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That's right people Shamrock Sage here comin at you with another update for Drink Away Your Sorrows

Now I know you've all been waiting for a new update and luckily I being a merciful lord… obliged. And as an added little bonus for the LONG wait this will be my longest chapter to date! With all the violent, vehement goodness your little minds can handle.

But before we begin…

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GOMEN for the long wait I've had more than my fair share of personal issues in the past few months.

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Drink Away Your Sorrows

Chapter 7: Bring The Rain

-Flashback-

"Fuck No point holding back now if I don't use it this thing is going to tear me to pieces." Naruto muttered as he refastened his claymore unto his back. "Hhhhn, I would have preferred to not have shown this tonight but desperate times call for desperate measures." "You should feel honored; aside from me nobody has witnessed my second Zanpakuto release, even if it is for only a moment…"

Naruto closed his eyes and his right-gloved hand tightly gripped the hilt of his nodachi zanpakuto and with a low musical Humm he drew the elegant black nodachi from its sheath. A thick cloak of black and purple Reiatsu enveloped his entire body in wildly fluctuating energy. The edge of his zanpakuto also began to glow with a dark purple aura as the air around Naruto began to pulsate. Then Naruto's spiritual pressure went through the roof as the black/Purple energy around him reached its apex. Naruto slowly opened his eyes to reveal his now purple irises.

-Flashback End-

Naruto steadily raised his zanpakuto with one hand and held it directly at his target, and recited his zanpakuto's release phrase in an eerily calm voice "Now Intoxicate…"

A dark purple glow illuminated the abandoned town as a gigantic mass of spiritual pressure dispersed over the city. For a few brief moments the eerie mist hung over the city shrouding it in a heavy cloak of energy until suddenly the dark purple mist began to influx back to its source.

A Dark purple mist enveloped Naruto's erect figure as his body became but a shadow amongst a swirling mass of energy. The wildly swirling mass of power continued to shroud Naruto's figure for a few more seconds until at last it had dispersed enough for the unaided eye to see through.

There still briefly shrouded by the mysterious mist was Naruto but, with some very obvious changes. For starters his hair now had purple highlights mixed in with his normal red and blond. His eyes remained the same exotic purple color that shone fiercely in the moonlight. Naruto still wore his regular black trench coat outfit except the lions' head over his heart was replaced with a steel Uzugakure spiral pattern and his shoulders and gloves were now covered with dark gray steel plates and engraved into the right shoulder plate the kanji for sake was engraved into the metal. His skin was still the same tanned shade but now dim luminescent veins of blue energy radiated through his skin. His eyes shone with an indescribable presence as if you were looking into the eyes of a Kami themselves.

Naruto's black nodachi disappeared after his release and was replaced with a long elegant mahogany sword hilt held together by three metal fastenings. At end of the handle there was a finger-sized metal ring imbedded into the wood. On the bladed end of the hilt engraved in the wood was the kanji for sake that shone with same divine blue glow that Naruto exuded. There was no tsuba (sword guard) on the handleinsteadin its place was a thin trident like extension with long hooked barbs that extended for about eight inches from the hilt.

With a casual wave of his unarmed hand the reminder of the mist vanished into the nighttime air. Naruto began spinning the un-bladed hilt at his side by his right index finger through the ring in the hilt. A look of calm indifference plastered on his face, his purple eyes shining with an aura of supremacy and raw power. The luminescent energy flowing within Naruto's body began to coagulate into his hilt-wielding arm until the mysterious energy seeped into the hilt in his hand. Naruto drew in few deep-relaxing breaths and ceased the spinning hilt brandishing it in a tightly grasped reverse grip.

"Totsuka-no-Tsurugi,"

A high-pitched musical note filled the air as two faint white lines extended from the barbed tips of the trident head forming the outline of a straight double-edged blade. As soon as the outline emerged to its full length of 2 meters the downward edge of the blade became more defined as a pale white cutting edge while the remainder of the blade was pitch black and the opposite edge formed into a serrated saw like blade and out of the saw-teeth were ejected small plumes of black flames…

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Naruto said in a deathly cold voice, "You know how Gods are… they always have to put on a show." A loud screech from the Gillian was the only response Naruto got from the wretched creature its putrid breath desiccating the air with the aroma of rotting corpses.

A bright red mass of energy began to gather over the Gillian's mouth as I began to charge one of its Ceros aiming to finish Naruto quickly and enjoy a venerable buffet of reiatsu after. When it Cero was charged to it's maximum capacity the Gillian fired it towards the blond shinigami.

Performing a quick shunpo Naruto avoided the Gillian's Cero but only just as was extenuated by the new burn marks on his arms. 'This thing's faster than I anticipated.' Naruto thought silently to himself, 'Thank Kami my Uzumagan can manifest itself when I use Totsuka; otherwise I doubt I would have been able to dodge that.'

The massive creature let out another ear-piercing roar as it began to charge yet another Cero. Naruto gave an annoyed groan and a rather large red tick mark appeared behind his head, 'is that all this thing can do?'

In a bright red explosion of malicious energy The Cero obliterated the ground, which Naruto stood upon along with a good portion of the abandoned city block. Naruto was face down in the small crater created moments ago by the massive hollow. Massive Third degree burns covered his entire body and steam seeped from out of every orifice on the boy's body as he was literally boiled in his own blood. His clothes were still there… but the remnants of cloth were unrecognizable from his now charred skin.

The Gillian let out a mighty roar of triumph as it stood over the newest victim of the creature's insatiable hunger.

"I'm going to assume those were your last words…"

In a brilliant golden flash Naruto appeared right above the grotesque creatures mask, His zanpakuto's white blade glinting in the moon light. His bodies outline shining eerily, illuminated by the black flames that radiated from his zanpakuto. He hung there in the air for a few brief moments until finally gravity took control and dragged his back to earth. Naruto arched his body downward into a steep nose-dive his right arm outstretched zanpakuto heading straight toward the massive hollow.

The Gillian let out a final feral roar as the enflamed blade cleaved its massive form in two. With a massive thud the gigantic creature toppled forward, the halved carcass landing on Naruto's left and right.

Totsuka's blade receded into the hilt as Naruto began to spin the hilt on his finger again and he let out a relieved sigh, 'I may have over-done that a little but, you can never be too careful. Still using Totsuka in this place is sure to draw some more unwanted attention…'

He stopped mid-thought when his enhanced eyesight caught wind of some of the jackal-like hollows from in the warehouse a quarter of a mile down the long stretch of pavement. He momentarily sped up the rotation of his zanpakuto then with an agile flick of wrist a dark streak rocketed down the fairway until it skewered itself through the mandible of an unfortunate hollow, impaling itself all the way through the unfortunate hollow until the damned soul burst into black flames that ate away at the hollow until it shriveled back into nonexistence, engulfed completely by the divine black flames exhumed by the zanpakuto leaving no trace of its existence. In a bright golden flash Naruto seized hold of his zanpakuto before it fell to the ground.

Then before any of the foul creatures could so much as twitch they all found themselves impaled by bolts of white lightning that shot out of the blond shinigami's fingers.

"Tch too easy," Naruto mocked in a calm yet unsettlingly sadistic tone as the slaughtered hallows began to dissipate back into to the shadows from whence they came. In their stead more then thirty different hollow appeared in the alleyways at his side.

'Fuck these things are like a damn Hydra the more you kill the more take their place. In any case I've been wanting to use this zanpakuto in combat for a while now so the more the merrier.' Naruto thought as more and more of the foul creatures appeared out of the darkness that surrounded him.

With little effort Naruto again began to rotate the Totsuka at his side and above his head spinning it daintily back forth between his two gloved hands. A sadistic smile spread across his face as the ever-increasing army of hollows zoned in on him, "Let's begin shall we." Naruto mocked as the he disappeared in a bright golden flash.

Reappearing a few feet away from a large group of hollows. He then proceeded to lance all the hollows in quick succession using mainly utilizing Totsuka as an wickedly effective throwing dart by rotating the blade either above his head or at his side and then releasing it from its rotation at precisely the right moment to impale the hollows. Followed up by a quick shunpo to retrieve the blade from the hollows burnt carcass. (Think of the way Killer Bee uses his swords it's very similar to Naruto's style but with only one sword.)

Every once and a while one of the hollows wised up to his combat strategy and with some of it's fellow hollows charged Naruto head-on.

While this tactic prevented Naruto from using his Totsuka as a projectile it did little to protect them from the blade's onslaught seeing as first and fore most it was a melee weapon. Combine that with Naruto's un-really deadly hakuda and taijutsu

Serenely gazing around the abandoned warehouse district as countless hallows lurked out of the shadows and towards the young blonde shinigami. Naruto quickly perused the hollows present seeing that they were your boring garden-variety hollows equipped in their various and grotesque forms. Gently over the decrepit factories and warehouses emerged a long vibrant string of daylight basking the ruined district in its warm glow.

'Already morning huh,' Naruto silently noted to himself as he watched a blood red sun emerge from behind a broken down factory. 'Guess the Soul Society is going to extract us from here any minute now… Ya know it'd be a shame not to go out with a bang. After all if your gunna release your zanpakuto you might as well use it to its maximum capacity.'

With a powerful leap into the air Naruto catapulted himself high above the desecrated literal ghost town. Held up by some unseen force Naruto presided high aloft the abandoned city. Once again Naruto's eyes shone brilliantly with a dense almost divine energy as he began to swirl Totsuka rapidly over his head; darkening the skies above his head with a dark cloud of the black flames created by his zanpakuto. The flames danced brilliantly in the morning sky basking the region in a pale purple light as it struggled against the morning sun, skirmishing over whose light would illuminate the landscape.

As the cloud above the city blanketed the heavens themselves in their awning. Naruto ceased the rotation of his zanpakuto slowly bringing it down to waist level and pointing it directly at the gigantic mass of writhing hollows beneath his feet…

Loud cries of deep lamentation came forth from the macabre horde as loud claps of thunder began to ripple one after the next through the heavens. The damned souls of Hueco Mundo could only shout unto the heavens as bright bolts of purple lightning began to arc within the clouds.

The world stood still for a few brief moments as great bolts of purple lightning crackled through the air flooding the area in a blinding flash of purple of light. All that could be seen through the flash was a lone black figure hanging high in the air above the city looking every bit the Kami that granted him this awesome power in the first place. "Dionysus!" Naruto screamed out with in a thunderous voice as the lightning dissipated behind him.

At his command the dark clouds above him condensated into an innumerable hoard of deep purple raindrops glistening radiantly in the morning sunlight. Naruto wound up his right arm and with a mighty heave thrust Totsuka hurtling down towards earth and with it went with the myriad of individual raindrops creating brilliant streaks of purple in the now cloudless dawn sky. In a dazzling golden flash Naruto slammed unto the ground in a kneeling position supported by his right hand creating a spider web pattern on the pavement at the epicenter of the amassed hollows. His head hung low the fatigue evident on his face as his golden hair flowing softly in the morning breeze. Seconds later Totsuka came crashing down to earth and along with it the divine rain that slaughtered the hoards of hollows passing unrestricted through their misshapen flesh like millions of tiny blades raining down from the heavens smiting all that dared to stand against them.

A pair of condescending purple orbs gazed unflinchingly at the beasts as thousands upon thousands of the poor unfortunate souls were smitten by the cleansing downpour of acidic blades. A few long moments of unparalleled slaughter followed as the mighty hoard of creatures were impaled by rain as they screamed together in their universal emotion of pain. In an instant the world was shrouded in darkness as the thousands of hollows disappeared in thick wisps of black smoke.

Out of the darkness a bright white permeated through the shadows as an elegant set of Tatami sliding doors manifested themselves in mid-air. With a loud click the doors unclasped as the Senkaimon opened itself amid the darkness. Out of the gate stepped the Squad 5 Captain: Sosuke Aizen and Squad 3 Captain: Gin Ichimaru emerged from the Dangai.

"Wheeew," Ichimaru vocalized with a low whistle, "What the hell happened here?" He queried in a slightly impressed tone as he perused the land blotted out by mysterious black miasma with his seemingly closed eyes.

Aizen retained the same blank expression that betrayed none of his inner emotions as he gazed intently at something shrouded by the smoke. "Hmmmm, it seems a large number of hollows were eliminated moments ago."

Ichimaru turned to face his associate, "Oh? And how can you be certain of that?

"The residual spiritual pressure inside this miasma is unique to when a hollow is destroyed and typically dissipates after only a few moments. But to see it in such at a massive scale… I've only witnessed such a massacre one before at the behest of Captain Kuchiki's Shikai." He said in the same even monotone voice that he always spoke with.

"Oh then we may just have a potential threat on our hands don't we Aizen-sama." Ichimaru whispered humorlessly to his master. The smoke around them began to evaporate into thin air and the figure that Aizen was gazing at became clearer and clearer as the smoke faded away. Seeing that their cover was now compromised Aizen just have his associate a simple nod of agreement as

When the smoke finally dissipated they saw a relaxed looking young man clothed in only the bottom portion of a black leather trench coat his upper body was exposed adorned with acidic burns trickling down his chest in tiny rivulet patterns. The upper torso of his trench coat was torn to shreds, save for a single thick brown leather strap, which secured a long claymore zanpakuto to his back. His writhing muscles gleamed with sweat in the morning light as his red highlighted golden hair flowed gracefully in the wind. Stabbed into the ground next to him was an elegant black nodachi zanpakuto and on top of its hilt rested the blond shinigami's right hand, or at least what was left of his right hand. His right hand appeared to have gotten the worst of his injuries; in addition to the acidic burns that littered the rest of his body his right hand had several major lacerations, of an unknown origin, that seemed to have severed the tendons in his wrist leaving his fingers useless.

Giving a brief look behind himself Naruto noticed the two captains behind him that appeared to be sizing him up. Naruto turned to face the captains with a contagious smile spread across his lips, "What took you guys so long?" he asked in tone that practically leaked sarcasm.

A ghost of a smile appeared on both Captains faces as the stared at the blond shinigami before them, "We just wanted to see how well you could handle yourself Namikaze-san," Ichimaru said with his perpetually creepy smirk still plastered on his face.

"You mean you were late," Naruto deadpanned while a red tick mark appeared behind his head.

Naruto's stature slumped significantly as he fought desperately to stave off pain and exhaustion. In the end it was a losing battle that ended with a gradual descent to earth giving Naruto a face-full of cold dirt.

Both the Captains present sweat-dropped as they watched the blond shinigamis slow descent to earth do nothing to prevent it.

"Shit… do ya guys wanna help me up?" Naruto said in a monotone voice.

"Sooooo do we have to help him up?" Ichimaru deadpanned as he gave Aizen a sideways glance. Aizen let out an amused chuckle, "Hmmmm maybe he doesn't want to leave."

The red tick mark manifested itself once more behind Naruto's head, "Nooo, I wanna to leave…" He said in a very apathetic tone.

"My, my he doesn't sound very convincing does he Aizen-sama?" Ichimaru said in a mocking voice.

Finding what little strength he still had within himself Naruto slid his head sideways so that he could look at the pair of captains, "What do you want me to do beg?"

"Exactly, You gotta beg like a dog or we won't do it." Ichimaru chided in a degradingly singsong voice.

The tick mark behind Naruto's head seemed to grow bigger and bigger the longer he was around this man, "with all due respect captain your among creepiest men I've ever known…"

Ichimaru slowly licked his lips, "You should see me when I'm in a good mood."

Naruto once warm expression had now completely faded and was replaced with one of cold distaste "I'm sure you're a ton of fun at parties too…"

Ichimaru's creepy smile widened substantially as an evil gleam began to shine in his eyes, "You have no idea."

"Now, now Ichimaru there's no need to toy with the new recruit besides he seems… " Aizen's eyes gazed intently at Naruto, his cool brown eyes delving into the depths of his very soul, "interesting."

Naruto's returned his gaze with the same piercing gaze that had sized-up countless individuals far before the shinigami Captain, 'Something's wrong here these two are supposed to be equals. Why then would Captain Ichimaru obey an order given by Captain Aizen?" Naruto asked himself while the Captain adverted his eyes.

"So then Namikaze-san, You wouldn't happen to know where your teammates are? Would you?" Aizen asked nonchalantly scanning the decimated city for signs of life.

"Oh them… their right over… ummm, that is to say…" Naruto sputtered embarrassedly while still lying in the dirt.

"You lost them?" Aizen deadpanned turning to look down upon the exhausted shinigami.

Naruto, giving his best effort to lift his eyes so that he could return the gaze, "Lost is such an ugly word…"

Both Captains sweat dropped again as they shook their heads in disapproval, "And we had such high hopes for you." They chided in a mock-disappointed tone.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH," an ear-shattering scream pierced the trio's ears as a distant blob appeared on the horizon rapidly approaching their position. As the blotch got closer they saw that it was in fact a rather 'portly' man, in his midriff, with severe bright red burns covering the entirety of his body. With a speed unbecoming to his size Marechiyo ran past the three Shinigami in all his nude glory screaming bloody murder about his 'jewels' while his… *ahem flab jiggled to and fro.

But for your sake I digress.

Needless to say when the situation came to a close you had two Captains who now had some extensive mental scars, an almost deceased Marechiyo his injuries inflicted by the former, a very concerned Yomiko, and an unconscious Naruto having passed out before any mental or physical trauma could befall him…

- 2 weeks later-

As a result of his injuries Naruto had to be admitted to the Squad 4 barracks and had to be treated by Captain Unohana and Lieutenant Isane themselves just to get rid of the damn things. He could have been discharged from the barracks sooner but a certain tub of lard apparently took priority over him by virtue of his status. Also because his injuries were much more serious than Marechiyo's Captain Unohana and Isane could only heal his most serious of injuries.

This of course was nothing new to Naruto but it still pissed him off never the less and no doubt only served to heighten Marechiyo's mislaid sense of superiority. In the end though it turned out all right because he became pretty well acquainted with both Captain Unohana and her lovely Lieutenant Isane even despite the fact that they could do little to alleviate his injuries.

The graduation ceremony for the future shinigamis in the mean time had been postponed due in large part to the Omaeda clans' insistence that Marechiyo be valedictorian for the class.

Head Captain Yamamoto was against this of course but, Central 46 insisted that Marechiyo or Rukia become the valedictorian to, "set the standard," for the classes beneath them. Deciding that it was really not worth the fight Yamamoto complied with their demands.

-Shinigami Stadium-

The graduation ceremony was pretty simple the graduating class, led by the valedictorian would take their seats in the middle of the stadium and after Head Captain Yamamoto finished addressing the class the valedictorian traditionally chose one of his fellow classmates to fight him in front of the school to both give the captains an idea of the Valedictorian's strengths as well as to help establish their dominance over their peers.

Slowly, the graduating class entered the stadium with on glaring exception; Naruto who had only been released from the hospital yesterday fell to the floor hemorrhaging from the mouth not fifteen minutes before the ceremony. Taking their seats Head Captain arose from his seat on the stage to begin his speech with his fellow captains and Marechiyo seated behind him. When Head captain Yamamoto's very repetitive speech was finally finished nearly half of the student body including Captain Kyoraku had fallen asleep.

Head Captain turned his head and gave curt nod to Marechiyo who was seated directly behind the microphone, "And now my students it is time that I introduce this years' Valedictorian Mare…" Yamamoto stopped mid sentence as a shadowy figure slowly began to emerge from the tunnel leading into the stadium.

With a collective gasp the entire student body watched in awe as a heavily bandaged Naruto emerged from the tunnel. His entire upper torso and arms were wrapped in white gauze bandages while he wore his trade mark trench coat bottom along with a new steel cestus on his right hand and his zanpakutos fastened unto to his waist seeing as he couldn't fasten his claymore unto his back due to his injuries.

Naruto slowly and with an aura of supreme confidence strode into the center of the stadium and took his respective seat opposite to Rukia at the head of the class.

Opting to continue with the ceremony as normal Yamamoto continued with his introduction, "As I was saying, students let me present to you this years' Valedictorian Marechiyo Omeada!" a short round of cheers echoed throughout the stadium as the cookie monster himself rose from his 'throne' to address the crowd.

"My fellow shinigami, first I want to say what an honor it is to address you on this momentous occasion. Truly I am the most suitable Valedictorian for who better to represent this institution than a noble such as me Marechiyo Omeada. In recognition of this occasion I would first like to thank myself for with out me how could I have made it this far!" Marechiyo screeched into the microphone shattering the eardrums of several unfortunate students.

Several students' eyebrows began to twitch along with large sweat drops appearing behind all of the Captains' heads. A single universal thought seemed to encompass these select few minds, 'is this guy serious?'

Naruto merely scoffed at the very idea that this fat tub of shit still had the arrogance to address the entire academy not to mention all of the Captains in this manner, 'This guy is like Sasuke on acid… I'm starting to think humbling this son uv'a Bitch isn't physically possible.'

"Clearly I'm the greatest of my year because let's be honest none of these 'Mudbloods' (Oh yes, pun intended) can compare to my 'Pureblood' status! So as an example of my dominance and superiority over this class I will challenge my fellow student and 3rd rate peer Naruto Namikaze!" Marechiyo finished his speech to a thunderous applause and standing ovation as the Shinigami began to clear the stadium of chairs for Naruto and Marechiyo's match.

In a few minutes the stadium was devoid of all obstructions and both Marechiyo and Naruto stood facing each other in the middle of the massive stadium. With a quick shunpo Head Captain Yamamoto appeared between the two Shinigami.

"Now pay attention you two just like all matches between fellow Shinigami there will be no restrictions in regards to the battle so long as none of the onlookers are put in any unnecessary danger. That said, killing your opponent is NOT encouraged, this match will not only serve as an example to younger generations for years to come but also as a way for captains to make some final observations of your abilities and combat prowess so go all out." Yamamoto explained to the two shinigami as Marechiyo began to do victory dances and make vulgar gestures towards some of the freshmen ladies in the crowd while Naruto just watched in quiet amusement at the girls' terrified reactions to his gestures and how some who had lower standards shouted out their approval.

Yamamoto simply shot a rather large dose of killer intent Marechiyo's way stopping the man-child dead in his tracks. "If your finished Omeada, You may draw your zanpakutos' and await my signal.

In a surprisingly quick motion Marechiyo unsheathed his zanpakuto and crouched down into a low stance ready to attack at a moments notice. Naruto confidently stood straight up in a very relaxed position without drawing either of his zanpakutos. At this Yamamoto's eyes narrowed, "Naruto, you may draw your zanpakuto whenever you are ready unless of course you mean to forfeit the match."

At this prospect a wide grin appeared on Marechiyo's face, "You see everyone he's scared shitless at the very idea of fighting me!" Marechiyo screamed to the audience followed shortly by a massive shout of "Fight Him you coward!" and "Come on you pussy Fight already!" from the spectators.

Naruto just waited for the audiences roars to die down then turned his head sideways to face the Head Captain. "You may begin the match Head Captain," Naruto said in a carefully measured and calm voice that reverberated throughout the stadium.

Yamamoto looked at him with a shocked expression for a few seconds before responding, "As soon as you draw your zanpakuto the match will begin Namikaze-san," he reiterated for what seemed like the fifteenth time.

Naruto shifted his gaze from Yamamoto and stared at Marechiyo out of the corner of his eyes, " Head Captain there's no need for me to sully my blades upon such an unworthy opponent." Naruto responded in an icy tone.

The entire stadium grew silent as the tension down on the battlefield skyrocketed enough to make even the Captains sit on the edge of their seats.

Yamamoto gave a defeated sigh, "in that case you will begin on my signal."

Taking three big leaps back Yamamoto landed once more on the stage raised his hand into the air, "Duelists take your mark…3….2….1 HAJIME!"

Right when Yamamoto gave the signal to begin, Marechiyo was off like a shot charging head on at Naruto brandishing his blade in a clumsy style with his entire weight behind the thrust intent upon running the blond shinigami through. When Marechiyo was just inches from piercing Naruto through the heart Naruto simply batted away the strike with his cestus deflecting the blow and in the process throwing Marechiyo off balance allowing Naruto to simply side step his faltering figure and giving him ample time to deliver a swift backhand across Marechiyo's head sending him sprawling face first into the dust.

Not one to take that kind of humiliation face down Marechiyo preformed a deceptively quick shunpo in an attempt to catch Naruto off-guard then reappeared behind Naruto to deliver a fatal blow. Only to be met with an armored fist in the gut when he attempted yet again to run Naruto through. Sending him sprawling to the ground some ten yards away from Naruto and knocking the wind out of him in the process.

Naruto gave a lazy groan, "Too predictable, your going to have to be more creative than that to defeat me."

Struggling to recover from Naruto's last blow Marechiyo buckled down unto his knees but managed to prop himself up with his left arm as support.

Seeing an irresistible opportunity Naruto raised his right arm aiming his index finger at Marechiyo's left shoulder. Naruto's reiatsu began to gather in his fingertip until it became so concentrated it was a visible pale blue sheen. "Hado: 4 Byakurai" Naruto recited in a calm voice as the kido spell was released from his finger resulting in a pale blue beam of lightning spanning the gap between the two opponents and promptly impaling the already haggard 'noble' shattering his left shoulder blade.

Marechiyo let out a loud roar of pain as he felt himself being impaled by the kido spell, which not only leaving his left arm crippled but also leaving him temporarily paralyzed due to the electrical reiatsu that now pulsated through his nerves.

Capitalizing on his opposition's temporary paralysis Naruto once again raised his right arm and clasped unto it with his left to provide additional support for his next attack. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!" Naruto chanted quickly while a red condensed ball of reiatsu gathered in his palm stabilizing itself as he finished his kido incantation. Naruto aimed carefully for Marechiyo's center mass, which really wasn't that difficult, making sure his strike wouldn't end their little 'spar' too quickly, "Hado: 31 Shakkaho."

The cannonball shot out from Naruto's palm with tremendous force knocking back Naruto's arm with the recoil alone and hurtled its way towards its unfortunate recipient. For maximum effect kido chants are a necessary part of every kido spell and though Naruto was already able to perform all his academy kido spells without their incantations they were still considerably weaker than their fully chanted versions.

Faster than most present could follow with their eyes the bright red projectile hurtled its way across the arena and buried itself deep into Marechiyo's gut before it imploded. In a bright burst of crimson flames Marechiyo was catapulted high above the stadium in a gently slanting arch before gravity took over and began to drag Marechiyo back down to earth creating a rather sizable crater in the ground almost 60 yards away from Naruto. Marechiyo still being paralyzed couldn't feel any measurable amount of pain when he sailed high into the air from the explosion.

Unfortunately for our least favorite noble it wasn't called temporary paralysis for nothing and the moment the 'eagle' landed he was thrust into a world of hurt as his nerves jolted back into action creating a domino effect pain in the process.

Naruto, though he was fairly fatigued from his last kido spell, still had more than enough strength to finish off twenty more Marechiyo's before felling genuinely tired. Naruto had done his best to draw out this fight since the beginning feeling a little guilty that the audience had to witness such a miss matched fight when these battles had such a rich tradition of being the primer event of the school year.

Certainly last years' fight had been more entertaining than this one but then again it wasn't every day you got to see a beauty like Benihime in action. Not to mention her opponent was the now lieutenant Shuhei Hisagi; needless to say the match left both him and Benihime exhausted. In the end Benihime triumphed over Hisagi when she fired one last kido spell with just enough power behind it to knock him out cold right before she herself fell to the ground unconscious.

Feeling in a merciful mood Naruto decided to see if his opponent would continue after his last attack, which would be surprising to say the least. Even still, Naruto had to admit if nothing else Marechiyo was determined to win.

Meanwhile Marechiyo was caught in 'deep' thought as he laid his own personal crater some 60 yards from our blond shinigami. 'Peh obviously I've been taking this match to lightly, I shouldn't have estimated his abilities based solely upon his social status. All right I guess I'll just have to release my Gegetsuburi and put him in his place.'

In monumental show of effort the audience watched in stunned silence as Marechiyo rose to his knees and began to struggle to get back on his feet. Finally Marechiyo managed to stand under his own power using his zanpakuto as temporary support to raise himself up.

Boisterously he began to spin his zanpakuto quickly above his head, "Prepare yourself scum and witness the awesome power of the noble and gallant Marechiyo Omeada!" In a somewhat impressive increase in reiatsu Marechiyo began to released his zanpakuto, "Now Crush!, Gegetsuburi!"

In sudden release of reiatsu the zanpakuto the Marechiyo was spinning above his head morphed into a massive flail like weapon attached to its yellow zanpakuto hilt by a long metal chain. A sickly confident smirk appeared on Marechiyo's, "Sooo, peasant scum you scared yet? Don't worry I'll spare you the embarrassment of a drawn out ass-whoppin. Ya I'm sure right about now many unpleasant memories of this very zanpakuto kicking your cocky ass are rushing through your head… you must be scared shitless!" Marechiyo boasted loudly as he whipped his shikai over his head creating a gentle breeze throughout the stadium.

Naruto began to pace slowly in a half circle keeping his eye locked unto Marechiyo staring at him with a malevolent glare of such magnitude Madara Uchiha himself would have a hard time matching it, "Marechiyo your telling lies again," Naruto scolded in a spiteful hate filled voice as his eyes became a malevolent crimson color, "and remember one must not tell lies…"

In an instant Naruto disappeared from sight in a golden flash and reappeared seemingly in the same instant right in front of Marechiyo mid way through a swift roundhouse kick aimed straight at Marechiyo's stomach.

Unable to match Naruto's speed even while he was in his Shikai Marechiyo could do nothing to prevent the malicious kick from sending him flying into the stadium wall. Marechiyo was indented spread-eagle into the concrete wall creating spider-web patterns in the stadium walls. Losing grip of his zanpakuto on impact Marechiyo's zanpakuto clattered to the ground still in it's released shikai mode.

Another quick shunpo on Naruto's part and he was face to face with Marechiyo again. Grasping the scruff of his now trashed Shinigami robes and peeling him off the stadium walls and tossing him aside next to his disarmed zanpakuto.

Unable to move after the ruthless blow Naruto delivered only moments ago Marechiyo could only watch as Naruto strode towards him his eyes beginning to morph back into their normal warm cerulean sheen.

Standing over Marechiyo's downed figure Naruto looked down at him with a new gaze of cold indifference, "So, then Marechiyo does this bring back memories? Remember what I told you the first time I fought you? I tried to tell you then what it meant to be noble in the hopes that you would take what I said to heart. But, in your arrogance you chose to ignore my words of wisdom based off the assumption that you were still superior to me despite that beat you hands down. And I suppose it's not entirely your fault; this is after all how you were born and raised, you were always taught that you were better than everybody else simply by virtue of your blood and that everybody should obey your every whim and fancy. You like me I suppose are a both victims of the system. I who was cheated out of the position of top of our class simply because of my origins, and you who was handed the position over me simply because of your origins. However, there are a great many things that distinguish us from each other as well, your arrogance, lack of morals, and ignorance make me sick, and I feel sorry for you. You will never know love or friendship. Now I've realized Marechiyo Omeada words are wasted on you."

With effortless stomp Naruto crushed Gegetsuburi under his heel grounding some of the shards into the dirt before walking towards the stands to join Rukia, Orihime, Momo, and Renji he hadn't seen them in seemingly forever and he'd be damned if he had to wait another moment to see them.

'I wonder how Benihime is doing? It's been a long time since our last 'meeting', maybe I should ask if Rangiku or Momo wants to join in next time.' A perverted smile appeared on Naruto's face, 'my God I've become a second Jiraiya! Oh well, I suppose you don't travel with your surrogate father for two years and now pick up some of his habits…'

Uggh alright I'm finished for now, hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Once again Gomen for the long wait, I hope some of my more loyal readers haven't lost interest in my story but if you have I understand being an inpatient person myself.

On a lighter note the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part: 1 was and absolute masterpiece however, I seemed to have found myself on the receiving end of a brutal cliffhanger this time… Karma is a Bitch huh? If you haven't seen it already and are a fellow Harry Potter fan I recommend you see it as soon as possible.

Shamrock Sage Out!