In His Own Right:
Chapter Nineteen:
Comfort…
A familiar scent…
Love...
His eyes were closed, his face covered by his hands. Moments before he had felt pain, darkness and an eerie sense of emptiness. Now, it felt as if everything was quite the opposite. Everything was different and everything was quiet, he peaked an eye open, his eyes glaring forward to be met with a sight he has been expecting. He was surrounded by... clouds? He was taken aback for a moment before his eyes zoned in on the figure directly in front of him. He blinked, not entirely sure if he was processing things correctly. There stood a rather beautiful red-haired woman, with a smile. Her face pale yet gentle-looking, a perfectly symmetrically shape. They eyed each other for a long string of seconds.
"You stay here…", the woman's voice echoed. It came out as an order, but her voice also brought warmth.
"Huh, wait, just who are you and... where am I?", He did a run over the area.
Was he dead?
She chuckled. Her red hair was long and flowed like a fire, he continued to study her, the woman's scent seeming so familiar.
"That's right, you don't remember.", The red haired girl stated softly, keeping a comforting smile on her face.
"I don't understand…", He responded, utterly confused.
"Naruto…"
"You even know my name.", something was odd yet, also right. What was this feeling; this misplaced nostalgia?
"Why don't you take a guess?", She asked the blond. He responded by poking his forehead first. Guess? Was this some sort of game?
"You are….", he gazed her his eyes washing over her from top to bottom, she was still smiling at him. Her smile, it was his smile. Shit, it was almost as if he were looking in a mirror, facial wise that is. Her facial features were similar and it was at this moment that he realized. No way! It was just so unlikely. His body trembled, his eyes gazing out so openly before tears began to flow down his face. His heart felt heavy, though not heavy with sorrow. No, his heart was heavy with another emotion.
"I am?", he ran forward, clasping his arms around the woman embracing her hard and holding her so close. He squeezed as he felt rivers roll down his cheeks.
Finally, he mouthed the words. "Mom!"
They chose to attack with the summons. No time was wasted on either opposing side. The multi-headed dog was lightweight for her blade, impaling it and immediately sealing it with the weapon. The paths of pain watched intently as she finished off the summons, sealing each with her weapon.
The six paths took action afterward, two dashed at her though still aware of her Susanoo. She made no move, knowing her Trump Card would protect her from any attack. Or so she thought. Izumi's eyes widened as she watched the Preta path simply touch the Susanoo, a simple touch was all he needed to begin absorbing one of her most powerful Jutsu.
"Amazing…", she muttered, before slashing her sword at the preta path, who dodged the attack before it had time to make contact. This body of had the power to absorb Chakra, this made things more crucial and one-sided. She would have to focus this one. The other body, moved around Izumi's Susanoo, obviously waiting for the Preta path to disable her impenetrable Susanoo to attack. The girl would not allow this to happen. She would have to go completely all out if she was to win this. Turning towards the Preta path, Izumi closed her eyes as she prepared for the burning pain that came with using this Jutsu.
"Amaterasu!", The black-haired girl spoke softly, opening her eyes, blood spill from her right eye as she said this. "Burn in an instant.", she finished softly.
The Preta was ultimately caught off guard. One moment he was dodging Izumi's attacks with ease and the next he found himself being consumed by black flames, before he could react she used the sword of Totsuka to do her dirty work, not taking any chances to allow him to recover.
He stared down at the liquid sword before gazing into Izumi's Sharingan eyes. "I see, this is the sword that Orochimaru once sought after, the sealing blade of Totsuka.", he informed this before his body placed into the sealing weapon.
One down.
She took a deep breath, her right eye burning in pain as she wiped the blood away. Disposing of the rest seemed like an impossible task, especially if she had to do that again. She was tired, her stamina becoming closer and closer to her limits. She took a deep breath, staring at the Deva path whom of which narrowed his eyes.
"I did say that I was ending this, and ending this is exactly what I intend on doing. Izumi Uchiha, you are strong, but this is over. I played using this on the Kyuubi when or if he proved to be an issue, but I can see that at this moment you are a huge threat. So, yes let me end this battle right now.",
She held her eye, blood leaking through the palms of her hand. What else did he have in store for her? They just seemed to be full of tricks and this was very overwhelming for the young genius. But, she promised herself that she would end this, successfully kill the real body and avenge the death of all these people. All of this at any cost. It seemed like a vain promise, however. Did she have the chance to do any of that all by herself? It seemed highly unlikely that she would successfully defeat all the bodies and the main controller.
"Your move.", she replied, keeping herself as cool as possible.
"As you wish, just know you are the first to push me to such a limit. This is true power!.", He moved gaining distanced away from Izumi. Deva Pain's hands suddenly, came together as he seemed to concentrate his power. The girl watched curiously as he did this. She felt his chakra surge, as the other Pain made to surround the main one. His hands stayed firmly together as he tongued the words. "Planetary Devastation!", in that moment, there was an instant pulse, almost like a heartbeat. Yet, not so subtle.
Suddenly, a blinding light sparked out shining brighter than even that of the sun. Izumi squinted at the presence of the light. What was this? A heat began burning from the sky. A black sphere now covered the sun, successful eclipsing it. She gazed at it as the ground before the girl trembled at its might. This was his power? Something drastic no doubt. Izumi felt the floor under herself buckle, before lifting into the atmosphere she turned in all directions as she realized that everything, be it rocks, debris or any sort of object was now being pulled by some sort of gravitational force. She watched helplessly as she was pulled upwards, seeming to be headed in the direction of the aerial Jutsu.
He was going to use this on Naruto if he proved to be a problem? Considering Naruto's abilities and his personality in general, she had no doubt in her head that he would definitely be a problem. She figured it was better her than him. Izumi didn't know what she would do if anything happened to him. Her, on the other hand, she didn't care so much for. She was selfless by nature and a shinobi in blood.
She continued to observe the power of the Jutsu, watching Pain force the attack with all his might. He seemed to be struggling a bit, she noted. So even he had a limit. Now, she would either have to find a way to escape or disrupt this Jutsu.
It all seemed like a difficult task, she watched as rocks on rocks piled into the Jutsu, and Izumi realized that if she were to be sucked completely into if she would be crushed beyond recognition, Susanoo or not. Everything besides the bodies of Pain were lifted into the Jutsu, so it was safe to assume that at the time being there was no escape. So that was clear enough. There were no Jutsu in her arsenal that could allow her to escape from the attack. But her safety was not what she thought was most imperative was anyone who had survived being sucked into the technique. That was her main concern.
The gravitational force was strong, much too strong and the jutsu honestly seemed flawless. She laughed internally thinking about it, as dire as the situation was. A jutsu without flaw didn't exist of course. So, with quick thought somehow she could stop this. She gazed upwards at the center mass, she was getting closer and closer by the minute. Action needed to be taken within the next moments or she would literally be sucked into the vortex. All it would take is thought, and so she came up with a hypothesis. Everything was being pulled towards the center, so If she were to fire a powerful ninjutsu attack at the center it should definitely cause the vortex to collapse on itself. An extremely powerful one, however. She sighed, realizing that she was getting close to her limit, her body already feeling the pain of overusing the Sharingan. This would probably drain her. But, there was no time to think.
Izumi went straight into action, the arms of her Susanoo came together forming a fire like Ninjutsu in its hand. She held it for a moment, it would need more power, much more power. She wouldn't take the chance of her attack lacking in punch. Everything was critical, she had little time to waste. Thinking fast, Izumi quickly used the Amaterasu again, adding this to her attack, enhancing the power. It burned, a pain that she would never forget if she survived, she felt her eyes blurring as the black flames consumed her Ninjutsu. The Yasaka Beads combined with the Amaterasu was a deadly and devastating combination. The flames burned heavily in the black and orange mass. It was time! In an instant, Izumi tossed the ninjutsu allowing the gravitational pull of the planetary devastation to pull at it. She fell onto her knees bending over as she felt her chakra reserves fall. She waited for the attack to make contact hoping that it would work.
"Please work.", she prayed silently, awaiting the burst of her attack. There was some time that passed before the sky above became shrouded in white light. She kept her eyes open as a BANG erupted. The jutsu exploded sending rock and debris spewing everywhere. The heat from the attack burned on her lacerated face, the attack shifted the landscape below even further, as Izumi felt the pull weaken before dissipating entirely. It had worked! Izumi fell with the piece of land she had been stationed on, falling onto the floor just as the Susanoo disappeared, leaving her exposed.
Izumi hit the ground hard, rolling before coming to a halt. She let out a painful gasp before rolling onto her back and continuing to breathe. Her lungs struggled now. That was about it for her. Blood ran down her forehead and face. She had only been able to deal with one of those guys before she reached her optimum point. Her body and clothing scratched up, even to the point where some of the skin on her breasts and stomach were visible She attempted to stand but staggered onto her knees. Get up… She told herself.
The soft tapping of sandals brought her towards her right. Pain approached his Rinnegan eyes staring at her deeply. "It is so unfortunate that you chose this route, the Akatsuki could have used your power. To stop my planetary devastation so quickly, I can't believe it actually.", He moved around her, the other four landed by his side.
"No Jutsu is without weakness, I simply found the weakness in yours.", she said moving to her feet, standing.
"I see, and now I must make sure no one else is aware of this weakness.", the black rod appeared in the hands of each of the Pains.
"What will you do now, Izumi?",
She jerked forward with a punch, baiting out an attack from Deva Pain. He dodged with mere ease, just as she expected as the other bodies circled around her, acting almost on instinct.
With reserves she was unaware that she had, Izumi disappeared in a flock of crows, all of the bodies impaling her just as she escaped, flying off only a short distance in or to preserve enough chakra to stay alive. What was left? She couldn't give up, but what could she do, how could she counter? She still had chakra left, she had just enough for one more move, but unfortunately using the last of her reserves could result in death. She would die if she were to do that, she was fully aware of this.
Izumi sighed. No one said that the life of a shinobi was easy, nor did anyone say that they were expected to live through battle. The life of a ninja was all about hard and possibly historically changing choices, and Izumi was aware that the choice she made right now would either change history for the better or good. It was an honor to die for her village and comrades, and considering the circumstances, she may very well be doing that.
She removed a Kunai from her pouch, she would fight to the end and do everything within her power to defeat this foe or at least make it easier for someone else. She could honestly use reinforcements around this time also.
The remaining five bodies dashed at Izumi, not even wasting conversation with her. The Asura path came with his blade initiating their battle. She jumped over him, choosing to evade every attack. The group of bodies attacked each jabbing at her and sending their own attack, be it physical or ninjutsu. She was able to evade for a moment before she found one of the rods impaling her through her shoulder. She immediately broke the item in half, before jumping away as she began to bleed out.
Bad move on her part, she pulled the weapon out. She fell to the ground where she landed. They were fast to move on the girl, as she bled out on the floor. She gazed the man in his eyes, her Sharingan glared with no fear into his.
"It's over.",
She made one last effort, a ball of fire erupted from her mouth, flames spewing outwards far and high. The flames burned the Deva pain, his robes burning a bit as he pushed himself backward. He glared at her with steel in his eyes, a bit surprised that she still had any ounce of chakra left.
"Consider that a parting gift.", she stated softly, her breathing beginning to steady and slow as she felt herself losing consciousness. Someone would have to finish what she and Kakashi had started. She had one hundred and ten percent trust in her comrades, someone still alive would defeat them. A tear ran from one of her eyes. She let out the softest whisper. "Sorry, Naruto-kun. I wasn't enough…". She had failed… But hopefully, her efforts wouldn't be in Vain. Someone else, anyone who put a stop to this. Sasuke, Shisui, Mother, Father...Naruto. She was truly sorry, but this was it. The world of the living was slipping away and soon she would be joining the others, the other shinobi who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of their village and their loved ones.
Her body slowing.
Her eyes closing.
Her life slipping.
And what was left?
Darkness…
She never got to tell him how much she loved him. Why?
He held her embrace keeping the mother he had always dreamed of close, as he softly cried into her shoulder. She returned the embrace patting him softly on the back.
"You don't know how long I've wanted to do this. No one told me about you, Jiraiya-sensei only informed me that the fourth Hokage was my father, no one told me who my mother was.",
She smiled. "Kushina.",
"Huh?", they loosened from their hug.
"Your mother's name is Kushina.", she smiled lovingly.
"Ah, Kushina! Such a beautiful name, one that also compliments your awesome straight red hair. Honestly, I wish I had gotten your red straight hair, it's so cool.",
She chuckled. He smiled back.
"You're the second man to actually compliment my red hair.", her eyes shot up towards her hair, taking red strands into her fingers.
He gazed at her. Really? "What...who else?",
His mother stood to her feet. "Your father of course. Minato",
"I guess I must be pretty much like him.",
She responded instantly. "Well, you've definitely got his blond hair. But Unfortunately, you have my face.",
The blond rose his eyebrows. "Unfortunately? But, didn't I get my good looks from my Mom?",
It was just so surreal for Naruto, a dream actually coming true.
She laughed loudly. "Aren't you just charming?",
There was something he promised he would ask if he ever got the chance to talk to either or both of his parents. What was it again? Oh, that's right.
He addressed his mother with his eyes. "There's something that I've always wanted to ask you.",
"Mmmhhm?", Came her reply.
"How did it happen? You and dad falling in love that is.",
Her cheeks flushed a vibrant red. "It's really embarrassing to talk about, ya know.",
"Ya know?", He scratched his head.
"I really don't know, tell me!",
She smiled, "ah, yes. Let's see.",
"It was my first day of school in Konoha and your father and I were placed in the same class…",
Kushina's eyes lay low as her new sensei held onto her shoulder. She rose her head taking in the classroom and all the faces before her. She gazed back at the ground uncertain as everyone's eyes were placed directly on her.
"Today we have a new student in the class—",
"I'm Kushina Uzumaki, ya know!", she declared loudly, instantly regretting her outburst. The class erupted in hysterical laughter.
"Alright, Settle down!",
But relentlessly the red-haired girl continued, her arms twitching. "I'm—", she stated softly before declaring. "I'm going to be the first female Hokage!", this time everyone was silent, their eyes staring harshly at the girl obviously judging her negatively.
"Me too!", a blond-haired kid declared with her. "I'm going to become a Hokage that everyone knows, depends on and loves.", she glared at him, obviously, he was mocking her, but the boy didn't seem too manly or aggressive either.
Her declaration eventually were the seeds to the bullying that would transpire for the girl. The boys in the class relentlessly harassing her and making fun of her unnaturally red hair, even giving her nicknames such as Tomato and the Red Hot Habanero. It was a depressing and extremely controversial time of her life. Kushina honestly didn't remember a time in her life where her self-esteem was so low. And then that day happened.
She had come home that night normally.
The girl opened the front door, calling out. "Hello I'm home.", as she did so, bringing herself into the house. She was pretty tired and felt as if a good nap would do her good. The red-haired girl moved deeper into her home.
"Anyone?", she stated again, only to be met with the voice of silence. She was alone. Where was everyone?
Suddenly, movement caught her eyes, Kushina dashed backward only to find someone grabbing her from behind.
She screeched as she was forcefully pushed to the ground. "Get off of me, someone help!", she panicked as she struggled against her attackers. They responded by kicking the girl and placing a strong heavy rope binding the girl's hands.
"Be quiet. No one's coming to help!", she recognized the uniform to belong to shinobi from the hidden sound. "This isn't your true home, no one here cares for you.", he continued.
"Now, you're coming with us, let's move!",
She laid her head towards the ground. A storm of questions rolling through her head, and an even larger number of escape plans. She deemed it stupid to attempt to just or fight each ninja herself. But, the girl was much more clever than people gave her credit for.
When they had left the village Kushina knew there was no way anyone could find her unless she helped them. So the girl began to remove small strands of her red hair, subtly but surely she did so. She did so for the long and slow walk, she continued removing her hair until she realized that no one was coming. The cloud ninja's words were pretty accurate, no one care for her she was an outsider and lowly and ugly outsider. She stopped removing her hair, realizing that it was futile. They were close to the border when something unexpected occurred.
The girl didn't see it at first, but one by one the group of cloud shinobi fell, and before she knew it they all lay before her feet. She rose her head as a blond-haired figure fell directly in front of her. She looked at him, recognizing the boy from class, her eyes became filled with an unfamiliar emotion, though it seemed most closely related to… Relief.
"Are you alright?", she gazed at him, as her eyes began to water a bit. She gazed at his hand, filled with long red strands of hair.
"I came to rescue you.", his face was sincere and filled with a hopeful glow. She couldn't help but realize that his presence made her feel comfort.
Suddenly she found herself being lifted from her legs and into strong arms. "Hey, what are you—.", she stopped as the boy dashed into the sky, the moon glowing in the background, shining elegantly on his features.
Again her eyes went to the strands of hair clutched between his fingers.
"I was able to find you because your hair is so unique and beautiful.", she gazed at him in complete awe. He had actually complimented her hair?
"Really?",
He answered immediately. "Yes of course.",
She turned her head in the opposite direction. "Then why are you always ignoring me?",
His smile remained on his face and Kushina wondered if he was about to make fun of her. There she was being stupid.
"That's because…", his next words caused her heart to skip a best. "I know that you are strong. Both in body and in spirit.", his declaration was genuine and profound. She stared her eyes sparkling as she did so. Had he really said that about her? She was strong. She continued to gaze at the blond boy for a while, Minato was his name. "This however, was not your fight, it's a battle between Nations. Which is why I came.",
"But why?", she looked away.
"Because I couldn't bare to lose you.",
"But I'm an outsider…", she spoke softly.
He simply shook his head."No.", she continued her awe-struck gaze. "You're part of this village, this is your home and you're a shinobi of this village.",
The leaves brushed gently against her face as they headed to where she presumed to be the leaf village. A cool wind blew behind them as the leaves themselves seem to make a path for the two ninja.
And it was on this day that Kushina began to fall in love with Minato, the future Fourth Hokage.
…
"It was in those moments that I realized that Minato was a great ninja. I realized that he was someone that could help me reach my dreams. He changed me. And the red hair that I used to hate, ironically brought me, love. It became the red thread of fate…"
Naruto cheesed from ear to ear, his eyes closed.
"There are certain special words that I save for men who compliment my hair.", he continued with his lovely smile.
"I Love you.", she stated simply. A feeling bubbled in his stomach, something he had never felt before, the realization that he was in the presence of his mother the person who arguably loved him the most. He took a breath, responding more meaning than he's ever placed in his mouth.
"I love you too, Mom.", he rubbed his eyes, keeping a tear from himself.
"But right now, there's something I must do."
"What happened Pervyo?", Killerbee stood as he witnessed the two portions of Naruto real equilibrium. Jiraiya didn't even seem to be phased by his statement. "It seems as if Naruto stopped this by himself.",
"The final battle between man and beast is bout to take place, let's take a seat and see what occurs at the end of this race.", the Eight-Tails Jinjuriki rapped. There was a light silence afterwards.
"You know after all this you should really write some verses for my book.", the Sannin replied.
Killerbee's eyes glowed. "I can keep going if you want."
"Well, it's not exactly the most appropriate of times.", the Toad sage replied.
"Hm, I have faith in Naruto.",
Again he felt warm, a good feeling. He felt at ease with himself and the world around him.
"I love you…",
Naruto's made eye contact with the Kyuubi as he finally came back. The boy let out a triumphant cry as he pushed the Kyuubi's chakra back, gaining control back over his body. His mother's chains still restricted him as blue began to flow through the chakra string.
"I can only help you for so long… Finish this.",
Naruto nodded immediately resorting to his most reliable Jutsu. "Multi-shadow clone Jutsu!", He jumped upwards, as the Kyuubi's abnormally large arm slammed down.
"Rasengan super Barrage.", he yelled, a giant Rasengan forming in the palm of each of his clones. "Sage art!", he yelled once more activating sage mode just as he bombarded the nine tails. It growled in anger as he did so, the Kyuubi falling back and sliding a large sum of feet. The seventeen-year-old wasn't finished, his hand came outwards as his most powerful Ninjutsu Rasen Shuriken formed into his palms. This was it!
"What power!", the Kyuubi spoke in shock as he slammed the ninjutsu into the beast, he pushed with all his power. This was it, this right here!
"I'm sorry… But...Get out!", Naruto yelled. A wind brewing from the might of his Rasenshiruken.
"You're finished Naruto, you pulled out his chakra.",
The Nine tails grunted as he flew backwards slamming into the ground. A large slash erupted as the boy too found himself flying backwards. He landed on his feet, an instant shock surging through the boy, and branching out like a fire. The boy twitched at the sensation before it finally settled.
He took in a deep breath, before gazing downwards, his eyes gazing across the now glowing aura from the Kyuubi.
"This is… Exhilarating.", he said to himself, admiring the new power that he contained. It was overwhelming, to say the least, it was as if he had all the power in the world as if he could take on anything.
"You… Naruto Uzumaki.", Naruto brought his attention back to the tailed beast. His eyes filled with rage.
"An insect, an inferior being such as yourself has successfully infuriated me!", His head came upwards as he began to conjure the dark orb of a tailed beast bomb. Naruto stared at him in amazement almost close to admiration.
"You still have this much power.", his hand quickly went to the seal on his stomach, twisting it like a switch.
"I'm sorry Kyuubi, just wait a little longer.",
Six Torri Gates fell from the heavens slamming onto the beast and successfully containing him. He glared angrily as he found himself again being imprisoned. The Kyuubi said no words and instead glared on with hate in his orbs. He didn't like having to make the beast suffer, he had been through so much after all. But, there were things that the blond had to attend to.
He returned to the physical realm with a breath. His blue eyes shot open as he was met with the familiar features of Ero-Sensei and Octopops.
"Naruto…", Jiraiya began his eyes giving Naruto a run-up and down. "So, this is how it looks to have control of the Nine-tails.",
Naruto looked down at his glowing figure. He felt incredible.
"Ayo Naru-to, ya did the deed and beat him bro.",
He laughed scratching his head. "Well I had some help.", Which reminded him.
"Who?, Jiraiya asked.
"My Mother.", he replied.
"Kushina!",
"Kushina?", Killerbee repeated.
" which reminds me…", he glared at his two mentors. "I have to return to the Village Immediately.",
"What, why?", The white-haired Sannin approached his student.
"Sensei… I think something happened in the village, urgent too.",
"What makes you say that?",
"My Mother, she said that she had a weird feeling as if something was going horribly wrong and that I should head back immediately.",
No one spoke, the atmosphere fell silent. The Sannin stared skeptically. "Hold on Naruto, we can't be too sure that Kushina's wasn't being paranoid or anything.",
"I've already thought about that.", Naruto began as he removed a small three-pronged Kunai from his back pouch. "Sensei, I need you to hold this.", he handed the elder man the Kunai.
"I see, Flying thunder God. Minato's legacy…",
"I have a Kunai back at my apartment, I'm going to make sure everything is alright. If so, I'll be back. Ya know.",
"Wait… Naruto. I'm going to need you to power down.",
"Huh?", He was perplexed for a moment before he caught a glimpse of his body again. "Oh yeah.",
"You don't wanna drain all of the Kyuubi's chakra, as a matter of fact, you don't have the right training to even control the Kyuubi's power. Naruto, do not use his chakra not until your training is complete.",
Naruto deactivated his newfound mode with ease. "Octopops...I'll be back to finish my training I promise.", he gave his fellow Jinchuriki a thumbs up.
"You guys take care, I'll be back.",
Each nodded before the sunkissed haired Jounin disappeared in an instant.
Shikamaru pulled fragments of metal from his leg. Tsunade-sama's slugs surrounded him as they began the healing process. He stared from his position, breathing heavily remembering mere moments ago a few things. These few things brought questions. First off what was that skeletal figure from earlier? He knew it was a Jutsu of someone from the leaf because he could clearly see it fighting off the members of the Akatsuki, however, he just could not deduce who. And that Jutsu of the enemy that had a massive gravitational pull. Just what was that? It had ultimately been destroyed, but he was sure that it was all over, only moments ago. Now things seemed to have settled as if the main battle had ended.
"Who...who's out there?", he asked the summons. They continued catering to him before one answered.
"Izumi-san.",
"Captain Izumi?", he confirmed.
"She's been in battle for quite some time after Kakashi.",
It was quiet now. Had a victor already been determined? The enemy seemed to be of spectacular proportion, but from what he's seen Izumi was probably the most talented shinobi from their generation. Hopefully, she had defeated the enemy.
His eyes went out towards the destruction. It was all such a huge drag, it was just horrible. How could someone do this? All for power, all for greed. He needed to put himself to good use.
He attempted to stand, though the pain in his leg forced him back into a sitting position.
"You mustn't move, the healing process is not yet complete.",
He grunted. He would just have to continue being useless for a little longer.
It took her time but she had finally had it! Her honey eyes spoke a person of many stories but this one unfolding at this very moment spoke the saddest. She glared stones into the shinobi, now surrounding another one of her subordinates. Tsunade was infuriated, absolutely angry and ready to defeat the enemy. She was a legendary Sannin and the Fifth Hokage, it was her job after all.
"I am the Fifth Hokage!", She cried, her fists tensed.
"Hokage-sama!", a rat-masked Anbu said joining her by her side.
"You sad excuse for a human being, you have trampled on the jewel that my Predecessors worked so hard to craft! How dare you?",
The center pain breathed heavily, the other four surrounded him as if to shield him from any harm.
"It seems as if you know something about pain, Fifth Hokage. Tell me. How does it feel?",
Her anger and determination seemed to be unbound and unstable.
"It's excruciating. Isn't it, to lose those dear to you. However, my business is not with you.", He explained.
Her eyes suddenly caught the erratic movement of one of the five ninja dashing out of their position. The Asura pain blasted forward, his hand coming out as blades extended from his pale wrist. Tsunade watched in shock and awe as the being moved at a much faster rate than she could honestly respond. Shit!
"My business is with—",
The next set of actions all took place within milliseconds. The Asura pain was inches away from the blond Hokage and would have killed her easily but that was not the case. He came short of his goals when a familiar blond appeared out of nowhere, destroying the Asura Pain with one punch, slamming his body into the ground when he did so.
"Your business is with me!",
*Okay, a few things here. This chapter consists of a lot of elements from the manga and Anime, I apologize for that but it's something that I'll be doing for some time. Now, this is leading up to a nice little wrap of the first Arc, so after this I have many many more Izumi/Naruto scenes for everyone. Hopefully, that will make up for the straight action chapters. It sucks, and I know I'm not the best at writing people fighting but I try. So, lets think about the future and pray that I can update within two weeks. :)
*Now, quick little spoiler, that probably isn't a spoiler. But, just know a lot of things are ganna happen with Sasuke, just a heads up for the future.
*Anyways please review!