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They stood there with a bewildered look on their faces as they saw what had happened in front of them. One moment, Satsuki was in one place.
The in another, she was in another place.
What the hell was that? This thought went across their minds, wandering with a ominous shadow that lurked from behind the curtains.
It wasn't a simple Shunshin - their bodies flickering from the technique that had become a trademark technique amongst Shinobi.
No--
It was something much more strange - a power that had miraculously appeared out of nowhere. Her body had instantaneously materialize from one end to another.
Like a bubble popping but it reappears somewhere else - that's how they would describe it.
In one second, the bubble was there, floating in the air that loomed over them with a sinister glint in its eye. Then... it pops all so suddenly, disappearing into the intoxicating space of air.
But... it appears once more, forming into the same exact bubble but only from a different distance - a different time. Satsuki laughed at their exasperated faces.
"It's not over... just yet~!" In a crazy tone, Satsuki used Jikan once again, time freezing from all sides of the world. In the viewpoints of the others, Satsuki was appearing and disappearing at light speeds every time she disabled Jikan through her command.
One second after another, Satsuki appeared from one end to another, flickering out of existence each time with no worry whatsoever.
It seems the longer I use Jikan, the more chakra it needs. Satsuki mused, letting time move in another second. A smirk crossed her face, Juden lighting sparks of electricity around her eyes.
"Do you all give up?!" She asked with a tone that fits of those who are a killer. Blood exploded from their bodies all of a sudden as Satsuki stood behind them all. They dropped to the ground, their knees hitting dirt as blood stained it red.
"Don't you see?! All of you guys are nothing but piles of trash that lay in front of me! Your power means nothing to someone like me!" Rock Lee got up from the ground, gritting his teeth as he flailed himself forward.
"Giving up... it means defeat!" With a ferocious yell, Rock Lee bursted with anger as he stayed in his 4th Gate. Madly grinning, Satsuki held out her hand as she perceived his movements.
"Jikan!"
Rock Lee stopped, the bundle of power being stopped in the roots of time. Her hands curled into a fast, bashing Rock Lee's head to the ground.
For Rock Lee: one moment he was striding towards Satsuki, anger oozing from his body - now he found himself teleporting to the ground, his head crashing like a asteroid colliding with Earth.
Whaa...?! His mind trailed away, blood rushing out of his face like the water that he drank. The Gates wanted to stop - to leave his body.
But he refused.
The adrenaline he had now was sprouting like an active volcano spewing ashes and lava. Avoiding a surprise attack from Choji, Satsuki pulled herself out of the moving time, backing away as she let time roll back to its natural course.
Choji steamrolled all over Rock Lee, the pain making Rock Lee convulse in response.
"Shit! Are you alright, Lee?!" Choji eyed Satsuki, a great amount of anger gravitating all around his body like he invisible forces of the Rinnegan. Satsuki was pleased by the anger being displayed by the weaklings that groveled before her.
"You're all so resilient~!" She sang, her arms and feet flailing like a child that got their hands on pieces of candy. In a crazed manner, Satsuki pressed the ground with her foot, making the flooring shift and elevate.
Sharp spikes erupted as it made the ground rumble in displeasure.
The spikes zoned and honed in on the Konoha team; the great speeds intimidating them as bits and pieces of sweat trailed down their heads.
A brief relief made their bodies less tense, the shards no longer in reach once they finished dodging the numerous spikes of earth that threatened to impale them through various places on their bodies.
But this relief of theirs were nothing but a lie, a moment of torment happening as they felt a series of pure suffering writhe all around their insides.
Their eyes widened at the cause of it.
How...?! This was the single thought that raced through their minds when they saw the bits and pieces of spikes that caved into their arms.
It had happened in an instant, the spikes appearing like a magician that wanted to show off his array of tricks. More blood spilled on the dirtied earth.
"How does it feel?! The pain that scourges through your body?! How the hell does it feel?!" Laughing at them, Satsuki appeared above them, a shroud of lightning in her hand.
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
The lightning begun to transform, the shape changing into a slim saber that increased in length. Wailing it, Satsuki shattered the ground once more, piercing it thoroughly.
They barely managed to dodge as Hinata managed to send a thrust of air that was due to her vacuum-like technique. Satsuki was not worried, using Jikan to stop time so she could drop to the ground without the technique reaching her.
Letting time become whole again, Satsuki dashed forward with the element of surprise on her side. Weaving through numerous hand seals she sent a fireball that was a few times bigger than a tree trunk.
Kurenai tried running away but somehow found herself to be at the same spot - in a point-blank radius in front of the scorching fireball. Before she could be hit, Hinata appeared in front of it, her arm reeling backwards.
"Sensei! Get out of the way!" Kurenai gritted with anger, annoyed with her own weakness as she tried to move away. But to her dismay another fireball had been sent towards them. Hinata made the first one disperse, letting Kiba appear to the next fireball and disperse it with ease as well.
Hinata gritted her teeth, seeing the skin that had been torn apart by the blazing hot fireball that had almost engulfed her entire body in one swoop. The heat had created numerous cuts around her arms that disintegrated the sleeves of her shirt that had a vest overlapping it.
The burns on her body stung with great displeasure. Satsuki furrowed her eyebrows, making a scowl appear on her pretty face.
"Just stay - the fuck - down!" Enraged by their persistence, Satsuki froze time appearing in front of their frozen bodies. With hatred burning through her body, Satsuki grabbed Kiba's face, shoving it to the numerous crevices on the ground.
She disabled then enabled Jikan back, attacking them each time with growing aggression. Satsuki unfroze time, throwing a tree that she managed to lift due to her rageful state.
But even then, the Shinobi of Konoha never let themselves succumb to such actions - the stubbornness that Satsuki ever-so fucking hated shining like a star in the night sky.
"Never! You may be stronger than us, but our will to continue will keep growing stronger!" Kiba growled as they got back into a stance, blood dripping like a fountain of water.
Kakashi sat there, amazed by their stubbornness that they were showing. He as well didn't know what the technique that Satsuki was using.
It's definitely a Mangekyou ability - the specifics of it is unknown. He thought with a hopeless look under his mask. Kakashi thought he was being rather useless just being injured and sitting around while everyone fought against their common enemy.
"Your will keep growing stronger? Your mushy shit pisses me off!" Screaming, Satsuki imbued lightning chakra to her blade that she had picked up once again.
"This so-called 'will' of yours - it'll be fucking obliterated!" Stomping the ground, the crackles made web-like cracks that looked like the strings of web that a spider makes. They entangled all around as Satsuki appeared in front of them.
"So... do my vengeance a favor - fucking die!" Aggravated beyond comprehension, Satsuki swung her sword, plunging it down as tendrils of lightning covered it immensely. The rage boiled like water heating up.
Everyone was tired, and their bodies were letting up - wanting to fall in absolute defeat. They were knocked away, fatigue and tiredness wanting to take over with vicious intent.
As smoke cleared, Satsuki widened her eyes before it turned into eyes of pure disdain and disgust.
The Konoha Shinobi... they were getting up.
WHY?! WHY?! WHY?! Like a child throwing a tantrum, she questioned them. What was their fucking reason to get up after facing another obstacle that they couldn't overcome.
"TELL ME?! WHY DO YOU KEEP GETTING BACK THE FUCK UP?!" Juden flickered wildly, the side effects of such a technique influencing her rage to a terrifying degree. They stood, their legs shaking as a wave of tiredness washed over them once more.
"We... already told... you," said Choji, huffing deeply as they walked to her. "It's because of our will." They were like an immovable force that couldn't be broken by ordinary means.
"We'll... keep moving forward... for the future we want." Blood escaped Kurenai's mouth, another attack of pain rousing from all sides of her body.
Satsuki scowled in disgust.
"Will this... will that... everything that Konoha stands for - I realize it now." She gripped her blade tightly, letting lightning surge through it unrelentingly. The sizzling static tickled her fingers.
"Such hypocrisy is worthy of destruction... MY DESTRUCTION." Using Jikan, he eyes stung in pain as she repeatedly flickered everywhere. Blood started to seep from her right eye, the intense pain unrelenting.
But she didn't let the torment catch up to her, continuing to flicker from all sides. Like magic, cuts started appearing from different sections of their bodies.
"This power I hold is something only you all can only hope to obtain!" She yelled then disappeared and reappeared in a different location. They couldn't keep track, her speed at disappearing at will being so great.
As they continued fighting, Naruto's clone was observing the fight about 100 or so meters away. He soon dispersed, letting its memories travel to the real Naruto's mind.
~~~
"I see. So that's where she is," muttered Naruto, fighting Jiraiya while he stayed unscathed during the entire battle. A mere sparring match this was to him.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya.
"I'll entertain you antics for a little while longer - my beloved seems to be doing just fine." Naruto bursted forward, his speeds unperceivable to the naked eye
Naruto threw a kick to the side, imbuing it with another batch of chakra. Jiraiya decided to block the kick, his forearms reducing the damage he would've taken.
Jiraiya didn't question that part of Naruto mentioning the word "beloved" - he didn't care about such things when in face of danger that he couldn't simply brute force out of.
Naruto dodged a punch to face, appearing under a tree branch that he attached onto. Now in an upside down trance, Naruto eyed the sage that was heavily injured in front of him.
"You could've used all this power for good, Naruto! You could've gone another path to peace! A more correct path!" Naruto grunted, scowling at such words.
"You and I both know that this world isn't so black and white." Naruto landed back on the ground with ease and silence. He dashed forward, leaving cracks of webs behind him.
"What is right and what is wrong? And what is good and what is evil?" They both lifted their legs, clashing as it sent shockwaves all across the area. Naruto didn't even break a single sweat.
"We Shinobi are the scum of the world; our moral compass is nothing but superficial lies that we use to delude ourselves with fantasies of doing the right thing." Naruto pushed Jiraiya away through the use of Shinra Tensei.
"We kill, deceive, manipulate, torture - things like that make us rotten." Naruto rushed ahead, not fearing anything that groveled in front of him.
"People like Danzo exist in this reality because of Konoha's inadequate efforts. He was a man who did the most heinous acts for the sake of the village - the tree that supports all." Naruto swung his blade downward, releasing a burst of chakra that trailed behind it.
Jiraiya dodged and moved backwards to avoid a fatal blow to his body.
"Then what does that make you?! Do you know what's right and what is wrong?!" Jiraiya asked, gasping at the amount of pressure that he was being oppressed by.
"That's funny. Those concepts of being right and being wrong don't apply to someone like me." Naruto wove through a series of hand seals with one hand before releasing a massive fireball from his mouth.
"And why is this the case?" Naruto smirked, imbuing his Aphrodite blade with a flow of lightning chakra. He appeared above Jiraiya, his deadly, but beautiful blade reigning from above.
"Because God knows no wrong." Jiraiya widened his eyes at the danger being displayed. He dodged to the side, avoiding an attack that would've cut down his entire body.
He looked back and saw a large gash on the Earth's surface that ran about a mile up and down. Naruto landed, moving his head to the side to dodge a kick that would've landed on his face.
"Just like everyone else - you can't defeat me."
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"HAHAHAHAHA~! How fun it is to make you all crumble!" She laughed hysterically, her voice illuminating their minds and ears with rigid feelings.
They all struggled to keep themselves conscious, fighting every urge that wanted to shake them free from the imprisoning fatigue and pain that they were experiencing.
Satsuki appeared in front of Kiba, enveloping his face with her hand. She gripped his face tightly, not letting him go as she drove her hand into his stomach.
With a devilish grin, she was pleased with the pain and displeasure she was causing to her enemies that threatened to stop her. Her mind was in a crazed state--
Her vengeance nearing its end; she wanted to keep moving forward, and kill everyone in Konoha without any ounce of remorse that held her back.
Satsuki threw Kiba to Kakashi, barely being able to breathe in an adequate manner. His mind spun in pain, his insides wanting to explode out of his body due to the irritation that rubbed against everything inside of him.
"Another one out - 4 more to go~!" She sang, moving forward with her grin that resembled of a devil. Rock Lee - his Gates form running out a long time ago - forced himself up, the fatigue and pain from the Gates making its presence known.
"Must.. not give up!" Mustering all of his strength, Rock Lee ushered out a burst of power, entering the 1st and 2nd Gate almost instantaneously.
"I guess death is what you all are after!" Laughing, Satsuki felt power swelling from inside. She Rock Lee clearly, matching his speed with little to no effort. They clashed fists, ensuing a dance to the death.
"What's wrong, Lee?! Can you not keep up?! As expected from someone weak like you!" Satsuki hoisted her leg, bringing it just under the sky. And, as fast as lightning, brought it down to perform an axe kick.
"The Elemental Nation are for only the strongest! This is the Survival of the Fittest!" Screaming at the top of her lungs, the effects of Juden came crashing in full effect.
"In this world: only the mightiest survive the harsh and cruel reality! See?!" Rock Lee got back up, never succumbing to the harsh reality that the world was pushing on him with such intense force.
"The world is built upon one core principle!" Everything froze, and Satsuki dodged a vacuum of air from behind that was sent by Hinata. Satsuki moved to the side, a shroud of lightning enveloping her hand.
Time marched on once again.
"THAT THE MIGHT IS RIGHT!"
In a wild manner, Satsuki sent a current electricity that traveled through the air in a very non-linear pattern of movement. It was ambiguous, the lightning went haywire as it stretched all across the land.
They backed away, wanting to not be touched by the dangerous lightning being spread all around. But their minds soon went blank, finding themselves closer to the lightning than they originally were.
Shocks dug into their bodies. They dropped to the ground once again, the power suffocating them to their absolute knees. Then, as they finally overcame the lightning, another batch of pain threatened to knock them out on conscious.
Satsuki had stopped time and kicked them in their faces. Blood.. more blood... and even more blood rushed out, spitting and spitting from every organ from their inside their body.
All they felt was the aching and throbbing humiliation that they were feeling. They were hopeless with nowhere to go. They didn't know this, but Jikan had turned the tides of the battle to Satsuki's favor.
A favor so uncontrollably advantageous to her.
Choji got up, squinting his eyes as he struggled to keep himself up. Satsuki saw him expand his body to abnormal sizes, rubbing against the ground.
How barbaric. She scowled her eyes spinning wildly as she saw Choji close the distance between them. Satsuki didn't even flinch for even a moment, her eyes fierce with anger.
"How amusing! You keep moving forward to your inevitable death!" With a savage grin, Satsuki attempted to use Jikan to freeze time over once more.
But a sharp pain appeared from her right eye. She gritted her teeth out of a momentary anger, cursing at her luck as the pain increased dramatically.
Shit! Fuck! Shit! Fuck! Cursing with venom, Satsuki Choji's move crush and bash her away like a ragdoll. Agony entered her body as she felt a fist of power shove into her stomach.
"Take this!" Yelled Rock Lee, capitalizing on her current state with an immediate attack. Being launched down below, Kurenai and Hinata curled their hands into a fierce fists.
Her vision spun with blurriness as two curled fists of chakra coated around was plunged into her spine, making her cough out a spur of blood. Satsuki fell to the ground, her Aphrodite amor retracting back to the ring that Naruto had given her.
Fucking imbeciles. She thought as she coughed up more blood. The anguishing torment scoured all over her body like a plague infesting inside a person violently. Getting back up, Satsuki found herself being hit in the face by Rock Lee.
Her momentum had been disrupted by just one fatal error that had happened due to her overusing one technique of her Mangekyou Sharingan. Satsuki crashed into a tree, plowing through several other trees in the process.
And just like that Satsuki found herself in another similar situation like last time - cornered once more in the midst of danger.
How about it? Give me another Mangekyou ability? Yeah.. that sounds fucking good right now! She screamed at herself as she couldn't even activate her Jikan. It only sprouted unnecessary pain for a few seconds and didn't let her use it at all.
Must... not succumb to such weakness. Her mind flared with rage at her inadequacies that refused to disappear from every aching point of her body. Fleeting forward, everyone still able to move started reel their fist.
Satsuki had nowhere to escape, her legs giving out as she saw her impending doom cruise its way towards her without halting for even a moment.
"You damn sons of bitches!" She yelled in an angry manner. There wasn't any fear that roamed free - there was only the acute and throbbing feeling of anger and rage that wanted her to rip their heads apart and feed them to the worms that lay in the fucking soil.
"How weak you all are," a voice spoke, a blur of yellow and black appearing in front of them. Everyone was thrown away except for Satsuki, whom stayed still like an obedient dog that found its master.
"Naruto!" Satsuki exclaimed with absolute venom laced inside her voice.
~~~
Naruto stood in front of Jiraiya, letting out a sigh before smirking. He stretched his arms before turning away, making Jiraiya widen his eyes at his action.
Another clone had stumbled upon Satsuki's battle and saw that she was in quite the predicament. He'll have to intervene now.
"It seems my time here is now - I now have business to attend." He started dashing forward, but not without Jiraiya following from behind with narrowed eyes.
"Where are you going?!" He questioned as he found trouble keeping up with Naruto's speed from behind. Naruto looked back slightly.
"I'm going to the Land of Waterfalls - someone is going to die and I'm going to save them." Jiraiya moved to the side to dodge a kunai being thrown at him.
"You're not fast enough to save someone that quick! I am still your opponent!" He yelled, dismissing Naruto's words so easily. He grunted in response to Jiraiya's retort.
"Once I say you're no longer my opponent, then that means you're no longer my opponent." Naruto's Rinnegan started to glow brightly as a Hotoke started forming in the palm of his hand.
Jiraiya readied himself in case that the beam of light would be used as a weapon - not like he could dodge it even if he wanted to, though.
"You underestimate my speed, Jiraiya. What do you think I have been doing this past month? I've been training my abilities to an even greater extent." Naruto jumped, the beam of light slowly shrinking into nothingness.
"In only a month, I have managed to come up of a way to further the Preta Path abilities so that it not only can absorb Ninjutsu attacks, but can absorb properties of a technique - like the speed of the Hotoke." Naruto grinned madly as Juden bursted to life.
"Although I'm only at the point where I can absorb the properties of my own Ninjutsu. This technique of mine could only be possible with the collaboration of Kengen." This technique may only be able to give him the properties of a technique for a temporary amount of time, but - just like Juden - it will eventually reach to the point where the properties will be infused to his body, giving him a permanent boost in speed. Naruto let the Aphrodite armor surround his body.
"This is goodbye, Jiraiya." He disappeared in a flash of yellow and black. His body moved so fast that time had stopped for him. He was unable to use it efficiently and accidentally circled the entire Earth in an instant.
But after circling it for a few more times - which happened right after he circled the Earth - Naruto had managed to stop at his destination.
Naruto stopped, everything blasting away from his immediate vicinity. The ground had shattered upon impact, a giant crater had formed beneath his feet.
"How weak you all are," he said stoically, seeing Satsuki's surprised look on her delicate yet beautiful face of hers. A scowl appeared on her face.
"Naruto!" He heard her exclaim in anger and venom laced in her voice. Naruto ignored her furious retorts and yells and just carried her off her feet.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" Her thirst for blood was at an all-time high - she couldn't just stop now and not kill every person in her sights.
"I'm getting you out of here because you seem to be getting too ahead of yourself." Satsuki growled at Naruto's words in absolute disdain.
"Fuck off! I'm much stronger now! I won't ever be deceived by you ever again!" She found herself being able to stop time once again. Time froze over once more from the sudden amount of adrenaline that she got.
She tried getting away from Naruto's grasp, but felt the grip becoming much tighter than before. Satsuki widened her eyes as she saw Naruto move within her timeless world.
"H-how?" She asked, her words in disbelief as the Jikan was disabled.
"Your Jikan that my clone saw - it's extremely strong. But it has a limit like every Mangekyou ability." Naruto gripped Satsuki tighter as he dodged a kick from Rock Lee.
Naruto decided to keep his voice quieter.
"Your ability doesn't freeze the whole world and only freezes everything in a certain radius - that's what my clone saw. From outside, it's a bubble that lasts as long as the technique is active." Naruto jumped off a tree with flawless form as a rolling Choji came in.
"While the people on the receiving end of the technique seems to perceive it as instantaneous - it's not in reality. The bubble that forms is just so fast to the point where they can't perceive it fast enough to escape." Naruto smirked, breaking a tree to obscure everyone's vision.
"But once you used the technique on me, I was able to see the world differ in color as the dome closed in on me - so I used chakra to shield myself from the effects." Naruto sighed, seeing the others catch up to them relatively quick.
"To speed of the dome materializes and activated all in 0.15 milliseconds. Juden and the Mangekyou helped me see it easily." Naruto summoned numerous clones that cut down numerous more trees.
"Take this as an educated guess, but the larger the dome the more time it takes to form. You must also take account of the fact that people outside of the dome can possibly disable it. How do I know this? My clone was going to attempt it but decided not to." Satsuki tried getting away once again, but he didn't let her.
"Stop being stubborn. This is not a request, but an order by me." His voice was forceful with a low whisper. She couldn't help but submit to his order.
"Fuck you. You've deceived me this whole time. How do you think I fucking felt?! To know that the person I love lied to me for so fucking long?!" Naruto stayed silent, only feeling the air brush against his face.
"Tell me... were your feelings real? Each time you kissed me... were they real?" She asked him as tears started forming around her eyes.
"Look at me, Satsuki; and do it very thoroughly." She obeyed, a burning look appearing on her eyes as Naruto summoned hundreds of clones to stall the others.
"Look... I know I'm not the best person when it comes to conveying my feelings to people." He held her tightly, not wanting to lose his grip.
"But the the time I spent with you have showed me something rather ethereal to me. The ability to love a person unconditionally has never occurred to me until you showed me what it's like." Naruto held her head close to his chest.
"No matter what, I will never let you go. So... trust me on this... that these feelings of mine are the real deal." He could feel the tears that flowed from her eyes.
"T-thank you... fuck... you still." She choked out, gripping Naruto's back tightly. Naruto chuckled, letting her down on the ground.
"You should go back to Otogakure. I'll handle things here." His order lost its meaning as Satsuki didn't move while wiping off the tears off her face.
"No! I refuse! Even if our conflict is over, my vengeance is still fucking waiting for me! This is what I have to do!" Naruto sighed, fearing that this would happen.
"I get that you want to kill everyone in your sight, but you are still not ready." Naruto saw the scowl that formed on her face. He chuckled, flicking her forehead playfully.
"I'm only being truthful. Vengeance is nothing but momentary stimulation - a momentary pleasure that will make you lose purpose. If you want pleasure, then look for something long-term." Naruto looked at Satsuki, a ghostly look plastered on his face.
Naruto turned around, knowing that Satsuki understood what he was saying.
"Alright... I know... I get it." She wiped a tear that had slipped from her face before smiling warmly at Naruto. She called out for him.
"Hm? Yeah?" He asked, sensing the others rapidly approaching.
"About that... pleasure shit. I'll take you up on that offer later." She disappeared in a blur. Naruto stood there, surprised at what she said.
What a devious girl she is. Naruto thought, slightly flustered as the Konoha Shinobi appeared from the trees all around; he had dispersed his clones a long while ago so he could take care of them himself.
"Naruto!" Kurenai yelled, a furious glare being sent his way. Naruto smirked, unsealing his Aphrodite blade from its seal. He swung it, letting the blade shine all throughout the evening sky.
Naruto wasn't so pleased on how they were above them; so he wanted to fix it as fast as possible. He sent wind chakra to the blade, making his blade much sharper than before.
Satsuki had been gone for a minute or more - this was more than enough time.
Everyone became on guard as Naruto swung the blade elegantly, cutting numerous trees that stretched upon miles and miles away. This may be overkill for him.
But times are changing.
And he was tired of holding back so much; because even a slither of more power being displayed was much more breathtaking than the last.
I won't be holding back as much. Naruto saw them fall to the ground, landing perfectly as trees upon trees fell to the ground, their lives diminishing.
"Sorry about that," said Naruto, repositioning his teal cloak as a grim aura oozed from his body. Naruto smirked as he struck the ground with his blade.
"But it's still too early for you all to fight me."
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Done. Thank you for reading Grace. With this chapter ending, a total of 4900+ words have been written for this chapter. I somehow managed to get this tiny arc to be about 4 chapters long - I'm very surprised about that. Next chapter will be in a few days.
And... from the mentions of pleasure that I mentioned, I am doing smut since I did promise a few people I would do it. Make no mistake, if they didn't convince to do it, then there'd be no smut at all. lol.
But until next time.
CYA!