Lord Pain: I have returned! Sorry about not updating this in a while but I've been sick lately and work is really driving my up the wall. I'm sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter out, I've had a bit of writers block recently, hopefully though I'll be able to continue this fic without that happening much..
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Bingo Book Records:
File Number: 152-666
Name: Iyoku Onizuka
AKA: Crow Kanji, Nightmare, The Innocent Darkside, The Soul Bound in Purgatory, The Azure Swordsman, The Ebony Destroyer, The Devil of the Hidden Mist, and The Blackout Menace.
Type: Human/ Soul Stealer
Age: 15
Element: Steel/ Lightning
Threat: Normal: Madness: Nightmare:
Weapons:
Zweihanders: Tora(Defensive mode), Tora/DarkSeed(Attack Mode), Dark Seed Growth(Current)
Gauntlets: Black Death(His Normal Wrist Protectors), Madness(Unknown), Silent Edge(Unknown)
Snake Sword: Murasame(Unknown)
Disciplines: Zweihander/Gauntlet combination(Personal), Snake Sword(Ivy's weapon(Mothers Style), Zweihander(Nightmare's Style).
Family: Sango Onizuka(Sister), Mother(Killed by his father), Father(Killed by his own hand), Orochimaru(Uncle)
Synopsis: The heir to the Onizuka clan, Iyoku is also the nephew to the Legendary Sannin Orochimaru. Iyoku was also the only known heir to his mothers clan, the "Azuma" clan. However, Iyoku refused to learn any of the clans secrets before he felt he was ready to learn them by himself. As such, Iyoku would train with his uncle, Orochimaru for more than half of his young life. The trips outside of the village would only begin when Iyoku turned six and gained his sword Tora. He would come to make many names for himself, however few were very flattering. Due to his age, Crow was given one name that has actually suited him, The Innocent Darkside...
Iyoku's main weakness is that he isn't always... Sane... He has only a basic knowledge of right and wrong, both of which are slightly warped due to the influence of his uncle and father. His problem also stems from his mind, which was damaged when he was younger and training with Orochimaru. The damage only affected his personality, and it is believed that his sword, Dark Seed, or as he calls it, Tora, may have had something to do with his personality change. This rumor came from the fact that "Tora" had been made as a normal sword but with special metal fragments added to the mixture. These fragments came from a sword spoken only in rumor and legend, its name, Soul Edge...
However, it is undisputed that it has caused Iyoku to take EVERYTHING to the extreme. He doesn't know the meaning of the word quit and hates anything that stands in his way. His mind seems to have been warped further during the night which would soon be called the, "Madness of the Hidden Mist". What happened was Orochimaru attempted to force Iyoku to do something about his father, via activating his curse seal to its first state. What went wrong, even Orochimaru can't tell, as instead of controlling him, the Curse Mark fused into him completely and he went on a killing spree. The madness started at his clan compound were he slaughtered everyone their, Orochimaru helped by keeping him alive and watching him.
Iyoku wandered aimlessly, killing all in his path until he found his father. The man boasted his prowess with a blade and attacked Iyoku who activated Tora's "Attack" form. But before a fight could begin Iyoku's mother, flung herself in front of him and was killed by the blade of Iyoku's father. His father didn't even care, and seeing Iyoku's shocked face, he laughed calling him weak for feeling such attachment. Those were the last words his father would utter as Iyoku regained his mind and killed his father himself...
Strangely, Iyouku has gained a rather interesting nickname in recent years. "The Blackout Menace" as whenever Iyoku gets drunk he becomes an engine of Chaos and Mayhem the likes of which has never been seen before. He'll wake up at some point however, with no memory of what happened, save the craziness he left in his wake. One such incident happened in Konoha, he had gone out with Kakashi and his group, got drunk, and woke up with half the village screaming about foxes invading the Hyuuga District. As such Crow has been banned from going out to drink, for fear of him doing something worse... No one has ever really stopped him however...
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Lord Pain: Alright Sorrow, take us out of here!
26 Sorrow: If you've seen any of the previous Disclaimers, it's the same here...
Lord Pain: Lazy ass... Oh right... Before I forget, if your having a hard time visualizing the Blades on Naruto's Gauntlets and how they work, they basically are designed like the weapons Blood Rayne uses, minus the handles.
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Naruto Ultimate...
Chapter 13...
Chunin Exams, Part Six! Charade Awakened, Preliminary Matches Begin!
"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more"
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Talking "Yo"
Thinking 'Stupid Fox'
Demon/Madness Jutsu Talking "Grrrr..."
Demon/Madness Jutsu Thinking 'Stupid Kit...'
Inner Self Talking/Spirit of Vengeance talking "CHAA!!!"
Jutsu "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
Guardians of Pain "Now you will come with us Child..."
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(Forest of Death...)
It was quiet, to quiet... That's what Nightmare's first thoughts were as he walked into the clearing and spotted his previously discarded garments. "I'm amazed there still here..." He muttered to himself and picked them up, Tira flipping into the clearing and looking around.
"You do this?" She asked looking around at the destruction and Nightmare shrugged his shoulders, then looked at her annoyedly. Instead of waiting for an answer she was now walking on her hands and looking around the area upside down. 'I swear... This female is more infuriating than Ino when she goes stalker...' Nightmare inwardly grumbled to himself then felt a familiar presence. 'Wait... This feels... Almost familiar... Who is that...' Nightmare inwardly questioned looking in that Direction and looked to the eye on Dark Seed.
"A piece of our Sire... A piece of Soul Edge... It waits for us... Use it... To find Soul Edge..." Dark Seed told him, and Nightmare chuckled darkly to himself and looked over to Tira and frowned as she was now using her ring blade as a swing... "Tira, stop that foolishness and get down here..." Nightmare growled and the girl blinked, grinned, then flipped down landing beside of her master.
"What? You find more souls Master?" Tira inquired with a grin and Nightmare shook his head.
"No, even better, I sense pieces of Soul Edge are near. We should find them by nightfall if we leave now." Nightmare said then turned and ran in the direction he sensed the presence from, Tira pouted for a second then ran after her master...
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(Else ware...)
Naruto and the other genin all sat around a fire. Shinobi had suggested making camp for the night and leaving for the tower in the morning. "So... What did you mean when you said you were a devil?" Kisara questioned the silver haired Shinobi, said boy looking at her and letting out a sigh.
"It would be best if you hear it from Shadow... Myself and Camior become too emotional when we think about the past for too long..." Shinobi said softly anf Shadow looked at her brother sadly then looked at the group and took a deep breath.
"Have any of you ever heard of the legend of the Dark Knight Sparda?" Shadow asked and several raised brow's was all she needed as an answer. "When I was young my father would tell me stories about it. About the heroics of this fabled, powerful warrior, so strong the earth and skies trembled at his wake. So mighty mountains were moved by his hands... Yet he was so noble he defended the weak and the defenseless even against his own people... His name was Sparda." Shadow said looking at the shocked looks on the faces of the konoha group, Shinobi and Camior silent...
"Long ago, in ancient times, a demon came to our world and covered it in his darkness, he was the Dark Prince of Hell. But one demon, whose heart was awakened to justice would stand against the demonic hordes and their master. With his sword, which bore his name, he shut the portal to the demonic realm and sealed the evil entities off from our human world. But since he was a demon himself, his power was also trapped on the other side." Shadow explained looking around at the gapping genin before her.
"That story can't be true! All demons are supposed to be evil!" Sakura stated not seeing three boy's glare at her.
"It is true Sakura. Sparda was real... And he sired twin sons..." Shadow stated and Sakura gaped. "The oldest brother, Vergil, was kidnapped by demons and forced to survive in Hell for more than half of his life. The younger brother, Dante, hid and lived in the human world, all alone, hunting the demons who took his family from him. Eventually the brothers would met again, Dante a Demon Hunter, Vergil seeking power to control the human and Demon worlds. Though the same blood of their father flowed through their veins, these two battled each other fiercely like arch enemies. It would seem as if they derived some sort of twisted pleasure from this brotherly fighting. But in the end…only one was left standing. Dante." Shadow said darkly. "For the next thousand years Dante would live, hunting the demons that existed around the world and facing the same threats as his father. Slowly, he himself would become legend, for shutting the gates of hell once more... The Legendary Dark Knight Dante..." Shadow said softly then closed her eyes.
"But, as history has told us, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Dante made such a mistake. For he too was forced to fight in a war against demons, started by man this time however, angels of heaven came down into the fray. For years this new war would ravage the three worlds until finally, Dante sealed the door to Hell like his father before him. Weakened once the gate was closed Dante chose to finally give up his quest and rest with the woman he loved., his wife, a full demon. She too gave birth to twin sons who would carry the names of their father and uncle. The elder one, Dante, the younger, Vergil this time around... Dante was born a half devil like his father... But Vergil was born a full devil like his mother..." Shadow said softly and Naruto's eye's widened. "Like their father before them, demons would come for the boy's, Dante and his own wife murdered in the process. But Virgil did not hide like Dante before him. He grabbed his brother and ran to keep him safe, never looking back, the two lived, not alone, but with each other." Shadow said softly then looked to her brothers.
"Those boy's, Vergil and Dante, would change from the happy children they were into something else entirely. Vergil would grow into a warrior like his uncle, but he would live by a code of dignity and honor. His brother, would change his name from Dante to Dirge in honor of what he lost, and never again speak of what happened that day, choosing to forget it all instead..." Shadow said then looked at the other Genin. "Those two brothers, are also my own brothers, not by blood, but because their family... You know them as... Shinobi and Camior..." She said and several people looked at the two boy's and Sakura hid behind Sasuke who frowned looking at Shinobi... Or rather Vergil...
"Whoa... That... Is... So... COOL! Is your dad really half demon?! And your granddad a full fledged Devil?!" Kairi exclaimed then asked getting in Vergil's face and the boy blinked repeatedly as did his brother Camior, or rather Dirge.
"Yes..." Was all Vergil said and Kairi then looked at the other's and saw Sakura gaping.
"W-what are you doing Kairi? He's a f-full fledged D-devil too... He m-might t-try to hurt you..." Sakura asked then stated with a frightened tone.
"Huh... I doubt it. If he wanted to kill us he would have done so already. I mean, this test DID have a waver in case we were to die remember?" She stated factly then questioned with her hands on her hips and Naruto nodded his head.
"Eh, if Kairi's okay with 'em I am too." Kisara shrugged and Aryssa seemed unaffected by the info and started to glare at Sakura.
"What about you Sasuke?" Naruto asked and Sasuke frowned.
"You say your both hunting the Devils that murdered your family?" Sasuke questioned and Vergil nodded eyes narrowed in hate. "I understand that... I've got no problem with what you are..." Sasuke stated simply and then crossed his arms and was silent. Sakura stayed hidden behind Sasuke looking fearfully at Vergil.
"So, now that that's out of the way, how about we all get some shut eye." Dirge offered and the others all nodded.
"Brother, do you have the scroll with my change of clothes in it?" Vergil then asked and Dirge nodded his head. "Give it to me." He stated holding out a hand and Dirge shrugged tossing the scroll to his brother then stretching and laing back on the ground arms folded under his head.
Vergil watched them all, while placing his scroll at his side and putting out the fire with his ability over ice. He sat looking down at the frozen flames for a few moments before standing up and walking to a nearby clearing. The sounds of a stream had caught his attention and he truly did need a bath, if not to be clean then to make sure no one smelled him. Vergil looked up as the moon shown down and basked in it's ivory glow. "It's been a while since either one of us had to hear that story..." He mused to himself and pulled his clothes off, put Yamato and his twin Wakizashi near his clothes then walked into the water of a nearby stream.
He soon finished washing himself and came back to shore, unsealing the scroll with his clothes in it quickly. He pulled on a pair of ninja paint's first, replacing his sandals also, then put on the silver "Snow Shoe" attachments to make them into a pair of boots. He grabbed a new black shirt, only this one was armored with white straps at the shoulders, a normal shirt under it with a mask around his neck. He then pulled his waist and hip armor on and pulled Luce and Umbra from their spots on the armor. He then pulled on his black and blue wrist protectors, foregoing his gloves and pulled on a coat.
It was an old coat, at least he thought it was, it was black with a blue trim and interior. Blue cuffs rolled up with blue straps holding them down on his wrists, six blue straps at the back of his waist, which he slid Luce and Umbra into, and the straps held onto his sword tightly. Silver armor on his shoulders, with blue straps coming under his arms and across his back to hold them on tightly, a hood hanging down his back for when he wanted to hide his face. And last was a necklace, it was gold, with a red jewel centered in it, with his name on the back...
"Hi mom..." He said softly and put on the old medallion and hid it in his armored vest. "Now I'll get some sleep..." Vergil muttered softly and walked back towards the camp, looking back at the moon once and sighing as he left Yamato in hand...
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(Meanwhile...)
Nightmare walked into a cleared opening in the forest, he knelt down and put his hand on the ground, a frown forming on his face. 'The soil here was disturbed recently...' He thought to himself and then stood up and looked around the area as Tira walked from behind him looking around. "So ware are the little pieces of this Soul Edge thing?" Tira questioned and Nightmare looked at her once then walked into the middle of the clearing. 'These rocks weren't moved by human hands, they moved on their own... And those aren't human foot prints...' Nightmare thought while Narrowing his eyes and gripping Dark Seed tighter. Tira however saw several skeletons and corpses nearby and raised a brow, tilting her head to the side slightly.
"Master did you do all this?" Tira asked sounding intrigued then started to look around and saw something strange. "Is there supposed to be a shadow coming from the air...?" She wondered and Nightmare's eyes widened, he quickly looked up and took a step back. An eye was floating in the sky, pinkish red muscle, with purple veins, a yellow sclera with an iris that had red and amber predominating it with a black pupil. Behind the eye were several rocks floating that flashed a molten yellow color.
"So then you've come at last..." Nightmare intoned as the eye and rocks following it circled over him once then burst apart, the rocks falling to the ground as the eye lowered slowly to just above the rocks. Then the eye started to spin and the rocks moved, all forming around the eye to make a body, the eye now beating like a heart it exploded with power, fire and lightning falling from its body. The creature held out its hands and a large Zweihander appeared in its outstretched claws. (Charade (Soul Calibur 2 1st costume)
This one had an eye identical to the one the creature had centered in it, the blade was about seven feet long, with a single edge that came down off the sword some over the hands of the creature, muscle and human tissue seeming to make up the rest of it, with a hilt seemingly made of bone and large shell like growth were the other blade would have been. (Soul Edge Growth(Soul Calibur 2 version)
The creature raised up it's blade, lightning sparking around it's arms as it took a firm hold of it's own sword and then held it at the ready. "Stay back, this is my fight!" Nightmare ordered and Tira huffed as her master placed his sword into the ground and clapped his hands together. He then felt power course threw him and placed them onto the ground then his wrist protector. With a bright flash of light the wrist protector on his left arm had changed itself.
It was now more armored with claw attachments on his fingers and a pad on his elbow that had three spike's coming off it, the back of his hand had formed a jewel that looked like the eye of his sword, and along the back of his forearm were several sharp looking spikes. The gauntlet was colored black with a blue sheen coming off of the spikes a blue bracelet around his arm with carvings etched into it.
(Can't resist...)
Nightmare Vs. Charade...
Nightmare/Dark Seed Growth & MadnessCharade/Soul Edge Growth
Seeking to complete itself, a fragment takes on human form...
"Souls Come unto me!" Nightmare exclaimed and picked up Dark Seed swinging it in the air with one hand and holding it over his shoulders. Charade moved forward quickly swinging it's own sword and Nightmare inwardly chuckled as he blocked the sword with his gauntlet and then swung Dark Seed at Charade. The spiky creature jumped backwards, away from Nightmare landing in a crouch and swinging it's large sword at Nightmare's legs. The demonic Knight planted Dark Seed into the ground to block then took hold of it with both hand's and flipped using the momentum to slam Dark Seed down into Charade and landing in a low crouch.
Charades eye came out of the ground however and then quickly reformed back into it's normal state, swinging its sword at Nightmare. Nightmare growled and held Dark Seed up blocking Charade's attack while being pushed back slightly from the force of the attack. Nightmare gritted his teeth and dug his left claw into the ground, then swung shifting his entire bodies weight with him and swinging Dark Seed. Charade jumped up over the sword landing in a crouch and swinging down on Nightmare. The Azure Swordsman growled and blocked the attack with Dark Seed getting pushed into the ground.
"I've had enough of you!" Nightmare roared pushing himself up and knocking Charade off balance. Nightmare then punched Charade with his gauntlet and spun swinging Dark Seed in an arc knocking Charade of it's feet and into the air. Nightmare continued his spin however and brought down Dark Seed on top of the shape changing creature. "NOW DIE!" Nightmare exclaimed loudly as Charade was plowed into the ground. Nightmare backed away from the hole, warily and his suspicions were founded when suddenly Charade's pieces floated out of the hole, the eye still beating like a heart.
Just like before Charade reformed only without the sword from before. Instead he now had two swords. The one in his right hand had a two foot long blade, that had a gun replacing the hilt while the blade stuck upward out of it. The one in his left hand was larger however with a three foot double edged blade, a thick blue shell forming from the hilt, and muscle like tissue growing along the blade. (Soul Edge & Nirvana(Cervantes costume one version).
Charade had his arms crossed like an X then extended his arms, fire and lightning flashing just like before and Nightmare growled taking firm hold of his own blade as he crouched. Charade was much quicker this time as he rushed towards Nightmare, swinging his two blade's quickly Nightmare blocked with his left gauntlet and Charade stabbed him in the chest, the eye within Nightmare however kept his body safe, but Charade then flipped kicking Nightmare in the chin and making the warrior stumble back for a second.
Charade used that second to jump back then spin into the air and down towards the Azure Swordsman. "SHIT!" Nightmare called loudly and rolled out of the way of Charade's attack landing on all fours as the beast kicked up dirt and rock into the air. Nightmare quickly got to his feet in time to block as Charade came at him attempting to plunge both of the swords into his chest. "Err... You just don't know when to die!" Nightmare growled angrily towards Charade before pushing the rock beast back and ramming his spiked shoulder into it pushing the beast back.
Nightmare then flipped backward and held Dark Seed at his side glaring as Charade got back to its feet. 'It's an amazing creature, so strong, and yet it can instantly change styles... What kind of creature is it?' Nightmare wondered and heard Dark Seed's own voice in his head. "It is like us, a piece of the one who sired me... Once we defeat it... More power will be ours..." The sword told him and Nightmare chuckled darkly and grinned behind his mask.
"Yes... This is..." Nightmare laughed then ran forward with a roar blocking Charade's blade's and swinging Dark Seed with all his might. "THE END!" He exclaimed hitting the eye holding Charade together and plowing him away, causing the rock beast to skid to a halt ten feet away where upon it broke apart revealing more shards of Soul edge and Nightmare laughed darkly, Tira grinning from her spot more because she enjoyed the show than that they found the shards...
Winner Nightmare...
"Wow! That was a good fight! But why didn't you let me kill it!?" Tira said happily then demanded angrily, Nightmare ignored her and walked over to the pieces of Charade, looking down on the creature he scoffed. 'To even think this was ever a part of soul edge... Bah...' Nightmare growled inwardly and then knelled down and glared at Charade as it laid out. He quickly swung his sword upward and then slammed it into the ground at his side, then stretched the muscles in his arms and punched the shards with his gauntlet, grinning behind his mask as the pieces became part of the gauntlet itself.
Other than an Eye opening at the back of his hand in place of the jewel, the Gauntlet lost it's smooth look, now more closely looking like it was slightly organic, and also the spikes on it became more jagged and sharp. "Yes! The power of Soul Edge will soon be MINE!" Nightmare intoned, grinning beneath his mask looking as Tira grinned, nodding her head then pouted and looked at something on one of the less mangled bodies.
"Master, this guy has a strange mirror..." She stated and Nightmare raised a brow, then picked up his sword, walked over to the girl and leaned down to see what she meant. The "Mirror" if you could really call it that, was actually four green jade mirrors attached to a belt of some kind with metal formed into what looked like claws, and brown leather on the opposite side... Nightmare lifted Dark Seed, and placed it on his back, he then reached down and touched the Mirror's only to pull back in pain. "Master? You okay?" Tira asked and Nightmare glared at her then looked at his burned hand...
"It's a purification Seal of some sort... An item created for the soul purpose of destroying anything impure... But... It seems like it's been damaged... Reforged... But shabby in it's workmanship..." Nightmare said and then growled, picked up the jade mirror with his left hand and screamed as lightning shot threw him. 'While it's like this I can morph it... This weapon for good will be... MINE!' Nightmare roared in his mind screaming in pain as Tira jumped away from him. "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY A MIRROR!!" Nightmare grunted in pain as he brought his hands together over the mirror and a magnificent flash of light shot into the sky and surrounding area. Tira stood back as the light from Nightmare slowly turned black, soon vanishing as the black had enveloped the light making it into darkness. There stood Nightmare, but the "Mirror" he had held before had been mutated by his powers...
The once lovely jade mirrors were now violet in color and shaped like diamonds, there was four in all, each held to one another with black steel that turned into a claw at both ends to hold onto the leather. The leather had changed also, it was now blue, a red tassel falling down towards the ground. Nightmare looked at the changed item and chuckled in his throat, throwing it over his shoulder it attached, the mirrors resting on his right shoulder just before the spikes on his arm, then tilted down under his left arm...
"M-master... What did you do?" Tira asked with wide eyes and Nightmare turned his own eye's on her.
"I did what was needed... I've made my choice... The item was inherently good Tira... I've tainted it to suit my own purpose..." Nightmare said simply and then chuckled to himself. "These pathetic humans had no idea what they were carrying. Charade probably attacked them to destroy these mirrors but couldn't risk touching them..." Nightmare surmised then chuckled once more. "But now... their no longer a problem..." Nightmare intoned darkly and then turned around and looked at all the bodies before chuckling darkly. "Stand back Tira... I'm gonna raise an Army... Orochimaru has one, so I might as well even the playing field..." Nightmare said with a slightly insane tone and then raised Dark Seed high into the air. "Come ancient darkness of Soul Edge! I CALL ON YOUR SERVANTS AIDE!" Nightmare exclaimed and slammed Dark Seed into the ground. "ARISE, LIZARD MAN!!" He exclaimed and suddenly lightning shot off of his blade and into the corpses all around him fire enveloping them.
At first it seemed that nothing had happened, but then one of the corpses started to twitch, then another, and soon more. The first to get up screamed in unimaginable pain, Tira actually backed away from the corpse as green scales formed over its body, it's body healing as its hands became large sharp claws, the feet the same, a muzzle formed from it's mouth and sharp fangs took over within it. A horn formed on it's snout and spiked ridges came from the back of its head, feathers falling down its back in the place of hair, feathers also appearing at its legs and arms. But last was the long prehensile tail that came from its tail bone, and feathers formed on some of it also...
Tira gawked at what her master had been able to do and wondered if the creature was intelligent or just ugly... "Move Tira..." Her master said darkly, placing the blade of Dark Seed down into the ground even as more of the corpses rose up after changing, not all looking like the first one, some red with horns, others just as varied... As she moved, Nightmare clapped his hands together and then placed them on the ground and a massive blue seal appeared around the entire area, dematerializing all the non organic matter around them save Dark Seed and Tira's clothes and ring blade. The collected matter all moved slightly, forming into weapons and armor in the middle of the clearing. All the weapons were axes and shields. The armor always varying...
"WOW! So many toys!" Tira exclaimed with a wide insane grin and Nightmare chuckled to himself and then looked at the first of his "Lizard Man" Army...
"You will be my general, below only those who serve under me. Do you understand?" Nightmare questioned and the beast nodded its head in the affirmative. "Good... Then this is your's..." Nightmare said coolly and made some armor appear at the Lizard mans feet while the others all fought over what weapons and armor they would get. The "Smart" Lizard Man, knelled down and began to put on his new armor.
It was a black breast plate that had a red symbol on the front, a pair of black shoulder guards with gray trim, a pair of gray and black bracelets on each forearm, with a green belt that had a metal plat just above his tail, black metal shin, knee, and thigh guards that ended mid thigh and had gray at the edged with blue orbs at the knees that had white symbols in them. His shield was blue with a gray heart design in the center, two red thorns coming off the top. His axe was black with a white symbol near the blade, a spike at the back and top of it, a red handle, that had white wrappings on it, and a metal tip at the bottom. (Lizard Man, Costume 1(Soul Calibur 3)
"Excellent..." Nightmare said darkly looking at his head Lizard Man. "Show the others their way. Find me in the cloak of darkness. Let no human see you by any means necessary until I say so... Understand?" Nightmare questioned and the Lizard Man nodded it's head then roared at the other Lizard Men angrily and started to grunt and growl at them. "Come Tira, we have one last piece of business to attend to before I take my new family home..." Nightmare said and chuckled darkly, it was useful having an entire apartment building as your home... Especially when you needed to hide a small army...
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(The next morning...)
Naruto and the others all awoke, and Sakura kept clear of the "Sons of Dante" as Kairi had put them at one point. It seemed that the nickname annoyed Dirge, and made Shinobi very vacant in terms of thought. They were walking threw the forest, all life seemed to have ended a long way's back, only they were on this path. "Anyone else feel like the forest is too quiet?" Naruto asked and all heads nodded at the same time.
However they did not look a gift horse in the mouth and instead continued their trek, reaching the tower by mid noon it looked. The three teams all stopped however when they saw an injured Kabuto walk out of the forest all alone. "Kabuto, what happened to your team?!" Sakura asked worried for their supposed friend and Kabuto smiled sadly.
"We ran into some trouble, unfortunately the rest of my team didn't make it." Was all he said and Vergil didn't bother wait as he walked into the tower, the others soon following him. Kabuto then grimaced and walked into the tower, turning and entering a secret room.
"Ah, Kabuto-kun, it looks like you ran into some trouble..." Orochimaru muttered with a smile and Kabuto nodded his head.
"Your nephew... He's more dangerous than I originally anticipated..." Kabuto said and Orochimaru chuckled.
"Of course he is, I did train him after all Kabuto-kun." Orochimaru said simply and Kabuto nodded his head, fingering the cut on his neck. "Any news?" Orochimaru questioned and Kabuto suppressed a smirk.
"He says that if you attack the leaf, he will attack you... And he will kill you." Kabuto said and Orochimaru actually grinned.
"Was he talking to his sword?" The snake Sannin questioned and Kabuto raised a brow. "Did he speak about his "Sire"." Orochimaru questioned and Kabuto nodded his head to the pale man. "So then, Dark Seed has reawakened after all... Too bad, Iyoku was doing so well on his own too..." Orochimaru mused then looked to Kabuto. "How was Sasuke?" He questioned and Kabuto did smirk.
"He he, almost sounds like your worried, Lord Orochimaru." Kabuto said and Orochimaru chuckled lightly.
"Of course not, I simply want to hear your opinion, as one of my Sound Ninja spy." Orochimaru told him and Kabuto smirked once more.
"It doesn't really matter..." Kabuto said and healed the wound on his neck easily. "Cause like always, the decision is yours alone." Kabuto said making Orochimaur smirk.
"Heh... I do so enjoy your intelligence..." Orochimaru said disappearing in a plume of smoke. "Good work..."
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The three genin teams walked into the room, Naruto looked at the poem and sighed inwardly. 'Obviously we have to open the scrolls together...' He thought to himself and said as much to the other's with him. The three teams all opened their scrolls and saw the kanji for person at the center. Sasuke looked at the scroll in thought for a moment then his eyes widened. "Everyone drop the scrolls!" He stated quickly and the three teams did so and a large plume of smoke covered the room. "Y-you're..." Sasuke said seeing a shadowy figure appear before them.
"Hey kids..." Iruka said with his arms crossed and smirking. "It's been awhile." Iruka added with a small smile. Beside of him was Anko who grinned at her team.
"Well what do ya know, the maggots actually made it this far in time!" Anko exclaimed grinning while the third member confused some.
"DADDY!" Shadow exclaimed and launched herself at the man making those who remembered her father was a Kage gape. The man was exceptionally tall with a black jounin vest on his upper torso, with black ninja pants that had ninja armor over his shins and some of his feet, ninja armor over his fingerless gloves and the sleeves of his blue shirt. He wore a Hittai-ate only with pads coming down over his cheeks and a face mask like Kakashi, and his Kunai and Weapon pouch were combined like the other Akuma nin and on his left leg. His black hair was slicked back with some spikes like Vergils, and had red streaks through it, his eyes were a brilliant golden color and his skin was pale like Shadow, though his ears were normal.
"How's my girl?" The man asked with a smile in his voice and Anko and Iruka looked to one another confused. Shadow was hugging him tightly, and her father was doing much the same until she heard Vergil clear his throat.
"Shadow, as much as I'm sure your happy to see father, we need to forego the usual antics and get to the point." Vergil said and the Kage of Akumagakure looked to his son.
"Really Vergil, can't you let your sister indulge for a moment." The man asked with a smooth voice and Sakura gawked at him as he then patted Shadow on the head. "Now be a dear Shadow and report." He said to his daughter and she grinned widely.
"Mission success dad!" She exclaimed happily, then released her father and started to flip, landing next to her brothers. The Kage nodded his head and Iruka cleared his throat.
"Excuse me... But... Who are you?" He questioned Anko nodding her head and the Kage chuckled lightly.
"Sarutobi really is becoming senile..." He mused and the two Konoha nin gawked at the man. "I am Abel Negrado, Onikage of Akumagakure and squad leader to my children's team." Abel said and the two nin went wide eye'd at the man as he then crossed his arms and looked around at the children. "Mind if I tell them?" He asked and the other two nin shook their heads no. Abel seemed to smile and looked at all of the gennin before him, lingering on Naruto and his eyes turned to upside down U's. "Congratulations, on passing the second part of the Chunin selection exams." Abel said to the genin and Vergil and Dirge both smirked.
"Like we'd fail..." Vergil said and Dirge grinned behind his bandaged face.
"I'm with Ver for once." He said his arms behind his head, Abel looked at the two in question and chuckled lightly seeing their father in them once more.
"Yeah... I'd take you all out for Ramen as a reward... But meeting a Kage seems to blow the water out of that..." Iruka said while Anko nodded dumbly, Abel Negrado was not called the "Demon Shadow" for nothing, especially considering he was also known as "The Darkness Scion".
"Oh I wouldn't know about that..." Abel mused and Shadow nodded her head.
"Me and Dad LOVE Ramen!" Shadow exclaimed and Abel nodded his head, Sasuke on the other hand had a thought in his head.
"What would have happened if we looked at the scrolls before we got here?" He asked and Anko grinned.
"We'd have knocked you out till the end of the second exam!" She exclaimed loudly Iruka sighing and Abel looking at her with a raised brow.
"She always this loud?" He asked and Iruka nodded his head with a embarrassed look. "Anyways. You all should get a move on inside, the other contestants have already finished and the Hokage has a message for all of you...However... Shadow you might want to set up for your match now." Abel said and Shadow grinned nodding her head in agreement. The other Genin looked at the girl and Vergil smirked.
"We shouldn't keep your Hokage waiting..." He said and walked off, the others following him while Shadow stayed behind grinning to herself.
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(Later...)
"Congratulations to you all, on passing the second exam!!" Anko exclaimed looking around at all the Genin teams. Ino and Hinata's teams looking around also and noting that Crow was no ware to be found. Neji and his own team were among those who made it, what was somewhat surprising was that the Sound Genin Team weren't present. The Suna team didn't seem to care either way but Vergil looked around with a frown. 'More teams than this should have passed... Somethings not right here...' His mind told him as he narrowed his eyes and looked around warily. "Now Lord Hokage himself will explain about the third exam. Listen up and take every word he says to heart!" Anko told them all with a no nonsense tone of voice then looked to the old Hokage. "They're all yours my lord." She said with a bow and Sarutobi smiled.
"Very well." He said and cleared his throat. The old Hokage then began to explain the true purpose of the Chunin exams, some questions would arise and the aging Hokage would answer them with his explanation. 'So this whole thing is about maintaining balance throughout the allied Shinobi Nations... However, that is impossible really Old Man. You and I both know that we are of NINJA villages, The other villages won't expose their true strength, they'll lay in wait, then strike even their allies down when the time is right. The Demon Nin are completely against this by nature, so they might be trustworthy but... You never know...' Naruto thought to himself with a frown then caught a shimmer of light and looked up.
There was a window and a shadow was looking down on them, even with his eyes he wasn't able to make out any features so let it go and looked back at Sarutobi as a chunin appeared before him. "Forgive my interruption Lord Hokage, but if you don't mind handing the of the proceedings over to me, Hayate Gekko, proctor of the third exam." The man said and gave a small cough.
"... Go ahead." Sarutobi said and the man, Hayate, nodded to him and stood up.
"Good to meet you, everyone... I'm Hayate." The chunin said turning around and Naruto frowned. The man was sickly looking with pale skin and dark rings around his beady eyes, his dark brow hair hung down his head and he wore a bandanna type Hittia-ate like Mizuki. He was wearing the typical chunin gear. "Uhhh... Before we start the exam... I must ask you all to do something for me..." Hayate said looking around at the Genin. "We will have to have a Preliminary exam..." Hayate said and Naruto sighed as he heard complaints from some of the applicants. Shadow walked into the room at that moment, the only thing different about her being she only had one kunai case/weapon pouch on her legs. "Hmmm... So anyway... Now that you know something of what it's really all about..." Hayate paused to cough here. "Anyone who doesn't feel up to the challenge, either physically or mentally, can walk away. Just take one step forward..." Hayate paused to cough once more. "Cause the preliminaries start... Right now!" Hayate told them and Kiba gawked at the sickly chunin.
"Well... I'm out..." Came a voice as Arissa stepped forward and her team mates looked at her incredulously.
"Arissa what are you doing! I thought you were trying to prove something!" Kisara questioned of her friend and the blond girl sighed.
"I am. I'm proving that not everyone in my family can't control themselves..." Arissa stated her arms crossed then leaned into her teammates and whispered to them. "Also, I don't wanna have to beat up the Uchiha if we end up fighting one another... I'd enjoy it too much." She said grinning then walked off leaving her team to sigh as Arissa went to their sensei Anko and stood beside her. The purple haired woman looked at the blond out of the corner of her eye and her favorite student grinned at her making the older woman grin also... 'Great... Another Anko...' Several of those there thought with a shudder seeing the girl.
"Anyone else?" Hayate questioned looking around, Sasuke suddenly grabbed his shoulder as pain shot through it and Sakura looked at him worriedly.
"Sasuke, maybe you should quit, too." She offered and the Uchiha glared at her. She pleaded with the boy but Sasuke was too stubborn to listen, and Naruto inwardly sighed. 'Sakura, Sasuke will never give up... Not even if his body were to give out would he quit. He'll push himself threw hell and back just to obtain his vengeance... Thats his only drive now...' Naruto thought as Sasuke told Sakura something similar to Naruto's observation then looked at the former blond.
"But... I especially want to fight you Naruto." He said and the red head smirked and nodded his head to the brunette.
"Same here... Teme..." He said with a smirk which the Uchiha mirrored...
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(Tower Roof...)
"Why are we here Master?" Tira asked with a pout while looking down from the windows of the Tower and too the arena within. Nightmare was silent for a moment, his arms crossed, Dark Seed hanging onto his back with some unknown force.
"Because Tira... I need to watch my students and gage their progress..." The insane killer said simply and Tira huffed crossing her arms and complaining about being bored. 'Show them Ototou... Show them what your true strength is... Defeat anyone in your path and prove that you're the strongest here...' He thought to himself as the board on the wall lit up and two names came up,
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Sasuke Uchiha Vs. Choji Akamichi
Sasuke couldn't help but frown as he saw his first fight and the other Genin all went to the stands around the room. "Hello Sarutobi." Abel said as he walked over to the third, the old man smiling seeing the Onikage. Kakashi was talking to Sasuke from his point, warning the boy not to use his sharingan, the Uchiha took it in stride, saying he wouldn't need it against the akamichi.
"Ah Abel, it's been a long time my friend." The man said and Abel nodded his head and looked down at Sasuke then the Akamichi.
"The Uchiha will have no trouble with this boy... Even if he is an Akamichi, his heart just isn't in it." Abel said and Sarutobi nodded his own head in agreement.
"Yes, but perhaps he may surprise us." Sarutobi offered and the combatants both got ready to fight...
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(Else ware...)
The Lizard Men were done, their commander had done his best to teach them all he could. But they could sense life nearby and were not allowed to be seen. So they all jumped into the tree's and hid in the shadows. Suddenly a bright blue light appeared in the air, and something came down to the ground, soon forming a magnificent black and white wolf that had blue eyes and a mantical on it's left paw, the chain from it dragging. A little creature that was also black and white but with a red right eye and blue markings glowing on her skin. Her body was skinny in the arms, but her hips were oversized with tiny legs and no distinguishable feet Her left eye was covered by its horned helmet, and her long red hair coming out of the top and flowing down its back with yellow tips and a black band holding it.
"Well we're here!" The creature said with a slight feminine voice yet its language sounded like it was just gibberish to all but the wolf which nodded its head before looking to the creature which giggled and nodded its head. Its body was covered in shadows as it morphed and changed, from a wolf it was now something else which panted as it was back the creature that had been on its back appearing as little more than a shadow before it now.
The person was of average height, and had dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and pointed ears with blue earrings, his skin was tanned and he had the build of a swordsman. He wore a white shirt with a high collar, gold chain mail over it with a green tunic over the chain mail. A pair of white pants with thick brown leather boots, a brown leather belt with pouches on the small of his back, brown leather fingerless gloves that covered his forearms and had a brow leather forearm guard on his left arm. A green hat was on his head covering most of his hair and a leather holster for his sword was seen from the front, a white and blue shield on his back that had a red bird symbol with three yellow triangles on it, with a sword that had a purple hilt. The guard looking like wings with a yellow stone centered at it, the pommel and handle looking like a normal swords. The blade was long and double edged however, with that same three triangle design near the base of the blade at the hilt.
"Such a strange land..." The shadow creature said with a tiny hand holding its chin and the boy nodded his head. "But this place also REAKS of the evil power tainting my world. We should hurry and find whatever it is quickly, eh Link?" The creature suggested and "Link" nodded his head the creature turning back into his shadow as he then ran off into the forest. The Lizard Men all fell back to the ground their leader looking at the boys trail, something was amiss, that boy wasn't normal. He needed to inform their master of this and quickly...
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Sasuke had beaten Choji, it wasn't easy, the big guy could really take a punch. Sasuke had to use what he had learned by watching Lee fight Naruto just to beat the Akamichi. He silently vowed never to get on the boy's bad side however, not wanting his fists firmly planted into his skull anytime soon. Kakashi had then taken Sasuke off to seal his Curse seal while the rest of the Preliminaries went underway. "Alright, now for the next match..." Hayate said and coughed slightly. The screen came back down and soon it changed to the new names of the next contestants.
Vergil Sparda Vs. Shino Aburame...
"Would the two contestants please come forward..." Hayate said and coughed once more. The two boys both made their way down and Dirge began to cheer on his brother, annoying the other silver haired boy to no end. "Uhh... Alright, now its time for the second match of the Preliminaries to begin..." Hayate said and raised his hand. "You may begin." He said bringing down his hand.
The two looked at one another silently, both seeming to stare through the other rather than at them. "Whats taking so long Ver!? Just kick his ass already!" Dirge shouted loudly at his twin yet Vergil remained still. Shino was the same but if you looked closely you could see a thin sheen of sweat forming on his skin. At that moment, Vergil clicked the guard of Yamato pushing the sword out slightly. Everyone in the arena seemed to blink and saw a flash of light and then Vergil behind Shino re-sheathing his sword silently.
There was a pause as Shino stood there only for the boy to fall on his face, blood spraying from his shoulders, knees, and elbows as he fell to the ground Vergil silent as the grave. "What the hell!" Kiba called out gaping at the outcome. "I blinked and I missed it!" He exclaimed loudly as Vergil looked to a surprised and intrigued looking Hayate.
"He's down for the count..." Vergil said and Hayate looked at Shino and then at Vergil and nodded as medic-nin came to take Shino away. Vergil walked up to his place in the stands, Dirge looking at him with annoyance. "What?" He asked his twin and the silver haired boy frowned.
"You showoff..." He said shaking his head making Vergil smirk and look superior as the Genin all gaped at him. "I'd have at least waited till my second attack to beat him... But NOOO you have to be quick about it!" Dirge exclaimed sounding like he had been through this all before.
"Alright, Winne Vergil Sparda, the third Preliminary match will now commence..." Hayate said and coughed into his hand once more as the next match was decided.
Kankuro Vs. Dirge Sparda...
"Looks like you get your chance to show me up brother..." Vergil said with a smirk and Dirge blinked then shouted happily before jumping over the rails and to the ground below with an eye smile.
"ALRIGHT! Who's my opponent?" He questioned looking around as his opponent dropped down also... "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING!?!" Dirge shouted pointing at Kankuro and the boy felt his eye twitch slightly.
"Whats it to ya!?" Kankuro growled and Dirge blinked.
"You mean besides the fact that you look like some idiot with a Cat Fetish?" Dirge questioned and Temari snorted holding her mouth to keep from laughing as Kankuro turned red with anger.
"I DO NOT!" Kankuro shouted at the bandaged boy and Dirge took a thoughtful look...
"Really... Then you dress like that... By choice... Because your stupid, or just have no fashion sense what so ever?" Dirge questioned of the boy who snarled and Temari started to laugh Gaara shaking his head in annoyance. "Hey cutey!" Dirge said with an eye smile looking up at Temari and Vergil slapped his face and growled.
"Focus Dante, focus on the task at hand and THEN the you can focus on the babe all you want." Vergil shouted at his brother who blinked, then looked thoughtful again.
"Focus on fighting the guy in the cat pajama's and a mummy on his back... Or the hot blond babe standing above me... Hard choice..." He said to himself and several people gawked at him, in comparison to his brother they were total opposites or something it seemed. Kankuro was through however and quickly pulled the "Mummy" from his back and laid it on the ground before lunging at Dirge who stopped being thoughtful and Pulled Ebony and Ivory from his back in time before shooting the boy in the face with them.
Kankuro was sent sprawling back and Temari blinked. "I hate puppets..." Dirge muttered looking at the face of "Kankuro" to reveal it cracking and showing it to be a puppets face instead. Then the bundle that had been on Kankuro's back suddenly unraveled to show the real Puppet master. Kankuro jumped up his hands glowing as chakra strings attached to his puppet which jumped up to reveal a six armed puppet with a dark cloak, three eyes, and spiky brown hair.
"Lets see how you deal with Karasu!" Kankuro shouted and made his puppet lunge at Dirge who let out a sigh and stowed Ebony and Ivory away, opting to use Rebellion instead. Karasu made to punch Dirge but the red clad swordsman rolled out of the way and swung Rebellion out of its sheath to cut upward. Karasu was pulled back by Kankuro as Dirge used his momentum to spin to his feet.
"This parties getting crazy!" Dirge exclaimed happily and ran towards Karasu and his Puppeteer. "LETS ROCK!" He exclaimed throwing his sword at Karasu the weapon spinning as though it were a boomerang and Kankuro made Karasu duck. Dirge then caught the blade as it came back to him and swung down on the Chakra strings, severing there connection to the puppet. Kankuro gaped and Dirge grinned flipping up and landing next to Kankuro his sword held to the boy's throat. "Soooo... Give up sport?" Dirge asked good naturedly and Kankuro gaped at the silver haired Genin then nodded his head quickly. Even if he did continue the match he'd have to reveal the mechanism's in Karasu...
"Winner, Dirge Sparda..." Hayate said then coughed. Dirge then sheathed his sword and was about to try flirting with Temari again but Vergil appeared and grabbed the back of his coat before dragging him back to the stands.
"HEY! YOU SAID I COULD FOCUS ON HER NOW!!" He shouted as his brother dragged him back to the stands several of the people in the room sweat dropping at the boys antics. "DAMN IT VER LET ME GO!" He shouted loudly and Hayate smirked before coughing and the next match came up on the screen.
Ino Yamanaka Vs. Sakura Haruno...
The two girls eye's widened as they saw the results and looked at one another from their spots. Naruto actually smirked seeing the results. 'Alright Ino, time to show your stuff at last... Lets see what you've learned since we last spared...' Naruto thought to himself as the two girls made their way down to the arena to stand by Hayate...
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TBC...
Next time on Naruto Ultimate!
Chunin Exams, Part six...
Friends true rivalry,
Showdown of the Shadow users!
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Current Poll(s)...
Pairings for Naruto Poll, Eligible girls:
(Okay, Now I've decided that whenever a girl gets 50 vote's, they'll be in the harem no matter what. Meaning Tsunade is assured as of now. That leaves three space's to be filled so don't stop voting!) (Note: I took off half of the original votes. Now we only have seven girls to vote for. I'm also extending the limit to 100. Tsunade is still assured however, but I wanted to give you all more time!)
Tsunade(I've got a way to make this one work): 66(Assured)1st
Kisara Hatake: 113(Assured)2nd
Anko Miterashi: 92
FemKyuubi: 105(Assured)3rd
Kurenai Yuuhi: 102(Assured)4th
Haku: 70
Sakura Haruno: 33
Shadow: 11 (Someone actually liked this one.)
Only "Four Girl's (I count Kyuubi as a part of Naruto, not as a separate girl entirely, so if she becomes a part of the Harem four more girl's will still be able to be in the Harem)" will be in the actual Harem, Vote's for girl's are not restricted, however please only vote once per chapter so I can keep up. This voting will end right before Naruto's Two and a half year training trip.
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I've been having a few complaints about the older woman in the Votes thus far. I not sure if I should or not listen to them, but I would like some of your oppinions. The one's I'm hearing the most are actually, Kurenai and Anko. If I find enough grounds to remove one of them from the votes, Haku would take her place but one of them will definantly be in the harem...
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Bingo Book Records:
File Number: 153-666
Name: Charade
AKA????????
Type: Soul Stealer
Age????????
Element: Steel/ Fire
Threat: Normal:
Weapons: Charade
Disciplines: Mind Scan
Family: Pieces of Soul Edge scattered across the world, Male Soul Edge(Nightmare), Female Soul Edge(Cervantes)
Synopsis: The true reason the Forest of Death has been named as such. Charade is a being that seeks to complete itself and gather souls for Soul Edge. As such it has taken residence in the Forest of Death in order to gather souls more quickly for more power. It is believed that it has taken to this place due to being so close to Konoha, a place filled with "Strong Souls". When it will return to Soul Edge is unknown but it will be incomplete until it does...