Magnus: Here goes the new chapter, hope it's of your liking, for here is what someone asked, a fight between Sasuke and Black Star!, enjoy!, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being mentioned in this fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belongs to Kage Bijuu, the Harvester is co-owned by Kage Bijuu and me, the other OCs belong to me
Chapter 36
Ego
Tsunade was watching a person, a person she knows from a very long time, yet she never expected to see him like this, for in an hospital bed, Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin, was laying, broken, but conscious to all the pain his body was feeling
"I told you to not go, but you do never listen to anyone, don't you?", Tsunade tenderly asked
"I... can't believe it's him... so powerful... and so full of... hate", Jiraiya said with a lost expression
"He can't be blamed, he was betrayed by everyone, and there is no one deserving of his forgiveness... maybe Hiashi, for what I've heard, he wanted to adopt Naruto... but the council stopped him", Tsunade explained, with a far off look
"Tsunade... I beg you... heal me...", Jiraiya started, but Tsunade had another idea
"Heal you?, so you can train Naruto and atone for your broken oath?... no, Jiraiya, I will train the dear child of Minato, so I can win his favor, and maybe enter heaven after the end of my days", Tsunade stated, and then left the room, Jiraiya tried to scream after her, but it was useless, Tsunade had a goal now, and she'll get it no mater what...
Near the Building for the Chunin exam...
"So, let me get this straight, we are gonna test our skill against dozens of rookie ninjas?", Black Star asked to Naruto, with a face as straight as possible for him
"Yes, that's the main idea", Naruto replied, with a grin that could scare most shinobies, but that seemed not so great for the Shibusen students
"THEN EVERYBODY HERE IS DOOMED!, FOR I!, BLACK STAR!, THE ONE WHO WILL SURPASS THE GODS!, IS HERE TO CONQUER EVERYTHING!!!", Black Star boomed, and then started to laugh like an idiot...
WHAM!!!
Until Lee bonked him on the head, sending him face first to the ground, leaving a small crater on the street...
"Why did you do that?!...", Black Star asked to the over muscled boy, tears on his eyes, and a big bump in the head
"Isn't it obvious?, Black Star, he is a well trained shinobi, he just showed you that you are not ready to surpass the gods, because you don't pay attention to your surroundings, and you are not ready to face things at any moment, so be grateful for this lesson, and take it to heart, so you can reach your dream", Tsubaki explained with her infinite wisdom and tender voice
'As a mater of a fact, I felt insulted...', Lee thought, not willing to proclaim his title in front of such knuckle head kid
"Black Star should listen to Tsubaki, she only wants the best for him", Chrona meekly stated, making Tsubaki slightly blush at the compliment
"Shut up, Chrona, Tsubaki can lecture me all she sees fit, but you can't, remember that I can hurt you", Black Star threatened the meek boy, who seek sanctuary behind Maka
"Black Star!, stop it!, what Chrona said is right, you shouldn't threatening him for saying things like that!", Maka reprimand knucklehead kid, who only backed off one step
"She is right, it's not cool to yell to little shy boy", Soul added, much to the dismay of the Scythe Technician
"MAKA CHOP!!!", Maka yelled, while making a thick book to appear on her hand, and slamming it on Soul's head
"It seems that you like him a lot, teehee!", Hinata giggled, once again charming Soul and Black Star
"Of course not!, Soul and I are only friends, besides he has his own girlfriend back home, that and he is not my type", Maka quickly corrected
"I think she was talking about Chrona", Tsubaki interjected while sweat dropping, and the silence took control of the scene, Maka showed the slightest of the blushes, while Chrona went down right to a bright shade of red on his whole face
"It wasn't a secret, Maka", Soul broke the silence, but his comment was not appreciated
"MAKA CHOP!!!"
Some minutes later...
Team 7 was guiding the Shibusen Team to the third floor, where they'll show their forms to enter the exams, but to make this work, the Soul and Tsubaki were commanded to remain in their weapon forms for the duration of the exams, thing that wasn't good on the eyes of Soul, not good at all, but he wasn't going to complain, even him knew the importance of this mission, it was imperative to not allow another Kishin to be created
"HEY!, LET US PASS!!!", Someone screamed, earning the attention of the two groups, just as they were on the second floor
"HA!, AS IF WE WOULD LET YOU PASS!, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT WEAKLING FOREIGNERS!!!", Another kid shouted back, it was then that Chrona recognized the headbands, the one blocking the path to the classroom was wearing a Konoha Hitai-ate, meaning that the foreigners will be left out... of a wrong room
"Shouldn't we...", Chrona was about to purpose something, mostly related to help everyone, but got silenced by Lee, who shook his head no
"No, shy one, if they can't see beyond this simple treachery, they are not worthy of partake on this competition, think of it as a merciful way of dismiss the unfitted, so they won't suffer on the harshest part of this test", Lee explained, and everyone nodded at the great display of wisdom, a display that made Tsubaki blush... and mentally drool
'If only Black Star were like him...', Tsubaki thought... aloud
'I can hear you, Tsubaki...', Black Star warned, making Tsubaki to turn beet red, and mumble lots of apologies
"HUSBAND!!!", A female voice screamed to the top of her lounges, it belonged to a silver haired girl, who tackled Lee to the ground and started to shower him with kisses
"I missed you too, wife", Lee replied, while kissing back, much to the dismay of Tsubaki
"Geez!, Reiko!, don't do that in front of us!", Yelled the now one eyed Matsukaze
"Yeah!, such sight is improper for a place like this!", Naraku said, making clear that he was going to be the first on joking about his blindness, soon the groups started a nice conversation, yet Black Star couldn't help but to overhear a group of girl screaming the name of Sasuke Uchiha, a boy who was currently fighting against the kid that was blocking the way for the foreigners
'The Rookie of the year, eh?, sounds interesting', Black Star thought
'Try not to get yourself into trouble', Tsubaki begged, for she knew that this wasn't going to end well
Some time later...
Giving the forms to the jounins was not hard, for it wasn't part of the test, thanks to the intervention of a certain Uchiha, most of the foreigners were able to enter the exam, but right now, the Shibusen team was facing their first obstacle... a Stubborn Black Star...
"SASUKE UCHIHA!, I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!!", Black Star shouted from the top of a balcony that overlooked three Konoha genins, two of them decided to keep walking, one answered the challenge
"Who do you think you are to challenge me?!", Sasuke shouted, while eyeing the assassin technician, who was holding Tsubaki in her chained twin Kama form, a beautiful weapon, on Sasuke's eyes
"MY NAME IS BLACK STAR! AND I'LL SURPASS THE GODS!!!", Black Star introduced himself, and Sasuke grinned at this
"By the end of this battle, you'll worship me as your god!", Sasuke stated, accepting the challenge, and taking his trademark combat stance
"What?!, no weapon?!", Black Star asked, while looking at the last Uchiha
"No need for that, worm", Sasuke replied
"Then I won't use mine", Black Star said, while turning Tsubaki into her ninjato form, thing that gained the attention of the Uchiha brat
"A weapon that can change shape?!, THAT GOTTA BE MINE!!!", Sasuke shouted, while leaping at Black Star, soon, a group of fangirls gathered to cheer on their beloved Uchiha
Their fight was what most fangirls could have swear as awesome, both shinobies using a rapid succession of kawamiri, bushins and advanced Taijutsu, none of them really getting hurt, but they weren't doing anything to their opponent, a fair battle, until Sasuke decided to use his secret techniques, and he strated a serie of handseals
"Katon: Great Fireball!", Sasuke shouted, while releasing a stream of fire against Black Star... and the fangirls at his back
"OH NO!!!", Black Star shouted, and by deciding that protecting the girls was more important than winning this duel, he used his body as a shield, the fire hit him hard, but the girls, now scattered, will live another day
"GOTCHA!!!", Sasuke shouted in delight, while looking at Black Star, who quickly rolled to stop the fire from burning him more, when he stopped, Sasuke got at his back, and he committed the worst mistake ever, he tried to take Tsubaki
'Oh no!, you won't!!!', Tsubaki thought, while sending a powerful shock to the hand of the offending Uchiha
"AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!", Sasuke screamed, for the chock continued, until he let go of the weapon
"Idiot!, no one but me can touch Tsubaki!", Black Star shouted, while unsheathing Tsubaki, ready to kill the Uchiha for his attempt on kidnapping the lovely weapon
"Shut up worm!, you are giving me that weapon!", Sasuke shouted, while taking out a kunai, and leaping against Black Star, Ready for the kill, both of them impacted against a third person...
"Black Star, we are waiting for you, and Maka is getting angry, let's go now", Chrona meekly said
"Hehehehehe, I'm sorry for that, this wasn't supposed to be long, ok, let's go... we'll finish this later, Sasuke Uchiha!", Black Star said, and then turned to leave, accompanied by Chrona, leaving a dumbstruck Sasuke behind, holding a bent kunai on trembling hands
"Kami no Yoroi... there is another one with the Kami no Yori!", Sasuke muttered, he really wanted that jutsu, and he'll kill if necessary
Meanwhile, at the Uzumaki apartment...
"Here, Kushina-chan, I've linked this Sands of Time to your mirror, it's not enough to free you completely, but now you can come to this side with a physical body, not too far away of course", Ankiseth said to the red head, the ritual has been long, and taxing, but now she will be able to hug her child and soon to be daughter-in-law, but there were things that demanded her immediate attention
"Thank you, Ank, I wish I could do something to repay all your kindness, but before that, Minato, husband, can you come here please, I want to give you something you truly deserve", Kushina said the last part in a seductive voice, and Minato didn't think it twice, and wen to his beloved wife, to finally be reunited with her...
PANG!!!
Just for Kushina to hit him on the head with a frying pan...
"WHY DID YOU HIT ME?!", Minato asked, while rubbing his sore head, Witch King of Angmar of not, Kushina was Kushina, and her frying pan will always hurt
"THAT WAS FOR ENTRUSTING MY CHILD TO THIS VILLAGE OF PSYCHOS!!!", Kushina yelled, and raised her frying pan again, for she will punish anyone who has hurt Naruto, and the first on line were the closest family, Ankiseth and the rest of the wraiths decided to leave the room, so the couple has enough room to solve their differences
Magnus: I hope you are liking this story so far, and the true rockus of this arc is about to start, I promise that the forest of death will be as it should have been, a true massacre, so, see ya in next chapter!!!