Mission of Death, and the scarlet letters!
The day after the attack Hime lay in bed. She just stared at the sealing for hours. She didn’t make any sudden movements what so ever. Her mind wondered everywhere thinking of every possible route to take in the next few weeks to come.
A knock on the door finally got her a bit motivated to get up and answer. Kenshin stood there with a bag hung on his back, he wasn’t wearing his ANBU mask at this time, just a white shirt with black pants and a black trench coat with a set of glasses. “This mission you want me to go on, what rank level is it?”
“It’s ranked S. This is the map you will need to take. Your mission is very difficult and I’m worried about giving it to you even though you’re a trusted Shinobi of this village.”
“Hime I’m ready. What is the mission?”
“This mission is called, The Mission of Death. A long time ago and up till now an organization called the Akatsuki use to collect all the spirits they could. One of them they attempted to collect was the Ninetail fox. That expedition was led by Itachi Uchiha of Hidden Leaf village, and Hoshigaki Kisame of the Hidden Mist village. They were listed in the Bingo book. AKA, S rank ninja. Sadly their attempts after so long proved bother sum to the village, When Naruto Uzumaki died the Ninetail fox spirit was released. They snatched their first chance and stole the Fox’s Power. Over the countless years they have taken more and more spirits, except for one very dangerous and one very powerful spirit, the Shikaku Spirit of Sand, once sealed in a jar of tea. Sadly the person who was corrupted with its power still lives on but for good not evil. Your going off on several missions. The first is to find Gaara of the Desert, the know owner of Shikaku. Then Find the Akatsuki organization and destroy them. They play a role in this Attack against Konoha. You must be on your guard though. Remember all of the Akatsuki are S ranked Ninja. But to make matters worse Itachi still lives. Both him and Gaara have been able to retain A LOT of power in the past hundred years, and they have been able to keep good youth. Itachi is ranked far past a S rank because in his arsenal hes been able to copy countless jutsu. The last I heard of him which was many years ago it was a log from abut fifty years ago I think, he can now produce over three-hundred and fifty thousand jutsu. Meaning he is one of the strongest at the moment. I wouldn’t put it past him to be actually leading this onslaught against us.”
“I can deal with them.”
“Good luck Kenshin. You know where the motorcycles are. It’s going to take you a while. On that map I have another letter as well. It shows were all the current Akatsuki are positioned in the world along with your final mission. Stay safe. Ooooh last thing. I wasn’t able to teach you this technique but I’m sure you can learn it fast. Bite your thumb and right your name here.” Hime pulled out two scrolls. “Put your name on both parchments then remember this, these scrolls are for summoning purposes. When in need just think about them bite that same thumb then make these hand signs and press your finger into the ground. It will summon one of the two here.”
Kenshin finshed putting his name on the scrolls then walked up to Hime, gave her a small hug then turned and walked out the door without looking back.
-“Stay safe.”-
Mutts group now sat outside the village of The village hidden in snow. “Alright guys, remember why where here. We need to get the Chakra control device then be heading, we are running out of time.”
Mutts group walked up to the main gate, were a snow ninja walked up, “Aah you would be the Leaf ninja here for the device I believe? One sec.” The ninja walked up to the wall then came back to Banshee. “Here it is, the kage here can’t see anyone at this time, he’s very ill. But he wishes you all luck on you mission.”
Banshee took the package and turned. Mutt spoke up, “Tell the Kage when hes better thank you. We need to be off now, were on a deadline.” Mutts team started to walk away they all waved at the ninja and then were hidden behind snow that was falling.
Scythe’s group had already gotten there scrolls and had been making there way back to the village. Solsilver was still a bit over shaky about things, that he almost died in a first major battle. But he was slowly getting over it. Everyone else was ok besides that, Delev was a bit over joyed to be heading back to the village at that point that he was running ahead of everyone else.
Ignis and her gang finally had made it to the entrence of the cave. Ignis looked down into the vast darkness. “Well does anyone know any good fire jutsu?” She let out a small laugh then went silent. It wasn’t exactly a cave from the outside looks, but more like a hole. “I know you guys are having your doughts but Hime said that after we enter here the cave goes on for miles. If we split up we all die. Stay together.” Ignis started to grip onto the rocks in the tunnel. The tunnel hole itself opened about a hundred feet around. Ignis started to walk the side of the tunnel wall straight down. Faia followed after, then Darfin, Silvercloud side by side walked down. Obito looked around for a second. Open water. He stood there for a second gazing at a patch in the water that looked as if it was darker then the rest and as if it was moving. Instead of focusing chakra like everyone else he just jumped suddenly into the hole.
“Alright Faia, hook us up with some light.”
“Ninja art, wood stick graveyard!” A small bundle of sticks shot out of the ground around them. “Alright hold on guys, Fire style, fire glow sparks.” The tips of the sticks grabbed a small spark then went into flam. Faia walked over then grabbed a stick, she continued down the tunnel. The rest followed. A small flash of light below caught everyone’s attention. Then they realized Obito was standing at the bottom. He had just used a fire style himself causing the tunnel to light up.
“I found a long row of a funny liquid, it turned out to be fuel, must have been meant for walking down these paths, there very large I must say. Ignis jumped down from the opening at the bottom along with Darfin and Silver. Faia just slowly walked until she was upside down then went along the roof of the cave. Her hair briskly flowed over Obito’s face then went past him.
“Alright guys. Each artifact we need to find is in three directions. There is seven tunnels here by the looks. So this is how it’s going to work. I know I had just said to stay together but in order to find these things fast and make the deadline back to Hidden Leaf we need to split up. So Faia you go down that hall, I’ll go down this one, Obito, Darfin, and Silvercloud.” She went around and pointed at a different tunnel for each person.
Faia had already started to walk down hers before Ignis could finish the briefing. “I’ll be back, don’t think I won’t.” Faia started to make a single hand sign, and started to whisper. “Ushi, U, Tatsu, Mi, Saru, Inu, Hitsuji, Uma, Ne. Ninja Art summoning jutsu!” she pressed her hand on the rock wall. Where she pressed down a small spider now started to crawl from the wall. “Good evening Kutsu. I need you to be my eyes. This tunnel was the only one that wasn’t lit up for us. So shall we?”
“Aaah, god women, you had to summon me of all people?”
Faia’s forehead had a small vein pop up just a little, she balled up her left hand and smacked the spider on the head. “Your useless to me!”
“Sorry, alright let’s do this.”
“Spider sight jutsu!” Faia closed her eyes and could now see through the spiders eyes. “Much better. Lead the way idiot.”
“HEY!”
Darfin started to make his way down the tunnel he was assigned. It was brightly lit with a fire along the side wall. “God I had to have the brightest of them all.” He sniffled a little. “I hope I have one of the artifacts here. So I can get out of here.”
Ignis silently walked along her path thinking of everything that had led up to this. –“I hope there all safe. They should be at least.”-
Obito and Silvercloud didn’t even think what so ever, they silently walked down there corridors, with guard up in case of an ambush.
Ignis saw a strange light up ahead then came to a large open area, there was no other route to take in this place, it was obviously a dead end. But even so a large stand in the center of this room was well visible.
Faia came upon a clear pool of water. A bright light from below was enough to eliminate the small area she was standing over. She opened her eyes and looked down into it. “Well your obviously not going down there, so you can leave now.” Without hesitation the spider vanished behind a very small cloud of smoke. Faia took a deep breath then jumped down in.
Darfin went all the way into his part of the tunnel then stopped, He saw a dead end. He was ready to turn around when something stopped him. The wall that was in front of him where he had come into the tunnel started to close. It Started to slowly move towards him. Then began to move at a fast speed at him.
Silvercloud was walking down the hall when she came upon a large line of threads. When she turned around more threads started to shout across to the wall on the other side. She was now surrounded. She had to dodge several of the threads as they came shooting out. She had just noticed one as it skid across her shirt ripping a line through it. “It’s like cheese wire. If I touch it, it will rip through me.”
Obito was walking down the hall when his part of the cave behind him collapsed. He turned around just missing several stones went flying by him. One almost hit him in the face when he leaned back. “MY PATH! There better be a way out or I’m done for.”
Kenshin was driving along the road when he came to a sudden stop. A figure stood in the road way. One he had never seen before. The only thing he could make out was two deep red eyes staring up at him.
“Itachi Uchiha.”
“I knew Hime would send you.”
“I’m sorry that I don’t bow before you, after you almost destroyed the whole Uchiha Clan. But I have no interest in small talk. I realize by fighting you I’m fighting an S class ninja, and there’s a possibility I won’t be returning to the Hidden Leaf Village. Hime knew by sending me on this mission I probably won’t come back.”
“To destroy me will take a lot. My brother was able to a long time ago, but never did. I haven’t seen him since then. I’ve changed since then. But I can tell you’re a true user of the Sharingan without your eyes even in Sharingan. I’m sure you don’t have as much jutsu as I, but it’s going to come down to durability.”
“Shall we? Sharingan Vs Sharingan.”
Itachi moved at a rate that Kenshin had never seen before, but he was able to copy the movement. Itachi and Kenshin shot up into the air clashing with each other in mid air.
Itachi started to make several hand signs, Kenshin only copied them. Simultaneously “FIRE STYLE, DARK BURNING JUTSU!” Two large waves of fire went flying into the air then crashed into each other. Kenshin swept through the fire and kicked Itachi down into the ground. Itachi got back up and started another hand sign. Kenshin only copied that as well. “You’re a pain with that Sharingan. But your technique will never match mine! Earth style, dark depths jutsu!” The ground around them started to turn into a bog then the earth around them started to turn to shear mud. Trees and rocks around them started to sink into it. A heavy dark fog started to loom over head. The sun was setting now and darkness now made it even harder for Kenshin to look around. Several shuriken hit Kenshin in the back. He turned and through several of his own, only to hit nothing. Several more hit his chest. He started to feel deep and heavy now. “The poison ways heavy doesn’t it? Soon enough your body will probably go frigid with that much.”
Several more shuriken came out of all directions. Kenshin jumped to his feet. –“Silver I hope this works”- “ROTATION!” Kenshin started to spin around sending the shuriken flying back out. He heard several large thuds as Itachi’s clones fell to the ground and vanished.
“Rotation… For an Uchiha to know that, you must have copied it from a Hyuuga. One more thing to add to my arsenal, if you wouldn’t mind showing it to me again.” Kenshin’s left hand started to have a blue streak of light flash in it. “Chidori.” Itachi looked down at his own hand, it started to do the same as Kenshin’s. “This boy knows Chidori.”
“I might be just a bow but just like you iv grown to be like you. Except for the destroying my whole clan business, I rather protect all my friends and family. That’s the only way you can become stronger! I’m only 13, I lie to everyone, but I’m an ANBU black ops. I use a transformation jutsu just to make me look older. I’ve known Sharingan since five. It’s fun bluffing, but no longer.” He started to run at Itachi sweeping his hand down on the ground, making the mud leap from its spot. Itachi Just put his hand out. Kenshin was almost at him when he suddenly vanished in a streak of light. Itachi’s eyes started to widen as he looked around for Kenshin. “UCHIHA OR NOT, NINJA ART MUD SLIDE JUTSU!” Kenshin appeared behind him. A large wave of mud went spurting up and swept Itachi off his feet.
The mud settled, Itachi was out of sight now. Kenshin looked around, seconds after the mud settled an arm came up from the murky mud, Itachi slowly rose back up top, covered in brown and black muck.
“Well not perfect but it’s a better look for you.” Kenshin started to snicker a little. A small blade now flashed in front of Kenshin, Itachi was standing on the side of him, completely clean and unharmed. The person standing straight ahead was only a mud clone of Itachi’s.
“Owell, thought you were going to be more of a challenge. But as usual it seems the blood line of the Uchiha’s have let me down as usual.” Itachi turned the blade so it pointed straight up and jabbed it into Kenshin’s neck. Kenshin went ridged. Itachi made absolutely no facial gesture. Itachi released the blade then fell on top of the layer of mud. Several shuriken stuck out of his back. Kenshin turned to mud then dropped. Off a short distance was the real Kenshin, who had just seen Itachi’s move and copied it almost instantly.
“That’s how it’s done.” Itachi as well turned into mud then seeped into the mud surrounding. The real Itachi started to rise up in front of Kenshin.
“I see, so your sharingan is almost as good as mine, you can copy moves pretty fast and then use them almost instantly. You had me fooled for a second. But the problem about your clone was his eyes weren’t using sharingan. You need to be a bit more convincing than that.”
“Hmmm, good advice. As a small question do you know any summoning jutsu’s?”
“Funny, I was about to ask the same.”
Itachi and Kenshin almost simultaneously bit their thumbs then made a long row of hand signs. Together, “SUMMONING JUTSU!” Itachi stood on a large snake like creature, while Kenshin stood on a familiar large Frog.
“Lord Manda I need your help.”
“Itachi is that you? How dare you summon me to a place like this, you know I hate being summoned.”
“Manda I control you, not vice versa. When I need you I’ll summon you.”
Kenshin was looking all around him and this large creature he was standing on.
“La, lord Gamabunta?”
“Yea, who summoned me?”
“You don’t know me, my name is Kenshin of the hidden leaf village.”
“Well what are you doing summoning me, I didn’t give you permission to do so.”
“I’m sorry Gamabunta. Lady Tsunade gave me this summoning jutsu cause she knew I’d need help.
“Lady Hime you say, well if she was the one to give you my summoning then I’ll allow this. My life is indebted to her.”
Itachi and Manda had started to move at Kenshin and Gamabunta. Gamabunta had just jumped out of the way in time from missing Manda’s large fangs.
“Boy can you summon anything else? I can’t fight him alone.”
“Well she did give me another summoning jutsu, but I’m sure we can manage.”
“What do you suggest, I throw you at Manda and hit him in the head? DO THE SUMMONING!”
Kenshin started to do another hand sign. “Fine but I don’t see the point in this. Summoning jutsu!”
A large cloud of smoke filled the air as a large Fox appeared next to Gamabunta.
In a low hissing sound the fox started to talk to Gamabunta. “Aah long time no see old man, What was I summoned her for?”
“Satasuko, long time eeh? We have a problem, this boy here was giving are summoning by Tsunade Hime. We must protect him.”
“Alright, what should I do?”
“Get behind him and grab his tail.” Manda started to slither his way back towards Gamabunta.”
“Frogs legs sounds GOOD!”
He loomed above Gamabunta then slammed his mouth down to the ground, Gamabunta grabbed a sword on his side and slammed it through the roof of Manda’s mouth.
“Like old times. FEELS GREAT!”
Kenshin went running down Gamabunta’s back and onto his right leg, He jumped down and drop kicked Itachi off Manda. Satasuko ran up to Manda’s head and stomped on Itachi. “YOU OK, HOW ABOUT NOW, AND NOW?”
Satasuko repeatedly stomped on Itachi. Each time Itachi let out a loud cry of pain.
Kenshin yelled at Satasuko, “This is my fight, so back off!” –“Even being my fight, I don’t have much chakra after a double summoning.”-
Itachi slowly got up off the ground. He walked out of the large ditch that Satasuko had stomped him into, only to be knocked back in as Kenshin jumped off Manda and ran at a high speed punching Itachi.
Itachi fell back into the hole, Part of his clock he was wearing ripped, it ran all the way down the front seem and split the clock. Itachi had a fishnet shirt, and black shorts on.
“I was suppose to get Gaara before fighting you, just in case, but I don’t need his help. I’ll fight my family ALONE!” Kenshin leaped into the hole. He ran up to Itachi and punched him in the face up into the air. Itachi’s mouth had a small stream of blood, on the left side, coming out.
He leaped up and started to rapidly punch Itachi in the face and stomach.
Gamabunta looked down at the fight as it raged on, He nodded to Satasuko and all three of the creatures vanished. Itachi fell back down to the ground.
“I don’t care if your Uchiha or not, you killed are whole family besides Sasuke, who ended up repopulating it as best as he could. He died in the hidden leaf village proudly. You left him to do something that he was never able to do, and that’s kill you. Though I was sent on this mission, to fight one of the strongest warriors of this time. That’s what I plan to do.” Kenshin wasn’t smiling, his face was filled with hate.
“You still don’t get it, the amount of strength I posses is more than your capable of retaining.” A very peculiar red chakra started to slowly form around Itachi.
Kenshin looked at him with great surprise now. “This can’t be, he’s suppose to be DEAD!”
“No the nine tail fox is inside me! I harbor its power. The strongest of its kind. Unlike that stupid ass Naruto Uzumaki who couldn’t control the foxes power.” Itachi’s eyes had started to change from Sharingan into a demonic orange/red color almost as if a fox. His fingernails started to extend and become sharper.
“I understand now, why Hime wanted me to Gaara. I can’t fight the Ninetail fox alone.”
“To unless such a strong power feels GREAT! COME KENSHIN, ILL SHOW YOU TRUE POWER!” Itachi bent over slightly and ran full speed at Kenshin almost like a dog. His nails dug into the ground ripping it up and flinging it backwards every step.
Kenshin hadn’t had much time to react being shocked by Itachi’s change, without but a single hand sign Kenshin kneeled down, “Ninja art, barrier!” A small purple like barrier formed up in front of Kenshin. Itachi swiped at it with no damage done to the barrier, Itachi grabbed on to the front and leaped over to Kenshin’s backside. Kenshin was able to spin able to turn his head slightly to see Itachi. Itachi pointed his claws at Kenshin’s back, he then started to full force stab his hand into Kenshin’s back. Kenshin closed his eyes getting ready for impact, he was unable to move from this position, either release the barrier and get a face full of claw or get it in the back. Either way he knew it was about to end. A small tear dropped from his eye. Not even a second later blood spurted all over Kenshin’s back and all over Itachi’s stomach and face. Kenshin opened up his eyes, Itachi released his hand that was holding the barrier. Itachi let out a blood curtailing cry, Kenshin opened his eyes even wider now and looked behind him to notice a large white thing sticking from his back, it was also sticking into Itachi’s chest. Itachi sat there for a few seconds trying to what it looked like pry himself off of it. Kenshin realized that a part of his back bone was holding him and Itachi together.
“This jutsu, its Obito and Kakashi’s.”
“WHAT IS THIS?” Itachi’s eyes were no longer in its demonic state his eyes were open into the Sharingan state now, He was searching all around for a way to get himself lose. He slashed his claws best he could into the bone, but no luck. Kenshin hunched over, he put his head between his legs and cupped his hands over the top of his head. He screamed for a second only to have silence after.
During the confusion more bones shot out of his back and pierced through Itachi. Kenshin’s bones released and were pushed back into his back. Itachi stood for a second, his eyes felt heavy, He looked at the curled up Kenshin. He slowly swayed back and forth. Kenshin got a grip and started to slowly get back to his feet, the barrier released. Itachi looked deep into his eyes, then down at the ground, he grinded, his eyes filled with water that started to slowly glide down his face. Itachi looked back up at Kenshin then slowly fell backwards; Kenshin got his arms underneath him before he hit the cold ground. The mud in the surrounding area disappeared and only left the cold hard ground. Itachi’s eyes faded in and out then finally closed. A drop of water fell onto Kenshin’s face, then another, slowly more and more started to fall, then almost out of nowhere it started to rain heavily. Kenshin put Itachi on the ground, he turned around and made a few hand signs. “Ninja art, ground opening.” A large hole started to open up in front of him, Kenshin picked up Itachi’s cloak laid it out on the ground, he placed Itachi in it. He then picked Itachi and the cloak and placed them both in the hole, The only thing that was visible was Itachi’s eyes and hair. The rain continued to fall as Kenshin stood there over the hole staring at Itachi. “I know this isn’t what you wanted, but now you and the fox can rest. It was wrong of you to kill our family then leave your brother to suffer every second as you lived on killing countless others. I know in your bingo book it says that some of the greatest warriors died at your hand, Kakashi Hatake was one of them that was able to stand up to your terror. He left you alone after that giving you a chance to run and never come back, Then you had the courage to take the fox from Naruto Uzumaki who went on to be Hokage. He had retained more power than even that fox had. So your wrong, there was someone always stronger then yourself. Your ambition was covering that fact up to you, sadly.” Kenshin made another hand sign and the ground started to cover itself. As the ground in caved the last thing that was seen was Itachi’s face. Kenshin turned around to find, he had been aware of everything in the surrounding area at this point. Even the few other Akasuki that were standing behind him. Their heads were facing down looking away from Kenshin. They wore the same cloaks as Itachi. Kenshin slowly walked back to his bike behind them, they didn’t try to stop him. Without turning around Kenshin stopped, “It had to be done, he’s killed countless shinobi and has even destroyed part of the Hiddenleaf Village. He’s manipulated all of you to think he’s younger then he really is, That man right there is over one hundred years old, and used something called the life stone to keep him alive. He’s used a jutsu the whole time to keep you from seeing his real face, the withered old man he really is.”
He walked over and mounted his bike. He took one last glance at the area that is now Itachi’s grave. He turned around and started up the motorcycle, he drove away at a slow speed as he past the other countless Ninja standing there. Then as soon as he had passed them all he floored it and was out of sight in seconds.
Ignis started to slowly walk up to the podium in the center of the room. It was more like a pyramid with a flat top that had a stair way. Ignis reached the base of the structure.
“Who ever built this place obviously had no life…” she sighed deeply then started to slowly walk up the steep structure, each steep feeling as if her body got heavier and heavier. She got to the top after a good twenty minutes of struggle. There in the center of the pyramid was a small box like container. It had several parchments on the top of it. The parchments were obviously sealing something inside from getting out or in.
“Wow, iv never seen a more complicated Jutsu in my life. This thing is sealed by paper seals, and small wiring. It seems like this small wiring is holding that container down there.” Ignis looked behind the small box then down the other side of the pyramid. Small fragments of wire attached to a small box far below.
“Well I guess I should get to work. This is going to take a bit of time.” Ignis reached down into a small pouch she had, she pulled out a few small blank pieces of paper. She bit her right pointer finger and started to right small letters on it.
Faia started to swim down into the brightly lit water. She knew she didn’t have much time to work seeing she wasn’t able to hold her breath for a long amount of time. She went to the other end of the deep pool. A small drainage hole that obviously allowed water to flow into the tunnel when it rained was still dripping, it was obviously starting to rain outside. She went up to the drain and grabbed a large breath of air. She sank back to the bottom of the pool. Her hair floated around her. Her eyes were open just enough to see figures and shapes, she could tell what something was up close but only a few feet away. She slowly started to make hand signs below the water, it was extremely hard because the water felt so dense. She finished her jutsu, as she did the water started to slowly swirl around then started to rise out of the drainage hole. Before all the water was able to escape she lost the breath she had taken when she was by the drain, and there wasn’t enough time to swim across to grab a breath out of the tunnel above. She held on as long as she could as the last bit of water started to float out through the drain hole. She collapsed to the ground gasping for air, she coughed every few seconds. But when she had started to regain breathing she noticed a large shape moving around in front of her. It latched on to her arms tight enough that there was no circulation going through them anymore.
Obito kept walking down the tunnel when he realized that the tunnel was getting darker. He finally got to the point that he was unable to see anymore, he found himself banging into a rock here and there. He took another step and started to fall into a deep hole, he kept trying to use chakra and grab onto the surrounding rocks but they were to slippery. He was able to protect his head so that it wouldn’t smack into anything but his arms and legs were left open to get hit. He finally hit the bottom of the hole. A small light caught his attention. It took him a second to get to his feet. He looked back up. “Doesn’t look like I’m getting out that way, not without any help that is.” He slowly started to walk down the small rock path clinging on to every other part of the wall to make sure he wouldn’t fall over. He came to a large open room. This room so far wasn’t like the other rooms everyone else was in. This room was filled with a bunch of coffins.
Silvercloud stood in one spot perfectly as she looked around for a way out of the wire mess she was in. She attempted to move forward a little so she could get a grip as soon as she did a wire shout of the wall piercing through her left shoulder. She let out a small scream as blood started to trickle from the needle hole she had in her. She tried to move herself but as she moved the wire cut through part of her arm. The more and the more she moved wires all around started to cut her. “I wonder if this will work. Byakugan!” she placed one hand out and it started to slowly turn blue, “Rotation!” She started to spin around little by little. Then her speed increased rapidly as the wires around her broke and were flung back into the wall. She slowed down then stood there just slowly rolling her eyes around to check all the threads.
“One big maze, I HATE IT!” Silver pulled out a scroll from one of her back pockets, she placed it on the ground, she made several hand signs and placed her hand on top of the scroll. “Summoning Jutsu!” A large sharp object appeared. “I haven’t had time to use this but here goes nothing.” She picked it up then in one blade three more slid out, they locked in place. “alright, I need a path through all of this now, iv already wasted to much time. Demon Wind Shuriken, windmill of shadows!” She stood up then arched her arm back, she flung the shuriken forward, he sliced through each and every strand of wire. “There’s no way those wires can break through my chakra, so I infused chakra into the shuriken.” She started to run forward as the Shuriken went flying back at her, she grabbed it in mid air then slid it in her backpack she had on, she continued down the hall.
Faia stood there as soon as the figure released her. “What the, I can’t move my arms. Not good.” She looked up to see what had latched on to her. A large creature pure black sat in front of her. It was like a large blob, that could crawl around at will. “What the, what the hell are you?” She jumped into the air and fell back down crushing her foot into the top of the creatures head. The creature let out a odd shriek then inflated again and started to move fast at Faia as she jumped back and landed on a wall nearby. “I understand now, it’s able to withstand regular attacks, its purpose is for melee fighting. Though if I was able to use jutsu I could finish it now with a fire style. That’s why it cut circulation to my arms.” The creature launched and smashed into the wall, Faia had just nearly missed being crushed by it. She hit the ground and rolled so that she was know kneeling.
“A creature that can use its body weight, and that knows were to stop me from using jutsu. I’m one of the most advanced thinkers that people could ever find, and yet something that seems to be brain dead is beating me. Were the hell did I go wrong.” She let out a small laugh and yet again dodged being hit by the creature. She had just had enough time to look up as the creature spit at her, she leaned back just enough not to get hit in the face but part of her stomach was hit by it. Her shirt started to sizzle a little. Then she let out a scream of pain, as her skin started to burn. “What the hell is this, IT BURNS!”
Obito stood there looking at each coffin. “This looks pretty clear, I hope.” He started to walk in, as he did he stepped on a dead floor panel, it pressed down about three inches. “That’s not good. Hmmm, I wonder.” The floor panel started to slowly rise, as it did each coffin opened a crack, a gust of dust splashed out and hit the ground. “This doesn’t look promising anymore. I have to find a way out fast.” A small voice from somewhere within the room was heard just barely.
“Reanimation!”
“NO, I have bad hearing sometimes but I know what that was.” A hand started to slide the top of its coffin next to him, it crashed on the ground. A figure started to slowly rise from inside it. His eyes opened up slightly then fully, from the looks of his head band he was from the Swamp country.
“Ninja art, dusk swamp jutsu!” He made one hand sign as a bog started to appear in the large chamber. The walls around Obito disappeared, though the coffins remained. One by one each coffins top started to slide of, hitting the boggy water and ground. The next person Obito saw was from the hidden Rain country. “Water style, mist over water!” It slowly started to rain outside, small sprites of water fell, it wasn’t meant to hurt or anything it was only made to blind Obito more than the bog had done.
“What kind of people would do this? Using the dead to protect an artifact, they should have been put to rest when they died, not treated like this.” Obito stood there staring as each coffin opened, several leaf ninja, some sand ninja, waterfall, sound, lightning, and earth ninja stood up and surrounded Obito. Obito recognized one of the leaf ninja standing there, tears started to fall from his face. “I know that face, you’re the third hokage of the village, the one who fought to keep it alive from hidden sand and sound. Who did this to you?”
“I can’t say, sadly the reanimation jutsu is being controlled with pure Chakra, the only way you can get to any of the three artifacts is if your strong enough and smart enough, if you even place your hand on the artifact the traps within the area disappear, but even so, I’m bound here, and because of this my body wont responded to me. Meaning you have to fight even me. I can tell you this room has one of the artifacts but more than thirty shinobi from all around are guarding it. Our lives were placed here when we were dead against our will. I was never meant to be here, but as you see I’ve been forced.”
I can’t fight those that are bound here by a horrid jutsu like that. It’s not possible and I don’t have the will to do something so heartless.”
“If you do this, our souls will be free forever. The one that used this jutsu died long ago but used a jutsu to reanimate us if that floor panel was disturbed. Now guard yourself!”
Obito shook his head of his tears, and looked up at Sarutobi.
“Sharingan! I realize that it’s not the strong that win and weak that lose, I’m weak I know that, but even so I promise ill release your body’s from this ungodly world!”
Sarutobi lunged at him, Obito was hit in the head and then fell back into a coffin. He jumped up in time as a sound ninja had landed on the edge of the coffin. Obito punched him into Sarutobi who had started to make his way back at Obito.
-“ In order to fight I need to be able to use jutsu, but with this many shinobi I won’t have time to gather chakra for a jutsu. If I can hold them off maybe, just maybe I can use that.”- Obito stood up and placed one hand in front of the other. “Typically I wouldn’t use this during a on scale battle like this but I need time. Multi Shadow Clone jutsu!” Obito summoned over three hundred clones, to which started to jump right and left stopping any ninja that dared attack Obito.
“Hey kid, even with shadow clones we can still get to you.”
Obito went tense as the words flowed into his head. -“Rasengan can take out one maybe two of these guys, so that’s flawed cause it uses to much Chakra. That takes care of that plan.”-
As he crouched there a ninja was able to get behind him and his clones, Obito noticed it last minute and was able to dodge being hit by a shuriken, a good ten of his clones took the brunt of the attack disappearing behind smoke.” His clones were able to take out a few of the Ninja. By this time more than half of his clones were depleted. “It’s costing to much chakra to keep them around, I can’t hold in this much longer. It’s a now or never situation.”
Sarutobi started to run forward destroying twenty clones, one finally pushed him back and held him off. Several more of the ninja fell as Obito’s clones fell as well. Finally a ninja passed through punching Obito into the bog, all of his clones disappeared from that point. Obito before collapsing on the ground kicked the ninja back and they were both down now.
“Get up child, or die.” Sarutobi looked down at him. Obito was unconscious. A bunch of memory’s flooding into his head.
-“You will never be better than Kakashi, you won’t be better than anyone!”-
-“Only selected ninja are chosen to fight in wars and protect their village, others waste there life as a farmer or builders, some even doing shop work. Either be a shinobi and do what’s needed or be like those that have absolutely no future.”-
-“You can’t accomplish anything using stupid jutsu, and a limited amount of chakra! You have to use everything you got!”-
-“Your nothing until you prove yourself!”-
Obito opened his eyes, Sarutobi standing over him. “I understand now. This isn’t like the other times. It’s a win or lose situation. Either I prove my shinobi worth or die here.”
The third Hokage smiled down on him. “It’s about time you start thinking like a true ninja, a true shinobi. Do you know what has to be done?”
“To be a shinobi, and help those I love and care about. That is my dream, my ninja way!”
“Those words, you’re like. No way!”
Sarutobi stood there, thinking for a second. –“To be hokage that is my dream! I don’t care what happens I promise I’ll be hokage so that people will recognize me and respect me!”-
“Naruto Uzumaki.”
Sarutobi looked back down at Obito, Obito had his hand out in front of him. “I haven’t had much time for this jutsu, and its nearly complete but I should be able to use it up to this point.” Water from the bog around Obito started to slowly rise into his hand. Obito use his other hand to move the water around in a perfect circle. More and more water slowly seeped into his hand, compressing itself to keep a perfect small circle about the size of a baseball placed in his hand. “Compress it, keep it moving.” Now large strands of water were forming into his hand, the chakra amount he was using was becoming visible. Obito move his other hand around it keeping the water moving faster and faster. In a straight line all of the ninja started to rush at Obito. Obito kept building the chakra more and more, water lines were pouring into his hand. The first ninja struck at him. Obito grabbed the Ninja’s shoulder. “NOW TAKE THIS, RASENGAN!” Obito pressed the water filled chakra ball into the ninja’s stomach, then released his shoulder. The ninja was trapped in the ball of energy as it rapidly grew and spread out. He went flying back into all the other ninja, destroying them in seconds.
Darfin stood there a second, he bit his thumb and slammed his hand down on the ground. “SUMMONING JUTSU!” King Enma appeared.
“Aaah need help again?”
“Quickly make a barrier around me, otherwise I’m dead!”
“Transformation 64! Barrier!”
Enma made a hand sign and transformed into metal bars surrounding Darfin from being hit. The moving wall crashed into Enma’s steal body. Enma didn’t even flinch as the rock broke and went right through the bars. Darfin turned around and covered his face as the debris went flying past him. The wall went crashing all the way through and hit the back wall. The path was no re-opened for Darfin’s escape.
“Thanks Enma! I really needed that.”
“No problem kid.” Enma disappeared. Darfin started to run back down the hall way at full speed.
Ignis walked back up to the pedestal. She reached her arm out to grab the artifact, but as she did something grabbed her hand. The being pulled her arm across its chest and then swung it around his body sending her back down the pyramid. She clashed into the ground with a huge –thud-.
She slowly got back up and rubbed her head, “Ooow, you could have killed me moron!”
The creature started to run down the pyramid at a very fast pace. Ignis’s eyes opened wide as the figure moved closer and closer towards here.
“He hit one of my major chakra points in that first swing. He’s even faster than the Hyuuga’s . I don’t think I’m going to make it out of this one. My body is to weighted down. I don’t think I can even summon my puppets, let alone being able to control them. He’s a man with no soul, I can sense that he feels nothing. Even reanimation has a life, but not him. He’s not dead or alive.”
The man hit the last three steps then dived at Ignis, Ignis jumped to the side in time to just miss being hit by the punch he sent into the ground, the ground shook a little and all the tiles in the room caved and pushed to the side. He looked back up. Ignis had her hand over her chest, one of her eyes were closed and she was breathing heavily.
The ninja got up to his feet, he leaped into the air and landed on the ceiling. He stayed there for a second the released, he started to rapidly spin around in a circle. Ignis got to her feet and flipped backwards as the man crashed into the ground. Ignis fell to her knees again. The ninja had made a good ten foot hole, no movements came from it.
“It’s over I hope…… Uuuh.” She looked at the hole in shock. The man’s hair was now visible, his hand reached up and grabbed the corner of the opening. He slowly pulled himself out.
Obito stood in front of Sarutobi, trying to catch his breath. Sarutobi slowly walked up to him making several hand signs. “Earth style. Earth dragon bomb.” A large dragon came up from the boggy ground. It opened its mouth and started to shoot out large balls of mud.
“Sorry boy, but you either win or die! FIRE STYLE FIRE BALL JUTSU!” The fire mixed with mud, creating large flaming balls of mud.
“Sharingan!” Obito started to jump into the air, moving from each and every attack that was sent at him. “Ice style, Ice block shield!” Obito made one hand sign as a large block of ice appeared in front of him. The mud and fire mixed slowly started to destroy the barrier.
Sarutobi made another hand sign, “Shadow clone jutsu!” Three clones appeared.
Obito almost immediately copied the jutsu. “Shadow clone jutsu!” Obito and the clones landed on the ground. Sarutobi’s clones started to run at him. Obito’s clones jumped into the air. Saritobi’s clones started to make hand signs. “Earth style, Giant wall!” for a second the clones stood there with their hands placed into a specific sign, then the ground around them started to lift.
Obito looked up only to see Sarutobi smiling.
“Leaf style, giant tree.” Obito made a hand sign, a vine like planted started to grow out of the ground lifting him up and equal level with the rock wall.
Sarutobi started to make more hand signs. “Fire style, fire dragon jutsu!”
Obito didn’t use the Sharingan to copy and use the same jutsu but did copy the jutsu. He started to make hand signs as Sarutobi spat out a ball of fire which grew into a dragon. Obito finished his hand signs. “Water style, Water dragon jutsu!”
From the bog underneath a dragon started to slowly rise up and launched forward at Sarutobi.
“Fire style against water style. This shall prove most interesting.” Sarutobi sent his fire dragon at Obito’s water dragon.
-“This may or may not work.”- Obito glance around for a second far below when a shiny object caught his eyes. –“There!”- Obito jumped onto the back of his water dragon, using the chakra in his hands and feet he grasped it and changed its course from Sarutobi to a coffin at the base of Sarutobi’s giant wall.
“So he figured out where it is. Its time I kick things up a bit. Test this Uchiha’s true power.” Sarutobi jumped down and landed on the coffin before Obito could lay his hand on it.
“I was so close to ending this. Why did I have to fight a hidden leaf Hokage?”
“Your skills for your age even as an Uchiha’s are remarkable.”
“Thanks, but I don’t compare to my brother, when he learned the Sharingan at the age of five and was able to use genjutsu at age four. I’ll never be like him.”
“If you talk like that you won’t. But I know as an Uchiha you have a full arsenal of attacks that you can use on me. Think deep and hard and the answer will come to you.” Sarutobi started to make several hand signs again. Obito went frigid.
“If you don’t learn to defend yourself and get out of this Trans you’re going to end up dying. Fool.”
Obito closed his eyes waiting for the worst to come. –“I failed the hidden leaf village once again. I can’t do anything right. Now I’m about to die for my failure.” Obito opened his eyes. Almost instantly a vision came to his head.
=”Theres only one move you can use in your arsenal that has deadly and blinding power. It will weaken you to the point that if your attack doesn’t work on the opponent you yourself will have left yourself open for an attack. If this attack is successful you will have mastered part of the Sharingan. But it’s a failsafe. Only use it when needed. Kenshin’s already learned it, now it’s your turn.”=
Obito closed his eyes again, then opened them, all the pieces to his Sharingan were now complete.
“I think I finally understand now. I’ve been so blind because of everyone around me. Everyone’s talking distracting me from my mission. LETS GO!”
-“His trembling has stopped. He’s ready to fight and move on.”-
“Now Kakashi, I hope that I can do this like you did.” A white barrier started to form around Obito, and slowly a black chakra started to seep out of little cuts in the barrier.
“Uhhh, The ultimate Uchiha Barrier. What is this black chakra?”
Obito started to focus chakra all around him, it slowly started to spin around him and Sarutobi.
“I can’t fight him while he’s in there!”
“Sorry Sarutobi but it’s over. That black Chakra is infused with a powerful explosive. When I want it to, it will explode. But I have to time it just right cause it will only hit whatever it touches.”
Obito focused the chakra to Sarutobi’s specific point and then in a large flash of light Sarutobi was lost. Obito slowly fell to the ground and the barrier was released. Sarutobi lay on the ground staring at Obito, he was motionless.
Obito tensed up. “I really did it, I killed the third Hokage.” Tears started to fall from the corner of his eyes. “I killed a person that use to protect my village.” A voice behind Obito made him move enough to look over. Darfin stood there.
“You had to do what you had to do. It wasn’t a matter of you killing him, Sarutobi wanted this. His body being trapped inside a puppet basically. He couldn’t rest in the afterlife with his body in this condition. You did the right thing.” ‘
Darfin went over and picked up a large sword from inside the coffin and then placed it in his bag. He walked over and helped Obito to his feet then slowly with a rope he had use to get down climbed back up the large hole.
Faia stood there with her arms dangling by her side.
“It’s a miracle iv made it this long, if someone doesn’t help me soon I’m dead.” She noticed a pinch in her left arm. –“The feeling its coming back, if I can dodge him for a few more minutes and let the venom he released into my arms wear off, I might be able to use a fire jutsu on him. If I’m lucky.”-
The large creature came crashing down next to Faia as she dove forward into a wall and then stood up shaking her head a bit. –“If I apply the same strength that I truthfully have in my arms to my head maybe…..”- Faia stood there focusing chakra into her head. The creature turned and started to move its way over to Faia. She slammed her head into the ground after about ten seconds of focusing chakra. The ground trembled and sank in. The creature was lost for a second then climbed up the side of the hole and went back on the attack. Faia jumped to the ceiling and ran along it to the other side of the room. She slammed her head into the roof of the cave as it collapsed on top of the creature.
“This isn’t over I know that.” The creature started to seep out of the rocks that just fell on it. “Presto.”
Faia jumped down onto the ground as the creature started to make its way to Faia. She jumped in time to miss being crushed by the creature. Faia knelt down for a second, she bit off two large patches on her legs, When they hit they collapsed part of the ground. “I didn’t want to have to use high speed taijutsu at this point. Owell.” Faia stood up then ran at the Creature. She disappeared then appeared behind it and kicked it hard enough to send it into a nearby wall. The creature got up slightly fast. Before it was able to recuperate Faia was already standing in front of it. She lifted her leg and then dropped it hard onto the ground as the ground sank from the pressure of the force. She flipped back several times landing softly on the ground. “Ha, looks as I’m faster and stronger then the big bad blob.” The creature picked itself up and started to move fast at Faia. Faia was just about to kick it as a foot came out and kicked her off. Faia looked at it for a second then realized it was now starting to form into something.
“It, it looks like me. How the hell is it doing that. I since no chakra from this creature.” Faia felt a pinching in both of her arms now as she slowly moved her right hand to her face. “My arms, I can move them. But they feel so hot.” She started to make a hand sign then she pressed her left hand to her lips. “Fire style, giant fireball!” A large ball of fire swept at the creature. Faia stood there for a second. “That should just about do i-----.” She went silent when the creature was standing looking at her. “What is this thing. If I could have use that fire jutsu when it was in its original state I would have been much better off.”
The creature started to make several hand signs. “I KNOW THOSE!” Faia started to make a hand sign but was to late as the creature spat out a odd foam from its mouth. It hit the ground, when it did the floor started to burn and disintegrate. “What the heck, that wasn’t what I thought….” Faia stood there for a second thinking. –“It came from water, so when I used the fire jutsu on it, nothing happened. So that means its body is made of water. Or something of the sort. But when I used that fire ball it should have melted back to its original state. Something’s not right about this creature.”- She stared at it for a good few minutes, it smiled back at her.
-“Wait a minute. If it’s a water base that means its being held together by something within not water base, something absorbing the water.”-
Faia started to make some hand signs. “I got it now, Fire won’t work on a water base. But one jutsu I have will. Wind style LIGHTING BARRAGE!” A cloud formed above the creatures head and started to rain a little, suddenly thunder hit then lightning struck down on the ground. Faia held her hands in one position making sure to put as much chakra into the cloud. Finally a strand of lightning struck the creature. It let out a horrible screech that Faia was having a hard time blocking out. She let out one last large amount of chakra that was sent ripping through the creature. It fell back into its water base then hit the floor in a puddle. It attempted to reform but then suddenly gave up. As the water moved Faia could see small fragments of something that was in the creature.
Faia laughed and went over to a small box on the far back wall, she opened it to find a small object placed in there on black silk cloth.
Ignis crouched on the ground. “This is the end, I suck at Taijutsu. Genjutsu probably won’t work on this guy either. Nin jutsu seems pointless as well.”
“Poor poor Ignis.”
“How do you know my name? FREAK!”
“You are pitiful aren’t you. To call yourself a shinobi is a joke.”
“What are you talking about?”
Ignis then realized something that she hadn’t a second or so ago. “RELEASE!” Ignis made one hand sign and focused on her hands. When she looked up the figure was gone. But a voice in the background was the only thing that she noticed. “You figured out it was Genjutsu eeeh? Smart aren’t you. But even being Genjutsu this is a small message for you. Stay out of the upcoming war, or your dead, girl.” The voice vanished. Ignis stood there for a second motionless. “The artifact.” She jumped up and ran back up the pyramid that now seemed so easy even using chakra wasn’t needed anymore. She got to the top were a lock box was. The strings that once was attached no longer was there. “It was Genjutsu as well. How foolish I was to fall for something as stupid as an Illusion jutsu.” She took a small jagged edged object out of a side pouch she carried. She jammed it into the lock. The top hatch split open and there sat several odd kunai. She grabbed them then went sprinting out of the room and back up the cave opening.
Silvercloud started to run back up the hall when she came to a dead end. Threads were all over the ground but non stood out from the walls.
After a good twenty minutes everyone was back in the main lobby of the cave. They went jumping out through the hole to find it was dark out.
Faia was the first to talk before anyone said anything about it being dark. “That’s frigin great, as if we didn’t have enough darkness from the cave, WE GET THE REAL THING! Son of a bitch.”
Obito looked over at her. “Someone’s over happy I see.” Faia turned around half smiling with her eye brows pointed down and her eyes blank. “Eeeh Faia I was only,” before he could finish Faia had started chasing him across the Sea top. “KIDDING!”
Ignis laughed as Darfin and Silvercloud followed giggling now and then. Silvercloud did her best not to laugh but had to keep putting her hand over her mouth as if to cough letting out small laughs here and there.
Kenshin was driving down a dark road when he came to a large desert area.
“Well I guess I’m on the right path, or at least I hope.” Kenshin drove for almost the whole night when he came upon a large sand like wall. Two guards were standing outside, they pulled out Kunai and demanded Kenshin turn off the motorcycle. Kenshin understood the signs and turned it off.
“Excuse me? What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to see Gaara of the Desert. I know he’s here so don’t tell me otherwise.”
“Aah you must be Kenshin, Of the Leaf Village. Right this way.” Kenshin started to follow the guard into the hidden sand village. It took them a while to get to a large building in the center of the village. “He’s inside here. Mind him please, lately he hasn’t been well. He’s very old and is dying. But has waited this long to see you.”
Kenshin slowly walked in, the doors behind him closed from the Guards. A young women came out into the light and looked at Kenshin. “You’re here to see Gaara I presume. This way please.”
Kenshin followed the young women up to a strange and large door. “He’s inside there, enter please I won’t be following.”
Kenshin walked up as the little women went running back down the hall to assist someone screaming. Kenshin pushed open the door and slowly walked in. A figure sat in a chair not far in front of him. The chair seemed to be the only thing in the room. The figure looked very young in age as if only in his twenty’s.
“I’m sorry I must be in the wrong room. Pardon me.”
“No you’re in the right room, trust me on that.”
“Oooh then were is Gaara of the Desert?”
“You’re looking at him.”
Kenshin stopped talking for a second and his bottom jaw dropped. –“He looks likes he’s extremely young and yet he’s over one hundred.”-
“Sorry about that Kenshin, I’m using a jutsu to conceal my age.” Gaara smiled. “Now shall we begin?”
Next time, Ignis’s team finally makes it back to the hidden leaf village but Kenshin is faced with a horrable choice.
Kenshins Death, a Fitting End.
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