Chapter 9: Roar! Sasuke's new power explodes!
Sasuke roared, then he disappeared!
Kabuto´s eyes widened in surprise! He looked around quickly, trying to spot the Uchiha. Unfortunately for him, Uchiha Sasuke found him first. A hand planted itself firmly on the ground and a foot smashed itself into his jaw! Kabuto left the ground due to the force of the kick.
Sasuke went down on all fours and pushed away from the ground. He flew up behind Kabuto and put his hand on his back. Sasuke spun Kabuto and delivered a kick to his side. Kabuto was so shocked by the force in Sasuke´s first kick, that he completely missed the next one!
He was hit and a light "crunch" was heard.
Kabuto coughed up a little blood. Sasuke went up beside him, raised his fist and smashed it straight into Kabuto´s face. The force sent him plummeting towards the ground! Sasuke turned in the air and dove down. He smashed his fist into Kabuto´s stomach, making him cough up more blood. Sasuke then spun around and planted his heel right in the middle of his solar plexus just as he hit the ground.
"Lion Combo!" Sasuke yelled.
Kabuto coughed up a final spurt of blood before the combo finished. Sasuke somersaulted away from him and landed a distance away. He entered the Iron Fist Style battle pose as he waited for his opponent to get back up. Kabuto slowly but surely got back up on his feet.
He was pressing his right hand against his solar plexus where he was hit by Sasuke´s destructive kick.
His hand was glowing with green Chakra, which meant that he was healing himself. Kabuto let out a sigh, and then he chuckled! His chuckle grew into laughter, which made Sasuke wonder about the Sound ninja's mental stability. Then, something happened that Sasuke had never thought possible. Black markings spread out across Kabuto´s body, and his laughter increased in volume.
When his body was completely covered, he stopped laughing. Purple Chakra exploded around him and made the ground cave in under his feet! Kabuto pulled out two different coloured scrolls and unwrapped them. One of them was red and the other one was brown. He spun both of them around him while sending Chakra into the scrolls. Kabuto´s eyes snapped open and he opened his mouth.
"Red Scroll! Brown Scroll! Double Scroll Technique! Explosion Technique!" Kabuto yelled.
He wrapped up the scrolls and grabbed them firmly. Then he slammed the scrolls into the ground. Black markings flew out of the scrolls and dug into the ground. Kabuto remained in that position even after the markings had stopped coming out. Sasuke´s eyes darted back and forth, but he couldn't see anything strange or unusual.
Suddenly, the ground broke under his feet and a sharp white light shone through! Sasuke gasped and the light intensified. A big explosion rocked the ground a second later. It formed a large crater where Sasuke once stood. Kabuto grinned and stood up straight. He looked to the left. Naruto was lying unconscious on the ground. He looked to the right. Sakura was also unconscious on the ground. Kabuto chuckled, then he looked forward. His chuckling came to an abrupt stop as he did so. The crater before him...was empty.
(What the? Surely the explosion wasn't so strong that it disintegrated his body!) Kabuto thought. He frowned in confusion for a second, then his eyes widened. He quickly looked up and was greeted by a hard kick in the chin. Kabuto crashed into the ground, but he flipped himself onto his feet again almost immediately. Kabuto looked up as a pair of feet touched the ground. He growled slightly at what he saw.
Sasuke stood before him in his new battle pose. The fact that a grin was playing in the corner of his mouth, irritated Kabuto. But what really ticked him off, was that the raven haired boy was completely unscratched.
Sasuke waited for Kabuto to make his move. He was thrilled by how powerful he was, and he felt that he needed to test his new power further. Sasuke had to know if he really was powerful enough to protect the ones close to him.
An interesting idea took form in his mind and a full-fledged grin sprouted on his lips. Sasuke bent his knees in preparation.
Kabuto saw this and took his own battle stance.
Sasuke pushed away from the ground and disappeared. Kabuto quickly used his Cursed Seal-enhanced senses to locate the powerful Genin. He gasped as he located him less than a meter from him! The raven haired boy was standing behind him! Sasuke waited until Kabuto turned, and then he smashed his fist into the very centre of his face.
As Kabuto staggered back slightly, Sasuke disappeared. He reappeared right before his enemy and planted his hand on the ground. Sasuke rammed his foot straight into Kabuto's jaw. The Sound ninja's feet left the ground due to the great force in the kick. Sasuke leapt after him. He manoeuvred in the air so that he was positioned behind Kabuto. Sasuke then grabbed Kabuto so that his arms were pinned to his body. He vaulted so that their heads pointed towards the ground.
"Eat this!" Sasuke yelled.
Sasuke started spinning himself and Kabuto around faster and faster, until they were nothing more than a blur of colours!
Kabuto tried to break out of the grip but he was still injured from his enemy's earlier attack. (Damn it! I have to activate my healing ability! If I don't, then I'll be...!) Kabuto thought.
The small tornado flew down to the ground with a rotation speed that would impress Kiba!
"Initial Lotus!" Sasuke yelled.
He released Kabuto and jumped away from him with less than a second to spare! Kabuto's eyes widened and he yelled, then he smashed into the ground. A powerful shockwave ripped through the ground and air due to the massive force of the impact. The ground broke where the impact was made, creating a crater with chunks of it sticking up into the air.
Sasuke managed, with some difficulty, to vault himself back onto his feet. He was out of breath and he struggled to regain it. A sudden jolt of pain made Sasuke gasp. He grabbed his chest and panted.
"Man! That move sure does...take a lot out of you! I'm beginning...to see why Lee only uses this move as a...last resort. Well, it looks like that finished it." Sasuke exclaimed.
Sasuke stood up and took one last deep breath. After that, his breathing was steady. The new Chakra that was currently running in his Chakra Circulatory System made him recover much faster than usual. Sasuke stared intensively into the rising pillar of smoke before him. His foe was hidden from view by the smoke.
Sasuke waited for 30 seconds, then he let out a relaxed sigh.
(It´s over.) He thought.
"Unn..."
Sasuke heard something and looked over his shoulder.
A distance away, Sakura was slowly getting back up on her feet. She held her stomach and took some deep breaths before standing up fully. Sakura´s head darted from left to right quickly, before she spotted Sasuke. Her apple-coloured eyes widened at the sight of him.
Sasuke raised a quizzial eyebrow at her. Then he remembered that his body was covered in different markings than before. Sasuke chuckled. This was going to be fun.
Sakura ran up to Naruto and kneeled beside him. She shook him gently while calling his name in an attempt at waking him up. Sakura let out a sigh of relief when Naruto finally groaned and his eyelids fluttered. The pink haired kunoichi lifted her head from Naruto briefly to look at Sasuke.
"Sasuke! Are you alright? Where´s Kabuto-san?" Sakura shouted at him.
Sasuke jabbed his thumb behind him as he walked towards her.
"That bastard is right-"
Sasuke was roughly interrupted when the crater behind him exploded! The raven haired genius turned and looked into the new smoke cloud. He frowned. Sakura´s eyes widened in shock and her heart skipped a beat. The explosion had caught her completely off-guard!
"W, what´s going on? Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke could now make out a dark silouette inside the smoke. His eyes narrowed.
"It´s Kabuto. We fought, he lost. He then activated his Cursed Seal. We fought again, he lost again.
And now...if I am not mistaken...he´s going to activate level 2. If he´s not in that state already." Sasuke stated.
Sakura´s eyes widened even more. She put her hand on her stomach and felt a weak pang of pain.
Sakura removed her hand from her stomach and put it on Naruto´s forehead instead. The blonde boy had managed to fall unconscious again. Sakura made a weak attempt at waking him up again, while watching the events happening before her.
The smoke eventually dispersed, and the person inside was revealed.
Sasuke slowly moved so that he was standing between his friends and the enemy.
"Well, well, well! You really are something else, Sasuke-kun! To think that I would have to change into this form...well, it wouldn´t be interesting if it weren´t like this!"
Sasuke quickly got himself into the Iron Fist battle pose. Now he knew that it was Kabuto. He recognised the voice, even though itwas slightly rougher than before.
And through the very last bit of smoke, came his enemy. Kabuto took off his glasses and threw them over his shoulder. He smirked at Sasuke.
Said Genin didn´t flinch at the Sound ninja´s appeareance.
Which Sakura did.
The female ninja had a hand pressed against her mouth and her eyes were wide. She was shocked to say the least!
Kabuto´s normally silver hair had turned black. It stretched and arched down his back. His skin had turned brown.
Kabuto´s coal black eyes had turned amber. Two horns stuck out of his forehead. The only detail that allowed you to recognise him in this state, was his attire. Kabuto actually looked dangerous now.
Sasuke however, hardly reacted at all. He was too used to strange transformations to be surprised.
It was at this point that Sakura snapped out of her state of trance. She swallowed and looked down at Naruto.
Sakura put her hands around him and gently dragged him behind a big tree.
(This won´t protect us, but it´s better than nothing!) Sakura thought.
Sasuke looked over his shoulder just as Sakura and Naruto disappeared from view. Once he had made sure
that they were out of sight, Sasuke turned back to Kabuto. The skilled Konoha ninja bent his knees in preparation.
"You seem quite eager to fight, Kabuto! Well if you´re gonna fight someone, then fight me!" Sasuke said.
Kabuto laughed at Sasuke as if he had just said that people need air to live.
"Oh, I WILL fight you, Sasuke-kun... I WILL!" Kabuto declared.
A sinister laugh echoed throughout the glade.
