EDIT: Sorry but this is the last edit of the week. For more you'll probably have to wait for the next update of NNG. Hope you're enjoying the ride so far.

Kai: And we're back!

Shang: You again? I thought you guys take turns in this...

Kai: Who are you trying to fool here? Everyone knows that I'm the star of the show, so it's only fair I do this. Those times when I allowed them to do the interview... you know, didn't want them to be depressed that they don't play an important part in the story... even though they really don't.

Shang: Okay, so what do reviewers want to know this time?

Kai: Bah, still it's just that 'great chapter' stuff. No wait, one of them actually wants to know when we'll get to see Sasuke...

Shang: I didn't promised that you'll find out what happened to the whole 'Naruto' original crew and I won't go back on my word (I'm not a ninja, so I'll skip the rest of the Naruto phrase...).

Kai: Why do we even do this, since every time you don't really answer the questions, dammit!

Shang: I just don't want to spoil anything. At any rate, lets get to the story. Please leave a review when you finish reading and tell me what you think.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is just a favor I'd like to ask you. It came to my attention that, for some reason, reviewing the previous chapter was impossible. Well, it seems that it's fixed now (if you want you can leave a review for the 13th chappie), but in case that problem will appear with this chapter (or any other) please let me know in some way. Thank you.

The information about my other, 'Naruto' fic will be displayed at the end of the chapter. Now on to the story:

Chapter #14: Clash of Titans

Title Page: this one would present a grown-up Naruto standing above the graves of Haku and Zabuza

"Prepare yourself, Kataki" advised Naruto, picking out two kunai. "Playtime's over!"

With those words, the blond jounin jumped high into the air and threw one of the knives at the stone-nin. The swordsman easily deflected it with his weapon and only then noticed that the Leaf shinobi cut his finger with the other knife, starting a chain of hand seals: "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" yelled the Kyuubi vessel. "Come forward… Gamabunta!"

In an instant the whisker-marks was covered with the cloud of white smoke. Soon after a giant frog with red skin, a tobacco-pipe in its mouth and a sword appeared before Kataki's eyes. The toad was falling straight at him from the smokescreen.

"This is bad" though the stone-nin as he began to perform the right seals.

The ground trembled as the frog landed right on Dokumaru, smashing him into pieces. The gennin and Deji looked completely amazed at the sight of a gigantic toad and Naruto standing right on top of its head.

"What… what the hell is that?" asked Kai, pointing at the amphibian.

"How should I know, you pinhead?" Takaru shoot back when the blond gazed at him.

"It… it's a frog, right?" Kai was still amazed.

"Well, no matter how'd you look at it, it's not a rat" replied Kumiko matter-of-factly.

"Dammit, why was I summoned again?" asked the toad annoyed. "Naruto, you blockhead, can't you survive even few seconds without my help?"

The blond jounin's eye twitched at hearing that: "Would you shut up already, you damn excuse for a lizard? I'm not a brat anymore! Start respecting me or you're shoe material!" and with those words he started to kick the frog's head.

"Why you, little…" responded Gamabunta, his face twisted with anger.

Suddenly Naruto felt chakra release and soon after both him and the toad heard Kataki's voice: "Ishi Tomurai no Jutsu!"

"Gama, jump up!" yelled the Kyuubi vessel with a note of panic.

The frog listen to his command immediately, but it was still a bit too late as few of the stone spikes that came from under the ground were able to would the red-skin amphibian.

"Hey big guy, you okay?" the whisker-marks asked with concern in his voice.

"I'll live" replied the toad shortly. "But looks like that this time you're on your own, kid" and with those words he disappeared in a cloud of white smoke.

"That Kataki guy…" thought Deji, shivering from fear. "He was able to survive such an attack. Moreover, he was able to defeat that gigantic toad like it was nothing. He's a monster!"

As the smoke cleared, Naruto saw shuriken and kunai heading right at him. Acting on his instinct again, he began to release chakra that surrounded him. Before everyone's eyes both the knives and shinobi stars stopped at that chakra sphere. Right after that, the blond jounin started to spin around and the weapons thrown by Kataki were blasted away.

The Leaf shinobi landed on the ground and raised his head. It was only then that he noticed the change in Kataki's look. He was completely covered in stones. They were his armor: "I see" announced the Kyuubi vessel. "So that's how you survived Gama's landing on you. It is surprising that this armor of yours didn't went to pieces as well…"

"Ishi Yoroi is Iwa shinobi absolute defense" stated Kataki simply. "Just like Konoha has its Kaiten. But as far as I know, it's a technique of the Hyuuga…"

"True" replied Naruto with a nod. "But I know the Hyuuga rather well also… besides, I've mastered the technique on my own. What's more surprising is that you know so much about Konoha clans…"

"What do you mean?" asked the stone-nin, rising his eyebrow; not that his opponent could tell through the armor. "Uchiha and Hyuuga are two of the most famous clans in the whole shinobi world. Both of them are well-known. It's the same as the Kihako clan from the Tsukigakure…"

"Or Momochi clan from the Hidden Mist?" finished the blond jounin with a smirk. "After all, the killing skills of your clan are as well-known as Konoha's Tanken clan. But as far as I know, you and Zabuza were the last of your family…"

"It's good to be famous" said Kataki with a smile under his armor. "Though Momochi is no longer a Kiri clan. At any rate, chit-chat's over. Lets finish this…"

"Since you've asked so politely" responded the Kyuubi vessel and began to form another Rasengan in his right hand.

"Rasengan again?" noticed the stone-nin with a bored tone. "That thing wasn't even able to destroy my Ishi Banka and the stone armor is way more resistant, since it's supported by my own chakra."

"It'll break" replied the whisker-marks calmly, as another Rasengan began to form in his left hand. Now the Leaf shinobi held two, destructive spheres. "You'd better be ready, coz this is the end" and with that Naruto charged straight at Kataki.

"Fool" thought the swordsman as he began to perform the right seals. As soon as he finished, the blonde's hands smashed into his armor. The stone-nin reacted immediately; he grabbed the Leaf ninja's left hand and called out: "Ishi Tomurai no Jutsu!"

Before anyone noticed what was going on, Naruto's body was pierced by a large, stone spike that came out of the ground.

"Naruto-sensei!" called out Kumiko, observing the whole thing from a tree branch.

"This guy…" thought Ibuki with sweat appearing on her face as she stared at the stone-nin. "Now he'll kill us all!"

Blood came out of the Kyuubi vessel's mouth as Kataki's stone armor went into pieces, revealing two, deep wounds on his torso. Those were the spots where the whisker-marks attacked his armor with Rasengan.

"Seems that this Rasengan of yours really earned its reputation" announced the swordsman calmly. "It actually broke my stone armor and was able to cause serious damage to my body. But still, with that spike in your own, you'll die soon enough. My brother's death has been avenged…"

"Sorry to disappoint you…" replied Naruto, coughing out more blood from his mouth. "But I plan to live a few, more years" and with those words his body disappeared in the cloud of white smoke.

"What the… ? Another Kage Bushin? But when… ?"

"When Gamabunta had to leave the battle" came a voice from the stone-nin's back. Kataki looked around to see the blond jounin standing right in front of him. "When Gama took his leave, I used the cloud of smoke that he created to make one shadow clone, knowing that you won't be able to see me doing this. Right after that I used my clone's back to jump even higher into the air, so you wouldn't spot the real body. I actually noticed that you used the Ishi Yoroi and I knew that a single Rasengan wouldn't be able to break it. I could always create two Rasengan, but with my both hands occupied, I'd become an easy target. That's the reason I used the clone to destroy that armor of yours."

"I got careless…" announced Kataki, his eye twitching as the pain finally caught up. "Dammit."

"You know…" began Naruto after a short moment of silence. "Your brother didn't die by my hand…" at this the swordsman stared at him a little confused. "He died by his own choice" finished the Kyuubi vessel. "Me and my cell were on a mission to protect the bridge builder Tazuna. Apparently, Zabuza's assignment was to kill him, thus we became enemies. During our final encounter, Haku sacrificed his life to protect your brother. Right after Haku's death, Zabuza's boss appeared with the intention to betray him. Gatou, coz that was his name, started to disgrace Haku's body and then Zabuza made a decision. With his hands numb, he grabbed my kunai with his teeth and came at Gatou. He died not because of my actions. He died for the sake of his friend. At the end of his life, he understood what's the real strength of a shinobi…"

Kataki propped himself on his sword, what allowed him to stand on his feet. He looked at the blond jounin straight in the eyes, but didn't said anything.

"Uzumaki Naruto…" finally the stone-nin broke the silence. "I'll remember what happened here tonight. And I promise you this: we'll meet again" and with saying so he performed a quick set of hand seals. When the chain came to and end, he called out: "Doton: Chika Suidou!" and before everyone's eyes he just disappeared underground.

"Naruto-sensei!" yelled Kai, jumping down from the tree. "Why are you just standing there? Go after him or he'll get away!"

"No point in that" replied the whisker-marks. "Chika Suidou is a technique which allows shinobi to travel underground. Right now he could be miles away from here. Besides, those two Rasengan caused a serious damage to him. He'll have to recover at least for a month. By that time Deji-sama will get married and he'll have no point in going after her life. Currently, he presents no danger to us…"

"Yeah, besides it's not said that he was the only one who's after Deji-sama" noticed Kusari with surprising perception, to which Kumiko gaze with a slight amazement.

"Exactly" nodded Naruto towards the chain master. "As for now, I suggest we head back to the hotel and get some sleep. First thing in the morning we'll leave for the country capitol…"

And so the Kyuubi vessel, along with his subordinates and the Stone princess, headed back to the village.

-Some time later, a bit further-

"So, Kataki failed" stated a shadow's voice without any trace of emotion. "Why in the world did you agree to let him go alone, Kouba?"

"That's of no importance" replied another voice, before the one who was asked was able to answer. "The important thing is what are we going to do now?"

"Kill that bitchy princess, of course" announced the female voice, cutting in.

"Calm yourself, Fugou" asked the owner of the first voice. "It is obvious that the Stone princess will die, but this whole Uzumaki is stronger then we thought. We should prepare…"

"We don't have that much time, Karuto" reminded the forth voice, one called Kouba. "I suggest we set of to the Stone capitol. Once there, we'll think of a strategy…"

"It's settled then" announced the owner of the second voice, the only one not named yet. "Only this time, the princess will die… along with those shinobi brats."

-the battle is won… but danger still awaits!-

And this is it for this time. Hope there won't be any trouble with reviewing. Please give me your opinion.

Now for the usual jutsu encyklopedia:

Ishi Yoroi no Jutsu (Stone Armor Skill) - one of the most powerful ninjutsu techniques from Iwa Gakure. As usual in case of earth-based jutsu, the user must send his chakra to the ground and the air. That chakra pushes up hundreds of small stones into the air. Then the stones travel by the routes that the chakra in the air created. All the stones then attach themselves to the user thanks to the chakra they were provided with underground and in the air. Thank to that the shinobi gains an extremely resistant armor, which is hard to get through.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Skill) - used by many shinobi in the original series (mostly the legendary sannin). Using a contract, seal, and the users blood, allows the user to summon an animal. The type of the animal is determined by the contract used, and the blood is the 'signature'(Which can be on a scroll, tattoo, etc). In most cases one shinobi can sign only one contract. Bellow I place a list of the shinobi that use this jutsu and the animals they summon (in time more contracts will appear):

Frogs - Jiraiya, Naruto Uzumaki

Snakes - Orochimaru

Slugs - Tsunade

Dogs - Kakashi Hatake

Weasels - Temari (it's those weasels with reaping hooks, in case you got confused)

Hakke Shou Kaiten (Heavenly Spin) - a technique invented by the Hyuuga clan. Another one of the 'perfect defense' jutsu types. At the exact moment a blow is landed on the body, large amounts of Chakra are expelled from the Chakra Holes around the body. With that force, the users body spins like a top. The combined efforts of the Chakra and the spin, first deflect the attack - then throw the opponent backwards. The only weak point of this technique is the fact that it works mostly on physical attacks, against ninjutsu techniques it rather useless.

SPECIAL NOTE: Okay, so here's the promised data about my other fic. The first chapter should appear in around two days after this chapter will be published on FFnet. This time the original, 'Naruto' crew will play a much bigger part in it (they'll be the stars, actually). That will be an action/adventure story as well, with humor, romance and drama. Not sure about the title yet though, sorry. Also, because I'm starting another fic, the release of the 15th chapter can be a bit delayed (I'll still try to submit it in a week's time, just not sure if I'll manage).

And that's that for this time.

Hope to see you again soon.