Me: Saluete! This is the next chapter of 'the white wolf', and the long-awaited identity of Nightblade will finally be revealed. Here's the recap.
The three nins meet up with Gaara on there way to Sirikure. Sasuke pissis off the protector.
The protector reveals she can summon wolves.
The protector puts a curse seal on Nightblade, and makes him attack the other three
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Chapter cover: the head and shoulders of the white wolf, his mask cracked down the middle, one side falling down, but all that is seen underneath is black.
The White Wolf
Chapter 4: Death of one already lost
Nightblade stood up and let loose a terrifying growl at the other three. Fur spread across his bare arms, taking on a golden hue. Two bottle-brush tails erupted from his tailbone. Claws grew from his fingers, which were quickly turning into paws, as he fell forward. His body shape change as the fur crept up to his face. His mask fell off as his face elongated into a furred muzzle. Gaara, Sasuke, and Sakura stared in terrified awe as the creature finished its transformation. The gold fur bristled angrily as it stared at its prey.
Standing before them was a mighty kitsune. All gold save for the tip on its tails and the black curse seal on its chest. The growls intensified as Sasuke got into his ready stance.
You're not actually considering fighting him, are you?" Sakura yelled at him.
"What choice do we have? Kanton: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" Sasuke lifted his mask so that his mouth was revealed. He let lose the grand fireball at the Kitsune that was formerly his sensei.
"Pity, I was hoping for a wolf, but I digress. ATTACK!" Shiroi yelled. The fox began to wave its tails in an intricate patter that couldn't be mistaken for anything else. The kitsune was doing hand seals with its tails.
"Kanton: Housenka!" it yelled. Its voice was entirely different from Nighblades, deep and unearthly. The fact that it could talk didn't surprise them nearly as much as the fact that it was doing a jutsu.
They were so surprised that they nearly forgot to dodge. They got out just in time to see the fox do another hand-ahem-tail seal.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" the fox yelled. Twenty clones of the fox appeared, all of them snarling and growling. They formed a circle around the three nins. "You will all die in the name of Sirikure!" they chorused. Sakura was busy racking her brain to find a solution to this problem. She suddenly had an idea.
"Wait! Honorable kitsune, don't you recognize us?" She said. She knew Nightblade was to powerful for them to defeat without Gaara's aid. "were your friends, comrades, you must remember!"
"I don't know who you are or why you want to harm our village, all I know is that you must die." The fox growled.
"And why must we die?" Sakura asked.
"My master has decreed that you must die, so it must be done. Die, deceivers, die." He said in a whisper that was more final than any shout before he and his clones charged.
"That went well." Gaara said sarcastically. "What's your next brilliant plan?"
"This. Fuuja Houin!" Sakura cried out slamming her hands into the curse seal on Nightblades chest. A bright flash of light erupted from the point of contact. A terrible scream ripped through the air, the scream of a dying fox. Sakura looked in horror as the fox lay panting under a tree. An insane laugh ripped through the air.
"You fool; meet the third and final affect of my curse seal. When attempted containment occurs, the seal slowly and painfully kills the carrier. But not before returning it to its original form." Shiroi laughed again.
Needless to say, Sasuke was mad. He felt power well up inside him that he had never felt before. A voice appeared in his head.
'Little pup, would you like to hurt her, to make her feel pain beyond imagination?' the voice asked.
'Who are you?' Sasuke asked.
'I am Inukiba,(1) the five-tailed dog demon.' The beast felt his vessel tighten in fear. 'Don't worry, calm down, I've always been here, I just didn't want to give you my power until you were ready for it. I'm not like other demons, I am kind, and I would never dream of taking over your body.'
'What do you want?'
'To help you, to avenge your fallen comrade, and, on a lesser note, to royally serve my sister's ass.' The beast chuckled.
'That girl over there is your sister?'
'Yes. Or, more specifically, the demon inside of her. Urufuhana(2), the three-tailed wolf demon, protector of Sirikure, and my little sister.'
'What do I do?'
'Just channel my chakra, I'll do the rest. You don't mind having a few dog-tails, do you?'
'As long as I can get rid of them, I fine with it.'
'Then what are we waiting for? Let's kick some wolf ass!'
Sasuke reached inside of him, until he found a small lump of consciousness, part of him, yet, not part of him. He reached through the barrier and found power. He took the power and brought it to the surface, brining along one of the most powerful demons in the world.
Back with the others, the fight was not going well. They finally figured out that Shiroi was using Urufuhana's power to incapacitate Gaara's sand, and inner Sakura was royally pissed. She had broken out her most powerful jutsu, the Hitokage Kairi no jutsu.(3). Sakura and inner Sakura were desperately trying to find a way to break the connection, but to no avail. No matter what they tried, Shiroi was able to dodge and counter.
"Give it up, only a more powerful demon than I can break the connection. My little brother is no match for my power!" She laughed, but was interrupted by a bone-chilling voice.
"Than how about an older brother?" Gaara and the two Sakuras turned in surprise to Sasuke. He was downright scary. His eyes were a deep crimson(4), and his canines had lengthened into sharp fangs. His nails were now sharp claws, and two pointed burgundy dog ears were poking out from under his hair. Five burgundy dog tails had erupted from his tailbone, and he was surrounded in blood-red chakra. "You should know better than to pick on your younger siblings, Urufuhana."
"In-Inukiba…" Shiroi stuttered in fear, "I thought that you were…"
"Okay, I betting that this is a touching family reunion and all, but can we get back to the fight?" Sakura interrupted.
"You must be joking; I may be a little crazy, but I not crazy enough to battle with him." Shiroi yelled. "I really don't want to do this but… I-I surrender."
"Good, now, if you'll be so kind as to help our friend, we'll be on our way." Shiroi mumbled something that they didn't quite catch. "Sorry? Didn't catch that."
"I can't reverse the affects; I can only take away the pain. His death is imminent." She repeated..
The others there only stared wide-eyed at her. They all looked to were Nightblade lay, now fully human again. He was lying with his face facing away from them. His bandanna had fallen off, and his blond hair was strewn everywere. He was still conscious, but his breath was weak and pained. They all walked over to him, and knelt beside him. Shiroi performed the pain-reliving jutsu, and Sakura turned him over so that he faced them and promptly fainted Sasuke snapped back to normal from shock. There, lying in the grass in the ANBU uniform, was…
The Yondaimi Hokage.
"I thought he was dead!" Sasuke shouted.
"Not entirely" came a week voice. "The Shiginami (sp?) sent me back because my mission was still not over. Don't ask me what it was or is, I don't even know. But it looks like this really is the end… Give this to my son… Naruto…"
And with a painful sigh, The Yondaimi Hokage, the Yellow flash of Konoha, hero of the Kyuubi attack, died.
"And so it ends…" Sasuke whispered as he closed his eyes in respect.
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… (continues for a few minutes) hold up (takes breath from inhaler) Much better. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FOOLED YOU FOOLED YOU! YOU ALL THOUGH THE WHITE WOLF WAS NARUTO! I BET YOU NEVER SAW THAT ONE COMING! Anyway here are the notes.
(1) Inukiba: dog fang, the Five-tailed dog demon
(2)Urufuhana: wolf flower, the three-tailed wolf demon.
(3)Hitokage Kairi no jutsu: Soul-shadow separation jutsu. This allows Sakura and Inner Sakura to become two separate entities temporarily.
(4)I dunno, have you noticed that all demons have red eyes?
Me: anyway, the next chapter won't be out for awhile, my mother has limited me to only a half-hour each night. REVIEW! Valete!