Author: ...sorry for the late update, but I got lost on the road to life...even if it's a one way path.
Seriously though, sorry for being late, I've been dealing for a couple of things and have been side tracked. First, I have to say that this has gone back to the 1 chapter per week thing since I'm low on reserve chapters ( around 4) and would like to save them incase I can't work on the story during a week and can't produce another chapter.
Also, there is another reason...I'm considering on making another naruto fic. I have a few ideas for it, but I'm not sure if I can make it yet. I'm currently playing a game that has inspired me greatly, and hopefully, will give me enough inspiration to help me along. Then again, only time will tell.
Another thing, I would like to reach down in to the gates of review hell and pick out Senyor Fier Menshir's, because I accidently neglected an review for a past few chapters. I'm sorry for this and hope your still reading to be able to get your answer.
Hmm...who 'they' are eh? Well, I can't tell you that. That is the most single best spoiler of the entire fic. Just knowing who 'they' are is enough to give away five or six...wait screw it, almost half the fic's secrets away. So I'm afraid you'll just have to keep reading to find out.
Lahmikhara: ...thank you, even though I think I got the name hanaba down a few chapters down from this one...
Anyway, thanks for your help.
anachic9: weasels kick ass my friend...no clown shall stand in THEY"RE PATH!
...meh, clowns are alright...I guess...
Raxephon: and those 200 hundred reviewers must have been huge ass perverts if they stopped reading because I wouldn't turn Naruto into a whore. Seriously, it's two late to try and go back now to change it, maybe, for the reviewers that left I can make new fic for the harem lovers. Just to cool the rage that has been rising at me over time because I went with votes...which said NarutoxHinata paring.
00asianwriter00: ... sweat drops well, at least I know you enjoyed it...
lover143: TT your link didn't show up in the reviews. Can you type it out so I can try it please? Also, you should know that most of everyone that was on the naruto site has moved on. Hell, even the first administrator has abandoned the site. I'm still going to it ( though not much anymore) so if anyone wants to talk about anything, then you can at the site. ( note: I tend to talk about the fic a lot, ask midnight-angel-of-darkness...I've told her two spoilers)
midnight-angel-of-darkness: honestly have no clue, maybe it was in a VISION!...or not, either way, it works out in the end right?
Duran the warrior: in all truth, his last name was inspired by it. I couldn't think up of anything else at the time, so I chose the liger for the back name. The first name is something that just ccame to me, it sticks out quite a bit, yet some what fits in the story in my point of veiw.
loaned: ...and for that, we should all be happy :)
the not getting rapped thing...
prismdragon: they both were, see the end results with this chapter.
Battousai222: nope, you'd think naruto would be able to keep an eye on his scrolls, I mean they just don't get up and- ( watches a little scroll hop by, it looks at him, before continuing on it's way)...
Never mind.
Sandgoddess: glad you liked it, and I hope you get this far...at some point in time.
Though there hasn't been much humor...
disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
enjoy the fic.
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The end of a war, the beginning of another.
Sasuke continued to stare at Irvine in shock. He no longer looked like a wannabe nin...oh fuck no. Taking off his hoodie he reveled that he had been wearing a metal plate underneath it, along with a black 'shash' from his left should across his body. It was small and compact, a few pockets on it. Irvine had a metallic chain going from the right shoulder across his body. From what sasuke could tell he had around four windmill shurikens on his back.
On Irvine's right arm were bandages, going all the way up to his shoulder and down as far as to be rapped around his fingers. Irvine glared at Sasuke for a moment, before he reached behind his shoulder and pulled the chain forward, launching all four windmill shuriken at Sasuke. Sasuke, instead of just side stepping them, deflected them with his katana. Sasuke was caught off guard when he needed to lift his katana up to block a attack from Irvine.
Sasuke looked at the object that Irvine was using to see that they were...bandages, formed into a small long spike. Sasuke pushed Irvine back and looked at the weapon in full view. Yep, it was the bandages, it had formed the spike below Irvine's wrist, his hand straight forward. Irvine mad some finger motions with his left hand. Sasuke wondered what he was doing, until he jumped upwards to dodge the windmill shuriken that had tried to cut him in half. Sasuke spun in the air and drew his second katana in time to black to shuriken that had been coming at him from the back and front.
Sasuke pushed the shurikens off and spun a little more to block the final shuriken, pushing himself off of it this time and heading towards one of the rock towers. He then jumped off of it in time to dodge another attack from the windmill shurikens. He landed on the ground and began to run from two shuriken that were chasing him. Jumping backwards, Sasuke pasted the two shurikens while finishing some seals.
"Gokakyu no jutsu." Sasuke said, as he shot a giant fire ball at the two shurikens. One of the shuriken moved out of the way, while the other tilted a bit. The great fireball stalled for a moment, before heading in a new direction. Another windmill shuriken blocked it's path and caused it to fly in another direction, heading straight for Sasuke. Sasuke let out a scream of pain, as he puffed out of existence.
The real Sasuke, who had been watching from the rock towers, sighed and took into account that fire jutsu was not going to work. Sasuke puased for a moment, before sinking into the ground, dodging a windmill shuriken that bursted through one of the rock towers and was heading for him.
Sasuke continued to move through the ground, heading straight for Irvine, who had been stationary the entire time he controlled the windmill shurikens. Sasuke felt something for a split second, before bursting through the ground and heading into the air, escaping the grasp of a few bandages that were heading towards him. They continued to head towards, taking the shape of snakes at this point.
Sasuke knocked a few bandages away with his katana and ran towards the rock tower. He had an idea on what to do, but it would need everything to be just right. Sasuke continued to head towards the rock tower, his eyes narrowing when he was right about what was going to happen, him reaching into his pouch. Two windmill shurikens blew out of the rock towers and headed straight towards him, Sasuke ran straight for them, crouching when they were close enough and jumping behind them. Spinning in the air, he threw a kunai at one of the blades.
The kunai had a wire attached to it, the thing heading towards the left windmill shuriken. It hit it, but the kunai bounced off and the wire was cut in half. Sasuke twisted and landed on his feet, looking back over at the left windmill. Irvine was bringing the windmill shurikens back around, this was his chance. Sasuke made a few hand movements, as the left one suddenly moved towards the right, hitting it and causing both of them to jam up. Irvine looked back at the two shuriken with wide eyes, before quickly turning back to see that Sasuke was right in his face.
Irvine brought his 'sword' up to block the strike from Sasuke, but forgot about the second katana. Irvine let out a gasp, as the katana was pushed further into him. Sasuke cracked a smirk, which soon vanished when he saw Irvine burst into several blue butterfly's. Sasuke quickly readied both of his katana, as he watched the butterfly's fly behind him and combine together to form a larger butterfly, who landed on Irvine's shoulder.
" Like her?...she used to be my mother's partner..."
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Narutoi raised an eyebrow at the sight of the butterfly. This was interesting, the guy was an inventor. Everyone that had that summoning was one, and only inventors had it. The butterfly's just seemed to only listen to them. They were a carefree race, only listening to a person if they can present them with an original item that they ( the summoner) have/ has made. The butterfly's respected creativity, and knew that only inventors could come up with some of the most original things.
Naruto wondered about his own partner. He hadn't summoned him in awhile...hell, it had been over a year since the last time he summoned him. Naruto need to make sure to allow the guy to have some room to stretch his legs once in awhile...
Maybe...
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Sasuke continued to stare at the butterfly, a few seconds later raising his eyebrow at it." Your going to kill me...with a bug?" Sasuke could have sworn that he heard the buzzing of a large swarm, but ignored it and focused once again on Irvine. Irvine just looked at him with a...lazy expression? Suddenly the butterfly fly off Irvine's shoulder and started to fly around him. Irvine lifted his left are up, the butterfly landing on it. The butterfly then disappeared, Sasuke raising an eyebrow to this.
" What is he doing..." Sasuke watched, as Irvine charged at him with his 'sword' ready. Sasuke brought one of his katana's up to block the attack, bringing the other one around to strike him. Sasuke would have hit him, but for some reason his katana stopped about half way to his arm. Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight of a blue looking shield appearing on Irvine's arms. Irvine seemed to be in a trance, as he pushed off Sasuke, the bandages that made up his 'sword' wrapping around Sasuke's katana as he jumped back. With a single pull, he ripped the katana out of Sasuke's hands and threw it behind him.
Sasuke was shocked for a moment, before readying his second katana and charging towards Irvine. As soon as he was close enough, Sasuke brought his katana down on Irvine. Said person just raised his left arm up and blocked it. Sasuke made another slash attempt at Irvine, him blocking it once again. Sasuke kept on trying to slash Irvine, each and every time the attack being blocked. Sasuke was starting to get pissed...
And was thinking about using that jutsu.
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Up in the stands, Lee was jumping for joy. Naruto was just shaking his head very slowly, while Hiashi just coughed. " Do you think you could quite down a bit Lee?" Hiashi asked, while Lee turned to face him.
"I can not help it Haishi-sama, for this fight has filled me with the FLAME OF PASSION, THE SPIRT OF YOUTH, THE-" Lee's eye's bulged, as he grabbed his groin with both hands and fell to the floor. Lee started to roll around a bit, while Naruto just stared down at him with a bored expression.
" And in the mean time, breaking our ear drums..."Naruto stated, while looking over at Hiashi, or better yet, who was now sitting next to him. " How do you feel about Lee-kun's attitude, Hanabi-chan?" said person blushed, as she looked over at Lee.
"I...um, I-I d-don-n't m-mind l-lee-kun's at-titude at a-ll." Hanabi stated, while Naruto raised an eyebrow. She was acting just like her sister...that was strange. Naruto looked back at Lee, before back at Hanabi. Then back at Lee... who was still holding his groin, making some funky noise's while he was at it...
Hey, it was her choice...
Naruto looked back at the arena. Apparently, Sasuke had finally realized that attacking Irvine head on like that wouldn't work and was currently preparing something. Naruto looked over at Irvine, he's eyes narrowing...he had long ago lost control of his own thoughts. The kid had sync with his own summon for more power. Sure, the butterfly's were okay to sync with, but other, more powerful summons could kill you if even try to. Naruto would need to talk to the kid about restricting that kind of power use...he would need to learn not to depend on syncing for a source of power...
Naruto learned that the hard way...
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Sasuke jumped back, throwing several kunai at Irvine, said person deflecting them with his 'sword'. The kunai suddenly went off in a large explosion, Irvine being surrounded by it. Sasuke stared at Irvines spot for a moment, before back flipping onto the wall and running sideways on it. Sasuke watched were Irvine had been standing carefully for any signs of movement. Sasuke's eyes narrowed, as he saw the blue sphere that was covering Irvine.
The blue sphere around Irvine slowly disappeared, Irvine pulling out four shuriken. Tossing them in random directions and with a few finger movements, they were now heading in a straight line for his feet. Irvine did a small hop, as the four shuriken ( two per foot ) went underneath his feet and stopped when they were completely underneath it. The shuriken then started to spin, the top ones spinning left, the bottom ones spinning right, causing Irvine to float a little more off the ground. He then took off after Sasuke like he was wearing roller blades.
Irvine followed Sasuke's move and went up the wall, side ways, while still following him. Irvine picked up speed, quickly closing in on Sasuke. Sasuke threw some shuriken at Irvine, but said person only deflected them. Irvine moved higher up and a little ahead of Sasuke, before reaching for his left arm. A symbol flashed for a second, before the butterfly became visible again. It changed, from forms once more, only from a shield like object, to a HUGE ass shuriken. The damn thing was larger then a windmill shuriken. Irvine then threw at Sasuke, who jumped out of the way just in time.
Sasuke flipped in the air, landing on the ground and skidding a bit. Sasuke looked at the shuriken to see that it was cutting through the wall, now going in a complete circle. The Shuriken stopped suddenly, as it shot out of the wall and towards Sasuke, him jumping over the shuriken. What took him off guard was when the shuriken stopped underneath him and began to change forms. Large tentacle like objects began to rap around Sasuke, a few seconds later the tentacle forming together to become one giant sphere, Sasuke in the middle of it. Sasuke closed his eyes for a moment, trying to free himself from his prison, opening his eyes again to see Irvine in front of him.
Irvine raised his right arm, the ' sword' on his hand beginning to drill at a high speed. A buzzing sound coming from the sword could now be heard, while Irvine just stared at sauke with emotionless eyes.
" It ends here..." Irvine stated, pulling back his right arm. Irvine then thrust forward, a gasping sound could be heard for a moment. The entire audience went quite, as they watched Irvine drop to his knees. Irvine looked down at his abb's, which now had a sword sticking through it. Irvine fell towards the side, hitting the ground with a light thud. The blue sphere around Sasuke disappeared, as he looked down at Irvine. The medic-nins began to rush in, as JouninSB looked at Sasuke.
" The winner is...Uchiha Sasuke!" JouninSB yelled, the crowd let out a roar of applause. Sasuke watched Irvine being taken way by the medic-nins, while Sasuke sighed and headed towards the exit. Sasuke ignored the medic-nin that was asking him if he was alright and continued to move forward. Sasuke just starred lazy at the exit, until suddenly his eyes bulged out, him grabbing his sides. Sasuke dropped to his knees, feeling intense pain running through his body. The medic-nin rushed over to him. Looking back towards the exit.
" This kids been poisoned, get some more people now!" Sasuke's eyes widened at what he heard. When was he...Sasuke looked down at his side and at the claw mark on it. Remembering when he was in the purplish mist. Sasuke thought for a moment, before looking around the arena. It took him a few seconds before he found it. A single puppet arm was in the corner, glistering with a mixture of blood and poison on it's newly formed claws. Sasuke's face showed complete shock, as the medic-nins started to drag him off...only one thing on his mind.
"...He had planned... the entire battle..."
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The medic-nin looked down at the boy questionably. In all his long years of being a medic-nin, he had never seen such a thing. The boy's body was beaten up, had chakra depletion, and he had just lost the match, which could have costed him the chance to move up in the ranks...yet, through all of it...
The kid was smiling...
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Naruto starred down at the battle field for a moment, before getting up from his chair. Hiashi looked at him questionably, as Naruto walked started to walk away. " Naruto, where are you going?" he asked, while Naruto waved him off.
" I need to go take care fo a few things, I'll probably miss the next match so don't worry about it." Naruto stated, as he continued to walk away. Naruto had a lot of things on his mind, as he went over each individual aspect of what had just happened. Naruto looked over at the clock, knowing that he didn't have much time left. He hoped that his talk with Garra worked, or else the village of the leafs would be screwed. Naruto couldn't let this place be destroyed just yet, he would need it to stand against 'them' and hopefully Garra will work with him...
If he was lucky...
Then again, kami-sama did have a tendency to screw him over...man his life sucked...
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Author: I know what your thinking, he planned most of the battle. That doesn't mean that things can't go wrong, like getting stabbed. But he still had a back up plan.