A/N: hows it going guys! Just wanna say thank you for all of the reviews, they show me that I am doing a good job! A lot of them have said that this story, A Broken Man, is better than my last story, What Happened? Which is what I was aiming for, so thank you very much. If there is anything at all that you all think that I might be able to do in order to further improve this story, please don't be afraid to let me know. Thank you all for your loyal reading, and I hope that this chapter proves to be just as entertaining as the rest, if not better. Without further ado, here you go. Enjoy!
A Broken Man
Chapter 14
Battle on the Docks
"Come out Mileena!" Reptile yelled out in his raspy voice. "There iss on usse in hiding from me!"
Mileena was about to go on and fight but Naruto held her down. Signaling for her to hang on, her silently made two clones which henged themselves into the originals. The two Mileena and Naruto clones hopped over the four foot high stone wall, intending on attacking Reptile and Black. However, Black, living up to his reputation, quickly withdrew his pistol and shot both of the clones, causing them to stumble and fall off of the docks and into the raging waters below. Both of the bodies sunk underneath the tides and were not seen again.
"Are you kidding me?" Erron Black said with his muffled voice. "All that talk from Kahn and I just wiped them out with two shots. That's disappointing."
"It doesssn't matter anymore," Reptile told his partner, "They are dead now. We mussst go back to Ko'atal and let him know what we have found regarding D'Vorah."
"And what exactly has D'Vorah done, I wonder?" Mileena said, walking towards them on the bridge.
Reptile and Black turned around to face her as Black said to her, "Woman, why wont you just die?!"
He brought out his pistol once again and unloaded all six shots into Mileena (Performing his fatality on MKX). Mileena fell to the round face first and didn't move again. Black looked at Reptile and said to him, "Go check it, make sure she's dead."
Reptile proceeded to follow the request. He knelt down beside the corpse of the half Edenian and held two fingers to her throat. Feeling no pulse, he looked back at Black and said to him, "Black, Mileena is dea-"
BOOM!
The other shadow clone that had henged itself into Mileena exploded, sending Reptile flying off of the docks and into the waters below.
"Reptile!" Black called out. He looked back at the spot where 'Mileena' had just been and reloaded his pistol. However, before he could fully reload it for another round, a kunai hit it out of his hand. Black, surprised at the sneak attack, tried to grab it, but it bounced off of the docks and into the wild water below as well.
Now out of one of his precious weapons, Black looked up and saw Naruto in his red and black armor, black scarf and red drape blowing in the wind, just staring at him. "You made me lose one of my guns," he said to the blonde haired ninja, "I'm gonna make you pay for that."
"You'll lose something more precious than that you low life scumbag," Naruto told him. He pulled out two kunai and held them in reverse grip as he said, "if you give up now, I'll let you go. But if you fight, you WILL die. Your choice mercenary."
Erron Black laughed as he pulled out his other pistol and said to Naruto, "Taking me on alone? You're either brave, or foolish."
"Lets see which one then, shall we?" Naruto said to Erron, not even moving.
"Yeah, lets."
Erron ran towards him, holding out his pistol and fired a shot right at Narutos head. Naruto crouched down and threw a kunai at Erron's feet. Black dodged backwards and laughed as he said, "You know you missed, right?"
"Are you sure?"
BOOM!
Once again, another explosion erupted, causing Erron Black this time to go straight up into the air about fifteen feet high. Naruto threw the other kunai at Erron's hand, piercing his palm. Erron groaned in pain and then saw Naruto right above him, his armored foot high in the air. Knowing this was gonna hurt, a lot, Erron Black prepared himself for the impact.
He wasn't ready for what happened next.
Naruto threw his raised foot down directly onto Black's stomach, successfully performing an axe kick. Black was winded as he hit the deck. The force of the impact caused the boards to slightly crack under the immense strength from the impact of Erron's descent from the blow, courtesy of Naruto. Erron pulled the kunai from his palm and threw it away and grimaced as the fresh and salty air stung his fresh wound. Naruto landed gracefully and silently on the opposite side of the deck. Erron just saw that emotionless look in his opponents eyes, telling him that he would not hesitate to kill if need be.
Erron, refusing to get up, brought one of his sand grenades from his belt and threw it at Naruto. He pulled out his pistol and shot it right before it landed near his foe, causing sand and some fire to erupt, temporarily blinding the ninja.
"You think I haven't fought ninjas before, kid?" Erron Black said to Naruto, "I've fought and beaten every one I've ever come across. You'll be no different."
As the sand settled, he noticed that Naruto was completely gone. No blood, no scattered or burnt clothing, absolutely nothing. That's when he felt a thumb on a particular spot on his forearm, causing the hand holding the pistol to loosen its grip and the gun fall to the floor harmlessly and the blade press against his throat so close to his jugular that the slightest movement would cause it to be cut like a razor cutting paper.
"You have fought standard ninjas, maybe," Naruto said quietly in his ear, "But I am not anything standard. You lose, Erron Black."
Just then, a single huge wave rose from the water and revealed Reptile being washed back up. Reptile kicked Naruto on the side of his head, forcing him to let go of Erron Black. He scrambled to his feet and picked his pistol back up and shot at Naruto five times, each time aiming for the head.
Luckily, all that training Naruto had done in speed and training one's eye helped him deflect the bullets by using his gauntlets as shields. As Erron Black was trying to reload, Reptile charged forward at Naruto, claws ready to tear him apart.
Mileena then jumped out from behind the stone wall they had originally hid behind, her mask down. She landed on Reptile while he was still standing and bit incredibly hard onto his shoulder. She moved her head back and forth, really trying to tear Reptile's flesh from his tough hide.
"AAARRRGGHHH!" Reptile yelled out. He shoved Mileena off of himself, and held his badly wounded shoulder.
"You betrayed me!" Mileena yelled at the last zaterran. "You are pathetic, lone zaterran!"
"My kind will soon flourish," Reptile said through gritted teeth.
"Soon you will be extinct!" Mileena yelled as she charged at her target. She tried to stab at Reptile multiple times with her two sais. Reptile quickly and nimbly dodged each attack, although barely. Reptile had noticed that she was much faster and, if even possible, more ruthless than she was before.
Mileena tried to roundhouse kick Reptile, but feinted and swept him off of his feet. While he was in midair still, she Spartan kicked him away. As he fell down on the docks, Mileena threw one of her sais into the palm of his hand, pinning it to the wooden plank. Reptile screamed in pain and was about to remove the sai from his hand, but Mileena pounced on his other hand and stabbed it into the wooden planks beneath as well.
With both hands pierced by her sais to the wooden planks of the deck underneath, he was completely at her mercy now. She rose one clawed hand, intending on tearing out his throat.
Fortunately for Reptile, his partner, Erron Black, tackled her to the ground, saving Reptile from a brutal and very painful end. Erron pulled out a spare pistol and aimed it right at Mileena's face. At this range, one shot was all he would need to end her right then and there.
Just as Erron saved Reptile, Naruto had saved Mileena by grabbing the back of Erron's scarf and throwing him backwards. Erron scrambled back up to his feet and aimed his last pistol directly at Naruto.
Just then, a particularly huge wave of water washed over the entire deck, washing all four of the combatants into the water below.
Erron and Reptile were out of luck, since they had to swim as best as they could against the tides.
Luckily for Mileena, Naruto could walk on water using his chakra. Holding her in his arms bridal style, he stared evilly at Black and the zaterran. Making a clone, Naruto handed Mileena over to it and said, "Take her to safety. Don't wait up for me."
The clone nodded. "You got it boss! Mileena Kahnum, you're coming with me. Boss is gonna take care of these losers."
Despite Mileena's protests, the clone took off like a bat outta hell. Jumping out of the water and onto land, they disappeared quickly into the thick trees ahead.
Erron Black and Reptile had managed to latch onto a batch of stone sticking out of the wall from the deck. Still in the freezing water, they were both stunned to see the ninja just standing in the rocking waves as if he were on solid ground. They saw Naruto walk a little closer to them and stop about ten feet away from them. despite the incredibly loud noise of the raging waves from the water, they were able to hear him very clearly over the salty air.
"Reptile, Erron Black!" Naruto yelled out. "As of now, you only have two choices! First, join me in returning Mileena to her rightful place on the throne of Outworld, and watch as everything will flourish. Or two, die by my hand, right now, and be lost to these waters forever! The choice is yours!"
Reptile, very quick to announce his answer, shouted, "You will not kill me, human! Jussst becaussse you can walk on water doesss not mean you are unbeatable!"
"That's true," Naruto said back, "But, it does mean, as of this situation, you are no match for me. In fact, you never were. Now, what is your choice? Hurry up, I don't have all day."
"Kotal Kahn is paying me one hundred thousand gold coins every month," Erron Black said to the ninja who had mastered all of the elements. "If you can beat that, then I'm with you. If not…well, shit then."
"I'll pay you with your life if you agree to join me, then much more pay later on. Whats the point in dying if you can make more money later?"
Erron thought about what he had just said, and had to agree with the ninja. Clearly, this guy knew what the hell he was talking about.
"Give me one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins now, and I'm with you," Erron Black said.
"Done," Naruto said. "Now, what about you, zaterran?"
"How can you betray Kotal Kahn?!" Reptile yelled out at his now former partner.
"You mean like how you betrayed Mileena?" Black shot back.
"Enough!" Naruto shouted. He created a clone that popped into existence right next to Erron. The clone picked Black out of the water and jumped back onto the deck.
Reptile shouted at Erron Black, "Traitor! I will report thisss to Kotal Kahn, vermin!"
"Tell me, zaterran," Naruto said to Reptile, "You are cold-blooded are you not?"
"Ssssoon which will be warm from being drenched in your blood, filthy human!" Reptile shouted defiantly.
"Yeah right," Naruto countered. He began to make several hand signs and before he completed the last few, said to Reptile, "Zaterran, this is your last chance! If you do not join me, then your kind will be forever extinct!"
Reptile, insane with rage, brought his feet up against the wall underneath the water and pushed up as hard as he could, launching himself up and out of the water and towards the black and red armored ninja. Sighing the said ninja muttered to himself, "Not even dying with honor. What an idiot."
Completing his jutsu, Naruto shouted, "Water Style: Water Vortex Jutsu!"
Right away, Erron Black was glad that he made the choice that he did. He saw what appeared to be a large circle of water appear behind the ninja and was spinning furiously, like a whirlpool that was standing on its side. Then, the water shot out like a cannon, looking like a full blown water tornado sideways and on the ground (refer to the jutsu that Kakashi copied from Zabuza). The giant water jutsu slammed directly into Reptile, knocking the zaterran out of the air and hit the stone wall next to the deck. The force of the water obliterated the stone as if they were made out of pebbles. Dust, rock, blood, and gore flew everywhere. In a matter of seconds, at the end of the gigantic water vortex, the zaterran race was officially extinct.
Naruto lowered his hands and began walking back to the deck after the water had settled down a little. Jumping back onto the deck and facing Erron Black, the mercenary nodded at the shinobi. Naruto was watching him the whole time, waiting for any sign of betrayal from the marksman. Naruto then said to him, "Follow me."
Naruto turned around and began walking away towards the trees at the beginning of the deck.
It was then that he heard a loud ringing noise and a huge chunk of his chest was blasted from his body.
He slowly turned around and found that Erron Black had removed the rifle from his back fired at the right opportunity. Erron lowered his weapon and said to the ninja, "Just for the record kid, never trust someone whose loyalty can be bought."
Erron was then shocked when the ninja lacking a chest cavity burst in to smoke. He then coughed up copious amounts of blood and looked down to see a red, armored, clawed hand through his chest. Then he heard Naruto say in his ear, "My thoughts exactly."
Naruto ripped his arm through the man's chest and watched as he fell to his knees. Naruto then withdrew his katana on his back and with one swift motion, cut Erron Black in half diagonally, separating his body from shoulder to hip. The two body parts fell to the ground in a bloody heap. Naruto flicked the blood off of his blade and sheathed it on his back once more. He then said to the air, "People like you should all be wasted like you were," and proceeded to kick both severed body parts into the raging waters below and said, "Washed away and forgotten. Goodbye mister Black."
Naruto then dispelled his other clone that was currently with Mileena. Receiving the memories and location as to where she was within the forest, he glad that they were undetected and unharmed. Walking to the end of the deck, he stopped just before he entered the forest, he turned around to face the deck one last time. Creating two clones, he made a Rasenshuriken and launched it at the area. The jutsu expanded and destroyed absolutely everything, leaving no impression that the docking area never existed in the first place. Satisfied with his work, he turned back into the forest to reunite with his half Tarkatan and half Edenian girlfriend.
A/N: weeelllll guys I hope this was to your liking! Remember I'm open to any tips and suggestions you all may have, so don't be afraid to let me know! Lord Demolitions was the one to come up with the idea of Raiden training Naruto in perfecting his lightning abilities, so that shows you all that I do pay attention! Until next time, Roku out.