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Having Fun
Naruto stood, looking away from the camp as he sensed Ryuzetsu's chakra spike. There was something off. Someone seemed to be attacking her.
"Guys!" Naruto shouted. "Get up! Ryuzetsu's fighting!"
Everyone understood the problem with that and scrambled out of their tents, grabbing their weapons and sprinted after Naruto. After about five minutes, they sprinted into a massive clearing and slowed to a stop. Ryuzetsu, Shion, and Karin were all there. As were over a dozen other shinobi from most of the Shinobi Villages. The weird part was, Ryuzetsu was fighting against them all, even Shion was fighting.
"What the..." Naruto breathed.
Just like that, the fight ended. Ryuzetsu froze, staring at Naruto in shocked awe while the ninja swarmed her. Before they could get there, Naruto and Suigetsu both appeared on either side of her, slashing their swords, Suigetsu smashing the ninja away with the flat side of his blade and Naruto blasting them back with his Double-Edged Swords. Ryuzetsu stared at Naruto for another moment before throwing her arms around him and shouting something about being happy he was okay.
"I'm fine," Naruto stated extracting her arms from around his neck. "But I've got something to take care of so you need to go wait with Hinata and the others."
Ryuzetsu nodded, walking over to the others as the shinobi began to get up.
"Any idea how to stop these guys?" Suigetsu questioned.
"No idea," Naruto stated as Shion and Karin walked to the front of the group.
"Namikaze," Karin spoke, voice monotone and emotionless. "You will return. You will stay. This world is mine. These people are mine."
"Not going to happen freak," Naruto growled. "Shion, you really going to let this demon control you? I thought you were proud of being the Priestess of the Land of Ogres."
Shion stared at him emotionlessly and Naruto sighed.
"Then tell me, do you really want me to have to tell Taruho that you forced me to kill you?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.
"Karin, please don't do this," Suigetsu pleaded with Karin. "Don't make me hurt you. Please."
Shion suddenly collapsed as Karin drew a kunai and charged forward. Just as she drove the kunai into Suigetsu's heart, his arms wrapped around her in a hug. She blinked, staring past him as the white faded from her eyes before looking up at him then down at the knife. She stepped back covering her mouth but he simply pulled the knife out, a small rivulet of water leaking from his chest before he reformed and smiled.
"No harm done," Suigetsu smiled. "And now I have you back."
Karin stared at him before smiling and stepping into a hug again, resting her head on his shoulder.
"What can you tell me about what happened Karin?" Naruto questioned.
"Nothing," Karin stated. "There's no way to undo it without being able to break through to the person being controlled. I doubt all these ninjas are in love with you Naruto."
"Shame," Naruto sighed drawing a pair of kunai. "Guess we'll have to do this the old fashioned way Suigetsu. We'll apologize to the villages and explain the situation later."
"Kill them?" Suigetsu questioned, eyes flicking to Karin, the one reason he had moved past his killing obsession.
"Hell no," Naruto snorted. "Just incapacitate them. No need to send you into obsession again."
"Good," Suigetsu sighed. "Shall we then?"
Naruto nodded, charging forward as Suigetsu charged in the other direction, drawing Kabutowari for the mallet. Naruto darted from shinobi to shinobi, slashing them with his kunai and spreading paralysis seals over them as Suigetsu was leaving all of his enemies alive, if only just, with one swing each. After about five minutes, all were unconscious and Naruto had sealed the ones Suigetsu had fought as well.
"That wasn't too bad," Suigetsu sighed.
No sooner had he spoken did a thick fog appear.
"Hinata!" Naruto called.
A moment later, she and the others arrived, huddling around them as Naruto drew his Double-Edged Swords. He swung them in reverse grip, sending out a pulse of wind that cleared the fog and revealed the rift, wide open and with creatures spilling through. This time, however, everyone saw them for what they were. Hulking creatures seeming to be some type of bug at base with a set of wings like a grasshopper's, papery brown skin, of-white bone forearms like two foot long blades, two toes on the front of their feet and one on the back all tipped in an off-white bone talon, a pair of antennae on top of their head that were long and one piece, tapering to a point at about two feet in length, and all standing about eight feet tall.
"The fog turns them into whatever you fear the most, allowing you to kill them even if your greatest fear can only be killed by cutting off its feet," Naruto stated. "But with no fog, their true form is revealed. And much more interesting to fight."
"Why?" Suigetsu growled holding his sword ready.
"You'll want Kubikiribocho for this," Naruto stated putting his Double-Edged Sword away and extending Chakra Chains from his right shoulder.
They swung down as the creatures charged, some impaling the creatures and other smashing the creatures back through the rift or simply away from them, but each impact was strong enough to kill and each death ended in the creature being reduced to goo and dust. After a couple of minutes, the rift opened much, much wider as creatures began to pour out by the hundreds. Suigetsu drew his sword and Hinata charged her Twin Lion Fists, grateful that it was no longer undead Narutos that she was fighting. Suigetsu and Hinata charged, Naruto sighing and retracting his chains, creating a sword instead and charging behind them. When they reached the creatures, they carved into them and began to fight as hard as they could. Suigetsu noticed that Naruto wasn't using his clones like he always used to, and noticed that he was much, much faster and more skilled than before. After about three minutes, all three leapt back as the rift stretched still wider, thousands of creatures flooding through.
"Not going for it huh?" Naruto sighed. "Fine. Come on out boys. And welcome home."
He summoned three clones, one extending the Garian Blades, one drawing the big sword, Naruto drawing the Double-Edged Swords together in one hand and the Sword of Kusanagi in the other, and the last clone forming a pair of Rasengans that were now lime-green.
"Hah!" Naruto grinned. "God I missed these swords. Let's go!"
He slashed the Double-Edged Swords, blasting several dozen creatures and killing them before slashing it back the other way and sending a hundred Wind Swords out of the blade as his clones all exhaled a volley of Air Bullets. Then, they all tore into the creatures happily. Naruto spun and slashed, dropping everything his swords could reach, the clone with the big sword downing the creatures three or four per swing, the Rasengan Clone blasting groups of five or six with the full Gelel Rasengans firing a massive tornado out of the explosion that the clone was free to control and send spinning through the army of creatures. The Garian Clone was doing what it did best: using the Garian Blades to pick up creatures and smash them into each other or block attacks against the others.
Hinata, Suigetsu, and the others all watched the spectacle in awe, watching Naruto enjoy fighting on a level they hadn't thought possible, probably even more than Suigetsu had ever enjoyed killing. After a couple more minutes, Suigetsu charged into the fray as well, switching Kubikiribocho for Kabutowari, wielding it like a flail again but this time using the axe to attack with, the momentum allowing the blade to easily carve through opponent after opponent after opponent. Hinata joined in a moment later, and then Ameyuri and Omoi jumped in.
Creatures began dying in goo splatters and explosions right and left at a rate so high that soon enough, the combatants had forced the line of creatures back to the rift while a new pair of clones Naruto had made formed a Rasenshuriken almost entirely out of Chakra Chains and then hurled it through the rift at the same time as Naruto blasted the last of the creatures through it, killing them all just as the Rasenshuriken exploded. The Forbidden roared and the rift closed. Everyone cheered and Naruto released his clones, grinning from ear to ear.
"You seem happy about fighting," Suigetsu noted.
"I take great pleasure in ping a thorn in the Forbidden's side," Naruto acknowledged. "Don't you?"
"That was a pretty fun battle," Suigetsu nodded. "I don't know why, but fighting those things just feels so...right. If we had endless energy and an endless supply of those things like you did, that fight would never fucking end."
"For more reasons than one," Naruto agreed. "I only stopped fighting because I saw an opportunity to come back here."
"I'm surprised you didn't use Kurama's chakra," Suigetsu smirked.
"Didn't feel like I should waste it," Naruto shrugged. "If I have to use it I will but if not, I'll let him store it."
"Naruto," Kurama spoke up.
"Yes?" Naruto asked.
"Do you remember that jutsu you could never perfect before fighting the Forbidden? Kurama questioned.
"I was just thinking we should give it another try," Naruto chuckled. "If it's as strong as we think, it may be our only hope."
"You okay?" Hinata questioned.
"Just talking to Kurama," Naruto grinned. "He wishes he had been there to fight the Forbidden with me during that month. He wants to fight the creatures too."
Suigetsu chuckled then looked around then said, "Guess we'd better head back then. No point in hanging out here."
Naruto nodded and they all started back, pushing themselves to get back on the off chance a rift opened near there.
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