Into the Void
By
Ragnorokrising
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Chapter Five: The Chimera's Roar
Naruto and the group walked down the road. Naruto and Kakashi caught each others' eye. A puddle sat in the middle of the road, when the sun was shining and no rain had come for weeks.
Naruto's hand crept to a hidden seal at the bottom of his sword sheath once they were past the puddle. Two men swirled out of the puddle, with a sharp barbed chain connecting them together.
Together they ran at Kakashi but Naruto appeared behind him and sent chakra into the seal while throwing his coat into the air. The sheath retracted into the handle and dropped into Naruto's hand.
He swung the sword into the chain's middle link and broke it in half. The two ninja used the chain as long distance weapons. They wrapped up both of Naruto's arms. Naruto smirked as a current of electricity coursed through the chains and into the men.
Naruto pressed the blade to one of the ninja's throats. "Tell us who sent you or else." the others turned around to see what was happening. They stared in shock as Naruto drew blood from the man.
"I was sent by Zabuza Momochi." he hissed. Naruto pulled his sword back quickly and sheathed it. The sheath folded back down around the sword.
"Get up." he ordered. They stumbled to their feet. Naruto pulled off their gauntlets and took all their equipment and poison. He opened a Void, surprising Sasuke, Hinata, and Tazuna. He tossed the equipment into it and closed the Void. Then he opened another with a picture of the Hokage.
"Naruto, how may I help you?"
"Hello Lord Hokage. I need you to imprison two men for me. I'll send them to your office via a Void."
"Of course Naruto. I'll be waiting for them." the picture closed. Naruto waved his hands and a black circle appeared underneath the two people. They dropped into the Void.
"Well, let's get going people." Kakashi said as he clapped his hands. Hinata and Sasuke kept on staring at Naruto.
"What?"
"What were those black hole things?" Sasuke managed to get out.
"Oh, that was my Kekkei Genkai. I can open Voids to hold and transport things and people, make weapons and shields as well as many other things."
"So why can't you make a portal from here to my house?" Tazuna asked.
"I have to know where I'm going. I've never been to Tazuna's house before so…" Naruto walked down the road again, forcing the others to follow.
"So now we just wait for Ibiki to do his job." Naruto stopped in his tracks and opened a Void. A scroll shot through into his hand. He quickly read it and threw it back in.
"So, they were hired by a Gato. He wants Tazuna dead so his monopoly of Wave can continue. He's forced Wave into poverty so he can get a ransom from the land of Water and form his own ninja village."
Tazuna started backing away. Kakashi rounded on him quickly.
"Am I in trouble?"
"What'd you think?"
After a short interrogation the team gathered in a circle.
"Well, this is a A-rank or higher mission now. Do we continue on, or go back?"
"I say we go on." said Naruto. "Hinata's Byakugan can give us an advantage and with my Kekkai Genkai and your Sharingan eye we can easily beat Zabuza if we work together." they all agreed and broke apart.
"Alright Tazuna, we'll stay." Kakashi told him. Naruto opened several small Voids that rolled into spheres and shot off in multiple directions.
"My Void Eye Jutsu will scout out the surrounding area." Hinata activated her Byakugan and they left the area. They both stopped at the same time a half hour later.
"Naruto, did you see it?"
"Yeah, a man who fits the description of Zabuza Momochi from the Bingo Book Kakashi. We need to be on guard." Naruto sent ten clones ahead to scout.
"He switched places with a small white rabbit." Hinata said. They reached a lake when Naruto turned and made a black shield to their right.
A huge sword slid around the Void into a tree. A man appeared on the sword with his arms crossed. He had no shirt, or eyebrows. He wore a pair of pants with blue stripes and had most of his face wrapped in bandages.
"Ah, the great Kakashi Hatake and his apprentice." the man said.
"And you must be Zabuza Momochi." said Naruto. The man dropped to the ground and pulled his sword out of the ground. Naruto jumped at him before Kakashi could stop him. Zabuza used the flat side of his sword to send Naruto sprawling into the woods.
Kakashi pulled his headband up from his eye. A fully developed Sharingan glared into Zabuza. The ex-Mist ninja appeared on the lake with his sword and his hands in the ram sign. "Hidden Mist Jutsu." a thick mist started to roll in.
"Heat Wave Jutsu!" a wave of hot air rushed through the area. The mist was evaporated as soon as it rolled in.
Three ANBU dropped onto the lake. The tallest ANBU had an Eagle mask and two trench knives on his side.
The medium sized ANBU had a Viper mask and vials of poison on her belt. A snake crawled down both of her arms. Two scimitars were strapped to her back.
The smallest and leader of the group wore a strange mask. It was a full head mask of a lion, except this one looked royal, proud, fierce and all around amazing. Horn jutted from the temples and bent back over his head. They also came from the side, bending toward him most of the way, and finally out away. His sword was black with the handle being the head of the same creature roaring.
"Viper, Eagle, looks like we get to kill Zabuza Momochi." the leader said.
"I can't wait to castrate him!" said Viper crazily.
"Viper, what'd the Hokage say about castration?"
"Ah, Chimera, you are no fun at all." Chimera shook his head and drew his sword. He swung it around in his hand and pointed it at Zabuza.
"I am Chimera, leader of the ANBU VOID unit. I'm here to catch you." Zabuza smiled and put his sword on his shoulder.
"You think you can beat me in a sword fight?"
"I can cut off your feet off and beat your head with them." Zabuza scuffed and they rushed each other. Chimera blacked the giant sword and moved his sword under Zabuza's guard. He twisted his sword until Zabuza dropped the weapon and kicked the older man in he chest.
Zabuza skid across the water and tapped a tattoo on his arm. "I hate using this weapon, but desperate times call for desperate measures." he pulled out a gray sanjiegun and rushed Chimera. It took Chimera off guard and Zabuza slammed the sanjiegun into the ANBU several times.
Chimera grabbed the Sanjiegun but a blast of lightning sent him spiraling backwards. Zabuza laughed and spun the weapon over his head.
"That took me off guard Momochi."
"Sure, that's what did it." Chimera stood up and wiped blood on the creature head that was on the sword. It started to glow a dark purple.
"I'm gonna use my own personal sword move, a guaranteed kill. Now get ready to hear…" he raised the sword over his head and disappeared, reappearing above Zabuza. "The Chimera's Roar!"
He swung the sword downward and the sword crossguard roared. A wave of dark purple shot through the air and became a lion with a snake for a tail, horns sprouting from its head, and a set of huge eagle wings on its back.
The creature roared and slammed into Zabuza.
They all waited as the steam cleared. It took a few minutes and when it did, a chorus of gasps filled the area.
Zabuza had some how gotten his zanbato and the sanjiegun was hooked to the bottom of the handle. Blood flowed down Zabuza's face and arms. Naruto wiped more blood on the blade and swung the blade, sending a red crescent soaring through the air towards Zabuza.
The ex-Mist ninja sat there with his sword raised over his head and didn't move as the attack shot towards him.
Without warning, a half-shield of ice rose up and blocked the attack. Zabuza was seen disappearing on the back of a mystery ninja.
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A/N: Sorry it's so short, I'm trying to be original and since I have no references to take things from since this is the first story like this…