New chapter of Naruto: Shinigami of the Kyubiakuma! I do not own anything but the story itself.
"Ichigo, you're weak…" Byakuya stated as he loomed over a fallen Ichigo, who seemed to be on the brink of defeat. "Your master placed this foolish idea in your head that you could defeat me… but you must realize by now that you're outclassed…" Byakuya's eyes widened as he witnessed Ichigo begin to pull himself up from the ground, a determined look pasted on the Substitute Shinigami's face.
"No… I made a promise to a friend that I would save Rukia!" Ichigo choked out as he struggled to stand on his own two feet. "I can't lose here! I guess I have no choice but to use it…"
"He can't be referring to…" Byakuya thought as a slightly surprised look was seen for only an instant on the stoic captain's face.
Ichigo brushed off his shihakusho as he held out his zanpakuto before him, grasping it with both hands as a black and red aura surfaced around his body.
"Ban…kai!" Ichigo roared as his aura covered his entire body, the aura so large that it could be seen around the entire Soul Society. Ichigo's spiritual pressure leaked into the atmosphere, once again all of the Captain's each in their own fight in the Soul Society halting for a moment to glance back at the amazing spiritual pressure coming from yet another person.
"Byakuya!"
Byakuya took a moment from his stare down with Ichigo to see a red energy homing in on him, the energy in the form of three claws. Byakuya flash stepped to the two feet to the side of himself to avoid the attack, but he was suddenly attacked again by the same attack, but this time from above. Byakuya did a back flip to avoid the attack this time, but as he did, he felt his back bump into someone who was standing directly behind him. Byakuya turned around to see Naruto standing behind him, his arm's crossed as he stared at Byakuya with an intense look on his face.
"Impossible… you defeated Captain Hitsugaya?" Byakuya asked Naruto, who remained silent as he just stared at Byakuya, the look on his face beginning to change drastically into one of pure hate.
"How… could you…" Naruto mumbled as Byakuya felt his spiritual pressure begin to rise once again. "HOW COULD YOU LET YOUR OWN SISTER BE PUT TO DEATH! WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE HER! YOU DO NOTHING, EXCEPT GET IN THE WAY OF THOSE WHO TRULY CARE FOR HER!"
"I will not be…" Byakuya began to shout as his shoulder suddenly was sporting a long gash across the edge, Byakuya's eye's widening as the pain registered. As Byakuya's hand rested on his wound, which was beginning to bleed alarmingly at this point, Naruto let his zanpakuto fall from his right hand, flash stepping before an off his guard Byakuya. Naruto caved in the right side of Byakuya's face with a mean haymaker out of nowhere, Byakuya sent spiraling after this attack. Naruto flew after Byakuya, his aura changing to the white aura of shunko. Naruto kicked Byakuya into the sky, pinballing Byakuya back and forth around the sky consecutively for a moment with intense punches and kick's. Byakuya managed to sway from one of Naruto's punches, trying to counterattack as he did. Byakuya tried to punch Naruto, but his fist phased through Naruto's body, Byakuya's left side of his face being tagged again with another haymaker from the angry blond Shinigami. Naruto then appeared hovering above Byakuya after dishing out the haymaker, pummeling Byakuya into the ground before the Kuchiki could even smart from Naruto's previous attack. As Byakuya's body was on course with the ground, Naruto flash stepped next to his zanpakuto, which hadn't even touched the ground yet since he previously dropped it. Naruto's zanpakuto began to glow red as he placed his right hand on the hilt, Naruto prepared to attack the descending Byakuya with his Tenmazen.
"Naruto, wait!" Ichigo shouted as he placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "It's over, there's no need for that."
"This bastard deserves to pay…" Naruto hissed as he glared angrily at Byakuya, who finally hit the ground, now laid out in a small crater that was created from his impact with the ground. "But you're right… it's over."
"Naruto…" Rukia said as she looked at the duo of Ichigo and Naruto in sheer awe. "They got this strong just to save me? This is… incredible…"
"It's time to go home, Rukia," Naruto said to his best friend as he turned to her with his signature happy go lucky smile.
"Yeah, thing's aren't the same without ya," Ichigo added as a smile began to form on Rukia's face.
"You guys are idiots," Rukia blubbered as a tear rolled down her right eye. "Doing all of this to rescue me…"
"What did you expect, we… I need you Rukia," Naruto told Rukia, who began to turn beet red. Ichigo smiled knowingly as Rukia and Naruto both looked at each other blushing.
"You both…" Ichigo began to joke as he was set on fire with some type of black fire that hit him from what seemed like nowhere.
Naruto's eye's widened as he witnessed this, Rukia's mouth open wide as she stared in complete disbelief at Ichigo, who was screaming in agony as he was set ablaze.
"Heh, what a shame," a voice hissed as Naruto's head turned in the direction of the voice.
"No way… Uchiha Madara?" Naruto announced in disbelief as the old Uchiha stood shrouded in the darkness that fit him so well.
"It seemed fitting to end this return party with a bang," Madara stated as a twisted smile covered his face. "I did warn you of what I'd do if you defied me, Uzumaki Naruto. But this is just the beginning of how you will pay the piper…"
"You…" Naruto spit out as he could barely contain his anger. "Why… why are you even here?"
"I've come here for the Hogyoku," Madara answered simply as he glanced at Rukia. "I'll remove it from the girl… before I kill her."
"You won't do no such thing!" Naruto roared as he flew forward at full speed, attacking Madara with his zanpakuto, pouring all his might into this one attack. Madara simply blocked the attack with one finger, Madara's finger and Naruto's zanpakuto colliding causing a red aura to spill over the entire battlefield. As the red aura cleared, Madara's finger was still intact, Naruto's eye's widening. Madara's eye's changed abruptly, from the Sharingan to an entirely different eye.
"W-What's going on here?" Naruto stammered as Madara sent Naruto spiraling backward with some unknown force, Naruto sliding across the ground as Madara advanced toward him menacingly, unsheathing his zanpakuto from its sheath.
"I haven't come here to play with you child, it's time to see the true face of death," Madara stated.
"N-Not gonna happen old man," Ichigo choked out as he tried to move his body to no avail.
"You fool, don't try to deny the inevitable," Madara scoffed as he glanced at the struggling Ichigo. "My Amateratsu will blaze eternally, there is no technique that can douse the flame. You will slowly burn into ashes that is your fate."
"Y-You really think after what I've gone through to get here, after all the pain I've endured that I'll let this stop me?" Ichigo screamed as Madara's eye's widened, Madara witnessing the Substitute Shinigami place his hand on his zanpakuto. "N-Not yet, not until I save her…"
Ichigo let out a primal roar as his aura was unleashed, Ichigo using his zanpakuto to eat away at the flames like a high speed fan. Ichigo stood to his feet, the flame's once surrounding him now dissipated.
"I-Impossible…" Madara stammered as Ichigo brushed off his shihakusho, his eye's fixed on the original Uchiha. "How could you…"
"You underestimate our resolve Madara," Naruto muttered as he pulled himself up to his feet from the cold ground. "We've come so far to get here, we've ascended to levels that no one could expect us to reach… we've defeated those who were once unbeatable to us… You won't knock us down with fear. Even you don't have enough strength…"
"Shut up, I've heard enough of your talking," Madara hissed as a blue aura surfaced around his body, shaping into the form of a being. "It's time you know why the Uchiha were exiled from the Soul Society… it is time you witness the Uchiha's true hatred of this wretched world… I will teach you Uzumaki Naruto and Kurosaki Ichigo, the true meaning of fear!"
Next Chapter: Naruto and Ichigo shall face off against the ultimate Uchiha, Uchiha Madara! The Akatsuki Civil War will continue, with Itachi vs. Mikoto. Stay tuned for the next new chapter of Naruto: Shinigami of the Kyubiakuma!
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