The Legend of Naruto
Chunin Exam arc
Kurama no Kyubi: And I'm back again with yet another chapter. So let's get the chapter started already, though first the reviews. Though before that, there is one review in particular that was extremely long, so instead of putting it up here, I'll just answer it in the Author's Notes, but first I should probably tell you that it was a request about a Naruto/Castlevania/Sonic/Fairy Tail/Fire Emblem cross-over. Well, while it does sound interesting, the only Castlevania game I've played before is Lords of Shadow, so I don't think I'd be able to write it, but maybe you can ask someone else, there's a lot of great writers on this site, after all. And I would even be interested in reading it.
Naruto Obito Halliwell Uzumaki: I did not see that last part coming.
Kurama no Kyubi: That was the idea.
Guest: I do agree with you're time traveling idea but I still think that you should allow Naruto to gain some form of experience interms of skill as a ninja and Lagruz along with using Kurama's power before you send him off across time and space. Also Zabuza's dead right and syrup's going to die as well right along with hiruzen sarutobi while in the next chapter sasuke's going to face deadly temptaion from those two hags while it seems that ganondorf main reason for wanting Konahona destroyed is not just so he can obtain all three pieces of the triforce but also the forbidden seven spell books if the fact that ray's gone to the libary and has entered the underground catacooms while he also elimanate one the greatest nation which become his very first stepping stone in his quest for world domination while orchimaru just simplely wants to completely destroy konahona and maybe obtain sasuke.
Kurama no Kyubi: Wow, you really looked into stuff there, didn't you? Well, I'd say that you're right about Ganondorf's schemes, but you're a little off on Orochimaru's.
Guest: so has Vaati kicked the bucket for good thanks to kaiza or will he return as a beast the very same beast from the four swords arc?
Kurama no Kyubi: You'll just have to wait and see.
Guest: sorry I may have gotten maple and syrup mixed up but both those witches names are just so easy for me to confuse.
Kurama no Kyubi: I see. Well, don't worry 'bout it, okay?
Guest: now how does aqua have naryo's love even though she obviously isn't a freaking direct descendant of hylia and the royal family of hyrule to boot yet she able to use that power abliet to a slightly lesser degree in term of it cover just one part of her body. as for Neji look he's going to be fight a rather tough battle with the help of favorite darknut legion all against ganandorf's ace in the hole ray will they be able to stop him from collecting the forbidden seven and is agahnim dead for good and is almost everybody whose managed to walk away from their battle alive headed for the libary to stop ray from obtaining the forbidden seven in the name of ganandorf it will be a very great test of endurance to stop ray from getting those books what with neji and legion act as the very first line of defense true legion does have melenia of experience to back him up in this fight but neji's fight against terra will most definately have drained some of his reserves which will lead to legion having to defend him.
Kurama no Kyubi: Nayru's Love doesn't have anything to do with either Hylia or the Royal Family. It comes from Nayru's powers, like the name suggests. Also, Neji's the only one who knows where Ray is, though he's got no idea what the Tani-nin's planning.
Guest: so it's either syrup or Haku who may die in the next chapter of your story. And speaking of which could you give an eta as to each update for ever story you've got if you don't mind?
Kurama no Kyubi: Where'd you get the idea that Haku'd die? Also, I don't know when I will get to updating my other stories either, so no, I can't.
Guest: I think that your three should meet all three of the godess's at once to learn more about what's to come in the distant future.
Kurama no Kyubi: Well, that won't happen, since they've already met their respective Goddesses at different times.
Guest: please update soon and keep up the great work. do any of the other tani ninja genin have power similar to that of the goddess triforce like aqua doe for some odd and apparent reason as the result of some twisted experiment courtsy of Ganondorf.
Kurama no Kyubi: Actually, Ganondorf has nothing to do with Aqua being able to use Nayru's Love.
Guest: could yould give a translation of the technique that haishi used to finish of his opponent agahnim in the next chapter please and thank you.
Kurama no Kyubi: Well, I suppose a translation would be; Ultimate Technique of the Gentle Fist: Palm of Devastation!
Guest: as for my suggestion about fire emblem/naruto crossover idea the point which our favourite progtagonist get's sent back in time should be around the time of the sasuke retrieval arc at moment the fight concludes when naruto and sasuke gather up all their power for on final assault with their strongest techinques which results in them getting thrown across time and space into the time of tellius six months before the events of the path of radiance take place and leaving them in two separate locations to boot until they meet again namely naruto find himself in the beast Lagruz home territory and thus finds himself training under the king of Galia at least until he can get his bearings while figuringout a way he can return back to his own timeline preferably with sasuke in tow and in one piece where as for the erstwhile uchiha he finds himself in the territory of the dragon Lagruz where he's going to receive a serious lesson in humility from and when he and Naruto meet again it's going to be a serious slugfest before they mutually agree to have truce until they can finally get back to their own timeline in one piece. But during the time that Naruto spends in Galia the king of the great kingdom decide to make naruto his ambassador to help them improve their relationship with their neighbour crimea on the day before deain makes it's intentions clear about world domination and hero manages to get the princess to safety namely by running into the grail mercenaries and helping them get the princess to Galia and here's one part that I think you should alter a bit namely Grail vs his erstwhile student the infamous black knight namely interms of Grail surviving due to Naruto and Ike's timely intervention although this will leave him unable to fight or lead his company for quite a while not without him keeling over due reopened wounds caused by stress and overexertion in the heat of battle thus leaving Ike and Naruto first and second in command of the company from that point onwards but also Naruto should take note of Mist's medallion and Grail should spill the beans about that medallion when our hero's finally reach Galia it then that resolves himself to become stronger in order to defeat the black knight and eventually the mad king himself Ashnard all for the sake of protect his friends and family for he knows that the mad king of Deain won't stop until he finally obtains Mist's medallion regardless of whatever cost he may have to in order to get the medallion and obtain it's vast reserves of power. Thus making running and hiding pointless and Naruto whole hearted agrees to help Ike in this endeavour.
Kurama no Kyubi: While I like your ideas, I figure that it could be more interesting if Sasuke ended up in Daein instead where he's found by some of Ashnard's minions. Also, I've got a better idea for Naruto; when the Greil Mercenaries leave Gallia, Naruto leaves them to fight Daein in his own way. And along the way he meets some allies and builds up a team, though unlike Ike, he only builds up a small team with around ten members at the most.
Guest: as for my fire emblem/naruto crossover idea while it does seem that only Naruto and sasuke are going to end up in the tellius time line I would go with some of Naruto's friend ending up in tellius (although not at once and not in the same manner in which I suggested that Naruto and sasuke enad up in tellius in the first place and it'll be out of the blue and unexpected) albeit in different locations along with arrival time and not arriving all at once and the people that I am thinking should end up in these location in this order Kiba and akamaru in Gallia when Naruto and the Greil mercenaries are on their way to seek shelter with the king of Gallia all for the sake of one princess of Crimea and shortly after that shikamaru and hinata our blond hero's crush though he and she have yet to openly admit it to one another although Naruto doesn't act the way that hinata does around him but inwardly he's freak out big time in order to get himself to work up the nerve to finally tell her that he loves her with all his heart almost from the very first day they met and she's currently held captive by Panine and is used as leverage against Naruto luckily by way of deus ex machine thus saving Hinata by the timely arrival of Gallian laguz forces who convince the Deain's to grudgingly make a tactical retreat afterwards hinata confesses her true feeling to Naruto at the same time as does her crush which leads to the two them fainting simaltanously from sheer nervousness and relief of such a revelation next on the recruit list should be shino after Greil's incapitated I.E. not dead just on extended medical leave until he makes a full and complete recovery as a result of trying to settle his hash with his former student the black knight which leads to the newely christened heads of the Greil mercenaries getting attacked relentlessly but some desperate Deain troops relentlessly and our hero's gain not just Ilyana's assistance but also Shino's assistance and even with shikamaru, hinata, shino, kiba and akamaru along with Naruto and everybody else in the Greil mercenaries they still find themselves pushed into a tight spot right up until lethe and Mordecei show up and decimate the Deains next up they manage to encounter lee as they move onward to Gallia's palace to meet with the king after that the end up finding choji amongst the prisoners of the Deain garrison as they make their way to Crimea's port town to charter a boat to get them to Bergonion theocracy afterwards they meet up with tenten and neji and they make break for to depart to the high sea in order to escape the black knight and a town which is out for laguz blood and anybody affiliated with said laguz after that they finally meet up with Sasuke and surprisingly enough Garra (after running a foul fowl murder of crow Laguz prirates) when they find their boat stuck by a reef when they first meet the dragon Laguz tribe after that they finally find they themselves entering might guy,kakashi and temari in the midst of a three way battle on the high seas before they finally find themselves in bergonian theocracy and meet the leader of the mighty nation who just happens to be a young child whose mature and wise beyond her years and thus find themselves moving into a desert to deal with a roving band of rogue laguz lead by a young boy when they have and unexpected encounter with Kankuro after that our intrepid band mercenaries find themselves face with their most deadly and potently lethal mission yet try to stop the sadistic anko whose anger is so great at the lord of the manor (who intends to hold potentially the last heron of the bird tribe Laguz as part of his personal glorified menagerie for the rest of that poor soul's life) that to say she's berserk is a doesn't even anywhere that can even accurately or remotely come close to even describing her fury over how she came to be a "guest" at this lord's manor namely in terms of him kidnapping her quite easily has most definitely given her a reason to hate this man with fury that'd make even orchimaru, everybody in the Akatsuki even and the mad king ashnard himself potentially shrivel up in fear and be thankful that this sadistic psychopath interrogator has set her eyes on them and chosen them as the sole subject whom shall fell the full force of her wrath as she slowly kills him with an excruciatingly ridiculous amount of pain and in a manner which is too grotesque and horrifying to even think about describing and heaven help anybody who decides to stand between her and her target friend or alike. to simplely and accurately describe that situate would out in these words Mama mia here we go again. Only problem is that Anko's completely out control in the sense that she fully intends to potentially kill everybody in the lord's house especially the lord himself house even the family dog if she ever manages to find that poor pooch which leaves the risk of the Heron Laguz species becoming completely extinct extremely high due to fact that the prince of the heron laguz happens to on the lords estate thus making him an unwitting target of Anko's wrath which lead to this Fight: IN this corner weighting at least about 2-3 tonnes of steel, muscle and pure determination the Greil mercenaries! And in thiscorner the physical incarnation of pure distilled unadulterated rage the killer kuniochi of konahona, the sadistic summoner of snakes GIVE IT ALL UP FOR THE ONE THE ONLY ANKO MITARSHI! needless to say this battle is going to leave some serious scars both physically and psychologically and several casualties (albeit once again Psychological ones fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you want to look at it) for the Greil mercenaries before they can finally get anko to calm down whilst trying to survive her onslaught while also fighting the lord's bodyguards at the same time all in all just another simple day in the life of the Greil mercenary company which by time this whole affair said and done they wish that they should've in bed for they be trounced left and right before receiving a tap dance on their heads courtesy of one anko mitarashi luckily they'll have one kuranai yuhi Konahona's resident genjustu mistress to help them get through this encounter in piece although she's going to kind of going to be taking her time sweet to arrive on the battle ground to help save the day then after that affairs said and done they find head off to the sereness forest in search of the wayward Heron prince Lagruz when they meet up with assuma and shizune where they seek to stop the Heron prince lagruz from making a very big mistake and putting a stop to the lunatic of a lord once and for all. If you haven't notice I've purposely have left Ino and sakura out of the picture namely due to the fact that adding them to the mix could make things rather awkward for our hero's whilst their in tellius namely as for pairings I am thinking naruto and hinata, neji and tenten and finally shikamaru and temari. But you have to admit that maybe having sasuke and naruto doing the time warp to tellius should give Naruto ample opportunity to get sasuke to change his mind about going down the path he intends to travel all in the name of his personal vendetta before they return home if that doesn't work well we're pretty much back to square one in which Naruto will just have to keep trying to dissuade sasuke from going to orchimaru until he finally succeeds or dies trying in the process which ever comes first. so what do you think? not a bad idea right? also consider my suggestion earlier please and thank you?
Kurama no Kyubi: Please try to keep your reviews a little shorter, thank you. Also, I've already thought of a pairing for Naruto. Well, actually, I thought of giving him a small harem of four girls, though if you want I can always add Hinata. Also, if other Konoha ninja comes into the mix, it likely won't go beyond just the Konoha 11, maybe their senseis too, but that's a big "maybe".
Guest: in chapter seventeen the gate which are used to pin Kurama are called torils
Kurama no Kyubi: Thank you.
Guest: I don't suppose you've heard of tales of zillia well here's a crossover idea for that game namely involing Naruto/tales of Zillia. it all starts in the valley of the end right at the grand finale of Naruto's fight against sasuke only Naruto inflicts a severe injury onto sasuke which shocks naruto to the core and fills him with desperation to try and save his best friend by way of healing the injury he's accidently and inadvertently caused whilst trying to save him. and this leads Naruto to awaken the his mana lobe chich leads to him using a healing spirit artes which manages to easily close up sasuke's injury but how the uchiha repay's the favor is by trying to kill his best friend once more luckily thanks to his newly awakened mana lobe our hero is able to unleash a quick palm strike onto sasuke to get him calm down with little to no effort and then uses his healing spirit artes to banish orchimaru's curse mark from sasuke thus finally result in both the young boys fainting each from their own exhaustion in Naruto's case it is from the recent awakening and use of his mana lobe and have no pior experience in using such power. where as in sasuke's case it is more of the fact that is he's come close to death and had orchimaru's curse mark forcibley removed. and kaskashi show to take the two young boy back home in order to give them proper medical treatment from their long day. and then the village recieve a vistor Regis Maxsia (at least that's the name of the place that I think the setting of the story of tales of Zillia takes place is called.)who's name is professor Haus who's come to see if there's anybody in the village who'd be willing to learn how to use the spirit artes to be a healer and so Naruto volunteer when Haus discovers our hyper active blonde and Naruto's reason for going is to learn how to use his new power to save livesand this leads to hero heading off to Regeasis Maxia and meeting up with jude before eventually getting pulled into an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. he's still able to use charkra for mana and charkra are separate but necessary energies for the living.
Kurama no Kyubi: As a matter of fact, yes I do know of Tale of Xillia, have since before its release in Japan, in fact. But I'm not planning on buying it till I've completed Tales of Graces F, so you'll have to wait for a long time till I can write that story.
"Triforce." Normal speech
'Triforce.' Normal thought
"Triforce." Biju and God speech
'Triforce.' Biju and God thought
Syrup: Kurama no Kyubi only owns his OCs.
Chapter 25: The Seven Reapers of Death Part 2
As Zabuza continued walking, he heard the sound of rubble moving, causing him to stop. He then turned around to see a dark silhouette with glowing red eyes rise from the ruble as his armor fell off him.
The silhouette then walked towards Zabuza, and the missing-nin's eyes widened when he saw the silhouette's face.
"Y-you're…!" He didn't get any further than that as the silhouette cut through his neck with a sword wrapped in darkness.
Battle near the village's eastern gate; Zabuza vs Onox, winner: Onox?
Konoha, Sasuke & Haku vs Koume & Kotake
Haku's head jerked in the direction of where Zabuza was.
'Zabuza-sama…!' He thought.
Konoha, arena, battlegrounds, Sakura vs Aqua
(Boss #18: The walking water puddle, Aqua.)
"Nayru's Love: Shard Barrage!" Aqua called out as a portion of the Nayru's Love shield appeared over her chest before shards of it suddenly tore off and shot towards Sakura.
Sakura then started to attempt to block the shards with her sword, but they proved too many for her and she was only able to block a few before she got pummeled by the rest of the shards. Luckily, Aqua hadn't hit any vital points, which was strange seeing as though Aqua had a good understanding of the human body and a pretty good aim.
When the shards stopped pummeling her, Sakura looked towards Aqua from behind her arms which she held in an X-shape over her chest. She then moved her arms away from her chest before sheathing her sword and grabbing her bow & arrows.
She brushed her hand over the tip of one of the arrows, causing it to be covered in ice before she aimed it at the Tani-nin.
'An ice arrow?! I see, so she's hoping to freeze me, is she?' Aqua thought before forming several spears of water out of the water molecules in the air "Water Spears!"
The spears then shot towards Sakura, but the pinkette then started running to avoid them, however, she noticed that one of the spears went towards where she was about to step. She then jumped over it and as she landed on the ground, she rolled across it before stopping in a crouching position and firing the arrow towards Aqua.
The blunette attempted to jump away, but the arrow hit her left leg when she was in the air, causing her to fall to the ground and rolling across it.
'This isn't good. Since she got one of my legs, I won't be able to move nearly as fast as before.' Aqua thought as she rose to her feet, but her eyes then widened just before Sakura's sword came spinning through the air like a shuriken, and cutting through her head.
Being made out of water, she wasn't really damaged by the sword at all, but just then, another ice arrow headed towards her, and she realized that the sword was only a distraction, and she managed to duck just in time to avoid the arrow which would've hit her in the head.
As she rose up again, however, another ice arrow came towards her, this one heading for her stomach, but this time, she decided to just block it with her shield. However, as she then looked towards where Sakura should've been, she didn't see anyone there, causing her eyes to widen.
"You might be more skilled with Nayru's Love than I am, but unlike me, your Nayru's Love can only protect one part of your body at a time." Sakura said from behind her, and Aqua looked over her shoulder to see Sakura standing there in a slightly crouched position, holding her sword which was covered in ice.
'That ice… Don't tell me that when she fired that ice arrow earlier, she was aiming for her sword all along!' She thought.
"I really wish that we could've rather been friends, Aqua-san." Sakura said.
"Me too." Aqua said with a smile which Sakura returned before slashing her sword through the Tani-nin's back, causing the shield in front of Aqua's stomach to shatter as the blue aura faded away as she fell to the ground, still smiling.
"I need to catch up with Sasuke-kun and Naruto." Sakura then said before running towards the arena wall and jumping over it.
Battle in the arena; Sakura vs Aqua, winner: Sakura.
Kage box
'So she's planning on re-grouping with her teammates, is she?' Ganondorf thought as he stared towards her before his right hand was covered in darkness "Go, my servants. Go and bring the girl to me." He then fired a blast of darkness which went over arena wall before crashing into the ground before fading to reveal six Darknuts.
Konoha, Konohamaru, Moegi, Inari, and Maple
"Do you really think that it's up there?" Maple asked as she looked up towards the top of the mountain with the Hokage faces which they were standing at the base of.
"It's got to be. That's the highest point in the entire village." Konohamaru said before adding "Plus, with the forest up there, it would be the perfect hiding place for something so big."
"But how are we going to get up there? None of us knows the tree-climbing technique." Inari said.
"There is a way up, but that might take too long, so I were thinking that Moegi-chan could take us." Konohamaru said.
"I can only carry one at a time, though." Moegi said.
"Then what are we supposed to do? It might take too long if she's got to fly up and down three times." Inari said.
"Hello! Are you guys forgetting that I'm a witch? I can take one of you up with my broom." Maple said before jumping up on her broom and floated a few inches above the ground.
"Really? Then I'll go with you." Inari said before jumping onto the broom behind Inari's back.
Moegi then spread her arms, causing wings to appear, and she flew into the air before grabbing Konohamaru around the shoulders with her talons.
"Hold on tight." Maple said and Inari held his arms around her while blushing brightly as the girl added "And don't get any ideas."
Maple and Moegi then flew up into the air so fast that it hardly took them a minute to reach the cliff that was just above the Hokage faces before Moegi put Konohamaru down on the ground and landing beside him, and Maple landed on the ground and pushed Inari off her broom before getting off herself.
"So where to now?" She asked.
"Well, I suppose that it could be just about anywhere." Konohamaru said.
Then there was an explosion down in the village which was rather close to the mountain they were on. The explosion seemed to have come from some kind of magic spell, and Maple instantly realized who the magic must've come from.
"Syrup-sama!" She said before looking at the others "Sorry, but I have to go help my master." She then ran towards the edge before jumping off as she sat on her broom and flew towards where Syrup was fighting Veran.
Konoha, Syrup vs Veran
(Boss #19: Number 5 of the Seven Reapers of Death, Veran.)
Veran had managed to dodge the spell which caused the explosion before she prepared one of her own.
"Shadow Ball!" A ball of darkness – which appeared to have a face that had an expression of someone in pain inside of it – appeared in Veran's palm before she threw it at Syrup.
Syrup jumped off the building that she was standing on before the ball hit, causing the entire building to be engulfed in darkness as countless of demonic heads shot out in every direction, killing anyone unlucky enough to do as much as touch them.
Syrup landed on the wall around the Hokage Tower as the darkness faded, revealing that the building had been completely obliterated.
"She hasn't been slacking off, I see." Syrup mumbled to herself before a purple glyph appeared under her feet "Darkness Crescent Wave!"
A crescent-shaped wave of darkness was then sent towards Veran, but the Shadow Sorceress managed to dodge it by jumping into the air as she prepared for another spell.
"Shadow Barrage!" Countless of black orbs were then formed in the air around her before shooting towards Syrup, who jumped into the air to avoid them and landed on the roof of the Hokage Tower as the part of the wall that she was standing on was completely destroyed.
Veran then landed on another part of the wall before jumping up to the roof of the Hokage Tower as well. Syrup then jumped backwards before holding her arms out in front of her as a purple glyph appeared before her hands.
"Darkness Blast!" A blast of darkness was then fired off towards Veran, but the Shadow Sorceress managed to block it with a magical barrier.
As the two witches continued to trade magic spells, Maple landed on the roof just next to one of the large protrusions that were at the edge.
"Syrup-sama!" She called out, though they couldn't hear her over the sounds of their spells, and as she tried to get closer, a stray spell crashed into the roof-tiles near her feet, disintegrating them, and she quickly ran and hid behind the protrusion.
"Oh, who am I kidding. There's no way I can help. If I go in there, I'll be annihilated…" She said as she stuck her head out to see the battle.
'Kh! She's stronger than I thought she'd be, and I'm almost out of magical energy. I only have enough for one more strong spell. But she keeps either dodging or blocking my attacks, so I might have to use that spell.' Syrup thought before closing her eyes 'Sorry Maple, I never paid as much attention to you as I should have despite how much you wanted to become a great witch. And Hiruzen, it seems that I will die before you after all, my old friend.'
She then opened her eyes before looking at Veran as she held her hands over her chest, balling her pinky and ring fingers into fists and pointing her index and middle fingers diagonally upwards and her thumbs diagonally downwards.
"Soon, I'm afraid a new Grand Witch will have to be found, since one dies here today." She said.
"How right you are, but I'm afraid that you're the one who'll die." Veran said.
"It seems that you're not realizing the danger that you're in here. My next attack will be the end of you." Syrup said before a ball of energy formed in-between her palms, the ball was filled with both dark and light energies, and from where Veran was standing it almost looked like the Yin-Yang symbol.
'That attack! No, she wouldn't…!' Veran thought in shock before laughing like a maniac as she said "Are you really going to go through with this? You know as well as I do that using that spell comes at a great cost! The caster of the spell has to give up their own life in exchange for using it!" This caused Maple's eyes to widen.
"Then at least I die knowing that I'm taking you with me! Yin-Yang: Destruction of Light and Dark!" Syrup said before clasping her palms together and a shockwave of light and darkness went out in all directions before suddenly compressing down on both Syrup and Veran, however, the latter put up a magical barrier around herself, but said barrier was suddenly made a part of Syrup's spell.
"It's no use. This spell destroys all light and darkness within it, there's no escape for either one of us." Syrup said.
"I won't die here! I still haven't fulfilled my mission for Ganondorf-sama!" Veran yelled.
"Then you'll never finish it." Syrup said as Veran continued to scream in pain before her body suddenly imploded before vanishing as Syrup fell back as the spell was dispelled.
"SYRUP-SAMA!" Maple yelled as she ran over to her teacher before kneeling down over her.
"Maple…?" Syrup asked before smiling, something that Maple had never seen her do before "I'm sorry Maple. It seems that I will never see you become a great witch after all."
"No, don't say that." Maple said as tears were streaming down her face "This village has many good doctors, right? Maybe one of them can heal you. We'll be going home again like nothing happened…"
"Oh, Maple. You are a naïve child. The spell I used uses my own life energy. Nothing you or anyone else for that matter can do now can save my life." Syrup said before coughing.
What neither of them realized though was that dark clouds of gas formed where Veran had been just a few moments earlier.
"No. Syrup-sama, don't… don't leave me. You've done so… much for me." Maple said in-between sobs as she recalled some of the times she'd spent with her master.
Flashback
"So your name's Maple, is it?" Syrup asked as she looked down on an 8 year old Maple at her doorstep before turning around and walking in, causing the young girl to frown "What are you waiting for? Come in."
Maple's face then instantly lit up before she ran inside.
Flashforward
"What do you mean, you accidentally broke my jar?" Syrup yelled as she glared angrily at Maple.
"Come here, you brat!" The older witch yelled as she was chasing after her apprentice.
Flashforward
"Syrup-sama! Look, I'm doing it! I'm flying, I'm flying!" Maple exclaimed as she was hovering around on her broom with the older witch observing the scene.
Flashforward
"You better have packed everything you need, Maple. We're going to be gone for a few days." Syrup said as they were standing outside of her home in the middle of the dense forest.
"Don't worry, Syrup-sama. I've packed everything." Maple said.
"Say, where are we going, anyway?" She asked after some time.
"Konoha." Syrup stated.
Flashback end
"Syrup-sama…!" Maple cried.
"Well, well. Looks like Syrup finally found herself an apprentice." Maple and Syrup then looked towards the voice and their eyes widened when they saw Veran standing there "It's a good thing for me that I can transform into whatever substance I please, so I could just turn into gas and hide beneath the roof-tiles till your attack stopped."
"Maple, listen!" Syrup said as she looked back at Maple, catching the young witch's attention "I want you to go to Mount Crenel. There you will find Shizen of the Five Grand Witches, she can help you become stronger…" Syrup then became limp, indicating that she was dead, causing Maple to freeze as even more tears welled up in her eyes.
"Bwahahaha! Those were really her final words? I thought she'd be smarter than that, cause her beloved student will die right along with her. She'll never reach Shizen!" Veran laughed as she held out her hand, preparing for another Shadow Ball spell.
"SYRUP-SAMA! NO!" Maple cried out, and Veran's eyes widened when a silver-white glyph that covered the entire roof of the Hokage Tower appeared, forcing her to dispel her own attack and jump back, off the tower before she landed on the ground as the entire Hokage Tower was engulfed in a dome-shaped black aura before suddenly crumbling.
'Impossible! That was the Witch's Cry, a spell that it is said that only witches that are related by blood to an ancient Queen of Witches from ages past can perform!' Veran thought in surprise as she watched the tower crumble, Syrup's body and Maple going with it 'Well, it doesn't matter, she ended up doing exactly what I was planning on doing anyway, and there's no way such a small child can possibly survive that even if she is Syrup's apprentice.'
Battle at the Hokage Tower; Syrup vs Veran, winner: Veran.
Konoha, Erza vs Leo
Leo charged at Erza, holding a large single-edged sword which she claimed had enough strength to burst through any defense. She swung the sword at Erza, but the latter jumped into the air and the sword cut straight through the wall of a building instead, causing said building to crumble.
'Looks like she wasn't kidding about the sword's strength.' Erza thought before summoning an equally large single-edged sword into her own hand and she swung it downwards.
Leo reacted quickly enough and blocked Erza's sword with her own before the Fairy Tail wizard landed on the ground as she summoned a knife to her left hand and threw it at the Tani-nin. However, Leo just tilted her head to the left, avoiding the knife, though a strand of her hair was cut off.
Leo then swung her sword side-ways, forcing Erza's sword with it before she summoned a katana to her hand.
"This katana can cut through anything, even the air." She said as she held the katana above her head before swinging it downwards.
Erza then jumped back before a slash-mark suddenly appeared in the air where she'd just been, causing her eyes to widen slightly before narrowing.
"I told you that it could even cut through the air." Leo said while smirking under her mask.
"In that case, I better end this battle quickly." Erza said before her armor was replaced with a pair of baggy pants and bandages which covered her breasts, nothing else. Her sword was also replaced with a smaller sword.
'Strange… I'm not sensing any magical energy coming from that outfit. It's no different from the Gerudo uniform. Surely she wouldn't be that foolish.' Leo thought before closing her eyes as she said "No matter." She then opened her eyes as her own swords were replaced by a Gerudo lance.
"It's time for us to end this." Erza said and Leo nodded before they charged at each other. They then swung their respective weapons as they passed one-another before coming to a halt, both holding their respective weapons out to their right.
Just then, however, a cut appeared in the middle of Leo's lance as a gash mark appeared across her stomach, and she fell down on her knees.
"Now I see why they call you "Titania Erza, Queen of the Fairies"." The Tani-nin said before she collapsed onto the ground as she lost consciousness.
Battle in a street at the northern part of the village; Erza vs Leo, winner: Erza.
Konoha, Sasuke & Haku vs Koume & Kotake
(Boss #20: Number 1&2 of the Seven Reapers of Death: Koume & Kotake.)
"Haku! You've got to focus!" Sasuke said as he dodged Kotake's ice beam, having noticed that the missing-nin seemed a bit distracted.
"I know." Haku said as he landed on a water tank while thinking 'What was that feeling I had earlier?'
"Fire Storm!" Koume then called out before firing a beam of fire towards Haku, who didn't notice it.
"Haku! Watch out!" Sasuke yelled, snapping Haku out of his thoughts, but it was already too late for him to dodge the attack, which then hit the water tank, completely melting the top.
Sasuke had luckily managed to get to Haku in time as they both appeared in a shunshin on another roof. However, they hadn't escaped completely unharmed, Haku's clothes were scorched in several places, and Sasuke's Susano'o ribs now looked more like some kind of slimy substance as it was melting almost all over.
"You all right?" Sasuke asked quietly as he stared up towards the two witches.
"Yeah…" Haku replied before thinking 'I'll worry about it later; first we've got to win this battle.'
Haku then noticed the water tank which had been opened before he started formulating a plan as he pulled out a pair of senbon.
"Sasuke." He said, catching the Uchiha's attention "I've got a plan." He then went on to telling the Uchiha the plan.
"Hey, what're you two mumbling about down there?" Kotake asked.
"Formulating a plan, no doubt. Though whatever the plan is, there's no way it'll ever succeed. Kakakaka!" Koume said.
Shortly after wards, the two pre-teens looked back up at the witches as they were ready to put the plan into action.
"Do you remember everything you have to do?" Haku asked.
"Of course. I'm not Naruto." Sasuke said.
"Good. Then ikuzo!" Haku said and the two of them started running in opposite directions around Koume and Kotake.
Haku then drew a pair of senbon before throwing them at the witches. Koume just swatted away the one heading for her while Kotake simply grabbed the other one just before it could hit her right eye. She then noticed some kind of purple liquid dripping down from the tip.
'Poison…?' She thought before the sound of a familiar yell reached her ears.
"Katon: Goukakyo no Jutsu!" She looked down just in time to see a large ball of heated oxygen headed straight for her, though she managed to dodge it just in time as she threw the senbon away.
"Total Freeze!" She called out before firing a beam of ice towards the Uchiha, hitting the only Susano'o rib that still remained intact, freezing it.
However, Haku then weaved a series of hand signs before the entire rib suddenly shattered before flying straight at Koume, who defended herself with a shield of fire. However, just as the ice shards reached the flames, the explosive tags which had been attached to a few of them blew up, enveloping both witches in a cloud of smoke. As the smoke faded, however, there were no signs of either Sasuke or Haku.
"Where'd they run off to?" Koume asked.
"They couldn't have turned tail and ran off, could they? Kee kee kee kee." Kotake said.
"Don't worry, we haven't run off. I'm right here." Sasuke said, catching both witches' attention. And their eyes widened slightly when they saw that the Uchiha was engulfed in an orange aura.
"And I'm right here." The witches turned towards the voice to see Haku standing on the water in the water tank, holding his hands in a hand sign.
"Hyoton: Hyoryudan no Jutsu!" Haku called out, causing the water in the tank to freeze over before morphing into the form of a Chinese dragon before shooting towards the witches.
Sasuke then cocked back his right arm as his hand balled into a fist as it started to glow red before the Uchiha thrusted his arm forward.
"Din's Fire: Sandan-Ju Bakudan!" He called out, causing several balls of fire to shoot out of his fist and towards Kotake before blowing up.
"Kotake!" Koume called out before noticing something and looking over her shoulder just in time to see the ice dragon heading for her before it flew into her.
Haku then landed to Sasuke's right atop the roof-top before the smoke from the explosions faded, and the two pre-teens' eyes widened as both the witches remained unharmed.
"Foolish boy. You can't beat us like you are now. Use the darkness within your Triforce, it will make you much stronger. Strong enough to kill us…" Koume said.
"And even strong enough to kill your brother, Itachi." Kotake finished.
""Darkness within my Triforce"?" Sasuke asked.
"That's right. Out of the three Triforce pieces, the Triforce of Power is the most unstable, do you know why…?" Koume said.
"Kh…" Was Sasuke's only response.
"It's because the Triforce of Power has so far mostly been in the hands of evil beings. Over time, its pure power was tainted with darkness, darkness which by now should be close to over-flowing." Kotake explained before Sasuke though back to when he first used the Triforce's power.
Flashback
"Sasuke-kun, beware the darkness in your heart for it will consume you…" Sasuke heard the voice in his head once again, but this time he just ignored it as the mark on the back of his right hand glowed more intensely and dark-red wisps of chakra came up around him.
'What is this power I'm sensing…?' Haku thought.
Sasuke then looked down at his hands as he could feel the power flowing through his veins before he felt something and he looked towards the mirror which Haku was in to see two senbon flying towards him, but both senbon suddenly imploded by his stare alone, causing him to smirk evilly.
He then cocked his right arm back with his palm out before thrusting it forward causing a shockwave of the dark-red energy to shoot out towards the mirrors in front of him, causing them to shatter as everything suddenly went blank.
Flashback end
"Use your hatred for Itachi, draw upon the darkness. Do this, and you will become unimaginably stronger." The ice witch continued.
"What you used back on that bridge was only a fraction of the power that the Triforce can give you. Just submit to the darkness, and no one can stand in the way of your quest." Koume said.
"Sasuke, don't listen to them. Hatred and darkness isn't what makes you truly strong, your friends are. It's only when you have friends that you want to protect that you become truly strong." Haku said.
"No, you're wrong. Only through hatred can he become stronger. If he stays like he is now, he'll never amount to anything." Kotake said as she looked at Haku.
"No! You're the ones who are wrong. Hatred does not make someone stronger. All it really does is setting up barriers between yourself and your friends, and in the end you will become weaker, not your power, but your character." Haku said.
"Sasuke-kun, don't listen to that boy. Let us show you what you're truly capable of, submit to the darkness." Koume said.
"No, Sasuke! Don't listen to them!" Haku said as he looked at the Uchiha.
"DAMARE!" Sasuke yelled, causing the witches to smirk, believing that Haku's the one he told to shut up.
"Well, Sasuke-kun, so you finally…" Koume started, but she was cut off by the Uchiha.
"I told you to shut up!" He said, causing both of the witches to gasp in surprise before he continued "I will not submit to the darkness. I'm going to conquer it, and then eradicate it with my own hands. I promised Naruto that we'd take care of you, and I'm not gonna let him down. I'm going to protect my friends, from now on that is my nindo!"
'Sasuke…' Haku thought before smiling.
Sasuke then held out his arm, and Haku did the same so that their palms were touching. The mark of the Triforce of Power then began to glow so brightly that it could even be seen shining through Haku's hand. Sasuke was then engulfed in an orange aura before Haku was suddenly engulfed in a white aura as their eyes glowed in the same color. Then two glyphs suddenly appeared on the roof beneath them, one red and one white.
"I-impossible! They're doing a Unison Raid?!" Koume said in surprise.
"And with two completely opposite elements!" Kotake said, equally as surprised.
"Ka-Hyo Ougi: Kori Bakuhatsu!" Sasuke and Haku called out before giant icicles that looked like it was frozen fire suddenly sprouted out of the ground, destroying the buildings and nearly hitting the witches before suddenly blowing up, unleashing waves of fire in all directions along with ice shards that froze anything they came in contact with.
Once the attack was over, there were no sign of the witches and Sasuke and Haku then fell backwards, landing on their backs with a thud, no longer being able to move.
"Looks like we did it." Sasuke said as he looked at Haku.
"Yeah." The ice user said while smiling before Sasuke showed off a grin much like Naruto's foxy grin.
What neither of them realized, however, was that about a kilometer away were Koume and Kotake hovering in the air.
"Kee kee kee kee. Sasuke-kun was stronger than we had given him credit for. Kee kee kee kee." Kotake said.
"Yes. Who would have thought that he could pull off a Unison raid just like that? That boy is really something. You might have won this round Sasuke-kun, but we'll come for you again. Kakakakakakaka" Koume said.
Battle on the roof-tops; Sasuke & Haku vs Koume & Kotake, winner: Sasuke & Haku.
Konoha, arena, Kage box
Ganondorf removed the piece that was representing Koume and Kotake while thinking 'Unison Raid, huh? I've heard of monks who have trained for their entire lives to achieve that, but still never managed to. And it's un-heard of for someone to use two different elements for it, much less as opposite elements as fire and ice. This battle is proving to be more interesting than I had anticipated.'
Konoha, Obito vs Luna
"Hmm?" Luna looked out the corner of her eyes in the direction of Sasuke and Haku.
"What is it?" Obito asked.
"Heh." She then closed her eyes before looking back at Obito while opening them again "It seems Twinrova-sama underestimated Sasuke-kun and Haku-kun."
'They beat the Twinrova witches?' Obito thought, hardly believing it.
"Indeed. Those two sure makes a deadly team to have defeated the Twinrova of the Five Grand Witches." Luna said, knowing exactly what Obito had thought before adding "Of course, Twinrova-sama never used more than 15% of her power."
"I don't get it, why do you always refer to the Twinrova as a single person?" Obito asked.
"You don't know? Twinrova-sama is always only counted as one being. Even among the Five Grand Witches she only takes up one spot." Luna explained before her eyes suddenly looked towards the site of another battle "There's a huge surge of energy coming from there."
'A huge surge of energy?' Obito thought before looking towards where Luna was looking 'This chakra… Naruto-san!'
Konoha, Naruto vs Gaara
"YOSHA! I'm finally free!" Shukaku said as he had emerged from Gaara, who was now slumping over on the Biju's forehead.
"This doesn't look good…" Naruto said as he was standing in the middle of a street, looking up at the monstrosity as several Konoha and Suna shinobi were scattered across the various roof-tops.
"Hmm? I think I'll kill you first, midget!" Shukaku said as he looked down at Naruto.
"Naruto!" He heard Kurama's voice in his head.
'Sorry Kurama, I don't have time to talk right now.' The blond thought.
"That's Shukaku no Ichibi, he's a Biju just like myself. Naruto, you've got no other choice but to do that." Kurama said.
'That? Are you sure?' Naruto asked.
"Yes, now do it!" The Biju demanded.
'Alright, alright, I'll do it.' Naruto said before biting his thumb and weaving a series of hand signs before slamming his right palm down on the ground.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Then, the entire area was engulfed in a cloud of smoke, and when the smoke cleared it revealed Naruto standing atop the head of Kurama.
"You ready for this, Kurama?" The blond asked.
"Oh, I'm more than ready, Naruto." Kurama said.
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Gaara "Come on, Uzumaki Naruto! Show me the power you used against Kaminari!"
Ray "Looks like Terra wasn't able to stop Hyuga, after all."
Neji 'What's with these pedestals, and why aren't there anything on them?'…"Could it be…?!"
Nayru "Hyuga Neji, welcome to the deepest part of the Great Library."
Shukaku/Kurama "BIJUDAMA!"
Konohamaru "Next time on The Legend of Naruto: Battle of the Jinchuriki: Ichibi vs Kyubi!"
Legion "You all right, Princess?"
Sakura "L-Legion-san…!"
Character status
Sakura: Level: 24
Hearts: 7 2/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Ether, Nayru's Love, Light Beams.
Items: Queen's Sword, kunai (max 15), shuriken (max 15), explosive tag (max 10), Hero's Bow (normal, fire, ice) (max 15), Book of Mudora, Nayru's Love, wallet (max 999), Master Key.
Race: Hylian.
Triforce: Wisdom.
Aqua: Level: 21
Hearts: 6 2/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Water Shield, Water Spear(s), Water Arrow, Water Pulse, Water Cannon, Water Vortex, Nayru's Love, Nayru's Love: Whip, Nayru's Love: Shard Barrage.
Items: wallet (max 999).
Magic: Water.
Race: Hylian.
Syrup: Level: 63
Hearts: 21 0/4
Chakra Level: Jonin.
Techniques: Darkness Blast, Darkness Crescent Wave, Yin-Yang: Destruction of Light and Dark.
Items: Broom, Wallet (max 999)
Magic: Yin-Yang (mostly just Yin, though).
Race: Hylian.
Veran: Level: 66
Hearts: 33 0/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Shadow Ball, Shadow Barrage.
Items: none
Magic: Shadow.
Race: unknown.
Erza: Level: 45
Hearts: 24 ¾
Chakra Level: Kage.
Techniques: Re-quip.
Items: too many to count.
Magic: Re-quip.
Race: Hylian.
Kekkei Genkai: Re-quip: armor.
Leo: Level: 40
Hearts: 25 ¼
Chakra Level: Jonin.
Techniques: Re-quip.
Items: too many to count.
Magic: Re-quip.
Race: Gerudo.
Sasuke: Level: 28
Hearts: 8 3/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Katon: Goukakyo, Katon: Housenka, Katon: Ryuka, Din's Fire, Din's Fire: Sandan-Ju Bakudan, Amaterasu, Susano'o, Ka-Hyo Ougi: Kori Bakuhatsu (with Haku).
Items: katana, kunai (max 15), shuriken (max 15), explosive tag (max 10), Uchiha Fan, Din's Fire, wallet (max 999).
Race: Hylian.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan, Mangekyo Sharingan.
Triforce: Power.
Haku: level: 28
Hearts: 15 ¼
Chakra Level: Chunin.
Techniques: Hissatsu hyoso, Makyo hyoso, Senatsu suisho, Hyoton: Hyoryudan, Ka-Hyo Ougi: Kori Bakuhatsu (with Sasuke).
Items: senbon (max 30).
Race: Hylian.
Kekkei Genkai: Hyoton.
Koume: Level: 95
Hearts: 40 0/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Fire Storm.
Items: Broom.
Magic: Fire.
Race: Gerudo.
Kotake: Level: 95
Hearts: 40 0/4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Total Freeze.
Items: Broom.
Magic: Ice.
Race: Gerudo.
Character information
Name: Yuhi Kurenai.
Age: 26
Affiliation: Konohagakure.
Affinity: Genjutsu.
Likes: Asuma, Genjutsu.
Dislikes: Missing-nin.
Bio: At a young age, Kurenai discovered that she had an unusual strong affinity for Genjutsu, so it only made sense that when she became a Genin, she would focus on learning Genjutsu. At the academy, she met Sarutobi Asuma, who – over time – she started developing a crush on. She graduated from the academy at age 9 and later became Chunin at age 13. Shortly after becoming a Jonin, though she was given her first team, consisting of Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino.
Kurama no Kyubi: And there's another chapter for you guys, hope you enjoyed it.