A/N: Long time no see everyone. I'd like to thank RamenKage9, luqie10, and naruto1246 for reviewing last chapter. I tried to answer your concerns to the best of my ability (in a PM), but feel free to let me know if you need any clarity. Also, this is the longest chapter in the story so far, so I hope you enjoy. Let's jump into it:
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kishimoto does.
Chapter 10: Avengers
"Hn, I didn't think you'd be in this bad condition dobe. I guess I gave you to much credit." snorted Sasuke, who now stood facing his opponent with their Flare Style Armour active.
"She hit me with a surprise attack, besides I doubt you could do any better teme!" Naruto shouted while kneeling wiping some blood off his mouth, no longer having his bijuu cloak active.
"Hn, we'll see." Sasuke said with a smirk on his face.
"Just buy me some time so that I can recover." Naruto murmured as he clenched his chest where he had been burnt.
"I have no quarrel with you Uchiha, for your best interest remove yourself from this battle." Hiiro stated while facing towards Sasuke.
"Tch, I could say the same to you." Sasuke responded while holding up his sword in a reverse grip.
"Very well, if I have to kill you too I will." countered Hiiro, flaring up the Flare Armour slightly.
"Sasuke, watch out, she's fast!" Naruto shouted.
Sasuke nodded before dashing forwards while activating his sharingan and funnelling lightning chakra into his blade. Hiiro stood in her position allowing Sasuke to approach before she quickly reappeared to his right throwing a punch towards his head. Sasuke managed to quickly leap to his left dodging the punch and getting a small proximity burn on his cheek before quickly landing and swinging his electrified sword towards Hiiro's now exposed stomach.
Hiiro bent her body away from the blade while reaching over to grab the bottom of the blade with her left hand. The blade dug into her hand drawing some blood before she applied force to the blade, bending and breaking the metal that had melted in her hand before letting the blade of the sword fall to the ground and drawing her hand away. Sasuke quickly leapt away from her before throwing the handle of the broken sword into the ground.
Naruto struggled to bring himself to his feet before collapsing to the ground again. 'I can't do anything right now in my state.'
"Naruto-kun, are you hurt?" Hinata asked with a hoarse voice as she landed next to Naruto, holding him up in a seated position.
"Hinata, I'm slightly injured, but don't worry about me, did Sakura heal you?" Naruto asked.
Hinata nodded before Sakura landed by her side, "Hinata, you shouldn't speak too much as your throat still needs time to heal." Sakura said before turning to Naruto, "Naruto what happened to you?"
"Hiiro," Naruto said while pointing towards the woman with fiery chakra around her, "landed a surprise attack on me and injured me, Sasuke-teme came and saved me before she finished me off."
"Sasuke-kun is here?" Sakura asked before turning towards the battle and noticing him.
"Naruto-kun, who is Hiiro?" Hinata asked.
"Eh, it's Yakekoge, its kind of a long story, Sakura could you heal me so that I can get back into the fight. Hiiro is very dangerous, I'm not sure if Sasuke can take her on by himself." Naruto explained.
'Stronger than Sasuke-kun?' Sakura thought before bending down to observe Naruto's injury before she heard a large crashing sound to their side.
"Did you think I was already beat?" Shogai said while standing next to his shield which he had placed on the ground.
"Hinata, can you heal Naruto? I'll take care of this guy." Sakura said while standing up and facing Shogai.
Hinata nodded before beginning to heal Naruto with the healing palm that Sakura had helped her with before (A/N: Remember what Sakura and Hinata were talking about before they left to hunt down Dasu?). "Good luck Sakura-san." Hinata said as Sakura made her way towards her opponent.
Elsewhere Hiiro quickly dashed to her right as Sasuke ignited her previous location with amaterasu. Sasuke quickly repeated the process upon setting his eyes on her new location only to see her dodge again before quickly dashing towards Sasuke. Hiiro moved in to elbow Sasuke in the stomach only to collide with a ethereal purple rib cage, which slightly cracked upon the elbow's collision. Sasuke quickly formed a skeletal Susano'o arm which tried to grab Hiiro who quickly leapt backwards to avoid the attack.
Sakura stood face to face with Shogai again, cracking her knuckles while watching him readjust his shield. "I'm impressed that you survived my punch earlier Pinkie, I guess you're better than I thought. Unfortunately, your chakra-enhanced strength isn't remotely close to my level." Shogai stated.
"Its no surprise with an attitude like yours that Tsunade refused to take you as an apprentice." Sakura countered while charging towards Shogai.
Sakura pulled her fist back to prepare a punch to which Shogai grinned, raising his shield to block it. However, instead of throwing the punch at Shogai, Sakura punched the ground in front of him, forcing him to jump backwards to avoid the pieces of ground that were blasted away from the impact point. Shogai landed on the ground before quickly charging back towards his opponent and going in for a shield bash. Sakura leapt over the attack before throwing a powered punch towards Shogai from above. Shogai sidestepped the punch while grabbing Sakura's arm and using it to throw her across the battlefield, before quickly charging after her.
Hiiro quickly went through a few hand signs while breathing in air before she shouted, "Flare Style: Flame Stream!". The result of the technique was an incredibly enhanced version of her primary fire style technique, the size of the stream being comparable to Madara Uchiha's Great Fire Annihilation jutsu, the heat of the technique sweeping over to the other fighters on the battlefield. Sasuke's skeletal Susano'o quickly changed into its legless full-bodied form(A/N: The second stage of Susanoo), before bringing its arms in front of it to defend itself. The powerful flames blasted against the ethereal being, quickly burning through the arms of the Susano'o before bombarding the main body, only to be met with Amaterasu flames.
The two powerful fire techniques battled for supremacy, the constant stream of Flare Style flames being burned away by Sasuke's Amaterasu. The intense fire slowly melted away the front of Sasuke's Susanoo, but he continued to apply more Amaterasu flames to counter the Flare Style technique, regardless of the impending danger. Hiiro was forced to stop the technique after maintaining it for such an extended period, before coughing up blood as a toll for abusing her Flare Style techniques. She straightened herself up while wiping some blood from her lips, attempting to see through the Amaterasu flames still burning the remnants of her technique, but she could not see much other than the purple glow from the Susanoo's head.
Sasuke teleported next to Hiiro using his rinnegan's technique while slashing across with his Chidori Sharp Spear in a sword form, similar in style to Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Slash. Hiiro had virtually no time to react to the attack which was already in mid swing, resulting in her trying to move out of the way as the chidori sword slashed through her flame armour, leaving a deep gash in her left shoulder. Although disappointed by how the attack had been weakened due to the armour and missed a vital point, Sasuke still sported a smirk at his successful attack. However, despite her injury, Hiiro took advantage of Sasuke letting his guard down and threw a fast kick at Sasuke's side, burning through his clothes and leaving him with a strong burn on his side as he was kicked away.
Across the battlefield, Sakura activated her Hyakugou seal which spread across her body, healing her as she pushed herself back to her feet. Sakura was given very little time to recover however, as Shogai quickly converged on her location, jumping in from above with his right arm pulled back into a fist. Sakura quickly bent her knees down while pulling her right arm back and funnelling almost all of her non-Hyakugou chakra into it. Shogai brought his fist forward in a punch from above, colliding with Sakura's counter punch creating a massive explosion of wind and making a sickening crack.
Sakura growled in pain as she felt multiple bones in her arm break as the fist pushed towards her, but she managed to remain standing as she funnelled all the Hyakugou chakra she was not using to heal herself into the fist as quickly as she could. Sakura started to push back with close to an equal force as Shogai's punch as she pushed with all her strength and chakra against his punch. Shogai smirked as he saw her struggling, confident of his victory despite the incredible pressure he was pushing against, until he felt an incredible sharp pain in his arm as it bent on an incredibly unnatural angle causing him to cry out in agony.
Sakura smirked as Shogai's arm broke and she stopped channelling chakra to her fist as he fell to the ground. Sakura's Hyakugou seal faded as she fell to one knee panting, while Shogai dropped his shield from his left arm and began to hold his now disfigured right arm. Shogai seeing the grin on Sakura's face stammered, "How is this possible, my attack was stronger! Did you plan this out?"
"Unfortunately for you, you were apparently unaware of the limitations of the human body. Your body had adapted to withstanding the impact of your chakra enhanced strength as it normally impacted objects which were typically either not moving against it, or not incredibly durable. However, it was not capable of withstanding a powerful force pushing against it as the total strain on your bones was more than it could handle, resulting in the severe damage to your arm. Although my attack was not equal in strength, your attacks were normally against immobile objects, so the additionally pressure from my fist was enough to push your arm to the breaking point. This is the advantage of learning under my master, which is why I won this fight." Sakura explained while pulling out a kunai and staggering to her feet.
"So you knew all of this when you attacked? How come your arm did not break!" exclaimed a shocked Shogai.
"I had my Hyakugou seal active resulting in constant healing. My arm did break under the impact and in fact was constantly being broken as I applied more pressure to the punch, however my technique allowed it to heal itself to the point I could continue to push against your punch." Sakura said as she slowly began to move towards Shogai.
Shogai walked backwards raising his good arm in defense as he backed away. Sakura began to approach him with a moderate walk, forcing Shogai to retreat rather hastily until he tripped and fell, landing on his arm. Sakura quickly closed the distance before holding the kunai at Shogai's throat.
"It's over." Sakura said as she held the kunai to his throat.
"Why won't you finish me?" Shogai asked.
Sakura sighed before explaining, "Firstly, you probably hold some valuable information which would be beneficial to the village. Secondly, you are adamant on getting revenge on someone who you feel ruined your life." Sakura then paused to look back towards where Sasuke stood, before continuing, "Someone important to me followed the same path and it lead him to a trail of destruction and it was a while until he finally found his way back to a good path. I guess a friend of mine convinced me that anyone can change for the better if you give them a chance."
"Why do you think that I would change for the better?" Shogai asked sarcastically.
"Because I know that deep down, the way you act and everything you do is just a mask that you placed on your true self to try to erase pain. I may not understand how you feel on a personal basis because I still have a family and people precious to me, but I can tell you that I've seen people who did just that." Sakura explained thoughtfully.
Shogai paused for a second to contemplate, before saying, "I always blamed Tsunade for what happened to my family, which is why I strived to become stronger than her at her own techniques. I always thought that despite her gambling debts her strength always got her out of the horrible situations the debt put her in, so I thought I could do the same to help free my family from my father's debts."
"I personally never liked my master's habits, but sometimes you have to consider some things are far out of your control." Sakura explained.
"Do you expect me to just let things happen without at least trying to do something!" Shogai shouted.
"Well sometimes trying to do something can just make it worse, a path of vengeance ruins both your life and the lives around you. Sometimes you need to learn to let go of it, or else it completely consumes you." Sakura said sorrowfully, thinking back to everything that happened with Sasuke.
Shogai stared at Sakura for a few seconds before saying, "I don't know what to think right now. I was just beaten by somebody a bit more than half my age despite training in chakra-enhanced strength since I was 14. I have spent 16 years intent on getting revenge, yet somehow your reasoning leads me to doubt my beliefs. How?"
"I only told you what I've learnt from my own experiences, I can't force you to change for the better and just abandon your revenge and you will definitely face punishment for your crimes alongside your partner. I'm just trying to give you a chance to help yourself see a perspective which doesn't result in a pointless trail of destruction which leaves nothing left for you at the end." Sakura answered while sheathing her kunai. (A/N: I wonder what jutsu Sakura just used… it's one of Naruto's trademarks after all ;) but we'll see how effective it was.)
Naruto stood up with Hinata's assistance before giving her a brief hug and saying, "Thanks Hinata, you saved me once again. I need to go help out teme over there, but can you promise me not to try and enter this fight. I don't know what I'd do if you got hurt and Hiiro is incredibly powerful, please can you do this?"
Hinata hesitated before saying, "I-I promise Naruto-kun, please be careful."
"Don't worry, Sasuke and I make a great team, we'll definitely win." Naruto said while enveloping himself in his bijuu cloak and jumping towards the battle, leaving Hinata to watch from the side lines.
Sasuke stood a fair distance from a bleeding Hiiro, who reached to her shoulder to cauterize her wound using her a dampened version of her fire armour on herself. Sasuke was holding his own burnt side before he turned to see Naruto hovering next to him. "Hn, took long enough dobe." Sasuke muttered while taking his hand off the burn in a subtle attempt to look tougher.
"It's not my fault she is so powerful." Naruto said before noticing Sasuke's wound, "Not that you look much better than I did."
"Shut up." Sasuke muttered.
Naruto smirked before turning to Hiiro, "Give up Hiiro, you can't beat both of us."
'Is he floating?' Hiiro asked to herself, 'This is more than I bargained for, not to mention that I can't really handle much more.' She then proceeded to turn towards Naruto, "Uzumaki, I'm not going to give up until you are finished!"
Naruto shrugged before saying, "You asked for it."
Naruto quickly flew towards Hiiro with a short staff as she quickly jumped to catch him in the air with a Flare Style enhanced fist. Naruto sensing the attack repositioned himself in the air, before slamming the gudo-dama short staff into Hiiro's stomach, the staff completely ignoring the Armour and sending Hiiro crashing into the ground.
Hiiro started forming handsigns with her hands while still in a small crater in the ground, before her left arm was pinned to the ground by Sasuke's chidori spear as he had teleported beside her. "Naruto finish her!" Sasuke shouted as she started to push herself to her knees with her good arm, while her other arm was still pinned.
Naruto smashed Hiiro in the stomach with the short staff causing her to fall back to the ground while spitting out blood, before he held the rod sideways above her. "Hiiro, give up on your vengeance, you can't just pretend you aren't an Uzumaki, you don't have to keep trying to continue a forgotten clan war!"
Hiiro started chuckling quietly, before slowly increasing her laughter to the point where it almost sounded maniacal. "How many times do I have to tell you, I was never an Uzumaki. I never expected it to come to this point, but I guess I'll just have to take you down with me. I'll finally avenge my clan once and for all!" Hiiro said as she coughed up more blood, her bloodline overuse clearly affecting her.
The chakra armour surrounding Hiiro began to grow slightly larger and brighter, cutting off the connection of the chidori sword, before a large transparent flame erupted upwards from Hiiro's body forcing Sasuke and Naruto to jump backwards as Hiiro forced herself to stand up while panting. "This is the end Naruto Uzumaki, behold the jutsu that ended your clan's village!" Hiiro shouted, spraying some blood from her mouth as she slightly wheezed.
Flashback (A/N: Ahah, its the final one this arc!)
A 13 year-old Hiiro sat next to her 18 year-old brother in a small tea house, sipping tea as her brother sat looking at his.
"What's wrong Yakekoge?" Hiiro asked, placing her tea back on the table.
Yakekoge's eyes darted to a corner of the room where three hooded figures sat drinking tea, "It's nothing Hiiro, I think we shouldn't waste any more time here." Yakekoge explained from behind his bandanna.
Hiiro nodded, before standing up and following Yakekoge out of the tea house and onto the street of the small village which the two had decided to rest at on their way towards the Leaf. Three hooded figures quickly appeared in front of them, before Yakekoge moved protectively in front of his sister. The figures took off their hoods to reveal a man with a mainly bandaged face on his right side with his left eye unbandaged. His right arm was also bandaged and was covered with 3 gold braces and he had a neutral expression on his face. The other two figures wore ANBU masks and stood with their kunais ready.
"Unfortunately I cannot allow the two of you to leave so easily. My root agents have been tracking down the remnants of your clan for a while and based off of your activities I have reason to suspect that you intend to launch an attack against the Leaf." Danzo stated.
"What do you want from us?" Yakekoge asked, ignoring the last portion of Danzo's statement.
"I am more than aware that your clan defeated the Uzumaki's. I am actually thankful for that action as you eliminated another possible threat to the leaf, but I'm afraid that you are too dangerous to be allowed to live." Danzo explained while removing the braces from his right arm before beginning to undo the bandages.
Yakekoge quickly pushed Hiiro backwards before quickly going through a string of hand signs before launching a large fireball down the street causing spectators to flee in panic. The two anbu quickly leapt to the side to avoid the fireball, with Danzo jumping upwards while continuing to undo the bandages on his arm, slowly revealing a pale arm. Danzo had a smirk on his face as he dodged the attack, before it quickly turned into a look of shock as he felt a sword drive itself through his heart. Yakekoge dug the sword into Danzo's chest before crashing to the ground alongside him and pulling it out grinning, before saying, "Two left."
Hiiro shouted in shock as a wind blade emerged through Yakekoge's stomach as Danzo appeared behind him. "The eyes I acquired are useful indeed." Danzo muttered as one of the eyes on his now unbandaged right arm closed while he pulled the kunai with a wind chakra blade out of Yakekoge.
"What the hell, I killed you." Yakekoge stated in shock as he held his wound.
"Yes, you did." Danzo bluntly stated before preparing to throw the wind-enhanced kunai at Hiiro.
Hiiro stared in shock at her dying brother, before finding herself unable to move as Danzo pulled the kunai back before throwing it. Hiiro closed her eyes and braced for the impact, before she heard the kunai hit something. Hiiro opened her eyes to witness Yakekoge with a kunai in his back standing in front of her, having taken the blow despite his prior injury.
"I said I'd always protect you didn't I?" Yakekoge said with a small smile in his face while Hiiro gasped in shock.
Yakekoge pulled the kunai from his back before he applied a small layer of fire chakra to his hand before pressing it to his wounds, cauterizing them. Yakekoge then held his hands to his side as he formed gauntlets of pure fire chakra around them, before they turned a brighter hue of red and appeared to thicken. "Hiiro, you have to run." Yakekoge stated as he stood facing Danzo, who stood unfazed by the chakra around Yakekoge's arms.
Hiiro's eyes widened upon witnessing the hue of Yakekoge's chakra before asking, "Why Yakekoge? You don't have to do this!"
"Hiiro, I need you to survive. You are the only one who will be able avenge our clan and our parents death. It will be a hard and difficult journey, but I know you can do it. Do it in my memory. Now go, I'll handle him." Yakekoge commanded before he charged towards Danzo.
Hiiro nodded and turned away from Yakekoge, wiping a few tears of her cheek before running in the opposite direction while deciding that she would dedicate herself to complete Yakekoge's goal and avenge her family and clan.
After Yakekoge and Danzo's fight.
Danzo began to reseal his arms behind the golden braces before signalling for the only surviving anbu to pick up Yakekoge's body. "Danzo-sama, are you sure that it was necessary to sacrifice that many-" the root ANBU member asked.
Danzo waved him off before saying, "I have plenty of eyes back in the Leaf, this man was too much of a threat, so the six sharingan that were lost today were well worth it as it allowed the Leaf to see another day. We will have to hunt down the girl another time, for now we'll return to the village."
End Flashback
Hiiro brought her hands together in a ram sign, before the chakra around her formed to make a large flame towering at close two double her height. Naruto and Sasuke slightly edged backwards, before standing in their respective defensive stances. The flame slowly started to glow brighter and the flame started to flicker more wildly, Sasuke noticing that somehow a lot of chakra was being funnelled into one location.
"Naruto, you have to stop her!" Sasuke shouted.
"Yeah, I know, I can sense how much chakra she's building up!" Naruto said, before directing a gudo-dama towards Hiiro which went flying towards the chakra flame.
The light from the sun seemed to be brighter and stronger in a small circle around Hiiro as the flame grew brighter. The gudo-dama quickly pushed into the side of the flame only to begin to lose its shape and drip downwards as if it was being melted. Naruto and Sasuke widened their eyes upon seeing this as Naruto attempted to bring the gudo-dama back to no success.
"Somehow she's using natural energy in her technique and it forms some kind of chakra shield!" Naruto shouted as he slightly edged backwards.
Hiiro smirked before saying, "You are correct Uzumaki, I am using my body as a beacon for the natural energy emitted from the sun. The energy from the sun which is emitted over a certain radius is drawn to my location allowing me to use my technique."
"Naruto this is bad, we can't get within the flame." Sasuke stated.
"We've got to get out of her jutsu's radius, come on Sasuke!" Naruto shouted.
Hiiro chuckled before saying, "I'm highly doubting you stand a chance of escaping, I don't even know the radius of this technique, but it was enough to instantly wipe out Uzushiogakure."
"Shut up! We'll never know until we try!" Naruto shouted before turning towards Sasuke, "How far can you move us with your eye technique?"
"I can't use it right now, the technique needs to recharge, we'll have to go on foot." Sasuke explained.
Naruto quickly formed a handsign, forming a clone who created a chakra arm which picked up Sasuke. "I need you to go get Sakura too!" Naruto shouted to his clone who nodded before quickly flying off to Sakura's location.
Naruto arrived at Hinata's location before quickly picking her up in bridal position. Hinata having observed the fight from afar with her byakugan proceeded to ask, "Naruto-kun, what is Hiiro doing, she's building up an incredible amount of chakra?"
"I'm not sure Hinata, but we need to get as far away from here as possible, we'll go meet with my other clone and I'll fly us all to safety." Naruto quickly explained before beginning to float before flying over to where he sensed Sakura.
Naruto's shadow clone landed next to Sakura and the sitting Shogai who was looking at the sky as the land began to darken despite the sun being easily visible in the sky. "Sakura, we're leaving." Sasuke stated(demanded).
"Sasuke-kun, you're hurt!" Sakura exclaimed, noticing the burn on his side before reaching towards him to heal it despite her chakra exhaustion.
Sasuke waved her off with his arm before Naruto's clone said, "Sakura, we have to go now! Hiiro is going to use a super powerful technique, so we have to get out of here quickly!"
Sakura nodded before saying, "Wait, we have to take him back to the village." while pointing at Shogai.
"No, don't bother taking me, I'll only slow you down. Give me a chance to redeem myself, Tsunade's apprentice." Shogai said.
The original Naruto carrying Hinata landed next to his clone, "We have to go quickly!", he shouted.
Naruto's clone picked up both Sakura and Sasuke and prepared to jump before Shogai said, "Naruto, I think its worthwhile that you visit the former village of your clan, I learned most of my fuinjutsu from the forgotten scrolls there. Sakura, eventually I am sure you will surpass me in strength as you already did in knowledge. Perhaps you could make a less predictable fighting style, it would probably help you in the future. I'll try to stop Hiiro while you make your escape."
Naruto and Sakura nodded before Naruto and his clone began floating. Shogai made his way over to his shield and picked it up before he walked in between Hiiro and the Konoha team of shinobi. Darkness descended over the area as the flame containing Hiiro began to glow incredibly bright. Shogai placed his shield facing towards Hiiro as he started to go through single handed hand signs as Naruto's team began to fly in the opposite direction away from the battlefield and into the forests of the Land of Fire.
Shogai managed to finish his hand signs before slamming his hand into the back of his shield while shouting, "Fuinjutsu: Great Chakra Barrier!" Kanji emerged from the center of the shield, spreading outwards and creating a half dome of yellowish chakra with a multitude of seals being spread across the dome. Shogai himself was on the inside of the almost 100 foot tall half dome, where he was panting after using the incredibly chakra taxing technique in an attempt to protect the very shinobi who he had previously tried to kill.
Hiiro glared at the dome barrier which she had witnessed being created before the chakra flame she was contained within calmed down and shrunk to the point where it formed a flame of almost pure chakra the size of her. The density of the chakra flame made it impossible to see the user of the jutsu, but her voice was heard as she shouted, "Flare Style: Solar Flare!"
Land of Fire Forest (5 kilometers north of the battle site):
A man with his purple sharrinnegan eyes which paled to an almost white state at its center observed the battlefield between the members of his organization and the Konoha ninja. 'Her chakra build-up is ridiculous, it would be unwise to stay here any longer.' the man thought before he quickly began to make his way in the opposite direction.
Land of Fire Forest (2 kilometers South of the battle site):
Naruto and his clones quickly flew just above the canopy of the forest as quickly as they could, with Hinata observing what was happening on the battlefield with her byakugan. "Shogai seems to have made a barrier between Hiiro and us, but the chakra around Hiiro is very condensed now, I think she is about to use her technique." Hinata explained.
"Damn it, I wanted to get further away, hopefully we can make it out of the blast radius by the time she finishes it." Naruto said as his clone and him pushed to fly as fast as they possibly could.
Hinata was forced to shut off her Byakugan as the area around Hiiro became too bright to observe, before the group witnessed a massive burst of light from behind them as they continued on their way.
Land of Fire Plain(Battle site):
Shogai closed his eyes and turned away as the light emitted from Hiiro's chakra flame became too much to bear, before the flame erupted into a massive fiery explosion. The fiery explosion quickly formed itself into a massive upwards flare of fire which stretched a few kilometers high, and quickly engulfed the former grassy field, stretching into the forests surrounding it, covering close to a 600 meter radius. Shogai's barrier forced the fire which hit it to be redirected upwards, protecting him from the flames itself, but the heat alone was enough to instantly melt through his shield and kill him. The initial explosion of fire released an instantaneous blast of heated wind outwards, but it was nothing compared to the following blast of heat from the following blast of pure heat emitted from the flame. The heat wave ignited trees for the first two kilometers just as a resultant of the extremity of the heat, in addition to entirely annihilating all wildlife the wave passed through. The technique's name quite frankly was the best way to describe it as it was essentially an artificially created solar flare.
Land of Fire Forest (4 kilometers South of the battle site):
Naruto and his friends managed to cover another two kilometers before the explosion occurred, resulting in Naruto and his teammates being hit by the initial blast wave from the explosion, sending them spiralling into the forest below. The original Naruto quickly formed his gudo-dama into a protective wall which separated his comrades and the massive flame in the distance. He and his clone then protectively stood over their respective comrades as the heat wave impacted against the wall Naruto created.
The wall proved to divert the main heat wave away from Naruto and his friends, but the heat which did not hit the wall naturally spread out, causing the Konoha ninja to suffer a lesser effect of the heat wave, but still powerful none the less, forcing them to the ground panting, feeling as if they were in a volcano. The heat passed, leaving the group exhausted and panting for air as the battle had at long last come to a close, the large flare in the distance quickly reducing in size before leaving a scarred wasteland in its wake.
Land of Fire Forest (North of battle site):
The purple eyed man paused on a branch upon feeling a strong wave of heat blast over him, causing him to look backwards to witness a massive flame which reached into the sky quickly decrease in size before vanishing out of site. The man paused to take a breath before muttering to himself, "The two of them were dispensable anyways. After all, it would be expecting too much for those two to have won against shinobi inheriting the abilities of the Sage of Six Path's himself. However, soon the world shall witness the power of Dusk."
END OF ARC
A/N: I decided as a little bonus to this chapter I'd add the ninja stats of both Shogai and Hiiro. I'll be doing the same each chapter a villain is defeated, showing the stats of the villain at the bottom of the chapter. The stats typically range from 1-5 with the occasional exception is the character is very skilled in a particular category.
Shogai's stats:
Ninjutsu: 4
Shogai demonstrated use of the 3rd Hokage's shuriken shadow clone jutsu as well as complete mastery in using his chakra-enhanced strength. Fuinjutsu will be considered in hand seals.
Taijutsu: 4
Shogai is a very proficient user in fighting with fuma-shuriken and his unique form of fighting using his shield offensively and defensively alongside his chakra-enhanced strength.
Genjutsu: 3
Shogai does not have any abilities related to genjutsu, but it is natural to assume that he was capable of dispelling moderate genjutsu as is a typical requirement for high-tier shinobi organizations.
Intelligence: 3.5
Shogai is by no means stupid as he was able to learn a few sealing techniques from Uzumaki clan scrolls and added the techniques to his arsenal. However, he tends to let his mouth run often and can sometimes overlook certain aspects in combat.
Strength: 6
In addition to being naturally powerful, his chakra-enhanced strength makes Shogai possibly the strongest out there when it comes to strength, surpassing even Sakura in brute strength. He is so powerful in fact that he could create massive craters comparable to some very powerful jutsus using only his chakra-enhanced strength.
Speed: 3.5
Shogai demonstrated a fair amount of speed as he was able to quickly maneuver himself in a fight to take on two opponents at once. He was also capable of narrowly dodging Naruto's gudo-damas at close to point blank range, which is quite a feat.
Stamina: 4
Shogai was able to fight multiple consecutive battles without suffering from chakra exhaustion and demonstrated some incredible durability throughout his fights. He was able to continue fighting despite having chakra points closed and was only temporarily put out of the fight.
Hand Seals: 5
Shogai demonstrated an ability to use hand signs with a single hand in combat, in addition to performing the hand signs necessary for a powerful barrier seal. He also demonstrated knowledge in the art of sealing to the point where he was able to create a chakra absorption seal on his shield and release the chakra to attack his foes.
Total: 33
Overall, Shogai was a very skilled ninja who excels in close quarters combat with some additional fuinjutsu knowledge
Hiiro's stats (Some stats contain three different levels, base mode, fire style armour and flare style armour):
Ninjutsu: 5
Hiiro demonstrated incredible skill in ninjutsu, being capable of performing a wide incredibly powerful fire techniques. Hiiro demonstrated a diverse arsenal in addition to using her own empowered version of fire techniques as well as a technique of her own invention. Additionally, Hiiro was able to use her bloodline very effectively, powering her already strong fire techniques to ridiculous levels as well as being able to use a large scale suicide attack.
Taijutsu: 4/4.5/4.5
Hiiro is a fairly skilled taijutsu fighter, being able to fight somewhat evenly with Naruto in her basic form despite Naruto's sage-mode skills. She also demonstrated fast reflexes as she was capable of dodging some of Naruto's fastest attacks, as well as avoiding a fatal blow from Sasuke's chidori sharp spear in spear form.
Genjutsu: 3
Hiiro did not display any genjutsu skill, similar to Shogai, but it can be assumed that she knew how to escape from moderate genjutsu as is necessary for someone of this skill level.
Intelligence: 3.5
Hiiro has displayed a wide variety of ninjutsu as well as techniques which she created by herself which requires quite an intelligent mind. She also was able to learn how to integrate her clan's kekkai genkai into her own fighting style, making her a deadly opponent.
Strength: 3.5/4/4.5
Hiiro demonstrated some moderate strength in her attacks as she was able to push back her foes with her attacks. Her strength increased the stronger her flame armour became, with her flare armour causing her to be much stronger than her original form.
Speed: 4/4.5/5.5
One of Hiiro's strongest skills is her speed, allowing her to easily blitz both Sakura and Hinata at the beginning of their fight. Hiiro's speed allowed her to keep up with Naruto in his base form, as well as quickly surprise attack her in her flare armour. Hiiro's speed in her flare armour allowed her to also keep up with Sasuke in combat who is also known for his fast speed. Another testament to her speed was her ability to outmaneuver Amaterasu.
Stamina: 5
Being part Uzumaki Hiiro has incredible stamina and life force, allowing her to fight for a elongated period using chakra taxing techniques. Another testament to her stamina was her ability to maintain an armour formed from Flare Style chakra, which was constantly draining her life force, before she ultimately used a self-destructive technique.
Hand Seals: 5
Hiiro is highly skilled in using hand seals as she quickly flies through hand seals before performing her wide arsenal of techniques.
Total: 33/34.5/36
Overall Hiiro is an incredibly skilled short-mid range fighter, with incredible speed, ninjutsu and taijutsu that allow her to take on incredibly powerful ninjas such as Naruto and Sasuke in battle while using her Flare Style.
A/N: Well that concludes the first/introduction arc. It was probably the most I've ever written in my entire life. The talk-no-jutsu with Shogai I felt gave him a bit of character resolution and I feel it would be much better with him than Hiiro, though don't worry, I don't intend to have everyone get talk-no-jutsu'd. I don't really have much else to say other than I hope you enjoyed the conclusion to the fight. Let me know what you thought of the first part of the story/this chapter with a review and see you next time.
One more thing, this chapter was kind of an exception when it comes to chapter length because I wanted to tie up this arc on the 10th chapter, so the next one will be probably normal length. Also, it probably won't come out for a little while considering how taxing it was to type up all this stuff :P. Thanks for reading!