Naruto the secret soul reaper
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chapter 6
shadow of the moon
Naruto and tenten walked peacfully back to the village hidden in the leaves, they had successfully taken on their greatest challenge ever facing a small hollow invasion, as well as defeating the biggest hollow they had ever seen, so they were greatly looking forward to resting for the night.
''You know i can't help but wonder what that big hollow was it seemed different that normal holllows'', said naruto.
''I know what you mean it didn't seem as intellagent as other hollows, it couldn't even communicate''.
''I sure would like to know what that was, anyway that twin dragons attack was awsome tenten''.
''Yeah it sure was i didn't even know if that would work'' admitted tenten.
''Well you really came through so thank you''.
''Anytime''. replied tenten.
As they walked home the sunset turned to dusk and two figures were standing on top of an electric cable, gazing down at konoha there field of vision was fixated on the two heros walking home.
''There they are i can tell it's them, i can sense their spirit energy from here'' said one of the figures it was a woman with short indigo hair the same color as hinata's, black eyes, two long bandage earrings, she was wearing a black kimono with a white trench coat, sandals with socks, and had a sheathed wakizashi with a yellow hilt strapped to the back of her waist.
''Yeah it's definitly those two, but they sure don't look like much'' said the other figure, it was a man, he was fairly tall, very fat, even more so than chouji; navy blue hair held up in a spike makig him appear to be bald, around his neck was a gold necklace, he was wearing a simple black kimono like the woman only without the white coat; the collar of his kimono was deep pink and help up high, he carried a katana on his left hip it had a regular katana blade, a yellow hilt, and an octagonal tsuba.
''Marechiyo, come here,'' said the woman.
''Sure, captain,''. the man now identified as marechiyo said as he moved closer to his captain.
The woman them slams her elbow into marechiyo's stomach. ''UGH,'' grunted marechiyo.
''What was that for captain sui feng,''.
''You fool an enemy's strength has nothing to do with their appearance, that is the first thing that is taught in the stealth force,'' the woman now identified as sui feng explained.
''Geez, i know that, i wouldn't be your second in command otherwise, i was just commenting that those two are somewhat young, do you really think those kids are the ones who defeated all those hollows, and a menos grande?'' asked marechiyo.
''Those two are the only ones here with any kind of spiritual pressure and since they make no move to hide it i take it they don't know how to conceal it, that shows these two kids are only rookies, at best.
''Yeah i guess you're right but do we really need to kill them?'' questioned marechiyo.
''Absolutely, with all the hollows they've been killing they've upset the balance of souls going back and forth, which you know could destroy the soul society,''.
''Well alright, if you say so captain so are we just gonna confront them and take them out here and now?'' asked marechiyo.
''No, well shadow them a bit longer, then we'll attack when they seperate,''.
''Understood,''.
As naruto and tenten strolled through the village, enjoying the cool night air and seeing the street lights come on, the two of them couldn't shake the feeling of being watched, as if somebody was seeing them from a distance, speculating their every move, and piercing their very souls.
''tenten, can you sense that?'' asked naruto suspiciously
''Yeah i have for a while now, someone is definitly watching us,''.
''Yeah but what could it be, a hollow?''.
''I don't think so, hollows just charge in without a single though,'' said tenten
''Maybe it's a shinobi infiltrating the village,'' suggested naruto.
''It's definitly possible, it would make sense, they definitly have the stealth of a ninja,'' said tenten.
''What do we do?'' asked naruto.
''For now let's not do anything, wait and see what it is they want'' said tenten.
''Okay'' said naruto.
After an hour of walking naruto and tenten still felt themselves being watched so they extended their senses to see what it was then out of nowhere the two heros sensed faint spiritual pressures, they quickly raised theirs in retaliation and ran towards the two pressures they sensed only to arrive at nothing.
''Huh'' said tenten
''I'm positive i sensed two spiritual pressures right here but now they've disappeared this has never happened before'' commented naruto.
''They're probably just playing games with us'' said tenten irratibly.
''I don't know those pressures i sensed before were not those of a hollow, in fact i've never sensed anything like this before''. said naruto.
''You can say that again, at any rate there's no use driving ourselves crazy all night, we should just call it a night, after all we need the rest from that giant hollow the two of us defeated this afternoon,'' explained tenten.
''I think you're right tente, although if anything happens raise your spirtual pressure to signal me,''.
''Got it,''.
They soon departed from each other and headed to their homes, tenten walked home thinking about all she and naruto had done together and wondered if naruto still had feelings for sakura, she had no idea why she was interested in something like that, and she was even more baffled by the fact that she began to think of her and neji's relationship. Her thoughts were interrupted when she sensed two enormous spiritual presures right next to her, then two figures flashed in front of her.
''Who are you two,''.
''We are emmisaries of the soul society, and you are here by under arrest,'' said sui feng.
''For what?'' asked tenten.
''For upsetting the balace of souls,'' sui feng explained.
''What?''.
''You herd her, come quietly or we will use force,'' said marechiyo.
''I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what i'm being charged for,'' demanded tenten.
''The reason hollows are slain by soul reapers is because of our zanpakuto, zanpakuto have the ability to cleanse hollows of their transgressins and send them to soul society, but if a hollow is destroyed, instead of cleansed it sets an upset in the balance of souls'', explained sui feng.
''What balance of souls,'' asked tenten suspiciously.
''When a hollow is killed it turns back into a whole and is sent to soul society, that is income and along with all of the konso that take place, rescuing souls that is also income and souls that still reside in the world of the living or still alive as i believe you would refer to it keep the balance on the outside, but when hollows are killed instead of cleansed that balance is upset which if continued for too long will result in the destruction of both worlds,'' said sui feng.
''What, you're telling me that i've been upsetting the balance?'' asked tenten.
''Yes, and the punishment for that is death, you are to come with us to soul society to be executed''.
''That's right girly so don't even think about defieing us, you and your partner have been killing hollows like that for months now, if it hadn't been for the death of that menos grande we probably never would have even known,'' said marechiyo.
''Menos grande, is that the name of that giant hollow,'' thought tenten, but then she quickly focused on defending herself.
''Hold on i now know what we've been doing is wrong but the soul society isn't exactly non-faulted, we wouldn't have had to kill hollows in the first place if you had just sent a soul reaper to guard the town,'' said tenten.
''Regardless, you and your partner shall be executed, to inforce the law of soul society, we shall make an example out of you two so nobody will forget the punishment of upsetting the balance,'' said sui feng.
''You'll have to take me first, and that's isn't going to be easy,'' said tenten holding a kunai.
''Well then i'll take you by force if you won't cooperate,'' said sui feng.
''Wait a minute captain, let me take her, there's no need for a captain to get involved in a small matter like this,'' pleaded marechiyo.
''Are you positive you can handle her?'' asked sui feng.
''Of course i'm sure, i may only be your lieutenant, but i am also your second in command,''.
''Very well then, be sure to take her in,'' sui feng commanded her lieutenant.
''Yes ma'm''.
''That suits me just fine, i'll take you on, you may be surprised'' said tenten as she brought out a wooden staff and prepared to fight.
With that the battle started, marechiyo disappeared in a flash as the first move.
'''What the heck, where'd he go,'' thought tenten.
Just them marechiyo appeared behind tenten and brought down his sword, but tenten countered with a backward parie, only for the sword to slice right through the wooden staff,rendering it useless, tenten then brought out a kunai and launches her yellw energy kunai, marechiyo evades them using his speed technique.
''You may be able to kill hollows with that technique, but make no mistake that tactic will be worthless against soul reapers,'' said marechiyo.
''Oh yeah, well just have to see about that won't we'' tenten shot back as she reached for jidanda's scroll but then it hit her. ''Jidanda was destroyed by that menos thing'' realized tenten.
''What's the matter, out of moves,'' taunted marechiyo.
''Not on your life, fatso'' tenten spat.
''WHAT DID YOU SAY, you little runt, how dare you call me fat i just happened to be full boddied, and by the way a person's appearance has nothing to do with their abilities'' marechiyo defended.
''That's what i told you about them, huh you fool i don't know why i even bother, you're beyod help'' thought sui feng with a sigh as she continued to watch the fight.
''Well come on then little girl, got anything else, why don't you just surrender now''.
''The only way you're taking me is by dragging my lifeless body down the river''.
''That can be arranged''.
The two resumed their fight tenten fired more energy kunai at marechiyo but once again disappeared in a blur, tenten wondered how someone could move so fast that even a ninja couldn't keep up then an idea came to her, she threw smoke bombs at the ground and waited for the sound of his blur, once she herd marechyio appear she threw her energy kunai at him, and as soon as the smoke cleared it was clear that she had landed several blows agains him, he had kunai embedded in his stomach and was bleeding. Marechiyo grunted in pain, and grabbed his stomach reigon as soon as he removed the kunai from the injured area.
''That wasn't half bad, but let's see you handle this'' said marechiyo.
''He's about to do something with his sword, but what?'' thought tenten.
''She fights similarily to how us assassins fight'' observed sui feng.
Meanwhile naruto had once again sensed the two big spiritual pressures, he could also sense that tenten was engaging them alone, so he quickly tracked the energies and was now rushing to get there.
''Tenten, hang on i'm almost there'' thought naruto as he rushed to his partner in crime's aid. He couldn't shake the feeling that something big was about to happen, only he didn't know what.
''I've got a bad feeling about this, like this is gonna be our greatest challenge yet''.
Back at the fight tenten was waiting with her guard up waiting for marechiyo's next move, she watched as he brought his sword horizontally across his chest.
''Smash'em, gegetsuburi''.
Marechiyo's katana then morphed into a large recking ball, not as big as jidanda but still very large. It had short black spikes and was attacked to a black chain.
''What the heck, his sword just turned into a midevil flail'' thought tenten.
''Now you'll see what a soul reaper can really do, once the've released their zanpakuto that's when their true pwer unlocks''.
''Zanpakuto?'' tenten asked.
''Yeah, a zanpakuto is a soul reaper's main weapon, by calling out the name of your sword you activate it's true abilities, of course each zanpakuto has a different name and abilities'' explained marechiyo.
''Huh, you name your swords, so what humans do that too'' said tenten.
''Human's name the sword themselves, soul reaper's zanpakuto is born with it's own name, and actually has a will of it's own''.
''What?''.
''That's right, zanpakuto are sentient beings, not just swords they have minds and personalities of their own''.
''Is that so, well that's just fine by me, i'll defeat both of you''. said tenten determined as she charged at marechiyo.
Tenten tried once again to hit him, she tossed several energy shuriken at him, but he simply blocked them with gegetsuburi, so in contingency she crossed her arms and the shuriken boomeranged around and were now heading for marechiyo, only for marechiyo to evade them with his weird speed.
''Damn, i'm getting tired of that speed i get enough of this with lee, i have to slow him down, but how, wait that's how''. thought tenten who had an idea.
She then used her chakra control to climb up a tree nearby the bench close to of the gate of the village where the fight had been taking place. She then scouted the small park area below her and saw her target appear out of thin air, that was when she decided to end this.
''TWIN DRAGONS'', exclaimed tenten as she leaped out of the tree like a ferocious tigress as she brought out the two small scrolls, upon her opening the small scrolls the two yellow, snake like dragons shot out of them and attacked marechiyo at the same time, all the while they were roaring and bearing their fangs.
''That actually kina cool, although'', said marechiyo as he smashed gegetsuburi into the twin dragon's heads, effectively destroying them both.
''It's nothing for a soul reaper, you should've really saved that for the fourth of july, it would have made an awsome firework'' boasted marechiyo.
''That was my best attack, and he just crushed it like it was nothing'', thought tenten as she panted frequently from exhaustion.
''I't all over for you now'' said marechiyo as he swung gegetsuburi at tenten, it slammed into her stomach and send her flying back six feet, tenten was now groaning in pain as she layed on the ground, defeated.
''Looks like i win, captain sui feng, shall i finish her off here?'' marechiyo asked his captain.
''No marechiyo, we will take her hostage and use her to lure out the other one'' said sui feng.
''Yes captain''. said marechiyo as he slowly approached her only to stop when a kunai landed right ahead of his feet.
Naruto landed from the trees and right next to tenten, he looked down at her and smiled as he gave her his hand, tenten smiled back and gladly took naruto's hand, after helping her up she fell and balanced herself on one knee, trying to catch her breath.
''Tenten, are you okay?'' asked naruto with concern.
''I've definitely been better, but i'll live''.
''That's good to know, i'm sorry i got here so late''.
''Well better late than never''.
''Yeah, so what's going on, who are these two and why are they here?''.
''There soul reapers, and they're here because they want to arrest us for upsetting the balance of souls'' explained tenten.
''Balance of souls?''.
''Yeah, apperantly the wholes and hollows are one side of the scale, and us living souls are the other side of the scale, we've been killing hollows instead of cleansing them because we aren't soul reapers, which tips the scale, so now they're placing us under arrest'', tenten elaborated.
''Thanks for clearing that up, don't worry they're not taking us anywhere, just leave it to me''.
''Thanks naruto''.
''You shouldn't go around making promises you can't keep kid''. taunted marechiyo.
''Who says i can't keep it?'' asked naruto rhetorically.
''Naruto be careful, this guy crushed my twin dragons like they were made of clay'' tenten warned.
''Don't worry i'll be fine'' said naruto as he leaped in to the action.
''Hado #31, shakaho'' said naruto.
shakaho hit gegetsuburi right in the center but it seemed completely unharmed.
''So you're the little imposter that uses kido, it'll be a pleasure defeating you''.
''You may not think it'll be so easy after you see this bakudo #30 shitotsu ssnsen''.
naruto shot three pillars of light out of his hand, and marechiyo hadn't expected that so the attack hit dead on, the first two pillars hit his arms, and the third hit gegetsuburi. Marechiyo dropped his sword as it was hit by the third pillar knocking the weapon a few feet away.
''You're gonna pay for that' said marechiyo as he went to retrieve his sword, naruto took the opprotunity to strike, he did a handstand on one hand and used panchira torunedo, which knocked marechiyo to the ground.
''So, he can use hakuda as well'' sui feng thought watching the battle.
''Y-You little twerp, you'll regret that'' groaned marechiyo as he got up.
''That does it, now you're gonna see what a soul reaper can really do''. said marechiyo as he disappeared in a blur.
''Naruto, be careful this is what he used on me, he's really fast'' warned tenten.
''Don't worry tenten, i can sense him'' said naruto as he attacked a random spot that happened to be where marechiyo appeared, he then punched marechiyo in the stomach with ikotsu, making him fall backwards and grunt in pain.
''D-Damn where did he learn hakuda, and how can he keep up with my flash step'' complained marechiyo.
''Flash step?'' naruto thought.''
''Is that the speed technique soul reapers use, i've gotta learn that at some point''. naruto contimplated.
''THAT'S IT'' marechiyo yelled.
''No more mister nice guy, i'm gonna end the right now'' said marechiyo as he charged at naruto and prepared to swing gegetsuburi at him. Naruto jumped in the air to avoid it.
''Bakudo #62 hyaporankan'' said naruto from the air as hundreds of blue needles shot out of his arm and hit marechiyo's hands which forced him to let go of gegetsuburi, the rest of the needles hit the large wrecking ball sending it soaring across the small park and landind right next to sui feng.
''My zanpakuto'' yelled marechiyo as naruto attacked from behind to finish him off.
''Hado #73 soren sokatsui'' exclaimed naruto as the twin lightning blasts shot out of his hands and hit marechiyo.
''AAAAAAAAH'' yelled marechiyo as he was blasted with dual lightning blasts, the attack's velocity was enought to send marechiyo in the air a few feet, and was blown away as he landed next to gegetsuburi, and was now unconscious.
''I did it'' said naruto panting and trying to catch his breath.
''Way to go naruto, that was awsome'' said tenten with a smile but still kneeling on the ground.
''Alright now just have to get the other one'' thought naruto.
Just then naruto's surrounding became completely white, and time seemed to slow down, he couldn't see anything except a small blur. When it was over sui feng was behind naruto and the latter began to bleed from a giant gash on his chest, soon naruto was falling down forward.
''What just happened'' thought naruto as he was falling forward to the ground.
''I have no idea what happened, one second i'm thinking about defeating the other soul reaper, then the next thing i know i'm bleeding out of my chest and falling forward,wait that's it it was that woman, she must have struck me just now, she was so fast i couldn't see anything'' our hero realized as he fell to the ground.
''Well that takes care of him'' said sui feng.
''NARUTO'' yelled tenten.
''He can't hear you, he probably has no clue what just happened to him, he's taking his last breaths right now''.
Sui feng then walked over to her lieutenant, and kicked him in the back waking him up.
''AAAAH, damn it captain that hurts, i'm injured here'' said marechiyo in pain, he was bleeding out of his hip, and he had bruises everywhere.
''It's your punishment, for losing to a mere human'' said sui feng.
''Aw come on captain, he was strong, i didn't think he'd be so well endowed in the soul reaper arts''. said marechiyo.
''Marechiyo, come here'' said sui feng.
''Sure captain'' obeyed marechiyo, he walked to her as she punched him in the face.
''OOOOWWWWW, what the heck was that for''. wailed marechiyo.
''Once again you've forgotten one of the most basic assassin rules, expect the unexpected'' explained sui feng.
''Sorry captain won't happen again'' he apologized.
''At any rate, the one on the ground is already finished, not only is the wound i gave him fatal, but i've also destroyed his soul plate, the source of his spirit energy, he's of no concern, grab the girl, we shall take her to soul society where central 46 will decide her punishment''.
''Yes captain'' said marechiyo as he picked up tenten by the arm, and hefted her over hs shoulder.
Sui feng unsheathed her zanpakuto, which was a chinese broadsword, and thrusted it forward, she then twisted it horizontally like a key. Out of thin air a simple wooden gate appeared and opened up which revealed two more, circular doors which also opened leading to a white void.
''N-No, naruto'' said tenten weakly.
Unknown to sui feng, naruto was still conscious and could hear everything, he used his ninja skills to play dead.
''I might live thanks to kurama but, the source of my spirit energy has been cut off, i can't do kido anymore, and i can't save tenten, this is horrible'' thought naruto frimly as he lost consciousness.
With that the two soul reapers entered te gate and both the cirrcular and square doors closed as the gate disappeared into the night air.
Green notes from the author
I just wanna clear on thing up about this chapter, they were fighting in that place near the entrance of the village with the bench where naruto turned into sasuke and tried to kiss sakura, and it's where sasuke knocked out sakura to join the sound four, in case anyone was confused on where they were. Well with that out of the way how did you guys like it i hope the story hasn't gotten boring for you yukicrewger to answer your question i think this chapter explains it well enough, so yeah what's up with you guys i just started homeschool again last month, and 2 days ago i started watching blue exorcist, it's not that bad, you know i'm not that into the whole priest thing because i don't think religion is important, but it's a decent little anime, the opening theme song it core pride by UVERworld, i bet that band sounds familiar dosen't it, and the endidng theme is take off by 2 pm, so that's it until next time keep on reading.