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The False Apocalypse

 

Chapter 27

 

Shinobi Daizansatsu: The Great Shinobi Massacre, Pt.3

 

 

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

 

 

“Hiko are you reading this!” Rei's scouter was going berserk and not in a good way. She had arrived at Nazomishi's location about thirty minutes ago and they nearly had everything sealed properly. Now this happens?

 

“I was hoping mine was just broken.” Hiko stated, slightly annoyed that he was wrong.

 

“I was to…o…beep beep BleeleleellLEEP!” As Rei tried to respond as the massive energy signature their scouters were reading became visible in the form of a massive pillar of energy over on the northern side of town. Every scouter in the area was reading the same, it had been reading around seventy thousand for a few minutes and soon burst up beyond from a hundred thousand. Most had hoped it had peaked but after nearly ten minutes it began surging higher once again. The enormous chakra signature dident take long to reach the four hundred thousand mark, causing the scouters to explode.

 

“eAAAAAAAAH…” The screams of pain rang throughout the area as the Zate members; sealing Nazomishi's inner, cried out as their eardrums burst from the exploding scouters. Many bowed their heads to the ground while grabbing their ears, watching the ground as their blood dripped onto the freshly upturned soil. The few lucky enough to have some degree of advanced healing or medical jutsu were fine soon enough but all knew they had to get back to the sealing process as soon as possible. They would have to ignore this event for now, or risk having two charka freaks on their hands. At first they had hoped it was Kirabe but his signatures were regestered elsewhere. They could only hope and prey whatever it was, was on their side.

 

It took a few moments but Rei was finally able to heal her wound and generate several clones to start healing the others. Burst eardrums were not the kind of injury to be taken lightly. If not healed soon they could lead to permanent damage, and that was not something the Zate need now or ever. She stumbled over to Hiko, still trying to regain her balance from the ordeal and placed her healing hands on his ear. “Hold still, I'll have this fixed in a second.”

 

“Thanks that's good enough for now. We need to get back to work.”

 

“Master Hiko, what should we do, you can't seriously expect us to ignore that!” One of the former Jedi hollered from the other side of Nazomishi's body, falsely compensating from his damaged hearing.

 

“Master Yoda is near there, if anyone can handle such power it's him.” The man nodded in acceptance while another, freshly healed by Rei leaped from her grip, speeding off towards the location of the massive chakra signature.

 

“Fool you're just going to get killed!” Rei screamed but received no response as the man quickly exited her field of view.

 

 

“…What is this place…” For a man with so many unusual abilities this was the first time Nazomishi had ever seen his mindscape. The place looked like some sort of majestic mansion. Walls of marble, stone pillars and intricate carpets lining the centers of seemingly vast hallways were the first things he noticed. It largely resembled one of the older Jedi temples he had visited. The large amount of stone and pillars lining tall and cavernous expanses, perfect for free lightsaber combat.

 

Nazomishi wasn't in the dark on his location for long, realizing that the only logical place for him to be was in his mind. From the things the master swordsman had read about mindscapes, appearances like this were rare at best. With himself being over three hundred years old he knew this to be quite true. Only very traumatic events or disorders with the mind could trigger such events. Strange situations like Naruto's connection with the Kyuubi and Sakura's second personality made up the rare few incidences where regular mind walks were common. Even Jedi in their deep meditative states only got to see very specific locations within their mind. Mind libraries and force centers were the most common places, but to walk massive halls with free access to one's mind was something that most wouldn't dare go for fear of disrupting some essential balance.

 

Despite all the rationalization and feelings that he didn't belong here there was something pulling him through the hallways to some unknown location. Not having any clue as to how to leave this place Nazomishi pressed on, confident that his mind wouldn't do anything to harm him or itself in the process. It was his mind after all or was it?

 

“Oh there can be no doubt about that…” A mysterious voice echoed through the halls with a tone that seemed to send chills down his spine. Strange that he would have a spine solid enough to get chills while within his mindscape.

 

“Who are you, why are you in my mind!” That was the real question racking Nazomishi's innermost thoughts. Why would he of all people have someone in his head? Of course he knew his other self was in here somewhere but it had never voiced itself within his mind. Whenever that decided to rear it's ugly face it preferred to simply take over. It rarely if ever said anything, simply taking over and started a path of destruction. The strange voice continued to echo throughout the massive complex that was Nazomishi's mind as he entered a vast expanse of a room.

 

“So ignorant for one who prides himself in his intelligence.” The Zate Captain continued through the room, pulled by the same mysterious energy that had beckoned him since his arrival. He passed between numerous pillars, rising so high into the air that no end could be seen. The voice had passed several minutes ago and Nazomishi was thankful it was gone; the malevolent voice never brought anything but bad memories and negative thoughts.

 

“Oh I am not gone, merely waiting for you to get here.” Smoke started pouring from the ground in front of Nazomishi, molding and taking shape and color, finally solidifying into a kneeling figure that Nazomishi had only come to know as Zansatsu. The Zate leader himself had never seen the monster himself but if it were anything this would have to be him.

 

“What are you, why are you here! Do you only exist to torture me? I want you gone!” Nazomishi screamed, perterbed be the creature's existance. This was his mind and his mind alone, there was no room for such a creature.

 

“Ever the fool, I cannot be `gone' as you so wish. I am you. Why else would I be in your mind? And even if I were not, you need me.” The blond form placed special significance on `need me' as he rose from a kneeled position, showing his demonic smirk as the last of the smoke receded from his surroundings. The evil presence seemed to glow with red around his crimson and black trench coat and blood red katana.

 

“Why are you here? Why must you exist? This is my mind and you shouldn't be here if I don't want you!”

 

“Why are any of us here? I exist because I was willed into being by your selfish need to cope with the murders you have committed.” The figure walked closer to Nazomishi with aggression in each step. “Actually, permit me correct myself. That is the reason why I have power. All creatures with a mind, complex enough to suffer has one of us. How strong we are depends on how long and how much you rely on us to take on your suffering, growing stronger with every traumatic event. You, youhave relied on me for a long, long time. Really, I guess you could say that I am your suffering incarnate.”

 

“Then how do I get rid of you? I don't want you anymore. I don't need you anymore!”

 

“Oh my dear boy, the time for that has long passed by. I am far too powerful now. If I were to suddenly vanish you would take on everything I have ever taken from you. The three hundred years of suffering, murder, pain, torture, mental strain, everything. Even the things your clones experienced.”

 

“I'm no fool. You can leave, you just want something first. Name it and get out of my head!”

 

“There is no need to shout, we are in your head after all. You do of course have something right. There is something I want. Wondering the endless corridors of your mind has become rather boring and I want out. I want to be the King of this shell.”

 

“NEv…!”

 

“You my boy are not in a position to negotiate. The pretty girl and the Flying Heaven fools are giving their all to seal me away. What they don't realize is that such cages are useless. When you cage a beast it gets angry, ravenous… murderous…”

 

“Rei knows as much as I do in seals. She will seal you away permanently!” Nazomishi wanted to lash out of the evil being but something was compelling him to avoid that course of action. There was something about it that screamed. `If you touch it you will die.' Such feelings were relatively new to the swordsman. Yes he had felt it before but…this level was just pure insanity.

 

“Again with that temper. You are far too emotional for your own good. A good strategist is useless if he cannot keep his head about him.” Zansatsu tisked his kinder self while waving a finger in disapproval.

 

“Like I would care what you think!”

 

“I wish I knew why I was attempting to communicate with such an emotional creature... You will not be here much longer anyway. My kind are much stronger than we appear to be.” The blond raised his right hand towards Nazomishi and flicked his middle finger as if swatting a fly with it. In an instant Nazomishi was blasted away, through one of the massive pillars within the endless expanse that was his mind. Even from several meters away the flick held power enough to strike Nazomishi as hard as one of Sano's punches. It hurt like hell.

 

“Today I will be King and your body will be my vessel.”

 

 

“Zabuza have you seen Aoshi!” Haku was frantic, looking for Aoshi as she ran into Zabuza and Kakashi within their sector. By the looks of it she had run half the way across the city looking for him after her scouter got busted by an Ame Shinobi.

 

“Haku?” His daughter's voice caught Zabuza off guard, drawing his attention away from his own battle if only for a moment. It was a good thing his senses were so keen. Otherwise he would have taken a kunai to the neck as he spun to grab the nin by the wrist and commenced in slicing his opponent in two with his enormous blade. The Demon of the Mist took his time to shake the remaining blood off his arm while Kakashi appeared with another dead nin on his back.

 

“…No Haku, I haven't seen him. He's strong, I wouldn't worry about it.”

 

“I know, but…” She looked to the ground; hoping one of them would use their scouter to locate Aoshi.

 

“Alright fine…lets see…” Kakashi wore his scouter over his good eye and currently had his Sharingan covered, glad that it helped his normal eye enough that he didn't need the Sharingan in as many combat situations. It beeped repeatedly as he scanned the area for Aoshi's energy reading.

 

“He's with Naruto and Sasuke, over by….what the…” Both his and Zabuza's scouters almost instantly started going crazy as a massive chakra spike drove the devices to their breaking point. Like many before them the scouters blasted themselves of the wearer's heads.

 

“Don't tell me.” Haku raised her hands to her mouth in fear that Aoshi was where the now visible chakra signature was coming from.

 

“What the hell was that Kakashi!”

 

“I wish I knew, whatever it is, it's bad. It's not Yokai and it's definitely not Naruto.”

 

“What do you mean it's not Naruto? The kid's the only one capable of producing that much energy.” Zabuza growled, trying to figure out what was going on.”

 

“If it's not Naruto then where are they?” Haku asked, glad that Aoshi wasn't fighting whatever was producing such monstrous chakra.

 

“Over that way, as far as I could tell they were fighting someone with a doujutsu.” Kakashi pointed about thirty degrees off from where the chakra spike came from.

 

“Thanks!...” Without second warning the ice mistress vanished in a whorl of ice.

 

“No Haku wait!”

 

“It's no use, besides with them she'll be safe.”

 

“She better be…well nothing left to do but hold down the area.” Kakashi looked at the former mist nin strangely when Zabuza himself started wonder why he was being given such a strange look. “What?...”

 

“I don't know, I just didn't take you as the kind to sit back a and wait when there are so many good fights going on. Especially not with Madara lurking around.”

 

“Yea…well I don't like it when people intrude on my fights so it doesn't go the other way around either. That goes for that monster too.”

 

“I don't know why, but I feel the strange need to introduce you to Anko.

 

“What the hell's an anko? It sounds like some kind of fog horn.”

 

“He he, you wouldn't want to say that to her face.” Zabuza raised an eyebrow wondering what sort of creature in their right mind would have a name like Anko.

 

 

 

“Your blade is an interesting piece of art. It will make a perfect addition to my collection.”

 

“My Lightsaber will obey none but me…” The blade buzzed as Windu waved it around, using it's bright light to draw Sasori's attention. Sasori's tail slithered through the air attempting it's own method of distraction.

 

`Shatter points…his core,…there.' Windu had located Sasori's weakness. In an instantaneous burst of Force speed Windu easily slashed through Sasori's beloved puppet. Sasori tried to leap back but turned his head in shock at the insane speed at which the cloaked warrior moved. The front part of Sasori's body fell to the ground as the back part leaped back, soon left to the ground as a new cloaked figure made an appearance.

 

“Submit Sasori, the Zate are on an entirely different level.” Sasori removed his shredded cloak, revealing his very young but mechanical body.

 

“Submit? But then you would never get to see my most prized puppet?”

 

“Sorry to disappoint you but I have orders to keep you from summoning anything else.” Windu finished his short statement as Sasori started pulling out a scroll. He immediately threw out his left arm with fingers spread wide. Sasori's body immediately split into all it's parts and pieces as the core flew quickly towards Windu's palm.

 

“By order of the Zate I end your life.” With one final swing of his saber, the Master Zate seared Sasori's heart in two. Sasori was dead.

 

“You…you just beat Sasori?” Kankuro was astonished, THE Sasori of the Red Sand. The man who created the very puppets he used.

 

“Like he said a minute ago, these Zate are on an entirely different level from us.” Gaara noted as he immerged from where he was watching the fight. Kankuro blinked several times, trying to take in how easily one of Suna's most legendary Shinobi was so easily taken down.

 

“Trust me, it was far easier than taking apart a few battle droids. You want his puppets? You have two of them anyway.”

 

“Uh…I…”

 

“Just take them, I have no use for puppets and there aren't very many with the skill to wield such things.” Without another word Kankuro ran over to the former puppet master and began examining the body for summoning seals and scrolls. The new wielder of Sasori's puppets collected his `prize' as a robed Zate walked in from the shadows.

 

“What are you doing here, you were assigned to guard the Hokage tower.” Windu asked having sensed him long before he revealed himself.

 

“That doesn't seem like you to let others take such spoils of war.”

 

“We cant let such weapons fall into enemy hands, now answer my question.” The robed Zate raised his arms up and rested them behind his head as he plopped onto a nearby upturned stone.

 

“Unfortunately there's no more tower to guard. Anakin showed up just in time to save us from someone new.”

 

“That large energy signature?” Windu had picked up a chakra signature, standing around eighty thousand and knew it could be trouble if it wasn't intercepted soon.

 

“Yes sir, he had us leave and we alerted Master Yoda and he had me come here to alert you.”

 

“If Master Yoda…” Windu's eyes widened slightly as the energy signature started growing. He had taken a second to check the signature again, noticing that it was no longer the eighty thousand he had checked half an hour ago. The signature was now well above the two hundred thousand mark.

 

“What is it Master…” The beeping from the scouter started becoming more and more violent as the numbers grew and grew surpassing the 250,000 mark in seconds before the scouter finally exploded. Something in the Force told Windu to get rid of it before something bad happened. The bald Master immediately reached for it and threw it before it had a chance to explode.

 

“Holy shit!” The Zate screamed as he watch the shocking display, visibly frightening Temari at the fact that something bad enough was happening to frighten several Zate members.

 

“Gaara, your with me, everyone else round up any Zate you can find. I don't care who they are fighting, were heading there now!” Master Windu immediately leaped away while Gaara took quick note of the situation and fallowed. Temari began chasing after them screaming “Gaara you cant!”

 

“Let them go, can't you feel that energy? It's on par with some of the demons but it's chakra. Whoever is producing that, it's a human with enough raw chakra to level the city.” Itachi said, finally feeling rested enough to return to combat. Seeing that his scouter would now be useless Itachi tossed it aside and crushed it beneath his feet. He was glad his was off what that happened to Windu, the last thing he needed was to be deaf and blind.

 

“All the more…”

 

“The only two ways to deal with that kind of chakra. Matching it or sealing away are our only options and option two ran out a while ago. They need to gather the Jinchuuriki immediately. Trap or not it's our only option.”

 

 

“It's him.” Aoshi stated while landing and motioning his arm for the other two to stand back. “I will deal with this.” Team Aoshi had leaped nearly a block from their last position after finally gaining a visual of their opponent.

 

“Like I'm going to let you take all the glory here. I have some eyes to retrieve.” Sasuke knew it was no use hiding it anymore. If he was to achieve his goal of getting the eyes to save his brother then he had no choice but to make sure the others didn't destroy them.

 

“…” `Idiot, you can't hold back against a foe like this, even if it is to retrieve something. I'll have to end this quickly.' Aoshi trusted out his left arm and the ground began to frost over beneath Tobi's feet. The masked Uchiha leaped into the air as dozens of ice pillars began bursting forth from the ground.

 

“Oooo so scary.” Tobi mocked as Aoshi drew his blade along with Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke's Sharingan blazed to life as Aoshi squeezed his fist together using the Force to grab at Madara. Much to his dismay the masked man vanished without a trace.

 

Naruto's hand immediately went to his scouter, searching out local energy signatures. “Sasuke beneath you!” Sasuke leaped into the air throwing his left palm downward having formed Chidori without the need of any seals. The blaze of electricity arched violently as Sasuke's arm seemed to strike it's way strait through Madara only for his body to pass strait through Sasuke. Madara didn't waste much time before delivering a powerful kick to Sauske's back, sending the Sharingan wielder to the ground like a bullet. Sasuke landed firmly with his knees wanting to buckle but remaining strong.

 

“I must admit, you're strong for your age Sasuke. Have you received any special training?” Madara's visible eye took note of an icy mist taking form around his body and immediately sent out a wave of fiery chakra to evaporate it into nothingness.

 

“You know your problem ice user? Your attacks take too long to form.”

 

“Oh really?…” A whisper came from behind Madara as twin Kodachi ripped their way deep into Madara's back. Thrown to the ground Madara made every effort to recover his stability by digging his arms into the ground and flipping away. In mid flip a large chakra claw came ripping through the air, threatening to crush him. Like many attacks before, it too passed strait through, annihilating the ground beneath.

 

Madara checked his back, taking note that the blades struck his armor six times. Each cut nearly made it through, one was deep enough that he could feel a small amount of blood dripping from the wound. “You cut my armor with a sword. How?”

 

“I'm surprised it didn't cleave you in two. It's not often one of Nazomishi's blades fails to do so.” Aoshi commented while sheathing his blades and letting them vanish within a seal on his arm. He then used the Force to draw two silvery Lightsabers. They snapped to life as Sasuke charged his with Chidori Nagashi.

 

“You can't fight all three of us at…” All four warriors turned their heads towards a massive explosion of energy that could visibly be seen from their location. The tower of energy was massive. Within seconds of the explosion the clouds in the sky dissipated, leaving the city as if fleeing from the horrible energy as it declared providence over the area. Even Madara was visibly stunned at the ridiculous amount of energy. Scouters were not needed to feel it's potency.

 

`So thick, this chakra…this is… that can't be human. But…' Madara's attention was brought back to his opponents as the blue screen on Aoshi's face exploded.

 

“Heh, so much for your toy. That actually had me worried for a moment, so long as Konoha falls, I don't care what it is or what it wants in time all will bow under my rule. ”

 

“Sasuke…” Naruto was looking over where the energy signature was coming from with horror written on his face. Madara looked over to the boy, curious as to what could be so interesting that he would completely ignore an opponent as powerful as himself.

 

“What is it, do you know what that is?” Sasuke asked curiously.

 

“No…but the girls are there.” Sasuke's eyes widened in realization, knowing Naruto was right, it was directly on the path towards the city bunker.

 

“You should pay more attention to your surroundings!” Madara screamed as he vanished in a burst of speed, heading towards Naruto with a freshly summoned blade.

 

 

The volume of citizens being herded into the bunker was finally starting to dwindle. Most the Genin including Sakura and Hinata were acting as traffic management, to make sure the evacuation went smoothly.

 

“Hey Hinata, did you see that.” The two girls were standing on a series of stairs, monitoring the flow of citizens when Sakura noticed a large building collapse into rubble off in the distance. Hinata's head turned over where Sakura was pointing and almost immediately raised her hand to her mouth. The Hyuuga compound had just been obliterated.

 

“I know, how people can be so cruel.”

“It…it's not that…that's my home…” Hinata gasped out with a single tear running down her cheek. Hinata's strength had improved dramatically over the past month. Not long ago she would have, by no stretch of the imagination, feinted at such a sight.

 

“Oh, I'm so sorry; I hope nobody was still there.” Hinata slid into the wall and into a sitting position against the stone fortification of the bunker. She sat for a moment to catch her breath.

 

`Naruto… please be ok…” Hinata thought.

 

“NOOOOO RUN!!!! Don't fight him, you can't beat him RUUUUN!!!!” It was the scream of a famine voice quite similar to Sakura's. Actually, it seemed very familiar to Sakura but she couldn't place where it was coming from.

 

`What? Where the hell did that come from?' Sakura heard an obscenely loud screaming coming from somewhere and looked around to locate it. Noticing nothing she turned to Hinata.

 

“Hinata, did you hear that?”

 

“Hear what?” Hinata looked up wiping tears from her eyes and attempting to focus on Sakura.

 

“The screaming the…” “Where is Master? Why can't I feel Master!”A deep voice echoed within her mind, as if in some far off location. “…” Then there was silence, a dead silence as if someone were saying something off in the distance but was too dull to be heard. Then the other voice returned.“Liar! You know where Master is, I want my Master! GIVE ME MASTER!!” The momentary blank returned, only this time there was a feint trace of pain. A sense, that the one that was screaming suddenly felt an intense wave of pain.

 

“Don't tell me you can't hear that? Someone's screaming about their Master. Whatever the hell that means.” “No…” The original voice sounded, as if shocked by something horrible happening. It was as if the voice was hurt by what was happening, as if it had just witnessed a horrific death.

 

“You see! There it was again. Some girl just said no, and…” Sakura trailed off after seeing the cluelessness in Hinata's eyes. What was going on? Was she going crazy or something? No, this was far too real. What the hell was going on?

 

“I'm sorry Sakura … but I can't hear anything.” Hinata said still depressed after witnessing her home turn to dust.

 

“Oh my god…” Sakura stumbled back after glancing over the railing on the path, looking down towards the village. She covered her mouth in shock of what she had just seen.

 

“What is it now Sakura…” Hinata looked up to see Sakura with both hands over her mouth, looking down upon the path leading to the bunker. A few hundred feet down some figure just went blasting through the air and crashed into the mountain. The mountain shook from the impact that unhinged several boulders into a dessent towards the road as it crushed several civilians running for safety.

 

“RETURN MY MASTER!” A burly voice echoed from down below as it kicked off from the distance, crushing the ground beneath him. The large body, clearly approaching eight feet in height wore a white coat and black pants, carrying what seemed to be a large scimitar about the height of his body. They couldn't make out much from this position, especially with it moving at such speeds. But one thing was for sure; it made the rumors of Tsunade's strength look weak.

 

The body moved through the air, ready to strike the previous body before it had a chance to leave it's crater within the mountain. It's blade descended rapidly as the mountain shook again under the pressures being exuded between the two warriors. Sakura moved closer to the edge, gaining a view of the battle below. The large one had stopped with his blade hung in mid air as the other stepped out of the crater. The words could barely be made out but they were there. “Your strength is astonishing, but power is nothing to a Jedi.” It was feint but it was there. The man stepping out of the crater held his hand out in front of himself as if holding on to something but they couldent tell what it was. “You what are you doing. Release me!” The giant screamed with a voice that threatened to spread through the city. “RELEASE ME!!” “Never!” The feint voice stated once again, having apparently said it once before.

 

A bright light burst forth from the robed one's free hand. A red light that reminded Sakura of that strange weapon the green Zate used. The blade streaked through the air, cleaving the monster's blade in two descending towards the monster itself. The next event could be best described as all hell breaking loose.

 

The Giant warrior screamed out once more as the mountain began to shake as a wave of yellow energy blasted forth shakeing the foundation of the mountain. The sheer magnitude of the energy was enough to form a crater within the nearby mountain. Both of the girls held on to the railing for dear life as their bodies seemed to become weightless under the intense wind generated by the oncomeing waves of energy as the entire cliff face shook with intencity.

 

Down below the robed Zate gave his all, using the Force to shield himself from the all engulfing energy. The malice and darkness held within the energy was suffocating, frightening. The clashing point where the Force and the monstrous energy fought for dominance was unmistakable. Soon the mountain path began to crack and crumble, careening down towards the combatants.

 

“HINATA!” Sakura leaped over the edge of the railing, holding on with on hand and reaching out for Hinata with the other. The Hyuuga had flown away from the path as the ground beneath her feet crumbled and careened towards the battleing warriors.

 

“Hang on Hinata, just don't let go.” Hinata looked up at the pink haired girl, nodding in acknowledgement. Her eyes trailed down the rock face to the battle waging down below where the now dominant force was the Giant with the enormous energy signature. She turned back to Sakura when she noticed that she was being pulled up. She only had a moment of relief before the shattered railing shifted, dropping them down another foot. “Don't worry I have you.” Both gulped, preying they wouldn't end up in the middle of that horrific scene. Even if they managed to survive the fall the forces at work beneath them would leave them crushed and dead.

 

“I will only say it one more time, give me Master!” The large man's teeth gritted together as he forced out his final demand. By now the energy had condensed within his body and was no longer trying to blast everything away. Noticing this Anakin released his effort to shield himself with the Force. He removed his hood and spat the blood dripping from his mouth onto the ground.

 

“I could care less how many times you say it. I don't know who your master is or where he is. Now leave this place, I don't want to destroy you.” In a moment of complete astonishment the large creature vanished as the entire area behind him was turned to rubble. The next thing Anakin knew was his entire body being flattened into the mountainside once again, only this time there was something holding him there. The large man had a grip around his neck and was relentlessly smashing his head into the rock face.

 

The monster could only laugh psychotically with every stone that broke free as Anakin's body became bloody from head to toe. “You should have just told me where Master was, I wouldn't have tried to make it so painful.” Finally tired of playing with the Jedi Master, the monster lifted him up by the neck one last time and threw his now limp body aside.

 

“Master, where are you…?” He grumbled to himself looking around. He noticed a small pebble falling from the cliff and looked up, tracing its path up to where he saw two girls dangling down from the remains of a walkway. “Do you know where Master is?” A deep feeling of dread filled the girl's hearts. “Give me Master!” He screamed again as they dangled there, praying he would simply loose interest and let them get to safety.

 

The monster's patients grew thin after asking only a few times. Finally he kicked off, obliterating the ground beneath him. As he flew into the air he grabbed the girls by the necks and grinned demonically as he landed with intense force.

 

“GIVE ME MASTER!” He screamed again, spit and foul breath pored onto the girls like a dip in a sewer. They cringed, wanting to gag, praying someone would show up to save them as the force behind even his voice blew their hair strait. Anakin lay in the rubble to their side, unconscious and beaten.

 

“We don't know your master, please let us go, we don't mean any harm.” The dark presence glared at them both as he raised his arms up, lifting the two girls up, tightening his grip on their necks. In a fit of anger he began lowering his arms with astonishing speed for his size. His arms buried themselves into the ground, shattering the mountain's stone structure even further. The anger consuming him, compelling him to torment the girls was so great he did not realize that they were gone. This was the feeling that gave the monster his name, Torment.

 

 

Cue: Destruction Preventer -Sonata Arctica

 

 

The girls appeared in Naruto's arms as he sat them down on the ground a short distance from the combat Zone, having arrived there in a yellow flash. His eyes held concern for the girls and contempt for the man who would have killed them.

 

“Stay here, I'll take care of him.” Naruto turned his head to face the monstrous giant and vanished in a blaze of light. Lifting his arms from the ground, the monstrous form looked pissed, having just realized that his play toys were gone. Naruto appeared in front of him, bending down and retrieving his kunai.

 

“Why did you do that?” Naruto asked seriously while restraining himself from punching the man then and there. His two tails waved in the air, starting to give off some chakra as both held a blade. His killing intent was raising more and more by the second.

 

“They would not Master to Torment. Will you give me Master” The creature now idenified as Torment asked, hoping that someone would finally have an answer to his question.

 

“I don't know your Master.” He looked over to Anakin, lying beaten and broken on the ground he looked back to the infuriated look on the monster's face as the Kyuubi spoke up within his mind.

 

“Brat…take everything…”He knew what she meant. Nazomishi had told him some about the Force and understood that Nazomishi himself had used it to stop his rampage during their match. If someone with such ability could be taken down so horribly, if someone with the ability to tap into a practically limitless reservoir of energy could be beaten and utterly crushed, then he would need every ounce of energy he could yank out of the seal to fight this…this thing

 

“I understand…” Naruto narrowed his eyes as his twin tails took on a golden glow and his body began to pulse with energy. Wind began whipping around his body, as he pulled more and more out of his seal. Torment grinned sadistically as Naruto's Chakra levels grew up towards fifty thousand and continued spiking higher and higher.

 

Without any warning, Torment threw a punch with such power that it dragged the air with it. The intense force was about to strike Naruto in the face when he grabbed the punch out of thin air and his body was dragged along with it. Naruto's relatively small body was lifted off the ground as he forced himself into a handstand on Torment's arm and continued with a kick to the face. The strike connected directly on Torment's neck.

 

Torment was absolutely vivid as he could actually feel the kick that Naruto had delivered. He was defiantly going to have fun with this one. Naruto looked down to where his kick landed and immediately back flipped away to avoid getting grabbed by the powerful bruit. It was too late, by the time the Jinchuuriki started his flip his leg was within Torment's grasp and his body was being slung around like an overgrown chew toy. In seconds Naruto was slammed into the ground with earth shattering force.

 

Thanks to Naruto's training over the past month he had learned enough to catch himself with a handstand, enhancing every muscle with the Chakra, Yokai Mixture. In the blink of an eye Naruto held one arm firmly on the ground while using the other to reach for a blade. A battojutsu from a handstand while his leg was in the grip of a monstrous freak, resulted in a carefully placed slash to avoid cutting off his own leg. “YES! Devour his existence young one!” The Kyuubi screamed as Naruto unleashed a fiery mixture of wind and fire in the form of an ever-extending slash. The blaze that burst forth scorched the mountainside as it senged Torment's stomech just enough to force him to release the Jinchuuriki.

 

“You will never harm my friends. I will not permit it.” The blond stated on the brink of being consumed by anger. His third tail made its full appearance as Torment was struggling against the powerful slash. The monstrous body was raked through the ground by the blast and finally dissipated when he generated an energy blast of his own. Torment's shirt was shredded by the fiery wave but his body remained without anything more than a few scorch marks as the white cloathing that once covered his chest fell to the ground as burning embers.

 

“HeeheheheheheaahahahAHAHAHAHAH. OMOSHIROI!” Torment's monstrous voice called out, bending over and popping his spine. “Master can wait for you.” The ever-present sadistic grin was plastered everywhere, threatening to consume his face as he kicked off for another powerful strike.

 

 

Much to Naruto's dismay he soon noticed that he had located the girls. Torment's path had taken him straight towards Naruto and leaped over at the last second, making a strait path strait for the very mortal girls. Rage built instantly as the fourth tail formed and carried the Hanyou towards the monster at speeds only trumped the upper echelon of the Zate could keep up with. Naruto's palm soon held an Odama Rasengan with the most potent Yokai he could muster up. It grew to over three feet in diameter as it came down upon Torment with enough force to crush him into the ground. A massive plume of dust rose into the air, covering a massive area. By now Naruto's body was surrounded by a golden aura of Chakra and Yokai, with the ground being crushed under the weight of his power. It was a sight that made the Kyuubi proud.

 

Naruto landed and began charging another Odama Rasengan as the dust began to dissipate. Without warning an enormous chakra spike instantly dispersed the dust away and Torment came speeding across the ground with a blood dripping from his back.

 

Something was different about Torment this time. After his most recent power up, his speed was significantly greater. The power radiating off his body had to be topping three hundred thousand, pushing four. Still Naruto could keep up with him, driving his freshly finished Rasengan towards the monster. Torment reached out as he got within range, ramming his arm through the large orb as it unleashed its intensity upon both warriors. Naruto could hardly see as the Rasengan blew up in his face. He just barely noticed as Torment's massive hand overtook the Rasengan and plowed into his face. Naruto's head was soon smashed into the ground as Torment dragged his helpless body through the dirt and jagged stones. Naruto's back was shredded and bleeding badly from the onslaught while his hands held burn marks from having his Odama Rasengan crushed within his own fingers.

 

“Naruto, do it now!” Kyuubi screamed referring to an attack plan they had worked out over the length of the fight. At this point there was no way it could miss. As Torment dragged Naruto along the ground, the blond opened his mouth as wide as he could within the enormous hand of the monster, focusing pure Yokai into a condensed ball within his mouth. He fired the condensed ball off as a beam between his teeth. The golden Yokai beam blasted Torment away from the blond, high into the air.

 

Naruto's fifth tail began to take form as the beam began to fade out of existence. Every hair on his body at this point was becoming longer and longer, turning a golden hue. His body was slowly becoming more and more fox like by the moment having gone further into his tailed states than ever before. Just like every time he had pushed to a new tailed state, his newer form was significantly more demonic than his Hanyou form and would be far more human the next time he entered such a state. His hair had grown over a foot and a half, now draping down back wildly in a pale hue of his signature yellow hair. The energy quickly sealed up the formerly bloody area that was his back.

 

Naruto looked up to the sky, over the horizon on the other end of Konoha and took notice of his opponent finally getting off of the beam. He looked over to the girls and noticed them trying to run down to his location and screamed. “NO! Run, he's coming back. Get away from here!” Both girls were somewhat frightened by this new form, even though they had seen him in the two tailed form earlier. Sakura knew of this from their `mind link' incident. Still it was frightening to hear the boy scream in a half demonic voice, as if two creatures; one human and the other demon, were screaming out in unison.

 

Torment's anger soon became evident as his voice was becoming audible though his body still remained too far off to see. He was coming. And he was pissed.

 

“What are you waiting for RUN!” Not wanting to disobey his logical command the girls began to run as a green figure, robed in black came diving down through the air, landing next to Naruto.

 

“Master Naruto.” Yoda acknowledged Naruto's presence, looking into the distance to see the boy's handiwork. A small grin appeared on his face as he noticed how rough the battle was being on the blond. By his best estimates Naruto's energy levels were pushing the five hundred thousand mark possibly the six. His opponent on the other hand was clearly higher and according to his Force Senses, significantly higher. The only reason Naruto had gotten in the shots he had was because of the Torment's pathetic fighting style. It was brutish and lacked strategy or logic, much like Naruto's original fighting style with more violence and lack of regard for life and property.

 

“Sakura, Hinata, closer come you.” Yoda stated as Master Windu appeared in a burst of speed, soon followed by Gaara. “An attack with great devastation, coming it is. No place to hide will there be.” The Force users could sense something bad coming and this was defiantly bad.

 

“The others will be here shortly. What are we dealing with? Is it one of Orochimaru's experiments?” Windu looked over Konoha's Sothern horizon to see the now visible creature charging towards the city surrounded by energy.

 

“ It called itself Torment. I can't stop him; everything I throw at him does little more than flesh wounds. To make it worse his healing rate is faster than mine.” Naruto said sadly, feeling that he couldn't suck another tail out of the seal. There was simply too much energy in the next one for the seal to permit. For the second time in his life he deeply felt this seal was holding him back.

 

Sand started bubbling out of Gaara's gourd and went into the ground to prepare a shield. Even he could feel something bad was about to happen. All that energy, bundled up into one body, if that struck the mountain here, half the city and all its inhabitants would be annihilated in a single blow. They were standing directly in front of the village bunker. The Force users could sense this to be true and Naruto was being told so by Kyuubi. The great fox demon in his mind had compared this to one of his own tails ripping away a mountain. Yes, their plan had backfired tenfold. According to the Kyuubi this monster's energy levels had reached nearly 20 % of his own full power. This was absolutely insane.

 

Gaara raised his sand into position, creating a thick wall of sand to dampen the blow as the Jedi worked together to form a Force Shield. Several more Zate arrived and began concentrating on the shield along with masters Yoda and Windu.

 

“Naruto, on my signal another blast, create!” Yoda commanded. Naruto nodded in agreement and whipped his tails around his body focusing balls of chakra at the tips end of each. Naruto didn't know what good this would do, so this time he was going to pour all he had into it. “If kill it we cannot then out of the atmosphere, propel him we must. Hold the cannon till the signal I give.” Naruto simply narrowed his eyes and focused on pouring all the energy he could muster into the blast. He looked over to Hinata and smiled, mouthing. `It's ok. Everything will be all right.' Naruto didn't realize that he had become distracted and the next thing he knew was a powerful explosion occurring on top of the shield. Expecting the command to fire soon, he returned his focus on the center. By now the five orbs of energy had concentrated into one single orb roughly six feet in diameter.

 

After the deafening sound of the explosion up top, there came an eerie silence. Naruto waited and waited, expecting the creature to come blasting out the top and Yoda to scream, `fire!' Yet no such call same. The seconds seemed like an eternity as the Zate began looking around, wondering what the hell was going on. They could sense the energy. It was there, but that's all it was. It wasn't moving; it wasn't trying to beat its way through the shield. It was simply standing there.

 

End Cue

 

Gaara slowly began to release control over the extra sand, permitting it to fall to the ground below. All the Force users released their control over the shield to avoid dragging themselves into overload. As the obstructing sand cleared away two forms became visible. Floating in the air, arguing. `Arguing?'

 

“Seriously, what is wrong with you, we were given specific orders to `Obtain Master.' Thanks to your incessant need to torment other beings, you let our timeframe slip away!” A female voice stood in mid air with her arm outstretched surrounding this `tormentor' in a net of energy. By anyone's guess she had to be the reason he stopped. Whether her net was strong enough to stop him or he managed to stop in order to avoid hitting her, remained to be seen.

 

“You don't deserve Hitokiri status. If you had gone through with that attack you would have killed Master as well.” She turned her head down, covering her eyes with her left hand. “I swear, how you ever joined our ranks is beyond me. Master even had to contact me to force you to stop. Why? Becouse you were too buisy to hear his calls!” Her hair was pinned with a traditional Chinese style hair pin and wore a white and blue kimono with brown, angry eyes.

 

 

“Naruto…Naruto…” Naruto was maintaining his cannon just in case the two turned hostile once again. He started looking around when he heard Windu's voice within his head.

 

“Master Windu?…What are you doing…”

 

“I'm contacting you telepathically with the Force. I do not sense that they will continue. Still maintain your attack and be ready to fire on my command.”

 

Naruto stared at the woman who was scolding the larger man though she still remained nameless. The woman turned and looked down towards the `pathetic ants' down below. “Weaklings…” She scoffed as she turned away drawing her hand in the air. A line of energy appeared in the air as she drew, and opened a rift, into which she threw Torment with relative ease. She began to enter herself and turned back to the ground with a smirk. “When our Master is finally freed it will be his pleasure to massacre you all. Until then, here's a parting gift.”

 

She reached into her kimono and pulled out a Lightsaber. The former Jedi winced as they realized that it was no ordinary Lightsaber. It had belonged to Kyle. She tossed it down towards the rather large group where Yoda grabbed it with the Force. He was about to say something but by the time he opened his mouth the portal was closing up and she was gone.

 

“…Alright, does anybody know what the hell just happened?” One Zate asked as the others simply looked at him as if he were a moron.

 

“What happened?…What happened! We just got royally screwed over, that's what happened! Akatsuki was one thing but whatever the hell they are, they're on an entirely different level. Did you see what happened? I released five tails and still got my ass handed to me! According to Kyuubi the woman, whoever the hell she is, had more chakra than that giant freak.” By now Naruto had reabsorbed his cannon and his tails had receded to the point that his voice had returned to normal.

 

By now the man who had asked in the first place, hung his head in shame. It was completely obvious. But on another level, who were they. Who the hell was this Master they were after. Why was their Master here? Why did he need to be `released?'

 

“Master Windu…” Naruto's never finished his question. He figured it was obvious enough what he was going to ask.

 

“Yes Naruto, the battles are over. Everyone finished their fights up as soon as we noticed that thing power up. Master Aoshi contacted me a few moments ago telepathically. Apparently Sasuke is being treated for chakra depletion. Itachi showed up in his fight and hit Madara with an Amateratsu while he was distracted.”

 

“Did he get the eyes?” This information perked Naruto up a bit, glad they had beaten such a beast of a man.

 

“Aoshi cleaved Madara's head off with a sheet of ice before the fire consumed the head. I assume they will be transplanting the eyes as soon as everyone is in stable condition.” Naruto fell down to the ground as he sighed in relief. Rei, Kenshin, and Hiko soon came over through the remains of this sector helping a freshly awakened Nazomishi walk.

 

Once they were within speaking range Nazomishi was sat against a stone. “Guys we've got a problem.”

 

 

 

 

 

I'm almost there. Two more chapters and my rewrite will be complete. Then I can get back to writing chapter 30 and contenue where I left off before I started rewriting the story and posting it on mediaminer. This is where the true story begins.