-Wished I owned them, but not mine, they are properties of their respective owner's.
". . ." speech
'. . .' thought
"BOY! I WILL NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO DIE LIKE THIS! YOU THINK I WILL LAY STILL AND LET US DIE! YOU FOOL! LET ME OUT AND YOU WON'T DIE!"
"Who are you?" asked Naruto slowly to himself in his mind as he thought he was going mad.
"KYUUBI" was all he heard before he felt something warm envelop him.
Chapter 9: Revival! Demon Incarnate!
By Suiiren
"So shall we get this started." said Hiko plainly as she saw hundreds of ninjas take out kunai and shuriken of all sorts."Don't be so arrogant! Do you think we will underestimate you those three did!" retorted an ANBU member as he had been observing the fight with she had with the three Jounins earlier.
"Silence!" yelled Hiashi as all Nins and Hiko turned towards him. "It is clear that the techniques you use can both be used to combat a massive amount of enemies or slay a single opponent. It is even fast enough to evade the copying eye of the Sharingan but to gain that kind of speed can only be through a Bloodline Limit ability or Lotus and it seems that you have none of those two. Tell me, how is it possible that someone as ordinary looking as you can have so much strength?" asked Hiashi.
"You won't live long enough to find out." responded Hiko in an icy cold voice.
'What's going on?' thought Kurenai as gazed upon Hiko. 'Only a few days ago I was having tea with her and I even went shopping with her today! Why are we even here! We should be concerned about Naruto and the others who are injured. Why must we fight now?'
'She's serious now.' thought Kakashi.
"Come." were the only words that came out of Hiko's mouth as hundreds of ninjas leapt towards her weapons ready and drawn.
=Inside Naruto=
"Huh? Where am I?" thought Naruto as he appeared in front of a large cage and he saw a little girl trapped inside the cage.
Kyuubi was ecstatic with joy that the boy was near death and knew that this was its only chance to seek freedom. It had to just press Naruto the right way and it would return to the world of the living once more but that meant it had to demean itself. Kyuubi had taken the chance to use Henge once the seal was weakened and now it was going to deceive the boy into freeing it.
"Please, if you do not release me now we will both die."
"Huh, what do you mean die?"
"Don't you remember what you did? You jumped in front of that guy to save Hiko-san."
"Oh yeah, I jumped in front of that guy to protect her. So does this mean I am dead?"
"No, you're not dead yet. I am using my power to barely keep you alive but it will fail soon if you don't free me."
"Oh, how should I do that?" asked Naruto.
"Do you see that seal up there? Please, destroy it." said Kyuubi.
"Why should I? There must be a reason you were locked up in the first place?" asked Naruto all of a sudden, his curiosity peeking as he stared upon the little girl.
"I was hated and no one recognized my existence, like you." answered Kyuubi slowly knowing that this answer was surely the one that would make Naruto help her but still . . .
"Oh, well, then don't worry Kyuubi-chan! I'll free you!" said Naruto cheerily.
"Kyuubi-chan?" mumbled Kyuubi. 'What insolence to show me Kyuubi such disrespect! Well, soon I'll be out.' Thought Kyuubi as it saw Naruto climb up the bars and grab the seal then jump back down.
"That's it!" yelled Kyuubi ecstatically. "Now all you have to do is rip the seal apart!"
"Anno, like this?" asked Naruto as he ripped the seal unknowingly destroying the seal that the Fourth had created for Naruto's protection. As he ripped it apart he saw the cage that was holding Kyuubi disappear and faced towards Kyuubi only to see a face that scared him.
"What, what, happened to you Kyuubi-chan?!"
"Thank you, kit." was all Naruto heard before he was again enveloped by red chakra and he felt something shatter, it felt weird but soon after he felt nothing and all dissipated in to nothingness.
= Konoha, Battle Scene =
"What can you possibly think you can accomplish with that!" yelled a frustrated Hiko now as she single-handedly blew away all the shuriken and kunai thrown at her with her ki sending them back towards their owners. None hit of course, as all the ninjas just easily dodged their own weapons and simply jumped on top of the roofs of the many buildings still standing. 'I need a way of taking out these annoying ninjas all at once' thought Hiko. 'Maybe I should use 'that' technique.' Thought Hiko as he remembered how his baka deshi told him of the technique that Shougo Amakusa used to defeat the Ku Zu Ryuu Sen.
=Flash Back=
"Yes, shishou, it was an attack like no other." said Kenshin. "The technique that Amakusa-san used to defeat his former Shishou didn't even require him to attack his opponents physically. This technique can only be performed at night and in the light of the moon. It is meant to drain the spirit or even blind the wielder's opponent. It is a highly dangerous technique because it not only drains the ki of the opponent but it can also drain the ki of the wielder as well if it is performed wrong. Leaving the user open to any attack"
=End Flash Back=
'Hmph, never thought that I'd be forced to use that technique' though Hiko as she looked at all the Nins making sure most, if not all had their eyes were on her. "I'm going to end this now! Rai Ryuu Sen!" yelled Hiko as she sheathed her katana, gathered all her ki and chakra, found the perfect angle of light refraction off the moon, and finally unleash all her ki and chakra as she withdrew her katana causing ki and chakra to blend in with moonlight causing a bright flash that drained or blinded almost all of the nins that were too weak to hold back her chakra.
The only ones who were left standing after Hiko's spirit attack were Hiashi, Kakashi, and Gai. Kurenai and Asuma were unconscious along with most of the nin forces sent to stop Hiko. Those who were still up were very fatigues or blinded for an unknown duration of time.
"So, only us left," said Kakashi as he looked around to only see Gai and Hiashi to not be affected a bit by Hiko's attack.
"Such strength for one so young," said Hiashi out loud. "We definitely underestimated her but now, this is where the real fight begins!" yelled Hiashi as he activates his Byakugan.
"You are right Hiashi-sama. Time to show our true strength let our spirit of youth and comradery consume us!" yelled out Gai as he threw off all the weights he was wearing and yelled out, "Initial Gate Open!" causing chakra to swirl and engulf him making him look fierce and strangely heroic.
"Yare, yare," smiled Kakashi as he looked upon the other getting serious. 'Might as well join the fun,' thought Kakashi pulling his head protector up revealing his Sharingan. "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!" smirked Kakashi as he quickly did the hand seals in a span of seconds and causing seven Shadow Kakashis to appear.
"Now it has become interesting," said Hiko aloud.
"Let's see you smirk like that when we are done with you," said all seven Kakshis together. "Let's get her Gai!"
"Yoo hoo! The POWER OF LOVE! KONOHA DAI SENPUU!" yelled Gai as he disappeared in an instant in front of Hiko delivering a massive combos of whirlwind kicks and combos.
'What the! How did he get so fast!' thought Hiko as she was barely able to defend against all of Gai's kicks. His increased speed and strength had taken Hiko off guard and she had underestimated him.
"You're good young girl but not good enough!" screamed Hiashi as Gai finished his combo to distract Hiko. "Hakke Rokujuuyonshou - Eight Divination Signs, Sixty-Four Palms of the Hand! Take this!" screamed Hiashi as each of his designated hits closed each of her chakra holes. "One! Two! Four! Eight! Sixteen! Thirty-Two! Sixty-Four!" finished Hiashi as he the force of his attack forced Hiko to fly off the roof they were fighting on.
Then suddenly Kakashi suddenly appeared on top of Hiko in midair. "Kakashi Rendan!" yelled Kakashi as all seven of him performed the copy of Gai's Konoha Dai Senpuu kick combos all hitting Hiko as she fell and slammed in to the concrete streets of Konoha. A distinct slam could have been heard along with the blasted particles of the street flying everywhere. As the three saw the dust and dirt clear they clearly saw a crater created by the impact Hiko had with the street but they didn't see was Hiko.
"Where did she go?" asked Gai to Kakashi.
"I don'tknow but watch out." said Kakshi.
"Above us!" yelled Hiashi having seen her with his Byakugan. "Move!" yelled Hiashi again as all three nins disappeared.
"Hiten Mugan Zan!" screamed Hiko as she descended upon the three with the second secret succession move of the Hiten Mitsuruugi technique but she missed. Though she missed the impact upon the building was devastating as she totally obliterated the left side of the building landing on the ground once more. Leaving only her visible as the dust and rubble vanished.
"Unreal," was the only thing that came out of Gai's mouth as both Hiashi and Kakashi nodded in agreement. "Each attack she does, if they connect will send us to our deaths."
"Then we will have to be careful." said Hiashi confidently. "As long as my Byakugan is still here we have an advantage."
"Hopefully our stamina will outlast hers." said Kakashi seriously. "She can still beat us if she has greater stamina. All she has to do is wear us down. That goes especially for you Gai. Be careful using Lotus."
"If that's the case. Open second gate! Heal Gate!" screamed Gai as the second gate was open.
"Gai! What are you doing, using more of Lotus can only harm you more!"
"Do not worry Kakashi. I didn't train all these years only to be beaten at attaining the second gate. I can still fight don't worry, I won't overdo it if it is not necessary." said Gai seriously knowing that if he went beyond his limit he could die.
'Hmph, these three look stronger than they appear, I'll revert to a defensive form and test to see how I can really fare against them.' thought Hiko as she got in to a Shinken No Kamae defensive stance. She looked on as she held her katana perfectly between her eyes ready to receive any attack that her opponents would throw at her.
"Ah, our opponent has wizened up and gotten in to a defensive formation. A perfect way to deal with us as we outnumber her. It seems she has taken us seriously now. That girl has a clear and logical mind." said Hiashi.
"You're wrong white eyes," interrupted Hiko. "I have always been serious because if I did not then how can I expect my opponents to take me seriously."
"Teh," smiled Hiashi as looked on upon Hiko with a new found respect. 'This girl is smart and strong. If only she were able to become a member of the Hyuuga's. Hah, that would be impossible.' thought Hiashi.
"Well, should we wait or go attack?" asked Gai all of a suddenly.
"Any plans?" asked Hiashi to both nins in front of him.
"Nope, no plans. All I suggest is that we attack as a team and cover each others back." advised Kakashi as he stared upon Hiko. 'I wonder what is going on in her mind?'
= Nearby =
"Well, I see they have their hands full fighting that girl there." said Hao. "What do you say we make an appearance and end their little game for them? Ne, Orochimaru?"
"No, not yet Hao. I would like to see how this battle progresses. This girl, she interests me."
"Heh, I never took you for the perverted type Orochimaru? She got you feeling a bit love struck eh? Well, don't worry she is kind of cute to me too," ended Hao with a smile.
"Hah, fool. All I meant was that her techniques were different from any others I've seen before. This might be 'educational' to us. Ku ku ku but still I never took you for the perverted type." ended Orochimaru with a smile.
"Hmph, ha ha to you to Orochimaru. I still don't think we should just be sitting around here doing nothing at all."
'Don't worry Hao. Soon you'll see why.' thought Orochimaru to himself.
= Back to the Fight =
"Now!" yelled Kakashi as all three Nins leapt away. All seven Kakashis took out a kunai laidened with explosive tags and threw them at Hiko.
"Multiple Shadow Shuriken!" yelled all seven Kakashis as their seven kunai turned in to a flurry of explosive kunai heading towards Hiko. Hiko, seeing the telltale sign of sparks on the oncoming flurry of kunai, leapt out of the way in to mid-air to see all of the kunai impact upon the ground, exploding on contact, causing an even larger crater to appear.
"Konoha Gouriki Senpuu-Leaf Herculean Whirlwind!" screamed Gai as he flew towards Hiko in the air, his leg spinning with all his might and speed, connected with Hiko's sheathe as she blocked him sending her even higher into the sky.
'Damn, this is not looking good!' thought Hiko as she all of a suddenly Hiashi appear behind her.
"Now your mine!" yelled Hiashi as he was about to try to finish her off with a strike towards her heart.
"Think again!" yelled Hiko, both were still mid-air, as she used both her legs to kick Hiashi and leap at the same time towards Gai.
"Sou Ryuu Sen!" yelled Hiko as she slashed Gai across the chest, Gai barely managed to keep enough distance that the sword only grazed his chest, and followed the attack with her sheathe hitting Gai on his shoulder blade sending him flying down towards the ground impacting the streets causing yet another crater.
Hiko then landed on the top of another roof and looked at Kakashi. "Now you." was all she said before she leapt again towards Kakashi.
"Ugh, that hurt." said Gai as he got up and started rubbing his shoulder. "Her hits are hard, I was lucky that was only her sheathe or else I would of really died. Huh, what's that?"
'She really knows how to push you to your limits' thought Kakashi as all six of his clones were defeated. He was now standing next to Hiashi who had a concerned look on his face.
"It is as I thought," said Hiashi all of a suddenly. "I closed all her chakra points and yet they are still open. Her ki force is constantly forcing her holes to open and the surrounding chakra around us is constantly forcing themselves in to her body, feeding her more and more chakra. If we can't end this soon, we might lose."
"Oh, is that so?" smirked Kakashi lazily as he also could see what Hiashi meant with his Sharingan. He couldn't see the chakra holes but he could see the chakra aura around her. It was surrounding her as if it was a cloak of blue flame.
"Here she comes! Move Kakashi!" yelled Hiashi as Hiko charged again. 'I got a surprise for you my little girl,' thought Hiashi as he started spinning. "Hakke Shou Kaiten-Heavenly Spin!"
'What the,' was the thought that went through Hiko's mind before she was all of a suddenly hit with a force so hard that it spun her in to the air causing her to crash in to one of the many tall standing buildings. Crawling out of the rubble she spat out blood, "Damn! What kind of attack was that?"
"That was the Hakke Shou Kaiten-Hevenly Spin." smirked Hiashi arrogantly as he looked upon the heavily injured Hiko.
'So that's The Hakke Shou Kaiten-Heavenly Spin,' thought Kakashi. 'This is the first time for me seeing it. The Hyuuga Clan sure is powerful but still for that girl to survive such an attack. It's almost impossible to . . . she must be in a world of hurt now.'
"Hmm, nice technique you have there but that will be nothing against my next technique. Why not try it out once more? You and that technique of yours against mine." grinned Hiko even more arrogantly than Hiashi as a blue aura starts to envelope Hiko.
"Foolish girl." said Hiashi he again started to do his Hakke Shou Kaiten-Heavenly Spin.
"Heh, you're the foolish one old man." said Hiko as she got into a Battoujutsu stance once more but this time with her left foot in front of her.
"Now we end this!" both yelled at once.
"Hakke Shou Kaiten-Heavenly Spin!"
"Amakakeru Ryu No Hirameki-Heaven's Soaring Dragon Flash!"
As the two forced met a flash of bright light could be seen as the two forces collided causing anything and everything within a circular radius of fifty meters to be totally obliterated, building and all. All that was left standing was a crater with Hiashi in the middle of it and Hiko a few meters in front of him.
"Heh, see little girl, all that was in vai- What!" panicked Hiashi as he felt some invisibleforce start grabbing upon him and dragging him in closer to Hiko. 'Her attack!' he thought. 'The force of her attack was so fast and powerful that it forced all the air molecules to rush out and combined with the force of the Hakke Shou Kaitn-Heavenly Spin caused a vacuum effect! She planned this!' panicked Hiashi even more as he felt the vacuum start crushing his chest cavity causing his ribs to fracture and him to suffocate at the same time. 'Amazing, being defeated by such an opponent. I feel no regret. Truly amazing. What a truly amazing girl.' was Hiashi's last thought as he looked upon the dragon-like poise of Hiko as she prepared to finish him.
"Even though the bite of the dragon may have missed the claws will surely follow right after it!" spat out Hiko venomously as she spun around gathering even more force than the first strike to finish Hiashi with the second.
"Uragh! Baika No Jutsu-Multi-size Technique Gai STYLE! URA RENGE- REVERSE LOTUS!" screamed Gai as all of a suddenly a giant rod appears between Hiko and Hiashi causing Hiko to hit the rod and completely shattering it, turning it into dust. While in the meantime a very red Maito Gai rescues the distraught Hiashi.
Kakashi had seen it all happen. Gai had found the rod of Chomaru and used the Baika No Jutsu-Multi-Size Technique to expand the rod and while at the same time opened up the fifth celestial gate inside of him. Causing him to move at an incredibly fast speed and giving barely enough time to throw the enlarge rod between Hiko and Hiashi. Enabling him to save Hiashi.
'Hmph, Gai you are truly amazing,' thought Kakashi to himself. 'Only someone like you can do such impossible things but now is my time to show off too.' thought Kakashi. 'With her so distracted it gave me enough time to do this!'
'What? What's that noise? Chidori?' thought Gai as he saw Kakashi. 'So he's going to use it! What's this I also feel?'
"Heh," said Kakashi out loud as he started the second part of his plan. "First Gate Open! Initial Gate!" yelled Kakashi out loud as chakra blasted all over him causing him to explode in power and speed. Now he was rushing towards an undefended and open Hiko. He knew that this would finish it.
'Kakashi can open the Celestial Gate!' though a surprised Gai. 'Since when was he capable of that!'
"Now we finish this!" screamed Kakashi as his Chidori headed towards Hiko. Hiko in desperation pulled her sheathed katana to defend her and barely managed to catch Kakashi's Chidori with her sheathe causing her to fly off backwards several yards. There was only silence as each warrior only faced each other. Only Gai and Kakashi were left standing of the remaining Nins and all of the injured nins had been evacuated by medics. Leaving only Hiko and the two nins to battle again.
Hiko felt horrible, she had survived a beating and was feeling it now. She knew she could still push her body beyond their limits but she didn't know for how much longer she could.
Gai was now starting to feel the effects of Lotus setting. He could feel as every single muscle in his body wanted to rip apart but due to Gai's intense training regimes he was also capable to push his body beyond its limit for how long he didn't know.
Hiashi was out. He was handed off to a medic nin as soon as one appeared near Gai. Hiashi had fought the fight of his life and lost but he was still happy that he lost to such a strong opponent.
Kakashi was also very tired. He had for the first time in his life opened up a Celestial Gate and it pained him more than anything he had ever done before. Having seen Gai used the Celestial Gates more than once Kakashi was able to open his own through sheer force of will, if this battle had not occurred he probably would of never been able to open the gate. His will to not give had bloomed in to the powerful Lotus but now he too was physically weakened and fatigued.
All three remaining fighters were now pushed to their limits and only their will to win and live kept them on fighting. Each too stubborn to stand down.
"If this keeps on going we will eventually lose," said Kakashi out loud.
"Yeah, but Maito Gai is was never known to be a man who would run from a fight," added Gai as he talked of himself in the third person too tired to speak as his usual cheerful self.
"Hn," was the only thing that Hiko mumbled as she looked on upon her last two remaing opponents.
"Well, ready for round two?" asked Kakashi all of a suddenly as he started pulling out his last two kunai.
"Well, I guess we should finish this little game of yours," replied Hiko slowly.
"So, this will be the final bout. No one shall – Hokage-sama! You have finally arrived to aid us. Oh, what luck! Now with the Hokage with us we should surely win!" mused Gai happily.
Hiko looked upon the old man slowly. ' . . . Another three versus one, well I guess my luck must be lacking.' "Well, lets get this started," stated Hiko slowly as she got ready again for another fight.
"Kakashi, Gai, we will withdraw and regroup for now." stated the Third slowly. "We are going to have a situation that will exceed this one soon."
"What? What do you mean Hokage-sama?" asked Kakashi.
"You will soon see." said the Hokage slowly and deliberately.
As soon as the Third said that a rumble could be heard coming from somewhere. The rumble steadily grew until it felt like an earthquake were about to appear and just as suddenly a massive leak of chakra could have been felt throughout Konoha again for the second time in the night.
"No! I know this chakra. I know this feel, this hate, this bloodlust! Kyuubi! But how? Naruto is dead!" said Kakashi as he was just now realizing what was happening.
"Naruto's seal was severely weakened when he was almost killed and it seemd Kyuubi took its time and took over Naruto's body during that instance. It must of somehow tricked Naruto in to unleashing it." replied the Third solemnly.
"Correct," came a voice from the dark. "It is as you say, I did trick the boy in to freeing me and it also seems that the mice were at play while the master was away." smirked Kyuubi as it slowly came out of the red flaming chakra that was surrounding it.
"You! What have you done to Naruto's body you demon!" yelled the Third aloud as he saw the Kyuubi. It had done some minor rearrangements on Naruto's body while it was recovering.
"Well, the brat's body was a bit uncomfortable so I did a little 'house cleaning' while I was healing myself. I really hope that doesn't really annoy any of because if it does your all gonna die anyways. Well then. Ja ne, all of you."
"What? I, I, don't get it." said Gai aloud.
"What don't you get Gai? That we are in a life or death situation?" replied Kakashi.
"No, its not that. It's just that I never thought that Kyuubi was a . . . a girl!"
"What! You thought that I was a MAN!" screamed Kyuubi as chakra enveloped her again. "This is unforgivable!"
Well, finished this chap. Thanks for those who read and please review. Next one should be up tomorrow, hopefully. I'll try to answer some questions in the next chapter, thanx all.