"Give it up!" shouted the Kyuubi influenced Uzumaki Naruto.
"Never… I must gain enough power to complete my revenge! Even if I have to go through you!" yelled Sasuke.
"Then I'll be dragging your shattered body back to Konoha!!" roared Naruto.
"You're all just holding me back…" said Sasuke. "I will become powerful."
Naruto glared over to Sasuke's new monstrous body with his glowing red slit eyes. Sasuke's hair was bright white and very long, his body was pitch black and he had two giant hand like wings coming out of his shoulder blades. Sasuke stared at Naruto with a smirk on his face.
"Just look at what Orochimaru has done to you." Naruto said in a surprisingly calm tone.
"Exactly what he promised." Sasuke replied with his smirk still present on his face.
"Teme!!" growls Naruto as spinning sphere of wind gathered in his palm.
"This is the last time you'll get in my way dobe." Sasuke said calmly as his hand exploded with lightning. Jumping in the air, the two began their attack on the other. As the distance closed between them, they pushed their attacks in front of themselves, ready to strike.
"CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"
These two words rang out from the Valley of The End, resulting in a catastrophic explosion of a strange purple chakra. After a minute or so, a blood curdling scream echoed through out the valley. The copy-cat ninja Hatake Kakashi almost lost his footing on a branch from the terrifying scream.
"Naruto hang on I'm coming." Kakashi thought franticly as he jumped from tree to tree, doubling his speed.
Naruto spat up more blood as he tried to hold the wound near his chest, that Sasuke had inflicted upon him with his Chidori.
"Is… this rea... Am…. I …going t..to die…here?." Naruto thought weakly. Meanwhile
Sasuke was staring intently at the wound he had inflicted upon his best friend.
"Dobe, you should've given up on me." Sasuke whispered.
Naruto just stared into the red Sharingan eyes and said nothing as his own eye sight started to blur and he slowly began to slip into unconsciousness. After a moment Sasuke twisted his hand and another scream was brought forth from the now conscious blond.
"As long as I breathe… I'll never…give up." Naruto stated defiantly.
Sasuke gazed into the blondes cerulean orbs. "Then I guess this is the end. Thank you Naruto." Sasuke said softly as his hand was covered in lightning once again.
"I..I'm sorry.. I fai..led..every..one." Were Naruto's last thought's before a hand was plunged through his chest.
Kakashi came bursting through the forest at an alarming speed. He immediately spotted Naruto's prone form on the ground surrounded in a puddle of blood.
"Naruto" He whispered as his slowly approached the said boy.
"Damn it, not again. Why… why do I always fail them, my team, my friends." Tears began to form in his eyes, but not one fell as the jounin stared at the disfigured body of Uzumaki Naruto. "Just like Obito, I was too weak to protect him.
Sasuke frowned as he looked down at the water, staring intently at his own eyes. He started chuckling nervously as the reflection on the water revealed his red sharingan eyes with still only three commas.
Was it worth it? To sacrifice the only piece of his humanity that he possessed for a false hope of gaining power. Wait…Of course! What was he thinking? He would do what ever was required to fulfill his revenge. Even if he had to kill the only person he had allowed into his heart since that day. Sasuke let a bitter smirk adorn his face, as Itachi's words from that night finally made sense to him. To gain power one must first destroy all that they hold precious to truly wield the ultimate power the Mangekyo Sharingan. Nothing must hold them back. All bonds are meaningless hindrances that only distract people. If no bonds existed if all connections were severed. Then nothing would restrain him from his ultimate goal. There was only room in his heart for one bond. That bond which was filled with hatred for his brother.
Sasuke started to feel a tingling sensation in the back of his eyes. Out of instinct, his eyes drifted back to his reflection upon the water.
A dark, maniacal laugh echoed through the Valley of the End. Uchiha Sasuke wore an insane grin on his face as he gazed upon his newly shaped eyes. The normal Tomoe seals were replaced by one spinning pinwheel in each eye.
While observing this new development, Sasuke barely noticed his former Sensei mourning over his friend's dead body. He spared a quick glance towards the jounin only for a brief moment, before his gaze fluttered back to his pride and joy of being an Uchiha.
"Finally with this power Itachi will die. First I need to test my power." He turned fully around and spotted his Sensei approaching. "You will be my test dummy. Through you I will learn the limit of my powers."
His former Sensei's steely gaze never faltered as he stared the Uchiha down.
"I'm not sorry that I ever trained you Sasuke…I am sorry that I did not see the insanity within you. Most of all, I'm sorry that I" said Kakashi as he tore his eyes away from the boy in front of him. Looking at the motionless body of his Sensei's son, Kakashi continued to keep his eyes fixed on the prone blond. "failed another of my friends."
Sasuke nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders. "He was a failure and will always be one."
The masked Jounin glared at the smirking boy, before he sprung to action.
Sasuke stood unmoving even as his opponent drew closer. He stood still with his eyes closed. Just as Kakashi was upon him and prepared to strike him down his eyes opened and the attack ceased. The Valley of the End was silent as both combatants didn't move for several minutes.
A lone figure lay sleeping on white sands in a world of endless night. The cold light from the crescent moon reflected upon the white desert of Hueco Mondo. Scathing winds howled across the empty world and the figure began to stir from his slumber. Crimson eyes opened to the welcoming darkness enveloping the desert. An orange fox rose from the sands of which it once laid. The Fox had one orange tail with a crimson tip unconsciously swaying back and forth. The fox wore an ebony mask with whisker like orange markings going across its cheeks and a swirl above its right eye. The beast pushed itself to stand upright, even with a slight pressure bearing down on its body. The fox realized that something wasn't right when it fell forwards landing on the cold sand.
He noticed that he had paws instead of hands.
"Wait…fur, paws, claws…" The fox paused as it twisted its neck to look back at the appendage by its own will was swinging from side to side. "Tail check…arrrrggghhhhhhhhh."
The fox let out an inhumanly roar as it started stomping around smashing its paws into the sand.
"What the hell, what the hell, what the hell happened to me?!" The fox's thoughts drifted back to what he could recall about himself. A name, Uzumaki Naruto, he assumed that was what he was once called. The other thing the hollow could recall was his death. He remembered his best friend's hand through his chest. Naruto's head started to spin as images flashed through his mind. A white clone had tried to kill him even after he had already been murdered. He glanced worriedly around himself as a distant screeching echoed throughout the achromatic desert. If it was one thing that he was sure of, it was that he needed to find a place of shelter where he could hide until he discovered what exactly was going on.
'Huh… this is gonna take a while' the hollow thought as he looked around seeing desert surrounding him on all sides. "At least this place isn't overly populated." Naruto said aloud to himself before he started walking to an unknown location.
"Sooo Bored." Naruto whined as he forced himself to continue his search for hiding. "Why God why? Why is there never anything fun to do?" Naruto whined as he sat down upon a white boulder of Hueco Mondo and pouted. "I swear if I don't see something other then white I'll go insane."
"If you awaken me again with your infernal whining I will make sure you don't exist long enough to lose your remaining sanity." Naruto flinched at the seemingly strong presence howling in the back of his mind.
"Who the hell are you, and where are you.?" He heard the bestial voice from before sigh. He could only guess he should know who was threatening him.
"I am the darkness that has guided and protected you for many years now child. My name is Kyuubi, the nine tailed fox and strongest of all the Biju's." The demon lord pronounced in a strong, dignified, obnoxious tone.
Images flashed before him again these ones different from the others. A monstrous fox faced off against an entire army of Ninja's. Then a giant toad with a blond man riding atop of the large amphibian approached the fox. A bright light consumed the blond man and the fox and all that remained was a child.
"Kyuubi…" He stood back up and tried to search for the familiar presence he had sensed when the beast had contacted him before. "Kyuubi" He said again to see if he could contact the demon inside.
"KYUUBI!" He said particularly loudly, as the fox was getting on his nerves.
"What!" Normally a deity would have a much more composed attitude, but the Demon lord had done some miraculous things in the last past few hours and needed its rest.
Naruto was forced to grab his head by the Kyuubi's booming voice. Shaking his hand to clear his mind he once again searched for the mental connection.
"I need to know what"
"I will explain when you find a sanctuary for us to talk in private."
Then the giant demon fell silent and left a lost and confused hollow in a foreign land with no idea which direction to go in. Naruto shrugged his shoulders and just started walking forwards hoping it wouldn't take long to find shelter.
Time seemed to be non-existent to Naruto as he ventured around the virtually empty world. So far in his search for a place to rest, he had discovered white sand, white rocks and finally white trees. He traced his claws down the bone like mask adorning his face. He stopped when his claws did not hit flesh but something hard. He brought his paw to his face and pressed it against the cold mask obscuring his face. "I see." With a crazy glint in his eyes Naruto got an idea and tried to rip off his mask. Instantly his legs buckled and he feel to his knees screaming as a painful sting ran though his entire body the minute his mask had started to lift from his face. He panted heavily as he tried to regain his bearings. 'Okay removing of the mask equals pain.' He thought as he clenched the sand within his claws.
"That was not a wise think to do little hollow." said a ghastly voice that seemed to come from behind Naruto.
Turning around Naruto was greeted with the sight of a giant snake like creature with a plate on its head and a pair of horns.
"If you were to do something foolish like that, then you would purify my dinner little hollow." The snake said in a venomously sweet voice.
Naruto's curiosity was piqued and he stared down the seemingly unaffected hollow. "So what exactly would happen if I was that foolish?"
"Well you would die." The snake said as it unconsciously licked its mask.
Naruto scoffed at the stupidity of this creature. 'How is that possible If I'm already dead? Is it even plausible to die again in the afterlife?' Naruto had to end his inner thoughts as he noticed the hollow had disappeared.
"Damn it, where the hell did he run off to?"
He was once again cut off as the ground beneath him exploded, sending sand flying every where. Still not used to his new body, Naruto just barely managed to avoid being eaten by the giant Snake hollow on instinct alone. "Impressive little hollow, I guess my assumptions about you were incorrect." Naruto frowned at the thought of being underestimated.
"But it does not matter how powerful you are little hollow, cause you're my prey." He said as he swung his tail and began sweeping through the sand. Naruto managed to latch onto the snake's tail just after the thing slammed into him. The snake hissed violently as claws pierced through its scales. Naruto dug his claws deeper as the hollow tried to knock him off by swinging his tail back and forth. Pulling his claws back several scales were removed from the snake's body. Without even thinking his decision over his claws were plunged deep into the snakes unprotected flesh. The snake shrieked and Naruto was left wondering if he had made a stupid decision. His thoughts were confirmed when he was slammed into the ground. The snake ruthlessly began slamming its tail down crushing the other hollow against the sand. When the snake stopped beating the fox to a bloody smear it and began eyeing him with hunger glowing in its eyes. The snake licked its mask once again before it shot forward with it mouth open and fangs bared.
Naruto had reached his limit. His body felt weak and he could barely move. He looked at the beast with its disgusting pink tongue shooting out at him. "Not even in death can I find peace." He thought sadly as he closed his eyes and accepted his fate.
"Pathetic, how many times must I save you boy."
Naruto smirked at the loud voice in the back of his mind. "So is this finally the end."
"No, it's a new beginning."
Naruto's paws shook in fury as he felt a stirring in his stomach that seemed welcomed at the moment.
The snake looked on fascinated as a red aura began to slowly emanate from his prey's body. This quickly turned to horror as the aura emitting from its meal flared and burned through the hollows tongue that had wrapped itself around the fox.
The hollow released a shrilled scream as its tongue was quickly reduced to ash. Naruto quickly regained his bearings as he felt rejuvenated by the familiar energy coursing through him. His gaze focused on the suffering snake ramming its head into the ground while letting out a loud long cry of pain. After a while the snake seemed to calm down and glared at the fox that had inflicted such an injury upon it.
"See what happens when you underestimate your opponent?" Naruto taunted the mighty hollow.
The snake was furious that this puny hollow was able to cause him such excruciating pain. In a deep inhumanly sound the snake snarled darkly at Naruto as it rushed forward.
Naruto sighed as all sanity in the snake evaporated as it wildly charged forward.
"Let's end this." With a feral howl, Naruto forced his new energy into his arms. The red coloured energy bubbled from the foxes arms before it shot forward, extending like claws that wrapped around the other hollow and dug deep into the hollows flesh. With a bit of concentration and a little force Naruto squeezed his hands together. Which quickly compressed the giant snake hollow into a tiny ball. As he released his hands and the red energy disappeared tiny orbs began to emerge from the hollows charred ashes that drifted with the wind. Naruto collapsed as the power that was fueling him was drained. He looked back before unconsciousness claimed him to see the orbs slowly merge with his body.
Brown eyes displayed surprise and awe as they intently watched the fox like hollow laying unconscious on the ground. "Interesting." Then the silhouette disappeared leaving no trace that it ever existed.
A small boy was sitting in the middle of a village, his arms securely wrapped around his legs. He sat there not moving and barely breathing. He was afraid. So fearful of what might happen if he drew attention to himself. Without a doubt in his mind he knew they would do what they always did to him. So here he was bruised and broken sitting in the middle of his beloved village, with everyone around him celebrating. A whimper escaped his lips and all eyes fell upon him. As the villagers finally took notice his presence, they began to yell obscenities while they searched for objects they could throw at him. He quickly wiped his cheek with his forearm. He remembered what happened the last time he had cried in front of his attackers. That was the last time he ever came outside during the night.
The boy was restless that night. After waking up from a nightmare in a cold sweat he decided to go for a stroll around his village to clear his mind. He had always enjoyed the nice gentle breeze that accompanied the night sky. Whenever he felt down or depressed the darkness of the night would always lift his spirit.
Some drunken villagers who were heading home from a long night of partying had discovered the demon walking around there village like it owned the place. Naturally they would never do anything but scowl and curse the damn disease, but too much alcohol leads people to do things that they would never do in this life or the next. So they cornered the poor 6 year old child and beat him to an inch of his life. When they were done they spat on him and turned to leave, but stopped when they heard muffled sobs. The villagers hadn't shone any sympathy to the poor writhing child that night. They covered him in oil and lit him ablaze.
That was the closest the boy had ever brushed with death and it would have scarred the boy. If it wasn't for Old man Hokage, all that would have remained was an empty emotionless shell of a child.
The feeling of loneliness had warped and contorted the boy into an almost hollow being. His entire life only the Hokage made his life bearable if not enjoyable at times. From the moment he could walk he was kicked out of the orphanage and onto the streets to fend for himself. The villagers saw this as a way to rid themselves of the demon vessel without breaking the Third's law. Unfortunately he had survived and by the age of six the people of the village knew the only way to dispose of a demon was by there own hands. Since then the child had to hide at night and sleep during the day.
These were the reasons he never denied or complained when the villagers took there aggression out against him. Any act of self pity would only lead to more damage, more hate directed towards him. So he sat there even as a silhouette loomed over the corrupted village. The violet slitted eyes filled with hatred and contempt went unnoticed by the small writhing child, as he remained in his feeble position.
An: I had to fix some minor problems with this chapter but fear not for it has returned. This chapter my seem confusing at parts but all will be explained soon...I think. I am not going to reveal any secrets yet, but someone's going to be making a big appearance next chapter, someone everyone loves and adores.
On a side note, I if your ever wondering about my progress or anything of the sort look at my profile as I update it frequently. Please read and review as this is my first attempt at a bleach fic, so suggestions are appreciated. Also I am not completely motivated to continue this story just yet and it's actually only the few reviews I received that inspired me enough to write this chapter.