Hello again everyone, I'm back once again to continue where I left off. I've gotten a few really good suggestions as well as some good questions, so before I begin.
Kurogano: You're a lot like me, back when I was still doing the Zabuza arc I was thinking. "If he goes rogue how will he still be able to help make sure things go the way they need to". And then it struck me and I came up with the idea of how to make it work. I won't spoil it for you but I think you'll like it. As for the Naru-ino/Xiba thing. I thought it would be a cute/funny way to add some comedy to it, I'm not really sure if Ino will be one of them or not.
Kuroi: As usual you've made another great point and I'll happily continue on this idea, it's an interesting prospect and I'm very eager to hear your thoughts.
Smokeapound: Then don't read it, no one makes you.
Saisri: I'll be sure to keep that in mind, if you have any suggestions for me feel free to shoot me a message, I try my best to fix things for my readers.
Born2BeGodLike: I really appreciate the ideas but, I have intentions for the curse seal that I cannot reveal and I included Oc's for a reason, I want to have my readers and fans included in the making of my story.
And now that is taken care of, shall we begin?
Naruto Reborn: Sasuke Uchiha
Chapter 4
Page 4
Everything moved as if it was in slow motion, the shuriken drawing closer, Naruto covering his eyes from the sand billowing around him. But just before it struck he began to move, tilting his head to dodge the first, leaning right for another, spinning between two more, even jumping and turning sideways in the air as four surrounded him and flew by. Finally he landed and then leaned backward while about six others flew over him, but after the first few there was something Hinata noticed.
"They aren't hitting the wall…" She said, gaining the attention of those around her. When she noticed their confused looks she decided to elaborate. "The shuriken that Sasuke is dodging, they aren't hitting the wall. As they pass him they just seem to disappear" At this the others looked on, confused by this as well.
"But how can that be, is he destroying them? Deflecting them?" Ami asked, gaining nods from Ino and Xiba, assuming that must be it.
After the barrage of attacks stopped Naruto stood up, panting slightly from all the high speed movement of dodging the sand as he looked at Suisen and then slowly brought up his hand. With a flick of his wrist suddenly Suisen's sand shot up in defense, causing even Suisen to look surprised as she saw some of her own shuriken embedded into the defensive wall, followed rather quickly by several more thrown at high speed by the young raven haired boy.
"He caught the shuriken, at that speed and while dodging?" Mei asked her fellow Kage, a bit surprised that a genin could manage such a feat without losing a hand or limb. This of course caused Sarutobi to give a soft chuckle.
"I did say that he was the reason Ami and Hinata want to grow stronger did I not?" Came his reply as everyone tuned back into the fight to see Sasuke suddenly seem to vanish from sight.
Suisen was looking around now, unable to see the object of her conflicting emotions other than the occasional little spur of dust that came when he switched directions at high speed. A quick move from her sand caught her attention as a fist collided from one side, a kick to another, then a punch, it seemed he was attacking from all sides now but she still could not pinpoint his location yet.
Then Sasuke appeared once more a good distance from her already running through hand signs, though she couldn't decipher what kind of jutsu he was doing, the hand signs made no sense.
In reality, Naruto was using a bit of memory release to combine two styles in hopes that it might help him break the sand wall. The hand signs were just an attempt to divert attention.
"Ninja Art: GumGum technique!"(1) He called out, having wanted to try out this style for a while after reading a certain comic book series. This of course caused Ami and Hinata to smile, as they had heard from Sasuke that he'd been experimenting with techniques to replicate a few of his favorite books. Though to others this just seemed confusing, as they'd never heard of such a move before now.
As A and Mei went to ask Sarutobi about this they were stopped when he simply pointed to the battle at hand, telling them to watch and see, as he was interested in seeing this move in action as well.
As everyone watched Naruto suddenly jerked his arm back while making a fist, and to the shock of everyone watching, his arm began to stretch backward toward the wall! It was like his arm was suddenly a giant rubber band or something as he spoke out, his arm beginning to snap back toward him and whipping forward at Suisen with shocking speed.
"GumGum: Pistol!" He yelled out as the punch collided hard with the sand barrier, this time causing the crimson sand to indent a bit and small cracks along the hardened surface. Cursing silently at the minimal damage though Naruto retracted his arm and decided to try another move.
Vanishing again from view Naruto moved behind Suisen with a burst of speed, rearing back both arms in a similar fashion to before as they stretched back. Flexing his fingers as if making a claw gesture before launching them forward with a shout of "GumGum: Bazooka!"
Like before the attack was stopped, though doing slightly more damage than before, nothing that couldn't be easily fixed by the sand barrier. Mentally Naruto was cursing up a storm and wishing he could just fire up a rasengan, but that was way out of the question.
-There is a way you can defeat him, Dear boy- Came a familiar voice in his head, the beckoning voice of the curse seal trying to tempt him. Having not heard from it in a while he'd almost say he'd forgotten about it, aside from the moments of pain it caused obviously. -Call on my power, let me grant you the strength to destroy the obstacles in your way, succumb to the desire and eliminate your foes-
Naruto tried to shake the voice, feelling the temptation growing inside him once again. He didn't want to admit it, but that power was like a drug, even now he craved to use it again. He was so caught up in fighting the temptation he didn't even know that he'd zoned out mid fight.
"You're really something Uchiha… but you shouldn't get distracted mid fight. Dodge this", growled Suisen as the hands which were now moving slowly again sped up making Naruto's eyes widen as he was forced back into reality.. "Sand Shuriken Barrage", the Raven Haired boy. The next thing Naruto knew he was staring down the business end of a massive barrage of shuriken
-Kit!l-, came the calm voice of Kurama making Naruto very aware of the situation.
-Time to do something really stupid!- Naruto exclaimed inwardly, ignoring the noises of protest from his tenant as he did the only thing he could think of.
BOOM
Then the shuriken impacted, craters and explosions of dust covered the area, completely masking half of the field where Suisen had launched the attack.
"You fought hard Uchiha, but now you rest." Suisen whispered as she started to call the sand back to her. But before it reached her she felt a malevolent pressure wash over the entire field, even the ninja and civilians in the balcony could feel the ominous power flooding the area, many of them tensed and a select few even fainted from the feeling. Before Suisen could even begin to process what was causing it she felt something she never expected to feel again.
A fist crashing through her sand and sailing into her cheek hard.
*Background music: The Reaper by Nerdout*
Naruto stood where Suisen once was, watching the girl sail away from him with his hair shadowing his eyes. His clothing was torn up quite a bit, possibly from dodging the shuriken as well as the speed he must've been moving to perform the feat. Now as Suisen landed and slid a little she and everyone present could see that Sasuke had definitely undergone a few changes.
His hair had spiked up into twin ear like forms again, this time tipped with orangish or possibly crimson. His left arm and a bit of his chest from what could be seen, was lined with black flame like designs while the rest of his skin seemed to be just slightly darker. Around his body there was a faint violet aura, surrounding that was a crimson-esk chakra, both of which formed into an almost solid tail like appendage behind him. The aura around him faded away slowly, but around his hands and feet there remained a faint aura still that formed into claws to enhance his taijutsu further. And from this new Sasuke, the entire arena was being flooded with a malicious intent as Sasuke spoke softly.
"No time to rest….. Much to be done." His tone was calm, far too calm, as if all emotion was completely drained from the male as he looked up. This revealed to Suisen the most shocking part of Sasuke's change, gone was the sharingan of the male, replaced instead by a pitch black sclera surrounding a pure mirror like iris and pupil. His gaze was hollow, devoid of emotion just like his voice, and yet it held such seriousness, such malice toward her that even in her head Shukaku was warning her of him.
'H-He dodged everyone of them...every single of them while carrying the other contestant and his partner. Could this have been because of his sharingan? And what is this feeling, this overwhelming aura of malice and dominance? It's almost like a Jinchuuriki!', thought Yugito with an astonished face, possibly matching the thoughts of almost everyone out there.
'You know you want him kitten', Nibi purred in her head making her blush who this time, decided to stay quiet and concentrate on what was going on.
'Sasuke, what did you do in there?!', thought Obito as he prepared to jump in and stop the match, rules be damned.
"Oh...now this is what you call a fight", said the 'Kazekage' as he watched and licked his lips hungrily behind his mouth cover, his eyes glued to the fight that was going down there making the other Kage look a bit concerned and wary of him.
Meanwhile Naruto began walking slowly toward Suisen, his hollow gaze still not leaving her even as she sent her sand to spear him. As it drew in close he stood there until it was almost touching his face before leaning his head to the side and bringing a fist up, making contact with the sand as it was literally blown apart on impact, falling to the ground again as he continued along his path.
Suinsen now began to actually feel something completely unknown to her while watching this monster walk toward her, taking its time and drawing it out as if it was toying with her. Every step seemed to ring out in her mind and tell her that he was drawing closer to ending her. In a panic she did the only thing she could think of.
She unleashed everything she could on him.
Sand poured around Naruto's feet, burying them up to his shins as he kept right on trudging through as if it wasn't there. Right up until it suddenly condensed around his legs and prevented him from walking any further. Looking down he seemed to examine the sand for a moment, before it jerked quickly and lifted him from the ground, swinging him around as it slammed him around, pummeling him as Suisen sent sand to wail him again and again before slamming him hard into the ground.
*End Background music (If the song isn't already over)*
"Just die already!" She yelled out in a mix of fear and anger, the sound evident in her voice.
"SAND TSUNAMI!", the Suna jinchuriki yelled before much to everybody's mind boggling surprise, a huge...HUGE wall of sand erupted behind Suisen, shadowing more than half of the stadium while it's height reached to the top of the stands. The spectators had their heads lifted as they gazed at the humongous sand structure, their eyes as wide as they could get.
-This kid...just how strong is he?-, thought Mei with a stunned expression while the other shinobi except a few ones were wondering the same thing. Even she was clenching the garment of her top as she gazed worriedly at Sasuke...she certainly wasn't expecting for them to go against this much skill. Obito though, had a serious expression on his face.
"This is getting out of control...there's definitely something wrong with that guy", muttered The former Uchiha making several others nod with him. "I have this bad feeling that something's about to happen ...be on your toes", he said quietly to the others as they nodded lightly, their sitting forms being shadowed by the sand wall.
"Sasuke-kun...", trailed Hinata in worry for her object of affection while Ami, Xiba, Ino, and several others were worried for him too.
Suisen though had a mixture of anger and fear written on her face, her hands currently forming the snake hand sign to maintain the technique while you could see red tendrils of chakra swirling around her form, the wall behind him looking like a hungry predator waiting to be unleashed on its prey.
" says goodbye Uzumaki", said the sand Jinchuuriki, hier voice calming slightly as a grin came to her lips, somewhat of a maniacal look before she pointed her right fist outwards. Much to the crowd's increasing state of awe and amazement, the huge sunray obstructor made up of sand slowly began to fall forward while Suisen's youkified defense surrounded her. Meanwhile Genma had shunshined out of the area to appear on the opposite side of the sand wall. It's shadow elongating, the mind numbing structure began to descend faster due to gravitation while Naruto looked up at it blankly after rising to his feet. His iridescent gaze watching as the sand fell toward him at an increasing pace.
"WHY IS HE JUST STANDING THERE?", yelled Ino as she stood up from her seat after witnessing that the object of her affection was standing still like a statue while Ami too had a wide eyed expression on her face, her eyes filled with immense fear.
BOOM!
The Suna jinchuriki's creation finally collided with the solid ground, it's impact thunderous, shaking the arena to it's cores while it felt like an earthquake had struck the stadium. The contestants struggled to maintain their footing as the spectators too grabbed their seats tightly.
-You fool! You weren't supposed to kill him!, thought Orochimaru, barely restraining himself from Shrieking out in anger at the demonized sand user while Hiruzen had a terrified expression on his face, matching Mei's one whereas A too had a look of shock on his face.
Ino, Sakura, Kin and Temari had completely torn looks on their faces as they watched the desert formed by Gaara's attack, where Sasuke were previously standing, now acting like a coffin for them.
'Is he...dead?', they thought simultaneously, as if the word 'dead' itself was tearing their heart apart, though Suisen took it a step further and left no room for any further thoughts.
"Sand Burial!", came the demonic voice of Suisen who slammed her palms on the sand coated area she had created while the crowd could see the vast amounts of sand hardening immediately, contracting around itself giving them an idea of what would've happened if they were trapped in there. The ones who had seen Suisen fight in the preliminaries knew that it was over...heck, they were sure that the boy was dead.
Even those who knew Sasuke well were certain the move had done him in, such a large scale attack left no room for debate, even as the sand suddenly slammed down hard and compressed itself harder to the ground, increasing the pressure further.
Hinata even attempted to activate her Byakugan to see if the object of many female's affection was okay, but the massive density of chakra lined sand left it impossible to see through. There was no way of knowing where he was or even what state he was in.
For a long time everything was quiet, nobody dared to say a word, some even held their breath as silence covered the entire coliseum. Nobody seemed to have the words to describe it, no one knew what to say. The heir to the Uchiha clan was possibly being crushed to dust beneath a mountain of sand and no one could do anything about it.
"I… guess that is the end of-" Genma began, but was interrupted by a sound beneath the sand, something of a quiet boom, followed by the sand shifting slightly. Then another boom, a bit closer this time as the sand began to move and shift more. As they looked at the sand it began to swell a bit, building up as the noises grew closer, each one getting louder until.
KA-BOOM
With an explosion of near deafening sound, a burst of brilliant blue, violet, and red outlined flames blew away the sand in a violent tornado shape. The swirling pillar of flame lasted for a minute or two before dying out to reveal a giant indent where the flame had spawned from.
With the flame no longer there anymore the damage could now be seen, the previously buried location now a crater completely lined in glass, the searing heat having completely destroyed the sand and turning it into still smoldering glass. In the middle of the crater stood the still form of Sasuke, the same blank and almost confused expression on his visage as he started to look up toward the gaping jawed Suisen.
"Wh-what the hell are you?!" The now completely terrified voice of Suisen shouted out, pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke. Said male kept silent still and then began to make his way slowly toward her, to which her reaction was to send more sand at him, which formed into massive hands and attempted to smash him between them. When the hands clasped together Suisen was panting slightly, but once again she found the business end of Sasuke's slapping hand across her cheek, sending her a good distance away as the sand formed a small cloud that caught her so she didn't impact the ground this time. Sasuke on the other hand stood there with his arm outstretched as he stared forward, not even facing the same direction as Suisen. He seemed to be in a completely different world now.
At this point it was Ami who voiced the question that was on everyone's mind together.
"What the hell is going on with Sasuke?"
Sorry everyone but I'm cuttin' it a bit short here yet again, sorry again but I'm trying to keep this fight as interesting as I can while drawing it out a bit. I hope that you guys don't mind and I hope you guys like Naruske's new little Pseudo Form.
Jutsu Explained
Ninja Art: GumGum Technique- A jutsu created from the use of memory release, in which Naruske combines the abilities of the Akamichi Clan's Expansion Jutsu with Orochimaru's Taijutsu style, which allows him to stretch his limbs in a way similar to how Luffy does. In the beginning stanges abilities such as GumGum Pistol and the like are simple for him, more advanced techniques such as Red Hawk or Augment Hardening will take time as he needs to add more to the technique to improve on it further.
Other techniques from other anime will show themselves with time, feel free to pm me with suggestions.
