Lord Pain: Okay, new chapter new fights for Naruto, hope you all enjoy this next Chapter. I know we will right Sorrow? Hey Sorrow? Dammit man, just do the disclaimer if your not gonna talk to me...
(26 blinks in surprise then frowns at his boss before turning to the audience.)
26 Sorrow: If you've seen any of the other disclaimers you already know what I'm going to say... So just leave me alone...
Lord Pain: Alright Sorrow, next time you do this Disclaimer I'm taking away you torture privileges!
(Sorrow's eye's grow wide and he shakes his head no rapidly...)
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Naruto Ultimate...
Chapter 17...
The Realm of Pain unleashed! Facing the Guardians of Loss, Hope, and Loneliness!!
"Once you become one with Pain... You'll never be quite the same... You'll live only to serve his name... You'll fight only for his gain... Though we're immortal, and without Pain... We ask you this, with all our shame... It it worth to become one with Pain...?"
Poem of Pain, Final verse... 26 Lord Pain...
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Talking "Yo"
Thinking 'Stupid Fox'
Demon/Summon/Madness Jutsu Talking "Grrr..."
Demon/Summon/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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(Tower of Loss...)
Naruto stood his ground as like those before her, Loss was slowly revealed and he gasped and took a step back once he saw her true form. Her black leather clothes had formed into long dragging robes, the sleeves reached down to frayed ends that had shaped themselves into claw like shapes, a pair of black leather manacles like the other Guardians were clasped over her wrists above the sleeves, a white bloodstained shoulder guard rested on her right shoulder and had three spikes coming off it a chain coming from it to attach to the chains wrapped around her impossibly thin waist. She had a hood hanging off the back of the robe's that had a skull centered on her chest, a black leather manacle around what was left of her neck...
But it was her face that made Naruto move back, or rather, the lack of a face... Her head was little more than a skull with muscle tissue covering the right side down her neck, a single pitch black eye in the right socket and a scar cut into the left socket. "Oh my god..." Naruto said softly and Loss tilted her head then reached up with the ends of her robes, which somehow moved like hands, and pulled her hood over her head, shadowing it from view... "How can you serve this twisted fuck when he left you like that?" Naruto questioned of the Guardian which titled her head once more.
"I am Loss... Lord Pains child... I shall always be incomplete... This is not my master's fault, he is my master and my creator... and I shall serve him until my end..." Loss said and Naruto cringed as then Loss lifted her arms and the room began to dim. "And as I am Loss, I shall make sure that the Darkness shall consume all that is left..." She stated in a simply, yet deadly tone as the room's shadows all seemed to come alive forming into evil shapes and other such things. Naruto frowned and unlocked the blades of his Gauntlets and Grieves, crouching down he looked around as a shape similar to a dragon curled around Loss and laid its head on her free shoulder, the guardian reaching up to pet it.
"She's nuts..." Naruto said to himself then formed a familiar T shaped hand seal and several Shadow Clones surrounded Naruto as he looked around. Naruto and his three clones then ran towards Loss, the Guardian simply used the Dragon shaped Shadow to lift herself up and the Shadow tried to bite down on Naruto but the boy rolled out of the way as one of his Clones poofed out of existence. "Alright... I need a plan..." Naruto said to himself while looking around but then rolled out of the way as the tail of the "Shadow-Dragon" hit the ground he had been in previously. "And I need a distraction to come up with a plan." Naruto said to himself then looked to his clones which all nodded and attacked the tip of the Dragons tail cutting it then attacking whatever they could of the Dragon, drawing it's attention to them as Naruto slinked off to think up a plan of action.
Loss however saw the blond, and then seemed to melt into the large dragon as it slammed one of it's massive hands down into another of the clones crushing it. Loss then reappeared in front of the real Naruto and flung her arm's out, Snakes made from the shadows themselves flying out to wrap around the boy and lift him up. Loss then threw Naruto back towards his clone's hitting one which poofed out of existence as Naruto hit the ground. Naruto and the one remaining clone both looked to the Shadow-dragon as then Loss came out of the shadows opposite it. "You thinking what I am?" Naruto questioned and the Clone smirked and nodded once. "Right then." Naruto said as the Shadow Dragon reeled back one of it's arms just as Loss focused some form of orb in her "hands".
The large Dragon then threw it's arm forward just as Loss fired her shadow orb. "NOW!" Naruto exclaimed as he and his clone both jumped out of the way and the Dragon's arm connected with the orb from Loss. An explosion burst forth as the Dragon was ripped apart by the force of it's master's attack and Loss shuck slightly then raised herself into the air using the shadows like some form of tower. Naruto let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in as he was glad he wouldn't have to fight that monstrously big dragon... Then he looked and saw Loss form something out of the shadows again and groaned audibly as his Clone gulped.
Loss formed a massive form from the darkness that slowly began to take shape ending with forming a shadowy creature thats had glowing blue eye's and what looked like claws. The creature moved towards the young Nin with amazing speed, Naruto flipped back as it came out of the ground swiping at him and he landed. The young Nin then swung his leg kicking the creature in the face with his grieves and his clone then punched it and sent it upwards. Naruto then ran towards his clone which crouched and then launched him upwards and Naruto flipped backwards, kicking the creature into the ground where it then faded back into the shadows as he landed on one knee panting.
"Impressive Child... But our battle is far from over..." Loss announced in a cold tone as then she waved her arms around and several dark orbs started to form around the area, surrounding Naruto and his clone. Both of which were confused by this line of action Till they were then engulfed by the orbs and the Clone Naruto was then destroyed by black lightning. The lightning then struck Naruto who howled in pain as it continuously shocked his body. "Give in... Give Up... And succumb to Pain..." Loss said in a quiet whisper and Naruto gritted his teeth threw the pain and glared at the shimmering figure of Loss heatedly.
"You'd... Like... That..." Naruto gritted out and then concentrated his aura and chakra together then began to swirl it together and hoped for the best. "But... I... Won't..." Naruto continued to grit out then roared out loudly. "GIVE IN!" With his mighty roar his Chakra and Aura completely mixed sending a wave of his Dark Fire out like a sphere which spread out from his body and cut through the darkness finally hitting Loss who wailed in pain and was knocked backwards and too the ground. Her dark sphere vanishing as Naruto fell to the ground panting and with only one eye left open.
Loss shook, her body continuously shivering, and though unable to feel pain, she was unable to move as well. Then from the ground a new figure rose, his body enshrouded by darkness, wings of some kind growing from his back with chains attached to the base of the wings judging by the shape. The figure's other features were hidden by the darkness enshrouding it as it walked over to Loss then gently lifted her into it's arms and looked down to her... "Forgive me Father... I have failed you..." Loss said to the shadowy figure the went limp in his arms, growing silent as the being then turned around to look at a shocked Naruto.
Even threw the darkness he could see eye's clear as day. The sclera was black as pitch, like the other guardians... But... The iris was a Sterling Silver and the pupil pure white and smaller than average, with four red circles around the pupil connected by a diamond shape around the pupil. "Who are you..." Naruto breathed to the dark figure which tilted it's head, ever so slightly then looked up. Naruto followed his view and watched as a strange light appeared, strange in that it was black, and out of it fell a piece of something, it was shaped oddly, almost like part of a symbol and with it was a vile of green liquid. Naruto looked away from the vile back to the dark being to see him looking back at Loss, somehow his eye's showed sadness, not insanity like some of the Guardians he'd met would have suggested...
"I am 26, the Pain of Sorrow and Suffering... Or... Just Lord Pain... Young Uzumaki..." Was what the being answered then slowly slid into the darkness with Loss still in his arm's, cradling her like a child as he slipped into the darkness... Naruto stared at the spot to which Lord Pain had been and could only look on in shocked awe... Till Azrael started to peck him on the head at least.
"Ow, what?" Naruto inquired of the bird which cawed and pointed to the flask of green solution with his beak. "You want me to drink that?" Naruto asked with a visible cringe and the bird nodded it's head. "Uhhh... How do I know it's safe?" He questioned and the bird pecked him on the head once more. "Ow, okay! Jeese..." Naruto muttered and reached out, grabbing the flask he pulled the cork out of it and cringed at the smell of Sulfur. "Okay... I really don't think..." Another peck on the head and Naruto groaned before downing the solution and grimacing in disgust as soon as it was all gone.
However then his eye's bolted open as he felt his muscles tighten and then relax, his wounds all steamed as they quickly sealed shut, and his chakra and aura both seemed to flare up violently, more power coursing threw his body than he'd ever felt before... "Whoa... I feel great!" Naruto exclaimed as Azrael flew from his shoulder's and he flipped to his hands then flipped to his feet and kicked the air before punching around the area with a grin. "I need to get more of that stuff!" Naruto exclaimed then felt Azrael peck his head and point to the object on the ground. "Wonder what it's for..." Naruto wondered and picked up the metal object then gasped as it seemed to sink into his body. "Okay... Too weird..." The red haired boy said to himself then sighed and walked over to the exit only to blink when he noticed that it seemed to have vanished...
"Wonderful..." Naruto said with a groan and slapped his face. Azrael cawed and flew out of the hole in the room, Naruto sighing and running after the bird, he looked out over the edge and raised a brow as he noticed something odd. Naruto took a step out of the hole and suddenly felt himself being sucked to the ground where he landed on his ass, turned to look up at the tower with a slack jaw then groaned and laid back. "Okay... This place is definitely not a good place to keep your sanity..." Naruto said to himself then sighed and flipped up to his feet.
Naruto then looked to Azrael and the bird flew towards the next tower he'd need to enter. "Well, I hope you know where we're going." Naruto said to himself and then ran after the black bird. The two had re-entered the village and passed the coliseum on their way to the next tower, which was on the opposite side of the village, making the red haired boy pant when he finally reached it. "Alright, lets meet Hope..." He said to himself walking towards the tower only to flip back when black flames appeared between him and the tower making him frown.
"Only the cries of the forgotten may pierce these flames..." Came a disturbing female voice from amongst the flames and Naruto groaned.
"Where the hell do I find something like that..." The boy grumbled to himself and Azrael pecked him on the head once more. "Alright we've got to find a new way fro you to get my attention, cause thats really starting to hurt." Naruto grumbled while rubbing his head as Azrael flapped his wings and flew into the air. "Okay... How is this gonna help me..." Naruto wondered then felt something odd and closed his eye's. For some reason he could still see, only it was a birds eye view. The sights were moving by quickly as he soon saw a castle near the back of Garandou, the sight moved inward and Naruto could see a chapel of some sort within the castle, a single dark figure stood within as he held a flask, it was filled with an inky black essence of some sort.
Naruto soon reopened his eye's and frowned to himself. "So, my guess is I was looking threw Azrael's eye's... Fucking Awesome... Crow's rule." Naruto said to himself with a smirk on his face while walking towards the castle that Azrael had shown him. He wondered how anyone got around Garandou then noticed no one WAS around so sighed and ran on.
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(Konoha...)
Crow was sitting down on the watter, his legs crossed into a Lotus position, eye's closed and hands on his knees. While Jiraiya was sitting on the side of the Hot springs looking at the portal Naruto went through boredly, Branwen sitting nearby with a book in hand as her eye's scanned through it slowly. "How long is she going to be here?" Jiraiya asked angrily and Branwen looked over her book and at the old pervert with a frown.
"Until Naruto gets back." She said simply and Jiraiya huffed
"Why aren't you trying to make her leave?!" Jiraiya questioned of Crow and then saw the boy was sitting on the water and meditating. "He meditates?" Jiraiya questioned and Branwen frowned as she saw black lightning spark over a small portion of the boy's leg's...
"Not usually... I have no clue what he's up to at the moment... So quit bothering me... I haven't gotten to read a new book in nearly a decade so I'd like to at least see what this ones about..." Branwen said simply making Jiraiya glare at the summon spirit as she floated above the ground still reading her damn book.
Crow meanwhile was sitting on water, his face blank while his mind was busy at work. The boy stood in his mind, mask off showing his face, before him was what looked like Nightmare, the Dark Knight however seemed more malevolent than he normally did with black lightning surrounding his body with a thick black fog at his legs.
"Why must we wait! We should begin the plan now! Soul Edge is awakening at long last, I can feel it's energy's even from this distance!!" Nightmare exclaimed to Crow who looked to the side as a third figure came up, this one completely surrounded by shadows, only his thin violet slits appearing to pierce the darkness around him.
"Patience, Nightmare, we must wait until the time is right... To rush will be our downfall..." The person said his voice a mere hiss rather than a tone.
"I agree with Nightshade..." Crow said softly opening his eye's to show that both of them were a bright red color instead of their usual bi-colored red and amber.
"Bah, what do either of you know! I NEED SOUL EDGE! ONLY WHEN I HAVE IT WILL I BE COMPLETE!!" Nightmare exclaimed loudly his arms shaking in rage, both his eye's amber with red sclera. Crow frowned, his right arm raised to hold his chin as Nightshade simply shook his head from the way he looked.
"My master speaks the truth, we should go and claim Soul Edge before another can take hold of it..." Dark Seed said from the Dark Knights back and Crow and Nightshade both frowned.
"You speak foolishness. Soul Edge would devour us should we take it now..." Nightshade said simply and Crow looked thoughtfully to the entity.
"While I still hate that Orochi-teme for putting you inside of me Nightshade, you do raise an interesting point..." The teen said with a somewhat annoyed sound to his voice as he looked at the shadowed being which chuckled to them darkly.
"You are all foolish! Soul Edge is a perfect sword! With it we will destroy Orochimaru once and for all and then the world will bow at our feet like it rightfully should!" The Hell Knight exclaimed eye's wide with insanity while Crow frowned.
"I've allowed him to control this bodies actions for FAR too long..." The teen grumbled to himself and heard an evil chuckle from Nightmare.
"Child you don't even control this body any longer! You gave up remember, you allowed myself and Nightshade the control you didn't want... You couldn't stand the world you were born in any longer and gave up hoping it would get better... So stay out of our way!" Nightmare exclaimed making Nightshade chuckle as "Crow" was covered in shadow, then changed into Iyoku Onizuka, the child appeared before them with his eye's looking to the ground, both blood red...
"I guess your right... I'll just go now..." He said softly eyes lowered to the ground, the bandages around his lower face and the clothes he wore when he first met Naruto all those years ago the only clothing he wore as he slunk into the shadows and left the two remaining beings to their work.
"Finally! Now then Nightshade, what is our next move?!" Nightshade questioned of his fellow demonic spirit and it chuckled lightly, it's violet eye's glowing brightly.
"When Orochimaru Attacks, he will come in great force... We will have the Lizardmen you created attack the Sound Ninja and gather their souls for us while we attack Orochimaru himself... Then, win or lose... We must begin to plan for what Leader-Sama wishes of us by going to find Soul Edge..." Nightshade said coming out of the shadows to reveal what looked like Crow's Madness form and Nightmare laughed darkly.
"Yes... Soon, I will be complete once more..." Nightmare said with an evil look in his eyes. Both laughed, but didn't see the pair of blood red eye's narrow on them from the darkness, glowing brightly like a demons, as then Iyoku turned and walked away from the two... He was just the original to them, the little child who had been sealed inside of his own mind seven years ago... But he would have his body back... No matter what it took, he wouldn't lose himself to those two... Never again... Iyoku Onizuka would return to claim his body back...
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Naruto had finally reached the castle and landed in front of it, and saw the peculiar sight of two large stone statues standing before the castle gates, ancient spears in their hands and shields in the other shaped like a Saw... "Please tell me they don't come to life..." Naruto pleaded to himself and then took a step forward and the gate's open making the boy sigh in relief.
Naruto walked forward through the gates and looked around the outside of the castle for a bit. Much like the rest of the terrain, it was all barren, the land was a dark charcoal like color, with cracks veining along it, dead trees and thorny bushes growing from the ground, flesh hanging from these like the one's outside of the village. In the walls of the Castle were slash marks, as well as scorches, and a few holes showing the interior of the castle slightly. Azrael was sitting atop one of the many Gargoyles on the sides of the castle, all made of obsidian with rubies for eye's, strange seals carved into them that were visible even from a distance.
The Castle wall's themselves were made of obsidian like the many other buildings in this place, white white marble columns lining the base of the walls, it had twisted towers pointing towards the sky, with evil looking stained glass windows that had shapes of the most horrific of tortures colored into them. A large black steel door was the only visible entrance beyond the many holes in the building and was made of black steel with large bolts in it and a gargoyle like knocker on the front...
"Okay... These guys really like theatrics..." Naruto said to himself looking around with a frown then sighing and walking to the large door of the castle only for the Gargoyle knocker to move...
"Only one whose strength is greater than those with bodies of stone may enter here..." The Gargoyle head growled out at the boy who raised a brow then leaped back as a barrier of red energy appeared in front of him. He turned around only to see the same kind of barrier appear in front of the gate he came into and the heard something screech and ran back out to look up. Six of the Gargoyles from before started to move, the symbols and seals etched into their forms glowing with a demonic red light as they slowly ripped their hands and feet from their pedestals. The stone creatures then roared and screeched into the Night sky, using their wings they flapped and lifted themselves into the sky, screeching loudly then dive bombed at the young red haired boy.
The red head ducked out of the way then growled as the blades of his Gauntlets and Grieves all snapped to the ready. Another of the Hell-Goyles lunged at him but the boy and lifted his hands up piercing the Hell-Goyles stomach of the creature but it continued on. "Okay, their tougher than the other Demons things I've been fighting..." Naruto muttered to himself as then another came at him from the side and Naruto ducked out of the way only to grit his teeth as the stone Hell-Goyles claws ripped through his armor. "Okay... Gonna need that fixed..." Naruto gritted out then flipped up and onto the back of the next Hell-Goyle.
Naruto then grabbed the horns on it's brow and steered the Hell-Goyle into another shattering both as he flipped off of it at the last second and flung one of his chains at another. The chain wrapped around the Hell-Goyle and Naruto used it as he then swung forward and kicked one of the Hell-Goyles in the head and knocked it into the side of the castle shattering it instantly. A Hell-Goyle came towards the boy from the front and back at that moment and Naruto placed his feet on the side of the castle and ran towards the one in front, then jumped over it as it and the one behind him smashed into one another. Naruto then pulled on the chain around the last Hell-Goyle knocking it slightly ajar as Naruto stuck to the side of the wall and then tugged harder, causing the Hell-Goyle to completely lose it's balance and it fell. But Naruto gritted his teeth then flung the Hell-Goyle towards the side of the castle, where it shattered into pieces...
"Okay, at least the big ones didn't come to life..." Naruto said to himself and let out a sigh before looking back at the castle door and saw the red energy barrier vanish and the large steel door opened. "Hmm... Are they expecting me?" He wondered dryly then shook his head and walked towards the door and then into the castle itself, Azrael flying in after him. "Hey now, where have you been?" Naruto questioned and Azrael rubbed his face. "Quit trying to butter me up! Why the hell aren't you helping me?!" Naruto demanded and then frowned. "Please... You can so fight, you just don't want to..." He muttered and the bird cawed. Naruto shook his head slowly then took a look around the inside of the castle with a deep frown on his face.
The building was large, with black and white tiled floor, the floor so well polished that he could see himself in the tiles. Their was a large Archway on either side of the room, with a double staircase ahead of him with three doors, above him was a circular roof with a strange pattern of some sort. Between the two staircases was a strange and evil statue depicting an angel being tortured by some form of devil. The wall's were deep obsidian, with marble columns holding the roof up with several torches on the sides of the walls, and a large stained glass window above the doorway that filtered in the colors of the glass inside.
"Okay... weird place." Naruto said to himself and walked towards the stairs, he jumped back however when galling wind came up between him and the stairs... "A wind blown away to dissipate the fog of the night... Use the light of day and summers breeze to bring light to this dark situaton..." A voice said and made Naruto tilt his head and then look at the other stairway to see black fog covering it. Naruto sighed and looked up the stairs to see that the doors up above were covered by the wind and fog also, and that on the statue between the staircases was two glowing slots.
"Okay... I guess I go through those Archway's then..." Naruto muttered to himself with a sigh and walked to the archway on the right, he opened a door and found a long hallway, there was two door's on the side of the room with a final door at the end of the hall. Naruto walked forward and opened one of the door's on the side first and looked inside to see a jail of some sort. Naruto walked inside and then saw skeletons and such within many of the cell's, some having corpses that were rotting. "Jees, I guess they take prisoners..." Naruto said with a grimace then heard breathing and his eye's widened.
The red haired boy then ran down the Jail and saw a single human, garbed in rags and his white hair had grown to cover his face and some of his upper body. "The screams of the dying... The cries of the damned..." The person muttered to himself several times and Naruto grasped the bars of the cell. "Always the same... Always the Screams of the Dying... The Cries of the Damned..." The man said to himself and made Naruto frown, this person seemed to have long lost his mind.
"Don't bother with him kid... He's just more than a little crazy thanks to those gray freaks..." Came another voice and Naruto turned and saw another person still alive and sitting in a cell.
"What about you?" Naruto questioned and the person smirked.
"An Uzumaki always survives... It's like the family motto... No matter what, we always move forward... Even to the bitter end..." He said and Naruto's eye's widened when he heard that and he took a few steps closer to the cell and looked inside to see someone with blood colored hair and amber eye's, like his mom, with pale skin and old clothing covering him with holes in it and frayed or tattered edges.
"Wow... I mean, I'm Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said and the person smiled.
"Kushina's kid?" He asked and Naruto blinked in surprise.
"How did you know that?" Naruto asked while grasping two of the bars of his cell.
"Kushina was the only one of us left... Well... Besides me..." The older man said simply and leaned back with his eye's closed.
"Wait, I can help you, tell me where the key's to this cell is?" Naruto questioned and the man shook his head.
"Sorry kid... I'm a permanent member of this place... I've been trapped too long to leave..." He said softly and Naruto looked to the ground. "But... If you need to know anything about this place of the Guardians... Feel free to ask..." The man offered and Naruto nodded.
"What exactly are the Guardians?" The young man questioned and the older Uzumaki smiled to himself softly.
"Now that is the million dollar question Kid... All we know about them is that their "Angels of Pain" born from the darkest depths of human suffering, forced to endure pain and heartache throughout eternity for giving up Hope..." The man said and Naruto nodded then frowned in thought.
"Why are you here? How did you get trapped?" Naruto questioned and the Uzumaki sighed.
"When our country was attacked by the Bijuu, we had to escape somehow, your mom was sent through one of the secret tunnels that led out of the village. The rest of us stayed to fight... But I didn't want to die... My own cowardice made me too afraid to fight, so I ran, and at some point the Guardians found and captured me... They try to capture out family young to use our eye's on people to make them suffer more..." The man explained and Naruto snarled in rage wishing to pay the Guardians back.
"Alright, then can you tell me were the "Light of Day" and "Summers Breeze" are?" Naruto asked and the Uzumaki looked at him and smiled.
"The Light of Day is at the end of this hall, and the Summers Breeze is beyond a maze on the other side of the Castle... But there are things guarding them so watch yourself kid... Don't need you trapped here like me..." The man said softly and Naruto nodded his head. "Oh, and before you go kid..." The man then said and Naruto looked with in the cage as the man reached into his torn clothes and tossed something to Naruto's feet. "Remember our motto... An Uzumaki never gives up or gives in... No matter what, we always move forward... Even to the bitter end..." The man said as he closed his eyes and leaned back a soft smile on his lips as he fell silent and Naruto released the bars and reached down and picked up what the man threw at his feet.
It was a pendent, with a red jewel centered in the middle that had a black slit making it look like a Demons Eye, the gold silver around the jewel formed curves and shaped into four moons around the eye, a sun in the background with a shape like twin Kattana making an X behind it... Naruto turned the Pendent to look at the back and saw another jewel, this one blue with a silver spike in the middle like an inverted version of the frontal jewel. "What is it?" Naruto wondered then draped it over his neck and put it into his armor with the locket his father had left him before being dragged back to this world... "Maybe... Maybe I can find him..." Naruto thought to himself before shaking his head and running out of the prison.
Once he reached the hallway he turned and ran down the hall to the final door and flung it open to find an indoor crypt, with coffins of strange designs all over the room and at the very back of the room was a silver post with figure on it that looked like a man, he was holding a glowing orb and Naruto smirked, it was probably the "Light of Day" so the boy walked towards it only to flip backwards as the "Hell-Abyss" from before appeared before him and roared at the boy angrily.
"Okay, so you want to make some trouble for me, hm?" Naruto quipped then smirked as the knuckle blades on his gauntlets and the claw like blades of his grieves all slipped into their places. "Then show me what you got!" Naruto exclaimed loudly as the Hell-Abyss lunged forward with a screech and swiped at the boy with it's knife like claws. Naruto flipped backwards and then jumped over the Hell-Abyss bringing the blades of his gauntlets down but the creature vanished in a bust of smoke. Naruto looked around and saw a shadow head for him, the red head lunged out of the way at the last second as the Hell came out of the ground swiping with it's hands and feet like vicious knives.
Naruto then spun into a handstand and kicked the creature before flipping back to his feet and punching the creature once, twice, three time's and used an upward punch before shooting forwards using the Air Hyke quickly. The Hell-Abyss vanished into the darkness before Naruto could hit it with his last punch and the boy grunted as the beast appeared in front of him and slashed him across his chest then attempted to stab him with it's feet but the young nin leaned back and only his cheek was cut. Naruto flipped back and growled to himself as he then spun into a kick, kicking the Hell-Abyss in the chest once then swinging his other leg over and knocking the creature back as it's chest plate cracked making the creature roar out in pain. Naruto then grit his teeth and focused his Dark Fire into his hand then into his other and spun brought his hands together and fired and large Dark Fire ball that hit the Hell-Abyss in the chest, shattering it's chest plate and destroying the demon itself as it changed back into sand.
"Humph, too easy." Naruto said while looking at his hands then shaking his head and walking over to the "Light of Day" the object fell from it's post and Naruto lunged forwards, catching the object in his hand and letting out a sigh of relief. He took a quick look over the object and noticed it was shaped like an Orb, with gold on one side that had a man sitting with his hands on his shoulders and a contented smile. "Don't wanna have this break." He said to himself then ran out of the room and kept on till he reached the main room and walked over to the statue and placed the Light of Day onto its place and watched as it slid into place but did nothing more. "Guess I need the other one..." He said to himself then ran to the other archway and opened it too see a long hall.
The boy walked forward and groaned realizing he was in some kind of maze so went left and kept going, but slid to a halt as a spiked pit appeared before him, skeletons hanging in it... "Whoa... Guess I'm not the first to make it this far..." He muttered to himself then looked to his sides and ran down another hall, stopped when he reached a dead end and flipping back as spears shot up out of the ground. Naruto quickly turned, running down the hall as several spears started coming out of the ground at a fast speed after him. He reached the hall with the spiked trap and turned back the way he came, the spikes stopping as he ran back to the beginning going right this time and found it curved at the end and he followed it looking down the next hall with a frown.
In this hall were two more halls, the boy walked to one and looked down it, seeing darkness and an unknown, Naruto held up an hand and made some Dark Fire before tossing it into the hall and seeing a door, which made the boy smirk. "Ha!" He said and ran down the hall, stopping to open the door and grinned seeing the "Mornings Breeze" on a pedestal like the last one only this one was gold with a woman holding it to her cheek with a serene look on her face. "Jackpot!" Naruto said and walked into the room and towards the Mornings Breeze only for a Hell-Raiser to rise out of nowhere and moan angrily towards him... "Oh c'mon!" Naruto exclaimed as the creature summoned several Hell-Dancers which lunged at the boy who was glad the claw blades of his gauntlets and grieves were still unlocked as he lunged forward...
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(Back in Konoha...)
Kisara was still in the hospital, but she was being visited by Kairi and Aryssa today. "So you finally asked Naruto out!?" The girl questioned excitably and Kisara nodded with a small blush on her cheeks while Aryssa waved it off.
"So what, Kisara could have guy she wanted. She's got great looks and a great personality, whats so special about whiskers?" She asked with her arms crossed and Kisara smiled.
"Well, for one he doesn't treat me like I'm a thing." Kisara said and Aryssa nodded.
"Okay, one for him." She admitted and Kairi piped in.
"He's got that Feral look to him thats just too cool!" Kairi piped in and Aryssa rolled her eyes.
"Okay, thats two..." She grumbled and Kisara smirked.
"He's better looking than the Uchiha prick, seeing as he actually smiles and shows emotion." Kisara said and Aryssa nodded her head.
"Three... No... Make that four... Cause I just don't like the Uchiha..." She grumbled and the other girls giggled.
"He's strong enough to take care of himself, and is always willing to help." Kairi added and Aryssa let out a long drawn out sigh.
"Alright I get it! Jees girl don't rub it in my face!" She nearly shouted at the two who started to laugh at their friend. "Only problem is he has that damn bloodline... Council will want more with it so will probably make him have more than one wife! ARGH!" The girl shouted and folded her arms.
"Yeah, dad told me about that... I still like him, even if I do have to share him... Besides I've known Naruto long enough to tell you he won't just up and find a girl, he'll have to like them and vice versa before he'll make a move." Kisara said and Aryssa scoffed.
"Yeah yeah...Bet he'll be dancing with joy when he hears bout it though..." Aryssa grumbles and Kairi and Kisara both shake their heads.
"You really have a low opinion of men, don't you?" Kisara questioned and Aryssa glared at her.
"No, I'm a realist." She stated and both her friends shook their heads.
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(Realm of Pain...)
Naruto finished off the last Hell-Dancer panting as he looked at the Hell-Raiser, only to blink as it started to shift and change like the Hell-Abyss before it. The two emerald eye's it had had before turned blood red and the carvings in its body all turned violet as it's bones turned black as pitch, two of it's fangs lengthened into long saber teeth. The creature then fell to the ground standing to its imposing seven foot height as the violet markings in it's bones all glowed with demonic light, the black cloak it wore became more tattered than before with the silver embroidery turned red as blood, on it's fingers appeared silver rings of some sort, while it then took hold of a large obsidian staff out of nowhere that was shaped like a large Cross with a circle around the top a single spike coming from the circle to make an upside down Q shape, while all the edges sharpened to make it into a massive scythe. (1)
The circular gate hovering behind it then started to change also, turning silver then becoming spiky before changing even further, a head opening above the former Hell-Raisers own head, it's head having spikes on the top shaped like a crown, with a grinning Fanged mouth and two pitch black eyes. As the rest of the gate opened becoming long arms with spikes at end of each of them, and one long blade at the side of each of the "Arms" a black fire seemed to form the lower half of the entity. (2)
"Whoa..." Naruto said with his mouth opened wide as then both beings vanished into a flash of ebony light leaving the young red head behind... "This... Isn't good..." Naruto said to himself. 'Vulpina what the hell was that?' The boy questioned of his "Inner Demon" and the fox was silent for a few seconds before speaking. 'It was a Hell-Shaman and Hell-Specter, two of the most dangerous Demons out of the Hell Series... Which is saying a lot considering what they are...' The girl told him and Naruto frowned but decided he'd save it for later and walked towards the "Morning Breeze" and like before the object feel and Naruto caught it. This one was another orb, only it had a silver part that pictured a woman sitting down with her arms outstretched and her long hair waving in the wind.
"Okay, now I put this with the "Light of Day" and then I get out of here and finish off those last two Guardians..." Naruto said to himself than ran out of the room, out of the maze and back to the main room then glared up at Azrael as the Crow sat on top of the statue in this room, pecking at his side... "You could act like your helping me you know..." Naruto said with a frown and the bird cawed at him then looked at the place for the Mornings Breeze and the young man walked over and placed it down.
The two now together then started to glow, the Mornings Breeze and Light of Day beginning to glow when a warm wind and bright light came from them, the warm wind blowing away the fog of night, and the light heating the chilled air, completely dissipating them. "Now then, lets find the "Cries of the Forgotten" and get out of here." Naruto said to himself then groaned when a familiar red barrier came up between him and the stairs... "Of course..." The boy muttered and turned around to see several Hell-Blades forming out of the ground, five to be exact... "Great... The tough ones..." The boy muttered to himself as the blades of his Gauntlets made a shunk sound and snapped into place.
The red head lunged towards the Hell-Blades with a roar slicing one of the immediately in half and ducking down as another swung its large sword at him. Naruto growled and jumped up, over the blade as the demon cut another Hell-Blade in half and then Naruto brought his two swords down on the creature cutting it in half and leaving two more too fight against. The two remaining Hell-Blades looked to one another and one backed up, leaving it's ally to rush towards Naruto swinging it's massive sword arm at him. The young red head swung his own blades at the Hell-Blade and stopped it's massive sword while gritting his teeth and digging his feet into the ground with a grunt. "You guy's are a real pain..." The boy gritted out then flipped over the Hell-Blade, knocking it off balance as he kicked it with his feet and sent it sprawling on the ground.
The young wasn't able to catch his breath however as the other Hell-Blade came at him and swung his shield arm at him. Naruto blocked this with his left arm and then saw it swung it's sword at him so blocked it with his right and then gritted his teeth, pushing the large Demon back with all his strength. The other Hell-Blade saw this as it's chance and ran towards Naruto and spun it's massive sword arm once before rushing forward and swinging it's blade down, Naruto saw this out of the corner of his eye's and then slipped under the Hell-Blade sending it downwards as the other Hell-Blade then cut it's fellow demon in half and stopped moving, it's body shaking slightly making Naruto groan.
"Here we go again..." He muttered and much to his surprise, the Demon vanished in a flash of light leaving the mangled corpses of it's fallen comrades to rot about the floor... "Why did it just leave?" Naruto wondered then shook his head and walked around the dead Hell-Blades and too the staircases as the red light from before vanished. The boy walked up the stairs and slapped his face seeing two massive locks holding the middle door close. "Someone really doesn't like me..." He muttered to himself while Azrael cawed. The red haired boy turned and glared at the bird angrily and it seemed not to care as it pointed to the other doors and cawed once more. "Alright I get it... The way to unlock this door is in through those..." The boy muttered to himself and walked to the right door first this time.
Once the young man reached it he pushed it open to see a large room that was circular with a mirrored ceiling and floor, the walls were made solely of marble columns but they were put together to leaver no holes out of the room. On every third column was a torch however, with a large lever at the far end of the room, probably the device needed to open one of the locks on the door outside. Naruto sighed and then looked behind him and glared as Azrael stayed glued to his spot on the statue leaving Naruto to his own devices while the red head huffed and walked into the room.
As soon as he did however the door behind him slammed shut and from the floor appeared the Hell-Shaman and Hell-Specter... "Oh shit..." Naruto groaned and took a fighting stance as the two beasts came apart and floated, the Hell-Shaman raising itself into the air while the Hell-Specter roared to life it's fanged mouth looking like a toothy smile. Naruto growled and lunged at the Hell-Specter, swinging his blades at it and gawking when it effortlessly pushed him back and to the ground. Naruto frowned then flipped to his feet and formed a Dark Fire ball into his hand before tossing it at the Demon and frowning when he saw it take no damage.
'Naruto, it's reflection! Thats its weakness!' Vulpina said in his mind making the young nin smirk and then flip up and brought the blade at the back of his grieves down on the Hell-Specter's reflection and watched it writhe in pain before it's four joints all split to reveal four red gems of some sort. 'Destroy those to destroy the Hell-Specter, but be quick or it will reform!' Vulpina warned as the red head charged forward, swinging his wrist blade into one of the gems and destroying it, making the demon howl in pain before a burst of transparent energy knocked Naruto back and the room turned upside down, literally and Naruto fell to the roof now in front of the Hell-Shaman.
The Scythe wielding demon spun its blade in front of Naruto before slamming it into the ground, the red haired boy flipping back to avoid the attack then rushing forward and punching upwards before using Air Hyke and launching a Kick at the demon knocking it backwards a short way's. 'Naruto, to defeat it you have the Hell-Specter attack and destroy it!' Vulpina told the boy who groaned and flipped backwards as the demon brought it's scythe down where Naruto had been. The world then flipped and Naruto fell back to the floor with a grunt as then the Hell-Specter locked it's arm's together to form a circle of spikes as it then started to spin around towards Naruto.
"SHIT!" The boy exclaimed jumping over the attack once as it went behind him and he breathed out a sigh then gasped as it came back and tore into his left arm at the shoulder making the boy grit his teeth and grunt in pain. The Hell-Specter then stopped it's spinning and returned to it's normal state looking down at the red haired boy with a glare. Naruto growled but then rolled out of the way as the Hell-Shaman started to swing it's scythe at the boy from above, this gave Naruto an idea as he rolled forward standing on the reflection of the Hell-Specter then flipped backwards as the Scythe and Hell-Specter hit it's own reflection causing the specter to shout in pain as then it's joints unlocked once more and Naruto ran towards it and cut two of the remaining jewels, one with both arm, and slid behind it with a panting breath as the Hell-Specter cried out in pain as Naruto was flipped back to the roof and the Hell-Shaman.
Naruto growled and lunged forward, however he quickly skidded to a halt as the Hell-Specter started to fling black fire balls at the roof. Naruto cursed then had another idea and ducked under the Hell-Shamans scythe and went under it to make it look down at him, then rolled out of the way as a Fire ball came up and slammed into it's face destroying the Shaman and making it turn to dust as Naruto fell to the floor. Naruto then rolled out of the way as a stream of black fire came from the Hell-Specter, it's mouth now formed into an angry snarl as it then formed a massive ball of black fire in the air. 'Naruto, if it uses that attack your dead! Only a demon can survive it, attack it's reflection NOW!' Vulpina exclaimed and the boy lunged forward gathering Dark Fire into his hands.
The boy then plunged it into the creature's reflection and watched as the black fire dispersed and the Hell-Specter once more had it's joints unlock to show the final gem and Naruto jumped up and slashed it, shattering the gem. The fire that had been holding the Hell-Specter afloat the went out and the Demon fell to the ground, it's silver body turning black before crumbling into dust... "Whew... Thanks Vulpina..." Naruto said with panting breath and walked over to the lever in the room and pulled it down, then heard several noises before a clicking sound. "Guess thats it... One more to go..." Naruto said to himself then walked out of the room and down the way to the next room and letting out a sigh.
The boy opened the door and his eye's widened, while the room was a mirror version of the last, a black column of power stood in the middle of it, and then he saw the Hell-Blade from before, only it like the last few creature's was changing, becoming something... different... It stood to it's full height now and slowly the armor on it's body began to chip away, black fire coming out of the holes it soon formed. The body itself then began to chip away and left only a burning visage of a great warrior from within. Then just as it had began, the being within raised it's arms, then threw them back knocking away the black fire and making Naruto's eye's widen as he saw this new creature.
It stood to a proud Six foot height and had pitch black skin, with a blue visor over it's eye's, a maw filled with sharp teeth, a helmet on it's head that was black, with a long red tentacle coming down it's back, with two horns from the sides of it's head, curving down then curving forward towards the boy. It's neck was normal, but went down into a black armored chest black that had blue waves at the bottom edges, silver armor at the collar, over it's shoulders was black armor that had a piece going down over his upper arm slightly, black bands around it's upper arms and waist still. Around it's waist was silver armor in the shape of a belt, attaching to four black armored pieces that draped down over it's hips, front, and ass. Its arms were now totally human, with black armor covering it's forearms and the back of each fist, it's hands looked like segmented claws and were each grasping a beautifully crafter Kattana. It's legs were somewhat less human that it's arms, being that the had spikes growing from it's shins, a silver skull at each knee that each had a single wing at the side that curved backwards, it's feet being that of a bull's hoofs. And last it had a pair of magnificent wings, the color of the sky and looked like ice on the inside, black scales covering the outside of it...
"Whoa..." While he usually hated it when these things happened, this creature, while obviously not human, was simply amazing looking, with a feeling of power and dignity flowing that the Hell-Blade lacked... The creature then moved forward and Naruto shakily got into a fighting stance, so was surprised when the creature knelled before him, one arm over it's knee the other on the ground.
"Give to me a name..." The creature said simply with a demonic voice and Naruto blinked.
'Vulpina... Whats going on...' Naruto questioned and heard Vulpina after a brief silence. 'Thats a Hell-Knight... They only fight those whom interest them unlike the Other Hell's... Your safe for now... But since you were the reason it changed... You must give it a name... A name to be proud of and a name that it will carry in battle... It's really a great honor to be able to name a Hell-Knight human or demon...' (3)Vulpina explained and Naruto blinked then looked at the Demon before him as it continued to kneel before him.
"Please... Give to me a name..." The demon pleaded looking up and Naruto closed his eye's in thought for a moment then looked at the creature nodding to himself.
"Kage." He said and the demon nodded stood up and opened it's massive wings, simply doing that blew a wind at Naruto that almost pushed him onto his ass. Kage then flapped his wings and rose slowly into the air, it's two swords in hand as it then spun as wind formed around him, water seemingly coming from nowhere as it and the wind froze into Ice and Kage vanished leaving only an Icy tower in his wake. Naruto let out a sigh of relief then walked around the icy tower and pulled the lever in this room, hearing the same sounds as before and a final loud click. "At least, I didn't have to fight that one..." Naruto said to himself and Heard Vulpina mutter about being killed if he did.
The boy didn't say anything however, he just wanted this trip to be over, as he walked to the final door he let out a sigh and watched as Azrael finally moved, flying into the room which Naruto walked into. This room was a chapel like room, with rows of benches at either side and some person in robes at the end of the room where a glowing object was sitting. Above this was a statue of an angel with a large scythe and long hair, armor over his flowing robes, a crow sitting on it's shoulder... 'Azrael, the Angel of Death...' Vulpina told Naruto who nodded slowly then walked forward and the man in robes moved a hand towards the glowing object.
"Do I have to fight you or something?" Naruto asked and heard a chuckle, then turned only to back off seeing Loss now standing there.
"No... Silly child... You have already proven your worth... Take this and face my sister Hope..." Loss said and Naruto frowned at her picking up the "Cries of the Forgotten" and placing the small orb into his equipment pouch. The boy then looked around the chapel and back to Loss, who stood silently, her face hidden within her robes...
"Is this it?" He asked and Loss shuck her head no, just as several shadows came from the ground around the chapel making Naruto smirk... "Of course not..." He said and turned to see new demons before him.
These were like the other's, skeletons, but these had armor on their shins and forearms, with black and gray clothes covering their torsos and heads from view, leaving only their violet eye's and some of their skulls visible to view. Like the Hell Dancer's their fingers were strapped together into knives, red markings were etched into their bone's and a metal plate was covering their foreheads with armor over their shoulders, a large gold disk located in their chest... (4)
"Wow... I bet I destroy the disk's to get rid of them... Huh..." Naruto said dryly to Loss who nodded. "I'm really starting to get irritated with these things Loss..." The boy grumbled and the Guardians chuckle was all that remained as she then slowly vanished into the shadows leaving a frown on Naruto's face when the Hell-Nin lunged at him with their knife like hands, the boy wasn't amused as the blades on his gauntlets flipped backwards and he simply punched the disk in it's chest and watched as the creature fell into dust. Two more came and Naruto jumped up and kicked the disk's destroying these also and just as quickly. The remaining three then seemed to spin, vanishing into a red light but Naruto jumped up as their bone hands shot up to stab.
The red head then landed on the floor as they came back up and used his hands to smash the disk's in their chest's once more, then kicked the last one in the chest, ending the Hell-Nins lives easily as the door opened and the young man walked towards it, just as another one of those Metal Pieces fell to the ground with another flask of green liquid. Azrael didn't have to tell the boy as he reached down and drank the liquid, then picked up the metal piece and watched as it faded into his body like the last... "I hope this ends soon..." Naruto said softly as his wounds healed and his Chakra and Aura went back to normal... "Because I don't know how much more of this place I'll be able to stomach..." He growled to himself and walked out of the chapel, castle and then ran towards the Tower that Hope was located in.
The same fire that blazed before was still there, but Naruto took out the Cries of the forgotten and threw it into the flames, they quickly went out and Naruto walked to the Tower, it's design the same as Loss's, even on the inside looked the same. So the boy walked up the stairs here and was shocked to see Hope was sitting in what looked to be a garden, the flowers all black, red, or white in color. The Guardian herself unlike the other's, wasn't in a sealed state, instead she was sitting and looking down to the ground her long white hair covering her face. "So your Hope I take it..." Naruto said while walking into the room and the woman stood up at last her side facing him and he noticed tears of blood down her cheeks...
"I am... Naru-kun... But I did have another name..." The woman said in a voice that sounded familiar and made Vulpina gasp in his mind. As she turned however was when Naruto took a step back with his eye's wide in shock and horror...
She wore black clothing like the Other guardians before her, black bands around her upper arms and lower legs to around her feet, a black skirt that was tattered at the edges with a black shirt that had the sleeves covered by the bands on her arms, three silver rings around each of her wrists, with black manacles around her neck, wrists, and ankles, and finally a black headband around her forehead with two pads to cover her ears. Her skin like the other Guardians was that same grayish blue hue, with long bone white hair that partly covered her face, with pitch black eye's that made her sockets look empty, two lines of red tears fell down her cheeks however, much like Guilt had also...
"Not her too..." He said quietly to himself with his eye's shadowed by his bangs. "Kaasan... He gritted out in anger. "Why you also... Why did you have too become one also..." He wondered angrily while his Kamigan eye's activated and he looked into her past, and saw why she was the pain of Hope... "All your dreams dashed... Your family dead, your husband gone, your son treated as a monster... Your life taken from you by those who couldn't let go of hate... All of your hopes for the future ripped away from you..." He said softly and the woman looked to the ground... "Do we have to fight?" He asked looking at the woman with soft eye's.
The Guardian of the Pain of Hope, merely nodded her head yes, Naruto crouched down as she walked towards him, then was slightly shocked when all she did was hug him... "I'm so sorry..." The woman said softly and Naruto felt his eye's grow heavy... He felt them droop as the woman fell to her knee's bringing him with her... "Please forgive me..."
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Naruto's eye's shot open and he lifted his head out of a bed and gritted his teeth as he felt a stabbing pain in the back of his head. His mind feeling hazy, and all thoughts barely registering, his memory's were also flaky, so flaky he could blearily remember what happened, but wondered if it was just a dream... "Hey, don't move, you got a pretty nasty bump from training, kiddo." Came a man's voice and Naruto turned to see his father, normal, and looking at him with a grin.
"Tousan?" He questioned rubbing the back of his head and having one eye closed.
"Who else? The First Hokage?" Minato questioned and Naruto rolled his eye's.
"What happened... I remember I was on a mission with Kakashi Sensei and the other's to catch Tora again..." The young man said more to himself and Minato chuckled.
"Not sure Naruto, although Kakashi said that the cat was clawing you all over the face and you somehow backed into a tree branch just before you slammed your face into a tree..." Minato mused and Naruto grimaced...
"Must've looked real stupid huh..." Naruto muttered then moved his feet to the ground and shakily got up, Minato catching him when he was about to fall. "Thanks dad..." Naruto muttered still holding his head with one hand. "I hope this clears up soon..." The boy muttered and walked towards his closet and pulled out his black and orange attire slipping it on and walking out of the room and too the kitchen where his mother was making breakfast. "Morning Kaasan..." Naruto said still rubbing the back of his head.
"Morning Naru-chan." She said and Naruto frowned then sat down and grimaced feeling that same throbbing in the back of his mind. "Still got a headache I see." The woman piped up with a smile and Naruto smiled to his mother. Just then Minato walked in with a smile, kissed his wife on the check and sat down at the table.
"Shouldn't you be heading to the Hokage Tower for work dad?" Naruto questioned and Minato shrugged his shoulders.
"The paperwork will be there even if I'm late... Believe me... It just won't go away..." Minato said and slumped making Naruto snicker at his dads antics.
"Now don't go giving your bad influences to Naruto, Minato, show him how to be responsible for once in your life." The woman scolded placing a bowel of oatmeal before both while returning to finish the rest of their breakfast. Minato simply shrugged while Naruto picked up his spoon and looked at it for a second and saw a red slitted eye for a second before blinking to see his own again...
"Hey, you okay Naruto?" Minato asked and Naruto blinked and nodded his head to his father while looking at the spoon strangely before shrugging and digging into his oatmeal. As soon as the boy finished he said he had to get to his team and left his mom giving him a kiss while his dad patted his head thoroughly annoying the young nin as he ran towards Team Sevens meeting place.
"Morning Naruto." Someone said and the boy waved his hand, others stopping to greet him as he walked off to his team meeting place. When he finally reached the team meeting place he found Sasuke was sitting in a tree and brooding like usual, while Sakura was trying to get the boy to take her out on a date. This just started to make Naruto wonder what he did in a previous life to deserve having them as his teammates.
"Yo, Sasuke-Teme, Sakura-San." Naruto said while walking towards the two, gauntlets and grieves on over his arms and feet. Sasuke simply hmmed while Sakura at least greeted the young man. "Where Kakashi-Sensei?" Naruto wondered and then sighed when he looked at a watch and sat down also, waiting for the two hour waiting period to be over. Their sensei then appeared two hours later in a plume of smoke, with a peace sign...
"Yo..." He said and the three genin glared at him, Sakura shouting at him for being late. "Anyways today we're going to be practicing a new Jutsu..." Kakashi said and began to explain but Naruto heard a voice in the back of his head speak up... 'N... Ar... to... wa... up... don... plea... ose... you... ove... ple... ke... up...' The broken voice said and Naruto groaned placing a hand on the back of his head once more... "You okay Naruto? Your looking a little pale." Kakashi questioned and Naruto grinned as best he could to his sensei.
"Yeah... Just start the lesson without me for a bit, my heads still pounding from yesterday..." Naruto said and Kakashi nodded as the young nin walked over towards the lake nearby and splashed some water on his face. He then looked down into the water and saw Vengeance, the demonic version of himself actually reached out of the water and pulled him down under.
"WAKE THE FUCK UP SHIT HEAD! THIS ISN'T REAL, DON'T LET THAT BITCH BEAT YOU LIKE THIS! I DON'T CARE IF SHE IS OUR MOTHER, NOW GET UP AND FIGHT!!!" The being shouted at Naruto angrily, his voice clear even under the water as red chakra came from underwater, and enveloped the two in it's light... Naruto opened his eye's soon, finding himself in what looked like a sewer, in fact, it looked like his mind complete with the cage that housed Vulpina... But the cage was filled with something much different...
"Hm hm hm hm... So this is my daughter's container..." Came a deep baritone voice with a demonic hiss. Naruto looked down at himself to see he was wearing his ANBU Style armor once more, but still everything in his mind felt so hazy... "Heh, such a little thing... So weak..." The demon said and Naruto growled at it, feeling indignant that it would call him weak.
"Shut the hell up!" Naruto growled and head a deep chuckle as a pair of evil eye's opened within the dark depths of the cage, a fanged grin soon following it.
"Such spirit in a little Ningen..." The demon said with a dark tone then a massive claw was stopped inches from a surprised and visibly pale Naruto's face. "Be thankful for these bars little Ningen, or I would feast on you..." The demon said with an evil grin still on it's face.
"What the hell is this... Why doesn't anything make any sense?!" Naruto demanded then grabbed his head as it was assaulted by pain.
"He he he he he... Isn't it obvious little Ningen? This is your greatest dream out there... A family that loves you and a village that doesn't want you dead... Isn't it what you've always wanted?" The demon told him and Naruto gritted his teeth in pain, his head feeling like it might just explode if it was forced to endure much more. "Although, you are faring better than most... Even subconsciously your trying to free yourself... You don't want to live in a dream..." The demon mused to itself and Naruto looked through one eye towards the great beast.
"Then why are you here..." Naruto gritted out and the beast narrowed it's eye's on him...
"While I may be sealed within hell child... That doesn't mean I would condemn my daughter like your father did to you... I have been watching her for years, making sure she does not die... And if you die, so does she... And should you succumb to this dream your body WILL die!" The beast growled at Naruto who grit his teeth once more while Vengeance appeared before him and grabbed the front of his outfit, forcing Naruto to look the Spirit in the face.
"LISTEN! Snap out of this you fucking moron! Don't let her beat you this easily! Fight back, escape and prove you have a strong will to survive! Remember the Damn Uzumaki motto if it helps!" Vengeance growled out to the boy who grit his teeth, his brain feeling like it was being split in half... That was when he remembered what the old Uzumaki had told him and he listened to it rather than focusing on the pain in his head... 'An Uzumaki never gives up or gives in... No matter what, we always move forward... Even to the bitter end...' With that Naruto growled and held his hands at his sides opening his eye's to look at Vengeance then to Kyuubi and finally he grits his teeth...
"This isn't real..."
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(Realm of Pain...)
Naruto roared out and knocked Hope off of him sending her sprawling to the ground as the young man let out his panting breath. 'Naruto! Oh thank the spirits! I thought you'd actually stay in that place!' Vulpina said with a relieved tone while Naruto breathed out in short pants... "That was the lowest thing anyone could do to me..." Naruto growled out and then blinked seeing that Hope's eye's were closed... "I guess I was the one who was dreaming... she was..." Naruto said softly as another metal fragment fell to his feet... "Two down... One to go." Naruto said, picking up the metal fragment and looking at Hope one final time as the fragment merged with him... "Rest In Peace... Kaasan... And dream of a better world..." He said softly to the sleeping Guardian before walking out of her tower...
The young nin walked to the final tower, Loneliness and his eye's narrowed on the building as he opened the door and walked inside, walked up the stairs here and then saw a simple rounded room, with Loneliness sitting down in the center, his legs crossed and his back to the boy. "So you made it... This one is impressed..." Loneliness said then stood up and turned around to Naruto his ice covered fist clenching as the young nin frowned.
"Enough of this... Lets skip whatever little warm up you have planned so I can just kick your ass and get out of here..." Naruto said angrily and the Guardian chuckled to himself then tilted his head to one side and the bands around it's body loosened...
"As you wish..." He said and Naruto watched as the bands moved from his lower half first. Revealing a pair of black sandals exactly like his own, a pair of leather manacles around each ankle, dark gray pants that ended half way down his shins, studded bans around each thigh, a black cloth around his waist, with a chain tied there like a belt. His right arm was completely covered in black ice with a black leather manacle around his wrist, his left arm had black leather forearm protectors with a similar manacle on that wrist, over his chest was a sleeveless black shirt that left his midriff exposed, a black leather collar around his neck, chains around his left upper arms and shoulders. On the right side of his head was more black ice, forming into some strange almost fox like head, with a black headband with two plates to cover his cheeks and two pads over his ears while also covering some of his chin. But it was then that Naruto's eye's widened in shock, like before this Guardian had grayish blue skin, with pitch black eye's like they weren't even there, bone white spike hair that came over his headband slightly, over his eye's were two diagonal spikes that started at his forehead then went into a diagonal line to the middle of his cheeks, making an / \ shape over his eyes...
"Y-your..." Naruto said with shock as Loneliness chuckled and brought up his frozen claw to lick them and look at Naruto with a grin... One that matched Naruto's own grin perfectly...
"This one is you..." He said and Naruto eye's widened, which gave Loneliness the time to move forward and punch the red haired boy in the gut with amazing strength, then punch him upwards slightly with another, and then kick him in the gut before finishing off by punching Naruto and in the face and sending the boy sprawling across the floor to hit the far wall. Naruto shook his head and glared at Loneliness with a vehement look in his eye's.
"No... YOUR NOT ME!" Naruto shouted angrily and formed a massive Dark Fire ball in his hand before throwing it at the Guardian and ran towards Loneliness. The guardian smirked at the ball of fire and ducked under it as Naruto threw a punch at him, Loneliness then flipped backwards while kicking Naruto in the chin and knocking him back. The Guardian then made an all to familiar T shaped hand sign and five more of himself suddenly seemed to slink out from behind him. The five new Loneliness' then ran forward and started to kick Naruto in the chest and into the air all while saying.
"Nar-Ru-To!" With that they sent the boy straight up into the air and Loneliness himself ran forward and jumped off a clone into the air his leg up. "Uzu-Maki-Rendan!" Loneliness exclaimed while bringing his foot down and sending Naruto down into the ground a cloud of dust and dirt rising as he hit. Loneliness then spun down to the ground landing in a crouch with his five clones all smirking with him towards the red haired young man before them. Naruto gritted his teeth in anger however and literally started to see red, the boy roared out in anger and lunged forward his Wrist blades snapping into place as he swung them at the Guardian, however he and his clones moved quickly then landed behind him and two of the Guardians clone's grabbed his wrists then flung him towards the red haired boy where Loneliness reeled his fist back and sent Naruto flying back.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The young nin shouted and made a T shaped seal however and three clone's poofed into existence and caught him using their combined strength. Naruto then formed that same Hand seal and his eye's narrowed on a still smirking Loneliness. "Taijuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The young man exclaimed as at least a hundred Shadow clones appeared around him and he pointed towards Loneliness and the Clones all leaped forward with their own wrist blades. The Guardian's smirk didn't leave however as he looked to his five clones and nodded, all six of them then jumped up and slammed their right arms into the ground a wave of spiky black ice heading in a gawking Naruto's direction as his Shadow Clones were ripped apart. The last two clone's then grabbed his wrist's and tossed him up into the air above the spikes right as they were impaled themselves.
Naruto floated in the air for a second then placed his feet on one of the icicles and ran down the side, jumping over to another when a new spike tried to impale him. Loneliness then pointed to Naruto and his clones all ran from their spots and lunged at the red haired nin with an intent to kill. Naruto gritted his teeth and kicked one in the face, smacked another across the face sending it onto one of the spikes then jumped up to slice the next one in half and ducked under a punch from the next and plunged his wrist blades into its stomach.
However right at that moment the last clone punched him in the jaw and sent him straight up into the air before running up the ice and kicked him sending him straight towards Loneliness himself which kneed him in the gut knocking the wind from the boy's lungs and sending him straight into the side of the ice spikes where some blood dribbled down his chin. "Foolish boy... You cannot beat this one... For this one knows all your moves... This one is you..." Loneliness said then grinned sinisterly. "But you do not know all of this one's moves..." The Guardian said darkly as it's clone returned to his side and he placed his right palm to the side.
The clone then began to form chakra in that hand quickly and a black orb like the "Kage Rasengan" that Guilt used had formed in Loneliness' hand... 'Would you get up you little shit! I don't feel like having my ass kicked by this pale imitation of us! Get up and kick his ass something fierce!' Vengeance exclaimed and Naruto gritted his teeth and pushed himself to his feet, still glaring at the Guardian before him with an angry scowl on his face... 'C'mon Naruto, you can take this freak, just remember! An Uzumaki Never Gives up or Gives in! Even to the bitter end!' Vulpina cheered and a faint smile came to the boy's lips as it finally made sense, why he knew that Loneliness and he weren't really alike, why Loneliness wasn't him...
"You may know my moves... You may even have been a part of me once..." Naruto said to himself as Loneliness then grinned widely and pushed the Rasengan towards the boy. "But there's one thing I've learned about an Uzumaki that you don't live up too..." Naruto stated as the Rasengan nearly hit bit he moved his hands upward and caught it, gritting his teeth as the ball of chakra was held back.
"What is this!?" Loneliness demanded while red flames started to burn away Naruto's skin, a strange mask forming over his face while his armor was repairing itself. The boy grit his teeth as his Kamigan activated, his two fangs growing twice as long as normal while flames seemed to slowly dissolve his skin away, while a strange white mask suddenly started to form over his face, looking different than his mothers old mask. This mask curved backward at each cheek and curved back at the top of his head, a spike was coming from the forehead and pointing forward, with red marks on the mask to make red tears and a red slash across the bridge of his nose...
His armor also changed as three, three inch spikes came out of the shoulders of his armored vest with a metal plate over his upper arm on th sides, while the armor itself turned pitch black, just then two large bones poked out of his back and grew to a foot and a half long while pointing out of his back. His bandages and glove also changed, the wrappings becoming white spikes on his right arm while the tattered glove became black spikes, flames covering any of his arms skin now, his shin guards also changed with them becoming totally black and then growing to cover his calves while spikes grew off the sides and pointed backwards. Naruto shook completely while his blood red hair pointed backwards and seemed to catch on fire leaving what could be confused as a flaming monster as even his toes were on fire.
The flaming nin's Kamigan eye's glared at Loneliness angrily, while three whisker shaped marks seemed to cut themselves out of his mask leaving it now complete. "This is what I have learned! And it's the same reason why your not me!" Naruto growled at the Guardian as he then ripped the Rasengan into pieces and glared at Loneliness. "NO MATTER WHAT! I AM NEVER ALONE!" Naruto roared along side of Vengeance as the two ran and fought as one for once and the first time ever, moving so quickly that Loneliness didn't even see the punch until it connected with his face and sent him spinning back. Naruto/Vengeance then grabbed his clone and slammed him into the ground then threw him into the air and jumped up and Dark Fire ball in hand which he used and slam into the Clones gut destroying it instantly. Naruto/Vulpina/Vengeance then used a quick Air Hyke and Shunpo combo and grabbed Loneliness only to slam him into the side of the room and run around dragging the Guardian along it, breaking the wall into rubble until Naruto/Vengeance then tossed the Guardian careening into the ice he had made.
Loneliness stood up and Snarled towards the angry spirit only to blink as it ran towards him and then spin flames completely engulfing his arms as he ran towards the Guardian then slammed his fists down and sent a wave of Dark Fire towards Loneliness. The Guardian was hit and sent straight threw his ice when Naruto ran up beside him and grabbed his head before plunging it down into the concrete ground and making more rubble before he tossed the Guardian up into the air and Naruto/Vengeance jumped into a Spin kick and sent the Guardian careening away where he hit the wall with a groan then fell face first and ceased moving...
"Is it over..." The three as one questioned while looking towards the fallen Guardian and got their answer when he slowly seeped into the shadows, however one of his eye's opened and he snarled at the two way combo angrily even as he was engulfed by the shadows. "I guess it is..." Naruto/Vengeance said to themselves and then watched as yet another metal fragment and a green vile landed at their feet. The two reached down and then drank the green liquid, lifting their mask up only high enough to do this before returning the mask to it's rightful place then picking up the metal fragment and watching as the other three pieces appeared and then they all formed together into one piece the form of it's symbol finally visible.
It was black metal, and shaped like a large circle, and there was a large round hole in the middle, around the edges barbed wire seemed to be depicted while within the barbed wire was a shape like a large jagged spider of some sort. "Probably goes to the Colosseum seeing as it does have those damn Spider webbed chains leading to it..." Naruto/Vengeance mused to themselves before grasping the floating disk, he then turned and walked out of Loneliness tower, leaving a trail of flaming foot steps in his wake...
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TBC...
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Next time on Naruto Ultimate!
The end of Pain...
Battle between the Spirits of Vengeance!
The Rider Vs. The Crow!
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Bingo Book Record:
File Number: 122-666
Name: Hell-Shaman
Type: Mid-Class Demon
Threat: (Multiple: ) (With Summon: )
Element: Magical / Chakra
Synopsis: Another of the Lesser known "Hell" series of Demons. This one is a step up from the usual Hell-Raisers as they gain some combat prowess but lose the ability to summon in exchange for the ability to command a Hell-Specter. Hell-Shamans main tactic in battle is to use it's scythe to attack enemies from above while the Hell-Specter attacks from below, however their fatal weakness is that they can be destroyed if hit by the Hell-Specter's blast which would destroy them and free the Hell-Specter...
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Bingo Book Record:
File Number: 124-666
Name: Hell-Specter
Type: Demonic Summon
Threat: (Multiple: )
Element: Fire
Synopsis: Another of the Lesser known "Hell" series the Hell-Specter as the ability to float around freely and attack using the spikes on it's body as a weapon. The fact that only it's reflection is vulnerable has made this one of the most dangerous of the Hell-Series, even given their rather simplistic minds. One of the favorite tactics of a Hell-Specter is to clamp it's joints into a circle and spin towards an enemy with it's spikes to rip him or her apart. A Hell-Specters only weakness beyond their reflection is the red gems in their joints, which when destroyed, destroy the Hell-Specter also...
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Bingo Book Record:
File Number: 125-666
Name: Hell-Knight
Type: Higher Demon
Threat: (Multiple: Just fucking run away man!)
Element: Varies...
Synopsis: The only HIGHLY known member of the entire "Hell" Series is the fabled Hell-Knights. While not as numerous as the others a Hell-Knight is always more powerful than any Mid to High Class demon, so much in fact that it takes at the very least an Arch-Fiend in order to defeat one. No two Hell-Knights are the same, no two have the same element or power, and no two Hell-Knights have the same name. A Hell-Blade who turns into a Hell-Knight will kneel before the one who defeated them and ask him or her to name them. A name is everything to a Hell-Knight, without a name they feel powerless and weak, once they obtain a name however they will immediately leave to find a weapon(s) of power. Once this is done a Hell-Knight will go in search of battle, and threw battle glory and honor...
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Bingo Book Record:
File Number: 113-666
Name: Hell-Nin
Type: Lesser Demon
Threat: (Multiple: )
Element: Shadow / Chakra
Synopsis: Another of the Lesser known "Hell" Series, the Hell-Nin are born from killers who were too intent on serving their country. Many of these were once great warriors for an equally great nation who died while killing for their country. However, upon changing into a Hell-Nin they lose most of the power they once had and become something of a joke, many believe this is due to their boasting coming back to bite them in the butt. A Hell-Nin's only dangerous ability is the ability to sink into the ground then stab upwards from the ground bellow, however even this can be easily dodged...