HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!!! Hope you guys get a new resolution that actually works hehe hehe.
So yeah, it just came up when I was thinking, since I used the fact that Kurama triggered Hikari's dormant Ashura chakra to access to yellow version of the Kyubi chakra mode, which is the second yellow version, the one where Naruto uses to fight the six other Bijuu. The one with the Bijuudama clash.
So, in case anyone was wondering, yes, Sasuke is still the reincarnation of Indra here. But Indra's chakra is still dormant. Now, from what I understand, the rivalry between the reincarnations of Ashura and Indra always start out through being friends.
Hashirama and Madara became friends through skipping stones, and Naruto and Sasuke were somewhat friends/rivals in part 1.
In this story, Sasuke started out respecting Hikari for being one of the top Kunoichi in the academy, which eventually turned in obsession after witnessing her relationship with Kirito.
Then at the Valley of the End, unlike canon, where Naruto could've defeated Sasuke but failed to do so, Hikari did beat up Sasuke before she went on the 1 year trip.
So Sasuke here did not fall under the curse of hatred like in canon. Hence, the influence of Indra's chakra isn't as bad, and their animosity isn't as bad too. So until, or if we reach the part where Hagoromo activates and gives Hikari and Sasuke his chakra, Indra's chakra will most probably lay dormant.
As for Hikari, Ashura's chakra is only awakened because Kurama triggered it. The only way she can even access it, is by using the yellow Kyubi chakra mode, like in canon.
To Brin, thanks for your review, now I'm not exactly sure which yellow mode you're talking about, since technically there are a few. For Naruto, there are around three iirc, the first one is the one Naruto got by beating Kurama with Kushina's help. That one is the one without the full sized bijuu mode.
The second one is the one where Naruto and Kurama accept each other and are able to use the full size bijuu mode. This one is the one with the haori.
The third one is the one with the Truth Seeking balls, which is the one gained from Hagoromo.
The one Hikari is using is the second one. Because in the manga or the anime as far as I remember, they never really explained why Naruto had a different bijuu mode. Killer B had mastered the bijuu mode, but was still using the same versions when Naruto go berserk. So here, I'm having Hikari be able to use the nornal versions, but to use Naruto's yellow versions, she'd need to access Ashura's chakra. NOTE, Hikari CANNOT use the Sage of Six Paths mode yet, and she also cannot use Tailed Beast Sage mode YET.
So yeah, I just wanted to clear that up. Oh, and the others might be able to use Tailed Beast Sage mode, just not so soon.
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In Konoha, a few days later, everything seemed peaceful. In fact, most of the villagers were going on with their life as usual, unaware of the six men in Akatsuki robes stalking towards the village. Well, ignorance is a bliss, as they say.
In the forests surrounding the village, the six paths stared at the invisible detection barrier that spanned over the village. Contrary to what most thought, Konohagakure wasn't exactly as welcoming as most thought.
When everyone approached the village, they'd pass through a barrier, which immediately told the ninja on border duty who came in, and who went out. That was one of the reasons why Tsunade knew when Kirito went out without permission. It was also how they distinguished civilians and ninja that entered the village.
Nagato thought as he looked through Yahiko's eyes, 'So... That's the barrier Konoha has... Well, Itachi knew the entry code, so he slipped in easily. I suppose I can do things my way.'
With a single command, Shurado (Asura path) grabbed onto Chikushodo (Animal Path), and with a grunt, he sent the path flying straight into the air.
As the female path entered the barrier, the guards were instantly alerted of the intruder and they all scrambled to inform the other ninja. But as most of the cannon fodder were, they weren't effectient enough.
As Chikushodo landed, she quickly weaved through a set of seals, easily summoning the other five paths. On an unseen signal, the six of them spread out.
Without wasting any time, Shurado started transforming his body into a massive missile launcher, and he spared no time and ammo as he fired everything he had. The results, several buildings reduced to rubble.
With Chikushodo, she weaved through another set of seals, and in an instant, a massive centipede and three headed dog appeared, wreaking havoc as it trashed around, destroying the buildings.
As for Gakido, he just stood in the opening as the other two paths drew attention. Well, his clothes alone screamed enemy to the Konoha ninja, and in no time, he had several Konoha ninja surrounding him. The path smirked as they all fired ninjutsu of all elements at him.
But it was useless, as he easily absorbed the chakra from them. Then, Gakido went through several handseals and he charged.
Stopping in front of an unfortunate Jounin, the path grabbed him by the neck, and started absorbing his chakra. In less than two minutes, the man had no chakra left and died of chakra exhaustion.
This made everyone wary of him and they kept their distance as the Konoha shinobi all readied themselves.
Gakido smirked, he didn't really need to kill them. Well, killing some wouldn't matter to be honest, but his real motive was to provide diversion for the other paths, and standing there with an intimidating stature was a very good way of doing it.
Meanwhile, Ningendo and Jigokudo were somewhere in the village respectively, interrogating a random Jounin each.
With Ningendo, he was holding onto the ninja's head, scanning his mind. The path hmm'd, "Apart from what I already know, nothing much."
The path turned around and saw a man he easily recognised. Ningendo said, "Jiraiya-sensei."
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the path, "Nagato... No, I guess you go by Pein now."
Ningendo nodded, "I'm here for the rest of the Bijuu. To be honest, I'm impressed. You took the Niibi, Sanbi and the Nanabi while I was busy."
Jiraiya smirked, "Not so bad yourself, the Ichibi, Yonbi, Gobi and Rokubi."
The path let a small smirk appear on his face. Jiraiya then said, "Its been a while, let's see how good you are."
Without another word, the two charged each other. Jiraiya swung his fist at the path, and Ningendo easily blocked the punch before he sent his own.
Jiraiya ducked and dodged the punch as he kicked Ningendo away. The sage frowned, if he remembered correctly, the Rinnegan had a special ability in granting corpses one ability of the doujutsu.
Jiraiya also knew several things about the Rinnegan, mainly what it did. From what he had gathered, the Rinnegan could control gravity, life and death, summon animals, recreate technology as the user's pleased and several others.
What he saw just now, Ningendo Pein had seemingly scanned the Jounin's mind before drawing out his soul, killing him. That meant Nagato could kill him at any moment. On the bright side, at least he needed physical contact, from what he saw anyways.
The path looked at his teacher, "Jiraiya-sensei, I will only say this once, seeing as you are my teacher, give me the Bijuu, and I will spare thr village. I don't want any more casualties."
Jiraiya chuckled as he took his stance, "You know, a few years ago, I might have done that. But, Hikari is my god-daughter. Student or not, I won't just give you my last living family, even if it's for peace."
Pein frowned as Jiraiya continued, "Besides, if Hikari and her friends ever taught me anything, its that family comes first, and the Bijuu aren't weapons. I'm done trading lives."
Ningendo let out a breath, "So be it."
Without another word, Jiraiya and Ningendo charged.
Meanwhile, with Jigokudo, he had just finished interrogating a random Jounin. Jigokudo huffed and let the man drop to the ground. It was the same for everyone, they only knew general information, nothing Zetsu hadn't told him.
The path was about to move on to the next person he found, when he turned and saw a silver haired man staring at him. The path spoke, "Hatake Kakashi, I suppose its an honor to meet you."
Kakashi wasn't amused, "So, you have half of your team distract everyone, while you go around interrogating people."
Jigokudo smiled humourlessly, "All I want are the Bijuu. Give them to me, and I will leave, peacefully."
Kakashi narrowed his eye and pulled up his headband, revealing his Sharingan, "I don't think so. Not when you've already caused so much damage."
The path nodded, "I suppose so."
Kakashi didn't need another word and charged forward. The silver haired man tried to punch the Rinnegan user, but Jigokudo easily blocked the man before he kicked the Copy Ninja away.
Kakashi grunted as he steadied himself, preventing himself from falling. Jigokudo smirked before he said, "I'd like to play a little longer, but as I said, I'm here to get the Bijuu."
Without another word, the path jumped away. Kakashi cursed and he leaped up as well, chasing after the path.
At the same time, with Tendo Pein, the corpse of Yahiko was looking down at a civilian, "Tell me, where is Uzumaki Hikari?"
The man was trembling under the Rinnegan and he was so scared, he could barely speak. Tendo started to raise his arm before he jumped up to dodge a black sword that would have taken his head off.
The path landed and stared at his attacker, and he easily recognised him as one of the people close to Hikari, "Kirito."
Kirito raised an eyebrow, "Oh, so you know of me?"
The dead body of Yahiko said, "Quite. Now, hand over the Bijuu to me."
Kirito just narrowed his eyes at the man as he readied both of his swords, "I was wondering what all the commotion was about, but then I see a member of the Akatsuki here. You won't leave here alive."
Tendo stared at the swordsman and tilted his head slightly, "If you think you can kill me, by all means, try it."
Kirito didn't need another word and he charged forward, swinging the Elucidator as he easily closed the gap between him and Pein.
Tendo Pein easily dodged the slash before he tried to kick Kirito away. But the young man glowed red and easily moved out of the way. Not letting off of his Acceleration, Kirito swiftly slashed at Tendo, leaving two gashes on his chest and his arm.
The path growled as he saw the wounds on his chest and his arm. The path raised his arm at Kirito and said loudly, "Shinra Tensei!"
In an instant, Kirito felt an invisible wall slam into him as he was sent flying backwards. The swordsman cursed and extended his wings. Then he pushed himself upwards, out of the attack.
Kirito let out a breath as he stared down at Pein, considering his options. His eyes widened as he quickly swerved to a side, just in time to dodge a chakra blast aimed at his head.
The young man cursed as Shurado landed on his left, 'Another one...'
Kirito slowly turned so that he was pointing one sword at one Pein. Seeing Kirito wasn't moving, Nagato decided to take the chance to remove Shurado's robes, revealing a rather inhumane sight.
Gone was the figure of a man, and in his place, was something that looked humanoid, with a mechanical tail and six arms, with three faces.
Then Shurado charged, eager to tear Kirito to shreds. The swordsman frowned and leapt back, only for Shurado to stop charging and sprinted to the right. Kirito narrowed his eyes and stayed on guard before his eyes widened as he was pulled forward by an unknown force.
The swordsman cursed as he saw Tendo Pein's outstretched hand, and Shurado was moving towards his path of flight. Kirito quickly started channelling a sword skill, Cygnus Onslaught.
But before he could swing his blades, Shurado was already in front of him, and blood stained the floor as the path's tail pierced through Kirito's abdomen, causing him to vomit out blood.
The young man gritted his teeth in pain as he tried to push himself away from the path, but Shurado just pushed the tail blade further in, earning a sileny growl of pain from Kirito.
The young man thought, 'It's times like this I wished I could do the Kawarimi.'
Kirito glanced up and his eyes barely widened, then he tightened his grip around his swords and reactivated the sword skill he was going to use, and broke the tail blade into pieces. Not missing a beat, Kirito leaped away just in time as two massive fists slammed into Shurado, flattening the path.
Tendo raised an eyebrow, not exactly bothered that his path was destroyed, as the fists shrunk to reveal Chouza and Chouji.
Chouji glanced at Kirito, "You alright?"
The swordsman nodded as he fell to one knee, holding his wound as the two Akimichis stared down at Tendo Pein.
Then, Sakura landed beside Kirito and said, "Kirito-san."
The young man nodded in thanks as the medic wasted no time in patching him up, "Thank you."
Sakura sighed and nodded, "Its fine. But it's a rare sight, to see you actually hurt."
Kirito chuckled painfully, "Well, when you're fighting someone who can control gravity, you tend to get caught off guard."
Sakura just nodded before Kirito asked, "Where are the others?"
The medic said, "Sasuke-kun went to help Kakashi-sensei, who apparently went to fight one of them. Hinata and her team are helping evacuate the civilians, so are Ino and her team."
Kirito nodded, "The girls?"
Sakura nodded, "They're fine. They went to take care of those summons."
Kirito nodded, "I see."
Sakura nodded before she finished patching him up and they stood up. Kirito stared at Tendo Pein and said, "Let's go."
Meanwhile, moments earlier, Hikari, Fuu, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha had just finished training and were about to head out for lunch.
As they exited the compound, the girls saw the massive three headed dog, the massive centipede and Chikushodo on it, destroying the buildings around them.
Hikari narrowed her eyes, "Girls, let's go. Fuu, Suguha-chan, Asuna-chan, you three handle the summoner. Sinon-chan..."
The archer grinned, "Let's go!"
With that said, the two leaped forward and in an instant, Kurama (not yellow version) and Matatabi landed on the ground with a large boom, both roaring at the two summons of the Rinnegan.
Chikushodo raised an eyebrow at how they presented themselves to them, but figured that it just made things easier for them.
Nagato also frowned from his base, since Jigokudo was caught in a fight with Kakashi and Sasuke, Gakido was still a bit far from them, and so was Tendo. Shurado was destroyed and Ningendo wasn't capable of defeating Jiraiya any time soon.
The Rinnegan user sighed, it couldn't be helped, so he could only do his best in creating an opening for Tendo and Gakido to join Chikushodo. Now, the Animal path alone must do.
With the two Bijuu, Kurama smirked, "Hmph, my first real battle in decades and the first opponents are the Rinnegan's summons, not bad for a warm up."
Matatabi chuckled, "You're only half ad strong as you were though, don't push yourself."
The Kyubi huffed, "Who the hell do you think I am? I can still kick your ass to next month."
Matatabi just shook her head as Sinon laughed slightly, "Alright enough, they're comin. So, Kurama, Hikari-chan, which one do you want?"
Hikari stared at the two summons through Kurama's eyes. By now, the Animal path had already jumped down to fight the other three Jinchurikii, so all that was left was the two summons.
The blonde said, "The centipede, you two take the dog."
Matatabi grinned, "With pleasure."
The hell cat immediately pounced at the three headed dog. The summon barked at the cat and leaped at her in response.
But Matatabi wasn't just planning to wrestle with the dog. As soon as they came in contact, Sinon and Matatabi both yelled as they swung the summon away, out of the village. The two had no doubts that the evacuation process was almost over, since they could see any civilians around. But they had to avoid any damage done to the village.
Glancing around once more, the two tails looked towards dog and leaped towards it in a strong jump.
As the Niibi jumped, the three headed dog had crashed into the trees, destroying quite a bit of the forest surrounding Konoha. The summon growled and looked up just in time for the bijuu to slug it in the face, sending the dog crashing into the ground again.
As the bijuu landed, the summon growled and quickly got, this time trying to bite the Niibi with all three of its heads. But Matatabi and Sinon had saw it coming and leaned back slightly, just enough as the dogs teeth passed by her face harmlessly.
Without missing a beat, the Niibi spun, slamming her two tails into the dog's three faces, effectively giving it a hard slap.
That stunned the dog as it was slapped hard by the two flaming tails. And that short pause was the mistakek Matatabi and Sinon needed.
Continuing to spin, Matatabi ended up facing the dog head on, with both her tails at her face, gathering chakra in the tell tale form of the purple sphere.
The dog's three heads barely regained their bearings before they noticed the fully charged Bijuudama in their face, and the heads yelped in fear.
Then Matatabi let the bomb loose, blowing off the dog's three heads from the body and effectively killing the summon before the corpse returned to its realm.
Meanwhile, with Kurama and Hikari, the Kyubi was staring down/around at the centipede as it circled the bijuu, looking for an opening to attack. The insect knew it was hopelessly outmatched, but it still had its job.
Circling the Kyubi once more, the centipede leaped at Kurama. But the bijuu and Hikari weren't just about to stand still and let the insect attack them.
Quickly turning, Kurama reached up and grabbed the centipede from the air and gripped it hard. The centipede struggled to break free but Kurama's iron grip had prevented it.
Kurama smirked at the centipede, its eyes filled with fear. Then he gathered chakra in his mouth, and blasted the centipede to pieces.
The bijuu huffed as he dusted the remains of the centipede off his hands, "Hmph, I didn't even need a Bijuudama. Whoever this Rinnegan user is, he's way weaker than the old man."
Hikari smiled and shook her head, "You can't just simply compare someone who got the Rinnegan to the Rikudo Sennin, Kurama. Not everyone can be so strong."
Kurama just huffed before he noticed a black figure flying at them. The bijuu chuckled and said to Hikari, "Well, I'm done with my round. Time for yours."
Hikari blinked, "Wait, what?!"
The bijuu just laughed as he cut the link, returning Hikari to her normal size as she crashed onto the ground. The girl grumbled as she quickly got up just in time as Tendo landed in front of her.
Earlier, when Hikari and Sinon transformed into their respective Bijuu, Tendo Pein looked around, considering his options.
There were two Akimichi, one was most likely the clan head, the other probably the heir. There was also a pink haired girl, obviously a medic. Then there was the swordsman.
Tendo could also sense other Konoha ninja coming, that was also trouble. The path had no doubts he could kill all of them, but even if he wanted the Bijuu, his final goal was still world peace, hence he wanted to minimise casualties, even if they were necessary.
Sakura said, "Just give up, you're surrounded, your friend is dead. You can't beat us."
Tendo Pein stared at the medic, not that surprised by her ignorance, and said, "You have no idea, just how wrong you are."
The path raised his arms and Kirito's eyes widened as he quickly channeled his Acceleration, blurring around as he grabbed Chouza, Chouji and Sakura out of the area.
Then Tendo announced, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
In an instant, the area exploded, and all that was left, was a rather large crater around Tendo Pein. The path sighed, well, at least he had restrained his power so that he only destroyed everything in a 50 meter radius... He could have done a lot worse.
He also sensed that no one was caught in the blast, well, at least no one died that way. Tendo turned towards the Kyubi, the bijuu finishing off his summon.
The corpse of Yahiko cracked his neck before he used the gravitational powers granted by the Rinnegan, and launched himself at the Kyubi.
Now, Tendo stared at Hikari, "Uzumaki Hikari. You're coming with me."
Hikari glared at the path, not bothering to answer him. Tendo looked into her eyes and knew that she wouldn't follow him so easily anyways, "Hmph, I suppose a fight is unavoidable after all. Let's see if you are worthy to be an Uzumaki."
Without another word, Hikari charged forward, unleashing her chains, channeling the Chidori through it as she did. Then she swung.
Meanwhile, when the two Jinchurikii accessed their Bijuu forms, with Suguha, Fuu and Asuna, they were facing the Animal Path.
Chikushodo looked at the two Jinchurikii and one former Jinchurikii. (As far as he's concerned, Fuu merely survived, just like Gaara did.)
The path stared at them for another moment. Seeing that they weren't making the first move, he went through a set of hand seals.
That was when the three girls charged. Asuna shot forward, drawing her rapier, Suguha doing the same with her katana while Fuu dashed to the side, releasing her scale powder in the process.
The path cursed inwardly, well, its not like he didn't expect that, but it was still a pain in the ass. The Rinnegan user quickly leaped away, finishing his (?) final handseal. Then he thrust his hand forward and yelled, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
The familiar seal of the summoning jutsu appeared in the air, and with a cloud of smoke, a rhinoceros and an ox appeared charging the girls.
The girls' eyes widened, and Asuna managed to move the a side just in time to dodge the rhino, just as Fuu easily dodged the rhino as well because she was already running sideways. As for Suguha, she managed to jump above the ox, swinging her sword and slicing off one of the ox's horns.
Asuna glanced at Suguha and Fuu for a brief moment, and the three agreed silently that the two Jinchurikii of the Nanabi would take on the summons while Asuna took on the path.
The rapier user dashed forward and closed the gap between her and the path, thrusting her sword forward as she did. The path tch'd and turned his body to dodge the stab, but he was a tad bit too slow, as the blade pierced through his shoulder.
The path growled and grabbed the blade before kicking Asuna away. Chikushodo pulled the blade out of his shoulder and threw it to aside, "You will regret that."
The girl just glared at the path, 'Damn it... My sword...'
Inside her seal, Isobu hmph'd, 'So? You have better alternatives, do you not?'
Asuna calmed down and nodded, 'Of course. But I don't think we should use your chakra yet, that's the Rinnegan, he might be waiting for me to use your chakra.'
Isobu nodded, 'Fine. Tell me if you need my chakra then.'
Asuna nodded and started to draw in nature chakra from around, her hair and eyes turning light blue as she felt the power filling her body.
Chikushodo raised an eyebrow, impressed by the sudden increase in chakra from the girl.
Asuna let out a breath, "I'm not a big fan of fighting barehanded, not like Sakura. But this time, I'll have to make an exception."
The path's eyes widened as Asuna suddenly appeared in front of him, her fist cocked and ready to strike. The Rinnegan user barely had time to cross his arms before Asuna punched, sending hin flying into one of the destroyed buildings.
Asuna let out a breath, she rarely used the enhanced strength from the sage mode, but she had to admit, it was kinda fun to be able to punch that hard. Perhaps this was why Sakura and Tsunade liked their super strength so much.
With the path however, he was a bit put off by how hard the girl could hit. The worst thing was that all of his paths were occupied. Jigokudo and Ningendo were still fighting, Tendo had gone to fight Hikari, Shurado was destroyed, and Gakido was also needed to capture Hikari.
Maybe he should have gotten Konan, Itachi and Kisame to help him. But he had totally underestimated Konoha's Jinchurikii's.
But that was all over, he had to make do with what he had. The path's musings were cut off when Asuna appeared in front of him, and before he could react, the now blue haired girl smashed her fist into the path's face, earning a painful and loud crunch from his nose as he was sent flying away again.
As Asuna was prepared for another attack, Isobu spoke, 'Asuna, you better finish him now. That should dispel the summons.'
The girl blinked and looked around, Fuu and Suguha were doing quite well against the two summons, though the summons were giving them quite some trouble. Granted neither of them were using Choumei's chakra, nor was Suguha in sage mode. But then again, if she could deal with the problem, then she should.
Asuna nodded and drew on Isobu's chakra, dispelling her sage mode as she was shrouded by the red and dark chakra.
Then, a loud roar boomed the area Chikushodo's eyes barely had time to widen as a Bijuudama disintegrated his body, leaving a perfectly smooth crater where the path once stood.
With Suguha and Fuu, they were both trying to keep the two summons at bay, almost succeeding before Asuna vaporized the path, dispelling his summons along with it.
Asuna turned and walked towards the two girls, "You two alright?"
Suguha nodded, "Yeah, well, we didn't really need to do much..."
Fuu nodded and grinned, "You took care of that bastard before we could get serious!"
Asuna just chuckled before a huge explosion interrupted them. Asuna narrowed her eyes, "Let's go."
The two Nanabi Jinchurikii nodded and the three jumped away.
Meanwhile, with Kirito, after he had gotten Sakura, Chouji and Chouza out of the blast range of the Shinra Tensei, the young man had gone back to where Tendo Pein was, and to his shock, there was a rather large crater in his place.
Kirito thought, 'What da fuck...'
He looked around and saw no one there. The swordsman then spread his wings and took to the air, before he noticed one Akatsuki member, Gakido, running through the streets.
Kirito glanced at the direction he was moving and saw Hikari and Tendo Pein standing there, and he knew that Gakido was no doubt going to help Tendo capture Hikari.
Without another thought, Kirito shot downwards and landed in front of Gakido Iron-man style.
Gakido frowned in annoyance as he was forced to stop, "You again..."
Kirito raised an eyebrow, "Hmm? I've never met you actually."
Gakido hmph'd, "No? You just met me in a different body."
Kirito narrowed his eyes at the man, "No matter, you won't be going any further."
Gakido narrowed his eyes at him, "So you will stand against me... So be it. For the sake of world peace, I will take down anyone who stands in my way."
Kirito didn't reply, instead he charged forward with a roar.
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DONE. So that's the 44th chapter. Happy new year guyz, so the next chapter will be Kirito vs Gakido, Kakashi/Sasuke vs Jigokudo and Jiraiya vs Ningendo.
