Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Blood, sweat, and tears ❯ The battle rages on ( Chapter 7 )

 

Disclaimer: Nothings changed.

 

Rating: M

 

Mage: I'm really trying to keep this story going strong, and I think I'm doing a good job so far, but.....oh well, see you at the bottom!

 

 

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Chapter 7: The battle rages on!

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Each group tried desperately to reach the lead nymph, but the only way to do that would be to get past the hundreds of nymphs that protected her. Kakashi had to find out the hard way that nymphs were resistant to all magical attacks, not that anyone found that surprising. Daiya cut through the nymphs as if they were nothing. One nymph snuck behind her, and placed a dagger to her throat, and another to her gut.

Daiya sighed, "You shadow nymphs aren't fast learners are you? When are you going to learn this trick doesn't work!" With blinding speed she spun around, using one ax to cut of the creatures head, and the other to cut off the torso. "Next!"

 

Young Hato amazed them all, jumping on the heads of one nymph to the next, slitting each of their throats. She was so quick, the nymphs didn't have time to dodge or counterattack. "Who said there's anything wrong with being small?" She said, as she caught another nymph off guard. At one point, Daiya threw one ax so that it chopped off the heads of twelve nymphs before getting stuck in the wall at the far end of the deck. Using her other, she cut open stomachs, necks, removed arms, hands, and other limbs while making her way to where the ax was wedged. She was so into fighting, she nearly sliced Kagayoku open.

 

"God dammit! What the hell is your problem?!" Kagayoku yelled as she ducked her mother's blow.

Daiya smiled and apologized, "Sorry sweetie!"

"Sorry doesn't cut it!"

"That's what I have my axes for!"

Kagayoku threw her Shuriken and let it work for her, "You nearly killed me!"

Daiya sliced a nymphs back open, "I thought you were a nymph!"

"Do I look like I have blue skin and scaled titties!"

"Sorry, I'll make it up to you later!"

 

Kagayoku's shuriken flew back to her, like a boomerang, "Oh well, back to work."

Amadare seemed to be having as much fun as Daiya and Hato. She skewered three nymphs at a time. She had a few cuts and scrapes, but so did the others. She shrieked as a dagger thrown by one of the nymphs, cut her arm. Turning around, she saw the nymph who had thrown it, smiling smugly.

"So you think it's funny?!" She yelled at the nymph. It nodded. "Yeah? Well here's something funnier." She leaped over the nymphs to get to that one.

 

Suddenly one grabbed Amadare in a chokehold from behind, and bit into her neck, another two held each of her legs, and bit into them as well. She dropped her sword and tried to bite the hand covering her mouth to muffle her screams. Just when she began to think of how undignified it would be for her to die at the hands of a shadow nymph, a loud roar rang out, and Ame and Alecto were, now on the ground, tearing the nymphs that were on her, to pieces. Amadare fell to her knees, and the two ligers nuzzled her face worriedly. "Don't worry you two. I'm fine!" She jumped up, grabbed her sword and hopped onto Ame's back. "Lets go!" Alecto ran to find Kagayoku.

 

Kagayoku froze when she felt a tail wrap around her waist, and then she found herself sitting on Alecto, "Alecto? What are you two - “ He let out an impatient roar. He wanted to fight. "Alright! You might as well help us!" The two ligers tore crowds of nymphs to pieces, while Amadare and Kagayoku worked as well.

Kakashi didn't leave Iruka's side for a moment, and had saved him twice already. That was about to become three. A nymph threw a dagger at Iruka, who's back was turned. Kakashi saw it just in time and blocked it with his hand. The dagger dug into his palm. Iruka turned around and saw the blood, "Kakashi! Are you all right?!

He pulled the dagger out and dropped it on the ground, "No worries. I'm fine. Stay on guard!"

"Oh! Right!"

 

Each time Sasuke attempted to attack the leader, and crowd of nymphs would attack him at once and he'd have to retreat for the moment. "I'm going to try again!" He told Naruto.

"No!" The blond said. "First we have to weaken the defenses. Then she'll have no choice put to fight back and that's when we'll have a clear shot."

"No, I have to try now! One last time he ran towards the front of the deck, aiming at the leader, who stood there, overlooking the battle. Nymphs prepared to guard her, but she raised her hand, and they stopped.

"No,” She said, in a perfectly human voice. "Let him."

"So, you can talk?" He gave her a smug look.

"What does it sound like?" She looked at the other nymphs. "I wish to fight him and only him. Make sure the others stay away. Keep them busy." She smiled at Sasuke. "I like your fighting style. You have great skill for someone so young. But I would much rather fight the blond one."

"You will not touch him!"

 

Sasuke threw twelve shuriken at one time. Smiling smugly she raised her hand, palm facing him, and the shuriken stopped, hovering in mid air.

"Foolish boy." She made a movement with her hand, and the shuriken came right back at him at top speed. He dodged each one just as fast. He ran toward her and prepared to kick her. She pointed her trident at him and his body froze.

'What the hell is going on?' He barely had time to finish her thought when she body slammed him with such force, he could hear his ribs crack and blood spewed out of his mouth. Naruto heard his pain filled cry and turned around.

 

"SASUKE!!" He screamed so loud that everyone heard him. Even the nymphs paused in their fighting and focused their attention on their leader. She looked at Naruto, and smiled. She stepped on his arm and Naruto heard the bone crack and break. Sasuke let out another piercing cry as she kicked him in his already broken ribs. She picked Sasuke up by his throat and threw him toward Naruto. Sasuke crashed to the ground in front of him. Kakashi and the others ran over to them. Naruto knelt down to Sasuke and placed his hand on the boy's head. He didn't move. Kakashi and the others checked on him, as Naruto stood up.

 

The storm had begun clearing up hours ago, but the sky was still dark and grey. The nymphs still stood in place. At the moment, no one fought. Naruto looked at the leader who stood in her same spot, smiling smugly at him.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SMILING AT, YOU THIRD WORLD UGLY BITCH!" He looked at what she had done to Sasuke and he felt intense rage boil inside him. Before he knew it, a deep red aura flared up all around him, and his chakra begin to rise.

"Whats going on?" Hato asked.

Daiya looked at the smoke that billowed around the angry blond. It shifted and turned until it took the shape of, "The nine tailed spirit fox!" The head of the fox leered above them all, and the nymphs began to back away.

He wasn't sure what was happening. He had tapped into the power of the fox before, but it was never this powerful.

 

Naruto's eyes became cat like, and distinct marks of the fox appeared on his face as his nails extended into claws. He wanted to kill that nymph. He wanted them all dead. And he wanted it now. Not knowing what to do, the nymphs gathered together and threw their weapons at him at one time. Hundreds of blades, daggers, swords, spears, and axes came flying his way. Without him even touching them, they instead, flew into the sea. Now the only nymph with a weapon was the leader. 'Kill them,' a voice in his head said. 'Rip them, tear them limb from limb. Make them hurt, make them bleed, make them plead.' Naruto nodded.

 

He walked slowly toward the lead nymph, smirking as he walked.

"Mother, what is he going to do?" Hato asked.

Daiya looked on, "I've got a good guess."

Naruto stopped in front of her. He stood there for a moment, doing nothing, and then he leaped up, grabbing her by the throat and letting his claws dig deep into her neck. The blood flowed from her neck onto his hands and squeezed tighter. She let out a pained gasp, and without warning, he ripped out her throat. She fell to her knees and then to the ground. A river of blood trailed from her neck, and she struggled to breath for a few miserable moments. Naruto dug his claws into face, before ripping that off as well.

 

The remaining nymphs cried out as he mutilated their leader. With their leader gone, they felt they had no hope of winning. Thinking it best to retreat, that what they tried. But he had other things in mind. He went after each and every one of them, tearing them open, ripping off heads, and faces. He wanted to destroy every single one of them, as the voice in his head cheered him on. The other ninja sat there, knowing they were unable to stop him. They watched in awe, shock, and fear. Soon, the shouts of the nymphs died down, and the sound of lifeless bodies being dumped into the ocean ceased. He stood in the middle of the deck, covered head to toe in blood, but smiling. Seeing as there were no more nymphs to kill, and Amadare was already tending to Sasuke, his anger died down.

 

The power of the fox spirit slowly began to fade until he was Naruto again. He looked at the devastation on the top deck, and knew what happened. He would have moved and gone over to Sasuke, but before he could do anything, he was so weak and weary, he collapsed right there.

 

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Sasuke opened his eyes to find himself in his bed, with Kagayoku standing above him, bandaging his ribs and arm, "Where's Naruto?!" He asked franticly. The only thing on his mind was making sure Naruto was all right.

Kagayoku put away her medical supplies, "He is in his room. Amadare is tending to him, yet he refuses to sleep until he knows you're all right. Tapping into that amount of power strained his body."

"I'm going to see him." He quickly pushed the sheets off of himself and stood up.

"You might want to put some clothes on." She chuckled.

He looked down and noticed he had absolutely no cloths on. He scowled, "Death to whoever did this." He grabbed his clothing from the foot of the bed and tried to put them on. With his broken arm, and four fractured ribs, it was quite a challenge.

 

"Here, let me help you." Kagayoku helped Sasuke, though he was reluctant to let her, he had no choice. As she helped him out, she filled him him on what Naruto had done after he was injured.

"He destroyed all those nymphs on his own?!!"

"Yes. Seeing you hurt that badly made him snap, and tap into the power of the fox spirit. He slaughtered every single one. It was pretty damn cool."

Sasuke hurried to Naruto's room, with Kagayoku right behind him. The door was already slightly ajar, so he walked in quietly. Amadare, and the others stood around his bed.

"Is he alright?" Sasuke asked Kagayoku before he went to see for himself.

"He's having trouble breathing, and he has a fever, but I know he'll be fine."

 

Sasuke walked to where Amadare stood. Naruto laid in bed, with the sheets pulled up to his bear torso, and a wet towel on his forehead. He could hear Naruto's labored breathing, and he was sweating. Sasuke held his hand and Naruto opened his eyes, "....Sasuke I should kill you - "

He shushed him, "Shhhh. I'm fine." He kissed Naruto's cheek, "Rest now. I'm here." His eye's closed before Sasuke finished speaking.

He glanced at Amadare, "He will be okay, won't he?" His voice was tight with worry.

She nodded, "All's he needs is some rest and he'll be good as new. I'm going to stay with him until he is well again."

"No, I will,” Sasuke, said, smoothing Naruto's hair back gently. His eyes caught Sakura looking down at Naruto with a slight smile on her face. "Whats so fucking funny! This isn't a joke!"

She shook her head, "Nothing."

Kagayoku watched as she left the room, still smiling, "Amadare, I think we should keep a close watch on her. I fear she may do something to him out of spite,” She whispered. The young woman nodded in agreement.

 

Suddenly Amadare yelled, "Kakashi!"

He sighed and looked at his bloody hand, "I know, I know. I'll take care of it."

"Now! It'll get infected if you don't."

"Fine. I'll put some water on it and wrap it up."

"Are you out of your mind?! A wound that deep - "

"I'll take care of it for him,” Iruka said.

"All right." Amadare said. "I could have done it but since Kakashi thinks he knows everything, and he doesn't -”

"Come on,” Iruka told Kakashi. "Lets get that thing cleaned up before you end up losing that damn hand."

"Could that really happen?" He asked Iruka naively.

'Sure it could,' Iruka thought. 'Especially if I cut the shit off for you.' He laughed to himself.

 

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Iruka lead Kakashi into the bathroom next to his own room. The bathroom, like everything else on the ship, was large and stylish. It was wide and spacious. The tub looked more like a pool, as it was built into the ground, with three steps that lead down to it. The faucet was of gold and there were lots of small crystal bottles of perfumed bubbles, soap, oils, and salts. The shower cold have easily held six full-grown people, and had six gold showerheads. The toilet and sink were...well you get the idea. The room itself was light by ten small, crystal chandeliers. Two chairs were positioned in front of the large porcine sink. The counter top was nice and large, made of black marble and there was a mirror on the wall, above the sink.

 

Kakashi took a seat in one of the chairs, as Iruka searched through the cabinets, looking for a first aid kit. He bent over to look in a cabinet under the sink and Kakashi whistled. Feeling slightly embarrassed, he stood up with the found kit in his hand and sat next to him.

"Give me your hand,” He told Kakashi. Iruka gently pulled of his glove, trying to be as gentle as possible. Kakashi winced slightly, "Sorry! I'll try and be more careful."

"No, it's alright."

"You shouldn't have taken that dagger,” Iruka said, as he noticed a piece of the blade was still inside the wound.

"I wanted to."

He began slowly cleaning the blood off Kakashi's hand and around the wound, "You should have just let it hit me. I wouldn't have died you know. I would have been injured."

 

"I just didn't want to see you hurt." He winced as Iruka cleaned the wound directly.

Iruka smiled, "Thank you. I owe you one. I'm not hurting you, am I?"

"No. It's fine."

Iruka used a pair of tweezers to try and remove the piece still buried in his hand. It was in deep, and stuck pretty good. "This might hurt." He roughly ripped out the blade, and Kakashi let out a muffled 'Oww.' The removal of the piece caused a fresh flow of blood to gush forth. Iruka held a gauze to it, trying to stunt the bleeding. He sat there, thinking about what happened between he and Kakashi earlier that day. How he wanted him, but was afraid to have him at the same time.

"Whats wrong?" Kakashi asked.

Iruka snapped out of his trance, "Huh?...Oh! Nothing. Just thinking."

 

"What about?"

"You need not worry."

"You tell me, I'll tell you what I was thinking about."

"Do I really want to know?"

"It was about you."

He sighed, "I was thinking of how stupid it was for you to take that shoot for me. But also how grateful I am. There, happy? Now what were you thinking about?"

"Nothing important. Just thinking how good you must look naked. Wondering if you scream when you come, how good it felt kissing you, and how hard it made me when you moaned my name."

 

Iruka sat there blushing and in shock, not knowing whether to cut off Kakashi's hand, or rip off his clothes and.....He decided against that, "Kakashi...you...I. Look, you don't even know if I'm gay or not. What makes you think I am?" Kakashi's words did have an effect on him though. He removed the gauze and washed the wound again.

"It takes one to know one. You're gay, bi, or confused. But you aren't straight."

"What makes you think that?!" He said, taking offense.

"I can tell. Simple as that."

"I'll have you know, I've never had any relationship outside of friendship with a man before,” He lied.

"I can tell that's not true. And even if it is, there's a first time for everything."

 

"Even if I was, what makes you think I would want you?!"

"What makes me think you wouldn't?"

"Why are we talking about this?" He finished cleaning the wound and started to wrap it tightly.

"You've been in love before, haven't you?"

He froze, "....Of course not."

"And you've had your heart broken. You're afraid of going through that pain again, so you try not to let yourself fall for anyone, and so far it's been working. You've been fine all alone, but then I came into the picture and now you feel like your defenses are weakening and you're afraid."

 

That was the last straw for Iruka, "LOOK, IF YOU KNOW SO DAMN MUCH WHY DON'T YOU LET ME BE?! I DON'T NEED OR WANT ANYONE! I'M FINE BEING ALONE!"

"But you don't want to be alone, do you?" He touched Iruka's cheek.

He smacked Kakashi's hand away and stood, "NO! ALRIGHT?! YOU KNOW WHAT - “ He placed his hands over his face and sighed, "Why am I doing this? I'm out of here." He turned to leave, But Kakashi grabbed his arm, pulling him back, leaving only a few inches between their faces. "Get your hands off me!"

"Look...Iruka, I never meant to hit a nerve with you, I just...I just want to know. To understand things about you and know you better. I wasn't trying to hurt you."

"Well, you did."

"Let me make it up to you."

"You c - mmphh!" Pulling down his mask, he pressed his lips to Iruka's, cutting off the rest of the brunetts sentence. Iruka made a few sounds of shock and resistance, but before he could pull away, he melted into the kiss.

 

Mage: Well that went o.k. Sasuke just had to be the hero. Oh well, at least Naruto save the day! And the whole thing between Kakashi and Iruka...don't know where that came from. That what happens when I write while watching Dr. Phil. God, I'm only 15! Yet I find the old guy interesting...*cringe*