Ok, First things first.I had hoped to finish the entire fight scene before Posting this one, but unfortunatly due to outside pressures. (reviewer getting impatient and e-mailing me) I'm posting part one of the fight. so don't get mad about the fact that I left you hanging again. (besides I do enjoy watching you squirm.) and secondly, I'm actuly hoping for the minor block I've written to resolve it's self after a good nights sleep, so I may be posting the second half by tomarrow night. try not to hate me to much.
Naruto had been having a hard time just sitting in the tree doing nothing as he watched the scene below him unfold. He had arrived just in time to see Jiraiya powering up a Rasengan to counter an odd attack that looked like fire… the only difference being the fact that it was blue. He heard Jiraiya's odd looking opponent call out the attacks name.
"Suiton: Cold Flame strike"
And then watched in horror as Jiraiya stumbled and lost control of his Rasengan.
Jiraiya? No!
Naruto moved to jump down and block the attack when Kyuubi Hissed
"Think boy, your already to late to interfere, besides that this man just beat a sennin, do you really think that you stand a chance against him?"
Naruto struggled against his inner captivity but could only watch in horror as the strike connected, Driving through Jiraiya's chest.
"Humph, I expected more from a Sennin, I didn't even have to try Hard…"
The man suddenly broke off as 'Jiraiya' disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Kage Bunshin? Dammit!
Turning quickly he tried to locate the Sennin only to hear a voice call out
"Below!"
Attempting to jump back he was seconds to slow as the Sennin emerged from underground and grabbed his ankle.
"Daton: Inner Decapitation"
Kuso
Jiraiya re-appeared by the head of the struggling man.
"And now you see why I'm a Sennin."
The man laughed and gave Jiraiya a wicked grin before dissolving into a pool of water. Jiraiya whipped his head around when he heard someone clapping,
"(Clap, Clap, Clap) Oh, Bravo. I haven't seen a deception like that for years. Now Jiraiya-Sama the fight can begin again"
Running through a series of seals he called out
"Suiton: Masking Blizzard No-Jutsu"
Seconds later dark clouds began filling the sky and fat snowflakes began to fall, totally hiding the two fighters from Naruto's view.
Kuso, Kuso, KUSO! Kyuubi? What can you tell me? Where are they?
You should already know kit. After all I did improve your other senses remember?
Thanks, Let me think. In Kakashi's battle with Zabuza he was forced to rely on scent, but the snow is going to hide smell unless I'm right on top of them. Same for sight and touch… Sound. Hmm, the snow will quiet their footsteps, but their Jutsu's should make enough noise to…
"Katon: Fire shield no Jutsu"
That must have been Euro-sensei.
It was kit…
Was?
"To late fool, Juichoise Suiton no Jutsu: Winters heart Supreme Technique: Underworld Ice blades."
"Fool, those can't get through my… Wha? NOOOoooo… (Chunk)."
"Jiraiya! NO!"
"What is that? Do I hear another challenger? My, my, but they do seem to be springing up don't they? I do hope you're a bit more of a Match…"
Suddenly the man in white materialized on the branch in front of Naruto.
"Damn, just a runt, although there is something familiar about you."
"The name is Uzumaki Naruto you Bastard, and I'll kill you for what you did to Euro-Sennin."
"Uzumaki, hmmm? This might be interesting after all. The name is Tajomi Rekku Not that you need to know it. As soon as I find a way to contact the Kyuubi your life will be over to. Just like the sennin."
"You want to meet Kyuubi-San? So be it."
Kyuubi! Time to make a flashy appearance.
I thought I was calling the shots.
New deal, I let you out to fight, to train me in that new technique ASAP. Agree?
Heh, Why not kit. I agree.
With that Naruto Pulsed red for a moment throwing Rekku back until he was just barely in sight. Going for the full effect Kyuubi pretended that he had only just been released for the first time and made quite a production of looking over his hands. Having dropped his echoing demon voice when he trained Naruto, Kyuubi brought it back full force.
"And who are you?"
"I am Tajomi Rekku Lord Kyuubi. We of the Akatsuki have come to release you from this boy."
"Interesting proposition, what is in it for you?"
Rekku chuckled.
"You are perceptive as any, lord Kyuubi, we simply ask that you grant a fraction of your power to, and perhaps do some minor training for, one of our members. Chosen at your discretion of course."
"And if I were to refuse?"
"There is no reason to refuse lord Kyuubi, but should you do so we will be forced to destroy your container, after trapping you of course. We couldn't leave you to roam again."
"Heh heh heh. Interesting proposal, There is only one major flaw."
"And what is that Kyuubi-Sama?"
"I already favor the boy."
Hinata was becoming more desperate by the second. When she had activated her Byakugan, she had first noticed Jiraiya getting beat up, and then she had see Naruto entering the forest heading straight for the fight.
Why Naruto-kun? Did you hope to help him? He's getting beat, badly, and if this guy can beat a Sennin, people like us stand no chance at all.
While Hinata knew that it wasn't very intelligent, she had left her team far behind. Her only thought had been to find Naruto, and talk him into leaving with her. Then of course it had begun snowing. Hinata had never seen such a storm. In seconds the ground was completely covered, and already she had been forced to take to the trees to avoid the drifts that were piling up.
Where are you Naruto-kun?
Rekku was just a little impressed. Kyuubi was handling the body quite well. In fact Kyuubi had almost managed to catch him twice. Kyuubi on the other hand was getting more than a little annoyed. Even relying on his own chakra instead of using Naruto's he could only use so much, or he would risk damaging Naruto's body.
Hey kit!
What do you want fox? Don't tell me you want me to give you power.
Kyuubi couldn't help but chuckle remembering all the times Naruto had done just that to him.
No kit, I need my own body back, yours can't handle the chakra flow that I want.
OK, There is a problem however, you know that I don't function at 100 percent for at least a minute after you leave. I'll be exposed, and if you decide to protect me it'll be a liability.
I'm going to whip us up some shadow clones. Pull a Kawarimi as soon as you can. There will be one near the top of the tree behind you.
Gotcha, Have fun Kyuubi.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu"
Rekku smirked,
Heh, even the demons like to use the advantage of numbers eh? Let's see, 1...2...3...4... I'd say he created an even dozen, and then sent them all up into the trees… sneak attack perhaps?
Kyuubi meanwhile had left Naruto's body in favor of the one he had created for himself. Naruto had done just as Kyuubi commanded and had switched places with the Bunshin in the tree behind him.
"Ahhh, MUCH better"
Rekku snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Kyuubi. Kyuubi had decided not to let the fact that he was free be completely obvious. Therefore the body he created looked like a Kyuubified Naruto, Fangs, claws, different hair color. Outside of that it was Naruto's face with blood red eyes.
"I see you've decided to force the body a little lord Kyuubi. Wouldn't it be better to have your own back? We could do it for you. All it would take is you giving a fraction of your time and favor to one of our group."
"I told you before… Not interested."
Kyuubi was about to begin attacking again when Rekku did something unexpected.
"Then I fear I have no use for you. The body you reside in will not be leaving, no food can enter. The Pentagram is unbreakable to demons, and the boy wouldn't have the chakra or the knowledge to destroy it."
"What pentagram?"
Rekku released the seal he was holding and suddenly the ground around Kyuubi's feet glowed white for a moment.
"The one I drew in preparation for the boy's arrival. At the moment it's not flawless, but two more seals will change it from a day long to infinity. You have… one hour to change your mind."
It was then that Naruto attacked.
To Hyuuga Hinata the fight going on was transparent. There was a group of eleven Naruto clones attacking the clone of a man in white. The falling snow made it difficult to see clearly, but as far as she could tell the last of the Naruto clones managed to get in a killing blow. Hinata wondered what would happen next when she saw a blur of grayish white chakra fly across the clearing and striking the clone. A log with a four foot chunk of Ice rammed through it fell to the ground.
"Clever lord Kyuubi. Not good enough, but still clever. I admit that I'm surprised you can still control the clones while inside of that prison. I would have thought that all communication with them would have been cut off."
Kyuubi said nothing. Sitting in the center of the pentagram he had taken a meditative stance. Although Rekku didn't know, Kyuubi was attempting to contact Naruto. Naruto on the other hand was attempting to work out a viable strategy. He had been able to track Rekku's movement across the field, but he also realized that if he hadn't had a bird's eye view of the event, he wouldn't have been able to escape, or rather; his clone wouldn't have had enough time to react. Nodding to himself Naruto created three more clones and sent them to hide in the trees near the pentagram. Naruto himself suppressed his chakra using one of the few techniques that Kyuubi had been willing to show him.
Glad I weaseled this one out of you Kyuubi. Chakra point suppression should let me get close enough to this guy to hit him… I just hope I'm fast enough.
Hinata was getting really worried. As a Hyuuga she had been trained to detect chakra presence. Even when she couldn't tell how strong the person was she could always tell the general direction they were in. Mentally she had been following Naruto and the man in white. She had always held their respective positions in her mind even while she watched the clones destroying each other, but now she had totally lost track of Naruto.
Rekku had been cautious. As soon as he realized that Naruto's shadow clone had eluded his attack he had begun forming another water clone. The difference however was that instead of forming it to one side like usual he had created it around himself while talking to Kyuubi. As soon as the Mizu-bunshin was complete he had sunk through it into the snow leaving the copy to taunt Kyuubi while Rekku himself waited for the clone to attack again.
Ok, Time to finish this prick off. I'll teach him not to underestimate Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto suddenly launched another attack. There was a bright orange flash followed by the sound of water falling.
SHIT! CLONE!
"To late fool."
Naruto had tried jumping back once he realized that he had only managed to destroy another clone, but just as his feet left the ground Rekku had jumped up behind him, and smiling in satisfaction drove an ice spike right through the middle of Naruto's chest. Naruto opened his eyes wide for a brief moment before disappearing in a puff of smoke. The real Naruto now sat in the tree above him. Thinking that he was attacking the real Rekku He had gone for the killing blow himself. I had only been blind luck that he was able to switch fast enough to keep from getting impaled.
"Well lord Kyuubi that was an excellent try, but as you see, your control just isn't good enough while you're sealed away. Have you come to your senses? Or will I be forced to complete the seal?"
Rekku waited a moment for Kyuubi to answer before shaking his head at the immobile body in front of him.
"As you wish lord Kyuubi. Perhaps I'll come back and set up a monument to you after we accomplish our objectives… Who knows, perhaps you'll be able to keep that body alive long enough to see me do it. The twilight is falling you know… Those lesser fools in the hidden cities don't know it yet, but once we've released seal on the elemental plane we will rule them as gods."
For the first time since the initiation of the pentagram Kyuubi replied.
"Out of curiosity, where is the door to the elemental plane located?"
"Come now Kyuubi, you surly don't believe me that ignorant do you? Numaka has already told me about the foolish things that you guardians did. The war with the elders, their imprisonment, and the seal you placed on shadow plane that can only be reached by phasing… He was quite angry you know. That the twelve of you acted against the wishes of the others. He also told me that you broke and scattered the true pattern."
"We did. It was done so that those fools who supported joining the demons couldn't re-open the gate. Besides I'm one of the few Youkai who can phase, even if you uncovered the key you would need the complete pattern to open it."
"Well, I shouldn't tell you this, but since you're doomed anyway. The leader of our group has nearly finished a phasing Jutsu, we have found out that the Key was found by the first Hokage of Konoha, so when we're ready we can just exhume the body, and we have all but two pieces of the pattern. You know one, but when you die, that particular pentagram will trap your memories. In essence this will become an oracle site. With the proper ceremony you will be forced to tell us… the other is presumed lost. The 'Heal' section I believe, but one of the greater demons has managed to attain physical form on this plane, so he should be able to fill in the gap."
"Fool, the Chaos demons live only for destruction. If you somehow manage to open the gateway the entire world would fall to them."
"But of course Kyuubi-san. And once the overlords have taken control, those that helped them will be granted favorable positions."
"You're a fool. You and all you kind will be turned to slaves."
"You're wrong Kyuubi, I have been promised power. A small amount of what will be mine has already been given to me, the rest will come in due time. I had hoped to sway you, but I can see its no use. Goodbye Kyuubi."
Rekku raised his hands and was just about to start the seals necessary to make the binding permanent when a voice spoke up behind him.
"Think again asshole. RASENGAN!"
Naruto had been certain of his kill, it would be his first, but after seeing the unidentifiable chunks of flesh and blood where Jiraiya had made his last stand Naruto felt no remorse, this was what he had been trained to do after all. Unfortunately for Naruto even though he had managed to get close enough for the kill shot he hadn't taken into account the fact that the man had excellent reflexes and remarkable speed. The Rasengan hit, but not where Naruto had intended, Naruto had intended to push the attack through Rekku's heart and then release. If the initial attack didn't kill him the internal damage would. But when Rekku jumped. Naruto's attack hit his arm. Surprised Naruto released the Jutsu and, a short time later, nearly lost his lunch. When Naruto had released the attack he had still been very near to Rekku. The release of the pent up wind had been strong enough to tear Rekku's arm apart, leaving white bone glistening in the sun.
Ugh… I'm surprised that it's still attached. At least I don't need to worry about him using seals any time soon.
"Are you willing to yield? If you come peacefully I may be willing to simply turn you over to the ANBU instead of killing you now."
To Naruto's surprise Rekku started chuckling, and then laughing.
"I see now. I wondered at the fact that Kyuubi could still control the clones considering that the only way to communicate is to stand near the edge. I thought that perhaps he had managed to keep some of the clones close enough, or perhaps created clones with a small amount of intelligence… but you were in control weren't you? Uzumaki Naruto I presume? Not another clone?"
Naruto was getting creeped out. He had almost totally destroyed the muscle on the mans upper arm, he had removed all the flesh all the way to the bone, and the guy was holding his upper arm and bleeding freely while carrying on a conversation.
Moron, he'll bleed to death at this rate.
"Yes, I am the real Naruto."
"Good. I see now why Kyuubi favors you. You've released him already haven't you? You do have some interesting qualities to you, not the least of which is the fact that you managed to hide your chakra so well."
"I picked up a trick or two while training with Kyuubi."
Hinata had been inching closer to the pentagram during the fight. She had known exactly what Naruto did. She had seen how close he came to being killed. Although the sight sickened her, she had seen Naruto's attack from less than twenty yards away. But it wasn't what she had seen that troubled her. In less than two minutes Hinata had learned some pretty major things about Naruto. Right now she was having a hard time adjusting her image of Naruto to fit the new information.
"Tricks or no tricks you don't stand a chance boy, I'm Akatsuki, and you are just a genin. There is no chance that you can beat me. Give up now, and I'll consider sparing your life just because I like your style."
"Feh, another moron who is more talk than action. You remind me a lot of Sasuke, cold, arrogant, and a complete moron. Your arm has been effectively destroyed there is about a snowballs chance in hell that you can still fight effectively against me."
"Oh yes, the arm."
At this comment Kyuubi, Naruto, and Hinata all sweat dropped. Coincidently they also all had the same thought.
Who can forget an injury that's THAT bad?
"Well Naruto, let me show you one of the 'tricks' I learned from 'hanging around' the snow demon Numaka."
So saying Rekku slowly brought his left arm down over the wound on his right while keeping his eyes fixed on Naruto, Rekku made a quick series of hand gestures. Immediately the blood soaked snow under the ruin of his arm began lifting. Using his chakra Rekku formed the snow into the shape his arm had once been.
"So you stopped the bleeding, Big deal. The arm is still useless."
Rekku gave him and evil grin before saying
"And now for the finishing touches."
Completing a few more one handed seals Rekku ran his arm slowly over the shaped snow. And as he raised his left a thin layer of snow fell off of his right, revealing unbroken skin. Raising his 'new' arm Rekku flexed the fingers.
"Good as new."
Naruto's mouth was hanging open, and his eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
"H…how?"
"I picked up a trick or two."
Naruto shook his head briskly.
"It doesn't matter."
Taking a fighting stance as he did so Naruto finished his statement.
"I'm going to kick your ass anyway, because that's my Ninja way."
At this phrase Hinata realized that she had been wrong when she tried to change her image of Naruto. He was still the same guy. There was nothing about what she knew that needed changing. Once this realization had hit her several others made their appearance. The first being that Naruto was obviously not the demon. The second, the adults must have know he was the carrier, It explained the cold looks. The third, Kyuubi had been training Naruto. The final, she honestly didn't care. If anything she admired him all the more for having carried around that burden without losing his cheery outlook on life. She had of course been able to see the tears hidden behind the smile, but usually he was a genuinely happy person.
"Heh poor child, time to die. Suiton: Underworld Ice blast"
Naruto however had been expecting the attack, he hadn't realized how quickly it would come, but he did manage to jump clear… Barely. The passing Jutsu caught the billowing back of his shirt… and froze it solid. The attack that Naruto had narrowly avoided passed him and struck the tree behind him, shattering it into ten thousand pieces. Luckily Hinata was hidden on the far side of the tree next to it. Otherwise a rain of millions of knife sharp pieces of frozen wood would have impaled her where she sat. As it was the tree she sat beside took the brunt of the attack. Naruto on the other hand didn't have the protection that Hinata did. Pulling another quick Kawarimi he swapped places with a tree branch on the other side of the pentagram, and then ordered his clones to attack.
While Rekku was busy dodging the various clones' attempts to disable him Naruto had snuck over to the pentagram where Kyuubi was being held. Putting his hands on the invisible barrier Naruto sent out a thought to Kyuubi.
How do I get you out of this? If he wasn't playing around my clones and I would probably be gone by now.
Kit, you can't. The only way to get me out of here right now is to kill him.
Kuso. He spoke of breaking it…
He was right on that account, as impressive as your chakra capacity and stamina are your don't currently have enough of either to break the seal.
Kuso, Kuso, Kuso. Now what do I do?
Run, you are outclassed in this fight, He beat a SANNIN remember?
I've grown a lot in the last couple of months, I have no doubt that I could have come close to matching Jiraiya for sheer power, even it I Don't have his level of control.
Kyuubi chuckled mentally
That may be so kit, but right now you just don't have the knowledge.
Naruto was silent for a moment
So give it to me.
What?
You said before that you could tweak my memories, just give me what I need to know
This time it was Kyuubi who was silent for a moment.
I can't do it permanently from here kit, and you will probably fall into a major depression once they leave.
Do what you can; we'll deal with depression later.
As you wish.
It took only seconds, but the sheer amount of information that Kyuubi passed was staggering. In fact it left Naruto short on breath and gave him a staggering headache. It was so bad that for a moment blood trickled from his nose and ears.
What the FUCK, How am I supposed to fight with a headache like this?
Give it a moment Kit, I was forced to put a rather massive strain on your mind, hence the blood. The headache will pass.
Indeed it did pass in its place Naruto's mind began trying to sort through a massive amount of new knowledge.
K…Kami preserve me. I… I never knew.
Kyuubi sighed
Of course not kit I was forced to give you a lot of information you didn't need to know. I couldn't separate jutsus from the memories. You had better hurry up and get back in the fight though; he's done playing with your clones.
Standing, Naruto walked back around the barrier.
"Alright, time to shake things up a bit. Doton: Tremors."
Running through a surprisingly short series of seals Naruto placed his hands gently on the ground. The shockwave that emanated from his hands was enough to force the nearest trees to tilt backwards literally ripping half of their roots from the ground. Rekku, the target was launched from the ground. Flying nearly fifty feet in the air he preformed a flip so he could land on his feet. Only to find that the ground had dropped away from where he was standing previously leaving nearly a hundred foot drop below him. The patch of ground that Naruto was standing on had remained unaffected, and Hinata, who was lucky enough to have been almost directly behind Naruto, caught only the edge of the attack, she however was still thrown back. Only five feet true, but it was enough to show her how devastating the attack could have been. Without knowing that Naruto was using borrowed memories, she was shocked at how powerful he had become in such a short time.
"Peh, I can't believe you gave me trouble before, Suiton: forest of spears"
Rekku smiled as he watched hundreds of needle sharp shards of ice suddenly emerge from the ground, laying a bed of spears directly below him.
"Fool, I'm a master of water and ice, Suiton: Water cushion"
Naruto was a bit angry to see how easily Rekku had turned the summoned water from shards of ice to a cushioning bed of water. But not to mad. It gave him a chance to try out some of the other Jutsus swimming around his mind. Rekku hit the water and disappeared with a splash. Emerging a moment later he formed a quick series of seals, and then promptly pulled out a sphere of water the size of a small boulder.
"Water Bullet."
Naruto countered with a grand fireball, and the two of them stood staring at each other for a moment before Rekku spoke.
"Decent speed, impressive Jutsus, At least two unknown seals, and fairly good stamina. You need to work on your tactics a bit, water attacks against a water specialist is rather stupid. On the whole however you might be a worthy addition. You already have Kyuubi's favor… How would you like to join the Akatsuki?"
Naruto was silent for a moment, and Hinata who had crept back up held her breath.
"Think about it kid. We already acknowledge your strength; we could show you true power. It's not easy, as you know there are no shortcuts, but think. Think of those fools and the cold looks they give you. We can get revenge for you; we can FORCE them to acknowledge you. You can rule over them if you will only give your allegiance to the lords of the shadow plane, their lord would like to see you join us more than he would like to see you dead."
Rekku's offer did indeed appeal to a side of Naruto, teaching those fools how strong he was, held a great allure for Naruto.
"I wouldn't join fools like you if the world burnt for it."
Rekku chuckled. Closing his eyes he said.
"Pity, the world will burn anyway, but if you spurn the great lords of the deeper plane you certainly won't live to see it. Suiton: Ice daggers."
At his call two dozen blades of ice flew from his outstretched hand.
"Feh to easy."
Taking a step to the side Naruto suddenly heard a gasp behind him. Whirling around he saw Hinata, Eyes wide with fear looking at the incoming attack. Without thought or hesitation he threw himself back in front of her taking the full blast of the attack. Luckily for him he had managed to active a steel skin earth Jutsu. His chest was only scratched, but his shirt was torn to shreds revealing the seal on his stomach. There wasn't much of it left. When Sasuke had torn through it though he had permanently burned what little remained into Naruto's flesh. Even though Kyuubi was as good as free the area set aside in Naruto's body to contain the demon remained.
"Well, that was stupid. Trying to see how tough you really are?"
Luckily for her Rekku hadn't seen Hinata yet, Naruto purposefully moved out of line with her to protect her from getting hit by stray attacks.
"They say to understand a Jutsu you have to experience it. I figured that I might give it a shot."
Rekku chuckled
"I see you still have part of that seal."
Naruto was a little suspicious of the sudden change in topic. So cautiously he answered.
"Yes, that's true."
"You know, the boss would love to get a chance to study that for a bit."
"You tried that already, I won't join."
"Who said I was still trying to get you to join us?"
Naruto and Rekku were now circling each other, and although Naruto couldn't see what was happening, Hinata could. Every time Rekku passed a certain spot he would add a seal to the ground. While they were talking they had made four complete circles, Hinata had read some theory on sealing techniques, and it seemed to her that this was similar. After the fifth pass Rekku stopped moving just as Naruto hit the spot he had been placing the seals.
"I think that I should take you back. The boss might be favorable if I could bring you to him alive."
"Heh, it'll never happen."
"Then I guess that dead will do. Release."
The seals erupted right under Naruto's feet, He didn't have time to react, to his surprise however, Hinata had. She had realized what Rekku must have been about to do, and Instinct had taken over. Jumping up just as Rekku had spoken the last word Hinata threw herself forward pushing Naruto out of the way… just as the seal activated. Hinata took the full force of the blast as chakra embedded ice flew upward freezing her solid.
"HINATA NO!"
Naruto ran over to the now solid Hinata.
"On the plus side she'll make an excellent ornament until she thaws."
Rekku was actually angry that he had missed the presence of another person, but all things considered it was always fun screwing with people's minds. What happened next was completely unexpected however. Rekku had been keeping careful track of how much Chakra Naruto had left, so he was surprised when Naruto went from less than half to flowing over.
"Bastard"
Naruto whispered.
"No-one hurts my precious people and gets away with it."
Then the changes began. It started at Naruto's feet, climbing his legs, a blazing cloud of dancing multicolored flames. Stunned Rekku stood there in shock, his mouth open watching the flames mingle with white Aura that Naruto had begun emanating. The white Aura suddenly blazed outward as the flames wrapped up and around Naruto's head. Rekku fell to his knees in shock.
"H…how?"
"Kyuubi looked out from the pentagram prison and, a small smile quirking the corners of his lips, thought
Do it kit, show them once and for all that messing with you is just a quicker way of committing suicide.
Naruto's eyes fell once again to the icy statue that was once Hyuuga Hinata. For a moment sadness nearly overwhelmed him.
I'm so sorry Hinata-Chan. I wasn't strong enough.
Then the laughing began.
"So that was it?"
Rekku was standing again, having thrown off the Aura's effect, he smirked.
"You think some pretty fire is going to save you boy? Or is it the fact that I killed the bitch?"
Naruto just stood there hands clenched
"Well, I'd say we overrated you. Here I thought you might be a worthy opponent instead I find a weakling, incapable of even avenging the death of a pitiful …."
His words were cut short however. He saw a brief flash of fire, and then….
Standing back up he pulled the Kunai out of his stomach.
"Hmm it seems you might be a worthy opponent yet boy. Suiton: Demon Ice shards"
Naruto's head whipped up at the last second, and the Akatsuki member took a step back. Naruto hadn't moved a muscle, but the moment the Ice attack had gotten within ten feet of him it had… dissolved. Not even the water from the attack had made it far enough to touch Naruto. The killer intent that Naruto was now radiating would have done quite well for Kyuubi at the height of his madness.
"Die."
One word, that was all it took. Stretching his hand Naruto did… something. He wasn't sure what, but a bar of multicolor flame as thick around as his wrist went through the stunned Rekku turning a fifty foot radius ash instantly, and scoring a line of glass into the desert beyond the forest.
Walking over to Hinata Naruto knelt beside her still form. Rekku was nowhere to be seen he had either fled or burnt. Naruto didn't really care which.
"Hinata-Chan, I am so sorry, if I had only… Perhaps I could have… I... I'll never for…"
"Fool"
Hissed an all too familiar voice.
"Do you really think I would die so easily?"
Naruto slowly turned his head Rekku stood not ten feet away his clothing heavily singed.
"Did you really think that I was so incapable that I couldn't dodge your little display?"
Rekku raised his hand; Naruto heard the unmistakable hum of an elemental weapon being summoned.
"Suiton Juichoise no Jutsu: Ultimate weapon: Soul freeze"
He murmured. Naruto watched as chakra flared around the man's hand. After a moment it solidified into a viscous looking sword.
"Now you dance to my tune."
With that the man swooped down, the blade shimmering with a life of it's own in the twilight caused by his Jutsu clouds. Without thinking Naruto formed a blade of fire. He had never been much of a sword fighter, but at the moment shock over the fact that the man hadn't died yet overrode his senses. Naruto had just enough luck to deflect the first attack. Jumping back his Blue eyes took on a new light. Without effort the sword in his hand lengthened. Reversing his Right hand Naruto prepared himself without bothering to look down. Kyuubi had mentioned that he shouldn't force the weapons he made from his flames, that his Ideal one would form it's self when he was ready. Well he was ready now. Rekku was once again shocked. The boy no longer was using a sword. It appeared that he was using some oddly shaped, double bladed weapon.
Is that?
Glendre. That has got to be and incarnation of the old Glendre style blade. I doubt that anyone has seen, made, or used one of those in more than two thousand years. You are most certainly full of surprises kit.
Ok, looks similar to a sword, but with an odd forked blade coming out of both sides of the handle... The handles for it are situated behind the blade so that the wielder can catch the down stroke of a sword without worry for his hands. It's about three quarters the size of a good staff, but that blade could get troublesome… why have I never seen it's like before.
Suddenly Naruto charged, Rekku moved to block the blow, but before Naruto got within ten feet of him that odd looking chakra flowed outward from the blade toward him. At ten feet his clothes were already beginning to smolder around the edges.
Not good.
"Demon Ice"
Whispered Rekku, Instantly a shield of chakra re-enforced Ice appeared out of the whirling snow. Standing as a barrier between him and the chakra that the kid was emanating.
That should slow him down… WHAT THE FUCK!
Rekku watched unbelieving as the shield he had thrown up began cracking.
Hmmm, Now I see how this brat killed Ototo Haku. Heh I wonder if my little brother would have ended up as Zabuza's weapon if he knew that it was I that kill Mother and father instead of him. Haku-san's mirrors were only a tenth as strong as this, and yet…
The mirror shattered outward as Naruto blew through it.
"You think some wimpy Ice is going to stand in my way? Feh, death is far too good for you."
Thinking quickly Rekku preformed a series of hand seals and Vanished.
What the FUCKING HELL. One minute he's there, and the next he's…
"Looking for someone Naruto? Demon Ice no Jutsu: Shards of heaven"
Normally Naruto would have been impressed to see the diamond hard shards of compressed Ice that suddenly hailed toward him.
Hinata-Chan…
Naruto had no idea what prompted him to do it, but one moment he was watching the sky fall, and the next… he was deflecting the falling shards away from Hinata-Chan's body. Naruto wasn't certain exactly how he used the odd weapon that had grown out of his chakra, but in his mind it was just an extension of his body. In truth, it was an extension of his mind. So when Rekku began to concentrate Naruto simply took things to the next level.
A shield would be nice… something that could protect the two of us.
And low and behold a shield was hanging off his left arm. Holding it above himself Naruto waited. After a time Rekku's attack began to wane. Channeling the chakra Necessary to maintain that particular Jutsu took quite a bit out of him. No small comment when made about an Akatsuki member.
Numaka is it done?
Rekku had no time to hear the reply. Feeling a terrible heat rising at his back he whirled around and jumped just in time to dodge the flaming rainbow colored streak that was Uzumaki Naruto.
"You think that could stop me you hairy freak? Do your worst."
Rekku didn't want to admit it, but he was wearing down. Jumping up into a tree (and out of Naruto's eyesight due to the blizzard) he struggled momentarily to keep his balance. With a sigh however he focused inward.
What do you want Human?
Listen Numaka. I need your chakra.
And why should I give it to you?
Do you remember when we killed the Loin kid?
Yes, he had sweet blood.
I'm fighting the former carrier of Kyuubi-no-Kitsune. Give me what chakra I need and I'll let you out long enough to feast on his blood.
Hmmm former holder of Kyuubi eh? I always did hate that goody-two-shoes fox. What is the carrier's name?
FORMER Carrier oh great Numaka, and his name is Uzumaki Naruto.
UZUMAKI? You say he's an UZUMAKI? Hmmm yes. When he's dead I will accept his blood as your offering. Hmmm I can nearly taste it now. Their clan has some of the sweetest blood of all you know.
Forgive me, but… Power… Now?
Heh, as you wish. You had better not be lying though.
Feeling the Chakra surge that always accompanied the demons acceptance Rekku stood back up. Only to duck as a blade of flame flashed through the place where his head had been moments ago.
"Hmm. You're moving faster."
"And you're not freezing to death."
"Well, Saratobi always did claim I was a hot blooded kid."
Rekku snarled.
"Enough wisecracks. I don't know where your flames came from but the great Demon Yeti, NUMAKA is now protecting me. Your little tricks won't avail you."
Drawing forth his sword Rekku once again took a stance.
"Now the fight truly begins."
With that, He charged.
Me: OK finishing comments I'm not certain I'm entirly satisfied with that scene, but Hopefully it'll be wrapped up by the end of next post.
Naruto: You also Intended to post this what? three days ago?
Me: No internet... so it's really not my fault. I just hope the Internal network stays up long enough for me to get this one posted.
Naruto:OK whats happening back in the city?
Me: Hopefully I'll get in a quick writeup in the next chappy.
Naruto: Whats up with the OC and the Saku/lee pairing?
Me: I haven't decided. at the moment Sakura could go either way, and the OC is the fouth's grandchild and Konohamaru's older sister. I was informed that sasuke shouldn't be able to be beaten by a chuuin any more, but if you think about it, he hasn't even been a gennin for long, and I put my new character in lee's old class. honestly I'm giving her probably low jounin abilities, but she's really just going to teach sasuke to controll his emotions and stop being quite as much of an arrogant prick for now. Perhaps I'll have them hook up later, or maby I'll put sasu/saku back together. we'll see.
Death By Kunai: (shrug) We'll see. and thank you
mrasdfghj: The uzumaki tree is definatly coming back in, and Jiraiya did teach naruto somthing, how it feels to loose a precious person.
Kortir:Thanks, thats one of my favorite pairs to, as for Sebeki... I'm going to have fun tormenting Sasuke for a while.
Dragon Noir:It's fun writing the virtual slaps, Shikamaru is as clueless as naruto when it comes to women, and Thanks, I liked that move myself ;-) As for Kyuubi... you'll see.
PoisonedWit: At first he was in denial till the funeral, and then afterwards the hullucinations had him thinking that he hadn't done the final blow. by the time he realized the truth, he had been told that naruto was still alive.
ero-jounin: GAH, Not a Hentai, not a Hentai... ;-)
TimeShifter: Yup Kyuubi told him.
Sleepy Kitty: I tried, they didn't fit.
RyokoTenchi: I don't know if thats possible, but we'll see.
Shadowcriminal: I'm hoping to update faster in the near future.
Anon: Who said that those were the final pairings?
Hinatafanboy: Thank you, but I don't know if I'm going to keep them as a pair or not.
Daniel of Lorien: As I said above, He's still a relativly new gennin, and I have her at just below Jounin, so she's not really a mary-sue, Just an antignost for sasuke untill (or unless) Naruto forgives him.
boredathome: You mean the lee scene? I was tempted to, but honestly it's so much more fun to make it real. Besides if your having trouble with lee's new look just Imagine sasuke, except with really cool hair and a personality thats more than one dimension. (Oh how I love sasuke bashing) besides Lee is only like that on dates... the hair takes to long otherwise. The ribbons... Tee hee hee, I loved writing that part... I mean I'm not a closet pervert... definatly not. Definatly. Oh and I may need to take your advice on the 'angels voice' technique.
yahoodood: Well thanks! I'm not sure I'm going to make it permant though.
NotasuSama: WELLLLLL Kinda. Lee agreed to change his look when he was on a date, if he's not then he goes right back to the green jumpsuit. This IS lee after all. Naruto's return is going to be... fun. I'm trying to decide how to make the biggest impact with that.
Dragon Man 180: You know, your right. She's still far to much of an enigma. I'll have to get her some story time. I may have to add a bit of sasuke/ Konohamaru interaction as well.
Kitsune-Itai: (shrug) sorry, it's not permant yet, but frankly, if you don't like it, skip those parts.
Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'm hoping to have the next chapter up in a day or two. I'm still open to taking oneshot challenges, and so far i've had exactly zero. so ... ya.
Keep the reviews coming,
Sincerly,
Manatheron
