I...Have...Returned...
Let the awesome commence!
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Now, you gotta ask yourself, do I really want to read those words down there? The answer: Nnnoooooo, your not allowed, its far to awesome for you all to handle...JUST KIDDING! READ BITCH'S!
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A listless black eye scanned the thundering waterfall below, the statue he perched upon towering slightly over the cliffs surrounding the almost circular lake. If Sasuke could care, he would have remarked at its beauty.
But currently, something else held his attention; a blonde something, who seemed both relieved and furious at him. He almost smiled; he didn't think he'd run into Naruto here.
Said boy materialized atop the statue parallel his own, even from that far away, Sasuke could feel his killer-intent from there. Naruto was pissed, he could tell. Good, that would make things interesting.
"Naruto." Sasuke's voice seemed to reverberate loudly over the thundering falls, as Naruto's own mechanical speech met his own. "What the hell do you think your doing, teme?"
Sasuke smirked, although from the distance between them, Naruto couldn't see that. "To gain power. I will have it Naruto, power to kill him, and if you get in my way, I have no qualms with ending your life as well." Sasuke voice was cold.
There was a 'whoosh' noise from behind Sasuke, the sound made by a shunshin, before his face was violently met with a wooden, mechanical fist. "You idiot!" Naruto's voice hissed as he grabbed Sasuke's collar, forcing said boy to look at him straight, instead of to the side.
Naruto froze. "This is the power that I must achieve Naruto, through any means and any consequence." Sasuke's eyes leveled with Naruto's, but the blonde wasn't paying specific attention to his words, his speckled eyes instead fixated up on Sasuke's left eye. Yellow, surrounded in an ocean of black and with flame tattoo's above and below the eyelashes.
Naruto's distraction cost him. Sasuke's fist imbedded itself in his face, sending him rolling away. The Uchiha stood as Naruto wobbled upwards, his head spinning.
"Naruto, do you know what this place is called?" Sasuke asked, not really caring that Naruto was doubled over in pain. "Like I give a fuck." Naruto ground out. Sasuke snickered. "Never would have figured you the talkative type, Naruto." He was met with silence.
"This place is where the founding father of Konoha, the Shodaime, battled Uchiha Madara. It seems almost fitting, that we meet here, isn't it?" Sasuke said nostalgically. Naruto still remained silent.
"Naruto, I'm going to admit something that may come as a surprise. I admit it, your strong, maybe even stronger then I am." Naruto's eyebrows shot to his forehead as Sasuke showed something he never thought he'd see: Humility. "But, I'm not entirely sure, our fight from before was interrupted, and frankly, I want this nice and settled. Come, come and face me." Sasuke said, taking a battle stance, as Naruto gave him an incredulous look.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Naruto said coldly, as it was Sasuke's turn to give Naruto an odd look. "What do you mean, I said face me." Sasuke brushed him off. Naruto however wasn't in the mood. "Your sick Sasuke, to do this to everyone."
"When I left Konoha, I couldn't believe you. To actually leave the village, harm Sakura, and try to kill me before that, I can't believe you. Orochimaru's poisoned your mind, Sasuke." The Uchiha's sharingan blazed into life as his yellow eye receded to his normal one, the boy's blood boiling.
"POISONED?! Let me ask you something, how can I possibly become stronger in that shit-hole?! Orochimaru was never the poison, Konoha was, and it will forever hold my strength back! I will always stay weaker then Itachi if I were to stay there, where there is no hope of increasing my strength. I may not like it, but to achieve my goals, I must attain strength from anyone, even the devil himself." Sasuke finished breathlessly.
Naruto leveled him with a glare. "No Sasuke, your wrong. Strength isn't measured like that, by breaking bonds. It is the bonds you make in life that make you strong, it is these that will allow you to attain strength. Sasuke, please, come back to Konoha."
"NEVER!" Sasuke shouted, dashing forwards, planting a right hook in Naruto's nose. "I'll never go back willingly."
Naruto chuckled as blood seeped through his masks holes. "Fine then, I'll just have to break every bone in your body, and drag you home!" Naruto shot forwards as Sasuke did the same, both shouting battle cries.
"NARRRUUUUUTOOOOO!"
"SSSAAAAASUKEEEEEE!"
There battle had begun.
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Shikamaru ducked a massive club to the head as he spun around and shot behind a bush, taking a moment to evaluate who or what he was fighting.
Tayuya at first glance wasn't that much of a problem; she didn't appear to be very powerful. That was at first glance.
From the treetops, said girl scanned around, trying to spot the boy. She hated to admit it, but the boy had skill, breaking his own finger to escape her illusion was genius, not to mention that he was still managing to evade her three demons. He was pretty good (I decided to mix up the sequence this fight goes in, just for the sake of it...And not because I can't remember quite how it progresses...Srsly).
Good enough to up the ante.
Shikamaru, still hidden in the bush, looked up as he splinted his broken finger, feeling a sudden surge in evil chakra. Tayuya, from above, smirked evilly as tattoos began to spread outwards in the shape of lines. She'd activated her curse seals first level.
"Oi, chicken shit!" She shouted. Shikamaru didn't bother replying to her insult. "I'm gonna give you on last chance to step out and give up, I'll make it quick and painless, hell, I might even let you live if you grovel enough!" Shikamaru paused for a moment. Should he give up? Sure, it would be cowardly, and spineless, but there was a chance he'd live.
Somewhere inside him, disgust weld up at the very thought of it. "Fuck you bitch!" His voice shouted as Tayuya smirked even wider. "I can't believe the idiot actually fell for it." She cackled to herself as her demons simultaneously launched for the bush Shikamaru was hiding behind, brutally attacking it at the same time.
Tayuya covered her eyes as an explosion erupted, her demons at its epicenter. She didn't need to look to know that Shikamaru had substituted himself with a log that had an explosive tag attached to it, and that her demons had been dispelled. Damn...
Regardless, that bugger now had the upper hand. From behind her, Shikamaru dashed across the tree limb she stood on, a kunai glinting in his hand. Tayuya smirked as he leapt high, seemingly unnoticed by her. That is, if he'd remained hidden, if he hadn't attacked in such an obvious fashion.
Twisting around and grabbing his wrist, Tayuya held his arm aloft as the kunai perched precariously over her head. "Damn your predictable, aren't you?" She asked as she reared her arm back to slam a fist in his face, when her body simply stopped responding to movement, instead freezing up.
Tayuya, straining her head down, looked to see that that both hers and the boys shadow were connected. 'Damn, when did he..?' She stopped herself as she noticed his second hand was raised to the one holding the kunai, both finishing the final seal for his technique, the rat. "You really should pay attention. I started the technique in the bush, and then dashed out here. I knew you were to arrogant, and wouldn't pass up a chance to humiliate me, so I finished the last seal right as I got within a few feat of you." (Not sure if it works like that, don't really care)
Tayuya grimaced, before smirking. "Well, I gotta say, smart move, for a shit eating dick wad that the doctor slapped when he came out of his moms cunt!" Tayuya smirked towards the end, as a massive tick appeared on his forehead. "Say all you want, your gonna die soon anyways."
Tayuya gave him a frank look, before he indicated downwards towards her stomach. Staring down, Tayuya almost gasped as she realized that there was a shadow hand crawling towards her throat. "I really don't want to do this, but I'm afraid you're just to much of a risk, so I'm just going to have to end you. Quite troublesome, I know, but it must be done. Try not to struggle, it'll be over soon." To emphasize his point, the hand crawled up to almost breast level.
Tayuya however, smiled, not a smirk, just a smile. "Well, you are a surprising one. I didn't think I'd have to use this skill." Shikamaru's eyes widened, before an explosion of chakra blew him back. Sitting up, his eyes locked onto Tayuya's as a massive geyser of purple, horrid chakra reseeded into her now changed body.
Her skin was darker, horns had sprung up on her head, and her eye-line had thickened considerably, but it was Tayuya nonetheless. "Now then, considering the fact you just tried to kill me, I think I'd better do the same." biting her thumb, and slamming down onto the ground, a massive plumb of smoke obscuring his eyes.
Tayuya's now characteristically shit-eating grin was plastered on her face as her personal troupe of demons had returned, although they now all looked furious (Under all the things obscuring there faces) and very roughed up. "Any last words before I let these guys play Kanasta on your face?" Tayuya sneered.
Shikamaru paled. 'Dammit, this isn't good; I won't be able to win against them in my condition. Maybe I could...No, she wouldn't let me live if I gave up. What else do I have to work with..?' Shikamaru pondered for a brief moment. Then it hit him. "Might as well find out what this does before I die." He whispered to himself as he nonchalantly unfurled the scroll and channeled some chakra into it.
The burst of smoke was considerably smaller then Tayuya's summons, although it did leave Shikamaru coughing. When it had cleared, the pineappled-headed Chuunin had to ignore the incredibly strong urge to moan.
It was a puppet, of course. Relatively human looking, and female as well, with a periscope for one eye, and camo-pants coupled with a sleeveless black shirt. On its back, the puppet carried a large machine with various objects sticking out of it. For those reading, Enkin had just entered the fray.
"Wow, that is...Really sad. There are absolutely no words to describe a crappy summon like that, and trust me, I know quite a few choice words." Tayuya cackled as Shikamaru just slumped over. 'So this was it', he thought, 'this is how I'm gonna die, crushed by demons after attempting to use something a creep in a poncho gave me. Perfect.'
Raising her flute to her lips, Tayuya held her mirth in at the sheer audacity of someone summoning something like this to fight her, an elite. It was pathetic. "Don't worry, I'll make it quick for your crappy doll!" She said, before blowing into her flute. As one, her demons shot high into the air.
... only to come crashing back down, three smoking holes in each of there consecutive foreheads. Shikamaru looked up from his depressed slouching as Tayuya's absolutely stunned eyes looked closely at Enkin, who was holding the smoking weapon, three shells lying beside it.
"Who the hell are you calling a crappy doll, bitch." A mechanical voice rang out as Enkin leveled the scope with Tayuya's still form. Leaping behind a tree limb for cover, Tayuya had only one thing to ask herself as bullets and bark shot away from the branch she had positioned herself on.
'I'm in deep, aren't I?'
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"NARRRUUUUUTOOOOO!"
"SSSAAAAASUKEEEEEE!"
They met as one, Sasuke's kick delivered in Naruto's stomach making him double over in pain. Sasuke, seeing him open, continued with his momentum, spinning around and delivering a devastating punch to Naruto's jaw. Naruto, still dazed, spun out over the top of the monument, plummeting to the waterfall below.
'Guess I overestimated his abil-' Sasuke's thoughts were cut short as a multitude of chakra wires tightened around his wrist, pulling him over the falls as well before he could react. Flying over, he was suddenly introduced with Naruto's fist as he delivered a massive punch to his face, sending him flying as they both continued to plummet.
Yanking the wires towards him again, Naruto brought Sasuke flying around for another shot to the face. The hit reverberated up his arm, but Naruto didn't care, he was to busy dragging Sasuke in for one more hit before he bailed from the wire and stuck to the monument with chakra. However, unknown to Naruto, Sasuke had prepared for Naruto's third hit.
Twisting his wrist behind him, Sasuke latched onto a kunai as Naruto came in for the third hit. Rearing his own hand back, he twisted himself slightly, moving under Naruto's attacking arm, before quickly lashing out at his exposed chest with the blade. The kunai carved a long groove into the wood breastplate; before it was suddenly caught on Naruto's bottom-most left arm, slicing it clean off.
Kicking Naruto away, they both simultaneously plummeted into the waters depths, twin geysers of foam erupting from the impacts. Skidding to a stop on the waters surface, Naruto looked almost astonished at the damage he had taken in little over three seconds. 'He's aiming to kill, isn't he?' He asked himself as he examined the large scratch on his armors plating. Had he been not wearing it, he'd have been floating underwater, blood seeping out from the fatal wound.
His musings however were cut short, as a sudden spike of chakra from across the lake caught his attention. Turning quickly, Naruto caught a brief flash of movement, before ducking on instinct. This proved wise, as Sasuke barely missed scalping him with his kunai. Leaping away, Naruto eyed Sasuke warily.
"Your trying to actually kill me now, aren't you?" He said, Sasuke's cold scowl splitting into a small grin, one that answered Naruto's question even before he said anything. "This is a battle of Shinobi Naruto. It's meant to be fought with the intent to kill, after all. Wouldn't you agree?"
Naruto's posture slumped, his eyes cast slightly downwards. "Sasuke...Please, just come with me. This is unnecessary, and you know it. You don't need Orochimaru, you don't need power...Please...Don't do something you'll regret..." His voice, sincere to a flaw would have spoken volumes to anyone.
Sadly, anyone but Sasuke. "Ku...Kukuku...KukukkuheheheheAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well this is a surprise, never thought I'd see this day! The silent wonder, Uzumaki Naruto, preaching to the likes of me about rights and wrongs! This is just...Fitting in a way."
"Sasuke..." Naruto mumbled. Emotions had begun to boil up, emotions the teen hadn't felt in a very long time; fear, and shock, mixed with anxiety and hope, hope that maybe, just maybe, Sasuke would finally come to his senses. It was for not.
"Naruto, did you know, that high-class Shinobi are capable of reading each others hearts with a single blow" Sasuke's voice rang out as his curse seal began to envelope him. "If this is true, then tell me, what am I thinking right now?"
Naruto had a moment to prepare, before Sasuke's foot connected with his facial structure. Hurtling upwards, Naruto twisted around for a landing, only to catch a flash of the Sharingan, and a punch that sent him hurtling back down to the ground. Lurching upwards onto the waters surface, Naruto's slightly winded breath hitched as a pale hand grasped the collar of his poncho.
"So, what am I thinking, Naruto?" Sasuke whispered as the chirping of birds filled the air. Naruto, in pain, his goggle's cracked from Sasuke's kick, struggled to focus on his teammate. Sasuke's hand reared back, his Chidori glowing brightly. "Send the Shinigami my regards, dead last."
"Send them yourself." Naruto hissed, his hand clenching quickly. Picking up movement from behind, Sasuke threw Naruto to the side and rolled along the waters surface, just in time as Naruto's previously severed arm came hurtling backwards, almost impaling him on a long dagger dripping with lethal poison.
The ghostly limb sailed towards Naruto, sinking back into place where the stump of the old arm was. Quickly grabbing his ninja-wire dole in his other arm, Naruto quickly threaded the limb back on, the patch-job enough for the match. Turning back to Sasuke, Naruto was surprised to find his opponent still in the open, his Chidori blazing, instead of hiding like Naruto had predicted.
Naruto knew instantly from the way Sasuke was still waiting that he wanted something to happen. Well, something was. 'Hope that extra training I've been doing pays off!' Naruto chanted to himself, as his three extra arms began to channel the chakra into the signature swirling vortex of chakra that was the Rasengan.
Sasuke took off just as Naruto finished the last touches, a completed Rasengan in his hand. It was almost in slow motion, as they both met; there new signature technique's merging as one for a brief moment, before the backlash commenced.
It was like a bomb went off. A flash of light, a huge bang, and both Shinobi were sent hurtling backwards, their body's human meat dolls against the momentum of the explosion. Skidding to a stop the second time that day, Naruto stood up.
Sasuke, from across the lake, did the same. 'Shit, that was shot one, I only have one left to make, and it has to count...' Sasuke scolded himself, his head a little woozy from the shot. Naruto had already recovered though, running towards the Uchiha at speeds only gained through hard training. Sasuke had to reluctantly admit, Naruto's taijutsu was at least on par with his, maybe higher.
Ducking a punch, Sasuke was met with a second one below the first, sending him rolling away. Rolling across the surface, Sasuke suddenly cart wheeled backwards into the air, before running through several hand seals. "Katon: Hōenka no Jutsu!" Sasuke gave a shout as multiple balls of flame shot forth from his open mouth.
Naruto saw it coming. Jumping directly into the path of the flames, the forepart of his right arm cocked backwards, before senbon, hundreds, made contact with the fireballs. As it turned out, the poison Naruto had coated them with was also flammable, as the fireballs exploded quickly, there movement halted as the explosion created snuffed out there momentum (Not entirely sure if that's possible, if it isn't then...I don't know, the explosion temporarily robbed the fire-balls of air, snuffing them out? Whatever...)
Sasuke's eyes widened, as the barrage of senbon's trajectory was becoming far to close for comfort. Taking off in a far circle, sweat beaded down Sasuke's neck as the continuous splash caused by the senbon hitting the water was getting very close to his feet (Think like a machine gun). Naruto, from farther back, felt almost wrong, his senbon launcher's purpose had never been to take his teammate out, but he steeled himself, his promise would not be broken.
The steady, dull 'thumps' of the senbon piercing the water behind Sasuke suddenly stopped as Naruto ran out of ammo. Sasuke, instead of stopping, chose to continue with his already gained momentum, making a beeline towards Naruto. Cocking his arm back in place, Naruto steadied himself as Sasuke came rocketing in with a kick.
Ducking under it, the back of Naruto's head exploded in pain as Sasuke's second leg made contact with the back of it. Spinning away, Naruto landed, slumped over slightly as he examined his once-cracked, now broken goggles, the right lens now missing a large part of it, his red, slitted eye now revealed.
Rage began to boil, but Naruto quelled it, he didn't need the Kyuubi, not now. Naruto felt Sasuke moving in quickly, his fist rose. Cocking his leg back, Naruto preformed an unorthodox ox kick into Sasuke's gut, which doubled him over in pain. A sliding sound was heard, as one of Naruto's wrist-blades slid out. Naruto had the antidote for his poison, all he needed to do was cut Sasuke slightly, and then wait for the venom to take effect.
Naruto was in arms reach, when something that he hadn't expected happened. Sasuke shot forwards, and instead of attacking, enveloped Naruto in a...Hug...
"What...The hell..?" Naruto spoke out loud as Sasuke's arms wrapped tightly around his upper-body. The blonde's confusion was short lived, as the sound of thousands of birds chirping met his ears. 'Sasuke's not hugging me...HE'S HOLDING ME STILL!' Naruto thought desperately as his wrist scythes sprang out, severing the clone Sasuke's arms.
It was far to late. Naruto's entire body convulsed with electricity as a human hand replaced where his lung used to be. The now armless Sasuke burst into an all to familiar haze of smoke, as the Uchiha's voice whispered into his ear "Your not the only one who can use Kage Bunshin."
"You...Bastard...Sasuke..." Naruto ground out, as his once-friend, turned enemy smirked. "I managed to pick that move up all those times I saw you use it. Tell me, Naruto, does it hurt, to die?" Naruto's eyes clenched shut in pain as blood seeped down his cloths.
"W...What's wrong with you?" Naruto whispered, his energy seeping along the blood he need. "Why are you doing this...Sasuke? " A chill ran up Naruto's spin as Sasuke chuckled. "For power Naruto. I need power to kill him, Naruto, power that I can attain only through the murder of my closest friend. That is you, Naruto." Pain raced up Naruto's body as Sasuke wrenched his hand. "Which reminds me, why aren't you dead yet?" Sasuke asked, as something boiled inside Naruto, a sensation that he hoped he'd not ever feel again.
Rage. 'How can he...HOW CAN HE KILL ME SO EMOTIONLESSLY?!' The little blood in Naruto's body began to boil.
Sasuke, feeling high on the effects of the seal, slowly released his hand from the boy's torso as Naruto's body slumped. Part of him, far back in his head, cried out in shock, and in horror at the idea he had had a human being on the end of his fist. Sasuke squashed this part of what was left of his humanity.
The high on the seal however, wore off instantly, as a small explosion sent him flying backwards. Naruto stood, his lethal wound not affecting him in the slightest, slightly slouched, an invisible wind pushing away from him making the water froth and splash, a strange light emanating from the boy. Sasuke's shocked eyes traced the hole on Naruto's back, or more specifically, how it was getting smaller and smaller as his flesh regenerated.
Crimson chakra, something that perplexed Sasuke, slowly receded as the hole finally closed itself, though the wind remained. Naruto stood hunched, his wound healed, as Sasuke stared warily at his now breathing teammate. Sasuke was forced to brace himself as the wind pressure exiting Naruto suddenly picked up in volume, almost sending him flying. 'What...WHAT IS HE?' Was all Sasuke could think as Naruto's head slowly swiveled around, his hands now clawed.
"Saaasssssuukkkkeeeeeee..." A guttural interpretation of Naruto's voice met his ears as a single crimson, slitted eye, behind what was once a goggled lens, fixated itself upon him.
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"Kakashi, their scents getting stronger." Pakkun grumbled as his small paws padded against the ground of the forest. Kakashi ran beside him, his legs a blur as he kept pace with the dog. The trees above weren't thick enough to run on, so both were forced to tread the twisting, slippery ground.
Pakkun's nose suddenly twitched as a new scent met his nose. "I smell...Blood." He said, catching Kakashi's alarmed look. "It's not theirs, but it's someone's." Continuing along the path, Kakashi and Pakkun came to a very alarming sight.
Neji lay on the forest floor, a few feet from a six armed, red skinned Oto nin. Speeding towards the boy, he was shocked that he was breathing, considering the damage's he had sustained. The left side of his head bleeding heavily, a hole through his chest, along with several bumps, scraps, with chakra exhaustion to boot. All in all, the Hyuuga looked practically dead.
Placing his ear to his chest, Kakashi sighed as he could hear a faint heartbeat. Standing up, he knew he had to go, but not before he did something. Reaching into his pouch, he pulled out a kunai and explosive tag. Rolling it around the kunai, and throwing it into the air, the explosion could be seen for several miles.
Bombs made excellent flares like that.
Turning to leave however, he heard a faint voice. "...H-hehe..." Turning, he was astounded to find Neji awake, and chuckling faintly. "Save your strength, I can't take you back to Konoha, and I don't know who saw that flare, for all I know, you could be alone for a while."
"You shouldn't have to worry, four scent trails are heading this way now, Shizune's I recognize." Pakkun piped up. Kakashi nodded. Neji's voice however, stopped him in his tracks. "I-its actu-actually kinda funny." He stuttered, his already pale complexion getting paler. "I wo-wouldn't have won this battle without your student's h-help. The-the same student that b-beat and humil-iliated me in the Chuunin exams." Neji's voice was a whisper.
Kakashi gave him a confused look. Neji swiveled his eyes slightly to the right, Kakashi following his line of sight. Across the field lay a motionless puppet, Kagai if Kakashi remembered. That would explain the multitude of craters everywhere, and the scorched earth.
"T-that ninja attacked with several thousand spid-der summons. I w-would have been overwhelmed had I not used Naruto's puppet." Neji chuckled out. "D-does irony always bit-bite this badly" He asked, amused as his voice became ever fainter. "Ya, it tends to do that." Kakashi said nostalgically. Turning away, Kakashi took off as Shizune materialized in the clearing, flanked by several med-nin.
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The water whipped around the frozen Sasuke, every muscle in his body locked in place with killer-intent. "W-WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!" Sasuke shouted over the deafening sound of wind, as Naruto swiveled his entire body around slowly, his single crimson eye never leaving his still teammate.
"Your friend. Which is why I will never let you go to Orochimaru Sasuke, even if I have to break every bone in your body." was all he responded with, before the pressure was suddenly lifted. Sasuke had little time to revel in it.
Swinging one arm down, a massive shockwave erupted under Sasuke, sending him high in the air. Spinning out of control, he caught a brief blur of gray, before Naruto's fists smashed into his face, stomach and chest. The water felt exceedingly harder then Sasuke had thought it was as he was thrown across its surface.
Back flipping, Sasuke ducked a hard punch from Naruto as he dashed in for a hit. His Sharingan blazing, Sasuke watched for the next move, but was shocked when he didn't see Naruto's kick come in, but felt the impact as he staggered backwards. Naruto however didn't wait for him to recover, instead hitting Sasuke with a barrage of punches then a drop kick, before using Sasuke's body to rebound off the cliff-side and fly suspended into the air.
Sasuke took his chance. Hands flying into several seas, Sasuke's mouth shot forth a torrent of flame, the flaming comet careening directly towards Naruto's suspended body. Unable to dodge, the half of Naruto's brain controlled by Kyuubi concocted a fairly unique way to retaliate.
Sauske, whose visibility was severely lowered by the fireballs massive size, had a moment to realize what was happening, before what little air he still had in his lungs was robbed, as Naruto's fist rammed into his gut, pushing him below the waters. Swimming to the surface, sputtering and gagging, Sasuke looked across the lake at Naruto's body.
Even as he watched, pieces of wood slowly chipped off Naruto arms, as what appeared to be a large wooden shield, in the shape of a drilling cone, receded back into the appendages. In an instant, Naruto had grown a shield on his arms to protect himself against the flames. Kicking back under the water, Sasuke took advantage of Naruto's regeneration to get a moment to think.
Meanwhile, said boy's chakra coils ached as the continued to try to maintain the evil chakra, Kyuubi's powers beginning to become taxing. 'Stupid fox, ease up would you!' Naruto channeled to himself as the last of the shield receded. 'Heeeeeyyy! It's my power, so I'll shove as much as I damn well want through you!' Kyuubi said amusedly, taking the fact that Naruto was greatly emotionally stressed to her advantage.
Across the lake, Sasuke shot out of the water, his tactic finally slapped together. His plan was simple, use his momentum, and wait until Naruto attacked, before throwing a massive amount of smoke bombs and explosives to confuse Naruto, before disabling him.
This plan however, never was put into effect. Naruto, who had already finished degenerating, saw Sasuke coming, and, not waiting to let him reach him, shot forwards at tremendous speeds, before ramming a hard fist into his gut. Sasuke's eyes dilated as the air was knocked out of him, before Naruto unleashed a devastating three hit combo, ending with a high kick that sent Sasuke high into the air.
The rock cliff that Sasuke careened into hurt tremendously, his entire body ached as the after effects of the battle were starting to take into effect. Like a wraith, Naruto landed a few feet across from him, his stature now losing the aura of pure rage it had held before. "Sasuke..." He said.
Before he could answer, Sasuke was pushed backwards as Naruto's fist suddenly held the hem of his shirt, the boy materializing in front of him. "This is your last chance to wake up Sasuke. Either that, or I'll break you like a twig right here." Naruto told him coldly. Sasuke however, grew a furious look.
"Where do you get off, telling me how to live my life? You don't know anything about me, or the pain and loneliness I've felt." Naruto's anger spiked at that comment, and almost subconsciously, he smashed a fist into Sasuke's face. "I know all about that pain Sasuke! You have no concept of what I feel every day, I've never had parents, and my only friend is standing in front of me, trying to murder me!"
"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU!" Sasuke's voice rose to the point where it was almost painfully loud. His foot came up quickly, Naruto back flipping down a little of the cliff to avoid the injury, before sticking to its surface with chakra.
"You don't know anything about pain Naruto." Sasuke said, wiping off some blood. Naruto's anger became even more humongous, the rocks underneath him beginning to crack because of the pressure. "But...You have still felt this pain Naruto. It is this pain that has made us strong." Sasuke's solemn tone took Naruto by surprise.
Reaching into his pocket, Sasuke wrapped around his forehead the only thing that could possibly tether him still to Konoha. His hiate.
"If that's the case, then why are you putting on your hiate Sasuke?" Naruto said, not making the connection between the small plate of metal attached to the cloth and Sasuke's earlier reference to pain. "Because its this pain that you have endured that has made you strong Naruto, and I respect it. This is a sign of my willingness to fight you on equal grounds." Sasuke said, going into a fighting stance "Not that you'll be able to put a scratch on my forehead" He added.
"Sasuke..." Naruto whispered. "COME!" Sasuke said forcefully, as Naruto began to charge, his speed inconceivable.
Except that was, to Sasuke, or more specifically, the third and final tomoe of the Sharingan that had manifested itself. To Sasuke's sheer surprise, Naruto's movements came to him fluidly, with the ease of predicting the movements of a fresh Genin! He could tell just from looking what Naruto was going to do next.
To Naruto's surprise, Sasuke not only weaved past his first and second fist, but also the roundhouse kick Naruto had been planning to use on him. 'This isn't good, he's moving completely different from before!" NarutoThought panicky as he spun around, his wrist-blades sliding out. Sasuke was however waiting for this.
His kunai deflecting them, Sasuke cartwheeled over Naruto's crisscrossed arms, before violently kicking him, using Naruto's body as a springboard for his finisher. Pulling into a tight somersault, Sasuke stuck his leg out, and watching Naruto's movements, calculated where his head would be moving. His calculations were correct, as the back of Naruto's head collided with Sasuke's foot, sending the blonde sprawling.
Standing up on the horizontal cliff shakily, Naruto took a moment to revise his opponent. 'One last attack, then I'll take a moment to regroup, and plan for a surprise.' Not a particularly cunning plans, but a plan nonetheless. Sasuke to was formulating a plan, but a different one then Naruto's.
'If I can predict where he's going to be, then I can use that to plan where I will strike!' Sasuke squeezed his hand into a fist and cocked it back, before waiting for Naruto to come. He didn't have to wait long, Naruto came rushing at him at high speeds, not entirely sure what his opponent was up to.
Sharingan blazing, Sasuke threw his fist forwards with all the strength left in his body, aiming again directly where Naruto was going to be.
It happened almost in slow motion to the blonde Jinchuuriki, almost like Sasuke had known exactly where he was going to be. Fist moving forwards, Naruto had no time to dodge as a bone-shattering punch connected with his face, breaking both lenses and part of his mask. Sent sprawling away, Naruto crashed, dazed on the surface of the water below.
"Guess I didn't even need the curse-seal to beat him after all, just these eyes." Sasuke said, jumping smoothly to the waters surface below, landing several feet from the unmoving Naruto. "After all that, and your not even a real fight. Guess I was right in assuming you'd never put a scratch on my forehead." Turning away, Sasuke prepared to depart on the last of his journey.
It was a massive mistake.
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Sighing to himself, Kimimaro was starting to tire from this battle, the Genin before him had been entertaining, sure, but now it was starting to get tiring. At first, the boy hadn't been much of a challenge, he was flexible, and his blows were significantly strong, even against someone like him, but the unfortunate thing was that the battle had taken a turn on the...Comical side, something Kimimaro found uncomfortable.
"Come on Mr. Clean, with choo freakin' white hair a dimple eyebrows! I take you on, and your twin brothers! My fung-ku is much-HIC!-much greater then your, fung-ku-ness of the...Thing...Why is the sky so purple?!" Lee wobbled to the side, barely appearing to stand as he tottered from left and right.
Apparently the 'medicine' he had taken before had a severe sedative in it, as the boy's speech was just one drunken slur, his eyes not even starring straight. "What choo waitin' for, sissy-man? I'M RIGHT HERE! FLAMES OF OOUTH!" Lee shouted to high-heavens, cheering mostly to himself.
Kimimaro had had enough for now. Clenching the bone sword in his left hand, he dashed forwards; swing the sword vertically to decapitate his enemy.
To his surprise however, his opponent countered. Turning around, the Kaguya was shocked to find the boy not crouched to attack, but lying straight on his back, snoring softly. He would have sweat-dropped, had the effort not been unnecessary. Slowly creeping towards the boy, he held the sword aloft, before bringing it down.
It happened almost to quickly to watch. Lee suddenly leapt up, and with skill seemingly unheard of for someone with such a handy-cap, dodged the blade's defensive swings, taking several swipes at Kimimaro, before falling to the ground again, asleep. Kimimaro fought off the increasingly large urge to sweat-drop.
This happened another two more times, Lee would attack as Kimimaro crept slowly forwards, unleashing a few choice attacks, before collapsing back onto the ground. By the third time, Kimimaro had had enough. "Enough of this foolishness." He mumbled in a low drawl, attracting the attention of the deceptively incapacitated Lee.
"Whatchoo say, Girly-san?" Lee said with a little fewer slurs; his 'medicine' was beginning to wear off. "Play time is over, your life is a threat to Orochimaru-sama, and thus it must be extinguished." Lee just gave him an odd look. "Orochi-what?"
Kimimaro was however unfazed. "Flaunting ignorance is futile." Bones began to jut out of his skin, before a human bone cushion replaced the once odd-looking human boy. "Goodbye." Was all he said, his bone sword growing in length as he took off towards the green-clad Genin.
"Yaaaa!" Lee, who had suddenly sobered up, leapt backwards in vain, as the now far more terrifying ninja's visage came at him with surprising clarity. With no time to dodge, the only thing he could do was holding his hands up to protect himself as the bone-sword came speeding towards his vitals.
It took Kimimaro a second to realize what had happened. Back flipping away for a moment, he eyed the newcomer that had suddenly batted him away from ending his opponent.
"G-Gaara-kun! And." Lee shouted out of sheer happiness, although this died in his thought at the sight of the boy accompanying him. "Please do not move, you are recovering from surgery, and should rest." Gaara addressed the stunned Genin as he walked forwards. "Do you know him at all?" He addressed the second ninja.
"All to well." Dosu growled. How he had come here could only be explained through flashbacks.
//ENGAGE VOMIT INDUSING FLASHBACK RIPPLES! BACHHHOOOOOWWWW//
Dosu's cell was starting to feel especially confining. Zaku across the way had gotten unsettlingly silent as the drip of water in the background came to Dosu with increasingly loud pitch, no other sounds to drone it out.
There were few things to keep on occupied in a cell. Going insane was always a given, but Dosu figured that he'd save that one for just in case. Finding a game to play was another, but he had already exhausted that. The only thing he had now was to worry, worry about the prospect of losing a comrade and a teammate.
On the outside, Kin would appear the black sheep among the three of them. That was on the outside. She was the only one among them that had a shred of humanity left, Zaku's lost his in the slums, and him...He had never had it.
She was the only one among them that had this, and for it, they'd both grown attached, although they didn't like to show it, their strength was in their concealed strength, including their team work. So it came as little shock that both were sick with worry for her. Dosu had survived Orochimaru's attack out of sheer luck, Zaku as well.
Kin on the other hand was not so lucky. It was one thing to be slashed by a sword; it was another to be slashed by the venomous sword Kusanagi. It was through sheer luck; again that Dosu had managed to get them to the village, though it would only prolonged Kin's inevitable death.
A suddenly clang down the hall caught both there attentions, as light flooded in the dark cells; a figure, probably female, padded down the hallways towards Dosu's cell, stopping in front of the door.
"So, there are sound ninja being held captive." Tsunade's voice was surprisingly loud to Dosu, who flinched a little due to the clarity.
"I'll be brief, we need some reinforcements. Currently a team of our ninja has been dispatched to intercept a ninja that's gone rogue, but there most likely enough. I need more troops, and I believe you and your friend could be them." Tsuande addressed, both Dosu's and Zaku's eyebrows rose.
"Why the hell would we help you?" Zaku asked, waving an arm. Dosu was asking himself that same question.
"Very simple, I can save her life, if you agree to help." Tsunade didn't need to tell them who 'she' was.
"W-what do you mean save her? There is no cure for the poison she's been injected with." Zaku said disbelievingly.
"Obviously you two aren't very familiar with who I am, I am Tsunade, the great healer. I already have a cure in the process of being made, so please answer me, will you help our ninja, because if you don't, I'm afraid that I'll have to let her die." Tsunade said solemnly.
"Never figured Konoha would be the one black-mailing me." Dosy said, standing up, Zaku doing the same. "Fine, we except, but you better hope you hold up on your end, or else." Tsunade just raised a thin, blonde eyebrow. "Fine, I will. Follow me, we'll remove those chakra resistors and then give you back your equipment. The teams you two will be heading out with are being picked up as we speak..."
//COMMENCE DEACTIVATION OF MEMORY SEQUENCE! BAACHHOOWWWWW!//
"Kimimaro..." Dosu growled. This bastard, of all people, he had to run into. Turning to Gaara, the slightly hunched Genin answered his question further. "His abilities are mostly bone manipulation, but don't think for a second he can't kill you, he's a one man army." Dosu said gravely. "Well, so there's another." Gaara said emotionlessly, Kimimaro eyeing his new opponents warily.
"Well, Dosu, this is a surprise, I thought something like you would have been murdered by now." Kimimaro said robotically, mimicking the same tone Gaara had. "You know me, I always have had trouble dying." The ex-oto nin shot back. "Don't worry, you shan't have trouble here." Kimimaro's bones creaked.
Gaara however raised a hand. "Don't enter the fray, either of you, or else." Lee however wouldn't have this. "Gaara-kun! I cannot allow you to do something so reckless!" Lee shouted with extreme exuberance, Gaara and Dosu restraining themselves from retaliating violently.
"Please, don't, it would be a shame if my promise to be more human is broken simply by killing either of you by accident." Gaara droned. His emotionless tone was starting to really annoy Dosu. "I'll tell you when to enter the fray, then and only then do you attack." Gaara took a step forwards as Kimimaro sized him up.
Holding his hands out, the sound-ninja channeled chakra to his fingertips. "Shushi-tama." (Finger-bullet) as the words left his mouth, the bones on the ends fired through the skin at terrifying speeds, to fast for the human eye to see.
In an instant, a twisting wisp of sand sprang up, blocking the bones trajectories. "How melodramatic." Gaara sighed, as he began to evaluate how he was going to crush his opponent.
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What tipped Sasuke off was a small POP emanating from his feet. Looking down, he looked oddly at it, as two more bubbles rose to the surface, popping the same way as the first two. Quirking an eyebrow, Sasuke kneeled down for a closer look. This was probably the biggest mistake of all, as his new eyes caught a flash of blonde and gray.
Its true, what Gai had once said, that it didn't really matter how developed your Sharingan was, if your body couldn't react fast enough to avoid. Naruto, in all his red-chakraified glory, sprang forth from the inky depth's, his fist ramming into Sasuke's shocked maw, sending him flying into the air, where numerous shadow and mud clones waited, suspended in mid jump.
Sasuke had to admit, for a living doll, Naruto could be quite the bastard.
In mid-air, Sasuke latched onto the first shadow-clone, twisting around before kicking off him, rebounding off another, then another, before round-housing two more and landing in a crouch on the water. Turning around, he looked at what he had thought was the real Naruto, but was in fact a particularly strong mud-clone the boy had substituted himself with, forcing it to remain until its purpose as a distraction was fulfilled.
"Kuku, you'll have to do better then that, you blonde idiot." Sasuke chortled, as Naruto's entire body shook with rage. "Sasuke..."
"Come!" Sasuke was starting to get tired of this; he couldn't have Naruto constantly attack then having an emotional moment. It was far to slow, Sasuke needed those eyes, and he needed them soon.
"Rrrrrraaagh!" Naruto leapt towards his friend, who, with his new eyes, simple caught his fist, Cart wheeling the boy over his shoulder. Naruto, spun around and landed in a crouch behind him. Launching forwards, Sasuke leaned to the side as the boy sailed past him, his fist raised forwards.
Sasuke didn't however see Naruto's second hand, as it latched onto the scruff of his shirt. Sasuke however became aware of it, as Naruto slammed him into the waters surface, and proceeded to drag him across the waters surface.
"RRRRRRAAAAAUUUGH!" Naruto's fury climaxed as he came to the cliffs wall, ramming his friend against it, knocking with wind out of Sasuke. What little of Sasuke that was still aware of Naruto leaned to the side, just as his fist, with tremendous force, rammed into the rocks, causing them to crack and splinter.
Long, labored breaths escaped Naruto's chest as he heaved in both pain and relief. Kyuubi's demands were getting louder, most of them involving the disembowelment of Sasuke, whom she had suddenly taken a severe dislike to, although at the moment they had ceased. Sasuke slowly cracked an eye open at Naruto, whom was still trying to steady himself.
"Its pointless Naruto." His eyes widening in surprise, he looked up. "There is nothing you can do or say that will make me go back to there." Sasuke suddenly lashed out with a kick, sending Naruto rolling across the surface. Standing up steadily, dripping with water, Naruto locked eyes with Sasuke, whom seemed surprisingly cold.
"I'll admit, killing you is not something I find easy, Naruto. The seals effects on my thoughts are temporary, and I am thinking clearly now. And I know for a fact, you can't make me come back with you." Naruto took a step back as Sasuke strolled across the lake, one leisurely step at a time.
"Please Naruto, I need this power, power you can give me, I need it. Just let me kill you, that is all I ask." Sasuke stretched out a hand. "NEVER!" Naruto shot back hotly. "I will keep my promise." Standing tall, Naruto gave Sasuke an aggressive look. Sasuke however seemed unfazed, simply stopping on the surface, his entire posture calm and collective.
"For what reason Naruto? You have no reason to, Sakura...She hates you." Naruto's body shook at that comment. "That's a lie Sasuke! She doesn't hate me!" Naruto seemed almost desperate in his reply, making Sasuke smirk.
"Admit it Naruto, she's always disliked you. In the academy she ignored you in everything she surpassed you. She hates you Naruto, admit it, you've seen the signs. I've already seen them."
"Shut up..." Naruto growled dangerously.
"On that fact Naruto, what reason do you even have to live? Look at you; you're not even a human anymore, are you? Your body is wooden; you are only built to kill, and you only exist because everyone sees a use for you! Once that is gone, they will hate you just like the rest." The emotional strain of Naruto's thoughts spiked as Sasuke marched forwards.
"SHUT UP!" Naruto threatened even more vocally. Sasuke however chose to ignore him. "You have no real reason to live Naruto. Sakura, or anyone else for that matter, doesn't really loves you. You will die alone, without anyone remembering who you are, or what you accomplished."
"Shut up...!" Naruto cried, clutching his head, his body tense, trying in vain to shut out his voice, the voice that was spilling every small fear he had held away inside him. Sasuke again, ignored him "How will it be Naruto? Die here and now, save yourself the pain of living a life unfulfilled, or will you decide to fight, and eventually die alone and unloved?" Sasuke pressed, his Sharingan gaining a sinister light.
"S-shut up Sasuke!" Naruto's cries were now a ground wail, as he crouched into a small ball, holding his head painfully. "JUST SHUT UP!"
Naruto could feel her, Kyuubi, creeping on the edge of his thoughts. Fighting in vain, Naruto's last coherent thought before the darkness swallowed him was '...Don't kill him...' Before all went quiet.
On the outside, Sasuke observed in interest as Naruto grew silent, his arms falling forwards, as he simply breathed in and out. Then, from seemingly nowhere, it began to bubble forth, like living foam.
Blood red in color, it frothed from the water, crimson chakra, in such a vile amount that Sasuke almost flinched in shock. 'What...The hell is this?' He thought to himself as Naruto began to stand. Remaining in a crouch, the boiling chakra spread all over him, taking the shape of a malignant...Fox, long ears of chakra, with a tail slowly whipping behind him. Chunks of wood floated up its twisting form, changing into several rings, archaic symbols inscribing themselves in blood red on them.
Sasuke, almost too shocked to hear, tensed as a sound emanated from Naruto, a voice that sounded almost nothing like him. "Heh...Heheheh...HehehHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FINALLY!" Naruto's now twisted voice rang high, his manic laughter was spine tingling, and the once cool Sasuke was now very on edge.
"Ooohh! I've been waiting for this day for so long! Finally, the brat gave in! Domo arigatou Uchiha-baka!" Sasuke looked at Naruto as though he was insane, which wasn't to far from the truth. "My-my, with that odd look, I feel almost insulted! Oh, but I don't mind to much, I'm just to happy to have control over this brats head!" Kyuubi cackled.
"What the hell is this?" Sasuke asked, alarmed. Naruto turned his attention to him. "Well, in summary, my oh-so-stupid friend, you have just released me from a prison. Because of that so well planned out psychological attack, Naruto has receded to a more safe area of his mind, leaving me in control!" Kyuubi cackled at the irony of it all.
Sasuke however was not as convinced. "If that's true, then who are you?!" Sasuke pointed towards the kyuubi-fied blonde. "Me ... I'm your worst fucking nightmare!" Kyuubi cackled, leaning forwards on all fours. "Lets play baka!" Kyuubi laughed as Sasuke got into a fighting stance.
It was a blur of movement, and a flash of pain, before Sasuke found himself painfully introduced with the wall of rocks behind his back. The crater his back was now in crunched as he slowly moved to stand up, trying to realize what had just happened. "Awwe, it's no fun if the prey is slow like this! No fun!" A voice over his shoulder caught his attention.
Twisting around, Sasuke got a good look at the blonde, whom had almost instantly moved from the lake to where he was, silently and completely unnoticed as well. "You better stop sucking like this, or else I'll have to disembowel you for being so boring!" Kyuubi laughed as Naruto's hand, which she had forced up, suddenly cracked, the fingers doubled in length and widened apart, giving the impression of claws.
"How...The hell are you doing that?!" Kyuubi just smiled. "I can cause a mutation in the wood of the parts with chakra, physically changing his body however I want." Kyuubi laughed. "Now be a good prey and run away, I'm getting bored with all this talking." Sasuke was forcefully ejected from the cliff as another, impossibly fast hit connected with his head, sending him careening out of the crater.
Spinning across the water, Sasuke landed in a heap, standing up sputtering and gagging as he stood. "What the hell is going on with him?! I need to think this through, maybe if I keep my distance, he won't be able to attack me...' Sasuke's plan however was cut short.
Raising his hand, and bringing it down in a quick ark, Sasuke's eyes widened as a massive tendril of chakra, in the shape of a moving hand, flew off the fox-shaped chakra, its trajectory him. Leaping to the side, Sasuke rolled, before leaping again as the arm wormed towards him, as though it had a mind of its own.
Naruto at the cliff top sneered. 'This is too easy! Can't believe even with what little I gave him Naruto couldn't beat this boy! The blonde must be weaker then even 'I' pegged him for!' Kyuubi was reveling in this newfound freedom. Sasuke would be fun to toy with; she'd make sure that his death was slow and painful, fitting for someone that belonged to the clan Uchiha.
Sasuke was having difficulty avoiding the arm, its ability to weave and follow were obscenely difficult. To make matters worse, it was almost impossible to follow with the Sharingan its speed was to fast, and for some reason the chakra messed with his eyes as well, causing Sasuke some confusion.
Running vertically up the wall of the valley, Sasuke made a beeline for Naruto, whom was still controlling the hand. "Tsk-tsk, a head on attack will get you nowhere." Naruto laughed as he rammed a hand into the cliff-side. Sasuke had no time to dodge as from directly under him (Vertically if you think about how he is on a cliff) another chakra hand sprang forth, gripping his entire torso.
The arm, now clutching him painfully, swung around, before on a whim, Naruto let go, sending him flying over the lake. "A very grave mistake on your part Uchiha-baka." Kyuubi chuckled to herself.
Unlike the other dozen times Sasuke had skid across the surface of the lake that day, this time he spun with uncontrollable velocity. His body literally slapped across the valley waters, ripples springing up with each one, before Sasuke crashed with a tremendous splash into the deep waters, trying weakly to remain conscious. Floating to the top, Sasuke dragged himself to the shallow beach at the foot of the waterfall.
Kyuubi would have none of this resting. Deciding on something a little more unorthodox, she plunged down below the waters surface, and began to swim across.
Moments later, Sasuke was alerted of her presence as a rumbling filled the valley. On instinct, Sasuke ran directly away from the noise, a move that proved wise, as a massive hand, comprised of chakra, sprang forth from the depths. It's sheer mass almost impossible to dodge. Sasuke, now panicked, leaned against the far rock wall as it dissipated, its sheer size making the chakra that comprised it unstable.
"Jeez you think you've won to easily." Naruto's voice whispered in Sasuke's ear, before he was suddenly rammed into the wall he had been leaning against, Naruto's fingers enclosing the collar of his blue shirt. "That's right, keep that look on your face." Kyuubi sneered as Sasuke gave who he thought was Naruto a fearful look.
"Well, you failed I'm afraid. I'm not entertained in the slightest by you. I think I'll impale you with my chakra, or maybe choke you to death, or perhaps I'll just gut you like I suggested before. Oh, so many decisions..." Kyuubi trailed off. 'I need to get away from him while he's like this, but to do that, I'll need to use...I guess I have no choice. Hope this works.' Sasuke trailed off desperately in his head.
"Please, die already." Kyuubi finished dramatically as the wood on Naruto's arm became a long sword, the hand disappearing. Sasuke's seal spread across his body as Kyuubi smirked. 'Oh we can't be having this, now can we…?' Swinging the sword down, Kyuubi's intent was to slash Sasuke's arm off to interrupt the transformation.
Before this could happen though, a hand, the size of a person, sprang from Sasuke's back, blocking the attack, before swiping Kyuubi away. "Ooooh, what's this I see here, the boys a demon? Never!" Kyuubi cackled. Maybe now he would be more interesting.
Sasuke stood tall as the rest of the transformation took place. His skin became an ashen gray as his hair, once an onyx color turned almost pure white. A black tattoo stood on the bridge of his nose, as two pairs of hands, webbed in some sick interpretation of wings, sprang from his back.
"You know, Naruto, I think I know now why there all so interested in you. Your special, that's why you have all this strength," Kyuubi gave him an odd look, as the now completely transformed Sasuke stood tall. "But you know something Naruto? I'm more special then you'll ever be!"
"Brave words coming from a dead man!" Kyuubi laughed. Oh yes, this would be very interesting indeed.
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Part one of two.
Wow, that was interesting. Yes, this will continue next chapter, and yes I'm an evil bastard. The next fight will decide the future of the Naruto verse I have modified. I also hope that this fight was more interesting then my less then interesting ones last chapter, as well as the Tsunade vs. Orochimaru one. I hope I finally broke my 'crappy-fight' curse. Damn that voodoo priest!
Now, I know your all dying to hear the final results from the polls. Twenty-four/twenty-five chapters later, it has finally been decided by the voting public, the girls have been selected as this:
Hinata, Gaara, Aiko, Tsunade, Shizune, Anko, Kurenai, and Temari. To some, this will be traumatic shock, but sadly this is the final vote. All relationships after this point will be based off this. I'm sorry to those that did not get what they wanted, and to those that did, well, congratu-fuckin'-lations!
I know, I sound like an ass there, don't care.
Review bitches!