I Will Become a Ghost.
The battle for the Land Of Waves chapter 1
Sorry for the delay party people but I went on vacation to Spain and literally made a castle out of beer cans, I am not shitting you! Even made a gate of sorts :P
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Disclaimer: If I owned the story I would've made Naruto a super badass! But unfortunately I don't own Naruto; I just borrow the Naruto universe for entertaining purposes ;)
I Will Become A Ghost chapter 13
~Chapter 13 - Nami No Kuni part 2~
Ghost walked across the empty town square when he heard someone yell.
"Inari, I said no!"
Inari marched around one of the many corners. "Mom, I don't care, I'm staying!"
Inari looked up and saw a hooded man with a black hood. He wore a black tunic with a brown leather belt. Underneath the belt was a red sash. His tunic split near his knees. Underneath his tunic he wore fitting black pants. "Who are you?"
Ghost's breathing hitched. Being around Tazuna was bad enough, but being around the kid, it brought back a lot of memories. "My name is Ghost, I'm sent here to help protect your village. And who are you?"
Inari gave him a wary look. "Inari is my name, while I doubt you didn't hear it before."
Ghost nodded and looked him over. He had grown a lot, though he still was a dwarf compared to him. He didn't wear a hat anymore and he had his hair blown back, in a ruffled manner. "And why were you running from your mom?"
"Because I don't want him to fight, he needs to come with me to Konoha!" Tsunami said as she too rounded the corner, glaring at Inari.
Ghost looked at the woman he considered to be family before turning his gaze at the armor Inari wore and noticed it was a standard samurai outfit. "Boy, do you have any experience at all?"
Inari looked offended. "Of course I do! I've been training with the samurai for a year now, and I'm a month away from graduation."
"And now you think you stand a chance against the Reavers?"
Inari looked puzzled for a moment before realizing that the incoming attackers were probably titled as Reavers. "I think so, we'll ha-"
He was cut off when Ghost suddenly appeared before him with the blunt side of the kunai pressed against his throat. "If I were a Reaver, you'd be dead. You don't belong in this fight, boy. Go with your mom." The Hunter turned around and left, leaving a stunned Inari and Tsunami behind.
Inari shook with rage and drew his sword. "I have more reasons to fight here then you! This isn't even your village! I'm not going to run away, ever!"
Ghost looked over his shoulder. "Are you sure this is what you want? The chance that you're going to die dwarfs your survival chances."
"No one attacks my home without feeling the consequences!" Inari shouted.
Ghost was torn between choosing to demand him to go with his mother and allowing him to stay, not caring whether he had any authority. 'If I were in his shoes I'd probably do the same '
"Report to Nawi-san for your squad assignment"
Inari nodded his thanks and sprinted away.
Tsunami marched forward. "Please, you can't let him fight, He's just a kid."
"A kid who wants to fight for his home because he's afraid he'll never see it again if he doesn't. He's what? 14 years old? I've been a shinobi since I was 12 so age doesn't matter." Ghost retorted, completely siding with Inari.
Tsunami looked at him a moment before turning towards where her son went. "Please keep him safe."
Ghost gave an invisible smile. "I can't promise anything but I'll stick close to him. Now ma'am, I suggest you head for the bridge, Tazuna is no doubt waiting for you."
Tsunami raised an eyebrow in surprise. "And how do you know Tazuna?"
"Well…I met him."
Tsunami shook her head. "And how do you know that he and I are related, because you obviously do."
Ghost inwardly cursed himself for his slip up. "I only assumed- What is it Itachi?"
Tsunami narrowed her eyes. "You're not getting off that easy mister!"
Ghost waved and began sprinting towards the gate. "Gotta go! And you should too, they're almost here!"
Tsunami immediately turned around and ran back to the bridge, silently praying for her son.
xXx
Ghost stood on the wall with Inari next to him.
"Ghost, we've set the trap, Kisame is doing his thing and delaying the transport ships, he'll meet up with us in the forest, on the edge of the field." Jiraiya's voiced crackled through his headset.
Ghost reached for his headset around his neck. "Understood, I'm heading to you now; my clones are in place and are awaiting the order."
Ghost quickly turned to Nawi. "Alright, I'm heading in the forest, delaying as much of them as I can. Keep your men on the wall and keep an eye out for anyone who might slip past us."
Nawi saluted the man. "Good luck, Ghost."
Inari looked at the Hunter and nodded. "Don't die on us."
Ghost chuckled. "I'm not planning to." He jumped over the cover of the wall and sprinted in the forest.
He found the others after a couple of minutes running. He could hear explosions in front of him, presumably where Kisame was wreaking havoc.
Jiraiya was crouched behind a tree with Itachi doing the same.
"Ghost, create clones and spread them around as much as you can. I've already done the same, as did Itachi."
Ghost formed a hand sign and created a group of clones who quickly hid behind trees and bushes.
The explosions ceased and the three shinobi readied themselves.
Minutes later Kisame came running through the field of traps, careful not to trigger any. "I took out five of their transport ships, but there are a lot of them."
"How much?" Ghost asked.
"I'd say at the least, 30 to 50." Kisame answered glancing over his shoulder every so often.
"From our previous battle we know that there are at least 20 per boat," Itachi added, "they have sent hundreds for Nami no Kuni and this is only the first wave, I am sure there will be more."
Jiraiya heard footsteps and a lot of them, marching through the forest, accompanied by the voices of a mass of men and women. "They're here!"
The four man squad grabbed their weapons and prepared themselves. Seconds later the army of Reavers, dressed in various outfits marched right into their trap.
Itachi looked at Jiraiya who nodded; he raised his hand and formed the snake sign.
"Do it" Jiraiya whispered.
Itachi focused and activated the traps.
First one exploded but was shortly followed by many more, blocking out any screams from the Reavers caught in the trap.
dozens were caught in the explosion and were either killed or heavily wounded.
Ghost ran from his spot behind the tree, his katana drawn, with the others beside him. "Kill them all, leave no survivors."
Kisame grinned. "I'm going to enjoy this" he said as he tightened his hold on Samehada.
With the smoke still enveloping their enemy they had the element of surprise. Ghost who had only limited experience with chakra detection could barely make out the enemy because of the mass of chakra signatures. He focused his attention on the closest one and sprinted towards the person and stabbed in what he presumed to be the man or woman's stomach.
He focused on the next chakra signature and planted his fist in the man's face, feeling his nose break. The Hunter followed up with his katana, stabbing the person in the face.
"Get out of the smoke; I'm preparing a fuuton jutsu." Ghost told his squadmates through he headset as he jumped out of the smoke.
Jiraiya jumped out first, followed by Kisame and Itachi
"Fūton: Daitoppa!" Ghost shouted after forming the necessary handsigns.
The jutsu blew not only the remaining smoke away but also any enemies that were caught by surprise.
"Nice job N-Ghost." Jiraiya said, correcting his slip-up.
Ghost reached for his katana which he had thrown on the ground before. "Our clones are up next."
Itachi nodded and signaled the clones.
The clones burst from their cover and ran straight towards the new group of Reavers.
Kisame grinned like a madman and followed in the clones footsteps, with Ghost, Itachi and Jiraiya closely behind.
Ghost looked from left to right, their clones were stretched in a long line, trying to halt as much of their enemies movement as possible. "Throw your Shuriken!"
As ordered, all the clones threw their shuriken.
"Look at that!" Jiraiya shouted.
"Not finished yet, Itachi, fase two!
"I'm ready"
They both simultaneously formed the necessary handsigns. "Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" pouring enough chakra in the ninjutsu they managed to multiple the kunai thrown by their clones as well even if it was to a lesser extent.
The shuriken multiplied in the hundreds and closed in on their targets fast.
The Reavers who saw the attack coming were prepared and were either countering with their own throwing knifes or were preparing Fuuton jutsus.
However, their preparations weren't quite enough and a lot of the shuriken still hit a lot of their targets, bodies falling to the ground, screams of pain and anger filled the forest.
Ghost motioned with his hand for Kisame to move. "Alright, time for close combat, let's move!"
The four shinobi joined the fast diminishing group of clones who after throwing their shuriken were moving in for close combat.
Stepping on a small rock Ghost jumped over one of the incoming Katon jutsu that were coming their way, he glanced to his right and saw Itachi countering the fire jutsu with one of his own, only more massive in scale.
From the corner of his eyes he saw three Reavers sprinting towards him, weapons drawn.
Holding his katana in front of him in a defensive stance, he motioned with his other hand to aggravate them, hoping that they would be make a mistake.
The first Reaver who reached him slammed his own sword into that of Ghost's, he let himself fall to his knees but still applying pressure on Ghost's blade.
It was then that the second Reaver used his companion's back as support to jump over him and landed straight within Ghost's defense.
"Kuso!" Ghost cursed and had to release his hold on his katana to quickly jump out of their reach.
"Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu!"
Ghost jerked his head to the left and noticed his third opponent. Ducking out of the way he barely managed to dodge the attack.
"Got you!" one of the Reavers shouted as he made a stabbing motion, intend on piercing Ghost's right eye.
Ghost rolled out of the way, grabbing a kunai from his pouch while doing so. He used a handstand to flip himself onto his feet and blocked the incoming Reaver's sword.
Seeing an opening he grabbed the man by his throat and tore it apart with his claw.
"You'll pay for that you bastard!" the female Reaver of the three man squad screamed and attacked him head on.
"Don't!" her remaining squad mate shouted.
She ignored him and drew her own blade.
Ghost smirked and laced his kunai with his Futon element. He closed the distance between the two and slammed his kunai into her sword, cutting through it like butter. Seeing her shock written all over her face he used it to his advantage and rammed his kunai exactly where her heart was.
Her look became that of pure terror before her eyes became unfocused and closed them.
Ghost gave the woman who was as good as dead a shove and she fell to the ground.
With only one Reaver remaining he turned towards him whom in return had followed the death of his teammate with cold calculated eyes.
However, before the former Konoha shinobi could attack, a new group of attackers came to rushing in.
"Crap…" he muttered as he quickly picked up his katana from the ground
With Jiraiya
Jiraiya kneed his opponent in the stomach and finished him with a kick in the man's face.
Noticing three more enemies closing in, he weaved through a few hand seals. "Katon: Endan!"
A flame bullet roughly the size of a human flew towards the three Reavers.
"Too easy old man!" shouted one of them and dodged it without too much trouble.
This is too easy!" Jiraiya barked with laughter.
Two small rocks disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing two Jiraiya clones. They silently made their way to two of Jiraiya's assailants. Once within arm's reach they grabbed them by the head and snapped it effortlessly.
The remaining Reaver noticed his companions weren't behind him anymore, he stopped and turned around.
"Now, it's three against one in my favor." Jiraiya said.
The Reaver scoffed. "Do you really think I can't beat you without them? They were mere pawns, they are easily replaced. I am a Holder; I can kill you without any problems."
Jiraiya heard the change in his voice. 'I thought that they merge with their demons and that they become one. Then how come he changes now?'
Jiraiya looked at his lower arm and saw it had turned into a claw of sorts, resembling Naruto's.
The Sage then started grinning like an idiot. "Well then, it's unfortunate for you that I am the gallant Sage of Mount Myoboku! I'm the great toad hermit, loved by the women and feared by my enemies! The name's Jiraiya!"
The Reaver looked at him like he was an idiot; he rubbed his forehead and unsheathed his sword. "Well then 'Gallant Jiraiya,' let's see who's the better fighter."
Jiraiya stiffened for a moment but quickly rolled out of the way, barely dodging the incoming blade.
Jiraiya retaliated with a ninjutsu. "Ranjishigami no Jutsu!" His hair extended in the form of a lion's mouth and quickly made its way to his opponent.
Initially surprised by the unorthodox attack, the Reaver overcame his surprise quickly and dodged out of the way and used flashstep to give the Sanin a blow to the face.
Although familiar with the Flashstep concept, Jiraiya didn't have time to block the blow and took it head on.
Jiraiya flew a couple of meters through the air before smashing against a large tree.
Shaking his head he stood up and looked around, looking for his opponent and ignoring the large battle around him.
Jiraiya twirled around and started sprinting, trying to lure his attacker out, occasionally jumping out of the way of a random Reaver trying to use the Sannin's distraction against him, only to be killed seconds later by one of the many clones.
Sensing killing intent targeted at him, he dove to the ground barely in time to dodge the large cleaver that was hurled his way.
"Not a second time 'gallant Jiraiya!'" The Holder roared as he jumped from one of the trees with his sword high above his head, the tip of his sword aimed downwards.
Jiraya remained on the ground, his exposed back to his incoming attacker.
Waiting until the last possible second he stayed that way.
The Reaver smirked in arrogance knowing he had this in the bag. He swung his sword down, trying to pierce Jiraiya's back.
Jiraiya abruptly turned around, revealing his Rasengan in his hand, he slammed his blue orb into his attacker's stomach, causing him to fly back the same way as he came charging in.
"Strikee!" Jiraiya shouted and pulled himself of the ground before jumping into the fray of fighters.
With Kisame
Kisame jumped over his opponent and turned around; aiming his massive partial revealed sword and shredded his enemy to pieces.
He looked to the mass of bodies and shook his head before grabbing a random Reaver who tried to pass him by the throat and slammed him in the ground.
Kisame turned around noticed a large group of enemies massing, trying to get through the thin line of clones. He tightened his grip on Samehada and started sprinting which followed up with a chakra enhanced jump.
Closing in on the group fast he aimed the end of Samehada on said group indicating his beloved sword what the plan was.
Feeling his sword shudder with excitement he grinned as well. Within reach, he slammed his sword in the ground causing a chakra shockwave to be released by his massive sword.
This caused the group of Reavers to be launched from the ground, leaving them wide open for Kisame.
The Akatsuki agent started twirling around with Samehada in his hand, shredding everyone to pieces within his range.
"This is too easy," Kisame said to no one as he stretched the muscles in his arms and neck. "Who's next?"
"That would be me."
Kisame casually turned around with his chakra addicted resting on his shoulder. "It's not my thing to converse with dead people so let's get this going."
Not waiting for a response, Kisame charged, his fist cocked back. But before he could land a blow the Demon holder disappeared in a flash and appeared behind Kisame and jackhammered him into the ground.
Kisame kicked back, giving him a momentary opening to go to a safe distance which he took immediately.
Kisame grunted as he spat out a mouthful of blood. "Not bad but your forgetting something."
The Reaver scoffed. "And what's that?"
Kisame smirked. "My sword"
Samehada took that as his cue to attack and fully unwrapped in an instance by destroying the bandages. He then bit the Reaver in his leg, not only wounding him but also draining him of his chakra.
The man groaned in pain. "What is this?!"
Kisame appeared before him and rammed his hand through the Reavers chest, straight where his heart was. "You never should've come here; did you really think we would bow just like the other countries did? This is the Shinobi world, our world not you or anyone else will take that from us!"
"Such…C-confidence" The man managed to stutter as black spots starting to fill his vision.
Kisame barked with laughter. "The Shinobi world can only be destroyed by other Shinobi and you Reaver garbage aren't one of us" With that Kisame threw him on the ground and locked onto his next target before grabbing his beloved sword.
With Inari
Inari swallowed nervously as he listened to the numerous explosions that occurred in the forest. "This is crazy…"
Nawi nodded as he watched the bright lights of the jutsu's that were being used. "I've lived through one shinobi world war, but I've never would've imagined that some foreign force would invade us and to try and slaughter us all."
One of his men nodded in agreement. "Do you t-"his voice was cut off by an extremely loud explosion followed by a few lesser ones. "Do you think we stand a chance?" he repeated.
"Of course we do!" Inari answered without hesitation.
Nawi kept silent.
Inari ignored it and turned to the darkening sky. "this is going to be a problem if they continue to attack throughout the night."
"You can bet your ass that they will do just that." One of the Samurai said.
"All we have to do is to keep them occupied for as long as possible, Konoha reinforcements aren't far out." Nawi told Inari and the rest of the men that were listening.
Nawi glanced at Inari and noticed the nervous look on his face. "You okay, kid?" He softly asked.
Inari swallowed and nodded. "Just a bit nervous"
One of the Samurai slapped him on the shoulders. "Believe me; you'll no longer feel that way once you're in the middle of it."
"Shut up…." Inari grumbled.
Another explosion shook the ground and after that it became deadly quiet.
The murmuring of the men on the walls fell silent and they anxiously waited with their weapons at the ready for any sign of ally or enemy.
The first one that burst through the tree line was Itachi clutching his arm, closely followed by Kisame. Moments later Ghost and Jiraiya came running through the tree line throwing kunai with exploding tags everywhere.
Someone shouted to open the gate and seconds later the four man squad entered the village.
Nawi jumped down to greet them as well as a squad of medics. "How did it go?"
Jiraiya was the one who spoke up. "Well, they're still there but their numbers are severely reduced by the traps and our clones, and not to forget Kisame with his water jutsu's.
Nawi nodded. "Let's get to the walls; they'll be here any second."
Ghost, Jiraiya and Kisame followed Nawi.
"I'll join you in a moment." Itachi said as he took off his Akatsuki cloak for the medics to take care of his wounds that were inflicted on him moments earlier.
Ghost gave a wave as acknowledgment.
xXx
Inari noticed the newcomers and gave them some space. "So how tough are they?"
Kisame quirked an eyebrow, "Tough enough, midget, and why the hell are you here, shouldn't you be somewhere with those annoying civilians?"
"Don't call me a midget you-You blue skinned fish!"
Ghost smothered his laugh with a cough.
Kisame's eyes twitched and took a threatening step forward. "What. Did. You. Say."
Inari's eyes fearfully darted to Ghost who remained impassive. "Y-You heard me! Why shouldn't I be allowed to fight? I'm two years older than most Genin"
Kisame merely hmpfed and focused on the forest ahead.
Suddenly the forest was filled once again with explosions. Ghost grabbed his hood and jerked it back; revealing his blonde hair and blue eyes, the rest of his face was covered with a facemask.
Inari looked at him with wide eyes, the man looked so familiar.
Ghost noticed Inari looking at him and smiled, he gave Inari a wink before extending his fist.
Inari kept staring. 'Is it really him?'
He then noticed Ghost's fist; Inari reached out with his own trembling fist and did the only thing that came to his mind…he bumped fists with the man.
Satisfied, Ghost nodded and focused his attention back on the forest.
"N-Naruto?" Inari whispered.
Ghost gave him another wink. "Not now, gaki."
Inari opened and closed his mouth, oddly resembling a guppyfish. He had so many things he wanted to say; to suffocate him with a hug, but it seemed that now just wasn't the time for such things. He merely nodded.
Ghost leaned forward with squinted eyes; he had taken off his glasses the moment night fell. "They're here..."
"It would be wise if we separated across the wall, it's clear we are the most capable fighters here." Itachi said as walked up the stairs that was attached to the wall.
"Agreed, I'll stick here; make sure that the gate doesn't fall." Ghost offered.
The three others nodded and split up.
They waited for a couple of minutes which felt like hours, it was quiet and the defenders didn't like it one bit.
"It's time, clones you know what to do!" Ghost shouted over his shoulder, startling a few men.
"What are you talking about?" Inari asked.
"They've been silent for too lo…"Ghost trailed off as he looked in the sky. "That isn't good."
Inari looked at him with a questioning gaze before following Ghost's eyes. His eyes widened in fear. "Oh my god!"
The sky was filled with huge flame balls that quickly made their descent towards the village.
"They must have used catapults to launch those flaming objects into the air!" Nawi shouted.
"Take cover!" Ghost shouted as he grabbed Inari by the back of his neck and pushed him to the ground.
As Ghost took a crouching position, the flaming objects crashed in the village, destroying whole buildings at once.
Some of those objects which revealed to be flaming rocks also hit the wall which remained intact due to the clones, but the samurai on top weren't that lucky and were killed instantly.
Other rocks merely slammed into the ground doing no substantial damage.
Inari looked up and to the many burning buildings inside the village. "The village is burning!" he screamed and scrambled to get up
"It can be rebuild, gaki, be lucky that no one was in one of those buildings." Ghost told him as he stood up as well.
"What is that?" one of the Samurai pointed to the sky before a frightening deafening roar ripped through the air.
Ghost and Nawi looked to the dark sky once more. "Kuso!" Ghost cursed before back flipping off the wall and landing on the market ground behind him. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Ghost shouted, biting his thumb and forming the necessary hand seals beforehand.
The large cloud of smoke that had appeared dissipated quickly, revealing three large Hawks. "What can we do for you Ghost-Sama?"
"Nodin, you remember me telling about the Unknowns that were going to attack us? They are here and they have launched an air assault. I could use your assistance." Ghost told with a small bow.
Nodin turned his gaze to the sky looking towards the dark beasts which were barely noticable. "We'll fight for you, but those beasts, I don't know what they are."
"I don't know either; I've never seen anything like it." Ghost answered truthfully.
Nodin spread his wings. "We'll try to keep them of your backs, as long as you make sure that no one else interferes." And with that he took to the sky.
Ghost nodded and jumped back on the wall, joining Inari and Nawi.
Another terrifying roar cut through the air, instilling fear in the samurai whose eyes darted from the left to the right.
Ghost turned to Nawi. "You have to keep the men focused. Reavers enjoy the sight of fear and always use it. "
Nawi nodded and spoke up. "My fellow samurai! I can see the fear in your eyes! I would be lying if I wasn't terrified myself, but this is not the time to show it to our enemies!" Nawi glanced at Inari before looking back at his men who were all lined up on the wall and on the ground behind it.
"These monsters will take everything you hold dear if we don't hold the line, they will kill every man woman and child of Nami No Kuni if we don't hold them here! "
He looked at his fellow samurai whom's resolve strengthened and fear disappeared. "Will you hold the line?" He shouted.
Shouts from all of his men erupted that broke the chains of fear, even the growls and roars hardly had any effect.
Nawi nodded approvingly.
The radio crackled before Jiraiya's voice came through the static "Hate to break it, but we have movement in the forest."
Ghost narrowed his eyes before a look of disbelief crossed his face. "That's a lot."
Several hundreds of man came breaking through the forest line and started charging the wooden wall.
"Brace yourselves!" Nawi shouted and unsheathed his katana, quickly lacing it with chakra.
Ghost, Inari and the rest of the Samurai unsheathed their weapons as well before falling into a fighting stance.
The Reavers not slowing down a bit used chakra to jump on the wall, right into the waiting swords of the defenders of Nami no kuni.
And that's chapter 13! Again I apologize for the delay!
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it, Jiraiya is so much fun to write :P
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Until next time!