You thought that this story was abandoned, well think again. Anyways, it's been a long time since I updated The Last General, soI hope I don't upset anyone. Special Thanks to good friend and fellow writer Dealtshadow for helping me get this chapter done along with a couple others. Without further adieu chapter 7
Dealt:...so thats whats going on?...fight!
Previously: Zod kicked Naruto in the gut to get him off and rolled over with a cough as he spit out some blood. Standing up he looked at Nar-Ato as he glared at the former General as he rose as well, "Naruto, let's be honest. The little spat we just had was nothing for us. It is time the two of us got serious." he said with a mad look in his eyes, "The fight we are having is only achieved when two mortal enemies confront one another on a battle of raging blood and sweat." he said madly, "This is what a true battle should be like! You are the only one to have ever matched me blow for blow, so let's give it all we got and see who will succumb first!" Zod called out madly.
"If that is what you want, then so be it." Naruto said as he stood up taller.
Zod smirked, "Alright, let's get wild." he said as he cracked his neck.
The fight was going to pick up, but which of them would stand victorious when it was all over?
An unknown amount of time has passed.
It could have been hours, it could have been days, maybe even weeks. For a Kryptonian under the influence of a yellow star, their stamina was unlimited. The best way to end a fight like this, was death. But Naruto and Zod couldn't bring themselves to end it in such a brutal manner.
The battle rages on, with Naruto and Zod colliding with their fists. Shockwaves blasting out from each blow, the land tearing itself apart as the two men fought back and forth. Zod had already quite literally destroyed a series of mountains from having been thrown through them by Naruto's hand. Chunks of their armor had been ripped off from the viscous hand-to-hand combat, sections of their physical bodies exposed to the elements from the power behind their blows.
"Just give up! Can't you see you're just delaying the inevitable, Naruto?!" Zod roars out.
"If that's the case, then I'll keep doing so. Delaying a war with no purpose is better than subjugating an entire species." Naruto spat. With a yell, naruto jumped at his former friend and leapt into the air to launch a series of kicks with his right leg that Zod effortlessly blocked before raising the leg and bringing it down on Zod's head, but Zod dodges as Naruto lands and slams his leg down, the aftereffect was a powerful shockwave ripping the earth apart as dust and rubble filled the air.
Zod comes and tackles Naruto and both crash onto the ground/cliff with another shockwave as they're falling down, both are trading blow after blow as Zod yelled out, "I didn't want this Naruto! You just forced my hand!" as he gives a strong blow on Naruto's jaw.
Naruto grabs Zod by the shoulders and smashes their heads together before he lands a powerful uppercut that sends Zod into the sky as he leaps off the ground. Crashing into Zod, the two fly for dozens of miles before crashing into a mountain and then into the ground a couple miles past.
"Force your hand?! Don't pull that with me Zod! If you truly didn't want to do this! You shouldn't start this whole thing!"
With a yell, Zod once more charged at him, but this time Naruto was ready and when the disgraced Kryptonian General hit him, it was a tackle to the middle of Naruto's gut and the two were soon soaring through the air, breaking through a wall of stone and then falling to the ground. The two combatants were now engaged in a fight to the death, and only one would come out on top of it.
As the two men crashed down, Naruto was embedded deep into the ground itself, and shoveled through the rocks and dirt as Zod impacted the ground face (in its case, teeth-ouch) first before their momentum forced them into a roll, while Zod's neck rolled back to the point one would have thought it to be broken before the general was rolled over onto its back while Naruto himself was coming out of the roll from over his fellow general, feet first where he landed on his feet just in time for Zod to roll his head back down to look at him and smash a powerful right hook into his face. Their feet were kicking up large amounts of rock-stone and dirt as the two spun around in a dance of death, and while it had struck fast, Naruto was still faster than most enemies most Kryptonians had encountered.
Despite being two times larger than Naruto himself, Zod is still met with considerable resistance, and as Zod struck him with a pair of wrist mounted claw knives, Naruto swiped at the throat of his adversary with a brutal cut that nearly ripped open the mans throat, but only managed to nick it, but nevertheless drew some blood. However, if Zod had been put off by this counterattack he sure didn't show it, and he grabbed Naruto's wrist and restrained it before squeezing down onto his left forearm, only for Naruto to swipe his arm backwards and slice Zod across his temple where a gash cut itself wide open with a spray of blood from the blonds forearm which caused Zod to yell out as he was forced to release him, and allowed Naruto to set a brace for himself as he adjusted his stance and thrust both his arms forward.
What happened next was a shocking move to all who dared to try to watch this battle of beasts, nay a battle of gods.
Naruto's twin blades had embedded themselves into the shoulders of his adversary, the former general now crying out in pain as he tried to do something that would dislodge his body from the blades, but Naruto wouldn't have it, and so he twisted his wrists, a growl escaping his jaws as he proceeded to lift Zod up off the ground with sheer force. However, Zod was anything if not determined to survive, and so he used his feet to kick off the blond general instead and fell to the ground several dozen feet away, and looked at Naruto while he glared in raw fury that if he was a normal human he'd be ash in the wind.
Zod and Naruto are panting as the two of them no long have any words to say, nothing at all, Naruto with his twin blades ready and Zod tightening the grip of his fists, as the sky of Venus begin to covering up with yellest clouds and rain begin to drip.
"I'm going to make them suffer, these antagonistic species you have adopted, I will take them all from you. One by one." he stated seriously as Naruto raised himself up off the earth.(1)
"Zod, you're acting like a monster, and I'm going to stop you, and bring you out of this darkness you surround yourself in." he said, floating up into the air and angling himself towards Zod as the man's eyes glowed crimson with power.
"Then try it." Zod roared as he bound forward, craters being formed with each bound he made towards him as Naruto launched himself at full speed towards his friend. The two crashed into each other with the force of a meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs on earth, the world breaking and buckling under the force of them smashing into one another. The two god-like aliens crashed through a mountain and slammed into a different mountain with a large spacious cavern under it where Naruto came rolling to a stop by the hole they made entering the mountain as Zod landed on the opposing side. Seeing as there was no light inside the dark cave, Zod immediately closed his eyes with a growl.
Surging his solar-given powers through his body, he channeled the energy behind his closed eyes causing them to glow a deep orange before he snapped them open with a, "GROAH!~" and sent powerful blasts of fire from his eyes that ignited the darkness. He twisted his face every which way he could and cut through anything and everything he set his gaze on and cut through the ancient stone of the planet's crust. One of his swipes nearly managed to catch Naruto and the floor of the cave fell out from under him, but thanks to his power he stayed in the air as Zod finished his attack. And soon he noticed that the cavern was falling apart and so with that he leapt out of the collapsing mountain.
Naruto burst forth with incredible speed to escape, but ultimately he was caught and ended up crashing into the ground and continued to crash through one of the mountains nearby as he flew through the ground each time he broke through them. However the seconds passed and Naruto walked out of the dust without a scratch on him to show he was perfectly fine as the power given to him by both the stone and the solar energy that granted him invulnerability protected him. However he watched as Zod dropped to the ground beside a large boulder and quickly placed a foot onto the stone and shoved it, causing the rock to scrape against the dirt before the rock tipped over onto its side and continued to slide towards Naruto forcing him to jump over it and land in the middle of the clearing he and Zod made as the mountain exploded into a large fireball of golden flames, pockets of methane blasting the ground apart as sparks ignited the gaseous compound.
It was here Zod appeared in a flash of speed and smashed a fist into Naruto's face with a very visible shockwave that planted his face into the dirt. As Naruto rose, Zod went to swing at him, he dodged around the strike and blocked the next, But Zod was much better at hand to hand.
Zod blocked a hit from Naruto and struck him in the abdomen, placed a hand against Nar's neck in a knife-hand form and struck him straight on the chest with yet another shockwave being born into existence as he struck the blond. Naruto skid across the ground and quickly came to a stop where he looked up to see Zod standing above him ready to strike him under the hit, he slammed a fist into Zod's belly that sent him flying back and into a wall of the cliff behind them.
Naruto rushed over and smashed a fist into Zod and slammed his former friend into the ground. Raising his fist he went to strike again, only for a large slab of stone to crash down on him where he threw it off only to receive a boot to the chest that sent him sliding back. Naruto blocked a fist, but then Zod suddenly shot a uppercut that sent Naruto soaring into the air above where he came to a stop at the top of the mountain cliff they had ripped into being where he crashed into the wall and dislodged a large amount of the cliffside where he came to a stop and hovered in the air above it.
Zod looked up at him, his voice clearly heard as he spoke, "There's only one way this ends Nar!" he declared, "Either you die, or I do!" he told Naruto before he bent his knees and jumped up and began to climb the cliff using both hands and his feet to quickly scale up the mountain, tearing chunks out of the building as she quickly scaled the building. Naruto narrowed his eyes and began to fly down to meet his enemy, the stone breaking apart as he sped down towards Zod. The two quickly met up and crashed into one another and a resounding explosion tore through the air as the side of the mountain crumbled apart in a circular formation.
In the initial clash, Naruto managed to hit Zod hard enough to send him flying away where he quickly followed. Zod crashed through a mountaintop nearby, and as Naruto followed he never saw where Zod landed. Crashing through the stone, he felt his eyes widen as he saw Zod swinging a large stone pillar at him to try and rip his head off. Calling upon his Laser-vision, he blasted it at the rock and melted the stone beam away where upon swinging it, it splattered all around him. As he closed his eyes to extinguish the energy, Zod still smashed the remaining rock beam into his face where he was sent crashing into a wall.
Zod gave a huff as he threw the steel beam down and looked at Naruto as he rose, "We were bred to be warriors Naruto." he spoke in contempt to the blond, "We trained our entire lives to hone and master our senses. But this is pathetic, you're holding back your skill the way you are now." he sneered at Naruto, "If this is what it's come down to, I have one thing to ask you." Zod stated as he glared at Naruto, "Where did you train those skills of yours? ON A FARM?!" he yelled as he lowered himself down, the ground shuddering as he spread his hands out, stretching his fingers as he surged his power through his body, small rocks and dust rising up around him. Grabbing the bottom of his armor, Zod quickly began to tear it off until he only wore the normal Kryptonian skinsuit and then he slowly began to ascend into the sky, his eyes glowing with unrestrained power.
Naruto watched as his best friend turned enemy looked down at him, and he snarled as he leapt at Zod and the two warriors crashed through the rocky surface of the planet's surface and soared high into the air. As they did, Zod smashed a fist into Naruto's face and sent him flying back. Zod quickly reappeared and smashed a foot into his side and sent him flying away once more before the blond could recover. As Zod flew at Naruto, the blonde managed to recover as Zod tried to hit him again. And soon the two were flying in circles as they tried to hit one another, never hitting but coming very close.
Zod tried to hit Naruto, only for him to kick him away before he charged at the man as fast as he could, and smashed a fist into Zod's face once, twice, thrice before he managed to recover enough to fly away and through the valley they had carved in their fight. Naruto kept a very good pace, but Zod was elusive and soon he managed to lose Naruto in the mountains where Naruto tried to search for him but proved unsuccessful in his labor. As he turned around to fly off, Zod crashed through one of the mountains catching the blond by surprise before he kicked him into the side of one of the adjacent mountains with a resounding shockwave.
As Zod went to deal out more punishment, Naruto slammed into him and drug his face across the crumbling stone before they ran out of stuff to smash his face into where he caught a fist and landed yet another powerful uppercut that sent Naruto flying up, however, rather than let Naruto get any further away to recover, Zod grabbed his foot and begun to spin very quickly before he released Naruto and watched as he crashed through several mountains without stop. Easily crashing into and through what was probably the fifth or even sixth mountain with explosions of rock and flame filling the air as the rain pelted against their flesh as the World Engine continued to create an expanding ocean.
Naruto grunted with each impact before he crashed through the last wall of stone, partially unconscious as Zod crashed into him and took their fight up into the heavens above. As the two warriors flew up into the sky, they traded punches before Naruto simply kicked him off of him where he did several somersaults before he crashed into a large meteor, dragging his hands through the rock to stop himself from flying off. Planting his feet on it to give himself better ground Zod watched as Naruto launched himself in his direction and kicked off the meteor with a loud, "HAH!~" that sent the rock flying down at his foe. Naruto was unable to dodge out of the way as the large boulder slammed into him and began to fall through the atmosphere below.
As this happened, Zod punched through the large rock, shattering it to countless pieces as fire began to engulf their bodies from below as they flew down at such speeds they broke the sound barrier. It was thanks to this noise that it drew their observing parties' attention where they watched the chunks of meteor streaked across the heavens above with Naruto and Zod obviously being the cause before they crashed through several mountains on the surface.
Zod is on top of Naruto as he gives a flurry of punches as he is not giving Naruto a chance to hit back, with a look of madness on his face as he yells "Why won't you die! Just die so you can just become nothing a but fucking memory!"
However, he didn't see the fist as Naruto slams a right hook into his cheek and sends him flying off his body as he sits up. Glaring at Zod, he rises up and charges at him. Rising to his feet, Zod shakes the cobwebs from his head from the unexpected blow and looks to Naruto, only to find his opponent is already in front of him. Naruto strikes with a powerful left hook followed by an equally fast and powerful right before he jumps up and strikes with a powerful roundhouse kick that sends Zod flying back where he once more rolls across the ground in a daze.
Naruto says "Be a memory? Please! I will be more than just that!" his glare becomes more fierce, " I'll be a legend, the memory of what our people built here will go down in history. Your legacy will be that of a hero, I will be remembered as a savior for bringing us here. Our men will be protectors, what is so bad that you have to take such drastic measures to see our people continue living?" he demanded as Zod tried to regain focus of his sight.
But that didn't take long, given that he got kneed to the face. A fist to the face launched him back as Naruto gave chase before he slammed Zod into the ground with a powerful overhead strike that tore the earth apart and dug a eighty foot trench as Zod slammed into the ground. With a yell, Zod slammed his feet into Naruto's gut and kicked him away as Naruto sailed through the air and crashed into the water of the ever expanding ocean nearby with a large splash of water rising into the air from his landing.
The water from the sea exploded upwards in a violent blast as Naruto jumped out of the sea and launched himself at Zod where the two of them flew at each other again as they once more clashing their forearms against each other in their current version. The clash caused some water to rise around them.
Zod launched a high kick with his left foot, which Naruto blocked. The blond utilized the momentum and flipped, where he simply blasted forward at Zod and attempted a left hook, but Zod blocked it once again. Naruto retaliated by swinging his right fist but Zod simply ducked under it. Naruto followed it up with a downward punch with his left hand, but Zod evaded it by spinning away in an anticlockwise motion.
The moment he spun around, he shot his left elbow towards Naruto. Unsurprisingly, Naruto blocked it with his right forearm. He quickly continued with a fast right punch, but that too was stopped short by the blond's left arm. Naruto bridged off from that block by leaning forward and pressing his shoulder against his right arm and chest in a temporary lock while he attempted a low punch with his right hand. Zod caught his fist with his left and violently pushed upwards, breaking free of his hold and getting a grip on his arm. The Kryptonian whirled him around and chopped his hand down. Naruto quickly set his elbow up in another block.
Zod bent his hand over his and slid down the length of his arm, using his fingertips to manipulate his. In this way, he forced him to form the Horse hand seal with him. Naruto looked at it in worry before deciding to thrust his other fist at him. The Kryptonian weaved around it and threw his first successful punch at his face, pushing him back. Before he could fall though, he caught his outstretched right arm with his left and this time, forced him to complete the Tiger hand seal. Before he could comprehend what just happened, he reaped his left leg out from under him and brought him into a kneel. While still holding his right hand, he shot a kick at his face which he almost managed to block but didn't.
It connected and the impact stunned him, allowing him to follow up with a second kick to his abdomen. This caused him to double over, enabling him to plant his feet onto Naruto's back and kick off explosively like a springboard, launching Naruto away from him. With a roar, Zod broke the sound barrier and slammed Naruto into the earth before picking him up and smashed a fist into his bottom jaw before he spun down low to avoid a sweeping blow from Naruto before popping up with a feint and then firing off a kick which sent Naruto skidding back several meters.
With a burst of speed, Naruto seized Zod where both rolled at high speeds up the side of the mountain and once they reached the top, the blond threw his opponent with great strength at the ground. Zod grunted as he smashed into the ground, landing in an upright position where he gazed at the sky. With a roll, Zod avoided the smashing punch that leveled a portion of the mountain as the ground exploded violently from the strike.
Seconds later Naruto flew out of the dust at him with an intent to initiate a headbutt, but Zod quickly formed a cross guard and blocked it. The man followed up with a roundhouse kick which threw Naruto away,but Naruto slammed a hand into the ground and came to a quick stop before he leapt into the air and clasped his hands together and brought them down on Zod's skull with explosive force.
Zod spun to his feet and managed to dodge a punch aimed at his face and leaned out of the way of the next strike aimed at him. As Naruto threw another hit, Zod smashed his elbow into Naruto's face, only for the man to gasp as Naruto shoved his own elbow into the man's gut. Spinning around, Naruto and Zod both launched their hands at the other, only for those hands to be blocked as well. Naruto leapt up into the air to perform a roundhouse kick, but Zod caught Naruto's leg and spun him around. However, before Zod could throw him, Naruto spun around and smashed his other foot into Zod's face forcing him to let the man go early.
Naruto flipped backwards and kicked up a chunk of rock and grasped it, "Hup!" Naruto grunted out as he threw it at Zod. Zod seeing this, ducked underneath the rock and felt it skim across his body and as it passed by, the man rose back up to engage his enemy, "COME ON!" Zod roared out. Leaping forth, Zod engaged Naruto this time, and his speed and reflexes had shot through the roof. Naruto leaned back and stood upon his hands to use his legs to block Zod's punches.
Blocking another fist, Naruto drew back a leg and pushed himself up into the air while spinning into a powerful roundhouse, "HAH!" Naruto roared as Zod managed to dodge out of the way while Naruto smashed his foot into the ground causing the ground to rumble as he crashed down and smashed his fist forward, only for it to be blocked in return. Zod used both his hands to block a punch and then ducked under a spinning kick that Naruto tried to perform.
Zod charged at Naruto to once again clash of fierce hand-to-hand fighting.
leapt at Naruto, his foot aimed at knocking his head off, but, astonishingly, Naruto swiped his own hand and redirected his foot. Zod, not deterred, simply tried to hit him with more kicks, but each attack was blocked with only a single hand from the Uzumaki.
Zod tried a kick, only to be blocked by Naruto's forearm, but Naruto leaned back and redirected a strike to his face, as Zod went for a full on punch that Naruto grabbed in his bare hand and moved around him and used his forearm to block another punch before he struck back with a punch to his enemies face then another to his gut, causing the Zod to grunt out before Naruto landed an incredible hit that threw Zod away.
When he stopped sliding, Zod could be seen glaring at Naruto, "You bastard!" he yelled out as he jumped at Naruto, the ground crushed beneath his movement. Naruto spun to the left as Zod tried to grab him, and then he grabbed Zod's hand and proceeded to turn around and elbow him in the face. Zod stumbled back and then growled as he jumped up and tried to perform a roundhouse, only fr Naruto to grab his leg and spin around and throw Zod away from him. Zod managed to stop himself and leapt back at Naruto with a clawed hand, but Naruto swiped his own hand and moved Zod's hand away from his face.
Naruto dodged several swipes and brought a knee up to block a kick aimed at his side, as Zod leapt up and tried to kick Naruto in the side. Naruto simply swiped his hand and pushed Zod back and then proceeded to walk towards him, pushing and blocking using only a single hand much to the anger of the Zod before him. An uppercut to Zod's jaw allowed Naruto to spin around and into his guard, where he elbowed him in the throat and then gave Zod a backhanded punch to the face. With a grunt, Naruto leapt up and performed a powerful roundhouse into the man's side, bending Zod over to the point he nearly made an arch with his body, his ribs being crushed by the might of Naruto's blow to his rib-cage.
Recovering quickly, Zod flew at hypersonic speeds,but as he tried to slow himself enough to strike Naruto, the blond had already prepared himself. Before he could blink, Naruto smashed his fist into Zod's face and sent him flying away, the ground shattering as he flew through the air and a shockwave blasting out as Naruto hit him. Zod hit the ground once, twice, thrice, and he still flew through the air. As he landed a fourth time he cried out as he rolled a couple times before he looked at Naruto while shaking his head to clear it of the fogginess clouding his mind.
Zod leapt at Naruto to attempt to try and beat his enemy into submission. However, what he got was the exact opposite as Naruto planted his fist deep in his gut, the General coughing up a gob of blood from the sheer force of the hit. Backing up a bit, Zod tried to hit him with a quick thrust and jab combo, but Naruto merely leaned and bobbed out of the way to avoid the hits before he lashed out with a hard right cross to his face causing Zod to stumble back. A spinning roundhouse was blocked as Naruto ducked under and smashed another fist into Zod's face before he lashed out with a kick to the man's face and then another to the ribs before Naruto leapt up and kicked him in the head hard enough to throw him away.
Naruto vanishes once again and appears behind Zod, and drops a heel on him and sends him flying into the growing ocean nearby, a splash large enough to be seen over the destroyed mountains showing where he crashed down from the force of Naruto's blow. Kneeling on the water, the Zod is breathing as if he had run a marathon, his breathing rough and ragged. He gasps when Naruto seemingly appears behind him and he leaps out of the way. Trying for a punch, Zod is once more blocked and then kicked away, his hands gouging up water as he forces himself to stop. He grunts in surprise as he catches Naruto's fist in his hand, but still, Naruto is just to fast as he launches a punch to his gut, lifting him up off the water, a hit once again hitting him in the gut raises him higher and another hit strikes him quickly followed by yet another to his face lifts him back up before Naruto executes a powerful kick to Zod's chin and hurls him away.
The sheer force from the hits Naruto delivered were astronomical, the shockwaves blasting the water back with each blow landed. Regardless, after executing his kick, Zod slams into the water and rolls again and manages to only roll once and quickly gain his footing where he launches himself at Naruto as fast as he can. Zod launches a punch that Naruto stops with his forearm and then lashes out with a left hook to Zod face before the two both throw punches that collide with the others fist, an explosive waterfall rising into the air as the force of their blows shove them away from one another.
Witha burst of speed, Naruto raced towards Zod and landed a quick jab from which Zod avoided by leaning backwards, Naruto ducked under a left hook, but was caught off guard by a roundhouse kick that he half blocked with his right arm, the force of the kick sending him across the already destroyed landscape. Naruto flung into action again, Zod easily dodging his punch with a forearm, a left cross hit Naruto across his cheek followed by a short curt elbow on his chin that made him bleed a little. Naruto staggered a few steps backwards, where he shook his head.
As Zod came at him Naruto pun around and mashed a elbow into his shoulder before Naruto delivered a punch to his solar plexus, winding him for a bit. With that done, Naruto grabbed Zod by his head and slammed his face down on a knee several times, breaking the man's nose, leaving large amounts of blood across the grounds in which they fought.
"Gha!" Zod coughed up blood as he rolled across the ground trying to get up, in spite of his injuries.
Even with the yellow sun, he was taking too much damage, and his body wouldn't hold up for much longer. The unlimited Stamina, nigh invulnerability, physical enhancements, flight, nothing could last forever, and it would only be a matter of time before he was defeated.
Recovering and shaking off the effects of Naruto's attack, he readied himself for confrontation once again, and just in time as well. The ground underneath Naruto broke as he charged at Zod. The General's eyes widened at the speed. Naruto went for a punch that Zod tried to anticipate but it was a fake out as Naruto twisted his body in to give a heel kick, but Zod was just as quick. Grabbing Naruto by his heel, he started to spin, going so fast that all the others would be able to see was a blur.
Releasing Naruto, Zod gave chase. Striking Naruto while he was still flying until finally grabbing the blond by the face and slamming the back of his head in the ground. Usually that would have taken a normal person out but not Naruto. He didn't even have time to continue his attack as Naruto got back up rolling his neck with a cheeky smile on his face.
Naruto was once again on Zod, rearing his tight fist back as his opponent did the same.
A massive shockwave followed, sending large chunks of the earth flying. Standing in the middle of the destroyed ground in the center of a thirty foot crater were the two fighters. Naruto's fist meeting Zod's as the two battled for dominance. However it didn't last as Naruto called upon the power granted to him by the Power Stone and with his now enhanced strength he sent his friend skipping along the ground from the power of his punch.
That alone though would not be enough to stop Zod while he was under the effects of a Yellow Sun as the man regained his footing and got on the defensive. Naruto appeared in front of him and began throwing combinations of punches and kicks which were deflected. Likewise Zod tried using his bigger form to try and cause as much damage as he could. One of his punches was actually caught by the blonde before being tossed aside.
Using that brief window did a jumping spin kick to the face that landed and managed to make Zod stumble back briefly. He didn't have much time to recuperate as the blond was on him. Naruto moved his hand forward and quickly launched four Infinity Stone enhanced punches to the chest and ribs in the blink of an eye. If the grimace on Zod's face was any indication he would say they were doing their job inflicting damage even through the armor.
Quickly moving, Naruto struck as he thrusted his hand forward to grasp Zod by the throat and lift him into the air before he slammed him back down on the ground with ground shaking force, but Zod still retaliated and kicked Naruto in the chest causing him to slide back. Naruto ducked quickly to avoid a punch before smacking away another fist, returning one of his own. It made contact but didn't stop the two. Naruto threw a straight right which was caught by Zod before being hit with a strong left hand which sent him flying. However, Zod wasn't finished as he rushed forward.
Naruto barely managed to leap to the right to avoid an energy blast from Zod's eyes but was caught by a kick to the chest by the man. Naruto grunted as his back hit a large wall of rock which managed to stop him from being sent further. Getting his bearings together he flew forward and met with Zod once more. Naruto landed and blocked two punches before kicking Zod in the chest, sending the man stumbling back slightly. Taking a deep breath he exhaled it all in one breath releasing a single line of pressurized air.
Zod saw it coming and managed to duck, had he turned around he would have seen chunks of one of the nearby mountains being sliced like butter. As he looked up he noticed the blond was missing. Zod realized too late to look behind him as he felt a sharp pain on his spine. The blond had hit him with a powerful elbow right in the center of his back. Even with the nanite Skin Suit to absorb damage, the hit managed to break through and make contact.
Naruto saw Zod drop to a knee as a result of the blow to the back and saw it as his best opportunity to end it. The blond appeared in front of Zod and delivered a strong enough uppercut to the chin that managed to lift the man into the air. Reappearing, Naruto slammed right fist into Zod's face and Zod returned the favor as he slammed his left fist into Naruto's. They stepped back and then both did a high kick which connected with one another and caused an explosion of rock and dust to fill the air as the two slid away from one another.
Both Zod and Naruto shot off from their spots at extreme speed and slammed their fists against one another making a strong shockwave blast out from their position.
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Naruto shifted so that his right leg was set a foot behind his left, his right hand loosely making a fist before his chest while the left hand extended out and remained open. Naruto's knees bent and his aura swayed to and fro like an ever-burning flame. The two opponents stayed opposite one another for what felt like an eon before Naruto turned his left hand and gestured for the Kryptonian to come at him.
Zod's manic grin widened and he pushed off the ground, making a large indent as he did so. Naruto's red sun-like irises shone brightly before he also shot forward, a trail of orange flames behind him. The two powerful forces brought their right hands back and punched, their fists colliding and sending a shockwave through the continent, the windows of the cities dozens of miles away from all blasting to shards from the sheer force of power. Naruto spun around, catching one of Zod's fists and countering with an elbow to the face.
The two fighting men traded blow after blow, neither allowing the other to take a small breather. While stuck in a head clinch, Naruto had driven his elbow sharply into the Kryptonians gut. After Zod released him, Naruto grabbed the Kryptonian's head and jumped up, driving his knee into the Kryptonians nose and shattering it. Zod stumbled for a moment, but quickly recovered and drove his right fist into Naruto's stomach, making the blond double over and allowing him to grab hold of the golden fighter's shoulder and leg, lifting him before dropping him down onto a knee, breaking a few ribs. Naruto needed a second to come back from that, catching Zod's foot when the man tried to kick him in the already broken ribs.
Pulling Zod off his feet, Naruto gained a few seconds to breathe easy before he began a long combo filled with a brawler's favorite attack, mean punches. To top it off, Naruto brought his left fist back and delivered a nasty left hook that dislocated the man's jaw. Zod stumbled back with a muffled cry as he coughed up blood before a sickening crack filled the area. Zod snapped a grin on Naruto before rushing him with his fists back and ready to strike. Naruto managed to block a few, but another left punch to his gut -should work on watching that left side, Naruto absently thought- had knocked him off guard.
Naruto's head snapped up as Zod delivered a powerful right uppercut, causing him to stumble back into the wall that separated him from the others. His orange and red glow had faded back to the normal golden glow he started with as his rage bled away to determination. By his estimation, he now had four broken ribs, three fractured ribs, a cracked jaw, a sprained wrist, a mild concussion, and a partridge in a pear tree.
No, wait, that was the concussion.
"Give up, Naruto!" Zod demanded, his breathing just as (if not worse) bad as Naruto's. He had a concussion, if not a cracked skull (courtesy of Naruto's thankfully thicker skull), a broken nose, several broken ribs, a bruised solar plexus, a dislocated jaw that was forcibly put back in place mid-fight. Zod paid no heed to Naruto's evaluation of their current injuries, merely spitting more blood to the side as his one good eye focused on his opponent, before he continued, "As it is, only one of us will remain standing."
Naruto looked at his friend, who was being a delirious fool. He knew that he'd never allowed him to sacrifice himself for his sake and that if Zod came out the victor he'd leave everyone else to suffer. So that meant he had no choice but to kill Zod.
With roars of battle, the two men charged yet again. Spinning around, Zod elbows Naruto in the chest before smashing his arm into his nose causing him to stumble back with a small cry. Zod grinned as he appeared right behind Naruto in mid-air, his body twisting as he did so. His right foot was aimed at the back of Naruto's head, with the intention of either bursting it open or severing it from the neck. However, Naruto was fast enough to block the hit with his hands and was only shoved back from the raw power in the kick.
Within seconds, Zod was in front of him once again. Their fists clashed, resulting in the ground exploding under the force created by the collision.
Arrogance!
Zod thought. Naruto was looking down on him. His response to this perceived arrogance was brutally landing a left hook on the chest. The punch caused them to be separated and he didn't waste time before he released a powerful blast of superheated visionary energy that collided with Naruto head on, sending him flying backwards.
Naruto recovered from the blow without any injuries that Zod could see as he suddenly vanished. He didn't have to look far as Naruto appeared above him. But before he could turn around, the blond then landed on his back. The blonde clasped both his hands together and smashed them down into Zod's face, sending him crashing into the ground. He hadn't even crashed to the ground when the blonde released a blast of purple/orange energy from its eyes. The second the powerful energy hit Zod on the back, he crashed into the ground before being enveloped by a column of raw energy.
In a sudden flash of movement. Zod was in front of him, bleeding through the mouth. In response, Naruto jumped away to create some distance, but before he could go far, Zod was in front of him and hit him in his gut, which caused Naruto to crash through several boulders before skidding through the ground and then coming to a halt. Moment's later, Zod's foot hit Naruto square across his face. The surprise attack sent him flying backwards. While still airborne, Zod crashed onto his body, sending him plummeting into the ground in a loud boom.
"This has been fun, but we must end this." Zod said breathing heavily. Naruto himself was in equally bad shape, his body not knowing how to properly channel the might of the Power Stone except in short bursts had also reached its limit of battle.
Naruto and Zod shot from their positions. The two clashed fists once again, the ground beneath their feet split apart from the clash. The two of them growled like animals, divine animals over their place in the world. Snarling, Zod charged at Naruto where both clashed in the middle of the air. The surrounding terrain cracked before the two released themselves in a flurry of punches and kicks. Zod gave a yell as he slammed his foot into the blond's chest. Recovering quickly, Naruto grabbed Zod by the foot and pulled him down where he slammed his fist into Zod's face. Each blow was a sickening sound to all who heard it. They kept fighting and fighting, punching and kicking each other as they landed on the ground.
They clenched their hands against each other, snarling like rabid animals. The ground beneath their feet dented and shattered from the weight of their own power struggling against one another. rolled his head back and slammed it into Naruto's forehead. Both snarled before Naruto clenched his fist and buried it in Zod's stomach. The man gasped in pain before he slammed his fist into Naruto's face. The man's arm surged with solar given energy before he sent the blond general flying through the mountain where he crashed near the spectating populace of all three races.
The rubble crashed behind Naruto, but he quickly stood up. He pushed energy from the Power Stone into his legs and blasted forward. Zod's head whipped to the side as blood spat from his mouth when Naruto returned the blow. He swung left. He swung right. Naruto punched Zod and blasted the man into the wall of a large chunk of rubble where he was buried in the rock. Zod narrowed his eyes and snarled, but he could only watch as Naruto jumped on him and slammed his fist in his face again. Rising back up, Naruto then raised his foot and slammed it into Zod's chest. The man coughed, but Naruto kept slamming his foot down. He buried the man deeper and deeper into the rock. When he raised his foot again, he went for another slam, but Zod caught his leg. The ground behind him crushed itself to pieces.
With a shove, Naruto was thrown away where he landed in a crouch, shattering the earth underfoot. Both of them panted. Their breaths were heavy and labored from the intense fighting.
Zod roared as he charged forward and bashed Naruto over the head. The blond used the momentum to twirl his body. His leg swung up and landed down on Zod's head which sent the man crashing through several large boulders. The explosion of power shook the ground beneath their feet. Zod's head whipped to the side in shock when Naruto's fist crashed into his his face. His legs buckled from the pain. He could barely prepare for the next one that struck his face. Zod struck back a few times, but it was obvious to almost everyone that he was losing his strength.
Naruto grabbed Zod by his hair and kneed his chin. He then combo-ed it with a blast to his gut with such force that the ground behind him cracked and shattered from Naruto crashing fist after fist into Zod's chest. With one final blow, Zod shot off and crashed into a large rock outcropping where he slid to the ground as several hundred pounds of stone and rock crumbled and buried Zod underneath. Slowly walking over, he kicked some of the rubble out of the way and he noticed that Zod was unconscious, bleeding but alive.
"Bind him in Kryptonite cuffs, we'll deal with him later." Na-Mek commanded as he and several soldiers flew over as the sounds of battle came to an end.
"General Nar-Ato, what are your orders now sir?" another soldier asked.
"Continue with the terraforming of the planet, haveJor-El begin construction of a Phantom Zone Projector. We will convene a meeting between all leaders, be they the Loric Elder's or Guild leaders of Krypton or Earth Leaders, for a trial at a later date to sentence Zod properly." he commanded.
"What are you going to do now sir, the landscape is ruined, we'll need several cycles to repair enough of it to build a colony." a female soldier said as Zod was cuffed and dragged away.
"I'm going to bed, I'm too tired to handle any politics right now. Wake me when the planet is either finished terraforming or if something of equal importance happens." Nar said exhaustedly.
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1: I started this chapter off from the last chapter, and felt it'd be best to continue where I left off. Is it a bit redundant, yes, but relaying the message that Zod wasn't exactly all there had to be portrayed in a special format, and I'm glad Dealt helped out with this chapter.
