Growing Up…

A Different Kind Of Demon

"Jiraiya-sensei, it finally worked,"

High up, at the top of the stadium, Jiraiya stood in silence, his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned back against the huge Konoha monument hanging above the arena. Smiling lightly to himself as he rested on one foot, his eyes closed slowly. He spoke silently to himself. "Naruto-kun, Yondaime-kun, you two make a good team. I am happy the brush finally worked Naruto-kun. But don't rely on it, it's not a perfect defense as you think,"

A soft whiz of power rang through the arena as Naruto slowly released Hinata's hair. A few strands of her silk hair stuck between his fingers. Torn from her scalp from his grip on her as his eyes turned an icy blue. Watching Keisuke intensely as a soft blue aura rose over his body. Hinata stepped away slowly, her heel catching a rock, she fell to her bottom, crawling away slightly.

A shadow of the past stood over Naruto, moving in unison with the boy's body as he almost elegantly fell into a offensive stance.

"Come… Shitaru Keisuke,"

Growling lowly, Keisuke dived at Naruto, fist tightly balled. He punch barely grazed Naruto's cheek as he and Yondaime sidestepped the attack. Lifting his forearm slowly, Naruto brought it crashing down onto Keisuke's spine, sending him face first into the dirt.

Coughing lightly Keisuke shook his head, pulling his leg back, he span in quickly, sweeping Naruto's legs out from under him. Planting his foot Keisuke slid into a standing position, whipping his body around, a heavy forearm smashed across Naruto's face, sending him to the ground.

Planting his hands above his head, Naruto kicked up from the ground, spinning out with his own high roundhouse kick. Keisuke fell, ducking beneath his leg quickly. From his crouch he rose quickly, driving Naruto into air with a sharp uppercut on the chin. Falling through the air Naruto grunting in pain, inches before impact, Naruto flipped, landing in a crouch, his chest heaving lightly as he panted.

"Just as I expected from you, Naruto-kun," Keisuke smiled as he stood, wiping a damp stand of hair away from his face. Keisuke grinned as he placed his hand on his hip, a cocky smirk on his face. "But it seems you've made a mistake. You left your girlfriend here, unprotected!"

Striking seals quickly, Keisuke turned to Hinata, inhaling deeply as the flames erupted in his chest. Dashing at Hinata as the thick stream of flames bellows from his lips, scorching the ground itself, his balled fists snapped open in preparation to grab Hinata.

"Hinata-chan" Naruto's mouth hung open suddenly as in half a second, a Bushin appeared beside Naruto. Placing his hand out to his clones, quickly the two gathered chakra, the Bushin whipping his hand around, pushing and twisting the chakra itself as Naruto supplied it and kept it steady. Within three seconds, it was complete. The wind bullet of the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime's Rasengan.

Grabbing Naruto's hand tightly, his Bushin strained to quickly swing Naruto around in a wide circle, gaining power and momentum before finally releasing his creator. Holding the Rasengan tightly in his palms, Naruto roared with anger as the image of Yondaime himself trailed behind Naruto. Keisuke wasn't even three steps away from the shaking Hinata.

Naruto's hand shook as he forced the Rasengan into stability. Roaring as the chakra twisted into a typhoon of power, Naruto's arm flung forward, driving the wind bullet, the chakra typhoon, the Rasengan into the soft flesh of Keisuke's stomach. Hinata cried in fear, covering her face as the terrifying attack met with it's target.

A scream of shock and pain filled the stadium as Keisuke's clothes, flesh and intestines were twisted and torn apart. His eyes wide with the seering pain as his body lifted from the ground. His body span roughly through the air as and after effect of the Rasengan, flying back and crashing into the sidewall. Concrete shattered as Keisuke's body burrowed into the wall of Konoha Stadium, dust filled the arena as his screams were silenced.

Naruto fell to his knees, drooling sweat as he huffed heavily to catch his breath. Shaking in fear, witnessing the destructive power and terrifying results of Naruto's new attack for the first time ever, Hinata's eyes filled with tears quickly as her fingers slid along the ground lightly, searching for something, anything to hold on to. Her small bandaged hands creeping along the ground.

As the dust fell slowly, a gently laugh filled the arena. Buried deeply in the wall of the stadium, shining red eyes stared out from the darkness to Naruto. A clawed hand emerged from the deep cleft in the wall, coughing lightly as the hand gripped the wall tightly, pulling himself free. "As expected from you… Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto's skin crawled as his body shook in panic, his energy was gone. His body was exhausted as the perfect Rasengan drew even bit of his chakra. His eyebrows furrowed in anger as he heaved himself to a standing position. His head rose to look to the being stepped from the hole in the wall.

Blood fell from his gut as his raw muscles hung and bled, he stumbled from the rubble and back into the arena. Laughing softly as he tossed silky white hair from his face. Drawing thin clawed fingers along his ruined stomach and tattered flesh. His body began to boil and deep back to it's original state. Lifting his eyes too meet Naruto's, thin dragon-like wings spread behind as the emerged from his shoulders, the bright burning dual sharingan burned into Naruto's gaze.

"Naruto-kun, that chakra attack, it was perfect. You even managed to break my Henge…"

"Sasuke-kun… I should have know nothing else in this world could stand up to Kyubii-sama's power," Naruto panted lightly as his fingers curled into tight fists. Shaking his head side to side roughly, sweat splashed from his forehead, trying to clam himself. The battle was far from other, all this so far, was nothing but the beginning.

Tsunade stood slowly, her eyes lit up with fear and worriment as she watched Naruto and this beast that suddenly took Keisuke's place square off slowly. She looked quickly back and forth to her Jounin guards. She knew almost immediately who it was when she saw the beast… only one person had those eyes, the Sharingan rings. "Hitoro, Jubei, evacuate the stadium immediately, gather every Jounin and Chuunin in the village and bring them here… Konoha is at code red,"

"What are you talking about, Hokage-sama?"
"That beast in the arena with Naruto-kun… it's Uchiha Sasuke-kun. His henge it was so perfect, even I didn't realize it," She spoke softly as she placed her hand on the railing, leaning over it slightly as she stared down to the two boys. "We need everyone, these two are about to explode, I can feel it,"

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"Kyubii-sempai!" Yondaime's fists slammed against the golden bars of the Kyubii's cell, fingers wrapping around them, he shook the sealed gate violently. "Kyubii-sempai! Do something! Our boy will die against this demon without your chakra!"

A low growling filled that chambers as Yondaime could hear the Kyubii moving within it's black chambers, merely shifted itself to block out Yondaime's voice. His long eyes pressed flat to his head as he ignored Yondaime's pleading. "Kyubii-sempai, please! I put everything I could give to him into my Rasengan. The boy has no energy left to fight with,"

Roaring suddenly, Kyubii turned to face his gates, his large vicious eye stared through at Yondaime as aged yellow and tarnished teeth broke though the darkness. A heavy paw slammed against the golden gates. "You told me that boy didn't need my help! To stay out of this and let him fight for himself, now you wish for me to help after you forced me out!"

"Please Kyubii-sempai! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have forced you out of Naruto's mind, but please. If this boy, you will die as well. So will I, all three of us with vanish at the hands of this demon,"

"HE IS NO DEMON! I AM A DEMON! THAT BOY IS NOTHING BUT A FREAK!"

"Then prove it! Show this fake demon a true demon's power! Everyone can see it, Kyubii-sempai. You always help Naruto when he is in need, but this time fight for him! Demon against demon! Give our boy your full boy, prove Kakashi and the others wrong. Please, let's stop Sasuke now while we still can!"

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Naruto's eyes closed slowly as his teeth gritted, slowly his lips were forced apart as the long dagger sharp canine of the Kyubii grew from his gums. His fingers, tightly bound in fists were extended to claws, slicing and sinking into the soft flesh of his own palm. A low churning growl rose in his throat as in a sudden burst, the true aura of the Kyubii broke free from Naruto's body. Standing high above his head as the chakra of the Kyubii dashed back and forth, complete seven tails swishing behind it.

"Uchiha Sasuke… a fake demon made by the poison of Orochimaru-kun. That power isn't that of a demon's, not even that of an Uchiha's! False power created just to manipulate the world in your favor!" Kyuubi roared with anger as he spoke through Naruto's body. Naruto's leg slipped from beneath him, his body falling to all fours heavily as dagger-like fangs shone with chakra. The scars of Naruto's cheeks nearly raising out of his face. Claws dug deep into the ground, shattering stone as he planted himself firmly.

"I am a false demon? What kind of demon relies on a idiots body to be his host. His physical limits are yours Kyuubi-sama. How far do you think that pitiful body will take you? I've beaten you before, Naruto-kun, Kyuubi-sama. I will do it again, and this time take the Mangekyou with your blood," Chuckling quietly as he lifted his scaled hand, wiping and licking blood from his chin. Striking quick hand seals and gripping his right arm tightly. The bright blue chakra gathered quickly, crackling and screeching as he held the Chidori within his clawed demon hand.

Naruto smiled lightly, as he lifted his right hand from the ground, shattered stone fell to dust through his fingers as the whirling of chakra gathered in his hand. Faster and faster it spun, the perfect rasengan. The true wind bullet of Konoha. "Come Sasuke--kun. We will end this today… Demon against Demon!"

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Next Chapter: Demon against Demon! Kyubii and Sasuke!