Hero of the Light Ch 25: Awakening of Shadow (Edited)
(Italics: Thoughts/Flashbacks/Dream sequence. Bold: Techniques/Title and Kyubi's/Demon's/Inner Character's Speech. Underline: Time Skips.)
Itachi grinned maliciously as she sun barely hit the horizon, shifting his gaze toward Kisame who was now eying him curiously as he said: "It's time, give the order to Sasuke and the others." Kisame grinned and replied: "As you wish Commander Itachi." And with those words Kisame vanished from sight, appearing in the plains below to relay the message. Itachi got a walkie talkie out of a patch on his side and turned it on as he said into the receiver: "Coyote this is golden eagle, are you in position?"
There was a moment of silence then through a wave of static a voice replied from the device: "Golden eagle this is Coyote, in position and are awaiting your command." Itachi narrowed his eyes as he said: "Commence the diversion strike immediately." There was a short silence before a reply came: "With pleasure sir, Coyote out." Itachi's grin if anything looked more insane by the moment as he said aloud: "The village that I'd wanted revenge on for so long is now within my grasp... The world is mine for the taking!" With that last exclamation his eyes widened and he began to laugh sinisterly as his diversion squad began it's assault.
A man dressed in the generic black body suit of the ANBU stood within ANBU headquarters, strings of chakra connecting his ten fingertips to a large cerulean orb centered in the middle, suddenly the left side of the orb began to glow a deep shade of crimson, the ANBU operative handling the orb's eyes widened as he exclaimed: "Intruders at the western sector!" The three ANBU operatives playing a game of cards in the corner dropped their cards and readied their swords as they all eyes one another, nodded and vanished from view.
Villagers ran frantically, expressions of horror written into their faces as they desperately clung to their own lives. The Assassin merely grinned as he performed a few quick hand signs and exclaimed: "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"With those words a concentration of red chakra erupted from their mouths, an enormous fireball launching into a nearby building, incinerating it along with it's occupants.
The three ANBU from earlier appeared on the scene and immediately performed a series of hand signs and all called out in unison: "Earth style! Root spear Jutsu!" Small tremors shook the ground as three roots spiked upwards out of the ground with a burst of energy. The Assassin merely stood there, his black cloak covering the top half of his face as he just stood there and grinned sinisterly, all of the sudden two voices called out from behind their enemy: "Fire style! Fire Dragon Jutsu!"
Suddenly an enormous, long dragon composed of flames shot overhead their enemy, burning their roots to ashes as it directed toward them, they dodged and as they jumped upward one of the ANBU said to the other: "Go get the Hokage Sai! We need back-up!" One of the ANBU left the group and raced toward the Hokage tower as he called behind him: "At once sir!" And with those words the ANBU vanished and his comrades continue to try their best to hold off the invaders.
Tsunade's gaze drifted toward the window, her eyes widening as she saw smoke over the west side of the village and heard a loud, scream that was silenced in cold snapped her fingers and immediately the ANBU captain once appeared, taking a short bow as he gazed upward at the Hokage and asked in an emotionless tone: "Your orders Lady Hokage?" Tsunade shifted her gaze at the ANBU captain and said: "The village is under attack, your orders are to help the injured and eliminate your threat with the entirety of our forces."
The ANBU captain dropped to one knee and replied in the same emotionless tone: "As you wish Lady Hokage, I'll give the order immediately."And with those words the ANBU captain faded into darkness, as soon as the ANBU captain had left the door suddenly opened and the form of Jiraiya emerged from the doorway as his gaze drifted toward Tsunade's direction and he caught her gaze as he asked: "You ready?" Tsunade grinned and nodded and she replied: "Let's go kick some ass."
Naruto was lying in bed, his mind and body in a state of unconsciousness. As he lied there a faint whisper said: "Naruto wake up... The darkness has come, and only you can vanquish it. Go fulfill your destiny." Naruto's eyes suddenly snapped open and immediately he had a strong feeling something was very wrong, Naruto smelt smoke and a look of horror replaced his facial expression as he gazed out of his window, smoke rising from the west side of the village.
Naruto quickly got dressed and jumped atop his apartment complex's rooftop to get a better view on things, just as Naruto was about to head from the west side of town an explosion erupted behind him, Naruto turned around and an enormous black entity taking the form of a Chinese dragon appeared and smashed an entire building to pieces with one flick of it's enormous, and powerful tail.
Naruto was filled with rage and suddenly the golden chakra around him began to illuminate brightly, he closed his eyes as he performed a few series of hand signs, suddenly his eyes snapped open, radiating a golden energy from his eyes as he called out: "Light Summoning!"
A large cloud of smoke manifested and as soon as the smoke had cleared an identical dragon composed of Light appeared, lunged forward at his immortal enemy, sinking his fangs into the other dragon's neck, as the dragons held each other off Naruto focused on the countless Assassins surrounding him, he closed his eyes and said: "You have no idea who you're dealing with..."
With one swift movement Naruto composed five Kunai of light in each hand, launching them at his opponents, all of them falling on the ground dead, a second wave appeared and he sliced through them with a blade composed of light. As the twenty bodies fell to the ground lifeless here was a moment of uncomfortable silence, suddenly clapping sounded from behind him, Naruto shifted his gaze and the form of Sasuke appeared, a dark grin on his face as he said: "Good job Naruto, sharp as ever with your power I see, but I think you could do much better than that."
Naruto narrowed his gaze at his ex-teammate and said: "How dare you show your face to me again... In my home village of all places!?" Sasuke merely grinned and replied in an cold tone: "Is that the way you treat someone you used to think of as a brother?" Naruto had an angry look on his face as he roared: "Shut up!" And with those words he impulsively charged a Rasengan composed entirely of light chakra, red swirls of demonic chakra leaking across the exterior as he slammed it in Sasuke's direction, there was an explosion and the spot Sasuke had been a moment before was a small crater.
Sasuke merely kept a dark grin and muttered: "Temper, temper, you haven't changed one bit Naruto." Naruto merely smirked and replied: "You're one to talk you sick, sadistic fuck." Sasuke appeared offended by this comment and said in an emotionless tone: "We will fight just as you've always wanted, a real fight to the bitter end. But first I would like to test you."
And with those words Sasuke stepped to the side and a shadowed figure with spiky hair appeared, Narutp's eyes widened as he got a good look at the figure, Sasuke merely grinned with satisfaction and asked in the same cold, emotionless tone: "Would you like to meet your brother?" The figure emerged from the darkness, an exact replica of Naruto clad in an Akatsuki cloak, suddenly he opened his eyes, revealing his Sharingan as he said in an emotionless yet sinister tone: "It's good to finally meet you brother..."
Tsunade and Tsunade both bit down on their thumbs, made a few hand signs and called out together: "Summoning Jutsu!"Suddenly two large clouds of smoke appeared overhead, a giant toad equipped with a blade and a giant slug manifesting from thin air. Suddenly six Assassins surrounded Jiraiya and Tsuande, they put their backs to each other and Tsunade asked her teammate: "Got a plan?"
Jiraiya grinned and readied a Kunai in unison with Tsunade as he said: "I called a few friends to come and help." Suddenly Thirteen white cloaked men appeared, slicing down the assassins surrounding Jiraiya and Tsunade with ease, one of the mean turned to them and asked: "Master Jiraiya, Lady Hokage, are you alright?" Jiraiya nodded and replied: "We're fine, this force is too small though, could it have been a diversion!?"
As Jiraiya finished his words all of their gazes drifted toward the eastern side of town, flames surrounding them as the other side of the village was lit strangely enough a bright light and a deep darkness seem to blind them from seeing any clearer, Jiraiya muttered: "Naruto..." Tsunade's eyes widened at the sight of the light and darkness surrounded in flames as she thought: The prophecy has come true!
Kara and Tenten were running at high speeds toward the eastern side of town as Tenten asked Kara: "Are you sure Naruto is this way?" Kara shifted her gaze toward Tenten while she was running and nodded as she replied: "And he's in the middle of combat too, we've got to hurry!" Tenten nodded in understanding as they both sprinted as fast as they could toward Naruto's location.
Naruto's vision began to blur and he couldn't stand straight, a tiny trickle of blood got in his eyes, he went to wipe it from his vision but the moment he didhis identical enemy appeared in front of him and slammed his fist into his face hard, sending him flying into the ground as Dark Naruto asked in an emotionless tone: "You're not as entertaining as Sasuke said you'd be, could you at least fight back a little? I feel like I'm fighting a child here."
This comment caused Naruto to snap, he got to his feet as he roared: "DON'T EVER UNDERESTIMATE ME!"With those words his body was surrounded in an orb of light, his physical wounds healing instantly, Naruto then condensed the orb of light around him into a single Rasengan, surges of powerful chakra giving the mass of energy a dangerous edge, Naruto charged forward as he roared: "EXPLOSIVE RASENGAN!"
Kara and Tenten suddenly appeared on the battlefield, just as they arrive they witness Naruto charging forward with an explosive mass of chakra, slamming it into the chest of his enemy, watching the horror written on his facial expression as flesh, blood and bone were obliterated before their very eyes, the shock-wave of the explosion sending them flying back into a wall. After composing themselves they stand up and their gazes dropped on Naruto, who was face down in the large crater that formed during the explosion. They both ran over to Naruto, sitting him up as they both ask: "Naruto are you okay?"
Naruto's eyes widened as he pushed Tenten and Kara to the ground as he yelled: "Look out!" Suddenly Naruto felt an extremely powerful punch hit the back of his head and sent him flying into a nearby wall with a crash, Sasuke performed a series of hand signs and called out: "Darkness Arts! Black Lightning jutsu!"Suddenly black lightning shot from Sasuke's fingertips, reducing the opposing form of Naruto to mere ashes, the ashes vanished in the form of white smoke as Sasuke's gaze drifted all around him as he thought: Damn where is he!?
Naruto appeared above him and called out: "Light Arts! Blinding Flash Jutsu!"With those words Naruto held out a strongly illuminated orb of energy within his palm, blinding Sasuke completely, when his vision was clear enough for him to see Naruto appeared in front of him and punched him as hard as he could in the face, sending him flying backwards into an upward kick by one of Naruto's clones, following a powerful kick downward by another airborne clone.
As Sasuke plummeted downward he performed a short series of hand signs in midair and called out: "Dark Arts! Shadow Binding Jutsu!"There was a large burst of black chakra and before he knew what was happening Naruto's vision was clouded in deep, dark shadows, he heard faint echoes of Sasuke's laughter all around him as he asked in a sinister, mocking tone: "What's wrong Naruto?! Your eyes failing you!?"
Naruto didn't answer and gazed around him, desperately trying to extend his sense to be able to sense any form of motion, his facial expression reflected annoyance and aggravation as he thought: Damn Sasuke where the hell are you?! His thoughts were interrupted however as a demonic form of Sasuke with wings flew into his back at high-speed, piercing the flesh of his shoulders with demonic claws as Sasuke roared: "RIGHT HERE NARUTO!"
Sasuke retracted his claws from Naruto's shoulders as he launched him into a nearby building at high speed, the building coming to a collapse as Naruto flies out the other end of it. Sasuke appeared in front of him and kicked him down, hard into the ground forming a new crater.
Sasuke charged up a black Chidori in his right hand with an explosive amount of chakra as he charged downward and roared: "YOU"RE MINE NARUTO!"As Sasuke charged downward an explosion erupted, blocking the outcome of the battle from view, as soon the smoke cleared the form of Naruto lied at the bottom of a deep crater, the form of Sasuke on top of him with a metal sword piercing his chest right through his heart, Sasuke began to laugh as blood splattered on Naruto's face, his eyes widened at Sasuke's form, Sasuke smirked and said: "What's with that look? You're such an idiot... N-a-r-u-t-o..."
With Sasuke's last words he fell to the ground lifeless, suddenly Sasuke's body leaked out darkness chakra and it all absorbed into Naruto...
Naruto stood up, power pulsating in his body, suddenly an enormous pain shot through his body, as he fell to the ground the last thing he heard before losing consciousness was the voices of Kara and Tenten crying out his name and running over to him as a faint whisper in the background called out his name...
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: As you can see this story is coming to an end, I wanted to thank everybody who's kept with me on this story thus far and for you newcomers welcome to my story, I already have ideas for my next story so I'm creating a violent and explosive ending for this one, some of you may feel as though Sasuke died too quickly and easily but I thought it was a proper way for him to die, the outcome of a battle is decided in a split-second unlike an anime fight scene that goes on for fourty-five minutes. Anyway as the story comes to an end more people will die so I hope you enjoy the bloodshed. Oh and REVIEW if you want to, I've pretty much lost value in reviews but they're fun to read so go ahead and give me feedback if you desire.
Peace! - DL5