Naruto: Kōkai

by Ken Miyamoto

After the failure of the Sasuke Retrieval Mission the Council of the Hidden Leaf decides to punish Naruto with banishment from the village forcing the hand of Tsunade. Now alone and no longer a shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Naruto decides to take his newfound life into his own hands. Follow Naruto Uzumaki as he tries to find his place in the ninja world.

41. Chapter 41

Yo, it's Ken.

Just very quickly before I just jump right into reviews, I had a ton of fun writing this chapter. Fair Warning: this Chapter is pure fight scene. You have been warned haha but it was honestly a blasting writing it. This one is coming to your guys a little early as a treat for waiting for me last time around, so thank you all.

Let's get to reviews!

Dragonkeeper10: Man, feels like i just saw you haha jokes aside I really appreciate the words. So, something I'm going to quickly point out as it's going to come up Advanced Nature Transformations are going to appear in multiple different ways in the series including for Naruto himself so without spoiling anything just keep that in mind. The Konoha crew are indeed on their way, but I can't say much, all I will say is that we'll be seeing them and someone else showing up a lot here but that's all you'll get from me. Listen, I'm really grateful for your thoughts so don't feel bad. Rant away, I'll read all of it regardless. Thank you for enjoying the series so much. Thank you again for reading and I'll see you in the next one!

Samuel Santillian: That first move was definitely a glimpse into Naruto's growth as well as a tiny piece of the fight and boy... I had a lot of fun. It's also a good way to look at this fight as much as it is a clash of fists it's also a clash of ideals those who are willing to push their ideals over the others are the victors. Regarding Konoha, I won't say much but they are about to become more prominent here soon you'll have to stay tuned. I like the idea, but I've got something lined up down the road look forward to it. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you in the next one!

Achutanand: Hey there! For now, I'm keeping my romance plans open with nothing set in stone just yet. Stay tuned, there's a method to the madness I swear haha. My plan for this series is to touch on as much as possible, I don't plan on hyper focusing on any particular chakra type or style and will write with versatility in mind. HunterXhunter huh? I'll have to take a look I've always been a bit of a fan, and I know what you're talking about now. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you in the next one!

Lampre8: I'm looking forward to the reunion as well, I'm right there with you haha! It's going to happen and It's going to be great, I promise. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you in the next one.

biott456: Like I said before I'm keeping my romance plans open with nothing set in stone just yet. I'll also add that I wouldn't be opposed to harem but for now the series still has to progress a little further, but I'll keep that in mind. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you again the next one!

Alexander4443: Thanks as always bro! Thank you again for reading and I'll see you in the next one!

biginferno: The romance plans are still up in the air, but I'm not exactly opposed to that. I've been seeing a lot of people mention harem though... maybe I should look harder into that... I'm kidding, no spoilers from me. You'll have to stay tuned! Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you again in the next one!

Krieger Techpriest: Krieger! Hey there! I loved writing the Hinata scene so much you don't even know but Naruto's absence has deeply affected her and the rest of the group in various different ways that I have the pleasure of writing, and I look forward to it. Poor Lee indeed... or is it? Haha. So, the female Kurama scene. I've seen my fair share of stories surrounding it and I figured why not reference it? That and I get to incorporate lore at the same time, so you know I'm a fan! Boro and Haruka, it brings a smile to my face that I've managed to shake your resolve even if slightly lol jokes aside Boro is the comic relief of sorts, but he still has depth to character that will be explored while Haruka on the other hand is getting stronger with each appear as the baby comes close. I liked the idea of these two having a moment to talk showing of their respective characters. Now Tsubasa and Fu... I enjoy writing it and I'm pleasantly surprised so stay tuned. Made you bleed and now he's going to feed you your own heart... I like that. Well done sir. Thank you again for reading and I'll see you in the next one!

sakurahatake9: Thank you for being patient! Here's the next one for ya and yeah, I had a blast with writing this. I've been thinking about the reunion a lot and I'm excited for it too whether that's in a fight or outside of it. Boro and Haruka, I like to keep my plans ambiguous, but I wanted to give these two characters a moment to show off their growth and somehow, I ended up writing a nice scene haha I'm glad you enjoyed it. It seems like the shipper hear is on fire, that's good haha stay tuned my plans are still on going and it can only go up from here. I'm actually working on some stuff that you guys will be seeing sometime soon and when that does get finished up, I'll be sure to drop that here for you all. Thank you again for reading and I hope to see you in the next one!

As always if you have any questions, thoughts, or criticisms (As long as they are respectful) please feel free to leave a review, I read through all of them and will respond to as many as I can. If not, I appreciate you regardless it's up to you I like hearing from you guys.

That said, I'll refrain from gushing about the chapter, but its action packed and definitely leads into how the rest of the arc is going to play out and I'm beyond excited for it.

Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoy.

-Ken

Next Time! Chapter 42: Just For Us (12/22/24)

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Chapter 41: Liberation

"We'll actively be in enemy territory. That means they have the number and location advantage."

"So that means we'll have to attack multiple fronts all at once."

"So where exactly do we start the attack at? Not to mention the Bandit King sized elephant in the room. I doubt the guy is just going to let us wreck his stuff while sitting still."

"Exactly, so we won't leave him to sit still. The strategy is division and disabling, Naruto will act as vanguard. The rest of us need to ensure that while Naruto is fighting the Bandit King that no outside influences are able to interrupt."

"So, we take out all the henchmen first! After that we should be good to join in on the fight with Naruto as needed right?"

"Exactly."

"The goal is the complete destruction of the Bandit King and what forces he has… this isn't about just winning. It's about wiping that scum from the earth."

"Hear Hear."

"Aye aye!"

"This is crazy but it's a decent plan."

"It'll work."

Naruto, Tsubasa, Yugito, Fu, and Boro deliberated while Tayuya and Haruka sat nearby, the reddish haired girl adding her input.

"Naruto. You have our backs, that means we have yours as well. Remember that even when you're fighting."

Yugito commented as Naruto nodded his head, "Right." The teen said while Fu rolled her shoulder before she stuck a thumb up.

…

Fu landed roughly on the wall; four wings sprouted from her back as several ninja dashed toward her. The girl formed several hand signs as multiple jutsu flew toward her.

"Wind Style: Great Redirection!"

The girl yelled forming a wall of air between her and the jutsu, she spun the wall of air around herself before blasting the men backward with it.

Bright scales formed a cloud around them as Fu suddenly closed her fist, the cloud of scales pushed the men into each other as a slash through the air suddenly made the cloud explode violently.

Tsubasa slid to a stop before he lifted his hand into the air, Fu flew over the teen grabbing his hand and carrying him through the air.

Her four wings cut through the air quickly as Tsubasa extended a hand to his side, his hand engulfed in flames as Fu carried him. The green haired girl spun in the air over where more ninja were beginning to gather, the men looked into the air at the spinning mass of twisting flames.

"Here they com-"

The yell from the ninja was interrupted as Fu launched Tsubasa toward the ground, the teen became a speeding fireball before crashing into the ground like a meteor. A large explosion of flames swept over his landing site as more of the king's men from further away covered their faces.

Tsubasa stood up walking toward them unsheathing his blade, his fiery eyes settling into a glare as the ground suddenly opened up beside him.

Boro jumped out of the hole in the ground, closing it as he landed pulling out his hatchets, "You get left?" the brown-haired teen said as Tsubasa kept moving forward.

"No complaints here."

Tsubasa said as Boro spun his hatchets, both boys rushed the large crowd of the king's men running at them.

Fu spun in the air as she quickly flew toward another area of the castle, "Yugito, Tsubasa and Boro made it to point B. I'm headed to C now." The girl said as her fingers touched a small radio in her ear.

"Good. I've got A. Make sure that no one interrupts Naruto and the Bandit King. We rendezvous at point D unless plans change."

Yugito spoke into her radio as several of the king's men rushed out of the armory where she was walking toward.

Their arms were filled with different weapons as they came to a stop at the sight of the woman, Yugito's eyes became a dark blue as she glared at them.

The men briefly saw the flaming blue face of Matatabi overlapping her face before she dashed toward them.

Not a single one of them would make it their king.

{...}

The air whipped and thrashed as the Bandit King flipped backward, his feet slammed into the stairs behind him as Naruto appeared again, unleashing a devastating spinning kick into his guard.

The Bandit King's guard broke immediately from the impact as he quickly countered the teen's next attacks. The pair engaged in close combat striking at each other hard enough to cause the rubble underneath them to lift into the air slightly.

The brass haired man caught Naruto's fist before he threw his own punch that the blond caught, they pushed against each other with enough force to slightly shake the steps underneath them.

The stairs finally gave way cracking violently underneath them, the Bandit King took advantage of the sudden shift to push Naruto backward. The Bandit King opened his palm unleashing a flurry of wind blades, the blades cut deeply into the stairs as Naruto weaved through them.

Naruto extended his palm catching the last wind blade, he pivoted on his feet launching the wind blade back at the Bandit King. The man barely avoided the blade that split deeper into the stairs beneath his feet, he quickly lifted his arm blocking a heavy punch from Naruto.

The blond slammed several more punches against his arm, The Bandit King threw him off aiming his hand at the ground. Large spikes of rock came out of it quickly traveling toward Naruto, the teen spun as he kicked his foot against the wave of spikes stopping them completely.

The Bandit King's eyes widened as the blond kicked the first rock spikes upward before he somersaulted kicking a blade of wind through the rock that cleaved the rest of the spikes.

The Bandit King quickly formed a rock wall that the blade exploded against, sending him flying off of the stairs. Naruto tapped his foot on the ground twice before he launched in the air after the brass haired man, wind gathered around his palm.

The Bandit King stabilized himself in mid-air as he saw Naruto above him, he formed a hand sign before he opened his palm waving his hand through the air sending out blades of wind.

Naruto blasted bullets of wind at them causing multiple violent explosions of air between them as a large explosion separated them. The Bandit King hit the ground; the moment he made impact he created a large rock dome around himself.

Naruto weaved several hand signs as he divebombed toward the dome, right as he got close to the ground he flipped landing on his feet.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Naruto yelled slamming his hands downward causing the large accumulation of wind to shatter the dome of rock.

'Even through Earth Style?'

The Bandit King then blocked a punch from Naruto before slamming his fist into the teen's gut, he then grabbed the blond by the back of his neck dragging his face into the ground before tossing him.

Naruto slammed into the ground as the Bandit King opened his palm unleashing a volley of wind blades toward where the teen had landed.

"I can tell you have improved, but some old habits die hard!"

The Bandit King yelled as he dodged the teen's kick, "You still can't land a proper hit on me!" The brass haired man yelled as he slammed a heavy punch into the teen.

Naruto coughed as The Bandit King unleashed a flurry of blows on the boy, the man spun on his heel unleashing an elbow. Naruto caught the elbow before he pulled out a kunai, The Bandit King quickly knocked the teen backward.

The man didn't even flinch as the kunai bounced in front of him barely getting close to him, "Thought you would have learned by now." The brass haired man taunted as Naruto suddenly appeared in front of him.

The Bandit King smiled as he felt the change of air pressure, "Same old same old! You still aren't fast enough!" The man yelled as he went to block the attack.

However, he felt a chill run through his spine.

He didn't feel an attack land, instead he spotted Naruto's punch moving at a slower speed than usual. It was way slower than his other attacks.

"One hit… that's what you said right?"

Naruto asked as the Bandit King narrowed his eyes at the teen as he went to block the attack, but his hand didn't reach a fist. The man's eyes widened as the air pressure changed again, Naruto's fist rapidly moved at point blank range.

"Why do you wait to unleash your attack until after the sound barrier breaks?"

"You mean, I could perform the attack right as it happens? The timing on that seems a little insane don't you think?"

"Not to mention the list of other things that pulling it off brings up… but it's like I said. You aren't normal, so don't fight like you are."

"You can pull it off, Brat. I wouldn't expect anything less."

The Nine Tailed Fox's voice rang through Naruto's ear as his fist collided with the forming point-blank sonic boom that formed on the Bandit King.

"Wind Style: Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled as the air exploded around his fist crushing into the Bandit King's side as he coughed up blood. The man launched backward slamming into the steps with his back as his eyes rolled in the back of his head.

"I'll be taking a few more than just one hit, no hard feelings, right?"

Naruto said as the Bandit King looked at the blonde with a shocked expression on his face, before Naruto dashed again.

The Bandit King tried to block the kick, but it made contact creating a sonic boom directly on his body violently launching him into the air. The sounds of cracking filled Naruto's ears as pain shot through his body, the teen fell to a knee as he held onto his arm.

"Damn, the recoil from that attack is insane."

Naruto said while red chakra cloaked over his arm and leg, "Now's not the time to get complacent, Brat. I'll take care of it, stay on your guard." The fox spoke as the teen spotted a silhouette standing in the large cloud of kicked up dust.

The Bandit King stepped out of the smoke wiping the blood from his face revealing the wicked grin on it.

"I honestly never really thought much of you, Hero. Then you had to go and get fun all of a sudden! I think I can enjoy killing you now."

The Bandit King said while Naruto glared toward him, "Here's hoping those villagers saved you a spot in the afterlife, when you meet them… Tell them I'm sorry for making them think they were going to live, would ya?" The man asked as Naruto's blue eyes froze over.

"Attaboy."

The Bandit King said as he spit blood out to the side rapidly dashing toward the teen re-engaging him in combat.

{...}

The Bandit King exhaled out his nose, the air leaving it looked like steam as Naruto blasted toward him, the brass haired man made a wall out of rock that Naruto's fist punched through.

Their eyes gleamed as they struck each other from their respective sides of the rock wall, with every strike the Bandit King hit against the wall a spike made out of rock came from it stabbing toward the teen.

Naruto avoided the spikes while continuing to punch holes into the wall, the brass haired man grinned as he kicked the bottom of the wall.

He fell backward with it as Naruto somersaulted kicking his foot downward, the rock slammed into the ground crumbling into dust as the wind enhanced kick slammed into nothing but dirt. The ground suddenly opened up behind Naruto who turned to attack but a fist slammed against his face.

The Bandit King then karate chopped the blonde in his side releasing a large wind blade on contact, smoke suddenly plumed as the man grinned. Several clones rained out of the sky as the Bandit King stomped on the ground, a thin pole of rock came out of it as he spun it.

The man then started to attack the group of clones, the grin never leaving his face as he violently attacked them.

The brass haired man blocked another attack, as he impaled a clone turning it into smoke. Another clone started forming hand signs as two more clones dashed toward the smoke.

"Wind Style: Great Whirlwind!"

The clone yelled as it took a deep breath before blasting wind toward the smoke, the smoke was gone as the two clones looked around for the missing opponent. The Bandit King landed behind the jutsu performing clone, his eyes trailing a golden gleam as he swung destroying the clone.

The rest of clones rushed toward him blasting off the air with wind, they all broke through the sound barrier as the Bandit King shattered his earth pole. He quickly weaved his hands through the shattered pieces of rock pelting them at the clones that flew toward him.

The clones exploded into a shower of smoke as the Bandit King, pivoted off his heel turning in time to catch Naruto swinging a punch at him.

It was like the other punches; it was slow but that was a deception. The Bandit King prepared himself to block the attack but even his guard did little to nullify the damage from the blow.

"Cloudburst!"

'His movement slows down before he launches just his fist alone, passing the speed of sound rather than his entire body. He creates a focused point of air pressure that erupts at the same moment his fist lands breaking the sound barrier as soon as it hits. Effectively, this brat has created a technique that I can't block.'

The Bandit King coughed as he grounded himself trying not to be blown backward, 'There has to be a drawback to attacking at that speed with a single limb.' The brass haired man grinned as he heard the sound of a click.

Naruto drew his arm back as the Bandit King reached out grabbing it again, the blond groaned in pain before a knee was smashed into his chest.

The blonde was then lifted before he was slammed into the ground creating a large crater, the Bandit King laughed as Naruto recovered.

"I noticed it, you know… You were performing several jutsu without hand signs. During your little week you not only created a technique to directly counter me, but you also had the nerve to master both your B and C ranked jutsu didn't you? Yikes."

The brass haired man said with a grin as Naruto wiped his mouth, "Whatever it took. Trust me when I say this… I'm making sure this ends here." The blond said as the king laughed.

"The brat that would be hero comes up with a little trick and all the sudden he thinks he'll win. I'll burst your bubble while you're ahead. Warm up's over."

The Bandit King said as he narrowed his eyes, Naruto meanwhile adopted his stance. His blue eyes razor focused on his opponent. They both started to weave hand signs as they kept their vision locked on one another, wind built up violently between them.

Their hand signs continued until the stomp of the Bandit King's ended their signs.

"Wind Style: Great Wind Cutter!"

"Wind Style: Full Force Breakthrough!"

Large blades of wind cleaved through the air before slamming into a massive gust of wind the colliding wind created a violently spinning tornado. The tornado disappeared as Naruto and the Bandit King clashed where it used to be, they traded blows as Naruto's fist was deflected.

The older warrior punched the blonde in his arm causing him to groan before kicking Naruto in the chin.

Naruto flipped through the air as his ankle was grabbed by the Bandit King who grinned as he swung the teen into the ground by his leg.

"I noticed something else, when you hit me with your jutsu your body can't handle the sheer amount of pressure from the attack which is what that red chakra is supposed to do. Not only to you have to consistently hit it in perfect timing but you still have to heal from the drawback if it's successful, come on stop me if I'm wrong!"

The Bandit King laughed as he kicked Naruto, the teen caught his foot pulling himself to his feet enough to launch a kick toward the bottom of his chin.

The man leaned backward from the kick, while Naruto pushed off of him. The teen landed on his hands as he began to spin, wind began blasting off of him as the Bandit King dodged backward.

As the brass haired man landed, he was slammed into by another blast before he spotted Naruto spinning toward him with a Rasengan in his palm.

The Bandit King caught the blonde's wrist out of the air, he tugged Naruto to the ground while they struck at each other with their free hands. Naruto blocked the strikes from the man with one of his hands as he pulled the other from the grasp it was caught in.

The king dodged a swipe of the Rasengan as he watched it leave the blonde's palm, the sphere of chakra spun in the air before it was caught by Naruto's other palm as he pushed it into him.

The brass haired man acted quickly creating a small blast of wind between himself and the Rasengan to avoid direct impact.

The jutsu exploded sending the Bandit King sliding backward while Naruto dashed toward him, the man braced himself to dodge the attack. Naruto threw a feint that the Bandit King blocked only for another attack to smash into his chest.

"Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled as the Bandit King coughed from the sheer amount of impact he was struck with, he stayed grounded. The moment the gust from the attack ended he smashed a knee into Naruto's abdomen, he then launched the boy upward with a kick.

Naruto tried to recover in midair as he was suddenly struck with multiple wind blades, the blade struck him in a circle spinning him. The Bandit King pushed his hand downward slamming Naruto into the ground while the blades pelted on top of him.

Rock spikes shot out of the ground where Naruto landed, the tattered boy jumped to avoid them only for a wind enhanced punch to crack across his face.

Naruto landed on the ground roughly as he was about to dash toward the Bandit King, but he was stopped as he caught sight of the man already in front of him.

Suddenly they were both flying through the air as Naruto tackled him from the spot they were, a wicked smile cracked across the Bandit King's face as they broke the sound barrier.

Naruto was suddenly struck by the man causing them both to spin as they reached a series of smaller buildings in the large base. They crashed creating a large explosion that sent destroyed building pieces everywhere, Naruto did a back handspring back to his feet.

In the smoke, the Bandit King waved it away with one hand while his other arm dangled at his side uselessly.

"Oh."

The man said simply while Naruto narrowed his eyes at the laughing man, "This is new even for me! A lot of first times with you huh? How annoying." He spoke as the teen watched him suddenly shift the side where the arm was.

A loud crack was heard as the limb relocated; he wiggled his fingers before lifting the hand to his vision.

"I can't lie though; it is a little exciting… Keep it up."

The man said as Naruto vanished, appearing next to the man who blocked the aggressive attacks from the blond teen.

They clashed before a kick from the Bandit King sent Naruto flying into the wall of a building, the teen landed on the building as a fist suddenly drove him through it. Naruto flipped crashing through several objects as the Bandit King followed after him throwing hard punches that the blond blocked.

The Bandit King was suddenly swung into a wall as Naruto countered an attack, the teen cocked his fist back before unleashing a flurry of punches.

The brass haired man blocked most of the punches, deflecting most of them into the wall he was against destroying it as the last punch sent him through it.

Naruto jumped out after him, he watched as the Bandit King flipped through the air with a grin on his face.

The blond blasted toward him faster launching a kick toward him, Naruto suddenly felt himself getting violently pulled toward the man.

"A vacuum?!"

Naruto yelled as a hand slapped against his throat gripping it as he was choke slammed into the roof of the building. The teen coughed as his back slapped against the roof, blue met a vicious gold as wild haymakers began to slam into the teen's face.

The Bandit King punched harder and harder as they crashed through floor after floor, his face covered by an elated expression the entire time.

They made it to the bottom floor as the man continued to punch Naruto, the building crumbled apart around them as the punches continued to land.

The Bandit King lifted his arms in the air as if celebrating the crumbling building around them before his wicked grin landed back on the teen as he kicked downward toward him.

The king suddenly found himself in the air as Naruto blasted backward on the ground below, the man formed a hand sign.

He elegantly waved his hands through the air with a dramatic swagger unleashing large wind blades that shredded through multiple structures around them as Naruto avoided them on the ground.

Naruto spun flying through the air catching the Bandit King's wrists, he lifted them in the air as he slammed a flurry of kicks into his body.

Naruto then kicked the Bandit King to the ground, the man blasted through the air as he stopped himself with a large rock column. He then drove both himself and the brass haired man through the column as the king was met with a fist puncturing through the dust.

"Cloudburs-"

Naruto's yell was cut off as he felt a slight slip in the attack, he missed the timing.

And the Bandit King noticed before he did.

His fist was caught in the grip of the now unimpressed man, "A misfire huh?" He taunted before he drove his fist across Naruto's face with a wind enhanced punch.

"Damn it!"

Naruto yelled as he flew through the air before taking another wind enhanced punch from the Bandit King.

"I like the way you use the wind to move, so I'm going to steal a page from your book. Hope you don't mind!"

The man yelled as he drew his fist back before it blasted toward Naruto the air pressure changed similar to how it felt when the blonde himself used it. The punch enhanced by the wind launching the blond through multiple buildings.

Naruto yelled as he caught himself out of the air, recovering enough to punch toward the Bandit King knocking him backward through further buildings before another follow up attack could land.

Even from a distance they found each other immediately.

Wind wildly whipped around Naruto as the Bandit King grinned, a large burst of wind came from around him as he launched himself through the air at Naruto who met him halfway.

They clashed against each other viciously, both taking and delivering devastating blows to each other, continuing to destroy more structures as they continued to fight.

The Bandit King leaned his head away from a punch that Naruto threw, the wind grazing his face as he returned the favor striking back at the blonde who blocked the blow. They felt like they were moving in a slowed appear as they struck each other in the high speed they were moving at.

Naruto sledgehammered the king to the ground kicking up dust as he blasted even faster down toward him.

The Bandit King slapped his hands together as rock spikes launched themselves from the ground in a shower toward Naruto who broke through them easily before a large wave of wind obliterated the rest of the spikes.

The brass haired man threw a wind covered punch as Naruto threw his own slamming his fist against the king's. The clash created a large sphere of wind before it exploded outward sending rubble and dust flying through the air.

Both blond and brass hair swayed violently in the aftermath of their wind attacks as the man looked around.

The entirety of the eastern side of the castle compound he had built with his men had been nothing more than rubble as a chuckle left his mouth.

"What a mess we made huh, Hero?"

The man spoke as Naruto glared toward him, "I'm just getting started. All of this goes down with you." The teen spoke as the man blinked before his teeth peeked through his lips.

"You can certainly keep trying."

The Bandit King responded with a grin as they both got into fighting stances, Naruto could already notice a slight change in his opponent's stance.

It took him months to learn the technique, even more months after that to master it to his current point.

Yet.

The Bandit King had already adjusted to using Gale Step for himself as wind built up around him as he smirked. This clash wasn't an ordinary clash between ninja, it is a battle unprecedented between two different forces of nature.

The Boy Failure, dead last in his classes and constantly behind the curve only progressing by sheer determination and creativity alone. Exiled from his home on the charge of being a monster through a twisted plot.

Through hardship and desire had transcended his originally proposed station over and over again for the sake of those that he cared about.

Even if it meant breaking his limits and himself constantly to adapt and become even stronger.

A force of nature that fights with pure raw talent.

The Bandit who cried King, originally a ninja of the Hidden Cloud who broke away to pursue his own desire of claiming the world. A world where he does as he pleases, desiring to release the rest of the world from its current chains to settle under his reign instead.

Through ambition and desire, he constantly climbs to the top to achieve his goal of becoming a king and the world his kingdom.

Even if it meant breaking through his own limitations and finding new ways to conquer and move forward.

A force of nature that fights with natural genius.

Raw Talent vs Natural Genius.

A conflict that would shake the very foundations of the ninja world itself.

Started their vicious battle for their desires here.

Wind enhanced blows struck against each other creating several spheres of wind that expanded and exploded around them as they clashed violently. The Bandit King's feet slid backward as he blocked a kick, he then threw a punch against another kick creating a large impact.

Naruto slammed more attacks against the Bandit King who continued to clash with the continuing to create large impacts of wind around them.

The teen then noticed something; another wind sphere had formed around them but this one lingered.

The teen then quickly looked back toward the Bandit King who kicked him backward before the sphere of wind sucked in toward them.

The man formed a hand sign before unleashing a large wind blade toward the teen, Naruto quickly reacted, stopping the blade with his hands. The teen's feet dragged backward as he spun, launching the blade back toward the king.

The brass haired man caught the wind blade before he launched it back toward Naruto, the teen caught it again.

He created a large sphere of wind around it, trapping the blade inside as he blasted it back toward the king, the man clapped his hands together compressing the wind ball.

He then launched it to Naruto to narrowly avoid it, the teen then tugged the sphere toward him jumping over the Bandit King before launching it at his back. The man quickly turned, intercepting the sphere as the two fighters juggled it between them, each time the sphere grew larger while the wind grew more violent.

Naruto caught the large sphere before punching toward the Bandit King, the man blocked the punch as the teen then pushed the sphere directly into him.

Acting quickly the Bandit King placed a hand between himself and the sphere as he was blown backward, the large sphere spun around him as he grinned.

Both sets of eyes shared the same realization as the king launched the sphere back toward the teen with a wicked smile.

While the wind ball was between them, they both lifted their hands in hand signs, "Burst!" They both yelled at the same time as the wind sphere twisted violently before releasing a massive explosion of air.

Multiple wind blades showered out of it at both sides as Naruto slid completely avoiding the blades. He came to a stop preparing another jutsu but a sudden change in pressure was felt. Naruto looked toward the Bandit King who smiled at him wickedly, the wind around his fist built up in power while the teen glared.

Shadow covered the Bandit King's facial features except for the furious look in his golden eyes as he threw the heavy punch toward Naruto.

A blade then bounced off of his back, the king turned around looking toward where the blade had come from only to just barely block a flame covered kick.

Tsubasa landed in front of Naruto who made his way back up to his feet, "You're looking a little worse for wear… King." the teen spoke as the brass haired man chuckled.

"You fools are just coming out of the woodwork, aren't you?"

The man said while Naruto's wound began closing up, "Point B is cleared, Boro is supporting Yugito. You still got enough fight for phase 2?" Tsubasa asked in a rare almost teasing tone while the blond clenched his fist.

"More than enough."

Naruto said while the Bandit King looked between them before another wicked grin appeared on his face.

{...}

"How miserable, all you've done is increase the number of bodies."

The king said matter of factly while Tsubasa scoffed at the golden eyes man in response.

"Let's see if you can match your record with mine… I brought them all here, just so they can watch your end."

Tsubasa said while the Bandit King's eyebrow raised slightly, the teen then revealed the multiple tiger fang accessories from the rest of his fallen group the Renegades had faced leading up to the king himself.

"I didn't take you for the petty type."

The man said with a smile as Tsubasa grimly chuckled, "I'm not… but I've learned to make exceptions." he spoke while the Bandit King rolled his eyes.

"That means you're willing to die for it… Good."

The man said as he immediately dashed Naruto and Tsubasa split up as the Bandit King extended his hands outward toward launching a series of wind blades at the two teens.

Naruto weaved through the wind blades while Tsubasa cut through them with his flaming blade, the smoky haired teen then blasted toward the king. The tip of his blade slid off of the air in front of the Bandit King as the man tried to take advantage of the opening as Tsubasa avoided his blows.

Tsubasa then pulled his blade back, slashing at the Bandit King only for the slashes to merely slide across the air in front of him.

"You are obsessed with that little knife! It still ain't working!"

The Bandit King yelled as he swung a punch that nailed Tsubasa under his chin, Tsubasa flipped as he landed on his feet.

He held his blade outward; the king noticed it was now extinguished. "That was the point." The teen said as heat suddenly grew at the man's side.

The spot where he was standing suddenly exploded with flames, the Bandit King jumped backward tearing off the part of his clothing that caught fire.

"You all came jam packed with all sorts of new tricks, how annoying."

The brass haired man said as Tsubasa's blade re-ignited, "After everything you've done… I swear, I'll kill you. Bandit King!" The teen yelled as Naruto punched a hand against his fist.

"Still prattling on about that?"

The king said as the two teens dashed toward him, the man was quick to defend against their attacks as they assaulted him from both sides. Naruto struck hard against the Bandit King's guard as Tsubasa slashed, his blade still not reaching but that was clearly not an obstacle from him attacking.

The king felt heat buildup as he quickly spun kicking Naruto away before creating a rock wall between himself and Tsubasa. Flames exploded violently blasting the wall of rock apart, Tsubasa took a punch to his face as the man's arm reached through the smoke.

The Bandit King then slapped his hand on the ground summoning large rock spikes that shot out toward the smoky haired teen. A wind blade cut through the rock as the king turned toward Naruto who had blitzed behind him, he released an explosion of air point blank at the teen.

Golden eyes widened slightly as flames had split through the wind as Tsubasa glared at him, Naruto jumped over the teen throwing a punch.

"Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled as the Bandit King lifted his arms to block it, but he was still launched off of his feet from the attack.

He flipped in the air while he formed a few hand signs, "Earth Style: Landslide Jutsu!" The king yelled, unleashing a large mass of earth toward the two boys.

Naruto dashed toward the large wall of earth as Tsubasa took a deep breath and began forming hand signs.

The blond teen ran as he jumped, flipping over the wall toward the Bandit King, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" Tsubasa yelled as a stream of flames blasted out of his mouth.

The Bandit King kept his eyes on Naruto until he felt the heat waving over from the attack.

Tsubasa's flames were special.

His flames have properties that normal Fire Style doesn't have; his bloodline carried with them a hidden type of flames that grew hotter based on the emotional state of the holder.

The more distress and rage, the hotter they become. They would become so hot, that they could burn almost anything to ashes.

Right now… Tsubasa was furious.

The flames hit the wall of earth, the earth from the wall blackened before crumbling away from the sheer amount of heat as they continued blasting through toward the Bandit King.

The man avoided the flames with widened eyes, 'I can't let even a single flame touch me!' He quickly turned back toward Naruto who vanished in the middle of the air with a sonic boom.

The Bandit King's eyes lost track of the boy as he scanned around before he coughed out more blood as a fist made contact with his back.

"Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled blasting the man through several structures in their surroundings, the blond landed clutching his arm as Tsubasa stepped in front of him.

"How many more do you think you can pull off?"

Tsubasa asked while Naruto huffed, "I think I still have a few more in the chamber, we can't ease up." The teen said while the sound of structures falling caught their attention.

They watched several buildings crumbling apart as the Bandit King walked out of the smoke of the destruction.

He took his damaged shirt off revealing his lean yet extremely muscular form, around his neck was a necklace made out of multiple metal tiger fangs.

"The fire brat counters and creates openings while the hero takes advantage of those openings to unleash his unblockable jutsu. Not a bad strategy."

The man said as he grinned, "Now however, you both have officially frustrated me. It was fun but I'm tired of the games now." The man said while Naruto and Tsubasa got into fighting stances.

"I won't take my time killing you anymore."

The Bandit King suddenly vanished as Tsubasa and Naruto went back to back, "He's gotten faster?" Tsubasa said while the blond made a hand sign.

"Stay focused."

Naruto said as Tsubasa caught a hand reaching toward the back of his head, "First, I outta separate you two, right?" the king's voice said while the gray-haired teen turned to attack.

His blow was deflected as the back of Naruto's neck was grabbed; the Bandit King slammed a heavy punch into his side before slapping a hand on his chest.

Wind blades blasted on Naruto's chest directly before he was launched into a hole that opened up in the ground.

The hole closed immediately as Naruto fell into it, "Naruto!" Tsubasa yelled as he caught a punch to his face that made him spin on his heel.

The Bandit King threw a series of haymakers into the teen's body as he laughed, "You should be worried about yourself! You'll be dead and then he's joining you right after!" The man then threw another punch, launching Tsubasa backward.

Tsubasa's feet dragged along the ground as the king clenched his fist, "I can't really use Wind against you because of those annoying flames… it's not really a big deal. If it's just you then I won't need it." the man said while Tsubasa glared.

Flames were left in his path as he blasted forward attacking the king while the man grinned countering his blows.

Tsubasa flipped backward, he threw shuriken that shattered on contact as the Bandit King ran toward him.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Tsubasa unleashed the fireball point blank at the man who spun closely, weaving by the technique that exploded as his fist slammed against the teen's abdomen.

"I'll be honest. In this fight, clearly, you're the weakest link! For someone who wants revenge so badly, you sure know how to let others down!"

The Bandit King yelled as he caught a fist from Tsubasa, the teen then pulled the Bandit King toward him spitting out flames.

The man leaned his head to avoid them as he blocked a flame covered kick from the teen, Tsubasa was then launched backward into a rock wall by a stone that suddenly shot from the ground.

Golden eyes gleamed dangerously as Tsubasa's back hit the wall, the teen coughed as fists began to pummel him against the wall.

"I barely remember that day you know! You go on and on about it but the only reason why I was reminded of it was because of how much you annoyed me. Just like you did back then!"

The Bandit King yelled while punching before Tsubasa broke through that rock wall only for his back to hit another one.

"I should have stuck around and made sure you burned with the rest of those fools… Now I have to deal with you believing that you had a chance. You're still the same as you were all those years ago, just a weak kid. Only good for watching people die."

The Bandit King said while Tsubasa growled, throwing punches at the man who countered them before kicking Tsubasa into the rock wall cracking it.

"Your home burned because they refused to remove their shackles, your family died because you couldn't do a thing. Now you'll die because you refuse to accept that you'll never be strong enough to change anything."

The man said before he crushed the wall by punching Tsubasa through it, the boy rolled as the king placed his foot on his chest.

"Too bad about your vengeance, brat. Good riddance."

A rock spike shot upward from the ground, but Tsubasa rolled out of the way of it, that's when the Bandit King saw it. Tsubasa's eyes were still burning with that same passion as before, undeterred by the man's words.

That look was a look of defiance, it pissed off the Bandit King immensely.

The king made a knife hand thrusting it toward Tsubasa as wind built up around it, the sound of a sonic boom caught his attention as he turned around quickly. Gold met blue as the king unleashed the large wind blade directly at Naruto who opened his palm at the attack.

This wasn't his normal attack for this opening, if it was all he would have struck against was the wind blade he just unleashed.

No… this was different. The king hadn't even seen him perform any hand signs for a different jutsu.

"Swordless Stance: Bursting Embers."

Naruto said as four small flames appeared in his palm, the Bandit King's eyes widened as the flames shot from his palm growing larger as they split through the wind blade easily.

The flames exploded while the man quickly regained his ground creating a large rock dome, the crackling of lighting filled his ears as a hole was smashed through the dome.

Sparks flew around Naruto's body as he glared toward the Bandit King, "Swordless Stance: Chain Lightning!" the teen yelled out as he suddenly bounced around the inside of the dome pelting rapid attacks on the king in the dome.

The dome finally exploded with lighting as the wide-eyed Bandit King slid backward.

"So, you're saying you finally managed to incorporate your Stances into techniques?"

Yugito asked while Naruto brushed himself off, "I realized that if we are going to fight against this guy then I needed a way to counter him. Unfortunately, I can't just learn new chakra nature jutsu in a blink, so I compromised. It's still in the works but I'll continue to push. Until I can beat him for sure." the teen said with a grin while the woman looked at him with slight wonder.

"Naruto… I knew I was right to believe in you."

Yugito's voice echoed from the memory as the Bandit King glared at Naruto, "You bastard. You were still holding out on me? But I guess it was for good reason." The man said while he watched the teen pant slightly.

"That stance thing you do… the reason you do it with a sword is because it balances out the chakra distribution. Without it, you get the technique, but it drains you. So, you were trying to catch me off guard in order to use them as little as possible."

The Bandit King deduced as Naruto huffed, "Like I'd tell you." The teen said while the man rolled his eyes.

"So, I'm right… Well. I'm sure you can also tell but this battle won't be going on much longer. This is the most fun I've ever had fighting… When you die, I at least want you to remember that."

The Bandit King said while Naruto blasted toward him, the king countered only for the sounds of flames to fill his ears.

"Swordless Stance: Flame Splitter!"

Naruto yelled as he sliced his hand through the air, a thin line of flame followed his fingers before violently detonating into a small explosion of flames. The Bandit King avoided the attack slashing a wind blade toward the teen.

Naruto spun on his heel, swiping his hand through the air creating another slash of fire that immediately split through the wind blade causing the flame to grow larger. The Bandit King leaned backward completely avoiding the flames as a foot slammed into his chest.

He watched Naruto weaving his body in multiple movements, each one smoothly transitioning into the other. The man could only describe the teen's movements as his body becoming a brush and the air was his canvas for the calligraphy.

Naruto pressed his palm to the ground as he aimed toward the Bandit King, "Swordless Stance: Thunderstrike!" the teen's hand suddenly sparked to electricity before he launched off of the ground toward the brass haired man in a flash.

The king intercepted the teen's lightning attack with a strong blast of wind as he slammed a wind enhanced punch against his face, Naruto spit blood to the side before pushing backward against the man's fist with his cheek.

The Bandit King staggered backward as he formed a hand sign before lifting his palm, a series of walls made from rock shot out of the ground between him and Naruto as the blonde was poised to attack again, the teen held his wrist before pointing it downward.

Lightning sparked from his palm before crackling to life violently in it as he mimicked the stance of his sensei and Sasuke using their signature technique, 'Is that Kakashi Hatake's technique!?' the Bandit King immediately recognized the jutsu as he frantically made the walls thicker.

"Swordless Stance: Sparking Flash!"

Naruto called as he blasted forward, the massive rocks walls stood no chance as the teen and the lightning cut through them. As a defense the Bandit King immediately made a barrier out of wind that canceled out the lightning technique as soon as it was about to land.

Charka began swirling in the teen's palm as a Rasengan formed in it, the king tried to intercept it with an attack, but Naruto instead threw the spiraling chakra sphere backward as he flipped over him. Golden eyes followed the teen as he landed, forming more movements with his body.

"Swordless Stance…"

Naruto said preparing another attack as the Bandit King opened his palm to unleash a wind blade at him, but he was stopped as the sound of a puff caught his attention, his eyes trailed back to the Rasengan that had been caught by a clone that charged him.

"Damn!"

The king yelled as he extended both of his palms outward toward both targets, wind built up in both palms as his footing suddenly shifted from a stomp on the ground. "Quake!" the teen yelled as the brass haired man's jutsu faded from his palm from the sudden equilibrium shift.

He coughed as a heavy kick from Naruto collided into him, at the same time on the other side the clone of the teen unleashed the Rasengan into his other side. An explosion shook the area as Naruto was sent flying out of the smoke.

The Bandit King spun sliding on the shifting dirt underneath him as Naruto felt the change in pressure before a wind enhanced punch slammed against his face, the teen then wrapped his leg around the king's arm tossing him over himself.

The man quickly landed, recovering as he was about to continue to attack, Tsubasa quickly lunged toward him, his blade ignited as he swung toward the man with his flames. Tsubasa extended the flames on his blade to create a longer blade made of his fire, he slashed at the Bandit King while Naruto attacked his side.

The man continued to fend off both teens as they pushed against his guard harder and harder, the king threw Tsubasa to the side as he blocked two kicks from Naruto.

The teen spun on his palm kicking blasts of wind toward the man who flipped over them kicking down toward the boy. His foot smashed into the ground as Tsubasa kicked his leg off course from Naruto, the blonde responded by smashing the chin of the king with a back heel kick.

The Bandit King staggered as a knee from Tsubasa smashed against his face, he lifted his hand unleashing rock spikes. Tsubasa and Naruto flipped backward from the spikes as the Bandit King broke a sweat, his hands rapidly forming hand signs.

Lightning crackled as he watched the rock spikes shatter, Naruto was standing in front of him. The Bandit King sliced his hand downward unleashing a pillar of wind that was cut through by flames.

The Bandit was suddenly kicked in the gut by Tsubasa before Naruto spun, cracking a punch across his face, the gray-haired teen continued his assault along with Naruto. The teens smoothly weaved around each other as they attacked the king in tandem, the man was being pushed back by them as he took attack after attack from both of the boys.

He was being overwhelmed.

The Bandit King tried to defend but they countered him, Naruto would deflect then Tsubasa would attack as Tsubasa would do the same for Naruto to attack.

They weren't even giving him a moment to breath.

The Bandit King was pushed back by their punches as he looked toward them again, their faces were covered over by shadow except for their gleaming eyes.

Their expressions were the pure definition of violence.

The king took another flurry of attacks from the boys before he yelled stopping the ground, rocks shot up around him as they were immediately burned through by Tsubasa. The Bandit King swung a hard punch at the teen only for Naruto to appear in front of the teen, he bent his body putting all of it into a punch that smashed against his chest.

"Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled as the sonic boom exploded, the Bandit King rolled on the ground bouncing on it several times before he cratered. The beaten man laid there as Naruto and Tsubasa rushed him, the king then slowly smiled before a laugh came from his mouth.

"This… this is perfect, boys."

The man said as he stood to his feet suddenly, "Even after all that, this guy is still going?!" Naruto yelled as Tsubasa felt a chill run down his spine.

"I'll thank you both for such an amazing performance, this has to be the most banged up I've ever been. I already told you, however, I won't take my time."

Suddenly the shattered shuriken, the parts of some of the destroyed structures began to lift slowly from the ground. Tsubasa felt the tiger fang accessories he brought with him come off of him, they too were pulled toward the king.

The man had a dark look on his face as he weaved through hand signs, "I'm sure your deaths will act as the perfect reminder, that those who stand in my way from what I want… Suffer the same fate." The man said as the tiger fangs separated from the rest of the accessories.

His own necklace broke apart as the fangs floated in the air, "Thanks for being petty, brat. It worked out just as it should." The man said as he was closing his hands together.

Both boys were caught in the middle of the large field of shrapnel as Tsubasa looked toward Naruto who stared toward him.

"Naruto!"

Tsubasa yelled as the blonde dashed toward the Bandit King, the gray-haired teen was thrown out of the field by Naruto. Oddly enough, the Bandit King noticed the look on Tsubasa's face wasn't anguish of any kind.

It was still that defiant look he hated.

"History is bound to repeat itself from those who refuse to learn from it. Except this time, I'm aiming for your head…"

The Bandit King said as Naruto continued to rush toward him, the sharp objects in the air poised to launch as the king closed his hands together.

"Goodbye… Hero."

The man said as the shrapnel in the air began to move wildly toward Naruto, who continued to dash as he lifted his hand.

"I'm pretty sure I figured it out."

Boro said as the rest of the room in their compound looked toward him, "I noticed it and I thought about it. Naruto attacked the guy with his sword, and it stopped in midair, then he deliberately turned his back to shuriken that only broke before they touched him." The brown-haired boy said while Fu blinked.

"Yeah, that was kind of weird. What's your point? This guy could have some broken jutsu."

The girl said while Boro lifted his finger, "Yeah, but if he can just stop attacks in midair then why did he dodge the other attacks?" The yellow eyed boy said while Fu's eyes widened.

"I noticed that too, Boro. You don't think…"

"I do think… I also know that a certain couple of peeps already figured that out right? Yugi? Naruto?"

Boro said while Naruto huffed, "Yeah… I think I know exactly what he was doing." The teen said while Yugito smirked.

"It took you long enough to figure it out, Boro."

The woman joked while Boro waved his fist, "Oi! But wait… Even if we managed to figure it out, a jutsu like the one he used to destroy that village is crazy!" The teen said while Naruto placed his palm on the table.

"Don't worry, I've already got that covered. I have a plan… Tsubasa, bring the accessories to the fight."

Naruto said while the teen raised an eyebrow, "Naruto… are you sure this is going to work?" Tsubasa asked while the blonde looked at the table.

"No idea! I gotta try though, but we can't let him think we know. That's the only way this works."

The blond said as Tayuya huffed, "If you get shredded up again, I'll kill you myself." The girl said as the boy grinned at her.

"Nah… Not this time. I got an ace up my sleeve."

…

The Bandit King watched as Naruto's hand made a single hand sign right as the shrapnel started flying toward him. The man's eyes widened as he noticed Naruto's focused gaze, he wasn't even a little worried about his surroundings.

The ability to manipulate metallic objects, this style is an Advanced Nature Transformation between Wind and Earth natures.

The Kekkei Genkai was developed in a separate bloodline belonging to the Land of Wind, the Advanced Nature Transformation was mastered by the Bandit King. He mastered it while on his long road to becoming king, to create a weapon that would stand unopposed to all those who would dare to stand against him.

To dominate all those, he crossed.

Magnet Style.

He honed this technique to deadly precision, even utilizing it in short bursts to defend against any kind of metallic weaponry. It was deadly and it made him neigh invincible, capable of razing villages and any walls in his way from his goal as he continued to move forward.

Until now.

"Wind Style: Release!"

Naruto yelled as a large dome of violent wind formed around him, the winds were so strong the metal pieces couldn't penetrate it. The Bandit King looked on in shock as the piece merely bounced off of the massive violent wind sphere being pushed back by it.

He ground his feet pumping more chakra into it, but it still wasn't reaching Naruto, who the whole time was continuing to approach him.

It wasn't possible.

This was his strongest technique; anyone who saw it could never tell the tale. He almost never used it at all in his fights because it would ruin the fun.

Yet.

Naruto managed to find a way to disrupt the technique, by releasing wind chakra outward rapidly and aggressively the magnetic field was disrupted, and the pieces themselves couldn't penetrate the winds.

Perfect for punching a hole in his jutsu.

The pieces started to come together in the Bandit Kings mind as the vents of the fight began to replay in his head, even from the very beginning of this fight they had already been aware of his Magnet Style.

The trick was to make sure that he wasn't aware that they knew about it, that's why both the wannabe hero and the fire brat continued to attack him with metallic weaponry. It was to stoke his confidence; the accessories he gave to the other members of his core were made specifically for moments like this to use as weapons if he needed them so that's exactly what they did.

They also discovered another fatal flaw of his technique; he couldn't make any other movements while the jutsu was activated. He was played from the start. They made him think they were playing right into his hands, when he had been playing right into their hands.

Into Naruto's hands.

In the face of an insurmountable wall, this kid had done what no other ninja he's faced since he became king as of yet could have done.

He broke through the wall.

Metal showered the surroundings as the Bandit King was engulfed by the sphere only to shortly go through it. It was like the eye of a storm, violent and destructive on the outside but peaceful on the inside.

He could barely react as Naruto was in front of him already, his shock still clear on his face as the teen threw his punch.

"This one's for all of them! Each and every single one!"

Naruto yelled as the wind twisted around his hand as the king could feel the way the teen's fist broke through the sound barrier as it made contact with him.

"Wind Style: Cloudburst!"

Naruto yelled, punching him with the hardest version of the technique he threw in this fight yet, the metal pieces exploded into the air as the sphere disappeared.

Naruto just stared at the Bandit King as his eyes rolled in the back of his head, his body flew backward until it smashed into his throne inside the castle above them.

The sound of loud cracking was heard as the blonde clutched his arm, "That's it, Brat. Your arm is broken to pieces. You better hope that killed him. It'll take a bit for me to repair." the Nine Tailed Fox said while the teen kept himself from hitting the ground with his good arm.

"Naruto!"

Tsubasa yelled while the blond looked toward him, "It worked… is he?" The teen asked while Naruto was about to open his mouth.

The sound of shaking rubble interrupted him as they both looked toward the castle in shock.

Standing at the front gates was the silhouette of a fury engulfed man, only the whites of his eyes visible as his teeth clenched together.

This was a man-made monster.

{...}

"This world… My boy… Oh, how I wish I could have given it to you."

"..."

"I'm sorry, Shun. You're free now."

The Bandit King was running off of pure adrenaline alone, he was pushed back and beaten by the same teens he had crushed. That was unacceptable.

He couldn't lose, he wouldn't die.

As long as he had that dream, he still heard that voice even after all this time. He would kill them all and achieve his goals.

The Bandit King roared while he dashed toward the boys from down the shattered steps, "Naruto! I'll cover you!" Tsubasa yelled while Naruto groaned.

"Kurama! Hurry up, this broken arm is going to slow me down!"

Naruto yelled while Kurama growled, "There are multiple complete fractures in your arm, brat. Healing that will take time! You have to keep fighting!" The fox yelled while the blond got one look at Tsubasa.

The boy was running off of fumes at this point, any more fighting and he would collapse. He was down to only one arm until Kurama could fix it, this situation was desperate.

However, the Bandit King is in just as bad shape as they are. This battle was ending but it was a matter of time instead of strength.

"Tsubasa! We're using it!"

Naruto yelled while Tsubasa gave him a look and nodded, he was suddenly struck across the face by a punch. Tsubasa twisted through the air before a hand grabbed his ankle smashing him into the ground, the Bandit King was on top of him swinging punches.

"You brats think for two seconds you could kill me?! I'll tear you all apart!"

His punches were hard, cracking the ground with every blow as Tsubasa struggled to defend against the attacks.

Naruto spun kicking at the Bandit King who deflected the kicks before punching the teen's broken arm. Naruto howled out in pain before he punched in the stomach, he was then driven into the ground by another punch.

Tsubasa hit the man with several punches before he was kicked backward, the Bandit King continued his onslaught. Gone was the even and confident poise of his attacks, they were all replaced with fury driven strikes meant only to try to kill.

Tsubasa continued to struggle defending as the Bandit King wailed on him, the teen defended until his guard was broken. A punch to his chest broke ribs causing Tsubasa to cough before another punch made him bounce against the ground.

"This is what you wanted isn't it?! To face me?! Is it everything you imagined Tsubasa? Do you still not get it?!"

The king yelled as Tsubasa coughed up blood before taking another attack, he fell from the air before landing roughly on the ground. "You were always nothing! You insect!" The Bandit King yelled as he swung, suddenly they were both covered by a large white cloud.

"Scales?"

The teen said as the Bandit King was suddenly blinded by bright light, Tsubasa was scooped up from the ground.

"Insects are awesome, dumbass!"

Fu yelled as she held the bleeding Tsubasa in her arms, "Fu…" the teen said as she grinned at him.

"Sorry, there were a lot of them. I didn't see Naruto on my flight over."

The girl said while Tsubasa gave her a look, "We're using it, we need to give Naruto an opening" he said while Fu's eyes widened before she nodded eagerly.

They landed gently as Fu turned, "I'll cover you!" The girl yelled as the Bandit King was suddenly in front of them, he slammed his fist into the girl's ribs.

The cracking was audible as Tsubasa reached toward her, "Fu!' he yelled as she was kicked in the face by the king.

The man pursued after Fu who recovered with her wings, "I'll pluck those right off of your body as I tear you apart, girl!" the king yelled while she spit out blood.

The Bandit King was suddenly stopped as his legs were suddenly dragged into the ground, the man was stuck in the ground as Boro came out of it.

"What? No one taught you that hitting girls was evil, you bastard?!"

Boro yelled as the Bandit King looked at him with pure fury, "Traitor!" The man yelled as the teen covered the blades of his hatchets with black stone.

"I know Tsubasa wanted the kill, but you're too dangerous to give a chance. Off with your head!"

Boro yelled as he sliced toward the king, the brass haired man forced himself out the ground grabbing the teen by the throat.

"Boro!"

Fu yelled as the teen shook his head, "Fu! Don't worry about me! Find Naruto!" He yelled as the Bandit King took them both under the ground.

Fu looked at Tsubasa as they nodded at each other, the boy ran while the girl flew overhead. Underneath their feet was cracking ground that moved in an erratic trail. The Bandit King forced his way through the earth attacking aggressively as Boro fought back, they swam through the ground fighting each other.

The Bandit King slammed a punch into Boro pushing him further into the ground, the brown-haired teen regained his footing as he formed hand signs.

"You insolent mutt!"

The king yelled as Boro grinned, "What's wrong, boss? You ain't looking too hot! Good thing we're already in the ground… Cause we're fucking burying you!"

Boro yelled as the brass haired man swam through the ground reaching toward the teen's throat, "Earth Style: Landfall!" the teen yelled as the Bandit King was suddenly pushed downward the dirt pushing him further and further underground.

The man roared as Boro swam through the dirt slamming a kick into the man's jaw as he continued to sink, "To think that a bastard like you was acting all high and mighty! You hurt my friends! You killed and destroyed as you wished, taking whatever you wanted! Worse of above all of that!" Boro yelled slamming attacks against the man before the black rock on his hatchets grew larger.

"You made a girl like Haruka cry!"

Boro yelled as he slashed his hatchets at the Bandit King before the man was driven further into the ground outside of the teen's vision as he panted, the teen suddenly felt a shift as the sound of roaring came from beneath him.

"Found him!"

Fu yelled as Tsubasa looked toward him, Naruto ran with one of his arms dangling while the other held a scroll in his hand.

The ground suddenly exploded open a beaten Boro flew out of it as he landed roughly on the ground, "Tsubasa, keep going!" The girl yelled as the Bandit King exploded out of the ground.

"Fu!"

Tsubasa yelled as the girl flew around the Bandit King avoiding his attacks as best she could, the teen rushed trying to make it to Naruto.

"I won't let you! I made a promise that you wouldn't get away with hurting my friends again!"

Fu yelled while the enraged man huffed, "You damned imbeciles and talking about your friends like I give a damn! I'll tear the wings from your damn spine and split their skulls before leaving you to die drowning that ridiculous smile in your blood!" the man yelled as he extended his palms outward sending out a series of wind blades.

Fu smoothly weaved between them as she landed kicking both of her feet against his chest before she weaved several hand signs, "Wind Style: Violent Whirlwind!" the girl yelled as she blew the massive gust of wind against the Bandit King.

The man split the gust with his own technique before he was suddenly surrounded by scales, "As if I'd-" the man was cut off as Fu flew above the cloud, he was cloaked in opening her palm.

"Scatter Scale Burst!"

The girl yelled as the scales shined brightly before exploding into multiple bright flashes of light, the Bandit King was blinded as the girl took advantage of the blinding light. Flying in the light slamming multiple attacks into her blinded opponent, the king tried to block the attacks to no avail being struck over and over against by the girl flying at high speed.

"I already told you!"

Fu yelled as she tackled the Bandit King lifting him off of the ground as she flew them both into the air, the girl broke the sound barrier as she flew higher and higher with the king caught tightly in her grip.

They broke through the cloud line as the Bandit King finally regained his vision, "I'll shred you to pieces, girl!" the man yelled as Fu looked toward him before she took a deep breath leaning backward before blasting back down toward the ground.

Chomei's compound eyes formed covering over Fu's eyes like goggles as her orange eyes gave the man caught in her grip a glare, "I'm not going to let you hurt anyone else, no matter what!" the girl yelled as the rocketed toward the ground.

The Bandit King struggled as they flew downward, "Not a single one of you worms are going to put an end to me! I'll end all of you and take what's rightfully mine!" the man yelled as he managed to pull an arm free from her grip.

"Chomei!"

The girl yelled as her four wings suddenly grew larger, the sound barrier broke once again as they moved toward the ground even faster. The sheer amount of force that was being applied against the Bandit King made it hard to move as Fu clenched her teeth.

Wind blasted off of the girl's feet as she pushed them both toward the ground even faster well beyond the speed of sound as she yelled.

"Wind Style: Full Throttle!"

The girl yelled as they were about to reach the ground, the girl then let go of the Bandit King launching him into the ground at their full speed of descent. Dust plumed in a large cloud as he slammed against the ground with immense force.

Fu panted as she landed on the ground, she had put a lot of chakra into the technique and knew she had to recharge after using it. the girl was suddenly snatched by her throat out of the dust.

"It's ready now! We have to get to him!"

Naruto said while Tsubasa nodded, "Still plotting over there?" The Bandit King said while the two boys looked toward his direction in shock. Fu was coughing up blood while impaled on a rock spike, she was struggling to pull herself off of it as the bloodied man chuckled.

"Turns out she's just like you, Blue-Eyed Demon. I'm sure she'll start to heal the minute she gets out of that. Guess I gotta kill you and her last."

The Bandit King said with a wicked smile as Tsubasa and Naruto roared, rushing toward the man who rushed back toward them.

They attacked in tandem, Naruto using his legs to fight while Tsubasa attacked furiously. The Bandit King met their attacks with similar energy as he roared while attacking them.

Naruto kicked him backward as he landed, a tail sprouted from his back as his eyes turned red. "Tsubasa! Don't stop moving!" The teen yelled as they continued their furious clash.

The Bandit King continued to fight them off, kicking Naruto backward before engaging in close combat with Tsubasa. Blood flew in the air between the two of them as they swung as hard as could at each other trading heavy blows.

The Bandit King threw a punch that almost knocked Tsubasa off of his feet as he looked up, the scroll spun in the air summoning Naruto's sword.

Naruto jumped stabbing the sword downward with his good arm as the Bandit King cackled, "I still have more than enough energy for that to not work!" he yelled as the thin magnetic field of chakra covered him.

Naruto continued to stab downward as the blade made contact with the field, the Bandit King watched in shock as the tip of the blade passed through easily.

"What?!"

"No way! That's too risky."

"Shut up, Shithead. I wouldn't have proposed it if I wasn't sure of it. If all else fails it'll work. I'll make sure of it."

"Tayuya…"

"Do you trust me?"

"...Yeah."

"Then quit whining… it's my turn to save you."

...

Tayuya's voice echoed as the Bandit King watched the blade move through his field, it wasn't possible. Anything made of metal couldn't get through it, he made sure of it. Especially not this sword that couldn't get through before, but what if this wasn't like his regular sword at all?

What if this sword wasn't metal at all?

The sword exploded into smoke as the Bandit King stared in shock as two hands made a hand sign.

His eyes met with a brown eyed glare.

"What? You thought I wouldn't get a lick in after what you did… In your dreams… Fucker!"

Tayuya yelled as suddenly water wrapped around her violently taking the shape of a dragon that roared in the air before rushing downward as she kicked her leg toward the surprised Bandit King.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

Tayuya yelled finishing the series of hand seals to create the complex jutsu, her kick landed at the same time as the water dragon exploding on contact with him. The king roared as he put his hands on the water dragon before was blasted backward as he crashed into the ground.

It was another set-up; their secret weapon was another ninja. The reason they were buying time was because the jutsu she was performing was complex and took a lot of seals.

They disguised her as his sword giving her time to perform the technique while tricking him into putting his guard up.

It was infuriating to no end.

Naruto caught Tayuya with his good arm while she panted heavily, "Fuck… I'm rusty. Don't dawdle now, finish strong." The girl said while the blonde's red eyes looked at her as he smiled.

"You did so good, Tayuya… Thank you."

Naruto said as the girl smiled at him, "You're welcome… Get 'im for me." She said as she was placed gently on the ground.

A yell was heard as the heavily damaged Bandit King slammed his fist against the ground cracking it, "DAMN YOU ALL!" the man yelled while Tayuya scoffed.

"You're such a diehard! Just croak already!"

Tayuya yelled as Naruto watched as the beaten man took everything in him to stand, the blonde extended his good hand outward. He was stopped as he suddenly took a punch launching him away from Tayuya.

The girl quickly summoned a doki with her flute as the Bandit King sheared the area, she was standing at with a large wind blade that also slashed through the doki. "TAYUYA!" Naruto screamed as a hand slapped over his mouth.

He slammed into the ground by the heavily panting Bandit King who growled, "I won't die! I won't let any of you kill me! Pebbles on the side of the road won't stop me!" the man roared continuing to push past his own limits as a tail slammed against him.

Naruto flew through the air throwing punches at the king as the man attacked back just as aggressively, the brass haired man threw punches into Naruto's broken arm causing him to scream out in pain as he took a punch to the face.

"I have to live! I have to win! I won't any of you kill me! NOT BEFORE I ACHIEVE MY WORLD!"

The king yelled as a wall of rock slammed against him, Boro panted as he looked toward the teen on the ground. "Get up! We gotta win this, Naruto! We can't fall just yet! We have to fight, right?!" the brown-haired boy yelled as the blonde quickly got to his feet.

The air pressure changed as Boro protected Naruto from another punch taking it himself, the teen's eyes rolled in the back of his head as the man slammed him into the dirt. "Mutt!" the man yelled as Naruto roared blasting himself off of the ground headbutting the king in the gut.

They separated, they both panted staring at one another. They both roared at each other as their bloodied faces twisted into furious expressions, they both vanished in gusts of wind as they attacked one another violently.

The Bandit King clashed with Naruto again who spun kicking the man into the ground, the Bandit King was about to get up but a headbutt slammed into him. Naruto's head bled freely as he roared slamming several heavy headbutts into the brass haired man's frame repeatedly cratering the ground beneath them as the man coughed out blood.

A haymaker knocked Naruto who was now gasping for air off of him, The Bandit King struggled to get up as he gripped at the dirt with his fingers. "Naruto!" a voice yelled as the blond teen looked toward Yugito.

"Yugito..."

"Get a hold of yourself... I'm sorry I'm late but I managed to get Tayuya. Everyone is still here; you need to calm down and we need to finish this."

Yugito said as Naruto stared at her before he managed to catch his breath relaxing slightly as he got to his feet. He extended a palm outward as Yugito stood in front of him. The Bandit King stood to his feet as he growled.

Chakra spiraled in it as he began to concentrate it, "NARUTO!" the man roared as he dashed toward the blond. Blue flames crashed down in front of him as Yugito blasted apart a massive wind blast from the brass haired man.

"I'll clear the way! Naruto!"

The woman yelled as the blond began walking with a limp before he gained more strength pushing himself until he was running toward the Bandit King while the chakra continued to spiral in his hand.

The Bandit King knocked Yugito out of his way with a large ball of metal peices that exploded outward on contact with her, his vision twisted toward Naruto as he thrusted his hand toward Naruto's chest in the direction of heart. Naruto tried to move in order to counter but he couldn't his strength was still too low.

Suddenly blood flew out into the air.

The blonde's eyes slowly widened as he spotted Tsubasa in front of him, the Bandit King's hand had penetrated through him in order to protect Naruto.

"Naruto..."

Tsubasa said as Naruto watched as the Bandit King glared at the teen to the side, "I hope you remember this even after you die… I'll bury my vengeance with you. I hope this mark haunts you for as long as you burn." The teen said as a cut ran along the Bandit King's face from his swipe.

"Sayonara... My King."

Tsubasa said weakly as the Bandit King threw him out of the way, causing him to roughly collide with the ground. The blond spotted Tsubasa's thumb up toward him as the red faded from Naruto's eyes as the blue glared toward the king.

The chakra spiraled violently creating the Rasengan as the teen pushed forward, the rest of the Renegades watched as Naruto pushed forward.

Wind chakra gathered into the Rasengan as Naruto swung at the Bandit King who suddenly smiled "Checkmate." The bloodied man said as shrapnel from the metal he struck Yugito with was now floating around them.

"Right into the arms of death, this is my win… NARUTO!"

The Bandit King slammed his hands together as the shrapnel flew toward the blonde at their close range, he hadn't even seen the hand signs being formed.

Everything started moving in slow motion as Naruto thrusted the Rasengan forward.

"I wouldn't expect anything less from you."

"What nature would I even use with Wind to use Advanced Nature Transformation with?"

"Figure it out, Brat."

"Aw come on! Well… I do kinda have one in mind. It's the easiest that I've worked with so far."

"Then use it."

…

The spirals of the Rasengan twisted with wind chakra before a bluish hue blended with the green of the Wind nature chakra.

Wind and Water collided and twisted together in the chakra of the Rasengan as they completely combined in the palm of Naruto's hand. The shrapnel still didn't reach Naruto as the combined natures in the Rasengan blew a hole in the flying metal pieces that Naruto took advantage of to slam the jutsu into the Bandit King.

"Typhoon Style: Raging Rasengan!"

The blonde yelled as the technique blasted against the Bandit King who screamed as Naruto yelled, pushing his all into the technique. The Rasengan exploded in a violent tornado that blasted the Bandit King into his castle, right as he hit the castle the tornado violently ended.

The entire structure came crumbling down as Naruto weakly stood on his feet panting, he stood like that until he fell backward. He landed in Tayuya's arms as she held onto him, they continued to watch the castle fall apart as the blond huffed.

"We did it…"

Fu cheered before coughing up blood while a bloodied Boro shot her a look, "Recover before you start yapping, crazy girl." Boro said with a laugh as Fu's wound continued to close.

Yugito looked toward Naruto with pride as Tsubasa laid on the ground, his eyes staring up toward the sky as they watered a little his shoulder had a large hole in it as he coughed.

"Is it… Is he really gone?"

Tsubasa said his voice a mixture of emotions as Naruto looked back toward the rubble, there were no signs of movement.

"Yeah… it's over, Tsubasa."

The teen said while Tsubasa chuckled before his chuckling became sobs as he laughed and cried at the same time. The rest of the Renegades looked at the relieved boy before they began walking toward him to pick him off the ground.

"No more fights! I'm retired!"

Boro yelled as the group laughed at the boy, "Hope you like islands." Tayuya said, looking toward Naruto who smiled.

"Yeah, we'll be seeing one real soon."

Naruto said while Fu groaned in pain but smiled, "I've never been to an island before!" She cheered with as much energy as she could muster.

"That's enough, Fu. You're still healing."

The woman chastised as Fu grinned, "It's just a hole… it's no big deal." she spoke as she coughed up more blood.

"Stop talking already, jeez you're gonna make an organ come out… and I ain't putting nothing back in anyone's body!"

Tayuya yelled as she took Naruto's shoulder holding him up, Boro meanwhile retrieved Tsubasa who still had mixed emotions on his face.

"Looks like you lived. Mr. Vengeance. Too bad."

Boro joked as Tsubasa looked at the brown-haired teen for a moment before his eye went to the rest of the Renegades.

They were all a little banged up but still… They were all alive. No one had been lost fighting against the Bandit King, even until the very end. The teen saw a brief glimpse of his parents and village before a small smile cracked on his face.

They were avenged… All of them.

Tsubasa huffed as he chuckled a little while leaning against Boro, the brown-haired teen carried him toward the rest of the group who had all been waiting for him here in the land of the living.

"A damn shame indeed."

The teen said with a rare smile on his face.

{...}

The forest seemed to tremble as the leaves shook, there were three figures standing in the trees. Trees had been splintered; weapons had been scattered on the ground between them. The will to fight still burned brightly in their eyes, two of their sets in particular.

Black eyes like the night and cold in its gaze and a fiery brown filled with annoyance.

As an unexpected reunion came to fruition.

"You…"

The black-haired teen Sasuke Uchiha said as the rage filled brown eyes of Tenten glared directly into his, a curved great sword was perched on her shoulder after all that time had passed it seems like everyone grew.

But they certainly didn't forget.

Tenten's eyes spelled out everything that didn't directly come out of her mouth herself as she stared into the activating Sharingan.

"Where is he?"

""You ask me that, like I owe you a thing. Get out of my way, you and I both know you're a waste of my time and energy."

Sasuke spoke but even in the presence of his visual prowess, the Chunnin held her ground undeterred by the prodigy standing right in front of her. Karin looked between them as Sasuke immediately recognized the look in her eyes and understood what was about to happen.

She was here and Sasuke had hell to pay.