Thanks a bunch for the reviews. It's nice to know that so many of you out there like my story. Sorry if I take a bit longer to update than usual, but I've got two online classes with essays and written projects due so I've been busy. Anyway last time it was Naruto against the Konoha platoon, Hinata is unconscious and the other members of Team 8 are a bit hurt. Some of you are a bit angry about how Naruto treated Hinata, but it was necessary for my story and Naruto is making her learn a lesson. In this chapter, a fight for the ages, Sasuke vs. Naruto and the arrival of Kirabi.
Note: thank you again for a job well done "Winged Servant on the Night" (beta)
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Chapter12: Unbeatable?
Events had gone from bad to worse in a matter of seconds. The shinobi in front of them used an incredible technique while being "sealed" and unable to use his own chakra but instead of being handicapped by this, he borrowed the chakra around him to free himself. Suddenly he was using high level techniques of three different elements to "test" the defense of his opponents. The tall blonde stood gazing at the dangerous red eyes of the Sharingan without batting an eyelash while the owner of those red eyes looked relaxed but on the inside he was shocked beyond belief since his jutsu had been stopped without him knowing.
"Ox, Rabbit, Monkey… the Chidori" Naruto said calmly as he held Sasuke's arm firmly. Everyone inside and outside the battle couldn't believe the sheer speed and power the new Naruto possessed.
"M-My Chidori… I can't get free" Sasuke thought with slight panic as the strength of the grab was incredible "Time to get serious… I'll use Mangekyou to sober him up a bit" he thought as he concentrated.
"What could you possibly be doing Teme? Naruto thought as he sensed the slight change in chakra. "You're cooking up something and I don't think I will like it" he thought with a grin as he shifted his right leg to his left and spun, sending a kick with his left leg to Sasuke's head. Sasuke, who was concentrating his chakra, opened his eyes with the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan and saw the kick aimed at him, seeing no time to dodge he received a kick right on the face sending him sprawling to the ground.
Naruto saw this and felt disappointed in the man who was once his best friend/rival. The blonde saw movement on his peripheral vision and intercepted a kick by Kakashi and a punch by Yamato but the wood-user's hand turned into wood and wrapped around him. Kakashi started to make hand-signs but Naruto just broke free from the wood and grabbed the masked Jounins hands and kicked him in the chest sending him flying almost next to Sasuke. Yamato jumped back as he saw the power Naruto possessed and wanted to form a plan with his sempai.
"You all disappoint me, I thought you wanted me back but with this kind of power, that notion is ridiculous" Naruto said tauntingly as he laughed at the three Jounin who had huddled together. Suddenly three shadows passed them and landed a few feet away for the blonde, Shino, Kiba and Akamaru stood defiantly in front of the enemy.
"Plan your move carefully sempai… we'll distract him" Shino said as bugs came out of his dark cloak and swarmed the area completely "Naruto, you and I were once comrades and I along with the rest of us present want that to be true once more" he stated, the bugs circled the area faster "Even if it means by force".
"You will try" Naruto calmly stated as he stood there doing nothing, just waiting for a move to be made.
"Damn... I just can't get the fact that Naruto got this strong" Yamato said as he looked at the battle in front of him "It's like he's unbeatable" he stated with a slight trembling voice.
"I know what you mean, making those high-level Ninjutsu's and of different elements to boot" Kakashi said, not believing that the once dumb but strong student of his suddenly got a huge gain in strength. "It's not possible, but it's like he has every element on his disposal… a feat only know to Pain" the masked Jounin said shivering a bit.
"You think of a plan… SAKURA NOW!!!" Sasuke yelled at the pink-haired Kunoichi and she nodded solemnly and dashed to the fight. Sakura rushed to where Kiba and Shino were and stopped a few feet away from them, she gathered chakra on her right fist and punched the ground in a weird angle; then she gathered chakra in the other fist and punched the ground as well. The pink-haired Kunoichi suddenly lifted up the ground with ease and threw it at the blonde who was about to kick the Inuzuka in the head, he stopped however as he saw the incoming ten meter boulder coming at him.
"I guess she did inherit Grandma's strength huh?" Naruto asked himself mentally as he saw the huge boulder flying towards him. Sasuke on the other hand smirked as he dashed towards the fight as well and jumped on the falling boulder and ran while making hand-signs. Naruto took the boulder head-on within impact and the ones who saw the event were speechless, Sasuke on the other hand placed his hands on the ground and cried out a jutsu and suddenly the boulder shifted and a pounding sound resonated.
"I had to change the jutsu as I saw him take on the boulder like that… so I made the earth shift, trapping anything on the inside, he probably died" Sasuke thought as he concentrated to sense a chakra from within the boulder. Suddenly he felt a slight shake on the boulder, a huge spike of chakra and a part of the boulder exploded making a huge hole on the side of it.
"Hahaha… is that all?" Naruto's voice rang with mirth as the laughter resonated from within the hole. Naruto came out of the hole walking calmly and laughing, his cold eyes turned happy again for a moment. "It's been a while since I've had a laugh like that… even more that you would try something as useless as that to 'try' and capture me" he added with a bit of edge on his voice.
"It's not like we were taking you seriously Naruto but we wanted to see if you would come with us in peace but I see you're not" Sasuke said emotionlessly as he glared at the blonde with his activated Mangekyou Sharingan "It's time to take you seriously… and fight to the death?" he added like proposing a bet as an evil glint shone in his eyes.
"Heh… sure" Naruto stated a bit intrigued by the evilness he felt a moment before. "It's the same feeling I felt that night three years ago… When I faced Madara" he thought with a slight shiver as he remembered that night and how he struggled to live through the pain.
Flaring his chakra, Sasuke tensed and grabbed his Kusanagi, everyone feeling the chakra felt an eerie sensation like something evil was around them. Naruto saw a figure behind the man in front of him, maybe his imagination but he didn't like the figure, the blonde saw it disappear and flared his own chakra. Everyone present felt the immense power the blonde possessed and were surprise at his growth, even Sasuke felt chills on his back as he sensed the power, it may not be evil but it was a power that evil could surpass. Narrowing their eyes and they both suddenly flickered out of sight, sounds of impact resonated all around the place and constant metal against metal clashes.
"We have out opportunity… we need a plan and fast" Yamato said as he turned his back on the action since he couldn't even keep up with them. He gestured the other member of the group to join the plan while Hinata stayed on the ground, unconscious.
"All right, we know the power Naruto possess and we all know that Sasuke won't hold him for long even if he's strong" Kakashi stated as he looked around the group "We have to fight him with the intent to kill" he added with force to be assured that everyone got the message. Nodding, everyone huddled together to formulate a plan to take down the juggernaut know as "Uzumaki Naruto".
Explosions, clashes, craters and more explosions were the only things that you could see of the incredible fight that was three years postponed. Sasuke blocked a punch and aimed a kick of his own towards the blonde who simply blocked it with the back of his hand, Naruto grinned at the obvious stress he was putting on the Sharingan-wielder. Naruto clashed yet again with one of his kunai while Sasuke blocked the measly attack with his sword and quickly charged it with lightning and sliced it off clean, the blonde smiled as he created a wind blade on his hand but the raven-haired boy jumped back and made some quick hand-signs and yelled out "Fire style: Grand Fireball" he shot a huge ball a fire directly at the blonde who made a few hand-signs of his own. "Water style: Water Barricade" he said as he shot water from his mouth and turned into a rising wall that blocked the fire attack. Landing a few feet away from the blonde, Sasuke, readied his Kusanagi and charged at Naruto, the blonde raised a leg and blocked the sword and then he used his other one and back-flipped, kicking Sasuke in the process. Sasuke smirked as he spun on the air and his body surrounds itself with lightning and a buzzing sound resonated… and Naruto puffed in a cloud of smoke.
Sasuke appeared behind a rock and concentrated to sense his opponent who clearly disappeared after the incident. He jumped back as the ground below him exploded and Naruto came out grinning and "Wind style: Drill Bullet" he shot a drilling-like gust out of his mouth towards Sasuke who merely dodged it and breathed out a "Fire style: Mystical Flower" at the blonde who dodged all the mini fire balls as well.
"Nice trick with the lightning clone Sasuke" Naruto praised as he stared at his opponent amusedly "He's improved a lot these three years… I thought that he being a genius would stop his growing but I was wrong" he thought with amusement.
"Your fleeing skills have improved dobe… although I should've suspected you almost caught me off guard with going underground" Sasuke said emotionlessly as he narrowed his eyes at his opponent "I got to watch out, I can tell he's holding back… a lot" he thought with anger.
"You're angry at me for holding back?" Naruto asked innocently "You know you look like that snake-teme when you frown… even with your cape" he added with mirth. Sasuke was wearing a black body suit with a grey ANBU body vest and a black cape on top of it all. (Authors Note: Think of young Orochimaru when given the title of Sannin)
"Heh… you shouldn't talk dobe since you look like those guys who're after you" Sasuke taunted as he activated his Mangekyou. Naruto was wearing a black cloak with a hoodie and no place for his arms and had below the cloak some black pants and a dark orange v-neck shirt that covered the mesh beneath it. (Authors Note: He has no head-band)
Smirking, the two rivals flickered yet again, meeting in thunderous clashes that even shook the ground itself. The Konoha group was still planning but it was becoming difficult as the power the two combatants were putting off was distracting some of them. Kakashi looked worried as he knew the two of them and even if they've changed a bit they're still the same kids from six years ago and this battle would be escalating soon. Yamato on the other hand didn't pay attention to the fight at all and continued his thoughts even if it was difficult thinking at the present moment. Sakura finished healing Kiba and Shino while carefully watching Hinata who was a bit safe but still unconscious.
"Okay, we need to help Sasuke and this is what we should do" Yamato said, everyone looking at him with the necessary attention. "We need to confront Naruto personally; Kiba and I should do this… Kakashi will go underground and attack while Shino and Sakura wait my orders" he added
"One problem… Sasuke doesn't accept help easily" Kiba stated earning nods from everyone.
"That won't be a problem… GO!" Yamato exclaimed and everyone nodded and went to their positions. Yamato fell in step with Kiba and headed to the fight while Kakashi sunk to the ground and also directed himself to the fight. Shino let out a huge amount of bugs and Sakura tensed for any possible incoming attack. Yamato, Kiba and Akamaru arrived at the huge boulder to see fire clashing with wind and lightning clashing with wind, clones throwing shurikens and a lightning sword extension wiping them all out in a second. The two of them rushed and attacked Naruto, Kiba and his dog made a spinning like motion while Yamato transformed his hand into a wood-blade and closed-in.
Naruto widened his eyes in surprise as he never thought they were stupid enough to help a guy like Sasuke who clearly get annoyed by it. He made a spinning motion but going the opposite way of the incoming Inuzuka, blocking both attacks, one with an arm and the other with a leg, he then stretched his free arm and got the wooden blade that almost beheaded him. Naruto smirked at the look of amazement the two Jounin had, but suddenly the ground below him exploded and a light came out sounding like birds chirping. Kakashi came out of the ground with a "Raikiri" fully activated and aiming it at the chest of the blonde, when not even a foot away from impact the inexplicable happened… they were blown away three meters by an invisible force. Kakashi was blown away by still holding his jutsu, Yamato, Kiba and Akamaru took a full hit and were blown away, crashing on the ground and making three craters. Sasuke was amazed as he never seen such a technique while Shino's bugs closed in and surrounded the blonde. Sakura also came into the picture, charging straight at her ex-teammate with Shino who had two daggers ready for the kill.
"Shinra Tensei" Naruto whispered and the bugs along with the two jounin were sent flying. "It was a very good plan you know, I didn't even sense Kakashi and you came with the intent to kill me. Still though, it was not enough, Kakashi your supposed Raikiri was more like a mini Chidori, is that a way to kill me?" he asked innocently as he watched the fallen shinobi with amusement. He narrowed his eyes as he saw Sasuke walk forward with sword in hand and Mangekyou activated.
"I didn't want to do this but you left me no choice Naruto" Sasuke said as he suddenly widened his eyes and bled a little. The air around the blonde rouge suddenly got a bit heavier and hot "Amaterasu" suddenly a black flame appeared out of nowhere on Naruto's shoulder.
"AAAAHGHHGGHGH" Naruto screamed in agony as the flame got bigger and bigger to a point where it consumed him completely and then they started to decrease very slowly before the black flames disappeared completely.
"You see Naruto… that was the power my brother gave me" Sasuke said as he walked to where Naruto was laying on the ground, smoke coming out of his skin and the smell of burned flesh reached all their noses "My power is greater than three years ago dobe… don't underestimate me" he added with a smirk as he lightly kicked the body of the blonde but as he touched it, it turned to ash.
"Don't underestimate me… that's a statement you should observe too, Teme" Naruto said as he appeared sitting on a boulder a few meters away from the Konoha shinobi. "The thing you burned was a body, yes, but it wasn't mine" he added with a wide smirk.
"Whatever" Sasuke said as he disappeared which made Naruto widened his eyes. The Sharingan wielder suddenly appeared in front of Naruto and in a stabbing motion pierced his Kusanagi at the chest of blonde "Don't mistake me for a weakling… Dobe" he added as he charged lightning natured chakra into his sword and making the blonde cough blood.
"Urrgghh… hahahahahahah" Naruto laughed as he saw the wound his ex-friend and teammate had given him. Naruto glanced at the man in front of him and then to his wound and laughed even harder, until the Uchiha twisted his weapon a bit and the blonde stopped laughing because of the pain but still chuckled "But I thought I told YOU to not underestimate ME!" he added shouting the last word and a heavy feeling fell upon the area and even Sasuke couldn't move.
Naruto grabbed the lightning charged sword and yanked it out of his chest. The blonde then stood up and punched the Uchiha in front of him with his left hand sending him backwards and crashing into the ground. The blonde concentrated and his wound began to heal at a rapid rate and then jumped backwards while something fell from the sky, landing in the place where he stood a few seconds ago.
"YO!" a rough voice said from within the dusk and rubble that lifted when the thing fell "I had a hunch someone with the same burden as me was here" the voice said as the dust cleared and everyone was shocked to see a tall dark-skinned man with a white vest and long white hair in rows stood there with a smirk.
"I was wondering when you were going to make an appearance "Naruto stated as he calmly gaze at the new incomer who stood one head above him. "I sensed you a while ago and it's good to meet someone with the same burden as well… Kirabi" he added with a smirk.
"Heh, it seems you know me and you're pretty famous as well… recently taking down a Kage and before that killing several B to A-rank rouges" Kirabi said as he looked around the field and his gaze stopped as he saw Sasuke coming out of the crater "YOU!? What the hell are you doing here of all places… want to try and catch me again?" he taunted with a smirk and suddenly rushed to where the Uchiha was with an incredible killing intent but was met with a kick to the gut and thick wood wrapping around him.
"It seems an unexpected fellow arrived" Yamato said as he glanced at the man he "captured" "A lightning shinobi… could you be the Raikage's brother?" he asked while Kirabi paled.
"Don't tell him I'm out here man, you don't know how angry he gets" Kirabi pleaded to Yamato with fake tears flowing from his eyes. "Then again, maybe I won't leave you alive after this" he said as he broke out of the wood and kicked Yamato in the face sending him flying into a tree where he didn't' get up.
"This is bad, I was about to pull something to retreat when suddenly this guy appears and he's strong… stronger than us at the moment" Kakashi thought as he went back to where the other stood with Sasuke "Hopefully Naruto can talk with him or something and we can retreat safely… even though some won't like the idea"
Kirabi smirked as he glared at the Uchiha who glared back with his Sharingan activated but felt a hand grab him and pulled him back. Kakashi shook his head to let the man know that it would be pointless and Sasuke obliged for now. Naruto walked calmly in front of the tall dark-skinned fellow and stared at him emotionless. The two power-houses stared at each other and then both of them disappeared and in an instant a crater was made and Naruto was in the middle of it, Kirabi stood at the edge. Sasuke disappeared from where he was and appeared at the other extreme of the crater glaring at the man, suddenly they hear laughter.
"Hahaha… it's been a while since I've felt such excitement" Naruto laughed as he slowly got up and glared at his opponents "One year and a half since I've faced such opponents" he added as he jumped and landed in the edge of the crater by the middle of it.
"Yo, you've got a bit stronger since last time Uchiha… going to try that flame thing again?" Kirabi asked wildly as he cracked his knuckles and chuckled "You, Blondie, you know I want to test out our true power" he added glancing at the blonde who in return grinned.
"Sure, we'll go all out… maybe you and I can talk afterwards?" Naruto asked the tall man who in return nodded. "Sasuke, I think you'd better retreat… if you know what I'm saying" the blonde added with a serious face, even if they were enemies he still had a soft spot for a long time friend.
"Hn… it seems I'm at a disadvantage" Sasuke muttered as he glared at both of them and then smirked. "No matter since I can take you both out before you've turned into your beasts" he added insanely as he rushed towards Naruto with a Chidori in hand. Sasuke was about to plunge the lightning jutsu into his ex-teammate when a figure appeared at his side, Kirabi was on top of him and was about to punch him when the dark-haired man twisted and thrust his Chidori to the incoming attacker.
Kirabi was instantly electrocuted and blown away but because of that little intrusion Naruto delivered a hard kick to the gut of the Uchiha who coughed up blood from the attack. Naruto was about to continue his attack when his opponent glared at him and he found himself in a strange and dark world where he couldn't even move his own body. Sasuke appeared next to Naruto and he stated beating him up while showing him his worst dreams, some even the Uchiha didn't know. Suddenly a ripple-like pattern appeared in front of Sasuke and Naruto forced him out of his mind with a punch.
Naruto glared at Sasuke and grabbed his head in slight pain but saw the dark shadow behind the Sharingan user and cursed, Kirabi appeared behind Sasuke and he didn't look happy. The eight-tailed Jinchuuriki punched Sasuke to the ground, sending him crashing down hard and then he moved on to Naruto and kicked him in the chest. Naruto coughed as the impact from the kick was incredible but he managed to get the leg, he spun around and launched him straight to the ground making the whole area shake. Naruto saw Sasuke get up from the crater and made some seals before placing his hand on the ground. "Earth style: Earth Dome Prison" he said as the ground around the Uchiha suddenly surrounded him and trapping him inside. The dome expectedly exploded and the Uchiha got out with lightning surrounding his body "Chidori Current" he said as he charged at the blonde but said blonde made a seal and "Wind style: Great Breakthrough" he said with a smirk as a huge blast of wind sent Sasuke flying several meters away into the woods. Naruto turned around and saw Kirabi in a strange pose with seven blades in different parts of his body.
"Dammit Sasuke… this guy's are way out of our league" Kakashi said as he kept looking at the fight with his own Sharingan when he suddenly saw the ground bulge and Naruto's head appeared out of it.
"Hey Kakashi, don't bother cause I'm a clone… take this chance and escape with your life" Naruto stated seriously while everyone in the group looked at him oddly "What? I can't help you guys, look this guy is after Sasuke as well and to tell you the truth, you couldn't beat me even if you combined all your chakra into one" he added with a smirk. "I sent Sasuke far away so that someone could knock him out and retreat because that guy is just going to keep on coming… and it's annoying"
"What the hell are you Naruto?" Kakashi asked calmly while Naruto got somber "Using abilities that are almost… monstrous" he added and this time his chakra flared a bit and glared at the blonde with his own Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Kakashi… you've earned my respects long ago but not even you with a whole battalion are a match for me" Naruto said as he sank back to the ground. He saw a rare thing and that was how Kakashi looked when provoked and his experience could turn a fight in an instant. He admired him in the past but now he was an enemy and weak, a shame too since he was a great shinobi but that was life.
Back with the fight Naruto and Kirabi stared down at each other and both watched as the Konoha group retreated to search for the Uchiha. Both of them smirked as they knew the best part was about to commence when suddenly Sasuke appeared out of the woods, battered and bleeding. Naruto narrowed his eyes in annoyance and Kirabi just disappeared and appeared behind the man but he got paralyzed as the incredible sinister chakra that covered the area. Sasuke glared at Naruto with such intent that said blonde was asking himself if the man was even human, the Uchiha glared and suddenly kicked the tall man behind him in the gut sending him crashing into a tree. Sasuke then made some hand-signs before shouting "Fire style: Dragon Flame Missile". Exhaling, he spat a giant dragon shape fireball at the blonde who just stood there staring at the Uchiha. The fire-dragon was repelled and suddenly vanished and Sasuke widened his eyes in shock as Naruto appeared in front of him and upper-cutted him and then kicking him in the gut sending him into a tree but his body was suddenly stopped and Kirabi stood there holding the beat up Sasuke.
"Hehehe… well Uchiha-bro it looks like this is where you leave" Kirabi said as he punched the Uchiha and made him unconscious. Kirabi threw the body on the ground and walked calmly to where the blonde was. "What a nuisance, I didn't go all out on the guy since you were clearly trying to protect him but…" he added as he crossed his arms.
"That doesn't matter… our fight will begin now" Naruto said as he kept glaring at his fellow Jinchuuriki in front of him. "You and I are going to have a blast" he added with a grin as both of them disappeared only to connect with a thunderous clash.
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Hahaha, rather short chapter and not much going on except for the fight and I clearly showed Sasuke's inability to get to Naruto's level. Kirabi didn't show too much action but in the next chapter it is going to get… funky. Sorry I didn't show Hinata as well but I have a special surprise for her in the future XD. REVIEW PLZ.
NEXT: Beasts collide