In an instant, Naruto and Sasuke were in a stand still, swords drawn, face to face for the first time in over one hundred year's.
"I've been waiting for this you know," Sasuke stated as he circled around Naruto in a menacing fashion, his Sharingan fixed on Naruto's face. "I've been waiting to show you the power of a real Uchiha."
"Oh yeah? Well I just fought a "real" Uchiha and he wasn't so great," Naruto boosted as he smiled boldly at Sasuke, who seemed infuriated by the smart comment.
"You idiotic Shinigami, alway's looking down on us Uchiha," Sasuke hissed as he glared at Naruto, his hand's wrapped tightly around his zanpakuto. "But we... I will teach you a lesson..."
Sasuke took a quick swing aimed at Naruto's torso with his zanpakuto, Naruto taking a large leap backward to avoid the quick strike. As soon as Naruto's feet touched the ground, he disappeared in thin air, Sasuke calmly awaiting for him to reappear. As Naruto reappeared behind Sasuke, Sasuke initiated to counter each and every strike Naruto tried to land on him, Naruto unleashing a barrage of quick attack's as he appeared behind the seemingly defenseless Sasuke. Sasuke glared at Naruto with his Sharingan, which slightly spun in a menacing manner, Sasuke chuckling softly as this occurred. Naruto angrily sent a Tenmazen at the Uchiha, who deflected the powerful spirit attack toward the sky with his zanpakuto. Sasuke then stuck the tip of his sword into the ground, Naruto going into a defensive stance as he awaited Sasuke's attack. But nothing occurred, a confused look crossing Naruto's face for a moment. But the look was replaced with one of sheer surprise as electricity shot from out the ground underneath him, surrounding him in an electric barrier. As Naruto tried to use the flash step to escape, he realized that he was also being paralyzed by the technique, Sasuke pulling up his sword from the earth as he approached Naruto slowly. Naruto struggled to break free from the paralysis, but it was for naught. As Naruto felt the feeling begin to return to his finger's, Sasuke appeared before Naruto via flash step, cutting the Uzumaki across the chest in an instant. Naruto's eye's widened in surprise as his blood splashed onto Sasuke's shihakusho. Sasuke smiled ominously as he stabbed Naruto in the heart, a mouthful of blood rolling down Naruto's mouth as he looked down at the sword that pierced his heart. Sasuke snickered softly as he observed this, this only lasting a moment as he realized that this was not the real Naruto. The stabbed Naruto disappeared in thin air, Sasuke angrily scanning the area for Naruto as he realized that this was the same technique that Byakuya knew. Naruto hid behind a rock nearby, holding the cut wound across his chest as he tried to catch his breath. Sasuke wasn't a pushover, but not impossible to defeat. But Naruto was being pressed to the limit, having used his Bankai for so long.
"Dammit, I can't lose here!" Naruto thought as he tried to catch his breath. "But I've already been in my Bankai for so long now... I'm beginning to reach my limit..."
As Naruto glanced over the rock to see if he could see Sasuke, Sasuke almost lopped his head off his shoulder's, Naruto ducking in the nick of time to avoid Sasuke's zanpakuto.
"Hiding now, little mouse?" Sasuke asked menacingly as he sneered. "You pathetic fool, is this all you're worth? I feel foolish to even have wasted my time on some second-rate Shinigami washout..."
Sasuke was interrupted by Naruto, who attacked without warning, but Sasuke blocked the attack easily. Naruto growled as he pulled himself away from Sasuke, taking off in the opposite direction. Sasuke took off after Naruto, both running at the same speed now.
"Hado Number 32, Ōkasen!" Naruto roared as he fired a wide beam of yellow light from his right palm directly at Sasuke.
"Bakudo Number 44, Sekisho!" Sasuke shouted as he formed a wall instantly between himself and Naruto's attack, Naruto's attack fizzing away as it came in contact. Naruto flash stepped a feet above Sasuke, holding his right hand at Sasuke's face.
"Hado Number 31, Shakkahō!" Naruto hissed as the red ball of spiritual energy formed in his right palm.
"Bakudo Number 8, Seki!" Sasuke stated as he held up his forearm, which was now sporting a small shield. Naruto's ball of energy was reflected back to him as soon as it came in contact with Sasuke's shield, Naruto's eye's widening as he was struck down by his own attack, Naruto's body slightly smoking as it went crashing to the ground. Naruto coughed slightly as he tried to pull himself up to his feet, but his body was not responding.
"Damn it..." Naruto whispered as he looked up at Sasuke, who was beginning to chuckle as he approached Naruto. "I guess I have no choice then..." Naruto lifted his hand up to his face as Sasuke approached, Naruto's spiritual pressure beginning to slightly rise dramatically. As Sasuke realized this, a pink sword came between Naruto and Sasuke, both men staring at the sword in surprise.
"Enough of this," a voice stated as Naruto looked behind Sasuke to see an injured Byakuya behind the Uchiha.
"Heh, so you've come Captain," Sasuke stated as he grinned at Byakuya. "You're just in time to see me kill Uzumaki Naruto..."
"No, he will face judgement, you will not kill him," Byakuya commanded as Sasuke chuckled, placing the tip of his zanpakuto against Naruto's throat.
"Or what, Captain?" Sasuke asked menacingly as he looked at Byakuya ominously. "What will you do if I kill him?"
Byakuya remained silent as Sasuke snickered at the Captain.
"That's what I thought," Sasuke said as he closed his eye's. "You're one of the reason's the Soul Society is so weak, because you're all too soft. Even you, a man I actually respected in this dump, is too soft to get the job done..."
Sasuke's eye's opened abruptly as he sensed a massive spiritual pressure boost come from behind him, a spiritual pressure the like's of nothing he ever felt before. Sasuke looked toward Naruto, the entire left side of his face caving in as he did. Sasuke was sent hurtling past Byakuya by the attack, Byakuya's eye's widening as he seen the man, or creäture, who was responsible.
Naruto stood tall with his Hollow mask covering his face, his pupil's red with a yellow slit in the middle while the outside of them were pure black as the night sky. His blond hair had taken the tint of black, now slightly longer than it was before. A black aura surrounded his body, a bit of black smoke arising from underneath the mask.
Sasuke pulled himself up from the rubble, in shock of the creature that had just attacked him. Was that really Naruto? Is he really this powerful? All these question's went through Sasuke's head as he raised his own hand to his face, preparing to unleash his own true strength. As an purple aura surfaced around Sasuke's body, he was struck down by a kick to the face from out of nowhere, Soi Fon appearing next to Sasuke beside Yoruichi.
"I've wanted to do that for a long time now," Soi Fon said as she scanned the battlefield. "Where is Naruto?"
Yoruichi pointed ahead as Soi Fon turned to see Masked Naruto approaching the injured Byakuya.
Yoruichi and Soi Fon both appeared before Byakuya in an instant, Naruto remaining silent as they appeared.
"Naruto, you're not in the right state of mind right now," Yoruichi told him as she placed her hand on his shoulder. "Please, don't do this."
"I just wanted to tell him how much of a fool he really is," Naruto stated in a slightly twisted voice.
"Wait, you're in... control?" Soi Fon asked as Naruto nodded.
"Yes, and we don't have much time..." Naruto began to say until his mask faded, Naruto collapsing to his knee's as it did. "D-Dammit... my body is too exhausted to handle it..."
"He's too exhausted to continue fighting, we need to get him out of here," Yoruichi stated as Soi Fon nodded in agreement.
"N-No, I need to save Rukia!" Naruto choked out as he desperately tried to get to his feet. "She's in danger! I'm so close, I can't give up now!"
"It's too late for that..." a voice stated as Obito laid on the ground unconsciou's, Aizen now standing before Rukia.
"Dammit, no!" Naruto roared as he got up to his feet, Soi Fon and Yoruichi ready to attack. But they were both neutralized by an unknown force, two red hand's squeezing them half to death.
"W-What is this?" Soi Fon stammered as she looked back, Itachi standing in some type of humanoid being.
"This, is my Susano'o," Itachi answered simply as Naruto was set ablaze by an Amateratsu.
Naruto began to roar in agony as Aizen extracted the Hogyoku from Rukia's body. Rukia began to scream in pain as well as Aizen chuckled, the Hogyoku now in his palm.
"You see Uzumaki Naruto, you are weak," Aizen stated as he bent down, looking directly in Naruto's face. "And you, and this entire Soul Society, have lost. Madara Uchiha has lost. Your preciou's Yoruichi and Urahara have lost. You are all... loser's."
Naruto let out a ferociou's roar as he leapt toward Aizen, but the flame's kept him down.
"Aizen!"
Aizen looked to his side to see half the Soul Society approaching him and the Akatsuki. A small smile crossed his face as he stood on the hill, with the Hogyoku in his hand.
The battle is coming to an epic conclusion... next chapter!
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