Author: sorry for the long update, but I had a few things to take care of...well, at least its here.
Duran the Warrior:... ..I never meant my response to be insulting. Meh, the Tenten idea wouldn't work considering I already have a paring planned for both of them. Was a good idea through.
hope master: (slowly pulls out a gun and points it at the kool-aid man, cross hairs magically appear and start to come together on the kool-aid man, giving Unknown a lock. In one shot, unknown ends the horror of the fruity drink)
mission...complete... (walks away slowly)
XD...thanks for reviewing
Zexion72:... ...I plead the fifth on all accounts...
Seriously, what fic doesn't have Lee obsessed with training? It's alike a taboo to NOT have him do training...if that were to happen, we MIGHT receive the hug...
Thanks for reviewing...
Lover143: Everyone wants to have some skills waiting in the wing for emergency situations, so she didn't tell him. Had to have something to impress him with winks
remember...KAKASHI APPROVES!
Saw that on an avatar once...XD
chicken on cane: I could make a really funny insult/ compliment ( trust me, I've found ways for it to be both at the same time before) about your name, but meh. Head hurts today, so I'm not going to try it.
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00asianwriter00:...
If it happens, it happens...I think you'll like the fighting scene in this one...it's what happens when I DON'T plan for about an hour and wright the story on the fly.
Thanks for the review.
Blue Bragon: yes my friend, Shikamaru is a swords master...and he shall be kicking ass this chapter...well, in my point of view.
Loaned: XD...won't happen for while though, I need time to build the 'connection' between Iruka and his summon...that would also be somewhat creepy to imagine...spider versions of Iruka..
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Midnight-angel-of-darkness: I honestly have no clue on the name (wink)
but If I were to use it, it would probably be for Naruto and Hinata's kid...if they ever had any...
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anarchic9: Err...no, the story is just were I need it to be right now. Hell, in another few chapters, there's going to be a HUGE event that contains... (is filtered out by static noise)...and it's going to be one of the most awesome aspects of the fic...
thanks for reviewing
disclaimer: I do not own naruto.
Enjoy the fic.
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Whose who question they're existence
Both Shikamaru and Subura charged forward, they're weapons drawn. They're swords clashed, Subura pushing Shikamaru back a second later and trying to cleave him in half. Shikamaru back flipped as it came by and landed on the blade, running down it to strike Subura .Subura blocked Shikamaru's sword with a kunai, letting the front weight of the sword drop, causing Shikamaru to fall backwards. He flipped off of it and began to attack Subura once again.
Subura blocked Shikamaru's attack with one of his own, bringing his sword around to strike said person. Shikamaru jumped back, dodging the blade and throwing some kunai at Subura. He blocked it with his sword, jumping into the air to dodge the attack from Shikamaru. He then dove towards the ground, trusting his sword into it. The ground itself spit open, chunks of earth shooting out of it in the form of spikes. Shikamaru dodged them as best he could, being forced to jump on top of one of the now made towers of rock. He looked down at Subura , who was forming some seals.
Subura then picked up his sword and swung it in Shikamaru's direction. Shikamaru jumped off of the rock tower, dodging the miniature sand storm that was shot at him. Shikamaru spun in the air, dodging another miniature storm blast and landing on all fours on the ground. Shikamaru rolled to the side, jumping onto a nearby rock tower and dodging the storm blast. He then quickly got behind it, thinking about how he was going to handle this. A second later, Shikamaru began to form some seals.
" Kage karakuri no jutsu." he said, as he sunk into his shadow. The shadow then headed towards ,Subura who was still sending storm blasts towards the rock tower that Shikamaru used to hide behind. The shadow moved quickly, reaching Subura in just a couple of seconds. When it was close enough, Shikamaru bursted from the ground and slashed Subura. Shikamaru frowned when Subura turned to sand.
Shikamaru felt something, as he looked over at the ground. Subura's sword was sticking out of the ground, coming towards him at high speeds. Shikamaru prepared for what ever he was going to fight, only to be shocked when he saw the sword break into seven different swords. When the swords were just about to hit Shikamaru, he quickly turned around to block a slash from Subura, who was holding another sword.
Shikamaru jumped back and watched as the seven swords from before shot out of the ground and went towards Subura . Said person held up his sword, as the blades connected to it to form his first sword. Shikamaru's eyes widened when he saw this, before they began to narrow...
" He could be...but his last name...it doesn't match...this is too troublesome" Shikamru thought, as he watched Subura once again get into a attacking position. Shikamaru brought his blade up into a stance, wounding on how he was going to some firm it. Shikamaru watched Subura begin to form even more seals. Before swinging his sword towards Shikamaru, this time the sword hitting the ground.
" Oh crap..." Shikamaru said, as he jumped to dodge the earth spikes that had just been sent at him. Another wave was sent at him, Shikamaru deflecting it with his sword. Shikamaru tried frantically to keep up with the amount of earth spike that were being sent at him. He then flipped in the air, blocking the strike from Subura clone and pushing off of it towards the ground, dodging another wave of spikes in the process.
Shikamaru then jumped back to dodge the attack from another clone, rolling backwards and under the feet of the third clone, who had tried to strike him from behind. He blocked the attack from the third clone, pushing it's blade out of the way and striking it with his sword. He spun, ducking to dodge the attack from the first clone and slashing it with his sword. Shikamaru through a wave off kunai at the second one, it blocking them with it's sword while charging at him. Shikamru jumped off the clone, or tried to until he was hit with a powerful sand blast in mid-air.
Shikamaru was sent forward, crashing through a rock tower and into a rock wall. Shikamaru then hit the floor, getting up as fast as possible to deflect a wave of earth spikes that were sent at him. Shikamaru ducked behind another rock tower and forming some seals.
"Fukyuu yuujin no jutsu." Shikamaru said, looking over at his shadow. Slowly, but surely, his shadow was becoming three dimensional. It slowly rose out of the ground, taking the shape of Shikamaru and drawing it's own six foot sword. Shikamaru then began to time the waves of earth spikes, keeping an eye out for any clones. A minute later, he started to charge at Subura
Shikamaru moved swiftly through the spikes, often switching places with his shadow to avoid being hit by a spike. Him and his shadow moved through the waves towards Subura, never once getting hit. When Shikamaru reached Subura, he did something that most people wouldn't have suspected. Instead of finishing the fight right there, he simply pulled Subura hood down, coming to a stop about twenty feet away from him.
Shikamaru's eyes widened, his shadow also mimicking this, as they looked at Subura face. He had spiky blond hair, well, more like gravity defining. But his eyes, they were what gave him away. They were blue, a sapphire blue. It wasn't the color that mattered, but the fact that they were glowing with the trade mark of that clan.
Shikamaru stared at Subura for a moment, who's head had dropped slightly. Shikamaru felt bad for him, but it had to be done. Those were the rules of those two clans and they had to fulfil it. Shikamaru looked at his clone, before having it turn around.
" You know what we have to do now...right Subura ?" Shikamaru asked, while Subura let his head drop a little further.
" Yes..."
" It has to be done...even if it is troublesome." Shikamaru then jumped into the air, stopping at around three or four stories, then came down at high speeds. He...to most of the audience's surprise, stabbed his own shadow through the abdomen. They stayed like that for a moment, before the shadow began to be absorbed into the sword, making it twice as long as before. Shikamaru then started to hover off the ground, though only slightly. He then looked at Subura, who was reaching for the side of his cloak.
In a simple movement, Subura threw off his cloak. Shikamaur looked at Subura's outfit, noting that it DID look similar to the strife's ancestor. Subura was wearing a skin tight purple shirt, one that showed his powerful muscles quite well. The shirt stooped about half an inch above his belly button, showing the lower part of his abb's. Subura was wearing dark purple pants, them having two outside pouches for easy access. He wore black boots, which were slightly covered by the bottom of Subura's pants. On his left arm was a long sleeve connected to his shirt by a belt strap, the sleeve covering his left arm almost completely. Near the shoulder where the strap connected was a small silver symbol...a wolf, from what Shikamaru could tell. He also had a neckless, with a small white orb on it.
The audience didn't notice any of this, however, because they were too busy staring at the two large black wings on Subura back.. Subura spread his wings out, causing a few feathers to fall down from it. Subura looked at Shikamaru, taking into account his new 12 foot sword and the fact that he was now hovering off the ground. Subura started to flap his wings, now hovering a bit off the ground as well. They stood there for a moment, just staring at each other, before they disappeared, reappearing in the center of the arena, striking blows at a rate that would be difficult for even a kage to keep up with. They started to move upwards into the sky, as they continued to deliver blows to one another.
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Jiraiya's eyes widened, as he watched the two go at it. This was not good, this was the most horrible thing he could have imagined. Jiraiya looked to the sky to see the thunder storm already forming above them, beginning to sweat when he heard a faint song going in the back of his mind. The bastard was already beginning to draw energy for 'it'. There was no way in hell he was going to let 'it' happen again.
Jiraiya looked over at JouninSB, his face showing a frantic expression. " CANCEL THE MATCH NOW!" Jiraiya yelled, as JouninSB just continued to stare in horror, the two speeded up they're attacks. Jiraiya looked up at the sky again to see that it was beginning to get a red tint to it. Jiraiya had to act fast.
Jumping from the kage stand, he headed directly towards the two. The song in his head was know starting to get louder...this was extremely bad. With a swift few swift moves, he was able to knock out both Shikamaru and Subura before they could finish it. The sky lost it's reddish tint, as the song started to become fainter and fainter until Jiraiya couldn't hear it any more.
Catching the two boy's, Jiraiya landed on the ground a few seconds later with a loud thud. Several medic-nin's came running towards him, while Jiraiya looked up at the sky once again. The sky was as clear as when the match again. Jiraiya then handed the two boy's, the medic-nin's taking them off to the hospital as fast as they could. Jiraiya looked over at JouninSB, who was still scared shitless.
" When those to boy's wake up, tell them that they were disqualified from the test. I know that it's they're family tradition, but to put so many people in danger because of it is a sign of poor judgement." JouninSE replied with a weak 'Hai' , while Jiraiya nodded and jumped back to the kage stand.
"That was interesting..." Stated someone, Jiraiya looking over at the person.
"Shut up Midara." Jiraiya said, as he looked over at s/he. Midara was, for all Jiraiya could tell, a guy. S/he wore a large kage robe, blue to fit s/he's country. Midara was the Kirigakage, a very strong one at that. Midara always wore s/he's hat, along with a cloth to cover S/he's entire face. Jiraiya had know Midara for years and he still hadn't learned which gender S/he is.
" Do you mind explaining it to us Jiraiya?" Jiraiya heard someone ask him, turning around to face the man. This man was almost as tall as him and had short red hair. He also wore a kage robe, one that easily showed that he was male though. He did bother to wear his hat with the symbol for wind country on it, but that was his choice.
Jiraiya sighed, as he went over to his chair and sat back down, rubbing his temples. "Fine Waraji...but I'm not explaining it to the others, understood?" Jiraiya asked, while the other two nodded. " Alright, this, all of this, began a long time ago between the two families. Between two members of it anyway."
"These two, the same two that founded they're clans, wanted to kill each other. They were...connected in a sense, and for some reason it drew them to each other. They were opposites...something that the two just couldn't stand. They fought for years, almost killing each other once in every while." Jiraiya took in a breath of air.
" They, at some point in time, just seemed to disappear from the books. For some reason, the just vanished one day, both of them at the same time. They weren't dead...since anyone could easily tell where one of they're battle fields were..."
"Is they're any of them still left...the battle fields I mean." Midara asked, while Jiraiya raise an eyebrow/
" Yeah, you every heard of Rock country?" Jiraiya asked, while Midara's eyes widened for a moment, before going back to normal. Jiraiya continued on with the story.
" Anyway, those too families have been going at it every since. They reefer to that battle as the 'finale showdown'. Basically, when ever a Nara and Strife meet, they reenact the battle, which gets dangerous..." Jiraiya stated, while
" Why?" Waraji asked, while Jiraiya sighed.
"Because the battle seems to also summon the Nara's 'special' trick called sin harvest...anyone within a certain range of the battle will be killed by it, regardless of rather the Nara wins the battle or not. Only and Nara or Strife don't seemed to be affected by it..."Jiraiya stated, looking up at the sky, which was now clear, if not clearer, then before. " They, according to clan rules, must in act the 'final showdown' as soon as they meet a new Strife. This won't happen again if the other two meet once more...regardless, lets forget about that and enjoy the matches." Jiraiya said with a smile, as he looked down at the score board, which was once again choosing another fight.
When it finally stopped, Jiraiya's mouth dropped, while Midara looked over at him in confusion.
" What's wrong?" S/he asked, while Jiraiya just stared in shock at the board. Only one thought on his mind...that for once didn't involve women.
" What are the odds...of those two fighting..."
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author:..surprised?...I think the final fantasy fans are going to love this...this is in honor of one of the best games I have ever played...and hope to play in 3d on the PS 2/3 if the company that made the game would make it for the platform. The ONLY bad thing about final fantasy 7 was it's graphics, fix that and...DAMN!
Anyway, read and review...please?