Hey everyone ... i know its been like a really really long time since i last posted ... but ... well ... high school packs a punch ... yeah ... barely three weeks in and yeesh ... lol .. yeah ... plus I've been working on mi other stories while doing this so ... half mi free time is taken .. yeah ... lol ... anyways ... (yes ... I do have a life) ... lol ... this chapter marks the first of the last couple of chapters where the Yamanichi's will appear in a fight ... along with other characters ... and lately ... i've been thinking ... is a happy ending the best ending? .. yeah .. watever ... on with the story
p.s. fallensakura () ... thanks for the comment .. yeah ...
and emanuel what was ur idea?
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Face Off: The Beginning
Last time on The Path to Hokage:
Takeshi charged, "SPIRAL BLADES!" A huge gust of chakra emanated from his hands, and blades of lightning lashed forward at his father. Isashi jumped backwards, shocked at the power of the move. He thought, 'I couldn't even tell he was gathering chakra.'
As he dodged, the lightning disappated, shocking him completely. As he breathed heavily, a small cut appeared on his cheek. He smiled, "This will be interesting."
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Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, Claire, and Gaara were all alone now as they descended farther and farther down the Sound Mansion. They stopped as they heard two familiar voices. "Itachi, it looks like we'll finally get to face the legendary Neo-Sennin!"
"Shut up, Kisame." Itachi muttered. He and his partner stepped forward, facing their opponents. Sakura and Gaara stepped out to one side of the room. "Kisame, follow them. I will handle these three."
Naruto immediately disappeared, yelling, "These two! KICK HIS ASS, SASUKE!" He disappeared down the flight of stairs as he headed towards the greatest assemblance of power in the whole world.
Sasuke and Claire immediately attacked Itachi. Claire smirked to Itachi; he understood. He would feign weakness until Claire chose the right moment. This would be very interesting ...
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Naruto stepped out of the stairs. He heard a voice:
"Nice of you to join us ... Naruto - kun ..."
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"Damn it," Takeshi cursed as he regained his breath. Rin and Kai were at his sides, panting just as hard. They were barely three minutes into the fight and all three of them were already worn out. Rin was in the best condition; her medical skills had kept her running but she was beginnign to tire.
Isashi chukled, "Are all three of you this tired, already? I had honestly hoped for a better fight." He walked closer to them, going through a series of hand seals. Tori ... Ryu ... Hebi ... and more ...
Kai yelled as he ran forward, Takeshi and Rin behind him in triangular formation. "Yaminichi Triple Strike!" The three siblings immediately split up surrounding their father. Isashi smirked.
"RASENGAN!"
"CHIDORI!"
"KATOKAGE!"
All three of their finishing moves drove forward to Isashi. He just smirked and said, "Red Moon blade ..."
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Sakura and Gaara were jumping back and forth in a circle as they ran away from Kisame, dodging Shark Bullets. "HOLD STILL YOU LITTLE SQUIRTS!"Kisame yelled. "Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu!" Several bullets of water in the shape of sharks extended from his sword, Samehada.
Sakura and Gaara stopped jumping around as they ducked under the water blasts, bringing them back to the running Kisame. Gaara nodded to Sakura, and he disappeared into the shadows. Sakura jumped into Kisame.
He raised an eyebrow. He thought, 'What the hell! She's heading for me!' Grasping his sword he attempted to extend his sword and slash at Sakura. A foot away from its target, the sword was stopped. Sakura took her hand, charged with green chakra, back.
"WHAT!"
Crack ...
Sakura's fist collided with Kisame's extended face, sending him flying through the many pillars at that level of the building. The pillars collapsed onto him.
"Nice job," Sakura smiled. "Looks like the new seal Jiraiya gave you really does the trick." Gaara smirked.
"Shukaku's far from happy about it, but yes," he said. "I now have full control over him. Shukaku doesn't have a choice on the matter for when I want chakra." He paused. "I wonder why Naruto chose not to have it done on himself?"
Sakura nodded, as she threw a kunai at the pile of rubble stacked up on top of Kisame. BOOM!
"That was quick," Sakura commented. They began to walk away, hoping to catch up to Sasuke.
"Now now ..." a voice from behind them chuckled, "You guys didn't think it was over that fast did you ..."
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Sasuke had already activated his regular Sharingan, and he was holding back on the use of the four spike Mangekyou. He needed that to be a trump card if he needed it. He smirked; he was pretty confident that with Claire helping him, Itachi would die. He would finally avenge his family.
"Itachi!" he yelled. "You've had this fight coming at you for a long time! It's time you paid for your actions over ten years ago!" Sasuke looked at Claire before adding, "And with Claire at my side, it's gonna be child's play getting rid of you once and for all." He looked at Claire. "Let's go, Claire!" He shifted his postion. Claire, slowly, followed him.
Itachi just said, "If you only had an idea, foolish little brother, of how easy this is going to be ... for me." His eyes opened, shuriken appearing in his arm.
Sasuke and Claire immediately jumped backwards. Claire prepared herself for a blow, while Sasuke began going through a set of hand seals.
"Katon Hiendan(Fire Release: Soaring Flame Bullet)!" Itachi muttered as he jumped up, blowing out a series of fireballs each big enough to consume Sasuke. Itachi added to the attack by throwing in a series of kunai and shurken.
Claire's eyes opened as the fireballs and projectiles soared towards her. She thought, 'HE'S ATTACKING ME AS WELL!'
Sasuke meanwhile yelled, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Technique)!" striking the ground. A huge lion gate appeared absorbing the brunt of the attack. Itachi landed on the ground.
Claire was slightly shaken. 'He attacked me ... what?'
"Why bother, little brother?" Itachi asked, unfazed. "Your waste of chakra there? You wasted twice as much chakra as I did with that gate." Sasuke just smirked. He pointed at the gate. The gate began to glow red. Itachi's eyes opened, slightly.
"Watch."
The Gate opened up, expelling the same attack twice as strong straight back at Itachi. Itachi immediately juumped out the way, narrowly avoiding the deadly fireballs. As much as he maneuvered himself, he couldn'at avoid the scores of shuriken thrown back at him and his coat was torn to shreds.
Itachi landed on the ground, save for his clothes, intact. His breathing was slightly faster. All of sudden, a thin line of red appeared on his arms. He touched with his hand as it slowly closed itself with rising steam.
He chuckled, "Foolish ... This battle just might mean something ..."
(SERIOUSLY! OUT OF ALL OF YOU HERE ... NONE OF YOU ARE KINGDOM HEART FANS! If you are ... read my other fic ... need readers ... just go to my page and find it ... lol .. i only put this here cause then people would actually read it ...)
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Isashi jumped up into the air just as the his heirs were feet away from him, their finishing moves charged. He smirked. 'Foolish kids ... they're so predictable ..." Takeshi made an off step, he stumbled. ' ... and their clumsy ...'
"NOT QUITE!" Takeshi yelled. His false step had been a ploy, as Isashi realized that Kai and Rin had disappeared. Isashi immediately turned around, attempting to dodge whatever attack was coming for him, but he couldn't avoid Kai's Chidori.
"AAAARGHH!" he gasped as he landed on the ground, a whole in his chest. Takeshi smiled. He had truly become a good leader. Who knew he could plan an attack like that?
Kai began charging another Chidori while Takeshi's Rasengan continued to spin. "It's about time you paid for what you did all those years ago!" they said in unison. They combined their moves, swirling lightning energy in their hands. (note: each of them is controlling one part so their not as good as Naruto and Sasuke ...)
Isashi glared, "Its true that I deserve death ... but ..." He chuckled, "I'm not so eager to join your mother in the next world." He tore off what was left of his cloa, reavealing a fit body marred with dozens of scars.
Rin took a step back. "What have you been doing these last years! No one could have survived injuries like that!" She paused. "WAIT! Your blow from Chidori! IT'S GONE!" And it was true ...
It was gone.
Takeshi and Kai could only stare at their father as he closed in upon them. "This is the power of the Omnigan ..."
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Sakura immediately jumped back as she narrowly avoided a spiked sword that could have shaved her skin clear off. "Ugh," she gasped as she landed on the pillar, sticking to it. Gaara' sand had shielded him from the attack, and he was now standing face to face with Kisame.
"No," Gaara mumbled, "We just felt like drawing you out ..." His gourd slowly began to dissolve to sand. Kisame lifted his sword behind his head, relaxed. Gaara narrowed his eyes, "I suggest you release the Sanbi before you receive any fatal injuries from Sakura and me." He smiled.
"She could kill you with one blow."
Kisame Hoshigaki chuckled, "You brats really think you'll even survive when Sanbi is released?" He laughed. "Very well ... I will show you the Sanbi's true power!" Even as he said it, sea green chakra began to rise from his body. It enveloped his body, forming an outer cacoon similar to that of a giant turtle.
Sakura gazed in horror and curiousity at the beast before her. This match would be dangerous, but it would also be the greatest battle she would ever fight. (As well as her last real fight in this story ... at least as of 9/19/06) She yelled as she began to concentrate her chakra throughout her body. She formed a seal ... the seal of ...
... of the ...
Shark?
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Itachi immediately began to go through an incredibly long set of seals. Sasuke attempted to imitate them but for some reason he couldn't. "What?" he asked as he rushed forward, attempting to stop whatever jutsu Itachi was about to pull off. He raised his kunai to kill Itachi when ...
CLANG! A shuriken knocked aside the kunai in his hand. "What?" Sasuke gasped. It was Claire.
"CLAIRE!" Sasuke yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
Claire just shook her head, saying, "Sorry, Sasuke-kun. My allegiance is to Akatsuki." She attacked him.
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Ok ... i know that this took god damn forever ... but seriously people ... i have a life ... ok .. yeah .. .and great jobs with the reviews again ... and ... lol .. yeah ... so well ... anyways ... sorry for the ridiculously long time it took for me to post this ... but I'm reasonably proud of this chapter ... yeah