DOWNFALL OF THE LIGHT 2
Chapter 5: Arise of Darkness
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Legend:
"Shoot those bastards!": Speech
'Damn it!': Thoughts (In Italics)
'Take him out!': Mind Conversations (not in Italics)
(...): Author's Notes
The words in bolded italic brackets means Scenario Change
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(Currently in the outskirts of the ruins)
The Death Knight now stationed himself in an effective swordsman stance. He could detect his body is recovering in a rapid pace due to the Unholy Aura but he grimaced at the thought that his 50 movement increase didn't prove useful enough to hit Kabuto. It must've been his own drastic tiredness that slowed him down, the previous battle really took a lot out of him. He sensed his opponent's chakra level, it was almost unlike anything he had sensed before. The feeling made the demon hunter sweat slightly, if he was fighting at his fresh state it would be fine. Yet, with his body still at the healing stage, this wasn't the best time to get himself in combat. Usually he would be advising others to watch out themselves and now he was going trash his body even more. Talk about contradiction.
'If I use the Metamorphosis...' thought Naruto cautiously as the two shinobis began to circle one another with much provocation. 'The demonic blood in me will corrupt my body even more than before. I am trying to slow down the corruption and this technique will speed things up beyond my reach. I'll see how far I can go without it!'
After plotting that plot in mind, Naruto started this off with a quick dash preparing to attack. The traitorous ninja intercepted the kick Naruto delivered with his left arm blocking. Cringing his eyes with anger, the Death Knight used initial thrust and gave a snap kick right at the neck. Kabuto grunted with pain as he faltered his movements, it was that exact moment where Naruto gave in a heavy punch right at the gut, there was no possible way for him not to take any opportunity to his advantage. Not knowing how Naruto could be so unpredictable, Kabuto took the additional blow completely, as the fist made contact the boy made sure this traitor would receive at least a fraction of the agony his friends suffered.
"I'll kill you!" shouted Kabuto in the act of slashing the Death Knight with his crooked blade. Easily defending that quick attack with a tilt of his weapon, Naruto soon afterward forcefully deflected it to create an opening. It was then his passive ability kicked in, he snickered at his luck.
"Critical Strike!" shouted Naruto while he made a small leaping downward slash. As Kabuto incredibly made a guard within such a short amount of time, his eyes narrowed with irritation as his own dagger blade was sliced in half effortlessly by his opponent. Naruto smirked knowing he trampled part of his enemy's defenses, it was time to take one step further. Once the Death Knight attempted to make a knee blow at the gut, Kabuto with amazing reflexes punched the boy in the face hard sending him crashing back.
Due to the sudden pain, Naruto took a several steps backward to regain his composure. That was when the Sound nin seized this chance to take this to extreme measures. At first he immediately kneed Naruto right in the stomach area causing severe vomit in blood from the Death Knight. Using shifting motions, Kabuto quickly jammed his own elbow right in the same area. As if it was a smooth coordination, he smashed his fist right at the face. Naruto felt much of his strength was drained during this process, it was hard to maintain standing after these series of blows in sensitive areas of the body. Just when he attempted to fight back, a kick was lanced right at his chin hurling him backwards colliding to the ground.
"Is that all you can give me?" taunted Kabuto solemnly with a snicker. "You're hardly a challenge."
"You're overestimating your own abilities, bastard," said Naruto as he got back up from the floor painfully.
"You shouldn't assume anything until you see it."
"Why should I assume?" he questioned most amusingly. "You can barely move. Look at yourself, you're getting weaker with every blow, you're not only hurt, you're breathing with difficulty. I thought I was going to have a bit more fun fighting the only Death Knight that is still alive. You have failed your noble clan, Naruto. I'll make sure I'll let your ancestors know what kind of failure you have been. After ending your pathetic life, I will take such honour to kill that sannin and her foolish attendant."
"You'll pay for saying that..." Naruto then sheathed his blade with a smirk visible on his visage. Kabuto watched him confusedly as to wondering why the boy would discard the weapon. At that moment, Naruto formed a hand seals and glared at his enemy without breaking eye contact, he was determined to win this. 'The Metamorphosis is the only technique I have that could defeat him right now... I must end this quickly, if I transform I won't be able to halt the deepening of my demonic corruption since this technique relies completely on my demon blood. Not only will I not be able to stop the corruption, I will be one step closer in becoming a full fledged demon. If I try to fight it, I will lose my conscience, I have no choice but to risk part of my humanity to destroy these two! 55 percent of my blood is corrupted, if I want the effects to be at the minimum, I have to finish them quickly.'
"What are you trying to do now?" Kabuto questioned confidently. Orochimaru on the other hand eyed that seal carefully and tried to detect the dark aura that was beginning to develop around the demon boy. Being a sannin, Orochimaru could tell something was at fault. As the now pitch black aura of fog now visibly enveloping around the Death Knight, now Kabuto was starting to get worried. Without making a second thought, the Sound nin quickly charged at Naruto with a kunai in hand ready to slice the neck. Once he got in attack range, which was obviously within 3 feet or closer, an impulsive outburst of demonic green chakra shot the shinobi right back with the effects similar to a reflector. The green chakra soon turned black and within a matter of seconds it consumed him leaving only a pair of devilish teal eyes beaming right through.
"What the hell is that?" asked Kabuto to himself trying to figure out what kind of menacing technique Naruto was trying to pull off. Based on what happened moments ago, even with his old blood he wasn't able to penetrate that massive defense. He could tell this was unlike anything he had witnessed, his eyes were now fixed on the deadly transformation.
"Metamorphosis!" shouted Naruto loudly. Orochimaru's ears stiffened hearing that technique. He cursed himself for not recognizing that move earlier, with the Death Knight already nearly completing his transformation, it's déjà vu all over again. As if on impulse, powerful and wide devil wings ejected out of his body. As the wings began to stretch out fully, the incredible wingspan even made Orochimaru cold sweat. The aura that was radiating felt cold, it was sending much shiver down his spine. Kabuto had never expected this kind of resistance, he made sure his old blood would have much entertainment with Naruto. However, he had no clue what dark effects were hidden within that deadly move.
As the dark aura began to fade slightly, Orochimaru's eyes were filled with terror seeing the new metamorphosis Naruto. He seemed more built, taller and most importantly demonic. The devil's gift had risen, Naruto lifted his head slightly with a fierce expression, the only thought he had was to tear them apart slowly and painfully. Without warning, the demon generated much energy around his entire body as if readying himself for an attack. Orochimaru took precautions immediately once he had an idea of how much chakra the boy was gathering. It wasn't long before the teal Unholy Sight eyes turned bloody red.
(Meanwhile with Hinata)
'This is bad,' called Kyubi in Hinata's mind as the Hyuga girl ran out of the gates of the town. Hinata was surprised at the demon's calling, she wondered what could be the problem.
'What's the matter Kyubi-san?' asked the Byakugan user in vigilant. 'Has something gone wrong?'
'I can't believe he has done this...'
'Done what?' Hinata was now worried. 'What did Naruto-kun do?'
'He transformed...' The Hyuga heiress' eyes opened with fear. 'He has used the Metamorphosis in battle.'
'No, he couldn't have!' shouted Hinata now really wanting to cry. 'There's no way that Naruto-kun would do such a thing! He would... he would never use that move recklessly...'
'I think he was pushed over the edge this time,' justified the demon fox with a low voice of hinted sadness.
'I know Naruto must think that transforming was the only possible solution.'
'But... Naruto-kun would never even think of activating that move if he doesn't have to.'
'He must've been too worn out after the battle with the snakes earlier. I think his body was too weak when he dashed into the next one like that.'
'Has he fully transformed yet?'
'I'm afraid he has...'
'Is there anything that we could do to even help?'
'I don't know for certain,' Kyubi stated sadly. 'However, I don't think Naruto would do anything to hurt Tsuande and Shizune if they are in battle... Hinata, you should find them and aid them in the best of your ability. In this case, your presence could be a distraction. Get there and take Tsunade and Shizune out of there as soon as you can to leave the vicinity.'
'But if Naruto-kun wouldn't hurt Tsunade-chan and Shizune-chan, he wouldn't hurt me.'
'Don't assume that so easily, Hinata! The Metamorphosis forces out the demonic part of his blood to take over. As he continues to maintain in that form, more of his human blood will decrease. At that stage, he might not be able to control his mind. Hinata, go look for Tsunade and don't let them join in with Naruto. Not only that, do not go in the fight yourself. Orochimaru will use you to make Naruto surrender and both of you will be in jeopardy. Remember, Hinata, you can't just fight with your feelings all the time, you have to achieve what you are able to achieve with the power you possess. Right now, you don't have enough to help Naruto. So please do him a favor and keep yourself safe so he doesn't have anything to worry about when he fights, okay? '
'I understand...' replied the Hyuga girl lowly. She didn't like that plan but who was she to argue? The problem was there and despite how much she wanted to help her lover, she had to follow the safest route to achieve her goal. If Naruto was here, she was sure that he would say the same thing but of course she would get a kiss in the end. After hearing those instructions, Kyubi vanished in her mind. The Hyuga girl grimaced as her vision returned to reality, she knew what she must do but she couldn't help but wanting Naruto to be back in his human form, she will do anything that was required to make that happen even though it may be against orders. (AN: She can be a bit rebellious but I suppose I can't blame her for feeling that way.)
(Back with the three elite shinobis)
"Kabuto," ordered the snake sannin with high vigilance. "Don't take him lightly..."
"What in the hell is that?" asked Kabuto sweating a bit as he could feel the essence of the demonic chakra. With a cry, Naruto unleashed all of the chakra at once making a severe blinding light ignition. Catching completely off guard, the two sound nins both grunted with irritation as the flare starting to blind them too. In a few seconds after their eyes could adjust back to normal, their faces were filled with terror. The grass field they were fighting before was now more of a demolished landscape. There was no sense of green anywhere nearby, at least the forest in the distance was still alive. The explosion even disintegrated the rocks and boulders that were here. What surprised Orochimaru was that how on earth were they still in tact after that. As he flash a glare to the Death Knight, his eyes cringed at the black aura that surrounded the demon. Orochimaru knew that was the powerful Unholy Aura but his eyes showed confusion at the demonic green aura that began to develop around the black one.
"Ah," said Naruto as he opened his hands and watched the essence. "Looks like I finally mastered the Disruption Aura... if deepening the demonic corruption was the way for me to achieve this power, I would've done this a long time ago." Despite how little Orochimaru knew the demon hunter, that did not sound like anything that he might say. "You look kind of scared, snake," taunted the demon as he stretched out his wings widely preparing flight. "I'll kill you both." (AN: The Disruption Aura is an effective aiding passive ability that increases attack damage by 30 percent and each attack drains a bit of chakra from the target.)
Kabuto's red eyes showed much impatience, even though Orochimaru warned him about the transformed demon his own urge for blood took the better of him. Without a second thought of consideration, Kabuto decided to engage the fully morphed Naruto head on with melee combat. As the kick was sent right to the neck, an arm suddenly stood in between to defend. The Sound nin's eyes widen at the unthinkable agility, there was no one that could've reacted that fast. Kabuto then attempted to apply more force to get closer to the neck, he grunted but Naruto's arm didn't even show a sign of budging. With another shot, Kabuto this time twisted himself gaining much thrust to execute another heavy kick striking the left side. However, as his leg gotten close the demon without warning grabbed it with force and gave a threatening tight grip. Kabuto yelled at the pain he was receiving from Naruto, it was clear his strength indeed increase drastically. It wasn't before he was yanked closer by force and a fist plowed into his stomach sending him crashing to the ground.
"You'll regret doing that!" shouted Kabuto swallowed a rather unique type soldier pill. Naruto snickered as he glided in extreme speed preparing to collide into the Sound nin. At that moment, Orochimaru summoned his own weapon from his mouth finally making an effort in joining this battle. Even though the old blood Kabuto was powerful, if he knew the Metamorphosis correctly, the two of them wouldn't make it out alive if they don't help one another. As the shinobi with glasses unleashed a legion of weapons at the incoming enemy, the kunais have hit nothing but air when Naruto suddenly disappeared in a warp. Sensing an aura from above, the snake sannin quickly glanced up just to see the demon already charged up for an attack. 'How could he summon jutsus this fast?'
"Cover me!" ordered Orochimaru as he prepared to fight close range combat since all his techniques were no longer there. "Distract him so I could get close!" Kabuto nodded promptly not allowing his guard to be taken down during this time, forming a formation of hand seals he hoped this attack worked.
"Phoenix Fire no jutsu!" yelled Kabuto as he launched a storm of fireballs upward to the sky as suppressing fire. As the raging fires scrape or hit the Death Knight completely, both Sound ninjas didn't find the demon to be affected in any way. As a glint appeared in those red eyes, Naruto then prepared to cast his assault using the black chakra he formed in his palms.
"Searing Vulcan!" Naruto shouted sinisterly as he wildly fired down piercing energy beams with much killing intent. The fireballs were shattered immediately as the beams struck them, Kabuto and Orochimaru both decided to make a break for it before the attack killed them instead. The snake sennin quickly leaped away as the chakra rays struck the ground creating massive explosions, as soon as he dodged those ones another legion was coming down like wildfire. The entire vicinity was under the effect of this technique, an amateur would've been demolished a long time ago. Seeing Kabuto trying to create a diversion, Orochimaru seized this opportunity to catch the demon from behind, it was now or never.
"Here goes!" Orochimaru said to himself as he leaped high to the sky with his sword in hand ready to strike. "I've got you!" Once he had made the slashing motion, his eyes shot open with fear when his attack was blocked by the devil like wings. When the steel made contact, the sound that was produced didn't even sound like hitting flesh. In fact, the weapon didn't even manage to penetrate into the wings, the sannin was still there trying to plow the blade into the body. Naruto snickered at that foolish attempt, with a violent whirl Orochimaru lost his position in that attack. His eyes showed fear as the demon turned around appearing in front of his face.
Without any sense of hesitation, Naruto quickly gripped the sannin's face forcefully tightening it each passing second, Orochimaru muffled and struggled trying to break free since he wasn't able to breathe. With a hungry lick, the demon hunter gathered massive amount of chakra into his hand and attacked the face with numerous electrified attacks. Tortured screams of agony could be heard even with a hand covering his mouth, the sannin could sense that he was losing touch of his body as if it was being vigorously burned. From Kabuto's point of view, the sannin was flailing violently in pain as if he was in a torture chamber with the demon the abuser. As the sannin continued to scream in most agony, Kabuto had no choice but to step in.
"Let him go!" shouted the four eyed Sound nin as he ferociously launched a powerful kick right at the demon's face. Naruto was shot back as he released the wounded sannin, however it wasn't long before he regained his composure while still in flight. Kabuto managed to catch his master before he made contact with the earth. As he generated his chakra in a healing type of jutsu, Kabuto's eyes cringed at the incredible recovery the demon managed to muster. He indeed was powerful, someone who was worthy to challenge.
"Take him out!" ordered Orochimaru as he got back on his feet ready to continue. Using an additional force to achieve speed, Naruto with a maniac like grin dived down with the intent of a head on collision. Grimacing, Orochimaru and Kabuto quickly went opposite directions hoping to avoid it. However when Naruto's wings opened fully, the wings smashed right at their faces stopping their movements immediate. Easily achieving altitude after that attack, the demon turned around with a snicker visible on his expression.
"Shit!" cursed Kabuto as he rubbed his face trying to ease the pain. His expression turned when he saw the demon already in the air ready for onslaught.
"Damn it, it's a cyclone!" stated Orochimaru as he felt the winds began to rage. His eyes shot frightening wide when he sensed it was the demon's chakra that was controlling the currents, within a matter of seconds a powerful tornado gusted them both high into the skies.
"Darkness Wave!" shouted Naruto as he commanded the tornado to viciously shoot out Kabuto from within the winds. Even though he was very shaky from the twists and whirls, Kabuto managed to take out his kunai ready to defend himself as the Death Knight now glided at his direction with much agility. Seeing the enemy approaching, Kabuto immediately tossed the weapon heavily at him accurately. In less than a second, Kabuto gasped as the demon easily caught it with two fingers not slowing his movements a little bit. Next, Naruto's knee was rushed into the traitor's torso making him vomit much blood. Seeing Kabuto still in that curled up position, the demon gave a heavy impact punch at the face causing Kabuto to soar downward to the ground, a loud crash could be heard as he made contact. With a spin of the kunai that Naruto was holding, he immediately tossed it back down at the wounded Kabuto. A loud huff of pain came from his mouth as the weapon struck the flesh on his arm.
Naruto snickered as the sannin was forming hand seals within the cyclone with much difficulty. At the next instant, the demon's eyes glinted with amusement when he witnessed his attack was nullified by a summoning. It wasn't any normal summon, it was a Great Summon that called out the master of the race. (AN: Great Summon will be a term that I would use when the summoning is at a much higher level than a regular summon.) The Death Knight was now very entertained, he wondered how strong he was to battle Manda. However, at the same time he wanted to check out his own techniques. As he glanced at Orochimaru, he could elaborate that the sannin was not a bit pleased at this. It wasn't too hard to figure out the reason, no one in the right mind wanted to lose this fight.
"Why have you summoned me?" questioned Manda to the snake sannin.
"Did I ever needed permission to summon you?" snarled Orochimaru. "Why don't you just look at the person that is in front of you?" The master serpent listened to the human on top of his head, it indeed was shocked at the presence in front of him. There before him was a demon, Manda could recognize that any day. What shocked him the most was the fact that this kind of monstrosity still existed, it could've sworn that they were wiped out for good.
"Orochimaru," growled the snake angrily as the Death Knight landed on the ground snickering. "Who is this? I thought the Uzumaki clan was extinct and Death Knights were all exterminated. There's no possible way that one could still be alive after all these years!"
"Better believe it," Orochimaru answered in a hurry. "This is the 4th's son we are dealing with."
"The 4th Hokage's son is a Death Knight who knows the Metamorphosis? Who would believe such a thing... that's not possible!"
"It is and you better accept it. I don't really know what kind of technique he just used but he seems a hell lot stronger than before. What in the heck is that?"
"That's the Death Knight's ultimate technique the Metamorphosis, it's when he uses his demonic blood to its limits giving him much power in terms of physical strength, healing, chakra regeneration and movement. Fighting these demons isn't something that is simple... we're going to have to give everything we've got in order to take him down."
"How tough is that bastard?" asked the sannin needing a reply.
"A lot more than you've bargained for."
"Are you done talking yet?" asked Naruto with a snicker. Orochimaru gritted his teeth hearing those words, it sounded more of a direct mockery other than a question. "You fateless cowards certainly bore me."
"How dare you..."
"You think summoning that snake could put an end to me?" questioned the demon now obviously ready to kill. "You do know that two can play at this game." Without hesitation, Naruto unsheathed his blade and smeared part of it with his blood. As his weapon glowed deathly green, Manda couldn't help but to feel a bit fascinated. However, that thought soon banished when the serpent felt the corruption within that chakra. Naruto snickered seeing that panicked face, he loved to crush one's confidence one way or another.
"What the hell is he doing?" growled Orochimaru.
"Revenants..." Naruto declared as he raised his blade. "Rise!" Once the demon struck the ground heavily with Nightshadow, a ring of destructive force surrounded the boy. Smoke filled with chakra flares appeared, the essence of death certainly was present. At the next second, 4 vamupric warriors with 4 different weapons rose from the ground. As they flashed smirks and grins, Orochimaru could see the fangs that came out of their mouth.
(I just need a scene change right here, no apparent reason, just to save you readers from reading such a long scene)
The Revenants' faces were white like vampires at their age was close to eighteen to nineteen, they may look human but their eyes told him otherwise. Those eyes were crimson and not to mention they had wings. Also, their entire body was surrounded by a faint black fog, they seemed dark and diabolic. Each weapon they possessed gave him fear. The leader appeared to be an assassin, his right wrist was equipped with a large army knife that was light. It told the sannin that his movement was most likely to be the quickest amongst the four. The second warrior wielded a scythe, truly a reaper of nightmare with both speed and power. The third one definitely held the most complex weapon amongst the others for it was a double-ended trident. Even Orochimaru couldn't handle such a weapon that well, it was clear that this one excelled in melee combat. The final one was a medium ranged fighter for he wielded a very long whip. At first the sannin thought having such a weapon would be a nuisance in a fight. However, when he put it into consideration closely, this guy could pose much of a threat.
"Naruto-sama," said the assassin revenant with a sinister grin. "What are your orders?"
"Looks like he's in his demonic form," called the scythe revenant. "I was wondering when I would actually see it in person."
"Hey," stated the trident warrior amused. "Looks like the enemy has called out the big guns." The whip revenant followed his gaze and looked at Manda, he simply smirked.
"Wow," said the final revenant with much sarcasm. "I think we would have a lot of fun wouldn't we?"
"How do you think we should depose it along with that pathetic human on top?"
"I don't expect anything," said Calamity.
"Except for it to die and have a cheap funeral." finished Reaper. Coordinated, they all laughed darkly in response.
"How do you have the nerve you mock me?" snarled Manda as he roared. The revenants simply stood there without any sign of being affected. It was then when their smirks grew wider.
"You dare to yell at us?" asked the assailant revenant coldly but held that grin.
"You'll be sorry for saying that." The scythe reaper added sharply.
"Naruto-sama," called the trident revenant getting a bit anxious to act. "What should we do with them?"
"Do anything within your discretion." Naruto stated easily.
"I thought you would see it my way," said the whip user with a dark smile. After that statement, the four vampuric warriors quickly surrounded them and began their terrorizing attacks to the snake and the sannin on top. Seeing their agility was exactly like the Death Knight's, Orochimaru cursed inwardly and prepared himself for the worst case scenario that was about to come.
"We've finally found a strong guy that we could fight." said Calamity as he took flight and went to the back of the serpent to prepare his offensive. (AN: The leader with the assassin like army knife is called Calamity, the scythe guy's identity is Reaper, the trident revenant's name is called Raider and the whip wielder is named Assailant.) Raider, at that moment, leaped quickly to Orochimaru's position without the sannin even noticing. Without a sense of hesitation, the vampuric warrior gave a heavy stab right at his shoulder scraping it roughly causing him to yell in pain. Not even finishing his tortured scream yet, Raider made a collision charge but this time Orochimaru managed to move quickly enough to dodge. However, Raider's elbow jammed into his gut before taking off to the sky.
"We're surely going to kill you today!" taunted the trident revenant as he glided back to achieve distance to release projectile assaults. The next second all four of the summoned units were firing lightning flare beams right at Manda's head and body creating explosions everywhere.
"Burn that bastard!" shouted Reaper as he unleashed a fire blast with a violent swing of his scythe. At the corner of his eye, Reaper's flames were attacking from the side and just when he was about to order Manda to evade to the left, as if on cue Assailant using his whip called forth an aurora ice beam.
"Damn..." cursed the sannin as the summoned serpent quickly slithered back to avoid. The movements were so sudden that Orochimaru nearly lost his balance on top. "Hey, what the hell are we going to do."
"I need you to cover me too, little human," growled the snake as he dodged an electric sickle assault from Raider. It was really quick, if Manda didn't react sooner it would hit it directly. In a desperate move, Manda reluctantly retreated. "I can't let you to be on my head without some backup!" Orochimaru gritted his teeth even more as more covering fire was produced due to the nuisance of the inhuman capabilities of these revenants. The Snake boss fidgeted and turned hoping to avoid all the advancing pursuits. At this time, things were getting difficult when the revenants began to chase them both.
"Hey," called Assailant as he lengthened his whip and hardened it into a rod. "This battle is getting all too easy."
"Of course it would be if they are just going to keep running away." Raider said as he released a lightning attack right at the snake while still on the hunt. The electric beams hit Manda's stomach making it gasp in much pain.
"Calamity," called Reaper. "Should we deal with this the easy way or hard way?"
"I say the hard way," answered Calamity with a smirk with a source of chakra in his weapon. "Hard way for the enemy of course but fun way for us."
"That is so you." responded the three with a silently sigh. The leader revenant simply shrugged and focussed at the task ahead.
"Tempest Wind!" shouted Calamity as he made a violent slash. In a second, a raging whirlpool like wind dived right at Manda in a quick pace. As the winds pierced right by its scales, both Orochimaru and the snake flinched badly due to the force.
"Hey, I could use some help you know!" growled the massive serpent demanding assistance.
"What do you expect me to do?" retorted the sannin angrily. (AN: He lost all his techniques after all, Orochimaru really couldn't do anything but to fight melee combat) He didn't have enough time to talk when he saw another missile type attack was aimed for him at the head. His eyes winced a little when he witnessed the four revenants were still hot on their tail with a dark smirk on their faces.
"Shit..." cursed Orochimaru and Manda as the revenants' tactics changed immediately. Glancing up as an immediate response, the sannin growled as soon as both Calamity and Assailant both dived down from above. Orochimaru immediately slid down using Manda's neck to get himself out of danger's way but the revenants' onslaught refused to cease.
"Hey, that bastard is pretty good at running away." Calamity stated with a snicker as he charged up his assassin type army knife with a dark force.
"That means that they are afraid of us," replied Assailant as he flew downward with much agility.
"Indeed."
"We have to split up..." demanded the master serpent as he fired a ferocious fireball right at Raider and Reaper who easily evaded that minor pursuit.
"Is that all you can do?" taunted Reaper along with Raider slightly above.
"You won't be able to take us out like that." Raider added as he and Reaper both fired their projectile attacks of fire and lightning. Manda groaned loudly as the beams struck his throat. Orochimaru growled with anger, things were taking a turn for the worst.
"We will be finished if we stick this close together," said Manda in a hurry. "These bastards could easily kill us if we don't do something smart. Take that leader and that whip guy, I'll deal with these other two..."
"No, you take down that Death Knight," countered Orochimaru as he took out his sword in preparation of combat. "That's why I summoned you. Kabuto with deal with the other two guys." Giving him a nodding sign, the massive serpent then quickly burrowed into the ground leaving the revenants for the humans to deal with.
"Hey," called Reaper in an entertained tone. "Looks like that snake will go after Naruto-sama. Raider, you think we should follow it?"
"Forget that," said Raider. "We have that pale looking human to slaughter. We'll deal with that reptile after we have our fun."
"Thinking the same thing." At that moment, the duo increased their movement to aid Calamity and Assailant. Just when they were about to get close, both revenants were kicked right in the face. Raider grunted as he made a several flips to regain his posture while Reaper glided back with a sharp glare. The two revenant summons sneered darkly when they saw a four eyed shinobi standing between them. In return, Kabuto tilted his glasses a bit and stood tall confidently with a smirk, Reaper and Raider both didn't care about who that Sound nin was, if he was in there way they will eliminate him.
"I don't think I could let you pass," stated Kabuto. "Orochimaru-sama could not afford to have anymore people interfering in his battle."
"I thought you were back there lying lifelessly on the ground." Reaper snarled with a smirk.
"I was but I have my ways to heal myself."
"Doesn't anyone stay dead anymore?" Raider growled obviously irritated by that kick earlier.
"I can't do that, little revenant," stated Kabuto. "I have to protect Orochimaru-sama and I am obligated to eliminate anyone that stands in his way!"
"Obligated?" Reaper repeated his words with much amusement.
"Your loyalty makes me laugh," said Raider with a chuckle. "I don't see why you humans have to follow people like that Oro... whatever his name is like a dog with a leash that can't go very far."
"What I find even more amusing that you actually believe that you stand a chance against us," added Reaper showing his fangs a little. "Just like that snake who's going after Naruto-sama, we are a summoning of the same or higher level. Even so, your loyalty to that snake makes me sick."
"You want to try the old blood in me?" asked Kabuto clearly tensing up due to excitement so to speak. The revenants weren't blind, their observation skills were incredibly high also. Moreover, they were nearly replicates of Naruto in terms of battle tactics, mental strength, physical capabilities and much more. It was obvious that Kabuto was hiding his inner thoughts, both Raider and Reaper smirked and gave a look with their blood like eyes.
"Why not."
"I thought you would see it my way."
(Meanwhile with Orochimaru. AN: In case you haven't noticed, all 4 of them have different elements. Calamity controls the winds, Reaper wields fire, Raider uses thunder and Assailant controls water/ice.)
"Damn," cursed the sannin out loud as Assailant flew swiftly by him nearing colliding into his ribs. "These bastards are getting annoying."
"You have to pay more attention if you want to beat me!" declared Calamity as he dashed with his blade in a melee attacking position. (AN: His blade position is like this. If you know a scythe, pretend that rod part is his arm and his assassin blade is in that angle.) The snake sannin's eyes narrowed at that alacrity, it was certain that an assassin must be able to achieve that kind of swiftness. With an upward slash, the sannin could tell he didn't have the dexterity to keep up with too much of the leader's attack rate. With a few blocks and evasions, Orochimaru using as much as possible, needed to break out of that engagement and gave a heavy spin kick. Unfortunately for him, Calamity shifted back as if it was the most unconstrained task possible. In perfect coordination, Assailant flew at where Calamity was one second ago and unleashed the whip right at Orochimaru. The snake man grunted when the whip captured his sword in a tight lock, he tried retaliating against Assailant's pull but he didn't have enough force to pull away. Assailant gave a devilish grin when he successfully captured his victim.
"How damn good can these guys get?" questioned the old sannin to himself in a quarrel. "They are really making me mad!"
"What's the matter?" taunted Assailant as he was holding on effortlessly. "Has your age gotten to you too much? Don't worry old man, I can help you preserve it without charge."
"Looks like you're really making the best out of this," said Calamity with a grin.
"What the hell are you talking about?" shouted the sannin.
"Preserve, you heard me." Assailant said with a visible entertaining look.
"What do you mean, damn it!"
"You'll see soon enough."
"What?" asked the sannin with his eyes shot wide open when he saw the whip radiating a blue colour. Not knowing what was happening, the next thing the sannin was doing was screaming in pain due to the searing frost sensations. If recalled the technique, it was called Ice Winder, an attack that shoots out a small blizzard but the effects of it were much more than it appeared. Yanking the helpless sannin closer, Assailant quickly released his whip on the sword and hardened his weapon into a rod. With a quick dash, Assailant lowered himself and smashed his rod right into Orochimaru's ribs. Followed by a vomit of blood, the whip user raised his leg and kicked his victim right at the chin sending him upward.
"Aurora Flare!" shouted Assailant as an ice beam was fired right at the sannin's face making him soar higher into the air. Suddenly, Calamity appeared from right above and gave a double fist slam right on the back. Rushing down again, Orochimaru quickly made a small twist and turns in the air to allow him to land on his fours but Assailant didn't allow his opponent to gain any sort of advantage. Leaping back to avoid the revenant's kick, the snake man had no choice but to make a short retreat.
"Assailant, hey," called Calamity alerting his partner on ground. "Don't just stand there, that guy is running away!"
"As if I'll let him." The whip user replied as he achieved flight not permitting Orochimaru in such opportunity. Calamity simply grinned inwardly at his ally's persistence. Catching up in no time since the sannin was quite wounded, Assailant and Calamity both decided to end this little game.
"How should we silence him?" asked Calamity rather amused watching the sannin run. Once Orochimaru heard their voices, his heart skipped a wild beat of fear. These revenants were unreal, there was no way he was able to beat them in his current condition. His mind told him to keep running and never turn back for he might not be able to see another day again.
"I suggest that we don't make any sort of major ignitions, Calamity," replied Assailant with a lick of his pale lips. "I still want some blood." The leader revenant smirked and dived lower to get in firing range with his subordinate following closely behind.
"Oh damn it!" cursed the sannin when the predators were now closer to him.
"Take him out! Shoot that bastard!" ordered Calamity as he fired energy beams from his hand in a rapid pace. Orochimaru quickly dived forward to lower himself from the attacks obviously not wanting to suffer from any superficial damage. Yet, Asssailant claimed this chance and gained additional speed to be above the sannin and fired. With a growl of agony, the sannin made a short stride as the beam was about to wound his leg. Turning around quickly, the snake dashed right at Assailant with his sword ready to strike.
"Demented fool." stated Assailant as he used his whip and tightened it on the sannin's wrist. Not knowing what was happening until it happened, the very next second he was flat on his back in a deep dented crater. Choking due to the blood in his throat, the sannin's reactions were dull, definitely not a good sign.
"Looks like he's choking," said Calamity obviously smirking at the sannin's misfortune. "Any last words?"
"I got one," said Assailant as he made a gripping action with his hand. "Bye."
"To hell with you!" shouted Orochimaru with visible veins in his eyes. Without a second thought, the sannin ejected a kick right into Assailant's stomach. The revenant gasped in pain as the force made contact, with swift movements Orochimaru took out a kunai and tossed it at Calamity who was in the air. Not expecting that kind of retaliation, the leader revenant carelessly took that hit in the arm making a deep enough cut. After regaining their senses a second later, both of them glided back to achieve some distance, it was wise to stay on alert other than to underestimate their enemy.
"So," said Assailant. "You still have some life within that old body of yours."
"Finally, he makes things a bit more entertaining for us," stated Calamity as he lined his wound with his finger. With a slow swipe, the opening sealed up completely. When he saw the sannin standing in not a very promising stance, the leader smirked widely. "What's the matter snake, got no more surprise attacks? I was expecting kind of more from a person's who claimed the title to be legendary."
"You guys will regret poking fun at me!" gnarled the snake sannin harshly but the duo seemed more amused when he did that.
"You can talk all you want, bastard," said Assailant shrugging his shoulders. "However, if you want us to regret it why don't you do something to make it happen?"
"Are you too weak?" questioned Calamity calmly. "Are you too useless to do a thing?"
"Or is it the fact that you know you can't do anything to make a difference?"
"Or possibly you know in your veins you can't beat us."
"SHUT UP!" screamed Orochimaru wildly as he smeared his blood onto his hand like a mad man. The duo took a step back at his frightening action, his eyes were nearly bursting, his face displayed a fiend more than a human, now the revenants are starting to freak out. "Mass Summoning!" As Orochimaru slammed the ground with his palm, a legion full of serpents large or small were called forth and began their assault immediately. Taking flight immediately, both revenants grunted with annoyance as the amount of serpents seemed limitless. As if it was the most reasonable thing to do at the time being, both revenants continued to fire endlessly trying to reduce the numbers as quickly as possible. However, things weren't looking towards their favour.
"Damn it," cursed Calamity as the snakes gained speed to tail them. "They're fast..."
"Those things aren't going to stop me!" shouted Assailant as he fired the Ice Winder. "Calamity, start attacking!"
"Don't hush me," he snapped as he prepared to unleash his attack. "Raging Coil!" The attack was a beam of twisting winds, the force was so powerful that it had the ability to tear the snakes apart if it made contact. Many of them got caught but legions of them continued their pursuit.
"Shit," said Assailant making his whip into a long rod. "They just keep coming... I'll slice them apart!" As the revenant attempted to dive down, the leader grabbed his wrist tightly halting him. "Let go of me, Calamity!"
"We can't go down there, Assailant!" reminded the assassin revenant. "We will be devoured alive if we do."
"Even so, we can't just keep firing, if we run out of chakra completely, we will be sent back."
"You're right on that but let's get Reaper and Raider to help us."
"Fine." The duo then flew quickly to achieve some distance away from the summoned snakes, the last thing they wanted was to be killed in this kind of circumstance.
"You're not getting away!" shouted the sannin madly. (AN: The word 'mad' described both traits this time) "No one makes fun of me and gets away with it!" He then jumped onto the head of one of the commanding snakes and claimed the leader role. With an advance signal, the summoned serpents rushed quicker to consume the two vampuric warriors.
"He's sure persistent..." whispered Assailant somewhat amazed at Orochimaru's will.
"But that's why it's going to be so much more entertaining when we make sure he won't be able to see daylight again." Calamity replied as he flew faster. "A day without blood is like a day without sunshine."
(Meanwhile with Raider and Reaper, their battle raged on for some time)
"I can't believe this guy actually lasted this long," called Raider to his friend as the duo escaped massive furious flame beams from Kabuto. Groaning in irritation, the duo knew they had to attack back sometime. The Sound nin was tough but it was time to end this little game. Spreading his wings out a bit, Reaper snickered as he charged his scythe with his own chakra.
"So he knows some fire attacks..." said Reaper darkly as he flashed a dangerous glare. "Didn't your mother tell you not to play with fire!" Hearing those ice chilling words, Kabuto suddenly became alerted. He sweated a bit as he could feel the dangerous aura that was developing. "Inferno Tempest!" shouted Reaper as called upon a massive meteorite.
'I can't stop it...' cursed Kabuto mentally as he quickly made a break for it.
"You're not escaping this, fool!" declared Raider as he released a lightning strike halting Kabuto's advance.
"Damn it!" shouted Kabuto angrily as he took a glimpse from behind. It was now or never, if he didn't react at that moment, that meteor would kill him. Taking a leap of faith, the Sound nin jumped away just in time to save himself from a tremendous ignition from Reaper's attack.
"Die you bastard!" shouted Raider as he achieved high altitude making a vicious slash with his trident. "Thunder Crash!" Sensing the deadliness in that attack, Kabuto made a stride forward to dodge. As the violent beam struck the ground, a massive explosion was created making the treacherous Sound nin fly forward slightly with pain. In an organized movement, Reaper glided with his scythe, in an attacking position, prepared to strike aiming to kill. Kabuto grimaced seeing his second opponent already in pursuit, he cursed himself for not reacting sooner than he should have. Taking out his kunai, he adjusted himself to counter.
"You have to do better than that!" yelled Reaper as his blade made heavy contact with Kabuto's kunai. Gritting his teeth, Kabuto pushed Reaper back forcefully and with a thrust he attempted to kick the revenant. With a smirk, the scythe user tilted his head back and allowed his foot to whiz by. With eyes widening with fear, Kabuto mentally scolded himself for making such a vulnerable opening.
Reaper, utilizing the bottom of his scythe, jammed it into Kabuto's stomach aggressively. In a quick reflex, Reaper raised the tip up to strike the shinobi's chin causing him to cough out blood. Not wasting such an opportunity, Raider charged down from above quickly and raised a foot to smash Kabuto's face. The Sound-nin gasped with pain as he fell on to the rough soil on his back, with his eyes showing much anger, he silently pledged to himself that he would take those revenants down. Seeing that desperate expression that was practically glued on Kabuto's face, Raider and Reaper grinned darkly.
"What's the matter?" asked Raider smirking. "Are you down for the count already?"
"What happened to your I will destroy you attitude?" taunted Reaper but not cockily. "You old blood was certainly something, I'll tell you that, however it's not good enough to take us down."
"Why you inhuman bastards... you'll pay for insulting my old blood capabilities."
"We're just stating the truth."
"If you want to prove us otherwise, show us some evidence then." Raider demanded darkly.
"I'll show you!" Kabuto charged right at them with a loud battle cry not caring about the consequences at all. Seeing that kind of recklessness, Reaper and Raider snickered. Taking a step backward, Raider easily avoided the slash Kabuto just attempted, at this point, the Sound-nin knew he was finished. Raider immediately raised his knee to plow into his stomach. Just when Kabuto thought vomiting blood was bad enough, he thereupon saw a fist aiming for his face. The fist shattered his glasses into pieces also sending him into the air violently. In such a defenseless state, Reaper glided to the sky punching him right into the ribs breaking it with a single blow. Kabuto cried with agony when his bones snapped, his tortured scream was like music to the revenants' ears. Not hesitating to do more damage on the now nearly wasted body, Raider glided right behind Kabuto to further his onslaught. Using his trident, Raider slashed into the Sound nin's back deeply making a long diagonal wound, it was clear that Kabuto gasped in pain. Snickering darkly, Reaper made a charge immediately with his chakra-filled scythe on his side ready to slice.
The Sound nin's eyes widened in fear, this time around he screamed with absolute horror. The scythe struck Kabuto at the torso and soon forcefully ripped all muscles cutting his body in half. Blood burst out of that now nearly dead body like there was no tomorrow, each passing millisecond Kabuto was getting paler and weaker, he had failed his master. 'Forgive me, Orochimaru-sama...'
"Despite how much I want your blood," said Reaper holding his palm out aiming at the head of a half body. "I don't want it after I see your ugly face." Next, a raging flame was fired disintegrating the dead Kabuto completely in less than a second, Reaper laughed sinisterly at the display, it was too enjoyable for its own good.
"Hey," called Raider with a slightly disappointed frown. "You could've kept at least half the body, Reaper."
"Why would I do that?"
"I happened to be in the mood for some blood you know."
"Sorry about that, Raid," replied the scythe revenant apologetically. "I owe you, okay?"
"No need to be sorry, man," Raider patted his friend on the shoulder. "C'mon, we have been delayed long enough already, let's find Calamity and Assailant."
"Yeah." At that instant, an alerting voice was heard. Both revenants recognized that voice immediately, it belonged to Calamity. However, they didn't like the sound of the tone.
"Reaper, Raider," called the leader. "I suppose you killed that guy?" They simply nodded smiling proudly.
"We better lay low." Assailant ordered as he grabbed Raider's wrist and dragged him into the forests nearby. Calamity did the same thing with Reaper and didn't waste a second to regroup as a team. As soon as they were safe from Orochimaru's view for now, Reaper and Raider demanded an explanation.
"Calamity, Assailant, what the heck are you two planning?" asked Raider curiously.
"Did you finish that other guy?" questioned Reaper impatiently. Regrettably, the leader shook his head. The other two revenants were definitely surprised at this. "What happened?"
"That old geezer made mass summonings..." answered Assailant. "Despite how much we attacked them, they just kept coming. We couldn't fight them using melee combat or we will be devoured for certain."
"Damn it..." cursed Raider.
"They aren't Great Summons," said Calamity. "But they aren't just amateur summons either. If their numbers are so limitless, it would be hard to take them out if we don't act coordinately."
"If they do fire beams all at once, we are done for..." stated Assailant breathing a bit tiredly.
"I think we have strained this for too long..." Raider affirmed as he held his chest due to uncomfortable strains.
"We have to give it our best shot..." added Reaper.
"Definitely."
"Come out you inhuman freaks!" shouted Orochimaru in similarity to an insane lunatic. Soon, he ordered his snake to elevate him higher to have a better view above the forest. All the revenants' eyes narrowed at that retarded outburst. Despite how crazy the sannin sounded, he did meant every word. "No one makes a fool out of me! NO ONE! My snakes will destroy you! I will kill you all! You can't escape me, no can escape my wrath! Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke will be mine! They might've missed their chance in getting the curse seal but they will now! Their bodies belong to me, all for me! Come out now you demonic freaks! If you don't, I'll destroy everyone and everything here!" He then cackled loudly to air but the echo made the revenants shiver, what was with this guy? "If you won't come out... I will flush you out! Attack everything that you see! I don't care if it's trees, rocks, grass, just FIRE!"
"Crap, has he lost his mind?" questioned Assailant now beginning to panic.
"Seems like it," said Calamity cringing his eyes.
"What does he want with Naruto-sama?"
"I don't know..." said Reaper.
"This guy has really lost it..." said Calamity.
"We have to stop him!" shouted Raider as he flew to the sky.
"Raider, come back!" called Reaper as he followed. As he revealed himself in the air, his eyes were wide in shock to the amount of snakes there were. Large and small, they covered the vicinity four hundred meters away similar to a large attack squad. "Damn this..." At that point, Calamity and Assailant reached the air too but they bit their lips at that display. The numbers increased and larger snakes replaced the ones that they killed moments ago. How could that sannin have this much chakra left after what Calamity and Assailant did to him before? Was his insanity pumping his body with chakra or was it his ignorance at this moment made him too crazed to even realize that his body was getting worn out? Calamity didn't care, with this kind of power on the enemy's side, this only proved to be a nuisance.
"I've found you!" shouted Orochimaru insanely. "Go my snakes... destroy them! Fire at will!" Without an urge to stop, the massive serpents unleashed the most corrosive Toxic Syndrome they could muster right at the revenants. Due to their numbers, the beams reached a range where they couldn't escape. In an instant, 4 different tortured cries were heard from afar as the corrosive devoured the four vampuric warriors in a flash.
(Meanwhile with Naruto)
"Raider!" shouted Naruto as he saw his summoning forcefully trying to defend. "Calamity!" His eyes were filled with tears as the leader disintegrated and disappeared in a smoke. "Reaper, Assailant!" His heart nearly stopped as he saw his remaining friends also suffered the same fate as Calamity and Raider. His revenants were not summonings to him, they were his friends. They may call him Naruto-sama, but he never considered them to be his underlings. They were wasted like that... he didn't know if they were still alive or not, even if they are, Naruto wouldn't allow this to go so freely. Vengeance, the only thing that could satisfy him was vengeance. The helpless faces of the revenants were stuck in his mind, without knowing his demonic blood drastically began to take over.
"No..." whispered the Death Knight trembling with rage. Manda didn't understand why Naruto suddenly stopped but he wouldn't discard such an advantage. With a reckless slither, Manda readied himself to end this fateful battle. He was thankful that his enemy gave him this opportunity, his weakness would be the Death Knight's downfall. What was even better that he was the 4th's son, he would savour this victory indeed. "No..." said Naruto louder. "NO!" He then raised his hand flashing his crimson eyes with a deadly glint. Without warning, the demon rushed towards the snake boss with Nightshadow charged up with demonic energies. Manda gasped at that agility, it was unlike anything he had witnessed. When his eyes finally saw him, the demon was already in an attacking position.
"Die! Death Pact Dive!" In a flash without feeling any pain since it was too quick for him to even feel it, a green beam was sealed on Manda's neck with Naruto behind him in an attacked position. As soon as the demon took a glimpse behind his shoulder, the massive serpent ferociously exploded. The ignition didn't affect Naruto in any possible way, a sadistic smile crept on the demon hunter's face but soon it turned back into pure anger. He eyed Orochimaru who was some distance in the corner of his eye, the sannin was laughing with pure insanity to air.
'What's with that guy?'
"Hello, Naruto," greeted Orochimaru with a sweaty face but managed a mad smile. "Looks like you have killed Manda... but that doesn't matter... he was expendable! As long as you are mine... I'll do everything that's required to get you! But I won't be able to do that right now... Naruto, the next time we meet, you and Sasuke will be mine, I will become the strongest being in existence and no one will be able to stop me!"
'Has this battle made him insane?'
"You hear me, Uzumaki Naruto? This will be the last time that I will fail! The next time we encounter, I will make sure your reign of victory comes to an end! You hear me, Uzumaki Naruto! Its end!"
"Silence, you!" ordered Naruto firing a Chain Lightning aiming at Orochimaru. Cackling loudly, the Sannin opened his arms widely to intercept the attack. The Death Knight was stunned at this action, he truly believed Orochimaru's madness had taken over. With a terrifying scream of agony, the sannin was blasted off the head of the snake and crashed onto the ground with high impact. At the same time, the snake man no longer had the will to maintain his summonings, within a short amount of time the area cleared leaving him only. Orochimaru grunted as his common sense finally returned, he groaned once he felt the pain all around his body especially in his left shoulder.
"Until we meet again... Naruto..." Unexpectedly, the sannin quickly turned the other way and made reluctant retreat. Before that, he tossed a few flare bombs of blinding light to distract the demon making his retreat successful. Seeing him attempting to escape, there was no possible way that the Death Knight would allow this kind of cowardly act, he will kill him now. Suddenly, he immediately held his stomach sensing much unknown pain. Not only that, it was beginning to hurt elsewhere in the body. Still in fury that the sannin just spineless ran away, he knew that this pain couldn't be avoided. In a matter of moments, he landed with one knee heavily along with much heavy breathing.
'Damn this pain...' cursed Naruto as he extracted his wings back into his body. With a cough, he could tell what was going on as his corrupted eyes flashed a brighter crimson than before. 'Oh no, the demonic blood is corrupting my human blood too quickly... how did this happen? I have to get going... I have to intercept him before I can no longer keep up the Metamorphosis.'
"Naruto-kun!" a female voice called out unexpectedly. His eyes opened with shock hearing that voice, he wouldn't forget it anywhere.
'Hinata-chan?' he thought with surprise, not a very content one for obvious reasons. His eyes slightly narrowed as he saw the girl running towards him, she seemed most relieved. 'No, not now, why is she here?' "Hinata-chan, what are you... ARGH!" Before he could even finished his sentence, the Hyuga girl leaped at him giving him a very tight embrace around his torso making him lose his balance and fell backwards with her on top. She snuggled at his bloody chest pleasantly not willing to let go. The demon, however, was trying his best to pry her off but to no avail. Soon, she was kissing his cheek passionately, not to mention hugging him closer to herself.
"Don't you escape!" she demanded with a tremble in her voice, he knew she was crying but with joy or sorrow? "Don't run away from me..."
"You don't understand, Hinata-chan..." pleaded Naruto still trying to make her let go. It was then he felt even more pain in his body, he knew that he had to act quickly. "I am not trying to run away from you!"
"Then please stop engaging the Metamorphosis before it controls you..."
"If you don't let me go, that is exactly what is going to happen! I can feel it in my body right now..." Hinata immediately released her grip from him but his next action took her by surprise. He kissed her deeply on the lips which she returned without hesitation. Hinata's body nearly melted at his touch, his charm never ceased to calm her down, all she needed was him alone.
"Naruto-kun..." she moaned as she decided to intensify their kiss even more. She was even more surprised when he felt him mimicing her actions. This kiss took her breath away.
As the two broke the kiss, Naruto took this opportunity he outstretched his wings once again and soar into the air. Seeing his beautiful heiress still in tears, he grimaced with guilt. "Hinata-chan, I will return, I promise you. Please believe in me." Hinata nodded slowly as the demon hunter flew towards the direction that Orochimaru went earlier. With his Unholy Sight engaged that wasn't a problem at all.
On ground, Hinata touched her lips with her gentle fingertips with much amazement. Despite how many times they have kissed she didn't expect this one from him. She knew he transformed even though his appearance didn't look all that different, what surprised her the most that he still had his mind when he did so. Hinata felt relieved knowing her Naruto-kun was still there, forming a set of seals she activated her Byakugan to witness what the demon hunter was planning. However, what she viewed nearly terrorized her.
(Meanwhile)
"I have seen enough cowardice from you!" shouted Naruto as he generated charka to perform an attack. "Death Coil!" As the coil of death was unleashed right at the sannin, Orochimaru weakly leaped out of the way but the demonic energies still wounded him.
"Haven't you heard of letting people go?" questioned the sannin angrily as he continued to run.
"Not to a fateless coward!" retorted Naruto as he flapped his wings to gain much thrust in a boost. Cursing loudly, Orochimaru had no choice other than to escape as quickly as possible. "You're not getting away, this will be the last time you will be able to see daylight!" Next he attacked with another projectile strike. With a forceful jump, the snake man miraculously managed to avoid it before any damage was dealt. Attempting to make a suppressing assault, Orochimaru took 10 kunais practically whipping them at Naruto. In 2 slashes, the ninja type weapons were cut in half sharply and exploded.
'Does his chakra make things explode?' asked the sannin to himself in his head. 'Things don't look promising at all, at this rate I would be killed.' He no longer had time to even think about that dilemma, all he needed to do now was to get his sorry ass out of there. As he saw a wide river midway, he utilized the last bit of chakra he could use into his feet and leaped over safely. His eyes winced in anger when he saw the demon high in the sky preparing to unleash another offensive. The demon hunter was loyal on his task, Orochimaru would give him credit for that but if he was the target, it only proved to be a bother.
"This is the end for you!" declared the Death Knight ferociously gathering energies to perform the Rasengan. With a snicker, he couldn't help but to feel excited that this was truly the end of all the torment the bastard had caused, it was finally over. Konoha will be avenged, his friends' vengeance will finally be satisfied. Orochimaru was right, it indeed was the end, the end for him. Suddenly, another wave of immense pain stunned his body, this time it was so painful that he was flinching badly and trembling.
'No... not now...' cursed Naruto as he curled with agony. 'I can't be in this form for much longer... the demonic blood is corrupting me too fast... damn it!' The Death Knight's eyes widened as he could see his Metamorphosis aura was diminishing, he had no choice but to drop the technique. Seizing this perfect chance, the sannin took out the two remaining kunais in his pouch and whipped them at his chest before taking off. As Naruto returned to his normal self but still sensing his demonic self trying to take over his humanity part of his blood, he didn't even notice the kunais until it was too late. With a gasp of pain as the weapons critically punctured through his flesh, Naruto began to fall down to the river helplessly.
"Naruto-kun!" yelled Hinata in horror as she stepped out from the trees obviously followed him after he took off. "No! Please, you promised me you would come back to me!" Naruto weakly smiled at her when he heard her angelic voice, that smile made the girl's heart ache another level. Her eyes began to water and her tears flowed freely down her beautiful face.
"I'm sorry... Hinata-chan..." Naruto whispered silently before his corruption attempted to deepen but Hinata heard every word. "I'm sorry that I have to break my promise... please... don't cry, I wouldn't want to see that gorgeous face to be covered in tears... " With that he fell into the rushing river and drifted violently to a direction that the current took him. Hinata stared into the waters and wept with deep sorrow, she felt like she could die at that instant, she refused to believe what happened just now, Naruto couldn't have died, he promised that he would return. Much thoughts of deep agony pained her, without knowing she passed out as if it was too much for her to handle. Even so, a tear of much sadness escaped her eye.
'Hinata-chan,' thought Naruto weakly. 'I am sorry... if I don't control this demonic corruption now... I don't know what I might do later on, I may even hurt you... Hinata-chan... please remember that I'll always love you... I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe even if it may cost me my life...'
AN: You guys just have fun with this ending. To those who watched Gundam Seed, I got the name Calamity amd Raider from one of the gundams in that series. I really should've named Assailant Aegis instead. Is Naruto dead? I don't know. And yes, I know I am evil for leaving this cliffhanger. Even though you may not know me personally, I am sure by the things I write I can be really evil! LOL! Finally, yes, Kabuto is dead. Reaper sliced him in half horizonatally and disintegrated his body with fire. Feel free to review. I don't need much of an AN this time but if you have questions, feel free to ask and I will be more than welcome to answer. If you have suggestions, please tell me and I will consider it. Thanks to those who reviewed, I hope to see your words again soon. Later for now until the next chapter!
