Well, I must admit that I'm still slightly disappointed by the number of reviews for last time, but I've decided to at least upload this chapter. However, just like before, if the number of reviews won't be satisfactory I won't update, so IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: REVIEW!
Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter. It means a lot. I'm glad you like 'title page' ideas and 'character profiles' (though those were basically Shang's ideas and I only asked him to allow me to use them). And for all of you who think the only strong shinobi are guys… well, I assure you that girls will show they can hold their own.
Now, without further to do, here's another (maybe the last) chapter of "Naruto: Beyond":
Chapter #36: Battle in the Mist
Title Page: the page is split in three parts by straight lines: in the middle there's Urusai, showing a victory sign, to the left is Jun, propping his back against the column that separates the page and to Urusai's right Ayame is standing, dressed in a kimono and is hiding her face behind a fan
"Kirigakure no Jutsu!" the masked boy called out and instantly the entire area around them got covered with thick mist. Urusai narrowed his eyes in hope to see better, yet that didn't had the effect he desired.
In a flash he heard a weird noise and hit the dirt, In the next instant the scythe chain flew right above him and if he wouldn't dodge, his head would be chopped off by now. "Nice reflex…" came the masked boy's voice, yet the blonde couldn't tell the direction it came from.
"Show yourself, dammit!" demanded Urusai annoyed. "Fighting like that is cowards way!" but the only thing that replied him was the mist-nins laughter. After a short moment, the one to response to his words was the masked boy: "You must be a rookie… don't you understand anything? We're shinobi… survival is the thing that counts the most in our world… things like honor and fair play do not exist in our dictionary… to skip the fact that Kirigakure no Jutsu is our typical technique…"
"Damn, this is bad…" Ayame thought to herself as she looked around. "Those voices echo in the area, so it's impossible to tell the direction they're coming from… but with such thick mist, those Kiri ninja should have problems in finding us as well if we'll move…" and with that she ran to her left, only to have the Mist kunoichi appear out of nowhere, right next to her.
"Going somewhere?" she asked with a smirk as she landed a powerful kick into Kakashi's daughter face, thus sending her flying back where she stood just a second ago. Jun only glanced at his female teammate and without wasting a second, he performed a quick set of hand seals.
"Katon: Ryuu Kisoku no Jutsu!" and in a flash a huge fireball left his mouth in the direction Ayame flew from. As the flames burnt the young genius narrowed his eyes. "She got away…" he realized as he threw glances around himself. Suddenly shuriken came from every direction at him and his teammates. "This is bad!" he thought to himself as he performed a quick set of hand seals.
"Katon: Kasai Nankan!" he called out with the last symbol and instantly a dome made of flames wrapped around him and his teammates, somehow blocking all the incoming, shinobi stars.
"Those brats are sure annoying, aren't they Kaiyou-kun?" the Mist kunoichi asked her masked companion with a smirk appearing on her face. The boy only nodded slightly as a smirk appeared behind his mask as well.
"Indeed they are…" he announced as he began a set of hand seals. "But thanks to that we might have some fun while getting their scroll…" and with that his symbol chain was done: "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!"
In an instant a powerful dragon made of circling water arose from behind the three mist-nins and charged straight towards the Leaf shinobi, who were still hidden behind Jun's fire barrier. "Water Dragon Blast?!" young genius eyes widen in surprise as he saw the incoming assault. "But isn't that technique impossible to perform without a nearby water source?" and with that thought he turned towards hi teammates: "Ayame, Urusai, dodge!' and in a flash all three jumped in different directions, thus avoiding the attack, but just barely.
As water drops hit Urusai's face, the blonde realized that he was not safe yet as the masked by, Kaiyou, suddenly appeared above him, aiming to punch him in the top of his head. Instinctually the loud mouth jumped back, making the mist-nin's fist crush into the ground, but in the next fraction of a second his opponent shoot his scythe-ended chain at him and being in mid-air the blonde found it impossible to dodge.
As the blade rip his left shoulder, Urusai let out a yell of pain, before he reached out to his hostel and unleashed several shuriken straight at the Kiri cell leader. Kaiyou only pulled his chain back and by spinning it before himself, he deflected all the shinobi stars that came at him.
Meanwhile Jun was still in mid-air after jumping back to avoid the Dragon Blast, when the shirtless mist-nin suddenly appeared behind him also aiming to unleash a storm of punches on the young genius. But surprisingly for the Kiri ninja, the Leaf shinobi grabbed the ground with his right hand and breaking his flight, he spun on his hand, landing a powerful spin-kick on his opponent's face, thus sending him flying.
As the shirtless boy's back crushed against a tree, Jun was already there, finishing his set of hand seals: "Hijutsu: Kasai no Yaiba!" and as he called out, a sword made of flames formed in his hand. Before the mist-nin could react in anyway, his right side got pierced by the blazing blade.
He let out a yell of pain as fire burnt his skin and made his blood boil. The moment Jun made his blade burn out, the mist-nin collapse to the ground motionless. "I missed the vital organs purposely… he should live, though he won't bother us anymore… I need to find Ayame and the dope…" and with that thought he disappeared in the mist.
At that time Ayame was forced back while dodging and blocking the female mist-nin's taijutsu attacks. "I can barely keep up…" the masked girl thought to herself as she blocked another incoming punch, yet failed to avoid the kick to her stomach that came right afterwards.
The Leaf kunoichi came to a sliding stop few meters away, only to see her opponent jumping straight at her and spinning in mid-air, she launched a spin-kick aimed at Kakashi's daughter's face. The masked girl managed to bend over in time however, making the assault go right above her head and in a flash picked out a kunai from her hostel.
In an instant she swung her knife at her opponent, but the Kiri kunoichi managed to spun around, thus avoiding the attack and landed an elbow into the back of Ayame's head. As the masked girl bended over due to the impact, she propped her hands against the ground and used them to bounce off, disappearing in the mist.
The Kiri shinobi looked around, trying to make out where her opponent was. "This mist effects your eyes as well, it'd seem…" she heard Ayame's voice, coming from the unknown direction. "Have you ever wondered why 'using your opponent's strength' is one of the basic skills of a ninja? It seems that I'll have to show why…"
And the moment she said so, the Kiri kunoichi began throwing senbon in every direction in hope to hit her opponent. As she ran out of needles, her eyes narrowed while she scanned her surroundings. Just then she noticed a figure in the mist. Without thinking, she charged straight at it, grabbing her kunai.
As she came at the figure with an incredible speed, the masked girl only managed to widen her eyes before the kunai cut her throat. But to the Mist kunoichi's surprise, the knife went right through her opponent, without causing her any harm. "Bushin no Jutsu!" she realized immediately and only then noticed an explosive tag laying on the ground.
As the tag exploded, the Kiri ninja was send flying back and while she was still in mid-air Ayame came right at her, landing a powerful blow into her face. With that the mist-nin flew straight down to the ground and crushing hard into it, she lost consciousness.
As Ayame landed on her feet, she picked out another kunai and spun around, aiming to cut the figure that suddenly appeared behind her. The mysterious figure however managed to grab her hand before the knife reached its destination and only then did the masked girl realized that the figure was Jun.
"Oh, it's you…" Ayame said unconcerned as if she didn't just tried to kill him. "Where's Urusai?" she then asked, realizing that the young genius was alone.
"No idea…" replied Jun, sweat dropping slightly. "But we should find him… although we defeated those low-level guys… that masked one with a chain… is more dangerous then both of them put together… if Urusai is the one fighting him, then he might be in big trouble…"
Meanwhile Urusai's body got cut in several places by tens of senbon which came at him from every direction. As he clenched his teeth in pain, he narrowed his eyes, looking for his opponent, yet due to the mist surrounding him, he wasn't able to tell where he was.
"That's it?" he heard Kaiyou's voice, echoing in the mist. "You busted so much about how you were going to kick my ass… it just doesn't feel right for me to defeat you this easily…"
"Shut up!" the blonde shoot back angrily. "I'll kick your ass… I just need a moment to figure out the way to locate you! Once that's done, your ass is grass!" and with that he looked around while the Kiri shinobi laughed loudly: "This is your problem, brat… you're not a real ninja… once your sense of sight is taken away, you're as helpless as a child!"
"Dammit, he's right…" Urusai cursed in his mind as he kept looking around. "I can't see a thing in this mist… how do I fight someone I can't see?" and just then he heard another sound echoing in the mist and dropped flat on the ground as Kaiyou's scythe chain flew right above him, missing chopping of his head.
Before he even managed to get up, several senbon dug into his back, making him clench his teeth again, to hold back another yell of pain. "I can't go on like this…" he thought to himself as he got up. "Sooner or later he'll finish me off… I need to find a way to locate him… now!"
Just then the scythe blade down on him, making the blonde jump back, in order to avoid it. As the weapon sunk into the ground, more senbon hit his back, making him lose balance and fall to the ground. He slowly got back to his feet, shaking slightly.
"Why do you get up?" asked Kaiyou's voice calmly from the mist. "You can't see me and you can't do a thing to me… keep doing so and I'll be forced to kill you…"
"I won't give up!" announced Urusai with determination in his voice. "And I refuse to die until I become Hokage! And it wouldn't look good for the future Hokage to lose to a guy like you!" and with that he pulled out his kunai.
"You won't get defeated but a guy like me?" asked Kaiyou, slightly annoyed as he bite his finger and wrote a quick symbol on the scroll, making a katana appear in his hand. "I suppose I don't have any choice then… here and now… I'll end your life!" and with that he jumped straight towards the blonde, who had his back turned towards him, aiming to chop his head off.
---killer intensions come onto the surface… what will become of Urusai?---
And so this chapter ends. Hope you enjoyed it and that you'll leave a review once you're done. It'd help this fic survive.
Basically all the techniques used in this chapter are either from the manga itself or were used before, so the only thing left to do is to put on another character profile:
Name: Fuujiru Dajaku
Name origins: his first name can be translated as 'weak', but why I choose the name like that you'll only find out later in the story. When it comes to his clan's name, 'fuujiru' means 'to seal' which has a little to do with his bloodline limit… but it also comes close to the word 'fuujirushi' which means 'poor result' and is suppose to underline his first name
Age: currently 14 years old
Birth Date: 30th of October
Blood Type: 0
Height: 150,2 cm
Weight: 51,7 kg
Favored style of fighting: ninjutsu with the use of taijutsu and weapons
Current rank: gennin
Village: Konoha (Hidden Leaf)
Team: cell led by Uchiha Sasuke; his teammates are Reijuushi Kyoudai and Inuzuka Hige
Family: his father is one of the most respected members of the ANBU and his two brothers are thought to be the top of Konoha jounin with the highest chances of becoming ANBU as well. His mother never received any, shinobi training
Bloodline limit: there are rumors about his clan's bloodline limit, however very little information about is given away to people outside his clan, including other, leaf-nins
Techniques: none
First appearance: 24th chapter
And that's that. Thanks for reading and now, before I go, I just wanted to wish you all MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Cya!