Last time while traveling to the next village to escort its children, Cornelia; Irma and Caleb, with Naruto; Sakura and Saske, encountered three villages destroyed by a new form of Naz'riak. Back in Meridian, Elyon ordered reinforcements to help them, but she and Will then sensed a strange Fold forming somewhere. Meanwhile, the new demon attacked our travelers, paralyzing Irma, Cornelia and Caleb. It told Naruto, Saske and Sakura that it destroyed the villages to lure them into a trap. On with the show!
Chapter 10: Mega-Demon Part 2
"Your search is over," said Naruto grimly, "Come and get me." "Gladly!' exclaimed the mega-demon as it charged Naruto. He's fast thought Naruto as the demon attacked in a furry of clawed slashes. Naruto easily blocked the strikes at first, but soon the demon's slashes were coming faster and faster.
All this time, Saske was watching the battle with his specialty, the Sharingan Eye. "What do you see?" asked Sakura, for the Sharingan Eye allows the user to copy the moves and techniques of his/her target. (Note: the Sharingan Eye is a genetic technique, it cannot be learned) "Only that it's fast," said Saske, "Maybe faster than Naruto." Saske's words were truer than he thought, for the demon caught Naruto a heavy slash across his face, which left two deep cuts below his right eye.
"What's happening!" exclaimed Irma, for she was facing the opposite way due to her being unable to move. Cornelia was lying face down and Caleb was also unable to see. Sakura then turned them so that they could see. She then returned to Saske's side. "Anything?" "Nothing," said Saske, "I wonder if it's because it's a demon I'm trying to read." "Well perhaps you need someone faster than Naruto to keep up with the mega-demon." Said Sakura.
She walked up to Naruto and said, "Let me take a shot at it, while you heal yourself." "I didn't know you cared that much." Said Naruto. "I don't," whispered Sakura, "I'm just trying to give Saske time so he can read the demon with his Sharingan eye." And don't you forget it! Exclaimed inner Sakura. "Oh," said Naruto, sounding somewhat hurt, "I get it." He walked back to Saske and sat down. He then focused his chakra to heal the cuts on his face. "How are they?" asked Naruto, referring to Irma, Cornelia and Caleb. "They should be fine in an hour." Answered Saske. "I'd be fine if I could just move!" exclaimed Irma, "Then I'd show that creep!"
"Before we get started," said Sakura to the mega-demon, "You seem somewhat familiar. Have we met?" "Indeed we have little girl." Hissed the demon. Who are you calling little you ugly f#ck! Exclaimed inner Sakura. "You see," said the demon, "I was the first of the Naz'riak. I was in charge of carrying out the will of the Empress. That is, until the Guardians and you Shinobi interfered in the culling of the younglings. For my failure to eliminate the interlopers, the Empress, in her most grand way, punished me by taking away from me leadership of the Naz'riak."
"So now you're here to fight us in person." Said Sakura. "I am not finished!" hissed the demon formerly known as no.1, "You are most rude!" Who are you calling rude you overgrown lizard freak! Yelled inner Sakura. "My apologies," said Sakura without meaning it, "Please continue." "As I was saying," said the mega-demon, "Not only was I removed from leadership, the Empress transformed me. The experience was most painful, but as you can see," the demon displayed its new body, "The result was well worth the effort."
"Well allow me the honor of testing out your new body!" exclaimed Sakura as she made the required hand signs for the, "Soul-sonic Jutsu!" Sakura's body became charged with chakra, and she charged the demon. The fight which followed was so fast, Naruto couldn't keep up with them. "Sakura's new jutsu is out of this world," said Naruo, "Believe it!" "I know," said Saske, "Even with the Sharingan Eye I'm barely able to keep them in sight." "Can someone please tell me what's going on?" said Cornelia, "I can't turn my head!"
"I think Sakura's winning!" exclaimed Naruto. But he was proven wrong as the Soul-sonic whore off. The mega-demon delivered a swift backhand blow to Sakura, which sent her skidding to a halt beside Naruto and Saske. "No," said Naruto, "She's not. My bad." "Something's wrong here," said Saske, "I can't read his moves with the Sharingan Eye." "If you can't read it's moves," said Sakura, "Then we're in deep trouble here." No fair! Exclaimed inner Sakura, How dare that creep beat my Soul-sonic!
"I take it things aren't going so good," said Caleb, "If the demon survived your attack." "No duh Sherlock!" exclaimed Sakura. "Don't worry Sakura," said Naruto, "I've got a plan." Oh great," said Irma, "Ramen for brains has a plan." "No, this might be a good thing," said Sakura, "and I mean might." "Just listen to my plan," said Naruto, "Then decide." The three ninjas huddled together as Naruto explained his plan.
Meanwhile, the paralyzing attack, which afflicted Irma, Cornelia and Caleb, was beginning to wear off. "I think I can turn my head," said Caleb, he turned his head, but in the opposite direction he wanted, "Great, now I'm no better off than before." "Don't worry," said Cornelia, "I can see what's going on." Naruto had just finished explaining his plan to Sakura and Saske. "So is everyone clear on what they're gonna do?"
"I'm clear with it." Said Sakura. "I'm ready." Said Saske. The three then faced the mega-demon who complained, "So are we to fight today? Or are you just going to talk amongst yourselves?" "Keep yapping demon," said Naruto, "You won't have much to say before long." "I beg to differ," said the demon, "In fact, I have something else to say: despite your continued efforts to thwart the will of the Empress, my impression of you humans has changed very little."
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto. "What I mean," said the demon, "Is that you are just a silly little boy playing ninja games." "I am a ninja!" yelled Naruto, "I'll show you who's silly!" He ran headlong at the demon, yelling at the top of his lungs.
"Idiot!" exclaimed Caleb, for he had managed to turn his head the other way, "He tried fighting the demon one-on-one and it didn't work!" "This is his plan?" asked Irma. "Apparently." Said Cornelia.
Apparently not, for as Naruto was about to reach the demon, he disappeared in a flash of smoke and a bang! As the demon struggled to clear it's vision, Saske appeared behind it and grabbed it by the arms, pinning it from behind.
"Now Sakura!" exclaimed Saske as Sakura pulled out from her belt pouch four red shuriken. She shrew the throwing stars at the demon. Just as they were about to make contact, Saske released the demon and vanished. The demon had no time to move as the shuriken made contact. They all exploded on contact.
"What happened?" asked Cornelia, "What did they do?" "I think I know," said Caleb, "When Naruto attacked the demon headlong, it was only a distraction for Saske to get behind it. When Naruto vanished, Saske grabbed the demon, and held it from escaping as Sakura threw those exploding darts." "Shuriken," corrected Sakura, "There's a difference."
The wind then cleared away the smoke from the shuriken explosion. The demon lay flat on the ground, apparently dead. "Yes!" exclaimed Naruto, "Who rules? I do!" "Yes, we're all proud of you," said Cornelia sarcastically, "Now could you please do something that'll help us move again?"
"I'm afraid you are no going anywhere," hissed the demon as it picked itself up unscratched, "For the Empress made me hard to kill. Also, my opinion of you has not changed, you silly little boy!" "I'm not silly!" exclaimed Naruto, "And I'm certainly not little! Believe it!" He then told Sakura and Saske, "Okay then, plan B." "You have a plan B?" asked Saske. "Since when have you ever had a plan B?" asked Sakura.
"Since now," said Naruto: "We attack together. Sakura, from the left; Saske, from the right." "And you from the center." Said Sakura. "And everywhere else." Said Naruto as he raised his hands to form hand signs: "Shadow-clone Jutsu!" Within seconds, there were at least fifty more Narutos. "What is going on here?" asked a worried sounding Irma. "It must be some sort of illusion," said Caleb, "That or something else."
"An impressive illusion," said the mega-demon, "I did not know that so many doppelgangers could be made at once. Nevertheless, it is only an illusion." "Oh we're real," said the Naruto clones, "Real enough to kick your ass into next week!" The Naruto clones charged the demon, while Saske and Sakura attacked from the flanks. "What's going on?" asked Irma, "There's so many of him." "I think they're winning!" said Caleb.
Unfortunately Caleb was wrong. Despite being outnumbered fifty times over, the mega-demon was the one winning. One by one, he dispatched the Naruto clones, each one defeated disappearing in a puff of smoke, until only Saske, Sakura and the original Naruto was left fighting. And soon only Naruto was left, for the demon had broken Saske's left arm in two places, and Sakura had a broken leg, leaving them both disabled.
"You guys okay?" asked Naruto. "My leg is broken you idiot!" exclaimed Sakura, "Of course I'm not okay!" "Then stand back," said Naruto as he pulled out two kuni knives, "I'll finish this creep myself." Irma had managed to pull herself into a sitting position; "You're crazy to take on that thing alone!" she yelled, "We have to get out of here!"
"I never run away from a fight!" exclaimed Naruto as he slashed at the demon with his knives. The demon easily dodged the slashes, a grin on its face as if it were enjoying toying with Naruto. With one swift movement, it grabbed one of the kuni and stabbed Naruto in the stomach. "No!" exclaimed both Irma and Sakura as Naruto fell to the ground.
He tried to pull the knife from his gut, but it was in too deep to remove all at once. The demon bent down to gloat at him; "As I thought, you are just a silly little boy playing ninja games. Your overactive imagination is going to cost you your life here today." Naruto glared back at the demon; "I am a ninja! And I'll die a ninja!"
"You are right partly right about that last bit," said the demon as it picked up the other kuni, reading for the final strike, "Now die!" But before the demon could strike, something hit it hard enough to send it skidding to a stop several yards away, something long and flesh colored. Naruto looked to see a human fist attached to a long, long arm. The arm retracted to what appeared to be a man several feet away. Said person began to walk towards Naruto.
He finally managed to remove the kuni in his gut with much pain. As Naruto began healing himself, he saw that the person coming towards him was a boy about 18 years old, dressed in a red sleeveless shirt, blue shorts and a straw hat. He newcomer stopped over Naruto, the sun was at an angle so that Naruto couldn't see his face.
"Hey," said the newcomer, "You okay?" "I'll be fine soon," said Naruto, "Who, what are you?" "The newcomer bent down so that Naruto could see his face. He had black eyes, black hair and a long scar under his left eye. He grinned widely and chuckled; "I'm a rubber man!"
To Be Continued. Who is this new stretchy hero? Does he have the strength to defeat the mega-demon? Find out in the next action-packed chapter. Please read and review. See you next time!
