Sorry it took so long for me to update. I got preocupied with other things... not to mention writters block. BUT NOT TO WOORY! It has passed with the completion of ch. 19 which is also up. Hope you like them.

Chapter 16: Jiro-Kun vs. Haruko-Kun

As Jiro ran towards Haruko, he smiled. He had heard stories from his team's accomplishments. Haruko was what legends were made of. Jiro was going to have fun with this battle.

Haruko was dressed like Haru. Red closed with the black clan symbol on the middle of his shirt. He had red face paint on the right side of his face, pointing inward at his eyes and outward at his mouth. The opposite of Haru's face paint.

Haruko leapt as Jiro got closer. Jiro watched in awe at the height of Haruko's jump. He had never seen anyone jump that high without some sort of help. He's a moving target up there. He can't dodge anything. Jiro thought. He dug into his Kunai pouch and pulled out five. He carefully took aim and threw each one of them at Haruko.

Each kunai hit dead on. As Haruko's body hit the ground it landed with a thump. Jiro didn't care if Haruko was dead or not. He just wanted to win. As he walked towards the limp body, he smiled. In a split second, Jiro was kicked in his side and thrown to the wall.

When Jiro got up the limp body of Haruko disappeared in a puff a smoke. Walking towards him, was the real Haruko.

"Damn clone…" He muttered. Jiro stood up, his side still hurt from the kick. He then smiled again.

"I'll rip that smile off your face," Haruko said plainly. No emotion could be detected. He was truly born to kill, no other purpose in life but to kill.

Jiro was in disbelief for a moment. He couldn't believe that he had no emotions. This fight would be harder then he had thought. With no emotions he was the perfect killing machine. Since he cares for no one he could care less if he dies or if they die. He had nothing to loss and would fight until there was nothing left of him.

Jiro braced himself. He had to be ready for anything. Haruko started walking towards Jiro. "I have no time to fight you, so I shall defeat you now with my clan's ultimate jutsu." Haruko said.

"How? You need your brother for the jutsu." Jiro said.

"I am more powerful then Haru is. I found a way to do the jutsu without him." Haruko started performing the hand seals for a jutsu. "ARION KURO-N NO JUTSU!" he yelled.

He created a clone. It was like him, yet not like him. The main difference was the face paint was opposite of his, like Haru's face paint. "Since Haru and I are twins, the iron clone jutsu can make a clone of either of us. It takes more chakra to make a clone of Haru, but it's worth it to use the ultimate jutsu."

Jiro was worried now. Now that there was two of them the ultimate jutsu could be used. He had only heard rumors of it, that it was truly a destructive power. He could feel the sweat forming on his forehead and dripping down. He's about to be in a world of trouble now.

Haruko and Haru's clone started to do the hand signs. "NYUUKAI HAKUSHUKU NO JUTSU!" they yelled. Just then, their bodies were pulled together. One body stood in it's place. It's face was covered in the red face paint. It was a bit taller then Haruko was but was definitely stronger. It's sleeves were torn from it's muscles.

It started laughing in an evil way. "How do you like me Jiro. I am Haruki, the creation of the joining of Haru and Haruko. You'll be dead soon. My Chakra and stamina is unlimited. You stand no chance against me." He started laughing again.

"I know how to beat you that doesn't end up in either of us dying." Jiro said.

"Really, and how is that?"

"I have to wake up Haruko."

"Good luck. It normally takes a few days for Haruko to wake up on his own. What makes you think you can do it in a few minutes?"

"Because unlike you, I have a brain." Jiro smiled. Waking Haruko wasn't his real plan. Haruki might have limitless power, but he is made of Haru and Haruko. Haruko was flesh and blood, Haru's clone was not. It would only be a matter of time before Haru's clone canceled and Haruki would dissolve back to Haruko. Then He would win because, like Haruki said, would take days before Haruko woke up.

Haruki put on a look of disgust and charged. Drain his stamina. A clone has less stamina then charka. Jiro thought as he quickly jumped over Haruki. Haruki growled in anger as he slammed his foot to stop quickly. He turned around and began doing hand signs.

"KURO RAISHUU NO JUTSU!" He yelled. Jiro leapt back a few feet. The dark attack is a forbidden jutsu. It required much training in the dark arts to master it.

Haruki slammed is fist into the ground. The ground around Haruki sank to form a large crater. The ground cracked in many places and all ran towards Jiro. Jiro panicked a bit, then thought it through.

The crakes stopped moving then. Jiro's plan was foiled before he could execute it. Dark energy shot from the crakes. Hands started to rise from the crakes. Demons pulled themselves from the crakes.

Jiro gulped in fright. He didn't know the full extent of this jutsu. Seven demons were stood between Jiro and Haruki. All seven were probably under Haruki's control. Haruki laughed in his evil way. Smoke started to rise from his body.

"NO! Not yet! This is too soon!" He stammered as he looked at the smoke. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled as the body of Haruki dissolved into Haruko. Haruko collapsed, still asleep from performing the joint jutsu.

The demons watched Haruki dissolve. Without Haruki to control them, they would do what ever they pleased.

"GO-RUDEN IKAZUCHI NO JUTSU!" someone yelled from the crowed. Lightning shot down from the clouds, striking all seven demons before they had a chance to do anything. Jiro looked at the crowd. One of the elders was standing, his hands frozen in the "inu" hand seal position. His hands went back to his sides and he nodded at Jiro.

Jiro looked at Michiko. She was having trouble with Kida. Jiro also smiled when he saw Maemi running from Haru's fire wall jutsu. Poor Maemi… He thought as he ran to help Michiko.