Darkness… It was a meaning now, how it felt. So cold, so empty, so gone. That's how Neji felt as the air around him became black. He closed his eyes, the last words he heard were revenge, so this must be the start.. "Kai." Nothing happened, he gathered more chakra, "KAI!" The darkness wasn't disappearing and this definitely wasn't a genjutsu. As he was about to try again he saw Naruto finishing the last of the Konoha 12 other than himself.
Hinata screamed as Naruto thrusted his sword into her heart, tears rolling down her eyes, blood trickling from her mouth and the wound.. "NOOO!!!" Neji felt his heart shatter and attacked, his Byakugan blazing to life as he rushed a stoic Naruto, he threw a punch where Naruto once stood, but the man was long gone and already placing a punch to Neji's gut and kicking him back into a tree.
Neji stood back up with a grunt, he got back into a battle stance and charged, "I won't even ask why…. But know this, this is where you DIE!" Sending an arsenal of attacks at the blonde man before him, missing every strike as the blonde moved with grace away from the soft yet killer blows. Neji's tears were streaking his face, but he kept pushing, he couldn't let this be the end of them all, no… NO! His speed began to increase as his anger kept on resurfacing.
Neji pushed an open palm to the point of where Naruto should have been, but the blonde was already behind him doing a few hand seals. "Katon: Bachiatari Yari (Cursed Spear) A spear of Fire charged at the already dodging Neji. Neji ran up a tree flipping off attempting to deliver a drop kick to the still oh so stoic Naruto, Naruto lifted his arm blocking the kick and delivered a punch to where Neji was supposed to be. He felt the wind building up behind him and turned to see Neji's fist near his face, with a moment to spare he had ducked and kicked at Neji's feet successfully bringing the Hyuuga prodigy down on his face. With well endowed grace the Hyuuga was up and charging Naruto again.
"You are in my field of divination Naruto." Neji began to attack Naruto "Hakke Hyaku Ni Ju Hashou (Divination Field, 128 Strikes)" Neji's attack came at lightning speed, his fingers attempting to hit Naruto's Tenketsu, but Naruto did something, "Hakke Hyaku Ni Ju Hashou Kassha!(Divination Field, 128 Blocks)" Neji felt every strike being blocked and was too frustrated to even attempt to mutter the number of strikes he was throwing. Neji jumped back after his failed attack, "Naruto… You're going to pay."
Neji stood up, getting into a Jyuuken stance once again. He moved his hand for Naruto to come, so of course Naruto went, attacking with efficiency seen by no others. Neji raised his arm to block the incoming punch, till Naruto did a feint, lowering his arm and hitting Neji in the stomach. Neji doubled over in pain feeling the building pressure in his gut. Never before had he witnessed such brutal strength, and yet here stood a dead last holding all of it. He began to laugh, "You know Naruto… Fate is bullshit." He ran at him full speed nearly hitting him with an open palm. Naruto grabbed the extended arm tugging at it with immense strength. There was a resounding crack and Neji's arm hanged limp, it was useless as of now.
"Neji… You fight with anger right now…" Naruto turned away, "You are not even a challenge in this state." Neji rushed at him again but soon found himself on the ground, a warm feeling running through his arm. He was being healed; then he heard the small pop, indicating his healed bone. "I don't like that the odds were stacked against you so much, but if it breaks again I will not heal it." Naruto jumped back getting into an unknown stance. Neji stood, anger practically flaring through his eyes. Neji dove in sending waves of punches and kicks, until Naruto kicked him up off the ground and delivering an spinning kick to Neji's side while in the air. Neji flew straight into a tree, struggling to stand up he finally pushed himself off the ground.
He went into battle once again throwing a Jyuuken type strike missing Naruto's heart and nearly hitting a tree, he turned quickly throwing a left kick to Naruto's torso missing by centimeters. He saw Naruto making hand seals and witnessed the last hand seal, dragon. Using his spinning momentum he charged up a Kaiten, Naruto shouted out his Jutsu, "Gogyou Ryuujin(Five Element Dragon God)" "Kaiten(Heavenly Spin)" A near black dragon emerged in the air attacking the spiraling Neji, and in moments the whole battlefield went black with what looked like… It looked like nothing yet something at the same time, the liquid, gas, whatever it was covered both Neji and Naruto. "Be happy Neji-San… Not many have seen that Jutsu and lived to tell the tale." Then Naruto disappeared from his view until he saw the already imbedded fist in his face. He flew back from the pressure feeling the blood dripping from his forehead.
Neji threw himself from the ground at hear a katon jutsu being called, felling the searing heat nearly hitting him, missing by millimeters. He got up on weak legs, shaking steadily and getting ready to attack again. Naruto rushed in this time delivering several strikes to the stomach and face, Neji was feeling dizzy, but he stood his ground taking his painful beating. In came a swift punch to the chin sending the long haired Hyuuga into the ground, he felt blood trickling down his face now…
But he stood. He stood again and again watching every blow hit him and feeling the full force of the brutal beating, was this how it felt to fight for those you care for? No? Then what, what is this feeling, this feeling of pain and guilt yet justice and harmony. I feel right fighting him, yet I don't understand why I feel this cool inside. Was it death slowly gripping at him? It could be but Neji wasn't going to give into it. He hit the ground once more after a landed spin kick to the legs. 'This must be it then?' His smile got wider, 'Time to give it all up for them.. .' His legs stopped shaking, his face became half serious half happy, his eyes held true confidence, and his body gave off the aura of pain. Well all this happening until Naruto gave a bone cracking punch to the man's chest.
Neji stumbled forward and hit the ground his knees were shaking as the body pressure began to get to them. He felt weak, weak in comparison to the rest. What happened to the prodigy? What happened to the man that would beat down the person that even spared a glance to him? He died that's what, here was the man who fought for his friends, who smiled to those that smiled at him, that was going to make it through this fight no matter what. So once again we find Neji struggling to get up, his legs shaking under the pressure, his breath ragged, and his clothes mangled. Neji got into a defensive position and Naruto came at him. Naruto gave fast accurate strikes, yet none landed as Neji began to block faster and faster. Neji couldn't explain it, but he wasn't complaining, this power could mean the victory. He began to fight back delivering several strikes that hit Naruto in the arm, but what was this power? Naruto's tenketsu just wouldn't close…. It was unnatural.
Naruto shook off the last of Neji's hit and coughed out a bit of blood and smiled, "It seems you're not a total waste of space Neji." With that the battle began once again. Neji threw out several strikes only to miss and see Naruto performing hand seals, they ended on rat. Neji didn't hear the name to the jutsu, not that he cared, but he sure as hell felt it. The ground began to quiver at the intensity as the jutsu's destruction began. A tiger made of fire emerged in thin air seemingly attacking Neji. Neji jumped out of the way only to see the Tiger turning around to get him again. Using his Byakugan he saw Naruto about to punch him the back of the head, utilizing the momentum he grabbed Naruto's arm and pulled so the man could fly over his head and into the burning tiger. Naruto landed behind the tiger completely unscathed, and Neji noticed the Tiger was about to hit him, "Kaiten!" The fire burned around the ball of chakra, revolving around it like a horse in a merry-go-round. Then it was sent out into the forest, burning trees, scathing the ground, and evaporating the river at the side.
"Nicely done Neji." Naruto began to walk up to the worse for wear man, "But you seem low on chakra, and that would be unfair if I killed you when you had no energy." Neji scowled, "You've been using jutsu after jutsu it seems, yet you don't even look winded." Naruto chuckled, "It's what happens when you train, train and work hard instead of living like an ignorant buffoon." Neji smirked, "I'm not an ignorant fool like I used to be, but I can tell you this Naruto… by the end of this either you or I will be dead." Naruto smiled, "Most likely you old friend." Neji turned away.
"This is it Naruto…" Neji glared, "This is my most prized Jutsu." Neji ran through a few hand seals, stopping on bat, "Daiitokumyouou(Conqueror of Death)" Neji began to emit a black type of steam from his body, then Naruto felt it, the unnatural feeling of death surrounding him, he looked to Neji, black chakra emitting from the Hyuuga, the power was too much. "I studied death Naruto, and I learned that there is a gate within the body that can only be obtained by being near death and that…. I have had the experience" He smirked, "Courtesy of the Uchiha, and I learned to hone that gate to unleash this power, and you will not be the one to live and tell the so called tale of surviving this." Then he moved, he moved with godly speed, it was almost frightening to Naruto till of course… He smiled.
They began to trade blows, Neji taking the predator with Naruto as his prey, yet it didn't seem like this as Naruto was gracefully dodging blows and blocking near hit strikes. It was unbelievable to Neji that Naruto could even block, yet dodge his strikes. Not even Lee was fast enough with his weights on to dodge, and here stood Naruto again, overcoming the odds.
"He dodged every blow, took every hit, and yet here he stands bloody yet fit… To fight till the end." Naruto was taunting as Neji pounded the spot where he once stood. Every hit was dodged, none to hit yet, and Neji was becoming frustrated… He couldn't stay like this forever; no if he did he would surely die. So he thought for a moment then came up with an idea, he flew towards Naruto striking the ground on which he stood, sending a shockwave leaving the blonde unbalanced, seeing this, Neji charged throwing a few strike landing one near the heart and saw that Naruto was on his knees. He hovered over the man a saddened look on his features and awaited for the man to arise to bow down to his fate. "Why Naruto… Why?" Neji had tears trailing down his pale face, "Why take them…. Why take my only family…" He looked towards the raining sky, "I hate you… I hate you and now you die. You die under my hands for what you have done to the innocent…" He was cut off by laughing, looking down he saw Naruto's body shaking, "Goodbye Neji." Neji jumped back seeing Naruto standing up now, "This is one of my favorite Jutsus…" He held out his hand, "Tenkyuu Ankoku(Celestial Sphere of Darkness)" A near dark purple ball appeared in his hand, Naruto charged ball in hand . "Kaiten" Darkness met light, and a new battle was fought, there was a roar and darkness began to overtake the light… "Goodbye Neji…" And everything went black.
Ten-Ten watched as the last of her friends was mercilessly slaughtered. She didn't know Naruto much before he left, but from what she had heard he wasn't a man to betray a friend, especially not kill them. But this is how it was; his Rasengan was mercilessly pushed into the face of Rock Lee completely leaving the boy faceless. It was a sad scene to her, to see a man as such Rock Lee get pummeled and killed in such a ruthless way, life was unfair. Anger began to flare through her as she watched her brother figure drop to the ground dead. The blood gathered around his bleeding corpse, becoming a pool of blood in a matter of moments, and it was then that she snapped, pulling out her sword attacking a inattentive Naruto. Her sword nearing his head, closer, closer, inches away, centimeters, and there was the sound of metal hitting metal, as she watched her blade slide against his beautiful black sword. The sparks flying in the air making the scene look as one of happiness, but it was far from that, very far. She pulled away from him and took steps back, there were tears rolling down her eyes as she stared Naruto in the eyes. She didn't have the voice to speak, too much pain, there was so much blood now. Anger once again arose in her eyes and she attacked again. This time Naruto moved with her, taking swing after swing, from afar it would no doubt look like a dance of some kind, the movements so graceful, the dance so flawlessly beautiful, the two in unison swinging the beautiful swords.
His ebony met her iron, they clashed making the sound of a gunshot. Ten-Ten began to put pressure, attempting to knock the sword out of Naruto's hands, but he was not budging, he wasn't even moving an inch. He then began to put his own force into the sword, making Ten-Ten notice the difference in strength between the two. She was already slipping back, her feet sliding in the dirt making her inch back. She nearly tumbled as he slashed back her sword, making a gash at her lower shirt. The piece of clothing fell, making her even angrier. She got up and yelled, "Odori Kouryuu(Dance of the Rain Dragon)" Her sword shined a brilliant blue, making its way to Naruto's blade. The blades met as her blade became water. The liquid began to swirl around them, spiraling and constricting, and at the top of the spiral a dragons head became visible as it came crashing down on Naruto.. Well seemingly crashing down on him.
The water dragon disappeared, leaving a perturbed Ten-Ten and a smiling Naruto. He looked down at were her sword should have struck and he held his sword. "You know that move has potential and could have killed me…" Naruto glared, "If you learned how to manipulate it right." He lashed out, his sword earning an eerie black glow, "Hanafubuki(Falling Cherry Blossoms)" The black glow faded turning into a brilliant pink, and as their swords collided his sword burst into cherry blossom petals, they began to swarm, coming from the sky, the ground, from him. She was trapped as the place around her became black; there she stood, in the center of columns of cherry blossoms. Then they burst, coming at her at exhilarating speeds, as they impacted they began to shred her clothing, then making their way to her skin. She began to dodge, using gained speed to escape the speeding cherry blossoms, she stopped, "Odori Hyakurai(Dance of 100 Thunderclaps)" At extreme levels of speed she disappeared, yellow blotches appearing at a certain place at different intervals. The petals all fell, and the sound of thunder subsided.
"Nicely done, you are the second to escape that move right there, but on with the fight." Naruto once again charged sending his sword towards her neck, she ducked swinging at his knee, he blurred, he was now behind her. Sword pressed against her neck, she felt the cool steel sliding on what clothing she still had left. She heard Naruto chuckle, but she dare not move, she dare not move for her life. She felt something on her give as what was left of her shirt fell to the ground, and she gasped… He sliced the thin line of clothing that was left on her top, so here she stood half naked, topless, and furious, "Couldn't resist…"
Her rage conflicting with sense she charged in sword stuck in front of her in order to stab the blonde in the chest, but she missed the part where he sidestepped the strike and put his sword on her abdomen. "See if you move you slice your stomach open, and if you stay still…" He smirked, "I'll kill you." He removed the sword from its place, "But what's the fun in that, I don't want to kill you just yet." he charged at her, his sword swinging in an arch movement. She put up her sword to block the incoming blade, but he feinted and put a small cut on her toned stomach. She ignored the gash and swung her blade to meet his in an X formation, they began to put pressure, his being stronger they pushed apart only for him to rush her. She met his blade, and slid it against his soon slipping from his blade and delivering a small gash to his side. She continued to swing only for him to block all the strikes, she jumped back and then he charged. He made swift strikes, and his form left no openings as he attacked. She began to sweat as his attacks got faster and stronger, was he holding back, who was this Naruto? She began to speed up to him, wasting her remaining energy extremely fast.
She kept up with him until he hit her set limit, he began to deliver small cuts to her slender body making her body ache from the newly made cuts. He stopped and looked at her for a second, she was naked, bleeding, and sweating…. Not a bad combination in a girl he thought, "You know if I weren't here to kill you…" He smirked, "I would date you anytime." She looked down at her body seeing that she was naked, and it was then that she remembered his past actions. Her anger rising again brought her to clouded thoughts, "Who would date a monster like you…" She looked him in the eyes, "When I'm done with you, you'll never date again." She charged, her sword in hand and a stoic look on her face.
She ran through strikes and began to do combo strikes, a left swing, right, up, vertical, and then she repeated making Naruto take the defense till he figured her pattern. He began to counter with a few swings here and there landing every now and then. She began to feel light headed, the loss of blood getting to her. She dropped to her knees and Naruto walked over to her prone form getting on his knees. "Is the poor little Kunoichi tired?" He got up and began to walk away, "I never knew that women were a disgrace to Ninja…" He looked back one last time, "They stop in the middle of a fight…. Pathetic." Ten- Ten had enough as she charged him, she missed by millimeters as he side stepped. He moved into a stance that she could not recognize, his sword was in-between his eyes, legs apart, both hands on his sword. He charged becoming a blur to her as his sword made a deep gash into her shoulder. She felt the blood run down the cut open arm. She began to feel its effects immediately. She grabbed the shoulder and began to heal it, "Oh lookie here… We got a healer."
She was low on chakra as it was, from fusing all that chakra to her muscles to match this man's speed was unorthodox. She could feel the light headedness coming over, but she fought the sleep, and weakness, she stood and charged him as he pick up his blade to meet hers. They began to parry and strike with coordination. The man was playing with her, he wasn't even going full speed, and he was still beating the living hell out of her. She tried to get faster only to find it was becoming increasingly hard, she only had enough chakra for about two to three jutsus… Maybe less.
She charged, her sword began to glow red, "Enshoku(Scarlet Flame)" Fiery flames burst from her sword coming at Naruto at speeds that rivaled that of Lee. They came closer and closer, then Naruto cried out, "Arainami No Hyoukai(Raging Streams from the Frozen Sea)" There came ice from everywhere, eating away at the raging fire, the last bits of fire dismissed themselves and the waves continued, they began to circle around Ten-Ten. Her uncovered body felt cold, she couldn't feel her arms, but she held on to her sword, for her pride, for her self-esteem, for them. There came Naruto moving through the ice as if it weren't even there, the ice opened for him like a door till he entered the ice arena. "Isn't it cold?" He then did a hand sign, "Fyouko Fuchi(Freezing Abyss)" Water began to flood the floor of the arena, making it to her knees, her mid stomach, she tried to channel chakra to her feet, but it just wouldn't work, "Don't try to float on it, you can't." He smirked, "This water comes from the outer ice of this dome, and it's purpose is to block out the chakra that the water surrounds, but of course it wont work on me since I know how to manipulate it." It was to her neck when it finally stopped, it froze… She tried to scream but she couldn't, she couldn't do anything now, but that move…
Naruto walked on the ice over to her frozen body, "Cold? Well this is it Ten-Ten, Gyoukoten(Freezing Point)" A thin freezing layer of mist began to make its way to Ten-Ten ready to deliver the untimely death, "Odori Nenshou Umi(Dance of the Burning Sea)" An unseen fire began to omit from her sword, as if eating directly from her will and burning with the desire to kill. The fire raged swarming around Naruto, surrounding the dome, eating at everything… It lasted for what seemed like ages to her, till finally it settled and there stood Naruto, practically unscathed. A tear made its way down her cheek, "Nicely done Ten-Ten, but goodbye." His sword flew at her, "Tate Issen(Sword Battle of a Thousand)" It seemed as if thousands of swords appeared around her, arranging around her in a column, and then they began to rain down, consuming her as she drew her last breathe.
There was a blood curdling scream as Sakura fell dead under the jutsu off Naruto. Lee watched as Naruto blew a massive fire dragon straight onto the trapped Sakura. Tears began to flow freely down his cheek, he couldn't believe this, this was not Naruto this must be an imposter. Naruto wouldn't kill a friend would he? Would he… Lee's eyes were overshadowed by tears, his anger and frustration rising to nigh unachievable levels. It was a sight to see. Pure anger radiating off of one individual, but then again it could be that after all the crap he's been through he can be letting off the steam, the pain, or it could be that fact that he just watched all his friends get massacred by a man he once called a friend, a rival, family. He needed to vent his anger out now, and who else to do it to than the man standing before you. Lee picked up his head, eyes staring right into the eyes of a demon in disguise, into a man who apparently had no soul, no forgiveness, no shame. "Naruto… Naruto… NARUTO!" Lee flew, lee flew at ungodly speed, striking faster than the eye could see, Naruto was taking the beating right now.
Punch after punch was landed on the blonde man, he was already bleeding at an alarming rate. Lee threw an axe kick, hitting Naruto in the head, sending him into the ground. The blonde struggled and stood a smile on his face, "Oh I like challenges." Now there are many things that can be said about that statement, he's crazy, idiotic, mental, insane, or just damn confident. So he flew too, he flew at the same speed as Lee, landing a punch into the man's gut. Lee doubled over and jumped back as he saw a fast kick approaching. As he landed he threw a kick to the oncoming Naruto, Naruto twisted mid-air completely dodging the incoming kick. He used one hand to flip off the ground while using the other to grab onto the outstretched limb, he pulled making Lee fly towards him. Lee felt himself sailing, and turned to see Naruto making a punching move, he put up an arm to block and used the other to throw a punch of his own hitting Naruto in the face. Naruto back flipped and looked up to see Lee flying at him, he rolled to the side to effectively dodge the incoming leg, getting up and getting into a stance.
Lee took a few steps back, getting into his own stance. He waved his hand at Naruto to come, Naruto charged at him, and they began to trade blows, each countering with another blow, there knuckles hit and then they disappeared in the air, leaving only after images. Seconds later they broke apart, both looked bloody and beaten, but they were battle ready, "You really are a challenge Lee." Naruto smirked, "Better than them at least." Lee had enough and decided Naruto deserved death by no other means than total obliteration. He charged in, going through Taijutsu moves in different combos, mixing up his strikes enough to confuse Naruto. Naruto was taking hit after hit from Lee, it seemed he did indeed find a challenge. He began to fight back, meeting Lee in hand to hand till the two began to feel evenly matched in speed and power. Their strikes kept on cancelling each other out, each strike blocking another. If one were to be looking at the fight right now they would be amazed, the speed that the two were moving at was unreal. There were a few blurs here and there, too many afterimages to count, and the intensity of the battle was still rising to unbelievable levels.
Lee charged in "Konoha Senpu." Naruto dodged to the side already seeing the move coming and countered with his own strike. "Shippuu Handou(Hurricane Kick)." He spun on his hand landing a hard spinning kick to Lee's face sending the Taijutsu expert flying to the ground. He struggled to get up as he felt a fierce kick hit his back, he rolled away from the next kick and countered, "Kurogane Kobushi(Iron Fist)." He delivered a power packed punch to Naruto's ribs sending the man into a tree, he continued to deliver a few hits to the man's body as he laid against the tree. Every hit Naruto would sink deeper into the trunk of the rock hard tree. There was a huge human shaped depression left in the tree as Naruto fell out of it coughing up blood as he hit the ground. He struggled to his feet wiping the blood from his mouth as he smiled, "Nice." He got into a stance Lee had heard of, Sekkendou(Way of The Intercepting Fist). Hard to break into this stance without getting hurt by the user. He went at Naruto delivering swift strikes, none hitting of course, but he would not get frustrated, because as Gai always says, "Frustration leads to a great loss." He jumped back taking a deep breath, he began to feel around his surrounding, taking in the fresh air and feeling his cool coming back.
Naruto stared at the breathing man in front of him, "Finally…" He smirked, "Someone who can keep a leveled head." He charged, delivering strikes to the defending man, he began to put force behind his punches, speed in his strikes, efficiency in his throws, till it all became second nature at that moment. Lee was fighting a losing battle, and he knew, but why give up? Why not fight with all that you have? That was not the way things would end, with a man with no heart living to see the glory of everyday life, while the good at heart died at a terrible fate. Life would change from here on out, for the better, because Lee would give it his all, his last breathe even just to kill this man. He began to even out the fight, matching Naruto blow for blow. His determination surpassing his own bodies usual functions. This was how it was till Lee felt this was it… Now or Never.
Lee jumped back, began to concentrate on his task, "Kaimon(Gate of Opening); Kai." Energy burst through his body, "Kyumon(Gate of Rest); Kai." More energy flooded the battlefield, "Seimon(Gate of Life); Kai" The energy was intense, "Shomon, Tomon, Keimon(Gate of Pain, Closing, Happiness); Kai." And all at once the Energy was too much for Naruto, he fell to one knee, but Lee was not done, "Kyomon(Gate of Shock); KAI!!!" The energy was now beyond visible to just Naruto, to the whole village if one were to pay attention, the dirt around Lee was flying, like a tornado hitting a hopeless town. Naruto struggled to his feet, struggling to even move, but he was up and grinning at Lee. "It seems you finally bring the challenge, neh?" Naruto's bloodthirsty grin got wider, "Seven gates just for little ol me… I love it."
The Eight Gates (八門, Hachimon?, English TV "The Eight Inner Gates") are eight specific points on a person's chakra circulatory system. They limit the overall flow of chakra within a person's body. The basis for the idea of the chakra gates comes from the body's limits on the functions within it. This makes the body much weaker, but it keeps the body from expiring too soon. By opening these gates, the user can surpass their own physical limits at the cost of extreme damage to their own bodies. Gate of Opening (開門, Kaimon?) releases the brain's limit on the total strain on the muscles, giving the user five times their normal strength and speed. Gate of Rest (休門, Kyūmon?) releases the brain's limit on the body's stamina, making a battle-worn person become miraculously ready to fight as if the fight had just started. Gate of Life (生門, Seimon?) is located on the spinal cord, and releases the limit on the nervous system, which makes information travel at a faster rate and creates even more stamina. As a side effect, the user's skin turns red, indicating an increased blood-oxygen level. Gate of Pain (傷門, Shōmon?) releases the limit on oxygen intake in the lungs, creating much more oxygen for the body to use. Gate of Closing (杜門, Tomon?) releases the limit on the amount of chakra released at one time. Allows the user's movements to exceed the speed of sound. Gate of Happiness (景門 , Keimon?) removes the limit on how much fat and proteins the intestines can digest, and releases otherwise useless energy resources, giving the user even more power and stamina. Gate of Shock (驚門, Kyōmon?) removes the limit on how fast the body can move, removes wastes from dead skin cells to feces, and gives the body a much cleaner system to work with, producing even more power and stamina.
The two blurred from existence meeting each other in afterimages to the naked eye, while the two were making ten punches in less than a second, it would look as if they barely made one. It was raw power that the two were giving off at the moment, Naruto leaking out the chakra of the Kyuubi, while Lee had his seven gates open. They stayed in the air fighting in different Taijutsu forms, taking blows to the body like they were flicks, the adrenaline killed the pain, and the desire fueled the emanating rage. Lee struck Naruto in the face, as Naruto delivered a kick to the chest. The two flew back flying through a good eight trees before pushing off the ninth in unison. They flew at each other, a blue blur, and a red blur met at the center creating a purple ball of pure energy. Inside the ball the two were fighting at such speeds it was insane to even the two of them. Lee wanted nothing more to beat this man, while Naruto wanted to beat such a worthy opponent. Their fists struck each other, shins, heads, feet, palms, knees. They were matching each other in speed, blow for blow. They were getting faster as they pushed themselves past the human bodies limits as there pores began to bleed from the burning energy. Lee could feel the effects of the gates taking place, as Naruto felt Kyuubis fowl chakra begin to burn.
They jumped back from each other, leaving the ball to implode and disappear from existence. "I must end this here Naruto."
"As I must end yours here Lee." Naruto got into a position as did Lee. They flew at each other.
They began their petrifying brawl, their bloody bodies pushing past even immortal limits, Lee began to prepare his final attack, if this landed then this fight would be as over as over can be. "Shimon(Gate of Death) KAI!!!!" It was like the world had stopped, Lee was moving so fast that it seemed that time itself was no more, but with it there is a price. Gate of Death (死門, Shimon?) opens the final gate located at the heart and uses up all of the body's energy. It makes the heart pump at maximum power and exceeds the power of every other gate. All the energy in every individual cell is used up, giving the user power well above that of any Kage. This "big bang" effect is only temporary, and destroys every muscle in the user's body, including the heart. Death is assured when opening this gate.
Naruto felt it the power of the dead, the one thing that any man should fear in life. It was as if death itself was coming for him, but he had no problem with it… no he still had his trump card, "Roku Bijou(Sixth Tail) Kai!" Naruto was standing in front of Lee, his cloak burning, his flesh covered by blood, and six tails floating behind him. They literally flew at each other, meeting head on and disappearing, they both knew that this was the end, their bodies could not take this amount of strength for more than a minute tops. Lee had to make his death worth it, and Naruto would end this battle or die trying. So they began the finishing moves, "Asa Kujaku(Morning Peacock)!" Naruto began his move also, "Kaika Fenikkusu(Blooming Phoenix)" The two attacks met head on… And the damage was devastating.
The two both lay on the floor coughing blood, "You…. cough Lee…. I…" Lee began to cough up blood too, "Naru.. to I cough Goodbye old friend." Naruto smiled, "Yes… cough Goodbye old friend." The two warriors lay dead on the obliterated ground.
Kiba stared at the blood covered Naruto and wanted to scream, his body his mind telling him to run. Run far because this was the end of him, his mind was instincts told him to get the hell out of there before it was too late, but he couldn't move, he couldn't move as he watched Shino get frozen by a stream of ice. Every one of his friend's bodies were littered on the battlefield, and he was the only one left. The last one that would run so it could stay like that, but as he watched the bodies twitch from the nerve impulses his heart told him to fight, fight for honor, for pride, for friends, for love. Tears began to flow down his cheeks, this was too much, fight for everyone with what's left of himself, or run home to his child and wife…
They would understand right, if he died fighting for the ones he cared for. He witnessed Naruto's massacre and knew that he just didn't have the skill to fight him, so what now? Naruto began to walk towards him, eyes clouded by the hood, and he looked at Kiba, those blood red eyes, 'No… No you can't be.' Naruto's eyes told it all, 'Oh but I can, and I will' Kiba now knew, now knew that this was the end, the Sharingan told him the tale of his demise. Of Konoha's downfall through the one man that they abandoned, through the one man that they used as a scapegoat, through the one man that hated it all! Naruto charged at the shaking Kiba landing a series of punches and kicks to the undefending man. As Kiba hit the ground, he came face to face with the dead body of Hinata, her eyes holding fear before she died, he screamed. Naruto picked him up by the shirt and tossed him into a tree. He hit the tree and fell only to see Lee hanging by the neck from the tree on a vine, his mouth opened and no sound escaping, pain. He felt himself being kicked, and hit the dead body of Neji, his face burned off by a Katon jutsu. He felt pain erupt through his arm as he was thrown like a rag doll to the dead body of Ten-Ten, bleeding from her chest were she was brutally stabbed, her eyes closed and her arms gone. That was enough and Kiba cracked.
There was a flow of beastly chakra emanating from Kiba's body He felt the power rushing through him, his power increasing, his desire to kill unholy, and his hate immeasurable. He charged at the smirking Naruto, Naruto began to counter the fast blows but Kiba kept up his charge and slammed Naruto into a nearby tree. The trees roots were uplifted causing it to fly away as Naruto tried to stand only to have Kiba kick his face into the hard pact dirt beneath him. Kiba backed up getting ready to charge in at a moment's notice. Naruto stood, wiping the blood from his mouth and smirking. "So dog breathe…" Naruto turned away, "Wanna see something cool?" With that he charged something up, and the sound of a thousand chirping birds was heard, "Rakiri" He charged, electricity flowing through his arm as he neared Kiba at immense speed, then he felt the jutsu pierce flesh, turning his head slightly to see he cut Kiba open from the side.
Kiba grabbed his open wound and grimaced, it was deep, long, and it hurt like hell. He shook off the pain preferring to keep his head in the fight that was continuing. He charged at Naruto claws extended hoping to cut Naruto's chest open, Naruto sidestepped the move and kneed the dog lover in the gut. Kiba coughed up blood while he stayed on his knees… "Da… Damn you cough I… I'll kill you." He struggled up and got into a beastly stance, "Kiba you are a disgrace… It seems that you are still weaker than all of the ones before you." Naruto charged his sword in tow and eyes half concealed as if he wasn't even trying. Kiba dodged two strikes as he made a slash at Naruto's extended arm, only to hit air as a fist smashed into his face. More strikes smashed into Kibas body as he fell into a heap. He struggled up, he was still weak in comparison to them, and everyone had become better than him, even the dead last.
He fought to his knees as he got up off his face; he made eye contact with Naruto to see the three coma marks surrounded by those cursed red irises. He grimaced as he remembered mocking the boy as a child and completely ignoring him when they first met. In situations like these it was simple to remember all the wrong that you did and notice that you never did good to the person that's about to kill you. He felt someone grip his neck, feeling his knees come off the ground as Naruto hoisted the man into the air, "You are weak, do you not fight for them, and do you not fight for their honor." Naruto's eyes gleamed with a cold hate, "You cower in the wake of death, and if I had given you a chance to run you would take it." "Running like the dog you are with you tail between your legs while the people you called companions, friends, family fight valiantly and die trying to save the ones they care about." He dropped the man to the ground, "You're a disappointment….. Dog Breathe" Kiba felt the ground as he began to lose consciousness, darkness was coming fast, it was over.
Naruto felt a burst of chakra coming from behind him, as he turned around to investigate what he saw shocked him completely. Kiba was surrounded by chakra; his head held low hair in his face form the blood, eyes glowing a brilliant red. "Fukumaden (Abode of Demons)" Kiba charged in at high speeds sending waves of slashes, his eyes set on one thing, killing Naruto. Naruto was blocking claws, dodging swings, and receiving a few blows, and began to fight back when Kiba clawed him in the side. His blood seeping through the cloak he stared at Kiba long and hard. Naruto charged, sending waves of strikes and combinations of kicks. Each hit doing damage to the beastified Kiba. Kiba's bloody eyes set on Naruto's. They clashed as they charged, kunai meeting claws, they began to trade blows quickly, and Naruto took a swipe to the shoulder as Kiba was hit in the temple. Kiba got up in a rush and attacked the unprepared Naruto. Naruto took several swipes to the body from the unstable Kiba till he finally fled by jumping over a kick. Naruto sent a foot to Kiba's face only to hit air as Kiba ducked, Naruto using his downward momentum flipped delivering a drop kick to Kiba's head.
Kiba recoiled getting into a four limbed stance, on his hands and legs he charged. The speed was exhilarating, but this was not Lee. Naruto easily dodged a swipe and kicked Kiba in his exposed chest. The man growled as the leg connected resulting in a sharp cracking sound; a rib or two broke from the hit. Kiba grimaced as the blood began to escape the punctured wound. Kiba stood, pushing the rib that stuck out back in place, "I respect you for that Kiba." Naruto looked at him, "A true man can take pain, but I will show you true pain." Kiba stared horrified as Naruto's eyes transformed to that of the Mangekyo, and within seconds the world around him became red and black. Kiba found himself tied to a brick bed, the bed hovering a few feet off the ground, he faced the sky, the black clouds, and red moon hung high and mighty. His eyes were diverted by the sound of movement to the side of him. There stood Naruto black sword in hand, his face held no emotion, "As I said before Kiba, it is a respectable trait to be able to endure pain, but I do not think you will endure this seventy hour nightmare." He pulled up the sword to show Kiba its length, "This sword from the end of this hilt to the end of this steel is five feet four inches long, and that bed you lay on has slits meant for this blade to go through, so as a warning…." Naruto raised the sword in a stabbing motion, "It's going to hurt beyond recognition."
Naruto prodded the swords full length through Kiba's Kidney, but before Kiba could scream millions of Narutos appeared before millions of captured Kibas, all repeating the same action. Then Naruto began the real torture, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)" Several Narutos surround one Kiba and thrust there blades into the slits in the stone. Now there were billions of Narutos and only millions of Kibas, torture now was taken to a whole new level. Kiba's eyes were blood shot and his voice shrill from the screaming, as Naruto continued to jab his sword into his fragile body, Naruto examined the original Kiba as the rest of the Narutos continued to torture the man. "It's been a total of thirty-six hours, meaning this is only half way done Kiba." Narutos clones backed off, "But enough of this boring torture and on to the true torture" Narutos clones all gathered around the assorted Kibas, "First I will burn your body with a Katon Jutsu, then use a Suiton Jutsu to set the fire off, after that I will use a Raiton Jutsu to dry off the pesky water, then use a Doton to supplement for the painful electricity, and last but not least…." Naruto put on an evil grin, "I'll remove all that pesky dirt with some wind." So it began and the area known as the mind was filled with screams of millions of men. Naruto stayed true to his word, going through the same ritual numerous times fully feeling Kibas pained screams and laughing at the way Kiba would cry when Naruto stopped the routine to get ready and do it again.
Naruto backed off from the pummeled Kiba, dispelling his clones and feeling the full satisfaction of the torture from the billions of them. All the other Kibas disappeared and Kiba felt the most painful thing for him, all the gathered pain of the millions of him was now felt by the original, and the most blood chilling scream of pain was released from him, only ending after a good hour of screaming. "That was a full seventy-two hours of complete torture Kiba and you know what…" Naruto began to walk off from the barely breathing Kiba, "It was only a second out there in the real world Kiba." The world of black, red, and white began to disappear as Kiba appeared on his face first in the dirt barely breathing. His mind was shattered right now, he couldn't think… He lost and it was that simple. He was no match for Naruto Uzumaki, no he was no were near that level and he had proof. A full seventy-two hours of it. "Kiba I will end this now, I don't think you want to live after that experience, but don't feel bad not many do." As his sword was about to sever Kiba's head Kiba spoke, "I will haunt you in the afterlife Naruto." Naruto stopped his sword, "It seems you can still talk after that… What a man you were Kiba."And with that Kiba's head was separated from his unmoving body.
Hinata found herself watching the deaths of those that were closest to her, down went Kiba from a sword to the heart, Ten-Ten from a kunai to the skull, Neji to a strike on his heart, Lee from a bone crushing kick to the ribs, Shino being burnt alive, Sakura from a summoned fox, Ino had her limbs separated from her body, and Choji fell victim to a Raiton Jutsu. She was shedding tears as her frozen body didn't budge, she couldn't move seeing the love of her life killing all his friends, her heart was broken and she felt dead already. Naruto began his way towards her; she let out a whisper, "Why…" Tears fell faster and her voice grew louder, "Why…"Her hearts last pieces began to shatter, "WHY?" And with a violent battle cry she charged at Naruto flying through Jyuuken stances as she fought Naruto with everything she had left. A strike was landed to his arm and another soon found his left leg. Naruto was grimacing was Hinata began to speed up in her attacks; her teary eyes were hardened with a look that could kill. Naruto found that unlike Neji's Jyuuken strikes Hinata's caused serious damage to his Tenketsu and therefore it took much more time for that damn fox to heal them. Naruto began to fight using his own style to intercept the blows that were coming with increased speed. He landed a soft punch to Hinata's chest and soon found that it was a grave mistake as Hinata hit him dead on with a Jyuuken strike to his liver. He fell back in pain while clutching his stomach area.
"Why Naruto?" Hinata's voice was broken, "Why would you betray me like this?" She let out a few low whimpers, "I loved, but now I must kill you." She steeled her resolve and was going to Jyuuken him in the heart till she felt him grab her extended arm, "Hinata-san…." Naruto drew a grin, "You can't kill me." He threw her over his body and she flew towards a tree, she twisted midair and kicked off the tree flying back at Naruto at high speeds. He caught the incoming foot with ease but was not prepared for the other foot as it slammed into his face full force. He stumbled back and steadied himself into a position that left little to no openings. He smirked at Hinata, "I once heard you say that you were weak, but Hinata you are damn strong." He flew at her with speeds that her now activated Byakugan barely saw. She saw him about to punch so blocked that area, but his speed was too great so she did what she had to do "Kaiten!" Naruto flew back with great force as the deadly dome hit him with great speeds. He got up wiping some blood from his mouth; he glared at the now receding dome. Hinata got into a stance and began to fly through hand seals, "Togiretogire Ayame (Broken Iris)" Not a moment later a green substance began to emerge from below Hinata, using her stance she used movements to guided the substance causing it to flow with the grace of a river. Within a few movements it took the shape of a flower. Naruto, not one to underestimate an opponent did not allow her to continue as he charged in attempting to disable her graceful movements, but he could not get in as he was intercepted by the green substance.
His fist collided with the substance and found that it was extremely gooey, he could not pull his hand free till he used a chakra enhanced pull. The substance flew back towards Hinata flowing around her like a shield, she began to fly through hand seals, "Dansuihasu (Dance of the Lotus)" The substance began to charge at Naruto, going through the ground staying in the air, and even by sliding on the floor. There was no were the substance couldn't go and he saw the brilliance of the Jutsu. He began to dodge the substance noticing that it was changing colors; instead of the green it once was it was now becoming a blood red. He dodged another strike and felt something burning. He jumped away from the onslaught and saw a bit of the red substance on his cloak, the substance was burning through it. With amazing speed the cloak came off and Naruto decided that he would stay away from the acidic substance. He jumped away from another series of strikes from the substance, "Hyoton: Hyouden(Field of Eternal Snow)" From the air emerged snow freezing over the substance at a quick pace, Hinata saw what the snow was doing and changed her plans to overturn this Jutsu, "Nenshou Tanpopo (Burning Dandelion)" The frozen substance began to melt as the color changed from blood red to a brilliant red, Naruto saw this and was impressed, "Hinata-San these Jutsus you have are amazing." He was dodging the burning substance as he neared Hinata, "But I think I have it figured out." He charged as fast as he could, falling through the substance hitting Hinata head on making her lose her movements. The red substance evaporated as Hinata and Naruto broke apart, they got into separate stances and prepared for the fight to come.
Naruto charged as Hinata began her graceful dance, it was amazing as Naruto tried to hit water materialized blocking his movements; this was not the Jyuuken for sure. He began to speed up as he evaded a newly formed shield of water, as he was about to make contact with Hinata more water came into place blocking his strike. Naruto was becoming frustrated trying to remember where he had heard of this. As he flew through strikes it came to him, Nidaime Hokage his great grandfather utilized this style and for Hinata to use it with such accuracy was amazing, it was a feat that he could barely use, but he did have his own style. Naruto jumped away from Hinata and began to go through his own stances, wood began to emerge and charge at Hinata breaking through her shields of water. 'Mokuton? But only the Shodaime was able to utilize it…' Hinata began to evade as Naruto continued his graceful movements, "This was the reason the Shodaime became Hokage first Hinata, because his wood beat his brother's water." Hinata began to gather a great amount of water from the molecules around her, "Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Type - Water Dragon Blast Skill)" The dragon flew at Naruto at high speeds, 'No hand seals impressive, but I can do that too Hinata-Chan' "Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Type - Water Dragon Blast Skill)" Hinata was astounded, it seemed that Naruto was just as good as her when it came to water Jutsus. The two dragons collided; they began to coil around each other until they bit into the necks of the other water dragon. The two broke into nothing as Hinata and Naruto took new stances.
Naruto began to gather chakra to the area around him, causing various plants and trees to come forth around him. Hinata did the same causing all the water molecules in the air to gather around her, the mist that it caused began to thicken. Hinata smirked; she fought well in the mist because of her Byakuugan and Naruto could not. She charged through the mist at a fast pace making no noise as to not give away her position. She saw Naruto surrounded by trees and went in, dodging incoming pieces of wood and things like that. Naruto turned to where Hinata was coming from, from the moment she stepped on the area around his trees he knew where she was, nature told him so. He dodged the incoming blast of water and threw various pieces of wood, none of which hit Hinata. She flew in towards Naruto again, but hit air as he dodged to the left. She began to jump from tree to tree as the roots began to attack her. Naruto was too busy dodging bursts of water to make sure the roots killed her, and Hinata too busy dodging to see exactly what her bursts of water were hitting. Naruto barely dodged a blast in time to see Hinata dodge another root and fall towards him. He dodged to the right and didn't see the Jyuuken strike coming for him. A searing pain coursed through his lung as the strike hit him dead on. He called a root to take Hinata's foot; Hinata fell to her knees as Naruto did. "It seems that you are Cough quite strong Hinata-San…" Naruto began to heal himself as he arose shakily, he kept his eye on the still downed Hinata, "But it seems thatCough you have run low on chakra." Hinata began to eye him, now seeing that he was healing his lung, she began to arise to continue the fight.
As they both stood apart from each other they looked into one another's eyes, "Why did you do it Naruto?" Naruto smiled, "It is only a dream Hinata-San." Before she could catch what he meant Naruto was in her face, and they began the battle once again. Naruto struck her in the face with a risen foot, she stumbled trying to regain her balance, but Naruto would not hear of it as he continued to assault her with accuracy. Soon one hit became thirty and Hinata lay on the ground, blood dripping from her mouth, cuts adorned her pale skin, and she was too tired to fight still. "I should end you right here Hinata-San, but I think you still have the strength to continue..." Hinata looked into his cerulean eyes and began to arise.
"Naruto-Kun..." Hinata eyed him as she began to stand, "My next Jutsu will kill you."
"Maybe..." Naruto smiled at her, "But mine will also kill you."
They stood ten feet from each other as they began to call out the name of their next Jutsus. "Kaika Yuugao (Blooming Moonflower)" "Kaikinisshoku (Total Solar Eclipse)" At the end of each Jutsu two silver lights escaped the user's body, and in a mix of beauty and horror the Jutsus collided. The Jutsus were amazing as they collided, the silver liquid from the moonflower and the silver dragon from the total eclipse met in the center of the two battling for dominance. They pushed each other with force that could be heard from a mile away, but in the end the liquid was crushed by the dragon. The dragon continued its path towards the exhausted Hinata, she could not move, she would let the beautiful creature end her. As the dragon was about to hit her she swore she could hear her friends telling her to move, but she didn't have the energy. With one last attempt she rose a wall of water to cover her. The dragon was not stopped as it tore through hitting her with ferocious force.
The dragon disappeared leaving a bleeding and pulverized Hinata on the ground, she gave it her all, and it was the end of her. Naruto walked to her defeated body, dropping to his knees to examine her, "You fought beautifully Hinata, but as I told you earlier you would die after that jutsu." He smiled at the barely breathing Hinata as she stared at him through dying eyes, "And I'm not one to go against my nindo." Hinata smiled at the memories that that one sentence brought, the battle between prodigy and dead last, the battle between Gaara, they were all there to witness it, but in the end memories were memories. Naruto arose, "Goodbye Hinata." Naruto motioned for his sword, unsheathing its full length as he prepared to end Hinata. He brought his sword to his right hand, holding it firmly as he brought the blade high, with a quick and painless sweep.
Hinata was dead…
They were overtaken by light, as they looked into the center of the circle. There stood Naruto in all of his glory, they all looked at him in disdain they would kill him, "Before you think of attacking know what just happened and that you aren't dead." Shino was speaking, "This was a test from Naruto-Kun that would allow him to see exactly where you each stand in power." Naruto began to talk, "I am impressed you know, never did I think that all of you would become so strong, especially fuzzy brows and Hinata-Chan." Everyone was confused, but the first to speak was Kiba, "So all that hell you put me through was a test?" Naruto smiled, "Hehehe…. Well yeah, it was a very high Genjutsu I created through my Sharingan to reach into each of your minds to see your true powers and input myself to fight you in your mind." Naruto turned away, "So in reality, what happened in there is what would have happened out here in a real battle."
"That's harsh man.." Kiba was staring at Naruto in awe, "You beat me so fast it wasn't funny and that torture was damn amazing."
"Tsukyomi is another high Genjutsu made by my Mangekyo Sharingan and is indeed hell Kiba." He smiled at him, "When you were even able to talk after such a jutsu I was proud of you."
"YOSH!!" Lee arose with tears in his eyes, "Naruto-Kun our flames of youth burn so bright as we tied in our great match…" Everyone's eyes caught Naruto.
Neji spoke, "Tie?" He looked in awe, "You drew a tie with Naruto?"
"Damn right he did!" Naruto drew Lee with an arm over the shoulder, "It was the most amazing fight of my life."
"How come I didn't fight you?" Naruto turned to Ino, "Because your mind didn't allow me in, it fought me out before I could fight you."
"And what about me Naruto?" He turned to Sakura, "Your just weird, that other
Sakura in your head kicked me out so fast it wasn't even funny."
They all began to laugh, "It's good to know that you haven't changed one bit Naruto-Kun." Naruto turned to Choji, "Choji… How come I didn't fight you???"
Choji laughed, "Because while everyone was paying attention to you I was eating I guess." Naruto laughed, "Wow so you can avoid my Genjutsu…"
"Yeah it seems that Naruto hasn't changed one bit.." Naruto turned to see Neji smirking, "Actually I haven't laughed this much since…" Naruto turned away, "Since Kisame died."
"Naruto… When the hell did you get the Sharingan?" Naruto looked into the eyes of Kiba, "My mother was an Uchiha."
"Naruto-Kun?" Everyone turned to a grinning Hinata, "Those Mokuton Jutsus you used what about them?" Naruto smiled at her, "Well my mother was the daughter of the Shodaime…" Naruto smiled at the remaining Konoha twelve, "I am proud of all of you, you fought well and with good tactics, but you need improvement, even you Fuzzy brows." Naruto face Lee, "Even though we tied remember I did not use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, preferring a fair match, but others won't be like me."
"Naruto-Kun…" Lee tried to force a smile, "I was born with a disability that does not allow me to use chakra, my chakra coils are too thin and crumpled to work, so it is the reason why I can't use any of those things."
"Lee, be thankful my friend…" Naruto smiled, "Back then I heard about how you couldn't do these things and set out to find a cure…" Naruto sat down, "It came to me when I began to study medical jutsus in my time away…" He stared into Lee's eyes, "And I found it."
Lee was astounded by the news, no one had found the cure, the treatment, not even Tsunade herself… "But that is for later Lee, for I have matters that are in my top priorities right now." Naruto began to circle the group, "This group right here guys, is Konoha's last hope." Naruto stared at them all, "You all are more than likely wondering why I left, where I went, why I came back…." Naruto looked into each of their eyes, "I will tell you the story of my life after Konoha…" And so the tale began, of Naruto's beginnings to his last day in Konoha, to how he left to join Akatsuki…
Now we find ourselves in a different part of the story, a part we have not heard of.
Akatsuki Base
1 Year Before Return to Konoha
"You can't be serious Madara; we can't just join up with Iwa, Kumo, Ame, and Kiri." Naruto was fuming as the self proclaimed leader of Akatsuki told Naruto of his plans for the invasion of Konoha and Suna. "Naruto you need to understand, we need the ichibi as soon as possible, so far we only have six of the nine sealed in the statue…"
"You know Madara I thought you were through with this foolish journey to conquer the earth with these damned beasts, you won't be able to control them with even the Mangekyou." Uchiha Madara stared into Naruto's eyes, "Madara just stop my friend, journey further into this hell and you will lose your life to a beast." Madara laughed as he lay back, "A beast slay me, my dear Naruto-Kun I have been around for over a hundred years, my Mangekyou is truly developed, but as you say I might not be able to control the beasts, buts it's a chance I have to take."
"Think about it friend, if you are able to tame these beasts what makes you think that the rest of our men will agree hole heartedly." Naruto stared hard into the mans onyx eyes, "What if Iwa and the rest of them decide you are insane and betray us during battle, you forget that the rest of these demons are not Kyuubi and therefore can be stopped from sheer numbers." Madara turned away, "As true as it is Naruto-Kun I have to try, if I die trying I want you to put the demons back in the statue, I only trust you my friend, if anything it is my dying wish." Naruto sighed as he arose, "How much time before this war my friend?" Madara stared hard at Naruto, "We have roughly three and a half years before the rest of them are ready." Naruto nodded and walked away.
Diary of Uchiha Madara
1 month before the release of the 6 Demons
I fear that Naruto is right, I have been studying the Mangekyou and the demons to their full extent and I have yet to reach my goal. As Naruto has been putting it plainly my Sharingan cannot cope with the strength of several demons at one time, only one with a demon sealed inside them would most likely be able to hold the beasts at bay, and at most give them a few orders. I have asked Naruto repeatedly to try it, but he refuses saying he will take no part in it but the ritual to support me. I have yet to tell the others in fear that they will abandon me. I can not allow myself to fell at what I've come so close to obtaining, fearful powers, hell even. But I must discuss that later as it seems that I have another issue, the ichibi and nibi are both still on the loose and I know for sure that we cannot capture them at once… Im hard pressed right now, to not go off screaming clutching my head. So yes I must unseal the beasts with frightening strength, and I can do that, but I'm not too sure if I can sustain it.
Uchiha Madara
Diary of Uchiha Madara
Day of unsealing
I am ready to move on with my plan without the vessels of the ichibi and nibi, this may be my very last word, but I want the reader of this to understand, I do fear what I am about to do, but I also believe that if I fail that Naruto will be able to contain this immense evil and fix my wrongs. Its hard to say but I know that this is wrong, but what can I do but follow my curiosity? I want the reader of this to know that Naruto Namikaze will become the greatest ninja of his time, I am glad that I allowed him to come into the care of my organization all those years ago, it was a pleasure watching and even helping the training of the boy. I am damn proud of him and I hope that he knows it. But back to business, the unsealing is going to be taxing on me, and I may not be able to continue after I'm done, if I am unable to then Naruto will seal the monsters up and I will most likely die. This unsealing will be foolish of me, but I must do what I must do, with the war only two and a half years away I must train myself in the use of the demons known as Bijou.
Uchiha Madara
Konoha Present Time
"Madara failed that day, and on that day I learned that power was not a value to go for." Naruto turned away from the group, "But away from that matter, as you have heard from me Iwa, Kumo, Ame, and Kiri will start the new Shinobi war within this two and a half span. So of course I have returned only because I feel that Konoha needs help, I'm not sure yet, but I have heard that sound may join the battle with a new Kage and all…"
The others grimaced at the end of the news, most were at tears from the story of Naruto's sick beginnings, and others had grown an immense respect, "But listen to me now… Before this two and a half years is done and over with I do plan on becoming Hokage, no matter what they say about it." The serious aura that once for took the group was gone and was replaced by joy and laughter. "You know what?" Shino was smiling behind his cloak, "You are more than fit for the job my friend." Naruto smiled as the group got up and made their ways to their homes…
Today's moral for them….
Power leads to temptation, and temptation leads to Evil. Uchiha Madara (Unknown Journal Entry)
So how was it? Were the fighting scenes ok or were they crap? The reason Shino wasn't put in was because he knew of Naruto's plan already and decided to tell Naruto exactly where he stood in terms of strength. The one fight I think I sucked at was the Kiba scene, I was just too bore to even come up with good Jutsus for him or Naruto, so I ended it soon. It was a huge roadblock in this chapter… I HATE KIBA
So this took quite a long time Blames Kiba fight Scene But review please, I think the chapter was fairly good.
Till next chapter Hypno is out.
Chapter 5
A new life in Konoha
Itachi dodged a sword as it slice through the cloak that adorned his body. This man was definitely skilled, a worthy opponent, but he would have to do better than this to defeat him.
Itachi blocked the strike with a strike from his own blade, but fell trap to the feint and soon found himself in one great predicament.
Naruto watched the gruesome scene unravel, his eyes slightly hidden, he did not wear his grin, he did not smile, this was not some laughing matter. The sword was through the mans heart as he fell victim to that one feint, such a simple mistake missed by the almighty Uchiha… What a fool.
"Itachii!!!!!!!!!!" Naruto's pained scream was heared by all as Itachi fell to his knees in pain, "Goodbye!"