Kurama
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko and Rukia. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
I know I said I wasn't doing fillers in the prequel, but I feel if I don't do the fillers in the Shippuden then Pain's attack is going to happen to early and make the story seemed rushed. I loved the pace of the prequel so I don't want to ruin it now.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Sora and Furido sat at the border of Konoha looking down at the village. It was around noon and the village was fully alive. There were hundreds of people walking around the village just in the market on the bright day. Looking down Furido started to speak. "The problem is that there are two kings."
Sora says nothing, and looks at the village with a blank look.
Furido continues to speak. "The Fire Country's Feudal Lord and Konoha's Hokage. If there are two kings, there are bound to be conflicts and suspicion. If something were to happen, other countries could easily invade due to slow decisions."
Sora still says nothing.
Furido looks at Sora. "Kazuma's ideal was simple. Consolidate the Fire Country into one organisation. But what Kazuma tried to do, the two kings… it was his downfall. After all, the people in this village follow its king. Asuma chose to follow the Hokage, this king."
Sora's fist clenched at the mention of his father's killer. Not knowing that his actual father was sitting beside him, using him.
"They don't get it at all. They don't understand the fundamental reason." Furido rants. "It only shines because of the Fire Country's true king. Everything was for the Fire Country, which was Kazuma's purpose."
Furido smiles slightly, trying to make himself look friendly. "Isn't the power entrusted to you by Kazuma for that purpose?" They had been there for a while just watching the village and while they were watching, Furido spilled some secrets. He told Sora how it was his father who placed the chakra inside him, he didn't believe it at first, but he slowly accepted it.
"My purpose is to avenge my father." Sora answer, speaking up for the first time.
Furido smirks to himself, but he hides it. "That's fine, but look beyond that. To the revenge that Kazuma is longing for, that is. Let's do it Sora. Let's bring Kazuma's ambitions to fruition. If you do, I'll make sure there are plenty of opportunities for you to defeat Asuma."
Sora stares at Tsunade's face carving in the rock that overlooks the whole village. "The other king… The Hokage!"
Furido nods his head, proud that his son had such hatred for the other king. "That's the spirit!"
Sora's gaze wavered from Tsunade's face on the mount. His thoughts turned to what Zero told him, about how Akemi could help him with the power inside his arm. He grips his arm tightly and grits his teeth, wondering how he was going to get her to come with him.
Furido interrupted his thoughts. "You seem distracted."
"There's someone I'd like to bring with me. Her name is Akemi." Sora says suddenly startling Furido.
"Why?" Furido demands looking at Sora with suspicion.
"She can help me with this power." Sora answers looking down at his bandaged arm.
Furido would have immediately shot down his idea. He thought Sora didn't need help with his arm, he just needed to let the power be unleashed. Fūka wanted revenge on that girl, and he doubts she would let Sora get away with her. But then he saw the look in Sora's eyes. There was longing, desperation and a bundle of emotions showing.
Whatever it was in his eyes made Furido sigh. "Fine, bring her to the front gate when we're done. You two will be safe." If the girl survived her fight with Fūka then she could be useful to them.
Sora looks up and gives Furido a grateful smile.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
I was cursing myself. How could I have forgotten about Furido entering the village and telling Sora who Kazuma's killer was? Well actually I do know the reason, it's because I never really paid much attention to the fillers. I usually hated the fillers because I just wanted the anime to get back to the story line. There weren't many fillers that I liked, but some of them were interesting and allowed people to get some much needed character development.
So because I had forgotten, Sora was now with Furido and was out to kill Asuma. However, there was an advantage to this all. Now I would definitely know what would happen and we would be able to formulate a plan from it.
I only realised that this had all gone down was because an ANBU appeared to me while I was training. After realising that I had forgotten an important aspect of the filler, I rushed over to Naruto to make sure he was okay. He had been hit with nine Shurikens all in his back. Healing him was easy, the Nine Tails was already healing him by the time I got there.
People were searching for Sora. Tsunade had sent ANBU to search the borders of Konoha, that's where I knew they would be. Tsunade received word that some ANBU saw Furido and Sora, but because of Furido, they were able to escape. Tsunade decided to let people in the village 'search' for Sora because people were concerned. Choji was one of them, along with Kiba, Lee and Shikamaru. The only people that actually knew the truth were my team, Tsunade, Yukiko, Haku, Itachi and Tsunade.
It was dark when I, Naruto and Sasuke were walking around. We had decided to head back to mine and Haku's place for the night. But looking up at the sky, I got a feeling that something was going to happen.
That's when I felt it.
Sora's chakra.
I could feel like I knew something was going to happen, but then it clicks.
"Tsunade." I whisper.
Sora was going to attack Tsunade tonight and I had only just remembered now.
Sasuke notices that I had stopped and looks at me. "What is it?"
Naruto also stops to see what is wrong.
"We need to get to Tsunade, now!" I shout running in the direction of Tsunade's office. Hearing footsteps behind me, I knew that Sasuke and Naruto were both following me.
It wasn't long before we made it there. Throwing the door open, Tsunade looks up at us. "What are you doing here?"
"Get down now!" Naruto shouts seeing the large Shuriken coming towards the window. Tsunade sees it and ducks down immediately. Naruto runs over to Tsunade while I and Sasuke jump sideward from the weapon.
Using his sword, Sasuke blocks the Shuriken and sends it onto the wall next to him. It was connected with a wire, his eyes followed the wire and see Sora riding in on the wire like a zip wire. His arm was transformed, looking beastly and demonic.
"Sora!" Naruto shouts.
When Sora landed on the desk, the wind in the room became violent. Sora raised his demon arm and jumped for Tsunade. Sasuke jumped in the way, using his sword to stop Sora, Sasuke grit his teeth and held onto his sword tightly. Sora scowls and tried to move his arm forward, trying to put more weight onto Sasuke. Sasuke shifted his stance so he was steadier. Sora couldn't move Sasuke to which the Uchiha smirked at.
"Don't interfere!" Sora shouts at Sasuke.
"Why are you after her?!" Naruto shouts out.
With my Sais out I answer Naruto. "He's been manipulated by Furido, Furido believes that Tsunade needs to die." This was a diversion, Furido's true goal was to kill all the people in the village. His philosophy was that the king could be replaced, however without the followers, the king would fall.
Sasuke shoves Sora back just in time. The door slams open, Itachi and another ANBU member stood there. If Itachi had seen Sora attack Sasuke then Itachi would have killed him. Itachi didn't like Sora anyway and this would give him an excuse to kill him.
When Sora sees that he is outnumbered, he sneers and jumps out of the window, fleeing into the night.
"Sora!" Naruto shouts running after him.
Tsunade stands up and dusts herself off.
"Should we go after him?" Sasuke asks me.
I shake my head. "Naruto-kun can handle him just fine. Besides, we need to prepare for an invasion."
Tsunade nods her head. "All preparations have been made, now we just need them to arrive." Tsunade looks at Itachi and the other ANBU, with that signal, they disappear. Itachi and few select special ANBU members were going to be guarding the power system. Haku and Kakashi were also going to be guarding there too. This is so Furido and his gang won't be able to resurrect the four fallen Ninja Guardian Members and use limelight to incinerate the village. However, there was a backup plan is they did end up getting resurrected.
Just like the anime, all the power had been cut, leaving the village in utter darkness. This meant that Furido had beaten us to that. Now it was up to Itachi and his group of Ninjas to make sure that the four resurrected members don't go through with their plan. But there was no way that Itachi's group could be beaten so easily. Itachi picked his group with a fine tooth comb, he made sure that the people he picked could work together and picked them based on their skills. No two people had the same skills on his team, it was very diverse.
Other Jonin and Chunin were at the north, east, south and west gates of Konoha. This is so when they do invade, there will be people waiting for them. I and Tsunade, along with Itachi had planned this. I only really told them what was happening, the other people made the plan. Civilians were being put into safe houses as we speak. They've been told that it's just a routine, there was no need to worry. Any Genin were given a 'mission' which was to help guard the civilians so they would be out of the way. The Ninja by the gate have been told to not attack the intruders, to wait for them to appear. They seemed anxious when Tsunade told them this, but no one said anything against it.
Knowing that they would be arriving soon, I turned around, I walk out of Tsunade's office. I was going to be having a rematch with a certain someone and I couldn't wait. I wanted revenge.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asks me.
I turn my head and stop in the hallway. "I'm getting ready for a rematch, and you should get ready. With Naruto-kun preoccupied, he won't be able to fight Fuen."
A grin formed on Sasuke's face, he was going to get to fight.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Naruto was running to catch up with Sora. Every time Naruto got closer, Sora would jump away. The game of cat and mouse was going on too long. Naruto gave a grunt and pumped more chakra into his feet, making him faster. He jumped in front of Sora. Sora jumped back and landed on a roof opposite Naruto.
"Sora!" Naruto shouts.
Sora dives for Naruto, but Naruto jumps away. Taking the chance to escape, Sora tries to run again, but Naruto stops him by tackling him to the ground. Naruto was frustrated in Sora, why was he being so easily manipulated by Furido?
"Why did you attack Tsunade-Obaa-san?!" Naruto shouts. He wanted to hear the reply from Sora's mouth.
"Just leave me alone!" Sora yells back, getting out of Naruto's hold and jumping away.
Naruto quickly follows behind him.
"This isn't any of your business!" Sora shouts as he runs.
Naruto shouts back. "What did you say?! Like hell this isn't my business!"
There was a slight bang and smoke appeared from the front gate of Konoha. Naruto grits his teeth, they had arrived and were going to make their way into the Village. Soon, the ground started to shake again, as four gates appeared at each of the entrances of the Village. It was as if the entrances knew of the others presence. A barrier soon appeared, it was a defensive barrier that covered the whole of the village. With that barrier in place, no one could leave.
"They're here, it's them." Sora mumbles.
Naruto looks at Sora. Sora spares a glance at him and jumps away as quickly as he could. "What are you doing?!" Naruto yells at Sora while he runs after him.
"You don't know anything about me!" Sora yells jumping away from Naruto.
"I sure don't!" Naruto shouts back, following right behind him. "Why are you with those guys?!"
Sora turns his head and glares at Naruto. "Konoha was going to try and kill me first!"
Naruto shakes his head. "I don't believe that." He had faith in Tsunade that she wouldn't bring any harm to Sora.
"They were discussing my fate!" Sora screams out. Sora attacks Naruto with his three bladed claw. Naruto blocks it with his kunai and shoves him away.
"Tsunade-Obaa-san wouldn't do that!" Naruto argues as he dodges Sora's attack. Naruto attacked Sora, both landing on a roof and were in dead lock. Neither of them willing to give into one another.
"Well they did," Sora retorts, "I'm going to kill them before they kill me!"
Another voice cuts into their argument. "I've finally caught up with you."
Sora tenses and his eyes go wide. That voice was Asuma's, the one who killed his father. Sora's strength wavered, making Naruto able to push him back. Sora steadied himself and looks to Asuma.
Naruto looks up to Asuma who was positioned higher than them on the same roof. "Asuma-sensei!"
Sora glares at Asuma venomously. "You traitor, Asuma!"
Naruto looks at Sora confused. Asuma looks a little annoyed by being called a traitor. He discarded that thought and looked down at Sora with piercing eyes. "Sora, why did you attack the Hokage? The one you want revenge on is me."
Sora began to laugh insanely. Asuma jumped off the higher roof and stood in front of Sora, he tried placing a hand on his shoulder, but Sora took a swipe at him. "Don't touch me!" Sora shouts jumping away.
Once Sora landed, he speaks. "I just copied you! I'm going to kill the king you decided to follow!"
'King?' Asuma thinks to himself. He only knew one person who referred to the Fire Lord and the Hokage as King, and that was Kazuma. But Kazuma was dead, so who was filling Sora up with this knowledge? He knew that Sora couldn't have come up with that phrase, it would have been too much of a coincidence.
"This time I'm going to do it!" Sora continues to rant.
Naruto looks at Sora. "What are you talking about?! That doesn't even make sense!"
"No, it's true." Asuma cuts in making Naruto look at him. "Sora, you just referred to Tsunade-sama as a king, didn't you?"
Sora just stares him down, not saying anything.
Asuma realises something. He realises why Tsunade was so frantic in making sure everyone was safe. He now understand why even before they knew what was going to happen that Tsunade put everyone on a level one panic mode.
"Most likely, the guys attacking the village will want to kill everyone." Asuma states.
Naruto's eyes widen in horror. Akemi told him that their intention wasn't good and sinister, but he could have never imagined that killing everyone was their intention. "What did you say?!" Naruto looks to Asuma.
Sora takes a step back in shock, he didn't know this was their plan. Sora shakes his head. "Don't be ridiculous!"
"It's all linked together!" Asuma cuts in.
Sora's eyes widen at his tone.
"Why did they steal the four Lightning Masters' caskets?" Asuma asks. "Because they know all about lightning techniques and how powerful they are." Asuma turns to look up at Sora. "And they figured out a way to use their power to wipe out the entire village."
Lightning crackled in the air, as if to emphasis his point.
Sora looks at the village with a torn look. "W-wipe out?"
Naruto takes a step forward. "Hey, Sora, is that true?! Wiping out the village means you'll be killing everyone!"
Sora shakes his head. "I-I didn't know! I didn't know anything about it!" Sora turns around and runs away.
"Sora!" Naruto shouts running after him.
As Sora ran away, he couldn't believe what he just heard. They were going to kill everyone in the village. Families would be wiped out, children would be killed. The very thought made him scared, just who the hell did he decide to help?
"Sora! Stop!" Naruto shouts while running, nearly catching up to him.
The chasing game only lasted a few more moments. When they reached a temple roof, Naruto tackled Sora down having enough of this game. Naruto sat on Sora's chest and pinned him to the roof. "What the hell happened, Sora?" Naruto asks. "What happened between you and Asuma-sensei?"
"Let me go god dammit!" Sora protests as he struggles.
However, Naruto keeps him pinned down. "Sora, you don't believe that Asuma-sensei killed your dad, do you?"
"You heard him didn't you?!" Sora yells at him. "He admitted it! He said it himself!"
Sora reached out and grabbed Naruto's collar, he bring his face closer to his. "He betrayed my father and killed him!" Sora exclaims.
"There's no way that Asuma-sensei would do something like that!" Naruto argues back.
"Even if the Hokage ordered it?" Sora asks calmly.
Naruto's eyes widen, however his strength doesn't waver when Sora tried to get out of his hold.
"The Third Hokage was Asuma's father." Sora says.
Naruto look at Sora. "What are you trying to say?"
"I'm saying that my father was killed by Konoha's king!" Sora exclaims. "The Fire Country doesn't need two kings! As long as there are two of them, there will always be war and strife! My father worked to make sure there'd only be one king. All he got for his efforts was a cruel and tragic end. For the sake of Asuma who chose the other king."
"But then Asuma would be feeling the same thing you'd be feeling." Naruto cuts in.
Sora looks at Naruto in shock.
"You said that Asuma was the Third's child. He wanted to protect his family. I know I would do the same." Naruto answers with a blank as he look.
Sora was taken aback by Naruto's sudden change of attitude. He regains his composure. "You don't get it."
"I do." Naruto says.
Sora looks up at the sky, he wanted to see the stars, but he only saw the ugly barrier that was covering the whole of Konoha. "I'm such an idiot."
Naruto doesn't say anything and lets Sora speak.
"The man who killed my father told me that he died honourably. I was happy to hear it. Getting vengeance will only taint your father's legacy. I tried to think about it like that." Sora says.
Naruto looks down to Sora. "Where did you hear about Asuma killing your dad?"
Sora doesn't answer and turns his head away.
Naruto's eyes widen. "You're in league with those guys! You're trying to wipe out the whole village!"
Sora looks at Naruto with panic in his eyes. "No! I didn't know anything about it! He wasn't supposed to go that far! The fight is meant to result in the loss of Konoha's king and Asuma."
"Then what is this, then?!" Naruto shouts angrily.
"That's what I'm going to find out!" Sora exclaims. He kicks Naruto away and manages to escape.
Naruto curses and runs after Sora once again.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
I was running along the roofs of Konoha. I was waiting for Fūka to make her appearance so we could finish what we started. I already knew that they were in the village, Fuen's barriers had appeared at all gates of Konoha, we just had to wait until Sasuke disposed of Fuen. Fudō had already summoned his Zombies, I could see them as I jumped from roof to roof, and hence why I took this path over the floor. I would leave the Zombies to the other Ninjas in the village.
I didn't have to wait long, Fūka makes her appearance. She appears on the next roof I was about to jump onto.
She looks at me blankly. "I'll be your opponent." Then she smiles, "This time I'll be sure to steal a long kiss from you."
"That same trick isn't going to work on me." I say glaring at her. There was no way that I was letting her lips anywhere near mine.
Fūka quickly performs familiar hand seals. "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Little fire birds flew from her mouth and were aimed straight at me. Jumping out of the way, I dodged while trying to get closer to her.
I was formulating a plan at the same time as dodging. Fūka had five different bodies, one for each element that she possessed. I killed one back in the labyrinth but I don't know which element that was. It definitely wasn't fire because she was using that at this very moment.
Fūka's face was filled with frustration with my dodging. "Suiton: Rekkū Suigeki!" A burst of water appeared and was aimed for me.
Again I jumped out of the way and made a Shadow Clone. I made it look like I had been hit while I was trying to get a good aim at her. Fūka's face looked smug, a smirk gracing her beautiful face when she thinks that she's hit me with the water. I was waiting for her to use lightning, which was the combo she always used. However, the lightning never came. I grin, I had got rid of the lightning. I just needed to get her hair four more times.
Sounds easy enough.
From my hiding place behind Fūka, I aimed an exploding kunai at her. Throwing it, I dashed away from my hiding spot.
The kunai landed next to Fūka, she looks down at it. Her eyes widen when she sees the exploding tag and tries to get away. Fūka screams when the explosion goes off while I smirk. Once the smoke clears away, I see a shrivelled up Fūka with a chunk of hair missing from the explosion. I only saw a quick glimpse before she dissolves. Moments later, Fūka reappears with a pissed off look on her face.
Three to go.
Fūka's face becomes murderous. "I'm going to kill you, you annoying pest!"
"Is that all?" I shout coming out from my hiding spot. I stand on the roof opposite her with a smirk on my face. "That's the worst insult I've ever heard!"
Fūka glares at me with killer intent in her eyes.
Grinning, I turn around and run away. I knew she was following me because I could feel her chakra signature behind me. She was aiming to kill me now, she wasn't toying around anymore, and I couldn't wait for the fight. I was even more pleased with myself, I had got rid of the water element. Now I only had to deal with fire, earth and wind.
Feeling heat coming my way, I jumped to my right. Just then, fire whizzed past me and into an innocent building.
"You missed!" I shout taunting her. I stayed where I was and waited for her to get closer. Making the necessary hand seals, I slammed my hands down onto the ground. "Suiton: Haran Banshō!" A massive amount of water came crashing down, aiming for Fūka. I controlled the water so if anyone was close by, they wouldn't get caught up in the attack. After a few moments, I stopped the attack, cancelling the jutsu.
When the water was gone, I couldn't see Fūka anywhere.
At least, that was until I got a kick in my back. The sudden kick sent me flying into the roof near me. I crash land and slowly get up. I assessed my wounds and found I only had scrapes and bruises. I look and stand up glaring at Fūka.
Fūka seemed to have this sadistic look in her eyes. "I was told by Furido not to kill you."
I look at her with an odd look, why would Furido want me alive?
The look on Fūka's face became feral. "But we all make mistakes, I'm sure he won't mind."
Fūka quickly performs more hand seals. "Doton: Doro Houshi!" Mud appeared from the roof I was on, I tried to jump away, but it was too late. The mud had spread quickly and my feet were caught. The mud hardened, and I was trapped.
Using my Sais, I tried to dig my way out of the mud.
Fūka made more hand seals. "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!"
I look up to see the fire birds flying for me at a fast pace. I quickly made some hand seals. "Mizu no Yaiba!" A sword made of solid water appears in my hands. I made it the size of a massive decapitator sword. This sword was incredibly endurable, which is why I loved using it. Yukiko was the one who showed me how to do this jutsu.
With the water sword in hand, I slashed at the fire birds that were aimed at me. As I sliced them, steam hissed in the air. It wasn't long before all the fire birds were gone. Giving Fūka a smug look, I slashed at my trapped feet, freeing them. Now free, I jump away from the muddy roof and onto a clean one. With my water sword no longer of any use, I dispelled the jutsu.
Fūka scoffed and attacked me once more. "Fuuton: Hanachiri Mai!"
I jumped out of the way of this attack and send one of my own. "Fuuton: Furyuu no Jutsu!" A dragon formed from the wind. The dragon looks like a large serpent, a traditional Chinese dragon that is twenty feet long. It was aimed at Fūka who wasn't able to dodge the attack. She screams when she was hit. Dispelling the jutsu, I see a shrivelled up Fūka.
Two to go.
"How dare you?" Fūka whispers harshly. The body disintegrates and a new one appears in seconds. Now she couldn't use wind, she only had fire and earth.
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Fūka screeches, utter madness on her face.
I take a step back, my eyes widen.
Fūka runs at me, no longer using Ninjutsu. She aimed punches at me and I dodged. Surprisingly, her anger and frustration wasn't making her stronger. She was still strong, but her blind rage made her easy to evade. When she was close enough, I take my Sai and slash a chunk of her hair. She freezes and the same happens again, she shrivels up and disintegrates. Fūka regenerations in seconds, sending me a deadly look.
"So this is your last body." I comment with a sly look.
Fūka glares. "How do you know?"
The sly smile never leaves my face. "Not telling."
Fūka lets out a battle cry and goes to charge forward, but she couldn't move. Looking down at her feet she sees water chains holding her down. She looks at me with wide eyes.
"Didn't see that did you?" I say. I throw another kunai, but she moves her head.
"You missed." She taunts.
I grin. "No I didn't."
Fūka's eyes widen when she looks behind her. A Shadow Clone of myself was behind her, holding the kunai that I had just thrown. My clone slashes Fūka's hair, making her scream like a banshee. Her last body falls to the ground and turns to dust.
However, her hair is still there. It was floating in mid-air and had glowing yellow eyes staring back at me. If I didn't remember this part I swear I would have thought this was a horror movie.
"How dare you?" The hair says.
Making the hand seals, the hair tries to attack me before I could finish. However, luck was on my side at that moment. Finishing the seal I shout. "Mizu no Yaiba!" With the water blade back in hands, the minute Fūka's hair got close enough, I slashed at it before it could get me. A blood curdling scream followed, confirming that I had hit my target. The hair fell limp to the ground, just to make sure though, I burned it.
I look up, now I could find Sora.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Kakashi was running along a forest pathway. As he was running, the ground before him began moving, he jumped away in time before the ground below him opened up into a grand canyon. Kakashi looks around, unhappy that he was in the same technique again.
A laugh came from beside him a few feet away. "I'm surprised you're still alive." Fudō says laughing.
Kakashi turns to face him. "Too bad for you."
Fudō sniggers. "Yeah, this time I'll make sure you die!"
"Not likely." Kakashi comments with a bored look.
Fudō runs at Kakashi and raises his fist to hit him. Kakashi notices that Fudō's skin had a certain shine to him again. He was sure that it was armour. Kakashi jumped away in time so he wasn't hit. Fudō sneers and aims another punch at him. To test his theory, Kakashi threw three shuriken at Fudō, which bounced off him.
Fudō laughs at his poor attempt. He soon gets serious when he sees Kakashi making hand seals. Chidori crackles in Kakashi's hands, with one arm, he runs forward aiming for Fudō. Fudō quickly makes hand seals so that two walls of earth appeared and blocked Kakashi's path. Kakashi rams his Chidori through the rock walls, easily breaking through them. Fudō looks at the hole in surprise when Kakashi removes his hand.
Gritting his teeth, Fudō disappears into the earth and reappears again behind Kakashi. Fudō raises his fist, aiming to punch Kakashi.
The scarecrow turns his head and sees him and performs more hand seals. The earth moved and two walls got in front of Fudō, stopping him from attacking. The walls disappears when he punches through them.
Fudō chuckles. "I almost forgot you were Kakashi the Copy Cat Ninja."
"A very grave mistake." Kakashi responds.
Fudō grins. "Let's see whose earth moves are better then. The original or the copy." Fudō attacks Kakashi using his fists. But Fudō could never seem to hit Kakashi, he would always jump away at the last second.
Fudō looks to Kakashi with annoyance. "Start fighting me for real already! How long are you planning on just running around?"
Kakashi smirks from under his mask. "I don't need to anymore." Kakashi takes a scroll out and performs the hand seals. Slamming his hands onto the ground, smoke appears. When the smoke is gone, it revealed Kakashi's band of dogs. With a signal, Kakashi sends his hounds onto Fudō.
The dogs attack, leaving Fudō distracted. "Get off you mangy mutt!" Fudō yells throwing dogs off him. The big dogs were difficult to get off though. It didn't take long before the dogs immobilised him. He looks up when he hears birds chirping. He see Kakashi with his Chidori in hand.
"I'd say the copy is better." Kakashi says ramming the Chidori into Fudō's chest. Fudō's screams echo in the cave. Kakashi removes his hand and dispels his summoning's when Fudō stopped moving. He made sure to check if he was alive, which he wasn't.
Satisfied with his work, he goes to help Itachi and Haku.
As he was running on the roofs of Konoha, he notices that the earth returned back to normal. Any damage that Fudō did do was gone when he died. The upheaved earth went back into place as if it had never been disturbed. The zombies invading the village too disappeared, going away in a cloud of smoke.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Sasuke was running in a forest path. He was looking for his opponent, Fuen. Naruto was otherwise preoccupied looking after Sora, so Fuen had been left to him to which he was pleased about. He would rather be fighting an opponent than a zombie because it would be more of a challenge. He stopped suddenly when three kunai were thrown at him. He jumps out of the way in time and into a tree. More kunai were sent his way. Sasuke jumps from tree to tree, noticing a shadow in the trees adjacent him.
Sasuke sees that Fuen was indeed the one throwing the kunai at him. Fuen throws more at Sasuke, but he uses his sword to deflect them. Sasuke stops suddenly when he notices the ground closing in around him. It looked like a claw made out of the earth, the ground didn't stop shaking until he was trapped. He stopped and looked around, he was surrounded by darkness.
Fuen jumps out of the trees and stands outside the trap. She places her hand on the rock and has a displeased look on her face. "Oh, no. I was looking forward to seeing that boy again. But at least it's not that girl, I hate little girls!"
Sasuke turns around in the darkness. He could hear Fuen's voice.
Fuen smirks outside the trap. "We're going to have some fun though."
From the darkness, Sasuke couldn't see anything. He takes a light from his bag and looks around. Now with some light, he could see the walls. He touches it for a moment before the rock felt soft. Sasuke takes his hand away immediately and looks at the wall. With one glance it looked to be a normal rock wall. But if you take another glance, you would see that the entire wall was littered with moths.
Sasuke's eye twitches. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" He quickly made the hand seals and attacked the moths with fire, hoping that they would burn to hell.
With that one attack, hundreds of them fell to the ground crispy. However, there were loads more and they decided to fly around spreading their poisonous powder around into the air. Sasuke using his gloves hand to cover his mouth so he didn't inhale the poison, however it was too late. Sasuke opens his eyes again and sees that the cave was no longer around him. He looks around, was he caught in a Genjutsu?
"Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke turns his head and sees Akemi. Akemi smiles at him, "Are you alright, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke nods his head and walks over to her. "Ah."
"Have you seen Fuen anywhere?" Akemi asks tilting her head.
Sasuke shakes his head. "I don't know where she's gone."
"Well you're safe now." Akemi says patting Sasuke's shoulder. "You had a pretty rough time, haven't you?"
Sasuke sends Akemi a blank look. He catches Akemi raising a kunai about to kill him. He knew it, it had been a Genjutsu because of the poisonous powder. He reaches into his bag of medicine and takes out some antidote. Today, he and Naruto had been given medicine bags in case Akemi wasn't there, so they would at least have some medical supplies. Before coming to this match, Akemi gave him a particular antidote for this occasion. She said that there was some poisonous bugs that he would face. He thought it would be another spider, but he was wrong. Injecting the antidote into himself, he felt better. The poisonous powder was starting to make him feel dizzy, so he was glad to feel some relief in his head.
Sasuke smirks to himself. He knew that the Akemi had been fake, the real Akemi doesn't call him 'Sasuke-kun'. Looking around the walls, he picks up his light which he had dropped and thinks to himself. This Fuen person hadn't really faced him. She had lured him into a trap and used poison powder and then Genjutsu. Analysing her attack made Sasuke realise that she wasn't that keen in physical attacks. Smirking to himself, he thinks of a plan.
Fuen looks at the rock cave she had formed to trap Sasuke in. She smirks to herself thinking that she had won. Her plan was flawless after all. She decided to see what damage has been done and takes down the rock walls surrounding Sasuke. She finds Sasuke passed out on the ground, his eyes closed.
Fuen smirks and takes out a kunai. She walks closer to Sasuke and kicks him to see if he was asleep. "Fare well, little boy." Fuen raises the kunai.
"You're annoying." Sasuke says opening his eyes suddenly. Fuen jerks back in surprise, but she wasn't quick enough. Sasuke jumps up and gets his sword out, he swings his sword and stabs Fuen in the stomach.
Fuen screams, blood falling from her mouth.
Sasuke calmly removes the sword from Fuen. He flicks the sword so her blood falls off. Fuen fall to the ground on her back. She looks to Sasuke. "H-how? M-my technique w-was p-perfect."
Sasuke smirks and pulls out the empty bottle of antidote. "You're weak, that's why you fight the way you do." Sasuke says looking at the dying Fuen blankly. He walks closer to Fuen and activates his Chidori sword.
"NO!" Fuen screams in vain.
Sasuke stabs Fuen in the heart, this time with his Chidori sword. Her bloodcurdling scream echoes in the forest.
Sasuke stops the Chidori and removes his sword, again making sure to wipe away the blood. Putting it back in his sheath, he looks to the sky. The barrier around Konoha was gone, the gates surrounding the village crumbled loudly back into the ground. They were no longer trapped inside Konoha.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Running along the roofs of Konoha, I was happy to see no more zombies and that the barrier around the village was gone. Kakashi and Sasuke had disposed of Fudō and Fuen and I had just got rid of Fūka. Now we just had to deal with Furido. I had ever confidence in Itachi and Haku to dispose of the newly resurrected members of the Twelve Ninja Guardians. My attention was drawn to the forest when I saw red chakra. Furido had released the Nine Tails chakra inside Sora. Pumping more chakra into my legs, I ran faster to where the red chakra was leaking out. I could feel the demonic chakra, it wasn't as strong as it was with Naruto, but it still sent shivers down my spine.
I stopped when I was a few feet away. Naruto and Sasuke were also there, they were both looking at Sora with unsure looks on their faces.
"What's happening?" I ask standing next to my teammates.
"This dobe wants to run straight in." Sasuke points out with glare.
"But I need to help him!" Naruto argues.
I shake my head. "Naruto-kun you can't go in without a plan. If you do, the Nine Tails inside you will react and try and get out." I didn't want to risk Kurama getting out. In the anime Naruto managed to repress him, but the risk was too great.
Hearing footsteps behind us, I turn around and see Asuma running towards us. He stops when he is beside us and looks at the scene in front of him in horror.
Loud laughing could be heard. "It's too late!"
We turn our heads and see Furido. He had a massive grin on his face and he was laughing. He thought he had won. He stopped laughing and looks at Sora, not caring that his own son was in pain. Furido looks to Sora. "That's it, Sora! Hate them, curse them! Turn your rage into power! We're going to kill every last one of them!"
Sora struggles to look at Furido with the pain he was going through. "Screw you… I wasn't born for this!" Sora glares at him, but winces in pain.
"Yes you were." Furido responds with a crazy look.
Sora looks at him in surprise.
"Everything exists to serve the true ruler of the Fire Country." Furido looks at Sora, "He needs your power now, Sora."
Naruto takes a step forward. "What the hell are you talking about you son of a bitch?!"
Before Furido could reply, a scream tore through the air. All eyes went to Sora, who looked to be in an incredibly amount of pain. The beam of red chakra surrounding him disappeared and coated around him like a second skin. Sora went down on all fours and a tail formed from the demonic chakra. His eyes turn red and whiskers poked out from Sora's cheeks. His demon arm grew and claws grew on both hands. Sora lets loose a roar that sent violent waves of wind in all directions.
Naruto couldn't look away from Sora. He had never seen himself go wild when the Nine Tails chakra took over. His wide eyes couldn't believe what he was seeing… it was horrifying to say the least.
Sasuke looks to me. "Will my Sharingan work against me?"
I blink a few times and purse my lips before I answer. "I don't know, but I don't think it would have any effect." The only reason the Sharingan worked against Naruto was because Naruto had Kurama inside him, and Kurama can be controlled with the Sharingan. However, with Kurama not present in Sora, there is no way to say if the Sharingan would work. It could be too dangerous and could result in Sasuke getting hurt.
"What about your Talismans?" Sasuke asks.
Looking down into my pouch, I take a few Talismans out. They were meant for Naruto, or more importantly Kurama. They could be used on other Tailed Beasts, but they won't be as effective as it would on Kurama. Sarutobi helped me make these and showed me how to make a Talisman that could withstand the power of a Tailed Beast. The most important aspect of the Talisman is what is written on it. If the writing got smudged then it wouldn't work, if it was even the slightest bit ripped it wouldn't work.
"I could give it a go." I say.
I walk forward cautiously. Sora couldn't distinguish whether we were friend or foe at the moment. Not that he knew normally. He sees Furido as a traitor, Asuma as his father's murder and us as traitors too. Since we belong to Konoha he doesn't trust us.
A hand grabbed my wrist, I turn my head and see that it was Naruto. "Akemi-chan, are you sure this will work?" Naruto asks.
I smile at him, "It will be fine." I look down at my wrist. Under my fishnet sleeves, there were four silver claw marks. It was first time that I had seen Kurama influence Naruto, and the first and last time I was ever scared of Naruto. I admit that the experience was terrifying, but it would never make me hate Naruto for it.
Naruto follows my gaze and sees the marks. Guilt shines in his eyes. "I'm sorry you had to go through this with me…"
I place my other hand on his. "It's fine." I look to Sasuke, "I just need you and Naruto-kun to distract Sora so I can place the Talisman on him."
Sasuke nods his head. "Got it."
I look to Naruto to make sure he was alright with this. "Okay?"
A grin slowly forms onto his face. "Let's save Sora!"
With an idea of a plan in place, we headed for Sora. Naruto and Sasuke would try and get his attention while I tried to get a Talisman on Sora. Hopefully this would calm him down and seal Kurama's chakra inside him. We had clued Asuma in and needed him to keep Furido busy. The last thing we needed was him getting in the way.
Naruto and Sasuke were sending kunai and shuriken at Sora, hoping to get his attention. Sora growls and crouches down getting ready to attack. He didn't know who to attack first, but he didn't wait too long. He chose to attack Sasuke and pounced once he made his mind up.
Luckily, Sasuke was fast and was able to dodge Sora's attacks with ease. When Sora sees that he isn't able to get Sasuke, his focus moves to the other person throwing weapons at him. He pounces at Naruto, but again misses.
I stand a little away, I was making sure I was using the right Talisman. I was hoping to get it right the first time otherwise I didn't know the next time I would get a chance. When I was sure that the Talisman was right, I ran forward sending chakra into the Talisman.
Sora's back was to me, I thought it would be easy. But just as the last second, Sora turns around. I was only centimetres away from him. So when his hand shot out to grab mine, I couldn't get away. He grabbed my wrist and the Talisman fell to the floor.
"Akemi-chan!" Naruto calls out.
Sasuke grits his teeth and aims another shuriken at Sora, however it had no effect.
All Sora's attention was on me. With my other hand, I raise it to hit him. But as I raised my fist, I looked into his eyes. When looking into his eyes, something inside me froze. His eyes… were murderous. If I was afraid of Naruto back then, I was terrified of Sora now. There was just something about seeing Sora like this made my heart stop.
Sora raises his hand.
That's when I broke out of my trance. I grabbed my Sai and tried to get him to let go of me by slashing his hand, but it was like he didn't even care. The wound healed within minutes, like it never happened.
"Let her go, god dammit!" Naruto yells out.
All the yelling was useless. Sora's sole attention was on me, his gaze unnerving. I shut my eyes and wait for pain, but it never came. I felt something poke my forehead. In surprise, I open my eyes and stare into Sora's eyes.
The world around me dissolved and I was alone. I could no longer see Naruto or Sasuke. I couldn't see Furido and Asuma fighting out of the corner of my eyes and I couldn't see Sora. Looking around I see water on the floor with a golden cage in front of me. It was dark, so dark in fact that it made me feel uneasy.
My eyes widen when I realised where I was.
I was with Kurama.
Feeling a gaze on me, I look around until I found them. Red eyes stare at me in the darkness. I couldn't see anything else but those red eyes. Just like Sora and Naruto's where, they looked murderous, ready to kill and spill blood. These were the eyes that promised pain and that sent an uneasy feeling in my stomach.
"Well, well, well." Kurama mumbles. His voice sounded rough, like he was swallowing rocks. His voice was loud and commanding which made him even more intimidating.
"Kurama…" I whisper in shock and awe. I never thought that I would ever meet Kurama, yet here I am.
Kurama growls in anger. His chakra swirls around making the room light up. Looking at him again was a mistake. Kurama was looking at me with unconcealed rage. "How do you know my name?" The calmness of his tone made the situation worse, it made the hairs at the back of my neck stand up.
My heart was pounding heavily in my chest.
"I asked you a question!" Kurama roars at me.
Flinching, I take a step back. I close my eyes and take a few calming breathes. Kurama's presence was suffocating. He sent every instinct in my body to overdrive. My body was telling me to run, to try and get out of here, but my mind was another matter. My mind wanted to know why I was brought here.
"I-I'll answer yours if you answer mine." I say getting more confidence as I spoke. My courage coming back to me as adrenaline rushes through my body.
Kurama seemed to be amused by this. "I've seen everything now, a puny human is bargaining with me."
"Well?" I ask looking at him with calm look. Knowing that he couldn't actually hurt me gave me confidence. Minato made sure of this, which I was very thankful for, even though it caused his untimely death.
Kurama sneers at me. "Fine. What do you wish to know?"
"Why am I here?" I ask looking Kurama directly into his eyes.
Kurama growls lowly at me, not liking the disrespect of looking him in the eyes. However, his anger was making me feel smug. "Because I called you here, now answer my question!" His shouting sent harsh wind my way, but it didn't hurt me. It just felt like a strong breeze.
"I think you already know the answer, don't you." I say moving a piece of hair that got into my face from the wind. Through Naruto, he would know the truth about me, about me being from another world and knowing what will happen. I was very confident that he would know the answer, he was just testing me.
A look of amusement crosses Kurama's furry face. "I do, which I find fascinating."
This was good, if he thought I was fascinating then he wouldn't kill me if he got the chance. I was useful at the moment because I had something he needed. He wouldn't call me here for nothing. "What's the real reason you brought me here?" I ask feeling confident now.
"I need you to do something for me." Kurama answers with a sly grin.
I blink a few times in surprise. Kurama needed me to do something for him. If I remember correctly, Kurama doesn't like humans, he thinks that they are all selfish and greedy. There was only ever one human that he liked. That was a Sage called Hagoromo, after he died, all the Tailed Beasts drifted apart. The other Tailed Beasts disliked Kurama because he was the one who suggested that their strength is determined by the amount of Tails a demon has. And obviously, Kurama has the most so he is insinuating that he is the strongest.
"That boy who has my chakra," Kurama begins to say. Hearing his booming voice, I was brought out of my thoughts.
"Sora?" I cut in with a look of confusion. What did he want with Sora?
Kurama sends me a warning look. He didn't like being interrupted. I send him an apologetic look before he resumes. "Yes, I want that chakra back." Kurama says with a growl under his tone.
"Why do you want the chakra?" I ask tilting my head.
Kurama didn't seem to like this question. "BECAUSE IT'S MINE AND NO ONE ELSES!" Harsh winds nearly blew me over once more.
When the violent winds calm down, I ask. "And what do I get in exchange?"
Kurama laughs roughly. I wait for him to stop laughing, the more he laughed the more irritated I felt. Finally, he stops. He sees my expression, I wasn't amused. "You're serious." Kurama says with a glare.
"I am." I say.
"YOU WILL OBEY ME!" The wind came rushing towards me, nearly blowing me off my feet.
"I will not!" I shout back, taking a defying step forward.
Kurama and I glare at each other, neither one of us giving in.
"Just listen to my request and then make your decision." I say calming down, I was hoping that he would. Then maybe if he did, he could consider.
"Make it quick." Kurama says with a dismissive eye roll.
"Treat Naruto-kun nicer." I say.
Kurama stills and he doesn't speak for a moment. He just looks at me with an intimidating gaze. I was feeling slightly uncomfortable under his scrutinising gaze. I shift from foot to foot, looking everywhere but Kurama.
"Why?" Kurama asks suddenly.
I look at Kurama, "What do you mean?"
"You could ask me anything. I could give you some power, I could be at your command. Why are you not asking for that?!" Kurama yells at me. Kurama wasn't used to kindness, he was used to dealing with selfish and greedy people. I never really blamed him for his weariness towards humans. I always wished he would treat Naruto nicer though, and I was ecstatic when it happened.
"Just be nicer to him, give him a chance." I say. "I don't want power, nor do I need it. I'm happy with the power I have."
Kurama considers my words carefully. "Get the job done and I'll consider it."
This was the best result that I could have asked for. "Okay." I grin at him and the scene in front of me dissolves.
When my gaze focuses, I was back on the battlefield and Sora was still holding my arm. Looking around, I could tell that not much time had passed. Naruto and Sasuke were still in the same position as before, throwing kunai at Sora.
"Get your hands off her right now!"
A Talisman was slammed onto Sora's head. I follow from where the arm comes from and see Yukiko was the one who placed the Talisman on Sora. I was pulled away when Sora's hand loosened and Yukiko pulled me to safety. The affects were instant, the red chakra disappeared from Sora, his eyes turned back to grey and the flesh whiskers recede back into the skin. His demon arm goes back into a normal hand and the claws recede back to normal nails. With Kurama's chakra receded, Sora loses all strength left him and he fell to the ground.
Yukiko lets go of me and goes over to Sora.
Naruto and Sasuke run over to me. "Are you okay?" Naruto asks me with a worried look.
I smile and nod. "I'm fine honestly."
"What happened?" Sasuke asks.
I look to Sasuke. "What do you mean?"
"You and Sora froze for a moment, did something happen?" Naruto presses. Sasuke also gives me a look to say that if I didn't say anything now, he could tell Haku.
Sighing, I lower my tone. "I met the Nine Tailed Fox."
Naruto freezes, horror shines in his eyes.
Sasuke looks slightly concerned.
"He didn't hurt me though," I reassure them, "he just wanted me to do something."
Naruto shakes his head, "What did he want?"
"He wanted his chakra back, what Sora has inside him." I tell them, looking at the unconscious Sora. Naruto and Sasuke follow my gaze but don't say anything. Naruto walks over to Yukiko and Sora to make sure he was okay.
Sasuke looks down to me. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"I'm a little shook up, meeting him was very intimidating." I admit letting my body relax. I could tell Sasuke this, I was worried that Naruto would feel guilty. I didn't want Naruto to feel like that, so I thought it would be better if he didn't. However, Sasuke I could confide in.
Sasuke doesn't say anything, to which I was very thankful for.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Just like in the anime, Asuma killed Furido. Now at least Sora's accusations could be true, that Asuma really did kill his father. Sora was taken into intensive care and then moved to a safe locations so the extraction of Kurama's chakra could be performed. Jiraiya, Yukiko and I were present. Sora didn't even notice because he was under heavy sedation. Once Jiraiya and Yukiko removed the chakra, Naruto came into the room and it was put in him. Originally Naruto was reluctant, but he eventually decided that he didn't want Sora to have that burden anymore and took it from him.
It took a few days for Sora to recover, but now he was heading back to the Fire Temple for the time being and then would set out to travel.
Sora stood at the gate with bandages all over him making him look like a mummy. "Thank you for having me." Sora bows to us.
Tsunade, I, Naruto, Sasuke were there. Haku and Itachi stood a little away and some of the Rookie Ten were here too. Lee was sad to see him go, he was crying. Choji and Kiba looked a little sad, even though they thought Sora was an ass, that didn't mean they wouldn't miss him.
"Sora, you'll visit won't you?" Naruto asks.
Sora rolls his eyes. "Of course I will you goon."
Naruto grins and places out his fist. Sora looks at it before slowly raising his own fits and meeting Naruto's outstretched fist. Sora looks to Sasuke when he lowers his hand, Sasuke nods his head at him. Sora relaxes and nods his head back at him.
Then he turned to me.
"I'm sorry." Sora bows lowly to me.
My eyes widen slightly, "What for?"
Sora stands up. "I was going to ask you to come with me, to leave this village. I knew that you could help seal up the chakra in my arm." Sora explains with an earnest look on his face.
Before anyone one knew it, Yukiko appears in front of me. Her Shīringu was activated making her look deadly. "How do you know?" Yukiko hisses in a low tone.
"Yukiko!" I say.
Yukiko ignores me. "How?" She demands.
Sora looks at her nervously. "S-someone came into my room and told me. He said you could help me, just as long as I took you away from this village."
I frown. It was Zero, there was no one else that it could be. Furido doesn't know of my sealing ability or my Shīringu. The only person I knew that wanted rid of me was Zero.
Sora bows once more before he leaves.
"Looks like Zero's made his first move." I say with a small smirk.
If that was the case, then bring it on.