Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto characters. But I do own Michael, Kyle, and Gandisin in this chapter.
A/N: Here is chapter 12, it has taken me awhile to write, because I was working on one of my other stories. I hope you like this chapter, pleace read on my fellow readers.
Chapter 12
Unleash the demons! Kyuubi vs. Shukaku!
Naruto and Gaara collided in the air and threw volleys of punches at each other. Gaara blocked most of Naruto's punches, but some managed to hit him in the stomach and cause some pain. The same happened to Naruto. The two fighters landed on the ground and stared at each other. They took a step back from each other before charging back in. No one could track the fighters since they were moving so fast. They occasionally saw them as they clashed in midair, trying to overpower the other. Most of the time though, all they saw were waves of chakra when they clashed and they heard metallic noises when they sometimes brought out their kunai and fought with them. This battle was one that no one was even expecting from these two fighters. They stopped their high speed fight a little bit later and landed again in front of each other. Gaara smirked as he took his hand back to prepare for a new jutsu that he learned.
"Try this on for size. Desert style! Sand tornado jutsu!" Gaara called out. A giant tornado of sand shot out of his right hand and smashed against Naruto's body flinging him hard into the wall. Naruto coughed up blood as he held his stomach tightly.
"What the hell," Naruto muttered as he got back up and glared at his opponent.
"How did you like that idiot," Gaara said with a smirk. Naruto glared at him as he thought of away to take Gaara down a peg. He smiled as he put his hand out and began to channel some chakra. Gaara grimaced as he knew what was coming next. He jumped back aways then charged chakra into his right hand as well. He then jumped in the air and prepared to launch his attack. Naruto was done charging as well as he looked up to see a ball of chakra in Gaara's hand.
"Time to end this!" Naruto shouted. He took his hand back and called out his devastating attack, "Final spirit jutsu!" The white light shot out towards Gaara, while Gaara launched his.
"Desert style! Sand fang jutsu!" Gaara commanded. A sea of sand that was shaped into a fang shot out and collided with Naruto's spirit attack. The two attacks continued to push each other, both trying to gain the upper ground. Naruto and Gaara used up as much chakra as they could put out to try and overpower the other.
"I won't...lose!" Naruto snarled as he pushed more chakra into his attack.
"I will achieve my dream!" Gaara snarled back as he put more chakra into his attack as well. The attacks finally gave way and both exploded, sending a wave of chakra across the arena. Everyone put their hands up to protect their faces from the wave of chakra that was coming out. When it was done they looked down to see the two fighters still staring at each other.
"That, was exhausting," Naruto said as he lifted up to stare at Gaara who was doing the same.
"You got that right," Gaara said to his friend. He breathed heavily as he continued to stare at Naruto.
"I guess I should take things to the next stage," Naruto said with a deep breath. He put his hands together and began to harness chakra into his body.
"I'll up things to," Gaara said with a smile as he put his hands together and did the same thing Naruto was doing.
"The second stage! Spirit transformation jutsu!" Naruto shouted at the same time Gaara shouted his.
"Desert transformation jutsu!" Gaara shouted. The two fighters began to glow brightly as their bodies went through another change. Everyone waited anxiously for what they would become now. This fight was becoming more and more dangerous.
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"What's happening to them?" Tenten asked as she put her hands up to block out the bright light.
"Don't know," Neji said from beside her. He activated his byakugan and stared into the light. He saw their chakra and chakra coils begin to change. More chakra was flowing through their body, and their coils had to change so that the chakra didn't kill the body. "They're completely changing, their chakra flow is increasing and their coils are changing."
"That's weird," Ino said as she tried to see through the light.
"They are changing into their demon forms," Michael's voice came from behind. Everyone turned to look at him with weird looks.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. Michael gave a smile at the group as he turned his head to see the battle. "The Kyuubi and the Shukaku is what I mean." Everyone's eyes widened at this statement.
"What do you mean the Kyuubi and Shukaku?" Tenten asked. Neji, Hinata, and Lee nodded in agreement. Michael sighed, he had forgotten that they were out cold at the moment Naruto explained about Kyuubi.
"The Shukaku was a one-tailed demon that was placed into Gaara when he was born," Michael began. "The Kyuubi was sealed by the 4th hokage in an attempt to save the village. The one he sealed it in was his own son, Naruto." Realization dawned on Tenten as she now knew why he was hated by everyone.
"So, because of the Kyuubi, Naruto-kun was hated," Tenten said in a soft tone. Michael nodded as he turned to the battle. The others also looked to see the smoke finally clearing. When the smoke cleared all the way they saw to huge figures. A giant raccoon looking thing, with a single tail. The other one was a fox with nine-tails, the Kyuubi himself. Everyone was in shock, and scared. But they stayed to watch this battle. This one was between two demons, and it would decide once and for all who is the stronger.
"They both have a chance of dying now," Michael said in a soft tone. He put his arm around Shizune and pulled her close to his body. His eyes lowered as he looked at them. "They used the move to let, when both of them were exhausted. This battle could end with a draw, we will just have to find out." Everyone nodded and turned back to the battle that was unfolding before them.
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The Kyuubi glared at Shukaku with hard eyes. "Ready to end this," the voice of both Naruto and the Kyuubi growled.
"Let's see who is truly the best," Shukaku and Gaara's voices laughed. Shukaku lend back and shot an air bullet at the Kyuubi, who nimbly jumped to the side and charged forward. One of its tails swung out and hit Shukaku across the face. The demon smiled as it grabbed the foxes tail and flung him down onto the ground. Shukaku brought its foot down, but the Kyuubi used two of his tails to block the attack and push the Shukaku backwards.
"Done yet," Kyuubi growled as he raised up to continue fighting. Shukaku let out a low growl as it charged forward. Kyuubi's tails moved to the side to prepare for a special attack. "Try this, Forest of 9 blades!" A forest rose out of the ground and surrounded the Shukaku. He looked around frantically, but when he turned back to the Kyuubi, he was gone. The Shukaku looked more desperate. The Kyuubi was moving in a circle, using the trees to propel him. His tails glowed a bright color as he prepared to unleash the attack.
"Where are you!" Shukaku hollered as he looked around. The moment he saw Kyuubi, it was too late. The Kyuubi slashed through him with one of its tails then came back around at lightning speed and cut Shukaku with another tail. The Kyuubi continued this until it had cut Shukaku with each of its 9 tails. The forest then disappeared as Kyuubi stared at the bloody form of Shukaku. "Damn you," he growled at the fox. He lifted himself up and smashed his foot into the ground. "Desert tornado attack!" A huge tornado of sand shot up from under the Kyuubi and began to slash it repeatedly. The Kyuubi let out a short yelp as it collapsed on its feet, blood dripping everywhere. "Now, to end this." Shukaku took his head back and shot out another air bullet. It hit Kyuubi hard and pushed it backwards on the ground. The Kyuubi breathed heavily as he tried to get up.
"I won't lose to you," Kyuubi snarled. He dashed towards Shukaku. The raccoon smirked as it shot a sand fang out, which Kyuubi dodged. It shot out a sea of sand fangs, but Kyuubi jumped left and right to dodge the attacks. Shukaku let out one scream as it also jumped forward, after noticing his attacks weren't going to hit. The Kyuubi's right claw began to glow a red color as he charged forward. The Shukaku's left claw shined brown as it continued its run forward. "Demon's claw!" Kyuubi screeched as he came into range.
"Desert claw!" Shukaku commanded in unison with Kyuubi. The two claw attacks collided in midair and sent a powerful shock wave across the arena. Everyone heard Kyuubi and Shukaku let out one last scream as a huge smoke cloud covered everything that happened. Everyone looked down with anticipation, which one had one. The smoke continued to linger as people hoped for a victor soon, this was starting to terrify them.
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"Naruto-kun!" Tenten screamed as she tried to look through the cloud.
"That was a huge blast," Shikamaru said as he covered his eyes from the smoke.
"I hope Gaara is okay," Kankuro said.
"Me too," Temari nodded as she tried to get a view of what was happening. Michael covered Shizune as to keep her eyes from getting smoke in them.
"I think this match is over," Michael said to everyone.
"Same here," Sasuke said as he sat near Tsunade looking down with anticipation.
"Come on Naruto," Tsunade muttered. The smoke finally began to clear and everyone could see smaller forms, not the huge forms of both the Kyuubi and Shukaku. As they continued to stare they could tell the blonde ninja lying there. They then looked to see the red headed sand shinobi lying on the ground with closed eyes. Blood was pouring from their body as they just lay there. It seemed to be a draw until they saw both of them slowly begin to rise again.
"They still want to fight," Kiba said with a shocked tone.
"Poor Naruto-kun," whispered Hinata. Kiba held her close and kissed her cheek.
"Don't worry, they won't die," Kiba tried to reassure her. Neji looked towards them and nodded.
"They won't die, they only have enough energy for one punch, not enough to kill each other, but enough to knock one of them out," Neji said.
"I wonder who is going to get the lucky punch," Ino said worriedly. Neji gave her a reassuring hug as she watched the fight.
"Trust me, they will be fine," Neji smiled. Ino couldn't help but smile as she led her head on his shoulder. He turned back to the fight to see the both of them preparing to charge, this was it.
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Naruto breathed heavily as he stared at Gaara's bloody body. "I only have enough energy for a single punch," Naruto chuckled.
"Same here," Gaara said with a deep breath. "Let's see who can deal the most damage."
"Let's," Naruto said with a small laugh. He got into a fighting stance, and saw Gaara doing the same. The two ran forward as fast as they could. Gaara's sand lay behind him, due to the fact he couldn't control it with his low chakra. Gaara sent his fist out and so did Naruto. Gaara's fist missed Naruto as the blonde shinobi moved his head barley and landed a connecting blow to Gaara's cheek. Gaara flew backwards and landed hard on the ground. He looked at the sky and coughed up blood.
"Damn," Gaara sighed. "There goes my dream of being the best." He closed his eyes as darkness overtook him. Naruto breathed heavily as he saw Gandisin walk forward and raise up his hand.
"Winner, Naruto!" he announced. There were mixed cheers as Naruto's eyes began to slowly close. He then let darkness overtake him as he finally collapsed onto the ground. Tenten jumped down and ran over to Naruto, while Kankuro jumped down to check on Gaara. Kankuro lifted Gaara up and headed off towards the hospital. Tenten lifted Naruto up, and came him situated with her arm. She had worry in her eyes as she carried him off towards the hospital, right behind Kankura and Gaara. Temari turned to Shkamaru.
"Can we go check on Gaara also?" she asked. Shikamaru nodded and the two headed off towards where Gaara was. The group watched their friends disappear out of the arena before turning back to wait for the next match. Gandisin raised his hands to silence the talk that was going on.
"The final match of the semifinal round is Michael vs. Kyle!" Gandisin called out to everyone. MIchael sighed as he prepared to head down.
"Good luck," Shino said.
"Take him down," Kiba said energetically. Hinata nodded at his statement.
"Show him the power of youth!" Lee said as he struck the nice guy pose. Sakura shook her head at Lee before turning to Michael and nodding her agreement to what the others were saying.
"Don't let your guard down," Neji advised his friend. Ino nodded with a smile as she held onto Neji.
"Squash him for all he's done," Sasuke said.
"Don't get carried away," Choji said as he continued to snack on his chips.
"Show him the power of the leaf," Tsunade said.
"Come back safely," Shizune said as she kissed Michael on the lips.
"Don't worry, my brother is going down," Michael said with a smile. Shizune smiled as she let him go down towards where his brother is waiting. Kyle smiled as he saw Michael step in front of him.
"Ah, saying your goodbyes already," Kyle laughed.
"Shut it bro! I'm ending this now," Michael snapped. Gandisin turned to each battlers before nodding.
"If the two of you are ready, then begin the second match of the semifinal round begin!" Gandisin called as he moved out of the way. Michael pulled out a kunai and ran towards Kyle. He pulled out a kunai as well and clashed it together with Michaels. He jumped back and charged again. Kyle parried each attack before sending a kick into Michael's abdomen. Michael got up quickly and glared at his brother.
"This match is far from over," Michael said as he charged back into the fight. He did a single hand seal and touched his kunai. "Fire sword jutsu!" he commanded. The kunai turned into a long fire sword as he continued to run. Kyle did the same hand seal and touched his own kunai.
"Shadow blade jutsu!" Kyle commanded. The two attacks collided together and created a spark as the two pressed against each other. Who would win, the next fight of the tournament has begun. And all watched with anticipation as the match raged on.
To be continued...
End chapter.
A/N: That was chapter 12, and I hope you thought it was good. Don't know when chapter 13 will be out, but I'll work as fast as I can to get it out. So, please review now, I would like to know how it was. Till next time.