Kenta: YO!
It's time for another boss battle! This time with MUCH more tension and action than the last two! What's the tension you ask? Read on!
(Water Temple music FTW)
The light sound of wind chimes rang throughout the lakebed temple, making its inhabitants wonder where the sound was coming from. The sound of splashing feet also echoed inside of the temple, causing numerous Keese and Chus to flee from the intruder. The sound of splashing feet was also accompanied by the sound of dripping water.
"WOULD YOU STOP CRYING ALREADY?"
"But! But! I...I...I..."
"So you can't use your chakra, you can still breath underwater!"
"BUT NOW I CAN'T MAKE LOTS OF ME'S!"
Midna slapped her forehead in irrittion as she floated along with the bawling blonde. Thinking back, they were lucky that the Lizalfo couldn't swim, though WHY in the world it couldn't swim while living at the bottom of a LAKE was questionable. Naruto, ever since he found out that he couldn't use chakra, had been bawling at the loss of his apparently most treasured ability. Not being able to walk on water, Naruto would then start pouting, smashing any Lizalfo with the butt of his sword before quickly killing them, a pissed off look in his eye. Yet the moment he finished killing the creature, he would try to call upon his chakra, which did not work. Thus they looped right back around to Naruto bawling...
"My chaaaakraaaa..." The blonde sobbed out once more.
SLAP!
Midna didn't know HOW in the world she had managed to physically slap Naruto, but DAMN did it feel good! The blonde stared at the fuming imp in shock.
"D-did you just?" Naruto had a confused look on his face, which Midna took as an opening to vent her frustrations.
"WOULD YOU FUCKING STOP CRYING ALREADY! YOU'VE BEEN BAWLING OVER NOT BEING ABLE TO USE CHAKRA FOR THE PAST HALF HOUR AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF IT ALL!" Her rage seemed to hit a peak as she continued. "ALL YOU EVER TALK ABOUT IS EITHER SASUKE, RAMEN, SAKURA OR EVEN FUCKING SUNSETS! YOU MOAN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU DO, SCREAM LIKE A LITTLE GIRL IN FRONT OF SOME RANDOM MONSTERS, AND EVEN START SHOUTING MATCHES OVER SOME FUCKING NOODLES!"
Naruto would take lots of insults, but insulting Ramen was a no-go, which he made apparent as he glared at Midna harshly.
"WELL YOU'RE BOSSY, RUDE, A COMPLETE AND UTTER BITCH TO ME, AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY HELP OUT WHEN I'M FIGHTING!" The blonde shouted back, getting in the face of the shadowy imp. "NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T DO SHIT FOR ME ANYWAY! EVEN WHEN I FUCKING ASK YOU TO!"
"OH, SO NOW MR. HERO THINKS HE CAN FINISH HIS, 'MAGICAL QUEST' ON HIS OWN DOES HE?"
"I WOULD DO A HELLUVA LOT BETTER JOB IN SILENCE THAN WITH YOU BITCHING INTO MY EAR!"
"YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE ASS-HOLE!"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING LITTLE? YOU'RE FUCKING THREE FEET TALL!"
"THAT DOES IT!" Midna screamed out in rage. "YOU CAN ENJOY FIGURING YOUR OWN FUCKING WAY OUT OF THIS! SEE YA LATER ASS-HOLE!" She screamed before spinning around and disappearing.
"WELL GOOD RIDDANCE!" Naruto shouted back to the empty space. The blonde growled as he started stomping down the hallway, grinding his teeth in frustration. "Stupid little bitch, I'm WAY better off without her!" He growled as he slammed open a door. As the stone door fell back down, the young ghost who had appeared before Naruto floated quietly in the previous room. His shoulders drooped in disappointment as he shook his head.
'It seems you really will pay the greatest price...'
"DIE YOU STUPID FROG!" Naruto shouted angrily as he slashed the Deku Toad's tongue off, causing the creature to scream out in pain before disappearing in an explosion of black and orange smoke. The blonde grinned in triumph as he turned around, grinning snobbishly. "What was that about me being weak Midna?" He blinked as the only sound that reached his ear was the sound of dripping water. The blonde's shoulders drooped at the memory of what had happened not long ago. He then slapped his face before pointing his sword up in the air. "I don't need her! I'm doing just fine without her!" He shouted before walking over to the newly appeared treasure chest and opening it up, a light glow eminating from the chest.
Naruto pulled out the strange claw-like contraption, wondering how in the world it worked. Pointing the claw at his face, Naruto wondered why it was shaped like it was, before he accidentally pulled a lever on the handle, sending the claw at his face.
"WACK!" Naruto flung his head back as the clawshot flew forward, its chain reeling as it shot through the air. The claw hit a gold pad with a red dot in the center before latching onto it, suddenly pulling Naruto with it. "Woah..." The blonde remarked as he looked down from his now 'hanging' position. "This thing is pretty dangerous...but I'll take it!" He grinned before clicking the button again, this time the claw releasing from its latched spot. The blonde landed gracefully on the wet floor, grinning madly.
"Who needs that little pain in the butt! I'm doing fine without her!" He grinned as he wandered the dungeon. As Naruto explored more of the dungeon, going underwater and fighting water-bombfish and doing all sorts of wierd-ass things, the blonde continued to tell himself that he didn't need the imp's company.
"I'm doing fine without her!" He grinned.
'Snowball fight!'
"There's no reason for her to be anywhere near me!"
'It's f-fucking f-freezing! Y-you s-s-s-said this was s-s-s-snow?'
"Yep! I'm doing just fine!"
'I wonder what will happen once this adventure is over...'
"Yeah, no problems here..."
'If I were solid I'd STRANGLE YOU!'
"Yep...doing great..."
'Please Naruto, try to keep Midna safe...'
"Yeah...all right..." Naruto started coming to a slow, a splashing sound gently bouncing around the room. When the blonde looked up from staring at the floor, he found he was standing in front of a waterfall, his image being reflected off of it. The blonde glared at the image of himself, taking his sword out and slashing at it repeatedly, yet the water refused to stop reflecting his image. "STOP IT!" He shouted as he continued to swing at the water. "STOP SHOWING ME! I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT!" His voice began to crack as he couldn't see anything anymore. "Stop...please..." The room echoed with the clanking sound of Naruto's sword hitting the ground, sniffling now accompanying the gentle splashing of the waterfall. "Please stop...you don't need to show me...I can feel it without the image..." Naruto sniffled as he looked at the teary-eyed, miserable-looking reflection in front of him. Tears poured down his face, keeping him from seeing even a few feet in front of him. The blonde dropped to his knees, splashing into the shallow water in front of the waterfall.
"I know that...I didn't mean to say those things. They just...came out..." He clutched his head as more tears started rolling down his cheeks. "Why the hell am I so stupid? I can't do anything right..."
You're right...
Naruto gasped as he looked up, a blurry figure in front of him since his eyes were blocked by the tears.
You never could do anything right, could you? You never gained Sakura's feelings, you screwed up in delivering the sword to Hyrule Castle, and now this...such a pathetic creature...
Naruto quickly wiped his eyes before glaring right back up at the figure in front of him. Maybe it was because he could use the Shadow Clone Jutsu that Naruto wasn't surprised to see a copy of himself standing in front of him. Maybe it was just because of what he had said. Either way, when Naruto saw a maliciously grinning copy of himself in the waterfall, he knew it wasn't his clone jutsu. He quickly picked back up his sword as the clone began walking out of the waterfall, his blue armor suddenly erupting into black smoke before a sleek, black Naruto stood in front of him.
Come on, do you really think you could do a better job? You're a screw up. A nobody. Even the CHILDREN don't like you THAT much.
"Shut up!" Naruto shouted as he pulled out his shield. "Who asked you whether I was good or not?" Naruto lunged at the Shadow Naruto, who merely side-stepped the lunge. A malicious grin slid onto his face as he reached for Naruto's wrist.
BA-BUMP
"I told you, Naruto," Sasuke said, the blade resting in his hand. "You can't beat me at your level."
BA-BUMP
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The blood-curdling scream echoed across the valley-enveloped lake after the resounding CRUNCH.
BA-BUMP
Naruto suddenly jumped back, avoiding Shadow Naruto's outstretched hand.
Heheheheheh...what's wrong? I thought you weren't scared? Isn't that what you told HER?
"SHUT UP!" Naruto shouted, sweat realing down the side of his face. "I SAID I WASN'T SCARED AND I'M NOT!" The blonde roared as he and his shadow began clashing their swords together. Naruto continued to slash, block, uppercut, dodge and just outright hit his opponent, yet everytime he came close to hitting him, the shadow would phase to a different spot. Shadow Naruto grinned as he swung his sword down, Naruto quickly pulling up his shield and blocking the move before Shadow Naruto pivoted and swung his other foot to the blonde, punting Naruto across a water-filled chasm. Naruto climbed out of the water, gasping for air before Shadow Naruto kicked him backwards to a wall, knocking his sword and shield from his grip.
What's the matter? Lost the will to fight?
Naruto looked up with a weary look on his face. His face seemed completely drained, no life within it.
'I really blew it this time...'
Oh well, all fun must come to an end, hmm?
Shadow Naruto grinned as he tapped the flat of his sword against Naruto's cheek.
'She was the only one who was actually there for me...and I threw her away...like some unwanted tool...'
Tears began to fall down the blonde's cheeks once more, causing Shadow Naruto to raise an eyebrow in curiosity before bellowing out in laughter.
OH THIS IS RICH! YOU'RE CRYING IN REGRET! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHAAAA!
Naruto's teeth ground together as his body quivered.
'How the hell could I have done that to her? She's always been there for me...'
"M-midna..." Naruto quivered as Shadow Naruto raised his sword up into the air.
Time to die!
"I'm sorry..." He closed his eyes in silence, tears flooding out from them.
GACK!
Naruto blinked as he felt something wet hit his head. The lifeless blonde slowly looked up to see Shadow Naruto, his eyes wide and his mouth dripping black blood as a shadow tendril pierced his stomach. The shadow swordsman slowly turned his head around only for his eyes to widen in fear.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM!" Midna screamed, swinging her hands down and causing more shadow tendrils to slam out of the ground and pierce Shadow Naruto. The phantom spewed out more black blood before tyring to turn to the Shadow Imp, whose eye merely went solid yellow as she screamed louder, a giant shadowy hand erupting from the ground and grasping the phantom. "BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM MONSTER!" She shouted as the hand clenched before returning into the ground, Shadow Naruto still in it's grasp. Midna took a few deep breaths, looking into the black hole that the Shadow Hand had created before quickly turning back to Naruto. "Naruto!" She jumped over to the blonde in one short leap, Naruto's head down. "Naruto?" She asked quietly as she saw his shoulders trembling. Naruto looked back up with tears pouring down his face like a waterfall.
"MIDNAAAA!" He shouted as he tackled the shadow imp, who was actually somehow tackled. The blonde bawled as he refused to let go of the little imp, Midna awkwardly trying to console the distressed blonde. After a few moments Naruto finally let go of the imp, looking at her with watery eyes. "M-midna, I am SO sorry for what I said! I didn't really mean any of it! I'm sorry!" He cried out his apology. Midna embarassingly turned away, hiding the blush on her face.
"Uh...don't worry about it..." She refused to apologize back for her earlier yelling, despite Naruto's doggy pout-like eyes. "B-besides, you need to collect that last Fused Shadow piece...remember?"
Naruto nodded his head, unwilling to let go of the little imp again as he re-latched his arms around her. After a few minutes, Naruto noticed Midna stopped glowing orange and his arms suddenly went through her. Midna didn't seem to notice this, but Naruto suddenly thought he saw something red on her face. He hadn't even noticed she had the orange glow until it died away, which Naruto wondered about as he and Midna returned to the main chaimber. He blushed brightly as he realized that that had been the first time he had ever actually touched Midna. Naruto stared at his hand, still feeling a light tingle in his palm from where he had held the small imp.
"What are you waiting for? Open the door!" Midna shouted at the blonde, causing Naruto to blush lightly before scratching the back of his head nervously.
Naruto stood in front of a hole in the center of the boss room, already having met Shion again. Naruto took a deep breath before pulling up his mask and jumping above the hole. As the blonde fell towards the hole filled with water, he equipped his Iron Boots, sending himself straight down into the huge underwater battlefield.
"Whoah." Naruto gasped as he continued to fall down. There were pillars everywhere, but as Naruto looked to the center of the battlefield, his eyes narrowed. The feeling of something big nearby was rushing back to him, and Naruto swallowed heavily as he finally hit the sandy bottom. He looked forward to see a giant jellyfish-like tentacle sticking out of the ground, electricity coursing though it.
"A jellyfish battle?" Naruto inwardly groaned. He had enough trouble fighting smaller one's, and now he was stuck fighting a GIANT one? Great...However, as Naruto shivered at the thought of being electrocuted again, an eye suddenly began floating around inside of the tentacle. "The hell?" Naruto sputtered out. He began to pale as MORE tentacles started rising from the sandy ground. "Oh shit, don't tell me the jellyfish is upside-down!" Naruto began to jump/float away from the creature.
"How the hell are you supposed to kill it? If you touch the tentacle, you'll get electrocuted again..." Midna thought out loud, trying to figure out a way to defeat the monster. Naruto wondered as well before a light clinking sound reached his ears. He quickly reached behind him to find he still had the clawshot from his previous uses. Without chakra, he couldn't make the item disappear, since he needed chakra to activate the amulate. Naruto's mind started reeling as the mental gears started to move. The blonde glared at the eye, which was staring at him curiously before he pointed the clawshot at it. "Where the hell did you get THAT?" Midna asked, shocked. Naruto grinned wickedly.
"A Friend gave it to me. He was such a nice little frog too." The blonde cackled under his mask before pulling the trigger on the device, the claw shooting out and catching the eye easily. The creature screamed in pain as the claw gripped the eye, its tentacles started to wave around wildly.
"Hurry up and kill it!" Naruto glared at the creature before flashing out his sword, swinging down at the eye. The eye suddenly began glaring at the blonde, who gasped as his sword suddenly stopped moving. Naruto looked up, his eyes widening in fear as a tentacle had wrapped around his wrist.
"OH SHIT!"
The entire room flashed as electricity coursed through Naruto's body.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The blonde screamed out in pain before falling backwards into the soft sand.
"Naruto!" Midna shouted before looking at Shion. The fairy, who had accompanied Naruto outside of the bottle, was a bright pink color, which the eye had taken a liking to. "SHION!" Midna glared at the creature as Shion was stuck inside of one of the tentacles, her screaming being muffled by the tentacle she was trapped inside.
The sound of clanking metal made Midna turn back around to see Naruto slumped over, a red glow spinning around him. Midna gasped as Naruto glared up, his eyes wild and red and his hair suddenly gaining tinges of red on the tips. The swirl of red began to climb up on him, giving him a cloak of red and blue before the blonde's mask suddenly slid down, revealing a sharp set of teeth, yet he seemed to be able to still breath. Midna watched in awe as Naruto suddenly roared out in fury, causing the eye to sink back into the sandy ground. Naruto raised his tearing, gloved hand and pounded into the sand, a tremor resounding around the room before a gaint eel-like creature blasted out from the sand. The crimson-eyed Naruto glared fiercly as he suddenly started running straight up through the water, the intense chakra burning away the Zora armor.
The fox-cloaked Naruto rushed straight to the Morpheel's head, where it's eye was frantically watching out for the demonic creature that had frightened it back into its main body. It suddenly caught sight of the raging blonde, and moved some of its tentacles to try and electrocute him. Naruto merely slashed the tentacles to pieces before pounding the creature down, sending it back to the bottom of the underwater battlefield. Naruto glared down harshly at the creature, which was able to catch itself before it hit the sandy ground. Naruto's eyes suddenly shrunk as he focused on one point of the creature, namely, the glowing pink tentacle. With another blood-curdling roar, Naruto blasted off of one of the underwater pillars straight towards Morpheel.
Midna watched in awe as Naruto smashed the giant eel into a pillar before tearing off another one of its tentacles, making the creature scream out in pain. Her head throbbed, causing the imp to put a hand to her forehead. She remembered seeing a demonic Naruto holding her, telling her everything would be all right. She remembered hearing the sound of a creature screaming out in agony before a blood-curdling roar echoed somewhere. She gasped as she realized that she had never found out HOW Naruto had beaten that disgusting bug back above Lake Hylia. Looking back up, she saw Naruto appear in front of her.
"It's all right Shion. Everything's gonna be okay. You're safe now."
Midna felt something in her chest shift before Naruto turned to look at her. Midna gasped not only at seeing Naruto up close with slit-red eyes, but her own eyes widened as she looked down to see the pink fairy unconsciously burning his hands. Naruto walked over to Midna before laying down the fairy and blasting the Konoha medallion with his Kyuubi Chakra. He pulled out an empty bottle and placed it in front of Midna and Shion.
"Put her in the bottle and take her somewhere she won't get caught again." He then looked up at Midna. "And I want YOU to stay away as well."
Midna glared at Naruto harshly. "What are you NUTS? There's no way I'm leaving you here alone to fight that thing!" Naruto's glare was even harsher than her own as he suddenly appeared in her face.
"I AM NOT GOING TO SEE EITHER OF YOU GET CAPTURED AGAIN!" Midna stared at Naruto in shock before the blonde turned back around, quitely saying "I don't want to feel that terrified ever again." He then glared back at Midna. "NOW GO!" The blonde suddenly blasted off towards the creature. Midna looked hesitant for a moment before using her hair to pick up Shion and the bottle before disappearing.
As Naruto started running at the creature, he pulled back up his Zora Mask, which he knew he would need in a matter of seconds. With each passing second, he could feel his Kyuubi chakra diminishing. He was able to breath only because of the fox cloak, so he knew he would be needing to breath again, but the flipside was that the armor that he had blasted off was repairing itself just as fast as the demonic chakra was disappearing. He looked down at his chest to see that while the Zora armor WAS repairing, underneath the armor he wasn't wearing the Hero's tunic that he had worn before. Rather, it was an orange and black jumpsuit. He grinned sadly as he felt the soft cloth disappearing. For some reason, it had felt almost nostalgic. Maybe it was what he wore in his past life. Naruto shook his head as he glared at the now charging Morpheel. It was about time to wrap this up.
Shion awoke to see a stone ceiling above her. She wondered where she was for a moment before remembering seeing Naruto go nuts on the Morpheel. She quickly sat up before turning to her side, seeing Midna staring down the hole where Naruto was still fighting the Twilight beast. Shion walked over to the Shadow Imp, idly noticing her clenched and shaking hands. The pink-glowing priestess smiled sadly at the imp.
"You're worried about him..." She said quietly. Midna didn't respond, instead clenching her fist even tighter.
"All I ever do for him is watch...I can't help but feel like I'm using a tool...I can't even DO anything..." Shion saw Midna's teeth grind together in frustration. The pink fairy smiled sadly before turning towards the hole.
"All Naruto has ever done is help people, and he's done it with a smile on his face, not caring about the consequences. He used to say he would be Hokage, and that he wouldn't die until he did so. He would bear so much on his back, and would somehow have the strength to carry it all." She then turned to Midna. "But there is something he still cannot do on his own, even after going through an entire other life. Do you know what that is Midna?" She smiled brightly to the imp. Midna looked at her in confusion, the tension in her hand leaving her. Shion smiled gently to the awaiting imp. "He cannot love."
"Huh?"
Shion giggled at Midna's confused expression. "One cannot love by themselves. There must be a partner for love to be true." Midna started blushing before glaring at the fairy.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She growled as she turned back to the hole, where Naruto had used the clawshot to get on the back of the creature. "For Twilight's sake, you fairies don't ever make any sense!" She huffed before jumping back down the hole.
Shion giggled at the flustered imp. "Someday it will make sense to you Midna."
Naruto panted heavily, feeling as if he could barely stand. His legs ached, his arms even more so. Still, the moment he caught sight of Midna, Naruto grinned madly.
"HAHA! *huff* TOLD YA I COULD DO IT! *huff*"
Midna stared at Naruto, who stood proudly on top of the dead twilight creature. The water in the room had drained, courtesy of the Morpheel crashing it's skull into the side of the battlefield. Naruto jumped off of the creature's head before walking over to Midna, putting his hands behind his head and grinning cheekily. Midna stared at the blonde blankly before the body of Morpheel suddenly began exploding into black shards. Naruto watched with a smile on his face as the thousands of black squares formed the last Fused Shadow in front of him.
'I've finally got all of it...' Midna thought to herself as she took the floating piece from Naruto's hands.
"HAHAHAHA! THAT'S THE LAST FUSED SHADOW!" Naruto grinned happily as he turned to the quiet imp. He blinked as Midna stared at the ground blankly. Shion flew down from above, still in the bottle, and courtsied to Naruto before flashing into the Medallion. Naruto looked back to see Midna still staring down, causing the blonde to frown.
"EARTH TO MIDNA! ARE YOU THERE?"
"WHA!" Midna looked up in shock to see Naruto looking at her with a worried face.
"You okay? I was expecting you to be doing a victory dance. After all, you just got the last piece of the Fused Shadow." Midna blinked a few times before quickly turning away.
"S-so what? Maybe I'm saving the victory dance for later, huh?" She looked down again for a moment before creating a portal. "C-come on! Let's go then!"
Naruto blinked a few times before walking into the portal. Something about Midna seemed off. She seemed almost, DEPRESSED about something.
'But what is she depressed about?' Naruto wondered idly as he was taken apart from head to toe.
Kenta: Woohoo! You guys know what's gonna happen next, right? Man I've been thinking about this next chapter for MONTHS and I can't wait to write it!
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Naruto landed sofly in the damp grass in front of Lanayru's spring. The blonde grinned as he looked around the spring once more before turning around and skidding to a stop. He quickly looked up to see a tall figure wearing a black robe similar to the one Sasuke had, but wore a strange helmet with a tongue sticking out of the front. Naruto stared at the man in shock before a blast of water erupted from behind him. Naruto glanced behind him to see Lanayru, the sea-snake gaurdian of the providence, roaring fiercly with a sphere of light in its mouth. Naruto turned back towards the stranger with the helmet before he was blasted down by a shockwave, smashing his head onto a hard rock and knocking him unconscious. Lanayru was blasted back as well, slamming into a stalagmite hanging from the ceiling before disappearing. The sphere of light remained however, but before Lanayru could resurface, the stranger, whose hands were hidden by the robe, lifted up his arm before pulling back down, the sphere of light dropping back into the water.
With the light of the providence temporarily gone, black twilight squares began to float around the spring. The helmet-wearing man looked down at the unconscious Naruto and merely watched as a dim glow surrounded him before revealing a blue, nine-tailed fox. Midna then appeared next to the fox, glaring harshly at the figure. She stood up before growling at him. "ZANT!"
She gasped as she was suddenly flung backwards by an unseen force, hanging in mid-air as Zant walked past the unconscious fox. Midna glared at him before the three Fused Shadow pieces the two had collected appeared around her, causing the imp to widen her eyes in shock. "NO! GIVE THOSE BACK!" She screamed as she tried to free herself. Zant stared at the three pieces of Fused Shadow in front of him before chuckling dryly.
"Did you honestly think you could defeat me with such an old and withered power like this? Rediculous." He shook his head before looking back at Midna. "Midna, you foolish traitor. Why do you defy your king?" Midna ground her teeth in rage.
"My KING? YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING! Why would I follow a king who would abuse his tribe's magic!" Zant glared at the imp underneath his mask.
"Are you implying that my power comes from that foolish group's old magic? REDICULOUS!" He snapped his head backwards, flinging the imp into a wall before slamming her onto the ground. "This power that is granted to me comes from MY GOD! It is the magic of the TRUE King of the Twilight and YOU WILL RESPECT IT!" He slammed her back up onto the ceiling before letting her drop back to the ground. Midna cried out in pain as she hit the ground, causing an unconscious blue fox to wake up. Naruto's eyes widened when he saw Midna lying weakly on the ground, whimpering in pain. Zant began to create a strange red sphere of dark magic, when a shockwave of energy made him turn to the now blood red fox.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO HER?" Naruto roared as he vanished, blasting Zant out of the spring. The Twilight being looked up to see the blood red fox glaring harshly at him before all nine tails began to point to a spot right above his head. Midna was barely able to look out of the spring as Naruto suddenly swallowed a small red sphere, suddenly expanding in size and sinking down into the ground. Zant looked at the creature in curiosity before a small chill went up his spine. Midna gasped as Naruto suddenly blasted a beam of energy towards Zant.
"TAILED BEAST BOMB!"
Zant quickly moved, narrowly avoiding the red beam of destruction. The Twilight being looked up to see Naruto spinning rapidly before slamming all nine tails down in an ax kick-like fashion. Zant held up an arm to block the incomcing tails, a loud shockwave blasting the water he was standing on away. Zant jumped away, floating just above the water, while the blood red Naruto stood on top of the water using chakra.
"So YOU are he...Uzumaki Naruto." Zant said more to himself than anything. He suddenly started cackling out in a high-pitched laugh that would have caused Naruto to cover his ears in pain if a swirl of wind wasn't already encircling him. "You are most entertaining, boy..." He grinned as he looked up at the giant Nine-tailed fox that roared down at him.
"Naruto..." Midna rasped weakly at the spring. She gasped as the fox roared up into the air before slamming numerous tails down onto the Twilight being. Zant blocked every tail bash with his arms before swinging them up in retaliation. The tails were slammed back before the fox slammed an enormous paw down at the man. Zant jumped on top of the paw before rushing up along it's arm, quickly reaching the fox's head before slamming a fist down upon Naruto's skull.
The shockwave of the blow blasted water up from the entrance to the Lakebed temple, where the fox's head lay dizzily. The Nine-tailed fox was slowly encircled by another sphere of wind, but when the wind died down, a blue nine-tailed fox weakly tried to stand up on top of the water.
"You have been an interesting fellow, Uzumaki Naruto..." Zant said as he lifted up the fox before sending him flying back to the spring. Midna watched helplessly as Naruto landed in front of her.
"Naruto, stop..." Midna pleaded, tears threatening to fall. Naruto instead started to get up again, falling back down to the ground before looking up to see Zant. The Twilight being kicked Naruto to the edge of the spring before turning back to Midna.
"Now where were we?" He said re-creating the red sphere of dark Magic. Naruto howled loudly, somehow back on his feet and rushing at the sphere before head-butting it. The sphere exploded, sending Naruto into a wall before slamming onto the ground. Midna was next to him in a heartbeat, gently pushing Naruto, urging him to wake up. She watched in horror as a strange orange and black shard was absorbed into his forehead, the blue fox twitching as the foreign object pulsed within him. Midna was suddenly pulled back from Naruto and was held by the invisible force next to Zant.
"Midna, have you forgotten? That CREATURE is one of those 'Light Dwellers' who opressed our people. No matter how much you wish it, you will be nothing more than a shadow in their world, forced to bend to their will. But if we make their world OURS, Light and Dark will meet at last, and this cruel world will no longer force us to live in Shadow!" He slowly moved closer to Midna, grinning as his tongue maskpiece shifted upwards, revealing his set of sharp teeth. "Our tribe will take back their realm, and sweet darkness shall blot out the horrid, harsh light!" He chuckled in excitement before Midna was able to shake the invisible hold on her, jumping back over to Naruto and trying once more to wake him up.
Zant watched Midna silently. "I need your power, we will be able to rule this land together, with you as my queen." He grinned, but it faded as Midna stood up and spread her arms out, as if defending the blue fox.
"I WILL DO NO SUCH THING!" She glared at him in hatred.
Zant stared at her in silence before grinding his teeth in rage. "VERY WELL! THEN I SHALL RETURN YOU TO THE LIGHT WORLD YOU LOVE SO MUCH!" Midna suddenly was lifted up before being thrust towards the center of the spring, Zant lifting up his arms once more.
Lanayru burst out of the water once more, roaring in rage as it looked for the one who had eminated the shockwave. Its eyes widened in shock as Midna suddenly started screaming in pain, multiple tendrils of light surrounding the shadow imp. Zant grinned maniacally before Midna disappeared. His eyes widened in shock as Lanayru also disappeared before he slowly turned around to find the blue fox missing as well. Zant merely stared at the spot of the blue fox before disappearing V.I.A. Twilight Warp.
A good distance away from Hyrule Castle, a sphere of light appeared, revealing a blue fox and an imp. Naruto gently touched the ground, shaking his head of the dizzyness before realizing they were no longer at Lake Hylia, as he could SEE Hyrule Castle! Naruto looked around at the world of light before gasping. He quickly noticed that while he WAS in the world of Light, he was still a fox. Naruto began to wonder just why he was like this, when an almost inaudable series of gasps and wheezes caused him to quickly look at his back.
'MIDNA!' Naruto gasped, staring in horror at the oddly colored imp. A voice suddenly echoed in front of him, and when Naruto turned back around, he saw a small orb of light in front of him.
Naruto, chosen hero of the goddesses...Go to the princess locked away in the castle. She has the key that can unlock you from your shadow form.
Naruto glared harshly at the ground.
'I don't give a fuck about that right now! But...it's the only lead I've got right now...' Naruto looked helplessly at the wheezing imp on his back. 'Hang on Midna, I'll get help, I'll save your life! That's my promise of a lifetime!' Naruto glared forward in determination as he wrapped the fragile imp in his tails before rushing to Hyrule Castle using Chakra leaps.
Kenta: BWAHAHAHAHAA! I've been waiting to do that scene for MONTHS! I am SO FREAKING HAPPY that I was able to type it out the way I wanted to!
Yes, Zant is UBER powerful. But the reason Kyuubi-Naruto got his ass handed to him is because he hasn't fully grasped the ability of the Nine-tailed fox. He's getting better at it, hence the Taile Beast Bomb, but he can't quite think clearly enough when he's in GIANT FOX mode.
The fight between Naruto and Midna was something that I've been trying to build up and plan out for awhile now. For every relationship, you HAVE to have some minor fights, which the two do before a fluffy moment occurs, but you also need a BIG fight. It solidifies the couple's relationship by showing they can forgive and forget.
Shadow Naruto was brought about by a few things:
1.) It's a fucking water temple, OF COURSE I'M GOING TO HAVE A SHADOW NARUTO BATTLE!
2.) I needed to have Naruto realize how miserable he's become without Midna, so I needed him to find something that would show him this. The Waterfall of Truth immediately popped into my head, so I made Shadow Naruto emerge from a waterfall.
3.) I wanted to show Midna isn't as helpless as Naruto thinks she is, so I needed something that could potentially 'break' Naruto, and have Midna come to save the day! Every time I read the line where Midna screams 'GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM!' I can see her screaming in rage perfectly in my mind. I hope my description allowed you all to witness it as well!
As for the orange glow around Midna and the moment where Naruto actually touches and holds her...you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out. XD
Next up is The Master Sword and Twilight Mirror Arc! See ya later!
Kenta Raikiri