Previously on the Runaway Sage

The four took off their hoods. They revealed to be a guy with jet black hair, a girl with brown hair, a girl with black hair, and a guy with orange hair. Although he liked the orange hair, he did not want to get caught off guard. The guy with the black hair and goggles said, "Naruto-kun, I want you to come with us. Please do not fight as we do not want to hurt you."

Naruto had a vicious smile on his face. His canine tooth was pointing out of his mouth, he said, "Really you do not want to harm me but if I was you which I don't I would be worried about me hurting you, Datteabyo." Naruto pulled out his Kitsune sword. He put water chakra into his blade. The blade became like a water dragon as it swished around. It roared at the four people. Naruto vicious smirk got even more vicious as he said, "Let's go Buck Wild"

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In a tree there was a guy watching in fascination. He liked to see such anomalies such as the sword becoming a water dragon. He pushed his glasses up. He does not know how this match will end. He is there for back up just in case he those four could not bring him back. The guy is none other than Uryū Ishida .

Uryū Ishida is a bespectacled teenager of average height. He has black raven-colored hair and blue eyes. Ishida is a Quincy. A Quincy has the abilities to use reisu and change it into different weapons such as arrows. Uryū is able to do that and much more. He was sent here by Minato to take Naruto down by a drugged reisu arrow that blocks out all chakra and reisu from a person. He was to do this only if they can't take him out. He readied his chakra arrow pointing at Naruto just patiently waiting.

Chapter Eight: Welcome to the Death Side pt. 1

Naruto looked at the four people around him. Their power felt extraordinary. Something in his mind told him to be cautious of his moves. He did a single hand sign and said, "Suiton: Uzumakisoubou (Shadowy Whirlpool). As he said this the air became thick with a mist surrounding the area. Unlike the Kiri's signature trick, Naruto disappeared in a whirlpool that surrounds the four enemies. They heard a deep, dark voice speak to them, "This is your day of rest! Rest in pieces!"

The whirlpool around them started to become sharp. Ichigo said, "Fuck! He has blades in the whirlpool. This would be a great time, Obito to do something!" The blades in the whirlpool started to hit Ichigo causing him to scream out.

Obito's Sharingan eye was spinning wildly. He started to find Naruto's chakra/reisu. Obito being the calm one said, "Ichigo, don't worry about it. I found him." He pulled out his blade and went westward. He swung his sword only to hear a clang.

Naruto cursed as his plans to get away or to kill them swiftly. He pushed Obito back only to see Ichigo coming to strike him. He could feel the energy in Ichigo's blade. Ichigo's sword looked like an oversized cleaver. He has no tsuba and no proper hilt. The 'hilt' is a cloth-wrapped tang. The sword is as tall as Ichigo. Its black with a silver edge.

Ichigo said, "Meet Zangetsu!" He swung the now named Zangetsu at Naruto. He swiftly dodged the attack. This didn't work as well as he thought because Obito saw an opening. He went to stab Naruto only to be deflected by Rin. His eyes went a little wide as he realized he could have killed Naruto. He gritted his teeth slightly as he almost did a no-no.

Rin did a handsign and said, "Hijutsu: Tsubasa no Yuri (Secret Technique: Lily of Wings)!" Lilly petals started floating around. The Lilly started to become white wings. Ichigo smirked as he loved this move.

Rukia pulled out her Zanpakuto, Sode no Shirayuki. She held out her Zanpakuto out and turned it in a circular motion. Naruto's eyes were in amazement when her tsuba became white with a ribbon coming out. She struck the ground and said, "Tsugi no Mai, Hakuren (Next Dance, White Ripple)" He and Obito jumped out of the way as the the ice started to rise from the ground.

The ice particles started to rise and collide with the lily wings. The two girls smirked and said in unison, "Kentaijutsu: Aisu no Hakei Tsubasa (Combination technique: Rippling Wings of Ice).The iced wings practically swarmed Naruto. Naruto never seen anything like this before. The ice crystallized wing went at Naruto like a bat out of hell. He was able to dodge the attack. Naruto had enough with these wings already.

Naruto did three hand signs and said, "Suiton: Junsai (Water Style: Water Shield)" Naruto was encased by four layers of water. The wings came at the encased Naruto but they could not reach Naruto. He smirked as the wings were dropping. This surprised the four and even the one hiding in the tree.

Ichigo was fuming at this. He said, "Obito, I'm done playing around. I'm going to unleash it" Obito's eyes narrowed. Obito grabbed Ichigo's hand and put reisu to disrupt Ichigo's attack. Ichigo's eyes went wide. Less than a second later he narrowed his eyes at Obito. Naruto then did another hand sign and said, "You shouldn't have came here trying to face a water sage in his own territory. Suiton: Gaigogyou (Water Technique: Water Scythe)."

The water from his water shield started to change. Naruto put chakra in to his sword. The chakra laced water merged with Naruto's Kitsune Sword. His sword became a molecularly animated scythe. As they looked in an amazement, Naruto rushed towards them with one thing on his mind; elimination.

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Ishida, watched in awe. Naruto's performance was pretty impressive. He definitely saw Minato in Naruto. He wanted to see how far Naruto can go before he took him out.

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Naruto swung his scythe at Obito. Obito swiftly dodged it. Obito pulled out his Zanpakuto and blocked the next attack. He trapped Naruto's weapon with his sword. He said, "Ichigo, we've got a chance to hit him. Attack now!" Naruto's eyes went a little wide as he tried to break the hold. Ichigo pulled out his sword. Ichigo went and struck Naruto or so he thought.

The area was covered in smoke from the attack. There was a large deafening scream that surrounded the area. When the smoke cleared, Ichigo did hit someone but it wasn't Naruto. His eyes were wide as the horror set in. It was Rin.

Naruto was sitting on the tree. He said, "Oops, sorry about that. I just don't like being killed and all. You see with this scythe, I learned how to do something extraordinary. You see as long you have just a singular drop of water on you or in you I can switch with you and take the hit. Unfortunately for the brunette she was caught up in the attack. Now you have two choices. One you can give up and let me be. The second is fight me and die. Mizu Bushin no jutsu (Water Clone Jutsu)!"

Three water clones popped out of the water. Rin was clutching her arm. She went down on one knee. Naruto did feel somewhat sorry for her but hey it's kill or get killed world. He saw Obito's face. Obito's face could barely contain the anger and anguish that he was feeling. Naruto deduced from his face that the guy knew the girl intimately.

He heard Obito say with his emotions out in the open, "Operation Delta 3" the man with orange hair smirked somewhat. The woman with the black hair was angry about her friend. He didn't know what this operation was going to be but he better keep himself in check.

Ichigo's reisu shot up surprising Naruto. He said, Naruto, I must admit you are extremely good especially in the tactics. However you hurt my teammate so I'm done playing around with you. Meet my sword, Bankai: Tensa Zangetsu (Heaven Chain Slaying Moon)!"

Ichigo's sword became smaller and turned fully black. The cross guards has four prongs bent out to form the shape of the kanji for 'full release'. Now instead of the cloth, it is replaced a short length of chain with a broken link at the end. That wasn't what surprised Naruto. It was the shikakusho. The shikakusho is a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat with red lining that is closed at his chest.

He ran at Naruto with a speed Naruto never seen before. Ichigo missed barely. Naruto was able dodge thanks to a last second move. He thought to himself, 'Shit! He faster than I thought he was. I could slow him down with the molecular switch' Naruto barely escaped the next attack.

When he was a few yards away he got ready for the switch. Ichigo came at Naruto with full speed. Naruto smirked as the target changed to Obito. Naruto's smirk changed into a look of horror as he clutched his chest. He looked up to see the orange haired man looking down on him.

Ichigo smirked as he said, "Well kid, you thought you could do the same trick again. In this form that isn't going to work because I saw your molecular structure change. My speed and my vision is so great that I could find your little molecular trick and attack before you even reach."

Naruto's eyes were wide. He had to do something quick. Naruto's was slowly healing. He jumped out of the way albeit in pain. He saw Ichigo coming to strike him. He did three hand signs as fast as he could. He said, "Suiton: Mizuengai (Water Style: Water Dome)"

A water dome encased Naruto just like the water shield did. However it was much stronger. Naruto had a small smirk on his face. Ichigo jumped up and struck the dome. The mass and power of the sword and dome are so powerful it started to cause an energy of light to appear. Naruto's eyes became wide.

The dome started to break was coming closer and closer to Naruto. Naruto put chakra into his hands. When the sword was close enough, Naruto put his chakra laced hands on the sword. The sword started to have ice chips on it. The ice chips then became blocks of ice. Then the whole dome became ice. The ice rose up all the way of the sword.

Ichigo's eyes were wide as the ice came up his hands. He recognized that he could not move. Soon Ichigo was frozen solid. Naruto used his molecular abilities to come out the ice dome. He was panting hard as it is extremely hard and time and chakra consuming to keep breaking your molecules and repairing your molecules in your body.

He sighed as he thought it was over with that man. His ear twitched as he heard a noise. It was cracking noise and Naruto eyes went wide. An explosion of ice chips and sharpnels all around the place. Naruto covered his body as it scattered around him.

Ichigo was pissed off. He said, "Boy, I'm so going to kill you." He came at Naruto. However Naruto's wound was healed. He used his scythe as a means of defense. He blocked the powerful Zangetsu attack. The power between the two were so strong that the rest of Ichigo's teammates decided not to get involved. Well actually Rukia was taking care of Rin. Obito on the other hand knew if he gets involved he will literally kill the boy. He wanted the boy to get maimed not killed.

Naruto was able to push Ichigo back. He said, "Not so tough are you, whatever your name is."

Ichigo smirked, "The name is Ichigo Kurosaki. I'm going to kill you." He came right back at Naruto. This time however when he connected with the blond hair boy, it was a Mizu Bushin. When did the boy move. He then heard a slicing sound. He ducked and got out of the way. Naruto panted and was looking like he was about to fall down.

Ichigo looked at Naruto and was happy. He punched Naruto. He was down on the ground. He was almost done for. He said, "Naruto, it's almost done. Why don't you give up and come with us? It's just that easy."

Naruto was looking at Ichigo with disgust. He said inside his head, "Kyuu, I need some of your chakra fast. I'm about to be unconscious in a few seconds."

He heard her say, "I gotcha Naruto-kun. Here it comes." Naruto felt a rush of chakra coursing through his body. His body's aura became deep red. He said in a deep voice, "Not a chance in Hell!" His sword became turned dark red as it roared. Ichigo's eyes became wide as he really saw what sword was. His eyes narrowed and snarled. He attacked Naruto with unbridled anger.

Naruto was surprised at Ichigo's attack. He dodged it and swung his sword roaring Kitsune Sword. Ichigo ducked his head and snarled at Naruto. The two swords connected. When the two swords connected a beaming light engulfed them. Naruto and Ichigo looked at where they were.

Naruto said, "Where the fuck are we?"

Ichigo said, "I don't have a fucking clue. But I have a few questions for you asshole." Naruto shrugged his shoulders. Before he could say anything a vision was shown.

The memory showed two cloaked people sitting on a throne. The place looked like the soul society but when Ichigo and Naruto looked down they saw the Earth and the moon. They saw a group of people with white masks with a variation of red stripes on and evil monsters. They were walking in legions. They marched hand and hand, foot and foot, side by side. Ichigo said, "What are the Vizards and Hollows doing?"

Naruto looked at Ichigo with confusion. He asked, "Teme, what the hell are these things?" Ichigo's hands were shaking. It wasn't because Naruto called him Teme. Quite frankly he didn't give a flying fuck about that. No the problem lied with the Vizards and hollows being called things. He was a Vizard and he for damned sure wasn't a thing.

He said, "The ones who are monsters are called Hollows. Hollows are evil souls. The people on Earth who died with black souls are evil. They get sent to hell where they are slowly tortured by each other. The stronger they are the more evil they are. They from time to time escape and they reached Earth and terrorize human souls. They try to take those souls and eat them.

The people with the masks are called Vizards. The Vizards are people who were experimented on with hollows. The people with the Vizard masks are not evil or fully but because of the masks they are consider abominations."

At the end of the explanation he was spatting out what seemed like hatred. Naruto's eyes became wide. He didn't know what to say about that. He just kept looking at the memory. The memory continued to show.

The memory pans towards the shrine that was in between the five elemental nations. Within the shrine they saw weapon racks upon weapon racks. They were all swords that Naruto didn't recognize but Ichigo did. Right there were all the Zanpakutos in existence. He said, "What's going on?"

Naruto shrugged as he said, "Hell if I know. What I do know this a warning. The question is for what? What are the swords telling us that we don't see or hear?"

Ichigo couldn't the cryptic of the message either. He saw his Zanpakuto on the rack. He narrowed his eyes to see the small writing on the blade. It started to reveal the numbers 9389714-11211814191119. The numbers didn't make any sense to Ichigo. Before he could give a crack at what it means. The vision then took them to somewhere else.

He and Naruto both saw something. Ichigo's eyes became wide. Right in front of him was Zangetsu with a mysterious cloaked being right next to him leading and rallying the Zanpakuto spirits. Naruto didn't know what the man was saying but it must be awe-spiring. Before Ichigo or Naruto could say anything, the vision took them to one last place; the moon.

There was this guy who had a spiral mask on his face. The bottom of the mask had two eye holes. In one eye there was doujutsu that was purple with four black rings. The other eye was red with five different points that were connected by bars. They seemed like they were spinning.

Ichigo looked at Naruto for an explanation. Naruto said, "I think the purple one is Rinne'gan. The one in the red is the Sharingan. The Sharingan is the most peculiar. I've never seen a Sharingan like that before."

Ichigo grunted at Naruto's explanation. He didn't say anything as he honestly didn't know what to say. The vision showed that man bring up a sword and pointed it at the moon. The moon then opened up releasing a monster of extraordinary power. At a closer look, Ichigo noticed that the sword had a kanji for key.

They two fighters didn't know what the hell was going on. They did know that this was bad. Before any of those two could answer they were consumed by the light. The light brought them back to where the fight originally began.

The mizu bushins that Naruto created and Ichigo's team team were covering their eyes. To them it has been a second since the light came. When the light disappeared Naruto and Ichigo where facing off. Both of their hands were clutch together like that were in Kendo practice. Ichigo looked like he was the master while Naruto was the student.

Naruto was able to push Ichigo back. Ichigo was clearly surprised. He said, "Naruto, I must say that this is an interesting fight and vision but this is going to be the end. "

Naruto was panting hard as it has been a long fight. His body energy has been used up. He had his sword with the Kyuubi's chakra spiking. Although he can use the Kyuubi's chakra, his body could only take so much before it is totally destroyed. He winced from the pain. He said, "Ichigo, you're right this is the final battle. Let's go one last battle."

Naruto's raised his chakra to about three tails. Ichigo raised his power. At first no one moved. Everything became silent. A pin dropped from Rukia's pocket and the two powerful being clashed.

Naruto swung his blade at Ichigo's head. Ichigo ducked and swung his sword at Naruto's knees. Naruto blocked the attack with the Kitsune sword. He use this to propel his body over Ichigo. He kicked Ichigo in the back and gave him space. He did a chakra laced slash at Ichigo behind his back. Ichigo turned around to dodge the chakra laced strike. He jumped over the attack and sent his blade to the ground. It created a shock wave that was powered by with Reisu. Naruto's eyes opened a little bit more. He spun out of the way and rushed Ichigo again. Ichigo moved out of the way and went to stab Naruto.

Naruto did something extraordinary to Ichigo. He grabbed Zangetsu's blade. The reason it was extraordinary is that no one has touched Ichigo's blade when he was in his Bankai mode. Naruto then slashed Ichigo. Ichigo moved but was still hit across the chest. He hissed as blood seeped out of his chest.

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Obito's eyes became wide. He saw the blood seeping out of Ichigo's chest. His hands started to shake back and forth. He had to do something to help him. Rukia couldn't do anything as her energy was sapped by the combination attack with Rin. Rin was hurt. He needed to do something.

He looked at Naruto's mizu bushin just looking impassively. He saw that the mizu bushin had a chakra system. He saw that he could manipulate Naruto's mizu bushin. He didn't know why he didn't do this before. He shook his head and activated his Sharingan. He put his chakra into it to make it spin. He called the mizu bushin to attack only to put him in a genjutsu.

He said, "Ok, mizu bushin I need you to grab your former Master and hold him down. Do you comprehend?" The mizu bushin slowly nodded. He rushed after his former master.

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Naruto walked backwards only to hit into something. He was punched back in the head. He was then put into a full nelson. He struggled to move as he realized it was one of the mizu bushins. Ichigo smirked as he held his Zangetsu. He put more power into his sword.

Naruto's eyes became wide. He saw that slowly he was gaining control of the mizu bushin. He saw that he had one last play that he could do. As Ichigo was about to strike his final blow Naruto did the only thing he could. He put the little bit of chakra into his ring.

He switched with Zangetsu. Ichigo's eyes went wide. Naruto then did a spinning kick in between Ichigo's eyes. Naruto rushed and killed his mizu bushins. He grabbed Zangetsu from the ground. Out of instinct Naruto put the Kitsune Sword and Zangetsu together at the hilt.

He spun around and did an reisu/chakra combination slash. The slash took out the four Shinigamis. Obito whose body was slashed and cut up on the ground asked in fear, "How did you do that?"

Naruto smirk as he said, "My Sage Ring holds some Water Chakra. Because Zangetsu had water on it I was able to switch with Zangetsu. Thanks to you I was able to relish in the fact that I haven't used the mizu bushin. Unfortunately I didn't have enough chakra to kill you. I will kill you with one single slash."

As Naruto came closer, Obito backed away. Before Naruto could strike he was hit with an arrow and passed out on the floor.

Author's Note: Sorry for the wait. I did as much as I could with this chapter. However the next chapter Naruto will be taught the art of Death. Review and Review.

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