Chapter 306: 298. Undercurrents in Shadows
A/N:- So, this upcoming part of the arc is entirely based on hints given in the Naruto series about demons. I will use a bit of pieces of story from Manga, anime, and even official Naruto games to write this arc and modify it according to my liking. When the part from the game will appear, I will point it out together with the name of the game.
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In the Land of Demons,
Inside a deep valley surrounded by various mountains ranges,
There is a gigantic rock temple carved into a mountain in the middle of a ridge. The temple has a gigantic rock gate with two fire torches burning on each side.
A giant kanji for 'demon' is carved in the temple's helm.
Whoo… whooo…
Heavy winds blow in the ridge as the clothes of the guards flutter with the winds.
Yawn…
One of the guards yawns slightly and rubs his eyes.
"Stop slacking! Miko-sama has warned us to maintain strict surveillance."
Another guard chides his partner.
The guard rubs his eyes and straightens his posture.
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
Five figures appear on top of a nearby hill. Four of them are dressed in white shinobi garbs. There is a hexagonal symbol inscribed on their robe.
The fifth person who seems to be their leader is dressed in grey attire, with a black trench coat and black shinobi sandals.
The group calmy gazes at the temple.
"The moment has arrived. The moment we have been waiting for!"
He raises his hand and gazes at the night sky.
Swirl…
"The stars have aligned perfectly."
In the sky,
The red moon, sun, and other planetary bodies align in a straight line.
"It is for this night that we developed the Dark Medical Ninjutsu."
He turns towards the four members of his squad.
"With it, we shall reawaken the Lord Kishin and unite all the lands."
Whoosh…
He flickers and reappears behind the four people.
"For that, we must first awaken the general of Lord Kishin's army."
The man in black waves his hands towards the group.
Fwoosh… Fwoosh…
Four dark snakes of chakra erupt from the ground and stab into the four shinobis in white.
"Strengthening Prescription: Chakra Injection"
Dark purple chakra courses through the snake. The man in black forcefully injects this chakra into four shinobis.
"Prescription Filled."
He spreads his arms and the black snakes return to his body.
Whoosh… whoosh…
The four white figures jump from the hill and dash towards the temple.
"Intruder!"
"Be on your guard!"
The guards raise their weapons and dashes towards the four shinobis.
"Do it, Gitai, Setsuna!"
One of the shinobi, with a blue cloth around his face, slowly walks towards the guards.
His hair flutters in the wind as he infuses a large amount of chakra.
"Fire Style: Fire Run"
A stream of fire erupts from the ground. The stream of fire surrounds the guards and forms a ring to trap them.
"Don't flinch at the meager flames like this!"
The guards raise their weapons and swing them around to extinguish the flames.
"I won't give you the opportunity to do so!"
Another shinobi in white with three triangular puffs of hair jumps in the air. He waves his hand and releases several small wind tornadoes.
"Wind Release: Divine Wind"
The wind tornadoes combine with the fire and form a gigantic fire tornado. The giant fire tornado incinerates the guards and slams into the giant rock door.
BOOM…
An explosion occurs at the point of contact. The giant tornado blows the rock gate to smithereens.
The group walks deeper into the temple, and another giant door appears in front of them.
The four figures push open the door.
Shoom… shoom… shoom…
Multiple torches light up in the temple.
"The time has finally come."
The black figure walks deeper into the temple.
"Wait here! From here on lies the boundary of life and death. Only I, the one with the name 'Yomi' can enter."
He takes a step into the shadows and disappears from the vision of four shinobis.
Yomi continues to walk deeper into the temple as more and more torches light up in the temple. He descends multiple rock staircases and arrives in a giant hall.
There are multiple rock statues bound to the ground in the hall. Numerous ropes with multiple paper seals hang across the cavern.
At the center of the room lies a shrine-like building with five tall pillars. A massive seal with white light lies on top of the shrine.
There is a small gap in the cavern from which moonlight illuminates the seal.
Yomi walks in front of the seal and raises his head. The stars and the celestial bodies slowly align with each other.
"It's waiting! Waiting!"
He stretches his arm towards the seal. Veins pop out on his body and his muscles stiffen as a large amount of dark purple chakra rises from his body.
Clap…
Yomi clasps his hands together.
"Rite of Descension commence!"
"Min, Shin, Gan, Reppyou, Shouzen, Mika, Dan, Raku, Shou!"
Yomi chants a long ritual rite.
Fwoosh…
He stretches his right hand towards the seal.
Swoosh…
He emits a thick wisp of dark purple chakra from his body. The wisp of chakra enters inside the seal.
Crack… crack… crack…
Multiple cracks appear on the seal and it slowly crumbles apart to reveal a dark other-dimensional passage.
Siii…
Dark winds blow from the passage and a thick, dark blue miasma leaks from the passage.
Fwoosh…
The dark miasma pushes Yomi back. Yomi kneels on the ground.
"It has been a while… Have I returned to this world?"
A deep, chilling voice erupts from within the passage.
"My liege! It has been a long time."
"You are…" The dark chilling tone creeps out of the cavern.
"It's Yomi, my liege! I am a survivor of the shinobi clan, which used your powers to lead the thousand ghost army." Yomi grovels in front of him.
"Why have you summoned me?" A voice full of irritation and resentment falls in his ears.
"I have been sealed in this place for almost a thousand years as my lord is banished to another realm."
"My liege! The stars have aligned again. Soon, the door to the other realm will appear again. It's an opportunity for us to wake Lord Kishin from his slumber and establish the Thousand-Year Kingdom." Yomi replies in a humble tone.
"But where is my physical self?"
The voice groans in anger.
"With only my soul, I will fade away in no time and will disgrace the dignity of the Lord!"
"Please use my body as your vessel until we recover your physical self!"
Yomi slowly stands up. He removes the black trench coat to reveal his chest.
"With my dark medical skills, I will transfer your soul into my body."
He takes a scalpel out of the multiple tools hung in his trench coat.
Swish…
Yomi skilfully waves the scalpel in his hand.
Swirl…
The scalpel lights up with a dark purple chakra.
Swish…
He makes a clean cut across his sternum to reveal a dark mass of chakra.
"Now, please enter my body!"
"Very well…"
A mass of dark blue flames rises in the passage. It leaps out of the passage and jumps into the gap in his sternum.
AHHA… AHHH…
Yomi screams in pain as the soul possesses his body.
"Rite of Descension complete!"
His pupils turn round and deep blue light flickers through them.
Hahaha…. Haha…
"Now my master shall be the sole ruler of this world."
Yomi raises his head and stares at the alignment of stars.
"It will take another two months for stars to align perfectly. Till then, I should slowly amasss my strength without alerting the priestess."
Whoosh…
He releaseas four dark purple snakes from his body. The snakes possess the bodies of the guards and they slowly stands up.
Soon, calm returns to the temple as Yomi restores the gate of the temple with his new-found power.
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In Konoha,
Inside the Yakiniku-Q restaurant,
Achoo…
Izuna sneezes loudly.
"Here!"
Ayaka passes a handkerchief to him. He blows on it and wipes his nose.
'Strange! How can I catch a cold? No, it must be Mei. She must be thinking about me.'
He shakes his head and turns towards his team.
"Eat up! Eat your fill! Today your Sensei is very happy with your performance!"
Izuna signals them to eat.
"Then I won't hold back, Sensei!"
Yakumo grills a piece of red meat until turns brown. She dips it into the sauce and puts it in her mouth.
Nom… nom…
"What a delicious piece of meat?"
Stars appear in her eyes.
Ayaka and Hanabi also grill their meat and slowly chew on it.
Izuna fondly stares at his team as he reminisces the past two weeks.
'It has been two weeks since my team three came into being. In these two weeks, these little girls completed 3 C-Rank missions, 2 D-Rank missions, and even a B-rank mission.'
Their most spectacular performance was in the previous mission, which was also their first B-Rank mission.
Initially, it was a C-Rank mission where a bunch of bandits were plundering and murdering people in a small civilian village in the territory of Land of Fire.
However, after investigation, the mission escalated to a B-rank when some rogue chunnins of small villages were found among the bandit gang. These bandits abducted the villagers and held them hostage.
But the girls calmly sorted out the situation, earning Izuna's praise and this well-deserved treat.
Izuna grills a large piece of steak. He layers it with sauce and takes a bite of it.
"Delicious!"
He closes his eyes and relaxes slightly.
'I can relax for a couple of months before departing to seek a solution for my problem. If it boils down to worse than I can always consume that vitality fruit to buy myself some time.'
Izuna stretches his arm and relaxes.
"Peaceful times sure are good!"
Swoosh…
A shadow creeps behind Izuna. Izuna turns towards the shadow.
"Huh?!"
Chapter 307: 299. Attack on Konoha
A/N:- These past few days, I was traveling to meet my sister on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan which is an auspicious Indian festival where a brother pledges to protect his sister from all sort of evils and the sister prays for the well being of the brother to help him through all sorts of rough situations.
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Swoosh…
A shadow creeps behind Izuna. Izuna turns towards the shadow.
"Huh?!"
A small wolf jumps out from the shadow.
"Master! There is an emergency."
The wolf has a grim expression on its face.
"So cute!"
The eyes of the three girls lit up. They immediately surround the wolf and stroke its fur.
"So soft!"
Ayaka wraps her arms around the pelt of the wolf.
"So beautiful!"
Hanabi wraps the tail of the wolf around her neck and cuddles it.
"Roen! I missed you a lot. You should come and play with me more often!"
Ayaka gently strokes Roen's neck.
Tickle… tickle…
She continues to tickle him.
Growl… ahhh… ahhh… Awoo…
Roen's ears twitch slightly and he growls in bliss.
"What an embarrassing sight to show to you, master?!" Roen apologizes to Izuna.
"Go on! Enjoy yourself!" Izuna takes another bite of meat and ignores Roen's plight.
Yakumo watches Ayaka and Hanabi play with Roen. She notices the soft and fluffy fur of Roen.
'I want to play too!'
She hesitates for a bit, but the charm of fluff is irresistible to her.
Yakumo also grabs the soft pelt of Roen and rubs her face against it.
"So fluffy!"
She turns to Ayaka and asks her.
"Who is this wolf?"
"He is Onii-san's summon. His actual size is enormous."
Ayaka expands her arms.
"He is almost as tall as the Hokage Monument. But Roen can shrink himself to this size. When I was small, I used to play with him a lot. Then, brother sent him away on a mission."
Ayaka snorts at Izuna.
Izuna ignores their banter and throws a piece of meat at Roen.
"Let's talk while you have some food. I will cook for you."
He turns towards the server and orders.
"Please send eight pounds of meat to our table."
Soon,
The server arrives with the meat.
Swoosh…
Izuna casts a silencing barrier around the group and turns to Roen.
"It has been four years since we met and three years since you left for your journey. So, how was your experience in these past few years? But first, tell me what is this emergency you speak of?"
Izuna curiously asks Roen as he grills the piece of meat for him.
Chomp… chomp…
Roen bites on the meat and answers.
"Master! As per your orders, I departed for the Land of Sky to search for the traces of the Zero-tails. After three years, I have finally found a lead when I abruptly sensed a large amount of dark chakra.
However, the chakra was immediately suppressed, and I wasn't able to pinpoint the exact location of the Zero-tails.
I tried to search for the trails of the chakra but lost the lead. So, I used our contract to reverse summon myself by your side."
Roen reports the incident.
"I see!"
Hm?!
He raises his head and gazes at the sky.
"Looks like the enemy is quite quick to act."
Whoosh….
Izuna flickers out of Yakiniku-Q restaurant.
He arrives at the center of the village and makes some hand signs.
"Barrier Gate Five Seals Technique: Castle Closing Eight Gates"
Izuna slams his palm on the ground.
Fwoosh…
A gigantic seal forms at the center of the village. The seal quickly spreads through the entire village and covers it.
A giant transparent barrier encloses the entire village.
"What?!"
"What's going on?"
The villager panics at the sudden appearance of the barrier.
At the Hokage Office,
Whoosh…
Tsunade and Shizune flicker to the top of the Hokage office. Both of them notice the giant barrier slowly enclosing the village.
"Tsunade-sama! This is… Is this an enemy attack?"
Shizune has a grim expression.
Hmm…
Tsunade focuses her attention on the barrier.
"No, it's not!" She shakes her head after a while.
"I can sense Izuna's chakra in this barrier."
Whoosh…
Izuna flickers towards the Hokage Office and approaches them.
"Tsunade! This is an emergency! An attack is coming Konoha's way!"
Izuna replies to her.
"An attack?!"
Tsunade's expression turns grim.
"Is it another of those otherworldly invaders?" She warily asks him.
"No! It's from the Land of Sky."
Izuna shakes his head.
"Land of Sky… land of sky…"
Tsunade ponders for a while as she tries to figure out the identity of the familiar name.
"Don't tell me it's the Land of Sky from the Second Great Shinobi War!" Tsunade has an anxious expression.
"Yes, it is." Izuna nods his head.
"I… I see!"
She turns to Izuna and asks him.
"You can easily handle the enemies if you want, so why inform me?" She curiously questions him.
"I won't help this time." Izuna shakes his head.
"I am a ninja not a nanny of the village who will tend to every problem."
"But…"
"Tsunade! The villagers must learn to fend for themselves. I won't always be here protecting them."
Izuna refuses to budge from his decision.
"Also, this barrier will only last for half an hour against enemie's relentless attacks." He informs them.
"Tsunade-sama! What's that?"
Shizune points towards multiple shinobis flying towards Konoha.
Tch…
"They are already here!"
Tsunade clicks her tongue.
"Send out the Level 3 security alert!"
She immediately summons the anbu.
"Immediately evacuate the civilians and alert the clan leaders to prepare for a battle!"
Tsunade hastily instructs them.
"It's not enough!"
She takes out a scroll and infuses some chakra into it. A Taiko drum appears in front of the group.
Bang… Bang…
Tsunade infuses chakra in her palm and slams the drum.
"That's an emergency signal!"
Nearby chunnins and Jounins immediately recognize the sound of the drum.
Whoosh… whoosh…
They quickly spread through the entire village.
Meanwhile, up in the air,
On top of a sky ship,
An elderly man with long grey hair, thick grey eyebrows, and yellow eyes with bags around them stares at Konoha with an evil glint in his eyes.
"Konoha! You will pay for your sins. Thirty years… it has been thirty years since I waited for this moment.
Back then, you crushed our Land of Sky through cruel and sinister means. It's time to pay back that cruelty. We have amassed our strength for the past thirty years. Now, it's the time to settle our grudge."
He tightly clenches his fist.
"We aren't like Sunagakure who trapped themselves in a quagmire. Our technology gives us an advantage in aerial combat."
"Men! Lay waste to every single structure of Konoha."
He points his hands towards Konoha and instructs his battalion.
Swoosh… swoosh…
Multiple sky shinobis equipped with Winged Mechanical devices fly atop Konoha.
"Release"
One by one all of them drop bombs on Konoha in an attempt to destroy everything.
BOOM… BOOM… BOOM…
Multiple explosion rings on top of Konoha as a faint barrier shields the structures.
Tch…
"There is a barrier protecting the village."
The elderly man clicks his tongue in dismay.
"Deploy the Barrier demolition squad. With their Flying Destruction Machine, they can easily get through this barrier."
He issues another order.
Swoosh…
Six giant flying machines operated by four people each fly on top of the barrier. Three of the people are operating the wings of the machine while the fourth person is sitting in an extendable compartment.
Bzzt…
The group of four focuses their chakra on a cylindrical structure.
Lightning flickers through the cylinder as massive amounts of energy gather in front of the cylindrical barrel.
SHOOM…
The machine fires a wide destructive beam of chakra.
BOOM…
The beam of chakra explodes on top of the barrier. The barrier successfully blocks the attack, but its glow dims down a little.
Back in Konoha,
Multiple Konoha shinobis are assembled on top of the roofs of the houses.
"Who are these enemies? How can they fly?"
One of the Akimichi clan members questions his partners.
"They are using chakra to pilot these things."
A Hyuga member points out.
"That mist around them is creating an air pressure difference between the tops and bottoms of wings causing them to stay in the air and fly." A member of the Uchiha Police Force inspects the sky shinobi with his Sharingan.
"Get ready for the counterattack. The barrier won't last long enough!"
An Aburame clan member warns them.
Whoosh… whoosh…
The members of Konoha 12 gather on top of the houses and stare at the group of flying shinobis.
"What's that, Dattebyo?!"
Naruto curiously stares at the flying shinobis.
"That headband! I have never seen such a symbol before." Sasuke inspects the shinobis.
"Also, these strange flying devices they are using… it feels familiar to the chakra armor we faced in Land of Snow."
"No matter who they are… Me and Akamaru will crush them? Right Akamaru?!" Kiba pumps his fist.
Woof…
"I appreciate your enthusiasm, but how do you plan to get up that high?"
Shikamaru asks him.
"I… I…"
Kiba turns silent at his remark.
"We will figure out a way!"
Woof…
"Looks like you have fed your intelligence to your dog. Even I can come up with better ideas!" Naruto smugly smiles at Kiba.
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