Here we go. Chapter 2 and finally the outcome of the battle 'Master Chief vs Sasuke Uchiha'. As always I hope you'll enjoy reading and reviewing ;)
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A worried Naruto went in circles in the Hokage's office. He couldn't believe Tsunade had sent his closest friends to investigate the source of such an incredible display of power. Then again Sasuke and Sakura were two of the best and strongest Shinobi Konoha had to offer. Still he had the worst feeling about a mission since the great Ninja War.
"You should have sent me with them!" he shouted at the woman sitting at the desk.
The fifth Hokage looked like she'd punch him in the face four a quick moment, but then relaxed her facial expression.
"Naruto you're by far one of Konoha's most powerful Shinobi..."
"THEN WHY AM I STILL HERE?" Naruto interrupted.
"SHUT UP YOU BRAT! I kept you here for a good reason. They should be here any moment."
Just as she said these words the door opened and in came a bunch of familiar faces. Neji and Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Rock Lee and Captain Yamato.
"Back-up force reporting for duty." Yamato said.
"Very good." Tsunade answered "It has been ten minutes since the last update of the Recon-squad came in. I fear that something might have happened..."
"I knew it!" Naruto interrupted the Hokage again.
"Shut up and let me finish Naruto!" Tsunade shouted "Anyway you all are to head for the crater and find out what happened to the Anbu squad. Yes that includes you going there as well, Naruto. Dismissed!"
Just in that moment a lightning struck right at the smoking crater. The weird thing was, that they could even see it from the Hokage's office and that there wasn't a single cloud in the sky.
"GO!" Tsunade shouted even louder than before. The 'Back-up force' as Yamato had called the team didn't waste any time and they were on their way only two seconds later.
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John was thrown against a tree back-first so hard hat the impact instantly depleted his energy shield. He jumped back up and felt a horrible pain in his lower right arm. The cut from the lightning blade was small, yet it hurt as bad as a plasma bolt on bare flesh... and it definitely pierced the armor. He took a quick glance at his opponent only to see the raven-haired man in a situation almost identical to his.
The Ninja had also been thrown backwards and hit a tree, but it seemed that his lack of an energy shield left him in far worse condition than John. The Master Chief immediately raised his Battle Rifle and aimed for the man's head. Then he got up and closed in slowly.
He found that his attacker had fainted and contemplated shooting him, just to get rid of that problem for good.
"You should let him live." Cortana interrupted John's thoughts.
"Why?" he asked.
"They were obviously more afraid of you than you were of them." The A.I. answered.
"It appears you forgot what I am Cortana, what I was made for."
"That still doesn't make you less of a human than them." John was caught off guard by the analysis that these warriors were supposed to be human, given their incredible powers.
"Are you positive these people are human?"
"Absolutely. I scanned their biological structure. The only difference to a regular human is some strange energy flowing through their bodies." She said showing a diagram to the Master Chief as proof.
"How is the situation then? Are we clear?"
Cortana widened the array scanned by the motion tracker. And there they were. Eight unknown contacts were closing in very fast and they came from the same direction as the previous five.
"This day is getting better by the minute" John said with a lot of sarcasm in his voice.
If these contacts were about as strong as the other ones, he needed another weapon. He remembered where all he had hidden was and none of the hiding spots had been destroyed by the previous battle. The Master Chief quickly switched his Battle Rifle for the shotgun which - to the Chief's delight - was overflowing with ammunition. Then he jumped onto a branch that was covered by leaves so he wouldn't be seen at first glance.
"Come get some." he said absentmindedly and waited for the contacts to arrive at the clearing.
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Naruto jumped down to the crater first (of course) closely followed by Lee, Hinata and Neji. Shikamaru and the others stayed up in the trees to come up with a battle plan if needed. When Naruto saw Sakura and Sasuke seriously wounded on the ground he almost had a heart attack. While Sakura had a small, yet deep cut in the gut Sasuke was unconscious and covered in blood. Two states that Naruto couldn't have Sasuke pictured in ever. Yet here he was, obviously defeated by a very strong opponent.
Ino immediately rushed towards the wounded Ninjas and started treating their wounds. Kiba followed her, in case she got attacked while doing her job.
Neji and Hinata acted simultaneously: "Byakugan!" they shouted and searched the area. Finding the enemy didn't even take them two seconds.
"There" Neji said, inconspicuously pointing to the location of whoever had beaten up an entire Anbu squad so badly. Naruto immediately started molding chakra in his palm for a Rasengan and charged towards the branch that Neji had pointed to.
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If John hadn't been a SPARTAN or to be more exact if he hadn't had such ridiculously quick reflexes, that orb in the blond man's hand would've definitely hit him. Would've obliterated him. He knew that when he saw what was left of the branch on which he'd just been hiding a couple of seconds ago.
"Such incredible power..." was all that Cortana could say to this as John landed down in the clearing. Now he had a good view on most of them. Two of them had white pupil-less eyes and dark hair what made them look like brother and sister, one man that had a huge dog with him, one man wearing a green jumpsuit, and of course the blond man with the orange jacket who had nearly hit John with whatever that glowing orb in his hand had been .The White-eyed man spoke up and all of them including John listened, carefully watching each other while doing so.
"He seems to have the same problem as Lee. I mean his chakra cords are too slim for him to be able to use any kind of Nin- or Gen-Jutsu!"
"What? And a guy like that's supposed to be able to beat Sasuke? One of the strongest Shinobi of our village?" the blond man answered "That can't be! It's impossible!"
Now a third man spoke up "If that is the case I want to fight him! One on one." John looked at the man. It was the one wearing a green Jumpsuit. He had short black hair, but his by far most obvious feature were his huge bushy eye-brows.
"What do you say?" It took the Master Chief a second to realize that he was supposed to answer the last question.
So he calmly answered "I do not wish to fight you, but I will if I'm forced to."
"Either that or you'll have to take all of us on at once!" the man with the dog shouted.
John didn't exactly feel like fighting a battle that he wouldn't be able to win so he decided on what seemed to be the easier choice and accepted bushy-brow's challenge.
"Awesome! My name is Rock Lee. They call me Konoha's green beast!"
John took a moment to think of a suitable introduction in response, then he answered in the most menacing voice he could muster:
"I am Master Chief Petty Officer, Spartan 117. My friends call me John. My enemies call me Demon!"
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End of Chapter 2
Aaaaaand here we go, yet another cliffhanger :D I hope I don't piss anyone off too much with these endings, but I want to keep up the suspense^^