Chapter 11: Defeat Dark Naruto! Version 1 Training Starts!
Falls of Truth, Island Turtle, Land of Lightning
Naruto stared in shock at the near identical version of him standing right in front of him. 'Dark' Naruto looked up, smirking, his eyes were permanently shaded black. He was dressed the same way as Naruto, complete with the Hokage Robes.
"Up until now, we were treated like outcasts," Dark Naruto said with a smirk.
"...you're...the real me?"
"Exactly. I'm the you you've kept deep in your heart..."
"What the hell are you talking about? I don't know you, stop talking nonsense!"
"They call this place the 'Falls of Truth' don't they? To think this could bring me to the surface..." Dark Naruto replied with a grin and Naruto looked at him in puzzlement. "...basically, I'm the truth inside you. The real you. I'm the hatred you hold dear, I'm your darkness!" Naruto looked at him in shock at that. "If I made one mistake...its letting myself recklessly catch the eye of Kyubi!"
"You..." Naruto said, realizing what that meant, recalling Gerotara's words.
"The Kyubi's will is a mass of hatred...no matter how hard ya try ta fight it, it'll join with the hatred that's hiding inside your heart and hijack it!"
All this time...he's been working with the Kyubi...nearly allowing it to break free!Naruto thought, orange pigmentation creeping around his eyes and his blue irises turned yellow, and his pupil changed into a block instead of a circle, signifying he had entered Sage Mode.
"That's right! I'm the real you, and you can't get rid of me impostor!" Dark Naruto said, entering Sage Mode as well and he grinned, charging at Naruto at super speed and drawing a punch.
Naruto blocked, the two entering Frog Kata range. Whatever punch or kick the other tried, the invisible blows always missed or collided at each other, sending out a shockwave across the entire pool. The two were a blur, trading and blocking blows before leaping back, creating a clone and a Rasengan and slamming them into each other causing a massive explosion which sent them sliding back.
He knows my every move! Naruto thought, narrowing his eyes and charging Dark Naruto again.
He blocked Dark Naruto's punch before launching a kick which missed. Dark Naruto grinned, moving up to knee Naruto who slammed his palm down and launched himself up into the air. Dark Naruto leaped up to follow and the two traded blows in the sky, Naruto creating three clones and created a Futon: Rasenshuriken and his dark counterpart did the same. Both of them launched their Rasenshurikens and the two impacted, creating a massive wind-sphere that blew them back to the ground.
Naruto and Dark Naruto panted, glaring at each other. Instantly, they crossed their fingers again and yelled out 'Tayju Kage Bushin no Jutsu', creating nearly 300 clones each on either side of their fighting area. Each clone was in Sage Mode and the miniature armies attacked each other.
And then Naruto's eyes opened and he fell forward, breathing out. He then realized...he was back in front of the falls, his Dark self no where to be seen, and Yamato and Motoi were behind him on the other side of the pool of water.
"Naruto!" Yamato said, leaping over to him. "What happened?"
"I was...fighting myself...well...a dark version of myself. I couldn't beat him...he knew every one of my moves..." Naruto said, panting slightly. "The battle wouldn't end! We were perfectly even!"
"If you don't beat him, you won't be able to use Kyubi's power..."
"Damn it...how am I supposed to beat someone whose like me?"
"Your guess is as good as mine..." Motoi replied, rubbing the back of his head.
"Wait...Bee-san trained here too, didn't he? If I...wait..." Naruto sighed, shaking his head. "No, judging from his attitude he'd turn me down again..."
"Probably not..." Motoi said and the young Hokage frowned.
Did he have darkness inside him too? Naruto thought, closing his eyes. "Motoi-san, can you tell me the story behind Killer Bee? Like how he grew up or something about his character? Maybe I can find some kind of hint! I might be able to figure out how he and I are different!"
If you're a Jinchuriki too...you can guess what sort of life that entails! Motoi thought, remembering the conversation. Yeah, I do, and that guy should be able to guess how hard its been for me too! So why isn't he helping me? Even though I'm struggling?
He closed his eyes for a second, and breathed out. "I don't like prattling on about other people...but Naruto-sama, since you are a Jinchuriki just like Bee-san, and since stabilizing the Kyubi is crucial for world peace...alright."
"Thanks!" Naruto said with a grin.
"As I said earlier...that since you're a jinchuriki as well, you should be able to guess what sort of life Bee-san had. And as you might guess...great power gave birth to ill will," Motoi started as Naruto looked at him. "All the villagers hated, feared and avoided Bee-san...but he didn't get distressed on complain. He was always cheerful and determined-wanting to make his big brother proud of him, so he gave off an aura of calm. More than that...perhaps because he was ashamed to be a jinchuriki, he was always striving to attract and appeal to people. The way I see it, it seems he liked expressing his pride. As to the question why he had so much pride...that's probably because...of his big brother, the Raikage A-sama, like I said before."
Naruto and Yamato were both silent at that and Motoi took a seat, closing his eyes.
"In order to ensure that the Jinchuriki wouldn't turn traitor, its been common since long ago to chose among the spouses and siblings of the five Kages, or other blood relatives. The strength of the Jinchuriki served to protect the Kage, the head of the Village, as well as serving as a display of the Kage's power," Motoi continued. "Bee-san probably wanted to become a great Jinchuriki for his brother's sake..." he glanced at the Falls and smiled. "It seems he completed his training in a blink of an eye...I respect Bee from the bottom of my heart. I see him as a hero of Kumogakure."
"To think a Jinchuriki could be so beloved, Bee-san's a great guy isn't he?" Yamato asked with a grin. "And you...able to empathize with with a jinchuriki...its no wonder why you were put in charge of this place."
Motoi looked down, losing the smile he had before. He closed his eyes tightly, thinking if he should continue.
"That's it! Motoi-san, can you ask Bee-san in my place? About the trick to the training?"
"No...I can't do that..." Motoi said, breathing out.
"What? Why not?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not qualified to do that," Motoi admitted, looking down as the young Hokage and Yamato looked at him, puzzled. "I tried to kill Bee-san."
"WHAT?" Naruto asked in shock, not expecting that. "But didn't you say you respected him?"
Motoi closed his eyes shamefully, looking away. He squeezed his hand into a tight fist, breathing out.
"Seems there must be special circumstances..." Yamato said gently, the Warden staying silent for a few minutes.
"So...what the heck are they?"
"So this is my confessional...I suppose I can tell you, a Jinchuriki like Bee...about that incident..."
"What incident?" Naruto asked.
"...it was 30 years ago..."
Thirty years ago, in Kumogakure, there was a massive snorting roar, like a wild bull was on the loose. The Hachibi no Kyogyū had smashed through half the village, only recently being restrained by heavy chains by many shinobi. "None of our jinchuriki could fully control the Hachibi...back then, the Ox would reduce the village to rubble. Each time, the Sandaime Raikage and an elite cadre of fighters would hold the beast back..." The special troops that the Raikage brought were restraining the giant ox, a younger A had activated his Raiton no Yoroi and had a grip on two chains while his father, the Sandaime Raikage got a strange pot into position. He gritted his teeth, his lightning aura flaring as he increased to maximum power. One shinobi, who looked like an elder version of Motoi with glasses tightened his grip on the chain he was using to restrain the Ox, and he was pulling it dwon as much as he could. In retaliation, the Hachibi turned its rage onto him and slammed one of his giant horns right through the man's chest, impaling him and killing him instantly. A retaliated in kind, releasing his hold on the chains and leaping at the Hachibi. With one stroke down, he cut off the Ox's horn and smashed it to the ground, stunning it long enough for the Sandaime to complete his preparations. Making a seal and yelling out, the Hachibi was then sucked right into the pot.
"Somehow the Ox would be sealed back into the traditional Kohaku no Johei-the Amber Sealing Pot...but those battles cost so many good men and women their lives. But even with the risks, we needed the Hachibi to avoid being overpowered by other villages. So we continued experimenting, trying to find a Jinchuriki..." Motoi continued, taking a seat as he leaned back. The man who looked like an elder Motoi was being lifted up by A, his breathing already stopped. Next to them was the Hachibi's massive horn which had impaled him. "One of those many victims...was my father."
"S-So Bee-san killed your father, and you..." Yamato started as both Naruto and him reacted in shock to what he said.
"No, no," Motoi said, looking down as he remembered the past. Near a kunai target range, a young Motoi was playing with a young boy with dark skin and white hair, wearing black glasses and a scarf around his neck. The two were wearing the same black clothing that training ninja wore in Kumogakure. "Bee-san was a friend, we were only five when my father died. He had already been chosen to be 'B' to Raikage-sama's 'A' for the Double Lariat back then..." The young Bee and Motoi prepared a fist bump, like A had shown him, only to have Bee escorted away by two older ninja. Young Motoi looked on in confusion when that happened. "The Jinchuriki, whose power had gone out of control when he unleashed more than two tails during a training exercise was Bee's cousin. He died when the Hachibi was pulled out of his body and resealed."
Motoi continued the story, explaining how Bee tried to comfort him by bringing flowers to his father's grave. At that time, Bee had been chosen to be the next Jinchuriki almost immediately, but the Island's Warden had held a grudge against the Hachibi then, but not Bee. Yamato asked why he tried to kill him, and he explained he thought no one would be able to control the Ox. His fear and hatred, after seeing his mother's state day after day grew, and he convinced himself to avenge his father.
Bee's carefree attitude also didn't help things...he hated his constant smile. He thought if he could kill Bee, he could kill the Hachibi. One day Motoi went to try to kill him, even getting behind him with a kunai but Bee effortlessly disarmed him...and seemed to recognize him. Even offering a smile and a fist bump.
"...then what changed your opinion? Why do you respect him so much?" Yamato asked.
"My hatred didn't simply disappear...I continued to watch him, putting him under constant surveillance. But I wasn't the only one," Motoi looked at Naruto who blinked. "The other villagers had no sympathy for Bee-san, they detested him. It didn't matter he was chosen by the government to be a jinchuriki, nor that he protected the village...they shunned him. He lived a very difficult life, and his suffering was worse than mine."
Naruto closed his eyes and Yamato blinked. "Why are you...?"
"Maybe I'm just saying this to Naruto-sama because he is a Jinchuriki...instead of telling Bee-san himself," Motoi breathed out. "Someday, I really need to tell him...to make amends."
Bastard, he's just using me! Dark Naruto yelled in Naruto's mind...and he began to walk off.
"Naruto, where are you..."
"...I need to be alone for a while..."
At the same time, near Bee's house, Hinata and Tenko were still training. They were both standing near piles of popped rubber balls, but they still hadn't been able to make it explode like Naruto shown them. The Hyuga Heiress breathed in, grasping another ball and she began doing it again. Adding the chakra rotation, and then adding the power...
...then there was a big pop, and her rubber ball exploded, sending Hinata skidding back and her eyes widened in shock. Tenko slammed one more rotation with power into his rubber ball, and got the same time.
"We did it!" they cheered and Hinata grinned, and she felt a little woozy. "Hinata? Are you alright?"
"Yes...yes fine," Hinata said, smiling softly as she straightened herself up.
"You've probably used too much chakra...go find Naruto and tell him how we're doing! You can take a break, I bet he'll love to see you."
Hinata smiled, rubbing the back of her head and she winced seeing the burns on her hands from her chakra. "I guess your right...we're on the final step. I can afford a break now..."
Hinata reached into her pack and brought out a jar of her improved wound ointment. She applied it to her burns, and steam seemed to waft up from her hand as she slowly wrapped it in bandages. When it was secured, she grabbed her pack and activated her Byakugan, stretching it out to 10 kilometers and locating Naruto on the edge of the island, and a tear of blood went down her cheek. She jumped up and shunshined away after reaching the nearest branch, leaving Tenko to continue his training.
She found Naruto shortly, sitting and looking at the sea, sitting one one of the massive spikes as waves crashed up. He was deep in thought.
Everyone used to hate me...and now I'm a hero... he thought, closing his eyes as he remembered Gaara's past. Gaara had it worse than me...and now he's Kazekage. "Now they have faith in Bee-san...the village trusted Gaara enough to be Kazekage...and I'm Hokage now." Plus...I have Iruka-sensei! And all my friends! And Hinata-chan! After years of ostracizing us... ...Hinata-chan never did that. Iruka-sensei neither... I'm your true self. What really resides in your heart. I've never felt that way before consciously...but some deep part inside of me... "I'm not sure they really trust me..." he whispered at the end of his thoughts.
"Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked, walking over as he looked up. "Are you okay?"
"Hinata-chan..." Naruto said as she walked over, taking a seat next to him. He looked down. "...I'm...fine...how's your training with the Rasengan going?"
"...I completed the second step," Hinata said, putting her bandaged hand onto Naruto's shoulder. "Are you sure you're alright, Naruto-kun? You can tell me..."
"...I met...my real self," Naruto said, closing his eyes and Hinata blinked.
"Your real self...?" Hinata asked him and he squeezed his hand into a fist.
"...I have...all this anger and rage deep down inside of me. Its what Kyubi feeds on and takes control of when I use its power...and I don't know if I can beat him."
"But you can!" Hinata said and Naruto looked at her. "You've never given up before, Naruto-kun! You always stand up and move forward. Even if you have dark inside you, you can beat it! I know you can!"
Naruto blinked at Hinata's word's of encouragement...feeling a warmth from her. He...smiled. "Thanks Hinata-chan...I'll..."
Before he could continue they heard a yell and they looked down to see Yamato on his knees as the massive giant squid held Motoi in its huge tentacles. Both stood up quickly as the warden struggled to release the massive suckers.
"Motoi-san!" Naruto yelled as Yamato looked over.
"Naruto, Hinata, FORMATION C!"
"Right!" Naruto said, counting the tentacles a bit to be sure.
Naruto created a Kage Bushin and started to create a Rasengan as Hinata activated her Byakugan. Yamato did several seals and extended his hand, a wood protrusion shooting out.
"Mokuton: Mokusatsu Shibari no Jutsu (Wood Release: Smothering Binding Technique)!" He yelled, the wood wrapping around several tentacles and the squid's main body.
Hinata saw the weak points of the tentacle that held Motoi, and blood trickled down her cheeks as she drew her hand back. "Hakke Kuken (Eight Trigrams Empty Blade)!"
Dropping her hand down, a vacuum blade shot from her hand and she cut through the tentacle, slicing through it as Naruto ran onto the wooden rampart that Yamato created, Rasengan in hand. However, just before he was about to contact several dark tentacles wrapped around the squid's body and and the water exploded as a massive fist smashed out.
"Big Eight-T is back in the sea! Here to get rid of the punk ass squid!" Bee, in full Hachibi form roared, smashing his fist right into the giant squid's mantle as Motoi landed on his feet after Hinata had cut the tentacle.
"Bee-san!" Naruto said cheerfully, leaping off the rampart as it splintered and shattered from the Hachibi Jinchuriki's blow.
Hinata deactivated her Byakugan, feeling a bit dizzy but she grinned, putting her hand to her head. She quickly wiped her eyes to get the blood off, breathing out. Shortly, Bee transformed and stood on the rock spike that they were all standing on.
"Bee-san...you knew, didn't you? You knew I tried to kill you..." Motoi whispered, looking down and the Hyuga Heiress blinked at that.
There was a tense moment following that...but Bee just grinned and offered his fist. "Say what? You did?"
Motoi looked at him in shock...and a few tears began falling. "Bee...you..."
And then he bumped their fists together, Naruto grinning happily.
After the incident with the squid, Naruto, Hinata, Killer Bee, Motoi, and Yamato were walking back to the Falls of Truth through the jungle. The group was walking over a massive fallen tree over a river filled with giant crocodiles. Hinata's wooziness was gone and she was smiling, seeing Naruto back to his old self.
"Thanks for trying to help Motoi, Hokage, Hyuga!" Bee said with a grin.
Hinata grinned. "Not a problem, Bee-sama..."
"Same!" Naruto said with a grin.
"Naruto has a strange magnetic personality...just like Bee-san."
"Yep, he certainly does," Yamato said with a grin.
"First thing I thought you were a true foo', but now I see you're coo' too!" Bee rapped, moving his arms and grinning.
"You're rhymes are sweet, Octo-dude! I'm glad I met you!"
"Get the beat right, yo!" Bee said, offering his fist.
I'm glad Naruto and Bee-san have similar personalities...but please don't have him start rapping! Yamato thought was a grin.
Naruto remembered the fist bump...Motoi asking him about what he knew about Bee...and he smiled and bumped his fist against Bee's. "Yo yo yo! My name is Naruto, dattebayo!" he grinned, laughing. Alright, I got it this time!
Bee however frowned. "...good lord, dattebayo..." he then grinned. "Cut that out-ttebayo! Get back to the Falls of Truth and you'll pull it off like a wisdom tooth!"
Shortly, they were all at the falls, Hinata watching as Naruto walked to the small island in the pool in front of the waterfall. He took a deep breath, calming himself and he sat down, crossing his legs and closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened his eyes to see his dark self walking back out of the falls. He was smirking, looking...vaguely psychotic.
"Ready for round two, you fake?"
Naruto...grinned at him. "I've been thinking about what you said..."
"What?" Dark Naruto growled.
"Its true, I've had a lot of anger and hate. And that we were treated like outcasts, but there is only one thing I have to say to that," Naruto said as he lifted his hands...and above him he made his 'autograph'. 'Your Number One Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki!'
"W-What is this shit? That's all you got to say?"
Naruto put his hand on his chest. "I have to tell people to stop believing in me, and believe in myself. And I have to thank you for bringing me this far."
Dark Naruto's eye twitched, and he charged. "Then...then what is supposed to happen to me! You're going to discard me like a piece of trash?"
He launched a punch and Naruto dodged him...and wrapped his arms around him. "No, that's not what I'm going to do. You're a part of me as much as I'm a part of you. But you don't have to worry anymore..." A single tear began dripping from Dark Naruto's eye...and he started to disintegrate. "We just have to believe in ourselves!"
And with that...Dark Naruto completely vanished and Naruto opened his eyes in the real world. He grinned, standing up and looking back at the others, giving a thumbs up.
"You did it Naruto!" Yamato said with a grin as Bee smirked.
"That's...wonderful Naruto-kun," Hinata said in amazement, jumping over to the center where he was.
"Its too early to celebrate, Hokage!" Bee announced with a smirk, walking across the water. "Now ya gotta learn how to control the Kyubi! Starting today...I'm your teacher! Getting up in your head or you'll wind up dead!"
Naruto grinned at that. "Yeah!"
Bee jumped to the falls, looking at everyone. "Come on, Naruto!"
Yamato raised his hand. "Is it okay if I can come too?"
"Fo Shizzle, and the Hokage's girlfriend too!"
Hinata blinked. "Me too...? But I'm trying to complete the Rasengan..."
"That injured hand, Hyuga Miss, needs a rest. Or else you'll be really amiss!"
Yamato looked at Motoi. "Motoi-san?"
"I have to make a report to Kumogakure..."
"Thanks, then," Yamato said, sensing they were being watched.
Motoi nodded, sensing it too. "Its not going to be easy..."
Bee began walking through the waterfall, Naruto looking over and following with Hinata. "There's something behind the falls?" Naruto asked as they walked.
When they reached the other side, both young Konoha shinobi's jaws dropped, seeing a massive temple behind the falls. There were five enormous towers that looked like massive steps behind a wall, and behind that there was a carving of the Hachibi launching Bijudama from it's mouth.
"What ya gotta do, is master Version One before getting to your Version Two!" Bee started as they walked to the Temple. "Then zap pow, you'll be able to make the Kyubi bow! Boo yeah!"
Naruto blinked. "Version One? Version Two?"
Bee grinned as they walked in. "Version One is human chakra blended with Biju, bubbles up and forms your cloak! Version Two is pure Biju Chakra so you won't end up as smoke!"
Naruto blinked in confusion as Bee walked over to a circle in the middle of the temple before a series of doors. He rubbed the back of his head as they walked to the center of the temple away from the headless statues. On the ceiling was a mural of the Kyubi itself, all nine tails going to every of the room...and in its mouth was a nine pointed star that aligned with a large one in the center of the room.
"Here, you will fight the Version One chakra! Defeating each level draws it into your body, making it under your complete control!" Bee announced and Naruto blinked.
"...what exactly is Version One and Two? You said Version One is human and biju chakra mixed together..."
Bee smirked, throwing his hand into the air to make 'horns' and a reddish bubbles burst off his body, forming into a seething cloak. The cloak formed horns around Bee's head, as well as eight tails. The chakra being given off by this form made the ground quake slightly, and Samehada shuddered in joy being bathed around the red chakra cloak.
"Version One is very fun! Biju and human chakra mixed, bubble up, and you get enormous power in a fix!"
Hinata gasped, and activated her Byakugan. She could see the Hachibi's chakra flowing out of the seal on Bee's shoulder and threw his chakra pathways. The amount of chakra flowing out...its...impossibly huge! And he can control it...shaping it into human form...?
The tails then wrapped around Bee's body, and the ground shuddered and shook again. His cloak turned dark red and his face was completely hidden, being replaced by a jack o'lantern look. The ground cracked, splintered, and cratered underneath his now 'hooved' feet, despite the entire temple being made to contain the might of the biju the Jinchuriki bring.
"Version 2 compresses pure biju chakra into human form, and new attacks can be born! You can form bones for increased power which could be useful for an eleventh hour! Ultimately, you can form the Bijudama, which sends your enemies crying back to their mama!"
Naruto's jaw dropped, and he remembered what his Four-Tailed and Six-Tailed forms looked like. He can...control the chakra...like that? And stay conscious? He has his entire mind in that form...?
The cloak vanished off of Bee's body as he returned to normal. "Stand in the middle of the star, and see how far you can go! Channel Kyubi's chakra into the star, and it'll form into an empty cloak!"
Naruto nodded, breathing in. "Okay then!" he said, stepping into the middle of the nine-pointed star carved into the middle of the temple.
Breathing in, he pressed his hands together and raised two fingers, summoning Kyubi's chakra. It bubbled up around him, and he opened his eyes, they were red and slitted and his whisker marks frayed. Then...all of the bubbling chakra seeped into the ground, lighting up three of the nine star points.
"So that's how much ya can control before all this!" Bee said, moving his arms. "Keep pushing out, out, out, fill all nine star points!"
Naruto yelled, pushing more and more Kyubi chakra out of his body, slowly filling the fourth point, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, and finally the ninth, slowly lowering his arms and panting. The chakra in the points then began coalescing. Hinata, Yamato, and Bee watched as the chakra formed into a transparent, seething, bubbly form of the Fox right in front of the young Hokage.
Naruto stepped back. "What the hell?"
"Beat the Avatar of the Fox, and then you'll box with the Fox itself!" Bee yelled. "Taking control of Version One will enable you to master your version two when you rip it from the Kyubi!"
Naruto dodged the massive paw of the 'avatar' of Kyubi that he had created, running around the star to avoid it's attacks. Its tails lashed out at him, forcing him to redirect himself, crossing his fingers.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" he yelled, and in a puff of smoke created 20 clones and they spread out, confusing the massive avatar.
His clones all created Rasengans, charging the fox Avatar with their balls of chakra. "Rasen Chō Tarengan (Ultra-Many Spiraling Spheres)!"
The clones leaped at the transparent fox spirit, all smashing the Rasengans they had in their hands into its cloak. The cloak responded, pushing and slamming them back, sending two flying near the edge of the star. They skidded into a...barrier which made they puff out of existence.
Hinata blinked. "A barrier?"
"So the falls won't be destroyed, the barrier is equal to the power unleashed into the star, thus it can't break out," Bee said without a rhyme. "Now beat it down, Naruto! Then we can move onto the Kyubi itself!"
Time to see how good my Sage Mode really is! Naruto thought, the clones providing a distraction good enough for him to enter it. He jumped out of the way of the massive ethereal paw that the Kyubi's Avatar launched at him from its side of the star.
Using his increase in speed, Naruto landed, dashing at the avatar, and he leaped into the air and smashed his fist right into its 'face'. It roared, stumbling back...and then smashing the young Hokage down hard enough to knock the wind out of him. Retaliating quickly, he grabbed the 'finger' and lifted the massive Avatar up and slammed it flat on its back. Creating two clones, he opened his hand and they helped him create a Rasenshuriken.
Naruto leaped up, lifting the Rasenshuriken high into the air and he threw it. The Kyubi Avatar then countered with a massive roar which caused the entire falls to shake and quake. The Rasenshuriken was disrupted and Naruto was sent smashing into the ceiling.
"This thing...is very tough..." Naruto groaned, standing now on the ceiling. And its fast...and the cloak reacts on its own like it did for me. I need an opening...
The Kyubi Avatar got on its 'hind legs' and then pushed both of its paws right at the young Hokage, trying to grab him. Naruto leaped off the roof, landing on the newly created chakra arms, running down as he gathered Natural Energy in his arms and legs, increasing his speed and attack range.
Lets see how it handles Kawazu Kumite (Frog Kata_! Naruto thought, dodging several smaller chakra arms that sprouted out from the main one and he leaped off of it, turning himself into a missile by pointing his legs straight down. Kawazu Kumite: Ninnin Misaru (Frog Kata: Human Missile)!
The Kyubi Avatar roared, predictably moving out of the way to avoid Naruto's plunge. When it did, and when Naruto passed it though...it was then hit by the invisible Natural Energy that the young Hokage had gathered around his body. It was like being hit by a Gamabunta's fist, and the Kyubi Avatar's cloak rippled and shuddered from the impact, smashing to the ground and into the barrier making it roar even louder.
Naruto landed, skidding to prevent himself from crashing into the barrier himself. The Kyubi Avatar retaliated, shooting out its tail and forcefully slamming Naruto into the barrier anyway, delivering a painful shock making him cry out in pain.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata yelled as Yamato instinctively began doing Mokuton seals to counter but Bee shot out his hand.
"Naruto has to do this himself! If he can't make it beyond this point, the rest of the training will be pointless!"
Naruto growled, the tail now pinning him but he grabbed onto it, still in Sage Mode. "I'm...not losing that easily!" He crossed his fingers. "Tayjuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
With that, he created 50 Kage Bushins who were already in Sage Mode and they all began charging the Kyubi Avatar. Several grabbed onto the tail itself as well and with Naruto, inadvertently freeing him, they yanked it into the barrier and themselves, drawing the main body towards the real Naruto.
The young Hokage leaped up after being freed, and with the clone's help he created another Rasenshuriken. Two more clones jumped right up onto the Kyubi Avatar's mouth, linking their hands to keep it shut to prevent it from roaring again as it continued to hurl towards the young Hokage. At the last second, Naruto tossed his Rasenshuriken.
"TAKE THIS!" He roared, tossing it right into the Kyubi Avatar and the Rasenshuriken impacted against the cloak, cutting nearly half way through the 'body' before it detonated into a massive wind sphere right inside the body.
The Kyubi Avatar gave a roar of pain, its body being bombarded from the inside by the millions of tiny wind blades before it crashed back into the barrier which delivered the final blow. Naruto landed, panting as he exited Sage Mode as his clones puffed away. The mass of Version One chakra, the Kyubi Avatar, convalesced again and was drawn back to his body.
"You did it!" Bee said with a grin. "Showed it whose boss!"
Naruto panted, giving a grinning thumbs up as he fell onto his rear. "Thanks...I need a rest though...long day."
Hinata rushed over to him and pulled him into a hug before catching herself. Both of them blushed at that and Bee walked over, smirking.
"Follow me in a few hours, then we'll amp up the power. Time to face Kyubi itself next."
Naruto grinned. "Right!"
To be continued...
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Author's Notes
Sorry for the long break between this. Computer problems and writer's block on how to do this point really didn't help. But I hope you liked so please, read and review!