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Chapter 33: Lion's Barrage!
The two clones users and swordsman stared at the fishman.
"So what are you going to do… he has clones and then there's him…" said Naruto, "Then again I think they might be water clones, which would be to our advantage… each water clone has only 10 percent of the strength of the original."
"But you need to factor in that Fishmen are 10 times stronger than humans…" said Sasuke.
"So we'll just look for the really strong guy!" said Naruto.
"That a sure fire way to get you two killed!" said Sasuke, "After all without your clones you two are pretty useless…"
"Hey!" yelled Kiba.
"What part of "Back up plan" don't you get?" asked Naruto referring to Kyubi's powers.
"You're still pretty useless without your clones…" said Sasuke.
"And that trick I plan to teach you when we get to the Grand Line will fix that…" said Kyubi.
"Then teach it to me now…" thought Naruto.
"Sorry… I promised not until after the Grand Line…" said Kyubi.
"Why you…" thought Naruto.
"Naruto focus on fighting the clones…" said Sasuke.
"Fine." muttered Naruto.
""Okay you think we can handle this?" asked Kiba.
"Each water clone is 1/10 of the original users power and since the Fishmen are 10 times stronger than most humans then it's be like fighting shadow clones that turn into water instead of going poof." said Naruto.
"That's fine with me…" said Kiba.
"Okay let's do this!" said Naruto flexing his claws.
The two of them ran towards the clones… not knowing their strength… fortunately they were fairly weak for Fishman Water clones… not that any of them ever fought Fishman Water Clones.
"I can tell you're the real one…" said Sasuke pointing to one of Kisames.
"My aren't you a smart one…" said Kisame, "Fine I minds as have some fun with you."
Sasuke drew his swords…
"So wow your finally going to use your swords?" asked Naruto who just punched away a Kisame clone, "All this time I always assumed their decoration…"
"Shut up!" yelled Sasuke.
"Fine…" said Naruto with a shrug who went back to fighting the clones.
The two of them ran to each other and locked swords silently glaring at each other however that's when something happened… and it wasn't from either side, but rather from Zoro who collapsed while Fighting Hatchi (who wasn't doing anything to him at the moment but was rather just hanging upside down from a pillar).
"What the!" yelled Naruto.
"What happened…" said Kiba.
"It's his wound from Mihawk… still hasn't healed yet…" thought Sasuke, "Should have figured… idiot…"
While Zoro was down Hatchi tried to crush Zoro by destroying the pillars he was on… didn't work as Zoro managed to get back up and throw Hatchi into the crash… but then collapsed again.
"Zoro!" yelled Sasuke.
"It's a wonder that guy is even able to move… with that giant wound…" said Kyubi.
Naruto could only stare at what happened… sadly while everyone was distracted with Zoro, Kisame's clone knocked away Naruto and Kiba into nearby walls, Kisame manages to slash Sasuke's arm and Kuroobi punched Sanji through a wall. At the same moment Hatchi appeared with 6 saying about his six sword style.
"6 Swords that sounds pretty stupid…" said Zoro who got up.
"Says the guy who holds a sword in his mouth… I mean come on… I'm surprised you haven't been to the dentist 20 times…" said Sasuke also getting up.
"How could you be standing?" asked Kisame.
"You barely even nicked me…" said Sasuke with a smirk, "You look like you can barely go on yet you're going to fight him…"
"Who are you? My mother?" said Zoro.
"Certainly felt like it these past two years…" said Sasuke, "Catch!"
Sasuke threw his swords At Zoro… who managed to catch them.
"What are you trying to do? Slice me half?" asked Zoro.
"I knew that you were going to Johnny and Yosaku if you borrow their sword…" said Sasuke.
"But what are you going to do with him?" asked Zoro.
"Doesn't matter…" said Sasuke, "Unlike you… I don't rely on my sword all the time…"
"Oh man! I really wanted to see you use your swords!" yelled Naruto who seemed to have recovered.
"Just don't hurt yourself." said Zoro with a smirk while tying his bandana around his head.
"Don't break my swords." said Sasuke.
"I don't think that's going to be a problem…" said Zoro.
"No using your sword against Shark Skin… do you want a death sentence…" said Kisame.
"There's a reason why Zoro's more famous than I am…" said Sasuke, "It's because he's older…"
"What do you mean?" asked Kisame.
"Let's just say 8 years of training to fight someone was just swordsmanship…" said Sasuke.
Sasuke seemingly disappeared and reappeared behind Kisame, "I've been in training since I was 5 and one of the main things was my speed…"
Sasuke then used a roundhouse kick to knock Kisame off his feet.
"I had no idea he was that fast!" said Naruto.
"And he didn't eat a Devil Fruit… that kid must have hell of a lot of training…" said Kyubi.
"Big deal!" thought Naruto.
That's when more of Kisame's clones began to attack him.
"Okay, Looks like dog boy is out for the count and you won't have enough Chi to perform Shadow Clones for about 5 minutes…" said Kyubi.
"So… I'll do what I do best…" thought Naruto.
"Improvise and hope for the best?" said Kyubi.
"Pretty much…" thought Naruto.
Back with Sasuke's fight…
"See your weapon is big and slow moving…" said Sasuke.
"You may be right…" said Kisame getting up, "But you forgot we Fishmen are…"
"10 Times Stronger!" said Sasuke punching Kisame into the gut… hard.
"I've heard so many times in the last half-hour it's starting to get boring… seriously." said Sasuke.
He then uppercut the fishman.
"Just one more…" thought Sasuke.
He ran up to the fishman and kicked him into the air, Kisame began to float in the air then Sasuke appeared behind him, too floating underneath him, Sasuke then put his finger to his back signaling that he was there.
"What the…" said Kisame.
"It's a move I picked up a couple year ago… well this part anyways… the rest is all me!" said Sasuke.
Sasuke began to performing a punching and kicking combo while in midair.
"How can this little pipsqueak…" thought Kisame.
"Lion's Barrage!" yelled Sasuke delivering on final kick to Kisame slamming in the ground, the force created a crater… at the same time, all of Kisame's clones splashed into water.
"Damn…" thought Naruto, "He showed me up!"
"But look at him kit…" said Kyubi.
Naruto saw that Sasuke looked worse for wear, he was breathing heavily.
"Using that much strength and speed… he's still a normal human after all…" said Kyubi.
"Your right…" said Naruto.
"See if Dog boy is all right!" said Kyubi.
"Kiba?" said Naruto.
"I'm fine…" said Kiba getting up, he wasn't in the best shape, but he looked okay, "That was pretty awesome of Sasuke…"
That's when Zoro sent Hatchi flying, who crashed back down to earth.
"Okay so both of them are awesome…" said Kiba.
"You know what?" said Naruto.
"What?" said Kiba.
"Neither one of us have gotten a chance to fight yet…" said Naruto hanging his head low.
"Your right…" said Kiba.
"On the other hand, my Chi is almost back to normal and my injuries are almost headed up…" said Naruto, "So I can go on…"
"Hey…" said Kiba.
"So who's going to save Luffy…" said Zoro.
"I'll do it…" said Zoro.
"Don't…" said Sasuke, "I'll do it… unlike you, I'm just exhausted… with no open wounds… damn it…"
The reason why Sasuke said "Damn it" was that Kuroobi was about to elbow Zoro in the head. Fortunately Sanji managed to stop it… causing Naruto to sigh.
"No fair... Sasuke got that Clone User, Zoro got that Octopus! Usopp got that cross dresser… I think… I'm not so sure And it looks like Sanji's getting the last one! No fair!" thought Naruto.
"Clam down kit… I'm sure your brother will share especially since he's underwater right now… I'm sure he won't mind…" said Kyubi.
Naruto looked at Arlong and smirked, "Your right… I'm sure he won't mind…" thought Naruto.
And with that who knew what would happened in the fight.
Next Time: After Sanji beats Kuroobi, Naruto and Arlong face off... will Luffy pull though and join the fight? Or will Naruto face him alone? And what about Nami? Find out next time!