Uzumaki's Wrath
Chapter 18
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Naruto raced along the cloud with vigor. Of course he knew that Toph would escape, he just wanted to be there to see it for himself. Still he wondered if his blind girlfriend had found out how to bend metal yet. Since like the Sage said, it was just made up of refined earth.
There!
He spotted the two dead men who captured her and the metal box she was in. He smirked to himself when he saw that she burst out of the metal box. The two men did try and get her back in it, but she was having none of that and neither was he. He dropped down from the cloud and landed safely next to Toph thanks to Earth Bending.
"Did I miss the party?" He asked coolly.
Toph smirked at the two, who she could tell had shocked looks on their faces. "Not really. You came just in time for the fun!" She yelled before she made the metal box appear being them and then Naruto used Earth Bending to send them in, to which Toph then ran up to it and crunched it closed, making sure no one got in or out.
"They are not getting out any time soon." Naruto said.
"Nope, but I don't really want to leave them out in the open like this…someone might try and get them out." Toph said boredly. By now, she had noticed that her blond boyfriend was in his second form and she had an idea of what he could do.
"I agree." Kyuubi yawned, "Just get rid of them now while you have the chance."
"Right, besides, what Aang doesn't know won't kill him." Naruto said darkly. These two had caused them enough trouble. He made the earth swallow the metal box three quarters of the way, getting freaked out responses from the two men inside. "Master Yu. Xin Fu…your services are no longer required." He said with a dead tone that he reserved for the Fire Nation soldier that he usually dealt with. With one quick hand motion, the ground around the box burst into lava, which quickly swallowed them up before cooling quickly.
"Wow." Toph said. "That was quick."
"I know," The blond said, "I didn't want to hear them scream."
Toph smiled at that. He was always thinking of her and he knew she did always like that type of stuff. "Hey, thanks for coming to get me." She said softly.
Naruto smiled as well and said, "Always, princess." He then pecked her on the lips. "We should get back to Ba Sing Se, I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen."
"Right. That should be no problem for the world greatest earth benders!" Toph cheered loudly.
"Not so fast, yo! You may have beaten those two baddies, but now you face us two us goodies! YO!" A man rapped to them…badly.
"No, I don't feel like fighting. It is rather pointless at this point when he has the others on his side." A female voice said, clearly annoyed.
The two revealed themselves. Naruto eyed them and smiled. These two must be the last two Jinchuriki. He observed the green haired girl with the giant bug hovering next to her and even it seemed annoyed by the man. "Are you sure you want to fight? I have to save a lot of energy for whatever is going down in Ba Sing Se."
"Fine. Fine." The man sighed. He was a very large muscular, dark skinned man, a bit darker than Katara anyway. "I am known as Killer Bee, Yo! And is babe beside me is Fu!"
"Ugh…it never ends!" A creature that looked between an ox and an octopus said as it sat on the man's shoulder. "I swear, none of your relatives that I was in were ever this annoying!"
"I feel sorry for you." Fu said, sympathizing with the 8 tails.
"Our group just got a bit weirder." Toph whispered to her boyfriend.
"I know." Naruto said with a sweatdrop. "Ok, we should get back now. Once there, I need to you guys to find the others and help them in any way you can. Got it?"
"That is fine." Fu said with a smile, this guy was defiantly leadership material in her eyes…and cute too. Pein could go screw himself for all she cared.
"Alright YO!" Killer be shouted.
Naruto nodded before they all took off. Toph was earth skating, Naruto was using the earth a trampoline as he kept pace with her and their two new friend were keeping pace easily with their Shinobi Speed.
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Aang and Sokka ripped through the air on Appa, heading straight to Ba Sing Se. It seemed Aang had interrupted his final stage of training because he felt that Katara was in danger. That was the vision he got anyway.
"So what kind of trouble is Katara in?" Sokka asked, having rejoined his bald friend when he heard that his sister was in trouble. He had skipped out on fighting the Fire Nation with his dad for this!
"I don't know. In my vision, I just knew she needed my help!" Aang replied with aworried look on his face.
"I'd be nice if you avatar power would be a little more specific from time to time." Sokka replied, really annoyed. He then noticed a large earth trail and some off formation of earth rising up and heading to the same place they were. "What is that?"
They flew down and noticed it was Toph. Sokka, once again forgetting that she was blind, yelled, "Need a ride?"
That tripped her up and made her fall to the ground, but Naruto bounced in and caught her. The two guys on Appa noticed that Naruto was in his second form and Kyuubi was on his shoulder, which meant he had mastered that state of being. The blond glared at Sokka as they landed and said, "Sooth Sokka."
"Sorry! I keep forgetting that she is blind!" Sokka whined.
"Clearly." Naruto deadpanned.
"Who are the two with you?" Aang asked, finally noticed the two other jinchuriki with them.
"I am B! I float like a butterfly and sting like a Killer B!" The dark skinned man shouted out in his rap voice, making the two sweatdrop.
"My name is Fu" The GREEN haired girl replied politely.
Sokka smirked and said. "Nice to meet you Fu, I am Sokka." He was flirting with the girl already.
Fu stared at him and said, "Good for you. However, I am not interested in you. So stop that useless flirting or I'll crush your balls." She said that all with a calm face and a small smile. Sokka paled and backpedaled away from her, hiding behind Aang. Aang just chuckled.
"They are my new friends from the past. Now we have all Nine on our side." Naruto said simply, while trying not to laugh.
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Azula was in the underground chambers, addressing the Dai Li. In fact, her presence as she addressed them was scaring the crap out of them. "The Earth King and the Council of Five do not trust the Dai Li. They imprisoned your leader, Long Feng. Soon they will turn on all of you and eliminate you. Seizing power today is a matter of life and death.
She paused before walking in front of the first row of people, observing their reactions. "This coup must swift and decisive. The Earth King and each of the five generals must be taken out simultaneously. Long Feng has placed you in my command while we over throw the government. If I sense any disloyalty, any hesitation, any weakness at all. I will snuff it out. That is all."
When all the Dai Li agents marched out of the room, Ty Lee poured some tea and said, "Nice speech Azula! It was pretty and poetic but also scary in a good way."
"Yeah." Mai said in her dull tone but chuckled a bit. "I thought you were going to make that one guy pee his pants."
"There are still a few loose ends." Azula said. "The Avatar, The Golden Fox, my brother and my uncle."
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"So how did it go with the Guru? Did you master the Avatar State?" Toph asked as she clung to her blond boyfriend. Naruto wanted to know this as well.
"Uh…" Aang said as he thought about what the Guru shouted to him as he left. He had a bad feeling that the old man was right.
Naruto sighed, obviously the Guru failed to mention that he still see Aluza, but he just needed to let her go during battle. Figures.
"Aang, are you ok?" Sokka asked.
"I'm great, it went great with the Guru! I completely mastered the Avatar State." The bald boy said while chuckling nervously.
Naruto shook his head. "Good, we are going to need it." Was all he said.
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Momo flew around the city until he caught wind of Jin's scent and flew directly towards her. When she noticed the fun creature, she smile, but she grew worried because he was not acting normally. He was nervous. "I don't have a good feeling about this."
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Once back at the Palace, they rushed in to see if everyone was ok. "Katara is fine, you have nothing to worry about." The Earth King said.
"But, in my vision, I felt so sure that she was in trouble. Along with my friend Aluza." Aang said. He was worried for both of them. Katara was like a sister to him and Aluza…well he really liked her.
"Well, she met with the council of generals and since then, she has been off with your friends, the Kyoshi Warriors." The King replied with a smile.
"See Aang, she's with Suki. She is probably back at our apartment right now talking about make up or something." Sokka said, brushing it off.
"Ok, maybe you're right." Aang said, calming down a bit.
"Believe me. If there was any danger at all Bosco would sense it." The Earth King replied, to which the bear just looked clueless.
Right…that dumbass bear will sense it all right. Kyuubi thought. But, Suki's scent is not in her at all…
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Katara was in a crystal cavern, her prison for the time being. Suddenly, the door opened and Zuko was thrown in. He and his Uncle had been met with a trap and he chosen to stay and fight….that was a dumb thing to do.
"Zuko!" Katara shouted in shock before she glared at him.
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The gang made it back to their apartment and went in, but it was completely empty…well, except for Momo and Jin. "Momo! Jin!"
"Hey are you guys alright?" Jin asked, mostly Kyuubi though. She did wonder who the two new people were.
"Yeah, we are fine, why?" Aang asked.
"Because Momo is not acting normally." Naruto replied. Momo was frantic.
"Yeah, Momo found me and freaking out. I just thought it got separated from Katara, but she is not here." Jin replied.
"Katara is in trouble, I knew it!" Aang shouted.
"Oh no." Sokka said.
"Would now be a good time to say that Suki's scent was never at the palace." Kyuubi yawned out. This got everyone's attention.
"Wait. Someone's at the door." Toph said which confused people until there was a knock. "Actually, I know who it is. It's an old friend of mine."
"And judging from the Jasmine Tea scent I am picking up…so do I." Kyuubi smirked.
She opened it to reveal Iroh. "Glad to see you are ok."
"Huh, hey old man." Naruto said.
"I need your help!" Iroh said sadly while Aang Sokka freaked out, Toph waved blindly, Jin smiled and Naruto rose an eyebrow.
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"You guys know each other!" Aang freaked.
"Met him in the woods once and knocked him down. Then he gave me tea and some very good advice." Toph said happily.
"I frequent his local tea shop." Jin said with a smile.
"Eh…our travels took us all over. You'd be surprised who else I met." Naruto said with a shrug.
"May I come in?" Iroh asked and Toph nodded.
Iroh walked in and turned to all of them. "Princess Azula is here in Ba Sing Se."
"She must have Katara and Aluza!" Aang reasoned.
"She had captured my nephew as well." The old man said, wonder who Aluza was.
"Then we'll work together to fight Azula." Aang said, but he didn't like it. "We'll save them."
"Whoa, you lost me at Zuko." Sokka replied.
"I know how you must feel about my nephew." Iroh said sadly. "But believe me when I tell you there is good inside him."
"Good inside him isn't enough! Why don't you come back when there good outside him too!" Sokka freaked. Naruto stood next to the wall, listening quietly.
"Katara and Aluza are in trouble. All of Ba Sing Se is in trouble. Working together is our best chance." Aang said.
"He is right." Naruto spoke up. "Plus, I can tell when people are lying and Iroh is not. I have also seen the good in Zuko before." Sokka sighed before he nodded to them. He hopped this would work.
"I brought someone along who might be able to help us." Iroh said as he opened the door and they saw a Dai Li agent all tied up.
Naruto snorted. "Heh, so much for being ninja like."
Toph smirked at that. Naruto was very prideful of that little fact. She quickly used her earth bending to trap the man. Iroh calmly walked up to the bound man and removed the cloth of his mouth. "Azula and Long Feng are plotting a coup. They are going to over throw the Earth King!"
"Wow… What a pansy!" Kyuubi laughed.
"Yeah, he sung like a canary, yo!" Killer B shouted.
"I have to agree." Fu said with disgust.
"My sister! Where are they keeping Katara?" Sokka demanded.
"In the crystal catacombs of old Ba Sing Se! Deep beneath the palace!" The man informed them and they ran to help.
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"Why did they throw you in here?" Katara demanded of her prison mate. "Oh wait let me guess. It's a trap! So when Aang shows up to find me, you can finally have him in your little Fire Nation clutches!"
Zuko was sitting down, his back to her. He looked back at her and said nothing before going back to sulking.
"You're a terrible person you that? Always following us, always hunting the Avatar! Trying to capture the world's last hope for peace!" She ranted, clearly pissed off and letting off a lot of steam. "But what do you care. You're the Fire Lord's son. Spreading war and violence and hatred is in your blood."
"You don't know what you are talking about." Zuko cut in, having enough.
"I DON'T?" She yelled angrily. "How dare you! You have no idea what this war has put me through! ME personally!" She now had her back to him and tears where flowing from her eyes. "The Fire Nation took my mother away from me!"
Zuko could relate to that. His mother was gone as well. "I'm sorry." He said softly. "That's something we have in common.
That made her look at him in confusion.
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"Well what do you know? There is an ancient city down there, but it is deep!" Toph said as he felt the ground and saw what the man had said. She then used earth bending to create a large hole in the ground leading to it. That made Killer B whistle, never seeing that done before.
"We need to split up." Sokka demanded. "Aang, you go with Iroh to look for Katara and the Angry Jerk. No offense."
"None taken." Iroh said passively.
"And I'll go with the others to warn the Earth King about Azula's coup."
"I am not coming with." Naruto replied, getting heads turned in his direction.
"What do you mean?" Toph asked.
"Now that all nine are her with us, I need to sever what keeps them bound to the one who sent there here." Naruto turned to Killer B and Fu before the other jinchuriki came before he flared his chakra. "Do you all plan on ever going back to the past.
"Well…it kind of all went to hell and since my brother and students are dead….I don't feel like going back." Killer B said calmly for once.
"No. I want to have a new life here." Fu replied.
"We are staying here." Utakata, Roshi, Han, and Yagura all said.
"Meh, this place is way better than in the past." Yugito replied.
"I am staying as well." Gaara said monotonously.
"Alright then." Naruto said. "I will cut the connection, but I need Jin to stay and help me fight whatever this Pein guy sends after us, but I know he won't let this happen without a fight."
"Why not me?" Toph protested.
"Because, I need you to look after Sokka's ass. I am sure the fake Kyoshi Warriors are going to be there. I will send a clone with you." Naruto replied and smirked when Sokka gripped about needing protection before he made the clone and they all set off to do their indeed missions.
Naruto himself made a large seal and had the Jinchuriki stand on certain places. He told them it was for their own protection because whatever came could not touch them in the sealing circle. "I hope this works." Naruto said to himself.
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Aang and Iroh made their way done the tunnel that Toph made, with Aang having to expand it a few times. "So, thinks you give pretty good advice." Aang stated, making conversation with the old man. "And great tea!"
"The Key to both is proper aging." Iroh said sagely. 'What's on your mind?"
Aang expanded the tunnel again before saying, "Well, I met this Guru who was supposed to help me master the Avatar State and control this great power, but to do it, I had to let go of someone I love and I just couldn't."
"Perfection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love." Iroh stated.
"But what happens if we can't save everyone and beat Azula?" Aang asked. :Without the Avatar State, what if I am not powerful enough?"
"I don't know the answer." Iroh said. "Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you just keep moving…" He said as Aang broke through into a large crystal cavern. "You will come to a better place."
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Back in the past Nagato was feeling this connection to the Jinchuriki was slowly slipping away. "No. I will not lose them to that time. If I have to have Kyuubi killed, then so be it! You will have to go in my place." He told two shadows. He knew he could not send himself there. The trip would kill him and he could not send one of his bodies because he would lose the connection.
The shadows nodded before Nagato send them away. "Do not fail me." Nagato ordered.
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Sokka, Toph, the Naruto clone, and Momo made their way up the stairs that lead to the Earth King's Palace. "There's General How." Sokka pointed out before he noticed something above and grabbed his friends to get out of sight.
With swift movement Dai Li agent quickly took the surprised general down. "What's going on here!" He ordered.
"You're under house arrest." said one of the agents.
"The coup is happening right now!" Sokka freaked to his friend from behind a pillar. "We have gotta warn the Earth King!" He then lead the two humans and one animal inside, careful not to attract attention.
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Naruto, still in second form, saw the distortion in the air and knew he had been right. He erected the barrier around the Jinichuriki while Koza went in Human Form. Jin just took a battle stance. In a flash, to figures appeared and Yugito freaked out.
In in the Earth King's front yard were two Akatsuki members. The Zombie Brothers as they were nicknamed. "SHIT!" Yugito screamed. "Naruto! Don't let the loud mouth with the 3 bladed scythe get your blood or your dead. They are both called the Immortal Brothers for a reason!"
"Terrific." Naruto growled out. Just what kind of people were in this Akatsuki group anyway? No matter, he was going to win and he had a few new jutsu he wanted to use anyway. Time to create that Ionic Storm. Creating some lighting he shot it up into the sky. Now we play the waiting game.
"Jin….only help at the right moment." Kyuubi asked of his girlfriend.
"R-right." She said, a bit freaked out. This was her first major battle and that one guy's green eyes freaked her out.
"Let us out! We can help!" Fu shouted.
"No….you have to stay in there. Pein now knows that you are will me and sent these guys to kill me. He could also send you back if you step out of that circle." Naruto informed them and they reluctantly stayed put. None of them wanted to go back.
The white haired man looked at the blond and smirked. "OH YEAH! This fucker is going to be easy to kill!"
"Got get over confident Hidan. That will kill you." The green eyed man informed of his teammate.
"Oh shut the fuck up Kakuzu! Jashin is getting some blood tonight!" Hidan shouted with glee.
"Hmph, don't say I didn't warn you." Kakuzu stated.
"Hey, let me take the fucker down!" Hidan said.
"Fine."
The hell was with these two? Naruto shook his head. Yugito was obviously scared of these two so he had to be careful. He watched the silver haired man charge in blindly while chucking his three bladed scythe at him. He growled and took out his hook swords.
Naruto met Hidan half way and batted away the scythe with ease. However, he noticed the cable linked to it and Hidan was using that to control the weapon. FUCK! He thought as he had to jump over the scythe and then hook then and threw it back at the man. He saw it pierce Hidan, but the man didn't seem to be affected. He just smiled cruelly. "AH! Pain! Gotta love it. I must share it with you!" He screamed before ripping it out of his chest and charged Naruto again.
"The hell?" Naruto freaked. Now he knew why Yugito was scared. This guy….was completely nuts! They met in melee combat, but Naruto bent out of the way of the blade and hooked them again before kicking the loud mouth away.
Hidan smirked and threw his weapon at the blond again, but the earth sudden shot up and blocked it and then earth spikes pierced the man. He looked out to see the girl glaring at him. She must be the one controlling the earth. "Awe, does the bitch want to die as well? FINE WITH ME!" He shouted and he broke away from the spikes to charge at her, but Koza was having none of that.
"Like hell!" Koza shouted as he sent a huge blast of fire in the man's way.
Hidan was blown back, but he laughed. "Heh….this is fun! You guys might actually be able to kill me!"
"Nut job!" Naruto growled before he sent a blast of lightning from his swords and knocked Hiadn back towards Kakuzu.
"Seems like you're getting your ass kicked." The man said simply.
"Shut the fuck up! Help if you want to!" Hidan growled. He was pissed. This was getting him no closer to his goals of killing them all!
Naruto glared at the two. "Koza…since they are going to be working together…let's heat this battle up!"
Koza smirked. He knew what that entailed. They used their fire/lava bending and completely shift the front yard of the Earth King's Palace into a field of lava. There were mounds of rocky platforms all over the place to fight on, but this battle just got even more chaotic.
Kakuzu took one look at the field and sighed. "Seems like I have to get serious early on." He said as he took of the cloak. It fell in the lava and burned up.
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"Thank goodness were in time." Sokka said as they ran into the throne room.
"In for what?" The Earth King asked, confused.
"Yeah, what are you in time for?" one of the perky fake Kyoshi warriors askedbefore she cartwheeled over to the Naruto clone an smirk. "Oh look, a hot one!"
"Heh, your not so bad looking yourself." It flirted.
"Idiot." Toph said with a smirk before she used earth bending to plow the fake away. "It's the fake Kyoshi Warriors!"
This made the Kind gasp while the one sitting down said, "Sorry to disappoint you." She said before flinging her knives at Toph, who blocked with earth bending.
Toph dealt with Mai, Naruto was dodging Ty Lee's strikes. "Oh, it's like we're dancing together!"
"Yeah, but this dance is one sided." Naruto said with a smirk before he lowered his voice. "Hey, it is your choice, you can leave with us or stay with Azula, but I think you should stay. I need you to watch Azula for me."
"Got it, but I will miss you. Too bad I won't get a good screw every day, but I can wait." She said before she planted a kiss on him before pushing him away.
"This fight is over." Oh speak of the devil, the girl they were talking about appeared next to the Earth King with fire in her hands, threatening the man. They wisely gave up.
Suddenly the room shook. Naruto looked around nonchalantly. "Oh, seems like the real me is have a serious fight." He said before poofing out of existence, pissing off Azula.
"Get them all out of my sight!' Azula ordered. The Dai Li agents put them all in a cell. Azula then noticed that Long Feng coming toward her. Time to deal with more trash.
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"I am sorry I yelled out you before." Katara stated, understand her prison mate a little more.
"It doesn't matter."
"It's just that, for so long now, whenever I would imagine the face of the enemy, it was your face." She said.
"My face…I see." Zuko said as he touched the burnt part of his face sadly.
"No no, that's not what I meant." Katara said, not trying to hurt him anymore.
"It's ok." He said, "I used to think this scar marked me. The mark of the banished prince, cursed to chase the Avatar forever. But lately, I have realized I'm free to determine my own destiny, even if I'll never be free of my mark."
"Maybe you could be free of it." Katara said, making his eyes widen.
"What?"
"I have healing abilities." She informed him.
"It's a scar, it can't be healed." Zuko said sadly.
Katara took out a vial of water and said, "This is water from the spirit oasis at the North Pole. It has special properties, so I have been saving it for something important. I don't don't know if it will work, but…" She left it unfinished, letting him decide.
However, before he could answer, the room rumbled and Aang and Iroh burst through the doorway made from Earth Bending.
"Aang!" Katara shouted happily before she hugged him. Aang smiled but then glared at Zuko, however, he didn't see Aluza.
"Hey, where is Aluza." He asked.
"She is not here." Katara stated, a little miffed about why she would be here.
Oh no… Zuko groaned inwardly. Azula's good side, Aluza. Seemed that Aang was looking out for his sister when she was hunting him. However, he said nothing, to freaked out. Especially when His uncle hugged him.
"Where's Naruto?" Katara asked before the room shook.
"Uh…he has his own problems to deal with." Aang replied, hoping Naruto was ok fighting whatever he had to fight.
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"Uncle, I don't understand, what are you doing with the Avatar?" Zuko demanded.
"Saving you that's what." Aang said.
"Argh!" Zuko roared but was held back by his uncle.
"Zuko, it's time we talked." Iroh said seriously before he turned to Aang and Katara and smiled. "Go help your other friends; we'll catch up with you."
Aang nodded before he ran down the tunnel he made. Katara followed, but spared the prince a passing glare, who ignored it. She did want to help him. She was just too nice sometimes.
"Why Uncle?"
"You're not the man you used to be, Zuko. You are stronger and wiser and freer than you have ever been. And now you have come to the crossroads of your destiny. It's time for you to choose. It's time for you to choose good."
Before Zuko had a chance to respond, the ground shook and Iroh was trapped in crystal. Azula entered with two of her Dai Li agents. "I expected this type of treachery from Uncle, but Zuko…Prince Zuko. You're a lot of things, but you are not a traitor. Are you?"
"Release him immediately!" Zuko ordered.
"It's not too late for you Zuko." Azula said with a smirk. "You can still redeem yourself."
"The kind of redemption she offers is not for you!" Iroh pleaded with his nephew.
"Why don't you let him decide, Uncle?" Azula asked mockingly. "I need you Zuko. I have plotted every move of this day, this glorious day in Fire Nation history and the only way we win, is to work together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. You will have Father's love. You will have everything you want!"
"Zuko…I am begging you, look inside your heart and see what it is that you truly want." Iroh pleaded.
"You are free to choose." Azula said, making a hand motion to let her Dai Li know that they can leave.
As she was leaving for the tunnel that Aang left through, Iroh said one more thing, but to Azula. "I hear that Aluza is back….good to know that your true self has not died."
Azula stopped in her tracks when she heard that and heard Aluza giggling in her mind. She sneered and said, "I am my true self."
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"We've gotta find Sokka and Toph before we head up to help Naruto out!" Katara said as her and Aang ran through large cavern with lots of crystals and a small river flowing around them. However they had to quickly get out of the way thanks to Azula's blue fire coming at them. Katara quickly used water bending to snuff it out before he sent it after Azula, who just created a massive amount of fire to turn it all to steam.
Azula then jumped out of the steam to send a few Fire Balls at them, but all Aang and Katara had to do was cover the area with water. Azula landed on a large rock, but forgot about Aang's Earth Bending skill, which he used to make it crumble. She landed between them, ready for anything.
However, she didn't have to fight alone, Zuko blasted in and tagged teamed with her.
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"Do you see any Dai Li agent nearby?" Toph asked. They were all currently in a cell.
"Nope!" Sokka said as he looked out the 'window' of the cell. "All clear!"
Toph crackled her knuckled before using her new Metal Bending skills to fling the door open, much to everyone's shock.
"Let's go!" Sokka said as he grabbed everyone and ran.
"I'm not leaving without Bosco!" The Earth King cried out as they ran.
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Naruto ran a top the lava with ease, heading straight for Kakuzu, who looked ready to fight. He had left his hook swords with his partner. Koza looked at Jin and asked, "You sure you want to fight?"
"I can't lava bend!" Jin said in awe. "I'll stay put for now."
"Alright." Koza said before he jumped out and landed on a platform next to Hidan. "Now it is you and me!"
"No, it is just me!" Hidan laughed before he chuckled his three bladed scythe at Koza, who dodged it with ease thanks to the hook swords. "OH! I will enjoy giving you to Lord Jashin!"
Koza smirked, "We'll see." He said before jumping in the air and using the heat of the lava, created a very large fire ball that was more than just a simple fire ball. "Take then this you freak! Nine Tailed Dragon's Fury!"
"Say what now?" Hidan asked but freaked out when the large fire ball came right at him! He dodged just in time for the fire to hit the lava, making it create a wave of lava coming for him. "Oh not cool man!" However, that soon turned into pure horror as the wave expanded thank to the fire ball expanding before lashing out in nine huge dragon heads that merged with the lava, becoming hotter!
"SON OF A BITCH!" Hidan roared as he jumped in time but the pressure of the attack still knocked him around a burn the hell out of him. However, it was not done; the head merge into one huge reptilian head.
Koza smirked. "Heh, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Lava Serpant's Dive!"
"Ah…fuck." Hidan deadpanned.
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"Seems like you both are serious in surviving this battle." Kakuzu replied, seeing some of the attacks Koza was pulling off out of the corner of his eye.
"Yeah…living. We like doing that." Naruto countered with a smirk as he took out his claws and charged lightning through them.
"Heh." Kakuzu laughed, "Earth Style: Earth Spear!" he called out and his skin became dark, almost black. "Now you can't even hurt me!"
Naruto nodded and they charged each other. The old Akatsuki member was just using his hands to block Naruto's lightning enhanced claws. He is defiantly not playing around. His strikes are brutal! Naruto thought with a wince.
"Heh, slowing down already? That fine with me, that will make it easier for me to kill you!" Kakuzu yelled as he went through a few hand signs. "Lightning Style: False Darkness!" He had created multiple lightning spears and chucked them at the blond, hoping to kill him.
Naruto growled. An attack like that would be fatal. He had actually read about that attack in the Final Scroll. He knew his bend his way out of it, but he needed to be touching all the lightning spears and to do that, he had to use his claws. I am so glad I beefed up these claws with seals!
He flipped in mid-air as he swung his claws around him. As he touched each spear, it would disappear and the claw would glow brightly. Soon, all six spears were gone and Naruto was sweating to keep them all in stable position. This attack was going to be hit or miss! "ARGH! Zeus' Raikari!" the blond thrust out both hands and a colossal bolt of lightning arced out and went straight for Kakuzu, who was wide eyed at the attack.
It struck him so fast that he did not have time to dodge. He pierced through his iron like skin and he could feel one of his hearts burst. "Damn….that was a dirty trick." He said as he held his chest. Naruto just smirked, saying something was unneeded. They both fought like ninja, so dirty tricks were required. "Fine kid….you want to play like that, then…I am taking out the big guns! EARTH GRUDGE FEAR!" With that, the man remaining masks sprung out of his back and came to life around him as a thread like substance surrounded him.
"So not good." Naruto dead panned. No matter. He wanted to try out a new jutsu anyway. He created a rasengan in his right hand before he let it consume his hand as it took on a different shape. "Rasen no Yaiba!" He had created a Rasengan like blade around his hand. He didn't know how far that would get him at the moment, but that lighting attack really over charged his claws and they could break, so he had put them away for the time being.
The two charged at each other, with Naruto mindful of what Kakuzu was able to do. However, he could barely touch the man in his psycho from. This is ridiculous, how am I suppose to get a hit on him? However, when he looked at his spiraling sword, he saw small bits of red blood on them. He only got a few lucky hits and that was hit. He flicked his sword out to get rid of the bits just as Hidan and Koza were passing him. The small bits of blood landed on Hidan's blades. Naruto looked up and noticed that the clouds had gotten really dark. Come on.
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"HA! Even with those huge lava attacks, you still can't kill me!" Hidan screamed out with a huge smile. He then noticed the small bits of blood on his weapon and smirked. "Oh it is over for you now! TIME TO FEEL LORD JASHIN'S POWER!"
""You can't kill me! I am the Kyuubi, bitch!" Koza shouted.
Hidan smirked. "Oh well for you then man!" The man licked the blood off and his skin went black with bone like markings all over him. He took out a black rod with a sharp end and yelled, "Now! Let's savour the utmost of suffering together!" he laughed as he stabbed himself in the heart, but nothing happened to Koza, who looked on confused.
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"ACK!" Kakuza gagged he lost another heart. "How the hell did that fool get my blood?" he growled. Now he had lost water and earth. He was going to enjoy killing these fools.
Naruto thought about the blood he flicked away and inwardly smirked. He had actually helped himself without knowing it! Nice!
Kakuzu was tired of this. He wanted this brat dead...NOW! He sent out his fire and wind masks and perform his next deadly set of jutsu.
"Fire Style: Intelligent Hard Work! Wind Style: Pressure Damage!" He called out. "TAKE THE FIRE STORM PRESSURE!"
"Son of a..." Naruto started as he tried to get away and he did, but the shockwave the hit him blew him away and onto an earthly platform that crack under his rocket. If he had actually looked at the attack, he would have seen a huge sphere of wind enhanced fire, which grew in size thanks to the lava field before exploding violently. Luckily, Hidan and Koza had gotten out of the way in time.
Kakuzu jumped out of the resulting smoke to see that Naruto was still alive. He hardened his hand and said, "It is over."
Naruto noticed that lightning was staring to rain down and he smirked. "You're right….but for you!" He yelled. Kakuzu roared in fury as he jabbed his fist at the blond to pierce his chest, but the blond disappeared in an Azure Flash.
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Toph, Sokka, and Momo made it back to the throne room with the Earth King. They had come for the bear and they trapped Ty Lee in her backward position. Mai took one look at them and sigh, "Just take the bear." She said boredly.
Toph smirked as she walked right up to Ty Lee and released her hands so she could stand up straight. "Don't worry, I'll good care of him." She said before planting a kiss of the circus girl, much to the shock of everyone.
"Heh, you'd better." Ty Lee said happily as she saw them run out the room.
"Do I even want to know?" Mai said dully, but she did have a small blush on her checks.
"Nope!" Ty Lee said with a cheery smile.
The group was nearly to the front door when they saw the bright red light and a large explosion. That freaked them out, they had no idea who Naruto was fighting, but this had to be serious. They peeked out the front door and a gloom cloud appeared over the Earth King's head. "My yard….is ruined!"
They all saw the lava field and the destruction to it as well. It was all insane. Then there was a lightning storm starting and that meant Naruto was either going to bring out that Kirin thing…or something new. Toph…just saw what was on the ground and was still scared….mostly for the safety of her boyfriend.
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"What the hell? A lighting storm on a badass lava field…the hell is going on?" Hidan asked as he dodged a few lightning strikes.
Koza looked around and smirked. "This fight is over…we win." Hidan looked at him in confusion until Naruto appeared next to the red haired man and then they both azure flashed away back to the others. "Going to end this now?"
"Yes." Naruto said as he disappeared and then reappeared between Hidan and Kakuzu.
"Just what is this?" Kakuzu asked, highly on guard and a bit freaked out himself.
"You have heard of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, correct?" Naruto asked, this put the two men on edge. "This is my version, Thor's Storm!" With that, the lightning got more violent and Naruto disappeared and reappeared whenever there was a thunder clap.
Hidan didn't get a chance to defend himself and before he knew it, both his arms were cut off, melting in the lava. He was kicked from behind and then slammed into the lava. This kind of pain was not something was used to. This could actually kill him! "AAAHHH! He screamed as the lava melted him away.
Kakuzu saw then and gulped, that was way too fast….this Thor's Storm….he actually under stood it! It didn't rely on seals. It relied on the atoms in the air. The Electrons, that are always attracted to one another and Naruto was proving that with his rapid movement and his swift dispatch of Hidan. He knew he was in trouble, especially when Naruto set his sights on him!
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They were trapped and he knew it. Katara was surrounded by Dai Li agents and Aang had to deal with Zuko, Azula, and some more Dai Li agents. Without the Avatar State in this battle…he was powers at his current level. "There's too many." He whispered to himself.
"The only way…is to let her go." The words of the Guru rang through his head. "I'm sorry Aluza." He said aloud before he earth bent a tent of crystals around him to prepare himself for the Avatar State.
A bright light shone from within, getting everyone to wonder what was going on and relax their stances….all except for Azula. She had heard the boy and her good personally broke through again….she was not going to have that kind of weakness, so she was preparing a lightning bolt, just for him.
"NO! DON'T DO IT AZULA!"
"I have to. You are nothing but a weakness for me."
"Love is a weakness! Please, I am begging you! I love him and so do you! DON'T DO THIS!"
"Just shut up and die!" Azula thought but there was that lingering thought….did she love the avatar as well? That was all Aluza needed and she took some control, however, she knew it was too late. A lone tear escaped from her eye and she said, "I'm sorry Aang." She did manage direct it to a less damaging spot.
Aang thought he heard Aluza's voice and turned just a bit, and then nothing but pain was the next thing he knew as lightning coursed through him, through his lung and then out his chest! He fell to the ground, losing consciousness, but he did manage to get a look at Azula and noticed that she was giving him a sad look.
Katara could not believe her eyes. Azula had basically killed Aang! She used all the water she could to create a wave that carried her over to her little brother and caught him just before he hit the ground.
Azula, Zuko, and the rest of the Dai Li were about to get her as well, but Iroh blasted in and told her to go. He would hold them as long as he could. She created a pillar of water that sent them above ground, where she saw the last moments of Naruto's crazy ass battle.
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"I am ready for you." Kakuzu said aloud, but it was more for himself than for Naruto. This attack truly scared him.
"Good." Naruto deadly serious voice said from behind him. The last of the Zombie Brothers wiped around the strike and actually caught the blond through the chest before he went up in smoke. Shadow Clone! He thought before a few more tried…and failed to kill him. "Where is the real one?" He shouted.
"Look up." Naruto voice said. The greedy man did just that and say that Naruto was on a very low cloud and he had a strange attack in his hand. It was an upgraded version of the Rasengan. He had 4 blades spinning around it and it had streaks of lightning arcing off of it. Naruto let the cloud disperse and rocketed downward to the lone Akatsuki member.
He was not stupid though, he quickly jumped into the air and away from the attack. When the attack and the blond hit the lava….they went up in a poof of smoke. "Ionic RasenShuriken!"
Ah…he did that on purpose to lure me in the air…..damn it all to hell! Kakuzu thought before the attack, that was thrown at him, hit and heal he knew was pain. He could not even scream out normally. Every pour and chakra point was being cut up by tiny wind blades or they were being over charged by the lightning and exploding. He felt each heart burst violently while the last one was failing. However, he didn't have to worry about that because the attack itself wiped up the earth itself and it pierced his last heart. Then lava sprang up and melted away his remains.
Naruto landed on an earth platform and cooled the lava as the storm died away. He lost his second form as he powered down and fell on his knees, panting. Damn, that took too much power. Keeping a constant line of chakra to that seal, the lava bending, and all those intense attacks….man I am beat.
He noticed that the seal circle around the Jinchuriki was dissipating, which meant that it worked. They no longer had a connection with Pein. They were free.
As they walked over to him, along with Toph, Sokka, Momo, and the Earth King, he said. "Ok, it worked…we should get out of here. I will leave with Aang and the others when they are done. I need to you guys to find Sokka and Katara's dad, he'll know what to do."
They nodded with smiles on their faces. Even Gaara and not the crazy smile either. They were finally free of the past and it was all thank to him…one of their own. Their Leader. They then disappeared in a flash of ninja speed.
"That was totally amazing!" Sokka shouted with stars in his eyes. "Are you going to teach me that?"
Naruto chuckled weakly, "Maybe, but you need to learn the Nara's jutsus first." He then got a serious look when Katara shot out of the ground with Aang in her arms and tears in her eyes. That was never a good sign. He nodded and ordered everyone to get on Appa. It was time to go. Naruto, Katara, Aang, Toph, Jin, Sokka, Momo, The Earth King, and Bosco got on top of Appa.
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Katara carefully placed Aang on Appa's back as they flew and took out the Spirit Oasis water. Now was the time to use this. To save Aang. She bent the water and placed it on the bald avatar. The water did its job quick and healed all of Aang's fatal wounds and bringing him back to the land of the living. His tattoos flashed active for a moment, showing that he lived.
He groaned and smiled at them weakly but he had tears in his eyes. Katara didn't seem to care and just hugged the person she came to think of as he little brother, tightly.
"Aluza…was Azula." He said weakly, but everyone heard that and looked away in sadness. Aang's heart must be broken after finding that out.
The Earth King looked at his city and sighed in sadness. "The Earth Kingdom…has fallen."
Naruto growled from his lying position on Appa and sat up weakly. "But not for long. This War….has only begun." He said as he glared out on to the city. This was far from over!
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BOOK TWO IS DONE!
NOW THAT IS HOW YOU KILL IMMORTALS! Seriously, they should have brought in Mei sooner to melt Hidan.
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