Chapter 4 Determination of a Rising Star
In Thunder Country
An old tower can be seen in the distance of a large fortress. The fortress itself seems abandoned to one Naruto Uzumaki as he is thinking 'Someone is really starting to piss me off.' Said blonde soon walks towards the tower. Sensing no movement from the inner walls of the fortress. As he walks closer to the Tower he senses movement inside of the Tower. Seeing he has a job to do he determinedly but cautiously move inside of the tower.
Suddenly the door to the tower shuts causing Naruto to bag on the door. Naruto senses danger from behind and looks to see an even more feral looking Inuzuka like man. "Time to die little chunin." said the ravenous dog man. As he leaps at Naruto, attacking with savage grace. Naruto defensively fights the wolf like man beast who knocks him into a wall hard. Naruto is caught off guard by the savage's brute strength.
The next 30 minutes has Naruto engaging in brutal hand to hand combat with his opponent. Both combatants are going back and forth with one another. Naruto's fighting abilities are being pushed to their limit in the fight.
'His speed and strength is unreal. It's like he's a Garou(werewolf) in human form, the ultimate killing machine. I need to fight smarter. The guy has me beat in speed and strength.' Thought Naruto, seeing that the flour is very dust riddled, gives him an idea. He grabs a handful of dust. The beast man comes charging at Naruto again to try to kill him until Naruto dodges out of the way and throws dust in his face. The Garou like man cries out in irritation at the dust being in his eyes.
Naruto for his part seeing an opening jumps on the beast warrior's back and gets him in a chokehold slowly choking him. The beast warrior tries shaking him off but it seems useless as Naruto soon strangles the beast warrior. Panting hard Naruto walks over to the man's headwear and uses it to cover him.
Soon a flight of stairs opens up. Naruto, sensing no danger, walks up the stairs. As he does so a light flashes over the man and soon the man vanishes.
Back in Konoha
Tsunade is in the library as she remembers something about the Tower that fits the description Naruto's mission is at.
When she lays eyes on it she soon has a look of horror.
Running out of the Library like a bat out of hell.
"ANBU" shouted Tsunade as Neko and Yamaneko land in front of her.
"Yes Lady Hokage. "asked Neko as she looks at her Hokage.
"Gather 6 teams of ANBU. I need you to head to Thunder Country. This is an A to Low AA mission. Naruto Uzumaki is in danger and trapped inside of Devil's tower" said Tsunade, getting a shocked look from Neko and Yamaneko as well as their fellow Anbu teammates.
"Right away Lady Hokage" said Neko as she and Yamaneko gathered three other teams of Anbu to go with them to Thunder country.
Back in Thunder Country.
Naruto is walking up to the second flour to see a man in a grey whit dogi and obi wearing a blindfold." Who are you and what is this place." asked Naruto in a demanding tone.
"I am Tosei Nobunaga. This is devil's tower. This place tests any warrior's courage, survival instinct and fighting ability. If you survive your battles, you get your freedom. If you fail, you die" said Tosei as he senses the blondes' heart muscles.
Naruto looks at the man with an analytical eye. 'This guy looks to be a fighter but what style I don't know but what I know he's dangerous. Time to earn my freedom' thought Naruto as he looks at the blind man in question. The two get into fighting stances. Slowly the two engages each other in combat. They start off measuring each other getting a feel for each other's fighting tactics. The melee lasts for 30 minutes as Naruto fights using Avargvn Mayrat in conjunction to his boxing and kickboxing the other man using a style thought dead to the world Kito Ryu Jujitsu. Both are trading strikes and grapples.
The man appears to be more skilled than Naruto when it comes to the joint use of striking and grappling.
Naruto, seeing that his opponent is very much more skilled than him, adjusts to manage his opponent's superior skill. Soon the fight restarts on a leveled playing field as the man is caught completely unawares at the blonde's ability to improvise some maneuvers and techniques. Slowly the man is unable to re-employ his masterful use of Kito Ryu Jujitsu and starts to be overwhelmed by the blonde in question. Naruto kicks the man in his throat, breaking his neck in the process.
Naruto bleeding and bruised pants at overcoming an opponent who tested his skill and ability.
Naruto bows and prays for the man's soul. He walks towards the staircase to meet his next opponent.
As he climbs to stairs, he sees a man who's build can be compared to a god with plated bracers. he wore black pants and no shoes, he has long red hair in a ponytail. "So, you passed Garou and Tosei let's see if you can face the Ogre." said the now named Ogre. Naruto and Ogre get into his fighting stances. A Brutal battle commences. Naruto and Ogre are trading blows. Ogre's fighting is unorthodox and dirty. Even hitting Naruto in the groin or and head butting him into a stone wall breaking it.
'Holy hell this guy fights like, like what I use to fight like' Thought Naruto as he evades a tackle from the Ogre. Naruto switches up his fighting using his Muay Thai skills against the deadly brawler. Elbows and knees are connected with the Ogre. Hitting harder in the fighting the closer quarters range. Ogre is staggered by the elbow and knee assault. Naruto's kickboxing skill came in handy for the fight as he leaps at the Ogre with enough ferocity and agility. Naruto throws a kick at the Ogre's kneecap, breaking it. Orge is done on one knee as Naruto jerks his head back and delivers the hardest elbow strike to his throat breaking his neck killing him instantly.
Naruto looks at the man's dead form. "You fought like a beast. I salute you." said Naruto as he walks up the next flight of stairs.
Back in Konoha.
Tsunade is looking through books on the subject pertaining to the Devil's tower. Naruto is unknowingly trapped in. She finds that Naruto has to defeat all six fighters in the tower that he's trapped in to get out of it. Any and all chakra is neutralized by the tower's magic.
Tsunade also reads that the six fighters are from of the deadliest from different eras of her world. each demonstrating skill in areas that only few ninja have specialists in.
'Naruto I hope you are doing well there' thought Tsunade as she looks at the blonde in the picture.
Back with Naruto
Naruto is panting as he just overcame Takimoro, a ferocious knife fighter that has claimed many Uzumaki's in his time. Thanks to his adaptability and his improvisation. Walks up towards the stair mentally readying himself for the fight.
(Thunder in Your Heart by John Farnham from RAD the movie)
The Next Warrior is a stick and staff expert named Asp. The fighting Naruto used his knowledge of tumbling to gain the advantage over the stick fighter using his pair of Tonfa that allowed him to overcome the stick fighter leaving him dead.
Next fighter Naruto faced an expert in long range weapons. Dodging thrown knives of a large variety from the agile fighter. Naruto uses his smoke and flash bombs to confuse and misdirect the acrobat for him to score the killing blow on him.
Naruto goes up to the last level of the Tower.
Song stops
(Warrior by Stan Bush)
Standing before Naruto is a Samurai Warrior in Oni like Armor. Naruto readies himself for possible one of many of his toughest battles. Naruto takes out and activate the sword of the Thunder god. The Samurai draws out a similar blade. Soon both combatants charge relentlessly into battle. Naruto and the silent Samurai clash in a contest of skill. Both demonstrate remarkable skill and tactics in the way of the sword. Naruto while still inexperienced is keeping up with the more seasoned Samurai Warrior. Naruto puts all of his strength and will into the fighting using everything from his acrobatic skill and cunning to out fighting the Samurai. The Warrior's defenses are weakening soon The Warrior is disarmed with a blade lock disarm. Naruto goes over to pick up the warriors weapon. "Live by the sword, die by the sword." said Naruto as he backflips away to face the rearmed Samurai. The Samurai charges back into battle Naruto seeing the lapse in his guard charges jumping over the Samurai and strikes him down.
End of Song
A door opens to see the stairs to the outside of the tower. Naruto walks down a battered, beaten and bleeding mess. Naruto Uzumaki did the impossible and defeated the devil's tower.
Neko's Anbu team arrives in time. "Naruto kun are you alright" asked Neko as she looks in worry at the blonde in front of her.
"Yeah Neko am-" Naruto never got to finish as he falls to the ground exhausted from one of his hardest missions he'll ever experience. Neko catches the fallen Naruto.
"Neko sama is he" asked Yamaneko as he looks at Naruto to see if he's still alive.
"Alive thank god he's alive." answered Neko glad that the little brother figure is still alive after facing one of the deadliest missions he has ever taken.
Timeskip 6 days later.
Naruto has been unconscious, having been physically drained from the Devil's tower battles he endured. Luckily for him he had the Kyuubi No Kitsune healing him after such mortal combat he was facing.
Inside of the mindscape.
'The Gaki is strong after pulling through fighting the warriors of the Devil's tower.' thought Kyuubi as she was taking a shower washing herself off with the nice hot water.
She gets out with a towel hugging her well ample and toned form.
'Maybe it might be time to talk to him after all I won't to talk to my future mate' Thought Kyuubi as she relaxes watching a movie in the television room.
With Naruto
Naruto is asleep inside of the room being looked after by Hinata, Anko and Hana who rushed to the Hospital the day Naruto was brought back to the village. Many villagers tried to killed as he slept. Luckily for him he had 5 women who cared for him very much, 3 of them as lovers, two of them as a mother and sister.
The Rookie 12 along with their clans also put Naruto on watch from any more foolish Shinobi. Naruto for his part had rested for that amount of time getting back the strength and energy he had lost fighting the devil's tower warriors.
Naruto starts to stir awake, as Anko enter the room with Hana and Hinata to see Naruto waking up.
"Hinata go get Lady Tsunade" said Anko as Hinata goes to get Tsunade.
Anko sit to see Naruto wake up. "Anko chan, what are you doing here and where am I "asked Naruto in a slurring tone as he looks at the purplette.
"Your in the hospital Naruto kun. You were banged up by the mission you where out for 6 days." answered Anko as Naruto sits up to eat.
"What happened while I was out" asked Naruto as Hana strokes his cheek.
"Several Civilians had tried to kill you. Luckily you had Hana, Me, Hinata, Lady Tsunade, Shizune and many of the clans kept you safe to this day" answered Anko as she looks at the awe struck blonde in question.
"Thank you two I don't know what to say" said Naruto as Hana kiss Naruto on the lips.
Naruto looks surprised at the act. Tsunade walks into the room with Shizune and Hinata as they looks at Naruto up and awake. Before Tsunade could say anything to Naruto 7 spectral figures appears and stands before Naruto. All of the Kunoichi get into fighting stances as does the Haimaru triplets as they see the figures.
The 7 Spectral figures reveal to him as the fighters from the tower.
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze you are a warrior; you have freed us from eternal hell. Thank you" said the Samurai as he and the fighters bow to the Uzumaki in thanks Naruto getting up does the same to them as the fade away.
'Warrior Spirit' thought Hinata as she looks at Naruto in awe at the event that had happened.
End of Chapter.