Magnus: Here goes the first battle, hope you like it, I tried to make it epic, so enjoy, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being mentioned in this fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belong to Kage Bijuu, the Harvesters are co-owned by Kage Bijuu and Me, the rest of the OCs belong to me
Chapter 42
Battle Tower Part 2
All the reunited looked at the boards, with the names of the first battlers shown in them, then the teams of the chosen battlers turned to face their companions, to give them some last moment advice
"Who is this Chrona?", Sakura asked, and then Shino pointed to the trembling form of one of the Shibusen students
"HIM?, HAHAHAHA!, hey Sakura!, you got it easy!, now go for it, and don't dare lose against that loser!", Kiba exclaimed, while patting Sakura's back
"Don't worry, there is no way I can lose against someone like him!", Sakura voiced, feeling welcomed in the team, meanwhile, the Shibusen students were having their own conversation
"Maka, what should I do?, I don't know how to deal with this", Chrona meekly asked, and Maka couldn't help but to put her hands on his shoulders, and give a gentle squeeze
"First of all, don't use Ragnarok, secondly, don't kill her, and third, don't maim her, she is only a human, no need to go too far, ok?", Maka asked, more worried for the pink haired kunoichi than for the safety of the Demon Swordman
"O-Ok, Maka, I... I won't let you down", Chrona stated, trying to sound valiant for once, making Maka laugh
"No need to act so manly, now go, if you win without killing her, I'll give you a kiss", Maka offered, making Chrona smile, and now wanting to win
"Chrona and Sakura Haruno, please come down to the arena!", A shinobi that looked like in need to go to a doctor said, and both battlers soon attended to his call, Sakura by jumping down from her spot... while Chrona made his way to the stairs, walking down with care, taking his time, and after what felt like an hour, he managed to stand in front of the now annoyed Sakura
"Well, now, I just have to say this, try not to die... cough!... begin", the chunin stated, and then jumped away from the battle zone, where Sakura entered her battle stance, and Chrona... just was standing
"What, are you giving up already?", Sakura asked, for she saw that this boy was very afraid of something
"C-Can y-you p-please f-forfeit?... I... d-don't w-want t-to h-hurt y-you", Chrona asked, while holding his arm in a very shy fashion, yet this only enraged the pink haired banshee
"Forfeit?... FORFEIT?, I'm a Konoha's Kunoichi, I will never lose to someone like you!", Sakura shouted, while leaping at the shy boy, kunai in hand
"Gotcha!, now give up, or I'll cut your throat!", Sakura shouted, her kunai already at Chrona's neck, yet the shy boy did not change his attitude
"R-Really... p-please... f-forfeit, I-I d-don't w-want to hurt you", Chrona said again, and Sakura found herself in a dilemma, kill the boy, or let him go and try another kind of tactic, the rules were clear, her opponent must die, or be unconscious, or forfeit... Sakura turned to look at Kurenai-sensei and her team, all of them shrugging, for even they were confused about the boy behaviour, in the end, Sakura leaped away, already thinking on the next move
"So, you think I don't have the courage to be a kunoichi, the courage to take away your life?, you are REALLY wrong, TAKE THIS!", Sakura shouted, while throwing her kunai to the forehead of the shy boy, she didn't mean harm, she only wanted to scare the boy to make him forfeit, or at least show that he wasn't fit to fight, but to her surprise, and the surprise of everyone else, Chrona didn't evade, he took the hit directly in the center of his forehead
CLANG!
The kunai fell to the floor, bent due the strength applied, and Chrona was still standing, unharmed, but his face was one of disapprobation
"You shouldn't throw pointy objects like that, you could hurt someone, you know?", Chrona stated on his usual meek voice, yet this time it sounded... disturbing, and the rest of the participants didn't take long to show their reactions
Team 7...
"Nay!, the scrawny kid is of hard skin!", Lee shouted, and then gave a hearty laugh, he just loved to see strong foes, and this looked entertaining
"That may be true, but why?, how he took the attack like that?", Hinata asked, she has seen Maka and Black Star as capable fighters, but not this one
"That's because of his blood, which is black, and unholy", Naruto half explained, grinning at the possible outcome of this battle
"Black Blood?", Anko asked, not knowing what it meant
Team 8...
"Impossible...", Kiba muttered, for all he know, no one is able to stand to that kind of attack, yet today, it happened, someone who was seemingly a weakling, took a hit that could kill the strongest of the shinobies
"Kurenai-sensei, is this a genjutsu?", Shino asked, he already knew the answer, but asked anyway
"I'm afraid not, even if that boy were that good in genjutsu, the chakra spike would have been felt, I'm afraid that this boy is more than we can see", Kurenai replied, she was starting to worry for Sakura
Team 9...
"I knew it!, another unworthy with the Kami no Yoroi!", Sasuke near shouted, activating his sharingan to learn all he could about the supposedly forgotten technique
"Let's watch this battle, we could learn how to counter a strong foe", Kakashi stated, while rising his hitai-ate, showing his sharingan eye
"Hey, Neji, what is this technique they keep babbling about?", Tenten asked, and Neji crossed his arms, getting comfy for an explanation
"During the shinobi wars, a shinobi developed a special jutsu that allowed him to survive against 10, 000 enemies, it was developed at the verge of despair, but it worked, this shinobi, alone, not only managed to survive, but also killed 9, 999 of his enemies, leaving a sole survivor, this survivor stated that this shinobi didn't evade any attack, any jutsu, or any weapon, yet, everything they threw at him just bounced off, it was like battling against a god, that's why it got it's name, the armor of God, yet, this technique was lost a long time ago", Neji explained, and Tenten couldn't help but to notice a slight smirk on his face
Team 10...
"Troublesome, I'm glad I didn't fight with him", Shikamaru muttered
"Don't celebrate just yet, you may face someone worse", Asuma quickly mocked, and Shikamaru only face faulted
Team 11...
"A worthy fighter, I wish I can meet him in the battlefield sometime", Reiko stated, making her companions shiver at the idea
"You are taking your new title a little too serious, don't you think?", Naraku asked
"I think that Lee got too far, naming you a goddess, I hope I can fight with him, so I can finally show that he is not a god, but a very powerful shinobi, I mean, to take that tittle...", Matsukaze started his rant, still sore for the fact that Reiko was out of reach due to Lee having his way with her, but as usual, he was unable to finish
WHAM!
Reiko gave him a very strong hit, and soon, their team started to have a senseless verbal fight, much to the displeasure of their sensei
"This team is really... no, I must refrain from using that word... ah!, I know, they are just SO annoying!", Yamato finally said, nodding to himself
Back with the battlers...
"Maka!, how should I deal with this?", Chrona shouted to the leader of his team, the others could have face faulted, but there was a sense of danger, as if whatever the scythe technician said, would be carried as an order
"Try punching her, either the back or the abdomen, avoid the chest, and try not to hit her too hard on the head", Maka replied, as if schooling a little kid
"Ok!, I'll try it... I'm so sorry, miss kunoichi, but it seems I'll have to hurt you, I'll try not to over do it", Chrona said in a worried tone, and then he ran against Sakura, who managed to get out of her dumbfound state just in time to dodge some danger-less looking blows
'He doesn't seems strong at all, maybe he is just focusing on defense?', Sakura thought, until one of his blows hit a wall, making a hole, where his fist got stuck
'Damn it!, I must keep avoiding him... wait a second... he is unable to defend!', Sakura thought again, delivering a barrage of punches and kicks on the shy boy, who only kept pulling his fist from the wall
"Maka!, I'm stuck here!, I could use more strength, but I may damage something!, what should I do!", Chrona whined, again, and Sakura, already annoyed by the stupidly high levels of resistance of the shy and meek boy, had enough, and exploded in a sudden show of intolerance and stupidity
"STOP SCREAMING AFTER YOUR UGLY AND FAT BITCH OF A GIRLFRIEND!", Sakura screamed a little too loud, but her temper extinguished with the new feeling in the air, a feeling of impending doom
"How you dare insult Maka?... no one insult Maka... you will pay for insulting the beauty, smartness, wisdom, and fine manners of Maka...", Chrona said in an unnerving calmed voice, Sakura backed a step or two, while Chrona turned around to face her, a black thing pulverizing the part of the wall where he was stuck, freeing his hand, his face was not the face of a meek boy, but of a madman, a smile that screamed bloody murder, and eyes that drilled unholy holes on her soul
"Uhmmm... can we discuss this ove...", Sakura tried to talk her way out, but it was a little too late
"I'll crush you as the insect you are!", Chrona said, punching Sakura in the face, it wasn't like a chakra charged punch, but it felt like a sledge hammer nonetheless, Sakura flew through the arena, and fell with a loud thud, she promptly tried to stand, she had her reasons for reaching the chunin rank, and she will have to endure if she wanted it
"Ugh... broken nose... a bump on the left eye... this is going to be a hard foe...", Sakura muttered, while Chrona made his way toward her, slowly, he had no hurry, but stop at half the way, to look at where Maka was looking at him with worry on her eyes
"Don't worry, Maka, I'm not going to kill her, I promised to not to kill her, I'm just going to rough her up a little", Chrona stated with the creepiest smile
"Shouldn't you stop him", Black Star asked, he knew that once Chrona was in a mad rampage, he was a nightmare to battle
"It's ok, he always keep his promises, and I didn't like when that girl called me bitch", Maka replied, smiling at the scene unfolding in front of them
"AAAHHHHH!", Sakura screamed, Chrona was hitting her so hard, and any attempt to defend herself seemed futile, kunais, scalpels, even a daito, all bounced off of the skin of the now embodiment of madness, suddenly, the beating stopped, and Sakura was almost grateful for that
"It's not funny anymore, now stay down, and accept your defeat", Chrona said while walking away, his face slowly returning to the meek boy, but Sakura raised to her feet, oddly enough, her face showed more determination than ever
"I won't give up... I have a dream, and I won't let it go just because you are some kind of freak... I was planing on using this on a special battle... but you will be a perfect target...", Sakura stated, and then ran through a series of hand seals, in a sequence that made little sense to all the shinobies, Chrona just stared at her, not even bothering on stop her, suddenly, Sakura finished by touching her neck, the chakra spike was big, and then she shouted the name of her technique
"BANSHEE SCREAM!", Sakura shouted, and then a powerful chakra infused sound wave escaped her lips, the sound was high pitched, and the walls and floor cracked due to the sheer force, Chrona was hit full force, and the field disappeared from the vision of the witnesses, one of them, Naraku, was covering his ears on obvious pain
"That's it... it's done... I...", Sakura started her victory speech, but the figure of the still standing shy boy, was enough to scare her to no end
"You know, I could sue you for that, if not for the lack of power, perhaps I should teach you how a screech attack is properly done", Chrona stated, his voice showed annoyance, and the feeling of impending doom turned into a prelude to a total carnage
"You... you can't be human... not even a monster... not even a demon... ", Sakura babbled, her body too weak to even try to evade
"EVERYONE TAKE COVER!", Maka shouted while throwing herself to the floor, Stein and Black Star followed suit, half of the other participants didn't took the advice, the other half just readied themselves for some collateral damage
"Screech Epsilon", Chrona muttered, and then opened his mouth on a terrifying screech, it was horrible, devastating, and all of it focused on the pink haired kunoichi, in the different spots where the other teams where, the cries of agony were quite loud, Naraku was in the floor screaming, his ears bleeding badly, Matsukaze unable to stand, and Reiko was being covered by the big figure of her husband, where Hinata, Naruto and Anko were standing, only a black sphere was now, shielding the Orange clad Naruto and his soon to be wife, Gaara was inside a sand igloo, not that it shielded him fully, the others were in the ground, trying to cover themselves from the massive attack, which ended pretty soon
"Maka, I think I overdid it again!", Chrona suddenly shouted, stressed by his own doing, it no longer sounded like a lost puppy to the shinobies, but as a tamed high class demon, or worse
'I wasn't expecting this, I knew that the apprentices of the Shinigami would be strong, but this is far beyond my imagination, this boy is worth of the title of Angel of Death, I don't want to imagine how strong he will become', Sarutobi thought with dread, while feeling pity for the pink haired kunoichi
'I... I never expected to see such power in a kid... is so... terrifying... did I chose wrong with the Uchiha?', Orochimaru thought, while looking at the massive destruction, the entire battle arena was turned to dust, soon everyone looked at the spot where Sakura was standing, and what they saw, startled them
"She can't fight anymore, I'll take her to be properly healed", Doc stated, Sakura on his arms, her eyes lacking any life, her body limp, near everyone was wondering how he managed to get there, but no one dared to ask
"Ok... the victor of this battle is, cough, Chrona, please, leave the arena so the next battle can start", the sick Chunin stated, and Doc promptly left with Sakura, while Chrona walked to his team
"Sorry, I think I got carried away", Chrona said, while looking to the side, unable to face Maka
"It's ok, you did good, I was worried that you would use the Screech Omega, but I knew you would keep your promise", Maka replied, while hugging the shy boy
"Please take a brief rest while the we repair the arena", Ed voiced, entering on the stage, being followed by Al and the students of the Academy of Alchemy
"Well, it seems we'll have a good time to rest before...", Kankuro started, when a bright light caught his attention, in the span of three seconds, the arena was looking just as new, no traces of a fight, or even the passage of time, this stole the wind from all the outsiders, none of them aware of the existence of Alchemy
"As you can see, this is the new power resident of Konoha, Alchemy, the art of create", Sarutobi proudly announced to the few outsiders in the area, all of them too dumbstruck to even reply, or say something
"Is it safe now?", Hinata asked while pulling her head out of the sphere
"You shouldn't risk yourself... but yeah, it seems so, and look, the next match is being announced!", Naruto voiced, while looking at the names being shown
Shikamaru Nara vs Kiba Inuzuka
Magnus: Well, I hope you liked this chapter, next one will contain a dog-fight, stay tunned until then!