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"Human Speaking"
'Human Thinking'
"Demon/Summon Speaking"
'Demon Thinking'
In an undisclosed location, two figures could be seen kneeling in front of a throne. The lack of light covered their features with shadows, wrapping them in darkness. The figure seated upon the throne was completely hidden, much like the two before him. The figure on the throne spoke.
"You two will go to the mining town of Festacus. There is a powerful Light Guild located there. I would like for you to eliminate them. But tread warily, we do not need the Magic Council seeing us as too much of a threat."
The figure kneeling on the right nodded. "Yes, Master Hades. So long as those weaklings can put up a good fight, I will do it."
The other figure remained silent.
"Good. I am giving you a week's time to do this and return. Do not fail me, my children."
"Yes, Master," They chorused together. They left a moment later, leaving Hades to focus his attention on the person beside him.
"Yes, Bluenote?"
A tall figure stepped out of the shadows. "If I may ask, why send those two? I can understand Azuma, but why Meredy? She is among the weaker members of the kin."
"They were the only one's we can spare at the moment. The rest of the Kin are occupied with their own tasks. Besides, the task is simple. While the guild is strong, they are still nothing to one, much less two of the Seven Kin of Purgatory," Explained Hades.
"Then instead of sending two of them, why not send one of me?"
"Patience, Bluenote. You have your role coming up soon."
Bluenote nodded, though he didn't look very happy.
-Scene-
Naruto panted as he dodged yet another sword strike from Katsumi. She had forbidden him the use of his new sword, Sandai Kitetsu until he was adequate at wielding it, rather than 'swinging it around like a muscle bound idiot.'
It had been about two weeks since he had obtained Kitetsu, and he had been slowly improving, in all of his subjects. His body had become slightly stronger from the constant use, and his reflexes were slowly getting better and better. Swordplay was unfortunately something he was not amazing at, but he got by well enough for Katsumi to give him a passing grade. It would be a long, long time before he could defeat her in a swords only fight, but he could hold his own, for a while at least.
He had also studied his books vigorously, attempting to recreate several spells. So far, even with clones, he had only managed to recreate and master 2 spells, but he didn't care. He was still improving, and was finding it easier to use his jutsu as he used them more and more in his spars with Katsumi, and recently, Natsu.
The kid had been excited at the thought of facing strong opponents, so he challenged Naruto every day. As the days went by, Naruto was noticing a rapid change in him. No longer was he so easily defeated as he had been before. Natsu's was slowly growing used to fighting at intense speeds, and his reflexes were much better than before. While he was still hotheaded, and tended to charge into fights, he was beginning to develop a skill to create strategies on the fly. Of course, it would take more experience for him to properly develop the skill, but it was a good start.
Back to the fight, Naruto cursed himself for losing himself in his thoughts. He almost missed a sword strike from Katsumi that would've left a nasty bruise via her heavy wooden sword.
Gripping his sword, he brought it up for a vertical parry to block her strike. He succeeded in his block, but was pushed down by Katsumi's immense strength. Grinning at the challenge, he pushed against her, pushing her back and placing some distance between them. Naruto charged at her, thrusting his sword forward in a stabbing motion. Katsumi stood, waiting.
When he got close, she suddenly threw her sword out, deflecting his strike, leaving him open. Katsumi slashed her sword at him multiple times, causing Naruto to furiously attempt to block, something he succeeded at, if only barely.
Their swords connected once more, now in a standstill. Both struggled to overpower the other, their muscles working to the max. Katsumi suddenly broke the standstill, causing Naruto to stumble. She slapped his sword from his weakened grip, sending it flying away. Placing her sword underneath his chin, she smirked victoriously.
"Yield," She said.
Naruto groaned. "Looks like you win. Again."
Katsumi smiled lightly. "Oh, cheer up. You would've beaten me if I had allowed you the use of your magic. Or your knives, at the very least."
"I'll beat you in a sword-fight one day."
"Sure, if that allows you to sleep at night," She joked, something that she had been doing much more often. She had opened up much more over the two weeks of hanging around Naruto, and by default, Fairy Tail, revealing a fun side of herself.
Naruto, in an act of great maturity, stuck his tongue out at her, causing her to grin. Before they could banter further, they heard a shout.
"Oi! Naruto!"
Naruto turned his head to see Jet running at him full speed.
"Yeah? What's up?" He called back. Jet skidded to a halt in front of him.
"Ah, nothing much. It's just that, you and Katsumi have been gone for about 5 hours now, so Mira was getting a bit worried. She sent me to bring you back."
Naruto glanced up at the sun, and indeed, it had been quite some time since they had started training.
"I didn't even realize!" Naruto exclaimed. Katsumi nodded.
"We will be there soon, Jet. Go back and relay it to Mira."
Jet nodded, turning around and blazing off, leaving a dust trail in his wake.
-Scene-
"Hey Mir-"
BAM!
"Ow! God dammit, Natsu!"
"Hehe, sorry Naruto." Natsu looked sheepish, having collided with Naruto after being thrown by Elfman.
"Alright. Just try to be more aware of where your going to fall next time."
"Sir, yes sir!"
"Aye!"
Naruto stared at Happy, still not quite believing the existence of the blue cat. Happy was like a summon, except Natsu had raised him after he had hatched. What kind a cat hatches? But he was not from another world, as far as he knew, and Natsu was the only parent he had known. So, until something came up to explain Happy's origins, Naruto would just accept Happy for what he was, a talking cat.
"Uzumaki Naruto, where on earth have you been?!"
Naruto froze, and slowly turned to face Mirajane.
"Well, you see, I was, training?" He offered weakly. Mirajane smiled sweetly, before grabbing his ear and yanking down.
"OW!"
"You've been gone for five hours. It does not take that long for you and Katsumi to finish training! We thought you two had passed out, or worse! What do you have to say for yourself?!"
"I'm sorry?"
Mirajane crossed her arms. "Hmph. I forgive you. But no ramen for you. And Katsumi, would you like some ramen? I'm sure you must be hungry."
"Why yes, I would like some ramen, Mira-San," Katsumi said, smirking.
Naruto in the meantime chose to sulk in a corner, mumbling about how the precious was taken away from him.
"C'mon Naruto, don't be so depressed." It was Makarov who said this, taking a seat beside Naruto, a mug of ale set in front of him.
"But...But...It's ramen!" Naruto whined, causing all those in the vicinity to sweatdrop.
"Cheer up! It's only for today!"
This statement only seemed to make it worse as Naruto rocking back and forth in his chair, muttering, "Just a day? Just a day he says! How will I live?"
Makarov just stared at him, wondering how anyone, other than his old friend Yajima could love ramen so much? Deciding to change the subject, he offered, "Anyway, I have a job that needs to be done. A simple delivery- shouldn't take you to long. It'll take your mind off your missing ramen. How's that sound?"
Naruto brightened instantly, turning serious. "How far is that place?"
"Not too far. It's a town named Festus. I want you to deliver the letter to the guildmaster of Scarlet Light. Their guild building is situated a little ways from the town, but not too far."
Naruto nodded. "Sweet. When should I leave?"
"Grab yourself something to eat, then head out immediately," Informed Makarov. Naruto nodded once then headed back to where Mirajane was to order something else that existed on the menu.
Timeskip- 5 Hours Later
The sky was slowly bleeding red as the sun began to set. The wind was blowing a pleasant breeze, and all was peaceful. On a road stabbing into the forest, Naruto could be seen running to his destination.
It had been a while since he had felt the thrill of running towards a destination, and he had no desire to take the train, so he ran. So far, he was enjoying himself. At his fast pace, he would arrive in Festus in a few more minutes.
Pumping more chakra into his legs, Naruto pushed forward faster. After a minute at this pace, he finally broke into a clearing, the entrance to Festus just a few feet ahead.
He took out his map, examining it.
"According to this, I have to head East-North-East of this clearing, and I should find Scarlet Light."
Turning in the appropriate direction, Naruto chose to walk the remaining distance to the guild. As he neared Scarlet Light, he sniffed the air, sensing something off. He sniffed again, to make sure. There was no doubt about it- The smell coming from the area was the scent of burnt flesh, blood, but most prominent, death. Naruto glanced up, and squinted. He could see it now, the smoke wafting from the clearing.
He rushed to the clearing, skidding to a stop. He surveyed the area. What was supposed to be a solid white guild building, was now blackened planks of wood, and a completely demolished building. Fire burned all over, and there was strangely burnt tree roots scattered across the clearing. The guild members of Scarlet Light, or what remained of them, could be seen lying across the area.
Hearing a cough from one of them, Naruto quickly rushed to his side.
"Who did this?" He asked the man.
The man coughed. "One person, no, devil in human form. He came from nowhere, and just attacked. We fought back, but..."
"What?!"
"Nothing worked. He evaded all our attacks, and when he injured one of us, 5 more would fall with them. Who are you, stranger?"
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I'm a mage of Fairy Tail."
"Fairy Tail, huh? Then please, I beg of you! Avenge us..." The man took one more shuddering breath, and the light left his eyes. Naruto placed his hand over the man's eyes, closing them. He took a moment to mourn those killed, and stood up, his eyes burning with rage.
"I swear, I'm gonna beat the crap out of those guys. Don't worry, old man."
-Scene-
"Weaklings, the lot of them. They weren't a challenge at all, eh Meredy?"
Meredy remained silent, choosing not to comment.
"Well, in any case, we should head back. Hopefully, Master Hades will give me a more challenging job for next time."
The pair continued their journey carelessly. Perhaps if they had been on guard, they would've sensed an opponent sneaking up from behind them.
Suddenly, Naruto burst from the trees from beside them, a Rasengan in hand, heading straight for Azuma. Azuma was surprised, but still managed to put up a feeble defence which was quickly destroyed by the Rasengan. He was blasted back, flying back into, and straight through a tree. Naruto looked at the the destroyed tree momentarily, before turning his attention on Meredy.
'One down, one to go.'
He rushed at her, but quickly jumped back as sharp roots shot at him from the ground.
"And who might you be?" A voice came from Naruto's left. It was the same man that he had blasted away just a second ago. However, the body of the man still lay in the wreckage. Naruto's eyes widened, ever so slightly, as the body deformed into wood, and sank into the ground.
'A clone, huh?'
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto," He growled out through gritted teeth.
"About time you tried something. I was getting bored waiting for the guy trailing us to attack." The man said.
'So they knew all along? And there's two of them, not just one...Maybe she has some kind of support magic?'
"So what do you want?" The man asked.
"What do I want? I want to kick your ass seven ways into next Sunday for what you did at Scarlet Light." Naruto said with icy calmness. Whatever rage he had been feeling earlier had certainly not disappeared, but he put it aside. If he was going to fight a potential S-rank ninja, then he would need his head to be clear.
"Oh? Those weaklings? They were hardly a challenge. I expect you to give me a better fight," The man taunted, trying to rile Naruto up. Like he had just mentioned, the mages of Scarlet Light were a joke to him. They hadn't even touched him once in the whole fight.
"I told you, I'm gonna beat you."
Azuma smirked. So the brat wanted to tango? They would tango.
"Meredy, stay out of this fight. I'll beat this weakling easily."
Meredy looked at Azuma.
"We are required to report back to the Master immediately. We will waste time here," She said, her voice completely monotone.
Azuma snorted. "I need a good fight. Besides, he's a loose end. He knows that we were here. Not to mentioned, I don't think he would just let us go anyway."
Meredy looked at him a moment longer, before nodding and retreating behind the treeline.
Naruto watched her go, before turning his attention to Azuma, who stood bored.
"So, you gonna attack or something?"
"With pleasure."
A clone of Naruto burst from the ground underneath Azuma, punching him into the air. The real Naruto jumped above him, his leg chambered in a brutal axe kick, intent on dropping Azuma. However, just before his kick connected, Azume spun around in mid air, blocking the kick with his arms.
He quickly straightened himself as he landed on the ground with a smirk.
'Hmph. Kid's fast, for sure.'
"Pre-emptive, and underhanded strike? I didn't think you pathetic Light guilds had it in you," Azuma said, attempting to goad Naruto into losing his cool.
For once in his life, Naruto ignored Azuma for the most part, choosing to grit his teeth as the only way of showing his dissatisfaction.
Naruto ran at Azuma, drawing a kunai from his holster, and threw it.
Lightning fast, Naruto made hand signs.
"Wind Style: Wind Gale Palm!"
The kunai suddenly picked up in speed as the gale wind forced it towards Azuma, who quickly dodged it by ducking to his left.
'Interesting way to use a knife...' Azuma thought to himself idly.
This almost resulted in his downfall however, as Naruto appeared before him, Sandai Kitetsu drawn, and ready to slash at him.
'Shit!'
Panicking, Azuma slammed his hand onto the ground, gathering his magic as fast as he could.
"Great Tree Arc: Tree Fist!"
Quickly casting the spell, multiple fists of wood flew at Naruto, who chopped through them with his sword, the severed pieces falling around him. Slashing at Azuma, he was taken by surprise as the falling piece of the roots exploded!
Azuma breathed deeply from the excursion. Naruto had certainly forced himself onto him, not allowing him to use his spells to keep him at a distance. This match, Azuma sensed, he would have to play much smarter.
"Hurry up. I know you're not dead- of course, you might be, but those were my weakest explosions."
The smoke cleared, revealing a log where Naruto should have been.
Azuma looked interested for a second, before his eyes suddenly widened, sensing something behind him.
Azuma quickly spun around to see Naruto charging at him.
He stomped his foot on the ground, summoning roots to try and trip Naruto. However, Naruto merely jumped over them with ease, dodging Azuma's attempts to stop him.
"Great Tree Arc: Burst Claw!"
Glowing roots shot at the airborne Naruto. They stabbed into his body, giving Azuma a sense of accomplishment, only for Naruto to burst into smoke.
Another Naruto ran at Azuma, throwing a wind-enhanced kunai to distract him. Once again, Azuma dodged the kunai, only to catch a brutal roundhouse to the face from Naruto. He stumbled back, trying to regain his bearings.
However, Naruto was not about to let him off that easily. Gripping Azuma's hand, he charged up a Rasengan in the other.
"Take this!"
Naruto's hand shot towards Azuma, who was frantically trying to escape his predicament.
Deciding on the only tactic possible, Azuma braced his body.
"Great Tree Arc: Mini Explosions!"
Explosions literally erupted from Azuma's body in a desperate, almost suicide tactic to save himself. It worked, as Naruto had to abandon his earlier plan, and fall back.
'He purposely blew himself up in a chance to get me, or to save himself,' Naruto thought, attempting to look through the smoke. 'This guys dangerous.'
"Great Tree Arc: Bleve."
A mighty explosion burst from the smoke, catching Naruto off guard, who immediately rushed to shield his face from the heat.
Surprisingly, the last attack hadn't hurt all that much.
'Maybe it's the fact that I'm so far from him?' Naruto mused.
"Great Tree Arc: Tree Fists!"
Fists of wood erupted from behind Naruto suddenly, punching him towards the smoke. Azuma burst from it, and caught Naruto by his throat.
"Gurgh!" Came Naruto's strangled shout.
"Got you now! Let's see you evade this!"
Azuma held his other hand directly in front of Naruto's face.
"Bleve!"
Naruto was blasted back as he ate a full force, point-blank range Bleve to the face. His body tumbled across the ground, before he finally crashed into a boulder.
"Urgh."
Naruto struggled to get up. That spell was definitely a distance thing. And he had caught one point blank. His head was pounding from the explosion, and he was sure his face was burned.
"Tch. Just another weakling."
Naruto looked up at Azuma, who stood over him, his arms crossed and his face set in a scowl.
'The blond brat sure hurt at first. But he's not getting up from that.'
"Time to finish you," Azuma said.
"Nice fight though. Atleast you gave me some trouble at first."
Naruto grinned at Azuma. "What makes you think I'm done?"
Azuma snorted. "Look at yourself. You can barely stand."
"It's not over till it's over!"
The Naruto in front of Azuma burst into smoke. Azuma looked around wildly, trying to find where Naruto's next attack would come from.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
A massive wave of wind erupted into existence from from the ground below Azuma, sending him into the air. Naruto clones burst from the ground, leaping at the airborne born Azuma, lifting him further and further into the sky.
"U~!"
"Zu~!"
"Ma~!"
"Ki~!"
Naruto himself, in an incredible feat of strength made possible by Sage Mode, leaped above Azuma, his leg already raised high in the sky. No pun intended. (1)
"Naruto Rendan!"
He dropped his leg onto Azuma's leg in a brutal, Sage Mode empowered axe kick. For a moment, it was as if time had frozen, halted by the power behind the attack. It resumed moments later, as Azuma rocketed back to the ground at breakneck speeds. It wouldn't be surprising if his joints dislodged from the sheer air pressure caused by the speed he was falling at.
"Maguilty Sense: Sensory Link."
Meredy's soft, heard, and unheeded voice was ignored by Naruto as he watched Azuma lying face-down on the ground. He pulsed his senses out to find her, revealing her to be behind some trees close to where Azuma lay.
"Come out, and surrender yourself. I don't wanna hurt you any further," Naruto conveyed to her, in an effort to get her to quit, especially now that what appeared to be the stronger of the two was defeated.
Meredy, after a few minutes had passed by, finally stepped out. She stared at Naruto, her face devoid of any expression, standing semi-protectively beside Azuma.
"I will not surrender," she said, a few moments ended an impromptu staring contest.
Naruto looked at her, apparently confused.
"Listen, I defeated the other guy. And I can sense your magic levels. You're definitely strong for a kid, but you're far from my level. And I can still keep going. You can't run away. And you'll lose if we fight. So just surrender."
"If you believe you have the upper hand...," Meredy began saying. With but a wave of her hand, she opened the link that she had created between Azuma, and Naruto, allowing him to feel his pain.
"...Then you are sorely mistaken," She finished coldly, watching at Naruto suddenly collapsed to the ground, grabbing at his stomach.
"W...what it this?"
Naruto was in pain. More pain that he had ever consciously felt before. Nothing had ever hurt this much for him. And considering he was in Sage Mode, that was saying something. His body should be resilient to whatever this was. The nature energy would assure that. So why? Why did it hurt so much.
Not when Sasuke had punched a hole into his chest, nor when the Kyuubi's chakra had burned his skin and neither when he fought Nagato, had he ever felt what he was feeling.
Meredy continued to gaze at him, unaffected by his moans of agony.
"Whatever form you have put yourself in, it took out Azuma with a single kick, additional damage from his landing aside. However, it doesn't matter when it is faced with my magic. My magic can, and will bypass any barrier you may place around yourself. What you feel now, is Azuma's pain."
Naruto, in a very noticeable effort, tilted his head upwards to glare at the little girl.
Bypass anything? Even the naturally defensive properties of Sage Mode? (2)
"That...still can't be possible. What you're saying is whatever damage I inflicted on Azuma, was inflicted on me?"
Meredy nodded. "Correct. This technique does not leave physical wounds, and that is why it can harm you. No matter how strong you are on the outside, it won't matter if the pain is internal."
Of course, this was a stretch. Meredy purposely left out the fact that most of the pain was heavily mental related, so therefore, in theory, should a person have enough of the pain endurance, they could completely, and totally ignore the technique. However, you needed to be aware of that to begin to break the technique's hold. And Meredy was not quite so foolish to let her enemy know that.
'Hmph...shameful. Looks like you will be needing my power for this one, brat.'
Red chakra began to bubble from Naruto's body, which he allowed to happen. He had been ready to turn it down, when he noticed something particularly interesting. Using the fox's power did not stop the pain, or make it hurt less. Instead, it gave him something much stronger than the pain he was feeling.
Sheer, utter, and raw anger.
Meredy looked upon her foe, as he slowly stood up. She heard a moan from beside her. Looking at Azuma, she noted he seemed to be in even more pain. If she had had emotions, she might have grimaced at what he technique was doing to her ally. Instead, she just noted that his pain had commenced when the red energy had begun permeating from the blond-haired boy that she faced.
'Odd...could this energy also be hurting him as well? Or is it something that is toxic to anyone but him?'
Her thoughts were interrupted when Naruto suddenly growled at her.
"That was really annoying, what you did. It still hurts. But lemme give you one more chance. Surrender, and take this damn thing off of me, or I swear to the Kami above, I will hurt you."
"Maguilty Sense: Maguilty Sodom."
Blades of light shot at Naruto, and harmlessly deflected off the demonic energy that he was cloaked in. It gave him the answer he needed.
Naruto rushed at Meredy, ignoring the pangs of pain and protest that came from his stomach and back as he moved towards her. They were steadfastly ignored however, as Naruto continued his charge, punching Meredy in the stomach. Had he still been in Sage Mode, the combined power from the cloak might have killed her. However, with only the cloak, Meredy only felt pain beyond belief. Hell, the only reason she remained conscious was through the pain tolerance she had built up over the years from using her magic on herself and a foe when they were engaged in combat with Urtear, or other members of Grimoire Heart.
Naruto, on the other hand, was looking curiously at the little girl who lay at his feet. She certainly wasn't dead. She was even attempting to stand up.
"You should just stay down and go to sleep, ya know?" He said, trying to make her see reason. It certainly did not help his ego to be beating up someone, who, while possessed a rather fearsome magic, was still just a kid. "It'll hurt less."
"Maguilty Sense: Maguilty Sodom."
Blade of light formed above Meredy, threatening to stab Naruto. He merely gazed at them impassively, somewhat annoyed that she was still attacking him. However, he did nothing to prevent the blade. He knew they would not be able to pierce him as long as he had the cloak up.
To his surprise however, the blades shot past Naruto, not even skimming him. He turned his head to follow their path, and kept watching as they stabbed into various places in Azuma's body.
Immediately, unlike when Azuma had dropped to the ground, Naruto felt the pain of the blades piercing Azuma, as if they were piercing him. His arms, his legs, and his already sore back and stomach were not spared from the assault as more and more stabbed themselves into Azuma. It was an exaggeration, but it looked like hundreds of those swords had stabbed into Azuma. Yet not a drop of blood spilled from him.
The demonic chakra receded somewhat as Naruto, for the second time, dropped onto the ground. This time, the pain was more than ever.
'She...she attacked her own comrade...to get at me...He wasn't even in any position to stop it,' Naruto thought sadly. 'She's been completely brainwashed.
Meredy stood fully, ignoring the line of blood that trickled from her mouth. Instead, she gazed impassively at Naruto.
"What a fearsome opponent...To have defeated Azuma in a single kick, and almost defeated me as well."
"Why...why would you do that? Why would you attack your own comrade?"
Naruto's voice was quiet, as he barely found strength to speak over the excruciating pain.
"Because you are a threat to the guild. One that needs to be terminated with any means necessary. I used the way available to me. And he is not quite dead. He can still be saved. Now, die."
"Maguilty= Ray."
A yellow ray emerged from Meredy's back. It was relatively relatively thin, about the width of her hand. It floated above Naruto for a moment, before moving to pierce Naruto.
"Meredy-sama!" A voice called from far above her. Her blade stopped, as she directed her attention away from the almost unconscious Naruto, and towards the sky.
The Grimoire Heart flagship could be seen slowly descending from the clouds, and closer and closer to the ground near her.
After a moment it landed, and guild members ran out, taking Azuma away in a stretcher. Another member walked to her, and bowed.
"Are you alright?"
"I am fine. Make sure Azuma is attended to by our best medics," she ordered them, allowing the blade to dissipate.
"What about the mage?" One of them asked.
She stared at Naruto in response, judging his injuries. Unaware of his healing factor, she concluded that he would die from the sheer pain that she had brought upon him. It had certainly happened before, and it would be no different this time.
"Leave him. He will die on his own very shortly."
The grunts nodded, and hurried to work. Naruto could only look at them as they gathered his opponent, and left on the giant ship. The last image on his mind before he lost unconscious was the sight of a young pink haired girl looking down at him apathetically from the rope the she hung onto, the symbol of that guild that she represented, and various voices yelling incoherently around him.
-End-
And finally, it is out! The next update should be faster, considering that it will be more filler. The next chapter will also feature the time skip to canon FT, so that we may finally get the story on track. It was very hard writing this, considering I wasn't sure if I even portrayed Azuma right or not.
I am officially closing the poll, with Lightning as the winner! Yay! It won by 7 votes. Sorry to all those hoping for water, but this is it. Naruto won't be continuously spamming S-class Lightning jutsu, but he will get better with time.
To anyone saying that Naruto should have used the Kyuubi, then let me remind you that Naruto is not all powerful. He got hit, or at least felt a full-powered Rasengan, then got lost his mobility because his pain-clouded mind was tricked into thinking that he could no longer move his limbs. And then he passed out. He was also exhausted from his fight with Azuma, making it a contributing factor.
Also, about Azuma getting hit by Rasengan multiple times and surviving, my response if look at the fight between Erza and Azuma. If she could survive attacks that were lethal, then why can't Azuma, who had a strong build, do that same? The attacks were different, yes, but I can still see it happening. Not to mention each time, the Rasengan was intercepted and weaken by something, except for the last one.
I'm currently at 93 reviews, so let's get me into the triple digits!
EDIT (24/3/2014): So, I came back to this a couple days ago, and re-read the fight between Naruto and Azuma...While super long, it was very, very, very, VERY poorly written. And so, I decided, that I would re-write this. This part, as you read, actually features Meredy as part of the after battle. This still isn't something that is my best written fight. However, compared to the other one, this is a HELL of a lot better. Btw, Sorrowful Stone, if you are reading this, I posted this without sending this out to beta'd by you man. So, sorry :)
If any of you notice spelling errors, blame me. Not my beta xD
HokagenoNaruto, out. And tell me what you think of the new fight, in your reviews.
Okay, now I'm really out.
Or am I?
Jk, I am.
...Or am I- *Proceeds to get bonked on the head by numerous readers who want him to get lost already so they can move on to the next chapter*
...Ouch. *Threatening stares*
OKAY OKAY I'M GONE! KAMI SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!