Alright here it is! The 11th chapter of Phoenix! Before we start, I'd like to thank you all! 30,337 views, 213 favorites, 288 followers, 153 reviews, and 10 communities! Woohoo! Thank you all for the support!
A dark figure moved silently through the mist-covered country, hopping from building to building and avoiding the chakra signatures he knew belonged to his enemies. He looked to his left, and saw a large pillar-like building, spiraling from the ground into the point at the top. His eyes narrowed, before jumping towards the building and using his chakra to grip the side of the building, cracks forming around his fingers as he crawled upwards. He kept climbing, careful to avoid the windows so that he couldn't be caught. The guards outside the building didn't notice him due to the cover of the darkness that came when the sun left.
When he neared the largest window he pulled his hood further over his face, preparing for the mission he was about to embark on. If it worked, then in one day the mist-covered nation would finally be rid of it's turtle tyrant.
He carefully opened the window, making sure he placed the silencing seals he had on him first. He crawled in the room silently, noting the fact that not a single guard was in his sight. Though, he knew that there were guards in the room. He smirked silently, just as he couldn't see them, they couldn't see him.
He crawled even slower to the bed in the middle of the room, sliding underneath it before pulling out a syringe. It had a large needle, because he had to stab the person above him with said needle, through the bed. Carefully, he sensed the chakra signature, before slowly stabbing the needle into the chest of the person above him, noting how the person started screaming loudly in pain. He grinned solemnly, not bothering to be stealthy anymore. His mission was completed, and the military power and strategies of the tyrant took a huge hit. He pulled out the envelope he carried with him as the lights turned on, placing it on his chest in clear view before taking a knife he had also prepared.
With a peaceful grin, his throat was cut. As blood pooled around him, his last thoughts were ones of peace. He had insured that his country would be free of the bloody civil war, and that his leader, Mei Terumi, would enact her plan and win tomorrow. My name is Cho Harake, and I have completed my mission. Cho could feel his body getting colder as he heard the 'thump' from his target. I have worked hard to insure that all I care for is safe. He felt the last amount of his life leave him as the bed he was under was lifted and thrown by a short man in anger. Kami-sama, I'm ready…
Kiri rebels base. War tent.
The Auburn-haired leader of the rebels sighed heavily. A loyal ANBU level shinobi named Cho Harake just left on his assassination mission. As long as he succeeded, The rebels would win tomorrow when they raided Yagura's bases. Why was she so confident? The Man Cho was sent to assassinate was the main strategist, and was one of the main reasons Yagura kept winning. The man was a Nara-level strategist, as well as the man who kept Yagura smart and in control when using the Sanbi's chakra.
While they could've just allowed Naruto to storm in there and burn everything into the ground, (They were still planning too anyway,) with The Strategist, Naruto may have been forced to let Kodachi control his body, and that would bring more trouble than good. While Yagura was powerful, an entire village couldn't handle an average Phoenix, let alone an enraged team of them. Though, Mei still worried for the Blonde. The Hidden would no doubt be there and they would record what Naruto did.
The Hidden were a small group of people that were literally impossible to sense unless you were looking at them. They were a small group of people born with an incurable and rare disease. The reason they couldn't be sensed is because they had absolutely no chakra at all. They decided to band together and create the group. The Hidden Village's and Missing-nin alike all pretty much unanimously agreed to never harm a Hidden if they met one. Why? The Hidden were the people the published the Bingo book, without them the bingo book wouldn't exist. The Hidden Villages needed the information on powerful shinobi, and the missing-nin prided on whatever rank they wore. Though, no one knew where they operated from.
Konoha wouldn't obey the restrictions of the land when looking for Naruto, due to his relations with the Yondaime, Kumo would want his power, and Iwa would want his head to gloat about it too the Yondaime. Mei had offered Naruto an official position with Kiri, but Naruto said that he couldn't be allied with anyone because he needed to travel and train. Plus, Naruto didn't want Kiri to possibly go to war with the other villages because of him. (Not that Naruto wouldn't come out on top.)
Mei sighed heavily again, before looking over the plans again…
Otogakure.
Vince crawled on all fours towards the seemingly innocent house in the middle of no-where, but he knew better. Sasori had informed him that this is where the entrance to the main part of Oto was, seems he was right if the 15 ANBU-like shinobi that suddenly surrounded him was any hint. He had the Akatsuki Cloak on, so it made sense that Orochimaru might be wary of him. Vince had no partner, because he worked better alone. He proved he was fine alone when he captured the 4 tails alone. They didn't plan on going after the Biju yet, because they still needed money, but Vince needed to prove himself. So Sasori's partner ended up being a blonde freak obsessed with explosions, and Vince kinda' hated the new pack member.
All of this ran through his mind as he slaughtered the shinobi that surrounded him. He always kept the molten claws and chains out since joining, because it was incredibly painful to change into them. Before, he didn't do it because they always burned his prey, but the Akatsuki made sure they ad heat-resistant utensils and stuff like that. Though, Vince still ate it like a wolf.
He dropped the last body, before dropping back onto all fours as he continued slowly towards the house. As he neared it, angered the Orochimaru still hadn't shown his face, said snake came out of the ground in front of him. Vince sniffed the snake, ignoring whatever the pale man was saying. He narrowed his eyes, he could smell that this one was a clone. He snarled, swiping through the clone and watched as it melted into mud. He raised his head and sniffed again, before grinning and dashing off behind him. 'So… The snake wants to run huh? Heheheh, haven't had a good hunt in a while…' Vince thought happily, dashing into the woods as he followed the pale-snake's scent. The Akatsuki had released their hound on Orochimaru, and the Sennin wouldn't continue living anymore.
Kiri. The next day.
Naruto walked with the forces of the rebels behind him. He was wearing clothes eerily similar to Zabuzza, with the camouflage pants and bandages around his face. However, he had a deep blue shirt on as the only difference. He still had the seal on his shoulder that held his sword, and he was fully prepared to use it to rip apart the loyalists. He looked behind him, seeing the determined look on Mei's face, the Anxious look on Haku's face, and the Excited look on Zabuzza's face. Naruto turned to look at the spiraling building in front of him, a bored look on his face as Yagura's forces starting running around and getting prepared when they saw the rebel forces. The Last battle of the Kiri Civil War had started, and Naruto would gladly start it.
Running forward, Naruto unsealed his sword in a golden light. White flames surrounded the black blade, creating a strange contrast. But no one cared. Especially when the rebels watched as the loyalists melted, and the loyalists tried to combat him. Naruto spun around, white flames whipping around him and burning through the enemies surrounding him. He crouched, his sword in a reverse-grip angled upwards and he made one-handed seals, something Haku had taught him. "Wind Release: Overwhelming Wind!" Naruto yelled out, the flames from his blade growing and rushing in front of him as his cheeks puffed up. Naruto released the hand-seal as the white flames were in front of him.
A tsunami of white flames flew at Yagura's forces, causing them to try and run but fail. When Naruto called off the flames, there was a clear-cut path of red slop in between the tight forces of Yagura. The other forces yelled in anger, running at him with renewed vigor. Too Bad that's what Naruto wanted.
Mei ran into the forces, blowing boiling steam all over them and burning their skin off. Zabuzza ran forward, doing spins and jumping in the air as he sword sprayed blood all over Kiri. Haku was freezing anyone in her path, a random rebel running forward to smash the ice-loyalists when Haku moved past them. Naruto looked behind him as he jumped off of a sword he had to dodge, surveying the damage to their forces. He growled when he realized that some rebels were getting destroyed by a water-using Jinchuriki known as Yagura. His eyes lit aflame with rage, before he gripped his sword in a reverse-grip and rushed through the battlefield.
A loyalist jumped at him, and Naruto dodged to the left while holding out his sword. Said weapon, (He really needed a name for it) cut through the Shinobi's waist, and Naruto didn't need to look back to know that the man was now two halves. A group of three chunin rushed him, going through hand-seals and trying to pull off a combination jutsu, but Naruto had flames come to life in their bodies, melting them much like Mei's lava. Shinobi attempted to stop him, either getting cut by his sword, getting burned, or simply swatted away with a wind jutsu. Naruto was going to confront Yagura, whether the short Sanbi-idiot wanted it or not.
Yagura grit his teeth, slaying another bloodline-lover rebel, before he turned to see a white ball of flame rushing him. His eyes widened, before he jumped back too dodge. His danger sense went off, and he had just enough time to whip his staff in front of him as a deep black sword covered in white flames connected with it, and he had even less time to drop said staff as the blade burned through it, almost slicing him. He looked at the one wielding said sword, and growled when he found a stupid blonde gaki glaring at him coldly.
"Grrr, I've had enough of you stupid bloodline-lovers thinking you can win this war! I am Yagura! The Mizukage! I have the power of the Sanbi at my hands! You think you can combat a Bijuu!?" Yagura growled out. The blonde smirked, surprising him.
Naruto raised his blade Horizontally, "Let's see." He said in a low voice. Yagura growled, red chakra surrounding him as a tail formed. Naruto grinned, flames exploding all around him and forming a sort of armor around him. All fights stopped as people turned and watched the two heavy-hitters rush each other.
Yagura roared as he tried to swipe as Naruto. Naruto pivoted, jumping in the air before slamming down onto the small kage's back, satisfied with the 'crack' he heard. His satisfied face changed to an 'oh shit' face when the red chakra tail wrapped around him, throwing him into the pillar-like kage building. Dust exploded everywhere, making Naruto grin as he pulled himself out of the building. 'He wants to play the whole 'Destroy Buildings' type of fight? Okay…' Naruto thought, jumping out with his sword out. Yagura's eyes widened when a loyalist yelled at him to watch out, but couldn't react in time as Naruto gripped the back of his head, and started repeating slamming it into a random building. Naruto then flipped the kage, before back-flipping and kicking him in the gut, causing the air-born Jinchuriki to fly through the air and go through the pillar building.
Yagura was surprised. No one had ever been able to fight him in his tail-form. He growled underneath the rubble of the wall he had blasted through. Two more tails formed, and the red chakra became fuller and his eyes became white.
Naruto stared at the dust, and watched disappointedly as a red and black Yagura walked out. As Yagura roared and rushed him, Naruto began manipulating the flames surrounding the battlefield. They intensified and became white, and flew towards Naruto in spiraling towers of flames. Naruto moved his hands, his sword on his back, and manipulated them downward as Yagura almost reached him. The flames rocketed towards the Jinchuriki, hitting him dead-on and forcing him back. "Raaaaalgh!" Yagura roared out as the flames carried him into the air, before attaching themselves to his body and burning through the vile Youki. Yagura got so mad during the fall, that the Sanbi slowly started taking over as he created a crater in the ground.
Naruto was prepared for anything, but he was still kind of surprised to see the three tailed turtle erupt from the crater and roar at the skies. Naruto knew the seal was still intact, as the Sanbi was easily half it's normal size, but he still had to fight a Biju. "God Damnit… It's just one of those days apparently…"
Naruto gripped his sword, before using his flames to form wings and fly up into the air to face the Sanbi. Naruto formed a large, humanoid body out of the flames, (Naruto when he works with Kurama in 9-tails sage mode.) It formed a flame shield, and Naruto sword erupted in flames and grew larger. The Sanbi roared, water sprouting from the water and the mist, forming a giant ball of water, before the Sanbi launched it at Naruto. He held the shield up, temporarily being blinded from the act, and when the ball became steam, Naruto wasn't prepared for a spinning turtle to slam into him, cracking the shield and sending the flaming body flying into the ocean.
Mei thought Naruto died, still not realizing his flames were not able to be put out by water, and was shocked when the flaming body exploded out of the water, before rushing at the Sanbi. Said turtle roared, but then yowled in pain as Naruto's sword pierced it's shell. The Shield Naruto was holding disappeared, and the giant, flaming hand gripped the Sanbi's back. Said beast roared in fear as Naruto began driving the sword further into it's body. Everyone watched in awe as the sword pierced the shell. The same shell that was widely believed to be impenetrable. The Sanbi roared in pain, before all of the Youki disappeared and a now-dead yagura plummeted from the sky towards the ground.
Konoha. One week later, Minato's office.
"Hokage-sama! You must read this!" a random chunin yelled as he ran into the office, and handed a new Bingo Book to Minato. "What am I supposed to read?" Minato questioned, worried about his son because he still hadn't gotten any leads on the boy. "Turn to page 65!" The Chunin anxiously told him. Minato sighed, but did as he was told. His eyes widened once he found the page.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze.
Alias: The White Brilliance.
Taijutsu: Unknown
Kenjutsu: Master.
Genjutsu: Unknown.
Ninjutsu: Moderate.
Note-able achievements: Was seen combating multiple enemies at once. Helped the Kiri Rebels and slayed countless Loyalists with a mixture of ninjutsu and Kenjutsu. Was seen using an incredibly powerful white flame that could withstand the Ocean and water by the Sanbi. Is known as the hero of the bloody mist because he was able to conjure up an entirely flame-made body and kill Yagura, the Tyrant while said Kage was in full Bijuu-mode.
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