Yes, I know that it took me like forever to update, but unfortunately Shang couldn't help me out this time and I wasn't even close to the PC for the last 10 days, so… anyways, I did manage to write this finally and with it the Wave Country mission is almost finished… you'll know the results of the fights at least.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Since most of you are just interested in Jun's bloodline limit, you'll know everything from this chapter, so no point in describing it in my opinion.
Just for the record: I probably won't be able to update for quite some time, since I'll have other business. Shang said he'll try to help so we'll see how this will go (and at this point I'd like to invite you to read his fics during the time mine will be updated only from time to time… if you like this one you'll probably like his 'next generation' fic as well).
With that said, lets get on with the show:
Chapter #20: Battle Resolved
Chapter Cover: camp at night: Jun is starting the fire, Urusai is holding marshmallows on a stick over the fire and Ayame is sleeping under a nearby tree
"Is this some sort of a joke?" Genko made an effort to move, yet failed miserably. "How can something, that traps demons work on me? I'm not a Jinchuuriki!"
"The irony…" replied Naruto calmly as he drew his kunai. "The thing that was your strength turned out to be the thing that took the victory away from you… of course you'll say that you'll be able to deflect any knives I'll throw at you with your chakra alone, but still this fight is over…" and so he turned to his student: "Ayame, you might wanna look away…"
The kunoichi gave a surprised look, but in the next second did as told. The blonde acted immediately. He threw the kunai straight at the missing-nin and began forming hand seals. Genko released his chakra from his body and thus stopped the knife before it reached its target. But at that moment Naruto finished his chain of hand seals.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" called out the whisker-marks and in an instant a large fireball flew right at the white-haired man. Being able only to widen his eyes, the missing-nin disappeared in the flames. As the fire cleared, Genko was nowhere in sight. "Ash to ash…" announced Naruto with a sad voice as he turned towards Ayame again: "It's over…" he said and with that he slowly collapsed to the ground.
"Naruto-sensei!" yelled the daughter of Kakashi as she grabbed her teacher before he hit the ground. "Naruto-sensei, are you okay?"
"I lost too much blood…" noticed the blonde calmly. "Kyuubi's regeneration powers aren't what they used to be, I guess…" he managed a weak smile, but almost instantly his face turned serious again. "We need to go… Urusai and Jun may require our help…" and with that said he tried to make a step, but immediately lost balance and almost felt to the ground once more.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to do much in this state, Naruto-sensei…" announced Ayame a little worried. "But I don't think you should be worrying… those two can take care of themselves… I believe in them…"
The blonde just threw her a quick looked and smiled under his nose. "Seems like they finally started to act like a real team…" he thought to himself. "But even with all that… I can't stop worrying… Urusai's bloodline limit… and then there's always Jun's…"
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Jun threw the two kunai he held in his hand at the missing-nin and instantly performed a quick set of hand seals. As Hekireki dodged the incoming knives, he turned his gaze at the young Hanayaka, whose eyes looked like they were burning.
"Hijutsu: Kasai Tsume!" Jun called out and right before Urusai's widen eyes claws made of fire appeared on his hands. In the next moment his teammate charged at the missing-nin at an incredible speed, aiming his claws at the blue-haired boy's head.
Hekireki banded back in the last moment, thus avoiding getting hit. A small smile crept on his face as he performed a quick hand seal and called out: "Raiton: Ikazuchi!" In an instant a small thunder shoot from electricity surrounding his body and hit defenseless Jun, sending him flying back few meters.
"Hanayaka clan bloodline limit…" the smirk on the missing-nin's face widen as he continued. "The ability to shape the flames as the user desires… quite a fearsome skill when used properly… however it also consumes a great deal of chakra… at your current level I don't suppose you'll manage to maintain it for longer then five, ten minutes… this won't do you much, I'm afraid…"
"You shouldn't be worrying about me…" replied Jun calmly. "You're right, I know I won't be able to hold it for long… but even such a small among of time should be enough to bring you down!" and with that he performed another set of hand seals. "Hijutsu: Kasai Kakuhan!"
In an instant a long, fire whip shoot out of the young Hanayaka's hand straight towards the missing-nin. Acting on instinct, Hekireki jumped into the air and as he did so, a small smirk appeared on Jun's face.
"Gotcha!" he announced while performing another set of hand seals. "Hijutsu: Ryuusei Tooriame!" and right before Urusai's eyes his whip turned into tens of small, fire bullets, which all headed at the defenseless blue-haired boy.
Hekireki only covered his face and surrounded himself with even more electricity, right before the small fireballs hit him, creating a large cloud of smoke. Jun was breathing heavily as he observed the missing-nin who crushed against the ground just few meters away from him.
"Why did he created that electric field?" wondered the blonde as he appeared next to his teammate. The young Hanayaka replied without even looking at the loud mouth as he was still observing the place Hekireki crushed:
"Those electric waves were suppose to destroy my fireballs the moment they'd hit it… there was no chance for him to avoid that attack, but with the two elements canceling each other out, I guess he tried to lower the damage…"
"I hate smarty pants…" announced the blue-haired boy as he slowly stood back up with several burns showing on his body. "You really are a pain, Hanayaka… I guess I really should dispose of you…" and with that he performed few, quick hand seals: "Raiton: Rairyuudan no Jutsu!"
Suddenly the electricity surrounding him shoot up and formed into a dragon which headed straight at the surprised Jun. But before the attack reached the young Hanayaka, Urusai appeared and pushed his teammate aside, thus receiving the full impact.
"Shit!" Hekireki cursed in his mind. "If that brat dies by my hand, Uragiri-sama will give me slow and painful death!" and he instantly dropped the jutsu, saving the blonde's life, but the leaf-nin's body was still burnt even worse then his own body.
Before Hekireki could do anything, Jun appeared behind him with a sword shaped from the flames and pierced the missing-nin through the chest. The blue-haired boy let out a scream of pain and collapsed to the ground.
"This is the end…" announced the young Hanayaka, barely standing on his feet. "We win…"
"That brat…" was all Hekireki managed to say in a weak voice. "Why on Earth… did he pushed you aside… risking his own life? That attack… could easily kill him… was he not aware of that?"
"Actually, I believe he knew it perfectly…" replied Jun, collapsing to his left knee.
"Then why…?" began the blue-haired boy, only to hear Urusai's, who was slowly walking towards them, shaking, answer:
"I did the same thing your brother did for you… I knew perfectly that if that dragon would hit Jun, he'd be instantly killed… that technique surprised him so much that I was certain he won't move on time… so I just had to do something…"
"But by pushing him aside you received the full impact…" reminded Hekireki. "Why would you throw your life away for someone else? What good would that do to you?"
"And why did your brother allow you to kill him?" replied Urusai calmly, using all his strength to keep standing. "Don't be an idiot: he was the Raikage and with the help of those ANBU he certainly could've taken you out if he wanted too… it never crossed your mind? When he agreed for you becoming the Raijuu vessel that he never intended to kill you?"
"Well then, he had a funny way to show it, considering I got stabbed on his order!"
"Yes…" nodded the blonde, keeping his calm. "But you were reviewed, weren't you? Naruto-sensei told us about the time he fought in this country and he witness something similar: a boy who was allied with his enemy 'killed' his own companion in order to save him from real death… I'm not an expert at family feelings, but the way I see this was your brother's way of saving you…"
"By killing me?" Hekireki now looked deep into Urusai eyes, who was still the only one standing. "Now that's original…"
"He believed that you'll be able to hold on to life…" continued the blonde. "In the end, you didn't really die… you were just in a clinical death state… and once you gone mad, it was your brother's order that stopped the ANBU from killing you… I'm not sure what his thoughts were, but if the experiment would turn out to be a success, your wish would've been granted… the two of you could spend more time together…"
"And if the experiment would fail?"
"How should I know? Maybe your brother was ready to commit suicide if that were to happen? I know one thing: a brother that wish his own sibling death… is unthinkable to me… because blood bonds are the strongest there can be…"
At this point Hekireki laughed loudly in his face: "It's a great joke for you saying something like that… you wanna hear about family bonds? Let me tell about your own…"
"Your brother had duties towards your village!" surprisingly Urusai interrupted him, yelling as loud as he can. "When you released Raijuu's power, there was a risk that you'd destroy the entire village and yet he gave the order not to kill you! You choose your life over everyone in the Kumo!"
The missing-nin's face froze with his mouth opened and his eyes glaring at the blonde. "I…" was all he managed to say before blood escaped his mouth. He moved over to his back and stared at the sky. The black cloud slowly began to disappear from the sky. "Carrying a monster doesn't make you one…" he repeated in his mind. "Wasn't that what you always used to say, brother? But what have I become…" he smirked to himself at that. "Maybe I'm the stupid brat here… or maybe it's this dumb blonde whose talking crap… I don't know, but one thing I can say now… I'll see you soon, brother… and then we'll settle our things…" and with that he closed his eyes.
Urusai just stared at him and then collapsed to the ground motionless. Jun stared at his teammate with a worried look on his face. "That last attack shown its effect… with such a strike his nerves were probably at their limits… sorry Urusai, I'd like to help you out, but it seems that this guy was right… I can't maintain my bloodline limit for too long… that last attack… took all the chakra from me…" and with that he collapsed to the ground as well with his face sinking in the wet surface.
And so this chapter ends! Next time the end of Wave Country mission! But this is only the beginning of the adventures! What obstacles awaits our heroes? Tune in next time to find out!
And now for a little jutsu encyclopedia… boy, I had a lot to write about, compared to the previous ones:
Hijutsu: Kasai Tsume (Secret Skill: Fire Claw) – a technique that can be performed only with the use of Hanayaka bloodline limit. Basically the user must first release chakra from his body and then, using the right hand seals, give it the form of a flame. Then, by using his/hers bloodline limit, he shapes it into claws that stick to his hands (type: ninjutsu; used by: Hanayaka Jun).
Raiton: Ikazuchi (Thunder Element: Lighting Bolt) – a technique quite similar to Genko's Thunderbolt Manipulation Skill… the main difference is that to fire the thunder the user must perform additional hand seals (but the electricity is still circling around him/her)(type: ninjutsu; used by: Hekireki).
Hijutsu: Kasai Kakuhan (Secret Skill: Fire Whip) – a another technique performed with the use of Hanayaka bloodline limit. The usage is basically the same like previously, only this time the flame is shaped into a whip (type: ninjutsu; used by: Hanayaka Jun).
Hijutsu: Ryuusei Tooriame (Secret Skill: Meteor Shower) – once more a technique performed using the Hanayaka bloodline limit: once the flames are released the user separates them into small, fire bullets, which he directs according to his will (type: ninjutsu; used by: Hanayaka Jun).
Raiton: Rairyuudan no Jutsu (Thunder Element: Thunder Dragon Blast Skill) – this jutsu is performed by releasing chakra as electricity and then, with the use of the right hand seals, giving it the shape of a dragon made from the circling electric current. This technique can make some serious damage to anyone it hits (type: ninjutsu; used by: Hekireki).
Hijutsu: Kasai no Yaiba (Secret Skill: Fire Sword) – just like before a fire jutsu of the Hanayaka. This time the flame gets shaped into a sword (type: ninjutsu; used by: Hanayaka Jun).
And this is really it. Hope you liked it.
Cya.