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THE BATTLE FOR THE EARTH – HATAKE KAKASHI
In the Valley
Mirai lays at the bottom of the valley, looking into the sky, unable to move. It has been a devastating battle for her, she has become so strong, easily surpassing what had previously been classified as the Hokage level. Despite everything though, she has lost. With the fate of the world on her shoulders, step one had been a total defeat.
'I lost' she notes to herself, 'It's my fault… it will be my fault if everyone dies'.
At this moment, while Mirai is feeling sorry for herself, two people are descending the hill as fast as they can. That is her grandfather and grandmother. Two individuals who have been brought forward in time, classified as the last hope for the hidden leaf, they had instead invested in her. They had gambled that she would be truly strong and that gamble, has failed.
On the Invaders Hill
Sisto reaches the top of the hill, his blonde hair wrapping around his neck as the wind roars from behind him.
"I won" he simply declares.
"Won" Martin snorts at his comrade's assertion, "What sort of embarrassing performance was that. You almost lost to one of the locals".
Swinging his head to his side, the General addresses his subordinate furiously. "SHUT UP" he shouts.
This bellow from the golden-cloaked soldier draws the eyes of all his followers. It is rare to see General Clyde truly angry, yet, Martin seems to manage to invoke his fury at regular intervals. They are all sure of one thing, Martin does not belong with the rest of them, he is another class of scum.
"Don't you get it by now?" Clyde takes a deep breath as he asks this rhetorical question, "They almost killed Peterson, they pushed Sisto so hard in the first battle".
Sisto turns his head, looking out of the corner of his eyes back into the valley behind him. "That woman said she had seen colonels fight before, I can't believe none of us would remember fighting someone with that power".
"Exactly" Clyde nods, "That's the power she obtained since we decided on this contest".
Martin gasps, thinking such a thing to be impossible. "But that's only one month".
"Exactly" the general shouts as he looks his underling in the eye, "It's only one month, just one, that is nothing when it comes to training. Still, in one month they have gone so far, just imagine the strength of the man who almost killed Peterson".
"He almost killed me himself" Peterson adopts a vacant expression as he thinks back to his fight with the 'locals'. During that fight, Naruto, had saved Hashirama, but the latter had held his own well against the Colonel with the former actually being able to defeat one. "He must be able to kill me comfortably now".
"WAKE UP" Clyde claps his hands right in Martin's face, sending a sound wave travelling throughout the surrounding valleys. "They are a threat, a big threat, you need to start taking them seriously, got that?".
The response is unanimous, nobody daring to anger the General after that display of power. All the Colonels, including Martin, nod their heads at his statement. It is hard to disagree after all, not so long ago they had felt Naruto's new power, that was something only the General could fight against. These locals, these shinobi, are indeed, a big threat.
In the Valley
"Grandpa" Mirai croaks, the first word she can bring herself to say to him, "I lost".
Hiruzen chuckles though, "Hey, what are you saying, this result isn't too bad".
"What do you mean not too bad, we could all die".
Biwako strokes Mirai's cheek as if attending to a child, "Mirai, it's not your fault".
"It is, it is" she sobs as she shakes her head from side to side, "If we die it will be my fault".
"You may think this is a bad result" Hiruzen begins before pointing to his rear, "But look, on their hill they are frowning, they are bickering but on our hill, everyone is smiling".
"This is a huge boost to our morale" Biwako explains.
"They've just realised we are far stronger than they thought" come the wise words of the 3rd Hokage, "Whereas your teammates now believe they can do it, they've seen that a Colonel can be beaten".
Biwako hugs Mirai as gently as she can, not wanting to hurt her injured grandchild, "You're a hero Mirai, I'm really proud of you".
"Grandma…".
Hiruzen looks to their 'captain' on the hill, "You mentioned that you all revered the 7th because he never gave up but right now he is revering you for that exact same reason".
"Grandpa…".
"But you can't give in now" he continues, "Your powers still may be required, to defend the village you love. Don't forget you are representing, me, the 3rd Hokage, OK?".
As Mirai slowly gets to her feet, her grandparents help her return to the hill where her friends are waiting. As they get within earshot, the shinobi of the hidden leaf let out a great cheer, despite being down 1-0, this has turned into a win for the hidden leaf village. This is the attitude, the philosophy created by Otsutsuki Asura, named by Senju Hashirama and popularised by Uzumaki Naruto. This is the will of fire.
'Never give up' Kakashi mulls over Naruto's mantra, 'Your ninja way may not help your friends to win their match but it does something even greater. It brings out their emotions. I intend to carry on your good work, Lord 7th… next is my turn'.
"Alright" the 6th Hokage speaks aloud, "I'm going".
As Kakashi walks down the hill, one man steps out from the crowd of hidden leaf shinobi, it is his training partner, Mitsuki. "Lord 6th, have you felt anything".
The masked shinobi stops in his tracks. He remains silent for a few seconds, leaving Mitsuki in suspense and forcing the others to question what it is that they know. Finally, Kakashi answers without turning to face Mitsuki.
"No".
"I see" Mitsuki steps back with a lowered head.
"Kakashi sense" Naruto calls, "Before you go, can I tell you one thing".
This time Kakashi looks over his shoulder. In but a moment he quickly realises something about this boy stood before him. He is just that, a boy, Naruto has not even become a man yet and it is clear that almost everyone is fully embracing what he preaches. To never give up, a shinobi tendency that Naruto has manifested in the entire world. Uzumaki Naruto, a man often seen as having low intelligence but nevertheless, he is the wisest man of all.
"What is it?".
"Obito wanted you to become the Hokage".
Kakashi turns his head back, looking down into the valley once more as he takes a deep breath. "Yeah, thank you Naruto".
Minato clenches his fist tightly, realising just how complicated the world has become since his death. 'Kakashi….'.
In the Valley
Kakashi approaches his opponent. A woman, with spikey red hair. He notes down the various most prominent features of her appearance, a habit he had picked up many years ago, when he was part of the Anbu. Sometimes, people would give away their weaknesses or their strengths through their physical appearance.
'She can't be more than 20 years old' he concludes, 'Her hair is quite fiery. She is short, it will be hard to hit her straight on. Her size will be advantageous to her'.
"You're different to the others, aren't you" the woman asks him.
"Oh".
"There is a group of you who they look at differently" the red-haired Colonel explains her thinking, "It is almost as if you're not a person, it's like you're a god to them".
Kakashi had failed to realise before. Now that he thinks about it, it makes sense, to them he is the 6th Hokage. The man who had succeeded Senju Tsunade, who had helped the village transition into a time of peace. Not only that, he was also the teacher of everyone's favourite shinobi, he was the teacher of Uzumaki Naruto.
"Your name?" the Colonel says, "It's traditional to swap names before a battle".
"Hatake Kakashi…".
"My name is Burns" she declares while pointing to her chest.
'Her name is Burns' Kakashi repeats this in his head, 'She has fiery red hair, you should aim to understand people's strengths and weaknesses from their appearance. In that case, make the logical assumption, her power is… fire'.
Just as the 6th Hokage thinks of this, it advances from Burns feet, freezing cold ice.
'Isn't she called Burns, what an ironic name'.
As the ice continues to advance along the floor, it stops just short of Kakashi. Then, from the space in front of him, it expands, forming a huge spike. It stabs towards the white-haired shinobi, on course to penetrate his lungs.
At the last second Kakashi doges the ice spike, quickly reaching into his pocket for a kunai. Upon grabbing the wrapped wrist of the weapon, he brings it out and slices horizontally across the spikes body, cutting it in half. The 6th wastes no time though, straight away after slicing, he throws the kunai towards Burns, followed by a quick flurry of shuriken.
The Colonel frowns as she spots the incoming projectiles, 'Is this some sort of joke'. She casually dodges all of the weapons. Dodging something like this is possible for even the most inexperienced shinobi, much less a Colonel who had as much experience as Burns.
After dodging the last shuriken, she observes her surroundings. Five, there are five identical Hatake Kakashi's surrounding her. A result of his lightning clone jutsu.
'Do you think I can't tell which is the real one'.
The clones attack Burns, an all-out assault using taijutsu alone. Of course, that is not enough to even scratch a Colonel, if it was then the hidden leaf would have repelled these invaders long ago. Instead, this is a distraction while Kakashi charges his new jutsu.
Condensed lightning focuses on Kakashi's fist. It is a technique more mature than the raikiri, a technique that wastes very little energy and focuses it all on one thing, shocking the opponent it is used on.
As the last clone is defeated, Kakashi times his run perfectly, having the ideal opportunity, he swings his lightning clad fist straight into Burns' blind spot. 'Discharge punch'.
However, faster than the eye can see, Burns turns around and catches the punch.
As the lightning discharges through her, she doesn't scream or shout, she sneers. "Was that supposed to hurt me".
'No way'.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
"Why" Naruto asks as he shakes his head, "Why won't Kakashi sensei use it".
Inojin steps forward, "What are you talking about Lord 7th?".
"It's Kakashi's Sharingan" Inojin's mother answers his question, "He's not using it".
"You can tell" Inojin looks towards his mother. They are observing the fight from a great distance, at such a distance, only those with supreme eyesight such as Hinata or Sarada should be able to identify the colour of a man's eyes. Still, somehow Ino knew.
Kiba places a hand on Inojin's shoulder, "If you had seen Kakashi fight with his Sharingan, you would be able to tell, the difference in his effectiveness is incredible".
"Mitsuki" Boruto calls his friend, "You trained with Lord 6th didn't you, why is he not using it?".
While these questions are asked Kakashi persists in a hopeless battle against the Colonel. It has been proven throughout this fight that his prowess has greatly increased, but it isn't the same as when he uses his Sharingan. So why, why would he persist. Mirai had a chance of winning her fight, but like this, Kakashi stands no chance at all.
"We went to the final battlefield of the 4th great shinobi war" Mitsuki tells his friend.
Naruto turns to look at Mitsuki, "Why?".
"We were searching for a trace of Uchiha Obito's DNA" Orochimaru's son explains, "Luckily we found it and together with Kakashi's own Sharingan, it was enough".
"Enough for what?".
"I was able to summon his chakra from the other world, and place it into Kakashi".
Naruto gasps at the revelation. Something like that should be impossible, including Orochimaru, he has heard of many rogue shinobi, many mad scientists who would kill to be able to do something like this. Never would enough DNA be left on Earth to summon someone's chakra from the other world. Still, perhaps this case was different, Kakashi had come forward from the past, Obito left strands of DNA from his whole body plus there is some from the 6th Hokage's eye. Maybe this was the only way such a thing could be possible.
"He should have awakened two Sharingan in his eyes" Mitsuki raises a hand, "But it hasn't happened".
"I see" Naruto sighs, "Kakashi sensei was never capable of using so many clones before, so it's because he has Obito's charka too".
"Yeah".
In the Valley
Burns shakes her head, "This is no fun, I don't even need to use my elemental cloak".
In a simple encounter, Kakashi attempts to punch Burns in her face. The Colonel dodges though, before coating her own fist in ice and bashing it straight into Kakashi's mask. The black mask that had helped to make the white fang's son famous, has been stained white.
As Kakashi falls onto his back the count begins.
1…2…3…4…5…
'What are you doing Kakashi' he asks himself, 'Get up, Minato sensei and Kushina are watching… Naruto is watching'.
6…7…
'I can't afford to stay down here' he shouts at himself in his head as he pushes himself back to his feet.
Once more Burns sighs, "You're struggling to get back to your feet even now, do you really think you can match me".
"Who knows" the white-haired shinobi answers, "But…".
If Kakashi were to say something in this moment, Burns would not hear it. She is too stunned, paralysed in shock. As she looks into the eyes, one of the few of Kakashi's features that she can actually see, she is truly astonished by what she sees. One of his eyes has a red and black pattern in it. If she had become a shinobi she would recognise this eye as the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan.
One of Kakashi's Mangekyo Sharingan has activated.
"I don't believe in giving up" he explains.
The 6th Hokage dashes at Burns as she begins to realise what is happening. 'He has awakened a new power'.
Kakashi immediately begins to utilise his eye, his years of experience in using it not letting him down. He activates the power known as Kamui on Burns in the same vein he used it on Deidara when he had been called to help the hidden sand village.
As Burns feels the pull of the Kamui she realises that she is being pulled in and that it may be fatal. Pulling herself away from the vortex, she does her best to escape its attractive power, 'That was close'.
She has leaped backwards to escape from the Kamui and forget to keep her eye on Kakashi. The 6th Hokage arrives in her path, in the perfect position to strike.
'When did he…'.
A howling sound spreads from Kakashi's hand. An electric blue light radiates his palm as lightning chakra stems from his fingertips. This is a power he created, a power he made famous, the Raikiri.
As he thrusts the Raikiri towards Burns, she dodges by the skin of her teeth. It really is a last-second escape that she didn't expect to have to make. She remembers the General's warning though, this is no time to be complacent. She slips a punch, perfectly on target to injure the newly acquired eye of her opponent.
WOOSH!
Another dodge, this time it is Kakashi's turn to dodge.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Boruto gasps, "Amazing, I never knew the 6th Hokage was this amazing".
"Kakashi sensei's reaction time is improving constantly" Hinata notes with her Byakugan, "He's getting stronger as he is fighting".
"That's not all" Naruto says, his eyes wide as he watches his sensei fight against one of their greatest enemies, "His chakra, it's increasing. Despite the fact, he is using it to fight, it is increasing and not decreasing".
Minato clenches his fist, 'Obito, Kakashi, Rin, it is good to see you are still fighting together after all this time. Together, together, the three of you can win'.
In the Valley
Kakashi throws successive punches at Burns. These punches are not his normal punches though, these are punches he has perfected through a combination of his Sharingan awakening and his training with Mitsuki, 'Control your chakra, just like Sakura'.
Burns blocks each of Kakashi's powerful punches but the Hokage is unperturbed by his initial failures. 'Wait for the perfect opening, just like Sasuke'.
Burns has been catching the punches before releasing until this point. Her power allowing her the chance to take all of Kakashi's punches without injuring herself. That is until, the perfect opening happens. Her catch is slightly off, she grimaces in pain as Kakashi's punch slides off the side of her hand.
Now that the opening has arrived, Naruto's teacher is not one to let it pass. He bends his knees, determining that from below is the best angle to attack from. He gathers a Raikiri in his hand, the Raikiri which quickly expands to previously unseen levels, a raikiri that holds unmatched power throughout shinobi history.
'And give it everything you've got, just like Naruto!'.
Swinging his arm as hard as he can, the sensei of the legendary team 7 smashes the raikiri forward. Its destination set, a collision imminent, will his attack work?
A blinding flash of light surrounds the battling duo.
When this light clears, Burns emerges with a faint blue aura. An ice cloak.
When this light clears, Kakashi emerges collapsed onto his knees. He then quickly falls onto his face.
'I've lost'.
1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10…
"Dammit" Burns curses as she dissipates the cloak, "He was so weak and yet I had to use the elemental cloak to defeat him".
There is some consolation for her though, she turns to the hidden leaf's hill with a smile on her face.
"IT'S 2-0, UZUMAKI NARUTO".
She is right.
This is the worst possible start for the hidden leaf village.
In this best of seven contest.
The hidden leaf is two down.