The Ancient Claymore...

Rating: M for gore, blood, language, and death
Author: Soul Teller
A/N: Part 3, Review!

Chapter 5, Part 3
Slayers

"Oh... she's alive, she's alive." Helen said as she stared down at Clare her armor gleaming in the sunlight. Clare didn't say anything as she pushed herself to her feet.

"Hey, get ready we're leaving," Naruto said as he looked at her, he then turned and started walking. Clare watched him walk away, then she grabbed her sword and headed to the cave.

5 minutes later

Naruto and the others came to a mountain pass with a rocky wall to their left and open canyon to their right with a small river flowing down below. Helen looked behind to see Clare following them although she was a considerable distance away. "What should we do with her? We should just leave her behind, after all we're just taking her to her death." Helen said.

"Listen, this is an order from the top, if you want to complain take it up with them!" Miria said now obviously fed up with Helen's whining. Naruto didn't say anything but he stopped walking.

"HEY!" A voice cried out. The other's stopped to see two men walking up to them. One man was wearing a cloth bandanna on his head while the other man had dark black hair shaped like a duck's rear end Naruto's eye's widened. In one swift movement he pulled out his sword and slashed at both of them. This caused a cry of alarm from the other's then Naruto's side began to spurt large quantities of blood, he fell to his knees.

"YOU!" He snarled at the man with dark hair who was smirking at him. "SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He roared and he lunged forward swinging both swords only for them to be parried by a blade protruding from the mans skin. The other man who had leaped up the side of the mountain wall was changing. His skin twisting his muscles bulging and he began to grow larger and 4 more pairs of arms grew from his sides, his head grew more angular. Miria stared at the man on the wall then turned her gaze to the man that was holding Naruto back with ease.

"No! This... this is bad! We heard it would only be one Voracious Eater not two and not of this caliber either!" Miria shouted as she pulled out her blade. The monster on the wall let loose a long, low breath. Helen, Deneve and Clare pulled out their swords as well as the monster looked at them crouched on it's large powerful armored legs.

"A male!? A male Voracious Eater? How can this be!?" Helen shouted. The monster chewed then something shot out of it's mouth.

"Watch out!" Miria shouted.

Naruto clenched his teeth, his eye's glowing red as her stared into the coal, black eye's of Sasuke who was still smirking. "Hello Naruto." He said coolly. Naruto kicked forward with his foot and Sasuke leaped back.

"SASUKE!" Naruto roared again and he began slashing at such blinding speeds that it was a blur. Sasuke was blocking with blades emerging from his elbows and was also blocking at blindingly fast speeds. They continued this rapid exchange of blows and both were smiling as they continued their smiles grew more and more demented then there was a spurt of blood and Naruto broke the rapid exchange Sasuke's elbow blades shattered into a million pieces. Naruto held both of his blades outward his head lowered his face nearly disappearing into shadow as his smile changed to a scowl he looked up to see Sasuke a large cut on his shoulder which was still spurting red blood. Then the spurting stopped as the wound closed up. Naruto stared at Sasuke with his blood red eye's then his muscles began to bulge outward and his face slowly became more monstrous when he spoke his voice was deep and rough. "Enough fucking around... I'm going to end this once and for all!" Naruto snarled.

"Can you do it I wonder?" Naruto gave a snort.

"You might've been the #1 in your time but remember!!! MY ERA WAS THE STRONGEST ERA!" He roared and he swung down with all his might.

The whole area shook violently as Naruto's strike struck the ground the ground cracked and Miria looked at the ground worriedly. "Shit! That attack is going to take out the ground. The ground cracked and split the Voracious Eater on the wall was looking at Naruto. "That lout... is he so eager to die!?" it snarled and using it's hands and feet began skittering to Naruto.

"OI! I'm not down with you!" Helen roared and she leaped in front of the Voracious Eater and swung her sword. The monster vanished and all that Helen struck was the rock wall.

"Helen! Above you!" Helen looked up to see the monster above her it's arms working rapidly as it skittered toward her. "Get away from the cliff hurry!" Miria shouted. Helen jumped and landed on the ground but then the monster landed behind her. She turned and leaped back it opened it's mouth it's large tongue shooting forward only for it to be blocked by Clare.

"47!" Helen shouted as she flew back. Then the tongue wrapped around Clare and then threw her into the cliff. The monster retracted it's tongue, and looked at Helen. "That fool! She doesn't have the strength and yet she jumps right in!" It was then that Helen accessed her yoki her face disfiguring, then the oddest thing happened. Her arms stretched then her sword arm shot forward wrapping around it's arms. "You're a real pain the ass, I'm going to finish you off now!" She said her voice rough and low. With that she chopped off three of it's six arms however even as she turned to strike again the arms reconnected on veiny tendrils and swung to pierce her. However a figure appeared high above and came down slashing and severing the arms. The figure revealed to be Deneve whose veins were bulging as her missing arm was regenerating raw muscles twisting in the air.

"Striking out of nowhere like that... I'll make you pay twice over!" Deneve snarled.

Naruto leaped back as Sasuke slashed at him then lift into the air once again using his grotesque giant hand-like wings. "A fox is always prey to the birds talons!" Sasuke shouted. Naruto growled then his arms bulged with pulsing veins he threw one sword high up into the air it spun wildly but Sasuke merely flew to the side a smirk crossing his darkened face. "What was that? You're getting more desperate aren't you!?" Naruto just smirked as the blade suddenly swung around and chopped off one of Sasuke's wings the blade then landed in the cliff wall and stuck there. "Wha-!? Impossible!?" Sasuke cried as he began to careen into the cliff wall. "Just kidding HA HA HA HA!" Sasuke said and his wing all of a sudden sprouted again slick with purple blood and plasma. Naruto growled and his muscles began to bulge even larger his body was growing slightly.

"I'm really getting sick of this bullshit, I'm going to end this right now!" Naruto snarled then he stabbed his remaining sword into the
ground and stared at his hands then they bulged and then grew larger elongating as they grew. Fur sprouted along the arms and hands, red fur and Naruto threw his hands up into the sky grabbing Sasuke's wings. "I'll tear those damn wings off of you!" Naruto snarled and he gave a pull and the wings were torn off and spurting large amounts of purple blood. "Now this is over!" Naruto snarled and let go of the wings and grabbing Sasuke threw him into the river streaming below. His arms then retracted back and he turned to see the girls having difficulty with the other monster. Naruto growled then he vanished.

"HA HA HA HA HAAAA! What's wrong? Is the fear now sinking it you're skin? You're helpless!"

"Oh really?" Naruto growled as he reappeared on the Awakened Beings head. It turned it's eye's up, Naruto jumped high and came down hard on the Awakened Beings head shoving it's face into the rocks it's arms flailed about to which Naruto grabbed the four on it's back, then pulled. Miria watched, her mouth agape, Helen and Deneve were also watching too, Deneve's arm now fully regenerated. There was a loud ripping noise then the Awakened Beings head shot up and an unearthly wail escaped it's throat. Then with a loud rip he pulled out it's arms. He tossed two of the arms into the river below then he held the other arms apart and watched as the tendrils connected the two arms together. Naruto looked satisfied then jumped up and landed sitting in front of the 3 stunned Claymores. "Now let's go this show on the road... Everybody listen to me! I know how to beat that thing but I need you guys to pay attention understood?" Naruto said. They looked at each other their swords held in front of them then they all gave a nod. "Clare? You still with us?" Naruto called watching as new arms were growing back in at a rather tremendous rate. 'That's going to be a problem... if they were by themselves...' Naruto smirked as he heard the rocks falling apart, he didn't even need turn to see to know that Clare had stood up. She walked up behind them and held her sword forward.

"Forgive me..." She said simply, Naruto just stood up and looked at Clare warmly.

"Don't bother we need your... interesting technique. Miria! I need you to attack, Helen I need you to go after it's arms! Deneve! I need you on the back." Naruto barked and he turned to see the monster strike with multiple finger tendrils. Naruto vanished whilst everybody else was struck... well everyone except Miria who also vanished, it retracted it's fingers surprised to see he had missed. Helen and Deneve fell to the floor, shocked by the sudden impact of the attack.

"What?" The monster cried as Miria faded from existence, she then reappeared in front of it swinging her Claymore at it's monstrous eye's but then it's long tongue shot out impaling her in the stomach. However Miria then flitted out of existence once again this time reappearing next to Helen and Deneve. "Again?" It was then that Naruto reappeared behind the monster, his giant arm-chucks struck it's back in powerful upward swing. The monster turned it's head to Naruto then it's entire giant body. "You!" it shouted and then it sent both of it's newly regrown arms at Naruto. Naruto threw his arm-chucks up then grabbed the end of one arm and swung with all his strength at the monster whose head made a nasty cracking noise as it's head spun round. "Bastard! I will kill you, I will kill you!" It roared it was about to turn it's head back when it saw Clare coming down at it. It shot it's fingers once again at Clare however they all missed. "What!? Impossible I shouldn't be missing!? DIE DAMN YOU DIE!!!" it roared then Clare came down stabbing it's back. It gave a howl and two of it's arms reached back and grabbed her. However it's grip was quickly lost as Naruto jumped and flipping in the air smashed his foot on it's head. It took a few staggering steps back, then shaking it's head it glared at Naruto. It opened it's mouth when Miria appeared before Naruto. It's long, powerful tongue shot forward again this time wrapping around Miria.

"Miria!" Naruto shouted. He ran forward and leaped twirling in the air and then swing the arm-chuck at it's head however it's free arms grabbed the weapon. "Uh-oh" The monstert released of two of it's hands drew them back and punched Naruto. "Urgh!" Naruto flew back his arms releasing his weapon as he fell to the canyon below.

"Enough of this crap! You all die right here right now!" The monster shouted. It was then that something lodged in it's head. It turned it's eye's to see a Claymore, it then turned to see Clare her eye's gold, her muscles bulging her face distorted.

"You're right, enough of this crap but the on dying is you!" She roared and picking up Naruto's other sword she lunged forward.

"Keh keh keh!" Hiruma cackled, Inuyasha turned his eye's to him.

"What's so funny?" He quested, Hiruma turned his eye's to him.

"They're all getting their asses whupped and the fucking fox was just thrown into the river." Sena paled.

"Should we? Go help?" Hiruma shook his head.

"Nah the fucking fox wouldn't like it if we helped him defeat something this weak." Inuyasha gave a slight nod then he looked up to the mountains which were so distant and small.

"Keep us posted..." Inuyasha growled. Hiruma just cackled again.

Yeah... this chapter is rushed but it's 2000 words long so it should be a good read for everybody... Enjoy! and please review!!!