AN: I do not own original Naruto characters and jutsu. They belong to the main man, Masashi Kishimoto. But, Saphiro Kimza and other created characters and jutsu do belong to me. Please enjoy my fic.
Naruto: Kimza Chronicles
Chapter 13: The Unbelievable Truth:
Saphiro was shocked at this strange development that Ezekiel told him. Ezekiel was his uncle? At first he didn't believe him. He thought that those occurrences that happened before were either mind tricks or a side effect of those injuries from missions he sustained. But it couldn't have been a mind game. Ezekiel was standing right in front of him. The same man from the scenes he had earlier. Saphiro was still confused though. If Ezekiel was his uncle, why was he trying to kill him? One way or another, Saphiro had to face Ezekiel and separate fact from fiction.
"You say you're my uncle right?" Saphiro asked.
Ezekiel smiled, "Yes," he said, "I am Ezekiel Kimza. And I am also going to be the one who kills you."
Saphiro clenched his teeth, "Oh yeah?" he asked, "I hope you're ready to get beaten by a real Kimza!" He made his hand signs and shouted, "Ninja Art: Vortex Jutsu!" He created a vortex and vanished into it.
Ezekiel closed his eyes and waited…
Another vortex appeared above Ezekiel and opened up. Saphiro jumped out of the vortex. He clasped his hands together for a downward bash against the head, "You're finished!" he yelled. As he rushed his hands down, Ezekiel grabbed his hands and spun him around. As soon as he grabbed him, Ezekiel threw Saphiro away.
How could he know where I was coming!? Saphiro thought, Even if I was a little loud just now, my attack should've been too quick to dodge or block! All of a sudden he heard….
"Ninja Art: Vortex Jutsu!!!"
Suddenly a vortex appeared behind him and out of it came Ezekiel. He gave Saphiro a boulder-smashing punch to the gut and kicked him away. Saphiro recovered from the attack and grabbed a tree limb. Once he climbed up, he held his stomach in pain. He coughed up some blood and looked around. Ezekiel was gone!
"Where could he have gone?" Saphiro moaned in pain.
"I'm right here," said a familiar voice.
Saphiro turned around to see that Ezekiel was right behind him. Ezekiel smiled at Saphiro and jerked him up.
"Nice to see you again," Ezekiel snickered.
"How can you use the Vortex Jutsu?" Saphiro said, still in pain.
Ezekiel laughed again, "I just told you," he said, "I am from the Kimza Clan. Just like you. I wish we could have more time to bond but you have to die. So farewell!" He pulled out a kunai and rushed it towards Saphiro.
"You wish!" Saphiro shouted, dodging the kunai and landing on another tree limb. He stared at Ezekiel with more anger than ever. He pulled out 5 shuriken, 3 kunai, and 10 throwing needles and threw at Ezekiel. Ezekiel just stood there without moving. Saphiro thought that this was the end of it.
Ezekiel raised his left hand and a vortex appeared. The ninja tools flew into the vortex and disappeared as the vortex closed. Ezekiel then lowered his hand again.
"What the!?" Saphiro shouted in shock, "How did you!? How did you make your vortex appear without using one hand sign!?"
"Like this," Ezekiel snickered, raising his hand again. This time, a vortex appeared behind Saphiro. The vortex then released the same ninja tools that it absorbed earlier.
Saphiro turned around at the sound of the ninja tools flying at him. He pulled out a kunai and knocked all the weapons away. Suddenly, his eyes caught sight of the falling tools.
5 shuriken, 3 kunai, and 9 throwing needles, he calculated in his mind, There were 10 needles! Where's the tenth!? His thoughts were ceased when the tenth needle penetrated his right arm. The needle came from another vortex in front of him.
"Damn!" he growled as he pulled out the needle out of his arm. He stared at Ezekiel. He knew that Ezekiel was going to be a tough opponent from this point on. He got into his signature fighting stance, a mixture between kickboxing and judo, and jumped towards Ezekiel. "You're going down!" he yelled.
Ezekiel turned to Saphiro fully and rushed to him. As he got closer he made hand signs. Unlike the average 7 needed for the Vortex Jutsu, he made 14!
What is he doing?! Saphiro thought.
"I'll show you the true power of the Vortex Jutsu," he laughed. He raised his hands high and yelled, "Ninja Art: Multiple Vortex Jutsu!" Suddenly 20 chakra balls appeared in random places in the battlefield. Then they all opened up and became vortexes.
Saphiro stopped his rush and landed on a tree limb, "What the!" he growled softly, "I can only create 1 vortex at a time, and this guy can make 20!? This guy isn't no beginner. He must be a Jonin!" He stood back, preparing for whatever Ezekiel would throw at him.
"Now!" Ezekiel shouted, "You will succumb to my power, Saphiro! Multi-Vortex Attack!" Ezekiel jumped into a vortex and made it close up.
Saphiro looked around, ready to defend if needed. He turned around to see that half of the 20 vortexes were at a close range, while the other half was far range. He jumped back away from the vortexes and stood in a defensive stance.
Suddenly, Ezekiel appeared from a vortex behind Saphiro and knocked him down. Saphiro slid across the tree limb. He looked up to see that Ezekiel went into another vortex and vanished.
Saphiro was left in confusion again, "Where could he have--" he couldn't complete his sentence because he had to dodge 7 throwing needles that came from a far range vortex from the northwest. Ezekiel then appeared from a close range vortex and kicked Saphiro in the stomach before heading into another vortex. Saphiro got up slowly and looked around.
Where could he be this time? he thought, He can appear from any of those ten vortexes close to me. Or a ninja tool could be thrown at me from a vortex far away. I think I found the strategy to these vortexes. Time to put my theory to the test! Saphiro carefully studied the battlefield, waiting for Ezekiel to strike.
All of a sudden, one Ezekiel was launched from every vortex. All the Ezekiels had the same their mind. They threw at least 5 throwing needles each at Saphiro.
"I have no time for this!" Saphiro shouted, pulling out another kunai, "I have a mission to complete!" He braced himself for the oncoming attack. He then blocked most of the kunai by using his own and dodged the others. He then saw that the Ezekiels were still coming towards him.
"You're dead Saphiro!" they all shouted in unison.
Shadow Clones, Saphiro thought. He rushed towards the clones and attacked with all of his might. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hit even one clone. The clones had the same intuition as Ezekiel. They kept attacking and attacking. Soon, Saphiro was only able to dodge and block their attacks.
"You give up Saphiro?" one Ezekiel snickered.
"No way!" Saphiro yelled, "I'm not going to lose to a maniac like you!" He continued to steer away from the Ezekiels. But, he couldn't get away from then. He was suddenly kicked into a tree by one of the Ezekiels. Saphiro slumped to the ground and stared at the Ezekiels in fear. They rushed in on him without any hesitation.
I gotta do it, Saphiro thought, The jutsu I was practicing since 2 weeks ago! He got up, made 10 hand signs and shouted, "Kimza Style: Spinning Chakra Impulse!" He then gathered chakra in his feet and arms.
Hm, one of the Ezekiels thought, it looks like he's going to use the Impulse attack. He is a well experienced Kimza Clan shinobi.
"I'm not dying today!" Saphiro yelled as waved his arms vertically. The chakra from his arms surrounded him and created a wall of chakra around him. Unlike the Rotation, which was like a dome, the impulse was like a tornado. The impulse had spread out, attacking all of the Ezekiels. One by one, the Ezekiels were destroyed by the attack. When the impulse died out, there were no Ezekiels left.
I guess all the Ezekiels were clones, Saphiro thought, scanning the area for Ezekiel. He suddenly had an urge to turn around. Swiftly, Saphiro executed a spin kick. It was blocked by the real Ezekiel. Ezekiel laughed at Saphiro.
"Ezekiel," Saphiro growled, "You must've used your vortex to hide while the clones fought and were supposed to kill me. Why are you so damn powerful!?"
"That isn't a way you shouldn't address your superior relative," Ezekiel laughed.
"I'm surely not going to call you Uncle Ezekiel!" Saphiro scoffed, breaking Ezekiel's grasp. Saphiro jumped back and scanned Ezekiel for a weakness. To him, it seemed that Ezekiel didn't a weakness at all!
"I would look behind you if I were you," Ezekiel crackled, "You might get hurt."
"Huh," Saphiro asked, looking back.
But it was too late. 5 throwing needles penetrated Saphiro's back. Saphiro gave a howl of pain as he fell to the ground. He pulled out the bloody needles and stared at Ezekiel with more hatred for him than ever. He never fought someone this powerful before. He was stronger than both Genzo and Yatzu!
"Let me show you the true power of the Chakra Impulse!" Ezekiel said, jumping back. Then without a word, he spun around, creating a spontaneous impulse that knocked Saphiro away. To make matters worse, the impulse was stronger and larger than Saphiro's! Every time Saphiro would try to hide, the impulse destroyed the object blocking its path and knocked him away. The impulse knocked him at least 500 feet away. Finally, Saphiro fell to the ground. He had minor wounds, but a moderately bruised body. He got up and gasped for air.
Ezekiel jumped out of a vortex next to Saphiro. He jerked him up and bashed him against a tree. He laughed at Saphiro's inevitable doom.
"I'm not going to lose to you, Ezekiel," Saphiro gasped, "I'm going to find some way to win."
"Foolish boy," Ezekiel laughed, "The entire Canyon Village wasn't able to defeat me. What makes you think you can?!" He gestured to the headband he was wearing. It had the Canyon Village emblem, two 90 degree angles facing one another and a line at the bottom of the angles.
I can't continue to fight this guy, Saphiro thought, I'll surely get killed if I try to! I gotta find some way to escape him. He thought a little harder and got a revelation, I got an idea!
"I'll tell you one more time," Ezekiel growled, "Stop this foolhardy resistance or die!"
Saphiro stood silent for a moment and looked down.
"Well?"
Saphiro then looked up smiling, "I those neither!" he shouted, kicking Ezekiel away from him. He made his hand signs and shouted, "Ninja Art: Vortex Jutsu!" he made a vortex appear behind Ezekiel.
"You're a fool if you think that vortex can stop me!" Ezekiel laughed.
"Maybe it won't," Saphiro snickered, "But at least I'll have to time to escape." He then kicked Ezekiel into the vortex and closed it. He then made 3 hand signs known only by the Kimza Clan. Saphiro slumped to the ground and tried to catch his breath.
"He didn't see that one coming," he gasped, "The Sealing Vortex. This vortex is used to entrap an opponent inside a vortex as long as forever if wanted. I'm sure he won't be able to escape." He got and rushed to his mission destination. Even though he was wounded, he knew that the mission had to be completed.
Once he got to his destination, a food supplying company, he went to the stocker and gave him his list of goods samples.
"Okay," the man said, "That'll be 500 Ryo."
"Alright," Saphiro said, giving the man the money needed for the samples. He loaded the cart and started to walk away. Suddenly, his body went into a dizzy state. He fell to the ground unconscious. Luckily, the man was still there.
"Oh my god!" he shouted, "Are you okay young man!?" he scanned Saphiro's body to see that he had wounds from throwing needles. He shouted to the nearest person for help, "Hey!" he yelled, "This ninja from the Leaf Village needs help. He was wounds from some ninja needles! Please help him…."
When Saphiro came to, he looked around to see that he was in a bed. It took a while, but he then figured out that he was back in Konoha. He rubbed his eyes and looked towards the door besides him. He heard 3 familiar voices talking to another.
"Well, can we see him?" said a feminine voice
"Okay," said another feminine voice, "But if he's asleep, we can only give you 15 minutes max."
"That's okay," said a deep masculine voice, "All we need is 15 minutes." The door opened to see that Kaede, Tagaranon, and Sakura Haruno, leader of the hospital, were the ones at the door.
"So you're awake," Sakura said in a glad mood, "I never have seen someone recover from a Level 7 poison that quickly. Or at least since Naruto."
"Poison!?" Saphiro said shocked, "I was poisoned!?"
Sakura nodded her head, "Yes," she said, "It was quite the dilemma too. When the man who found you came to our hospital, he said that you were poisoned by throwing needles. Then when Tagaranon and I found you, you were in a far worse condition than we thought. I had to perform an emergency surgery on the spot. If we came just 5 minutes late, you would've died."
Ezekiel, Saphiro thought, He must've poisoned me.
Sakura gave Saphiro's head a pat, "Well I'm positive you'll be fine," she said, "You can go home by tonight. I'll see you later." She then walked out of the room and went back to her office.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Kaede sobbed, hugging Saphiro.
"Thanks for caring so much Kaede," Saphiro beamed.
Kaede blushed a deep red as she covered her face, "Anything for you," she giggled.
"Where's Art?" Saphiro asked.
"He went to get the remaining goods with Team 26," said Tagaranon, "But that's not important right now. What I want to know is who attacked you and why."
Saphiro put his fist to his chin, "Well," he said, "He said his name was Ezekiel Kimza. He said I was his nephew. He was no weakling either. I couldn't land one blow on him! He wanted to kill me, but didn't tell me why."
Tagaranon was frozen solid by Saphiro's explanation. He looked to Saphiro with concern eyes. He then turned to Kaede, "Kaede," he said, "I need you to write what Saphiro said down."
"Okay Tagaranon-sensei," Kaede replied, getting a notepad and pen from her dress pocket. She quickly wrote down Saphiro's words.
Tagaranon stared at Saphiro, "Do you know who Renji Kimza is?" he asked.
Saphiro scratched his head, "Yeah," he said, "He's my father. Or that's what he told me in this strange dream I had."
Tagaranon continued his explanation, "Well Renji Kimza was the Nurmakage of the Canyon Village. He had a brother named Ezekiel. And Renji had a son. Even though we have no record of his son, we know it's you Saphiro."
"How come?" Saphiro asked.
"Because," Tagaranon continued, "The entire Kimza Clan is extinct. You and Ezekiel are the only ones left. In fact, the Canyon Village is dead. All of its citizens are dead. Renji too. This all happened 25 years ago. 9 years before you or Kaede was born."
"So Ezekiel and Renji survived the attack and Renji was killed," Kaede suggested.
"That can't be," Saphiro interrupted, "I saw my father and Ezekiel fighting in my dream. And I don't think that 'Are you ready to die' is an encouragement in training."
"Well," Tagaranon included, "You are dead on. The reason that you saw what you saw was because that this fact here. Ezekiel was the one that murdered the Kimza Clan and destroyed the Canyon Village."
Saphiro finally understood why he had that dream. And also why Ezekiel was trying to kill him. The thing that was still a mystery was why Ezekiel murdered his own clan?
"Why did he destroy the Canyon Village?" Saphiro asked.
"I don't know," said Tagaranon, "But take the Uchiha Clan massacre that happened more than 20 years ago. We have to tell Naruto about this. But until we know why Ezekiel is after you, promise me that you won't leave the village. Ezekiel is a very powerful shinobi. And fighting him will get you killed."
"I promise," Saphiro sighed. He was in no mood to stay in the village. The Kimza Clan had to be avenged.
"Good. I'll be back soon. Stay with him Kaede," Tagaranon teleported away to tell Naruto about the Ezekiel incident. Kaede sat next to Saphiro.
"What are you going to do now?" she asked.
"I'm going to take Ezekiel down for what he did to the Kimza Clan. Even if he's trapped inside the Sealing Vortex, there is still a chance he can escape. And if he does, I'm going to stop his reign of death. I'm going to make sure that the Kimza Clan gets its justice! That is my new dream!"
Saphiro finally learned the truth and he has a new dream. Can his Sealing Vortex keep Ezekiel trapped? Or will Ezekiel escape and continue his chase for Saphiro? Only the vortex has the power to reveal the truth…
AN: That was an awesome chapter! In the next chapter, a day without missions for Team 22 can spark a romantic relationship for Saphiro and Kaede! Will they finally have the kiss they so surely desire? See what happens in Chapter 14 of Kimza Chronicles! Give me good reviews! See you around!
Also: Looking for a beta reader. If you have Naruto skills, help me get better! I'll be grateful to you!