Mr. Higurashi quickly strode through the streets of the Uchiha district; ignoring the quiet tense atmosphere of long abandoned buildings and streets. He marched forward in a daze; not stopping to catch his breath or even to think about what he was doing or where he was going.

Eventually he arrived at the mansion, the building managing to look elegant in its simplicity even through the disrepair it was in. Entering the building; Higurashi strode through the dusty hallways that smelt of failed ambitions and tragedy, the eerie feeling of something following... watching everything that filled the air not even causing him to hesitate in his march.

The blacksmith finally entered one of the bedrooms seemingly at random. He looked over the room not even acknowledging his daughters unconscious presence in the room along with the other teens; 's gaze settling on the gauntlet strapped onto the blonde teen's arm. He opened the package and revealed an impressive sword. The blade of the weapon was alien to the Konoha smith; it was a double-edged bastard sword with runes etched on the blade and it had several prongs along the sides of it to make pulling it out of flesh even more painful. Finally the hand-guard was an incredibly intricate design of tear drops and water that seemed to thrum with power. There was also no tang on the blade to attach a handle to it and the weapon though obviously powerful was missing something, the silver weapon seemed to feel hollow.

Until now that is, the weapon seemed to hum in joy before Higurashi moved forward and gently laid the weapon down to rest on Naruto's gauntlet the weapon flashed red before it vanished without a trace and Higurashi smiled distantly before blacking out.

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Sasuke was about to die

He held back a choice swear and attempted in vain to burn a hole in the back of Fake-Itachi's head with a glare. The situation was bleak; his chakra was completely drained and he was still weak from the beatings whoever was mimicking his brother had given him. Thankfully Sakura had shown up after what felt like years and she'd taken the monster's focus off of him for a while

Sasuke bit his lip and tried not to think of the implications of going through another viewing of his dead family had on his psyche. That was something that could be dealt with after this imposter learnt why he shouldn't underestimate an Uchiha.

Sakura screamed out in pain and Sasuke's attention flicked to her; Itachi had stepped on and crushed a finger of hers. The "last" Uchiha winced and would've sent a quick prayer for some sort of divine intervention had he not found out that that didn't work a few years ago on that day.

"Alright, this is getting a bit boring now," Itachi said with a mocking expression of boredom on his face. Sasuke had to admit it was more than a little disconcerting to see the normally stoic and cold man with emotions on his face; even if it wasn't actually Itachi doing it. "But, it is impressive an idiot like you fooled around with Master's seal and actually succeeded! The only person who can do that is Ta'ran and she's a seal master!" the creature grinned and shook his head, "Ah but I'm getting distracted you see, the little seal on your head? Every little part of it that goes dark is another chance lost! I don't know why Master made it like that, but whatever his reasons it's been damn fun torturing you guys each and every time! I'm probably in for a promotion n when I'm done with you!" 'Itachi' then sent out a booming laugh that sent shivers down Sasuke's spine. He picked up Sakura by the collar of her dress and looked her in the eye; the pinkette trembled before looking up and spitting some blood in the shape-stealer's face.

"ACK! You fucking bitch!" he shouted and flung her across the room wiping at his face, "that's disgusting! …and cliché!" 'Itachi' grumbled wiping at his face furiously, before a vindictive sneer took a hold of his face. "If you're gonna be like that; I'm just going to have to gut your boyfriend right in front of you!"

Sasuke gave out a strangled yelp as he was picked up by the fake-Itachi who looked him in the eye. The demon grinned and fished around in his strange black and red robes. He pulled out a kunai and admired it before slowly drawing it across Sasuke's arm, painting a red line across the Uchiha's forearm and making the boy squirm, his pride not allowing any screams or moans even as pain flickered across his face.

The demon in disguise was in the middle of slowly drawing his tongue across the bloody knife when a black blur lunged from the corner of the room and slammed into the monster. Sasuke had disorienting few brief moments of free-fall before he was caught in a pair of strong arms. He raised his cobalt eyes and met a familiar shade of Cerulean that made Sasuke's voice hitch in his throat.

"Naruto?" he asked incredulously, the blonde grinned at the Sasuke and put him down on the ground gently,

"Heya teme, how's it hangin'?"

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Naruto grinned at Sasuke cheekily; he then took a moment to quickly observe the surroundings and realised they were inside the mansion somewhere at a shrine of some kind. The room was fairly large with dilapidated cushions on the edges of the room and paintings hanging off various parts of the walls. In the middle of the room was a large shrine dedicated to some god of some kind and the room smelt of stale incense.

Sakura had collapsed weakly on some cushions across the room from Itachi and Naruto idly created a clone to take Sasuke and join her. The original blonde nin remained silent the entire time and watched his enemy carefully.

"Oh? Another brat here to try his luck? How many of you are there!?" 'Itachi' said scowling before straightening up and observing Naruto whom had yet to move from his spot.

The demon grinned wickedly suddenly and his eyes held a manic light, "Oh? You seem to think that I don't notice-" he slammed his foot into the ground and one of the rocks puffed away, "-you hiding clones in the area!" 'Itachi let out a booming laugh and stood up. "These two brats here were pathetic… but you-!" the demon's body began to twist and bulge unnaturally underneath its robes before it imploded and was enveloped in a shower of blood.

Where "Itachi" had stood before was horrific demon. Measuring easily at 8 feet tall in its bipedal form; its entire form was covered in what resembled muscles exposed to open air; their sickly pale pink and red colours making Naruto more than a little nauseous. Then its head flickered and where there should have been someone's face instead was a gaping vertical maw that was filled with rows of tiny teeth. The creature roared before shifting its gruesome mouth closed again and it looked as if its face had not just re-arranged itself to make room for a giant mouth.

Naruto tugged up his mask grimly and drew his tanto. The demon laughed again, his voice much deeper and sheer power thrumming through its voice making Naruto's vision to go fuzzy.

"However tough you may look child, we both know how this is going to end!" The creature bowed down mockingly and called out "My name is Sile! And you shall be an entertaining kill I am sure!"

Boss Battle Start!

Sile the black hand of Cabaddon!

Hp: 15,000

Mp: 5,000

The first warning Naruto got was when Sile vanished in a blur; the second was a sharp whistling sound of high speed before a clone puffed out just as Naruto processed everything that had just happened. The blonde's senses screamed for him to move and he ducked just in time as the demon swung a backhanded fist where Naruto's face was a second ago.

Naruto flipped backwards and sent several kunai and shuriken at Sile who laughed before he batted them out of the air. Undeterred Naruto summoned a formation of clones behind him who leapt into the air and sending a field of fire at Sile. The cascade of fire swept past Naruto as he seemingly coolly surveyed the attack; a single bead of sweat giving away his nerves.

"Grand fireball Jutsu!" roused a cry from the clone army and the air was filled with smoke and soot. Unlike last time Naruto tried this tactic; there was no warning before the clones were torn apart as Sile blurred in and out of existence smashing and breaking Naruto's clones.

'If he gets a hold of me I'm done for," Naruto realised and made an annoyed note to put more points into speed when he was done.

"HAHA! This is brilliant! I can't even tell which one of these little buddies are the real you!" Sile shouted as he choked the life out of one of Naruto's clones. "I mean I've fought clone users before but it's always been painfully obvious when the clones are made of dirt or grass and shit- but these guys!" Sile twisted around and backhanded a clone; the sharp sound of his fist breaking through bone ringing throughout the clearing. The clone backed up, its face an unrecognisable pulpy mess of blood before dispelling. All the Naruto's in the area let out a collective wince. "-These guys are the most life-like I've ever seen!" The demon finished in an amused tone.

Naruto meanwhile had made a seal-less, smoke-less, kawirimi with a clone and was currently in an adjacent room, desperately trying to put together a plan that would stop this monster from killing him. Suddenly a fist broke through the wall he was behind and a slightly muffled voice let out a gleeful sound.

"Don't think I can't feel you behind there!" The massive fist then latched onto Naruto's shoulders and slammed him against the wall twice before it gave way and Naruto was sent flying back into the room. He was in free fall for a few moments before he slammed into the opposite wall and let out a gasp of air as his vision blurred for a second. Naruto felt his health tick down and everything faded away into darkness; Naruto had just enough energy for one last conscious thought.

'Sorry guys, I think I've failed you after all…"

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Sile was walking leisurely to where Naruto's crumpled form lay when a barrage of Kunai and Shuriken bounced off of his back. The demon whipped around just in time for a chunk of ice to slam into his face and he stumbled backwards.

"Naruto!" Tenten shrieked as she saw the blonde slumped against a wall, a crater of cracks above him let her know how he got there in the first place. The weapon mistress looked around and saw Sasuke and Sakura both behind them near the entrance; too wounded and exhausted to move. Tenten bit her lip; this wasn't looking good.

Suddenly a burning pain let itself be known in her stomach and she was flying through the air, just barely managing to land before letting out a rasping cough.

"Oh my! It seems you guys managed to get a demon on your side!" Sile laughed and scrutinised Vashaan, "Ohoho! And a special one too! Tell me how on earth did they manage to get you on their side? Cabaddon treats us well after all!" Sile remarked. Vashaan's eyes narrowed and a seal flashed in front of her and a dark beam shot out at the psychotic demon. Sile attempted to dash towards Vashaan but the beam however merely shot around the area following his movements and he kept flashing in and out of existence as the beam chased him tracing scorch marks all over the walls and floor.

Vashaan continued concentrating on the offensive whilst Tenten ran over to her blonde friend. She cradled Naruto's head, his health was dangerously low at only 5 and their only person capable of healing was currently pre-occupied with the most dangerous fight of their lives.

Tenten pulled out a clean cloth from her pack and wiped away blood from Naruto's face she winced at the obvious damage to the boy before she heard the sound of a yelp. Whipping around the mistress paled as she saw Sile holding Vashaan by the throat. The demon quirked his monstrous head at Vashaan's vain struggles. Slowly his maw opened up again and a ball of dark energy started gather in front of it, the edges of the orb flickering as it sucked the light out from around it. Tenten acted fast and start summoning and flinging every weapon she had in her arsenal at Sile.

Sile fired the deathly beam at Vashaan's head just as a barrage of kunai struck his head knocking his head to the side and making the attack barely fly past the demonette's head as a beam of energy shot forth from the orb and left a hole going through several walls in the faux Uchiha mansion.

Getting annoyed Sile this time twisted around a desperate point blank ice bolt from Vashaan and kicked the succubus in the abdomen sending her flying back into a wall landing in same position as Naruto earlier; the succubus sat against the wall and groaned in pain. Sile wasn't even paying attention to her anymore; as he progressed towards Tenten who was frantically throwing everything she had at the disturbing creature. Hand Scythes, chains, kunai, throwing axes, spears, and even odder weapons such as maces and full scythes flew past or bounced off Sile's massive frame.

Running out of weapons Tenten backed up into a wall; her mouth gaping open in horror as Sile reinforced his hand in dark energy and stabbed it through the weapon mistress's head…

…Only for her to vanish and reveal she had used and kawirimi'd with a basic bunshin. Sile paused for a stunned moment at such a basic tactic before he twisted around and found out that Tenten had summoned her strongest attack.

A massive Iron ball slammed into the demon and a roar of pain sounded out, Tenten gasped for breath as she felt her chakra reserves dip again. A smile graced her features and Tenten let out a weak chuckle,

"That was for Naruto you bastard," she said before she froze as she felt a presence behind her,

"Sorry but your attacks just aren't that powerful," Sile said cold amusement lacing his tone, Tenten suddenly felt a burning sensation in her chest and saw Sile's hand sticking out of her torso. Tenten coughed up blood and started to black out.

'I can't…. not now…' Tenten vision blurred suddenly and that was all that was needed to send her crashing to the ground, blood pooling around her.

"Well then," Sile said smoothly turning to face his original two victims, "Shall we continue where we left off?"

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Naruto felt pain coursing through his body; he groaned as his temples throbbed with an onset of a headache. What the hell had he done to get this amount of pain last night? Naruto thought back…

Suddenly a rush of memories flowed through his mind and his eyes shot open, Sile… the bastard had Sakura and Sasuke! Naruto shot open just in time to see Sile pull his hand nonchalantly out from Tenten's chest; the weapons mistress collapsing in a pool of blood

Blood trailed out of the weapons mistress's mouth and Naruto's mind flashed back to the similar way Inner Sakura had died. Slowly Naruto's vision shifted red and his consciousness gave way to sheer burning rage as Sile merely laughed at the Kunoichi.

Naruto was going to kill him.

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Sile started to advance towards the Uchiha and pinkette's limp forms when he felt a disturbing amount of demonic energy surging from the blonde he had disabled earlier. Twisting around Sile stopped in his tracks, for once surprised at the turn of events.

Naruto had a cloak of orange energy bubbling around his body, crudely forming the shape of a fox as tendrils of demonic chakra flowed around his body. His eyes had changed from their normal cerulean blue to a deep red, his whisker marks had deepened and his canines elongated giving the boy a more feral appearance.

Sile had just enough time to take this all in and wonder what it meant before the boy pounced. Naruto flung through the air as the red demon's chakra surged around him.

Claws raked up and down his face and Sile's screamed at the boy in pain, the sound waves generated by his scream sending the enraged jinchuuriki flying off Sile. Naruto was however undeterred and landed on all fours gracefully. The feral jinchuuriki then sprinted at the demon and slid underneath a desperate swipe and between Sile's legs.

Twisting around Naruto pounced on the demon's back and started attacking at it; tearing chunks of muscle and flesh from the demon's thick hide with horrifying ease. Sile screeched in pain and twisted around frantically trying to stop the possessed boy from doing any more damage in vain. Catching a hold of the boy's collar Sile flung Naruto off his back onto the ground in front of him, Naruto jumped up again this time aiming for Sile's face only to meet a brutal knee in his gut that stopped his momentum; Sile let the boy drop and charged a beam in his mouth.

Naruto looked up just in time to see Sile release the beam and send it straight through hiss chest. Not even waiting to see the boy's reaction Sile then twisted around and sent a roundhouse kick to Naruto's head sending the Jinchuuriki flying across the room.

Naruto slammed into a wall and let out an unnatural roar, the demonic energy surrounding the boy only grew more potent as his wounds sealed over and the possessed teen simply looked at Sile and bared his teeth before flinging himself at Sile once more. This time instead of catching another knee in the gut, Naruto twisted his body around Sile's outstretched leg and clawed his way up the demon's body, leaving deep bubbling wounds in the demon's body.

Roaring in pain once more Sile frantically tried to stop Naruto from getting to his body as the boy crawled around his body tearing out chunks of flesh; however this time the wounds held traces of demonic taint in them which made already excruciating wounds burn like fire. Had Naruto been in a state to recognise it; he would have been both amazed and terrified of the sheer amount and variation in colour of the numbers flying from the demon he was currently attempting (and succeeding) at tearing apart.

Suddenly before Sile could stop him the blonde was on his neck and the feral teen twisted his neck around with a sickening crack that echoed throughout the room, time stood still for a moment and Sile fell to his knees.

For a brief second Naruto thought he had won before Sile opened his mouth and once again gave off a youkai infused scream. The sonic waves were so powerful Naruto's skin began to bubble and started to melt from the energy. Naruto flung himself away from Sile before any lasting damage was done.

Sile stood up and crack his neck back around the proper way before taking a deep breath.

"You've done well little fox, to wound me as you have. But you still lack the power to kill me. This is only delaying your own death." Naruto in his feral state only howled back before flinging himself at Sile's back intending to make the demon eat his own words.

Sile twisted around smoothly and caught Naruto by the throat, the possessed teen choking for a moment and struggling in his grip. Sile watched in amusement before gesturing to the others in the room.

"Do you now realise how truly outclassed you are? Even after this boy managed to harness the power of demons he still cannot defeat me!" Sile laughed and crushed Naruto's throat in his fist, and laughed again.

Feeling something shift in his hand Sile paused and looked closely at the boy before seeing Naruto's cheeks grow as something twitched in his mouth, suddenly he opened his mouth and a ball of red energy slammed into Sile's head creating an explosion that flung the Jinchuuriki away from the demon.

Sile roared in pain and as the smoke cleared it became obvious why.

Half the demon's head was missing and the other half of his mouth flapped open and closed and blood spurted out of the hole in Sile's head. Collapsing to his knees Sile twitched and roared in pain before the flesh sealed over and tentacles burst from the wounds.

Roaring once again this time in a similar feral state as Naruto, the two demons now circled each other, both on all fours as potent hate filled energy drifted from their bodies.

The fight was on again and the two demons clashed again and again.

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Sakura could only watch as the killing intent flowed throughout the room and wondered what the hell had happened to her teammate. Glancing over to the right she saw Sasuke in a similar state of awe and terror before realising something important. Sakura dragged herself away from her spot over to where Tenten had fallen and felt for the brunettes' pulse.

A second passed and a roar echoed from behind the pinkette and she winced before a single throb made everything seem trivial and Sakura sighed in relief; Tenten was still alive.

Sakura started to tear strips from her clothes and make bandages before a hand on her shoulder made her pause. Sakura craned her head around and saw the other girl that had tried to help earlier smile at Sakura weakly before motioning for the pinkette to move aside.

"I know healing magics that save her, and by extension, our lives." Vashaan said and Sakura gave a mental shrug and let the lavender skinned girl do her job. Sakura finally got the strength to ask Vashaan the million dollar question.

"What the hell is Naruto?" Vashaan stopped in her work and looked at Sakura, wondering what to tell the teenage girl that would satiate her curiosity and wouldn't offend Naruto. A voice broke into her thoughts and made both girls whirl around to face the speaker.

"A… a friend," Tenten said weakly from her spot on the ground as the trio of women both looked over to the clash of epics that was going on a few feet away from them. Sakura nevertheless bit her lip in concern and then spoke up,

"Whatever is going on we shouldn't be so close the fight, I'll get Sasuke and Vashaan you should move Tenten back to the end of the room." Vashaan paused for a moment wondering if she should tell the pinkette that she had no authority over her before shrugging and doing what Sakura asked; she was right, the fight would soon start involving more explosives and they had to get away while they could.

Sakura moved over to Sasuke who was still stock still observing the fight that was going on, Sakura look over the boy's features and realised his fists were clenching and unclenching again and again.

"Sakura," The Uchiha said and the girl blushed at being addressed by her hero, "Have we been good teammates for Naruto?" Sakura halted at the unexpected question, and didn't answer, the roars of the two demons echoing against her ears.

"Sasuke?" Sakura asked not sure what to say to such an oddly timed question,

"We haven't been good teammates; never mind good friends." Sasuke said slowly shaking his head. "So why is Naruto fighting like this for us? Why doesn't he just leave us behind?"

Sakura didn't have an answer, she just grabbed her crush by the arm and they both limped away from the fight. One only was starting to think about her teammate as more than an annoyance; the other wondering what he had ever done to invoke such loyalty from Naruto.

The fight between the two demons raged onwards heedless of the consequences for the teens standing at its edges.

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Naruto leapt away from Sile panting in exhaustion as wounds all over his body, some ordinarily fatal, some not, faded away slowly as the demonic energies surrounding the boy restored him.

Sile had no such ability and simply roared in anger again as more and more tentacles burst from the wounds in his body and started thrashing about angrily. Some part of Naruto groaned, as he realised this would make the fight even harder to win; but the rest of his bloodlust hazed mind didn't care.

Just as Naruto was about to launch himself towards Sile again the demon released a beam of dark energy towards Naruto and the Jinchuuriki barely managed to send off a ball of red energy to stop the beam's progress, the backlash sent Naruto flying and his senses all screamed at him as Sile appeared above Naruto and slammed a kneed into the blonde's back.

The pair flew downwards as their velocity changed and the Naruto was slammed into the ground.

"NARUTO!"

Naruto heard a feminine scream from across the room and vaguely wondered who it was through the pain.

The damage was horrible, Naruto was almost broken in half by the fall and the teen screamed himself hoarse as Sile grinded his knee deeper the small of his back which was bent horrible backwards.

Naruto screamed and screamed again before retching and throwing up a mess of blood and acid as his entire body burned up in pain. Naruto paused only to breathe in instinctively before screaming again.

Sile started to laugh as he continued to torture the boy who dared cause him so much pain before something around them shifted.

A sword blade fell from a hole that had opened up suddenly and fell right in front of Naruto's screaming form. Unaware of the change Sile continued to torture the blonde as he screamed in pain again and again. Something drew Naruto to blade through the haze of pain and blood that surrounded his mind, reaching out with both hands Naruto gripped the blade so tightly blood started to slide down the blade as Naruto tried desperately to hold a scream of pain in.

Suddenly the blade stared glowing red and the entire room around Naruto shifted as he found himself blacking out from pain, exhaustion, and the blade's influence.

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Naruto didn't know where he was, one moment he was being tortured by a demon, the next he had entered this white aether. Whirling around wildly hoping beyond hope he somehow hadn't died, Naruto noticed a figure meld into existence in the white nothingness that surrounded him.

It was a man wearing dark robes and a battered hay-kasa who looked over Naruto and smiled disarmingly, he was about his mid-twenties with a light beard the same colour of oak, a few whisps of hair poked out underneath his hay-kasa.

"Why hello there, my charming new wielder, it seems you've gotten yourself in quite the jam haven't you?" the man said amusedly, Naruto huffed to himself and sat up,

"Where am I? Who are you? Why have you brought me here?" he demanded panic dictating his actions.

"Ah calm yourself, all shall be answered in time; for now your friends are in danger and have need of you; and you in turn have need of me…

And my power" the man finished slowly; his laid-back nature shifting into something more steeled.

"My friends! Are they okay?!" Naruto shouted out and the man laughed lightly making Naruto grit his teeth in irritation.

"They will be; I just dragged you here to meet me and to let you know of a few important things. Worry not, time passes here much slower than in the real world a few seconds will have passed rather than the few minutes we spend her chatting" Naruto paused before sighing to himself and nodding,

"Fine then, go ahead." Naruto said slowly and the man beamed at the blonde Jinchuuriki.

"Excellent! Now then, you can save your friends by melding your demonic energies and my power, but this will mean you will wield the blade of tears… which has many consequences…"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at this and asked the obvious question, "What kind of consequences?"

"Being the wielder of the blade of tears means you have chosen gods as your enemies, and a scant few for your friends. It also means you will be changed physically as you wield the blade and most of these changes will ostracize you from your friends. In the end you will have to walk your path alone until you kill the one who created the blade." The man said slowly,

"And who is that?" Naruto asked, the man closed his eyes serenely and smiled mysteriously,

"Cabaddon; feeder of misery." Naruto paused at that, taking it in.

"That's alright; I'm already meant to fight him to the death to save my world from him." Naruto said smiling for the first time in the conversation. The man turned sombre and spoke to Naruto,

"I cannot tell you the consequences of having to kill Cabaddon; only that killing him, as you will be forced to when you choose this blade; will bring you naught but misery."

"Is there any other way to save my friends?"

"No. However you yourself will survive and will still save your world just without the people in the dream right now."

"…"

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Sile got off of the blonde, the screaming having stopped and the kid presumably having died. Slowly the demon's presence of mind returned and he got up off his hands and stood up again.

"Well then, it seems that even though you contained all that power, you couldn't wield it properly." Sile turned to face the others in the room. "Your little friend couldn't take it anymore I'm afraid…" Sile said savouring the words, "he's dead, and now I'm considering which one of you I should do next."

Vashaan paused at that and hope blossomed in her chest; if Naruto were really dead the dream would've collapsed and everyone within it died; so Naruto was still alive.

The problem was that Sile stood between her and healing her friend.

"I never thought I'd say this but I grow tired of torturing brats… I think I'll just end it now, so without further ado-" Sile suddenly appeared among the group and picked up Sasuke by the throat… "I'll kill you."

Sasuke closed his eyes, at the very least sending Naruto an apology that he had died for the Uchiha in vain, sending his parents an apology that he couldn't avenge them, and sending his clan an apology that he couldn't preserve the Uchiha.

The horrible sound of flesh being rent sounded through the area as something splashed on the Uchiha's face. Sasuke waited a few tense moments and opened his eyes and gasped at the sight.

Sticking out of Sile's gaping maw was a large Western styled sword; the blade a shining silver and imbued with glowing red runes. Suddenly the world seemed to shift back to normal as Sile process what happened and screeched in pain, dropping the Uchiha.

Roaring again in pain as the blade was pulled out of him Sile dropped to his knees before letting out a horrendous screech that seemed to deafen the entire room. He twisted around frantically to see Naruto standing upright in all his glory, the blonde's appearance had changed drastically and Sile's eyes widened as he took it in.

Naruto's gauntlet had grown over his entire arm and had even a large pauldron as well; his eyes had also changed to a blazing orange rather than a blood red or cerulean and the blonde also had an aura of red-streaked orange energies flowing over him and intermingling. This time in control of his mind with this power Naruto smiled at Sile mockingly.

He dashed forward and impaled Sile once again before kicking off the demon's body just in time to avoid a fist which instead smashed into the ground where Naruto had stood only seconds before.

Naruto instead dashed backwards and gathered energy in his new weapon. The sigils on the swords blade glowing more fiercely as acidic crimson energy energy began to drip off the blade's edge. Sile dashed forward and tried to destroy Naruto with different attacks. He threw a fist forward and a beam of dark energy shot out aimed straight at the sword-wielding jinchuuriki's face.

Naruto merely ducked underneath the beam into a crouched pose and then launched himself forward meeting Sile's attacks head on. His blade slicing through the demon's outstretched arm and stabbed into his main body; then with a final yell Naruto poured all his energy into the attack and a crimson slash of power split Sile in half from his right shoulder to his left hip.

Only having time to deliver one final shriek; both halves of the demon exploded in a shower of black tar and marked the end of the black hand of Cabbadon.

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