Twist of Fate
Chapter 4 : A New Opponent
Synopsis : The fight between Kyubi and Kimimaro continues, as someone new appears, ally or enemy who knows? The team reaches Konoha's hospital, as the boys get the treatment they need, as Tsunade learns of their return.
Pairings : Unknown for now. Suggestions are welcomed
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Timeline :
- This takes place when Shikamaru, and the team he created went after the 4 Ninjas that took Sasuke with them. In other words it's right after Neji finished his battle with his opponent in Manga Volume 22 Chapter 198.
- Sasuke was NOT put in the wooden barrel to begin with
- Sakon is one of the four ninjas under Orochimaru's command. He's the ninja that seems to have two bodies of some sort ( Chapter 200 )
- Kimimaro was sent by Kabuto ( Orochimaru's right hand ) since the four ninjas were taking too long to come back to Orochimaru.
- To me, all underlings of Orochimaru are male, so sorry if they were any females that I wasn't able to spot.
JUTSU LIST :
- Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Skill : A forbidden jutsu, that creates clones - which are not just plain illusions (like the normal bunshin no jutsu). Each clone is an exact replica of the user, capable of attacking. A direct hit causes the clone to disappear.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Urousai = Shut Up -
- Chikushou – Damn it / Damn
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*Battling grounds*
Kimimaro made his move as he vanished form Kyubi's sight, while this one sniffed the air to pick of the scent of his enemy without much success.
"Where is he?" Kyubi asked himself when he felt the presence behind him
Kimimaro raised his bone sword in the air, as he slashed Kyubi's back. Fortunately for Kyubi, he'd been able to jumped forward to evade a fatal blow and ended up with a deep cut instead. His chakra took care of the wound as it healed quickly.
Kyubi took this moment to charge forward as his claws connected with Kimimaro's stomach and blood poured out. Kyubi smiled as his claws sank deeper into the body, while the ninja let go of his bone sword.
"I thought you would of entertained me longer" Kyubi grinned
"A fox is truly the lower creature of intelligence" Kimimaro let out
"Nani!?" Kyubi growled as he ripped Kimimaro's body in two
Unfortunately, what he ripped in two pieces and originally injured were a bunshin, a clone, as his clone vanished in smoke. Kyubi's widened as he noticed he had been tricked and toyed with from the beginning.
Kimimaro appeared from the shadows behind the demon, sword lifted as Kyubi felt a sudden pain throughout his left shoulder. Kimimaro's sword had pierced once again Naruto's shoulder and went all the way through his body.
"This time, you die little one" Kimimaro commented as he pulled out another bone from he middle of his palm and prepared to strike Kyubi in the head.
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Kyubi barely had the time to turn his head to see what was going to happen, as he was aware he needed to act right away. Despite the pain he felt in his shoulder from the initial attack, there was only one option left that crossed his mind to evade the deadly strike.
"This is going to hurt ..." Kyubi told himself as he prepared to put his plan into action.
Kyubi gathered his chakra once more at his feet, as he pushed against the ground, not forward, but backwards, as he forced his own body to collide with the enemy behind him. By doing so, the bone stabbed him deeper through the shoulder and exited, in most part in front of the Kyubi.
Kimimaro was caught off guard, as he had trouble to maintain his balance, as both bodies fell to the ground, the demon on top of his own. Kyubi's mouth opened but no sound came out, as he quickly reacted , and twisted his body on the same side as his wounded shoulder, in hopes to brake the sword made of bone and distance himself from his enemy.
Kyubi gripped the bone from his front side, and gathered a great amount of chakra to brake it off from the base, in other words, from Kimimaro's hand. The red chakra could clearly be seen from Kyubi's hands as it entered the bone, passed through his shoulder as a loud cracking sound was heard.
Kyubi felt the bone had shattered as he quickly jumped off his attacker, but the bone remained in his shoulder. Kyubi landed on his feet, as he placed a hand on the ground to stop him from moving, as his eyes never left the other shinobi.
Kimimaro slowly stood up as he observed his hand to notice the small fragment of bone he still held in the palm of his hand. He slowly stood up, as he threw the bone to the ground and took hold of the other one he was going to use to kill Kyubi.
Kimimaro glared at the Kyubi, as he regained his attack position and observed the demon carefully. Kyubi stood up as well as he gripped the bone still lodged in his shoulder and slowly pulled it out. The wound began to heal slowly, as the Kyubi waved the newly acquired weapon towards his opponent.
"Nice weapon." Kyubi teased his rival with a smile.
"I'm surprised you managed to brake my bone." Kimimaro replied, eyes filled with anger.
"A demon's chakra is more powerful than those of humans." Kyubi stated as he prepared to attack once more, since his wound was nothing more than a scratch now.
Both raised their swords and lunched themselves at each other once again, as the fierce battle continued between two opponents.
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*Somewhere ...*
In a dark room, an unknown male shinobi sat down on a chair and remained still, while a younger shinobi came within the room, and handed out a glass of water to the other one.
"Have they returned yet?" The unidentified shinobi asked as he took sips of the water.
"I have yet heard form them ... Orochimaru-sama." The shinobi known as Kabuto and the traitor of Konoha answered his master.
"This is unlike them." The young shinobi spoke out, as he now was Orochimaru.
"I sent Kimimaro-san half an hour ago, I'm surprised he has yet returned with the 4 other members and Sasuke-sama." Kabuto replied as he picked up the glass form Orochimaru's hands to place it on a nearby table.
"That old hag must of sent a team ..." Orochimaru started as he stood up form his chair.
"Even so, she couldn't possibly send any Jounins or Anbus. We inflicted them enough damage so only the genins remained on active duty." Kabuto reminded his master as lit a candle to inlighten the room a little.
"Then she must have sent the Kyubi brat with a small but effective team to retrieve their precious teammate." Orochimaru stated as he retreated himself in a dark corner of the room.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Even though he possesses the Kyubi within him, Kimimaro should easily be capable of defeating the boy." Kabuto reminded the snake, since he knew Kimimaro was even stronger than the 4 sound ninjas.
"I'm aware of that Kabuto, the kid is the least of my worries, it's the Kyubi I'm worried about. If this one manages to surface once, things could get out of hand." Orochimaru carefully explained to his right hand man.
"What do you wish for me to do then?" Kabuto asked, curious to what Orochimaru has in mind.
"Join them. I want to know what's taking them so long to bring Sasuke-kun to me." Orochimaru gave out his order.
As he stood in the dark corner of the room, Kabuto prepared to leave although inside of himself, he thought that it was being too careful, but after all, Orochimaru always had good reasons to react in his own strange ways.
"Wait." Orochimaru spoke out as Kabut froze under the doorframe.
"Yes? Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto softly asked, as he rested a hand against the doorframe.
"If you meet the Kyubi brat, I want you to dispose of him in the worse possible way." Orochimaru informed him as an evil smile crept his lips.
"You want me to use THAT technique on him?" Kabuto asked but he already knew the answer.
"Hai. With him out of the way, Sasuke-kun won't have any more links with Konoha." Orochimaru half explained as he examined the newly acquired body in a nearby mirror.
"As you wish, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto spoke his last words as he left the room and prepared himself to join up with Kimimaro.
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*Konoha Hospital*
A few Anbus, along with two Jounins, Asuma and Kurenai, entered the hospital with the injured members of the search team, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Kiba, Akamaru and Neji.
The nurses and doctors immediately stopped their current work, as they rushed to the teams. Of all the genins, only Shikamaru stood on his own two feet, while Neji and Sasuke laid down on separate stretchers, although Sasuke remained conscious despite the continuous pain the curse mark on his neck inflicted to him.
Asuma and Shikamaru remained near Sasuke, while Kurenai had her hands full with Kiba who currently rested in her arms, as well as Akamaru, who was sound asleep on his master's stomach.
"Oh my god ..." One of the nurse let out as she saw how badly hurt Hyuga Neji was.
"Please follow us." The nurse in charge told the group, as she pointed to a big room a few meters away from their current position.
The group simply followed the nurse into the room without any hesitation.
--- Empty Hospital Rooms ---
The Anbu who carried both Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji, quickly transferred them on the bed, as the nurses quickly tended to Neji's wounds first, while Sasuke struggled with the pain he still felt.
Kurenai walked over to another empty bed, as she carefully laid her student on it, and looked over at Neji's bed. Asuma and Shikamaru stood in the doorframe, as they both let out a sigh.
The room was painted white, as it had a number of 6 separated bed, all within a distance of 1 meter each. Even though hospital rooms are suppose to be single, this one was a genuine copy only it had 6 beds instead, 3 on each side of the room, as the window lighten up the middle of it.
"How long has he been unconscious?" A doctor asked as he took Neji's pulse.
"15 minutes at most." Kurenai quickly answered as she leaned against the wall, a little exhausted by all that happened and still to come.
"Get me two pouches of 0 negative blood now" The doctor order a nurse, as this one ran out of the room to fetch the items in question.
"Will he be alright?" Shikamaru asked a bit worried, from seeing the gloves of the doctor covered with his teammates blood.
"He's lost a lot of blood and his chakra level is almost depleted. If I can get that wound under control, he'll have better chances." The doctor explained as he quickly scanned Neji's shoulder to make a proper decision.
In the mean time, Sasuke tried to raise his body to sit up in his bed, but the curse held him down. Kurenai noticed what the boy was trying to do as she rushed to his side immediately, and placed her hands firmly against his shoulder, so that he would remain down.
"Don't strain your body more than it already is Sasuke." Kurenai spoke to the boy with worried eyes as the marks still showed on the boy's body and face.
"Yo Anbu." Asuma called out to the Anbu, as he reached into his pocket and grabbed a new cigarette.
"Yes?" Then leader replied, as his two subordinates stayed behind him.
"Mind telling Hokage to come here now?" Asuma said as he lit his cigarette.
"Done." The Anbu leader spoke as they vanished form the room, only to leave a trail of smoke behind them.
The nurse returned with the blood pouches, as she noticed Asuma that was smoking. Her face showed a very angry expression, as she grabbed the cigarette violently and tossed it on the floor and placed her foot over it to extinguish it.
"No smoking in a hospital!" The nurse yelled out in an angry tone as she joined the doctor and her fellow nurses.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he couldn't believe his own sensei actually did that, as the painful growls of Kiba caught their attention. The boy seemed to slowly regain consciousness as his fingers began to move and he opened his eyes.
"Where the hell am I...?" Kiba asked as he tried to move his body, but soon found out it brought more pain than it already was if he stayed still.
"Calm down Kiba, we're at the hospital." Shikamaru spoke out loud enough so that he could be heard.
Shikamaru walked over to Kiba's bed, while Kurenai, made sure to take a looka t Kiba as well, since Sasuke's current bed, and Kiba's were right next to each other.
"Akamaru ..." Kiba mumbled as he also tried to sit up to find his long time companion.
"Stay still Kiba. Akamaru's fine, he's just sleeping on your stomach right now." Kurenai explained as she still had a hand pressed on Sasuke's left shoulder to make sure he wouldn't attempt anything.
As the minutes passed, the silence consumed the room as only the voices of the doctor and the few nurses present could be heard. They finally finished sewing up Neji, as the doctor removed the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and seemed relieved.
Sasuke looked over at Neji, to see a few needles stuck in his arms, while he had an oxygen mask to help him breath, as the wound had been very close to his lungs.
"Will he be ..." Kiba asked but never had the opportunity to finish his question.
"He'll be fine, he only needs a lot of bed rest. He was lucky though ... If the attack would have been 5 centimeters below or the to left, we wouldn't be having this conversation." The doctor explained as everyone was quite shock that Neji came really close to losing his life.
The doctor then walked over to Kiba as he examined the boy closely, while all eyes were locked with every movement the doctor did.
"A few bruises and cuts. You do have 3 broken ribs, but compared to your friend, you'll be able to train after 3 weeks of bed rest. As for you young man ..." The doctor walked to check Shikamaru. "A nurse will come and sew that wound of yours." The doctor finished, as he left the room, and left the 3 nurses to take care of the rest.
"Why didn't he check Sasuke?" Kiba asked, as he remained still in his bed.
"Only Tsunade can help with Sasuke's current condition, and hopefully she'll arrive very soon" Kurenai explained as the boys understood.
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*Tsunade's Office*
Tsunade looked out the window as her worries had yet disappeared from her mind. After all, she sent a team of genins after the four sounds to retrieve Sasuke. She questioned herself as she ignored all the paperwork she need to do, when a certain sound captured her attention.
"Hokage-sama." The Anbu leader spoke out as his two companions stood a little behind him.
Tsunade turned around to face all three Anbus, as she seemed annoyed at their presence.
"What is it now?" Tsunade coldly asked as she sat down on her desk and crossed her arms.
"You're presence is immediately required at the hospital." The Anbu replied with a neutral tone.
"Did something happened to that Lee kid again?" Tsunade spoke out with concern.
"Iie, Shikamaru has returned with his team, and have retrieved Uchiha Sasuke. They are waiting for you in Room 201." The Anbu informed her.
It didn't take long for Tsunade to rush out of her office and head straight for the hospital, still unaware that Naruto wasn't with them.
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*Battlefield*
Swords clashed many times, as each attack was easily blocked by the other. Both jumped back in the air as their swords clashed together once more, but this time, the Kyubi decided to add a kick to spice things up.
Kimimaro easily dodged, as he decided to punch the demon with his fist, but Kyubi caught it with his free hand, as the fist was only a few centimeters away. Kimimaro simply smiled, as he uncurled his fingers and opened his hand so as something quickly came out of the middle of his palm once again.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi cursed under his breath as he barely had time to move his head to avoid what could have been a fatal attack.
Kyubi had quickly leaned his head towards the left, as the tip of the bone scrapped his cheek, and added a new mark to his visage. Kyubi quickly released his grip as he leaped backwards and landed once more to the ground, his eyes never leaving his opponent.
"Is your host aware that the only reason he's still breathing is because of you?" Kimimaro asked as he wiped off the blood from his seconds bone sword.
"The kit is aware of it." Kyubi replied as he wiped off the trail of blood form his cheek his the back of his hand.
"Why do you fight for him? After all his Village is the reason you were sealed. Why not join Orochimaru-sama, surely he could release you ..." Kimimaru mumbled as both of them walked in a circle like, but the distance remained the same between them.
"That wrecked so called human of yours is the rest I was sealed even more. Besides, the kit made me an offer I could hardly refused ..." Kyubi mumbled as he stopped moving and glared at his opponent.
"I see ..." Kimimaro whispered to himself, as he held his two swords and crossed them together.
Kyubi simply stabbed the ground with the sword, as it stood right before him, vertically, while Kyubi joined his hands together and started to perform a seal.
"What is it trying to do this time?" Kimimaro wondered, but wouldn't take the chance to underestimate the creature again.
Kimimaro charged forward again, but uncrossed his hands and swords and he aimed for Kyubi's vital points.
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*Konoha Hospital*
--- Room 201 ---
Both Jounins remained silent as they simply observed carefully their students to make sure they had everything they needed, as Kurenai tried her best to help diminish Sasuke's pain.
"I'm glad to see you're all safe." Tsunade spoke out from the door as she entered the room.
"Hokage-sama?" Kurenai let out as she stood up again to meet the new Hoakge.
Tsunade's eyes immediately focused on Sasuke, sicne his mark were very noticeable. She walked to his side, as she took his hand in hers and placed her other hand on the boy's forehead.
"When did this happen?" Tsunade asked as she turned her head to meet the gazes of both Jounins.
"About 45 minutes ago. The guy called Kimimaro did some hand seals and then the marks of the curse started to spread." Shikamaru answered instead, since he knew better than anyone the situation.
"I see. Fortunately for you little one, Kakashi's previous seal seemed to have helped you so it wouldn't affect your growth. Surely your sensei must have explained this to you?" Tsunade asked as she checked the boy's curse mark closer.
"Hai ..." Sasuke only said as he avoided any eye contact.
Tsunade then stood up as she walked over to Neji's bed, seeing how much the boy was injured, with some many needles in his arms. She placed both hands about 20 centimeters above Neji's wound, as she concentrated chakra within them.
"What is she doing?" Kiba asked as he could only see her partially.
"Tsunade-sama is one of the legendary sennin. Her specialty is in the medic field and healing." Kurenai answered her student as she tapped his feet.
After a few minutes, Tsunade finally removed her hands, as she then took the oxygen mask off of Neji's mouth and nose, while she stepped away to join the small group to where Kiba rested.
"Your friend will get better now, he no longer needs medical help, only bed rest for a few weeks, to give him enough time for his shoulder to heal." Tsunade informed them, as she knew they wondered of what she had done.
Tsunade was about to speak again when she noticed someone was actually missing. Her eyes scanned the room carefully to see if the boy was not laying down on a bed, as this started to worry her.
"Where's Naruto?" Tsunade asked as her eyes continued to scan the room to be sure he wasn't present, until her gaze fell on the students.
Sasuke simply looked towards Neji's direction to then close his eyes, while Kiba looked down and cursed under his breath. Shikamaru couldn't help but lower his head, to then let out a deep breath and closed his eyes. Kurenai and Asuma exchanged worried looks as even they didn't know the whole story yet.
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*Battlefield*
Kyubi immediately grabbed the end of his sword, as he violently pulled it out of the dirt and prepared to defend himself. The fox took a step forward as he pointed the sword towards Kimimaro and simply smiled.
Kyubi then tapped hi foot against the ground 3 times, and then planted his sword back in the ground to his left side, and marked the ground. He grabbed the sword with his other hand, as he sliced the ground before him in a half circle and stopped once he reached the right side of his feet.
"Things are about to get really fun..." Kyubi stated, as the soil came out from the cut before the fox.
Kimimaro immediately changed of direction, as he decided to evade the temporary wall of soil, as he attacked form behind the fox. Kyubi turned around, to counter this attack, with the same sword.
Kimimaro lifted his right sword in the air, as he was blocked by Kyubi's sword. The only thing that stood between his victory, was the sword the fox had stolen from him.
Kimimaro smiled lightly, as he placed more force into that attack, as he still had his left sword left to attack. The shinobi thrust his left sword from under the Kyubi's guard as it stabbed it in the stomach and exited in the back of the fox's body.
Kyubi's eyes widened in shock, as he felt the sharp object enter and pass through his stomach in a moment of carelessness, when he heard strange noise that came from in front of him.
Crack
"Nani!?" Kyubi let out as he noticed that the sword he held started to crack from the pressure of blocking the other.
"I must admit, you were a worthy opponent, but this is the end." Kimimaro stated as he gathered chakra to his right hand to put more strain on his opponent's sword.
Kyubi's sword shattered in pieces, since it could no longer endure the stress placed on it, while Kimimaro charged forth his sword forward, since the demon no longer had anything to defend his vital points.
The pieces of the sword fell on the ground, while the shinobi's sword pierced the tanned skin of the young boy, now demon before him. The sword had penetrated and passed through Kyubi's neck, as blood started to spur out of the deadly wound.
"How is that ..." Kyubi muttered as the pain intensified.
"These are my bones, I know all too well their weakness." Kimimaro answered.
Kimimaro left his sword in the demon's neck, as he twisted it a little to the right and then to the left, to increase the pain and the feeling of death, while he then retreated both swords from the demon's body.
Kyubi fell to his knees, as his clawed hands wrapped themselves around his neck to stop the bleeding, while he coughed up more blood on the ground. Kimimaro kneeled before his soon to be dead opponent, as he gently caressed the fox's cheek, so their eyes would meet one last time.
"It's been a long time since any shinobi has brought me trouble, but demon or not, no one is stronger than me except for Orochimaru-sama. Be happy Kyubi, you'll finally be free from this pathetic boy's body." Kimimaro let out as he stood back up and stepped away from the demon.
Kimimaro's eyes widened as Kyubi lifted his head up to lock his red eyes with those of the older shinobi. But what shocked Kimimaro the most was the fact Kyubi smiled ...
"Why is he smiling? Has he gone completely insane?" Kimimaro asked himself as his expression showed he was confused.
Suddenly, Kimimaro's eyes shot wide open as his body seemed to fall forward, as something pierced his chest. The shinobi fell to his knees, as he took hold of the object to notice it was one of his bones.
He came face to face with the dying Kyubi when he heard a voice that came from behind him. He turned his head around, to see another Kyubi who stood only a meter away from himself, as he turned back to the other Kyubi.
"How is this ..." Kimimaro muttered as he stared back at the fox.
Kyubi applied more pressure on Kimimaro's wound, well aware that this one didn't have such a healing ability like himself, as he then grabbed the sword and took it out, by not pulling it out, but by ripping it out from the shinobi's side.
Kimimaro's yell filled the silent forest, as he bleed enormously and the pain prevented him from doing anything. Now the shinobi had a large open gap from his chest to his side, as Kyubi held the sword within his hand, while he's free one forced the other shinobi to face the ground.
Kyubi then grabbed the shinobi tightly around the neck, as he brought him to his level, his back who pressed against the demon's front chest, while Kimimaro was on his knees and faced the other Kyubi.
"Even though I'm still sealed within the kit, I learned all that he learned, in other words, I used his most favorite Jutsu, and simply made it stronger so you couldn't see through it." Kyubi explained as the clone vanished in smoke before them.
"The Kage Bunshin...?" Kimimaro let out as blood trailed down form the side of his mouth.
"A forbidden jutsu that's saved us many times." Kyubi whispered into Kimimaro's ear as he moved his hand to have a firm grip on his enemy's hair, while the body had a tendency to fall forward.
"Game's over" Kyubi let out, as he prepared to strike Kimimaro in the back of the head to assure his kill.
As he prepared to make his move, his nose picked up a new scent, and immediately he leaped backwards in time to evade a dozen kunais that stabbed the ground where he stood seconds ago.
Kyubi looked up as a new player entered the game, one he couldn't sense until it was almost too late. The mysterious shinobi stood on a large branch as he seemed to look down as both Kimimaro and then back at him. He then raised a hand as he lifted his glasses back up at the right place.
"It's been a while ... Naruto-kun ... Or should I say Kyubi-sama?" The familiar voice spoke out as he locked eyes with the Kyubi.
TBC ...
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Chapter 4 finally done! Honestly, I thought I would finish this small saga within 3 chapters but I had like too many ideas that popped up in my head so it's going to be longer, despite the sudden loss of reviews for an unknown reason.
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Kabuto enters the fight with Kyubi, as the Jounins are getting closer to Naruto. Meanwhile at the hospital, the genins begin to explain the strange behavior of Naruto as well as what really happened to him.
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Synopsis : The fight between Kyubi and Kimimaro continues, as someone new appears, ally or enemy who knows? The team reaches Konoha's hospital, as the boys get the treatment they need, as Tsunade learns of their return.
Pairings : Unknown for now. Suggestions are welcomed
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto but wish I did
Timeline :
- This takes place when Shikamaru, and the team he created went after the 4 Ninjas that took Sasuke with them. In other words it's right after Neji finished his battle with his opponent in Manga Volume 22 Chapter 198.
- Sasuke was NOT put in the wooden barrel to begin with
- Sakon is one of the four ninjas under Orochimaru's command. He's the ninja that seems to have two bodies of some sort ( Chapter 200 )
- Kimimaro was sent by Kabuto ( Orochimaru's right hand ) since the four ninjas were taking too long to come back to Orochimaru.
- To me, all underlings of Orochimaru are male, so sorry if they were any females that I wasn't able to spot.
JUTSU LIST :
- Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Skill : A forbidden jutsu, that creates clones - which are not just plain illusions (like the normal bunshin no jutsu). Each clone is an exact replica of the user, capable of attacking. A direct hit causes the clone to disappear.
JAPANESE WORDS
- baka = idiot -
- dobe = dead last -
- Arigatou = Thank You -
- Urousai = Shut Up -
- Chikushou – Damn it / Damn
All notes concerning future reviews will be replied at the bottom of the story.
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*Battling grounds*
Kimimaro made his move as he vanished form Kyubi's sight, while this one sniffed the air to pick of the scent of his enemy without much success.
"Where is he?" Kyubi asked himself when he felt the presence behind him
Kimimaro raised his bone sword in the air, as he slashed Kyubi's back. Fortunately for Kyubi, he'd been able to jumped forward to evade a fatal blow and ended up with a deep cut instead. His chakra took care of the wound as it healed quickly.
Kyubi took this moment to charge forward as his claws connected with Kimimaro's stomach and blood poured out. Kyubi smiled as his claws sank deeper into the body, while the ninja let go of his bone sword.
"I thought you would of entertained me longer" Kyubi grinned
"A fox is truly the lower creature of intelligence" Kimimaro let out
"Nani!?" Kyubi growled as he ripped Kimimaro's body in two
Unfortunately, what he ripped in two pieces and originally injured were a bunshin, a clone, as his clone vanished in smoke. Kyubi's widened as he noticed he had been tricked and toyed with from the beginning.
Kimimaro appeared from the shadows behind the demon, sword lifted as Kyubi felt a sudden pain throughout his left shoulder. Kimimaro's sword had pierced once again Naruto's shoulder and went all the way through his body.
"This time, you die little one" Kimimaro commented as he pulled out another bone from he middle of his palm and prepared to strike Kyubi in the head.
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Kyubi barely had the time to turn his head to see what was going to happen, as he was aware he needed to act right away. Despite the pain he felt in his shoulder from the initial attack, there was only one option left that crossed his mind to evade the deadly strike.
"This is going to hurt ..." Kyubi told himself as he prepared to put his plan into action.
Kyubi gathered his chakra once more at his feet, as he pushed against the ground, not forward, but backwards, as he forced his own body to collide with the enemy behind him. By doing so, the bone stabbed him deeper through the shoulder and exited, in most part in front of the Kyubi.
Kimimaro was caught off guard, as he had trouble to maintain his balance, as both bodies fell to the ground, the demon on top of his own. Kyubi's mouth opened but no sound came out, as he quickly reacted , and twisted his body on the same side as his wounded shoulder, in hopes to brake the sword made of bone and distance himself from his enemy.
Kyubi gripped the bone from his front side, and gathered a great amount of chakra to brake it off from the base, in other words, from Kimimaro's hand. The red chakra could clearly be seen from Kyubi's hands as it entered the bone, passed through his shoulder as a loud cracking sound was heard.
Kyubi felt the bone had shattered as he quickly jumped off his attacker, but the bone remained in his shoulder. Kyubi landed on his feet, as he placed a hand on the ground to stop him from moving, as his eyes never left the other shinobi.
Kimimaro slowly stood up as he observed his hand to notice the small fragment of bone he still held in the palm of his hand. He slowly stood up, as he threw the bone to the ground and took hold of the other one he was going to use to kill Kyubi.
Kimimaro glared at the Kyubi, as he regained his attack position and observed the demon carefully. Kyubi stood up as well as he gripped the bone still lodged in his shoulder and slowly pulled it out. The wound began to heal slowly, as the Kyubi waved the newly acquired weapon towards his opponent.
"Nice weapon." Kyubi teased his rival with a smile.
"I'm surprised you managed to brake my bone." Kimimaro replied, eyes filled with anger.
"A demon's chakra is more powerful than those of humans." Kyubi stated as he prepared to attack once more, since his wound was nothing more than a scratch now.
Both raised their swords and lunched themselves at each other once again, as the fierce battle continued between two opponents.
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*Somewhere ...*
In a dark room, an unknown male shinobi sat down on a chair and remained still, while a younger shinobi came within the room, and handed out a glass of water to the other one.
"Have they returned yet?" The unidentified shinobi asked as he took sips of the water.
"I have yet heard form them ... Orochimaru-sama." The shinobi known as Kabuto and the traitor of Konoha answered his master.
"This is unlike them." The young shinobi spoke out, as he now was Orochimaru.
"I sent Kimimaro-san half an hour ago, I'm surprised he has yet returned with the 4 other members and Sasuke-sama." Kabuto replied as he picked up the glass form Orochimaru's hands to place it on a nearby table.
"That old hag must of sent a team ..." Orochimaru started as he stood up form his chair.
"Even so, she couldn't possibly send any Jounins or Anbus. We inflicted them enough damage so only the genins remained on active duty." Kabuto reminded his master as lit a candle to inlighten the room a little.
"Then she must have sent the Kyubi brat with a small but effective team to retrieve their precious teammate." Orochimaru stated as he retreated himself in a dark corner of the room.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Even though he possesses the Kyubi within him, Kimimaro should easily be capable of defeating the boy." Kabuto reminded the snake, since he knew Kimimaro was even stronger than the 4 sound ninjas.
"I'm aware of that Kabuto, the kid is the least of my worries, it's the Kyubi I'm worried about. If this one manages to surface once, things could get out of hand." Orochimaru carefully explained to his right hand man.
"What do you wish for me to do then?" Kabuto asked, curious to what Orochimaru has in mind.
"Join them. I want to know what's taking them so long to bring Sasuke-kun to me." Orochimaru gave out his order.
As he stood in the dark corner of the room, Kabuto prepared to leave although inside of himself, he thought that it was being too careful, but after all, Orochimaru always had good reasons to react in his own strange ways.
"Wait." Orochimaru spoke out as Kabut froze under the doorframe.
"Yes? Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto softly asked, as he rested a hand against the doorframe.
"If you meet the Kyubi brat, I want you to dispose of him in the worse possible way." Orochimaru informed him as an evil smile crept his lips.
"You want me to use THAT technique on him?" Kabuto asked but he already knew the answer.
"Hai. With him out of the way, Sasuke-kun won't have any more links with Konoha." Orochimaru half explained as he examined the newly acquired body in a nearby mirror.
"As you wish, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto spoke his last words as he left the room and prepared himself to join up with Kimimaro.
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*Konoha Hospital*
A few Anbus, along with two Jounins, Asuma and Kurenai, entered the hospital with the injured members of the search team, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Kiba, Akamaru and Neji.
The nurses and doctors immediately stopped their current work, as they rushed to the teams. Of all the genins, only Shikamaru stood on his own two feet, while Neji and Sasuke laid down on separate stretchers, although Sasuke remained conscious despite the continuous pain the curse mark on his neck inflicted to him.
Asuma and Shikamaru remained near Sasuke, while Kurenai had her hands full with Kiba who currently rested in her arms, as well as Akamaru, who was sound asleep on his master's stomach.
"Oh my god ..." One of the nurse let out as she saw how badly hurt Hyuga Neji was.
"Please follow us." The nurse in charge told the group, as she pointed to a big room a few meters away from their current position.
The group simply followed the nurse into the room without any hesitation.
--- Empty Hospital Rooms ---
The Anbu who carried both Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji, quickly transferred them on the bed, as the nurses quickly tended to Neji's wounds first, while Sasuke struggled with the pain he still felt.
Kurenai walked over to another empty bed, as she carefully laid her student on it, and looked over at Neji's bed. Asuma and Shikamaru stood in the doorframe, as they both let out a sigh.
The room was painted white, as it had a number of 6 separated bed, all within a distance of 1 meter each. Even though hospital rooms are suppose to be single, this one was a genuine copy only it had 6 beds instead, 3 on each side of the room, as the window lighten up the middle of it.
"How long has he been unconscious?" A doctor asked as he took Neji's pulse.
"15 minutes at most." Kurenai quickly answered as she leaned against the wall, a little exhausted by all that happened and still to come.
"Get me two pouches of 0 negative blood now" The doctor order a nurse, as this one ran out of the room to fetch the items in question.
"Will he be alright?" Shikamaru asked a bit worried, from seeing the gloves of the doctor covered with his teammates blood.
"He's lost a lot of blood and his chakra level is almost depleted. If I can get that wound under control, he'll have better chances." The doctor explained as he quickly scanned Neji's shoulder to make a proper decision.
In the mean time, Sasuke tried to raise his body to sit up in his bed, but the curse held him down. Kurenai noticed what the boy was trying to do as she rushed to his side immediately, and placed her hands firmly against his shoulder, so that he would remain down.
"Don't strain your body more than it already is Sasuke." Kurenai spoke to the boy with worried eyes as the marks still showed on the boy's body and face.
"Yo Anbu." Asuma called out to the Anbu, as he reached into his pocket and grabbed a new cigarette.
"Yes?" Then leader replied, as his two subordinates stayed behind him.
"Mind telling Hokage to come here now?" Asuma said as he lit his cigarette.
"Done." The Anbu leader spoke as they vanished form the room, only to leave a trail of smoke behind them.
The nurse returned with the blood pouches, as she noticed Asuma that was smoking. Her face showed a very angry expression, as she grabbed the cigarette violently and tossed it on the floor and placed her foot over it to extinguish it.
"No smoking in a hospital!" The nurse yelled out in an angry tone as she joined the doctor and her fellow nurses.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he couldn't believe his own sensei actually did that, as the painful growls of Kiba caught their attention. The boy seemed to slowly regain consciousness as his fingers began to move and he opened his eyes.
"Where the hell am I...?" Kiba asked as he tried to move his body, but soon found out it brought more pain than it already was if he stayed still.
"Calm down Kiba, we're at the hospital." Shikamaru spoke out loud enough so that he could be heard.
Shikamaru walked over to Kiba's bed, while Kurenai, made sure to take a looka t Kiba as well, since Sasuke's current bed, and Kiba's were right next to each other.
"Akamaru ..." Kiba mumbled as he also tried to sit up to find his long time companion.
"Stay still Kiba. Akamaru's fine, he's just sleeping on your stomach right now." Kurenai explained as she still had a hand pressed on Sasuke's left shoulder to make sure he wouldn't attempt anything.
As the minutes passed, the silence consumed the room as only the voices of the doctor and the few nurses present could be heard. They finally finished sewing up Neji, as the doctor removed the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and seemed relieved.
Sasuke looked over at Neji, to see a few needles stuck in his arms, while he had an oxygen mask to help him breath, as the wound had been very close to his lungs.
"Will he be ..." Kiba asked but never had the opportunity to finish his question.
"He'll be fine, he only needs a lot of bed rest. He was lucky though ... If the attack would have been 5 centimeters below or the to left, we wouldn't be having this conversation." The doctor explained as everyone was quite shock that Neji came really close to losing his life.
The doctor then walked over to Kiba as he examined the boy closely, while all eyes were locked with every movement the doctor did.
"A few bruises and cuts. You do have 3 broken ribs, but compared to your friend, you'll be able to train after 3 weeks of bed rest. As for you young man ..." The doctor walked to check Shikamaru. "A nurse will come and sew that wound of yours." The doctor finished, as he left the room, and left the 3 nurses to take care of the rest.
"Why didn't he check Sasuke?" Kiba asked, as he remained still in his bed.
"Only Tsunade can help with Sasuke's current condition, and hopefully she'll arrive very soon" Kurenai explained as the boys understood.
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*Tsunade's Office*
Tsunade looked out the window as her worries had yet disappeared from her mind. After all, she sent a team of genins after the four sounds to retrieve Sasuke. She questioned herself as she ignored all the paperwork she need to do, when a certain sound captured her attention.
"Hokage-sama." The Anbu leader spoke out as his two companions stood a little behind him.
Tsunade turned around to face all three Anbus, as she seemed annoyed at their presence.
"What is it now?" Tsunade coldly asked as she sat down on her desk and crossed her arms.
"You're presence is immediately required at the hospital." The Anbu replied with a neutral tone.
"Did something happened to that Lee kid again?" Tsunade spoke out with concern.
"Iie, Shikamaru has returned with his team, and have retrieved Uchiha Sasuke. They are waiting for you in Room 201." The Anbu informed her.
It didn't take long for Tsunade to rush out of her office and head straight for the hospital, still unaware that Naruto wasn't with them.
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*Battlefield*
Swords clashed many times, as each attack was easily blocked by the other. Both jumped back in the air as their swords clashed together once more, but this time, the Kyubi decided to add a kick to spice things up.
Kimimaro easily dodged, as he decided to punch the demon with his fist, but Kyubi caught it with his free hand, as the fist was only a few centimeters away. Kimimaro simply smiled, as he uncurled his fingers and opened his hand so as something quickly came out of the middle of his palm once again.
"Chikushou ..." Kyubi cursed under his breath as he barely had time to move his head to avoid what could have been a fatal attack.
Kyubi had quickly leaned his head towards the left, as the tip of the bone scrapped his cheek, and added a new mark to his visage. Kyubi quickly released his grip as he leaped backwards and landed once more to the ground, his eyes never leaving his opponent.
"Is your host aware that the only reason he's still breathing is because of you?" Kimimaro asked as he wiped off the blood from his seconds bone sword.
"The kit is aware of it." Kyubi replied as he wiped off the trail of blood form his cheek his the back of his hand.
"Why do you fight for him? After all his Village is the reason you were sealed. Why not join Orochimaru-sama, surely he could release you ..." Kimimaru mumbled as both of them walked in a circle like, but the distance remained the same between them.
"That wrecked so called human of yours is the rest I was sealed even more. Besides, the kit made me an offer I could hardly refused ..." Kyubi mumbled as he stopped moving and glared at his opponent.
"I see ..." Kimimaro whispered to himself, as he held his two swords and crossed them together.
Kyubi simply stabbed the ground with the sword, as it stood right before him, vertically, while Kyubi joined his hands together and started to perform a seal.
"What is it trying to do this time?" Kimimaro wondered, but wouldn't take the chance to underestimate the creature again.
Kimimaro charged forward again, but uncrossed his hands and swords and he aimed for Kyubi's vital points.
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*Konoha Hospital*
--- Room 201 ---
Both Jounins remained silent as they simply observed carefully their students to make sure they had everything they needed, as Kurenai tried her best to help diminish Sasuke's pain.
"I'm glad to see you're all safe." Tsunade spoke out from the door as she entered the room.
"Hokage-sama?" Kurenai let out as she stood up again to meet the new Hoakge.
Tsunade's eyes immediately focused on Sasuke, sicne his mark were very noticeable. She walked to his side, as she took his hand in hers and placed her other hand on the boy's forehead.
"When did this happen?" Tsunade asked as she turned her head to meet the gazes of both Jounins.
"About 45 minutes ago. The guy called Kimimaro did some hand seals and then the marks of the curse started to spread." Shikamaru answered instead, since he knew better than anyone the situation.
"I see. Fortunately for you little one, Kakashi's previous seal seemed to have helped you so it wouldn't affect your growth. Surely your sensei must have explained this to you?" Tsunade asked as she checked the boy's curse mark closer.
"Hai ..." Sasuke only said as he avoided any eye contact.
Tsunade then stood up as she walked over to Neji's bed, seeing how much the boy was injured, with some many needles in his arms. She placed both hands about 20 centimeters above Neji's wound, as she concentrated chakra within them.
"What is she doing?" Kiba asked as he could only see her partially.
"Tsunade-sama is one of the legendary sennin. Her specialty is in the medic field and healing." Kurenai answered her student as she tapped his feet.
After a few minutes, Tsunade finally removed her hands, as she then took the oxygen mask off of Neji's mouth and nose, while she stepped away to join the small group to where Kiba rested.
"Your friend will get better now, he no longer needs medical help, only bed rest for a few weeks, to give him enough time for his shoulder to heal." Tsunade informed them, as she knew they wondered of what she had done.
Tsunade was about to speak again when she noticed someone was actually missing. Her eyes scanned the room carefully to see if the boy was not laying down on a bed, as this started to worry her.
"Where's Naruto?" Tsunade asked as her eyes continued to scan the room to be sure he wasn't present, until her gaze fell on the students.
Sasuke simply looked towards Neji's direction to then close his eyes, while Kiba looked down and cursed under his breath. Shikamaru couldn't help but lower his head, to then let out a deep breath and closed his eyes. Kurenai and Asuma exchanged worried looks as even they didn't know the whole story yet.
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*Battlefield*
Kyubi immediately grabbed the end of his sword, as he violently pulled it out of the dirt and prepared to defend himself. The fox took a step forward as he pointed the sword towards Kimimaro and simply smiled.
Kyubi then tapped hi foot against the ground 3 times, and then planted his sword back in the ground to his left side, and marked the ground. He grabbed the sword with his other hand, as he sliced the ground before him in a half circle and stopped once he reached the right side of his feet.
"Things are about to get really fun..." Kyubi stated, as the soil came out from the cut before the fox.
Kimimaro immediately changed of direction, as he decided to evade the temporary wall of soil, as he attacked form behind the fox. Kyubi turned around, to counter this attack, with the same sword.
Kimimaro lifted his right sword in the air, as he was blocked by Kyubi's sword. The only thing that stood between his victory, was the sword the fox had stolen from him.
Kimimaro smiled lightly, as he placed more force into that attack, as he still had his left sword left to attack. The shinobi thrust his left sword from under the Kyubi's guard as it stabbed it in the stomach and exited in the back of the fox's body.
Kyubi's eyes widened in shock, as he felt the sharp object enter and pass through his stomach in a moment of carelessness, when he heard strange noise that came from in front of him.
Crack
"Nani!?" Kyubi let out as he noticed that the sword he held started to crack from the pressure of blocking the other.
"I must admit, you were a worthy opponent, but this is the end." Kimimaro stated as he gathered chakra to his right hand to put more strain on his opponent's sword.
Kyubi's sword shattered in pieces, since it could no longer endure the stress placed on it, while Kimimaro charged forth his sword forward, since the demon no longer had anything to defend his vital points.
The pieces of the sword fell on the ground, while the shinobi's sword pierced the tanned skin of the young boy, now demon before him. The sword had penetrated and passed through Kyubi's neck, as blood started to spur out of the deadly wound.
"How is that ..." Kyubi muttered as the pain intensified.
"These are my bones, I know all too well their weakness." Kimimaro answered.
Kimimaro left his sword in the demon's neck, as he twisted it a little to the right and then to the left, to increase the pain and the feeling of death, while he then retreated both swords from the demon's body.
Kyubi fell to his knees, as his clawed hands wrapped themselves around his neck to stop the bleeding, while he coughed up more blood on the ground. Kimimaro kneeled before his soon to be dead opponent, as he gently caressed the fox's cheek, so their eyes would meet one last time.
"It's been a long time since any shinobi has brought me trouble, but demon or not, no one is stronger than me except for Orochimaru-sama. Be happy Kyubi, you'll finally be free from this pathetic boy's body." Kimimaro let out as he stood back up and stepped away from the demon.
Kimimaro's eyes widened as Kyubi lifted his head up to lock his red eyes with those of the older shinobi. But what shocked Kimimaro the most was the fact Kyubi smiled ...
"Why is he smiling? Has he gone completely insane?" Kimimaro asked himself as his expression showed he was confused.
Suddenly, Kimimaro's eyes shot wide open as his body seemed to fall forward, as something pierced his chest. The shinobi fell to his knees, as he took hold of the object to notice it was one of his bones.
He came face to face with the dying Kyubi when he heard a voice that came from behind him. He turned his head around, to see another Kyubi who stood only a meter away from himself, as he turned back to the other Kyubi.
"How is this ..." Kimimaro muttered as he stared back at the fox.
Kyubi applied more pressure on Kimimaro's wound, well aware that this one didn't have such a healing ability like himself, as he then grabbed the sword and took it out, by not pulling it out, but by ripping it out from the shinobi's side.
Kimimaro's yell filled the silent forest, as he bleed enormously and the pain prevented him from doing anything. Now the shinobi had a large open gap from his chest to his side, as Kyubi held the sword within his hand, while he's free one forced the other shinobi to face the ground.
Kyubi then grabbed the shinobi tightly around the neck, as he brought him to his level, his back who pressed against the demon's front chest, while Kimimaro was on his knees and faced the other Kyubi.
"Even though I'm still sealed within the kit, I learned all that he learned, in other words, I used his most favorite Jutsu, and simply made it stronger so you couldn't see through it." Kyubi explained as the clone vanished in smoke before them.
"The Kage Bunshin...?" Kimimaro let out as blood trailed down form the side of his mouth.
"A forbidden jutsu that's saved us many times." Kyubi whispered into Kimimaro's ear as he moved his hand to have a firm grip on his enemy's hair, while the body had a tendency to fall forward.
"Game's over" Kyubi let out, as he prepared to strike Kimimaro in the back of the head to assure his kill.
As he prepared to make his move, his nose picked up a new scent, and immediately he leaped backwards in time to evade a dozen kunais that stabbed the ground where he stood seconds ago.
Kyubi looked up as a new player entered the game, one he couldn't sense until it was almost too late. The mysterious shinobi stood on a large branch as he seemed to look down as both Kimimaro and then back at him. He then raised a hand as he lifted his glasses back up at the right place.
"It's been a while ... Naruto-kun ... Or should I say Kyubi-sama?" The familiar voice spoke out as he locked eyes with the Kyubi.
TBC ...
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