Umm, hey there... before we go any further, I believe I have to warn you guys about something. You see, Jackyl is a bit too busy right now, so he asked me, Shang, to upload this chapter for him. Naturally, I don't suppose I'm the right person to answer the reviews nor to make a jutsu encyclopedia. Jackyl promised he'll do it next time. I did however looked up a dictionary and I'll at least gave you the techniques translations at the end.

With that said, here the newest chapter of "Naruto Beyond":

Chapter #16: Brains and Beauty

Chapter Cover: Ayame is feeding Pakkun

Ayame threw her kunai straight towards Ouda, but the missing-nin dodged it easily, making in sink deep into the wooden wall behind her, and charged at the Leaf kunoichi at an incredible speed.

Kakashi's daughter jumped back just in time to avoid a punch aimed at her face. "Dammit, still not enough… three more…" she thought to herself before she received a punch in the stomach and felt to the ground. Instantly she threw a kunai above her at the bending Ouda, but the missing avoided it as well by simply bending back. The knife sunk deep into the ceiling.

"You just don't know when to give up, do you?" asked Ouda with a little bored tone. "Can't you see that you have no chances at defeating me? Even with that lame excuse for a samurai you won't be able to strike me down…"

"Inari-san's just isn't needed…" replied Ayame, smiling under her mask. "You'll soon be done for…" and with that she tossed several shuriken at her opponent. Using the time Ouda had to sacrifice for dodging, she got back to her feet, just to be rammed by the missing-nin and crush hard against a nearby wall.

"This is really pathetic…" whined Ouda. "We really should be wrapping this up so I can go and help Hekireki-san or Hongen-kun… maybe their opponents are more demanding then you are…"

"Don't count me out so soon…" asked Ayame as she threw another kunai at her opponent. Ouda easily dodged the incoming knife and sighed: "Can't you see this isn't working?"

"Just one more…" Kakashi's daughter thought to herself as she breathed heavily. Her eyes narrowed while she reached to her pocket and threw several smoke bombs towards the floor around her.

"What is she trying to achieve with that?" wondered Ouda as she charged straight towards the cloud of smoke and rammed Ayame with her elbow. The leaf-nin felt to the ground, gasping for air as a memory of a certain day flashed through her head…

---Five years ago---

A seven-year-old Ayame threw another shuriken, which also hit the bulls-eye perfectly. She smiled under her mask as an elder woman with long, black hair and red eyes walked closer to her. She was wearing a white, bandage-like dress and was carrying tea.

"You should rest, Ayame…" announced the older kunoichi. "If you'll keep on going, you might faint from the exhaustion… you've been here since early morning…"

"I know, mom…" replied the girl with a smile. "But dad promised to train with me when he'll finish work… he should be coming back any time now and I want to show him that I've become stronger…"

At hearing that the woman's head lowered a bit: "About that… Kakashi asked me to apologize, but it seems he won't be able to come home today… something came up and he'll have to stay at the tower the whole night…"

After hearing that Ayame's head also went down. "But he promised…"

"I know, Ayame…" announced the woman, embracing her daughter. "I know… but your father is the Hokage… try to understand… his duties towards the village are his priority as well… he's responsible for the entire village…"

The girl didn't response. Only after a longer silence, she asked: "Mom, do you remember the reason I wear this mask?"

The woman looked at her surprised, but after a short hesitation, she replied: "Of course… as you said it, you'll wear this mask until Kakashi will acknowledge your strength… those were your exact words… but there's really no need…"

"To me there is…" interrupted Ayame, almost yelling. "Just once I want him to see me first before the village! And when that will happen, I'll take this thing off! Not sooner!"

The woman smiled hesitatingly towards her and then placed her hand on the girl's shoulder, saying: "I've developed an interesting genjutsu lately… it's pretty hard to master and has its requirements, but only someone exceptional, who can withstand any illusion would be able to perform it… want me to show you?"

"Yeah!" yelled Ayame cheerfully.

---End flashback---

Ayame slowly got back to her feet with blood dripping behind her mask. She gazed at the missing-nin standing before her and picked out another kunai: "One more…" she reminded herself.

"Persistent, little hag, aren't ya?" asked Ouda with a smirk.

"It goes in the family…" replied Kakashi's daughter as she threw another knife at her opponent. Also this time the missing-nin dodged the kunai easily, making it sunk into another wall. "Ready!" Ayame almost said out loud as she performed a quick set of hand seals: "Genjutsu: Shichi Kage no Mai!"

In the next second Ouda felt to her knees, grabbing her head and screaming loudly. Hundreds of dark thoughts rushed through her mind and the memories she wanted to kept in the darkest corners of her mind came back to her again.

The next instant she felt her nose stopped working and her vision become blur. Slowly all five of her senses began to fade away. "What the hell did you do?" she demanded, looking at a violet mist, which was Ayame.

"The only genjutsu classified as a forbidden skill in Konoha…" replied the leaf-nin as she felt to her knees as well, from the exhaustion. "My mother showed it to me when I was seven… only someone with a perfect, chakra control can overcome it… those knives I threw… they were never supposed to hit you in the first place… I attached small tags to them. Those help me cast the illusion, since I'm not on a high enough level to perform this jutsu on my own… Once you get hit by this, you'll either go insane or even die due to psychical stress put on your mind…"

"Such brat…" began Ouda, but never finished. She just collapsed to the floor motionless.

"Ayame, are you alright?" asked Inari as he instantly reached the Leaf kunoichi.

"I'll be fine… I just wasted too much chakra…"

"But you really did it…" announced the man with a smile. "You defeated her…"

"I guess I did…" nodded the girl with a weak smile appearing behind mask. "But this battle isn't over yet… Inari-san, we must find my teammates and Naruto-sensei… they might need our help…"

"For the time being you can barely move…" noticed the swordsman. "Just rest here, I'll go look for them…" and not waiting for the girl's answer he just ran out of the house.

Ayame just rested her head on the floor and glared at the ceiling. "I did it… mom, dad…" she said to herself and closed her eyes with a smile of victory appearing on her face.

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"What the hell is going on?" wondered Genko as he jumped on top of a nearby roof, avoiding the explosive tag place on the ground by Naruto. "That guy seems to be moving at sound speed at least now…" and as he thought that the blonde jounin appeared behind him and elbowed his back.

The missing-nin felt to the ground and quickly got back to his feet and Naruto tried to stomp on his head. The moment Genko stood up, he received a powerful kick in the face that send him flying towards a nearby wall.

"Where did this difference came from?" wondered the missing-nin as he looked at the blonde, who was just standing in the middle of the road with rain dropping on his face. "Just a while ago it seemed like an equal match and now I can hardly keep up with my eyes, not to mention my body…"

"Had enough yet?" asked Naruto with an emotionless face. His demon chakra was gone. "I'm telling you that you cannot defeat me when I'm using this jutsu…"

"What is this, some sort of Shunshin?" Genko asked with a tiny smirk on his face.

"I guess you might put it that way…" responded the blonde. "It took me a while to invent it, but it turned out pretty good, don't you think? Normally I'd like to stay and praise over it a bit, but I have to get to my subordinates, so either give up or I'll be finishing this here and now…"

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Urusai landed on the ground once more. He looked at the hand he just landed a punch on Hekireki's stomach with. It was full of cuts and was covered in his own blood. He glared at his opponent, whose body was completely covered by electricity.

"I'm telling you that you can't beat me with taijutsu…" sighed Hekireki as a smirk creped onto his face. "Don't you think you should try a different strategy now? Like using your true power?"

"I have no idea what y're talking about with this 'true power' crap…" replied Urusai. "But I won't get beaten by the likes of you! Someone who kills his own brother is an opponent I refuse to lose to!" and so he performed his standard technique: "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"

"Some people will never learn…" the missing-nin let out another sigh. "I had enough fun and games… if it was up to me, I'd just kill you here and now… unfortunately you're needed alive… so I guess I'll just knock you out already…" and with that he performed a chain of hand seals, ended with a call: "Raiton: Ikazuchi Arashi!"

And instantly Urusai's eyes widen at what happened next.

And that's all Jackyl gave me, so before I wrap this up, here's the jutsu translation that I promised:

Genjtusu: Shichi Kage no Mai (Genjutsu/Art of Illusion: Seven Shadow Dance)

Raiton: Ikazuchi Arashi (Thunder Element: Thunder Storm)

Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker technique) - that one isn't used in the chapter as far as I know, but Genko mentioned it, so I figure it's better to explain it... it was used in the manga itself by Yondaime for example (his shunshin was incredibly fast). As far as I know it's a teleporting technique.

And I believe that's all... well, I guess I'll see you guys around and you shouldn't be worrying, coz the next chapter should be uploaded by Jackyl. Bye.