The Shadow Wars
Chapter 29
"Y - You can't bring yourself to kill a fellow shinobi of Konoha!" Hinata shrieked.
"Two things. One, you gave up that title when you joined Moujuu. Two, I won't be the one who actually kill you! Tatsumaki no Jutsu!" Sakura yelled, and the cold wind picked up, lifting the blue-haired girl up and throwing her towards Moujuu's Sanjuu Hisaki.
"This is bad. If I drop my attack, I'll get hit, but, otherwise, I'll kill Hinata. Well, it's easy to decide in this situation. Since when did I care about my underlings? Let her die, as my training says." Moujuu thought, and continued to let his jutsu go.
Hinata felt a massive surge of wind as she closed in on Moujuu's attack. Her eyes closed, accepting her fate. But, suddenly, the wind from the Sanjuu Hisaki stopped.
Sasuke stood in the center of the arena, panting weakly from the exhaustion of having Moujuu exist his body. Blood streamed down his armed, and his raven hair was matted down on his face. He weakly staggered toward the elder Uchiha.
"Leave… My friends… Alone!" Sasuke yelled, rage building in his eyes. The Kami Sharingan swirled violently.
"Well, this should be interesting. The creator of the Kami Sharingan against a prodigy. Who would win? Any bids, Kyuubi-no-gaki?" Moujuu said, chuckling lightly to himself.
Sasuke smirked slightly to himself, before activating his Kami Sharingan. Immediately, the air around him turned back into the Sharingan that normally existed in his eyes.
Instantly, Moujuu began performing hand seals for a jutsu. "Katon: Goukyakyuu no Jutsu!" Moujuu yelled, drawing his head back, and then expelling a jet of flame from it.
Sasuke leaped around it, as he did his own hand seals. "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" A series of fireballs left his mouth, but all were dodged by Moujuu.
Moujuu whipped out a kunai, and then charged at Sasuke, who whipped out and threw a shuriken at the elder Uchiha. Sasuke's shuriken was blocked, and Moujuu whipped his hand forward, sending the kunai flying at Sasuke, who dodged, landing on one hand, and then reversed the force, sending him back on his feet, charging at Moujuu.
"So, Moujuu is fighting Sasuke. This should be interesting." Itachi thought, standing over the arena as the fight unfolded. He was prepared to take the seat of Hokage, but he knew that it would not be easy. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and perhaps Hinata still stood in his way, and, besides, why should he hurry?
"Itachi-sama… Perhaps we should end this silly war and complete the conquest." Suggested Kisame, eager to end the fifteen-year-long exile his partner had suffered.
"No. Let the two fight. Once Sasuke slays Moujuu, I shall kill him."
"So you are betting on the boy?"
"Yes. Sasuke clearly had good sensei's later. Well, that's to be expected. He was trained by the great Hatake Kakashi, as well as Orochimaru. Still, he's no match for me, judging from his technique."
Suddenly, there was a rush of wind, and Itachi twisted his head to the side as a kunai missed, splitting several hairs in the process. "Raikiri!" came a deep voice, and a sound of electricity. A figure being led by a large electric attack flashed by, and Itachi dodged the attack, causing the section of the stadium he had been standing on to explode.
"Amaterasu!" Itachi yelled, sending a large whip of fire into the smoke.
"Katon: Ho Tsunami no Jutsu!" came a yell from the smoke, and a tremendous wave of fire washed over the Akatsuki general.
"Seems like a rather violent war, eh, Sasuke?" Moujuu yelled, as he began performing a series of hand seals, but all that happened was a swirl of chakra that quickly vanished. "Hi no Butoukai!" Instantly, as though an invisible force had taken control of him, Moujuu began spinning in a flaming whirl, forcing Sasuke to dodge.
Sasuke then leaped back into the fray when one of Moujuu's rapid-fire kicks missed, kicking the older man in the stomach. Then, he jumped, spun, and performed an inside-outside crescent kick that sent him flying into the stands. "Katon: Ho Kunai no Jutsu!"
As the barrage of flaming kunai flew into the smoke, a powerful blast of fire left it at the same time. A huge explosion occurred between the two. Embers flew, as the arena had caught on fire.
"Not bad, Chuunin. Not bad. But this is where it ends!" Moujuu yelled. "Katon: Ho Shi no Jutsu!"
Immediately, a flaming aura erupted around the man. The aura slowly spread through the arena, burning down everything it touched.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled. "Get Sakura and get out of here!" Sasuke yelled, as Sakura had passed out after using the Tatsumaki no Jutsu for the second time.
"Worry about yourself!" Moujuu yelled, as the fire drew ever closer to the raven-haired Chuunin.
The fire then engulfed Sasuke.
A/N: Sorry for the delay, but was stuck on how to save Hinata without going out-of-character with Moujuu. Also, I felt that the cliffhanger was needed to increase the shock of the scene. I also felt I should sort of mimic Itachi's "fight" against the figure (though I'm sure everyone knows who it was by now).