A/N- Well now, another good outpouring! These are the latest stats as of last chapter; words- 29161 chaps.- 8 reviews- 40 hits- 5113 c2s- 6 favorites- 25 alerts- 34.
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As for future updates, I will slow down a bit probably. 'Feelings', a Ranma 1/2 fic is my first fairly long story- my first child if you will, and I've been neglecting it for quite a while. I'm going to be going back through, reworking the older chapters, and creating new ones for it. Fear not though! I won't be giving up on 'Destiny', it's my current favorite work to work on, but I've a fondness for my older story, and there are many people who want to see me pick it back up again. So, instead of working on one story, I'll be working on two. And, when I say it may slow down, I only mean by a day or two, so don't worry!
Chapter 8, The Fight for Konoha, finale- Take it to the Limit!
Naruto ran along the roofs of Konoha, looking for his friends. He'd already come across several more skirmishes, almost single-handedly turning the tide of each battle he'd happened upon, and had freed several jonin and chunin, not to mention an entire ANBU squad, from their own fights in order to help others that needed the support.
So now he had almost fifteen ninja of both higher ranks leaping in formation right behind him, with the ANBU squad acting as point guard, not that Naruto needed them to run point, he'd realized soon enough, his eyes served the purpose all on their own, letting him see the auras of demon and ninja alike before the group had even gotten close to them. With a grin Naruto came to a realization- his eyes were AWSOME!
Looking around, Naruto caught sight of Kakashi off in the distance, standing in a training field, surrounded on all sides by demons as he stood protectivly over the unconcious forms of thee young-looking ninja, his left arm hanging uselessly at his side, blood dripping down it from a large gash in his shoulder. He was about to go to his sensei's aid when one of the ANBU, a tall man wearing standard ANBU gear and a mask in the shape of a bear, dropped down beside him. "Naruto-san! The Hokage, along with many of our forces, is in trouble! They are wounded and weary, and surrounded on all sides by most of the remaining demonic force. What are your orders?" The masked figure asked, his deep baritone carrying the slightest hint of worry.
Naruto gritted his teeth, looking back at Kakashi, then up at his ultimate goal, the gigantic demon that roared angrily beside the Hokage monument, tearing through the buildings there. Finally making his decision, Naruto turned to the ANBU and all the gathered jonin and chunin. "ANBU-san, everyone, I want you all to go help Kakashi-sensei. There arn't that many demons there, so you should be able to overwhelm them. But if they do prove to be too strong, just get Kakashi-sensei and the others out and to a more defensable position. I'll send another force to find and back you up." He said, crossing his arms.
"But what of the Hokage and the others?! We can't just leave them to die!" One of the jonin, a portly man wearing a large straw hat, said angrily.
Naruto grinned at the man, resting his large claymore across his shoulders. "You think I'm just gonna let Granny and the others have all the fun? Don't worry, I'll save 'em!' He exlaimed, giving the grumbling man a thumbs up.
The ANBU cocked his head to the side, looking at the young blond. "Can you do that all on your own? You've proven to be strong Naruto-san, but are you really strong enough to take on a force that large?" He asked, crossing his arms. "And what of that large demon? We can't leave it unchecked much longer, but it alone has already wrecked more havoc on our forces than most of the other demons combined. We've got the problem of having to stop it, but being too exhausted and underpowered to fight it, so what do we do?"
Naruto gazed up at the titanic creature, his eyes narrowing to slits. "You leave that thing to me as well. Your right, you are all too tired to take it on. I'm the one who defeated Shukaku during the Sand/Sound invasion, so I've got some experience dealing with opponents like that." He looked oer at his large companion. "Don't worry, I'll defeat that thing. No matter what." He promised solemnly.
The ANBU nodded, his squad-mates droppng down around the pair. "Alright kid, I'll trust you. Go on, we'll handle things here, just don't fail me!" He exlaimed, leaping away along with the other ANBU, signalling to the other ninja to follow behind, which they promptly did, the orders of an ANBU were not to be questioned.
As the force landed on the ground and took off in Kakashi's direction, the jonin who had spoken out earlier sped up until he was running alongside the ANBU who had spoken to Naruto. "Why in the hell did you let the demon brat tell us what to do?!" He demanded. "He's not fit to be a leader, or even alive for that matter! We all saw him die! Why go help four people on the orders of a dead man when we need to be helping all the others against that huge group?!" He continued, his voice growing steadily louder and his face redder.
The lead ANBU shot a look at the man. "I do not know how he lives either, but that boy has been a godsend. He could have easily left any of us to die in any of the battles we were in, and with the way people like you have treated him I wouldn't have blamed him if he had. I used to be one of those ordered to keep watch over the boy when he was younger, and the way he's been treated by ignorant people like you is truely disgusting. God knows why he is the way he is, but Naruto-san is a selfless person despite the life he's lived, and he'll do anything to keep our land and our people safe. If it means that our people will survive, I'll gladly die on that young man's order if he so gives it, even though he'd never do such a thing. He strives his hardest to make sure that everyone, including ignorant bastards like you, so I know that whatever he plans is our best bet. Now shut the fuck up before you ruin our element of surprize, ok? Don't make me kill you myself." He growled.
The now pale jonin hung back a bit, his mind awhirl with what he'd just been told. Had he been wrong about the brat?
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Hopping across several roofs, Naruto spied a number of demons crowding around a small section of Konoha, where the sounds of fierce fighting were eminating. Coming to a rest on a small building a few blocks away, Naruto watched the battle for a moment, seeing all of his friends, along with quite a few other ninja, including most of the fighting force of the Hyuuga, surrounded on all sides, with several demons on top of the roofs of the buildings, biding their time for the right moment to strike. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto stuck his sword under his arm and began to gather the chakra for his signature kage bushin when he noticed something odd. Looking down at his hands, Naruto saw a shilloute of his hands three quarters of an inch above where they actually were, while his chakra swirled around, most of it interacting with his current hand placement, but quite a bit of what he was focousing was swirling around his handsign, dispersing uselessly. Wondering what was going on, Naruto moved his hands into the position where the shilloute was, noting that almost all of the chakra egan to flow correctly, hardly any fizzling out. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" He exlaimed, feeling the familiar tug of chakra leaving his body.
The effects were surprizing to say the least. Where Naruto was only going to make two hundred shadow clones, that being the most he could make if he wanted to conserve enough chakra to fight that large monster, there was instead just a couple dozen short of four hundred! "Whoa, what the heck happene?! Shouldn't there be less of us?!" One of the Narutos asked.
Naruto shrugged. "I dunno! It must be something to do with my super awsome dojutsu! Could I really have been wasting that much chakra all along?!" He looked around at the others, who looked just as clueless as he felt.
One of the shadow clones closest to him smacked his fist into his palm. "That's what the closet pervert said! Remember? He said that even though I've got more chakra I wasted a lot more than the others because of my horrible control!" He suddenly said, that particular conversation being brought up in all of the Narutos memories, looks of shock on their faces.
"So the dojutsu gives me super-cool perfect chakra control? AWSOME!" Another one of the clones exlaimed.
Naruto shook his head. "Nah, the dojutsu definitly increases my control, but it doesn't make it perfect. I saw how much chakra was being wasted until I repositioned the handseal to what I saw, and that really cut down on how much chakra was just being used without purpose, but there was still a bit of a leak." He replied, earning groans from many of the clones.
"HEY! No need for gettin' bummed, we've still got awsome new powers, a killer sword, a sweet new blood ability, and much better chakra control than we had before, not to mention we're not dead!" Yet another one of the clones piped up. "Come on guys, lets go get those bastards!" With an agreeable warcry, all of the clones raised their swords and took off in two wide, sweeping arcs, surrounding the demons as they took out any sentries that they came across.
Turning away from his clones, Naruto took his claymore by the handle and took off in a different direction, towards the Hokage Monument, leaping down to the ground and cutting down a goblin, not even slowing. Reaching a high wall, Naruto leapt up onto he side, his feet sticking to it as he ran parallel to the ground. He quickly reached the base of the mountain and started up, not even bothering to take the stairs as he ran straight up the side of the mountan. Reaching one of the lower plateaus, Naruto leapt high into the air, flipping a few times before he landed on the Third's head, going to one knee as he held his sword behind him. Standing up, Naruto pointed his sword at the giant demon, which had set it's sights on the Hokage Tower. "HEY YOU BIG, BUTT-UGLY BASTARD! QUIT DESTROYING MY HOME AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!" He screamed angrily, watching the creature smash through a row of buildings, one of which contained his own apartment!
Letting forth a guttural roar, the demon turned, it's covered head swivilling towards the foolish human who dared to challange it. "YOU WOULD PRESUME TO CALL ME OUT, LITTLE MORTAL?! I SHALL DESTROY YOU!" The demon roared, it's voice deep and menacing.
Naruto snorted. "YEAH RIGHT! I ALREADY BEAT DOWN SHUKAKU, AND I'LL DO THE SAME TO YOU, YOU OVER-SIZED IDIOT! YOUR DOG MEAT PAL!" He retorted loudly, swinging his sword into a ready position.
The demon let out a bellowing laughter, going so far as to hold it's sides as it did so. "YOU, BEAT SHUKAKU?! I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT MORTAL, FOR ONLY ONE WHO CONTAINS THE POWER OF A GREATER DEMON CAN DEFEAT A GREATER DEMON! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A FILTHY HUMAN, YOU OULD NEVER, EVER BEAT ONE OF US! YOU STAND NO CHANCE, FOR I AM A GREATER DEMON, ONE OF SHUKAKU'S ONLY RIVALS! I WILL CRUSH YOU AND RAZE THIS TOWN TO DUST FOR YOUR INSULT!!" It roared, swinging it's right arm hard enough to reate a huge gust of wind.
Naruto smirked. "SHOWS WHAT YOU KNOW YOU STUPID DEMON! I WAS THE CONTAINER OF THE KYUUBI!" He screamed back.
The demon seemed taken aback. "IMPOSSIBLE! NO MORTAL, NO MATTER HOW STRONG, CAN CONTAIN THE KYUUBI, LORD OF THE KITSUNE! YOU INSULT MY RACE ONCE AGAIN?! DIE AT THE HANDS OF ZHULFUERE!!" It raised both massive arms, intending on smashing the impudent bug.
Naruto snarled and leapt at the demon, bringing his sword up above his head as the demon swung downwards...
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Kakashi was breathing heavily, holding his wounded arm as he watched several nin who had rushed to his aid quickly dispatch the demons that he'd been fighting in order to protect the unconcious chunin who were now being tended to. Normally, enemies of that calibur, even with as many as they'd had, wouldn't hae been a problem, but Kakashi was suffering from both chakra and physical exhaustion, and barely able to stand on his feet as it was. "You guys got here just in time." He said to the group of ANBU who had led the attack that had saved his life and the lives of the three young nin he'd been guarding. "Not that I'm not grateful, but why are you all here? The last I saw we were still heavily outnumbered, and no one would be able to spare a force this large. What happened?" He questioned.
One of the ANBU, a large, burely man wearing a ear mask stepped forward, clearing his throat as he sheathed his sword. "Well, Kakashi-sempai, what yo said was true. We were heavily outnumbered, and each member of this group were eing overwhelmed in different parts of the town, but then he came and turned the tides quickly. Our ANBU cell was among the first who he helped out, and so we joined up, helping him wipe out every demon that we ame across and save every ninja that we could. It's been tough, Kakashi-sempai, but with him, we may just win this battle after all." He quickly informed.
Kakashi stared at the man, his uncovered eye drooping a bit, showing just how tired he was. He was an elite jonin however, and it would not look good if he fainted before the enemies were repulsed from Konoha. "Who? Who is this 'he' that you keep talking about?" He asked, pulling down his mask and popping a soldier pill, the third he'd taken since the battle had begun.
The ANBU shifted, as if surprized that his senior didn't know. "Why, it's Naruto Uzumaki-san of course." He replied as if stating the obvious.
Kakshi couldn't help but do a double take, his unovered eye widening in shock. "WHAT?! Are you sure it was Naruto? It's imposible, he had the Kyuubi taken from him, and the hosts die when their demons are removed!" He exlaimed, smacking his head as he looked at the ground. 'Naruto... So that really was you that I saw earlier?' He wondered to himself.
The ANBU cleared his throat again. "Well, lets see. He's a gaki of around 15, stands about this tall..." He held out his hand to show the height he was talking about. "... Is a loudmouth blond with three whisker marks on each cheek, is a member of your team, and jinkuuri with an obsesive love for ramen, right? Well, if that's him, then we're talking about the same Naruto-san." He replied. "I don't know how he survived having his demon removed, but he somehow did, and he seems even stronger than before, if that's possible. I've certainly never seen him weild a sword like that before, and those eyes..." He trailed off.
"What aout his eyes?" Kakashi asked, looking back up.
"WeLL, Kakashi-sempai, it seems to be that your student has a dojutsu of his own. His eyes, when changed, took on a silver color and slitted."
Kakashi looked surprized for the third time in just about as many minutes. Hearing a loud roar, the entire group looked up at the Hokage Monument, where they saw the titanic demon lurch forward, both arms raised as a tiny figure that could hardly be made out leapt at it...
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All of the Naruto clones, moving as stealthily as they could, surrounded the demonic host that had entraped their friends and co-workers, deciding that one quick, brutal attack would be the best oppertunity that they had of rescuing everyone without any casulties. A group of them watched as Hinata charged in, one of them dispelling himself so that all of the others would know.
Seeing that as their perfect chance, all of the clones leapt up onto the surrounding buildings more silently than cats, rushing the surprized demons that had been preparing to anbush the Konoha forces. The battle lasted mere seconds, none of the demons beng able to even as much as call out to their bretheren as the were slaughtered. Hearing Tsunade's remark, one of the clones cupped his hands as they all grinned cheekily. "Hey Baa-chan, why would ya mourn me? I'm not dead!" The clone who had cupped his hands called out gleefully, all of them reveling in the shocked looks that they were getting from every nin present. ellowing a attlecry, all of the lones cut loose, leaping down at the demons, who didn't stand a chance, being outnumbered almost two-to-one y an enemy who had proved that he could take out a hundred of them alone.
The fght was over in seconds, with the mutilated bodies of demons lying everywhere, hacked to peices. Shocked beyond words, most of the nin could only stare at the blood-covered, grinning blonds that stood around them. Unsurprizingly, it was Lee who first broke the silence. "Naruto-kun! HA! I knew that your flames of youth couldn't be exinguished by the likes of those Akatsuki! Are you well?" The energetic boy asked, patting one of the clones on the shoulder.
That Naruto laughed. "Well, aside from the fact that I'm running low on chakra, I couldn't be better Lee!" He replied, matching the taijutsu experts wide grin.
But Naruto! Hu-how are you alive?!" Sakura asked the question that was on almost everyone's mind. "We both know that when, well, when THAT happens, the container dies! That's what happened to Gaara! sure, Granny Chiyo revived him, but you didn't have anyone that could revive you!" She exlaimed.
Tsunade nodded, wiping away the single tear that had formed, it wasn't the time to show emotions, even if they were of happiness. "I would like to know as well Naruto. How did you manage to survive?" She questioned.
Several of the clones shot Tsunade serious looks. "... I'll tell you, but not now. There are some things which should probably be classified." One of the clones finally said solemnly.
Tsunade nodded in understanding. "Alright brat, but one this is over, I'm going to expect a full report, and leave nothing out! Our major priority right now is taking care of that giant demon. Any of you got any plans?" She asked, looking around.
All of the Narutos suddenly looked sheepish, causing Tsunade to glare at one of them. "Naruto? Why are you looking like that?" She asked, her tone low and menacing.
One of the clones chuckled nervously. "Well, y'see baa-chan..." He scratched the back of his head.
Tsunades glare worsened "Well what? Where are you anyway Naruto, dispell these lones!" She demanded. When they didn't disperse, still standing there with that look on their faces, scratching the back of their heads, it dawned on Tsunade, who groaned, cupping her face with her hands. "Let me guess, your on your way to take on that demon all alone, arn't you?" She moaned, massaging her temples.
One of the Naruto clones shrugged. "Eh, from the sounds of things, I've engaged it by now." He admitted.
"NARUTO-BAKA!!" Tsunade's enraged scream echoed, sending the clones fleeing in terror from the wrath of one of their most precious people.
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Yumi ran through the streets of Konoha, having been fixed up by a med-nin that she'd managed to find with a large group of people and now she at least looked fairly presentable, so she was hunting for Naruto, intending on helping her newly-found boy toy fight off the demonic attackers, and to prove to him that she was the only one for him.
Running along, she spotted several flashes of orange, and burst through a line of houses... To find several hundred Narutos standing there! Blinking in surprize, Yumi reached out to pinch one of them to make sure that he was the real deal and not just some illusion.
"OW! HEY! Oh, Yumi, it's you!' The Naruto who she'd pinched exlaimed, whirling around on the girl.
"So... Your real? What about all of the other you standing around? It's an illusion, right?" Yumi asked.
The clone shook his head, grinning. "Nope, we're all the real deal!" He exlaimed proudly, flashing a v for victory.
Yumi blinked... Then blinked again. They were real?! Suddenly, several thoughts popped up into Yumi's mind, causing her to blush brightly as a small trickle of blood ran from her nose. "OH my..." The young chunin breathed, feeling rather warm. Naruto was the man for her indeed!
The clone that she was talking to squinted his eyes when he saw Yumi blush and the blood trickle from her nose. Did most girls turn red around guys, or was it just him?" Oi! You ok Yumi-chan?" The whiskered blond asked.
Yumi mentally squealled, he'd added the -chan suffix to her name! "Oh, no Naruto-kun, everything is fine." She replied with a wide smile. Suddenly remembering why she was there, Yumi tried to banish the thoughts that had popped up from her mind. "Anyway Naruto-kun, I was wondering if I could help you out with fighting the demons." She stated.
The clone shook his head. "Nah, I'm up on the monument right now, fighting that big son of a bitch." He replied, before Tsunade's yell reached their ears. "But Baa-chan and the others might need your help! Sorry Yumi-chan, but we;ve gotta go!" The clone exlaimed as they all dispelled themselves, revealing a rather angry Tsunade and the others.
Rushing over, Yumi quickly bowed before her leader. "Yumi Misawa, reporting Lady Tsunade!" She said, kneeling. "Naruto-kun said that you all may need some additional help, so I'm here, an I know where another group, which includes several jonin and ANBU, are. If you would follow me Hokage-sama, then the medics there can quickly patch the wounds of your group." She reported.
Tsunade grunted, waving the girl off. "Sorry kid, but it isn't time to lick our wounds quite yet, we've still got enemes to kill and bakas to punish." She growled, looing up to where Naruto was furiously battling with the demon. Turning, Tsunade set off in the direction of the monument, and thusly the battle, followed by the entire group.
Standing, Yumi was surprized when Sakura stopped eside her. "So you know Naruto? I don't think he's ever mentioned you." The pinkette said as they took off after Tsunade.
Yumi eyed the strange girl beside her warily. "Well, I really just met Naruto today, when he saved me. Who are you, his girlfriend?" she asked guardedly.
Sakura laughed. "Who, me? Not at all! Naruto's more like a brother to me, and he's my teammate. I'm Sakura, and I'd be pleased to meet you if the situation were more plesant." She smiled.
Yumi nodded, blowing a mental sigh of relief, it was safe! "That's great." She said warmly, returning the smile. "I've gotta say, that teammate of yours sure is surprizing. Any chance you could help me snag him for a date after all of this mess is over?" She asked.
Caught by surprize, Sakura could only gape at the girl, she wanted a date with Naruto?!
Not far behind the two, Hinata's gaze narrowed dangerously. Some cheap hussy was trying to move in on her man! HER MAN! Well, she was't about to have any of that! It wasn't the proper time though, so Hinata vowed to take care of the tramp just as soon as everything had calmed down.
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Naruto shuddered as several of his clones were dispersed, curtosy of Tsunade's fist, and the rest because they dispelled themselves. He was going to catch hell from Baa-chan later on, that was for sure, ut he had to survive this first. Leaping away, he once again dodged the enraged giant as it attempted to hit him, his dojutsu telling him roughly how his opponent was going to attack. Landing on the great beast's arm, he dodged another swipe as it attempted to flatten him with it's other hand. charging up Zhulfuere's arm, Naruto used chakra to cling on as tenaciously as a tick as the demon tried to fling him off by swinging it's arm. Naruto was looking for a weak spot, a hink in the beast's armor-like hide that he could exploit, as all of his previous attempts at cutting through the extremly tough and thick hide had proven all but futile none of his cuts or stabs being able to peirce all the way through.
Forced to leap off again due to the beast's flailings, Naruto landed on the now partially ruined Hokage Monument, he surveyed the situation with a critial eye. Naruto definitly had the advantage of speed, as well as the ability to read his opponent's movements, but the demon was definitly superior in strength, size, toughness, and probably a slew of other areas that they could be compared, but Naruto was determined to take his foe down, no matter what!
So caught up in his musings, Naruto didn't notice all of the other Konoha ninja who were running in their direction. Zhulfuere did, however, and bellowed with a deep, dark laughter, a plan already forming in his mind. "LITTLE MORTAL! YOU HAVE PUT UP A VALIANT FIGHT, MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED FROM YOUR PUNY RACE! HOWEVER, THIS BATTLE IS MINE! HOW WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE PAIN OF WATCHING YOUR COMRADES DIE?!" It roared, reaching to smash off the Shodaime's head.
Naruto's head snapped around, seeing all of his friends running towards them, then back to the demon, his eyes widening in horror as he realized what the demon was about to do. "NO!" He screamed, leaping up to intercept the demon's arm, even though he knew it would probably be impossible, but he had to try dammit!
The demon mentally grinned, the idiot had done just as he wanted! Swinging his other arm, Zhulfuere clubed the blond, sneding the boy sailing clear across Konoha. "NOW, FEEL THE FULL FORCE OF MY WRATH, PUNY MORTAL! OMEGA BEAM!!" The demon bellowed, a huge split in the rough shape of a mouth opening along the beast's mask and pulling back, revealing an intensely glowing light that was building from deep within the belly of the beast.
Naruto squeezed his eyes shut as he attempted no to cry out, his body a huge, single agony from having been hit so solidly by such a creature. Cracking one of his eyes open, Naruto saw Konoha speeding past underneath him. Looking back, he saw the demon open wide, revealing the critically building energy. "Oh fuck!" He exlaimed, watching the build of energy that would almost certainly destroy most of Konoha if it was unleashed. Looking around, Naruto spied one of the outer guard towers, it's flag pole sticking right out of the top. Quickly preforming the handseal, Naruto made close to a hundred clones in a line, stretching all the way to the tower, each one grabing the others feet and the final one in the lind wrapping it's arms around the pole that stuck from the top of the tower. Gritting his teeth, Naruto grabbed onto the feet of the clone closest to him, the momentum that the were travelling swinging the entire group around the groaning pole, several of the Narutos crying out in pain as they felt their joints give.
Coming around full swing, Naruto let go of the clones feet, flying straight back at the demon, who seemed somewhat surprized at the sudden turn.Roaring in defiance, Naruto made a pair of clones, and together they formed the Rasenshuriken just as they were about to impact the great demon before them.
Just as Naruto' attack was about to hit, Zhulfuere's own attack unleashed, a huge beam of pure energy erupting from it's throat.
Naruto's Rasenshuriken met the beam head-on, the two attacks fighting for dominance, Naruto pouring all the energy he could draw into the attack, including his newly discovered reiatsu. The two attacks continued to push against one another, Naruto finding himself being slowly overwhelmed. 'No... It's not enough, I'm too low on chakra and that other energy... NO! IT HAS TO BE ENOUGH!' He thought desperately, searhing deep within himself, fighting for any power he could find. Suddnely, he found it, the tainted energy from his darkside, from the hollow within... "EVEN IF IT KILLS ME, I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY PRECIOUS PEOPLE!!" Naruto screamed, the sclera of his right eye beginning to turn black as the iris turned a golden color. Suddenly, Naruto's power surged as he felt a painful twinge deep within himself, and the two clashing energies exploded in a bright, violent concussion, knoking everyone, who had stoped a distance away, off of their feet.
Yumi and Hinata both struggled to their knees against the violent energies, shielding their eyes from the bright light. "NARUTO!" They both screamed.
When the light finally died away, they could see Naruto laying there on the ground, facedown, the demon laying not too far away, it's entire midsection missing as it's organs spilled agross the ground in the giant crater in which they lay. Naruto lifted his head weakly, staring at his titanic opponent. "Tuh-told'ja... I'd beat'cha..." He said hoarsly, coughing blood.
A rumbling, if weak chukle rumbled from the demon. "I GUESS YOU WERE RIGHT, MORTAL, IT SEEMS YOU MAY BE ONE OF US AFTER ALL, FOR ONLY A DEMON CAN BRING FORTH DEMONIC ENERGY... WELL DONE, MORTAL, YOU ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OUR RACE PRIDES IN..." It said, it's aura flickering weakly in Naruto's view before dying away completely.
Letting out an exhausted sigh, Naruto's eyes began to slde closed, only distantly noting his name being called out desperatly as several people landed around him.
And so, Naruto slipped blissfully into the darkness...
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A/N- How is it? Don't kill me yet, just wait for the next chapter please!!