Alright, new chapter up just to make sure that I'm still alive. Thanks to my high school senior project, I might not be able to update often.
Itachi: Thats alright. No one would be waiting for the updates anyways. Your just like the game Duke Nukem forever. You put up hype, never come out, and eventually everyone forgets the disapointment that you bring.
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Ch. 13: The Will of Shade.
As Naruto and Shikamaru stood facing each other on the field while the proctor had a coughing fit; Shikamaru decided to use this little amount of time to talk to this 'Narachi' and to try to find out if he could squeeze out even the smallest hint to his strengths or weaknesses.
"So Narachi," he began, "it was interesting to see you use the Shadow possession jutsu from before. I thought that only my clan knew it." As the boy didn't answer, the Nara was starting to be unnerved as the expressionless mask stared him down. "Tell me where you learned it."
"A book." He said simply, almost mockingly.
Shikamaru sighed. 'Guess I'll have to try to win then.'
Finally, Hayate yelled, "Fight begin!" and Naruto ran. He threw punches and kicks but Shikamaru calmly dogged all of it with his hands in his pockets.
'This kid's good,' Naruto thought, 'so I'll have try harder.' He stopped throwing his punches and jumped back a bit so a few feet separated the two ninjas. Forming a few hand sighs, Naruto said, "Darkness summoning: accursed souls." The black tar quickly flooded out from under Narutos cloak and spread a good length around his body. "Tell me Shikamaru, do you know this one?"
The tar bubbled as decaying hands and bodies slowly crawled out, ready for battle. The Temari and Kankuro on the sidelines cringed, while all the other groups where in shock, and all the adults' tensed up, not knowing what to expect from this unknown jutsu.
"Attack."
All the decaying forms lunged out and Shikamaru tried to doge and kick them away. It was easy to kill 'em, but he saw that when one 'died,' two more appeared. 'Attacking isn't working,' The Nara thought, 'so maybe it would be easier to go for the source.'
He leapt over the creatures to Narachi and threw a kunai at his head. Surprisingly, it connected as Naruto was concentrating, dispelling the creatures and causing them to fall apart into nothing. The boy ripped out the tool from the top of his mask, reveling a few strands of yellow hair.
"You shouldn't have done that." Naruto said quietly. "You know, I think it's time to end this game. Shadow possession-."
"Shadow possession jutsu!" Shikamaru yelled out, and at both sides the shade lurched out grabbing their victim.
After this, things started to go wrong.
Both ninja where screaming out in pain while the connecting shadows pulsed and squirmed as parts of their bodies where crushed by the nearly invisible force.
At the sidelines, Ino looked down at her partner in pain. "Sarutobi-sensi, whats going on?"
Asuma tried to look calm while he replied. "Well we know about the Shadow possession Technique and how it controls its opponent. Yet under this unusual circumstance, the jutsu is uncontrolled from both sides and in its own way trying to overpower the other. My guess is that there are two ways to stop it. One is that they run out of chakra, or they are…eventually crushed to death."
"Well why don't we move them away from each other? Then-."
"No, you can't move them. Not in this state. What we would need to do is stop their chakra flow. Medics!" Asuma yelled to a few standing in the corner, "Find some way to seal their chakra!" A few nodded and ran up to them, only to be blown back when a piece of shadow randomly lashed out.
"So what now?" Ino muttered, "If we cant even get close…"
"I don't know…I just don't."
And then the boys collapsed.
Everyone was silent as the medics finally made it to the genin to see if they where still alive. As they checked, the whole building was silent; Hayate wasn't even coughing. They first checked the Nara.
"Everyone… he's alive. We think there was a few broken bones and that he exhausted his energy, but alive."
A few people where relieved, and Asuma and Ino found themselves holding their breaths.
As Shikamaru was carried away, they checked Narachi.
Then his body poofed away.
There where a few gasps as of what happened; Narachi walked out from under the staircase to the middle of the field clapping. "Well that was entertaining! I tell you I was kept at the edge of my seat the whole time, but I knew how it would end. A shadow clone lasts for only so long."
Hayate was confused, but he knew the last one standing wins. "Winner, Narachi of the shade."
And everyone stared at the boy with hate or fear, because of the power the clone had, except for Gaara and Sasuke. They saw a true challenge.
…After the Hokage broke the silence, told everyone where and when to meet, everyone left for home…
Later, 10 p.m. …
The Hokage entered his dimly lit office thinking to himself that, quite frankly, these new genin just plain scared him. He headed for his desk to finish some nearly overdue paper work ('Kami, I hate my job.') but stopped when he felt a presence behind him.
"Don't worry Hokage. I just wanted to talk."
The old man relaxed a bit when he heard that voice.
"I suppose I've been overdue for it. Anyways, I'm surprised to see that you're here…
Itachi."
