New chapter of Naruto: Shinigami of the Kyubiakuma! I do not own anything but the story! Sorry I've been gone for so long, I took a small hiatus to refocus on work and school, but now my semester's over so I can resume my stories! So please, enjoy!
As Madara's Susano'o loomed menacingly over the duo of Naruto and Ichigo, it seemed bleak for the team of Karakura Town's Shinigami.
"His spiritual pressure is massive..." Naruto observed as his hand wielding his zanpakuto trembled slightly. "Damn, how are we supposed to beat this..." Naruto slapped the side of his cheek with his left hand, trying to knock reason into himself. He knew he was spouting out foolishness, something he couldn't afford to do at this moment. Time was crucial, something that couldn't be afforded to waste on doubt. Naruto nodded as he silently understood what he needed to do to defeat Madara. He would try to pull the phantom from out this Susano'o, which must shield him from any attack. He would need to attack from underneath while Ichigo would distract him. As Naruto opened his mouth to rely this information to Ichigo, Ichigo held up his right hand as if to silence Naruto.
"I'll follow your lead Naruto, so lead the way," Ichigo told him as Naruto grinned in response.
"Then let's not waste any time, let's go!" Naruto roared eagerly as he and Ichigo disappeared via flash step. Madara stood inside his massive Susano'o, Naruto appearing at the right of it as Ichigo appeared at the left. Naruto executed a full power attack on the Susano'o's right arm, but the blow did not even seem to affect Madara or his Susano'o. Ichigo did the same on the left, with the same result. Madara chuckled ominously as his Susano'o's left arm which wielded the Amaterasu sword rose into the sky, Ichigo and Naruto prepared to go on the defensive. Naruto's eye's widened as the Susano'o disappeared from before his eye's in an instant, appearing behind him. As the Amaterasu sword came down upon Naruto, Ichigo managed to flash step in front of the stunned Naruto, blocking the flame sword with his own zanpakuto. Ichigo struggled to keep the flame sword at bay, a bead of sweat rolling down Ichigo's forehead as the sword drew closer to breaking his defense. Naruto came back to his sense's, a swirl of red energy spinning around his zanpakuto in a circular motion as he glared angrily at the Amaterasu sword.
"Tenmazen!" Naruto roared as he sent the three pronged claw like energy attack at the Amaterasu sword, which began to slowly but surely lift the weight being placed on Ichigo's zanpakuto by the flame sword. The flame sword was pulled back an inch, giving Ichigo enough time to use the flash step to escape, avoiding any direct damage. The Tenmazen dispersed, Madara seeming surprised that Naruto managed this feat. Naruto did not give Madara any more time to think of this as he charged up another Tenmazen, this time throwing it directly at the center of the Susano'o where Madara stood. The attack bounced off the Susano'o as if it was a fly.
"If that's all you can bring to the table Uzumaki, you won't survive much longer," Madara warned. "You can never match the hatred of the Uchiha, never!"
"Shut up!" Ichigo roared as he sent a wave of pure spiritual energy at Madara's Susano'o, which had the same affect as Naruto's Tenmazen.
"Useless scum, I haven't even show you a fraction of what I can do," Madara hissed as he sent two ball's of Amaterasu fire at both Naruto and Ichigo, who dodged it as it entered their radius. But as they moved to dodge, it followed, causing both Shinigami to go on the move.
"So what's the plan?" Ichigo shouted to Naruto as they both ran side by side from the incoming Amaterasu.
"We need to find a way to get underneath that Susano'o," Naruto answered as Ichigo nodded, both Shinigami taking separate direction for a moment. As Naruto ran left and Ichigo ran right, the Amaterasu's both went their direction. Naruto glanced back at Ichigo as he ran, Ichigo looking back at him as well. They both flash stepped back to the middle of the field, both the Amaterasu turning to follow their opponent.
"So distraction from me while you try to attack from underneath?" Ichigo asked as Naruto nodded. "Sound's like a plan, but how do you plan to go underground?"
"That's the issue, he'll see me if I try to dig my way underneath," Naruto answered as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Naruto and Ichigo both flash stepped instantly as the Amaterasu were in their radius, both of the Amaterasu hitting each other. Ichigo and Naruto reappeared above the Amaterasu, Naruto sending his Tenmazen at it while Ichigo sent a wave of pure spiritual energy. A huge cloud of smoke formed over the field as Ichigo and Naruto hovered over where the Amaterasu once burned victorious. But it was short lived as Naruto felt something grab hold of his body tightly. Naruto struggled to pull away from the strong grip as he looked to his side to see Madara and his Susano'o, Naruto held captive by the Susano'o's left hand.
"Naruto!" Ichigo roared as he began to take off full speed toward Naruto, until he was set ablaze by the Amaterasu thought to be extinguished.
"Did you really believe your paltry attack would extinguish the flame of the Amaterasu?" Madara scoffed as he tightened the Susano'o's grip on Naruto's body, causing Naruto to howl in pain. "I've grown tired of this scuffle... it's time to end this..." Naruto's eye's widened as Madara's eye's changed from his Mangekyou Sharingan to the eye's he had activated earlier to pummel Naruto with that unknown force.
"W-What is that?" Naruto choked out as Madara chuckled ominously.
"This is the Rinnegan, the ultimate eye," Madara stated as he glared at the helpless Uzumaki. "This is the eye of a god... so it's fitting that I would awaken it..."
"A-Arrogant bastard..." Ichigo stammered as he tried to pull himself up to his feet with all his might. "I-I won't let you do this..."
"Silence you fool, you just refuse to die!" Madara interrupted as he eyed the burning Shinigami. "I'll make an example of you, Kurosaki Ichigo... Chibaku Tensei!"
The ground began to tremble as the entire Soul Society seemed to tremble in fear of Madara's attack. Ichigo scanned the area as he felt himself being freed from the Amaterasu.
"I'm... free?" Ichigo said aloud as he looked at Madara with a baffled expression on his face. "Oh well... here I come..." As Ichigo took a step in Madara's direction, a giant sphere was formed around his body, compressing the Shinigami within it. A dark black sphere loomed over the sky, casting a black cloud over the battlefield, a shocked expression written all over Naruto's face.
"I-Ichigo!" Naruto cried out as he tried to break free from the Susano'o grip to no avail.
"He's finished, you can't save him," Madara told Naruto, who's spiritual pressure began to slowly increase. "You shall be next..." Madara silenced himself as he seen black aura spilling out of the sphere Ichigo was encased inside, Naruto's eye's widening as he sensed a Hollow with massive power in the vicinity. But it seemed close... too close. Naruto turned his attention to the sphere, realizing that the Hollow he sensed... was Ichigo.
"Ha, is this all you've got old man?" a shrill voice rang out in the area as the sphere began to crack.
"No... impossible!" Madara shouted angrily as more black aura spilled from the cracking sphere.
"Here I come... Madara!" the voice stated in a sing a long manner as something flew out the sphere at top speed, causing the entire sphere to shatter. Madara's eye's widened as he sent a large piece of rock at the incoming creature, who sliced the rock in half as it approached. Madara gritted his teeth as he sent several rocks at the incoming creature, a black and red energy attack causing them all to be vaporized before they even entered it's radius.
"Madaraaaaaa!" the voice sang as Ichigo hovered before Madara's Susano'o, but completely different this time. He was wearing half of a Hollow mask, wielding the Hollow eye's with Ichigo's facial features. His top half of his shihakusho was gone, wielding his zanpakuto in his right hand.
"T-This is Hollowfication..." Madara stammered as he angrily glared at Ichigo. "You fool, what do you think you can accomplish in this form that you couldn't do before?"
"I'm not for all this talk you want to do old man, just die!" Ichigo shouted in that same voice that was heard earlier as he attacked Madara's Susano'o relentlessly. As Madara's attention was placed on Ichigo's constant attacking, Naruto managed to break free from the Susano'o grip, something Madara didn't realize due to his infatuation with Ichigo at the moment.
"So... what can I do to get underneath him?" Naruto wondered to himself as he stroked his chin thoughtfully. As he did, an image of an attack that for some reason Hatake Kakashi, one of Naruto's trainer's at the Academy, used while wearing some type of strange ninja outfit came to Naruto's mind.
"Kakashi-sensei never used that at the Academy, why do I remember him using that attack?" Naruto wondered as he scratched the back of his blond head. "Oh well... it'll work. But how..." Naruto remembered Kakashi showing him hand sign's, something Naruto definitely knew he did not learn from the Academy.
"Is it possible I knew Kakashi-sensei from my past life?" Naruto wondered aloud as he looked down at both of his hands. "Well, no time to wonder now. Let's see if this will work..."
As Ichigo attacked consecutively at Madara's Susano'o, Madara used the Chibaku Tensei to continue throwing rocks at Ichigo, who kept breaking them before they entered his radius, and then returning to attack Madara.
"You pestering little..." Madara hissed as he suddenly felt Naruto's presence around him. "Don't tell me..." Madara finally realized that due to Ichigo breaking his concentration, he had accidentally given Naruto the opening he needed to escape from his grasp. But before he could even try to search for the blond Shinigami, Naruto emerged from underground, zanpakuto above his head as he leapt from underground. Madara's eye's widened as Naruto used the Tenmazen at point blank range, the inside of Madara's Susano'o filled with blinding red light.
Sorry, but it's a cliffy! Next chapter, the finale of the Naruto and Ichigo vs Madara fight along with the Akatsuki War! See you next time!
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