A/N: I've got a mainly action-packed chapter here, so I hope all of you readers enjoy. Admittedly it is shorter than some of the previous chapters, but it is leading up to the more exciting part of the fight. I'd like to say thanks to naruto1246 for reviewing on three of my chapters! Thanks a ton naruto1246, it gives me a lot more motivation to write when I get some input. Alright here is the chapter, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Kishimoto owns Naruto, I do not.
Chapter 7: Unbreakable
Land of Fire:
Naruto proceeded to call out, "Lava Style: Scorching Stream Rock Technique" before forming hand signs and firing out molten rocks towards Yakekoge with Son's help. Yakekoge countered this attack by using his trademark fire style jutsu, "Fire Style: Flame Stream!" firing a stream of fire at the rocks. However the lava style technique pushed through the stream of fire sending a few molten rocks crashing towards Yakekoge's location before he quickly jumped onto a tree and pushed off it swiftly landing next to Naruto and beginning a taijutsu fight with him.
Yakekoge threw a few swift upper body strikes to which Naruto blocked before Yakekoge went for a fast and strong punch at Naruto's head. Naruto using his sage sensory powers ducked under the blow before elbowing Yakekoge in the stomach sending him skidding across the ground until he rebalanced himself and charged Naruto again.
Sakura and Hinata stood in a fighting stance facing Shogai who casually rested against his shield before saying, "Let's see what Tsunade's apprentice can really do." he stated. At that remark Sakura charged forward before jumping and pulling her fist. She thought to herself, 'I'll end this quickly' before using some chakra from her Hyakugou seal to strengthen her punch to an incredible level. "Shannaro!" she shouted as she brought her fist towards Shogai, to which he responded by bringing his shield up in defense. 'He's finished.' Sakura thought as the fist was about to collide with the shield, while Shogai smirked on his side of the shield. The fist collided with the shield sending a massive shockwave throughout the entire field, pushing Hinata backwards.
Naruto and Yakekoge paused their fight to glance at the source of the large gust of wind that they had felt before charging each other again. Naruto threw a kick towards Yakekoge's head to which he blocked with both fists before going for a low sweep which Naruto jumped over before forming a rasengan in hand. He dove towards Yakekoge, rasengan in hand, before Yakekoge jumped backwards to avoid the attack before sending a massive fireball towards Naruto. Naruto leapt out of the way and into the treeline before thinking to himself, 'I should be able to beat this bastard without using my Bijuu cloak, but I can't cause any collateral damage that might harm Hinata or Sakura.' Yakekoge then proceeded to use his flame stream again, igniting the forest and sending the stream after Naruto.
Naruto then pushed off a tree and landed next to Yakekoge, throwing a punch causing Yakekoge to cancel his technique before re-engaging in close quarters combat. Yakekoge was forced to go on the defensive as Naruto launched an aggressive barrage of senjutsu-enhanced punches which required Yakekoge to dodge while retreating backwards. Yakekoge then heard an approaching ringing sound from behind to which he turned around to see a rapidly approaching Wind Style: Rasenshuriken. Yakekoge proceeded to do a backflip over the rasenshuriken, only to receive an axe kick in the stomach sending him flying to the ground.
Sakura's eyes widened in shock as her fist made contact with the shield, not even remotely denting it. 'How is this possible,' she thought to herself before Shogai pulled the shield backwards before slamming it ferociously at Sakura sending her flying backwards. Hinata caught Sakura and helped her stand back up before they assessed their opponent.
Shogai's feet were in small grooves in the ground, caused by him resisting the powerful punch and he had placed his shield back on the ground while smirking. He then proceeded to remark, "Chakra-enhanced strength? Tsunade certainly taught you, but obviously not well enough. I'm actually glad that she did not take me as her apprentice or else I would be as weak as you." Sakura grimaced at this comment before Shogai continued, "Now perhaps it's time I showed you true strength."
Sakura asked, "How could you block my attack? And what are you saying about Tsunade-sensei?", still standing on alert.
"First off, my shield is incredibly dense so it can withstand incredible amounts of force. In fact it is so dense and heavy that it is impossible to lift without the mastery of chakra-enhanced strength. I had a comrade of mine make it especially for me, then I inscribed this seal," he said while pointing to a seal on the front of the shield, "Which absorbs chakra, as you saw earlier with your friend's attack. Basically, your chakra-enhanced punch was weakened by the seal before you made contact with the shield. As for my history with Tsunade, well let's just say that the gambling bitch didn't take up my request in my time of need, so I lost everything that I wanted to protect." He then proceeded to pick his shield back up, "However this is no time for me to tell you a sob story, I'll finish you and the quiet one quickly before I help Yakekoge."
Hinata then turned towards Sakura, "Sakura-san we are going to have to fight him together, we will need to get around his shield."
"Alright Hinata let's go." Sakura said before cracking her knuckles. Hinata activated her byakugan then brought her hands to her side and formed her twin chakra lions, before both her and Sakura dashed towards their opponent. Shogai picked up his shield before charging towards both of his opponents, holding his shield to his side as he ran.
Sakura threw a chakra enhanced punch at Shogai's undefended right side, but he moved his shield to block the attack. Hinata then proceeded to duck while bringing one of the lions underneath Shogai's shield arm and towards his abdomen. Shogai was aware of her attack and smashed the side of his shield into Hinata knocking her away, before he pulled back a chakra-enhanced fist and smashed it into the ground in front of Sakura sending her flying backwards and leaving a crater with a 10-foot radius. "That was me going easy on you," he said while facing Sakura and placing his shield on the ground.
The clone of Naruto that had thrown the rasenshuriken vanished before the original Naruto walked up to Yakekoge and picked him up by his collar before slamming him into a tree, "Why did you kill all those innocent people?" he barked.
Yakekoge looked into Naruto's eyes, "You'd never understand."
Naruto pushed him further into the tree, "Try me you bastard, why the hell did you do it?"
"I said you'd never understand, you still have a home, but you won't once we are done with it." Yakekoge said.
Naruto lifted him higher, "You really think you can destroy Konoha! I'll defend it until I die. So tell me why the hell you killed all those people!"
"Your village killed almost my entire clan without giving us a chance to fight, I am the only one left with my bloodline, but like I said you'd never understand." Yakekoge said, while slowly flaring more chakra, "Maybe I'll just keep you alive so that you can understand once I am done with your village."
Sakura brought herself back to her feet and began glaring at Shogai who stood facing her with his shield at his side. Hinata brought herself back to her feet, her twin lion fist no longer active, before she brought a hand forward, "Eight Trigrams: Air Palm" she shouted, while sending a blast of air towards Shogai, to which he lazily repositioned his shield to block it. "Don't tell me this is all you've got?" he asked.
"We're just getting started!" Sakura shouted before pulling a kunai from her pouch and throwing it at Shogai. Shogai pulled one of the fuma shuriken from his back before using it to deflect the kunai into the ground. "Which of you want to die first?" he asked while twirling the fuma shuriken around his hand before catching it. "I never liked quiet ones, so I guess I've made my pick." he said before pulling the fuma shuriken backwards before launching it at high speeds towards Hinata.
Hinata dove to the ground before picking herself back up and dashing back towards Shogai at the same time as Sakura. "Hmmph, how can you deal with this," Shogai said pulling another one from his back and leaping backwards forcing the two kunoichi to approach from the same direction. He then proceeded to throw a fuma shuriken towards them before bringing his hands together to make a few hand signs before saying, "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu." causing tens of fuma shurikens to form and head towards the two kunoichi. Hinata leapt in front of Sakura before using her Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms(A/N: AKA Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms Guard), sending thin blades of chakra to deflect the shuriken. Upon deflecting the final shuriken she ended her technique, only for another shuriken to be thrown the moment she ended her technique.
Sakura saw that Hinata had no means to defend the technique, so she jumped in front of her while activating her Hyakugou seal and took the blow for her. "Sakura-san!" Hinata shouted, before Sakura pulled the fuma shuriken from her back and throwing it into the ground.
"Hinata, don't worry, I activated my seal so that my body will automatically heal itself." Sakura explained, Hinata nodding before Sakura turned back to their opponent.
"So that is the 'Strength of a Hundred Jutsu'? I guess you are a bit better than I thought." he said, while taking his final fuma shuriken off of his back. "Unfortunately, you are not going to be strong enough to defeat me." he finished before rushing towards the two kunoichi.
The two kunoichi charged towards him with a kunai in Sakura's hand while Hinata went in unarmed. Sakura went for a slash with her kunai only to be met by the fuma shuriken which was being used as a melee weapon. Sakura began to put all of her force into the kunai in order to win in the weapon deadlock, while Hinata ran around Shogai and his shield. The kunai Sakura held was not strong enough to withstand all the pressure it had been holding and broke resulting in Shogai stabbing Sakura in the shoulder as she tried to dodge. Hinata lunged from behind him going for a jyuken strike at his back, but Shogai kicked backwards. Hinata dodged the kick and quickly struck sealed off several chakra points in his leg before jumping backwards.
"Damn it!" Shogai exclaimed, his leg moving much slower than usual as he recovered to a standing position. Sakura stood up while removing the shuriken from her shoulder and threw it to the ground. Shogai took advantage of this moment by pushing off with his good leg and preparing a chakra-enhanced punch to finish off Sakura. Sakura stumbled backwards in an attempt to escape, but the fist hit the ground in front of her annihilating the ground and sending out a massive shockwave send her flying into the treeline on the other side of the field. Hinata was also caught in the massive radius of the fist sending her skidding across the ground before coming to a stop a few hundred feet from the impact point.
The crater caused by Shogai's attack extended for a 100 meter radius and caused fissures in the ground surrounding it, having greatly decimated the field. Naruto turned to look at what had caused the commotion while he still held Yakekoge by the collar. "It seems Shogai defeated your friends. Now I just need to finish you off." Yakekoge said.
"You bastard, you already lost and my friends would never lose that easily!" Naruto argued while sensing the area to find his friends were still alive.
Yakekoge's chakra flared to the point that blue chakra could be seen before it started to form around his body. "We're just getting started, I'm done testing you." Yakekoge said, before the chakra erupted in flames burning Naruto's hands as he jumped back. Flames constantly were emitted from Yakekoge's form with forming flaming red chakra armor around him before the clothes he wore began to burn away under the intense heat. The bandana around his face burned away revealing the face of a girl in her young 20's and the loose kimono burned away revealing a tight fitting red body suit that revealed a slender female form, with dark brown anbu plating over the body suit. The woman's clothing was obviously fire-proof and she would be described as beautiful if it wasn't for the scowl she held on her face.
'Yakekoge' spoke in a now stern deeper feminine voice, "Allow me to show you the power of my fire release armour, a technique that I, Hiiro(scarlet) last of the Hono(flame) clan created."
Naruto prepared himself to fight against his opponent who apparently was actually named Hiiro as she stood glaring at Naruto. Naruto gulped slightly as he raised his fists in preparation to fight hatred filled kunoichi who stood facing him.
Outside Konoha:
A figure sat in a tree outside the village with his eyes closed as he sensed the area, "Uzumaki Naruto is no longer in the village, I can now continue my plan unhindered," the man said while opening his eyes revealing his two sharrinnegan eyes before he vanished from that location leaving no traces that he had ever been there.
Konoha Training Grounds:
Sasuke paused his training as he sensed something amiss, he couldn't quite describe the feeling which he was feeling, but it was as if there was a manifestation of familiar chakra. He took a seat and meditated trying to recognized what he had sensed, it was almost as if it was similar to the kind of chakra displayed when Madara and Kaguya used the eyes on their foreheads. He decided it must be residue from the abuse of his own rinnegan technique, so he resumed his training, dismissing the feeling.
Konoha's new grave site:
"It's hard to believe that this is actually Kakashi Hatake, the copy ninja." one of the pallbearers said as he brought a wooden coffin towards the site of the grave.
"He was one of the strongest in the leaf, so the battles in this war must have been pretty intense." another one remarked.
"I hear that he was killed by a god." the third one remarked.
"Regardless of how he was killed, he deserves to rest in peace, not next to that damned mass murder Obito." the final one remarked.
The other three pallbearers nodded before they arrived at the grave before preparing to set another coffin in a grave in addition to the hundreds they had already placed. The group prepared to make their way back to pick up the next coffin before a figure appeared before them.
"Who the hell are-" the lead pallbearer said before looking in the man's purple sharrinnegan eyes before slumping to the ground alongside his colleagues.
The man then walked up to the two gravestones of Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha which were side by side. "A shinobi's knowledge and techniques are supposedly retained in their bodies, so let's see what is retained within each of yours, Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha."
The man walked up to Kakashi's grave before peering down into and preparing to fall into the grave before he heard a voice.
"You have a lot of nerve to defile the corpses of two of my childhood friends, perhaps you need to understand the power of youth!" the voice shouted.
The man turned around to see a man in crutches wearing green spandex and a chunin-vest with incredibly bushy eyebrows and a bowl cut. "You are not in any condition to stop me, so I would recommend you turn a blind eye to this before I kill you."
"I will never let you touch my eternal rival, no matter what condition I am in!" Gai shouted while launching himself with his single good leg and using a crutch as a weapon. The man grabbed him by the throat while staring into Gai's eyes placing him under a genjutsu, before he set him on the ground. The man then proceeded to step into Kakashi's grave before opening the lid of his coffin and examining his corpse.
A/N: Who is Hiiro/Yakekoge? What is the leader of Dusk doing with Kakashi and Obito's bodies? Well I guess you'll have to wait until later to find out. Unfortunately I am doubting I will have an opportunity to update over this week, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think of the fight so far!