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~DEFYING FATE II~
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THE UNEXPECTED PRESENCE
~DEFYING FATE II~
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THE UNEXPECTED PRESENCE
The sound of a thousand birds rustled through the air while flashes of lightning come to gather and channel their electrical charges to a sword piercing through Kakashi’s left chest stopping him, five 5 meters away from the user.
“Y-you!” Kakashi forced out a word as his eyes gazed upon the sharp glare of the other’s. His body went numb and he falls to the ground in defeat.
Naruto came to a full stop as the palm of the unexpected presence pressed hard on his chest. His white long sleeved collared shirt ruffled through the strong breeze announcing his power. The hair that just covered his face a while ago was blown off with the wind as he turned to face Naruto. His two sharingan eyes staring back at him in resentment.
“S-sasuke?!- - - Ugh!”
Naruto’s eyes widened as it meets Sasuke’s. Like Kakashi, he could hardly speak out a word, shocked upon his sudden appearance. He fell down on his butt to the ground when Sasuke lifted his palm only to strike on him again, pushing him backward.
“Chidori!”
“Aaaaargh!”
Sasuke’s lightning charges channeled more condensed through his katana. He pushed his sword further into Kakashi’s chest who now cries in anguish and pain.
“Saaasukeee!!!”
Naruto exclaimed to call him to a halt but before he could charge at him, Kakashi’s body rolled out from that of where Sasuke’s katana is still embedded.
“R-ryu?!”
Adding more to the surprises he’s getting from the last moments, Naruto recognized the person as Ryu. User of Soul Casting technique, capable of transforming into anyone he likes by capturing their souls and taking over their body, their chakra, and all of them.
“But, how?” Naruto, puzzled.
“Ugh – he got me last night, Naruto.” Kakashi confirmed. “When you guys left I sensed his presence and carelessly threw a kunai to his direction. That was when he got me off guard.”
“This Soul Caster’s technique would work on his target if they charge on him." Sasuke, responded. “Taking the advantage of sucking your soul while you are at the momentum of your attack and send your soul someplace like in a crystal ball or anything, he would then put his own soul to your body with a transformation technique.”
‘So this is why I could not even determine them in Sage Mode. But -- Sasuke did it with his Sharingan?’ Naruto said to himself like running everything through in his mind.
“H-how did you?” Ryu, drained and numbed by Sasuke’s attack asked.
“Ah! When you became a spy for Madara, a very small part of your chakra has been tweaked such that when you take full control over one’s identity, it remains in you. It is somewhere deep that only I and Madara knows.”
“Kakashi-sensei.” Naruto’s shadow clone that was supposed to sneak behind the fake Kakashi helps Kakashi to get up.
Further back, Sakura and Sai, gained back consciousness and sees what was going on. They too were victimized by Ryu’s technique. And since he can only take over one body at a time, they had to freeze until they get freed or if Ryu would use them.
“Who’s he?” Skye asked Sai who freed him from his snakes after having been able to figure out what was going.
“He’s one of the original members of Team 7. Uchiha Sasuke.”
Sakura kept her silence. She could not believe that they would meet Sasuke again after encountering him back at that bridge. After a short shock, she noticed that Naruto was assisting Kakashi who seem to need some help and moved forward to assist them.
“Now, tell me where the weapon is!” Sasuke asked Ryu. His katana is still embedded to his left chest.
“S-saburo took interest in it and he no longer has plans to give it to Madara and support his war. After he discovered the Crown of Australis, he decided to take the power to his self and just let the girl die.”
“And what of the girl’s exceptional healing ability? Will he be able to absorb it as well? We need both the girl’s healing abilities and power.” Sasuke asked back.
“He won’t. He will only be able to absorb the Hell’s Wrath Solar Fla—argh!” Ryu’s eyes suddenly bulged out and rolled as he appeared to go out of breath and run out of life.
“Saburo’s mind control technique. Killing his victim by going in to their minds and activate an exploding seal that he puts in for tracking, too.” Sasuke sneered. "Hmp! He's nearby then."
“Oi! Sasuke!” Naruto called. “What are you talking about? Why are you here?!”
“Madara and Saburo’s group are after Arashi’s power.” Kakashi said in a weary tone.
“So you are here to get Arashi, and take her to Madara?!” Naruto firmly asked Sasuke. “I will not –“
Before he could finish, Sasuke was already behind him. His katana pointed against his throat.
“You never change, do you? You still have that big mouth to begin with. You cannot stop me.”
“I will, if I have to.” Naruto said in a still cold voice. His eyes covered with orange lining as he reactivated his Sage Mode. His Kunai pointed at Sasuke’s left side after he swiftly managed to slip off from Sasuke’s hold. “I will not allow Madara to use Arashi for his own interests.”
Sasuke felt a different level of power with Naruto’s transformation. He swiftly swung his katana and Naruto jumped up to evade it and came back down with a slash by his kunai. Sasuke blocked it with his katana and soon, they exchanged attacks and defenses with their blades. Exchanging fists and kicks whenever the chance calls for it, the spectators can only see sparks of their blades hitting and could only hear thuds from their kicks and fists. They were both fast and quick, no one wanting to be defeated by the other.
“AAAAAA!” Naruto exclaimed as he finally caught Sasuke with an opening. “U-ZU-MA-KI! NA-RU-TO-REN—“
Yet before he could give the final blow, Sasuke managed to maneuver himself in mid air! Now, he seems to be in advantage to Naruto as he is just right above him! His katana held high above his head indicating a vertical slash. With their level of speed almost equal with each other, Naruto caught Sasuke’s slash with his kunai just as they set their feet on the ground. Pushing against each other’s strength, their eyes met. A flare of a never ending determination flashed as none of them would give up and surrender.
“Tch!” Sasuke cursed in resentment.
Reading each other’s next move, they both delivered a powerful straight front kick to the other, sweeping them off 10 meters apart.
“Ugh!” Both groaned as they tried to halt themselves. Fixing their stances with one hand to the ground they slid off apart from each other creating smoke of dusts until they came to a stop. Lifting their heads to check the other, they’re now once again locked up within the flaring stares of their eyes.
“Chidori Senbon!” Without even giving a hint of a slight movement, Sasuke sent thousands of chidori needles toward Naruto.
“Wind Vortex Wall!” Knowing that wind defeats lightning, Naruto used one of the wind techniques that he has secretly learned on his own. A vortex of wind whirled wildly around him in 2 meters diameter covering him from the ground and about half a meter above his head. The wall is composed of a heavily compressed wind chakra, and revolves at an intensely high speed that nothing could get through it without being grinded. Not even Sasuke’s chidori needles.
Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise as they see what looks like Naruto’s ultimate defensive wind wall. Sasuke’s chidori needles stopped and Naruto let down his wind wall. Panting between their breaths, Naruto and Sasuke unlocked their gazes when they suddenly feel the earth crumbling below them.
Sooner than they could move, the earth cracked everywhere from them, heading to Kakashi and Sakura, and further to Sai and Skye.
Sai, took off in his bird with Skye while the rest managed to skip from one crust to the other not wanting to fall into the cracks. The earth stopped to tremble and as they looked down into the cracks, steaming hot lava awaits anyone who would fall into it.
“Hooo? If it isn’t Uchiha Sasuke himself.” Said a low toned voice, mocking Sasuke’s presence.
Everyone looked toward the East to find out who the voice belonged to.
“Hmp!” Sasuke sneered. “Hoishi Saburo. Traitor of the Village Hidden from the Sun.”
‘Huh?’ Arashi exclaimed in surprise from the back of her mind. She stands to the right of Saburo, while Shin to his left. She have witnessed the later part of this new guy’s fight with Naruto and yet he was calling Saburo the traitor of their village.
“Hm, surprised, Miss Arashi?” Sasuke further said which added more to Arashi’s surprise.
‘How did he know my name?’ She said in her thoughts.
Saburo sensed Arashi’s mind going unstable. In a snap of a finger he immediately took over her.
“Eh? You think I’d let you take her that easy?” Saburo laughed and signaled Shin and Arashi to attack.
“Ah! I’ll get the wind and lightning boys!” Shin excitedly exclaimed as soon as Saburo gave the signal.
With a stamp of her feet, the Earth once again trembled before them. Naruto and Sasuke stood firm. The ground seemed to be compressing and it’s moving toward the center making the distance between them closer. Sooner then, they find themselves just a meter apart. Quickly before they could move, that part of the ground, where Naruto and Sasuke stands, rose up cracking the part where Kakashi and Sakura were.
“Sakura!” Sai, who was still in the air with Skye saw Sakura falling into the crack dived fast with his bird. Skye jumped off as soon as he can to lighten the load and landed beside Kakashi.
Thud!
Sakura landed just in time on Sai’s summoned ink bird. “Thank you, Sai!.”
“What the - - Naruto, Sasuke! Look out!” Kakashi called out to Naruto and Sasuke who are now isolated from the others.
They now stand on an Earth ramp, 10 meters high above the others. The crack it caused from rising have lava running below it and after Shin did a few hand seals, the surrounding lava rose up like a huge tidal wave ready to engulf Naruto and Sasuke!
“Oh, crap!” Sasuke cursed in between his teeth.
“Damn!” Naruto seconded.
With the lava rising all around them, Naruto and Sasuke will surely burn to ashes any second now!!!
Next Chapter: Team 7 @ Close Ranks
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Additional Time Line Notes, as I have mentioned:
So, I have actually moved the setting somewhere after Team 7 had their reunion. The reunion that took place after Sasuke defeated Danzo.
So, I have actually moved the setting somewhere after Team 7 had their reunion. The reunion that took place after Sasuke defeated Danzo.
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