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Naruto Ultimate 3: Red-X Rising...
Chapter 54: The End Pt. 3…
Normal Talking
Normal Thinking
Radio in use
Demon Talking
Demon Thinking
Jutsu in use
Inner Self-Talking
(Depths of Hell…)
Naruto mentally groaned as he tried, and yet failed, to push the "Hot as sin" Demoness that was once a part of Raven off of himself. She had unfortunately pinned him to a wall before proceeding to give him one of the most intense make out sessions he'd ever been in. Currently, he had his hands on her hips, though was trying to push her back without hurting her, and her arms were wrapped around his neck. The red-skinned demoness seemed to want to kill him with a kiss, though they finally separated for a quick breath of air. "We really need to…" Naruto started to say only for her to quickly silence him with another smoldering kiss.
'Oi, I'm not sure if I really want her to stop or not… but I still need to find the rest of Kara-Chan and then kick Kyuubi's traitorous ass… damn this sucks so much!' The blond haired teen thought to himself while finally managing to get enough leverage to pry the Demoness's lips from his own. "Okay seriously… we need to stop…" Naruto told the demoness while taking several breaths and she raised a slender brow with a sly smirk over her face.
"I say whatever it is can wait…" The Red-Skinned demoness stated simply before pulling him back in for another make-out session, Naruto mentally groaning as he wondered just how much pent up lust the girl had in her hot little body…
'Wait, this is a girl whose half demon and hasn't been able to feel any passion outside of wearing those rings for the past eighteen years of her life… hell if I don't stop her she's going to kill me!' The blond thought to himself and then blinked when he could swear he heard Jiraiya give "Go Naruto Go!" from whatever afterlife he found himself in… Twitching at the thought of his old pervert of a sensei watching them, and he knew the letch would if given the chance, Naruto managed to shove Raven back once more and took several breaths.
"Damn girl… are you actually trying to kill me?" Naruto asked the Demoness with a serious expression and a sly smirk crossed her lips in response.
"No, but I wouldn't mind getting you out of this suit…" She purred while gently nibbling on his earlobe, the blond shivering for a moment at the visions his brain came up with… 'Shit! Is there a fucking way for me to get Kara-Chan to let this side of her out more often?' Naruto wondered for a moment while shivering as Raven managed to get him into another soul-searing kiss. 'No wait, she'd probably end up killing me… but damn, what a way to go!' The blond reasoned then shook his head and growled at himself to focus on the hear and now instead of the hot as hell, ready, willing and very able red-skinned demoness…
"Seriously!" Naruto growled while pulling Raven back once more and taking several deep breaths. "We still need to find your Human Half…" Naruto stated and noticed a slight twitch from the demoness, who gave him a flat look in response.
"Who needs her?" The Demoness retorted before returning to the broken kiss, Naruto mentally screaming as he didn't want to hurt her, but he wanted to find Raven's human half… cause wasn't it cheating if you did it with only half of your girlfriend's psyche? Wait… er, nevermind… Mentally twitching at the thought, Naruto pushed the girl back once more and saw a pout form across her face.
"Seriously Naraku-Hime (Hell-Princess)! We really need to find your other half!" Naruto shouted at the girl and she raised a brow before rolling her eyes and smirking towards him seductively. 'Shit… is one of her relatives a Succubi or what!' Naruto mentally demanded and an amused look crossed the Demon-Raven's features.
"Yes actually, my grandmother on Trigon's side is Lilith, Demon-Lord of the second layer of Hell, Guardian of the Sin of Lust, not to mention the queen and mother of all Succubi." Raven replied with a grin and Naruto gaped then mentally groaned as he realized why she was so damn frisky! Wait a second…
"You can read my thoughts?" Naruto demanded and she rolled her eyes before giving him a flat look.
"When we're this close, they're kind of hard to miss… and no, I don't think sleeping with me would be cheating on Raven as a whole since I'm still part of her… the better, stronger, faster, smarter, more honest, and willing part that is." Demon-Raven noted in a suggestive tone, as though she was trying to convince him, though since she was a demon, it wasn't too surprising, even less so with her grandmother…
"You forgot modest…" Naruto noted sarcastically and the Demon-Raven shrugged her shoulders with another smirk.
"Pride is my thing, so is Lust, Rage, Envy, Greed, Sloth, and Gluttony. You know, I'm all sin and no virtue, I'd say you'd probably like that a little more anyways given you profession and hers." The Demoness replied casually and Naruto mentally groaned, while it would be great to not have to worry about the Titans with her on his side, he couldn't take her from her friends… well… her human side that is…
"Maybe so, but she's still a part of Kara-Chan as a whole, and I don't want just a piece of you, I want the whole thing!" Naruto stated and a look crossed the Demon-Raven's features as she made her clawed fingers walk up his chest.
"I think someone's being a little greedy." She noted with a smirk while poking the blond haired boy's lips and Naruto twitched before glaring at the demon.
"I'm a thief Naraku-Hime, that's kinda my thing…" Naruto reminded the girl flatly and a very seductive look crossed her features.
"Maybe, but I bet I could think of a few dozen things that would make you reconsider looking for my lesser half…" The scarlet temptress mused aloud only to get a look from the blond in response. Pointing for a moment the girl then sighed while, finally, backing away from him and letting him breathe normally. "Fine, we can find the little weakling…" The Demon-Raven allowed while crossing her arms over her chest and walking away with a little too much sway to her hips…
"Dear Kami-Sama, please help me resist the temptation of just ripping those clothes off and taking her against the damn floor!" The Blond haired teen pleaded while looking anywhere but at the girl, though was sure she heard what he said given the size of her ears. Spotting Itachi sitting down with some pocky by a rock down the path they were on, Naruto narrowed his eyes onto the man. "Why didn't you help me with her!" The blond demanded and Itachi raised a brow, while he knew of so many ways to turn that sentence against the blond he thought better of it and shrugged.
"I felt you could handle your girlfriend on your own…" He said only to mentally blink when he realized just how suggestive that sounded… and he'd been trying to avoid something like that…
"Yeah well she's harder to handle than the normal Kara-Chan." Naruto stated while rubbing his temples with his index fingers. 'And given how Kara-Chan can be a wild cat at times, she's probably even worse in that way too…' Naruto added mentally while Demon-Raven smirked to the side and looked around for a moment.
"You have no idea, the best thing about us demons, no pesky inhibitions to keep us from doing what's fun." The Demon-Raven noted aloud with a smirk on her full lips and Naruto twitched while rubbing his face.
"I swear, she's going to kill me, and I'm probably going to enjoy every second of it!" Naruto said while following the Demoness, Itachi raising a brow for a moment before shaking his head.
"In my experience, its best to live life to the fullest while you still can." Itachi noted sagely and Naruto turned and gave the dark haired Uchiha a look.
"Shut the hell up, Itachi!" Naruto growled at the man causing the Demon-Raven to halt in her tracks and turn around with a raised brow.
"That is supposed to be that prick Sasuke's older brother?" She questioned and Naruto nodded his head, Itachi wincing slightly at the jab at his brother… albeit deserved she could at least have the courtesy not to talk like that in front of him. "Weird, why is he somehow not insane or a prick?" The Demon-Raven questioned while looking to the older man and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Itachi is kinda the black sheep of his family." Naruto supplied and the Demoness decided to take that as it was and walked off, the blond twitching even as his eyes followed her swaying hips. "Itachi, warn me if I'm about to walk into anything…" Naruto stated while following after the demoness and Itachi rolled his eyes while shaking his head with an amused look on his face.
"Where are we heading? The boat is back there in the water." The man questioned of the Demoness and she crossed her arms while walking deeper and deeper into the caverns and tunnels within Hell.
"That boat can only take us so far… we're going to need to hitch a ride if we want to get any farther into Hell." The Demoness explained as they walked further into the depths of Hell.
"Wait, who the hell can we hitch a ride from in a place like this?" Naruto demanded and the Demoness sighed while walking forward, Naruto looking to Itachi who remained stoic as ever. As they passed under an archway, the Demoness suddenly stopped and placed a hand on her hip while pointing to a large volcanic rock-formation.
"He is who we'll be catching a ride on…" She stated while pointing to the rock and Naruto raised a brow while, stared at the rocks, then the girl.
"A bunch of rocks?" He asked and the Demon-Raven shook her head as Hell itself began to shudder and quake around them.
"No, that is the most powerful of the Demon Lords, Lord Agni of Hellfire himself…" Raven replied simply while the rocks shifted and Naruto gaped in shock as he saw the beast slowly reveal itself…
It was quite literally double the size of Kyuubi at its full height, its body made up of numerous obsidian stones, lava flowing between the crevices to carve out dozens of runes and symbols into its body, each of its four arms are tipped with hands that were tipped with five digits, each bearing a monstrously curved claw, its shoulders had massive spikes forming off of them, and its head had three glowing green eyes that were "Closed", the single eye in its forehead formed like a vertical slit, its mouth nothing but a fang filled maw at best with smoke flowing from it, several tall spikes surrounded the top of its head like some form of enormous crown with flames forming from it like hair, and its legs looked more like a long tail of lava…
"Holy shit!" Naruto exclaimed with wide eyes while Raven smirked slightly at his reaction to the gargantuan Demon-Lord. As he watched on, he spotted a pair of rocks from its shoulders moving and visibly gaped at the sight of a pair of enormous wings that stretched out languidly before folding down, the membrane of the wings actually made of some kind of semi-solid lava…
"You might want to be quiet through here, Lord Agni has this extremely pissed off temperament when people wake him up." The Demoness noted and Naruto placed both of his hands over his mouth while Agni breathed in several deep breaths, his breathing echoing within the depths of hell itself.
"An impressive creature if nothing else… I can see why these Demon-Lords would be so feared by so many…" Itachi noted aloud and Naruto silently nodded his head in agreement with the man.
"Yeah, he gets that reaction from mortals quite often." Raven noted with her arms crossed over her chest while Naruto just continued to gape at the sheer size and mass of the "Demon-Lord".
"How in the hell are we going to hitch a ride on that without him noticing and then squishing us?" Naruto demanded of the Demoness and she smirked for a moment before replying.
"We're literally going to ride on his shoulders. Hopefully, he won't look down and see us…" She replied and Naruto twitched before letting out a grunt and walked towards the Demon Lord silently.
"Fine, but if I die I blame you!" Naruto stated and Raven frowned for a moment before walking forward and grabbing the back of his coat.
"I may be a demoness, but I won't willingly put you in harms way, Naruto…" She stated before releasing his coat and walking ahead of him, Naruto blinking for a moment before muttering under his breath about not understanding her. Following behind the two, Itachi chuckled inwardly even as he looked towards the gargantuan form of the Demon-Lord Agni of Hellfire…
'If we survive hitching a ride on him I'll be surprised…' Itachi couldn't help but think to himself as he, Raven, and Naruto made their way towards the beast of hell…
(Jump-City…)
The Titans, Tartarus, and JLU looked at Juubi in a combination of shock and fear as the gargantuan beast stood ominously in the distance. The three groups were staying out of the beast's sight, or at least they hoped they were as it looked around for a few moments. The Beast then snapped its head to the side and slammed one of its paws into a building, grinning darkly as the entire building caved in on itself. 'We are so dead dude…' BB thought to himself before gulping audibly, Batman frowning to himself before looking over to a wide eyed Dr. Fate.
"Any idea what this thing is?" Batman questioned and Dr. Fate slowly nodded his head while the massive Ten-Tailed beast growled and stretched its body, loud cracks audible even from the distance.
"Unfortunately, I believe that to be the Hell-Beast I mentioned earlier, however it seems that it's weaker than the one I saw in Raven's book…" Dr. Fate replied while watching as the beast sat up and then opened up its lower-mouth while a strange violet mist flowed out of the air and into it.
"That thing is enormous and your saying it's weaker than the one you saw!" Jinx demanded with wide eyes and Dr. Fate sighed for a moment while shaking his head.
"I said weaker, not smaller, and this thing is actually much bigger than the Hell-Beast was, however its overall power is still only at Mid-S-Class… and it seems like its actually getting weaker." Dr. Fate replied while they all looked on as the Juubi's ears twitched and it looked right at them.
"Uh guys, I think it found us…" Seemore whispered with one wide eye as the beast then moved a single paw forward and placed it onto an entire building before leaning forward and narrowing its eyes onto the three groups.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" The enormous beast questioned in a deep ominous voice, a cruel grin stretching across both it's upper and lower mouth. "The tiny mortals who kept Trigon busy so he could become a part of my being." The Juubi noted while looking down at them as if they were ants, a cruel laughter echoing from its throat.
"What do you want?" Nightwing questioned of the beast warily and the Juubi merely chuckled while looking down at him with a grin.
"That is quite simple actually. All I wanted was my full power restored. But that is a story for another time, little one; right now all I want is to rid my new world of you remaining mortal trash." The beast declared before roaring loudly, the sheer force of its roar sending the group flying in all directions, only to separate them as they all landed at different points around the city. "Ah, it's been so long since I've had such power at my command." The beast mused with an insidious chuckle before it flicked its tails about, flames flying from them and into the air.
Chuckling lightly for a moment its tails shot to the ground before they then dug its tails into the ground. It's ten massive tails then shot out of the ground all around Jump-City, Juubi grinning as he got down and yawned for a moment. "While I could always just crush them or kill them in an earthquake… I feel like I should entertain myself with these mortals for a while." The Juubi mused to himself while closing his eyes and then inhaled a deep breath into his lungs. "Lets see just what kind of power I have now, and if I still know how to use it." Juubi said with a chuckle as he closed his eyes, the beast then exhaled a strange purple haze into the city.
The haze slowly spread throughout the city, making its way outwards until nothing within the city was untouched by the strange haze. Deep in the city, Starfire groaned while sitting up, a hand to her head as she looked around and spotted Donna lying nearby. "Are… are you undamaged?" Starfire questioned of the amazon, but when she didn't hear a response, the girl moved over to her. Feeling for a pulse, she was happy to see she was alive, then mentally sighed as she figured the girl was unconscious.
"Oh, I fear this is most unfortunate." Starfire said to herself only to blink when she noticed the strange haze and put a hand to her head. "W-what is this strange fog… it is most disorientating… perhaps it was this that put friend Donna into the unconsciousness…" Starfire mumbled quietly while looking around noticing shadows deepening and light slowly fading out of view. As this happened the fog started to move, soon the shadows rose up and Starfire's eyes widened when Nine Foxes appeared out of the mist around her.
However, these foxes were far from the cute fluffy things she commonly saw on television. No, these were each sleek and thin beings with dull rust red colored fur and numerous deep scars littering their forms, the tips of their tails, ears, and paws all colored jet black, and their undersides were an off cream color, a string is tied around each of their necks bearing a colored jewel on them, each a different color yet all of them had the Kanji for "Incomplete" written within them.
The Nine Foxes then started to walk around a surprised Starfire, the girl looking at them strangely. The Foxes made an odd high-pitched sound a second later and their tails rose upward, balls of purple fire forming around them as they did. "Oh my…" Starfire whispered as the foxes suddenly roared out before lunging at her. The Foxes lashed out at Starfire, hurling the spheres of Foxfire towards the Alien princess. Not knowing what it was but not wanting to find out, Starfire ducked out of the way and picked up both Donn before flying into the sky.
'Please let them not be able to attack us up here, I fear I will not be able to protect both Friend Donna if they do…' Starfire mentally pleaded while keeping an eye on the many Foxes below her. Meanwhile the purple flames seemed to spread forming into a Kanji for "Pride" as they did so, the foxes screeching before rushing towards building on either side. The Foxes then "Pulled a Naruto" as Starfire assumed BB would say when they ran up the sides of the buildings and then flipped on top of them and started to growl towards her.
"I must confess, I am greatly confused by earthly beasts… but even I know that is not normal." Starfire said to herself under her breath while one of the foxes spun in on itself, changing its shape into an anthropomorphic fox with digitigrade legs and a muzzled face. "Yes, I do believe I am correct in assuming that these are not normal earth animals." Starfire said with a nod only for the Anthro-Fox to crouch down before lunging forward and jumping at her with a swipe of its claws…
Elsewhere, Cyborg and Mammoth groaned while slowly pushing themselves up, the Titanium Teen shaking his head as he noticed the strange fog all around them. Pushing himself to his feet, Cyborg saw Mammoth shake his head as he tried to shake off his own disorientation. "Ugh… what hit me… and what's with all this weird fog?" Mammoth questioned while rubbing his head and looking around, Cyborg shaking his head while looking around as well.
"Don't know, just woke up as well." Cyborg admitted until he saw the shadows around him start to move his eyes widening as they did. "Uhm, Mammoth, are you seeing any of this?" Cy asked while Mammoth gaped as he saw the shadows form together, soon changing into something else. They each became a demon of some kind, one was red, one was blue, and the last one was green, each had a face with large tusk like teeth coming up over their upper lips and snout like noses, horns though they varied between the three, three toed feet, large clawed hands, and a physical build similar to that of Mammoth, they wore tiger skin loincloths, and carry heavy looking iron clubs…
"Uh… depends, you seeing three pissed off looking monsters glaring at us or is it just me?" Mammoth asked the Titanium Teen seriously and Cyborg slowly backed away, Mammoth following his action. As they did, the three demons roared, flames sprouting up around them to form the Kanji for "Wrath" while the demons lunged at Cyborg and Mammoth. Cursing loudly, Cyborg quickly moved, grabbing Mammoth and pulling him with him as the beast like men ran after them, one of them smashed its club into a streetlight along the way, knocking it to the ground like it was nothing.
"Crap! We just had to run into the one thing as physically built as us!" Cyborg complained loudly while Mammoth looked around and then slid on his heel. Growling, the burly-teen then barreled into a building, ramming his way through it. Mentally sighing at the damage, Cyborg then followed behind him, looking back in time to watch the three beast-men try to stop, only to slam into one another, barreling each other over. Breathing a sigh of relief, Cyborg ran towards Mammoth with a grin.
"How'd you know they'd have trouble turning?" Cyborg asked the red head and caused him to look at him in confusion.
"They have trouble turning?" Mammoth asked seriously and Cyborg palmed his face for a moment before shaking his head. Hearing the beasts roar, he decided not to question him on it and made a break for it with Mammoth…
Away from there, Kid-Flash gets to his feet and rubs his head while looking around. "What is with all this fog?" He had to wonder before spotting Blackfire to the side and rushed over to help her up. "Need a hand?" He asked and merely got a glare from the dark-haired alien princess as she floated up and then crossed her arms.
"No." She stated flatly and KF grinned nervously for a moment before looking around with a frown.
"I wonder where the other's are…" KF mumbled and Blackfire merely grunted while rubbing the side of her head.
"I'm more interested in where that demon went, I have a bone to pick with it about knocking me around like that…" Blackfire grumbled aloud and Kid-Flash sighed while turning around to look at her.
"Okay, aren't you even the least bit worried about your team, or even Starfire! She is your sister after all." Kid-Flash reminded the girl and she scoffed while crossing her arms over her chest.
"My sister can take care of herself, I'd rather find then kill the bastard demon so we…" Blackfire started to say before narrowing her eyes and looking to the side, raising a brow, Kid-Flash followed her gaze and gaped when he saw a shadow start to rise up from the ground before changing its shape. The Shadow changed into a woman who fell over and groaned in pain, dressed in a colorful robe with a yellow red and black pattern along its length, a red obi wrapped around her waist, her long dark hair spilling down her back while she twitched upon the ground as if in pain.
"A girl?" Kid-Flash wondered for a moment while Blackfire narrowed her eyes on the strange woman.
"Help… please help…" The woman called out in a weakened tone while reaching out towards them, her hand covered by the sleeves of her robe. Seeing this and not even thinking, Kid-Flash quickly ran over to her, Blackfire slapping her face as he did. 'Doesn't he realize it could be some kind of trap?' The dark haired alien-princess wondered to herself while Kid-Flash knelt down in front of the woman.
"Don't worry your safe now." KF declared with a grin and saw a strange smile cross the woman's lips…
"Perhaps…" She whispered as an evil chuckle echoed from her throat.
"Would you get away from her! She's dangerous!" Blackfire suddenly shouted at Kid-Flash and the teen turned around to her and blinked.
"How can you tell? I mean, she looks normal enough to me…" Kid-Flash questioned while walking towards Blackfire, only to stop when he nearly tripped on something. "What the…?" The Speedster questioned only to spot a thin thread, like a string of silk, wrapped around his ankle…
"But your not safe, Ningen!" The woman suddenly shouted with a demonic hiss to her voice as eight yellow / black spider like legs extended out of her robe, a pair of mandibles snapping out of her mouth as she started to pull on the thread. When she did she also pulled Kid-Flash off of his feet and then started pulling him over towards her. Cursing loudly, Blackfire quickly moved, grabbing Kid-Flash with one arm and firing a starbolt with her free hand. The bolt hit the Spider-Woman in the face, causing her to hiss as she rose up, now standing at twice her original height.
"Ever seen one of those before?" Kid-Flash questioned and Blackfire frowned deeply for a moment.
"Looks kind of like this one Cironielian Chrysalis eater I know…" Blackfire admitted with a shrug of her shoulders while Kid-Flash looked at her strangely as the spider woman crouched down and hissed darkly while glaring at them, purple flames rising up around it to form the Kanji for "Lust"…
Elsewhere Jinx and Private HIVE found themselves outside of a museum, shaking her head as she got up from where the Juubi had blown them. Jinx looked around, for a moment and then walked over and helped Private to his feet. "Oi, I don't think I want to do that again, maim." Private noted and Jinx completely agreed with the militant member of her team. Noticing the fog around them, Jinx couldn't help a bad feeling she suddenly got while looking around warily.
"We should move and find the others before something happens…" Jinx decided while continuing to dart her eyes about, Private nodding his head in agreement with her. However before they could try to leave, they watched on as the shadows around them suddenly came alive. They rose up from the ground before shifting and changing, forming into two forms as large as Jinx and Private were in height. The two forms then roared to life, their fur being a creamish color with black orange trimmed splotches, revealing a pair of massive cats with sharp sabertooth fangs, large green eyes, a long tail on each of them and flames flowing from both its paws and tails, and finally was a talisman with the Kanji for "Incomplete" within them much like the foxes before them…
"Uh, maim, what are those big cats supposed to be?" Private questioned while the massive cats snarled as they started to move towards them, Jinx gaping as she recognized the basic design of them.
"A fucking Bakeneko (Ghost Cat)!" Jinx exclaimed while the Bakeneko both roared at lunged at them, swinging their razor sharp claws at them. Cursing, Jinx ducked out of the way of one while Private held up his shield to block the claws of the other. "Shit! Two very real Bakeneko!" Jinx added while looking at the two massive beasts in shock while Private slammed his fist into the side of one of the Bakeneko's face and causing it to stumble back. As it did, Jinx rolled out of the way as the other came at her, nearly snapping its jaws on her.
Quickly getting to her feet, Jinx narrowed her own slitted eyes onto the beasts and then twisted around, throwing a massive hex into the Bakeneko. Instantly, the ground beneath its feet cracked and crumbled, causing it to fall down into the sewers below. Grinning at her victory, she then mentally groaned as the Bakeneko crawled out of the hole and glared at her. "Right, cats always land on their feet…" She muttered to herself before ducking to the side, just as the Bakaneko swung its tails, flames trailing from them and directly towards where the girl had been.
Growling angrily as she managed to evade the flames, the Bakeneko circled Jinx, its green eyes narrowed dangerously. Keeping her own eyes glued onto the big cat, Jinx stayed low and tense when it suddenly stopped. The Bakeneko then crouched back before launching itself at the pink haired girl, moving fast as a bolt of lightning. Cursing lightly, Jinx stepped back to evade a quick swipe of the beast's claws. Coming to a halt, Jinx then widened her eyes as the Bakeneko sent both of its tails at her.
Raising her arms as the tails came at her from both sides, Jinx then blinked as the String of Beads on her right arm began to glow brightly, a white shield forming around her and keeping the giant cat back. Shaking her head afterwards, the pinkette then grinned while tossing another Hex-Bolt into the Bakeneko, knocking it back. Looking to the String of Beads as it glowed brightly on her wrist, the girl then narrowed her eyes. "I don't care what Raven or anyone else says, if I ever see Temp again I'll…" She started to say, only to duck with a curse as the Bakeneko came at her once more. Frowning, Jinx finished her thought in her mind and then got into a stance while glaring at the Bakeneko.
Nearby, Private batted the other Bakeneko away with his shield, disorientating it before he ran forward. Slamming into the massive cat, Private then ran forward before stopping suddenly, throwing the beast back into a wall. Frowning deeply, Private then crouched down while the Bakeneko got up with a roar and started to circle him. Roaring loudly, the beast lunged at Private, the yellow clad teen blocking with his shield before slamming his fist into its jaw, knocking it back a few paces. As he did, flames roared to life beneath the two big-cats, suddenly forming into the Kanji for "Greed"…
Shayera shook her head as she got back to her feet, looking around she narrowed her eyes. Moving her hand through the strange fog that was hovering around, Shayera briefly wondered what it was. However, not seeing anything else besides the fog close at hand she relaxed slightly before she spotted Dani sitting up with a groan. "Oi, what hit me?" The ghostling girl questioned while rubbing her skull, Shayera frowning for a moment before answering.
"A giant monster roared…" Shayera replied flatly and Dani blinked before scratching her head as she remembered what happened.
"Oh yeah… man, the weirdest shit always seems to happen to me." Dani noted while floating off of the ground and Shayera smirked slightly.
"Join the club, it seems to happen to all of us…" Shayera replied and Dani scoffed while crossing her arms over her chest with a frown.
"Sorry, not interested, I'm just not into the whole hero-gig." Dani replied while looking around and wondering where the fog had come from.
"Oh really? Any reason for that?" Shayera questioned with a raised brow and Dani breathed out a huff before turning to the red head.
"Yeah, my dad is a hero and everyone expects me to be just like him!" Dani replied with a low growl and then blinked when she heard something. Frowning when she heard it as well, Shayera then narrowed her eyes as the shadows started to move, soon rising up into the air to form four strange beings.
The beings had bird like features, with the head of a red-eyed crow, a pair of black-feathered wings flowing out of their backs with a crows tail visible behind them, sharp taloned hands and feet, they wear white kimono tops with a red colored under kimono, bright scarlet red beads around their neck and down their chests, a pair of gray Hakama pants with a red sash around their waists, a katana sheathed at the side of their waists, simple looking wooden greaves over their shins, and finally is the black tokins "monks caps" on their heads.
"What in the hell are those things?" Shayera demanded and Dani shook her head even as the birdmen started to unsheathe their swords.
"No clue, but boy do they look mad!" Dani replied with wide eyes and Shayera grunted while activating her Hammer. Crouching down, the Birdmen suddenly lunged towards the girls. Cursing, Dani formed a pair of glowing green Ethereal-Blades into her hands to block two of the birdmen's blades while Shayera flew into the air, soon followed by the other two. As Shayera left, Dani muttered under her breath about being stuck with the "Leftovers" before glittering her teeth as she shoved both the birdmen back. However as they landed, flames suddenly rose up, Dani raising a brow as a Kanji for "Cowardice" suddenly formed out of the flames…
Billy Numerous slowly got to his feet and shook his head for a moment while looking around. "Dang Billy, what's wit all this here fog?" Billy asked one of his clones and it shrugged its shoulders for a moment.
"Don't know Billy, but it sure do look mighty suspicious." A different clone noted while looking around then spotted Kid-Wykkyd standing on a streetlight to the side. "Yo Kid, what y'all doing up there?" Billy asked loudly and Kid-Wykkyd narrowed his crimson red eyes dangerously while looking into the distance.
"Billy, Y'all think Kid sees something we don't?" A clone questioned and Billy shrugged his shoulders while looking around.
"Besides dis here fog aint much around to stare at." Billy replied only to yelp as the Shadows suddenly rose out of the ground. "Of course I could be wrong…" Billy admitted to himself while Kid crouched down and allowed his cape to cloak around his body, a serious look on his face. As he did, five "pure as snow" white dogs seemed to form out of the shadows with obsidian claws glinting in the light, ivory fangs bared in a deep snarl, a talisman tied around their throats with the Kanji for "Incomplete" placed within it like the Foxes and Cats before it, however their crimson red eyes and feathered wings proved instantly that they weren't real Dog's.
"Uh, Billy I don't rightly think that these things mean anything good…" One of the clones noted while backing up and Billy nodded his head in agreement with the clone as it slowly got up, Kid-Wykkyd moving forward, shifting into a Shadow along the way. Forming out of the shadow before the Winged-Dogs, Kid swung his cape at them like a blade however they blurred into movement, Kid slashing at air before landing on the ground. Widening his eyes for a moment, Kid-Wykkyd then turned around and frowned when he saw the winged-dogs had managed to move behind Billy.
"What y'all looking at, Kid?" Billy questioned and Kid silently pointed behind the red-clad teen, Billy turning and then yelping when he saw the dogs. Running away from the dogs he slipped behind Kid while the dogs snarled and growled towards them. Suddenly, flames rose up and Kid frowned as they formed into a Kanji as well, the Kanji for "Envy"…
Elsewhere in the city, Seemore groaned lightly as he sat up and looked around for a moment. "Man, where the hell am I?" He wondered while a cursing Gizmo walked out of a large building with a scowl across his face. Walking over to Seemore with his Spider-Legs, the Tiny-Terror then glared heatedly at the one eyed youth.
"Get up gack-muncher, we've got major problems!" Gizmo ordered and Seemore shrugged his shoulders even as he got up onto his feet and looked around.
"I don't see any problems…" The teen noted and caused Gizmo to pinch the bridge of his nose for a moment.
"That big ten tailed thing you moron!" Gizmo reminded loudly and Seemore made an Oh with his mouth before waving a hand through the thick purple / black fog around them.
"Man what is up with all this fog?" Seemore questioned mostly of himself and Gizmo muttered something before taking out a scanner and checking the fog. However his scowl then turned into a wide-eyed gaping expression as he found out what it was.
"Oh shit! That fucking beast just spread its Chakra all around the city!" The Tiny Terror exclaimed and Seemore tilted his head to one side before scratching his cheek.
"Is that bad?" He questioned and got a glare from Gizmo that basically told him to shut up. Deciding it was best not to get on the Tiny-Terror's nerves, Seemore then looked around and stopped when he saw a blob of a shadow rise up. The Shadow then morphed into a sleeping animal, one that threw him for a loop. The animal looked like a very large and plump Raccoon, only it was brown instead of grey, its tail was slightly large for a Raccoon and completely bear of any rings unlike the Raccoon, and it was wearing an old Straw-Hat with a bottle of Sake propped at its side, a strange looking talisman with the Kanji for "Incomplete" around its neck like the Foxes Cats and Dogs before it, and a blue hoari…
"Uh… Giz, what is that thing?" Seemore questioned with a raised brow and Gizmo blinked before turning to see what the one-eyed teen was looking at. Upon seeing the Fake-Raccoon, Gizmo gaped for a moment as it yawned and then turned onto its side, sleeping silently. The beast was only silent for a moment before unconsciously drumming on its plump belly, the words "Pon-Poko-pon" echoing out as it did so. Shaking his head for a moment, Gizmo aimed his scanner at the beast and then continued to stare at the creature before turning to Seemore in shock.
"Holy shit! It's a real live, Tanuki!" The green clad midget exclaimed and Seemore looked very confused. Grunting at that, Gizmo pinched the bridge of his nose for a moment before huffing loudly. "A Raccoon Dog?" Gizmo asked and Seemore made another Oh with his mouth, as he understood what that was.
"So its one of those Japanese Raccoon things then?" Seemore asked and Gizmo frowned while the Tanuki continued to unconsciously drum on its belly while chanting out Pon-poko-pon…
"Unfortunately… and Tanuki are from a race of monsters known as Yokai… which means that big Juubi thing summoned it." Gizmo replied with a frown while glaring over at the still sleeping Tanuki.
"Uh, how is this guy bad? He just sleeping…" Seemore noted aloud and the Tiny-Terror grunted for a moment before answering.
"Because if that fucking thing can summon this, what else can it summon?" Gizmo replied in question while staring at the Tanuki with a frown as it remained sleeping, flames suddenly rising up around it and forming the Kanji for "Sloth"…
Batman stands with a frown on his face, Nightwing rubbing his head beside of the Dark-Knight. "Any idea what's going on with those symbols appearing around the city?" Nightwing questioned of his former Mentor and a deep frown worked its way across the man's face.
"No." He replied gruffly before taking a scanner from his Utility-Belt and holding it up to scan the area. Narrowing his eyes on the scanner, Batman noticed the odd fluctuations in power that the symbols were causing.
"Well they have to mean something…" Nightwing responded and Batman nodded his head with a frown, both men then hearing screams from around the city. "The others!" Night cried while quickly leaping to his feet and jumping to the building across from him. As he did, Batman noticed a new fluctuation and widened his eyes when he saw it was appearing under Nightwing.
"Nightwing, wait!" The Dark-Knight exclaimed only for Night to be thrown back as the shadows grew out of the ground. Frowning deeply, Batman jumped over to Nightwing and helped him up as the shadows formed into six weasel like creatures. However, these weasels had long sharp sickle like claws ending their frontal paws, sharp wicked teeth, a now eerily familiar talisman around their neck with the Kanji for "Incomplete", and glowing red eyes.
"W-What the hell?" Nightwing questioned and Batman frowned even as he put his scanner back into his Utility belt.
"Kama-Itachi, or "Sickle-Weasels" an ancient Japanese Yokai said to work in teams of three, riding on whirlwinds and causing numerous deep yet painless gashes with their long sickle like claws." Batman mused while looking at the three weasel demons that suddenly started to spin around. Narrowing his eyes, Batman then grabbed Nightwing and pulled him out of the way as the three demons created a whirlwind and nearly tore into them with their razor sharp claws.
"Put me down!" Night shouted and Batman frowned before dropping the teen as the Weasel-Demons turned around, coming at them once more. Narrowing his eyes, Batman threw a Batarang into the demons only for it to be sliced into pieces as they came closer and closer to them.
"Get down!" Batman ordered while ducking, Nightwing doing so as well more on reflex than anything else. Looking back up as the Kama-Itachi passed, a scowl crossed over Batman's lips as flames roared to life forming into the Kanji for "Betrayal"…
In a store, BB and Duela have landed, Duela oddly enough sleeping and curled up like a cat. Getting up after a moment, BB then groaned as he looked around, noticing the fog that seemed to have formed all across Jump-City. "Dude, like what's going on around here?" The Green Titan wondered aloud and then spotted the sleeping Duela and shook his head from side to side. "She's as bad as, Suu…" The Green Titan said to himself before blinking when he felt a strange feeling. "But at least she's not a monster." He added while moving over to Duela and started to shake her, the girl mumbling lightly.
"No, Dani go away… I don't wanna play with you right now…" The red haired girl said while pushing BB away and then curled up into herself even more. Blinking for a moment as ideas of what "Play" between Duela and Dani could be caused the green teen to space out for a moment.
"I wonder what she means by saying that?" BB wondered to himself for a moment, Duela sitting up and looking around, as the green furred teen was preoccupied with "thoughts". Seeing the look on the green teens face, Duela tilted her head to one side for a moment before grinning cheekily.
"Hey green bean, what cha doin?" She asked while grabbing the boy in a hug from behind, BB screaming when she did. Quickly changing into a rabbit, the green teen then scurried away, hopping behind some rubble soon after. After watching this the red haired girl suddenly burst out laughing, holding her sides as BB cautiously looked out from behind the rubble. "Oh man that was just priceless! You should've seen the look on your face!" Duela exclaimed with a grin and tears in her eyes, BB frowning as he looked at the strange clown-like girl.
"Dude! Don't scare me like that!" BB shouted at Duela and she snickered before looking around and raising a brow at all the fog.
"Okay, from the looks of things the author has set up some ultimate evil scenario and we're about to be attacked by something…" Duela noted while flipping to her feet then watched on as the shadows around them rose up. "Hey cool! I was right!" The girl suddenly exclaimed with a grin as the shadows then changed shapes, BB gulping as they formed into strange beings.
There were ten of these strange beings, and they were all covered in fur of various colors, simple paper masks over their faces with different Kanji on them depending on the color of fur, hoari's worn over their shoulders each of various colors as well, what looked like musical instruments held as weapons, horns on their heads, and they also noticed what looked like claws on their hands and feet with Tiger-skin loincloths…
"Dude! What are those things?" BB demanded with wide eyes and Duela frowned while staring at the creatures, and then snapped her fingers.
"Amanojaku! (Wicked Demon of Heaven!) Though I think some Anime and Manga call them "Imps"." She replied with a wide grin on her face, BB gulping as the Imps started to move towards them. "Yeah, they are really mischievous little devils and are the spirits of contrariness and perversity. They also like to drink Sake, and really like to torment and frustrate people." Duela explained with a nod of her head, arms crossed over her chest while the Amanojaku surrounded them…
"D-Duela… what are we going to do?" BB asked and the red haired girl frowned in thought for a moment before snapping her fingers.
"I know! Lets give them some Sake! That should stop them!" Duela decided with a wide grin across her face and BB gaped at the girl in shock. "And if it doesn't stop them at least it'll make them drunk!" Duela then added and BB slapped his face while the Amanojaku looked to one another, having clearly understood the word "Sake".
"Dude! Like where in the hell do you expect us to find Sake for those things! The world has pretty much ended already!" BB demanded and Duela reached back into her backpack and produced a bottle of the said beverage. "Uh… why are you carrying Sake around with you?" BB asked the girl with a raised brow and the Clown-Girl snickered for a moment.
"Are you kidding, this stuff is awesome!" She replied and BB fell over even as a Kanji for "Gluttony" appeared in flames around them…
Meanwhile, standing atop the tallest remaining tower is Dr. Fate, the man's arms crossed over his chest while Etrigan sits next to him silently. "This is most troubling, Etrigan… the beast seems to be transforming the negativity it has absorbed into monsters to do it's bidding." The Gold-Helmeted man noted while looking at the numerous Kanji that had appeared around the city, Etrigan nodding his head silently at his side.
"Would it be that you know more than you seem, please answer, if you know, what these strange symbols mean…" Etrigan pleaded and Dr. Fate crossed his arms over his chest while looking down upon the world.
"I do indeed know what those symbols mean my friends… and it is very simple to explain." Dr. Fate replied before throwing his arms out, his cape flowing in a light breeze as he did so. "Pride. Greed. Lust. Wrath. Gluttony. Envy. Sloth. Cowardice. And Betrayal. All Sins that this evil beast has somehow changed into monsters…" Dr. Fate noted mostly to himself as he looked at the Kanji around the city.
"Such a terrible power it has my friend, it almost seems as if this shall be our end." Etrigan replied with a frown and Dr. Fate nodded his head in agreement before looking around as flames rose up around them. "And now my friend I truly fear, that even more beasts quickly draw near!" Etrigan added while Dr. Fate looked around as a Kanji for "Despair" formed out of the flames and the shadows rose up into one final batch of monsters. These monsters were eight long serpentine dragons that each easily spanned over several miles in length, however they had a talisman around their throats, the Kanji for "Incomplete" held within much like that of the nine foxes, dogs, Tanuki, weasels, and the two giant cats.
Each of the dragons were identical, they had deep hellish red eyes, with dark scales that were an unearthly obsidian color, their undersides were red and inflamed almost as if they had dragged them across rugged terrain for too long, a strange purple moss grew along their backs half covering a long row of ridges along their spines, two long antler like horns protruded from their heads, strange ridges extending from their jaws with almost catfish like "whiskers" coming from their upper lips, and long sharp ivory teeth extended from their mouths…
As Dr. Fate and Etrigan looked to the eight enormous beasts in shock, the eight Dragons moved almost as one and looked down at them. The beasts seemed to narrow their eyes before suddenly rearing back their heads and unleashing a hellish roar towards the two heroes…
(Pits of Hell…)
Naruto mentally twitched as he, Itachi, and the Demon-Raven slowly sidled along a wall towards the towering demon lord, Agni. 'This is such a bad idea and I just know it's going to get me killed in some horribly painful fashion… wait… I'm already dead, never mind…' The blond haired Ex-Shinobi thought to himself as he soon came upon Agni's shoulder. According to Demon-Raven, this would be the hardest part, namely, making it across Agni while not getting onto the super-heated portions of his body. Thus far it was working out fairly well, they had made their way up the sides of the chasm and then slowly worked their way onto the Demon-lord's shoulder.
Now was the real hard part in Naruto's opinion, figuring out how to make the enormous Demon go where they wanted him too. Mentally groaning at the thought, the blond haired youth reached to the side to grip another high rock, then slowly sidled along a ridge on Agni's arm and over to his shoulder. Climbing up, passed numerous crevices and cracks filled with molten lava, the three soon came onto his shoulder and took hold of the spikes on his arm to steady them. Breathing out a quiet sigh of relief, Naruto then looked over to Itachi and The Demon-Raven.
"Okay, now how do we get him to move?" Naruto demanded flatly of the red-skinned demoness and she grimaced slightly.
"You're really not going to like it…" She replied and a look crossed Naruto's face as he gave the demoness an annoyed glare.
"Just spit it out… I already don't like the idea of riding on this guy's shoulder the rest of the way down the river styx…" Naruto retorted with a frown and she blinked before inclining her head for a moment.
"Agni is kind of a ritualistic creature, if we wake him up, he'll walk down the river to get home. Our next stop and the "Human" Raven's current location is also on his way to his home deeper in hell. He comes down here to rest because of how little noise the Fire-Wraiths make when compared to the Ifrits he rules over." The Demoness replied while they held onto Agni's back and Naruto palmed his face.
"And how are we going to do that, Kara-Chan? This guy's skin is rock hard, and we can't touch half of it cause its molten rock in case you've forgotten! Unless you've got a way to create a blizzard I really don't think we're going to be able to hurt this thing even slightly…" Naruto reminded and The Demon-Raven frowned for a moment while nodding her head in agreement. Truthfully, she'd never considered going after her other half, after all, she was probably more than enough for the blond to handle… but he was greedy, and being a Demoness she could respect that.
"We need to wake him, but not startle him too badly. Thus even if I could make a blizzard, we can't try to cool him off, he'll wake up furious if we do, think someone's trying to attack him, notice us instantly, and start looking to attack and kill us. So we also have to be careful not to startle him too badly, or we're all dead meat." Raven explained and a grimace crossed Naruto's features while Itachi frowned for a moment before an idea came to mind.
"Would fire wake him up?" Itachi questioned and Demon-Raven frowned deeply as she thought about it for a moment.
"Perhaps the right kind of fire could… but there is no mortal fire that could possibly awaken a being that is all but made from lava. Only the sheer heat of the sun itself could actually accomplish that feat." Demon-Raven mused aloud and Itachi nodded his head for a moment, Naruto frowning.
"Going to use Amaterasu on him?" Naruto asked the Uchiha simply and Itachi hnned while turning back to Raven.
"Would Hell-Fire wake him up?" Itachi questioned and the Demon-Raven snorted before snickering to herself.
"He's Agni of Hellfire, it's his element, and it'd probably relax him even more than he already is. You can try, but if that Amaterasu thing is nothing but the fires of hell, it'll be useless on him." The Demoness replied and a frown crossed over Itachi's features as he considered their options.
"What if you used your fire and my Amaterasu?" Itachi questioned and the Demon Raven frowned for a moment before shaking her head.
"It'd be hot enough yes, but our fires are both linked to hell, they'd be more calming than shocking to him apart… we could combine them yes, but there really is no guarantee it'd work that way either." She replied simply and Itachi reached up and rubbed his chin, thinking of what they could do before sighing.
"Lets first attempt to combine our flames together to awaken him, if that doesn't work, we'll have to resort to our only other option." Itachi replied while placing a hand onto Naruto, the blond raising a brow as he does so.
"What are you doing?" Naruto questioned and Itachi sighed for a moment.
"My Chakra no longer exists inside of me. Instead, I'll have to draw on the power I put within you…" Itachi replied then looked to the Demon-Raven who nodded her head and narrowed her eyes while forming blue-flames into her right hand. Nodding his head, Itachi closed his eyes for a moment before opening his now Mangekyou Sharingan eyes. "Amaterasu!" Itachi stated darkly as black flames formed on Agni, Demon-Raven quickly hurtling her own flames at the black flames, causing them to mix together as they tried to burn into the enormous Demon-Lord.
However, Itachi then frowned as Agni merely twitched, and green flames suddenly formed out of his skin. The Green-Flames instantly flowed to the Black and Blue flames and consumed them completely. Sighing for a moment and resigning himself to their only other option for awakening Agni, Itachi then looked to a frowning Naruto. "Very well then, Naruto-kun, it looks like I can no longer wait. You'll have to learn what the power I placed within you truly is." Itachi suddenly said while looking to the blond seriously and Naruto gave the man a look.
"Uh, I don't think right now is really the best of times to be learning a new trick, Itachi." Naruto stated and Itachi hummed while looking up and then smirked towards the blond Ex-Shinobi.
"Perhaps it's not, but what I will teach you should be enough for us to wake, Agni so we may continue." Itachi replied and then reached over and placed a hand onto the blond's head. "First of all, the power I left within you is just that, raw untapped power. It has no form or shape right now, which is why I left some of my Chakra with it, so I could survive within you, and you could learn a counter to Amaterasu's flames, should you ever be forced to face another Uchiha with the Mangekyou Sharingan." Itachi explained to the blond and a deep frown crossed over Naruto's features.
"Then why didn't you teach it to me sooner? Like when I was fighting that nut-job of a brother of yours? No offence meant, but he's completely mental…" Naruto questioned with a slight growl and a small smile crossed the man's lips.
"None taken, I'll be the first to admit he's too serious for his own good… and I didn't see a point to teaching it to you before, after all Naruto-Kun, you did manage to defeat Madara on your own… with only the Kyuubi on your side." Itachi replied and Naruto muttered something under his breath before inhaling deeply and then exhaling.
"Alright, what do I have to do?" Naruto asked and Itachi instantly went stone serious as he concentrated for a moment.
"Naruto-Kun, you are well aware that all Shinobi with a Kekkei-Genkai protect them with their lives… but, did you know that Bloodline Ninjutsu can be… copied without need of the bloodline itself?" Itachi questioned and Naruto blinked for a moment before remembering how Sakura told him about Sasori. How he had a puppet of a Kazekage who was able to use abilities similar to that of the Shikaku's container…
"I don't know about bloodline Ninjutsu, but I am aware that a Jinchuuriki's abilities can be copied… and if they can be copied, I'd say a Bloodline Ninjutsu wouldn't be too different." Naruto mused aloud while looking to the older man and Itachi nodded his head with a slight smile.
"Actually you're quite correct, but the sheer Chakra necessary to effectively duplicate a Jinchuuriki's natural attack capabilities are phenomenal at the very least. Only a Kage would be even able to try and attempt such a thing." Itachi replied and then took a deep breath as he continued to concentrate his remaining Chakra that was within Naruto. "Now then Naruto-Kun, what I am going to do is help you to recreate the Amaterasu's fire without my Mangekyou Sharingan, thereby, the flames should be the same, and yet different, thus a perfect counter to them, and a way for all three of us to attack Agni with our fires." Itachi continued to explain to the blond and Naruto frowned for a moment while giving him a strange look.
"Don't look at me like that, it won't be hard and it won't take long with me to guide you… now, concentrate on your chakra and feel what I do inside of you…" Itachi ordered and Naruto mentally rolled his eyes before closing his eyes and doing as told. "Feel how I shift and move my Chakra, then follow the same path." Itachi ordered and Naruto frowned as he noticed Itachi moving the chakra in an intricate pattern. Following it as carefully as possible, Naruto then listened to Itachi for further instructions.
"Good, you can follow my Chakra's movements… lets see if you can do this, I will change the element of my Chakra, I want you to match it. With the Rinnegan, this should be easy for you to do." Itachi stated and Naruto mentally nodded as Itachi first shifted his chakra to water. Frowning for a moment, as he almost used no real Water Jutsu, and his Natural Lightning Element Chakra was apposed to it, Naruto concentrated and finally managed to feel out the transition to Water Chakra. As he did, his Pale-Blue Chakra became clearly visible to both Raven and Itachi.
"Good… now this one." Itachi ordered and Naruto felt a warm feeling, thus figured it was Fire-Chakra, a common trait of all Uchiha. Sighing once more, Naruto concentrated on changing his Chakra to fire element, which wasn't quite as hard as he'd thought. He supposed having a Wind-Nature Affinity, which fed flames, and a Lightning Nature Affinity, which created them, and thus also helped him with changing his Chakra to Fire-Chakra. Feeling his Chakra he converted it into Fire-Chakra, a flaming aura forming around his body as he did so.
"Excellent Naruto-Kun, we're almost done. All you need to do now is feel how I change the frequency of your Chakra. All Bloodline-Ninjutsu are activated by a different "Frequency" than usual Ninjutsu. This would normally make it impossible for anyone not of that particular bloodline to use it. You however have the Rinnegan, which allows you to use any technique you want. So, feel what I do with my Chakra and follow it exactly." Itachi explained and Naruto nodded his head silently, even as Itachi activated his Mangekyou for the first time in a long time.
"Amaterasu!" He stated coldly while looking up to the Demon-Lord's head, inwardly making it a point to really slow down what he was doing to allow Naruto to feel the difference in how his Chakra moved and acted now when compared to before. As he did the familiar black flames suddenly appeared on Agni, the Demon-Lord merely snoring as his Green Flames rose up and consumed them. Grunting and blinking back tears of blood for a brief moment, Itachi released Naruto before he reached up to wipe the blood from his eyes before looking to the blond.
"Now you try, Naruto-Kun." Itachi then ordered and Naruto concentrated on the odd sensation he felt when Itachi created the Amaterasu Flames. Kneeling down, Naruto closed his eyes and then clenched his right hand into a fist as he felt out his Chakra. Feeling a sudden pulse, the blond reared his arm back before suddenly slamming it down into the ground.
"Alright, here we go!" The blond declared as pure white flames suddenly surged forth from his fist, then quickly trailed out and into the many crevices and cracks that were a part of Agni's body. Agni merely grunted as the flames appeared, his own green flames surging forth and consuming the ivory flames, however Itachi noticed it was at a significantly slower pace than his or Raven's flames had been consumed. Opening his eyes to see the white flames, Naruto gaped in shock for a moment even as a low grumble echoed from Agni and they fully vanished.
"Interesting, it would seem that you messed up the frequency, however you still managed to summon some kind of fire… we'll have to look more into it later." Itachi mumbled while Naruto looked at some flickering flames dancing on his fingertips.
"Is that why they're white?" Naruto wondered aloud even as he moved his hand around for a moment, The Demon-Raven leaning over to look at the flames even as Naruto shook his hand, the flames slowly going out as he did.
"Impressive, the Fires of Heaven to counter the Fires of Hell…" The Demon-Raven said with a nod of her head and Naruto turned and looked at her in shock.
"Wait… you mean to tell me I just channeled Heavenly Flames or something?" Naruto questioned of his semi-girlfriend, what, she was technically only half of Raven…
"Yes. White flames represent the Arch-Angel Michael, Agni's natural counter and enemy in heaven." The Demon-Raven replied simply and Itachi raised a brow for a moment before deciding not to look too into it.
"Regardless of that, this is a new Ninjutsu currently unique to you Naruto-Kun, so I believe that you deserve to name it as well." Itachi reminded the blond haired youth and he blinked before nodding his head with a slight frown.
"Then I guess I'll call it, Shiranui! (Unknown-Fire)" He replied with a grin and Itachi chuckled lightly, easily understanding why the blond thought that name was appropriate for the admittedly odd white-flames.
"Fine, he named it, now lets get moving before our collective friends are eaten alive and I have to live under my… father's rule for the rest of eternity." The Demon-Raven reminded with a shudder of disgust at the word father she'd used for Trigon, which made sense to both Naruto and Itachi given the girl's relationship to the enormous demon.
"Very well then, ready Naruto-Kun?" Itachi questioned and Naruto nodded his head while flexing his right hand for a moment. "Then attack!" Itachi ordered while placing a hand onto Naruto's shoulder and activating his Mangekyou Sharingan once more. "Amaterasu!" The man exclaimed while Demon-Raven threw her flames into the black flames as they hit Agni's head. Naruto then reared his arm back and slammed it into Agni with a wide grin on his face.
"Shiranui!" He cried out and the White, Black, and Blue flames combined together, burning into Agni and causing him to sit up with a slight start. Cursing lightly, Naruto pushed some Chakra into his feet, Itachi holding onto the blond in order to steady himself while the Demon-Raven grabbed hold of one of the many spikes on Agni's enormous shoulder.
"Everyone hold on tight!" Demon-Raven exclaimed as Agni moved his hands to the sides and slowly pushed himself up from where he'd been resting. Pushing himself up, his hellfire body suddenly roared to life, green flames alighting within the crevices of his body. The Mighty Demon-Lord of Hellfire then stood to his full two-hundred-feet tall height, and stretched out all four of his arms with a deep horrible rumble echoing from his throat. His three, Hellfire green eyes also opened as he looked forward, wings stretching out for miles while Naruto gulped audibly with no small amount of fear.
"I really don't like this idea…" Naruto muttered even as Agni moved forward, the swirling tail of fire that replaced his legs moving along the lava and down the enormous cavern, the three holding on tight as he went. Looking to Demon-Raven for a moment, Naruto saw her twitching and holding on for dear life, Itachi keeping a hand on his shoulder just to use the miniscule amount of his Chakra within his body. Mentally breathing out a sigh, Naruto held onto the enormous demon-lord with all his might, still hoping that this ride wouldn't last long.
Unlike with Gamabunta and other toads, Agni didn't make a rumbling quake when he walked, rather, as he moved he was eerily silent. His body flowed on the lava silently, allowing the enormous lord of hellfire to sneak up on small beings even with his gigantic size. Reaching up as they approached a large low hanging stalactite, the Demon-Lord narrowed his eyes before bashing it down with a single powerful swing of his arm; Naruto inwardly imagining what a hit like that could do to a lesser demon…
"I can see why he's a Demon-Lord, no one would know when he was angry until he got too them…" Naruto mumbled to himself while shivering at the thought of this particular demon pissed off at him. Shaking his head after the thought passed, Naruto looked to Demon-Raven and watched as she looked off of his shoulder.
"We're approaching our stop!" The Demoness exclaimed and Naruto looked up and briefly wondered if Agni knew they were there, and just didn't care.
"Alright then, Itachi get ready." Naruto shouted at the dark haired man and his nodded his head. Twirling the staff in one hand, the man dug it down into Agni's shoulder to brace himself while standing up, Naruto slowly standing as well while Demon-Raven leaned into the spike she was holding onto. Narrowing her four eyes into the distance, the Demoness spotted a long trail ahead and slowly moved away from the spike while crouching down.
"Jump!" She suddenly exclaimed while jumping off of Agni, then formed a black circle with her powers and breathed a sigh out as she landed on it. Looking up, she then watched as Naruto and Itachi jumped off as well, the Demoness quickly forming a circle of black energy under each of them as well. "Need a ride?" Demon-Raven quipped with a smirk and Naruto rolled his eyes before grinning down at the Demoness.
"You offering, babe?" The blond quipped in reply and the demoness briefly wished he wasn't so greedy as to want all of her… but then again, that was also one of the many things she liked about him.
"Oh I'm offering that, and so much more handsome." The Demoness replied with a wink and Naruto chuckled lightly.
"As interesting as it is to be here for you two to flirt, we really must keep moving." Itachi reminded the two and Demon-Raven nodded her head in agreement while bringing them all down to the ground where two paths split ahead of them. "Which way from here?" Itachi questioned while looking to the demoness, and she pointed forward with a slight smirk.
"Now all we need to do is keep moving forward." The Red-Skinned Demoness replied and Naruto walked passed her and was soon followed by Itachi and The Demon-Raven. Coming to a flight of stairs, Naruto walked up its length, coming out of a small cave and spotting a line of torches on either side of a path, spikes forming upwards on either side of the long stretch of road, and what looked like some kind of grand-cathedral in the distance at the end of the path.
"Well, I see where we're going now." Naruto mused while looking to Itachi and Demon-Raven, both nodding to him before they walked forward. Walking down the long stretch of road, Naruto twitched when he saw that the torches were made of screaming faces that made him mentally pause. "Naraku-Hime, what exactly are these things made of?" Naruto asked while looking at the torches and the Demon-Raven blinked for a moment before rolling her eyes.
"The lost tormented souls of the damned…" She replied casually and Naruto widened his eyes even as a frown crossed Itachi's features.
"One good thing about our universe, our version of the Underworld isn't half as horrific as this one…" Itachi noted aloud and the Demon-Raven looked over to him with a raised brow.
"How's that?" She questioned as they passed another couple of torches, which changed into Fire-Wraiths behind them.
"Because, besides being a dark, dank, empty pit of death and decay… no one is overtly tortured or suffer eternal damnation for their sins…" Itachi replied and the Demon-Raven crinkled her nose up before crossing her arms.
"Where's the fun in that?" The Demoness questioned seriously, Naruto chuckling while Itachi palmed his face with a grunt. Coming to a sudden stop, Itachi then twisted around and slice the two Fire-Wraiths behind them in half with his staff.
"I'd love to explain to you why Yomi is better than this place, however we seem to have more important matters to deal with…" Itachi noted while looking around with his eyes narrowed onto the many Fire-Wraiths forming around them.
"Do these guys ever learn?" Naruto wondered while pulling a Ninjatou from his back and tossed it over to Itachi. Catching the blade, Itachi smirked slightly as the fire-wraiths soon completely surrounded them.
"Apparently not, Naruto-Kun…" Itachi replied while the Demon-Raven grinned evily as she held her hands out, black energy forming over them. Cracking his neck, Naruto then reached back and pulled both The Kusanagi and his other Ninjatou from his back and held them at his sides.
"Alright then boys and girls, lets really get this party started!" Naruto cried while lunging towards the cathedral and Fire-Wraiths, Itachi and Raven quickly following him into battle. Twirling his blades in his hands, Naruto then swung the weapons, cutting an X through the beast as he passed. Itachi then lunged ahead of him and twisted around into a swing, slicing the next wraith in half. As he did, Raven grinned darkly and formed a ray of obsidian energy into her hand before throwing it forward, the beam tearing through two more Fire-Wraiths as Naruto passed her.
Grinning to himself, the blond then pushed his Chakra into his blades before forming the flames of Shiranui overtop them. The ivory flames roared to life along the blades of each sword, and Naruto twisted around and slammed them into the ground, an arc of flames roaring forward and smothering the many fire-wraiths up ahead. "Well that wasn't too bad." Naruto noted while smirking to himself, Naruto then reabsorbed the chakra on his swords before placing them both back onto his back.
"True, but now we should keep moving." Itachi reminded while tossing Naruto his Ninjatou back, the blond muttering something to himself as he sheathed the blade and the Demon-Raven shook her head. Walking up to the cathedral, Naruto raised a brow at the door, scowling when he saw the familiar S shaped rune over it. Deciding not to ask why that was on the door, the blond haired teen brought his leg back and then kicked the door open, revealing the inside of the cathedral to them all. Walking into the building, Naruto frowned when he saw that the roof was practically gone, and that the light outside turned the skeletal windows an eerie red…
"I really don't like the look of this place." Naruto mumbled quietly as they wondered further and further into the building. Mentally wondering why Raven's human half would be in a place like this, Naruto then shook his head and narrowed his eyes. "Kara-Chan!" Naruto called out while walking down the isle of the cathedral, Itachi looking around as well while the Demon-Raven rolled her eyes.
"You do realize that since I embody half of Raven's collective being, that since I am brave and fearless, she would be meek and cowardly." The Demon-Raven reminded and Naruto blinked before nodding his head as that made sense. Looking around, Naruto saw something over to the side and narrowed his eyes.
"What's that?" He wondered aloud and saw a gray-cloaked figure suddenly move away, rushing down the isle. "Figures." The blond muttered while running after the gray-cloaked being, inwardly chuckling at the irony of the color, as it was the same one that Raven's "Timid" self wore. Seeing the figure duck passed some rubble, Naruto followed after the girl with Demon-Raven and Itachi following behind him. "Whoa, Kara-Chan wait!" Naruto called while running after the figure who fell down as Naruto approached from behind.
Slowly walking forward, Naruto reached out and took hold of the cloak before drawing it back and gaping. What he saw was clearly Raven, however she looked to be at least ten-years younger, her hair was short once more, and she was dressed in a white version of her long-sleeved leotard, a small version of her chain-belt around her waist, with white versions of her old boots. Looking up at the blond with wide violet eyes, the girl moved back slightly, clearly afraid. "Who… who are you?" The girl asked timidly and Naruto shook his head even as Demon-Raven and Itachi came up from behind.
"Hello, Sister." Demon-Raven noted with a grin and the girl widened her eyes and ducked behind Naruto, shaking in fear at the sight of the larger girl. "Alright, we've found my weak other half, are you satisfied now?" The Demon-Raven questioned of the blond and Naruto blinked for a moment, then looked from the Young-Raven to Demon-Raven and scratched his head.
"Why is there such a dramatic age-difference between you two?" Naruto demanded and Demon-Raven grinned darkly, the young version giving off a "Meep" sound while hiding behind the blond.
"I'm her Demonic-Incarnation, everything sinful and fun… she's the "Pure and Innocent" side, and what's more innocent than a child?" The red-skinned demoness replied while looking to the blond and Naruto blinked before nodding his head since that made about as much sense as anything else in this hell did… Shaking his head, Naruto then turned to the young-Raven as she hid behind him timidly, then handed her her cloak back.
"Hey, you okay?" Naruto asked kindly and the girl blinked before accepting the cloak and pulling it on around her shoulders, her demonic half huffing.
"I-I'm lost." She replied and Naruto grinned while placing a hand onto her head.
"Don't worry, we'll help you get home." Naruto told the girl with a smile and the young-Raven looked over to her demonic-self even while hiding behind the blond.
"Then why's she here? She's bad…" The Young-Raven asked while pointing to the Demon-Raven and she grinned down at her Human-Half.
"Guilty as charged and loving it! I especially love being old enough to partake in certain activities with Naruto… unlike you, miss goody goody." The Demon-Raven replied flamboyantly, moving her hands down her hips and sides suggestively while Naruto palmed his face, inwardly wondering what part of Raven actually acted like this…
"Er… she kind of helped us find you Kara-Chan." Naruto explained and Young-Raven tilted her head to one side for a moment.
"Why do you keep calling me "Kara-Chan"? My name is Raven…" The girl questioned and Naruto palmed his face for a moment before answering with a sigh.
"Where I come from, the word for Crow and Raven are the same, it's Karasu. Thus I shorten it to kara and call you Kara-Chan." Naruto explained and the young-Raven slowly nodded her head in understanding. "But in any-case, would you happen to know a way out of here?" Naruto asked and the young-Raven shook her head no, a frown crossing the blond's lips as she did. Muttering to himself as he stood up and the Young-Raven gripping the edge of the blond's coat, Naruto looked around and saw Itachi looking at a wall with a hand on his chin.
"Yo, you see something, Itachi?" Naruto questioned while walking over to the dark-haired man and Itachi slowly nodded his head.
"Come take a look for yourself, Naruto-Kun." The dark haired man replied and Naruto walked over to him, both sides of Raven following after him. Coming to where Itachi stood, Naruto raised a brow upon seeing six rings embedded into the wall of the cathedral.
"What are these?" Naruto wondered while also noticing they were spaced only so far apart from one another.
"Those? Not sure, though given the amount of dirt, soot, and dust covering them, I'd have to say they've been here for quite a while." The Demon-Raven replied while crossing her arms and the Young-Raven scooted to Naruto's side and held onto his coat once more, trying to get as much distance from her demonic half as possible without leaving the "Safety" of Naruto.
"Agreed. But what are they for…" Naruto wondered before looking around, then took a step back and crouched down. Frowning to himself, Naruto then started to brush away the dirt and dust from the floor and found a circular opening. "Well, this probably has something to do with the rings…" Naruto mumbled before snapping his fingers and looking over to where Itachi was standing. "Yo, hand over the staff." Naruto ordered and the dark-haired man gave him a look.
"Very well…" He replied and tossed the object over to the blond, Naruto twirling it in hand before jabbing the ring at the top into two of the six rings on the wall. Hearing a click, Naruto then twisted the staff around; attaching it to the other four rings in the wall and yanked back on it as hard as he could. As he did, the rings were pulled outwards, five long chains coming out with them, dust and dirt falling away until they stopped and formed an outline of a doorway. Raising a brow, Naruto then pulled back and placed the metal-tipped end of the staff into the circular hold on the floor and frowned while looking from the doorway to the staff for a moment.
"Interesting, but what is it?" The Demon-Raven questioned at Naruto's right while her human-half stayed on his left, Naruto shaking his head for a moment as he then gripped the staff tightly.
"Just watch and see…" The blond replied while pulling back on the staff, causing the chains to yank on the wall as he did so. "Stand back!" Naruto ordered while digging his heels into the ground and gritting his teeth as he pulled the staff back, causing it to pull down on the chains as he did. The chains as such yanked on the wall, pulling it back until it finally fell down, revealing a passageway beyond it. Breathing out a sigh once he was done, Naruto then heard something snap and looked down to see that the chains had released the rings now on the staff, making it look like a Shakujo. (Buddhist Monk-Staff)
"What the hell? Why would a Monks Staff be down here in hell? No, better question, why the hell was this thing the key to this door?" Naruto questioned while scratching his head and looking at the staff, while Itachi merely walked passed the blond and into the newly opened passageway.
"It doesn't matter right now Naruto-Kun, instead we should find out where this new passage leads us and hope that it is an exit of some kind." Itachi reminded and Naruto blinked before nodding his head, walking over to Itachi with the two raven's following behind him as he carried the ringed-staff in one hand, both the Kusanagi and it pulsing as he did so…
(?)
Orochimaru walked behind Slade with an amused look across his features, nearly laughing as Slade slipped on a loose rock and slid down to the ground below. 'Oh how the mighty have fallen, eh Slade?' Orochimaru mused to himself with an amused smirk on his face, before sliding down behind Slade. Looking down at the man for only a moment, Orochimaru then saw two possible paths, and then grinned when he felt Naruto's energy signature over to the side. 'Good, so little Naruto-Kun is still alive, in a manner of speaking, it'd be oh so boring in this world if he wasn't around to entertain me…' Orochimaru mused to himself as he then turned to Slade as he climbed to his feet.
"This is why I seek Immortality, dying would be such a bother." Orochimaru mused and Slade glared at the man as he leaned down and looked him straight in the eye. "It makes you… desperate, weak, vulnerable…" Orochimaru listed before reaching forward and lifting the man by his bandoleer, Slade twitching as he did so. "I could almost pity you, if it wasn't so amusing to see someone like this…" Orochimaru mused while releasing Slade, the man landing on his feet and brushing his arms off.
"I'm so thrilled to see you're overjoyed by my weakened state… but we still have to move forward." Slade reminded the man and Orochimaru merely shrugged his shoulders while crossing his arms. "Now come, what I seek is in a slightly… hotter place." Slade suddenly added while walking along a path to the side, Orochimaru silently following behind the man as they made their way into the depths of Hell. Looking around with a critical eye, Orochimaru also made a note to never ever die in this world, as this Hell was far worse than the "Underworld" or Yomi in his world.
Walking down the path, the two soon came to a deep chasm and Slade mentally grimaced. Leaping forward, the man landed on a rock only for it to break and fall down into the depths of hell. Shaking his head silently, Orochimaru jumped down and ran along the side of the chasm's walls with a smirk on his face. 'If nothing else, this journey into hell is amusing.' The Serpentine man mused inwardly before chuckling as Slade fell off of his rock, slamming into the sides of the chasms walls before finally hitting the ground, sending his mask sliding to the side.
Moving down gracefully, Orochimaru jumped down from rock to rock nimbly before flipping in mid air and landing in a low crouch. Smirking slightly, Orochimaru turned to where Slade was crawling towards his mask and shook his head. "How remarkably pathetic… to think you could fall this far." Orochimaru mused even as Slade got up and leaned into the side of the chasms wall, giving the serpent eyed man a glare as his only response. Shaking his head without placing his mask back on, Slade then placed a single hand onto the side of the wall and journeyed deeper into its depths, Orochimaru following behind the man silently as he did so…
(Jump-City…)
The Juubi no Yami watched on with a grin as the many "Heroes" across the city faced the monsters it'd called forth. "Most amusing indeed. These mortals do provide excellent sport. Though their fight, like their lives, is pointless…" The Juubi mused to itself while lying down, resting its body and absorbing even more negative energy from the dying world around it. However, it then narrowed its eyes, as its massive fifth eye seemed to glow a bloody crimson, a wicked grin spreading across its features.
"Ah, so my former Container and Trigon's Daughter are both still "alive", in some sense of the world, how very amusing… though only remnants of Raven still exist. This little rescue of Naruto's poses me little threat. Even with his own powers growing stronger, his own Juubi form is weak and useless against me at my peak." The Juubi no Yami noted to itself before its eye pulsed as it saw something else as well.
"And of course the new Yamata no Orochi is also on the move with my former Servant, Slade. What do they think they can accomplish? Retrieve Slade's flesh and then what… attempt to attack me? Such foolish creatures these mortals are proving themselves to be…" The Juubi thought to itself while shaking its head silently, then yawned loudly, looking back to the three groups moving further and further towards The End…
"Even with Naruto and Raven's two halves together they are too weak to face the true power of a Juubi. Let alone myself! I was the Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed beast… but I was also the portion of my being that remembered myself as the Juubi. I've spent centuries trying to re-obtain my former glory, from absorbing the negative energy of my first world, to possessing Trigon, all was in order to regain my true glorious form! Even should they come to fight me, I will not give up this power so easily." The Juubi said to itself before its eye pulsed and he looked upwards, frowning when he saw a large black bird heading his way.
The Black-Bird however was clearly not a normal forest-raven of anykind to him, though it was no bigger than one nor any different in shape, its eyes gave off a brilliant golden glow like that of the sun itself, its body covered in numerous bone-like plates much like Naruto's Juubi form was, reddish-orange markings lined its sides and wings, and it had three legs with the middle leg holding onto a strange sphere being the strangest part of the creature.
"Ah so I see "Her" pet has decided to make an appearance in this world as well. To what do I owe this pleasure, Yatagarasu? (Eight-Span Crow/Raven)" The Juubi questioned while the three legged bird landed on a metal pole and glared at him before a shrill kaw echoed from its throat. Chuckling lightly as the bird looked at him angrily, the Juubi grinned darkly while crossing its paws. "Don't get high and mighty with me bird, you're less than powerless in this world." Juubi reminded the Raven and it glared at him once more before flapping its wings and flying towards the struggling heroes, causing the Juubi to chuckle once more.
"So you're going to help the mortals then… I see your just as weak and predictable as ever, Yatagarasu." Juubi said with a shake of his head and then yawned while laying his head down. "You can do whatever you like, in the end, it won't matter what you do… this world is mine now." Juubi declared while closing his many eyes and slowly falling into a deep trance like state to absorb even more power…
TBC…
