Welcome to the next chapter!
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ryanleemartinez14; I watched the first two series a few years ago, its a pretty interesting show, and yeah, that would be a cool story to do, thanks for the suggestions!
ShadowUzumaki55; It is yeah, this is the climatic battle~ Glad that you liked them teaming up. Ryouta would be yeah, if he ends Orochimaru here~
Guest 1; Thank you, glad you liked it. Fu will be shown pretty soon again.
Silver crow; Thanks. Glad you liked it. They were more brain dead than actual corpses. Exactly, there hasn't ever been stated that someone can use their Mangekyou, say five times before you go blind or ten times or something, the best we get is the development of Susanoo and how the more it becomes complete the more blind someone becomes. Yeah, Orochimaru saw a good bit of himself in Yukine. Yeah, they were fodder, Orochimaru was thinking on the fact of Ryouta being on his own, having Kabuto and the others as backup, but also planned in case he didn't to try and overwhelm him with sheer force. If many explosions are going off, Ryouta would have to waste chakra to avoid, destroy, or get rid of completely of the threat, all the while trying to deal with Orochimaru attacking him, thankfully he isn't on his own thanks to the plans he set up. Yeah, Kabuto wouldn't be able to get away, he was heavily wounded by Naruko and Ryouta, plus Danzo isn't stupid enough to believe Kabuto would willingly work for him, so we shall see what becomes of that. Same for Guren. Anko did yeah. Ryouta did say he wouldn't let Orochimaru escape, so he is going to be pulling out all of the stops this time. Root aren't there for Ryouta this time. Danzo has roles to play in shippuden. Ryouta will be acknowledged for this battle, whatever happens. That would be a cool outfit for him to wear. Satsuki will be his first time, considering their history. Manda will be shown again at some point. That would be cool for a Fairy Tail story. That would be a cool power to have. Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah, he could be with them. Thanks for the harem suggestions.
Guest 2; Yeah, its going to be quite the climax arc indeed~ Yeah, I know when Itachi will give Ryouta Shisui's eyes. Fu will appear soon yeah.
TheGreatGodzilla; Yeah, this chapter wraps up the arc. No, I haven't decided. I will be sure to check it out. It seems that they are. In canon, Oto wasn't a thing after Orochimaru died, and only came back after Orochimaru came back. Yeah, I will be sure to think about them. I can't say about Danzo, that will be shown during part two.
Hinata fan; Ryouta, after everything Orochimaru has done, wouldn't let him get away again, we shall see what happens. Those people that took Kabuto weren't with Orochimaru as he thought about it. Orochimaru has already left Tayuya and Guren behind. Thanks very much.
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Phantom Reader; Yeah, Yukine has always had a strong affinity for snakes. Yukine did yeah, but she made good friends eventually, and of course met her husband. Ooh Orochimaru might go yeah. There will be more flashbacks to Yukine, Kagami and who they interacted with in the past yeah. That is Danzo for you. Yeah, it is odd that Kimimaro even in his thoughts never mentioned Jugo, but yeah you probably are right, Jugo probably wasn't thought of by then in canon. Glad you liked the banter between Ryouta and Orochimaru. Guren can see that for sure yeah~ Ryouta will interact with his Mother in the future. That is Tobi for you. Ryouta did gain some knowledge from Yukine, so he might be pulling off the Edo Tensei in shippuden at some point~ I could see him doing that with the Kage yeah. Don't worry about it~ Of course not, it would be great to chat. Signing up is free yeah. Haha, no worries, I get it~
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With those reviews out of the way, its time to start the chapter!
Orochimaru's last resorts!
Staring down the evilness of the devilish looking Orochimaru, Ryouta looked around to see that largely, right now he would be on his own. He wouldn't be able to have the others come for a short period, as they were busy fighting what Orochimaru had brought with him.
Ryouta looked around, seeing that the majority of the people Orochimaru had brought, were being thinned out. Tsunade and Pakura were getting attacked by the snakes, which easily enough were being dealt with, but Orochimaru had others attack them, so they didn't get to directly finish them off so quickly.
"Your plan now is to avoid them coming here, knowing you wouldn't be able to fight them. But they wont be held for long, you know?"
Orochimaru chuckled, as he pulled out his blade, pointing it towards Ryouta, ignoring the words Ryouta had said, because he was technically correct, he knew he didn't have long to go, but he was wondering if he had the ability to win.
"I am glad, that we could be alone, Ryou-kun. To me, it is quite the honour."
"An honour for what exactly? To fight me?"
"To finally win against an Uchiha. I mentioned about Itachi, I tried to take his body at one point. But he reversed my attack and got me in a Genjutsu. It was a shame, because I was very close to achieving a goal of mine."
Ryouta furrowed his brows.
"You tried to take him over..."
"I did, trying to work out when I did it, huh?"
Ryouta did wonder.
"I couldn't possibly know when you tried that, it would have had to have been after the village, so I guess when he joined the Akatsuki."
Orochimaru bowed his head.
"You are correct, that is what happened. When I first came for you, I thought I had planned rather well, but it seems that I miscalculated. This time, I wont be able to walk away so easily. I can't, I have sacrificed so many things. Tayuya, Kimimaro, Guren and Kabuto potentially, they probably wont come back if they truly aren't saved by others. But, it doesn't matter, as I wont be beaten by the likes of you!"
Ryouta watched him dash forward, and swing his blade, so Ryouta parried, and then Orochimaru followed with a number of strikes with his blade, Orochimaru pushed Ryouta back with each strike, moving like a rapid propeller with each movement not being wasted.
But Ryouta was able to keep up with him, and swung his own sword back, as they moved through the area at intense speeds.
"Hah, you're good with a blade. Its a skill your Father was known for!"
Orochimaru dodges one slash, and comes to Ryouta's left hand side, while having a snake come from the right, Ryouta timely slashed the snake out of existence, and parried with a kunai against Orochimaru's sword, before unleashing the kunai for Orochimaru's face, which he dodged by moving his head.
Or so he thought, as Ryouta controlled it with wire attached to his finger, the blade turning and going for the man's right eye, Orochimaru tried to move his blade, when Ryouta forced Orochimaru to block by coming at the snake like human with his own sword.
"Nice try!"
Orochimaru caught the blade with his tongue, but Ryouta wasn't done, and caused it to light on fire, burning Orochimaru's tongue, before he spat it out, and swung his foot for Ryouta's body, the young man blocked with his blade, but the force pushed Ryouta back a good deal with strength alone.
"Have this!"
Ryouta weaved through some hand signs, and breathed out a giant fireball the size of a house, Orochimaru whirled his body and swung his sword down, cutting through some of the flames, avoiding the rest of them, only to see Ryouta leaping forward.
"Do not trifle with me!"
Orochimaru didn't allow Ryouta to come for him this time, and used his snakes to come out from his mouth, shooting a sword from said snake, which Ryouta cut apart, only for Orochimaru to come at the young man with blinding speed.
Orochimaru came at the young man with a myriad of slashes to try and cut the young man down enough to take him away.
Ryouta parried all but the last one, where he kicked Orochimaru's blade to the right, and followed with Kusanagi stretching out for Orochimaru's face.
Orochimaru dodges out of the way, where he glanced back to see the sword pierce into the ground, erupting with flames, and sent them across the ground to burn Orochimaru from below.
To save himself, Orochimaru exhaled a few snakes, and had them take the brunt of the flames before Ryouta got in close, his hand having been surrounded by chakra, forming it into an orb, something Orochimaru was surprised about.
"Such an attack already!?"
Orochimaru shoots back across the battlefield, when he notices that something was amiss.
It wasn't Ryouta that was before him...it was an after image.
"Shit..."
He looked around for the real Ryouta, only to see that there were several Ryouta's all around the area. It was clear that Ryouta was using the after image technique that created illusions of himself though different to Genjutsu, so they couldn't be dispelled.
"Orochimaru, your game finishes today."
Ryouta's voice echoed through the area, coming from seemingly everywhere around him.
Orochimaru looked, and shot a snake towards the right, but it simply went through the illusions.
"Trying to confuse me is all well and good, young boy. But I've got experience, and I know where to strike from!"
Orochimaru looked down to the ground, and thrusted his arm that way, a giant snake came from his sleeve, and shattered the ground. Ripping through it, he thought for sure Ryouta would try and come from an unexpected location, so he caused the terrain to become risky for him to approach.
However, Ryouta came from the sky, and came down like a meteor.
Orochimaru glanced up when seeing a shadow on the ground, only to see Ryouta coming in, so he had to leap away, only for the sphere of chakra to catch his right arm, grinding into said arm, and beginning to grow as well.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Orochimaru saw that his arm was being torn off, so he had to do the body replacement technique, giving himself a new body as he came out of his own mouth, freshly healed with both arms.
Then, he came at Ryouta, pulling out a blade, and swung it for the young man, Ryouta saw it with his Sharingan, and stopped him with a twist of his body, catching the blade between his feet.
"Do not mess with me boy!"
Ryouta couldn't dodge out of the time, receiving a sharp blow to the face.
He felt his fist dig into the young man's flesh...only for Ryouta's body to dissolve into a number of snakes.
"A replacement..."
Ryouta had replaced his body with snakes, and from inside of them, paper bombs had been laid, and began exploding, something Orochimaru admired, and leapt away as a huge explosion rang through the area, causing the ground to burn.
Orochimaru jumped a good distance, landing on the ground, only to see Ryouta coming from behind, so he turned, and parried his sword, before spitting out a snake going fore the young man's face.
Locking eyes with the snake, Ryouta cast a Genjutsu, and turned it on Orochimaru immediately.
"Hah!"
Orochimaru caught the snake, and threw it aside, quickly enough to see Ryouta coming down with the blade trying to cleave through him, Orochimaru was able to escape in time, throwing a shuriken that when he announced "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" split into many, that tried to bombard Ryouta.
Ryouta threw his own and replicated what Orochimaru did, having already mastered that Jutsu ages ago, and created a number of shurikens, with them clashing together over and over again, stabbing and being embedded into the ground, leaving neither the victor of the clash.
Orochimaru looked bewildered by such a movement, before Ryouta turned his eyes onto Orochimaru.
"If you're trying your visual Jutsu, then forget it. I wont ever look into your eyes."
"Is that so?"
"It is. Now die!"
Orochimaru showed a dark smile, as he prepared his next assault.
Meanwhile, Tsunade had finished off her opponents and was going around the battlefield supporting those that needed it, delivering devastating blows to various enemies that were around, she blew apart the battlefield with minimal effort, weakening Orochimaru's forces, all the while Pakura was supporting those that were in a different location to herself, making sure that not one straggler got away.
When she came across Anko, she saw one of the guards for her was being attacked, so she leapt up, and slammed her foot into the enemy, shattering bones as they were rocketed away from them all.
Recalling the stabbing she received earlier, she checked her over, but saw that was no need.
"The boy did a good job, I might have to take him in as an apprentice."
Tsunade murmured, Anko heard it and looked on towards her.
Because she was worried about her student, she wished to display that directly towards Tsunade right away.
"Hokage-sama, he's fighting Orochimaru right now."
"Yes, he is, I wish to assist, but other allies need help right now. Besides, I know that Ryouta is going to pull this off, I can see how Orochimaru is, and how Ryouta is as well."
"Even then..."
"I know you're worried Anko, but while I am as well...I have seen the ability of that boy. Orochimaru said it himself, he's as strong, maybe even stronger than when Itachi did what he did to the Uchiha. If he could do that to the Uchiha and walk away...Orochimaru is going to be in for a huge surprise. I believe he has what it takes to win."
"Yes, perhaps he does. Come on Ryou-kun, show him your power...and make him pay for what he has done to everyone..."
Anko hoped to share the same feelings as Tsunade was having at that point in time.
But she still held some worry for her student, she knew Orochimaru better than many.
She thought that Orochimaru could truly be dangerous if pushed into a corner.
Though, she also thought the same about Ryouta, she just hoped he would come out on top.
Back with Ryouta, Orochimaru gave a dark glare towards Ryouta, who in turn was prepared to fight. Orochimaru felt like he was going to suffer if he kept the fight going. He was running low on his resources, he kept thinking about the best way to fight. If he had access to his powers fully, but because he didn't, he wasn't sure if he would be capable of achieving victory.
"Did you like that Orochimaru?"
"I hate you so much! You remind me of your damn Mother!" Orochimaru yelled in a fit of anger, before breathing hard, and trying to compose himself. "Trying to get under my skin boy? Its fine, I'm alright. I wont be beaten in a battle like this." Orochimaru pulled away, as Ryouta got on guard. "Do not worry boy, I have some plans for you yet."
"Same Orochimaru, I have a few plans for you yet."
Orochimaru gave antagonizing eyes.
"I would like to see these plans, as I am going to be leaving soon. I am done with this!"
"No, you wont Orochimaru. I wont let you get away this time."
Orochimaru tightened his hands.
He looked towards Ryouta, and wondered what would be the next best action to do.
He went to move, when Ryouta flew at him. Speeds that were getting faster, Orochimaru saw a number of sword slashes coming his way, the incredible wave of slashes impressed and worried Orochimaru at the same time.
"Hah! Hah! Hah!"
Orochimaru had to summon snakes to act as shields for him, while Ryouta cleaved through them, and parried the sword strikes of Orochimaru.
"Have this!"
Ryouta released a snake from his own arm, which wrapped tightly around some others Orochimaru had summoned, before slashing for the Sannin, only for Orochimaru to back peddle, escaping to a safer location, as Ryouta shot off a huge ball of fire for him.
"If this keeps up, I wont be able to get anywhere..."
Orochimaru murmured to himself, allowing his snakes to take the brunt of the flame attacks.
The snake like human figured Ryouta would try and come from behind him, so he turned, surely enough he was there, Orochimaru snickered.
"Thought so, have this!"
He then released a snake for the young man...but it went right through him, Orochimaru figuring that he was simply a after image clone, so looked around for Ryouta once more, darting his eyes left to right.
However, the ground then opened up below with a giant snake shooting out, and going for Orochimaru, opening its mouth, and revealed it to be Ryouta himself inside, his blade going for Orochimaru's heart.
"No!"
Orochimaru deflected the blade, but Ryouta kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying down to the ground, smashing deep into it, then he flipped in the air, and came down with his blade, ready to penetrate Orochimaru, and finish him off.
"Die!"
"Aaaaaaah!"
Orochimaru managed to slither out of the way in time, before being killed off with the sword, and turned to see Ryouta glaring at him from a distance, Orochimaru doing his best to avoid eye contact.
Taking in a few breaths, Orochimaru knew what he would have to do.
"Fine, you want some of me?! I'll give you many!"
Orochimaru bent down onto the ground, and looked like a snake himself, as he opened his mouth.
To the disgust of Ryouta, he saw many snakes escaping his mouth. Tens...hundreds perhaps. It was so many that he had lost count of the snakes that he could see, and all of them were heading right for Ryouta himself.
"Look at these! Do you think that you'll be able to get through these walls of snakes?! They're more than you can handle! Your best bet is to use your Mangekyou Sharingan, but that would waste chakra, wouldn't it? Such a lose lose situation, that even you wouldn't be able to handle this many on your own without your eyes!"
Orochimaru was so assured that he would be able to win like this.
Ryouta continued looking towards the incoming snakes, and thought on how he was going to deal with them. He wanted to do it in the best way possible.
"Alright then, lets go with this Jutsu!"
Ryouta leaps into the air.
Then he flies through some hand signs.
"Fire Release, Majestic Demolisher Flame!"
From his mouth, Ryouta released a wide burst of fire. Moving his head around, the flame covered a wide area.
The flames were so intense that the snakes couldn't take them, thrashing all around and because of the fire spreading through each snake that was touching one another along with said thrashing which caused the fire to split off and hit other snakes, the flames burned each and every one up.
Orochimaru pushed backwards, continuing to watch the destructive flame before him.
It was like a sea of fire with how the flames spread across the snakes.
He could feel the heat on his skin despite being a good distance away.
"This Jutsu...its one of the pinnacle of Uchiha Fire Release Jutsu, along with Majestic Destroyer Flame, it seemed he chose this to conserve chakra, or perhaps he felt this was the most efficient...damn, I have one option left... I can't go into that Eight Headed form at this current time...but, there is one other...I have to do it, there is no other option now…!"
Orochimaru was determined, he didn't have many options left, but he was sure that this was going to work.
Ryouta finished off the waves of snakes, his Jutsu finished them all off, and the snake like human then saw Ryouta approaching him.
"Ooh come on…!"
Orochimaru yelled, as Ryouta kept moving forward.
"What Orochimaru?"
Orochimaru snickered.
"Nothing, boy. I was just lamenting on what had happened for the time being. I was worried...but, I have you now. There is one thing that I can do, so you'll see that you wont win against me! I refuse to die to you!"
Orochimaru waved his hand, and showed a devilish smirk on his face.
Then, Orochimaru began going through a transformation.
Ryouta watched as his body began seemingly forming into white snakes. Tiny, hundreds of white snakes, all came together, and grew larger and larger, until the structure was around the size of a two story house. A face came out at the top, it was undeniably Orochimaru's own, but it was distorted, and looked even more evil than ever before.
"This form..."
"My true form. After years of experimenting, this is what has come up. My power, is going to end you, right here, right now. Mentally speaking of course, I still wish for the Sharingan. Come to me Ryou-kun, its time to go to your new home, with me."
Orochimaru spoke in a tone that was truly terrifying, but to Ryouta, who dealt with many terrifying things in his life, he was prepared for this next move…
As that was going on, Satsuki and Naruko were defeating Ninja Orochimaru had brought.
They weren't especially difficult, but the numbers did annoy them a good deal.
Satsuki suspected that Orochimaru had hired these.
And because of the number of people coming, they were losing chakra.
Though they had managed to take care of a fair few of them by themselves, even Sakura was able to repel them away from Mikoto, acting as a last line of defence.
"Grrr! They keep coming!"
Naruko yelled, Satsuki twirled, and kicked one in the face, before swiftly taking down another Ninja.
"We have to keep going. It seems that some of these are also Shadow Clones, probably to booster his forces even more...heh, Orochimaru truly is disgusting."
"I know that! But I'm worried about Ryou..."
"As am I, but we are needed here right now..."
As she said it, she glanced over to Ryouta, and saw that he was battling Orochimaru, on his own.
She didn't like it, she knew Orochimaru was dangerous, and that while Ryouta was strong, she didn't want him to have to go blind either to defeat this being, she wished to help, but she wondered how best to approach the situation.
"Satsuki..."
Mikoto called, Satsuki rushed to her side as Sakura defended her.
"Mom, what is it?"
"Dear...Ryou-kun… I know you're worried about him...but don't discount him..."
"I know how strong he is, but I'm worried about him...if Orochimaru does anything to him, I don't know if I would be able to forgive myself..."
"You're giving him peace of mind, right now."
Mikoto explained as Satsuki repelled another Ninja.
"What do you mean Mom?"
"Because, he doesn't have to worry about us...he can fully focus on fighting Orochimaru. I know that he is very dangerous, Orochimaru is sly and sneaky. But, I believe in Ryou-kun, and I know that you do too. He is very smart, and is able to come up with many plans, and execute them. Believe in him now, and watch what he is going to do. I know that he can do this."
Satsuki knew that her Mother was right.
But it didn't stop her from worrying about what was going on with Ryouta, and Orochimaru.
She didn't trust Orochimaru, he wasn't an ordinary opponent.
But, right now, she had a job to do, so she didn't have a choice but to believe in Ryouta right now.
Back with Ryouta, he saw Orochimaru slither across the ground, so he rushed forward, when snakes came shooting off of Orochimaru's new body, Ryouta took Kusanagi, and began cutting through them as he continued his approach of Orochimaru.
"Denying the inevitable boy! No matter how much chakra I use, I will gain more!"
Orochimaru roared, and released powerful gusts of air from his mouth. Ryouta also avoids them, and the snakes at the same time, Orochimaru moved his lower half and came crashing down towards Ryouta with it.
"I will always deny you Orochimaru! You have a limit, Tsunade-san said it herself, you can't replicate chakra indefinitely! And even then, that drug you're using, wont save you in the end!"
Ryouta avoids the attack, then sends a huge fireball towards Orochimaru.
"Flames huh?!"
The snake like human takes the full brunt of the attack, Ryouta thought that maybe he would be burned to a good degree, but what he saw was that the snake did indeed get burned, but the regeneration ability Orochimaru had allowed him to recover rather quickly.
"Have this!"
Eventually, he got in towards the right, and uses Kusanagi to extend his blade, cutting into the right hand side of his snake body, cleaving through the snakes, along with drawing blood before Orochimaru pulled away.
"He isn't close enough for it to take effect...I have to keep going."
Orochimaru thought, releasing a huge wave of wind from his mouth that ripped the ground asunder.
Ryouta leaps back, and weaves through some hand signs.
"Water Release, Water Wall Jutsu!"
Orochimaru widened his eyes when seeing it, recalling when he first saw Yukine use that Jutsu, how it spiraled around him like a vortex, blocking the attack.
"Yukine...you also used that...he has your skill with Water Release...haha, this is a very interesting battle. I wish it could last even longer. But with Tsunade and the others around...I can't take them all, even this kid in my current condition could end me, even in my normal state this boy is strong...I have to win this...I wont die here..."
Yukine from the side of him, looked towards her former Sensei, and shook her head, something Orochimaru noticed, and scowled at.
"Water Release, Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Ryouta used the incredibly twisting water to form it into a giant water Dragon, shooting it right for Orochimaru.
The water Dragon smashed its way across the ground, dragging and destroying the snakes Orochimaru used to try and counter attack.
"Lightning Release, Depth Charge!"
All of a sudden, lightning was added to the water Dragon, increasing its already destructive wave.
Orochimaru widened his eyes, and chose to calm himself, before he slammed his snakes down, announcing "Summoning, Rashomon!" and a giant gate appeared before him, acting as a shield that took the brunt of the attack…
Or so he thought, as Ryouta sent Kusanagi forward, and pierced the gate, along with slashing across it, giving the lightning water Dragon enough power to break through and clashed against Orochimaru's form.
The brunt force of the water, and the destructive shocking of the lightning caused his body to feel numb and unmovable for a few moments.
"Die!"
Ryouta didn't need long as he was able to begin running forward, and came at Orochimaru, going for his head to cut him down completely, suspecting that it would have to be that way to take down Orochimaru once and for all.
"Noooooooooooooooooooo!"
Orochimaru released snakes out of his mouth which in turn came at Ryouta like a bullet, several of them in fact, but Ryouta wasn't deterred, panting, he cleaved through them all in a single movement, his blade releasing fire to add to the destructive power of his slashing techniques.
Ryouta approached further, Orochimaru went to try and escape, when Ryouta locked eyes with him, and caught him in a Genjutsu, it was so powerful Orochimaru was mentally stunned for a good few seconds.
So Ryouta came down with Kusanagi, yelling "Die you bastard!" and went to slice through his head, when Orochimaru moved to the side, receiving a half cut to his face, and the blade continued downwards, cleaving Orochimaru through the middle of his body, splitting all but his head into two different sections, that fell down to the ground with a thud sound.
Ryouta landed on the ground, panting at the chakra he had used, but knew it wasn't over, so he went to move to slice down Orochimaru's head...when something began taking over his body.
A feeling of being paralyzed, and he fell down to his knees…
"No...what..." Ryouta looked around, then saw from the snake, that its blood was mixing with the air and creating a gas of some kind, thanks to his Sharingan. "Your...blood...it is..."
The giant snake head of Orochimaru gained a sadistic grin, his eyes turning down towards the floored Uchiha.
"Hehehehe, yes, that's right." Orochimaru regurgitated himself, so he was now back to his human form. "My blood is a paralyzing agent while in that form. You unintentionally inhaled it when you cut through me. This is over with now..." Orochimaru hunched over, and began coughing. "Damn it...this body isn't going yet..." Orochimaru pulled himself up to his feet, and glared hard. "...Never mind that brat, you've caused me enough problems."
Ryouta looked on, and could see Orochimaru was shaking side to side.
"...You are...not going...to win..."
Orochimaru bent down and looked at Ryouta, but avoided his eyes.
"You think you can beat me now? I have to admit, you are a talent like Itachi...no, perhaps you have even surpassed Itachi in terms of talent, the same for that Satsuki, but I can't let you reach your full potential. ...You are very strong, very resourceful...I had to pull out a lot of effort to get you...I wont die here..."
"You should have died...years ago, Orochimaru. You are less than nothing...you are a leech, sapping the lives of others...to prolong your own...how pathetic..."
Orochimaru felt his face contort, and his eyes glared with dark intentions.
"Do not worry boy, you'll one day be with precious Shi-chan and the others! Until then, lets have some experiments done!"
He moved his hand to grab Ryouta by the throat…
Suddenly Ryouta's form vanished, in a shimmer, and the next moment, the young man from the right appeared, and pierced Orochimaru's chest, cutting his heart slightly, as Orochimaru had enough force to divert the blow, but not save himself from being stabbed.
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Orochimaru spat out blood as he felt the cold steel running through his entire body. Blood dripped onto the ground, his body was shaking. He never thought that Ryouta would be able to move like this, especially getting such a perfect shot at him, it was truly terrifying.
"Got you Orochimaru."
"H-How...did you...move…? You shouldn't...be moving…!"
Ryouta chortled, and caused fire to begin running through the blade, Orochimaru could feel his skin beginning to burn, and his insides as well were cooking from the flames.
"I knew you would fight like this at some point. Anko-sensei told me you delved into poisons, but during our fights together, it seemed that you rarely ever tried such moves. So, I was sure that you'd do it as a last measure, but I didn't know when that would be."
"That...doesn't explain...how you're moving…!"
Orochimaru felt like yelling and screaming, but the flames were causing him to feel faint, feeling as if he was going to die from such intense heat.
"We locked eyes, remember? I was waiting for your trump card, to see what else you would do, and you made your move. Paralyzing agent in your blood, that is scary Orochimaru, but after all our fights, I knew you would have another trick up your sleeve, so I made sure I had one as well."
"Since you got me with Genjutsu..."
"Yes, you broke the obvious one, I did a subtle one as well. Even the most subtlest of Genjutsu's can be the most deadly."
The snake like human was falling deeper and deeper into despair.
With the flames threatening to destroy his body, and the sword through his chest, he screamed as he yanked himself off of the blade, blood shooting across the ground and he let out a pained sound.
Orochimaru forced himself away, and had to use his Jutsu to once more give himself a new body...but this time, he knew something, and that was...he didn't have enough chakra left to do that again.
He looked on, seeing Ryouta looking towards him, and was moving towards him.
"G-Get away kid!"
Orochimaru gave a fearful expression.
He knew that this, was going to be extremely difficult...no, he wasn't sure what he was going to do now.
He could feel his body so weak now.
Everything that had happened until now, he was sure that he wouldn't be able to slither away so easily.
"Everyone is working hard...so will I. I said before, you wont escape this time."
Ryouta brought out a scroll, releasing the contents of it, and showed Ameyuri's former swords, now his, twin lightning blades, which went up into the air.
What surprised Orochimaru was that Ryouta's Susanoo hands came out, and caught the blades, holding them tightly, as Ryouta stuck out Kusanagi.
"You don't have much chakra left Orochimaru...and it seems you're all out of your boosting drug."
"Y-You know nothing!"
Orochimaru growled like a wild animal.
He hated to admit that Ryouta was right.
He didn't want to end it like this.
"I do know...because this is going to end, right here, right now. One last blow."
"No, I wont! I wont die to you!"
"You will."
Orochimaru gave antagonizing eyes, pulling two blades out. Ryouta twirled Kusanagi in his hand.
"You think you have me?! I will end you!"
"Come on then Orochimaru, lets end this!"
Ryouta and Orochimaru took off at the same time, running across the broken land. The young man with red eyes met with Orochimaru, who spewed out some snakes from his mouth that all aimed for Ryouta.
The young man moved Susanoo arms with his will, having the swords coat in lightning, and swung them outwards, cleaving through the snakes.
Orochimaru became scared.
No matter what he threw at Ryouta, he repelled it.
He didn't get hit a single time, he was able to keep fighting even when he was affected by poison.
"Y-You are...just like your Mother...like your Father...and your brother...you are..."
"Your executioner."
Orochimaru wanted to reject it.
But everything he did, nothing happened.
Ryouta remained safe, and sound.
He remained his normal self.
He was...able to keep going.
Ryouta got before him, with Orochimaru shaking side to side.
"In the beginning...this fight...you already was prepared...this can't be how it ends...!"
"You got lost in your own cockiness, Orochimaru. Blinded by your twisted desires. You could have been something amazing, but you ended up as nothing."
Orochimaru swung one blade for Ryouta's right hand side, so Ryouta blocked with Kusanagi, as he came in from the left hand side, Ryouta twisted Kusanagi, and extended it to the point that it cleaved right through Orochimaru's hand, causing him to let out a cry.
"Y-You punk kid!"
"Sorry Orochimaru, but you're done…"
"No, I wont let it end here!"
He was defiant.
But with the hopes of the others on the line, Ryouta pushed past Orochimaru's anger, and gave him a cold stare.
"Orochimaru, you are aware of the Mangekyou powers I have, right?"
"Yes...why are you bringing them up now?"
Orochimaru looked for the opportunity to escape, but Susanoo's arms were to the left and right hand side of Orochimaru, neither would allow him to escape. No Jutsu he could do, could get him out of this, he was truly tired and had limited chakra left.
He was seeing his life flash before his eyes, and he didn't know what was to come next.
"How you called him, precious Shi-chan, his death granted these powers to me. He gave me these, while dying...so I could keep myself and others safe."
Orochimaru gave fearful eyes.
"You're going to kill me with those eyes? Is that it?!"
"I am going to kill you, with both eyes. To make sure you're fully gone. My white fire...Nesaku, it has a special power. Rather, allow me to expand on its power you've seen."
"Special power, expand upon it...it freezes things!"
That is what Orochimaru thought its special power was, that it was able to freeze.
But, it seemed that wasn't entirely the case.
Rather, Orochimaru was unaware of the scope of its ability.
"Indeed it does, but not in the way you're thinking of Orochimaru. Like how Amaterasu burns everything, Nesaku freezes everything, including chakra, and if your chakra is frozen throughout your body, then you can't move, you can't use any Jutsu to escape. If Amaterasu are the flames as hot as the sun, then these are the coldest flames of the underworld, freezing your body and heart as solid never melting ice."
Orochimaru felt horrified when hearing that.
His body and chakra...freezing.
Leaving him unable to do anything.
Leaving him at the mercy of Ryouta's will.
And right now, he couldn't dodge the attack, he couldn't summon a snake in time as he saw Ryouta already activating.
"No...so that's the true power...to freeze everything...even chakra in a persons body...leaving them unmoving...its like the ultimate sealing technique...!"
"I usually save this for my trump card, I think this time qualifies for you to be frozen like a statue before I melt you away. This time, I can't let you escape, this has to end, now."
Orochimaru panicked when hearing that, his body was shaking side to side, wanting to deny this.
"No way...that's your eyes true power...! Shit...!"
"Yes, this is the power my brother gave me, upon his death. The power to protect my loved ones, and I am going to protect them, by taking care of you. My acid melts everything, my flames freeze everything." Orochimaru sweated profusely, as Ryouta's eyes radiated a bright light. "Now its time to go to sleep, eternally. Nesaku."
Orochimaru fell into despair upon hearing that.
The white flames shot for him at super close range, nothing could be done now.
Orochimaru didn't know anything that could help him that he could do with the small chakra supply that he had.
He could only watch as the white flames began to hit his head...
As they did, Orochimaru was taken to another place entirely, and only Yukine stood there with him.
It was a void, and nothing was there, but Yukine and Orochimaru himself.
He looked at her, and she simply stared at him.
Neither said a thing for well over a minute, Orochimaru was taking his time to speak.
He was trying to wrap his mind around what had truly happened, and what was going to happen to him now.
"I'm...I'm going to die. Aren't I?"
His voice was small.
Almost as if he believed he couldn't be killed like this.
Yukine approached him, nodding a single time.
"Yes, you're about to die."
She confirmed it for him, Orochimaru looked on with shaking eyes.
Though he tried to mask it well, Yukine could see the truth, that he knew his time was coming, and fear was settling inside of his heart.
"But...I don't want to die...I still...want to complete my life's work...I want to master all Jutsu...I want to become more than this, to gain the Sharingan..."
"Ironic, you wanted the Sharingan, now the Sharingan is going to end you."
"No, I refuse to accept this!"
Yukine let out a small breath, extending her hand towards him.
"This path, you put yourself on, long ago, Sensei. This is the end result of it. The people you've put through pain, the lives you have ruined, and taken. This is your inevitable path Sensei. All you did, was make your life, nothing but ways to extend it for your selfish goals. You discarded love for hate, you discarded friends for subjects for your experiments. Learning every Jutsu, it wasn't a bad goal, but how you went about it...was truly a terrible way. You got greedy, and wanted everything, now you'll end up with nothing."
Orochimaru fell into despair.
He couldn't speak.
He couldn't move.
He could only watch as Yukine approached him.
Until she was finally fully in front of him, where she remained focused on him.
He looked down towards her, and saw her staring into his eyes.
"Why did you...do this to me? Staying with me...as a chakra imprint..."
"Because, I wanted you to understand, the amount of suffering, you had caused everyone else. What you tried to do to my son, to people that I love. Sensei...you were important to me like my husband Kagami, my children Shisui and Ryouta. My friends Kushina, Minato, Obito, Mikoto, Kakashi, The Third Hokage, and many others...you were at many important parts in my life, like my wedding to Kagami, when I became a Jonin, when I found out I was having my children, I wanted you to truly be a good person. But...you became corrupted. You lost what you could have been, and decided to do what you wanted, no matter the pain it caused others, including even murdering innocent people. How many innocents, have died because of you? Those precious lives, taken by your selfishness."
Orochimaru thought about what she had said.
No matter what else...something about her words, did touch him.
She always had that effect on him.
Even now, to this day, she could always make him think and feel things, even if he didn't want to.
"You could've done me a favour...you could have been there for my son, when he had no one. But, you instead turned on my child...you caused so much pain for my son. You tortured his life, and his loved ones...all so you could gain his power. Back when I was alive...I wouldn't have thought you'd do that to my family, I thought you would have cared for them. But you turned into this monster...I used to look up to you as someone that taught me how to be a Ninja, now I look below me to see a leech of a man attaching himself to anyone to save himself from the natural course of life. It brings pain to me...that you would do this to me...to my loved ones, to Mikoto, to Satsuki, to my family, and most of all, what you did to my son. Now he protects himself, from you, killing you...to save people from your malice and hate filled actions."
Orochimaru had those words etched into his soul.
Nothing he could do, he couldn't stop them reverberating within his mind.
He was feeling them deep within his body.
He wasn't able to even think straight by what was going on.
"You died...and I saw...how fragile...life really can be, one second you were there, then you died, like a flower wilting away...I cared for you, and your death made me understand what I needed to do..."
Orochimaru revealed to his former student, with Yukine adopting a light smile.
"Yes, life is fleeting...but instead of trying to prolong...you should have embraced it, and lived everyday to the fullest, like it would be your last, as you never know when that day is going to come. But you didn't...you gave into darkness...and became a shell of yourself...a shell that only selfishly uses others for your own goals...and if you cared for me...you would have cared for my son...not try to corrupt, and possess him...you should have helped him flourish...but you are the reason he has to protect himself. You said you understood what you needed to do...what you needed to do was not what you did."
Orochimaru wondered...so many things about his life.
What could have been, what had happened until now.
Because Yukine was there, did it make it easier, or was it harder?
In some aspects, it was both.
But one question, kept echoing in his mind.
Only one that was driving him to almost near madness, one that he had to ask her since she had experienced it.
"Yukine...what is it like, to die?"
Yukine leaned closer, and whispered in his ear.
"Its just like going to sleep. But when you wake up, you will be in a completely different world. A new world..."
"A new world...what is it like?"
Yukine put her hand out towards him.
Orochimaru recalled when she did it as a child, when they first met.
Her gentle hand, reaching out for him.
Her eyes, only on him.
Images flashed in his mind about many times in his life when he and Yukine were together.
When she joined his Genin team, when she made Chunin and Jonin, when she became a wife, and a Mother, and when they would research Jutsu together, when she would show him one she had created or modified, how happy they were...
"You're about to find out." Orochimaru looked at her hand once more, before taking the extended hand, offering no resistance to her. "Its time to go, Sensei. No more running. Its time to face it, head on."
Orochimaru watched as Yukine walked forward, so he did the same thing.
He didn't have a choice anymore.
There was no way he would be able to wriggle his way out of it.
This time...he was going to die.
Back in the real world, the white flames of Nesaku froze Orochimaru, he stood there, unmoving.
He couldn't even blink, as the flames spread around his body, freezing him solid like a statue.
Everyone on the battlefield could see what was going on.
How he wasn't able to fight anymore.
He was at the mercy of Ryouta completely.
"You have caused so many people pain, misery, to everyone around you. How many lives you've ruined through your actions. Just to make sure you have no tricks left, I shall melt you away. Bye, Orochimaru." Ryouta widened his eye, and blood leaked from his eye as he announced. "Nakisawame!"
Ryouta used the acid from his Mangekyou, and forced the unmoving Orochimaru to accept it.
Orochimaru couldn't fight, as the acid melted his entire body away.
From the tip of his head, to the tip of his toes...Orochimaru dissolved in the acid, dying as a result.
Leaving nothing behind at all.
As it did, a voice echoed "Well done Ryou, for everything you have done. Thank you for everything. Live your best life, and fill your life with love, I love you sweetheart." in his mind, Ryouta widened his eyes.
"Mom...?" He knew that was his Mothers voice, he didn't know how it was possible...but then remembered what Orochimaru said, how Yukine had been with him which caused him to smile. "Thank you...for everything."
She was able to relay that message to Ryouta one last time before she disappeared with Orochimaru, something Ryouta was immensely grateful to hear.
When he was no more, Ryouta collapsed to the ground, and panted, using the Mangekyou took it out of him, but Ryouta wanted to make sure that this time, there was no escape, that he was going to be devoured by the icy flames, and the melting acid.
"Damn...he did it..."
Tsunade murmured, Pakura showed a strong smile.
"Maki...you have been avenged...that boy was able to take down Orochimaru..."
"...Sensei, you're gone...for everything you've done...you deserve what you brought upon yourself..."
Anko was glad that Orochimaru had been killed, because of everything that had happened, she was glad that she could say that everything was over with at that point.
"Yes Ryou..."
Satsuki looked on, and was glad, that the nightmare was finally over. The person that took her Mother, had been killed by her boyfriend.
"Wow Ryou! How awesome! Yahooo!"
Naruko gained a bright smile, when seeing that, Orochimaru was now gone.
"He did it..."
Gaara looked on, before showing the tiniest of smiles.
"Ooh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Go Ryou-kuuuuuuuun! I knew you could do it!"
Sakura cheered for what had happened.
Mikoto looked on, and couldn't help but say "Its finally over." with a relieved look on her face.
Tobi from a distance smirked under his mask.
"Orochimaru tried everything with you, he did countless experiments, he placed his own life in danger to gain you, he filled himself with chakra several times, and yet, he fell before you, Ryouta Uchiha. You are very talented, and strong, but most of all, you have passion to do what is necessary and carry out to the best of your abilities. You truly are powerful, and will continue to grow incredibly, and I can't wait to see that. Itachi, this boy has more potential than you, now I wonder if Satsuki has similar potential? I shall see you soon, Ryou-kun. Thank you for the lovely entertainment."
Tobi used his special power, and disappeared, very satisfied with how the ending of the battle came, doing him a favour by ridding him of Orochimaru.
As Ryouta was trying to recover, he suddenly heard a voice.
"Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Ryouta widened his eyes, and saw several enemy Ninja come for him.
He tried to move despite the fatigue coming over him…
"Nobody touches my boyfriend."
"Stay away from Ryou!"
"Yeah, back off!"
"I'll crush all that attack Ryouta."
"Haha, I have to protect my student of course~"
"Yes, I'll turn all of the liquids in your bodies into nothing!"
"Heh, lets do this!"
When Satsuki kicked the man in the face, grappling his neck with her legs, before firing him away with a flick of her legs.
Naruko also decked one of the assailants, and sent them flying.
Sakura grabbed one by the leg, and flung them around, before burying them deep into the ground.
Gaara also grabbed two, and crushed them with her sand.
Anko grabbed one with a snake, and crushed him with the constricting snake.
Three were taken by Pakura using her Scorch Release, evaporating the waters in their bodies.
Tsunade dealt with the last, using her incredible strength to finish them off in a single blow.
Ryouta watched them all defend him, he glanced Mikoto to the side, giving him a soft smile, and whispering "Ryou-kun...thank you for coming for me." but Ryouta heard it, and gentle smiled.
Satsuki held him in her arms, and brought him close.
"Ryou...you did it...you actually killed Orochimaru..."
"Satsuki-chan...he really is gone..."
"Yeah...you saved my Mom...thank you."
Ryouta shook his head, and hugged her tightly which she returned as the others swept through the battlefield.
Taking care of any straggler Ninja, they all disappeared under their power.
Konoha, had won against Orochimaru.
Ryouta took down Orochimaru.
The snake Sannin, was now deceased.
End chapter!
So, this is the end of the arc! It was quite the ride, but in the end, it came down to Orochimaru and Ryouta fighting one another, while also learning more about Yukine and Orochimaru's relationship, how at one point they were close with one another.
Orochimaru pulled out everything, but he couldn't win in the end, and Ryouta managed to finally take down Orochimaru while also revealing more aspects of his Nesaku ability.
Now that Orochimaru is gone, I am sure people will have questions about Shin Uchiha and Mitsuki, the arc in shippuden when they go to find Orochimaru, among other things, I can't spoil yet, but I do know what I will be doing with those aspects to the Naruto world in this story. And those wondering about Kabuto, Tayuya, Kimimaro, and Guren, we will learn about pretty soon.
Well, until next time with a well deserved rest for everyone, thanks for reading!
Ryouta; Satsuki, Sakura, Naruko, Hinata, Gaara (fem), Ino, Haku (fem), Kurotsuchi, Karin, Konan, Mei, Anko, Samui, Hanabi, Mabui, Temari, Pakura, Fu,