Chapter 70: Betrayal of the Leaf
In the space area Nex, Vergil, Omega, and Claus leave Bygone Fortress and are covered in a dark barrier.
"Remember your purpose as to why we are here; we are searching for one person, and that's Odium. While he has his own darkness at his disposal, we have our own darkness. Which is why we will now be known as the Umbra, as we rely only on the shadows to dispatch our enemy." Nex said.
"How fitting for us to be known that." Vergil said.
"Now, our search for Odium begins. He can't be able to escape from us." Nex said.
"If he's going to play his little sadistic game, then he could in any world by now." Claus said.
"We're not wasting time searching every single one. I'll choose which one he could be in, and we'll start searching for that bastard, even if it means destroying anything in our path to find my target." Nex said as he searches for a world and finds the world which is Land of Ninja and uses Death's Embrace to create a dark trail and creates a dark portal and the four follow the dark trail and enter the dark portal.
(Land of Ninja: Forest)
(Field Theme: Adventure in the Leaves)
The dark portal appears in the Leaf forest and Nex, Vergil, Omega, and Claus fly out of the dark portal before it disappears and look around the forest.
"This place is all too familiar to me. Yes, it's that forest resided by those worthless dogs from that Leaf Village." Nex said.
"Yes, it is." Claus said.
"Odium can be anywhere in sight. Find him, and then destroy him." Nex said.
"Affirmative." Omega said.
"With pleasure." Vergil said.
The Umbra start their search through the forest to find where Odium is and while they are searching the forest Claus looks at two shadow figures from a distance.
"Hey, I feel like we're being watched." Claus said.
"Is is Odium?" Nex asked.
"I'm not sure." Claus said.
"Scanning: Two figures in the vicinity. Neither of them appear to be Odium." Omega said.
"Show yourself, before I kill you!" Nex yelled taking out Death's Embrace.
"My, my, what a temper. You're as impatient as ever, Nex." One of the figures said and stepping out of the shadows reveals to be Orochimaru and at his side is Kabuto.
"Orochimaru. I never thought I'd see your face again. It's been, what? A year, since you invaded the Leaf Village?" Nex asked.
"It has been quite a while, since Hiruzen-sensei's demise, which I have you to thank for." Orochimaru said.
"How're your arms? Still unusable?" Nex asked.
"Yes, you could say that. I even asked my old friend Tsunade to heal them, but that didn't work." Orochimaru said.
"You should have figured that out." Claus said.
"But enough about what has happened to me. Tell me, what brings you in a place like this?" Orochimaru asked.
"I'm currently searching for someone. Do you know my brother, Odium?" Nex asked.
"Odium? My, my, that's a name I have not heard." Orochimaru said.
"Then this talk is wasting my time. Let's go." Nex said as the Umbra start to walk away.
"Wait. You desire for someone, yes? You and I have something in common than you might think." Orochimaru said.
"What are you talking about?" Nex asked.
"I, too, have an interest in someone else, and I consider having him under my wing." Orochimaru said.
"Cut to chase, Snake boy." Nex said.
"Hmhmhmhmhm. There is a certain boy, who still lives in the Leaf. I'm sure you remember Sasuke Uchiha?" Orochimaru asked.
"That brat from the Chunin Exams with that irritating blond dumbass? How could I not remember him? What does he have anything to do with what I want?" Nex asked.
"Because, I think a deal proposal is called for. Consider this as a 'Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours' kind of thing." Orochimaru said.
"You wanna make a deal? Fine. What is it?" Nex asked.
"Oh, don't worry. It won't be difficult for someone of your power. What I want is simple; find Sasuke, and bring him over to me. You see, like you, he desires revenge against someone else, and I'm just the person to lend him this type of power." Orochimaru said.
"So, you want Sasuke just so you can grant him something? And if I do that?" Nex asked.
"Then, I'll help you find your brother, so you can fulfill your wish. That sounds fair to us, don't you agree?" Orochimaru asked.
"Hmm…" Nex begins to think.
"I think we should consider this offer, Nex. You probably worked with him before, and I did the same thing, when those three heroes came here. He may be a snake, but I doubt he'd go against his end of the deal." Claus said.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of anything like that, child. Trust me, once you bring Sasuke to me, I promise to give you whatever information you want. Guaranteed." Orochimaru said.
"Fine. We'll bring the Uchiha brat over to you." Nex said.
"Excellent, we have a deal. As you know, he's somewhere in the Leaf Village. Seek him there, and tell him to meet me deeper of a forest." Orochimaru said.
"Whatever. I expect you keep your end of the deal when we're done." Nex said as he and the Umbra start to move again.
"Hehehehehe… He, too, has excellent potential of being the one, but because he has something else in mind, I think Sasuke will do." Orochimaru said.
The Umbra continue making their way through the forest and making their way for the Leaf Village to find Sasuke and later on they find what looks like a village and it's the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
"The Hidden Leaf Village, it looks like it's being restored after the invasion, and the demise of that old fart of the Hokage." Nex said.
"Oorchimaru said Sasuke is somewhere in the village. Let's just find him, and bring him to that snake so we can continue our mission." Vergil said.
"We can't expect to enter it through the front gate. People might recognize us. Instead, we will be the shadows, and infiltrate the village. Tinman, find the alternate route." Nex said.
"Affirmative." Omega said as he scans around. "Alternate route discovered. Subject, Sasuke Uchiha also found near the village." Omega said.
"Our lucky day. Time for some shadow travel." Nex said as he unleashes shadows around himself and everyone else and they sink into the shadows and the shadow starts to move through the ground for the Leaf Village.
(Land of Ninja: Hidden Leaf Village)
The shadow arrives inside the village and later on the Umbra emerges from the shadow and are now in an area which is an empty square.
"Infiltration complete. Now, to find the Uchiha brat." Nex said.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing here?!" A voice asked and it's a group of Leaf ninjas.
"I don't know what you're doing here, but you have nowhere to go. Surrender and come quietly!" One of the Leaf ninjas said.
"Piss off." Nex said unleashing Death's Embrace.
"What?!" One of the leaf ninjas said.
"Surrender? What a laugh! We don't surrender to scum!" Vergil said taking out his katana Yamato.
"You leave us no choice! Everyone apprehend them, and deliver them to the new Lady Hokage!" One of the Leaf ninjas commanded and the ninjas surround the Umbra.
"Worthless scum!" Nex said.
(Battle Theme: Will of the Ninja)
(Information: Defeat the Leaf ninjas!)
The Leaf ninjas unleash Fire Style: Fireball Jutsus at the Umbra who dodge out of the way and Nex slashes at the Leaf ninjas with Death's Embrace followed by unleashing two shadow hands and delivering brutal punches but a Leaf ninja attempts to slash at Nex with his kunai but Vergil slashes at the Leaf ninja with his katana followed by unleashing dimensional slashes while Omega fires missiles to strike but the Leaf ninjas shoot fireballs at the Umbra but Claus slashes with his plasma sword and then unleashes lightning to strike but the Leaf ninjas throw multiple shurikens at the Umbra but Nex deflects the shurikens and then casts Dark Fire and then delivers brutal horizontal slashes with Death's Embrace and the Umbra defeat the Leaf ninjas.
The Umbra knock the Leaf ninjas to the ground and are defeated and Nex unleashes a shadow hand and grabs one of the ninjas.
"Sasuke Uchiha! Where is he?" Nex asked.
"I'm not telling you anything!" The Leaf ninja said.
"Then you're useless." Nex said as he uses his shadow hand to crush the Leaf ninja killing.
"We must report to Lady Hokage right away!" One of the Leaf ninjas said.
"You'll be telling no one!" Claus said as he fires shots from his arm cannon killing the Leaf ninjas leaving behind marks of where they remained.
"Now the Leaf dogs know we're here." Vergil said.
"Doesn't matter. Find Sasuke, and finish the mission." Nex said.
The Umbra make their way through the village to find Sasuke and while they are searching they see someone jumping from roof to roof and Nex assumes that person is Sasuke and so the Umbra decide to follow the figure moving through the village and later on the Umbra find the figure and it turns out to be Sasuke who is trying to leave but Nex unleashes a giant shadow hand to block the way.
"Hold it right there." Nex said making Sasuke turn to see the Umbra. "How long has it been, since we've seen each other, Sasuke?" Nex asked.
"You! You're Nex! What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"It's not what I want. You ever heard of a man named Orochimaru?" Nex asked.
"You know him?!" Sasuke asked.
"How I know him is of no importance. I'm asked to bring you over to him." Nex said.
"Why would I want to come with you to him? What does he want?" Sasuke asked.
"He wants to lend you power, just so you can your desire for vengeance. He's the one to do it." Nex said.
"So, he knows. What's in it for him to lend me this power to get what I want?" Sasuke asked.
"You can ask him yourself when you go to him. Don't make me say this twice. Either come with me, or I'll force you." Nex said.
(Battle Theme: Vim and Vigor)
"You can't make me come to you! I'll get revenge MY way!" Sasuke yelled as he unleashes lightning in his left hand.
"Fool." Nex said.
(Information: Put Sasuke in his place!)
Sasuke charges at the Umbra while having lightning in his left hand but Nex manages to block off the attack and unleashes shadow tentacles to lash at Sasuke sending him back but Sasuke retaliates with delivering punches followed by a kick but Claus multi slashes with his sword followed by firing a shot from his arm cannon but Sasuke backs off and uses Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu but Vergil teleports behind Sasuke and unleashes spirit swords around him and sends them at Sasuke while Omega fires flames from his flamethrowers but Sasuke charges his left hand with lightning again and charges at the Umbra but Nex coats Death's Embrace with dark energy and charges at Sasuke and as the two charge Nex and Sasuke lock at each other and try to push one another back but Nex uses his strength to attack with his dark coated Keyblade at Sasuke knocking him back and then Nex casts Dark Lightning to strike down at Sasuke getting him.
Nex and Sasuke are staring at each other down and are breathing heavily and Sasuke screams with rage and tries to attack at Nex.
"Idiot." Nex said as he casts a spell to slow time slowing Sasuke down and then Nex delivers a roundhouse kick at the back of Sasuke's head knocking him down.
"You…!" Sasuke growled as he tries to get up but is struggling.
"Don't bother. You know that in your current state, you're weak. You can't win, no matter what you do." Nex said.
"I…can't…lose this…!" Sasuke said.
"How will you be able to get your revenge, if you can't protect yourself? How will you kill the one, who has caused you suffering?" Nex asked.
"Shut up! You don't know anything about me!" Sasuke yelled.
"The only thing I know is that we're the same. You and I desire one thing, and it's revenge against someone we hate. I have the power to obtain my vengeance, because I have darkness on my side, since the beginning, but you, you're gonna have to rely on Orochimaru for what you want. Now, will you go to him or not?" Nex asked.
"…Where is he…?" Sasuke asked.
"He'll be waiting for you deeper in the forest. Will come with us to come to him?" Nex asked.
"I…need time to think…" Sasuke said.
"I'll wait for your answer tonight, which will be very soon. I suggest you start thinking fast." Nex said as he and the rest of the Umbra start to leave.
Later on it's now nighttime and the Umbra are outside of the village in the forest waiting for Sasuke and later on Nex sees someone leaving the village and coming for the forest and it's Sasuke who is walking to the Umbra.
"Have you made your decision?" Nex asked.
"Take me to where Orochimaru is waiting." Sasuke said.
"You're not as stupid as you look. Follow me." Nex said.
The Umbra is escorting Sasuke through the forest to find where Orochimaru is waiting and they later go for the next area.
(Land of Ninja: Forest Clearing)
The Umbra and Sasuke go through the forest clearing to continue going for Orochimaru and later on the Umbra arrive at a different part of the forest clearing and the Umbra keep moving to escort Sasuke and reach a different area.
"You should be able to find Orochimaru from here." Nex said.
"Fine." Sasuke said as he goes on.
"Now that Sasuke is going for Orochimaru, we should have our answer for knowing where Odium is." Claus said.
"You've done well to have Sasuke come to Lord Orochimaru." A voice said and the Umbra see Kabuto.
"Now, what of your end of the deal?" Nex asked.
"Although Sasuke is coming to Lord Orochimaru, that doesn't mean the Leaf will certainly allow it. Now that Sasuke is gone, someone is bound to inform Tsunade, the new Hokage ,the situation, and she's sure to assemble and send out a team to try and bring Sasuke back to the village." Kabuto said.
"So, you want us to stop anyone from trying to get Sasuke back?" Vergil asked.
"Precisely. Do this, and as Sasuke will come to Lord Orochimaru, you will have your reward for answers. Be careful, the ninja from the Leaf are not to be taken down so easily." Kabuto said.
"I can handle a bunch of ninjas." Nex said.
"Glad to hear it." Kabuto said.
The next day at the gates of the Leaf Village a team which consists of Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Choji, and Neji are being prepared to leave for a mission.
"Okay, we should be more than ready to try and get Sasuke back." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah! Let's hurry, and get him before he gets too far!" Naruto said.
"We should be cautious about anyone trying to stop us from completing our mission." Neji said.
"And by anyone, you mean US?" A voice asked.
"What the…?!" Kiba asked.
Confronting the Sasuke Retrieval Team is the Umbra.
"Hey, you're that guy from the Chunin Exams!" Naruto said pointing at Nex.
"Don't think I'm as happy to see your pathetic ass again, Blondie." Nex said.
"You were sent to try and get Sasuke back, you were not?" Vergil asked.
"What if we are?" Choji asked.
"You can't. It's too late. Sasuke has left, and there's nothing you can do to stop him." Nex said.
"I have to at least try! I made a promise of a lifetime!" Naruto yelled.
"Your promise will be shattered into nothingness." Nex said as he unleashes shadow fists and they strike at the team who dodge.
"If you really want Sasuke back, then you'll have to deal with us first. Stop us if you can." Claus said as the Umbra leave.
"Get back here!" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto, no! We can't confront them directly." Shikamaru said.
"Then, what can we do?" Naruto asked.
"We need to handle them, as they will try to stop us from getting to Sasuke." Neji said.
"So, we take 'em! Good deal!" Kiba said.
"Naruto, you go find Sasuke, while we try and stop those four." Shikamaru said.
"I don't like leaving you guys, but if it's a good plan, then I'll do it!" Naruto said as he leaves.
"C'mon! Let's put an end to this." Shikamaru said.
The Umbra arrive at the forest and are waiting for the Retrieval Team to come for the forest and while waiting they see something from a above.
"HUMAN BOULDER!" A voice shouted and it's a giant ball coming down at the Umbra but Nex uses hus shadow hand to grab the giant ball and throw it away and the ball is Choji.
"I knew you'd come." Nex said.
"We're gonna stop you from taking Sasuke from us!" Choji said.
"As you try, you will fail." Vergil said.
"Why don't you just give up and die, Fatso?" Claus said.
"Did…you…just…call me…FAT?!" Choji demanded.
"Good. That must be his weakness. It's exploited, now let's end him." Nex said unleashing Death's Embrace.
(Boss Theme: Rowdy Rumble)
(Information: Destroy Choji!)
Choji charges at the Umbra while transforming into his ball form and rolls at them but the Umbra dodge and Omega fires missiles at Choji while Vergil multi slashes with Yamato but Choji strikes back with enlarging his hands and delivering big slaps but Claus dash slashes at Choji causing damage followed by shooting a shot from his arm cannon from behind sending Choji back but Choji enlarges his feet and delivers a giant kick to strike but Nex delivers brutal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by throwing shadow needles and then delivers a brutal diagonal slash with his Keyblade but Choji recovers himself and jumps into the air while enlarging his whole body and attempts to deliver a giant body slam but the Umbra dodge out of the way and Nex casts Dark Blizzard to send out black ice shards to strike at Choji and then Nex starts slashing at Choji's body followed by sending out shadow fists to bring Choji to the ground.
"Ugh…! I can't let you get away with what you said to me!" Choji yelled.
"Shut up, and die, you worthless sack of crap." Nex said.
"You…!" Choji growled.
"Disappear." Nex said.
Nex creates shadow blades and sends them at Choji to strike but Choji uses his Human Boulder attack to try and get Nex who sinks into the shadows while Claus unleashes lightning to strike down at Choji while Vergil delivers dimensional slashes from Yamato but Choji enlarges his hands again and delivers huge slaps at the Umbra but Omega delivers spin punches followed by firing flames from his flamethrowers in a spinning manner but Choji uses his jutsu to enlarge himself again and becomes giant and tries to stomp on the Umbra but Nex slashes at Choji's legs with Death's Embrace followed by casting Dark Thunder and after enough attacks Choji starts to stumble and falls to the ground while reverting back to his normal size but Choji recovers and transforms into his ball form again and charges at the Umbra but Nex unleashes shadow drills from the ground to strike at Choji allowing Claus to slash with his sword while Omega fires missiles while Vergil unleashes spirit swords and sends them to attack while Nex brutal slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a roundhouse kick and then delivers an uppercut and the group finish off Choji.
Choji stumbles back and is severely injured from the fight and Nex charges and delivers a straight kick at Choji's stomach sending him back against a tree.
"Pathetic. That's one down." Nex said.
"More will try and stop us from completing our deal with Orochimaru." Claus said.
"Then, let's put an end to it." Nex said.
The Umbra continue their way through the forest to find the rest of the Retrieval Team and later on they arrive at the different part of the forest and they find two people which are Kiba, Akamaru, and Neji.
"Going somewhere?" Nex asked confronting Kiba and Neji.
"Yeah! We're goin' to complete our mission!" Kiba yelled.
"I suggest you get out of our way." Neji said.
"You're in no position to suggest anything." Vergil said.
"Then, you're in a world of pain!" Kiba said and Akamaru barks.
"Who am I disappoint a group of fools." Nex said.
"This will be your greatest mistake." Neji said.
"Try us." Claus said.
(Boss Theme: Rowdy Rumble)
(Information: Destroy Kiba and Neji!)
Kiba and Akamaru use Passing Fang to strike while Neji delivers palm strikes but Vergil disappears and then delivers multi dimensional slashes with Yamato striking them while Omega fires lasers from his hands to strike but Kiba and Akamaru attack with their combined combat while Neji uses Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation but Claus multi slashes with his sword and then fires three shots from his arm cannon but Neji multi strikes with his palms while Kiba and Akamaru use Fang over Fang but Nex slides through the shadows then delivers an upper slash with Death's Embrace striking them and then sends out shadow blades to strike but Kiba attacks at Nex while having Akamaru attack as well and deliver a combined attack but Nex unleashes shadow claws and starts slashing at Kiba followed by a double aerial kick but Neji triple strikes with his Gentle Fists followed by an impaling strike but Nex retaliates with casting Dark Fire and strikes at Neji sending him and Kiba back.
"Are you done now?" Nex asked.
"That overconfident look on his face just ticks me off!" Kiba yelled.
"Your arrogance will be your undoing in the end." Neji said.
"The only ones who will end in this world will be you. Now, hurry up and die." Nex said.
Nex unleashes shadow spikes from the ground to get Kiba and Neji causing damage but Kiba and Akamaru who transforms into another Kiba use another Fang over Fang to strike at Nex but Omega shoots two missiles at Kiba and Akamaru striking them but Neji charges at Omega and attempts to strike with his Gentle Fists and fast strikes but Vergil triple slashes Yamato followed by an upper slash sending Neji into the air and then delivers a slamming slash with his katana but Kiba and Akamaru use Passing Fang to try and attack the Umbra but Claus dash slashes with his sword at Kiba and Akamaru and strikes sending them down but Neji tries to uses his Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation to strike at Claus but Nex unleashes a shadow hand to grab Neji and then slams him to the ground and then casts Dark Thunder and then creates shadow tentacles to lash at Neji but Kiba throws a smoke bomb at the Umbra and then performs a jutsu when he and Akamaru transform into a giant two-headed dog and use Wolf Fang over Fang while Neji activates his Byakugan and strikes with his Gentle Fists but Claus unleashes lightning while Omega fires flames from his flamethrowers while Vergil dimension slashes with Yamato while Nex triple vertical slashes with Death's Embrace followed by unleashing shadow drills and the Umbra finish off Kiba and Neji.
Nex unleashes shadow tentacles to grab Kiba, Akamaru, and Neji and then Nex casts Dark Fire to strike at them causing an explosion.
"Worthless scum! Let's hurry, and finish this so we can find Odium already!" Nex said.
"Affirmative." Omega said.
The Umbra keep going through the forest and later on they arrive deeper into the forest but Omega scans around and finds something.
"Danger. Trap nearby." Omega said.
"Perfect." Nex said as he throws Death's Embrace at where Omega scanned the trap and logs start to fall in front of the Umbra.
"Is this really the best you can do?" Nex asked and confronting the Umbra is Shikamaru.
"So, you figured it out. Not bad." Shikamaru said.
"Your comrades died fighting against us. It would be futile to stand against me." Nex said.
"I don't care if I die or not. I'm not stopping until we get out comrade back. You may not know about team loyalty, but a true ninja puts his life on the line for his comrade." Shikamaru said.
"If that's the case, why did you send them against us?" Vergil asked.
"So, we can provide a distraction while Naruto can go get Sasuke, as I know he'll be the one to do it." Shikamaru said.
"Spare me your ridiculous loyalty crap! Your blond idiot will never get Sasuke back. Not even in a million years. Now, prepare to join your comrades." Nex said.
(Boss Theme: Rowdy Rumble)
(Information: Destroy Shikamaru!)
Shikamaru use Shadow Possession Jutsu to try and hold the Umbra but Nex manipulates Shikamaru's shadow and creates a shadow fist to deliver a shadow uppercut to send Shikamaru back but Shikamaru throws an explosive kunai but Vergil deflects the kunai before it explodes and Vergil multi slashes with Yamato followed by sending out spirit swords to strike but Shikamaru throws many shurikens at the Umbra but Omega fires lasers at Shikamaru while Claus shoots shots from his arm cannon but Shikamaru hides somewhere around the trees and explosive kunais are being thrown around causing explosions but Nex casts Dark Thunder to bring down something and later Shikamaru is brought down to the ground but Shikamaru throws a paper bomb at Nex who sinks into the shadows and slides through it and delivers an uppercut sending Shikamaru into the air and then delivers a slam slash to bring Shikamaru to the ground.
"This is too troublesome! He's stronger than he appears." Shikamaru said.
"It doesn't matter what strategy you have, against me, you'll be dead." Nex said.
"Don't be so arrogant. You think you're powerful, but in the end, someone'll knock you off your high horse!" Shikamaru said.
"I've heard enough of your babbling. Rot in Hell." Nex said.
Claus multi slashes with his sword followed by shooting two shots from his arm cannon while Omega fires missiles but Shikamaru throws more explosive kunai at the Umbra who dodge out of the way and Vergil dash slashes with Yamato followed by delivering a wide slash with his katana at Shikamaru who recovers himself and goes for another tree and more explosive kunais and shurikens are thrown to the ground causing more explosions making the Umbra dodge and so Nex uses his shadow travel to a tree and searches the treetops for where Shikamaru is and as he finds Shikamaru on a treetop Nex casts Dark Fire and strikes at Shikamaru sending him off the treetop and is now on the ground and as Nex confronts him Shikamaru tries to use Shadow Strangle Jutsu to grab Nex who manipulates the shadows again and creates a giant shadow hammer and delivers a big swing at Shikamaru knocking him back against a tree but Shikamaru throws two explosive kunais but Nex throws shadow daggers to strike at Shikamaru who throws a paper bomb but Claus shoots three shots from his arm cannon while Omega fires lasers while Vergil somersault slashes with Yamato while Nex delivers a brutal punch and then delivers a straight shadow punch and then delivers a brutal horizontal slash with Death's Embrace and the Umbra finish off Shikamaru.
Shikamaru is knocked back and Nex unleashes a giant shadow hand and punches the ground causing a quake and creating a hole under Shikamaru and then Nex sends Shikamaru into the hole.
"This is getting troublesome. Now, since there are no more ninja scum, it's time to get going and complete our mission." Nex said as the Umbra start to move.
The Umbra arrive at the forest clearing area and make their way to where Sasuke is going to for Orochimaru but while moving Nex sees someone jumping from tree to tree and that person is Naruto and so the Umbra start to follow Naruto.
"Follow the blond dumbass, and we should know where Sasuke is." Nex said and the others nod.
The Umbra continue through the forest to follow Naruto to get to Sasuke and later on the Umbra arrive at a different area.
(Land of Ninja: Valley of the End)
The Umbra arrive at what appears to be a valley with two statues of men and the Umbra finds Naruto on one of the statues and in front of him is someone on the second statue which appears to be Sasuke.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled but Sasuke walks away. "Don't take another step!" Naruto yelled.
"Or what will you do?" Nex asked.
"You! What have you done to the others?" Naruto asked.
"They've been dealt with. You'll never see them again." Nex said making Naruto charge to punch Nex who sinks into the shadows and shadow travels to the second statue with Sasuke.
"Go home, Naruto." Sasuke said.
"Why? Why, Sasuke? WHY?!" Naruto asked. "How could something like this have come to it?! I don't understand it!" Naruto said.
"I have my own way. No one has the right to tell me what path I should take." Sasuke said.
"No…" Naruto said.
"No matter what you do, you can't expect to steer one from their destined path." Nex said.
"Now, I'm going to Orochimaru." Sasuke said.
"Are you crazy?! Orochimaru invaded the Leaf, and killed the Third Hokage, with the help of that bastard!" Naruto yelled pointing at Nex. "Whatever it is you want from that psychopath, you really think he'll just give it to you for free?! All Orochimaru wants is to use your body like a new suit of clothes! You might never come back! There's no way in hell I'm just gonna back and let you throw away your own life!" Naruto said.
"None of that matters to me now." Sasuke said.
"All Sasuke wants is to achieve his goal, as do I." Nex said.
"No! I won't let them take you to that maniac! I'm gonna bring you back to the Leaf, even by force if I have to!" Naruto yelled.
(Boss Theme: Vim and Vigor)
"This is getting annoying. We'll have to exterminate this brat." Nex said.
"Gladly." Sasuke said.
(Sasuke has joined you!)
Weapon: Kunai
Attacks:
Chidori
Fireball Jutsu
Phoenix Flower Jutsu
Lions Barrage
(Information: Destroy Naruto!)
Naruto summons two clones of himself and sends them to attack the Umbra but Sasuke uses Phoenix Flower Jutsu to destroy the clones and then uses Fireball Jutsu to get Naruto who tries to dodge out of the way but Omega fires four homing missiles to strike at Naruto who recovers himself and uses Demon Wind Shuriken to throw at the Umbra but Vergil disappears and then reappears behind Naruto and delivers a swinging slash from Yamato from behind and sends Naruto back but Naruto summons three clones of himself and they all attack at the Umbra with punches and kicks and slashes from kunais but Claus unleashes lightning to strike at the clones and then shoots shots from his arm cannon at the real Naruto but Naruto creates the Rasengan in his right hand and charges at the Umbra with the Rasengan but Nex coats Death's Embrace with dark aura and charges at Naruto and the two lock at each other and Nex wins the clash and strikes at Naruto with his dark coated Keyblade but Naruto tries to attack Nex with a clone but Nex unleashes shadow knives to destroy the clone and strikes at Naruto.
"Bastard!" Naruto yelled.
"Idiot. You're wasting my time! Stop meddling in our crap!" Nex said.
"No! I'm getting Sasuke back, one way or the other!" Naruto said as he summons four clones and they surround the Umbra and try to attack.
The Umbra dodge the clones' attack and Claus slashes at the clones with his sword and then dash slashes at the real Naruto but Naruto tries to roundhouse kick at Claus who dodges and Vergil triple slashes with Yamato followed by sending out spirit swords to strike at Naruto who dodge and slashes with his kunai to strike and then summons four more clones to strike but Omega fires flames from his flamethrowers to destroy the clones and then fires lasers at the real Naruto sending him back but Naruto creates another Rasengan and charges at the Umbra to strike with his Rasengan but the Umbra dodge and Sasuke delivers his Lions Barrage attack to strike at Naruto who strikes back with his punches and kicks at Sasuke and manages to deliver a blow but Nex brutal vertical slashes with Death's Embrace followed by a double aerial kick and sends Naruto down to the ground it was a clone and the real Naruto tries to strike at Nex with his kunai but Nex blocks with Death's Embrace and unleashes a shadow drill to strike from the ground to get Naruto sending him into the air but Naruto recovers himself and throws shurikens but Sasuke throws his own shurikens.
Naruto dodges the throwing shurikens and creates two clones to attack at the Umbra but Omega spin punches at the clones to destroy them and then tries to shoot bullets at the real Naruto who dodges and charges with his Rasengan but Sasuke charges his Chidori and Naruto and Sasuke clash at each other and push each other back but Sasuke recovers and strikes with his kunai but Naruto strikes back with his kunai but Vergil delivers dimensional slashes from Yamato to get Naruto who tries to dodge but the dimensional slashes strike at him but Naruto retaliates with throwing his Demon Wind Shuriken at the Umbra but Claus multi slashes with his sword followed by unleashing lightning to strike at Naruto who disappears revealing to be a clone and the real Naruto tries to attack Claus who dodges out of the way and Nex grabs Naruto with his shadow hand and throws Naruto away but Naruto delivers a diving kick to strike at Nex who unleashes a shadow barrier to defend himself and then slashes at Naruto with Death's Embrace followed by a shadow uppercut sending Naruto into the air and Nex aerial slashes at Naruto with Death's Embrace and then delivers a slamming slash and brings Naruto down.
As the battle continues Naruto is sent down to the lower level of the valley where water is flowing and the Umbra follow Naruto down to the water and Naruto is breathing heavily along with Sasuke.
"You were totally serious just then… You rat…!" Naruto said.
"Yeah. Dead serious. I intend to bury you where you stand." Sasuke said.
"Now, do you see the futility of your ways? You will never defeat us." Nex said.
"Just what's wrong with you, Sasuke?! Don't you ever think of me as your friend anymore?" Naruto asked. "I mean, neither of us ever said anything, but I always thought of us…as friends!" Naruto said.
"Has Ky's influence rubbed off on you already?" Nex asked.
"Shut up! Ky knows the meaning of friendship, and he didn't turn his back on us when we needed him!" Naruto yelled.
"Enough with your friendship crap!" Nex said.
"Hehehehe… You know what they, Naruto? When two shinobi are powerful enough, they can read each other's thoughts, through exchanging their fists. You're always the idiot, Naruto. Tell me, do you know my thoughts? Can you tell what's on my mind?" Sasuke asked and he charges at Naruto and delivers an uppercut sending Naruto into the water.
"Finally. Now, we shouldn't have any more trouble with that dumbass." Nex said.
"Agreed." Vergil said.
In the water Naruto is now drifting underwater.
"That's it. There's no mistaking it now… You're dead serious about this, Sasuke? You mean to kill me… Still… I don't know why. I don't know WHY, but…" Naruto stops talking in his mind. "I can't bear to see you get taken by someone like Orochimaru!" Naruto yelled as his eyes turn red and his pupils turn slit, his birthmark whiskers turn more edgy, and his teeth turn into fangs.
Back outside the Umbra start to move but then a quake occurs.
"Danger. Powerful energy source detected underwater. This energy is dangerous on a worldly scale." Omega said.
"What?" Claus asked.
"Who's causing it?" Nex asked.
Just then water starts to rise in front of the Umbra and see someone covered in red energy which is chakra and that person is Naruto who now appears to have what looks like a chakra fox shape around him.
"Is that…Naruto?!" Sasuke asked.
"How?!" Nex asked.
"Something is different about him." Vergil said.
"Naruto Uzumaki: He is the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox demon." Omega said.
"What? What ARE you?!" Sasuke asked.
"I'm your FRIEND!" Naruto answered. "That's why, that's WHY you're not going to the likes of Orochimaru!" Naruto yelled.
"Why would he go so far for me?" Sasuke asked.
"This is the first bond I've ever had." Naruto said.
"Bond…" Sasuke said.
"Nonsense! Bonds are nothing but lies that ties us down!" Nex said.
"If that's how it's going to be…" Sasuke stops talking as his body now turns pale, his hair turns longer with light grey, his eyes turn different, and wing like shapes are on his back. "Then I'll have to sever that bond!" Sasuke said.
"I might as well do the same thing!" Nex said as his left eye turns dark blue and shadows form around him and he transforms into his shadow demon form. "yOuR tAlK Of FrIeNdShIp DiEs!" Shadow Demon Nex said.
"Now, come Naruto! It's time you and I had this out as equals!" Sasuke said.
(Information: Finish off Naruto!)
Naruto charges at Sasuke and Shadow Demon Nex and attacks with his crimson chakra claws followed by attacking with his chakra tail but Shadow Demon Nex attacks with his claws followed by unleashing shadow chains and lashes at Naruto while Sasuke attacks with many punches followed by a flying attack and then delivers an aerial kick but Naruto strikes back with his chakra claws and then creates a stretching chakra limb and delivers a punch at the two but Shadow Demon Nex attacks with his tail and then unleashes black beams of darkness while Sasuke uses Phoenix Flower Jutsu to strike but Naruto charges at Nex and Sasuke and delivers many scratches followed by striking with his chakra tail and then delivers a slamming attack with his chakra palm but Shadow Demon Nex flies into the air and then rains down Dark Fires from the air to strike at Naruto while Sasuke delivers a flying attack at Naruto and then delivers a powerful kick to strike but Naruto keeps attacking with his chakra limbs and then delivers a very powerful punch but Shadow Demon Nex keeps attacking with his shadow chains followed by attacking with his claws and then delivers a shadow punch while Sasuke shoots a fireball and after enough attacks the three are sent back.
Naruto is breathing heavily and so does Sasuke.
"Let's just end this… This battle…and all the battles until now!" Sasuke said.
Naruto creates his Rasengan in his right hand while Sasuke creates his Chidori in his left hand and they both charge at each other.
"Narutoooooo!" Sasuke yelled.
"Sasukeeeee!" Naruto yelled.
Naruto and Sasuke clash their justu and an explosion occurs.
"Danger. Powerful justu clash has occurred, and is dangerous on a worldly scale." Omega said.
"Is that right?" Nex asked as he reverts back to his normal state.
Later on after the explosion the Umbra find Sasuke standing next to an unconscious Naruto.
"Tell me he's dead." Nex said.
"I can't say…" Sasuke said.
"No one can hinder you from reaching Orochimaru. Get going." Nex said.
"Yeah." Sasuke said as he takes his Leaf headband off and leaves it next to Naruto and leaves.
"Our mission should be complete. Let's go find Orochimaru." Claus said.
Later on someone comes to the unconscious Naruto and it's Kakashi.
"I'm too late. I'm sorry I didn't make it in time, Naruto. Knowing you, you must have put up quite a fight." Kakashi said.
Meanwhile somewhere in the forest the Umbra start to find Orochimaru but Kabuto appears.
"Well done. I knew you'd bring Sasuke to Lord Orochimaru. On behalf of him, thank you for bringing Sasuke to us." Kabuto said.
"Now, where is he? He needs to fulfill his end of the deal." Nex said.
"That's also why I'm here. We couldn't seem to find your target, but we found a figure dressed in a red cloak with black stars, and I heard him talking about going to a place where there are four nations. We don't know what he meant by that, since there are only five nations in this place, but after saying that, he created a dark portal, and left." Kabuto said.
"Then, we shouldn't be here anymore. We'll find him somewhere else." Nex said.
"I'd better get back to Lord Orochimaru. He said it was good seeing you again." Kabuto said as he leaves.
"A place where there are four nations?" Vergil asked.
"I think I know that world." Claus said.
"Then, let's go there, and stop wasting time. Odium must be found and killed." Nex said as he uses Death's Embrace to create a dark portal and the Umbra enter it before it disappears and leave Land of Ninja.
There you go! New chapter done! I hope you enjoyed this! There's nothing much to say, really. Next time, Nex, Vergil, Omega, and Claus continue to find Odium in a different world. I'll see you all in the next chapter! Take care, and goodbye for now! Don't forget to favorite, follow, and review! Bye!