Current Harem: Rukia, Kin, Samui, Cyan Sung-Sun

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Chapter 2: Witness...Despair

"Cifer..." Gaara said insanely. "Mother wants your blood..."

Deciding to act more like he former did, Naruto quickly came up with a response. "Tell her if she wants my blood she'll have to get it over my bloody and mangled body."

"Begin!" Hayate said as he jumped back.

The two Jinchuuriki just stood there, staring at each other.

"Why aren't either of them making a move?" Sakura mumbled.

Kakashi looked at the two. "...They are seizing each other up. Wanting to see who will move first."

Kiba snorted. "The baka has no chance. Maybe he got a little stronger. But that Gaara guy...he's a monster. We saw it in the forest...he emotionlessly killed 3 rain genin."

Sakura was tempted to speak up, but kept quiet, as did Sasuke and Team 10. They all remembered with what little emotion Naruto had killed the sound team with. He seemed like he did not care...as if he were used to killing already, and it had no effect on me.

Finally, Naruto began to draw his sword. Everyone's eyes were drawn to it as they became entranced by it's beauty. "Come, Gaara," he said. "You are one. But I am nine. Show me the power of the weakest."

Everyone besides a few were confused by his words. Gaara's eyes widened as he gained the psychotic glint in his eyes. "CIFER! GIVE MOTHER YOUR BLOOD!" The sand shot towards Naruto and wrapped around him. He did not even try to fight as the sand encased his form.

"Sabaku Kyu!" Gaara said darkly with his hand open pointing towards Naruto.

Kiba sighed sadly. "Bye buddy..."

"Sabaku Sos-" Gaara began.

A voice interrupted him. "Cero." A blast of green energy fired out of the coffin of sand, and for the first time in his life, Gaara dodged the attack. The wall behind Gara had a large, gaping hole in it, and all the trees within a mile of the tower in a single line were all destroyed. Everyone's eyes went back to the origin of destruction.

Naruto stood there, a single finger pointed forwards as he held his blade in his hand. Everyone notice smoke was rolling off of his finger, and those that were not there when he killed the sound team soon realized he was the source of that blast.

"I thought your mother wanted my blood," Naruto told Gaara in a monotone voice. "But apparently her thirst is not strong enough..." His finger came back, his hand turning into a fist. "How disappointing...Bala."

A flash of red and Gaara was blasted back into a wall. Naruto raised an eyebrow, and saw there was a large fist sized mark on Gaara's face. Raising an eyebrow, he saw sand starting to gather where he was hit. "Ah I see...Suna No Yoroi..."

Up in the stands, Temari, Kankuro and their sensei were in shock. "He...broke through the Suna No Yoroi?" Temari said in shock.

Kankuro nodded, still in shock. "It can't be...he actually hit Gaara..."

The genin were in a similar state. "Incredible," Shikamaru breathed. "That looked even faster than the first time he used it...and more props to Gaara for surviving..."

"What do you mean Shikamaru?" Asuma asked.

Shikamaru hesitated as all the genin and their teachers listened. "In the forest...we were facing the Otogakure Team. And Sasuke had entered a...berserk state, I don't know. But then Naruto appeared out of nowhere. He said some things and Sasuke tried to attack him, but he knocked him to the ground with just one punch." The sensei's and Team 8 were in shock at that. The dead last and knocked Sasuke to the ground with just a single strike?

"And then he asked who harmed Sakura," Shikamaru continued. "And the guy who hurt her said he did it. And then Naruto said..." Shikamaru swallowed. "He told the guy to die, and obliterated him with the attack he called a Cero. And when his teammate surrendered, he said no deal and killed him with the move he called a Bala...without mercy." This alarmed the teachers. Was it possible the Kyuubi was influencing him?

"He would have killed the female teammate as well, but he hesitated. He stopped for a moment, as if listening, before he walked to the teammate and said some things we couldn't hear. Then he picked up the scroll the girl's teammate had thrown in order to live, and picked up Sasuke before he walked to Sakura and vanished with Sasuke, the Oto genin and Sakura herself."

Kakashi sharply looked at Sakura. "Is this true?"

She nodded meekly. "Y-yes...it's true..."

Kakashi looked to the arena. 'Naruto...were you hiding your power?'

Naruto stared at Gaara as the sand covered his face where the attack had hit. "So you constantly have your body covered with sand as a defence...how interesting..." He pointed his finger at Gaara as the green energy gathered again. "Then I shall simply make sure there is nothing left of yo-"

Master!

He stopped, making everyone look at him. He tilted his head slightly. 'What?'

I wish to face him. The fact he survived a Bala at 5% shows that he should be faced with at least a fraction of our strength...and you promised.

Naruto blinked before he nodded and pointed Murcielago towards Gaara, his eyes betraying no emotions. "Congratulations Gaara."

Gaara blinked a little as she got himself out the wall. "Why are you congratulating me?"

"I made a promise," Naruto said, confusing everyone. "That if I were to face you, I would show a fraction of my true strength...I tested you with that Cero and Bala. You dodged one while you survived the other. So you have earned a glimpse at my true strength..." Naruto allowed his Reiatsu to flow, and everyone in the arena felt the pressure. A black aura with a green outline swirled around Naruto.

"I am the Quatra Espada," he said emotionlessly. "Now let me show you despair. Tozase...Murcielago." The aura enveloped Naruto's form as they all felt...nothing. They did not feel a single thing from within the sphere of aura that covered Naruto's form.

Nobody made a move. They seemed to be frozen. Finally, the sphere vanished, and standing there in a new form...was Naruto.

He now had large, black bat wings on his back, his hair had grown longer and wilder, and the remains of his Hollow mask centered atop his head, with two large horns extending outward to the sides towards the front. The lines on his face became black, broader, and more triangular, and his fingernails lengthened. His Arrancar attire became more form fitting and closed at the top, becoming more like a robe towards the bottom.

"Resurrección..." Naruto whispered, but his voice carried across the room. "This is the power I gain upon releasing Murcielago. I hope you survive this next attack, Gaara." He raised his arm. "Luz De La Luna." Green javelins made of his Reiatsu appeared. They soared towards Gaara at incredible speeds.

However Gaara moved his hands, and his sand had sped up. It was able to block the javelins, and even managed to survive the explosions from when they hit.

"It sped up with his hands..." Naruto whispered. "How...intriguing...Bala." Another flash of red, and the attack slammed against Gaara's shield. It broke through, but did not harm Gaara, and the shield quickly returned to it's original state.

"You shall never break through my defence Cifer!" Gaara declared. "My mother shall always protect me!"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Such...arrogance..." he said. "You remind me of Grimmjow...another arrogant fool like you..." Everyone suddenly felt Naruto's power. Everyone in the area found it difficult to breath, some of the weaker genin hyperventilating. The only ones unaffected- strangely- were the busty blonde girl from the Kumogakure team, and Rukia from the Kirigakure team.

As they saw his face, they noticed something they never saw on his face. Rage.

"Let me show you that your arrogance is not deserved for a weakling like you," he said in a monotone voice, so much it sent shivers down everyone's spine. "I am the Quatra Espada. Witness...Despair."

He pointed a finger at Gaara as black energy gathered into an orb in front of his finger. "Let me show it to you. The black cero that only an Arrancar can use in their released state."

No master.

Naruto froze instantly, the energy and pressure vanishing. 'What do you mean no, Murcielago?'

That attack will destroy the forest and tower. Unless we want Konoha against us, we must not cause destruction against them.

He sighed as he lowered his hand, everyone blinking in surprise. "Hokage-sama," he called, making the aged Hokage look at him. "May I ask for permission to move this fight elsewhere and project it? The battle may get a little...destructive..."

Sarutobi didn't need to think. "Permission granted."

Naruto vanished as he grabbed onto Gaara, so quick his sand was unable to react. "Come, our battle plane will need to be much bigger." Naruto once more vanished with Gaara, the sand vanishing along with them in the Sonido.

After they vanished, what appeared to be a cut in the air slowly opened, showing everyone a forest far away in the fire country. And suddenly, Naruto and Gaara were at that place.

'Such speed!' Rukia thought with shock. 'It's similar to my Shunpo...but it isn't quite the same...interesting.'

Sasuke clenched his fist. "How did he get so strong...?"

Naruto stared at Gaara, who slowly stood up. "Come Gaara," Naruto told him. "There is nobody to hold us back here. Unleash your full power, or you will die."

Gaara grinned sadistically. "MOTHER WANTS YOUR BLOOD!" He repeated as there was an explosion of sand. Naruto simply looked on emotionlessly as a large figure began to take form in front of him.

Within less than a minute, Naruto was staring at the Ichibi No Tanuki: Shukaku. A small figure appeared on it's head, and Naruto instantly saw it as Gaara's upper body. He held his hands in the ram seal. "Tanuki Neri No Jutsu..."

Naruto watched as Gaara's body went limp, and the eyes of the Shukaku shifted. It opened it's mouth as it screamed in delight. "OHH YEAH BABY I'M FREE! LOOK OUT WORLD, YOUR GONNA GET DESTROYED!"

"So you are Shukaku," Naruto remarked. "You are certainly...more eccentric than I believed."

Shukaku looked to Naruto and smirked. "AND IT'S MY FIRST VICTIM!" It screamed in delight. Naruto's eyes widened as he had to quickly move out the way to stop himself being impaled from behind by sand.

"Fast!" He ducked down as the sand nearly impaled his head. Flapping his wings, he flew into the sky- shocking the people in the stands- and he charged forwards. Some of his former personality showed through...as was shown in his grin. "LUZ DE LA LUNA!" Green spears of Reiatsu formed and began to fire towards Shukaku. And they seemed endless in supply.

However, Shukaku simply condensed it's sand, creating a thick wall of earth. Every time one of the spears impacted, it exploded violently, but the wall looked no worse for wear.

"Oh...that wall is tough..." Naruto noted. "Then I shall show it to you, Shukaku!" He pointed his finger forwards as black reiatsu gathered into a small orb in front of his finger.

"What is that?!" Shukaku screamed. "It looks just like a Bijuudama!"

"This is the Black Cero that an Espada can only use in their released state," Naruto said as he grinned slightly. "Cero Oscuras." The black Cero fired, easily breaking through Shukaku's wall. The sand demon however was not as slow as one would think, and moved out of the way. However his arm was engulfed by the blast, and by the time the blast was gone, had completely vanished, sand now drooling out of Shukaku's wound.

Everyone looked through the tear in time and space with shock. Naruto, the supposed dead last had...destroyed a Bijuu's arm. With only a single attack!

'Incredible!' Rukia thought. 'He is only 13 years old, and yet not only seals most of his power within his sword, but is also able to easily destroy the arm of a bijuu, with only a single attack!'

"Impossible..." Asuma whispered with wide eyes. Kurenai was no better as she stared on with shock. Kakashi had actually dropped his book.

The Konoha genin had they jaws to the floor. "Is...that really Naruto?" Sasuke asked nobody in particular. 'How...how did he get this power?!'

"Kankuro," Temari said softly, shock evident. "Is...Gaara going to lose?"

Kankuro did not answer, as he was too stunned to speak.

Baki- their sensei- was also shocked, but her cursed inwardly. 'Crap! This is going to ruin the plan...'

Disguised as an Oto Jonin, Orochimaru was now cursing. 'This brat! He is a far better vessel than Sasuke-kun, but he is ruining my plans! No, it's fine. If I play my cards right, I can get him during the exam finals. I just need ONE of the Suna siblings to pass!"

'That's cool,' the blonde girl from Kumo thought.

'Holy fucking shit!' the red haired, dark skinned girl on the same team thought, in shock and awe.

The white haired boy from Kumo had different thoughts. 'Holy crap he's strong! But what if after beating the Shukaku he decides he's strong enough and decides to overthrow the Hokage. And when he succeeds then he'll declare war on the Elemental Nations because of his arrogance but he is actually strong enough to take on something like the Kyuubi, and ends up beating B-sensei and...'

'He's strong...' one of Rukia's teammates thought.

'Holy cow!' Sarutobi thought. 'So much strength! And so young! He's going to have so many girls after him! ...I wonder if I should tell him about the CRA...'

"YOU FUCKER! MY ARM!" Shukaku screamed as sand gathered, trying to bring it's arm back, but had to keep the shield in order to prevent itself from being hurt by the javelins.

"So your body is completely made of sand..." Naruto noted. "You can use sand to regenerate, but you currently do not have enough. Surrender Shukaku. You cannot defeat me in your current state."

"You...those words...those fucking eyes of yours..." it growled as- for an instant- Shukaku saw another figure standing in Naruto's place. A beautiful red haired woman with glowing red, slitted eyes, wearing a loose fitting Kimono and holding a blade. "DIE KURAMA!" The sand gathered and shot towards Naruto like a tsunami.

The Espada's eyes widened. 'So much sand!' he thought in shock. 'How did he- no time to wonder! Should I fire another Cero Oscuras? No, it's not enough! I'll have to use that instead!'

Naruto looked up as the sand slammed into him, burying him beneath it's depths.

"YAHAHA!" Shukaku screamed in delight. "I DID IT! I KILLED KURAMA!"

"NARUTO!" Hinata screamed, surprising everyone there that the shy girl could scream like that.

"Oh no..." Kakashi said in panic. "No no no...not another one..."

Kankuro chuckled nervously. "K-knew Gaara would win. Never doubted him for a second."

Temari nodded, though was inwardly saddened. That Naruto was one of the few people that might have helped Gaara...and now he was dead.

'Not cool...' the blonde Kumo girl thought, frowning.

'Oh Naruto...' Sarutobi thought in sadness. 'I failed you...'

Rukia stared in shock. 'He...died? But how did...wait...he made the projection. So if he's dead...how is it still here?'

Everyone on the screen watched in shock as black aura began to shoot from the tiny cracks made by the sand, before it exploded outwards and there was a dust cloud.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Shukaku screamed in anger. "WHAT IS THIS?!"

"You nearly had me, Shukaku," a soft voice said. "But you were just a moment too slow." The smoke cleared, and all were shocked by the figure who now stood there. It was Naruto. His long white coat was gone, revealing his slender white torso, with his bare chest patterned, with a gaping hole in his chest appeared to be dripping black, blood-like liquid. His waist became covered in something similar to black fur, which covered his arms and legs. His fingers grew claw-like extensions, and his feet resembled talons. The irises of his eyes turned yellow, and the sclera became green. The tear-like marks under his eyes increased in size and turned black. His mask was now completely gone, and he had two large bat ears. He also now had a long tail, and two long white horns growing out of his head.

"Resurrección: Segunda Etapa," Naruto said. "I did not want to reveal this form so soon. However I had no choice but to take this form in order to survive your attack. My Sonido would have also worked, but by the time I had gotten a suitable distance away, you would have already sent another at me, and the process would simply be too tiring, resulting in me taking this form regardless."

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Allow me to congratulate you...by making you pay with your life." Holding his hands together briefly, Naruto slowly brought them apart as a javelin similar to the ones used in Luz De La Luna appeared, however both ends of this one had more of a fiery appearance, and looked more like a javelin than the others.

"Lanza Del Relampago," Naruto said. He gripped the spear and hoisted it. "Do not move," Naruto ordered Shukaku. "I never gained the handle of this technique. And I would rather not miss."

"KURAMA!" Shukaku screamed as it fired more sand towards Naruto.

Narrowing his eyes, Naruto pulled the spear back. "Witness...Despair." He threw the spear. It soared through Shukaku's sand, and hit the demon in the stomach.

An explosion of green covered the tailed beast, shockwaves soaring through the area and destroying many of the trees. Naruto just flew into the air, staring impassively at the green explosion.

By the time the explosion had cleared, Shukaku was now glass. "Beautiful..." Naruto congratulated himself. "If I did not want to be a ninja, I should have been a sculptor. I shall call it 'Demon A La Sand'. However, such beauty cannot be eternal." Hovering over, Naruto flicked the glass bijuu once, and it shattered. Flying into the falling glass, he grabbed Gaara, before flying out again. He glanced back, and everyone saw it as him staring directly at them. He vanished with Gaara under his arm.

Everyone watched on in shock as the projection closed and Naruto reappeared in the room, now back to his form before the fight, his sword slung at his waist. Under his arm was Gaara, out cold and not moving. "He is not dead," Naruto told everyone. "Merely unconscious. Shukaku could not handle my final attack, and so he passed out, along with Gaara." He throws Gaara to his sister, who catches him. "When he awakens, tell him I said if he wants to prove his existence, he can do it by protecting."

Temari nodded, too stunned to respond.

"Call the match proctor," Naruto said as he began to walk back up to the stands.

Hayate suddenly took notice the match was over. The battle that took place...was more like a war between two nations. "The Winner of the match; Naruto Cifer."

There was silence. Naruto walked over to Rukia once more, ignoring the questioning or scared looks other genin were sending him. "Sorry if I scared you," he told her, not sure why he was. "But Shukaku was not an opponent I could afford to hold back against."

Rukia waved her hands in front of her. "No, it's fine! I thought it was kinda cool," she admitted. "I've never seen techniques like that. What are they?"

Naruto blinked, but took an opportunity that she had just lay in front of him. "Clan techniques," he said loudly, just loud enough that everyone could hear. "I did not know of the Cifer clan until recently, but I have spent much time becoming adept in my family's techniques. The transformation you witnessed is one I achieved through much time of hard work and dedication. As far as I know, no other member of my clan achieved the second stage like I have."

"Ah," Rukia nodded. "That...makes a lot of sense. Is it just clan techniques, or is it also a bloodline?"

"I do not know," Naruto said. "It may be a bloodline, since only members of my clan are able to use these techniques. BUT there are other people out there that have been recorded to use some of our techniques. Such as the Cero, Bala, and Sonido, which is the high speed movement. And I remember reading some texts that clan techniques can be taught to others with the approval of the clan head."

"Oh so that's what it was," Rukia said. "It was very similar to my Shunpo."

At this, Naruto had to hide his shock. 'Shunpo? That is the technique Shinigami used similar to our Sonido...is it possible she is descended from Rukia Kuchiki? It would certainly explain her looks...'

Outwardly, Naruto did his best to keep calm. "I see," Naruto nodded. "That is very intriguing. I shall watch your match very closely so that I may see how your techniques are similar to my own."

Rukia nodded, smiling. "Yeah, it will be a fun match!"

Naruto nodded, and fingered the hilt of his sword. 'Most intriguing...did the battle with Shukaku satisfy you, Murcielago?'

Yes Master. To unleash our power like that brought me great joy.

He nodded. "You remind me of another I once knew," Naruto said to Rukia, not knowing why he was.

She raised an eyebrow. "What was she like?"

"She was dangerous," he said. "Not to me, but she was very strong in her own right. She successfully killed several members of my clan, one of them ranked 10th within it. I believe she was in a relationship to the man who defeated the man who was considered our clan head. She was very calm in battle and...elegant."

Rukia smiled. "She sounds like a great person. I would have loved to meet her."

Naruto nodded mutely, as he reminisced about the days when he served loyally under Aizen-sama...the day he went to Karakura town...the day he faced Ichigo Kurosaki...the day he met his death.

He shook his head as he noticed the computer was generating names. "The second match!" Hayate called out as it stopped on two names.

"Samui of Kumogakure VS Kiba Inuzuka of Konohagakure."

Translations:

Cero: Hollow Flash

Bala: Hollow Bullet

Suno No Yoroi: Sand Armour

Tozase: Enclose

Murcielago: Black-Winged Great Demon

Resurrección: Returning Blade

Luz De La Luna: Light of the Moon

Cero Oscuras: Black Hollow Flash

Sonido: Sound Ceremony

Shunpo: Flash Step

Tanuki Neiri No Jutsu: Feigning Sleep Technique

Reiatsu: Spiritual Energy

Resurrección: Segunda Etapa: Returning Blade: Second Release

Lanza Del Relampago: Lance Of Thunder and Lightning