Yo! Im back!

Theres going to be some big changes in the locations where everyone is. Ill be explaining the more important parts of it here once, but it will explained again later in the story's dialogue.

Demon World:

Contains multiple levels, total: Unknown

Upper-most level: The wastelands: Almost infinite span of dry land and mountains, rarely inhabited.

3rd level: City of Orken, surrounded by the Red Dunes. Vast dessert. City: main commerce, living sector, colleseum.

levels after and 3rd level arent needed for you not to feel lost at the moment, the info will come in time.

Seireitei:

Seireitei, main station for Shinigami. Surrounded by various landscapes, similar to ningenkai.

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Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

If you thought that last chapter was hectic, your heads are gonna spin. Everything is crumbling around naruto, everything is revealed in..

Chapter 7: An Immortal Combat

Zaraki slid to the ground, the left side of his body regenerating after he was ripped in half.

Not a week after the group had left, Konoha was put under seige by nothing short of a monster. It called itself Plague, and it was now making quick work of the village.

Zaraki flipped backward once his body was back together, then gripped his sword with both hands.

"You think you can kill me that easily!!" screamed Zaraki as yellow reiatsu began to flow from his body.

"Tenai Douki." said Zaraki, his hair already begining to become a dull black.

At that moment, Plague turned around and faced a large building, the Academy. He grinned with his razor teeth, before raising a huge claw to destroy the building. Students and Teachers were still scrambling out of the building, when from the right, Plague was hit by a rockslide of molten lava. The conbination of a katon and doton jutsu.

Sarutobi and Iruka stood staring the monster down infront of the academy. The Hokage dissapeared, flashing through hand seals, as Iruka held his hands in a strange seal, gathering chakra.

Zaraki's feet dug into the ground, as he pulledmore reiatsu. Deep inside the boy, Zaraki Kenpchi was silent, but had a large grin on his face.

'Heh, looks like were going home.' thought the shinigami. He wondered how Ichigo was doing since he sealed himself into his son so long ago.

Plague grinned manically, he had 12 movements left, he crashed two claws into the ground, as black energy bubbled up around the arms. In a second, all of the black spread out into an intricate seal so large it covered almost all of Konoha.

Sorry, but I dont have too much time... Akuma no seishin! Amaashi no Issenkuro Buredo!!"

The black seal was a summoning, thought the terrified Hokage, as the sky drained to black, and blades started to rain down on the people of Konoha, thousands were murdered. The Academy crumbled, the students inside were crushed in a bloddy pulp from the stone above. A man screamed as a sword landed into his foot, and soon died after as another came down and sliced through his mouth, the tip going stright out the back of his neck as he looked up. Women and children screamed as the crawled along, blood streaking behind their bodies on the stone floor.

Black swords ripped villagers in half, and pierced Iruka in the stomach, he snarled at the pain, but continued to slowly build up chakra.

'If Im going to get killed, Ill bring this demon to the void with me!' Iruka's eyes glowed, as his fingers began to turn black.

'Atleast this family curse has some use before its gone.'

" Nami Ririsu: Hasai Takashio!" Screamed Zaraki as water was drawn from the earth and the air and pooled around his feet. It rose to heights impossible in Nature, before spinning and condensing into a single huge stream of water. It slammed into Plague asa the ground shook from the pressure. The demon's body was pushed back about 50 feet, but then something terrible happened...

"Ugh, only 3 moves left, cant help it. Sorry master, I underestimated that Uchiha boy..."

The demon suddenly was pulled down by a black substance, its body condensed, and a voice was just barely heard from inside the mass of black.

"Demon Limiter. Kai."

The three fighters only saw a thin, almost human-looking figure through the fading black, it was almost 7 feet tall, but it's body was humanoid.

Zaraki was preparing another jutsu, while pulling out his sword.

Sarutobi was going through the seals for the Shiki Fuuin.

Iruka almost had enough chakra built up to use his final attack.

Everything went black.

Everything died.

Everyone just dropped.

There stood the new Plague, released into his true form. His black hair fell down to his feet. Red, amost scaled skin covered his body. Clawed, scaly hands hanged limp at his sides. There were two numbers burned into his body.

One, was the number 1, which adorned his forhead from Sauske's curse.

The other was the number 13 carved deeply into his collar area, right beside his left shoulder, signifying him as the strongest of the 10 demon sins.

(Konoha gate)

As Naruto turned a corner of Konoha, he rushed toward the Hokage's office, a large battle was going on there and he could feel Zaraki's reiatsu.

Then the pain came.

He knew he wasnt attacked, but the pain still came. Just the youki emminating from the battle site was burning through his skin and cracking his bones. In a second, it was gone. And Naruto, already beggining to heal, ruhed over to where the energy came from. He would not lose another friend.

He saw him. He knew exactly who is was, the energy was the similar to the monster Plague. He saw him stretch his hand out infront of him, and scratch the air, ripping a portal into complete darkness. He rose from the ground without moving a muscle, and floated into the portal. Naruto turned, and saw him. In a bloody mess on the ground just a few feet infront of him.

His head turned slowly, his eyes glistened as he slowly lifted his arm towards the corpse of his friend.

The ground under his feet crunched as he slowly stepped forward, one step at a time. His mouth clamped shut, tears falling down his face.

Gravel was rustled and pushed into the air as he fell to his knees by Zaraki's body. Blood began to soak into Naruto's pant legs. He didnt say a word. The only sound was the crackling of the burning city around him.

No tears came, only silence.

He picked zaraki's body up, and put his forhead to his dead friend's chest. Zaraki's mouth opened from the gravity, and blood fell from the once closed opening, covering Naruto's bonde hair with his friend's blood. Naruto didnt even notice, he gripped Zaraki's body, before lifting his head to the sky.

He opened his mouth slightly, and closed his eyes.

(The Wastelands)

His hand gripped the ground. He left the hard gravel being crushed under his fingers. He opened his eyes. The ground was a sickly orange, the nutrients of the ground had died long ago.

He pushed himself to his knees, and breathed in deep. His lungs filled with air, and with it, came a new burst of energy. Kakashi's eyes flew open. He jumped to his feet and pumped his body with chakra. It flared around for a second, raging out of control. Kakashi's skin was burning from the energy, his muslces werent used to dealing with this much chakra.

Not soon after this chakra burst, a small creature, not even 5 feet tall, walked slowly out of a small cave not 100 yeards from Kakashi. It tasted the chakra eminating from the man, then howled loudly.

Kakashi turned sharply to the little demon, as hundreds of the things burst from every hole available. kakashi smirked, he didnt have time to think about where he was.

"Chidori!"

(Demon World, Unknown Location)

Auron was in a room completely covered in white marble. A man stood next to him. He had a hulking figure, and a huge chain wrapped itself around his arms and neck, seeming to strangle him when he moved. The rest of the chains dragged themselves on the ground as he walked with the man in red.

"Auron. How is the boy?" asked the man in a stiff, demonic voice.

"He's almost here, Gate Keeper. But it will be some time before he is able to finish his task." said Auron, who's voice, though rough, sounded almost angelic when compared to the demon to his left.

The demon laughed roughly, showing his pointed teeth.

"Oh yes, but my master just wishes him in a safe place, somewhere he cant touch him. With all due respect Auron, but why are we here?"

Auron smirked, before resting his blade on the ground.

"Im going away for a while Gate Keeper. Keep things in order for me. Im training."

"Ahh." grumbled the Gate Keeper. "your going into the black room again? Still cant understand how you do it. Id tear myself apart before goin in there willingly."

Auron picked up the sword, and walked into a small circle draw in the center of the room.

"Just do it. I dont have time, im gonna try and get in a few thousand years."

Gate Keeper just grunted, before kneeling, and putting his hands to te ground.

"Oh great one. Anima. Push this soul down into the depths. Show him true horror, bring him true pain, let him feel the darkness..."

As the demon chanted, the chains glowed, and a blood red and black circle appeared below Auron.

"Have a good time in Oblivion." said Gate Keeper.

"Ill be back before he comes, but if something goes wrong, just bring him to Orken."

Those were Auron's last words, as he sunk into the ground without a trace.

(Unknown)

Sauske opened his eyes, and screamed. Louder than he had ever. The pain was beyond measure,

His mind broke and recovered again in seconds, his body was tearing itself apart and rebuilding itself, his eyes felt like gasoline was poured on them and a fire lit in his head. He tried to thrash around, but his body couldnt move. Then, suddenly, all the pain stopped. He felt no repercussions, he felt, amazing, better than he had ever felt his entire life.

A voice seemed to whisper directly into his mind.

"Stop trying to resist the flame, endure, my son. Endure."

At the mention of being his son, Sauske turned his head tward where he heard the voice, but he saw nothing. Then, the voice whispered into his head again, seemingly coming from everywhere.

"I am fixing you, young Uchiha, my son."

"Who are you?" yelled Sauske, he was suprised that his voice was deeper.

"I am Ameratsu, the demon that gave Uchiha Madara the first sharingan. You are in my realm."

Sauske would have smiled if the pain didnt come back then at full force. His body was being torn apart again, his eyes burst from their sockets, making him blind, then rebuilding themselves again moments later. The demon continued to talk, as though Sauske wasnt in such intense pain. But the boy clenched his jaw, breaking it in the process, but he didnt scream.

"I have thought of many modifications I could have made to your species, but every uchiha that comes here did not show any promise. To push yourself to the limit, not power through sacrifice, but remorse... That is the key Uchiha. I will change your body into a true Uchiha, you will be reborn in the fires of remorse."

Sauske, unable to say anything, focused on only one thought.

'I want to be strong.'

(Konoha Ruins)

Naruto exploded in a blazing hail of fire and brimstone. A black chakra screeched form his chest as it shot into the air and pierced the sky. Kyuubi's chakra, still a deep red, leveled all of the buildings still standing. Nothing was left alive.

Naruto's mouth clenched. His teeth cracked under the pressure, shattering them, blood seeping from his jaw.

His blue eyes turned red, overcome with kyuubi's chakra.

Then even the red was turned over.

A solid black eye crept over the red. The black pupil inverted to white.

The black chakra that was his fury overcame even kyuubi's chakra.

Konoha went black, and through the surrounding darkness, everyone in fire country could hear a deafening roar.

One of a demon.

The black took over Naruto's body, in the last few moments that Naruto could still see, he grabbed Caladbolg, which hummed as it too was enveloped in darkness.

(3 days later.)

kakashi grabbed one of the demons by its head, charging electricity through it and liquifying the brain inside. He couldnt figure out how he was able to have this kind of power. It seemed as if the lightning was listening to him. Kakashi charged two chidoris and dissapeared, weaving in and out of the horde of demons, slicing their throats as he ran by. He jumped high into the air.

He had been preparing this attack for hours now. slowly building up the pressure in his core until it was about to burst. He even took the time to name it...

The lightning instantly crackled to life as he held his hands above his head in the air. He was falling fast toward the large group. The lightning grew, until it was as large as a basketball.

Kakashi clasped his hands, and threw them down at the demons.

"Suto Yaburi! Ichiban!"

In a flash of white light, the bolt struck the ground.

There were no surviving demons. Their charred corpses crumbled and joined the red dust that covered the ground. Kakashi stood in the middle of the carnage and smiled. He still didnt feel his chakra dissipate. He turned, and in the distance, he saw another group of the demons, but this time, much larger. Kakashi clenched his fist, and sprinted toward them. Little did he know that both of his eyes were slowly turning a bright yellow, the sharingan was absent...

(Demon World, Wastelands)

The darkness was gone, he was still clutching Caladbolg. But this place wasnt Konoha. The ground was a crackled orange, a mountain rage stood behind him. Naruto turned and saw Kyuubi getting up next to him.

She had changed. Her hair, once a sheet of blood red, now had creeping tips of black at the bottom, like it was intent on taking over the rest of the red. She turned to him, and gasped.

"Naruto. Youre.."

Naruto's hair was a gunmetal color, it was a few inches longer, but it still stood up limply in the air. His eyes, still the dark black with white, almost diamond-looking irises. Caladbolg was gripped in his right hand, its tip digging into the ground as he held it behind him. He had on the baggy black pants from before, but now he was shirtless. It seemed as if whoever designed his legs did a makeover on his whole body.

His skin was dark, a grey deeper than his hair, but over his forarms, small spikes in the shape of triangles ran up the middle of his arms in a line. ending at his elbows. His shoulders tipped off in spikes about 2 inches long, he lifted his arm and they didnt come near his face. His knees and shins had similar spikes, but he could only feel them through the black pants. His chest seemed to have grown more muscular, but when he tepped them, where muscle once was, an extremely hard, bonelike substance covered his entire chest. It seemed to somehow bend with his body as he moved, but when he tapped his chest, it was harder than stone.

His teeth stuck out slightly over his lower lip. He looked over the rest of his skin, and it seemed that it was of the same mysterious material that was on his chest. His kneeled down, the spikes on his shin digging into the ground through his pants, and punched the hard stone.

He felt nothing, it was like punching through the air, but his hand dug stright through the ground, leaving no crater, but piercing through the stone like a knife.

Naruto was still examening his body, when he felt him.

He was on the ledge just 50 feet above him, he lifted his sword and put it on his shoulder, balancing it again with his left wrist.

"You..." said naruto.

Auron smirked.

"Welcome to makai, demon world."

Naruto's body shifted slightly, so that was where he was. Hell.

He didnt care.

Black chakra crackled at the spikes, as Naruto's bones began to creak and crack as he exploded in a black flame of chakra. Auron dissapeared, just as the spot where he once was exploded, Naruto stood with Caladbolg. He dropped his sword, and so did Auron, digging his sword into the ground beside him.

Naruto dashed. He pulled his hands to the ground, and threw a huge bolder at Auron, then dug his clawed feet into the ground, and chased after his own projectile. Auron lifted his hand, and flciked it upward, the bolder split in half, and Naruto dodged to the left to avoid the blade of youki.

Naruo turned on his heel, and flipped backwards, lading on his hands. His legs followed quickly, springing forward. Naruto's leg, mid flip, came screaming toward Auron's neck. The man put up an arm and blocked the kick, caught it, and smiled.

Auron spun Naruto around once, before changing his course and slamming him directly into the ground. The ground cracked, and suddenly, both fighters were in the bottom of a crater over a mile in diameter. Blood seeped from even Naruto's pores, as his bones cracked in hundreds of places.

Naruto gritted his teeth, and flashed his body with the black chakra, quickly healing his bones. He pulled an arm up, controlling his torn muscles with pure energy to block and punch Auron sent at him. By the time the attack was done, Naruto was already completely healed.

Auron jumped back a little, avoiding the swipe from Naruto's obsidian claws as the two demons clashed, fist against fist. Spikes from Naruto's knuckles dug into Auron's hand, and the man pulled back his fist, picking up his foot and placing his other hand down to the ground. His right leg carried itself into the air and crashed against Naruto's face. Naruto flew to his right, and rolled over a few times, but was stopped by his sword, still pushing into the ground. Auron smiled, and he smirked and appeared next to his blade.

Naruto pulled up Caladbolg, and was about to rush Auron. But the man simply rose a hand infront of him.

"Lets pick this up a bit..." said Auron, as a golden energy began to swirl around his body.

Auron dug his sword into the ground right by his side, the chakra compressing over his body, cracking the earth below him as it pulses. Then, in deep, and menacing voice, seeming to almost come from someone else, smoothly flowed from Auron's mouth.

"Flare."

Narto instantly felt the heat. It was as if his feet were on fire. He quickly looks own, and jumps to the right as a swirling circle of energy explodes upward where he was once standing. Auron smirks, then carrying the same menacing voice, replied.

"Good intuition, but my fun has only begun."

Auron made a semi-circle with his right arm, and pulled his left arm to follow it, energy sparked from his hands, as he quickly made his way back to a neutral stance, he rose his right hand, and snapped.

Naruto felt the head under him again, and rolled backwards, but he felt the heat still on his back. He jumped right, and saw the flare explode into the air. Before the first twpo could even finish, he felt the heat again at his feet. Naruto cringed, he was firing multiples of them.

Naruto ran right, pushing youyki into his feet, barely evading the line of flares following him.

Naruto's brain was working furiously as he weaved in and out of the barrage of firey energy. He pushes his hands to the ground, and used youki to rocket himself into the air, spinning backward. Naruto smiles, but it soon turns dark as Auron chuckles.

"Don't underestimate me"

Naruto felt it at his back, he turned, and pulled his arms up to block some of the damage. A circle of energy, swirling in the air behind him, was facing him now. Naruto clenched his teeth, and pumped as much youki into his arms as he could handle. Then, he felt some of the black energy that was freely convulsing through his body pull itself to his arms aswell. The red youki instantly dispersed, seeming to flee from this new source of power.

The flare erupted right into naruto's face, with only his arms to block the damage...

The explosion of energy rammd into Naruto's arms.

And split in half like butter...

Naruto's eyes widened,as he black chakra bolted from the spkes on his arms. Wrapping fractically aroun his hands and elbows. The two streams of energy left from the Flare streaked forward behind him. Naruto grinned, as he tried with all his might to keep this new energy under control. naruto simply stood there for a moment, slowly fighting to gain control of this black energy.

Auron's body stiffened. Then a smile graced his face, as he lited his sword off his shoulder, and let it hang, the tip only afew inches from the ground, in ready stance. Naruto picked Caladbolg up from its resting place, as he circled Auron, his grey body slowly getting darker as a storm seemed to be building.

The two demons clashed and dissapeared, Naruto jumped forward, pushing both feet into the ground, and launching himself into the air, speeding toward Auron. The man dug his sword into the ground, and flipped over it, then grasped the handle in a backwards grip, and heaved it out of the ground, shooting up at naruto's body, flying over him. Naruto brought Caladbolg up to his chest and blocked the sword, but one of the spines dug deep into his chest, as he howled.

Auron chuckled, as he flipped backwards, and brandished his sword.

"Dont know how to use an ancient's sword boy? It sharpens and grows with its owner, and it's previous one was of incredible power and swordsmanship. Dont think you can simply use it as a regular weapon. It originally grew with its weilder, but you will have to learn to use IT rather than it catering to YOUR style." Auron smiled after explaining, watching as naruto looked down at the blade. It vibrated slightly, almost chuckling in light of the man's statement.

Naruto couldnt belive it when it happened. Auron was just next to him. Was it in a second? Not even, his brain could not even register that he had moved, before he had reached his destination. Auron's blade screamed down upon him, a flash of black that Naruto would have completely missed if he had blinked. Auron slid his foot out, and struck Caladbolg, slamming it into the ground at naruto's right a little behind him. Naruto expected his arm to be numb from the force of the shock, but he felt pressure on his entire body, as he found himself, braced on his knees, at the bottom of a crater at least a mile wide. The force in his blow was a hundred times anything he had ever felt, or could even imagine. He felt Kyuubi tense inside of him as Auron flashed away, back to where he stood before, now at the edge of the crater.

"And so he shows his strength" said the Fox softly.

Auron smirked as he lifted his blade, and let it fall over his shoulder, the spikes fitting seamlessly around his body. Naruto grimaced at the man's mastery of his sword, while he was foolish enough to hurt himself. Something inside of him hated being weaker than this man, hated being weaker than anything. Something that was never there before he came here. Naruto pulled the sword out of the ground slightly, and realized that the overhanded position he had the sword in kept the spikes far away from his arm.

"Thats more like it. Learn young one, and maybe I can have some fun" said Auron, as he lifted his left arm into the air, and the his energy swirled around him once more. It was not overbearing, but condensed, like it was building up pressure. Naruto's eyes widened, as he jumped back, making sure to keep Caladbolg in it's proper hold, and put his other hand up.

Auron stepped forward, lowering his stance, before letting his blade fall over his shoulder, the edge sliding smoothly into the ground in front of him. Naruto dashed to the side, his sword in tow, before finally getting soem active contribution from Kyuubi.

"Naruto, if you want to get out of this alive, youre going to have to run. You have no idea how powerful this man is!"

Kyuubi's shouts did not distract Naruto, as he was now running toward's Auron, spinning once, as Caladbolg torqued across his shoulder, the spikes barely missing his face and slashed down fiercely upon Auron. The man smiled, and, still gathering that huge quanitity of energy, jumped back to avoid the blow, sweeping and kicking the grip of his blade, it smashed into the ground, flipping, the blade spinning now in naruto's direction. The boy-turned demon's eyes widened, before the blade sliced clean through the left arm at the shoulder.

Naruto's reflexes made him jump backwards instantly as his arm fell limp to the ground where he once stood. Auron was slowly getting faster, he knew Kyuubi was right then, this man was playing with him.

"Im not gonna play with you anymore body, dont worry." said Auron, and naruto's panicked face met his. Auron's smirk turned into a frown, as his buildup of magic stopped.

He slowly took the jug of alcohol that was tied to his side and took a swig, lifting his sword up in front of him. He spit the liquid out, and the sword was wrapped in a dark liquid that floated in the air. An explosion of vile energy came from the blade itself, as if the energy had given it life. The blade hummed loudly from the energy it emitted. It froze Naruto's joints as his eyes followed the blade.

Naruto felt his skin run cold, as the sword rose above his head. Naruto barely even noticed Auron's grin.

"Banishing Blade!"

It was less than a second, a fraction of a heartbeat. Naruto's eyes widened, his brain registered that Auron had dissapeared, but before his nerves could even move his body, Auron was in front of him.

He swung.

Naruto's world went black.

Cleaved in half, his legs fell backwards from the pressure of he attack, while his torso ripped oven as it fell to his left. Naruto's eyes closed, but as soon as they did, his eyes flashed white, before fading into a deep black.

(Unknown)

Kakashi grinned wickedly as he snapped his fingers. Electricity surged from the small demon's brain and exploded from the inside. Kakashi spun on the ground, tearing up the earth beneath him, his eyes shining a florescent yellow. The demons surrounding him each exploded, before Kakashi turned to face the larger ground, raising his hand, still grinning insanely. He opened his mouth, and a deep, demonic voice echoed from his throat.

"Niiban"

A piercing sound was heard, blowing out most of the demon's eardrums, before a small disk of white and yellow light came into view, the sound became lower, as the disk grew in diameter, now the size of Kakashi.

Kakashi's yellow eyes brightened as Kakashi turned his head on a angle and grinned insanely.

"Heh. Why don't you all just.. disappear?"

A beam of electricity shot out from the disk, the high pitched noise becoming a thundering boom. Kakashi turned his boy as he swpt the attack over the group, completely incinerating them. There weren't even ashes to find.

Not a few seconds after all the demons were gone, did Kakashi start to sink into a dark portal that formed below him/

"So." said Kakashi as he looked over his shoulder to a demon standing idly above 2 miles away. He had been feeding him immense ammounts of youki this entire time to keep his energy up, but he didn't need it anymore. He had gone through this twice now, being sucked away, only to encounter stronger prey in larger numbers.

"Another level up? Why give me such easy prey? I know theres better fodder than this."

From far away, the black demon smirked, and Kakashi fell into the portal.

He emerged in a completely different area. He landed firmly on his feet, and jumped forward in an instant to avoid a slash that would have carved him in half.

Behind him, stood a demon. Not like the ones he had fought before. Over 8 feet tall, a hulking dark blue figure with huge claws. His jaws were at least the size of Kakashi's head. Kakashi did not have time to look further, as he jumped sideways to avid another strike. His eyes widened, then he grinned again.

Over 1000 of these demons stood behind him, ready to pounce.

"Thats more like it." said Kakashi before disappearing.

The demon chuckled lightly as he turned around, he had to report to his master. His lithe body stood elegant as his long hair blew lightly in a short wind from the battle. The demon grinned widely.

"Who would have thought killin all these mortals would have been so interesting?"

With his small comment, Plague disappeared into another black portal.

(Unknown)

Naruto's eyes opened.

He picked himself up, only to look up in awe.

A black sun, emitting no heat, but still as massive floated not a mile away from the ground he stood on. On top of it, a fierce looking demon sat cross-legged. He looked dragonic, but had a huge, muscular body that was somewhat humanoid, and pensively opened his eyes. The dragon demon opened his jaws to speak.

"You insignificant one, have been chosen to become something."

Naruto felt the demon move, The power he felt radiating from him kept him from speaking. It stopped his once-human heart from beating.

"I am sitting, young boy, on your energy, which has similar traits to mine, making us kin."

Naruto stood stunned at a physical representation of his power.

I will give you some of my energy, I want to see how far you can go once I can unlock your potential, and beyond.

Naruto's eyes widened, as his body began to shift. His body regained movement as it rose into the air, but was then stopped by sheer stun.

The demon gave what would be a smirk with his dragon's head.

"While I stand on your energy, so do you stand on mine."

Naruto's eyes happened to shift down and saw that he was standing on a black fiery sphere similar to his own.

It was so large that it seemed flat where he once stood, but when he rose into the air slightly due to his regained power.

The demon's sphere dwarfed his little"sun" a million times over. Naruto couldn't even see were the sphere ended as it's black surface stretched on for an eternity. Naruto's jaw hung open, as the demon stood. In an instant, Naruto was on top of his own sphere, and faced the demon, his own energy dwarfing his size like that of an ant to a skyscraper.

"Come to me, young one, who is no longer insignificant, and you will known true power."

Naruto's yes were forced shut, and were quickly opened again. His body was back together again, he was standing, facing Auron. The demon's mouth was open slightly, and his eyes were wider than normal.

Auron lifted Masamune to his shoulder again, and look a lower stance.

Naruto got into a stance, and felt his head spike with pain. Information was being fed into his mind, as symbols he had never seen before became a second language, and a second style. He stood straight, relaxed, and faced Auron with a new light in his eyes.

The demon's eyes sharpened.

"Well then, it looks like this little spar has only just begun."

Both demon's disappeared without a sound.

An explosion lifted the ground around the two and cracked the earth when the two swords met in combat.

Time for round two.

Please comment, I know I've been out forever. Depending on how much feedback I get, I will be getting back into writing this story.

For now, and in hopes ot see you all again,

Peace.

-Argetlam615