Chapter 34:
Strongest in the World(part 8): Renegade vs. God
Naruto sat in the fetal position in the corner of his mindscape inside of the Fox's cage. His confidence was destroyed and he lost far to many friends, emotions were swirling inside his head.
You are pathetic. Truly. I was beginning to like you over these last three years. The fox secretly wished for him to get better.
"Shut up. My life has been shit. You have NO idea..." Naruto's life had been hard, he always kept his wits and put on a happy face but throughout his life even as an infant was a hardship.
The Nine tails being put into him was a major problem all through his childhood. Even as his teenage years just began, his best friend and rival left a scar on his heart. Throughout his Teenage years he fought and saw things that ninja should not see in one lifetime.
You think I don't know. I have been with you your entire life. Stupid fucking runt! I have experienced everything you have! Kurama growled at his "friend".
"Urgh... I..." Naruto squeezed his legs tight.
Sēji stepped into the cage, he had the age of an eighty year old. "Think of how much training we went though. Allow me to teach you just what you can do."
"It doesn't matter, didn't you see what he was like? Just his followers have killed almost every ninja in this village!" Naruto pushed himself up using the wall. "And a giant chunk of my closest friends!"
"Then think about the Forbidden Gems. If you were to place all seven onto the pedastals on the altar inside the temple directly under you... All of this can be fixed! If your deepest desire is to revive the ones who have died than all you have to do is obtain them from Jastin." Sēji put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"If I... get the gems...?" He began to tear up. "Am I strong enough?"
"We shall see." Sēji slowly faded away.
Naruto straightened his robe; outside of his mind, the sun was slowly raising into the sky. "I... I have to try. Maybe everything will be okay again." He prepared to jump into the openings, then someone brushed by him and fell into the hole.
"Who-" Naruto prepared to jump again. Hiashi intercepted him.
He walked next to Naruto. "I need to tell you something."
Jastin's feet echoed through the temple as he walked up the stairs. It was designed in the same manner as the Shiro and Kuro temples. The seven gems floated around him as if he was the center of orbit.
"Ah. I am beginning to understand the point of this place. It concentrates the power of the gems, allowing their pure power to be harnessed. The most powerful ninjutsu created by the strongest of Kages." He arrived at the top of the steps.
A tapping Footstep sound echoed through the cave, then a stream of fireballs rained down upon Jastin. Each one stopped in the air. "Who?"
Someone weaved around the stilled fire, landed on the top of the stairs and ran at him, with a fist covered in lightning. "Chidori!"
Sasuke's right foot tapped against the ground as he brought the lightning follow through into Jastin's chest. It exploded into a cloud of smoke, Jastin crashed into the wall next to the temple entrance.
"Gotcha." Sasuke jumped from the smoke, blood dripping from his chest. "Ugh." He dropped to the tiles. "You cut me when I hit you?" A small gash was bleeding across his chest.
"Why do you attack me, Uchiha?" Jastin held his katana at the ready. "I gave you power."
"Think I give a fuck? You didn't tell me that your goal was to destroy the Leaf." Sasuke swiped his arm down, the newly refurbished Snake sword appeared in his hand. It's hilt had a white stripe down the middle.
"My goal is much greater!" Jastin yelled to the sky.
"Whatever, your still destroying it along the way. Now you've made another enemy." Sasuke sneered.
"Kotestu, show him what real fire is!" Jastin's blade turned dark red. He swung it vertically, releasing a blaze. It clashed with Sasuke's blade, he deflected it to the right, destroying a temple column. The fireballs in the air aimed at Sasuke and began to move again.
"Fire style: Flash Fire!" Sasuke prepared the jutsu and allowed the balls to hit the area. The blaze Blasting apart the tiles. He was untouched waiting where the flames hit.
"What an interesting ability, absorbing fire." Jastin stared at Sasuke. "Now what will you do?"
"What do you m-...ean" Sasuke felt the pressure of the Shīrudo crushing his body.
"You cannot escape from my clutches. Once your in my line of sight, it's over." Jastin laughed. "What a waste of such talent."
"Y...e...ah?" Sasuke glowed orange, his skin turned gray. Purple chakra exploded around him as he landed on the ground. The hard bone substance on his shins and wrists revealed him being in the third level of the Curse Mark. "Underestimate an Uchiha and you die."
"Orochimaru must be alive if you still have the mark. I knew his death would be hard to accomplish." He sighed. "Well then why not in fourth state? Is it too powerful?" Jastin mocked.
"It's a challenge to do at all, with such a strain on my body, too risky." Sasuke closed his eyes. "Only a ninja can manage it in the first place."
"No, the last stage of the curse mark adapts to the person who wields it. Yours is unique ocompared to the very few others with the fourth level." Jastin readied himself.
"Hahahaha! Cursed Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke spit out two giant purple fireballs at Jastin. He sliced them in both in half with a single swing of his katana.
The incredible speed that the third state can manage is faster than Rock Lee using the eight inner gates. Sasuke was next to Jastin in an instant, before he even realized it. "Where did he?"
Sasuke thrusted his fist at his back. "Behind you!"
"I know." Jastin turned and froze him mid punch. "With such power and not even in fourth state. Had you attacked me before I combined with my servants, killing me would have been possible." Sasuke was smashed against the wall behind him. The God Katana pierced his stomach, the blood echoed as it dripped onto the tile. "Too bad."