Yo!! Chapter 18 is here!! Neji shows his stuff, Sasuke fights, and Tyson takes on the leader of the Cloud Chuunin Trio. Who will win their fights, and will there some interesting changes outside of the battles? Find out on:
Chapter 18: Fierce Battles. A Cursed Revelation, and Tyson's Will!
Neji got into his Jyuuken stance and activated his Byakugan. Claw pulled out his 6-inch Cat Claw and slid it over his right hand. Begin was called, and Claw charged.
Neji dodged the incoming attacks, also sealing his Tenketsus in his arm. Claw jumped back and threw his claw at Neji, who blocked it with a kunai. Claw then used chakra strings to pull it back and slip it back over his hand. He charged again, this time extending his claw about 2 inches, and swinging.
Neji dodged the attacks easily, and struck a blow to Claw's shoulder, making it limp. "Good thing that wasn't my blade arm." Claw said to himself. "Okay tough guy, I'm done playing around. FULL POWER!!!!" Claw screamed, extending his Cat Claw so that it was an astounding 7 feet long. "Is that all? Not much of a scare if you ask me." Neji said calmly, pissing Claw off.
Before Claw could even swing, Neji had his arm behind his back, his own chakra claws risking to stab him. "I suggest you forfeit, or else you may not get out of this alive." Neji said. Claw knew he was done, but he wouldn't quit. He tried in vain to strike Neji, only to be back handed and knocked out.
"Winner, Neji Hyuuga." Baki said, Neji heading back into the crowd. "That was rather a pointless fight. You got an easy opponent." Kai said. "And you didn't?" Neji asked. Kai then chuckled and left it at that. Baki then snapped, and the next fight was Sasuke Uchiha vs. Hikaru.
Hikaru jumped into the arena, while Sasuke just walked into the arena. "Hey Kakashi, this is pretty much a rematch from our past." Zabuza said. "I guess your right." Kakashi said, reading his favorite book.
Begin was called, and Hikaru pulled out his sword and pointed it at Sasuke. "You should know now, you aren't going to win." Hikaru said like it was a warning. "Tough words. Too bad you won't be able to bring that warning to life." Sasuke said. Hikaru smirked, and charged with the Guillotine Sword, which is the one Zabuza always used to carry.
He swung the giant sword with skill that belittled his appearance. The blade looked heavy, but Hikaru was wielding it like it weighed nothing. Sasuke was dodging the blade swipes easily, until Hikaru summoned 5 Water Clones. They surrounded Sasuke, who decided to activate the Sharingan. He pulled out a kunai and began the tough task of ridding himself of the Water Clones.
Once he slashed the last one, Hikaru began making hand signs. "Got you! Water Imprisonment Jutsu!" Hikaru said, catching Sasuke in the water dome. "He fights exactly like you do, Zabuza." Kakashi said. "At first I was amazed that he was even able to hold my sword, but he gained all my skills rather quickly." Zabuza said. Kakashi smirked, but it wasn't seen because of the mask he wore.
"Hey Sasuke, if you don't quit, you will probably drown." Hikaru said, a sort of taunting in his voice. Hikaru then looked at Sasuke, noticing that his chakra was steadily increasing. He then started exuding a purple chakra, and his curse mark began taking hold of him. "What the!?!? What is this power!?" Hikaru asked, before Sasuke broke out of with a raging blast of purple chakra.
"A Curse Mark!?" Satoshi screamed. "Yeah, Sasuke got one a few years back. He defected for a while, but I dragged his ass back, before Orochimaru could hope to take him." Naruto said. Tyson noticed the way Satoshi's fist was balled, and shaking with anger.
"Satoshi, he isn't in the Sound Village. He is supposedly a good guy." Tyson said. "But the fact that he has that damn mark means that Orochimaru got to him at some point." Satoshi said, a dark tone in his voice.
Back in the arena, Sasuke was reeking of purple chakra, and Hikaru decided to prepare to take him down. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Hikaru said, shooting a dragon of water at Sasuke, who dodged the attack, pulling out 4 shuriken. "You can't stop me!" Sasuke said, charging and throwing the shuriken at the Mist nin, who blocked the attack. Hikaru did some one handed hand sign, and he pointed his fingers at the water along the ground.
"Secret Art, Flash Frost Jutsu!" Hikaru said, causing the Water on the ground to freeze instantly, causing Sasuke to slip for a while. "Don't think you can melt this ice, or hope to stand on it!" Hikaru said, running on the ice like it was the ground. He swung his Zanbato, but Sasuke ducked under it.
Hikaru continued spinning and swung at his knees, only for Sasuke to jump and land on the blade itself. "Hey! Where did he…!?" Hikaru said, before he felt an electric chakra behind him. Sasuke had a Chidori ready to take him out, instead he pushed it into the ground, causing Hikaru to be shocked like crazy. When Sasuke was done, Hikaru was fried.
"Winner, Sasuke Uchiha." Baki said, a medic team getting Hikaru to treat any internal wounds he may have received. When Sasuke got back to the crowd, he saw that Satoshi had a fierce glare aimed at him. "What? Something catch your eye?" Sasuke asked, a smirk on his face. Satoshi looked away, and closed his eyes.
"I have nothing to say to one of Orochimaru's bitches." Satoshi said rather coldly. "You want try saying that again?" Sasuke asked, his anger rolling off of him. "You heard me. I don't like to repeat myself." Satoshi said. "I have nothing to say to Orochimaru's bitch."
"What the hell do you know? I have this seal to gain enough power to kill my brother!" "All that supposed 'power' does is mess your mind up and make you become one of Orochimaru's minions." Satoshi said, his glare resting on Sasuke. "What? You jealous because I have a power that you can never attain?" Sasuke said, his smirk reappearing.
"Hey, you are crossing the line. You wouldn't know about what Satoshi has been through!" Kai said. Then they heard a chuckling. They turned to see Satoshi laughing. "Not knowing about the power of the seal? I know about the power." Satoshi said. "Bullshit. You only talk down to it. How would you know about it?" Sasuke asked. "What the hell do you call this!?!?" Satoshi screamed, pulling his shirt down so that the mark on his neck was clear.
Everyone, except the Sun nins, were surprised to say the least. Naruto and Sasuke were the most surprised. "A…Curse…Mark?" Sakura asked, looking at the Curse Mark on Satoshi's neck. "Yeah, a Curse Mark. He tried to take me 2 years ago. But I held out until I learned a way to permanently seal it off. With the help of a friend who knew of the ancient ways, I was able to put on a seal that would permanently stop any of that evil chakra from taking me over. Do you even want to know the time, preparation, and other shit I had to go through!?" Satoshi screamed.
"Kit, he was referring to Gatto when he got help. The demon cat knows a lot about sealing Jutsus." Kyuubi stated to Naruto. (Wow, I wonder what he had to go through?) Satoshi pulled the shirt back up to cover the mark. "That mark only brings about evil. I'm warning you right now Sasuke, should you ever try to do anything that would hurt anyone I consider a friend with that mark, then I won't waste a moment on killing you. And don't even try to treat it like a threat. I never make hollow threats." Satoshi then closed his eyes, and yawned.
"But besides that, great fight." Satoshi said, smiling. Everyone was floored by his sudden change in attitude. He literally jumped from angry, to calculative, to cheerful in a few minutes. (This boy, what is he hiding?) Kakashi thought to himself.
Once everyone was settled, Baki activated the board and it showed Tyson Kusanagi vs. Katsuya. Tyson screamed a loud 'YEAH!!!' before he jumped to the center. Katsuya came down, and had a competitive smirk. "Looks like I get the second in command of the Sun Nin." Katsuya said.
"Ha! Me and Satoshi are dead even in skill." Tyson said, giving Satoshi a look. "Dream on, Hothead!" Satoshi said, causing Tyson to laugh a little. "Now, you are going down, friend or not." Tyson said, thrusting his fist at Katsuya's direction. "You wish!" Katsuya replied, his competitive spirit matching Tyson's. They both went into their separate stances.
"May the best nin win!" Katsuya said. "Don't worry, I plan to!" Tyson replied, both of them then smirked.
Begin was called, and they both charged each other. When they got in range, the fists were flying. Tyson ducked under a thrust, and tried a sweep kick, which Katsuya jumped over and landed. Tyson continued spinning, and brought his foot around, and tried to kick him on the arm, which he blocked. Katsuya held on to Tyson's leg, which Tyson used to bring his other leg around and kick him right in the face. They both slid back and got into their stances.
"You got skills, Tyson." Katsuya said. "Same to you. You must be pretty good if you can fight Satoshi on a serious plane. I think I have to give my all against you." Tyson said. They both then relaxed their stances a little. Tyson pulled off his jacket and dropped it, creating a rather huge dent, considering he dropped it lightly. "So, weights as well?" Katsuya asked.
"It's different between me and Lee. He wears his on his legs, mine affect my whole body, from the sleeves of the jacket, to the whole thing itself. Combined, I guess I can carry about 3000 pounds on my jacket." Tyson said. "Now, you ready?" Katsuya asked. Tyson nodded, and they both sped off.
Tyson threw about 50 punches in quick succession, only to have Katsuya dodge them all, and catch his fist on the 50th punch. "Your speed is amazing Katsuya." Tyson said, his determination on his face. "Well, let's really test you!" Katsuya said, making one handed signs. When he was done, he smirked. "Lightning Style: Spark Current Jutsu!" Katsuya said, his body pulsing with electric energy, and that electricity was pulsing through Tyson as well, who was being jolted.
After a few seconds, Katsuya released the jutsu, and Tyson hit the ground, twitching a little. "Shocking, wasn't it?" Katsuya asked. "That was lame as hell." Tyson said, jumping up, and smirking. "That was a nasty wake up call. But I will manage." He then started to jump up and down, getting higher and higher, until he landed on his fifth jump, and took off, the ground leveling the path he was running.
Katsuya braced himself, but wasn't ready for the powerful blow that got him on the chin. He flew into a wall, and ducked just in time to avoid a fire enhanced punch. Katsuya summoned a white cloud and took to the skies.
"Ha! Thanks to Nimbus, I can avoid you trying to hit me, while at the same time, doing this!" Katsuya said, shooting bolts of lightning at Tyson, who was running in a circle dodging the bolts. Katsuya looked at Tyson's movement and figured something was up. But he figured it out to late. "Fire Tornado: Rising Dragon!" Tyson screamed, jumping to the middle of the raging fire tornado and jumping into the sky.
The fire followed him, and became a dragon's head. The head opened its mouth to reveal fire teeth, which clamped down on Katsuya the same time his fist connected with his jaw. The flames exploded, and Tyson fell to the ground, and back flipped to land on his feet. Katsuya landed as well, only he was sporting some vicious burns all along his body.
"Alright Tyson, kid gloves are now officially off. I was saving this attack for Satoshi, but you are going to make it hard for me to win." Katsuya said, making hand signs, and when he finished, he raised his hand to the sky. "Cloud Secret Technique: Art of the Thunderstorm!" Katsuya said, a blue beam of chakra shooting out of his palm into the sky.
The beam eventually exploded, and grey clouds started forming, until it was raining, and there was thunder and lightning in the sky. The first thing Tyson noted was that his fire was being fizzled out because of the rain. "Sorry Tyson, but those flames of yours aren't going to be working while there is a downpour!" Katsuya said, the rain pouring down, making everyone wet.
"This type of jutsu. I've never seen anything like it! He changed the weather to a condition suited for himself!" Satoshi said, a look of surprise. "If he was to fight you, your entire barrage of Fire Jutsus would be pointless." Naruto stated. "Katsuya just made this interesting." Kai said. In the arena, Tyson was thinking. (Okay, my Seal of Fire is useless. Since thanks to this, my Seal of Refinement can't be used, I only have my Seals of the Fighter, Power, and Thief. Trump cards saved for extreme situations.) Tyson thought to himself.
"Okay, you're still done!" Tyson said, charging at Katsuya, while dodging the bolts that were trying to hit him. When he got within range, Katsuya was struck by a lightning bolt, and when Tyson hit him, he felt electricity jolt through him. Katsuya smirked, and kicked Tyson so he was on the ground.
"Don't bother trying to hit me. I have electricity running through me now. I can't be touched physically." Katsuya said, crossing his arms. "And the storm answers to my call." He then pointed to Tyson, and then a bolt of lightning shot down, but Tyson jumped out of the way. He continued running about the arena.
(This is bad, without my fire, and him using an electric barrier, I can't hit him. And these bolts will catch me eventually.) Tyson thought to himself. He then jumped out of the way, and avoided another bolt, before Katsuya caught him by the arm, and sent more jolts through his body, which fell twitching.
"You should quit. You can't touch me." Katsuya said, seeing Tyson slowly got up, and smirked. "You haven't seen anything yet!"
"Tyson can't win if he gets shocked by electricity whenever he touches him." Kasumi said. "I bet he will pull it off. He isn't the kind of person to quit because he hit a wall in his plan." Satoshi said. Tyson then jumped into the air, and tried to bring his fist down to Katsuya's head, only for the Cloud Nin to move out the way, and kicked Tyson in the jaw.
Tyson flipped around, and charged again, this time, he was kicked in the gut, and roundhouse kicked in the jaw. Tyson staggered to get up, but he got up nonetheless. "You can't win Tyson. What's the point in continuing to try?" Katsuya asked. Tyson was quiet, before he smirked. "If I lose now, there are opponents that I wouldn't get a crack at." Tyson said, his breathing slightly labored.
(Kai, Scar, Naruto, Sasuke, and especially Satoshi, watch me.) Tyson said, charging again, trying to create fire. "Pointless, your flames are weakened because of the downpour." Katsuya said. "That's what I'm playing on!" Tyson said, giving Katsuya a punch that wasn't expected.
"Now, feel this!!" Tyson screamed, he then released the Seal of Power, making it so that he could release chakra, and sent a chakra infused punch into Katsuya's jaw, sending him into the wall. "Your damn lightning won't hurt me now! My chakra will suppress the volts." Tyson said, his fists and feet flowing with chakra instead of fire.
"Now prepare yourself!" Tyson said, running at Katsuya. Katsuya thought he would be able to block the attacks, but Tyson was moving in a blue blur. Katsuya was being flung around like a poor rag doll. "Seems like Tyson plans on making this a fight." Satoshi said, a smirk on his face.
In the Arena, Katsuya was floored by a punch from Tyson. Katsuya was becoming tired, and his storm wasn't affecting Tyson anymore. He decided that if he wanted to win, he would have to unleash a Maelstrom. Katsuya shot an intense amount of chakra into the sky, and it exploded, creating a hurricane. People had to hold on to their seats to prevent being blown away, but Satoshi, Naruto, and Scar were holding onto the back of their seats, and was flailing wildly.
"What the hell is this!?" Naruto asked. "Got me! Scar, you're flailing also?" Satoshi asked. "Can it, you bastard." Scar said, hanging on for dear life. Tyson wasn't even moving though. He smirked, and released the Seal of Fire. Instead of the fire being smothered, it became fiercer as it enveloped his whole body. "You fool, if fire becomes big enough, it can absorb the wind and become more violent.
Now, since my fire is out of control, I have no choice but to waste the extra power, wasting you!" Tyson said, charging at Katsuya with a ball of fire surrounded him. With an explosion of sheer awesomeness, Katsuya was on the ground, unconscious, with spirals for eyes.
"Winner, Tyson Kusanagi!" Baki said, and everyone erupted in cheers, along with the weather clearing up a little. Tyson jumped back into the stands, and took his place next to Kasumi, who gave him a concerned look. "You had me worried Tyson. That looked pretty extreme." Kasumi said, with genuine concern. "Nothing new to me! Me and Satoshi always receive some form of extreme injuries while training and stuff." Tyson said.
"You really gave it all out there Tyson. Good job." Satoshi said. They both smirked, and started laughing. (Those two have such carefree attitudes. It's a miracle that they aren't destructive.) Jiraiya thought to himself. Tsunade held a similar thought pattern, but one set of eyes held them with hatred. (That bastard. He may not even remember what happened that day a few months ago. The transformation may have given him a blank area of time.) Orochimaru, disguised as a simple Sound Jounin, thought to himself.
Baki activated the board, and it showed Link vs. Chouji Akimichi. Link was smiling, his permanent smile on his face. They both entered the arena, and begin was called.
ShadowRonin: So that is that! Neji won, Sasuke and Satoshi have a confrontation, and Tyson blew through everyone's expectations. Now, what is the mystery of the Smiling Sound Nin, and can Chouji defeat this mysterious and enigmatic nin? Read and Review!! It makes me happy, and proves I have those who read this fic.
Next Chapter: The battles are getting even more intense!! Is there a Sound Nin that can par with someone like Scar? Link's been said to be that strong, but is it a farce? And what's this? Something that causes even Satoshi to sweat and panic? A foe? No, but Hinata. What has she done to cause problems for Satoshi? Find out on:
Chapter 19: The Smiling Sound Nin. An Amazing Hidden Power. Naruto Brings It!