Another Path
Chapter 5
Glad you all like it ….i think. Anyway….t the guy who complained about the styles mixing….well it is fanfiction. We do what we want here because no one owns shit!
They all meet at the gates after they got ready for the mission and were just seen leaving. "So Sensei, what are these things even called and why do they exist?" Choji asked while munching on his chips.
"To tell you the truth, I am not sure. I only know of them because I had to kill a few that went after the Fire Lord….always claiming they wanted vengeance."
"Weird." Ino commented.
Naruto panted a scroll that he had gotten at his house a few days ago.
FLASHBACK!
The blond open the door to his house after a long day of training to find what looked to be a GHOST of some sort! "AH!"
"Please do not be afraid, I was sent by the King of Shinigami. Since you are pretty much his heir, he wants you to eventually find and take over Soul Society, but first, you must know about the past." It said as it handed Naruto a scroll that was black and silver.
He looked back at the ghost to see it was gone! He shivered a bit, but went to reading the scroll given to him by the a ghost! He read and was surprised to find the existence many thing still left with in the world.
FLASHBACK END!
"They are called Hollows." He said loud enough for them to hear.
"Troublesome, what are these things and how do you know of them?"
Naruto smirked as he show them a black and silver scroll. "Because of them odd sword bloodline, I am actually a Shinigami or Soul Reaper. The Shinigami we all know is the King but most are dead because of these Hollow that they fought back in the day. Now a Hollow is basically a soul of a dead person that has been tainted. They can rip out your soul if they wish and eat it….killing you."
"Great…..we are going are monsters that can kill us via our soul!" Ino shouted. "But how is it that you of all people got this info."
"I guess the king wants me to help him by killing these things and eventually finding a place called Soul Society a place where a race of Soul Reapers used to live and normal souls after death."
"Wait, how do we kill these things and what happens to our souls after death!" Choji asked, a little freaked out by this.
"They have a mask that protects their face for a reason. Slice the mask open and it was die….well that is what the scroll said." Naruto replied. "For the souls, they either get picked up by the Shinigami to live…somewhere but if he doesn't, you roam the earth till he does or….you get eaten by the Hollows and/or turn into one."
"Troublesome."
"That does not sound that great…I hope I don't die soon." Choji gulped.
"Don't worry…I am sure it is just a few weak ones." Asuma commented and Naruto hoped he was right.
A few hours later, we find our team in front of a small village where the people looked very freaked out. While they walked through town, they saw large foot prints in the ground that looked to be a day old and Ino shuddered at what this…thing could look like. She then looked at Naruto and wondered how he had change some much. In the academy, he was a dead last, but on the way here, he seemed stronger then Sasuke ever was and a lot smarter too. The brought up a thought as to why she like the Uchiha. She could really think of a reason…she and the other girls like BECAUSE he was an Uchiha. She shook her head…that ass never even talked to anyone other than to put someone down.
That was when she decided to be a real ninja! She would help her teammates and get stronger….god know she needs it. She also wondered if she was gaining a crush on the blond like hinata has. She shook her head; she would worry about that after the mission was over.
They headed to the town center to see an old man waiting for them near a fountain. He looked up at them from his sitting position and cried, "I am so glad you ninja have come! I am not sure how much more my people could take these weird attacks. I trust you know how to…get rid of these things." The old man said.
"Yes….Naruto here has a unique bloodline that helps him see the tainted spirits and he has the ability to kill them." Asuma said in a business like manner.
"Oh thank god! Some of my people have been able to see them and they were scared shitless. One of them was not as he was a former ninja and he tried to kill them. He succeeded, but that brought the wrath of the other on him and he died and somehow, another one popped up. I do have someone who said they saw his soul and those creatures ganged up on it and he turned into one of them!" the old man was panicking as he said this.
"Don't worry. My sword will purify him and send him to the Shinigami. That it what my swords can do. You see, these creatures, Hollows, are tainted old and they taint other souls by eating them and leaving their negative energy behind. You saw the result." Naruto explained.
"I see. Now I will leave you to it. These creatures come out at night, so feel free to do what you want till then."
"How will we know when they are here?" asked Shikamaru.
"Oh trust me young one, you will know." The one man said as he walked away.
Asuma chuckled as Shikamaru muttered a troublesome and sat down on the fountain. "Ok I want you all to ask around the village to who has been targeted and such. Return here at dusk, I don't want us to be separated what it all goes down."
The four genin nodded and ran off while Asuma lit a cancer stick. Why am I getting a bad feeling about this?
Dusk…
They watch the sun go down and Ino that that Naruto was glowing in the odd light. She shook her head, getting those thoughts out of her head. Shikamaru saw this, muttering something about troublesome blonds as he rolled his eyes.
Soon, the sn was finally gone and it was nighttime. They waited for an hour and NOTHING happened! "OK this is so.." Ino began but was cut off by an unearthly roar shredding the night's silence.
"Oh no…I think they are here!" Choji said as he got ready to fight.
They looked around them to see that these Hollows had surrounded them on the buildings. "Well well well! Looks like we got ninja to try and kill us!" said a bird like hollow.
"As if the last idiot was not enough, they send more in. I will enjoy kill them them." A lizard like one said.
"Oh but let's leave that cute one for last….i want to hear her scream as I devour her soul!" A lion like one chuckled.
"Oh, you are such a pervert!" a feline like hollow screeched. "Besides, they look weak as they are only a genin team and that fat one looks sooo yummy."
Wrong thing to stay as all the hollows felt killer intent from the fat one. "I AM NOT FAT! I AM BIG BONED YOU SKINNY BITCH!" He yelled as he expaned his arms and leg to stomp on the shocked cat like creature. He was able to crack the mask so the cat like hollow was actually killed by that attack
"Holy crap, that guy killed her like it was nothing!" squawked the bird hollow.
"We're not done yet!" Naruto shouted as he rushed the lion like hollow, creating shadow clones to confuse it. He was going to use an attack that Hayate taught him.
FLASHBACK!
"Ok *cough* Naruto. I am going to teach you one of my best sword techniques. It is called, Dance of the Crescent Moon!" Hayate said as he then had a coughing fit.
"Cool! How do I do it?" Naruto asked after Hayate was done with his episode.
"*cough* for you, it would be better if you had you shadow clones confuse the enemy until you are able to get in close to do that attack. Now, let's begin. *cough*"
"Right!"
FLASHBACK END!
Yeah, just gotta confuse this thing and get in close, hopely this thing is not as smart as Hayate-sensei is. He thought this because it could get ugly if he messed up. So while it was confused, he got in real close and jumped up. "DANCE OF THE CRESCENT MOON!" He announced as he arc upward ans slashed down on the surprised monster and its mask was cut in two.
Asume saw this after he got rid of the lizard like hollow with his trench knives. "So he learn that huh….nice." He looked to his other student to see that Shikamaru had caught the bird like hollow with his shadow and Choji rolled all over it with his Meat Tank attack. It stood no chance. He frowned at this. It was just too easy. Everyone's eyes widened when they heard Ino scream and saw that she was being head in mid air buy a HUGE hollow that looked like an Ape.
"Foolish whelps….they were weak anyway. Now, I will devour the girl….just as soon as I rip her soul out!" It he yelled as he slammed Ino down on the ground to knock her out. They then saw her soul being ripped out and she was awake and screaming because he was about to be devour by this Hollow and she had a chain connected o chest that lead to her real body. It was a good thing that it was not broken or she would have been screwed.
"LET ME GO!"
"No….i have had some run ins with your clan. A clan that can project their souls to another human. Ohh, just delicious souls….I hope yours is good as well little girl." It chuckled as it slowly move her to its mouth.
"I DON'T THINK SO!" Naruto yelled as he rushed up, slice up its hand and got Ino away before it had a chance to get her back. He set her by the team and said. "Keep her safe….and her body. I will deal with this thing.
"Are you sure?" Asuma asked.
"Yeah….just don't get killed." With that, the blond rushed off as Shikamaru muttered a troublesome.
"He is going to himself killed." He said in a bored manner. He knew none of them could take that on…well maybe Asuma could but what could Naruto do?
As the blond ran back to the creature, he thought of another attack he could use. He just hoped Yugao doesn't kill him for it.
FLASHBACK!
"Naruto, I am going to teach you an attack that I created. It is called Cats out of the Bag." Yugao said with a smile.
"Right, so how does it work?" the blond asked.
"I will show you." Yugao said as she disappeared. Every now and then, he saw the dirt pick up in odd places, then she was behind him, her sword to his neck. "This is a stealth attack and can be deadly to your enemy. Never use this against a fellow leaf shinobi and try not to use this unless it is a life threatening situation."
"OK!" Naruto said, this must be some attack then.
"But first, we need to get your evasion and speed up, so that I s why I brought my friend Anko to help out." The long purple haired woman said as the snake lady appeared.
"That is right, now….DODGE!"
"AH!" Naruto yelled as he dodged from her snake like attacks. "You are insane!"
"THANK YOU!"
"AH! NOT THE BALLS!"
FLASHBACK END!
"Cats out of the Bag!" The blond yelled and pretty much disappeared from site, which made Asuma raise an eyebrow at that.
"So Yugao taught him that attack too….that boy is full of surprises" The chain smaoker said.
"Ok….what is it supposed to do?' Shikamaru asked
"You'll see"
See they did as the monster was starting to yell for the blond. "THE HELL ARE YOU!"
"Everywhere." Naruto's voice came and the monster was slashed in many different places. It roared and swung a giant arm to make several poofs of smoke appear. Naruto reappeared and ran up the Hollows arm and stabbed it in the shoulder.
"Pathetic Soul Reaper wannabe! You can't kill me! You're just not powerful enough…..but I have more than enough power to kill you. Heh, I have lived a long time and I know what most Hollows don't, now…GET OFF OF ME!" It yelled as it ripped Naruto off itself and threw him into a building. "NOW DIE! CERO!" It yelled as a blast of spirit energy was shot towards the blond.
Naruto saw this coming with dinner plate eyes. "Damn…I don't know many spirit attacks yet. No matter, I got a physical attack for it." He murmured as he started charging physical energy to his hands. "KONOHA!" A green blast of energy shot out of Naruto's hands and hit the cero head on in the center, creating a ball of pure chakra.
"This is insane!" Ino yelled in her spirit form to her teamamtes.
"You some that right….troublesome blond." Shikamaru replied as he and the other braced themselves as the attacks where creating shockwaves.
And this is Naruto's bloodline? Thought Asuma.
"Damn…I can't keep this up." Naruto said to himself.
Use my power then… the voice of Xemnas echoed in his head.
"Right!" Naruto yelled as he over charged his attack, over powering the cero and disintegrating the Hollow's arm as it tried to get away. "COME FROM THE VOID OF NOTHINGNESS: XEMNAS!"
The shinobi were confused as hell at what that could mean but the Hollow was freaking out. "HOLY SHIT! HE IS NOT A WANNABE! H EIS ONE!"
In a flash of light, Naruto appeared with a seven foot blade. It was not any blade no way, it was a huge buster blade that had four cannon like attachments on the hilt of the blade. It was the cannonblade! "TIME FOR YOU TO DIE! NOTHING WAVE!" Naruto yelled as he ran up the building and jumped off so he was above the Hollow. He pointed the blade downward and a blast of pure spirit energy incinerated the mask and all.
As he landed, the blade turned back to normal. He walked over to Team 10 and saw they had looks of awe on their faces. "WOW NARUTO! That was awesome! Now….can you please help me!" Ino pleaded.
"Well, since you are out of your body….you are technically dead." Ino and her teammate's eyes widened. "But since your chain of fate is still intact…all you have to do is walk back into your body."
Ino sweatdropped at the simple answer as she walked back into her body and cheered about still being alive, while Shikamaru muttered something about troublesome blonds while Choji happily ate some chips.
Asuma just shook his head; this report was going to be a pain in the ass. Naruto started to sway on his feet and said, "Well, I somehow knew this was going to happen." He then passed out. Team 10 rushed over to help the blond shinigami.
Ok review please. Anyone got any mission ideas that involve hollows…I also would like someone to make a ninja quincy…that will be part of Konoha. I will have a sort of rivalry like Ichigo….and what's his name. Anyway…hope you like this story.