Kapitel 20: Rematch! Team 7 vs the Demons and Traitor
"We'll get going Tsunami-san." Kakashi told her.
Suki took a quick glance around.
Sasuke and Naruto were both awake and beside her since they managed to complete the Water Walking exercise so they didn't come back late and sleep in.
She looked back at Kakashi before he turned around and nodded to her.
She went through hand signs before finishing. "Fire Style: Flame Clone Jutsu."
Two puffs appeared on each side of her before going away and revealing two Sukis.
This was a contingency for when they all went to the bridge. They had thought of it after hearing how Gato went after Kaiza. The two clones are here to protect Tsunami and Inari in the case Gato would send people after them to get to Tazuna.
"Alright team, let's move out." Kakashi told, getting nods before they got into formation.
They spent almost half an hour walking to the bridge when Suki felt a chakra signature for a brief second before it disappeared.
'That wasn't Aoi or Zabuza's chakra. I hope that it was Haku's chakra. Otherwise, this just got more difficult.' She thought.
When they arrived, they saw bodies further on.
"No!" Tazuna exclaimed, quickly running to one of the people. "What happened?!"
"M-Monsters..." The man commented before fainting.
Suki gave the people a quick glance over.
"At most, only two may be in critical conditions. The rest don't seem to have any wounds that suggest that they are life threatening." Suki commented.
Not long after, a mist started to form.
"Company." Kakashi stated, no urgency due to the fact that the four of them had already realized that there were enemies.
Suddenly, 8 clones appeared, 4 were Zabuza and 4 were Aoi.
"So he still brought the brats?" Zabuza commented.
"Brats?" Kakashi commented. "Show them how you've improved."
Sasuke and Naruto blurred, quickly cutting down the clones and causing them to dismiss into water.
"Oh?" Aoi started. "Seems the little ones have improved." He looked slightly over his shoulder. "You prepared?"
Team 7 were able to see them as the mist lightened just slightly to allow them to see who he was talking to.
One was a medium height person with long black hair and no clear sex due to wearing a mask on their faces but their clothing seemed similar to Kirigakure's outfits.
The other, only Suki recognized.
"So he was with them." Suki muttered. She noticed Kakashi briefly look at her. "Beginning."
He seemed to understand that she was referencing the person that she spotted at the beginning of their mission.
"Doesn't matter. You hold your end of the deal, I'll even get rid of the boys too." The white haired boy told.
Naruto and Sasuke tensed slightly, quickly realizing who his target was.
"Yeah, yeah. However, play with those two for now." Aoi told him. He then sent a glare at Suki. "The girl is mine."
The boy raised an eyebrow.
"Don't say anything that would cause me to stab you." Aoi muttered.
The boy shrugged. "Careful with your words then."
The aura around him suddenly changed from carefree to focused.
"Careful with him," Suki warned. "Treat those two as if they are as dangerous as my opponent."
While she didn't believe Zabuza's partner and the boy were as strong as Aoi and Zabuza himself, she could tell they were stronger than the demon brothers.
Sasuke and Naruto nodded.
The boy looked over his shoulder slightly. "Which one do you want?"
"I'll take the kid in blue." The masked nin stated, choosing Sasuke.
He nodded before facing Naruto.
"Yo, Orange! You're my opponent." He called out.
The mist started to thicken before everyone was split up, by choice or not.
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Suki vs Aoi
Suki, already having had her Sharingan active, slightly tensed her body, prepared for any senbon Aoi may throw.
'He won't be able to do the water trick since we are standing on a solid bridge.' She thought.
She reached into her pouch and drew two kunai before holding the one in her left hand in reverse, the point of the blade pointing to the left while holding the one in her right hand in a dagger-like hold with the blade pointing up.
She faintly heard something through the air before moving her hands to quickly block and deflect the objects heading towards her.
*Ting* *Ting* *Ting*
The objects were, surprise, senbon. However, she noticed that they didn't seem to have any poison on them.
Her eyes narrowed, wondering why.
*psssht*
She rolled, just as something stabbed the ground where she stood.
She threw the kunais at the position before forming signs quickly.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
She shot a massive amount of wind from her mouth, clearing a small area of the mist, giving her a circular area clear of mist.
In front of her stood Aoi, the Raijin held in the air as if he slashed something.
"After what you did to me, I'll make sure that you wish you died in our earlier fight." Aoi growled out, clearly mad.
She grabbed her tanto, knowing that, while she couldn't block the blade, she could still hit him if the chance showed.
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Naruto vs Unknown
"Ha!" Naruto yelled, about to slam a punch into him, until a sparking sword quickly stopped him by cutting him in half at the waist.
Said Naruto quickly poofed, revealing that it was a clone.
The man ducked under a kick before forming signs.
"Lightning Style: Redirecting Bolt!"
From his free hand, several bolts shot out, each heading to a clone.
While some were able to dodge, others weren't before something shocked the ones that survived.
After impacting the clones, the bolts bounced off and towards the other clones.
More clones were dispersed before only 10 Narutos were still able to be seen.
The Naruto quickly formed signs. "Wind Style: Gale Palm!"
Suki had decided to make sure that Naruto knew more jutsus than just the Shadow Clone Technique, so she taught him some Wind Style jutsus.
A large amount of wind shot towards the man, who made his own signs.
"Lightning Style: Electric Dispersal!"
A large amount of lightning shot out from his hands before branching outwards like a large shield before colliding with the wind, stopping and dispersing the wind.
Naruto was shocked for a moment before regaining his composure due to the information Suki drilled into his head.
She explained that each element has an advantage and disadvantage element that seemed to fit a neat cycle. Water was strong to fire, fire to wind, wind to lightning, lightning to earth, and earth to water. And the reverse is their disadvantaged elements. However, that does not mean, for example, fire can't beat water. As long as the element is a stronger technique, it could defeat the element it was weak to.
'Suki mentioned that the Gale Palm jutsu was a high D to mid C level jutsu. That Electric thingy must be mid B or higher.' He thought.
The clones ran back in before he made more.
'As long as I don't get too close, this becomes a battle of endurance, and Suki always mentioned that I had too much chakra for my own good.' He smirked. 'That may come in handy at the moment.'
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Sasuke vs Masked Nin
Sasuke quickly moved his kunais, blocking several senbon from entering his body.
'They're fast.' He couldn't help but think.
The Mask Nin, someone named Haku, had managed to trap him in a dome of ice mirrors that allowed him to move a lot faster by moving in between each mirror, allowing them to throw from almost every angle.
He grunted as he felt one impact his side.
"If you would only give up that bridge builder, we could end this now." Haku told him.
Sasuke grunted. "Sorry, but I'm afraid that you already know that I can't do that."
"I see. I had hoped that I could prevent killing a child so young. However, I refuse to have Master Zabuza be injured or killed." He then paused. "Prepare yourself, young Uchiha, for you will witness one of my strongest techniques."
Sasuke tensed upon hearing that.
"Ice Release: Yukinko!"
From each of the 15 mirrors, the air grew colder, causing the area inside the dome to become cold enough for some snow to appear.
Sasuke was taken off guard slightly, expecting something troublesome but snow?
Suddenly, the snow grew large before shooting towards him.
He rolled out of the way before hearing a crash.
The area where he stood had at least 50 pounds of pure snow and had impacted the area strong enough that Sasuke could see a few cracks in the bridge itself.
Suddenly, the snow seemed to spike up before shooting at him.
He could only watch it come closer before it seemed to slow down.
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Suki vs Aoi
"Lightning Style: Lightning Bolt!"
A lightning bolt quickly shot out from Suki's left hand towards Aoi, who continued charging at her and blocked it with his blade.
He slashed at her, cutting her from shoulder to hip before it glowed red and dispersed as flames.
Aoi snarled before jumping to the side, dodging a flaming hand.
Suki picked her hand up, revealing that the flames from her hand transferred to the bridge before extinguishing themselves, Suki seeing no reason for the flames to continue.
"How many times are you going to keep trying that? It never works." He taunted.
Suki said nothing before forming signs. "Water Style: Shuriken."
15 Shuriken were shot out at him before he quickly formed a Water Shield.
He charged her, intending on keeping the offensive and keeping her from attacking at range.
He slashed once more, only missing as Suki shot her tanto forward, intending on sliding it through his chest.
Only for him to lean out of the way, causing it to only graze his side.
Before the yellow blade entered her back and exited the chest before being turned to flames, revealing it to have been another fire clone.
He growled once more.
"Aoi," Suki's voice called out from the mist. "Are you done playing around now?"
He threw Senbon in the direction it came from, only to hear it clatter against the bridge.
"So far from the mark."
He turned around before feeling a burning sensation in his left leg.
He fell to a knee and looked down, only to see cuts that were on fire.
"You said that I would wish I had died last time we fought?" Suki's voice echoed. "I'm afraid you're only half right in that statement. The correct way of saying that statement would be 'I wish I had killed you while you were weakened.'"
Aoi's eyes grew slightly, quickly understanding what she meant.
"You...were weakened!?" He yelled.
"Yep. But yesterday, the month passed. While the body doesn't heal on the dot, it should be good enough for me to surpass you."
"What in Kami are you talking about!?"
"Kyumon!"
Suddenly, the mist parted a bit, revealing Suki to Aoi.
Suki's hair stood slightly on end in places while a faint green aura could be seen.
However, that wasn't what he was focused on.
On Suki's right hand, there were three claw-like flames pointing out from the hand with each claw looking like a mix between a claw and a blade.
He also noticed that the flames began to gain a slight purple tint.
Suki moved her hand, gesturing to it.
"This is my first original jutsu. I call it Bureizukurō, or Blaze Claws. However, now with them turning purple, I'll call it Murasaki-kurō, Violet Claws." She told. "As you've already experienced, these claws can burn so hot, they can instantly cauterize any wound they inflict."
"Well, what a downside." He commented sarcastically.
"Oh, it is. That means that anyone hit by this jutsu will not bleed to death unless I make these flames less hot. But the trade off should be worth it. Considering that these, just like that blade, should be able to destroy theoretically anything. While that should be able to cut through anything, mine should be able to burn through anything."
"How about we see who's weapon is stronger?" Suki suggested.
Aoi grinned savagely and dash at her.
She responded in kind, keeping her left hand behind her back as it made signs.
Just before they would collide, a sound went out, as if there were thousands of birds crying.
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Naruto vs Unknown
"What's your name kid?" The man asked, holding his sword over his shoulder.
Naruto was giving some deep breaths due to the massive number of clones he kept summoning.
"Naruto Uzumaki."
The man seemed surprised.
"An Uzumaki?" He muttered. "Well, Naruto, I am Hikari Yoru. You have been interesting to fight, however, the person that made a deal with me has promised me something that I can't refuse. Fortunately, he doesn't care what happens to you or your teammate. Only that the girl dies on this bridge. I am giving you the chance to flee with your life."
Naruto growled. "Like hell I'll let you try and kill Suki!"
"Even if it results in your death?" He questioned.
"Even then! I'll be long dead before I allow someone to try and kill Suki!"
Hikari gave a small smirk. "You truly do have Uzumaki blood flowing through your veins."
He readied himself. "Then prepare Naruto. I have recognized you as an enemy. If you hesitate, you will die."
He charged forward, drawing his blade.
Naruto created several clones before they charged forward as well.
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Sasuke vs Haku
"*Huff* *huff* There's just no end." Sasuke muttered.
He had been constantly dodging senbon, ice needles, and snow for what felt like an hour.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"
He shot a massive fireball at a mirror, causing it to crack before it started fixing itself.
'They must be almost out of chakra. All of the jutsu they've been using must take a lot due to how little they've started to use them.'
He noticed when Haku started using senbon and ice needles more often due to the fact he didn't have to dodge as often.
He was grateful that, of all times, now was when he unlocked his own Sharingan. Certainly made dodging the projectiles easier.
"Fire Style: Multi-Fireball!"
He shot a continuous amount of small fireballs at the mirrors, causing several to crack.
He watched as they repaired themselves but they were doing so at a much slower pace.
"I'm sorry young man, but you proved too dangerous. I am forced to use my strongest jutsu on you." Haku told.
"Ice Release:" As they talked, Sasuke could see the chakra from several mirrors being transferred into one mirror.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"
He put a large amount of chakra into it to make it more powerful.
"Yuki-Onna."
The remaining mirrors all shattered, causing ice crystals to float through the air.
He could only watch as the crystals stopped in the air before converging in on him.
'This jutsu must be used with the Demonic Ice Mirrors.' Haku thought. 'It causes them to shatter before every ice crystal is then sent at the target.'
Sasuke knew he wouldn't be able to move in time.
He quickly made a decision. He channeled pure chakra to his fingertips before pointing it upwards, sending a small, but easily felt chakra beam upwards.
A technique most choose not to learn until they were Chunin.
The Chakra Flare.
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Suki felt the chakra before she saw it.
"AAAAHHH!" Aoi yelled out.
He had been able to react to the point blank Chidori and moved his body enough to prevent a death blow, but still retained a bad injury.
His right arm from the shoulder down was now laying on the bridge...disconnected from him.
She had also been able to slash into his side once more, feeling the claws cut through a few ribs.
She had quickly grabbed the Raijin blade before storing it away, preventing him from using it anymore.
Deciding quickly, she quickly closed the gap between each other and plunged the claws through his chest, piercing his lungs and at the very least, grazing his heart.
He would not last more than a minute.
With that done, she quickly made her way towards Sasuke.
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He saw the flare before realizing what that meant.
"Mass Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He yelled, creating over a hundred clones. "Hold him!"
With that, he ran towards the flare.
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Suki had arrived first before seeing a sight she dreaded.
Originally, Haku had aimed to incapacitate.
Now, Suki could make out several potentially fatal marks on him.
It seemed as if time stopped.
Anywhere that had open skin had at MINIMUM 20 small cuts every few inches. His shirt looked as if it was used for Kunai and Shuriken practice for days and his pants had multiple holes.
Suki had flashbacks to every single thing she could have fixed but let happen.
'No...'
|Bodies laid everywhere. Children, women, men, elderly, there were none spared.|
|Her father's body missing.|
|"Suki...was it real?" |
|A little boy, trying to hold onto his possible last shred of sanity.|
Suki didn't notice it but something had changed, especially when she saw Haku moving towards Sasuke.
And it made her chakra feel dark as if there was no purpose for the being wielding it...
Other than to kill.
"NOT AGAIN!!"
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Aoi is now dead, Suki has the Raijin, and Haku has messed up.
Next Chapter: The Power...of an Enraged Uchiha
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