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Chapter 21:

Naruto panted, staring at Sasuke. 'Huh? What is he doing here...'

Itachi cracked his neck from behind his collar. "Well now...little brother..."

"Naruto."

Naruto blinked."huh?"

Sasuke turned to him. "I believe I can take care of Itachi. Please dispose of Kisame."

Naruto swallowed. 'But-I've only been training my Shinigami skills recently...my chakra control and jutsu barely have improved at all...'

"Relax..." Arashi said, baring his razor-like teeth. "You've still got my power, and Minato-sans."

Naruto deeply breathed in. Then, he grinned, his eyes flaring, and bursting into a reddish color.

"Alright!"

Sasuke calmly nodded, then vanished.

Naruto blinked, then yelped as the walls on either side of the halls instantly cracked, with Sasuke appearing right before Itachi, with a Chidori in hand.

Itachi blinked, then disappeared in a 'poof' of smoke before Sasuke could hit him. Sasuke 'che'd, then swung his hand backwards, sending a ray of lightning at Itachi, who appeared raround five feet behind Sasuke.

He raised an eyebrow, then somersaulted backwards, before kicking the blast away.

Naruto gaped in awe. 'Seriously?...'

Then, he leapt back reflexively, as Kisame swung his giant, bandage-wrapped sword at Naruto, shattering the ceiling of that floor.

Itachi seamlessly dodged and lunged at Sasuke, who dodged easily as well. Then, Itachi made a seal, and fire roared out of his mouth. Sasuke leapt back, then swept his hand. "Chidori!"

Itachi raised an eyebrow, until Sasuke leapt through the flames, Sharingan spinning like a turbine.

A quick palm thrust, and Sasuke choked, within inches of Itachi's face. Itachi swiveled his head.

"Is that all...brother?"

Sasuke coldly shook his head. "You wish."

Then, Sasuke violently spun, kicking Itachi backwards two feet, and then he landed back. Itachi just raised two fingers.

He pointed them at Sasuke. "Ephermeal."

Sasuke growled. "Genjutsu won't work on me!"

"Too late."

The building exploded into a murder of crows, which all surrounded Sasuke.

-x-xxx-xx-sx-x-

Naruto panted, dodging all of Kisame's attacks. 'Lucky he's so slow, huh?'

Then, Kisame grinned, and flickered.

Naruto choked, spitting up blood, as a large laceration ripped through his clothes and tore his stomach open. Naruto tried to scream, only to feel more pain.

He glanced down. 'Shit...Arashi, help me heal, damn it! I don't want to turn into a permanent Shinigami!'

Then, his flesh started rebuilding, and Naruto panted, getting up.

'How did he get so fast?..'

Kisame grinned violently. "Want to known the secret to my speed?" he said. He lifted up his sword. "Its this. His name is Samehada. And he feeds on chakra. So, as you slow down..."

Then, he punched Naruto, seemingly from twenty feet away, ripping open the wound, and sending him flying through the wall of the building.

Kisame grinned, at the smoking crater Naruto was bleeding in. "I speed up."

-xxx-xx-xx-x-

Sasuke panted, looking around. 'Why can't my Sharingan break this!'

Then, he winced, as the crows above him turned to shuriken, and stabbed into him.

Sasuke screamed. "Damn you, Itachi!"

More shuriken flew at Sasuke, and he viciously tried to block them, until more crows turned into chains, pinning his arms down.

Then, Itachi walked up to him, lifting up Sasuke's head. He peered into his eyes.

"For the next twenty-four hours, you will experience the Uchiha massacre. Your parents dying. And my previous Tsukyomi. Over and over again." Itachi calmly said. Sasuke screamed, forcing his eyes shut.

They were peeled open by Itachi, who's Mangekyou Sharingan was violently spinning.

Itachi slowly and deeply breathed in. "Tsukyomi."

Sasuke screamed, writhing in pain for a few seconds, then froze, shuddering.

Itachi blinked, then got up, walking away.

-x-xxxx-x-x-x-

Kisame casually jumped down to the pit, where people were screaming, and pointing at Naruto.

"Help! Its a fish-man!"

"No, its a mermaid!"

Kisame shot a scorching look at the villagers. "Can it!"

Naruto still was raggedly breathing. Kisame raised an eyebrow. "Still living, huh? Great, the boss would be pissed if I accidentally killed you."

Then, Itachi appeared right next to him. "Kisame, may I ask what happened here?"

Kisame shrugged. "He resisted. I made him stop."

-In Naruto's mind-

Naruto was lying on the ground, still bleeding, as Arashi forced his positive chakra into him. Arashi was panicing.

"Damn! He just won't heal! The attacks from that guy seem to be sapping away his chakra!"

Then, all of a sudden, all of his wounds started stitching together, and Naruto moaned, as his skin started flashing back from pale to tanned to pale.

Minato jumped back. "Its that mutated cursed seal again."

Arashi grimly nodded.

Then, Naruto choked, and started shuddering and screaming, as a black goo started oozing from his eyes, and creeping into his mouth.

Arashi growled, then clapped his hands together, forcing chakra through Naruto.

"If its not one thing, its another, huh!"

Red chakra bursts poured from his hands like waves, solidiying and shattering the disgusting black liquid, and Arashi fell back, panting.

'Unbelievable...that felt like something alive...what was that!' he thought in shock.

Minato trembled. "Naruto?"

"Naruto?"

-x-xxxx-xxx-

"Naruto! Get up!"

Naruto snapped to attention, leaping up, as little flecks of black dropped off of his face.

Itachi peered at him.

'First, his skin tone rapidly changed...then that black fluid flooded from his face like some kind of covering...and now his wounds are healed? How is that possible...'

Kisame blinked, then choked, falling to the ground as Sasuke landed a spinning kick to his temple.

Itachi rapidly turned in shock.

"Training with Ibiki taught me a lot of things..." Sasuke muttered.

Sharingan spinning in both eyes, he glared at Itachi. "Including to resist torture. What you just did felt like a summer breeze compared to some of the things I've been through!"

Kisame got up, cracking his neck. "Lousy bastard..." he grumbled. Then he grinned. "Hey, Itachi. How 'bout we switch partners? After all, we do need the jinchuriki alive, and not the other kid..."

Itachi nodded, then froze, and a small glob of blood came from behind his large collar. He grasped his eyes, shuddering, then said, "No. We're leaving."

Sasuke's eyes flared. "What! No! I'm going to kill you!" he yelled, rushing at Itachi.

Itachi let go of his eye for a moment, staring at Sasuke.

"Amaterasu!"

Sasuke halted, then leapt back as a tsunami of black flames shot at lightning speed towards the two.

"Come on, Naruto!" he yelled, grabbing his by the torso and forcing him back.

Naruto yelped. "But-"

"Theres no time!"

Then, the entire hotel exploded in a black flare.

Sasuke angrily blew the dust near him away, looking around 360 degrees. "Where the hell are you!"

-xxx-xx-xxx-

Kisame sighed, hearing the echo of Sasuke's voice. "Why couldn't we kill them!"

Itachi panted, looking towards him, his eyes bleeding. "Later." he hoarsely mumbled. "Later."

-xx-x-x-xxx-

Naruto groaned, looking around.

Then, he choked.

There were two hollows, each about twelve feet tall, and both were smiling at him.

"Fresh meat?" the fatter, orange one said.

The other bony, grey one laughed. "Nothing like Shinigami for a little snack!"

'They must have been attracted here by the chakra!' Minato thought. 'And they aren't ordinary hollows...they seem to be even stronger than those really big Menos!'

Naruto angrily cursed. 'Can't let Sasuke see this...got to take care of this quickly!'

Then, he turned into his Shinigami form, and swung at the two hollows. "Chikage Shippu!"

The thin one laughed, deflecting the ray of energy away with a casual wave of his hand. "Idiot! You think we'll be taken down with one little Shikai?" His smirk grew darker. "We're Adjudchas, bitch."

Naruto swallowed. 'Huh?'

-xx-

"What's a Vasto Lorde?"

"The most powerful hollow!" Urahara said happily.

Naruto smiled. "Kind of like the thing I thought?"

Urahara shook his head, still smiling. "Nope! That was a normal hollow. After those come Gillian Menos, then Adjuchas, then Vasto Lordes!"

-xx-

Naruto sweatdropped. 'Yeah...now I remember...'

"Hirameki, Ikusen Raikou." ( Flash, Thousand Lightning)

Then, a bolt of grey shot into the fat Adjucha's chest, followed by a huge barrage of multicolored blasts.

The Adjucha choked, and the bolts of lighting exploded, turning him into dust.

The thin one screamed, looking around. "Where are you!"

"Keiri!" (Executioner!)

The thin hollow gasped, as a giant, ten foot long, elaborate spear pierced through him, making the hollow evaporate. "Damn you! Damn you..." he screamed.

Naruto panted.

"So, I suppose both of our shinigami powers come from our chakra natures, huh?"

Naruto rushed around to see Sasuke, who was holding a blue and black lance in his hand from up on a piece of rubble ten feet above him. Then, Sasuke's eyes fluttered, and he collapsed. Naruto blinked, but then the gas line of the hotel exploded, and Naruto followed him.

-x-x-xx-x-x-

The lady sighed, looking at the two bodies lying in the wake of the explosion.

"Well, well, well. Who could these two trouble makers be?"

The smaller brunette beside her shrugged. "Maybe they are from another country?"

The first lady cocked her blonde head. "No...that headband on the blond one...he's from Konohagakure."

She nodded. "No doubt about it. Which means they must be with him."

Then, she turned. "Come on, Shizune, lets get a move on."

The brunette blinked. "But, Tsunade-sama-"

"Leave it. Jiraiya can pick up after them."

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Another chapter complete. Oh, and if you think my writing style is too fast or anything...

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Also, I might try Soul Eater as an Option, and Fullmetal Alchemist, but I have only finished the latter so far. In fact, I have only read the first chapter of the former.