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Naruto Ultimate:
The Nightmare of Konoha…
Chapter 22: Soul-Edge… SEALED! Pt.2--
"Normal Speaking"
'Normal Thinking'
Radio in use
"Jutsu In use"
"Demon/Nightmare Speaking"
'Demon/Nightmare Thinking'
"Inner Spirit Talking"
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(Outside of Konoha…)
Sasuke walked to the south, Ino beside of him with Sakura over one shoulder and unconscious. "Why did you even bring her?" Sasuke questioned with one eye directed towards Ino who smirked.
"I think I'll go in her head and turn her into my own personal slave or something... Why?" The blond scantily clad swords woman questioned and Sasuke rolled his eyes, still wondered why he was the only person he knew that wasn't completely insane…
"You really are a bitch… You know that right?" The dark haired boy said then questioned and Ino shrugged her shoulders.
"Perhaps, but I'm not training to Kill Naruto just for the sport of it… Am I?" The blond said then questioned with a smirk and Sasuke grunted before walking faster. "You really have a problem with people out doing you…" She then said and the boy growled and flipped her the middle finger, before then walking off and leaving a grinning Ino behind. "I'll take that as a yes…" She mused while then shouldering Sakura more firmly and frowning in her mind. 'Of course I am keeping an eye on you for Naruto… Can't have you killing him after all he's done for me… Really, freeing me of all those petty Morals and concerns I used to have is the best thing that anyone's ever done for me…' The blond then thought before quickly following after the dark haired boy also, clinching her Dream Swords handle tightly in one fist.
"Why are you following me if I'm so hard to work with?" Sasuke then questioned and Ino couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
"I do need some form of protection while carrying her don't I? You're the most readily available person so I picked you." Ino said and Sasuke snorted, it wasn't like he really cared, there WERE worse fates than being able to watch Ino in her scanty clothing after all… MANY things were worse…
"Fine. Just don't get in my way…" The boy then said and Ino smirked slightly, before shrugging like she didn't even care…
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(Under Konoha…)
"Shikamaru, are you sure you know where your going?" A familiar voice questioned as two figures walked the tunnels under Konoha, a familiar Hyuuga girl held over each of their shoulders as they trekked onward into the darkness of the tunnels.
"Sort of, dad's like one of the military advisors on the council, he told me the plans for the tunnels under the city encase an attack like what happened came about… Never actually thought I'd need to use them so I kind of tuned him out… Troublesome…" Shikamaru explained then said with a sigh as they hit a dead end, the torches on the sides of the numerous tunnels reacting to their Chakra to activate.
"What happened up there anyways Shikamaru? One minute everything's fine then all hell breaks lose and we've got Oto, Suna, and even some of our own all attacking us!" The hefty boy questioned of his brilliant friend who muttered his favorite word once more before then looking around and moving himself towards another tunnel.
"It seems likely that only Oto and Suna planned that attack… Seems like Naruto was in command of that Gaara Kid however so I bet he's been planning something like this for a while now… Kind of hard to believe when you think about how he used to be…" Shikamaru explained and Choji nodded his head to the other boy while they both carried Hinata down the tunnels.
"Why do you think he did it Shikamaru? I mean… he's never seemed… Okay… he IS crazy enough but I always thought that was just a front or something…" Choji tried to question and Shikamaru muttered his favorite word once more before then cracking his neck, and then reached down to feel the Trench-Knives in his pocket…
"If it's what I think it is then this village was asking to be destroyed… if not he's just been bored for a long while…" Shikamaru said casually and Choji frowned.
"Shika… Why are you so calm? Our village, our homes… Our FAMILIES might have been destroyed and your not even the least bit worried?" Choji questioned and Shikamaru frowned once more.
"No… I just don't see the point of getting all bent out of shape about it… We can't change the past Choji, and while I wouldn't mind teaching Naruto a lesson, we truly wouldn't last long against him if the way he was moving against Hunter says anything…" Shikamaru explained and Choji grimaced before nodding with a sigh. "Now lets get out of here before some other monster manages to find and kill us…" Shikamaru grumbled out as they both turned down another tunnel and raised a brow when he saw a light.
"Cool, we're almost to the end!" Choji said excitedly while Shikamaru narrowed his eyes, this wasn't supposed to be the tunnel that led out of Konoha… "C'mon Shikamaru, let's get out of here!" The hefty teen said as he pulled Hinata onto his back and ran down the tunnel. Shikamaru looked around with his eyes still narrowed however, the tunnel they were in wasn't like the rest of the tunnels, it was older looking, with harsh carvings left half faded on the walls.
"Choji…" Shikamaru then muttered to himself and rushed after his heavyset friend with a frown on his face. "Choji!" He then called out when he saw the teen walk into what looked like the entrance of a large room. Entering also, Shikamaru's eye's widened finding them in what looked like an ancient temple of some kind. A pedestal sat at the center of the room bearing what looked like a simple glowing blue sphere and a pair of Elbow Blades below it…
"Wow… What do you think this place is Shikamaru?" Choji questioned of his friend while looking around with curiosity on his face while Shikamaru narrowed his eyes on the blue sphere. Walking towards the sphere, Shikamaru felt something; it almost felt like someone was trying to speak to him through some form of barrier. Before the Nara boy could comprehend this feeling torches around the room all began to light up, and then Shikamaru backed up as he saw what looked like skeletons lining the room…
"Oh my god…" Shikamaru whispered seeing the ancient Konoha Vests and even some from Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo… "Looks like we found something that everyone and their grandmother was looking for…" Shikamaru muttered dryly before walking over to one of the bodies and grimaced, his bones were shattered with some having cuts of all different sizes…
"What happened to them Shikamaru?" Choji questioned and Shikamaru frowned in thought, what happened was slightly easy to figure out, they had been attacked either by someone or something… And whatever this something was, seemed to use some form of blade or sword…
"Don't know, and I don't want to find out either…" Shikamaru said while getting up then walked back over to Choji. Below Shikamaru, he stepped on a strange stone, which then began to emit an eerie glow. As he brought his foot off of the stone, the room seemed to grow darker, then strange wisps of some sort began to collect around the room before then forming into a single being made of glowing blue energy, two demonic swords in it's hands as it then roared angrily towards the boys. (Will of the Wisp…)
"Uh… Shikamaru…" Choji said as he backed away from the creature, which held it's demonic looking blades out. The first of the two swords was a double-edged short sword, with twisted flesh covering most of it half way down, three taloned growths curving over its fingers, a red eye was at the pommel of the sword and two small spikes grew from the guard. The other blade was a single-edged short sword, with a shaped blade and flesh growing on it, only to form into a circle of spikes at the guard and another spike pointing forward from the pommel of the swords hilt. (Soul Edge: Male and Female (Cervantes weapon in Soul-Blade/Edge))
"Choji, stay back and protect Hinata, I'll try to keep this thing busy…" Shikamaru said while pulling his Trench knives over his fists, glaring towards the creature while inwardly thanking Asuma for teaching him how to use the weapons. The creature roared at the boy and lunged towards Shikamaru just when he had managed to take a simple stance. The boy rolled to the side with a slight frown and slashed towards the creature only to growl as it went straight through it.
"Troublesome monster…" He muttered under his breath then blocked a slash from the creatures double edged sword and rolled to the side when it then brought it's single-edged sword down where he had been. Shikamaru frowned to himself the Will of the Wisp (W.O.W.) then lunged at him wildly swinging its swords. Shikamaru grunted as he felt the blades graze him, tearing through his flesh while the W.O.W. seemed to be nearly invincible. Jumping up Shikamaru tried to kick its head only for his foot to phase through it like his weapons.
"Shikamaru…" Choji said worriedly while hi back hit the pedestal the sword and sphere of energy resided. Looking at Shikamaru as he fought with the creature, then at Hinata and placed her against the pedestal before then rushing at the W.O.W. The teen then roared as he used his family's expansion Jutsu to make one of his arms larger and clubbed the W.O.W. over the head. However, like Shikamaru before him, his arm went straight through the creature, which quickly turned on the hefty teen with its swords.
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(Konoha…)
Tenten wiped her eye as she pulled a pink and violet colored silk kimono out of a box in her home. She remembered when Gai-Sensei got it for her birthday; she had said it was silly getting her something so nice, seeing as she was more of a Tomboy than anything… She knew that very well, but Gai he was a little hard to convince when it came to her just being a Kunoichi… She even remembered when he told her why he had gotten it for her…
"Now listen to me Tenten. You're not just a Kunoichi; you're also a beautiful young lady. So you should have something just a beautiful as you are! And don't forget! The fairest of Flowers is the Rose, and it has the sharpest of Thorns!" She remembered attacking the bowl cut fool after he compared her to a flower, what, she didn't even consider herself pretty…
'Gai Sensei… You were always helping Lee and me… You were the closest thing we had to a father…' The girl thought to herself then pulled the silk kimono on and tied it around her waist using her old Violet Ribbon Belt. As she did, she moved the right arm of the Kimono down, leaving her black Chinese shirt mostly visible. Her pants had been nearly destroyed by a Fireball from Sasuke; she decided to use the kimono as a skirt while leaving her right arm bear for more movement with her sword.
As she finished the outfit she stood up and pulled off her Hittai-ate, it was no longer really useful, nor would she need it any longer… Reluctantly, the girl placed the Hittai-ate into a chest then pulled out one of her own special order's, a Kunoichi Headband from the Land of Blades. Which had a black plate on the front, with a white X on the front and a dark blue braided leather strap to go around the back of her head. Pulling the headband on, Tenten then took hold of what looked like an oilpaper parasol with a blue handle and orange top. (Ugetsu Kageuchi… (SCIV Costume one…))
Taking the Umbrella she pulled a Tai sword from the handle and looked at the shining blade. "I promise you Gai-Sensei… Sasuke will pay…" She said mostly to herself before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her. Outside, Neji, Lee, and a girl they met during the invasion were all waiting on Tenten. The girl was Setsuka, who was changing out of her old black armor into some new armor, which was red instead.
First was a pair of Red AnBu braces with black Shinobi gloves under them and white wrappings over her forearms, with black and red Spaulders for her arms that were attached to black leather straps over her shoulders, brown leather reaching over her collar bone and under her breasts and down her ribs, while her leather tunic was now red. Over her forehead she still wore her black Samurai Headband with the leather braided at the back of her head and a blank plate on the front, her Chakra glasses still on her nose. She had also gotten a new Scale Mail Leotard that covered her arms that was black with a black scale mail mask over her lower face attached to it. Next was a red plate over her shin, with black leather armor over her calves with red string holding them together, and last was a pair of red and black Leather Hip guards with a red sash around her waist that had black leather at her right hip. Last she had managed to find a pair of black Sandals that reached up to mid shin with black bands around her legs, and white wrappings around her legs up to her knees.
"Why did you change out of your old clothes? They didn't look like they were damaged" Lee questioned as the girl then put her two swords at her lower and upper back before turning to him and rolling her eyes.
"My former master gave me those clothes… I am technically betraying him so I won't wear them any longer… Also, Taki was a strange soul; one of the things she almost always wore while alive was a skintight bodysuit of varying colors. Unfortunately, I don't find that useful so I'm appeasing her soul by wearing something else that is similar to what she would wear…" Setsuka explained confusing Lee further while Neji noticed two Chakra signatures were being emitted from the girl… Before he could contemplate this however, Tenten exited her home and sighed, opening her Parasol she laid it onto her shoulder.
"You look Beautiful Tenten-chan!" Lee exclaimed and got hit over the head by Setsuka. "What did I say?" Lee wondered and Setsuka pointed to Tenten who was walking away from them.
"Probably something stupid." Neji said and followed after Tenten, Setsuka soon following and pushing Chakra to her glasses so she could see. Lee scratched his head for a few moments before thinking back and grimacing once he realized that was the Kimono that Gai had given the girl for her last birthday…
"Oh… That's why…" He muttered before following after his friends and their new ally Setsuka…
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(Tanzaku Town…)
The small town was invaded less than an hour ago, and in that hour, two creatures of total destruction had managed to nearly decimate the people within. On the streets of the city, numerous bodies lie in crumpled heaps, blood and gore covering the once clean streets. One of the only buildings standing from the onslaught was a large building, which looked like it could have belonged to a lord. The doors to the building were the only thing to be devastated, looking as though they had literally been ripped off of their hinges…
Naruto was sitting back, groaning softly while in a large seat, Charade nearby wasn't fairing much better as it constantly tried to reform it's body only to fall to peaces. "He looks sick…" Anko mused and Tsunade nodded her head while behind them HK, Tayuya, and Gaara walked in, blood coating them while Seras was happily sipping on a bag with blood in it.
"Hell, the bastard might be as crazy as Fuck, not to mention threatened me, but he sure knows how to let his subordinates have a good time!" The red head exclaimed loudly with a wide grin and Gaara nodded his own head in agreement to the teen's words.
"Someone's in a good mood…" Naruto grunted from his seat and then cracked his neck with another groan. "Ugh… I feel worse… Did you all manage to kill some weak souls?" The red haired warrior muttered then questioned and got several annoyed looks and he finally noticed Seras drinking blood. "Er… Never mind… Seems like I'll need more time to fully recover than I originally anticipated." Naruto said mostly to himself before then reaching beside himself and hefting up Madness. Lifting it into the air he closed his eyes and pulled the loose souls around Tanzaku Town and then into himself. Charade beside him did likewise, pulling as many souls as he could into his body so he could also move again.
Soon both finished and Naruto chuckled, so many fresh souls… "Exquisite…" He said mostly to himself then rose off of the chair they had managed to find to rest him on, then reached over and slung Madness onto his back. "Charade… Hurry up… We need to move to the Land of Blades quickly if we're going to ensure Soul-Edge's survival…" Naruto grumbled to the rock creature that slowly formed it's full body and stood up, seeming to have returned to its original size unfortunately.
"So the search finally begins huh?" Anko quipped and Naruto nodded his head.
"Yes… Now we can truly begin the search for Soul-Edge…" Naruto said as he and his group exited the building they had taken refuge in and then all ran in the direction of the Land of Blades…
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(Under Konoha…)
Shikamaru wiped some blood from his chin while Choji panted at his side; both were looking towards the W.O.W. with frowns while the creature roared towards them. However, had anyone taken time to look at the center of the room they would see that Hinata's right arm was moving. It was slow, and she was obviously still unconscious, but her hand reached up and touched the tip of one of the Elbow blades.
As soon as she did then orb resting above the two elbow blades lifted into the air and swirled around the room. The orb then flew straight into her body, her eyes opened and flash blue for a single second before she then looked to Shikamaru and Choji "Oh no!" The girl exclaimed, then reached up with her other arm and grasped both of the Elbow Blades. The girl then crouched and lunged forward; spinning her elbow blades rapidly a strange wind came from them and blew away the Will of the Wisp.
"Are you alright?" Hinata then questioned while holding the Elbow blades in her arms. The two ninja in question looked to one another with wide eyes then to Hinata who had her head tilted to one side.
"No stutter…" Shikamaru said to himself with a raised brow while Choji was scratching his head.
"Er… Hinata… Are you okay?" Choji questioned and the girl blinked.
"Um, I'm fine… But may I ask a question?" The girl questioned and both boys nodded their heads. "Who's Hinata?" She questioned and both boys' eyes went wide… It looked like things just got a whole lot more complicated…
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(??)
Chimera groaned to himself while Harlequin was whistling innocently, a blood axe in one hand with what looked like a lumberjacks hat on her head. "Honestly, don't you ever do anything besides act crazed?" Chimera questioned with a dull tone and the girl shrugged her shoulders.
"Well… You said you needed more souls…" She said simply and Chimera rolled his eyes and walked over to one of the bodies that Harley had left in her wake. The person was in pieces, that was for certain, with his head five feet away and the rest of his limbs hanging out of trees. Reaching down, Chimera pulled something out of the body and smirked as in his hand was what looked like a glowing orb of flames. Smirking beneath his mask the orb floated before him as he then opened his mouth, the orb floated forward and into the grate over his mouth, flowing passed it and into his mouth and body.
"Ahh… It's a good thing that these souls were ripe Harley. I was starting to feel under the weather." Chimera said while cracking his neck and Harley shrugged before then making her hat and axe vanish while pulling her Trick Rod out from behind her back. Chimera twitched seeing this, wondering when his psychotic friend would stop doing that…
"Oh well, let's get going Chimera, don't want to forget about finding Soul-Edge!" The girl exclaimed happily while walking off and Chimera followed after her, an annoyed look on his face as she began to sing some stupid marching song… 'Honestly, I love her to death… But she has GOT to stop acting like a Cartoon reject…' Chimera thought to himself while then looking down at the Soul-Edge in his chest. 'Hmm… It's still sleeping… Something is really not right, I'll have to figure this out before one of those ancient Warriors find us again…' The demonic warrior thought to himself with a frown as he walked with Harlequin in the direction of Ostrheinsburg… They had a Knight in blue armor to talk too about Soul-Edge…
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TBC…
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Harem Will Include: Tira (The Misguided Angel of Death), Anko Miterashi (The Serpentine Snake Mistress), Tsunade Senju (The Broken Angel), Seras Victoria (The No-Life Queen), Yugito Nii (The Flaming Hell Cat)