And now ShadowRonin brings Chapter 2 of the American Nins Journey. Their past is catching up to them, the question is can they prepare themselves for it? Now, let the Chapter Begin!

Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto is currently owning Naruto, but that will change, after this temporary cease fire!

Chapter 2: Overlord's Wrath! Krad Appears and Raven unleashes his 'demons'.

(Konoha Jail)

It was now morning time in Konoha. Sitting in a cell was Raven and Blade. Unsure as to what would happen to them, they both began playing Hearts, after creating a Shadow Clone of themselves to make it so that there were 4 players. After shooting the moon twice, Raven had forced the Blade Clone to hit 100 and they all chuckled. "You suck at cards!" Raven said, dismissing both Clones. It was now 11:00, and Operation Liberty was a go. "To bad for them, they won't get to see our awesome escape!" Blade said, smirking.

At that moment Naruto and Neji entered. Both had cell duty because Naruto had pissed off the Hokage by calling her Baa-chan again, and Neji….well….the way he acts towards everyone can try anyone. She just wasn't in the mood today. "Why did Baa-chan have to stick me with guarding the nins that arrived last night?" Naruto screamed, sighing heavily. "Because you always make her mad." Neji said calmly.

"Oh, and your any better?" Naruto replied smirking. "No. She just doesn't like my condescending tone." Neji said. "Then she should have done the same thing to teme!" Naruto screamed, pouting and causing Neji to have a headache. "Just shut up!" Neji replied, a vein on his head. They both regained their composure when they came to Raven and Blade. "Oh, hello wardens!" Blade said, smirking. "Warden!? That some kind of weird word?" Naruto asked, and Raven sighed.

"This isn't America, Blade! Some of the words we use they may not understand. They use a weird combo of Japanese and English. So there will be things they don't get, along with things we won't get." Raven said, sighing. "You seem to know this place pretty well." Neji said, looking out of the corner of his eye. "Oh, don't worry White Eye. You won't be seeing us much anymore!" Raven said, smirking.

"And why is that!?" Naruto screamed. "Because we've been gone for a while now." Both nin said, before they were enveloped in smoke, along with a popping sound. "Damn! Shadow Clones!" Neji said, turning towards the exit. "We must inform Hokage-sama!" Neji said, taking off with Naruto behind him.

(Outside Konoha)

"We made it!" Raven said, once they were 5 miles from Konoha. "I can't believe we got away somehow!" Blade said, laughing along with his companion. "Well, where do we go now?" Raven asked. "Don't know. We should find Artemis and Coin. They would know what to do next." So with that, they began walking again. Then, the pressure around them began to increase, like gravity had increased.

"What the!?!?!" Blade screamed, panicking. "This power, it's nothing…but evil! I don't…know who's…it could be!" Raven said, buckling under the pressure. Then, a person came from the shadows. "Ah, so Raven the Demon and Blade the Swift are here." That voice made both Raven and Blade stunned with fear.

That was the voice of the one who wanted their heads. The one who would kill them.

Krad had arrived.

"So, you two ARE on this continent. Glad I found you two." Krad said. They both turned around, slowly, to get a good look at Krad. Wearing white robes that were similar to Hyuuga Traditional Robes, he had a presence that commanded respect. Black hair that came down to his back, he looked purely evil. But what really scared them was his eyes. They were white, and looked like pure death. No warmth in them, merely coldness, and evil.

"Krad…" Raven said, grasping for the blades he now wore on his back. "Raven, we can't do anything against him!" Blade said, slowly regaining his nerves. "The boys seem to be gaining their grounds, so I think I'll put them back into check." Krad said, smirking an evil smirk, and glaring hard. "BYAKUGAN!!!" He screamed, and the wave of chakra literally sent chills down Raven and Blade's spines, and sent a vicious image into their heads.

Both of their eyes widened, and they fell to their knees. They couldn't believe it. In his eyes they saw nothing but bloodlust and killer intent.

They had literally just foresaw their own deaths through his eyes.

Bruises that no amount of words could compare, and blood.

He wanted their blood.

They were upon a foe that they couldn't beat. Raven fell to his knees, shaking and sweating, and Blade threw up the small breakfast they had that morning. (This…is really bad!! I can't move! His…power…it's too much! Never have I seen this kind of chakra!) Raven thought, stealing a glance to Blade, who was on his hands and knees, sweating hard as well.

(Blade is just as bad as I am. I need to get us out of here now!) Raven thought to himself, trying his hardest to move. "Oh, what's wrong? Death Gods meeting death, and your afraid?" Krad asked, mocking the nin. (Bastard! He knows we can't move, and he's toying with us!) Raven thought, finding it hard to make a move.

"Young Cub, do you wish to get up from this tragedy?" A ominous, demonic voice said. (That voice…it's the same one as all the one who lends me his tails…) Raven recognized. He would go into these modes where his body would heal itself, and he would grow as many as 3 tails. "Now Cub, show me your resolve! Let's break this chakra!" The demon said, unleashing his cold snow white chakra. Raven began feeling the power coursing from him, and smirked.

"Yes, now Krad, let's get fighting!" Raven said, standing. "So, the demon finally unleashes a piece of his true chakra? Now the fun begins!" Krad said, getting into the Jyuuken Style Stance. "Hey Blade, can you stand?" Raven asked, and Blade began to feel his resolve.

"Yeah, now that it feels like the pressure is wearing off, I'm ready to fight. Let's get ready Krad!" Blade said, standing up and unsheathing Sky Dragon. Raven unsheathed both Fenrir and Yggdrasil, and they charged the American Overlord.

(Konoha)

"WHAT!?!?!? What do you mean they both escaped!?!?" Tsunade screamed, causing Naruto to flinch, and Neji to remain calm. "They had done a Shadow Clone Jutsu to escape." Neji said, and Tsunade processed what he just said. "But how? Shadow Clones are derived from Konoha! No one can learn it outside the village!" Tsunade exclaimed.

"But, what if they originally belonged in Konoha?" Neji said, before a surge of chakra was felt by everyone in Konoha. "Woah! This is some kind of chakra. What!?!? No…" Naruto said, trailing off. "What's wrong Naruto?" Neji asked. "That wave of chakra. It had demonic energy in it." Naruto said, causing Tsunade's and Neji's eyes to widen.

"No way…" Neji said. Just then, and explosion boomed from the North Gate, and they felt three different presences. "Who the hell are those? Neji, Naruto, come with me!" Tsunade said, and both nin followed her to the blast.

Raven and Blade slid along the ground, and ran back first into a wall. "Blade, you okay?" Raven asked, using his blades to stand up. "Yeah. But I've had better days." Blade said, slowly rising. "Well, you're both alive. That's good." Krad said, walking up to them.

"No. SHOOT TO THE HEAVENS!! SKY DRAGON!!" Blade said, putting some chakra into his blade, causing it to transform. The blade then became a little longer, but widened to about 10 inches, and every 10 inches, a spike shot out, making it look like multiple picks. "Now, EXTEND!!" Blade commanded, his sword bending to his will, like rubber, and shooting towards Krad. Krad simply dodged the blade, but Blade willed it to, and it came back around, and nicked his shoulder.

Krad looked at his shoulder with mild amusement, and gave both nin an evil look. "Okay, you nicked me. Pretty impressive. Now, I start actually using Jyuuken. At that stage, you reach 10 percent of my true power." Krad said, and both Raven and Blade were stunned and scared silent. "He's bluffing. Let's slice him to shreds!" Blade said, and both of them charged.

When they were within 5 steps, time stopped, and a diagram of the Ying-Yang symbol appeared on the ground. (So, it's come to this. I never thought I would have to use the ultimate attack of the Hyuuga Style, but that can't be averted.) Krad thought to himself, bending, and sticking one arm out, and the other behind him. (Besides, the looks they will have will be priceless!)

They both jumped and charged, from two different sides, and now, he had them. "8 Trigrams: 2 Palms!" Instead of hitting one of them with two, he struck both of them at the same time. (What!?!?) They both thought at the same time, but he wasn't done yet. "4 Palms!" He started sliding along the ground, as he thrust his chakra filled fingers into both Blade and Raven's Tenketsus.

"8 Palms!" He began speeding up, and Raven and Blade were dumbstruck. He was not only hitting them both, but he was striking them with perfection, like this was a choreographed dance that he's practiced since the beginning of time. "8 Palms, 16 Palms, 32 Palms, 64 Palms!" He was beating the hell out of them, and they were losing all of their chakra.

"128 Palms!" He was now moving so fast, that it was hard to keep track of his palms. Using those 128 Palms, he closed 63 of their Tenketsus. They both felt like they were floating in the air. "Damn, you'll both still have one free. So this will seal it completely. 8 Trigrams: 130 Palms!" Krad said, pressing the final Tenketsu, and closing off their entire chakra systems. Blade flew into the North Gates, but Raven was sent straight into the village.

"That man is a Hyuuga!?!?" Neji silently screamed. "No way! The American Overlord is really a Hyuuga!?" Naruto screamed, but Tsunade wasn't paying attention to that. "That boy, he's flying right into the village!" Tsunade said, making an attempt to stop him from flying into anyone, but it was too late.

He was flying right into an unsuspecting Sakura. Raven looked up, and upside down, he could see he was about to run into a girl with pink hair, and at the rate he was going, she would be hurt. Then, it felt like time stopped, and he appeared in a maze inside his mind. (A maze? No wait, this is a Illusion Art. I won't let it stop me!) And with that, he raised one hand, pointed two fingers, and muttered a 'Release.' and dispelled the Genjutsu.

"Good job Mutt. You managed to get out of that." A voice said. Raven turned around, and saw a young man approach him. He had on a dark blue kimono, black hair, and black dog ears. "HOLY SHIT!!! INUYASHA!!!" Raven screamed, causing the boy to face plant. "I'M NOT INUYASHA, YOU STUPID BOY!! My name is Fang. I'm the demon that's been lodged right in your body since day one. So to put it in a nutshell, you are the American Demon." Fang said, like it really didn't matter. "WAIT!!! You mean to tell me I'm the American Demon!?!? One of the 6 Continental Demon Carriers!? AND I NEVER KNEW THIS UNTIL NOW!?!?!?!" Raven screamed, his eyes white and his arms flailing around.

"Yeah, funny thing eh? For some reason, the seal wouldn't allow me to talk to you telepathically, until 17 years later, and you getting your ass kicked by Krad. Funny how life is like that, isn't it?" Fang asked, obviously amused by this. Raven shot him a vicious glare, and Fang sweat dropped. "But no worries, I have come to let you know, that you will be able to unlock my chakra. As for your tails, unless you unleash large amounts of my chakra, they will materialize into chakra tails." Fang said, smirking.

"Now, get out there and kick Krad's ass, and get laid and bear children that will use my chakra as a bloodline jutsu!" Fang commanded. Raven was nodding at what he said, before that last part made him face plant, and glare.

(Reality)

He came back to reality, and saw that he was about to run into a pink haired girl, who just now, turned, and looked like she was paralyzed with fear. (Nice time to play like a deer in the headlights!) Raven thought to himself, making a hand sign for the Shadow Clone. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" And before he hit her, another Raven tackled her to the ground, and he flew right over, landing into a house.

Sakura looked up, once the initial shock wore off, and blushed. Raven was on top of her, in what most would consider a compromising position, but since Raven was in a life or death situation, he wasn't paying full attention to the situation. "Krad isn't pulling his punches. He could have inflicted serious harm." Raven thought to himself, watching himself get up from the rubble.

"Hey, you okay?" The Clone asked himself. "Yeah, I'm fine, but why are you on top of that girl?" Raven asked his clone, who took notice, and blushed heavily, and disappeared in a poof. (Great. My clone blushed. Now I've got his sick thoughts. Oh well. Time to unleash my demonic chakra and begin round two with Krad!) Raven thought to himself, beginning to unleash his chakra.

The chakra around him, instead of being light blue, was turning pure white, like snow. (So, this is Fang's chakra eh? It's powerful, but I don't have complete control of it.) Raven thought to himself, running back to the battle.

Krad was impressed with the Death Gods. Even with his chakra sealed, Blade had perfect control of his Sky Dragon, which was getting close to actually landing a second blow. "So, Death Gods truly are amazing. You're will to live is amazing. Taking your life will be my greatest victory yet!" Krad said, dodging the blade again, and catching it in his hands.

Blade was stunned. It was a miracle that he could even move without his Tenketsus working properly, but he didn't want to die quite yet. "Sorry Blade. But you heard what I said earlier. The 4 Death Gods are the last meaningless resistant to me taking over America. You need to…!" Krad started, before a ice needle went right through his hand.

He turned and saw Raven there, pure white chakra rolling off of him. "So, Demon has decided to return? Took you…" He didn't finish, because he was punctured by about 25 ice needles. "Bring it, you bastard! You plan on taking over America, well you can take it when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!" Raven said, 15 needles materializing into his hands. "Good, you fight for real. Now the fun begins!" Krad said turning into a log.

(Substitution.) Raven thought to himself. He turned around, and glared at Krad, who was sitting on a rooftop. Krad then saw it. Raven's eyes were dark blue. The area around the iris, dark blue. The pupil, dark blue. His entire eyes, dark blue. "Hey Raven, you finally made it? Thought you died on me!" Blade said, appearing next to Raven.

"Oh, you're Frosty Eye is active!" "Yeah." They both then looked to Krad, who was gone. "You both know better than to let your eyes wonder from an opponent." They both were about to reply, before their heart felt like it skipped a beat. They grabbed their chests and realized it. He had struck their hearts in close to a second. "Now, Death Gods. Time to…AHHHH!!!!" Krad screamed, clutching his head, and hitting the ground. Hiashi Hyuuga had arrived, and was keeping him in check with the Caged Bird Seal.

"Uncle!! Now Hokage-sama, we should stop him, and get some answers." Neji said, moving towards the fight, along with Naruto. Tsunade followed them, and all three made their presence known. "So Kenpachi, you would dare show your damn face back here. You were ousted from the clan!" Hiashi said, and Krad began laughing through the excruciating pain.

"Oh Hiashi-sama. You're so predictable. Now, you're precious seal will work for me!" Krad said, making hand signs, and pressing the hand to his head, the seal on his head coming off. "Now Raven will feel this pain." Krad said, thrusting the curse seal towards Raven, where the seal placed itself on his head. "Now, Raven, feel my pain!" Krad said, making the seal.

The moment he did that, a pain that was comparable to nothing shot through Raven's mind. (My mind! What's he doing!? It feels like my brain is turning to jelly!) Raven thought to himself. He then couldn't take it anymore, and began screaming in a blood chilling pain. Krad had to release the seal when Blade pulled out a scroll. "BASTARD!!! DRAGON SCROLL LEVEL 1: RAINING SHARDS!!!" Blade screamed, streaking a blood filled hand across the scroll he carried.

The scroll shot into the air, and close to 100 kunai shot out of it like a bullet. Krad dodged all of them, and was surprised to see Raven charging him, so he back handed him, and he ran dead into Sakura this time, forehead first. "Krad you evil man. You made him run into the biggest forehead I've ever seen!" Blade said.

Oh poor stupid insensitive American Retard.

Even Krad felt the evil dark energy emitting from the pink haired medic nin. Everyone that knew Sakura immediately, and I mean IMMEDIATELY, got the hell out of there, while Sakura cracked her knuckles, and held a sickeningly sweet smile. "You care to repeat that?" Blade couldn't tell what it was about the way she said that, but he could tell that he was about to become less of a man that he was now.

(Great! Krad is gone, but now some chick with a plains for a forehead is going to rip me a new…) He didn't finish, because Raven had Sakura's fist. "Don't mind my friend, we've been in some trouble, and are a little tense…" Raven said, finding it hard to stand up. "I think we may be suffering from chakra depletion…" Raven said before passing out.

"Hey Raven! Oh…man, how…long has my chakra…been this low?" Blade said, hitting the ground as well. "Now, we need to help them! Neji, you get the boy with the long ponytail, Naruto, you get the blond. We want them to explain what they are up to!" Tsunade said, heading towards the Hospital. (If I know anything about American Nin, they are hated with a passion. And I know that the blond one will say something stupid once he's awake.)

ShadowRonin: So with that, chapter 2 is done, but since my two characters are currently incapacitated, I have no one to hang out with me. So, if you enjoy this little story of mine so far, you should check out my other story. I've been working on that one a little longer, and I think it's my better work so far. Oh, and Read and Review. I don't need reviews, but they let me know if I need to improve anywhere. If I'm not reviewed, I assume that nothing is wrong. So, if something is wrong, or you want to comment on my stories, or make any suggestions, just drop a note to me!