Chapter 19 : Sasuke's Awakening
"So, she really told you to give me this?"- Shino asked his colleague while reading a letter. Hono shrugged. They were sitting on a bench in the middle of the village.
"Yep. She likes you."- Hono replied, looking at the clouds in the sky, thinking of the day that Mizore gave him the letter together with the scrolls and the requirements of entering the Kirigakure forces. The ninja had to be powerful enough to be known by Yagura, they had to be loyal, they had to offer Kirigakure a gift and they had to live there.
"What should I do?"- Shino asked again. He was wondering wether to forget Mizore or to go to Kirigakure and be with her. Hono turned his head to face him.
"I'm going to Kirigakure soon, you could come with me. If you want, you can even join the village. That is what I am going to do anyway."- hearing this, Shino turned his head.
"Why? Akasha?"- he asked.
"She's cool and kind of suits me, but it's not just because of her. Kirigakure is like Sunagakure. They produce the best shinobi. Some time there will sharpen my skills. You could come with me. Become powerful, find new ways of using your bugs, be with Mizore."- Shino took five minutes to answer that. He was considering it. Leaving his family to follow his heart and gain power or stay there and continue being the creepy guy?
"I'll go with you. It's not like you'd survive a day without me."- he answered. Hono laughed and they both fistbumped, sealing the deal.
Suddenly, a window was shattered above them. It was the window to Sasuke's room. Out came a Sasuke dressed in white hospital clothes. He looked down at Hono. He remembered the way that Hono simply slapped him before blasting him away. He remembered how Hono beated Orochimaru with no effort right after summoning a fucking gigantic dragon.
"If I am going to defeat my brother, I need power. To gain power, I have to defeat someone powerful. You're the most powerful one in this village, SO LET'S DO IT!"- he shouted, looking at the white haired jinchuuriki.
"What are you talking about? You just came out of a hospital, you're in no condition to fight. Hell, if you were a hundred percent healthy, you wouldn't be in a condition to fight me."- Hono replied, looking back at him. Sasuke got angry.
"SHUT UP AND FIGHT!"- he shouted again, opening his eyes and showing a two tomoe Sharingan. Sakura jumped out of the window and looked at Hono.
"Sasuke, this is crazy! Hono say something!"- she begged. Hono smirked.
"This is perfect, I was just thinking about kicking your ass anyway."- he said. Sasuke smirked as well and tilted his head.
"Follow me."
Minutes later they were all standing on the hospital's rooftop. Shino sighed and sat on the ground, looking at the two.
"This is not good."- he muttered, Sakura turned to him.
"What do you mean?"- she asked. Shino pointed to Hono.
"Look at his eyes."- he replied. She focused on the Kyuubi's host to see that his eyes were turned into the Akumanogan.- "Sasuke's fucked."
"..."- the fight started and Hono simply stood in one spot. Sasuke ran at him and threw a bunch of blows, but none connected. He was blocked many times before he actually managed to kick Hono down. He smirked before Hono melted into water.
"Mizu Bunshin?"- he quickly jumped up, only to realize that Hono was above him, standing on a water cistern and jumping down at him, punching him square in the face. Sasuke managed to land before running at the falling Hono and punching him in the gut, making him dissolve into water. Hono was behind Sasuke, several meters away and performed handsigns.
"Multi Mizu Bunshin!"- suddenly, there were dozens of Honos, surrounding Sasuke. Sasuke managed to defeat many of them with taijutsu, but there were still too many. He jumped up and performed a bunch of seals, ending with Tiger.
"Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu!"- he spat a giant ball of fire, burning the rest of the bunshins to ashes, together with the whole rooftop. Sasuke smirked before realizing that something was wrong. The fire turned into a vortex before disappearing and showing a Hono holding a ball made of condensed chakra, smirking. What in the hell is that? He performed a bunch of handseals before making lightning come out of his left hand.- "CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"- Hono shouted, jumping at him and holding the chakra ball in front of him. Sakura ran and yelled to stop them, but she was quickly held back by Shino.
"If you get in the middle of that, there's no way you'll survive."- was all he said. They were about to collide when Kakashi pushed them both away, making them colide with a water cistern each. Hono, was that what I think it was?
"What do you two think you are doing up here? Those jutsus are a little too intense for just a sparring match!"- That was the Rasengan! Kakashi realized. Sasuke had his arm stuck inside a water cistern that had its metal revolve around him and Hono had made the metal bend inwards. Kakashi was now on top of Sasuke's cistern.- "Those aren't jutsus that you aim at comrades of Konoha. You could have killed each other. When are you going to grow up Sasuke? When are you going to lose your sense of superiority?"
"Hmpf."- was all Sasuke answered, content with the power of his chidori. Suddenly, Hono's cistern inflated and exploded.
"The Rasengan, delayed as it always is..."- Jiraiya commented, approaching the scene. Sasuke got frustrated. Who the fuck is Hono anyway? Where did he learn that damn jutsu? Kakashi is right, if it hit me I would have been done for. He quickly jumped backwards and escaped the place. Shino whistled, making everyone shocked.