any reason for him to love again.
Because he knew, if he did… someone would come and take them away, like what happened to his family.
He saw himself in Naruto, someone who was similar to him in all perspective. Someone who looked at him with indifference compared to what the other villagers looked at him with; complete pride and hopes in their eyes. He felt like a normal person next to Naruto, and now he felt like a normal civilian before him.
He knew, from the first moment that Naruto had surpassed him in power. But he just wanted to see just how far had he gone. He was never home for a long time to avoid bonding with his family, Hiruzen made sure of that.
He never wanted Sasuke to feel any sympathies or connections towards his blood.
Just what was he? Suddenly his eyes widened.
"Unlike you Sasuke… I am not a puppet made to abide by the whims of this village. I live for myself and my companions."
Naruto's words rang through his head as he reached the realization.
Was he a puppet, controlled by the higher powers of the village while he was fooled to a sense of satisfaction that he was training to kill his brother?
Just why… why… Why?! Why was he so confused now!
Naruto, ignorant to Sasuke's internal turmoil brought the sword down and in a quick motion decapitated Sasuke; whose Sharingan eyes faded as he looked ahead, his coal black eyes turning cold.
Sasuke saw the final images of his family as he passed on, a lone tear coming out from his decapitated head.
Naruto looked at him for a short moment before he moved past him impassively
"Uchiha Sasuke, the final obstacle before my goal." Naruto looked ahead, turning his gaze to Sarutobi Hiruzen and A, the Raikage.
"Soon this will end… and I will achieve complete dominance on this world."
Hiruzen looked back to Naruto from the Hokage tower, a silent battle waging between them. A's eyes narrowed as he crouched in a battle stance. Naruto chuckled as he reciprocated the look. He then mused,
Finally.
Lightning and Thunder danced beautifully as Konoha gained a bluish tint.
The epic assault reaching its conclusion.
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