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Spitting out a wad of blood, Naruto glared at the battered and bruised Kakashi opposite him. Their fight by this point had left the clearing and was now near the Village of Wave itself. Their struggle having left a swathe of blackened and cratered ground and rotten trees and plants.
Both Naruto and Kakashi were covered in wounds, with Kakashi's being more serious as due to the nature of Naruto's chakra his wounds had already festered.
Naruto had been absolutely merciless with his chakra claws, tearing through anything Kakashi through his way and never allowing the grey haired Jonin to escape him, falling back on using his senses to track the man's soul when he had to.
By this point their fight had simply become about the principle, neither really cared about what started it. Or about how if they both stopped then they could both walk away whole and healthy. That both didn't occur to them and wouldn't have been accepted if it had.
For Naruto, Kakashi had challenged him. In a way no one else ever had, well no one living at least. Naruto was a hunter by nature; his entire existence relied on him hunting down others to consume their souls.
Just like how Victor needed to hunt down spare body parts and Clementine fresh meat. Hunting was in their nature and Kakashi had proven himself to be a more than worthy prey.
"You live up to your reputation Kakashi Hatake." Naruto said as he spat out another mouthful of blood.
"And your reputation doesn't quite live up to you." Kakashi replied as he looked tiredly over at his opponent, his body aching from the numerous wounds he had received and his chakra reserves all but depleted from his overuse of his Sharingan eye.
"I can only assume your full abilities weren't listed in the Bingo Book because no one has ever survived when you went all out on them."
"Something like that…" Naruto replied, before he dashed forward again, leaving blackened footprints behind him as he pumped his body full of chakra, drawing on more and more on the souls he contained as he did so.
In an explosion of wood Naruto destroyed the log Kakashi substituted himself with.
Turning swiftly on his heel a multitude of barbed chains exploded from Naruto's hand, tearing into the woodland around him as he homed in on Kakashi. Naruto's eyes flashing crimson as he kept track of Kakashi's soul.
Leaping from branch to branch Kakashi fled Naruto's onslaught, having realized that in the condition he was in he would not be able to face it head on. Creating a shadow clone, the real Kakashi shunshinned away, hoping to get behind Naruto whilst the masked Hunter-nin focused on his clone.
It was not to be however, as when Kakashi reappeared in a swirl of leaves, it was to find Naruto no longer where he had been.
"Soul Release: Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto muttered to himself as he looked down on the injured Kakashi from where he was hidden in a nearby tree. Creating a hand seal Naruto's body began to glow a bluish grey colour, even as a number of ethereal shapes tore themselves free of him
Soundlessly the shapes took on a distinctly human form. Soon enough Naruto was flanked by a half dozen ghost like Shinobi, their features smoky and their body's partial translucent.
"Finish him." Naruto muttered tonelessly as the six figures went to attack Kakashi.
This was a jutsu of Naruto own creation, heavily based on the Shadow Clone jutsu, It involved Naruto creating a partial shadow clone, but instead of making a clone of himself he instead forced one of the souls he had devoured into the chakra formed body.
The souls were completely under Naruto's control, but yet retained enough of their former personality and skills to still operate autonomously if necessary. This for Naruto had been necessary after he realised he could not use the proper Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Naruto's own unique chakra was too volatile for a shadow clone body to use, which led to them, being destroyed within a few moments of being created.
But by forcing one of the souls he had eaten into the body he found a way around this weakness, as the clones would primarily function off of the soul's chakra, with him being able to control them due to the connection between the souls and himself.
Kakashi soon found himself struggling, as he found himself having to dodge the coordinated assault of six ethereal Shinobi. Forming a hand seal Kakashi created a dragon made of lightning which he then proceeded to use to destroy three of his six attackers.
Pulling out a new kunai he channeled lightning chakra into it before he used it to cut down another one. This one though upon being destroyed exploded into grey smoke which began to rot anything it touched.
Forcing himself backward Kakashi clasped his left hand with his right one, the skin having already been stripped away even as the muscle beneath desiccated.
Letting out a shout of pain Kakashi had to force himself to dodge the other two, both of whom began to go through a number of hand seals. Soon he found himself having to dodge a powerful water bullet jutsu and a mildly powerful fireball jutsu.
Dancing backward Kakashi began to weave in between the attacks, the two remaining ghost like clones sent his way. Keeping a wary eye out as he did so for the clones puppet master.
It appeared Grimm as he was known in the Bingo Book was a lot more dangerous than he thought. Throwing the now partially corroded kunai, Kakashi managed to destroy the fifth clone, even as he had to move again to avoid the remaining one.
Turning around Kakashi was met with a face full of corrosive grey smoke as the clone was dispersed. He didn't have time to react to this though as from out of the smoke emerged Naruto.
The smoke causing him no discomfort at all as he engaged Kakashi once more in combat. His silver axe a blur as the grey haired man struggled to keep up with Naruto.
Gritting his teeth Naruto went in for the kill, or at least he would have done if the presence of three more Shinobi hadn't distracted him.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
Jumping back Naruto had to dodge as a blade of wind struck the ground he was just stood on. Looking up Naruto soon had to create one of his chakra chains to block a large ball of fire.
"What are you doing here? Get away!" Kakashi grunted as he collapsed onto one knee.
"We won't leave you Kakashi-sensei!" Mito shouted as she made some hand seals before sending another blade of wind in Naruto's direction.
Lashing out with his chakra chain Naruto blocked the blade of wind.
"We?" Kakashi questioned as he pushed himself up to his feet.
In answer to his question Sasuke and Sakura revealed themselves, the Uchiha going through a set of hand seals before breathing out another ball of fire and the pink haired girl throwing kunai.
"Little shits!" Naruto grunted as he weathered their attacks before counter attacking. Rushing forward Naruto delivered a kick into the pink haired girls gut, sending her crashing into a nearby tree unconscious, a small trail of blood leaking from her mouth
"Sakura!" Mito shouted as she saw her teammate crash into a tree.
"Hn!" Sasuke grunted as he sent another fireball at Naruto, only to let out a gasp as a chakra chain cut through his technique and slammed into him, taking him completely by surprise as it sent him crashing through the nearby trees his body limp and his mind barely conscious as it landed on the floor.
"Back off!" Naruto shouted in warning as he glared down at the genin, his eyes locking with Mito's.
"Make us!" Mito growled even as a shroud of red chakra began to form around her, her teeth sharpening even as her appearance became more feral.
A weight seemed to settle in the air as a single red tail formed behind Mito, a tail made out of pure chakra.
"The Kyuubi." Naruto muttered with a frown. 'You, I need more power.'
"Hold on." You replied in Naruto's mind, even as he began to draw on the hundreds of souls trapped within Naruto, drawing chakra from every soul before transferring it to Naruto.
The air around Naruto began to shimmer as he did this, even as his eyes began to glow white as Naruto began to draw on the power of the hundreds of souls he had devoured, each one adding its own chakra to his. Soon enough his own chakra began to match the amount of power Mito's one tailed form was releasing.
Letting out a feral snarl Mito exploded forward, her body blurring as she gave in to her almost overwhelming anger. The negative emotions the Kyuubi embodied affecting her already angry mind, causing her to almost lose control.
As she was doing this she also began to let loose her unrestrained Killing Intent, which was a force in itself as it forced the Uchiha to completely lose consciousness and caused a bead of sweat to trickle down the injured Kakashi's face.
"I will give you one more warning, back down!" Naruto said his voice echoing as he spoke, as if it was not just he who spoke but hundreds of other people all at the same time.
Mito completely ignored this as she rushed Naruto, all thought of techniques and skill forgotten as she just used pure power and aggression to fight, completely giving into her instincts to maul that which angered her.
The two collided in an explosion as they began to trade blows; Naruto's strikes were more coordinated, even as Mito's attacks were stronger and more vicious. With a crashing sound Mito landed a brutal blow to Naruto's chest sending him crashing backwards a dozen metres and through several trees.
Leaping to his feet Naruto vanished in a blur only to appear above Mito his foot raised to deliver an axekick to the girl's head.
Twisting in midair Mito managed to dodge Naruto's kick. However she was unprepared for the half dozen chains that burst from Naruto's body. The chains wrapping around Mito's arms, legs and body as Naruto bound her before using them to smash her into the ground, creating a small crater beneath the girl.
Raising her in the air again Naruto once more smashed her into the ground, a wide grin on his face even as his eyes glowed with condensed power.
He could feel it; he could feel his chakra slowly eating through the Kyuubi's own corrosive chakra. It was slow going though and tiring to, as the Kyuubi's chakra was incredibly dense and not at all human.
Mito struggled as she was bound her face contorting in rage as she quickly gave in to her rage at being trapped. As she did this a second tail began to form behind her and her struggles got stronger, slowly beginning to overpower Naruto's hold on her
Seeing the second tail beginning to form Naruto gave up on the idea of binding his sister until she calmed down and stopped drawing on the Kyuubi's power.
Instead he decided to just knock her unconscious, that way she could no longer draw on it at all. That being said though, knocking a Kyuubi enhanced Uzumaki unconscious would not be easy.
Slamming her into the ground again with his chains, Naruto leapt into the air before he came down on his sister with both feet extended.
With a loud crash Mito found her head smashed into the ground, Letting out a growl Mito attempted to get to her feet, she was unable to though as Naruto continued to keep her bound.
Dropping his axe as he released yet more chains from his arms, trying to keep Mito down, a task that was becoming harder as her power slowly increased along with her aggression.
"For fucks sake just stay down!" Naruto growled as he pulled her towards him before delivering a punch to her head, the blow causing a concussive wave that cratered the ground beneath them, and sent a shock wave that could the trees around them to rustle as if caught up in a sudden gust.
Winding his chains around her neck Naruto began to tighten them, attempting to suffocate Mito until she passed out. A bead of sweat railing down his own face as he felt the strain of keeping down his Kyuubified sister. He really needed to learn some Fuinjutsu.
Letting out a shout of rage Mito continued to struggle even as her vision began to go dark as she slowly lost consciousness, the Kyuubi's chakra cloak beginning to flicker as she stopped drawing on its power.
"Finally." Naruto muttered to himself as he saw Mito stop struggling, the red chakra cloak disappearing as she passed out.
Pulling his chakra back immediately Naruto cast a concerned eye over her as he made sure his chakra didn't hurt her.
Looking down his glowing white eyes gleaming Naruto let out a sigh of satisfaction as he saw he hadn't harmed his sister, aside from you know suffocating her till she passed out.
But then again that was for her own good, in the enraged state she was in, she could have done something she would later come to regret..
The satisfaction however soon came to an end as he felt a sudden pain in his chest. Looking down he saw a lightning enshrouded hand sticking out of his chest, right where his heart was.
"Ahh shit." Naruto muttered as he stopped drawing on the souls within his body. With a thud Naruto fell to his knees, vaguely aware as he did of Kakashi's cry of pain as his entire right arm was disintegrated by the intensity of Naruto's chakra.
His entire arm withering away in seconds leaving only a decay stump just below his elbow as the intensity of Naruto's chakra destroyed it.
'Naruto unsteadily made his way back onto his feet. Aware as he did so of the gaping hole in his chest. Turning around he looked down at Kakashi, the grey haired man holding onto the rotten stump that had once been his arm with a look of agony on his face.
"Well that was a pretty stupid move to let your guard down like that." A less than impressed You said in Naruto's mind.
'Thanks for the warning.' Naruto thought irritably as he began to shakily made it to his feet before looking out at the now destroyed clearing.
"Yeah, yeah, you know what you have to do I take it." You replied with a sigh.
Reaching out his hand Naruto grabbed Kakashi by the throat before he easily lifted him off the ground, his eyes still glowing white with the compressed power of all the souls he contained running through him, the grey haired man feebly trying to break Naruto's grip with his already injured left hand.
"For what it's worth Kakashi I did not want to have to kill you." Naruto said tiredly before he began to drain Kakashi of his life.
Looking on with eyes wide with shock, Kakashi could only open his mouth and let loose a muted scream of pain. As his skin began to turn wrinkle and turn grey, his hair thinning and turning white. Within a matter of minutes Kakashi was dead, his body having desiccated to the point at which it just crumbled to dust in Naruto's.
Shaking off the dust that had once been Kakashi's body Naruto brought his hand to his chest, feeling the smooth skin beneath his hand that showed that his wound was fully healed, even if it was a little sore still.
"I really hate doing that." Naruto muttered to himself in disgust. Due to the nature of his chakra Naruto was unable to heal naturally, what he could do though was take the physical life force of another though and then use that to fix his wounds.
It was not something he enjoyed though; as doing what he had just done often made him feel like a parasite, like a plague on the world.
"Well damn looks like you made a real mess." A female voice said alerting Naruto to its presence. "We could feel your little fight with the Kyuubi girl from half a mile away."
Turning around Naruto found himself facing Clementine and Victor.
"So you gone finish the job or just leave them?" Clementine asked as she nodded over to the three unconscious genin.
"We have done enough damage, let's go." Naruto replied as he began to walk away, his hand still clutching his chest in discomfort.
"Do you really want to leave three witnesses?" Clementine asked with a scowl.
Naruto grimaced at that before sending her a dark look. "We are not killing them that would just cause more trouble for us."
"Then what are we going to do then?" Victor asked cutting off any retort Clementine could make.
"Leave them, there was a bounty out on Kakashi and we are in neutral territory. Furthermore he and his team interrupted our mission. From a political point of view there are likely to be little to no repercussions. He died in the line of duty and that is it." Naruto replied with a shrug.
"Do you reckon the Hokage of the Leaf will see it that way." Victor asked an unsure expression on his face.
"Well we will just have to wait and see." Naruto replied with a shrug. "Now come on let's go. I take it Zabuza and his apprentice are dead."
"Zabuza is dead and his sword his reclaimed." Clementine said as she showed Naruto the sword. "As for his apprentice we are bringing her back to Kiri, Victor's idea."
Naruto raised his eyebrows at that before he shrugged. "I am sure you have a reason. Now let's go, I have an idea which could be very profitable."
With that said Naruto disappeared into the surrounding trees, soon followed by Clementine and Victor, leaving behind in their wake three unconscious genin.
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(In Konoha One Day Later)
"Lord Hokage the reinforcements you sent out at Kakashi's request have returned." A member of the ANBU wearing a lion mask said as he stood before the seated Minato Namikaze.
"What already?" Minato asked with a frown on his face. "Is Team 7 with them?"
The ANBU shifted slightly at that."Mito Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno have returned."
"What of Kakashi? Is he still out in Wave?" Minato asked with a frown.
"The location of Kakashi Hatake is unknown, though from statements from his team it is suspected he is dead."
"Dead?" Minato said a blank expression on his face as he heard of the potential fate of his former student. "Do we know who did it?"
"The genin do not know much, by from what we have been able to gather a skirmish occurred between the Missing-nin Zabuza Momochi, Team Seven and some Hunter-nin."
Minato brought his hand to his head at that, before he began to massage his temples. "I am going to need to know the full story behind what has happened."
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Well bugger I'm not sure how many of you will have seen this coming. To justify Kakashi's actions he was a little over cautious but he did have a right to be after all he and his team were surrounded on all sides by potential enemies and one thing you don't do is turn your back on a potential enemy.
That being said he put up a good fight, but the sheer unexpectedness of Naruto's abilities and their destructive capabilities were obviously a bit to much to handle.
I hope people like how Naruto's powers are developing.
They are not faultless as he can not heal naturally and certain techniques won't work for him due to the deathly nature of his chakra. Also I personally quite like his avatar mode, it is similar to the Avatar mode form the last air bender but also different. The differences will be explored more later on.
Also I am sure many have guessed, but yes Clementine's bloodline is similar to that of a Ghouls form Tokyo Ghoul. However it will be made compliant with Naruto. But I just think an ability like that would be pretty awesome in the Shinobi world, even if it is a bit messed up
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