This is a challenge from Storylover213. I don't own any of it. Focus will be back on Naruto instead of team 7.
Chapter 14: The Mission to Sunagakure! A Three Way Rumble!
Naruto ran through the forest. By his side was the old pervert Jiraiya. With them was an ANBU with a decorated tiger mask and a tanto on his back.
"We got to get to Suna fast," Naruto said.
"I could summon a toad to get us there," Jiraiya suggested.
Naruto said, "No…your toad summons may be fast, but we're going to need something a lot faster."
Naruto drew his sword and went through a few hand signs and said, "Summoning Jutsu: Dragon!"
In a massive plume of smoke a large black and red dragon appeared with its wings spread wide.
Naruto yelled, "Get on you guys! We got a really long way to fly!"
With that the tri of powerful ninja jumped on the large lizard's back and the massive lizard flew up and out of the area.
Naruto said, "I need you to fly us to Sunagakure as soon as possible Fang."
The dragon nodded and Naruto felt the dragon's wings move and the boy said, "You guys are going to want to hang on."
The ANBU and toad sage did just as they said. Good thing they did because the dragon suddenly shot forward with intense speed that made the fastest of the toads look like a bunch of snails. As it flew it flew over a town and as a result a lot of glass was broken due to the sonic boom that followed it.
In a little less than an hour the group of Konoha ninja was flying over the desert of Wind Country. Upon arriving the dragon sniffed the air.
"Lord Naruto," the Dragon said, I have picked up multiple scents."
Naruto asked, "Where are they? What do they smell like?"
The dragon sniffed again and said, "Three smells are coming from the east. One smells like sand and blood, the second like clay and smoke, and the third smells like poison, blood, and wood. From the west there is the scent of ash, fire, and…wow…I can actually smell the arrogance and pride coming off this one."
Naruto growled, "So Sasuke really is here. I'm going to take down the prince of arrogance. Can you two handle the kidnappers?"
The two nodded. Naruto then said to the dragon, "Take these two to the three scents. I'll be heading for the other one. Find the direction of the scents and get to them yesterday!"
With that Naruto jumped off the dragon's back shocking the pair of ninja. Their shock turned total awe when Naruto's left eye turned green and his right turned red. Naruto then shot through the air actually flying.
When Naruto was out of sight the pair looked at one another.
"Wow…Minato would be so jealous of his son right now," Jiraiya said as he saw his student's child disappear.
Tenzo, the ANBU, could help but nod dumbly as he saw that.
The dragon shifted making the two turn their attention. They noticed that they were heading straight for a cave. Outside of it were four figures. The first was a man or woman with long blonde hair with a lock falling over one eye. The second was a hunchback character with a straw hat. The third was actually a red haired boy with the kanji for love on his eye. The fourth was an old woman with long graying air and tired eyes. The first two were wearing a black cloak with red clouds on them.
The red head, Gaara, was bound in what resembled clay. The blonde man was watching guard over Gaara while the hunch back and the old woman were fighting. The hunchback was using puppets while the old woman simply smashed the puppets with her own strength. The blonde man/woman was Deidara the mad bomber, and the hunchback was Sasori of the Red Sand.
The dragon roared gaining the attention of the three conscious fighters. A large jet of black flames shot out and nearly incinerated he hunchback who was barely able to dodge the technique.
Jiraiya and Tenzo jumped down from the large flying lizard that then burst into smoke returning to its home.
The hunchback looked at the duo and noticed the symbols that they wore.
"Konoha," the hunchback said, "This doesn't really surprise me."
Jiraiya said, "Surrender and return the Kazekage."
Tenzo looked at Jiraiya and said, "Is that the best you can come up with?"
Jiraiya looked at the ANBU and said, "It's all I could think of on the spot."
Tenzo rolled his eyes behind his mask and suddenly dodged a punch from the blonde man/woman.
He dodged a few more shots before throwing out a kick. The man/woman cried out in pain and clutched his crotch.
"Oh you're a guy," Tenzo said.
The man said, "What kind of statement is that? Of course I'm a guy."
Tenzo shrugged and said, "Well, it's just that you have long hair and it looks like you're trying to hide your figure behind that cloak."
The blonde snarled and got up and yelled, "I AM A GUY! THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO SPRINKLE THE DESERT WITH YOUR POWDERED BONES!"
The blonde man shot forward roaring in fury while Jiraiya joined the old woman who was fighting the hunchback.
Meanwhile…
Naruto flew through the air and finally caught sight of a person.
The figure was tall, thin, wearing a mostly gray and black outfit with a sword a small katana on his hip and large leaver like sword on his back. Naruto recognized the man's hairdo as it resembled the backside of a duck.
Naruto landed picking up some dust and debris. He looked in front of him to see the wayward former prince of Konoha…Sasuke Uchiha.
Sasuke still had his signature hairdo, but his style had changed. He wore a pair of black pants with a gray shirt. On the back of the Uchiha's shirt was the image of the Mangekyo Sharingan. He had a katana like sword that Naruto recognized as the Kusangi. Naruto also saw something on his back that made his blood boil. It was the sword of Zabuza Momochi, Kubikiri bocho.
"It's been a long time Namikaze-sama," Sasuke said with the sama pronounced sarcastically.
Naruto said, "That it has. I have to ask Sasuke. Why did you leave? You were Konoha's prominent prince. What would you gain from leaving?"
Sasuke chuckled and said, "Power. Konoha didn't have anything to give me. I left so that I could gain the power I needed to finally kill my traitor of a brother."
Sasuke pointed to the two swords on his person," I got the Kusangi from the base in Oto I went to. As for this (motions to Kubikiri bocho) I got off that fool Zabuza. He tried to bring me back to that weak village about a month or so after I left. He underestimated me and I took it from his corpse."
Naruto growled as he saw the sword on his back.
Naruto then said, "In other words you used a cheap trick and used the cowards way of fighting. This means that I'm good to kill you like the coward that you are Uchiha."
Sasuke smirked before activating his Sharingan. Naruto's eyes widened when he saw Sasuke's Sharingan take the form of a six pointed shuriken.
"You like it?" Sasuke asked, "It's called the Mangekyo Sharingan. I attained it when I cast a genjutsu on myself to make myself think I killed someone important…or in my case just all the people who have stood in my way."
Naruto growled again as his eyes flashed through the colors of the elements. If Sasuke wasn't so busy living it up he would have seen Naruto's eyes turn purple for a second.
Back with the Konoha nin and the old lady…
Jiriaya dodged a few blades and slammed his foot into the side of a puppet making it shatter. The hunchback revealed that head the ability o control multiple puppets. Out of the sand he had summoned a great deal of them and was manipulating them with incredible ease. Fortunately his training allowed him to keep up with all the puppets as he found that the weapons that the puppets had were coated in poison. The old woman, who was named Chiyo, fought using medical abilities that allowed her to shatter the puppets like they were brittle.
Tenzo was also having difficulties with his opponent. The blonde man was able to launch clay bombs from his hands. They took the forms of different. They took different forms such as humans, birds, or bats and each had a different effect along with the powerful explosion that would happen if they made contact with him. Luckily Tenzo had a special ability that allowed him to defend himself. This ability was mokuton or wood release. The wood he was able to creature was strong enough to block the attacking bombs and allowed him to counter with the water jutsu that he knew.
Jiraiya grinned as he found that the number of puppets around him was starting to dwindle. He smashed a certain puppet before going through hand signs
"Toad Oil Bullet!"
Sasori, the hunchback, was caught in the blast of oil and suddenly found it very hard for him to move.
Chiyo shot forward along with Jiraiya. The man formed a rasengan in his hand while chakra was focused into Chiyo's hand. The two impacts were enough to send the puppeteer flying backwards. His body hit the rock and there was a lot of dust kicked up. Jiraiya and Chiyo stood at the ready in case there was some kind of counter.
They were right to be as the body of the hunchback broke away to reveal red headed male who was actually a puppet himself.
"So this is what you've done to yourself," Chiyo said with a shocked and a slightly disgusted look.
Sasori said, "Yes I've truly master the art of puppetry. Now let me show you what a real puppet master can do. Red Sand Art: Manipulation of a Hundred Puppets!"
Thousands of chakra strings shot out of the puppet man's arms. At that moment a hundred puppets burst from the ground. While most looked ordinary there were a few peculiar ones. One was a large salamander like puppet that had a massive frill on the back of its neck. The second was actually the puppet he was wearing. A special seal flashed on it that allowed it to repair and it jumped up revealing a dark skinned puppet that had a large mask on its back with the mouth open. It also had what resembled a scorpion tail coming out of its back. The final one made Chiyo's eyes widen. It was the third kazekage.
She said, "Be careful. The puppet in the middle was made from the body of the third kazekage. He was known for his magnetic techniques and it might still have it."
Chiyo took a scroll out from her back and went through a few hand signs before she called out, "White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets!"
In a plume of smoke ten human sized puppets stood around her. While each of them wore a white cloak they all had different appearances.
The first was one that looked like a traditional Oni with white hair, gray skin, and two gold curved horns. This one had a pair of colossal fists.
The second was had a gray area around its mouth with a single part of hair sticking up from the top of his head. Like the one before it this one had a pair of large fists.
The third puppet had a red face and white hair. This one had small hands, but it looked like this one had smaller hands.
The fourth puppet had long black hair, gray skin, and what looked like purple eyes.
The fifth puppet had blue skin and had multiple holes in the top of its head.
The sixth puppet had spiky gray hair and a green area around the lower half of its face around the mouth. If it opened its mouth you would see the kanji for Buddha.
The seventh puppet had gray hair in a ponytail, a gray beard, and red markings under its eyes. If it opened its mouth you would see the kanji for Dharma.
The eighth puppet had white hair and long sideburns with the kanji for Sangha in its mouth.
The ninth puppet looked like a woman with hair red hair that was done up in two large buns. To top it off the puppet was wielding a pair of broadswords.
The final puppet had gray hair with one eye in the middle of its head.
"Come on boy," Chiyo said, "Show me what you got."
The two puppeteers and the toad sage charged at one another.
While all this was going on Tenzo was dodging multiple bombs that were thrown by Deidara.
Back with Naruto and the lord of pride…
Sasuke was glaring angrily at Naruto. The fight was supposed to be easy for him. This was supposed to be the final stepping stone before he was ready to face Itachi. This was obviously not going his way. Sasuke immediately started the fight taijutsu and tried to use Naruto's own style against him. the attack failed. Naruto had shown incredible skill in his own fighting style. Unknown to Sasuke Naruto had found another taijutsu style to help him. This style mostly relied on focusing regular chakra to his arm and legs and used increased speed and strength to his advantage. Sasuke hadn't expected this and was immediately repelled by the attack. This was followed by a few back up punches that he could have sword should have been thrown by Tsunade.
Naruto dug his heels into the sand. He looked at Sasuke was panting and now sporting a black eye ad a busted lip.
Sasuke glared at Naruto with an intense hatred. He drew the Kusangi while Naruto drew his own sword. The pair shot forward. The two met with a loud clang. Sasuke and Naruto struggled slightly before they started swinging rapidly the sound of clanging metal and showers of sparks fell to the sand beneath them as they fought. After a few swings Naruto pushed Sasuke back and his eyes turned to brown and green.
The boy raised his hand and yelled, "Desert Dagger!"
The blonde swung his sword down and sent a wave of sand at Sasuke. The Uchiha barely dodged the attack feeling a deep gash on his leg. He growled in frustration as electricity surged around his sword.
He made a thrusting motion and growled, "Chidori Sharp Spear!"
Naruto saw the attack coming and Naruto's eyes turned green quickly. Naruto spun around like a twister picking up the sand and dispersing the electric technique with the wind acting like a natural insulator.
Sasuke rubbed is eyes as sand entered them making it very hard for the boy to open his eyes. He suddenly found himself the victim of a powerful clothesline. Naruto then grabbed Sasuke's ankles and swung him around before throwing him like a softball into the air.
Naruto's eyes turned green and yelled, "Sonic Clap!"
Naruto clapped his hands together sending a wave of wind that hit the Uchiha with great force and sent him flying like a ragdoll and sent him crashing down onto the sand.
Sasuke wince in pain. He rose up slowly and felt his chest stinging in a great amount of pain. He rose up slowly and glared angrily at Naruto who was just looking down at him.
"I'll give you one last warning Sasuke," Naruto said, "Give up or face judgment sooner than later.
Sasuke spat and growled, "Save your pity for the weak. I'll kill you here and now with the true power of the Uchiha clan!"
Sasuke's eyes started spinning and he growled, "Tsukuyomi."
Naruto's eyes widened.
Immediately they found themselves in Naruto's mind before a large chamber.
"I know about the Kyuubi Naruto," Sasuke said, "I found notes about it in the base in Oto where I ran to. Once I kill it…you'll be powerless."
Sasuke went over to the gate. He walked into the chamber he was shocked to find it empty.
Naruto chuckled and said, "The fox has been dead for a long time in its place I found my own powers from it. Now…get your pale butt out of my head!"
Sasuke was then hit with an incredibly powerful gust of wind that knocked him clear out of Naruto's mind.
Once back in the real world Sasuke started panting. It had taken a lot of chakra for him to enter Naruto's thick skull. On top of that his eyes were starting to sting from pain.
Naruto said, "While we were on the business of weapons Sasuke…let me show you something I learned."
Naruto held out his sword and said, "Scorch, Fenikkusuyofun."
In a flash of fire Naruto's phoenix sword appeared. Naruto pointed the weapon.
Sasuke growled and, despite the pain in his eyes, growled, "Amateratsu."
Black flames shot out of the ground attacked Naruto. The blonde simply said, "Incinerate, Phoenix Fire Bomb!"
Flames picked up on Naruto's sword and shot out. As they intercepted the black flames they stood at a standstill. The flames mixed. Unfortunately for Sasuke his eyes started to act up. In a sudden burst of pain Sasuke closed his eye and the black flames vanished. The flames Naruto shot headed straight at Sasuke. The young Uchiha dodged the attack. The flames, however, actually seemed to curve and hit his arm and burned it to a crisp making the boy call out in absolute agony.
Naruto took a few steps forward and Sasuke decided to pull out his final card. He growled, "Susannoo."
Sasuke was covered in a blast of purple chakra. Suddenly it grew up and formed a hulking being. It was huge with yellow eyes holding a crossbow in one hand and a sword in the other. Sasuke was in the middle of the monster's ribcage smirking down on Naruto.
Naruto glared up at Sasuke. He then held out his sword parallel to the ground, and whispered, "Ban…kai."
Flames erupted on Naruto's sword and covered Naruto's arms. As the flames approached his face his eyes opened revealing them to be gold and red.
The Susanoo giant held out its crossbow and fired a massive arrow. A column of fire shot up. Over the roaring flames Sasuke could hear Naruto yelled, "Burn all evil to ash, Solar Flare Phoenix!"
When the flames cleared it showed a giant red and white phoenix that stood as large as the Susannoo giant. If Sasuke wasn't so nervous at the moment he would have seen Naruto on the back of the phoenix. Red and white armor wrapped around one arm while his sword was now red and white with a phoenix head as the tsuba and a spike coming off the bottom of the pommel. There were also four chains coming off his armored limb that connected to the phoenix.
The Phoenix screeched sending a heat wave that hit the Susanoo with incredible force. The giant stumbled back. The giant flaming bird flew up and started scratching at the ribcage with its claws and sliced open the ribs hurting the susanoo and breaking away Sasuke's protection.
The phoenix then drew back its head and unleashed a blast of flames that destroyed the upper half of the susanoo. Sasuke now was completely exposed. The flames the phoenix was made of wrapped around Naruto's body and a large pair of flaming angelic wings formed on his back while his sword stayed in its bankai form.
Naruto then called out the move that would finish the fight.
He pointed his weapon at Sasuke who was standing scared in the middle of the slowly regenerating susanno.
Naruto called out, "Fire Blade of the Exploding Sun!"
The flames around Naruto's blade burned even hotter and Naruto swung his weapon sending a wave of white hot flames surging at the Uchiha. The flames hit and the rest of the Susanoo was obliterated. Sasuke screamed in agony as the flames ate away at his flesh. he didn't scream long as the flames quickly turned his flesh into ashes.
Naruto hit the ground his sword went back to its original form as Naruto let out a deep breath of air. He rolled his shoulders and walked over to where Sasuke had been burned.
Ashes rained all around him and a good part of the sand around him had been turned to glass.
Naruto looked among the sand and ashes to find Kubikiri bocho and the kusangi. Naruto knew that there were two people who would want these in Konoha. He sealed them u pin some scrolls h had in his jacket. At that moment Naruto felt a sudden flux in chakra. He focused his senses. He could feel his friends' chakra and faced the direction.
The mark on his neck grew red and the image of chains spread over his body. The chains continued to glow and covered him.
The image pans away from the boy to show the desert and a roar of anger was heard. A black figure, presumably Naruto, flew up into the air and shot towards the direction of the fight.
Back with the others…
Jiraiya fired another blast of oil from his mouth. The white haired pervert then pulled out a few seals before throwing them and the exploding tags on them exploded. The result was a large explosion that wiped out a great deal of puppets.
Chiyo's own puppets were very effective in the fight. The puppets had shown incredible powers. Puppet 1 and 2 just brawled with the puppets smashing them to pieces. Puppet 3 would fire an orb from its mouth that would act like a giant chakra shuriken that would slice puppets to pieces. This weapon is was able to destroy the puppet of the third kazekage. Puppet 4 worked with puppet 3 by extending its hand via a chain. Puppet 3 would then fling its compatriot around and smash puppets around it. The impact smashed the side of the fill on the Salamander puppet by smashing the part that kept the frill connected. Puppet 5 could shoot spikes out of the holes on its head. Puppet 6, 7, and 8 worked together to create a technique Chiyo called the Three Jewels Crushing Suction Technique. The three puppets would get in a triangle formation before a massive tornado appeared. This attack was powerful enough to smash most of the puppets especially when the scorpion like puppet was destroyed. Puppet 9 would slice through puppets left and right, though the swords did limit the puppets dexterity.
Finally Chiyo and puppet 10 were facing off with Sasori. The red headed puppet man was fighting the duo off using blades on his arms.
Jiriaya smashed one final puppet before shooting forward and firing one last blast of oil from his mouth. The blast caught Sasori and he couldn't' move.
The 10 puppets and Chiyo moved in. Chiyo punched the man in the face. Puppet 1 and 2 did the same. Puppet 3 shot its chakra shuriken forward and sliced off one of Sasori's arms. Puppet 4 whipped him with his chain hand. Puppet 5 just rammed its spikes into the puppet master's chest. Puppet 6, 7, and 8 all hit him with a powerful strike with a pincer maneuver. Puppet 9 swung her sword cutting off Sasori's other arm.
Finally puppet 10 opened its mouth and fired an orb from it. As it flew at Sasori Chiyo said, "Sealing Technique: Lion Closing Roar."
The orb opened up and pinned Sasori to the wall. It spread and the spikes pressed the man to the wall.
Jiraiya formed a rasengan slammed it into the puppet man's chest destroying his heart.
As life left him he looked at Chiyo and said, "I'm…I'm sorry…Grandmother…"
With that the puppet master of the Akatsuki died.
Jiraiya looked at Chiyo and shrugged before they ran at Tenzo who was dodging bombs from Deidara.
Deidara suddenly found himself surrounded by the three of them.
"Give up," Jiraiya said, "You can't beat all of us."
Tenzo, who was really low on chakra, said, "It's about time! What took you two so long? Did that doll boy give you that much of a hard time?"
Jiraiya said, "This coming from the guy who had trouble fighting a guy who makes clay toys?"
Tenzo snarled. Deidara was an expert with his bombs. He had nearly killed Tenzo multiple times if not for all the wood defense techniques that he knew. He clothes were slightly burned. Deidara was also injured. He had multiple blast wounds from a few of Tenzo's water jutsu as well as a couple cuts from the ANBU member's tanto.
Deidara cut off the old sage by laughing and said, "I will beat you…even if I have to destroy myself to do it!"
The mad bomber ripped his shirt off showing a mouth on his chest that was stitched shut. Deidara quickly formed b all of clay and shoved it into the mouth. Chakra veins spread across his body and he growled, "I'll see all of you in hell! The ultimate Art: C0!"
His body started to rupture. At that time a black blur flew up and grabbed him. The man was then flown into the air by what grabbed him. The flying figure then drew back his arm and unleashed a right hook that sent the mad bomber flying. Once high up in the air Deidara exploded with tremendous form. With the creator dead the clay that held Gaara started to break. Gaara was still unconscious, but he was alive.
The figure landed on the ground hard in front of them.
When it stood up they got a good look at it. The figure was tall with spiky red hair. Its skin was darken and almost a sickening black. It had spikes of bone coming off the back of its elbows and its knees. He also had blades of bone shooting out of the top of his forearms outward toward his hands. The iris of its eyes was red while the sclera was black. On its back were a large black angel wing and a large bat wing. It also had a few bones spikes coming out of its back. What got Jiraiya and Tenzo's attention was its face. There were three crimson marks that resembled scars on each cheek.
"Naruto?" Jiraiya asked.
Slowly the creature turned back to normal revealing Naruto. Naruto grinned weakly. As the strain from using his bankai and the full power of his curse mark set in he collapsed just in time for Jiraiya to catch him.
"He's exhausted," Chiyo said looking at the boy, "Come on…let's get him and the Kazekage back to Sunagakure."
With that they left. As they did they didn't notice a man with orange hair and purple eyes that had a ring pattern.
Cut! Oaky for those of you who wanted to know the fight between Sasuke and Naruto was one sided. You see I wanted to show how powerful Naruto had become. He only used the real power of his sword when Sasuke started using the powers of the Mangekyo. As for Sasuke getting powerful it was to show that he was pathetic like he always was with Naruto as also to show how powerful Naruto has gotten over his three years. That and I wanted to show power of his second stage curse seal. Well, I'll see you all next time.